1 Kings 20:42
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
42 (A)He said to him: “The Lord says, Because you have set free the man I put under the ban,[a] your life shall pay for his life, your people for his people.”
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1 Kings 20:42
New International Version
42 He said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You(A) have set free a man I had determined should die.[a](B) Therefore it is your life for his life,(C) your people for his people.’”
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 20:42 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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