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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.
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
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.
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave,
and he went in to
relieve himself.
And David
and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
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.
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David
crept up secretly
and cut off a corner of Saul’s
robe.
And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart
smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s
skirt.
Afterward, David’s conscience was
stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s
robe.
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.
So he said to his men, “The LORD
forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s
anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s
anointed.”
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.
With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
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.
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy
hurt?
and said to Saul, “Why do you
listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to
harm you’?
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.
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I
spared you
and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s
anointed.’
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.
See, my father, look at the corner of your
robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See
and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not
sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
The LORD judge between me
and thee,
and the LORD
avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
May the LORD judge between you
and me,
and may the LORD take
vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
The LORD therefore be judge,
and judge between me
and thee,
and see,
and plead my cause,
and deliver me out of thine hand.
May the LORD be our judge
and decide between you
and me. May He take notice
and plead my case
and deliver me from your hand.”
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.
When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul
wept aloudAnd he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
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.
And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
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.
So now,
swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or
wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
And David
sware unto Saul.
And Saul went home; but David
and his men
gat them up unto the hold.
So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David
and his men went up to the
stronghold.
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.
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to
mourn for him;
and they buried him at his home in
Ramah. Then David set out
and went down to the Wilderness of
Paran.
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.
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in
Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats
and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in
Carmel.
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.
His name was Nabal,
and his wife’s name was
Abigail. She was an intelligent
and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh
and evil in his dealings.
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did
shear his sheep.
While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
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:
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.
and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.
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.
Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your
shepherds were with us, we did not
harass them,
and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in
Carmel.
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.
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”
And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
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.
But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of
Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
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?
Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
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.
And David said to his men, “
Strap on your swords!” So David
and all his men put on their swords,
and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
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.
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife
Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to
greet our master, but he
scolded them.
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:
Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not
harassed,
and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
They were a wall around us, both day
and night, the whole time we were
herding our sheep near them.
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.
Now consider carefully what you must do, because
disaster looms over our master
and all his household. For he is such a
scoundrel that
nobody can speak to him!”
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.
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
and said to her young men, “Go
ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
And it was so, as she
rode on the
ass, that she came down by the
covert of the hill,
and, behold, David
and his men came down against her;
and she met them.
As
Abigail came riding her
donkey into a mountain
ravine, she saw David
and his men coming down toward her,
and she met them.
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.
Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
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.
May God
punish David,
and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men
survive until morning.”
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,
When
Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the
donkey, fell facedown,
and bowed before him.
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.
She fell at his feet
and said, “My lord, may the
blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
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.
My lord should pay no attention to this
scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means
Fool,
and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
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.
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives
and you
yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to
bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies
and those who seek
harm for my lord be like Nabal.
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.
Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
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.
Please
forgive your servant’s
offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
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.
And should someone pursue you
and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the
bundle of the living. But He shall
fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a
sling.
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;
When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
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.
then my lord will have no
remorse or guilt of conscience over needless
bloodshed and revenge.
And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your
maidservant.”
And David said to
Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
Then David said to
Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
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.
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.
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from
harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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.
Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him,
and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have
heeded your voice
and granted your request.”
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.
When
Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits
and very
drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
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.
In the morning when Nabal was
sober, his wife told him about these events,
and his heart failed within him
and he became like a stone.
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD
smote Nabal, that he died.
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
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.
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has
upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal
and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to
Abigail, asking for her in marriage.
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.
When his servants came to
Abigail at
Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
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.
She arose, then bowed facedown
and said, “Here is your
maidservant, ready to serve
and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
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.
So
Abigail hurried and got on a
donkey,
and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers
and became his wife.
David also took Ahinoam of
Jezreel;
and they were also both of them his wives.
David had also married Ahinoam of
Jezreel. So she
and Abigail were both his wives.
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying,
Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
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.
So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
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.
Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
David therefore sent out
spies,
and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
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.
Then David set out
and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul
and Abner son of
Ner, the general of his army, had
lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
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.
And David asked
Ahimelech the Hittite
and Abishai son of Zeruiah,
Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered
Abishai.
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.
That night David
and Abishai came to the troops,
and Saul was lying there
asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his
spear stuck in the ground by his head.
And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
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.
Abishai said to David, “
Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the
spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
And David said to
Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’S
anointed,
and be guiltless?
But David said to
Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s
anointed and be guiltless?”
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.
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
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.
But the LORD
forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s
anointed. Instead, take the
spear and water
jug by his head,
and let us go.”
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.
So David took the
spear and water
jug by Saul’s head,
and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did
anyone wake up; they all remained
asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
Then David went over to the other side,
and stood on the top of an hill
afar off; a great space being between them:
Then David crossed to the other side
and stood
atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.
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?
And David
shouted to the troops
and to
Abner son of
Ner, “Will you not answer me,
Abner?” “Who calls to the king?”
Abner replied.
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.
So David said to
Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you?
And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
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.
This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s
anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s
spear and water
jug that were by his head?”
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.
Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.
And he said, Wherefore
doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
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.
Then Saul replied, “I have
sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never
harm you again, because
today you considered my life precious. I have played the
fool and have committed a grave error!”
And David answered
and said, Behold the king’s
spear!
and let one of the young men come over
and fetch it.
“Here is the king’s
spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over
and get it.
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.
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness
and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand
today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s
anointed.
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.
As surely as I valued your life
today, so may the LORD value my life
and rescue me from all trouble.”
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.
Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will
accomplish great things
and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way,
and Saul returned home.
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.
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
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.
So David set out with his six hundred men
and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of
Gath.
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.
David
and his men settled in
Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him,
and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of
Jezreel and Abigail of
Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
And it was told Saul that David was fled to
Gath:
and he sought no more again for him.
And when Saul learned that David had fled to
Gath, he no longer searched for him.
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?
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
Then Achish gave him
Ziklag that day: wherefore
Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
That day Achish gave him
Ziklag,
and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
And the time that David lived in
Philistine territory amounted to a year
and four months.
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.
Now David
and his men went up
and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites,
and the
Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur
and Egypt.)
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.
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks
and herds, the
donkeys, camels,
and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
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.
who would ask him, “What have you
raided today?”
And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the
Kenites.”
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.
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to
Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’”
And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in
Philistine territory.
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to
abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter
stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant
forever.”
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.
Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
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.
David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my
bodyguard for life.”
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.
Now by this time Samuel had died,
and all Israel had
mourned for him
and buried him in
Ramah, his own city.
And Saul had removed the mediums
and spiritists from the land.
And the Philistines gathered themselves together,
and came
and pitched in Shunem:
and Saul gathered all Israel together,
and they pitched in
Gilboa.
The Philistines came together
and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel
and camped at
Gilboa.
