1 Samuel 26:19

Sin Anger

¹⁷ Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.

¹⁸ And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

²⁰ So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

²¹ Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
KJV: Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
WEB: Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that the LORD has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before the LORD; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to the LORD’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
ASV: Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah: for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
DARBY: And now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
BLB: And now, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If YHWH has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if [it is] the sons of man, may they be cursed before the face of YHWH. For they have driven me out this day from sharing in the inheritance of YHWH, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

ÅB: Hør nå, herre konge, din tjeners ord: Er det Herren som har egget deg opp mot meg, så forson ham ved et offer! Men er det mennesker, så være de forbannet for Herrens åsyn, fordi de nå har drevet meg bort, så jeg ikke får oppholde meg i Herrens eget land - de sier: Gå bort og tjen andre guder!
OTB: Så la nå min herre kongen høre sin tjeners ord. Hvis Herren har oppildnet deg mot meg, må Han akseptere et offer; men hvis det er mennesker, forbannet er de for Herren, for de har drevet meg ut i dag så jeg ikke skulle ha noen del i Herrens arv, og sagt, ‘Gå, tjen andre guder.’
B1930: Hør nu, herre konge, din tjeners ord: Er det Herren som har egget dig op mot mig, så forson ham ved et offer! Men er det mennesker, så være de forbannet for Herrens åsyn, fordi de nu har drevet mig bort, så jeg ikke får opholde mig i Herrens eget land - de sier: Gå bort og tjen andre guder!

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Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
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2 Samuel 20:19
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
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2 Samuel 16:11
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
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1 Samuel 18:10
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
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Galatians 1:8–9
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!
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Psalms 120:5
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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1 Chronicles 21:1
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
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Joshua 22:25–27
For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
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