1 Samuel 23:22 — Community Reflections

1 SAMUEL 23:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.”

Now therefore, come down, according to all the desire of your soul, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand — the Ziphites' offer (*v'atah red l'khol ta'avat naphsh'cha v'al yadi ye'irot lo ve'nachtim et ha'melekh*) promises delivery of David to Saul, the betrayal complete. The *ve'nachtim et hamelekh*, deliver to the king, is the completion of treachery.

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Mercy and justice - 1 Samuel 23

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