35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And ^oI will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.

3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. ^yWhose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a ^zbribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me¹ and I will restore it to you.”

6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.”

6 He said to his men, ^o“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.”

9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for ^kwho can put out his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”

14 David said to him, ^f“How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

21 Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, ^w“Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”

The Last Words of David

1 Now these are the last words of David: