1 Samuel 26:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You made a big mistake. As surely as the Lord is alive, you and your men should die, because you didn’t protect your master, the Lord’s chosen king. Look for the king’s spear and the water jug that was near Saul’s head. Where are they?”

Cross References

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like that, trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. Like everyone else in the world, we deserved to suffer God’s anger just because of the way we were.

Psalm 102:20

And he will hear the prisoner’s prayers. He will free those who were condemned to die.

Psalm 79:11

Listen to the sad cries of the prisoners! Use your great power to free those who are sentenced to die.

2 Samuel 19:28

You could have killed all my grandfather’s family, but you did not do that. Instead, you included me among the people who eat at your own table. So I don’t have a right to complain to the king about anything.”

2 Samuel 12:5

David became very angry with the rich man. He said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who did this should die!

1 Samuel 26:11

But I pray that the Lord never lets me hurt the Lord’s chosen king. Now pick up the spear and water jug by Saul’s head and let’s go.”

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill Saul! Anyone who hurts the Lord’s chosen king must be punished.

1 Samuel 20:31

As long as Jesse’s son lives, you will never be king and have a kingdom. Now, bring David to me! He is a dead man.”

1 Samuel 24:6

He said to his men, “I pray the Lord never lets me do anything like that to my master again. I must not do anything against Saul, because he is the Lord’s chosen king.”

1 Samuel 26:15

David said, “You are an important man, aren’t you? You are better than any other man in Israel. Is that right? So why didn’t you guard your master, the king? An ordinary man came into your camp to kill your master, the king.

1 Kings 2:26

Then King Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, “I should kill you, but I will let you go back to your home in Anathoth. I will not kill you now because you helped carry the Holy Box of the Lord GOD while marching with my father David. And I know that you shared in the hard times with my father.”