³⁵A certain man from the sons of the prophets said to his fellow countryman, “By the word of Yahweh, please strike me.” But the man refused to strike him.

³⁶He said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, look, as you now are going from me, a lion will kill you.” When he went from beside him, the lion found him and killed him. ³⁷Then he found another man and said, “Strike me, please,” so the man struck him sharply and wounded him. ³⁸Then the prophet went and waited^m for the king along the road and disguised himself with aⁿ headband over his eyes. ³⁹As the king was passing by, he called to the king and said, “Your servant went out in the thick of the battle, and suddenly a man turned and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man. If by any means he should be missed, it will be your life in his place, or you shall pay a talent of silver.’ ⁴⁰It happened that your servant was busy here and there,^o and he disappeared.”^p Then the king of Israel said to him, “Your own judgment has been determined.” ⁴¹He quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was from the prophets.

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Footnotes

mLiterally “stood”
nHebrew “the”
oLiterally “was doing here and here”
pLiterally “there was not him”