I. Samugn XXVIII. 2.

answered and said, “Who art thon that|B.C.a -criest to the king ?” 1
15 And David said to Abner, “Art not thou a valiant ‘man? and who is like]i. ish. to thee in Israél ? wherefore then -hast thou not g kept thy =lord the king? for|g. or there_came one-_of the people in to de-| suarded. stroy -the king thy =lord. d 16 xThis xthing ts not good that thou ‘ shast_done. As ‘the Lorp liveth, pe| J. Jehovah. are sworthy to die, because ye -have}s. not cA ok your =master, ’the Lorp’s ue anointed. And now +see where the ye king’s spear is, and +the_/cruse_of x=water that was at his bolster.”
7 And Saul knew Dayid’s -voice, and said, “Js this thy voice, my son David?” And David said, “Jt is my
voice, my -lord, O_king.” Ch. 24. 8: 18 And he said, “ Wherefore doth my -lord thus pursue after his servant? for what -have_I_done? or what evil zs in mine hand?
19 Now therefore, I_pray_thee, "let
my -lord the king hear -the_words_of his servant. If Jthe Lorp -have_ stirred_thee_up against me, "let Him smaccept an g offering: but if they be the_s children_of @ xmen, cursed be thep before 'the Lorn ; for they -have_driven_| , me_out this day from ¢ abiding in the_|« inheritance_of J the Lorp, saying, ‘*Go, *serve other gods.’ 9 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to_the_earth before the_face_of ‘the Lorn: for the_king_of Israél sis_ come-_out to seek oa flea, acas when one_'doth_hunt @ xpartridge in the mountains.” 21 Then said Saul, “I have sinned: ‘return, my son David: for I will no more do_thee_harm, because my soul] = was_precious in thine eyes xthis xday: behold, I Repel hi a and have_erred exceedingly.”
2 And David answered and said,
“Behold the king’s «spear! and let one of the young_men come-over and fetch it.
233 The Lorp trender to ‘ every_man his -righteousness and his -faithful- ness: for / the Lorp delivered thee into |;" my hand to-day, but I would not stretch_forth mine hand against 7 the Lorp’s anointed.
24 And, behold, «cas thy solife was_ much_set_by xthis xday in mine Satu Het my s life be-much-_set_by in the. eyes_of! the Lorn, and let_Him_deliver me out-of all tribulation.”
2 Then Saul said to David, “Blessed, be thou, my son David: thou shalt_ both do great things, and also shalt_ still prevail.” So David went_on his way, and Saul returned to his place. 2 AND David said in his heart, “1
shall now pas one day by the_ hand_of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should_s ily escape into the_land_of the Philistines ; and Saul -shall_despair of me, to seek me any_more in any coast_of Israél: so *shall_I_escape out_of his hand.”
2 And David arose, and he passed_|%S%e° over with the six hundred ‘men that Ps ane
| B.C. about 1058.
ACHISH
ACHISH
m.jand Abigail the
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. |thered their -armies together for xwar-
} J. Samurn XXVII. 3.
were with him unto 4 Achish, the_son_ of ™ Maoch, king_of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at
or |Gath, he and his poe een en
with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife. ;
4 And it was_told Saul that David was_fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5 And David said unto Achish, “If I shave now found grace in thine eyes, Het_them-_give me a place in osome town in the country, that I may_dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?”
6 Then Achish gave him 7~Ziklag xthat xday: wherefore Ziklag »pertain- eth unto the_kings_of Judah unto xthis
"| xday.
y. 7 And the_ time that David dwelt in the_country_of the Philistines was a y full year and four months.
8 And David and his « men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the_inhabitants_of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the_land_of Egypt. :
9 And David -smote -the land, and Heft neither iman nor woman alive, and -took_away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the Borers and returned, and came to Achish.
10 And Achish said, “ Whither -have_ ye_made_a_rroad to-day?” And David said, “Against the_south_of Judah, and against the_south_of the Jerah- meelites, and against the_south_of the Kenites.”
il And David ‘saved neither «man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, “Lest they should_tell on us, saying, ‘So did David, and so wil be his manner all the while he oi in the_country_of the Philis- tines.’”
22 And Achish believed »‘ David, say- ing, “He hath_made his people »‘ Israel utterly to_abhor him; therefore he *shall_be my servant for ever.”
AND it came_to_pass in xthose xdays, that the Philistines ga-
fare, to fight with Israél. And Achish said unto David, “Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt_go_out with me to xbattle, thon and thy « men.”
2 And David said to Achish, “Surely thou shalt-know «what thy servant tean_do.” And Achish said to David, “Therefore will.I_make thee keeper of mine head ¢ for ever.”
3 Now Samuel was_dead, and all
'|Israél had_lamented him, and buried
him in xRamah, even in his_own city. And Saul had_put_away -those_that ohad_familiar_spirits, and -the wizards, out_of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered_them- selyes_together, and came and pitched in sShunem: and Saul gathered -all eIsraél together, and they pitched in 9*Gilboa.