1 Samuel 26:9
New American Standard Bible
9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not [a]kill him, for (A)who can reach out with his hand against the Lord’s anointed and remain innocent?”
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- 1 Samuel 26:9 Lit destroy
1 Samuel 26:9
New International Version
9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed(A) and be guiltless?(B)
2 Samuel 3:28-29
New American Standard Bible
28 Afterward, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29 (A)May it turn upon the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not be eliminated from the house of Joab (B)someone who suffers a discharge, or has leprosy, or [a]holds the spindle, or falls by the sword, or lacks bread.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:29 I.e., an effeminate man; LXX holds on to a staff (prob. a crutch)
2 Samuel 3:28-29
New International Version
28 Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent(A) before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. 29 May his blood(B) fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family!(C) May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore(D) or leprosy[a] or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:29 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
1 Kings 2:32
New American Standard Bible
32 (A)The Lord will return his blood on his own head, (B)because he [a]struck two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know about it: (C)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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- 1 Kings 2:32 Lit attacked
1 Kings 2:32
New International Version
32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.
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