³¹ If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?

⁴ And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

⁵⁴ And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

⁵⁵ But turning round he said sharp words to them.

² You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

³ Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.

¹⁵ Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in flight, and the rest of the men of Judah come to an end?

¹⁶ But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, You are not to do this: for what you say about Ishmael is false.

¹⁸ And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

¹² Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

² When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

⁷ You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

²² Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

²¹ But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

²² And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

⁹ Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

¹⁰ And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

⁸ Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

¹⁰ And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

⁵⁰ And one of them gave a blow to the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

⁵¹ But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well.