<vn='1'>And the <sn="2130">Ziphites</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> to <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1732">David</s> hide <sn="5641">himself</s> in the <sn="1389">hill</s> of <sn="2444">Hachilah</s>, which is <sn="5921 6440">before</s><sn="3452">Jeshimon</s>? </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="2128">Ziph</s>, having <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="977">chosen</s><sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="854">with</s> him, to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="2128">Ziph</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="2583">pitched</s> in the <sn="1389">hill</s> of <sn="2444">Hachilah</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5921 6440">before</s><sn="3452">Jeshimon</s>, <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>. But <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3427">abode</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and he <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="310">after</s> him into the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1732">David</s> therefore sent <sn="7971">out</s><sn="7270">spies</s>, and <sn="3045">understood</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> was come <sn="935 413">in</s> very <sn="3559">deed</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 8033">where</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> had <sn="2583">pitched</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7200">beheld</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 8033">where</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7901">lay</s>, and <sn="74">Abner</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5369">Ner</s>, the <sn="8269">captain</s> of his <sn="6635">host</s>: and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7901">lay</s> in the <sn="4570">trench</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="2583">pitched</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> him. </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="1732">David</s> and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="288">Ahimelech</s> the <sn="2850">Hittite</s>, and <sn="413">to</s><sn="52">Abishai</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6870">Zeruiah</s>, <sn="251">brother</s> to <sn="3097">Joab</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> will go <sn="3381">down</s><sn="854">with</s> me <sn="413">to</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s>? And <sn="52">Abishai</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="589">I</s> will go <sn="3381">down</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='7'>So <sn="1732">David</s> and <sn="52">Abishai</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7901">lay</s><sn="3463">sleeping</s> within the <sn="4570">trench</s>, and his <sn="2595">spear</s><sn="4600">stuck</s> in the <sn="776">ground</s> at his <sn="4763">bolster</s>: but <sn="74">Abner</s> and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7901">lay</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> him. </v>
<vn='8'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="52">Abishai</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5462">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="341">enemy</s> into thine <sn="3027">hand</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> therefore let me <sn="5221">smite</s> him, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, with the <sn="2595">spear</s> even to the <sn="776">earth</s> at <sn="259 6471">once</s>, and I will <sn="3808">not</s> smite him the second <sn="8138">time</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="52">Abishai</s>, <sn="7843">Destroy</s> him <sn="408">not</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4310">who</s> can stretch <sn="7971">forth</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s>, and be <sn="5352">guiltless</s>? </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="3588 518">furthermore</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="5062">smite</s> him; <sn="176">or</s> his <sn="3117">day</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="4191">die</s>; <sn="176">or</s> he shall <sn="3381">descend</s> into <sn="4421">battle</s>, and <sn="5595">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>The <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s><sn="2486">forbid</s> that I should stretch <sn="4480 7971">forth</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s>: but, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="3947">take</s> thou <sn="6258">now</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2595">spear</s><sn="834">that</s> is at his <sn="4763">bolster</s>, and the <sn="6835">cruse</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>, and let us <sn="1980">go</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2595">spear</s> and the <sn="6835">cruse</s> of <sn="4325">water</s> from <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="4763">bolster</s>; and they got them <sn="1980">away</s>, and <sn="369">no</s> man <sn="7200">saw</s> it, <sn="369">nor</s><sn="3045">knew</s> it, <sn="369">neither</s><sn="6974">awaked</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they were <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3463">asleep</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> a deep <sn="8639">sleep</s> from the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="5307">fallen</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='13'>Then <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="5674">over</s> to the other <sn="5676">side</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="7218">top</s> of a <sn="2022">hill</s> afar <sn="4480 7350">off</s>; a <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4725">space</s> being <sn="996">between</s> them: </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7121">cried</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="413">to</s><sn="74">Abner</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5369">Ner</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="6030">Answerest</s> thou <sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="74">Abner</s>? Then <sn="74">Abner</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> art <sn="859">thou</s> that <sn="7121">criest</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="74">Abner</s>, Art <sn="3808">not</s><sn="859">thou</s> a valiant <sn="376">man</s>? and <sn="4310">who</s> is like to <sn="3644">thee</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>? <sn="4100">wherefore</s> then hast thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8104 413">kept</s> thy <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> there <sn="935">came</s><sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> in to <sn="7843">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> thy <sn="113">lord</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2088">This</s><sn="1697">thing</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s>. As the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="859">ye</s> are <sn="1121">worthy</s> to <sn="4194">die</s>, <sn="834">because</s> ye have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8104 5921">kept</s> your <sn="113">master</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s>. And <sn="6258">now</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="335">where</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2595">spear</s> is, and the <sn="6835">cruse</s> of <sn="4325">water</s><sn="834">that</s> was at his <sn="4763">bolster</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5234">knew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="6963">voice</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Is <sn="2088">this</s> thy <sn="6963">voice</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s><sn="1732">David</s>? And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, It is my <sn="6963">voice</s>, my <sn="113">lord</s>, O <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">Wherefore</s> doth my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="2088">thus</s><sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s>? <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4100">what</s> have I <sn="6213">done</s>? or <sn="4100">what</s><sn="7451">evil</s> is in mine <sn="3027">hand</s>? </v>
<vn='19'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, let my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of his <sn="5650">servant</s>. <sn="518">If</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have stirred thee <sn="5496">up</s> against me, let him <sn="7306">accept</s> an <sn="4503">offering</s>: but <sn="518">if</s> they be the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="120">men</s>, <sn="779">cursed</s> be <sn="1992">they</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> they have driven me <sn="1644">out</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> from <sn="4480 5596">abiding</s> in the <sn="5159">inheritance</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, let <sn="408">not</s> my <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="5307">fall</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="4480 5048">before</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> is come <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="6550">flea</s>, as <sn="834">when</s><sn="259">one</s> doth <sn="7291">hunt</s> a <sn="7124">partridge</s> in the <sn="2022">mountains</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, I have <sn="2398">sinned</s>: <sn="7725">return</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s><sn="1732">David</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> do thee <sn="7489">harm</s>, <sn="8478 834">because</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> was <sn="3365">precious</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I have played the <sn="5528">fool</s>, and have <sn="7686">erred</s><sn="7235 3966">exceedingly</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2595">spear</s>! and let <sn="259">one</s> of the young <sn="4480 5288">men</s> come <sn="5674">over</s> and <sn="3947">fetch</s> it. </v>
<vn='23'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7725">render</s> to every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6666">righteousness</s> and his <sn="530">faithfulness</s>: <sn="834">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> thee into my <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="3117">today</s>, but I <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s> stretch <sn="7971">forth</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="834">as</s> thy <sn="5315">life</s> was much <sn="1431">set</s> by <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s> in mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> let my <sn="5315">life</s> be much <sn="1431">set</s> by in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and let him <sn="5337">deliver</s> me out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="6869">tribulation</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Then <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be <sn="859">thou</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s><sn="1732">David</s>: thou shalt <sn="1571">both</s> do <sn="6213 6213">great</s> things, and <sn="1571">also</s> shalt still <sn="3201 3201">prevail</s>. So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1980">went</s> on his <sn="1870">way</s>, and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7725">returned</s> to his <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>