17 And the King said unto the [a]sergeants that stood about him, Turn, and slay the Priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and showed it not unto me. But the servants of the King [b]would not move their hands to fall upon the Priests of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:17 Or, footmen.
  2. 1 Samuel 22:17 For they knew that they ought not to obey the wicked commandment of the king in slaying the innocents.

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