1 Samuel 23:20 “Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be resp…”

1 Samuel 23:20

Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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Cross references

“all the desire”

Deuteronomy 18:6 2 Samuel 3:21 Psalm 112:10 Proverbs 11:23

Deuteronomy 18:6 · BSB

Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

2 Samuel 3:21 · BSB

Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, a…

Psalm 112:10 · BSB

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Proverbs 11:23 · BSB

The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

“our part”

1 Kings 21:11–14 2 Kings 10:5–7 Psalm 54:3 Proverbs 29:26

1 Kings 21:11–14 · BSB

So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

2 Kings 10:5–7 · BSB

So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in yo…

Psalm 54:3 · BSB

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah

Proverbs 29:26 · BSB

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.

Also

1 Samuel 23:12

1 Samuel 23:12 · BSB

So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

21“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.

Read 1 Samuel 23