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Chapter 26 And the Ziphites came unto Saul
to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide

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himself in the hill of Hekilah,
which is before Jeshimon?

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Then Saul arose, and went down to the
wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand

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chosen men of Israel with him,
to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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And Saul pitched in the hill of Hekilah,
which is before Jeshimon by the way.

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But David abode in the wilderness,
and he saw that Saul came after him into

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the wilderness.

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David therefore sent out spies,
and understood that Saul was come in very

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deed.

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And David arose, and came to the place
where Saul had pitched.

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And David beheld the place where Saul lay,
and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of

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his host.

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And Saul lay in the trench, and the people
pitched round about him.

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Then answered David, and said to Ahimelech
the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of

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Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying,
Who will go down with me to Saul to the

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camp?

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And Abishai said, I will go down with
thee.

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So David and Abishai came to the people by
night.

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And behold, Saul lay sleeping within the
trench, and his spear stuck in the ground

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at his bolster.

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But Abner and the people lay round about
him.

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Then said Abishai to David, God hath
delivered thine enemy into thine hand this

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day.

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Now therefore let me smite him,
I pray thee, with the spear even to the

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earth at once.

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And I will not smite him the second time.

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And David said to Abishai, Destroy him
not.

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For who can stretch forth his hand against
the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless?

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David said furthermore, As the Lord
liveth, the Lord shall smite him,

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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 Lord's

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anointed.

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But I pray thee, take thou now the spear
that is at his bolster, and the crews of

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water, and let us go.

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So David took the spear and the crews of
water from Saul's bolster, and they got

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them away.

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And no man saw it, nor knew it,
neither awaked.

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For they were all asleep, because a deep
sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

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Then David went over to the other side,
and stood on the top of a hill afar off,

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a great space being between them.

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And David cried to the people,
and to Abner the son of Ners, saying,

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Answerest thou not, Abner?

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Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou
that criest to the king?

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And David said to Abner, Art not thou a
valiant man?

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And who is like to thee in Israel?

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Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord
the king?

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For there came one of the people in to
destroy the king thy lord.

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This thing is not good that thou hast
done.

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As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die,
because ye have not kept your master,

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the Lord's anointed.

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And now see where the king's spear is,
and the crews of water that was at his

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bolster.

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And Saul knew David's voice and said,
Is this thy voice, my son David?

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And David said, It is my voice,
my lord, O king.

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And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus
pursue after his servant?

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For what have I done?

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For what evil is in mine hand?

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Now therefore I pray thee, let my lord the
king hear the words of his servant.

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If the Lord have stirred thee up against
me, let him accept an offering.

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But if they be the children of men,
cursed be they before the Lord.

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For they have driven me out this day from
abiding in the inheritance of the Lord,

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saying, Go, serve other gods.

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Now therefore let not my blood fall to the
earth before the face of the Lord.

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For the king of Israel is come out to seek
a flee, as when one doth hunt a partridge

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in the mountains.

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Then said Saul, I have sinned.

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Return, my son David, for I will no more
do thee harm, because my soul was precious

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in thine eyes this day.

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Behold, I have played the fool and have
erred exceedingly.

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And David answered and said, Behold the
king's spear, and let one of the young men

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come over and fetch it.

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The Lord render to every man his
righteousness and his faithfulness,

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for the Lord delivered thee into my hand
today.

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But I would not stretch forth mine hand
against the Lord's anointed.

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And behold, as thy life was much set by
this day in mine eyes, so let my life be

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much set by in the eyes of the Lord,
and let him deliver me out of all

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tribulation.

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Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou,
my son David.

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Thou shalt both do great things,
and also shalt still prevail.

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So David went on his way, and Saul
returned to his place.