1 Samuel 26:19

So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in ¹  an offering. But if men have instigated this, ²  may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go on, serve other gods!’

Ge 8:21; Ge 44:18; Le 26:31; De 4:27,28; Jos 22:25-27; 1Sa 16:14-23; 1Sa 18:10; 1Sa 25:24; 2Sa 14:16; 2Sa 16:11; 2Sa 20:19; 2Sa 24:1; 1Ki 22:22; 1Ch 21:1; Ps 42:1,2; Ps 119:1-8; Ps 120:5; Pr 6:16-19; Pr 30:10; Isa 60:5; Ro 14:15; Ga 1:8,9; Ga 5:12; 2Ti 4:14

¹ tn Heb “may he smell.” The implication is that Saul should seek to appease God, for such divine instigation to evil would a sign of God’s disfavor. For a fuller discussion of this passage see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Deceive?” BSac 155 (1998): 19-21.

² tn Heb “but if the sons of men.”