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1 Samuel 23:21
Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,—because ye have taken pity upon me.
1 Samuel 23:21 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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1 Samuel 23:21 in other translations
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
Saul said, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.
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In context
18 And they two solemnised a covenant before Yahweh,—and David remained in the thicket, but, Jonathan, departed to his own house.
19 Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,—Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?
20 Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, [will it be] to surrender him into the hand of the king.
21 Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,—because ye have taken pity upon me.
22 Go, I pray you, make ready yet further, and get to know and see his place, where may be his track, who hath seen him there,—for it hath been said unto me, Cunning indeed, is, he!
23 See, then, and get to know—of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,—and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.
24 So they arose and departed to Ziph, before Saul,—but, David and his men, were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah, to the right of Jeshimon.
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