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33 Now the men were watching for an omen; they quickly took it up from him and said, ‘Yes, Ben-hadad is your brother.’ Then he said, ‘Go and bring him.’ So Ben-hadad came out to him; and he had him come up into the chariot. 34 Ben-hadad[a] said to him, ‘I will restore the towns that my father took from your father; and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.’ The king of Israel responded,[b] ‘I will let you go on those terms.’ So he made a treaty with him and let him go.

A Prophet Condemns Ahab

35 At the command of the Lord a certain member of a company of prophets[c] said to another, ‘Strike me!’ But the man refused to strike him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:34 Heb He
  2. 1 Kings 20:34 Heb lacks The king of Israel responded
  3. 1 Kings 20:35 Heb of the sons of the prophets

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