◄ 1 Kings 20:42 ►
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Good News Translation
The prophet then said to the king, "This is the word of the LORD: 'Because you allowed the man to escape whom I had ordered to be killed, you will pay for it with your life, and your army will be destroyed for letting his army escape.'"

New Revised Standard Version
Then he said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Because you have let the man go whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.’”

Contemporary English Version
The prophet said, "The LORD told you to kill Benhadad, but you let him go. Now you will die in his place, and your people will die in place of his people."

New American Bible
He said to him: “The LORD says, Because you have set free the man I put under the ban, your life shall pay for his life, your people for his people.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord. Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord. Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

Context
A Prophet Reproves Ahab
…41But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets. 42And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord. Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.43And the king of Israel returned to his house, slighting to hear, and raging came into Samaria.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:18
Because thou didst not obey the voice of the Lord, neither didst thou execute the wrath of his indignation upon Amalec. Therefore hath the Lord done to thee what thou sufferest this day.

2 Samuel 12:7
And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,

1 Kings 20:39
And as the king passed by, he cried to the king, and said: Thy servant went out to fight hand to hand: and when a certain man was run away, one brought him to me, and said: Keep this man: and if he shall slip away, thy life shall be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

1 Kings 20:41
But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.

1 Kings 20:41
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