1 Kings 20:37

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The prophet found another man and said, 'Please strike me.' So the man struck him and wounded him.

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  • Exod 21:12 : 12 Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 One of the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of the LORD, 'Strike me, please.' But the man refused to strike him.

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

    35One of the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of the LORD, 'Strike me, please.' But the man refused to strike him.

    36Then the prophet said to him, 'Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, 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.

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

    38Then the prophet went and stood by the road to wait for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

    39As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him and said, 'Your servant went into the middle of the battle, and suddenly a man brought another man to me and said, "Guard this man. If he is missing, your life will be for his life, or you will pay a talent of silver."

    40But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.' The king of Israel said to him, 'That is your sentence; you have pronounced it yourself.'

    41Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

    42The prophet said to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you released a man I had determined should die, it will be your life for his life, and your people for his people.'

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

    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

    16David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'

  • 2 Chr 18:33
    74%

    33But a man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. The king said to his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am wounded.'

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

    24As he was traveling, a lion met him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

    25Some people who passed by saw the body lying on the road, with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.

    26When the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard about it, he said, 'It is the man of God who defied the command of the LORD. Therefore, the LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled and killed him, just as the word of the LORD had spoken to him.'

  • 1 Kgs 22:34
    73%

    34But someone randomly drew his bow and struck the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded.'

  • 1 Sam 17:35
    72%

    35'I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its mane, struck it, and killed it.'

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    72%

    9He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'

  • Num 35:20-23
    4 verses
    71%

    20If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

    22But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally,

    23or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them,

  • Isa 27:7
    71%

    7Has the LORD struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been killed as their slayers were killed?

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

    18Then Elisha said, 'Take the arrows.' So he took them. Elisha told the king of Israel, 'Strike the ground.' He struck the ground three times and stopped.

    19The man of God became angry with him and said, 'You should have struck the ground five or six times! Then you would have defeated Aram completely, but now you will defeat them only three times.'

  • Exod 21:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

    19if the injured man is able to get up and walk around outside with a staff, the one who struck him shall be acquitted. Nevertheless, he must pay for the time lost and ensure the injured man is completely healed.

  • 2 Chr 25:16
    71%

    16While the prophet was still speaking, Amaziah said to him, 'Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?' The prophet stopped but said, 'I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.'

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
    71%

    31He said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!"

  • Ps 69:26
    71%

    26Let their encampments be desolate; may no one dwell in their tents.

  • Exod 2:13
    71%

    13The next day he went out and saw two Hebrew men fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, 'Why are you striking your companion?'

  • 2 Kgs 7:20
    71%

    20And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

  • Luke 20:12
    70%

    12Then he sent a third one, but they wounded him also and threw him out.

  • Exod 21:12
    70%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21
    70%

    21When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, should I kill them? Should I kill them?"

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    70%

    14He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, 'Are you the man of God who came from Judah?' He replied, 'I am.'

  • Prov 23:35
    70%

    35'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'

  • 2 Kgs 7:17
    70%

    17Now the king had put the officer on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to his house.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    70%

    9But Obadiah said, "What have I done wrong that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be killed?"

  • 1 Sam 17:30
    70%

    30Then he turned away to another man and asked the same question, and the people answered him as before.

  • Mark 12:4
    70%

    4Again, he sent another servant to them. They stoned him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away dishonored.

  • 1 Sam 24:19
    70%

    19Today you have shown that you dealt well with me, for when the LORD gave me into your hand, you did not kill me.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
    70%

    6Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field, with no one there to separate them, and one of them struck the other and killed him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:18
    70%

    18As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Please strike this army with blindness." So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had requested.

  • Isa 57:17
    69%

    17Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways.

  • Lev 24:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19If anyone injures their neighbor, whatever they have done must be done to them.

    20Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    69%

    28He went and found the man's body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
    69%

    21and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you,

  • Exod 21:25
    69%

    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.