1 Samuel 21:9

David Goes to Gath

21:9 The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod. If you wish, take it for yourself. Other than that, there’s nothing here.” David said, “There’s nothing like it! Give it to me!”

1 Samuel 21:2

21:2 David replied to Ahimelech the priest, “The king instructed me to do something, but he said to me, ‘Don’t let anyone know the reason I am sending you or the instructions I have given you.’ ¹  I have told my soldiers ²  to wait at a certain place. ³ 

1 Samuel 23:21

23:21 Saul replied, “May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.

Esther 7:10

7:10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.

Psalms 7:15-16

7:15 he digs a pit ⁴ 

and then falls into the hole he has made. ⁵ 

7:16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans ⁶ 

and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head. ⁷ 

Hebrews 2:14

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ⁸  their humanity, ⁹  so that through death he could destroy ¹⁰  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

[21:2]  ¹ tn Heb “let not a man know anything about the matter [for] which I am sending you and [about] which I commanded you.”

[21:2]  ² tn Heb “servants.”

[21:2]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression here refers to a particular, but unnamed, place. It occurs in the OT only here, in 2 Kgs 6:8, and in Ruth 4:1, where Boaz uses it to refer to Naomi’s unnamed kinsman-redeemer. A contracted form of the expression appears in Dan 8:13.

[7:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “a pit he digs and he excavates it.” Apparently the imagery of hunting is employed; the wicked sinner digs this pit to entrap and destroy his intended victim. The redundancy in the Hebrew text has been simplified in the translation.

[7:15]  ⁵ tn The verb forms in vv. 15-16 describe the typical behavior and destiny of those who attempt to destroy others. The image of the evildoer falling into the very trap he set for his intended victim emphasizes the appropriate nature of God’s judgment.

[7:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “his harm [i.e., the harm he conceived for others, see v. 14] returns on his head.”

[7:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “and on his forehead his violence [i.e., the violence he intended to do to others] comes down.”

[2:14]  ⁸ tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

[2:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “the same.”

[2:14]  ¹⁰ tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”