1 Kings 19:15
And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Rursumque misit Saul nuntios ut viderent David, dicens : Afferte eum ad me in lecto, ut occidatur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀποστέλλει ἐπὶ τὸν Δαυεὶδ λέγων Ἀγάγετε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης πρὸς μὲ τοῦ θανατῶσαι αὐτόν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת דָּוִ֖ד לֵאמֹ֑ר הַעֲל֨וּ אֹת֧וֹ בַמִּטָּ֛ה אֵלַ֖י לַהֲמִתֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom Treatise Concerning the Christian Priesthood, Book I
What is the wrong that I have done thee, since I have determined to embark from this point upon the sea of apology? Is it that I misled you and concealed my purpose? Yet I did it for the benefit of thyself who wast deceived, and of those to whom I surrendered you by means of this deceit. For if the evil of deception is absolute, and it is never right to make use of it, I am prepared to pay any penalty you please: or rather, as you will never endure to inflict punishment upon me, I shall subject myself to the same condemnation which is pronounced by judges on evil-doers when their accusers have convicted them. …