rwbs - 1Samuel:22-24

rwbs@1Samuel:22:1 @ David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard, they went down there to him.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:2 @ And every one in distress, and every one that in debt, and every one discontented, resorted to him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. (note:)was in debt: Hebrews. had a creditor(:note)discontented: Heb. bitter of soul

rwbs@1Samuel:22:3 @ And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, with you, till I know what God will do for me.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the strong hold.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the strong hold; depart, and come into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:6 @ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing about him;) (note:)tree…: or, grove in a high place(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:22:7 @ Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give each one of you fields and vineyards, make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

rwbs@1Samuel:22:8 @ That all of you have conspired against me, and none that showeth to me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth to me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? (note:)sheweth…: Hebrews. uncovereth mine ear(:note)

rwbs@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 Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:10 @ And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:11 @ Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:12 @ And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I, my lord. (note:)Here…: Hebrews. Behold me(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

rwbs@1Samuel:22:14 @ Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house?

rwbs@1Samuel:22:15 @ Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute thing to his servant, to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. (note:)less…: Hebrews. little or great(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:22:16 @ And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. (note:)footmen: or, guard: Hebrews. runners(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:22:18 @ And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that wore a linen ephod.

rwbs@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 donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:20 @ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:21 @ And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD’S priests.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:22 @ And David said to Abiathar, I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned of all the persons of thy father’s house.

rwbs@1Samuel:22:23 @ Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou in safeguard.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:1 @ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:2 @ Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:3 @ And David’s men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

rwbs@1Samuel:23:4 @ Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:5 @ So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down an ephod in his hand.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was told to Saul that David had 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.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:8 @ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:9 @ And David knew that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:10 @ Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:11 @ Will the men of Keilah deliver me up 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.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:12 @ Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver up. (note:)deliver: Hebrews. shut up(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:23:13 @ Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he did not go there.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:14 @ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:15 @ And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:16 @ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said to him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:18 @ And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:19 @ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which on the south of Jeshimon? (note:)on…: Hebrews. on the right hand(:note)Jeshimon: or, the wilderness

rwbs@1Samuel:23:20 @ Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part to deliver him into the king’s hand.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:21 @ And Saul said, Blessed ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:22 @ Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, who hath seen him there: for it is told to me he dealeth very subtilly. (note:)haunt…: Hebrews. foot shall be(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:23:23 @ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he 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 is in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:24 @ And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:25 @ Saul also and his men went to seek. And they told David: therefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. (note:)into…: or, from the rock(:note)

rwbs@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 for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men on all sides to take them.

rwbs@1Samuel:23:27 @ But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. (note:)invaded…: Hebrews. spread themselves upon, etc(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:23:28 @ Therefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. (note:)Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:23:29 @ Then David went up from there, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:1 @ And it came to pass, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David in the wilderness of Engedi. (note:)following: Hebrews. after(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:24:2 @ Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:3 @ And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:4 @ And the men of David said to him, Behold the day of which the LORD said to thee, Behold, I will deliver thy enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good to thee. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe. (note:)Saul’s…: Hebrews. the robe which was Saul’s(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:24:5 @ And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:6 @ And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD’S anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he the anointed of the LORD.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:7 @ So David restrained his servants with these words, and permitted them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose out of the cave, and went on way. (note:)stayed: Hebrews. cut off(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:24:8 @ David also rose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, Why hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy harm?

rwbs@1Samuel:24:10 @ Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how the LORD hath delivered thee to day into my hand in the cave: and bade kill thee: but spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he the LORD’S anointed.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:11 @ 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 neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:12 @ The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:13 @ As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:14 @ After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:15 @ The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand. (note:)deliver: Hebrews. judge(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:24:16 @ And it came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:17 @ And he said to David, Thou more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded thee with evil.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:18 @ And thou hast showed this day how thou hast dealt with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thy hand, thou didst not kill me. (note:)delivered: Hebrews. shut up(:note)

rwbs@1Samuel:24:19 @ For if a man findeth his enemy, will he let him go away well? therefore the LORD reward thee with good for what thou hast done to me this day.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:21 @ Swear now therefore to 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.

rwbs@1Samuel:24:22 @ And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the strong hold.

rwbs@1Samuel:25:1 @ 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.