Cross Reference 1 SAMUEL 30:13 AND DAVID SAID UNTO HIM TO WHOM BELONGEST THOU AND WHENCE ART THOU AND HE SAID I AM A YOUNG MAN OF EGYPT SERVANT TO AN AMALEKITE AND MY MASTER LEFT ME BECAUSE THREE DAYS AGONE I FELL SICK

{1 Samuel 30:13} And David 1732 said 559 z8799 unto him, To whom x4310 [belongest] thou? x859 and whence x335 x4480 x2088 [art] thou? x859 And he said, 559 z8799 I x595 [am] a young man 5288 of Egypt, 4713 servant 5650 to an Amalekite; 376 6003 and my master 113 left 5800 z8799 me, because x3588 three 7969 days 3117 agone I fell sick. 2470 z8804

my master:
Though they had booty enough, and this poor sick slave might have been carried on an ass or a camel, yet they inhumanely left him to perish; but, in the righteous providence of God, this cruelty was the occasion of their destruction; whilst David's kindness to a perishing stranger and slave was the means of his success, and proved the truest policy. "If¹ I did despiseª ° the causeª of my manservantª or of my maidservant,ª when they contended² ¹ with¹ me; ... Did not¹ he that madeª ° me in the wombª makeª ° him? and did not oneª fashionª ° us in the womb?ª" {Job 31:13-15} + "A righteousª [man] regardethª ° the lifeª of his beast:ª but the tender merciesª of the wickedª [are] cruel.ª" {Prv 12:10} + "Forª he shall have judgmentª without mercy,ª that hath shewedª ° noª mercy;ª andª mercyª rejoiceth againstª ° judgment.ª" {Jms 2:13}