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Bible Reading for April 03

1 Samuel 29
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the
Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. [2] And the lords of the
Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men
passed on in the rereward with Achish. [3] Then said the princes of the
Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of
the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel,
which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault
in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
[4] And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of
the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to
his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to
battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he
reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these
men?
[5] Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul
slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? [6] Then Achish called David,
and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy
going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have
not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day:
nevertheless the lords favour thee not. [7] Wherefore now return, and go in
peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
[8] And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found
in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not
go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? [9] And Achish answered and
said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God:
notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up
with us to the battle. [10] Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy
master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the
morning, and have light, depart.
[11] So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return
into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

1 Samuel 30
[1] And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the
third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten
Ziklag, and burned it with fire; [2] And had taken the women captives, that
were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away,
and went on their way. [3] So David and his men came to the city, and, behold,
it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters,
were taken captives.
[4] Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and
wept, until they had no more power to weep. [5] And David's two wives were
taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite. [6] And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of
stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his
sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
[7] And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring
me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. [8] And
David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I
overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake
them, and without fail recover all. [9] So David went, he and the six hundred
men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left
behind stayed. [10] But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred
abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
[11] And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and
gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; [12] And they
gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he
had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk
any water, three days and three nights. [13] And David said unto him, To whom
belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt,
servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell
sick. [14] We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the
coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned
Ziklag with fire.
[15] And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he
said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into
the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. [16] And
when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the
earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that
they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of
Judah.
[17] And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next
day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which
rode upon camels, and fled.
[18] And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David
rescued his two wives.
[19] And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither
sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them:
David recovered all.
[20] And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those
other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. [21] And David came to the two
hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they
had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David,
and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the
people, he saluted them. [22] Then answered all the wicked men and men of
Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us,
we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every
man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. [23]
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath
given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us
into our hand.
[24] For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that
goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they
shall part alike.
[25] And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an
ordinance for Israel unto this day. [26] And when David came to Ziklag, he sent
of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a
present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
[27] To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and
to them which were in Jattir,
[28] And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and
to them which were in Eshtemoa, [29] And to them which were in Rachal, and to
them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in
the cities of the Kenites, [30] And to them which were in Hormah, and to them
which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
[31] And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David
himself and his men were wont to haunt.

1 Samuel 31
[1] Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from
before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. [2] And the
Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew
Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. [3] And the battle went
sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the
archers.
[4] Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through
therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me.
But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a
sword, and fell upon it. [5] And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead,
he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
[6] So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men,
that same day together.
[7] And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and
they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and
that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the
Philistines came and dwelt in them. [8] And it came to pass on the morrow, when
the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three
sons fallen in mount Gilboa. [9] And they cut off his head, and stripped off
his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish
it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
[10] And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his
body to the wall of Beth-shan.
[11] And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the
Philistines had done to Saul;
[12] All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul
and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and
burnt them there.
[13] And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and
fasted seven days.

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