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1 Samuel 24

1And it came to pass, whenSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586hadreturnedשָׁ֣בshavH7725fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרֵ֖יme.'a.cha.ReiH310thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430, that it wastoldוַיַּגִּ֤דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046to him,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Behold,DavidH1732is in thewildernessבְּמִדְבַּ֖רbe.mid.BarH4057ofEngediH5872.

2ThenSaulH7586tookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947threeשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969thousandאֲלָפִ֛ים'a.la.FimH505chosenבָּח֖וּרba.ChurH977menאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376out of allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andwentH3212toseekלְבַקֵּ֤שׁle.va.KeshH1245DavidH1732and hismenוַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוva.'a.na.ShavH582uponפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440therocksצוּרֵ֥יtzu.ReiH6697of the wildgoatsהַיְּעֵלִֽים׃hai.ye.'e.LimH3277.

3And hecameוַ֠יָּבֹאVai.ya.vo'H935to thesheepfoldsגִּדְר֨וֹת הַצֹּ֤אןgid.Rot ha.TzonH1448 H6629by thewayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870, where was acaveמְעָרָ֔הme.'a.RahH4631; andSaulH7586wentinוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935tocoverלְהָסֵ֣ךְle.ha.SekhH5526hisfeetרַגְלָ֑יוrag.LavH7272: andDavidH1732and hismenH582remainedיֹשְׁבִֽים׃yo.she.VimH3427in thesidesבְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥יbe.yar.ke.TeiH3411of thecaveהַמְּעָרָ֖הha.me.'a.RahH4631.

4And themenH582ofDavidH1732saidוַיֹּאמְרוּ֩vai.yo.me.RuH559to him, Behold thedayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117of which theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֧ר'a.MarH559to thee, Behold, I willdeliverנֹתֵ֤ןno.TenH5414thyenemyאֹֽיִבְךָ֙'o.ye.vei.khaH341into thyhandבְּיָדֶ֔ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027, that thou mayestdoוְעָשִׂ֣יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213to him as it shall seemgoodיִטַ֣בyi.TavH3190totheeבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869. ThenDavidH1732aroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, andsecretlyבַּלָּֽט׃ba.LatH3909cutoffוַיִּכְרֹ֛תvai.yikh.RotH3772theskirtכְּנַֽף־ke.naf-H3671ofSaul’sH7586robeהַמְּעִ֥ילha.me.'IlH4598.

5And it came to passafterwardאַֽחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310, thatDavid’sH1732heartלֵב־lev-H3820smoteוַיַּ֥ךְvai.YakhH5221him, because he had cutoffH3772Saul’sH7586skirtH3671.

6And hesaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to hismenלַאֲנָשָׁ֜יוla.'a.na.ShavH582, TheLORDמֵֽיהוָ֗הme.Yah.wehH3068forbidחָלִ֧ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that I shoulddoאֶעֱשֶׂה֩'e.'e.SehH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697to mymasterלַֽאדֹנִי֙la.do.NiH113, theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068anointedלִמְשִׁ֣יחַlim.Shi.achH4899, to stretchforthלִשְׁלֹ֥חַlish.Lo.achH7971myhandיָדִ֖יya.DiH3027against him, seeing he is theanointedמְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.achH4899of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

7SoDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732restrainedוַיְשַׁסַּ֨עvay.sha.Sa'H8156hisservantsH582with thesewordsH1697, andpermittedנְתָנָ֖םne.ta.NamH5414them not toriseלָק֣וּםla.KumH6965againstSaulשָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlH7586. ButSaulוְשָׁא֛וּלve.sha.'UlH7586roseקָ֥םkamH6965out of thecaveמֵהַמְּעָרָ֖הme.ha.me.'a.RahH4631, andwentH3212on hiswayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ סba.Da.rekhH1870.

8DavidH1732alsoroseH6965afterward, and wentoutוַיֵּצֵא֙vai.ye.Tze'H3318of thecaveH4631, andcriedוַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'H7121afterH310SaulH7586,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, Mylordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428. And whenSaulH7586lookedוַיַּבֵּ֤טvai.ya.BetH5027behindH310him,DavidH1732stoopedוַיִּקֹּ֨דvai.yi.KodH6915with hisfaceאַפַּ֛יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to theearthאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776, andbowedוַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ סvai.yish.Ta.chuH7812himself.

9AndDavidH1732saidH559toSaulH7586, Whyhearestתִשְׁמַ֛עtish.Ma'H8085thoumen’sאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697,sayingH559, Behold,DavidH1732seekethמְבַקֵּ֖שׁme.va.KeshH1245thyharmרָעָתֶֽךָ׃ra.'a.Te.khaH7451?

10Behold, thisdayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117thyeyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869haveseenרָא֣וּra.'UH7200how theLORDיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068hathdeliveredנְתָנְךָ֩ne.ta.ne.KhaH5414thee todayהַיּ֤וֹם׀hai.YomH3117into myhandבְּיָדִי֙be.ya.DiH3027in thecaveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631: and somebadeH559mekillלַהֲרָגֲךָ֖la.ha.ra.ga.KhaH2026thee: but my eyesparedוַתָּ֣חָסva.Ta.chosH2347thee; and IsaidH559, I will not putforthאֶשְׁלַ֤ח'esh.LachH7971myhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027against mylordבַּֽאדֹנִ֔יba.do.NiH113; for he is theLORD’Sיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068anointedמְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.achH4899.

11Moreover, myfatherוְאָבִ֣יve.'a.ViH1,seeH7200, yea,seeH7200theskirtכְּנַ֥ףke.NafH3671of thyrobeמְעִילְךָ֖me.'i.le.KhaH4598in myhandH3027: for in that I cutoffבְּכָרְתִי֩be.kha.re.TiH3772theskirtכְּנַ֨ףke.NafH3671of thyrobeמְעִֽילְךָ֜me.'i.le.KhaH4598, andkilledH2026thee not,knowדַּ֤עda'H3045thou andseeH7200that there is neitherevilרָעָ֤הra.'AhH7451nortransgressionוָפֶ֙שַׁע֙va.Fe.sha'H6588in myhandH3027, and I have notsinnedחָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398against thee; yet thouhuntestצֹדֶ֥הtzo.DehH6658mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315totakeלְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃le.kach.TahH3947it.

12TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068judgeיִשְׁפֹּ֤טyish.PotH8199between me and thee, and theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068avengeוּנְקָמַ֥נִיu.ne.ka.Ma.niH5358me of thee: but myhandH3027shall not be upon thee.

13Assaithיֹאמַ֗רyo.MarH559theproverbמְשַׁל֙me.ShalH4912of theancientsהַקַּדְמֹנִ֔יha.kad.mo.NiH6931,Wickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562proceedethיֵ֣צֵאYe.tze'H3318from thewickedמֵרְשָׁעִ֖יםme.re.sha.'ImH7563: but myhandH3027shall not be upon thee.

14Afterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310whom is thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478comeoutH3318?afterאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310whom dost thoupursueרֹדֵ֑ףro.DefH7291?afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310adeadמֵ֔תMetH4191dogכֶּ֣לֶבKe.levH3611,afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310aאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259fleaפַּרְעֹ֥שׁpar.'OshH6550.

15TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068therefore bejudgeלְדַיָּ֔ןle.dai.YanH1781, andjudgeוְשָׁפַ֖טve.sha.FatH8199between me and thee, andseeוְיֵ֙רֶא֙ve.Ye.re'H7200, andpleadוְיָרֵ֣בve.ya.RevH7378mycauseרִיבִ֔יri.ViH7379, anddeliverוְיִשְׁפְּטֵ֖נִיve.yish.pe.Te.niH8199me out of thyhandמִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ פmi.ya.De.khaH3027.

16And it came to pass, whenDavidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732hadfinishedכְּכַלּ֣וֹתke.kha.LotH3615speakingלְדַבֵּ֞רle.da.BerH1696thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֤יםha.de.va.RimH1697toSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586, thatSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Is this thyvoiceהֲקֹלְךָ֥ha.ko.le.ChaH6963, mysonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121Davidדָוִ֑דda.VidH1732? AndSaulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586liftedupוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375hisvoiceקֹל֖וֹko.LoH6963, andweptוַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃vai.Ye.vekH1058.

17And hesaidH559toDavidH1732, Thou art morerighteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662than I: for thou hastrewardedגְּמַלְתַּ֣נִיge.mal.Ta.niH1580me withgoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896, though I haverewardedגְּמַלְתִּ֥יךָge.mal.Ti.khaH1580thee withevilהָרָעָֽה׃ha.ra.'AhH7451.

18And thou hastshowedהִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.taH5046thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117how thou hastdealtעָשִׂ֥יתָה'a.Si.tahH6213 H2896with me: forasmuch as when theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068haddeliveredסִגְּרַ֧נִיsi.ge.Ra.niH5462me into thyhandבְּיָדְךָ֖be.ya.de.KhaH3027, thou didst notkillהֲרַגְתָּֽנִי׃ha.rag.Ta.niH2026me.

19For if amanאִישׁ֙'ishH376findethיִמְצָ֥אyim.Tza'H4672hisenemyאֹ֣יְב֔וֹ'o.ye.VoH341, will he let himgoוְשִׁלְּח֖וֹve.shi.le.ChoH7971awayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870wellH2896? therefore theLORDH3068rewardיְשַׁלֶּמְךָ֣ye.sha.lem.KhaH7999thee withgoodH2896for what thou hastdoneH6213to me thisdayH3117.

20And now, behold, I knowwellיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that thou shaltsurelyמָלֹ֖ךְma.LokhH4427bekingתִּמְל֑וֹךְtim.LokhH4427, and that thekingdomמַמְלֶ֖כֶתmam.Le.khetH4467ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478shall beestablishedוְקָ֙מָה֙ve.Ka.mahH6965in thyhandבְּיָ֣דְךָ֔be.Ya.de.khaH3027.

21Swearהִשָּׁ֤בְעָהhi.Sha.ve.'ahH7650now therefore to me by theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehH3068, that thou wiltnotH518cutoffתַּכְרִ֥יתtakh.RitH3772myseedזַרְעִ֖יzar.'IH2233afterאַֽחֲרָ֑י'a.cha.RaiH310me, and that thou wilt notdestroyתַּשְׁמִ֥ידtash.MidH8045mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034out of myfather’sאָבִֽי׃'a.ViH1houseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004.

22AndDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732sworeH7650toSaulלְשָׁא֑וּלle.sha.'UlH7586. AndSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586wentH3212homeH1004; butDavidוְדָוִד֙ve.da.VidH1732and hismenוַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוva.'a.na.ShavH582wentupעָל֖וּ'a.LuH5927to the strongholdהַמְּצוּדָֽה׃ פha.me.tzu.DahH4686.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24

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