1 Kings 20:34-36

International Standard Version

³⁴ Ben-hadad made this promise to Ahab: “I will restore the cities that my ancestors took from your ancestors. You’ll be able to build streets named after yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.”

“With this promise I will release you,” Ahab^[a] replied. So Ahab^[b] made a treaty with Ben-hadad^[c] and let him go.

Ahab is Condemned

³⁵ Right about then, one of the members of the guild^[d] of prophets told another through a message from the Lord: “Please strike me!” But the man refused to do so, ³⁶ so he told him, “Because you haven’t obeyed the Lord’s voice, as soon as you leave here, a lion will kill you.” As soon as the man left, a lion found him and killed him.