1 Samuel 24
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1 Samuel 24:7-11

7And DavidH1732 rebukedH8156 his menH376 with these wordsH1697 and did not allowH5414 them to riseH6965 upH6965 againstH413 SaulH7586. And SaulH7586 gotH6965 upH6965, 1leftH4480 the caveH4631, and wentH1980 on his wayH1870.

8AfterwardH310H3651, however, DavidH1732 gotH6965 upH6965 and wentH3318 outH3318 of the caveH4631, and calledH7121 afterH310 SaulH7586, sayingH559, “My lordH113 the kingH4428!” And when SaulH7586 lookedH5027 behindH310 him, 2DavidH1732 bowedH6915 with his faceH639 to the groundH776 and prostratedH2331 himself. 9And DavidH1732 saidH559 to SaulH7586, “WhyH4100 do you listenH8085 to the wordsH1697 of menH120 3who sayH559, ‘BeholdH2009, DavidH1732 is seekingH1245 4to harmH7463 you’? 105BeholdH2009, thisH2088 dayH3117 your eyesH5869 have seenH7200 that the LordH3068 had handedH5414H3027 you overH5414 to me todayH3117 in the caveH4631, and 6someone saidH559 to killH2026 you, but 7I sparedH2347 you; and I saidH559, ‘I will not reachH7971 outH7971 with my handH3027 against my lordH113, becauseH3588 he is the Lord’sH3068 anointedH4899.’ 11So, 8my fatherH1, lookH7200! IndeedH1571, lookH7200 at the edgeH3671 of your robeH4598 in my handH3027! For by the fact that I cutH3772 offH3772 the edgeH3671 of your robeH4598 but did not killH2026 you, knowH3045 and understandH7200 that thereH369 isH369 noH369 evilH7463 or 9rebellionH6588 in my handsH3027, and I have not sinnedH2398 against you, though you 10are lyingH6658 inH6658 waitH6658 for my lifeH5315, to takeH3947 it.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 24:7 Lit from ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 24:8 1 Sam 25:23, 24; 1 Kin 1:31 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 24:9 Lit saying ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 24:9 Lit your harm ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 24:10 Ps 7:3, 4 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 24:10 1 Sam 24:4 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 24:10 As in ancient versions; MT, my eye had pity on ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 24:11 2 Kin 5:13 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 24:11 Lit offense ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 24:11 1 Sam 23:14, 23; 26:20 ↩

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