Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 26:1 ¶ And the Ziphites come out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, David hides himself with us in the hill Echela, opposite Jessemon.

 26:1 ¶ And the Ziphitesº cameºº untoº Saulº to Gibeah,º saying,ºº Doth notº Davidº hideºº himselfº in the hillº of Hachilah,º [which is] beforeºº Jeshimon?º

 26:2 And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him [went] three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

 26:2 Then Saulº arose,ºº and went downºº toº the wildernessº of Ziph,º having threeº thousandº chosenºº menº of Israelº withº him, to seekººº Davidº in the wildernessº of Ziph.º

 26:3 And Saul encamped in the hill of Echela in front of Jessemon, by the way, and David dwelt in the wilderness: and David saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

 26:3 And Saulº pitchedºº in the hillº of Hachilah,º whichº [is] beforeºº Jeshimon,º byº the way.º But Davidº abodeºº in the wilderness,º and he sawºº thatº Saulº cameºº afterº him into the wilderness.º

 26:4 And David sent spies, and ascertained that Saul was come prepared out of Keilah{gr.Keila}.

 26:4 Davidº therefore sent outºº spies,ºº and understoodºº thatº Saulº was comeºº inºº very deed.ºº

 26:5 ¶ And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there [was] Abner{gr.Abenner} the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped along round about him.

 26:5 ¶ And Davidº arose,ºº and cameºº toº the placeº whereºº Saulº had pitched:ºº and Davidº beheldººº the placeº whereºº Saulº lay,ºº and Abnerº the sonº of Ner,º the captainº of his host:º and Saulº layºº in the trench,º and the peopleº pitchedºº round aboutº him.

 26:6 And David answered and spoke to Abimelech the Hittite{gr.Chettite}, and to Abishai{gr.Abessa} the son Zeruiah{gr.Saruia} the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go in with me to Saul into the camp? And Abishai{gr.Abessa} said, I will go in with thee.

 26:6 Then answeredºº Davidº and saidºº toº Ahimelechº the Hittite,º and toº Abishaiº the sonº of Zeruiah,º brotherº to Joab,º saying,ºº Whoº will go downºº withº me toº Saulº toº the camp?º And Abishaiº said,ºº Iº will go downºº withº thee.

 26:7 So David and Abishai{gr.Abessa} go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abner{gr.Abenner} and his people slept round about him.

 26:7 So Davidº and Abishaiº cameºº toº the peopleº by night:º and, behold,º Saulº layºº sleepingº within the trench,º and his spearº stuckºº in the groundº at his bolster:º but Abnerº and the peopleº layºº round aboutº him.

 26:8 And Abishai{gr.Abessa} said to David, The Lord has this day shut up thine enemy into thine hands, and now I will smite him to the earth with the spear to the ground once [for all], and I will not smite him again.

 26:8 Then saidºº Abishaiº toº David,º Elohimº hath deliveredººº thine enemyºº into thine handº this day:º nowº therefore let me smiteºº him, I pray thee,º with the spearº even to the earthº at once,ºº and I will notº [smite] him the second time.ºº

 26:9 And David said to Abishai{gr.Abessa}, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the anointed of the Lord, and be guiltless?

 26:9 And Davidº saidºº toº Abishai,º Destroyºº him not:º forº whoº can stretch forthºº his handº against Yahweh'sº anointed,º and be guiltless?ºº

 26:10 And David said, [As] the Lord lives, if the Lord smite him not, or his day come and he die, or he go down to battle and be added [to his fathers, do not so].

 26:10 Davidº saidºº furthermore,ºº [As] Yahwehº liveth,º Yahwehº shall smiteºº him; orº his dayº shall comeºº to die;ºº orº he shall descendºº into battle,º and perish.ºº

 26:11 The Lord forbid it me that I should lift up my hand against the anointed of the Lord: and now take, I pray thee, the spear from his bolster, and the pitcher of water, and let us return home.

 26:11 Yahwehºº forbidº that I should stretch forthººº mine handº against Yahweh'sº anointed:º but, I pray thee,º takeºº thou nowºº the spearº thatº [is] at his bolster,º and the cruseº of water,º and let us go.ººº

 26:12 So David took the spear, and the pitcher of water from his bolster, and they went home: and there was no one that saw, and no one that knew, and there was no one that awoke, all being asleep, for a stupor from the Lord had fallen upon them.

 26:12 So Davidº tookººº the spearº and the cruseº of waterº from Saul'sº bolster;ºº and they gat them away,ººº and noº man sawºº [it], norº knewºº [it], neitherº awaked:ºº forº they [were] allº asleep;º becauseº a deep sleepº from Yahwehº was fallenºº uponº them.

 26:13 ¶ So David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, and [there was] a good distance between them.

 26:13 ¶ Then Davidº went overºº to the other side,º and stoodºº onº the topº of an hillº afar off;ºº a greatº spaceº [being] betweenº them:

 26:14 And David called to the people, and spoke to Abner{gr.Abenner}, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abner{gr.Abenner}? and Abner{gr.Abenner} answered and said, Who art thou that callest?

 26:14 And Davidº criedºº toº the people,º and toº Abnerº the sonº of Ner,º saying,ºº Answerestºº thou not,º Abner?º Then Abnerº answeredºº and said,ºº Whoº [art] thouº [that] criestºº toº the king?º

 26:15 And David said to Abner{gr.Abenner}, [Art] not thou a man? and who [is] like thee in Israel? Why then dost thou not guard thy lord the king? for one out of the people went in to destroy thy lord the king.

 26:15 And Davidº saidºº toº Abner,º [Art] notº thouº a [valiant] man?º and whoº [is] like to theeº in Israel?º whereforeº then hast thou notº keptººº thy adonº the king?º forº there cameºº oneº of the peopleº in to destroyººº the kingº thy adon.º

 26:16 And this thing [is] not good which thou hast done. [As] the Lord lives, ye are worthy of death, ye who guard your lord the king, the anointed of the Lord: and now behold, I pray you, the spear of the king, and the cruse of water: where are the articles that should be at his head?

 26:16 Thisº thingº [is] notº goodº thatº thou hast done.ºº [As] Yahwehº liveth,º yeº [are] worthyº to die,º becauseº ye have notº keptººº your adon,º Yahweh'sº anointed.º And nowº seeºº whereº the king'sº spearº [is], and the cruseº of waterº thatº [was] at his bolster.º

 26:17 And Saul recognized the voice of David, and said, [Is] this thy voice, son David? and David said, I [am] thy servant, [my] lord, O king.

 26:17 And Saulº knewººº David'sº voice,º and said,ºº [Is] thisº thy voice,º my sonº David?º And Davidº said,ºº [It is] my voice,º my adon,º O king.º

 26:18 And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for in what have I sinned? and what unrighteousness has been found in me?

 26:18 And he said,ºº Whereforeº doth my adonº thusº pursueºº afterº his servant?º forº whatº have I done?ºº or whatº evilº [is] in mine hand?º

 26:19 And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they [are] cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other Gods.

 26:19 Nowº therefore, I pray thee,º let my adonº the kingº hearººº the wordsº of his servant.º Ifº Yahwehº have stirred thee upºº against me, let him acceptºº an offering:º but ifº [they be] the childrenº of men,º cursedºº [be] theyº beforeº Yahweh;º forº they have drivenºº me outº this dayº from abidingººº in the inheritanceº of Yahweh,º saying,ºº Go,ººº serveºº otherº elohim.º

 26:20 And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek thy life, as the night hawk pursues [its prey] in the mountains.

 26:20 Nowº therefore, let notº my bloodº fallºº to the earthº beforeºº the faceº of Yahweh:º forº the kingº of Israelº is come outºº to seekººº aº flea,º as whenº oneº doth huntºº a partridgeº in the mountains.º

 26:21 ¶ And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and to-day I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

 26:21 ¶ Then saidºº Saul,º I have sinned:ºº return,ºº my sonº David:º forº I will noº moreº do thee harm,ºº becauseºº my soulº was preciousºº in thine eyesº thisº day:º behold,º I have played the fool,ºº and have erredºº exceedingly.ººº

 26:22 And David answered and said, Behold, the spear of the king: let one of the servants come over and take it.

 26:22 And Davidº answeredºº and said,ºº Beholdº the king'sº spear!º and let oneº of the young menºº come overºº and fetchºº it.

 26:23 And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered thee this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed.

 26:23 Yahwehº renderºº to every manºº his righteousnessº and his faithfulness:º forº Yahwehº deliveredºº thee into [my] handº to day,º but I wouldºº notº stretch forthºº mine handº against Yahweh'sº anointed.º

 26:24 And, behold, as thy life has been precious this very day in my eyes, so let my life be precious before the Lord, and may he protect me, and deliver me out of all affliction.

 26:24 And, behold,º asº thy lifeº was much setº byºº thisº dayº in mine eyes,º soº let my lifeº be much setº byºº in the eyesº of Yahweh,º and let him deliverºº me out of allºº tribulation.º

 26:25 And Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, [my] son; and thou shalt surely do valiantly, and surely prevail. And David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

 26:25 Then Saulº saidºº toº David,º Blessedºº [be] thou,º my sonº David:º thou shalt bothº doºº greatºº [things], and alsoº shalt stillºº prevail.ºº So Davidº wentººº on his way,º and Saulº returnedºº to his place.º