1 Samuel 23:20
Good News Translation
We know, Your Majesty, how much you want to capture him; so come to our territory, and we will make sure that you catch him."

New Revised Standard Version
Now, O king, whenever you wish to come down, do so; and our part will be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”

Contemporary English Version
If you come, we will help you catch him."

New American Bible
Therefore, whenever the king wishes to come down, let him do so. It will be our task to deliver him into the king’s hand.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands.

all the desire

Deuteronomy 18:6 If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,

2 Samuel 3:21 And Abner said to David: I will rise, that I may gather all Israel unto thee my lord the king, and may enter into a league with thee, and that thou mayst reign over all as thy soul desireth. Now when David had brought Abner on his way, and he was gone in peace,

Psalm 112:10 The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 11:23 Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.

our part

1 Kings 21:11-14 And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them; . . .

2 Kings 10:5-7 Therefore they that were over the king's house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying: We are thy servants: whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do; we will not make us any king: do thou all that pleaseth thee. . . .

Psalm 54:3 For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes.

Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord.

Context
Saul Pursues David
19And the Ziphites went up to Saul, in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert. 20Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands.21And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:12
And David said: Will the men of Ceila deliver me and my men into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.

1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case.

1 Samuel 23:19
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