1 Kings 20:35-43

35Now a certain man of 1the sons of the prophets said to 2another 3by the word of the Lord, “Please strike me.” But the man refused to strike him.

36Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, 4a lion will 5kill you.” And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and 6killed him.

37Then he found another man and said, “Please 7strike me.” And the man 8struck him, 9wounding him.

38So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and 10disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

39As the king passed by, he cried to the king and 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, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, 11then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

40While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”

41Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.

42He said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore 12your 13life shall go for his 14life, and your people for his people.’”

43So 15the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria.