H9023–הוּ–hu

And David said: 'As the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away.

יוֹמ֤וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

The LORD forbid it me, that I should put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water and let us go.'

מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye deserve to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD'S anointed. And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.'

מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And he said: 'Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

עַבְדּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be the LORD that hath stirred thee up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me

עַבְדּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as the LORD delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed.

צִדְקָת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אֱמֻנָת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

לְדַרְכּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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;

לִבּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

וַאֲנָשָׁ֖יו (ו) v “his”וּבֵית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”נָשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

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.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying: 'Lest they should tell on us, saying: So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.'

מִשְׁפָּט֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

בְּעַמּ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

וּבְעִיר֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

לִבּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.'

לַעֲבָדָ֗יו (ו) v “his”עֲבָדָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

And he said unto her: 'What form is he of?' And she said: 'An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a robe.' And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself.

תָּאֳר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the LORD, and didst not execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

אַפּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon 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.

קֽוֹמָתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

But he refused, and said: 'I will not eat.' But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

עֲבָדָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

עֲבָדָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

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.

וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו (ו) v “his”

But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him: 'Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle

מְקוֹמוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”אֲדֹנָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'

בַּֽאֲלָפָ֔יו (ו) v “his”בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

וַאֲנָשָׁ֛יו (ו) v “his”