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Lexicon :: Strong's H5650 - ʿeḇeḏ

Aa
עֶבֶד
Transliteration
ʿeḇeḏ
Pronunciation
eh'-bed
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1553a

Strong’s Definitions

עֶבֶד ʻebed, eh'-bed; from H5647; a servant:—× bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 800x

The KJV translates Strong's H5650 in the following manner: servant (744x), manservant (23x), bondman (21x), bondage (10x), bondservant (1x), on all sides (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 800x
The KJV translates Strong's H5650 in the following manner: servant (744x), manservant (23x), bondman (21x), bondage (10x), bondservant (1x), on all sides (1x).

  1. slave, servant

    1. slave, servant, man-servant

    2. subjects

    3. servants, worshippers (of God)

    4. servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)

    5. servant (of Israel)

    6. servant (as form of address between equals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶבֶד ʻebed, eh'-bed; from H5647; a servant:—× bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
STRONGS H5650: Abbreviations
I. עֶ֫בֶד 799 noun masculine slave, servant (on formation LagBN 77); — ע׳ Genesis 9:25 +, עָ֑בֶד Genesis 44:10 +; suffix עַבְדִּי Genesis 26:24 +; עַבְדְּךָ Genesis 19:19 +; עַבְדֶּ֫ךָ Genesis 18:3 +; plural עֲבָדִים Genesis 9:25 +, עַבְדֵי Genesis 21:25 +, suffix עֲבָדַי Leviticus 25:42 +, עַבְדֵיכֶם Joshua 9:11 +, etc.; —
1. slave, servant of household Genesis 39:17, 19; Genesis 41:12; Genesis 50:2; Exodus 21:2 +; man-servant, || אמה Exodus 20:10; Leviticus 25:6; Deuteronomy 5:14; Job 31:13 +; || שׁפחה Genesis 12:16; Genesis 32:6 [Genesis 32:5; Jeremiah 34:11; Isaiah 14:2 +; + אדון Deuteronomy 23:16; Isaiah 24:2; Malachi 1:6 +; מִקְנַת כֶּסֶף Exodus 12:44 or יְלִיד בַּיִת Jeremiah 2:14; עֶבֶד עֲבָדִים servant of servants, humblest servant, Genesis 9:25; † בֵּית עֲבָדִים house of slaves, especially Israel in Egypt Exodus 13:3, 14 (D ?) Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:11; Joshua 24:17; Judges 6:8; Jeremiah 34:13; Micah 6:4; † וזכרת כי עבד היית מצרים ב(ארץׅ and thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in (the land of) Egypt Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 16:12; Deuteronomy 24:18, 22; king of Babylon is slave to י׳ Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; the borrower to the lender Proverbs 22:7; figurative of beast Job 40:28; of things Genesis 47:19.
2. Subjects, of chief Genesis 26:15, 19, 25, 32; Genesis 27:37; Genesis 32:17 (twice in verse) +; of king Genesis 21:25; Exodus 7:28; Exodus 7:29; 1 Kings 9:27; Deuteronomy 29:1 +; vassal kings 2 Samuel 10:19; tributary nations 2 Samuel 8:2, 6, 14 = 1 Chronicles 18:2, 6, 13; specifically officers of king 1 Samuel 19:1; 1 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 11:13; Proverbs 14:35 +; עַבְדֵי פַרְעֹה Genesis 40:20; Genesis 41:10; שָׁאוּל ע׳ 1 Samuel 16:17; 1 Samuel 18:22; 1 Samuel 28:7; הַמֶּלֶךְ ע׳ 1 Kings 1:47; Esther 3:3 +; עֶבֶד הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 34:20 (a court offical); opposed to שַׂר Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7; מֶלֶךְ Proverbs 30:22; ambassadors Numbers 22:18; 2 Samuel 10:2; soldiers of army 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Samuel 25:10; 2 Samuel 2:12, + officers of army 1 Samuel 29:3; 1 Kings 11:26; 2 Kings 25:8; Isaiah 36:9.
3. Servants, worshippers, of God: † עַבְדֵי יהוה 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 10:23; Isaiah 54:17, compare Genesis 50:17; Isaiah 56:6; עֲבָדָיו Deuteronomy 32:36 = Psalm 135:14; Isaiah 65:15; Isaiah 66:14; Psalm 34:23; Psalm 69:37; Nehemiah 2:20; || עַמּוֺ Psalm 105:25 compare Deuteronomy 32:43; עֲבָּדַי Isaiah 65:8, 9, 13 (twice in verse); Isa 69:13; Isa 69:14; עֲבָדֶיךָ 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 63:17 (|| שִׁבְטֵי נחלתך), Psalm 89:51; Psalm 90:13; Psalm 90:16; Psalm 102:15; Psalm 102:29; Psalm 119:91; Psalm 79:2; Psalm 79:10 (|| חֲסִידֶיךָ); delivered from Egypt Leviticus 25:42, 55 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:13 (P); עַבְדְּךָ Psalm 119:125; Psalm 143:2, || בֶּןאֲֿמָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16 (twice in verse); specifically angels Job 4:18; and ancient worthies, patriarchs Exodus 32:13 (J) Deuteronomy 9:27; Abraham Genesis 26:24 (J) Psalm 105:6; Psalm 105:42; Isaac Genesis 24:14 (J); Jacob, Israel Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 37:25; 1 Chronicles 16:13; Moses † Exodus 14:31; Joshua 18:7 (J) Numbers 12:7, 8 (E) Deuteronomy 34:5 (?) Joshua 1:1, 2, 7, 13, 15; Joshua 8:31, 33; Joshua 9:24; Joshua 11:12, 15; Joshua 12:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 13:8; Joshua 14:7; Joshua 22:2, 4, 5 (all D), 1 Kings 8:53, 56; 2 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 21:8; 1 Chronicles 6:34; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 24:6, 9; Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 9:14; Nehemiah 10:30; Psalm 105:26; Malachi 3:22; Daniel 9:11; Joshua † Joshua 24:29 (E) Judges 2:8; Caleb † Numbers 14:24 (J); Job † Job 1:8; Job 2:3; Job 42:7, 8 (3 times in verse); David 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 7:5, 8, 26 + 27 times; Hezekiah † 2 Chronicles 32:16; Zerubbabel † Haggai 2:23; Eliakim † Isaiah 22:20. — The צֶמַח Zechariah 3:8; compare Zechariah 6:12 is also servant of י׳ as Messianic builder of temple (see BrMP 442 ff).
†4. Servant of י׳, in a special sense: of Levitical singers using benedictions in temple Psalm 113:1; Psalm 134:1; Psalm 135:1; usually of prophets, עֲבָדַי הַנְּבִיאִים my servants the prophets 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 17:13; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4; Ezekiel 38:17; Zechariah 1:6; עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 21:10; 2 Kings 24:2; Jeremiah 25:4; Amos 3:7; Daniel 9:10; עֲבָדֶיךָ הנביאים Ezra 9:11; Daniel 9:6; specifically Ahia 1 Kings 14:18; 1 Kings 15:29; Elijah 2 Kings 9:36; 2 Kings 10:10; Jonah 2 Kings 14:25; Isaiah Isaiah 20:3; עַבְדּוֺ, || מלאכיו Isaiah 44:26; as one calling to fear י׳ Isaiah 50:10.
†5. Israel as a people is servant of ׃י׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 41:8, 9; Isaiah 44:21 (twice in verse); Isaiah 49:3; Psalm 136:22; יעקב Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 46:27; Jeremiah 47:28; עַבְדִּי = עֶבֶד יהוה, || מַלְאָכִי, as having a mission to the nations Isaiah 42:19 (twice in verse); and chosen as witness of י׳ Isaiah 43:10. But there is also an ideal servant chosen and endowed with the divine Spirit to be a covenant of Israel and a light of the nations Isaiah 42:1 (compare Isaiah 42:2-6); formed to bring back Jacob, raise up the tribes, and become salvation to the end of the earth Isaiah 49:5, 6, 7; bearing the sins of all as a lamb and a trespass-offering, and yet prospering and justifying many as interposing martyr Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 53:11: many understand of ideal Israel, contrasted with the actual; others of personification || with Zion the wife and mother, distinguished from unworthy Israel as Zion from her apostate children; al. of ideal prophetic writer; al. of ideal prophetic person; al. (especially in Isaiah 53) of an actual prophecy known to writer and his readers; [in any case it is Messianic, see Matthew 8:16, 17; 12:16-21; Luke 4:17-22; Philippians 2:5-11]; see DeIsa ii. 174 DaExpos. 1884, 358 ff. Di Du Che and others on Isaiah 42; Isaiah 53, DrIs 168 ff. BrMP 345 ff., also GieBeitr. 146 ff. BertholIsaiah 53.
6. In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1st person singular, I, Genesis 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:7, 8 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 8:13 +; עֲבָדֶיךָ thy servants = we Genesis 42:11; Isaiah 36:11; also עַבְדּוֺ his servant = I, 1 Samuel 26:18, 19; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 24:21 +; also in addressing God, especially in prayer Exodus 4:10; Numbers 11:11; Judges 15:18; 1 Samuel 3:9, 10; 1 Samuel 25:39; 2 Samuel 24:10; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 35:27; Psalm 69:18; Psalm 109:28; Psalm 143:2 +.
7. Phrases are: † עבד (היה), with לְ person, become servant to Genesis 9:26, 27; Genesis 44:10, 16, 17, 33; Genesis 47:19, 26 (J) Deuteronomy 6:21; Deuteronomy 15:17; 2 Samuel 8:14; 2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 24:1; 1 Chronicles 18:2, 6, 13; 2 Chronicles 10:7; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 12:9; Proverbs 22:7; † היה לעבד, with לְ person, Genesis 44:9 (J) Genesis 50:18 (E) 1 Samuel 8:17; 1 Samuel 17:9 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 27:12; 2 Samuel 8:2, 6; Jeremiah 34:16; כבשׁ לעבדים 2 Chronicles 28:10; Nehemiah 5:5; Jeremiah 34:11; לקח לע׳ Genesis 43:18 (J) 2 Kings 4:1; Job 40:28 [Job 41:4].

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5649.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:25; 9:25; 9:25; 9:26; 9:27; 12:16; 18:3; 18:3; 19:19; 21:25; 21:25; 24:14; 26:15; 26:19; 26:24; 26:24; 26:25; 26:32; 27:37; 32:5; 32:17; 39:17; 39:19; 40:20; 41:10; 41:12; 42:11; 43:18; 44:9; 44:10; 44:10; 44:16; 44:17; 44:33; 47:19; 47:19; 47:26; 50:2; 50:17; 50:18

Exodus

4:10; 12:44; 13:3; 13:14; 14:31; 20:10; 21:2; 32:13

Leviticus

25:6; 25:42; 25:42; 25:55; 26:13

Numbers

11:11; 12:7; 12:8; 14:24; 22:18

Deuteronomy

5:6; 5:14; 5:15; 6:12; 6:21; 7:8; 8:14; 9:27; 13:6; 13:11; 15:15; 15:17; 16:12; 23:16; 24:18; 24:22; 29:1; 32:36; 32:43; 34:5

Joshua

1:1; 1:2; 1:7; 1:13; 1:15; 8:31; 8:33; 9:11; 9:24; 11:12; 11:15; 12:6; 13:8; 14:7; 18:7; 22:2; 22:4; 22:5; 24:17; 24:29

Judges

2:8; 6:8; 15:18

1 Samuel

3:9; 3:10; 8:17; 16:17; 17:8; 17:9; 18:22; 19:1; 20:7; 20:8; 21:8; 25:10; 25:39; 26:18; 26:19; 27:12; 28:7; 29:3

2 Samuel

2:12; 3:18; 7:5; 7:8; 7:26; 8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:6; 8:14; 8:14; 10:2; 10:19; 11:13; 14:22; 24:10; 24:21

1 Kings

1:47; 8:23; 8:53; 8:56; 9:27; 11:26; 14:18; 15:29

2 Kings

4:1; 8:13; 9:7; 9:7; 9:36; 10:10; 10:23; 17:3; 17:13; 17:23; 18:12; 21:8; 21:10; 22:12; 24:1; 24:2; 25:8

1 Chronicles

6:34; 16:13; 18:2; 18:2; 18:6; 18:6; 18:13; 18:13

2 Chronicles

1:3; 10:7; 24:6; 24:9; 28:10; 32:16; 34:20

Ezra

9:11

Nehemiah

1:8; 2:20; 5:5; 9:14; 10:30

Esther

3:3

Job

1:8; 2:3; 4:18; 31:13; 41:4; 42:7; 42:8

Psalms

19:12; 19:14; 27:9; 31:17; 35:27; 69:18; 79:2; 79:10; 86:16; 89:51; 90:13; 90:16; 102:15; 105:6; 105:25; 105:26; 105:42; 109:28; 113:1; 116:16; 119:91; 119:125; 134:1; 135:1; 135:14; 136:22; 143:2; 143:2

Proverbs

11:29; 12:9; 14:35; 19:10; 22:7; 22:7; 30:22

Ecclesiastes

10:7

Isaiah

14:2; 20:3; 22:20; 24:2; 36:9; 36:11; 41:8; 41:9; 42; 42:1; 42:2; 42:3; 42:4; 42:5; 42:6; 42:19; 43:10; 44:1; 44:2; 44:21; 44:26; 45:4; 48:20; 49:3; 49:5; 49:6; 49:7; 50:10; 52:13; 53; 53; 53; 53:11; 54:17; 56:6; 63:17; 65:8; 65:9; 65:13; 65:15; 66:14

Jeremiah

2:14; 7:25; 25:4; 25:9; 26:5; 27:6; 29:19; 30:10; 34:11; 34:11; 34:13; 34:16; 35:15; 43:10; 44:4; 46:27

Ezekiel

28:25; 37:25; 38:17

Daniel

9:6; 9:10; 9:11

Amos

3:7

Jonah

2

Micah

6:4

Haggai

2:23

Zechariah

1:6; 3:8; 6:12

Malachi

1:6

Matthew

8:16; 8:17; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:20; 12:21

Luke

4:17; 4:18; 4:19; 4:20; 4:21; 4:22

Philippians

2:5; 2:6; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 2:11

H5650

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Strong's Number H5650 matches the Hebrew עֶבֶד (ʿeḇeḏ),
which occurs 803 times in 714 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 15 (1Sa 8:17–1Sa 30:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - The people all said to Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:15 - Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:17 - So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - “Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked him. David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:5 - Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul ordered his attendants: “Speak to David privately and say, ‘Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:24 - When Saul’s servants told him what David had said,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:30 - The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:1 - Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7 - If he says, ‘Very well,’ then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before the LORD. If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - But the servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances: “ ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Achish said to his servants, “Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 - Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Ahimelek answered the king, “Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father’s family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.” But the king’s officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - David said, “LORD, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11 - Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? LORD, God of Israel, tell your servant.” And the LORD said, “He will.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:40 - His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18 - And he added, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong am I guilty of?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Now let my lord the king listen to his servant’s words. If the LORD has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD! They have driven me today from my share in the LORD’s inheritance and have said, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - Achish trusted David and said to himself, “He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - David said, “Then you will see for yourself what your servant can do.” Achish replied, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:7 - Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.” “There is one in Endor,” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:25 - Then she set it before Saul and his men, and they ate. That same night they got up and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - The commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - “But what have I done?” asked David. “What have you found against your servant from the day I came to you until now? Why can’t I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - Now get up early, along with your master’s servants who have come with you, and leave in the morning as soon as it is light.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - David asked him, “Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?” He said, “I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.

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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

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