1 Samuel 26
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1 Samuel 26:13-25

13Then DavidH1732 went overH5674 to the other sideH5676, and stoodH5975 on the topH7218 of an hillH2022 afar offH7350; a greatH7227 spaceH4725 being between them: 14And DavidH1732 criedH7121 to the peopleH5971, and to AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369, sayingH559, AnswerestH6030 thou not, AbnerH74? Then AbnerH74 answeredH6030 and saidH559, Who art thou that criestH7121 to the kingH4428? 15And DavidH1732 saidH559 to AbnerH74, Art not thou a valiant manH376? and who is like to thee in IsraelH3478? wherefore then hast thou not keptH8104 thy lordH113 the kingH4428? for there cameH935 oneH259 of the peopleH5971 in to destroyH7843 the kingH4428 thy lordH113. 16This thingH1697 is not goodH2896 that thou hast doneH6213. As YhwhH3068 livethH2416, ye are worthyH1121 to dieH4194, because ye have not keptH8104 your masterH113, Yhwh'sH3068 anointedH4899. And now seeH7200 where the king’sH4428 spearH2595 is, and the cruseH6835 of waterH4325 that was at his headH4763.1 17And SaulH7586 knewH5234 David’sH1732 voiceH6963, and saidH559, Is this thy voiceH6963, my sonH1121 DavidH1732? And DavidH1732 saidH559, It is my voiceH6963, my lordH113, O kingH4428. 18And he saidH559, Wherefore doth my lordH113 thus pursueH7291 afterH310 his servantH5650? for what have I doneH6213? or what evilH7451 is in mine handH3027? 19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lordH113 the kingH4428 hearH8085 the wordsH1697 of his servantH5650. If YhwhH3068 have stirred thee upH5496 against me, let him acceptH7306 an offeringH4503: but if they be the childrenH1121 of menH120, cursedH779 be they beforeH6440 YhwhH3068; for they have drivenH1644 me out this dayH3117 from abidingH5596 in the inheritanceH5159 of YhwhH3068, sayingH559, GoH3212, serveH5647 otherH312 godsH430.23 20Now therefore, let not my bloodH1818 fallH5307 to the earthH776 before the faceH6440 of YhwhH3068: for the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 is come outH3318 to seekH1245 aH259 fleaH6550, as when one doth huntH7291 a partridgeH7124 in the mountainsH2022.

21Then saidH559 SaulH7586, I have sinnedH2398: returnH7725, my sonH1121 DavidH1732: for I will no more do thee harmH7489, because my soulH5315 was preciousH3365 in thine eyesH5869 this dayH3117: behold, I have played the foolH5528, and have erredH7686 exceedinglyH3966H7235. 22And DavidH1732 answeredH6030 and saidH559, Behold the king’sH4428 spearH2595! and let oneH259 of the young menH5288 come overH5674 and fetchH3947 it. 23YhwhH3068 renderH7725 to every manH376 his righteousnessH6666 and his faithfulnessH530: for YhwhH3068 deliveredH5414 thee into my handH3027 to dayH3117, but I wouldH14 not stretch forthH7971 mine handH3027 against Yhwh'sH3068 anointedH4899. 24And, behold, as thy lifeH5315 was much set byH1431 this dayH3117 in mine eyesH5869, so let my lifeH5315 be much set byH1431 in the eyesH5869 of YhwhH3068, and let him deliverH5337 me out of all tribulationH6869. 25Then SaulH7586 saidH559 to DavidH1732, BlessedH1288 be thou, my sonH1121 DavidH1732: thou shalt both doH6213 greatH6213 things, and also shalt stillH3201 prevailH3201. So DavidH1732 wentH3212 on his wayH1870, and SaulH7586 returnedH7725 to his placeH4725.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 26:16 worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 26:19 accept: Heb. smell. ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 26:19 abiding: Heb. cleaving. ↩

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