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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

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “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

וְיָשֹׁב֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַמֶּ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “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

וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֹאֲךָ֤ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעֵינֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.'

וְעַתָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵ֣ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “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?'

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “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.'

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַבְדֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וָלֵֽכוּ׃ (וָ) va. “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.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “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;

וַאֲנָשָׁ֛יו (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲמָלֵקִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵיהֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְהָעָ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל (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.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them?' And He answered him: 'Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.'

וְהַצֵּ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

וְאַרְבַּע־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins; and when he had eaten, his spirit came back to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

וּשְׁנֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And David said unto him: 'To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou?' And he said: 'I am a young Egyptian, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

וְאֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.'

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to him: 'Wilt thou bring me down to this troop?' And he said: 'Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאוֹרִֽדְךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and feasting, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁתִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֹ֣גְגִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאֶ֥רֶץ (וּ) u. “and”

And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them; David brought back all.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנוֹת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשָּׁלָ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֛ד (וְ) ve. “and”