1 Kings 20:37

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he found another man, and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking he wounded him.

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  • Exod 21:12 : 12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him.

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    35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him.

    36 Then he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

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    38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

    39 And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he 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, Keep this man: if by any means he is missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

    40 And as 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.

    41 And he hastened, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.

    42 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

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

    16 And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

  • 33 And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to his chariot driver, Turn your hand, that you may carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.

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    24 And when he was gone, a lion met him on the way, and killed him: and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.

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

    26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him.

  • 34 And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am wounded.

  • 35 I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it.

  • 9 He said to me again, Stand, please, upon me, and kill me: for anguish has come upon me, because my life is still in me.

  • Num 35:20-23
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    20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

    22 But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait,

    23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

  • 7 Has He smitten him, as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of those that are slain by Him?

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    18 He said, "Take the arrows." And he took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground." And he struck three times and stopped.

    19 The man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have smitten Syria until it was destroyed. But now you shall smite Syria only three times."

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

    19 if he rises again and walks outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing.

  • 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have you been made of the king's counsel? Stop; why should you be struck down? Then 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 counsel.

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

  • 26 For they persecute the one whom you have struck, and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded.

  • 13 And when he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, Why are you hitting your fellow?

  • 20 And so it happened to him: for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

  • 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

  • 12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • 19 As if a man fled 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.

  • 21 And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?

  • 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • 35 "They have struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; when shall I awake, I will seek it yet again."

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

  • 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

  • 30 He turned from him to another and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.

  • 4 Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

  • 19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? Therefore the LORD reward you good for that which you have done unto me this day.

  • 6 And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.

  • 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Strike this people, I pray, with blindness. And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

  • 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry, and he went on stubbornly in the way of his heart.

  • Lev 24:19-20
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    19 And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

    20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

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

  • 21 And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

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