TETH. Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken to pieces her bars, and her king and her prince among the Gentiles. There is no law; nay, her prophets have seen no vision from the Lord.

And God formed the man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Now then, if I should go in to your servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this [lad's] life)

And they said, You shall not go out; for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for you [are] as ten thousand of us; and now [it is] well that you shall be to us an aid to help us in the city.

Behold, [here am] I, answer against me before the Lord and before His anointed. Whose calf have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or who among you have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even as [much as a] sandal? Bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.

And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness among you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they said, [He is] witness.

And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him.

[ 24:7] And David said to his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.

[ 24:11] Behold, your eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered you into my hands in the cave. And I would not kill you, but I spared you, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my master, for he is the Lord's anointed.

And David said to Abishai, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?

And this thing is not good which you have done. As the Lord lives, you are worthy of death, you who guard your lord the king, the Lord's anointed. And now behold, the spear of the king, and the jug of water- where are the articles that should be at his head?

And David said to him, How was it that you were not afraid to lift up your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?

You mountains of Gilboa, let neither dew nor rain descend upon you, nor fields of firstfruits [be upon you], for there the shield of the mighty ones has been grievously assailed; the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

I have found David My servant; I have anointed him by [My] holy mercy.

For My hand shall support him; and My arm shall strengthen him.

[This translation omits this verse.]

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him beyond Jericho. And all his servants were dispersed.

And I will spread out My net upon him, and he shall be caught in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; but he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when behold, I engage his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.

And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.

And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.

Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him; he was taken in their pit.