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1 Samuel 24:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Look, my father!  Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Recognise  that I’ve committed no crime or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

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So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea,  like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.’


Investigate  all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans  of Judah.’


David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph.  Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.


But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled:   They hated me for no reason.   ,


But his servants approached and said to him, ‘My father,  if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, “Wash and be clean”? ’


Then he continued, ‘Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What crime have I committed?


Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.


Say, “This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on the wrist of every hand and who make veils for the heads of people of every size in order to ensnare lives. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?


Our steps were closely followed so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end approached;  our time ran out. Our end had come!


A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.


If I am proud,  you hunt me like a lion and again display your miraculous power against me.


David and his men went out and killed two hundred  Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.


Please forgive your servant’s offence,  for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord  because he fights the Lord’s battles.  Throughout your life, may evil  not be found in you.


Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?  Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something?  , I will return it to you.’


The Lord will repay every man for his righteousness  and his loyalty. I wasn’t willing to lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed, even though the Lord handed you over to me today.


David questioned him, ‘How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed? ’





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