1 Samuel 26:20

The Scriptures 2009

“And now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of יהוה. For the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:16

“See, I am sending for many fishermen,” declares יהוה, “and they shall fish them. And after that I shall send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

Lamentations 3:52

My enemies hunted me down Like a bird, without cause.

Matthew 26:47

And while He was still speaking, see, Yehuḏah, one of the twelve, with a large crowd with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matthew 26:55

In that hour יהושע said to the crowds, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to arrest Me? Daily I sat with you, teaching in the Set-apart Place, and you did not seize Me.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He guards the feet of His lovingly-commited ones, but the wrong are silent in darkness, for man does not become mighty by power.

1 Samuel 24:11

“And my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, while you are hunting my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:14

“After whom has the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?

1 Samuel 24:15

“And יהוה shall be judge, and rightly rule between you and me, and see and plead my case, and rightly rule me out of your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:29

“And if a man rises to pursue you and seek your life, and the life of my master has been bound in the bundle of the living with יהוה your Elohim, then the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.