1 Samuel 26:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus persecute his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
19 Now therefore, I beseech thee, let my Lord the King hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, [a]let him smell the savor of a sacrifice: but if the children of men have done it, cursed be they before the Lord: for they have cast me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve [b]other gods.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the King of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as one would hunt a partridge in the mountains.
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- 1 Samuel 26:19 Let his anger toward us be pacified by a sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 26:19 As much as lay in them, they compelled him to idolatry because they forced him to flee to the idolaters.
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