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1 Samuel 20:1--24:22

And David
<01732>
fled
<01272> (8799)
from Naioth
<05121>
in Ramah
<07414>_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
and said
<0559> (8799)
before
<06440>
Jonathan
<03083>_,
What have I done
<06213> (8804)_?
what [is] mine iniquity
<05771>_?
and what [is] my sin
<02403>
before
<06440>
thy father
<01>_,
that he seeketh
<01245> (8764)
my life
<05315>_?
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, God forbid
<02486>_;
thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_:
behold, my father
<01>
will do
<06213> (8799) (8675) <06213> (8804)
nothing
<01697>
either great
<01419>
or small
<06996>_,
but that he will shew
<01540> (8799) <0241>
it me: and why should my father
<01>
hide
<05641> (8686)
this thing
<01697>
from me? it [is] not [so]. {shew...: Heb. uncover mine ear}
And David
<01732>
sware
<07650> (8735)
moreover, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thy father
<01>
certainly
<03045> (8800)
knoweth
<03045> (8804)
that I have found
<04672> (8804)
grace
<02580>
in thine eyes
<05869>_;
and he saith
<0559> (8799)_,
Let not Jonathan
<03083>
know
<03045> (8799)
this, lest he be grieved
<06087> (8735)_:
but truly
<0199>
[as] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
and [as] thy soul
<05315>
liveth
<02416>_,
[there is] but a step
<06587>
between me and death
<04194>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Jonathan
<03083>
unto David
<01732>_,
Whatsoever thy soul
<05315>
desireth
<0559> (8799)_,
I will even do
<06213> (8799)
[it] for thee. {Whatsoever...: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc} {desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Jonathan
<03083>_,
Behold, to morrow
<04279>
[is] the new moon
<02320>_,
and I should not fail
<03427> (8800)
to sit
<03427> (8799)
with the king
<04428>
at meat
<0398> (8800)_:
but let me go
<07971> (8765)_,
that I may hide
<05641> (8738)
myself in the field
<07704>
unto the third
<07992>
[day] at even
<06153>_.
If thy father
<01>
at all
<06485> (8800)
miss
<06485> (8799)
me, then say
<0559> (8804)_,
David
<01732>
earnestly
<07592> (8736)
asked
<07592> (8738)
[leave] of me that he might run
<07323> (8800)
to Bethlehem
<01035>
his city
<05892>_:
for [there is] a yearly
<03117>
sacrifice
<02077>
there for all the family
<04940>_.
{sacrifice: or, feast}
If he say
<0559> (8799)
thus, [It is] well
<02896>_;
thy servant
<05650>
shall have peace
<07965>_:
but if he be very
<02734> (8800)
wroth
<02734> (8799)_,
[then] be sure
<03045> (8798)
that evil
<07451>
is determined
<03615> (8804)
by him.
Therefore thou shalt deal
<06213> (8804)
kindly
<02617>
with thy servant
<05650>_;
for thou hast brought
<0935> (8689)
thy servant
<05650>
into a covenant
<01285>
of the LORD
<03068>
with thee: notwithstanding, if there be
<03426>
in me iniquity
<05771>_,
slay
<04191> (8685)
me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring
<0935> (8686)
me to thy father
<01>_?
And Jonathan
<03083>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Far be it from thee
<02486>_:
for if I knew
<03045> (8799)
certainly
<03045> (8800)
that evil
<07451>
were determined
<03615> (8804)
by my father
<01>
to come
<0935> (8800)
upon thee, then would not I tell
<05046> (8686)
it thee?
Then said
<0559> (8799)
David
<01732>
to Jonathan
<03083>_,
Who shall tell
<05046> (8686)
me? or what [if] thy father
<01>
answer
<06030> (8799)
thee roughly
<07186>_?
And Jonathan
<03083>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
Come
<03212> (8798)_,
and let us go out
<03318> (8799)
into the field
<07704>_.
And they went out
<03318> (8799)
both
<08147>
of them into the field
<07704>_.
And Jonathan
<03083>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
O LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>_,
when I have sounded
<02713> (8799)
my father
<01>
about to morrow
<04279>
any time
<06256>_,
[or] the third
<07992>
[day], and, behold, [if there be] good
<02895> (8804)
toward David
<01732>_,
and I then send
<07971> (8799)
not unto thee, and shew
<01540> (8804) <0241>
it thee; {sounded: Heb. searched} {shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear}
The LORD
<03068>
do
<06213> (8799)
so
<03541>
and much more
<03254> (8686)
to Jonathan
<03083>_:
but if it please
<03190> (8686)
my father
<01>
[to do] thee evil
<07451>_,
then I will shew
<01540> (8804) <0241>
it thee, and send thee away
<07971> (8765)_,
that thou mayest go
<01980> (8804)
in peace
<07965>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
be with thee, as he hath been with my father
<01>_.
{shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear}
And thou shalt not only while yet
<0518>
I live
<02416>
shew
<06213> (8799)
me the kindness
<02617>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
that I die
<04191> (8799)
not:
But [also] thou shalt not cut off
<03772> (8686)
thy kindness
<02617>
from my house
<01004>
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_:
no, not when the LORD
<03068>
hath cut off
<03772> (8687)
the enemies
<0341> (8802)
of David
<01732>
every one
<0376>
from the face
<06440>
of the earth
<0127>_.
So Jonathan
<03083>
made
<03772> (8799)
[a covenant] with the house
<01004>
of David
<01732>_,
[saying], Let the LORD
<03068>
even require
<01245> (8765)
[it] at the hand
<03027>
of David's
<01732>
enemies
<0341> (8802)_.
{made: Heb. cut}
And Jonathan
<03083>
caused David
<01732>
to swear
<07650> (8687)
again
<03254> (8686)_,
because he loved
<0160>
him: for he loved
<0157> (8804)
him as he loved
<0160>
his own soul
<05315>_.
{because...: or, by his love toward him}
Then Jonathan
<03083>
said
<0559> (8799)
to David
<01732>_,
To morrow
<04279>
[is] the new moon
<02320>_:
and thou shalt be missed
<06485> (8738)_,
because thy seat
<04186>
will be empty
<06485> (8735)_.
{empty: Heb. missed}
And [when] thou hast stayed three days
<08027> (8765)_,
[then] thou shalt go down
<03381> (8799)
quickly
<03966>_,
and come
<0935> (8804)
to the place
<04725>
where thou didst hide
<05641> (8738)
thyself when
<03117>
the business
<04639>
was [in hand], and shalt remain
<03427> (8804)
by
<0681>
the stone
<068>
Ezel
<0237>_.
{quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly} {Ezel: or, that sheweth the way} {when the...: Heb. in the day of the business}
And I will shoot
<03384> (8686)
three
<07969>
arrows
<02671>
on the side
<06654>
[thereof], as though I shot
<07971> (8763)
at a mark
<04307>_.
And, behold, I will send
<07971> (8799)
a lad
<05288>_,
[saying], Go
<03212> (8798)_,
find out
<04672> (8798)
the arrows
<02671>_.
If I expressly
<0559> (8800)
say
<0559> (8799)
unto the lad
<05288>_,
Behold, the arrows
<02671>
[are] on this side of thee, take
<03947> (8798)
them; then come
<0935> (8798)
thou: for [there is] peace
<07965>
to thee, and no hurt
<01697>_;
[as] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_.
{no hurt: Heb. not any thing}
But if I say
<0559> (8799)
thus unto the young man
<05958>_,
Behold, the arrows
<02671>
[are] beyond
<01973>
thee; go thy way
<03212> (8798)_:
for the LORD
<03068>
hath sent thee away
<07971> (8765)_.
And [as touching] the matter
<01697>
which thou and I have spoken
<01696> (8765)
of, behold, the LORD
<03068>
[be] between thee and me for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_.
So David
<01732>
hid
<05641> (8735)
himself in the field
<07704>_:
and when the new moon
<02320>
was come, the king
<04428>
sat him down
<03427> (8799)
to eat
<0398> (8800)
meat
<03899>_.
And the king
<04428>
sat
<03427> (8799)
upon his seat
<04186>_,
as at other times
<06471>_,
[even] upon a seat
<04186>
by the wall
<07023>_:
and Jonathan
<03083>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and Abner
<074>
sat
<03427> (8799)
by Saul's
<07586>
side
<06654>_,
and David's
<01732>
place
<04725>
was empty
<06485> (8735)_.
Nevertheless Saul
<07586>
spake
<01696> (8765)
not any thing
<03972>
that day
<03117>_:
for he thought
<0559> (8804)_,
Something hath befallen
<04745>
him, he [is] not
<01115>
clean
<02889>_;
surely he [is] not clean
<02889>_.
And it came to pass on the morrow
<04283>_,
[which was] the second
<08145>
[day] of the month
<02320>_,
that David's
<01732>
place
<04725>
was empty
<06485> (8735)_:
and Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>_,
Wherefore cometh
<0935> (8804)
not the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>
to meat
<03899>_,
neither yesterday
<08543>_,
nor to day
<03117>_?
And Jonathan
<03083>
answered
<06030> (8799)
Saul
<07586>_,
David
<01732>
earnestly
<07592> (8736)
asked
<07592> (8738)
[leave] of me
<05978>
[to go] to Bethlehem
<01035>_:
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let me go
<07971> (8761)_,
I pray thee; for our family
<04940>
hath a sacrifice
<02077>
in the city
<05892>_;
and my brother
<0251>_,
he hath commanded
<06680> (8765)
me [to be there]: and now, if I have found
<04672> (8804)
favour
<02580>
in thine eyes
<05869>_,
let me get away
<04422> (8735)_,
I pray thee, and see
<07200> (8799)
my brethren
<0251>_.
Therefore he cometh
<0935> (8804)
not unto the king's
<04428>
table
<07979>_.
Then Saul's
<07586>
anger
<0639>
was kindled
<02734> (8799)
against Jonathan
<03083>_,
and he said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Thou son
<01121>
of the perverse
<05753> (8737)
rebellious
<04780>
[woman], do not I know
<03045> (8804)
that thou hast chosen
<0977> (8802)
the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>
to thine own confusion
<01322>_,
and unto the confusion
<01322>
of thy mother's
<0517>
nakedness
<06172>_?
{Thou...: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion}
For as long as
<03117>
the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>
liveth
<02425> (8804)
upon the ground
<0127>_,
thou shalt not be established
<03559> (8735)_,
nor thy kingdom
<04438>_.
Wherefore now send
<07971> (8798)
and fetch
<03947> (8798)
him unto me, for he shall surely die
<01121> <04194>_.
{shall...: Heb. is the son of death}
And Jonathan
<03083>
answered
<06030> (8799)
Saul
<07586>
his father
<01>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain
<04191> (8714)_?
what hath he done
<06213> (8804)_?
And Saul
<07586>
cast
<02904> (8686)
a javelin
<02595>
at him to smite
<05221> (8687)
him: whereby Jonathan
<03083>
knew
<03045> (8799)
that it was determined
<03617>
of his father
<01>
to slay
<04191> (8687)
David
<01732>_.
So Jonathan
<03083>
arose
<06965> (8799)
from the table
<07979>
in fierce
<02750>
anger
<0639>_,
and did eat
<0398> (8804)
no meat
<03899>
the second
<08145>
day
<03117>
of the month
<02320>_:
for he was grieved
<06087> (8738)
for David
<01732>_,
because his father
<01>
had done him shame
<03637> (8689)_.
And it came to pass in the morning
<01242>_,
that Jonathan
<03083>
went out
<03318> (8799)
into the field
<07704>
at the time appointed
<04150>
with David
<01732>_,
and a little
<06996>
lad
<05288>
with him.
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto his lad
<05288>_,
Run
<07323> (8798)_,
find out
<04672> (8798)
now the arrows
<02671>
which I shoot
<03384> (8688)_.
[And] as the lad
<05288>
ran
<07323> (8801)_,
he shot
<03384> (8804)
an arrow
<02678>
beyond
<05674> (8687)
him. {beyond...: Heb. to pass over him}
And when the lad
<05288>
was come
<0935> (8799)
to the place
<04725>
of the arrow
<02678>
which Jonathan
<03083>
had shot
<03384> (8804)_,
Jonathan
<03083>
cried
<07121> (8799)
after
<0310>
the lad
<05288>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Is] not the arrow
<02678>
beyond
<01973>
thee?
And Jonathan
<03083>
cried
<07121> (8799)
after
<0310>
the lad
<05288>_,
Make speed
<04120>_,
haste
<02363> (8798)_,
stay
<05975> (8799)
not. And Jonathan's
<03083>
lad
<05288>
gathered up
<03950> (8762)
the arrows
<02671> (8675) <02678>_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to his master
<0113>_.
But the lad
<05288>
knew
<03045> (8804)
not any thing
<03972>_:
only Jonathan
<03083>
and David
<01732>
knew
<03045> (8804)
the matter
<01697>_.
And Jonathan
<03083>
gave
<05414> (8799)
his artillery
<03627>
unto his lad
<05288>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Go
<03212> (8798)_,
carry
<0935> (8685)
[them] to the city
<05892>_.
{artillery: Heb. instruments} {his lad: Heb. the lad that was his}
[And] as soon as the lad
<05288>
was gone
<0935> (8802)_,
David
<01732>
arose
<06965> (8804)
out of [a place] toward
<0681>
the south
<05045>_,
and fell
<05307> (8799)
on his face
<0639>
to the ground
<0776>_,
and bowed
<07812> (8691)
himself three
<07969>
times
<06471>_:
and they kissed
<05401> (8799)
one
<0376>
another
<07453>_,
and wept
<01058> (8799)
one
<0376>
with another
<07453>_,
until David
<01732>
exceeded
<01431> (8689)_.
And Jonathan
<03083>
said
<0559> (8799)
to David
<01732>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
in peace
<07965>_,
forasmuch as we have sworn
<07650> (8738)
both
<08147>
of us in the name
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
The LORD
<03068>
be between me and thee, and between my seed
<02233>
and thy seed
<02233>
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_.
And he arose
<06965> (8799)
and departed
<03212> (8799)_:
and Jonathan
<03083>
went
<0935> (8802)
into the city
<05892>_.
{forasmuch...: or, the LORD be witness of that which etc}
Then came
<0935> (8799)
David
<01732>
to Nob
<05011>
to Ahimelech
<0288>
the priest
<03548>_:
and Ahimelech
<0288>
was afraid
<02729> (8799)
at the meeting
<07125> (8800)
of David
<01732>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man
<0376>
with thee? {Ahimelech: also called Ahiah}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Ahimelech
<0288>
the priest
<03548>_,
The king
<04428>
hath commanded
<06680> (8765)
me a business
<01697>_,
and hath said
<0559> (8799)
unto me, Let no man
<0376>
know
<03045> (8799)
any thing
<03972>
of the business
<01697>
whereabout I send
<07971> (8802)
thee, and what I have commanded
<06680> (8765)
thee: and I have appointed
<03045> (8776)
[my] servants
<05288>
to such
<06423>
and such
<0492>
a place
<04725>_.
Now therefore what is
<03426>
under thine hand
<03027>_?
give
<05414> (8798)
[me] five
<02568>
[loaves of] bread
<03899>
in mine hand
<03027>_,
or what there is present
<04672> (8737)_.
{present: Heb. found}
And the priest
<03548>
answered
<06030> (8799)
David
<01732>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[There is] no common
<02455>
bread
<03899>
under mine hand
<03027>_,
but there is
<03426>
hallowed
<06944>
bread
<03899>_;
if the young men
<05288>
have kept
<08104> (8738)
themselves at least
<0389>
from women
<0802>_.
And David
<01732>
answered
<06030> (8799)
the priest
<03548>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Of a truth
<0518>
women
<0802>
[have been] kept
<06113> (8803)
from us about these three
<08032>
days
<08543>_,
since I came out
<03318> (8800)_,
and the vessels
<03627>
of the young men
<05288>
are holy
<06944>_,
and [the bread is] in a manner
<01870>
common
<02455>_,
yea, though it were sanctified
<06942> (8799)
this day
<03117>
in the vessel
<03627>_.
{yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel}
So the priest
<03548>
gave
<05414> (8799)
him hallowed
<06944>
[bread]: for there was no bread
<03899>
there but the shewbread
<03899> <06440>_,
that was taken
<05493> (8716)
from before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_,
to put
<07760> (8800)
hot
<02527>
bread
<03899>
in the day
<03117>
when it was taken away
<03947> (8736)_.
Now a certain man
<0376>
of the servants
<05650>
of Saul
<07586>
[was] there that day
<03117>_,
detained
<06113> (8737)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_;
and his name
<08034>
[was] Doeg
<01673>_,
an Edomite
<0130>_,
the chiefest
<047>
of the herdmen
<07462> (8802)
that [belonged] to Saul
<07586>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Ahimelech
<0288>_,
And is there
<03426>
not
<0371>
here under thine hand
<03027>
spear
<02595>
or sword
<02719>_?
for I have neither brought
<03947> (8804)
my sword
<02719>
nor my weapons
<03627>
with me
<03027>_,
because the king's
<04428>
business
<01697>
required
<01961> (8804)
haste
<05169> (8803)_.
And the priest
<03548>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
The sword
<02719>
of Goliath
<01555>
the Philistine
<06430>_,
whom thou slewest
<05221> (8689)
in the valley
<06010>
of Elah
<0425>_,
behold, it [is here] wrapped
<03874> (8803)
in a cloth
<08071>
behind
<0310>
the ephod
<0646>_:
if thou wilt take
<03947> (8799)
that, take
<03947> (8798)
[it]: for [there is] no other
<0312>
save
<02108>
that here
<02088>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[There is] none like that; give
<05414> (8798)
it me.
And David
<01732>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and fled
<01272> (8799)
that day
<03117>
for fear
<06440>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and went
<0935> (8799)
to Achish
<0397>
the king
<04428>
of Gath
<01661>_.
And the servants
<05650>
of Achish
<0397>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, [Is] not this David
<01732>
the king
<04428>
of the land
<0776>_?
did they not sing
<06030> (8799)
one to another of him
<02088>
in dances
<04246>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Saul
<07586>
hath slain
<05221> (8689)
his thousands
<0505>_,
and David
<01732>
his ten thousands
<07233>_?
And David
<01732>
laid up
<07760> (8799)
these words
<01697>
in his heart
<03824>_,
and was sore
<03966>
afraid
<03372> (8799)
of
<06440>
Achish
<0397>
the king
<04428>
of Gath
<01661>_.
And he changed
<08138> (8762)
his behaviour
<02940>
before
<05869>
them, and feigned himself mad
<01984> (8704)
in their hands
<03027>_,
and scrabbled
<08427> (8762)
on the doors
<01817>
of the gate
<08179>_,
and let his spittle
<07388>
fall down
<03381> (8686)
upon his beard
<02206>_.
{scrabbled: or, made marks}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Achish
<0397>
unto his servants
<05650>_,
Lo, ye see
<07200> (8799)
the man
<0376>
is mad
<07696> (8693)_:
wherefore [then] have ye brought
<0935> (8686)
him to me? {is mad: or, playeth the mad man}
Have I need
<02638>
of mad men
<07696> (8794)_,
that ye have brought
<0935> (8689)
this [fellow] to play the mad man
<07696> (8692)
in my presence? shall this [fellow] come
<0935> (8799)
into my house
<01004>_?
David
<01732>
therefore departed
<03212> (8799)
thence, and escaped
<04422> (8735)
to the cave
<04631>
Adullam
<05725>_:
and when his brethren
<0251>
and all his father's
<01>
house
<01004>
heard
<08085> (8799)
[it], they went down
<03381> (8799)
thither to him.
And every one
<0376>
[that was] in distress
<04689>_,
and every one
<0376>
that [was] in debt
<05378> (8801)_,
and every one
<0376>
[that was] discontented
<04751> <05315>_,
gathered
<06908> (8691)
themselves unto him; and he became a captain
<08269>
over them: and there were with him about four
<0702>
hundred
<03967>
men
<0376>_.
{was in debt: Heb. had a creditor} {discontented: Heb. bitter of soul}
And David
<01732>
went
<03212> (8799)
thence to Mizpeh
<04708>
of Moab
<04124>_:
and he said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>
of Moab
<04124>_,
Let my father
<01>
and my mother
<0517>_,
I pray thee, come forth
<03318> (8799)_,
[and be] with you, till I know
<03045> (8799)
what God
<0430>
will do
<06213> (8799)
for me.
And he brought
<05148> (8686)
them before
<06440>
the king
<04428>
of Moab
<04124>_:
and they dwelt
<03427> (8799)
with him all the while
<03117>
that David
<01732>
was in the hold
<04686>_.
And the prophet
<05030>
Gad
<01410>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
Abide
<03427> (8799)
not in the hold
<04686>_;
depart
<03212> (8798)_,
and get
<0935> (8804)
thee into the land
<0776>
of Judah
<03063>_.
Then David
<01732>
departed
<03212> (8799)_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
into the forest
<03293>
of Hareth
<02802>_.
When Saul
<07586>
heard
<08085> (8799)
that David
<01732>
was discovered
<03045> (8738)_,
and the men
<0582>
that [were] with him, (now Saul
<07586>
abode
<03427> (8802)
in Gibeah
<01390>
under a tree
<0815>
in Ramah
<07414>_,
having his spear
<02595>
in his hand
<03027>_,
and all his servants
<05650>
[were] standing
<05324> (8737)
about him;) {tree...: or, grove in a high place}
Then Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto his servants
<05650>
that stood
<05324> (8737)
about him, Hear now
<08085> (8798)_,
ye Benjamites
<01145>_;
will the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>
give
<05414> (8799)
every one of you fields
<07704>
and vineyards
<03754>_,
[and] make
<07760> (8799)
you all captains
<08269>
of thousands
<0505>_,
and captains
<08269>
of hundreds
<03967>_;
That all of you have conspired
<07194> (8804)
against me, and [there is] none that sheweth
<01540> (8802) <0241>
me that my son
<01121>
hath made a league
<03772> (8800)
with the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>_,
and [there is] none of you that is sorry
<02470> (8802)
for me, or sheweth
<01540> (8802) <0241>
unto me that my son
<01121>
hath stirred up
<06965> (8689)
my servant
<05650>
against me, to lie in wait
<0693> (8802)_,
as at this day
<03117>_?
{sheweth...: Heb. uncovereth mine ear}
Then answered
<06030> (8799)
Doeg
<01673>
the Edomite
<0130>_,
which was set
<05324> (8737)
over the servants
<05650>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
I saw
<07200> (8804)
the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>
coming
<0935> (8802)
to Nob
<05011>_,
to Ahimelech
<0288>
the son
<01121>
of Ahitub
<0285>_.
And he enquired
<07592> (8799)
of the LORD
<03068>
for him, and gave
<05414> (8804)
him victuals
<06720>_,
and gave
<05414> (8804)
him the sword
<02719>
of Goliath
<01555>
the Philistine
<06430>_.
Then the king
<04428>
sent
<07971> (8799)
to call
<07121> (8800)
Ahimelech
<0288>
the priest
<03548>_,
the son
<01121>
of Ahitub
<0285>_,
and all his father's
<01>
house
<01004>_,
the priests
<03548>
that [were] in Nob
<05011>_:
and they came
<0935> (8799)
all of them to the king
<04428>_.
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Hear
<08085> (8798)
now, thou son
<01121>
of Ahitub
<0285>_.
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
Here I [am], my lord
<0113>_.
{Here...: Heb. Behold me}
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Why have ye conspired
<07194> (8804)
against me, thou and the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>_,
in that thou hast given
<05414> (8800)
him bread
<03899>_,
and a sword
<02719>_,
and hast enquired
<07592> (8800)
of God
<0430>
for him, that he should rise
<06965> (8800)
against me, to lie in wait
<0693> (8802)_,
as at this day
<03117>_?
Then Ahimelech
<0288>
answered
<06030> (8799)
the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
And who [is so] faithful
<0539> (8737)
among all thy servants
<05650>
as David
<01732>_,
which is the king's
<04428>
son in law
<02860>_,
and goeth
<05493> (8804)
at thy bidding
<04928>_,
and is honourable
<03513> (8737)
in thine house
<01004>_?
Did I then
<03117>
begin
<02490> (8689)
to enquire
<07592> (8800)
of God
<0430>
for him? be it far from me
<02486>_:
let not the king
<04428>
impute
<07760> (8799)
[any] thing
<01697>
unto his servant
<05650>_,
[nor] to all the house
<01004>
of my father
<01>_:
for thy servant
<05650>
knew
<03045> (8804)
nothing
<01697>
of all this, less
<06996>
or more
<01419>_.
{less...: Heb. little or great}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thou shalt surely
<04191> (8800)
die
<04191> (8799)_,
Ahimelech
<0288>_,
thou, and all thy father's
<01>
house
<01004>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the footmen
<07323> (8801)
that stood
<05324> (8737)
about him, Turn
<05437> (8798)_,
and slay
<04191> (8685)
the priests
<03548>
of the LORD
<03068>_;
because their hand
<03027>
also [is] with David
<01732>_,
and because they knew
<03045> (8804)
when he fled
<01272> (8802)_,
and did not shew
<01540> (8804) <0241>
it to me. But the servants
<05650>
of the king
<04428>
would
<014> (8804)
not put forth
<07971> (8800)
their hand
<03027>
to fall
<06293> (8800)
upon the priests
<03548>
of the LORD
<03068>_.
{footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Doeg
<01673>_,
Turn
<05437> (8798)
thou, and fall
<06293> (8798)
upon the priests
<03548>_.
And Doeg
<01673>
the Edomite
<0130>
turned
<05437> (8735)_,
and he fell
<06293> (8799)
upon the priests
<03548>_,
and slew
<04191> (8686)
on that day
<03117>
fourscore
<08084>
and five
<02568>
persons
<0376>
that did wear
<05375> (8802)
a linen
<0906>
ephod
<0646>_.
And Nob
<05011>_,
the city
<05892>
of the priests
<03548>_,
smote
<05221> (8689)
he with the edge
<06310>
of the sword
<02719>_,
both men
<0376>
and women
<0802>_,
children
<05768>
and sucklings
<03243> (8802)_,
and oxen
<07794>_,
and asses
<02543>_,
and sheep
<07716>_,
with the edge
<06310>
of the sword
<02719>_.
And one
<0259>
of the sons
<01121>
of Ahimelech
<0288>
the son
<01121>
of Ahitub
<0285>_,
named
<08034>
Abiathar
<054>_,
escaped
<04422> (8735)_,
and fled
<01272> (8799)
after
<0310>
David
<01732>_.
And Abiathar
<054>
shewed
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>
that Saul
<07586>
had slain
<02026> (8804)
the LORD'S
<03068>
priests
<03548>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Abiathar
<054>_,
I knew
<03045> (8804)
[it] that day
<03117>_,
when Doeg
<01673>
the Edomite
<0130>
[was] there, that he would surely
<05046> (8687)
tell
<05046> (8686)
Saul
<07586>_:
I have occasioned
<05437> (8804)
[the death] of all the persons
<05315>
of thy father's
<01>
house
<01004>_.
Abide
<03427> (8798)
thou with me, fear
<03372> (8799)
not: for he that seeketh
<01245> (8762)
my life
<05315>
seeketh
<01245> (8762)
thy life
<05315>_:
but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard
<04931>_.
Then they told
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, the Philistines
<06430>
fight
<03898> (8737)
against Keilah
<07084>_,
and they rob
<08154> (8802)
the threshingfloors
<01637>_.
Therefore David
<01732>
enquired
<07592> (8799)
of the LORD
<03068>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Shall I go
<03212> (8799)
and smite
<05221> (8689)
these Philistines
<06430>_?
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
and smite
<05221> (8689)
the Philistines
<06430>_,
and save
<03467> (8689)
Keilah
<07084>_.
And David's
<01732>
men
<0582>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Behold, we be afraid
<03373>
here in Judah
<03063>_:
how much more then if we come
<03212> (8799)
to Keilah
<07084>
against the armies
<04634>
of the Philistines
<06430>_?
Then David
<01732>
enquired
<07592> (8800)
of the LORD
<03068>
yet again
<03254> (8686)_.
And the LORD
<03068>
answered
<06030> (8799)
him and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Arise
<06965> (8798)_,
go down
<03381> (8798)
to Keilah
<07084>_;
for I will deliver
<05414> (8802)
the Philistines
<06430>
into thine hand
<03027>_.
So David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
went
<03212> (8799)
to Keilah
<07084>_,
and fought
<03898> (8735)
with the Philistines
<06430>_,
and brought away
<05090> (8799)
their cattle
<04735>_,
and smote
<05221> (8686)
them with a great
<01419>
slaughter
<04347>_.
So David
<01732>
saved
<03467> (8686)
the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Keilah
<07084>_.
And it came to pass, when Abiathar
<054>
the son
<01121>
of Ahimelech
<0288>
fled
<01272> (8800)
to David
<01732>
to Keilah
<07084>_,
[that] he came down
<03381> (8804)
[with] an ephod
<0646>
in his hand
<03027>_.
And it was told
<05046> (8714)
Saul
<07586>
that David
<01732>
was come
<0935> (8804)
to Keilah
<07084>_.
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
God
<0430>
hath delivered
<05234> (8765)
him into mine hand
<03027>_;
for he is shut in
<05462> (8738)_,
by entering
<0935> (8800)
into a town
<05892>
that hath gates
<01817>
and bars
<01280>_.
And Saul
<07586>
called
<08085> (0)
all the people
<05971>
together
<08085> (8762)
to war
<04421>_,
to go down
<03381> (8800)
to Keilah
<07084>_,
to besiege
<06696> (8800)
David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>_.
And David
<01732>
knew
<03045> (8799)
that Saul
<07586>
secretly practised
<02790> (8688)
mischief
<07451>
against him; and he said
<0559> (8799)
to Abiathar
<054>
the priest
<03548>_,
Bring hither
<05066> (8685)
the ephod
<0646>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
David
<01732>_,
O LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>_,
thy servant
<05650>
hath certainly
<08085> (8800)
heard
<08085> (8804)
that Saul
<07586>
seeketh
<01245> (8764)
to come
<0935> (8800)
to Keilah
<07084>_,
to destroy
<07843> (8763)
the city
<05892>
for my sake.
Will the men
<01167>
of Keilah
<07084>
deliver me up
<05462> (8686)
into his hand
<03027>_?
will Saul
<07586>
come down
<03381> (8799)_,
as thy servant
<05650>
hath heard
<08085> (8804)_?
O LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>_,
I beseech thee, tell
<05046> (8685)
thy servant
<05650>_.
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
He will come down
<03381> (8799)_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
David
<01732>_,
Will the men
<01167>
of Keilah
<07084>
deliver
<05462> (8686)
me and my men
<0582>
into the hand
<03027>
of Saul
<07586>_?
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
They will deliver [thee] up
<05462> (8686)_.
{deliver: Heb. shut up}
Then David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>_,
[which were] about six
<08337>
hundred
<03967> <0376>_,
arose
<06965> (8799)
and departed
<03318> (8799)
out of Keilah
<07084>_,
and went
<01980> (8691)
whithersoever
<0834>
they could go
<01980> (8691)_.
And it was told
<05046> (8717)
Saul
<07586>
that David
<01732>
was escaped
<04422> (8738)
from Keilah
<07084>_;
and he forbare
<02308> (8799)
to go forth
<03318> (8800)_.
And David
<01732>
abode
<03427> (8799)
in the wilderness
<04057>
in strong holds
<04679>_,
and remained
<03427> (8799)
in a mountain
<02022>
in the wilderness
<04057>
of Ziph
<02128>_.
And Saul
<07586>
sought
<01245> (8762)
him every day
<03117>_,
but God
<0430>
delivered
<05414> (8804)
him not into his hand
<03027>_.
And David
<01732>
saw
<07200> (8799)
that Saul
<07586>
was come out
<03318> (8804)
to seek
<01245> (8763)
his life
<05315>_:
and David
<01732>
[was] in the wilderness
<04057>
of Ziph
<02128>
in a wood
<02793>_.
And Jonathan
<03083>
Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to David
<01732>
into the wood
<02793>_,
and strengthened
<02388> (8762)
his hand
<03027>
in God
<0430>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Fear
<03372> (8799)
not: for the hand
<03027>
of Saul
<07586>
my father
<01>
shall not find
<04672> (8799)
thee; and thou shalt be king
<04427> (8799)
over Israel
<03478>_,
and I shall be next
<04932>
unto thee; and that also Saul
<07586>
my father
<01>
knoweth
<03045> (8802)_.
And they two
<08147>
made
<03772> (8799)
a covenant
<01285>
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_:
and David
<01732>
abode
<03427> (8799)
in the wood
<02793>_,
and Jonathan
<03083>
went
<01980> (8804)
to his house
<01004>_.
Then came up
<05927> (8799)
the Ziphites
<02130>
to Saul
<07586>
to Gibeah
<01390>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Doth not David
<01732>
hide
<05641> (8693)
himself with us in strong holds
<04679>
in the wood
<02793>_,
in the hill
<01389>
of Hachilah
<02444>_,
which [is] on the south
<03225>
of Jeshimon
<03452>_?
{on...: Heb. on the right hand} {Jeshimon: or, the wilderness}
Now therefore, O king
<04428>_,
come down
<03381> (8798)
according to all the desire
<0185>
of thy soul
<05315>
to come down
<03381> (8800)_;
and our part [shall be] to deliver
<05462> (8687)
him into the king's
<04428>
hand
<03027>_.
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Blessed
<01288> (8803)
[be] ye of the LORD
<03068>_;
for ye have compassion
<02550> (8804)
on me.
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
I pray you, prepare
<03559> (8685)
yet, and know
<03045> (8798)
and see
<07200> (8798)
his place
<04725>
where his haunt
<07272>
is, [and] who hath seen
<07200> (8804)
him there: for it is told
<0559> (8804)
me [that] he dealeth very
<06191> (8800)
subtilly
<06191> (8686)_.
{haunt...: Heb. foot shall be}
See
<07200> (8798)
therefore, and take knowledge
<03045> (8798)
of all the lurking places
<04224>
where he hideth
<02244> (8691)
himself, and come ye again
<07725> (8804)
to me with the certainty
<03559> (8737)_,
and I will go
<01980> (8804)
with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be
<03426>
in the land
<0776>_,
that I will search
<02664> (8765)
him out throughout all the thousands
<0505>
of Judah
<03063>_.
And they arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Ziph
<02128>
before
<06440>
Saul
<07586>_:
but David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
[were] in the wilderness
<04057>
of Maon
<04584>_,
in the plain
<06160>
on the south
<03225>
of Jeshimon
<03452>_.
Saul
<07586>
also and his men
<0582>
went
<03212> (8799)
to seek
<01245> (8763)
[him]. And they told
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>_:
wherefore he came down
<03381> (8799)
into a rock
<05553>_,
and abode
<03427> (8799)
in the wilderness
<04057>
of Maon
<04584>_.
And when Saul
<07586>
heard
<08085> (8799)
[that], he pursued
<07291> (8799)
after
<0310>
David
<01732>
in the wilderness
<04057>
of Maon
<04584>_.
{into...: or, from the rock}
And Saul
<07586>
went
<03212> (8799)
on this side
<06654>
of the mountain
<02022>_,
and David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
on that side
<06654>
of the mountain
<02022>_:
and David
<01732>
made haste
<02648> (8737)
to get away
<03212> (8800)
for fear
<06440>
of Saul
<07586>_;
for Saul
<07586>
and his men
<0582>
compassed
<05849> (0)
David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
round about
<05849> (8802)
to take
<08610> (8800)
them.
But there came
<0935> (8804)
a messenger
<04397>
unto Saul
<07586>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Haste
<04116> (8761)
thee, and come
<03212> (8798)_;
for the Philistines
<06430>
have invaded
<06584> (8804)
the land
<0776>_.
{invaded...: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc}
Wherefore Saul
<07586>
returned
<07725> (8799)
from pursuing
<07291> (8800)
after
<0310>
David
<01732>_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
against
<07125> (8800)
the Philistines
<06430>_:
therefore they called
<07121> (8804)
that place
<04725>
Selahammahlekoth
<05555>_.
{Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions}
And David
<01732>
went up
<05927> (8799)
from thence, and dwelt
<03427> (8799)
in strong holds
<04679>
at Engedi
<05872>_.
And it came to pass, when Saul
<07586>
was returned
<07725> (8804)
from following
<0310>
the Philistines
<06430>_,
that it was told
<05046> (8686)
him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, David
<01732>
[is] in the wilderness
<04057>
of Engedi
<05872>_.
{following: Heb. after}
Then Saul
<07586>
took
<03947> (8799)
three
<07969>
thousand
<0505>
chosen
<0977> (8803)
men
<0376>
out of all Israel
<03478>_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to seek
<01245> (8763)
David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
upon
<06440>
the rocks
<06697>
of the wild goats
<03277>_.
And he came
<0935> (8799)
to the sheepcotes
<01448> <06629>
by the way
<01870>_,
where [was] a cave
<04631>_;
and Saul
<07586>
went in
<0935> (8799)
to cover
<05526> (8687)
his feet
<07272>_:
and David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
remained
<03427> (8802)
in the sides
<03411>
of the cave
<04631>_.
And the men
<0582>
of David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Behold the day
<03117>
of which the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8804)
unto thee, Behold, I will deliver
<05414> (8802)
thine enemy
<0341> (8802)
into thine hand
<03027>_,
that thou mayest do
<06213> (8804)
to him as it shall seem good
<03190> (8799)
unto thee
<05869>_.
Then David
<01732>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and cut off
<03772> (8799)
the skirt
<03671>
of Saul's
<07586>
robe
<04598>
privily
<03909>_.
{Saul's...: Heb. the robe which was Saul's}
And it came to pass afterward
<0310>_,
that David's
<01732>
heart
<03820>
smote
<05221> (8686)
him, because he had cut off
<03772> (8804)
Saul's
<07586>
skirt
<03671>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto his men
<0582>_,
The LORD
<03068>
forbid
<02486>
that I should do
<06213> (8799)
this thing
<01697>
unto my master
<0113>_,
the LORD'S
<03068>
anointed
<04899>_,
to stretch forth
<07971> (8800)
mine hand
<03027>
against him, seeing he [is] the anointed
<04899>
of the LORD
<03068>_.
So David
<01732>
stayed
<08156> (8762)
his servants
<0582>
with these words
<01697>_,
and suffered
<05414> (8804)
them not to rise
<06965> (8800)
against Saul
<07586>_.
But Saul
<07586>
rose up
<06965> (8804)
out of the cave
<04631>_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
on [his] way
<01870>_.
{stayed: Heb. cut off}
David
<01732>
also arose
<06965> (8799)
afterward, and went out
<03318> (8799)
of the cave
<04631>_,
and cried
<07121> (8799)
after
<0310>
Saul
<07586>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
My lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_.
And when Saul
<07586>
looked
<05027> (8686)
behind
<0310>
him, David
<01732>
stooped
<06915> (8799)
with his face
<0639>
to the earth
<0776>_,
and bowed
<07812> (8691)
himself.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Saul
<07586>_,
Wherefore hearest
<08085> (8799)
thou men's
<0120>
words
<01697>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, David
<01732>
seeketh
<01245> (8764)
thy hurt
<07451>_?
Behold, this day
<03117>
thine eyes
<05869>
have seen
<07200> (8804)
how that the LORD
<03068>
had delivered
<05414> (8804)
thee to day
<03117>
into mine hand
<03027>
in the cave
<04631>_:
and [some] bade
<0559> (8804)
[me] kill
<02026> (8800)
thee: but [mine eye] spared
<02347> (8799)
thee; and I said
<0559> (8799)_,
I will not put forth
<07971> (8799)
mine hand
<03027>
against my lord
<0113>_;
for he [is] the LORD'S
<03068>
anointed
<04899>_.
Moreover, my father
<01>_,
see
<07200> (8798)_,
yea, see
<07200> (8798)
the skirt
<03671>
of thy robe
<04598>
in my hand
<03027>_:
for in that I cut off
<03772> (8800)
the skirt
<03671>
of thy robe
<04598>_,
and killed
<02026> (8804)
thee not, know
<03045> (8798)
thou and see
<07200> (8798)
that [there is] neither evil
<07451>
nor transgression
<06588>
in mine hand
<03027>_,
and I have not sinned
<02398> (8804)
against thee; yet thou huntest
<06658> (8802)
my soul
<05315>
to take
<03947> (8800)
it.
The LORD
<03068>
judge
<08199> (8799)
between me and thee, and the LORD
<03068>
avenge
<05358> (8804)
me of thee: but mine hand
<03027>
shall not be upon thee.
As saith
<0559> (8799)
the proverb
<04912>
of the ancients
<06931>_,
Wickedness
<07562>
proceedeth
<03318> (8799)
from the wicked
<07563>_:
but mine hand
<03027>
shall not be upon thee.
After
<0310>
whom is the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
come out
<03318> (8804)_?
after
<0310>
whom dost thou pursue
<07291> (8802)_?
after
<0310>
a dead
<04191> (8801)
dog
<03611>_,
after
<0310>
a
<0259>
flea
<06550>_.
The LORD
<03068>
therefore be judge
<01781>_,
and judge
<08199> (8804)
between me and thee, and see
<07200> (8799)_,
and plead
<07378> (8799)
my cause
<07379>_,
and deliver
<08199> (8799)
me out of thine hand
<03027>_.
{deliver: Heb. judge}
And it came to pass, when David
<01732>
had made an end
<03615> (8763)
of speaking
<01696> (8763)
these words
<01697>
unto Saul
<07586>_,
that Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Is] this thy voice
<06963>_,
my son
<01121>
David
<01732>_?
And Saul
<07586>
lifted up
<05375> (8799)
his voice
<06963>_,
and wept
<01058> (8799)_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)
to David
<01732>_,
Thou [art] more righteous
<06662>
than I: for thou hast rewarded
<01580> (8804)
me good
<02896>_,
whereas I have rewarded
<01580> (8804)
thee evil
<07451>_.
And thou hast shewed
<05046> (8689)
this day
<03117>
how that thou hast dealt
<06213> (8804)
well
<02896>
with me: forasmuch as when the LORD
<03068>
had delivered
<05462> (8765)
me into thine hand
<03027>_,
thou killedst
<02026> (8804)
me not. {delivered: Heb. shut up}
For if a man
<0376>
find
<04672> (8799)
his enemy
<0341> (8802)_,
will he let him go
<07971> (8765)
well
<02896>
away
<01870>_?
wherefore the LORD
<03068>
reward
<07999> (8762)
thee good
<02896>
for that thou hast done
<06213> (8804)
unto me this day
<03117>_.
And now, behold, I know well
<03045> (8804)
that thou shalt surely
<04427> (8800)
be king
<04427> (8799)_,
and that the kingdom
<04467>
of Israel
<03478>
shall be established
<06965> (8804)
in thine hand
<03027>_.
Swear
<07650> (8734)
now therefore unto me by the LORD
<03068>_,
that thou wilt not
<0518>
cut off
<03772> (8686)
my seed
<02233>
after
<0310>
me, and that thou wilt not destroy
<08045> (8686)
my name
<08034>
out of my father's
<01>
house
<01004>_.
And David
<01732>
sware
<07650> (8735)
unto Saul
<07586>_.
And Saul
<07586>
went
<03212> (8799)
home
<01004>_;
but David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
gat them up
<05927> (8804)
unto the hold
<04686>_.


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