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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.
As saith
the proverb of
the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon
thee.
As
the old
proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from
the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
After whom is
the king of Israel come out? after whom
dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a
flea.
Against whom has
the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A
flea?
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.
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.
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away
unharmed? May
the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
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 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!
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.
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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.
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.
Now please, may my lord
the king hear
the words of his servant: If
the LORD has
stirred you up against me,
then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may
they be
cursed in
the presence of
the LORD! For
today they have driven me away from sharing in
the inheritance of
the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
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.
So do not let my blood fall to
the ground far from
the presence of
the LORD. For
the king of Israel has come out to look for a
flea, like one who hunts a
partridge in
the mountains.”
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 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.
And when Saul saw
the host of
the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly
trembled.
And when Saul enquired of
the LORD,
the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams nor by
Urim, nor by prophets.
He inquired of
the LORD, but
the LORD did not answer him by dreams or
Urim or prophets.
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.
Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and
consult her.” “
There is a medium at
Endor,” his servants replied.
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.
So Saul
disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men.
They came to
the woman at night, and Saul said, “
Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me
the one I name.”
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?
But
the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed
the mediums and spiritists in
the land. Why have you set a
trap to get me killed?”
