I. Samu

B.C. about 1062. 13. Ps. 34, |
title.
s. scribbled, | or marks,
THE CAVE OF ADULLAM. 1. Ps, 57, 142,
titles. 1, 2. Matt. 23
_the people.
b. bitter-of soul
c. chief, or prince. DAVID'S PARENTS, 3. Isa. 16. 4. =God, Elo- him. s.stronghold, or fortress.
PROPHET GAD. h. Hareth, Heb. khe- reth, A cutting. SAUL's COMPLAINT. @. Heb. anahshim, plural of
Doge's IN- FORMATION. |
9. Ps. 52, title.
*/10. Ch, 21. 6, J. Jehovah. |
SAUL AND AHIME- LECH.
EL XXI. 13. 2
13 And he changed his ~behaviour before them, and feigned_himself_mad in their hands, and sscrabbled on the_ doors_of the gate, and let his spittle fall_down upon his beard.
14 Then said Achish unto his ser- vants, “Lo, ye ‘see the_iman pis_ mad : wherefore then thave_ye_brought
| him to me ?
15 Have € need of mad_men, that ye shave_brought this fellow to play_the_ mad_man in my presence? shall this
|fellow come into my house?”
22, DAVID therefore departed - thence, and escaped to the_ cave 4 Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went_down thither to him.
2 And every tone that was in_dis- tress, and every ‘one that 4was in_
iii,| debt, and every ‘one that was > discon-
tented, gathered_themselves unto him ; and he became a ccaptain over them: and there were with him about four hundred ¢ men.
3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he said unto the_king_of Moab, “'Let my father and my mother, I_pray_thee, come forth, and be with you, till I ‘know what =God will_do for me.”
4 And he brought them ~before the_ king_of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the_while_that David was in the s hold.
5 And the prophet Gad said unto Dayid, “tAbide not in the shold; de- part, and -get thee into the_land_of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the_forest_of + Hareth.
6 When Saul heard that David was_ discovered, and the «men that were with him, (now Saul abode in xGibeah under a ¢xtree in rxRamah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him ;)
7 Then Saul said unto his servants xathat stood about him, “*Hear now, ye_Benjamites ; will the_son_of Jesse give every_one of you fields and vine- yards, and make you all captains_of thousands, and captains_of hundreds ;
8 That all_of you -have_conspired against me, and there is none that ssheweth me that my son hath made_ a_league with the_son_of Jesse, and there is none of you +that is sorry for me, or +sheweth unto me that my son shath_stirred_up my servant against me, to lie_in_wait, as at xthis xday ?”
° Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was_set over the_servants_of Saul, and said, “I saw -the_son_of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the_ son_of Ahitub.
10 And he inquired of Jthe Lorp for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him -the_sword_of Goliath the Philis-
| tine.”
11 Then the king sent to call -Ahime-
jlech the priest, the_son_of Ahitub, and
rall his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all_of them to the king.
12 And Saul said, “Hear now, thou_
son_of Ahitub.” And “bo Here I am, my -lord.” 33 And Saul
and the_son_of Jesse, in that thou hast_given him bread, and a sword, and -hast_inguired of =God for him, that he should_rise against me, to lie_in_wait, as_at xthis xday?”
14 Then Ahimelech answered -the king, and said, “And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son_in_law, and goeth at ay bidding, and is_honourable in thine
ouse ?
15 Did I tthen begin to inquire oft. that day.
=God for him? be_it_far from me: Het not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the_house_of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.”
16 And the king said, “Thou shalt surely_die, Ahimelech, thon, and all thy father’s house,”
17 And the king said unto the r foot- men x+that stood about him, “-Turn, and «slay the_priests_of Jthe Lorp; because their hand also 7s with David, and because they knew ‘4 when he -fled, and did not shew it to me.” But the_ servants_of the king would not put_ forth their ~hand to fall upon the_ priests_of J the Lorp.
18 And the king said to Doeg, “*Turn thou, and -fall upon the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on «that xday fourscore and five persons +that_did_ wear a linen ephod.
19 And Nob, the_city_of the priests, smote he with the_edge_of the sword,
both ‘men and women, children and |i.
sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the_edge_of the sword.
20 And one of the_sons_of Ahimelech the_son_of Ahitub, named « Abiathar, escaped, and fied after David.
20. Ch. 21 And Abiathar shewed David that] Leftor
Saul had_slain J the Lorp’s -priests.
2 And David said unto Abiathar, “I knew 7t xthat xday, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would_ surely tell Saul: £ -have_occasioned the death of call the_persons_of thy father’s house,
23 -Abide thou with me, fear not:
for he that tseeketh my s+life tseeketh | s.
thy s-life: but with me thou shalt be
in safeguard.”
THEN they told David, saying, 93 “Behold, the Philistines «fight against # Keilah, and they srob the threshingfioors.”
2 Therefore David inquired of J the Lorp, saying, “Shall_I_go and -smite xthese xPhilistines?” And Jthe Lorp said unto David, “*Go, and «smite the Philistines, and -save -Keilah.”
3 And David's «men said unto him, “Behold, we +be_afraid here in Judah: how much_more-_then if we come to_ ieee against the_armies_of the Philis- tines.”
4Then David inquired of 4 the Lorp a yet again. And /the Lorp answered|4, Ch. 30.8, |
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