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1. Samuelova 27

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1 Ali David reče u srcu svom: Poginuću kadgod od ruke Saulove; nema bolje za me nego da pobegnem u zemlju filistejsku, te će me se Saul okaniti i neće me više tražiti po krajevima Izrailjevim; tako ću se izbaviti iz ruku njegovih.

2 Tada se podiže David i otide sa šest stotina ljudi koji behu s njim k Ahisu, sinu Moahovom, caru gatskom.

3 I osta David kod Ahisa u Gatu i ljudi njegovi, svaki sa svojom porodicom, David sa dve žene svoje, Ahinoamom iz Jezraela i Avigejom iz Karmila, ženom Navalovom.

4 I kad javiše Saulu da je David utekao u Gat, presta ga tražiti.

5 A David reče Ahisu: Ako sam našao milost pred tobom, neka mi dadu mesto u kome gradu ove zemlje, da sedim onde, jer zašto da sedi sluga tvoj s tobom u carskom gradu?

6 I dade mu Ahis onog dana Siklag. Zato Siklag pripada carevima Judinim do današnjeg dana.

7 I osta David u zemlji filistejskoj godinu i četiri meseca.

8 I izlažaše David sa svojim ljudima, i udaraše na Gesureje i Gerzeje i na Amalike; jer ti narodi življahu od starine u onoj zemlji od Sura pa do zemlje misirske.

9 I pustošaše David onu zemlju ne ostavljajući u životu ni čoveka ni žene, i otimaše ovce i volove i magarce i kamile i ruho, i vraćajući se dolažaše k Ahisu.

10 I Ahis pitaše: Gde ste danas udarali? A David govoraše: Na južnu stranu Judinu, i na južnu stranu jerameilsku, i na južnu stranu kenejsku.

11 Ali ne ostavljaše David u životu ni čoveka ni žene da dovede u Gat govoreći: Da nas ne tuže govoreći: Tako je uradio David. I takav mu beše običaj za sve vreme dokle beše u zemlji filistejskoj.

12 I Ahis verovaše Davidu, i govoraše: Baš se omrazio s narodom svojim Izrailjem; zato će mi biti sluga doveka.

   

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The meaning of "to seek" in the Bible is pretty straightforward, but there is a bit of nuance. In most cases "seek" or "look for" is connected with truth and knowledge, where "desire" is connected with love and affection. This makes sense; the idea of "seeking" is connected to sight, and sight corresponds to our intellect and capacity to understand truth.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 550; Apocalypse Revealed 429; Arcana Coelestia 4719, 6770, 6771, 7021, 8298)

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Arcana Coelestia # 6770

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6770. Verses 15-19 And Pharaoh heard of this matter and sought to kill Moses. And Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he dwelt next to a well. And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away; and Moses rose up and helped them, and watered their flock. And they came to Reuel their father, and he said, Why have you hastened to come today? And they said, An Egyptian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds; and he even drew water for us, and watered the flock.

'And Pharaoh heard of this matter and sought to kill Moses' means that having discerned this matter false factual knowledge wished to destroy the truth which the law from God possessed. 'And Moses fled from before Pharaoh' means that it was separated from falsities. 'And dwelt in the land of Midian' means a life led in the Church among those in whom simple good was present. 'And he dwelt next to a well' means an eagerness there for the Word. 'And the priest of Midian had seven daughters' means holy things belonging to that Church. 'And they came and drew water' means that they received instruction in truths from the Word. 'And filled the troughs' means that from there they enriched teachings about charity. 'To water their flock' means to the end that those governed by good might receive instruction from there. 'And the shepherds came and drove them away' means that teachers steeped in evils set themselves against them. 'And Moses rose up and helped them' means aid brought by truths which the law from God possesses. 'And watered their flock' means that those governed by good received instruction from it. 'And they came to Reuel their father' means a joining to the actual good of that Church. 'And he said, Why have you hastened to come today?' means a perception that now it was a certain joining together. 'And they said, An Egyptian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds' means because true factual knowledge that was [attached] to the Church prevailed over the power of the teachings that presented falsity arising from evil. 'And he even drew water for us' means that the instruction it gave came from the Word. 'And watered the flock' means those who belonged to the Church there.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.