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And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?

וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְלָ֨מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (וַֽ) va. “and”וְהַגִּזְרִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “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 returned, and came to Achish.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִשָּׁ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָקָ֜ר (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲמֹרִ֤ים (וַ) va. “and”וּגְמַלִּים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְגָדִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

So Achish said, Have ye not 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.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring [supplied: them] to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִשָּׁ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וַאֲנָשֶֽׁיךָ׃ (וַ) va. “and”

(Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and they had buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land.)

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעִיר֑וֹ (וּ) u. “<and>”וְשָׁא֗וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a spirit of Python, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.

וְאֵלְכָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֶדְרְשָׁה־ (וְ) ve. “so”

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other garments, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, I pray thee, divine to me by the spirit of Python, and bring me [supplied: him] up whom I shall name to thee.

וּשְׁנֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וְהַ֣עֲלִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And the woman said to him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land; and why layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָמָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? Even thou art Saul.

וְאַתָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul said, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams; therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים׀ (וּ) u. “and”וֵֽאלֹהִ֞ים (וֵֽ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel said, Why then dost thou inquire of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

וְלָ֖מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֛ה (וַ) va. “and”

Because thou didst not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce anger upon Amalek, therefore has Jehovah done this thing to thee this day.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah will also give Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me; the army of Israel also will Jehovah give into the hand of the Philistines.

וְיִתֵּ֣ן (וְ) ve. “so”וּמָחָ֕ר (וּ) u. “and”וּבָנֶ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul fell straightway his full length on the earth, and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, I pray thee, hearken thou also to the voice of thy bondmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָשִׂ֧מָה (וְ) ve. “so”וֶאֱכ֑וֹל (וֶ) ve. “and”וִיהִ֤י (וִ) vi. “so”

But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof;

וְלָאִשָּׁ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night.

וְלִפְנֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

וְסַרְנֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַאֲלָפִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָוִ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו (וַ) va. “and”