The Man Who Refused to Just Strike Me

This is all kind of one of these prophetic parables acted out scenarios that you see a lot of the other prophets doing. The guy refused to just strike him, so he moves on and finds another man who does it. He's like, well, I guess if that's what they want, I'll do it. So that's the setup. First guy fails. Second guy succeeds. And we see why this strange prophetic activity was carried out.