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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 to her be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said to Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

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

And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed 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 grievously distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God hath departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do.

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

Then said Samuel, Why then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD hath departed from thee, and hath become thy enemy?

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

And the LORD hath done to him, as he spoke by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David:

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

Then Saul fell immediately all along on the earth, and was exceedingly 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 to Saul, and saw that he was greatly troubled, and said to him, Behold, thy handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened to thy words, which thou didst speak

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, compelled him; and he hearkened to 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 fat calf in the house: and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.

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 ate. Then they arose and went away that night.

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

Now the Philistines collected all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said to 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 fault in him since he fell to me to this day?

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

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this man return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he should be an adversary to us: for with what would he reconcile himself to his master? would it not be with the heads of these men?

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

Then Achish called David, and said to him, Surely, 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 from the day of thy coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

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

And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant, so long as I have been with thee to 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 early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye shall have risen early in the morning, and have light, depart.

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

So David and his men rose early 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 invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

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

And had taken the women captives that were in it, they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

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

So David and his men came to the city, and 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 encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

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

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

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