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1 Samuel 24:1--26:25

24:1

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}

24:2

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>_.

24:3

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>_.

24:4

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}

24:5

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>_.

24:6

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>_.

24:7

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}

24:8

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.

24:9

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>_?

24:10

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>_.

24:11

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.

24:12

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.

24:13

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.

24:14

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>_.

24:15

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}

24:16

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)_.

24:17

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>_.

24:18

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}

24:19

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>_.

24:20

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>_.

24:21

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>_.

24:22

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>_.

25:1

And Samuel
<08050>

died
<04191> (8799)_;

and all the Israelites
<03478>

were gathered together
<06908> (8735)_,

and lamented
<05594> (8799)

him, and buried
<06912> (8799)

him in his house
<01004>

at Ramah
<07414>_.

And David
<01732>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went down
<03381> (8799)

to the wilderness
<04057>

of Paran
<06290>_.

25:2

And [there was] a man
<0376>

in Maon
<04584>_,

whose possessions
<04639>

[were] in Carmel
<03760>_;

and the man
<0376>

[was] very
<03966>

great
<01419>_,

and he had three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

sheep
<06629>_,

and a thousand
<0505>

goats
<05795>_:

and he was shearing
<01494> (8800)

his sheep
<06629>

in Carmel
<03760>_.

{possessions: or, business}

25:3

Now the name
<08034>

of the man
<0376>

[was] Nabal
<05037>_;

and the name
<08034>

of his wife
<0802>

Abigail
<026>_:

and [she was] a woman
<0802>

of good
<02896>

understanding
<07922>_,

and of a beautiful
<03303>

countenance
<08389>_:

but the man
<0376>

[was] churlish
<07186>

and evil
<07451>

in his doings
<04611>_;

and he [was] of the house of Caleb
<03614>_.

25:4

And David
<01732>

heard
<08085> (8799)

in the wilderness
<04057>

that Nabal
<05037>

did shear
<01494> (8802)

his sheep
<06629>_.

25:5

And David
<01732>

sent out
<07971> (8799)

ten
<06235>

young men
<05288>_,

and David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the young men
<05288>_,

Get you up
<05927> (8798)

to Carmel
<03760>_,

and go
<0935> (8804)

to Nabal
<05037>_,

and greet
<07592> (8804) <07965>

him in my name
<08034>_:

{greet...: Heb. ask him in my name of peace}

25:6

And thus shall ye say
<0559> (8804)

to him that liveth
<02416>

[in prosperity], Peace
<07965>

[be] both to thee, and peace
<07965>

[be] to thine house
<01004>_,

and peace
<07965>

[be] unto all that thou hast.

25:7

And now I have heard
<08085> (8804)

that thou hast shearers
<01494> (8802)_:

now thy shepherds
<07462> (8802)

which were with us, we hurt
<03637> (8689)

them not, neither was there ought
<03972>

missing
<06485> (8738)

unto them, all the while
<03117>

they were in Carmel
<03760>_.

{hurt: Heb. shamed}

25:8

Ask
<07592> (8798)

thy young men
<05288>_,

and they will shew
<05046> (8686)

thee. Wherefore let the young men
<05288>

find
<04672> (8799)

favour
<02580>

in thine eyes
<05869>_:

for we come
<0935> (8804)

in a good
<02896>

day
<03117>_:

give
<05414> (8798)_,

I pray thee, whatsoever cometh
<04672> (8799)

to thine hand
<03027>

unto thy servants
<05650>_,

and to thy son
<01121>

David
<01732>_.

25:9

And when David's
<01732>

young men
<05288>

came
<0935> (8799)_,

they spake
<01696> (8762)

to Nabal
<05037>

according to all those words
<01697>

in the name
<08034>

of David
<01732>_,

and ceased
<05117> (8799)_.

{ceased: Heb. rested}

25:10

And Nabal
<05037>

answered
<06030> (8799)

David's
<01732>

servants
<05650>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] David
<01732>_?

and who [is] the son
<01121>

of Jesse
<03448>_?

there be many
<07231> (8804)

servants
<05650>

now a days
<03117>

that break away
<06555> (8693)

every man
<0376>

from
<06440>

his master
<0113>_.

25:11

Shall I then take
<03947> (8804)

my bread
<03899>_,

and my water
<04325>_,

and my flesh
<02878>

that I have killed
<02873> (8804)

for my shearers
<01494> (8802)_,

and give
<05414> (8804)

[it] unto men
<0582>_,

whom I know
<03045> (8804)

not whence they [be]? {flesh: Heb. slaughter}

25:12

So David's
<01732>

young men
<05288>

turned
<02015> (8799)

their way
<01870>_,

and went again
<07725> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8686)

him all those sayings
<01697>_.

25:13

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto his men
<0582>_,

Gird ye on
<02296> (8798)

every man
<0376>

his sword
<02719>_.

And they girded on
<02296> (8799)

every man
<0376>

his sword
<02719>_;

and David
<01732>

also girded on
<02296> (8799)

his sword
<02719>_:

and there went up
<05927> (8799)

after
<0310>

David
<01732>

about four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_;

and two hundred
<03967>

abode
<03427> (8804)

by the stuff
<03627>_.

25:14

But one
<0259>

of the young men
<05288>

told
<05046> (8689)

Abigail
<026>_,

Nabal's
<05037>

wife
<0802>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, David
<01732>

sent
<07971> (8804)

messengers
<04397>

out of the wilderness
<04057>

to salute
<01288> (8763)

our master
<0113>_;

and he railed
<05860> (8799)

on them. {railed...: Heb. flew upon them}

25:15

But the men
<0582>

[were] very
<03966>

good
<02896>

unto us, and we were not hurt
<03637> (8717)_,

neither missed
<06485> (8804)

we any thing
<03972>_,

as long as
<03117>

we were conversant
<01980> (8694)

with them, when we were in the fields
<07704>_:

{hurt: Heb. shamed}

25:16

They were a wall
<02346>

unto us both by night
<03915>

and day
<03119>_,

all the while
<03117>

we were with them keeping
<07462> (8802)

the sheep
<06629>_.

25:17

Now therefore know
<03045> (8798)

and consider
<07200> (8798)

what thou wilt do
<06213> (8799)_;

for evil
<07451>

is determined
<03615> (8804)

against our master
<0113>_,

and against all his household
<01004>_:

for he [is such] a son
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>_,

that [a man] cannot speak
<01696> (8763)

to him.

25:18

Then Abigail
<026>

made haste
<04116> (8762)_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

two hundred
<03967>

loaves
<03899>_,

and two
<08147>

bottles
<05035>

of wine
<03196>_,

and five
<02568>

sheep
<06629>

ready dressed
<06213> (8803)_,

and five
<02568>

measures
<05429>

of parched
<07039>

[corn], and an hundred
<03967>

clusters of raisins
<06778>_,

and two hundred
<03967>

cakes
<01690>

of figs, and laid
<07760> (8799)

[them] on asses
<02543>_.

{clusters: or, lumps}

25:19

And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto her servants
<05288>_,

Go on
<05674> (8798)

before
<06440>

me; behold, I come
<0935> (8802)

after
<0310>

you. But she told
<05046> (8689)

not her husband
<0376>

Nabal
<05037>_.

25:20

And it was [so, as] she rode
<07392> (8802)

on the ass
<02543>_,

that she came down
<03381> (8802)

by the covert
<05643>

of the hill
<02022>_,

and, behold, David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

came down
<03381> (8802)

against
<07125> (8800)

her; and she met
<06298> (8799)

them.

25:21

Now David
<01732>

had said
<0559> (8804)_,

Surely in vain
<08267>

have I kept
<08104> (8804)

all that this
<02088>

[fellow] hath in the wilderness
<04057>_,

so that nothing
<03972>

was missed
<06485> (8738)

of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited
<07725> (8686)

me evil
<07451>

for good
<02896>_.

25:22

So
<03541>

and more
<03254> (8686)

also do
<06213> (8799)

God
<0430>

unto the enemies
<0341> (8802)

of David
<01732>_,

if I leave
<07604> (8686)

of all that [pertain] to him by
<05704>

the morning
<01242>

light
<0216>

any that pisseth
<08366> (8688)

against the wall
<07023>_.

25:23

And when Abigail
<026>

saw
<07200> (8799)

David
<01732>_,

she hasted
<04116> (8762)_,

and lighted off
<03381> (8799)

the ass
<02543>_,

and fell
<05307> (8799)

before
<0639>

David
<01732>

on her face
<06440>_,

and bowed
<07812> (8691)

herself to the ground
<0776>_,

25:24

And fell
<05307> (8799)

at his feet
<07272>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Upon me, my lord
<0113>_,

[upon] me [let this] iniquity
<05771>

[be]: and let thine handmaid
<0519>_,

I pray thee, speak
<01696> (8762)

in thine audience
<0241>_,

and hear
<08085> (8798)

the words
<01697>

of thine handmaid
<0589>_.

{audience: Heb. ears}

25:25

Let
<07760> (8799)

not my lord
<0113>_,

I pray thee, regard
<03820>

this man
<0376>

of Belial
<01100>_,

[even] Nabal
<05037>_:

for as his name
<08034>

[is], so [is] he; Nabal
<05037>

[is] his name
<08034>_,

and folly
<05039>

[is] with him: but I thine handmaid
<0519>

saw
<07200> (8804)

not the young men
<05288>

of my lord
<0113>_,

whom thou didst send
<07971> (8804)_.

{regard: Heb. lay it to his heart} {Nabal: that is, Fool}

25:26

Now therefore, my lord
<0113>_,

[as] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

and [as] thy soul
<05315>

liveth
<02416>_,

seeing the LORD
<03068>

hath withholden
<04513> (8804)

thee from coming
<0935> (8800)

to [shed] blood
<01818>_,

and from avenging
<03467> (8687)

thyself with thine own hand
<03027>_,

now let thine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and they that seek
<01245> (8764)

evil
<07451>

to my lord
<0113>_,

be as Nabal
<05037>_.

{avenging...: Heb. saving thyself}

25:27

And now this blessing
<01293>

which thine handmaid
<08198>

hath brought
<0935> (8689)

unto my lord
<0113>_,

let it even be given
<05414> (8738)

unto the young men
<05288>

that follow
<01980> (8693) <07272>

my lord
<0113>_.

{blessing: or, present} {follow...: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc}

25:28

I pray thee, forgive
<05375> (8798)

the trespass
<06588>

of thine handmaid
<0519>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

will certainly
<06213> (8800)

make
<06213> (8799)

my lord
<0113>

a sure
<0539> (8737)

house
<01004>_;

because my lord
<0113>

fighteth
<03898> (8737)

the battles
<04421>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and evil
<07451>

hath not been found
<04672> (8735)

in thee [all] thy days
<03117>_.

25:29

Yet a man
<0120>

is risen
<06965> (8799)

to pursue
<07291> (8800)

thee, and to seek
<01245> (8763)

thy soul
<05315>_:

but the soul
<05315>

of my lord
<0113>

shall be bound
<06887> (8803)

in the bundle
<06872>

of life
<02416>

with the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_;

and the souls
<05315>

of thine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

them shall he sling out
<07049> (8762)_,

[as out] of the middle
<08432> <03709>

of a sling
<07050>_.

{as out...: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling}

25:30

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD
<03068>

shall have done
<06213> (8799)

to my lord
<0113>

according to all the good
<02896>

that he hath spoken
<01696> (8765)

concerning thee, and shall have appointed
<06680> (8765)

thee ruler
<05057>

over Israel
<03478>_;

25:31

That this shall be no grief
<06330>

unto thee, nor offence
<04383>

of heart
<03820>

unto my lord
<0113>_,

either that thou hast shed
<08210> (8800)

blood
<01818>

causeless
<02600>_,

or that my lord
<0113>

hath avenged
<03467> (8687)

himself: but when the LORD
<03068>

shall have dealt well
<03190> (8689)

with my lord
<0113>_,

then remember
<02142> (8804)

thine handmaid
<0519>_.

{no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling}

25:32

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Abigail
<026>_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

which sent
<07971> (8804)

thee this day
<03117>

to meet
<07125> (8800)

me:

25:33

And blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] thy advice
<02940>_,

and blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] thou, which hast kept
<03607> (8804)

me this day
<03117>

from coming
<0935> (8800)

to [shed] blood
<01818>_,

and from avenging
<03467> (8687)

myself with mine own hand
<03027>_.

25:34

For in very deed
<0199>_,

[as] the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

liveth
<02416>_,

which hath kept me back
<04513> (8804)

from hurting
<07489> (8687)

thee, except
<03884>

thou hadst hasted
<04116> (8765)

and come
<0935> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

me, surely there had not been left
<03498> (8738)

unto Nabal
<05037>

by the morning
<01242>

light
<0216>

any that pisseth
<08366> (8688)

against the wall
<07023>_.

25:35

So David
<01732>

received
<03947> (8799)

of her hand
<03027>

[that] which she had brought
<0935> (8689)

him, and said
<0559> (8804)

unto her, Go up
<05927> (8798)

in peace
<07965>

to thine house
<01004>_;

see
<07200> (8798)_,

I have hearkened
<08085> (8804)

to thy voice
<06963>_,

and have accepted
<05375> (8799)

thy person
<06440>_.

25:36

And Abigail
<026>

came
<0935> (8799)

to Nabal
<05037>_;

and, behold, he held a feast
<04960>

in his house
<01004>_,

like the feast
<04960>

of a king
<04428>_;

and Nabal's
<05037>

heart
<03820>

[was] merry
<02896>

within him, for he [was] very
<03966>

drunken
<07910>_:

wherefore she told
<05046> (8689)

him nothing
<01697>_,

less
<06996>

or more
<01419>_,

until the morning
<01242>

light
<0216>_.

25:37

But it came to pass in the morning
<01242>_,

when the wine
<03196>

was gone out
<03318> (8800)

of Nabal
<05037>_,

and his wife
<0802>

had told
<05046> (8686)

him these things
<01697>_,

that his heart
<03820>

died
<04191> (8799)

within
<07130>

him, and he became [as] a stone
<068>_.

25:38

And it came to pass about ten
<06235>

days
<03117>

[after], that the LORD
<03068>

smote
<05062> (8799)

Nabal
<05037>_,

that he died
<04191> (8799)_.

25:39

And when David
<01732>

heard
<08085> (8799)

that Nabal
<05037>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_,

he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] the LORD
<03068>_,

that hath pleaded
<07378> (8804)

the cause
<07379>

of my reproach
<02781>

from the hand
<03027>

of Nabal
<05037>_,

and hath kept
<02820> (8804)

his servant
<05650>

from evil
<07451>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath returned
<07725> (8689)

the wickedness
<07451>

of Nabal
<05037>

upon his own head
<07218>_.

And David
<01732>

sent
<07971> (8799)

and communed
<01696> (8762)

with Abigail
<026>_,

to take
<03947> (8800)

her to him to wife
<0802>_.

25:40

And when the servants
<05650>

of David
<01732>

were come
<0935> (8799)

to Abigail
<026>

to Carmel
<03760>_,

they spake
<01696> (8762)

unto her, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

David
<01732>

sent
<07971> (8804)

us unto thee, to take
<03947> (8800)

thee to him to wife
<0802>_.

25:41

And she arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and bowed
<07812> (8691)

herself on [her] face
<0639>

to the earth
<0776>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, [let] thine handmaid
<0519>

[be] a servant
<08198>

to wash
<07364> (8800)

the feet
<07272>

of the servants
<05650>

of my lord
<0113>_.

25:42

And Abigail
<026>

hasted
<04116> (8762)_,

and arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and rode
<07392> (8799)

upon an ass
<02543>_,

with five
<02568>

damsels
<05291>

of hers that went
<01980> (8802)

after
<07272>

her; and she went
<03212> (8799)

after
<0310>

the messengers
<04397>

of David
<01732>_,

and became his wife
<0802>_.

{after her: Heb. at her feet}

25:43

David
<01732>

also took
<03947> (8804)

Ahinoam
<0293>

of Jezreel
<03157>_;

and they were also both
<08147>

of them his wives
<0802>_.

25:44

But Saul
<07586>

had given
<05414> (8804)

Michal
<04324>

his daughter
<01323>_,

David's
<01732>

wife
<0802>_,

to Phalti
<06406>

the son
<01121>

of Laish
<03919>_,

which [was] of Gallim
<01554>_.

{Phalti: also called, Phaltiel}

26:1

And the Ziphites
<02130>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto Saul
<07586>

to Gibeah
<01390>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Doth not David
<01732>

hide
<05641> (8693)

himself in the hill
<01389>

of Hachilah
<02444>_,

[which is] before
<06440>

Jeshimon
<03452>_?

26:2

Then Saul
<07586>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went down
<03381> (8799)

to the wilderness
<04057>

of Ziph
<02128>_,

having three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

chosen
<0977> (8803)

men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

with him, to seek
<01245> (8763)

David
<01732>

in the wilderness
<04057>

of Ziph
<02128>_.

26:3

And Saul
<07586>

pitched
<02583> (8799)

in the hill
<01389>

of Hachilah
<02444>_,

which [is] before
<06440>

Jeshimon
<03452>_,

by the way
<01870>_.

But David
<01732>

abode
<03427> (8802)

in the wilderness
<04057>_,

and he saw
<07200> (8799)

that Saul
<07586>

came
<0935> (8804)

after
<0310>

him into the wilderness
<04057>_.

26:4

David
<01732>

therefore sent out
<07971> (8799)

spies
<07270> (8764)_,

and understood
<03045> (8799)

that Saul
<07586>

was come
<0935> (8804)

in very deed
<03559> (8737)_.

26:5

And David
<01732>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to the place
<04725>

where Saul
<07586>

had pitched
<02583> (8804)_:

and David
<01732>

beheld
<07200> (8799)

the place
<04725>

where Saul
<07586>

lay
<07901> (8804)_,

and Abner
<074>

the son
<01121>

of Ner
<05369>_,

the captain
<08269>

of his host
<06635>_:

and Saul
<07586>

lay
<07901> (8802)

in the trench
<04570>_,

and the people
<05971>

pitched
<02583> (8802)

round about
<05439>

him. {trench: or, midst of his carriages}

26:6

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

David
<01732>

and said
<0559> (8799)

to Ahimelech
<0288>

the Hittite
<02850>_,

and to Abishai
<052>

the son
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>_,

brother
<0251>

to Joab
<03097>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Who will go down
<03381> (8799)

with me to Saul
<07586>

to the camp
<04264>_?

And Abishai
<052>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will go down
<03381> (8799)

with thee.

26:7

So David
<01732>

and Abishai
<052>

came
<0935> (8799)

to the people
<05971>

by night
<03915>_:

and, behold, Saul
<07586>

lay
<07901> (8802)

sleeping
<03463>

within the trench
<04570>_,

and his spear
<02595>

stuck
<04600> (8803)

in the ground
<0776>

at his bolster
<04763>_:

but Abner
<074>

and the people
<05971>

lay
<07901> (8802)

round about
<05439>

him.

26:8

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Abishai
<052>

to David
<01732>_,

God
<0430>

hath delivered
<05462> (8765)

thine enemy
<0341> (8802)

into thine hand
<03027>

this day
<03117>_:

now therefore let me smite
<05221> (8686)

him, I pray thee, with the spear
<02595>

even to the earth
<0776>

at once
<06471> <0259>_,

and I will not [smite] him the second time
<08138> (8799)_.

{delivered: Heb. shut up}

26:9

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Abishai
<052>_,

Destroy
<07843> (8686)

him not: for who can stretch forth
<07971> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

against the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_,

and be guiltless
<05352> (8738)_?

26:10

David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

furthermore, [As] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

the LORD
<03068>

shall smite
<05062> (8799)

him; or his day
<03117>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

to die
<04191> (8804)_;

or he shall descend
<03381> (8799)

into battle
<04421>_,

and perish
<05595> (8738)_.

26:11

The LORD
<03068>

forbid
<02486>

that I should stretch forth
<07971> (8800)

mine hand
<03027>

against the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_:

but, I pray thee, take
<03947> (8798)

thou now the spear
<02595>

that [is] at his bolster
<04763>_,

and the cruse
<06835>

of water
<04325>_,

and let us go
<03212> (8799)_.

26:12

So David
<01732>

took
<03947> (8799)

the spear
<02595>

and the cruse
<06835>

of water
<04325>

from Saul's
<07586>

bolster
<07226>_;

and they gat them away
<03212> (8799)_,

and no man saw
<07200> (8802)

[it], nor knew
<03045> (8802)

[it], neither awaked
<06974> (8688)_:

for they [were] all asleep
<03463>_;

because a deep sleep
<08639>

from the LORD
<03068>

was fallen
<05307> (8804)

upon them.

26:13

Then David
<01732>

went over
<05674> (8799)

to the other side
<05676>_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

on the top
<07218>

of an hill
<02022>

afar off
<07350>_;

a great
<07227>

space
<04725>

[being] between them:

26:14

And David
<01732>

cried
<07121> (8799)

to the people
<05971>_,

and to Abner
<074>

the son
<01121>

of Ner
<05369>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Answerest
<06030> (8799)

thou not, Abner
<074>_?

Then Abner
<074>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [art] thou [that] criest
<07121> (8804)

to the king
<04428>_?

26:15

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Abner
<074>_,

[Art] not thou a [valiant] man
<0376>_?

and who [is] like to thee in Israel
<03478>_?

wherefore then hast thou not kept
<08104> (8804)

thy lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_?

for there came
<0935> (8804)

one
<0259>

of the people
<05971>

in to destroy
<07843> (8687)

the king
<04428>

thy lord
<0113>_.

26:16

This thing
<01697>

[is] not good
<02896>

that thou hast done
<06213> (8804)_.

[As] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

ye [are] worthy
<01121>

to die
<04194>_,

because ye have not kept
<08104> (8804)

your master
<0113>_,

the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_.

And now see
<07200> (8798)

where the king's
<04428>

spear
<02595>

[is], and the cruse
<06835>

of water
<04325>

that [was] at his bolster
<04763>_.

{worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death}

26:17

And Saul
<07586>

knew
<05234> (8686)

David's
<01732>

voice
<06963>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Is] this thy voice
<06963>_,

my son
<01121>

David
<01732>_?

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

[It is] my voice
<06963>_,

my lord
<0113>_,

O king
<04428>_.

26:18

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Wherefore doth my lord
<0113>

thus pursue
<07291> (8802)

after
<0310>

his servant
<05650>_?

for what have I done
<06213> (8804)_?

or what evil
<07451>

[is] in mine hand
<03027>_?

26:19

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>

hear
<08085> (8799)

the words
<01697>

of his servant
<05650>_.

If the LORD
<03068>

have stirred thee up
<05496> (8689)

against me, let him accept
<07306> (8686)

an offering
<04503>_:

but if [they be] the children
<01121>

of men
<0120>_,

cursed
<0779> (8803)

[be] they before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_;

for they have driven
<01644> (8765)

me out this day
<03117>

from abiding
<05596> (8692)

in the inheritance
<05159>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

serve
<05647> (8798)

other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_.

{accept: Heb. smell} {abiding: Heb. cleaving}

26:20

Now therefore, let not my blood
<01818>

fall
<05307> (8799)

to the earth
<0776>

before the face
<06440>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

for the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

is come out
<03318> (8804)

to seek
<01245> (8763)

a
<0259>

flea
<06550>_,

as when one doth hunt
<07291> (8799)

a partridge
<07124>

in the mountains
<02022>_.

26:21

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Saul
<07586>_,

I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:

return
<07725> (8798)_,

my son
<01121>

David
<01732>_:

for I will no more do thee harm
<07489> (8686)_,

because my soul
<05315>

was precious
<03365> (8804)

in thine eyes
<05869>

this day
<03117>_:

behold, I have played the fool
<05528> (8689)_,

and have erred
<07686> (8799)

exceedingly
<07235> (8687) <03966>_.

26:22

And David
<01732>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold the king's
<04428>

spear
<02595>_!

and let one
<0259>

of the young men
<05288>

come over
<05674> (8799)

and fetch
<03947> (8799)

it.

26:23

The LORD
<03068>

render
<07725> (8686)

to every man
<0376>

his righteousness
<06666>

and his faithfulness
<0530>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

delivered
<05414> (8804)

thee into [my] hand
<03027>

to day
<03117>_,

but I would
<014> (8804)

not stretch forth
<07971> (8800)

mine hand
<03027>

against the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_.

26:24

And, behold, as thy life
<05315>

was much set by
<01431> (8804)

this day
<03117>

in mine eyes
<05869>_,

so let my life
<05315>

be much set by
<01431> (8799)

in the eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and let him deliver
<05337> (8686)

me out of all tribulation
<06869>_.

26:25

Then Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)

to David
<01732>_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] thou, my son
<01121>

David
<01732>_:

thou shalt both do
<06213> (8799)

great
<06213> (8800)

[things], and also shalt still
<03201> (8800)

prevail
<03201> (8799)_.

So David
<01732>

went
<03212> (8799)

on his way
<01870>_,

and Saul
<07586>

returned
<07725> (8804)

to his place
<04725>_.