33. The men took this as a good sign and were quick to pick up his word. ‘Yes, your brother Ben-Hadad!’ they said.‘Go and get him,’ the king said. When Ben-Hadad came out, Ahab brought him up into his chariot.
34. ‘I will return the cities my father took from your father,’ Ben-Hadad offered. ‘You may set up your own market areas in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.’Ahab said, ‘On the basis of a treaty I will set you free.’ So he made a treaty with him, and let him go.
35. By the word of the Lord one of the company of the prophets said to his companion, ‘Strike me with your weapon,’ but he refused.
36. So the prophet said, ‘Because you have not obeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.’ And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.
37. The prophet found another man and said, ‘Strike me, please.’ So the man struck him and wounded him.
38. Then the prophet went and stood by the road waiting for the king. He disguised himself with his headband down over his eyes.