1 SAMUEL 26:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.”
And David said to Abner, 'Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord' — David's rebuke ('lāmāh lōʾ šamartāh ʾet-ʾadonekhā hammelekh') exposes Abner's failure as a commander. The rhetorical superiority of David's speech ('mî kᵉmôkā') asserts a moral authority over Saul's general.
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