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1 Kings 20:28-43

20:28

And there came
<05066> (8799)

a man
<0376>

of God
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and spake
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unto the king
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of Israel
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and said
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Thus saith
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the LORD
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Because the Syrians
<0758>

have said
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The LORD
<03068>

[is] God
<0430>

of the hills
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but he [is] not God
<0430>

of the valleys
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therefore will I deliver
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all this great
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multitude
<01995>

into thine hand
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and ye shall know
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that I [am] the LORD
<03068>_.

20:29

And they pitched
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one
<0428>

over against
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the other
<0428>

seven
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days
<03117>_.

And [so] it was, that in the seventh
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day
<03117>

the battle
<04421>

was joined
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and the children
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of Israel
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slew
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of the Syrians
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an hundred
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thousand
<0505>

footmen
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in one
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day
<03117>_.

20:30

But the rest
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fled
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to Aphek
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into the city
<05892>_;

and [there] a wall
<02346>

fell
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upon twenty
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and seven
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thousand
<0505>

of the men
<0376>

[that were] left
<03498> (8737)_.

And Benhadad
<01130>

fled
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and came
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into the city
<05892>_,

into an inner
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chamber
<02315>_.

{into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber}

20:31

And his servants
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said
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unto him, Behold now, we have heard
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that the kings
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of the house
<01004>

of Israel
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[are] merciful
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kings
<04428>_:

let us, I pray thee, put
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sackcloth
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on our loins
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and ropes
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upon our heads
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and go out
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to the king
<04428>

of Israel
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peradventure he will save
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thy life
<05315>_.

20:32

So they girded
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sackcloth
<08242>

on their loins
<04975>_,

and [put] ropes
<02256>

on their heads
<07218>_,

and came
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to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy servant
<05650>

Benhadad
<01130>

saith
<0559> (8804)_,

I pray thee, let me live
<02421> (8799) <05315>_.

And he said
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[Is] he yet alive
<02416>_?

he [is] my brother
<0251>_.

20:33

Now the men
<0582>

did diligently observe
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whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily
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catch
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[it]: and they said
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Thy brother
<0251>

Benhadad
<01130>_.

Then he said
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Go
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ye, bring
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him. Then Benhadad
<01130>

came forth
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to him; and he caused him to come up
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into the chariot
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20:34

And [Benhadad] said
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unto him, The cities
<05892>_,

which my father
<01>

took
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from thy father
<01>_,

I will restore
<07725> (8686)_;

and thou shalt make
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streets
<02351>

for thee in Damascus
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as my father
<01>

made
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in Samaria
<08111>_.

Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away
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with this covenant
<01285>_.

So he made
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a covenant
<01285>

with him, and sent him away
<07971> (8762)_.

{streets: or, market places}

20:35

And a certain
<0259>

man
<0376>

of the sons
<01121>

of the prophets
<05030>

said
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unto his neighbour
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in the word
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of the LORD
<03068>_,

Smite
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me, I pray thee. And the man
<0376>

refused
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to smite
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him.

20:36

Then said
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he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

the voice
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of the LORD
<03068>_,

behold, as soon as thou art departed
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from me, a lion
<0738>

shall slay
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thee. And as soon as he was departed
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from him
<0681>_,

a lion
<0738>

found
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him, and slew
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him.

20:37

Then he found
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another
<0312>

man
<0376>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Smite
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me, I pray thee. And the man
<0376>

smote
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him, so that in smiting
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he wounded
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[him]. {so that...: Heb. smiting and wounding}

20:38

So the prophet
<05030>

departed
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and waited
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for the king
<04428>

by the way
<01870>_,

and disguised
<02664> (8691)

himself with ashes
<0666>

upon his face
<05869>_.

20:39

And as the king
<04428>

passed by
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he cried
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unto the king
<04428>_:

and he said
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Thy servant
<05650>

went out
<03318> (8804)

into the midst
<07130>

of the battle
<04421>_;

and, behold, a man
<0376>

turned aside
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and brought
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a man
<0376>

unto me, and said
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Keep
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this man
<0376>_:

if by any means
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he be missing
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then shall thy life
<05315>

be for his life
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or else thou shalt pay
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a talent
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of silver
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{pay: Heb. weigh}

20:40

And as thy servant
<05650>

was busy
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here and there, he was gone
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And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

said
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unto him, So [shall] thy judgment
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[be]; thyself hast decided
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[it]. {he was...: Heb. he was not}

20:41

And he hasted
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and took the ashes
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away
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from his face
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and the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

discerned
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him that he [was] of the prophets
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20:42

And he said
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unto him, Thus saith
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the LORD
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Because thou hast let go
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out of [thy] hand
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a man
<0376>

whom I appointed to utter destruction
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therefore thy life
<05315>

shall go for his life
<05315>_,

and thy people
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for his people
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20:43

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

went
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to his house
<01004>

heavy
<05620>

and displeased
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and came
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to Samaria
<08111>_.