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When \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, then the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* and \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, which brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and made them \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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And when they \w forgat|strong="H7911"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and they \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against them.


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And they \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, because we have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and have \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*: but now \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and we will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thee.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, and \w Bedan|strong="H0917"\w*, and \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of your \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, and ye \w dwelled|strong="H3427"\w* \w safe|strong="H0983"\w*.


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And when ye \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against you, ye \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Nay; but a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us: when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>was</i> your \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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Now therefore behold the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* whom ye have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, <i>and</i> whom ye have \w desired|strong="H7592"\w*! and, behold, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w set|strong="H5414"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you.


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If ye will \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him, and \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and not \w rebel|strong="H4784"\w* against the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, then shall both ye and also the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w* over you continue \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*:<n>commandment: Heb. mouth</n><n>continue…: Heb. be after</n>


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But if ye will not \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, but \w rebel|strong="H4784"\w* against the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, then shall the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be against you, as <i>it was</i> against your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* before your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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<i>Is it</i> not \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and he shall \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* and \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*; that ye may \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* that your \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> \w great|strong="H7227"\w*, which ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in \w asking|strong="H7592"\w* you a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* and \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* for thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that we \w die|strong="H4191"\w* not: for we have \w added|strong="H3254"\w* unto all our \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* <i>this</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, to \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* us a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all this \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: yet turn not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, but \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* with all your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*;


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And turn ye not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*: for <i>then should ye go</i> \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w vain|strong="H8414"\w* <i>things</i>, which cannot \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* nor \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w*; for they <i>are</i> \w vain|strong="H8414"\w*.


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For the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will not \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for his \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake: because it hath \w pleased|strong="H2974"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* you his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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Moreover as for \w me|strong="H0595"\w*, God \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* that I should \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w ceasing|strong="H2308"\w* to \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* for you: but I will \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* you the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and the \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*:<n>in: Heb. from</n>


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Only \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* with all your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: for \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* how great <i>things</i> he hath \w done|strong="H1431"\w* for you.<n>how…: or, what a great thing</n>


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But if ye shall \w still|strong="H7489"\w* do \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w*, ye shall be \w consumed|strong="H5595"\w*, both ye and your \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* one \w year|strong="H1121"\w*; and when he had \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,<n>reigned one…: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning</n>


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\w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* him \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* <i>men</i> of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; <i>whereof</i> two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* were with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w* and in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* were with \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: and the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w garrison|strong="H5333"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*, and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>of it</i>. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* throughout all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.<n>Geba: or, the hill</n>


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And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* <i>that</i> \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* a \w garrison|strong="H5333"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and <i>that</i> \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* also was had in \w abomination|strong="H0887"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were called \w together|strong="H6817"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.<n>was…: Heb. did stink</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* which <i>is</i> on the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w shore|strong="H8193"\w* in \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*: and they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*, \w eastward|strong="H6926"\w* from \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*.


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When the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were in a \w strait|strong="H6887"\w*, (for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w distressed|strong="H5065"\w*,) then the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* did \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* themselves in \w caves|strong="H4631"\w*, and in \w thickets|strong="H2337"\w*, and in \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*, and in high \w places|strong="H6877"\w*, and in \w pits|strong="H0953"\w*.


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And <i>some of</i> the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. As for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, he <i>was</i> yet in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* him \w trembling|strong="H2729"\w*.<n>followed…: Heb. trembled after him</n><pb/>


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¶ And he \w tarried|strong="H3176"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, according to the set \w time|strong="H4150"\w* that \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* <i>had appointed:</i> but \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* from him.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* to me, and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*. And he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.


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And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, behold, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, that he might \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* him.<n>salute: Heb. bless</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Because I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H5310"\w* from me, and <i>that</i> thou \w camest|strong="H0935"\w* not within the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w*, and <i>that</i> the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w* at \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*;


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Therefore \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* will come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* now upon me to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and I have not made \w supplication|strong="H2470"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: I \w forced|strong="H0662"\w* myself therefore, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.<n>made…: Heb. intreated the face</n>


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Thou hast done \w foolishly|strong="H5528"\w*: thou hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee: for now would the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have \w established|strong="H3559"\w* thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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But now thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* shall not \w continue|strong="H6965"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* him a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* after his own \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him <i>to be</i> \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, because thou hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* <i>that</i> which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee.<pb/>


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and gat him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* unto \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that were</i> \w present|strong="H4672"\w* with him, about \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>present: Heb. found</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that were</i> \w present|strong="H4672"\w* with them, \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: but the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*.<n>present: Heb. found</n><n>Gibeah: Heb. Geba</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w spoilers|strong="H7843"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*: \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* unto the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* <i>that leadeth to</i> \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*, unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Shual|strong="H7777"\w*:


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And \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* <i>to</i> \w Beth-horon|strong="H1032"\w*: and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* <i>to</i> the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* that \w looketh|strong="H8259"\w* to the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w Zeboim|strong="H6650"\w* toward the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now there was no \w smith|strong="H2796"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* throughout all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Lest the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* <i>them</i> \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* or \w spears|strong="H2595"\w*:


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But all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, to \w sharpen|strong="H3913"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w share|strong="H4282"\w*, and his \w coulter|strong="H0855"\w*, and his \w axe|strong="H7134"\w*, and his \w mattock|strong="H4281"\w*.


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Yet they had a \w file|strong="H6477"\w* for the \w mattocks|strong="H4281"\w*, and for the \w coulters|strong="H0855"\w*, and for the \w forks|strong="H7969"\w*, and for the \w axes|strong="H7134"\w*, and to \w sharpen|strong="H5324"\w* the \w goads|strong="H1861"\w*.<n>a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel</n><n>sharpen: Heb. set</n>


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So it came to pass in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, that there was neither \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* nor \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of any of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*: but with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and with \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* was there \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.


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And the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w passage|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*.<n>garrison: or, standing camp</n><pb/>


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Now it came to pass upon a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to the \w Philistines’|strong="H6430"\w* \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w*, that <i>is</i> on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w*. But he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>it came…: or, there was a day</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w tarried|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w uttermost|strong="H7097"\w* part of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* under a pomegranate \w tree|strong="H7416"\w* which <i>is</i> in \w Migron|strong="H4051"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him <i>were</i> about \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*;


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And \w Ahiah|strong="H0281"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, \w I-chabod’s|strong="H0350"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \w wearing|strong="H5375"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* was \w gone|strong="H1980"\w*.<n>Ahiah: called Ahimelech</n><pb/>


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¶ And between the \w passages|strong="H4569"\w*, by which \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto the \w Philistines’|strong="H6430"\w* \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w*, <i>there was</i> a \w sharp|strong="H8127"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* on the one \w side|strong="H5676"\w*, and a \w sharp|strong="H8127"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w*: and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>was</i> \w Bozez|strong="H0949"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w Seneh|strong="H5573"\w*.


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The \w forefront|strong="H8127"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>was</i> \w situate|strong="H4690"\w* \w northward|strong="H6828"\w* over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w southward|strong="H5045"\w* over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w*.<n>forefront: Heb. tooth</n>


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of these \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w*: it may be that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w work|strong="H6213"\w* for us: for <i>there is</i> no \w restraint|strong="H4622"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* by \w many|strong="H7227"\w* or by \w few|strong="H4592"\w*.


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And his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* all that <i>is</i> in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* thee; behold, I <i>am</i> with thee according to thy \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, Behold, we will pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto <i>these</i> \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and we will \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* ourselves unto them.


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If they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus unto us, \w Tarry|strong="H1826"\w* until we \w come|strong="H5060"\w* to you; then we will stand \w still|strong="H5975"\w* in our place, and will not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto them.<n>Tarry: Heb. Be still</n>


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But if they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto us; then we will go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into our \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and this <i>shall be</i> a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto us.


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And \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w* themselves unto the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w holes|strong="H2356"\w* where they had \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* themselves.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w garrison|strong="H4675"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to us, and we will \w shew|strong="H3045"\w* you a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* climbed \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* and upon his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him: and they \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*; and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.


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And that \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*, which \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w made|strong="H5221"\w*, was about \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, within as it were an \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w acre|strong="H4618"\w* of \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, <i>which</i> a \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* <i>of oxen might plow</i>.<n>an…: or, half a furrow of an acre of land</n>


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And there was \w trembling|strong="H2731"\w* in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w*, and the \w spoilers|strong="H7843"\w*, they also \w trembled|strong="H2729"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w quaked|strong="H7264"\w*: so it was a very \w great|strong="H0430"\w* \w trembling|strong="H2731"\w*.<n>a very…: Heb. a trembling of God</n><pb/>


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And the \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*; and, behold, the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* melted \w away|strong="H4127"\w*, and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on beating \w down|strong="H1986"\w* <i>one another</i>.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, \w Number|strong="H6485"\w* now, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* who is \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* from us. And when they had \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w*, behold, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* <i>were</i> not <i>there</i>.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahiah|strong="H0281"\w*, Bring \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. For the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was at that \w time|strong="H3117"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, while \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, that the \w noise|strong="H1995"\w* that <i>was</i> in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* and \w increased|strong="H7227"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Withdraw|strong="H0622"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>noise: or, tumult</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him \w assembled|strong="H2199"\w* themselves, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: and, behold, every \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* was against his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*, <i>and there was</i> a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w discomfiture|strong="H4103"\w*.<n>assembled…: Heb. were cried together</n>


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Moreover the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* <i>that</i> were with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w before|strong="H0865"\w* that \w time|strong="H8032"\w*, which went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with them into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* <i>from the country</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, even they also <i>turned</i> to be with the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that <i>were</i> with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*.


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Likewise all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* which had \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* themselves in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, <i>when</i> they \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, even they also followed \w hard|strong="H1692"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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So the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w distressed|strong="H5065"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w adjured|strong="H0422"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* <i>any</i> \w food|strong="H3899"\w* until \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, that I may be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* on mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. So none of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w tasted|strong="H2938"\w* <i>any</i> \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.


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And all <i>they of</i> the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*; and there was \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ground|strong="H7704"\w*.


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And when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*, behold, the \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w dropped|strong="H1982"\w*; but no man \w put|strong="H5381"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \w oath|strong="H7621"\w*.


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But \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* not when his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w charged|strong="H7650"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with the \w oath|strong="H7650"\w*: wherefore he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* that <i>was</i> in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* it in an \w honeycomb|strong="H3295"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7725"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* were \w enlightened|strong="H0215"\w*.


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w straitly|strong="H7650"\w* \w charged|strong="H7650"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with an \w oath|strong="H7650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* <i>any</i> \w food|strong="H3899"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w faint|strong="H5774"\w*.<n>faint: or, weary</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath \w troubled|strong="H5916"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, I pray you, how mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* have been \w enlightened|strong="H0215"\w*, because I \w tasted|strong="H2938"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* of this \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*.


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How much \w more|strong="H0637"\w*, if \w haply|strong="H3863"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w freely|strong="H0398"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* which they \w found|strong="H4672"\w*? for had there not been now a much \w greater|strong="H7235"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w* among the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*?


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And they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w* to \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w faint|strong="H5774"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w flew|strong="H5860"\w* upon the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w calves|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* <i>them</i> on the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* <i>them</i> with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in that they \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye have \w transgressed|strong="H0898"\w*: \w roll|strong="H1556"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* unto me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>transgressed: or, dealt treacherously</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Disperse|strong="H6327"\w* yourselves among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Bring me \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w ox|strong="H7794"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, and \w slay|strong="H7819"\w* <i>them</i> here, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* not against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w* that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* <i>them</i> there.<n>with him: Heb. in his hand</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: the same was the \w first|strong="H2490"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>the same…: Heb. that altar he began to build unto the  [[ LORD]][[*]]</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let us go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w spoil|strong="H0962"\w* them until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, and let us not \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of them. And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* whatsoever \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Let us draw \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w hither|strong="H1988"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* counsel of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, Shall I go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? wilt thou \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? But he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Draw ye \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w hither|strong="H1988"\w*, all the \w chief|strong="H6438"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w wherein|strong="H4100"\w* this \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* hath been this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>chief: Heb. corners</n>


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For, <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which \w saveth|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, though it \w be|strong="H3426"\w* in \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, he shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. But <i>there was</i> not a man among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that</i> \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Be ye on \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w*, and I and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* will be on the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee.


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Therefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Give|strong="H3051"\w* a \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w* <i>lot</i>. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* were \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: but the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w escaped|strong="H3318"\w*.<n>Give…: or, Shew the innocent</n><n>escaped: Heb. went forth</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cast|strong="H5307"\w* <i>lots</i> between me and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me what thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I did \w but|strong="H2938"\w* \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* with the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* that <i>was</i> in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, <i>and</i>, \w lo|strong="H2009"\w*, I must \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* do \w so|strong="H6213"\w* and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*: for thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Shall \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, who hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? God \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w*: <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there shall not one \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; for he hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* with \w God|strong="H0430"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w rescued|strong="H6299"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* not.


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to their own \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against all his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, against \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and against \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and against the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, and against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and whithersoever he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* himself, he \w vexed|strong="H7561"\w* <i>them</i>.


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And he \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* an \w host|strong="H2428"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w spoiled|strong="H8154"\w* them.<n>gathered…: or, wrought mightily</n>


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Now the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* were \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, and \w Ishui|strong="H3440"\w*, and \w Melchi-shua|strong="H4444"\w*: and the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* <i>were these;</i> the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w firstborn|strong="H1067"\w* \w Merab|strong="H4764"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*:


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And the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* <i>was</i> \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w*: and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of his \w host|strong="H6635"\w* <i>was</i> \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w*.<n>Abner: Heb. Abiner</n>


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And \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* <i>was</i> the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; and \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* <i>was</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiel|strong="H0022"\w*.


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And there was \w sore|strong="H2389"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* any \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, or any \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, he \w took|strong="H0622"\w* him unto him.<pb/>


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\w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* also \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* thee <i>to be</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: now therefore \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* thou unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, I \w remember|strong="H6485"\w* <i>that</i> which \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, how he \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* <i>wait</i> for him in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, when he came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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Now \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* all that they have, and \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* them not; but \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* both \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w infant|strong="H5768"\w* and \w suckling|strong="H3243"\w*, \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* and \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, \w camel|strong="H1581"\w* and \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w gathered|strong="H8085"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H8085"\w*, and \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* them in \w Telaim|strong="H2923"\w*, two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and laid \w wait|strong="H7378"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H5158"\w*.<n>laid…: or, fought</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w depart|strong="H5493"\w*, get you \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, lest I \w destroy|strong="H0622"\w* you with them: for ye \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* to all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. So the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* from \w Havilah|strong="H2341"\w* <i>until</i> thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shur|strong="H7793"\w*, that <i>is</i> over \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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And he \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, and utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w*, and the \w best|strong="H4315"\w* of the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and of the \w fatlings|strong="H4932"\w*, and the \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w*, and all <i>that was</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* them: but every \w thing|strong="H4399"\w* <i>that was</i> \w vile|strong="H5240"\w* and \w refuse|strong="H4549"\w*, that they destroyed \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w*.<n>fatlings: or, second sort</n><pb/>


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¶ Then came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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It \w repenteth|strong="H5162"\w* me that I have set \w up|strong="H4427"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* <i>to be</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for he is turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* me, and hath not \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H1697"\w*. And it \w grieved|strong="H2734"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*; and he \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.


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And when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* rose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and, behold, he set him \w up|strong="H5324"\w* a \w place|strong="H3027"\w*, and is gone \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w*, and gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> thou of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: I have \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>meaneth</i> then this \w bleating|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, and the \w lowing|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* which I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*?


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them from the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* the \w best|strong="H4315"\w* of the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and the \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* we have utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w*.


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Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Stay|strong="H7503"\w*, and I will \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee what the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w* to me this \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, When thou <i>wast</i> \w little|strong="H6996"\w* in thine own \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, <i>wast</i> thou not <i>made</i> the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee on a \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* the \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them until they be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.<n>they…: Heb. they consume them</n>


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Wherefore then didst thou not \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, but didst \w fly|strong="H5860"\w* upon the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, and \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*?


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Yea, I have \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and have \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me, and have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and have utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*.


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But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, the \w chief|strong="H7225"\w* of the things which should have been utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2764"\w*, to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>as great</i> \w delight|strong="H2656"\w* in burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, as in \w obeying|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? Behold, to \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* <i>is</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, <i>and</i> to \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w* than the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*.


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For \w rebellion|strong="H4805"\w* <i>is as</i> the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of \w witchcraft|strong="H7081"\w*, and \w stubbornness|strong="H6484"\w* <i>is as</i> \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* and \w idolatry|strong="H8655"\w*. Because thou hast \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, he hath also \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* thee from <i>being</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>witchcraft: Heb. divination</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: for I have \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: because I \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.


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Now therefore, I pray thee, \w pardon|strong="H5375"\w* my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, and turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* with me, that I may \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I will not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* with thee: for thou hast \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* thee from being \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And as \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* turned \w about|strong="H5437"\w* to go \w away|strong="H3212"\w*, he laid \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* upon the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of his \w mantle|strong="H4598"\w*, and it \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it to a \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* of thine, <i>that is</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than thou.


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And also the \w Strength|strong="H5331"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* will not \w lie|strong="H8266"\w* nor \w repent|strong="H5162"\w*: for he <i>is</i> not a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, that he should \w repent|strong="H5162"\w*.<n>Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory</n>


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: <i>yet</i> \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* me now, I pray thee, before the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and before \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* with me, that I may \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Bring ye \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* to me \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*. And \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* unto him \w delicately|strong="H4574"\w*. And \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Surely|strong="H0403"\w* the \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w* is \w past|strong="H5493"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, As thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* hath made \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w childless|strong="H7921"\w*, so shall thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* be \w childless|strong="H7921"\w* among \w women|strong="H0802"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w hewed|strong="H8158"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* in \w pieces|strong="H8158"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* came no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: \w nevertheless|strong="H3588"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* that he had made \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, How long wilt thou \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w* for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, seeing I have \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* him from \w reigning|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* thine \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee to \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* the \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*: for I have \w provided|strong="H7200"\w* me a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* among his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How can I \w go|strong="H3212"\w*? if \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>, he will \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* me. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* an \w heifer|strong="H1241"\w* with \w thee|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>with thee: Heb. in thine hand</n>


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And \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* to the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, and I will \w shew|strong="H3045"\w* thee what thou shalt \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: and thou shalt \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* unto me <i>him</i> whom I \w name|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* that which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*. And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w trembled|strong="H2729"\w* at his \w coming|strong="H7125"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*?<n>coming: Heb. meeting</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*: I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* yourselves, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with me to the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*. And he \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* them to the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that he \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* on \w Eliab|strong="H0446"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* <i>is</i> before him.<n>Eliab: called Elihu</n>


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But the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Look|strong="H5027"\w* not on his \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w*, or on the \w height|strong="H1364"\w* of his \w stature|strong="H6967"\w*; because I have \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* him: for <i>the Lord seeth</i> not as \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w*; for \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w looketh|strong="H7200"\w* on the outward \w appearance|strong="H5869"\w*, but the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w looketh|strong="H7200"\w* on the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.<n>outward…: Heb. eyes</n>


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Then \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, and made him \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Neither hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* this.


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Then \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* made \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* to pass \w by|strong="H5674"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Neither hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* this.<n>Shammah: Shimeah, also called, Shimma</n>


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Again, \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* made \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath not \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* these.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, Are here \w all|strong="H8552"\w* <i>thy</i> \w children|strong="H5288"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There \w remaineth|strong="H7604"\w* yet the \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w*, and, behold, he \w keepeth|strong="H7462"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* him: for we will not sit \w down|strong="H5437"\w* till he \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w hither|strong="H6311"\w*.<n>down: Heb. round</n>


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and brought him \w in|strong="H0935"\w*. Now he <i>was</i> \w ruddy|strong="H0132"\w*, <i>and</i> \w withal|strong="H5973"\w* of a \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w goodly|strong="H2896"\w* to look \w to|strong="H7210"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* him: for this <i>is</i> he.<n>of a…: Heb. fair of eyes</n>


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Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*: and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon \w David|strong="H1732"\w* from that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w forward|strong="H4605"\w*. So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w troubled|strong="H1204"\w* him.<n>troubled: or, terrified</n>


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And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w troubleth|strong="H1204"\w* thee.


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Let our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* now \w command|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, <i>which are</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, to seek \w out|strong="H1245"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, <i>who is</i> a \w cunning|strong="H3045"\w* \w player|strong="H5059"\w* on an \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*: and it shall come to pass, when the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is upon thee, that he shall \w play|strong="H5059"\w* with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and thou shalt be \w well|strong="H2895"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Provide|strong="H7200"\w* me now a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that can \w play|strong="H5059"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* <i>him</i> to me.


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* the \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*, <i>that is</i> \w cunning|strong="H3045"\w* in \w playing|strong="H5059"\w*, and a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* valiant \w man|strong="H2428"\w*, and a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w* in \w matters|strong="H1697"\w*, and a \w comely|strong="H8389"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> with him.<n>matters: or, speech</n><pb/>


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¶ Wherefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* me \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, which <i>is</i> with the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.


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And \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* <i>laden</i> with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and a \w bottle|strong="H4997"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w kid|strong="H1423"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them</i> \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*; and he became his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I pray thee, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me; for he hath \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when the <i>evil</i> \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*, and \w played|strong="H5059"\w* with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: so \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w refreshed|strong="H7304"\w*, and was \w well|strong="H2895"\w*, and the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from him.<pb/>


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Now the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* their \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and were gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* at \w Shochoh|strong="H7755"\w*, which <i>belongeth</i> to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* between \w Shochoh|strong="H7755"\w* and \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*, in \w Ephes-dammim|strong="H0658"\w*.<n>Ephes-dammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pas-dammim</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* by the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, and set the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<n>set…: Heb. ranged the battle</n>


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And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on a \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* on the one side, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on a \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* on the other side: and <i>there was</i> a \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* between them.<pb/>


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¶ And there went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* a \w champion|strong="H0376"\w* out of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w*, of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, whose \w height|strong="H1363"\w* <i>was</i> \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* and a \w span|strong="H2239"\w*.


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And <i>he had</i> an \w helmet|strong="H3553"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and he <i>was</i> \w armed|strong="H3847"\w* with a \w coat|strong="H8302"\w* of \w mail|strong="H7193"\w*; and the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of the \w coat|strong="H8302"\w* <i>was</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*.<n>armed: Heb. clothed</n>


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And <i>he had</i> \w greaves|strong="H4697"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* upon his \w legs|strong="H7272"\w*, and a \w target|strong="H3591"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* between his \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w*.<n>target: or, gorget</n>


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And the \w staff|strong="H6086"\w* of his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* <i>was</i> like a \w weaver’s|strong="H0707"\w* \w beam|strong="H4500"\w*; and his \w spear’s|strong="H2595"\w* \w head|strong="H3852"\w* <i>weighed</i> \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*: and one \w bearing|strong="H5375"\w* a \w shield|strong="H6793"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And he \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why are ye come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to set <i>your</i> \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w*? <i>am</i> not I a \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and ye \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*? \w choose|strong="H1262"\w* you a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* for you, and let him come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to me.


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If he be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with me, and to \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* me, then will we be your \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: but if I \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* against him, and \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* him, then shall ye be our \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* us.


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And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, that we may \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.


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When \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* those \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, they were \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, and \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>was</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of that \w Ephrathite|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*; and he had \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*: and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* among \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>for</i> an old \w man|strong="H2204"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.


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And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* <i>and</i> \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: and the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* <i>were</i> \w Eliab|strong="H0446"\w* the \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*, and \w next|strong="H4932"\w* unto him \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, and the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>was</i> the \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w*: and the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.


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But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* at \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*.


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And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w morning|strong="H7925"\w* and \w evening|strong="H6150"\w*, and \w presented|strong="H3320"\w* himself \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* now for thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* an \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* of \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* <i>corn</i>, and these \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* to thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*;


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And \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* these \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cheeses|strong="H2461"\w* unto the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of <i>their</i> \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w look|strong="H6485"\w* how thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w fare|strong="H7965"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* their \w pledge|strong="H6161"\w*.<n>cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk</n><n>of…: Heb. of a thousand</n>


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Now \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and they, and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>were</i> in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w left|strong="H5203"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* with a \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, as \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him; and he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w trench|strong="H4570"\w*, as the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* was going \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w fight|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* for the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>trench: or, place of the carriage</n><n>fight: or, battle array, or, place of fight</n>


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For \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had put the battle in \w array|strong="H6186"\w*, \w army|strong="H4634"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w army|strong="H4634"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w left|strong="H5203"\w* his \w carriage|strong="H3627"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w carriage|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* into the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w saluted|strong="H7592"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon him</n><n>saluted…: Heb. asked his brethren of peace</n>


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And as he \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with them, behold, there came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w champion|strong="H0376"\w*, the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* by \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, out of the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* according to the \w same|strong="H0428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>them</i>.


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And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* from \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, and were \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.<n>from…: Heb. from his face</n>


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Have ye \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? surely to \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is he come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: and it shall be, <i>that</i> the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* who \w killeth|strong="H5221"\w* him, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* will \w enrich|strong="H6238"\w* him with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, and \w make|strong="H6213"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w killeth|strong="H5221"\w* \w this|strong="H1975"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and taketh \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? for who <i>is</i> this \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, that he should \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him after this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w killeth|strong="H5221"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Eliab|strong="H0446"\w* his \w eldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* when he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*; and \w Eliab’s|strong="H0446"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Why camest thou \w down|strong="H3381"\w* hither? and with whom hast thou \w left|strong="H5203"\w* \w those|strong="H2007"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*? I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w pride|strong="H2087"\w*, and the \w naughtiness|strong="H7455"\w* of thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*; for thou art come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* that thou mightest \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I now \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? <i>Is there</i> not a \w cause|strong="H1697"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ And he \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* from \w him|strong="H0681"\w* \w toward|strong="H4136"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* after the same \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H1697"\w* him \w again|strong="H7725"\w* after the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>manner: Heb. word</n><pb/>


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And when the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* were \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* which \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, they \w rehearsed|strong="H5046"\w* <i>them</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and he \w sent|strong="H3947"\w* for him.<n>sent…: Heb. took him</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Let no \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w fail|strong="H5307"\w* because of him; thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with this \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou art not \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* against this \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with him: for thou <i>art but</i> a \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*, and he a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* from his \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w kept|strong="H7462"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* a \w lamb|strong="H7716"\w* out of the \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*:<n>lamb: or, kid</n>


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And I went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* <i>it</i> out of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: and when he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* against me, I \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* <i>him</i> by his \w beard|strong="H2206"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him.


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Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* both the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* and the \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*: and this \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* shall be as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them, seeing he hath \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* me out of the \w paw|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and out of the \w paw|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*, he will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* me out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of this \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be with thee.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w armed|strong="H3847"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* with his \w armour|strong="H4055"\w*, and he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* an \w helmet|strong="H6959"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; also he \w armed|strong="H3847"\w* him with a coat of \w mail|strong="H8302"\w*.<n>armed David…: Heb. clothed David with his clothes</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* upon his \w armour|strong="H4055"\w*, and he \w assayed|strong="H2974"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*; for he had not \w proved|strong="H5254"\w* <i>it</i>. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with these; for I have not \w proved|strong="H5254"\w* <i>them</i>. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* them off him.<pb/>


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w staff|strong="H4731"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* him \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w smooth|strong="H2512"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* out of the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* them in a \w shepherd’s|strong="H7462"\w* \w bag|strong="H3627"\w* which he had, even in a \w scrip|strong="H3219"\w*; and his \w sling|strong="H7050"\w* <i>was</i> in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and he drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.<n>brook: or, valley</n><n>bag: Heb. vessel</n>


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And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* and drew \w near|strong="H7131"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w shield|strong="H6793"\w* <i>went</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And when the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* looked \w about|strong="H5027"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w disdained|strong="H0959"\w* him: for he was <i>but</i> a \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w ruddy|strong="H0132"\w*, and of a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w*.


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And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, <i>Am</i> I a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, that thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to me with \w staves|strong="H4731"\w*? And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* by his \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* to me, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* unto the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w*, and to the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, Thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to me with a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and with a \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*, and with a \w shield|strong="H3591"\w*: but I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom thou hast \w defied|strong="H2778"\w*.


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This \w day|strong="H3117"\w* will the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* thee into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* thee, and \w take|strong="H5493"\w* thine \w head|strong="H7218"\w* from thee; and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w carcases|strong="H6297"\w* of the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w*, and to the wild \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; that all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>deliver…: Heb. shut thee up</n>


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And all this \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saveth|strong="H3467"\w* not with \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*: for the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*, and he will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you into our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w came|strong="H3212"\w* and drew \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* toward the \w army|strong="H4634"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in his \w bag|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* thence a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w slang|strong="H7049"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* in his \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*, that the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w sunk|strong="H2883"\w* into his \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*; and he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* \w over|strong="H4480"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* with a \w sling|strong="H7050"\w* and with a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him; but <i>there was</i> no \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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Therefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* it out of the \w sheath|strong="H8593"\w* thereof, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* therewith. And when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* their \w champion|strong="H1368"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, until thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*, and to the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*. And the \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to \w Shaaraim|strong="H8189"\w*, even unto \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and unto \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w chasing|strong="H1814"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and they \w spoiled|strong="H8155"\w* their \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; but he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>is</i> this \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*? And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I \w cannot|strong="H0518"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Enquire|strong="H7592"\w* thou whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* the \w stripling|strong="H5958"\w* <i>is</i>.


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And as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* with the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>art</i> thou, <i>thou</i> young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* the \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* was \w knit|strong="H7194"\w* with the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him as his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and would \w let|strong="H5414"\w* him go no more \w home|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Then \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, because he \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* him as his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w stripped|strong="H6584"\w* himself of the \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* that <i>was</i> upon him, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and his \w garments|strong="H4055"\w*, even to his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and to his \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, and to his \w girdle|strong="H2289"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* whithersoever \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him, <i>and</i> behaved himself \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* him over the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and he was \w accepted|strong="H3190"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and also in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.<n>behaved…: or, prospered</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass as they \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, that the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of all \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* and \w dancing|strong="H4246"\w*, to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, with \w tabrets|strong="H8596"\w*, with \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, and with instruments of \w musick|strong="H7991"\w*.<n>Philistine: or, Philistines</n><n>instruments…: Heb. three stringed instruments</n>


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And the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* <i>one another</i> as they \w played|strong="H7832"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* hath \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* his \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*, and the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* him; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They have \w ascribed|strong="H5414"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*, and to me they have \w ascribed|strong="H5414"\w* <i>but</i> \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*: and <i>what</i> can he have more but the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*?<n>displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w eyed|strong="H5770"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* from that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* and \w forward|strong="H1973"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and he \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w* with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H3117"\w*: and <i>there was</i> a \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* in \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* the \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w*; for he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* even to the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* <i>with it</i>. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* avoided \w out|strong="H5437"\w* of his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was with him, and was \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.


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Therefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* him from him, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* him his \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* over a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*; and he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* behaved himself \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w* in all his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>was</i> with him.<n>behaved…: or, prospered</n>


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Wherefore when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that he \w behaved|strong="H7919"\w* himself \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w*, he was \w afraid|strong="H1481"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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But all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, because he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Behold my \w elder|strong="H1419"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Merab|strong="H4764"\w*, her will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*: only be thou \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w* for me, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*. For \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* be upon him, but let the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* be upon him.<n>valiant: Heb. a son of valour</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Who <i>am</i> I? and what <i>is</i> my \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, <i>or</i> my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that I should be son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?


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But it came to pass at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* when \w Merab|strong="H4764"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* should have been \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that she was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto \w Adriel|strong="H5741"\w* the \w Meholathite|strong="H4259"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* him.<n>pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him her, that she may be a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* to him, and that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* may be against him. Wherefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou shalt this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* be my son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w* in <i>the one of</i> the \w twain|strong="H8147"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, <i>saying</i>, \w Commune|strong="H1696"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w secretly|strong="H3909"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in thee, and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* thee: now therefore be the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*.


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And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* those \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* it to you <i>a</i> \w light|strong="H7043"\w* <i>thing</i> to be a \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*, seeing that I <i>am</i> a \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and lightly \w esteemed|strong="H7034"\w*?


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And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, On this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<n>On…: Heb. According to these words</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w desireth|strong="H2656"\w* not any \w dowry|strong="H4119"\w*, but an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, to be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* to make \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And when his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, it \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* well to be the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*: and the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* were not \w expired|strong="H4390"\w*.<n>expired: Heb. fulfilled</n>


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Wherefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, he and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* their \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w*, and they gave them in full \w tale|strong="H4390"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, that he might be the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* and \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>was</i> with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and <i>that</i> \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was yet the \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* became \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Then the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: and it came to pass, \w after|strong="H1767"\w* they went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, <i>that</i> \w David|strong="H1732"\w* behaved himself more \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w* than all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; so that his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* was \w much|strong="H3966"\w* set \w by|strong="H3365"\w*.<n>set by: Heb. precious</n><pb/>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and to all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, that they should \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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But \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* \w much|strong="H3966"\w* in \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to thyself until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w secret|strong="H5643"\w* <i>place</i>, and \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* thyself:


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And I will go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* where thou <i>art</i>, and I will \w commune|strong="H1696"\w* with my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of thee; and \w what|strong="H4100"\w* I \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, that I will \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, against \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; because he hath not \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, and because his \w works|strong="H4639"\w* <i>have been</i> to \w thee-ward very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*:


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For he did \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* for all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: thou \w sawest|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, and didst \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*: wherefore then wilt thou \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* without a \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*?


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, he shall \w not|strong="H0518"\w* be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* him all those \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and he was in his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, as in times \w past|strong="H0865"\w*.<n>in times…: Heb. yesterday, third day</n><pb/>


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¶ And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* them with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*; and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* him.<n>him: Heb. his face</n>


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And the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, as he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with his \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w* with <i>his</i> \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* even to the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* with the \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w*; but he slipped \w away|strong="H6362"\w* out of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, and he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* into the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* him, and to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* him in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: and \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou \w save|strong="H4422"\w* not thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* to \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* thou shalt be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* through a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*: and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*.


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And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w image|strong="H8655"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> in the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* a \w pillow|strong="H3523"\w* of \w goats’|strong="H5795"\w* <i>hair</i> for his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* <i>it</i> with a \w cloth|strong="H0899"\w*.<n>image: Heb. teraphim</n>


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And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He <i>is</i> \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* <i>again</i> to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to me in the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, that I may \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* him.


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And when the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* were come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, behold, <i>there was</i> an \w image|strong="H8655"\w* in the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, with a \w pillow|strong="H3523"\w* of \w goats’|strong="H5795"\w* <i>hair</i> for his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*, Why hast thou deceived me \w so|strong="H7411"\w*, and sent \w away|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, that he is \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*? And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w*; why should I \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* thee?<pb/>


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¶ So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him all that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to him. And he and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w*.


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>is</i> at \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w company|strong="H3862"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*, and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* <i>as</i> \w appointed|strong="H5324"\w* over them, the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was upon the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and they also \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*.


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And when it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* likewise. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* time, and they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* also.


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Then \w went|strong="H3212"\w* he also to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w well|strong="H0953"\w* that <i>is</i> in \w Sechu|strong="H7906"\w*: and he \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Where|strong="H0375"\w* <i>are</i> \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* and \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? And <i>one</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, <i>they be</i> at \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.


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And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* thither to \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*: and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was upon him also, and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*, until he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.


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And he stripped \w off|strong="H6584"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*, and \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* in like manner, and lay \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* all that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* and all that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. Wherefore they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*?<n>lay: Heb. fell</n><pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, What have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? what <i>is</i> mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*? and what <i>is</i> my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, that he \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, God \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w*; thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: behold, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* either \w great|strong="H1419"\w* or \w small|strong="H6996"\w*, but that he will \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it me: and why should my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* from me? it <i>is</i> not <i>so</i>.<n>shew…: Heb. uncover mine ear</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* moreover, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* that I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*; and he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* this, lest he be \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w*: but \w truly|strong="H0199"\w* <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, <i>there is</i> but a \w step|strong="H6587"\w* between me and \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Whatsoever thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0559"\w*, I will even \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> for thee.<n>Whatsoever…: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc</n><n>desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, Behold, to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* <i>is</i> the new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w*, and I should not \w fail|strong="H3427"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* at \w meat|strong="H0398"\w*: but let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, that I may \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* myself in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* unto the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* <i>day</i> at \w even|strong="H6153"\w*.


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If thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* at \w all|strong="H6485"\w* \w miss|strong="H6485"\w* me, then \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H7592"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* <i>leave</i> of me that he might \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w* his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: for <i>there is</i> a \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* there for all the \w family|strong="H4940"\w*.<n>sacrifice: or, feast</n>


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If he \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus, <i>It is</i> \w well|strong="H2896"\w*; thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* shall have \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: but if he be \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*, <i>then</i> be \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* is \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* by him.


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Therefore thou shalt \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; for thou hast \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* into a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* with thee: notwithstanding, if there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* in me \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me thyself; for why shouldest thou \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* me to thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*?<pb/>


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Far be it from \w thee|strong="H2486"\w*: for if I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* were \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* by my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee, then would not I \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* it thee?


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, Who shall \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me? or what <i>if</i> thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* thee \w roughly|strong="H7186"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when I have \w sounded|strong="H2713"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* about to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* any \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, <i>or</i> the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* <i>day</i>, and, behold, <i>if there be</i> \w good|strong="H2895"\w* toward \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and I then \w send|strong="H7971"\w* not unto thee, and \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it thee;<n>sounded: Heb. searched</n><n>shew…: Heb. uncover thine ear</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* and much \w more|strong="H3254"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*: but if it \w please|strong="H3190"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* <i>to do</i> thee \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, then I will \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it thee, and send thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, that thou mayest \w go|strong="H1980"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be with thee, as he hath been with my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>shew…: Heb. uncover thine ear</n>


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And thou shalt not only while \w yet|strong="H0518"\w* I \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* me the \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I \w die|strong="H4191"\w* not:


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But <i>also</i> thou shalt not cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* thy \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* from my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: no, not when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.


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So \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* <i>a covenant</i> with the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Let the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* even \w require|strong="H1245"\w* <i>it</i> at the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.<n>made: Heb. cut</n>


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* caused \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, because he \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* him: for he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him as he \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.<n>because…: or, by his love toward him</n>


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Then \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* <i>is</i> the new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w*: and thou shalt be \w missed|strong="H6485"\w*, because thy \w seat|strong="H4186"\w* will be \w empty|strong="H6485"\w*.<n>empty: Heb. missed</n>


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And <i>when</i> thou hast stayed three \w days|strong="H8027"\w*, <i>then</i> thou shalt go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w quickly|strong="H3966"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where thou didst \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* thyself \w when|strong="H3117"\w* the \w business|strong="H4639"\w* was <i>in hand</i>, and shalt \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w Ezel|strong="H0237"\w*.<n>quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly</n><n>when the…: Heb. in the day of the business</n><n>Ezel: or, that sheweth the way</n>


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And I will \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* on the \w side|strong="H6654"\w* <i>thereof</i>, as though I \w shot|strong="H7971"\w* at a \w mark|strong="H4307"\w*.


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And, behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, <i>saying</i>, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, find \w out|strong="H4672"\w* the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. If I \w expressly|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, Behold, the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* <i>are</i> on this side of thee, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* them; then \w come|strong="H0935"\w* thou: for <i>there is</i> \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* to thee, and no \w hurt|strong="H1697"\w*; <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*.<n>no hurt: Heb. not any thing</n>


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But if I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus unto the young \w man|strong="H5958"\w*, Behold, the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* <i>are</i> \w beyond|strong="H1973"\w* thee; go thy \w way|strong="H3212"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath sent thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.


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And <i>as touching</i> the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* which thou and I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* of, behold, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>be</i> between thee and me \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* himself in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: and when the new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* was come, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* sat him \w down|strong="H3427"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon his \w seat|strong="H4186"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, <i>even</i> upon a \w seat|strong="H4186"\w* by the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* by \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*, and \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* was \w empty|strong="H6485"\w*.


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Nevertheless \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* not any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: for he \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, Something hath \w befallen|strong="H4745"\w* him, he <i>is</i> \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w clean|strong="H2889"\w*; surely he <i>is</i> not \w clean|strong="H2889"\w*.


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And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, <i>which was</i> the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* was \w empty|strong="H6485"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, Wherefore \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* not the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* to \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*, neither \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w*, nor to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H7592"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* <i>leave</i> of \w me|strong="H5978"\w* <i>to go</i> to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*:


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, I pray thee; for our \w family|strong="H4940"\w* hath a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, he hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* me <i>to be there:</i> and now, if I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, let me get \w away|strong="H4422"\w*, I pray thee, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*. Therefore he \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* not unto the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.


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Then \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w perverse|strong="H5753"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H4780"\w* <i>woman</i>, do not I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* to thine own \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w*, and unto the \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w* of thy \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w*?<n>Thou…: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion</n>


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For as long \w as|strong="H3117"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2425"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*, thou shalt not be \w established|strong="H3559"\w*, nor thy \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*. Wherefore now \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* him unto me, for he shall surely \w die|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>shall…: Heb. is the son of death</n>


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherefore shall he be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*? what hath he \w done|strong="H6213"\w*?


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* a \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* at him to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him: whereby \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that it was \w determined|strong="H3617"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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So \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w table|strong="H7979"\w* in \w fierce|strong="H2750"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*: for he was \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, because his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had done him \w shame|strong="H3637"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* at the time \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* with him.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Run|strong="H7323"\w*, find \w out|strong="H4672"\w* now the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* which I \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w*. <i>And</i> as the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, he \w shot|strong="H3384"\w* an \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5674"\w* him.<n>beyond…: Heb. to pass over him</n>


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And when the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* which \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* had \w shot|strong="H3384"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> not the \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* \w beyond|strong="H1973"\w* thee?


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, Make \w speed|strong="H4120"\w*, \w haste|strong="H2363"\w*, \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* not. And \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* gathered \w up|strong="H3950"\w* the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.


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But the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w*: only \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* his \w artillery|strong="H3627"\w* unto his \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* <i>them</i> to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>artillery: Heb. instruments</n><n>his lad: Heb. the lad that was his</n><pb/>


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¶ <i>And</i> as soon as the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* was \w gone|strong="H0935"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* out of <i>a place</i> \w toward|strong="H0681"\w* the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*: and they \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, until \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w exceeded|strong="H1431"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, forasmuch as we have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of us in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be between me and thee, and between my \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* and thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>forasmuch…: or, the  [[ LORD]][[* be witness of that which etc]]</n><pb/>


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Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w* to \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: and \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w* at the \w meeting|strong="H7125"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why <i>art</i> thou alone, and no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with thee?<n>Ahimelech: also called Ahiah</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* me a \w business|strong="H1697"\w*, and hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Let no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* of the \w business|strong="H1697"\w* whereabout I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee, and what I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee: and I have \w appointed|strong="H3045"\w* <i>my</i> \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* to \w such|strong="H6423"\w* and \w such|strong="H0492"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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Now therefore what \w is|strong="H3426"\w* under thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>me</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* <i>loaves of</i> \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, or what there is \w present|strong="H4672"\w*.<n>present: Heb. found</n>


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And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>There is</i> no \w common|strong="H2455"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* under mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, but there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hallowed|strong="H6944"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; if the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* have \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* themselves at \w least|strong="H0389"\w* from \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Of a \w truth|strong="H0518"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* <i>have been</i> \w kept|strong="H6113"\w* from us about these \w three|strong="H8032"\w* \w days|strong="H8543"\w*, since I came \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* are \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*, and <i>the bread is</i> in a \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* \w common|strong="H2455"\w*, yea, though it were \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*.<n>yea…: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel</n>


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So the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w hallowed|strong="H6944"\w* <i>bread:</i> for there was no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* there but the \w shewbread|strong="H3899"\w*, that was \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when it was taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.


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Now a certain \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* <i>was</i> there that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w detained|strong="H6113"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w*, an \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w*, the \w chiefest|strong="H0047"\w* of the \w herdmen|strong="H7462"\w* that <i>belonged</i> to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w*, And is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H0371"\w* here under thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* or \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*? for I have neither \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* my \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* nor my \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* with \w me|strong="H3027"\w*, because the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w business|strong="H1697"\w* \w required|strong="H1961"\w* \w haste|strong="H5169"\w*.


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And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, whom thou \w slewest|strong="H5221"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, behold, it <i>is here</i> \w wrapped|strong="H3874"\w* in a \w cloth|strong="H8071"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*: if thou wilt \w take|strong="H3947"\w* that, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it:</i> for <i>there is</i> no \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w save|strong="H2108"\w* that \w here|strong="H2088"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>There is</i> none like that; \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it me.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.


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And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Is</i> not this \w David|strong="H1732"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? did they not \w sing|strong="H6030"\w* one to another of \w him|strong="H2088"\w* in \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* hath \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* his \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*?


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* laid \w up|strong="H7760"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.


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And he \w changed|strong="H8138"\w* his \w behaviour|strong="H2940"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* them, and feigned himself \w mad|strong="H1984"\w* in their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w scrabbled|strong="H8427"\w* on the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and let his \w spittle|strong="H7388"\w* fall \w down|strong="H3381"\w* upon his \w beard|strong="H2206"\w*.<n>scrabbled: or, made marks</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, Lo, ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* is \w mad|strong="H7696"\w*: wherefore <i>then</i> have ye \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to me?<n>is mad: or, playeth the mad man</n>


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Have I \w need|strong="H2638"\w* of mad \w men|strong="H7696"\w*, that ye have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* this <i>fellow</i> to play the mad \w man|strong="H7696"\w* in my presence? shall this <i>fellow</i> \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into my \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* therefore \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* thence, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* to the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*: and when his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* and all his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>, they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* thither to him.


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And every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* <i>that was</i> in \w distress|strong="H4689"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w debt|strong="H5378"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* <i>that was</i> \w discontented|strong="H4751"\w*, \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* themselves unto him; and he became a \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* over them: and there were with him about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>was in debt: Heb. had a creditor</n><n>discontented: Heb. bitter of soul</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* thence to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, Let my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, I pray thee, come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, <i>and be</i> with you, till I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for me.


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And he \w brought|strong="H5148"\w* them \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: and they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* with him all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was in the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Abide|strong="H3427"\w* not in the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*; \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w get|strong="H0935"\w* thee into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Hareth|strong="H2802"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ When \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w discovered|strong="H3045"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, (now \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* under a \w tree|strong="H0815"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, having his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* <i>were</i> \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* about him;)<n>tree…: or, grove in a high place</n>


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* about him, Hear \w now|strong="H8085"\w*, ye \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*; will the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* every one of you \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, <i>and</i> \w make|strong="H7760"\w* you all \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*;


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That all of you have \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against me, and <i>there is</i> none that \w sheweth|strong="H1540"\w* me that my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* hath made a \w league|strong="H3772"\w* with the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, and <i>there is</i> none of you that is \w sorry|strong="H2470"\w* for me, or \w sheweth|strong="H1540"\w* unto me that my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* hath stirred \w up|strong="H6965"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* against me, to lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?<n>sheweth…: Heb. uncovereth mine ear</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w*, which was \w set|strong="H5324"\w* over the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*, to \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*.


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And he \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* for him, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w victuals|strong="H6720"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, and all his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* that <i>were</i> in \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* all of them to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* now, thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here I <i>am</i>, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.<n>Here…: Heb. Behold me</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why have ye \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against me, thou and the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, in that thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and hast \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for him, that he should \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against me, to lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?


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Then \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, And who <i>is so</i> \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* among all thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* as \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, which is the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w*, and \w goeth|strong="H5493"\w* at thy \w bidding|strong="H4928"\w*, and is \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?


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Did I \w then|strong="H3117"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H7592"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for him? be it far from \w me|strong="H2486"\w*: let not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w impute|strong="H7760"\w* <i>any</i> \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, <i>nor</i> to all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* of all this, \w less|strong="H6996"\w* or \w more|strong="H1419"\w*.<n>less…: Heb. little or great</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w*, thou, and all thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w footmen|strong="H7323"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* about him, \w Turn|strong="H5437"\w*, and \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; because their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* also <i>is</i> with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and because they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* when he \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and did not \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it to me. But the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w*, \w Turn|strong="H5437"\w* thou, and \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. And \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w*, and he \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w* that did \w wear|strong="H5375"\w* a \w linen|strong="H0906"\w* \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.


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And \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* he with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, both \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w children|strong="H5768"\w* and \w sucklings|strong="H3243"\w*, and \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w*, and \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*, \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*, I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, when \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w* <i>was</i> there, that he would \w surely|strong="H5046"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: I have \w occasioned|strong="H5437"\w* <i>the death</i> of all the \w persons|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w Abide|strong="H3427"\w* thou with me, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for he that \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: but with me thou <i>shalt be</i> in \w safeguard|strong="H4931"\w*.<pb/>


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Then they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, and they \w rob|strong="H8154"\w* the \w threshingfloors|strong="H1637"\w*.


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Therefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* these \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*.


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And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, we be \w afraid|strong="H3373"\w* here in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: how much more then if we \w come|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w* against the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*?


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*; for I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and brought \w away|strong="H5090"\w* their \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, <i>that</i> he came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* <i>with</i> an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5234"\w* him into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; for he is shut \w in|strong="H5462"\w*, by \w entering|strong="H0935"\w* into a \w town|strong="H5892"\w* that hath \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* and \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w called|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H8085"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, to \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* secretly \w practised|strong="H2790"\w* \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w* against him; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Bring \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath \w certainly|strong="H8085"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* for my sake.


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Will the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w* deliver me \w up|strong="H5462"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? will \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, as thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*? O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I beseech thee, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He will come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Will the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* me and my \w men|strong="H0582"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*? And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They will deliver <i>thee</i> \w up|strong="H5462"\w*.<n>deliver: Heb. shut up</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, <i>which were</i> about \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, and \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w whithersoever|strong="H0834"\w* they could \w go|strong="H1980"\w*. And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* from \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*; and he \w forbare|strong="H2308"\w* to go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* in strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w*, and \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* him every \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* him not into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>was</i> in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w* in a \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* into the \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*, and \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* shall not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* thee; and thou shalt be \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and I shall be \w next|strong="H4932"\w* unto thee; and that also \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w*.


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And they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w Ziphites|strong="H2130"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Doth not \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* himself with us in strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w* in the \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*, in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Hachilah|strong="H2444"\w*, which <i>is</i> on the \w south|strong="H3225"\w* of \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*?<n>on…: Heb. on the right hand</n><n>Jeshimon: or, the wilderness</n>


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Now therefore, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* according to all the \w desire|strong="H0185"\w* of thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* to come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*; and our part <i>shall be</i> to \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* him into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> ye of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for ye have \w compassion|strong="H2550"\w* on me.


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\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, I pray you, \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* yet, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where his \w haunt|strong="H7272"\w* is, <i>and</i> who hath \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* him there: for it is \w told|strong="H0559"\w* me <i>that</i> he dealeth \w very|strong="H6191"\w* \w subtilly|strong="H6191"\w*.<n>haunt…: Heb. foot shall be</n>


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\w See|strong="H7200"\w* therefore, and take \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* of all the lurking \w places|strong="H4224"\w* where he \w hideth|strong="H2244"\w* himself, and come ye \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to me with the \w certainty|strong="H3559"\w*, and I will \w go|strong="H1980"\w* with you: and it shall come to pass, if he \w be|strong="H3426"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that I will \w search|strong="H2664"\w* him out throughout all the \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And they \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>were</i> in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*, in the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* on the \w south|strong="H3225"\w* of \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*.


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\w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* <i>him</i>. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: wherefore he came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into a \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*. And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>that</i>, he \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*.<n>into…: or, from the rock</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on this \w side|strong="H6654"\w* of the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* on that \w side|strong="H6654"\w* of the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* made \w haste|strong="H2648"\w* to get \w away|strong="H3212"\w* for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w compassed|strong="H5849"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* round \w about|strong="H5849"\w* to \w take|strong="H8610"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ But there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Haste|strong="H4116"\w* thee, and \w come|strong="H3212"\w*; for the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* have \w invaded|strong="H6584"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>invaded…: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc</n>


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Wherefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: therefore they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Sela-hammahlekoth|strong="H5555"\w*.<n>Sela-hammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w* at \w En-gedi|strong="H5872"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, that it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w En-gedi|strong="H5872"\w*.<n>following: Heb. after</n>


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* out of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* of the wild \w goats|strong="H3277"\w*.


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And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w sheepcotes|strong="H1448"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, where <i>was</i> a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w cover|strong="H5526"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Behold, I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that thou mayest \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him as it shall seem \w good|strong="H3190"\w* unto \w thee|strong="H5869"\w*. Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w privily|strong="H3909"\w*.<n>Saul’s…: Heb. the robe which was Saul’s</n>


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And it came to pass \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, because he had cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* that I should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, to stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against him, seeing he <i>is</i> the \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w stayed|strong="H8156"\w* his \w servants|strong="H0582"\w* with these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w suffered|strong="H5414"\w* them not to \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* out of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on <i>his</i> \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<n>stayed: Heb. cut off</n>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* also \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* afterward, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w looked|strong="H5027"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w stooped|strong="H6915"\w* with his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Wherefore \w hearest|strong="H8085"\w* thou \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*?


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Behold, this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* how that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* thee to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*: and <i>some</i> \w bade|strong="H0559"\w* <i>me</i> \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* thee: but <i>mine eye</i> \w spared|strong="H2347"\w* thee; and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*; for he <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.


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Moreover, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, yea, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of thy \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* in my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: for in that I cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of thy \w robe|strong="H4598"\w*, and \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* thee not, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thou and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* that <i>there is</i> neither \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* nor \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and I have not \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee; yet thou \w huntest|strong="H6658"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* it.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* between me and thee, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* me of thee: but mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* shall not be upon thee.


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As \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* of the \w ancients|strong="H6931"\w*, \w Wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* \w proceedeth|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*: but mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* shall not be upon thee.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* whom is the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*? \w after|strong="H0310"\w* whom dost thou \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w*? \w after|strong="H0310"\w* a \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w flea|strong="H6550"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* therefore be \w judge|strong="H1781"\w*, and \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* between me and thee, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* my \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H8199"\w* me out of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>deliver: Heb. judge</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> this thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou <i>art</i> more \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* than I: for thou hast \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* me \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, whereas I have \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* thee \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.


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And thou hast \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* how that thou hast \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* with me: forasmuch as when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w delivered|strong="H5462"\w* me into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, thou \w killedst|strong="H2026"\w* me not.<n>delivered: Heb. shut up</n>


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For if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* his \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, will he let him \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w away|strong="H1870"\w*? wherefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w reward|strong="H7999"\w* thee \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And now, behold, I know \w well|strong="H3045"\w* that thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4427"\w* be \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, and that the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H6965"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Swear|strong="H7650"\w* now therefore unto me by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that thou wilt \w not|strong="H0518"\w* cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* my \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and that thou wilt not \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* out of my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*; but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* gat them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; and all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w lamented|strong="H5594"\w* him, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* at \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*.<pb/>


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And <i>there was</i> a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*, whose \w possessions|strong="H4639"\w* <i>were</i> in \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*; and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>was</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and he had \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w*: and he was \w shearing|strong="H1494"\w* his \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.<n>possessions: or, business</n>


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Now the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>was</i> \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*; and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*: and <i>she was</i> a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w understanding|strong="H7922"\w*, and of a \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H8389"\w*: but the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>was</i> \w churlish|strong="H7186"\w* and \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in his \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*; and he <i>was</i> of the house of \w Caleb|strong="H3614"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* that \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* did \w shear|strong="H1494"\w* his \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, Get you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, and \w greet|strong="H7592"\w* him in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:<n>greet…: Heb. ask him in my name of peace</n>


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And thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to him that \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w* <i>in prosperity</i>, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w* <i>be</i> both to thee, and \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* <i>be</i> to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* <i>be</i> unto all that thou hast.


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And now I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that thou hast \w shearers|strong="H1494"\w*: now thy \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* which were with us, we \w hurt|strong="H3637"\w* them not, neither was there \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* \w missing|strong="H6485"\w* unto them, all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* they were in \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.<n>hurt: Heb. shamed</n>


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\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* thy young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and they will \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* thee. Wherefore let the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: for we \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: \w give|strong="H5414"\w*, I pray thee, whatsoever \w cometh|strong="H4672"\w* to thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* unto thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and to thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And when \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* according to all those \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w ceased|strong="H5117"\w*.<n>ceased: Heb. rested</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>is</i> \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? and who <i>is</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*? there be \w many|strong="H7231"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* now a \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that break \w away|strong="H6555"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.


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Shall I then \w take|strong="H3947"\w* my \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and my \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and my \w flesh|strong="H2878"\w* that I have \w killed|strong="H2873"\w* for my \w shearers|strong="H1494"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> unto \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, whom I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not whence they <i>be</i>?<n>flesh: Heb. slaughter</n><pb/>


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So \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and went \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him all those \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, Gird ye \w on|strong="H2296"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. And they girded \w on|strong="H2296"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* also girded \w on|strong="H2296"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: and there went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* by the \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* out of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* to \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* our \w master|strong="H0113"\w*; and he \w railed|strong="H5860"\w* on them.<n>railed…: Heb. flew upon them</n>


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But the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>were</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto us, and we were not \w hurt|strong="H3637"\w*, neither \w missed|strong="H6485"\w* we any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w*, as long \w as|strong="H3117"\w* we were \w conversant|strong="H1980"\w* with them, when we were in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*:<n>hurt: Heb. shamed</n>


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They were a \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* unto us both by \w night|strong="H3915"\w* and \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* we were with them \w keeping|strong="H7462"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.


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Now therefore \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* what thou wilt \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* is \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* against our \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and against all his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: for he <i>is such</i> a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, that <i>a man</i> cannot \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* to him.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* made \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bottles|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* ready \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* <i>corn</i>, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* clusters of \w raisins|strong="H6778"\w*, and two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cakes|strong="H1690"\w* of figs, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* <i>them</i> on \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*.<n>clusters: or, lumps</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, Go \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me; behold, I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* you. But she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*.


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And it was <i>so, as</i> she \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* on the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, that she came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* by the \w covert|strong="H5643"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, and, behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* her; and she \w met|strong="H6298"\w* them.


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Now \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely in \w vain|strong="H8267"\w* have I \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* all that \w this|strong="H2088"\w* <i>fellow</i> hath in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, so that \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w* was \w missed|strong="H6485"\w* of all that <i>pertained</i> unto him: and he hath \w requited|strong="H7725"\w* me \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H3541"\w* and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, if I \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* of all that <i>pertain</i> to him \w by|strong="H5704"\w* the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* any that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*.


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And when \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, she \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and lighted \w off|strong="H3381"\w* the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H0639"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* on her \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* herself to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*,


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And \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Upon me, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, <i>upon</i> me <i>let this</i> \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* <i>be:</i> and let thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, I pray thee, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in thine \w audience|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0589"\w*.<n>audience: Heb. ears</n>


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\w Let|strong="H7760"\w* not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I pray thee, \w regard|strong="H3820"\w* this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, <i>even</i> \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*: for as his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>is</i>, so <i>is</i> he; \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w folly|strong="H5039"\w* <i>is</i> with him: but I thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* not the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, whom thou didst \w send|strong="H7971"\w*.<n>regard: Heb. lay it to his heart</n><n>Nabal: that is, Fool</n>


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Now therefore, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, seeing the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w withholden|strong="H4513"\w* thee from \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* to <i>shed</i> \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and from \w avenging|strong="H3467"\w* thyself with thine own \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, now let thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and they that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* to my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, be as \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*.<n>avenging…: Heb. saving thyself</n>


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And now this \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* which thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* hath \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, let it even be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* that \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.<n>blessing: or, present</n><n>follow…: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc</n>


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I pray thee, \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* the \w trespass|strong="H6588"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* a \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; because my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w fighteth|strong="H3898"\w* the \w battles|strong="H4421"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* hath not been \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in thee <i>all</i> thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Yet a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* is \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* to \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* thee, and to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: but the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* shall be \w bound|strong="H6887"\w* in the \w bundle|strong="H6872"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w* with the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* of thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, them shall he sling \w out|strong="H7049"\w*, <i>as out</i> of the \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w sling|strong="H7050"\w*.<n>as out…: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling</n>


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And it shall come to pass, when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* according to all the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that he hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning thee, and shall have \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* thee \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;


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That this shall be no \w grief|strong="H6330"\w* unto thee, nor \w offence|strong="H4383"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, either that thou hast \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w causeless|strong="H2600"\w*, or that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w avenged|strong="H3467"\w* himself: but when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall have dealt \w well|strong="H3190"\w* with my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, then \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*.<n>no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me:


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And \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> thy \w advice|strong="H2940"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> thou, which hast \w kept|strong="H3607"\w* me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* to <i>shed</i> \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and from \w avenging|strong="H3467"\w* myself with mine own \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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For in very \w deed|strong="H0199"\w*, <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which hath kept me \w back|strong="H4513"\w* from \w hurting|strong="H7489"\w* thee, \w except|strong="H3884"\w* thou hadst \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w* and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me, surely there had not been \w left|strong="H3498"\w* unto \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* by the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* any that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* of her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>that</i> which she had \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, I have \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* to thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and have \w accepted|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w person|strong="H6440"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*; and, behold, he held a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, like the \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* of a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>was</i> \w merry|strong="H2896"\w* within him, for he <i>was</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w drunken|strong="H7910"\w*: wherefore she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w*, \w less|strong="H6996"\w* or \w more|strong="H1419"\w*, until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.


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But it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, when the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* was gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, that his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* him, and he became <i>as</i> a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*.


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And it came to pass about \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>after</i>, that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w smote|strong="H5062"\w* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that hath \w pleaded|strong="H7378"\w* the \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* of my \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, and hath \w kept|strong="H2820"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* upon his own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* her to him to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And when the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* to \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* us unto thee, to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee to him to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And she \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* herself on <i>her</i> \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, <i>let</i> thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* <i>be</i> a \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* to \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.


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And \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, with \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w damsels|strong="H5291"\w* of hers that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* her; and she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and became his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.<n>after her: Heb. at her feet</n>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*; and they were also \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them his \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, to \w Phalti|strong="H6406"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, which <i>was</i> of \w Gallim|strong="H1554"\w*.<n>Phalti: also called, Phaltiel</n><pb/>


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And the \w Ziphites|strong="H2130"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Doth not \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* himself in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Hachilah|strong="H2444"\w*, <i>which is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*?


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*, having \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Hachilah|strong="H2444"\w*, which <i>is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*, by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*. But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him into the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* therefore sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*, and \w understood|strong="H3045"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in very \w deed|strong="H3559"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w*, and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of his \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* in the \w trench|strong="H4570"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.<n>trench: or, midst of his carriages</n><pb/>


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*, and to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Who will go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with me to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*? And \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with thee.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and, behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H3463"\w* within the \w trench|strong="H4570"\w*, and his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w stuck|strong="H4600"\w* in the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* at his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*: but \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5462"\w* thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: now therefore let me \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him, I pray thee, with the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* even to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* at \w once|strong="H6471"\w*, and I will not <i>smite</i> him the second \w time|strong="H8138"\w*.<n>delivered: Heb. shut up</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, \w Destroy|strong="H7843"\w* him not: for who can stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, and be \w guiltless|strong="H5352"\w*?


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* furthermore, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w smite|strong="H5062"\w* him; or his \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; or he shall \w descend|strong="H3381"\w* into \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w perish|strong="H5595"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* that I should stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*: but, I pray thee, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thou now the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* that <i>is</i> at his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*, and the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* and the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* from \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w bolster|strong="H7226"\w*; and they gat them \w away|strong="H3212"\w*, and no man \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, nor \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i>, neither \w awaked|strong="H6974"\w*: for they <i>were</i> all \w asleep|strong="H3463"\w*; because a deep \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon them.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*; a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w space|strong="H4725"\w* <i>being</i> between them:


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Answerest|strong="H6030"\w* thou not, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*? Then \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>art</i> thou <i>that</i> \w criest|strong="H7121"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, <i>Art</i> not thou a <i>valiant</i> \w man|strong="H0376"\w*? and who <i>is</i> like to thee in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? wherefore then hast thou not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*? for there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.


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This \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* <i>is</i> not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, ye <i>are</i> \w worthy|strong="H1121"\w* to \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, because ye have not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* your \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*. And now \w see|strong="H7200"\w* where the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* <i>is</i>, and the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* that <i>was</i> at his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*.<n>worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w knew|strong="H5234"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> this thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore doth my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* thus \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*? for what have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? or what \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?


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Now therefore, I pray thee, let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. If the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* have stirred thee \w up|strong="H5496"\w* against me, let him \w accept|strong="H7306"\w* an \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*: but if <i>they be</i> the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*, \w cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> they \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for they have \w driven|strong="H1644"\w* me out this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from \w abiding|strong="H5596"\w* in the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>accept: Heb. smell</n><n>abiding: Heb. cleaving</n>


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Now therefore, let not my \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* before the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w flea|strong="H6550"\w*, as when one doth \w hunt|strong="H7291"\w* a \w partridge|strong="H7124"\w* in the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: for I will no more do thee \w harm|strong="H7489"\w*, because my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* was \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: behold, I have played the \w fool|strong="H5528"\w*, and have \w erred|strong="H7686"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H7235"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*! and let \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* come \w over|strong="H5674"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* it.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w render|strong="H7725"\w* to every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* and his \w faithfulness|strong="H0530"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* thee into <i>my</i> \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but I \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.


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And, behold, as thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* was much set \w by|strong="H1431"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, so let my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* be much set \w by|strong="H1431"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and let him \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* me out of all \w tribulation|strong="H6869"\w*.


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> thou, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: thou shalt both \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* <i>things</i>, and also shalt \w still|strong="H3201"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, I shall now \w perish|strong="H5595"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: <i>there is</i> nothing \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for me than \w that|strong="H3588"\w* I should \w speedily|strong="H4422"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* shall \w despair|strong="H2976"\w* of me, to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* me any more in any \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: so shall I \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>perish: Heb. be consumed</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and he passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* with the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that <i>were</i> with him unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maoch|strong="H4582"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* with \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* at \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, he and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>even</i> \w David|strong="H1732"\w* with his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*, and \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w Carmelitess|strong="H3762"\w*, \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*: and he \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* no more \w again|strong="H3254"\w* for him.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, If I have now \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, let them \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w*, that I may \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there: for why should thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w royal|strong="H4467"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with thee?


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Then \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: wherefore \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* pertaineth unto the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And the \w time|strong="H4557"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* was a full \w year|strong="H3117"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.<n>the time: Heb. the number of days</n><n>a full year: Heb. a year of days</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w invaded|strong="H6584"\w* the \w Geshurites|strong="H1651"\w*, and the \w Gezrites|strong="H1511"\w*, and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*: for \w those|strong="H2007"\w* <i>nations were</i> of \w old|strong="H5769"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, as thou \w goest|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shur|strong="H7793"\w*, even unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<n>Gezrites: or, Gerzites</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and left neither \w man|strong="H0376"\w* nor \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, and took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and the \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, and the \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, and the \w apparel|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*.


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And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Whither|strong="H0408"\w* have ye made a \w road|strong="H6584"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Against the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and against the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of the \w Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397"\w*, and against the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*.<n>Whither…: or, Did you not make a road, etc</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saved|strong="H2421"\w* neither \w man|strong="H0376"\w* nor \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* <i>tidings</i> to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Lest they should \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* on us, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and so <i>will be</i> his \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* he \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, He hath made his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w utterly|strong="H0887"\w* to \w abhor|strong="H0887"\w* him; therefore he shall be my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<n>utterly…: Heb. to stink</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* their \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* for \w warfare|strong="H6635"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* thou \w assuredly|strong="H3045"\w*, that thou shalt go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with me to \w battle|strong="H4264"\w*, thou and thy \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, \w Surely|strong="H3651"\w* thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* can \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Therefore will I \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thee \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w lamented|strong="H5594"\w* him, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, even in his own \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* those that had familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and the \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*, out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and they \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*.


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And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, he was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w trembled|strong="H2729"\w*.


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And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not, neither by \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, nor by \w Urim|strong="H0224"\w*, nor by \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Seek|strong="H1245"\w* me a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that \w hath|strong="H1172"\w* a familiar \w spirit|strong="H0178"\w*, that I may \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to her, and \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of her. And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Behold, <i>there is</i> a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that \w hath|strong="H1172"\w* a familiar \w spirit|strong="H0178"\w* at \w Endor|strong="H5874"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* himself, and put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w*, and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, \w divine|strong="H7080"\w* unto me by the familiar \w spirit|strong="H0178"\w*, and bring me <i>him</i> \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, whom I shall \w name|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee.


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* what \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, how he hath cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* those that have familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and the \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*, out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: wherefore then layest thou a \w snare|strong="H5367"\w* for my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, to cause me to \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* to her by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there \w shall|strong="H0518"\w* no \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w happen|strong="H7136"\w* to thee for this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, Whom shall I bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto thee? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring me \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.


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And when the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, she \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: and the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why hast thou \w deceived|strong="H7411"\w* me? for thou <i>art</i> \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*: for what \w sawest|strong="H7200"\w* thou? And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w ascending|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What \w form|strong="H8389"\w* <i>is</i> he of? And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, An \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* cometh \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; and he <i>is</i> \w covered|strong="H5844"\w* with a \w mantle|strong="H4598"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that it <i>was</i> \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, and he \w stooped|strong="H6915"\w* with <i>his</i> \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself.<n>What…: Heb. What is his form?</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Why hast thou \w disquieted|strong="H7264"\w* me, to bring me \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I am \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H6887"\w*; for the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* make \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against me, and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from me, and \w answereth|strong="H6030"\w* me no more, neither \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, nor by \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*: therefore I have \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thee, that thou mayest make \w known|strong="H3045"\w* unto me what I shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Wherefore then dost thou \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* of me, seeing the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from thee, and is become thine \w enemy|strong="H6145"\w*?


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to him, as he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by \w me|strong="H3027"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* out of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it to thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, <i>even</i> to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*:<n>to him: or, for himself</n><n>me: Heb. mine hand</n>


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\w Because|strong="H0834"\w* thou \w obeyedst|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, nor \w executedst|strong="H6213"\w* his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* upon \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, therefore hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Moreover the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will also \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* <i>shalt</i> thou and thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* <i>be</i> with me: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* also shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w straightway|strong="H4116"\w* \w all|strong="H4393"\w* \w along|strong="H6967"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, because of the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*: and there was no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* in him; for he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, nor all the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.<n>fell…: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w troubled|strong="H0926"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* hath \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and I have \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* in my \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and have \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* unto me.


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Now therefore, I pray thee, \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* thou also unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, and let me \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee; and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, that thou mayest have \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*, when thou \w goest|strong="H3212"\w* on thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.


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But he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. But his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, together with the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w compelled|strong="H6555"\w* him; and he \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*. So he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* had a \w fat|strong="H4770"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and she \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w killed|strong="H2076"\w* it, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*, and \w kneaded|strong="H3888"\w* <i>it</i>, and did \w bake|strong="H0644"\w* unleavened \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* thereof:


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And she \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* <i>it</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. Then they rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w* that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.<pb/>


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Now the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* all their \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* to \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*: and the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* by a \w fountain|strong="H5869"\w* which <i>is</i> in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.


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And the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* by \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, and by \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* in the \w rereward|strong="H0314"\w* with \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, What <i>do</i> these \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* <i>here</i>? And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, <i>Is</i> not this \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which hath been with me these \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, or these \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, and I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* no \w fault|strong="H3972"\w* in him \w since|strong="H3117"\w* he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* <i>unto me</i> unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?


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And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* with him; and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Make|strong="H7725"\w* this \w fellow|strong="H0376"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, that he may go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* which thou hast \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* him, and let him not go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with us to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, lest in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* he be an \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* to us: for wherewith should he \w reconcile|strong="H7521"\w* himself unto his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*? <i>should it</i> not <i>be</i> with the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of these \w men|strong="H0582"\w*?


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<i>Is</i> not this \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, of whom they \w sang|strong="H6030"\w* one to another in \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* his \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Surely, <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, thou hast been \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, and thy going \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and thy coming \w in|strong="H0935"\w* with me in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*: for I have not \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in thee since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* unto me unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: nevertheless the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* \w favour|strong="H2896"\w* thee \w not|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>the lords…: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords</n>


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Wherefore now \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, that thou \w displease|strong="H6213"\w* not the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<n>displease…: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, But what have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? and what hast thou \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* so long \w as|strong="H3117"\w* I have been with \w thee|strong="H6440"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that I may not \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?<n>with…: Heb. before thee</n>


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And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou <i>art</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, as an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: notwithstanding the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He shall not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with us to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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Wherefore now rise up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* with thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with thee: and as soon as ye be up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and have \w light|strong="H0215"\w*, \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w* had \w invaded|strong="H6584"\w* the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, and \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*;


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And had taken the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, that <i>were</i> therein: they \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* not \w any|strong="H0376"\w*, either \w great|strong="H1419"\w* or \w small|strong="H6996"\w*, but carried <i>them</i> \w away|strong="H5090"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and, behold, <i>it was</i> \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; and their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, were taken \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*.


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, until they had no more \w power|strong="H3581"\w* to \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*.


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And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* were taken \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*, and \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H3334"\w*; for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* of \w stoning|strong="H5619"\w* him, because the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* was \w grieved|strong="H4843"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* for his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and for his \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* himself in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>grieved: Heb. bitter</n><pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Ahimelech’s|strong="H0288"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, I pray thee, bring me \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*. And \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* thither the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* at the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* this \w troop|strong="H1416"\w*? shall I \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* them? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, \w Pursue|strong="H7291"\w*: for thou shalt \w surely|strong="H5381"\w* \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* <i>them</i>, and without \w fail|strong="H5337"\w* \w recover|strong="H5337"\w* <i>all</i>.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, he and the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Besor|strong="H1308"\w*, where those that were left \w behind|strong="H3498"\w* \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w*.


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But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w*, he and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: for two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* abode \w behind|strong="H5975"\w*, which were so \w faint|strong="H6296"\w* that they could not go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Besor|strong="H1308"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* an \w Egyptian|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* him to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and they made him \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*;


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And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him a \w piece|strong="H6400"\w* of a \w cake|strong="H1690"\w* of figs, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* clusters of \w raisins|strong="H6778"\w*: and when he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*, his \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to him: for he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, nor \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* <i>any</i> \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, To whom <i>belongest</i> thou? and whence <i>art</i> thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> a young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w*, \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to an \w Amalekite|strong="H0376"\w*; and my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* me, because \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* agone I fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.


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We made an \w invasion|strong="H6584"\w* <i>upon</i> the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and upon <i>the coast</i> which <i>belongeth</i> to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and upon the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*; and we \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Canst thou bring me \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to this \w company|strong="H1416"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto me by \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that thou wilt neither \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* me, \w nor|strong="H0518"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* me into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and I will bring thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to this \w company|strong="H1416"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when he had brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, behold, <i>they were</i> spread \w abroad|strong="H5203"\w* upon \w all|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w dancing|strong="H2287"\w*, because of all the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* that they had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them from the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w* even unto the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* of the next \w day|strong="H4283"\w*: and there \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of them, save \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, which \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.<n>the next…: Heb. their morrow</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w recovered|strong="H5337"\w* all that the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* had carried \w away|strong="H3947"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w rescued|strong="H5337"\w* his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And there was nothing \w lacking|strong="H5737"\w* to them, \w neither|strong="H4480"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* nor \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, neither \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* nor \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, neither \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, nor any <i>thing</i> that they had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* to them: \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* all.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* and the \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*, <i>which</i> they \w drave|strong="H5090"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* <i>other</i> \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, which were so \w faint|strong="H6296"\w* that they could not \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, whom they had made also to \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* at the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Besor|strong="H1308"\w*: and they went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him: and when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he \w saluted|strong="H7592"\w* them.<n>saluted…: or, asked them how they did</n>


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* all the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and <i>men</i> of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, of \w those|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Because they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* not with us, we will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them <i>ought</i> of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* that we have \w recovered|strong="H5337"\w*, save to every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* and his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, that they may lead <i>them</i> \w away|strong="H5090"\w*, and \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>those: Heb. men</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Ye shall not do \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, with that which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* us, who hath \w preserved|strong="H8104"\w* us, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w company|strong="H1416"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against us into our \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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For who will \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto you in this \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*? but as his \w part|strong="H2506"\w* <i>is</i> that goeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, so <i>shall</i> his \w part|strong="H2506"\w* <i>be</i> that \w tarrieth|strong="H3427"\w* by the \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w*: they shall \w part|strong="H2505"\w* \w alike|strong="H3162"\w*.


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And it was <i>so</i> from that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w forward|strong="H4605"\w*, that he \w made|strong="H7760"\w* it a \w statute|strong="H2706"\w* and an \w ordinance|strong="H4941"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>forward: Heb. and forward</n><pb/>


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¶ And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>even</i> to his \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold a \w present|strong="H1293"\w* for you of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*;<n>present: Heb. blessing</n>


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To <i> \+w them|strong="H0834"\+w*</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7418"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Jattir|strong="H3492"\w*,


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And to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Siphmoth|strong="H8224"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Eshtemoa|strong="H0851"\w*,


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And to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Rachal|strong="H7403"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*,


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And to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Chor-ashan|strong="H3565"\w*, and to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Athach|strong="H6269"\w*,


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And to <i>them</i> which <i>were</i> in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and to all the \w places|strong="H4725"\w* where \w David|strong="H1732"\w* himself and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* were wont to \w haunt|strong="H1980"\w*.<pb/>


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Now the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*.<n>slain: or, wounded</n>


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And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* followed \w hard|strong="H1692"\w* upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and upon his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, and \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, and \w Malchi-shua|strong="H4444"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* went \w sore|strong="H3513"\w* against \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and the \w archers|strong="H3384"\w* \w hit|strong="H4672"\w* him; and he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2342"\w* of the \w archers|strong="H3384"\w*.<n>and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bows</n><n>hit…: Heb. found him</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* unto his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, \w Draw|strong="H8025"\w* thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and thrust me \w through|strong="H1856"\w* therewith; lest these \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and thrust me \w through|strong="H1856"\w*, and \w abuse|strong="H5953"\w* me. But his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not; for he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. Therefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon it.<n>abuse…: or, mock me</n>


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And when his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* likewise upon his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* with him.


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So \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and his \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, and all his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that <i>were</i> on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, and <i>they</i> that <i>were</i> on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* were \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*; and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in them.<pb/>


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And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w strip|strong="H6584"\w* the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*, that they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*.


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And they cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and stripped \w off|strong="H6584"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, to \w publish|strong="H1319"\w* <i>it in</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of their \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*, and among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And they \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*: and they \w fastened|strong="H8628"\w* his \w body|strong="H1472"\w* to the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Beth-shan|strong="H1052"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of that which the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*;<n>of that: or, concerning him that</n>


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All the \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w body|strong="H1472"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* from the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Beth-shan|strong="H1052"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* them there.


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And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* <i>them</i> under a \w tree|strong="H0815"\w* at \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Now it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*;


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It came even to pass on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that, behold, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* out of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* with his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: and <i>so</i> it was, when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and did \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, From whence \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Out of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* am I \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w How|strong="H4100"\w* went the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*? I pray thee, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, That the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* from the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w many|strong="H7235"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* also are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* and \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* are \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* also.<n>How…: Heb. What was, etc</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, How \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* be \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*?


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And the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, As I \w happened|strong="H7136"\w* by \w chance|strong="H7122"\w* upon \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*, behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* upon his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*; and, lo, the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horsemen|strong="H1167"\w* followed \w hard|strong="H1692"\w* after him.


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And when he \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him, he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* me, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto me. And I \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here <i>am</i> I.<n>Here…: Heb. Behold me</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Who <i>art</i> thou? And I \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, I <i>am</i> an \w Amalekite|strong="H6003"\w*.


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He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me again, \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w*, I pray thee, upon me, and \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me: for \w anguish|strong="H7661"\w* is \w come|strong="H0270"\w* upon me, because my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* <i>is</i> yet whole in me.<n>anguish…: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc</n>


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So I \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, because I was \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* that he could not \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that he was \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*: and I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* that <i>was</i> upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and the \w bracelet|strong="H0685"\w* that <i>was</i> on his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, and have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them hither unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* took \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* them; and likewise all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that <i>were</i> with him:


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And they \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* until \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and for \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; because they were \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, Whence <i>art</i> thou? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w stranger|strong="H0376"\w*, an \w Amalekite|strong="H6003"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, How wast thou not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* to stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*?


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, <i>and</i> \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon him. And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* <i>be</i> upon thy \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; for thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* hath \w testified|strong="H6030"\w* against thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w lamented|strong="H6969"\w* with this \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w* over \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and over \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*:


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(Also he \w bade|strong="H0559"\w* them \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>the use of</i> the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*: behold, <i>it is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of \w Jasher|strong="H3477"\w*.)<n>of Jasher: or, of the upright</n>


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The \w beauty|strong="H6643"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* upon thy high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*: how are the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*!


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\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> not in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w publish|strong="H1319"\w* <i>it</i> not in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Askelon|strong="H0831"\w*; lest the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, lest the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w triumph|strong="H5937"\w*.


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Ye \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*, <i>let there be</i> no \w dew|strong="H2919"\w*, neither <i>let there be</i> \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, upon you, nor \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* of \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w*: for there the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* is vilely cast \w away|strong="H1602"\w*, the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, <i>as though he had</i> not <i>been</i> \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.


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From the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*, from the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*, the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w turned|strong="H7734"\w* not \w back|strong="H0268"\w*, and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* not \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*.


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\w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* <i>were</i> \w lovely|strong="H0157"\w* and \w pleasant|strong="H5273"\w* in their \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, and in their \w death|strong="H4194"\w* they were not \w divided|strong="H6504"\w*: they were \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* than \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*, they were \w stronger|strong="H1396"\w* than \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*.<n>pleasant: or, sweet</n>


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Ye \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, weep \w over|strong="H1058"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, who \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* you in \w scarlet|strong="H8144"\w*, with <i>other</i> \w delights|strong="H5730"\w*, who \w put|strong="H5927"\w* on \w ornaments|strong="H5716"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* upon your \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w*.


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How are the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*! O \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, <i>thou wast</i> \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* in thine high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.


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I am \w distressed|strong="H6887"\w* for thee, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*: \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H5276"\w* hast thou been unto me: thy \w love|strong="H0160"\w* to me was \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w*, passing the \w love|strong="H0160"\w* of \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.


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How are the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*, and the \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*!<pb/>


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And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into \w any|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whither shall I go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Unto \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* thither, and his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* also, \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*, and \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*.


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And his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that <i>were</i> with him did \w David|strong="H1732"\w* bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: and they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and there they \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>That</i> the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* <i>were they</i> that \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> ye of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that ye have \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* this \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto your \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, <i>even</i> unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and have \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him.


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And now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* unto you: and I also will \w requite|strong="H6213"\w* you this \w kindness|strong="H2896"\w*, because ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Therefore now let your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* be \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w*, and be ye \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w*: for your \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and also the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* me \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over them.<n>be ye…: Heb. be ye the sons of valour</n><pb/>


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¶ But \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and brought him \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*;<n>Saul’s host: Heb. the host which was Saul’s</n><n>Ish-bosheth: or, Esh-baal</n>


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And made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and over the \w Ashurites|strong="H0805"\w*, and over \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and over \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and over \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>was</i> \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. But the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And the \w time|strong="H4557"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.<n>time: Heb. number of days</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, and the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* to \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, and the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w met|strong="H6298"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* by the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*: and they sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, the one on the one side of the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, and the other on the other side of the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*.<n>together: Heb. them together</n>


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And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Let the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* now \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w play|strong="H7832"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let them \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*.


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Then there \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* by \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, which <i>pertained</i> to \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And they \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* by the \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and <i>thrust</i> his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in his \w fellow’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*; so they fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: wherefore that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* was \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Helkath-hazzurim|strong="H2521"\w*, which <i>is</i> in \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.<n>Helkath-hazzurim: that is, The field of strong men</n>


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And there was a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w sore|strong="H7186"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* was \w beaten|strong="H5062"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And there were \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* there, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, and \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*: and \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* <i>was as</i> \w light|strong="H7031"\w* of \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* as \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w roe|strong="H6643"\w*.<n>of foot: Heb. of his feet</n><n>as a wild…: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field</n>


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And \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*; and in \w going|strong="H3212"\w* he \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* not to the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* nor to the \w left|strong="H8040"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*.<n>from…: Heb. from after Abner</n>


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Then \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Art</i> thou \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i>.


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And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Turn thee \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* to thy right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* or to thy \w left|strong="H8040"\w*, and lay thee \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* on \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee his \w armour|strong="H2488"\w*. But \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not turn \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* of him.<n>armour: or, spoil</n>


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And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* to \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, Turn thee \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* me: wherefore should I \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* thee to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*? how then should I hold \w up|strong="H5375"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*?


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Howbeit he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to turn \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*: wherefore \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* with the hinder \w end|strong="H0310"\w* of the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him \w under|strong="H0413"\w* the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* <i>rib</i>, that the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him; and he fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* there, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in the same \w place|strong="H8478"\w*: and it came to pass, <i>that</i> as many as \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*.


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\w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* also and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*: and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* went \w down|strong="H0935"\w* when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Ammah|strong="H0522"\w*, that <i>lieth</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Giah|strong="H1520"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, and became \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w troop|strong="H0092"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*.


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Then \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w*? \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou not that it will be \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* in the latter \w end|strong="H0314"\w*? how long shall it be then, ere thou \w bid|strong="H0559"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*?


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w unless|strong="H3884"\w* thou hadst \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, surely then in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* had gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>in the…: Heb. from the morning</n><n>gone…: or, gone away</n>


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So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* no more, neither \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* they any \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.


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And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* all that \w night|strong="H3915"\w* through the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and went \w through|strong="H3212"\w* all \w Bithron|strong="H1338"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*: and when he had \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, there \w lacked|strong="H6485"\w* of \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w nineteen|strong="H8672"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*.


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But the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and of \w Abner’s|strong="H0074"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, <i>so that</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And they took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, which <i>was in</i> \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and they came to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* at break of \w day|strong="H0215"\w*.<pb/>


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Now there was \w long|strong="H0752"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w waxed|strong="H1980"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2390"\w* and \w stronger|strong="H2390"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w waxed|strong="H1980"\w* \w weaker|strong="H1800"\w* and \w weaker|strong="H1800"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* were \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: and his \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* was \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, of \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*;


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And his \w second|strong="H4932"\w*, \w Chileab|strong="H3609"\w*, of \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*; and the \w third|strong="H7992"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*;<n>Chileab: or, Daniel</n>


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And the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w*, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w*; and the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w*, \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abital|strong="H0037"\w*;


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And the \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w*, \w Ithream|strong="H3507"\w*, by \w Eglah|strong="H5698"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. These were \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, while there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* made himself \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had a \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w*: and <i>Ish-bosheth</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, Wherefore hast thou gone \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*?


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Then was \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w* for the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Am</i> I a \w dog’s|strong="H3611"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, which against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* do \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, to his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and to his \w friends|strong="H4828"\w*, and have not \w delivered|strong="H4672"\w* thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that thou \w chargest|strong="H6485"\w* me to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* with a \w fault|strong="H5771"\w* concerning this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*?


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So \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, except, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, even so I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him;


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To \w translate|strong="H5674"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and to set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.


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And he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* again, because he \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* on his behalf, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Whose <i>is</i> the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* <i>also</i>, \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* thy \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with me, and, behold, my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>shall be</i> with thee, to bring \w about|strong="H5437"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto thee.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Well|strong="H2896"\w*; I will \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with thee: but \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* I \w require|strong="H7592"\w* of thee, that \w is|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, except thou \w first|strong="H6440"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, when thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>that is: Heb. saying</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Deliver|strong="H5414"\w* <i>me</i> my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*, which I \w espoused|strong="H0781"\w* to me for an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* her from <i>her</i> \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, <i>even</i> from \w Phaltiel|strong="H6409"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Laish|strong="H3889"\w*.<n>Phaltiel: also called, Phalti</n>


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And her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with her along \w weeping|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* her to \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w*. And he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*.<n>along…: Heb. going and weeping</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* had \w communication|strong="H1961"\w* with the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w times|strong="H8543"\w* \w past|strong="H8032"\w* <i>to be</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you:<n>in times…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day</n>


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Now then \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it:</i> for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, By the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* I will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.


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And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* also \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* also to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* all that \w seemed|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and that seemed \w good|strong="H5869"\w* to the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.


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So \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that <i>were</i> with him a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*.


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And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I will \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, and will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, that they may \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with thee, and that thou mayest \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over all that thine \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*; and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And, behold, the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from <i>pursuing</i> a \w troop|strong="H1416"\w*, and brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* with them: but \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* <i>was</i> not with \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*; for he had sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and he was \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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When \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* that <i>was</i> with him were \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and he hath sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and he is \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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Then \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? behold, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee; why <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> thou hast sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and he is \w quite|strong="H1980"\w* \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*?


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Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w deceive|strong="H6601"\w* thee, and to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy going \w out|strong="H4161"\w* and thy coming \w in|strong="H4126"\w*, and to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* all that thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And when \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* was come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, which brought him \w again|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w well|strong="H0953"\w* of \w Sirah|strong="H5626"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> not.


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And when \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* took him \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* with him \w quietly|strong="H7987"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him there under the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* <i>rib</i>, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, for the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>quietly: or, peaceably</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I and my \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* <i>are</i> \w guiltless|strong="H5355"\w* before the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* from the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*:<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n>


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Let it \w rest|strong="H2342"\w* on the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and on all his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and let there not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* one that hath an \w issue|strong="H2100"\w*, or that is a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*, or that \w leaneth|strong="H2388"\w* on a \w staff|strong="H6418"\w*, or that \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* on the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, or that \w lacketh|strong="H2638"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.<n>fail: Heb. be cut off</n>


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So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, because he had \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* their \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* at \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, \w Rend|strong="H7167"\w* your \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* you with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*. And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>himself</i> \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* the \w bier|strong="H4296"\w*.<n>bier: Heb. bed</n>


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And they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* at the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*; and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w lamented|strong="H6969"\w* over \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Died|strong="H4191"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* as a \w fool|strong="H5036"\w* \w dieth|strong="H4194"\w*?


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Thy \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* <i>were</i> not \w bound|strong="H0631"\w*, nor thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w put|strong="H5066"\w* into \w fetters|strong="H5178"\w*: as a man \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w wicked|strong="H5766"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, <i>so</i> \w fellest|strong="H5307"\w* thou. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* over him.<n>wicked…: Heb. children of iniquity</n>


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And when \w all|strong="H3605"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w cause|strong="H1262"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* while it was \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to me, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if I \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, or \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* else, \w till|strong="H6440"\w* the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* be \w down|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* took \w notice|strong="H5234"\w* <i>of it</i>, and it \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* them: as whatsoever the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes</n>


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For all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w understood|strong="H3045"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that it was not of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* ye not that there is a \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* and a great \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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And I <i>am</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w weak|strong="H7390"\w*, though \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and these \w men|strong="H0582"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* <i>be</i> too \w hard|strong="H7186"\w* for me: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w reward|strong="H7999"\w* the doer of \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* according to his \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.<n>weak: Heb. tender</n><pb/>


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And when \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* were \w feeble|strong="H7503"\w*, and all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* were \w troubled|strong="H0926"\w*.


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And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>that were</i> \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w bands|strong="H1416"\w*: the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>was</i> \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* a \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: (for \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w* also was \w reckoned|strong="H2803"\w* to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*:<n>other: Heb. second</n>


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And the \w Beerothites|strong="H0886"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* to \w Gittaim|strong="H1664"\w*, and were \w sojourners|strong="H1481"\w* there until this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.)


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, had a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>that was</i> \w lame|strong="H5223"\w* of <i>his</i> \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. He was \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when the \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* out of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and his \w nurse|strong="H0539"\w* took him \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*: and it came to pass, as she made \w haste|strong="H2648"\w* to \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, that he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, and became \w lame|strong="H6452"\w*. And his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*.<n>Mephibosheth: or, Merib-baal</n>


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And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* the \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* and \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* about the \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w*, who \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* on a \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*.


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And they came \w thither|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>as though</i> they would have \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*; and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him under the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* <i>rib:</i> and \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* and \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*.


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For when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, he \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* on his \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* in his \w bedchamber|strong="H2315"\w*, and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w beheaded|strong="H5493"\w* him, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and gat them \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w through|strong="H1870"\w* the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.


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And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, which \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w hath|strong="H5414"\w* \w avenged|strong="H5360"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and of his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* and \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* the \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, who hath \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* out of all \w adversity|strong="H6869"\w*,


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When one \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, thinking to have \w brought|strong="H5869"\w* good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, I took \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* of him, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* him in \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, who <i>thought</i> that I would have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him a reward for his \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w*:<n>thinking…: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc</n><n>who…: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings</n>


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How much more, when \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* a \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w* upon his \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*? shall I not therefore now \w require|strong="H1245"\w* his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and take you \w away|strong="H1197"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*?


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and they \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them, and cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* and their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and hanged <i>them</i> \w up|strong="H8518"\w* over the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. But they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* <i>it</i> in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy \w bone|strong="H6106"\w* and thy \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.


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Also in time \w past|strong="H0865"\w*, when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over us, thou wast he that leddest \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and broughtest \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to thee, Thou shalt \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and thou shalt be a \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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So all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*; and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with them in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and they \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>was</i> \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, <i>and</i> he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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In \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*: and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: which \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Except thou take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* and the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*, thou shalt not come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* hither: \w thinking|strong="H0559"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* cannot come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* hither.<n>thinking…: or, saying David shall not, etc</n>


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Nevertheless \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the strong \w hold|strong="H4686"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: the same <i>is</i> the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, Whosoever getteth \w up|strong="H5060"\w* to the \w gutter|strong="H6794"\w*, and \w smiteth|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, and the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* and the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*, <i>that are</i> \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* of \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, <i>he shall be chief and captain</i>. Wherefore they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* and the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>Wherefore…: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not</n>


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w fort|strong="H4686"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* it the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* from \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w* and \w inward|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and grew \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* <i>was</i> with him.<n>went…: Heb. went, going and growing</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, and \w masons|strong="H7023"\w*: and they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w established|strong="H3559"\w* him \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and that he had \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* his \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* for his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* sake.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* <i>him</i> more \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w* and \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: and there were yet \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And these <i>be</i> the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of those that were \w born|strong="H3209"\w* unto him in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w Shammua|strong="H8051"\w*, and \w Shobab|strong="H7727"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*,


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\w Ibhar|strong="H2984"\w* also, and \w Elishua|strong="H0474"\w*, and \w Nepheg|strong="H5298"\w*, and \w Japhia|strong="H3309"\w*,


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And \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w*, and \w Eliada|strong="H0450"\w*, and \w Eliphalet|strong="H0467"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that they had \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, all the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>of it</i>, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*.


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The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* also \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w spread|strong="H5203"\w* themselves in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? wilt thou \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: for I will \w doubtless|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Baal-perazim|strong="H1188"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them there, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath broken \w forth|strong="H6555"\w* upon mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, as the \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*. Therefore he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Baal-perazim|strong="H1188"\w*.<n>Baal-perazim: that is, the plain of breaches</n>


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And there they \w left|strong="H5800"\w* their \w images|strong="H6091"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w burned|strong="H5375"\w* them.<n>burned…: or, took them away</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H5203"\w* themselves in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.


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And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; <i>but</i> fetch a \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* them, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon them over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* the mulberry \w trees|strong="H1057"\w*.


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And let it be, when thou \w hearest|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w going|strong="H6807"\w* in the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of the mulberry \w trees|strong="H1057"\w*, that then thou shalt \w bestir|strong="H2782"\w* thyself: for then shall the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him; and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* from \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* until thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gazer|strong="H1507"\w*.<n>Geba: also called, Gibeon</n><pb/>


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Again, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* all <i>the</i> \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* <i>men</i> of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him from Baale of \w Judah|strong="H1184"\w*, to bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* that \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* <i>between</i> the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*.<n>Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim</n><n>whose name…: or, at which the name, even the name of the  [[ LORD]][[* of hosts, was called upon]]</n>


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And they \w set|strong="H7392"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* upon a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* it out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: and \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* and \w Ahio|strong="H0283"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, \w drave|strong="H5090"\w* the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*.<n>set: Heb. made to ride</n><n>Gibeah: or, the hill</n>


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And they \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* it out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w* which <i>was</i> at \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w accompanying|strong="H5973"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and \w Ahio|strong="H0283"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*.<n>accompanying: Heb. with</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w played|strong="H7832"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* on all manner of <i>instruments made of</i> \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, even on \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*, and on \w psalteries|strong="H5035"\w*, and on \w timbrels|strong="H8596"\w*, and on \w cornets|strong="H4517"\w*, and on \w cymbals|strong="H6767"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nachon’s|strong="H5225"\w* \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w*, \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* <i>his hand</i> to the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and took \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* of it; for the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w shook|strong="H8058"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>Nachon: also called Chidon</n><n>shook it: or, stumbled</n>


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And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w*; and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him there for <i>his</i> \w error|strong="H7944"\w*; and there he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>error: or, rashness</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w displeased|strong="H2734"\w*, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w made|strong="H6555"\w* a \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* upon \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w*: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the name of the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Perez-uzzah|strong="H6560"\w* to this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>made: Heb. broken</n><n>Perez-uzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How shall the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to me?


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto him into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* carried it \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*.


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And the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w*, and all his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w*, and all that <i>pertaineth</i> unto him, because of the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* with \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*.


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And it was <i>so</i>, that when they that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w gone|strong="H6805"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w paces|strong="H6806"\w*, he \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* and \w fatlings|strong="H4806"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w danced|strong="H3769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* with all <i>his</i> \w might|strong="H5797"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>was</i> \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with a \w linen|strong="H0906"\w* \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* with \w shouting|strong="H8643"\w*, and with the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*.


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And as the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* through a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w leaping|strong="H6339"\w* and \w dancing|strong="H3769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and she \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* him in her \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* in the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w set|strong="H3322"\w* it in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w pitched|strong="H5186"\w* for it: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>pitched: Heb. stretched</n>


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And as soon as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, he \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.


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And he \w dealt|strong="H2505"\w* among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>even</i> among the whole \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as well to the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* as \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, to every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w cake|strong="H2471"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and a good \w piece|strong="H0829"\w* <i>of flesh</i>, and a \w flagon|strong="H0809"\w* <i>of wine</i>. So all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*. And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How \w glorious|strong="H3513"\w* was the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, who \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w* himself to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w handmaids|strong="H0519"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the vain \w fellows|strong="H7386"\w* \w shamelessly|strong="H1540"\w* \w uncovereth|strong="H1540"\w* himself!<n>shamelessly: or, openly</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*, <i>It was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* me before thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and before all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w appoint|strong="H6680"\w* me \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: therefore will I \w play|strong="H7832"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And I will yet be more \w vile|strong="H7043"\w* than \w thus|strong="H2063"\w*, and will be \w base|strong="H8217"\w* in mine own \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*: and of the \w maidservants|strong="H0519"\w* which thou hast \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* of, of them shall I be had in \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*.<n>of the…: or, of the handmaids of my servants</n>


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Therefore \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had no \w child|strong="H2056"\w* unto the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of her \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had given him \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* from all his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*;


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That the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w* now, I \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, but the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w*.


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And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all that <i>is</i> in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> with thee.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Shalt thou \w build|strong="H1129"\w* me an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for me to dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w*?<n>my servant…: Heb. to my servant, to David</n>


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Whereas I have not \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in <i>any</i> \w house|strong="H1004"\w* since the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, even to this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in a \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* and in a \w tabernacle|strong="H4908"\w*.


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In all <i>the places</i> wherein I have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* with all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* I a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* with \w any|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* to \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why \w build|strong="H1129"\w* ye not me an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*?<n>any of…: any of the judges</n>


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Now therefore so shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* thee from the \w sheepcote|strong="H5116"\w*, from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, to be \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:<n>from following: Heb. from after</n>


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And I was with thee whithersoever thou \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w*, and have cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* all thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* out of thy \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, and have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, like unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>men</i> that <i>are</i> in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>out of…: Heb. from thy face</n>


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Moreover I will \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* for my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* them, that they may \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in a place of their own, and \w move|strong="H7264"\w* no more; neither shall the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w* \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* them any \w more|strong="H3254"\w*, as \w beforetime|strong="H7223"\w*,


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And as since the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* <i>to be</i> over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and have caused thee to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* from all thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. Also the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w telleth|strong="H5046"\w* thee that he will \w make|strong="H6213"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* be \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w*, and thou shalt \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* with thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, I will set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee, which shall \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* out of thy \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w*, and I will \w establish|strong="H3559"\w* his \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.


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He shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and I will \w stablish|strong="H3559"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of his \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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I will be his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and he shall be my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. If he commit \w iniquity|strong="H5753"\w*, I will \w chasten|strong="H3198"\w* him with the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and with the \w stripes|strong="H5061"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*:


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But my \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* shall not depart \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from him, as I \w took|strong="H5493"\w* <i>it</i> from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, whom I put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee.


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And thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H0539"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: thy \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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According to all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and according to all this \w vision|strong="H2384"\w*, so did \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>am</i> I, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*? and what <i>is</i> my \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that thou hast \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me \w hitherto|strong="H1988"\w*?


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And this was yet a small \w thing|strong="H6994"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; but thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* also of thy \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for a great while to \w come|strong="H7350"\w*. And <i>is</i> this the \w manner|strong="H8452"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*?<n>manner: Heb. law</n>


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And what \w can|strong="H3254"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* unto thee? for thou, \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.


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For thy \w word’s|strong="H1697"\w* sake, and according to thine own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, hast thou \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these great \w things|strong="H1420"\w*, to make thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>them</i>.


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Wherefore thou art \w great|strong="H1431"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for <i>there is</i> none like thee, neither <i>is there any</i> \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w beside|strong="H2108"\w* thee, according to all that we have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* with our \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.


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And what \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* <i>is</i> like thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>even</i> like \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* for a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to himself, and to \w make|strong="H7760"\w* him a \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for you great \w things|strong="H1420"\w* and \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w*, for thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which thou \w redeemedst|strong="H6299"\w* to thee from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, <i>from</i> the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*?


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For thou hast \w confirmed|strong="H3559"\w* to thyself thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>to be</i> a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto thee \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: and thou,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, art \w become|strong="H1961"\w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And now, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and concerning his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* <i>it</i> \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And let thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* be \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* <i>is</i> the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and let the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee.


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For thou, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, hast \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: therefore hath thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* this \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* unto thee.<n>revealed: Heb. opened the ear</n>


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And now, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, thou <i>art</i> that \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* be \w true|strong="H0571"\w*, and thou hast \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* this \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*:


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Therefore now let it \w please|strong="H2974"\w* thee to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, that it may continue for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: for thou, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it:</i> and with thy \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* let the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* be \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<n>let it…: Heb. be thou pleased and bless</n><pb/>


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* this it came to pass, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* them: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Metheg-ammah|strong="H4965"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<n>Metheg-ammah: or, the bridle of Ammah</n>


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And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* them with a \w line|strong="H2256"\w*, casting them \w down|strong="H7901"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; even with \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w lines|strong="H2256"\w* \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* he to put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, and with one \w full|strong="H4393"\w* \w line|strong="H2256"\w* to keep \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. And <i>so</i> the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* became \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, <i>and</i> \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* also \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, as he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w recover|strong="H7725"\w* his \w border|strong="H3027"\w* at the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.<n>Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* from him a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* <i>chariots</i>, and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H0376"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w houghed|strong="H6131"\w* all the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* <i>horses</i>, but \w reserved|strong="H3498"\w* of them <i>for</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.<n>from…: or, of his chariots</n>


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And when the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w succour|strong="H5826"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w garrisons|strong="H5333"\w* in \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* became \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, <i>and</i> \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w preserved|strong="H3467"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* whithersoever he \w went|strong="H1980"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w shields|strong="H7982"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that were on the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And from \w Betah|strong="H0984"\w*, and from \w Berothai|strong="H1268"\w*, \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ When \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*,


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Then \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, to \w salute|strong="H7592"\w* him, and to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* him, because he had \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, and \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* him: for \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* had \w wars|strong="H0376"\w* with \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w*. And <i>Joram</i> brought with \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*:<n>Joram: also called, Hadoram</n><n>salute…: Heb. ask him of peace</n><n>had wars…: Heb. was a man of wars with</n><n>brought…: Heb. in his hand were</n>


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Which also \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* did \w dedicate|strong="H6942"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, with the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that he had \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* of all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which he \w subdued|strong="H3533"\w*;


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Of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and of \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w gat|strong="H6213"\w* <i>him</i> a \w name|strong="H8034"\w* when he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w smiting|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*, <i>being</i> \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* <i>men</i>.<n>smiting: Heb. his smiting</n><pb/>


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¶ And he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w garrisons|strong="H5333"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; throughout all \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* he \w garrisons|strong="H5333"\w*, and all they of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* became \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w preserved|strong="H3467"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* whithersoever he \w went|strong="H1980"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w justice|strong="H6666"\w* unto all his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*; and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* <i>was</i> \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*;<n>recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles</n>


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And \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, and \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*, <i>were</i> the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; and \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* <i>was</i> the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*;<n>scribe: or, secretary</n>


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And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* <i>was over</i> both the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w* and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*; and \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* were chief \w rulers|strong="H3548"\w*.<n>chief rulers: or, princes</n><pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Is there \w yet|strong="H3426"\w* any that is \w left|strong="H3498"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that I may \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* him \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* for \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* sake?


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And <i>there was</i> of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*. And when they had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Art</i> thou \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* <i>is he</i>.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> there \w not|strong="H0657"\w* yet \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that I may \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* the \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto him? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* hath yet a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, <i>which is</i> \w lame|strong="H5223"\w* on <i>his</i> \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Where|strong="H0375"\w* <i>is</i> he? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, he <i>is</i> in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w*, in \w Lo-debar|strong="H3810"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* him out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w*, from \w Lo-debar|strong="H3810"\w*.


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Now when \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and did \w reverence|strong="H7812"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*!<n>Mephibosheth: also called Merib-baal</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for I will \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* for \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* sake, and will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* thee all the \w land|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; and thou shalt \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* at my \w table|strong="H7979"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*.


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And he \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>is</i> thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, that thou shouldest \w look|strong="H6437"\w* upon such a \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* as I <i>am</i>?<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* all that \w pertained|strong="H1961"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and to all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Thou therefore, and thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, shall \w till|strong="H5647"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* for him, and thou shalt \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* in <i>the fruits</i>, that thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* may have \w food|strong="H3899"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: but \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w alway|strong="H8548"\w* at my \w table|strong="H7979"\w*. Now \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* had \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, According to all that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, so shall thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. As for \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*, <i>said the king</i>, he shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at my \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* had a \w young|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Micha|strong="H4316"\w*. And all that \w dwelt|strong="H4186"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* <i>were</i> \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*.


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So \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* at the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*; and was \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* on \w both|strong="H8147"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I will \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w*, as his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto me. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* him by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* for his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* their \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w Thinkest|strong="H5869"\w* thou that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* doth \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, that he hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w comforters|strong="H5162"\w* unto thee? hath not \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>rather</i> \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto thee, \w to|strong="H5668"\w* \w search|strong="H2713"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and to spy it \w out|strong="H7270"\w*, and to \w overthrow|strong="H2015"\w* it?<n>Thinkest…: Heb. In thine eyes doth David</n>


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Wherefore \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and shaved \w off|strong="H1548"\w* the one \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of their \w beards|strong="H2206"\w*, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* their \w garments|strong="H4063"\w* in the \w middle|strong="H2677"\w*, <i>even</i> to their \w buttocks|strong="H8357"\w*, and sent them \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.


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When they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* them, because the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* were \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* until your \w beards|strong="H2206"\w* be \w grown|strong="H6779"\w*, and <i>then</i> \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they \w stank|strong="H0887"\w* before \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Beth-rehob|strong="H1050"\w*, and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Zoba|strong="H6678"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*, and of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, and of \w Ish-tob|strong="H0382"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>Ish-tob: or, the men of Tob</n>


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And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of <i>it</i>, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and put the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* at the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Zoba|strong="H6678"\w*, and of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, and \w Ish-tob|strong="H0382"\w*, and \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*, <i>were</i> by \w themselves|strong="H0905"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.


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When \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w front|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was against him \w before|strong="H6440"\w* and \w behind|strong="H0268"\w*, he \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* of all the \w choice|strong="H0977"\w* <i>men</i> of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and put <i>them</i> in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*:


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* he \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, that he might put <i>them</i> in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* be too \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* for me, then thou shalt \w help|strong="H3444"\w* me: but if the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* be too \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* for thee, then I will \w come|strong="H1980"\w* and \w help|strong="H3467"\w* thee.


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Be of good \w courage|strong="H2388"\w*, and let us play the \w men|strong="H2388"\w* for our \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and for the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* that which \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* him \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* drew \w nigh|strong="H5066"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, unto the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* were \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, then \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* they also \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, and \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, they \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* themselves \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.


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And \w Hadarezer|strong="H1928"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and brought \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* that <i>were</i> \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Helam|strong="H2431"\w*; and \w Shobach|strong="H7731"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Hadarezer|strong="H1928"\w* <i>went</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.<n>the river: that is, Euphrates</n><n>Shobach: or, Shophach</n>


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And when it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Helam|strong="H2431"\w*. And the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* set themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with him.


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And the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* <i>the men of</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Shobach|strong="H7731"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of their \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, who \w died|strong="H4191"\w* there.<n>horsemen: also called, footmen</n>


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And when all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* <i>that were</i> \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* to \w Hadarezer|strong="H1928"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, they made \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them. So the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* to \w help|strong="H3467"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* any more.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, after the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* was \w expired|strong="H8666"\w*, at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* when \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* <i>to battle</i>, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and they \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*. But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* tarried \w still|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>after…: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in an \w eveningtide|strong="H6153"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from off his \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* upon the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and from the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w washing|strong="H7364"\w* herself; and the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* <i>was</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* to look \w upon|strong="H4758"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w enquired|strong="H1875"\w* after the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*. And <i>one</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> not this \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Eliam|strong="H0463"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*?<n>Bath-sheba: or, Bath-shuah</n><n>Eliam: or Ammiel</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* her; and she came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, and he \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with her; for she was \w purified|strong="H6942"\w* from her \w uncleanness|strong="H2932"\w*: and she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>for she…: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned</n>


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> with \w child|strong="H2030"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, <i>saying</i>, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* me \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And when \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w demanded|strong="H7592"\w* <i>of him</i> how \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w did|strong="H7965"\w*, and how the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w did|strong="H7965"\w*, and how the \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w prospered|strong="H7965"\w*.<n>how Joab…: Heb. of the peace of, etc</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, Go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. And \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* departed \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and there \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* him a \w mess|strong="H4864"\w* <i>of meat</i> from the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>followed…: Heb. went out after him</n>


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But \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, and went not \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And when they had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* went not \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, \w Camest|strong="H0935"\w* thou not from <i>thy</i> \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*? why <i>then</i> didst thou not go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?


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And \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, The \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* in \w tents|strong="H5521"\w*; and my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, are \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*; shall \w I|strong="H0589"\w* then \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and to \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* with my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*? <i>as</i> thou \w livest|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w* here to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* also, and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* I will let thee \w depart|strong="H7971"\w*. So \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*.


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And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him, he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him; and he made him \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*: and at \w even|strong="H6153"\w* he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* on his \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* with the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, but went not \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* a \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* <i>it</i> by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*.


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And he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Set|strong="H3051"\w* ye \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* in the \w forefront|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w hottest|strong="H2389"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w retire|strong="H7725"\w* ye from \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, that he may be \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w*, and \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>hottest: Heb. strong</n><n>from him: Heb. from after him</n>


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And it came to pass, when \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w observed|strong="H8104"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, that he \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* unto a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where he \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>were</i>.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*: and there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* <i>some</i> of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* also.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* all the \w things|strong="H1697"\w* concerning the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*;


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And \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When thou hast made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* the \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w war|strong="H4421"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,


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And if so be that the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w arise|strong="H5927"\w*, and he \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so \w nigh|strong="H5066"\w* unto the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* when ye did \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*? \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* ye not that they would \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* from the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*?


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Who \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbesheth|strong="H3380"\w*? did not a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* a \w piece|strong="H6400"\w* of a \w millstone|strong="H7393"\w* upon him from the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in \w Thebez|strong="H8405"\w*? why went ye \w nigh|strong="H5066"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*? then \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thou, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* also.<n>Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal</n><pb/>


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¶ So the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* all that \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him for.


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And the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Surely the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H1396"\w* against us, and came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto us into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and we were upon them even unto the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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And the \w shooters|strong="H3384"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w* from off the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* upon thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and <i>some</i> of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* be \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* also.


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, Thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Let not this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w displease|strong="H3415"\w* thee, for the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w devoureth|strong="H0398"\w* one as well as \w another|strong="H2090"\w*: make thy \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* more \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w overthrow|strong="H2040"\w* it: and \w encourage|strong="H2388"\w* thou him.<n>displease…: Heb. be evil in thine eyes</n><n>one…: Heb. so and such</n><pb/>


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¶ And when the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, she \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* for her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w*.


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And when the \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* was \w past|strong="H5674"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H0622"\w* her to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and she became his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. But the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of</n><pb/>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, There were \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*.


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The \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* <i>man</i> had \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* and \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*:


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But the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* <i>man</i> had nothing, save \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* ewe \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w*, which he had \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* and nourished \w up|strong="H2421"\w*: and it grew \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* with him, and with his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*; it did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of his own \w meat|strong="H6595"\w*, and \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* of his own \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* in his \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and was unto him as a \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.<n>meat: Heb. morsel</n>


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And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w traveller|strong="H1982"\w* unto the \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and he \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* of his own \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* and of his own \w herd|strong="H1241"\w*, to \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* for the wayfaring \w man|strong="H0732"\w* that was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto him; but \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w*, and \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w* it for the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to him.


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And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this <i>thing</i> shall \w surely|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*:<n>shall…: or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death</n>


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And he shall \w restore|strong="H7999"\w* the \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w fourfold|strong="H0706"\w*, \w because|strong="H6118"\w* he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w because|strong="H0834"\w* he had no \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou <i>art</i> the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and I \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* thee out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*;


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And I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* into thy \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and if <i>that had been</i> too \w little|strong="H4592"\w*, I would moreover have \w given|strong="H3254"\w* unto thee \w such|strong="H2007"\w* and such \w things|strong="H2007"\w*.


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Wherefore hast thou \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*? thou hast \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and hast \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* <i>to be</i> thy \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and hast \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* him with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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Now therefore the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w never|strong="H5704"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w because|strong="H6118"\w* thou hast \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* me, and hast \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* to be thy \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against thee out of thine own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* before thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>them</i> unto thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and he shall \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* with thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of this \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*.


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For thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w*: but I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* before all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and before the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* also hath put \w away|strong="H5674"\w* thy \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*; thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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\w Howbeit|strong="H0657"\w*, because by this \w deed|strong="H1697"\w* thou hast \w given|strong="H5006"\w* great \w occasion|strong="H5006"\w* to the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w blaspheme|strong="H5006"\w*, the \w child|strong="H1121"\w* also <i>that is</i> \w born|strong="H3209"\w* unto thee shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w struck|strong="H5062"\w* the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* that \w Uriah’s|strong="H0223"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and it was very \w sick|strong="H0605"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* therefore \w besought|strong="H1245"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* all \w night|strong="H3885"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>fasted: Heb. fasted a fast</n>


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And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, <i>and went</i> to him, to raise him \w up|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: but he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not, neither did he \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* with them.


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And it came to pass on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* him that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, while the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, we \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, and he would not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto our \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: how will he \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w vex|strong="H7451"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w*, if we \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* him that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*?<n>vex: Heb. do hurt</n>


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But when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w whispered|strong="H3907"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w perceived|strong="H0995"\w* that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: therefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, Is the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*? And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w washed|strong="H7364"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H5480"\w* <i>himself</i>, and \w changed|strong="H2498"\w* his \w apparel|strong="H8071"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w*: then he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and when he \w required|strong="H7592"\w*, they \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* before him, and he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto him, What \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* <i>is</i> this that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? thou didst \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* and \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* for the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, <i>while it was</i> \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*; but when the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, thou didst \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, While the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, I \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*: for I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who can \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* <i>whether</i>  \+w GOD|strong="H3068"\+w* will be \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* to me, that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* may \w live|strong="H2416"\w*?


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But now he is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, wherefore should I \w fast|strong="H6684"\w*? \w can|strong="H3201"\w* I bring him back \w again|strong="H7725"\w*? I shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to him, but he shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to me.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto her, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with her: and she \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him.


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*; and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jedidiah|strong="H3041"\w*, because of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the  [[ LORD]][[*]]</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w royal|strong="H4410"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*, and have \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.


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Now therefore \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w encamp|strong="H2583"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it: lest I \w take|strong="H3920"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and it be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* after my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<n>it be called…: Heb. my name be called upon it</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against it, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it.


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* from off his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* whereof <i>was</i> a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* with the \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*: and it was <i>set</i> on \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. And he brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* in \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7235"\w*.<n>in great…: Heb. very great</n>


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And he brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> therein, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>them</i> under \w saws|strong="H4050"\w*, and under \w harrows|strong="H2757"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and under \w axes|strong="H4037"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and made them \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through the \w brickkiln|strong="H4404"\w*: and thus \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he unto all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* this, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*; and \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* her.


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And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* was so \w vexed|strong="H3334"\w*, that he fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* for his \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*; for she <i>was</i> a \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*; and \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* it \w hard|strong="H6381"\w* for him to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* to her.<n>Amnon thought…: Heb. it was marvellous, or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon</n>


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But \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* had a \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimeah|strong="H8093"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*: and \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* <i>was</i> a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w subtil|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why <i>art</i> thou, <i>being</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w lean|strong="H1800"\w* from \w day|strong="H1242"\w* to \w day|strong="H1242"\w*? wilt thou not \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me? And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*.<n>lean: Heb. thin</n><n>from day…: Heb. morning by morning</n>


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And \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Lay thee \w down|strong="H7901"\w* on thy \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*, and make thyself \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: and when thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thee, \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I pray thee, let my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w give|strong="H1262"\w* me \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* the \w meat|strong="H1279"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, that I may \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* <i>it</i> at her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, and made himself \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: and when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* him, \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I pray thee, let \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w make|strong="H3823"\w* me a \w couple|strong="H8147"\w* of \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, that I may \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* at her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* now to thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* him \w meat|strong="H1279"\w*.


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So \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he was laid \w down|strong="H7901"\w*. And she \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w flour|strong="H1217"\w*, and \w kneaded|strong="H3888"\w* <i>it</i>, and made \w cakes|strong="H3823"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, and did \w bake|strong="H1310"\w* the \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w*.<n>flour: or, paste</n>


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And she \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w pan|strong="H4958"\w*, and poured <i>them</i> \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him; but he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Have \w out|strong="H3318"\w* all \w men|strong="H0376"\w* from me. And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from him.


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And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w meat|strong="H1279"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*, that I may \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w* which she had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* <i>them</i> into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w* to \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.


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And when she had \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* <i>them</i> unto him to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, he took \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* with me, my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*.


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And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, Nay, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, do not \w force|strong="H6031"\w* me; for no such thing \w ought|strong="H3651"\w* to be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not thou this \w folly|strong="H5039"\w*.<n>force…: Heb. humble me</n><n>no such…: Heb. it ought not so to be done</n>


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And I, whither shall I cause my \w shame|strong="H2781"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*? and as for thee, thou shalt be as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w fools|strong="H5036"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Now therefore, I pray thee, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; for he will not \w withhold|strong="H4513"\w* me from thee.


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Howbeit he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto her \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: but, being \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than she, \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* her, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with her.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* her \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w*; so that the \w hatred|strong="H8135"\w* wherewith he \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* her <i>was</i> \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* than the \w love|strong="H0160"\w* wherewith he had \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* her. And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, be \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>exceedingly: Heb. with great hatred greatly</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>There is</i> no \w cause|strong="H0182"\w*: this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in sending me \w away|strong="H7971"\w* <i>is</i> \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* than the \w other|strong="H0312"\w* that thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* unto me. But he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto her.


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Then he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* that \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Put|strong="H7971"\w* now this <i>woman</i> \w out|strong="H2351"\w* from me, and \w bolt|strong="H5274"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her.


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And <i>she had</i> a \w garment|strong="H3801"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6446"\w* upon her: for with such \w robes|strong="H4598"\w* were the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* <i>that were</i> \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w apparelled|strong="H3847"\w*. Then his \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* her \w out|strong="H2351"\w*, and \w bolted|strong="H5274"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w* on her \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* her \w garment|strong="H3801"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6446"\w* that <i>was</i> on her, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* on her \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w crying|strong="H2199"\w*.


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Hath \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* been with thee? but hold now thy \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*: he <i>is</i> thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*; \w regard|strong="H7896"\w* not this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*. So \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* in her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>Amnon: Heb. Aminon</n><n>regard…: Heb. set not thy heart</n><n>desolate: Heb. and desolate</n><pb/>


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¶ But when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of all these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, he was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*.


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto his brother \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* neither \w good|strong="H2896"\w* nor \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*: for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, \w because|strong="H1697"\w* he had \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* his \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass after two \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w sheepshearers|strong="H1494"\w* in \w Baal-hazor|strong="H1178"\w*, which <i>is</i> beside \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold now, thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath \w sheepshearers|strong="H1494"\w*; \w let|strong="H3212"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I beseech thee, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Nay, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, let us not all now \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, lest we be \w chargeable|strong="H3513"\w* unto thee. And he \w pressed|strong="H6555"\w* him: howbeit he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, but \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* him.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, If not, I pray thee, let my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with us. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why should he \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee?


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But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w pressed|strong="H6555"\w* him, that he let \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* and all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* with him.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Mark|strong="H7200"\w* ye now when \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w merry|strong="H2896"\w* with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and when I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*; then \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* him, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: have not I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* you? be \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*, and be \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>have…: or, will you not, since I have commanded you?</n><n>valiant: Heb. sons of valour</n>


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And the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* as \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. Then all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* gat him \w up|strong="H7392"\w* upon his \w mule|strong="H6505"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.<n>gat…: Heb. rode</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, while they were in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* hath \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and there is not \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them \w left|strong="H3498"\w*.


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w tare|strong="H7167"\w* his \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by with their \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*.


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And \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimeah|strong="H8093"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w suppose|strong="H0559"\w* <i>that</i> they have \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* all the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; for \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* only is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: for by the \w appointment|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* this hath been \w determined|strong="H7760"\w* from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that he \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* his \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*.<n>appointment: Heb. mouth</n><n>determined: or, settled</n>


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Now therefore let not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* to his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, to \w think|strong="H0559"\w* that all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* are \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: for \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* only is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.


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But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*. And the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that kept the \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, there \w came|strong="H1980"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him.


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And \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*: as thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, so it is.<n>as thy…: Heb. according to the word of thy servant</n>


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And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, that, behold, the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w sore|strong="H1065"\w*.<n>very…: Heb. with a great weeping greatly</n><pb/>


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¶ But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammihud|strong="H5991"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*. And <i>David</i> \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* for his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* every \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>Ammihud: or, Ammihur</n>


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So \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*, and was there \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And <i>the soul of</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w longed|strong="H3615"\w* to go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: for he was \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* concerning \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, seeing he was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>longed: or, was consumed</n><pb/>


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Now \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>was</i> toward \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Tekoah|strong="H8620"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* thence a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a \w mourner|strong="H0056"\w*, and put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* now \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* \w apparel|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w anoint|strong="H5480"\w* not thyself with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, but be as a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that had a \w long|strong="H7227"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* for the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*:


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And \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* on this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* unto him. So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Tekoah|strong="H8621"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, she \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on her \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and did \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Help|strong="H3467"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>Help: Heb. Save</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What aileth thee? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> \w indeed|strong="H0061"\w* a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and mine \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And thy \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* had \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* strove \w together|strong="H5327"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and <i>there was</i> none to \w part|strong="H5337"\w* them, but the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w other|strong="H0259"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him.<n>none…: Heb. no deliverer between them</n>


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And, behold, the whole \w family|strong="H4940"\w* is \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* against thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Deliver|strong="H5414"\w* him that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, that we may \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* him, for the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* whom he \w slew|strong="H2026"\w*; and we will \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* the \w heir|strong="H3423"\w* also: and so they shall \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* my \w coal|strong="H1513"\w* which is \w left|strong="H7760"\w*, and shall not \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* to my \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* <i>neither</i> \w name|strong="H8034"\w* nor \w remainder|strong="H7611"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.<n>upon…: Heb. upon the face of the earth</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and I will give \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* concerning thee.


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Tekoah|strong="H8621"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* <i>be</i> on me, and on my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* <i>be</i> \w guiltless|strong="H5355"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whosoever \w saith|strong="H1696"\w* <i>ought</i> unto thee, \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* him to me, and he shall not \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* thee any \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* she, I pray thee, let the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that thou wouldest not suffer the \w revengers|strong="H1350"\w* of \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* any \w more|strong="H7235"\w*, lest they \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there shall not one \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* of thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>that…: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy</n>


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Then the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, I pray thee, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* <i>one</i> \w word|strong="H1697"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore then hast thou \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* such a thing against the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* doth \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* as one which is \w faulty|strong="H0818"\w*, in that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* doth not fetch home \w again|strong="H7725"\w* his \w banished|strong="H5080"\w*.


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For we must \w needs|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and <i>are</i> as \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w spilt|strong="H5064"\w* on the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, which cannot be gathered up \w again|strong="H0622"\w*; neither doth \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w respect|strong="H5375"\w* <i>any</i> \w person|strong="H5315"\w*: yet doth he \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* \w means|strong="H4284"\w*, that his \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* be not \w expelled|strong="H5080"\w* from him.<n>neither…: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc</n>


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Now therefore that I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* of this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>it is</i> because the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have made me \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*: and thy \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will now \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; it may be that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* will \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* the \w request|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*.


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For the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* his \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>that would</i> \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* me and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* out of the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Then thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall now be \w comfortable|strong="H4496"\w*: for as an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, so <i>is</i> my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w discern|strong="H8085"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*: therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will be with thee.<n>comfortable: Heb. for rest</n><n>to discern: Heb. to hear</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Hide|strong="H3582"\w* not from me, I pray thee, the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that I shall \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* thee. And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* now \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is not</i> the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* with thee in all this? And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w none|strong="H0376"\w* \w can|strong="H0786"\w* turn to the right \w hand|strong="H3231"\w* or to the \w left|strong="H8041"\w* from ought that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*: for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, he \w bade|strong="H6680"\w* me, and he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*:


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\w To|strong="H5668"\w* fetch \w about|strong="H5437"\w* this \w form|strong="H6440"\w* of \w speech|strong="H1697"\w* hath thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: and my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* <i>is</i> \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, according to the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* all <i>things</i> that <i>are</i> in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold now, I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: \w go|strong="H3212"\w* therefore, \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself, and \w thanked|strong="H1288"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* that I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, in that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w fulfilled|strong="H6213"\w* the \w request|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.<n>thanked: Heb. blessed</n><n>his servant: or, thy servant</n>


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So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let him \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* to his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and let him not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*. So \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w returned|strong="H5437"\w* to his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* not the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But in all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* there was \w none|strong="H0376"\w* to be so \w much|strong="H3966"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* as \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* for his \w beauty|strong="H3303"\w*: from the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of his \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* even to the crown of his \w head|strong="H6936"\w* there was no \w blemish|strong="H3971"\w* in him.<n>But…: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly</n>


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And when he \w polled|strong="H1548"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, (for it was at every \w year’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* that he \w polled|strong="H1548"\w* <i>it:</i> because <i>the hair</i> was \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* on him, therefore he \w polled|strong="H1548"\w* it:) he \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* the \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* at two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* after the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w weight|strong="H0068"\w*.


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And unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* there were \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*: she was a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* two \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* not the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.


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Therefore \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, to have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; but he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to him: and when he sent \w again|strong="H7971"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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Therefore he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* is \w near|strong="H0413"\w* \w mine|strong="H3027"\w*, and he hath \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* there; \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w set|strong="H3341"\w* it on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. And \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w set|strong="H3341"\w* the \w field|strong="H2513"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>near…: Heb. near my place</n>


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Then \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* unto <i>his</i> \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherefore have thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w set|strong="H3341"\w* my \w field|strong="H2513"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*?


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold, I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* hither, that I may \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore am I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*? <i>it had been</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for me <i>to have been</i> there still: now therefore let me \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*; and if there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* <i>any</i> \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* in me, let him \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* me.


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So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him: and when he had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself on his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* him \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* to \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and it was <i>so</i>, that when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that had a \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, then \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Of \w what|strong="H0335"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* <i>art</i> thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* <i>is</i> of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>came: Heb. to come</n>


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, thy \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* <i>are</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w right|strong="H5228"\w*; but <i>there is</i> no man <i>deputed</i> of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thee.<n>there…: or, none will hear thee from the king downward</n>


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\w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, Oh that I were \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* which hath any \w suit|strong="H7379"\w* or \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* might \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me, and I would do him \w justice|strong="H6663"\w*!


