1 A David otišavši odande stade na tvrdim mestima engadskim. 2 I kad se Saul vrati odagnavši Filisteje, rekoše mu govoreći: Eno Davida u pustinji engadskoj. 3 Tada uze Saul tri hiljade ljudi izabranih iz svega Izrailja, i otide da traži Davida i ljude njegove po vrletima gde su divokoze. 4 I dođe k torovima ovčijim ukraj puta gde beše pećina; i Saul uđe u nju rad sebe; a David i njegovi ljudi seđahu u kraju u pećini. 5 I rekoše Davidu ljudi njegovi: Evo dana, za koji ti reče Gospod: Evo ja ti predajem neprijatelja tvog u ruke da učiniš šta ti je volja. I David usta, te polako odseče skut od plašta Saulovog. 6 A posle zadrhta srce Davidu što odseče skut Saulu. 7 I reče svojim ljudima: Ne dao Bog da to učinim gospodaru svom, pomazaniku Gospodnjem, da podignem ruku svoju na nj. Jer je pomazanik Gospodnji. 8 I odvrati rečima David ljude svoje i ne dade im da ustanu na Saula. I Saul izašav iz pećine pođe svojim putem. 9 Potom David usta, i izašav iz pećine stade vikati za Saulom govoreći: Care gospodine! A Saul se obazre, a David se savi licem do zemlje i pokloni se. 10 I reče David Saulu: Zašto slušaš šta ti kažu ljudi koji govore: Eto David traži zlo tvoje? 11 Evo, danas videše oči tvoje da te je Gospod bio predao danas u moje ruke u ovoj pećini, i rekoše mi da te ubijem: ali te poštedeh, i rekoh: Neću dignuti ruku svoju na gospodara svog, jer je pomazanik Gospodnji. 12 Evo, oče moj, evo vidi skut od plašta svog u mojoj ruci: odsekoh skut od plašta tvog, a tebe ne ubih; poznaj i vidi da nema zla ni nepravde u ruci mojoj, i da ti nisam zgrešio; a ti vrebaš dušu moju da je uzmeš. 13 Gospod neka sudi između mene i tebe, i neka me osveti od tebe; ali ruka se moja neće podignuti na te. 14 Kako kaže stara priča: Od bezbožnih izlazi bezbožnost; zato se ruka moja neće podignuti na te. 15 Za kim je izašao car Izrailjev? Koga goniš, mrtvog psa, buvu jednu. 16 Gospod neka bude sudija, i neka rasudi između mene i tebe; On neka vidi i raspravi moju parnicu i izbavi me iz ruke tvoje. 17 A kad izgovori David ove reči Saulu, reče Saul: Je li to tvoj glas, sine Davide? I podigavši Saul glas svoj zaplaka. 18 I reče Davidu: Praviji si od mene, jer si mi vratio dobro za zlo koje sam ja tebi učinio. 19 I danas si mi pokazao da mi dobro činiš; jer me Gospod dade tebi u ruke, a ti me opet ne ubi. 20 I ko bi našavši neprijatelja svog pustio ga da ide dobrim putem? Gospod neka ti vrati dobro za ovo što si mi učinio danas. 21 I sada, evo, znam da ćeš zacelo biti car, i jako će biti u tvojoj ruci carstvo Izrailjevo. 22 Zato mi se sada zakuni Gospodom da nećeš istrebiti seme moje posle mene, ni ime moje zatrti u domu oca mog. 23 I zakle se David Saulu; i Saul otide kući svojoj, a David i ljudi njegovi otidoše na tvrdo mesto.
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- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
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- 1 1 Samuel 23:28–29; Proverbs 29:12; Hosea 7:3; 1 Samuel 23:19; Ezekiel 22:9
- 2 1 Samuel 26:2; Psalm 141:6; Psalm 104:18; 1 Samuel 13:2; Psalm 38:12
- 3 Judges 3:24; Psalm 142:1–7; Psalm 57:1–11; Psalm 141:6
- 4 1 Samuel 26:8–11; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:28–30; 1 Samuel 24:18
- 5 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 12:9; 1 John 3:20–21; 2 Kings 22:19
- 6 2 Samuel 1:14; Romans 12:14–13:2; Job 31:29–30; 1 Samuel 26:9–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:15
- 7 Psalm 7:4; Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:17–21; 1 Samuel 25:33
- 8 1 Samuel 25:23–24; 1 Samuel 26:17; Romans 13:7; 1 Samuel 20:41; Genesis 17:3
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:21–22; Proverbs 29:12; Psalm 101:5; 1 Samuel 26:19; Proverbs 18:8
- 10 1 Samuel 24:4; Psalm 105:15; 1 Samuel 26:8–9
- 11 1 Samuel 26:20; 1 Samuel 23:23; 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 26:18; 2 Kings 5:13
- 12 Psalm 43:1; Judges 11:27; Psalm 35:1; Genesis 16:5; Romans 12:19
- 13 Matthew 7:20; Matthew 7:16–18; Matthew 12:33–34; Matthew 15:19
- 14 1 Samuel 26:20; 2 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 17:43; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 3:8
- 15 Psalm 43:1; Psalm 35:1; Psalm 119:154; 1 Samuel 24:12; Micah 7:9
- 16 1 Samuel 26:17; Acts 6:10; Luke 21:15; Proverbs 15:1; Genesis 33:4
- 17 Matthew 5:44; 1 Samuel 26:21; Genesis 38:26; Romans 12:20–21; Matthew 27:4
- 18 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 24:10
- 19 Proverbs 25:21–22; 1 Samuel 26:25; Psalm 18:20; Judges 17:2; 1 Samuel 23:21
- 20 1 Samuel 23:17; Matthew 2:3–6; 2 Samuel 3:17–18; 1 Samuel 13:14; Matthew 2:16
- 21 Genesis 21:23; 2 Samuel 21:6–8; 1 Samuel 20:14–17; Genesis 31:53; Hebrews 6:16
- 22 1 Samuel 23:29; Matthew 10:16–17; John 2:24; Proverbs 26:24–25
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For thus it is written: "And David's heart smote him because he had taken away the skirt of his cloak." But to the men with him, who advised him to destroy Saul thus delivered up into his hands, he saith, "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's christ, to lay my hand upon …
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… shown: but Saul not even after their betrayal could seize David; but rather in a certain cave in that very country, when into his hands Saul had been given to slay, David spared him, and that which he had in his power he did not. But the other was seeking to do that which he had not in his power.
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