²⁶ Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord. Therefore the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke to him.”

^14 (A)But now your kingdom shall not continue. ^(B)The Lord has sought for Himself a man ^(C)after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have ^(D)not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Ahab Condemned

³⁵ Now a certain man of ^(A)the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor ^(B)by the word of the Lord, “Strike me, please.” And the man refused to strike him.