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1 Samuel 26:19-21
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19 So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in[a] an offering. But if men have instigated this,[b] may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go on, serve other gods!’ 20 Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge[c] in the hill country.”

21 Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you anymore, for you treated my life with value[d] this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 26:19 tn Heb “may he smell.” The implication is that Saul should seek to appease God, for such divine instigation to evil would be a sign of God’s disfavor. For a fuller discussion of this passage see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Deceive?” BSac 155 (1998): 19-21.
  2. 1 Samuel 26:19 tn Heb “but if the sons of men.”
  3. 1 Samuel 26:20 tn Heb “the calling [one],” which apparently refers to a partridge.
  4. 1 Samuel 26:21 tn Heb “my life was valuable in your eyes.”
  5. 1 Samuel 26:21 tn Heb “and I have erred very greatly.”
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