“ If Yahweh has incited you against me, let his accept an offering. But if it is human beings, let them be cursed before Yahweh, because they have driven me out today from living within the inheritance of Yahweh, [52] as if to say, Go serve other gods. 20 So do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of Yahweh, because the king of Israel has come out to look for a single flea, like someone hunting a partridge in the mountains.
21 And Saul said, I have sinned. Come back, my son David, because I will not do you any more harm, because my life was valuable to you today. ”

“ Look, I have been foolish and made a great mistake.
22 And David replied, Here is the king's spear. Let one of the young men come over and take it. 23 May Yahweh repay every man for his decency and faithfulness, because Yahweh handed you over to me today, but I would not extend my hand against Yahweh's anointed. 24 Yes, and as I placed a great value on your life today, let Yahweh place a great value on my life, and rescue me from all distress.
25 And Saul said to David, May you be blessed, my son David. You will surely act and also prevail. ”

“ I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 Then, when they had come, he saw Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed stands before him.
7 And Yahweh said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance, and how tall he stands, because I have rejected him, because it is not as a human sees. The human sees with the eyes, but Yahweh sees into the heart. ”

“ Choose yourselves a man to come down to me. 9 If you are able to defeat me, then we will become your servants, but if I am able to defeat him, then you will become our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, and we will fight together. 11 And Saul and all Israel head the words of these words of the Philistine, they were shattered, and very afraid.
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons, and the man was old among men in the days of Saul. ”

“ Maybe he can tell us what way we should go.
7 And Saul said to his young man, But if we go, what will we bring the man? The bread we packed is has run out, and we have no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?
8 And the young man replied to Saul, and said, Look. I have here in my hand a quarter-shekel of silver I can give to the man of God, to tell us which way to go.
9 In the past in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he would say, Let us go to the seer, because what is now called a prophet was then called a seer. 10 And Saul said to his young man, Good idea. ”

“ But give me leave, and I will hide myself in the field until the third day at evening. 6 If your father should miss me, then say, David urged me to let him run to his city Bethlehem, because there is an annual sacrifice for all his clan. 7 And if he says, Very well, then your servant will have peace. But if he is very angry, for certain he has ill intent. 8 So be loyal to your servant, because you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if I am guilty of something, kill me yourself; why bring me to your father? ”

“ Chapter 2 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoices in Yahweh. My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged against my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. 2 No one is holy like Yahweh, because there is none besides him, and there is no rock like our god. 3 Do not talk so much, puffed up with pride. Arrogance comes from your mouths, but Yahweh is a god of knowledge, by whom actions are weighed. 4 The bow of the mighty is broken, and the feeble are girded with power. 5 The full hire themselves out for bread, and the hungry are sated. Even the barren gives birth to seven ”

“ He cannot go with us to the battle, or else he will be our adversary in the battle. How better to reconcile with his master than with the heads of these men? 5 Is this not the David of whom they sang back and forth, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6 And Achish called to David, and said to him, As Yahweh lives, you have been blameless, and I approve of your coming and going, because I have found nothing wrong with you from the day you came to this day. But the sarens do not approve of you. 7 So go back, and go in peace, and you will not anger the Philistine sarens. ”

“ Chapter 15 1 And Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you as king over my people, over Israel. Now, listen to the voice of Yahweh's words. 2 Thus says Yahweh of Armies. I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he waylaid him as he came up from Egypt. 3 So go and attack Amalek, and utterly exterminate all that they have, and do not pity them, but kill both man and woman, both babes and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys. ”

“ But now -- a decree of Yahweh -- far be it from me, because those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed. 31 Yes, the days are coming when I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father's house, when there will no longer be an old when in your house. 32 And you will behold enemy dwelling-place [5] wherever it goes well for Israel. And there will be no old man in your household again. 33 And the man of yours which I do not cut off from my altar will only destroy your eyes and cause your soul to perish, and all your descendants will die [by the sword] of men. ”

“ Let the young men find favor in your eyes, because we have come on a good day. Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants, and to your son David.
9 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal all these things in the name of David, and then waited.
10 And Nabal replied to David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who break away from their masters. 11 So am I to take my bread, and my water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men from I know not where? ”

“ The king is pleased with you, and all his officials love you. You should become the king's son-in-law.
23 And Saul's officials spoke these words in David's ears. And David said, Does it seem like a small thing to you to be the king's son-in-law? I am a poor and insignificant man.
24 And Saul's officials said to him, These are the sort of things David said.
25 And Saul said, Say this to David. The king wants no other dowry than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take vengeance on the king's enemies. Saul was intending to have David fall by the hand of Philistines. ”

“ That is why they say, Is Saul also one of the prophets?
Chapter 20 1 And David fled from Naioth in the Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What am I guilty of? What is my sin against your father, that he seeks my life?
2 And he said to him, May it not be so! You will not die. Look, my father will not do anything, great or small, without revealing it to me. And why should my father hide this thing from me. It is not so. ”

“ David was with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail (Nabal's wife) the Carmelite. 4 And it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he no longer searched for him.
5 And David said to Achish, Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in some country town, and I will live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you? 6 And Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to the present day. 7 And the amount of time that David lived in Philistine territory was a year and four months. ”

“ The young men's equipment is holy even on an ordinary journey. How much more so today their equipment is holy!
6 And the priest gave him holy [bread] , because there was no bread except the bread of presence [42] that had been taken from before Yahweh to set hot bread in its place.
7 Now a certain man of Saul's officials was there that day, detained before Yahweh, and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the most powerful of Saul's herdsmen.
8 And David said to Ahimelech, Is there no sword or spear here with you? ”

“ They should take them and go.
23 And David said, Do not do this, my brothers, with what Yahweh gave us, when he watched over us, and handed over the raiding party that came into our hands. 24 And who will listen to you about this? No, equal portions will be given to those who went down to battle and those who stayed with the things. 25 And so, from that day forward, he instituted it as a custom and rule for Israel to this day.
26 And David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the loot to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Here is a present for you from the spoil of Yahweh's enemies. ”

“ When he had devastated them, did they not send them on their way? 7 So make a new cart, and take two milking cows which have never worn a yoke, and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home away from them. 8 And take the ark of Yahweh, and said it on the cart, and put the golden objects which you are returning to him as a trespass-offering in a chest beside it, and sent it on its way. 9 And see if it goes up to his own territory toward Beth-shemesh, in which case he has caused us this great calamity. ”

“ Chapter 26 1 And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, David has hidden himself in the hill of the Hachilah which faces the Jeshimon. 2 And Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking three thousand choice men of Israel to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul encamped on the hll of the Hachilah, which faces the Jeshimon, by the road. And David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him to the wilderness. 4 And David sent out spies, and knew that Saul really had come. ”

“ The Hebrew text uses a roundabout expression for "male;" more literally, as the Authorised Version reads, any that pisseth against the wall.↑ (25:25) he is like his name. The Hebrew Nabal meaning a reckless and wicked man.↑ (25:34) male. As in verse 22↑ (26:19) the inheritance of Yahweh. That is, the land of Israel, often referred to as the inheritance of Yahweh in other passages. David is complaining that, if people have incited Saul against him, they are encouraging him to live in other lands, and, therefore, to serve their gods.↑ (27:8) Gizrites. ”

“ But go ahead and take the spear that is near his head, and the jar of water, and let us go. 12 And David took the spear and the jar of water from near his head, and they got away. And no one saw or knew, and no one woke up, because all of them were sleeping, because a slumber from Yahweh had fallen upon them.
13 And David went over to the other side, and stood on top of a hill far off, with a great space between them. 14 And David called out to the people, and to Abner son of Ner, Are you not going to answer me, Abner? ”

“ He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, among his chariots and horsemen, and they will run before his chariots. 12 He will set them as captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and to plow his fields, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons and chariot equipment. ”

“ This Hebrew word occurs only here, and its meaning is uncertain. It is often translated hacked to pieces.↑ (17:4) four cubits and a span. Following the some manuscripts of the Septuagint and the Qumran manuscript 4QSama, along with the Jewish chronicler Josephus (Antiquities, 6.171) . A cubit was about seventeen or eighteen inches, and a span half that, placing Goliath at about 6 feet 5 inches to 6 feet 9 inches. ”

“ The Masoretic Text and some Greek manuscripts read six cubits and a span, making Goliath in excess of nine feet tall.↑ (17:5) five thousand shekels. A shekel was an ancient unit of weight equal to about eleven grams, so the body armor mentioned here would weigh about 55 kilograms.↑ (17:6) javelin. Hebrew kidon, a term of uncertain meaning. It may refer to a kind of sword.↑ (17:18) some token. The Hebrew word is rare (only here and Proverbs 17:18) , and has been translated various ways.↑ (17:20) barricade. Or, the edge of the camp.↑ (17:29) I only asked a question. ”