1 Samuel 25:21

25:21 Now David had been thinking, ¹  “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

1 Samuel 25:39

25:39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! ²  The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” ³  Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

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¹ tn Heb “said.”

² tn Heb “who has argued the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal.”

³ tn Heb “his servant he has held back from evil, and the evil of Nabal the Lord has turned back on his head.”