1 Kings 20:41
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But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.

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1 Kings 21:4 And Achab came into his house angry and fretting, because of the word that Naboth, the Jezrahelite, had spoken to him, saying: I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And casting himself upon his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and would eat no bread.

1 Kings 22:8 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat. There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; Micheas, the son of Jemla: but I hate him, for he doth not prophecy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.

Esther 5:13 And whereas I have all these things, I think I have nothing, so long as I see Mardochai the Jew sitting before the king's gate.

Esther 6:12,13 But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered: . . .

Job 5:2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.

Proverbs 19:3 The folly of a man supplanteth his steps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.

Context
A Prophet Reproves Ahab
40And whilst I, in the hurry, turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed. 41But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.42And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord. Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.…
Cross References
1 Kings 20:38
So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes.

1 Kings 20:40
And whilst I, in the hurry, turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed.

1 Kings 20:42
And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord. Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

Lexicon
Then [the prophet] quickly
וַיְמַהֵ֕ר (way·ma·hêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

removed
וַיָּ֙סַר֙ (way·yā·sar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

the bandage
הָ֣אֲפֵ֔ר (hā·’ă·p̄êr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 666: A covering, bandage

from
מֵעֲלֵ֖י (mê·‘ă·lê)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his eyes,
עֵינָ֑יו (‘ê·nāw)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and the king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

recognized
וַיַּכֵּ֤ר (way·yak·kêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5234: To regard, recognize

him
אֹתוֹ֙ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

as
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

one of the prophets.
מֵֽהַנְּבִאִ֖ים (mê·han·nə·ḇi·’îm)
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet


Additional Translations
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.And he hurried, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents: and he said to his servants, Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city.

Then he hastily took the sash away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him, that he was of the prophets.

And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.

And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he is of the prophets,
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