1And the Zifim [smelters] came unto Sha’ul [desired] to Giv’ah [Hill], saying, Does not David [beloved] hide himself in the hill of Hikhilah [dark], [which is] before Y’shim’on [Wasteland]? 2Then Sha’ul [desired] arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)], having three thousand chosen men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] with him, to seek David [beloved] in the wilderness of Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)]. 3And Sha’ul [desired] pitched in the hill of Hikhilah [dark], which [is] before Y’shim’on [Wasteland], by the way. But David [beloved] abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Sha’ul [desired] came after him into the wilderness. 4David [beloved] therefore sent out spies, and understood that Sha’ul [desired] was come in very deed. 5And David [beloved] arose, and came to the place where Sha’ul [desired] had pitched: and David [beloved] beheld the place where Sha’ul [desired] lay, and Avner [my father is a lamp] the son of Ner [lamp], the captain of his host: and Sha’ul [desired] lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

6Then answered David [beloved] and said to Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] the Hitti [Terrorists], and to Avishai [my father is a gift] the son of Tz’ruyah [balsam], brother to Yo’av [Yehovah is father], saying, Who will go down with me to Sha’ul [desired] to the camp? And Avishai [my father is a gift] said, I will go down with youⁱ. 7So David [beloved] and Avishai [my father is a gift] came to the people by night: and, behold, Sha’ul [desired] lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster (pillow; head - or other - support): but Avner [my father is a lamp] and the people lay round about him. 8Then said Avishai [my father is a gift] to David [beloved], God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] has delivered youⁱ enemy into youⁱ hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray youⁱ, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not [strike] him the second time. 9And David [beloved] said to Avishai [my father is a gift], Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed, and be guiltless? 10David [beloved] said furthermore, [As] the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. 11The LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed: but, I pray youⁱ, take youⁱ now the spear that [is] at his bolster (pillow; head - or other - support), and the pot of water, and let us go. 12So David [beloved] took the spear and the pot of water from Sha’ul’s [desired] bolster (pillow; head - or other - support); and they got them away, and no man saw [it], nor knew [it], neither awakened: for they [were] all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was fallen upon them.

13Then David [beloved] went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space [being] between them: 14And David [beloved] cried to the people, and to Avner [my father is a lamp] the son of Ner [lamp], saying, Answer youⁱ not, Avner [my father is a lamp]? Then Avner [my father is a lamp] answered and said, Who [are] youⁱ [that] cries to the king? 15And David [beloved] said to Avner [my father is a lamp], [Are] not youⁱ a [valiant] man? and who [is] like to youⁱ in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]? wherefore then have youⁱ not kept youⁱ lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king youⁱ lord. 16This thing [is] not good that youⁱ have done. [As] the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, you^2f [are] worthy to die, because you^2f have not kept your master, the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed. And now see where the king's spear [is], and the pot of water that [was] at his bolster (pillow; head - or other - support).

17And Sha’ul [desired] knew David’s [beloved]’s voice, and said, [Is] this youⁱ voice, my son David [beloved]? And David [beloved] said, [It is] my voice, my lord, O king. 18And he said, For what reason does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in my hand? 19Now therefore, I pray youⁱ, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) have stirred youⁱ up against me, let him accept an offering: but if [they be] the children of men, cursed [be] they before the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), saying, Go, serve other gods. 20Now therefore, let not my blood fall to (to do entirely, do wholly) the earth before the face of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): for the king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.

21Then said Sha’ul [desired], I have sinned: return, my son David [beloved]: for I will no more do youⁱ harm, because my soul was precious in yourⁱ eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 22And David [beloved] answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 23The LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) delivered youⁱ into [my] hand to day, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] anointed. 24And, behold, as yourⁱ life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25Then Sha’ul [desired] said to David [beloved], Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] youⁱ, my son David [beloved]: youⁱ shall both do great [things], and also shall still prevail. So David [beloved] went on his way, and Sha’ul [desired] returned to his place.