1 Kings 20:37-39

Modern English Version

³⁷ Then he found another man and said, “Strike me, please.” And the man struck him so that he was wounded. ³⁸ So the prophet departed and waited by the road for the king and disguised himself with ashes on his face. ³⁹ As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Keep this man, and if by any means he goes missing, then your life shall be given for his life, or else you shall pay a talent^[a] of silver.’