09:026:019 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.
09:026:020 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.
09:026:021 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.
09:026:022 And David answered and said, Behold the
king’s spear! and let
one
of the young men come over and fetch it.
09:026:023 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.
09:026:024 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.
09:026:025 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.
09:027:001 And David said in his heart, I shall now
perish one day by the
hand
of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that
I
should
speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and
Saul
shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast
of
Israel:
so shall I escape out of his hand.
09:027:002 And David arose, and he passed over with
the six hundred men
that
were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of
Gath.
09:027:003 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he
and his men, every man
with
his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
09:027:004 And it was told Saul that David was fled
to Gath: and he
sought
no more again for him.
09:027:005 And David said unto Achish, If I have now
found grace in thine
eyes,
let them give me a place in some town in the country,
that
I may dwell there: for why should thy servant
dwell in
the
royal city with thee?


