1 Samuel 23:20

THE MESSAGE

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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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."

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

¹⁹Some Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Did you know that David is hiding out near us in the caves and canyons of Horesh? Right now he's at Hakilah Hill just south of Jeshimon. So whenever you're ready to come down, we'd count it an honor to hand him over to the king." ²¹Saul said, " God bless you for thinking about me! Now go back and check everything out. Learn his routines. Observe his movements—where he goes, who he's with. He's very shrewd, you know. Scout out all his hiding places. Then meet me at Nacon and I'll go with you. If he is anywhere to be found in all the thousands of Judah, I'll track him down!" ²⁴So the Ziphites set out on their reconnaissance for Saul. Meanwhile, David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the desert south of Jeshimon. Saul and his men arrived and began their search. When David heard of it, he went south to Rock Mountain, camping out in the wilderness of Maon. Saul heard where he was and set off for the wilderness of Maon in pursuit. Saul was on one side of the mountain, David and his men on the other. David was in full retreat, running, with Saul and his men closing in, about to get him. Just then a messenger came to Saul and said, "Hurry! Come back! The Philistines have just attacked the country!" ²⁸So Saul called off his pursuit of David and went back to deal with the Philistines. That's how that place got the name Narrow Escape. David left there and camped out in the caves and canyons of En Gedi.

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
Then Abraham got up, bowed respectfully to the people of the land, the Hittites, and said, "If you're serious about helping me give my wife a proper burial, intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar. Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, the one at the end of his land. Ask him to sell it to me at its full price for a burial plot, with you as witnesses."

Genesis 23:10
Ephron was part of the local Hittite community. Then Ephron the Hittite spoke up, answering Abraham with all the Hittites who were part of the town council listening: "Oh no, my master! I couldn't do that. The field is yours—a gift. I'll give it and the cave to you. With my people as witnesses, I give it to you. Bury your deceased wife."

Genesis 23:14
Then Ephron answered Abraham, "If you insist, master. What's four hundred silver shekels between us? Now go ahead and bury your wife."

2 Samuel 24:24
But the king said to Araunah, "No. I've got to buy it from you for a good price; I'm not going to offer God , my God, sacrifices that are no sacrifice." So David bought the threshing floor and the ox, paying out fifty shekels of silver. He built an altar to God there and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. God was moved by the prayers and that was the end of the disaster.

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.