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Chapter: 021

V 001 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
V 002 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
V 003 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
V 004 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
V 005 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
V 006 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
V 007 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
V 008 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
V 009 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
V 010 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
V 011 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
V 012 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
V 013 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
V 014 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
V 015 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
 

فصل 21

أخيمالك والخبز المقدس

1- وَقَدِمَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أَخِيمَالِكَ الْكَاهِنِ فِي نُوبٍ، فَارْتَعَدَ أَخِيمَالِكُ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ دَاوُدَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَالِي أَرَاكَ وَحْدَكَ وَلَيْسَ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ؟».  
2- فَأَجَابَهُ دَاوُدُ: «كَلَّفَنِي الْمَلِكُ بِمُهِمَّةٍ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَكْتُمَ الأَمْرَ فَلاَ أُخْبِرَ بِهِ أَحَداً، وَأَمَّا رِجَالِي فَقَدِ اتَّفَقْتُ مَعَهُمْ عَلَى مُقَابَلَتِي فِي مَكَانٍ مُعَيَّنٍ.  
3- وَالآنَ مَاذَا عِنْدَكَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ؟ أَعْطِنِي خَمْسَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ أَوْ مَا يَتَوَافَرُ لَدَيْكَ».  
4- فَأَجَابَ الْكَاهِنُ: «لَيْسَ عِنْدِي خُبْزٌ عَادِيٌّ، وَإِنَّمَا خُبْزٌ مُقَدَّسٌ، يُمْكِنُ لِرِجَالِكَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ شَرِيطَةَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ حَفِظُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ طَاهِرِينَ وَلاَسِيَّمَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ».  
5- فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلْكَاهِنِ: «إِنَّ النِّسَاءَ قَدْ مُنِعْنَ عَنَّا مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلُ، كَمَا هِي الْعَادَةُ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِي فِي مُهِمَّةٍ، أَمَّا أَمْتِعَتُهُمْ فَهِيَ دَائِماً طَاهِرَةٌ، حَتَّى فِي أَثْنَاءِ تَنْفِيذِ الْمُهِمَّاتِ الْعَادِيَّةِ. فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمُهِمَّةُ مُقَدَّسَةً؟»  
6- فَأَعْطَاهُ الْكَاهِنُ الْخُبْزَ الْمُقَدَّسَ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَيْهِ سِوَى خُبْزِ الْوُجُوهِ الْمَرْفُوعِ مِنْ أَمَامِ الرَّبِّ لِكْي يُسْتَبْدَلَ بِخُبْزٍ سَاخِنٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يُرْفَعُ فِيهِ.  
7- وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَدَمِ شَاوُلَ مُعْتَكِفاً فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، يُدْعَى دُوَاغَ الأَدُومِيَّ، رَئِيسَ رُعَاةِ شَاوُلَ.

 

هروب داود إلى جت

8- وَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ أَخِيمَالِكَ: «أَلاَ يُوْجَدُ لَدَيْكَ رُمْحٌ أَوْ سَيْفٌ، لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أَتَقَلَّدْ سَيْفِي أَوْ أَحْمِلْ سِلاَحِي، إِذْ إِنَّ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ كَانَ مُلِحّاً».  
9- فَأَجَابَ الْكَاهِنُ: «عِنْدِي سَيْفُ جُلْيَاتَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ الَّذِي قَتَلْتَهُ فِي وَادِي الْبُطْمِ، وَهَا هُوَ مَلْفُوفٌ فِي ثَوْبٍ خَلْفَ الأَفُودِ. فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَهُ فَافْعَلْ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي سِوَاهُ هُنَا». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لَيْسَ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ، أَعْطِنِي إِيَّاهُ».

 
10- فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ هَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَاوُلَ وَلَجَأَ إِلَى أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ.  
11- فَقَالَ رِجَالُ حَاشِيَةِ أَخِيشَ لَهُ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ دَاوُدَ مَلِكَ بِلاَدِهِ؟ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا الَّذِي أَنْشَدَتْ لَهُ النِّسَاءُ رَاقِصَاتٍ قَائِلاَتٍ: قَتَلَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفاً وَقَتَلَ دَاوُدُ عَشَرَاتِ الأُلُوفِ؟»  
12- فَكَتَمَ دَاوُدُ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَتَوَلاَّهُ خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ مِنْ أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ،  
13- وَتَظَاهَرَ أَمَامَهُمْ أَنَّهُ مُصَابٌ بِعَقْلِهِ، وَرَاحَ يُخَرْبِشُ عَلَى الْبَابِ وَتَرَكَ لُعَابَهُ يَسِيلُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ.  
14- فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِقَوْمِهِ: «أَلاَ تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ مَجْنُونٌ، فَلِمَاذَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ إِلَيَّ؟  
15- أَلاَ يَكْفِينِي مَا عِنْدِي مِنْ مَجَانِينَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُمْ بِهَذَا لِكَيْ يُظْهِرَ جُنُونَهُ عَلَيَّ؟ أَيَدْخُلُ هَذَا بَيْتِي؟».

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Chapter: 022

V 001 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
V 002 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
V 003 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
V 004 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
V 005 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
V 006 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
V 007 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
V 008 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
V 009 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
V 010 And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
V 011 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
V 012 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
V 013 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
V 014 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?
V 015 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
V 016 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
V 017 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
V 018 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
V 019 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
V 020 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
V 021 And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
V 022 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
V 023 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
 

فصل 22

داود يتابع الهرب

1- وَهَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ جَتَّ وَلَجَأَ إِلَى مَغَارَةِ عَدُلاَّمَ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ إِخْوَتُهُ وَسَائِرُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِوُجُودِهِ هُنَاكَ جَاءُوا إِلَيْهِ.  
2- وَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُتَضَايِقِينَ وَالْمَدْيُونِينَ وَالثَّائِرِينَ، فَتَرَأَّسَ عَلَيْهِمْ.  
3- ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى مِصْفَاةِ مُوآبَ، وَقَالَ لِمَلِكِ مُوآبَ: «دَعْ أَبِي وَأُمِّي فِي عُهْدَتِكُمْ رَيْثَمَا أَعْلَمُ مَا يَصْنَعُ بِيَ اللهُ».  
4- فَأَوْدَعَهُمَا عِنْدَ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ، فَأَقَامَا عِنْدَهُ طَوَالَ مُدَّةِ إِقَامَةِ دَاوُدَ فِي الْحِصْنِ.  
5- فَقَالَ جَادُ النَّبِيُّ لِدَاوُدَ «لاَ تُقِمْ فِي الْحِصْنِ، بَلِ امْضِ وَادْخُلْ أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا». فَانْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى غَابَةِ حَارِثٍ.

 

دواغ الأدومي

6- وَبَلَغَ شَاوُلَ مَا أَصَابَ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالَهُ مِنْ شُهْرَةٍ. وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ آنَئِذٍ مُقِيماً فِي جِبْعَةَ، يَجْلِسُ تَحْتَ الأَثْلَةِ فِي الرَّامَةِ مُحَاطاً بِأَفْرَادِ حَاشِيَتِهِ، وَرُمْحُهُ بِيَدِهِ.  
7- فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «اسْتَمِعُوا يَا بَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ: أَلَعَلَّ ابْنَ يَسَّى يُعْطِيكُمْ جَمِيعاً حُقُولاً وَكُرُوماً أَوْ يَجْعَلُكُمْ جَمِيعاً رُؤَسَاءَ عَلَى أُلُوفِ الْجُنُودِ أَوْ عَلَى مِئَاتٍ مِنْهُمْ،  
8- حَتَّى تَحَالَفْتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ بِالْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ ابْنِي مَعَ ابْنِ يَسَّى، وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ يَأْسَى لِي أَوْ يُنْبِئُنِي بِأَنَّ ابْنِي قَدْ أَثَارَ خَادِمِي لِيَكْمُنَ لِي كَمَا يَفْعَلُ الْيَوْمَ؟»  
9-  فَأَجَابَ دُوَاغُ الأَدُومِيُّ الَّذِي كَانَ وَاقِفاً بَيْنَ حَاشِيَةِ شَاوُلَ: «لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ ابْنَ يَسَّى قَادِماً إِلَى نُوبٍ إِلَى أَخِيمَالِكَ بْنِ أَخِيطُوبَ  
10- فَاسْتَشَارَ لَهُ الرَّبَّ وَزَوَّدَهُ بِطَعَامٍ وَأَعْطَاهُ سَيْفَ جُلْيَاتَ».

 

مصرع أخيمالك والكهنة

11- فَاسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ أَخِيمَالِكَ وَبَقِيَّةَ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ مِنْ كَهَنَةِ نُوبٍ، فَأَقْبَلُوا جَمِيعاً إِلَى الْمَلِكِ.  
12- فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «اسْمَعْ يَا ابْنَ أَخِيطُوبَ». فَأَجَابَ: «نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدِي».  
13- فَقَالَ لَهُ شَاوُلُ: «لِمَاذَا اتَّفَقْتُمْ عَلَيَّ أَنْتَ وَابْنُ يَسَّى بِتَزْوِيدِكَ إِيَّاهُ بِالْخُبْزِ وَبِإِعْطَائِهِ سَيْفاً، وَاسْتَشَرْتَ لَهُ اللهَ لِيَثُورَ عَلَيَّ وَيَكْمُنَ لِي كَمَا يَفْعَلُ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ؟»  
14- فَأَجَابَ أَخِيمَالِكُ: «أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ رِجَالِكَ مِثْلُ دَاوُدَ أَمِينٌ وَصِهْرُ الْمَلِكِ وَقَائِدُ حَرَسِهِ وَذُو مَكَانَةٍ رَفِيعَةٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ؟  
15- فَهَلْ هَذِهِ هِيَ أَوَّلُ مَرَّةٍ أَسْتَشِيرُ لَهُ فِيهَا اللهَ ؟ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ يَتَّهِمَنِي الْمَلِكُ أَوْ يَتَّهِمَ جَمِيعَ بَيْتِ أَبِي بِارْتِكَابِ شَيْءٍ».  
16- فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «إِنَّكَ لاَ مَحَالَةَ مَائِتٌ يَا أَخِيمَالِكُ، أَنْتَ وَجَمِيعُ بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ».  
17- وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ حُرَّاسَهُ الْمَاثِلِينَ لَدَيْهِ: «هَيَّا أَحِيطُوا بِكَهَنَةِ الرَّبِّ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ أَيْضاً قَدْ تَحَالَفُوا مَعَ دَاوُدَ، وَلأَنَّهُمْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ هَارِباً فَلَمْ يُخْبِرُونِي». فَلَمْ يَرْضَ حُرَّاسُ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا كَهَنَةَ الرَّبِّ.  
18- فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ دُوَاغَ قَائِلاً: «دُرْ أَنْتَ وَاقْتُلِ الْكَهَنَةَ». فَهَجَمَ دُوَاغُ الأَدُومِيُّ عَلَى الْكَهَنَةِ وَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَثَمَانِينَ رَجُلاً لاَبِسِي أَفُودِ كَتَّانٍ.  
19- ثُمَّ اقْتَحَمَ نُوبَ مَدِينَةَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَقَتَلَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ الرِّجَالَ وَالنِّسَاءَ وَالأَطْفَالَ وَالرُّضَّعَ وَالثِّيرَانَ وَالْحَمِيرَ وَالْغَنَمَ.

 

نجاة أبياثار بن أخيمالك

20- وَلَمْ يَنْجُ سِوَى ابْنٍ وَاحِدٍ لأَخِيمَالِكَ بْنِ أَخِيطُوبَ يُدْعَى أَبِيَاثَارَ الَّذِي لَجَأَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ،  
21- وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ قَتَلَ كَهَنَةَ الرَّبِّ.  
22- فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيَاثَارَ: «عِنْدَمَا رَأَيْتُ دُوَاغَ هُنَاكَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّهُ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ شَاوُلَ. أَنَا هُوَ السَّبَبُ فِي مَوْتِ أَفْرَادِ بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ.  
23- امْكُثْ مَعِي، لاَ تَخَفْ، فَالرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَسْعَى لِقَتْلِكَ يَسْعَى لِقَتْلِي أَيْضاً، فَأَقِمْ عِنْدِي بِأَمَانٍ».

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Chapter: 023

V 001 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
V 002 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
V 003 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
V 004 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
V 005 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
V 006 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
V 007 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
V 008 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
V 009 And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
V 010 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
V 011 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
V 012 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
V 013 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
V 014 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
V 015 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
V 016 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
V 017 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
V 018 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
V 019 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
V 020 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
V 021 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
V 022 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
V 023 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
V 024 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
V 025 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
V 026 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
V 027 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
V 028 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
V 029 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
 

فصل 23

معركة قعيلة

1- وَقِيلَ لِدَاوُدَ: «هَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُهَاجِمُونَ قَعِيلَةَ وَيَنْهَبُونَ بَيَادِرَ قَمْحِهَا»  
2- فَسَأَلَ الرَّبَّ: «هَلْ أَمْضِي لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ وَحَارِبْهُمْ وَأَنْقِذْ قَعِيلَةَ».  
3- وَلَكِنَّ رِجَالَ دَاوُدَ قَالُوا: «إِنْ كَانَ الْخَوْفُ يَسْتَبِدُّ بِنَا وَنَحْنُ هُنَا فِي يَهُوذَا، فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ إِذَا انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ جُيُوشِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟»  
4- فَعَادَ دَاوُدُ يَسْتَشِيرُ الرَّبَّ، فَأَجَابَهُ: «قُمِ انْزِلْ إِلِى قَعِيلَةَ، فَإِنَّنِي أُسَلِّمُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ إِلَى يَدِكَ».  
5- فَمَضَى دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ حَيْثُ حَارَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى مَوَاشِيهِمْ وَهَزَمَهُمْ هَزِيمَةً مُنْكَرَةً وَأَنْقَذَ أَهْلَ قَعِيلَةَ.  
6- وَكَانَ أَبِيَاثَارُ بْنُ أَخِيمَالِكَ قَدْ حَمَلَ مَعَهُ أَفُوداً عِنْدَ هُرُوبِهِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

 

شاول يتعقب داود

7- فَقِيلَ لِشَاوُلَ إِنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ قَدِمَ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ، فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «قَدْ أَسْلَمَهُ اللهُ إِلَى يَدِي، لأَنَّهُ لَجَأَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ ذَاتِ بَوَّابَاتٍ وَأَرْتَاجٍ».  
8- وَاسْتَدْعَى شَاوُلُ قُوَّاتِهِ لِلإحَاطَةِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَمُحَاصَرَةِ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ.  
9- وَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَ دَاوُدُ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ يَتَآمَرُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ لأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ: «أَحْضِرِ الأَفُودَ».  
10- ثُمَّ صَلَّى دَاوُدُ: «يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ قَدْ سَمِعَ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يُحَاصِرَ قَعِيلَةَ لِيُدَمِّرَهَا  
11- فَأَعْلِمْنِي هَلْ يُسَلِّمُنِي أَهْلُ قَعِيلَةَ لِشَاوُلَ؟ وَهَلْ شَاوُلُ حَقّاً قَادِمٌ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ كَمَا قِيلَ لِعَبْدِكَ؟ يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَخْبِرْ عَبْدَكَ». فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّهُ قَادِمٌ».  
12- وَعَادَ دَاوُدُ يَسْأَلُ: «هَلْ يُسَلِّمُنِي أَهْلُ قَعِيلَةَ مَعَ رِجَالِي لِشَاوُلَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «يُسَلِّمُونَ».  
13- فَغَادَرَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ السِّتُّ مِئَةٍ قَعِيلَةَ وَهَامُوا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ. فَأُخْبِرَ شَاوُلُ بِانْسِحَابِ دَاوُدَ مِنْ قَعِيلَةَ، فَعَدَلَ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْهَا بِقُوَّاتِهِ.  
14- وَلَجَأَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى حُصُونِ بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ وَمَكَثَ فِي جَبَلِهَا. وَظَلَّ شَاوُلُ يَتَعَقَّبُهُ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يُسَلِّمْهُ لِيَدِهِ.

 

عهد داود ويوناثان

15- وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ مُخْتَبِئاً فِي غَابَةٍ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ عَلِمَ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ خَرَجَ يَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ،  
16- فَأَقْبَلَ يُونَاثَانُ بْنُ شَاوُلَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فِي الْغَابَةِ لِيُقَوِّيَ مِنْ ثِقَتِهِ بِاللهِ،  
17- وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لاَ تَخَفْ، لأَنَّ يَدَ شَاوُلَ أَبِي لَنْ تَطُولَكَ. وَأَنْتَ سَتَكُونُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنَا أَكُونُ الرَّجُلَ الثَّانِي فِي الْمَمْلَكَةِ. وَأَبِي أَيْضاً يَعْلَمُ هَذَا الأَمْرَ».  
18- وَجَدَّدَا عَهْدَهُمَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. وَمَضَىَ يُونَاثَانُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَمَكَثَ فِي الْغَابَةِ.

 

خيانة أهل زيف

19- وَجَاءَ الزِّيفِيُّونَ إِلَى شَاوُلَ فِي جِبْعَةَ وَقَالُوا: «أَلَيْسَ دَاوُدُ مُخْتَبِئاً عِنْدَنَا فِي حُصُونِ الْغَابَةِ فِي حَخِيلَةَ جَنُوبِيَّ الصَّحْرَاءِ،  
20- فَتَعَالَ إِلَيْنَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، فِي أَيِّ وَقْتٍ تَشَاءُ، وَنَحْنُ نَضْمَنُ أَنْ نُسَلِّمَهُ إِلَيْكَ».  
21- فَأَجَابَهُمْ شَاوُلُ: «لِيْبَارِكْكُمُ الرَّبُّ لِرَأْفَتِكُمْ بِي؛  
22- فَاذْهَبُوا وَتَحَرَّوْا وَتَيَقَّنُوا مِنْ مَكَانِ وجُوُدِهِ وَإِقَامَتِهِ وَمَنْ رَآهُ هُنَاكَ، لأَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِي إِنَّ دَاوُدَ شَدِيدُ الْمَكْرِ.  
23- وَتَأَكَّدُوا لِي مِن جَمِيعِ الْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَخْتَبِيءَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ بِالْخَبَرِ الْيَقِينِ فَأَمْضِيَ مَعَكُمْ، إِنْ كَانَ حَقّاً مَوْجُوداً، فَأَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ بَيْنَ عَشَائِرِ يَهُوذَا».

 

داود في برية زيف

24- فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَى زِيفٍ مُتَقَدِّمِينَ أَمَامَ شَاوُلَ. وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ فِي سَهْلِ بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ جَنُوبِيَّ الصَّحْرَاءِ.  
25- فَشَرَعَ رِجَالُ شَاوُلَ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنْهُ. فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ دَاوُدَ فَتَوَغَّلَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الصُّخُورِ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ. وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ شَاوُلُ بِذَلِكَ تَعَقَّبَهُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ.  
26- فَكَانَ شَاوُلُ يَسِيرُ عَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ أَحَدِ جَانِبَيِ الْجَبَلِ، وَدَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ يَسِيرُونَ عَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ الْجَانِبِ الآخَرِ هَرَباً مِنْ شَاوُلَ، الَّذِي سَعَى مَعَ قُوَّاتِهِ لِمُحَاصَرَةِ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ لِيَأْسِرَهُمْ.  
27- وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ وَفَدَ رَسُولٌ إِلَى شَاوُلَ قَائِلاً: «أَسْرِعْ! تَعَالَ، فَقَدِ اقْتَحَمَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ الْبِلادَ.  
28- فَرَجَعَ شَاوُلُ عَنْ مُطَارَدَةِ دَاوُدَ وَذَهَبَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعُ «تَلَّ الْمُفَارَقَةِ».  
29- وَتَوَجَّهَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَتَمَنَّعَ فِي حُصُونِ عَيْنِ جَدْيٍ.

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Chapter: 024

V 001 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 Engedi.
V 002 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.
V 003 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.
V 004 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.
V 005 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
V 006 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.
V 007 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.
V 008 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.
V 009 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
V 010 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.
V 011 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.
V 012 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
V 013 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
V 014 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
V 015 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
V 016 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.
V 017 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
V 018 And thou hast showed 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.
V 019 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.
V 020 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
V 021 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.
V 022 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
 

فصل 24 

داود يعفو عن شاول

1- وَبَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَعَ شَاوُلُ مِنْ مُطَارَدَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قِيلَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ دَاوُدَ مُتَحَصِّنٌ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ عَيْنِ جَدْيٍ»  
2- فَحَشَدَ ثَلاَثَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ قُوَّاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَسَعَى وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ فِي صُخُورِ الْوُعُولِ.  
3- وَدَخَلَ شَاوُلُ كَهْفاً عِنْدَ حَظِيرَةِ غَنَمٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ لِيَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ، وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ مُخْتَبِئِينَ فِي أَغْوَارِ الْكَهْفِ.  
4- فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُهُ: «هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي وَعَدَكَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ فِيهِ عَدُوَّكَ إِلَيْكَ فَتَصْنَعُ بِهِ مَا تَشَاءُ». فَانْسَلَّ دَاوُدُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَطَعَ طَرَفَ جُبَّتِهِ سِرّاً.  
5- وَلَكِنْ مَا لَبِثَ قَلْبُهُ أَنْ وَبَّخَهُ عَلَى قَطْعِهِ طَرَفَ جُبَّةِ شَاوُلَ.  
6- فَقَالَ لِرِجَالِهِ: «مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ هَذَا الإِثْمَ بِحَقِّ سَيِّدِي الْمُخْتَارِ مِنَ الرَّبِّ فَأَمُدَّ يَدِي وَأُسِيءَ إِلَيْهِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ مَسَحَهُ مَلِكاً».  
7- وَهَكَذَا زَجَرَ دَاوُدُ رِجَالَهُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلاَمِ، وَلَمْ يَدَعْهُمْ يُهَاجِمُونَ شَاوُلَ. وَمَا لَبِثَ شَاوُلُ أَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْكَهْفِ وَمَضَى فِي سَبِيلِهِ،  
8- فَتَبِعَهُ دَاوُدُ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْكَهْفِ وَنَادَى: «يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ». فَالْتَفَتَ شَاوُلُ خَلْفَهُ، فَانْحَنَى دَاوُدُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِداً  
9- وَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى أَقَاوِيلِ النَّاسِ: إِنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ وَطَّدَ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى إِيْذَائِكَ.  
10- هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ الْيَوْمَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ كَيْفَ أَوْقَعَكَ الرَّبُّ فِي قَبْضَتِي عِنْدَمَا كُنْتَ فِي الْكَهْفِ، وَجَاءَ مَنْ يُحَرِّضُنِي عَلَى قَتْلِكَ، وَلَكِنِّي أَشْفَقْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَقُلْتُ: لا! لَنْ أَمُدَّ يَدِي بِالإِسَاءَةِ إِلَى سَيِّدِي، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ.  
11- فَانْظُرْ يَا أَبِي مَا بِيَدِي، إِنَّهُ طَرَفُ جُبَّتِكَ. إِنَّ قَطْعِي طَرَفَ جُبَّتِكَ وَعَدَمَ قَتْلِي إِيَّاكَ خَيْرُ دَلِيلٍ عَلَى أَنَّنِي لَمْ أَرْتَكِبْ شَرّاً أَوْ ذَنْباً، وَلَمْ أُخْطِيءْ إِلَيْكَ، بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ تَتَرَبَّصُ بِي لِتَقْتُلَنِي.  
12- فَلْيَقْضِ الرَّبُّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ وَيَنْتَقِمْ لِيَ الرَّبُّ مِنْكَ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَنْ أَمَسَّكَ بِسُوءٍ.  
13- وَكَمَا قِيلَ فِي مَثَلِ الْقُدَمَاءِ: عَنِ الأَشْرَارِ يَصْدُرُ شَرٌّ، لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ يَدِي لَنْ تَنَالَكَ بِأَذًى.  
14- ثُمَّ وَرَاءَ مَنْ يَسْعَى مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ مَنْ هُوَ الَّذِي تُطَارِدُهُ؟ أَتَسْعَى وَرَاءَ كَلْبٍ مَيْتٍ؟ وَرَاءَ بُرْغُوثٍ وَاحِدٍ؟  
15- لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ هُوَ الدَّيَّانُ فَيَقْضِيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ وَيَتَوَلَّى قَضِيَّتِي وَيُبْرِئَنِي وَيُنْقِذَنِي مِنْ قَبْضَتِكَ».

 

شاول يعترف بخطيئته

16- فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الْكَلاَمِ تَسَاءَلَ شَاوُلُ: «أَهَذَا صَوْتُكَ يَا ابْنِي دَاوُدُ؟» وَارْتَفَعَ صَوْتُ شَاوُلَ بِالْبُكَاءِ.  
17- ثُمَّ قَالَ لِدَاوُدَ: «إِنَّكَ حَقّاً أَبَرُّ مِنِّي لأَنَّكَ كَافَأْتَنِي خَيْراً وَأَنَا جَازَيْتُكَ شَرّاً.  
18- وَأَبْدَيْتَ نَحْوِي خَيْراً إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَوْقَعَنِي فِي قَبْضَتِكَ وَلَكِنَّكَ عَفَوْتَ عَنِّي.  
19- أَيَعْفُو رَجُلٌ عَنْ عَدُوِّهِ وَيُطْلِقُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْتَقِمَ مِنْهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي قَبْضَتِهِ؟ فَلْيُكَافِئْكَ الرَّبُّ جَزَاءَ مَا صَنَعْتَ الْيَوْمَ مَعِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ.  
20- لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ الآنَ أَنَّكَ تُصْبِحُ مَلِكاً وَبِيَدِكَ تَثْبُتُ مَمْلَكَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.  
21- فَاحْلِفْ لِيَ الآنَ بِالرَّبِّ أَنَّكَ لاَ تُبِيدُ نَسْلِي مِنْ بَعْدِي وَلاَ تَقْضِي عَلَى اسْمِي مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي».  
22- فَحَلَفَ دَاوُدُ لِشَاوُلَ ثُمَّ مَضَى شَاوُلُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ فَالْتَجَأُوا إِلَى الْحِصْنِ.

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Chapter: 025

V 001 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
V 002 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
V 003 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
V 004 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
V 005 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
V 006 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
V 007 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
V 008 Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
V 009 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
V 010 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
V 011 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
V 012 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
V 013 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
V 014 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
V 015 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
V 016 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
V 017 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
V 018 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
V 019 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
V 020 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
V 021 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
V 022 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
V 023 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
V 024 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
V 025 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
V 026 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
V 027 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
V 028 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
V 029 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
V 030 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
V 031 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
V 032 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
V 033 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
V 034 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
V 035 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
V 036 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
V 037 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
V 038 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
V 039 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
V 040 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
V 041 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
V 042 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
V 043 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
V 044 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
 

فصل 25

موت صموئيل

1- وَمَاتَ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَاجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي الرَّامَةِ. فَانْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ

رفض نابال مساعدة داود

2- وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ ثَرِيٌّ مُقِيمٌ فِي مَدِينَةِ مَعُونٍ ذُو أَمْلاَكٍ فِي الْكَرْمَلِ حَيْثُ كَانَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ، وَكَانَتْ ثَرْوَتُهُ طَائِلَةً جِدّاً، إِذْ كَانَ يَمْتَلِكُ ثَلاَثَةَ آلافِ رَأْسٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَأَلْفاً مِنَ الْمَعْزِ.  
3- وَكَانَ اسْمُ الرَّجُلِ نَابَالَ، وَاسْمُ امْرَأَتِهِ أَبِيجَايِلَ. وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَاتِنَةَ الْجَمَالِ رَاجِحَةَ الْعَقْلِ، أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَكَانَ قَاسِياً سَيِّيءَ الأَعْمَالِ، وَهُوَ يَنْتَمِي إِلَى عَشِيرَةِ كَالِبَ.  
4- فَبَلَغَ دَاوُدَ، وَهُوَ لاَ يَزَالُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، أَنَّ نَابَالَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ.  
5- فَبَعَثَ دَاوُدُ بِعَشَرَةِ غِلْمَانٍ أَوْصَاهُمْ أَنْ يَنْطَلِقُوا إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَيَدْخُلُوا بَيْتَ نَابَالَ وَيُبْلِغُوهُ تَمَنِّيَاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَيَقُولُوا لَهُ:  
6- «أَطَالَ اللهُ بَقَاءَكَ، وَجَعَلَكَ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتَكَ وَكُلَّ مَالَكَ سَالِماً.  
7- لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ جَزَّازِينَ. حِينَ كَانَ رُعَاتُكَ بَيْنَنَا لَمْ نُؤْذِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كَانُوا فِيهَا فِي الْكَرْمَلِ.  
8- تَحَرَّ الأَمْرَ مِنْ غِلْمَانِكَ فَيُخْبِرُوكَ. لِذَلِكَ لِيَحْظَ غِلْمَانِي بِرِضَاكَ، فَقَدْ جِئْنَا إِلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ، فَهَبْ عَبِيدَكَ وَابْنَكَ دَاوُدَ مَا تَجُودُ بِهِ نَفْسُكَ».  
9- فَقَدِمَ الْغِلْمَانُ إِلَى نَابَالَ وَأَبْلَغُوهُ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ بِاسْمِ دَاوُدَ وَصَمَتُوا.  
10- فَأَجَابَهُمْ نَابَالُ: «مَنْ هُوَ دَاوُدُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ابْنُ يَسَّى؟ قَدْ كَثُرَ الْيَوْمَ الْعَبِيدُ الْهَارِبُونَ مِنْ أَسْيَادِهِمْ.  
11- هَلْ آخُذُ خُبْزِي وَمَائِي وَذَبِيحَتِي الَّتِي جَهَّزْتُهَا لِجَازِّيَّ وَأُعْطِيهَا لِقَوْمٍ لاَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ هُمْ؟»  
12- فَانْصَرَفَ غِلْمَانُ دَاوُدَ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِكَلاَمِ نَابَالَ.  
13- فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «لِيَتَقَلَّدْ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ سَيْفَهُ». فَتَقَلَّدُوا سُيُوفَهُمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ دَاوُدُ، وَسَارَ عَلَى رَأْسِ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ مَكَثَ مِئَتَانِ لِحِرَاسَةِ الأَمْتِعَةِ.

 

أبيجايل تسمع برفض نابال

14- فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الْغِلْمَانِ لأَبِيجَايِلَ امْرَأَةِ نَابَالَ: «بَعَثَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ رُسُلاً بِتَحِيَّاتٍ إِلَى سَيِّدِنَا فَأَهَانَهُمْ،  
15- مَعَ أَنَّ الرِّجَالَ أَحْسَنُوا إِلَيْنَا جِدّاً فَلَمْ نُصَبْ بِأَذًى أَوْ يُفْقَدْ لَنَا شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي تَجَاوَرْنَا فِيهَا مَعَهُمْ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَرْعَى.  
16- كَانُوا سِيَاجَ أَمَانٍ لَنَا نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً فِي كُلِّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كُنَّا نَرْعَى فِيهَا الْغَنَمَ فِي جِوَارِهِمْ.  
17- فَفَكِّرِي بِالأَمْرِ وَانْظُرِي مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَصْنَعِي، لأَنَّ كَارِثَةً سَتَحُلُّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَعَلَى بَيْتِهِ، فَهُوَ رَجُلٌ شِرِّيرٌ لاَ يُمْكِنُ التَّفَاهُمُ مَعَهُ».

18- فَأَسْرَعَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَأَخَذَتْ مِئَتَيْ رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ وَزِقَّيْ خَمْرٍ وَخَمْسَةَ خِرْفَانٍ مُجَهَّزَةٍ مُطَيَّبَةٍ وَخَمْسَ كَيْلاَتٍ مِنَ الْفَرِيكِ وَمِئَتَيْ عُنْقُودِ زَبِيبٍ وَمِئَتَيْ قُرْصِ تِينٍ، وَحَمَّلَتْهَا عَلَى الْحَمِيرِ.  
19- وَقَالَتْ لِخُدَّامِهَا: «اسْبِقُونِي، هَا أَنَا قَادِمَةٌ وَرَاءَكُمْ». وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْ رَجُلَهَا نَابَالَ بِمَا فَعَلَتْ.  
20- وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَتْ رَاكِبَةً عَلَى حِمَارِهَا عِنْدَ مُنْعَطَفِ الْجَبَلِ صَادَفَتْ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالَهُ قَادِمِينَ لِلِقَائِهَا.  
21- وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ: «لَقَدْ حَافَظْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ قُطْعَانِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فَكَافَأَنِي شَرّاً بَدَلَ الْخَيْرِ.  
22- فَلْيُضَاعِفِ الرَّبُّ مِنْ عِقَابِ دَاوُدَ، إِنْ لَمْ أَقْضِ عَلَى كُلِّ رِجَالِهِ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ضَوْءِ الصَّبَاحِ».

 

أبيجايل تنقذ الموقف

23- وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ دَاوُدَ أَسْرَعَتْ وَتَرَجَّلَتْ عَنِ الْحِمَارِ وَخَرَّتْ أَمَامَهُ سَاجِدَةً،  
24- وَانْطَرَحَتْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «ضَعِ اللَّوْمَ عَلَيَّ وَحْدِي يَا سَيِّدِي، وَدَعْ أَمَتَكَ تَتَكَلَّمُ فِي مَسَامِعِكَ وَاصْغَ إِلَى حَدِيثِهَا.  
25- لاَ يَضْغَنْ قَلْبُ سَيِّدِي عَلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ اللَّئِيمِ نَابَالَ، فَهُوَ فَظٌّ كَاسْمِهِ وَالْحَمَاقَةُ مَقْرُونَةٌ بِهِ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَرَ رِجَالَ سَيِّدِي حِينَ أَرْسَلْتَهُمْ.  
26- وَالآنَ أُقْسِمُ لَكَ بِالرَّبِّ الْحَيِّ وَبِحَيَاتِكَ، إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَنَّبَكَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالثَّأْرَ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَلْيَكُنْ أَعْدَاؤُكَ وَمَنْ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي هَلاَكِكَ، كَنَابَالَ.  
27- فَتَقَبَّلِ الآنَ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَةَ الَّتِي أَحْضَرَتْهَا جَارِيَتُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَأَعْطِهَا لِرِجَالِكَ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَكَ.  
28- وَاعْفُ عَنْ ذَنْبِ أَمَتِكَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ يُثَبِّتَ كُرْسِيَّ مُلْكِ سَيِّدِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لأَنَّ سَيِّدِي يُحَارِبُ حُرُوبَ الرَّبِّ، فَلاَ يُوْجَدُ فِيكَ شَرٌّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِكَ.  
29- وَإِنْ قَامَ مَنْ يَتَعَقَّبُكَ لِيَقْتُلَكَ، فَلْتَكُنْ نَفْسُ سَيِّدِي مَحْزُومَةً فِي حُزْمَةِ الأَحْيَاءِ مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. وَأَمَّا نَفْسُ أَعْدَائِكَ فَلْيُقْذَفْ بِهَا كَمَا يُقْذَفُ حَجَرٌ مِنْ وَسَطِ كَفَّةِ مِقْلاَعٍ.  
30- وَعِنْدَمَا يُحَقِّقُ الرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي كُلَّ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ وَيُنَصِّبُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،  
31- فَلَنْ تُقَاسِيَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الضَّمِيرِ لأَنَّكَ سَفَكْتَ دِمَاءً اعْتِبَاطاً أَوِ انْتَقَمْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ. وَمَتَى حَقَّقَ لَكَ الرَّبُّ وَعْدَهُ فَاذْكُرْ أَمَتَكَ».

32- فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيجَايِلَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكِ الْيَوْمَ لِلِقَائِي،  
33- وَمُبَارَكَةٌ فِطْنَتُكِ، وَمُبَارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ لأَنَّكِ جَنَّبْتِنِي الْيَوْمَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالاِنْتِقَامَ لِنَفْسِي.  
34- وَلَكِنْ حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي مَنَعَنِي مِنَ الإِسَاءَةِ إِلَيْكِ، فَلَوْ لَمْ تُبَادِرِي وَتَأْتِي لاِسْتِقْبَالِي لَمَا بَقِيَ لِنَابَالَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ عِنْدَ مَطْلَعِ ضَوْءِ الصَّبَاحِ».  
35- وَقَبِلَ دَاوُدُ مِنْهَا مَا حَمَلَتْهُ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً لَهَا: «امْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ بِسَلاَمٍ، فَهَا أَنَا قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتُ لِتَوَسُّلِكِ وَاسْتَجَبْتُ طِلْبَتَكِ».

 

موت نابال

36- فَأَقْبَلَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ إِلَى نَابَالَ، فَوَجَدَتْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَقَامَ مَأْدُبَةً فِي بَيْتِهِ كَمَأْدُبَةِ مَلِكٍ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَتْهُ النَّشْوَةُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنِ احْتِسَاءِ الْخَمْرِ حَتَّى سَكِرَ، فَلَمْ تُخْبِرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ إِطْلاَقاً حَتَّى صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.  
37- وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ صَحَا نَابَالُ مِنْ سَكْرَتِهِ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ بِمَا جَرَى، فَأَصَابَهُ الشَّلَلُ وَتَجَمَّدَ كَحَجَرٍ.  
38- وَبَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ فَمَاتَ.

 

زواج داود من أبيجايل

39- فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ دَاوُدُ بِمَوْتِ نَابَالَ قَالَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي انْتَقَمَ لِي بِذَاتِهِ مِنْ إِهَانَةِ نَابَالَ، وَجَنَّبَنِي ارْتِكَابَ الشَّرِّ وَعَاقَبَ نَابَالَ عَلَى إِثْمِهِ». وَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ يَسْأَلُهَا الزَّوَاجَ مِنْهُ.  
40- فَوَفَدَ رُسُلُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «أَرْسَلَنَا دَاوُدُ إِلَيْكِ لِنَسْأَلَكِ الزَّوَاجَ مِنْهُ».  
41- فَقَامَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ بِوَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَقَالَتْ: «أَنَا أَمَتُهُ الْمُسْتَعِدَّةُ لِخِدْمَتِهِ وَلِغَسْلِ أَرْجُلِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِي».  
42- ثُمَّ أَسْرَعَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَرَكِبَتْ حِمَارَهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ صَحَبَتْ مَعَهَا خَمْسَ فَتَيَاتٍ مِنْ جَوَارِيهَا سِرْنَ وَرَاءَهَا، وَتَبِعَتْ رُسُلَ دَاوُدَ، وَصَارَتْ لَهُ زَوْجَةً.

 

زواج داود من أخينوعم

43- ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَ دَاوُدُ أَخِينُوعَمَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ فَكَانَتَا لَهُ زَوْجَتَيْنِ.  
44- عِنْدَئِذٍ زَوَّجَ شَاوُلُ مِيكَالَ ابْنَتَهُ امْرَأَةَ دَاوُدَ مِنْ فَلْطِي بْنِ لاَيِشَ الَّذِي مِنْ جَلِّيم

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Chapter: 026

V 001 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
V 002 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
V 003 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
V 004 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
V 005 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
V 006 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
V 007 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
V 008 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
V 009 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
V 010 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
V 011 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
V 012 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
V 013 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
V 014 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
V 015 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
V 016 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
V 017 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
V 018 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
V 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.
V 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.
V 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.
V 022 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
V 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.
V 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.
V 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.
 

فصل 26
 

خيانة أهل زيف

1- وَتَوجَّهَ الزِّيفِيُّونَ إِلَى شَاوُلَ فِي جِبْعَةَ وَقَالُوا: «أَلَيْسَ دَاوُدُ مُخْتَبِئاً فِي تَلِّ حَخِيلَةَ تُجَاهَ الصَّحْرَاءِ؟»  
2- فَاخْتَارَ شَاوُلُ ثَلاَثَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ جُنُودِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَانْطَلَقَ نَحْوَ صَحْرَاءِ زِيفٍ لِيَبْحَثَ فِيهَا عَنْ دَاوُدَ.  
3- وَعَسْكَرَ شَاوُلُ إِزَاءَ الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ سَفْحِ تَلِّ حَخِيلَةَ تُجَاهَ الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ مُقِيماً فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. فَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ تَعَقَّبَهُ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ  
4- أَرْسَلَ جَوَاسِيسَهُ لِيَتَيَقَّنَ مِنْ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ تَعَقَّبَهُ حَقّاً.  
5- ثُمَّ قَامَ دَاوُدُ وَتَسَلَّلَ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الْمُضْطَجِعِ فِيهِ شَاوُلُ، وَأَبْنَيْرُ بْنُ نَيْرٍ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ. فَرَأَى شَاوُلَ رَاقِداً عِنْدَ الْمِتْرَاسِ مُحَاطاً بِجُنُودِهِ.

 

داود يعفو ثانية عن شاول

6- فَخَاطَبَ دَاوُدُ أَخِيمَالِكَ الْحِثِّيَّ وَأَبِيشَايَ ابْنَ صُرُوِيَّةَ (شَقِيقَ يُوآبَ): «مَنْ مِنْكُمَا يَنْزِلُ مَعِي إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ شَاوُلَ؟» فَقَالَ أَبِيشَايُ: «أَنَا أَنْزِلُ مَعَكَ».  
7- فَتَسَلَّلَ دَاوُدُ وَأَبِيشَايُ لَيْلاً إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ شَاوُلَ، وَإِذَا بِشَاوُلَ رَاقِدٌ عِنْدَ الْمِتْرَاسِ وَرُمْحُهُ مَغْرُوسٌ فِي الأَرْضِ إِلَى جِوَارِ رَأْسِهِ، وَأَبْنَيْرُ وَالْجُنُودُ نَائِمُونَ حَوْلَهُ.  
8- فَقَالَ أَبِيشَايُ لِدَاوُدَ: «لَقَدْ أَوْقَعَ اللهُ الْيَوْمَ عَدُوَّكَ فِي قَبْضَةِ يَدِكَ، فَدَعْنِي الآنَ أَطْعَنْهُ بِرُمْحِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، فَأُجْهِزَ عَلَيْهِ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ».  
9- فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «لاَ تَقْضِ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ مَنْ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ لِيُسِيءَ لِمَسِيحِ الرَّبِّ وَيَتَبَرَّأُ؟  
10- إِنَّ الرَّبَّ نَفْسَهُ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ يُعَاقِبَ شَاوُلَ فَيُمِيتَهُ مِيتَةً طَبِيعِيَّةً، أَوْ يَقْتُلَهُ فِي مَعْرَكَةٍ حَرْبِيَّةٍ.  
11- وَلَكِنْ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَمُدَّ يَدِي لأُسِيءَ إِلَى مَسِيحِ الرَّبِّ. أَمَّا الآنَ فَخُذِ الرُّمْحَ الْمَغْرُوسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَكُوزَ الْمَاءِ وَهَلُمَّ بِنَا مِنْ هُنَا».  
12- وَهَكَذَا أَخَذَ دَاوُدُ الرُّمْحَ وَكُوزَ الْمَاءِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَأْسِ شَاوُلَ وَتَسَلَّلاَ رَاجِعَيْنِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَرَاهُمَا أَوْ يَنْتَبِهَ لِوُجُودِهِمَا أَحَدٌ، لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً كَانُوا نِيَاماً إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَثْقَلَهُمْ بِالسُّبَاتِ الْعَمِيقِ.

13- وَاجْتَازَ دَاوُدُ الْوَادِي إِلَى الْجَبَلِ الْمُقَابِلِ وَارْتَقَى إِلَى قِمَّتِهِ حَيْثُ وَقَفَ عَنْ بُعْدٍ، تَفْصِلُهُ عَنْ شَاوُلَ مَسَافَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.  
14- وَنَادَى دَاوُدُ الْجُنُودَ وَأَبْنَيْرَ بْنَ نَيْرٍ قَائِلاً: «أَلاَ تُجِيبُنِي يَا أَبْنَيْرُ؟». فَأَجَابَ أَبْنَيْرُ: «مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يُنَادِي الْمَلِكَ؟»  
15- فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبْنِيْرَ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ رَجُلاً؟ وَمَنْ مِثْلُكَ فِي كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَحْرُسْ سَيِّدَكَ الْمَلِكَ؟ فَقَدْ جَاءَ مَنْ هَمَّ بِقَتْلِ سَيِّدِكَ الْمَلِكِ.  
16- إِنَّ مَا عَمِلْتَهُ لاَ يَسْتَحِقُّ الثَّنَاءَ، فَحَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمَوْتِ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَحْرُسُوا سَيِّدَكُمْ مَسِيحَ الرَّبِّ، فَانْظُرْ حَوْلَكَ الآنَ، أَيْنَ هُوَ رُمْحُ الْمَلِكِ وَكُوزُ الْمَاءِ اللَّذَانِ كَانَا عِنْدَ رَأَسِهِ؟».

 

شاول يعتذر لداود

17- وَتَبَيَّنَ شَاوُلُ صَوْتَ دَاوُدَ، فَقَالَ: «أَهَذَا صَوْتُكَ يَا ابْنِي دَاوُدَ؟» فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «إِنَّهُ صَوْتِي يَاسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ».  
18- ثُمَّ تَابَعَ حَدِيثَهُ: «لِمَاذَا لاَيَزَالُ سَيِّدِي يَسْعَى وَرَاءَ عَبْدِهِ؟ أَيُّ ذَنْبٍ جَنَيْتُ، وَأَيُّ جُرْمٍ اقْتَرَفْتُ؟  
19- فَلْيَسْمَعْ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ كَلاَمَ عَبْدِهِ الآنَ: إِنْ كَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَثَارَكَ ضِدِّي فَلأُقَدِّمَنَّ لَهُ قُرْبَانَ رِضيً. وَإِنْ كَانَ النَّاسُ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَوْغَرُوا صَدْرَكَ عَلَيَّ فَلْيَكُونُوا مَلْعُونِينَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُمْ نَفَوْنِي مِنْ أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: اذْهَبِ اعْبُدْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.  
20- وَالآنَ لاَ تَدَعْ دَمِي يُهْدَرُ عَلَى أَرْضٍ غَرِيبَةً بَعِيداً عَنْ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ خَرَجَ لِيَبْحَثَ عَنْ بُرْغُوثٍ وَاحِدٍ وَيَتَعَقَّبَهُ كَمَا يُتَعَقَّبُ الْحَجَلُ فِي الْجِبَالِ؟».

21- فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ. ارْجِعْ يَاابْنِي دَاوُدَ فَلَنْ أُسِيءَ إِلَيْكَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ نَفْسِي كَانَتْ عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ. لَشَدَّ مَا أَخْطَأْتُ وَضَلَلْتُ!».  
22- فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «هُوَذَا رُمْحُ الْمَلِكِ. فَلْيَأُتِ أَحَدُ الرِّجَالِ وَيَأْخُذْهُ.  
23- وَلْيُكَافِيءِ الرَّبُّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى اسِتْقَامَتِهِ وَأَمَانَتِهِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَوْقَعَكَ الْيَوْمَ فِى قَبْضَتِي، لَكِنِّي لَمْ أَشَأْ أَنْ أَمُدَّ يَدِي لأُسِيءَ إِلَى مُخْتَارِ الرَّبِّ.  
24- وَكَمَا كَانَتْ نَفْسُكَ عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَّي الْيَوْمَ، لِتَكُنْ نَفْسِي أَيْضاً عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَي الرَّبِّ، وَيُنْقِذْنِي مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ».  
25- فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِدَاوُدَ: «لِتَكُنْ مُبَارَكاً يا ابْنِي دَاوُدَ، فَإِنَّكَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ بِأُمُورٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَتَنْجَحُ فِيهَا». ثُمَّ مَضَى دَاوُدُ فِي حَالِ سَبِيلِهِ وَرَجَعَ شَاوُلُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

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Chapter: 027

V 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.
V 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.
V 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.
V 004 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
V 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?
V 006 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
V 007 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
V 008 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
V 009 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
V 010 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
V 011 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
V 012 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
 

فصل 27

داود يقيم مع الفلسطينيين

1- وَحَدَّثَ دَاوُدُ نَفْسَهُ: «إِنّ بَقِيتُ فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِنَّ شَاوُلَ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ يَقْتُلَنِي فِي يَوْمٍ مَا. فَلأَلْجَأَنَّ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فَيَيْأَسَ شَاوُلُ مِنِّي وَيَكُفَّ عَنِ الْبَحْثِ عَنِّي فِي تُخُومِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَنْجُوَ مِنْ يَدِهِ».  
2- فَارْتَحَلَ دَاوُدُ والسِّتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِلَى أَخِيشَ بْنِ مَعُوكَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ.  
3- وَاسْتَقَرَّ بِهِمِ الْمَقَامُ هُنَاكَ، كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ رَافَقَتْ دَاوُدَ زَوْجَتَاهُ أَخِينُوعَمُ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأَبِيجَايِلُ امْرَأَةُ نَابَالَ الْكَرْمَلِيَّةُ.  
4- وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ شَاوُلَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ هَرَبَ إِلَى جَتَّ، كَفَّ عَنِ الْبَحْثِ عَنْهُ.

5- وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ فَلْيَتِمَّ تَحْدِيدُ قَرْيَةٍ لِي فِي الرِّيفِ أُقِيمُ فِيهَا. لِمَاذَا يُقِيمُ عَبْدُكَ فِي عَاصِمَةِ الْمُلْكِ مَعَكَ؟»  
6- فَوَهَبَهُ أَخِيشُ صِقْلَغَ. لِذَلِكَ صَارَتْ صِقْلَغُ مِلْكاً لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا مُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ.  
7- وَأَقَامَ دَاوُدُ فِي بِلاَدِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَنَةً وَأَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ.

 

غزوات داود

8- وَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ يَشُنُّونَ الْغَارَاتِ عَلَى الْجَشُورِيِّينَ وَالْجَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْعَمَالِقَةِ الَّذِينَ اسْتَوْطَنُوا مِنْ قَدِيمٍ الأَرْضَ الْمُمْتَدَّةَ مِنْ حُدُودِ شُورٍ إِلَى تُخُومِ مِصْرَ.  
9- وَهَاجَمَ دَاوُدُ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَبْقِ نَفْساً وَاحِدَةً. وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَالْجِمَالِ وَالثِّيَابِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَخِيشَ.  
10- وَعِنْدَمَا كَانَ أَخِيشُ يَسْأَلُ دَاوُدَ: «أَيْنَ أَغَرْتَ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ؟» كَانَ يُجِيبُ: «عَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ يَهُوذَا وَعَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ أَرْضِ الْيَرْحَمْئِيلِيِّينَ وَجَنُوبِيِّ الْقَيْنِيِّينَ».  
11- وَلَمْ يَكُنْ دَاوُدُ يَسْتَبْقِي رَجُلاً أَوِ امْرَأَةً عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ لِئَلاَّ يَأْتِيَ إِلَى جَتَّ مَنْ يُبَلِّغُ أَخِيشَ عَمّا فَعَلَهُ دَاوُدُ. هَكَذَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ يَفْعَلُ طَوَالَ مُدَّةِ إِقَامَتِهِ فِي بِلاَدِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.  
12- فَصَدَّقَ أَخِيشُ أَخْبَارَ دَاوُدَ قَائِلاًَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «لَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ دَاوُدُ مَكْرُوهاً لَدَى قَوْمِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِذَلِكَ سَيَظَلُّ مَاكِثاً عِنْدِي خَادِماً لِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

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Chapter: 028

V 001 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
V 002 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
V 003 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
V 004 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
V 005 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
V 006 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
V 007 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
V 008 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
V 009 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
V 010 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
V 011 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
V 012 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
V 013 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
V 014 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
V 015 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
V 016 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
V 017 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David:
V 018 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
V 019 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
V 020 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
V 021 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
V 022 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
V 023 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
V 024 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
V 025 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
 

فصل 28

داود مع حشود الفلسطينيين

1- فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ حَشَدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ جُيُوشَهُمْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِدَاوُدَ: «لاَبُدَّ أَنْ تَنْضَمَّ إِلَى الْجَيْشِ أَنْتَ وَرِجَالُكَ لِخَوْضِ الْحَرْبِ».  
2- فَأَجَابَهُ دَاوُدُ: «سَتَرَى بِعَيْنَيْكَ مَا يَصْنَعُ عَبْدُكَ فِي الْحَرْبِ». فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِدَاوُدَ: «إِذَنْ أَجْعَلُكَ حَارِسِي الشَّخْصِيَّ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ».

 

شاول وعرافة عين دور

3- وَكَانَ صَمُوئِيلُ قَدْ مَاتَ وَنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي الرَّامَةِ مَدِينَتِهِ، وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ قَدْ طَرَدَ الْعَرَّافِينَ وَوُسَطَاءَ الْجِنِّ مِنَ الأَرْضِ.  
4- وَعِنْدَمَا تَجَمَّعَتْ قُوَّاتُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَسْكَرُوا فِي شُونَمَ، أَمَّا شَاوُلُ فَقَدْ حَشَدَ جُيُوشَهُ وَخَيَّمَ فِي جِلْبُوعَ.  
5- وَحِينَ شَاهَدَ شَاوُلُ جَيْشَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مَلأَ قَلْبَهُ الْخَوْفُ وَالاضْطِرَابُ،  
6- فَاسْتَشَارَ الرَّبَّ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ لاَ بِأَحْلاَمٍ وَلاَ بِالأُورِيمَ وَلاَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.  
7- فَقَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «ابْحَثُوا لِي عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ عَرَّافَةٍ وَسِيطَةٍ، فَأَذْهَبَ إِلَيْهَا وَأَسْتَشِيرَهَا». فَأَجَابَهُ عَبِيدُهُ: «هُنَاكَ عَرَّافَةٌ تُقِيمُ فِي عَيْنِ دُورٍ».  
8- فَتَنَكَّرَ شَاوُلُ وَارْتَدَى ثِيَاباً أُخْرَى وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْعَرَّافَةِ لَيْلاً بِصُحْبَةِ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ رِجَالِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهَا: «اسْتَشِيرِي لِي رُوحاً، وَاسْتَدْعِي لِي مَنْ أُسَمِّيهِ لَكِ».  
9- فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ مَا فَعَلَهُ شَاوُلُ بِالْوُسَطَاءِ الرُّوحَانِيِّينَ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ، وَكَيْفَ قَتَلَهُمْ، فَلِمَاذَا تَنْصِبُ لِي فَخّاً وَتَقْتُلُنِي؟»  
10- فَأَقْسَمَ لَهَا شَاوُلُ قَائِلاً: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ لَنْ يَلْحَقَ بِكِ أَيُّ أَذًى مِنْ جَرَّاءِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ».  
11- فَسَأَلَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «مَنْ أَسْتَدْعِي لَكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهَا: «اسْتَدْعِي لِي صَمُوئِيلَ».  
12- وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ صَمُوئِيلَ صَرَخَتْ صَرْخَةً هَائِلَةً وَقَالَتْ لِشَاوُلَ: «لِمَاذَا خَدَعْتَنِي وَأَنْتَ شَاوُلُ؟»  
13-  فَقَالَ لَهَا: «لاَ تَخَافِي. مَاذَا رَأَيْتِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «رَأَيْتُ طَيْفاً صَاعِداً مِنَ الأَرْضِ»  
14- فَسَأَلَهَا: «كَيْفَ هَيْئَتُهُ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «رَجُلٌ شَيْخٌ صَاعِدٌ وَهُوَ مُغَطًّى بِجُبَّةٍ». فَأَدْرَكَ شَاوُلُ أَنَّهُ صَمُوئِيلُ فَخَرَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِداً.

15- فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «لِمَاذَا أَزْعَجْتَنِي بِإِصْعَادِكَ لِي؟». فَأَجَابَ: «إِنَّنِي فِي ضِيقٍ شَدِيدٍ. الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُحَارِبُونَنِي وَالرَّبُّ قَدْ نَبَذَنِي وَلَمْ يَعُدْ يُجِيبُنِي لاَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَلاَ بِالأَحْلاَمِ. فَدَعَوْتُكَ لِتُرْشِدَنِي».  
16- فَسَأَلَهُ صَمُوئِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُنِي وَالرَّبُّ قَدْ نَبَذَكَ وَصَارَ لَكَ عَدُوّاً؟  
17- وَقَدْ حَقَّقَ الرَّبُّ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِي، فَانْتَزَعَ مِنْكَ الْمُلْكَ وَأَعْطَاهُ لِقَرِيبِكَ دَاوُدَ.  
18- لأَنَّكَ لَمْ تُطِعْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ وَلَمْ تُنَفِّذْ قَضَاءَهُ فِي عَمَالِيقَ، لِذَلِكَ عَاقَبَكَ الرَّبُّ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ،  
19- وَسَيَجْعَلُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يَهْزِمُونَكَ أَنْتَ وَالإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، وَيَقْضُونَ عَلَى جَيْشِكَ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ فَسَتَلْحَقُونَ غَداً بِي وَتَكُونُونَ مَعِي».

 

انهيار شاول

20- فَانْطَرَحَ شَاوُلُ بِطُولِهِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مَرْعُوباً مِنْ كَلاَمِ صَمُوئِيلَ، كَمَا زَادَ الْجُوعُ مِنْ إِعْيَائِهِ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ تَنَاوَلَ طَعَاماً طَوَالَ يَوْمٍ بِكَامِلِهِ.

21- وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مَا أَصَابَ شَاوُلَ مِنِ ارْتِيَاعٍ شَدِيدٍ، قَالَتْ لَهُ: «هَا قَدْ سَمِعَتْ جَارِيَتُكَ لِصَوْتِكَ، وَحَمَلْتُ رُوحِي فِي كَفِّي وَاسْتَجَبْتُ لِكُلِّ مَا طَلَبْتَهُ مِنِّي.  
22- فَالآنَ اسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً لِسُؤْلِ جَارِيَتِكَ، وَدَعْنِي أُقَدِّمْ لَكَ طَعَاماً لِتَأْكُلَ، فَتَسْتَرِدَّ قُوَّتَكَ عِنْدَمَا تَنْطَلِقُ فِي سَبِيلِكَ».  
23- فَأَبَى قَائِلاً: «لَنْ آكُلَ». وَلَكِنَّهَا أَلَحَّتْ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا أَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ عَبْدَاهُ، فَأَذْعَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَامَ عَنِ الأَرْضِ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ.  
24- وَكَانَ لَدَى الْمَرْأَةِ عِجْلٌ مُسَمَّنٌ فَبَادَرَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَذَبَحَتْهُ وَأَخَذَتْ دَقِيقاً وَعَجَنَتْهُ وَخَبَزَتْ فَطِيراً. 25ثُمَّ وَضَعَتْهُ أَمَامَ شَاوُلَ وَرَجُلَيْهِ فَأَكَلُوا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهَا فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ.

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Chapter: 029

V 001 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
V 002 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
V 003 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
V 004 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
V 005 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
V 006 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
V 007 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
V 008 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
V 009 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
V 010 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
V 011 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
 

فصل 29

الفلسطينيون يصرفون داود
 

1- ثُمَّ حَشَدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ جُيُوشَهُمْ فِي أَفِيقَ بَيْنَمَا تَجَمَّعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عِنْدَ الْعَيْنِ الَّتِي فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ.
2- وَتَقَدَّمَ قَادَةُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ بِكَتَائِبِهِمْ وَسَرَايَاهُمْ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ فَكَانُوا يَسِيرُونَ فِي الْمُؤَخَّرَةِ مَعَ الْمَلِكِ أَخِيشَ.
3- فَسَأَلَهُ قَادَةُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ هَؤُلاَءِ الْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ هُنَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُمْ أَخِيشُ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا دَاوُدَ الَّذِي كَانَ ضَابِطاً عِنْدَ شَاوُلَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَقَدْ مَكَثَ مَعِي طَوَالَ هَذِهِ الْمُدَّةِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهِ عِلَّةً مُنْذُ أَنْ قَدِمَ إِلَيَّ وَحَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ».
4- غَيْرَ أَنَّ قَادَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَبْدَوْا سَخَطَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: «أَرْجِعِ الرَّجُلَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي حَدَّدْتَهُ لَهُ، وَلاَ تَدَعْهُ يَشْتَرِكْ مَعَنَا فِي الْحَرْبِ لِئَلاَّ يَنْقَلِبَ عَلَيْنَا. إِذْ كَيْفَ يَسْتَرِدُّ هَذَا رِضَى سَيِّدِهِ؟ أَلَيْسَ بِقَطْعِ رُؤُوسِ رِجَالِنَا؟
5- أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ دَاوُدُ الَّذِي غَنَّتْ لَهُ النِّسَاءُ رَاقِصَاتٍ قَائِلاَتٍ: قَتَلَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفاً، وَقَتَلَ دَاوُدُ عَشَرَاتِ الأُلُوفِ؟»

6- فَاسْتَدْعَى أَخِيشُ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أُقْسِمُ لَكَ بِالرَّبِّ الْحَيِّ إِنَّكَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ، وَيَسُرُّنِي انْضِمَامُكَ إِلَى جَيْشِي لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أَجِدْ فِيكَ عِلَّةً مُنْذُ أَنْ جِئْتَ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ قَادَةَ جَيْشِي سَاخِطُونَ عَلَيْكَ.
7- فَامْضِ الآنَ بِسَلاَمٍ وَعُدْ إِلَى مَوْضِعِكَ وَلاَ تَقْتَرِفْ مَا يُسِيءُ إِلَى أَقْطَابِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

8- فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «مَاذَا جَنَيْتُ، وَأَيُّ عِلَّةٍ وَجَدْتَ فِي عَبْدِكَ مُنْذُ أَنْ مَثُلْتُ أَمَامَكَ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ حَتَّى لاَ أَشْتَرِكَ فِي مُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَاءِ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ؟»
9- فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ: «إِنَّنِي وَاثِقٌ أَنَّكَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، كَمَلاَكِ اللهِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَصَرُّوا قَائِلِينَ: لاَ يَصْعَدْ دَاوُدُ مَعَنَا لِخَوْضِ الْحَرْبِ.
10- لِذَلِكَ بَكِّرْ صَبَاحاً مَعَ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِكَ الَّذِينَ وَفَدُوا مَعَكَ وَارْجِعُوا عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الصَّبَاحِ».
11- فَاسْتَيْقَظَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ مُبَكِّرِينَ لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى بِلاَدِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَأَمَّا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَتَقَدَّمُوا نَحْوَ يَزْرَعِيلَ.

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Chapter: 030

V 001 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
V 002 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
V 003 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
V 004 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
V 005 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
V 006 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
V 007 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
V 008 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
V 009 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
V 010 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
V 011 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
V 012 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
V 013 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
V 014 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
V 015 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
V 016 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
V 017 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
V 018 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
V 019 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
V 020 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
V 021 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
V 022 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
V 023 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
V 024 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
V 025 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
V 026 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
V 027 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
V 028 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
V 029 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
V 030 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
V 031 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
 

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العمالقة يغزون صقلغ

1- وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى صِقْلَغَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ حَتَّى وَجَدُوا أَنَّ الْعَمَالِقَةَ قَدْ أَغَارُوا عَلَى النَّقَبِ وَهَاجَمُوا صِقْلَغَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ،
2- بَعْدَ أَنْ أَخَذُوا كُلَّ مَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ وَأَطْفَالٍ أَسْرَى حَرْبٍ، وَلَمْ يَقْتُلُوا صَغِيراً وَلاَ كَبِيراً.
3- وَعِنْدَمَا دَخَلَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَجَدُوهَا مَحْرُوقَةً، وَأُسِرَتْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ وَبَنَاتُهُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ.
4- فَعَلَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ بِالْبُكَاءِ حَتَّى أَصَابَهُمُ الإِعْيَاءُ.
5- وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتَا دَاوُدَ أَخِينُوعَمُ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأَبِيجَايِلُ أَرْمَلَةُ نَابَالَ الْكَرْمَلِيِّ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ الْمَسْبِيَّاتِ.
6- وَتَفَاقَمَ ضِيقُ دَاوُدَ لأَنَّ الرِّجَالَ، مِنْ فَرْطِ مَا حَلَّ بِهِمْ مِنْ مَرَارَةٍ وَأَسًى عَلَى أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ، طَالَبُوا بِرَجْمِهِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ تَشَبَّثَ وَتَقَوَّى بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

 

داود يستشير الرب

7- ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ ابْنِ أَخِيمَالِكَ: «أَحْضِرْ إِلَيَّ الأَفُودَ». فَأَحْضَرَهُ.
8- وَاسْتَشَارَ دَاوُدُ الرَّبَّ قَائِلاً: «إِذَا تَعَقَّبْتُ هَؤُلاَءِ الْغُزَاةَ فَهَلْ أُدْرِكُهُمْ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ: «الْحَقْهُمْ، فَإِنَّكَ تُدْرِكُهُمْ وَتُنْقِذُ الأَسْرَى».
9- فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ وَالسِّتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا وَادِي الْبَسُورِ، فَتَخَلَّفَ قَوْمٌ مِنْهُمْ هُنَاكَ.
10- أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَوَاصَلَ طَرِيقَهُ مَعَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَخَلَّفَ مِئَتَا رَجُلٍ إعْيَاءً عَنْ عُبُورِ وَادِي الْبَسُورِ.
11- فَصَادَفُوا رَجُلاً مِصْرِيّاً مُلْقًى فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَأَحْضَرُوهُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ، فَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيْهِ طَعَاماً وَمَاءً فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ.
12- ثُمَّ أَعْطَوْهُ قُرْصاً مِنْ تِينٍ وَعُنْقُودَيْنِ مِنْ زَبِيبٍ. وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَكَلَهَا انْتَعَشَتْ رُوحُهُ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أَكَلَ طَعَاماً وَلاَ شَرِبَ مَاءً مُنْذُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ.
13- فَسَأَلَهُ دَاوُدُ: «مَنْ هُوَ سَيِّدُكَ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا رَجُلٌ مِصْرِيٌّ، عَبْدٌ لِرَجُلٍ عَمَالِيقِيٍّ، وَقَدْ تَخَلَّى سَيِّدِي عَنِّي مُنْذُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لأَنِّي مَرِضْتُ.
14- فَإِنَّنَا قَدْ أَغَرْنَا عَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ بِلاَدِ الْكَرِيتِيِّينَ وَعَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَجَنَوبِيِّ كَالَبَ وَأَحْرَقْنَا صِقْلَغَ بِالنَّارِ»
15- فَسَأَلَهُ دَاوُدُ: «هَلْ تَدُلُّنِي عَلَى مَكَانِ هَؤُلاَءِ الْغُزَاةِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «احْلِفْ لِي بِاللهِ أَنَّكَ لاَ تَقْتُلُنِي وَلاَ تُسَلِّمُنِي إِلَى سَيِّدِي، فَأَدُلَّكَ عَلَى مَكَانِ هَؤُلاَءِ الْغُزَاةِ».

 

داود يضرب العمالقة

16- وَقَادَهُمْ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ عَمَالِيقَ فَوَجَدُوهُمْ مُنْتَشِرِينَ فِي الْحُقُولِ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَيَرْقُصُونَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَا أَصَابُوهُ مِنْ غَنِيمَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ نَهَبُوهَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا.
- فَهَاجَمَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الْغُرُوبِ حَتَّى مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ سِوَى أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ غُلاَمٍ رَكِبُوا جِمَالاً وَهَرَبُوا.
- وَاسْتَرَدَّ دَاوُدُ مَا اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ الْعَمَالِقَةُ وَأَنْقَذَ زَوْجَتَيْهِ.
19- وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ لاَ صَغِيرٌ وَلاَ كَبِيرٌ، وَلاَ أَبْنَاءٌ وَلاَ بَنَاتٌ وَلاَ غَنِيمَةٌ وَلاَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ مِمَّا اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ الْعَمَالِقَةُ، بَلِ اسْتَرَدَّهَا دَاوُدُ جَمِيعَهَا. 20وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ غَنَمَ الْعَمَالِقَةِ وَبَقَرَهُمْ فَسَاقَهَا رِجَالُهُ أَمَامَ الْمَاشِيَةِ الأُخْرَى الَّتِي اغْتَنَمَهَا الْغُزَاةُ قَائِلِينَ: «هَذِهِ غَنِيمَةُ دَاوُدَ».

 

توزيع الغنائم

21- وَعَادَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى الْمِئَتَيْ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ أَعْيَوْا عَنِ الْمَسِيرِ وَرَاءَهُ فَخَلَّفُوهُمْ عِنْدَ وَادِي الْبَسُورِ، فَخَرَجُوا لاِسْتِقْبَالِ دَاوُدَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ، فَتَقَدَّمَ دَاوُدُ إِلَيْهِمْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ عَلَى سَلاَمَتِهِمْ.
22- غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِئَةً مِنَ المُشَاغِبِينَ مِنْ رِجَالِ دَاوُدَ مِمَّنِ اشْتَرَكُوا مَعَهُ فِي الْحَرْبِ اعْتَرَضُوا قَائِلِينَ: «لِيَأْخُذْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَأَبْنَاءَهُ وَيَمْضِ، أَمَّا الْغَنِيمَةُ الَّتِي اسْتَرْدَدْنَاهَا، فَلاَ نُعْطِيهُمْ مِنْهَا لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا مَعَنَا».
23- فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لاَ تَفْعَلُوا هَكَذَا يَا إِخْوَتِي، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْنَا وَحَفِظَنَا وَنَصَرَنَا عَلَى الْغُزَاةِ الَّذِينَ أَغَارُوا عَلَيْنَا.
24- وَمَنْ يُوَافِقُكُمْ عَلَى هَذَا الأَمْرِ؟ لأَنَّ نَصِيبَ الْمُقِيمِ عِنْدَ الأَمْتِعَةِ لِحِرَاسَتِهَا كَنَصِيبِ مَنْ خَاضَ الْحَرْبَ، إِذْ تُقْسَمُ الْغَنِيمَةُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ».
25- وَمُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ جَعَلَ دَاوُدُ هَذِهِ الْفَرِيضَةَ سُنَّةً تَسْرِي عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

26- وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى صِقْلَغَ أَرْسَلَ جُزْءاً مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ مِنْ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلاً: «هَذِهِ لَكُمْ هَدِيَّةُ بَرَكَةٍ مِنْ غَنَائِمِ أَعْدَاءِ الرَّبِّ».
27- وَقَدْ بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى الَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلٍ، وَفِي رَامُوتَ الْجَنُوبِ، وَفِي يَتِّيرَ.
28- وَفِي عَرُوعِيرَ، وَفِي سِفْمُوثَ، وَفِي أَشْتِمُوعَ.
29- وَفِي رَاخَالَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ الْيَرْحَمْئِيلِيِّينَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ الْقَيْنِيِّينَ،
30- وَفِي حُرْمَةَ وَفِي كُورِ عَاشَانَ، وَفِي عَتَاكَ،
31- وَفِي حَبْرُونَ، وَإِلَى سَائِرِ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي تَرَدَّدَ عَلَيْهَا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ.

 

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