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-\v 1 Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
+\v 1 Then Saul urged all of his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
 \v 2 So he warned David, "My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide in the field.
 \v 3 I will ask my father to go out there with me. While we are out there, I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me." So David did what Jonathan told him to do.
 
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-\v 6 Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, "I solemnly promise that just as surely as Yahweh is alive, I will not kill David."
+\v 6 Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, "I solemnly promise that, just as surely as Yahweh is alive, I will not kill David."
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 \v 7 Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
 
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 \v 10 Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David dodged, and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but David ran out into the darkness and escaped.
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-\v 11 Then Saul sent messengers to David's house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David while he was leaving the house the following morning. But David's wife Michal saw them and warned him, saying, "To save your life, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!"
+\v 11 Then Saul sent messengers to David's house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David while he was leaving the house the following morning. But David's wife Michal saw them and warned him, saying, "To save your life, you must run away tonight because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!"
 
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 \v 12 So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
-\v 13 Then Michal took an idol that was in the house and put it in the bed. She covered it with some of David's clothes, and put some goat's hair on the head of the idol.
+\v 13 Then Michal took an idol that was in the house and put it in the bed. She covered it with some of David's clothes and put some goat's hair on the head of the idol.
 
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 \v 14 When the messengers came to the house the next morning, she told them that David was sick and could not get out of bed.
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-\v 15 When they reported that to Saul, he told them to go back to David's house. He said to them, "Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!"
+\v 15 When they reported that to Saul, he told them to go back to David's house. He said to them, "Bring him to me lying on his bed so that I can kill him!"
 
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 \v 16 But when those men entered David's house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat's hair on its head.
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 \v 6 If your father asks why I am not there at the festival, say to him, 'David requested me to allow him to go to his home in Bethlehem, where his family will offer the sacrifice that they offer every year.'
-\v 7 If your father says 'Very well', then your servant will be safe. But if he becomes extremely angry, you will know that he is determined to harm me.
+\v 7 If your father says 'Very well,' then your servant will be safe. But if he becomes extremely angry, you will know that he is determined to harm me.
 
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-\v 8 Please be kind to your servant. Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with your servant that you and I will always be good friends. But if I deserve to be punished, you should kill me yourself, rather than allow your father to punish me."
+\v 8 Please be kind to your servant. Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with your servant that you and I will always be good friends. But if I deserve to be punished, you should kill me yourself rather than allow your father to punish me."
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 \v 9 Jonathan replied, "I will never do that! If I ever find out that my father is determined to harm you, I will certainly tell you."
 
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 \v 14 But while I am still alive, please act kindly toward me because of the oath that we both swore in Yahweh's sight; do not kill me when you become king.
 \v 15 But if I die, never stop acting kindly toward my family for the sake of our oath, even after Yahweh has gotten rid of all your enemies all over the earth."
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-\v 16 So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David and his descendants. And he said, "I hope that Yahweh will get rid of all your enemies."
+\v 16 So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David and his descendants. And he said, "I hope that Yahweh will get rid of all of your enemies."
 
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-\v 17 And Jonathan requested David to repeat his solemn promise to be his close friend, because Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
+\v 17 And Jonathan requested David to repeat his solemn promise to be his close friend because Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
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 \v 18 Then Jonathan said, "Tomorrow we will celebrate the festival of the new moon. When you are not sitting at your place when we eat, my father will miss you.
 \v 19 The day after tomorrow, in the evening go to the place where you hid before. Wait by the pile of stones.
 
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 \v 20 I will come out and shoot three arrows as though I were trying to shoot at a target. The arrows will hit the ground close to the pile of stones.
-\v 21 Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back to me. If you hear me say to him, 'They are closer to me,' then just as surely as Yahweh is alive, you will know that everything is fine, and that you will not be killed.
+\v 21 Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back to me. If you hear me say to him, 'They are closer to me,' then just as surely as Yahweh is alive, you will know that everything is fine and that you will not be killed.
 
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-\v 22 But if I tell him, 'The arrows are farther away,' you will know that you must leave immediately, because Yahweh wants you to run away.
+\v 22 But if I tell him, 'The arrows are farther away,' you will know that you must leave immediately because Yahweh wants you to run away.
 \v 23 I hope that Yahweh will watch you and me and enable us to never forget what we have promised each other."
 
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 \v 25 He sat where he usually sat, close to the wall. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner the army commander sat next to Saul. But no one was sitting in the place where David usually sat.
 
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-\v 26 On that day, Saul did not say anything about David, because he was thinking, "Something must have happened that caused David to become unacceptable to worship God."
+\v 26 On that day, Saul did not say anything about David because he was thinking, "Something must have happened that caused David to become unacceptable to worship God."
 \v 27 But the next day, when David was not sitting at the place where he usually sat, Saul asked Jonathan, "Why has that son of Jesse not been here to eat with us yesterday and today?"
 
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 \v 32 Jonathan asked his father, "Why should David be executed? What wrong has he done?"
 \v 33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to kill him, but the spear did not hit him. So Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.
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-\v 34 Jonathan was very angry, and he left the room. On that second day of the festival he refused to eat anything. He was disgusted about what his father had done, and he was worried about David.
+\v 34 Jonathan was very angry, and he left the room. On that second day of the festival, he refused to eat anything. He was disgusted about what his father had done, and he was worried about David.
 
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-\v 35 The following morning Jonathan went out to the field to give a message to David, as he had agreed that he would do. He took a young boy with him.
+\v 35 The following morning Jonathan went out to the field to give a message to David as he had agreed that he would do. He took a young boy with him.
 \v 36 Jonathan said to the boy, "Run and find the arrows that I shoot." The boy started running, and Jonathan shot an arrow ahead of the boy.
 \v 37 The boy ran to the place where the arrow hit the ground, but Jonathan called out, "The arrow is further away!"
 
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-\v 41 When the boy left, David came out from behind the pile of stones, where he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed in front of Jonathan three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other on the cheek, and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan.
+\v 41 When the boy left, David came out from behind the pile of stones where he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed in front of Jonathan three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other on the cheek, and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan.
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-\v 42 Jonathan said to David, "May things go well for you as you go. Yahweh has heard what we solemnly promised to always do for each other, and what we said that our descendants must do for each other." Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
+\v 42 Jonathan said to David, "May things go well for you as you go. Yahweh has heard what we solemnly promised to always do for each other and what we said that our descendants must do for each other." Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
 
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-\v 1 David fled from there and went to the city of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw David because he was afraid that something bad had happened. He said to David, "Why are you alone? Why have no men come with you?"
+\v 1 David fled from there and went to the city of Nob to see Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek trembled when he saw David because he was afraid that something bad had happened. He said to David, "Why are you alone? Why have no men come with you?"
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-\v 2 David deceived Ahimelech by replying, "The king sent me. But he does not want anyone to know anything about what he sent me to do. I have told my men where they should meet me.
+\v 2 David deceived Ahimelek by replying, "The king sent me. But he does not want anyone to know anything about what he sent me to do. I have told my men where they should meet me.
 
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-\v 3 Now I want to know, do you have any food here for me to eat? Could you give me five loaves of bread, or whatever other food that you can find?"
+\v 3 Now I want to know, do you have any food here for me to eat? Could you give me five loaves of bread or whatever other food that you can find?"
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 \v 4 The priest answered David, "There is no ordinary bread here, but I have some of the sacred bread that was placed before Yahweh. Your men may eat it if they have not slept with women recently."
 
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-\v 7 It happened that Doeg, who was from the people of Edom, was there on that day to make himself acceptable to Yahweh, and he saw what Ahimelech did. He was one of Saul's officials and the leader of Saul's shepherds.
+\v 7 It happened that Doeg, who was from the people of Edom, was there on that day to make himself acceptable to Yahweh, and he saw what Ahimelek did. He was one of Saul's officials and the leader of Saul's shepherds.
 
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-\v 8 David asked Ahimelech, "Do you have a spear or a sword that I can use? The king appointed us to do this task and told us to leave immediately, so I did not have time to bring any weapons."
+\v 8 David asked Ahimelek, "Do you have a spear or a sword that I can use? The king appointed us to do this task and told us to leave immediately, so I did not have time to bring any weapons."
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-\v 9 Ahimelech replied, "I have only the sword that belonged to Goliath the giant from the Philisti people whom you killed in Elah Valley. It is wrapped in a cloth, and is behind the sacred apron in the sacred tent. If you want it, take it, because I have no other weapon here."
+\v 9 Ahimelek replied, "I have only the sword that belonged to Goliath the giant from the Philistine people whom you killed in Elah Valley. It is wrapped in a cloth and is behind the sacred apron in the sacred tent. If you want it, take it because I have no other weapon here."
 \p David replied, "Truly, there is no other sword that is as good as that one! Give it to me."
 
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-\v 10 So Ahimelech gave it to him, and David left there. He and his men and went to the city of Gath in the region of Philistia, to stay with King Achish.
+\v 10 So Ahimelek gave it to him, and David left there. He and his men went to the city of Gath in the region of Philistia to stay with King Achish.
 \v 11 But the officers of King Achish did not approve of David's coming. They said to King Achish, "This man David is just as powerful as the king of his land. Our enemies, the Israelite people, honored him by dancing and singing,
 \q1 'Saul has killed thousands of his enemies,
 \q2 but David has killed tens of thousands of them!'"