MLV(i)
33 Now the men observed diligently whether anything would come from him. And they quickly caught it and they said, Your brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go you*, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came out to him and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34 And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore and you will make streets for you in Damascus as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him and let him go.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said by the word of Jehovah to his fellow, Strike me, I beseech you. And the man refused to kill* him. 36 Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.
37 Then he found another man and said, Strike me, I beseech you. And the man killed* him, slaying and wounding him. 38 So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried out 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, Keep this man. If by any means he is missing, then will your life be for his life, or else you will pay a talant of silver. 40 And as your servant was busy here and there, he had gone. And the King of Israel said to him, So will your judgment be, yourself have decided it.
41 And he hastened and took the headband away from his eyes and the King of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said to him, Jehovah says thus, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will go for his life and your people for his people.
34 And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore and you will make streets for you in Damascus as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him and let him go.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said by the word of Jehovah to his fellow, Strike me, I beseech you. And the man refused to kill* him. 36 Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.
37 Then he found another man and said, Strike me, I beseech you. And the man killed* him, slaying and wounding him. 38 So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried out 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, Keep this man. If by any means he is missing, then will your life be for his life, or else you will pay a talant of silver. 40 And as your servant was busy here and there, he had gone. And the King of Israel said to him, So will your judgment be, yourself have decided it.
41 And he hastened and took the headband away from his eyes and the King of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said to him, Jehovah says thus, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will go for his life and your people for his people.