1 Samuel 26:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 26:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 26:19 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 26:19 — KJV
“Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. accept: Heb. smell abiding: Heb. cleaving”
— 1 Samuel 26:19 (KJV)
1 Samuel 26:19 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 26:19
“Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. let...: Heb. let my supplication fall”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 26:19: now, therefore, pray
“Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 26:19: now, pray, let
“Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; the children...: or, naughty men”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 26:19: now, let, children
“Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. fail...: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight so that: Heb. only if”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 26:19: now, therefore, lord
“Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. There...: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 26:19: now, therefore, lord
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