^{33 Ref} Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben Hadad. Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Ben Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

^{34 Ref} [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

^{35 Ref} A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, Please strike me. The man refused to strike him.

^{36 Ref} Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you. As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

^{37 Ref} Then he found another man, and said, Please strike me. The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

^{38 Ref} So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

^{39 Ref} As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

^{40 Ref} As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.

^{41 Ref} He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

^{42 Ref} He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.