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1 Samuel 27:1--31:13

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>_.

30:1

And it came to pass, when David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

were come
<0935> (8800)

to Ziklag
<06860>

on the third
<07992>

day
<03117>_,

that the Amalekites
<06003>

had invaded
<06584> (8804)

the south
<05045>_,

and Ziklag
<06860>_,

and smitten
<05221> (8686)

Ziklag
<06860>_,

and burned
<08313> (8799)

it with fire
<0784>_;

30:2

And had taken the women
<0802>

captives
<07617> (8799)_,

that [were] therein: they slew
<04191> (8689)

not any
<0376>_,

either great
<01419>

or small
<06996>_,

but carried [them] away
<05090> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

on their way
<01870>_.

30:3

So David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

came
<0935> (8799)

to the city
<05892>_,

and, behold, [it was] burned
<08313> (8803)

with fire
<0784>_;

and their wives
<0802>_,

and their sons
<01121>_,

and their daughters
<01323>_,

were taken captives
<07617> (8738)_.

30:4

Then David
<01732>

and the people
<05971>

that [were] with him lifted up
<05375> (8799)

their voice
<06963>

and wept
<01058> (8799)_,

until they had no more power
<03581>

to weep
<01058> (8800)_.

30:5

And David's
<01732>

two
<08147>

wives
<0802>

were taken captives
<07617> (8738)_,

Ahinoam
<0293>

the Jezreelitess
<03159>_,

and Abigail
<026>

the wife
<0802>

of Nabal
<05037>

the Carmelite
<03761>_.

30:6

And David
<01732>

was greatly
<03966>

distressed
<03334> (8799)_;

for the people
<05971>

spake
<0559> (8804)

of stoning
<05619> (8800)

him, because the soul
<05315>

of all the people
<05971>

was grieved
<04843> (8804)_,

every man
<0376>

for his sons
<01121>

and for his daughters
<01323>_:

but David
<01732>

encouraged
<02388> (8691)

himself in the LORD
<03068>

his God
<0430>_.

{grieved: Heb. bitter}

30:7

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Abiathar
<054>

the priest
<03548>_,

Ahimelech's
<0288>

son
<01121>_,

I pray thee, bring me hither
<05066> (8685)

the ephod
<0646>_.

And Abiathar
<054>

brought
<05066> (8686)

thither the ephod
<0646>

to David
<01732>_.

30:8

And David
<01732>

enquired
<07592> (8799)

at the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Shall I pursue
<07291> (8799)

after
<0310>

this troop
<01416>_?

shall I overtake
<05381> (8686)

them? And he answered
<0559> (8799)

him, Pursue
<07291> (8798)_:

for thou shalt surely
<05381> (8687)

overtake
<05381> (8686)

[them], and without fail
<05337> (8687)

recover
<05337> (8686)

[all].

30:9

So David
<01732>

went
<03212> (8799)_,

he and the six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

that [were] with him, and came
<0935> (8799)

to the brook
<05158>

Besor
<01308>_,

where those that were left behind
<03498> (8737)

stayed
<05975> (8804)_.

30:10

But David
<01732>

pursued
<07291> (8799)_,

he and four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_:

for two hundred
<03967>

abode behind
<05975> (8799)_,

which were so faint
<06296> (8765)

that they could not go over
<05674> (8800)

the brook
<05158>

Besor
<01308>_.

30:11

And they found
<04672> (8799)

an Egyptian
<0376> <04713>

in the field
<07704>_,

and brought
<03947> (8799)

him to David
<01732>_,

and gave
<05414> (8799)

him bread
<03899>_,

and he did eat
<0398> (8799)_;

and they made him drink
<08248> (8686)

water
<04325>_;

30:12

And they gave
<05414> (8799)

him a piece
<06400>

of a cake
<01690>

of figs, and two
<08147>

clusters of raisins
<06778>_:

and when he had eaten
<0398> (8799)_,

his spirit
<07307>

came again
<07725> (8799)

to him: for he had eaten
<0398> (8804)

no bread
<03899>_,

nor drunk
<08354> (8804)

[any] water
<04325>_,

three
<07969>

days
<03117>

and three
<07969>

nights
<03915>_.

30:13

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, To whom [belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I [am] a young man
<05288>

of Egypt
<04713>_,

servant
<05650>

to an Amalekite
<0376> <06003>_;

and my master
<0113>

left
<05800> (8799)

me, because three
<07969>

days
<03117>

agone I fell sick
<02470> (8804)_.

30:14

We made an invasion
<06584> (8804)

[upon] the south
<05045>

of the Cherethites
<03774>_,

and upon [the coast] which [belongeth] to Judah
<03063>_,

and upon the south
<05045>

of Caleb
<03612>_;

and we burned
<08313> (8804)

Ziklag
<06860>

with fire
<0784>_.

30:15

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

to him, Canst thou bring me down
<03381> (8686)

to this company
<01416>_?

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Swear
<07650> (8734)

unto me by God
<0430>_,

that thou wilt neither kill
<04191> (8686)

me, nor
<0518>

deliver
<05462> (8686)

me into the hands
<03027>

of my master
<0113>_,

and I will bring thee down
<03381> (8686)

to this company
<01416>_.

30:16

And when he had brought him down
<03381> (8686)_,

behold, [they were] spread abroad
<05203> (8803)

upon all
<06440>

the earth
<0776>_,

eating
<0398> (8802)

and drinking
<08354> (8802)_,

and dancing
<02287> (8802)_,

because of all the great
<01419>

spoil
<07998>

that they had taken
<03947> (8804)

out of the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and out of the land
<0776>

of Judah
<03063>_.

30:17

And David
<01732>

smote
<05221> (8686)

them from the twilight
<05399>

even unto the evening
<06153>

of the next day
<04283>_:

and there escaped
<04422> (8738)

not a man
<0376>

of them, save four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

young
<05288>

men
<0376>_,

which rode
<07392> (8804)

upon camels
<01581>_,

and fled
<05127> (8799)_.

{the next...: Heb. their morrow}

30:18

And David
<01732>

recovered
<05337> (8686)

all that the Amalekites
<06002>

had carried away
<03947> (8804)_:

and David
<01732>

rescued
<05337> (8689)

his two
<08147>

wives
<0802>_.

30:19

And there was nothing lacking
<05737> (8738)

to them, neither
<04480>

small
<06996>

nor great
<01419>_,

neither sons
<01121>

nor daughters
<01323>_,

neither spoil
<07998>_,

nor any [thing] that they had taken
<03947> (8804)

to them: David
<01732>

recovered
<07725> (8689)

all.

30:20

And David
<01732>

took
<03947> (8799)

all the flocks
<06629>

and the herds
<01241>_,

[which] they drave
<05090> (8804)

before
<06440>

those
<01931>

[other] cattle
<04735>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

This [is] David's
<01732>

spoil
<07998>_.

30:21

And David
<01732>

came
<0935> (8799)

to the two hundred
<03967>

men
<0582>_,

which were so faint
<06296> (8765)

that they could not follow
<03212> (8800) <0310>

David
<01732>_,

whom they had made also to abide
<03427> (8686)

at the brook
<05158>

Besor
<01308>_:

and they went forth
<03318> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

David
<01732>_,

and to meet
<07125> (8800)

the people
<05971>

that [were] with him: and when David
<01732>

came near
<05066> (8799)

to the people
<05971>_,

he saluted
<07592> (8799) <07965>

them. {saluted...: or, asked them how they did}

30:22

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

all the wicked
<07451>

men
<0376>

and [men] of Belial
<01100>_,

of those
<0582>

that went
<01980> (8804)

with David
<01732>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Because they went
<01980> (8804)

not with us, we will not give
<05414> (8799)

them [ought] of the spoil
<07998>

that we have recovered
<05337> (8689)_,

save to every man
<0376>

his wife
<0802>

and his children
<01121>_,

that they may lead [them] away
<05090> (8799)_,

and depart
<03212> (8799)_.

{those: Heb. men}

30:23

Then said
<0559> (8799)

David
<01732>_,

Ye shall not do so
<06213> (8799)_,

my brethren
<0251>_,

with that which the LORD
<03068>

hath given
<05414> (8804)

us, who hath preserved
<08104> (8799)

us, and delivered
<05414> (8799)

the company
<01416>

that came
<0935> (8802)

against us into our hand
<03027>_.

30:24

For who will hearken
<08085> (8799)

unto you in this matter
<01697>_?

but as his part
<02506>

[is] that goeth down
<03381> (8802) (8675) <03381> (8717)

to the battle
<04421>_,

so [shall] his part
<02506>

[be] that tarrieth
<03427> (8802)

by the stuff
<03627>_:

they shall part
<02505> (8799)

alike
<03162>_.

30:25

And it was [so] from that day
<03117>

forward
<04605>_,

that he made
<07760> (8799)

it a statute
<02706>

and an ordinance
<04941>

for Israel
<03478>

unto this day
<03117>_.

{forward: Heb. and forward}

30:26

And when David
<01732>

came
<0935> (8799)

to Ziklag
<06860>_,

he sent
<07971> (8762)

of the spoil
<07998>

unto the elders
<02205>

of Judah
<03063>_,

[even] to his friends
<07453>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold a present
<01293>

for you of the spoil
<07998>

of the enemies
<0341> (8802)

of the LORD
<03068>_;

{present: Heb. blessing}

30:27

To [them]
<0834>

which [were] in Bethel
<01008>_,

and to [them] which [were] in south
<05045>

Ramoth
<07418>_,

and to [them] which [were] in Jattir
<03492>_,

30:28

And to [them] which [were] in Aroer
<06177>_,

and to [them] which [were] in Siphmoth
<08224>_,

and to [them] which [were] in Eshtemoa
<0851>_,

30:29

And to [them] which [were] in Rachal
<07403>_,

and to [them] which [were] in the cities
<05892>

of the Jerahmeelites
<03397>_,

and to [them] which [were] in the cities
<05892>

of the Kenites
<07017>_,

30:30

And to [them] which [were] in Hormah
<02767>_,

and to [them] which [were] in Chorashan
<03565>_,

and to [them] which [were] in Athach
<06269>_,

30:31

And to [them] which [were] in Hebron
<02275>_,

and to all the places
<04725>

where David
<01732>

himself and his men
<0582>

were wont to haunt
<01980> (8694)_.

31:1

Now the Philistines
<06430>

fought
<03898> (8737)

against Israel
<03478>_:

and the men
<0582>

of Israel
<03478>

fled
<05127> (8799)

from before
<06440>

the Philistines
<06430>_,

and fell down
<05307> (8799)

slain
<02491>

in mount
<02022>

Gilboa
<01533>_.

{slain: or, wounded}

31:2

And the Philistines
<06430>

followed hard
<01692> (8686)

upon Saul
<07586>

and upon his sons
<01121>_;

and the Philistines
<06430>

slew
<05221> (8686)

Jonathan
<03083>_,

and Abinadab
<041>_,

and Malchishua
<04444>_,

Saul's
<07586>

sons
<01121>_.

31:3

And the battle
<04421>

went sore
<03513> (8799)

against Saul
<07586>_,

and the archers
<03384> (8688) <0582> <07198>

hit
<04672> (8799)

him; and he was sore
<03966>

wounded
<02342> (8799)

of the archers
<03384> (8688) <0582> <07198>_.

{and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bows} {hit...: Heb. found him}

31:4

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Saul
<07586>

unto his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>_,

Draw
<08025> (8798)

thy sword
<02719>_,

and thrust me through
<01856> (8798)

therewith; lest these uncircumcised
<06189>

come
<0935> (8799)

and thrust me through
<01856> (8804)_,

and abuse
<05953> (8694)

me. But his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>

would
<014> (8804)

not; for he was sore
<03966>

afraid
<03372> (8804)_.

Therefore Saul
<07586>

took
<03947> (8799)

a sword
<02719>_,

and fell
<05307> (8799)

upon it. {abuse...: or, mock me}

31:5

And when his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that Saul
<07586>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_,

he fell
<05307> (8799)

likewise upon his sword
<02719>_,

and died
<04191> (8799)

with him.

31:6

So Saul
<07586>

died
<04191> (8799)_,

and his three
<07969>

sons
<01121>_,

and his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>_,

and all his men
<0582>_,

that same day
<03117>

together
<03162>_.

31:7

And when the men
<0582>

of Israel
<03478>

that [were] on the other side
<05676>

of the valley
<06010>_,

and [they] that [were] on the other side
<05676>

Jordan
<03383>_,

saw
<07200> (8799)

that the men
<0582>

of Israel
<03478>

fled
<05127> (8804)_,

and that Saul
<07586>

and his sons
<01121>

were dead
<04191> (8804)_,

they forsook
<05800> (8799)

the cities
<05892>_,

and fled
<05127> (8799)_;

and the Philistines
<06430>

came
<0935> (8799)

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in them.

31:8

And it came to pass on the morrow
<04283>_,

when the Philistines
<06430>

came
<0935> (8799)

to strip
<06584> (8763)

the slain
<02491>_,

that they found
<04672> (8799)

Saul
<07586>

and his three
<07969>

sons
<01121>

fallen
<05307> (8802)

in mount
<02022>

Gilboa
<01533>_.

31:9

And they cut off
<03772> (8799)

his head
<07218>_,

and stripped off
<06584> (8686)

his armour
<03627>_,

and sent
<07971> (8762)

into the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
<06430>

round about
<05439>_,

to publish
<01319> (8763)

[it in] the house
<01004>

of their idols
<06091>_,

and among the people
<05971>_.

31:10

And they put
<07760> (8799)

his armour
<03627>

in the house
<01004>

of Ashtaroth
<06252> (8677) <01045>_:

and they fastened
<08628> (8804)

his body
<01472>

to the wall
<02346>

of Bethshan
<01052>_.

31:11

And when the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>

heard
<08085> (8799)

of that which the Philistines
<06430>

had done
<06213> (8804)

to Saul
<07586>_;

{of that: or, concerning him that}

31:12

All the valiant
<02428>

men
<0376> (8677) <0381>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

all night
<03915>_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

the body
<01472>

of Saul
<07586>

and the bodies
<01472>

of his sons
<01121>

from the wall
<02346>

of Bethshan
<01052>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Jabesh
<03003>_,

and burnt
<08313> (8799)

them there.

31:13

And they took
<03947> (8799)

their bones
<06106>_,

and buried
<06912> (8799)

[them] under a tree
<0815>

at Jabesh
<03003>_,

and fasted
<06684> (8799)

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_.