But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, it’s because Adonai has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ So who should say, ‘Why did you do so?’”
Exodus 21:13 - Tree of Life Version But if he did not hunt him down, yet God caused it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may run. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee [for protection until duly tried]. [Num. 35:22-28.] American Standard Version (1901) And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. Common English Bible If the killing wasn’t on purpose but an accident allowed by God, then I will designate a place to which the killer can run away. Catholic Public Domain Version But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands, then I will appoint for you a place to which he must flee. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee. |
But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, it’s because Adonai has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ So who should say, ‘Why did you do so?’”
Yet that is not what Assyria intends, nor is that what he is thinking about. Rather his heart is to destroy, and to cut down nations—only a few!
The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.
“Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be cities of refuge, to which anyone who kills anyone may flee. Besides these, you are to give the Levites 42 more cities.
“You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker that the first generations marked out, in the inheritance you will receive in the land Adonai your God is giving you to possess.
Look, today your own eyes should see how Adonai delivered you today into my hand, in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but my eye had pity on you, and I said: ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is Adonai’s anointed.’
You’ve told today how well you’ve dealt with me, for Adonai had delivered me up into your hand, yet you did not kill me.
So David’s men said to him, “Look, it’s the day Adonai spoke to you about, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, so you may do to him as seems good in your eyes.’” Then David crept and cut off the corner of Saul’s robe stealthily.