Don't you realize that as long as David is alive, you will never be king of this country? Now go and bring him here---he must die!"

David became very angry at the rich man and said, "I swear by the living LORD that the man who did this ought to die!

All of my father's family deserved to be put to death by Your Majesty, but you gave me the right to eat at your table. I have no right to ask for any more favors from Your Majesty."

Listen to the groans of the prisoners, and by your great power free those who are condemned to die.

He heard the groans of prisoners and set free those who were condemned to die.

Actually all of us were like them and lived according to our natural desires, doing whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and minds. In our natural condition we, like everyone else, were destined to suffer God's anger.

But David said, "You must not harm him! The LORD will certainly punish whoever harms his chosen king.

The LORD forbid that I should try to harm the one whom the LORD has made king! Let's take his spear and his water jar, and go."

and he said to his men, "May the LORD keep me from doing any harm to my master, whom the LORD chose as king! I must not harm him in the least, because he is the king chosen by the LORD!"