1 Kings 20:40-42

20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” ¹  20:41 The prophet ²  quickly removed the bandage from his eyes and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets. 20:42 The prophet ³  then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’” ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “Because you sent away the man of my destruction [i.e., that I determined should be destroyed] from [my/your?] hand, your life will be in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”