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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Esau&#8217;s Descendants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">These are the names of Esau&#8217;s sons:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="content">Eliphaz, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="content">Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Esau&#8217;s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="content">Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="content">Jeush, Jalam and Korah.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs among Esau&#8217;s descendants:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Korah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:16 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.1.36">1 Chron. 1:36</span>) does not have </span><span class="fq">Korah</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s son Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="content">Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="content">Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sons of Lotan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="content">Hori and Homam.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hemam, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Homam </span><span class="ft">(see <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.1.39">1 Chron. 1:39</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> Timna was Lotan&#8217;s sister.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Shobal:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="content">Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Zibeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="content">Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:24 </span><span class="ft">Vulgate; Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discovered water; </span><span class="ft">the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The children of Anah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="content">Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:26 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dishan, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Dishon</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="content">Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sons of Ezer:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="content">Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="content">Uz and Aran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">These were the Horite chiefs:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rulers of Edom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:39 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.1.50">1 Chron. 1:50</span>); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Hadar</span></span></span><span class="content"> succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife&#8217;s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="content">Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="GEN.36.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="GEN.36.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="content">This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Saves Keilah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When David was told, &#8220;Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">he inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, saying, &#8220;Shall I go and attack these Philistines?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.23.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered him, &#8220;Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.23.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But David&#8217;s men said to him, &#8220;Here in Judah we are afraid. How much more, then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine forces!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.23.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Once again David inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered him, &#8220;Go down to Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved the people of Keilah. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Pursues David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.23.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, &#8220;God has delivered him into my hands, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.23.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, &#8220;Bring the ephod.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">David said, &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, God of Israel, tell your servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.23.11"><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;He will.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.23.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Again David asked, &#8220;Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.23.12"><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;They will.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.23.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.23.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.23.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he was afraid because</span></span></span><span class="content"> Saul had come out to take his life. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And Saul&#8217;s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The two of them made a covenant before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.23.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, &#8220;Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.23.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Saul replied, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you for your concern for me. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Go and get more information. Find out where David usually goes and who has seen him there. They tell me he is very crafty. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite information. Then I will go with you; if he is in the area, I will track him down among all the clans of Judah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.23.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.23.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">a messenger came to Saul, saying, &#8220;Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1SA.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:28 </span><span class="fq">Sela Hammahlekoth </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">rock of parting.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:29 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Spares Saul&#8217;s Life</span></div><div class="p"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 24:1-22 is numbered 24:22-23.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, &#8220;David is in the Desert of En Gedi.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.24.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The men said, &#8220;This is the day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke of when he said</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;Today the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is saying</span></span></span><span class="content"> to you, &#8216;I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul&#8217;s robe.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.24.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said to his men, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.24.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, &#8220;My lord the king!&#8221; When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He said to Saul, &#8220;Why do you listen when men say, &#8216;David is bent on harming you&#8217;? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This day you have seen with your own eyes how the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, &#8216;I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> judge between you and me. And may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As the old saying goes, &#8216;From evildoers come evil deeds,&#8217; so my hand will not touch you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.24.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.24.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When David finished saying this, Saul asked, &#8220;Is that your voice, David my son?&#8221; And he wept aloud. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are more righteous than I,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reward you well for the way you treated me today. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now swear to me by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father&#8217;s family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.24.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 7</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">shiggaion</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David, which he sang to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> concerning Cush, a Benjamite.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I take refuge in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="content">save and deliver me from all who pursue me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">or they will tear me apart like a lion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="content">and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, if I have done this</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="content">and there is guilt on my hands&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">if I have repaid my ally with evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="content">or without cause have robbed my foe&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="content">let him trample my life to the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="content">and make me sleep in the dust.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:5 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in your anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="content">rise up against the rage of my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="content">Awake, my God; decree justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let the assembled peoples gather around you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="content">while you sit enthroned over them on high.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> judge the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="content">Vindicate me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, according to my righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="content">according to my integrity, O Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Bring to an end the violence of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">and make the righteous secure&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">you, the righteous God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">who probes minds and hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My shield</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> is God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="content">who saves the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">God is a righteous judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="content">a God who displays his wrath every day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If he does not relent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="content">he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">If anyone does not repent, / God</span></span></span><span class="content"> will sharpen his sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="content">he will bend and string his bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He has prepared his deadly weapons;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="content">he makes ready his flaming arrows.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Whoever is pregnant with evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="content">conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="content">falls into the pit they have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trouble they cause recoils on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="content">their violence comes down on their own heads.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> because of his righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.7.17"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Most High.</span></span></div>
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