Then he found another man, and said, “Strike me please!” So the man struck him and wounded him.
Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Adonai, “Strike me please!” But the man refused to strike him.
Then he said to him, “Because you did not obey the voice of Adonai, behold, as soon as you leave me, a lion shall kill you.” As soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.
Then the prophet left and waited for the king by the road, disguising himself with a headband over his eyes.
“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies must surely be put to death.