Category Archives: Sh’mu’el Alef (1 Sa)

1 So David got up and left, and Y’honatan went back to the city. 2 David went to see Achimelekh thecohenin Nov. Achimelekh came trembling to meet David and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?” 3 David said to Achimelekh thecohen, “The king has sent me on a mission and […]

1 David left there and took refuge in the Cave of ‘Adulam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family heard of it, they went down to see him there. 2 Then all the people in distress, in debt or embittered began gathering around him, and he became their leader; there were about […]

1 David was told, “The P’lishtim are fighting Ke‘ilah and plundering the threshing-floors.” 2 David consultedAdonai, asking, “Should I go and attack these P’lishtim?”Adonaianswered David, “Go, and attack the P’lishtim, and save Ke‘ilah.” 3 David’s men said to him, “Look, we’re already afraid here in Y’hudah. How much more, then, if we go to Ke‘ilah […]

1 From there David went up and lived in the strongholds of ‘Ein-Gedi. 2 When Sha’ul returned from pursuing the P’lishtim, he was told that David was in the desert at ‘Ein-Gedi. 3 Sha’ul took three thousand men chosen from all Isra’el and went searching for David and his men on the cliffs where the […]

1 Sh’mu’el died. All of Isra’el assembled to mourn him and bury him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Pa’ran Desert. 2 Now there was a man in Ma‘on who had property in Karmel. He was very rich, having three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and […]

1 The people from Zif went to Sha’ul in Giv‘ah and said, “David is hiding himself on Hakhilah Hill, across from Yeshimon.” 2 Then Sha’ul set out and went down to the Zif Desert with three thousand men chosen from Isra’el, to search for David in the Zif Desert. 3 Sha’ul pitched camp on Hakhilah […]

1 But David said to himself, “One day Sha’ul will sweep me away. The best thing for me to do is to escape into the territory of the P’lishtim. Then Sha’ul will give up trying to find me here or there in Isra’el’s territory, and at last I’ll be free of him.” 2 So David […]

1 In due time the P’lishtim assembled their armies for war against Isra’el. Akhish told David, “You know, of course, that you and your men will join me and the army in battle.” 2 David answered Akhish, “I see that you already know what your servant will do.” Akhish said to David, “For that answer, […]

1 The P’lishtim gathered all their army together at Afek, while Isra’el’s army pitched camp by the spring in Yizre‘el. 2 The leaders of the P’lishtim were passing by with their hundreds and thousands; David and his men were bringing up the rear with Akhish. 3 The chiefs of the P’lishtim asked, “What are these […]

1 Three days later, when David and his men arrived in Ziklag, they found that the ‘Amaleki had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had sacked Ziklag and burned it down; 2 and they had taken captive the women and everyone there, great and small. They hadn’t killed anyone but had carried them off as […]