1 Kings 20:38

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

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  • 1 Kgs 14:2 : 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up and disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Look, there is Ahijah the prophet, the one who told me I would become king over these people.
  • 1 Kgs 22:30 : 30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.' So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 When you fast, do not look somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, "Please act like you are in mourning. Put on mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil. Behave as if you have been mourning for the dead for a long time.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:39-43
    5 verses
    83%

    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.'

    43Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
    76%

    37The prophet found another man and said, 'Please strike me.' So the man struck him and wounded him.

  • 2 Chr 18:29
    73%

    29The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'I will disguise myself and enter the battle, but you wear your royal robes.' So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

  • 1 Kgs 22:30
    73%

    30The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.' So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

  • 1 Kgs 20:35
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:31-33
    3 verses
    69%

    31His servants said to him, "We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life."

    32So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben-Hadad says: 'Please let me live.'" The king answered, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."

    33The men interpreted this as a good sign and quickly seized on it, saying, 'Yes, Ben-Hadad is your brother!' The king said, 'Go and bring him.' So Ben-Hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him brought into his chariot.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14-15
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    69%

    14Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, "What did Elisha say to you?" Hazael replied, "He told me that you will certainly recover."

    15But the next day, Hazael took a thick cloth, soaked it in water, and spread it over the king's face until he died. Then Hazael became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 8:11
    69%

    11Elisha fixed his gaze on him and stared until Hazael was embarrassed. Then the man of God began to weep.

  • 2 Kgs 9:4
    68%

    4So the young servant of the prophet went to Ramoth-Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    68%

    13When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then a voice came to him, saying, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'

  • 2 Sam 18:30
    68%

    30The king said, 'Stand aside and wait here.' So he stepped aside and stood there.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    68%

    9Then the king sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of the hill, and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down."'

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
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    8When Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent the king this message: 'Why have you torn your clothes? Let Naaman come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:29
    68%

    29So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey, and he brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:7
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    7While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed to the ground, and said, "Is it really you, my lord Elijah?"

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    68%

    13Meanwhile, a prophet approached Ahab, king of Israel, and said, 'This is what the LORD says: Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and you will know that I am the LORD.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
    68%

    11Now you tell me, 'Go and say to your master, Elijah is here!'

  • 2 Kgs 6:30-32
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    30When the king heard the woman's words, he tore his clothes. As he was walking on the wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth underneath, next to his skin.

    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!"

    32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer is sending someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Is not the sound of his master's footsteps behind him?"

  • 1 Kgs 13:10-12
    3 verses
    68%

    10So he went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

    11Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words he had spoken to the king.

    12Their father asked them, 'Which way did he go?' His sons showed him the road the man of God from Judah had taken.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    68%

    9So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad.

  • 2 Sam 14:2
    68%

    2So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, "Please act like you are in mourning. Put on mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil. Behave as if you have been mourning for the dead for a long time.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    68%

    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.'

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    67%

    7The king asked them, 'What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?'

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    67%

    28Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • Zech 13:4
    67%

    4On that day, every prophet will be ashamed of their visions when they prophesy. They will no longer wear a cloak of hair to deceive.

  • 1 Kgs 18:16
    67%

    16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

  • 2 Sam 15:28
    67%

    28'Look, I will wait in the wilderness plains until I receive a message from you to tell me what to do.'

  • 1 Chr 19:5
    67%

    5When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet them, because the men had been greatly humiliated. The king said, 'Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back, and then return.'

  • Jonah 3:6
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    6When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

  • 1 Kgs 19:15
    67%

    15The LORD said to him, 'Go back the way you came, and go to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Aram.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:24
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
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    37So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, 'Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.' So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 2 Kgs 8:7
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    7Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick. It was reported to him, "The man of God has come all the way here."

  • 2 Kgs 7:17
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    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.

  • 2 Kgs 10:12
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    12Then Jehu set out and went to Samaria. Along the way, he came to Beth-Eked of the Shepherds.

  • 2 Kgs 6:12
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    12One of his servants said, "No, my lord the king; Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom."

  • 2 Kgs 1:11
    66%

    11Once again, the king sent another captain with fifty men to Elijah. The captain approached and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down quickly!"'

  • 1 Kgs 1:23
    66%

    23The king was informed, "Nathan the prophet is here." So Nathan came before the king and bowed with his face to the ground.