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World English Bible

1 Samuel 26 (WEBP)

[1] The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”
[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] Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
[4] David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
[5] Then David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.
[6] Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
[7] So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.
[8] Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”
[9] David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
[10] David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish.
[11] Yahweh forbid that I should stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let’s go.”
[12] So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.
[13] Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain far away, a great space being between them;
[14] and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Don’t you answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you who calls to the king?”
[15] David said to Abner, “Aren’t you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king.
[16] This thing isn’t good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh’s anointed. Now see where the king’s spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.”
[17] Saul recognized David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”
[18] He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
[19] Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
[20] Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
[21] Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
[22] David answered, “Behold the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it.
[23] Yahweh will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed.
[24] Behold, as your life was respected today in my eyes, so let my life be respected in Yahweh’s eyes, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.”
[25] Then Saul said to David, “You are blessed, my son David. You will both do mightily, and will surely prevail.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 26 (KJVS)

[1] And the Ziphites came () unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, () Doth not David hide () himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is 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 pitched () in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode () in the wilderness, and he saw () that Saul came () after him into the wilderness.
[4] David therefore sent out () spies, () and understood () that Saul was come () in very deed. ()
[5] And David arose, () and came () to the place where Saul had pitched: () and David beheld () the place where Saul lay, () and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay () in the trench, and the people pitched () round about him.
[6] Then answered () David 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? And Abishai said, () I will go down () with thee.
[7] So David and Abishai came () to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay () sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck () in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay () round about him.
[8] Then said () Abishai to David, God hath delivered () thine enemy () into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite () him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. ()
[9] And David said () to Abishai, Destroy () him not: for who can stretch forth () his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless? ()
[10] David said () furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite () him; or his day shall come () to die; () or he shall descend () into battle, and perish. ()
[11] The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth () mine hand against the Lord’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take () thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. ()
[12] So David took () the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, () and no man saw () it, nor knew () it, neither awaked: () for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen () upon them.
[13] Then David went over () to the other side, and stood () on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
[14] and David cried () to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, () Answerest () thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered () and said, () Who art thou that criest () to the king?
[15] And David said () to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept () thy lord the king? for there came () one of the people in to destroy () the king thy lord.
[16] This thing is not good that thou hast done. () As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept () your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see () where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
[17] And Saul knew () David’s voice, and said, () Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, () It is my voice, my lord, O king.
[18] And he said, () Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue () after his servant? for what have I done? () or what evil is in mine hand?
[19] Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear () the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up () against me, let him accept () an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed () be they before the Lord; for they have driven () me out this day from abiding () in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, () Go, () serve () other gods.
[20] Now therefore, let not my blood fall () to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out () to seek () a flea, as when one doth hunt () a partridge in the mountains.
[21] Then said () Saul, I have sinned: () return, () my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, () because my soul was precious () in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, () and have erred () exceedingly. ()
[22] And David answered () and said, () Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over () and fetch () it.
[23] The Lord render () to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered () thee into my hand to day, but I would () not stretch forth () mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.
[24] And, behold, as thy life was much set by () this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by () in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver () me out of all tribulation.
[25] Then Saul said () to David, Blessed () be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do () great () things, and also shalt still () prevail. () So David went () on his way, and Saul returned () to his place.

1 Samuel 26:5 Or, midst of his carriages
1 Samuel 26:8 Heb. shut up
1 Samuel 26:16 Heb. the sons of death
1 Samuel 26:19a Heb. smell
1 Samuel 26:19b Cleaving

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 26 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἔρχονται () οἱ () Ζιφαῖοι ἐκ () τῆς () αὐχμώδους πρὸς () τὸν () Σαουλ () εἰς () τὸν () βουνὸν () λέγοντες () Ἰδοὺ () Δαυιδ () σκεπάζεται μεθ’ () ἡμῶν () ἐν () τῷ () βουνῷ () τοῦ () Εχελα τοῦ () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () Ιεσσαιμουν.
[2] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Σαουλ () καὶ () κατέβη () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον () Ζιφ καὶ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () τρεῖς () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () ἐκλεκτοὶ () ἐξ () Ισραηλ () ζητεῖν () τὸν () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () Ζιφ.
[3] Καὶ () παρενέβαλεν Σαουλ () ἐν () τῷ () βουνῷ () τοῦ () Εχελα ἐπὶ () προσώπου () τοῦ () Ιεσσαιμουν ἐπὶ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ, () καὶ () Δαυιδ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ. () Καὶ () εἶδεν () Δαυιδ () ὅτι () ἥκει () Σαουλ () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον, ()
[4] καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Δαυιδ () κατασκόπους () καὶ () ἔγνω () ὅτι () ἥκει () Σαουλ () ἕτοιμος () ἐκ () Κειλα.
[5] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δαυιδ () λάθρᾳ () καὶ () εἰσπορεύεται () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον, () οὗ () ἐκάθευδεν () ἐκεῖ () Σαουλ, () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () Αβεννηρ υἱὸς () Νηρ ἀρχιστράτηγος αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Σαουλ () ἐκάθευδεν () ἐν () λαμπήνῃ, καὶ () ὁ () λαὸς () παρεμβεβληκὼς κύκλῳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () Αχιμελεχ τὸν () Χετταῖον καὶ () πρὸς () Αβεσσα υἱὸν () Σαρουιας ἀδελφὸν () Ιωαβ λέγων () Τίς () εἰσελεύσεται () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ () πρὸς () Σαουλ () εἰς () τὴν () παρεμβολήν; () Καὶ () εἶπεν Αβεσσα Ἐγὼ () εἰσελεύσομαι () μετὰ () σοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἰσπορεύεται () Δαυιδ () καὶ () Αβεσσα εἰς () τὸν () λαὸν () τὴν () νύκτα, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () Σαουλ () καθεύδων () ὕπνῳ () ἐν () λαμπήνῃ, καὶ () τὸ () δόρυ ἐμπεπηγὸς εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () πρὸς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Αβεννηρ καὶ () ὁ () λαὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἐκάθευδεν () κύκλῳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν Αβεσσα πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Ἀπέκλεισεν () σήμερον () κύριος () τὸν () ἐχθρόν () σου () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖράς () σου, () καὶ () νῦν () πατάξω () αὐτὸν () τῷ () δόρατι εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () ἅπαξ () καὶ () οὐ () δευτερώσω αὐτῷ. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶπεν Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Αβεσσα Μὴ () ταπεινώσῃς () αὐτόν, () ὅτι () τίς () ἐποίσει () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () χριστὸν () κυρίου () καὶ () ἀθῳωθήσεται;
[10] Καὶ () εἶπεν Δαυιδ () Ζῇ () κύριος, () ἐὰν () μὴ () κύριος () παίσῃ () αὐτόν, () ἢ () ἡ () ἡμέρα () αὐτοῦ () ἔλθῃ () καὶ () ἀποθάνῃ, () ἢ () εἰς () πόλεμον () καταβῇ () καὶ () προστεθῇ· ()
[11] μηδαμῶς () μοι () παρὰ () κυρίου () ἐπενεγκεῖν () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπὶ () χριστὸν () κυρίου· () καὶ () νῦν () λαβὲ () δὴ () τὸ () δόρυ ἀπὸ () πρὸς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸν () φακὸν τοῦ () ὕδατος, () καὶ () ἀπέλθωμεν () καθ’ () ἑαυτούς. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Δαυιδ () τὸ () δόρυ καὶ () τὸν () φακὸν τοῦ () ὕδατος () ἀπὸ () πρὸς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀπῆλθον () καθ’ () ἑαυτούς· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () βλέπων () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () γινώσκων () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () ἐξεγειρόμενος, () πάντες () ὑπνοῦντες, ὅτι () θάμβος () κυρίου () ἐπέπεσεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτούς. ()
[13] Καὶ () διέβη () Δαυιδ () εἰς () τὸ () πέραν () καὶ () ἔστη () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κορυφὴν τοῦ () ὄρους () μακρόθεν, () καὶ () πολλὴ () ἡ () ὁδὸς () ἀνὰ () μέσον () αὐτῶν. ()
[14] Καὶ () προσεκαλέσατο Δαυιδ () τὸν () λαὸν () καὶ () τῷ () Αβεννηρ ἐλάλησεν () λέγων () Οὐκ () ἀποκριθήσει, () Αβεννηρ; Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Αβεννηρ καὶ () εἶπεν Τίς () εἶ () σὺ () ὁ () καλῶν () με; ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Αβεννηρ Οὐκ () ἀνὴρ () σύ; () Καὶ () τίς () ὡς () σὺ () ἐν () Ισραηλ; () Καὶ () διὰ () τί () οὐ () φυλάσσεις () τὸν () κύριόν () σου () τὸν () βασιλέα; () Ὅτι () εἰσῆλθεν () εἷς () ἐκ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () διαφθεῖραι () τὸν () βασιλέα () κύριόν () σου. ()
[16] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἀγαθὸν () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο, () ὃ () πεποίηκας· () ζῇ () κύριος, () ὅτι () υἱοὶ () θανατώσεως ὑμεῖς () οἱ () φυλάσσοντες () τὸν () βασιλέα () κύριον () ὑμῶν () τὸν () χριστὸν () κυρίου. () Καὶ () νῦν () ἰδὲ () δή· () τὸ () δόρυ τοῦ () βασιλέως () καὶ () ὁ () φακὸς τοῦ () ὕδατος () ποῦ () ἐστιν () τὰ () πρὸς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ; ()
[17] Καὶ () ἐπέγνω () Σαουλ () τὴν () φωνὴν () τοῦ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν Ἦ () φωνή () σου () αὕτη, () τέκνον () Δαυιδ; () Καὶ () εἶπεν Δαυιδ () Δοῦλός () σου, () κύριε () βασιλεῦ. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν Ἵνα () τί () τοῦτο () καταδιώκει () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὀπίσω () τοῦ () δούλου () αὐτοῦ; () Ὅτι () τί () ἡμάρτηκα () καὶ () τί () εὑρέθη () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () ἀδίκημα; ()
[19] Καὶ () νῦν () ἀκουσάτω () δὴ () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦ () δούλου () αὐτοῦ· () εἰ () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐπισείει σε () ἐπ’ () ἐμέ, () ὀσφρανθείη θυσίας () σου· () καὶ () εἰ () υἱοὶ () ἀνθρώπων, () ἐπικατάρατοι () οὗτοι () ἐνώπιον κυρίου, () ὅτι () ἐξέβαλόν () με () σήμερον () μὴ () ἐστηρίσθαι () ἐν () κληρονομίᾳ () κυρίου () λέγοντες () Πορεύου () δούλευε () θεοῖς () ἑτέροις. ()
[20] Καὶ () νῦν () μὴ () πέσοι () τὸ () αἷμά () μου () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () ἐξ () ἐναντίας () προσώπου () κυρίου, () ὅτι () ἐξελήλυθεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ισραηλ () ζητεῖν () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου, () καθὼς () καταδιώκει () ὁ () νυκτικόραξ ἐν () τοῖς () ὄρεσιν. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν Σαουλ () Ἡμάρτηκα· () ἐπίστρεφε, () τέκνον () Δαυιδ, () ὅτι () οὐ () κακοποιήσω () σε () ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἔντιμος () ψυχή () μου () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου () ἐν () τῇ () σήμερον· () μεματαίωμαι () καὶ () ἠγνόηκα () πολλὰ () σφόδρα. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ () τὸ () δόρυ τοῦ () βασιλέως· () διελθέτω () εἷς () τῶν () παιδαρίων () καὶ () λαβέτω () αὐτό. ()
[23] Καὶ () κύριος () ἐπιστρέψει () ἑκάστῳ () τὰς () δικαιοσύνας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὴν () πίστιν () αὐτοῦ, () ὡς () παρέδωκέν () σε () κύριος () σήμερον () εἰς () χεῖράς () μου () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησα () ἐπενεγκεῖν () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπὶ () χριστὸν () κυρίου· ()
[24] καὶ () ἰδοὺ () καθὼς () ἐμεγαλύνθη () ἡ () ψυχή () σου () σήμερον () ἐν () ταύτῃ () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () μου, () οὕτως () μεγαλυνθείη () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () ἐνώπιον κυρίου () καὶ () σκεπάσαι με () καὶ () ἐξελεῖταί () με () ἐκ () πάσης () θλίψεως. ()
[25] Καὶ () εἶπεν Σαουλ () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Εὐλογημένος () σύ, () τέκνον, () καὶ () ποιῶν () ποιήσεις () καὶ () δυνάμενος () δυνήσει. () Καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () Δαυιδ () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Σαουλ () ἀνέστρεψεν () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον () αὐτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.