20 As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending towards her, and she met them. 21 David had just said, ‘It’s been useless – all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. 22 May God deal with David,[a] be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David’s enemies