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16 This thing that you did is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die,[a] you who didn’t guard your lord, the Lord’s anointed. Where is the king’s spear and where is the jug of water that was at his head?”

17 Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?”

David replied, “It is my voice, your majesty.”[b] 18 David[c] said, “Why is your majesty pursuing his servant? For what have I done, and what evil do I bear toward you?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 26:16 Lit. you are sons of death; i.e. dead men
  2. 1 Samuel 26:17 Lit. My lord the king
  3. 1 Samuel 26:18 Lit. He