10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
Samuel I, 2; 8; 21; 24 KJV
27And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD,
Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
28And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,
to offer upon mine altar,
to burn incense,
to wear an ephod before me?
and did I give unto the house of thy father
all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice
and at mine offering,
which I have commanded in my habitation;
and honourest thy sons above me,
to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith,
I said indeed that thy house,
and the house of thy father,
should walk before me for ever:
but now the LORD saith,
Be it far from me;
for them that honour me I will honour,
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31Behold, the days come,
that I will cut off thine arm,
and the arm of thy father's house,
that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation,
in all the wealth which God shall give Israel:
and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33And the man of thine,
whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,
shall be to consume thine eyes,
and to grieve thine heart:
and all the increase of thine house shall die
in the flower of their age.
34And this shall be a sign unto thee,
that shall come upon thy two sons,
on Hophni and Phinehas;
in one day they shall die both of them.
35And I will raise me up a faithful priest,
that shall do according to that
which is in mine heart and in my mind:
and I will build him a sure house;
and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
36And it shall come to pass,
that every one that is left in thine house
shall come and crouch to him
for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread,
and shall say,
Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices,
that I may eat a piece of bread.
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10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 11And he said,
This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you:
He will take your sons,
and appoint them for himself,
for his chariots,
and to be his horsemen;
and some shall run before his chariots.
12And he will appoint him
captains over thousands,
and captains over fifties;
and will set them to ear his ground,
and to reap his harvest,
and to make his instruments of war,
and instruments of his chariots.
13And he will take your daughters
to be confectionaries,
and to be cooks,
and to be bakers.
14And he will take your fields,
and your vineyards,
and your oliveyards,
even the best of them,
and give them to his servants.
15And he will take the tenth of your seed,
and of your vineyards,
and give to his officers,
and to his servants.
16And he will take your menservants,
and your maidservants,
and your goodliest young men,
and your asses,
and put them to his work.
17He will take the tenth of your sheep:
and ye shall be his servants.
18And ye shall cry out in that day
because of your king
which ye shall have chosen you;
and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul,
and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11And the servants of Achish said unto him,
Is not this David the king of the land?
did they not sing one to another of him in dances,
saying, Saul hath slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands?
12And David laid up these words in his heart,
and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13And he changed his behaviour before them,
and feigned himself mad in their hands,
and scrabbled on the doors of the gate,
and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
14Then said Achish unto his servants,
Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
15Have I need of mad men,
that ye have brought this fellow
to play the mad man in my presence?
shall this fellow come into my house?
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9And David said to Saul,
Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying,
Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
10Behold, 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.
11Moreover, 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 neither evil nor transgression in mine hand,
and I have not sinned against thee;
yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
12The LORD judge between me and thee,
and the LORD avenge me of thee:
but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
13As saith the proverb of the ancients,
Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked:
but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
14After whom is the king of Israel come out?
after whom dost thou pursue?
after a dead dog, after a flea.
15The LORD therefore be judge,
and judge between me and thee,
and see, and plead my cause,
and deliver me out of thine hand.
16And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said,
Is this thy voice, my son David?
And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
17And he said to David,
Thou art more righteous than I:
for thou hast rewarded me good,
whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
18And thou hast shewed this day
how that thou hast dealt well with me:
forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand,
thou killedst me not.
19For 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.
20And now, behold,
I know well that thou shalt surely be king,
and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
21Swear now therefore unto me by 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.
22And David sware unto Saul.
And Saul went home;
but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
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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,
24And fell at his feet, and said,
Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be:
and let thine handmaid, I pray thee,
speak in thine audience,
and hear the words of thine handmaid.
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee,
regard this man of Belial, even Nabal:
for as his name is, so is he;
Nabal is his name,
and folly is with him:
but I thine handmaid
saw not the young men of my lord,
whom thou didst send.
26 Now therefore, my lord,
as the LORD liveth,
and as thy soul liveth,
seeing the LORD hath withholden thee
from coming to shed blood,
and from avenging thyself with thine own hand,
now let thine enemies,
and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27 And now this blessing
which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord,
let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
28 I pray thee,
forgive the trespass of thine handmaid:
for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house;
because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD,
and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee,
and to seek thy soul:
but the soul of my lord shall be bound
in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God;
and the souls of thine enemies,
them shall he sling out,
as out of the middle of a sling.
30 And it shall come to pass,
when the LORD shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,
and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31 That this shall be no grief unto thee,
nor offence of heart unto my lord,
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,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
which sent thee this day to meet me:
33 And blessed be thy advice,
and blessed be thou,
which hast kept me this day
from coming to shed blood,
and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
34 For in very deed,
as the LORD God of Israel liveth,
which hath kept me back from hurting thee,
except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me,
surely there had not been left unto Nabal
by the 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.