1 Samuel 23:20

WEB

²⁰Now 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.”

KJV

²⁰Now 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.

BSB

²⁰Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

FBV

²⁰So, Your Majesty, please come whenever you want, and we'll make sure to hand him over to you.”

Extra References

1 Samuel 23:12

¹²Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The LORD said, “They will deliver you up.”

Psalms 112:10

¹⁰The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

²¹Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.” David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

Proverbs 29:26

²⁶Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from the LORD.

1 Kings 21:11-14

¹¹The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them. ¹²They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. ¹³The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones. ¹⁴Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”

Deuteronomy 18:6

⁶If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD shall choose,

Proverbs 11:23

²³The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Psalms 54:3

³For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.

2 Kings 10:5-7

⁵He who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those who raised the children, sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and will do all that you ask us. We will not make any man king. You do that which is good in your eyes.”

⁶Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men who are your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time.” Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.

⁷When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and killed them, even seventy people, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.