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20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy
father certainly knoweth
that I have found grace in thine eyes; and
he saith, Let not Jonathan
know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as
the LORD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, there is but a step between
me and death.
20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David,
Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I
will even do it for thee.
20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold,
to morrow is the new moon,
and I should not fail to sit with the king
at meat: but let me go,
that I may hide myself in the field unto the
third day at even.
20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say,
David earnestly asked
leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem
his city: for there is a
yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant
shall have peace: but if
he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is
determined by him.
20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with
thy servant; for thou hast
brought thy servant into a covenant of the
LORD with thee:
notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity,
slay me thyself; for why
shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 20:9
And Jonathan said, Far be
it from thee: for if I knew certainly that
evil were determined by my
father to come upon thee, then would not I
tell it thee? 20:10 Then
said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me?
or what if thy father
answer thee roughly? 20:11 And Jonathan said
unto David, Come, and
let us go out into the field. And they went
out both of them into the
field.
20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD
God of Israel, when I have
sounded my father about to morrow any time,
or the third day, and,
behold, if there be good toward David, and I
then send not unto thee,
and shew it thee; 20:13 The LORD do so and
much more to Jonathan: but
if it please my father to do thee evil, then
I will shew it thee, and
send thee away, that thou mayest go in
peace: and the LORD be with
thee, as he hath been with my father.
20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I
live shew me the kindness of
the LORD, that I die not: 20:15 But also
thou shalt not cut off thy
kindness from my house for ever: no, not
when the LORD hath cut off
the enemies of David every one from the face
of the earth.
20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the
house of David, saying, Let
the LORD even require it at the hand of
David's enemies.
20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear
again, because he loved him:
for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow
is the new moon: and thou
shalt be missed, because thy seat will be
empty.
20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days,
then thou shalt go down
quickly, and come to the place where thou
didst hide thyself when the
business was in hand, and shalt remain by
the stone Ezel.
20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the
side thereof, as though I
shot at a mark.
20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad,
saying, Go, find out the arrows.
If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the
arrows are on this side
of thee, take them; then come thou: for
there is peace to thee, and no
hurt; as the LORD liveth.
20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man,
Behold, the arrows are
beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath
sent thee away.
20:23 And as touching the matter which thou
and I have spoken of,
behold, the LORD be between thee and me for
ever.
20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and
when the new moon was
come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at
other times, even upon a
seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and
Abner sat by Saul's side,
and David's place was empty.
20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing
that day: for he thought,
Something hath befallen him, he is not
clean; surely he is not clean.
20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow,
which was the second day of
the month, that David's place was empty: and
Saul said unto Jonathan
his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of
Jesse to meat, neither
yesterday, nor to day? 20:28 And Jonathan
answered Saul, David
earnestly asked leave of me to go to
Bethlehem: 20:29 And he said, Let
me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a
sacrifice in the city; and
my brother, he hath commanded me to be
there: and now, if I have found
favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I
pray thee, and see my
brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the
king's table.
20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against
Jonathan, and he said unto
him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious
woman, do not I know that
thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine
own confusion, and unto the
confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 20:31
For as long as the son of
Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not
be established, nor thy
kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him
unto me, for he shall surely
die.
20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father,
and said unto him,
Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he
done? 20:33 And Saul cast a
javelin at him to smite him: whereby
Jonathan knew that it was
determined of his father to slay David.
20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in
fierce anger, and did eat no
meat the second day of the month: for he was
grieved for David,
because his father had done him shame.
20:35 And it came to pass in the morning,
that Jonathan went out into
the field at the time appointed with David,
and a little lad with him.
20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find
out now the arrows which I
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow
beyond him.
20:37 And when the lad was come to the place
of the arrow which
Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the
lad, and said, Is not the
arrow beyond thee? 20:38 And Jonathan cried
after the lad, Make
speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad
gathered up the arrows, and
came to his master.
20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only
Jonathan and David knew the
matter.
20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto
his lad, and said unto him,
Go, carry them to the city.
20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David
arose out of a place
toward the south, and fell on his face to
the ground, and bowed
himself three times: and they kissed one
another, and wept one with
another, until David exceeded.
20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in
peace, forasmuch as we have
sworn both of us in the name of the LORD,
saying, The LORD be between
me and thee, and between my seed and thy
seed for ever. And he arose
and departed: and Jonathan went into the
city.
21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the
priest: and Ahimelech was
afraid at the meeting of David, and said
unto him, Why art thou alone,
and no man with thee? 21:2 And David said
unto Ahimelech the priest,
The king hath commanded me a business, and
hath said unto me, Let no
man know any thing of the business
whereabout I send thee, and what I
have commanded thee: and I have appointed my
servants to such and such
a place.
21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand?
give me five loaves of
bread in mine hand, or what there is
present.
21:4 And the priest answered David, and
said, There is no common bread
under mine hand, but there is hallowed
bread; if the young men have
kept themselves at least from women.
21:5 And David answered the priest, and said
unto him, Of a truth
women have been kept from us about these
three days, since I came out,
and the vessels of the young men are holy,
and the bread is in a
manner common, yea, though it were
sanctified this day in the vessel.
21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread:
for there was no bread
there but the shewbread, that was taken from
before the LORD, to put
hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of
Saul was there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name was
Doeg, an Edomite, the
chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to
Saul.
21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is
there not here under thine
hand spear or sword? for I have neither
brought my sword nor my
weapons with me, because the king's business
required haste.
21:9 And the priest said, The sword of
Goliath the Philistine, whom
thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold,
it is here wrapped in a
cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take
that, take it: for there is
no other save that here. And David said,
There is none like that; give
it me.
21:10 And David arose and fled that day for
fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath.
21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto
him, Is not this David the
king of the land? did they not sing one to
another of him in dances,
saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and
David his ten thousands?
21:12 And David laid up these words in his
heart, and was sore afraid
of Achish the king of Gath.
21:13 And he changed his behaviour before
them, and feigned himself
mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the
doors of the gate, and let
his spittle fall down upon his beard.
21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants,
Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
21:15 Have I need of mad
men, that ye have brought this fellow to
play the mad man in my
presence? shall this fellow come into my
house? 22:1 David therefore
departed thence, and escaped to the cave
Adullam: and when his
brethren and all his father's house heard
it, they went down thither
to him.
22:2 And every one that was in distress, and
every one that was in
debt, and every one that was discontented,
gathered themselves unto
him; and he became a captain over them: and
there were with him about
four hundred men.
22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of
Moab: and he said unto the
king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I
pray thee, come forth,
and be with you, till I know what God will
do for me.
22:4 And he brought them before the king of
Moab: and they dwelt with
him all the while that David was in the
hold.
22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David,
Abide not in the hold;
depart, and get thee into the land of Judah.
Then David departed, and
came into the forest of Hareth.
22:6 When Saul heard that David was
discovered, and the men that were
with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a
tree in Ramah, having his
spear in his hand, and all his servants were
standing about him;) 22:7
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood
about him, Hear now, ye
Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every
one of you fields and
vineyards, and make you all captains of
thousands, and captains of
hundreds; 22:8 That all of you have
conspired against me, and there is
none that sheweth me that my son hath made a
league with the son of
Jesse, and there is none of you that is
sorry for me, or sheweth unto
me that my son hath stirred up my servant
against me, to lie in wait,
as at this day? 22:9 Then answered Doeg the
Edomite, which was set
over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw
the son of Jesse coming to
Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him,
and gave him victuals, and
gave him the sword of Goliath the
Philistine.
22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech
the priest, the son of
Ahitub, and all his father's house, the
priests that were in Nob: and
they came all of them to the king.
22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of
Ahitub. And he answered,
Here I am, my lord.
22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye
conspired against me, thou
and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast
given him bread, and a sword,
and hast enquired of God for him, that he
should rise against me, to
lie in wait, as at this day? 22:14 Then
Ahimelech answered the king,
and said, And who is so faithful among all
thy servants as David,
which is the king's son in law, and goeth at
thy bidding, and is
honourable in thine house? 22:15 Did I then
begin to enquire of God
for him? be it far from me: let not the king
impute any thing unto his
servant, nor to all the house of my father:
for thy servant knew
nothing of all this, less or more.
22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely
die, Ahimelech, thou, and
all thy father's house.
22:17 And the king said unto the footmen
that stood about him, Turn,
and slay the priests of the LORD: because
their hand also is with
David, and because they knew when he fled,
and did not shew it to me.
But the servants of the king would not put
forth their hand to fall
upon the priests of the LORD.
22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou,
and fall upon the priests.
And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell
upon the priests, and slew on
that day fourscore and five persons that did
wear a linen ephod.
22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests,
smote he with the edge of the
sword, both men and women, children and
sucklings, and oxen, and
asses, and sheep, with the edge of the
sword.
22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the
son of Ahitub, named
Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul
had slain the LORD's
priests.
22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew
it that day, when Doeg the
Edomite was there, that he would surely tell
Saul: I have occasioned
the death of all the persons of thy father's
house.
22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he
that seeketh my life
seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be
in safeguard.
23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold,
the Philistines fight
against Keilah, and they rob the
threshingfloors.
23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD,
saying, Shall I go and
smite these Philistines? And the LORD said
unto David, Go, and smite
the Philistines, and save Keilah.
23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold,
we be afraid here in
Judah: how much more then if we come to
Keilah against the armies of
the Philistines? 23:4 Then David enquired of
the LORD yet again. And
the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go
down to Keilah; for I will
deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah,
and fought with the
Philistines, and brought away their cattle,
and smote them with a
great slaughter. So David saved the
inhabitants of Keilah.
23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the
son of Ahimelech fled to
David to Keilah, that he came down with an
ephod in his hand.
23:7 And it was told Saul that David was
come to Keilah. And Saul
said, God hath delivered him into mine hand;
for he is shut in, by
entering into a town that hath gates and
bars.
23:8 And Saul called all the people together
to war, to go down to
Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly
practised mischief against him;
and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring
hither the ephod.
23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel,
thy servant hath
certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to
Keilah, to destroy the
city for my sake.
23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up
into his hand? will Saul
come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD
God of Israel, I beseech
thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said,
He will come down.
23:12 Then said David, Will the men of
Keilah deliver me and my men
into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said,
They will deliver thee up.
23:13 Then David and his men, which were
about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went
whithersoever they could go. And it
was told Saul that David was escaped from
Keilah; and he forbare to go
forth.
23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in
strong holds, and remained
in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And
Saul sought him every
day, but God delivered him not into his
hand.
23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out
to seek his life: and David
was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and
went to David into the wood,
and strengthened his hand in God.
23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for
the hand of Saul my father
shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king
over Israel, and I shall
be next unto thee; and that also Saul my
father knoweth.
23:18 And they two made a covenant before
the LORD: and David abode in
the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to
Gibeah, saying, Doth not
David hide himself with us in strong holds
in the wood, in the hill of
Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
23:20 Now therefore, O
king, come down according to all the desire
of thy soul to come down;
and our part shall be to deliver him into
the king's hand.
23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the
LORD; for ye have compassion
on me.
23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know
and see his place where
his haunt is, and who hath seen him there:
for it is told me that he
dealeth very subtilly.
23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of
all the lurking places
where he hideth himself, and come ye again
to me with the certainty,
and I will go with you: and it shall come to
pass, if he be in the
land, that I will search him out throughout
all the thousands of
Judah.
23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph
before Saul: but David and his
men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the
plain on the south of
Jeshimon.
23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek
him. And they told David;
wherefore he came down into a rock, and
abode in the wilderness of
Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued
after David in the
wilderness of Maon.
23:26 And Saul went on this side of the
mountain, and David and his
men on that side of the mountain: and David
made haste to get away for
fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed
David and his men round
about to take them.
23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul,
saying, Haste thee, and
come; for the Philistines have invaded the
land.
23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing
after David, and went
against the Philistines: therefore they
called that place
Selahammahlekoth.
23:29 And David went up from thence, and
dwelt in strong holds at
Engedi.
24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was
returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying,
Behold, David is in the
wilderness of Engedi.
24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen
men out of all Israel, and
went to seek David and his men upon the
rocks of the wild goats.
24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the
way, where was a cave; and
Saul went in to cover his feet: and David
and his men remained in the
sides of the cave.
24:4 And the men of David said unto him,
Behold the day of which the
LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver
thine enemy into thine
hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall
seem good unto thee. Then
David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's
robe privily.
24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that
David's heart smote him,
because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD
forbid that I should do this
thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed,
to stretch forth mine hand
against him, seeing he is the anointed of
the LORD.
24:7 So David stayed his servants with these
words, and suffered them
not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up
out of the cave, and went
on his way.
24:8 David also arose afterward, and went
out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And
when Saul looked behind him,
David stooped with his face to the earth,
and bowed himself.
24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore
hearest thou men's words,
saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
24:10 Behold, this day thine
eyes have seen how that the LORD had
delivered thee to day into mine
hand in the cave: and some bade me kill
thee: but mine eye spared
thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine
hand against my lord; for
he is the LORD's anointed.
24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the
skirt of thy robe in my
hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy
robe, and killed thee
not, know thou and see that there is neither
evil nor transgression in
mine hand, and I have not sinned against
thee; yet thou huntest my
soul to take it.
24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee,
and the LORD avenge me of
thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients,
Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon
thee.
24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come
out? after whom dost thou
pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge
between me and thee, and
see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out
of thine hand.
24:16 And it came to pass, when David had
made an end of speaking
these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is
this thy voice, my son
David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and
wept.
24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more
righteous than I: for thou
hast rewarded me good, whereas I have
rewarded thee evil.
24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that
thou hast dealt well with
me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered
me into thine hand, thou
killedst me not.
24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he
let him go well away?
wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that
thou hast done unto me
this day.
24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou
shalt surely be king, and
that the kingdom of Israel shall be
established in thine hand.
24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the
LORD, that thou wilt not cut
off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not
destroy my name out of my
father's house.
24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul
went home; but David and his
men gat them up unto the hold.
25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites
were gathered together,
and lamented him, and buried him in his
house at Ramah. And David
arose, and went down to the wilderness of
Paran.
25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose
possessions were in Carmel;
and the man was very great, and he had three
thousand sheep, and a
thousand goats: and he was shearing his
sheep in Carmel.
25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and
the name of his wife
Abigail: and she was a woman of good
understanding, and of a beautiful
countenance: but the man was churlish and
evil in his doings; and he
was of the house of Caleb.
25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that
Nabal did shear his sheep.
25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and
David said unto the young
men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal,
and greet him in my name:
25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that
liveth in prosperity, Peace be
both to thee, and peace be to thine house,
and peace be unto all that
thou hast.
25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast
shearers: now thy shepherds
which were with us, we hurt them not,
neither was there ought missing
unto them, all the while they were in
Carmel.
25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew
thee. Wherefore let the
young men find favour in thine eyes: for we
come in a good day: give,
I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand
unto thy servants, and to
thy son David.
25:9 And when David's young men came, they
spake to Nabal according to
all those words in the name of David, and
ceased.
25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants,
and said, Who is David? and
who is the son of Jesse? there be many
servants now a days that break
away every man from his master.
25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my
water, and my flesh that I
have killed for my shearers, and give it
unto men, whom I know not
whence they be? 25:12 So David's young men
turned their way, and went
again, and came and told him all those
sayings.
25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye
on every man his sword. And
they girded on every man his sword; and
David also girded on his
sword: and there went up after David about
four hundred men; and two
hundred abode by the stuff.
25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail,
Nabal's wife, saying,
Behold, David sent messengers out of the
wilderness to salute our
master; and he railed on them.
25:15 But the men were very good unto us,
and we were not hurt,
neither missed we any thing, as long as we
were conversant with them,
when we were in the fields: 25:16 They were
a wall unto us both by
night and day, all the while we were with
them keeping the sheep.
25:17 Now therefore know and consider what
thou wilt do; for evil is
determined against our master, and against
all his household: for he
is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot
speak to him.
25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two
hundred loaves, and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready
dressed, and five measures of
parched corn, and an hundred clusters of
raisins, and two hundred
cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on
before me; behold, I come
after you. But she told not her husband
Nabal.
25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass,
that she came down by the
covert on the hill, and, behold, David and
his men came down against
her; and she met them.
25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain
have I kept all that this
fellow hath in the wilderness, so that
nothing was missed of all that
pertained unto him: and he hath requited me
evil for good.
25:22 So and more also do God unto the
enemies of David, if I leave of
all that pertain to him by the morning light
any that pisseth against
the wall.
25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she
hasted, and lighted off the ass,
and fell before David on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground,
25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon
me, my lord, upon me let
this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I
pray thee, speak in thine
audience, and hear the words of thine
handmaid.
25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard
this man of Belial, even
Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal
is his name, and folly is
with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the
young men of my lord, whom
thou didst send.
25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD
liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee
from coming to shed
blood, and from avenging thyself with thine
own hand, now let thine
enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord,
be as Nabal.
25:27 And now this blessing which thine
handmaid hath brought unto my
lord, let it even be given unto the young
men that follow my lord.
25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of
thine handmaid: for the
LORD will certainly make my lord a sure
house; because my lord
fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil
hath not been found in thee
all thy days.
25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and
to seek thy soul: but the
soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle
of life with the LORD thy
God; and the souls of thine enemies, them
shall he sling out, as out
of the middle of a sling.
25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the
LORD shall have done to my
lord according to all the good that he hath
spoken concerning thee,
and shall have appointed thee ruler over
Israel; 25:31 That this shall
be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart
unto my lord, either that
thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my
lord hath avenged himself:
but when the LORD shall have dealt well with
my lord, then remember
thine handmaid.
25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be
the LORD God of Israel,
which sent thee this day to meet me: 25:33
And blessed be thy advice,
and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this
day from coming to shed
blood, and from avenging myself with mine
own hand.
25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of
Israel liveth, which hath
kept me back from hurting thee, except thou
hadst hasted and come to
meet me, surely there had not been left unto
Nabal by the morning
light any that pisseth against the wall.
25:35 So David received of her hand that
which she had brought him,
and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine
house; see, I have
hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted
thy person.
25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and,
behold, he held a feast in his
house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's
heart was merry within
him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she
told him nothing, less or
more, until the morning light.
25:37 But it came to pass in the morning,
when the wine was gone out
of Nabal, and his wife had told him these
things, that his heart died
within him, and he became as a stone.
25:38 And it came to pass about ten days
after, that the LORD smote
Nabal, that he died.
25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was
dead, he said, Blessed be
the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my
reproach from the hand of
Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil:
for the LORD hath returned
the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head.
And David sent and communed
with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
25:40 And when the servants of David were
come to Abigail to Carmel,
they spake unto her, saying, David sent us
unto thee, to take thee to
him to wife.
25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on
her face to the earth, and
said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a
servant to wash the feet of the
servants of my lord.
25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode
upon an ass, with five
damsels of hers that went after her; and she
went after the messengers
of David, and became his wife.
25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel;
and they were also both of
them his wives.
25:44 But Saul had given Michal his
daughter, David's wife, to Phalti
the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to
Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which
is before Jeshimon? 26:2
Then Saul arose, and went down to the
wilderness of Ziph, having three
thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to
seek David in the
wilderness of Ziph.
26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of
Hachilah, which is before
Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the
wilderness, and he saw
that Saul came after him into the
wilderness.
26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and
understood that Saul was come
in very deed.
26:5 And David arose, and came to the place
where Saul had pitched:
and David beheld the place where Saul lay,
and Abner the son of Ner,
the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the
trench, and the people
pitched round about him.
26:6 Then answered David and said to
Ahimelech the Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab,
saying, Who will go down
with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai
said, I will go down with
thee.
26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people
by night: and, behold,
Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his
spear stuck in the ground
at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay
round about him.
26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath
delivered thine enemy into
thine hand this day: now therefore let me
smite him, I pray thee, with
the spear even to the earth at once, and I
will not smite him the
second time.
26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him
not: for who can stretch
forth his hand against the LORD's anointed,
and be guiltless? 26:10
David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth,
the LORD shall smite him;
or his day shall come to die; or he shall
descend into battle, and
perish.
26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch
forth mine hand against
the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take
thou now the spear that is
at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and
let us go.
26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse
of water from Saul's
bolster; and they gat them away, and no man
saw it, nor knew it,
neither awaked: for they were all asleep;
because a deep sleep from
the LORD was fallen upon them.
26:13 Then David went over to the other
side, and stood on the top of
an hill afar off; a great space being
between them: 26:14 And David
cried to the people, and to Abner the son of
Ner, saying, Answerest
thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and
said, Who art thou that
criest to the king? 26:15 And David said to
Abner, Art not thou a
valiant man? and who is like to thee in
Israel? wherefore then hast
thou not kept thy lord the king? for there
came one of the people in
to destroy the king thy lord.
26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast
done. As the LORD liveth,
ye are worthy to die, because ye have not
kept your master, the LORD's
anointed.
And now see where the king's spear is, and
the cruse of water that was
at his bolster.
26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said,
Is this thy voice, my son
David? And David said, It is my voice, my
lord, O king.
26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord
thus pursue after his
servant? for what have I done? or what evil
is in mine hand? 26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the
king hear the words of his
servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up
against me, let him accept
an offering: but if they be the children of
men, cursed be they before
the LORD; for they have driven me out this
day from abiding in the
inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve
other gods.
26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall
to the earth before the
face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is
come out to seek a flea,
as when one doth hunt a partridge in the
mountains.
26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return,
my son David: for I will
no more do thee harm, because my soul was
precious in thine eyes this
day: behold, I have played the fool, and
have erred exceedingly.
26:22 And David answered and said, Behold
the king's spear! and let
one of the young men come over and fetch it.
26:23 The LORD render to every man his
righteousness and his
faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee
into my hand to day, but I
would not stretch forth mine hand against
the LORD's anointed.
26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set
by this day in mine eyes,
so let my life be much set by in the eyes of
the LORD, and let him
deliver me out of all tribulation.
26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be
thou, my son David: thou
shalt both do great things, and also shalt
still prevail. So David
went on his way, and Saul returned to his
place.
27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall
now perish one day by the
hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me
than that I should
speedily escape into the land of the
Philistines; and Saul shall
despair of me, to seek me any more in any
coast of Israel: so shall I
escape out of his hand.
27:2 And David arose, and he passed over
with the six hundred men that
were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch,
king of Gath.
27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he
and his men, every man
with his household, even David with his two
wives, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess,
Nabal's wife.
27:4 And it was told Saul that David was
fled to Gath: and he sought
no more again for him.
27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have
now found grace in thine
eyes, let them give me a place in some town
in the country, that I may
dwell there: for why should thy servant
dwell in the royal city with
thee? 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that
day: wherefore Ziklag
pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this
day.
27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the
country of the Philistines
was a full year and four months.
27:8 And David and his men went up, and
invaded the Geshurites, and
the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those
nations were of old the
inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to
Shur, even unto the land of
Egypt.
27:9 And David smote the land, and left
neither man nor woman alive,
and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and
the asses, and the camels,
and the apparel, and returned, and came to
Achish.
27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made
a road to day? And David
said, Against the south of Judah, and
against the south of the
Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the
Kenites.
27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman
alive, to bring tidings to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us,
saying, So did David, and
so will be his manner all the while he
dwelleth in the country of the
Philistines.
27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He
hath made his people
Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he
shall be my servant for
ever.
28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that
the Philistines gathered
their armies together for warfare, to fight
with Israel. And Achish
said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that
thou shalt go out with me
to battle, thou and thy men.
28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou
shalt know what thy servant
can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore
will I make thee keeper of
mine head for ever.
28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had
lamented him, and buried
him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul
had put away those that
had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out
of the land.
28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves
together, and came and
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all
Israel together, and they
pitched in Gilboa.
28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the
Philistines, he was afraid, and
his heart greatly trembled.
28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the
LORD answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by
prophets.
28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek
me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and
enquire of her. And his
servants said to him, Behold, there is a
woman that hath a familiar
spirit at Endor.
28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on
other raiment, and he
went, and two men with him, and they came to
the woman by night: and
he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the
familiar spirit, and bring
me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold,
thou knowest what Saul hath
done, how he hath cut off those that have
familiar spirits, and the
wizards, out of the land: wherefore then
layest thou a snare for my
life, to cause me to die? 28:10 And Saul
sware to her by the LORD,
saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no
punishment happen to thee
for this thing.
28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I
bring up unto thee? And he
said, Bring me up Samuel.
28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she
cried with a loud voice: and
the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast
thou deceived me? for thou
art Saul.
28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not
afraid: for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods
ascending out of the earth.
28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he
of? And she said, An old
man cometh up; and he is covered with a
mantle. And Saul perceived
that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his
face to the ground, and
bowed himself.
28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou
disquieted me, to bring
me up? And Saul answered, I am sore
distressed; for the Philistines
make war against me, and God is departed
from me, and answereth me no
more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams:
therefore I have called
thee, that thou mayest make known unto me
what I shall do.
28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost
thou ask of me, seeing the
LORD is departed from thee, and is become
thine enemy? 28:17 And the
LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me:
for the LORD hath rent the
kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to
thy neighbour, even to
David: 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the
voice of the LORD, nor
executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek,
therefore hath the LORD done
this thing unto thee this day.
28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver
Israel with thee into the
hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt
thou and thy sons be with
me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of
Israel into the hand of
the Philistines.
28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along
on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and
there was no strength in
him; for he had eaten no bread all the day,
nor all the night.
28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw
that he was sore troubled,
and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid
hath obeyed thy voice, and I
have put my life in my hand, and have
hearkened unto thy words which
thou spakest unto me.
28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken
thou also unto the voice of
thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of
bread before thee; and eat,
that thou mayest have strength, when thou
goest on thy way.
28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not
eat. But his servants,
together with the woman, compelled him; and
he hearkened unto their
voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat
upon the bed.
28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the
house; and she hasted, and
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it,
and did bake unleavened
bread thereof: 28:25 And she brought it
before Saul, and before his
servants; and they did eat. Then they rose
up, and went away that
night.
29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together
all their armies to Aphek:
and the Israelites pitched by a fountain
which is in Jezreel.
29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed
on by hundreds, and by
thousands: but David and his men passed on
in the rereward with
Achish.
29:3 Then said the princes of the
Philistines, What do these Hebrews
here? And Achish said unto the princes of
the Philistines, Is not
this David, the servant of Saul the king of
Israel, which hath been
with me these days, or these years, and I
have found no fault in him
since he fell unto me unto this day? 29:4
And the princes of the
Philistines were wroth with him; and the
princes of the Philistines
said unto him, Make this fellow return, that
he may go again to his
place which thou hast appointed him, and let
him not go down with us
to battle, lest in the battle he be an
adversary to us: for wherewith
should he reconcile himself unto his master?
should it not be with the
heads of these men? 29:5 Is not this David,
of whom they sang one to
another in dances, saying, Saul slew his
thousands, and David his ten
thousands? 29:6 Then Achish called David,
and said unto him, Surely,
as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright,
and thy going out and thy
coming in with me in the host is good in my
sight: for I have not
found evil in thee since the day of thy
coming unto me unto this day:
nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace,
that thou displease not
the lords of the Philistines.
29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what
have I done? and what hast
thou found in thy servant so long as I have
been with thee unto this
day, that I may not go fight against the
enemies of my lord the king?
29:9 And Achish answered and said to David,
I know that thou art good
in my sight, as an angel of God:
notwithstanding the princes of the
Philistines have said, He shall not go up
with us to the battle.
29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the
morning with thy master's
servants that are come with thee: and as
soon as ye be up early in the
morning, and have light, depart.
29:11 So David and his men rose up early to
depart in the morning, to
return into the land of the Philistines. And
the Philistines went up
to Jezreel.
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