Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 24:3-11

3And hecameH376to the sheepcotes by thewayפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440,whereH5921was a cave; andSaulH7586wentH376in to cover his feet. NowDavidH1732and hismenאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

4And themenH376ofDavidH1732saidאֶל־'el-H413unto him, Behold, the day ofwhichוְשָׁ֣םve.ShamH8033the LORDsaidאֵלָ֗יו'e.LavH413unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemyintoאֵלֶ֗יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413thine hand, and thou shaltdoH935to him as it shall seem good unto thee. ThenDavidH1732arose, and cutoffעַל־'al-H5921the skirt ofSaul’sH7586robe privily.

5And itcameH413topassוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965afterward, thatDavid’sH1732heart smote himbecauseH834he hadcutכָּרַ֔תka.RatH3772offוַיִּכְרֹ֛תvai.yikh.RotH3772Saul’sH7586skirtH3671.

6And hesaidH3651unto hismenכָּרַ֔תka.RatH3772, The LORD forbid that I should do thisthingH3651unto my lord, the LORD’S anointed, to put forth mine handagainstעַ֚ל'alH5921him, seeing he is the LORD’S anointed.

7Soאֶעֱשֶׂה֩'e.'e.SehH6213DavidH3027checked hismenH376withtheseH2088wordsבַּדְּבָרִ֔יםba.de.va.RimH1697, and suffered themnotH2088to riseagainstH3027SaulH559. AndSaulH559roseupH853outלִשְׁלֹ֥חַlish.Lo.achH7971of the cave, andwentH376on hiswayהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697.

8DavidH1732alsoaroseH6965afterward, andwentH6965outH413of thecaveH4631, andcriedנְתָנָ֖םne.ta.NamH5414afterH413SaulH7586,sayingבַּדְּבָרִ֔יםba.de.va.RimH1697, My lord the king. And whenSaulH7586looked behind him,DavidH1732bowed with his face to the earth, anddidוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808obeisance.

9AndDavidH1732saidH559toSaulH7586, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words,sayingH559,Beholdוַיַּבֵּ֤טvai.ya.BetH5027,DavidH1732seeketh thy hurt?

10Beholdהִנֵּה֩hi.NehH2009, this day thine eyes have seenhowלָ֧מָּהLa.mahH4100that the LORD had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: andsomeהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009bademeH1697kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and IsaidH559, I willnotH1732putforthתִשְׁמַ֛עtish.Ma'H8085mine handagainstH1697my lord; for he is the LORD’S anointed.

11Moreoverהִנֵּה֩hi.NehH2009, my father,seeרְאֵ֔הre.'EhH7200,yeaH3588,seeרָא֣וּra.'UH7200the skirt of thy robe in myhandH3027: for in that I cutoffH5921the skirt of thy robe, andkilledH2026theenotH3808, know thou andseeרְאֵ֛הre.'EhH7200that there isneitherH3808evilnorH3808transgression in minehandH3027, and I havenotH3808sinnedagainstH5921thee,thoughH3588thou huntestafterH5921my soul totakeוּרְאֵה֙u.re.'EhH7200it.

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