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{\MTB THE FIRST BOOK OF
\par }{\MT SAMUEL

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
was
a
certain
man
of
Ramathaim-zophim,
of
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
his
name
was
Elkanah,
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Elihu,
the
son
of
Tohu,
the
son
of
Zuph,
an
Ephraimite:
\VS{2}and
he
had
two
wives;
the
name
of
the
one
was
Hannah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Peninnah:
and
Peninnah
had
children,
but
Hannah
had
no
children.
\VS{3}And
this
man
went
up
out
of
his
city
from
year
to
year
to
worship
and
to
sacrifice
unto
Jehovah
of
hosts
in
Shiloh.
And
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
priests
unto
Jehovah,
were
there.
\VS{4}And
when
the
day
came
that
Elkanah
sacrificed,
he
gave
to
Peninnah
his
wife,
and
to
all
her
sons
and
her
daughters,
portions:
\VS{5}but
unto
Hannah
he
gave
a
double
portion;
for
he
loved
Hannah,
but
Jehovah
had
shut
up
her
womb.
\VS{6}And
her
rival
provoked
her
sore,
to
make
her
fret,
because
Jehovah
had
shut
up
her
womb.
\VS{7}And
{\ADD{
as}}
he
did
so
year
by
year,
when
she
went
up
to
the
house
of
Jehovah,
so
she
provoked
her;
therefore
she
wept,
and
did
not
eat.
\VS{8}And
Elkanah
her
husband
said
unto
her,
Hannah,
why
weepest
thou?
and
why
eatest
thou
not?
and
why
is
thy
heart
grieved?
am
not
I
better
to
thee
than
ten
sons?
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
Hannah
rose
up
after
they
had
eaten
in
Shiloh,
and
after
they
had
drunk.
Now
Eli
the
priest
was
sitting
upon
his
seat
by
the door-post
of
the
temple
of
Jehovah.
\VS{10}And
she
was
in
bitterness
of
soul,
and
prayed
unto
Jehovah,
and
wept
sore.
\VS{11}And
she
vowed
a
vow,
and
said,
O
Jehovah
of
hosts,
if
thou
wilt
indeed
look
on
the
affliction
of
thy
handmaid,
and
remember
me,
and
not
forget
thy
handmaid,
but
wilt
give
unto
thy
handmaid
a man-child,
then
I
will
give
him
unto
Jehovah
all
the
days
of
his
life,
and
there
shall
no
razor
come
upon
his
head.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
she
continued
praying
before
Jehovah,
that
Eli
marked
her
mouth.
\VS{13}Now
Hannah,
she
spake
in
her
heart;
only
her
lips
moved,
but
her
voice
was
not
heard:
therefore
Eli
thought
she
had
been
drunken.
\VS{14}And
Eli
said
unto
her,
How
long
wilt
thou
be
drunken?
put
away
thy
wine
from
thee.
\VS{15}And
Hannah
answered
and
said,
No,
my
lord,
I
am
a
woman
of
a
sorrowful
spirit:
I
have
drunk
neither
wine
nor
strong
drink,
but
I
poured
out
my
soul
before
Jehovah.
\VS{16}Count
not
thy
handmaid
for
a
wicked
woman;
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
my
complaint
and
my
provocation
have
I
spoken
hitherto.
\VS{17}Then
Eli
answered
and
said,
Go
in
peace;
and
the
God
of
Israel
grant
thy
petition
that
thou
hast
asked
of
him.
\VS{18}And
she
said,
Let
thy
handmaid
find
favor
in
thy
sight.
So
the
woman
went
her
way,
and
did
eat;
and
her
countenance
was
no
more
{\ADD{
sad}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
they
rose
up
in
the
morning
early,
and
worshipped
before
Jehovah,
and
returned,
and
came
to
their
house
to
Ramah.
And
Elkanah
knew
Hannah
his
wife;
and
Jehovah
remembered
her;
\VS{20}and
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
time
was
come
about,
that
Hannah
conceived,
and
bare
a
son;
and
she
called
his
name
Samuel,
{\ADD{
saying}},
Because
I
have
asked
him
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}And
the
man
Elkanah,
and
all
his
house,
went
up
to
offer
unto
Jehovah
the
yearly
sacrifice,
and
his
vow.
\VS{22}But
Hannah
went
not
up;
for
she
said
unto
her
husband,
{\ADD{
I
will
not
go
up}}
until
the
child
be
weaned;
and
then
I
will
bring
him,
that
he
may
appear
before
Jehovah,
and
there
abide
for
ever.
\VS{23}And
Elkanah
her
husband
said
unto
her,
Do
what
seemeth
thee
good;
tarry
until
thou
have
weaned
him;
only
Jehovah
establish
his
word.
So
the
woman
tarried
and
gave
her
son
suck,
until
she
weaned
him.
\VS{24}And
when
she
had
weaned
him,
she
took
him
up
with
her,
with
three
bullocks,
and
one
ephah
of
meal,
and
a
bottle
of
wine,
and
brought
him
unto
the
house
of
Jehovah
in
Shiloh:
and
the
child
was
young.
\VS{25}And
they
slew
the
bullock,
and
brought
the
child
to
Eli.
\VS{26}And
she
said,
Oh,
my
lord,
as
thy
soul
liveth,
my
lord,
I
am
the
woman
that
stood
by
thee
here,
praying
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{27}For
this
child
I
prayed;
and
Jehovah
hath
given
me
my
petition
which
I
asked
of
him:
\VS{28}therefore
also
I
have
granted
him
to
Jehovah;
as
long
as
he
liveth
he
is
granted
to
Jehovah.
And
he
worshipped
Jehovah
there.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Hannah
prayed,
and
said:
\par }{\Q My
heart exulteth
in
Jehovah;
\par }{\Q My
horn
is
exalted
in
Jehovah;
\par }{\Q My
mouth
is
enlarged
over
mine
enemies;
\par }{\Q Because
I
rejoice
in
thy
salvation.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}There
is
none
holy
as
Jehovah;
\par }{\Q For
there
is
none
besides
thee,
\par }{\Q Neither
is
there
any
rock
like
our
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Talk
no
more
so
exceeding
proudly;
\par }{\Q Let
not
arrogancy
come
out
of
your
mouth;
\par }{\Q For
Jehovah
is
a
God
of
knowledge,
\par }{\Q And
by
him
actions
are
weighed.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}The
bows
of
the
mighty
men
are
broken;
\par }{\Q And
they
that
stumbled
are
girded
with
strength.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}They
that
were
full
have
hired
out
themselves
for
bread;
\par }{\Q And
they
that
were
hungry
have
ceased
{\ADD{
to
hunger}}:
\par }{\Q Yea,
the
barren
hath
borne
seven;
\par }{\Q And
she
that
hath
many
children
languisheth.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Jehovah
killeth,
and
maketh
alive:
\par }{\Q He
bringeth
down
to
Sheol,
and
bringeth
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Jehovah
maketh
poor,
and
maketh
rich:
\par }{\Q He
bringeth
low,
he
also
lifteth
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He
raiseth
up
the
poor
out
of
the
dust,
\par }{\Q He
lifteth
up
the
needy
from
the
dunghill,
\par }{\Q To
make
them
sit
with
princes,
\par }{\Q And
inherit
the
throne
of
glory:
\par }{\Q For
the
pillars
of
the
earth
are Jehovah’s,
\par }{\Q And
he
hath
set
the
world
upon
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
will
keep
the
feet
of
his
holy
ones;
\par }{\Q But
the
wicked
shall
be
put
to
silence
in
darkness;
\par }{\Q For
by
strength
shall
no
man
prevail.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}They
that
strive
with
Jehovah
shall
be
broken
to
pieces;
\par }{\Q Against
them
will
he
thunder
in
heaven:
\par }{\Q Jehovah
will
judge
the
ends
of
the
earth;
\par }{\Q And
he
will
give
strength
unto
his
king,
\par }{\Q And
exalt
the
horn
of
his
anointed.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
Elkanah
went
to
Ramah
to
his
house.
And
the
child
did
minister
unto
Jehovah
before
Eli
the
priest.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
the
sons
of
Eli
were
base
men;
they
knew
not
Jehovah.
\VS{13}And
the
custom
of
the
priests
with
the
people
was,
that,
when
any
man
offered
sacrifice,
the
priest’s
servant
came,
while
the
flesh
was
boiling,
with
a flesh-hook
of
three
teeth
in
his
hand;
\VS{14}and
he
struck
it
into
the
pan,
or
kettle,
or
caldron,
or
pot;
all
that
the flesh-hook
brought
up
the
priest
took
therewith.
So
they
did
in
Shiloh
unto
all
the
Israelites
that
came
thither.
\VS{15}Yea,
before
they
burnt
the
fat,
the
priest’s
servant
came,
and
said
to
the
man
that
sacrificed,
Give
flesh
to
roast
for
the
priest;
for
he
will
not
have
boiled
flesh
of
thee,
but
raw.
\VS{16}And
if
the
man
said
unto
him,
They
will
surely
burn
the
fat
first,
and
then
take
as
much
as
thy
soul
desireth;
then
he
would
say,
Nay,
but
thou shalt
give
it
me
now:
and
if
not,
I
will
take
it
by
force.
\VS{17}And
the
sin
of
the
young
men
was
very
great
before
Jehovah;
for
the
men
despised
the
offering
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}But
Samuel
ministered
before
Jehovah,
being
a
child,
girded
with
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}Moreover
his
mother
made
him
a
little
robe,
and
brought
it
to
him
from
year
to
year,
when
she
came
up
with
her
husband
to
offer
the
yearly
sacrifice.
\VS{20}And
Eli
blessed
Elkanah
and
his
wife,
and
said,
Jehovah
give
thee
seed
of
this
woman
for
the
petition
which
was
asked
of
Jehovah.
And
they
went
unto
their
own
home.
\VS{21}And
Jehovah
visited
Hannah,
and
she
conceived,
and
bare
three
sons
and
two
daughters.
And
the
child
Samuel
grew
before
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Now
Eli
was
very
old;
and
he
heard
all
that
his
sons
did
unto
all
Israel,
and
how
that
they
lay
with
the
women
that
did
service
at
the
door
of
the
tent
of
meeting.
\VS{23}And
he
said
unto
them,
Why
do
ye
such
things?
for
I
hear
of
your
evil
dealings
from
all
this
people.
\VS{24}Nay,
my
sons;
for
it
is
no
good
report
that
I
hear:
ye
make Jehovah’s
people
to
transgress.
\VS{25}If
one
man
sin
against
another,
God
shall
judge
him;
but
if
a
man
sin
against
Jehovah,
who
shall
entreat
for
him?
Notwithstanding,
they
hearkened
not
unto
the
voice
of
their
father,
because
Jehovah
was
minded
to
slay
them.
\VS{26}And
the
child
Samuel
grew
on,
and
increased
in
favor
both
with
Jehovah,
and
also
with
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
there
came
a
man
of
God
unto
Eli,
and
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Did
I
reveal
myself
unto
the
house
of
thy
father,
when
they
were
in
Egypt
{\ADD{
in
bondage}}
to
Pharaoh’s
house?
\VS{28}and
did
I
choose
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
my
priest,
to
go
up
unto
mine
altar,
to
burn
incense,
to
wear
an
ephod
before
me?
and
did
I
give
unto
the
house
of
thy
father
all
the
offerings
of
the
children
of
Israel
made
by
fire?
\VS{29}Wherefore
kick
ye
at
my
sacrifice
and
at
mine
offering,
which
I
have
commanded
in
{\ADD{
my}}
habitation,
and honorest
thy
sons
above
me,
to
make
yourselves
fat
with
the
chiefest
of
all
the
offerings
of
Israel
my
people?
\VS{30}Therefore
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
saith,
I
said
indeed
that
thy
house,
and
the
house
of
thy
father,
should
walk
before
me
for
ever:
but
now
Jehovah
saith,
Be
it
far
from
me;
for
them
that
honor
me
I
will
honor,
and
they
that
despise
me
shall
be
lightly
esteemed.
\VS{31}Behold,
the
days
come,
that
I
will
cut
off
thine
arm,
and
the
arm
of
thy
father’s
house,
that
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in
thy
house.
\VS{32}And
thou shalt
behold
the
affliction
of
{\ADD{
my}}
habitation,
in
all
the
wealth
which
{\ADD{
God}}
shall
give
Israel;
and
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in
thy
house
for
ever.
\VS{33}And
the
man
of
thine,
{\ADD{
whom}}
I
shall
not
cut
off
from
mine
altar,
{\ADD{
shall
be}}
to
consume
thine
eyes,
and
to
grieve
thy
heart;
and
all
the
increase
of
thy
house
shall
die
in
the
flower
of
their
age.
\VS{34}And
this
shall
be
the
sign
unto
thee,
that
shall
come
upon
thy
two
sons,
on
Hophni
and
Phinehas:
in
one
day
they
shall
die
both
of
them.
\VS{35}And
I
will
raise
me
up
a
faithful
priest,
that
shall
do
according
to
that
which
is
in
my
heart
and
in
my
mind:
and
I
will
build
him
a
sure
house;
and
he
shall
walk
before
mine
anointed
for
ever.
\VS{36}And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
every
one
that
is
left
in
thy
house
shall
come
and
bow
down
to
him
for
a
piece
of
silver
and
a
loaf
of
bread,
and
shall
say,
Put
me,
I
pray
thee,
into
one
of
the
priests’
offices,
that
I
may
eat
a
morsel
of
bread.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
child
Samuel
ministered
unto
Jehovah
before
Eli.
And
the
word
of
Jehovah
was
precious
in
those
days;
there
was
no frequent
vision.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass
at
that
time,
when
Eli
was
laid
down
in
his
place (now
his
eyes
had
begun
to
wax
dim,
so
that
he
could
not
see),
\VS{3}and
the
lamp
of
God
was
not
yet
gone
out,
and
Samuel
was
laid
down
{\ADD{
to
sleep}},
in
the
temple
of
Jehovah,
where
the
ark
of
God
was;
\VS{4}that
Jehovah
called
Samuel:
and
he
said,
Here
am
I.
\VS{5}And
he
ran
unto
Eli,
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for
thou
calledst
me.
And
he
said,
I
called
not;
lie
down
again.
And
he
went
and
lay
down.
\VS{6}And
Jehovah
called
yet
again,
Samuel.
And
Samuel
arose
and
went
to
Eli,
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for
thou
calledst
me.
And
he
answered,
I
called
not,
my
son;
lie
down
again.
\VS{7}Now
Samuel
did
not
yet
know
Jehovah,
neither
was
the
word
of
Jehovah
yet
revealed
unto
him.
\VS{8}And
Jehovah
called
Samuel
again
the
third
time.
And
he
arose
and
went
to
Eli,
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for
thou
calledst
me.
And
Eli
perceived
that
Jehovah
had
called
the
child.
\VS{9}Therefore
Eli
said
unto
Samuel,
Go,
lie
down:
and
it
shall
be,
if
he
call
thee,
that
thou shalt
say,
Speak,
Jehovah;
for
thy
servant
heareth.
So
Samuel
went
and
lay
down
in
his
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
Jehovah
came,
and
stood,
and
called
as
at
other
times,
Samuel,
Samuel.
Then
Samuel
said,
Speak;
for
thy
servant
heareth.
\VS{11}And
Jehovah
said
to
Samuel,
Behold,
I
will
do
a
thing
in
Israel,
at
which
both
the
ears
of
every
one
that
heareth
it
shall
tingle.
\VS{12}In
that
day
I
will
perform
against
Eli
all
that
I
have
spoken
concerning
his
house,
from
the
beginning
even
unto
the
end.
\VS{13}For
I
have
told
him
that
I
will
judge
his
house
for
ever,
for
the
iniquity
which
he
knew,
because
his
sons
did
bring
a
curse
upon
themselves,
and
he
restrained
them
not.
\VS{14}And
therefore
I
have
sworn
unto
the
house
of
Eli,
that
the
iniquity
of
Eli’s
house
shall
not
be expiated
with
sacrifice
nor
offering
for
ever.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
Samuel
lay
until
the
morning,
and
opened
the
doors
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
And
Samuel
feared
to
show
Eli
the
vision.
\VS{16}Then
Eli
called
Samuel,
and
said,
Samuel,
my
son.
And
he
said,
Here
am
I.
\VS{17}And
he
said,
What
is
the
thing
that
{\ADD{
Jehovah}}
hath
spoken
unto
thee?
I
pray
thee,
hide
it
not
from
me:
God
do
so
to
thee,
and
more
also,
if
thou
hide
anything
from
me
of
all
the
things
that
he
spake
unto
thee.
\VS{18}And
Samuel
told
him
every
whit,
and
hid
nothing
from
him.
And
he
said,
It
is
Jehovah:
let
him
do
what
seemeth
him
good.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
Samuel
grew,
and
Jehovah
was
with
him,
and
did
let
none
of
his
words
fall
to
the
ground.
\VS{20}And
all
Israel
from
Dan
even
to
Beer-sheba
knew
that
Samuel
was
established
to
be
a
prophet
of
Jehovah.
\VS{21}And
Jehovah
appeared
again
in
Shiloh;
for
Jehovah
revealed
himself
to
Samuel
in
Shiloh
by
the
word
of
Jehovah.

\Chap{4}\VerseOne{1}And
the
word
of
Samuel
came
to
all
Israel.
\par }{\PP Now
Israel
went
out
against
the
Philistines
to
battle,
and
encamped
beside
Eben-ezer:
and
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Aphek.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
put
themselves
in
array
against
Israel:
and
when
they
joined
battle,
Israel
was
smitten
before
the
Philistines;
and
they
slew
of
the
army
in
the
field
about
four
thousand
men.
\VS{3}And
when
the
people
were
come
into
the
camp,
the
elders
of
Israel
said,
Wherefore
hath
Jehovah
smitten
us to-day
before
the
Philistines?
Let
us
fetch
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
out
of
Shiloh
unto
us,
that
it
may
come
among
us,
and
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies.
\VS{4}So
the
people
sent
to
Shiloh;
and
they
brought
from
thence
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
of
hosts,
who
sitteth
{\ADD{
above}}
the
cherubim:
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
there
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
when
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
came
into
the
camp,
all
Israel
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
so
that
the
earth
rang
again.
\VS{6}And
when
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shout,
they
said,
What
meaneth
the
noise
of
this
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews?
And
they
understood
that
the
ark
of
Jehovah
was
come
into
the
camp.
\VS{7}And
the
Philistines
were
afraid,
for
they
said,
God
is
come
into
the
camp.
And
they
said,
Woe
unto
us!
for
there
hath
not
been
such
a
thing
heretofore.
\VS{8}Woe
unto
us!
who
shall
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
these
mighty
gods?
these
are
the
gods
that
smote
the
Egyptians
with
all
manner
of
plagues
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{9}Be
strong,
and
quit
yourselves
like
men,
O
ye
Philistines,
that
ye
be
not
servants
unto
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
been
to
you:
quit
yourselves
like
men,
and
fight.
\VS{10}And
the
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was
smitten,
and
they
fled
every
man
to
his
tent:
and
there
was
a
very
great
slaughter;
for
there
fell
of
Israel
thirty
thousand
footmen.
\VS{11}And
the
ark
of
God
was
taken;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
slain.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
there
ran
a
man
of
Benjamin
out
of
the
army,
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes
rent,
and
with
earth
upon
his
head.
\VS{13}And
when
he
came,
lo,
Eli
was
sitting
upon
his
seat
by
the
wayside
watching;
for
his
heart
trembled
for
the
ark
of
God.
And
when
the
man
came
into
the
city,
and
told
it,
all
the
city
cried
out.
\VS{14}And
when
Eli
heard
the
noise
of
the
crying,
he
said,
What
meaneth
the
noise
of
this
tumult?
And
the
man
hasted,
and
came
and
told
Eli.
\VS{15}Now
Eli
was
ninety
and
eight
years
old;
and
his
eyes
were
set,
so
that
he
could
not
see.
\VS{16}And
the
man
said
unto
Eli,
I
am
he
that
came
out
of
the
army,
and
I
fled to-day
out
of
the
army.
And
he
said,
How
went
the
matter,
my
son?
\VS{17}And
he
that
brought
the
tidings
answered
and
said,
Israel
is
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
hath
been
also
a
great
slaughter
among
the
people,
and
thy
two
sons
also,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
are
dead,
and
the
ark
of
God
is
taken.
\VS{18}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
made
mention
of
the
ark
of
God,
that
{\ADD{
Eli}}
fell
from
off
his
seat
backward
by
the
side
of
the
gate;
and
his
neck
brake,
and
he
died:
for
he
was
an
old
man,
and
heavy.
And
he
had
judged
Israel
forty
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
his
daughter-in-law,
Phinehas’
wife,
was
with
child,
near
to
be
delivered:
and
when
she
heard
the
tidings
that
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
were
dead,
she
bowed
herself
and
brought
forth;
for
her
pains
came
upon
her.
\VS{20}And
about
the
time
of
her
death
the
women
that
stood
by
her
said
unto
her,
Fear
not;
for
thou
hast
brought
forth
a
son.
But
she
answered
not,
neither
did
she
regard
it.
\VS{21}And
she
named
the
child
Ichabod,
saying,
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel;
because
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
because
of
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband.
\VS{22}And
she
said,
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel;
for
the
ark
of
God
is
taken.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
had
taken
the
ark
of
God,
and
they
brought
it
from
Eben-ezer
unto
Ashdod.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
God,
and
brought
it
into
the
house
of
Dagon,
and
set
it
by
Dagon.
\VS{3}And
when
they
of
Ashdod
arose
early
on
the
morrow,
behold,
Dagon
was
fallen
upon
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
ark
of
Jehovah.
And
they
took
Dagon,
and
set
him
in
his
place
again.
\VS{4}And
when
they
arose
early
on
the
morrow
morning,
behold,
Dagon
was
fallen
upon
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
ark
of
Jehovah;
and
the
head
of
Dagon
and
both
the
palms
of
his
hands
{\ADD{
lay}}
cut
off
upon
the
threshold;
only
{\ADD{
the
stump
of}}
Dagon
was
left
to
him.
\VS{5}Therefore
neither
the
priests
of
Dagon,
nor
any
that
come
into
Dagon’s
house,
tread
on
the
threshold
of
Dagon
in
Ashdod,
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
the
hand
of
Jehovah
was
heavy
upon
them
of
Ashdod,
and
he
destroyed
them,
and
smote
them
with
tumors,
even
Ashdod
and
the
borders
thereof.
\VS{7}And
when
the
men
of
Ashdod
saw
that
it
was
so,
they
said,
The
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
shall
not
abide
with
us;
for
his
hand
is
sore
upon
us,
and
upon
Dagon
our
god.
\VS{8}They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
unto
them,
and
said,
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel?
And
they
answered,
Let
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
be
carried
about
unto
Gath.
And
they
carried
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
{\ADD{
thither}}.
\VS{9}And
it
was
so,
that,
after
they
had
carried
it
about,
the
hand
of
Jehovah
was
against
the
city
with
a
very
great
discomfiture:
and
he
smote
the
men
of
the
city,
both
small
and
great;
and
tumors
brake
out
upon
them.
\VS{10}So
they
sent
the
ark
of
God
to
Ekron.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
the
ark
of
God
came
to
Ekron,
that
the
Ekronites
cried
out,
saying,
They
have
brought
about
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
to
us,
to
slay
us
and
our
people.
\VS{11}They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
they
said,
Send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
and
let
it
go
again
to
its
own
place,
that
it
slay
us
not,
and
our
people.
For
there
was
a
deadly
discomfiture
throughout
all
the
city;
the
hand
of
God
was
very
heavy
there.
\VS{12}And
the
men
that
died
not
were
smitten
with
the
tumors;
and
the
cry
of
the
city
went
up
to
heaven.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
ark
of
Jehovah
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners,
saying,
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
Jehovah?
show
us
wherewith
we
shall
send
it
to
its
place.
\VS{3}And
they
said,
If
ye
send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
send
it
not
empty;
but
by
all
means
return
him
a trespass-offering:
then
ye
shall
be
healed,
and
it
shall
be
known
to
you
why
his
hand
is
not
removed
from
you.
\VS{4}Then
said
they,
What
shall
be
the trespass-offering
which
we
shall
return
to
him?
And
they
said,
Five
golden
tumors,
and
five
golden
mice,
{\ADD{
according
to}}
the
number
of
the
lords
of
the
Philistines;
for
one
plague
was
on
you
all,
and
on
your
lords.
\VS{5}Wherefore
ye
shall
make
images
of
your
tumors,
and
images
of
your
mice
that
mar
the
land;
and
ye
shall
give
glory
unto
the
God
of
Israel:
peradventure
he
will
lighten
his
hand
from
off
you,
and
from
off
your
gods,
and
from
off
your
land.
\VS{6}Wherefore
then
do
ye
harden
your
hearts,
as
the
Egyptians
and
Pharaoh
hardened
their
hearts?
When
he
had
wrought
wonderfully
among
them,
did
they
not
let
the
people
go,
and
they
departed?
\VS{7}Now
therefore
take
and
prepare
you
a
new
cart,
and
two
milch
kine,
on
which
there
hath
come
no
yoke;
and
tie
the
kine
to
the
cart,
and
bring
their
calves
home
from
them;
\VS{8}and
take
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
lay
it
upon
the
cart;
and
put
the
jewels
of
gold,
which
ye
return
him
for
a trespass-offering,
in
a
coffer
by
the
side
thereof;
and
send
it
away,
that
it
may
go.
\VS{9}And
see;
if
it
goeth
up
by
the
way
of
its
own
border
to
Beth-shemesh,
then
he
hath
done
us
this
great
evil:
but
if
not,
then
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand
that
smote
us;
it
was
a
chance
that
happened
to
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
the
men
did
so,
and
took
two
milch
kine,
and
tied
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home;
\VS{11}and
they
put
the
ark
of
Jehovah
upon
the
cart,
and
the
coffer
with
the
mice
of
gold
and
the
images
of
their
tumors.
\VS{12}And
the
kine
took
the
straight
way
by
the
way
to
Beth-shemesh;
they
went
along
the
highway,
lowing
as
they
went,
and
turned
not
aside
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
unto
the
border
of
Beth-shemesh.
\VS{13}And
they
of
Beth-shemesh
were
reaping
their
wheat
harvest
in
the
valley;
and
they
lifted
up
their
eyes,
and
saw
the
ark,
and
rejoiced
to
see
it.
\VS{14}And
the
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua
the
Beth-shemite,
and
stood
there,
where
there
was
a
great
stone:
and
they
clave
the
wood
of
the
cart,
and
offered
up
the
kine
for
a burnt-offering
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{15}And
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
the
coffer
that
was
with
it,
wherein
the
jewels
of
gold
were,
and
put
them
on
the
great
stone:
and
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
offered burnt-offerings
and
sacrificed
sacrifices
the
same
day
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{16}And
when
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
had
seen
it,
they
returned
to
Ekron
the
same
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
these
are
the
golden
tumors
which
the
Philistines
returned
for
a trespass-offering
unto
Jehovah:
for
Ashdod
one,
for
Gaza
one,
for
Ashkelon
one,
for
Gath
one,
for
Ekron
one;
\VS{18}and
the
golden
mice,
according
to
the
number
of
all
the
cities
of
the
Philistines belonging
to
the
five
lords,
both
of
fortified
cities
and
of
country
villages,
even
unto
the
great
stone,
whereon
they
set
down
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
{\ADD{
which
stone
remaineth}}
unto
this
day
in
the
field
of
Joshua
the
Beth-shemite.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
he
smote
of
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh,
because
they
had
looked
into
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
he
smote
of
the
people
seventy
men,
{\ADD{
and}}
fifty
thousand
men;
and
the
people
mourned,
because
Jehovah
had
smitten
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
\VS{20}And
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
said,
Who
is
able
to
stand
before
Jehovah,
this
holy
God?
and
to
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
us?
\VS{21}And
they
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of
Kiriath-jearim,
saying,
The
Philistines
have
brought
back
the
ark
of
Jehovah;
come
ye
down,
and
fetch
it
up
to
you.

\Chap{7}\VerseOne{1}And
the
men
of
Kiriath-jearim
came,
and
fetched
up
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
brought
it
into
the
house
of
Abinadab
in
the
hill,
and
sanctified
Eleazar
his
son
to
keep
the
ark
of
Jehovah.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass,
from
the
day
that
the
ark
abode
in
Kiriath-jearim,
that
the
time
was
long;
for
it
was
twenty
years:
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
lamented
after
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}And
Samuel
spake
unto
all
the
house
of
Israel,
saying,
If
ye
do
return
unto
Jehovah
with
all
your
heart,
then
put
away
the
foreign
gods
and
the
Ashtaroth
from
among
you,
and
direct
your
hearts
unto
Jehovah,
and
serve
him
only;
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{4}Then
the
children
of
Israel
did
put
away
the
Baalim
and
the
Ashtaroth,
and
served
Jehovah
only.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
Samuel
said,
Gather
all
Israel
to
Mizpah,
and
I
will
pray
for
you
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{6}And
they
gathered
together
to
Mizpah,
and
drew
water,
and
poured
it
out
before
Jehovah,
and
fasted
on
that
day,
and
said
there,
We
have
sinned
against
Jehovah.
And
Samuel
judged
the
children
of
Israel
in
Mizpah.
\VS{7}And
when
the
Philistines
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gathered
together
to
Mizpah,
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up
against
Israel.
And
when
the
children
of
Israel
heard
it,
they
were
afraid
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{8}And
the
children
of
Israel
said
to
Samuel,
Cease
not
to
cry
unto
Jehovah
our
God
for
us,
that
he
will
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{9}And
Samuel
took
a
sucking
lamb,
and
offered
it
for
a
whole burnt-offering
unto
Jehovah:
and
Samuel
cried
unto
Jehovah
for
Israel;
and
Jehovah
answered
him.
\VS{10}And
as
Samuel
was
offering
up
the burnt-offering,
the
Philistines
drew
near
to
battle
against
Israel;
but
Jehovah
thundered
with
a
great
thunder
on
that
day
upon
the
Philistines,
and
discomfited
them;
and
they
were
smitten
down
before
Israel.
\VS{11}And
the
men
of
Israel
went
out
of
Mizpah,
and
pursued
the
Philistines,
and
smote
them,
until
they
came
under
Beth-car.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Samuel
took
a
stone,
and
set
it
between
Mizpah
and
Shen,
and
called
the
name
of
it
Eben-ezer,
saying,
Hitherto
hath
Jehovah
helped
us.
\VS{13}So
the
Philistines
were
subdued,
and
they
came
no
more
within
the
border
of
Israel:
and
the
hand
of
Jehovah
was
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Samuel.
\VS{14}And
the
cities
which
the
Philistines
had
taken
from
Israel
were
restored
to
Israel,
from
Ekron
even
unto
Gath;
and
the
border
thereof
did
Israel
deliver
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
And
there
was
peace
between
Israel
and
the
Amorites.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
Samuel
judged
Israel
all
the
days
of
his
life.
\VS{16}And
he
went
from
year
to
year
in
circuit
to
Beth-el,
and
Gilgal,
and
Mizpah;
and
he
judged
Israel
in
all
those
places.
\VS{17}And
his
return
was
to
Ramah,
for
there
was
his
house;
and
there
he
judged
Israel:
and
he
built
there
an
altar
unto
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Samuel
was
old,
that
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
\VS{2}Now
the
name
of
his first-born
was
Joel;
and
the
name
of
his
second,
Abijah:
they
were
judges
in
Beer-sheba.
\VS{3}And
his
sons
walked
not
in
his
ways,
but
turned
aside
after
lucre,
and
took
bribes,
and
perverted
justice.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
all
the
elders
of
Israel
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
to
Samuel
unto
Ramah;
\VS{5}and
they
said
unto
him,
Behold,
thou
art
old,
and
thy
sons
walk
not
in
thy
ways:
now
make
us
a
king
to
judge
us
like
all
the
nations.
\VS{6}But
the
thing
displeased
Samuel,
when
they
said,
Give
us
a
king
to
judge
us.
And
Samuel
prayed
unto
Jehovah.
\VS{7}And
Jehovah
said
unto
Samuel,
Hearken
unto
the
voice
of
the
people
in
all
that
they
say
unto
thee;
for
they
have
not
rejected
thee,
but
they
have
rejected
me,
that
I
should
not
be
king
over
them.
\VS{8}According
to
all
the
works
which
they
have
done
since
the
day
that
I
brought
them
up
out
of
Egypt
even
unto
this
day,
in
that
they
have
forsaken
me,
and
served
other
gods,
so
do
they
also
unto
thee.
\VS{9}Now
therefore
hearken
unto
their
voice:
howbeit
thou shalt
protest
solemnly
unto
them,
and shalt
show
them
the
manner
of
the
king
that
shall
reign
over
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
Samuel
told
all
the
words
of
Jehovah
unto
the
people
that
asked
of
him
a
king.
\VS{11}And
he
said,
This
will
be
the
manner
of
the
king
that
shall
reign
over
you:
he
will
take
your
sons,
and
appoint
them
unto
him,
for
his
chariots,
and
to
be
his
horsemen;
and
they
shall
run
before
his
chariots;
\VS{12}and
he
will
appoint
them
unto
him
for
captains
of
thousands,
and
captains
of
fifties;
and
{\ADD{
he
will
set
some}}
to
plow
his
ground,
and
to
reap
his
harvest,
and
to
make
his
instruments
of
war,
and
the
instruments
of
his
chariots.
\VS{13}And
he
will
take
your
daughters
to
be
perfumers,
and
to
be
cooks,
and
to
be
bakers.
\VS{14}And
he
will
take
your
fields,
and
your
vineyards,
and
your
oliveyards,
even
the
best
of
them,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
\VS{15}And
he
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
seed,
and
of
your
vineyards,
and
give
to
his
officers,
and
to
his
servants.
\VS{16}And
he
will
take
your men-servants,
and
your maid-servants,
and
your
goodliest
young
men,
and
your
asses,
and
put
them
to
his
work.
\VS{17}He
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
flocks:
and
ye
shall
be
his
servants.
\VS{18}And
ye
shall
cry
out
in
that
day
because
of
your
king
whom
ye
shall
have
chosen
you;
and
Jehovah
will
not
answer
you
in
that
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
the
people
refused
to
hearken
unto
the
voice
of
Samuel;
and
they
said,
Nay:
but
we
will
have
a
king
over
us,
\VS{20}that
we
also
may
be
like
all
the
nations,
and
that
our
king
may
judge
us,
and
go
out
before
us,
and
fight
our
battles.
\VS{21}And
Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and
he
rehearsed
them
in
the
ears
of
Jehovah.
\VS{22}And
Jehovah
said
to
Samuel,
Hearken
unto
their
voice,
and
make
them
a
king.
And
Samuel
said
unto
the
men
of
Israel,
Go
ye
every
man
unto
his
city.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
was
a
man
of
Benjamin,
whose
name
was
Kish,
the
son
of
Abiel,
the
son
of
Zeror,
the
son
of
Becorath,
the
son
of
Aphiah,
the
son
of
a
Benjamite,
a
mighty
man
of
valor.
\VS{2}And
he
had
a
son,
whose
name
was
Saul,
a
young
man
and
a
goodly:
and
there
was
not
among
the
children
of
Israel
a
goodlier
person
than
he:
from
his
shoulders
and
upward
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people.
\VS{3}And
the
asses
of
Kish,
Saul’s
father,
were
lost.
And
Kish
said
to
Saul
his
son,
Take
now
one
of
the
servants
with
thee,
and
arise,
go
seek
the
asses.
\VS{4}And
he
passed
through
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
passed
through
the
land
of
Shalishah,
but
they
found
them
not:
then
they
passed
through
the
land
of
Shaalim,
and
there
they
were
not:
and
he
passed
through
the
land
of
the
Benjamites,
but
they
found
them
not.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
they
were
come
to
the
land
of
Zuph,
Saul
said
to
his
servant
that
was
with
him,
Come,
and
let
us
return,
lest
my
father
leave
off caring
for
the
asses,
and
be
anxious
for
us.
\VS{6}And
he
said
unto
him,
Behold
now,
there
is
in
this
city
a
man
of
God,
and
he
is
a
man
that
is
held
in
honor;
all
that
he
saith
cometh
surely
to
pass:
now
let
us
go
thither;
peradventure
he
can
tell
us
concerning
our
journey
whereon
we
go.
\VS{7}Then
said
Saul
to
his
servant,
But,
behold,
if
we
go,
what
shall
we
bring
the
man?
for
the
bread
is
spent
in
our
vessels,
and
there
is
not
a
present
to
bring
to
the
man
of
God:
what
have
we?
\VS{8}And
the
servant
answered
Saul
again,
and
said,
Behold,
I
have
in
my
hand
the
fourth
part
of
a
shekel
of
silver:
that
will
I
give
to
the
man
of
God,
to
tell
us
our
way.
\VS{9}(Beforetime
in
Israel,
when
a
man
went
to
inquire
of
God,
thus
he
said,
Come,
and
let
us
go
to
the
seer;
for
he
that
is
now
called
a
Prophet
was
beforetime
called
a
Seer.)
\VS{10}Then
said
Saul
to
his
servant,
Well
said;
come,
let
us
go.
So
they
went
unto
the
city
where
the
man
of
God
was.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}As
they
went
up
the
ascent
to
the
city,
they
found
young
maidens
going
out
to
draw
water,
and
said
unto
them,
Is
the
seer
here?
\VS{12}And
they
answered
them,
and
said,
He
is;
behold,
{\ADD{
he
is}}
before
thee:
make
haste
now,
for
he
is
come to-day
into
the
city;
for
the
people
have
a
sacrifice to-day
in
the
high
place.
\VS{13}As
soon
as
ye
are
come
into
the
city,
ye
shall
straightway
find
him,
before
he
goeth
up
to
the
high
place
to
eat;
for
the
people
will
not
eat
until
he
come,
because
he
doth
bless
the
sacrifice;
{\ADD{
and}}
afterwards
they
eat
that
are
bidden.
Now
therefore
get
you
up;
for
at
this
time
ye
shall
find
him.
\VS{14}And
they
went
up
to
the
city;
{\ADD{
and}}
as
they
came
within
the
city,
behold,
Samuel
came
out
toward
them,
to
go
up
to
the
high
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Now
Jehovah
had
revealed
unto
Samuel
a
day
before
Saul
came,
saying,
\VS{16}To-morrow
about
this
time
I
will
send
thee
a
man
out
of
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
thou shalt
anoint
him
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel;
and
he
shall
save
my
people
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines:
for
I
have
looked
upon
my
people,
because
their
cry
is
come
unto
me.
\VS{17}And
when
Samuel
saw
Saul,
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Behold,
the
man
of
whom
I
spake
to
thee!
this
same
shall
have
authority
over
my
people.
\VS{18}Then
Saul
drew
near
to
Samuel
in
the
gate,
and
said,
Tell
me,
I
pray
thee,
where
the
seer’s
house
is.
\VS{19}And
Samuel
answered
Saul,
and
said,
I
am
the
seer;
go
up
before
me
unto
the
high
place,
for
ye
shall
eat
with
me to-day:
and
in
the
morning
I
will
let
thee
go,
and
will
tell
thee
all
that
is
in
thy
heart.
\VS{20}And
as
for
thine
asses
that
were
lost
three
days
ago,
set
not
thy
mind
on
them;
for
they
are
found.
And
for
whom
is
all
that
is
desirable
in
Israel?
Is
it
not
for
thee,
and
for
all
thy
father’s
house?
\VS{21}And
Saul
answered
and
said,
Am
not
I
a
Benjamite,
of
the
smallest
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
and
my
family
the
least
of
all
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin?
wherefore
then
speakest
thou
to
me
after
this
manner?
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
Samuel
took
Saul
and
his
servant,
and
brought
them
into
the guest-chamber,
and
made
them
sit
in
the
chiefest
place
among
them
that
were
bidden,
who
were
about
thirty
persons.
\VS{23}And
Samuel
said
unto
the
cook,
Bring
the
portion
which
I
gave
thee,
of
which
I
said
unto
thee,
Set
it
by
thee.
\VS{24}And
the
cook
took
up
the
thigh,
and
that
which
was
upon
it,
and
set
it
before
Saul.
And
{\ADD{
Samuel}}
said,
Behold,
that
which
hath
been
reserved!
set
it
before
thee
and
eat;
because
unto
the
appointed
time
hath
it
been
kept
for
thee,
for
I
said,
I
have
invited
the
people.
So
Saul
did
eat
with
Samuel
that
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}And
when
they
were
come
down
from
the
high
place
into
the
city,
he
communed
with
Saul
upon
the
housetop.
\VS{26}And
they
arose
early:
and
it
came
to
pass
about
the
spring
of
the
day,
that
Samuel
called
to
Saul
on
the
housetop,
saying,
Up,
that
I
may
send
thee
away.
And
Saul
arose,
and
they
went
out
both
of
them,
he
and
Samuel,
abroad.
\VS{27}As
they
were
going
down
at
the
end
of
the
city,
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Bid
the
servant
pass
on
before
us (and
he
passed
on),
but
stand
thou
still
first,
that
I
may
cause
thee
to
hear
the
word
of
God.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Samuel
took
the
vial
of
oil,
and
poured
it
upon
his
head,
and
kissed
him,
and
said,
Is
it
not
that
Jehovah
hath
anointed
thee
to
be
prince
over
his
inheritance?
\VS{2}When
thou
art
departed
from
me to-day,
then
thou shalt
find
two
men
by
Rachel’s
sepulchre,
in
the
border
of
Benjamin
at
Zelzah;
and
they
will
say
unto
thee,
The
asses
which
thou
wentest
to
seek
are
found;
and,
lo,
thy
father
hath
left
off caring
for
the
asses,
and
is
anxious
for
you,
saying,
What
shall
I
do
for
my
son?
\VS{3}Then shalt
thou
go
on
forward
from
thence,
and
thou shalt
come
to
the
oak
of
Tabor;
and
there
shall
meet
thee
there
three
men
going
up
to
God
to
Beth-el,
one
carrying
three
kids,
and
another
carrying
three
loaves
of
bread,
and
another
carrying
a
bottle
of
wine:
\VS{4}and
they
will
salute
thee,
and
give
thee
two
loaves
of
bread,
which
thou shalt
receive
of
their
hand.
\VS{5}After
that
thou shalt
come
to
the
hill
of
God,
where
is
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines:
and
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when
thou
art
come
thither
to
the
city,
that
thou shalt
meet
a
band
of
prophets
coming
down
from
the
high
place
with
a
psaltery,
and
a
timbrel,
and
a
pipe,
and
a
harp,
before
them;
and
they
will
be
prophesying:
\VS{6}and
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
will
come
mightily
upon
thee,
and
thou shalt
prophesy
with
them,
and shalt
be
turned
into
another
man.
\VS{7}And
let
it
be,
when
these
signs
are
come
unto
thee,
that
thou
do
as
occasion
shall
serve
thee;
for
God
is
with
thee.
\VS{8}And
thou shalt
go
down
before
me
to
Gilgal;
and,
behold,
I
will
come
down
unto
thee,
to
offer burnt-offerings,
and
to
sacrifice
sacrifices
of peace-offerings:
seven
days shalt
thou
tarry,
till
I
come
unto
thee,
and
show
thee
what
thou shalt
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
it
was
so,
that,
when
he
had
turned
his
back
to
go
from
Samuel,
God
gave
him
another
heart:
and
all
those
signs
came
to
pass
that
day.
\VS{10}And
when
they
came
thither
to
the
hill,
behold,
a
band
of
prophets
met
him;
and
the
Spirit
of
God
came
mightily
upon
him,
and
he
prophesied
among
them.
\VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
all
that
knew
him
beforetime
saw
that,
behold,
he
prophesied
with
the
prophets,
then
the
people
said
one
to
another,
What
is
this
that
is
come
unto
the
son
of
Kish?
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
\VS{12}And
one
of
the
same
place
answered
and
said,
And
who
is
their
father?
Therefore
it
became
a
proverb,
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
\VS{13}And
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
prophesying,
he
came
to
the
high
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}And
Saul’s
uncle
said
unto
him
and
to
his
servant,
Whither
went
ye?
And
he
said,
To
seek
the
asses;
and
when
we
saw
that
they
were
not
found,
we
came
to
Samuel.
\VS{15}And
Saul’s
uncle
said,
Tell
me,
I
pray
thee,
what
Samuel
said
unto
you.
\VS{16}And
Saul
said
unto
his
uncle,
He
told
us
plainly
that
the
asses
were
found.
But
concerning
the
matter
of
the
kingdom,
whereof
Samuel
spake,
he
told
him
not.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Samuel
called
the
people
together
unto
Jehovah
to
Mizpah;
\VS{18}and
he
said
unto
the
children
of
Israel,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
brought
up
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
and
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
the
kingdoms
that
oppressed
you:
\VS{19}but
ye
have
this
day
rejected
your
God,
who
himself
saveth
you
out
of
all
your
calamities
and
your
distresses;
and
ye
have
said
unto
him,
{\ADD{
Nay}},
but
set
a
king
over
us.
Now
therefore
present
yourselves
before
Jehovah
by
your
tribes,
and
by
your
thousands.
\VS{20}So
Samuel
brought
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
near,
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
was
taken.
\VS{21}And
he
brought
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
near
by
their
families;
and
the
family
of
the Matrites
was
taken;
and
Saul
the
son
of
Kish
was
taken:
but
when
they
sought
him,
he
could
not
be
found.
\VS{22}Therefore
they
asked
of
Jehovah
further,
Is
there
yet
a
man
to
come
hither?
And
Jehovah
answered,
Behold,
he
hath
hid
himself
among
the
baggage.
\VS{23}And
they
ran
and
fetched
him
thence;
and
when
he
stood
among
the
people,
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people
from
his
shoulders
and
upward.
\VS{24}And
Samuel
said
to
all
the
people,
See
ye
him
whom
Jehovah
hath
chosen,
that
there
is
none
like
him
among
all
the
people?
And
all
the
people
shouted,
and
said,
{\ADD{
Long}}
live
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Samuel
told
the
people
the
manner
of
the
kingdom,
and
wrote
it
in
a
book,
and
laid
it
up
before
Jehovah.
And
Samuel
sent
all
the
people
away,
every
man
to
his
house.
\VS{26}And
Saul
also
went
to
his
house
to
Gibeah;
and
there
went
with
him
the
host,
whose
hearts
God
had
touched.
\VS{27}But
certain
worthless
fellows
said,
How
shall
this
man
save
us?
And
they
despised
him,
and
brought
him
no
present.
But
he
held
his
peace.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Nahash
the
Ammonite
came
up,
and
encamped
against
Jabesh-gilead:
and
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
said
unto
Nahash,
Make
a
covenant
with
us,
and
we
will
serve
thee.
\VS{2}And
Nahash
the
Ammonite
said
unto
them,
On
this
condition
will
I
make
it
with
you,
that
all
your
right
eyes
be
put
out;
and
I
will
lay
it
for
a
reproach
upon
all
Israel.
\VS{3}And
the
elders
of
Jabesh
said
unto
him,
Give
us
seven
days’
respite,
that
we
may
send
messengers
unto
all
the
borders
of
Israel;
and
then,
if
there
be
none
to
save
us,
we
will
come
out
to
thee.
\VS{4}Then
came
the
messengers
to
Gibeah
of
Saul,
and
spake
these
words
in
the
ears
of
the
people:
and
all
the
people
lifted
up
their
voice,
and
wept.
\VS{5}And,
behold,
Saul
came
following
the
oxen
out
of
the
field;
and
Saul
said,
What aileth
the
people
that
they
weep?
And
they
told
him
the
words
of
the
men
of
Jabesh.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
the
Spirit
of
God
came
mightily
upon
Saul
when
he
heard
those
words,
and
his
anger
was
kindled
greatly.
\VS{7}And
he
took
a
yoke
of
oxen,
and
cut
them
in
pieces,
and
sent
them
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel
by
the
hand
of
messengers,
saying,
Whosoever
cometh
not
forth
after
Saul
and
after
Samuel,
so
shall
it
be
done
unto
his
oxen.
And
the
dread
of
Jehovah
fell
on
the
people,
and
they
came
out
as
one
man.
\VS{8}And
he
numbered
them
in
Bezek;
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
three
hundred
thousand,
and
the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand.
\VS{9}And
they
said
unto
the
messengers
that
came,
Thus
shall
ye
say
unto
the
men
of
Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow,
by
the
time
the
sun
is
hot,
ye
shall
have
deliverance.
And
the
messengers
came
and
told
the
men
of
Jabesh;
and
they
were
glad.
\VS{10}Therefore
the
men
of
Jabesh
said, To-morrow
we
will
come
out
unto
you,
and
ye
shall
do
with
us
all
that
seemeth
good
unto
you.
\VS{11}And
it
was
so
on
the
morrow,
that
Saul
put
the
people
in
three
companies;
and
they
came
into
the
midst
of
the
camp
in
the
morning
watch,
and
smote
the
Ammonites
until
the
heat
of
the
day:
and
it
came
to
pass,
that
they
that
remained
were
scattered,
so
that
not
two
of
them
were
left
together.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
the
people
said
unto
Samuel,
Who
is
he
that
said,
Shall
Saul
reign
over
us?
bring
the
men,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death.
\VS{13}And
Saul
said,
There
shall
not
a
man
be
put
to
death
this
day;
for to-day
Jehovah
hath
wrought
deliverance
in
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
said
Samuel
to
the
people,
Come,
and
let
us
go
to
Gilgal,
and
renew
the
kingdom
there.
\VS{15}And
all
the
people
went
to
Gilgal;
and
there
they
made
Saul
king
before
Jehovah
in
Gilgal;
and
there
they
offered
sacrifices
of peace-offerings
before
Jehovah;
and
there
Saul
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
rejoiced
greatly.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
said
unto
all
Israel,
Behold,
I
have
hearkened
unto
your
voice
in
all
that
ye
said
unto
me,
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
\VS{2}And
now,
behold,
the
king
walketh
before
you;
and
I
am
old
and
grayheaded;
and,
behold,
my
sons
are
with
you:
and
I
have
walked
before
you
from
my
youth
unto
this
day.
\VS{3}Here
I
am:
witness
against
me
before
Jehovah,
and
before
his
anointed:
whose
ox
have
I
taken?
or
whose
ass
have
I
taken?
or
whom
have
I
defrauded?
whom
have
I
oppressed?
or
of
whose
hand
have
I
taken
a
ransom
to
blind
mine
eyes
therewith?
and
I
will
restore
it
you.
\VS{4}And
they
said,
Thou
hast
not
defrauded
us,
nor
oppressed
us,
neither
hast
thou
taken aught
of
any
man’s
hand.
\VS{5}And
he
said
unto
them,
Jehovah
is
witness
against
you,
and
his
anointed
is
witness
this
day,
that
ye
have
not
found aught
in
my
hand.
And
they
said,
He
is
witness.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
Samuel
said
unto
the
people,
It
is
Jehovah
that
appointed
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
that
brought
your
fathers
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{7}Now
therefore
stand
still,
that
I
may
plead
with
you
before
Jehovah
concerning
all
the
righteous
acts
of
Jehovah,
which
he
did
to
you
and
to
your
fathers.
\VS{8}When
Jacob
was
come
into
Egypt,
and
your
fathers
cried
unto
Jehovah,
then
Jehovah
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
who
brought
forth
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
and
made
them
to
dwell
in
this
place.
\VS{9}But
they
forgat
Jehovah
their
God;
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Sisera,
captain
of
the
host
of
Hazor,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Moab;
and
they
fought
against
them.
\VS{10}And
they
cried
unto
Jehovah,
and
said,
We
have
sinned,
because
we
have
forsaken
Jehovah,
and
have
served
the
Baalim
and
the
Ashtaroth:
but
now
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
and
we
will
serve
thee.
\VS{11}And
Jehovah
sent
Jerubbaal,
and
Bedan,
and
Jephthah,
and
Samuel,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
your
enemies
on
every
side;
and
ye
dwelt
in
safety.
\VS{12}And
when
ye
saw
that
Nahash
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
came
against
you,
ye
said
unto
me,
Nay,
but
a
king
shall
reign
over
us;
when
Jehovah
your
God
was
your
king.
\VS{13}Now
therefore
behold
the
king
whom
ye
have
chosen,
and
whom
ye
have
asked
for:
and,
behold,
Jehovah
hath
set
a
king
over
you.
\VS{14}If
ye
will
fear
Jehovah,
and
serve
him,
and
hearken
unto
his
voice,
and
not
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
Jehovah,
and
both
ye
and
also
the
king
that
reigneth
over
you
be
followers
of
Jehovah
your
God,
{\ADD{
well}}:
\VS{15}but
if
ye
will
not
hearken
unto
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
but
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
Jehovah,
then
will
the
hand
of
Jehovah
be
against
you,
as
it
was
against
your
fathers.
\VS{16}Now
therefore
stand
still
and
see
this
great
thing,
which
Jehovah
will
do
before
your
eyes.
\VS{17}Is
it
not
wheat
harvest to-day?
I
will
call
unto
Jehovah,
that
he
may
send
thunder
and
rain;
and
ye
shall
know
and
see
that
your
wickedness
is
great,
which
ye
have
done
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
in
asking
you
a
king.
\VS{18}So
Samuel
called
unto
Jehovah;
and
Jehovah
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day:
and
all
the
people
greatly
feared
Jehovah
and
Samuel.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
all
the
people
said
unto
Samuel,
Pray
for
thy
servants
unto
Jehovah
thy
God,
that
we
die
not;
for
we
have
added
unto
all
our
sins
{\ADD{
this}}
evil,
to
ask
us
a
king.
\VS{20}And
Samuel
said
unto
the
people,
Fear
not:
ye
have
indeed
done
all
this
evil;
yet
turn
not
aside
from
following
Jehovah,
but
serve
Jehovah
with
all
your
heart:
\VS{21}and
turn
ye
not
aside;
for
{\ADD{
then
would
ye
go}}
after
vain
things
which
cannot
profit
nor
deliver,
for
they
are
vain.
\VS{22}For
Jehovah
will
not
forsake
his
people
for
his
great
name’s
sake,
because
it
hath
pleased
Jehovah
to
make
you
a
people
unto
himself.
\VS{23}Moreover
as
for
me,
far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
sin
against
Jehovah
in
ceasing
to
pray
for
you:
but
I
will
instruct
you
in
the
good
and
the
right
way.
\VS{24}Only
fear
Jehovah,
and
serve
him
in
truth
with
all
your
heart;
for
consider
how
great
things
he
hath
done
for
you.
\VS{25}But
if
ye
shall
still
do
wickedly,
ye
shall
be
consumed,
both
ye
and
your
king.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Saul
was
{\ADD{
forty}}
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
when
he
had
reigned
two
years
over
Israel,
\VS{2}Saul
chose
him
three
thousand
men
of
Israel,
whereof
two
thousand
were
with
Saul
in
Michmash
and
in
the
mount
of
Beth-el,
and
a
thousand
were
with
Jonathan
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin:
and
the
rest
of
the
people
he
sent
every
man
to
his
tent.
\VS{3}And
Jonathan
smote
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
that
was
in
Geba;
and
the
Philistines
heard
of
it.
And
Saul
blew
the
trumpet
throughout
all
the
land,
saying,
Let
the
Hebrews
hear.
\VS{4}And
all
Israel
heard
say
that
Saul
had
smitten
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
and
also
that
Israel
was
had
in
abomination
with
the
Philistines.
And
the
people
were
gathered
together
after
Saul
to
Gilgal.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
the
Philistines
assembled
themselves
together
to
fight
with
Israel,
thirty
thousand
chariots,
and
six
thousand
horsemen,
and
people
as
the
sand
which
is
on
the sea-shore
in
multitude:
and
they
came
up,
and
encamped
in
Michmash,
eastward
of
Beth-aven.
\VS{6}When
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were
in
a
strait (for
the
people
were
distressed),
then
the
people
did
hide
themselves
in
caves,
and
in
thickets,
and
in
rocks,
and
in coverts,
and
in
pits.
\VS{7}Now
some
of
the
Hebrews
had
gone
over
the
Jordan
to
the
land
of
Gad
and
Gilead;
but
as
for
Saul,
he
was
yet
in
Gilgal,
and
all
the
people
followed
him
trembling.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
he
tarried
seven
days,
according
to
the
set
time
that
Samuel
{\ADD{
had
appointed}}:
but
Samuel
came
not
to
Gilgal;
and
the
people
were
scattered
from
him.
\VS{9}And
Saul
said,
Bring
hither
the burnt-offering
to
me,
and
the peace-offerings.
And
he
offered
the burnt-offering.
\VS{10}And
it
came
to
pass
that,
as
soon
as
he
had
made
an
end
of
offering
the burnt-offering,
behold,
Samuel
came;
and
Saul
went
out
to
meet
him,
that
he
might
salute
him.
\VS{11}And
Samuel
said,
What
hast
thou
done?
And
Saul
said,
Because
I
saw
that
the
people
were
scattered
from
me,
and
that
thou
camest
not
within
the
days
appointed,
and
that
the
Philistines
assembled
themselves
together
at
Michmash;
\VS{12}therefore
said
I,
Now
will
the
Philistines
come
down
upon
me
to
Gilgal,
and
I
have
not
entreated
the
favor
of
Jehovah:
I
forced
myself
therefore,
and
offered
the burnt-offering.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Thou
hast
done
foolishly;
thou
hast
not
kept
the
commandment
of
Jehovah
thy
God,
which
he
commanded
thee:
for
now
would
Jehovah
have
established
thy
kingdom
upon
Israel
for
ever.
\VS{14}But
now
thy
kingdom
shall
not
continue:
Jehovah
hath
sought
him
a
man
after
his
own
heart,
and
Jehovah
hath
appointed
him
to
be
prince
over
his
people,
because
thou
hast
not
kept
that
which
Jehovah
commanded
thee.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
arose,
and
gat
him
up
from
Gilgal
unto
Gibeah
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\PP And
Saul
numbered
the
people
that
were
present
with
him,
about
six
hundred
men.
\VS{16}And
Saul,
and
Jonathan
his
son,
and
the
people
that
were
present
with
them,
abode
in
Geba
of
Benjamin:
but
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Michmash.
\VS{17}And
the
spoilers
came
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
in
three
companies:
one
company
turned
unto
the
way
that
leadeth
to
Ophrah,
unto
the
land
of
Shual;
\VS{18}and
another
company
turned
the
way
to
Beth-horon;
and
another
company
turned
the
way
of
the
border
that
looketh
down
upon
the
valley
of
Zeboim
toward
the
wilderness.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Now
there
was
no
smith
found
throughout
all
the
land
of
Israel;
for
the
Philistines
said,
Lest
the
Hebrews
make
them
swords
or
spears:
\VS{20}but
all
the
Israelites
went
down
to
the
Philistines,
to
sharpen
every
man
his
share,
and
his
coulter,
and
his
axe,
and
his
mattock;
\VS{21}yet
they
had
a
file
for
the
mattocks,
and
for
the
coulters,
and
for
the
forks,
and
for
the
axes,
and
to
set
the
goads.
\VS{22}So
it
came
to
pass
in
the
day
of
battle,
that
there
was
neither
sword
nor
spear
found
in
the
hand
of
any
of
the
people
that
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan:
but
with
Saul
and
with
Jonathan
his
son
was
there
found.
\VS{23}And
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
went
out
unto
the
pass
of
Michmash.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
it
fell
upon
a
day,
that
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
said
unto
the
young
man
that
bare
his
armor,
Come,
and
let
us
go
over
to
the
Philistines’
garrison,
that
is
on
yonder
side.
But
he
told
not
his
father.
\VS{2}And
Saul
abode
in
the
uttermost
part
of
Gibeah
under
the pomegranate-tree
which
is
in
Migron:
and
the
people
that
were
with
him
were
about
six
hundred
men;
\VS{3}and
Ahijah,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
Ichabod’s
brother,
the
son
of
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eli,
the
priest
of
Jehovah
in
Shiloh,
wearing
an
ephod.
And
the
people
knew
not
that
Jonathan
was
gone.
\VS{4}And
between
the
passes,
by
which
Jonathan
sought
to
go
over
unto
the
Philistines’
garrison,
there
was
a
rocky
crag
on
the
one
side,
and
a
rocky
crag
on
the
other
side:
and
the
name
of
the
one
was
Bozez,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Seneh.
\VS{5}The
one
crag
rose
up
on
the
north
in
front
of
Michmash,
and
the
other
on
the
south
in
front
of
Geba.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
that
bare
his
armor,
Come,
and
let
us
go
over
unto
the
garrison
of
these
uncircumcised:
it
may
be
that
Jehovah
will
work
for
us;
for
there
is
no
restraint
to
Jehovah
to
save
by
many
or
by
few.
\VS{7}And
his armorbearer
said
unto
him,
Do
all
that
is
in
thy
heart:
turn
thee,
behold,
I
am
with
thee
according
to
thy
heart.
\VS{8}Then
said
Jonathan,
Behold,
we
will
pass
over
unto
the
men,
and
we
will
disclose
ourselves
unto
them.
\VS{9}If
they
say
thus
unto
us,
Tarry
until
we
come
to
you;
then
we
will
stand
still
in
our
place,
and
will
not
go
up
unto
them.
\VS{10}But
if
they
say
thus,
Come
up
unto
us;
then
we
will
go
up;
for
Jehovah
hath
delivered
them
into
our
hand:
and
this
shall
be
the
sign
unto
us.
\VS{11}And
both
of
them
disclosed
themselves
unto
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines:
and
the
Philistines
said,
Behold,
the
Hebrews
come
forth
out
of
the
holes
where
they
had
hid
themselves.
\VS{12}And
the
men
of
the
garrison
answered
Jonathan
and
his armorbearer,
and
said,
Come
up
to
us,
and
we
will
show
you
a
thing.
And
Jonathan
said
unto
his armorbearer,
Come
up
after
me;
for
Jehovah
hath
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel.
\VS{13}And
Jonathan
climbed
up
upon
his
hands
and
upon
his
feet,
and
his armorbearer
after
him:
and
they
fell
before
Jonathan;
and
his armorbearer
slew
them
after
him.
\VS{14}And
that
first
slaughter,
which
Jonathan
and
his armorbearer
made,
was
about
twenty
men,
within
as
it
were
half
a furrow’s
length
in
an
acre
of
land.
\VS{15}And
there
was
a
trembling
in
the
camp,
in
the
field,
and
among
all
the
people;
the
garrison,
and
the
spoilers,
they
also
trembled;
and
the
earth
quaked:
so
there
was
an
exceeding
great
trembling.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
the
watchmen
of
Saul
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
looked;
and,
behold,
the
multitude
melted
away,
and
they
went
{\ADD{
hither}}
and
thither.
\VS{17}Then
said
Saul
unto
the
people
that
were
with
him,
Number
now,
and
see
who
is
gone
from
us.
And
when
they
had
numbered,
behold,
Jonathan
and
his armorbearer
were
not
there.
\VS{18}And
Saul
said
unto
Ahijah,
Bring
hither
the
ark
of
God.
For
the
ark
of
God
was
{\ADD{
there}}
at
that
time
with
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{19}And
it
came
to
pass,
while
Saul
talked
unto
the
priest,
that
the
tumult
that
was
in
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
went
on
and
increased:
and
Saul
said
unto
the
priest,
Withdraw
thy
hand.
\VS{20}And
Saul
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him
were
gathered
together,
and
came
to
the
battle:
and,
behold,
every
man’s
sword
was
against
his
fellow,
{\ADD{
and
there
was}}
a
very
great
discomfiture.
\VS{21}Now
the
Hebrews
that
were
with
the
Philistines
as
beforetime,
and
that
went
up
with
them
into
the
camp,
{\ADD{
from
the
country}}
round
about,
even
they
also
{\ADD{
turned}}
to
be
with
the
Israelites
that
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
\VS{22}Likewise
all
the
men
of
Israel
that
had
hid
themselves
in
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
when
they
heard
that
the
Philistines
fled,
even
they
also
followed
hard
after
them
in
the
battle.
\VS{23}So
Jehovah
saved
Israel
that
day:
and
the
battle
passed
over
by
Beth-aven.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
the
men
of
Israel
were
distressed
that
day;
for
Saul
had
adjured
the
people,
saying,
Cursed
be
the
man
that
eateth
any
food
until
it
be
evening,
and
I
be
avenged
on
mine
enemies.
So
none
of
the
people
tasted
food.
\VS{25}And
all
the
people
came
into
the
forest;
and
there
was
honey
upon
the
ground.
\VS{26}And
when
the
people
were
come
unto
the
forest,
behold,
the
honey
dropped:
but
no
man
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth;
for
the
people
feared
the
oath.
\VS{27}But
Jonathan
heard
not
when
his
father
charged
the
people
with
the
oath:
wherefore
he
put
forth
the
end
of
the
rod
that
was
in
his
hand,
and
dipped
it
in
the
honeycomb,
and
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth;
and
his
eyes
were
enlightened.
\VS{28}Then
answered
one
of
the
people,
and
said,
Thy
father
straitly
charged
the
people
with
an
oath,
saying,
Cursed
be
the
man
that
eateth
food
this
day.
And
the
people
were
faint.
\VS{29}Then
said
Jonathan,
My
father
hath
troubled
the
land:
see,
I
pray
you,
how
mine
eyes
have
been
enlightened,
because
I
tasted
a
little
of
this
honey.
\VS{30}How
much
more,
if
haply
the
people
had
eaten
freely to-day
of
the
spoil
of
their
enemies
which
they
found?
for
now
hath
there
been
no
great
slaughter
among
the
Philistines.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}And
they
smote
of
the
Philistines
that
day
from
Michmash
to
Aijalon.
And
the
people
were
very
faint;
\VS{32}and
the
people
flew
upon
the
spoil,
and
took
sheep,
and
oxen,
and
calves,
and
slew
them
on
the
ground;
and
the
people
did
eat
them
with
the
blood.
\VS{33}Then
they
told
Saul,
saying,
Behold,
the
people
sin
against
Jehovah,
in
that
they
eat
with
the
blood.
And
he
said,
Ye
have
dealt
treacherously:
roll
a
great
stone
unto
me
this
day.
\VS{34}And
Saul
said,
Disperse
yourselves
among
the
people,
and
say
unto
them,
Bring
me
hither
every
man
his
ox,
and
every
man
his
sheep,
and
slay
them
here,
and
eat;
and
sin
not
against
Jehovah
in
eating
with
the
blood.
And
all
the
people
brought
every
man
his
ox
with
him
that
night,
and
slew
them
there.
\VS{35}And
Saul
built
an
altar
unto
Jehovah:
the
same
was
the
first
altar
that
he
built
unto
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}And
Saul
said,
Let
us
go
down
after
the
Philistines
by
night,
and
take
spoil
among
them
until
the
morning
light,
and
let
us
not
leave
a
man
of
them.
And
they
said,
Do
whatsoever
seemeth
good
unto
thee.
Then
said
the
priest,
Let
us
draw
near
hither
unto
God.
\VS{37}And
Saul
asked
counsel
of
God,
Shall
I
go
down
after
the
Philistines?
wilt
thou
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel?
But
he
answered
him
not
that
day.
\VS{38}And
Saul
said,
Draw
nigh
hither,
all
ye
chiefs
of
the
people;
and
know
and
see
wherein
this
sin
hath
been
this
day.
\VS{39}For,
as
Jehovah
liveth,
who
saveth
Israel,
though
it
be
in
Jonathan
my
son,
he
shall
surely
die.
But
there
was
not
a
man
among
all
the
people
that
answered
him.
\VS{40}Then
said
he
unto
all
Israel,
Be
ye
on
one
side,
and
I
and
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side.
And
the
people
said
unto
Saul,
Do
what
seemeth
good
unto
thee.
\VS{41}Therefore
Saul
said
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
Show
the
right.
And
Jonathan
and
Saul
were
taken
{\ADD{
by
lot}};
but
the
people
escaped.
\VS{42}And
Saul
said,
Cast
{\ADD{
lots}}
between
me
and
Jonathan
my
son.
And
Jonathan
was
taken.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan,
Tell
me
what
thou
hast
done.
And
Jonathan
told
him,
and
said,
I
did
certainly
taste
a
little
honey
with
the
end
of
the
rod
that
was
in
my
hand;
and,
lo,
I
must
die.
\VS{44}And
Saul
said,
God
do
so
and
more
also;
for
thou shalt
surely
die,
Jonathan.
\VS{45}And
the
people
said
unto
Saul,
Shall
Jonathan
die,
who
hath
wrought
this
great
salvation
in
Israel?
Far
from
it:
as
Jehovah
liveth,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground;
for
he
hath
wrought
with
God
this
day.
So
the
people
rescued
Jonathan,
that
he
died
not.
\VS{46}Then
Saul
went
up
from
following
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
went
to
their
own
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}Now
when
Saul
had
taken
the
kingdom
over
Israel,
he
fought
against
all
his
enemies
on
every
side,
against
Moab,
and
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
against
Edom,
and
against
the
kings
of
Zobah,
and
against
the
Philistines:
and
whithersoever
he
turned
himself,
he
put
{\ADD{
them}}
to
the
worse.
\VS{48}And
he
did
valiantly,
and
smote
the
Amalekites,
and
delivered
Israel
out
of
the
hands
of
them
that
despoiled
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{49}Now
the
sons
of
Saul
were
Jonathan,
and
Ishvi,
and Malchishua;
and
the
names
of
his
two
daughters
were
these:
the
name
of
the first-born
Merab,
and
the
name
of
the
younger
Michal:
\VS{50}and
the
name
of
Saul’s
wife
was
Ahinoam
the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz.
And
the
name
of
the
captain
of
his
host
was
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
Saul’s
uncle.
\VS{51}And
Kish
was
the
father
of
Saul;
and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner
was
the
son
of
Abiel.
\par }{\PP \VS{52}And
there
was
sore
war
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Saul:
and
when
Saul
saw
any
mighty
man,
or
any
valiant
man,
he
took
him
unto
him.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
said
unto
Saul,
Jehovah
sent
me
to
anoint
thee
to
be
king
over
his
people,
over
Israel:
now
therefore
hearken
thou
unto
the
voice
of
the
words
of
Jehovah.
\VS{2}Thus
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
I
have
marked
that
which
Amalek
did
to
Israel,
how
he
set
himself
against
him
in
the
way,
when
he
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
\VS{3}Now
go
and
smite
Amalek,
and
utterly
destroy
all
that
they
have,
and
spare
them
not;
but
slay
both
man
and
woman,
infant
and
suckling,
ox
and
sheep,
camel
and
ass.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
Saul
summoned
the
people,
and
numbered
them
in
Telaim,
two
hundred
thousand
footmen,
and
ten
thousand
men
of
Judah.
\VS{5}And
Saul
came
to
the
city
of
Amalek,
and
laid
wait
in
the
valley.
\VS{6}And
Saul
said
unto
the
Kenites,
Go,
depart,
get
you
down
from
among
the
Amalekites,
lest
I
destroy
you
with
them;
for
ye
showed
kindness
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
So
the
Kenites
departed
from
among
the
Amalekites.
\VS{7}And
Saul
smote
the
Amalekites,
from
Havilah
as
thou
goest
to
Shur,
that
is
before
Egypt.
\VS{8}And
he
took
Agag
the
king
of
the
Amalekites
alive,
and
utterly
destroyed
all
the
people
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{9}But
Saul
and
the
people
spared
Agag,
and
the
best
of
the
sheep,
and
of
the
oxen,
and
of
the
fatlings,
and
the
lambs,
and
all
that
was
good,
and
would
not
utterly
destroy
them:
but
everything
that
was
vile
and
refuse,
that
they
destroyed
utterly.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
came
the
word
of
Jehovah
unto
Samuel,
saying,
\VS{11}It
repenteth
me
that
I
have
set
up
Saul
to
be
king;
for
he
is
turned
back
from
following
me,
and
hath
not
performed
my
commandments.
And
Samuel
was
wroth;
and
he
cried
unto
Jehovah
all
night.
\VS{12}And
Samuel
rose
early
to
meet
Saul
in
the
morning;
and
it
was
told
Samuel,
saying,
Saul
came
to
Carmel,
and,
behold,
he
set
him
up
a
monument,
and
turned,
and
passed
on,
and
went
down
to
Gilgal.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
came
to
Saul;
and
Saul
said
unto
him,
Blessed
be
thou
of
Jehovah:
I
have
performed
the
commandment
of
Jehovah.
\VS{14}And
Samuel
said,
What
meaneth
then
this
bleating
of
the
sheep
in
mine
ears,
and
the
lowing
of
the
oxen
which
I
hear?
\VS{15}And
Saul
said,
They
have
brought
them
from
the
Amalekites:
for
the
people
spared
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
of
the
oxen,
to
sacrifice
unto
Jehovah
thy
God;
and
the
rest
we
have
utterly
destroyed.
\VS{16}Then
Samuel
said
unto
Saul,
Stay,
and
I
will
tell
thee
what
Jehovah
hath
said
to
me
this
night.
And
he
said
unto
him,
Say
on.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Samuel
said,
Though
thou wast
little
in
thine
own
sight, wast
thou
not
made
the
head
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
And
Jehovah
anointed
thee
king
over
Israel;
\VS{18}and
Jehovah
sent
thee
on
a
journey,
and
said,
Go,
and
utterly
destroy
the
sinners
the
Amalekites,
and
fight
against
them
until
they
be
consumed.
\VS{19}Wherefore
then
didst
thou
not
obey
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
but
didst
fly
upon
the
spoil,
and
didst
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah?
\VS{20}And
Saul
said
unto
Samuel,
Yea,
I
have
obeyed
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
and
have
gone
the
way
which
Jehovah
sent
me,
and
have
brought
Agag
the
king
of
Amalek,
and
have
utterly
destroyed
the
Amalekites.
\VS{21}But
the
people
took
of
the
spoil,
sheep
and
oxen,
the
chief
of
the
devoted
things,
to
sacrifice
unto
Jehovah
thy
God
in
Gilgal.
\VS{22}And
Samuel
said,
Hath
Jehovah
as
great
delight
in burnt-offerings
and
sacrifices,
as
in
obeying
the
voice
of
Jehovah?
Behold,
to
obey
is
better
than
sacrifice,
and
to
hearken
than
the
fat
of
rams.
\VS{23}For
rebellion
is
as
the
sin
of
witchcraft,
and
stubbornness
is
as
idolatry
and
teraphim.
Because
thou
hast
rejected
the
word
of
Jehovah,
he
hath
also
rejected
thee
from
being
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
Saul
said
unto
Samuel,
I
have
sinned;
for
I
have
transgressed
the
commandment
of
Jehovah,
and
thy
words,
because
I
feared
the
people,
and
obeyed
their
voice.
\VS{25}Now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
pardon
my
sin,
and
turn
again
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Jehovah.
\VS{26}And
Samuel
said
unto
Saul,
I
will
not
return
with
thee;
for
thou
hast
rejected
the
word
of
Jehovah,
and
Jehovah
hath
rejected
thee
from
being
king
over
Israel.
\VS{27}And
as
Samuel
turned
about
to
go
away,
{\ADD{
Saul}}
laid
hold
upon
the
skirt
of
his
robe,
and
it
rent.
\VS{28}And
Samuel
said
unto
him,
Jehovah
hath
rent
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from
thee
this
day,
and
hath
given
it
to
a
neighbor
of
thine,
that
is
better
than
thou.
\VS{29}And
also
the
Strength
of
Israel
will
not
lie
nor
repent;
for
he
is
not
a
man,
that
he
should
repent.
\VS{30}Then
he
said,
I
have
sinned:
yet
honor
me
now,
I
pray
thee,
before
the
elders
of
my
people,
and
before
Israel,
and
turn
again
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Jehovah
thy
God.
\VS{31}So
Samuel
turned
again
after
Saul;
and
Saul
worshipped
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Then
said
Samuel,
Bring
ye
hither
to
me
Agag
the
king
of
the
Amalekites.
And
Agag
came
unto
him
cheerfully.
And
Agag
said,
Surely
the
bitterness
of
death
is
past.
\VS{33}And
Samuel
said,
As
thy
sword
hath
made
women
childless,
so
shall
thy
mother
be
childless
among
women.
And
Samuel
hewed
Agag
in
pieces
before
Jehovah
in
Gilgal.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Then
Samuel
went
to
Ramah;
and
Saul
went
up
to
his
house
to
Gibeah
of
Saul.
\VS{35}And
Samuel
came
no
more
to
see
Saul
until
the
day
of
his
death;
for
Samuel
mourned
for
Saul:
and
Jehovah
repented
that
he
had
made
Saul
king
over
Israel.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehovah
said
unto
Samuel,
How
long
wilt
thou
mourn
for
Saul,
seeing
I
have
rejected
him
from
being
king
over
Israel?
fill
thy
horn
with
oil,
and
go:
I
will
send
thee
to
Jesse
the
Beth-lehemite;
for
I
have
provided
me
a
king
among
his
sons.
\VS{2}And
Samuel
said,
How
can
I
go?
if
Saul
hear
it,
he
will
kill
me.
And
Jehovah
said,
Take
a
heifer
with
thee,
and
say,
I
am
come
to
sacrifice
to
Jehovah.
\VS{3}And
call
Jesse
to
the
sacrifice,
and
I
will
show
thee
what
thou shalt
do:
and
thou shalt
anoint
unto
me
him
whom
I
name
unto
thee.
\VS{4}And
Samuel
did
that
which
Jehovah
spake,
and
came
to
Beth-lehem.
And
the
elders
of
the
city
came
to
meet
him
trembling,
and
said,
Comest
thou
peaceably?
\VS{5}And
he
said,
Peaceably;
I
am
come
to
sacrifice
unto
Jehovah:
sanctify
yourselves,
and
come
with
me
to
the
sacrifice.
And
he
sanctified
Jesse
and
his
sons,
and
called
them
to
the
sacrifice.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
they
were
come,
that
he
looked
on
Eliab,
and
said,
Surely Jehovah’s
anointed
is
before
him.
\VS{7}But
Jehovah
said
unto
Samuel,
Look
not
on
his
countenance,
or
on
the
height
of
his
stature;
because
I
have
rejected
him:
for
{\ADD{
Jehovah
seeth}}
not
as
man
seeth;
for
man
looketh
on
the
outward
appearance,
but
Jehovah
looketh
on
the
heart.
\VS{8}Then
Jesse
called
Abinadab,
and
made
him
pass
before
Samuel.
And
he
said,
Neither
hath
Jehovah
chosen
this.
\VS{9}Then
Jesse
made
Shammah
to
pass
by.
And
he
said,
Neither
hath
Jehovah
chosen
this.
\VS{10}And
Jesse
made
seven
of
his
sons
to
pass
before
Samuel.
And
Samuel
said
unto
Jesse,
Jehovah
hath
not
chosen
these.
\VS{11}And
Samuel
said
unto
Jesse,
Are
here
all
thy
children?
And
he
said,
There
remaineth
yet
the
youngest,
and,
behold,
he
is
keeping
the
sheep.
And
Samuel
said
unto
Jesse,
Send
and
fetch
him;
for
we
will
not
sit
down
till
he
come
hither.
\VS{12}And
he
sent,
and
brought
him
in.
Now
he
was
ruddy,
and
withal
of
a
beautiful
countenance,
and
goodly
to
look
upon.
And
Jehovah
said,
Arise,
anoint
him;
for
this
is
he.
\VS{13}Then
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil,
and
anointed
him
in
the
midst
of
his
brethren:
and
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
mightily
upon
David
from
that
day
forward.
So
Samuel
rose
up,
and
went
to
Ramah.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
departed
from
Saul,
and
an
evil
spirit
from
Jehovah
troubled
him.
\VS{15}And
Saul’s
servants
said
unto
him,
Behold
now,
an
evil
spirit
from
God
troubleth
thee.
\VS{16}Let
our
lord
now
command
thy
servants,
that
are
before
thee,
to
seek
out
a
man
who
is
a
skilful
player
on
the
harp:
and
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when
the
evil
spirit
from
God
is
upon
thee,
that
he
shall
play
with
his
hand,
and
thou shalt
be
well.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
unto
his
servants,
Provide
me
now
a
man
that
can
play
well,
and
bring
him
to
me.
\VS{18}Then
answered
one
of
the
young
men,
and
said,
Behold,
I
have
seen
a
son
of
Jesse
the
Beth-lehemite,
that
is
skilful
in
playing,
and
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
and
a
man
of
war,
and
prudent
in
speech,
and
a
comely
person;
and
Jehovah
is
with
him.
\VS{19}Wherefore
Saul
sent
messengers
unto
Jesse,
and
said,
Send
me
David
thy
son,
who
is
with
the
sheep.
\VS{20}And
Jesse
took
an
ass
{\ADD{
laden}}
with
bread,
and
a
bottle
of
wine,
and
a
kid,
and
sent
them
by
David
his
son
unto
Saul.
\VS{21}And
David
came
to
Saul,
and
stood
before
him:
and
he
loved
him
greatly;
and
he
became
his armorbearer.
\VS{22}And
Saul
sent
to
Jesse,
saying,
Let
David,
I
pray
thee,
stand
before
me;
for
he
hath
found
favor
in
my
sight.
\VS{23}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
{\ADD{
evil}}
spirit
from
God
was
upon
Saul,
that
David
took
the
harp,
and
played
with
his
hand:
so
Saul
was
refreshed,
and
was
well,
and
the
evil
spirit
departed
from
him.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
battle;
and
they
were
gathered
together
at
Socoh,
which belongeth
to
Judah,
and
encamped
between
Socoh
and
Azekah,
in
Ephes-dammim.
\VS{2}And
Saul
and
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
together,
and
encamped
in
the
vale
of
Elah,
and
set
the
battle
in
array
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{3}And
the
Philistines
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
other
side:
and
there
was
a
valley
between
them.
\VS{4}And
there
went
out
a
champion
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines,
named
Goliath,
of
Gath,
whose
height
was
six
cubits
and
a
span.
\VS{5}And
he
had
a
helmet
of
brass
upon
his
head,
and
he
was
clad
with
a
coat
of
mail;
and
the
weight
of
the
coat
was
five
thousand
shekels
of
brass.
\VS{6}And
he
had
greaves
of
brass
upon
his
legs,
and
a
javelin
of
brass
between
his
shoulders.
\VS{7}And
the
staff
of
his
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam;
and
his
spear’s
head
{\ADD{
weighed}}
six
hundred
shekels
of
iron:
and
his
shield-bearer
went
before
him.
\VS{8}And
he
stood
and
cried
unto
the
armies
of
Israel,
and
said
unto
them,
Why
are
ye
come
out
to
set
your
battle
in
array?
am
not
I
a
Philistine,
and
ye
servants
to
Saul?
choose
you
a
man
for
you,
and
let
him
come
down
to
me.
\VS{9}If
he
be
able
to
fight
with
me,
and
kill
me,
then
will
we
be
your
servants;
but
if
I
prevail
against
him,
and
kill
him,
then
shall
ye
be
our
servants,
and
serve
us.
\VS{10}And
the
Philistine
said,
I
defy
the
armies
of
Israel
this
day;
give
me
a
man,
that
we
may
fight
together.
\VS{11}And
when
Saul
and
all
Israel
heard
those
words
of
the
Philistine,
they
were
dismayed,
and
greatly
afraid.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of
Beth-lehem-judah,
whose
name
was
Jesse;
and
he
had
eight
sons:
and
the
man
was
an
old
man
in
the
days
of
Saul,
stricken
{\ADD{
in
years}}
among
men.
\VS{13}And
the
three
eldest
sons
of
Jesse
had
gone
after
Saul
to
the
battle:
and
the
names
of
his
three
sons
that
went
to
the
battle
were
Eliab
the first-born,
and
next
unto
him
Abinadab,
and
the
third
Shammah.
\VS{14}And
David
was
the
youngest;
and
the
three
eldest
followed
Saul.
\VS{15}Now
David
went
to
and
fro
from
Saul
to
feed
his
father’s
sheep
at
Beth-lehem.
\VS{16}And
the
Philistine
drew
near
morning
and
evening,
and
presented
himself
forty
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Jesse
said
unto
David
his
son,
Take
now
for
thy
brethren
an
ephah
of
this
parched
grain,
and
these
ten
loaves,
and
carry
{\ADD{
them}}
quickly
to
the
camp
to
thy
brethren;
\VS{18}and
bring
these
ten
cheeses
unto
the
captain
of
their
thousand,
and
look
how
thy
brethren
fare,
and
take
their
pledge.
\VS{19}Now
Saul,
and
they,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel,
were
in
the
vale
of
Elah,
fighting
with
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}And
David
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
left
the
sheep
with
a
keeper,
and
took,
and
went,
as
Jesse
had
commanded
him;
and
he
came
to
the
place
of
the
wagons,
as
the
host
which
was
going
forth
to
the
fight
shouted
for
the
battle.
\VS{21}And
Israel
and
the
Philistines
put
the
battle
in
array,
army
against
army.
\VS{22}And
David
left
his
baggage
in
the
hand
of
the
keeper
of
the
baggage,
and
ran
to
the
army,
and
came
and
saluted
his
brethren.
\VS{23}And
as
he
talked
with
them,
behold,
there
came
up
the
champion,
the
Philistine
of
Gath,
Goliath
by
name,
out
of
the
ranks
of
the
Philistines,
and
spake
according
to
the
same
words:
and
David
heard
them.
\VS{24}And
all
the
men
of
Israel,
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
him,
and
were
sore
afraid.
\VS{25}And
the
men
of
Israel
said,
Have
ye
seen
this
man
that
is
come
up?
surely
to
defy
Israel
is
he
come
up:
and
it
shall
be,
that
the
man
who
killeth
him,
the
king
will
enrich
him
with
great
riches,
and
will
give
him
his
daughter,
and
make
his
father’s
house
free
in
Israel.
\VS{26}And
David
spake
to
the
men
that
stood
by
him,
saying,
What
shall
be
done
to
the
man
that
killeth
this
Philistine,
and
taketh
away
the
reproach
from
Israel?
for
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defy
the
armies
of
the
living
God?
\VS{27}And
the
people
answered
him
after
this
manner,
saying,
So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
that
killeth
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}And
Eliab
his
eldest
brother
heard
when
he
spake
unto
the
men;
and
Eliab’s
anger
was
kindled
against
David,
and
he
said,
Why
art
thou
come
down?
and
with
whom
hast
thou
left
those
few
sheep
in
the
wilderness?
I
know
thy
pride,
and
the
naughtiness
of
thy
heart;
for
thou
art
come
down
that
thou mightest
see
the
battle.
\VS{29}And
David
said,
What
have
I
now
done?
Is
there
not
a
cause?
\VS{30}And
he
turned
away
from
him
toward
another,
and
spake
after
the
same
manner:
and
the
people
answered
him
again
after
the
former
manner.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}And
when
the
words
were
heard
which
David
spake,
they
rehearsed
them
before
Saul;
and
he
sent
for
him.
\VS{32}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Let
no
man’s
heart
fail
because
of
him;
thy
servant
will
go
and
fight
with
this
Philistine.
\VS{33}And
Saul
said
to
David,
Thou
art
not
able
to
go
against
this
Philistine
to
fight
with
him;
for
thou
art
but
a
youth,
and
he
a
man
of
war
from
his
youth.
\VS{34}And
David
said
unto
Saul,
Thy
servant
was
keeping
his
father’s
sheep;
and
when
there
came
a
lion,
or
a
bear,
and
took
a
lamb
out
of
the
flock,
\VS{35}I
went
out
after
him,
and
smote
him,
and
delivered
it
out
of
his
mouth;
and
when
he
arose
against
me,
I
caught
him
by
his
beard,
and
smote
him,
and
slew
him.
\VS{36}Thy
servant
smote
both
the
lion
and
the
bear:
and
this
uncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
as
one
of
them,
seeing
he
hath
defied
the
armies
of
the
living
God.
\VS{37}And
David
said,
Jehovah
that
delivered
me
out
of
the
paw
of
the
lion,
and
out
of
the
paw
of
the
bear,
he
will
deliver
me
out
of
the
hand
of
this
Philistine.
And
Saul
said
unto
David,
Go,
and
Jehovah
shall
be
with
thee.
\VS{38}And
Saul
clad
David
with
his
apparel,
and
he
put
a
helmet
of
brass
upon
his
head,
and
he
clad
him
with
a
coat
of
mail.
\VS{39}And
David
girded
his
sword
upon
his
apparel,
and
he
assayed
to
go;
for
he
had
not
proved
it.
And
David
said
unto
Saul,
I
cannot
go
with
these;
for
I
have
not
proved
them.
And
David
put
them
off
him.
\VS{40}And
he
took
his
staff
in
his
hand,
and
chose
him
five
smooth
stones
out
of
the
brook,
and
put
them
in
the
shepherd’s
bag
which
he
had,
even
in
his wallet;
and
his
sling
was
in
his
hand:
and
he
drew
near
to
the
Philistine.
\par }{\PP \VS{41}And
the
Philistine
came
on
and
drew
near
unto
David;
and
the
man
that
bare
the
shield
went
before
him.
\VS{42}And
when
the
Philistine
looked
about,
and
saw
David,
he
disdained
him;
for
he
was
but
a
youth,
and
ruddy,
and
withal
of
a
fair
countenance.
\VS{43}And
the
Philistine
said
unto
David,
Am
I
a
dog,
that
thou
comest
to
me
with
staves?
And
the
Philistine
cursed
David
by
his
gods.
\VS{44}And
the
Philistine
said
to
David,
Come
to
me,
and
I
will
give
thy
flesh
unto
the
birds
of
the
heavens,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
field.
\VS{45}Then
said
David
to
the
Philistine,
Thou
comest
to
me
with
a
sword,
and
with
a
spear,
and
with
a
javelin:
but
I
come
to
thee
in
the
name
of
Jehovah
of
hosts,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
whom
thou
hast
defied.
\VS{46}This
day
will
Jehovah
deliver
thee
into
my
hand;
and
I
will
smite
thee,
and
take
thy
head
from
off
thee;
and
I
will
give
the
dead
bodies
of
the
host
of
the
Philistines
this
day
unto
the
birds
of
the
heavens,
and
to
the
wild
beasts
of
the
earth;
that
all
the
earth
may
know
that
there
is
a
God
in
Israel,
\VS{47}and
that
all
this
assembly
may
know
that
Jehovah
saveth
not
with
sword
and
spear:
for
the
battle
is Jehovah’s,
and
he
will
give
you
into
our
hand.
\VS{48}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
Philistine
arose,
and
came
and
drew
nigh
to
meet
David,
that
David
hastened,
and
ran
toward
the
army
to
meet
the
Philistine.
\VS{49}And
David
put
his
hand
in
his
bag,
and
took
thence
a
stone,
and
slang
it,
and
smote
the
Philistine
in
his
forehead;
and
the
stone
sank
into
his
forehead,
and
he
fell
upon
his
face
to
the
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}So
David
prevailed
over
the
Philistine
with
a
sling
and
with
a
stone,
and
smote
the
Philistine,
and
slew
him;
but
there
was
no
sword
in
the
hand
of
David.
\VS{51}Then
David
ran,
and
stood
over
the
Philistine,
and
took
his
sword,
and
drew
it
out
of
the
sheath
thereof,
and
slew
him,
and
cut
off
his
head
therewith.
And
when
the
Philistines
saw
that
their
champion
was
dead,
they
fled.
\VS{52}And
the
men
of
Israel
and
of
Judah
arose,
and
shouted,
and
pursued
the
Philistines,
until
thou
comest
to Gai,
and
to
the
gates
of
Ekron.
And
the
wounded
of
the
Philistines
fell
down
by
the
way
to
Shaaraim,
even
unto
Gath,
and
unto
Ekron.
\VS{53}And
the
children
of
Israel
returned
from
chasing
after
the
Philistines,
and
they
plundered
their
camp.
\VS{54}And
David
took
the
head
of
the
Philistine,
and
brought
it
to
Jerusalem;
but
he
put
his
armor
in
his
tent.
\par }{\PP \VS{55}And
when
Saul
saw
David
go
forth
against
the
Philistine,
he
said
unto
Abner,
the
captain
of
the
host,
Abner,
whose
son
is
this
youth?
And
Abner
said,
As
thy
soul
liveth,
O
king,
I
cannot
tell.
\VS{56}And
the
king
said,
Inquire
thou
whose
son
the
stripling
is.
\VS{57}And
as
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
Abner
took
him,
and
brought
him
before
Saul
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
\VS{58}And
Saul
said
to
him,
Whose
son
art
thou,
thou
young
man?
And
David
answered,
I
am
the
son
of
thy
servant
Jesse
the
Beth-lehemite.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
unto
Saul,
that
the
soul
of
Jonathan
was
knit
with
the
soul
of
David,
and
Jonathan
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{2}And
Saul
took
him
that
day,
and
would
let
him
go
no
more
home
to
his
father’s
house.
\VS{3}Then
Jonathan
and
David
made
a
covenant,
because
he
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
stripped
himself
of
the
robe
that
was
upon
him,
and
gave
it
to
David,
and
his
apparel,
even
to
his
sword,
and
to
his
bow,
and
to
his
girdle.
\VS{5}And
David
went
out
whithersoever
Saul
sent
him,
{\ADD{
and}}
behaved
himself
wisely:
and
Saul
set
him
over
the
men
of
war,
and
it
was
good
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people,
and
also
in
the
sight
of
Saul’s
servants.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass
as
they
came,
when
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
that
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Israel,
singing
and
dancing,
to
meet
king
Saul,
with
timbrels,
with
joy,
and
with
instruments
of
music.
\VS{7}And
the
women
sang
one
to
another
as
they
played,
and
said,
\par }{\Q Saul
hath
slain
his
thousands,
\par }{\Q And
David
his
ten
thousands.
\par }{\MM \VS{8}And
Saul
was
very
wroth,
and
this
saying
displeased
him;
and
he
said,
They
have
ascribed
unto
David
ten
thousands,
and
to
me
they
have
ascribed
but
thousands:
and
what
can
he
have
more
but
the
kingdom?
\VS{9}And
Saul
eyed
David
from
that
day
and
forward.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
morrow,
that
an
evil
spirit
from
God
came
mightily
upon
Saul,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
midst
of
the
house:
and
David
played
with
his
hand,
as
he
did
day
by
day.
And
Saul
had
his
spear
in
his
hand;
\VS{11}and
Saul
cast
the
spear;
for
he
said,
I
will
smite
David
even
to
the
wall.
And
David
avoided
out
of
his
presence
twice.
\VS{12}And
Saul
was
afraid
of
David,
because
Jehovah
was
with
him,
and
was
departed
from
Saul.
\VS{13}Therefore
Saul
removed
him
from
him,
and
made
him
his
captain
over
a
thousand;
and
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
the
people.
\VS{14}And
David
behaved
himself
wisely
in
all
his
ways;
and
Jehovah
was
with
him.
\VS{15}And
when
Saul
saw
that
he
behaved
himself
very
wisely,
he
stood
in
awe
of
him.
\VS{16}But
all
Israel
and
Judah
loved
David;
for
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
David,
Behold,
my
elder
daughter
Merab,
her
will
I
give
thee
to
wife:
only
be
thou
valiant
for
me,
and
fight Jehovah’s
battles.
For
Saul
said,
Let
not
my
hand
be
upon
him,
but
let
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
be
upon
him.
\VS{18}And
David
said
unto
Saul,
Who
am
I,
and
what
is
my
life,
{\ADD{
or}}
my
father’s
family
in
Israel,
that
I
should
be
son-in-law
to
the
king?
\VS{19}But
it
came
to
pass
at
the
time
when
Merab,
Saul’s
daughter,
should
have
been
given
to
David,
that
she
was
given
unto
Adriel
the
Meholathite
to
wife.
\VS{20}And
Michal,
Saul’s
daughter,
loved
David:
and
they
told
Saul,
and
the
thing
pleased
him.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
I
will
give
him
her,
that
she
may
be
a
snare
to
him,
and
that
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
may
be
against
him.
Wherefore
Saul
said
to
David,
Thou shalt
this
day
be
my
son-in-law
a
second
time.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
Saul
commanded
his
servants,
{\ADD{
saying}},
Commune
with
David
secretly,
and
say,
Behold,
the
king
hath
delight
in
thee,
and
all
his
servants
love
thee:
now
therefore
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.
\VS{23}And
Saul’s
servants
spake
those
words
in
the
ears
of
David.
And
David
said,
Seemeth
it
to
you
a
light
thing
to
be
the
king’s
son-in-law,
seeing
that
I
am
a
poor
man,
and
lightly
esteemed?
\VS{24}And
the
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
saying,
On
this
manner
spake
David.
\VS{25}And
Saul
said,
Thus
shall
ye
say
to
David,
The
king
desireth
not
any
dowry,
but
a
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines,
to
be
avenged
of
the
king’s
enemies.
Now
Saul
thought
to
make
David
fall
by
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{26}And
when
his
servants
told
David
these
words,
it
pleased
David
well
to
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.
And
the
days
were
not
expired;
\VS{27}and
David
arose
and
went,
he
and
his
men,
and
slew
of
the
Philistines
two
hundred
men;
and
David
brought
their
foreskins,
and
they
gave
them
in
full
number
to
the
king,
that
he
might
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.
And
Saul
gave
him
Michal
his
daughter
to
wife.
\VS{28}And
Saul
saw
and
knew
that
Jehovah
was
with
David;
and
Michal,
Saul’s
daughter,
loved
him.
\VS{29}And
Saul
was
yet
the
more
afraid
of
David;
and
Saul
was
David’s
enemy
continually.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
went
forth:
and
it
came
to
pass,
as
often
as
they
went
forth,
that
David
behaved
himself
more
wisely
than
all
the
servants
of
Saul;
so
that
his
name
was
much
set
by.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Saul
spake
to
Jonathan
his
son,
and
to
all
his
servants,
that
they
should
slay
David.
But
Jonathan,
Saul’s
son,
delighted
much
in
David.
\VS{2}And
Jonathan
told
David,
saying,
Saul
my
father
seeketh
to
slay
thee:
now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
take
heed
to
thyself
in
the
morning,
and
abide
in
a
secret
place,
and
hide
thyself:
\VS{3}and
I
will
go
out
and
stand
beside
my
father
in
the
field
where
thou
art,
and
I
will
commune
with
my
father
of
thee;
and
if
I
see aught,
I
will
tell
thee.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
spake
good
of
David
unto
Saul
his
father,
and
said
unto
him,
Let
not
the
king
sin
against
his
servant,
against
David;
because
he
hath
not
sinned
against
thee,
and
because
his
works
have
been
to thee-ward
very
good:
\VS{5}for
he
put
his
life
in
his
hand,
and
smote
the
Philistine,
and
Jehovah
wrought
a
great
victory
for
all
Israel:
thou
sawest
it,
and
didst
rejoice;
wherefore
then
wilt
thou
sin
against
innocent
blood,
to
slay
David
without
a
cause?
\VS{6}And
Saul
hearkened
unto
the
voice
of
Jonathan:
and
Saul
sware,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
he
shall
not
be
put
to
death.
\VS{7}And
Jonathan
called
David,
and
Jonathan
showed
him
all
those
things.
And
Jonathan
brought
David
to
Saul,
and
he
was
in
his
presence,
as
beforetime.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
there
was
war
again:
and
David
went
out,
and
fought
with
the
Philistines,
and
slew
them
with
a
great
slaughter;
and
they
fled
before
him.
\VS{9}And
an
evil
spirit
from
Jehovah
was
upon
Saul,
as
he
sat
in
his
house
with
his
spear
in
his
hand;
and
David
was
playing
with
his
hand.
\VS{10}And
Saul
sought
to
smite
David
even
to
the
wall
with
the
spear;
but
he
slipped
away
out
of
Saul’s
presence,
and
he
smote
the
spear
into
the
wall:
and
David
fled,
and
escaped
that
night.
\VS{11}And
Saul
sent
messengers
unto
David’s
house,
to
watch
him,
and
to
slay
him
in
the
morning:
and
Michal,
David’s
wife,
told
him,
saying,
If
thou
save
not
thy
life to-night, to-morrow
thou
wilt
be
slain.
\VS{12}So
Michal
let
David
down
through
the
window:
and
he
went,
and
fled,
and
escaped.
\VS{13}And
Michal
took
the
teraphim,
and
laid
it
in
the
bed,
and
put
a
pillow
of
goats’
{\ADD{
hair}}
at
the
head
thereof,
and
covered
it
with
the
clothes.
\VS{14}And
when
Saul
sent
messengers
to
take
David,
she
said,
He
is
sick.
\VS{15}And
Saul
sent
the
messengers
to
see
David,
saying,
Bring
him
up
to
me
in
the
bed,
that
I
may
slay
him.
\VS{16}And
when
the
messengers
came
in,
behold,
the
teraphim
was
in
the
bed,
with
the
pillow
of
goats’
{\ADD{
hair}}
at
the
head
thereof.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
unto
Michal,
Why
hast
thou
deceived
me
thus,
and
let
mine
enemy
go,
so
that
he
is
escaped?
And
Michal
answered
Saul,
He
said
unto
me,
Let
me
go;
why
should
I
kill
thee?
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Now
David
fled,
and
escaped,
and
came
to
Samuel
to
Ramah,
and
told
him
all
that
Saul
had
done
to
him.
And
he
and
Samuel
went
and
dwelt
in
Naioth.
\VS{19}And
it
was
told
Saul,
saying,
Behold,
David
is
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.
\VS{20}And
Saul
sent
messengers
to
take
David:
and
when
they
saw
the
company
of
the
prophets
prophesying,
and
Samuel
standing
as
head
over
them,
the
Spirit
of
God
came
upon
the
messengers
of
Saul,
and
they
also
prophesied.
\VS{21}And
when
it
was
told
Saul,
he
sent
other
messengers,
and
they
also
prophesied.
And
Saul
sent
messengers
again
the
third
time,
and
they
also
prophesied.
\VS{22}Then
went
he
also
to
Ramah,
and
came
to
the
great
well
that
is
in
Secu:
and
he
asked
and
said,
Where
are
Samuel
and
David?
And
one
said,
Behold,
they
are
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.
\VS{23}And
he
went
thither
to
Naioth
in
Ramah:
and
the
Spirit
of
God
came
upon
him
also,
and
he
went
on,
and
prophesied,
until
he
came
to
Naioth
in
Ramah.
\VS{24}And
he
also
stripped
off
his
clothes,
and
he
also
prophesied
before
Samuel,
and
lay
down
naked
all
that
day
and
all
that
night.
Wherefore
they
say,
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
fled
from
Naioth
in
Ramah,
and
came
and
said
before
Jonathan,
What
have
I
done?
what
is
mine
iniquity?
and
what
is
my
sin
before
thy
father,
that
he
seeketh
my
life?
\VS{2}And
he
said
unto
him,
Far
from
it;
thou shalt
not
die:
behold,
my
father
doeth
nothing
either
great
or
small,
but
that
he discloseth
it
unto
me;
and
why
should
my
father
hide
this
thing
from
me?
it
is
not
so.
\VS{3}And
David
sware
moreover,
and
said,
Thy
father
knoweth
well
that
I
have
found
favor
in
thine
eyes;
and
he
saith,
Let
not
Jonathan
know
this,
lest
he
be
grieved:
but
truly
as
Jehovah
liveth,
and
as
thy
soul
liveth,
there
is
but
a
step
between
me
and
death.
\VS{4}Then
said
Jonathan
unto
David,
Whatsoever
thy
soul
desireth,
I
will
even
do
it
for
thee.
\VS{5}And
David
said
unto
Jonathan,
Behold, to-morrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
I
should
not
fail
to
sit
with
the
king
at
meat:
but
let
me
go,
that
I
may
hide
myself
in
the
field
unto
the
third
day
at
even.
\VS{6}If
thy
father
miss
me
at
all,
then
say,
David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
that
he
might
run
to
Beth-lehem
his
city;
for
it
is
the
yearly
sacrifice
there
for
all
the
family.
\VS{7}If
he
say
thus,
It
is
well;
thy
servant
shall
have
peace:
but
if
he
be
wroth,
then
know
that
evil
is
determined
by
him.
\VS{8}Therefore
deal
kindly
with
thy
servant;
for
thou
hast
brought
thy
servant
into
a
covenant
of
Jehovah
with
thee:
but
if
there
be
in
me
iniquity,
slay
me
thyself;
for
why shouldest
thou
bring
me
to
thy
father?
\VS{9}And
Jonathan
said,
Far
be
it
from
thee;
for
if
I
should
at
all
know
that
evil
were
determined
by
my
father
to
come
upon
thee,
then
would
not
I
tell
it
thee?
\VS{10}Then
said
David
to
Jonathan,
Who
shall
tell
me
if perchance
thy
father
answer
thee
roughly?
\VS{11}And
Jonathan
said
unto
David,
Come,
and
let
us
go
out
into
the
field.
And
they
went
out
both
of
them
into
the
field.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
Jonathan
said
unto
David,
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
{\ADD{
be
witness}}:
when
I
have
sounded
my
father
about
this
time to-morrow,
{\ADD{
or}}
the
third
day,
behold,
if
there
be
good
toward
David,
shall
I
not
then
send
unto
thee,
and
disclose
it
unto
thee?
\VS{13}Jehovah
do
so
to
Jonathan,
and
more
also,
should
it
please
my
father
to
do
thee
evil,
if
I
disclose
it
not
unto
thee,
and
send
thee
away,
that
thou
mayest
go
in
peace:
and
Jehovah
be
with
thee,
as
he
hath
been
with
my
father.
\VS{14}And
thou shalt
not
only
while
yet
I
live
show
me
the
lovingkindness
of
Jehovah,
that
I
die
not;
\VS{15}but
also
thou shalt
not
cut
off
thy
kindness
from
my
house
for
ever;
no,
not
when
Jehovah
hath
cut
off
the
enemies
of
David
every
one
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
\VS{16}So
Jonathan
made
a
covenant
with
the
house
of
David,
{\ADD{
saying}},
And
Jehovah
will
require
it
at
the
hand
of
David’s
enemies.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Jonathan
caused
David
to
swear
again,
for
the
love
that
he
had
to
him;
for
he
loved
him
as
he
loved
his
own
soul.
\VS{18}Then
Jonathan
said
unto
him, To-morrow
is
the
new
moon:
and
thou
wilt
be
missed,
because
thy
seat
will
be
empty.
\VS{19}And
when
thou
hast
stayed
three
days,
thou shalt
go
down
quickly,
and
come
to
the
place
where
thou
didst
hide
thyself
when
the
business
was
in
hand,
and shalt
remain
by
the
stone
Ezel.
\VS{20}And
I
will
shoot
three
arrows
on
the
side
thereof,
as
though
I
shot
at
a
mark.
\VS{21}And,
behold,
I
will
send
the
lad,
{\ADD{
saying}},
Go,
find
the
arrows.
If
I
say
unto
the
lad,
Behold,
the
arrows
are
on
this
side
of
thee;
take
them,
and
come;
for
there
is
peace
to
thee
and
no
hurt,
as
Jehovah
liveth.
\VS{22}But
if
I
say
thus
unto
the
boy,
Behold,
the
arrows
are
beyond
thee;
go
thy
way;
for
Jehovah
hath
sent
thee
away.
\VS{23}And
as
touching
the
matter
which
thou
and
I
have
spoken
of,
behold,
Jehovah
is
between
thee
and
me
for
ever.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}So
David
hid
himself
in
the
field:
and
when
the
new
moon
was
come,
the
king
sat
him
down
to
eat
food.
\VS{25}And
the
king
sat
upon
his
seat,
as
at
other
times,
even
upon
the
seat
by
the
wall;
and
Jonathan
stood
up,
and
Abner
sat
by
Saul’s
side:
but
David’s
place
was
empty.
\VS{26}Nevertheless
Saul
spake
not
anything
that
day:
for
he
thought,
Something
hath
befallen
him,
he
is
not
clean;
surely
he
is
not
clean.
\VS{27}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
morrow
after
the
new
moon,
{\ADD{
which
was}}
the
second
{\ADD{
day}},
that
David’s
place
was
empty:
and
Saul
said
unto
Jonathan
his
son,
Wherefore
cometh
not
the
son
of
Jesse
to
meat,
neither
yesterday,
nor to-day?
\VS{28}And
Jonathan
answered
Saul,
David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
to
go
to
Beth-lehem:
\VS{29}and
he
said,
Let
me
go,
I
pray
thee;
for
our
family
hath
a
sacrifice
in
the
city;
and
my
brother,
he
hath
commanded
me
{\ADD{
to
be
there}}:
and
now,
if
I
have
found
favor
in
thine
eyes,
let
me
get
away,
I
pray
thee,
and
see
my
brethren.
Therefore
he
is
not
come
unto
the
king’s
table.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
Saul’s
anger
was
kindled
against
Jonathan,
and
he
said
unto
him,
Thou
son
of
a
perverse
rebellious
woman,
do
not
I
know
that
thou
hast
chosen
the
son
of
Jesse
to
thine
own
shame,
and
unto
the
shame
of
thy
mother’s
nakedness?
\VS{31}For
as
long
as
the
son
of
Jesse
liveth
upon
the
ground,
thou shalt
not
be
established,
nor
thy
kingdom.
Wherefore
now
send
and
fetch
him
unto
me,
for
he
shall
surely
die.
\VS{32}And
Jonathan
answered
Saul
his
father,
and
said
unto
him,
Wherefore
should
he
be
put
to
death?
what
hath
he
done?
\VS{33}And
Saul
cast
his
spear
at
him
to
smite
him;
whereby
Jonathan
knew
that
it
was
determined
of
his
father
to
put
David
to
death.
\VS{34}So
Jonathan
arose
from
the
table
in
fierce
anger,
and
did
eat
no
food
the
second
day
of
the
month;
for
he
was
grieved
for
David,
because
his
father
had
done
him
shame.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
that
Jonathan
went
out
into
the
field
at
the
time
appointed
with
David,
and
a
little
lad
with
him.
\VS{36}And
he
said
unto
his
lad,
Run,
find
now
the
arrows
which
I
shoot.
And
as
the
lad
ran,
he
shot
an
arrow
beyond
him.
\VS{37}And
when
the
lad
was
come
to
the
place
of
the
arrow
which
Jonathan
had
shot,
Jonathan
cried
after
the
lad,
and
said,
Is
not
the
arrow
beyond
thee?
\VS{38}And
Jonathan
cried
after
the
lad,
Make
speed,
haste,
stay
not.
And
Jonathan’s
lad
gathered
up
the
arrows,
and
came
to
his
master.
\VS{39}But
the
lad
knew
not
anything:
only
Jonathan
and
David
knew
the
matter.
\VS{40}And
Jonathan
gave
his
weapons
unto
his
lad,
and
said
unto
him,
Go,
carry
them
to
the
city.
\VS{41}And
as
soon
as
the
lad
was
gone,
David
arose
out
of
{\ADD{
a
place}}
toward
the
South,
and
fell
on
his
face
to
the
ground,
and
bowed
himself
three
times:
and
they
kissed
one
another,
and
wept
one
with
another,
until
David
exceeded.
\VS{42}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Go
in
peace,
forasmuch
as
we
have
sworn
both
of
us
in
the
name
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Jehovah
shall
be
between
me
and
thee,
and
between
my
seed
and
thy
seed,
for
ever.
And
he
arose
and
departed:
and
Jonathan
went
into
the
city.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
came
David
to
Nob
to
Ahimelech
the
priest:
and
Ahimelech
came
to
meet
David
trembling,
and
said
unto
him,
Why
art
thou
alone,
and
no
man
with
thee?
\VS{2}And
David
said
unto
Ahimelech
the
priest,
The
king
hath
commanded
me
a
business,
and
hath
said
unto
me,
Let
no
man
know
anything
of
the
business whereabout
I
send
thee,
and
what
I
have
commanded
thee:
and
I
have
appointed
the
young
men
to
such
and
such
a
place.
\VS{3}Now
therefore
what
is
under
thy
hand?
give
me
five
loaves
of
bread
in
my
hand,
or
whatsoever
there
is
present.
\VS{4}And
the
priest
answered
David,
and
said,
There
is
no
common
bread
under
my
hand,
but
there
is
holy
bread;
if
only
the
young
men
have
kept
themselves
from
women.
\VS{5}And
David
answered
the
priest,
and
said
unto
him,
Of
a
truth
women
have
been
kept
from
us
about
these
three
days;
when
I
came
out,
the
vessels
of
the
young
men
were
holy,
though
it
was
but
a
common
journey;
how
much
more
then to-day
shall
their
vessels
be
holy?
\VS{6}So
the
priest
gave
him
holy
{\ADD{
bread}};
for
there
was
no
bread
there
but
the
showbread,
that
was
taken
from
before
Jehovah,
to
put
hot
bread
in
the
day
when
it
was
taken
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Now
a
certain
man
of
the
servants
of
Saul
was
there
that
day,
detained
before
Jehovah;
and
his
name
was
Doeg
the
Edomite,
the
chiefest
of
the
herdsmen
that
belonged
to
Saul.
\VS{8}And
David
said
unto
Ahimelech,
And
is
there
not
here
under
thy
hand
spear
or
sword?
for
I
have
neither
brought
my
sword
nor
my
weapons
with
me,
because
the
king’s
business
required
haste.
\VS{9}And
the
priest
said,
The
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine,
whom
thou
slewest
in
the
vale
of
Elah,
behold,
it
is
here
wrapped
in
a
cloth
behind
the
ephod:
if
thou
wilt
take
that,
take
it;
for
there
is
no
other
save
that
here.
And
David
said,
There
is
none
like
that;
give
it
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
David
arose,
and
fled
that
day
for
fear
of
Saul,
and
went
to
Achish
the
king
of
Gath.
\VS{11}And
the
servants
of
Achish
said
unto
him,
Is
not
this
David
the
king
of
the
land?
did
they
not
sing
one
to
another
of
him
in
dances,
saying,
\par }{\Q Saul
hath
slain
his
thousands,
\par }{\Q And
David
his
ten
thousands?
\par }{\MM \VS{12}And
David
laid
up
these
words
in
his
heart,
and
was
sore
afraid
of
Achish
the
king
of
Gath.
\VS{13}And
he
changed
his
behavior
before
them,
and
feigned
himself
mad
in
their
hands,
and
scrabbled
on
the
doors
of
the
gate,
and
let
his
spittle
fall
down
upon
his
beard.
\VS{14}Then
said
Achish
unto
his
servants,
Lo,
ye
see
the
man
is
mad;
wherefore
then
have
ye
brought
him
to
me?
\VS{15}Do
I
lack
madmen,
that
ye
have
brought
this
fellow
to
play
the
madman
in
my
presence?
shall
this
fellow
come
into
my
house?

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
therefore
departed
thence,
and
escaped
to
the
cave
of
Adullam:
and
when
his
brethren
and
all
his
father’s
house
heard
it,
they
went
down
thither
to
him.
\VS{2}And
every
one
that
was
in
distress,
and
every
one
that
was
in
debt,
and
every
one
that
was
discontented,
gathered
themselves
unto
him;
and
he
became
captain
over
them:
and
there
were
with
him
about
four
hundred
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}And
David
went
thence
to
Mizpeh
of
Moab:
and
he
said
unto
the
king
of
Moab,
Let
my
father
and
my
mother,
I
pray
thee,
come
forth,
{\ADD{
and
be}}
with
you,
till
I
know
what
God
will
do
for
me.
\VS{4}And
he
brought
them
before
the
king
of
Moab:
and
they
dwelt
with
him
all
the
while
that
David
was
in
the
stronghold.
\VS{5}And
the
prophet
Gad
said
unto
David,
Abide
not
in
the
stronghold;
depart,
and
get
thee
into
the
land
of
Judah.
Then
David
departed,
and
came
into
the
forest
of
Hereth.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
Saul
heard
that
David
was
discovered,
and
the
men
that
were
with
him:
now
Saul
was
sitting
in
Gibeah,
under
the tamarisk-tree
in
Ramah,
with
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
standing
about
him.
\VS{7}And
Saul
said
unto
his
servants
that
stood
about
him,
Hear
now,
ye
Benjamites;
will
the
son
of
Jesse
give
every
one
of
you
fields
and
vineyards,
will
he
make
you
all
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds,
\VS{8}that
all
of
you
have
conspired
against
me,
and
there
is
none
that discloseth
to
me
when
my
son
maketh
a
league
with
the
son
of
Jesse,
and
there
is
none
of
you
that
is
sorry
for
me,
or discloseth
unto
me
that
my
son
hath
stirred
up
my
servant
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
at
this
day?
\VS{9}Then
answered
Doeg
the
Edomite,
who
stood
by
the
servants
of
Saul,
and
said,
I
saw
the
son
of
Jesse
coming
to
Nob,
to
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub.
\VS{10}And
he
inquired
of
Jehovah
for
him,
and
gave
him
victuals,
and
gave
him
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
the
king
sent
to
call
Ahimelech
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
and
all
his
father’s
house,
the
priests
that
were
in
Nob:
and
they
came
all
of
them
to
the
king.
\VS{12}And
Saul
said,
Hear
now,
thou
son
of
Ahitub.
And
he
answered,
Here
I
am,
my
lord.
\VS{13}And
Saul
said
unto
him,
Why
have
ye
conspired
against
me,
thou
and
the
son
of
Jesse,
in
that
thou
hast
given
him
bread,
and
a
sword,
and
hast
inquired
of
God
for
him,
that
he
should
rise
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
at
this
day?
\VS{14}Then
Ahimelech
answered
the
king,
and
said,
And
who
among
all
thy
servants
is
so
faithful
as
David,
who
is
the
king’s
son-in-law,
and
is
taken
into
thy
council,
and
is
honorable
in
thy
house?
\VS{15}Have
I to-day
begun
to
inquire
of
God
for
him?
be
it
far
from
me:
let
not
the
king
impute
anything
unto
his
servant,
nor
to
all
the
house
of
my
father;
for
thy
servant
knoweth
nothing
of
all
this,
less
or
more.
\VS{16}And
the
king
said,
Thou shalt
surely
die,
Ahimelech,
thou,
and
all
thy
father’s
house.
\VS{17}And
the
king
said
unto
the
guard
that
stood
about
him,
Turn,
and
slay
the
priests
of
Jehovah;
because
their
hand
also
is
with
David,
and
because
they
knew
that
he
fled,
and
did
not
disclose
it
to
me.
But
the
servants
of
the
king
would
not
put
forth
their
hand
to
fall
upon
the
priests
of
Jehovah.
\VS{18}And
the
king
said
to
Doeg,
Turn
thou,
and
fall
upon
the
priests.
And
Doeg
the
Edomite
turned,
and
he
fell
upon
the
priests,
and
he
slew
on
that
day
fourscore
and
five
persons
that
did
wear
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}And
Nob,
the
city
of
the
priests,
smote
he
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
both
men
and
women,
children
and
sucklings,
and
oxen
and
asses
and
sheep,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
one
of
the
sons
of
Ahimelech,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
named
Abiathar,
escaped,
and
fled
after
David.
\VS{21}And
Abiathar
told
David
that
Saul
had
slain Jehovah’s
priests.
\VS{22}And
David
said
unto
Abiathar,
I
knew
on
that
day,
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that
he
would
surely
tell
Saul:
I
have
occasioned
{\ADD{
the
death}}
of
all
the
persons
of
thy
father’s
house.
\VS{23}Abide
thou
with
me,
fear
not;
for
he
that
seeketh
my
life
seeketh
thy
life:
for
with
me
thou shalt
be
in
safeguard.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
they
told
David,
saying,
Behold,
the
Philistines
are
fighting
against
Keilah,
and
are
robbing
the threshing-floors.
\VS{2}Therefore
David
inquired
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Shall
I
go
and
smite
these
Philistines?
And
Jehovah
said
unto
David,
Go,
and
smite
the
Philistines,
and
save
Keilah.
\VS{3}And
David’s
men
said
unto
him,
Behold,
we
are
afraid
here
in
Judah:
how
much
more
then
if
we
go
to
Keilah
against
the
armies
of
the
Philistines?
\VS{4}Then
David
inquired
of
Jehovah
yet
again.
And
Jehovah
answered
him,
and
said,
Arise,
go
down
to
Keilah;
for
I
will
deliver
the
Philistines
into
thy
hand.
\VS{5}And
David
and
his
men
went
to
Keilah,
and
fought
with
the
Philistines,
and
brought
away
their
cattle,
and
slew
them
with
a
great
slaughter.
So
David
saved
the
inhabitants
of
Keilah.
\VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Abiathar
the
son
of
Ahimelech
fled
to
David
to
Keilah,
that
he
came
down
with
an
ephod
in
his
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
come
to
Keilah.
And
Saul
said,
God
hath
delivered
him
into
my
hand;
for
he
is
shut
in,
by
entering
into
a
town
that
hath
gates
and
bars.
\VS{8}And
Saul
summoned
all
the
people
to
war,
to
go
down
to
Keilah,
to
besiege
David
and
his
men.
\VS{9}And
David
knew
that
Saul
was
devising
mischief
against
him;
and
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
Bring
hither
the
ephod.
\VS{10}Then
said
David,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
thy
servant
hath
surely
heard
that
Saul
seeketh
to
come
to
Keilah,
to
destroy
the
city
for
my
sake.
\VS{11}Will
the
men
of
Keilah
deliver
me
up
into
his
hand?
will
Saul
come
down,
as
thy
servant
hath
heard?
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
beseech
thee,
tell
thy
servant.
And
Jehovah
said,
He
will
come
down.
\VS{12}Then
said
David,
Will
the
men
of
Keilah
deliver
up
me
and
my
men
into
the
hand
of
Saul?
And
Jehovah
said,
They
will
deliver
thee
up.
\VS{13}Then
David
and
his
men,
who
were
about
six
hundred,
arose
and
departed
out
of
Keilah,
and
went
whithersoever
they
could
go.
And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
escaped
from
Keilah;
and
he
forbare
to
go
forth.
\VS{14}And
David
abode
in
the
wilderness
in
the
strongholds,
and
remained
in
the hill-country
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
And
Saul
sought
him
every
day,
but
God
delivered
him
not
into
his
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
David
saw
that
Saul
was
come
out
to
seek
his
life:
and
David
was
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph
in
the
wood.
\VS{16}And
Jonathan,
Saul’s
son,
arose,
and
went
to
David
into
the
wood,
and
strengthened
his
hand
in
God.
\VS{17}And
he
said
unto
him,
Fear
not;
for
the
hand
of
Saul
my
father
shall
not
find
thee;
and
thou shalt
be
king
over
Israel,
and
I
shall
be
next
unto
thee;
and
that
also
Saul
my
father
knoweth.
\VS{18}And
they
two
made
a
covenant
before
Jehovah:
and
David
abode
in
the
wood,
and
Jonathan
went
to
his
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
came
up
the
Ziphites
to
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying,
Doth
not
David
hide
himself
with
us
in
the
strongholds
in
the
wood,
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
on
the
south
of
the
desert?
\VS{20}Now
therefore,
O
king,
come
down,
according
to
all
the
desire
of
thy
soul
to
come
down;
and
our
part
shall
be
to
deliver
him
up
into
the
king’s
hand.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
Blessed
be
ye
of
Jehovah;
for
ye
have
had
compassion
on
me.
\VS{22}Go,
I
pray
you,
make
yet
more
sure,
and
know
and
see
his
place
where
his
haunt
is,
{\ADD{
and}}
who
hath
seen
him
there;
for
it
is
told
me
that
he
dealeth
very subtly.
\VS{23}See
therefore,
and
take
knowledge
of
all
the lurking-places
where
he
hideth
himself,
and
come
ye
again
to
me
of
a
certainty,
and
I
will
go
with
you:
and
it
shall
come
to
pass,
if
he
be
in
the
land,
that
I
will
search
him
out
among
all
the
thousands
of
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
they
arose,
and
went
to
Ziph
before
Saul:
but
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon,
in
the
Arabah
on
the
south
of
the
desert.
\VS{25}And
Saul
and
his
men
went
to
seek
him.
And
they
told
David:
wherefore
he
came
down
to
the
rock,
and
abode
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
And
when
Saul
heard
{\ADD{
that}},
he
pursued
after
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
\VS{26}And
Saul
went
on
this
side
of
the
mountain,
and
David
and
his
men
on
that
side
of
the
mountain:
and
David
made
haste
to
get
away
for
fear
of
Saul;
for
Saul
and
his
men
compassed
David
and
his
men
round
about
to
take
them.
\VS{27}But
there
came
a
messenger
unto
Saul,
saying,
Haste
thee,
and
come;
for
the
Philistines
have
made
a
raid
upon
the
land.
\VS{28}So
Saul
returned
from
pursuing
after
David,
and
went
against
the
Philistines:
therefore
they
called
that
place
Sela-hammahlekoth.
\VS{29}And
David
went
up
from
thence,
and
dwelt
in
the
strongholds
of
En-gedi.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Saul
was
returned
from
following
the
Philistines,
that
it
was
told
him,
saying,
Behold,
David
is
in
the
wilderness
of
En-gedi.
\VS{2}Then
Saul
took
three
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel,
and
went
to
seek
David
and
his
men
upon
the
rocks
of
the
wild
goats.
\VS{3}And
he
came
to
the
sheepcotes
by
the
way,
where
was
a
cave;
and
Saul
went
in
to
cover
his
feet.
Now
David
and
his
men
were
abiding
in
the
innermost
parts
of
the
cave.
\VS{4}And
the
men
of
David
said
unto
him,
Behold,
the
day
of
which
Jehovah
said
unto
thee,
Behold,
I
will
deliver
thine
enemy
into
thy
hand,
and
thou shalt
do
to
him
as
it
shall
seem
good
unto
thee.
Then
David
arose,
and
cut
off
the
skirt
of
Saul’s
robe
privily.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass
afterward,
that
David’s
heart
smote
him,
because
he
had
cut
off
Saul’s
skirt.
\VS{6}And
he
said
unto
his
men,
Jehovah
forbid
that
I
should
do
this
thing
unto
my
lord, Jehovah’s
anointed,
to
put
forth
my
hand
against
him,
seeing
he
is Jehovah’s
anointed.
\VS{7}So
David
checked
his
men
with
these
words,
and
suffered
them
not
to
rise
against
Saul.
And
Saul
rose
up
out
of
the
cave,
and
went
on
his
way.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}David
also
arose
afterward,
and
went
out
of
the
cave,
and
cried
after
Saul,
saying,
My
lord
the
king.
And
when
Saul
looked
behind
him,
David
bowed
with
his
face
to
the
earth,
and
did
obeisance.
\VS{9}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Wherefore hearkenest
thou
to
men’s
words,
saying,
Behold,
David
seeketh
thy
hurt?
\VS{10}Behold,
this
day
thine
eyes
have
seen
how
that
Jehovah
had
delivered
thee to-day
into
my
hand
in
the
cave:
and
some
bade
me
kill
thee;
but
{\ADD{
mine
eye}}
spared
thee;
and
I
said,
I
will
not
put
forth
my
hand
against
my
lord;
for
he
is Jehovah’s
anointed.
\VS{11}Moreover,
my
father,
see,
yea,
see
the
skirt
of
thy
robe
in
my
hand;
for
in
that
I
cut
off
the
skirt
of
thy
robe,
and
killed
thee
not,
know
thou
and
see
that
there
is
neither
evil
nor
transgression
in
my
hand,
and
I
have
not
sinned
against
thee,
though
thou
huntest
after
my
life
to
take
it.
\VS{12}Jehovah
judge
between
me
and
thee,
and
Jehovah
avenge
me
of
thee;
but
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon
thee.
\VS{13}As
saith
the
proverb
of
the
ancients,
Out
of
the
wicked
cometh
forth
wickedness;
but
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon
thee.
\VS{14}After
whom
is
the
king
of
Israel
come
out?
after
whom
dost
thou
pursue?
after
a
dead
dog,
after
a
flea.
\VS{15}Jehovah
therefore
be
judge,
and
give
sentence
between
me
and
thee,
and
see,
and
plead
my
cause,
and
deliver
me
out
of
thy
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
David
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
these
words
unto
Saul,
that
Saul
said,
Is
this
thy
voice,
my
son
David?
And
Saul
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept.
\VS{17}And
he
said
to
David,
Thou
art
more
righteous
than
I;
for
thou
hast
rendered
unto
me
good,
whereas
I
have
rendered
unto
thee
evil.
\VS{18}And
thou
hast
declared
this
day
how
that
thou
hast
dealt
well
with
me,
forasmuch
as
when
Jehovah
had
delivered
me
up
into
thy
hand,
thou
killedst
me
not.
\VS{19}For
if
a
man
find
his
enemy,
will
he
let
him
go
well
away?
wherefore
Jehovah
reward
thee
good
for
that
which
thou
hast
done
unto
me
this
day.
\VS{20}And
now,
behold,
I
know
that
thou shalt
surely
be
king,
and
that
the
kingdom
of
Israel
shall
be
established
in
thy
hand.
\VS{21}Swear
now
therefore
unto
me
by
Jehovah,
that
thou
wilt
not
cut
off
my
seed
after
me,
and
that
thou
wilt
not
destroy
my
name
out
of
my
father’s
house.
\VS{22}And
David
sware
unto
Saul.
And
Saul
went
home;
but
David
and
his
men
gat
them
up
unto
the
stronghold.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
died;
and
all
Israel
gathered
themselves
together,
and
lamented
him,
and
buried
him
in
his
house
at
Ramah.
And
David
arose,
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}And
there
was
a
man
in
Maon,
whose
possessions
were
in
Carmel;
and
the
man
was
very
great,
and
he
had
three
thousand
sheep,
and
a
thousand
goats:
and
he
was
shearing
his
sheep
in
Carmel.
\VS{3}Now
the
name
of
the
man
was
Nabal;
and
the
name
of
his
wife
Abigail;
and
the
woman
was
of
good
understanding,
and
of
a
beautiful
countenance:
but
the
man
was
churlish
and
evil
in
his
doings;
and
he
was
of
the
house
of
Caleb.
\VS{4}And
David
heard
in
the
wilderness
that
Nabal
was
shearing
his
sheep.
\VS{5}And
David
sent
ten
young
men,
and
David
said
unto
the
young
men,
Get
you
up
to
Carmel,
and
go
to
Nabal,
and
greet
him
in
my
name:
\VS{6}and
thus
shall
ye
say
to
him
that
liveth
{\ADD{
in
prosperity}},
Peace
be
unto
thee,
and
peace
be
to
thy
house,
and
peace
be
unto
all
that
thou
hast.
\VS{7}And
now
I
have
heard
that
thou
hast
shearers:
thy
shepherds
have
now
been
with
us,
and
we
did
them
no
hurt,
neither
was
there aught
missing
unto
them,
all
the
while
they
were
in
Carmel.
\VS{8}Ask
thy
young
men,
and
they
will
tell
thee:
wherefore
let
the
young
men
find
favor
in
thine
eyes;
for
we
come
in
a
good
day:
give,
I
pray
thee,
whatsoever
cometh
to
thy
hand,
unto
thy
servants,
and
to
thy
son
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
when
David’s
young
men
came,
they
spake
to
Nabal
according
to
all
those
words
in
the
name
of
David,
and
ceased.
\VS{10}And
Nabal
answered
David’s
servants,
and
said,
Who
is
David?
and
who
is
the
son
of
Jesse?
there
are
many
servants now-a-days
that
break
away
every
man
from
his
master.
\VS{11}Shall
I
then
take
my
bread,
and
my
water,
and
my
flesh
that
I
have
killed
for
my
shearers,
and
give
it
unto
men
of
whom
I
know
not
whence
they
are?
\VS{12}So
David’s
young
men
turned
on
their
way,
and
went
back,
and
came
and
told
him
according
to
all
these
words.
\VS{13}And
David
said
unto
his
men,
Gird
ye
on
every
man
his
sword.
And
they
girded
on
every
man
his
sword;
and
David
also
girded
on
his
sword:
and
there
went
up
after
David
about
four
hundred
men;
and
two
hundred
abode
by
the
baggage.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
one
of
the
young
men
told
Abigail,
Nabal’s
wife,
saying,
Behold,
David
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wilderness
to
salute
our
master;
and
he
railed
at
them.
\VS{15}But
the
men
were
very
good
unto
us,
and
we
were
not
hurt,
neither
missed
we
anything,
as
long
as
we
went
with
them,
when
we
were
in
the
fields:
\VS{16}they
were
a
wall
unto
us
both
by
night
and
by
day,
all
the
while
we
were
with
them
keeping
the
sheep.
\VS{17}Now
therefore
know
and
consider
what
thou
wilt
do;
for
evil
is
determined
against
our
master,
and
against
all
his
house:
for
he
is
such
a
worthless
fellow,
that
one
cannot
speak
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Abigail
made
haste,
and
took
two
hundred
loaves,
and
two
bottles
of
wine,
and
five
sheep
ready
dressed,
and
five
measures
of
parched
grain,
and
a
hundred
clusters
of
raisins,
and
two
hundred
cakes
of
figs,
and
laid
them
on
asses.
\VS{19}And
she
said
unto
her
young
men,
Go
on
before
me;
behold,
I
come
after
you.
But
she
told
not
her
husband
Nabal.
\VS{20}And
it
was
so,
as
she
rode
on
her
ass,
and
came
down
by
the
covert
of
the
mountain,
that,
behold,
David
and
his
men
came
down
toward
her;
and
she
met
them.
\VS{21}Now
David
had
said,
Surely
in
vain
have
I
kept
all
that
this
fellow
hath
in
the
wilderness,
so
that
nothing
was
missed
of
all
that
pertained
unto
him:
and
he
hath
returned
me
evil
for
good.
\VS{22}God
do
so
unto
the
enemies
of
David,
and
more
also,
if
I
leave
of
all
that pertain
to
him
by
the
morning
light
so
much
as
one man-child.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}And
when
Abigail
saw
David,
she
hasted,
and
alighted
from
her
ass,
and
fell
before
David
on
her
face,
and
bowed
herself
to
the
ground.
\VS{24}And
she
fell
at
his
feet,
and
said,
Upon
me,
my
lord,
upon
me
be
the
iniquity;
and
let
thy
handmaid,
I
pray
thee,
speak
in
thine
ears,
and
hear
thou
the
words
of
thy
handmaid.
\VS{25}Let
not
my
lord,
I
pray
thee,
regard
this
worthless
fellow,
even
Nabal;
for
as
his
name
is,
so
is
he;
Nabal
is
his
name,
and
folly
is
with
him:
but
I
thy
handmaid
saw
not
the
young
men
of
my
lord,
whom
thou
didst
send.
\VS{26}Now
therefore,
my
lord,
as
Jehovah
liveth,
and
as
thy
soul
liveth,
seeing
Jehovah
hath
withholden
thee
from
bloodguiltiness,
and
from
avenging
thyself
with
thine
own
hand,
now
therefore
let
thine
enemies,
and
them
that
seek
evil
to
my
lord,
be
as
Nabal.
\VS{27}And
now
this
present
which
thy
servant
hath
brought
unto
my
lord,
let
it
be
given
unto
the
young
men
that
follow
my
lord.
\VS{28}Forgive,
I
pray
thee,
the
trespass
of
thy
handmaid:
for
Jehovah
will
certainly
make
my
lord
a
sure
house,
because
my
lord
fighteth
the
battles
of
Jehovah;
and
evil
shall
not
be
found
in
thee
all
thy
days.
\VS{29}And
though
men
be
risen
up
to
pursue
thee,
and
to
seek
thy
soul,
yet
the
soul
of
my
lord
shall
be
bound
in
the
bundle
of
life
with
Jehovah
thy
God;
and
the
souls
of
thine
enemies,
them
shall
he
sling
out,
as
from
the
hollow
of
a
sling.
\VS{30}And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when
Jehovah
shall
have
done
to
my
lord
according
to
all
the
good
that
he
hath
spoken
concerning
thee,
and
shall
have
appointed
thee
prince
over
Israel,
\VS{31}that
this
shall
be
no
grief
unto
thee,
nor
offence
of
heart
unto
my
lord,
either
that
thou
hast
shed
blood
without
cause,
or
that
my
lord
hath
avenged
himself.
And
when
Jehovah
shall
have
dealt
well
with
my
lord,
then
remember
thy
handmaid.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}And
David
said
to
Abigail,
Blessed
be
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
sent
thee
this
day
to
meet
me:
\VS{33}and
blessed
be
thy
discretion,
and
blessed
be
thou,
that
hast
kept
me
this
day
from
bloodguiltiness,
and
from
avenging
myself
with
mine
own
hand.
\VS{34}For
in
very
deed,
as
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
liveth,
who
hath
withholden
me
from
hurting
thee,
except
thou hadst
hasted
and
come
to
meet
me,
surely
there
had
not
been
left
unto
Nabal
by
the
morning
light
so
much
as
one man-child.
\VS{35}So
David
received
of
her
hand
that
which
she
had
brought
him:
and
he
said
unto
her,
Go
up
in
peace
to
thy
house;
see,
I
have
hearkened
to
thy
voice,
and
have
accepted
thy
person.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}And
Abigail
came
to
Nabal;
and,
behold,
he
held
a
feast
in
his
house,
like
the
feast
of
a
king;
and
Nabal’s
heart
was
merry
within
him,
for
he
was
very
drunken:
wherefore
she
told
him
nothing,
less
or
more,
until
the
morning
light.
\VS{37}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
when
the
wine
was
gone
out
of
Nabal,
that
his
wife
told
him
these
things,
and
his
heart
died
within
him,
and
he
became
as
a
stone.
\VS{38}And
it
came
to
pass
about
ten
days
after,
that
Jehovah
smote
Nabal,
so
that
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}And
when
David
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said,
Blessed
be
Jehovah,
that
hath
pleaded
the
cause
of
my
reproach
from
the
hand
of
Nabal,
and
hath
kept
back
his
servant
from
evil:
and
the evil-doing
of
Nabal
hath
Jehovah
returned
upon
his
own
head.
And
David
sent
and
spake
concerning
Abigail,
to
take
her
to
him
to
wife.
\VS{40}And
when
the
servants
of
David
were
come
to
Abigail
to
Carmel,
they
spake
unto
her,
saying,
David
hath
sent
us
unto
thee,
to
take
thee
to
him
to
wife.
\VS{41}And
she
arose,
and
bowed
herself
with
her
face
to
the
earth,
and
said,
Behold,
thy
handmaid
is
a
servant
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
servants
of
my
lord.
\VS{42}And
Abigail
hasted,
and
arose,
and
rode
upon
an
ass,
with
five
damsels
of hers
that
followed
her;
and
she
went
after
the
messengers
of
David,
and
became
his
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}David
also
took
Ahinoam
of
Jezreel;
and
they
became
both
of
them
his
wives.
\VS{44}Now
Saul
had
given
Michal
his
daughter,
David’s
wife,
to
Palti
the
son
of
Laish,
who
was
of
Gallim.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Ziphites
came
unto
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying,
Doth
not
David
hide
himself
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
before
the
desert?
\VS{2}Then
Saul
arose,
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Ziph,
having
three
thousand
chosen
men
of
Israel
with
him,
to
seek
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
\VS{3}And
Saul
encamped
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
before
the
desert,
by
the
way.
But
David
abode
in
the
wilderness,
and
he
saw
that
Saul
came
after
him
into
the
wilderness.
\VS{4}David
therefore
sent
out
spies,
and
understood
that
Saul
was
come
of
a
certainty.
\VS{5}And
David
arose,
and
came
to
the
place
where
Saul
had
encamped;
and
David
beheld
the
place
where
Saul
lay,
and
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
the
captain
of
his
host:
and
Saul
lay
within
the
place
of
the
wagons,
and
the
people
were
encamped
round
about
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
answered
David
and
said
to
Ahimelech
the
Hittite,
and
to
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
brother
to
Joab,
saying,
Who
will
go
down
with
me
to
Saul
to
the
camp?
And
Abishai
said,
I
will
go
down
with
thee.
\VS{7}So
David
and
Abishai
came
to
the
people
by
night:
and,
behold,
Saul
lay
sleeping
within
the
place
of
the
wagons,
with
his
spear
stuck
in
the
ground
at
his
head;
and
Abner
and
the
people
lay
round
about
him.
\VS{8}Then
said
Abishai
to
David,
God
hath
delivered
up
thine
enemy
into
thy
hand
this
day:
now
therefore
let
me
smite
him,
I
pray
thee,
with
the
spear
to
the
earth
at
one
stroke,
and
I
will
not
smite
him
the
second
time.
\VS{9}And
David
said
to
Abishai,
Destroy
him
not;
for
who
can
put
forth
his
hand
against Jehovah’s
anointed,
and
be
guiltless?
\VS{10}And
David
said,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
Jehovah
will
smite
him;
or
his
day
shall
come
to
die;
or
he
shall
go
down
into
battle
and
perish.
\VS{11}Jehovah
forbid
that
I
should
put
forth
my
hand
against Jehovah’s
anointed:
but
now
take,
I
pray
thee,
the
spear
that
is
at
his
head,
and
the
cruse
of
water,
and
let
us
go.
\VS{12}So
David
took
the
spear
and
the
cruse
of
water
from
Saul’s
head;
and
they
gat
them
away:
and
no
man
saw
it,
nor
knew
it,
neither
did
any
awake;
for
they
were
all
asleep,
because
a
deep
sleep
from
Jehovah
was
fallen
upon
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
David
went
over
to
the
other
side,
and
stood
on
the
top
of
the
mountain
afar
off;
a
great
space
being
between
them;
\VS{14}and
David
cried
to
the
people,
and
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
saying,
Answerest
thou
not,
Abner?
Then
Abner
answered
and
said,
Who
art
thou
that
criest
to
the
king?
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
Abner,
Art
not
thou
a
{\ADD{
valiant}}
man?
and
who
is
like
to
thee
in
Israel?
wherefore
then
hast
thou
not
kept
watch
over
thy
lord
the
king?
for
there
came
one
of
the
people
in
to
destroy
the
king
thy
lord.
\VS{16}This
thing
is
not
good
that
thou
hast
done.
As
Jehovah
liveth,
ye
are
worthy
to
die,
because
ye
have
not
kept
watch
over
your
lord, Jehovah’s
anointed.
And
now
see
where
the
king’s
spear
is,
and
the
cruse
of
water
that
was
at
his
head.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Saul
knew
David’s
voice,
and
said,
Is
this
thy
voice,
my
son
David?
And
David
said,
It
is
my
voice,
my
lord,
O
king.
\VS{18}And
he
said,
Wherefore
doth
my
lord
pursue
after
his
servant?
for
what
have
I
done?
or
what
evil
is
in
my
hand?
\VS{19}Now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
let
my
lord
the
king
hear
the
words
of
his
servant.
If
it
be
Jehovah
that
hath
stirred
thee
up
against
me,
let
him
accept
an
offering:
but
if
it
be
the
children
of
men,
cursed
be
they
before
Jehovah;
for
they
have
driven
me
out
this
day
that
I
should
not
cleave
unto
the
inheritance
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Go,
serve
other
gods.
\VS{20}Now
therefore,
let
not
my
blood
fall
to
the
earth
away
from
the
presence
of
Jehovah:
for
the
king
of
Israel
is
come
out
to
seek
a
flea,
as
when
one
doth
hunt
a
partridge
in
the
mountains.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
said
Saul,
I
have
sinned:
return,
my
son
David;
for
I
will
no
more
do
thee
harm,
because
my
life
was
precious
in
thine
eyes
this
day:
behold,
I
have
played
the
fool,
and
have
erred
exceedingly.
\VS{22}And
David
answered
and
said,
Behold
the
spear,
O
king!
let
then
one
of
the
young
men
come
over
and
fetch
it.
\VS{23}And
Jehovah
will
render
to
every
man
his
righteousness
and
his
faithfulness;
forasmuch
as
Jehovah
delivered
thee
into
my
hand to-day,
and
I
would
not
put
forth
my
hand
against Jehovah’s
anointed.
\VS{24}And,
behold,
as
thy
life
was
much
set
by
this
day
in
mine
eyes,
so
let
my
life
be
much
set
by
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
and
let
him
deliver
me
out
of
all
tribulation.
\VS{25}Then
Saul
said
to
David,
Blessed
be
thou,
my
son
David:
thou shalt
both
do
mightily,
and shalt
surely
prevail.
So
David
went
his
way,
and
Saul
returned
to
his
place.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
said
in
his
heart,
I
shall
now
perish
one
day
by
the
hand
of
Saul:
there
is
nothing
better
for
me
than
that
I
should
escape
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines;
and
Saul
will
despair
of
me,
to
seek
me
any
more
in
all
the
borders
of
Israel:
so
shall
I
escape
out
of
his
hand.
\VS{2}And
David
arose,
and
passed
over,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
unto
Achish
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of
Gath.
\VS{3}And
David
dwelt
with
Achish
at
Gath,
he
and
his
men,
every
man
with
his
household,
even
David
with
his
two
wives,
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
Carmelitess,
Nabal’s
wife.
\VS{4}And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
fled
to
Gath:
and
he
sought
no
more
again
for
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
David
said
unto
Achish,
If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
thine
eyes,
let
them
give
me
a
place
in
one
of
the
cities
in
the
country,
that
I
may
dwell
there:
for
why
should
thy
servant
dwell
in
the
royal
city
with
thee?
\VS{6}Then
Achish
gave
him
Ziklag
that
day:
wherefore
Ziklag
pertaineth
unto
the
kings
of
Judah
unto
this
day.
\VS{7}And
the
number
of
the
days
that
David
dwelt
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
was
a
full
year
and
four
months.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
David
and
his
men
went
up,
and
made
a
raid
upon
the
Geshurites,
and
the
Girzites,
and
the
Amalekites;
for
those
{\ADD{
nations}}
were
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
who
were
of
old,
as
thou
goest
to
Shur,
even
unto
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{9}And
David
smote
the
land,
and
saved
neither
man
nor
woman
alive,
and
took
away
the
sheep,
and
the
oxen,
and
the
asses,
and
the
camels,
and
the
apparel;
and
he
returned,
and
came
to
Achish.
\VS{10}And
Achish
said,
Against
whom
have
ye
made
a
raid to-day?
And
David
said,
Against
the
South
of
Judah,
and
against
the
South
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
and
against
the
South
of
the
Kenites.
\VS{11}And
David
saved
neither
man
nor
woman
alive,
to
bring
them
to
Gath,
saying,
Lest
they
should
tell
of
us,
saying,
So
did
David,
and
so
hath
been
his
manner
all
the
while
he
hath
dwelt
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{12}And
Achish
believed
David,
saying,
He
hath
made
his
people
Israel
utterly
to
abhor
him;
therefore
he
shall
be
my
servant
for
ever.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days,
that
the
Philistines
gathered
their
hosts
together
for
warfare,
to
fight
with
Israel.
And
Achish
said
unto
David,
Know
thou
assuredly,
that
thou shalt
go
out
with
me
in
the
host,
thou
and
thy
men.
\VS{2}And
David
said
to
Achish,
Therefore
thou shalt
know
what
thy
servant
will
do.
And
Achish
said
to
David,
Therefore
will
I
make
thee
keeper
of
my
head
for
ever.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Now
Samuel
was
dead,
and
all
Israel
had
lamented
him,
and
buried
him
in
Ramah,
even
in
his
own
city.
And
Saul
had
put
away
those
that
had
familiar
spirits,
and
the
wizards,
out
of
the
land.
\VS{4}And
the
Philistines
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
and
encamped
in
Shunem:
and
Saul
gathered
all
Israel
together,
and
they
encamped
in
Gilboa.
\VS{5}And
when
Saul
saw
the
host
of
the
Philistines,
he
was
afraid,
and
his
heart
trembled
greatly.
\VS{6}And
when
Saul
inquired
of
Jehovah,
Jehovah
answered
him
not,
neither
by
dreams,
nor
by
Urim,
nor
by
prophets.
\VS{7}Then
said
Saul
unto
his
servants,
Seek
me
a
woman
that
hath
a
familiar
spirit,
that
I
may
go
to
her,
and
inquire
of
her.
And
his
servants
said
to
him,
Behold,
there
is
a
woman
that
hath
a
familiar
spirit
at
En-dor.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
Saul
disguised
himself,
and
put
on
other
raiment,
and
went,
he
and
two
men
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
woman
by
night:
and
he
said,
Divine
unto
me,
I
pray
thee,
by
the
familiar
spirit,
and
bring
me
up
whomsoever
I
shall
name
unto
thee.
\VS{9}And
the
woman
said
unto
him,
Behold,
thou
knowest
what
Saul
hath
done,
how
he
hath
cut
off
those
that
have
familiar
spirits,
and
the
wizards,
out
of
the
land:
wherefore
then
layest
thou
a
snare
for
my
life,
to
cause
me
to
die?
\VS{10}And
Saul
sware
to
her
by
Jehovah,
saying,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
there
shall
no
punishment
happen
to
thee
for
this
thing.
\VS{11}Then
said
the
woman,
Whom
shall
I
bring
up
unto
thee?
And
he
said,
Bring
me
up
Samuel.
\VS{12}And
when
the
woman
saw
Samuel,
she
cried
with
a
loud
voice;
and
the
woman
spake
to
Saul,
saying,
Why
hast
thou
deceived
me?
for
thou
art
Saul.
\VS{13}And
the
king
said
unto
her,
Be
not
afraid:
for
what
seest
thou?
And
the
woman
said
unto
Saul,
I
see
a
god
coming
up
out
of
the
earth.
\VS{14}And
he
said
unto
her,
What
form
is
he
of?
And
she
said,
An
old
man
cometh
up;
and
he
is
covered
with
a
robe.
And
Saul
perceived
that
it
was
Samuel,
and
he
bowed
with
his
face
to
the
ground,
and
did
obeisance.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Why
hast
thou
disquieted
me,
to
bring
me
up?
And
Saul
answered,
I
am
sore
distressed;
for
the
Philistines
make
war
against
me,
and
God
is
departed
from
me,
and
answereth
me
no
more,
neither
by
prophets,
nor
by
dreams:
therefore
I
have
called
thee,
that
thou
mayest
make
known
unto
me
what
I
shall
do.
\VS{16}And
Samuel
said,
Wherefore
then
dost
thou
ask
of
me,
seeing
Jehovah
is
departed
from
thee,
and
is
become
thine
adversary?
\VS{17}And
Jehovah
hath
done
unto
thee,
as
he
spake
by
me:
and
Jehovah
hath
rent
the
kingdom
out
of
thy
hand,
and
given
it
to
thy
neighbor,
even
to
David.
\VS{18}Because
thou
obeyedst
not
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
and
didst
not
execute
his
fierce
wrath
upon
Amalek,
therefore
hath
Jehovah
done
this
thing
unto
thee
this
day.
\VS{19}Moreover
Jehovah
will
deliver
Israel
also
with
thee
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines;
and to-morrow shalt
thou
and
thy
sons
be
with
me:
Jehovah
will
deliver
the
host
of
Israel
also
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
Saul
fell
straightway
his
full
length
upon
the
earth,
and
was
sore
afraid,
because
of
the
words
of
Samuel:
and
there
was
no
strength
in
him;
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread
all
the
day,
nor
all
the
night.
\VS{21}And
the
woman
came
unto
Saul,
and
saw
that
he
was
sore
troubled,
and
said
unto
him,
Behold,
thy
handmaid
hath
hearkened
unto
thy
voice,
and
I
have
put
my
life
in
my
hand,
and
have
hearkened
unto
thy
words
which
thou
spakest
unto
me.
\VS{22}Now
therefore,
I
pray
thee,
hearken
thou
also
unto
the
voice
of
thy
handmaid,
and
let
me
set
a
morsel
of
bread
before
thee;
and
eat,
that
thou
mayest
have
strength,
when
thou
goest
on
thy
way.
\VS{23}But
he
refused,
and
said,
I
will
not
eat.
But
his
servants,
together
with
the
woman,
constrained
him;
and
he
hearkened
unto
their
voice.
So
he
arose
from
the
earth,
and
sat
upon
the
bed.
\VS{24}And
the
woman
had
a
fatted
calf
in
the
house;
and
she
hasted,
and
killed
it;
and
she
took
flour,
and
kneaded
it,
and
did
bake
unleavened
bread
thereof:
\VS{25}and
she
brought
it
before
Saul,
and
before
his
servants;
and
they
did
eat.
Then
they
rose
up,
and
went
away
that
night.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
all
their
hosts
to
Aphek:
and
the
Israelites
encamped
by
the
fountain
which
is
in
Jezreel.
\VS{2}And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
passed
on
by
hundreds,
and
by
thousands;
and
David
and
his
men
passed
on
in
the rearward
with
Achish.
\VS{3}Then
said
the
princes
of
the
Philistines,
What
{\ADD{
do}}
these
Hebrews
{\ADD{
here}}?
And
Achish
said
unto
the
princes
of
the
Philistines,
Is
not
this
David,
the
servant
of
Saul
the
king
of
Israel,
who
hath
been
with
me
these
days,
or
{\ADD{
rather}}
these
years,
and
I
have
found
no
fault
in
him
since
he
fell
away
{\ADD{
unto
me}}
unto
this
day?
\VS{4}But
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
were
wroth
with
him;
and
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said
unto
him,
Make
the
man
return,
that
he
may
go
back
to
his
place
where
thou
hast
appointed
him,
and
let
him
not
go
down
with
us
to
battle,
lest
in
the
battle
he
become
an
adversary
to
us:
for
wherewith
should
this
{\ADD{
fellow}}
reconcile
himself
unto
his
lord?
should
it
not
be
with
the
heads
of
these
men?
\VS{5}Is
not
this
David,
of
whom
they
sang
one
to
another
in
dances,
saying,
\par }{\Q Saul
hath
slain
his
thousands,
\par }{\Q And
David
his
ten
thousands?
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Achish
called
David,
and
said
unto
him,
As
Jehovah
liveth,
thou
hast
been
upright,
and
thy
going
out
and
thy
coming
in
with
me
in
the
host
is
good
in
my
sight;
for
I
have
not
found
evil
in
thee
since
the
day
of
thy
coming
unto
me
unto
this
day:
nevertheless
the
lords
favor
thee
not.
\VS{7}Wherefore
now
return,
and
go
in
peace,
that
thou
displease
not
the
lords
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{8}And
David
said
unto
Achish,
But
what
have
I
done?
and
what
hast
thou
found
in
thy
servant
so
long
as
I
have
been
before
thee
unto
this
day,
that
I
may
not
go
and
fight
against
the
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king?
\VS{9}And
Achish
answered
and
said
to
David,
I
know
that
thou
art
good
in
my
sight,
as
an
angel
of
God:
notwithstanding
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
have
said,
He
shall
not
go
up
with
us
to
the
battle.
\VS{10}Wherefore
now
rise
up
early
in
the
morning
with
the
servants
of
thy
lord
that
are
come
with
thee;
and
as
soon
as
ye
are
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
have
light,
depart.
\VS{11}So
David
rose
up
early,
he
and
his
men,
to
depart
in
the
morning,
to
return
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
And
the
Philistines
went
up
to
Jezreel.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
David
and
his
men
were
come
to
Ziklag
on
the
third
day,
that
the
Amalekites
had
made
a
raid
upon
the
South,
and
upon
Ziklag,
and
had
smitten
Ziklag,
and
burned
it
with
fire,
\VS{2}and
had
taken
captive
the
women
{\ADD{
and
all}}
that
were
therein,
both
small
and
great:
they
slew
not
any,
but
carried
them
off,
and
went
their
way.
\VS{3}And
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
city,
behold,
it
was
burned
with
fire;
and
their
wives,
and
their
sons,
and
their
daughters,
were
taken
captive.
\VS{4}Then
David
and
the
people
that
were
with
him
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept,
until
they
had
no
more
power
to
weep.
\VS{5}And
David’s
two
wives
were
taken
captive,
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite.
\VS{6}And
David
was
greatly
distressed;
for
the
people
spake
of
stoning
him,
because
the
soul
of
all
the
people
was
grieved,
every
man
for
his
sons
and
for
his
daughters:
but
David
strengthened
himself
in
Jehovah
his
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
David
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahimelech,
I
pray
thee,
bring
me
hither
the
ephod.
And
Abiathar
brought
thither
the
ephod
to
David.
\VS{8}And
David
inquired
of
Jehovah,
saying,
If
I
pursue
after
this
troop,
shall
I
overtake
them?
And
he
answered
him,
Pursue;
for
thou shalt
surely
overtake
{\ADD{
them}},
and shalt
without
fail
recover
{\ADD{
all}}.
\VS{9}So
David
went,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
and
came
to
the
brook
Besor,
where
those
that
were
left
behind
stayed.
\VS{10}But
David
pursued,
he
and
four
hundred
men;
for
two
hundred
stayed
behind,
who
were
so
faint
that
they
could
not
go
over
the
brook
Besor.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
they
found
an
Egyptian
in
the
field,
and
brought
him
to
David,
and
gave
him
bread,
and
he
did
eat;
and
they
gave
him
water
to
drink;
\VS{12}and
they
gave
him
a
piece
of
a
cake
of
figs,
and
two
clusters
of
raisins:
and
when
he
had
eaten,
his
spirit
came
again
to
him;
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread,
nor
drunk
any
water,
three
days
and
three
nights.
\VS{13}And
David
said
unto
him,
To
whom belongest
thou?
and
whence
art
thou?
And
he
said,
I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
servant
to
an
Amalekite;
and
my
master
left
me,
because
three
days
ago
I
fell
sick.
\VS{14}We
made
a
raid
upon
the
South
of
the
Cherethites,
and
upon
that
which belongeth
to
Judah,
and
upon
the
South
of
Caleb;
and
we
burned
Ziklag
with
fire.
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
him,
Wilt
thou
bring
me
down
to
this
troop?
And
he
said,
Swear
unto
me
by
God,
that
thou
wilt
neither
kill
me,
nor
deliver
me
up
into
the
hands
of
my
master,
and
I
will
bring
thee
down
to
this
troop.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
when
he
had
brought
him
down,
behold,
they
were
spread
abroad
over
all
the
ground,
eating
and
drinking,
and
dancing,
because
of
all
the
great
spoil
that
they
had
taken
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
land
of
Judah.
\VS{17}And
David
smote
them
from
the
twilight
even
unto
the
evening
of
the
next
day:
and
there
escaped
not
a
man
of
them,
save
four
hundred
young
men,
who
rode
upon
camels
and
fled.
\VS{18}And
David
recovered
all
that
the
Amalekites
had
taken;
and
David
rescued
his
two
wives.
\VS{19}And
there
was
nothing
lacking
to
them,
neither
small
nor
great,
neither
sons
nor
daughters,
neither
spoil,
nor
anything
that
they
had
taken
to
them:
David
brought
back
all.
\VS{20}And
David
took
all
the
flocks
and
the
herds,
{\ADD{
which}}
they
drove
before
those
{\ADD{
other}}
cattle,
and
said,
This
is
David’s
spoil.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}And
David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men,
who
were
so
faint
that
they
could
not
follow
David,
whom
also
they
had
made
to
abide
at
the
brook
Besor;
and
they
went
forth
to
meet
David,
and
to
meet
the
people
that
were
with
him:
and
when
David
came
near
to
the
people,
he
saluted
them.
\VS{22}Then
answered
all
the
wicked
men
and
base
fellows,
of
those
that
went
with
David,
and
said,
Because
they
went
not
with
us,
we
will
not
give
them aught
of
the
spoil
that
we
have
recovered,
save
to
every
man
his
wife
and
his
children,
that
he
may
lead
them
away,
and
depart.
\VS{23}Then
said
David,
Ye
shall
not
do
so,
my
brethren,
with
that
which
Jehovah
hath
given
unto
us,
who
hath
preserved
us,
and
delivered
the
troop
that
came
against
us
into
our
hand.
\VS{24}And
who
will
hearken
unto
you
in
this
matter?
for
as
his
share
is
that
goeth
down
to
the
battle,
so
shall
his
share
be
that
tarrieth
by
the
baggage:
they
shall
share
alike.
\VS{25}And
it
was
so
from
that
day
forward,
that
he
made
it
a
statute
and
an
ordinance
for
Israel
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}And
when
David
came
to
Ziklag,
he
sent
of
the
spoil
unto
the
elders
of
Judah,
even
to
his
friends,
saying,
Behold,
a
present
for
you
of
the
spoil
of
the
enemies
of
Jehovah:
\VS{27}to
them
that
were
in
Beth-el,
and
to
them
that
were
in
Ramoth
of
the
South,
and
to
them
that
were
in
Jattir,
\VS{28}and
to
them
that
were
in
Aroer,
and
to
them
that
were
in
Siphmoth,
and
to
them
that
were
in
Eshtemoa,
\VS{29}and
to
them
that
were
in
Racal,
and
to
them
that
were
in
the
cities
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
and
to
them
that
were
in
the
cities
of
the
Kenites,
\VS{30}and
to
them
that
were
in
Hormah,
and
to
them
that
were
in
Bor-ashan,
and
to
them
that
were
in
Athach,
\VS{31}and
to
them
that
were
in
Hebron,
and
to
all
the
places
where
David
himself
and
his
men
were
wont
to
haunt.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel:
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
slain
in
mount
Gilboa.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
followed
hard
upon
Saul
and
upon
his
sons;
and
the
Philistines
slew
Jonathan,
and
Abinadab,
and
Malchi-shua,
the
sons
of
Saul.
\VS{3}And
the
battle
went
sore
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
overtook
him;
and
he
was
greatly
distressed
by
reason
of
the
archers.
\VS{4}Then
said
Saul
to
his armorbearer,
Draw
thy
sword,
and
thrust
me
through
therewith,
lest
these
uncircumcised
come
and
thrust
me
through,
and
abuse
me.
But
his armorbearer
would
not;
for
he
was
sore
afraid.
Therefore
Saul
took
his
sword,
and
fell
upon
it.
\VS{5}And
when
his armorbearer
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
likewise
fell
upon
his
sword,
and
died
with
him.
\VS{6}So
Saul
died,
and
his
three
sons,
and
his armorbearer,
and
all
his
men,
that
same
day
together.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
when
the
men
of
Israel
that
were
on
the
other
side
of
the
valley,
and
they
that
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
saw
that
the
men
of
Israel
fled,
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
were
dead,
they
forsook
the
cities,
and
fled;
and
the
Philistines
came
and
dwelt
in
them.
\VS{8}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
morrow,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
that
they
found
Saul
and
his
three
sons
fallen
in
mount
Gilboa.
\VS{9}And
they
cut
off
his
head,
and
stripped
off
his
armor,
and
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
round
about,
to
carry
the
tidings
unto
the
house
of
their
idols,
and
to
the
people.
\VS{10}And
they
put
his
armor
in
the
house
of
the
Ashtaroth;
and
they
fastened
his
body
to
the
wall
of
Beth-shan.
\VS{11}And
when
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead
heard
concerning
him
that
which
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
\VS{12}all
the
valiant
men
arose,
and
went
all
night,
and
took
the
body
of
Saul
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons
from
the
wall
of
Beth-shan;
and
they
came
to
Jabesh,
and
burnt
them
there.
\VS{13}And
they
took
their
bones,
and
buried
them
under
the tamarisk-tree
in
Jabesh,
and
fasted
seven
days.
\par }