World English Bible
1 Kings 20:42
“He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 20
40
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." The king of Israel said to him, "So your judgment shall be; yourself have decided it.
41
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.
42
He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
43
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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