27. Please, sir, accept this present I have brought you, and give it to your men.
28. Please forgive me, sir, for any wrong I have done. The Lord will make you king, and your descendants also, because you are fighting his battles; and you will not do anything evil as long as you live.
29. If anyone should attack you and try to kill you, the Lord your God will keep you safe, as someone guards a precious treasure. As for your enemies, however, he will throw them away, as someone hurls stones with a sling.
30. And when the Lord has done all the good things he has promised you and has made you king of Israel,