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

וַתֵּ֤רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּזְעַ֖ק (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said unto her: 'Be not afraid; for what seest thou?' And the woman said unto Saul: 'I see a godlike being coming up out of the earth.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

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.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּ֤דַע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקֹּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said to Saul: 'Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?' And Saul answered: 'I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams; therefor

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶקְרָאֶ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”

And Samuel said: `Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

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

And the LORD hath wrought for Himself; as He spoke by me; and the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ (וַֽ) va “and”

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.

וַיְמַהֵ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore affrighted, and said unto him: 'Behold, thy handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spokest unto me.

וַתָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֖רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וָאָשִׂ֤ים (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶשְׁמַע֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

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.

וַיְמָאֵ֗ן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרְצוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she made haste, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof;

וַתְּמַהֵ֖ר (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּזְבָּחֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקַּח־ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֔לָשׁ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּפֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַתַּגֵּ֧שׁ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel.

וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews here?' And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: 'Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no

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

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

וַיִּקְצְפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Achish called David, and said unto him: 'As the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day; ne

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

And David said unto Achish: 'But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been before thee unto this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנִלְחַ֔מְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Achish answered and said to David: 'I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God; notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said: He shall not go up with us to the battle.

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

Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.'

וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְא֥וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (וַ) va “and”

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;

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great; they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.

וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽנְהֲג֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

וַתֵּ֨צֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech: 'I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod.' And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

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