Verse 1
1 Samuel 24:1
Literal Standard Version
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And it comes to pass, when Saul has turned back from after the Philistines, that they declare to him, saying, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֥עַל דָּוִ֖ד מִ/שָּׁ֑ם וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב בִּ/מְצָד֥וֹת עֵֽין גֶּֽדִי
English Translation
And David went up from there and sat in the strongholds of En Gedi.
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Chapter 24 Context
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And it comes to pass, when Saul has turned back from after the Philistines, that they declare to him...
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And Saul takes three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goes to seek David and his men, on t...
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and he comes to folds of the flock, on the way, and there is a cave, and Saul goes in to cover his f...
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And the men of David say to him, “Behold, the day of which YHWH said to you, Behold, I am giving you...
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And it comes to pass afterward that the heart of David strikes him, because that he has cut off the...
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and he says to his men, “Far be it from me, by YHWH; I do not do this thing to my lord—to the anoint...
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And David subdues his men by words, and has not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul has ri...
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and David rises afterward, and goes out from the cave, and calls after Saul, saying, “My lord, O kin...
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And David says to Saul, “Why do you hear the words of man, saying, Behold, David is seeking your cal...
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Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that YHWH has given you into my hand today in the cave; and...
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And my father, see, indeed see the skirt of your upper robe in my hand; for by cutting off the skirt...
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YHWH judges between me and you, and YHWH has avenged me of you, and my hand is not on you;
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as the allegory of the ancients says, Wickedness goes out from the wicked, and my hand is not on you...
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After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog! After one...
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And YHWH has been for judge, and has judged between me and you, indeed, He sees and pleads my cause,...
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And it comes to pass, when David completes to speak these words to Saul, that Saul says, “Is this yo...
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And he says to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done me good, and I have done you...
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and you have declared today how that you have done good with me, how that YHWH shut me up into your...
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and that a man finds his enemy, and has sent him away in a good manner; and YHWH repays you good for...
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And now, behold, I have known that you certainly reign, and the kingdom of Israel has stood in your...
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and now, swear to me by YHWH that you do not cut off my seed after me, nor do you destroy my name fr...
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And David swears to Saul, and Saul goes to his house, and David and his men have gone up to the fort...
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