1 Samuel 23:20 - Printer Friendly

ESV: 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.”

NIV: Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.'

NASB: 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.'

CSB: So now, whenever the king wants to come down, let him come down. As for us, we will be glad to hand him over to the king."

NLT: Come down whenever you’re ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!'

KJV: 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.

NKJV: 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.”

First Samuel introduces the key figures who led Israel after the era of the judges. The books of 1 and 2 Samuel were originally part of a single text, split in certain translations shortly before the birth of Christ. Some of the Bible’s most famous characters are depicted in this book. These including the prophet Samuel, Israel’s first king, Saul, her greatest king, David, and other famous names such as Goliath and Jonathan. By the end of this book, Saul has fallen; the book of 2 Samuel begins with David’s ascension to the throne.

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