Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and we're
reading the story of David,
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and King Saul. The
Spirit of the Lord is upon David
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since he behaves himself
wisely and God is with him:
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But God has withdrawn from
Saul and Saul is very angry
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with David and seeking to kill
him. He has tried several times
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but King Saul has two children
who are on David's side.
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Son Jonathan loved David
and Saul's daughter, Michal,
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was married to David. When
we were last together we were
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reading how Saul had sent men
lying in wait at David's house,
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and Michal helped David to
escape and hides an image in
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the bed to make it look as
though David is in the bed,
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resting. We're going to pick up
that story now, But before we do
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Let's pray together. Our
Father thank you for bringing us
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to this time and your presence.
Please take the words that we
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will read here and let us
learn the lesson that you have
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for each of us in our lives,
so that we may behave ourselves
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wisely as did David and be
men and women after your heart.
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We long to know you. Thank you
for loving us. We love you. Amen
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Picking up in 1
Samuel, chapter 19, verse 17.
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And Saul said unto Michal,
Why has thou deceived me so,
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and sent away mine
enemy, that he is escaped?
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And Michal answered Saul,
He said unto me, Let me go;
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why should I kill thee?
So David fled, and escaped,
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and came to Samuel to Ramah,
and told him all that Saul had
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done to him. And he and
Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
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And it was told Saul, saying,
Behold David is at Naioth
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in Ramah. And Saul sent
messengers to take David:
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and when they saw the company
of the prophets prophesying,
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and Samuel standing as appointed
over them, the Spirit of God
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was upon the messengers of
Saul, and they also prophesied.
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And when it was told
Saul, he sent other messengers,
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and they prophesied likewise.
And Saul sent messengers again
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the third time, and
they prophesied also.
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Then went he also to
Ramah, and came to a great well
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that is in Sechu: and he
asked and said, Where are Samuel
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and David? And one said, Behold
they be at Naioth in Ramah.
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And he went thither to Naioth
in Ramah: and the spirit of God
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was upon him also, and
he went on, and prophesied,
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until he came to Naioth in Ramah
and he stripped off his clothes
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also, and prophesied
before Samuel in like manner,
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and lay down naked all
that day and all that night.
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Wherefore they say, Is
Saul also among the prophets?
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Continuing in 1st
Samuel, chapter 20.
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This is the King James Version.
And David fled from Naioth
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in Ramah, and came
and said before Jonathan,
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What have I done? what is mine
iniquity? and what is my sin
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before thy father, that he
seeketh my life? And he said
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unto him, God forbid; thou shalt
die: behold, my father will do
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nothing either great or
small, but that will shew it me:
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and why should my father hide
this thing from me? it is not so
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And David sware moreover,
and said, Thy father certainly
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knoweth that I have found grace
in thine eyes; and he saith,
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let not Jonathan know this,
lest he be grieved: but truly
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as the Lord liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, there is but a step
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between me and death. Then said
Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever
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thy soul desireth, I
will even do it for thee.
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And David said unto Jonathan,
Behold, tomorrow is the new moon
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and I should not fail to
sit with the king at meat:
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but let me go, that I
may hide myself in the field
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unto the third day at even.
If thy father at all miss me,
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then say, David earnestly asked
leave of me that he might run
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to Bethlehem his city: for
there is a yearly sacrifice
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there for all the family.
If he say thus, It is well;
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thy servant shall have
peace: but if be very wroth,
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then be sure that
evil is determined by him.
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Therefore thou shalt deal kindly
with thy servant; for thou hast
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brought thy servant into a
covenant of the Lord with thee:
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notwithstanding, if there be
in me iniquity, slay me thyself;
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for why shouldest thou bring me
to thy father? And Jonathan said
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Far be it from thee: for
if I knew certainly that evil
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were determined by my
father to come upon thee,
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then would not I tell it thee?
Then said David to Johathan,
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Who shall tell me? or what if
thy father answer thee roughly?
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And Jonathan said unto
David, Come, and let us go out
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into the field. And they went
out both of them into the field.
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And Jonathan said unto
David, O Lord God of Israel,
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when I have sounded my
father about tomorrow any time,
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or the third day, and behold,
if there be good toward David,
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and I then send not unto thee,
and shew it thee; The Lord do so
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and much more to Jonathan:
but if it please my father to
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do thee evil, then I will shew
it thee, and send thee away,
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that thou mayest go in peace:
And the Lord be with thee,
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as he hath been with my
father. And thou shalt not only
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while yet I live shew me
the kindness of the Lord,
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that I die not; but also thou
shalt not cut off thy kindness
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from my house forever: no,
not when the Lord hath cut off
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the enemies of David every
one from the face of the earth.
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So Jonathan made a covenant
with the house of David, saying,
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Let the Lord even require it
at the hand of David's enemies.
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And Jonathan caused David to
swear again, because he loved
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him: for he loved him
as he loved his own soul.
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Then Jonathan said to
David, Tomorrow is the new moon:
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and thou shalt be missed,
because thy seat will be empty.
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And when thou hast stayed three
days, then thou shalt go down
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quickly, and come to the place
where thou didst hide thyself
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when the business was in hand,
and shalt remain by the stone,
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Ezel. And I will shoot 3 arrows
on the side thereof, as though
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I shot at a mark. And, behold,
I will send a lad, saying, Go,
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find out the arrows. If I
expressly say unto the lad,
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behold the arrows are on
this side of thee, take them;
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then come thou: for there
is peace to thee, and no hurt;
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as the Lord liveth. But if
I say thus unto the young man,
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Behold the arrows are beyond
thee; go thy way: for the Lord
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hath sent thee away. And as
touching the matter which thou
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and I have spoken of, behold,
the Lord be between thee and me
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forever. So David
hid himself in the field:
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and when the new moon was
come, the king sat him down
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to eat meat. And the king sat
upon his seat, as at other times
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even upon a seat by the wall:
and Jonathan arose, and Abner
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sat by Saul's side, and David's
place was empty. Nevertheless
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Saul spake not anything that
day, for he thought something
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had befallen him, He is not
clean, surely, he is not clean.
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And it came to pass on the
morrow, which was the 2nd day
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of the month, that
David's place was empty:
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And Saul said unto Jonathan,
his son, Wherefore cometh not
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the son of Jesse to meat,
neither yesterday, nor today?
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And Jonathan answered Saul,
David earnestly asked leave of
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me to go to Bethlehem: And
he said, Let me go, I pray thee;
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for our family hath a sacrifice
in the city; and my brother, he
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hath commanded me to be there:
and now, if I have found favour
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in thine eyes, let me
get away, I pray thee,
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and see my brethren, Therefore
he cometh not unto the king's
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table. Then Saul's anger
was kindled against Jonathan,
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and he said unto him, Thou son
of the perverse rebellious woman
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do not I know that thou
hast chosen the son of Jesse to
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thine own confusion, and unto
the confusion of thy mother's
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nakedness? For as
long as the son of Jesse
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liveth upon the ground,
thou shalt not be established,
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nor thy kingdom. Wherefore
now send an fetch him unto me,
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for he shall surely die.
And Jonathan answered Saul
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his father, and said unto him,
Wherefore shall he be slain?
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What hath he done? And
Saul cast a javelin at him
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to smite him: whereby Jonathan
knew that it was determined of
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his father to slay David. So
Jonathan arose from the table
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in fierce anger, and did eat no
meat the 2nd day of the month:
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for he was grieved for David,
because his father had done
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him shame. And it came to pass
in the morning, that Jonathan
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went out into the field at
the time appointed with David,
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and a little lad with
him. And he said unto his lad,
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Run, find out now the arrows
which I shoot. And as the lad
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ran, he shot an arrow beyond
him. And when the lad was come
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to the place of the
arrow which Jonathan had shot,
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Jonathan cried after the
lad, and said, Is not the arrow
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beyond thee? And Jonathan cried
after the lad, Make speed, haste
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stay not. And Jonathan's
lad gathered up the arrows
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and came to his master.
But the lad knew not anything:
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only Jonathan and David knew the
matter. And Jonathan gave his
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artillery unto his lad, and
said unto him, Go, carry them
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to the city. And as soon as
the lad was gone, David arose
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out of a place toward the
south, and fell on his face
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to the ground, and bowed himself
three times: and they kissed
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one another and wept one with
another, until David exceeded.
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And Jonathan said to David,
Go in peace, forasmuch as we
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have sworn both of us in
the name of the Lord, saying,
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The Lord be between me and thee,
and between my seed and thy seed
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forever. And he arose
and departed: and Jonathan
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went into the city.
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We're continuing in
1st Samuel, chapter 21.
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This is the King James Version.
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Then came David to Nob
to Ahimelech the priest:
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and Ahimelech was afraid at the
meeting of David, and said unto
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him, Why art thou alone, and
no man with thee? And David said
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unto Ahimilech the priest,
The king hath commanded me
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a business, and hath said
unto me Let no man know anything
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of the business whereabout
I send thee, and what I have
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commanded thee: and I
have appointed my servants
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to such and such a place. Now
therefore what is under thine
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hand? give me 5 loaves of bread
in mine hand, or what there is
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present. And the priest
answered David, and said,
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There is no common bread under
mine hand, but there is hallowed
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bread; if the young men
have kept themselves at least
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from women. And David answered
the priest, and said unto him,
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Of a truth women have been
kept from us about these 3 days,
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since I came out, and the
vessels of the young men are
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holy and the bread is
in a manner common, yea
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though it were sanctified
this day in the vessel.
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So the priest gave him hallowed
bread: for there was no bread
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there but the shewbread, that
was taken from before the Lord,
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to put hot bread in the
day when it was taken away.
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Now a certain man of the
servants of Saul was there
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that day, detained before
the Lord; and his name was Doeg,
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and Edomite, the chiefest of the
herdmen that belonged to Saul.
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And David said unto
Ahimelech, And is there not here
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under thine hand spear or sword?
for I have neither brought
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my sword nor my weapons with
me because the king's business
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required haste. And the priest
said, The sword of Goliath
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the Philistine, whom thou
slewest in the valley of Elah,
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behold, it is here wrapped
in a cloth behind the Ephod:
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if thou wilt take that, take it:
for there is no other save that
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here. And David said, There
is none like that; give it me.
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And David arose, and fled
that day for fear of Saul,
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and went to Achish the king of
Gath. And the servants of Achish
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said unto them, Is not
this David the king of the land?
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Did they not sing one to another
of him in dances, saying,
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Saul hath slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands?
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And David laid up these words
in his heart and was sore afraid
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of Achish the king of Gath. And
he changed his behavior before
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them and feigned himself mad
in their hands, and scrabbled
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on the doors of the gate, and
let his spittle fall down upon
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his beard. Then said Achish unto
his servants, Lo, ye see the man
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is mad: wherefore then
have ye brought him to me?
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Have I need of mad men,
that ye have brought this fellow
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to play the mad
man in my presence?
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shall this fellow
come into my house?
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Continuing the story
in 1 Samuel, chapter 22.
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David therefore departed
thence and escaped to the cave
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of Adullum: and when his
brethren and all his father's
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house heard it, they went down
thither to him. And every one
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that was in distress, and
every one that was in debt,
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and every one that
was discontented, gathered
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themselves unto him and he
became a captain over them:
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and there were with him about
400 men. And David went thence
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to Mizpeh of Moab: and he
said unto the king of Moab,
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Let my father and my mother,
I pray thee, come forth, and
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be with you till I know what God
will do for me. And he brought
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them before the king of
Moab: and they dwelt with him
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all the while that David was
in the hold. And the prophet Gad
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said unto David, Abide not in
the hold; depart, and get thee
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into the land of Judah. Then
David departed, and came into
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the forest of Hareth. When Saul
heard that David was discovered,
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and the men that were with him,
Now Saul abode in Gibeah under
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at tree in Ramah,
having his spear in his hand,
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and all his servants
were standing about him;
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Then Saul said unto his
servants that stood about him,
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Hear now ye Benjamites; will
the son of Jesse give every one
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of you fields and vineyards,
and make you all captains
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of thousands, and captains
of hundreds; that all of you
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have conspired against me, and
there is none that sheweth me
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that my son hath made a
league with the son of Jesse,
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and there is none of you that is
sorry for me, or sheweth unto me
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that my son hath stirred
up my servant against me,
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to lie in wait, as at this day?
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Thank you and please
join me again next time.
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