lesserot - 1Samuel:18-20

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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