1 SAMUEL 26:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.”
'Now therefore, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the LORD who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering; but if it is the sons of men, may they be cursed before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, "Go, serve other gods"' — David attributes his persecution either to divine will ('ʾim-YHWH sinîtᵉkhā') or to human machination ('ʾim-benê ʾādhām'). The phrase about exile from the LORD's inheritance ('menaḥlat YHWH') expresses the spiritual cost of homelessness and fugitive life.
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