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[1]And the ZiphitesH2130 cameH935[H8799] unto SaulH7586 to GibeahH1390, sayingH559[H8800], Doth not DavidH1732 hideH5641[H8693] himself in the hillH1389 of HachilahH2444, which is beforeH6440 JeshimonH3452?
[2]Then SaulH7586 aroseH6965[H8799], and went downH3381[H8799] to the wildernessH4057 of ZiphH2128, having threeH7969 thousandH505 chosenH977[H8803] menH376 of IsraelH3478 with him, to seekH1245[H8763] DavidH1732 in the wildernessH4057 of ZiphH2128.
[3]And SaulH7586 pitchedH2583[H8799] in the hillH1389 of HachilahH2444, which is beforeH6440 JeshimonH3452, by the wayH1870. But DavidH1732 abodeH3427[H8802] in the wildernessH4057, and he sawH7200[H8799] that SaulH7586 cameH935[H8804] afterH310 him into the wildernessH4057.
[4]DavidH1732 therefore sent outH7971[H8799] spiesH7270[H8764], and understoodH3045[H8799] that SaulH7586 was comeH935[H8804] in very deedH3559.[H8737]
[5]And DavidH1732 aroseH6965[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] to the placeH4725 where SaulH7586 had pitchedH2583[H8804]: and DavidH1732 beheldH7200[H8799] the placeH4725 where SaulH7586 layH7901[H8804], and AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369, the captainH8269 of his hostH6635: and SaulH7586 layH7901[H8802] in the trenchH4570, and the peopleH5971 pitchedH2583[H8802] round about himH5439.
[6]Then answeredH6030[H8799] DavidH1732 and saidH559[H8799] to AhimelechH288 the HittiteH2850, and to AbishaiH52 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870, brotherH251 to JoabH3097, sayingH559[H8800], Who will go downH3381[H8799] with me to SaulH7586 to the campH4264? And AbishaiH52 saidH559[H8799], I will go downH3381 with theeH8799.
[7]So DavidH1732 and AbishaiH52 cameH935[H8799] to the peopleH5971 by nightH3915: and, behold, SaulH7586 layH7901[H8802] sleepingH3463 within the trenchH4570, and his spearH2595 stuckH4600[H8803] in the groundH776 at his bolsterH4763: but AbnerH74 and the peopleH5971 layH7901[H8802] round about himH5439.
[8]Then saidH559[H8799] AbishaiH52 to DavidH1732, GodH430 hath deliveredH5462[H8765] thine enemyH341[H8802] into thine handH3027 this dayH3117: now therefore let me smiteH5221[H8686] him, I pray thee, with the spearH2595 even to the earthH776 at onceH6471[H259], and I will not smite him the second timeH8138.[H8799]
[9]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] to AbishaiH52, DestroyH7843[H8686] him not: for who can stretch forthH7971[H8804] his handH3027 against the LORD'SH3068 anointedH4899, and be guiltlessH5352?[H8738]
[10]DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] furthermore, As the LORDH3068 livethH2416, the LORDH3068 shall smiteH5062[H8799] him; or his dayH3117 shall comeH935[H8799] to dieH4191[H8804]; or he shall descendH3381[H8799] into battleH4421, and perishH5595.[H8738]
[11]The LORDH3068 forbidH2486 that I should stretch forthH7971[H8800] mine handH3027 against the LORD'SH3068 anointedH4899: but, I pray thee, takeH3947[H8798] thou now the spearH2595 that is at his bolsterH4763, and the cruseH6835 of waterH4325, and let us goH3212.[H8799]
[12]So DavidH1732 tookH3947[H8799] the spearH2595 and the cruseH6835 of waterH4325 from Saul'sH7586 bolsterH7226; and they gat them awayH3212[H8799], and no man sawH7200[H8802] it, nor knewH3045[H8802] it, neither awakedH6974[H8688]: for they were all asleepH3463; because a deep sleepH8639 from the LORDH3068 was fallenH5307 upon themH8804.
[13]Then DavidH1732 went overH5674[H8799] to the other sideH5676, and stoodH5975[H8799] on the topH7218 of an hillH2022 afar offH7350; a greatH7227 space being between themH4725:
[14]And DavidH1732 criedH7121[H8799] to the peopleH5971, and to AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369, sayingH559[H8800], AnswerestH6030[H8799] thou not, AbnerH74? Then AbnerH74 answeredH6030[H8799] and saidH559[H8799], Who art thou that criestH7121[H8804] to the kingH4428?
[15]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] to AbnerH74, Art not thou a valiant manH376? and who is like to thee in IsraelH3478? wherefore then hast thou not keptH8104[H8804] thy lordH113 the kingH4428? for there cameH935[H8804] oneH259 of the peopleH5971 in to destroyH7843[H8687] the kingH4428 thy lordH113.
[16]This thingH1697 is not goodH2896 that thou hast doneH6213[H8804]. As the LORDH3068 livethH2416, ye are worthyH1121 to dieH4194, because ye have not keptH8104[H8804] your masterH113, the LORD'SH3068 anointedH4899. And now seeH7200[H8798] where the king'sH4428 spearH2595 is, and the cruseH6835 of waterH4325 that was at his bolsterH4763.
[17]And SaulH7586 knewH5234[H8686] David'sH1732 voiceH6963, and saidH559[H8799], Is this thy voiceH6963, my sonH1121 DavidH1732? And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799], It is my voiceH6963, my lordH113, O kingH4428.
[18]And he saidH559[H8799], Wherefore doth my lordH113 thus pursueH7291[H8802] afterH310 his servantH5650? for what have I doneH6213[H8804]? or what evilH7451 is in mine handH3027?
[19]Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lordH113 the kingH4428 hearH8085[H8799] the wordsH1697 of his servantH5650. If the LORDH3068 have stirred thee upH5496[H8689] against me, let him acceptH7306[H8686] an offeringH4503: but if they be the childrenH1121 of menH120, cursedH779[H8803] be they beforeH6440 the LORDH3068; for they have drivenH1644[H8765] me out this dayH3117 from abidingH5596[H8692] in the inheritanceH5159 of the LORDH3068, sayingH559[H8800], GoH3212[H8798], serveH5647[H8798] otherH312 godsH430.
[20]Now therefore, let not my bloodH1818 fallH5307[H8799] to the earthH776 before the faceH6440 of the LORDH3068: for the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 is come outH3318[H8804] to seekH1245[H8763] aH259 fleaH6550, as when one doth huntH7291[H8799] a partridgeH7124 in the mountainsH2022.
[21]Then saidH559[H8799] SaulH7586, I have sinnedH2398[H8804]: returnH7725[H8798], my sonH1121 DavidH1732: for I will no more do thee harmH7489[H8686], because my soulH5315 was preciousH3365[H8804] in thine eyesH5869 this dayH3117: behold, I have played the foolH5528[H8689], and have erredH7686[H8799] exceedinglyH7235[H8687].[H3966]
[22]And DavidH1732 answeredH6030[H8799] and saidH559[H8799], Behold the king'sH4428 spearH2595! and let oneH259 of the young menH5288 come overH5674[H8799] and fetchH3947 itH8799.
[23]The LORDH3068 renderH7725[H8686] to every manH376 his righteousnessH6666 and his faithfulnessH530: for the LORDH3068 deliveredH5414[H8804] thee into my handH3027 to dayH3117, but I wouldH14[H8804] not stretch forthH7971[H8800] mine handH3027 against the LORD'SH3068 anointedH4899.
[24]And, behold, as thy lifeH5315 was much set byH1431[H8804] this dayH3117 in mine eyesH5869, so let my lifeH5315 be much set byH1431[H8799] in the eyesH5869 of the LORDH3068, and let him deliverH5337[H8686] me out of all tribulationH6869.
[25]Then SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799] to DavidH1732, BlessedH1288[H8803] be thou, my sonH1121 DavidH1732: thou shalt both doH6213[H8799] greatH6213[H8800] things, and also shalt stillH3201[H8800] prevailH3201[H8799]. So DavidH1732 wentH3212[H8799] on his wayH1870, and SaulH7586 returnedH7725[H8804] to his placeH4725.
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