These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
1 Samuel 26
Tanakh 25 verses
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And the Ziphites came unto to Gibeah, saying: ‘Doth not hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?’
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Then arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of with him, to seek in the wilderness of Ziph.
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And pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But abode in the wilderness, and he saw that came after him into the wilderness.
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therefore sent out spies, and understood that was come of a certainty.
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- 5 And arose, and came to the place where had pitched; and beheld the place where lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host; and lay within the barricade, and the people pitched round about him.
- 6 Then answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying: ‘Who will go down with me to to the camp?’ And Abishai said: ‘I will go down with thee.’
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So and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, lay sleeping within the barricade, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
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- 8 Then said Abishai to : ‘ hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day; now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.’
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And said to Abishai: ‘Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh’S anointed, and be guiltless?’
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- 10 And said: ‘As liveth, nay, but shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away.
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The forbid it me, that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh’S anointed; but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water and let us go.’
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So took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s head; and they got them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from was fallen upon them.
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Then went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them.
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- 14 And cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying: ‘Answerest thou not, Abner?’ Then Abner answered and said: ‘Who art thou that criest to the ?’
- 15 And said to Abner: ‘Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in ? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the ? for there came one of the people in to destroy the thy lord.
- 16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As liveth, ye deserve to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh’S anointed. And now, see, where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.’
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And knew David’s voice, and said: ‘Is this thy voice, my son ?’ And said: ‘It is my voice, my lord, O .’
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And he said: ‘Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his ? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
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Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the the words of his . If it be that hath stirred thee up against me, let Him accept an ; but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before ; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of , saying: Go, other Elohims.
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2 Samuel 16:11 2 Samuel 14:16 Genesis 8:21 Joshua 22:25-27 Psalm 120:5 2 Samuel 20:19 Proverbs 30:10 Romans 14:15 1 Samuel 18:10 1 Kings 22:22 Isaiah 60:5 2 Samuel 24:1 Psalm 42:1-2 Psalm 119:1-8 Leviticus 26:31 Genesis 44:18 Proverbs 6:16-19 1 Chronicles 21:1 1 Samuel 16:14-23 2 Timothy 4:14 Galatians 5:12 Galatians 1:8-9 1 Samuel 25:24 Deuteronomy 4:27-28 -
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Now therefore, let not my fall to the earth away from the presence of ; for the of is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.’
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- 21 Then said : ‘I have sinned; return, my son ; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day; behold, I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.’
- 22 And answered and said: ‘Behold the king’s spear! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.
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And will render to every man his and his faithfulness; forasmuch as delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Yahweh’S anointed.
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- 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 , and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.’
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Then said to : ‘Blessed be thou, my son ; thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail.’ So went his way, and returned to his place.
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