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9 And the evil fpirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he fat in his house with his javelin in his hand and David played with his hand.

10 And Saul fought to fmite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he flipt away out of Sauls prefence, and he fmote the javelin into the wall and David fled, and escaped that night.

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II a Saul also sent meffengers unto Davids house, to watch him, and to flay him in the morning and Michal Davids wife told him, faying, If thou fave not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be flain.

12 ¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

14 And when Saul fent meffengers to take David, she said, He is fick.

15 And Saul fent the meffengers again to fee David, faying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may flay him.

16 And when the meffengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats hair for his bolster.

17 And Saul faid unto Michal, Why haft thou deceived me fo, and fent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal anfwered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him: and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

19 And it was told Saul, faying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

to David, &e.

wife: and Saul fent meffengers again the third Befoil time, and they prophefied alfo.

Christ

22 Then went he alfo to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and fit. 1062; he asked and faid, Where are Samuel and David? And one faid, And one faid, Behold, they be at

Naioth in Ramah.

23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah and the spirit of God was upon him alfo, and he went on and prophefied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah :

24h And he ftript off his clothes also, and prophefied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day, and all that night. Wherefore they fay, Is Saul alfo among the prophets?

CHAP. X X.

I David confulteth with Jonathan for his Safety. II Jonathan and David renew their covenant by oath. 18 Jonathans token to David. 24 Saul miffing David, Seeketh to kill Jonathan. 35 Jonathan lovingly taketh his leave of David.

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Nd David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and faid before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my fin before thy father, that he feeketh my life?

2 And he said unto him, God forbid ; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will* fhew it me: and why fhould my father Hab. uncovi hide this thing from me? it is not so.

3 And David fware moreover, and faid, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he faith, Let not Jonathan know this, left he be grieved but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy foul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

4 Then faid Jonathan unto David, What foever thy foul ‡ defireth, I will even do it for thee.

5 And David faid unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new-moon, and I fhould not fail to fit with the king at meat; but let me go, that I may hide my felf in the field unto the third day at even.

mine care

for, Say what will do, &c.

is thy mind, and

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Heb.neakesh 05, thinketh.

8 Therefore thou fhalt deal kindly with thy fervant; for thou haft brought thy fer- chap. 18. je vant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: & 23 1 notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, flay me thy felf; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly, that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

10 Then faid David to Jonathan, Who fhall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

II ¶ And Jonathan faid unto David, Come, and

2 Sam.9. 3. & 21.7.

*Heb. cut.

f See Chap.31.2. 2 Sam. 4.7. & 21.8.

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The LORD do fo, and much more to Jonathan but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will fhew it thee, and fend thee away, that thou mayft go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live, fhew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

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15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my houfe for ever: no not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth.

16 So Jonathan * made a covenant with the house of David, faying, 'Let the LORD even require it at the hand of Davids enemies.

17 And Jonathan caufed David to fwear tor, by his love again, t because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own foul.

towards him.

8 Chap. 18. T h Ver. 5.

18 Then Jonathan faid to David, ↳ To morrow is the new-moon: and thou shalt #Heb. missed. be miffed, because thy feat will be empty. 19 And when thou haft ftayed three days, then thou fhalt go down * quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thy felf, when the bufinefs was in hand, and fhalt remain by the ftone * Ezel.

*Or, diligently.

Heb. greatly
Heb. in the day

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of the business. *Or, that shew

eth the way.

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20 And I will shoot three arrows on the fide thereof, as though I fhot at a mark.

21 And behold, I will fend a lad, Jaying, Go, find out the arrows. If I exprefly fay unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this fide of thee, take them; then come thou: †Heb. not any for there is peace to thee, and † no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

thing.

k Ver. 14, 15. See Ver. 42.

22 But if I fay thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: go thy way, for the LORD hath fent thee away.

23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

24 ¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new-moon was come, the king fat him down to eat meat.

25 And the king fat upon his feat, as at other times, even upon a feat by the wall; and Jonathan arose, and Abner fat by Sauls fide, and Davids place was empty.

26 Nevertheless, Saul fpake not any thing that day: for he thought, Some thing hath befallen him, he is not clean; furely he is furely he is not clean.

27 And it came to pafs on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that Davids place was empty: and Saul faid unto Jonathan his fon, Wherefore cometh not the fon of Jeffe to meat, neither yesterday nor to day? yond

28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me, to go to Bethlehem:

renew their covenant.

Cir. 1062.

29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee, Befoze for our family hath a facrifice in the city, Chrift and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there; and now if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and fee my brethren: Therefore he cometh not unto the kings table.

verse rebel.

30 Then Sauls anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he faid unto him, * Thou Or, Thou perfon of the perverse rebellious woman, do not *Heb. Son of per know that thou haft chosen the fon of Jeffe verfe rebellion. to thine own confufion, and unto the confufion of thy mothers nakednefs?

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31 For as long as the fon of Jeffe liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be eftablifhed, nor thy kingdom: wherefore now fend and fetch him unto me, for he † fhall +Heb. is the fon furely die.

32 And Jonathan anfwered Saul his father, and faid unto him, Wherefore fhall he be flain? what hath he done?

33 And Saul caft a javelin at him to fmite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to flay David.

34 So Jonathan arofe from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the fecond day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him fhame.

35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him,

of death.

36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he fhot an arrow ‡ beyond him. ‡Heb. to pasa 37 And when the lad was come to the over him, place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and faid, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, hafte, ftay not. And Jonathans lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his matter.

39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

ments.

40 And Jonathan gave his * artillery unto *Heb. inftruthis lad, and faid unto him, Go, carry +Heb. that wa them to the city.

41 ¶ And affoon as the lad was gone, David arofe out of a place toward the fouth, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kiffed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

42 And Jonathan faid to David, Go in peace, ‡ forafmuch as we have fworn both of us in the name of the LORD, faying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my feed and thy feed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

David relieved.

Before Christ

cit. 1062.

unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

2 And David faid unto Ahimelech the prieft, The king hath commanded me a bufinefs, and hath faid unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I fend thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to fuch and fuch a place.

3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine Eb. found. hand, or what there is * prefent.

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4 And the priest answered David, and faid, There is no common bread under mine rod. 25.30. hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least Exod.19.15. from women.

Lev. 24 S. Matth. 12.4.

5 And David answered the priest, and faid unto him, Of a truth, women have been kept from us about these three days, fince I came out, and the veffels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were fanctified this day in the veffel.

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6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread; for there was no bread there, but the fhewbread that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

7 Now a certain man of the fervants of Saul was there that day, detained before Pal. 52, title. the LORD; and his name was & Doeg an Edomite, the chiefest of the herd-men that belonged to Saul.

Chap. 17.2,

Chap. 31. 10.

8 And David faid unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand fpear or fword? for I have neither brought my fword, nor my weapons with me, because the kings bufinefs required hafte.

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9 And the priest faid, The fword of Goliath the Philiftine, whom thou fleweft in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapt in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it for there is no other fave that, here. And David said, There is none like that, give it me.

10 And David arofe, and fled that day ¶ for fear of Saul, and went to + Achish the al34, title. king of Gath.

Or, Abimelech,

Pfal. 56, title.

Chap. 18.7. 829.5Ecclus 47.6.

Pal. 34, title.

II And the fervants of Achifh faid unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not fing one to another of him in dances, faying, Saul hath flain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was fore afraid of Achifh the king of Gath.

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13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their Omade marks, hands, and * fcrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

14 Then faid Achifh unto his fervants, Or, playeth the Lo, you fee the man † is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

15 Have I need of mad-men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad-man in my presence? fhall this fellow come into my houfe?

9 Then anfwered Doeg the Edomite, Chap. 11.7. (which was fet over the fervants of Saul) and faid, I faw the fon of Jeffe coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the fon of Ahitub. 10 & And he enquired of the LORD for him: and h gave him victuals, and gave him the fword of Goliath the Philiftine.

II Then the king fent to call Ahimelech the priest, the fon of Ahitub, and all his fathers houfe, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

cir. 1062.

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 fervant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy fervant knew Heb. little or nothing of all this, + lefs or more.

great

*Or, guard. † Heb. runners.

I See Chap. 2. 31.

k Ver. 9, II.

Chap. 23.6.

Josh. 15.44.

Ver. 6, 9.

16 And the king faid, Thou fhalt furely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.

17 ¶ And the king faid unto the * † t footmen that flood about him, Turn and flay the priests of the LORD; because their hand alfo is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not fhew it to me. But the fervants of the king would not forth their hand to fall upon the priests put of the LORD.

18 And the king faid to Doeg, Turn thou and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and i flew on that day fourfcore and five perfons that did wear a linen ephod.

19 k And Nob, the city of the priests, fmote he with the edge of the fword, both men and women, children and fucklings, and oxen, and asses, and fheep, with the edge of the fword.

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20 And one of the fons of Ahimelech the fon of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

21 And Abiathar fhewed David, that Saul had flain the LORDS priests.

22 And David faid unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would furely tell Saul: I have occafioned the death of all the perfons of thy fathers house.

23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that feeketh my life, feeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in fafeguard.

CHAP. XXIII. I David enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, refcueth Keilah. 7 God fhewing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites, he efcapeth from Keilah. 14 In Ziph Jonathan cometh and comforteth him. 19 The Ziphites difcover him to Saul. 25 At Maon he is refcued from Saul by the invafion of the Philistines. 29 He dwelleth at En-gedi.

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Hen they told David, faying, Behold, the Philiftines fight againft Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, faying, Shall I go and fmite thefe Philiftines? and smite these Philiftines? And the LORD faid unto David, Go, and fmite the Philistines, and fave Keilah.

3 And Davids men faid unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more. then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philiftines?

4 b Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and faid, Arife, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philiftines into thine hand.

5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philiftines, and brought away their cattle, and fmote them with a

great flaughter: fo David faved the inhabi- fo

tants of Keilah.

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6 And it came to pafs when Abiathar the fon of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

7 ¶ And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah: and Saul faid, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is fhut in, by entring into a town that hath gates and bars.

8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to befiege David and his men.

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9 And David knew that Saul fecretly practifed mifchief against him; and he faid Num. 27.21 to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

10 Then faid David, O LORD God of Ifrael, thy fervant hath certainly heard that Saul feeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my fake.

I Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down as thy fervant hath heard? O LORD God of Ifrael, I befeech thee, tell thy fervant. And the LORD faid, He will come down.

Chap. 30.7.

12 Then faid David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the * Heb.but wp. * hand of Saul? And the LORD faid, They will deliver thee up.

& 25. 13.

13 Then David and his men, e which Chap. 22.2 were about fix hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whitherfoever they could go and it was told Saul that David was efcaped from Keilah, and he forbare to, go forth.

14 And David abode in the wilderness in ftrong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of f Ziph: And Saul fought Joh.15.5$ him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

15 And David faw that Saul was come out to feek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

16 And Jonathan Sauls fon arofe, and went to David into the wood, and strengthned his hand in God.

17 And he faid unto him, Fear not for the hand of Saul my father fhall not find thee,, and thou shalt be king over Ifrael, and I fhall be next unto thee; and that alfo Chap. 24. 2 Saul my father knoweth.

18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

out of the cave, and cried after Saul, faying, Before My lord the king. And when Saul looked Christ behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

cit. 1061.

9 ¶ And David faid to Saul, Wherefore Pfal. 1416 heareit thou mens words, faying, Behold, David feeketh thy hurt?

10 Behold, this day thine eyes have feen, how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and fome bade me kill thee, but mine eye fpared thee, and I faid, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORDS anointed.

11 Moreover, my father, fee, yea, fee the skirt of thy robe in my hand for in that I cute off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not; know thou and fee, that there is neither evil nor tranfgreffion in mine hand, and I have not finned against thee; yet thou huntest my foul to take it.

12 & The LORD judge between me and Chap. 16.16 thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand fhall not be upon thee.

13 As faith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand fhall not be upon thee.

14 After whom is the king of Ifrael come out? after whom doft thou purfue? after chap. 17.431 a dead dog, after a flea.

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2 Sam. 9.8;

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15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and fee, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of *Heb. judge.

thine hand.

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16 And it came to pafs when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul faid, Is this thy voice, my fon David? And Saul lift up his voice and wept.

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17 And he said to David, Thou art more Chap. 25. 21 righteous than I: for thou haft rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

18 And thou haft fhewed this day how that thou haft dealt well with me: forafmuch as when the LORD had † delivered me into tHeb. shut up、 t thine hand, thou killedft me not.

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 'Chap. 23.17 fhalt furely be king, and that the kingdom of Ifrael fhall be established in thine hand.

21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my feed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my fathers houfe.

22 And David fware unto Saul: and Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

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CHAP. XXV.

I Samuel dieth. 2 David in Paran fendeth to Nabal. 10 Provoked by Nabals churlishness, be mindeth to destroy him. 14 Abigail underftanding thereof, 18 taketh a prefent, 23 and by her wifdom 32 pacifieth David. 36 Nabal hearing thereof, dieth. 39 David taketh Abigail and Abinoam to be his wives. 44 Michal is given to Phalti.

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Chap. 23429

Nd Samuel died, and all the Ifraelites cit. 1060. were gathered together and lamented Chap. 28. 3. him, and buried him in his houfe at Ramah.

8 David also arofe afterward, and went

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