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he sends men to take him from there. But when those who were sent did not return, but remained and prophesied, he himself went. David comes to Jonathan; he tells him that Saul is seeking to kill him. And if you wish to learn more clearly tomorrow, I will be absent at the time of the meal. Then if your father asks the reason, say that because there was a sacrifice in the city, he asked to go away. If, therefore, he takes it calmly, I suspect nothing terrible; but if he is displeased, the judgment and plot against me is manifest. Jonathan does these things; but Saul was so angered that he even tried to kill his son. But he, leaping up from the table, went out into the field and shoots the arrows; for this too was 56.344 a signal; and running up behind his boy, with David hiding somewhere there, he says: Go with haste, and do not stand still, because the arrow is there beyond you. David understood what these words meant, and when the boy had departed, he falls upon Jonathan and weeps; but he commands him to flee and to remember their covenants. And these were, never to take away mercy from the house of Jonathan, neither while he lived, nor when he was dead. David comes to the priest Ahimelech. Then he ate the loaves of the presence; and he took the sword of Goliath, saying that he had been sent somewhere in haste by the king. And he comes from there to Achish, then to Odollam, and he entrusts his household to the king of Moab. But when Saul was vexed with his servants, because no one sympathized with him, nor delivered David to him, Doeg the Edomite (for he happened to be there then, when David came to the priest), reported to him what had happened. But he, having summoned the priests, and when those standing by were unwilling to kill them, commands Doeg. And he killed three hundred and fifty men wearing an ephod, and destroyed Nob, their city. One of the priest's sons who had escaped reports these things to David. But he, being grieved, kept the survivor with him, and saved Keilah when it was being warred against. And having heard that Saul was coming against him, he went out from there into the wilderness of Ziph. And when Saul heard, he comes against him. But when an attack of enemies was reported while he was pursuing him, he departs. Then, having returned from the enemies, he sought him again, and enters the cave where David was sitting, and with him men further inside. And when all were urging him to kill Saul, he was not persuaded, nor did he permit those who wished to. And when that one went out of the cave, this one also followed, and crying out to him, he taught Saul both of that one's wickedness and his own righteousness. But he wept. Then Samuel died. He sends, asking Nabal for gifts, in return for the protection with which he guarded his flocks. But he not only did not give, but also insulted him through the messengers. And having armed himself, he went up so as to destroy him. Abigail, his wife, learned these things, and taking gifts she met David, and having beseeched him much, she restrained him from his impulse. And when Nabal died, she becomes his wife. Saul, having heard where David was, comes against him again. And when he was asleep with the whole army, David stands over him with Abishai; and when that one commanded him to strike the enemy, he did not yield, but taking the jug and spear lying at his head, he went as far away as possible, and crying out he both roused his general, and accused him of negligence, because he was not guarding the king. He shows both the spear and the jug, and accuses Saul, because he persecutes one who has done no wrong. Then David flees to Achish; for he did not consider it to be safe to stay near Saul. David receives Ziklag from Achish; and he would attack the enemies, and take money and many sheep. Then the foreigners are gathered together against Israel, and Saul consults the ventriloquist. David, having turned back from the camp (for the satraps of the foreign 56.345 peoples did not allow him to go out with them, suspecting that he would betray the camp), finds the

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ἀποστέλλει ληψόμενος αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν. Ὡς δὲ οἱ πεμπόμενοι οὐχ ὑπέστρεφον, ἀλλὰ μένοντες προεφήτευον, ἀπῆλθεν αὐτός. Ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν Ἰωνάθαν ὁ ∆αυΐδ· ἀπαγγέλλει αὐτῷ, ὅτι φονᾷ κατ' αὐτοῦ ὁ Σαούλ. Καὶ εἰ βούλει σαφέστερον αὔριον μαθεῖν, κατὰ τὸν τοῦ ἀρίστου καιρὸν ἀπολειφθήσομαι. Εἶτα ἐὰν ἔρηται ὁ πατήρ σου τὴν αἰτίαν, εἰπὲ, ὅτι θυσίας οὔσης ἐν τῇ πόλει, ᾔτησεν ἀπελθεῖν. Ἐὰν μὲν οὖν πράως ἐνέγκῃ, οὐδὲν ὑποπτεύω δεινόν· ἐὰν δὲ δυσχεράνῃ, πρόδηλος ἡ κατ' ἐμοῦ δίκη καὶ ἐπιβουλή. Ποιεῖ ταῦτα ὁ Ἰωνάθαν· ὁ δὲ Σαοὺλ οὕτως ὠργίσθη, ὥστε καὶ ἐπιχειρῆσαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀνελεῖν. Ὁ δὲ ἀναπηδήσας ἐκ τῆς τραπέζης, ἐξῆλθε εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ ῥίπτει τὰς σχίζας· ἦν γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο 56.344 σύνθημα· καὶ ἐπιδραμὼν ὄπισθεν τῷ παιδὶ αὐτοῦ, κρυπτομένου ἐκεῖ που τοῦ ∆αυῒδ, φησί· Ταχύνας πορεύου, καὶ μὴ στῇς, ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἡ σχίζα ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ ἐπέκεινα. Συνῆκεν ὁ ∆αυῒδ τί ἐβούλετο τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, καὶ τοῦ παιδὸς ἀναχωρήσαντος, ἐπιπίπτει τῷ Ἰωνάθαν καὶ κλαίει· ὁ δὲ κελεύει φυγεῖν καὶ μεμνῆσθαι τῶν συνθηκῶν. Αὗται δὲ ἦσαν, μηδέποτε ἐξᾶραι ἔλεον ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰωνάθαν, μήτε ζῶντος, μήτε θανόντος αὐτοῦ. Ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα τὸν Ἀβιμέλεκ ὁ ∆αυΐδ. Τότε τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγε· ἔλαβε δὲ καὶ τὴν ῥομφαίαν Γολιὰθ, φήσας ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀπεστάλθαι που κατὰ σπουδήν. Καὶ ἔρχεται ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς Ἀγχοῦς, εἶτα εἰς Ὀδολὰμ, καὶ παρατίθεται τῷ βασιλεῖ Μωὰβ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ. Ὡς δὲ ἐδυσχέραινεν ὁ Σαοὺλ πρὸς τοὺς αὐτοῦ παῖδας, ὅτι μηδεὶς αὐτῷ συμπονεῖ, μηδὲ παραδίδωσι τὸν ∆αυῒδ, ∆ωὴκ Ἰδουμαῖος (ἔτυχε γὰρ τότε ἐκεῖ, ὅτε ∆αυῒδ πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα ἦλθεν), ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ τὸ γεγονός. Ὁ δὲ μεταπεμψάμενος τοὺς ἱερεῖς, καὶ τῶν παρεστηκότων οὐ βουλομένων αὐτοὺς ἀνελεῖν, κελεύει τῷ ∆ωήκ. Ὁ δὲ ἀνεῖλε τριακοσίους πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας αἴροντας ἐφοὺδ, καὶ τὴν Νοβὰ τὴν πόλιν αὐτῶν ἐξωλόθρευσεν. Ἀπαγγέλλει ταῦτα τῷ ∆αυῒδ εἷς τῶν τοῦ ἱερέως υἱῶν διασωθείς. Ὁ δὲ ἀλγήσας εἶχε μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ τὸν διασωθέντα, καὶ τὴν Κῖλα πολεμουμένην ἔσωσεν. Ἀκούσας τε, ὅτι ὁ Σαοὺλ ἔρχεται ἐπ' αὐτὸν, ἐξῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Ζίφ. Ὡς δὲ ἤκουσεν ὁ Σαοὺλ, ἔρχεται ἐπ' αὐτόν. Ἀπαγγελθείσης δὲ ἐφόδου πολεμίων μεταξὺ διώκειν αὐτὸν, ἀναχωρεῖ. Εἶτα ἐπανελθὼν ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων, πάλιν αὐτὸν ἐπεζήτει, καὶ εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον, ἔνθα ∆αυῒδ ἐκάθητο, καὶ μετ' αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἐσώτεροι. Καὶ πάντων παρακελευομένων ἀνελεῖν τὸν Σαοὺλ, οὐκ ἐπείσθη, οὔτε τοῖς βουλομένοις συνεχώρησεν. Ὡς δὲ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκεῖνος ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου, ἐπηκολούθησε καὶ οὗτος, καὶ βοήσας πρὸς αὐτὸν, τήν τε ἐκείνου κακίαν καὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ δικαιοσύνην ἐδίδασκε τὸν Σαούλ. Ὁ δὲ ἐδάκρυσε. Τότε ἀπέθανε Σαμουήλ. Πέμπει, δῶρα τὸν Νάβαλ αἰτῶν, ἀντὶ τῆς φυλακῆς ἧς ἐφύλαξεν αὐτοῦ τὰ ποίμνια. Ὁ δὲ οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἔδωκεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὕβρισεν αὐτὸν διὰ τῶν ἀπεσταλμένων. Ἐξοπλισάμενος δὲ ἀνῄει ὥστε ἀπολέσαι αὐτόν. Ἔμαθε ταῦτα ἡ Ἀβιγαία ἡ τούτου γυνὴ, καὶ λαβοῦσα δῶρα ἀπήντησε τῷ ∆αυῒδ, καὶ πολλὰ δεηθεῖσα, ἐπέσχεν αὐτὸν τῆς ὁρμῆς. Καὶ ἀποθανόντος τοῦ Νάβαλ, γίνεται αὐτῷ γυνή. Ἀκούσας ὁ Σαοὺλ, ἔνθα ἦν ὁ ∆αυῒδ, ἔρχεται πάλιν ἐπ' αὐτόν. Ὡς δὲ καὶ ἐκαθεύδησε μετὰ τῆς στρατιᾶς ἁπάσης, ἐφίσταται ὁ ∆αυῒδ μετὰ Ἀβεσσᾶ· καὶ κελεύοντος ἐκείνου παίειν τὸν ἐχθρὸν, οὐκ εἶξεν, ἀλλὰ τὸν πρὸς κεφαλῆς κείμενον φακὸν λαβὼν καὶ δόρυ, ἀπῆλθεν ἕως ποῤῥωτάτω, καὶ βοήσας διήγειρέ τε αὐτοῦ τὸν στρατηγὸν, καὶ ἐνεκάλει ῥᾳθυμίαν, ὅτι μὴ φυλάττει τὸν βασιλέα. Ἐπιδεικνύει τό τε δόρυ καὶ τὸν φακὸν, καὶ ἐγκαλεῖ τῷ Σαοὺλ, ὅτι τὸν οὐδὲν ἠδικηκότα καταδιώκει. Τότε φεύγει πρὸς Ἀγχοῦς ὁ ∆αυΐδ· οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλὲς ἡγεῖτο εἶναι πλησίον διατρίβειν τοῦ Σαούλ. Λαμβάνει ὁ ∆αυῒδ παρὰ τοῦ Ἀγχοῦς τὴν Σεκελάκ· καὶ ἐπετίθετο τοῖς πολεμίοις, καὶ ἐλάμβανε χρήματα καὶ πρόβατα πολλά. Τότε συναθροίζονται οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι κατὰ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐρωτᾷ τὴν ἐγγαστρίμυθον. Ἀποστραφεὶς ὁ ∆αυῒδ ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου (οὐ γὰρ εἴασαν αὐτὸν οἱ σατράπαι τῶν ἀλλο 56.345 φύλων συνεξελθεῖν, ὑποπτεύοντες αὐτὸν προδιδόναι τὸ στρατόπεδον), εὑρίσκει τὴν