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1 Samuel 22:8

Jesse
Envy and jealousyLoneliness

6 Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.

7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”

9 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

10 Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

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BSB
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
KJV
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
WEB
Is that why all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
ASV
that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
DARBY
that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made [a covenant] with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?
BLB
For you⁺ have all conspired against me, and [there is] no one uncovering my ear that my son has cut in with the son of Jesse. And none of you⁺ has shown concern for me or uncovered to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait as this day.”
ÅB
For dere har jo alle sammensvoret dere mot meg, og ingen åpenbarte det for meg dengang min sønn gjorde pakt med Isais sønn, og ingen av dere er bekymret for meg og åpenbarer noe for meg; for min sønn har oppegget mine tjenere til å etterstrebe meg, slik som han nå gjør.
OTB
For dere har alle sammensverget dere mot meg, slik at ingen informerer meg når min sønn inngår en pakt med Isais sønn, og ingen av dere bryr seg om meg eller informerer meg om at min sønn har hisset opp min tjener mot meg, for å ligge i bakhold, slik det er i dag."
B1930
For I har jo alle sammensvoret eder mot mig, og ingen åpenbarte det for mig dengang min sønn gjorde pakt med Isais sønn, og ingen av eder er bekymret for mig og åpenbarer noget for mig; for min sønn har opegget mine tjenere til å efterstrebe mig, således som han nu gjør.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:21

    “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:16–18

    And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

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  • 1 Samuel 20:8

    Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

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  • 1 Samuel 20:30–34

    Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?

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  • 1 Samuel 20:13–17

    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:42

    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

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  • Job 33:16

    He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

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