1 Samuel 23:21

And Saul said to them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

In Context

20And now according to all the king’s desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.

22Go, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which ye spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:13And it came to pass when God brought me forth out of the house of my father, that I said to her, This righteousness thou shalt perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, say of me, He is my brother.

1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.

Psalms 10:3For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, 1 But what has the righteous done? 1

Micah 3:11The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and yet they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:20-29

19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord ; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for… Read the whole commentary →

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