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And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.

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

And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

וַיִּפֹּ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְּׁק֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

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

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to

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

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

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

And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made ho

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

So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword l

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

Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֕א (וַ) va “and”

And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

וַיָּ֧שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.

וַיְשַׁנּ֤וֹ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖ל (וַ) va “and”וַיְתָיו֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹרֶד (וַ) va “and”

Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.

וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And from there David went to Mizpeh in the land of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and mother come and make their living-place with you till it is clear to me what God will do for me.

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

And he took them to the king of Moab and they went on living with him while David was in his safe place.

וַיַּנְחֵ֕ם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וּבָֽאתָ־ (וּ) u. “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”

Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.

וַיַּ֜עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

וַיִּשְׁאַל־ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”