1 Samuel 26
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1 Samuel 26:1-4

1Then the Ziphitesהַזִּפִים֙ha.zi.FimH2130cameוַיָּבֹ֤אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586at Gibeahהַגִּבְעָ֖תָהha.giv.'A.tahH1390,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, “Is Davidדָוִ֤דda.VidH1732not keepingH5641himself hiddenH5641on the hillבְּגִבְעַ֣תbe.giv.'AtH1389of Hachilahהַחֲכִילָ֔הha.cha.khi.LahH2444, which isoppositeעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י'al pe.NeiH5921H6440Jeshimonהַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃hay.shi.MonH3452?”
2So Saulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586setH6965outH6965and wentH3381downוַיֵּ֙רֶד֙vai.Ye.redH3381to the wildernessמִדְבַּר־mid.bar-H4057of Ziphזִ֔יףZifH2128, taking with himthreeשְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־she.lo.shet-H7969thousandאֲלָפִ֥ים'a.la.FimH505chosenבְּחוּרֵ֣יbe.chu.ReiH977menאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,to searchלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245for Davidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732in the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּר־be.mid.bar-H4057of Ziphזִֽיף׃ZifH2128.
3And Saulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586campedוַיִּ֨חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583on the hillבְּגִבְעַ֣תbe.giv.'AtH1389of Hachilahהַחֲכִילָ֗הha.cha.khi.LahH2444,whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834is oppositeעַל־ פְּנֵ֥י'al- pe.NeiH5921H6440Jeshimonהַיְשִׁימֹ֖ןhay.shi.MonH3452,besideעַל־'al-H5921the roadהַדָּ֑רֶךְha.Da.rekhH1870,and Davidוְדָוִד֙ve.da.VidH1732was stayingיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057. Whenhe sawוַיַּ֕רְאvai.Yar'H7200that Saulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586had comeבָ֥אva'H935afterאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310him into the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃ha.mid.Ba.rahH4057,
4Davidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732sentH7971outH7971spiesמְרַגְּלִ֑יםme.ra.ge.LimH7270,and he learnedוַיֵּ֕דַעvai.Ye.da'H3045that Saulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586was definitelyנָכֽוֹן׃na.KhonH3559comingבָ֥אva'H935.
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