1 Samuel 27 ~ 31

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27:1And David said in his heart, I will now one day perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within all the territory of Israel. Thus I will escape from his hand. Compare
27:2So David rose up and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, the king of Gath. Compare
27:3And David and his men remained with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each man with his household: David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal, the Carmelite. Compare
27:4And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer sought him. Compare
27:5And David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your sight, let me be given a place in one of the country towns; and I will dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you? Compare
27:6So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. Compare
27:7And the length of time that David remained in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. Compare
27:8Now David and his men went up and attacked the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites, for they were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as you go to Shur and unto the land of Egypt. Compare
27:9And David struck the land; and he left neither man nor woman alive but took the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. Compare
27:10Then Achish said, Against whom have you conducted an attack today? And David said, Against the south of Judah and against the south of the Jerahmeelites and against the south of the Kenites. Compare
27:11Now David left neither man nor woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, Perhaps they will tell of us, saying, Thus did David do. And such was his custom as long as he dwelt in the country of the Philistines. Compare
27:12And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious to his people Israel; therefore he shall be my servant forever. Compare
28:1Then in those days the Philistines gathered their camps together for war to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Know assuredly that you shall go out with me into the camp, you and your men. Compare
28:2And David said to Achish, This being so, you will know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore I will make you my bodyguard for life. Compare
28:3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him; and they had buried him in Ramah, that is, in his own city. And Saul had the mediums and the soothsayers put out of the land. Compare
28:4And the Philistines gathered together, and they came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa. Compare
28:5And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. Compare
28:6And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets. Compare
28:7Then said Saul to his servants, Seek for me a woman who is a medium that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, There is now a woman who is a medium at En-dor. Compare
28:8Then Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes. And he and two men with him went, and they came to the woman by night. And he said, Consult a departed spirit for me, and bring up to me the one whom I tell you. Compare
28:9But the woman said to him, Look, you know what Saul has done, that he has cut off the mediums and the soothsayers from the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life to make me die? Compare
28:10Then Saul swore to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah lives, no punishment shall happen to you for this thing. Compare
28:11So the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to you? And he said, Bring up Samuel to me. Compare
28:12Now when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul. Compare
28:13And the king said to her, Do not be afraid. But what do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see some divine being coming up out of the earth. Compare
28:14And he said to her, What is his appearance? And she said, An old man is coming up; and he is wrapped in a cloak. Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid him homage. Compare
28:15And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines wage war against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, neither through the prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do. Compare
28:16And Samuel said, Why then have you inquired of me? For Jehovah has turned away from you and become your adversary. Compare
28:17And Jehovah has done for Himself just as He spoke through me, for Jehovah has torn the kingdom out from your hand and given it to an associate of yours, to David. Compare
28:18Because you did not listen to the voice of Jehovah and did not execute His burning anger upon the Amalekites, therefore Jehovah has done this thing to you this day. Compare
28:19And Jehovah will also give Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me; Jehovah will also give the camp of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. Compare
28:20Then immediately Saul fell his full length to the ground, and he was very afraid because of Samuel's words. And there was no strength in him, for he had not eaten food all day and all night. Compare
28:21And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was very troubled. And she said to him, Indeed, your servant has listened to your voice; and I have put my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. Compare
28:22Now therefore, you listen also to the voice of your servant, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way. Compare
28:23But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, as well as the woman, compelled him, and he listened to their voice; and he rose up from the ground and sat on the bed. Compare
28:24And the woman had a fattened calf in the house; and she hurried and killed it, and took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread with it. Compare
28:25And she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night. Compare
29:1And the Philistines gathered all their camps together at Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel. Compare
29:2And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on at the rear with Achish. Compare
29:3And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or even these years? And I have found nothing wrong in him since the day he deserted to me to this day. Compare
29:4But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him. And the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man go back, that he may return to his place that you have assigned him, so that he does not go down with us into the battle and does not become our adversary in the battle. For with what might this man reconcile himself to his master? Will it not be with the heads of these men? Compare
29:5Is this not David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying, Saul has struck down his thousands; / But David, his ten thousands? Compare
29:6And Achish called David and said to him, As Jehovah lives, you are upright, and it is acceptable in my sight that you go forth and come in with me in the camp; for I have not found evil in you since the day you came to me to this day. But you are not acceptable to the lords. Compare
29:7Now therefore return and go in peace, so that you do not do anything displeasing to the lords of the Philistines. Compare
29:8And David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what wrong have you found in your servant since the day I began to be with you to this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king? Compare
29:9And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are as acceptable to me as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us into the battle. Compare
29:10Now therefore rise up early in the morning with your master's servants who came with you; indeed rise up early in the morning, and when you have daylight, go. Compare
29:11So David rose up early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. Compare
30:1And when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south and upon Ziklag; and they had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire. Compare
30:2And they had taken the women and all who were in it captive, both small and great; they had killed none, but had carried them off, and had gone on their way. Compare
30:3And David and his men came to the city; and there it was, burned with fire. And their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. Compare
30:4And David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no strength to weep. Compare
30:5And David's two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. Compare
30:6And David was very distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for the soul of all the people was bitter, every man because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God. Compare
30:7And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Bring the ephod to me. So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. Compare
30:8And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this band? Will I overtake them? And He said to him, Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them, and you will certainly deliver them. Compare
30:9So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him; and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left stayed behind. Compare
30:10And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross over the brook Besor. Compare
30:11And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. And they gave him food, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink. Compare
30:12And they gave him a piece of fig cake and two raisin cakes; and he ate, and his spirit returned to him; for he had eaten no food and had drunk no water for three days and three nights. Compare
30:13And David said to him, To whom do you belong and where are you from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalekite man; and my master abandoned me because I fell sick three days ago. Compare
30:14We attacked the south of the Cherethites and what belongs to Judah and the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. Compare
30:15And David said to him, Can you lead me down to this band? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you down to this troop. Compare
30:16And he led him down; and there they were, spread over the whole land, eating and drinking and celebrating because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. Compare
30:17And David struck them from twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped except for four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled. Compare
30:18And David delivered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David delivered his two wives. Compare
30:19And nothing was missed by them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil nor anything that they had taken; David brought everything back. Compare
30:20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before the other cattle and of which they said, This is David's spoil. Compare
30:21Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David and who had been left behind at the brook Besor. And they went forth to meet David and to meet the people who were with him; and David came near to the people and greeted them. Compare
30:22And all the wicked and worthless men among the men that had gone with David responded; and they said, Because they did not go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have delivered, except every man his wife and his children that they may lead them off and go away. Compare
30:23Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Jehovah has given us, who has kept us and given this band that came against us into our hand. Compare
30:24And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike. Compare
30:25And from that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. Compare
30:26And David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his companions, saying, Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah: Compare
30:27For those in Bethel, and for those in Ramoth of the south, and for those in Jattir, Compare
30:28And for those in Aroer, and for those in Siphmoth, and for those in Eshtemoa, Compare
30:29And for those in Racal, and for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and for those in the cities of the Kenites, Compare
30:30And for those in Hormah, and for those in Bor-ashan, and for those in Athach, Compare
30:31And for those in Hebron, and for all the places where David himself and his men had gone about. Compare
31:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa. Compare
31:2And the Philistines chased Saul and his sons; and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. Compare
31:3And the battle bore heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers. Compare
31:4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. Compare
31:5And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died with him. Compare
31:6So Saul and his three sons and his armor bearer, as well as all his men, died that day together. Compare
31:7And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and who were on the other side of the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. Compare
31:8And the next day the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. Compare
31:9And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor; and they sent them all around, throughout the land of the Philistines in order to announce the good news in the houses of their idols and to the people. Compare
31:10And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. Compare
31:11And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, Compare
31:12All the valiant men rose up and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. Compare
31:13And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days. Compare

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