## Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 24

###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:1
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וּסְלֵיק דָוִד מִתַּמָן וִיתֵב בִּמְצַדְתָּא עֵין גֶדִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David went up from there and dwelt in the stronghold of En gedi.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:2
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וַהֲוָה כַּד תַּב שָׁאוּל מִבָתַר פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי וְחַוִיאוּ לֵיה לְמֵימַר הָא דָוִד בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְעֵין גֶדִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Saul returned from pursuing after the Philistines, they told him, “Behold, David is in the Desert of En gedi.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:3
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/24:3)

וּדְבַר שָׁאוּל תְּלָתָא אַלְפִין גְבַר עוּלֵים מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲזַל לְמִבְעֵי יַת דָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי עַל אַפֵּי שְׁקִיפֵי כֵיפַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul took three thousand young men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men superficially in the clefts of the rocks.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:4
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וַאֲתָא לְחַטְרֵי עָאנָא דְעַל אוֹרְחָא וְתַמָן מְעַרְתָּא וְעַל שָׁאוּל לְמֶעְבַּד צוֹרְכֵיהּ וְדָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי בִסְיָפֵי מְעַרְתָּא יָתְבִין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he came to the sheepfolds that were by the road, where there was a cave. And Saul went in to relieve himself, while David and his men were dwelling in the innermost parts of the cave.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:5
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וַאֲמַרוּ גַבְרֵי דָוִד לֵיהּ הָא יוֹמָא דַאֲמַר יְיָ לָךְ הָא אֲנָא מְסַר יַת בְּעֵיל דְבָבָךְ בִּידָךְ וְתַעֲבֵּיד לֵיהּ כְּמָא דְתַקֵן בְּעֵינָךְ וְקָם דָוִד וּפְסַק יַת כְּנַף מְעִילָא דִלְשָׁאוּל בְּרָז:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will surrender your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall be right in your sight.’” Then David arose and stealthily cut off the hem of Saul’s robe.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:6
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וַהֲוָה בָתַר כֵּן וְחָשׁ דָוִד בְּלִבֵּיהּ עַל דִי פְסַק יַת כַּנְפָא דִלְשָׁאוּל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And afterward David was troubled in his heart, because he had cut off Saul’s hem.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:7
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וַאֲמַר לְגַבְרוֹהִי חָס לִי מִן קֳדָם יְיָ אִם אַעְבֵּיד יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין לְרִבּוֹנִי לִמְשִׁיחָא דַייָ לְאוֹשָׁטָא יְדִי בֵּיהּ אֲרֵי מְשִׁיחָא דַייָ הוּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he said to his men, “Far be it from me – from before the LORD – that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, for he is the LORD’s anointed.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:8
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וּפַיֵס דָוִד יַת גַבְרוֹהִי בְּפִתְגָמַיָא וְלָא שַׁבְקִינוּן לְמֵיקַם עַל שָׁאוּל וְשָׁאוּל קָם מִמְעַרְתָּא וַאֲזַל בְּאוֹרְחָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David calmed down his men with these words, and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up from the cave and went upon the road.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:9
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וְקָם דָוִד בָּתַר כֵּן וּנְפַק מִן מְעַרְתָּא וּקְרָא בָּתַר שָׁאוּל לְמֵימָר רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא וְאִסְתְּכֵי שָׁאוּל לַאֲחוֹרוֹהִי וּכְרַע דָוִד עַל אַפּוֹהִי עַל אַרְעָא וּסְגִיד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave. He called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David knelt down with his face to the ground and he bowed down.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:10
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְשָׁאוּל לְמָא אַתְּ שָׁמַע יַת פִּתְגָמֵי בְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא דְאָמְרִין הָא דָוִד כָּמֵין בִּישְׁתָּךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said to Saul, “Why are you listening to the words of the sons of man who are saying, ‘David is lying in wait for your ruin’?


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:11
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הָא יוֹמָא דֵין חֲזָאָה עֵינָךְ יַת דְמַסְרָךְ יְיָ יוֹמָא דֵין בִּידִי בִּמְעַרְתָּא וַאֲמַרוּ אוֹחֲרָנִין לְמִקְטְלָךְ וְחָסִית עֲלָךְ וַאֲמַרִית לָא אוֹשִׁיט יְדִי בְּרִבּוֹנִי אֲרֵי מְשִׁיחָא דַייָ הוּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Behold, this day your eyes are seeing how the LORD surrendered you today into my hand in the cave. And others said to kill you, but I spared you and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s anointed.’


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:12
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וְרִבּוֹנִי אִסְתַּכַּל אַף חֲזֵי יַת כְּנַף מְעִילָךְ בִּידִי אֲרֵי בְּמִפְסְקִי יַת כְּנַף מְעִילָךְ וְלָא קְטַלְתִּיךְ דַע וַחֲזוֹ אֲרֵי לֵית בִּידִי חוֹב וְסוּרְחַן וְלָא חָטִית לָךְ וְאַתְּ כָּמִין עַל נַפְשִׁי לְמִקְטְלָהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Look, my lord! Yea, see the hem of your robe in my hand! For by the fact that I cut off the hem of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is neither guilt nor transgression in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait against my life in order to kill me.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:13
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יְדִין יְיָ בֵּינָא וּבֵינָךְ וְיִתְפְּרַע לִי יְיָ מִנָךְ וִידִי לָא תְהִי בָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
May the LORD judge between me and you. May the LORD avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:14
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כְּמָא דְאָמְרִין מַתְלָא דְמִלְקָדְמִין מֵרַשִׁיעִין תִּפּוֹק חוֹבַתְהוֹן וִידִי לָא תְהֵי בָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Just as they say the proverb of old times, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth their guilt,’ my hand shall not be against you.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:15
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בָּתַר מַן נְפַק מַלְכָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתַר מַן אַתְּ רָדִיף בָּתַר חֲלַשׁ חָד בָּתַר הֶדְיוֹט חָד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
After whom has Israel’s king come out? After whom do you pursue? After one weak person! After one common man!


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:16
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וִיהֵי יְיָ לְדַיָין וְיַעְבֵּד דִין בֵּינָא וּבֵינָךְ וּגְלֵי קֳדָמוֹהִי וִידוּן דִינִי וְיִתְפְּרַע עוּלְבָּנִי מִמָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
May the Lord be judge and make judgment between me and you! May it be revealed before Him that He judges my case and revenge my humiliation on you!


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:17
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וַהֲוָה כַּד שֵׁיצֵי דָוִד לְמַלָלָא יַת פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין עִם שָׁאוּל וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל הֲקָלָךְ דֵין בְּרִי דָוִד וַאֲרֵים שָׁאוּל קָלֵיהּ וּבְכָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:18
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וַאֲמַר לְדָוִד זַכַּאי אַתְּ מִנִי אֲרֵי אַתְּ גְמַלְתַּנִי טַבְתָּא וַאֲנָא גְמַלְתָּךְ בִּישְׁתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
He said to David, “You are more innocent than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:19
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וְאַתְּ חֲוֵיתָא יוֹמָא דֵין יַת דַעֲבַדְתָּ עִמִי טִיבוּ וְיַת דְמַסְרַנִי יְיָ בִּידָךְ וְלָא קְטַלְתָּנִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And you have told today how well you have dealt with me, in that you did not kill me when the LORD surrendered you into your hand.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:20
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וַאֲרֵי יַשְׁכַּח גְבַר יַת בְּעֵיל דְבָבֵיהּ וְיִשְׁלְחִנֵיהּ בְּאוֹרַח תַּקָנָא וַיָי יְשַׁלְמִנָךְ טַבְתָא חֲלַף יוֹמָא דֵין דַעֲבַדְתָּא לִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go on a right road? So may the LORD reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:21
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וּכְעַן הָא יָדַעְנָא אֲרֵי מִמְלַךְ תִּמְלַךְ וְתִתְקַיֵים בִּידָךְ מַלְכוּתָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:22
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וּכְעַן קַיֵים לִי בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ דְלָא תְשֵׁיצֵי יַת בְּנַי בַּתְרָי וְלָא תִפְסוֹק יַת שְׁמִי מִבֵּית אַבָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now swear to me by the speech of the LORD, that you will not destroy my seed after me and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 24:23
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וְקַיֵם דָוִד לְשָׁאוּל וַאֲזַל שָׁאוּל לְבֵיתֵיהּ וְדָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי סְלִיקוּ לִמְצַדְתָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the strongholds.