Hello and welcome
to His words are life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
going to be reading in the book
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of 1st Samuel and the story of
David as he has fled from Saul.
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But before we start, let's pray
together. Dear Lord as we read
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in your word the story of your
servant David, may his prayer be
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ours. Open our eyes that
we can see wondrous things
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in your law and in the word
that you have left for us here.
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Be with us to guide us and
to teach us. We love you so much
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and thank you
for loving us. Amen.
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We're reading in 1st Samuel,
chapter 27, beginning with verse
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8, and this is the
King James Version.
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And David and his men went
up and invaded the Geshurites,
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and the Gezrites, and the
Amalekites: for those nations
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were of old the inhabitants of
the land, as thou goest to Shur,
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even unto the land of
Egypt. And David smote the land,
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and left neither man nor woman
alive, and took away the sheep,
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and the oxen and the asses,
and the camels, and the apparel,
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and returned, and came
to Achish. And Achish said,
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Whither have ye made a road
today? And David said, Against
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the south of Judah, and against
the south of the Jerahmeelites,
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and against the south of the
Kenites. And David saved neither
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man nor woman alive, to
bring tidings to Gath, saying,
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Lest they should tell on
us, saying, So did David,
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and so will be his manner
all the while he dwelleth in the
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country of the Philistines.
And Achish believed David,
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saying, He hath made his people
Israel utterly to abhor him;
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therefore he shall
be my servant forever.
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Continuing now in
1st Samuel, chapter 28.
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This is the King James Version.
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And it came to pass in
those days that the Philistines
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gathered their armies together
for warfare to fight with Israel
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and Achish said unto
David, Know thou assuredly,
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that thou shalt go out with
me to battle, thou and thy men.
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And David said to Achish, Surely
thou shalt know what thy servant
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can do. And Achish said to
David, Therefore will I make
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the keeper of mine head
for ever. Now Samuel was dead
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and all Israel had lamented
him, and buried him in Ramah,
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even in his own city. And
Saul had put away those that had
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familiar spirits, and
the wizards, out of the land.
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And the Philistines gathered
themselves together, and came
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and pitched in Shunem: and Saul
gathered all Israel together,
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and they pitched in Gilboa. And
when Saul saw the host of the
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Philistines, he was afraid,
and his heart greatly trembled.
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And when Saul inquired of the
Lord, the Lord answered him not,
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neither by dreams, nor by Urim,
nor by prophets. Then said Saul
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unto hi servants, Seek me
a woman that hath a familiar
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spirit that I may go to her and
inquire of her. And his servants
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said to him, Behold, there
is a woman that hath a familiar
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spirit at Endor. And
Saul disguised himself,
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and put on other raiment, and
he went, and two men with him,
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and they came to the woman by
night: and he said, I pray thee,
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divine unto me by the familiar
spirit, and bring me him up,
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whom I shall name unto thee.
And the woman said unto him,
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Behold, thou knowest what Saul
hath done, how he hath cut off
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those that have familiar
spirits. and the wizards,
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out of the land: wherefore then
layest thou a snare for my life,
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to cause me to die? And
Saul sware to her by the Lord,
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saying, As the Lord liveth,
there shall no punishment happen
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to thee for this thing.
Then said the woman, Whom shall
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I bring up unto thee? And
he said, Bring me up Samuel.
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And when the woman saw Samuel,
she cried with a loud voice:
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And the woman spake to Saul,
saying, Why hast thou deceived
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m? for thou art Saul. And
the king said unto her, Be not
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afraid" for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul,
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I saw gods ascending out of
the earth. And he said unto her,
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What form is he of? And she
said, And old man cometh up;
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and he is covered with a mantle.
And Saul perceived that it was
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Samuel and he stooped with
his face to the ground, and
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bowed himself. And Samuel said
to Saul, Why has thou disquieted
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me to bring me up? And Saul
answered, I am sore distressed;
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for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed
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from me and answereth me
no more neither by prophets,
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nor by dreams: therefore I have
called thee, that thou mayest
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make known unto me what I shall
do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore
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then dost thou ask of me, seeing
the Lord is departed from thee,
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and has become thine enemy?
And the Lord hath done to him,
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as he spake by me: for
the Lord hath rent the kingdom
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out of thine hand, and given it
to they neighbor, even to David:
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Because thou obeyedst
not the voice of the Lord,
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nor executest his fierce wrath
upon Amalek, therefore hath
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the Lord done this thing unto
thee this day. Moreover the Lord
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will also deliver Israel
with thee into the hand of the
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Philistines: and tomorrow shalt
thou and thy sons be with me:
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the Lord also shall deliver the
host of Israel into the hand of
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the Philistines. Then Saul fell
straightway all along on the
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earth, and was sore afraid,
because of the words of Samuel:
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and there was no strength in
him; for he had eaten no bread
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all the day, nor all the night.
And the woman came unto Saul,
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and saw that he was sore
troubled, and said unto him,
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Behold, thine handmaid hath
obeyed thy voice, and I have put
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my life in my hand, and
have hearkened unto thy words
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which thou spakest unto me. Now
therefore, I pray thee, hearken
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now also unto the voice
of thine handmaid, and let me
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set a morsel of bread before
thee: and eat, that thou mayest
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have strength, when thou
goest on thy way. But he refused
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and said, I will not eat.
But his servants, together with
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the woman, compelled him; and
he hearkened unto their voice.
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So he arose from the earth, and
sat upon the bed. And the woman
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had a fat calf in the house;
and she hasted, and killed it,
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and took flour and kneaded it,
and did bake unleavened bread
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thereof: And she brought
it before Saul, and before his
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servants; and they did
eat. Then they rose up,
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and went away that night.
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We're continuing in the
book of 1st Samuel, chapter 29
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Now the Philistines gathered
together all their armies,
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to Aphek: and the Israelites
pitched by a fountain which
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is in Jezreel. And the lords
of the Philistines passed on by
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hundreds, and by
thousands: But David and his men
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passed on in the rereward with
Achish. Then said the princes
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of the Philistines,
What do these Hebrews here?
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And Achish said unto the princes
of the Philistines, Is not this
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David, the servant of Saul the
king of Israel which hath been
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with me these days, or these
years, and I have found no fault
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in him since he fell
unto me unto this day?
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And the princes of the
Philistines were wroth with
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him; and the princes of
the Philistines said unto him,
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Make this fellow return, that
he may go again to his place
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which thou has appointed him,
and let him not go down with us
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to battle, lest in the
battle he be an adversary to us:
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for wherewith should he
reconcile himself unto his
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master? should it not be
with the heads of these men?
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Is not this David, of whom they
sang one to another in dances,
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saying Saul slew his thousands,
and David his ten thousands?
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Then Achish called David,
and said unto him, Surely,
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as the Lord liveth, thou hast
been upright, and thy going out
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and thy coming in with me in
the host is good in my sight:
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for I have not found evil in
thee since the day of thy coming
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unto me unto this
day: nevertheless the lords
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favor the not. Wherefore
now, return, and go in peace,
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that thou displease not
the lords of the Philistines.
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And David said unto Achish, But
what have I done? and what hast
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thou found in the servant so
long as I have been with thee
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unto this day, that I may
not go fight against the enemies
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of my lord the king? And Achish
answered and said to David,
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I know that thou are good in
my sight, as an angel of God:
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notwithstanding the princes
of the Philistines have said,
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He shall not go up with us
to the battle. Wherefore now
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rise up early in the morning,
with thy master's servants
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that are come with thee:
and as soon as ye be up early
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in the morning, and have light,
depart. So David and his men
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rose up early to depart in the
morning, to return into the land
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of the Philistines. And the
Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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We're continuing in
1st Samuel, chapter 30,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And it came to pass, when David
and his men were come to Ziklag,
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on the third day, that the
Amalekites had invaded the south
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and Ziklag, and smitten
Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
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And had taken the women
captives, that were therein:
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they slew not any, either great
or small, but carried them away,
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and went on their way. So David
and his men came to the city,
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and behold, it was burned with
fire: and their wives, and their
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sons and their daughters,
were taken captives. Then David
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and the people that were with
him lifted up their voice and
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wept, until they had no
more power to weep. And David's
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two wives were taken captives,
Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess,
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and Abigail the wife
of Nabal the Carmelite.
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And David was greatly
distressed for the people spake
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of stoning him, because the soul
of all the people was grieved,
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every man for his
sons and for his daughters:
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but David encouraged
himself in the Lord his God.
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And David said to Abiathar
the priest, Ahimelech's son,
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I pray thee, bring me hither
the ephod. And Abiathar brought
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thither the ephod to David.
And David inquired at the Lord,
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saying, Shall I pursue after
this troop? shall I overtake
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them, And he answered him,
Pursue: for thou shalt surely
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overtake them, and without
fail recover all. So David went,
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he and the six hundred men that
were with him, and came to the
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brook Besor, where those
that were left behind stayed.
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But David pursued, he and
400 men: for 200 abode behind,
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which were so faint that
they could not go over the brook
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Besor. And they found an
Egyptian in the field, and
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brought him to David, and
gave him bread, and he did eat;
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and they made him drink water;
And they gave him a piece of a
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cake of figs, and two clusters
of raisins: and when he had
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eaten, his spirit came again to
him for he had eaten no bread,
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nor drunk any water,
three days and three nights.
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And David said unto
him, To whom belongest thou?
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and whence art thou? And he
said, I am a young man of Egypt,
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servant to an Amalekite; and my
master left me, because 3 days
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agone I fell sick. We made an
invasion upon the south of the
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Cherethites, and upon the
coast which belongeth to Judah,
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and upon the south of Caleb;
and we burned Ziklag with fire.
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And David said to him,
Canst thou bring me down to this
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company? And he said, Swear
unto me by God, that thou wilt
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neither kill me, nor deliver
me into the hands of my master,
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and I will bring
thee down to this company.
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And when he had brought him
down, behold, they were spread
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abroad upon all the
earth, eating and drinking, and
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dancing because of all the
great spoil that they had taken
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out of the land of the
Philistines, and out of the land
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of Judah. And David smote them
from the twilight even unto the
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evening of the next day: and
there escaped not a man of them,
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save 400 young men, which
rode upon camels, and fled.
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And David recovered all that
the Amalekites had carried away:
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and David rescued his two wives.
And there was nothing lacking
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to them, neither small
nor, great neither sons
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nor daughters, neither spoil,
nor anything that they had taken
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to them: David recovered all.
And David took all the flocks
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and the herds, which they
drave before those other cattle,
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and said, This is David's spoil
and David came to the 200 men
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which were so faint that
they could not follow David,
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whom they had made also
to abide at the brook Besor:
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and they went forth to meet
David, and to meet the people
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that were with him: and when
David came near to the people,
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he saluted them. Then answered
all the wicked men and men of
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Belial, of those that
went with David and said,
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Because they went not with
us, we will not give them aught
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of the spoil that we have
recovered, save to every man
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his wife and his children,
that they may lead them away,
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and depart. Then said David,
Ye shall not do so, my brethren,
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with that which the Lord hath
given us, who hath preserved us,
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and delivered the company that
came against us into our hand.
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For who will hearken unto you in
this matter? but as his part is
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that goeth down to the battle,
so shall his part be that
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tarrieth by the
stuff: they shall part alike.
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And it was so from that
day forward, that he made it a
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statute and an ordinance
for Israel unto this day.
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And when David came to Ziklag,
he sent of the spoil unto the
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elders of Judah, even
to his friends, saying,
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Behold a present for you of the
spoil of the enemies of the Lord
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To them which were in Bethel
and to them which were in south
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Ramoth, and to them which were
in Jattir, and to them which
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were in Aroer, and them which
were in Siphmoth, and to them
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which were in Eshtemoa, and to
them which were in Rachal, and
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to them which were in the
cities of the Jerahmeelites,
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and to them which were in
the cities of the Kenites,
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and to them which were
in Hormah, and to them which
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were in Chorashan, and to
them which were in Athach,
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and to them which were in
Hebron, and to all the places
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where David himself and
his men were wont to haunt.
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Thank you for being with
me today and please join us
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again when we read
next in 1st Samuel.
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God Bless and goodbye.
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