Saul cometh against David. Before CHRIST 38 And it came to pass about ten days cir. 1060 after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. sver. 32. CHRIST CHAP. XXVI. He stayeth Abishai from killing Saul. 59¶ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, Prov. 22-23 that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath Lver. 25, 34kept his servant from evil: for the LORD 31 Kings 2 hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. 44. P. 7. 16. a ch. 23. 19. Ps. 54, title. beh. 14 Or, idet 8:17-55 1 Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh AND the Zipites, come not David ND the Ziphites came unto Saul hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. wp. ch. 24. 2 Sam. 1. 16. 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his ech. 24.6, 7hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, 'the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall b descend into battle, and perish. 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. f ch.25. 38. 23. Luke 18 7. Rom. 12. & See Gen, i ch. 24. 6, 12. 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep Gen. 2. 21. from the LORD was fallen upon them. 13 Then David went over to the and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, 15 And David said to Abner, Art not 16 The thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are & 15. 12. sons of death. worthy to die, because ye have not kept + Heb. the your master, the LORD's anointed. And 2 Sam. 12. 5. now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, 1Is this thy voice, my son David? 1 ch. 24. 16. And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he said, "Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 11. ch. 24.9 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5¶ And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and 50. Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 6 Then answered David and said to 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai lord the king hear the words of his Chron. 2. the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, servant. If the LORD have "stirred thee d Judg. 7, 10 saying, Who will go down with me to up against me, let him accept an offerSaul to the camp? And Abishai said, Iing: but if they be the children of men, o Deut. 4. 28. will go down with thee. cursed be they before the LORD; for riages. 17. 20. ch. n 2 Sam. 16. 11. & 24. 1. Gen. 8. 31. + Heb. smell. Lev. 26. 31. Ps. 120. 5. 21 Then said Saul, 'I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more sh. 18.30. do thee harm, because my soul was 'precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. t Pa. 7. 8 & 18. 20. v Gen. 32. 28. cir. 1038. + Heb. be consumed. a ch. 25. 13. 22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. t 23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still "prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. CHAP. XXVII. 1 Saul hearing David to be in Gath seeketh no more for him. 5 David beggeth Ziklag of Achish. 8 He, invading other countries, persuadeth Achish he fought against Judah. ND David said in his heart, I shall of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were b ch. 21. 10. with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. c 5 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with ch.25.43. his houshold, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 5¶ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that d See Josh. day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 15-31. & 19 5 Heb. the number of days of days: See 8¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Heb.a year | Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those ch. 29. 3, till nations were of old the inhabitants of the 1056 land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto Josh. 16. 10. the land of Egypt. e Josh. 13-3. Judg. 1. 29. Or, Ger ite Exod. 17. 16. See ch. h Gen. 25.18. 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the 15-7,8 asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. you not make 10 And Achish said, || Whither have I Or, Did ye made a road to day? And David said, a road, c. Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and iSeeChron. against the south of the Kenites. 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. a ND it came to pass in those days, cir. 105 armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all beh. 25. 1. Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had fa-ver miliar spirits, and the wizards, out of Lev. 19 31. the land. Saul seeketh to a witch. CHAP. XXIX. Before Seek me a woman that hath a familiar CHRIST cir spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath 'cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? 10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw "gods ascending out of the earth. CHRIST haste, and stature. David suspected by the Philistines. 20 Then Saul + fell straightway all Before along on the earth, and was sore afraid, cir. 1056. because of the words of Samuel: and †Heb. made there was no strength in him; for he had fell with the eaten no bread all the day, nor all the fulness of his night. 21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put 3 ch. 19.5 my life in my hand, and have hearkened un- Job 13. 14. to thy words which thou spakest unto me. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. CHAP. XXIX. 1 David marching with the Philistines, 3 is 14 And he said unto her, † What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with "a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Sa-Now * Ecclus. 46 muel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. 12 20. p Prov. 5. 11, 12, 13. 14. 14 จ x Judg. 12. a ch. 28. 1. the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: bch. 4. 1. and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines pass c 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, "I am sore distressed on by hundreds, and by thousands: ed; for the Philistines make war against but David and his men passed on in the ch. 18. 12 me, and God is departed from me, and rereward with Achish. ' answereth me no more, neither + by prothe hand of phets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 16 'Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 17 And the LORD hath done || to him, Prov. 164 as he spake by †me: for the LORD hath ↑ Heb mine rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: 18 "Because thou obeyedst not the 121 Chron. voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover the LORD will also defiver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. e ch. 28. 1, 2. CHRIST i 2 Sam. 3. 1 SAMUEL. Ziklag is spoiled. Before 6¶ Then Achish called David, and said [ cir. 1056. unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me + Heb. thou unto this day: nevertheless the lords 25 Kings 19. 27. k ver. 3. art not good in the eyes of favour thee not. the lords. + Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou † displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have Heb. he been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? fore thee, 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my 17, 20. & 19. sight, as an angel of God: notwithstand ing the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 27. m ver. 4. m 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into na Sam.4. the land of the Philistines. "And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. 4. 7. & 27.8. CHAP. XXX. 1 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag. 7 David asking counsel is encouraged by God to pursue them. 11 By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and recovereth all the spoil. 22 David's law to divide the spoil equally between them that fight and them that keep the stuff. 26 He sendeth presents to his friends. AND it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the a Seech. 15 third day, that the "Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and c Exod. 17. Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly distressed; Judg. 18. 25. for the people spake of stoning him, beSam. 17.8. cause the soul of all the people was Kings 27+ grieved, every man for his sons and for $56.34,11. his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. 4. + Heb.bitter. ch. 1. 10. d Ps. 42. 5 18. David pursueth the Amalekites, CHRIST fch. 23. 24. 7 And David said to Abiathar the Before priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring cir. 1056. me hither the ephod. And Abiathar e ch. 23.6,9 brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abodes vér. 21. behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came ho Juda again to him: for he had eaten no bread, 14 27. nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Čaleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the th next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: "Da-TM vid recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and And recovereth all the spoil. CHRIST CHAP. XXXI. Before the herds, which they drave before those cir. 1056. other cattle, and said, This is David's a ver. 10 from before the Philistines, and fell down cir. 1056. 10. 1,-12. spoil. 1 And David came to the "two hun-Israel: and the men of Israel fled the Philistines fought against 11 Chron. dred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, Or, asked he saluted them. them how they did, Jude 18.15 13. Judg. 19. Heb. men. • Deut. 13. 22 31. 27. Josh. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in See Numb. this matter? but as his part is that go2 Mac. eth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 8.28. ↑ Heb, and forward. 25 And it was so from that day +forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 26 ¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a + present for you of the spoil of Gen. 33-11. the enemies of the LORD; ch. 25. 27. + Heb. blessing. 48. 16. 27 To them which were in Beth-el, and Josh. 198. to them which were in south Ramoth, Josh. 15 and to them which were in 'Jattir, Josh. 13. 28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of 10. "the Jerahmeelites, and to them which « Judg. 1.16 were in the cities of the *Kenites, y Judg. 1.17. 30 And to them which were in 'Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 31 And to them which were in " Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. CHAP. XXXI. | Or, wounded. 2 And the Philistines followed hard bch. 28.4. upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchi-shua, Saul's sons. 5 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers + hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. c ch. 14. 49. 1 Chron. 8. 33. 4 Then said Saul unto his armour-+ Heb. bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncir- 9.54cumcised come and thrust me through, 176. and || abuse me. But his armourbearer Or, mock would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell 14. upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 12 All the valiant men arose, and 1 Saul having lost his army, and his sons |