◄ 1 Kings 20:35 ►
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Good News Translation
At the LORD's command a member of a group of prophets ordered a fellow prophet to hit him. But he refused,

New Revised Standard Version
At the command of the LORD a certain member of a company of prophets said to another, “Strike me!” But the man refused to strike him.

Contemporary English Version
About this time the LORD commanded a prophet to say to a friend, "Hit me!" But the friend refused,

New American Bible
Acting on the word of the LORD, one of the guild prophets said to his companion, “Strike me.” But he refused to strike him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets, said to his companion, in the word of the Lord: Strike me. But he would not strike.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets, said to his companion, in the word of the Lord: Strike me. But he would not strike.

Smite me

1 Kings 20:35 Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets, said to his companion, in the word of the Lord: Strike me. But he would not strike.

Exodus 21:12 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death.

so that [heb} smiting and wounding

Context
A Prophet Reproves Ahab
35Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets, said to his companion, in the word of the Lord: Strike me. But he would not strike.36Then he said to him: Because thou wouldst not hearken to the word of the Lord, behold thou shalt depart from me, and a lion shall slay thee. And when he was gone a little from him, a lion found him, and slew him.…
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.

1 Kings 13:17
Because the Lord spoke to me, in the word of the Lord, saying: Thou shalt not eat bread, and thou shalt not drink water there, nor return by the way thou wentest.

1 Kings 13:18
He said to him: I also am a prophet like unto thee: and an angel spoke to me, in the word of the Lord, saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He deceived him,

2 Kings 2:3
The sons of the prophets, that were at Bethel, came forth to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know that, this day, the Lord will take away thy master from thee? And he answered: I also know it: hold your peace.

Amos 7:14
But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

1 Kings 20:34
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