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Sunday, July 13th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Legacy Standard Bible

1 Samuel 23:20

So now, O king, according to all the desire of your soul to come down, come down here; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Malice;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ziph (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Saul;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rock;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now, whenever the king wants to come down, let him come down. Our part will be to hand him over to the king.”
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
So then, O king, whenever you want to come down, come down, and it will be for us to deliver him into the hand of the king."
English Standard Version
Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."
New Century Version
Now, our king, come down anytime you want. It's our duty to hand David over to you."
New English Translation
Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king's hand will be our responsibility."
Amplified Bible
"Now then, O king, come down [to Ziph] in accordance with all your heart's desire to do so [and capture him]; and our part shall be to hand him over to the king."
New American Standard Bible
"Now then, O king, come down, since you fully desire to do so; and our part shall be to hand him over to the king."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore, O King, come downe according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the Kinges handes.
Contemporary English Version
If you come, we will help you catch him."
Complete Jewish Bible
So now, king, since you've wanted so much to come down, come down! Our part will be to turn him over to you."
Darby Translation
And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now, King, come down any time you want. It is our duty to give David to you."
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore, come down against us according to all the desire of your soul, and we shall deliver him into the kings hand.
Good News Translation
We know, Your Majesty, how much you want to capture him; so come to our territory, and we will make sure that you catch him."
Literal Translation
And now, come down according to all the desires of your soul, O king. Come down, and our duty is to deliver him up into the king's hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let the kynge come downe now therfore acordinge to all the desyre of his hert, and we wyll delyuer him in to the kynges hande.
American Standard Version
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 up into the king's hand.
Bible in Basic English
So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therfore O king, thou mayest come downe according to all the lust of thy soule, and our part shalbe to deliuer him into the kinges hande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 up into the king's hand.'
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore, O king, come downe according to all the desire of thy soule to come downe, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the kings hand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And 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.
English Revised Version
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deriver him up into the king’s hand.
Berean Standard Bible
Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hands."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor come thou doun, as thi soule desiride, that thou schuldist come doun; forsothe it schal be oure, that we bitake hym in to the hondis of the kyng.
Young's Literal Translation
And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.'
Update Bible Version
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
New King James Version
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand."
New Living Translation
Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!"
New Life Bible
Now come, O king, as you desire to come. And we will give David into the king's hand."
New Revised Standard
Now, O king, whenever you wish to come down, do so; and our part will be to surrender him into the king's hand."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king’s hands.
Revised Standard Version
Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now then, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to do so; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."

Contextual Overview

19Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20So now, O king, according to all the desire of your soul to come down, come down here; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand." 21And Saul said, "May you be blessed of Yahweh, for you have had compassion on me. 22Go now, make more sure, and know and see his place—where his very foot is—and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very crafty. 23So see and know about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah." 24Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon. 25So Saul and his men went to seek him, and they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard it and pursued David in the wilderness of Maon. 26And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them. 27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land." 28So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all the desire: Deuteronomy 18:6, 2 Samuel 3:21, Psalms 112:10, Proverbs 11:23

our part: 1 Kings 21:11-14, 2 Kings 10:5-7, Psalms 54:3, Proverbs 29:26

Reciprocal: Psalms 31:13 - while Psalms 62:9 - Surely Psalms 119:95 - wicked Psalms 142:4 - refuge Proverbs 24:15 - Lay

Cross-References

Genesis 23:7
So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis 23:14
Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 25:9
Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre,
Genesis 50:5
‘My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me." So now, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.'"
Genesis 50:13
Indeed, his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field for his possession as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
2 Samuel 24:24
However, the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
2 Kings 21:18
And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son became king in his place.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore, O king, come down,.... From Gibeah to Ziph, and the wilderness of it, where David was:

according to all the desires of thy soul to come down; to seize such a prey which he was greatly desirous of, and of nothing more so than of that according to Abarbinel, the sense is, that the thing was ready in whatever way he should desire it; if he chose to come down himself, and lay hold on him, they invite him to come down; but if he did not choose to come down himself, they would seize him, and bring him to him, and deliver him up into his hand, and so he would be under no necessity of going down after him:

and our part [shall be] to deliver him into the king's hand; this we will take upon us to do, and save the king the trouble of coming down.


 
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