²¹ Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe^(A) of Israel, and is not my clan the least^(B) of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?^(C) Why do you say such a thing to me?”

²³ They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law?^(A) I’m only a poor man and little known.”

David’s Prayer^(A)

¹⁸ Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: