1 Samuel 24 Cross References - CAB

^{1 (24:2)} And it came to pass when Saul returned from pursuing after the Philistines, that it was reported to him, saying, David is in the Wilderness of En Gedi. ^{2 (24:3)} And he took with him three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of Saddaeem. ^{3 (24:4)} And he came to the flocks of sheep that were by the way, and there was a cave there. And Saul went in to make preparation, and David and his men were sitting in the inner part of the cave. ^{4 (24:5)} And the men of David said to him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord spoke to you, that He would deliver your enemy into your hands; and you shall do to him as it is good in your sight. So David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul's garment secretly. ^{5 (24:6)} And it came to pass after this that David's heart troubled him because he had cut off the skirt of his garment. ^{6 (24:7)} And David said to his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord. ^{7 (24:8)} So David persuaded his men by his words, and did not allow them to rise up and kill Saul. And Saul arose and went his way. ^{8 (24:9)} And David rose up and went after him out of the cave. And David cried after Saul, saying, My lord, O king! And Saul looked behind him, and David stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed down to him. ^{9 (24:10)} And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of the people, saying, Behold, David seeks you life? ^{10 (24:11)} Behold, your eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered you into my hands in the cave. And I would not kill you, but I spared you, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my master, for he is the Lord's anointed. ^{11 (24:12)} And behold, the skirt of your mantle is in my hand, I cut off the skirt, and did not kill you. Know then and see this day, there is no evil in my hand, nor impiety, nor rebellion; and I have not sinned against you, yet you lay snares for my life, to take it. ^{12 (24:13)} The Lord judge between me and you, and the Lord vindicate you on yourself. But my hand shall not be upon you. ^{13 (24:14)} As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones; but my hand shall not be upon you. ^{14 (24:15)} And now after whom do you come forth, O king of Israel? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog, and after a flea? ^{15 (24:16)} The Lord be judge and umpire between me and you, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of your hand. ^{16 (24:17)} And it came to pass when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. ^{17 (24:18)} And Saul said to David, You are more righteous than I, for you have recompensed me with good, but I have recompensed you with evil. ^{18 (24:19)} And you have told me today what good you have done me, how the Lord shut me up into your hands today, and you did not kill me. ^{19 (24:20)} And if anyone should find his enemy in distress, and should send him forth in a good way, then the Lord will reward him with good, as you have done this day. ^{20 (24:21)} And now, behold, I know that you shall surely reign, and the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. ^{21 (24:22)} Now then swear to me by the Lord, that you will not destroy my seed after me, that you will not blot out my name from the house of my father. ^{22 (24:23)} So David swore to Saul. And Saul departed to his place, and David and his men went up to the stronghold of Messera.

¹⁹ And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jeshimon?

²⁸ So Saul returned from following after David, and went to meet the Philistines. Therefore that place was called The Divided Rock. ^{29 (24:1)} Then David rose up from there, and dwelt in the narrow passes of En Gedi.

⁵ Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

¹² When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.

⁹ There are robbers in you, to shed blood in you; and in you they have eaten upon the mountains; they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of you.

³ They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.

² And Saul chose for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel. And there were with Saul two thousand who were in Michmash, and in Mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And he sent the rest of the people away, every man to his tent.

² And Saul arose, and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, and with him went three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the Wilderness of Ziph.

³² The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

¹² While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul; and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.

¹⁸ The high mountains are a refuge for the goats, and the rock for the rabbits.

⁶ Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

²⁴ And he went out. And Eglon's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked. And they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?

¹ For the end. Destroy not; by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul, to the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for my soul has trusted in You; and in the shadow of Your wings will I hope, until the iniquity has passed away. ² I will cry to God Most High; the God who has benefited me. Pause. ³ He sent from heaven and saved me; He reproached them that trampled on me; God has sent forth His mercy and His truth; ⁴ and He has delivered my soul from the midst of the lion's whelps; I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Your glory above all the earth. ⁶ They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul; they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause. ⁷ My heart, O God, is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing; yes, I will sing psalms. ⁸ Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early. ⁹ O Lord, I will give thanks to You among the nations; I will sing to You among the Gentiles. ¹⁰ For Your mercy has been magnified, even to the heavens, and Your truth to the clouds. ¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Your glory above all the earth.

¹ A Psalm of instruction for David, when he was in the cave — A Prayer. I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. ² I will pour out my supplication before Him. I will declare before Him my affliction. ³ When my spirit was fainting within me, then You knew my paths; in the very way in which I was walking, they hid a snare for me. ⁴ I looked on my right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul. ⁵ I cried unto You, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living. ⁶ Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I. ⁷ Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to Your name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until You recompense me.

⁷ And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.

¹⁷ And he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be second to you; and Saul my father knows it.

^{10 (24:11)} Behold, your eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered you into my hands in the cave. And I would not kill you, but I spared you, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my master, for he is the Lord's anointed.

^{18 (24:19)} And you have told me today what good you have done me, how the Lord shut me up into your hands today, and you did not kill me.

²⁸ Remove the trespass of your servant, I pray; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and no evil shall ever be found in you. ²⁹ And if a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your enemies as in the midst of a sling. ³⁰ And it shall be when the Lord has brought to pass for my lord all the good things He has spoken concerning you, and shall appoint you to be ruler over Israel,

⁸ And Abishai said to David, The Lord has delivered your enemy into your hands this day, and now I will strike him to the earth with this spear, once for all, and I will not have to strike him again. ⁹ And David said to Abishai, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless? ¹⁰ And David said, As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come and he die, or he shall go down to battle and be added to his fathers. ¹¹ The Lord forbid that I should lift up my hand against the Lord's anointed. And now take the spear from his bolster, and the pitcher of water, and let us return home.

²³ And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered you this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed.

⁸ And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has executed vengeance on His enemies for my lord the king, as it is this day: even on Saul your enemy, and on his seed.

³¹ And if my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

⁹ Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in His eyes? You have slain Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and you have taken his wife to be your wife, and you have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

¹⁰ And the heart of David convicted him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, in what I have now done: remove the iniquity of Your servant, I pray, for I have been exceedingly foolish.

¹⁹ because your heart was softened, and you were humbled before Me, when you heard all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and you tore your clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard, says the Lord.

²⁰ Because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

¹⁴ And David said to him, How was it that you were not afraid to lift up your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?

³ And Naboth said to Ahab, My God forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.

²⁹ And if I too was glad at the fall of my enemies, and my heart said, Aha! ³⁰ Then let my ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

¹⁴ Bless those that persecute you; bless and do not curse.

¹⁵ See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue that which is good, both for one another and for all.

³³ And blessed be your conduct, and blessed are you, who has hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.

⁴ if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil; providing that which is good before all men. ¹⁸ If possible, as much as depends on you, keeping peace with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. ²⁰ Therefore "If your enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for by doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head." ²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

³ And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,

¹² Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

⁴¹ And when the lad went in, then David arose from the stone Ezel, and fell upon his face, and bowed down to him three times, and they kissed each other, and wept for each other, for a great while.

²³ And Abigail saw David, and she dismounted quickly from her donkey; and she fell before David on her face, and bowed down to him, bowing to the ground, ²⁴ even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong. Let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.

¹⁷ And Saul recognized the voice of David, and said, Is this your voice, son David? and David said, I am your servant, my lord, O king.

⁷ Render therefore to all their dues: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

¹⁷ Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

¹⁶ You shall not walk deceitfully among your people; you shall not rise up against the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord your God.

¹⁹ And now, let my lord the king hear the word of his servant: if God stirs you up against me, let your offering be acceptable; but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day, so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

⁵ Him that secretly speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from me; he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart — with him I have not eaten.

²⁸ A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischief, and he separates friends.

⁴ A bad man listens to the tongue of transgressors, but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

⁸ Fear casts down the slothful, and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

²³ The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

²⁰ With much wood fire increases, but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases. ²¹ A hearth for coals, and wood for fire, and a railing man for the tumult of strife. ²² The words of a talebearer are soft; but they strike even to the inmost parts of the bowels.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates the truth, and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.

²¹ Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak, lest you hear your servant cursing you. ²² For many times he shall trespass against you, and repeatedly shall he afflict your heart; for thus also have you cursed others.

⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

^{4 (24:5)} And the men of David said to him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord spoke to you, that He would deliver your enemy into your hands; and you shall do to him as it is good in your sight. So David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul's garment secretly.

⁸ And Abishai said to David, The Lord has delivered your enemy into your hands this day, and now I will strike him to the earth with this spear, once for all, and I will not have to strike him again. ⁹ And David said to Abishai, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?

¹⁵ saying, Touch not My anointed ones; and do My prophets no harm.

²⁷ And David arose, and went, he and his men, and killed among the Philistines one hundred men. And he brought their foreskins, and he became the king's son-in-law, and Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.

¹⁴ And he dwelt in Maserim in the wilderness, in the narrow passes; and dwelt in the wilderness in Mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

²³ Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you. And it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

¹⁸ And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? For in what manner have I sinned? And what unrighteousness has been found in me?

²⁰ And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek your life, as the night hawk pursues its prey in the mountains.

¹³ And his servants came near and said to him, Suppose the prophet had spoken a great thing to you, would you not perform it? Yet he has but said to you, Wash, and be cleansed.

¹⁶ For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again You have changed and are terribly destroying me;

³ O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands) ⁴ if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

⁷ For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare; without a cause they have reproached my soul.

¹¹ A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

¹ Anger slays even wise men, yet a submissive answer turns away wrath; but a grievous word stirs up anger.

¹⁸ We have hunted for our little ones, that they should not walk in our streets. ( { χ}) KOPH. Our time has drawn near, our days are fulfilled, our time has come.

¹⁸ And you shall say, Thus says the Lord: Woe to the women that sew pillows under every elbow, and make handkerchiefs on the head of every stature to pervert souls! The souls of My people are perverted, and they have saved souls alive.

² For the godly has perished from the earth; and there is none upright among men: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict everyone his neighbor.

²⁵ But this was so that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without cause.'

⁵ Then Sarai said to Abram, I am injured by you; I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and you.

⁵³ The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between us; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

²⁷ And now I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me in preparing war against me: may the Lord, the Judge, render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

⁸ Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the Sovereign of all;

⁸ The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me. ⁹ Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then You shall direct the righteous, O God that searches the hearts and minds.

¹ A Psalm of David. Judge, O Lord, those that injure me, fight against them that fight against me.

¹ A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the unjust and crafty;

¹ A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared Himself.

¹⁹ Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

²³ who, being verbally abused, did not return verbal insults, when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, do You not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grape clusters from thorns, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Thus every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit.

²⁰ Consequently, by their fruits you shall know them.

³³ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for a tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴ Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, What is this that you have done to us, in that you did not call us when you went to fight with Midian? And they contended with him sharply. ² And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.

⁴³ And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that you come against me with a staff and stones? And David said, No, but worse than a dog. And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

⁸ And Abner was very angry with Ishbosheth for this saying; and Abner said to him, Am I a dog's head? I have this day showed kindness with the house of Saul your father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and do you this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman?

²⁰ And David returned to bless his house. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and saluted him, and said, How was the king of Israel glorified today, who was today uncovered in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the dancers wantonly uncovers himself!

⁸ And Mephibosheth bowed down and said, Who am I your servant, that you have looked upon a dead dog like me?

⁹ Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and take off his head!

⁷ And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now thus act this way, being king over Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and be your own master, and I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

^{12 (24:13)} The Lord judge between me and you, and the Lord vindicate you on yourself. But my hand shall not be upon you.

⁴ And David sent spies, and ascertained that Saul had come prepared out of Keila.

²² So Joash remembered not the kindness which his father Jehoiada had exercised towards him, but killed his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and judge.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and ransom me; revive me because of Your word.

² Hear these words, you people; and let the earth give heed, and all that are in it: and the Lord God shall be among you for a testimony, the Lord out of His holy habitation.

⁹ I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until He make good my cause: He also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.

⁴ And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.

²⁵ But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.

¹¹ As a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so is it to speak a wise word.

¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict nor to withstand.

¹⁰ And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

²⁶ And Judah acknowledged them, and said, Tamar is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son: and he never knew her again.

²⁷ And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

²¹ And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt you, because my life was precious in your eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

⁶ And He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.

⁴ saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"

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⁸ And Abishai said to David, The Lord has delivered your enemy into your hands this day, and now I will strike him to the earth with this spear, once for all, and I will not have to strike him again.

⁸ And You have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.

² And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and about which you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, saying, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of the Lord.

²¹ And Saul said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have been grieved on my account.

²⁵ And Saul said to David, Blessed are you, my son; and you shall surely do valiantly, and shall surely prevail. And David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

²⁰ And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands shall He recompense me.

²¹ If your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; ²² for so doing you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward you with good.

¹⁴ But now your kingdom shall not stand, and the Lord shall seek for Himself a man after His own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over His people, because you have not kept all that the Lord has commanded you.

³⁰ And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, You son of a traitorous woman! For do I not know that you are an accomplice with the son of Jesse to yourself, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, your kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die!

¹⁷ And Abner spoke to the elders of Israel, saying, In former days you sought David to reign over you; ¹⁸ and now perform it; for the Lord has spoken concerning David, saying, By the hand of My servant David I will save Israel out of the hand of all their enemies.

²⁵ For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.

³ But when Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And having gathered together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them where the Christ would be born. ⁵ So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: ⁶ 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.' "

¹³ Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, and take along the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to seek the young Child to destroy Him."

¹⁶ Then Herod, seeing that he had been deceived by the wise men, was greatly enraged; and he sent and executed all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.

²³ Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with you, you shall deal with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned.

⁴⁸ And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and you; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, The Heap Witnesses.

¹⁴ And if indeed I continue to live, then shall you deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die, ¹⁵ you shall not withdraw your mercy from my house forever, And if you do not, when the Lord cuts off the enemies of David, each from the face of the earth, ^{16 (20:15A)} should it happen that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David. ¹⁷ And Jonathan swore yet again to David, because he loved the soul of him that loved him.

⁶ Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord. And the king said, I will give them. ⁷ But the king spared Memphibosheth son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. ⁸ And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Memphibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by the greater, and the oath for confirmation is an end of every dispute to them.

^{29 (24:1)} Then David rose up from there, and dwelt in the narrow passes of En Gedi.

²⁴ A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit. ²⁵ Though your enemy intreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

¹⁶ "Behold, I am sending you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will hand you over to councils and they will flog you in their synagogues.

²⁴ But Jesus did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men,