1 Kings 20:38-40
Christian Standard Bible
38 Then the prophet went and waited for the king on the road. He disguised(A) himself with a bandage over his eyes. 39 As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life,(B) or you will weigh out seventy-five pounds[a] of silver.’ 40 But while your servant was busy here and there, he disappeared.”
The king of Israel said to him, “That will be your sentence; you yourself have decided it.”(C)
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