1 Samuel 23 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And they informed Dawiḏ

² So Dawiḏ

³ And Dawiḏ

⁴ And Dawiḏ

⁵ So Dawiḏ

⁶ And it came to be, when Eḇ

⁷ And Sha’ul was informed that Dawiḏ

⁸ And Sha’ul summoned all the people to battle, to go down to Qeʽ

⁹ And Dawiḏ

¹⁰ And Dawiḏ

¹¹ “Are the landowners of Qeʽ

¹² And Dawiḏ

¹³ Then Dawiḏ

¹⁴ And Dawiḏ

¹⁵ And Dawiḏ

¹⁶ And Yehonathan, Sha’ul’s son, arose and went to Dawiḏ

¹⁷ and said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Sha’ul my father is not going to find you, and you are to reign over Yisra’ĕ

¹⁸ And they made a covenant before יהוה. And Dawiḏ

¹⁹ And the Ziphites came up to Sha’ul at Giḇ

²⁰ “And now, O sovereign, by all the desire of your being, come down, come down, and our part is to surrender him into the sovereign’s hand.”

²¹ And Sha’ul said, “Blessed are you of יהוה, for you have sympathy with me.

²² “Please go, prepare yet further and find out and see the place where his hide-out is, who has seen him there. For I am told that he is very cunning.

²³ “So look, and learn all about the hiding places where he hides. And you shall come back to me with certainty, then I shall go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I shall search for him throughout all the clans of Yehuḏ

²⁴ And they rose up and went to Ziph before Sha’ul, while Dawiḏ

²⁵ And Sha’ul and his men went to seek him, and they informed Dawiḏ

²⁶ And Sha’ul went on one side of the mountain, and Dawiḏ

²⁷ Then a messenger came to Sha’ul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land!”

²⁸ So Sha’ul turned back from pursuing Dawiḏ

²⁹ And Dawiḏ