A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that<n id="1" /> day to avenge themselves from their enemies.p>

Saul replied, &#8220;Here is what you should say to David: &#8216;There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his<n id="1" /> enemies.&#8217;&#8221; (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)p>

<p class="poetry">But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It is the day when he will pay back his enemies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied!p> <p class="poetry">It will drink their blood until it is full!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For the Lord <sc>Godsc> who rules over all<n id="4" /> will offer them up as a sacrificep> <p class="poetry">in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.p>