Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.”

They will ask how you are and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them.

Accept this gift your servant has brought to my lord, and let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

Then David accepted what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. See, I have heard what you said and have granted your request.”

Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the Lord who has incited you against me, then may He accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the presence of the Lord, for today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord saying, ‘Go and worship other gods.’