1 Samuel 26:18-20

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁸ And he said, “Why does my lord persecute his servant like this?! For what have I done?! Or what evil is in my hand?!

¹⁹ “Now, therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant! If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him smell the savor of a Sacrifice! But if the children of men have done it, cursed be they before the LORD! For they have cast me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’

²⁰ “Now, therefore, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD! For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as one would hunt a partridge in the mountains!”