I Samuel 23 (Greek, Swete) — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; I Samuel 23; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)

Attribution: Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)

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The text

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ref	L0 witness
23:1	XXIIIἐν τῇ Κεειλά, καὶ αὐτοὶ διαρπάζουσιν· καταπατοῦσιν τοὺς ἅλως.
23:2	καὶ Δαυεὶδ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου λέγων Εἰ πορευθῶ καὶ πατάξω ἀλλοφύλους τούτους; καὶ εἶπεν κύριος Πορεύου, καὶ πατάξεις ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις τούτοις καὶ πατάξεις τὴν Κεειλά.
23:3	καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ Δαυεὶδ πρὸς αὐτόν ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἐνταῦθα ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φοβούμεθα, καὶ πῶς ἔσται ἐὰν πορευθῶμεν εἰς Κεειλά ; εἰς τὰ σκῦλα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων εἰσπορευσάμεθα;
23:4	καὶ προσέθετο Δαυεὶδ ἐρωτῆσαι ἔτι διὰ τοῦ κύρου· καὶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Κύριος καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν ᾿ Ανάστηθι καὶ κατάβηθι εἰς Κεειλά, ὅτι ἐγὼ παραδίδωμι τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους εἰς χεφάς σου.
23:5	καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυεὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς Κεειλὰ καὶ ἐπολέμησεν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις· καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπήγαγεν τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς πληγὴν μεγάλην· καὶ ἔσωσεν Δαυεὶδ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Κεειλά.
23:6	Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ φυγεῖν Ἀβιαθὰρ υἱὸν Ἀβειμέλεχ πρὸς Δαυείδ, καὶ αὐτὸς μετὰ Δαυεὶδ εἰς Κεειλὰ κατέβη, ἄων ἐντ’ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.
23:7	καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαοὺλ ὅτι ἥκει Δαυεὶδ Κεειλά, καὶ εἶπεν Σαούλ Πέπρακεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς εἰς χεῖράς μου, ὅτι ἀποκέκλεισται εἰσελθὼν εἰς πόλιν θυρῶν καὶ μοχλῶν.
23:8	καὶ παρήγγειλεν Σαοὺλ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ εἰς πόλεμον καταβαίνειν εἰς Κεειλά, συνέχειν τὸν Δαυεὶδ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ.
23:9	καὶ ἔγνω Δαυεὶδ ὅτι οὐ παρασιωπᾷ Σαοὺλ περὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν κακίαν, καὶ εἶπεν Δαυεὶδ πρὸς ᾿ Αβιαθὰρ τὸν ἱερέα Προσάγαγε τὸ ἐφοὺδ Κυρίου.
23:10	καὶ εἶπεν Δαυείδ Κύριε ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ, ἀκούων ἀκήκοεν ὁ δοῦλός σου ὅτι ζητεῖ Σαοὺλ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ Κεειλὰ διαφθεῖραι τὴν πόλιν δι’ ἐμέ.
23:11	εἰ ἀποκλεισθήσεται ; καὶ νῦν εἰ καταβήσεται Σαοὺλ καθὼς ἤκουσεν ὁ δοῦλός σου ; κύριε ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ, ἀπάγγειλον τῷ δούλῳ σου.
23:12	καὶ εἶπεν κύριος Ἀποκλεισθήσεται.
23:13	καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυεὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὡς τετρακόσιοι καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ Κεειλά, καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οὗ ἐὰν ἐπορεύθησαν· καὶ τῷ Σαοὺλ ἀπηγγέλη ὅτι διασέσωται Δαυεὶδ ἐκ Κεειλά, καὶ ἀνῆκεν τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν.
23:14	Καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τῆ ἐρήμῳ ἐν Μασερὲμ ἐν τοῖς στενοῖς, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Ζείφ, ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ αὐχμώδει· καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτὸν Σαοὺλ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν κύριος εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ.
23:15	καὶ εἶδεν Δαυεὶδ ὅτι Σαοὺλ τοῦ ζητεῖν τὸν Δαυείδ· καὶ Δαυεὶδ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ αὐχμώδει ἐν τῇ καινῇ Ζείφ.
23:16	καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰωναθὰν υἱὸς Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς Δαυεὶδ εἰς Καινήν, καὶ ἐκραταίωσεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐν Τυρίῳ.
23:17	καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Μὴ φοβοῦ· ὅτι οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ σε ἡ χεὶρ Σαοὺλ τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ σὺ βασιλεύσεις ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐγὼ ἔσομαί σοι εἰς δεύτερον·
23:18	καὶ Σαοὺλ ὁ πατήρ μου οἶδεν οὕτως. καὶ διέθεντο ἀμφότεροι διαθήκην ἐνώπιον κυρίου· καὶ ἐκάθητο Δαυεὶδ ἐν Καινῆ, καὶ Ἰωναθὰν ἀπῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
23:19	Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ Ζειφαῖοι ἐκ τῆς αὐχμώδους πρὸς Σαοὺλ ἐπὶ τὸν βουνὸν λέγοντες Οὐκ ἰδοὺ Δαυεὶδ κέκρυπται παρ’ ἡμῖν ἐν Νεσσαρὰ ἐν τοῖς στενοῖς ἐν τῆ καινῇ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ τοῦ Ἐχέλα τοῦ ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμού ;
23:20	καὶ νῦν πᾶν τὸ πρὸς ψυχὴν τοῦ βασιλέως εἰς κατάβασιν καταβαινέτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς· κεκλείκασιν αὐτὸν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τοῦ βασιλέως.
23:21	καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Σαούλ Εὐλογημένοι ὑμεῖς τῷ κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἐπονέσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ·
23:22	πορεύθητε δὴ καὶ ἑτοιμάσατε ἔτι, καὶ γνῶτε τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ οὗ ἔσται ὁ ποὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν τάχει ἐκεῖ οὗ εἴπετε, μή ποτε πανουργεύσεται.
23:23	καὶ ἴδετε καὶ γνῶτε, καὶ πορευσόμεθα μεθ' ὑμῶν· καὶ ἔσται εἰ ἐστιν ἔπι τῆς γης, καὶ ἐξερευνήσω αὐτὸν ἐν πάσαις Ἰούδα.
23:24	καὶ ἀνέστησαν οἱ Ζειφαῖοι κοὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἔμπροσθεν Σαούλ· καὶ Δαυεὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῇ Μαὰν κα σπέραν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμού.
23:25	καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄν αὐτοῦ ζητεῖν ἁλόν· καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Δαυείδ, καὶ κατέβη εἰς πέτραν τὴν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Μαάν· καὶ ἤκουσεν Σαούλ, καὶ ὀπίσω Δαυεὶδ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Μαάν.
23:26	καὶ πορεύονται Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐκ μέρους τοῦ ὄρους τούτου, καὶ ἦν Δαυεὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐκ μέρους τοῦ ὄρους τούτου· καὶ ἦν Δαυεὶδ σκεπαζόμενος πορεύεσθαι ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαούλ, καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ παρενέβαλον ἐπὶ Δαυεὶδ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ συλλαβεῖν αὐτούς.
23:27	καὶ ἄγγελος πρὸς Σαοὺλ ἦλθεν λέγων Σπεῦδε καὶ δεῦρο, ὅτι ἐπέθεντο οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
23:28	καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν Σαοὺλ μὴ καταδιώκειν ὀπίσω Δαυείδ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς συνάντησιν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπεκλήθη ὁ τόπος ἐκεῖνος Πέτρα ἡ μερισθεῖσα.

Provenance

title: I Samuel 23 (Greek, Swete)
dialect: greek
source: Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; I Samuel 23; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)
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attribution: Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).
file: Bible/Old Testament/I Samuel/23.greek.swete.L0.txt

Cite as:

I Samuel 23 (Greek, Swete). Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; I Samuel 23; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md). Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/i-samuel/23.greek.swete/. Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).

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L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.