1 Samuel 10:24

God save the king - There is no such word here; no, nor in the whole Bible; nor is it countenanced by any of the versions. The words which we thus translate here and elsewhere are simply המלך יחי yechi hammelech , "May the king live;" and so all the versions, the Targum excepted, which says, May the king prosper! The French Vive le roi ! is a proper version of the Hebrew.