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1Samuel 1





1. Now there was a certain <0259> man <0376> of Ramathaimzophim
<07436>, of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, and his name <08034>
[was] Elkanah <0511>, the son <01121> of Jeroham < 03395>, the
son <01121> of Elihu <0453>, the son <01121> of Tohu <08459>,
the son <01121> of Zuph <06689>, an Ephrathite < 0673>:



2 And he had two <08147> wives <0802>; the name < 08034> of the
one <0259> [was] Hannah <02584>, and the name < 08034> of the
other <08145> Peninnah <06444>: and Peninnah < 06444> had <01961>
children <03206>, but Hannah <02584> had no < 0369> children
<03206>.



3 And this <01931> man <0376> went <05927> up out of his city
<05892> yearly <03117> to worship <07812> and to sacrifice
<02076> unto the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> in Shiloh <07887>.
And the two <08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941> , Hophni <02652>
and Phinehas <06372>, the priests <03548> of the LORD <03068>,
[were] there <08033>.



4 And when the time <03117> was that Elkanah <0511> offered
<02076>, he gave <05414> to Peninnah <06444> his wife <0802>,
and to all <03605> her sons <01121> and her daughters <01121>,
portions <04490>:



5 But unto Hannah <02584> he gave <05414> a worthy <0639>
portion <04490>; for he loved <0157> Hannah < 02584>: but the
LORD <03068> had shut <05462> up her womb < 07358>.



6 And her adversary <06869> also <01571> provoked <03707> her
sore <03708>, for to make her fret <07481>, because <03588> the
LORD <03068> had shut <05462> up her womb < 07358>.



7 And [as] he did <06213> so <03651> year < 08141> by year
<08141>, when <01767> she went <05927> up to the house <01004>
of the LORD <03068>, so <03651> she provoked < 03707> her;
therefore she wept <01058>, and did <06213> not eat <0398>.



8 Then said <0559> Elkanah <0511> her husband < 0376> to her,
Hannah <02584>, why <04100> weepest <01058> thou? and why
<04100> eatest <0398> thou not? and why <04100> is thy heart
<03824> grieved <07489>? [am] not I better < 02896> to thee than
ten <06235> sons <01121>?



9. So Hannah <02584> rose <06965> up after < 0310> they had
eaten <0398> in Shiloh <07887>, and after <0310> they had drunk
<08354>. Now Eli <05941> the priest <03548> sat <03427> upon a
seat <03678> by a post <04201> of the temple < 01964> of the LORD
<03068>.



10 And she [was] in bitterness <04751> of soul < 05315>, and
prayed <06419> unto the LORD <03068>, and wept < 01058> sore.



11 And she vowed <05087> a vow <05088>, and said < 0559>, O LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>, if <0518> thou wilt indeed look
<07200> on the affliction <06040> of thine handmaid <0519>, and
remember <02142> me, and not forget <07911> thine handmaid
<0519>, but wilt give <05414> unto thine handmaid < 0519> a man
<0582> child <02233>, then I will give <05414> him unto the LORD
<03068> all <03605> the days <03117> of his life <02416>, and
there shall no <03808> razor <04177> come < 05927> upon his head
<07218>.



12 And it came <01961> to pass, as she continued < 07235>
praying <06419> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, that Eli
<05941> marked <08104> her mouth <06310>.



13 Now Hannah <02584>, she spake <01696> in her heart <03820>;
only <07535> her lips <08193> moved <05128>, but her voice
<06963> was not heard <08085>: therefore Eli < 05941> thought
<02803> she had been drunken <07910>.



14 And Eli <05941> said <0559> unto her, How < 05704> long
<03117> wilt thou be drunken <07937>? put < 05493> away <05493>
thy wine <03196> from thee.



15 And Hannah <02584> answered <06030> and said < 0559>, No
<03808>, my lord <0113>, I [am] a woman <0802> of a sorrowful
<07186> spirit <07307>: I have drunk <07937> neither <03808>
wine <03196> nor strong drink <07941>, but have poured <08210>
out my soul <05315> before <06440> the LORD < 03068>.



16 Count <05414> not thine handmaid <0519> for a daughter
<01323> of Belial <01100>: for out of the abundance <07230> of
my complaint <07878> and grief <03708> have I spoken <01696>
hitherto.



17 Then Eli <05941> answered <06030> and said < 0559>, Go
<03212> in peace <07965>: and the God <0430> of Israel <03478>
grant <05414> [thee] thy petition <07596> that thou hast asked
<07592> of him.



18 And she said <0559>, Let thine handmaid <08198> find <04672>
grace <02580> in thy sight <05869>. So the woman < 0802> went
<03212> her way <01870>, and did eat <0398>, and her countenance
<06440> was no <03808> more <05750> [sad].



19. And they rose <07925> up in the morning <01242> early
<07925>, and worshipped <07812> before <06440> the LORD <03068>,
and returned <07725>, and came <0935> to their house <01004> to
Ramah <07414>: and Elkanah <0511> knew <03045> Hannah <02584>
his wife <0802>; and the LORD <03068> remembered < 02142> her.



20 Wherefore it came <01961> to pass, when the time < 03117> was
come <08622> about after Hannah <02584> had conceived <02030>,
that she bare <03205> a son <01121>, and called < 07121> his name
<08034> Samuel <08050>, [saying], Because < 03588> I have asked
<07592> him of the LORD <03068>.



21 And the man <0376> Elkanah <0511>, and all < 03605> his house
<01004>, went <05927> up to offer <02076> unto the LORD <03068>
the yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077>, and his vow < 05088>.



22 But Hannah <02584> went <05927> not up; for she said <0559>
unto her husband <0376>, [I will not go up] until < 05704> the
child <05288> be weaned <01580>, and [then] I will bring <0935>
him, that he may appear <07200> before the LORD < 03068>, and
there <08033> abide <03427> for ever <05769>.



23 And Elkanah <0511> her husband <0376> said < 0559> unto her,
Do <06213> what seemeth <05869> thee good < 02896>; tarry <03427>
until <05704> thou have weaned <01580> him; only < 0389> the LORD
<03068> establish <06965> his word <01697>. So the woman <0802>
abode <03427>, and gave her son <01121> suck < 03243> until
<05704> she weaned <01580> him.



24 And when <0834> she had weaned <01580> him, she took <05927>
him up with her, with three <07969> bullocks <06499>, and one
<0259> ephah <0374> of flour <07058>, and a bottle <05035> of
wine <03196>, and brought <0935> him unto the house <01004> of
the LORD <03068> in Shiloh <07887>: and the child < 05288> [was]
young <05288>.



25 And they slew <07819> a bullock <06499>, and brought <0935>
the child <05288> to Eli <05941>.



26 And she said <0559>, Oh <0994> my lord < 0113>, [as] thy soul
<05315> liveth <02416>, my lord <0113>, I [am] the woman <0802>
that stood <05324> by thee here <02088>, praying < 06419> unto
the LORD <0113>.



27 For this <02088> child <05288> I prayed < 06419>; and the
LORD <03068> hath given <05414> me my petition < 07596> which
<0834> I asked <07592> of him:



28 Therefore also <01571> I have lent <07592> him to the LORD
<03068>; as long <03117> as he liveth <03117> he shall be lent
<07592> to the LORD <03068>. And he worshipped < 07812> the LORD
<03068> there <08033>.



1Samuel 2



1. And Hannah <02584> prayed <06419>, and said < 0559>, My heart
<03820> rejoiceth <05970> in the LORD <03068>, mine horn <07161>
is exalted <07311> in the LORD <03068>: my mouth < 06310> is
enlarged <07337> over <05921> mine enemies < 0341>; because
<03588> I rejoice <08055> in thy salvation < 03444>.



2 [There is] none <0369> holy <06918> as the LORD <03068>: for
[there is] none <0369> beside <01115> thee: neither <0369> [is
there] any rock <06697> like our God <0430>.



3 Talk <01696> no <0408> more <07235> so exceeding proudly
<01364>; let [not] arrogancy <06277> come < 03318> out of your
mouth <06310>: for the LORD <03068> [is] a God < 0410> of
knowledge <01844>, and by him actions <05949> are weighed
<08505>.



4 The bows <07198> of the mighty <01368> men [are] broken
<02744>, and they that stumbled <03782> are girded <0247> with
strength <02428>.



5 [They that were] full <07646> have hired <07936> out
themselves for bread <03899>; and [they that were] hungry
<07456> ceased <02308>: so <05704> that the barren <06135> hath
born <03205> seven <07651>; and she that hath many <07227>
children <01121> is waxed feeble <0535>.



6 The LORD <03068> killeth <04191>, and maketh alive <02421>:
he bringeth <03381> down <03381> to the grave < 07585>, and
bringeth <05927> up.



7 The LORD <03068> maketh poor <03423>, and maketh rich <06238>:
he bringeth <08213> low <08213>, and lifteth < 07311> up.



8 He raiseth <06965> up the poor <01800> out of the dust
<06083>, [and] lifteth <07311> up the beggar < 034> from the
dunghill <0830>, to set <03427> [them] among < 05973> princes
<05081>, and to make them inherit <05157> the throne <03678> of
glory <03519>: for the pillars <04690> of the earth <0776> [are]
the LORD'S <03068>, and he hath set <07896> the world <08398>
upon them.



9 He will keep <08104> the feet <07272> of his saints <02623>,
and the wicked <07563> shall be silent <01826> in darkness
<02822>; for by strength <03581> shall no < 03808> man <0376>
prevail <01396>.



10 The adversaries <07378> of the LORD <03068> shall be broken
<02865> to pieces; out of heaven <08064> shall he thunder
<07481> upon them: the LORD <03068> shall judge < 01777> the ends
<0657> of the earth <0776>; and he shall give < 05414> strength
<05797> unto his king <04428>, and exalt <07311> the horn
<07161> of his anointed <04899>.



11. And Elkanah <0511> went <03212> to Ramah < 07414> to his
house <01004>. And the child <05288> did <01961> minister
<08334> unto the LORD <03068> before Eli <05941> the priest
<03548>.



12 Now the sons <01121> of Eli <05941> [were] sons <01121> of
Belial <01100>; they knew <03045> not the LORD < 03068>.



13 And the priests <03548>' custom <04941> with the people
<05971> [was, that], when any <03605> man <0376> offered <02076>
sacrifice <02077>, the priest's <03548> servant < 05288> came
<0935>, while the flesh <01320> was in seething < 01310>, with a
fleshhook <04207> of three <07969> teeth <08127> in his hand
<03027>;



14 And he struck <05221> [it] into the pan <03595>, or <0176>
kettle <01731>, or caldron <07037>, or pot < 06517>; all <03605>
that the fleshhook <04207> brought <05927> up the priest <03548>
took <03947> for himself. So <03602> they did < 06213> in Shiloh
<07887> unto all <03605> the Israelites <03478> that came <0935>
thither <08033>.



15 Also <01571> before <02962> they burnt < 06999> the fat
<02459>, the priest's <03548> servant <05288> came <0935>, and
said <0559> to the man <0376> that sacrificed < 02076>, Give
<05414> flesh <01320> to roast <06740> for the priest <03548>;
for he will not have <03947> sodden <01310> flesh < 01320> of
thee, but raw <02416>.



16 And [if] any man <0376> said <0559> unto him, Let them not
fail to burn <06999> the fat <02459> presently < 03117>, and
[then] take <03947> [as much] as thy soul <05315> desireth
<08378>; then he would answer <0559> him, [Nay]; but thou shalt
give <05414> [it me] now: and if <0518> not, I will take <03947>
[it] by force <02394>.



17 Wherefore the sin <02403> of the young <05288> men was very
<03966> great <01419> before the LORD <03068>: for men <0582>
abhorred <05006> the offering <04503> of the LORD < 03068>.



18 But Samuel <08050> ministered <08334> before the LORD
<03068>, [being] a child <05288>, girded <02296> with a linen
<0906> ephod <0646>.



19 Moreover his mother <0517> made <06213> him a little <06996>
coat <04598>, and brought <05927> [it] to him from year <03117>
to year <03117>, when she came <05927> up with her husband
<0376> to offer <02076> the yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077>.



20 And Eli <05941> blessed <01288> Elkanah < 0511> and his wife
<0802>, and said <0559>, The LORD <03068> give <07760> thee seed
<02233> of this <02063> woman <0802> for the loan <07596> which
<0834> is lent <07592> to the LORD <03068>. And they went
<01980> unto their own home <04725>.



21 And the LORD <03068> visited <06485> Hannah < 02584>, so that
she conceived <02030>, and bare <03205> three < 07969> sons
<01121> and two <08147> daughters <01121>. And the child <05288>
Samuel <08050> grew <01431> before <05973> the LORD <03068>.



22 Now Eli <05941> was very <03966> old <02204> , and heard
<08085> all <03605> that his sons <01121> did <06213> unto all
<03605> Israel <03478>; and how <0434> they lay <07901> with the
women <0802> that assembled <06633> [at] the door < 06607> of the
tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>.



23 And he said <0559> unto them, Why <04100> do < 06213> ye such
<0428> things <01697>? for I hear <08085> of your evil <07451>
dealings <01697> by all <03605> this <0428> people <05971>.



24 Nay <0408>, my sons <01121>; for [it is] no < 03808> good
<02896> report <08052> that I hear <08085>: ye make the LORD'S
<03068> people <05971> to transgress <05674>.



25 If <0518> one man <0376> sin <02398> against another <0376>,
the judge <0430> shall judge <0430> him: but if < 0518> a man
<0376> sin <02398> against the LORD <03068>, who <04310> shall
intreat <06419> for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened < 08085>
not unto the voice <06963> of their father <01>, because <03588>
the LORD <03068> would <02654> slay <04191> them.



26 And the child <05288> Samuel <08050> grew < 01432> on, and
was in favour <02896> both <01571> with the LORD < 03068>, and
also <01571> with men <0582>.



27. And there came <0935> a man <0376> of God < 0430> unto Eli
<05941>, and said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the
LORD <03068>, Did I plainly <01540> appear < 01540> unto the
house <01004> of thy father <01>, when they were in Egypt
<04714> in Pharaoh's <06547> house <01004>?



28 And did I choose <0977> him out of all <03605> the tribes
<07626> of Israel <03478> [to be] my priest < 03548>, to offer
<05927> upon mine altar <04196>, to burn <06999> incense <07004>,
to wear <05375> an ephod <0646> before <06440> me? and did I
give <05414> unto the house <01004> of thy father < 01> all
<03605> the offerings made by fire of the children < 01121> of
Israel <03478>?



29 Wherefore <04100> kick <01163> ye at my sacrifice <02077>
and at mine offering <04503>, which <0834> I have commanded
<06680> [in my] habitation <04583>; and honourest < 03513> thy
sons <01121> above me, to make yourselves fat <01254> with the
chiefest <07225> of all <03605> the offerings < 04503> of Israel
<03478> my people <05971>?



30 Wherefore <03651> the LORD <03068> God < 0430> of Israel
<03478> saith <05002>, I said <0559> indeed [that] thy house
<01004>, and the house <01004> of thy father < 01>, should walk
<01980> before <06440> me for ever <05769>: but now <06258> the
LORD <03068> saith <05002>, Be it far <02486> from me; for them
that honour <03513> me I will honour <03513>, and they that
despise <0959> me shall be lightly <07043> esteemed <07043>.



31 Behold <02009>, the days <03117> come <0935> , that I will
cut <01438> off thine arm <02220>, and the arm < 02220> of thy
father's <01> house <01004>, that there shall not be an old
<02205> man in thine house <01004>.



32 And thou shalt see <05027> an enemy <06862> [in my]
habitation <04583>, in all <03605> [the wealth] which <0834>
[God] shall give <03190> Israel <03478>: and there shall not be
an old <02205> man in thine house <01004> for ever.



33 And the man <0376> of thine, [whom] I shall not cut < 03772>
off from mine altar <04196>, [shall be] to consume < 03615> thine
eyes <05869>, and to grieve <0109> thine heart < 05315>: and all
<03605> the increase <04768> of thine house < 01004> shall die
<04191> in the flower <0582> of their age <0582> .



34 And this <02088> [shall be] a sign <0226> unto thee, that
shall come <0935> upon thy two <08147> sons < 01121>, on <0413>
Hophni <02652> and Phinehas <06372>; in one < 0259> day <03117>
they shall die <04191> both <08147> of them.



35 And I will raise <06965> me up a faithful <0539> priest
<03548>, [that] shall do <06213> according to [that] which
<0834> [is] in mine heart <03824> and in my mind < 05315>: and I
will build <01129> him a sure <0539> house < 01004>; and he shall
walk <01980> before <06440> mine anointed < 04899> for ever.



36 And it shall come <01961> to pass, [that] every < 03605> one
that is left <03498> in thine house <01004> shall come <0935>
[and] crouch <07812> to him for a piece <095> of silver <03701>
and a morsel <03603> of bread <03899>, and shall say <0559>, Put
<05596> me, I pray <04994> thee, into <0413> one <0259> of the
priests <03548>' offices, that I may eat <0398> a piece <06595>
of bread <03899>.



1Samuel 3



1. And the child <05288> Samuel <08050> ministered <08334> unto
the LORD <03068> before <06440> Eli <05941>. And the word
<01697> of the LORD <03068> was precious <03368> in those
<01992> days <03117>; [there was] no <0369> open <06555> vision
<02377>.



2 And it came <01961> to pass at that time <03117>, when Eli
<05941> [was] laid <07901> down <07901> in his place <04725>,
and his eyes <05869> began <02490> to wax dim < 03544>, [that] he
could <03201> not see <07200>;



3 And ere <02962> the lamp <05216> of God < 0430> went <03518>
out in the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, where the ark
<0727> of God <0430> [was], and Samuel <08050> was laid <07901>
down <07901> [to sleep];



4 That the LORD <03068> called <07121> Samuel < 08050>: and he
answered <0559>, Here <02009> [am] I.



5 And he ran <07323> unto Eli <05941>, and said < 0559>, Here
<02005> [am] I; for thou calledst <07121> me. And he said <0559>,
I called <07121> not; lie <07901> down <07901> again <07725>.
And he went <03212> and lay <07901> down <07901> .



6 And the LORD <03068> called <07121> yet < 05750> again <03254>,
Samuel <08050>. And Samuel <08050> arose < 06965> and went
<03212> to Eli <05941>, and said <0559>, Here <02005> [am] I;
for thou didst call <07121> me. And he answered <0559> , I called
<07121> not, my son <01121>; lie <07901> down <07901> again
<07725>.



7 Now Samuel <08050> did not yet <02962> know < 03045> the LORD
<03068>, neither was the word <01697> of the LORD < 03068> yet
<02962> revealed <01540> unto him.



8 And the LORD <03068> called <07121> Samuel < 08050> again
<03254> the third <07992> time. And he arose < 06965> and went
<03212> to Eli <05941>, and said <0559>, Here <02005> [am] I;
for thou didst call <07121> me. And Eli <05941> perceived <0995>
that the LORD <03068> had called <07121> the child <05288>.



9 Therefore Eli <05941> said <0559> unto Samuel < 08050>, Go
<03212>, lie <07901> down <07901>: and it shall be, if <0518> he
call <07121> thee, that thou shalt say <0559>, Speak <01696>,
LORD <03068>; for thy servant <05650> heareth < 08085>. So Samuel
<08050> went <03212> and lay <07901> down < 07901> in his place
<04725>.



10 And the LORD <03068> came <0935>, and stood < 03320>, and
called <07121> as at other times <06471>, Samuel < 08050>, Samuel
<08050>. Then Samuel <08050> answered <0559>, Speak <01696>; for
thy servant <05650> heareth <08085>.



11. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> to Samuel < 08050>, Behold
<02009>, I will do <06213> a thing <01697> in Israel <03478>, at
which <0834> both <08147> the ears <0241> of every <03605> one
that heareth <08085> it shall tingle <06750>.



12 In that day <03117> I will perform <06965> against <0413>
Eli <05941> all <03605> [things] which <0834> I have spoken
<01696> concerning <0413> his house <01004>: when I begin
<02490>, I will also make an end <03615>.



13 For I have told <05046> him that I will judge < 08199> his
house <01004> for ever <05769> for the iniquity < 05771> which
<0834> he knoweth <03045>; because <03588> his sons <01121> made
themselves <01992> vile <07043>, and he restrained <03543> them
not.



14 And therefore I have sworn <07650> unto the house < 01004> of
Eli <05941>, that the iniquity <05771> of Eli's < 05941> house
<01004> shall not be purged <03722> with sacrifice <02077> nor
offering <04503> for ever <05769>.



15 And Samuel <08050> lay <07901> until <05704> the morning
<01242>, and opened <06605> the doors <01817> of the house
<01004> of the LORD <03068>. And Samuel <08050> feared <03372>
to shew <05046> Eli <05941> the vision <04758>.



16 Then Eli <05941> called <07121> Samuel < 08050>, and said
<0559>, Samuel <08050>, my son <01121>. And he answered <0559>,
Here <02009> [am] I.



17 And he said <0559>, What <04100> [is] the thing <01697> that
[the LORD] hath said <01696> unto thee? I pray <04994> thee hide
<03582> [it] not from me: God <0430> do <06213> so <03541> to
thee, and more <03254> also <03541>, if <0518> thou hide <03582>
[any] thing <01697> from me of all <03605> the things that he
said <01696> unto thee.



18 And Samuel <08050> told <05046> him every < 03605> whit
<01697>, and hid <03582> nothing <03808> from him. And he said
<0559>, It [is] the LORD <03068>: let him do < 06213> what
seemeth <05869> him good <02896>.



19. And Samuel <08050> grew <01431>, and the LORD <03068> was
with him, and did let none <03808> of his words < 01697> fall
<05307> to the ground <0776>.



20 And all <03605> Israel <03478> from Dan < 01835> even to
Beersheba <0884> knew <03045> that Samuel < 08050> [was]
established <0539> [to be] a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068>.



21 And the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> again < 03254> in
Shiloh <07887>: for the LORD <03068> revealed < 01540> himself to
Samuel <08050> in Shiloh <07887> by the word < 01697> of the LORD
<03068>.



1Samuel 4



1. And the word <01697> of Samuel <08050> came < 01961> to all
<03605> Israel <03478>. Now Israel <03478> went <03318> out
against <07125> the Philistines <06430> to battle < 04421>, and
pitched <02583> beside <05921> Ebenezer <072>: and the
Philistines <06430> pitched <02583> in Aphek < 0663>.



2 And the Philistines <06430> put themselves in array < 06186>
against <07125> Israel <03478>: and when they joined <05208>
battle <04421>, Israel <03478> was smitten < 05062> before
<06440> the Philistines <06430>: and they slew < 05221> of the
army <04634> in the field <07704> about four < 0702> thousand
<0505> men <0376>.



3 And when the people <05971> were come <0935> into <0413> the
camp <04264>, the elders <02205> of Israel < 03478> said <0559>,
Wherefore <04100> hath the LORD <03068> smitten < 05062> us to
day <03117> before <06440> the Philistines < 06430>? Let us fetch
<03947> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD
<03068> out of Shiloh <07887> unto us, that, when it cometh
<0935> among <07130> us, it may save <03467> us out of the hand
<03709> of our enemies <0341>.



4 So the people <05971> sent <07971> to Shiloh < 07887>, that
they might bring <05375> from thence <08033> the ark <0727> of
the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> of hosts < 06635>, which
dwelleth <03427> [between] the cherubims <03742>: and the two
<08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni < 02652> and Phinehas
<06372>, [were] there <08033> with the ark < 0727> of the
covenant <01285> of God <0430>.



5 And when the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD
<03068> came <0935> into <0413> the camp < 04264>, all <03605>
Israel <03478> shouted <07321> with a great < 01419> shout
<08643>, so that the earth <0776> rang <01949> again.



6 And when the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> the noise
<06963> of the shout <08643>, they said <0559>, What <04100>
[meaneth] the noise <06963> of this <02063> great < 01419> shout
in the camp <04264> of the Hebrews <05680>? And they understood
<03045> that the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> was come <0935>
into <0413> the camp <04264>.



7 And the Philistines <06430> were afraid <03372>, for they
said <0559>, God <0430> is come <0935> into < 0413> the camp
<04264>. And they said <0559>, Woe <0188> unto us! for there
hath not been <01961> such <02063> a thing heretofore <0865>.



8 Woe <0188> unto us! who <04310> shall deliver < 05337> us out
of the hand <03027> of these <0428> mighty < 0117> Gods <0430>?
these <0428> [are] the Gods <0430> that smote < 05221> the
Egyptians <04714> with all <03605> the plagues < 04347> in the
wilderness <04057>.



9 Be strong <02388>, and quit <01961> yourselves like men
<0582>, O ye Philistines <06430>, that ye be not servants
<05647> unto the Hebrews <05680>, as they have been to you: quit
yourselves like men <0582>, and fight <03898>.



10. And the Philistines <06430> fought <03898>, and Israel
<03478> was smitten <05062>, and they fled < 05127> every man
<0376> into his tent <0168>: and there was a very < 03966> great
<01419> slaughter <04347>; for there fell < 05307> of Israel
<03478> thirty <07970> thousand <0505> footmen <07273>.



11 And the ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken < 03947>; and the
two <08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni <02652> and
Phinehas <06372>, were slain <04191>.



12. And there ran <07323> a man <0376> of Benjamin <01144> out
of the army <04634>, and came <0935> to Shiloh < 07887> the same
<01931> day <03117> with his clothes <04055> rent <07167>, and
with earth <0127> upon his head <07218>.



13 And when he came <0935>, lo <02009>, Eli < 05941> sat <03427>
upon a seat <03678> by the wayside watching <06822>: for his
heart <03820> trembled <02730> for the ark < 0727> of God <0430>.
And when the man <0376> came <0935> into the city < 05892>, and
told <05046> [it], all <03605> the city <05892> cried <02199>
out.



14 And when Eli <05941> heard <08085> the noise < 06963> of the
crying <06818>, he said <0559>, What <04100> [meaneth] the noise
<06963> of this <02088> tumult <01995>? And the man <0376> came
<0935> in hastily <04116>, and told <05046> Eli <05941>.



15 Now Eli <05941> was ninety <08673> and eight < 08083> years
<08141> old <01121>; and his eyes <05869> were dim <06965>, that
he could <03201> not see <07200>.



16 And the man <0376> said <0559> unto Eli < 05941>, I [am] he
that came <0935> out of the army <04634>, and I fled <05127> to
day <03117> out of the army <04634>. And he said < 0559>, What
<04100> is there done <01697>, my son <01121>?



17 And the messenger <01319> answered <06030> and said <0559>,
Israel <03478> is fled <05127> before <06440> the Philistines
<06430>, and there hath been <01961> also < 01571> a great
<01419> slaughter <04046> among the people < 05971>, and thy two
<08147> sons <01121> also <01571>, Hophni < 02652> and Phinehas
<06372>, are dead <04191>, and the ark <0727> of God <0430> is
taken <03947>.



18 And it came <01961> to pass, when he made mention < 02142> of
the ark <0727> of God <0430>, that he fell < 05307> from off
<05921> the seat <03678> backward <0322> by the side <03027> of
the gate <08179>, and his neck <04665> brake < 07665>, and he
died <04191>: for he was an old <02204> man < 0376>, and heavy
<03513>. And he had judged <08199> Israel < 03478> forty <0705>
years <08141>.



19. And his daughter <03618> in law <03618>, Phinehas <06372>'
wife <0802>, was with child <02030>, [near] to be delivered
<03205>: and when she heard <08085> the tidings < 08052> that the
ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken <03947>, and that her father
<02524> in law <02524> and her husband <0376> were dead <04191>,
she bowed <03766> herself and travailed <03205>; for her pains
<06735> came <02015> upon her.



20 And about the time <06256> of her death <04191> the women
that stood <05324> by her said <01696> unto her, Fear <03372>
not; for thou hast born <03205> a son <01121>. But she answered
<06030> not, neither <03808> did she regard < 03820> [it].



21 And she named <07121> the child <05288> Ichabod <0350>,
saying <0559>, The glory <03519> is departed < 01540> from Israel
<03478>: because <0413> the ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken
<03947>, and because <0413> of her father < 02524> in law <02524>
and her husband <0376>.



22 And she said <0559>, The glory <03519> is departed <01540>
from Israel <03478>: for the ark <0727> of God < 0430> is taken
<03947>.



1Samuel 5



1. And the Philistines <06430> took <03947> the ark <0727> of
God <0430>, and brought <0935> it from Ebenezer < 072> unto
Ashdod <0795>.



2 When the Philistines <06430> took <03947> the ark <0727> of
God <0430>, they brought <0935> it into the house < 01004> of
Dagon <01712>, and set <03322> it by Dagon < 01712>.



3 And when they of Ashdod <0795> arose <07925> early <07925> on
the morrow <04283>, behold <02009>, Dagon < 01712> [was] fallen
<05307> upon his face <06440> to the earth < 0776> before <06440>
the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>. And they took < 03947> Dagon
<01712>, and set <07725> him in his place < 04725> again <07725>.



4 And when they arose <07925> early <07925> on the morrow
<04283> morning <01242>, behold <02009>, Dagon <01712> [was]
fallen <05307> upon his face <06440> to the ground <0776> before
<06440> the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>; and the head <07218>
of Dagon <01712> and both <08147> the palms < 03709> of his hands
<03027> [were] cut <03772> off upon the threshold < 04670>; only
<07535> [the stump of] Dagon <01712> was left < 07604> to him.



5 Therefore neither <03808> the priests <03548> of Dagon
<01712>, nor any <03605> that come <0935> into Dagon's <01712>
house <01004>, tread <01869> on <05921> the threshold <04670> of
Dagon <01712> in Ashdod <0795> unto this <02088> day <03117>.



6. But the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was heavy <03513>
upon them of Ashdod <0795>, and he destroyed <08074> them, and
smote <05221> them with emerods <06076>, [even < 0853>] Ashdod
<0795> and the coasts <01366> thereof.



7 And when the men <0582> of Ashdod <0795> saw < 07200> that [it
was] so <03651>, they said <0559>, The ark < 0727> of the God
<0430> of Israel <03478> shall not abide <03427> with us: for
his hand <03027> is sore <07185> upon us, and upon Dagon <01712>
our god <0430>.



8 They sent <07971> therefore and gathered <0622> all <03605>
the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> unto them, and said
<0559>, What <04100> shall we do <06213> with the ark <0727> of
the God <0430> of Israel <03478>? And they answered <0559>, Let
the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel < 03478> be carried
<05437> about <05437> unto Gath <01661>. And they carried
<05437> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> about
<05437> [thither].



9 And it was [so], that, after <0310> they had carried < 05437>
it about <05437>, the hand <03027> of the LORD < 03068> was
against the city <05892> with a very <03966> great <01419>
destruction <04103>: and he smote <05221> the men < 0582> of the
city <05892>, both small <06996> and great < 01419>, and they had
emerods <06076> in their secret <08368> parts < 02506>.



10 Therefore they sent <07971> the ark <0727> of God <0430> to
Ekron <06138>. And it came <01961> to pass, as the ark <0727> of
God <0430> came <0935> to Ekron <06138>, that the Ekronites
<06139> cried <02199> out, saying <0559>, They have brought
<05437> about <05437> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel
<03478> to us, to slay <04191> us and our people < 05971>.



11 So they sent <07971> and gathered <0622> together all
<03605> the lords <05633> of the Philistines < 06430>, and said
<0559>, Send <07971> away the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of
Israel <03478>, and let it go <07725> again < 07725> to his own
place <04725>, that it slay <04191> us not, and our people
<05971>: for there was a deadly <04194> destruction <04103>
throughout all <03605> the city <05892>; the hand < 03027> of God
<0430> was very <03966> heavy <03513> there.



12 And the men <0582> that died <04191> not were smitten
<05221> with the emerods <06076>: and the cry < 07775> of the
city <05892> went <05927> up to heaven <08064>.



1Samuel 6



1. And the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> was in the country
<07704> of the Philistines <06430> seven <07651> months <02320>.



2 And the Philistines <06430> called <07121> for the priests
<03548> and the diviners <07080>, saying <0559>, What <04100>
shall we do <06213> to the ark <0727> of the LORD < 03068>? tell
<03045> us wherewith <04100> we shall send < 07971> it to his
place <04725>.



3 And they said <0559>, If <0518> ye send < 07971> away the ark
<0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, send <07971> it not
empty <07387>; but in any wise return <07725> him a trespass
<0817> offering: then <0227> ye shall be healed < 07495>, and it
shall be known <03045> to you why <04100> his hand <03027> is
not removed <05493> from you.



4 Then said <0559> they, What <04100> [shall be] the trespass
<0817> offering which <0834> we shall return < 07725> to him?
They answered <0559>, Five <02568> golden < 02091> emerods
<06076>, and five <02568> golden <02091> mice <05909>,
[according to] the number <04557> of the lords <05633> of the
Philistines <06430>: for one <0259> plague < 04046> [was] on you
all <03605>, and on your lords <05633>.



5 Wherefore ye shall make <06213> images <06754> of your
emerods <06076>, and images <06754> of your mice < 05909> that
mar <07843> the land <0776>; and ye shall give < 05414> glory
<03519> unto the God <0430> of Israel <03478>: peradventure
<0194> he will lighten <07043> his hand <03027> from off <05921>
you, and from off <05921> your gods <0430>, and from off <05921>
your land <0776>.



6 Wherefore <04100> then do ye harden <05513> your hearts
<03824>, as the Egyptians <04714> and Pharaoh < 06547> hardened
<03513> their hearts <03820>? when <0834> he had wrought <05953>
wonderfully <05953> among them, did they not let the people go
<07971>, and they departed <03212>?



7 Now <06258> therefore make <06213> a new < 02319> cart <05699>,
and take <03947> two <08147> milch <05763> kine <06510>, on
<05921> which <0834> there hath come <05927> no <03808> yoke
<05923>, and tie <0631> the kine <06510> to the cart <05699>,
and bring <07725> their calves <01121> home < 01004> from them:



8 And take <03947> the ark <0727> of the LORD < 03068>, and lay
<05414> it upon the cart <05699>; and put < 07760> the jewels
<03627> of gold <02091>, which <0834> ye return <07725> him
[for] a trespass <0817> offering, in a coffer <0712> by the side
<06654> thereof; and send <07971> it away, that it may go
<01980>.



9 And see <07200>, if <0518> it goeth <05927> up by the way
<01870> of his own coast <01366> to Bethshemesh < 01053>, [then]
he hath done <06213> us this <02063> great < 01419> evil <07451>:
but if <0518> not, then we shall know <03045> that [it is] not
his hand <03027> [that] smote <05060> us: it [was] a chance
<04745> [that] happened <01961> to us.



10. And the men <0582> did <06213> so <03651>; and took <03947>
two <08147> milch <05763> kine <06510>, and tied <0631> them to
the cart <05699>, and shut <03607> up their calves <01121> at
home <01004>:



11 And they laid <07760> the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>
upon the cart <05699>, and the coffer <0712> with the mice
<05909> of gold <02091> and the images <06754> of their emerods
<02914>.



12 And the kine <06510> took the straight <03474> way <01870>
to the way <01870> of Bethshemesh <01053>, [and] went <01980>
along <01980> the highway <04546>, lowing < 01600> as they went
<01980>, and turned <05493> not aside [to] the right <03225>
hand or [to] the left <08040>; and the lords <05633> of the
Philistines <06430> went <01980> after <0310> them unto the
border <01366> of Bethshemesh <01053>.



13 And [they of] Bethshemesh <01053> [were] reaping < 07114>
their wheat <02406> harvest <07105> in the valley < 06010>: and
they lifted <05375> up their eyes <05869>, and saw <07200> the
ark <0727>, and rejoiced <08055> to see <07200> [it].



14 And the cart <05699> came <0935> into <0413> the field
<07704> of Joshua <03091>, a Bethshemite <01030> , and stood
<05975> there <08033>, where <08033> [there was] a great <01419>
stone <068>: and they clave <01234> the wood < 06086> of the cart
<05699>, and offered <05927> the kine <06510> a burnt <05930>
offering unto the LORD <03068>.



15 And the Levites <03881> took <03381> down < 03381> the ark
<0727> of the LORD <03068>, and the coffer < 0712> that [was]
with it, wherein <0834> the jewels <03627> of gold <02091>
[were], and put <07760> [them] on <0413> the great <01419> stone
<068>: and the men <0582> of Bethshemesh <01053> offered <05927>
burnt <05930> offerings and sacrificed <02076> sacrifices
<02077> the same <01931> day <03117> unto the LORD <03068>.



16 And when the five <02568> lords <05633> of the Philistines
<06430> had seen <07200> [it], they returned < 07725> to Ekron
<06138> the same <01931> day <03117>.



17 And these <0428> [are] the golden <02091> emerods <02914>
which <0834> the Philistines <06430> returned < 07725> [for] a
trespass <0817> offering unto the LORD <03068>; for Ashdod
<0795> one <0259>, for Gaza <05804> one < 0259>, for Askelon
<0831> one <0259>, for Gath <01661> one < 0259>, for Ekron
<06138> one <0259>;



18 And the golden <02091> mice <05909>, [according to] the
number <04557> of all <03605> the cities <05892> of the
Philistines <06430> [belonging] to the five <02568> lords
<05633>, [both <08147>] of fenced <04013> cities <05892>, and of
country <06521> villages <03724>, even unto the great <01419>
[stone of] Abel <059>, whereon they set <03240> down the ark
<0727> of the LORD <03068>: [which stone remaineth] unto this
<02088> day <03117> in the field <07704> of Joshua <03091>, the
Bethshemite <01030>.



19. And he smote <05221> the men <0376> of Bethshemesh <01053>,
because <03588> they had looked <07200> into the ark <0727> of
the LORD <03068>, even he smote <05221> of the people <05971>
fifty <02572> thousand <0505> and threescore < 07657> and ten men
<0376>: and the people <05971> lamented <056>, because <03588>
the LORD <03068> had smitten <05221> [many] of the people
<05971> with a great <01419> slaughter <04347>.



20 And the men <0582> of Bethshemesh <01053> said <0559>, Who
<04310> is able <03201> to stand <05975> before <06440> this
<02088> holy <06918> LORD <03068> God < 0430>? and to whom
<04310> shall he go <05927> up from us?



21 And they sent <07971> messengers <04397> to the inhabitants
<03427> of Kirjathjearim <07157>, saying <0559>, The Philistines
<06430> have brought <07725> again <07725> the ark <0727> of the
LORD <03068>; come <03381> ye down <03381>, [and] fetch <05927>
it up to you.



1Samuel 7



1. And the men <0582> of Kirjathjearim <07157> came <0935>, and
fetched up the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, and brought
<0935> it into <0413> the house <01004> of Abinadab <041> in the
hill <01389>, and sanctified <06942> Eleazar < 0499> his son
<01121> to keep <08104> the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>.



2 And it came <01961> to pass, while <03117> the ark <0727>
abode <03427> in Kirjathjearim <07157>, that the time <03117>
was long <07235>; for it was twenty <06242> years < 08141>: and
all <03605> the house <01004> of Israel <03478> lamented <05091>
after <0310> the LORD <03068>.



3. And Samuel <08050> spake <0559> unto all < 03605> the house
<01004> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, If <0518> ye do return
<07725> unto the LORD <03068> with all <03605> your hearts
<03824>, [then] put <05493> away <05493> the strange <05236>
gods <0430> and Ashtaroth <06252> from among < 08432> you, and
prepare <03559> your hearts <03824> unto the LORD < 03068>, and
serve <05647> him only <0905>: and he will deliver <05337> you
out of the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.



4 Then the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did put <05493>
away <05493> Baalim <01168> and Ashtaroth < 06252>, and served
<05647> the LORD <03068> only <0905>.



5 And Samuel <08050> said <0559>, Gather < 06908> all <03605>
Israel <03478> to Mizpeh <04708>, and I will pray < 06419> for
you unto the LORD <03068>.



6 And they gathered <06908> together to Mizpeh < 04709>, and
drew <07579> water <04325>, and poured <08210> [it] out before
<06440> the LORD <03068>, and fasted <06684> on that day <03117>,
and said <0559> there, We have sinned <02398> against the LORD
<03068>. And Samuel <08050> judged <08199> the children <01121>
of Israel <03478> in Mizpeh <04708>.



7. And when the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> that the
children <01121> of Israel <03478> were gathered < 06908>
together to Mizpeh <04708>, the lords <05633> of the Philistines
<06430> went <05927> up against <0413> Israel <03478>. And when
the children <01121> of Israel <03478> heard < 08085> [it], they
were afraid <03372> of the Philistines <06430>.



8 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said <0559> to
Samuel <08050>, Cease <02790> not to cry <02199> unto the LORD
<03068> our God <0430> for us, that he will save < 03467> us out
of the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.



9 And Samuel <08050> took <03947> a sucking < 02461> lamb
<02924>, and offered <05927> [it for] a burnt < 05930> offering
wholly <03632> unto the LORD <03068>: and Samuel < 08050> cried
<02199> unto the LORD <03068> for Israel <03478> ; and the LORD
<03068> heard <06030> him.



10 And as Samuel <08050> was offering <05927> up the burnt
<05930> offering, the Philistines <06430> drew near <05066> to
battle <04421> against Israel <03478>: but the LORD <03068>
thundered <07481> with a great <01419> thunder < 06963> on that
day <03117> upon the Philistines <06430>, and discomfited
<01949> them; and they were smitten <05062> before <06440>
Israel <03478>.



11 And the men <0582> of Israel <03478> went < 03318> out of
Mizpeh <04709>, and pursued <07291> the Philistines <06430>, and
smote <05221> them, until <05704> [they came] under <08478>
Bethcar <01033>.



12 Then Samuel <08050> took <03947> a stone < 068>, and set
<07760> [it] between <0996> Mizpeh <04709> and Shen <08129>, and
called <07121> the name <08034> of it Ebenezer < 072>, saying
<0559>, Hitherto hath the LORD <03068> helped < 05826> us.



13. So the Philistines <06430> were subdued <03665>, and they
came <0935> no <03808> more into the coast < 01366> of Israel
<03478>: and the hand <03027> of the LORD < 03068> was against
the Philistines <06430> all <03605> the days < 03117> of Samuel
<08050>.



14 And the cities <05892> which <0834> the Philistines <06430>
had taken <03947> from Israel <03478> were restored <07725> to
Israel <03478>, from Ekron <06138> even unto Gath < 01661>; and
the coasts <01366> thereof did Israel <03478> deliver <05337>
out of the hands <03027> of the Philistines <06430>. And there
was peace <07965> between <0996> Israel <03478> and the Amorites
<0567>.



15 And Samuel <08050> judged <08199> Israel < 03478> all <03605>
the days <03117> of his life <02416>.



16 And he went <01980> from year <08141> to year < 08141> in
circuit <05437> to Bethel <01008>, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh
<04709>, and judged <08199> Israel <03478> in all <03605> those
<0428> places <04725>.



17 And his return <08666> [was] to Ramah <07414>; for there
<08033> [was] his house <01004>; and there < 08033> he judged
<08199> Israel <03478>; and there <08033> he built <01129> an
altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068>.



1Samuel 8



1. And it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> Samuel <08050> was
old <02204>, that he made <07760> his sons < 01121> judges
<08199> over Israel <03478>.



2 Now the name <08034> of his firstborn <01060> was Joel
<03100>; and the name <08034> of his second < 04932>, Abiah <029>:
[they were] judges <08199> in Beersheba <0884>.



3 And his sons <01121> walked <01980> not in his ways <01870>,
but turned <05186> aside <05186> after <0310> lucre <01215>, and
took <03947> bribes <07810>, and perverted < 05186> judgment
<04941>.



4. Then all <03605> the elders <02205> of Israel < 03478>
gathered <06908> themselves together, and came <0935> to Samuel
<08050> unto Ramah <07414>,



5 And said <0559> unto him, Behold <02009>, thou art old
<02204>, and thy sons <01121> walk <01980> not in thy ways
<01870>: now <06258> make <07760> us a king < 04428> to judge
<08199> us like all <03605> the nations <01471>.



6 But the thing <01697> displeased Samuel <08050>, when <0834>
they said <0559>, Give <05414> us a king <04428> to judge
<08199> us. And Samuel <08050> prayed <06419> unto the LORD
<03068>.



7 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Samuel < 08050>, Hearken
<08085> unto the voice <06963> of the people < 05971> in all
<03605> that they say <0559> unto thee: for they have not
rejected <03988> thee, but they have rejected <03988> me, that I
should not reign <04427> over <05921> them.



8 According to all <03605> the works <04639> which <0834> they
have done <06213> since the day <03117> that I brought <05927>
them up out of Egypt <04714> even unto this <02088> day <03117>,
wherewith they have forsaken <05800> me, and served < 05647>
other <0312> gods <0430>, so <03651> do < 06213> they also
<01571> unto thee.



9 Now <06258> therefore hearken <08085> unto their voice
<06963>: howbeit <0389> yet <03588> protest < 05749> solemnly
<05749> unto them, and shew <05046> them the manner <04941> of
the king <04428> that shall reign <04427> over < 05921> them.



10 And Samuel <08050> told <0559> all <03605> the words <01697>
of the LORD <03068> unto the people <05971> that asked <07592>
of him a king <04428>.



11 And he said <0559>, This <02088> will be the manner <04941>
of the king <04428> that shall reign <04427> over you: He will
take <03947> your sons <01121>, and appoint < 07760> [them] for
himself, for his chariots <04818>, and [to be] his horsemen
<06571>; and [some] shall run <07323> before < 06440> his
chariots <04818>.



12 And he will appoint <07760> him captains <08269> over
thousands <0505>, and captains <08269> over fifties <02572>; and
[will set them] to ear <02790> his ground <02758>, and to reap
<07114> his harvest <07105>, and to make <06213> his instruments
<03627> of war <04421>, and instruments <03627> of his chariots
<07393>.



13 And he will take <03947> your daughters <01121> [to be]
confectionaries <07543>, and [to be] cooks <02876>, and [to be]
bakers <0644>.



14 And he will take <03947> your fields <07704>, and your
vineyards <03754>, and your oliveyards <02132>, [even] the best
<02896> [of them], and give <05414> [them] to his servants
<05650>.



15 And he will take the tenth <06237> of your seed < 02233>, and
of your vineyards <03754>, and give <05414> to his officers
<05631>, and to his servants <05650>.



16 And he will take <03947> your menservants <05650>, and your
maidservants <08198>, and your goodliest <02896> young <0970>
men, and your asses <02543>, and put <06213> [them] to his work
<04399>.



17 He will take the tenth <06237> of your sheep < 06629>: and ye
shall be his servants <05650>.



18 And ye shall cry <02199> out in that day <03117> because
<06440> of your king <04428> which <0834> ye shall have chosen
<0977> you; and the LORD <03068> will not hear < 06030> you in
that day <03117>.



19 Nevertheless the people <05971> refused <03985> to obey
<08085> the voice <06963> of Samuel <08050>; and they said
<0559>, Nay <03808>; but we will have <01961> a king <04428>
over <05921> us;



20 That we also <01571> may be like all <03605> the nations
<01471>; and that our king <04428> may judge < 08199> us, and go
<03318> out before <06440> us, and fight <03898> our battles
<04421>.



21 And Samuel <08050> heard <08085> all <03605> the words
<01697> of the people <05971>, and he rehearsed < 01696> them in
the ears <0241> of the LORD <03068>.



22 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> to Samuel < 08050>, Hearken
<08085> unto their voice <06963>, and make them a king <04428>.
And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto the men < 0582> of Israel
<03478>, Go <03212> ye every man <0376> unto his city <05892>.



1Samuel 9



1. Now there was a man <0376> of Benjamin <01144>, whose name
<08034> [was] Kish <07027>, the son <01121> of Abiel <022>, the
son <01121> of Zeror, the son <01121> of Bechorath <01064>, the
son <01121> of Aphiah <0647>, a Benjamite < 01145>, a mighty
<01368> man <0376> of power <02428>.



2 And he had <01961> a son <01121>, whose name < 08034> [was]
Saul <07586>, a choice <0970> young <0970> man, and a goodly
<02896>: and [there was] not among the children < 01121> of
Israel <03478> a goodlier <02896> person <0376> than he: from
his shoulders <07926> and upward <04605> [he was] higher <01364>
than any <03605> of the people <05971>.



3. And the asses <0860> of Kish <07027> Saul's < 07586> father
<01> were lost <06>. And Kish <07027> said < 0559> to Saul
<07586> his son <01121>, Take <03947> now < 04994> one <0259> of
the servants <05650> with thee, and arise <06965>, go <03212>
seek <01245> the asses <0860>.



4 And he passed <05674> through mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>,
and passed <05674> through the land <0776> of Shalisha <08031>,
but they found <04672> [them] not: then they passed < 05674>
through the land <0776> of Shalim <08171>, and [there they were]
not: and he passed <05674> through the land <0776> of the
Benjamites <01145>, but they found <04672> [them] not.



5 [And] when they were come <0935> to the land <0776> of Zuph
<06689>, Saul <07586> said <0559> to his servant <05288> that
[was] with him, Come <03212>, and let us return < 07725>; lest
<06435> my father <01> leave <02308> [caring] for the asses
<0860>, and take thought <01672> for us.



6 And he said <0559> unto him, Behold <02009> now <04994>,
[there is] in this <02063> city <05892> a man < 0376> of God
<0430>, and [he is] an honourable <03513> man < 0376>; all
<03605> that he saith <01696> cometh <0935> surely to pass: now
<04994> let us go <03212> thither; peradventure < 0194> he can
shew <05046> us our way <01870> that we should go < 01980>.



7 Then said <0559> Saul <07586> to his servant < 05288>, But,
behold <02009>, [if] we go <03212>, what <04100> shall we bring
<0935> the man <0376>? for the bread <03899> is spent <0235> in
our vessels <03627>, and [there is] not a present < 08670> to
bring <0935> to the man <0376> of God <0430>: what <04100> have
we?



8 And the servant <05288> answered <06030> Saul < 07586> again
<03254>, and said <0559>, Behold <02009>, I have <04672> here at
hand <03027> the fourth <07253> part of a shekel < 08255> of
silver <03701>: [that] will I give <05414> to the man <0376> of
God <0430>, to tell <05046> us our way <01870>.



9 (Beforetime in Israel <03478>, when a man <0376> went <03212>
to enquire <01875> of God <0430>, thus <03541> he spake <0559>,
Come <03212>, and let us go <03212> to the seer < 07200>: for [he
that is] now <03117> [called] a Prophet <05030> was beforetime
<06440> called <07121> a Seer <07200>.)



10 Then said <01697> Saul <07586> to his servant < 05288>, Well
<02896> said <0559>; come <03212>, let us go <03212>. So they
went <03212> unto the city <05892> where the man < 0376> of God
<0430> [was].



11. [And] as they went <05927> up the hill <04608> to the city
<05892>, they found <04672> young <05291> maidens <05291> going
<03318> out to draw <07579> water <04325>, and said <0559> unto
them, Is the seer <07200> here <02088>?



12 And they answered <06030> them, and said <0559>, He is;
behold <02009>, [he is] before <06440> you: make haste <04116>
now <06258>, for he came <0935> to day <03117> to the city
<05892>; for [there is] a sacrifice <02077> of the people
<05971> to day <03117> in the high <01116> place:



13 As soon as ye be come <0935> into the city <05892> , ye shall
straightway <03651> find <04672> him, before < 02962> he go
<05927> up to the high <01116> place to eat < 0398>: for the
people <05971> will not eat <0398> until <05704> he come <0935>,
because <03588> he doth bless <01288> the sacrifice <02077>;
[and] afterwards they eat <0398> that be bidden < 07121>. Now
<06258> therefore get <05927> you up; for about this time
<03117> ye shall find <04672> him.



14 And they went <05927> up into <08432> the city <05892>:
[and] when they were come <0935> into the city <05892> , behold
<02009>, Samuel <08050> came <03318> out against <07125> them,
for to go <05927> up to the high <01116> place. ==== 15 Now the
LORD <03068> had told <01540> Samuel <08050> in



ear <0241> a day <03117> before <06440> Saul <07586> came <0935>,



saying <0559>,



16 To morrow <04279> about this time <06256> I will send
<07971> thee a man <0376> out of the land <0776> of Benjamin
<01144>, and thou shalt anoint <04886> him [to be] captain
<05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>, that he
may save <03467> my people <05971> out of the hand <03027> of
the Philistines <06430>: for I have looked <07200> upon my
people <05971>, because <03588> their cry < 06818> is come <0935>
unto me.



17 And when Samuel <08050> saw <07200> Saul < 07586>, the LORD
<03068> said <06030> unto him, Behold <02009> the man <0376>
whom <0834> I spake <0559> to thee of! this < 02088> same <02088>
shall reign <06113> over my people <05971>.



18. Then Saul <07586> drew near <05066> to Samuel <08050> in
the gate <08179>, and said <0559>, Tell <05046> me, I pray
<04994> thee, where the seer's <07200> house < 01004> [is].



19 And Samuel <08050> answered <06030> Saul < 07586>, and said
<0559>, I [am] the seer <07200>: go <05927> up before <06440> me
unto the high <01116> place; for ye shall eat <0398> with me to
day <03117>, and to morrow <01242> I will let thee go <07971>,
and will tell <05046> thee all <03605> that [is] in thine heart
<03824>.



20 And as for thine asses <0860> that were lost <06> three
<07969> days <03117> ago <03117>, set < 07760> not thy mind
<03820> on them; for they are found <04672>. And on whom <04310>
[is] all <03605> the desire <02532> of Israel < 03478>? [Is it]
not on thee, and on all <03605> thy father's <01> house <01004>?



21 And Saul <07586> answered <06030> and said < 0559>, [Am] not
I a Benjamite <01145>, of the smallest <06996> of the tribes
<07626> of Israel <03478>? and my family <04940> the least
<06810> of all <03605> the families <04940> of the tribe <07626>
of Benjamin <01144>? wherefore <04100> then speakest <01696>
thou so <01697> to me?



22 And Samuel <08050> took <03947> Saul <07586> and his servant
<05288>, and brought <0935> them into the parlour < 03957>, and
made <05414> them sit <05414> in the chiefest < 07218> place
<04725> among them that were bidden <07121>, which [were] about
thirty <07970> persons <0376>.



23 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto the cook < 02876>, Bring
<05414> the portion <04490> which <0834> I gave <05414> thee, of
which <0834> I said <0559> unto thee, Set < 07760> it by thee.



24 And the cook <02876> took <07311> up the shoulder <07785>,
and [that] which [was] upon it, and set <07760> [it] before
<06440> Saul <07586>. And [Samuel] said <0559>, Behold <02009>
that which is left <07604>! set <07760> [it] before <06440> thee,
[and] eat <0398>: for unto this time <04150> hath it been kept
<08104> for thee since I said <0559>, I have invited <07121> the
people <05971>. So Saul <07586> did eat <0398> with Samuel
<08050> that day <03117>.



25 And when they were come <03381> down <03381> from the high
<01116> place into the city <05892>, [Samuel] communed <01696>
with Saul <07586> upon the top <01406> of the house.



26 And they arose <07925> early <07925>: and it came <01961> to
pass about the spring <05927> of the day <07837>, that Samuel
<08050> called <07121> Saul <07586> to the top <01406> of the
house, saying <0559>, Up, that I may send <07971> thee away. And
Saul <07586> arose <06965>, and they went < 03318> out both
<08147> of them, he and Samuel <08050>, abroad < 02351>.



27 [And] as they were going <03381> down <03381> to the end
<07097> of the city <05892>, Samuel <08050> said <0559> to Saul
<07586>, Bid <0559> the servant <05288> pass <05674> on before
<06440> us, (and he passed <05674> on,) but stand < 05975> thou
still a while <03117>, that I may shew <08085> thee the word
<01697> of God <0430>.



1Samuel 10



1. Then Samuel <08050> took <03947> a vial < 06378> of oil
<08081>, and poured <03332> [it] upon his head < 07218>, and
kissed <05401> him, and said <0559>, [Is it] not because <03588>
the LORD <03068> hath anointed <04886> thee [to be] captain
<05057> over <05921> his inheritance <05159>?



2 When thou art departed <03212> from me to day < 03117>, then
thou shalt find <04672> two <08147> men <0582> by Rachel's
<07354> sepulchre <06900> in the border <01366> of Benjamin
<01144> at Zelzah; and they will say <0559> unto thee, The asses
<0860> which <0834> thou wentest <01980> to seek <01245> are
found <04672>: and, lo <02009>, thy father <01> hath left
<05203> the care <01697> of the asses <0860>, and sorroweth
<01672> for you, saying <0559>, What <04100> shall I do <06213>
for my son <01121>?



3 Then shalt thou go <02498> on forward <01973> from thence
<08033>, and thou shalt come <0935> to the plain < 0436> of Tabor
<08396>, and there shall meet <04672> thee three < 07969> men
<0582> going <05927> up to God <0430> to Bethel <01008>, one
<0259> carrying <05375> three <07969> kids < 01423>, and another
<0259> carrying <05375> three <07969> loaves <03603> of bread
<03899>, and another <0259> carrying <05375> a bottle <05035> of
wine <03196>:



4 And they will salute <07965> thee, and give <05414> thee two
<08147> [loaves] of bread <03899>; which thou shalt receive
<03947> of their hands <03027>.



5 After <0310> that thou shalt come <0935> to the hill <01389>
of God <0430>, where [is] the garrison <05333> of the
Philistines <06430>: and it shall come <01961> to pass, when
thou art come <0835> thither <08033> to the city < 05892>, that
thou shalt meet <06293> a company <02256> of prophets <05030>
coming <03381> down <03381> from the high < 01116> place with a
psaltery <05035>, and a tabret <08596>, and a pipe <02485>, and
a harp <03658>, before <06440> them; and they shall prophesy
<05012>:



6 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> will come <06743>
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy <05012> with them, and shalt
be turned <02015> into another <0312> man <0376> .



7 And let it be, when <03588> these <0428> signs < 0226> are
come <0935> unto thee, [that] thou do <06213> as occasion
<04672> serve <05647> thee; for God <0430> [is] with thee.



8 And thou shalt go <03381> down <03381> before < 06440> me to
Gilgal; and, behold <02009>, I will come <03381> down <03381>
unto thee, to offer <05927> burnt <05930> offerings, [and] to
sacrifice <02076> sacrifices <02077> of peace < 08002> offerings:
seven <07651> days <03117> shalt thou tarry < 03176>, till
<05704> I come <0935> to thee, and shew <03045> thee what thou
shalt do <06213>.



9. And it was [so], that when he had turned <06437> his back
<07926> to go <03212> from Samuel <08050>, God <0430> gave him
another <0312> heart <03820>: and all <03605> those <0428> signs
<0226> came <0935> to pass that day <03117>.



10 And when they came <0935> thither <08033> to the hill
<01389>, behold <02009>, a company <02256> of prophets <05030>
met <07125> him; and the Spirit <07307> of God < 0430> came
<06743> upon him, and he prophesied <05012> among < 08432> them.



11 And it came <01961> to pass, when all <03605> that knew
<03045> him beforetime saw <07200> that, behold < 02009>, he
prophesied <05012> among <05973> the prophets < 05030>, then the
people <05971> said <0559> one <0376> to another <07453>, What
<04100> [is] this <02088> [that] is come <01961> unto the son
<01121> of Kish <07027>? [Is] Saul <07586> also <01571> among
the prophets <05030>?



12 And one <0376> of the same place answered <06030> and said
<0559>, But who <04310> [is] their father <01>? Therefore it
became <01961> a proverb <04912>, [Is] Saul < 07586> also <01571>
among the prophets <05030>?



13 And when he had made an end <03615> of prophesying < 05012>,
he came <0935> to the high <01116> place.



14 And Saul's <07586> uncle <01730> said <0559> unto him and to
his servant <05288>, Whither <0575> went <01980> ye? And he said
<0559>, To seek <01245> the asses <0860>: and when we saw
<07200> that [they were] no <0369> where <0370>, we came <0935>
to Samuel <08050>.



15 And Saul's <07586> uncle <01730> said <0559> , Tell <05046>
me, I pray <04994> thee, what <04100> Samuel < 08050> said <0559>
unto you.



16 And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto his uncle < 01730>, He told
<05046> us plainly <05046> that the asses <0860> were found
<04672>. But of the matter <01697> of the kingdom < 04410>,
whereof <0834> Samuel <08050> spake <0559>, he told <05046> him
not.



17. And Samuel <08050> called <06817> the people < 05971>
together unto the LORD <03068> to Mizpeh <04709>;



18 And said <0559> unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>,
Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel
<03478>, I brought <05927> up Israel <03478> out of Egypt
<04714>, and delivered <05337> you out of the hand <03027> of
the Egyptians <04714>, and out of the hand <03027> of all
<03605> kingdoms <04467>, [and] of them that oppressed <03905>
you:



19 And ye have this day <03117> rejected <03988> your God
<0430>, who <0834> himself saved <03467> you out of all <03605>
your adversities <07451> and your tribulations <06869> ; and ye
have said <0559> unto him, [Nay], but set <07760> a king <04428>
over <05921> us. Now <06258> therefore present < 03320>
yourselves before <06440> the LORD <03068> by your tribes
<07626>, and by your thousands <0505>.



20 And when Samuel <08050> had caused all <03605> the tribes
<07626> of Israel <03478> to come <07126> near <07126>, the
tribe <07626> of Benjamin <01144> was taken < 03920>.



21 When he had caused the tribe <07626> of Benjamin < 01144> to
come <07126> near <07126> by their families < 04940>, the family
<04940> of Matri <04309> was taken <03920>, and Saul <07586> the
son <01121> of Kish <07027> was taken <03920>: and when they
sought <01245> him, he could not be found <04672>.



22 Therefore they enquired <07592> of the LORD < 03068> further
<05750>, if the man <0376> should yet <05750> come <0935>
thither <01988>. And the LORD <03068> answered < 0559>, Behold
<02009>, he hath hid <02244> himself <01931> among <0413> the
stuff <03627>.



23 And they ran <07323> and fetched <03947> him thence <08033>:
and when he stood <03320> among <08432> the people <05971>, he
was higher <01361> than any <03605> of the people < 05971> from
his shoulders <07926> and upward <04605>.



24 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> to all < 03605> the people
<05971>, See <07200> ye him whom <0834> the LORD <03068> hath
chosen <0977>, that [there is] none <0369> like < 03644> him
among all <03605> the people <05971>? And all < 03605> the people
<05971> shouted <07321>, and said <0559>, God save <02421> the
king <04428>.



25 Then Samuel <08050> told <01696> the people < 05971> the
manner <04941> of the kingdom <04410>, and wrote < 03789> [it] in
a book <05612>, and laid <03241> [it] up before < 06440> the LORD
<03068>. And Samuel <08050> sent <07971> all <03605> the people
<05971> away, every man <0376> to his house < 01004>.



26 And Saul <07586> also <01571> went <01980> home <01004> to
Gibeah <01390>; and there went <03212> with him a band <02428>
of men, whose <0834> hearts <03820> God <0430> had touched
<05060>.



27 But the children <01121> of Belial <01100> said <0559>, How
<04100> shall this <02088> man save <03467> us? And they
despised <0959> him, and brought <0935> him no < 03808> presents
<04503>. But he held <02790> his peace <02790>.



1Samuel 11



1. Then Nahash <05176> the Ammonite <05984> came < 05927> up,
and encamped <02583> against <05921> Jabeshgilead: and all
<03605> the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003> said <0559> unto Nahash
<05176>, Make <03772> a covenant <01285> with us, and we will
serve <05647> thee.



2 And Nahash <05176> the Ammonite <05984> answered <0559> them,
On this <02063> [condition] will I make <03772> [a covenant]
with you, that I may thrust <05365> out all <03605> your right
<03225> eyes <05869>, and lay <07760> it [for] a reproach
<02781> upon all <03605> Israel <03478>.



3 And the elders <02205> of Jabesh <03003> said < 0559> unto him,
Give us seven <07651> days <03117>' respite < 07503>, that we
may send <07971> messengers <04397> unto all < 03605> the coasts
<01366> of Israel <03478>: and then, if <0518> [there be] no
<0369> man to save <03467> us, we will come < 03318> out to thee.



4 Then came <0935> the messengers <04397> to Gibeah <01390> of
Saul <07586>, and told <01696> the tidings < 01697> in the ears
<0241> of the people <05971>: and all <03605> the people <05971>
lifted <05375> up their voices <06963>, and wept < 01058>.



5. And, behold <02009>, Saul <07586> came < 0935> after <0310>
the herd <01241> out of the field <07704>; and Saul <07586> said
<0559>, What <04100> [aileth] the people <05971> that they weep
<01058>? And they told <05608> him the tidings < 01697> of the
men <0582> of Jabesh <03003>.



6 And the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> came < 06743> upon Saul
<07586> when he heard <08085> those <0428> tidings <01697>, and
his anger <0639> was kindled <02734> greatly < 03966>.



7 And he took <03947> a yoke <06776> of oxen < 01241>, and hewed
<05408> them in pieces, and sent <07971> [them] throughout all
<03605> the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478> by the hands
<03027> of messengers <04397>, saying <0559>, Whosoever <0834>
cometh <03318> not forth <03318> after <0310> Saul <07586> and
after <0310> Samuel <08050>, so <03541> shall it be done <06213>
unto his oxen <01241>. And the fear <06343> of the LORD <03068>
fell <05307> on <05921> the people <05971>, and they came
<03318> out with one <0259> consent <0376>.



8 And when he numbered <06485> them in Bezek <0966>, the
children <01121> of Israel <03478> were three < 07969> hundred
<03967> thousand <0505>, and the men <0376> of Judah <03063>
thirty <07970> thousand <0505>.



9 And they said <0559> unto the messengers <04397> that came
<0935>, Thus <03541> shall ye say <0559> unto the men <0376> of
Jabeshgilead, To morrow <04279>, by [that time] the sun < 08121>
be hot <02527>, ye shall have help <08668>. And the messengers
<04397> came <0935> and shewed <05046> [it] to the men <0582> of
Jabesh <03003>; and they were glad <08056>.



10 Therefore the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003> said <0559>, To
morrow <04279> we will come <03318> out unto you, and ye shall
do <06213> with us all <03605> that seemeth < 05869> good <02896>
unto you.



11 And it was [so] on the morrow <04283>, that Saul < 07586> put
<07760> the people <05971> in three <07969> companies <07218>;
and they came <0935> into the midst <08432> of the host <04264>
in the morning <01242> watch <0821>, and slew < 05221> the
Ammonites <05984> until <05704> the heat <02527> of the day
<03117>: and it came <01961> to pass, that they which remained
<07604> were scattered <06327>, so that two < 08147> of them were
not left <07604> together <03162>.



12. And the people <05971> said <0559> unto Samuel <08050>, Who
<04310> [is] he that said <0559>, Shall Saul < 07586> reign
<04427> over <05921> us? bring <05414> the men <0582>, that we
may put them to death <04191>.



13 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, There shall not a man <0376>
be put to death <04191> this <02088> day <03117> : for to day
<03117> the LORD <03068> hath wrought <06213> salvation <08668>
in Israel <03478>.



14 Then said <0559> Samuel <08050> to the people < 05971>, Come
<03212>, and let us go <03212> to Gilgal <01537> , and renew
<02318> the kingdom <04410> there <08033>.



15 And all <03605> the people <05971> went < 03212> to Gilgal
<01537>; and there <08033> they made Saul < 07586> king <04427>
before <06440> the LORD <03068> in Gilgal < 01537>; and there
<08033> they sacrificed <02076> sacrifices < 02077> of peace
<08002> offerings before <06440> the LORD < 03068>; and there
<08033> Saul <07586> and all <03605> the men <0582> of Israel
<03478> rejoiced <08055> greatly <03966>.



1Samuel 12



1. And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto all < 03605> Israel
<03478>, Behold <02009>, I have hearkened < 08085> unto your
voice <06963> in all <03605> that ye said <0559> unto me, and
have made a king <04428> over <05921> you.



2 And now <06258>, behold <02009>, the king < 04428> walketh
<01980> before <06440> you: and I am old <02204> and grayheaded;
and, behold <02009>, my sons <01121> [are] with you: and I have
walked <01980> before <06440> you from my childhood <05271> unto
this <02088> day <03117>.



3 Behold <02009>, here I [am]: witness <06030> against me
before <05048> the LORD <03068>, and before < 05048> his anointed
<04899>: whose <04310> ox <07794> have I taken <03947>? or whose
<04310> ass <02543> have I taken <03947>? or whom <04310> have I
defrauded <06231>? whom have I oppressed <07533>? or of whose
<04310> hand <03027> have I received <03947> [any] bribe <03724>
to blind <05956> mine eyes <05869> therewith? and I will restore
<07725> it you.



4 And they said <0559>, Thou hast not defrauded < 06231> us, nor
<03808> oppressed <07533> us, neither <03808> hast thou taken
<03947> ought <03972> of any man's <0376> hand <03027>.



5 And he said <0559> unto them, The LORD <03068> [is] witness
<05707> against you, and his anointed <04899> [is] witness
<05707> this <02088> day <03117>, that ye have not found <04672>
ought <03972> in my hand <03027>. And they answered <0559>, [He
is] witness <05707>.



6. And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto the people <05971>, [It
is] the LORD <03068> that advanced <06213> Moses < 04872> and
Aaron <0175>, and that brought <05927> your fathers <01> up out
of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.



7 Now <06258> therefore stand <03320> still, that I may reason
<08199> with you before <06440> the LORD <03068> of all <03605>
the righteous <06666> acts of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he
did <06213> to you and to your fathers <01>.



8 When <0834> Jacob <03290> was come <0935> into Egypt <04714>,
and your fathers <01> cried <02199> unto the LORD < 03068>, then
the LORD <03068> sent <07971> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>,
which brought <03318> forth <03318> your fathers < 01> out of
Egypt <04714>, and made them dwell <03427> in this place <04725>.



9 And when they forgat <07911> the LORD <03068> their God
<0430>, he sold <04376> them into the hand < 03027> of Sisera
<05516>, captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Hazor <02674>,
and into the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>, and into
the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Moab < 04124>, and they
fought <03898> against them.



10 And they cried <02199> unto the LORD <03068>, and said
<0559>, We have sinned <02398>, because <03588> we have forsaken
<05800> the LORD <03068>, and have served < 05647> Baalim <01168>
and Ashtaroth <06252>: but now <06258> deliver < 05337> us out of
the hand <03027> of our enemies <0341>, and we will serve
<05647> thee.



11 And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> Jerubbaal < 03378>, and
Bedan <0917>, and Jephthah <03316>, and Samuel < 08050>, and
delivered <05337> you out of the hand <03027> of your enemies
<0341> on every <05437> side <05439>, and ye dwelled <03427>
safe <0983>.



12 And when ye saw <07200> that Nahash <05176> the king <04428>
of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> came < 0935> against
<05921> you, ye said <0559> unto me, Nay <03808> ; but a king
<04428> shall reign <04427> over <05921> us: when the LORD
<03068> your God <0430> [was] your king <04428>.



13 Now <06258> therefore behold <02009> the king < 04428> whom
<04310> ye have chosen <0977>, [and] whom < 04310> ye have
desired <07592>! and, behold <02009>, the LORD < 03068> hath set
<05414> a king <04428> over <05921> you.



14 If <0518> ye will fear <03372> the LORD < 03068>, and serve
<05647> him, and obey <08085> his voice <06963>, and not rebel
<04784> against the commandment <06310> of the LORD <03068>,
then shall both <01571> ye and also <01571> the king <04428>
that reigneth <04427> over <05921> you continue < 01961>
following <0310> the LORD <03068> your God < 0430>:



15 But if <0518> ye will not obey <08085> the voice <06963> of
the LORD <03068>, but rebel <04784> against the commandment
<06310> of the LORD <03068>, then shall the hand < 03027> of the
LORD <03068> be against you, as [it was] against your fathers
<01>.



16. Now <06258> therefore <01571> stand <03320> and see <07200>
this <02088> great <01419> thing <01697>, which <0834> the LORD
<03068> will do <06213> before your eyes <05869> .



17 [Is it] not wheat <02406> harvest <07105> to day <03117>? I
will call <07121> unto the LORD <03068>, and he shall send
<05414> thunder <06963> and rain <04306>; that ye may perceive
<03045> and see <07200> that your wickedness < 07451> [is] great
<07227>, which <0834> ye have done <06213> in the sight <05869>
of the LORD <03068>, in asking <07592> you a king < 04428>.



18 So Samuel <08050> called <07121> unto the LORD <03068>; and
the LORD <03068> sent <05414> thunder <06963> and rain <04306>
that day <03117>: and all <03605> the people < 05971> greatly
<03966> feared <03372> the LORD <03068> and Samuel <08050>.



19 And all <03605> the people <05971> said < 0559> unto Samuel
<08050>, Pray <06419> for thy servants <05650> unto the LORD
<03068> thy God <0430>, that we die <04191> not: for we have
added <03254> unto all <03605> our sins <02403> [this] evil
<07451>, to ask <07592> us a king <04428>.



20 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto the people <05971>, Fear
<03372> not: ye have done <06213> all <03605> this <02063>
wickedness <07451>: yet <0389> turn <05493> not aside from
following <0310> the LORD <03068>, but serve < 05647> the LORD
<03068> with all <03605> your heart <03824>;



21 And turn <05493> ye not aside: for [then should ye go
<03212>] after <0310> vain <08414> [things], which <0834> cannot
<03308> profit <03276> nor <03808> deliver < 05337>; for they
[are] vain <08414>.



22 For the LORD <03068> will not forsake <05203> his people
<05971> for his great <01419> name's <08034> sake <05668>:
because <03588> it hath pleased <02974> the LORD < 03068> to make
<06213> you his people <05971>.



23 Moreover <01571> as for me, God forbid <02486> that I should
sin <02398> against the LORD <03068> in ceasing < 02308> to pray
<06419> for you: but I will teach <03384> you the good <02896>
and the right <03477> way <01870>:



24 Only <0389> fear <03372> the LORD <03068>, and serve <05647>
him in truth <0571> with all <03605> your heart < 03824>: for
consider <07200> how <0834> great <01431> [things] he hath done
for you.



25 But if <0518> ye shall still do wickedly <07489>, ye shall
be consumed <05595>, both <01571> ye and your king <04428>.



1Samuel 13



1. Saul <07586> reigned <04427> one year < 08141>; and when he
had reigned <04427> two <08147> years <08141> over <05921>
Israel <03478>,



2 Saul <07586> chose <0977> him three <07969> thousand <0505>
[men] of Israel <03478>; [whereof] two thousand <0505> were with
Saul <07586> in Michmash <04363> and in mount < 02022> Bethel
<01008>, and a thousand <0505> were with Jonathan < 03129> in
Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin <01144>: and the rest < 03499> of the
people <05971> he sent <07971> every man <0376> to his tent
<0168>.



3 And Jonathan <03129> smote <05221> the garrison <05333> of
the Philistines <06430> that [was] in Geba <01387>, and the
Philistines <06430> heard <08085> [of it]. And Saul <07586> blew
<08628> the trumpet <07782> throughout all < 03605> the land
<0776>, saying <0559>, Let the Hebrews <05680> hear <08085>.



4 And all <03605> Israel <03478> heard <08085> say <0559>
[that] Saul <07586> had smitten <05221> a garrison <05333> of
the Philistines <06430>, and [that] Israel <03478> also <01571>
was had in abomination <0887> with the Philistines < 06430>. And
the people <05971> were called <06817> together after <0310>
Saul <07586> to Gilgal <01537>.



5 And the Philistines <06430> gathered <0622> themselves
together to fight <03898> with Israel <03478>, thirty <07970>
thousand <0505> chariots <07393>, and six < 08337> thousand
<0505> horsemen <06571>, and people <05971> as the sand <02344>
which <0834> [is] on <05921> the sea <03220> shore <08193> in
multitude <07230>: and they came <05927> up, and pitched <02583>
in Michmash <04363>, eastward <06926> from Bethaven <01007>.



6 When the men <0376> of Israel <03478> saw < 07200> that they
were in a strait <06887>, (for the people <05971> were
distressed <05065>,) then the people <05971> did hide <02244>
themselves in caves <04631>, and in thickets <02337>, and in
rocks <05553>, and in high <06877> places, and in pits <0953>.



7 And [some of] the Hebrews <05680> went <05674> over <05674>
Jordan <03383> to the land <0776> of Gad <01410> and Gilead
<01568>. As for Saul <07586>, he [was] yet < 05750> in Gilgal
<01537>, and all <03605> the people <05971> followed <0310> him
trembling <02729>.



8. And he tarried <03176> seven <07651> days < 03117>, according
to the set <04150> time that Samuel <08050> [had appointed]: but
Samuel <08050> came <0935> not to Gilgal <01537> ; and the people
<05971> were scattered <06327> from him.



9 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Bring <05066> hither <05066> a
burnt <05930> offering to me, and peace <08002> offerings. And
he offered <05927> the burnt <05930> offering.



10 And it came <01961> to pass, that as soon as he had made an
end <03615> of offering <05927> the burnt < 05930> offering,
behold <02009>, Samuel <08050> came <0935>; and Saul <07586>
went <03318> out to meet <07125> him, that he might salute
<01288> him.



11 And Samuel <08050> said <0559>, What <04100> hast thou done
<06213>? And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Because <03588> I saw
<07200> that the people <05971> were scattered < 05310> from me,
and [that] thou camest <0935> not within the days < 03117>
appointed <04150>, and [that] the Philistines <06430> gathered
<0622> themselves together at Michmash <04363>;



12 Therefore said <0559> I, The Philistines <06430> will come
<03381> down <03381> now <06258> upon me to Gilgal <01537>, and
I have not made supplication <02420> unto the LORD < 03068>: I
forced <0662> myself therefore, and offered <05927> a burnt
<05930> offering.



13 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> to Saul < 07586>, Thou hast
done foolishly <05528>: thou hast not kept <08104> the
commandment <04687> of the LORD <03068> thy God < 0430>, which
<0834> he commanded <06680> thee: for now < 06258> would the LORD
<03068> have established <03559> thy kingdom < 04467> upon Israel
<03478> for ever <05769>.



14 But now <06258> thy kingdom <04467> shall not continue
<06965>: the LORD <03068> hath sought <01245> him a man <0376>
after his own heart <03824>, and the LORD <03068> hath commanded
<06680> him [to be] captain <05057> over <05921> his people
<05971>, because <03588> thou hast not kept < 08104> [that] which
<0834> the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> thee.



15. And Samuel <08050> arose <06965>, and gat < 05927> him up
from Gilgal <01537> unto Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin <01144>. And
Saul <07586> numbered <06485> the people <05971> [that were]
present <04672> with him, about six <08337> hundred <03967> men
<0376>.



16 And Saul <07586>, and Jonathan <03129> his son <01121>, and
the people <05971> [that were] present <04672> with them, abode
<03427> in Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin <01144>: but the
Philistines <06430> encamped <02583> in Michmash < 04363>.



17 And the spoilers <07843> came <03318> out of the camp
<04264> of the Philistines <06430> in three < 07969> companies
<07218>: one <0259> company <07218> turned < 06437> unto the way
<01870> [that leadeth to] Ophrah <06084>, unto the land <0776>
of Shual <07777>:



18 And another <0259> company <07218> turned < 06437> the way
<01870> [to] Bethhoron <01032>: and another < 0259> company
<07218> turned <06437> [to] the way <01870> of the border
<01366> that looketh <08259> to the valley < 01516> of Zeboim
<06650> toward the wilderness <04057>.



19 Now there was no <03808> smith <02796> found < 04672>
throughout all <03605> the land <0776> of Israel < 03478>: for
the Philistines <06430> said <0559>, Lest < 06435> the Hebrews
<05680> make <06213> [them] swords <02719> or <0176> spears
<02595>:



20 But all <03605> the Israelites <03478> went < 03381> down
<03381> to the Philistines <06430>, to sharpen < 03913> every man
<0376> his share <04282>, and his coulter <0855> , and his axe
<07134>, and his mattock <04281>.



21 Yet they had a file <06477> for the mattocks < 04281>, and
for the coulters <0855>, and for the forks, and for the axes
<07134>, and to sharpen <05324> the goads < 01861>.



22 So it came <01961> to pass in the day <03117> of battle
<04421>, that there was neither <03808> sword < 02719> nor spear
<02595> found <04672> in the hand <03027> of any <03605> of the
people <05971> that [were] with Saul <07586> and Jonathan
<03129>: but with Saul <07586> and with Jonathan < 03129> his son
<01121> was there found <04672>.



23 And the garrison <04673> of the Philistines < 06430> went
<03318> out to the passage <04569> of Michmash < 04363>.



1Samuel 14



1. Now it came <01961> to pass upon a day <03117>, that
Jonathan <03129> the son <01121> of Saul <07586> said <0559>
unto the young <05288> man that bare <05375> his armour <03627>,
Come <03212>, and let us go <05674> over <05674> to the
Philistines <06430>' garrison <04673>, that [is] on the other
<05676> side <05676>. But he told <05046> not his father <01>.



2 And Saul <07586> tarried <03427> in the uttermost <07097>
part of Gibeah <01390> under <08478> a pomegranate <07416> tree
which <0834> [is] in Migron <04051>: and the people <05971> that
[were] with him [were] about six <08337> hundred < 03967> men
<0376>;



3 And Ahiah <0281>, the son <01121> of Ahitub < 0285>, Ichabod's
<0350> brother <0251>, the son <01121> of Phinehas <06372>, the
son <01121> of Eli <05941>, the LORD'S <03068> priest <03548> in
Shiloh <07887>, wearing <05375> an ephod <0646>. And the people
<05971> knew <03045> not that Jonathan <03129> was gone <01980>.



4 And between <0996> the passages <04569>, by which <0834>
Jonathan <03129> sought <01245> to go <05674> over <05674> unto
the Philistines <06430>' garrison <04673>, [there was] a sharp
<08127> rock <05553> on the one <02088> side <05676>, and a
sharp <08127> rock <05553> on the other <02088> side <05676>:
and the name <08034> of the one <0259> [was] Bozez <0949>, and
the name <08034> of the other <0259> Seneh < 05573>.



5 The forefront <08127> of the one <0259> [was] situate <04690>
northward <06828> over <04136> against <04136> Michmash <04363>,
and the other <0259> southward <05045> over < 04136> against
<04136> Gibeah <01390>.



6 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> to the young < 05288> man
that bare <05375> his armour <03627>, Come < 03212>, and let us
go <05674> over <05674> unto the garrison < 04673> of these
<0428> uncircumcised <06189>: it may be that the LORD <03068>
will work <06213> for us: for [there is] no <0369> restraint
<04622> to the LORD <03068> to save <03467> by many <07227> or
<0176> by few <04592>.



7 And his armourbearer <03627> said <0559> unto him, Do <06213>
all <03605> that [is] in thine heart <03824>: turn <05186> thee;
behold <02005>, I [am] with thee according to thy heart < 03824>.



8 Then said <0559> Jonathan <03083>, Behold < 02009>, we will
pass <05674> over <05674> unto [these] men < 0582>, and we will
discover <01540> ourselves unto them.



9 If <0518> they say <0559> thus <03541> unto us, Tarry <01826>
until <05704> we come <05060> to you; then we will stand <05975>
still in our place <08478>, and will not go <05927> up unto them.



10 But if <0518> they say <0559> thus <03541>, Come <05927> up
unto us; then we will go <05927> up: for the LORD < 03068> hath
delivered <05414> them into our hand <03027>: and this <02088>
[shall be] a sign <0226> unto us.



11 And both <08147> of them discovered <01540> themselves unto
the garrison <04673> of the Philistines <06430>: and the
Philistines <06430> said <0559>, Behold <02009>, the Hebrews
<05680> come <03318> forth <03318> out of the holes <02356>
where they had hid <02244> themselves.



12 And the men <0582> of the garrison <04675> answered <06030>
Jonathan <03129> and his armourbearer <03627>, and said <0559>,
Come <05927> up to us, and we will shew <03045> you a thing
<01697>. And Jonathan <03129> said <0559> unto his armourbearer
<03627>, Come <05927> up after <0310> me: for the LORD <03068>
hath delivered <05414> them into the hand <03027> of Israel
<03478>.



13 And Jonathan <03129> climbed <05927> up upon his hands
<03027> and upon his feet <07272>, and his armourbearer <03627>
after <0310> him: and they fell <05307> before < 06440> Jonathan
<03129>; and his armourbearer <03627> slew < 04191> after <0310>
him.



14 And that first <07223> slaughter <04347>, which <0834>
Jonathan <03129> and his armourbearer <03627> made <05221>, was
about twenty <06242> men <0376>, within as it were an half
<02677> acre <04618> of land <07704>, [which] a yoke <06776> [of
oxen might plow].



15 And there was trembling <02731> in the host < 04264>, in the
field <07704>, and among all <03605> the people < 05971>: the
garrison <04673>, and the spoilers <07843>, they also <01571>
trembled <02729>, and the earth <0776> quaked < 07264>: so it was
a very <0430> great <0430> trembling <02731>.



16. And the watchmen <06822> of Saul <07586> in Gibeah <01390>
of Benjamin <01144> looked <07200>; and, behold < 02009>, the
multitude <01995> melted <04127> away, and they went <03212> on
beating <01986> down [one another].



17 Then said <0559> Saul <07586> unto the people < 05971> that
[were] with him, Number <06485> now <04994>, and see <07200> who
<04310> is gone <01980> from us. And when they had numbered
<06485>, behold <02009>, Jonathan <03129> and his armourbearer
<03627> [were] not [there].



18 And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto Ahiah < 0281>, Bring
<05066> hither <05066> the ark <0727> of God <0430>. For the ark
<0727> of God <0430> was at that time <03117> with the children
<01121> of Israel <03478>.



19 And it came <01961> to pass, while <05704> Saul <07586>
talked <01696> unto the priest <03548>, that the noise <01995>
that [was] in the host <04264> of the Philistines < 06430> went
<03212> on and increased <07227>: and Saul < 07586> said <0559>
unto the priest <03548>, Withdraw <0622> thine hand <03027>.



20 And Saul <07586> and all <03605> the people < 05971> that
[were] with him assembled <02199> themselves, and they came
<0935> to the battle <04421>: and, behold < 02009>, every man's
<0376> sword <02719> was against his fellow < 07453>, [and there
was] a very <03966> great <01419> discomfiture < 04103>.



21 Moreover the Hebrews <05680> [that] were with the
Philistines <06430> before <0865> that time < 08032>, which
<0834> went <05927> up with them into the camp < 04264> [from the
country] round <05439> about, even they also <01571> [turned] to
be with the Israelites <03478> that [were] with Saul < 07586> and
Jonathan <03129>.



22 Likewise <01571> all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel
<03478> which had hid <02244> themselves in mount < 02022>
Ephraim <0669>, [when] they heard <08085> that the Philistines
<06430> fled <05127>, even they also <01571> followed <01692>
hard <01692> after <0310> them in the battle < 04421>.



23 So the LORD <03068> saved <03467> Israel < 03478> that day
<03117>: and the battle <04421> passed <05674> over <05674> unto
Bethaven <01007>.



24. And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> were distressed
<05065> that day <03117>: for Saul <07586> had adjured <0422>
the people <05971>, saying <0559>, Cursed <0779> [be] the man
<0376> that eateth <0398> [any] food <03899> until <05704>
evening <06153>, that I may be avenged <05358> on mine enemies
<0341>. So none <03808> of the people <05971> tasted <02938>
[any <03605>] food <03899>.



25 And all <03605> [they of] the land <0776> came <0935> to a
wood <03293>; and there was honey <01706> upon the ground
<07704>.



26 And when the people <05971> were come <0935> into <0413> the
wood <03293>, behold <02009>, the honey <01706> dropped <01982>;
but no <0369> man put <05381> his hand <03027> to his mouth
<06310>: for the people <05971> feared <03372> the oath <07621>.



27 But Jonathan <03129> heard <08085> not when his father <01>
charged <07650> the people <05971> with the oath < 07650>:
wherefore he put <07971> forth <07971> the end < 07097> of the
rod <04294> that [was] in his hand <03027>, and dipped <02881>
it in an honeycomb, and put <07725> his hand <03027> to his
mouth <06310>; and his eyes <05869> were enlightened <0215>.



28 Then answered <06030> one of the people <05971>, and said
<0559>, Thy father <01> straitly charged <07650> the people
<05971> with an oath <07650>, saying <0559>, Cursed <0779> [be]
the man <0376> that eateth <0398> [any] food < 03899> this day
<03117>. And the people <05971> were faint < 05774>.



29 Then said <0559> Jonathan <03129>, My father < 01> hath
troubled <05916> the land <0776>: see <07200>, I pray <04994>
you, how <03588> mine eyes <05869> have been enlightened <0215>,
because <03588> I tasted <02938> a little < 04592> of this
<02088> honey <01706>.



30 How <0637> much <0637> more <0637>, if < 03863> haply <03863>
the people <05971> had eaten <0398> freely to day < 03117> of the
spoil <07998> of their enemies <0341> which < 0834> they found
<04672>? for had there not been now <06258> a much greater
<07235> slaughter <04347> among the Philistines < 06430>?



31 And they smote <05221> the Philistines <06430> that day
<03117> from Michmash <04363> to Aijalon <0357>: and the people
<05971> were very <03966> faint <05774>.



32 And the people <05971> flew <06213> upon the spoil <07998>,
and took <03947> sheep <06629>, and oxen <01241> , and calves,
and slew <07819> [them] on the ground <0776>: and the people
<05971> did eat <0398> [them] with the blood < 01818>.



33 Then they told <05046> Saul <07586>, saying < 0559>, Behold
<02009>, the people <05971> sin <02398> against the LORD <03068>,
in that they eat <0398> with the blood <01818>. And he said
<0559>, Ye have transgressed <0898>: roll < 01556> a great
<01419> stone <068> unto me this day <03117>.



34 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Disperse < 06327> yourselves
among the people <05971>, and say <0559> unto them, Bring
<05066> me hither <05066> every man <0376> his ox <07794>, and
every man <0376> his sheep <07716>, and slay < 07819> [them] here
<02088>, and eat <0398>; and sin <02398> not against the LORD
<03068> in eating <0398> with the blood <01818>. And all <03605>
the people <05971> brought <05066> every man < 0376> his ox
<07794> with him that night <03915>, and slew < 07819> [them]
there <08033>.



35 And Saul <07586> built <01129> an altar < 04196> unto the
LORD <03068>: the same was the first <02490> altar <04196> that
he built <01129> unto the LORD <03068>.



36. And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Let us go < 03381> down
<03381> after <0310> the Philistines <06430> by night <03915>,
and spoil <0962> them until <05704> the morning < 01242> light
<0216>, and let us not leave <07604> a man < 0376> of them. And
they said <0559>, Do <06213> whatsoever <03605> seemeth <05869>
good <02896> unto thee. Then said <0559> the priest <03548>, Let
us draw near <07126> hither <01988> unto God < 0430>.



37 And Saul <07586> asked <07592> counsel of God < 0430>, Shall
I go <03381> down <03381> after <0310> the Philistines <06430>?
wilt thou deliver <05414> them into the hand <03027> of Israel
<03478>? But he answered <06030> him not that day < 03117>.



38 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Draw ye near < 05066> hither
<01988>, all <03605> the chief <06438> of the people <05971>:
and know <03045> and see <07200> wherein <04100> this <02088>
sin <02403> hath been <01961> this <02088> day <03117>.



39 For, [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, which saveth
<03467> Israel <03478>, though it be in Jonathan < 03129> my son
<01121>, he shall surely <03588> die <04191>. But [there was]
not a man among all <03605> the people <05971> [that] answered
<06030> him.



40 Then said <0559> he unto all <03605> Israel < 03478>, Be ye
on one <0259> side <05676>, and I and Jonathan < 03129> my son
<01121> will be on the other <0259> side <05676> . And the people
<05971> said <0559> unto Saul <07586>, Do < 06213> what seemeth
<05869> good <02896> unto thee.



41 Therefore Saul <07586> said <0559> unto the LORD <03068> God
<0430> of Israel <03478>, Give <03051> a perfect <08549> [lot].
And Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03129> were taken < 03920>: but
the people <05971> escaped <03318>.



42 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Cast <05307> [lots] between
<0996> me and Jonathan <03129> my son <01121>. And Jonathan
<03129> was taken <03920>.



43 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> to Jonathan < 03129>, Tell
<05046> me what <04100> thou hast done <06213>. And Jonathan
<03129> told <05046> him, and said <0559>, I did but taste
<02938> a little <04592> honey <01706> with the end <07097> of
the rod <04294> that [was] in mine hand <03027>, [and], lo
<02114>, I must die <04191>.



44 And Saul <07586> answered <0559>, God <0430> do <06213> so
<03541> and more <03254> also <03541>: for thou shalt surely die
<04191>, Jonathan <03129>.



45 And the people <05971> said <0559> unto Saul < 07586>, Shall
Jonathan <03129> die <04191>, who <0834> hath wrought <06213>
this <02088> great <01419> salvation <03444> in Israel <03478>?
God forbid <02486>: [as] the LORD <03068> liveth < 02416>, there
shall not one hair <08185> of his head <07218> fall <05307> to
the ground <0776>; for he hath wrought <06213> with God <0430>
this <02088> day <03117>. So the people <05971> rescued <06299>
Jonathan <03129>, that he died <04191> not.



46 Then Saul <07586> went <05927> up from following <0310> the
Philistines <06430>: and the Philistines <06430> went <01980> to
their own place <04725>.



47. So Saul <07586> took <03920> the kingdom < 04410> over
<05921> Israel <03478>, and fought <03898> against all <03605>
his enemies <0341> on every <05437> side <05439> , against Moab
<04124>, and against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and
against Edom <0123>, and against the kings <04428> of Zobah
<06678>, and against the Philistines <06430>: and whithersoever
he turned <06437> himself, he vexed <07561> [them].



48 And he gathered <06213> an host <02428>, and smote <05221>
the Amalekites <06003>, and delivered <05337> Israel <03478> out
of the hands <03027> of them that spoiled <08154> them.



49 Now the sons <01121> of Saul <07586> were Jonathan <03129>,
and Ishui <03440>, and Melchishua <04444>: and the names <08034>
of his two <08147> daughters <01121> [were these]; the name
<08034> of the firstborn <01067> Merab <04764>, and the name
<08034> of the younger <06996> Michal <04324>:



50 And the name <08034> of Saul's <07586> wife < 0802> [was]
Ahinoam <0293>, the daughter <01323> of Ahimaaz < 0290>: and the
name <08034> of the captain <08269> of his host < 06635> [was]
Abner <074>, the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, Saul's <07586>
uncle <01730>.



51 And Kish <07027> [was] the father <01> of Saul <07586>; and
Ner <05369> the father <01> of Abner <074> [was] the son <01121>
of Abiel <022>.



52 And there was sore <02389> war <04421> against <05921> the
Philistines <06430> all <03605> the days <03117> of Saul <07586>:
and when Saul <07586> saw <07200> any <03605> strong <01368>
man <0376>, or any <03605> valiant <02428> man <01121>, he took
<0622> him unto him.



1Samuel 15



1. Samuel <08050> also said <0559> unto Saul < 07586>, The LORD
<03068> sent <07971> me to anoint <04886> thee [to be] king
<04428> over <05921> his people <05971>, over Israel <03478>:
now <06258> therefore hearken <08085> thou unto the voice
<06963> of the words <01697> of the LORD <03068> .



2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>,
I remember <06485> [that] which <0834> Amalek < 06002> did
<06213> to Israel <03478>, how <0834> he laid <07760> [wait] for
him in the way <01870>, when he came <05927> up from Egypt
<04714>.



3 Now <06258> go <03212> and smite <05221> Amalek <06002>, and
utterly destroy <02763> all <03605> that they have, and spare
<02550> them not; but slay <04191> both man < 0376> and woman
<0802>, infant <05768> and suckling <03243>, ox <07794> and
sheep <07716>, camel <01581> and ass <02543>.



4 And Saul <07586> gathered <08085> the people < 05971> together,
and numbered <06485> them in Telaim <02923>, two hundred
<03967> thousand <0505> footmen <07273>, and ten <06235>
thousand <0505> men <0376> of Judah <03063>.



5 And Saul <07586> came <0935> to a city < 05892> of Amalek
<06002>, and laid wait <0693> in the valley < 05158>.



6 And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto the Kenites < 07017>, Go
<03212>, depart <05493>, get <03381> you down <03381> from among
<08432> the Amalekites <06003>, lest <06435> I destroy <0622>
you with them: for ye shewed <06213> kindness <02617> to all
<03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, when they came
<05927> up out of Egypt <04714>. So the Kenites < 07017> departed
<05493> from among <08432> the Amalekites < 06003>.



7 And Saul <07586> smote <05221> the Amalekites < 06003> from
Havilah <02341> [until] thou comest <0935> to Shur <07793>, that
[is] over against <06440> Egypt <04714>.



8 And he took <08610> Agag <090> the king < 04428> of the
Amalekites <06003> alive <02416>, and utterly destroyed <02763>
all <03605> the people <05971> with the edge < 06310> of the
sword <02719>.



9 But Saul <07586> and the people <05971> spared < 02550> Agag
<090>, and the best <04315> of the sheep <06629> , and of the
oxen <01241>, and of the fatlings <04932>, and the lambs <03733>,
and all <03605> [that was] good <02896>, and would <014> not
utterly destroy <02763> them: but every <03605> thing <04399>
[that was] vile <05240> and refuse <04549>, that they destroyed
<02763> utterly.



10. Then came <01961> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto
Samuel <08050>, saying <0559>,



11 It repenteth <05162> me that I have set <04427> up Saul
<07586> [to be] king <04428>: for he is turned < 07725> back
<07725> from following <0310> me, and hath not performed <06965>
my commandments <01697>. And it grieved <02734> Samuel <08050>;
and he cried <02199> unto the LORD <03068> all < 03605> night
<03915>.



12 And when Samuel <08050> rose <07925> early < 07925> to meet
<07125> Saul <07586> in the morning <01242>, it was told <05046>
Samuel <08050>, saying <0559>, Saul <07586> came <0935> to
Carmel <03760>, and, behold <02009>, he set < 05324> him up a
place <03027>, and is gone <05437> about <05437> , and passed
<05674> on, and gone <03381> down <03381> to Gilgal <01537>.



13 And Samuel <08050> came <0935> to Saul < 07586>: and Saul
<07586> said <0559> unto him, Blessed <01288> [be] thou of the
LORD <03068>: I have performed <06965> the commandment <01697>
of the LORD <03068>.



14 And Samuel <08050> said <0559>, What <04100> [meaneth] then
this <02088> bleating <06963> of the sheep < 06629> in mine ears
<0241>, and the lowing <06963> of the oxen < 01241> which <0834>
I hear <08085>?



15 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, They have brought <0935> them
from the Amalekites <06003>: for the people <05971> spared
<02550> the best <04315> of the sheep <06629> and of the oxen
<01241>, to sacrifice <02076> unto the LORD < 03068> thy God
<0430>; and the rest <03498> we have utterly destroyed <02763>.



16 Then Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto Saul < 07586>, Stay
<07503>, and I will tell <05046> thee what the LORD <03068> hath
said <01696> to me this night <03915>. And he said <0559> unto
him, Say <01696> on.



17 And Samuel <08050> said <0559>, When <0518> thou [wast]
little <06996> in thine own sight <05869>, [wast] thou not
[made] the head <07218> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>,
and the LORD <03068> anointed <04886> thee king < 04428> over
<05921> Israel <03478>?



18 And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> thee on a journey <01870>,
and said <0559>, Go <03212> and utterly destroy < 02763> the
sinners <02400> the Amalekites <06003>, and fight < 03898>
against them until <05704> they be consumed <03615>.



19 Wherefore <04100> then didst thou not obey <08085> the voice
<06963> of the LORD <03068>, but didst fly < 05860> upon the
spoil <07998>, and didst <06213> evil <07451> in the sight
<05869> of the LORD <03068>?



20 And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto Samuel < 08050>, Yea <0834>,
I have obeyed <08085> the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>,
and have gone <03212> the way <01870> which < 0834> the LORD
<03068> sent <07971> me, and have brought <0935> Agag <090> the
king <04428> of Amalek <06002>, and have utterly destroyed
<02763> the Amalekites <06003>.



21 But the people <05971> took <03947> of the spoil <07998>,
sheep <06629> and oxen <01241>, the chief < 07225> of the things
which should have been utterly destroyed <02764>, to sacrifice
<02076> unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> in Gilgal <01537>.



22 And Samuel <08050> said <0559>, Hath the LORD < 03068> [as
great <01419>] delight <02656> in burnt <05930> offerings and
sacrifices <02077>, as in obeying <08085> the voice <06963> of
the LORD <03068>? Behold <02009>, to obey < 08085> [is] better
<02896> than sacrifice <02077>, [and] to hearken < 07181> than
the fat <02459> of rams <0352>.



23 For rebellion <04805> [is as] the sin <02403> of witchcraft
<07081>, and stubbornness <06484> [is as] iniquity <0205> and
idolatry <08655>. Because <03282> thou hast rejected <03988> the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, he hath also rejected <03988>
thee from [being] king <04428>.



24. And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto Samuel < 08050>, I have
sinned <02398>: for I have transgressed <05674> the commandment
<06310> of the LORD <03068>, and thy words < 01697>: because
<03588> I feared <03372> the people <05971>, and obeyed <08085>
their voice <06963>.



25 Now <06258> therefore, I pray <04994> thee, pardon <05375>
my sin <02403>, and turn <07725> again <07725> with me, that I
may worship <07812> the LORD <03068>.



26 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto Saul < 07586>, I will not
return <07725> with thee: for thou hast rejected < 03988> the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, and the LORD < 03068> hath
rejected <03988> thee from being king <04428> over <05921>
Israel <03478>.



27 And as Samuel <08050> turned <05437> about < 05437> to go
<03212> away, he laid hold <02388> upon the skirt < 03671> of his
mantle <04598>, and it rent <07167>.



28 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto him, The LORD <03068>
hath rent <07167> the kingdom <04468> of Israel < 03478> from
thee this day <03117>, and hath given <05414> it to a neighbour
<07453> of thine, [that is] better <02896> than thou.



29 And also <01571> the Strength <05331> of Israel <03478> will
not lie <08266> nor <03808> repent <05162>: for he [is] not a
man <0120>, that he should repent <05162>.



30 Then he said <0559>, I have sinned <02398>: [yet] honour
<03513> me now <06258>, I pray <04994> thee, before <05048> the
elders <02205> of my people <05971>, and before < 05048> Israel
<03478>, and turn <07725> again <07725> with me, that I may
worship <07812> the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>.



31 So Samuel <08050> turned <07725> again < 07725> after <0310>
Saul <07586>; and Saul <07586> worshipped < 07812> the LORD
<03068>.



32. Then said <0559> Samuel <08050>, Bring < 05066> ye hither
<05066> to me Agag <090> the king <04428> of the Amalekites
<06003>. And Agag <090> came <01980> unto him delicately <04574>.
And Agag <090> said <0559>, Surely <0403> the bitterness
<04751> of death <04194> is past <05493>.



33 And Samuel <08050> said <0559>, As thy sword < 02719> hath
made women <0802> childless <07921>, so <03651> shall thy mother
<0517> be childless <07921> among women <0802>. And Samuel
<08050> hewed <08158> Agag <090> in pieces before <06440> the
LORD <03068> in Gilgal <01537>.



34 Then Samuel <08050> went <03212> to Ramah < 07414>; and Saul
<07586> went <05927> up to his house <01004> to Gibeah <01390>
of Saul <07586>.



35 And Samuel <08050> came no <03808> more < 03254> to see
<07200> Saul <07586> until <05704> the day < 03117> of his death
<04194>: nevertheless <03588> Samuel <08050> mourned <056> for
Saul <07586>: and the LORD <03068> repented < 05162> that he had
<01961> made Saul <07586> king <04427> over < 05921> Israel
<03478>.



1Samuel 16



1. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Samuel < 08050>, How
<05704> long <05704> wilt thou mourn <056> for Saul <07586>,
seeing I have rejected <03988> him from reigning < 04427> over
<05921> Israel <03478>? fill <04390> thine horn <07161> with oil
<08081>, and go <03212>, I will send <07971> thee to Jesse
<03448> the Bethlehemite <01022>: for I have provided <07200> me
a king <04428> among his sons <01121>.



2 And Samuel <08050> said <0559>, How <0349> can I go <03212>?
if Saul <07586> hear <08085> [it], he will kill < 02026> me. And
the LORD <03068> said <0559>, Take <03947> an heifer <05697>
with thee, and say <0559>, I am come <0935> to sacrifice <02076>
to the LORD <03068>.



3 And call <07121> Jesse <03448> to the sacrifice <02077>, and
I will shew <03045> thee what thou shalt do <06213>: and thou
shalt anoint <04886> unto me [him] whom <0834> I name <0559>
unto thee.



4 And Samuel <08050> did <06213> that which < 0834> the LORD
<03068> spake <01696>, and came <0935> to Bethlehem <01035>. And
the elders <02205> of the town <07023> trembled < 02729> at his
coming <07122>, and said <0559>, Comest <0935> thou peaceably
<07965>?



5 And he said <0559>, Peaceably <07965>: I am come <0935> to
sacrifice <02076> unto the LORD <03068>: sanctify < 06942>
yourselves, and come <0935> with me to the sacrifice < 02077>.
And he sanctified <06942> Jesse <03448> and his sons <01121>,
and called <07121> them to the sacrifice <02077>.



6. And it came <01961> to pass, when they were come < 0935>,
that he looked <07200> on Eliab <0446>, and said < 0559>, Surely
<0389> the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899> [is] before <05048>
him.



7 But the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Samuel < 08050>, Look
<05027> not on <0413> his countenance <04758>, or on the height
<01364> of his stature <06967>; because <03588> I have refused
<03988> him: for [the LORD <03068> seeth <07200> ] not as man
<0120> seeth <07200>; for man <0120> looketh <07200> on the
outward <05869> appearance <05869>, but the LORD < 03068> looketh
<07200> on the heart <03824>.



8 Then Jesse <03448> called <07121> Abinadab < 041>, and made
him pass <05674> before <06440> Samuel <08050>. And he said
<0559>, Neither hath the LORD <03068> chosen < 0977> this <02088>.



9 Then Jesse <03448> made Shammah <08048> to pass <05674> by.
And he said <0559>, Neither hath the LORD <03068> chosen <0977>
this <02088>.



10 Again, Jesse <03448> made seven <07651> of his sons <01121>
to pass <05674> before <06440> Samuel <08050>. And Samuel
<08050> said <0559> unto Jesse <03448>, The LORD <03068> hath
not chosen <0977> these <0428>.



11 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> unto Jesse < 03448>, Are here
<08552> all <08552> [thy] children <05288>? And he said <0559>,
There remaineth <07604> yet <05750> the youngest < 06996>, and,
behold <02009>, he keepeth <07462> the sheep < 06629>. And Samuel
<08050> said <0559> unto Jesse <03448>, Send <07971> and fetch
<03947> him: for we will not sit <05437> down till <05704> he
come <0935> hither <06311>.



12 And he sent <07971>, and brought <0935> him in. Now he [was]
ruddy <0132>, [and] withal <05973> of a beautiful < 03303>
countenance <05869>, and goodly <02896> to look < 07210> to. And
the LORD <03068> said <0559>, Arise <06965>, anoint <04886> him:
for this <02088> [is] he.



13 Then Samuel <08050> took <03947> the horn < 07161> of oil
<08081>, and anointed <04886> him in the midst < 07130> of his
brethren <0251>: and the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came
<06743> upon David <01732> from that day <03117> forward <04605>.
So Samuel <08050> rose <06965> up, and went < 03212> to Ramah
<07414>.



14. But the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> departed <05493>
from Saul <07586>, and an evil <07451> spirit < 07307> from the
LORD <03068> troubled <01204> him.



15 And Saul's <07586> servants <05650> said < 0559> unto him,
Behold <02009> now <04994>, an evil <07451> spirit <07307> from
God <0430> troubleth <01204> thee.



16 Let our lord <0113> now <04994> command < 0559> thy servants
<05650>, [which are] before <06440> thee, to seek < 01245> out a
man <0376>, [who is] a cunning <03045> player < 05059> on an harp
<03658>: and it shall come <01961> to pass, when the evil
<07451> spirit <07307> from God <0430> is upon thee, that he
shall play <05059> with his hand <03027>, and thou shalt be well
<02895>.



17 And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto his servants <05650>,
Provide <07200> me now <04994> a man <0376> that can play
<05059> well <03190>, and bring <0935> [him] to me.



18 Then answered <06030> one <0259> of the servants <05288>,
and said <0559>, Behold <02009>, I have seen < 07200> a son
<01121> of Jesse <03448> the Bethlehemite < 01022>, [that is]
cunning <03045> in playing <05059>, and a mighty < 01368> valiant
<02428> man, and a man <0376> of war <04421>, and prudent <0995>
in matters <01697>, and a comely <08389> person < 0376>, and the
LORD <03068> [is] with him.



19 Wherefore Saul <07586> sent <07971> messengers <04397> unto
Jesse <03448>, and said <0559>, Send <07971> me David <01732>
thy son <01121>, which <0834> [is] with the sheep < 06629>.



20 And Jesse <03448> took <03947> an ass < 02543> [laden] with
bread <03899>, and a bottle <04997> of wine < 03196>, and a kid,
and sent <07971> [them] by David <01732> his son < 01121> unto
Saul <07586>.



21 And David <01732> came <0935> to Saul < 07586>, and stood
<05975> before <06440> him: and he loved <0157> him greatly
<03966>; and he became <01961> his armourbearer < 03627>.



22 And Saul <07586> sent <07971> to Jesse < 03448>, saying
<0559>, Let David <01732>, I pray <04994> thee, stand <05975>
before <06440> me; for he hath found <04672> favour <02580> in
my sight <05869>.



23 And it came <01961> to pass, when the [evil < 07451>] spirit
<07307> from God <0430> was upon Saul <07586>, that David
<01732> took <03947> an harp <03658>, and played <05059> with
his hand <03027>: so Saul <07586> was refreshed < 07304>, and was
well <02895>, and the evil <07451> spirit < 07307> departed
<05493> from him.



1Samuel 17



1. Now the Philistines <06430> gathered <0622> together their
armies <04264> to battle <04421>, and were gathered <0622>
together at Shochoh <07755>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Judah
<03063>, and pitched <02583> between <0996> Shochoh <07755> and
Azekah <05825>, in Ephesdammim <0658>.



2 And Saul <07586> and the men <0376> of Israel < 03478> were
gathered <0622> together <03162>, and pitched < 02583> by the
valley <06010> of Elah <0425>, and set the battle < 04421> in
array <06186> against <07125> the Philistines < 06430>.



3 And the Philistines <06430> stood <05975> on < 0413> a
mountain <02022> on <0413> the one <02088> side, and Israel
<03478> stood <05975> on <0413> a mountain < 02022> on <0413> the
other <02088> side: and [there was] a valley <01516> between
<0996> them.



4 And there went <03318> out a champion <01143> out of the camp
<04264> of the Philistines <06430>, named < 08034> Goliath
<01555>, of Gath <01661>, whose height <01363> [was] six <08337>
cubits <0520> and a span <02239>.



5 And [he had] an helmet <03553> of brass <05178> upon his head
<07218>, and he [was] armed <03847> with a coat < 08302> of mail
<07193>; and the weight <04948> of the coat < 08302> [was] five
<02568> thousand <0505> shekels <08255> of brass <05178>.



6 And [he had] greaves <04697> of brass <05178> upon his legs
<07272>, and a target <03591> of brass <05178> between <0996>
his shoulders <03802>.



7 And the staff <02671> of his spear <02595> [was] like a
weaver's <0707> beam <04500>; and his spear's < 02595> head
<03852> [weighed] six <08337> hundred <03967> shekels <08255> of
iron <01270>: and one bearing <05375> a shield < 06793> went
<01980> before <06440> him.



8 And he stood <05975> and cried <07121> unto the armies
<04634> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> unto them, Why
<04100> are ye come <03318> out to set [your] battle <04421> in
array <06186>? [am] not I a Philistine <06430>, and ye servants
<05650> to Saul <07586>? choose <01262> you a man <0376> for you,
and let him come <03381> down <03381> to me.



9 If <0518> he be able <03201> to fight <03898> with me, and to
kill <05221> me, then will we be your servants <05650> : but if
<0518> I prevail <03201> against him, and kill < 05221> him, then
shall ye be our servants <05650>, and serve <05647> us.



10 And the Philistine <06430> said <0559>, I defy <02778> the
armies <04634> of Israel <03478> this <02088> day <03117>; give
<05414> me a man <0376>, that we may fight < 03898> together
<03162>.



11 When Saul <07586> and all <03605> Israel < 03478> heard
<08085> those <0428> words <01697> of the Philistine <06430>,
they were dismayed <02865>, and greatly <03966> afraid <03372>.



12. Now David <01732> [was] the son <01121> of that Ephrathite
<0673> of Bethlehemjudah <01035>, whose name < 08034> [was] Jesse
<03448>; and he had eight <08083> sons <01121>: and the man
<0376> went <0935> among men <0582> [for] an old <02204> man in
the days <03117> of Saul <07586>.



13 And the three <07969> eldest <01419> sons < 01121> of Jesse
<03448> went <03212> [and] followed Saul <07586> to the battle
<04421>: and the names <08034> of his three < 07969> sons <01121>
that went <01980> to the battle <04421> [were] Eliab <0446> the
firstborn <01060>, and next <04932> unto him Abinadab <041>, and
the third <07992> Shammah <08048>.



14 And David <01732> [was] the youngest <06996>: and the three
<07969> eldest <01419> followed Saul <07586>.



15 But David <01732> went <01980> and returned < 07725> from
Saul <07586> to feed <07462> his father's <01> sheep <06629> at
Bethlehem <01035>.



16 And the Philistine <06430> drew near <05066> morning <07925>
and evening <06150>, and presented <03320> himself forty <0705>
days <03117>.



17 And Jesse <03448> said <0559> unto David < 01732> his son
<01121>, Take <03947> now <04994> for thy brethren <0251> an
ephah <0374> of this <02088> parched <07039> [corn], and these
<02088> ten <06235> loaves <03899>, and run < 07323> to the camp
<04264> to thy brethren <0251>;



18 And carry <0935> these <0428> ten <06235> cheeses unto the
captain <08269> of [their] thousand <0505>, and look <06485> how
thy brethren <0251> fare <07965>, and take < 03947> their pledge
<06161>.



19 Now Saul <07586>, and they, and all <03605> the men <0376>
of Israel <03478>, [were] in the valley <06010> of Elah <0425>,
fighting <03898> with the Philistines <06430>.



20 And David <01732> rose <07925> up early < 07925> in the
morning <01242>, and left <05203> the sheep < 06629> with a
keeper <08104>, and took <05375>, and went < 03212>, as Jesse
<03448> had commanded <06680> him; and he came < 0935> to the
trench <04570>, as the host <02428> was going < 03318> forth
<03318> to the fight <04634>, and shouted < 07321> for the battle
<04421>.



21 For Israel <03478> and the Philistines <06430> had put the
battle in array <06186>, army <04634> against < 07125> army
<02428>.



22 And David <01732> left <05203> his carriage < 03627> in the
hand <03027> of the keeper <08104> of the carriage <03627>, and
ran <07323> into the army <04634>, and came < 0935> and saluted
his brethren <0251>.



23 And as he talked <01696> with them, behold <02009> , there
came <05927> up the champion <01143>, the Philistine <06430> of
Gath <01661>, Goliath <01555> by name <08034>, out of the armies
<04630> of the Philistines <06430>, and spake < 01696> according
to the same <0428> words <01697>: and David < 01732> heard
<08085> [them].



24 And all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel < 03478>, when they
saw <07200> the man <0376>, fled <05127> from him, and were sore
<03966> afraid <03372>.



25 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> said < 0559>, Have ye
seen <07200> this <02088> man <0376> that is come <05927> up?
surely <03588> to defy <02778> Israel <03478> is he come <05927>
up: and it shall be, [that] the man <0376> who <0834> killeth
<05221> him, the king <04428> will enrich < 06238> him with great
<01419> riches <06239>, and will give <05414> him his daughter
<01323>, and make <06213> his father's <01> house <01004> free
<02670> in Israel <03478>.



26 And David <01732> spake <0559> to the men < 0582> that stood
<05975> by him, saying <0559>, What <04100> shall be done
<06213> to the man <0376> that killeth <05221> this <01975>
Philistine <06430>, and taketh <05493> away the reproach <02781>
from Israel <03478>? for who <04310> [is] this < 02088>
uncircumcised <06189> Philistine <06430>, that he should defy
<02778> the armies <04634> of the living <02416> God <0430>?



27 And the people <05971> answered <0559> him after this
<02088> manner <01697>, saying <0559>, So < 03541> shall it be
done <06213> to the man <0376> that killeth < 05221> him.



28 And Eliab <0446> his eldest <01419> brother < 0251> heard
<08085> when he spake <01696> unto the men < 0582>; and Eliab's
<0446> anger <0639> was kindled <02734> against David <01732>,
and he said <0559>, Why <04100> camest <03381> thou down <03381>
hither? and with whom <04310> hast thou left <05203> those
<02007> few <04592> sheep <06629> in the wilderness <04057>? I
know <03045> thy pride <02087>, and the naughtiness <07455> of
thine heart <03824>; for thou art come <03381> down <03381> that
thou mightest see <07200> the battle <04421>.



29 And David <01732> said <0559>, What <04100> have I now
<06258> done <06213>? [Is there] not a cause < 01697>?



30 And he turned <05437> from him toward another < 0312>, and
spake <0559> after the same <02088> manner < 01697>: and the
people <05971> answered <01697> him again < 07725> after the
former <07223> manner <01697>.



31. And when the words <01697> were heard <08085> which <0834>
David <01732> spake <01696>, they rehearsed < 05046> [them]
before <06440> Saul <07586>: and he sent <03947> for him.



32 And David <01732> said <0559> to Saul < 07586>, Let no <0408>
man's <0120> heart <03820> fail <05307> because <05921> of him;
thy servant <05650> will go <03212> and fight < 03898> with this
<02088> Philistine <06430>.



33 And Saul <07586> said <0559> to David < 01732>, Thou art not
able <03201> to go <03212> against <0413> this <02088>
Philistine <06430> to fight <03898> with him: for thou [art but]
a youth <05288>, and he a man <0376> of war < 04421> from his
youth <05271>.



34 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Saul < 07586>, Thy servant
<05650> kept <07462> his father's <01> sheep <06629>, and there
came <0935> a lion <0738>, and a bear <01677>, and took <05375>
a lamb <07716> out of the flock <05739>:



35 And I went <03318> out after <0310> him, and smote <05221>
him, and delivered <05337> [it] out of his mouth < 06310>: and
when he arose <06965> against <05921> me, I caught <02388> [him]
by his beard <02206>, and smote <05221> him, and slew <04191>
him.



36 Thy servant <05650> slew <05221> both < 01571> the lion
<0738> and the bear <01677>: and this <02088> uncircumcised
<06189> Philistine <06430> shall be as one < 0259> of them,
seeing <03588> he hath defied <02778> the armies < 04634> of the
living <02416> God <0430>.



37 David <01732> said <0559> moreover, The LORD < 03068> that
delivered <05337> me out of the paw <03027> of the lion <0738>,
and out of the paw <03027> of the bear <01677>, he will deliver
<05337> me out of the hand <03027> of this < 02088> Philistine
<06430>. And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto David <01732>, Go
<03212>, and the LORD <03068> be with thee.



38 And Saul <07586> armed <03847> David <01732> with his armour
<04055>, and he put <05414> an helmet <06959> of brass <05178>
upon his head <07218>; also he armed <03847> him with a coat
<08302> of mail <07193>.



39 And David <01732> girded <02296> his sword < 02719> upon his
armour <04055>, and he assayed <02974> to go < 03212>; for he had
not proved <05254> [it]. And David <01732> said < 0559> unto Saul
<07586>, I cannot <03808> go <03212> with these <0428>; for I
have not proved <05254> [them]. And David <01732> put <05493>
them off <05921> him.



40. And he took <03947> his staff <04731> in his hand <03027>,
and chose <0977> him five <02568> smooth <02512> stones <068>
out of the brook <05158>, and put <07760> them in a shepherd's
<07462> bag <03627> which <0834> he had, even in a scrip <03219>;
and his sling <07050> [was] in his hand <03027>: and he drew
near <05066> to the Philistine <06430>.



41 And the Philistine <06430> came <03212> on and drew near
<07126> unto David <01732>; and the man <0376> that bare <05375>
the shield <06793> [went] before <06440> him.



42 And when the Philistine <06430> looked <05027> about <05027>,
and saw <07200> David <01732>, he disdained < 0959> him: for he
was [but] a youth <05288>, and ruddy <0132>, and of a fair
<03303> countenance <04758>.



43 And the Philistine <06430> said <0559> unto David <01732>,
[Am] I a dog <03611>, that thou comest <0935> to me with staves
<04731>? And the Philistine <06430> cursed < 07043> David <01732>
by his gods <0430>.



44 And the Philistine <06430> said <0559> to David <01732>,
Come <03212> to me, and I will give <05414> thy flesh <01320>
unto the fowls <05775> of the air <08064>, and to the beasts
<0929> of the field <07704>.



45 Then said <0559> David <01732> to the Philistine <06430>,
Thou comest <0935> to me with a sword <02719>, and with a spear
<02595>, and with a shield <03591>: but I come < 0935> to thee in
the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> of hosts < 06635>, the God
<0430> of the armies <04634> of Israel <03478>, whom <0834> thou
hast defied <02778>.



46 This <02088> day <03117> will the LORD < 03068> deliver
<05462> thee into mine hand <03027>; and I will smite <05221>
thee, and take <05493> thine head <07218> from thee; and I will
give <05414> the carcases <06297> of the host < 04264> of the
Philistines <06430> this <02088> day <03117> unto the fowls
<05775> of the air <08064>, and to the wild < 02416> beasts
<02416> of the earth <0776>; that all <03605> the earth <0776>
may know <03045> that there is a God <0430> in Israel <03478>.



47 And all <03605> this <02088> assembly < 06951> shall know
<03045> that the LORD <03068> saveth <03467> not with sword
<02719> and spear <02595>: for the battle < 04421> [is] the
LORD'S <03068>, and he will give <05414> you into our hands
<03027>.



48. And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> the Philistine
<06430> arose <06965>, and came <03212> and drew nigh <07126> to
meet <07125> David <01732>, that David <01732> hasted, and ran
<07323> toward the army <04634> to meet <07125> the Philistine
<06430>.



49 And David <01732> put <07971> his hand < 03027> in his bag
<03627>, and took <03947> thence <08033> a stone <068>, and
slang <07049> [it], and smote <05221> the Philistine <06430> in
his forehead <04696>, that the stone <068> sunk < 02883> into his
forehead <04696>; and he fell <05307> upon his face <06440> to
the earth <0776>.



50 So David <01732> prevailed <02388> over < 04480> the
Philistine <06430> with a sling <07050> and with a stone <068>,
and smote <05221> the Philistine <06430>, and slew <04191> him;
but [there was] no <0369> sword <02719> in the hand <03027> of
David <01732>.



51 Therefore David <01732> ran <07323>, and stood <05975> upon
the Philistine <06430>, and took <03947> his sword <02719>, and
drew <08025> it out of the sheath <08593> thereof, and slew
<04191> him, and cut <03772> off his head < 07218> therewith. And
when the Philistines <06430> saw <07200> their champion <01368>
was dead <04191>, they fled <05127>.



52 And the men <0582> of Israel <03478> and of Judah <03063>
arose <06965>, and shouted <07321>, and pursued < 07291> the
Philistines <06430>, until <05704> thou come < 0935> to the
valley <01516>, and to the gates <08179> of Ekron < 06138>. And
the wounded <02491> of the Philistines <06430> fell <05307> down
by the way <01870> to Shaaraim <08189>, even unto Gath <01661>,
and unto Ekron <06138>.



53 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> returned <07725>
from chasing <01814> after <0310> the Philistines < 06430>, and
they spoiled <08155> their tents <04264>.



54 And David <01732> took <03947> the head < 07218> of the
Philistine <06430>, and brought <0935> it to Jerusalem <03389>;
but he put <07760> his armour <03627> in his tent < 0168>.



55 And when Saul <07586> saw <07200> David < 01732> go <03318>
forth <03318> against <07125> the Philistine < 06430>, he said
<0559> unto Abner <074>, the captain <08269> of the host <06635>,
Abner <074>, whose <04310> son <01121> [is] this <02088> youth
<05288>? And Abner <074> said <0559>, [As] thy soul <05315>
liveth <02416>, O king <04428>, I cannot <0518> tell <03045>.



56 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Enquire < 07592> thou whose
<04310> son <01121> the stripling <05958> [is].



57 And as David <01732> returned <07725> from the slaughter
<05221> of the Philistine <06430>, Abner <074> took <03947> him,
and brought <0935> him before <06440> Saul < 07586> with the head
<07218> of the Philistine <06430> in his hand < 03027>.



58 And Saul <07586> said <0559> to him, Whose < 04310> son
<01121> [art] thou, [thou] young <05288> man? And David <01732>
answered <0559>, I [am] the son <01121> of thy servant <05650>
Jesse <03448> the Bethlehemite <01022>.



1Samuel 18



1. And it came <01961> to pass, when he had made an end <03615>
of speaking <01696> unto Saul <07586>, that the soul <05315> of
Jonathan <03083> was knit <07194> with the soul < 05315> of David
<01732>, and Jonathan <03083> loved <0157> him as his own soul
<05315>.



2 And Saul <07586> took <03947> him that day < 03117>, and would
let him go <07725> no <03808> more home <07725> to his father's
<01> house <01004>.



3 Then Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> made < 03772> a
covenant <01285>, because he loved <0160> him as his own soul
<05315>.



4 And Jonathan <03083> stripped <06584> himself of the robe
<04598> that [was] upon him, and gave <05414> it to David
<01732>, and his garments <04055>, even to his sword <02719>,
and to his bow <07198>, and to his girdle <02290>.



5 And David <01732> went <03318> out whithersoever Saul <07586>
sent <07971> him, [and] behaved <07919> himself wisely <07919>:
and Saul <07586> set <07760> him over <05921> the men <0582> of
war <04421>, and he was accepted <03190> in the sight <05869> of
all <03605> the people <05971>, and also <01571> in the sight
<05869> of Saul's <07586> servants <05650>.



6. And it came <01961> to pass as they came <0935>, when David
<01732> was returned <07725> from the slaughter < 05221> of the
Philistine <06430>, that the women <0802> came < 03318> out of
all <03605> cities <05892> of Israel <03478>, singing <07891>
and dancing <04246>, to meet <07125> king < 04428> Saul <07586>,
with tabrets <08596>, with joy <08057>, and with instruments
<07991> of musick.



7 And the women <0802> answered <06030> [one another] as they
played <07832>, and said <0559>, Saul <07586> hath slain <05221>
his thousands <0505>, and David <01732> his ten < 07233>
thousands <0505>.



8 And Saul <07586> was very <03966> wroth < 02734>, and the
saying <01697> displeased him; and he said <0559>, They have
ascribed <05414> unto David <01732> ten <07233> thousands
<07233>, and to me they have ascribed <05414> [but] thousands
<0505>: and [what] can he have more <05750> but the kingdom
<04410>?



9 And Saul <07586> eyed <05770> David <01732> from that day
<03117> and forward <01973>.



10 And it came <01961> to pass on the morrow <04283>, that the
evil <07451> spirit <07307> from God <0430> came <06473> upon
Saul <07586>, and he prophesied <05012> in the midst <08432> of
the house <01004>: and David <01732> played < 05059> with his
hand <03027>, as at other times <03117>: and [there was] a
javelin <02595> in Saul's <07586> hand <03027>.



11 And Saul <07586> cast <02904> the javelin < 02595>; for he
said <0559>, I will smite <05221> David <01732> even to the wall
<07023> [with it]. And David <01732> avoided < 05437> out of his
presence <06440> twice <06471>.



12. And Saul <07586> was afraid <03372> of David < 01732>,
because <03588> the LORD <03068> was with him, and was departed
<05493> from Saul <07586>.



13 Therefore Saul <07586> removed <05493> him from him, and
made <07760> him his captain <08269> over a thousand <0505>; and
he went <03318> out and came <0935> in before < 06440> the people
<05971>.



14 And David <01732> behaved <07919> himself wisely <07919> in
all <03605> his ways <01870>; and the LORD < 03068> [was] with
him.



15 Wherefore when Saul <07586> saw <07200> that he behaved
<07919> himself very <03966> wisely <07919>, he was afraid
<01481> of him.



16 But all <03605> Israel <03478> and Judah < 03063> loved
<0157> David <01732>, because <03588> he went <03318> out and
came <0935> in before <06440> them.



17 And Saul <07586> said <0559> to David < 01732>, Behold
<02009> my elder <01419> daughter <01323> Merab <04764>, her
will I give <05414> thee to wife <0802>: only < 0389> be thou
valiant for me, and fight <03898> the LORD'S <03068> battles
<04421>. For Saul <07586> said <0559>, Let not mine hand <03027>
be upon him, but let the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>
be upon him.



18 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Saul < 07586>, Who <04310>
[am] I? and what <04310> [is] my life <02416>, [or] my father's
<01> family <04940> in Israel <03478>, that I should be son
<02860> in law <02859> to the king <04428>?



19 But it came <01961> to pass at the time <06256> when Merab
<04764> Saul's <07586> daughter <01323> should have been given
<05414> to David <01732>, that she was given < 05414> unto Adriel
<05741> the Meholathite <04259> to wife <0802>.



20 And Michal <04324> Saul's <07586> daughter < 01323> loved
<0157> David <01732>: and they told <05046> Saul <07586>, and
the thing <01697> pleased him.



21 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, I will give < 05414> him her,
that she may be a snare <04170> to him, and that the hand
<03027> of the Philistines <06430> may be against him. Wherefore
Saul <07586> said <0559> to David <01732>, Thou shalt this day
<03117> be my son <02859> in law <02860> in [the one of] the
twain <08147>.



22 And Saul <07586> commanded <06680> his servants <05650>,
[saying], Commune <01696> with David <01732> secretly <03909>,
and say <0559>, Behold <02009>, the king <04428> hath delight
<02654> in thee, and all <03605> his servants < 05650> love
<0157> thee: now <06258> therefore be the king's < 04428> son
<02859> in law <02860>.



23 And Saul's <07586> servants <05650> spake < 01696> those
<0428> words <01697> in the ears <0241> of David <01732>. And
David <01732> said <0559>, Seemeth <05869> it to you [a] light
<07043> [thing] to be a king's <04428> son < 02859> in law
<02860>, seeing that I [am] a poor <07326> man < 0376>, and
lightly <07034> esteemed <07043>?



24 And the servants <05650> of Saul <07586> told < 05046> him,
saying <0559>, On this <0428> manner <01697> spake <01696> David
<01732>.



25 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Thus <03541> shall ye say
<0559> to David <01732>, The king <04428> desireth <02656> not
any dowry <04119>, but an hundred <03967> foreskins <06190> of
the Philistines <06430>, to be avenged <05358> of the king's
<04428> enemies <0341>. But Saul <07586> thought <02803> to make
David <01732> fall <05307> by the hand <03027> of the
Philistines <06430>.



26 And when his servants <05650> told <05046> David <01732>
these <0428> words <01697>, it pleased David < 01732> well to be
the king's <04428> son <02859> in law <02860>: and the days
<03117> were not expired <04390>.



27 Wherefore David <01732> arose <06965> and went <03212>, he
and his men <0582>, and slew <05221> of the Philistines <06430>
two hundred <03967> men <0376>; and David < 01732> brought <0935>
their foreskins <06190>, and they gave them in full < 04390> tale
to the king <04428>, that he might be the king's < 04428> son
<02859> in law <02860>. And Saul <07586> gave <05414> him Michal
<04324> his daughter <01323> to wife <0802>.



28 And Saul <07586> saw <07200> and knew < 03045> that the LORD
<03068> [was] with David <01732>, and [that] Michal <04324>
Saul's <07586> daughter <01323> loved <0157> him.



29 And Saul <07586> was yet the more <03254> afraid <03372> of
David <01732>; and Saul <07586> became <01961> David's <01732>
enemy <0341> continually.



30 Then the princes <08269> of the Philistines < 06430> went
<03318> forth <03318>: and it came <01961> to pass, after <0167>
they went <03318> forth <03318>, [that] David < 01732> behaved
<07919> himself more wisely <07919> than all < 03605> the
servants <05650> of Saul <07586>; so that his name <08034> was
much <03966> set <03335> by.



1Samuel 19



1. And Saul <07586> spake <01696> to Jonathan < 03129> his son
<01121>, and to all <03605> his servants <05650> , that they
should kill <04191> David <01732>.



2 But Jonathan <03083> Saul's <07586> son < 01121> delighted
<02654> much <03966> in David <01732>: and Jonathan <03083> told
<05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>, Saul < 07586> my father
<01> seeketh <01245> to kill <04191> thee: now <06258> therefore,
I pray <04994> thee, take heed <08104> to thyself until <05704>
the morning <01242>, and abide <03427> in a secret <05643>
[place], and hide <02244> thyself:



3 And I will go <03318> out and stand <05975> beside <03027> my
father <01> in the field <07704> where <0834> thou [art], and I
will commune <01696> with my father <01> of thee; and what
<04100> I see <07200>, that I will tell <05046> thee.



4 And Jonathan <03083> spake <01696> good < 02896> of David
<01732> unto Saul <07586> his father <01>, and said <0559> unto
him, Let not the king <04428> sin <02398> against his servant
<05650>, against David <01732>; because <03588> he hath not
sinned <02398> against thee, and because <03588> his works
<04639> [have <01961> been] to thee-ward very < 03966> good
<02896>:



5 For he did put <07760> his life <05315> in his hand <03709>,
and slew <05221> the Philistine <06430>, and the LORD <03068>
wrought <06213> a great <01419> salvation < 08668> for all
<03605> Israel <03478>: thou sawest <07200> [it], and didst
rejoice <08055>: wherefore <04100> then wilt thou sin <02398>
against innocent <05355> blood <01818>, to slay < 04191> David
<01732> without <02600> a cause <02600>?



6 And Saul <07586> hearkened <08085> unto the voice <06963> of
Jonathan <03083>: and Saul <07586> sware <07650> , [As] the LORD
<03068> liveth <02416>, he shall not be slain < 04191>.



7 And Jonathan <03083> called <07121> David < 01732>, and
Jonathan <03083> shewed <05046> him all <03605> those <0428>
things <01697>. And Jonathan <03083> brought < 0935> David
<01732> to Saul <07586>, and he was in his presence <06440>, as
in times past <08032>.



8. And there was war <04421> again <03254>: and David <01732>
went <03318> out, and fought <03898> with the Philistines
<06430>, and slew <05221> them with a great < 01419> slaughter
<04347>; and they fled <05127> from him.



9 And the evil <07451> spirit <07307> from the LORD <03068> was
upon Saul <07586>, as he sat <03427> in his house < 01004> with
his javelin <02595> in his hand <03027>: and David <01732>
played <05059> with [his] hand <03027>.



10 And Saul <07586> sought <01245> to smite < 05221> David
<01732> even to the wall <07023> with the javelin < 02595>; but
he slipped <06362> away out of Saul's <07586> presence <06440>,
and he smote <05221> the javelin <02595> into the wall <07023>:
and David <01732> fled <05127>, and escaped < 04422> that night
<03915>.



11. Saul <07586> also sent <07971> messengers < 04397> unto
David's <01732> house <01004>, to watch <08104> him, and to slay
<04191> him in the morning <01242>: and Michal < 04324> David's
<01732> wife <0802> told <05046> him, saying <0559>, If <0518>
thou save <04422> not thy life to night <03915>, to morrow
<04279> thou shalt be slain <04191>.



12 So Michal <04324> let <03381> David <01732> down <03381>
through <01157> a window <02474>: and he went < 03212>, and fled
<01272>, and escaped <04422>.



13 And Michal <04324> took <03947> an image < 08655>, and laid
<07760> [it] in the bed <04296>, and put <07760> a pillow
<03523> of goats <05795>' [hair] for his bolster < 04763>, and
covered <03680> [it] with a cloth <0899>.



14 And when Saul <07586> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> to
take <03947> David <01732>, she said <0559>, He [is] sick
<02470>.



15 And Saul <07586> sent <07971> the messengers < 04397> [again]
to see <07200> David <01732>, saying <0559>, Bring <05927> him
up to me in the bed <04296>, that I may slay <04191> him.



16 And when the messengers <04397> were come <0935> in, behold
<02009>, [there was] an image <08655> in the bed < 04296>, with a
pillow <03523> of goats <05795>' [hair] for his bolster <04763>.



17 And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto Michal < 04324>, Why
<04100> hast thou deceived <07411> me so <03602> , and sent
<07971> away mine enemy <0341>, that he is escaped <04422>? And
Michal <04324> answered <0559> Saul <07586>, He said <0559> unto
me, Let me go <07971>; why <04100> should I kill < 04191> thee?



18. So David <01732> fled <01272>, and escaped < 04422>, and
came <0935> to Samuel <08050> to Ramah <07414>, and told <05046>
him all <03605> that Saul <07586> had done < 06213> to him. And
he and Samuel <08050> went <03212> and dwelt < 03427> in Naioth
<05121>.



19 And it was told <05046> Saul <07586>, saying < 0559>, Behold
<02009>, David <01732> [is] at Naioth <05121> in Ramah <07414>.



20 And Saul <07586> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> to take
<03947> David <01732>: and when they saw <07200> the company
<03862> of the prophets <05030> prophesying < 05012>, and Samuel
<08050> standing <05975> [as] appointed <05324> over <05921>
them, the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> was upon the messengers
<04397> of Saul <07586>, and they also <01571> prophesied
<05012>.



21 And when it was told <05046> Saul <07586>, he sent <07971>
other <0312> messengers <04397>, and they prophesied <05012>
likewise <01571>. And Saul <07586> sent <07971> messengers
<04397> again <03254> the third <07992> time, and they
prophesied <05012> also <01571>.



22 Then went <03212> he also <01571> to Ramah < 07414>, and came
<0935> to a great <01419> well <0953> that [is] in Sechu <07906>:
and he asked <07592> and said <0559>, Where < 0375> [are] Samuel
<08050> and David <01732>? And [one] said <0559> , Behold <02009>,
[they be] at Naioth <05121> in Ramah <07414>.



23 And he went <03212> thither <08033> to Naioth < 05121> in
Ramah <07414>: and the Spirit <07307> of God < 0430> was upon him
also <01571>, and he went <03212> on, and prophesied <05012>,
until <05704> he came <0935> to Naioth <05121> in Ramah <07414>.



24 And he stripped off his clothes <0899> also < 01571>, and
prophesied <05012> before <06440> Samuel <08050> in like <01571>
manner <01571>, and lay <05307> down naked < 06174> all <03605>
that day <03117> and all <03605> that night < 03915>. Wherefore
they say <0559>, [Is] Saul <07586> also <01571> among the
prophets <05030>?



1Samuel 20



1. And David <01732> fled <01272> from Naioth < 05121> in Ramah
<07414>, and came <0935> and said <0559> before <06440> Jonathan
<03083>, What <04100> have I done <06213>? what <04100> [is]
mine iniquity <05771>? and what <04100> [is] my sin <02403>
before <06440> thy father <01>, that he seeketh < 01245> my life
<05315>?



2 And he said <0559> unto him, God forbid <02486>; thou shalt
not die <04191>: behold <02009>, my father <01> will do <06213>
nothing either great <01419> or <0176> small < 06996>, but that
he will shew <01540> it me: and why <04060> should my father
<01> hide <05641> this <02088> thing < 01697> from me? it [is]
not [so].



3 And David <01732> sware <07650> moreover < 05750>, and said
<0559>, Thy father <01> certainly knoweth < 03045> that I have
<01961> found <04672> grace <02580> in thine eyes <05869>; and
he saith <0559>, Let not Jonathan <03083> know < 03045> this
<02063>, lest <06435> he be grieved <06087>: but truly <0199>
[as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, and [as] thy soul <05315>
liveth <02416>, [there is] but a step <06587> between <0996> me
and death <04194>.



4 Then said <0559> Jonathan <03083> unto David < 01732>,
Whatsoever <04100> thy soul <05315> desireth < 0559>, I will even
do <06213> [it] for thee.



5 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Jonathan < 03083>, Behold
<02009>, to morrow <04279> [is] the new <02320> moon <02320>,
and I should not fail to sit <03427> with the king < 04428> at
meat <0398>: but let me go <07971>, that I may hide <05641>
myself in the field <07704> unto the third <07992> [day] at even
<06153>.



6 If <0518> thy father <01> at all miss <06485> me, then say
<0559>, David <01732> earnestly asked <07592> [leave] of me that
he might run <07323> to Bethlehem <01035> his city <05892>: for
[there is] a yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077> there <08033> for
all <03605> the family <04940>.



7 If <0518> he say <0559> thus <03541>, [It is] well <02896>;
thy servant <05650> shall have peace <07965>: but if <0518> he
be very wroth <02734>, [then] be sure <03045> that evil <07451>
is determined <03615> by him.



8 Therefore thou shalt deal <06213> kindly <02617> with thy
servant <05650>; for thou hast brought <0935> thy servant
<05650> into a covenant <01285> of the LORD < 03068> with thee:
notwithstanding, if <0518> there be in me iniquity < 05771>, slay
<04191> me thyself <0859>; for why <04100> shouldest thou bring
<0935> me to thy father <01>?



9. And Jonathan <03083> said <0559>, Far < 02486> be it from
thee: for if <0518> I knew <03045> certainly that evil <07451>
were determined <03615> by my father <01> to come < 0935> upon
thee, then would not I tell <05046> it thee?



10 Then said <0559> David <01732> to Jonathan < 03083>, Who
<04310> shall tell <05046> me? or <0176> what <04100> [if
<0176>] thy father <01> answer <06030> thee roughly <07186>?



11 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> unto David < 01732>, Come
<03212>, and let us go <03318> out into the field < 07704>. And
they went <03318> out both <08174> of them into the field
<07704>.



12 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> unto David < 01732>, O LORD
<03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, when < 03588> I have
sounded <02713> my father <01> about to morrow < 04279> any time
<06256>, [or] the third <07992> [day], and, behold <02009>, [if
there be] good <02896> toward <0413> David < 01732>, and I then
<0227> send <07971> not unto thee, and shew < 01540> it thee;



13 The LORD <03068> do <06213> so <03541> and much <03254> more
<03254> to Jonathan <03083>: but if <03588> it please <03190> my
father <01> [to do] thee evil <07451>, then I will shew <01540>
it thee, and send <07971> thee away, that thou mayest go <01980>
in peace <07965>: and the LORD <03068> be with thee, as he hath
been <01961> with my father <01>.



14 And thou shalt not only while <0518> yet <05750> I live
<02416> shew <06213> me the kindness <02617> of the LORD <03068>,
that I die <04191> not:



15 But [also] thou shalt not cut <03772> off thy kindness
<02617> from my house <01004> for ever <05769>: no, not when the
LORD <03068> hath cut <03772> off the enemies < 0341> of David
<01732> every <0376> one <0376> from the face <06440> of the
earth <0127>.



16 So Jonathan <03083> made <03772> [a covenant] with the house
<01004> of David <01732>, [saying], Let the LORD < 03068> even
require <01245> [it] at the hand <03027> of David's <01732>
enemies <0341>.



17 And Jonathan <03083> caused David <01732> to swear <07650>
again <03254>, because he loved <0160> him: for he loved <0157>
him as he loved <0160> his own soul <05315>.



18 Then Jonathan <03083> said <0559> to David < 01732>, To
morrow <04279> [is] the new <02320> moon <02320> : and thou shalt
be missed <06485>, because <03588> thy seat < 04186> will be
empty <06485>.



19 And [when] thou hast stayed three <08027> days, [then] thou
shalt go <03381> down <03381> quickly <03966>, and come <0935>
to the place <04725> where thou didst hide <05641> thyself when
the business <04639> was [in hand], and shalt remain < 03427> by
the stone <068> Ezel <0237>.



20 And I will shoot <03384> three <07969> arrows < 02671> on the
side <06654> [thereof], as though I shot <07971> at a mark
<04307>.



21 And, behold <02009>, I will send <07971> a lad <05288>,
[saying], Go <03212>, find <04672> out the arrows < 02671>. If
<0518> I expressly <0559> say <0559> unto the lad <05288>,
Behold <02009>, the arrows <02671> [are] on this < 02007> side of
thee, take <03947> them; then come <0935> thou: for [there is]
peace <07965> to thee, and no <0369> hurt < 01697>; [as] the LORD
<03068> liveth <02416>.



22 But if <0518> I say <0559> thus <03541> unto the young
<05958> man <05958>, Behold <02009>, the arrows <02671> [are]
beyond <04973> thee; go <03212> thy way <03212>: for the LORD
<03068> hath sent <07971> thee away.



23 And [as touching] the matter <01697> which <0834> thou and I
have spoken <01696> of, behold <02009>, the LORD < 03068> [be]
between <0996> thee and me for ever <05769>.



24. So David <01732> hid <05641> himself in the field <07704>:
and when the new <02320> moon <02320> was come < 01961>, the king
<04428> sat <03427> him down to eat <0398> meat <03899>.



25 And the king <04428> sat <03427> upon his seat <04186>, as
at other times <06471>, [even] upon a seat <04186> by the wall
<07023>: and Jonathan <03083> arose <06965>, and Abner <074> sat
<03427> by Saul's <07586> side <06654>, and David's <01732>
place <04725> was empty <06485>.



26 Nevertheless Saul <07586> spake <01696> not any <03972>
thing that day <03117>: for he thought <0559>, Something <04745>
hath befallen <04745> him, he [is] not clean <02889>; surely
<03588> he [is] not clean <02889>.



27 And it came <01961> to pass on the morrow <04283>, [which
was] the second <08145> [day] of the month <02320>, that David's
<01732> place <04725> was empty <06485>: and Saul <07586> said
<0559> unto Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>, Wherefore <04069>
cometh <0935> not the son <01121> of Jesse < 03448> to meat
<03899>, neither <01571> yesterday <08543>, nor <01571> to day
<03117>?



28 And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> Saul < 07586>, David
<01732> earnestly asked <07592> [leave] of me [to go] to
Bethlehem <01035>:



29 And he said <0559>, Let me go <07971>, I pray < 04994> thee;
for our family <04940> hath a sacrifice <02077> in the city
<05892>; and my brother <0251>, he hath commanded < 06680> me [to
be there]: and now <06258>, if <0518> I have found <04672>
favour <02580> in thine eyes <05869>, let me get < 04422> away
<04422>, I pray <04994> thee, and see <07200> my brethren <0251>.
Therefore he cometh <0935> not unto the king's < 04428> table
<07979>.



30 Then Saul's <07586> anger <0639> was kindled < 02734> against
Jonathan <03083>, and he said <0559> unto him, Thou son <01121>
of the perverse <05753> rebellious <04780> [woman], do not I
know <03045> that thou hast chosen <0977> the son < 01121> of
Jesse <03448> to thine own confusion <01322>, and unto the
confusion <01322> of thy mother's <0517> nakedness <06172>?



31 For as long <03117> as the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>
liveth <02425> upon the ground <0127>, thou shalt not be
established <03559>, nor thy kingdom <04438>. Wherefore now
<06258> send <07971> and fetch <03947> him unto me, for he shall
surely die <04191>.



32 And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> Saul < 07586> his
father <01>, and said <0559> unto him, Wherefore < 04100> shall
he be slain <04191>? what <04100> hath he done < 06213>?



33 And Saul <07586> cast <02904> a javelin < 02595> at <05921>
him to smite <05221> him: whereby Jonathan <03083> knew <03045>
that it was determined <03615> of his father <01> to slay
<04191> David <01732>.



34 So Jonathan <03083> arose <06965> from the table <07979> in
fierce <02750> anger <0639>, and did eat <0398> no <03808> meat
<03899> the second <08145> day <03117> of the month <02320>: for
he was grieved <06087> for David <01732>, because < 03588> his
father <01> had done him shame <03637>.



35. And it came <01961> to pass in the morning < 01242>, that
Jonathan <03083> went <03318> out into the field < 07704> at the
time appointed <04150> with David <01732>, and a little <06996>
lad <05288> with him.



36 And he said <0559> unto his lad <05288>, Run < 07323>, find
<04672> out now <04994> the arrows <02671> which <0834> I shoot
<03384>. [And] as the lad <05288> ran <07323>, he shot <03384>
an arrow <02678> beyond <05674> him.



37 And when the lad <05288> was come <0935> to the place
<04725> of the arrow <02678> which <0834> Jonathan <03083> had
shot <03384>, Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> after <0311> the
lad <05288>, and said <0559>, [Is] not the arrow < 02678> beyond
<01973> thee?



38 And Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> after < 0311> the lad
<05288>, Make speed <04120>, haste <02363>, stay <05975> not.
And Jonathan's <03129> lad <05288> gathered < 03950> up the
arrows <02678>, and came <0935> to his master < 0113>.



39 But the lad <05288> knew <03045> not any < 03972> thing: only
<0389> Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> knew <03045> the
matter <01697>.



40 And Jonathan <03083> gave <05414> his artillery <03627> unto
his lad <05288>, and said <0559> unto him, Go < 03212>, carry
<0935> [them] to the city <05892>.



41 [And] as soon as the lad <05288> was gone <0935>, David
<01732> arose <06965> out of [a place] toward < 0681> the south
<05045>, and fell <05307> on his face <0639> to the ground
<0776>, and bowed <07812> himself three <07969> times <06471>:
and they kissed <05401> one <0376> another < 07453>, and wept
<01058> one <0376> with another <07453>, until <05704> David
<01732> exceeded <01431>.



42 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> to David < 01732>, Go
<03212> in peace <07965>, forasmuch as we have sworn <07650>
both <08174> of us in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>,
saying <0559>, The LORD <03068> be between < 0996> me and thee,
and between <0996> my seed <02233> and thy seed < 02233> for ever
<05769>. And he arose <06965> and departed < 03212>: and Jonathan
<03083> went <0935> into the city <05892>.



1Samuel 21



1. Then came <0935> David <01732> to Nob < 05011> to Ahimelech
<0288> the priest <03548>: and Ahimelech <0288> was afraid
<02729> at the meeting <07125> of David <01732>, and said <0559>
unto him, Why <04069> [art] thou alone <0905>, and no <0369> man
<0376> with thee?



2 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Ahimelech < 0288> the
priest <03548>, The king <04428> hath commanded < 06680> me a
business <01697>, and hath said <0559> unto me, Let no <0408>
man <0376> know <03045> any <03972> thing < 01697> of the
business <01697> whereabout <0834> I send < 07971> thee, and what
<0834> I have commanded <06680> thee: and I have appointed
<03045> [my] servants <05288> to such <06423> and such <0492> a
place <04725>.



3 Now therefore what <04100> is under <08478> thine hand
<03027>? give <05414> [me] five <02568> [loaves of] bread
<03899> in mine hand <03027>, or <0176> what there is present
<04672>.



4 And the priest <03548> answered <06030> David < 01732>, and
said <0559>, [There is] no <0369> common <02455> bread <03899>
under <08478> mine hand <03027>, but there is hallowed <06944>
bread <03899>; if <0518> the young <05288> men have kept <08104>
themselves at <0389> least <0389> from women < 0802>.



5 And David <01732> answered <06030> the priest < 03548>, and
said <0559> unto him, Of a truth women <0802> [have been] kept
<06113> from us about these three <08032> days < 08543>, since I
came <03318> out, and the vessels <03627> of the young <05288>
men are holy <06944>, and [the bread is] in a manner < 01870>
common <02455>, yea <0637>, though <03588> it were sanctified
<06942> this day <03117> in the vessel <03627>.



6 So the priest <03548> gave <05414> him hallowed <06944>
[bread]: for there was no <03808> bread <03899> there <08033>
but the shewbread, that was taken <05493> from before < 06440>
the LORD <03068>, to put <07760> hot <02527> bread <03899> in
the day <03117> when it was taken <03947> away.



7 Now a certain man <0376> of the servants <05650> of Saul
<07586> [was] there that day <03117>, detained < 06113> before
<06440> the LORD <03068>; and his name <08034> [was] Doeg
<01673>, an Edomite <0130>, the chiefest <047> of the herdmen
<07462> that [belonged] to Saul <07586>.



8 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Ahimelech < 0288>, And is
there not here <06311> under <08478> thine hand < 03027> spear
<02595> or <0176> sword <02719>? for I have neither brought
<03947> my sword <02719> nor <01571> my weapons <03627> with me,
because <03588> the king's <04428> business < 01697> required
<01961> haste <05169>.



9 And the priest <03548> said <0559>, The sword < 02719> of
Goliath <01555> the Philistine <06430>, whom < 0834> thou slewest
<05221> in the valley <06010> of Elah <0425>, behold <02009>, it
[is here] wrapped <03874> in a cloth <08071> behind <0310> the
ephod <0646>: if <0518> thou wilt take <03947> that, take
<03947> [it]: for [there is] no <0369> other < 0312> save <02108>
that here <02088>. And David <01732> said <0559> , [There is]
none <0369> like that; give <05414> it me.



10. And David <01732> arose <06965>, and fled < 01272> that day
<03117> for fear <06440> of Saul <07586>, and went <0935> to
Achish <0397> the king <04428> of Gath <01661>.



11 And the servants <05650> of Achish <0397> said <0559> unto
him, [Is] not this <02088> David <01732> the king < 04428> of the
land <0776>? did they not sing <06030> one to another of him in
dances <04246>, saying <0559>, Saul <07586> hath slain <05221>
his thousands <0505>, and David <01732> his ten < 07233>
thousands <07233>?



12 And David <01732> laid <07760> up these < 0428> words <01697>
in his heart <03824>, and was sore <03966> afraid < 03372> of
Achish <0397> the king <04428> of Gath <01661>.



13 And he changed <08138> his behaviour <02940> before <05869>
them, and feigned himself mad <01984> in their hands < 03027>,
and scrabbled <08427> on <05921> the doors < 01817> of the gate
<08179>, and let his spittle <07388> fall < 03381> down <03381>
upon his beard <02206>.



14 Then said <0559> Achish <0397> unto his servants <05650>, Lo
<02009>, ye see <07200> the man <0376> is mad <07696>: wherefore
<04100> [then] have ye brought <0935> him to me?



15 Have I need <02638> of mad <07696> men, that ye have brought
<0935> this <02088> [fellow] to play the mad < 07696> man in my
presence <05921>? shall this <02088> [fellow] come <0935> into
<0413> my house <01004>?



1Samuel 22



1. David <01732> therefore departed <03212> thence <08033>, and
escaped <04422> to the cave <04631> Adullam < 05725>: and when
his brethren <0251> and all <03605> his father's < 01> house
<01004> heard <08085> [it], they went <03381> down <03381>
thither <08033> to him.



2 And every <03608> one <0376> [that was] in distress <04689>,
and every <03608> one <0376> that [was] in debt < 05378>, and
every <03608> one <0376> [that was] discontented, gathered
<06908> themselves unto him; and he became <01961> a captain
<08269> over <05921> them: and there were with him about four
<0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>.



3 And David <01732> went <03212> thence <08033> to Mizpeh
<04708> of Moab <04124>: and he said <0559> unto the king
<04428> of Moab <04124>, Let my father <01> and my mother <0517>,
I pray <04994> thee, come <03318> forth <03318> , [and be] with
you, till <05704> I know <03045> what <04100> God <0430> will do
<06213> for me.



4 And he brought <05148> them before the king <04428> of Moab
<04124>: and they dwelt <03427> with him all < 03605> the while
<03117> that David <01732> was in the hold < 04686>.



5 And the prophet <05030> Gad <01410> said < 0559> unto David
<01732>, Abide <03427> not in the hold <04686>; depart <03212>,
and get <0935> thee into the land <0776> of Judah < 03063>. Then
David <01732> departed <03212>, and came <0935> into the forest
<03293> of Hareth <02802>.



6. When Saul <07586> heard <08085> that David < 01732> was
discovered <03045>, and the men <0582> that [were] with him,
(now Saul <07586> abode <03427> in Gibeah < 01390> under <08478>
a tree <0815> in Ramah <07414>, having his spear < 02595> in his
hand <03027>, and all <03605> his servants < 05650> [were]
standing <05324> about <05921> him;)



7 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> unto his servants <05650> that
stood <05324> about <05921> him, Hear <08085> now <04994>, ye
Benjamites <01145>; will the son <01121> of Jesse < 03448> give
<05414> every <03608> one of you fields <07704> and vineyards
<03754>, [and] make <07760> you all <03605> captains <08269> of
thousands <0505>, and captains <08269> of hundreds <03967>;



8 That all <03605> of you have conspired <07194> against
<05921> me, and [there is] none that sheweth me that my son
<01121> hath made <03772> a league <03772> with the son <01121>
of Jesse <03448>, and [there is] none <0369> of you that is
sorry <02470> for me, or sheweth unto me that my son < 01121>
hath stirred <06965> up my servant <05650> against <05921> me,
to lie <08266> in wait <0693>, as at this < 02088> day <03117>?



9 Then answered <06030> Doeg <01673> the Edomite < 0130>, which
<01931> was set <05324> over <05921> the servants <05650> of
Saul <07586>, and said <0559>, I saw <07200> the son <01121> of
Jesse <03448> coming <0935> to Nob <05011>, to Ahimelech <0288>
the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>.



10 And he enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068> for him, and
gave <05414> him victuals <06720>, and gave < 05414> him the
sword <02719> of Goliath <01555> the Philistine < 06430>.



11 Then the king <04428> sent <07971> to call < 07121> Ahimelech
<0288> the priest <03548>, the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>, and
all <03605> his father's <01> house <01004>, the priests <03548>
that [were] in Nob <05011>: and they came <0935> all <03605> of
them to the king <04428>.



12 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Hear <08085> now <04994>, thou
son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>. And he answered < 0559>, Here
<02005> I [am], my lord <0113>.



13 And Saul <07586> said <0559> unto him, Why < 04100> have ye
conspired <07194> against <05921> me, thou and the son <01121>
of Jesse <03448>, in that thou hast given <05414> him bread
<03899>, and a sword <02719>, and hast enquired < 07592> of God
<0430> for him, that he should rise <06965> against <0413> me,
to lie <08266> in wait <0693>, as at this < 02088> day <03117>?



14 Then Ahimelech <0288> answered <06030> the king <04428>, and
said <0559>, And who <04310> [is so] faithful < 0539> among all
<03605> thy servants <05650> as David <01732>, which is the
king's <04428> son <02860> in law <02859>, and goeth <05493> at
<0413> thy bidding <04928>, and is honourable < 03513> in thine
house <01004>?



15 Did I then <03117> begin <02490> to enquire < 07592> of God
<0430> for him? be it far <02486> from me: let not the king
<04428> impute <07760> [any <03605>] thing < 01697> unto his
servant <05650>, [nor] to all <03605> the house < 01004> of my
father <01>: for thy servant <05650> knew < 03045> nothing of all
<03605> this <02063>, less <06996> or < 0176> more <01490>.



16 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Thou shalt surely die
<04191>, Ahimelech <0288>, thou, and all <03605> thy father's
<01> house <01004>.



17 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto the footmen <07328>
that stood <05324> about <05921> him, Turn < 05437>, and slay
<04191> the priests <03548> of the LORD <03068>; because <03588>
their hand <03027> also <01571> [is] with David < 01732>, and
because <03588> they knew <03045> when <03588> he fled <01272>,
and did not shew <01540> it to me. But the servants < 05650> of
the king <04428> would <014> not put <07971> forth <07971> their
hand <03027> to fall <06293> upon the priests < 03548> of the
LORD <03068>.



18 And the king <04428> said <0559> to Doeg < 01673>, Turn
<05437> thou, and fall <06293> upon the priests < 03548>. And
Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130> turned <05437>, and he fell
<06298> upon the priests <03548>, and slew < 04191> on that day
<03117> fourscore <08084> and five <02568> persons <0376> that
did wear <05375> a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.



19 And Nob <05011>, the city <05892> of the priests <03548>,
smote <05221> he with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>,
both men <0376> and women <0802>, children < 05768> and sucklings
<03243>, and oxen <07794>, and asses <02543>, and sheep <07716>,
with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>.



20. And one <0259> of the sons <01121> of Ahimelech <0288> the
son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>, named <08034> Abiathar <054>,
escaped <04422>, and fled <01272> after <0310> David <01732>.



21 And Abiathar <054> shewed <05046> David < 01732> that Saul
<07586> had slain <02026> the LORD'S <03068> priests <03548>.



22 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Abiathar < 054>, I knew
<03045> [it] that day <03117>, when <03588> Doeg <01673> the
Edomite [was] there <08033>, that he would surely tell < 05046>
Saul <07586>: I have occasioned <05437> [the death] of all
<03605> the persons <05315> of thy father's <01> house <01004>.



23 Abide <03427> thou with me, fear <03372> not: for he that
seeketh <01245> my life <05315> seeketh <01245> thy life <05315>:
but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard <04931>.



1Samuel 23



1. Then they told <05046> David <01732>, saying < 0559>, Behold
<02009>, the Philistines <06430> fight <03898> against Keilah
<07084>, and they rob <08154> the threshingfloors < 01637>.



2 Therefore David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068>,
saying <0559>, Shall I go <03212> and smite < 05221> these <0428>
Philistines <06430>? And the LORD <03068> said < 0559> unto David
<01732>, Go <03212>, and smite <05221> the Philistines <06430>,
and save <03467> Keilah <07084>.



3 And David's <01732> men <0582> said <0559> unto him, Behold
<02009>, we be afraid <03373> here <06311> in Judah <03063>: how
<0637> much <0637> more then <03117> if < 03588> we come <03212>
to Keilah <07084> against <0413> the armies < 04634> of the
Philistines <06430>?



4 Then David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068> yet
<05750> again <03254>. And the LORD <03068> answered <06030> him
and said <0559>, Arise <06965>, go <03381> down <03381> to
Keilah <07084>; for I will deliver <05414> the Philistines
<06430> into thine hand <03027>.



5 So David <01732> and his men <0582> went < 03212> to Keilah
<07084>, and fought <03898> with the Philistines < 06430>, and
brought <05090> away their cattle <04735>, and smote <05221>
them with a great <01419> slaughter <04347>. So David <01732>
saved <03467> the inhabitants <03427> of Keilah < 07084>.



6 And it came <01961> to pass, when Abiathar <054> the son
<01121> of Ahimelech <0288> fled <01272> to David <01732> to
Keilah <07084>, [that] he came <03318> down < 03381> [with] an
ephod <0646> in his hand <03027>.



7. And it was told <05046> Saul <07586> that David <01732> was
come <0935> to Keilah <07084>. And Saul <07586> said <0559>, God
<0430> hath delivered <05234> him into mine hand < 03027>; for he
is shut <05462> in, by entering <0935> into a town <05892> that
hath gates <01817> and bars <01280>.



8 And Saul <07586> called <08085> all <03605> the people
<05971> together <03162> to war <04421>, to go <03381> down
<03381> to Keilah <07084>, to besiege <06696> David <01732> and
his men <0582>.



9 And David <01732> knew <03045> that Saul < 07586> secretly
<02790> practised <02790> mischief <07451> against <05921> him;
and he said <0559> to Abiathar <054> the priest < 03548>, Bring
<05066> hither <05066> the ephod <0646>.



10 Then said <0559> David <01732>, O LORD < 03068> God <0430> of
Israel <03478>, thy servant <05650> hath certainly heard <08085>
that Saul <07586> seeketh <01245> to come <0935> to Keilah
<07084>, to destroy <07843> the city <05892> for my sake <05668>.



11 Will the men <01167> of Keilah <07084> deliver <05462> me up
into his hand <03027>? will Saul <07586> come < 03381> down
<03381>, as thy servant <05650> hath heard < 08085>? O LORD
<03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, I beseech <04994> thee,
tell <05046> thy servant <05650>. And the LORD < 03068> said
<0559>, He will come <03381> down <03381>.



12 Then said <0559> David <01732>, Will the men < 01167> of
Keilah <07084> deliver <05462> me and my men < 0582> into the
hand <03027> of Saul <07586>? And the LORD < 03068> said <0559>,
They will deliver <05462> [thee] up.



13 Then David <01732> and his men <0582>, [which were] about
six <08337> hundred <03967>, arose <06965> and departed <03318>
out of Keilah <07084>, and went <01980> whithersoever <0834>
they could go <01980>. And it was told <05046> Saul <07586> that
David <01732> was escaped <04422> from Keilah < 07084>; and he
forbare <02308> to go <03318> forth <03318>.



14. And David <01732> abode <03427> in the wilderness <04057>
in strong <04679> holds <04679>, and remained < 03427> in a
mountain <02022> in the wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128>. And
Saul <07586> sought <01245> him every <03608> day <03117>, but
God <0430> delivered <05414> him not into his hand <03027>.



15 And David <01732> saw <07200> that Saul < 07586> was come
<03318> out to seek <01245> his life <05315>: and David <01732>
[was] in the wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128> in a wood
<02793>.



16 And Jonathan <03083> Saul's <07586> son < 01121> arose
<06965>, and went <03212> to David <01732> into the wood <02793>,
and strengthened <02388> his hand <03027> in God < 0430>.



17 And he said <0559> unto him, Fear <03372> not: for the hand
<03027> of Saul <07586> my father <01> shall not find <04672>
thee; and thou shalt be king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>,
and I shall be next <04932> unto thee; and that also < 01571>
Saul <07586> my father <01> knoweth <03045>.



18 And they two <08147> made <03772> a covenant < 01285> before
<06440> the LORD <03068>: and David <01732> abode <03427> in the
wood <02793>, and Jonathan <03083> went <01980> to his house
<01004>.



19. Then came <05927> up the Ziphites <02130> to Saul <07586>
to Gibeah <01390>, saying <0559>, Doth not David < 01732> hide
<05641> himself with us in strong <04679> holds < 04679> in the
wood <02793>, in the hill <01389> of Hachilah < 02444>, which
<0834> [is] on the south <03225> of Jeshimon < 03452>?



20 Now <06258> therefore, O king <04428>, come < 03381> down
<03381> according to all <03605> the desire < 0183> of thy soul
<05315> to come <03381> down <03381>; and our part [shall be] to
deliver <05462> him into the king's <04428> hand < 03027>.



21 And Saul <07586> said <0559>, Blessed < 01288> [be] ye of the
LORD <03068>; for ye have compassion <02550> on me.



22 Go <03212>, I pray <04994> you, prepare < 03559> yet, and
know <03045> and see <07200> his place <04725> where <0834> his
haunt <07272> is, [and] who <04310> hath seen < 07200> him there
<08033>: for it is told <0559> me [that] he dealeth very
subtilly <06191>.



23 See <07200> therefore, and take knowledge <03045> of all
<03605> the lurking <04224> places where he hideth <02244>
himself, and come <07725> ye again <07725> to me with the
certainty <03559>, and I will go <01980> with you: and it shall
come <01961> to pass, if <0518> he be in the land < 0776>, that I
will search <02664> him out throughout all <03605> the thousands
<0505> of Judah <03063>.



24 And they arose <06965>, and went <03212> to Ziph <02128>
before <06440> Saul <07586>: but David <01732> and his men
<0582> [were] in the wilderness <04057> of Maon < 04584>, in the
plain <06160> on <0413> the south <03225> of Jeshimon <03452>.



25 Saul <07586> also and his men <0582> went < 03212> to seek
<01245> [him]. And they told <05046> David < 01732>: wherefore he
came <03381> down <03381> into a rock <05553>, and abode <03427>
in the wilderness <04057> of Maon <04584>. And when Saul <07586>
heard <08085> [that], he pursued <07291> after < 0310> David
<01732> in the wilderness <04057> of Maon < 04584>.



26 And Saul <07586> went <03212> on this < 02088> side <06654>
of the mountain <02022>, and David <01732> and his men <0582> on
that side <06654> of the mountain <02022>: and David <01732>
made haste <02648> to get <03212> away <03212> for fear <06440>
of Saul <07586>; for Saul <07586> and his men < 0582> compassed
<05849> David <01732> and his men <0582> round about to take
<08610> them.



27 But there came <0935> a messenger <04397> unto Saul <07586>,
saying <0559>, Haste <04116> thee, and come < 03212>; for the
Philistines <06430> have invaded <06584> the land < 0776>.



28 Wherefore Saul <07586> returned <07725> from pursuing
<07291> after <0310> David <01732>, and went <03212> against
<07125> the Philistines <06430>: therefore they called <07121>
that place <04725> Selahammahlekoth <05555>.



29 And David <01732> went <05927> up from thence < 08033>, and
dwelt <03427> in strong <04679> holds <04679> at Engedi <05872>.



1Samuel 24



1. And it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> Saul < 07586> was
returned <07725> from following <0310> the Philistines <06430>,
that it was told <05046> him, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>,
David <01732> [is] in the wilderness <04057> of Engedi <05872>.



2 Then Saul <07586> took <03947> three <07969> thousand <0505>
chosen <0970> men <0376> out of all <03605> Israel <03478>, and
went <03212> to seek <01245> David <01732> and his men <0582>
upon the rocks <06697> of the wild <03277> goats < 03277>.



3 And he came <0935> to the sheepcotes <06629> by the way
<01870>, where <08033> [was] a cave <04631>; and Saul <07586>
went <0935> in to cover <05526> his feet <07272> : and David
<01732> and his men <0582> remained <03427> in the sides <03411>
of the cave <04631>.



4 And the men <0582> of David <01732> said < 0559> unto him,
Behold <02009> the day <03117> of which <0834> the LORD <03068>
said <0559> unto thee, Behold <02009>, I will deliver <05414>
thine enemy <0341> into thine hand <03027>, that thou mayest do
<06213> to him as it shall seem good <03190> unto thee. Then
David <01732> arose <06965>, and cut <03772> off the skirt
<03671> of Saul's <07586> robe <04598> privily <03909>.



5 And it came <01961> to pass afterward, that David's < 01732>
heart <03820> smote <05221> him, because he had cut <03772> off
Saul's <07586> skirt <03671>.



6 And he said <0559> unto his men <0582>, The LORD <03068>
forbid <02486> that I should do <06213> this < 02088> thing
<01697> unto my master <0113>, the LORD'S < 03068> anointed
<04899>, to stretch <07971> forth mine hand < 03027> against him,
seeing he [is] the anointed <04899> of the LORD < 03068>.



7 So David <01732> stayed <08156> his servants < 0582> with
these words <01697>, and suffered <05414> them not to rise
<06965> against <0413> Saul <07586>. But Saul <07586> rose
<06965> up out of the cave <04631>, and went < 03212> on [his]
way <01870>.



8 David <01732> also arose <06965> afterward, and went <03318>
out of the cave <04631>, and cried <07121> after < 0310> Saul
<07586>, saying <0559>, My lord <0113> the king <04428>. And
when Saul <07586> looked <05027> behind <0310> him, David
<01732> stooped <06915> with his face <0639> to the earth <0776>,
and bowed <07812> himself.



9. And David <01732> said <0559> to Saul < 07586>, Wherefore
<04100> hearest <08085> thou men's <0120> words <01697>, saying
<0559>, Behold <02009>, David <01732> seeketh <01245> thy hurt
<07451>?



10 Behold <02009>, this day <03117> thine eyes < 05869> have
seen <07200> how <0834> that the LORD <03068> had delivered
<05414> thee to day <03117> into mine hand < 03027> in the cave
<04631>: and [some] bade <0559> [me] kill < 02026> thee: but
[mine eye] spared <02347> thee; and I said <0559>, I will not
put <07971> forth <07971> mine hand <03027> against my lord
<0113>; for he [is] the LORD'S <03068> anointed < 04899>.



11 Moreover, my father <01>, see <07200>, yea < 0637>, see
<07200> the skirt <03671> of thy robe <04598> in my hand <03027>:
for in that I cut <03772> off the skirt <03671> of thy robe
<04598>, and killed <02026> thee not, know < 03045> thou and see
<07200> that [there is] neither <0369> evil < 07451> nor
transgression <06588> in mine hand <03027>, and I have not
sinned <02398> against thee; yet thou huntest <06658> my soul
<05315> to take <03947> it.



12 The LORD <03068> judge <08199> between < 0996> me and thee,
and the LORD <03068> avenge <05358> me of thee: but mine hand
<03027> shall not be upon thee.



13 As saith <0559> the proverb <04912> of the ancients <06931>,
Wickedness <07562> proceedeth <03318> from the wicked <07563>:
but mine hand <03027> shall not be upon thee.



14 After <0310> whom <04310> is the king < 04428> of Israel
<03478> come <03318> out? after <0310> whom < 04310> dost thou
pursue <07291>? after <0310> a dead <04191> dog <03611>, after
<0310> a flea <06550>.



15 The LORD <03068> therefore be judge <01784>, and judge
<08199> between <0996> me and thee, and see < 07200>, and plead
<07378> my cause <07379>, and deliver <08199> me out of thine
hand <03027>.



16. And it came <01961> to pass, when David <01732> had made an
end <03615> of speaking <01696> these <0428> words <01697> unto
Saul <07586>, that Saul <07586> said <0559>, [Is] this <02088>
thy voice <06963>, my son <01121> David <01732> ? And Saul
<07586> lifted <05375> up his voice <06963>, and wept <01058>.



17 And he said <0559> to David <01732>, Thou [art] more
righteous <06662> than I: for thou hast rewarded < 01580> me good
<02896>, whereas I have rewarded <01580> thee evil <07451>.



18 And thou hast shewed <05046> this day <03117> how that thou
hast dealt <06213> well <02896> with me: forasmuch as when the
LORD <03068> had delivered <05462> me into thine hand <03027>,
thou killedst <02026> me not.



19 For if <03588> a man <0376> find <04672> his enemy <0341>,
will he let him go <07971> well <02896> away < 01870>? wherefore
the LORD <03068> reward <07999> thee good < 02896> for that thou
hast done <06213> unto me this <02088> day < 03117>.



20 And now <06258>, behold <02009>, I know < 03045> well that
thou shalt surely be king <04428>, and that the kingdom < 04467>
of Israel <03478> shall be established <06965> in thine hand
<03027>.



21 Swear <07650> now <06258> therefore unto me by the LORD
<03068>, that thou wilt not cut <03772> off my seed <02233>
after <0310> me, and that thou wilt not destroy < 08045> my name
<08034> out of my father's <01> house <01004>.



22 And David <01732> sware <07650> unto Saul < 07586>. And Saul
<07586> went <03212> home <01004>; but David <01732> and his men
<0582> gat <05927> them up unto the hold <04686> .



1Samuel 25



1. And Samuel <08050> died <04191>; and all < 03605> the
Israelites <03478> were gathered <06908> together, and lamented
<05594> him, and buried <06912> him in his house < 01004> at
Ramah <07414>. And David <01732> arose <06965>, and went <03381>
down <03381> to the wilderness <04057> of Paran < 06290>.



2. And [there was] a man <0376> in Maon <04584>, whose
possessions <04639> [were] in Carmel <03760>; and the man <0376>
[was] very <03966> great <01419>, and he had three <07969>
thousand <0505> sheep <06629>, and a thousand < 0505> goats
<05795>: and he was shearing <01494> his sheep < 06629> in Carmel
<03760>.



3 Now the name <08034> of the man <0376> [was] Nabal <05037>;
and the name <08034> of his wife <0802> Abigail < 026>: and [she
was] a woman <0802> of good <02896> understanding < 07922>, and
of a beautiful <03303> countenance <08389>: but the man <0376>
[was] churlish <07186> and evil <07451> in his doings <04611>;
and he [was] of the house <01004> of Caleb <03612>.



4 And David <01732> heard <08085> in the wilderness <04057>
that Nabal <05037> did shear <01494> his sheep < 06629>.



5 And David <01732> sent <07971> out ten < 06235> young <05288>
men, and David <01732> said <0559> unto the young < 05288> men,
Get <05927> you up to Carmel <03760>, and go < 0935> to Nabal
<05037>, and greet him in my name <08034>:



6 And thus <03541> shall ye say <0559> to him that liveth
<02416> [in prosperity], Peace <07965> [be] both to thee, and
peace <07965> [be] to thine house <01004>, and peace <07965>
[be] unto all <03605> that thou hast.



7 And now <06258> I have heard <08085> that thou hast shearers
<01494>: now thy shepherds <07462> which <0834> were with us, we
hurt <03637> them not, neither <03808> was there ought <03972>
missing <06485> unto them, all <03605> the while < 03117> they
were in Carmel <03760>.



8 Ask <07592> thy young <05288> men, and they will shew <05046>
thee. Wherefore let the young <05288> men find <04672> favour
<02580> in thine eyes <05869>: for we come < 0935> in a good
<02896> day <03117>: give <05414>, I pray < 04994> thee,
whatsoever cometh <04672> to thine hand <03027> unto thy
servants <05650>, and to thy son <01121> David < 01732>.



9 And when David's <01732> young <05288> men came <0935>, they
spake <01696> to Nabal <05037> according to all < 03605> those
<0428> nwords <01697> in the name <08034> of David <01732>, and
ceased <05117>.



10 And Nabal <05037> answered <06030> David's < 01732> servants
<05650>, and said <0559>, Who <04310> [is] David <01732>? and
who <04310> [is] the son <01121> of Jesse < 03448>? there be many
<07231> servants <05650> now a days <03117> that break <06555>
away every man <0376> from his master <0113>.



11 Shall I then take <03947> my bread <03899>, and my water
<04325>, and my flesh <02878> that I have killed < 02873> for my
shearers <01494>, and give <05414> [it] unto men < 0582>, whom
<0834> I know <03045> not whence they [be]?



12. So David's <01732> young <05288> men turned < 02015> their
way <01870>, and went <07725> again <07725>, and came <0935> and
told <05046> him all <03605> those <0428> sayings <01697>.



13 And David <01732> said <0559> unto his men < 0582>, Gird
<02296> ye on every man <0376> his sword <02719> . And they
girded <02296> on every man <0376> his sword < 02719>; and David
<01732> also <01571> girded <02296> on his sword <02719>: and
there went <05927> up after <0310> David <01732> about four
<0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>; and two hundred <03967> abode
<03427> by the stuff <03627>.



14 But one <0259> of the young <05288> men told < 05046> Abigail
<026>, Nabal's <05037> wife <0802>, saying < 0559>, Behold
<02009>, David <01732> sent <07971> messengers <04397> out of
the wilderness <04057> to salute <01288> our master <0113>; and
he railed <05860> on them.



15 But the men <0582> [were] very <03966> good < 02896> unto us,
and we were not hurt <03637>, neither <03808> missed <06485> we
any <03972> thing, as long <03117> as we were conversant <01980>
with them, when we were in the fields <07704>:



16 They were a wall <02346> unto us both <01571> by night
<03915> and day <03119>, all <03605> the while <03117> we were
with them keeping <07462> the sheep <06629>.



17 Now <06258> therefore know <03045> and consider <07200> what
<04100> thou wilt do <06213>; for evil <07451> is determined
<03615> against <0413> our master <0113>, and against <05921>
all <03605> his household <01004>: for he [is such] a son
<01121> of Belial <01100>, that [a man] cannot speak <01696> to
him.



18. Then Abigail <026> made haste <04116>, and took <03947> two
hundred <03967> loaves <03899>, and two <08147> bottles <05035>
of wine <03196>, and five <02568> sheep <06629> ready dressed
<06213>, and five <02568> measures <05429> of parched <07039>
[corn], and an hundred <03967> clusters <06778> of raisins
<06778>, and two hundred <03967> cakes <01690> of figs, and laid
<07760> [them] on <05921> asses <02543>.



19 And she said <0559> unto her servants <05288>, Go <05674> on
before <06440> me; behold <02005>, I come <0935> after <0310>
you. But she told <05046> not her husband <0376> Nabal <05037>.



20 And it was [so, as] she rode <07392> on <05921> the ass
<02543>, that she came <03381> down <03381> by the covert
<05643> of the hill <02022>, and, behold <02009> , David <01732>
and his men <0582> came <03381> down <03381> against <07125> her;
and she met <06298> them.



21 Now David <01732> had <01961> said <0559>, Surely <0389> in
vain <08267> have I kept <08104> all <03605> that this <02088>
[fellow] hath in the wilderness <04057>, so that nothing was
missed <06485> of all <03605> that [pertained] unto him: and he
hath requited <07725> me evil <07451> for good < 02896>.



22 So <03541> and more <03254> also <03541> do <06213> God
<0430> unto the enemies <0341> of David <01732>, if <0518> I
leave <07604> of all <03605> that [pertain] to him by the
morning <01242> light <0216> any that pisseth < 08366> against
the wall <07023>.



23 And when Abigail <026> saw <07200> David < 01732>, she hasted
<04116>, and lighted <03381> off <05921> the ass <02543>, and
fell <05307> before <0639> David <01732> on < 05921> her face
<06440>, and bowed <07812> herself to the ground < 0776>,



24 And fell <05307> at <05921> his feet <07272> , and said
<0559>, Upon me, my lord <0113>, [upon] me [let this] iniquity
<05771> [be]: and let thine handmaid <0519>, I pray <04994> thee,
speak <01696> in thine audience <0241>, and hear < 08085> the
words <01697> of thine handmaid <0519>.



25 Let not my lord <0113>, I pray <04994> thee, regard <03820>
this <02088> man <0376> of Belial <01100>, [even] Nabal <05037>:
for as his name <08034> [is], so <03651> [is] he; Nabal <05037>
[is] his name <08034>, and folly <05039> [is] with him: but I
thine handmaid <0519> saw <07200> not the young < 05288> men of
my lord <0113>, whom <0834> thou didst send < 07971>.



26 Now <06258> therefore, my lord <0113>, [as] the LORD <03068>
liveth <02416>, and [as] thy soul <05315> liveth < 02416>, seeing
the LORD <03068> hath withholden <04513> thee from coming <0935>
to [shed] blood <01818>, and from avenging <03467> thyself with
thine own hand <03027>, now <06258> let thine enemies <0341>,
and they that seek <01245> evil <07451> to my lord <0113>, be as
Nabal <05037>.



27 And now <06258> this <02063> blessing < 01293> which <0834>
thine handmaid <08198> hath brought <0935> unto my lord <0113>,
let it even be given <05414> unto the young <05288> men that
follow my lord <0113>.



28 I pray <04994> thee, forgive <05375> the trespass <08588> of
thine handmaid <0519>: for the LORD <03068> will certainly make
<06213> my lord <0113> a sure <0539> house < 01004>; because
<03588> my lord <0113> fighteth <03898> the battles <04421> of
the LORD <03068>, and evil <07451> hath not been found <04672>
in thee [all] thy days <03117>.



29 Yet a man <0120> is risen <06965> to pursue < 07291> thee,
and to seek <01245> thy soul <05315>: but the soul <05315> of my
lord <0113> shall be bound <06887> in the bundle < 06872> of life
<02416> with the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>; and the souls
<05315> of thine enemies <0341>, them shall he sling <07049> out,
[as out] of the middle <08432> of a sling <07050>.



30 And it shall come <01961> to pass, when <03588> the LORD
<03068> shall have done <06213> to my lord < 0113> according to
all <03605> the good <02896> that he hath spoken < 01696>
concerning <05921> thee, and shall have appointed < 06680> thee
ruler <05057> over Israel <03478>;



31 That this <02063> shall be no <03808> grief < 06330> unto
thee, nor offence <04383> of heart <03820> unto my lord <0136>,
either that thou hast shed <08210> blood <01818> causeless
<02600>, or that my lord <0136> hath avenged < 03467> himself:
but when the LORD <03068> shall have dealt well < 03190> with my
lord <0113>, then remember <02142> thine handmaid < 0519>.



32. And David <01732> said <0559> to Abigail < 026>, Blessed
<01288> [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>,
which <0834> sent <07971> thee this <02088> day <03117> to meet
<07125> me:



33 And blessed <01288> [be] thy advice <02940>, and blessed
<01288> [be] thou, which <0834> hast kept < 03607> me this
<02088> day <03117> from coming <0935> to [shed] blood <01818>,
and from avenging <03467> myself with mine own hand < 03027>.



34 For in very <0199> deed <0199>, [as] the LORD < 03068> God
<0430> of Israel <03478> liveth <02416>, which <0834> hath kept
<04513> me back <04513> from hurting <07489> thee, except thou
hadst hasted <04116> and come <0935> to meet < 07125> me, surely
there had not been left <03498> unto Nabal <05037> by the
morning <01242> light <0216> any that pisseth < 08366> against
the wall <02346>.



35 So David <01732> received <03947> of her hand < 03027> [that]
which <0834> she had brought <0935> him, and said < 0559> unto
her, Go <05927> up in peace <07965> to thine house <01004>; see
<07200>, I have hearkened <08085> to thy voice < 06963>, and have
accepted <05375> thy person <06440>.



36. And Abigail <026> came <0935> to Nabal < 05037>; and, behold
<02009>, he held a feast <04960> in his house < 01004>, like the
feast <04960> of a king <04428>; and Nabal's < 05037> heart
<03820> [was] merry <02896> within <05921> him, for he [was]
very drunken <07910>: wherefore she told <05046> him nothing,
less <06996> or more <01490>, until <05704> the morning <01242>
light <0216>.



37 But it came <01916> to pass in the morning <01242> , when the
wine <03196> was gone <03318> out of Nabal < 05037>, and his wife
<0802> had told <05046> him these things <01697> , that his heart
<03820> died <04191> within <07130> him, and he became <01961>
[as] a stone <068>.



38 And it came <01916> to pass about ten <06235> days <03117>
[after], that the LORD <03068> smote <05062> Nabal <05037>, that
he died <04191>.



39 And when David <01732> heard <08085> that Nabal <05037> was
dead <04191>, he said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD
<03068>, that hath pleaded <07378> the cause < 07379> of my
reproach <02781> from the hand <03027> of Nabal < 05037>, and
hath kept <02820> his servant <05650> from evil < 07451>: for the
LORD <03068> hath returned <07725> the wickedness < 07451> of
Nabal <05037> upon his own head <07218>. And David <01732> sent
<07971> and communed <01696> with Abigail <026>, to take <03947>
her to him to wife <0802>.



40 And when the servants <05650> of David <01732> were come
<0935> to Abigail <026> to Carmel <03760>, they spake <01696>
unto her, saying <0559>, David <01732> sent < 07971> us unto thee,
to take <03947> thee to him to wife <0802>.



41 And she arose <06965>, and bowed <07812> herself on [her]
face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and said <0559> , Behold <02009>,
[let] thine handmaid <0519> [be] a servant <05650> to wash
<07364> the feet <07272> of the servants <05650> of my lord
<0113>.



42 And Abigail <026> hasted <04116>, and arose < 06965>, and
rode <07392> upon an ass <02543>, with five < 02568> damsels
<05291> of hers that went <01980> after <07272> her; and she
went <03212> after <0310> the messengers <04397> of David
<01732>, and became <01961> his wife <0802>.



43 David <01732> also took <03947> Ahinoam < 0293> of Jezreel
<03157>; and they were also both <08147> of them his wives
<0802>.



44 But Saul <07586> had given <05414> Michal < 04324> his
daughter <01323>, David's <01732> wife <0802>, to Phalti <06406>
the son <01121> of Laish <03919>, which <0834> [was] of Gallim
<01554>.



1Samuel 26



1. And the Ziphites <02130> came <0935> unto Saul <07586> to
Gibeah <01390>, saying <0559>, Doth not David < 01732> hide
<05641> himself in the hill <01389> of Hachilah < 02444>, [which
<0834> is] before Jeshimon <03452>?



2 Then Saul <07586> arose <06965>, and went < 03381> down
<03381> to the wilderness <04057> of Ziph < 02128>, having three
<07969> thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men < 0376> of Israel
<03478> with him, to seek <01245> David <01732> in the
wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128>.



3 And Saul <07586> pitched <02583> in the hill < 01389> of
Hachilah <02444>, which <0834> [is] before Jeshimon, by the way
<01870>. But David <01732> abode <03427> in the wilderness
<04057>, and he saw <07200> that Saul <07586> came <0935> after
<0310> him into the wilderness <04057>.



4 David <01732> therefore sent <07971> out spies < 07270>, and
understood <03045> that Saul <07586> was come < 0935> in very
<03559> deed <03559>.



5 And David <01732> arose <06965>, and came < 0935> to the place
<04725> where Saul <07586> had pitched <02583>: and David
<01732> beheld <07200> the place <04725> where Saul <07586> lay
<07901>, and Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, the
captain <08269> of his host <06635>: and Saul < 07586> lay
<07901> in the trench <04570>, and the people < 05971> pitched
<02583> round <05439> about him.



6. Then answered <06030> David <01732> and said < 0559> to
Ahimelech <0288> the Hittite <02850>, and to Abishai <052> the
son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, brother <0251> to Joab <03097>,
saying <0559>, Who <04310> will go <03381> down <03381> with me
to Saul <07586> to the camp <04264>? And Abishai < 052> said
<0559>, I will go <03381> down <03381> with thee.



7 So David <01732> and Abishai <052> came < 0935> to the people
<05971> by night <03915>: and, behold <02009>, Saul <07586> lay
<07901> sleeping <03463> within the trench < 04570>, and his
spear <02595> stuck <04600> in the ground <0776> at his bolster
<04763>: but Abner <074> and the people <05971> lay <07901>
round <05439> about him.



8 Then said <0559> Abishai <052> to David < 01732>, God <0430>
hath delivered <05462> thine enemy <0341> into thine hand
<03027> this day <03117>: now <06258> therefore let me smite
<05221> him, I pray <04994> thee, with the spear < 02595> even to
the earth <0776> at once, and I will not [smite] him the second
<08138> time.



9 And David <01732> said <0559> to Abishai < 052>, Destroy
<07843> him not: for who <04310> can stretch < 07971> forth his
hand <03027> against the LORD'S <03068> anointed < 04899>, and be
guiltless <05352>?



10 David <01732> said <0559> furthermore, [As] the LORD <03068>
liveth <02416>, the LORD <03068> shall smite < 05062> him; or
<0176> his day <03117> shall come <0935> to die <04191>; or he
shall descend <03381> into battle <04421>, and perish <05595>.



11 The LORD <03068> forbid <02486> that I should stretch
<07971> forth mine hand <03027> against the LORD'S <03068>
anointed <04899>: but, I pray <04994> thee, take < 03947> thou
now <06258> the spear <02595> that [is] at his bolster <04763>,
and the cruse <06835> of water <04325>, and let us go <03212>.



12 So David <01732> took <03947> the spear < 02595> and the
cruse <06835> of water <04325> from Saul's < 07586> bolster
<04763>; and they gat <03212> them away <03212>, and no <0369>
man saw <07200> [it], nor <0369> knew <03045> [it], neither
<0369> awaked <06974>: for they [were] all < 03605> asleep
<03463>; because <03588> a deep <08639> sleep <08639> from the
LORD <0113> was fallen <05307> upon them.



13. Then David <01732> went <05674> over < 05674> to the other
<05676> side <05676>, and stood <05975> on < 05921> the top
<07218> of an hill <02022> afar <07350> off; a great <07227>
space <04725> [being] between <0996> them:



14 And David <01732> cried <07121> to the people < 05971>, and
to Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, saying <0559>,
Answerest <06030> thou not, Abner <074>? Then Abner <074>
answered <06030> and said <0559>, Who <04310> [art] thou [that]
criest <07121> to the king <04428>?



15 And David <01732> said <0559> to Abner <074> , [Art] not thou
a [valiant] man <0376>? and who <04310> [is] like < 03644> to
thee in Israel <03478>? wherefore <04100> then hast thou not
kept <08104> thy lord <0113> the king <04428>? for there came
<0935> one <0259> of the people <05971> in to destroy <07843>
the king <04428> thy lord <03068>.



16 This <02088> thing <01697> [is] not good < 02896> that thou
hast done <06213>. [As] the LORD <03068> liveth < 02416>, ye
[are] worthy <01121> to die <04194>, because < 0834> ye have not
kept <08104> your master <0113>, the LORD'S < 03068> anointed
<04899>. And now <06258> see <07200> where < 0335> the king's
<04428> spear <02595> [is], and the cruse < 06835> of water
<04325> that [was] at his bolster <04763>.



17 And Saul <07586> knew <05234> David's < 01732> voice <06963>,
and said <0559>, [Is] this <02088> thy voice < 06963>, my son
<01121> David <01732>? And David <01732> said <0559>, [It is] my
voice <06963>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>.



18 And he said <0559>, Wherefore <04100> doth my lord <0113>
thus <02088> pursue <07291> after <0310> his servant <05650>?
for what <04100> have I done <06213>? or what < 04100> evil
<07451> [is] in mine hand <03027>?



19 Now <06258> therefore, I pray <04994> thee, let my lord
<0113> the king <04428> hear <08085> the words <01697> of his
servant <05650>. If <0518> the LORD <03068> have stirred <05496>
thee up against me, let him accept <07306> an offering < 04503>:
but if <0518> [they be] the children <01121> of men <0120>,
cursed <0779> [be] they before <06440> the LORD < 03068>; for
they have driven <01644> me out this day <03117> from abiding
<05596> in the inheritance <05159> of the LORD < 03068>, saying
<0559>, Go <03212>, serve <05647> other < 0312> gods <0430>.



20 Now <06258> therefore, let not my blood <01818> fall <05307>
to the earth <0776> before <05048> the face < 06440> of the LORD
<03068>: for the king <04428> of Israel <03478> is come <03318>
out to seek <01245> a flea <06550>, as when < 0834> one doth hunt
<07291> a partridge <07124> in the mountains < 02022>.



21. Then said <0559> Saul <07586>, I have sinned < 02398>:
return <07725>, my son <01121> David <01732>: for I will no
<03808> more <05750> do thee harm <07489>, because my soul
<05315> was precious <03365> in thine eyes < 05869> this <02088>
day <03117>: behold <02009>, I have played the fool <05528>, and
have erred <07683> exceedingly.



22 And David <01732> answered <06030> and said < 0559>, Behold
<02009> the king's <04428> spear <02595>! and let one <0259> of
the young <05288> men come <05674> over <05674> and fetch
<03947> it.



23 The LORD <03068> render <07725> to every man < 0376> his
righteousness <06666> and his faithfulness <0530>: for the LORD
<03068> delivered <05414> thee into [my] hand < 03027> to day
<03117>, but I would <014> not stretch <07971> forth mine hand
<03027> against the LORD'S <03068> anointed < 04899>.



24 And, behold <02009>, as thy life <05315> was much <01431>
set <01431> by this <02088> day <03117> in mine eyes <05869>, so
<03651> let my life <05315> be much <01431> set <01431> by in
the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and let him deliver
<05337> me out of all <03605> tribulation < 06869>.



25 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> to David < 01732>, Blessed
<01288> [be] thou, my son <01121> David <01732>: thou shalt both
<01571> do <06213> great [things], and also < 01571> shalt still
prevail <03201>. So David <01732> went <03212> on his way
<01870>, and Saul <07586> returned <07725> to his place <04725>.



1Samuel 27



1. And David <01732> said <0559> in his heart < 03820>, I shall
now <06258> perish <05595> one <0259> day < 03117> by the hand
<03027> of Saul <07586>: [there is] nothing < 0369> better
<02896> for me than <03588> that I should speedily <04422>
escape <04422> into <0413> the land <0776> of the Philistines
<06430>; and Saul <07586> shall despair <02976> of me, to seek
<01245> me any <03605> more <05750> in any < 03605> coast <01366>
of Israel <03478>: so shall I escape <04422> out of his hand
<03027>.



2 And David <01732> arose <06965>, and he passed < 05674> over
<05674> with the six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> that
[were] with him unto Achish <0397>, the son <01121> of Maoch
<04582>, king <04428> of Gath <01661>.



3 And David <01732> dwelt <03427> with Achish < 0397> at Gath
<01661>, he and his men <0582>, every man <0376> with his
household <01004>, [even] David <01732> with his two <08147>
wives <0802>, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess < 03159>, and
Abigail <026> the Carmelitess <03762>, Nabal's < 05037> wife
<0802>.



4 And it was told <05046> Saul <07586> that David <01732> was
fled <01272> to Gath <01661>: and he sought < 01245> no <03808>
more <03254> again <03254> for him.



5 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Achish < 0397>, If <0518> I
have now <04994> found <04672> grace <02580> in thine eyes
<05869>, let them give <05414> me a place < 04725> in some <0259>
town <05892> in the country <07704>, that I may dwell <03427>
there <08033>: for why <04100> should thy servant < 05650> dwell
<03427> in the royal <04467> city <05892> with thee?



6 Then Achish <0397> gave <05414> him Ziklag < 06860> that day
<03117>: wherefore <03651> Ziklag <06860> pertaineth <01961>
unto the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> unto this < 02088> day
<03117>.



7 And the time that David <01732> dwelt <03427> in the country
<07704> of the Philistines <06430> was a full < 03117> year and
four <0702> months <02320>.



8. And David <01732> and his men <0582> went < 05927> up, and
invaded <06584> the Geshurites <01651>, and the Gezrites <01511>,
and the Amalekites <06003>: for those <02007> [nations were] of
old <05769> the inhabitants <03427> of the land < 0776>, as thou
goest <0935> to Shur <07793>, even unto the land < 0776> of Egypt
<04714>.



9 And David <01732> smote <05221> the land < 0776>, and left
neither <03608> man <0376> nor woman <0802> alive <02421>, and
took <03947> away the sheep <06629>, and the oxen < 01241>, and
the asses <02543>, and the camels <01581>, and the apparel
<0899>, and returned <07725>, and came <0935> to Achish <0397>.



10 And Achish <0397> said <0559>, Whither < 0413> have ye made a
road <06584> to day <03117>? And David <01732> said <0559>,
Against <05921> the south <05045> of Judah < 03063>, and against
<05921> the south <05045> of the Jerahmeelites < 03397>, and
against <0413> the south <05045> of the Kenites < 07017>.



11 And David <01732> saved <02421> neither < 03608> man <0376>
nor woman <0802> alive <02421>, to bring <0935> [tidings] to
Gath <01661>, saying <0559>, Lest <06435> they should tell
<05046> on <05921> us, saying <0559>, So < 03541> did <06213>
David <01732>, and so <03541> [will be] his manner <03541> all
<03605> the while <03117> he dwelleth <03427> in the country
<07704> of the Philistines <06430>.



12 And Achish <0397> believed <0539> David < 01732>, saying
<0559>, He hath made his people <05971> Israel < 03478> utterly
to abhor <0887> him; therefore he shall be my servant < 05650>
for ever <05769>.



1Samuel 28



1. And it came <01961> to pass in those <01992> days <03117>,
that the Philistines <06430> gathered <06908> their armies
<04264> together for warfare <06635>, to fight < 03898> with
Israel <03478>. And Achish <0397> said <0559> unto David <01732>,
Know <03045> thou assuredly <03045>, that thou shalt go <03318>
out with me to battle <04264>, thou and thy men <0582> .



2 And David <01732> said <0559> to Achish < 0397>, Surely
<03651> thou shalt know <03045> what thy servant < 05650> can do
<06213>. And Achish <0397> said <0559> to David <01732>,
Therefore will I make <07760> thee keeper <08104> of mine head
<07218> for ever.



3 Now Samuel <08050> was dead <04191>, and all < 03605> Israel
<03478> had lamented <05594> him, and buried < 06912> him in
Ramah <07414>, even in his own city <05892>. And Saul <07586>
had put <05493> away <05493> those <01992> that had familiar
spirits <0178>, and the wizards <03049>, out of the land <0776>.



4 And the Philistines <06430> gathered <06908> themselves
together, and came <0935> and pitched <02583> in Shunem <07766>:
and Saul <07586> gathered <06908> all <03605> Israel <03478>
together, and they pitched <02583> in Gilboa <01533>.



5 And when Saul <07586> saw <07200> the host < 04264> of the
Philistines <06430>, he was afraid <03372>, and his heart
<03820> greatly <03966> trembled <02729>.



6 And when Saul <07586> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068>,
the LORD <03068> answered <06030> him not, neither <01571> by
dreams <02472>, nor <01571> by Urim <0224>, nor <01571> by
prophets <05030>.



7. Then said <0559> Saul <07586> unto his servants <05650>,
Seek <01245> me a woman <0802> that hath <01172> a familiar
spirit <0178>, that I may go <03212> to her, and enquire <01875>
of her. And his servants <05650> said <0559> to him, Behold
<02009>, [there is] a woman <0802> that hath < 01172> a familiar
spirit <0178> at Endor <05874>.



8 And Saul <07586> disguised <02664> himself, and put <03847>
on other <0312> raiment <0899>, and he went < 03212>, and two
<08147> men <0582> with him, and they came < 0935> to the woman
<0802> by night <03915>: and he said <0559>, I pray <04994> thee,
divine <07080> unto me by the familiar spirit <0178>, and bring
<05927> me [him] up, whom I shall name <0559> unto thee.



9 And the woman <0802> said <0559> unto him, Behold <02009>,
thou knowest <03045> what Saul <07586> hath done < 06213>, how he
hath cut <03772> off those that have familiar spirits < 0178>,
and the wizards <03049>, out of the land <0776>: wherefore
<04100> then layest thou a snare <05367> for my life <05315>, to
cause me to die <04191>?



10 And Saul <07586> sware <07650> to her by the LORD <03068>,
saying <0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth < 02416>, there shall
no <0518> punishment <05771> happen <07136> to thee for this
<02088> thing <01697>.



11 Then said <0559> the woman <0802>, Whom shall I bring
<05927> up unto thee? And he said <0559>, Bring < 05927> me up
Samuel <08050>.



12 And when the woman <0802> saw <07200> Samuel < 08050>, she
cried <02199> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>: and the woman
<0802> spake <0559> to Saul <07586>, saying < 0559>, Why <04100>
hast thou deceived <07411> me? for thou [art] Saul < 07586>.



13 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto her, Be not afraid
<03372>: for what <04100> sawest <07200> thou? And the woman
<0802> said <0559> unto Saul <07586>, I saw < 07200> gods <0430>
ascending <05927> out of the earth <0776>.



14 And he said <0559> unto her, What <04100> form <08389> [is]
he of? And she said <0559>, An old <02205> man < 0376> cometh
<05927> up; and he [is] covered <05844> with a mantle <04598>.
And Saul <07586> perceived <03045> that it [was] Samuel <08050>,
and he stooped <06915> with [his] face <0639> to the ground
<0776>, and bowed <07812> himself.



15. And Samuel <08050> said <0559> to Saul < 07586>, Why <04100>
hast thou disquieted <07264> me, to bring <05927> me up? And
Saul <07586> answered <06030>, I am sore <03966> distressed
<06887>; for the Philistines <06430> make war < 03898> against me,
and God <0430> is departed <05493> from me, and answereth
<06030> me no <03808> more, neither <01571> by prophets <05030>,
nor <01571> by dreams <02472>: therefore I have called <07121>
thee, that thou mayest make known <03045> unto me what < 04100> I
shall do <06213>.



16 Then said <0559> Samuel <08050>, Wherefore < 04100> then dost
thou ask <07592> of me, seeing the LORD <03068> is departed
<05493> from thee, and is become <01961> thine enemy <06145>?



17 And the LORD <03068> hath done <06213> to him, as he spake
<01696> by me: for the LORD <03068> hath rent < 07167> the
kingdom <04467> out of thine hand <03027>, and given <05414> it
to thy neighbour <07453>, [even] to David <01732>:



18 Because <0834> thou obeyedst <08085> not the voice <06963>
of the LORD <03068>, nor <03808> executedst < 06213> his fierce
<02740> wrath <0639> upon Amalek <06002>, therefore hath the
LORD <03068> done <06213> this <02088> thing <01697> unto thee
this <02088> day <03117>.



19 Moreover <01571> the LORD <03068> will also < 01571> deliver
<05414> Israel <03478> with thee into the hand < 03027> of the
Philistines <06430>: and to morrow <04279> [shalt] thou and thy
sons <01121> [be] with me: the LORD <03068> also < 01571> shall
deliver <05414> the host <04264> of Israel < 03478> into the hand
<03027> of the Philistines <06430>.



20. Then Saul <07586> fell <05307> straightway < 04116> all
<04393> along on the earth <0776>, and was sore < 03966> afraid
<03372>, because of the words <01697> of Samuel < 08050>: and
there was no <03808> strength <03581> in him; for he had eaten
<0398> no <03808> bread <03899> all < 03605> the day <03117>, nor
all <03605> the night <03915>.



21 And the woman <0802> came <0935> unto Saul < 07586>, and saw
<07200> that he was sore <03966> troubled <0926> , and said
<0559> unto him, Behold <02009>, thine handmaid < 08198> hath
obeyed <08085> thy voice <06963>, and I have put < 07760> my life
<05315> in my hand <03709>, and have hearkened < 08085> unto thy
words <01697> which <0834> thou spakest <01696> unto me.



22 Now <06258> therefore, I pray <04994> thee, hearken <08085>
thou also <01571> unto the voice <06963> of thine handmaid
<08198>, and let me set <07760> a morsel <06595> of bread
<03899> before <06440> thee; and eat <0398>, that thou mayest
have strength <03581>, when <03588> thou goest < 03212> on thy
way <01870>.



23 But he refused <03985>, and said <0559>, I will not eat
<0398>. But his servants <05650>, together with the woman <0802>,
compelled <06555> him; and he hearkened <08085> unto their
voice <06963>. So he arose <06965> from the earth < 0776>, and
sat <03427> upon the bed <04296>.



24 And the woman <0802> had a fat <04770> calf < 05695> in the
house <01004>; and she hasted <04116>, and killed < 02076> it,
and took <03947> flour <07058>, and kneaded < 03888> [it], and
did bake <0644> unleavened <04682> bread thereof:



25 And she brought <05066> [it] before <06440> Saul <07586>,
and before <06440> his servants <05650>; and they did eat <0398>.
Then they rose <06965> up, and went <03212> away that night
<03915>.



1Samuel 29



1. Now the Philistines <06430> gathered <06908> together all
<03605> their armies <04264> to Aphek <0663>: and the Israelites
<03478> pitched <02583> by a fountain <05869> which <0834> [is]
in Jezreel <03157>.



2 And the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> passed
<05674> on by hundreds <03967>, and by thousands < 0505>: but
David <01732> and his men <0582> passed <05674> on in the
rereward <0314> with Achish <0397>.



3 Then said <0559> the princes <08269> of the Philistines
<06430>, What <04100> [do] these <0428> Hebrews <05680> [here]?
And Achish <0397> said <0559> unto the princes < 08269> of the
Philistines <06430>, [Is] not this <02088> David < 01732>, the
servant <05650> of Saul <07586> the king <04428> of Israel
<03478>, which <0834> hath been <01961> with me these <02088>
days <03117>, or <0176> these <02088> years < 08141>, and I have
found <04672> no <03808> fault <03972> in him since he fell
<05307> [unto me] unto this <02088> day <03117>?



4 And the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430> were wroth
<07107> with him; and the princes <08269> of the Philistines
<06430> said <0559> unto him, Make this fellow < 0376> return
<07725>, that he may go <07725> again <07725> to his place
<04725> which <0834> thou hast appointed <06485> him, and let
him not go <03381> down <03381> with us to battle < 04421>, lest
<03808> in the battle <04421> he be an adversary < 07854> to us:
for wherewith <04100> should he reconcile <07521> himself unto
his master <0113>? [should it] not [be] with the heads < 07218>
of these <01992> men <0582>?



5 [Is] not this <02088> David <01732>, of whom < 0834> they sang
<06030> one to another in dances <04246>, saying < 0559>, Saul
<07586> slew <05221> his thousands <07233>, and David <01732>
his ten <07233> thousands <0505>?



6. Then Achish <0397> called <07121> David < 01732>, and said
<0559> unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>,
thou hast been upright <03477>, and thy going <03318> out and
thy coming <0935> in with me in the host <04264> [is] good
<02896> in my sight <05869>: for I have not found < 04672> evil
<07451> in thee since the day <03117> of thy coming <0935> unto
me unto this <02088> day <03117>: nevertheless the lords <05633>
favour <02896> thee not.



7 Wherefore now <06258> return <07725>, and go < 03212> in peace
<07965>, that thou displease not the lords <05633> of the
Philistines <06430>.



8 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Achish < 0397>, But what
<04100> have I done <06213>? and what <04100> hast thou found
<04672> in thy servant <05650> so long <03117> as I have been
<01961> with thee unto this <02088> day <03117>, that I may not
go <03212> fight <03898> against the enemies < 0341> of my lord
<0113> the king <04428>?



9 And Achish <0397> answered <06030> and said < 0559> to David
<01732>, I know <03045> that thou [art] good < 02896> in my sight
<05869>, as an angel of God <0430>: notwithstanding <0389> the
princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430> have said <0559>, He
shall not go <05927> up with us to the battle <04421>.



10 Wherefore now <06258> rise <07925> up early < 07925> in the
morning <01242> with thy master's <0113> servants < 05650> that
are come <0935> with thee: and as soon as ye be up early <07925>
in the morning <01242>, and have light <0216>, depart <03212>.



11 So David <01732> and his men <0582> rose < 07925> up early
<07925> to depart <03212> in the morning <01242> , to return
<07725> into <0413> the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>.
And the Philistines <06430> went <05927> up to Jezreel <03157>.



1Samuel 30



1. And it came <01961> to pass, when David <01732> and his men
<0582> were come <0935> to Ziklag <06860> on the third <07992>
day <03117>, that the Amalekites <06003> had invaded <06584> the
south <05045>, and Ziklag <06860>, and smitten < 05221> Ziklag
<06860>, and burned <08313> it with fire <0784>;



2 And had taken the women <0802> captives <07617>, that [were]
therein: they slew <04191> not any <0376>, either great <01419>
or small <06996>, but carried <05090> [them] away, and went
<03212> on their way <01870>.



3 So David <01732> and his men <0582> came < 0935> to the city
<05892>, and, behold <02009>, [it was] burned < 08313> with fire
<0784>; and their wives <0802>, and their sons < 01121>, and
their daughters <01121>, were taken captives <07617>.



4 Then David <01732> and the people <05971> that [were] with
him lifted <05375> up their voice <06963> and wept <01058>,
until they had no <0369> more power <03581> to weep <01058>.



5 And David's <01732> two <08147> wives <0802> were taken
captives <07617>, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess < 03159>, and
Abigail <026> the wife <0802> of Nabal <05037> the Carmelite
<03761>.



6 And David <01732> was greatly <03966> distressed <03334>; for
the people <05971> spake <0559> of stoning < 05619> him, because
<03588> the soul <05315> of all <03605> the people <05971> was
grieved <04784>, every man <0376> for his sons < 01121> and for
his daughters <01121>: but David <01732> encouraged <02388>
himself in the LORD <03068> his God <0430>.



7. And David <01732> said <0559> to Abiathar < 054> the priest
<03548>, Ahimelech's <0288> son <01121>, I pray <04994> thee,
bring <05066> me hither <05066> the ephod <0646> . And Abiathar
<054> brought <05066> thither the ephod <0646> to David <01732>.



8 And David <01732> enquired <07592> at the LORD < 03068>,
saying <0559>, Shall I pursue <07291> after < 0310> this <02088>
troop <01416>? shall I overtake <05381> them? And he answered
<0559> him, Pursue <07291>: for thou shalt surely overtake
<05381> [them], and without fail recover <05337> [all].



9 So David <01732> went <03212>, he and the six < 08337> hundred
<03967> men <0376> that [were] with him, and came < 0935> to the
brook <05158> Besor <01308>, where those that were left <03498>
behind <03498> stayed <05975>.



10 But David <01732> pursued <07291>, he and four <0702>
hundred <03967> men <0376>: for two hundred < 03967> abode
<05975> behind <05975>, which <0834> were so faint <06296> that
they could not go <05674> over <05674> the brook < 05158> Besor
<01308>.



11 And they found <04672> an Egyptian <04713> in the field
<07704>, and brought <03947> him to David < 01732>, and gave
<05414> him bread <03899>, and he did eat <0398> ; and they made
him drink <08248> water <04325>;



12 And they gave <05414> him a piece <06400> of a cake <01690>
of figs, and two <08147> clusters <06778> of raisins <06778>:
and when he had eaten <0398>, his spirit <07307> came <07725>
again <07725> to him: for he had eaten <0398> no < 03808> bread
<03899>, nor <03808> drunk <08354> [any] water <04325>, three
<07969> days <03117> and three <07969> nights <03915>.



13 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, To whom <04310>
[belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said <0559>, I
[am] a young <05288> man of Egypt <04714>, servant <05650> to an
Amalekite <06003>; and my master <0113> left < 05800> me, because
<03588> three <07969> days agone I fell sick < 02470>.



14 We made an invasion <06584> [upon] the south < 05045> of the
Cherethites <03774>, and upon [the coast] which <0834>
[belongeth] to Judah <03063>, and upon the south < 05045> of
Caleb <03612>; and we burned <08313> Ziklag < 06860> with fire
<0784>.



15 And David <01732> said <0559> to him, Canst thou bring
<03381> me down <03381> to this <02088> company <01416>? And he
said <0559>, Swear <07650> unto me by God <0430> , that thou wilt
neither <0518> kill <04191> me, nor <0518> deliver <05462> me
into the hands <03027> of my master <0113>, and I will bring
<03381> thee down <03381> to this <02088> company <01416>.



16 And when he had brought <03381> him down <03381>, behold
<02009>, [they were] spread <05203> abroad < 05203> upon all
<03605> the earth <0776>, eating <0398> and drinking <08354>,
and dancing <02287>, because of all <03605> the great <01419>
spoil <07998> that they had taken <03947> out of the land <0776>
of the Philistines <06430>, and out of the land <0776> of Judah
<03063>.



17 And David <01732> smote <05221> them from the twilight
<05399> even unto the evening <06153> of the next < 04283> day
<04283>: and there escaped <04422> not a man < 0376> of them,
save four <0702> hundred <03967> young <05288> men <0376>, which
<0834> rode <07392> upon camels <01581>, and fled <05127>.



18 And David <01732> recovered <05337> all < 03605> that the
Amalekites <06003> had carried <03947> away: and David <01732>
rescued <05337> his two <08147> wives <0802>.



19 And there was nothing <03808> lacking <05737> to them,
neither <04480> small <06996> nor <05703> great <01419>, neither
<04480> sons <01121> nor <05703> daughters < 01121>, neither
<04480> spoil <07998>, nor <05703> any < 03605> [thing] that they
had taken <03947> to them: David <01732> recovered <07725> all
<03605>.



20 And David <01732> took <03947> all <03605> the flocks
<06629> and the herds <01241>, [which] they drave < 05090> before
<06440> those <01931> [other] cattle <04735>, and said <0559>,
This <02088> [is] David's <01732> spoil <07998>.



21. And David <01732> came <0935> to the two hundred <03967>
men <0582>, which <0834> were so faint <06296> that they could
not follow David <01732>, whom they had made also to abide
<03427> at the brook <05158> Besor <01308>: and they went
<03318> forth <03318> to meet <07125> David < 01732>, and to meet
<07125> the people <05971> that [were] with him: and when David
<01732> came <05066> near <05066> to the people <05971>, he
saluted them.



22 Then answered <06030> all <03605> the wicked < 07451> men
<0376> and [men] of Belial <01100>, of those that went <01980>
with David <01732>, and said <0559>, Because < 03282> they went
<01980> not with us, we will not give <05414> them [ought] of
the spoil <07998> that we have recovered <05337>, save to every
man <0376> his wife <0802> and his children < 01121>, that they
may lead <05090> [them] away, and depart <03212>.



23 Then said <0559> David <01732>, Ye shall not do <06213> so
<03651>, my brethren <0251>, with that which < 0834> the LORD
<03068> hath given <05414> us, who hath preserved < 08104> us,
and delivered <05414> the company <01416> that came <0935>
against <05921> us into our hand <03027>.



24 For who <04310> will hearken <08085> unto you in this
<02088> matter <01697>? but as his part <02506> [is] that goeth
<03381> down <03381> to the battle <04421>, so [shall] his part
<02506> [be] that tarrieth <03427> by the stuff < 03627>: they
shall part <02505> alike <03162>.



25 And it was [so] from that day <03117> forward < 04605>, that
he made <07760> it a statute <02706> and an ordinance <04941>
for Israel <03478> unto this <02088> day <03117> .



26 And when David <01732> came <0935> to Ziklag < 06860>, he
sent <07971> of the spoil <07998> unto the elders < 02205> of
Judah <03063>, [even] to his friends <07453>, saying <0559>,
Behold <02009> a present <01293> for you of the spoil <07998> of
the enemies <0341> of the LORD <03068>;



27 To [them] which <0834> [were] in Bethel <01008>, and to
[them] which <0834> [were] in south <05045> Ramoth <07418>, and
to [them] which <0834> [were] in Jattir <03492>,



28 And to [them] which <0834> [were] in Aroer <06177> , and to
[them] which <0834> [were] in Siphmoth <08224>, and to [them]
which <0834> [were] in Eshtemoa <0851>,



29 And to [them] which <0834> [were] in Rachal < 07403>, and to
[them] which <0834> [were] in the cities <05892> of the
Jerahmeelites <03397>, and to [them] which <0834> [were] in the
cities <05892> of the Kenites <07017>,



30 And to [them] which <0834> [were] in Hormah < 02767>, and to
[them] which <0834> [were] in Chorashan <03565>, and to [them]
which <0834> [were] in Athach <06269>,



31 And to [them] which [were] in Hebron <02275>, and to all
<03605> the places <04725> where David <01732> himself and his
men <0582> were wont <01980> to haunt <01980>.



1Samuel 31



1. Now the Philistines <06430> fought <03898> against Israel
<03478>: and the men <0582> of Israel <03478> fled <05127> from
before <06440> the Philistines <06430>, and fell < 05307> down
slain <02491> in mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>.



2 And the Philistines <06430> followed <01692> hard <01692>
upon Saul <07586> and upon his sons <01121>; and the Philistines
<06430> slew <05221> Jonathan <03083>, and Abinadab <041>, and
Malchishua <04444>, Saul's <07586> sons <01121>.



3 And the battle <04421> went sore <03513> against <0413> Saul
<07586>, and the archers <03384> hit <04672> him; and he was
sore <03966> wounded <02342> of the archers < 03384>.



4 Then said <0559> Saul <07586> unto his armourbearer <03627>,
Draw <08025> thy sword <02719>, and thrust < 01856> me through
therewith; lest <06435> these <0428> uncircumcised <06189> come
<0935> and thrust <01856> me through, and abuse < 05953> me. But
his armourbearer <03627> would <014> not; for he was sore
<03966> afraid <03372>. Therefore Saul <07586> took <03947> a
sword <02719>, and fell <05307> upon it.



5 And when his armourbearer <03627> saw <07200> that Saul
<07586> was dead <04191>, he fell <05307> likewise <01571> upon
his sword <02719>, and died <04191> with him.



6 So Saul <07586> died <04191>, and his three < 07969> sons
<01121>, and his armourbearer <03627>, and all < 03605> his men
<0582>, that same <01931> day <03117> together <03162>.



7 And when the men <0582> of Israel <03478> that [were] on the
other <05676> side <05676> of the valley <06010> , and [they]
that [were] on the other <05676> side <05676> Jordan <03383>,
saw <07200> that the men <0582> of Israel < 03478> fled <05127>,
and that Saul <07586> and his sons <01121> were dead <04191>,
they forsook <05800> the cities <05892>, and fled < 05127>; and
the Philistines <06430> came <0935> and dwelt < 03427> in them.



8. And it came <01691> to pass on the morrow <04283>, when the
Philistines <06430> came <0935> to strip <06584> the slain
<02491>, that they found <04672> Saul <07586> and his three
<07969> sons <01121> fallen <05307> in mount <02022> Gilboa
<01533>.



9 And they cut <03772> off his head <07218>, and stripped
<06584> off his armour <03627>, and sent <07971> into the land
<0776> of the Philistines <06430> round <05439> about, to
publish <01319> [it in] the house <01004> of their idols <06091>,
and among <0854> the people <05971>.



10 And they put <07760> his armour <03627> in the house <01004>
of Ashtaroth <06252>: and they fastened <08628> his body <01472>
to the wall <07023> of Bethshan <01052>.



11 And when the inhabitants <03427> of Jabeshgilead heard
<08085> of that which the Philistines <06430> had done <06213>
to Saul <07586>;



12 All <03605> the valiant <02428> men <0376> arose <06965>,
and went <03212> all <03605> night <03915>, and took <03947> the
body <01472> of Saul <07586> and the bodies < 01472> of his sons
<01121> from the wall <02346> of Bethshan < 01052>, and came
<0935> to Jabesh <03003>, and burnt <08313> them there <08033>.



13 And they took <03947> their bones <06106>, and buried
<06912> [them] under <08478> a tree <0815> at Jabesh <03003>,
and fasted <06684> seven <07651> days <03117>.







































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































  
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