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And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me a

בְּתִתְּךָ֨ (בְּ) be. “when”בֵּֽאלֹהִ֔ים (בֵּֽ) be. “by”

Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

בְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “among”בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

בֵאלֹהִ֖ים (בֵ) ve. “by”בְּעַבְדּ֤וֹ (בְּ) be. “against”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “against”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to

בְּכֹהֲנֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “on”

Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.

בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And David said to Abiathar, I was certain that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would take the news to Saul: I am responsible for the lives of all your father's family.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

בִּקְעִילָ֔ה (בִּ) bi “against”

So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

בַּֽיהוָה֙ (בַּֽ) ba. “by”בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”בַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (בַ) va. “<in> the”

And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (בַּֽ) ba. “by”בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים (בַּ) ba. “against the”בָּהֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “<in> <the>”

Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

בִּ֠בְרֹחַ (בִּ֠) Bi “when”בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

בְּיָדִ֔י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעִ֖יר (בְּ) be. “in”

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

בַּעֲבוּרִֽי׃ (בַּ) ba. “because”

And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

בְיָד֜וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.

בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “at”

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.

בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּמְּצָד֔וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in the”בָּהָ֖ר (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּמִדְבַּר־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

בְּמִדְבַּר־ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה׃ (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

בֵּאלֹהִֽים׃ (בֵּ) be. “in”

And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”

Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?

בַמְּצָדוֹת֙ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”בְּגִבְעַת֙ (בְּ) be. “on”

So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.

בְּיַ֥ד (בְּ) be. “in”

So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.

בָאָ֔רֶץ (בָ) va. “[is] in the”בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “among”

And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.

בְּמִדְבַּ֤ר (בְּ) be. “[were] in”בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “in the”