{"id":823,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=823"},"modified":"2020-03-07T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:08:10","slug":"1sa26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa26\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Samuel 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 26<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, <span class=\"add\">which is<\/span> before Jeshimon?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not <span class=\"add\">smite<\/span> him the second time.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD\u2019S anointed, and be guiltless?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>David said furthermore, <span class=\"add\">As<\/span> the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD\u2019S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul\u2019s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw <span class=\"add\">it,<\/span> nor knew <span class=\"add\">it,<\/span> neither awaked: for they <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space <span class=\"add\">being<\/span> between them:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who <span class=\"add\">art<\/span> thou <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> criest to the king?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David said to Abner, <span class=\"add\">Art<\/span> not thou a <span class=\"add\">valiant<\/span> man? and who <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>This thing <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> not good that thou hast done. <span class=\"add\">As<\/span> the LORD liveth, ye <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD\u2019S anointed. And now see where the king\u2019s spear is, and the cruse of water that <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> at his bolster.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Saul knew David\u2019s voice, and said, <span class=\"add\">Is<\/span> this thy voice, my son David? And David said, <span class=\"add\">It is<\/span> my voice, my lord, O king.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> in mine hand?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if <span class=\"add\">they be<\/span> the children of men, cursed <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David answered and said, Behold the king\u2019s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into <span class=\"add\">my<\/span> hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD\u2019S anointed.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then Saul said to David, Blessed <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>1 Samuel Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 1\u00a0And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 2\u00a0Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3\u00a0And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4\u00a0David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5\u00a0And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 6\u00a0Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7\u00a0So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. 8\u00a0Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. 9\u00a0And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD\u2019S anointed, and be guiltless? 10\u00a0David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1samuel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3709,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions\/3709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}