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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the hill some distance away; there was a wide space between them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He called out to the army and to Abner son of Ner, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you going to answer me, Abner?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.26.14"><span class="content">Abner replied, &#8220;Who are you who calls to the king?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.26.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">David said, &#8220;You&#8217;re a man, aren&#8217;t you? And who is like you in Israel? Why didn&#8217;t you guard your lord the king? Someone came to destroy your lord the king. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">What you have done is not good. As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, you and your men must die, because you did not guard your master, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed. Look around you. Where are the king&#8217;s spear and water jug that were near his head?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.26.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Saul recognized David&#8217;s voice and said, &#8220;Is that your voice, David my son?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.26.17"><span class="content">David replied, &#8220;Yes it is, my lord the king.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And he added, &#8220;Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong am I guilty of? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now let my lord the king listen to his servant&#8217;s words. If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! They have driven me today from my share in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s inheritance and have said, &#8216;Go, serve other gods.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The king of Israel has come out to look for a flea&#8212;as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.26.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Saul said, &#8220;I have sinned. Come back, David my son. Because you considered my life precious today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.26.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is the king&#8217;s spear,&#8221; David answered. &#8220;Let one of your young men come over and get it. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As surely as I valued your life today, so may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> value my life and deliver me from all trouble.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.26.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Saul said to David, &#8220;May you be blessed, David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.26.25"><span class="content">So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Among the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But David thought to himself, &#8220;One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.27.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So David and the six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maok king of Gath. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.27.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then David said to Achish, &#8220;If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.27.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.27.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.27.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Achish asked, &#8220;Where did you go raiding today?&#8221; David would say, &#8220;Against the Negev of Judah&#8221; or &#8220;Against the Negev of Jerahmeel&#8221; or &#8220;Against the Negev of the Kenites.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he thought, &#8220;They might inform on us and say, &#8216;This is what David did.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; And such was his practice as long as he lived in Philistine territory. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Achish trusted David and said to himself, &#8220;He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days the Philistines gathered their forces to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, &#8220;You must understand that you and your men will accompany me in the army.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.28.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David said, &#8220;Then you will see for yourself what your servant can do.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.28.2"><span class="content">Achish replied, &#8220;Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul and the Medium at Endor</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.28.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.28.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and set up camp at Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Saul then said to his attendants, &#8220;Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.28.7"><span class="content">&#8220;There is one in Endor,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.28.7"></span></div>
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