1 Kings 20:38

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Kgs 14:2 : 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I ask you, and disguise yourself, so that you are not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I should be king over this people.
  • 1 Kgs 22:30 : 30 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but you put on your robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.
  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead:

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    39And 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.

    40And 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.

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

    42And 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.

    43And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
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    37Then he found another man, and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking he wounded him.

  • 2 Chr 18:29
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    29And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and go to the battle; but you put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

  • 1 Kgs 22:30
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    30And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but you put on your robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

  • 1 Kgs 20:35
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    35And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:31-33
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    31And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save your life.

    32So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Benhadad says, I pray you, let me live. And he said, Is he still alive? he is my brother.

    33Now the men diligently observed whether anything would come from him, and hastily caught it: and they said, Your brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he brought him up into the chariot.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14-15
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    14So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you should surely recover."

    15And it happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.

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    11And he fixed his gaze steadily, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

  • 2 Kgs 9:4
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    4So the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
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    13And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
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    9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
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    8And it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 13:29
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    29And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the donkey, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:7
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    7And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Are you my lord Elijah?

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
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    13And behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
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    11And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30-32
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    30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

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

    32But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man ahead of him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  • 1 Kgs 13:10-12
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    10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

    11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, they told also to their father.

    12And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
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    9Therefore, he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you first sent for to your servant I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

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    2And Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead:

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
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    14And 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.

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    7And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

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

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    4And it shall come to pass in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed, every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; nor shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

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

  • 2 Sam 15:28
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    28See, I will stay in the plain of the wilderness, until word comes from you to confirm me.

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    5Then certain people went and told David how the men were treated. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:23
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    23And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.