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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 26
26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David
hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
26:2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having
three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph.
26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon,
by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came
after him into the wilderness.
26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come
in very deed.
26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched:
and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the
captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched
round about him.
26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with
me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.
26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold,
Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground
at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered your enemy into
your hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray you, with the
spear even to the earth at once, and I will not strike him the second time.
26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch
forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
26:10 David said furthermore, As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike
him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and
perish.
26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against
the LORD's anointed: but, I pray you, take you now the spear that is at
his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster;
and they got them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked:
for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen
upon them.
26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top
of an hill far off; a great space being between them:
26:14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
Answer you not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who are you that cry
to the king?
26:15 And David said to Abner, Are not you a valiant man? and who is
like to you in Israel? wherefore then have you not kept your lord the king?
for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
26:16 This thing is not good that you have done. As the LORD lives,
all of you are worthy to die, because all of you have not kept your master,
the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse
of water that was at his bolster.
26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my
son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
26:18 And he said, Wherefore does my lord thus pursue after his servant?
for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
26:19 Now therefore, I pray you, let my lord the king hear the words
of his servant. If the LORD have stirred you up against me, let him accept
an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before
the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance
of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the
face of the LORD: for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as
when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.
26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will
no more do you harm, because my soul was precious in your eyes this day:
behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let
one of the young men come over and fetch it.
26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness;
for the LORD delivered you into my hand to day, but I would not stretch
forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
26:24 And, behold, as your life was much set by this day in mine eyes,
so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver
me out of all tribulation.
26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you shall
both do great things, and also shall still prevail. So David went on his
way, and Saul returned to his place.
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