1 Kings 20:42 (WEB)
He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’”
Fathers and councils · 2
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.17Conference XXIV
“…rebuke may be addressed: “Because thou hast let go from thy hand a man who was worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people” Or when the unclean spirit says: “I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets,” he certainly spread the nets of deception by…” — editor's note: 1 Kings xx. 31, 32, 42.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“God delivered Ahab to utter destruction for using mercy, and delivered his sentence through the mouth of the prophet, saying “Thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his people.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xx. 42
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Cross-references · 5
Parallel passages
1 Kings 20:42 and Psalm 45:16 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.17.