2Sa 16:11 | NETfull | STEP | Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.

2 Samuel 16:11

11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son, my very own flesh and blood, ^{▼▼ Heb “who came out from my entrails.” David’s point is that is his own son, his child whom he himself had fathered, was now wanting to kill him.} is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.