20 As she rode the donkey down a mountain pass hidden from view, she saw David and his men coming toward her and met them. 21 David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good. 22 May God punish me[a] and do so severely(A) if I let any of his males[b] survive until morning.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:22 LXX; MT reads David’s enemies
  2. 25:22 Lit of those of his who are urinating against the wall

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