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1 Samuel 26:13-15
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 26:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 David then crossed over to the other side, and he stood on the top of a distant hill, so that there was quite a space between them. 14 David cried out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, “Will you not answer me Abner?” Abner said, “Who are you that you call out to the king?” 15 [a]David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why have you not kept guard over your lord, the king? Someone came in to kill the king, your lord.
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- 1 Samuel 26:15 Again David does not take advantage of the circumstances to kill Saul. By removing his water jar and sword and sparing Saul and Abner, David makes the point that he respects his undeserving earthly king and most of all his true King, God.
