1 Samuel 23 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Then men told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and spoil the barns." ² Then David asked the LORD's advice, saying, "Shall I go and smite the Philistines?" And the LORD said unto David, "Go, and smite the Philistines and save Keilah." ³ Then said David's men unto him, "See, we be afraid here in Judah. What shall we then be, when we come to Keilah, to the host of the Philistines?" ⁴ Then David asked the LORD again. And the LORD answered him and said, "Up, and go to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hands." ⁵ And so David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, and drave away their cattle and slew a great slaughter of them. And so David saved the inhabiters of Keilah. ⁶ And it chanced when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah that he brought an ephod in his hand. ⁷ And it was told Saul, that David was come to Keilah. Then said Saul, "God hath delivered him into mine hand. For he is shut in, that he is come into a town with gates and bars." ⁸ And Saul called all the people to war, for to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men. ⁹ But David had knowledge that Saul imagined mischief against him, and said therefore to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod." ¹⁰ Then said David, "O LORD God of Israel, thy servant heareth that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake. ¹¹ Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Or will Saul come as thy servant heareth say? LORD God of Israel, tell thy servant." And the LORD said, "He will come." ¹² Then said David, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will deliver you." ¹³ Then David and his men, which were upon a six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went whither chance drave them. And when it was told Saul, that David was fled from Keilah, he let the journey alone. ¹⁴ And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all his life, but God delivered him not into his hand. ¹⁵ And David saw that Saul was come out, to seek his life, while David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a thicket. ¹⁶ And Jonathan Saul's son arose and went to David to the thicket, and strengthened him in God, ¹⁷ and said unto him, "Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I must be next unto thee: And Saul my father thereto knoweth that it shall be so." ¹⁸ And they made a bond both of them together before the LORD. And David tarried still in the thicket, and Jonathan went to his house. ¹⁹ Then came the Ziphites to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, "David hideth himself fast by us in strongholds that are in a thicket in the hill of Hachilah on the rightside of the wilderness. ²⁰ Now therefore, sir king, come down with all the lust that thy soul hath to come. And our part shall be to deliver him into the hands of the king." ²¹ Then said Saul, "Blessed are ye in the LORD: for ye have compassion on me. ²² Go, I pray you, and mark more diligently; and know and see his haunt, where his foot hath been, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he is very subtle. ²³ See therefore and know all the lurking places where he lurketh, and come again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you. And then if he be in the land, I will hunt him out with all the thousands of Judah. ²⁴ And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the wild field, on the righthand of the wilderness. ²⁵ For when Saul was gone with his men to seek, it was told David. And therefore he went unto a rock and dwelt in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he followed after David into the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶ And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other. And David, as a man amazed, made haste to get from Saul. For Saul and his men had compassed David and his men round about, to take them. ²⁷ But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, "Haste thee and come, for the Philistines are come in and rove the land." ²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned from persecuting David, and went against the Philistines. And therefore the place is called Selahammahelekoth. ²⁹ And then David went thence and dwelt in holds at Engedi.

¹⁶ then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

³³ The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation eat, which thou knowest not; and thou shalt but suffer violence only and be oppressed always,

⁵¹ And he shall eat the fruit of thy land and the fruit of thy cattle until he have destroyed thee: so that he shall leave thee neither corn, wine, nor oil, neither the increase of thine oxen nor the flocks of thy sheep: until he have brought thee to nought.

⁴⁴ Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

⁴ and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass,

¹¹ And the Angel of the LORD came and sat under an oak in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the father of the Abiezrites. And his son Gideon pressed out wheat out of the ears in a press, for to flee from the Midianites.

¹⁷ After him builded the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him builded Hashabiah the ruler of the half quarter at Keilah in his quarter. ¹⁸ After him builded their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half quarter of Keilah.

¹⁵ Thou shalt sow, but not reap; thou shalt press out olives, but oil shalt thou not have to anoint thyself withal; thou shalt tread out sweet must, but shall drink no wine.

²¹ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest which shall ask counsel for him, after the manner of the light, before the LORD: And at the mouth of Eleazar shall both he and all the children of Israel with him, and all the congregation, go in and out."

¹⁴ And the men took of their victuals, and counseled not with the mouth of the LORD.

¹ After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, "Who shall go up first unto the Cananites to fight against them?"

⁴ Then David asked the LORD again. And the LORD answered him and said, "Up, and go to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hands."

⁶ And it chanced when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah that he brought an ephod in his hand.

⁹ But David had knowledge that Saul imagined mischief against him, and said therefore to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod." ¹⁰ Then said David, "O LORD God of Israel, thy servant heareth that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake. ¹¹ Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Or will Saul come as thy servant heareth say? LORD God of Israel, tell thy servant." And the LORD said, "He will come." ¹² Then said David, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will deliver you."

⁸ And David asked the LORD, saying, "Shall I follow after this company? And shall I overtake them?" And he said to him, "Follow, for thou shalt overtake them and recover the prey."

¹⁹ And David asked of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go to the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into my hands?" And the LORD said unto David, "Go, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hands."

²³ And David asked the LORD, and he said, "Go not. But compass them on the back side and come down upon them from the pear trees.

¹⁰ And David asked God, saying, "Shall I go against the Philistines and wilt thou deliver them into mine hands?" And the LORD said to him: "Go, for I will deliver them into thine hand."

⁸ I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.

⁵ Put thy trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶ In all thy ways have respect unto him, and he shall order thy goings.

²³ Now I know, O LORD, that it is not in man's power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings.

¹⁵ And David saw that Saul was come out, to seek his life, while David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a thicket.

²³ See therefore and know all the lurking places where he lurketh, and come again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you. And then if he be in the land, I will hunt him out with all the thousands of Judah.

²⁶ And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other. And David, as a man amazed, made haste to get from Saul. For Saul and his men had compassed David and his men round about, to take them.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?

⁵ "Seeing thou art weary in running with the footmen, how wilt thou then run with the horses? In a peaceable sure land thou mayest be safe, but how wilt thou do in the furious pride of Jordan?

⁷ Then shall ye rise up from lying await and destroy the city: For the LORD your God will deliver it into your hands.

³⁹ And Gideon said unto God, "Be not angry with me, that I speak once more; let me prove only once again with the fleece. Let it be dry only upon the fleece, and dew upon all the ground about."

⁷ And the LORD said unto Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand. And all the other people shall go every man unto his own home."

⁶ And Saul asked counsel of the LORD, but the LORD answered him not: neither by dream, nor by the light, nor yet by prophets.

¹⁸ And this is yet but a small thing in the sight of the LORD: But he will give the Moabites into your hands also.

³⁰ And thou shalt put in the breastlap of example Light and Perfectness: that they be even upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before the LORD and Aaron shall bear the example of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD always. ³¹ And thou shalt make the tunicle unto the ephod, altogether of jacinth.

³ And Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, was the LORD's priest in Shiloh and bare an ephod. But the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

¹⁸ And then Saul said unto Ahijah, "Bring hither the ark of God." For the ark of God was at the time with the children of Israel.

³⁶ And Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and let us make havoc among them until it be day in the morning, and let us not leave one of them." And the people answered, "Do whatsoever thou thinkest best." Then said the priest, "Let us come hither unto God." ³⁷ And Saul asked of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hands?" But he answered him not at that time.

²⁰ But yet one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David,

³ For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are tangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.'

⁹ The enemy said, 'I will follow and overtake them, and will divide the spoil: I will satisfy my lust upon them: I will draw my sword, and mine hand shall destroy them.'

² And it was told the Gazites, that Samson was come thither. And they went about and laid a wait for him all night in the gate of the city, but were still all the night, saying, "Tarry till the morning that it be day, and then let us kill him." ³ And Samson took his rest till midnight, and arose at midnight took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two side posts, and rent them off, bars and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that lieth before Hebron.

¹⁴ And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all his life, but God delivered him not into his hand.

⁴ And the men of David said unto him, "See, the day is come of which the LORD said unto thee, 'Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, and thou shalt do with him what it pleaseth thee.'" Then David arose and cut off the tip of Saul's coat privily. ⁵ And immediately David's heart smote him, because he had cut off the tip of Saul's coat. ⁶ And he said unto his men, "The LORD keep me from doing that thing unto my master that is the LORD's anointed, to lay mine hand upon him: seeing he is the LORD's anointed."

⁸ The said Abishai to David, "God hath closed in thine enemy unto thine hand this day. Now therefore let me smite him a fellowship with my spear to the earth, even one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time." ⁹ But David said to Abishai, "Destroy him not — for who can lay his hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

⁵ the praise of the ungodly hath been short, and that the joy of the hypocrites continued but the twinkling of an eye?

¹⁰ For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, ¹¹ saying, "God hath forsaken him. Persecute him, and take him, for there is none to help him."

⁴³ For the days shall come upon thee; that thy enemies shall cast a bank about thee, and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side; ⁴⁴ And make thee even with the ground, with thy children which are in thee. And they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation."

⁷ But David took a good courage to him in the LORD his God and said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, "Bring me the ephod." And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

¹⁸ This, O LORD, have I learned of thee, and understand it, for thou hast showed me their imaginations. ¹⁹ But I, as a meek lamb, was carried away to be slain: not knowing, that they had devised such a counsel against me saying, "We will destroy his meat with wood, and drive him out of the land of the living: that his name shall never be thought upon."

³ Thou hast cried unto me, and I have heard thee: I have showed great and high things, which were unknown unto you."

²⁴ But their layings wait was known of Saul. And they watched at the gates day and night to kill him.

⁶ they were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about,

¹⁶ When Paul's sister's son heard of their laying await, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul called one of the under captains unto him, and said, "Bring this young man unto the high captain: for he hath a certain thing to show him." ¹⁸ And he took him, and led him to the high captain, and said, "Paul the prisoner called me unto him and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, which hath a certain matter to show thee."

²⁴ If there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of fifty righteous that are therein?

¹⁹ And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword: both man and woman, child and suckling, with ox, ass and sheep.

⁸ And Saul called all the people to war, for to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

⁶ and thought it too little to lay hands only on Mordecai: for they had showed him the nation of Mordecai. Wherefore, he sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole empire of Ahasuerus and were of the nation of Mordecai.

¹⁵ Like as a roaring lion and a hungry bear, even so is an ungodly prince over the poor people.

¹⁵ "Their feet are swift to shed blood. ¹⁶ Destruction and wretchedness are in their ways:

¹⁵ And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."

⁷ "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ⁸ For whosoever asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

⁷ And it was told Saul, that David was come to Keilah. Then said Saul, "God hath delivered him into mine hand. For he is shut in, that he is come into a town with gates and bars."

²⁰ Now therefore, sir king, come down with all the lust that thy soul hath to come. And our part shall be to deliver him into the hands of the king."

⁸ and hast shut me up into the hand of the enemy; but hast set my feet in a large room.

¹ {To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation.

⁸ It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put any confidence in man.

¹⁴ There was a little city, and a few men within it: so there came a great king and besieged it, and made great bulwarks against it. ¹⁵ And in the city there was found a poor man - but he was wise - which with his wisdom delivered the city: yet was there no body, that had any respect for such a simple man.

¹⁵ Woe be unto them that seek so deep, to hide their imagination before the LORD, which rehearse their counsels in the darkness, and say, "Who seeth us, or who knoweth us?"

¹³ Neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak.

² And there gathered unto him all men that were in cumbrance and in debt and troubled in their hearts, and he became a captain over them. And there were with him upon a four hundred men.

¹³ Then David said unto his men, "Gird every man his sword about him." And they girded every man his sword on, and David thereto girded on his sword. And there followed David upon a four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuff.

⁹ And he went, and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the river Besor, where a part of them abode. ¹⁰ But David and four hundred men followed: But two hundred abode, behind being too weary to go over the river Besor.

²⁰ Thou camest but yesterday, and should I unquiet thee today to go with us? I will go whither I go. But return thou and carry again thy brethren. Mercy and truth be with thee."

²⁴ Ziph, Telem, and Bealoth;

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah;

¹ Then thought David in his heart, "I may perish, one day or other, by the hands of Saul. There is no better for me, than to flee into the land of the Philistines; that Saul, of very despair to find me, may cease to seek me anymore in all the coasts of Israel: for so I may escape his hand."

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill? ² For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart. ³ For the foundations will be cast down, and what hath the righteous done?

⁷ Thou art my defense in the trouble that is come about me; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

³² The ungodly watcheth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him. ³³ But the LORD will not leave him in his hands, nor condemn him when he is judged.

³ For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah. ⁴ But lo, God is my helper: it is he that upholdeth my soul.

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood.

¹⁶ For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel against the LORD.

²⁶ but commanded Jerahmeel the son of Amalek, and Seraiah the son of Azriel and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to lay hands on Baruch the Scribe, and upon Jeremiah the Prophet: but the LORD kept them out of sight.

³¹ What shall we then say unto these things? if God be on our side: who can be against us?

¹¹ persecutions, and afflictions which happened unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra: which persecutions I suffered patiently; And from them all the Lord delivered me.

¹⁷ notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preaching should be fulfilled to the utmost and that all the gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸ And the Lord shall deliver me from all evil doing, and shall keep me unto his heavenly kingdom. To whom be praise for ever and ever. Amen.

²⁸ Moreover, charge Joshua and courage him and bold him. For he shall go over before his people, and he shall divide the land which thou shalt see, unto them.'

⁶ And David was in a shrewd strait: for the people intended to stone him because the hearts of the people were vexed for their sons and their daughters.

¹⁸ And I told them of the good hand of my God which was upon me; and the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, "Then let us get up and build," and strengthened their hands to good.

³ Behold, thou hast been a teacher of many, and hast comforted the weary hands. ⁴ Thy words have set up those that were fallen, thou hast refreshed the weak knees.

⁵ I should comfort you with my mouth, and release your pain with the talking of my lips.

⁹ The heart is glad of a sweet ointment and savour, but a stomach that can give good counsel, rejoiceth a man's neighbour.

¹⁷ Like as one iron wheteth another, so doth one man comfort another.

⁹ Therefore two are better than one, for they may well enjoy the profit of their labour. ¹⁰ If one of them fall, his companion helpeth him up again: But woe is him that is alone, for if he fall, he hath not another to help him up. ¹¹ Again, when two sleep together, they are warm: but how can a body be warm alone? ¹² One may be overcome, but two may make resistance: A threefold cable is not lightly broken.

³ And therefore strengthen the weak hands, and comfort the feeble knees. ⁴ Say unto them that are of a fearful heart, "Be of good cheer, and fear not. Behold, your God cometh, to take vengeance, and to reward, God cometh his own self, and will deliver you."

²² Seeing that with your lies ye discomfort the heart of the righteous, whom I have not discomforted: Again, forsomuch as ye courage the hand of the wicked, so that he may not turn from his wicked way, and live:

³² But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."

⁴³ And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, comforting him.

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

¹ Thou, therefore, my son be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

¹² Stretch forth therefore again the hands which were let down, and the weak knees, ¹³ and see that ye have straight steps unto your feet, lest any halting turn out of the way: yea, let it rather be healed.

³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lieth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor yet thy kingdom; wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he is the child of death."

²⁰ And now I know well that thou shalt be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

¹¹ which setteth up them of low degree, and sendeth prosperity to those that are in heaviness; ¹² Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand; ¹³ which compasseth the wise in their own craftiness, and overthroweth the counsel of the wicked. ¹⁴ Insomuch that they run into darkness by fair day, and grope about them at the noonday, like as in the night. ¹⁵ And so he delivereth the poor from the sword, from the threatenings of the ungodly, and from the hand of the cruel;

¹ {A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? ² When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. ³ Though a host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid; and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him.

¹ {To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ² Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea;

¹ Whoso dwelleth under the defense of the most high, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ² I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust."

²⁶ The fear of the LORD is a stronghold; and his children are under a sure defense.

²¹ There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for I will be with thee. Look not behind thee, for I will be thy God, to strengthen thee, help thee, and to keep thee with this righthand of mine.

¹⁴ Be not afraid, thou little worm Jacob, and thou despised Israel: for I will help thee, sayeth the LORD, and the holy one of Israel thine avenger.

¹⁷ but all the weapons that are made against thee, shall not prosper. And as for all tongues that shall resist thee in judgment, thou shalt overcome them, and condemn them. This is the heritage of the LORD's servants, and the righteousness that they shall have of me, sayeth the LORD.

³² Fear not little flock, for it is your father's pleasure, to give you a kingdom.

³⁹ but and if it be of God, ye cannot destroy it, lest haply ye be found to strive against God."

¹⁶ And when he came to Rome, the under-captain delivered the prisoners to the chief captain of the host: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with one Soldier that kept him.

²⁴ when I shall take my journey into Spain, I will come to you. I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you after that I have somewhat enjoyed you.

⁶ That we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man doeth unto me."

³ And Jonathan and David bound themselves the one to the other, for Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

¹² And Jonathan said unto David, "O LORD God of Israel, when I have groped my father's mind, one time or other within this three days, that it stand well with David: and I then send not unto thee and show it thee, the LORD do so and so unto Jonathan. ¹³ And in like manner, if evil to thee ward please my father, I will show thee and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace. And the LORD be with thee as he hath been with my father. ¹⁴ And thou shalt perform unto me the mercy of the LORD, not only while I live; but even when I am dead pluck not thy mercy away from my house forever. ¹⁵ No, not when the LORD hath destroyed the enemies of David, every one, from the face of the earth." ¹⁶ And so Jonathan made a bond with the house of David, desiring that the LORD should seek, out of the hands of David's enemies, their wickedness. ¹⁷ And with other words Jonathan adjured David, because he loved him. For as his own soul he loved him.

⁴² And Jonathan said unto David, "Go thy way in peace. Whatsoever we both have sworn and spoken together in the name of the LORD, the LORD be witness between me and thee, and between my seed and thine forever." And Jonathan gat him up, and came into the city.

¹ Then said David, "Is there yet any man left of the house of Saul, that I may show him mercy for Jonathan's sake?"

⁷ But the king had compassion on Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them: that is to say, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

⁷ he said unto his servants that stood about him, "Hear I pray you, you sons of Benjamin: will the son of Jesse also give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains over thousands and over hundreds, ⁸ that ye have all conspired against me? So that there is none of you that openeth mine ear? Insomuch that my son hath made a bond with the son of Jesse, neither is there any of you that mourneth for me or showeth it in mine ear: because my son hath set up my servant to lie await against me, as it appeareth this day."

¹ After that came the Ziphites unto Saul to Gibeah saying, "David hideth himself in the hill of Hachilah even before the wilderness."

³ And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah which lieth before the wilderness, by the wayside. But David dwelt in the wilderness. And when he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness,

¹ {To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David when the Ziphites came, and said unto Saul: David is hid among us} Save me, O God, for thy name's sake, and avenge me in thy strength. ² Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto the words of my mouth ³ For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah. ⁴ But lo, God is my helper: it is he that upholdeth my soul. ⁵ He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth! ⁶ An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy name, O LORD, because it is so comfortable. ⁷ For thou hast delivered me out of all my trouble, so that mine eye seeth his desire upon mine enemies.

¹² If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.

⁶ If a Levite come out of any of thy cities or any place of Israel, where he is a sojourner, and come with all the lust of his heart unto the place which the LORD hath chosen:

¹² Then said David, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will deliver you."

²¹ Then Abner said unto David, "I will up and go gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make an appointment with thee, that thou mayest be king over all that thine heart desireth." And so David let Abner depart, and he went in peace.

¹¹ And the elders and nobles of his city, which dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letter which she had sent unto them. ¹² They proclaimed fasting, and set Naboth on high among the people, ¹³ and there came in two unthrifty persons and sat before him. And the two unthrifty persons witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth did curse God and the king." And upon that they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones to death. ¹⁴ And then they sent to Jezebel saying, "Naboth is stoned to death."

⁵ And the governor of the king's house and of the city and of the elders and the nurses sent to Jehu, saying, "We are thy servants and will do all that thou shalt bid us. We will make no man king: but do thou what seemeth good in thine eyes." ⁶ Then he wrote another letter to them saying, "If ye be mine and will obey my voice, then take the heads of your master's sons and come to me to Jezreel, by tomorrow this time." And the king's sons were seventy persons with the great men of the city which nourished them. ⁷ And when the letter came to them, they took the king's children and slew them in number, seventy persons, and put their heads in coffins and sent them to him to Jezreel.

³ For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.

¹⁰ The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him; he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away, and the desire of the ungodly shall perish.

²³ The desire of the righteous is acceptable; but the hope of the ungodly is indignation.

²⁶ Many there be that seek the prince's favour, but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

² which said unto his mother, "The eleven hundred silverlings that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst and saidst in mine ears: Behold, the silver is with me for I took it away." Then said his mother, "Blessed be thou my son, in the LORD."

⁸ that ye have all conspired against me? So that there is none of you that openeth mine ear? Insomuch that my son hath made a bond with the son of Jesse, neither is there any of you that mourneth for me or showeth it in mine ear: because my son hath set up my servant to lie await against me, as it appeareth this day."

³ For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

⁵ Hear the word of God, all ye that fear the thing which he speaketh. Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, say "Let the LORD magnify himself, that we may see your gladness," and yet they shall be confounded.

¹¹ O ye judges, ye give sentence for gifts; O ye priests, ye teach for lucre; O ye prophets, ye prophesy for money. Yet will they be taken as those that hold upon God, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? Tush, there can no misfortune happen us."

¹³ which compasseth the wise in their own craftiness, and overthroweth the counsel of the wicked.

³⁶ And when the ark rested, he said, "Return LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel."

¹¹ But my counsel is, that all Israel be gathered unto thee, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand of the sea in number, and that thou go to battle in thine own person. ¹² And we will come upon him in one place or other, where we shalt find him, and we will pitch a field against him, even as thick as the dew falleth on the ground. And there shall not one of them be left, neither he nor any of all that are with him. ¹³ Moreover, if he take a town then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one stone found upon another."

¹⁰ As surely as the LORD thy God liveth there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent, to seek thee. And when they said thou wast not there, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, because he found thee not.

² And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art little among the thousands of Judah: Out of thee shall come one, unto me, which shall be the governour in Israel: whose outgoing hath been from the beginning, and from everlasting.

¹ After two days followed Easter, and the days of sweet bread. And the high priests and the scribes sought means, how they might take him by craft and put him to death.

¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away unto the high priests, to betray him unto them. ¹¹ When they heard that, they were glad, and promised that they would give him money. And he sought, how he might conveniently betray him.

² Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place, for Jesus oftentimes resorted thither with his disciples. ³ Judas then after he had received a bond of men, and ministers of the high priests, and of the Pharisees, came thither with lanterns, and firebrands, and weapons.

² And there was a man in Maon whose cattle was in Carmel, and the man was exceeding mighty, and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

⁸ And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.

²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned from persecuting David, and went against the Philistines. And therefore the place is called Selahammahelekoth.

¹² And so Michal let David down through a window, and he went and fled and saved himself.

³⁸ And he cried after the lad, "Haste! Make speed and stand not still." And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrow and came to his master.

¹⁴ Then said David unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, "Up, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart; lest he come suddenly and catch us and bring some mischief upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword."

²¹ And as soon as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and told King David and said unto him, "Up, and get you quickly over the water for such counsel hath Ahithophel given." ²² Then David arose and all the people that were with him, and they were come over Jordan by that it was day, that there lacked not one of them that was not come over Jordan.

¹² O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us. Neither know we what to do: but our eyes be unto thee."

⁹ from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

¹¹ They lie waiting in our way on every side, watching to cast us down to the ground,

¹² Many oxen are come about me; fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.

¹⁶ For many dogs are come about me, the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me.

²² And when I made haste, I said, "I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes." Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, when I cried unto thee.

¹¹ They kept me in, I say, on every side; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹² They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹³ They thrust at me, that I might fall; but the LORD was my help.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Deliver me, o LORD, from the evil men, and preserve me from the wicked men, ² which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long. ³ They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. ⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hand of the ungodly; preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings. ⁵ The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah. ⁶ But my saying is unto the LORD, "Thou art my God; hear the voice of my prayer, O LORD!" ⁷ O LORD. O LORD God, thou strength of my health; thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. ⁸ Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. Selah. ⁹ Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about.

⁸ Brethren, I would not have you ignorant of our trouble, which happened unto us in Asia. For we were grieved out of measure passing strength, so greatly that we despaired even of life.

⁹ And they went up on the plain of the earth, and compassed the tents of the saints about, and the beloved city. And fire came down from God, out of heaven, and devoured them:

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of the place, "The LORD will see." Wherefore it is a common saying this day, "In the mount will the LORD be seen."

³⁶ "For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken.

⁹ And he heard tidings of Tirhakah king of the black Moors, how that he was come out to fight against him. And thereupon he departed and sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,

¹³ And the Philistines came again and ran abroad in the valley.

³ The snares of death compassed me round about, the pains of hell got hold upon me.

¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

⁷ And then turned they and came to the well of judgment which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwell in Hazezon-Tamar.

⁶² Nibshan, the city of salt, and Engedi: Six cities with their villages.

¹ Then Saul was come again from the Philistines, it was told him, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi."

² And there came that told Jehoshaphat, saying, "There cometh a great multitude against thee from the other side the sea out of Syria. And see, they be in Hazazontamar," which is Engedi.

¹⁴ A cluster of Camphire in the vineyards of Engedi art thou unto me, O my beloved.

¹⁰ By this river shall the fishers stand from Engedi unto Eneglaim, and there spread out their nets: for there shall be great heaps of fish, like as in the main sea.