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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 his 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> words <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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