"And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him."
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Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.
asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.
asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.