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1 Samuel 26:15-25

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>_.