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Then said Saul: 'I have sinned; return, my son David; 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.'

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה (וָ) va. “and”

And David answered and said: 'Behold the king's spear! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.

וַיַּ֤עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Saul said to David: 'Blessed be thou, my son David; thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail.' So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath; and he sought no more again for him.

וַיֻּגַּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore Ziklag belongeth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

וַיַּ֤עַל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel. And he returned, and came to Achish.

וְהִכָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָקַח֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And Achish said: 'Whither have ye made a raid to-day?' And David said: 'Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Achish believed David, saying: 'He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.'

וַיַּאֲמֵ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וְהָ֥יָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David: 'Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men.'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּצ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Achish: 'Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do.' And Achish said to David: 'Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land.

וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרָ֕א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”

Then said Saul unto his servants: 'Seek me a woman that divineth by a ghost, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him: 'Behold, there is a woman that divineth by a ghost at En-dor.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said: 'Divine unto me, I pray thee, by a ghost, and bring me up whomsoever I shall name unto thee.'

וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְבַּשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the woman said unto him: 'Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that divine by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land; wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?'

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.'

וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽע (וַ) va “and”

Then said the woman: 'Whom shall I bring up unto thee?' And he said: 'Bring me up Samuel.'

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”