1 Kings 20:39

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:40

But I got busy doing other things, and the prisoner escaped.” Ahab answered, “You will be punished just as you have said.”

1 Kings 20:42

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.”

2 Kings 10:24

Then they began to offer sacrifices to Baal. Earlier, Jehu had ordered eighty soldiers to wait outside the temple. He had warned them, “I will get all these worshippers here, and if any of you let even one of them escape, you will be killed instead!”

Job 36:18

don't let your anger and the pain you endured make you sneer at God.

Psalm 49:7

You cannot buy back your life or pay off God!

Exodus 21:30

However, you may save your own life by paying whatever fine is demanded.

Proverbs 13:8

The rich may have to pay a ransom, but the poor don't have that problem.

Proverbs 6:35

He won't let you pay him off, no matter what you offer.

Jeremiah 48:10

I want you to kill the Moabites, and if you let them escape, I will put a curse on you.”