1 Samuel 19:5

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665 · Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · Public domainGerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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1 Samuel 19:5 (WEB)
for he put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

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Ambrose of Milan, Letters Letter 51
“His son Jonathan said to the fierce King Saul himself: “Do not sin against thy servant David;” and: “Why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. [1 Kings] xix. 5.
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