¹And the Zifim [smelters] came unto Sha’ul [desired] to Giv’ah [Hill] , saying, Does not David [beloved] hide himself in the hill of Hikhilah [dark] , [which is] before Y’shim’on [Wasteland] ?

²Then Sha’ul [desired] arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)] , having three thousand chosen men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] with him, to seek David [beloved] in the wilderness of Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)] .

³And Sha’ul [desired] pitched in the hill of Hikhilah [dark] , which [is] before Y’shim’on [Wasteland] , by the way. But David [beloved] abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Sha’ul [desired] came after him into the wilderness.

⁴David [beloved] therefore sent out spies, and understood that Sha’ul [desired] was come in very deed.

⁵And David [beloved] arose, and came to the place where Sha’ul [desired] had pitched: and David [beloved] beheld the place where Sha’ul [desired] lay, and Avner [my father is a lamp] the son of Ner [lamp] , the captain of his host: and Sha’ul [desired] lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

⁶Then answered David [beloved] and said to Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] the Hitti [Terrorists] , and to Avishai [my father is a gift] the son of Tz’ruyah [balsam] , brother to Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , saying, Who will go down with me to Sha’ul [desired] to the camp? And Avishai [my father is a gift] said, I will go down with youi .

⁷So David [beloved] and Avishai [my father is a gift] came to the people by night: and, behold, Sha’ul [desired] lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster (pillow; head - or other - support) : but Avner [my father is a lamp] and the people lay round about him.

⁸Then said Avishai [my father is a gift] to David [beloved] , God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] has delivered youi enemy into youi hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray youi , with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not [strike] him the second time.

⁹And David [beloved] said to Avishai [my father is a gift] , Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed, and be guiltless?

¹⁰David [beloved] said furthermore, [As] the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

¹¹The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed: but, I pray youi , take youi now the spear that [is] at his bolster (pillow; head - or other - support) , and the pot of water, and let us go.

¹²So David [beloved] took the spear and the pot of water from Sha’ul’s [desired] bolster (pillow; head - or other - support) ; and they got them away, and no man saw [it] , nor knew [it] , neither awakened: for they [were] all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was fallen upon them.

¹³Then David [beloved] went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space [being] between them:

¹⁴And David [beloved] cried to the people, and to Avner [my father is a lamp] the son of Ner [lamp] , saying, Answer youi not, Avner [my father is a lamp] ? Then Avner [my father is a lamp] answered and said, Who [are] youi [that] cries to the king?

¹⁵And David [beloved] said to Avner [my father is a lamp] , [Are] not youi a [valiant] man? and who [is] like to youi in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ? wherefore then have youi not kept youi lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king youi lord.

¹⁶This thing [is] not good that youi have done. [As] the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, you2f [are] worthy to die, because you2f have not kept your master, the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed. And now see where the king’s spear [is] , and the pot of water that [was] at his bolster (pillow; head - or other - support) .

¹⁷And Sha’ul [desired] knew David’s [beloved] ’s voice, and said, [Is] this youi voice, my son David [beloved] ? And David [beloved] said, [It is] my voice, my lord, O king.

¹⁸And he said, For what reason does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in my hand?

¹⁹Now therefore, I pray youi , let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) have stirred youi up against me, let him accept an offering: but if [they be] the children of men, cursed [be] they before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , saying, Go, serve other gods.

²⁰Now therefore, let not my blood fall to (to do entirely, do wholly) the earth before the face of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) : for the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.

²¹Then said Sha’ul [desired] , I have sinned: return, my son David [beloved] : for I will no more do youi harm, because my soul was precious in youri eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

²²And David [beloved] answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

²³The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) delivered youi into [my] hand to day, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed.

²⁴And, behold, as youri life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

²⁵Then Sha’ul [desired] said to David [beloved] , Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] youi , my son David [beloved] : youi shall both do great [things] , and also shall still prevail. So David [beloved] went on his way, and Sha’ul [desired] returned to his place.