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NowThere there was a certain man of RamathaimRamatha′im zophimzo′phim of the hill country of EphraimE′phraim andwhose his name was ElkanahElka′nah the son of JerohamJero′ham the son of ElihuEli′hu the son of Tohu the son of Zuph an Ephraimite:E′phraimite |
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andHe he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah:Penin′nah andAnd PeninnahPenin′nah had children but Hannah had no children |
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AndNow this man wentused to go up outyear ofby hisyear city from yearhis tocity year to worship and to sacrifice untoto Jehovahthe Lord of hosts inat Shiloh Andwhere the two sons of Eli Hophni and PhinehasPhin′ehas were priests untoof Jehovahthe wereLord there |
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AndOn when the day camewhen thatElka′nah Elkanah sacrificed he gavewould give portions to PeninnahPenin′nah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters; portions: |
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butand untoalthough he loved Hannah he gavewould agive doubleHannah portion;only forone heportion lovedbecause Hannahthe butLord Jehovah had shutclosed up her womb |
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And her rival provokedused to provoke her soresorely to makeirritate her fret because Jehovahthe Lord had shutclosed up her womb |
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AndSo asit hewent didon so year by year; whenas often as she went up to the house of Jehovahthe soLord she provokedused to provoke her; thereforeTherefore sheHannah wept and didwould not eat |
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And ElkanahElka′nah her husband said untoto her Hannah why weepestdo thouyou andweep And why eatestdo thouyou not andeat And why is thyyour heart grievedsad amAm I not Imore better to theeyou than ten sons |
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SoAfter Hannah rose up after they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh andHannah afterrose they had drunk Now Eli the priest was sitting uponon histhe seat bybeside the doordoorpost post of the temple of Jehovahthe Lord |
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AndShe she was indeeply bitternessdistressed of soul and prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord and wept sorebitterly |
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And she vowed a vow and said O JehovahLord of hosts if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaidmaidservant and remember me and not forget thy handmaidmaidservant but wilt give untoto thy handmaidmaidservant a manson child then I will give him untoto Jehovahthe Lord all the days of his life and there shall no razor comeshall upontouch his head |
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AndAs it came to pass as she continued praying before Jehovahthe thatLord Eli markedobserved her mouth |
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Now Hannah shewas spakespeaking in her heart; only her lips moved butand her voice was not heard:; therefore Eli thoughttook sheher hadto beenbe a drunken woman |
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And Eli said untoto her How long wiltwill thouyou be drunken putPut away thyyour wine from theeyou |
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AndBut Hannah answered and said No my lord I am a woman ofsorely atroubled; sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink but I pouredhave been pouring out my soul before Jehovahthe Lord |
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CountDo not thyregard handmaidyour formaidservant as a wickedbase woman; for outall ofalong theI abundancehave ofbeen myspeaking complaintout andof my provocationgreat haveanxiety Iand spokenvexation hitherto |
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Then Eli answered and said Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thyyour petition thatwhich thouyou hasthave askedmade ofto him |
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And she said Let thyyour handmaidmaidservant find favor in thyyour sighteyes SoThen the woman went her way and didate eat; and her countenance was no morelonger sad |
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AndThey they rose upearly in the morning early and worshippedworshiped before Jehovahthe andLord; returnedthen andthey camewent back to their house toat Ramah And ElkanahElka′nah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovahthe Lord remembered her; |
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and itin camedue to pass when the time was come about that Hannah conceived and barebore a son; and she called his name Samuel sayingfor Becauseshe said I have asked him of Jehovahthe Lord |
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And the man ElkanahElka′nah and all his house went up to offer untoto Jehovahthe Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow |
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But Hannah wentdid not go up; for she said untoto her husband IAs willsoon notas go up until the child beis weaned; and then I will bring him that he may appear beforein Jehovahthe presence of the Lord and abide there abide for ever |
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AndElka′nah Elkanah her husband said untoto her Do what seemethseems theebest good;to tarryyou wait until thouyou have weaned him; only Jehovahmay the Lord establish his word So the woman tarriedremained and gavenursed her son suck until she weaned him |
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And when she had weaned him she took him up with her along with a three bullocksyear andold onebull an ephah of mealflour and a bottleskin of wine; and she brought him untoto the house of Jehovahthe inLord at Shiloh:; and the child was young |
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AndThen they slew the bullockbull and they brought the child to Eli |
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And she said Oh my lord asAs thyyou soullive liveth my lord I am the woman thatwho stoodwas bystanding thee here in your presence praying untoto Jehovahthe Lord |
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For this child I prayed; and Jehovahthe hathLord givenhas granted me my petition which I askedmade ofto him: |
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thereforeTherefore also I have grantedlent him to Jehovahthe Lord; as long as he livethlives he is grantedlent to Jehovahthe Lord And hethey worshippedworshiped Jehovahthe Lord there |
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And Hannah also prayed and said: My heart exultethexults in Jehovahthe Lord; Mymy hornstrength is exalted in Jehovah;the Lord My mouth isderides enlargedmy over mine enemies; Becausebecause I rejoice in thy salvation |
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There is none holy aslike Jehovah;the ForLord there is none besides thee; Neitherthere is thereno any rock like our God |
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Talk no more so exceedingvery proudly; Letlet not arrogancyarrogance come outfrom of your mouth; Forfor Jehovahthe Lord is a God of knowledge Andand by him actions are weighed |
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The bows of the mighty men are broken; Andbut theythe thatfeeble stumbledgird areon girded with strength |
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TheyThose thatwho were full have hired themselves out themselves for bread; Andbut theythose thatwho were hungry have ceased to hunger: YeaThe the barren hathhas borne seven; Andbut she thatwho hathhas many children languishethis forlorn |
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JehovahThe killethLord kills and makethbrings alive:to Helife; bringethhe brings down to Sheol and bringethraises up |
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JehovahThe makethLord makes poor and makethmakes rich:; Hehe bringethbrings low he also lifteth upexalts |
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He raisethraises up the poor outfrom of the dust; Hehe liftethlifts up the needy from the dunghillash Toheap to make them sit with princes Andand inherit thea throneseat of glory:honor For the pillars of the earth are Jehovahsthe AndLords and on them he hathhas set the world upon them |
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He will keepguard the feet of his holyfaithful ones; Butbut the wicked shall be putcut tooff silence in darkness; Forfor not by strengthmight shall noa man prevail |
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TheyThe thatadversaries striveof withthe JehovahLord shall be broken to pieces; Againstagainst them he will he thunder in heaven: JehovahThe Lord will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength untoto his king Andand exalt the hornpower of his anointed |
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AndThen ElkanahElka′nah went home to Ramah toAnd histhe houseboy Andministered to the childLord didin ministerthe untopresence Jehovahof before Eli the priest |
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Now the sons of Eli were baseworthless men; they knewhad notno Jehovahregard for the Lord |
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AndThe the custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice the priests servant camewould come while the fleshmeat was boiling with a fleshthree hookpronged offork three teeth in his hand; |
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and he struckwould thrust it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot; all that the fleshfork hook brought up the priest tookwould therewithtake for himself So they did inat Shiloh untoto all the Israelites thatwho came thitherthere |
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YeaMoreover before they burnt the fat was burned the priests servant camewould come and saidsay to the man thatwho sacrificedwas sacrificing Give fleshmeat to roast for the priest to roast; for he will not haveaccept boiled fleshmeat offrom theeyou but raw |
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And if the man said untoto him TheyLet willthem surely burn the fat first and then take as much as thyyou soulwish desireth; then he would say NayNo butyou thoumust shalt give it me now:; and if not I will take it by force |
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AndThus the sin of the young men was very great beforein Jehovahthe sight of the Lord; for the men despisedtreated the offering of Jehovahthe Lord with contempt |
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But Samuel ministeredwas ministering before Jehovahthe beingLord a childboy girded with a linen ephod |
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MoreoverAnd his mother madeused to make for him a little robe and broughttake it to him fromeach year to year when she camewent up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice |
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AndThen Eli blessedwould Elkanahbless Elka′nah and his wife and saidsay JehovahThe Lord give theeyou seedchildren ofby this woman for the petitionloan which wasshe askedlent ofto Jehovahthe AndLord; so then they wentwould untoreturn to their own home |
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And Jehovahthe Lord visited Hannah and she conceived and barebore three sons and two daughters And the childboy Samuel grew beforein Jehovahthe presence of the Lord |
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Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons didwere untodoing to all Israel and how that they lay with the women thatwho didserved service at the doorentrance ofto the tent of meeting |
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And he said untoto them Why do yeyou do such things forFor I hear of your evil dealings from all thisthe people |
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NayNo my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: yethe makepeople Jehovahsof peoplethe toLord transgressspreading abroad |
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If onea man sinsins against anothera man God shallwill judgemediate for him; but if a man sinsins against Jehovahthe Lord who shallcan entreatintercede for him NotwithstandingBut they hearkenedwould not untolisten to the voice of their father; becausefor Jehovahit was mindedthe will of the Lord to slay them |
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AndNow the childboy Samuel grewcontinued onto andgrow increasedboth in stature and in favor both with Jehovahthe Lord and also with men |
| 2:27 |
And there came a man of God untoto Eli and said untoto him Thus saiththe JehovahLord Didhas said I revealrevealed myself untoto the house of thyyour father when they were in Egypt insubject bondage to Pharaohsthe house of Pharaoh |
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andAnd did I choosechose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest to go up untoto minemy altar to burn incense to wear an ephod before me; and did I givegave untoto the house of thyyour father all themy offerings ofby fire from the childrenpeople of Israel made by fire |
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WhereforeWhy kickthen yelook with greedy eye at my sacrificesacrifices and atmy mineofferings offering which I have commanded in my habitation and honoresthonor thyyour sons above me toby makefattening yourselves fatupon with the chiefestchoicest parts of allevery theoffering offerings of Israel my people Israel |
| 2:30 |
Therefore Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel saithdeclares: I saidpromised indeed that thyyour house and the house of thyyour father should walkgo in and out before me for ever:; but now Jehovahthe saithLord Bedeclares: Far be it far from me; for themthose thatwho honor me I will honor and theythose thatwho despise me shall be lightly esteemed |
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Behold the days comeare thatcoming when I will cut off thineyour armstrength and the armstrength of thyyour fathers house so that there shallwill not be an old man in thyyour house |
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AndThen thouin shaltdistress beholdyou thewill afflictionlook ofwith myenvious habitationeye inon all the wealthprosperity which God shall givebe bestowed upon Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thyyour house for ever |
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AndThe the man of thineyou whom I shall not cut off from minemy altar shall be spared to consumeweep thineout his eyes and to grieve thyhis heart; and all the increase of thyyour house shall die inby the flowersword of theirmen age |
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And this shallwhich be the sign unto thee that shall comebefall uponyour thy two sons on Hophni and Phinehas:Phin′ehas inshall onebe daythe theysign shallto dieyou: both of them shall die on the same day |
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And I will raise me up for myself a faithful priest thatwho shall do according to thatwhat which is in my heart and in my mind:; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walkgo in and out before minemy anointed for ever |
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And it shall come to pass that every one thatwho is left in thyyour house shall come andto bowimplore down to him for a piece of silver andor a loaf of bread and shall say Put me I pray theeyou intoin one of the priests officesplaces that I may eat a morsel of bread |
| 3:1 |
AndNow the childboy Samuel ministeredwas untoministering Jehovahto beforethe Lord under Eli And the word of Jehovahthe Lord was preciousrare in those days; there was no frequent vision |
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AndAt it came to pass at that time when Eli waswhose laideyesight down in his place now his eyes had begun to waxgrow dim so that he could not see was lying down in his own place; |
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and the lamp of God washad not yet gone out and Samuel was laidlying down towithin sleep in the temple of Jehovahthe Lord where the ark of God was; |
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thatThen Jehovahthe Lord called Samuel: Samuel and he said Here I am I |
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Andand he ran untoto Eli and said Here I am I; for thouyou calledstcalled me AndBut he said I calleddid not call; lie down again AndSo he went and lay down |
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And Jehovahthe Lord called yet again Samuel Andand Samuel arose and went to Eli and said Here I am I; for thouyou calledstcalled me AndBut he answeredsaid I calleddid not call my son; lie down again |
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Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovahthe neitherLord wasand the word of Jehovahthe Lord had not yet been revealed untoto him |
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And Jehovahthe Lord called Samuel again the third time And he arose and went to Eli and said Here I am I; for thouyou calledstcalled me AndThen Eli perceived that Jehovahthe hadLord calledwas calling the childboy |
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Therefore Eli said untoto Samuel Go lie down:; and it shall be if he callcalls theeyou thatyou thoushall shalt say Speak Jehovah;Lord for thy servant hearethhears So Samuel went and lay down in his place |
| 3:10 |
And Jehovahthe Lord came and stood andforth calledcalling as at other times Samuel Samuel ThenAnd Samuel said Speak; for thy servant hearethhears |
| 3:11 |
AndThen Jehovahthe Lord said to Samuel Behold I willam about to do a thing in Israel at which both the two ears of every one that hearethhears it shallwill tingle |
| 3:12 |
InOn that day I will performfulfil against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house from the beginning evento unto the end |
| 3:13 |
ForAnd I havetell told him that I willam judgeabout to punish his house for ever for the iniquity which he knew because his sons didwere bringblaspheming aGod curseand uponhe themselvesdid andnot herestrain restrained them not |
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AndTherefore therefore I haveswear swornto unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Elis house shall not be expiated withby sacrifice noror offering for ever |
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And Samuel lay until the morning; andthen he opened the doors of the house of Jehovahthe Lord And Samuel fearedwas afraid to showtell Eli the vision to Eli |
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ThenBut Eli called Samuel and said Samuel my son And he said Here I am I |
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And heEli said What iswas theit thing that Jehovahhe hathtold spokenyou untoDo theenot I pray thee hide it not from me: May God do so to theeyou and more also if thouyou hide anything from me of all the things that he spaketold untoyou thee |
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AndSo Samuel told him everyeverything whit and hid nothing from him And he said It is Jehovah:the Lord; let him do what seemethseems good to him good |
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And Samuel grew and Jehovahthe Lord was with him and did let none of his words fall to the ground |
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And all Israel from Dan even to Beer sheba knew that Samuel was established toas be a prophet of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 3:21 |
And Jehovahthe Lord appeared again inat Shiloh; for Jehovahthe Lord revealed himself to Samuel inat Shiloh by the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 4:1 |
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines; tothey battle and encamped besideat EbenEbene′zer ezer: and the Philistines encamped inat Aphek |
| 4:2 |
AndThe the Philistines putdrew themselvesup in arrayline against Israel: and when theythe joined battle spread Israel was smittendefeated beforeby the Philistines; andwho they slew ofabout thefour armythousand inmen on the field aboutof fourbattle thousand men |
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And when the peopletroops werecame cometo into the camp the elders of Israel said WhereforeWhy hathhas Jehovahthe smittenLord put us to dayrout today before the Philistines Let us fetchbring the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe outLord ofhere from Shiloh unto us that ithe may come among us and save us outfrom of the handpower of our enemies |
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So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from thencethere the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts who sittethis aboveenthroned on the cherubim:; and the two sons of Eli Hophni and PhinehasPhin′ehas were there with the ark of the covenant of God |
| 4:5 |
AndWhen when the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord came into the camp all Israel shoutedgave with a greatmighty shout so that the earth rangresounded again |
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And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shoutshouting they said What meanethdoes the noise of this great shoutshouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean And when they understoodlearned that the ark of Jehovahthe wasLord had come intoto the camp |
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And the Philistines were afraid; for they said GodA isgod has come into the camp And they said Woe untoto us forFor therenothing hathlike notthis beenhas suchhappened abefore thing heretofore |
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Woe untoto us whoWho shallcan deliver us outfrom of the handpower of these mighty gods theseThese are the gods thatwho smote the Egyptians with allevery mannersort of plaguesplague in the wilderness |
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BeTake strongcourage and quitacquit yourselves like men O ye Philistines thatlest yeyou bebecome notslaves servantsto unto the Hebrews as they have been to you:; quitacquit yourselves like men and fight |
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AndSo the Philistines fought and Israel was smittendefeated and they fled every man to his tent:home; and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmenfoot soldiers |
| 4:11 |
And the ark of God was takencaptured; and the two sons of Eli Hophni and PhinehasPhin′ehas were slain |
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AndA there ran a man of Benjamin outran offrom the armybattle line and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head |
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AndWhen when he camearrived lo Eli was sitting upon his seat by the waysideroad watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God And when the man came into the city and told itthe news all the city cried out |
| 4:14 |
AndWhen when Eli heard the noisesound of the cryingoutcry he said What meanethis the noise of this tumultuproar AndThen the man hastedhastened and came and told Eli |
| 4:15 |
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set so that he could not see |
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And the man said untoto Eli I am he thatwho camehas outcome offrom the armybattle; and I fled tofrom daythe outbattle oftoday the army And he said How wentdid theit mattergo my son |
| 4:17 |
AndHe hewho that brought the tidings answered and said Israel ishas fled before the Philistines and there hathhas also been also a great slaughter among the people; andyour thy two sons also Hophni and PhinehasPhin′ehas are dead and the ark of God ishas takenbeen captured |
| 4:18 |
AndWhen it came to pass when he madementioned mention of the ark of God that Eli fell over backward from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brakewas broken and he died: for he was an old man and heavy AndHe he had judged Israel forty years |
| 4:19 |
AndNow his daughter in law Phinehasthe wife of Phin′ehas was with child nearabout to begive delivered:birth andAnd when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was takencaptured and that her father in law and her husband were dead she bowed herself and broughtgave forthbirth; for her pains came upon her |
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And about the time of her death the women thatattending stood by her said untoto her Fear not; for thouyou hasthave broughtborne forth a son But she answereddid not neitheranswer didor shegive regardheed it |
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And she named the child IchabodIch′abod saying The glory ishas departed from Israel; because the ark of God washad takenbeen captured and because of her father in law and her husband |
| 4:22 |
And she said The glory ishas departed from Israel; for the ark of God ishas takenbeen captured |
| 5:1 |
NowWhen the Philistines hadcaptured taken the ark of God and they broughtcarried it from EbenEbene′zer ezerto unto Ashdod; |
| 5:2 |
Andthen the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it byup beside Dagon |
| 5:3 |
And when theythe people of Ashdod aroserose early on the morrownext day behold Dagon washad fallen uponface hisdownward faceon to the ground before the ark of Jehovahthe AndLord So they took Dagon and setput him back in his place again |
| 5:4 |
AndBut when they aroserose early on the morrownext morning behold Dagon washad fallen uponface hisdownward faceon to the ground before the ark of Jehovah;the Lord and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands laywere lying cut off upon the threshold; only the stumptrunk of Dagon was left to him |
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ThereforeThis neitheris why the priests of Dagon norand anyall thatwho comeenter intothe Dagons house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod untoto this day |
| 5:6 |
ButThe the hand of Jehovahthe Lord was heavy upon themthe people of Ashdod and he destroyedterrified them and smoteafflicted them with tumors evenboth Ashdod and theits bordersterritory thereof |
| 5:7 |
And when the men of Ashdod saw thathow itthings waswere so they said The ark of the God of Israel shallmust not abideremain with us; for his hand is soreheavy upon us and upon Dagon our god |
| 5:8 |
TheySo they sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines unto them and said What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel AndThey they answered Let the ark of the God of Israel be carriedbrought aboutaround untoto Gath AndSo they carriedbrought the ark of the God of Israel thitherthere |
| 5:9 |
AndBut it was so that after they had carriedbrought it aboutaround the hand of Jehovahthe Lord was against the city withcausing a very great discomfiture:panic and he smoteafflicted the men of the city both smallyoung and great;old andso that tumors brakebroke out upon them |
| 5:10 |
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron AndBut itwhen came to pass as the ark of God came to Ekron that the Ekronitespeople of Ekron cried out saying They have brought aboutaround to us the ark of the God of Israel to us to slay us and our people |
| 5:11 |
They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and they said Send away the ark of the God of Israel and let it goreturn again to its own place that it may not slay us not and our people For there was a deadlydeathly discomfiturepanic throughout all the whole city; theThe hand of God was very heavy there; |
| 5:12 |
And the men thatwho dieddid not die were smittenstricken with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven |
| 6:1 |
AndThe the ark of Jehovahthe Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months |
| 6:2 |
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners sayingand said What shall we do with the ark of Jehovahthe showLord Tell us wherewithwith what we shall send it to its place |
| 6:3 |
AndThey they said If yeyou send away the ark of the God of Israel do not send it not empty; but by all means return him a trespassguilt offering: thenThen yeyou shallwill be healed and it shallwill be known to you why his hand isdoes not removedturn away from you |
| 6:4 |
ThenAnd they said they What shallis be the trespassguilt offering whichthat we shall return to him AndThey theyanswered said Five golden tumors and five golden mice according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for onethe same plague was onupon all of you all and onupon your lords |
| 6:5 |
WhereforeSo yeyou shallmust make images of your tumors and images of your mice that marravage the land; and ye shall give glory untoto the God of Israel:; peradventureperhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and from off your gods and from off your land |
| 6:6 |
WhereforeWhy thenshould doyou ye harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts WhenAfter he had wroughtmade wonderfullysport amongof them did not they not let the people go and they departed |
| 6:7 |
Now thereforethen take and prepare you a new cart and two milch kinecows onupon which there hathhas never come noa yoke; and tieyoke the kinecows to the cart andbut bringtake their calves home away from them; |
| 6:8 |
andAnd take the ark of Jehovahthe Lord and layplace it uponon the cart; and put in a box at its side the jewelsfigures of gold which yeyou returnare returning to him foras a trespassguilt offering inThen asend cofferit byoff the side thereof; and sendlet it awaygo thatits itway may go |
| 6:9 |
And seewatch; if it goethgoes up byon the way ofto its own borderland to Beth shemeshshe′mesh then it is he hathwho has done us this great evil:harm; but if not then we shall know that it is not his hand that smotestruck us; it was a chance that happened to us by chance |
| 6:10 |
AndThe the men did so and took two milch kinecows and tiedyoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home; |
| 6:11 |
andAnd they put the ark of Jehovahthe uponLord on the cart and the cofferbox with the golden mice of gold and the images of their tumors |
| 6:12 |
And the kinecows tookwent the straight wayin by the waydirection toof Beth shemesh;she′mesh they went along theone highway lowing as they went; andthey turned notneither aside to the right handnor or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them untoas far as the border of Beth shemeshshe′mesh |
| 6:13 |
AndNow theythe people of Beth shemeshshe′mesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark andthey rejoiced to see it |
| 6:14 |
AndThe the cart came into the field of Joshua theof Beth shemiteshe′mesh and stoodstopped there whereA theregreat stone was athere; great stone: and they clavesplit up the wood of the cart and offered up the kinecows foras a burnt offering untoto Jehovahthe Lord |
| 6:15 |
And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovahthe Lord and the cofferbox that was withbeside it whereinin thewhich jewelswere ofthe goldgolden werefigures and putset them onupon the great stone:; and the men of Beth shemeshshe′mesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices theon samethat day untoto Jehovahthe Lord |
| 6:16 |
And when the five lords of the Philistines hadsaw seen it they returned that day to Ekron the same day |
| 6:17 |
AndThese these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned foras a trespassguilt offering untoto Jehovahthe Lord: one for Ashdod one for Gaza one for AshkelonAsh′kelon one for Gath one for Ekron one; |
| 6:18 |
andalso the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords both of fortified cities and ofunwalled country villages evenThe unto the great stone whereonbeside which they set down the ark of Jehovahthe whichLord stoneis remainetha untowitness to this day in the field of Joshua theof Beth shemiteshe′mesh |
| 6:19 |
And he smoteslew some of the men of Beth shemeshshe′mesh because they had looked into the ark of Jehovahthe Lord; he smoteslew of the people seventy men andof fiftythem thousand men; and the people mourned because Jehovahthe Lord had smittenmade the people with a great slaughter among the people |
| 6:20 |
AndThen the men of Beth shemeshshe′mesh said Who is able to stand before Jehovahthe Lord this holy God andAnd to whom shall he go up away from us |
| 6:21 |
AndSo they sent messengers to the inhabitants of KiriathKir′iath jearimje′arim saying The Philistines have broughtreturned back the ark of Jehovah;the comeLord yeCome down and fetchtake it up to you |
| 7:1 |
And the men of KiriathKir′iath jearimje′arim came and fetchedtook up the ark of Jehovahthe Lord and brought it intoto the house of AbinadabAbin′adab inon the hill; and sanctifiedthey Eleazarconsecrated his son Elea′zar to keephave charge of the ark of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 7:2 |
AndFrom it came to pass from the day that the ark abodewas inlodged Kiriathat jearimKir′iath thatje′arim thea time was long; fortime itpassed wassome twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovahthe Lord |
| 7:3 |
AndThen Samuel spakesaid untoto all the house of Israel saying If yeyou doare returnreturning untoto Jehovahthe Lord with all your heart then put away the foreign gods and the AshtarothAsh′taroth from among you and direct your heartsheart untoto Jehovahthe Lord and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines |
| 7:4 |
ThenSo the children of Israel did put away the BaalimBa′als and the AshtarothAsh′taroth and they served Jehovahthe Lord only |
| 7:5 |
AndThen Samuel said Gather all Israel toat Mizpah and I will pray to the Lord for you unto Jehovah |
| 7:6 |
AndSo they gathered togetherat to Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before Jehovahthe Lord and fasted on that day and said there We have sinned against Jehovahthe Lord And Samuel judged the childrenpeople of Israel inat Mizpah |
| 7:7 |
AndNow when the Philistines heard that the childrenpeople of Israel werehad gathered togetherat to Mizpah the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel And when the childrenpeople of Israel heard of it they were afraid of the Philistines |
| 7:8 |
And the childrenpeople of Israel said to Samuel CeaseDo not cease to cry untoto Jehovahthe Lord our God for us that he willmay save us outfrom of the hand of the Philistines |
| 7:9 |
AndSo Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it foras a whole burnt offering untoto Jehovah:the Lord; and Samuel cried untoto Jehovahthe Lord for Israel; and Jehovahthe Lord answered him |
| 7:10 |
AndAs as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering the Philistines drew near to battleattack against Israel; but Jehovahthe Lord thundered with a greatmighty thundervoice on that day uponagainst the Philistines and discomfitedthrew them into confusion; and they were smittenrouted down before Israel |
| 7:11 |
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and smote them untilas theyfar cameas underbelow Beth car |
| 7:12 |
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and ShenJesha′nah and called theits name ofEbene′zer; itfor Ebenhe ezersaid saying Hitherto haththe JehovahLord has helped us |
| 7:13 |
So the Philistines were subdued and theydid camenot noagain moreenter within the borderterritory of Israel: andAnd the hand of Jehovahthe Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel |
| 7:14 |
AndThe the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel from Ekron evento unto Gath; and theIsrael borderrescued thereoftheir didterritory Israelfrom deliver out of the hand of the Philistines AndThere there was peace also between Israel and the Amorites |
| 7:15 |
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life |
| 7:16 |
And he went fromon yeara tocircuit year inby circuityear to BethBethel el and Gilgal and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all thosethese places |
| 7:17 |
AndThen hishe returnwould wascome back to Ramah for therehis home was histhere house; and there also he judgedadministered justice to Israel: andAnd he built there an altar untoto Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:1 |
AndWhen it came to pass when Samuel wasbecame old that he made his sons judges over Israel |
| 8:2 |
NowThe the name of his first born son was Joel;Jo′el and the name of his second Abijah:Abi′jah; they were judges in Beer sheba |
| 8:3 |
AndYet his sons walkeddid not walk in his ways but turned aside after lucregain; andthey took bribes and perverted justice |
| 8:4 |
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel untoat Ramah; |
| 8:5 |
and they said untoto him Behold thouyou artare old and thyyour sons walkdo not walk in thyyour ways:; now makeappoint for us a king to judgegovern us like all the nations |
| 8:6 |
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said Give us a king to judgegovern us And Samuel prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:7 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto Samuel Hearken untoto the voice of the people in all that they say untoto theeyou; for they have not rejected theeyou but they have rejected me thatfrom Ibeing should not be king over them |
| 8:8 |
According to all the worksdeeds which they have done sinceto me from the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even untoto this day inforsaking that they have forsaken me and servedserving other gods so do they are also untodoing theeto you |
| 8:9 |
Now thereforethen hearken untoto their voice:; howbeitonly thouyou shaltshall protest solemnly untowarn them and shalt show them the mannerways of the king thatwho shall reign over them |
| 8:10 |
AndSo Samuel told all the words of Jehovahthe untoLord to the people thatwho askedwere ofasking him a king from him |
| 8:11 |
AndHe he said ThisThese will be the mannerways of the king thatwho shallwill reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them untoto him for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and theyto shall run before his chariots; |
| 8:12 |
and he will appoint themfor untohimself himcommanders for captains of thousands and captainscommanders of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his instrumentsimplements of war and the instrumentsequipment of his chariots |
| 8:13 |
AndHe he will take your daughters to be perfumers and to be cooks and to be bakers |
| 8:14 |
AndHe he will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and yourolive oliveyardsorchards even the best of them and give them to his servants |
| 8:15 |
AndHe he will take the tenth of your seedgrain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants |
| 8:16 |
AndHe he will take your menmenservants servantsand maidservants and yourthe maidbest servantsof and your goodliestcattle young men and your asses and put them to his work |
| 8:17 |
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and yeyou shall be his servantsslaves |
| 8:18 |
And yein shallthat cryday outyou inwill thatcry dayout because of your king whom yeyou shall have chosen youfor yourselves; andbut Jehovahthe Lord will not answer you in that day |
| 8:19 |
But the people refused to hearkenlisten untoto the voice of Samuel; and they said Nay:No but we will have a king over us |
| 8:20 |
that we also may be like all the nations and that our king may judgegovern us and go out before us and fight our battles |
| 8:21 |
And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people and he rehearsedrepeated them in the ears of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:22 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said to Samuel Hearken untoto their voice and make them a king And Samuel then said untoto the men of Israel Go ye every man untoto his city |
| 9:1 |
NowThere there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of AbielAbi′el the son of Zeror the son of BecorathBeco′rath the son of AphiahAphi′ah the son of a BenjamiteBenjaminite a mighty man of valorwealth; |
| 9:2 |
Andand he had a son whose name was Saul a handsome young man andThere awas goodly:not anda thereman was not among the childrenpeople of Israel amore goodlierhandsome person than he:; from his shoulders and upward he was highertaller than any of the people |
| 9:3 |
AndNow the asses of Kish Sauls father were lost AndSo Kish said to Saul his son Take now one of the servants with theeyou and arise go seekand look for the asses |
| 9:4 |
And hethey passed through the hill country of EphraimE′phraim and passed through the land of ShalishahShal′ishah but they founddid not find them not:And then they passed through the land of ShaalimSha′alim andbut there they were not: andthere heThen they passed through the land of theBenjamin Benjamites but theydid foundnot find them not |
| 9:5 |
When they werecame come to the land of Zuph Saul said to his servant thatwho was with him Come and let us returngo back lest my father leavecease offto caringcare forabout the asses and bebecome anxious forabout us |
| 9:6 |
AndBut he said untoto him Behold now there is in this city a man of God in this city and he is a man that is held in honor; all that he saithsays comethcomes surelytrue toLet pass: now let us go thitherthere; peradventureperhaps he can tell us concerningabout ourthe journey whereonon which we gohave set out |
| 9:7 |
Then Saul said Saul to his servant But behold if we go what shallcan we bring the man forFor the bread is spent in our vesselssacks is gone and there is notno a present to bring to the man of God: whatWhat have we |
| 9:8 |
AndThe the servant answered Saul again andHere said Behold I have inwith myme hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: thatand I will I give it to the man of God to tell us our way |
| 9:9 |
BeforetimeFormerly in Israel when a man went to inquire of God thus he said Come and let us go to the seer; for he thatwho is now called a Prophetprophet was beforetimeformerly called a Seerseer |
| 9:10 |
ThenAnd Saul said Saul to his servant Well said; come let us go So they went untoto the city where the man of God was |
| 9:11 |
As they went up the ascenthill to the city they foundmet young maidens goingcoming out to draw water and said untoto them Is the seer here |
| 9:12 |
AndThey they answered them and said He is; behold he is beforejust thee:ahead makeof hasteyou nowMake forhaste; he ishas come tojust daynow intoto the city; forbecause the people have a sacrifice totoday dayon in the high place |
| 9:13 |
As soon as yeyou areenter come into the city yeyou shallwill straightway find him before he goethgoes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat untiltill he comecomes becausesince he dothmust bless the sacrifice; andafterward afterwardsthose they eat thatwho are biddeninvited Now thereforego get you up; for atyou thiswill timemeet yehim shallimmediately find him |
| 9:14 |
AndSo they went up to the city; andAs as they camewere withinentering the city beholdthey saw Samuel camecoming out toward them toon gohis way up to the high place |
| 9:15 |
Now Jehovahthe hadday revealedbefore untoSaul Samuelcame athe dayLord beforehad Saulrevealed cameto sayingSamuel: |
| 9:16 |
ToTomorrow morrow about this time I will send theeto you a man outfrom of the land of Benjamin and thouyou shaltshall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; andHe he shall save my people outfrom of the hand of the Philistines:; for I have lookedseen uponthe affliction of my people because their cry ishas come untoto me |
| 9:17 |
AndWhen when Samuel saw Saul Jehovahthe saidLord untotold him BeholdHere is the man of whom I spakespoke to theeyou thisHe sameit is who shall haverule authority over my people |
| 9:18 |
Then Saul drewapproached near to Samuel in the gate and said Tell me Iwhere prayis theethe wherehouse of the seersseer house is |
| 9:19 |
And Samuel answered Saul and said I am the seer; go up before me untoto the high place for yetoday you shall eat with me to day: and in the morning I will let theeyou go and will tell theeyou all that is inon thyyour heartmind |
| 9:20 |
AndAs as for thineyour asses that were lost three days ago setdo not thyset your mind on them; for they arehave been found And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel Is it not for theeyou and for all thyyour fathers house |
| 9:21 |
And Saul answered andAm saidI Am not I a BenjamiteBenjaminite offrom the smallestleast of the tribes of Israel andAnd is not my family the leasthumblest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin whereforeWhy then speakesthave thouyou spoken to me afterin this mannerway |
| 9:22 |
AndThen Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the guesthall chamber and madegave them sita inplace at the chiefesthead placeof amongthose themwho thathad werebeen biddeninvited who were about thirty persons |
| 9:23 |
And Samuel said untoto the cook Bring the portion which I gave theeyou of which I said untoto theeyou SetPut it byaside thee |
| 9:24 |
AndSo the cook took up the thighleg and thatthe whichupper wasportion upon it and set itthem before Saul; Andand Samuel said BeholdSee thatwhat whichwas hathkept beenis reserved set it before theeyou and eatEat; because untoit thewas appointedkept timefor hathyou ituntil beenthe kepthour forappointed theethat foryou Imight saideat Iwith have invited the peopleguests So Saul didate eat with Samuel that day |
| 9:25 |
And when they werecame come down from the high place into the city hea communedbed withwas spread for Saul upon the housetoproof and he lay down to sleep |
| 9:26 |
AndThen theyat arose early: and it came to pass about the springbreak of thedawn day that Samuel called to Saul onupon the housetoproof saying Up that I may send theeyou awayon Andyour way So Saul arose and they went out both of them he and Samuel abroadwent out into the street |
| 9:27 |
As they were going down atto the endoutskirts of the city Samuel said to Saul BidTell the servant to pass on before us and when he has passed on butstop standhere thouyourself stillfor firsta while that I may causemake theeknown to hearyou the word of God |
| 10:1 |
Then Samuel took thea vial of oil and poured it uponon his head and kissed him and said IsHas it not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their enemies round about And this shall be the sign to you that Jehovahthe hathLord has anointed theeyou to be prince over his inheritanceheritage |
| 10:2 |
When thouyou artdepart departed from me totoday dayyou thenwill thoumeet shalt find two men by Rachels sepulchretomb in the borderterritory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say untoto theeyou The asses which thouyou wentestwent to seek are found; and lonow thyyour father hathhas leftceased offto caringcare forabout the asses and is anxious forabout you saying What shall I do forabout my son |
| 10:3 |
Then shaltyou thoushall go on forward from thencethere further and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God toat BethBethel elwill meet you there one carrying three kids and another carrying three loaves of bread and another carrying a bottleskin of wine: |
| 10:4 |
andAnd they will salutegreet theeyou and give theeyou two loaves of bread which thouyou shaltshall receiveaccept offrom their hand |
| 10:5 |
After that thouyou shaltshall come to theGib′eath hillelo′him ofwhere Godthere where is thea garrison of the Philistines:; and itthere shallas comeyou to pass when thou art come thither to the city thatyou thouwill shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with aharp psalterytambourine andflute a timbrel and alyre pipe and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying: |
| 10:6 |
andThen the Spiritspirit of Jehovahthe Lord will come mightily upon theeyou and thouyou shaltshall prophesy with them and shalt be turned into another man |
| 10:7 |
AndNow let it be when these signs aremeet comeyou untodo theewhatever thatyour thouhand dofinds asto occasiondo shall serve thee; for God is with theeyou |
| 10:8 |
And thouyou shaltshall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold I willam comecoming downto untoyou thee to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: sevenSeven days shaltyou thoushall tarrywait tilluntil I come untoto theeyou and show theeyou what thouyou shaltshall do |
| 10:9 |
AndWhen it was so that when he had turned his back to goleave from Samuel God gave him another heart:; and all thosethese signs came to pass that day |
| 10:10 |
AndWhen when they came thither to theGib′e hillah behold a band of prophets met him; and the Spiritspirit of God came mightily upon him and he prophesied among them |
| 10:11 |
And it came to pass when all thatwho knew him beforetimebefore saw thathow behold he prophesied with the prophets then the people said to one to another What ishas this that is come untoover the son of Kish Is Saul also among the prophets |
| 10:12 |
And onea man of the same place answered and said And who is their father Therefore it became a proverb Is Saul also among the prophets |
| 10:13 |
AndWhen when he had madefinished an end of prophesying he came to the high place |
| 10:14 |
And Sauls uncle said untoto him and to his servant WhitherWhere wentdid yeyou go And he said To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were not to be found we camewent to Samuel |
| 10:15 |
And Sauls uncle said TellPray tell me I pray thee what Samuel said untoto you |
| 10:16 |
And Saul said untoto his uncle He told us plainly that the asses werehad been found But concerningabout the matter of the kingdom whereofof which Samuel spakehad spoken he tolddid not tell him notanything |
| 10:17 |
AndNow Samuel called the people together untoto Jehovahthe toLord at Mizpah; |
| 10:18 |
and he said untoto the childrenpeople of Israel Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel I brought up Israel out of Egypt and I delivered you outfrom of the hand of the Egyptians and outfrom of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressedwere oppressing you: |
| 10:19 |
butBut yeyou have this day rejected your God who himselfsaves saveth you outfrom of all your calamities and your distresses; and yeyou have said untoNo him Nay but set a king over us Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovahthe Lord by your tribes and by your thousands |
| 10:20 |
SoThen Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot |
| 10:21 |
AndHe he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by theirits families; and the family of the Matrites was taken by lot; finally he brought the family of the Matrites near man by man and Saul the son of Kish was taken: butby lot But when they sought him he could not be found |
| 10:22 |
ThereforeSo they askedinquired again of Jehovahthe furtherLord IsDid therethe yet a man to come hither Andand Jehovahthe answeredLord said Behold he hathhas hidhidden himself among the baggage |
| 10:23 |
AndThen they ran and fetched him thencefrom there; and when he stood among the people he was highertaller than any of the people from his shoulders and upward |
| 10:24 |
And Samuel said to all the people SeeDo yeyou see him whom Jehovahthe hathLord has chosen thatThere there is none like him among all the people And all the people shouted and said Long live the king |
| 10:25 |
Then Samuel told the people the mannerrights and duties of the kingdomkingship; and he wrote itthem in a book and laid it up before Jehovahthe AndLord Then Samuel sent all the people away everyeach manone to his househome |
| 10:26 |
And Saul also went to his househome toat Gibeah;Gib′e ah and therewith him went withmen himof thevalor host whose hearts God had touched |
| 10:27 |
But certainsome worthless fellows said How shallcan this man save us And they despised him and brought him no present But he held his peace |
| 11:1 |
Then Nahash the Ammonite camewent up and encampedbesieged againstJa′besh Jabeshgil′ead; gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said untoto Nahash Make a covenanttreaty with us and we will serve theeyou |
| 11:2 |
AndBut Nahash the Ammonite said untoto them On this condition I will I make ita treaty with you that I gouge out all your right eyes be put out; and Ithus willput laydisgrace it for a reproach upon all Israel |
| 11:3 |
AndThe the elders of Jabesh said untoto him Give us seven days respite that we may send messengers untothrough all the bordersterritory of Israel; andThen then if there beis noneno one to save us we will comegive outourselves up to theeyou |
| 11:4 |
ThenWhen came the messengers came to GibeahGib′e ah of Saul andthey spakereported thesethe wordsmatter in the ears of the people:; and all the people lifted up their voice and wept aloud |
| 11:5 |
AndNow behold Saul camewas followingcoming from the oxenfield outbehind of the fieldoxen; and Saul said What ailethails the people that they weepare Andweeping So they told him the wordstidings of the men of Jabesh |
| 11:6 |
And the Spiritspirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard thosethese words and his anger was greatly kindled greatly |
| 11:7 |
AndHe he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the bordersterritory of Israel by the hand of messengers saying WhosoeverWhoever comethdoes not forthcome out after Saul and after Samuel so shall it be done untoto his oxen AndThen the dread of Jehovahthe Lord fell onupon the people and they came out as one man |
| 11:8 |
AndWhen he numberedmustered them inat Bezek; and the childrenmen of Israel were three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand |
| 11:9 |
And they said untoto the messengers thatwho camehad come Thus shall yeyou say untoto the men of JabeshJa′besh gileadgil′ead: ToTomorrow morrow by the time the sun is hot yeyou shall have deliverance AndWhen the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad |
| 11:10 |
Therefore the men of Jabesh said ToTomorrow morrow we will comegive outourselves untoup to you and yeyou shallmay do withto us allwhatever thatseems seemeth good untoto you |
| 11:11 |
And it was so on the morrow that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and smotecut down the Ammonites until the heat of the day:; and itthose camewho tosurvived pass that they that remained were scattered so that notno two of them were left together |
| 11:12 |
AndThen the people said untoto Samuel Who is heit that said Shall Saul reign over us bringBring the men that we may put them to death |
| 11:13 |
AndBut Saul said ThereNot shall not a man shall be put to death this day; for totoday daythe JehovahLord hathhas wrought deliverance in Israel |
| 11:14 |
Then Samuel said Samuel to the people Come and let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom there |
| 11:15 |
AndSo all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovahthe Lord in Gilgal; andThere there they offeredsacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before Jehovah;the Lord and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly |
| 12:1 |
And Samuel said untoto all Israel Behold I have hearkened untoto your voice in all that yeyou have said untoto me and have made a king over you |
| 12:2 |
And now behold the king walkethwalks before you; and I am old and grayheaded;gray and behold my sons are with you:; and I have walked before you from my youth untountil this day |
| 12:3 |
Here I am:; witnesstestify against me before Jehovahthe Lord and before his anointed: whoseWhose ox have I taken orOr whose ass have I taken orOr whom have I defrauded whomWhom have I oppressed orOr offrom whose hand have I taken a ransombribe to blind minemy eyes therewithwith it Testify gainst me and I will restore it to you |
| 12:4 |
AndThey they said ThouYou hasthave not defrauded us noror oppressed us neitheror hast thou taken aughtanything offrom any mans hand |
| 12:5 |
And he said untoto them JehovahThe Lord is witness against you and his anointed is witness this day that yeyou have not found aughtanything in my hand And they said He is witness |
| 12:6 |
And Samuel said untoto the people ItThe Lord is Jehovahwitness thatwho appointed Moses and Aaron and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt |
| 12:7 |
Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before Jehovahthe Lord concerning all the righteoussaving actsdeeds of Jehovahthe Lord which he didperformed tofor you and tofor your fathers |
| 12:8 |
When Jacob waswent come into Egypt and the Egyptians oppressed them then your fathers cried untoto Jehovahthe thenLord Jehovahand the Lord sent Moses and Aaron who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt and made them to dwell in this place |
| 12:9 |
But they forgatforgot Jehovahthe Lord their God; and he sold them into the hand of SiseraSis′era captaincommander of the hostarmy of Jabin king of Hazor and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them |
| 12:10 |
And they cried untoto Jehovahthe Lord and said We have sinned because we have forsaken Jehovahthe Lord and have served the BaalimBa′als and the Ashtaroth:Ash′taroth; but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies and we will serve thee |
| 12:11 |
And Jehovahthe Lord sent JerubbaalJerubba′al and BedanBarak and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and yeyou dwelt in safety |
| 12:12 |
And when yeyou saw that Nahash the king of the childrenAmmonites of Ammon came against you yeyou said untoto me NayNo but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovahthe Lord your God was your king |
| 12:13 |
NowAnd thereforenow behold the king whom yeyou have chosen andfor whom yeyou have asked; for:behold andthe beholdLord Jehovahhas hath set a king over you |
| 12:14 |
If yeyou will fear Jehovahthe Lord and serve him and hearken untoto his voice and not rebel against the commandment of Jehovahthe Lord and if both yeyou and also the king thatwho reignethreigns over you bewill followersfollow ofthe JehovahLord your God it will be well:; |
| 12:15 |
but if yeyou will not hearken untoto the voice of Jehovahthe Lord but rebel against the commandment of Jehovahthe Lord then will the hand of Jehovahthe Lord will be against you asand it was against your fathersking |
| 12:16 |
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing which Jehovahthe Lord will do before your eyes |
| 12:17 |
Is it not wheat harvest totoday day I will call untoupon Jehovahthe Lord that he may send thunder and rain; and yeyou shall know and see that your wickedness is great which yeyou have done in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord in asking youfor yourselves a king |
| 12:18 |
So Samuel called untoupon Jehovah;the Lord and Jehovahthe Lord sent thunder and rain that day:; and all the people greatly feared Jehovahthe Lord and Samuel |
| 12:19 |
And all the people said untoto Samuel Pray for thyyour servants untoto Jehovahthe thyLord your God that we diemay not die; for we have added untoto all our sins this evil to ask usfor ourselves a king |
| 12:20 |
And Samuel said untoto the people Fear not:; yeyou have indeed done all this evil; yet turndo not turn aside from following Jehovahthe Lord but serve Jehovahthe Lord with all your heart:; |
| 12:21 |
and turndo ye not turn aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit noror deliversave for they are vain |
| 12:22 |
For Jehovahthe Lord will not forsakecast away his people for his great names sake because it hathhas pleased Jehovahthe Lord to make you a people untofor himself |
| 12:23 |
Moreover as for me far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovahthe inLord by ceasing to pray for you:; butand I will instruct you in the good and the right way |
| 12:24 |
Only fear Jehovahthe Lord and serve him infaithfully truth with all your heart; for consider howwhat great things he hathhas done for you |
| 12:25 |
But if yeyou shall still do wickedly yeyou shall be consumedswept away both yeyou and your king |
| 13:1 |
Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned and two years over Israel |
| 13:2 |
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mounthill country of BethBethel el and a thousand were with Jonathan in GibeahGib′e ah of Benjamin:; and the rest of the people he sent home every man to his tent |
| 13:3 |
And Jonathan smotedefeated the garrison of the Philistines thatwhich was inat Geba; and the Philistines heard of it And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land saying Let the Hebrews hear |
| 13:4 |
And all Israel heard sayit said that Saul had smittendefeated the garrison of the Philistines and also that Israel was had inbecome abominationodious withto the Philistines And the people were gatheredcalled togetherout afterto join Saul toat Gilgal |
| 13:5 |
And the Philistines assembledmustered themselves together to fight with Israel thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and peopletroops aslike the sand which is on the seaseashore shore in multitude:; and they came up and encamped in Michmash eastwardto the east of Beth avena′ven |
| 13:6 |
When the men of Israel saw that they were in astraits strait for the people were distressedhard thenpressed the people didhid hide themselves in caves and in thicketsholes and in rocks and in covertstombs and in pitscisterns |
| 13:7 |
Nowor somecrossed of the Hebrewsfords hadof gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul he was yetstill inat Gilgal and all the people followed him trembling |
| 13:8 |
AndHe hewaited tarried seven days according to the set time thatappointed by Samuel; had appointed: but Samuel camedid not come to Gilgal; and the people were scatteredscattering from him |
| 13:9 |
AndSo Saul said Bring hither the burnt offering here to me and the peace offerings And he offered the burnt offering |
| 13:10 |
AndAs it came to pass that as soon as he had madefinished an end of offering the burnt offering behold Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him thatand he might salute him |
| 13:11 |
And Samuel said What hasthave thouyou done And Saul said BecauseWhen I saw that the people were scatteredscattering from me and that thouyou camestdid not come within the days appointed and that the Philistines assembledhad themselvesmustered together at Michmash; |
| 13:12 |
thereforeI said I Now will the Philistines will come down upon me toat Gilgal and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah:the Lord; so I forced myself therefore and offered the burnt offering |
| 13:13 |
And Samuel said to Saul ThouYou hasthave done foolishly; thouyou hasthave not kept the commandment of Jehovahthe thyLord your God which he commanded thee:you; for now the Lord would Jehovah have established thyyour kingdom uponover Israel for ever |
| 13:14 |
But now thyyour kingdom shall not continue:; Jehovahthe hathLord has sought himout a man after his own heart; and Jehovahthe hathLord has appointed him to be prince over his people because thouyou hasthave not kept thatwhat whichthe JehovahLord commanded theeyou |
| 13:15 |
And Samuel arose and gatwent him up from Gilgal untoto GibeahGib′e ah of Benjamin And Saul numbered the people thatwho were present with him about six hundred men |
| 13:16 |
And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people thatwho were present with them abodestayed in Geba of Benjamin:; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash |
| 13:17 |
And theraiders spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies:; one company turned untotoward theOphrah way that leadeth to Ophrah unto the land of Shual;Shu′al |
| 13:18 |
and another company turned thetoward way to Beth horon;hor′on and another company turned thetoward way of the border that lookethlooks down upon the valley of ZeboimZebo′im toward the wilderness |
| 13:19 |
Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said Lest the Hebrews make themthemselves swords or spears:; |
| 13:20 |
but allevery one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen every man his shareplowshare and his coultermattock and his axe andor his mattocksickle; |
| 13:21 |
yetand theythe hadcharge was a filepim for the mattocksplowshares and for the coultersmattocks and fora thethird forksof anda shekel for sharpening the axes and tofor setsetting the goads |
| 13:22 |
So iton came to pass in the day of the battle that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan:; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son washad therethem found |
| 13:23 |
And the garrison of the Philistines went out untoto the pass of Michmash |
| 14:1 |
NowOne it fell upon a day that Jonathan the son of Saul said untoto the young man thatwho barebore his armor Come and let us go over to the PhilistinesPhilistine garrison that is on yonder side But he tolddid not tell his father |
| 14:2 |
And Saul abodewas staying in the uttermostoutskirts part of GibeahGib′e ah under the pomegranate tree which is inat Migron:; and the people thatwho were with him were about six hundred men; |
| 14:3 |
and AhijahAhi′jah the son of AhitubAhi′tub IchabodsIch′abods brother the son of PhinehasPhin′ehas the son of Eli the priest of Jehovahthe Lord in Shiloh wearing an ephod And the people knewdid not know that Jonathan washad gone |
| 14:4 |
AndIn between the passespass by which Jonathan sought to go over untoto the PhilistinesPhilistine garrison there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side:; and the name of the one was Bozez and the name of the other Seneh |
| 14:5 |
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba |
| 14:6 |
And Jonathan said to the young man thatwho barebore his armor Come and let us go over untoto the garrison of these uncircumcised:; it may be that Jehovahthe Lord will work for us; for therenothing iscan nohinder restraintthe toLord Jehovahfrom tosaving save by many or by few |
| 14:7 |
And his armorbearerarmor bearer said untoto him Do all that isyour inmind thyinclines heart:to; turn thee behold I am with theeyou accordingas tois thyyour heartmind so is mine |
| 14:8 |
Then said Jonathan Behold we will passcross over untoto the men and we will discloseshow ourselves untoto them |
| 14:9 |
If they say thusto unto us TarryWait until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place and we will not go up untoto them |
| 14:10 |
But if they say thus Come up untoto us; then we will go up; for Jehovahthe hathLord deliveredhas given them into our hand: andAnd this shall be the sign untoto us |
| 14:11 |
AndSo both of them disclosedshowed themselves untoto the garrison of the Philistines:; and the Philistines said BeholdLook the Hebrews comeare forthcoming out of the holes where they hadhave hid themselves |
| 14:12 |
And the men of the garrison answeredhailed Jonathan and his armorbearerarmor bearer and said Come up to us and we will show you a thing And Jonathan said untoto his armorbearerarmor bearer Come up after me; for Jehovahthe hathLord deliveredhas given them into the hand of Israel |
| 14:13 |
AndThen Jonathan climbed up uponon his hands and upon his feet and his armorbearerarmor bearer after him: andAnd they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearerarmor slewbearer killed them after him; |
| 14:14 |
Andand that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearerarmor bearer made was of about twenty men within as it were half a furrows length in an acre of land |
| 14:15 |
And there was a tremblingpanic in the camp in the field and among all the people; the garrison and even the spoilersraiders they also trembled; and the earth quaked:; soand thereit wasbecame ana exceedingvery great tremblingpanic |
| 14:16 |
And the watchmen of Saul in GibeahGib′e ah of Benjamin looked; and behold the multitude meltedwas awaysurging and they went hither and thither |
| 14:17 |
Then Saul said Saulto unto the people thatwho were with him Number now and see who ishas gone from us And when they had numbered behold Jonathan and his armorbearerarmor bearer were not there |
| 14:18 |
And Saul said untoto AhijahAhi′jah Bring hither the ark of God For the ark of God waswent there at that time with the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 14:19 |
And it came to pass while Saul talkedwas untotalking to the priest that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines wentincreased onmore and increased:more; and Saul said untoto the priest Withdraw thyyour hand |
| 14:20 |
AndThen Saul and all the people thatwho were with him wererallied gathered together and camewent tointo the battle:; and behold every mans sword was against his fellow and there was a very great discomfitureconfusion |
| 14:21 |
Now the Hebrews thatwho werehad been with the Philistines asbefore beforetimethat time and thatwho wenthad gone up with them into the camp from the country round about even they also turned to be with the Israelites thatwho were with Saul and Jonathan |
| 14:22 |
Likewise when all the men of Israel thatwho had hid themselves in the hill country of EphraimE′phraim when they heard that the Philistines fledwere evenfleeing they alsotoo followed hard after them in the battle |
| 14:23 |
So Jehovahthe savedLord delivered Israel that day:; and the battle passed overbeyond by Beth avena′ven |
| 14:24 |
And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul hadlaid adjuredan oath on the people saying Cursed be the man thatwho eatetheats any food until it beis evening and I beam avenged on minemy enemies So none of the people tasted food |
| 14:25 |
And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey uponon the ground |
| 14:26 |
And when the people wereentered come unto the forest behold the honey dropped:was dropping but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath |
| 14:27 |
But Jonathan heardhad not whenheard his father chargedcharge the people with the oath:; whereforeso he put forth the endtip of the rodstaff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes werebecame enlightenedbright |
| 14:28 |
Then answered one of the people and said ThyYour father straitlystrictly charged the people with an oath saying Cursed be the man thatwho eatetheats food this day And the people were faint |
| 14:29 |
Then Jonathan said Jonathan My father hathhas troubled the land:; see I pray you how minemy eyes have beenbecome enlightenedbright because I tasted a little of this honey |
| 14:30 |
How much morebetter if haply the people had eaten freely totoday day of the spoil of their enemies which they found; for now haththe thereslaughter beenamong nothe greatPhilistines slaughterhas amongnot thebeen Philistinesgreat |
| 14:31 |
AndThey theystruck smotedown of the Philistines that day from Michmash to AijalonAi′jalon And the people were very faint; |
| 14:32 |
and the people flew upon the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slew them on the ground; and the people didate eat them with the blood |
| 14:33 |
Then they told Saul saying Behold the people sinare sinning against Jehovahthe inLord thatby theyeating eat with the blood And he said YeYou have dealt treacherously:; roll a great stone untoto me thishere day |
| 14:34 |
And Saul said Disperse yourselves among the people and say untoto them BringLet me hither every man bring his ox andor every man his sheep and slay them here and eat; and sindo not sin against Jehovahthe inLord by eating with the blood AndSo allevery one of the people brought every man his ox with him that night and slew them there |
| 14:35 |
And Saul built an altar untoto Jehovah: the sameLord; it was the first altar that he built untoto Jehovahthe Lord |
| 14:36 |
AndThen Saul said Let us go down after the Philistines by night and takedespoil spoil among them until the morning light; and let us not leave a man of them And they said Do whatsoeverwhatever seemethseems good untoto theeyou ThenBut said the priest said Let us draw near hither untoto God |
| 14:37 |
And Saul askedinquired counsel of God Shall I go down after the Philistines wiltWilt thou delivergive them into the hand of Israel But he answereddid not answer him not that day |
| 14:38 |
And Saul said DrawCome nigh hither all yeyou chiefsleaders of the people; and know and see whereinhow this sin hathhas beenarisen thistoday day |
| 14:39 |
For as Jehovahthe livethLord lives who savethsaves Israel though it be in Jonathan my son he shall surely die But there was not a man among all the people that answered him |
| 14:40 |
Then he said heto unto all Israel BeYou yeshall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side And the people said untoto Saul Do what seemethseems good untoto theeyou |
| 14:41 |
Therefore Saul said untoO JehovahLord theGod of Israel why hast thou not answered thy servant this day If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son O Lord God of Israel Showgive theUrim; rightbut if this guilt is in thy people Israel give Thummim And Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot; but the people escaped |
| 14:42 |
AndThen Saul said Cast lotsthe lot between me and Jonathan my son Jonathan And Jonathan was taken |
| 14:43 |
Then Saul said to Jonathan Tell me what thouyou hasthave done And Jonathan told him and said I didtasted certainly taste a little honey with the endtip of the rodstaff that was in my hand; andhere loI am I mustwill die |
| 14:44 |
And Saul said God do so to me and more also; foryou thoushall shalt surely die Jonathan |
| 14:45 |
AndThen the people said untoto Saul Shall Jonathan die who hathhas wrought this great salvationvictory in Israel Far from it: asAs Jehovahthe livethLord lives there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hathhas wrought with God this day So the people rescuedransomed Jonathan that he dieddid not die |
| 14:46 |
Then Saul went up from followingpursuing the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place |
| 14:47 |
NowWhen when Saul had taken the kingdomkingship over Israel he fought against all his enemies on every side against Moab and against the childrenAmmonites of Ammon and against Edom and against the kings of Zobah and against the Philistines:; andwherever whithersoever he turned himself he put them to the worse |
| 14:48 |
And he did valiantly and smote the AmalekitesAmal′ekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of themthose thatwho despoiledplundered them |
| 14:49 |
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi shuaMal′chishu′a; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first born was Merab and the name of the younger Michal:; |
| 14:50 |
and the name of Sauls wife was AhinoamAhin′o am the daughter of AhimaazAhim′a az And the name of the captaincommander of his hostarmy was Abner the son of Ner Sauls uncle; |
| 14:51 |
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of AbielAbi′el |
| 14:52 |
AndThere there was sorehard warfighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul:; and when Saul saw any mightystrong man or any valiant man he tookattached him untoto himhimself |
| 15:1 |
And Samuel said untoto Saul JehovahThe Lord sent me to anoint theeyou to be king over his people over Israel:; now therefore hearken thouto unto the voicewords of the wordsLord of Jehovah |
| 15:2 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts I havewill markedpunish thatwhat whichAm′alek Amalek did to Israel howin heopposing setthem himselfon against him in the way when hethey came up out of Egypt |
| 15:3 |
Now go and smite AmalekAm′alek and utterly destroy all that they have; anddo not spare them not; but slaykill both man and woman infant and suckling ox and sheep camel and ass |
| 15:4 |
AndSo Saul summoned the people and numbered them in TelaimTela′im two hundred thousand footmenmen on foot and ten thousand men of Judah |
| 15:5 |
And Saul came to the city of AmalekAm′alek and laidlay in wait in the valley |
| 15:6 |
And Saul said untoto the KenitesKen′ites Go depart getgo you down from among the AmalekitesAmal′ekites lest I destroy you with them; for yeyou showed kindness to all the childrenpeople of Israel when they came up out of Egypt So the KenitesKen′ites departed from among the AmalekitesAmal′ekites |
| 15:7 |
And Saul smotedefeated the AmalekitesAmal′ekites from HavilahHav′ilah as thoufar goestas to Shur thatwhich is beforeeast of Egypt |
| 15:8 |
And he took Agag the king of the AmalekitesAmal′ekites alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword |
| 15:9 |
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings and the lambs and all that was good and would not utterly destroy them:; butall everything that was viledespised and refuseworthless that they utterly destroyed utterly |
| 15:10 |
ThenThe cameword of the wordLord ofcame Jehovahto unto Samuel: saying |
| 15:11 |
ItI repentethrepent me that I have setmade up Saul to be king; for he ishas turned back from following me and hathhas not performed my commandments And Samuel was wrothangry; and he cried untoto Jehovahthe Lord all night |
| 15:12 |
And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel saying Saul came to Carmel and behold he set him up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal |
| 15:13 |
And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said untoto him Blessed be thouyou ofto Jehovah:the Lord; I have performed the commandment of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 15:14 |
And Samuel said What meaneth then is this bleating of the sheep in minemy ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear |
| 15:15 |
And Saul said They have brought them from the Amalekites:Amal′ekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice untoto Jehovahthe thyLord your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed |
| 15:16 |
Then Samuel said untoto Saul StayStop and I will tell theeyou what Jehovahthe hathLord said to me this night And he said untoto him Say on |
| 15:17 |
And Samuel said Though thouyou wastare little in thineyour own sighteyes wastare thouyou not made the head of the tribes of Israel AndThe JehovahLord anointed theeyou king over Israel; |
| 15:18 |
andAnd Jehovahthe Lord sent theeyou on a journeymission and said Go and utterly destroy the sinners the AmalekitesAmal′ekites and fight against them until they beare consumed |
| 15:19 |
WhereforeWhy then didstdid thouyou not obey the voice of Jehovahthe butLord didstWhy flydid uponyou swoop on the spoil and didstdo thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 15:20 |
And Saul said untoto Samuel Yea I have obeyed the voice of Jehovahthe andLord I have gone on the waymission on which Jehovahthe Lord sent me andI have brought Agag the king of AmalekAm′alek and I have utterly destroyed the AmalekitesAmal′ekites |
| 15:21 |
But the people took of the spoil sheep and oxen the chiefbest of the things devoted thingsto destruction to sacrifice untoto Jehovahthe thyLord your God in Gilgal |
| 15:22 |
And Samuel said HathHas Jehovahthe Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovahthe Lord Behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams |
| 15:23 |
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraftdivination and stubbornness is as idolatryiniquity and teraphimidolatry Because thouyou hasthave rejected the word of Jehovahthe Lord he hathhas also rejected theeyou from being king |
| 15:24 |
And Saul said untoto Samuel I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovahthe Lord and thyyour words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice |
| 15:25 |
Now therefore I pray thee pardon my sin and turnreturn again with me that I may worship Jehovahthe Lord |
| 15:26 |
And Samuel said untoto Saul I will not return with theeyou; for thouyou hasthave rejected the word of Jehovahthe Lord and Jehovahthe hathLord has rejected theeyou from being king over Israel |
| 15:27 |
AndAs as Samuel turned about to go away Saul laid hold upon the skirt of his robe and it renttore |
| 15:28 |
And Samuel said untoto him JehovahThe hathLord renthas torn the kingdom of Israel from theeyou this day and hathhas given it to a neighbor of thineyours thatwho is better than thouyou |
| 15:29 |
And also the StrengthGlory of Israel will not lie noror repent; for he is not a man that he should repent |
| 15:30 |
Then he said I have sinned:; yet honor me now I pray thee before the elders of my people and before Israel and turnreturn again with me that I may worship Jehovahthe thyLord your God |
| 15:31 |
So Samuel turned againback after Saul; and Saul worshippedworshiped Jehovahthe Lord |
| 15:32 |
Then Samuel said Samuel Bring yehere hither to me Agag the king of the AmalekitesAmal′ekites And Agag came untoto him cheerfully And Agag said Surely the bitterness of death is past |
| 15:33 |
And Samuel said As thyyour sword hathhas made women childless so shall thyyour mother be childless among women And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovahthe Lord in Gilgal |
| 15:34 |
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house toin GibeahGib′e ah of Saul |
| 15:35 |
And Samuel camedid nonot more to see Saul again until the day of his death; forbut Samuel mournedgrieved forover Saul: andAnd Jehovahthe Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel |
| 16:1 |
AndThe JehovahLord said untoto Samuel How long wiltwill thouyou mourngrieve forover Saul seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel fillFill thyyour horn with oil and go:; I will send theeyou to Jesse the BethBethlehemite lehemite; for I have provided mefor myself a king among his sons |
| 16:2 |
And Samuel said How can I go ifIf Saul hearhears it he will kill me And Jehovahthe Lord said Take a heifer with theeyou and say I amhave come to sacrifice to Jehovahthe Lord |
| 16:3 |
And callinvite Jesse to the sacrifice and I will show theeyou what thouyou shaltshall do:; and thouyou shaltshall anoint untofor me him whom I name untoto theeyou |
| 16:4 |
And Samuel did thatwhat whichthe JehovahLord spakecommanded and came to BethBethlehem lehemThe And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said ComestDo thouyou come peaceably |
| 16:5 |
And he said Peaceably; I amhave come to sacrifice untoto Jehovah:the sanctifyLord; consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice And he sanctifiedconsecrated Jesse and his sons and calledinvited them to the sacrifice |
| 16:6 |
AndWhen itthey came to pass when they were come that he looked on EliabEli′ab and saidthought Surely Jehovahsthe Lords anointed is before him |
| 16:7 |
But Jehovahthe Lord said untoto Samuel LookDo not look on his countenanceappearance or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him:; for Jehovahthe seethLord sees not as man seethsees; for man lookethlooks on the outward appearance but Jehovahthe lookethLord looks on the heart |
| 16:8 |
Then Jesse called AbinadabAbin′adab and made him pass before Samuel And he said Neither hathhas Jehovahthe Lord chosen this one |
| 16:9 |
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by And he said Neither hathhas Jehovahthe Lord chosen this one |
| 16:10 |
And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel And Samuel said untoto Jesse JehovahThe hathLord has not chosen these |
| 16:11 |
And Samuel said untoto Jesse Are here all thyyour childrensons here And he said There remainethremains yet the youngest andbut behold he is keeping the sheep And Samuel said untoto Jesse Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he comecomes hitherhere |
| 16:12 |
And he sent and brought him in Now he was ruddy and withalhad of a beautiful countenanceeyes and goodlywas tohandsome lookAnd uponthe AndLord Jehovah said Arise anoint him; for this is he |
| 16:13 |
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brethren:brothers; and the Spirit of Jehovahthe Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward SoAnd Samuel rose up and went to Ramah |
| 16:14 |
Now the Spirit of Jehovahthe Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Jehovahthe troubledLord tormented him |
| 16:15 |
And Sauls servants said untoto him Behold now an evil spirit from God troublethis theetormenting you |
| 16:16 |
Let our lord now command thyyour servants thatwho are before theeyou to seek out a man who is a skilful playerin onplaying the harp:lyre; and it shall come to pass when the evil spirit from God is upon theeyou that he shallwill play withit his hand and thouyou shaltwill be well |
| 16:17 |
AndSo Saul said untoto his servants Provide for me now a man thatwho can play well and bring him to me |
| 16:18 |
ThenOne answered one of the young men andanswered said Behold I have seen a son of Jesse the BethBethlehemite lehemitewho that is skilful in playing and a mighty man of valor and a man of war and prudent in speech and a comelyman personof good presence; and Jehovahthe Lord is with him |
| 16:19 |
WhereforeTherefore Saul sent messengers untoto Jesse and said Send me David thyyour son who is with the sheep |
| 16:20 |
And Jesse took an ass laden with bread and a bottleskin of wine and a kid and sent them by David his son untoto Saul |
| 16:21 |
And David came to Saul and stoodentered beforehis him:service andAnd heSaul loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearerarmor bearer |
| 16:22 |
And Saul sent to Jesse saying Let David Iremain prayin theemy standservice before me; for he hathhas found favor in my sight |
| 16:23 |
And itwhenever came to pass when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul that David took the harplyre and played it with his hand:; so Saul was refreshed and was well and the evil spirit departed from him |
| 17:1 |
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies tofor battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh which belongethbelongs to Judah and encamped between Socoh and AzekahAze′kah in EphesE′phes dammimdam′mim |
| 17:2 |
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and encamped in the valevalley of Elah and setdrew theup battle in arrayline of battle against the Philistines |
| 17:3 |
And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: andwith there was a valley between them |
| 17:4 |
And there wentcame out afrom champion out of the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath whose height was six cubits and a span |
| 17:5 |
AndHe he had a helmet of brassbronze uponon his head and he was cladarmed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brassbronze |
| 17:6 |
And he had greaves of brassbronze upon his legs and a javelin of brassbronze slung between his shoulders |
| 17:7 |
And the staffshaft of his spear was like a weavers beam; and his spears head weighed six hundred shekels of iron:; and his shield bearer went before him |
| 17:8 |
AndHe he stood and criedshouted untoto the armiesranks of Israel and said unto them Why arehave yeyou come out to setdraw yourup for battle inAm arrayI am not I a Philistine and yeare you not servants toof Saul chooseChoose you a man for youyourselves and let him come down to me |
| 17:9 |
If he beis able to fight with me and kill me then we will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him then you shall ye be our servants and serve us |
| 17:10 |
And the Philistine said I defy the armiesranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together |
| 17:11 |
AndWhen when Saul and all Israel heard thosethese words of the Philistine they were dismayed and greatly afraid |
| 17:12 |
Now David was the son of thatan EphrathiteEph′rathite of BethBethlehem lehemin judahJudah whosenamed name was Jesse; andwho he had eight sons: andIn the mandays wasof anSaul oldthe man inwas thealready daysold ofand Sauladvanced stricken in years among men |
| 17:13 |
AndThe the three eldest sons of Jesse had gonefollowed after Saul to the battle:; and the names of his three sons thatwho went to the battle were EliabEli′ab the first born and next untoto him AbinadabAbin′adab and the third Shammah |
| 17:14 |
And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul |
| 17:15 |
Nowbut David went toback and froforth from Saul to feed his fathers sheep at BethBethlehem lehem |
| 17:16 |
AndFor forty days the Philistine drewcame nearforward morning and eveningtook andhis presentedstand himselfmorning fortyand daysevening |
| 17:17 |
And Jesse said untoto David his son Take now for thyyour brethrenbrothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves and carry them quickly to the camp to thyyour brethrenbrothers; |
| 17:18 |
andalso bringtake these ten cheeses untoto the captaincommander of their thousand andSee look how thyyour brethrenbrothers fare and takebring theirsome pledgetoken from them |
| 17:19 |
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valevalley of Elah fighting with the Philistines |
| 17:20 |
And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the placeencampment of the wagons as the host which was going forth to the fightbattle shoutedline forshouting the battlewar cry |
| 17:21 |
And Israel and the Philistines putdrew theup for battle in array army against army |
| 17:22 |
And David left histhe baggagethings in thecharge hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the armyranks and camewent and salutedgreeted his brethrenbrothers |
| 17:23 |
AndAs as he talked with them behold there came up the champion the Philistine of Gath Goliath by name came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spakespoke according to the same words: andas before And David heard them him |
| 17:24 |
AndAll all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from him and were soremuch afraid |
| 17:25 |
And the men of Israel said Have yeyou seen this man thatwho ishas come up surelySurely tohe defyhas Israel is he come up: andto itdefy shallIsrael; beand that the man who killethkills him the king will enrich him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his fathers house free in Israel |
| 17:26 |
And David spakesaid to the men thatwho stood by him saying What shall be done tofor the man thatwho killethkills this Philistine and takethtakes away the reproach from Israel forFor who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God |
| 17:27 |
And the people answered him afterin thisthe mannersame sayingway So shall it be done to the man thatwho killethkills him |
| 17:28 |
AndNow EliabEli′ab his eldest brother heard when he spakespoke untoto the men; and EliabsEli′abs anger was kindled against David and he said Why arthave thouyou come down andAnd with whom hasthave thouyou left those few sheep in the wilderness I know thyyour pridepresumption and the naughtinessevil of thyyour heart; for thouyou arthave come down thatto thou mightest see the battle |
| 17:29 |
And David said What have I done now doneWas Isit there not but a causeword |
| 17:30 |
And he turned away from him toward another and spakespoke afterin the same manner:way; and the people answered him again afteras the former mannerbefore |
| 17:31 |
AndWhen when the words were heard which David spakespoke were heard they rehearsedrepeated them before Saul; and he sent for him |
| 17:32 |
And David said to Saul Let no mans heart fail because of him; thyyour servant will go and fight with this Philistine |
| 17:33 |
And Saul said to David ThouYou artare not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thouyou artare but a youth and he has been a man of war from his youth |
| 17:34 |
AndBut David said untoto Saul ThyYour servant wasused keepingto keep sheep for his fathers sheepfather; and when there came a lion or a bear and took a lamb outfrom of the flock |
| 17:35 |
I went out after him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth; and whenif he arose against me I caught him by his beard and smote him and slewkilled him |
| 17:36 |
ThyYour servant smotehas killed both thelions lion and thebears; bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be aslike one of them seeing he hathhas defied the armies of the living God |
| 17:37 |
And David said JehovahThe thatLord who delivered me outfrom of the paw of the lion and outfrom of the paw of the bear he will deliver me outfrom of the hand of this Philistine And Saul said untoto David Go and Jehovahthe shallLord be with theeyou |
| 17:38 |
AndThen Saul cladclothed David with his apparelarmor; and he put a helmet of brassbronze uponon his head and heclothed clad him with a coat of mail |
| 17:39 |
And David girded his sword uponover his apparelarmor and he assayedtried in vain to go; for he hadwas not provedused itto Andthem Then David said untoto Saul I cannot go with these; for I haveam not provedused to them And David put them off him |
| 17:40 |
AndThen he took his staff in his hand and chose him five smooth stones outfrom of the brook and put them in thehis shepherds bag whichor he had even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine |
| 17:41 |
And the Philistine came on and drew near untoto David; andwith thehis manshield thatbearer barein thefront shieldof went before him |
| 17:42 |
And when the Philistine looked about and saw David he disdained him; for he was but a youth and ruddy and withalcomely ofin aappearance fair countenance |
| 17:43 |
And the Philistine said untoto David Am I a dog that thouyou comestcome to me with stavessticks And the Philistine cursed David by his gods |
| 17:44 |
AndThe the Philistine said to David Come to me and I will give thyyour flesh untoto the birds of the heavensair and to the beasts of the field |
| 17:45 |
Then David said David to the Philistine ThouYou comestcome to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin:; but I come to theeyou in the name of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts the God of the armies of Israel whom thouyou hasthave defied |
| 17:46 |
This day the Lord will Jehovah deliver theeyou into my hand; and I will smitestrike theeyou down and takecut thyoff your head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day untoto the birds of the heavensair and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel |
| 17:47 |
and that all this assembly may know that Jehovahthe savethLord saves not with sword and spear:; for the battle is Jehovahsthe Lords and he will give you into our hand |
| 17:48 |
AndWhen it came to pass when the Philistine arose and came and drew nighnear to meet David that David hastenedran andquickly ran toward the armybattle line to meet the Philistine |
| 17:49 |
And David put his hand in his bag and took thenceout a stone and slangslung it and smotestruck the Philistine inon his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead and he fell uponon his face to the earthground |
| 17:50 |
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone and smotestruck the Philistine and slewkilled him; but there was no sword in the hand of David |
| 17:51 |
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of theits sheath thereof and slewkilled him and cut off his head therewithwith Andit whenWhen the Philistines saw that their champion was dead they fled |
| 17:52 |
And the men of Israel and of Judah aroserose andwith shouteda shout and pursued the Philistines untilas thoufar comestas toGath Gai and to the gates of Ekron Andso that the wounded of the Philistines fell downon by the way tofrom ShaaraimSha evenara′im untoas far as Gath and unto Ekron |
| 17:53 |
And the childrenIsraelites ofcame Israelback returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp |
| 17:55 |
AndWhen when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine he said untoto Abner the captaincommander of the hostarmy Abner whose son is this youth And Abner said As thyyour soul livethlives O king I cannot tell |
| 17:56 |
And the king said Inquire thou whose son the stripling is |
| 17:58 |
And Saul said to him Whose son artare thouyou thou young man And David answered I am the son of thyyour servant Jesse the Beth lehemiteBethlehemite |
| 18:1 |
AndWhen it came to pass when he had madefinished an end of speaking untoto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit withto the soul of David and Jonathan loved him as his own soul |
| 18:2 |
And Saul took him that day and would not let him goreturn no more home to his fathers house |
| 18:3 |
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul |
| 18:4 |
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him and gave it to David and his apparelarmor and even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle |
| 18:5 |
And David went out whithersoeverand was successful wherever Saul sent him; andso behavedthat himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war andAnd itthis was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Sauls servants |
| 18:6 |
AndAs itthey camewere tocoming passhome as they came when David returned from theslaying slaughter of the Philistine that the women came out of all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet kingKing Saul with timbrels with songs of joy and with instruments of music |
| 18:7 |
And the women sang to one to another as they playedmade andmerry said Saul hathhas slain his thousands Andand David his ten thousands |
| 18:8 |
And Saul was very wrothangry and this saying displeased him; and he said They have ascribed untoto David ten thousands and to me they have ascribed but thousands:; and what more can he have more but the kingdom |
| 18:9 |
And Saul eyed David from that day and forwardon |
| 18:10 |
And it came to pass on the morrow that an evil spirit from God camerushed mightily upon Saul and he prophesiedraved inwithin thehis midst of the house: andwhile David playedwas withplaying histhe handlyre as he did day by day And Saul had his spear in his hand; |
| 18:11 |
and Saul cast the spear; for he saidthought I will smitepin David even to the wall AndBut David avoidedevaded outhim of his presence twice |
| 18:12 |
And Saul was afraid of David because Jehovahthe Lord was with him andbut washad departed from Saul |
| 18:13 |
ThereforeSo Saul removed him from himhis presence and made him hisa captaincommander overof a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people |
| 18:14 |
And David behavedhad himselfsuccess wisely in all his waysundertakings; andfor Jehovahthe Lord was with him |
| 18:15 |
And when Saul saw that he behavedhad himselfgreat verysuccess wisely he stood in awe of him |
| 18:17 |
AndThen Saul said to David BeholdHere is my elder daughter Merab; herI will I give theeher to you for a wife:; only be thou valiant for me and fight Jehovahsthe Lords battles For Saul saidthought Let not my hand be upon him but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him |
| 18:18 |
And David said untoto Saul Who am I and whatwho isare my lifekinsfolk or my fathers family in Israel that I should be son in law to the king |
| 18:19 |
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Sauls daughter should have been given to David that she was given untoto AdrielA′driel the MeholathiteMeho′lathite tofor a wife |
| 18:20 |
AndNow Michal Sauls daughter Michal loved David:; and they told Saul and the thing pleased him |
| 18:21 |
And Saul saidthought ILet willme give her to him her that she may be a snare tofor him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him WhereforeTherefore Saul said to David Thoua shaltsecond thistime dayYou shall now be my son in law a second time |
| 18:22 |
And Saul commanded his servants sayingSpeak Communeto with David secretlyin private and say Behold the king hathhas delight in theeyou and all his servants love thee:you; now thereforethen bebecome the kings son in law |
| 18:23 |
And Sauls servants spakespoke those words in the ears of David And David said SeemethDoes it seem to you a lightlittle thing to bebecome the kings son in law seeing that I am a poor man and lightlyof esteemedno repute |
| 18:24 |
And the servants of Saul told him sayingThus Onand thisso mannerdid spake David speak |
| 18:25 |
AndThen Saul said Thus shall yeyou say to David The king desirethdesires notno anymarriage dowrypresent butexcept a hundred foreskins of the Philistines tothat he may be avenged of the kings enemies Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines |
| 18:26 |
And when his servants told David these words it pleased David well to be the kings son in law AndBefore the daystime werehad not expired; |
| 18:27 |
and David arose and went healong andwith his men and slewkilled two hundred of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins andwhich theywere gavegiven them in full number to the king that he might bebecome the kings son in law And Saul gave him Michal his daughter toMichal for a wife |
| 18:28 |
AndBut when Saul saw and knew that Jehovahthe Lord was with David; and Michalthat Saulsall daughterIsrael loved him |
| 18:29 |
And Saul was yetstill the more afraid of David; andSo Saul was Davids enemy continually |
| 18:30 |
Then the princes of the Philistines wentcame forth:out andto itbattle cameand to pass as often as they wentcame forthout that David behavedhad himself more wiselysuccess than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was muchhighly set byesteemed |
| 19:1 |
And Saul spakespoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants that they should slaykill David But Jonathan Sauls son delighted much in David |
| 19:2 |
And Jonathan told David saying Saul my father seekethseeks to slaykill thee:you; now therefore I pray thee take heed to thyselfyourself in the morning andstay abide in a secret place and hide thyself:yourself; |
| 19:3 |
and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thouyou artare and I will communespeak withto my father ofabout theeyou; and if I seelearn aughtanything I will tell theeyou |
| 19:4 |
And Jonathan spakespoke goodwell of David untoto Saul his father and said untoto him Let not the king sin against his servant against David; because he hathhas not sinned against theeyou and because his worksdeeds have been toof theegood wardservice veryto good:you; |
| 19:5 |
for he puttook his life in his hand and smotehe slew the Philistine and Jehovahthe Lord wrought a great victory for all Israel: thouYou sawestsaw it and didst rejoicerejoiced; whereforewhy then wiltwill thouyou sin against innocent blood toby slaykilling David without a cause |
| 19:6 |
And Saul hearkened untoto the voice of Jonathan:; and Saul swareswore As Jehovahthe livethLord lives he shall not be put to death |
| 19:7 |
And Jonathan called David and Jonathan showed him all thosethese things And Jonathan brought David to Saul and he was in his presence as beforetimebefore |
| 19:8 |
And there was war again:; and David went out and fought with the Philistines and slewmade them with a great slaughter; andamong them so that they fled before him |
| 19:9 |
AndThen an evil spirit from Jehovahthe wasLord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing withthe hislyre hand |
| 19:10 |
And Saul sought to smitepin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slippedeluded awaySaul outso ofthat Sauls presence and he smotestruck the spear into the wall: andAnd David fled and escaped that night |
| 19:11 |
AndThat night Saul sent messengers untoto Davids house to watch him andthat tohe slaymight kill him in the morning: andBut Michal Davids wife told him saying If thouyou savedo not thysave your life totonight nighttomorrow toyou morrowwill thou wilt be slainkilled |
| 19:12 |
So Michal let David down through the window:; and he wentfled andaway fled and escaped |
| 19:13 |
And Michal took thean teraphimimage and laid it inon the bed and put a pillow of goats hair at theits head thereof and covered it with the clothes |
| 19:15 |
AndThen Saul sent the messengers to see David saying Bring him up to me in the bed that I may slaykill him |
| 19:16 |
And when the messengers came in behold the teraphimimage was in the bed with the pillow of goats hair at theits head thereof |
| 19:17 |
And Saul said untoto Michal Why hasthave thouyou deceived me thus and let minemy enemy go so that he ishas escaped And Michal answered Saul He said untoto me Let me go; why should I kill theeyou |
| 19:18 |
Now David fled and escaped and he came to Samuel toat Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him And he and Samuel went and dwelt inat NaiothNai′oth |
| 19:19 |
And it was told Saul saying Behold David is at NaiothNai′oth in Ramah |
| 19:20 |
AndThen Saul sent messengers to take David:; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as head over them the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul and they also prophesied |
| 19:21 |
AndWhen when it was told Saul he sent other messengers and they also prophesied And Saul sent messengers again the third time and they also prophesied |
| 19:22 |
Then went he alsohimself went to Ramah and came to the great well that is in Secu:; and he asked and said Where are Samuel and David And one said Behold they are at NaiothNai′oth in Ramah |
| 19:23 |
And he went thitherfrom there to NaiothNai′oth in Ramah:; and the Spirit of God came upon him also and as he went onhe and prophesied until he came to NaiothNai′oth in Ramah |
| 19:24 |
And he alsotoo stripped off his clothes and he alsotoo prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night WhereforeHence theyit sayis said Is Saul also among the prophets |
| 20:1 |
AndThen David fled from NaiothNai′oth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan What have I done whatWhat is minemy iniquityguilt andAnd what is my sin before thyyour father that he seekethseeks my life |
| 20:2 |
And he said untoto him Far from it; thouYou shaltshall not die: beholdBehold my father doethdoes nothing either great or small butwithout thatdisclosing he discloseth it untoto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me itIt is not so |
| 20:3 |
AndBut David swarereplied moreoverYour and said Thy father knowethknows well that I have found favor in thineyour eyes; and he saiththinks Let not Jonathan know this lest he be grieved: butBut truly as Jehovahthe livethLord lives and as thyyour soul livethlives there is but a step between me and death |
| 20:4 |
Then said Jonathan untoto David WhatsoeverWhatever thyyou soulsay desireth I will even do it for theeyou |
| 20:5 |
And David said untoto Jonathan Behold totomorrow morrow is the new moon and I should not fail to sit at table with the king; at meat: but let me go that I may hide myself in the field untotill the third day at evenevening |
| 20:6 |
If thyyour father missmisses me at all then say David earnestly asked leave of me thatto he might run to BethBethlehem lehem his city; for itthere is thea yearly sacrifice there for all the family |
| 20:7 |
If he saysays thusGood Itit iswill be well; thywith your servant; shall have peace: but if he beis wrothangry then know that evil is determined by him |
| 20:8 |
Therefore deal kindly with thyyour servant; for thouyou hasthave brought thyyour servant into a sacred covenant of Jehovah with thee:you butBut if there beis guilt in me iniquity slay me thyselfyourself; for why shouldestshould thouyou bring me to thyyour father |
| 20:9 |
And Jonathan said Far be it from thee;you forIf if I shouldknew at all know that evilit werewas determined by my father tothat evil should come upon theeyou then would I not I tell ityou thee |
| 20:10 |
Then said David to Jonathan Who shallwill tell me if perchanceyour thy father answeranswers theeyou roughly |
| 20:11 |
And Jonathan said untoto David Come and let us go out into the field AndSo they both went out both of them into the field |
| 20:12 |
And Jonathan said untoto David JehovahThe Lord the God of Israel be witness: whenWhen I have sounded my father about this time totomorrow morrow or the third day behold if therehe beis goodwell disposed toward David shall I not then send unto thee and disclose it untoto theeyou |
| 20:13 |
JehovahBut doshould soit toplease Jonathanmy andfather moreto alsodo shouldyou itharm pleasethe myLord fatherdo so to doJonathan theeand evilmore also if I do not disclose it notto untoyou thee and send theeyou away that thouyou mayestmay go in peace:safety andMay Jehovahthe Lord be with theeyou as he hathhas been with my father |
| 20:14 |
AndIf thouI shaltam notstill onlyalive while yet I live show me the lovingkindnessloyal love of Jehovahthe Lord that I diemay not die; |
| 20:15 |
butand alsodo thou shalt not cut off thyyour kindnessloyalty from my house for ever; noWhen notthe whenLord Jehovahcuts hathoff cutevery offone of the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth |
| 20:16 |
Solet not the name of Jonathan madebe acut covenantoff withfrom the house of David saying And Jehovahmay willthe requireLord ittake atvengeance theon hand of Davids enemies |
| 20:17 |
And Jonathan causedmade David to swear again forby thehis love thatfor he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul |
| 20:18 |
Then Jonathan said untoto him ToTomorrow morrow is the new moon:; and thouyou wiltwill be missed because thyyour seat will be empty |
| 20:19 |
And whenon thouthe hastthird stayedday threeyou dayswill thoube shaltgreatly gomissed; downthen quicklygo and come to the place where thouyou didsthid hideyourself thyself when the businessmatter was in hand and shalt remain bybeside theyonder stone Ezelheap |
| 20:20 |
And I will shoot three arrows onto the side thereofof it as though I shot at a mark |
| 20:21 |
And behold I will send the lad saying Go find the arrows If I say untoto the lad BeholdLook the arrows are on this side of thee;you take them andthen you are to come; for thereas the Lord lives it is peacesafe tofor theeyou and nothere hurtis asno Jehovahdanger liveth |
| 20:22 |
But if I say thusto unto the boyyouth BeholdLook the arrows are beyond thee;you then go thy way; for Jehovahthe hathLord has sent theeyou away |
| 20:23 |
And as touchingfor the matter of which thouyou and I have spoken of behold Jehovahthe Lord is between theeyou and me for ever |
| 20:24 |
So David hid himself in the field:; and when the new moon wascame come the king sat him down to eat food |
| 20:25 |
AndThe the king sat upon his seat as at other times even upon the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stoodsat upopposite and Abner sat by Sauls side: but Davids place was empty |
| 20:26 |
NeverthelessYet Saul spakedid not say anything that day:; for he thought Something hathhas befallen him; he is not clean; surely he is not clean |
| 20:27 |
AndBut iton camethe tosecond passday on the morrow after the new moon which was the second day that Davids place was empty: andAnd Saul said untoto Jonathan his son WhereforeWhy comethhas not the son of Jesse come to meatthe neithermeal either yesterday noror totoday day |
| 20:28 |
And Jonathan answered Saul David earnestly asked leave of me to go to BethBethlehem; lehem: |
| 20:29 |
and he said Let me go I pray thee; for our family hathholds a sacrifice in the city; and my brother hehas hath commanded me to be there: andSo now if I have found favor in thineyour eyes let me get away I pray thee and see my brethrenbrothers ThereforeFor this reason he ishas not come untoto the kings table |
| 20:30 |
Then Sauls anger was kindled against Jonathan and he said untoto him ThouYou son of a perverse rebellious woman do I not I know that thouyou hasthave chosen the son of Jesse to thineyour own shame and untoto the shame of thyyour mothers nakedness |
| 20:31 |
For as long as the son of Jesse livethlives upon the groundearth thouneither shaltyou notnor beyour establishedkingdom norshall thybe kingdomestablished WhereforeTherefore now send and fetch him untoto me for he shall surely die |
| 20:32 |
AndThen Jonathan answered Saul his father andWhy said unto him Wherefore should he be put to death whatWhat hathhas he done |
| 20:33 |
AndBut Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; wherebyso Jonathan knew that ithis father was determined of his father to put David to death |
| 20:34 |
SoAnd Jonathan aroserose from the table in fierce anger and didate eat no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David because his father had donedisgraced him shame |
| 20:35 |
AndIn it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field atto the timeappointment appointed with David and with him a little lad with him |
| 20:36 |
And he said untoto his lad Run and find now the arrows which I shoot AndAs as the lad ran he shot an arrow beyond him |
| 20:37 |
And when the lad wascame come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot Jonathan criedcalled after the lad and said Is not the arrow beyond theeyou |
| 20:38 |
And Jonathan criedcalled after the lad MakeHurry speedmake haste stay not AndSo Jonathans lad gathered up the arrows and came to his master |
| 20:39 |
But the lad knew notnothing; anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter |
| 20:40 |
And Jonathan gave his weapons untoto his lad and said untoto him Go and carry them to the city |
| 20:41 |
And as soon as the lad washad gone David aroserose outfrom ofbeside athe placestone towardheap the South and fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times:; and they kissed one another and wept with one with another until David exceededrecovered himself |
| 20:42 |
AndThen Jonathan said to David Go in peace forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovahthe Lord saying JehovahThe Lord shall be between me and theeyou and between my seeddescendants and thyyour seeddescendants for ever And he aroserose and departed:; and Jonathan went into the city |
| 21:1 |
Then came David to Nob to AhimelechAhim′elech the priest:; and AhimelechAhim′elech came to meet David trembling and said untoto him Why artare thouyou alone and no manone with theeyou |
| 21:2 |
And David said untoto AhimelechAhim′elech the priest The king hathhas commandedcharged me with a businessmatter and hath said untoto me Let no manone know anything of the businessmatter whereaboutabout which I send theeyou and whatwith which I have commandedcharged thee:you and I have appointedmade an appointment with the young men tofor such and such a place |
| 21:3 |
Now thereforethen what ishave underyou thyat hand giveGive me five loaves of bread in my hand or whatsoeverwhatever there is presenthere |
| 21:4 |
And the priest answered David andI saidhave There is no common bread underat my hand but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women |
| 21:5 |
And David answered the priest and said unto him Of a truth women have been kept from us aboutas thesealways three days; when I camego outon an expedition; the vessels of the young men wereare holy thougheven when it wasis but a common journey; how much more thentoday towill day shall their vessels be holy |
| 21:6 |
So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbreadbread thatof wasthe takenPresence which is removed from before Jehovahthe Lord to putbe replaced by hot bread inon the day when it wasis taken away |
| 21:7 |
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day detained before Jehovahthe Lord; and his name was DoegDo′eg the EdomiteE′domite the chiefestchief of theSauls herdsmen that belonged to Saul |
| 21:8 |
And David said untoto AhimelechAhim′elech And ishave thereyou not here undera thy hand spear or a sword forat hand For I have brought neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me because the kings business required haste |
| 21:9 |
And the priest said The sword of Goliath the Philistine whom thouyou slewestkilled in the valevalley of Elah behold it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod:; if thouyou wiltwill take that take it; for there is nonone otherbut save that here And David said There is none like that; give it to me |
| 21:10 |
And David aroserose and fled that day forfrom fear of Saul and went to AchishA′chish the king of Gath |
| 21:11 |
And the servants of AchishA′chish said untoto him Is not this David the king of the land didDid they not sing to one to another of him in dances saying Saul hathhas slain his thousands Andand David his ten thousands |
| 21:12 |
And David laidtook up these words into his heart and was soremuch afraid of AchishA′chish the king of Gath |
| 21:13 |
AndSo he changed his behavior before them and feigned himself mad in their hands and scrabbledmade marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle fallrun down upon his beard |
| 21:14 |
Then said AchishA′chish untoto his servants Lo yeyou see the man is mad; whereforewhy then have yeyou brought him to me |
| 21:15 |
Do I lack madmen that yeyou have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence shallShall this fellow come into my house |
| 22:1 |
David therefore departed thencefrom there and escaped to the cave of Adullam:; and when his brethrenbrothers and all his fathers house heard it they went down thitherthere to him |
| 22:2 |
And every one thatwho was in distress and every one thatwho was in debt and every one thatwho was discontented gathered themselvesto unto him; and he became captain over them: andAnd there were with him about four hundred men |
| 22:3 |
And David went thencefrom there to Mizpeh of Moab:; and he said untoto the king of Moab LetPray let my father and my mother Istay pray thee come forth and be with you till I know what God will do for me |
| 22:4 |
And he broughtleft them beforewith the king of Moab: and they dweltstayed with him all the whiletime that David was in the stronghold |
| 22:5 |
AndThen the prophet Gad said untoto David AbideDo not remain in the stronghold; depart and getgo thee into the land of Judah ThenSo David departed and camewent into the forest of Hereth |
| 22:6 |
AndNow Saul heard that David was discovered and the men thatwho were with him: now Saul was sitting inat GibeahGib′e ah under the tamarisk tree inon Ramahthe height with his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing about him |
| 22:7 |
And Saul said untoto his servants thatwho stood about him Hear now yeyou BenjamitesBenjaminites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards will he make you all captainscommanders of thousands and captainscommanders of hundreds |
| 22:8 |
that all of you have conspired against me andNo thereone isdiscloses none that discloseth to me when my son makethmakes a league with the son of Jesse and there is none of you that is sorry for me or disclosethdiscloses untoto me that my son hathhas stirred up my servant against me to lie in wait as at this day |
| 22:9 |
Then answered DoegDo′eg the EdomiteE′domite who stood by the servants of Saul and said I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob to AhimelechAhim′elech the son of AhitubAhi′tub |
| 22:10 |
Andand he inquired of Jehovahthe Lord for him and gave him victualsprovisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine |
| 22:11 |
Then the king sent to callsummon AhimelechAhim′elech the priest the son of AhitubAhi′tub and all his fathers house the priests thatwho were inat Nob:; and they came all of them came to the king |
| 22:12 |
And Saul said Hear now thou son of AhitubAhi′tub And he answered Here I am my lord |
| 22:13 |
And Saul said untoto him Why have yeyou conspired against me thouyou and the son of Jesse in that thouyou hasthave given him bread and a sword and hasthave inquired of God for him so that he shouldhas riserisen against me to lie in wait as at this day |
| 22:14 |
Then AhimelechAhim′elech answered the king and said And who among all thyyour servants is so faithful as David who is the kings son in law and iscaptain takenover intoyour thybodyguard council and ishonored honorable in thyyour house |
| 22:15 |
HaveIs Itoday tothe dayfirst beguntime tothat inquireI have inquired of God for him beNo itLet far from me: let not the king impute anything untoto his servant noror to all the house of my father; for thyyour servant knowethhas known nothing of all this lessmuch or morelittle |
| 22:16 |
And the king said ThouYou shaltshall surely die AhimelechAhim′elech thouyou and all thyyour fathers house |
| 22:17 |
And the king said untoto the guard thatwho stood about him Turn and slaykill the priests of Jehovahthe Lord; because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 22:18 |
AndThen the king said to DoegDo′eg TurnYou thouturn and fall upon the priests And DoegDo′eg the EdomiteE′domite turned and he fell upon the priests and he slewkilled on that day fourscoreeighty and five persons thatwho didwore wearthe a linen ephod |
| 22:19 |
And Nob the city of the priests smote he withput theto edge of the sword; both men and women children and sucklings and oxen and asses and sheep withhe theput edgeto of the sword |
| 22:20 |
AndBut one of the sons of AhimelechAhim′elech the son of AhitubAhi′tub named AbiatharAbi′athar escaped and fled after David |
| 22:21 |
And AbiatharAbi′athar told David that Saul had slainkilled Jehovahsthe priests of the Lord |
| 22:22 |
And David said untoto AbiatharAbi′athar I knew on that day when DoegDo′eg the EdomiteE′domite was there that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thyyour fathers house |
| 22:23 |
AbideStay thou with me fear not; for he that seekethseeks my life seekethseeks thyyour life:; for with me thouyou shaltshall be in safeguardsafekeeping |
| 23:1 |
AndNow they told David saying Behold the Philistines are fighting against KeilahKei′lah and are robbing the threshing floors |
| 23:2 |
Therefore David inquired of Jehovahthe sayingLord Shall I go and smiteattack these Philistines And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto David Go and smiteattack the Philistines and save KeilahKei′lah |
| 23:3 |
AndBut Davids men said untoto him Behold we are afraid here in Judah:; how much more then if we go to KeilahKei′lah against the armies of the Philistines |
| 23:4 |
Then David inquired of Jehovahthe yetLord again And Jehovahthe Lord answered him and said Arise go down to KeilahKei′lah; for I will delivergive the Philistines into thyyour hand |
| 23:5 |
And David and his men went to KeilahKei′lah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their cattle and slewmade them with a great slaughter among them So David saveddelivered the inhabitants of Keilah Kei′lah |
| 23:6 |
AndWhen itAbi′athar came to pass when Abiathar the son of AhimelechAhim′elech fled to David to KeilahKei′lah that he came down with an ephod in his hand |
| 23:7 |
AndNow it was told Saul that David washad come to KeilahKei′lah And Saul said God hathhas deliveredgiven him into my hand; for he ishas shut himself in by entering into a town that hathhas gates and bars |
| 23:8 |
And Saul summoned all the people to war to go down to KeilahKei′lah to besiege David and his men |
| 23:9 |
And David knew that Saul was devisingplotting mischiefevil against him; and he said to AbiatharAbi′athar the priest Bring hither the ephod here |
| 23:10 |
Then said David O JehovahLord the God of Israel thy servant hathhas surely heard that Saul seekethseeks to come to KeilahKei′lah to destroy the city foron my sakeaccount |
| 23:11 |
Will the men of KeilahKei′lah deliversurrender me up into his hand willWill Saul come down as thy servant hathhas heard O JehovahLord the God of Israel I beseech thee tell thy servant And Jehovahthe Lord said He will come down |
| 23:12 |
Then said David Will the men of KeilahKei′lah deliversurrender up me and my men into the hand of Saul And Jehovahthe Lord said They will deliversurrender theeyou up |
| 23:13 |
Then David and his men who were about six hundred arose and departed outfrom ofKei′lah Keilah and they went whithersoeverwherever they could go AndWhen itSaul was told Saul that David washad escaped from Keilah;Kei′lah and he forbaregave toup gothe forthexpedition |
| 23:14 |
And David aboderemained in the wildernessstrongholds in the strongholdswilderness and remained in the hill country inof the wildernessWilderness of Ziph And Saul sought him every day but God delivereddid not give him not into his hand |
| 23:15 |
And David sawwas thatafraid because Saul washad come out to seek his life: and David was in the wildernessWilderness of Ziph inat theHoresh wood |
| 23:16 |
And Jonathan Sauls son aroserose and went to David intoat theHoresh wood and strengthened his hand in God |
| 23:17 |
And he said untoto him Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find theeyou; andyou thoushall shalt be king over Israel and I shall be next untoto theeyou; and that also Saul my father knowethalso knows this |
| 23:18 |
And theythe two of them made a covenant before Jehovah:the andLord; David aboderemained inat theHoresh wood and Jonathan went to his househome |
| 23:19 |
Then came up the Ziphites went up to Saul toat GibeahGib′e ah saying DothDoes not David hide himselfamong with us in the strongholds inat theHoresh woodon in the hill of HachilahHachi′lah which is on the south of theJeshi′mon desert |
| 23:20 |
Now thereforecome down O king come down according to all theyour hearts desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliversurrender him up into the kings hand |
| 23:21 |
And Saul said BlessedMay you be yeblessed ofby Jehovahthe Lord; for yeyou have had compassion on me |
| 23:22 |
Go I pray you make yet more sure; and know and see histhe place where his haunt is and who hathhas seen him there; for it is told me that he dealethis very subtlycunning |
| 23:23 |
See therefore and take knowledgenote of all the lurking places where he hidethhides himself and come yeback again to me ofwith asure certaintyinformation andThen I will go with you:; and it shall come to pass if he beis in the land that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah |
| 23:24 |
And they arose and went to Ziph beforeahead of Saul: butNow David and his men were in the wilderness of MaonMa′on in the Arabah onto the south of theJeshi′mon desert |
| 23:25 |
And Saul and his men went to seek him And theyDavid was told; David:therefore wherefore he camewent down to the rock andwhich abodeis in the wilderness of MaonMa′on And when Saul heard that he pursued after David in the wilderness of MaonMa′on |
| 23:26 |
And Saul went on thisone side of the mountain and David and his men on thatthe other side of the mountain:; and David madewas making haste to get away forfrom fear of Saul; foras Saul and his men compassedwere closing in upon David and his men round about to takecapture them |
| 23:27 |
Butwhen there came a messenger untocame to Saul saying HasteMake theehaste and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land |
| 23:28 |
So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines:; therefore theythat place was called thatthe placeRock Selaof hammahlekothEscape |
| 23:29 |
And David went up from thencethere and dwelt in the strongholds of En gedige′di |
| 24:1 |
AndWhen it came to pass when Saul was returned from following the Philistines thathe it was told him saying Behold David is in the wilderness of En gedige′di |
| 24:2 |
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men uponin thefront rocks of the wildWildgoats goatsRocks |
| 24:3 |
And he came to the sheepcotessheepfolds by the way where there was a cave; and Saul went in to coverrelieve hishimself feet Now David and his men were abidingsitting in the innermost parts of the cave |
| 24:4 |
And the men of David said untoto him BeholdHere is the day of which Jehovahthe Lord said untoto theeyou Behold I will delivergive thineyour enemy into thyyour hand and thouyou shaltshall do to him as it shall seem good untoto theeyou Then David arose and stealthily cut off the skirt of Sauls robe privily |
| 24:5 |
And it came to pass afterward that Davids heart smote him because he had cut off Sauls skirt |
| 24:6 |
AndHe he said untoto his men JehovahThe Lord forbid that I should do this thing untoto my lord Jehovahsthe Lords anointed to put forth my hand against him seeing he is Jehovahsthe Lords anointed |
| 24:7 |
So David checkedpersuaded his men with these words and suffereddid not permit them not to riseattack against Saul And Saul rose up outand ofleft the cave and went onupon his way |
| 24:8 |
Afterward David also arose afterward and went out of the cave and criedcalled after Saul saying My lord the king And when Saul looked behind him David bowed with his face to the earth and did obeisance |
| 24:9 |
And David said to Saul WhereforeWhy hearkenestdo thouyou listen to mensthe words sayingof men who say Behold David seekethseeks thyyour hurt |
| 24:10 |
BeholdLo this day thineyour eyes have seen how thatthe JehovahLord hadgave deliveredyou theetoday to day into my hand in the cave:; and some bade me kill thee;you but mineI eye spared thee;you and I said I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovahsthe Lords anointed |
| 24:11 |
MoreoverSee my father see yea see the skirt of thyyour robe in my hand; for inby the fact that I cut off the skirt of thyyour robe and killeddid thee not kill you you may know thou and see that there is neitherno evilwrong noror transgressiontreason in my handhands and I have not sinned against theeyou though thouyou huntesthunt after my life to take it |
| 24:12 |
JehovahMay the Lord judge between me and theeyou andmay Jehovahthe Lord avenge me ofupon theeyou; but my hand shall not be uponagainst theeyou |
| 24:13 |
As saith the proverb of the ancients says Out of the wicked comethcomes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be uponagainst theeyou |
| 24:14 |
After whom ishas the king of Israel come out afterAfter whom dostdo thouyou pursue afterAfter a dead dog afterAfter a flea |
| 24:15 |
JehovahMay the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and theeyou and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me outfrom ofyour thy hand |
| 24:16 |
AndWhen it came to pass when David had madefinished an end of speaking these words untoto Saul that Saul said Is this thyyour voice my son David And Saul lifted up his voice and wept |
| 24:17 |
AndHe he said to David ThouYou artare more righteous than I; for thouyou hasthave renderedrepaid unto me good whereas I have renderedrepaid untoyou thee evil |
| 24:18 |
And thouyou hasthave declared this day how thatyou thouhave hast dealt well with me forasmuchin asthat whenyou Jehovahdid hadnot deliveredkill me upwhen intothe thyLord handput thoume killedstinto meyour nothands |
| 24:19 |
For if a man findfinds his enemy will he let him go well away whereforesafe JehovahSo may the Lord reward theeyou with good for thatwhat whichyou thouhave hast done untoto me this day |
| 24:20 |
And now behold I know that thouyou shaltshall surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thyyour hand |
| 24:21 |
Swear nowto me therefore untoby methe byLord Jehovah that thouyou wiltwill not cut off my seeddescendants after me and that thouyou wiltwill not destroy my name out of my fathers house |
| 24:22 |
And David swareswore untothis to Saul AndThen Saul went home; but David and his men gatwent them up untoto the stronghold |
| 25:1 |
AndNow Samuel died; and all Israel gatheredassembled themselvesand togethermourned andfor lamented him and they buried him in his house at Ramah AndThen David aroserose and went down to the wilderness of Paran |
| 25:2 |
And there was a man in MaonMa′on whose possessionsbusiness werewas in Carmel; andThe the man was very greatrich; and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: andHe he was shearing his sheep in Carmel |
| 25:3 |
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail;Ab′igail andThe the woman was of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evilill in his doingsbehaved; and he was ofa theCalebite house of Caleb |
| 25:4 |
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep |
| 25:5 |
AndSo David sent ten young men; and David said untoto the young men GetGo you up to Carmel and go to Nabal and greet him in my name: |
| 25:6 |
andAnd thus you shall yesalute say to him: that liveth in prosperity Peace be untoto theeyou and peace be to thyyour house and peace be untoto all that thouyou hasthave |
| 25:7 |
And now I havehear heard that thouyou hasthave shearers:; thynow your shepherds have now been with us and we did them no hurtharm neitherand wasthey theremissed aughtnothing missing unto them all the whiletime they were in Carmel |
| 25:8 |
Ask thyyour young men and they will tell thee:you whereforeTherefore let themy young men find favor in thineyour eyes; for we come inon a goodfeast day: Pray give Iwhatever prayyou theehave whatsoeverat comethhand to thyyour hand unto thy servants and to thyyour son David |
| 25:9 |
AndWhen when Davids young men came they spakesaid toall Nabalthis according to allNabal those words in the name of David; and ceasedthen they waited |
| 25:10 |
And Nabal answered Davids servants and said Who is David andWho who is the son of Jesse thereThere are many servants nownowadays awho daysare thatbreaking break away every man from histheir mastermasters |
| 25:11 |
Shall I then take my bread and my water and my fleshmeat that I have killed for my shearers and give it untoto men ofwho whomcome from I knowdo not whenceknow theywhere are |
| 25:12 |
So Davids young men turned onaway their way and wentcame back and came and told him according to all thesethis words |
| 25:13 |
And David said untoto his men GirdEvery yeman gird on every man his sword And theyevery man of them girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword:; and thereabout four hundred men went up after David aboutwhile four hundred men; and two hundred aboderemained bywith the baggage |
| 25:14 |
But one of the young men told AbigailAb′igail Nabals wife saying Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them |
| 25:15 |
ButYet the men were very good untoto us and we weresuffered no harm and we did not hurtmiss neitheranything missedwhen we anythingwere in the fields as long as we went with them; when we were in the fields: |
| 25:16 |
they were a wall untoto us both by night and by day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep |
| 25:17 |
Now therefore know this and consider what thouyou wiltshould do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house: forand he is suchso aill worthlessnatured fellow that one cannot speak to him |
| 25:18 |
Then AbigailAb′igail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two bottlesskins of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs and laid them on asses |
| 25:19 |
And she said untoto her young men Go on before me; behold I come after you But she tolddid not tell her husband Nabal |
| 25:20 |
And it was so as she rode on herthe ass and came down byunder thecover covert of the mountain that behold David and his men came down toward her; and she met them |
| 25:21 |
Now David had said Surely in vain have I keptguarded all that this fellow hathhas in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertainedbelonged untoto him:; and he hathhas returned me evil for good |
| 25:22 |
God do so untoto the enemies of David and more also if by morning I leave ofso allmuch thatas pertainone tomale himof byall thewho morningbelong lightto so much as one man childhim |
| 25:23 |
AndWhen whenAb′igail Abigail saw David she hastedmade haste and alighted from herthe ass and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground |
| 25:24 |
AndShe she fell at his feet and said Upon me alone my lord upon me be the iniquityguilt; andpray let thyyour handmaid I pray thee speak in thineyour ears and hear thou the words of thyyour handmaid |
| 25:25 |
Let not my lord I pray thee regard this worthlessill natured fellow even Nabal; for as his name is so is he; Nabal is his name and folly is with him:; but I thyyour handmaid sawdid not see the young men of my lord whom thouyou didstsent send |
| 25:26 |
Now thereforethen my lord as Jehovahthe livethLord lives and as thyyour soul livethlives seeing Jehovahthe hathLord withholdenhas theerestrained you from bloodguiltinessbloodguilt and from avengingtaking thyselfvengeance with thineyour own hand now thereforethen let thineyour enemies and themthose thatwho seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal |
| 25:27 |
And now let this present which thyyour servant hathhas brought untoto my lord let it be given untoto the young men thatwho follow my lord |
| 25:28 |
ForgivePray Iforgive pray thee the trespass of thyyour handmaid:; for Jehovahthe Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house because my lord fightethis fighting the battles of Jehovahthe Lord; and evil shall not be found in theeyou allso thylong daysas you live |
| 25:29 |
AndIf though men berise risen up to pursue theeyou and to seek thyyour soullife yet the soullife of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of lifethe withliving Jehovahin thythe care of the Lord your God; and the soulslives of thineyour enemies themhe shall he sling out as from the hollow of a sling |
| 25:30 |
And it shall come to pass when Jehovahthe shallLord havehas done to my lord according to all the good that he hathhas spoken concerning theeyou and shallhas have appointed theeyou prince over Israel |
| 25:31 |
thatmy thislord shall behave no griefcause untoof theegrief noror offencepangs of heartconscience untofor myhaving lord either that thou hast shed blood without cause or thatfor my lord hathtaking avengedvengeance himself And when Jehovahthe shallLord havehas dealt well with my lord then remember thyyour handmaid |
| 25:32 |
And David said to AbigailAb′igail Blessed be Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel who sent theeyou this day to meet me: |
| 25:33 |
andBlessed blessed be thyyour discretion and blessed be thouyou thatwho hasthave kept me this day from bloodguiltinessbloodguilt and from avenging myself with minemy own hand |
| 25:34 |
For inas verysurely deed as Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel livethlives who hathhas withholdenrestrained me from hurting theeyou exceptunless thouyou hadsthad hastedmade haste and come to meet me surelytruly by morning there had not been left untoto Nabal by the morning light so much as one manmale child |
| 25:35 |
SoThen David received offrom her hand thatwhat which she had brought him:; and he said untoto her Go up in peace to thyyour house; see I have hearkened to thyyour voice and I have acceptedgranted thyyour personpetition |
| 25:36 |
And AbigailAb′igail came to Nabal; and beholdlo he heldwas holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king; andAnd Nabals heart was merry within him for he was very drunken:drunk; whereforeso she told him nothing lessat orall more until the morning light |
| 25:37 |
And it came to pass in the morning when the wine washad gone out of Nabal that his wife told him these things and his heart died within him and he became as a stone |
| 25:38 |
And it came to pass about ten days afterlater thatthe JehovahLord smote Nabal; soand that he died |
| 25:39 |
AndWhen when David heard that Nabal was dead he said Blessed be Jehovahthe thatLord hathwho pleadedhas avenged the causeinsult ofI myreceived reproachat from the hand of Nabal and hathhas kept back his servant from evil:; andthe Lord has returned the evil doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head AndThen David sent and spakewooed concerningAb′igail Abigail to takemake her tohis him to wife |
| 25:40 |
And when the servants of David werecame come to AbigailAb′igail toat Carmel they spakesaid untoto her saying David hathhas sent us untoto theeyou to take theeyou to him toas his wife |
| 25:41 |
And she aroserose and bowed herself with her face to the earthground and said Behold thyyour handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord |
| 25:42 |
And AbigailAb′igail hastedmade haste and aroserose and rodemounted uponon an ass withand her five damselsmaidens ofattended hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David and became his wife |
| 25:43 |
David also took AhinoamAhin′o am of Jezreel; and they became both of them became his wives |
| 25:44 |
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter Davids wife to Palti the son of LaishLa′ish who was of Gallim |
| 26:1 |
AndThen the Ziphites came untoto Saul toat GibeahGib′e ah saying DothIs not David hidehiding himself inon the hill of HachilahHachi′lah which is beforeon the deserteast of Jeshi′mon |
| 26:2 |
ThenSo Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph havingwith three thousand chosen men of Israel with him to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph |
| 26:3 |
And Saul encamped inon the hill of HachilahHachi′lah which is beforebeside the desertroad byon the wayeast of Jeshi′mon But David aboderemained in the wilderness; and when he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness |
| 26:4 |
David therefore sent out spies and understoodlearned of a certainty that Saul washad come of a certainty |
| 26:5 |
AndThen David aroserose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheldsaw the place where Saul lay andwith Abner the son of Ner the captaincommander of his host:army; and Saul laywas lying within the placeencampment ofwhile the wagonsarmy andwas the people were encamped roundaround about him |
| 26:6 |
Then answered David and said to AhimelechAhim′elech the Hittite and to AbishaiJo′abs brother Abi′shai the son of ZeruiahZeru′iah brother to Joab saying Who will go down with me tointo Saulthe camp to theSaul camp And AbishaiAbi′shai said I will go down with theeyou |
| 26:7 |
So David and AbishaiAbi′shai camewent to the peoplearmy by night:; and beholdthere lay Saul lay sleeping within the placeencampment of the wagons with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the peoplearmy lay roundaround about him |
| 26:8 |
Then said AbishaiAbi′shai to David God hathhas deliveredgiven upyour thine enemy into thyyour hand this day:; now therefore let me smitepin him Ito praythe theeearth with theone spearstroke toof the earthspear at one stroke and I will not smitestrike him thetwice second time |
| 26:9 |
AndBut David said to AbishaiAbi′shai DestroyDo not destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovahsthe Lords anointed and be guiltless |
| 26:10 |
And David said As Jehovahthe livethLord Jehovahlives the Lord will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish |
| 26:11 |
JehovahThe Lord forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovahsthe Lords anointed:; but now take Inow pray thee the spear that is at his head and the crusejar of water and let us go |
| 26:12 |
So David took the spear and the crusejar of water from Sauls head; and they gatwent them away: andNo no man saw it noror knew it neithernor did any awake; for they were all asleep because a deep sleep from Jehovahthe wasLord had fallen upon them |
| 26:13 |
Then David went over to the other side and stood afar off on the top of the mountain afarwith off; a great space being between them; |
| 26:14 |
and David criedcalled to the peoplearmy and to Abner the son of Ner saying AnswerestWill thouyou not answer Abner Then Abner answered and said Who artare thouyou that criestcalls to the king |
| 26:15 |
And David said to Abner ArtAre you not thou a valiant man andWho who is like toyou thee in Israel whereforeWhy then hasthave thouyou not kept watch over thyyour lord the king forFor there came one of the people came in to destroy the king thyyour lord |
| 26:16 |
This thing isthat notyou goodhave thatdone thouis hastnot donegood As Jehovahthe livethLord yelives areyou worthydeserve to die because yeyou have not kept watch over your lord Jehovahsthe Lords anointed And now see where the kings spear is and the crusejar of water that was at his head |
| 26:17 |
And Saul knewrecognized Davids voice and said Is this thyyour voice my son David And David said It is my voice my lord O king |
| 26:18 |
And he said WhereforeWhy dothdoes my lord pursue after his servant forFor what have I done orWhat whatguilt evil is inon my handhands |
| 26:19 |
Now therefore I pray thee let my lord the king hear the words of his servant If it beis Jehovahthe thatLord hathwho has stirred theeyou up against me letmay himhe accept an offering:; but if it beis themen childrenmay ofthey menbe cursed bebefore theythe beforeLord Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day that I should nothave cleaveno untoshare in the inheritanceheritage of Jehovahthe Lord saying Go serve other gods |
| 26:20 |
Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah:the Lord; for the king of Israel ishas come out to seek amy flealife aslike when one dothwho hunthunts a partridge in the mountains |
| 26:21 |
Then Saul said Saul I have sinned:done wrong; return my son David; for I will no more do theeyou harm because my life was precious in thineyour eyes this day:; behold I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly |
| 26:22 |
And David answeredmade andanswer saidHere Beholdis the spear O king letLet then one of the young men come over and fetch it |
| 26:23 |
AndThe JehovahLord willrewards render to every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuchfor asthe JehovahLord deliveredgave theeyou into my hand totoday day and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovahsthe Lords anointed |
| 26:24 |
AndBehold behold as thyyour life was muchprecious set by this day in minemy eyessight so letmay my life be muchprecious set by in the eyessight of Jehovahthe Lord and letmay himhe deliver me out of all tribulation |
| 26:25 |
Then Saul said to David Blessed be thouyou my son David: thouYou shaltwill both do mightilymany things and shaltwill surelysucceed prevailin them So David went his way and Saul returned to his place |
| 27:1 |
And David said in his heart I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul:; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape intoto the land of the Philistines; andthen Saul will despair of meseeking to seek me any morelonger inwithin all the borders of Israel: soand I shall I escape out of his hand |
| 27:2 |
AndSo David arose and passedwent over he and the six hundred men thatwho were with him untoto AchishA′chish the son of MaochMa′och king of Gath |
| 27:3 |
And David dwelt with AchishA′chish at Gath he and his men every man with his household evenand David with his two wives AhinoamAhin′o theam Jezreelitessof Jezreel and AbigailAb′igail theof CarmelitessCarmel Nabals wifewidow |
| 27:4 |
And when it was told Saul that David washad fled to Gath: and he sought for him no more again for him |
| 27:5 |
AndThen David said untoto AchishA′chish If now I have found favor in thineyour eyes let thema giveplace mebe agiven placeme in one of the citiescountry intowns the country that I may dwell there:; for why should thyyour servant dwell in the royal city with theeyou |
| 27:6 |
ThenSo Achishthat day A′chish gave him Ziklag; thattherefore day:Ziklag whereforehas Ziklagbelonged pertainethto unto the kings of Judah untoto this day |
| 27:7 |
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months |
| 27:8 |
AndNow David and his men went up and made araids raid upon the GeshuritesGesh′urites and the GirzitesGir′zites and the AmalekitesAmal′ekites; for thosethese nations were the inhabitants of the land whofrom were of old as thoufar goestas to Shur evento unto the land of Egypt |
| 27:9 |
And David smote the land and savedleft neither man nor woman alive andbut took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the apparel;garments and hecame returnedback and came to AchishA′chish |
| 27:10 |
AndWhen AchishA′chish saidasked Against whom have yeyou made a raid totoday dayDavid Andwould Davidsay said Against the SouthNegeb of Judah andor againstAgainst the SouthNegeb of the JerahmeelitesJerah′meelites andor againstAgainst the SouthNegeb of the KenitesKen′ites |
| 27:11 |
And David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring themtidings to Gath sayingthinking Lest they should tell ofabout us sayingand say So did David andhas sodone hathSuch beenwas his mannercustom all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines |
| 27:12 |
And AchishA′chish believedtrusted David sayingthinking He hathhas made hishimself peopleutterly Israelabhorred utterlyby tohis abhorpeople himIsrael; therefore he shall be my servant for everalways |
| 28:1 |
AndIn it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered their hostsforces together for warfarewar to fight withagainst Israel And AchishA′chish said untoto David KnowUnderstand thouthat assuredlyyou thatand thouyour shaltmen are to go out with me in the hostarmy thou and thy men |
| 28:2 |
And David said to AchishA′chish ThereforeVery thouwell shaltyou shall know what thyyour servant willcan do And AchishA′chish said to David ThereforeVery willwell I will make theeyou keeper of my headbodyguard for everlife |
| 28:3 |
Now Samuel washad deaddied and all Israel had lamentedmourned for him and buried him in Ramah even in his own city And Saul had put awaythe thosemediums that had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land |
| 28:4 |
AndThe the Philistines gatheredassembled themselves together and came and encamped inat Shunem:; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they encamped inat GilboaGilbo′a |
| 28:5 |
AndWhen when Saul saw the hostarmy of the Philistines he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly |
| 28:6 |
And when Saul inquired of Jehovahthe JehovahLord answeredthe himLord did not neitheranswer him either by dreams noror by Urim noror by prophets |
| 28:7 |
Then Saul said Saulto unto his servants Seek out for me a woman thatwho hathis a familiarmedium spirit that I may go to her and inquire of her And his servants said to him Behold there is a womanmedium that hath a familiar spirit at En dorEndor |
| 28:8 |
AndSo Saul disguised himself and put on other raimentgarments and went he and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night: andAnd he said Divine untofor me I pray thee by thea familiar spirit and bring up for me upwhomever whomsoever I shall name untoto theeyou |
| 28:9 |
AndThe the woman said untoto him BeholdSurely thouyou knowestknow what Saul hathhas done how he hathhas cut off thosethe thatmediums have familiar spirits and the wizards outfrom of the land: whereforeWhy then layestare thouyou laying a snare for my life to causebring meabout tomy diedeath |
| 28:10 |
AndBut Saul swareswore to her by Jehovahthe sayingLord As Jehovahthe livethLord therelives shall no punishment happenshall tocome theeupon you for this thing |
| 28:11 |
Then said the woman said Whom shall I bring up untofor theeyou AndHe he said Bring me up Samuel for me |
| 28:12 |
AndWhen when the woman saw Samuel she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spakesaid to Saul saying Why hasthave thouyou deceived me forYou thouare art Saul |
| 28:13 |
AndThe the king said untoto her BeHave notno afraid:fear; for what seestdo thouyou see And the woman said untoto Saul I see a god coming up out of the earth |
| 28:14 |
AndHe he said untoto her What form is hehis ofappearance And she said An old man comethis coming up; and he is coveredwrapped within a robe And Saul perceivedknew that it was Samuel and he bowed with his face to the ground and did obeisance |
| 28:15 |
AndThen Samuel said to Saul Why hasthave thouyou disquieteddisturbed me toby bringbringing me up And Saul answered I am sorein distressedgreat distress; for the Philistines makeare warwarring against me and God ishas departedturned away from me and answerethanswers me no more neithereither by prophets noror by dreams:; therefore I have calledsummoned theeyou thatto thoutell mayest make known unto me what I shall do |
| 28:16 |
And Samuel said WhereforeWhy then dostdo thouyou ask of me seeingsince Jehovahthe isLord departedhas turned from theeyou and is become thineyour adversaryenemy |
| 28:17 |
AndThe JehovahLord hathhas done untoto theeyou as he spakespoke by me:; andfor Jehovahthe hathLord renthas torn the kingdom out of thyyour hand and given it to thyyour neighbor even to David |
| 28:18 |
Because thouyou obeyedstdid not obey the voice of Jehovahthe Lord and didstdid not executecarry out his fierce wrath uponagainst AmalekAm′alek therefore haththe JehovahLord has done this thing untoto theeyou this day |
| 28:19 |
Moreover Jehovahthe Lord will delivergive Israel also with theeyou into the hand of the Philistines; and totomorrow morrowyou shalt thou and thyyour sons shall be with me:; Jehovahthe Lord will delivergive the hostarmy of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines |
| 28:20 |
Then Saul fell straightwayat hisonce full length upon the earthground andfilled waswith sorefear afraid because of the words of Samuel:; and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten nonothing bread all the day norand all the night |
| 28:21 |
And the woman came untoto Saul and when she saw that he was soreterrified troubledshe and said untoto him Behold thyyour handmaid hathhas hearkened untoto thyyou; voice and I have puttaken my life in my hand and have hearkened untoto thywhat wordsyou whichhave thousaid spakestto unto me |
| 28:22 |
Now therefore Iyou prayalso thee hearken thouto alsoyour unto the voice of thy handmaid; and let me set a morsel of bread before theeyou; and eat that thouyou mayestmay have strength when thouyou goestgo on thyyour way |
| 28:23 |
ButHe he refused and said I will not eat But his servants together with the woman constrainedurged him; and he hearkened untoto their voicewords So he arose from the earth and sat upon the bed |
| 28:24 |
AndNow the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hastedquickly and killed it; and she took flour and kneaded it and didbaked bake unleavened bread thereof:of it |
| 28:25 |
and she broughtput it before Saul and before his servants; and they didate eat Then they rose up and went away that night |
| 29:1 |
Now the Philistines gathered together all their hostsforces toat Aphek:; and the Israelites were encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel |
| 29:2 |
AndAs the lords of the Philistines passedwere passing on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passedwere passing on in the rearwardrear with AchishA′chish |
| 29:3 |
Then said the princescommanders of the Philistines said What doare these Hebrews doing here And AchishA′chish said untoto the princescommanders of the Philistines Is not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel who hathhas been with me thesenow for days orand rather these years and since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him sinceto he fell away unto me unto this day |
| 29:4 |
But the princescommanders of the Philistines were wrothangry with him; and the princescommanders of the Philistines said untoto him MakeSend the man returnback that he may goreturn back to histhe place whereto thouwhich hastyou appointedhave assigned him; andhe letshall him not go down with us to battle lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: forFor wherewithhow shouldcould this fellow reconcile himself untoto his lord shouldWould it not be with the heads of thesethe men here |
| 29:5 |
Is not this David of whom they sangsing to one to another in dances saying Saul hathhas slain his thousands Andand David his ten thousands |
| 29:6 |
Then AchishA′chish called David and said untoto him As Jehovahthe livethLord thoulives hastyou have been uprighthonest and thyto goingme outit andseems thyright comingthat inyou withshould memarch inout theand hostin iswith goodme in mythe sightcampaign; for I have not found evilnothing wrong in theeyou sincefrom the day of thyyour coming untoto me untoto this day: neverthelessNevertheless the lords favordo thee not approve of you |
| 29:7 |
WhereforeSo go back now; return and go inpeaceably peace that thouyou displeasemay not displease the lords of the Philistines |
| 29:8 |
And David said untoto AchishA′chish But what have I done andWhat whathave hastyou thou found in thyyour servant sofrom longthe asday I haveentered beenyour beforeservice theeuntil untonow this day that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king |
| 29:9 |
And AchishA′chish answeredmade andanswer said to David I know that thouyou artare goodas blameless in my sight as an angel of God:; notwithstandingnevertheless the princescommanders of the Philistines have said He shall not go up with us to the battle |
| 29:10 |
WhereforeNow nowthen rise up early in the morning with the servants of thyyour lord thatwho arecame come with theeyou; and asstart soon as ye are up early in the morning and depart as soon as you have light depart |
| 29:11 |
So David roseset upout earlywith he and his men toearly depart in the morning to return intoto the land of the Philistines AndBut the Philistines went up to Jezreel |
| 30:1 |
AndNow it came to pass when David and his men werecame come to Ziklag on the third day that the AmalekitesAmal′ekites had made a raid upon the SouthNegeb and upon Ziklag andThey had smittenovercome Ziklag and burned it with fire |
| 30:2 |
and had taken captive the women and all thatwho were thereinin it both small and great:; they slewkilled notno anyone but carried them off and went their way |
| 30:3 |
And when David and his men came to the city beholdthey found it was burned with fire; and their wives and their sons and their daughters were taken captive |
| 30:4 |
Then David and the people thatwho were with him liftedraised up their voicevoices and wept until they had no more powerstrength to weep |
| 30:5 |
And Davids two wives werealso had been taken captive AhinoamAhin′o theam Jezreelitessof Jezreel and AbigailAb′igail the wifewidow of Nabal theof CarmeliteCarmel |
| 30:6 |
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spakespoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people waswere grievedbitter everyin mansoul each for his sons and for his daughters: butBut David strengthened himself in Jehovahthe Lord his God |
| 30:7 |
And David said to AbiatharAbi′athar the priest the son of AhimelechAhim′elech IBring pray thee bring me hither the ephod AndSo AbiatharAbi′athar brought thither the ephod to David |
| 30:8 |
And David inquired of Jehovahthe sayingLord IfShall I pursue after this troopband shallShall I overtake them AndHe he answered him Pursue; for thouyou shaltshall surely overtake them and shaltshall withoutsurely failrescue recover all |
| 30:9 |
So David wentset heout and the six hundred men thatwho were with him and they came to the brook Besor where those thatstayed who were left behind stayed |
| 30:10 |
But David pursuedwent on with the pursuit he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind who were sotoo faintexhausted thatto theycross could not go over the brook Besor |
| 30:11 |
AndThey they found an Egyptian in the fieldopen country and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he didate eat; and they gave him water to drink; |
| 30:12 |
and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins: andAnd when he had eaten his spirit came again to himrevived; for he had not eaten no bread noror drunk any water for three days and three nights |
| 30:13 |
And David said untoto him To whom belongestdo thouyou andbelong whenceAnd artwhere thouare Andyou hefrom He said I am a young man of Egypt servant to an AmalekiteAmal′ekite; and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago I fell sick |
| 30:14 |
We had made a raid upon the SouthNegeb of the CherethitesCher′ethites and upon that which belongethbelongs to Judah and upon the SouthNegeb of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire |
| 30:15 |
And David said to him WiltWill thouyou bringtake me down to this troopband And he said Swear untoto me by God that thouyou wiltwill neithernot kill me noror deliver me up into the hands of my master and I will bringtake theeyou down to this troopband |
| 30:16 |
And when he had broughttaken him down behold they were spread abroad over all the groundland eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken outfrom of the land of the Philistines and outfrom of the land of Judah |
| 30:17 |
And David smote them from the twilight evenuntil unto the evening of the next day:; and there escaped not a man of them saveescaped except four hundred young men who rodemounted upon camels and fled |
| 30:18 |
And David recovered all that the AmalekitesAmal′ekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives |
| 30:19 |
AndNothing there was nothingmissing lackingwhether to them neither small noror great neither sons noror daughters neither spoil noror anything that they had been taken; to them: David brought back all |
| 30:20 |
And David tookalso captured all the flocks and the herds; whichand theythe people drove before those other cattle before him and said This is Davids spoil |
| 30:21 |
AndThen David came to the two hundred men who werehad sobeen fainttoo thatexhausted theyto could not follow David whomand alsowho they had madebeen toleft abide at the brook Besor; and they went forthout to meet David and to meet the people thatwho were with him:; and when David camedrew near to the people he saluted them |
| 30:22 |
Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows ofamong thosethe thatmen wentwho had gone with David and said Because they wentdid not go with us we will not give them aughtany of the spoil thatwhich we have recovered saveexcept tothat everyeach man may lead away his wife and his children that he may lead them away and depart |
| 30:23 |
ThenBut David said DavidYou Ye shall not do so my brethrenbrothers with thatwhat whichthe JehovahLord hathhas given unto us; whohe hathhas preserved us and deliveredgiven into our hand the troopband that came against us into our hand |
| 30:24 |
AndWho whowould willlisten hearkento unto you in this matter forFor as his share is thatwho goethgoes down tointo the battle so shall his share be thatwho tarriethstays by the baggage:; they shall share alike |
| 30:25 |
And it was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel untoto this day |
| 30:26 |
AndWhen when David came to Ziklag he sent part of the spoil untoto his friends the elders of Judah evensaying toHere hisis friends saying Behold a present for you offrom the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:the Lord; |
| 30:27 |
toit themwas thatfor werethose in BethBethel el and to them that were in Ramoth of the SouthNegeb and to them that were in Jattir |
| 30:28 |
and to them that were in AroerAro′er and to them that were in Siphmoth and to them that were in EshtemoaEshtemo′a |
| 30:29 |
and to them that were in Racal and to them that were in the cities of the JerahmeelitesJerah′meelites and to them that were in the cities of the KenitesKen′ites |
| 30:30 |
and to them that were in Hormah and to them that were in BorBorash′an ashan and to them that were in AthachA′thach |
| 30:31 |
and to them that were in Hebron andfor to all the places where David himself and his men werehad wont to hauntroamed |
| 31:1 |
Now the Philistines fought against Israel:; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain inon mountMount GilboaGilbo′a |
| 31:2 |
And the Philistines followedovertook hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan and AbinadabAbin′adab and MalchiMal′chishu′a shua the sons of Saul |
| 31:3 |
AndThe the battle wentpressed sorehard againstupon Saul and the archers overtookfound him; and he was greatlybadly distressedwounded by reason of the archers |
| 31:4 |
Then Saul said Saul to his armorbearerarmor bearer Draw thyyour sword and thrust me through therewithwith it lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abusemake sport of me But his armorbearerarmor bearer would not; for he wasfeared soregreatly afraid Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it |
| 31:5 |
And when his armorbearerarmor bearer saw that Saul was dead he likewisealso fell upon his sword and died with him |
| 31:6 |
SoThus Saul died and his three sons and his armorbearerarmor bearer and all his men thaton the same day together |
| 31:7 |
And when the men of Israel thatwho were on the other side of the valley and theythose that were beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead they forsook thetheir cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them |
| 31:8 |
AndOn it came to pass on the morrow when the Philistines came to strip the slain that they found Saul and his three sons fallen inon mountMount GilboaGilbo′a |
| 31:9 |
And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent intomessengers throughout the land of the Philistines round about to carry the tidingsgood untonews theto house of their idols and to the people |
| 31:10 |
AndThey they put his armor in the housetemple of the AshtarothAsh′taroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth shan |
| 31:11 |
AndBut when the inhabitants of JabeshJa′besh gileadgil′ead heard concerningwhat him that which the Philistines had done to Saul |