36. and the prophet told him, “You disobeyed the Lord, and as soon as you walk away, a lion will kill you.” The friend left, and suddenly a lion killed him.
37. The prophet found someone else and said, “Hit me!” So this man beat him up.
38. The prophet left and put a bandage over his face to disguise himself. Then he went and stood beside the road, waiting for Ahab to pass by.
39. When Ahab went by, the prophet shouted, “Your Majesty, right in the heat of battle, someone brought a prisoner to me and told me to guard him. He said if the prisoner got away, I would either be killed or forced to pay three thousand pieces of silver.
40. But I got busy doing other things, and the prisoner escaped.”Ahab answered, “You will be punished just as you have said.”
41. The man quickly tore the bandage off his face, and Ahab saw that he was one of the prophets.
42. The prophet said, “The Lord told you to kill Benhadad, but you let him go. Now you will die in his place, and your people will die in place of his people.”
43. Ahab went back to Samaria, angry and depressed.