TBESH · H9003
/ב · b · in/on/with
Prefix beth: in, among, with,
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/ב (b) means “in/on/with” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: b STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ב · b · in/on/with
Prefix beth: in, among, with,
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Page 72 of 206. 10289 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.2
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.4
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.5
So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.7
With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.8
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.11
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.12
May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.13
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.14
And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.19
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.20
Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.21
So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.22
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
Read word by wordNow there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
Read word by wordWhile David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
Read word by wordSo David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
Read word by wordNow I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
Read word by wordAsk your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
Read word by wordWhen David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
Read word by wordYet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
Read word by wordAs Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
Read word by wordNow David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
Read word by wordMay God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
Read word by wordShe fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
Read word by wordNow, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
Read word by wordNow let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
Read word by wordPlease forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
Read word by wordAnd should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
Read word by wordBlessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Read word by wordOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
Read word by wordThen David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
Read word by wordWhen Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Read word by wordIn the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
Read word by wordOn hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
Read word by wordThen the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
Read word by wordSo Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
Read word by wordSaul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
Read word by wordThen David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
Read word by wordThat night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
Read word by wordAbishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
Read word by wordBut David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
Read word by wordDavid added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
Read word by wordBut the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
Read word by wordSo David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
Read word by wordAnd he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
Read word by wordNow please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
Read word by wordSo do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Read word by wordThen Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
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