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.

³⁷Then he found another man, and said to him: Strike me. And he struck him and wounded him.

³⁸So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes.

³⁹And as the king passed by, he cried to the king, and said: Thy servant went out to fight hand to hand: and when a certain man was run away, one brought him to me, and said: Keep this man: and if he shall slip away, thy life shall be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

⁴⁰And whilst I, in the hurry, turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed.

⁴¹But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.

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