Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today
we are reading in 1 Samuel,
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chapter 25. When we were last
together, we were reading the
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story of Nabal and Abigail.
Nabal and Abigail, husband
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and wife, she was wise and
beautiful, when he was churlish
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and bad natured. David had sent
his men to Nabal to ask of him a
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favor and Nabal refused David's
men. And as we continue in
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chapter 25, we'll start on verse
12. But let's pray before we
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start. Dear Lord, thank
you so much for these words
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and these stories. May we not
just hear them today, but may
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we take from them the lesson
that you would have each of us
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to put into practice in
our hearts and in our lives
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to your glory. Please be with
us now and give us wisdom and
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understanding as we read. We
love you so much, and thank you
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for loving us. Amen. - Picking
up in 1 Samuel 25, verse 12.
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So David's young men turned
their way, and went again,
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and came and told him all those
sayings. And David said unto his
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men, Gird ye on every man his
sword. And they girded on every
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man his sword; and David
also girded on his sword:
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and there went up after David
about 400 men; and 200 abode
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by the stuff. But one of the
young men told Abigail, Nabal's
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wife, saying, Behold, David sent
messengers out of the wilderness
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to salute our master; and he
railed on them. But the men were
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very good unto us, and we were
not hurt, neither missed we any
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thing, as long as we
were conversant with them,
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when we were in the
fields: They were a wall unto us
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both by night and day, all
the while we were with them
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keeping the sheep. Now therefore
know and consider what thou wilt
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do; for evil is determined
against our master, and against
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all his household: for
he is such a son of Belial,
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that a man cannot speak to
him. Then Abigail made haste,
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and took 200 loaves and 2
bottles of wine, and 5 sheep
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ready dressed, and five
measures of parched corn,
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and hundred clusters of
raisins, and 200 cakes of figs
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and laid them on asses. And she
said unto her servants, Go on
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before me; behold, I come
after you. But she told not
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her husband, Nabal. And it
was so, as she rode on the ass,
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that she came down by the covert
of the hill, and behold, David
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and his men came down
against her and she met them.
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Now David had said, Surely in
vain have I kept all that this
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fellow hath in the wilderness,
so that nothing was missed
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of all that pertained unto him:
and he hath requited me evil
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for good. So and more also do
God unto the enemies of David,
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if I leave of all that pertain
to him by the morning light
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any that pisseth against the
wall. And when Abigail saw David
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she hasted, and lighted off the
ass, and fell before David on
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her face, and bowed herself to
the ground, and fell at his feet
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and said, upon me, my lord, upon
let this iniquity be: and let
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thine handmaid, I pray
thee, speak in thine audience,
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and hear the words of
thine handmaid. Let not my lord,
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I pray thee, regard this
man of Belial, even Nabal:
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for as his name is, so is
he: Nabal is his name, and folly
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is with him: but I
thine handmaid saw not
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the young men of my lord, whom
thou didst send. Now therefore,
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my lord, as the Lord liveth, and
as thy soul liveth, seeing the
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Lord hath withholden thee from
coming to shed blood and from
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avenging thyself with thine
own hand, now let thine enemies,
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and they that seek evil
to my lord, be as Nabal.
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And now this blessing which
thine handmaid hath brought
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unto my lord, let it even be
given unto the young men that
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follow my lord. I pray thee,
forgive the trespass of thine
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handmaid: for the Lord will
certainly make my lord a sure
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house: because my lord fighteth
the battles of the Lord, and
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evil hath not been found in thee
all thy days. Yet a man is risen
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to pursue thee, and to seek thy
soul: but the soul of my lord
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shall be bound in the bundle
of life with the Lord thy God;
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and the souls of thine enemies,
them shall he sling out, as out
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of the middle of a sling. And it
shall come to pass when the lord
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shall have done to my
lord according to all the good
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that he hath spoken concerning
thee, and shall have appointed
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thee ruler over Israel; That
this shall be no grief unto thee
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nor offence of heart unto my
lord, either that thou hast shed
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blood causeless, or that
my lord hath avenged himself:
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but when the lord shall
have dealt well with my lord,
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then remember thine handmaid.
And David said to Abigail,
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Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel, which sent thee this day
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to meet me: and blessed be
thy advice and blessed be thou,
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which hast kept me this
day from coming to shed blood,
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and from avenging myself with
mine own hand. For in very deed,
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as the Lord God of Israel
liveth, which hath kept me back
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from hurting thee, except thou
hadst hasted and come to meet me
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surely there had not been left
unto Nabal by the morning light
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any that pisseth against the
wall. So David received of her
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hand that which she had brought
him, and said unto her, Go up
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in peace to thine house; see,
I have hearkened to thy voice,
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and have accepted thy person.
And Abigail came to Nabal; and,
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behold he held a feast in his
house, like the feast of a king;
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and Nabal's heart was merry
within him, for he was very
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drunken: wherefore she told him
nothing, less or more, until the
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morning light. But it came
to pass in the morning, when the
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wine was gone out of Nabal,
and his wife had told him these
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things, that his heart died
within him, and he became as
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a stone. And it came to
pass about ten days after,
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that the Lord smote Nabal, that
he died. And when David heard
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that Nabal was dead, he said,
Blessed be the Lord, that hath
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pleaded the cause of my reproach
from the hand of Nabal, and hath
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kept his servant from evil:
for the Lord hath returned the
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wickedness of Nabal upon
his own head. And David sent and
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communed with Abigail,
to take her to him to wife.
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And when the servants of David
were come to Abigail to Carmel,
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they spake unto her,
saying, David sent us unto thee,
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to take thee to him to
wife. And she arose, and bowed
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herself on her face to the earth
and said, Behold, let thine
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handmaid be a servant to
wash the feet of the servants
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of my lord. And Abigail hasted,
and arose, and rode upon an ass,
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with five damsels of hers that
went after her; and she went
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after the messengers of
David, and became his wife.
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David also took Ahinoam of
Jezreel; and they were also
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both of them his wives. But Saul
had given Michal his daughter,
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David's wife, to Phalti the son
of Laish, which was of Gallim.
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We're continuing in
1st Samuel, chapter 26,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And the Ziphites came
unto Saul to Gibeah, saying,
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Doth not David hide himself in
the hill of Hachilah, which is
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before Jeshimon? Then Saul
arose, and went down to the
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wilderness of Ziph, having 3,000
chosen men of Israel with him,
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to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph. And Saul pitched in the
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hill of Hachilah, which is
before Jeshimon, by the way.
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But David abode in the
wilderness and he saw that Saul
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came after him into the
wilderness. David therefore
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sent out spies, and understood
that Saul was come in very deed.
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And David arose, and came to
the place where Saul had pitched
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and David beheld the
place where Saul lay, and Abner,
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the son of Ner, the captain
of his host: and Saul lay in the
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trench and the people pitched
round about him. Then answered
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David and said to Ahimelech
the Hittite, and to Abishai
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the son of Zeruiah, brother to
Joab, saying, Who will go down
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with me to Saul to the camp?
And Abishai said, I will go down
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with thee. So David and Abishai
came to the people by night:
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and behold, Saul lay sleeping
within the trench, and his spear
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stuck in the ground at
his bolster: but Abner and the
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people lay round about
him. Then said Abishai to David,
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God hath delivered thine
enemy into thine hand this day:
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now therefore let me smite him,
I pray thee, with the spear even
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to the earth at once, and I
will not smite him the 2nd time.
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And David said to Abishai
Destroy him not: for who can
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stretch forth his hand
against the Lord's anointed,
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and be guiltless? David said
furthermore, As the Lord liveth,
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the Lord shall smite him; or
his day shall come to die; or
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he shall descend into battle,
and perish. The Lord forbid
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that I should stretch forth mine
hand against the Lord's anointed
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but, I pray thee, take thou now
the spear that is at his bolster
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and the cruse of water, and let
us go. So David took the spear
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and the cruse of water from
Saul's bolster; and they gat
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them away, and no man saw it,
nor knew it, neither awakened:
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for they were all
asleep; because a deep sleep
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from the Lord
was fallen upon them.
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Then David went over to the
other side, and stood on the top
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of an hill afar off; a
great space being between them:
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And David cried to the people,
and to Abner the son of Ner,
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saying, Answerest thou
not, Abner? Then Abner answered
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and said, Who art thou
that criest to the king?
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And David said to Abner, Art
not thou a valiant man? and who
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is like to thee in
Israel? wherefore then hast thou
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not kept thy lord the king?
for there came one of the people
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in to destroy the king thy lord,
This thing is not good that
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thou hast done. As the Lord
liveth, ye are worthy to die,
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because ye have not kept your
master, the Lord's anointed.
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And now see where the king's
spear is, and the cruse of
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water that was at his bolster.
And Saul knew David's voice,
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and said, Is this thy voice,
my son David? And David said,
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It is my voice, my lord, O king.
And he said, Wherefore doth my
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Lord thus pursue after his
servant? for what have I done?
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or what evil is in mine hand?
Now therefore, I pray thee,
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let my lord the king
hear the words of his servant.
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If the Lord have stirred thee
up against me, let him accept
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an offering: but if they be the
children of men, cursed be they
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before the Lord; for they
have driven me out this day from
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abiding in the inheritance of
the Lord, saying, Go serve other
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gods. Now therefore, let not my
blood fall to the earth before
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the face of the Lord: for
the king of Israel is come out
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to seek a flea, as when
one doth hunt a partridge
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in the mountains. Then
said Saul, I have sinned:
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return, my son David: for
I will no more do thee harm,
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because my soul was precious in
thine eyes this day: behold, I
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have played the fool, and have
erred exceedingly. And David
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answered and said, Behold the
king's spear! and let one of the
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young men come over and fetch
it. The Lord render to every
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man his righteousness and
his faithfulness: for the Lord
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delivered thee into my hand
today, but I would not stretch
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forth my hand against the Lord's
anointed. And behold as thy life
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was much set by this day
in mine eyes, so let my life
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be much set by in the eyes of
the Lord, and let him deliver me
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out of all tribulation.
Then Saul said to David,
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Blessed be thou, my son David,
thou shalt both do great things,
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and also shalt still prevail.
So David went on his way,
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and Saul returned to his place.
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We're continuing in the
book of 1st Samuel, chapter 27,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And David said in his heart,
I shall now perish one day
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by the hand of Saul:
there is nothing better for me
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than that I should speedily
escape into the land of the
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the Philistines; and Saul
shall despair of me, to seek me
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any more in any coast of Israel:
so shall I escape out of his
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hand. And David arose, and
he passed over with the 600 men
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that were with him unto Achish,
the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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And David dwelt with Achish at
Gath, he and his men, every man
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with his household, even
David with his two wives,
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Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the Carmelitess,
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Nabal's wife. And it was told
Saul that David was fled to Gath
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and he sought no
more again for him.
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And David said unto Achish, If
I have now found grace in thine
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eyes, let them give me a place
in some town in the country,
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that I may dwell there: for
why should thy servant dwell
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in the royal city with thee?
Then Achish gave him Ziklag
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that day: wherefore Ziklag
pertaineth unto the kings of
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of Judah unto this day. And
the time that David dwelt in the
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country of the Philistines
was a full year and four months.
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Thank you for joining with me
today to read the word of God.
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Until next time, may
God keep us all by His grace
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and his mercy.
Thank you and God bless.
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