than's lad gathered up the arrows, and 39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his artillery + Heb. that unto this lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. + Heb. instruments. was his. z cn. 1. 17. Or, the LORD be 41 ¶ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. in 42 And Jonathan said to David, ' Go peace, forasmuch as we have sworn witness of both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. that which, &c. See ver. 23. a ch. 14. 3, called Akiah, called also Abia 2. 26. CHAP. XXI. 1 David at Nob obtaineth of Ahimelech hal- HEN came David to Nob to a Ahi Tmelech the priest: and Ahimelech thar, Mark was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? b ch. 16. 4. + Heb.. found. 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under Exod. 25 mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 30. Lev. 24. 5. Matt. 12. 4. d Exod. 19. 15. Zech. 7. 3. He feigneth madness. Before CHRIST brought my sword nor my weapons with 50. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here k ch. 17.2, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if I see ch. 31. thou wilt take that, take it: for there is 10. no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to || Achish the king of Gath. 5 And David answered the priest, and DAVID therefore departed thence, (said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, e1 Thess. 4. since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. eth the mud. 2 ° And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. 3¶ And David went thence to Mizof Moab, Let my father and my mother, peh of Moab: and he said unto the king I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he brought them before the all the while that David was in the hold. king of Moab: and they dwelt with him 13 © Judg. 11.3- a creditor. 1 Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. Before CHRIST and get thee into the land of Judah. | hand to fall upon the priests of the cir. 1062 Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. Or, grere in 6 ¶ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamch&4 ites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; z ch. 21. 7. Ps. 52, title, & ver. 1,2,3 b ch. 21. 1. k Numb. 97. 21. 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to "Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 *And he enquired of the LORD for 1 ch. 21.6,9. him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 11 ¶ Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou Heb. Be son of Ahitub. And he answered, † Here hoid me. I am, my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye con pired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? 15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy +Heb. little servant knew nothing of all this, † less or great. LORD. Before CHRIST eir. 1062. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and "slew on that day n See ch. 2. fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 31. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, ver. 9, 11. smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword." 20 And one of the sons of Ahime- P ch. 23. 6 lech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. " 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. q ch. 2. 33. 26. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for 1 Kings 2. he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 2 Therefore David enquired of the br. 46,9. LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these 2 Sam. 5. 19, Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? 4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fed to David to ech. 22. 20. Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 7 ¶ And it was told Saul that David cir. 1061. was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; The treachery of the Keilites. Before CHRIST cir. 1061. 21. ch. 30. 7. 1 SAMUEL. David rescued from Saul. and for he is shut in, by entering into a town | the certainty, and I will go with you: 8 And Saul called all the people toge- 9¶ And David knew that Saul secretly d Numb. 27 practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard ech. 22. 19. that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. up. 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Heb, shut Keilah + deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. f ch. 22. 2. & 25. 13. g Ps. 11. 1. h Josh. 15. * 54.3, 4. 56 13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul ' sought him every day, but God de livered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Isk ch. 24. 20. rael, and I shall be next unto thee; and *that also Saul my father knoweth. m See ch. 26, 1. Ps. 5b title. I ch. 18. 3. right hand. 1 Or, the wilderness? u Ps. 54-3 + Heb. foot shall be. 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and " our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his †haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. Before CHRIST it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, cir. 108. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph ch. 25. 2. the rock. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode Or, from in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: Pand David made PP. 31. 22. haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and Ps. 17-9his men round about to take them. 6 And he said unto his men, 1The b ch. 26. 11. LORD forbid that I should do this thing 23 See therefore, and take knowledge unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to of all the lurking places where he hideth stretch forth mine hand against him, seehimself, and come ye again to me withing he is the anointed of the LORD. Saul acknowledgeth his fault. Before CHRIST cir. 106. + Heb. cut i Ps. 7-4Matt. 5-44Rom. 12. 17, 19. k Ps. 141. 6. Prov. 16. 28 & 17.9 1 Ps. 7. 3. & 35-7 mch. 26. 20. B Gen. 16. 5Judg. 11. 27. cb. t. 10. Job 5. 8. CHAP. XXV. 7 So David +'stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 ¶ David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 9 And David said to Saul, * Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is 1neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou "huntest my soul to take it. 12 "The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? ch 17.after a dead dog, after 'a flea. 1 Sam. 9. 8. p ch. 26. 20. 8 ver. 12 r 2 Chron. 2422. • Ps. 35 1. &1& 119 154. Mic. 7 9 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and 'see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. 16 And it came to pass, when David *Hebjudge, had made an end of speaking these words tch. 217. unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 "And he said to David, Thou art 1 Ga.. more righteous than I: for thou hast M5-44. rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasith much as when the LORD had + delivered chme into thine hand, thou killedst me not. a ch. 23 17. b Gen. 21. 23. 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. 20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. 21 Swear now therefore unto me by * 2 Sam. 11. the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. Samuel dieth. AND'Samuel died; and all the Is- ch. 18.3. raelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his b Numb. 20. house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2¶ And there was a man in Maon, à ch. 23. 24. whose possessions were in Carmel; 1 Or, busiand the man was very great, and he had e Josh. 15 three thousand sheep, and a thousand 55. goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. e 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 4¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did 'shear his sheep. 5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, Esth9.19. whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. 9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and + ceased. 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many serv-. ants now a days that break away every man from his master. Abigail by her wisdom Before CHRIST 1 SAMUEL. C pacifieth David. Before CHRIST ver. 33. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird | LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seecir, 1060. ye on every man his sword. And they ing the LORD hath withholden thee from cir. 1060. girded on every man his sword; and Da- coming to shed blood, and from +aveng-c Gen. 20.6. vid also girded on his sword: and there ing thyself with thine own hand, now let + Heb. sav went up after David about four hundred thine enemies, and they that seek evil to ing thyself. m ch. 30. 24. men; and two hundred abode by the my lord, be as Nabal. stuff. n ver. 7. + Heb. shamed. o Exod. 14. 22. Job 1. 10. rch. 20. 7. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for Pevil is determined against our master, and against all his Deut. 13. houshold: for he is such a son of Belial, 13. Judg. 19. that a man cannot speak to him. 22. Prov. 18. 16. & 21. 14. 18¶ Then Abigail made haste, and Gen. 32.13. took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and Or, lumps. an hundred || clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants, 'Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 31 That this shall be no grief unto Heb thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, or stam either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. 32¶ And David said to Abigail, 1Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 20 And it was so, as she rode on the t 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: Ps. 109-5. and he hath "requited me evil for good. 22 *So and more also do God unto ch. 3. 17. & the enemies of David, if I 'leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. Prov. 17. 13. x Ruth 1.17. 20. 13, 16. y ver. 34. z 1 Kings 14. 10. & 21. 21. 2 Kings 9. 8. a Josh. 15.18. Judg. 1. 14. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak + Heb. ears. in thine +audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. m 1 Gen. 24. 27. P41.13 & Exod. 18. 18 72. 18. Luke 1. 68. m ver. 26. 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath "kept me back a ver. 26. from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the ver. 22. morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, "Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. 361 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. |