New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 20:37
1 Kings 20:37 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
- New International Version (NIV)The prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please.” So the man struck him and wounded him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he found another man and said, "Strike me, please." And the man struck him—struck him and wounded him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he found another man, and said, “Strike me, please.” So the man struck him, inflicting a wound.
Context of 1 Kings 20:37
35Now a man from the sons of the prophets said to another by 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 leave me, a lion will kill you.” And as soon as he left him a lion found him and killed him. Then he found another man and said, “Please strike me.” And the man struck him, injuring him. 38So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes. 39And as the king passed by, he cried out 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 goes missing, then your life shall be forfeited in place of his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
Read all of 1 Kings 201 Kings 20:37 word by word
וַיִּמְצָא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֔ר וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הַכֵּ֣ינִי נָ֑א וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ הָאִ֖ישׁ הַכֵּ֥ה וּפָצֹֽעַ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Kings 20:37
- Judges 9:7Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and raised his voice and called out. And he said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
- 2 Samuel 12:1Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said, “There were two men in a city, the one wealthy and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 14:5And the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
- Mark 12:1And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.
- 1 Kings 20:42And the prophet said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Since you have let go from your hand the man I had designated for destruction, your life shall be forfeited in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.’”
- 2 Kings 10:24Then they entered to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said, “The one who allows any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape shall give up his life in exchange.”
- Exodus 21:30If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him.
- Job 36:18Beware that wrath does not entice you to mockery; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
- Psalms 49:7No one can by any means redeem another Or give God a ransom for him--
- Proverbs 6:35He will not accept any settlement, Nor will he be satisfied though you make it a large gift.
- Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke.
- 1 Peter 1:18knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,
Commentaries on 1 Kings 20:37
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-43Verses 31-43 This encouragement sinners have to repent and humble themselves before God; Have we not heard, that the God of Israel is a merciful God? Have we not found him so? That is gospel repentance, which flows from an apprehension of the mercy of God, in Christ; there is forgiveness with him. What a change is here! The most haughty in prosperity often are most abject in adversity; an evil spirit will thus affect a man in both these conditions. There…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-43Ahab showed mercy to Ben-hadad, which displeased God. An unnamed prophet used symbolic actions to show this disapproval. God's prophets often used symbols to deliver his messages (Isaiah 20; Jeremiah 27:1–7; Ezekiel 4:1–3, 9–17; 5:1–4). By sparing an untrustworthy enemy, Ahab brought judgment on himself and his people instead of relying more on the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3835-38. Smite me--This prophet is supposed (1Ki 20:8) to have been Micaiah. The refusal of his neighbor to smite the prophet was manifestly wrong, as it was a withholding of necessary aid to a prophet in the discharge of a duty to which he had been called by God, and it was severely punished [1Ki 20:36], as a beacon to warn others (see on 1Ki 13:2-24). The prophet found a willing assistant, and then, waiting for Ahab, leads the king unconsciously, in the…Read the comment
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- 1. 1 Kings 20:37 Lit striking and injuring ↩
Commentaries on 1 Kings 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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