<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="834">when</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> was <sn="7725">returned</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, that it was <sn="5046">told</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1732">David</s> is in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="5872">En</s> -gedi. </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="977">chosen</s><sn="376">men</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="592 6440">upon</s> the <sn="6697">rocks</s> of the wild <sn="3277">goats</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And he <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1448 6629">sheepcotes</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>, <sn="8033">where</s> was a <sn="4631">cave</s>; and <sn="7586">Saul</s> went <sn="935">in</s> to <sn="5526">cover</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7272">feet</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="3427">remained</s> in the <sn="3411">sides</s> of the <sn="4631">cave</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="2009">Behold</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="341">enemy</s> into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, that thou mayest <sn="6213">do</s> to him <sn="834">as</s> it shall seem <sn="3190 5869">good</s> unto thee. Then <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3671">skirt</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="4598">robe</s><sn="3909">privily</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310 3651">afterward</s>, that <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="5221">smote</s> him, <sn="5921 834">because</s> he had cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="3671">skirt</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="559">said</s> unto his <sn="376">men</s>, The <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s><sn="2486">forbid</s><sn="518">that</s> I should <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s> unto my <sn="113">master</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s>, to stretch <sn="7971">forth</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s> against him, <sn="3588">seeing</s><sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="4899">anointed</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="8156">stayed</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="376">servants</s> with these <sn="1697">words</s>, and <sn="5414">suffered</s> them <sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="6965">rise</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>. But <sn="7586">Saul</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> out of the <sn="4480 4631">cave</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> on his <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1732">David</s> also <sn="6965">arose</s><sn="310 3651">afterward</s>, and went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4631">cave</s>, and <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, My <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. And when <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5027">looked</s><sn="310">behind</s> him, <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6915">stooped</s> with his <sn="639">face</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s>, and bowed <sn="7812">himself</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">how</s> that the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="5414">delivered</s> thee <sn="3117">today</s> into mine <sn="3027">hand</s> in the <sn="4631">cave</s>: and some <sn="559">bade</s> me <sn="2026">kill</s> thee: but mine eye <sn="2347 5921">spared</s> thee; and I <sn="559">said</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s> put <sn="7971">forth</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s> against my <sn="113">lord</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4899">anointed</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Moreover, my <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="7200">see</s>, <sn="1571">yea</s>, <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3671">skirt</s> of thy <sn="4598">robe</s> in my <sn="3027">hand</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> in that I cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3671">skirt</s> of thy <sn="4598">robe</s>, and <sn="2026">killed</s> thee <sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3045">know</s> thou and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="3588">that</s> there is <sn="369">neither</s><sn="7451">evil</s> nor <sn="6588">transgression</s> in mine <sn="3027">hand</s>, and I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee; yet <sn="859">thou</s><sn="6658">huntest</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> to <sn="3947">take</s> it. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5358">avenge</s> me <sn="4480">of</s> thee: but mine <sn="3027">hand</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> upon thee. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="834">As</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="4912">proverb</s> of the <sn="6931">ancients</s>, <sn="7562">Wickedness</s><sn="3318">proceedeth</s> from the <sn="4480 7563">wicked</s>: but mine <sn="3027">hand</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> upon thee. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="310">After</s><sn="4310">whom</s> is the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> come <sn="3318">out</s>? <sn="310">after</s><sn="4310">whom</s> dost <sn="859">thou</s><sn="7291">pursue</s>? <sn="310">after</s> a <sn="4191">dead</s><sn="3611">dog</s>, <sn="310">after</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="6550">flea</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> therefore <sn="1961">be</s><sn="1781">judge</s>, and <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee, and <sn="7200">see</s>, and <sn="7378">plead</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="7379">cause</s>, and <sn="8199">deliver</s> me out of thine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="1732">David</s> had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, that <sn="7586">Saul</s><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="7586">Saul</s> lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="6963">voice</s>, and <sn="1058">wept</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> art more <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="4480">than</s> I: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="1580">rewarded</s> me <sn="2896">good</s>, whereas <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="1580">rewarded</s> thee <sn="7451">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="5046">showed</s> this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="*853"></s> how <sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="6213">dealt</s><sn="2896">well</s><sn="854">with</s> me: <sn="*853"></s> forasmuch as <sn="834">when</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="5462">delivered</s> me into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, thou <sn="2026">killedst</s> me <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>For <sn="3588">if</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="4672">find</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="341">enemy</s>, will he let him <sn="7971">go</s><sn="2896">well</s><sn="1870">away</s>? wherefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7999">reward</s> thee <sn="2896">good</s><sn="8478">for</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s> unto me <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I know <sn="3045">well</s><sn="3588">that</s> thou shalt surely be <sn="4427 4427">king</s>, and that the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall be <sn="6965">established</s> in thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="7650">Swear</s><sn="6258">now</s> therefore unto me by the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="518">that</s> thou wilt not cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="310">after</s> me, and <sn="518">that</s> thou wilt not <sn="8045">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="8034">name</s> out of my father's <sn="4480 1004 1">house</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7650">swore</s> unto <sn="7586">Saul</s>. And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1980 413">went</s><sn="1004">home</s>; but <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> got them <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="4686">hold</s>. </v>