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41. David chosen
and anointed as
Saul's Successor
by Samuel.
1 Samuel
16:1-13.
1
Yahweh said to
Samuel, “How
long will you
mourn for Saul,
since I have
rejected him
from being king
over Israel?
Fill your horn
with oil, and
go. I will send
you to Jesse the
Bethlehemite;
for I have
provided a king
for myself among
his sons.”
2
Samuel said,
“How can I go?
If Saul hears
it, he will kill
me.”
Yahweh said,
“Take a heifer
with you, and
say, I have come
to sacrifice to
Yahweh.
3
Call Jesse to
the sacrifice,
and I will show
you what you
shall do. You
shall anoint to
me him whom I
name to you.”
4
Samuel did that
which Yahweh
spoke, and came
to Bethlehem.
The elders of
the city came to
meet him
trembling, and
said, “Do you
come peaceably?”
5
He said,
“Peaceably; I
have come to
sacrifice to
Yahweh. Sanctify
yourselves, and
come with me to
the sacrifice.”
He sanctified
Jesse and his
sons, and called
them to the
sacrifice.
6
It happened,
when they had
come, that he
looked at Eliab,
and said,
“Surely Yahweh’s
anointed is
before him.”
7
But Yahweh said
to Samuel,
“Don’t look on
his face, or on
the height of
his stature;
because I have
rejected him:
for I see not as
man sees; for
man looks at the
outward
appearance, but
Yahweh looks at
the heart.”
8
Then Jesse
called Abinadab,
and made him
pass before
Samuel. He said,
“Neither has
Yahweh chosen
this one.”
9
Then Jesse made
Shammah to pass
by. He said,
“Neither has
Yahweh chosen
this one.”
10
Jesse made seven
of his sons to
pass before
Samuel. Samuel
said to Jesse,
“Yahweh has not
chosen these.”
11
Samuel said to
Jesse, “Are all
your children
here?”
He said, “There
remains yet the
youngest, and
behold, he is
keeping the
sheep.”
Samuel said to
Jesse, “Send and
get him; for we
will not sit
down until he
comes here.”
12
He sent, and
brought him in.
Now he was
ruddy, and
withal of a
beautiful face,
and goodly to
look on. Yahweh
said, “Arise,
anoint him; for
this is he.”
13
Then Samuel took
the horn of oil,
and anointed him
in the midst of
his brothers:
and the Spirit
of Yahweh came
mightily on
David from that
day forward. So
Samuel rose up,
and went to
Ramah.
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42. David's
Introduction to
the Court of
Saul.
1 Samuel
16:14-23.
14
Now the Spirit
of Yahweh
departed from
Saul, and an
evil spirit from
Yahweh troubled
him.
15
Saul’s servants
said to him,
“See now, an
evil spirit from
God troubles
you.
16
Let our lord now
command your
servants who are
before you, to
seek out a man
who is a
skillful player
on the harp. It
shall happen,
when the evil
spirit from God
is on you, that
he shall play
with his hand,
and you shall be
well.”
17
Saul said to his
servants,
“Provide me now
a man who can
play well, and
bring him to
me.”
18
Then one of the
young men
answered, and
said, “Behold, I
have seen a son
of Jesse the
Bethlehemite,
who is skillful
in playing, a
mighty man of
valor, a man of
war, prudent in
speech, and a
comely person;
and Yahweh is
with him.”
19
Therefore Saul
sent messengers
to Jesse, and
said, “Send me
David your son,
who is with the
sheep.”
20
Jesse took a
donkey loaded
with bread, and
a bottle of
wine, and a
young goat, and
sent them by
David his son to
Saul.
21
David came to
Saul, and stood
before him. He
loved him
greatly; and he
became his armor
bearer.
22
Saul sent to
Jesse, saying,
“Please let
David stand
before me; for
he has found
favor in my
sight.”
23
It happened,
when the spirit
from God was on
Saul, that David
took the harp,
and played with
his hand: so
Saul was
refreshed, and
was well, and
the evil spirit
departed from
him.
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43. The Story of
David and
Goliath.
(1) The Invasion
of the
Philistines.
1 Samuel
17:1-3.
1
Now the
Philistines
gathered
together their
armies to
battle; and they
were gathered
together at
Socoh, which
belongs to
Judah, and
encamped between
Socoh and Azekah,
in Ephesdammim.
2
Saul and the men
of Israel were
gathered
together, and
encamped in the
valley of Elah,
and set the
battle in array
against the
Philistines.
3
The Philistines
stood on the
mountain on the
one side, and
Israel stood on
the mountain on
the other side:
and there was a
valley between
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(2) The
Challenge of
Goliath.
1 Samuel
17:4-11.
4
There went out a
champion out of
the camp of the
Philistines,
named Goliath,
of Gath, whose
height was six
cubits and a
span.
5
He had a helmet
of brass on his
head, and he was
clad with a coat
of mail; and the
weight of the
coat was five
thousand shekels
of brass.
6
He had brass
shin armor on
his legs, and a
javelin of brass
between his
shoulders.
7
The staff of his
spear was like a
weaver’s beam;
and his spear’s
head weighed six
hundred shekels
of iron: and his
shield bearer
went before him.
8
He stood and
cried to the
armies of
Israel, and said
to them, “Why
have you come
out to set your
battle in array?
Am I not a
Philistine, and
you servants to
Saul? Choose a
man for
yourselves, and
let him come
down to me.
9
If he be able to
fight with me,
and kill me,
then will we be
your servants;
but if I prevail
against him, and
kill him, then
you will be our
servants, and
serve us.”
10
The Philistine
said, “I defy
the armies of
Israel this day!
Give me a man,
that we may
fight together!”
11
When Saul and
all Israel heard
those words of
the Philistine,
they were
dismayed, and
greatly afraid. |
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(3) David is
sent by his
Father to his
Brethren in the
Army.
1 Samuel
17:12-22.
12
Now David was
the son of that
Ephrathite of
Bethlehem Judah,
whose name was
Jesse; and he
had eight sons:
and the man was
an old man in
the days of
Saul, stricken
among men.
13
The three eldest
sons of Jesse
had gone after
Saul to the
battle: and the
names of his
three sons who
went to the
battle were
Eliab the
firstborn, and
next to him
Abinadab, and
the third
Shammah.
14
David was the
youngest; and
the three eldest
followed Saul.
15
Now David went
back and forth
from Saul to
feed his
father’s sheep
at Bethlehem.
16
The Philistine
drew near
morning and
evening, and
presented
himself forty
days.
17
Jesse said to
David his son,
“Now take for
your brothers an
ephah1
of this parched
grain, and these
ten loaves, and
carry them
quickly to the
camp to your
brothers;
18
and bring these
ten cheeses to
the captain of
their thousand,
and see how your
brothers are
doing, and bring
back news.”
19
Now Saul, and
they, and all
the men of
Israel, were in
the valley of
Elah, fighting
with the
Philistines.
20
David rose up
early in the
morning, and
left the sheep
with a keeper,
and took, and
went, as Jesse
had commanded
him; and he came
to the place of
the wagons, as
the army which
was going forth
to the fight
shouted for the
battle.
21
Israel and the
Philistines put
the battle in
array, army
against army.
22
David left his
baggage in the
hand of the
keeper of the
baggage, and ran
to the army, and
came and greeted
his brothers. |
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(4) David
accepts
Goliath's
Challenge.
1 Samuel
17:23-37.
23
As he talked
with them,
behold, there
came up the
champion, the
Philistine of
Gath, Goliath by
name, out of the
ranks of the
Philistines, and
spoke according
to the same
words: and David
heard them.
24
All the men of
Israel, when
they saw the
man, fled from
him, and were
terrified.
25
The men of
Israel said,
“Have you seen
this man who has
come up? He has
surely come up
to defy Israel.
It shall be,
that the man who
kills him, the
king will enrich
him with great
riches, and will
give him his
daughter, and
make his
father’s house
free in Israel.”
26
David spoke to
the men who
stood by him,
saying, “What
shall be done to
the man who
kills this
Philistine, and
takes away the
reproach from
Israel? For who
is this
uncircumcised
Philistine, that
he should defy
the armies of
the living God?”
27
The people
answered him in
this way,
saying, “So
shall it be done
to the man who
kills him.”
28
Eliab his eldest
brother heard
when he spoke to
the men; and
Eliab’s anger
was kindled
against David,
and he said,
“Why have you
come down? With
whom have you
left those few
sheep in the
wilderness? I
know your pride,
and the
naughtiness of
your heart; for
you have come
down that you
might see the
battle.”
29
David said,
“What have I now
done? Is there
not a cause?”
30
He turned away
from him toward
another, and
spoke like that
again; and the
people answered
him again the
same way.
31
When the words
were heard which
David spoke,
they rehearsed
them before
Saul; and he
sent for him.
32
David said to
Saul, “Let no
man’s heart fail
because of him.
Your servant
will go and
fight with this
Philistine.”
33
Saul said to
David, “You are
not able to go
against this
Philistine to
fight with him;
for you are but
a youth, and he
a man of war
from his youth.”
34
David said to
Saul, “Your
servant was
keeping his
father’s sheep;
and when a lion
or a bear came,
and took a lamb
out of the
flock,
35
I went out after
him, and struck
him, and rescued
it out of his
mouth. When he
arose against
me, I caught him
by his beard,
and struck him,
and killed him.
36
Your servant
struck both the
lion and the
bear. This
uncircumcised
Philistine shall
be as one of
them, since he
has defied the
armies of the
living God.”
37
David said,
“Yahweh who
delivered me out
of the paw of
the lion, and
out of the paw
of the bear, he
will deliver me
out of the hand
of this
Philistine.”
Saul said to
David, “Go; and
Yahweh shall be
with you.” |
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(5) David's
Contest with
Goliath.
1 Samuel
17:38-51.
38
Saul dressed
David with his
clothing. He put
a helmet of
brass on his
head, and he
clad him with a
coat of mail.
39
David strapped
his sword on his
clothing, and he
tried to move;
for he had not
tested it. David
said to Saul, “I
can’t go with
these; for I
have not tested
them.” David
took them off.
40
He took his
staff in his
hand, and chose
for himself five
smooth stones
out of the
brook, and put
them in the
shepherd’s bag
which he had,
even in his
wallet. His
sling was in his
hand; and he
drew near to the
Philistine.
41
The Philistine
came on and drew
near to David;
and the man who
bore the shield
went before him.
42
When the
Philistine
looked about,
and saw David,
he disdained
him; for he was
but a youth, and
ruddy, and
withal of a fair
face.
43
The Philistine
said to David,
“Am I a dog,
that you come to
me with sticks?”
The Philistine
cursed David by
his gods.
44
The Philistine
said to David,
“Come to me, and
I will give your
flesh to the
birds of the
sky, and to the
animals of the
field.”
45
Then David said
to the
Philistine, “You
come to me with
a sword, and
with a spear,
and with a
javelin: but I
come to you in
the name of
Yahweh of
Armies, the God
of the armies of
Israel, whom you
have defied.
46
Today, Yahweh
will deliver you
into my hand. I
will strike you,
and take your
head from off
you. I will give
the dead bodies
of the army of
the Philistines
this day to the
birds of the
sky, and to the
wild animals of
the earth; that
all the earth
may know that
there is a God
in Israel,
47
and that all
this assembly
may know that
Yahweh doesn’t
save with sword
and spear: for
the battle is
Yahweh’s, and he
will give you
into our hand.”
48
It happened,
when the
Philistine
arose, and came
and drew near to
meet David, that
David hurried,
and ran toward
the army to meet
the Philistine.
49
David put his
hand in his bag,
took a stone,
and slung it,
and struck the
Philistine in
his forehead;
and the stone
sank into his
forehead, and he
fell on his face
to the earth.
50
So David
prevailed over
the Philistine
with a sling and
with a stone,
and struck the
Philistine, and
killed him; but
there was no
sword in the
hand of David.
51
Then David ran,
and stood over
the Philistine,
and took his
sword, and drew
it out of its
sheath, and
killed him, and
cut off his head
therewith. When
the Philistines
saw that their
champion was
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(6)
David once more
in the royal
Presence.
1 Samuel
17:55-58.
55
When Saul saw
David go forth
against the
Philistine, he
said to Abner,
the captain of
the army,
“Abner, whose
son is this
youth?”
Abner said, “As
your soul lives,
O king, I can’t
tell.”
56
The king said,
“Inquire whose
son the young
man is!”
57
As David
returned from
the slaughter of
the Philistine,
Abner took him,
and brought him
before Saul with
the head of the
Philistine in
his hand.
58
Saul said to
him, “Whose son
are you, you
young man?”
David answered,
“I am the son of
your servant
Jesse the
Bethlehemite.”
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(7) The Deed
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[2 Samuel
23:11b, 12.]
11b
...The
Philistines were
gathered
together into a
troop, where
there was a plot
of ground full
of lentils; and
the people fled
from the
Philistines.
12
But he stood in
the midst of the
plot, and
defended it, and
killed the
Philistines; and
Yahweh worked a
great victory.
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[1 Chronicles
11:13, 14.]
13
He was with
David at
Pasdammim, and
there the
Philistines were
gathered
together to
battle, where
there was a plot
of ground full
of barley; and
the people fled
from before the
Philistines.
14
They stood in
the midst of the
plot, and
defended it, and
killed the
Philistines; and
Yahweh saved
them by a great
victory.
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(8) The Rout
of the
Philistines.
1 Samuel
17:52-54.
52
The men of
Israel and of
Judah arose, and
shouted, and
pursued the
Philistines,
until you come
to Gai, and to
the gates of
Ekron. The
wounded of the
Philistines fell
down by the way
to Shaaraim,
even to Gath,
and to Ekron.
53
The children of
Israel returned
from chasing
after the
Philistines, and
they plundered
their camp.
54
David took the
head of the
Philistine, and
brought it to
Jerusalem; but
he put his armor
in his tent.
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44. David at the
Court of Saul.
(1) Saul
attaches David
to his Suit.
1 Samuel
18:2.
2
Saul took him
that day, and
would let him go
no more home to
his father’s
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(2)
Jonathan's
Friendship for
David.
1 Samuel
18:1, 3, 4.
1
It happened,
when he had made
an end of
speaking to
Saul, that the
soul of Jonathan
was knit with
the soul of
David, and
Jonathan loved
him as his own
soul.
3
Then Jonathan
and David made a
covenant,
because he loved
him as his own
soul.
4
Jonathan
stripped himself
of the robe that
was on him, and
gave it to
David, and his
clothing, even
to his sword,
and to his bow,
and to his sash. |
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(3) David's
Popularity.
1 Samuel
18:5.
5
David went out
wherever Saul
sent him, and
behaved himself
wisely: and Saul
set him over the
men of war, and
it was good in
the sight of all
the people, and
also in the
sight of Saul’s
servants.
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(4) Saul's
Hatred toward
David.
1 Samuel
18:6-16.
6
It happened as
they came, when
David returned
from the
slaughter of the
Philistine, that
the women came
out of all the
cities of
Israel, singing
and dancing, to
meet king Saul,
with
tambourines,
with joy, and
with instruments
of music.
7
The women sang
one to another
as they played,
and said,
“Saul has slain
his thousands,
David his ten
thousands.”
8
Saul was very
angry, and this
saying
displeased him;
and he said,
“They have
ascribed to
David ten
thousands, and
to me they have
ascribed but
thousands. What
can he have more
but the
kingdom?”
9
Saul eyed David
from that day
and forward.
10
It happened on
the next day,
that an evil
spirit from God
came mightily on
Saul, and he
prophesied in
the midst of the
house. David
played with his
hand, as he did
day by day. Saul
had his spear in
his hand;
11
and Saul threw
the spear; for
he said, “I will
pin David even
to the wall!”
David escaped
from his
presence twice.
12
Saul was afraid
of David,
because Yahweh
was with him,
and was departed
from Saul.
13
Therefore Saul
removed him from
him, and made
him his captain
over a thousand;
and he went out
and came in
before the
people.
14
David behaved
himself wisely
in all his ways;
and Yahweh was
with him.
15
When Saul saw
that he behaved
himself very
wisely, he stood
in awe of him.
16
But all Israel
and Judah loved
David; for he
went out and
came in before
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(5) Saul's
artful Attempt
against David's
Life.
1 Samuel
18:17-29.
17
Saul said to
David, “Behold,
my elder
daughter Merab,
I will give her
to you as wife.
Only be valiant
for me, and
fight Yahweh’s
battles.” For
Saul said,
“Don’t let my
hand be on him,
but let the hand
of the
Philistines be
on him.”
18
David said to
Saul, “Who am I,
and what is my
life, or my
father’s family
in Israel, that
I should be
son-in-law to
the king?”
19
But it happened
at the time when
Merab, Saul’s
daughter, should
have been given
to David, that
she was given to
Adriel the
Meholathite as
wife.
20
Michal, Saul’s
daughter, loved
David; and they
told Saul, and
the thing
pleased him.
21
Saul said, I
will give her to
him, that she
may be a snare
to him, and that
the hand of the
Philistines may
be against him.
Therefore Saul
said to David,
“You shall this
day be my
son-in-law a
second time.”
22
Saul commanded
his servants,
“Talk with David
secretly, and
say, ‘Behold,
the king has
delight in you,
and all his
servants love
you: now
therefore be the
king’s
son-in-law.’”
23
Saul’s servants
spoke those
words in the
ears of David.
David said,
“Does it seems
to you a light
thing to be the
king’s
son-in-law,
since I am a
poor man, and
lightly
esteemed?”
24
The servants of
Saul told him,
saying, “David
spoke like
this.”
25
Saul said, “You
shall tell
David, ‘The king
desires no dowry
except one
hundred
foreskins of the
Philistines, to
be avenged of
the king’s
enemies.’” Now
Saul thought to
make David fall
by the hand of
the Philistines.
26
When his
servants told
David these
words, it
pleased David
well to be the
king’s
son-in-law. The
days were not
expired;
27
and David arose
and went, he and
his men, and
killed of the
Philistines two
hundred men; and
David brought
their foreskins,
and they gave
them in full
number to the
king, that he
might be the
king’s
son-in-law. Saul
gave him Michal
his daughter as
wife.
28
Saul saw and
knew that Yahweh
was with David;
and Michal,
Saul’s daughter,
loved him.
29
Saul was yet the
more afraid of
David; and Saul
was David’s
enemy
continually.
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(6) David's
increasing
Popularity.
1 Samuel
18:30.
30
Then the princes
of the
Philistines went
forth: and it
happened, as
often as they
went forth, that
David behaved
himself more
wisely than all
the servants of
Saul; so that
his name was
highly esteemed.
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(7)
Jonathan proves
his Friendship
for David.
1 Samuel
19:1-7.
1
Saul spoke to
Jonathan his
son, and to all
his servants,
that they should
kill David. But
Jonathan, Saul’s
son, delighted
much in David.
2
Jonathan told
David, saying,
“Saul my father
seeks to kill
you. Now
therefore,
please take care
of yourself in
the morning, and
live in a secret
place, and hide
yourself.
3
I will go out
and stand beside
my father in the
field where you
are, and I will
talk with my
father about
you; and if I
see anything, I
will tell you.”
4
Jonathan spoke
good of David to
Saul his father,
and said to him,
“Don’t let the
king sin against
his servant,
against David;
because he has
not sinned
against you, and
because his
works have been
very good toward
you;
5
for he put his
life in his
hand, and struck
the Philistine,
and Yahweh
worked a great
victory for all
Israel. You saw
it, and
rejoiced. Why
then will you
sin against
innocent blood,
to kill David
without a
cause?”
6
Saul listened to
the voice of
Jonathan: and
Saul swore, “As
Yahweh lives, he
shall not be put
to death.”
7
Jonathan called
David, and
Jonathan showed
him all those
things. Jonathan
brought David to
Saul, and he was
in his presence,
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45. David is
forced to leave
Court.
(1) David
escapes by
Michal's Help.
1 Samuel
19:8-17.
8
There was war
again. David
went out, and
fought with the
Philistines, and
killed them with
a great
slaughter; and
they fled before
him.
9
An evil spirit
from Yahweh was
on Saul, as he
sat in his house
with his spear
in his hand; and
David was
playing with his
hand.
10
Saul sought to
pin David even
to the wall with
the spear; but
he slipped away
out of Saul’s
presence, and he
stuck the spear
into the wall.
David fled, and
escaped that
night.
11
Saul sent
messengers to
David’s house,
to watch him,
and to kill him
in the morning.
Michal, David’s
wife, told him,
saying, “If you
don’t save your
life tonight,
tomorrow you
will be killed.”
12
So Michal let
David down
through the
window. He went,
fled, and
escaped.
13
Michal took the
teraphim, and
laid it in the
bed, and put a
pillow of goats’
hair at its
head, and
covered it with
the clothes.
14
When Saul sent
messengers to
take David, she
said, “He is
sick.”
15
Saul sent the
messengers to
see David,
saying, “Bring
him up to me in
the bed, that I
may kill him.”
16
When the
messengers came
in, behold, the
teraphim was in
the bed, with
the pillow of
goats’ hair at
its head.
17
Saul said to
Michal, “Why
have you
deceived me
thus, and let my
enemy go, so
that he is
escaped?”
Michal answered
Saul, “He said
to me, ‘Let me
go! Why should I
kill you?’”
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(2) David's
Flight to Ramah
and Saul's
Pursuit.
1 Samuel
19:18-24.
18
Now David fled,
and escaped, and
came to Samuel
to Ramah, and
told him all
that Saul had
done to him. He
and Samuel went
and lived in
Naioth.
19
It was told
Saul, saying,
“Behold, David
is at Naioth in
Ramah.”
20
Saul sent
messengers to
take David: and
when they saw
the company of
the prophets
prophesying, and
Samuel standing
as head over
them, the Spirit
of God came on
the messengers
of Saul, and
they also
prophesied.
21
When it was told
Saul, he sent
other
messengers, and
they also
prophesied. Saul
sent messengers
again the third
time, and they
also prophesied.
22
Then went he
also to Ramah,
and came to the
great well that
is in Secu: and
he asked, “Where
are Samuel and
David?”
One said,
“Behold, they
are at Naioth in
Ramah.”
23
He went there to
Naioth in Ramah.
Then the Spirit
of God came on
him also, and he
went on, and
prophesied,
until he came to
Naioth in Ramah.
24
He also stripped
off his clothes,
and he also
prophesied
before Samuel,
and lay down
naked all that
day and all that
night. Therefore
they say, “Is
Saul also among
the prophets?”
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(3) The
Conference
between David
and Jonathan.
1 Samuel
20:1-23.
1
David fled from
Naioth in Ramah,
and came and
said before
Jonathan, “What
have I done?
What is my
iniquity? What
is my sin before
your father,
that he seeks my
life?”
2
He said to him,
“Far from it;
you shall not
die. Behold, my
father does
nothing either
great or small,
but that he
discloses it to
me; and why
should my father
hide this thing
from me? It is
not so.”
3
David swore
moreover, and
said, “Your
father knows
well that I have
found favor in
your eyes; and
he says, ‘Don’t
let Jonathan
know this, lest
he be grieved:’
but truly as
Yahweh lives,
and as your soul
lives, there is
but a step
between me and
death.”
4
Then Jonathan
said to David,
“Whatever your
soul desires, I
will even do it
for you.”
5
David said to
Jonathan,
“Behold,
tomorrow is the
new moon, and I
should not fail
to dine with the
king; but let me
go, that I may
hide myself in
the field to the
third day at
evening.
6
If your father
miss me at all,
then say, ‘David
earnestly asked
leave of me that
he might run to
Bethlehem his
city; for it is
the yearly
sacrifice there
for all the
family.’
7
If he says, ‘It
is well;’ your
servant shall
have peace: but
if he be angry,
then know that
evil is
determined by
him.
8
Therefore deal
kindly with your
servant; for you
have brought
your servant
into a covenant
of Yahweh with
you: but if
there is
iniquity in me,
kill me
yourself; for
why should you
bring me to your
father?”
9
Jonathan said,
“Far be it from
you; for if I
should at all
know that evil
were determined
by my father to
come on you,
then wouldn’t I
tell you that?”
10
Then David said
to Jonathan,
“Who shall tell
me if perchance
your father
answers you
roughly?”
11
Jonathan said to
David, “Come,
and let us go
out into the
field.” They
both went out
into the field.
12
Jonathan said to
David, “By
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, when
I have sounded
my father about
this time
tomorrow, or the
third day,
behold, if there
is good toward
David, shall I
not then send to
you, and
disclose it to
you?
13
Yahweh do so to
Jonathan, and
more also,
should it please
my father to do
you evil, if I
don’t disclose
it to you, and
send you away,
that you may go
in peace: and
Yahweh be with
you, as he has
been with my
father.
14
You shall not
only while yet I
live show me the
loving kindness
of Yahweh, that
I not die;
15
but also you
shall not cut
off your
kindness from my
house forever;
no, not when
Yahweh has cut
off the enemies
of David
everyone from
the surface of
the earth.”
16
So Jonathan made
a covenant with
the house of
David, saying,
“Yahweh will
require it at
the hand of
David’s
enemies.”
17
Jonathan caused
David to swear
again, for the
love that he had
to him; for he
loved him as he
loved his own
soul.
18
Then Jonathan
said to him,
“Tomorrow is the
new moon: and
you will be
missed, because
your seat will
be empty.
19
When you have
stayed three
days, you shall
go down quickly,
and come to the
place where you
hid yourself
when this
started, and
shall remain by
the stone Ezel.
20
I will shoot
three arrows on
its side, as
though I shot at
a mark.
21
Behold, I will
send the boy,
saying, ‘Go,
find the
arrows!’ If I
tell the boy,
‘Behold, the
arrows are on
this side of
you. Take them;’
then come; for
there is peace
to you and no
hurt, as Yahweh
lives.
22
But if I say
this to the boy,
‘Behold, the
arrows are
beyond you;’
then go your
way; for Yahweh
has sent you
away.
23
Concerning the
matter which you
and I have
spoken of,
behold, Yahweh
is between you
and me forever.”
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(4) Jonathan
learns his
Father's
Intentions
towards David.
1 Samuel
20:24-34.
24
So David hid
himself in the
field: and when
the new moon had
come, the king
sat him down to
eat food.
25
The king sat on
his seat, as at
other times,
even on the seat
by the wall; and
Jonathan stood
up, and Abner
sat by Saul’s
side: but
David’s place
was empty.
26
Nevertheless
Saul didn’t say
anything that
day: for he
thought,
“Something has
happened to him.
He is not clean.
Surely he is not
clean.”
27
It happened on
the next day
after the new
moon, the second
day, that
David’s place
was empty. Saul
said to Jonathan
his son, “Why
doesn’t the son
of Jesse come to
eat, neither
yesterday, nor
today?”
28
Jonathan
answered Saul,
“David earnestly
asked leave of
me to go to
Bethlehem.
29
He said, ‘Please
let me go, for
our family has a
sacrifice in the
city. My brother
has commanded me
to be there.
Now, if I have
found favor in
your eyes,
please let me go
away and see my
brothers.’
Therefore he has
not come to the
king’s table.”
30
Then Saul’s
anger was
kindled against
Jonathan, and he
said to him,
“You son of a
perverse
rebellious
woman, don’t I
know that you
have chosen the
son of Jesse to
your own shame,
and to the shame
of your mother’s
nakedness?
31
For as long as
the son of Jesse
lives on the
earth, you shall
not be
established, nor
your kingdom.
Therefore now
send and bring
him to me, for
he shall surely
die!”
32
Jonathan
answered Saul
his father, and
said to him,
“Why should he
be put to death?
What has he
done?”
33
Saul cast his
spear at him to
strike him. By
this Jonathan
knew that his
father was
determined to
put David to
death.
34
So Jonathan
arose from the
table in fierce
anger, and ate
no food the
second day of
the month; for
he was grieved
for David,
because his
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(5) The
Parting between
David and
Jonathan.
1 Samuel
20:35-42.
35
It happened in
the morning,
that Jonathan
went out into
the field at the
time appointed
with David, and
a little boy
with him.
36
He said to his
boy, “Run, find
now the arrows
which I shoot.”
As the boy ran,
he shot an arrow
beyond him.
37
When the boy had
come to the
place of the
arrow which
Jonathan had
shot, Jonathan
cried after the
boy, and said,
“Isn’t the arrow
beyond you?”
38
Jonathan cried
after the boy,
“Go fast! Hurry!
Don’t delay!”
Jonathan’s boy
gathered up the
arrows, and came
to his master.
39
But the boy
didn’t know
anything. Only
Jonathan and
David knew the
matter.
40
Jonathan gave
his weapons to
his boy, and
said to him,
“Go, carry them
to the city.”
41
As soon as the
boy was gone,
David arose out
of the south,
and fell on his
face to the
ground, and
bowed himself
three times.
They kissed one
another, and
wept one with
another, and
David wept the
most.
42
Jonathan said to
David, “Go in
peace, because
we have both
sworn in the
name of Yahweh,
saying, ‘Yahweh
shall be between
me and you, and
between my seed
and your seed,
forever.’” He
arose and
departed; and
Jonathan went
into the city.
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46. David's
Flight.
(1) To Nob, to
Ahimelech, the
High Priest.
1 Samuel
21:1-9.
1
Then came David
to Nob to
Ahimelech the
priest.
Ahimelech came
to meet David
trembling, and
said to him,
“Why are you
alone, and no
man with you?”
2
David said to
Ahimelech the
priest, “The
king has
commanded me a
business, and
has said to me,
‘Let no man know
anything of the
business about
which I send
you, and what I
have commanded
you; and I have
appointed the
young men to
such and such a
place.’
3
Now therefore
what is under
your hand? Give
me five loaves
of bread in my
hand, or
whatever there
is present.”
4
The priest
answered David,
and said, “There
is no common
bread under my
hand, but there
is holy bread;
if only the
young men have
kept themselves
from women.”
5
David answered
the priest, and
said to him,
“Truly, women
have been kept
from us about
these three
days. When I
came out, the
vessels of the
young men were
holy, though it
was but a common
journey. How
much more then
today shall
their vessels be
holy?”
6
So the priest
gave him holy
bread; for there
was no bread
there but the
show bread, that
was taken from
before Yahweh,
to put hot bread
in the day when
it was taken
away.
7
Now a certain
man of the
servants of Saul
was there that
day, detained
before Yahweh;
and his name was
Doeg the Edomite,
the best of the
herdsmen who
belonged to
Saul.
8
David said to
Ahimelech,
“Isn’t there
here under your
hand spear or
sword? For I
have neither
brought my sword
nor my weapons
with me, because
the king’s
business
required haste.”
9
The priest said,
“The sword of
Goliath the
Philistine, whom
you killed in
the valley of
Elah, behold, it
is here wrapped
in a cloth
behind the
ephod. If you
will take that,
take it; for
there is no
other except
that here.”
David said,
“There is none
like that. Give
it to me.”
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(2) To
Achish, King of
Gath.
1 Samuel
21:10-15.
10
David arose, and
fled that day
for fear of
Saul, and went
to Achish the
king of Gath.
11
The servants of
Achish said to
him, “Isn’t this
David the king
of the land?
Didn’t they sing
one to another
about him in
dances, saying,
‘Saul has slain
his thousands,
David his ten
thousands?’”
12
David laid up
these words in
his heart, and
was very afraid
of Achish the
king of Gath.
13
He changed his
behavior before
them, and
pretended to be
mad in their
hands, and
scrabbled on the
doors of the
gate, and let
his spittle fall
down on his
beard.
14
Then Achish said
to his servants,
“Look, you see
the man is mad.
Why then have
you brought him
to me?
15
Do I lack
madmen, that you
have brought
this fellow to
play the madman
in my presence?
Shall this
fellow come into
my house?”
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1 Samuel 22:1,
2.
1
David therefore
departed there,
and escaped to
the cave of
Adullam. When
his brothers and
all his father’s
house heard it,
they went down
there to him.
2
Everyone who was
in distress, and
everyone who was
in debt, and
everyone who was
discontented,
gathered
themselves to
him; and he
became captain
over them: and
there were with
him about four
hundred men. |
1 Chronicles
12:16-18.
16
There came of
the children of
Benjamin and
Judah to the
stronghold to
David.
17
David went out
to meet them,
and answered
them, “If you
have come
peaceably to me
to help me, my
heart shall be
knit to you; but
if you have come
to betray me to
my adversaries,
since there is
no wrong in my
hands, may the
God of our
fathers look
thereon, and
rebuke it.”
18
Then the Spirit
came on Amasai,
who was chief of
the thirty, and
he said, “We are
yours, David,
and on your
side, you son of
Jesse: peace,
peace be to you,
and peace be to
your helpers;
for your God
helps you.” Then
David received
them, and made
them captains of
the band.
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(4) To Mizpeh
of Moab, where
he finds Asylum
for his Parents.
1 Samuel
22:3, 4.
3
David went there
to Mizpeh of
Moab, and he
said to the king
of Moab, “Please
let my father
and my mother
come out with
you, until I
know what God
will do for me.”
4
He brought them
before the king
of Moab; and
they lived with
him all the
while that David
was in the
stronghold.
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(5) To the
Forest of Hereth,
in Judah.
1 Samuel
22:5.
5
The prophet Gad
said to David,
“Don’t stay in
the stronghold.
Depart, and go
into the land of
Judah.”
Then David
departed, and
came into the
forest of Hereth.
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47. Saul's
Vengeance on the
Priests of Nob.
1 Samuel
22:6-20.
6
Saul heard that
David was
discovered, and
the men who were
with him. Now
Saul was sitting
in Gibeah, under
the tamarisk
tree in Ramah,
with his spear
in his hand, and
all his servants
were standing
about him.
7
Saul said to his
servants who
stood about him,
“Hear now, you
Benjamites! Will
the son of Jesse
give everyone of
you fields and
vineyards, will
he make you all
captains of
thousands and
captains of
hundreds,
8
that all of you
have conspired
against me, and
there is none
who discloses to
me when my son
makes a treaty
with the son of
Jesse, and there
is none of you
who is sorry for
me, or discloses
to me that my
son has stirred
up my servant
against me, to
lie in wait, as
at this day?”
9
Then Doeg the
Edomite, who
stood by the
servants of
Saul, answered
and said, “I saw
the son of Jesse
coming to Nob,
to Ahimelech the
son of Ahitub.
10
He inquired of
Yahweh for him,
gave him food,
and gave him the
sword of Goliath
the Philistine.”
11
Then the king
sent to call
Ahimelech the
priest, the son
of Ahitub, and
all his father’s
house, the
priests who were
in Nob: and they
came all of them
to the king.
12
Saul said, “Hear
now, you son of
Ahitub.”
He answered,
“Here I am, my
lord.”
13
Saul said to
him, “Why have
you conspired
against me, you
and the son of
Jesse, in that
you have given
him bread, and a
sword, and have
inquired of God
for him, that he
should rise
against me, to
lie in wait, as
at this day?”
14
Then Ahimelech
answered the
king, and said,
“Who among all
your servants is
so faithful as
David, who is
the king’s
son-in-law, and
is taken into
your council,
and is honorable
in your house?
15
Have I today
begun to inquire
of God for him?
Be it far from
me! Don’t let
the king impute
anything to his
servant, nor to
all the house of
my father; for
your servant
knows nothing of
all this, less
or more.”
16
The king said,
“You shall
surely die,
Ahimelech, you,
and all your
father’s house.”
17
The king said to
the guard who
stood about him,
“Turn, and kill
the priests of
Yahweh; because
their hand also
is with David,
and because they
knew that he
fled, and didn’t
disclose it to
me.” But the
servants of the
king wouldn’t
put forth their
hand to fall on
the priests of
Yahweh.
18
The king said to
Doeg, “Turn and
attack the
priests!”
Doeg the Edomite
turned, and he
attacked the
priests, and he
killed on that
day eighty-five
people who wore
a linen ephod.
19
He struck Nob,
the city of the
priests, with
the edge of the
sword, both men
and women,
children and
nursing babies,
and cattle and
donkeys and
sheep, with the
edge of the
sword.
20
One of the sons
of Ahimelech,
the son of
Ahitub, named
Abiathar,
escaped, and
fled after
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48. David in
Keilah.
(1) David
rescues Keilah.
1 Samuel
23:1-5.
1
David was told,
“Behold, the
Philistines are
fighting against
Keilah, and are
robbing the
threshing
floors.”
2
Therefore David
inquired of
Yahweh, saying,
“Shall I go and
strike these
Philistines?”
Yahweh said to
David, “Go
strike the
Philistines, and
save Keilah.”
3
David’s men said
to him, “Behold,
we are afraid
here in Judah:
how much more
then if we go to
Keilah against
the armies of
the
Philistines?”
4
Then David
inquired of
Yahweh yet
again. Yahweh
answered him,
and said,
“Arise, go down
to Keilah; for I
will deliver the
Philistines into
your hand.”
5
David and his
men went to
Keilah, and
fought with the
Philistines, and
brought away
their livestock,
and killed them
with a great
slaughter. So
David saved the
inhabitants of
Keilah.
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(2)
Abiathar joins
David.
1 Samuel
22:21-23; 23:6.
21
Abiathar told
David that Saul
had slain
Yahweh’s
priests.
22
David said to
Abiathar, “I
knew on that
day, when Doeg
the Edomite was
there, that he
would surely
tell Saul. I am
responsible for
the death of all
the persons of
your father’s
house.
23
Stay with me,
don’t be afraid;
for he who seeks
my life seeks
your life. For
with me you
shall be in
safeguard.”
6
It happened,
when Abiathar
the son of
Ahimelech fled
to David to
Keilah, that he
came down with
an ephod in his
hand.
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(3) David
escapes from
Keilah.
1 Samuel
23:7-13.
7
It was told Saul
that David had
come to Keilah.
Saul said, “God
has delivered
him into my
hand; for he is
shut in, by
entering into a
town that has
gates and bars.”
8
Saul summoned
all the people
to war, to go
down to Keilah,
to besiege David
and his men.
9
David knew that
Saul was
devising
mischief against
him; and he said
to Abiathar the
priest, “Bring
the ephod here.”
10
Then David said,
“O Yahweh, the
God of Israel,
your servant has
surely heard
that Saul seeks
to come to
Keilah, to
destroy the city
for my sake.
11
Will the men of
Keilah deliver
me up into his
hand? Will Saul
come down, as
your servant has
heard? Yahweh,
the God of
Israel, I beg
you, tell your
servant.”
Yahweh said, “He
will come down.”
12
Then David said,
“Will the men of
Keilah deliver
me and my men
into the hand of
Saul?”
Yahweh said,
“They will
deliver you up.”
13
Then David and
his men, who
were about six
hundred, arose
and departed out
of Keilah, and
went wherever
they could go.
It was told Saul
that David was
escaped from
Keilah; and he
gave up going
there.
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49. David's last
Meeting with
Jonathan.
1 Samuel
23:14-18.
14
David stayed in
the wilderness
in the
strongholds, and
remained in the
hill country in
the wilderness
of Ziph. Saul
sought him every
day, but God
didn’t deliver
him into his
hand.
15
David saw that
Saul had come
out to seek his
life. David was
in the
wilderness of
Ziph in the
wood.
16
Jonathan, Saul’s
son, arose, and
went to David
into the woods,
and strengthened
his hand in God.
17
He said to him,
“Don’t be
afraid; for the
hand of Saul my
father shall not
find you; and
you shall be
king over
Israel, and I
shall be next to
you; and that
also Saul my
father knows.”
18
They both made a
covenant before
Yahweh: and
David stayed in
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50. David's
Betrayal by the
Ziphites.
1 Samuel
23:19-24a.
19
Then the
Ziphites came up
to Saul to
Gibeah, saying,
“Doesn’t David
hide himself
with us in the
strongholds in
the wood, in the
hill of Hachilah,
which is on the
south of the
desert?
20
Now therefore, O
king, come down,
according to all
the desire of
your soul to
come down; and
our part shall
be to deliver
him up into the
king’s hand.”
21
Saul said, “You
are blessed by
Yahweh; for you
have had
compassion on
me.
22
Please go make
yet more sure,
and know and see
his place where
his haunt is,
and who has seen
him there; for
it is told me
that he deals
very subtly.
23
See therefore,
and take
knowledge of all
the lurking
places where he
hides himself,
and come again
to me with
certainty, and I
will go with
you: and it
shall happen, if
he is in the
land, that I
will search him
out among all
the thousands of
Judah.”
24a
They arose, and
went to Ziph
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51. David's
Escape from Saul
in the
Wilderness of
Maon.
1 Samuel
23:24b-28.
24b
...but David and
his men were in
the wilderness
of Maon, in the
Arabah on the
south of the
desert.
25
Saul and his men
went to seek
him. When David
was told, he
went down to the
rock, and stayed
in the
wilderness of
Maon. When Saul
heard that, he
pursued David in
the wilderness
of Maon.
26
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 to
take them.
27
But a messenger
came to Saul,
saying, “Hurry
and come; for
the Philistines
have made a raid
on the land!”
28
So Saul returned
from pursuing
after David, and
went against the
Philistines:
therefore they
called that
place Sela
Hammahlekoth.
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52. David in the
Wilderness of
En-gedi: He
spares Saul in
the Cave.
1 Samuel
23:29-24:22.
29
David went up
from there, and
lived in the
strongholds of
En Gedi.
1
It happened,
when Saul was
returned from
following the
Philistines,
that it was told
him, saying,
“Behold, David
is in the
wilderness of En
Gedi.”
2
Then Saul took
three thousand
chosen men out
of all Israel,
and went to seek
David and his
men on the rocks
of the wild
goats.
3
He came to the
sheep pens by
the way, where
there was a
cave; and Saul
went in to
relieve himself.
Now David and
his men were
abiding in the
innermost parts
of the cave.
4
The men of David
said to him,
“Behold, the day
of which Yahweh
said to you,
‘Behold, I will
deliver your
enemy into your
hand, and you
shall do to him
as it shall seem
good to you.’”
Then David
arose, and cut
off the skirt of
Saul’s robe
secretly.
5
It happened
afterward, that
David’s heart
struck him,
because he had
cut off Saul’s
skirt.
6
He said to his
men, “Yahweh
forbid that I
should do this
thing to my
lord, Yahweh’s
anointed, to put
forth my hand
against him,
since he is
Yahweh’s
anointed.”
7
So David checked
his men with
these words, and
didn’t allow
them to rise
against Saul.
Saul rose up out
of the cave, and
went on his way.
8
David also arose
afterward, and
went out of the
cave, and cried
after Saul,
saying, “My lord
the king!”
When Saul looked
behind him,
David bowed with
his face to the
earth, and
showed respect.
9
David said to
Saul, “Why do
you listen to
men’s words,
saying, ‘Behold,
David seeks your
hurt?’
10
Behold, this day
your eyes have
seen how that
Yahweh had
delivered you
today into my
hand in the
cave. Some urged
me to kill you;
but I spared
you; and I said,
I will not put
forth my hand
against my lord;
for he is
Yahweh’s
anointed.
11
Moreover, my
father, behold,
yes, see the
skirt of your
robe in my hand;
for in that I
cut off the
skirt of your
robe, and didn’t
kill you, know
and see that
there is neither
evil nor
disobedience in
my hand, and I
have not sinned
against you,
though you hunt
for my life to
take it.
12
May Yahweh judge
between me and
you, and may
Yahweh avenge me
of you; but my
hand shall not
be on you.
13
As the proverb
of the ancients
says, ‘Out of
the wicked comes
forth
wickedness;’ but
my hand shall
not be on you.
14
Against whom has
the king of
Israel come out?
Whom do you
pursue? A dead
dog? A flea?
15
May Yahweh
therefore be
judge, and give
sentence between
me and you, and
see, and plead
my cause, and
deliver me out
of your hand.”
16
It came to pass,
when David had
made an end of
speaking these
words to Saul,
that Saul said,
“Is this your
voice, my son
David?” Saul
lifted up his
voice, and wept.
17
He said to
David, “You are
more righteous
than I; for you
have done good
to me, whereas I
have done evil
to you.
18
You have
declared this
day how you have
dealt well with
me, because when
Yahweh had
delivered me up
into your hand,
you didn’t kill
me.
19
For if a man
finds his enemy,
will he let him
go away
unharmed?
Therefore may
Yahweh reward
you good for
that which you
have done to me
this day.
20
Now, behold, I
know that you
shall surely be
king, and that
the kingdom of
Israel shall be
established in
your hand.
21
Swear now
therefore to me
by Yahweh, that
you will not cut
off my seed
after me, and
that you will
not destroy my
name out of my
father’s house.”
22
David swore to
Saul. Saul went
home; but David
and his men went
up to the
stronghold.
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53. The Death of
Samuel.
1 Samuel
25:1a.
1a
Samuel died; and
all Israel
gathered
themselves
together, and
lamented him,
and buried him
in his house at
Ramah....
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54. David in the
Wilderness of
Paran:the
History of Nabal
and Abigail.
1 Samuel
25:1b-38.
1b
...David arose,
and went down to
the wilderness
of Paran.
2
There was a man
in Maon, whose
possessions were
in Carmel; and
the man was very
great, and he
had three
thousand sheep,
and a thousand
goats: and he
was shearing his
sheep in Carmel.
3
Now the name of
the man was
Nabal; and the
name of his wife
Abigail; and the
woman was of
good
understanding,
and of a
beautiful face:
but the man was
churlish and
evil in his
doings; and he
was of the house
of Caleb.
4
David heard in
the wilderness
that Nabal was
shearing his
sheep.
5
David sent ten
young men, and
David said to
the young men,
“Go up to
Carmel, and go
to Nabal, and
greet him in my
name.
6
You shall tell
him, ‘Long life
to you! Peace be
to you, and
peace be to your
house, and peace
be to all that
you have.
7
Now I have heard
that you have
shearers. Your
shepherds have
now been with
us, and we
didn’t hurt
them, neither
was there
anything missing
from them, all
the while they
were in Carmel.
8
Ask your young
men, and they
will tell you.
Therefore, let
the young men
find favor in
your eyes; for
we come in a
good day. Please
give whatever
comes to your
hand, to your
servants, and to
your son
David.’”
9
When David’s
young men came,
they spoke to
Nabal according
to all those
words in the
name of David,
and ceased.
10
Nabal answered
David’s
servants, and
said, “Who is
David? Who is
the son of
Jesse? There are
many servants
who break away
from their
masters these
days.
11
Shall I then
take my bread,
and my water,
and my meat that
I have killed
for my shearers,
and give it to
men who I don’t
know where they
come from?”
12
So David’s young
men turned on
their way, and
went back, and
came and told
him according to
all these words.
13
David said to
his men, “Every
man put on his
sword!”
Every man put on
his sword. David
also put on his
sword. About
four hundred men
followed David;
and two hundred
stayed by the
baggage.
14
But one of the
young men told
Abigail, Nabal’s
wife, saying,
“Behold, David
sent messengers
out of the
wilderness to
Greet our
master; and he
railed at them.
15
But the men were
very good to us,
and we were not
hurt, neither
missed we
anything, as
long as we went
with them, when
we were in the
fields.
16
They were a wall
to us both by
night and by
day, all the
while we were
with them
keeping the
sheep.
17
Now therefore
know and
consider what
you will do; for
evil is
determined
against our
master, and
against all his
house; for he is
such a worthless
fellow that one
can’t speak to
him.”
18
Then Abigail
hurried and took
two hundred
loaves of bread,
two bottles of
wine, five sheep
ready dressed,
five measures of
parched grain,
one hundred
clusters of
raisins, and two
hundred cakes of
figs, and laid
them on donkeys.
19
She said to her
young men, “Go
on before me.
Behold, I come
after you.” But
she didn’t tell
her husband,
Nabal.
20
It was so, as
she rode on her
donkey, and came
down by the
covert of the
mountain, that
behold, David
and his men came
down toward her;
and she met
them.
21
Now David had
said, “Surely in
vain have I kept
all that this
fellow has in
the wilderness,
so that nothing
was missed of
all that
pertained to
him. He has
returned me evil
for good.
22
God do so to the
enemies of
David, and more
also, if I leave
of all that
belongs to him
by the morning
light so much as
one who urinates
on a wall.1
”
23
When Abigail saw
David, she
hurried, and
alighted from
her donkey, and
fell before
David on her
face, and bowed
herself to the
ground.
24
She fell at his
feet, and said,
“On me, my lord,
on me be the
iniquity; and
please let your
handmaid speak
in your ears.
Hear the words
of your
handmaid.
25
Please don’t let
my lord regard
this worthless
fellow, even
Nabal; for as
his name is, so
is he. Nabal is
his name, and
folly is with
him; but I, your
handmaid, didn’t
see the young
men of my lord,
whom you sent.
26
Now therefore,
my lord, as
Yahweh lives,
and as your soul
lives, since
Yahweh has
withheld you
from blood
guiltiness, and
from avenging
yourself with
your own hand,
now therefore
let your
enemies, and
those who seek
evil to my lord,
be as Nabal.
27
Now this present
which your
servant has
brought to my
lord, let it be
given to the
young men who
follow my lord.
28
Please forgive
the trespass of
your handmaid.
For Yahweh will
certainly make
my lord a sure
house, because
my lord fights
the battles of
Yahweh; and evil
shall not be
found in you all
your days.
29
Though men may
rise up to
pursue you, and
to seek your
soul, yet the
soul of my lord
shall be bound
in the bundle of
life with Yahweh
your God. He
will sling out
the souls of
your enemies, as
from the hollow
of a sling.
30
It shall come to
pass, when
Yahweh has done
to my lord
according to all
the good that he
has spoken
concerning you,
and shall have
appointed you
prince over
Israel,
31
that this shall
be no grief to
you, nor offense
of heart to my
lord, either
that you have
shed blood
without cause,
or that my lord
has avenged
himself. When
Yahweh has dealt
well with my
lord, then
remember your
handmaid.”
32
David said to
Abigail,
“Blessed is
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, who
sent you this
day to meet me!
33
Blessed is your
discretion, and
blessed are you,
that have kept
me this day from
blood
guiltiness, and
from avenging
myself with my
own hand.
34
For indeed, as
Yahweh, the God
of Israel,
lives, who has
withheld me from
hurting you,
unless you had
hurried and come
to meet me,
surely there
wouldn’t have
been left to
Nabal by the
morning light so
much as one who
urinates on a
wall.2
”
35
So David
received of her
hand that which
she had brought
him: and he said
to her, “Go up
in peace to your
house. Behold, I
have listened to
your voice, and
have granted
your request.”
36
Abigail came to
Nabal; and
behold, he held
a feast in his
house, like the
feast of a king.
Nabal’s heart
was merry within
him, for he was
very drunken.
Therefore she
told him
nothing, less or
more, until the
morning light.
37
It happened in
the morning,
when the wine
was gone out of
Nabal, that his
wife told him
these things,
and his heart
died within him,
and he became as
a stone.
38
It happened
about ten days
after, that
Yahweh struck
Nabal, so that
he died.
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55. David's
matrimonial
Relations.
1 Samuel
25:39-44.
39
When David heard
that Nabal was
dead, he said,
“Blessed is
Yahweh, who has
pleaded the
cause of my
reproach from
the hand of
Nabal, and has
kept back his
servant from
evil. Yahweh has
returned the
evildoing of
Nabal on his own
head.” David
sent and spoke
concerning
Abigail, to take
her to him as
wife.
40
When the
servants of
David had come
to Abigail to
Carmel, they
spoke to her,
saying, “David
has sent us to
you, to take you
to him as wife.”
41
She arose, and
bowed herself
with her face to
the earth, and
said, “Behold,
your handmaid is
a servant to
wash the feet of
the servants of
my lord.”
42
Abigail hurried,
and arose, and
rode on a
donkey, with
five ladies of
hers who
followed her;
and she went
after the
messengers of
David, and
became his wife.
43
David also took
Ahinoam of
Jezreel; and
they both became
his wives.
44
Now Saul had
given Michal his
daughter,
David’s wife, to
Palti the son of
Laish, who was
of Gallim.
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56. David,
betrayed again
by the Ziphites,
spares Saul the
second Time.
1 Samuel
26:1-25.
1
The Ziphites
came to Saul to
Gibeah, saying,
“Doesn’t David
hide himself in
the hill of
Hachilah, which
is before the
desert?”
2
Then Saul arose,
and went down to
the wilderness
of Ziph, having
three thousand
chosen men of
Israel with him,
to seek David in
the wilderness
of Ziph.
3
Saul encamped in
the hill of
Hachilah, which
is before the
desert, by the
way. But David
stayed in the
wilderness, and
he saw that Saul
came after him
into the
wilderness.
4
David therefore
sent out spies,
and understood
that Saul had
certainly come.
5
David arose, and
came to the
place where Saul
had encamped;
and David saw
the place where
Saul lay, and
Abner the son of
Ner, the captain
of his army: and
Saul lay within
the place of the
wagons, and the
people were
encamped around
him.
6
Then answered
David and said
to Ahimelech the
Hittite, and to
Abishai the son
of Zeruiah,
brother to Joab,
saying, “Who
will go down
with me to Saul
to the camp?”
Abishai said, “I
will go down
with you.”
7
So David and
Abishai came to
the people by
night: and,
behold, Saul lay
sleeping within
the place of the
wagons, with his
spear stuck in
the ground at
his head; and
Abner and the
people lay
around him.
8
Then Abishai
said to David,
“God has
delivered up
your enemy into
your hand this
day. Now
therefore please
let me strike
him with the
spear to the
earth at one
stroke, and I
will not strike
him the second
time.”
9
David said to
Abishai, “Don’t
destroy him; for
who can put
forth his hand
against Yahweh’s
anointed, and be
guiltless?”
10
David said, “As
Yahweh lives,
Yahweh will
strike him; or
his day shall
come to die; or
he shall go down
into battle and
perish.
11
Yahweh forbid
that I should
put forth my
hand against
Yahweh’s
anointed; but
now please take
the spear that
is at his head,
and the jar of
water, and let
us go.”
12
So David took
the spear and
the jar of water
from Saul’s
head; and they
went away: and
no man saw it,
nor knew it,
neither did any
awake; for they
were all asleep,
because a deep
sleep from
Yahweh was
fallen on them.
13
Then David went
over to the
other side, and
stood on the top
of the mountain
afar off; a
great space
being between
them;
14
and David cried
to the people,
and to Abner the
son of Ner,
saying, “Don’t
you answer,
Abner?”
Then Abner
answered, “Who
are you who
cries to the
king?”
15
David said to
Abner, “Aren’t
you a man? Who
is like you in
Israel? Why then
have you not
kept watch over
your lord, the
king? For one of
the people came
in to destroy
the king your
lord.
16
This thing isn’t
good that you
have done. As
Yahweh lives,
you are worthy
to die, because
you have not
kept watch over
your lord,
Yahweh’s
anointed. Now
see where the
king’s spear is,
and the jar of
water that was
at his head.”
17
Saul knew
David’s voice,
and said, “Is
this your voice,
my son David?”
David said, “It
is my voice, my
lord, O king.”
18
He said, “Why
does my lord
pursue after his
servant? For
what have I
done? Or what
evil is in my
hand?
19
Now therefore,
please let my
lord the king
hear the words
of his servant.
If it is so that
Yahweh has
stirred you up
against me, let
him accept an
offering. But if
it is the
children of men,
they are cursed
before Yahweh;
for they have
driven me out
this day that I
shouldn’t cling
to Yahweh’s
inheritance,
saying, ‘Go,
serve other
gods!’
20
Now therefore,
don’t let my
blood fall to
the earth away
from the
presence of
Yahweh; for the
king of Israel
has come out to
seek a flea, as
when one hunts a
partridge in the
mountains.”
21
Then Saul said,
“I have sinned.
Return, my son
David; for I
will no more do
you harm,
because my life
was precious in
your eyes this
day. Behold, I
have played the
fool, and have
erred
exceedingly.”
22
David answered,
“Behold the
spear, O king!
Then let one of
the young men
come over and
get it.
23
Yahweh will
render to every
man his
righteousness
and his
faithfulness;
because Yahweh
delivered you
into my hand
today, and I
wouldn’t put
forth my hand
against Yahweh’s
anointed.
24
Behold, as your
life was
respected this
day in my eyes,
so let my life
be respected in
the eyes of
Yahweh, and let
him deliver me
out of all
oppression.”
25
Then Saul said
to David, “You
are blessed, my
son David. You
shall both do
mightily, and
shall surely
prevail.” So
David went his
way, and Saul
returned to his
place.
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57. David again
in the Land of
the Philistines.
(1) David
once more flees
to Achish, King
of Oath.
1 Samuel
27:1-4.
1
David said in
his heart, “I
shall now perish
one day by the
hand of Saul.
There is nothing
better for me
than that I
should escape
into the land of
the Philistines;
and Saul will
despair of me,
to seek me any
more in all the
borders of
Israel. So shall
I escape out of
his hand.”
2
David arose, and
passed over, he
and the six
hundred men who
were with him,
to Achish the
son of Maoch,
king of Gath.
3
David lived with
Achish at Gath,
he and his men,
every man with
his household,
even David with
his two wives,
Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the
Carmelitess,
Nabal’s wife.
4
It was told Saul
that David was
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(2) Achish
grants Ziklag to
David.
1 Samuel
27:5, 6
5
David said to
Achish, “If now
I have found
favor in your
eyes, let them
give me a place
in one of the
cities in the
country, that I
may dwell there.
For why should
your servant
dwell in the
royal city with
you?”
6
Then Achish gave
him Ziklag that
day: why Ziklag
pertains to the
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(3) David's
Operations while
at Ziklag.
1 Samuel
27:7-12.
7
The number of
the days that
David lived in
the country of
the Philistines
was a full year
and four months.
8
David and his
men went up, and
made a raid on
the Geshurites,
and the Girzites,
and the
Amalekites; for
those were the
inhabitants of
the land, who
were of old, as
you go to Shur,
even to the land
of Egypt.
9
David struck the
land, and saved
neither man nor
woman alive, and
took away the
sheep, and the
cattle, and the
donkeys, and the
camels, and the
clothing; and he
returned, and
came to Achish.
10
Achish said,
“Against whom
have you made a
raid today?”
David said,
“Against the
South of Judah,
against the
South of the
Jerahmeelites,
and against the
South of the
Kenites.”
11
David saved
neither man nor
woman alive, to
bring them to
Gath, saying,
“Lest they
should tell of
us, saying,
‘David this, and
this has been
his way all the
time he has
lived in the
country of the
Philistines.’”
12
Achish believed
David, saying,
“He has made his
people Israel
utterly to abhor
him. Therefore
he shall be my
servant
forever.”
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(4) List of
the Men who came
to David at
Ziklag.
1 Chronicles
12:1-7.
1
Now these are
those who came
to David to
Ziklag, while he
yet kept himself
close because of
Saul the son of
Kish; and they
were among the
mighty men, his
helpers in war.
2
They were armed
with bows, and
could use both
the right hand
and the left in
slinging stones
and in shooting
arrows from the
bow: they were
of Saul’s
brothers of
Benjamin.
3
The chief was
Ahiezer; then
Joash, the sons
of Shemaah the
Gibeathite, and
Jeziel, and
Pelet, the sons
of Azmaveth, and
Beracah, and
Jehu the
Anathothite,
4
and Ishmaiah the
Gibeonite, a
mighty man among
the thirty, and
over the thirty,
and Jeremiah,
and Jahaziel,
and Johanan, and
Jozabad the
Gederathite,
5
Eluzai, and
Jerimoth, and
Bealiah, and
Shemariah, and
Shephatiah the
Haruphite,
6
Elkanah, and
Isshiah, and
Azarel, and
Joezer, and
Jashobeam, the
Korahites,
7
and Joelah, and
Zebadiah, the
sons of Jeroham
of Gedor.
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59. David and
the Philistine
Invasion of
Israel.
(1) Achish
places
Confidence in
David.
1 Samuel
28:1b, 2.
1b
...Achish said
to David, “Know
assuredly that
you shall go out
with me in the
army, you and
your men.”
2
David said to
Achish,
“Therefore you
shall know what
your servant
will do.”
Achish said to
David,
“Therefore will
I make you my
bodyguard for
ever.”
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(2) David
encamps with the
Philistines in
Aphek:the
Israelites pitch
in Jezreel
1 Samuel
29:1, 2.
1
Now the
Philistines
gathered
together all
their armies to
Aphek: and the
Israelites
encamped by the
spring which is
in Jezreel.
2
The lords of the
Philistines
passed on by
hundreds, and by
thousands; and
David and his
men passed on in
the rear with
Achish.
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(3) David,
dismissed from
the Philistine
Army, starts for
Ziklag.
1 Samuel
29:3-11a.
3
Then the princes
of the
Philistines
said, “What
about these
Hebrews?”
Achish said to
the princes of
the Philistines,
“Isn’t this
David, the
servant of Saul
the king of
Israel, who has
been with me
these days, or
rather these
years, and I
have found no
fault in him
since he fell
away to this
day?”
4
But the princes
of the
Philistines were
angry with him;
and the princes
of the
Philistines said
to him, “Make
the man return,
that he may go
back to his
place where you
have appointed
him, and let him
not go down with
us to battle,
lest in the
battle he become
an adversary to
us. For with
what should this
fellow reconcile
himself to his
lord? Should it
not be with the
heads of these
men?
5
Is not this
David, of whom
they sang one to
another in
dances, saying,
‘Saul has slain
his thousands,
David his ten
thousands?’”
6
Then Achish
called David,
and said to him,
“As Yahweh
lives, you have
been upright,
and your going
out and your
coming in with
me in the army
is good in my
sight; for I
have not found
evil in you
since the day of
your coming to
me to this day.
Nevertheless,
the lords don’t
favor you.
7
Therefore now
return, and go
in peace, that
you not
displease the
lords of the
Philistines.”
8
David said to
Achish, “But
what have I
done? What have
you found in
your servant so
long as I have
been before you
to this day,
that I may not
go and fight
against the
enemies of my
lord the king?”
9
Achish answered
David, “I know
that you are
good in my
sight, as an
angel of God.
Notwithstanding
the princes of
the Philistines
have said, ‘He
shall not go up
with us to the
battle.’
10
Therefore now
rise up early in
the morning with
the servants of
your lord who
have come with
you; and as soon
as you are up
early in the
morning, and
have light,
depart.”
11a
So David rose up
early, he and
his men, to
depart in the
morning, to
return into the
land of the
Philistines.... |
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(4) The
Philistines
march toward
Jezreel.
1 Samuel
29:11b.
11b
...The
Philistines went
up to Jezreel.
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(5)
List of the Men
who joined David
on his Way to
Ziklag.
1 Chronicles
12:19-22.
19
Of Manasseh also
there fell away
some to David,
when he came
with the
Philistines
against Saul to
battle; but they
didn’t help
them; for the
lords of the
Philistines sent
him away after
consultation,
saying, “He will
fall away to his
master Saul to
the jeopardy of
our heads.”
20
As he went to
Ziklag, there
fell to him of
Manasseh, Adnah,
and Jozabad, and
Jediael, and
Michael, and
Jozabad, and
Elihu, and
Zillethai,
captains of
thousands who
were of
Manasseh.
21
They helped
David against
the band of
rovers: for they
were all mighty
men of valor,
and were
captains in the
army.
22
For from day to
day men came to
David to help
him, until there
was a great
army, like the
army of God.
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60. David's
Victory over the
Amalekites who
had destroyed
Ziklag.
1 Samuel
30:1-31.
1
It happened,
when David and
his men had come
to Ziklag on the
third day, that
the Amalekites
had made a raid
on the South,
and on Ziklag,
and had struck
Ziklag, and
burned it with
fire,
2
and had taken
captive the
women and all
who were
therein, both
small and great.
They didn’t kill
any, but carried
them off, and
went their way.
3
When David and
his men came to
the city,
behold, it was
burned with
fire; and their
wives, and their
sons, and their
daughters, were
taken captive.
4
Then David and
the people who
were with him
lifted up their
voice and wept,
until they had
no more power to
weep.
5
David’s two
wives were taken
captive, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the
wife of Nabal
the Carmelite.
6
David was
greatly
distressed; for
the people spoke
of stoning him,
because the soul
of all the
people was
grieved, every
man for his sons
and for his
daughters: but
David
strengthened
himself in
Yahweh his God.
7
David said to
Abiathar the
priest, the son
of Ahimelech,
“Please bring me
here the ephod.”
Abiathar brought
the ephod to
David.
8
David inquired
of Yahweh,
saying, “If I
pursue after
this troop,
shall I overtake
them?”
He answered him,
“Pursue; for you
shall surely
overtake them,
and shall
without fail
recover all.”
9
So David went,
he and the six
hundred men who
were with him,
and came to the
brook Besor,
where those who
were left behind
stayed.
10
But David
pursued, he and
four hundred
men; for two
hundred stayed
behind, who were
so faint that
they couldn’t go
over the brook
Besor.
11
They found an
Egyptian in the
field, and
brought him to
David, and gave
him bread, and
he ate; and they
gave him water
to drink.
12
They gave him a
piece of a cake
of figs, and two
clusters of
raisins. when he
had eaten, his
spirit came
again to him;
for he had eaten
no bread, nor
drunk any water,
three days and
three nights.
13
David asked him,
“To whom do you
belong? Where
are you from?”
He said, “I am a
young man of
Egypt, servant
to an Amalekite;
and my master
left me, because
three days ago I
fell sick.
14
We made a raid
on the South of
the Cherethites,
and on that
which belongs to
Judah, and on
the South of
Caleb; and we
burned Ziklag
with fire.”
15
David said to
him, “Will you
bring me down to
this troop?”
He said, “Swear
to me by God
that you will
neither kill me,
nor deliver me
up into the
hands of my
master, and I
will bring you
down to this
troop.”
16
When he had
brought him
down, behold,
they were spread
around over all
the ground,
eating,
drinking, and
dancing, because
of all the great
spoil that they
had taken out of
the land of the
Philistines, and
out of the land
of Judah.
17
David struck
them from the
twilight even to
the evening of
the next day.
Not a man of
them escaped
from there,
except four
hundred young
men, who rode on
camels and fled.
18
David recovered
all that the
Amalekites had
taken; and David
rescued his two
wives.
19
There was
nothing lacking
to them, neither
small nor great,
neither sons nor
daughters,
neither spoil,
nor anything
that they had
taken to them.
David brought
back all.
20
David took all
the flocks and
the herds, which
they drove
before those
other livestock,
and said, “This
is David’s
spoil.”
21
David came to
the two hundred
men, who were so
faint that they
could not follow
David, whom also
they had made to
stay at the
brook Besor; and
they went forth
to meet David,
and to meet the
people who were
with him. When
David came near
to the people,
he greeted them.
22
Then all the
wicked men and
base fellows, of
those who went
with David,
answered and
said, “Because
they didn’t go
with us, we will
not give them
anything of the
spoil that we
have recovered,
except to every
man his wife and
his children,
that he may lead
them away, and
depart.”
23
Then David said,
“You shall not
do so, my
brothers, with
that which
Yahweh has given
to us, who has
preserved us,
and delivered
the troop that
came against us
into our hand.
24
Who will listen
to you in this
matter? For as
his share is who
goes down to the
battle, so shall
his share be who
tarries by the
baggage: they
shall share
alike.”
25
It was so from
that day
forward, that he
made it a
statute and an
ordinance for
Israel to this
day.
26
When David came
to Ziklag, he
sent of the
spoil to the
elders of Judah,
even to his
friends, saying,
“Behold, a
present for you
of the spoil of
the enemies of
Yahweh.”
27
He sent it to
those who were
in Bethel, and
to those who
were in Ramoth
of the South,
and to those who
were in Jattir,
28
and to those who
were in Aroer,
and to those who
were in Siphmoth,
and to those who
were in Eshtemoa,
29
and to those who
were in Racal,
and to those who
were in the
cities of the
Jerahmeelites,
and to those who
were in the
cities of the
Kenites,
30
and to those who
were in Hormah,
and to those who
were in Borashan,
and to those who
were in Athach,
31
and to those who
were in Hebron,
and to all the
places where
David himself
and his men used
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62 Saul's Visit
to the Witch of
Endor.
1 Samuel
28:3, 5-25.
3
Now Samuel was
dead, and all
Israel had
lamented him,
and buried him
in Ramah, even
in his own city.
Saul had put
away those who
had familiar
spirits, and the
wizards, out of
the land.
5
When Saul saw
the army of the
Philistines, he
was afraid, and
his heart
trembled
greatly.
6
When Saul
inquired of
Yahweh, Yahweh
didn’t answer
him, neither by
dreams, nor by
Urim, nor by
prophets.
7
Then Saul said
to his servants,
“Seek me a woman
who has a
familiar spirit,
that I may go to
her, and inquire
of her.”
His servants
said to him,
“Behold, there
is a woman who
has a familiar
spirit at Endor.”
8
Saul disguised
himself, and put
on other
clothing, and
went, he and two
men with him,
and they came to
the woman by
night: and he
said, “Please
divine to me by
the familiar
spirit, and
bring me up
whomever I shall
name to you.”
9
The woman said
to him, “Behold,
you know what
Saul has done,
how he has cut
off those who
have familiar
spirits, and the
wizards, out of
the land. Why
then do you lay
a snare for my
life, to cause
me to die?”
10
Saul swore to
her by Yahweh,
saying, “As
Yahweh lives, no
punishment shall
happen to you
for this thing.”
11
Then the woman
said, “Whom
shall I bring up
to you?”
He said, “Bring
Samuel up for
me.”
12
When the woman
saw Samuel, she
cried with a
loud voice; and
the woman spoke
to Saul, saying,
“Why have you
deceived me? For
you are Saul!”
13
The king said to
her, “Don’t be
afraid. For what
do you see?”
The woman said
to Saul, “I see
a god coming up
out of the
earth.”
14
He said to her,
“What does he
look like?”
She said, “An
old man comes
up. He is
covered with a
robe.” Saul
perceived that
it was Samuel,
and he bowed
with his face to
the ground, and
showed respect.
15
Samuel said to
Saul, “Why have
you disturbed
me, to bring me
up?”
Saul answered,
“I am very
distressed; for
the Philistines
make war against
me, and God has
departed from
me, and answers
me no more,
neither by
prophets, nor by
dreams.
Therefore I have
called you, that
you may make
known to me what
I shall do.”
16
Samuel said,
“Why then do you
ask of me, since
Yahweh has
departed from
you and has
become your
adversary?
17
Yahweh has done
to you as he
spoke by me.
Yahweh has torn
the kingdom out
of your hand,
and given it to
your neighbor,
even to David.
18
Because you
didn’t obey the
voice of Yahweh,
and didn’t
execute his
fierce wrath on
Amalek,
therefore Yahweh
has done this
thing to you
this day.
19
Moreover Yahweh
will deliver
Israel also with
you into the
hand of the
Philistines; and
tomorrow you and
your sons will
be with me.
Yahweh will
deliver the army
of Israel also
into the hand of
the
Philistines.”
20
Then Saul fell
immediately his
full length on
the earth, and
was terrified,
because of the
words of Samuel.
There was no
strength in him;
for he had eaten
no bread all the
day, nor all the
night.
21
The woman came
to Saul, and saw
that he was very
troubled, and
said to him,
“Behold, your
handmaid has
listened to your
voice, and I
have put my life
in my hand, and
have listened to
your words which
you spoke to me.
22
Now therefore,
please listen
also to the
voice of your
handmaid, and
let me set a
morsel of bread
before you; and
eat, that you
may have
strength, when
you go on your
way.”
23
But he refused,
and said, I will
not eat. But his
servants,
together with
the woman,
constrained him;
and he listened
to their voice.
So he arose from
the earth, and
sat on the bed.
24
The woman had a
fattened calf in
the house. She
hurried and
killed it; and
she took flour,
and kneaded it,
and baked
unleavened bread
of it.
25
She brought it
before Saul, and
before his
servants; and
they ate. Then
they rose up,
and went away
that night. |
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63. The Fall of
the House of
Saul.
(1) The Battle
of Mount Gilboa. |
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1 Samuel
31:1-13.
1
Now the
Philistines
fought against
Israel: and the
men of Israel
fled from before
the Philistines,
and fell down
slain on Mount
Gilboa.
2
The Philistines
followed hard on
Saul and on his
sons; and the
Philistines
killed Jonathan,
and Abinadab,
and Malchishua,
the sons of
Saul.
3
The battle went
hard against
Saul, and the
archers overtook
him; and he was
greatly
distressed by
reason of the
archers.
4
Then Saul said
to his armor
bearer, “Draw
your sword, and
thrust me
through with it,
lest these
uncircumcised
come and thrust
me through, and
abuse me!” But
his armor bearer
would not; for
he was
terrified.
Therefore Saul
took his sword,
and fell on it.
5
When his armor
bearer saw that
Saul was dead,
he likewise fell
on his sword,
and died with
him.
6
So Saul died,
and his three
sons, and his
armor bearer,
and all his men,
that same day
together.
7
When the men of
Israel who were
on the other
side of the
valley, and
those who were
beyond the
Jordan, saw that
the men of
Israel fled, and
that Saul and
his sons were
dead, they
forsook the
cities, and
fled; and the
Philistines came
and lived in
them.
8
It happened on
the next day,
when the
Philistines came
to strip the
slain, that they
found Saul and
his three sons
fallen on Mount
Gilboa.
9
They cut off his
head, and
stripped off his
armor, and sent
into the land of
the Philistines
all around, to
carry the news
to the house of
their idols, and
to the people.
10
They put his
armor in the
house of the
Ashtaroth; and
they fastened
his body to the
wall of Beth
Shan.
11
When the
inhabitants of
Jabesh Gilead
heard concerning
him that which
the Philistines
had done to
Saul,
12
all the valiant
men arose, and
went all night,
and took the
body of Saul and
the bodies of
his sons from
the wall of Beth
Shan; and they
came to Jabesh,
and burnt them
there.
13
They took their
bones, and
buried them
under the
tamarisk tree in
Jabesh, and
fasted seven
days.
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1 Chronicles
10:1-14.
1
Now the
Philistines
fought against
Israel: and the
men of Israel
fled from before
the Philistines,
and fell down
slain on Mount
Gilboa.
2
The Philistines
followed hard
after Saul and
after his sons;
and the
Philistines
killed Jonathan,
and Abinadab,
and Malchishua,
the sons of
Saul.
3
The battle went
hard against
Saul, and the
archers overtook
him; and he was
distressed by
reason of the
archers.
4
Then Saul said
to his armor
bearer, “Draw
your sword, and
thrust me
through with it,
lest these
uncircumcised
come and abuse
me.”
But his armor
bearer would
not; for he was
terrified.
Therefore Saul
took his sword,
and fell on it.
5
When his armor
bearer saw that
Saul was dead,
he likewise fell
on his sword,
and died.
6
So Saul died,
and his three
sons; and all
his house died
together.
7
When all the men
of Israel who
were in the
valley saw that
they fled, and
that Saul and
his sons were
dead, they
forsook their
cities, and
fled; and the
Philistines came
and lived in
them.
8
It happened on
the next day,
when the
Philistines came
to strip the
slain, that they
found Saul and
his sons fallen
on Mount Gilboa.
9
They stripped
him, and took
his head, and
his armor, and
sent into the
land of the
Philistines all
around, to carry
the news to
their idols, and
to the people.
10
They put his
armor in the
house of their
gods, and
fastened his
head in the
house of Dagon.
11
When all Jabesh
Gilead heard all
that the
Philistines had
done to Saul,
12
all the valiant
men arose, and
took away the
body of Saul,
and the bodies
of his sons, and
brought them to
Jabesh, and
buried their
bones under the
oak in Jabesh,
and fasted seven
days.
13
So Saul died for
his trespass
which he
committed
against Yahweh,
because of the
word of Yahweh,
which he didn’t
keep; and also
because he asked
counsel of one
who had a
familiar spirit,
to inquire,
14
and didn’t
inquire of
Yahweh:
therefore he
killed him, and
turned the
kingdom to David
the son of
Jesse.
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(2) The
Accident to
Mephibosheth.
2 Samuel
4:4.
4
Now Jonathan,
Saul’s son, had
a son who was
lame of his
feet. He was
five years old
when the news
came of Saul and
Jonathan out of
Jezreel; and his
nurse took him
up, and fled:
and it happened,
as she made
haste to flee,
that he fell,
and became lame.
His name was
Mephibosheth. |
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