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1 # And it came to pass, when Saul <07586> was returned <07725> (8804) from following <0310> the Philistines <06430> , that it was told <05046> (8686) him, saying <0559> (8800), Behold, David <01732> is in the wilderness <04057> of Engedi <05872>.
2 Then Saul <07586> took <03947> (8799) three <07969> thousand <0505> chosen <0977> (8803) men <0376> out of all Israel <03478>, and went <03212> (8799) to seek <01245> (8763) David <01732> and his men <0582> upon <06440> the rocks <06697> of the wild goats <03277>.
3 And he came <0935> (8799) to the sheepcotes <01448> <06629> by the way <01870>, where was a cave <04631>; and Saul <07586> went in <0935> (8799) to cover <05526> (8687) his feet <07272>: and David <01732> and his men <0582> remained <03427> (8802) in the sides <03411> of the cave <04631>.
4 And the men <0582> of David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold the day <03117> of which the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8804) unto thee, Behold, I will deliver <05414> (8802) thine enemy <0341> (8802) into thine hand <03027>, that thou mayest do <06213> (8804) to him as it shall seem good <03190> (8799) unto thee <05869>. Then David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and cut off <03772> (8799) the skirt <03671> of Saul's <07586> robe <04598> privily <03909>.
5 And it came to pass afterward <0310>, that David's <01732> heart <03820> smote <05221> (8686) him, because he had cut off <03772> (8804) Saul's <07586> skirt <03671>.
6 And he said <0559> (8799) unto his men <0582>, The LORD <03068> forbid <02486> that I should do <06213> (8799) this thing <01697> unto my master <0113>, the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>, to stretch forth <07971> (8800) mine hand <03027> against him, seeing he is the anointed <04899> of the LORD <03068>.
7 So David <01732> stayed <08156> (8762) his servants <0582> with these words <01697>, and suffered <05414> (8804) them not to rise <06965> (8800) against Saul <07586>. But Saul <07586> rose up <06965> (8804) out of the cave <04631>, and went <03212> (8799) on his way <01870>.
8 David <01732> also arose <06965> (8799) afterward, and went out <03318> (8799) of the cave <04631> , and cried <07121> (8799) after <0310> Saul <07586>, saying <0559> (8800), My lord <0113> the king <04428> . And when Saul <07586> looked <05027> (8686) behind <0310> him, David <01732> stooped <06915> (8799) with his face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself.
9 # And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Saul <07586>, Wherefore hearest <08085> (8799) thou men's <0120> words <01697>, saying <0559> (8800), Behold, David <01732> seeketh <01245> (8764) thy hurt <07451> ?
10 Behold, this day <03117> thine eyes <05869> have seen <07200> (8804) how that the LORD <03068> had delivered <05414> (8804) thee to day <03117> into mine hand <03027> in the cave <04631>: and some bade <0559> (8804) me kill <02026> (8800) thee: but mine eye spared <02347> (8799) thee; and I said <0559> (8799), I will not put forth <07971> (8799) mine hand <03027> against my lord <0113>; for he is the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>.
11 Moreover, my father <01>, see <07200> (8798), yea, see <07200> (8798) the skirt <03671> of thy robe <04598> in my hand <03027>: for in that I cut off <03772> (8800) the skirt <03671> of thy robe <04598>, and killed <02026> (8804) thee not, know <03045> (8798) thou and see <07200> (8798) that there is neither evil <07451> nor transgression <06588> in mine hand <03027>, and I have not sinned <02398> (8804) against thee; yet thou huntest <06658> (8802) my soul <05315> to take <03947> (8800) it.
12 The LORD <03068> judge <08199> (8799) between me and thee, and the LORD <03068> avenge <05358> (8804) me of thee: but mine hand <03027> shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith <0559> (8799) the proverb <04912> of the ancients <06931>, Wickedness <07562> proceedeth <03318> (8799) from the wicked <07563>: but mine hand <03027> shall not be upon thee.
14 After <0310> whom is the king <04428> of Israel <03478> come out <03318> (8804)? after <0310> whom dost thou pursue <07291> (8802)? after <0310> a dead <04191> (8801) dog <03611>, after <0310> a <0259> flea <06550>.
15 The LORD <03068> therefore be judge <01781>, and judge <08199> (8804) between me and thee, and see <07200> (8799), and plead <07378> (8799) my cause <07379>, and deliver <08199> (8799) me out of thine hand <03027>.
16 # And it came to pass, when David <01732> had made an end <03615> (8763) of speaking <01696> (8763) these words <01697> unto Saul <07586>, that Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Is this thy voice <06963>, my son <01121> David <01732>? And Saul <07586> lifted up <05375> (8799) his voice <06963>, and wept <01058> (8799).
17 And he said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>, Thou art more righteous <06662> than I: for thou hast rewarded <01580> (8804) me good <02896>, whereas I have rewarded <01580> (8804) thee evil <07451>.
18 And thou hast shewed <05046> (8689) this day <03117> how that thou hast dealt <06213> (8804) well <02896> with me: forasmuch as when the LORD <03068> had delivered <05462> (8765) me into thine hand <03027>, thou killedst <02026> (8804) me not.
19 For if a man <0376> find <04672> (8799) his enemy <0341> (8802), will he let him go <07971> (8765) well <02896> away <01870>? wherefore the LORD <03068> reward <07999> (8762) thee good <02896> for that thou hast done <06213> (8804) unto me this day <03117>.
20 And now, behold, I know well <03045> (8804) that thou shalt surely <04427> (8800) be king <04427> (8799) , and that the kingdom <04467> of Israel <03478> shall be established <06965> (8804) in thine hand <03027>.
21 Swear <07650> (8734) now therefore unto me by the LORD <03068>, that thou wilt not <0518> cut off <03772> (8686) my seed <02233> after <0310> me, and that thou wilt not destroy <08045> (8686) my name <08034> out of my father's <01> house <01004>.
22 And David <01732> sware <07650> (8735) unto Saul <07586>. And Saul <07586> went <03212> (8799) home <01004>; but David <01732> and his men <0582> gat them up <05927> (8804) unto the hold <04686>.