Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 26:18
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And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
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And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand?
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He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
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And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
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1 Samuel 26
16 This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
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?
19 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.”
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