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1 Samuel 27:1--29:11

27:1

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

in his heart
<03820>_,

I shall now perish
<05595> (8735)

one
<0259>

day
<03117>

by the hand
<03027>

of Saul
<07586>_:

[there is] nothing better
<02896>

for me than that
<03588>

I should speedily
<04422> (8736)

escape
<04422> (8735)

into the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
<06430>_;

and Saul
<07586>

shall despair
<02976> (8738)

of me, to seek
<01245> (8763)

me any more in any coast
<01366>

of Israel
<03478>_:

so shall I escape
<04422> (8738)

out of his hand
<03027>_.

{perish: Heb. be consumed}

27:2

And David
<01732>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and he passed over
<05674> (8799)

with the six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

that [were] with him unto Achish
<0397>_,

the son
<01121>

of Maoch
<04582>_,

king
<04428>

of Gath
<01661>_.

27:3

And David
<01732>

dwelt
<03427> (8799)

with Achish
<0397>

at Gath
<01661>_,

he and his men
<0582>_,

every man
<0376>

with his household
<01004>_,

[even] David
<01732>

with his two
<08147>

wives
<0802>_,

Ahinoam
<0293>

the Jezreelitess
<03159>_,

and Abigail
<026>

the Carmelitess
<03762>_,

Nabal's
<05037>

wife
<0802>_.

27:4

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

Saul
<07586>

that David
<01732>

was fled
<01272> (8804)

to Gath
<01661>_:

and he sought
<01245> (8763)

no more again
<03254> (8804) (8675) <03254> (8686)

for him.

27:5

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Achish
<0397>_,

If I have now found
<04672> (8804)

grace
<02580>

in thine eyes
<05869>_,

let them give
<05414> (8799)

me a place
<04725>

in some
<0259>

town
<05892>

in the country
<07704>_,

that I may dwell
<03427> (8799)

there: for why should thy servant
<05650>

dwell
<03427> (8799)

in the royal
<04467>

city
<05892>

with thee?

27:6

Then Achish
<0397>

gave
<05414> (8799)

him Ziklag
<06860>

that day
<03117>_:

wherefore Ziklag
<06860>

pertaineth unto the kings
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

unto this day
<03117>_.

27:7

And the time
<04557> <03117>

that David
<01732>

dwelt
<03427> (8804)

in the country
<07704>

of the Philistines
<06430>

was a full year
<03117>

and four
<0702>

months
<02320>_.

{the time: Heb. the number of days} {a full year: Heb. a year of days}

27:8

And David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

went up
<05927> (8799)_,

and invaded
<06584> (8799)

the Geshurites
<01651>_,

and the Gezrites
<01511>_,

and the Amalekites
<06003>_:

for those
<02007>

[nations were] of old
<05769>

the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of the land
<0776>_,

as thou goest
<0935> (8800)

to Shur
<07793>_,

even unto the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_.

{Gezrites: or, Gerzites}

27:9

And David
<01732>

smote
<05221> (8689)

the land
<0776>_,

and left neither man
<0376>

nor woman
<0802>

alive
<02421> (8762)_,

and took away
<03947> (8804)

the sheep
<06629>_,

and the oxen
<01241>_,

and the asses
<02543>_,

and the camels
<01581>_,

and the apparel
<0899>_,

and returned
<07725> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Achish
<0397>_.

27:10

And Achish
<0397>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Whither
<0408>

have ye made a road
<06584> (8804)

to day
<03117>_?

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Against the south
<05045>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and against the south
<05045>

of the Jerahmeelites
<03397>_,

and against the south
<05045>

of the Kenites
<07017>_.

{Whither...: or, Did you not make a road, etc}

27:11

And David
<01732>

saved
<02421> (8762)

neither man
<0376>

nor woman
<0802>

alive
<02421> (8762)_,

to bring
<0935> (8687)

[tidings] to Gath
<01661>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Lest they should tell
<05046> (8686)

on us, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

So did
<06213> (8804)

David
<01732>_,

and so [will be] his manner
<04941>

all the while
<03117>

he dwelleth
<03427> (8804)

in the country
<07704>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

27:12

And Achish
<0397>

believed
<0539> (8686)

David
<01732>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

He hath made his people
<05971>

Israel
<03478>

utterly
<0887> (8687)

to abhor
<0887> (8689)

him; therefore he shall be my servant
<05650>

for ever
<05769>_.

{utterly...: Heb. to stink}

28:1

And it came to pass in those days
<03117>_,

that the Philistines
<06430>

gathered
<06908> (0)

their armies
<04264>

together
<06908> (8799)

for warfare
<06635>_,

to fight
<03898> (8736)

with Israel
<03478>_.

And Achish
<0397>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto David
<01732>_,

Know
<03045> (8799)

thou assuredly
<03045> (8800)_,

that thou shalt go out
<03318> (8799)

with me to battle
<04264>_,

thou and thy men
<0582>_.

28:2

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Achish
<0397>_,

Surely
<03651>

thou shalt know
<03045> (8799)

what thy servant
<05650>

can do
<06213> (8799)_.

And Achish
<0397>

said
<0559> (8799)

to David
<01732>_,

Therefore will I make
<07760> (8799)

thee keeper
<08104> (8802)

of mine head
<07218>

for ever
<03117>_.

28:3

Now Samuel
<08050>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_,

and all Israel
<03478>

had lamented
<05594> (8799)

him, and buried
<06912> (8799)

him in Ramah
<07414>_,

even in his own city
<05892>_.

And Saul
<07586>

had put away
<05493> (8689)

those that had familiar spirits
<0178>_,

and the wizards
<03049>_,

out of the land
<0776>_.

28:4

And the Philistines
<06430>

gathered themselves together
<06908> (8735)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

in Shunem
<07766>_:

and Saul
<07586>

gathered
<06908> (0)

all Israel
<03478>

together
<06908> (8799)_,

and they pitched
<02583> (8799)

in Gilboa
<01533>_.

28:5

And when Saul
<07586>

saw
<07200> (8799)

the host
<04264>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

he was afraid
<03372> (8799)_,

and his heart
<03820>

greatly
<03966>

trembled
<02729> (8799)_.

28:6

And when Saul
<07586>

enquired
<07592> (8799)

of the LORD
<03068>_,

the LORD
<03068>

answered
<06030> (8804)

him not, neither by dreams
<02472>_,

nor by Urim
<0224>_,

nor by prophets
<05030>_.

28:7

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Saul
<07586>

unto his servants
<05650>_,

Seek
<01245> (8761)

me a woman
<0802>

that hath
<01172>

a familiar spirit
<0178>_,

that I may go
<03212> (8799)

to her, and enquire
<01875> (8799)

of her. And his servants
<05650>

said
<0559> (8799)

to him, Behold, [there is] a woman
<0802>

that hath
<01172>

a familiar spirit
<0178>

at Endor
<05874>_.

28:8

And Saul
<07586>

disguised
<02664> (8691)

himself, and put on
<03847> (8799)

other
<0312>

raiment
<0899>_,

and he went
<03212> (8799)_,

and two
<08147>

men
<0582>

with him, and they came
<0935> (8799)

to the woman
<0802>

by night
<03915>_:

and he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I pray thee, divine
<07080> (8798)

unto me by the familiar spirit
<0178>_,

and bring me [him] up
<05927> (8685)_,

whom I shall name
<0559> (8799)

unto thee.

28:9

And the woman
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold, thou knowest
<03045> (8804)

what Saul
<07586>

hath done
<06213> (8804)_,

how he hath cut off
<03772> (8689)

those that have familiar spirits
<0178>_,

and the wizards
<03049>_,

out of the land
<0776>_:

wherefore then layest thou a snare
<05367> (8693)

for my life
<05315>_,

to cause me to die
<04191> (8687)_?

28:10

And Saul
<07586>

sware
<07650> (8735)

to her by the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

[As] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

there shall
<0518>

no punishment
<05771>

happen
<07136> (8799)

to thee for this thing
<01697>_.

28:11

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the woman
<0802>_,

Whom shall I bring up
<05927> (8686)

unto thee? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Bring me up
<05927> (8685)

Samuel
<08050>_.

28:12

And when the woman
<0802>

saw
<07200> (8799)

Samuel
<08050>_,

she cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_:

and the woman
<0802>

spake
<0559> (8799)

to Saul
<07586>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Why hast thou deceived
<07411> (8765)

me? for thou [art] Saul
<07586>_.

28:13

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Be not afraid
<03372> (8799)_:

for what sawest
<07200> (8804)

thou? And the woman
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Saul
<07586>_,

I saw
<07200> (8804)

gods
<0430>

ascending
<05927> (8802)

out of the earth
<0776>_.

28:14

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, What form
<08389>

[is] he of? And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

An old
<02205>

man
<0376>

cometh up
<05927> (8802)_;

and he [is] covered
<05844> (8802)

with a mantle
<04598>_.

And Saul
<07586>

perceived
<03045> (8799)

that it [was] Samuel
<08050>_,

and he stooped
<06915> (8799)

with [his] face
<0639>

to the ground
<0776>_,

and bowed
<07812> (8691)

himself. {What...: Heb. What is his form?}

28:15

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Saul
<07586>_,

Why hast thou disquieted
<07264> (8689)

me, to bring me up
<05927> (8687)_?

And Saul
<07586>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I am sore
<03966>

distressed
<06887> (8804)_;

for the Philistines
<06430>

make war
<03898> (8737)

against me, and God
<0430>

is departed
<05493> (8804)

from me, and answereth
<06030> (8804)

me no more, neither by
<03027>

prophets
<05030>_,

nor by dreams
<02472>_:

therefore I have called
<07121> (8799)

thee, that thou mayest make known
<03045> (8687)

unto me what I shall do
<06213> (8799)_.

{by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets}

28:16

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Samuel
<08050>_,

Wherefore then dost thou ask
<07592> (8799)

of me, seeing the LORD
<03068>

is departed
<05493> (8804)

from thee, and is become thine enemy
<06145>_?

28:17

And the LORD
<03068>

hath done
<06213> (8799)

to him, as he spake
<01696> (8765)

by me
<03027>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath rent
<07167> (8799)

the kingdom
<04467>

out of thine hand
<03027>_,

and given
<05414> (8799)

it to thy neighbour
<07453>_,

[even] to David
<01732>_:

{to him: or, for himself} {me: Heb. mine hand}

28:18

Because
<0834>

thou obeyedst
<08085> (8804)

not the voice
<06963>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

nor executedst
<06213> (8804)

his fierce
<02740>

wrath
<0639>

upon Amalek
<06002>_,

therefore hath the LORD
<03068>

done
<06213> (8804)

this thing
<01697>

unto thee this day
<03117>_.

28:19

Moreover the LORD
<03068>

will also deliver
<05414> (8799)

Israel
<03478>

with thee into the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_:

and to morrow
<04279>

[shalt] thou and thy sons
<01121>

[be] with me: the LORD
<03068>

also shall deliver
<05414> (8799)

the host
<04264>

of Israel
<03478>

into the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

28:20

Then Saul
<07586>

fell
<05307> (8799)

straightway
<04116> (8762)

all
<04393>

along
<06967>

on the earth
<0776>_,

and was sore
<03966>

afraid
<03372> (8799)_,

because of the words
<01697>

of Samuel
<08050>_:

and there was no strength
<03581>

in him; for he had eaten
<0398> (8804)

no bread
<03899>

all the day
<03117>_,

nor all the night
<03915>_.

{fell...: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature}

28:21

And the woman
<0802>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto Saul
<07586>_,

and saw
<07200> (8799)

that he was sore
<03966>

troubled
<0926> (8738)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold, thine handmaid
<08198>

hath obeyed
<08085> (8804)

thy voice
<06963>_,

and I have put
<07760> (8799)

my life
<05315>

in my hand
<03709>_,

and have hearkened
<08085> (8799)

unto thy words
<01697>

which thou spakest
<01696> (8765)

unto me.

28:22

Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken
<08085> (8798)

thou also unto the voice
<06963>

of thine handmaid
<08198>_,

and let me set
<07760> (8799)

a morsel
<06595>

of bread
<03899>

before
<06440>

thee; and eat
<0398> (8798)_,

that thou mayest have strength
<03581>_,

when thou goest
<03212> (8799)

on thy way
<01870>_.

28:23

But he refused
<03985> (8762)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will not eat
<0398> (8799)_.

But his servants
<05650>_,

together with the woman
<0802>_,

compelled
<06555> (8799)

him; and he hearkened
<08085> (8799)

unto their voice
<06963>_.

So he arose
<06965> (8799)

from the earth
<0776>_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

upon the bed
<04296>_.

28:24

And the woman
<0802>

had a fat
<04770>

calf
<05695>

in the house
<01004>_;

and she hasted
<04116> (8762)_,

and killed
<02076> (8799)

it, and took
<03947> (8799)

flour
<07058>_,

and kneaded
<03888> (8799)

[it], and did bake
<0644> (8799)

unleavened bread
<04682>

thereof:

28:25

And she brought
<05066> (8686)

[it] before
<06440>

Saul
<07586>_,

and before
<06440>

his servants
<05650>_;

and they did eat
<0398> (8799)_.

Then they rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and went away
<03212> (8799)

that night
<03915>_.

29:1

Now the Philistines
<06430>

gathered together
<06908> (8799)

all their armies
<04264>

to Aphek
<0663>_:

and the Israelites
<03478>

pitched
<02583> (8802)

by a fountain
<05869>

which [is] in Jezreel
<03157>_.

29:2

And the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

passed on
<05674> (8802)

by hundreds
<03967>_,

and by thousands
<0505>_:

but David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

passed on
<05674> (8802)

in the rereward
<0314>

with Achish
<0397>_.

29:3

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the princes
<08269>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

What [do] these Hebrews
<05680>

[here]? And Achish
<0397>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the princes
<08269>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

[Is] not this David
<01732>_,

the servant
<05650>

of Saul
<07586>

the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

which hath been with me these days
<03117>_,

or these years
<08141>_,

and I have found
<04672> (8804)

no fault
<03972>

in him since
<03117>

he fell
<05307> (8800)

[unto me] unto this day
<03117>_?

29:4

And the princes
<08269>

of the Philistines
<06430>

were wroth
<07107> (8799)

with him; and the princes
<08269>

of the Philistines
<06430>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Make
<07725> (0)

this fellow
<0376>

return
<07725> (8685)_,

that he may go again
<07725> (8799)

to his place
<04725>

which thou hast appointed
<06485> (8689)

him, and let him not go down
<03381> (8799)

with us to battle
<04421>_,

lest in the battle
<04421>

he be an adversary
<07854>

to us: for wherewith should he reconcile
<07521> (8691)

himself unto his master
<0113>_?

[should it] not [be] with the heads
<07218>

of these men
<0582>_?

29:5

[Is] not this David
<01732>_,

of whom they sang
<06030> (8799)

one to another in dances
<04246>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Saul
<07586>

slew
<05221> (8689)

his thousands
<0505>_,

and David
<01732>

his ten thousands
<07233>_?

29:6

Then Achish
<0397>

called
<07121> (8799)

David
<01732>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

thou hast been upright
<03477>_,

and thy going out
<03318> (8800)

and thy coming in
<0935> (8800)

with me in the host
<04264>

[is] good
<02896>

in my sight
<05869>_:

for I have not found
<04672> (8804)

evil
<07451>

in thee since the day
<03117>

of thy coming
<0935> (8800)

unto me unto this day
<03117>_:

nevertheless the lords
<05633>

favour
<02896>

thee not
<05869>_.

{the lords...: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords}

29:7

Wherefore now return
<07725> (8798)_,

and go
<03212> (8798)

in peace
<07965>_,

that thou displease
<06213> (8799) <07451> <05869>

not the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

{displease...: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords}

29:8

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Achish
<0397>_,

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

and what hast thou found
<04672> (8804)

in thy servant
<05650>

so long as
<03117>

I have been with thee
<06440>

unto this day
<03117>_,

that I may not go
<0935> (8799)

fight
<03898> (8738)

against the enemies
<0341> (8802)

of my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_?

{with...: Heb. before thee}

29:9

And Achish
<0397>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

to David
<01732>_,

I know
<03045> (8804)

that thou [art] good
<02896>

in my sight
<05869>_,

as an angel
<04397>

of God
<0430>_:

notwithstanding the princes
<08269>

of the Philistines
<06430>

have said
<0559> (8804)_,

He shall not go up
<05927> (8799)

with us to the battle
<04421>_.

29:10

Wherefore now rise up early
<07925> (8685)

in the morning
<01242>

with thy master's
<0113>

servants
<05650>

that are come
<0935> (8804)

with thee: and as soon as ye be up early
<07925> (8689)

in the morning
<01242>_,

and have light
<0215> (8804)_,

depart
<03212> (8798)_.

29:11

So David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

rose up early
<07925> (8686)

to depart
<03212> (8800)

in the morning
<01242>_,

to return
<07725> (8800)

into the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

And the Philistines
<06430>

went up
<05927> (8804)

to Jezreel
<03157>_.