1 SAMUEL 25:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.”
Now David had said, 'Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good' — David's lament expresses the betrayal of covenant obligation. The phrase 'leqqalleqᵉl ʿaliw rāʿāh taḥat ṭôbāh' captures the inversion of reciprocity that violates the ancient Near Eastern honor code.
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