But David said to Abishai, “Do not [a]kill him, for (A)who can reach out with his hand against the Lords anointed and remain innocent?”

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  1. 1 Samuel 26:9 Lit destroy

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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  1. 2 Samuel 3:29 I.e., an effeminate man; LXX holds on to a staff (prob. a crutch)

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. 1 Kings 2:32 Lit attacked

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