1 Kings 20:37

American Standard Version (1901)

Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

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  • Exod 21:12 : 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:35-36
    2 verses
    84%

    35And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

    36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:38-42
    5 verses
    76%

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

    39And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

    40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

    41And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

    42And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

    16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

  • 2 Chr 18:33
    74%

    33And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

    25And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

    26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him.

  • 1 Kgs 22:34
    73%

    34And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.

  • 1 Sam 17:35
    72%

    35I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    72%

    9And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

  • Num 35:20-23
    4 verses
    71%

    20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

    21or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

    22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

    23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

  • Isa 27:7
    71%

    7Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

  • 2 Kgs 13:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And he said, Take the arrows; and he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground; and he smote thrice, and stayed.

    19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times: then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it, whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

  • Exod 21:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

    19if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

  • 2 Chr 25:16
    71%

    16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
    71%

    31Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

  • Ps 69:26
    71%

    26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

  • Exod 2:13
    71%

    13And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

  • 2 Kgs 7:20
    71%

    20it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.

  • Luke 20:12
    70%

    12And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth.

  • Exod 21:12
    70%

    12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21
    70%

    21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    70%

    14And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • Prov 23:35
    70%

    35They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

  • 2 Kgs 7:17
    70%

    17And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    70%

    9And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

  • 1 Sam 17:30
    70%

    30And he turned away from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

  • Mark 12:4
    70%

    4And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.

  • 1 Sam 24:19
    70%

    19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that which thou hast done unto me this day.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
    70%

    6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:18
    70%

    18And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

  • Isa 57:17
    69%

    17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

  • Lev 24:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

    20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    69%

    28And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
    69%

    21and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast been disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment which Jehovah thy God commanded thee,

  • Exod 21:25
    69%

    25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.