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1 Samuel 18:12-17

12AndSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586wasH1961afraidוַיִּרָ֥אvai.yi.Ra'H3372ofDavidדָוִ֑דda.VidH1732,becauseJehovahwasH1961withhim,andwasH1961departedH5493fromSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586.

13ThereforeSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586removedH5493himfromhim,andmadeH7760himhiscaptainoverathousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505;andhewentH3318outandcameH935inbeforethepeopleהָעָֽם׃ פha.'AmH5971.

14AndDavidדָוִ֛דda.VidH1732behaved himself wiselyinallhiswaysדְּרָכָ֖יוda.re.KhavH1870;andJehovahwasH1961withhim.

15AndwhenH834Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586sawH7200thathebehavedhimselfveryH3966wisely,hestoodinaweofhim.

16ButallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478andJudahוִיהוּדָ֔הvi.hu.DahH3063lovedH157Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732;forhewentH3318outandcameH935inbeforethem.

17AndSaulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586saidH559toDavidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732,Behold,myelderdaughterבִתִּ֨יvi.TiH1323Merabמֵרַב֙me.RavH4764,herwillIgiveאֶתֶּן־'e.ten-H5414theetowifeלְאִשָּׁ֔הle.'i.ShahH802:onlyאַ֚ךְ'akhH389beH1961thouvaliantforme,andfightוְהִלָּחֵ֖םve.hi.la.ChemH3898Jehovah’sbattlesH4421.ForSaulוְשָׁא֣וּלve.sha.'UlH7586saidH559,Letnotmyhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027beH1961uponhim,butletthehandיַד־yad-H3027ofthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ סpe.lish.TimH6430beH1961uponhim.

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