1 Samuel 26 (NET)

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1 Samuel 26:1¹The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:19 Ps 54:1-7 1 Sam 26:3 Josh 15:24 Josh 15:55

1 Samuel 26:2²So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by 3,000 select men of Israel, to look for David in the wilderness of Ziph.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:2 1 Sam 13:2 1 Sam 23:23-25 1 Sam 24:17 Ps 140:4-9 Ps 38:12

1 Samuel 26:3³Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had come to the wilderness to find him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:19 1 Sam 26:1

1 Samuel 26:4⁴David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:16 Josh 2:1

1 Samuel 26:5⁵So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:55 1 Sam 14:50-51 1 Sam 17:20 1 Chr 9:39 1 Sam 9:1 2 Sam 2:8-12 2 Sam 3:27 2 Sam 3:33-38 2 Sam 3:7-8

1 Samuel 26:6⁶David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied, “I will go down with you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 7:10-11 2 Sam 2:18 1 Chr 2:15-16 1 Sam 14:6-7 2 Sam 11:21 2 Sam 11:24 2 Sam 11:6 2 Sam 12:9 2 Sam 16:9-10 2 Sam 18:5

1 Samuel 26:7⁷So David and Abishai approached the army at night and found Saul lying asleep in the entrenchment with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were lying all around him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:2-3

1 Samuel 26:8⁸Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear right through him into the ground with one swift jab! A second jab won’t be necessary!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:4 1 Sam 26:23 1 Sam 23:14 1 Sam 24:18-19 Deut 32:30 Josh 21:44 Judg 1:4 Gal 3:22-23 Nah 1:9 Ps 31:8

1 Samuel 26:9⁹But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord ’s chosen one and remain guiltless?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:14 2 Sam 1:16 Ps 105:15 1 Sam 24:6-7

1 Samuel 26:10¹⁰David went on to say, “As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 31:14 Gen 47:29 Rom 12:19 1 Sam 25:38 1 Sam 31:6 Ps 37:13 1 Sam 25:26 Deut 32:35 1 Sam 24:15 Eccl 3:2

1 Samuel 26:11¹¹But may the Lord prevent me from extending my hand against the Lord ’s chosen one! Now take the spear by Saul’s head and the jug of water, and let’s get out of here!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:6 1 Sam 24:12 2 Sam 1:14 2 Sam 1:16

1 Samuel 26:12¹²So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 2:21 Gen 15:12 Isa 29:10 1 Sam 24:4 1 Sam 26:7 Esth 6:1

1 Samuel 26:13¹³Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:8 Judg 9:7

1 Samuel 26:14¹⁴David called to the army and to Abner son of Ner, “Won’t you answer, Abner?” Abner replied, “Who are you, that you have called to the king?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 26:15¹⁵David said to Abner, “Aren’t you a man? After all, who is like you in Israel? Why then haven’t you protected your lord the king? One of the soldiers came to kill your lord the king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 26:16¹⁶This failure on your part isn’t good! As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord ’s chosen one, are as good as dead! Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 20:31 1 Sam 26:11 1 Sam 26:9 2 Sam 12:5 2 Sam 19:28 Eph 2:3 Ps 102:20 Ps 79:11 1 Sam 24:6

1 Samuel 26:17¹⁷When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied, “Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:16 1 Sam 24:8

1 Samuel 26:18¹⁸He went on to say, “Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:9 1 Sam 24:11-14 John 10:32 John 18:23 John 8:46 Ps 35:7 Ps 69:4 Ps 7:3-5 1 Sam 17:29

1 Samuel 26:19¹⁹So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord ’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go on, serve other gods!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:16 2 Sam 16:11 2 Sam 20:19 1 Chr 21:1 1 Sam 18:10 Gal 1:8-9 Gen 8:21 Josh 22:25-27 Ps 120:5 1 Kgs 22:22

1 Samuel 26:20²⁰Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord ’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge in the hill country.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:14 1 Sam 2:9 1 Sam 25:29 Matt 26:47 Matt 26:55

1 Samuel 26:21²¹Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you anymore, for you treated my life with value this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:24 1 Sam 24:17 Exod 9:27 1 Sam 15:30 Matt 27:4 1 Sam 18:30 1 Sam 26:24 1 Sam 27:4 Num 22:34 Ps 116:15

1 Samuel 26:22²²David replied, “Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 26:23²³The Lord rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. Even though today the Lord delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the Lord ’s chosen one.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:6-7 Ps 62:12 Ps 18:20-26 Ps 7:8-9 1 Kgs 8:32 1 Sam 26:11 1 Sam 26:9 Neh 13:14

1 Samuel 26:24²⁴In the same way that I valued your life this day, may the Lord value my life and deliver me from all danger.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:9-10 Matt 5:7 Ps 34:17-18 Ps 54:7 2 Thess 3:2 Acts 14:22 Gen 48:16 Matt 7:2 Ps 144:2 Ps 18:1

1 Samuel 26:25²⁵Saul replied to David, “May you be rewarded, my son David! You will without question be successful!” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 24:9-10 1 Sam 24:19 Isa 54:17 Prov 26:25 Rom 8:37 Gen 32:28 1 Sam 24:22 Hos 12:4 Rom 8:35