2 Samuel 4:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹ David answered:

I swear that only the Lord rescues me when I'm in trouble! ^10 (A) When a man came to Ziklag and told me that Saul was dead, he thought he deserved a reward for bringing good news. But I grabbed him and killed him.

¹¹ You evil men have done something much worse than he did. You've killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed. I'll make you pay for that. I'll wipe you from the face of the earth!