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1 # And the Ziphites <02130> came <0935> (8799) unto Saul <07586> to Gibeah <01390>, saying <0559> (8800), Doth not David <01732> hide <05641> (8693) himself in the hill <01389> of Hachilah <02444>, which is before <06440> Jeshimon <03452>?
2 Then Saul <07586> arose <06965> (8799), and went down <03381> (8799) to the wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128>, having three <07969> thousand <0505> chosen <0977> (8803) men <0376> of Israel <03478> with him, to seek <01245> (8763) David <01732> in the wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128>.
3 And Saul <07586> pitched <02583> (8799) in the hill <01389> of Hachilah <02444>, which is before <06440> Jeshimon <03452>, by the way <01870>. But David <01732> abode <03427> (8802) in the wilderness <04057>, and he saw <07200> (8799) that Saul <07586> came <0935> (8804) after <0310> him into the wilderness <04057>.
4 David <01732> therefore sent out <07971> (8799) spies <07270> (8764), and understood <03045> (8799) that Saul <07586> was come <0935> (8804) in very deed <03559> (8737).
5 And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) to the place <04725> where Saul <07586> had pitched <02583> (8804): and David <01732> beheld <07200> (8799) the place <04725> where Saul <07586> lay <07901> (8804), and Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, the captain <08269> of his host <06635> : and Saul <07586> lay <07901> (8802) in the trench <04570>, and the people <05971> pitched <02583> (8802) round about <05439> him.
6 # Then answered <06030> (8799) David <01732> and said <0559> (8799) to Ahimelech <0288> the Hittite <02850>, and to Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, brother <0251> to Joab <03097>, saying <0559> (8800), Who will go down <03381> (8799) with me to Saul <07586> to the camp <04264>? And Abishai <052> said <0559> (8799), I will go down <03381> (8799) with thee.
7 So David <01732> and Abishai <052> came <0935> (8799) to the people <05971> by night <03915>: and, behold, Saul <07586> lay <07901> (8802) sleeping <03463> within the trench <04570>, and his spear <02595> stuck <04600> (8803) in the ground <0776> at his bolster <04763>: but Abner <074> and the people <05971> lay <07901> (8802) round about <05439> him.
8 Then said <0559> (8799) Abishai <052> to David <01732>, God <0430> hath delivered <05462> (8765) thine enemy <0341> (8802) into thine hand <03027> this day <03117>: now therefore let me smite <05221> (8686) him, I pray thee, with the spear <02595> even to the earth <0776> at once <06471> <0259>, and I will not smite him the second time <08138> (8799).
9 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abishai <052>, Destroy <07843> (8686) him not: for who can stretch forth <07971> (8804) his hand <03027> against the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>, and be guiltless <05352> (8738) ?
10 David <01732> said <0559> (8799) furthermore, As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, the LORD <03068> shall smite <05062> (8799) him; or his day <03117> shall come <0935> (8799) to die <04191> (8804); or he shall descend <03381> (8799) into battle <04421>, and perish <05595> (8738).
11 The LORD <03068> forbid <02486> that I should stretch forth <07971> (8800) mine hand <03027> against the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>: but, I pray thee, take <03947> (8798) thou now the spear <02595> that is at his bolster <04763> , and the cruse <06835> of water <04325>, and let us go <03212> (8799).
12 So David <01732> took <03947> (8799) the spear <02595> and the cruse <06835> of water <04325> from Saul's <07586> bolster <07226>; and they gat them away <03212> (8799), and no man saw <07200> (8802) it, nor knew <03045> (8802) it, neither awaked <06974> (8688): for they were all asleep <03463>; because a deep sleep <08639> from the LORD <03068> was fallen <05307> (8804) upon them.
13 # Then David <01732> went over <05674> (8799) to the other side <05676>, and stood <05975> (8799) on the top <07218> of an hill <02022> afar off <07350>; a great <07227> space <04725> being between them:
14 And David <01732> cried <07121> (8799) to the people <05971>, and to Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, saying <0559> (8800), Answerest <06030> (8799) thou not, Abner <074>? Then Abner <074> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Who art thou that criest <07121> (8804) to the king <04428>?
15 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abner <074>, Art not thou a valiant man <0376>? and who is like to thee in Israel <03478>? wherefore then hast thou not kept <08104> (8804) thy lord <0113> the king <04428>? for there came <0935> (8804) one <0259> of the people <05971> in to destroy <07843> (8687) the king <04428> thy lord <0113>.
16 This thing <01697> is not good <02896> that thou hast done <06213> (8804). As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, ye are worthy <01121> to die <04194>, because ye have not kept <08104> (8804) your master <0113>, the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>. And now see <07200> (8798) where the king's <04428> spear <02595> is, and the cruse <06835> of water <04325> that was at his bolster <04763>.
17 And Saul <07586> knew <05234> (8686) David's <01732> voice <06963>, and said <0559> (8799) , Is this thy voice <06963>, my son <01121> David <01732>? And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), It is my voice <06963>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>.
18 And he said <0559> (8799), Wherefore doth my lord <0113> thus pursue <07291> (8802) after <0310> his servant <05650>? for what have I done <06213> (8804)? or what evil <07451> is in mine hand <03027>?
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord <0113> the king <04428> hear <08085> (8799) the words <01697> of his servant <05650>. If the LORD <03068> have stirred thee up <05496> (8689) against me, let him accept <07306> (8686) an offering <04503>: but if they be the children <01121> of men <0120>, cursed <0779> (8803) be they before <06440> the LORD <03068>; for they have driven <01644> (8765) me out this day <03117> from abiding <05596> (8692) in the inheritance <05159> of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798), serve <05647> (8798) other <0312> gods <0430>.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood <01818> fall <05307> (8799) to the earth <0776> before the face <06440> of the LORD <03068>: for the king <04428> of Israel <03478> is come out <03318> (8804) to seek <01245> (8763) a <0259> flea <06550>, as when one doth hunt <07291> (8799) a partridge <07124> in the mountains <02022>.
21 # Then said <0559> (8799) Saul <07586>, I have sinned <02398> (8804): return <07725> (8798) , my son <01121> David <01732>: for I will no more do thee harm <07489> (8686), because my soul <05315> was precious <03365> (8804) in thine eyes <05869> this day <03117>: behold, I have played the fool <05528> (8689), and have erred <07686> (8799) exceedingly <07235> (8687) <03966>.
22 And David <01732> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Behold the king's <04428> spear <02595>! and let one <0259> of the young men <05288> come over <05674> (8799) and fetch <03947> (8799) it.
23 The LORD <03068> render <07725> (8686) to every man <0376> his righteousness <06666> and his faithfulness <0530>: for the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8804) thee into my hand <03027> to day <03117>, but I would <014> (8804) not stretch forth <07971> (8800) mine hand <03027> against the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>.
24 And, behold, as thy life <05315> was much set by <01431> (8804) this day <03117> in mine eyes <05869>, so let my life <05315> be much set by <01431> (8799) in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and let him deliver <05337> (8686) me out of all tribulation <06869>.
25 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>, Blessed <01288> (8803) be thou, my son <01121> David <01732>: thou shalt both do <06213> (8799) great <06213> (8800) things, and also shalt still <03201> (8800) prevail <03201> (8799). So David <01732> went <03212> (8799) on his way <01870>, and Saul <07586> returned <07725> (8804) to his place <04725>.