1Samuel:17-25
lesserot@1Samuel:17:1 @ And the Philistines gathered together their camps to battle, and they gathered themselves together at Sochoh, which belongeth to Judah; and they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, at Ephessdammim.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:2 @ And Saul and the men of Israel gathered themselves together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and put themselves in battlearray opposite to the Philistines.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:3 @ And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and the Israelites stood on a mountain on the other side: and the valley was between them.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:4 @ And there went out the champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath of Gath was his name, whose height was six cubits and a span.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:5 @ And he had a helmet of copper upon his head, and he was clothed with a scaly coat of mail; and the weight of the coat of mail was five thousand shekels of copper.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:6 @ And he had greaves of copper upon his legs, and a javelin of copper between his shoulders.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:7 @ And the staff of his spear was like a weavers beam; and the blade of his spear six hundred shekels of iron: and the shieldbearer was walking before him.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stood and calleth unto the arrays of Israel, and said unto them, Why will ye come out to put yourselves in battlearray? Behold: I am the Philistine, and ye are servants to Saul! select for yourselves one man, and let him come down to me;
lesserot@1Samuel:17:9 @ If he be able to fight with me, and he kill me, then will we be unto you as servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be unto us as servants, and ye shall serve us.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:10 @ And the Philistine said, I have defied the arrays of Israel this day; give me a man, and let us fight together.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:11 @ When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were disheartened, and became greatly afraid.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:12 @ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlechemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was old in the days of Saul, belonging to the persons.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:13 @ And the three eldest sons of Jesse were gone following Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that were gone to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:14 @ And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:15 @ But David kept going and returning from Saul to feed his fathers flocks at Bethlechem.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:16 @ And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:17 @ And Jesse said unto David his son, Take, I pray thee, for thy brothers an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brothers;
lesserot@1Samuel:17:18 @ And these ten cheeses shalt thou bring unto the captain of the thousand, and inquire of thy brothers how they fare, and take away their pledge.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:19 @ Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:20 @ And David rose up early in the morning, and gave up the flocks to a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the entrenchment, as the host was going forth in battlearray, and shouted the battlecry.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:21 @ And the Israelites and the Philistines put themselves in battlearray, army against army.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:22 @ And David left the articles which he had on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the array, and came and asked of his brothers after their welfare.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:23 @ And as he was speaking with them, behold, there came up the champion, Goliath the Philistine, by name, of Gath, out of the battlearrays of the Philistines, and spoke in accordance with these same words: and David heard it.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:24 @ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him, and were greatly afraid.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:25 @ And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is coming forth? for to defy Israel is he coming forth; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him,him will the king enrich with great riches, and his daughter will he give him, and his fathers house will he make free in Israel.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David said to the men that stood by him, thus, What shall be done to the man that may smite yon Philistine, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the arrays of the living God?
lesserot@1Samuel:17:27 @ And the people spoke to him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that may smite him.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:28 @ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he was speaking unto the men; and Eliabs anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why didst thou come down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumption, and the wickedness of thy heart; for in order to see the battle art thou come down.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:29 @ And David said, What have I now done? It is nothing but a word.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:30 @ And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people made him again a reply after the former manner.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:31 @ And the words which David had spoken were heard, and they told them in the presence of Saul, who sent for him.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:32 @ And David said to Saul, Let no mans heart fail because of him: thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:33 @ And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a lad, and he a man of war from his youth.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:34 @ And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was feeding his fathers flocks, and there came a lion, and a bear, and bore off a lamb out of the drove;
lesserot@1Samuel:17:35 @ And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he rose up against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:36 @ Both the lion and the bear did thy servant smite: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall become as one of them; because he hath defied the arrays of the living God.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:37 @ Moreover David said, The Lord who hath delivered me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, will also surely deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and may the Lord be with thee.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:38 @ And Saul clothed David with his garments, and he put a helmet of copper upon his head; and he clothed him also with a coat of mail.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:39 @ And David girded his sword over his garments, and he essayed to go; for he had not tried it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot walk in these; for I have never tried it before. And David put them off from him.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:40 @ And he took his staff in his hand, and chose himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherds pouch which be had, even in a scrip, with his sling in his hand; and he approached to the Philistine.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:41 @ And the Philistine went and drew nearer and nearer unto David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:42 @ And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a lad, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:43 @ And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest unto me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:44 @ And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:45 @ Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest unto me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the arrays of Israel, that thou hast defied.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:46 @ This day will the Lord deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and remove thy head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God for Israel.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:47 @ And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not through sword and spear; for the battle is the Lords, and he will give you up into our hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:48 @ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and went and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the battlearray to meet the Philistine.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:49 @ And David put his hand into the pouch, and took thence a stone, and slung it, and he struck the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sunk into his forehead: and he fell upon his face to the ground.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:50 @ So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:51 @ And David ran, and stood by the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:52 @ And then arose the men of Israel and of Judah, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaarayim, even as far as Gath, and up to Ekron.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:53 @ And the children of Israel returned from hotly pursuing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camps.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:54 @ And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but his weapons he placed in his tent.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:55 @ And when Saul saw David going forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this lad? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I know it not.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:56 @ And the king said, Ask thou whose son this youth is.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:57 @ And as David returned from smiting the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:17:58 @ And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? And David answered, The son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlechemite.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:1 @ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit on the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:2 @ And Saul took him on that day, and would not permit him to go home to his fathers house.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:3 @ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:4 @ And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he had upon him, and gave it to David, and likewise his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:5 @ And David went out; whithersoever Saul used to send him, he was successful; and Saul set him over the men of war; and he was accepted in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:6 @ And it came to pass as they came home, when David returned from smiting the Philistines, that the women came forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with triangles.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:7 @ And the women that played answered one another, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:8 @ And Saul was very wroth, and this saying was displeasing in his eyes; and he said, They have given unto David ten thousands, and to me they have given the thousands: and all that he lacketh now yet is only the kingdom.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:9 @ And Saul looked jealous on David from that day and forward.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:10 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came suddenly over Saul, and he spoke foolish things in the midst of the house: while David was playing with his hand, as on previous days; and the spear was in the hand of Saul.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:11 @ And Saul cast the spear; and he thought, I will strike David through even on the wall. And David turned aside out of his presence twice.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:12 @ And Saul was afraid of David; because the Lord was with him, and from Saul he was departed.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:13 @ Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand: and he went out and came in before the people.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:14 @ And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:15 @ And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was in dread of him.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:16 @ But all Israel and Judah loved David; because he went out and came in before them.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:17 @ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lords battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:18 @ And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, my fathers family in Israel, that I should be a soninlaw to the king?
lesserot@1Samuel:18:19 @ But it happened at the time when Merab, Sauls daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Mecholathite for wife.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:20 @ And Michal Sauls daughter loved David: and they told it to Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:21 @ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may become unto him a snare, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Through the second shalt thou this day become my soninlaw.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:22 @ And Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly, saying, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; and now thou must become the kings soninlaw.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:23 @ And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words. And David said, Doth it seem so light in your eyes to become the kings soninlaw, seeing that I am a poor man, and of light esteem?
lesserot@1Samuel:18:24 @ And the servants of Saul told him, saying, Words such as these David hath spoken.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:25 @ And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged on the kings enemies. But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:26 @ And when his servants told David these words, the thing was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the kings soninlaw: and the days were not complete,
lesserot@1Samuel:18:27 @ When David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they counted them out in full to the king, that he might become the kings soninlaw. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for wife.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:28 @ And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David: and Michal, Sauls daughter, loved him.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:29 @ And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was Davids enemy all the time.
lesserot@1Samuel:18:30 @ And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly prized.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:1 @ And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that he would kill David. But Jonathan the son of Saul delighted greatly in David.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:2 @ And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
lesserot@1Samuel:19:3 @ And I will go out and stand by the side of my father in the field where thou art, and I myself will speak of thee to my father; and I will see what it is, and I will tell thee.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:4 @ And Jonathan spoke favorably of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; since he hath not sinned against thee, and because his deeds are very good for thee;
lesserot@1Samuel:19:5 @ And he did put his life in his hand, and he slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel; thou sawest it, and wast rejoiced: wherefore then wilt thou commit sin on innocent blood, by slaying David without a cause?
lesserot@1Samuel:19:6 @ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be put to death.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:7 @ And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:8 @ And the war occurred again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great defeat, and they fled from before him.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:9 @ And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:10 @ And Saul sought to strike David through with the spear even to the wall; but he slipped away from before Saul, who struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:11 @ But Saul sent messengers unto Davids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal his wife told it to David, saying, If thou save not thy life this night, tomorrow thou wilt be put to death.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:12 @ And Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:13 @ And Michal took an image, and put it in the bed, and a pillow of goats hair she put for its head to rest on, and covered it with a cloth.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:14 @ And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:15 @ And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:16 @ And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats hair for its head to rest on.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and sent away my enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said unto me, Let me go away: why should I kill thee?
lesserot@1Samuel:19:18 @ So David fled, and escaped, and came unto Samuel to Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and remained in Nayoth.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:19 @ And it was told unto Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Nayoth near Ramah.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:20 @ And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as superintendent over them: then came upon the messengers of Saul the spirit of God, and they also prophesied.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:21 @ And when it was told to Saul, he sent other messengers, and these prophesied likewise. And Saul sent again messengers the third time, and these also prophesied.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:22 @ Then went he himself also to Ramah, and came as far as the great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And some one said, Behold, they are at Nayoth near Ramah.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:23 @ And he went thither to Nayoth near Ramah: and there came upon him also the Spirit of God, and he went on, and prophesied as he went, until he came to Nayoth near Ramah.
lesserot@1Samuel:19:24 @ And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied himself before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore people are in the habit of saying, Is Saul too among the prophets?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:1 @ And David fled from Nayoth near Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:2 @ And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father is not wont to do a great thing or a small thing, which he doth not inform me of; and why should my father conceal this thing from me? it is not so.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:3 @ But David swore again, and said, Thy father well knoweth that I have found grace in thy eyes; wherefore he said, Jonathan must not know this, lest he be grieved: nevertheless, as truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there was but one step between me and death.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:4 @ Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul sayeth will I do for thee.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the newmoon, and I should as usual sit with the king to eat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:6 @ If thy father at all miss me, then do thou say, David asked earnestly leave of me that he might run to Bethlechem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:7 @ If he should say thus, It is well: then shall thy servant have peace; but if it be at all displeasing to him, then know that the evil is determined on by him.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:8 @ And do thou deal kindly with thy servant; for into a covenant of the Lord hast thou brought thy servant with thee; but if there be in me any iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:9 @ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should know for certain that evil were determined on by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:10 @ Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell it me? or what, if thy father answer thee roughly?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:11 @ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, let us go out into the field. And they went out, both of them, into the field.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:12 @ And Jonathan said unto David, May the God of Israel if, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or of the third day, and, behold, if he be good toward David, I do not then send unto thee, and inform thee of it.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:13 @ May the Lord do so to Jonathan and continue so yet farther, that, if it please my father thee evil, I will inform thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and may the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:14 @ And wilt thou not, should I be yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I may not die?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:15 @ But, surely, thou wilt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever, not even when the Lord cutteth off the enemies of David, every one, from off the face of the earth.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:16 @ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, May the Lord require it at the hand of Davids enemies.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:17 @ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:18 @ Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the newmoon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be left empty.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:19 @ And when thou hast stayed till the third day, then shalt thou go down greatly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the workday; and thou shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:20 @ And I will myself shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I were shooting at a mark.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:21 @ And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows; if I should now say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee: then take him and come; for there is peace to thee, and it is nothing; as the Lord liveth.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:22 @ But if thus I should say unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: then go thy way, for the Lord hath sent thee off.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:23 @ And touching the matter of which we have spoken, thou and I, behold, the Lord is between me and thee for ever.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:24 @ So David hid himself in the field: and when the newmoon was come, the king set himself down to the repast to eat.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:25 @ And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon the seat by the wall: and when Jonathan arose, Abner seated himself by the side of Saul, and Davids place was left empty.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:26 @ Nevertheless Saul spoke not the least on that day; for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; because he hath not yet purified himself.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, the second day of the newmoon, that Davids place was left empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore is the son of Jesse not come, both yesterday and today, to the repast?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:28 @ And Jonathan answered Saul, David asked earnestly leave of me to go as far as Bethlechem.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:29 @ And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for we have a familysacrifice in the city, and my brother himself hath commanded it to me; and now, if I have found favor in thy eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, that I may see my brothers: therefore is he not come unto the kings table.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:30 @ And the anger of Saul was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of perverse rebelliousness! do I not know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy own shame, and to the shame of thy mothers nakedness?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:31 @ For all the days that the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:32 @ And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be put to death? what hath he done?
lesserot@1Samuel:20:33 @ And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: and Jonathan understood that it was determined on by his father to put David to death.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:34 @ And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food on the second day of the newmoon; for he was grieved for David; because his father had made him feel ashamed.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:35 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field to the place appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:36 @ And he said unto his lad, Run, do find out the arrows which I shoot: and the lad ran, and he shot the arrow so as to pass beyond him.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:37 @ And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad, and said, Behold, the arrow is beyond thee!
lesserot@1Samuel:20:38 @ And Jonathan called after the lad, Make haste, speed, stay not: and Jonathans lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:39 @ But the lad knew not the least: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:40 @ And Jonathan gave his weapons unto the lad who was with him, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:41 @ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose from the south side, 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.
lesserot@1Samuel:20:42 @ And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: what we have sworn, both of us, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever,. (note:)(21:1)(:note) And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
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lesserot@1Samuel:22:1 @ And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his fathers house heard it, they went down to him thither.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:2 @ And there gathered themselves unto him every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one that had an embittered spirit; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
lesserot@1Samuel: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, go forth with you, until I can know what God will do for me.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he conducted them to the presence of the king of Moab: and they remained with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the prophet Gad said unto David, Thou must not remain in the stronghold: depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Chereth.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:6 @ And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him,
lesserot@1Samuel:22:7 @ Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds?
lesserot@1Samuel:22:8 @ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as it is this day?
lesserot@1Samuel:22:9 @ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Achimelech the son of Achitub.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:10 @ And he asked counsel for him of the Lord, and he gave him provision, and gave him also the sword of Goliath the philistine.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:11 @ Then sent the king to call Achimelech, the son of Achitub, the priest, and all his fathers house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came, all of them, to the king.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:12 @ And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitub. And he said, here am I, my Lord.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou didst give him bread, and a sword, and hast asked counsel for him of God, that he should rise to lie in wait against me, as it is this day!
lesserot@1Samuel:22:14 @ Then answered Achimelech the king, and said, And who is among all thy servants so trusted as David, and the kings soninlaw, and freely admitted to thy private council, and is honored in thy house?
lesserot@1Samuel:22:15 @ Did I this day then begin to ask counsel for him of God? far be it from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew not of all this, either a little or great thing.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:16 @ And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Achimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said unto the runners that stood about him, Turn round and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not stretch forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:18 @ And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou round, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned round, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:19 @ And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and lambs, with the edge of the sword.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:20 @ And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:21 @ And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:22 @ And David said unto Ebyathar, I knew on that day, because Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have myself occasioned the death of all the persons of thy fathers house.
lesserot@1Samuel:22:23 @ Remain thou with me, fear nothing; for he that will seek my life will seek thy life; but thou shalt be well guarded with me.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:1 @ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshingfloors.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:2 @ Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Keilah.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:3 @ And Davids men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Keilah against the battlearrays of the Philistines?
lesserot@1Samuel:23:4 @ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Keilah; for I deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:5 @ So David and his men went to Keilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Keilah, that the ephod came down with him.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was told to Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:8 @ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:9 @ And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:10 @ Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:11 @ Will the men of Keilah surrender me 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.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:12 @ Then said David, Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:13 @ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Keilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Keilah, he forbore to go forth.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:14 @ And David remained in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the time, but God delivered him not into his hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:15 @ And David saw that Saul was gone forth to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:16 @ And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:18 @ And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:19 @ Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul to Gibah, saying, Behold, David is hiding himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, on the hill of Chachilah, which is on the right of the desert.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:20 @ And now in accordance with all the longing of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the kings hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:21 @ And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have pity on me.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:22 @ Go, I pray you, make yet more preparations, and remark and see his place where his foot may be, who hath seen him there; for I am told that he dealeth with great subtilty.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:23 @ See therefore, and remark every one of all the lurkingplaces where he usually 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.
lesserot@1Samuel: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 right of the desert.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:25 @ And Saul and his men went to make a search. And they told it to David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard this, he pursued after David into the wilderness of Maon.
lesserot@1Samuel: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 from before Saul; and Saul and his men were compassing David and his men to seize them.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:27 @ But a messenger came unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:28 @ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammachlekoth.
lesserot@1Samuel:23:29 @ And David went up from there, and dwelt in strongholds of Engedi.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:1 @ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from pursuing the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:2 @ Then took Saul three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:3 @ And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, and there was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men were sitting in the lower end of the cave.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:4 @ And the men of David said unto him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord hath said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thy enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which Saul wore, unperceived.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:5 @ And it came to pass afterward, that Davids heart smote him, because he had cut off the corner of Sauls.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:6 @ And he said unto his men, Far be it from me for the Lords sake, that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lords anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him; because he is the anointed of the Lord.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:7 @ So David restrained 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.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:8 @ David also arose afterward, and went forth out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, My Lord, the king! And Saul then looked behind him, and David bowed his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, Wherefore wilt thou listen to mens words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy injury?
lesserot@1Samuel:24:10 @ Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave, and some one said that I should kill thee: but my soul felt compassion for thee: and I said, I will not stretch forth my hand against my Lord; because he is the anointed of the Lord.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:11 @ And now, my father, see, yea, see the corner of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and that I have not sinned against thee: yet thou liest in wait for my soul to take it.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:12 @ May the Lord judge between me and thee, and may the Lord avenge me on thee; but my hand shall not be against thee.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:13 @ As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the wicked proceedeth wickedness; but my hand shall not be against thee.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:14 @ After whom is the king of Israel gone out? after whom art thou pursuing? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:15 @ May the Lord therefore be judge, and decide between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and obtain me justice out of thy hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:16 @ And it came to pass, When David had finished speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:17 @ And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast done for me only what is good, whereas I have rewarded thee only with what is evil.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:18 @ And thou hast proved this day, that thou hast dealt well with me; forasmuch as when the Lord had surrendered me into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:19 @ For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go away on a good road? so may the Lord reward thee with good for what thou hast done unto me this day.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I know that thou wilt surely become king, and that the kingdom of Israel will stand firmly in thy hand.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:21 @ And now swear 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 fathers house.
lesserot@1Samuel:24:22 @ And David swore unto Saul; and Saul went to his house; but David and his men went up into the stronghold.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:1 @ And Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled themselves together, and lamented for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:2 @ And there was a man in Maon, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were shearing his sheep, at Carmel.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:3 @ Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hardhearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:4 @ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
lesserot@1Samuel: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 ask him in my name after his wellbeing.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:6 @ And ye shall say, May it thus be throughout thy life; and peace be to thee, and peace be to thy house, and unto all that thou hast be peace.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:7 @ And now have I heard that thou hast sheepshearers: now thy shepherds have been with us, we have not injured them, neither hath there aught been missing unto them, all the time they were at Carmel.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:8 @ Ask thy young men, and they will tell it thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes; for on a festive day are we come: give, I pray thee, whatsoever thy hand is capable of unto thy servants, and to thy son, to David.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:9 @ And Davids young men came, and they spoke to Nabal in accordance with all these words in the name of David; and then they ceased.
lesserot@1Samuel:25:10 @ And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? nowadays there are many servants that break away every one from his master. ![[pBiblx2]](/img/menu.png)