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20 And then,[a] as she was riding on the donkey and was going down the ravine of the mountain, David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she met them. 21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain[b] I guarded all that this fellow had in the desert. And nothing was missed of all that was his, but he returned evil against me in place of good! 22 May God severely punish the enemies of David[c] and again do thus if I leave behind anything that is his[d] until the morning, not even one male!”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:20 Literally “And it happened”
  2. 1 Samuel 25:21 Literally “for the vanity”
  3. 1 Samuel 25:22 Literally “May God do so to the enemies of David”; following the LXX some English versions omit the words “the enemies of”
  4. 1 Samuel 25:22 Literally “from all that is for him”
  5. 1 Samuel 25:22 Literally “from one urinating against a wall”