1 Samuel 26

¹And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:19Ps 54:1-71 Sam 26:3Josh 15:24Josh 15:55

²Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:21 Sam 13:21 Sam 23:23-251 Sam 24:17Ps 140:4-9Ps 38:12

³And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:191 Sam 26:1

⁴David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 10:16Josh 2:1

⁵And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 17:551 Sam 14:50-511 Sam 17:201 Chr 9:391 Sam 9:12 Sam 2:8-122 Sam 3:272 Sam 3:33-382 Sam 3:7-8

⁶Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 7:10-112 Sam 2:181 Chr 2:15-161 Sam 14:6-72 Sam 11:212 Sam 11:242 Sam 11:62 Sam 12:92 Sam 16:9-102 Sam 18:5

⁷So 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:2-3

⁸Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:41 Sam 26:231 Sam 23:141 Sam 24:18-19Deut 32:30Josh 21:44Judg 1:4Gal 3:22-23Nah 1:9Ps 31:8

⁹And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 1:142 Sam 1:16Ps 105:151 Sam 24:6-7

¹⁰David 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 31:14Gen 47:29Rom 12:191 Sam 25:381 Sam 31:6Ps 37:131 Sam 25:26Deut 32:351 Sam 24:15Eccl 3:2

¹¹The 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:61 Sam 24:122 Sam 1:142 Sam 1:16

¹²So 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 2:21Gen 15:12Isa 29:101 Sam 24:41 Sam 26:7Esth 6:1

¹³Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:8Judg 9:7

¹⁴And 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁵And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁶This 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 20:311 Sam 26:111 Sam 26:92 Sam 12:52 Sam 19:28Eph 2:3Ps 102:20Ps 79:111 Sam 24:6

¹⁷And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:161 Sam 24:8

¹⁸And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:91 Sam 24:11-14John 10:32John 18:23John 8:46Ps 35:7Ps 69:4Ps 7:3-51 Sam 17:29

¹⁹Now 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 14:162 Sam 16:112 Sam 20:191 Chr 21:11 Sam 18:10Gal 1:8-9Gen 8:21Josh 22:25-27Ps 120:51 Kgs 22:22

²⁰Now 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:141 Sam 2:91 Sam 25:29Matt 26:47Matt 26:55

²¹Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 15:241 Sam 24:17Exod 9:271 Sam 15:30Matt 27:41 Sam 18:301 Sam 26:241 Sam 27:4Num 22:34Ps 116:15

²²And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

²³The 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:6-7Ps 62:12Ps 18:20-26Ps 7:8-91 Kgs 8:321 Sam 26:111 Sam 26:9Neh 13:14

²⁴And, 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Cor 1:9-10Matt 5:7Ps 34:17-18Ps 54:72 Thess 3:2Acts 14:22Gen 48:16Matt 7:2Ps 144:2Ps 18:1

²⁵Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Num 24:9-101 Sam 24:19Isa 54:17Prov 26:25Rom 8:37Gen 32:281 Sam 24:22Hos 12:4Rom 8:35