² because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam^(A) to call a curse down on them.^(B) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)^(C)

¹² It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery^(A) and restore to me his covenant blessing^(B) instead of his curse today.^(C)”

⁴ For they did not come to meet you with bread and water^(A) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam^(B) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim^[a](C) to pronounce a curse on you.^{(D) 5} However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse^(E) into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves^(F) you.

⁴³ He said to David, “Am I a dog,^(A) that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

²⁸ Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the army under a strict oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food today!’ That is why the men are faint.”

²⁹ Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble^(A) for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.