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1 Samuel 23:16-29

23:16

And Jonathan
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Saul's
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son
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arose
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and went
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to David
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into the wood
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and strengthened
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his hand
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in God
<0430>_.

23:17

And he said
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unto him, Fear
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not: for the hand
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of Saul
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my father
<01>

shall not find
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thee; and thou shalt be king
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over Israel
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and I shall be next
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unto thee; and that also Saul
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my father
<01>

knoweth
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23:18

And they two
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made
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a covenant
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before
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the LORD
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and David
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abode
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in the wood
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and Jonathan
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went
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to his house
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23:19

Then came up
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the Ziphites
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to Saul
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to Gibeah
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saying
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Doth not David
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hide
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himself with us in strong holds
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in the wood
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in the hill
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of Hachilah
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which [is] on the south
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of Jeshimon
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{on...: Heb. on the right hand} {Jeshimon: or, the wilderness}

23:20

Now therefore, O king
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come down
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according to all the desire
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of thy soul
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to come down
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and our part [shall be] to deliver
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him into the king's
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hand
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23:21

And Saul
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said
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Blessed
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[be] ye of the LORD
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for ye have compassion
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on me.

23:22

Go
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I pray you, prepare
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yet, and know
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and see
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his place
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where his haunt
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is, [and] who hath seen
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him there: for it is told
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me [that] he dealeth very
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subtilly
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{haunt...: Heb. foot shall be}

23:23

See
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therefore, and take knowledge
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of all the lurking places
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where he hideth
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himself, and come ye again
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to me with the certainty
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and I will go
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with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be
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in the land
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that I will search
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him out throughout all the thousands
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of Judah
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23:24

And they arose
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and went
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to Ziph
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before
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Saul
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but David
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and his men
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[were] in the wilderness
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of Maon
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in the plain
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on the south
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of Jeshimon
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23:25

Saul
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also and his men
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went
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to seek
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[him]. And they told
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David
<01732>_:

wherefore he came down
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into a rock
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and abode
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in the wilderness
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of Maon
<04584>_.

And when Saul
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heard
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[that], he pursued
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after
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David
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in the wilderness
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of Maon
<04584>_.

{into...: or, from the rock}

23:26

And Saul
<07586>

went
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on this side
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of the mountain
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and David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

on that side
<06654>

of the mountain
<02022>_:

and David
<01732>

made haste
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to get away
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for fear
<06440>

of Saul
<07586>_;

for Saul
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and his men
<0582>

compassed
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David
<01732>

and his men
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round about
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to take
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them.

23:27

But there came
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a messenger
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unto Saul
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saying
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Haste
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thee, and come
<03212> (8798)_;

for the Philistines
<06430>

have invaded
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the land
<0776>_.

{invaded...: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc}

23:28

Wherefore Saul
<07586>

returned
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from pursuing
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after
<0310>

David
<01732>_,

and went
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against
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the Philistines
<06430>_:

therefore they called
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that place
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Selahammahlekoth
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{Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions}

23:29

And David
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went up
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from thence, and dwelt
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in strong holds
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at Engedi
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