Come down whenever you\u2019re ready, O\u00a0king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThe LORD bless you,\u201d Saul said.<\/p>\n
Saul’s heart was far from God, and had been for a long time. Yet he freely invokes a divine blessing on David’s betrayers, as if their actions (as well as his own) were pleasing to the Lord, and deserving of his favor.<\/p>\n
The wheat and the tares have always grown up together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Come down whenever you\u2019re ready, O\u00a0king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!\u201d \u201cThe LORD bless you,\u201d Saul said. Saul’s heart was far from God, and had been for a long time. Yet he freely invokes a divine blessing on David’s betrayers, as if their actions (as well as his own) … <\/p>\n