34 Then Ben-hadad said to him, “I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father,(A) and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.”(B)

Ahab responded, “On the basis of this treaty, I release you.” So he made a treaty with him and released him.

Ahab Rebuked by the Lord

35 One of the sons of the prophets(C) said to his fellow prophet by the word of the Lord, “Strike me!” But the man refused to strike him.

36 He told him, “Because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord, mark my words: When you leave me, a lion will kill you.”(D) When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

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