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A man of the sons of the prophets waits for the king by the way, and the king of Israel comes to Samaria sullen and angry

길 가에서 왕을 기다린 선지자의 무리중 한 사람과 근심하고 답답하여 사마리아에 이른 이스라엘 왕

1 Kings 20:35–43: a certain man of the sons of the prophets says to his fellow by the LORD’s word, “Please strike me!” The man refuses to strike him. Then he says to him, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as he has departed from him, a lion finds him and kills him. Then he finds another man, and says, “Please strike me.” The man strikes him and wounds him. So the prophet departs and waits for the king by the way, and disguises himself with his headband over his eyes. As the king passes by, he cries to the king, and he says, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’ As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel says to him, “So shall your judgment be. You yourself have decided it.” He hurries, and takes the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognizes that he is one of the prophets. He says to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’” The king of Israel goes to his house sullen and angry, and comes to Samaria. Where WEB says at 20:36 “you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice”, the Korean Revised Version reads 여호와의 말씀을 듣지 아니하였으니, not listened to the LORD’s word; at 20:38 it puts the disguise before the waiting (수건으로 그 눈을 가리워 변형하고 길 가에서 왕을 기다리다가), where WEB puts it last.

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1KI 20:35–43, engwebp
³⁵A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the LORD’s word, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.
³⁶Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.
³⁷Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him and wounded him.
³⁸So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
³⁹As the king passed by, he cried to the king, and he said, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
⁴⁰As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be. You yourself have decided it.”
⁴¹He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
⁴²He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’”
⁴³The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
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Evidence: 1 Kings 20:35–43

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Entry: A man of the sons of the prophets waits for the king by the way, and the king of Israel comes to Samaria sullen and angry (event-1ki-20-a-man-of-the-sons-of-the-prophets-waits-for-the-king)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/1ki-20-a-man-of-the-sons-of-the-prophets-waits-for-the-king
Current wording: 1 Kings 20:35–43: a certain man of the sons of the prophets says to his fellow by the LORD’s word, “Please strike me!” The man refuses to strike him. Then he says to him, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as he has departed from him, a lion finds him and kills him. Then he finds another man, and says, “Please strike me.” The man strikes him and wounds him. So the prophet departs and waits for the king by the way, and disguises himself with his headband over his eyes. As the king passes by, he cries to the king, and he says, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’ As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel says to him, “So shall your judgment be. You yourself have decided it.” He hurries, and takes the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognizes that he is one of the prophets. He says to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’” The king of Israel goes to his house sullen and angry, and comes to Samaria. Where WEB says at 20:36 “you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice”, the Korean Revised Version reads 여호와의 말씀을 듣지 아니하였으니, not listened to the LORD’s word; at 20:38 it puts the disguise before the waiting (수건으로 그 눈을 가리워 변형하고 길 가에서 왕을 기다리다가), where WEB puts it last.
Cited evidence: 1KI 20:35–43, engwebp
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