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1 Samuel 26:10

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By the living Lord,” David continued, “I know that the Lord himself will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.

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When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Place your hand between my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt.

If a man dies, can he come back to life? But I will wait for better times, wait till this time of trouble is ended.

The length of our lives is decided beforehand— the number of months we will live. You have settled it, and it can't be changed.

Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,

Soon the wicked will disappear; you may look for them, but you won't find them;

But the Lord laughs at wicked people, because he knows they will soon be destroyed.

He will punish them for their wickedness and destroy them for their sins; the Lord our God will destroy them.

He sets the time for birth and the time for death, the time for planting and the time for pulling up,

Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?

Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “You do not have much longer to live. Call Joshua and bring him to the Tent, so that I may give him his instructions.” Moses and Joshua went to the Tent,

The Lord will take revenge and punish them; the time will come when they will fall; the day of their doom is near.

For we know who said, “I will take revenge, I will repay”; and who also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God.

Because of this, in one day she will be struck with plagues— disease, grief, and famine. And she will be burned with fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is mighty.”

May the Lord judge which one of us is wrong! May he punish you for your action against me, for I will not harm you in the least.

The Lord will judge, and he will decide which one of us is wrong. May he look into the matter, defend me, and save me from you.”

It is the Lord who has kept you from taking revenge and killing your enemies. And now I swear to you by the living Lord that your enemies and all who want to harm you will be punished like Nabal.

Some ten days later the Lord struck Nabal and he died.

When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praise the Lord! He has taken revenge on Nabal for insulting me and has kept me his servant from doing wrong. The Lord has punished Nabal for his evil.” Then David sent a proposal of marriage to Abigail.

He said to the young man carrying his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that these godless Philistines won't gloat over me and kill me.” But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.

And that is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died; all of Saul's men died that day.




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