1 Samuel 26:19

Context
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 in¹ 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!’

Joel 3:6

Context

3:6 You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks,

removing them far from their own country.³

[26:19] ¹tn 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.

[26:19] ²tn Heb “but if the sons of men.”

[3:6] ³tn Heb “border.”