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1 Samuel 24
1 Samuels 1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8,
9, 10,
11,12,
13, 14,
15, 16,
17, 18,
19, 20,
21, 22,
23, 24,
25, 26,
27, 28,
29, 30,
31
1 Samuel 24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of
En-gedi.
2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek
David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in
to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
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To cover his feet = to stoop, and so cause feet
to be covered by the robe.
4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto
thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to
him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of
Saul's robe privily.
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Unto thee = in thine eyes.
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Skirt = corner, or wing.
5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had
cut off Saul's skirt.
6 And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my
master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he
is the anointed of the Lord.
7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise
against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul,
saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with
his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold,
David seeketh thy hurt?
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David said, why listen to men?
10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to
day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared
thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the
Lord's anointed.
11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in
that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see
that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned
against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine
hand shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked:
but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after
a dead dog, after a flea.
15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and
plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto
Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his
voice, and wept.
17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded
me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me:
forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me
not.
19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord
reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the
kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed
after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them
up unto the hold.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
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