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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. : 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,
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and I will not smite him the second time. : And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORDs anointed, and be guiltless? : David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
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: The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORDs anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. : So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Sauls bolster; and they gat them away, and no man
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saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. : Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: : And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son
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of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? : And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is 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
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the king thy lord. : This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORDs anointed. And now see where the kings spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. : And Saul knew Davids voice, and said, Is
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this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. : And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? : Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If
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the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be 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. : Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before
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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. : 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
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the fool, and have erred exceedingly. : And David answered and said, Behold the kings spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. : The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the
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LORDs anointed. : 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. : Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also
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shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. : And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me
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any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. : And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. : And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David
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with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabals wife. : And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. : And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country,
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that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? : Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. : And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. : And David and
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his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. : And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses,
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and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. : And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. : And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath,
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saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. : And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. : And it came to pass in those
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days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. : And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee
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keeper of mine head for ever. : Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. : And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered
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all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. : And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. : And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. : Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that
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hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. : And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he
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said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. : And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for
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my life, to cause me to die? : And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. : Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. : And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with
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a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. : And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. : And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she
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said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. : And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against
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me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. : Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? : And the
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LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: : Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. : Moreover
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the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. : Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel:
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and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. : And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words
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which thou spakest unto me. : Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. : But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman,
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compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. : And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: : And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and
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they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. : Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. : And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
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: Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
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: And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should
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he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? : Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? : Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy
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going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. : Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. : And
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David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? : And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as
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an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. : Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy masters servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. : So David and his
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men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. : And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
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: And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. : So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. : Then David and
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the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. : And Davids two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. : And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was
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grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. : And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelechs son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. : And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall
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I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. : So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. : But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind,
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which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. : And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; : And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when
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he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. : And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days
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agone I fell sick. : We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. : And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt
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neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. : And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines,
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and out of the land of Judah. : And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. : And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. :
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And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. : And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is Davids spoil. : And David came to the two hundred
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men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. : Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial,
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of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. : Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD
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hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. : For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. : And it was so from that
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day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. : And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; : To them which were in Bethel, and
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to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, : And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, : And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were
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in the cities of the Kenites, : And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, : And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. : Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the
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men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. : And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Sauls sons. : And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. :
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Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. : And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword,
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and died with him. : So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. : And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his
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sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. : And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. : And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent
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into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. : And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. : And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; :
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All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. : And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called: The
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Second Book of the Kings : Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; : It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and
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earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. : And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. : And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell
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me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. : And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? : And the young man that told
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him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. : And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. : And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I
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am an Amalekite. : He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. : So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown
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that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. : Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: : And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for
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the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. : And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. : And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand
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to destroy the LORDs anointed? : And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. : And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORDs anointed. : And David lamented with
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this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: : (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) : The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! : Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the
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streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. : Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed
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with oil. : From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. : Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. :
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Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. : How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. : I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto
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me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. : How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! : And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David
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said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. : So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabals wife the Carmelite. : And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. : And the men
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of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. : And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto
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Saul, and have buried him. : And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. : Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
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: But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Sauls host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; : And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. : Ishbosheth Sauls son was forty years old when he began to reign
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over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. : And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. : And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. : And Joab the
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son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. : And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said,
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Let them arise. : Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. : And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellows side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim,
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which is in Gibeon. : And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. : And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. : And Asahel pursued after Abner; and
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in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. : Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. : And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and
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take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. : And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? : Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end
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of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. : Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went
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down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. : And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. : Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest
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thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? : And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. : So Joab blew a trumpet,
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and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. : And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. : And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together,
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there lacked of Davids servants nineteen men and Asahel. : But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abners men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. : And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they
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came to Hebron at break of day. : Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. : And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; : And his second,
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Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; : And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; : And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah Davids wife. These were born to David in Hebron. : And it
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came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. : And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my fathers concubine? : Then was Abner very
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wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dogs head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? : So do
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God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; : To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. : And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he
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feared him. : And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. : And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is,
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Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Sauls daughter, when thou comest to see my face. : And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Sauls son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. : And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel
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the son of Laish. : And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. : And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: : Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken
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of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. : And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to
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Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. : So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. : And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they
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