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1 Kings 20:37
1 Kings 20:37 is verse 37 of 1 Kings chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,
King James Version
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
World English Bible
Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him and wounded him.
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1 Kings 20:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible
35 Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
36 Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
37 Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,
38 and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
39 As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 20:35Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
Exodus 21:12Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.