rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
09:017:032 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of
him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
09:017:033 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he
a man of war from his youth.
09:017:034 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep,
and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the
flock:
09:017:035 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out
of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by
his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
09:017:036 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this
uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he
hath defied the armies of the living God.
09:017:037 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw
of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver
me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto
David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
09:017:038 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of
brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
09:017:039 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to
go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I
cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David
put them off him.
09:017:040 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth
stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag
which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand:
and he drew near to the Philistine.
09:017:041 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the
man that bare the shield went before him.
09:017:042 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he
disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a
fair countenance.
09:017:043 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou
comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by
his gods.
09:017:044 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give
thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the
field.
09:017:045 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a
sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee
in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom thou hast defied.
09:017:046 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will
smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the
carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the
fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that
all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
09:017:047 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with
sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will
give you into our hands.
09:017:048 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and
drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward
the army to meet the Philistine.
09:017:049 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone,
and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that
the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to
the earth.
09:017:050 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a
stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was
no sword in the hand of David.
09:017:051 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took
his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew
him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines
saw their champion was dead, they fled.
09:017:052 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and
pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to
the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell
down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
09:017:053 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the
Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
09:017:054 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
09:017:055 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he
said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is
this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I
cannot tell.
09:017:056 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
09:017:057 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,
Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of
the Philistine in his hand.
09:017:058 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And
David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the
Bethlehemite.
09:018:001 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto
Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of
David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
09:018:002 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home
to his father's house.
09:018:003 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him
as his own soul.
09:018:004 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him,
and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and
to his bow, and to his girdle.
09:018:005 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved
himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he
was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the
sight of Saul's servants.
09:018:006 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from
the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of
all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul,
with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
09:018:007 And the women answered one another as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
09:018:008 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he
said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me
they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more
but the kingdom?
09:018:009 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
09:018:010 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from
God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the
house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and
there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
09:018:011 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David
even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his
presence twice.
09:018:012 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him,
and was departed from Saul.
09:018:013 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain
over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the
people.
09:018:014 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD
was with him.
09:018:015 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely,
he was afraid of him.
09:018:016 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and
came in before them.
09:018:017 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her
will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and
fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be
upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
09:018:018 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my
father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the
king?
09:018:019 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter
should have been given to David, that she was given unto
Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
09:018:020 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul,
and the thing pleased him.
09:018:021 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to
him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in
law in the one of the twain.
09:018:022 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and
all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in
law.
09:018:023 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David.
And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's
son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
09:018:024 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner
spake David.
09:018:025 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth
not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to
be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make
David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
09:018:026 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David
well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not
expired.
09:018:027 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of
the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their
foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that
he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal
his daughter to wife.
09:018:028 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that
Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
09:018:029 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became
David's enemy continually.
09:018:030 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to
pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more
wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was
much set by.
09:019:001 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants,
that they should kill David.
09:019:002 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan
told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now
therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the
morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
09:019:003 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and
what I see, that I will tell thee.
09:019:004 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and
said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant,
against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and
because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
09:019:005 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine,
and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou
sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin
against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
09:019:006 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware,
As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
09:019:007 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those
things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his
presence, as in times past.
09:019:008 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with
the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and
they fled from him.
09:019:009 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in
his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with
his hand.
09:019:010 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the
javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he
smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped
that night.
09:019:011 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him,
and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told
him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow
thou shalt be slain.
09:019:012 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and
fled, and escaped.
09:019:013 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.
09:019:014 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is
sick.
09:019:015 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring
him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
09:019:016 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an
image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his
bolster.
09:019:017 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and
sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered
Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
09:019:018 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.
09:019:019 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in
Ramah.
09:019:020 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the
company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as
appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers
of Saul, and they also prophesied.
09:019:021 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third
time, and they prophesied also.
09:019:022 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is
in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David?
And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
09:019:023 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God
was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he
came to Naioth in Ramah.
09:019:024 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before
Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all
that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the
prophets?
09:020:001 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before
Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is
my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
09:020:002 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 shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from
me? it is not so.
09:020:003 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly
knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith,
Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as
the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step
between me and death.
09:020:004 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I
will even do it for thee.
09:020:005 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new
moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but
let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third
day at even.
09:020:006 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked
leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there
is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
09:020:007 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but
if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by
him.
09:020:008 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou
hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with
thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me
thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
09:020:009 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?
09:020:010 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy
father answer thee roughly?
09:020:011 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the
field. And they went out both of them into the field.
09:020:012 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I
have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third
day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then
send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
09:020:013 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my
father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send
thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with
thee, as he hath been with my father.
09:020:014 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness
of the LORD, that I die not:
09:020:015 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for
ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David
every one from the face of the earth.
09:020:016 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying,
Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
09:020:017 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved
him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
09:020:018 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and
thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
09:020:019 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down
quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself
when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone
Ezel.
09:020:020 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I
shot at a mark.
09:020:021 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the
arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows
are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there
is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
09:020:022 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are
beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
09:020:023 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
09:020:024 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was
come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
09:020:025 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a
seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's
side, and David's place was empty.
09:020:026 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he
thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely
he is not clean.
09:020:027 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of
the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto
Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to
meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
09:020:028 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me
to go to Bethlehem:
09:020:029 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a
sacrifice in the city; 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 see my brethren. Therefore he
cometh not unto the king's table.
09:020:030 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said
unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I
know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own
confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
09:020:031 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou
shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send
and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
09:020:032 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,
Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
09:020:033 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan
knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
09:020:034 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat
no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for
David, because his father had done him shame.
09:020:035 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.
09:020:036 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
09:020:037 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which
Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is
not the arrow beyond thee?
09:020:038 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not.
And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his
master.
09:020:039 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew
the matter.
09:020:040 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto
him, Go, carry them to the city.
09:020:041 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place
toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and
bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and
wept one with another, until David exceeded.
09:020:042 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have
sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be
between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for
ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the
city.
09:021:001 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech
was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art
thou alone, and no man with thee?
09:021:002 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath
commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man
know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and
what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants
to such and such a place.
09:021:003 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of
bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
09:021:004 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common
bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the
young men have kept themselves at least from women.
09:021:005 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth
women have been kept from us about these three days, since I
came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the
bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified
this day in the vessel.
09:021:006 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread
there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD,
to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
09:021:007 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite,
the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
09:021:008 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under
thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword
nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required
haste.
09:021:009 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom
thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped
in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it:
for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is
none like that; give it me.
09:021:010 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went
to Achish the king of Gath.
09:021:011 And 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?
09:021:012 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore
afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
09:021:013 And 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.
09:021:014 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
09:021:015 Have 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?
09:022:001 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave
Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house
heard it, they went down thither to him.
09:022:002 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in
debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves
unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were
with him about four hundred men.
09:022:003 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the
king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come
forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
09:022:004 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt
with him all the while that David was in the hold.
09:022:005 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;
depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David
departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
09:022:006 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that
were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in
Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were
standing about him;)
09:022:007 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear
now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of
you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of
thousands, and captains of hundreds;