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And David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commanded me with a matter and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commanded you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.'

And Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord."

Go now, make more sure, and know and see his place—where his very foot is—and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very crafty.

Then the men of David said to him, "Behold, this is the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good in your eyes.'" Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly.

Then she said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I am coming after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed, for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me and no longer answers me, either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do."

And David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And where are you from?" And he said, "I am a young man of Egypt, a slave of an Amalekite; and my master forsook me when I fell sick three days ago.

Then he turned to look behind him, and he saw me and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.'

And he said to me, ‘Who are you?' And I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.'

And David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" And he answered, "I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite."

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;You have been very pleasant to me.Your love to me was more wonderfulThan the love of women.

Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show lovingkindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hands of David; and yet today you charge me with a guilt concerning the woman.

Thus I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer according to his evil."

Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant."

And the woman became pregnant; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am pregnant."

And he said to him, "O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?" Then Amnon said to him, "I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom."

And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow; my husband has died.

Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king please speak."

But if He should say thus, ‘I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good in His sight."