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20 She was riding on the donkey and as she went down a protected part[a] of the mountain, David was there with his men, coming down to meet her, and she went toward them.

21 Now David had said, “Surely it was for nothing that I protected everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was missing of all that belonged to him. But he has repaid me[b] with evil for good! 22 May the Lord do this to the enemies of David[c]—and more also—if by the morning I’ve left alive a single male[d] of all those who belong to him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:20 Or a hidden part
  2. 1 Samuel 25:21 Lit. returned to me
  3. 1 Samuel 25:22 LXX reads to David
  4. 1 Samuel 25:22 Lit. single one who urinates on a wall