lesserot - 1Samuel:26-31

lesserot@1Samuel:26:1 @ And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibah, saying, Behold, David hideth himself on the hill of Chachilah, before the desert.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:2 @ Then arose Saul, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him were three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:3 @ And Saul encamped on the hill of Chachilah, which is before the desert by the way; but David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul was coming after him into the wilderness.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:4 @ David thereupon sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come for a certainty.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:5 @ And David arose, and came to the place where Saul was encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army; and Saul was lying in the midst of the ring, and the people were encamped round about him.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:6 @ Then commenced David and said to Achimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruyah, the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will readily go down with thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:7 @ So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the ring, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head; but Abner and the people were lying round about him.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:8 @ Then said Abishai to David, God hath surrendered this day thy enemy into thy hand: and now let me strike him through, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth with one blow, and I will not give him a second one.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:9 @ But David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who hath stretched forth his hand against the Lords anointed, and remained guiltless?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:10 @ David said farthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord alone shall strike him down: either his day shall come that he die; or he shall go down into battle, and perish.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:11 @ Far be this from me for the sake of the Lord, that I should stretch forth my hand against the Lords anointed; but now, I pray thee, take thou the spear that is by his head, and the cruise of water, and let us go our way.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:12 @ So David took the spear and the cruise of water by the head of Saul, and they went their way; and no one saw it, and no one perceived it, andno one awaked; for they were all sleeping; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:13 @ Then went David over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mount afar off, the space between them being great.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:14 @ And David called to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abner? And Abner answered and said, Who art thou that callest to the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, Art thou not a man? and who is like to thee in Israel? why then hast thou not kept guard over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people to destroy the king thy lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:16 @ This thing which thou hast done is not good. As the Lord liveth, ye deserve to die; because ye have not kept guard over your master, over the Lords anointed. And now see, where is the kings spear, and the cruise of water that was by his head?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:17 @ And Saul recognized Davids voice, and he said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my Lord, O king.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he said, Why is this that my lord doth pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:19 @ And now, I pray thee, let my Lord the king hear the words of his servant! If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, then may he accept the savor of an offering; but if they be the children of men, then be they cursed before the Lord; because they have driven me out this day so that I cannot attach myself on the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:20 @ Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as one doth usually pursue a partridge on the mountains.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:21 @ Then said Saul, I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will not do thee harm any more, for the cause that my life was precious in thy eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly much.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:22 @ And David answered and said, Behold, here is the kings spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:23 @ And may the Lord recompense to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; since the Lord delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not stretch forth my hand against the anointed of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:24 @ And behold, as thy life was highly valued this day in my eyes, so may my life be highly valued in the eyes of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:25 @ Then said Saul to David, Blessed be thou my son David: thou wilt both do great things, and wilt also surely prevail. And David went then on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, Now I may yet perish suddenly one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape at once into the land of the Philistines, then Saul will abstain from me, to seek me any more in all the territory of Israel: and so shall I escape out of his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:2 @ And David arose, and he passed over himself with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:3 @ And David remained with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, also David with his two wives, Achinoam the Yizreelitess, and Abigayil, Nabals wife, the Carmelitess.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:4 @ And when it was told unto Saul that David was fled to Gath, he continued no more to seek for him.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said unto Achish, If now I have found grace in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some one of the countrytowns, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

lesserot@1Samuel:27:6 @ Then gave Achish unto him on that day Ziklag: therefore hath Ziklag pertained unto the kings of Judah until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:7 @ And the number of the days that David dwelt in the fields of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:8 @ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for these nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, till thou comest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:9 @ And David smote the land, and left not alive either man or woman, and took away the flocks, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Achish said, Whither have ye made an inroad today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Yerachmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:11 @ And David left not alive either man or woman, to bring to Gath, saying, That they may not tell on us, saying, So hath David done, and so is his custom all the days he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:12 @ And Achish had confidence in David, saying, He hath surely spoiled his odor among his people, among Israel; and he will become unto me a servant for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:1 @ And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their camps together for warfare, to fight with Israel; and Achish said unto David, Thou must know that thou shalt go out with me into the camp, thou and thy men.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:2 @ And David said to Achish, By reason of this wilt thou thyself ascertain what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee the guard of my head for all times.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:3 @ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city; and Saul had removed those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:4 @ And the Philistines assembled themselves together, and came and encamped at Shunem: and Saul assembled together all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:5 @ And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:6 @ And Saul asked counsel of the Lord; but the Lord answered him not, either by means of dreams, or by means of the Urim, or by means of the prophets.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:7 @ Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek out for me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:8 @ And Saul disguised himself, and put on other garments, and he went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Divine, I pray thee, unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring up for me the one whom I shall say unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou well knowest that which Saul hath done, that 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?

lesserot@1Samuel:28:10 @ And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no guilt attach to thee for this thing.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:11 @ Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up for thee? And he said, Samuel thou must bring up for me.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:12 @ And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul thus, Why hast thou deceived me? since thou art Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:13 @ And the king said unto her, Be not afraid; however, what hast thou seen? And the woman said unto Saul, A divine being have I seen ascending out of the earth.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:14 @ And he said unto her, What is his form? And she said, An old man is coming up; and he is wrapt in a mantle. And so Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the agency of the prophets, or by means of dreams; wherefore I have called thee, to make known unto me what I shall do.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:16 @ Then said Samuel, And why wilt thou ask me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thy enemy?

lesserot@1Samuel:28:17 @ And the Lord hath done for himself as he hath spoken through my agency; and the Lord hath rent the government out of thy hand, and hath given it to thy associate, to David;

lesserot@1Samuel:28:18 @ As thou didst not obey the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek; therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:19 @ And the Lord will deliver also Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: also the camp of Israel will the Lord deliver into the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:20 @ Then fell Saul hastily with his full length to the earth, and was greatly afraid, because of the words of Samuel: there was also no strength in him; for he had not eaten any food all that day, and all that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:21 @ And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was greatly terrified; and she said unto him, Behold, thy handmaid hath obeyed thy voice; and I put my life in my hand, and hearkened unto thy words which thou spokest unto me.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:22 @ And now, hearken thou also, I pray thee, unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat; that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on the way.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:23 @ But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants urged him much, as also the woman; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:24 @ And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hastened, and slaughtered it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof:

lesserot@1Samuel:28:25 @ And she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:1 @ Now the Philistines assembled together all their camps at Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is by Yizreel.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:2 @ And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; but David and his men passed on at the last with Achish.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:3 @ Then said the princes of the Philistines, What are these Hebrews to do? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Behold, this is David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me already a year, or even years, and I have not found the least in him from the day of his joining until this day?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:4 @ And the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Cause this man to go back, that he may return to his place whither thou hast assigned him; but he shall not go down with us to the battle, that he may not become an adversary to us in the battle; for wherewith could this person reconcile himself unto his master? is it not by means of the heads of these men?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:5 @ Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in the dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:6 @ Then did Achish call David, and say unto him, As the Lord liveth, that thou art upright, and that thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is good in my eyes; for I have not found in thee any evil from the day of thy coming unto me until this day; nevertheless in the eyes of the lords thou art not good.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:7 @ And now return, and go in peace, that thou mayest not do any evil in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:8 @ And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee, until this day, that I shall not go to fight against the enemies of my Lord the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:9 @ And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my eyes, as an angel of God; nevertheless, the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:10 @ And now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy master that are come with thee: and rise then up early in the morning, and when ye have light, go away.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:11 @ And David and his men rose up early to go away in the morning, to return unto the land of the Philistines; but the Philistines went up to Yizreel.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:1 @ And it came to pass when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire;

lesserot@1Samuel:30:2 @ And had taken captive the women that were therein, both great and small: they had not slain any one, but had led them off, and gone on their way.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:3 @ When therefore David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:4 @ And David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:5 @ And the two wives of David were also taken captive, Achinoam the Yizreelitess, and Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:6 @ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was imbittered, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David fortified himself in the Lord his God.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:7 @ And David said to Ebyathar the priest, the son of Achimelech, Bring hither, I pray thee, unto me the ephod. And Ebyathar brought the ephod near unto David.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:8 @ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:9 @ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:10 @ But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:11 @ And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and took him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

lesserot@1Samuel:30:12 @ And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and then his spirit returned to him; for he had not eaten any bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:13 @ And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young Egyptian man, the servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because I fell sick, today three days ago.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:14 @ We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:15 @ And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not surrender me into the hand of my master, and then will I bring thee down to this troop.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:16 @ And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:17 @ And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:18 @ And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken away; and his two wives also did David rescue.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:19 @ And there was nothing missing to them, from small to great, as also sons and daughters, and spoil, down to every thing that they had taken from them: the whole did David bring back.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:20 @ And David took all the flocks and the herds: these they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is Davids spoil.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:21 @ And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their wellbeing.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:22 @ Then exclaimed every wicked and worthless man, of those that had gone with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, and these they may lead away, and go.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:23 @ Then said David, Ye must not do so, my brethren; since the Lord hath given us this, and guarded us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:24 @ And who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as is the part of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the part of him that remained with the baggage: together must they share.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:25 @ And it happened from that day and forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:26 @ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord:

lesserot@1Samuel:30:27 @ To those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in south Ramoth, and to those who were in Yattir,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:28 @ And to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:29 @ And to those who were in Rachal, and to those who were in the cities of Yerachmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:30 @ And to those who were in Chormah, and to those who were in Korashan, and to those who were in Athach,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:31 @ And to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had wandered about.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:1 @ Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and there fell down slain on mount Gilboa.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:2 @ And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malkishua, the sons of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:3 @ And the battle was heavy against Saul, and he was found by the archers, the men with bows; and he was greatly in dread of the archers.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:4 @ And Saul said unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and wantonly illuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was greatly afraid; wherefore Saul took the sword, and fell upon it.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:5 @ And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, then fell he likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:6 @ Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, also all his men, on that same day together.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:7 @ And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and those that were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons had died: they forsook the cities, and fled away; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:8 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines came to strip the slain; and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:9 @ And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent it into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:10 @ And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth; and his body they fastened to the wall of Bethshan.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:11 @ And when the inhabitants of Yabeshgilad heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul:

lesserot@1Samuel:31:12 @ Then arose all the valiant men, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and they came to Yabesh, and burnt them there.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:13 @ And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisktree at Yabesh, and they fasted seven days.