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26 Again the Ziphites came to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, “Does not David hide himself on the hill of Hachilah, before Jeshimon?”
2 Then Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
3 And Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah (which is before Jeshimon), by the roadside. Now David remained in the wilderness. And he saw that Saul came after him, into the wilderness.
4 For David had sent out spies and understood that Saul had indeed come.
5 Then David arose and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David beheld the place where Saul lay and Abner, the son of Ner, who was his chief captain (for Saul lay in the fort and the people camped all around him).
6 Then David spoke, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul, to the camp?” Then Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
7 So David and Abishai came down to the people at night. And behold, Saul lay sleeping inside the fort, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head: And Abner and the people lay all around him.
8 Then Abishai said to David, “God has closed your enemy into your hand this day! Now, therefore, please let me strike him once with a spear to the earth. And I will not strike him again.”
9 And David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him. For who can lay his hand on the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
10 Moreover David said, “As the LORD lives, either the LORD shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.
11 “The LORD keep me from laying my hand upon the LORD’s anointed! But now, please take the spear that is at his head, and the pot of water, and let us go from here.”
12 So David took the spear and the pot of water from Saul’s head, and they got away. And no man saw it or knew it, nor did any awaken, but they were all asleep. For the LORD had sent a dead sleep upon them.
13 Then David went to the other side and stood on the top of a hill, far away, a great space being between them.
14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Do you not hear, Abner?” Then Abner answered, and said, “Who are you who cries to the king?”
15 And David said to Abner, “Are you not a man?! And who is like you in Israel?! Why, then, have you not kept your lord the king?! For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord!
16 “This is not well done by you! As the LORD lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed! And now, see where the king’s spear is, and the pot of water that was at his head!”
17 And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?!” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king!”
18 And he said, “Why does my lord persecute his servant like this?! For what have I done?! Or what evil is in my hand?!
19 “Now, therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant! If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him smell the savor of a Sacrifice! But if the children of men have done it, cursed be they before the LORD! For they have cast me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
20 “Now, therefore, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD! For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as one would hunt a partridge in the mountains!”
21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned! Come back, my son David! For I will do you no more harm, because my soul was precious in your eyes this day! Behold, I have done foolishly and have erred exceedingly!”
22 Then David answered, and said, “Behold the king’s spear! Let one of the young men come over and fetch it!
23 “And let the LORD reward every man according to his righteousness and faithfulness! For the LORD had delivered you into my hands this day, but I would not lay my hand upon the LORD’s anointed!
24 “And behold, just as your life was highly valued this day in my eyes, so let my life be valued in the eyes of the LORD, so that He may deliver me out of all tribulation!”
25 Then Saul said to David, “Blessed are you, my son David! For you shall do great things and also prevail!” So, David went his way. And Saul returned to his place.
27 And David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. Is it not better for me that I save myself in the land of the Philistines—so that Saul may lose hope in seeking me anymore in all the territory of Israel—and so escape out of his hand?”
2 Therefore, David arose. And he and the six hundred men who were with him went to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household and David with his two wives (Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the wife Nabal the Carmelite).
4 And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath. So he sought no more for him.
5 And David said to Achish, “If I have now found grace in your eyes, let them give me a place in some other city of the country, so that I may dwell there. For why would your servant dwell in the head city of the kingdom with you?”
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that same day. Therefore, Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months and some days.
8 Then David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites. For they inhabited the land from the beginning, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
9 And David struck the land and left neither man nor woman alive and took sheep and oxen and donkeys and camels and apparel and returned and came to Achish.
10 And Achish said, “Where have you made a raid this day?” And David answered, “Against the South of Judah and against the South of the Jerahmeelites and against the South of the Kenites.”
11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell on us, and say, “So did David! And so has been his manner all the while that he has dwelt in the country of the Philistines!’”
12 And Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people of Israel utterly abhor him. Therefore, he shall be my servant forever.”
28 Now at that time, the Philistines assembled their bands and army to fight with Israel. Therefore, Achish said to David, “Know assuredly that you shall go out with me to the battle, you and your men!”
2 And David said to Achish, “Surely, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Surely, I will make you keeper of my head, forever.”
3 By then, Samuel had died. And all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the sorcerers and the soothsayers out of the land.
4 Then the Philistines assembled themselves and came and camped in Shunem. And Saul assembled all Israel, and they camped in Gilboa.
5 And when Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid; and his heart trembled greatly.
6 Therefore, Saul asked counsel of the LORD, and the LORD did not answer him, by dreams or by Urim or even by Prophets.
7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and ask of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman at En Dor who is a medium.”
8 Then Saul changed himself and put on other clothes. And he and two other men went. And they came to the woman at night. And he said, “Please conjure up for me, and bring up for me him whom I shall name to you.”
9 And the woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has destroyed the sorcerers and the soothsayers out of the land. Why, then, do you seek to entrap me, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no harm shall come to you for this thing.”
11 Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” And he answered, “Bring up Samuel for me.”
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice. And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me?! For you are Saul!”
13 And the king said to her, “Do not be afraid. For what did you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I saw gods ascending up out of the earth!”
14 Then he said to her, “What is his form?” And she answered, “An old man comes up, wrapped in a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel. And he turned his face to the ground and bowed himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?” Then Saul answered, “I am in great distress! For the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either by Prophets or by dreams. Therefore, I have called you, so that you may tell me what I shall do.”
16 Then Samuel said, “Why, then, do you ask of me, seeing the LORD has gone from you and is your enemy?
17 “The LORD has only done for him as He spoke by my hand. For the LORD will tear the kingdom out of your hand and give it your neighbor David.
18 “Because you did not obey the Voice of the LORD or execute His fierce wrath upon the Amalekites, therefore the LORD has done this to you this day.
19 “Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel, with you, into the hands of the Philistines. And tomorrow, you and your sons shall be with me. And the LORD shall give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”
20 Then Saul fell full length on the earth and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel, so that there was no strength in him. For he had eaten no bread all day or all night.
21 Then the woman came to Saul and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, “See, your handmaid has obeyed your voice; and I have put my soul in my hand and have obeyed your words which you said to me.
22 “Now, therefore, you please also listen to the voice of your handmaid and let me set a morsel of bread before you, so that you may eat and strengthen yourself and go on your journey.”
23 But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him. And he obeyed their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
24 Now, the woman had a fat calf in the house. And she hurried and killed it and took flour and kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it.
25 Then she brought them before Saul, and before his servants. And when they had eaten, they stood up and went away the same night.
11 And a certain man was sick - Lazarus of Bethany (the town of Mary and her sister Martha).
2 And this was that same Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 Therefore, the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness does not end in death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God might be glorified by it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 And after He had heard that he was sick, He still stayed two days in the same place where He was.
7 Then after that, He said to His disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”
8 The disciples said to Him, “Master, the Jews sought to stone You recently, and yet You go there again?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If someone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 “But if someone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.”
11 He spoke these things. And afterward, He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps. But I go to wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps, he shall heal.”
13 However, Jesus spoke of his death. But they thought that He had spoken of the natural sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 “And I am glad, for your sakes, that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then said Thomas (who is called Didymus) to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
17 Then Jesus came and found that he had already been in the grave four days.
18 (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.)
19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them for their brother.
20 Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him. But Mary still sat in the house.
21 Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 “But now, I also know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”
24 “Martha said to Him, “I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection, at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
26 “And whoever lives, and believes in Me, shall never die. Do you believe this?”
27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord. I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, the One coming into the world.”
28 And when she had said this, she went her way, and secretly called Mary, her sister, saying, “The Master has come, and calls for you.”
29 And when she heard it, she arose quickly, and came to Him.
30 For Jesus had not yet come into the town but was in the place where Martha met Him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary (that she rose up hastily and went out) followed her, saying, “She goes to the grave, to weep there.”
32 Then, when Mary had come to where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weep (and also the Jews who came with her weep), He groaned in the spirit and was troubled in Himself,
34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “Behold, how He loved him.”
37 And some of them said, “Could not He, who opened the eyes of the blind, have also made it so that this man should not have died?”
38 Therefore Jesus groaned in Himself again and came to the grave. And it was a cave. And a stone was laid upon it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, he stinks already. For it has been four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41 Then they took away the stone where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You, because You have heard Me.
42 “I know that You always hear Me. But I said it because of the people who stand by, so that they may believe that You have sent Me.”
43 And having spoken these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus! Come forth!”
44 Then, the one who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with bandages. And his face was bound with a handkerchief. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him! And let him go!”
45 Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What shall we do? For this Man does many miracles.
48 “If we let Him alone like this, all will believe in Him. And the Romans will come and take away both our place and the nation.
49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was the High Priest that same year, said to them, “You perceive nothing at all.
50 “Nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one Man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
51 He spoke this, not of himself, but being High Priest that same year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation;
52 and not only for the nation, but that He would gather together the children of God who were scattered.
53 Then, from that day forth, they plotted to put Him to death.
54 Therefore Jesus walked openly no more among the Jews; but went from there to a country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with His disciples.
117 All nations, praise the LORD! Praise Him, all people!
2 For His lovingkindness is great toward us; and the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!
22 Without counsel, thoughts come to nothing. But in the multitude of counselors, there is steadfastness.
23 A joy comes to a man by the answer of his mouth. And how good is a word in due season?
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