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And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him: 'Go, carry them to the city.'

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

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

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

⁴²And Jonathan said to David: 'Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying: The LORD shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever.' ¹And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into

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

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?'

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

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest: 'The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me: Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and the young men have I appointed to such a

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

And the priest answered David, and said: 'There is no common bread under my hand, 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 answered the priest, and said unto him: 'Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day, when there s

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

So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.--

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And David said unto Ahimelech: 'And is there peradventure here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the priest said: 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here.' And David said: 'The

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

And David arose, and fled 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 unto him: 'Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

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

And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

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

Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

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

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.

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

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said unto the king of Moab: 'Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.'

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

And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

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

And the prophet Gad said unto David: 'Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah.' Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

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

And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him; now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him: 'Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and 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 inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.'

וַיִּשְׁאַל־ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king.

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