World English Bible
1 Kings 20:42
“He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.”
1 Kings 20:42 in the King James Version
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.Read 1 Kings 20:42 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 1 Kings 20
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." The king of Israel said to him, "So your judgment shall be; yourself have decided it.
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.
He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
Cross references for 1 Kings 20:42
- 1 Kings 22:31-37
Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel. It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "S...
- 2 Chronicles 18:33-34
A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded." The battle incre...
- 1 Kings 20:39
As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, 'Guard this man! If by any means he be missing, then your life...
- 1 Kings 20:34
Ben Hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria." "I," said Ahab, "will let you go with this covenant." So he made a cove...
- 2 Kings 8:12
Hazael said, "Why do you weep, my lord?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash in pieces the...
- 1 Samuel 15:9-11
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed ut...
- 2 Kings 6:24
It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
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