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## 1 Kings 20:36 in Context (Verses 33–39 KJV)
 
 [33 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/33) Now the men did diligently observe whether *any thing would come* from him, and did hastily catch *it:* and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
 
 [34 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/34) And *Ben-hadad* said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then *said Ahab*, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.*
 
 [35 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/35) ¶ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
 
 [36 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/36) Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
 
 [37 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/37) Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded *him*.*
 
 [38 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/38) So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/39) And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.*
 
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