Now Achishsaid,"Wherehave you madea raidtoday?"And Davidsaid,"Againstthe Negevof Judahand againstthe Negevof the Jerahmeelitesand againstthe Negevof the Kenites."
And he said,"Are you reallymy sonEsau?"And he said,"I am."
Then Absalom'sservantscameto the womanat the houseand said,"Whereare Ahimaazand Jonathan?"And the womansaidto them, "They have crossedthe brookof water."And whenthey searchedand could not find[them], they returnedto Jerusalem.
Now the sonsof Jerahmeelthe firstbornof Hezron[were] Ramthe firstborn,then Bunah,Oren,Ozem[and] Ahijah.
Now the sonsof Hezron,whowere bornto him [were] Jerahmeel,Ramand Chelubai.
I hateand despisefalsehood,[But] I loveYour law.
Removethe false wayfrom me, And graciouslygrantme Your law.
The fearof manbringsa snare,But he who trustsin the LORDwill be exalted.
And he lookedat the Kenite,and tookup his discourseand said,"Your dwellingplaceis enduring,And your nestis setin the cliff.
Therefore,laying asidefalsehood,SPEAKTRUTHEACH ONE[of you] WITH HIS NEIGHBOR,for we are membersof one another.
The descendantsof the Kenite,Moses'father-in-law,wentup from the cityof palmswith the sonsof Judah,to the wildernessof Judahwhichis in the southof Arad;and they wentand livedwith the people.
Now Heberthe Kenitehad separatedhimself from the Kenites,from the sonsof Hobabthe father-in-lawof Moses,and had pitchedhis tentas faraway as the oakin Zaanannim,whichis nearKedesh.
"Most blessedof womenis Jael,The wifeof Heberthe Kenite;Most blessedis she of womenin the tent.
Saulsaidto the Kenites,"Go,depart,godownfrom amongthe Amalekites,so that I do not destroyyou with them; for you showedkindnessto allthe sonsof Israelwhen they cameup from Egypt."So the Kenitesdepartedfrom amongthe Amalekites.
Davidsaidto Ahimelechthe priest,"The kinghas commissionedme with a matterand has saidto me, 'Let nooneknowanythingabout the matteron whichI am sendingyou and with whichI have commissionedyou; and I have directedthe youngmento a certainplace.'
But a messengercameto Saul,saying,"Hurryand come,for the Philistineshave madea raidon the land."
Daviddid not leavea manor a womanaliveto bringto Gath,saying,"Otherwisethey will tellaboutus, saying,'Sohas Daviddoneand so[has been] his practiceallthe timehe has livedin the countryof the Philistines.'"
Davidsaidto Achish,"But whathave I done?And whathave you foundin your servantfrom the daywhenI camebeforeyou to thisday,that I may not goand fightagainst the enemiesof my lordthe king?"
and to those whowere in Racal,and to those whowere in the citiesof the Jerahmeelites,and to those whowere in the citiesof the Kenites,
