1 Samuel 18:18

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Summary

And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

Who am i

General references

Exodus 3:11

Bible References

Who am i

So Saul’s servants spoke these words to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me in this way?”

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”

Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”

Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom,
And before honor comes humility.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,

But humility goes before honor.

Then I said, “Alas, Lord God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
Because I am a youth.”

General references

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”