21 Saul replied, “(A)Am I not a Benjamite, of (B)the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the [a]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me in this way?”

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  1. 1 Samuel 9:21 So some ancient versions; Heb tribes

23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words [a]to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, (A)since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:23 Lit in the ears of

David’s Prayer

18 Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “(A)Who am I, O Lord [a]God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:18 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so through out the ch