I. SAMUEL XXYV. 44.

BC. about, 1060.
MICHAL,
44, 2 Sam. 3. 14, 15.
1. Ch, 23.19. Ps, 54, title. iS mon, The Desert.
SAUL SEEKS DAVID.
é. ish,
DAVID SENDS OUT SPIES.
DAVID AND ABISHAI GO TO SAUL.
ons.
6.1 Chr. 2. 16.
9, Ps.57, title. 2Sam. 1.16.
J, Jehovah's.
10. Ch. 25. 38. Ps,.94.1,2,23.
J. flask.
o. one.
DAVID REPROVES ABNER.
44 But Saul had.given ~Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the_ son_of Laish, which was of Gallim.
AND the Ziphites came unto 26 Saul to xGibeah, saying, “Doth not David hide_himself in the_hill_of xHachilah, which is before Jj xJeshi- mon?” -
2 Then Saul arose, and went_down to the_wilderness_of Ziph, having three
thousand chosen ‘ men_of Israél with him, to seek -David in the_wilderness_
of Ziph.
8 And Saul pitched in the_hill_of xHachilah, which 7s before xJeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
4 David therefore sent_out spies, and understood that Saul was_come in very_deed.
5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had _ pitched: and David beheld «the place where Saul lay, and Abner the_son_of Ner, the_captain_
“jof his host: and Saul -lay in the
btrench, and thepeople-pitched round_ about 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 ?” And Abishai said, “€ will_go_down with thee.”
7 So David and Abishai came to the people by_night : and, behold, Saul lay
‘sleeping within the ‘trench, and his
spear +stuck in the ground at his bol- ster: but Abner and the people +lay round_about him.
8 Then said Abishai to David, “=God ‘hath _sdelivered thine -enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore Het_me_smite him, I_pray_thee, with the spear eyen to the earth at_once, ane I will not smite him the second_ time.”
9 And David said to Abishai, “'De- stroy him not: for who -can_stretch_ forth his hand against !the Lorp’s anointed, and -be_guiltless ?”
10 David said furthermore, “As ‘the Lorp liveth, ’ the Lorp shall_smite him ; or his day shall_come to die; or he shall_descend into xbattle, and perish.
115 The Lorp forbid that I »should_ stretch_forth mine hand against Jthe Lorp’sanointed: but, I_pray_thee, take thou now «the spear that 7s at his bol- ster, and -the_/ cruse_of x=water, and let us go.”
12 So David took -the spear and -the_ / cruse_of x=water from Saul’s bolster ; and they gat them away, and no_oman 4saw it, nor +knew it, neither sawaked : for they were all asleep; because a deep_sleep from 4 the Lorp was-fallen upon them.
13 Then David went_overto_the other_ side, and stood on the_top_of a xhill afar off; a great xspace being between them :
14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the_son_of Ner, saying, “'An- swerest thou not, Abner?” Then Abner