English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Samuel Book, chapter 26, verse 33 in Nlt Version

1 Samuel 26 : 1 (NLT)

Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him, "David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon."

1 Samuel 26 : 2 (NLT)

So Saul took 3,000 of Israel's elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 26 : 3 (NLT)

Saul camped along the road beside the hill of Hakilah, near Jeshimon, where David was hiding. When David learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,

1 Samuel 26 : 4 (NLT)

he sent out spies to verify the report of Saul's arrival.

1 Samuel 26 : 5 (NLT)

David slipped over to Saul's camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors.

1 Samuel 26 : 6 (NLT)

"Who will volunteer to go in there with me?" David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother."I'll go with you," Abishai replied.

1 Samuel 26 : 7 (NLT)

So David and Abishai went right into Saul's camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.

1 Samuel 26 : 8 (NLT)

"God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!" Abishai whispered to David. "Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't need to strike twice!"

1 Samuel 26 : 9 (NLT)

"No!" David said. "Don't kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the LORD's anointed one?

1 Samuel 26 : 10 (NLT)

Surely the LORD will strike Saul down someday, or he will die of old age or in battle.

1 Samuel 26 : 11 (NLT)

The LORD forbid that I should kill the one he has anointed! But take his spear and that jug of water beside his head, and then let's get out of here!"

1 Samuel 26 : 12 (NLT)

So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul's head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the LORD had put Saul's men into a deep sleep.

1 Samuel 26 : 13 (NLT)

David climbed the hill opposite the camp until he was at a safe distance.

1 Samuel 26 : 14 (NLT)

Then he shouted down to the soldiers and to Abner son of Ner, "Wake up, Abner!" "Who is it?" Abner demanded.

1 Samuel 26 : 15 (NLT)

"Well, Abner, you're a great man, aren't you?" David taunted. "Where in all Israel is there anyone as mighty? So why haven't you guarded your master the king when someone came to kill him?

1 Samuel 26 : 16 (NLT)

This isn't good at all! I swear by the LORD that you and your men deserve to die, because you failed to protect your master, the LORD's anointed! Look around! Where are the king's spear and the jug of water that were beside his head?"

1 Samuel 26 : 17 (NLT)

Saul recognized David's voice and called out, "Is that you, my son David?" And David replied, "Yes, my lord the king.

1 Samuel 26 : 18 (NLT)

Why are you chasing me? What have I done? What is my crime?

1 Samuel 26 : 19 (NLT)

But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the LORD. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the LORD's people, and they have said, 'Go, worship pagan gods.'

1 Samuel 26 : 20 (NLT)

Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of the LORD? Why has the king of Israel come out to search for a single flea? Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?"

1 Samuel 26 : 21 (NLT)

Then Saul confessed, "I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong."

1 Samuel 26 : 22 (NLT)

"Here is your spear, O king," David replied. "Let one of your young men come over and get it.

1 Samuel 26 : 23 (NLT)

The LORD gives his own reward for doing good and for being loyal, and I refused to kill you even when the LORD placed you in my power, for you are the LORD's anointed one.

1 Samuel 26 : 24 (NLT)

Now may the LORD value my life, even as I have valued yours today. May he rescue me from all my troubles."

1 Samuel 26 : 25 (NLT)

And Saul said to David, "Blessings on you, my son David. You will do many heroic deeds, and you will surely succeed." Then David went away, and Saul returned home.