TBESH · H9023
הוּ · hu · his
Personal possessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular
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הוּ (hu) means “his” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: hu STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
הוּ · hu · his
Personal possessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular
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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 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
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 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 wordHis name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
Read word by wordWhile David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
Read word by wordBut Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
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 wordNow consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
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 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 wordMy lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
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 wordBut Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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 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 wordThis thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
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 wordMay the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
Read word by wordSaul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
Read word by wordDavid, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
Read word by wordDavid and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
Read word by wordNow David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
Read word by wordDavid did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
Read word by wordSo Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Read word by wordNow by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
Read word by wordWhen Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
Read word by wordThen Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
Read word by word“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
Read word by wordBecause you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
Read word by wordImmediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
Read word by wordSaul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
Read word by wordShe served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
Read word by wordAs the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
Read word by wordBut the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
Read word by wordIs this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
Read word by wordSo David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Read word by wordOn the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
Read word by wordWhen David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
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