TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 91 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
Read word by wordNow it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
Read word by wordSo David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
Read word by wordOnce again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
Read word by wordWhen Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
Read word by wordThen Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
Read word by wordAnd David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
Read word by wordWill the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
Read word by wordThen David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
Read word by wordWhile David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
Read word by wordsaying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
Read word by wordSo the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
Read word by wordThen the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
Read word by wordNow, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
Read word by word“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
Read word by wordSo they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
Read word by wordand Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
Read word by wordSaul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
Read word by wordThen a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
Read word by wordSo Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
Read word by wordAfter 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
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.3
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
Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.6
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
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.9
and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.10
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 be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.16
When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.17
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
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
So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.23
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 wordSo David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
Read word by wordand say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
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 wordWhy should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
Read word by wordSo David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
Read word by wordAnd David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
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 wordand said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
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.
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