\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 Samuel}
{\MT The First Book of Samuel

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
was
a
certain
man
of Ramathaim,
a Zuphite
of
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
named
Elkanah;
he
was
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,
one
named
Hannah
and
the
other
Peninnah:
and
Peninnah
was
the mother
of
children,
but
Hannah
had
no
children.
\VS{3}Now
this
man
went
up
from
his
town
every
year
to
give
worship
and
to make
offerings
to
the
Lord
of
armies
in
Shiloh.
And
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
the
priests
of
the
Lord,
were
there.
\VS{4}And
when
the
day
came
for
Elkanah
to
make
his
offering,
he
gave
to
Peninnah
his
wife,
and
to
all
her
sons
and
daughters,
their part
of
the feast:
\VS{5}But
to
Hannah
he
gave
one part,
though
Hannah
was very dear
to
him,
but
the
Lord
had
not
let
her
have children.
\VS{6}And
the other wife did everything possible
to
make
her unhappy,
because
the
Lord
had
not
let
her
have children;
\VS{7}And
year
by
year,
whenever
she
went
up
to
the
house
of
the
Lord,
she
kept
on attacking
her,
so
that
Hannah
gave herself
up
to
weeping
and
would
take
no
food.
\VS{8}Then
her
husband
Elkanah
said
to
her,
Hannah,
why
are
you
weeping?
and
why
are
you taking
no
food?
why
is
your
heart troubled?
am
I
not
more
to
you
than
ten
sons?
\VS{9}So
after
they
had
taken
food
and wine
in
the
guest room,
Hannah
got
up.
Now
Eli
the
priest
was
seated
by
the pillars
of
the doorway
of
the
Temple
of
the
Lord.
\VS{10}And
with grief
in
her
soul,
weeping
bitterly,
she
made
her prayer
to
the
Lord.
\VS{11}And
she
made
an oath,
and
said,
O
Lord
of
armies,
if
you
will
truly
take
note
of
the
sorrow
of
your
servant,
not turning
away
from
me
but
keeping
me
in
mind,
and
will
give
me
a man-child,
then
I
will
give
him
to
the
Lord
all
the
days
of
his
life,
and
his
hair
will
never
be cut.
\VS{12}Now
while
she
was
a
long
time
in prayer
before
the
Lord,
Eli
was
watching
her
mouth.
\VS{13}For Hannah's prayer came
from
her
heart,
and
though
her
lips
were
moving
she
made
no
sound:
so
it seemed
to
Eli
that
she
was overcome
with wine.
\VS{14}And
Eli
said
to
her,
How
long are
you going
to be
the worse
for drink?
Put
away
the effects
of
your
wine
from
you.
\VS{15}And
Hannah, answering
him,
said,
No,
my
lord,
I
am
a
woman whose
spirit
is broken
with sorrow:
I
have
not taken
wine
or
strong
drink,
but
I
have
been opening
my
heart
before
the
Lord.
\VS{16}Do
not
take
your
servant
to
be
a
good-for-nothing
woman:
for
my words
have come
from
my stored-up sorrow
and
pain.
\VS{17}Then
Eli
said
to
her, Go
in
peace:
and
may
the
God
of
Israel
give
you
an
answer
to
the prayer
you
have
made
to
him.
\VS{18}And
she
said,
May
your
servant
have
grace
in
your
eyes.
So
the
woman
went
away,
and
took part
in
the
feast,
and
her
face
was
no
longer sad.
\VS{19}And
early
in
the
morning
they
got
up,
and
after worshipping
before
the
Lord
they
went
back
to
Ramah,
to
their
house:
and
Elkanah
had connection
with
his
wife;
and
the
Lord kept
her
in
mind.
\VS{20}Now
the
time
came
when
Hannah,
being
with
child,
gave
birth
to
a
son;
and
she
gave
him
the
name
Samuel,
Because,
she said,
I
made
a prayer
to
the
Lord
for
him.
\VS{21}And
the
man
Elkanah
with
all
his
family
went
up
to make
the year's
offering
to
the
Lord,
and
to
give
effect
to
his oath.
\VS{22}But
Hannah
did
not
go,
for
she
said
to
her
husband,
I
will
not
go
till
the
child
has
been
taken
from
the breast,
and
then
I
will
take
him
with
me
and
put
him
before
the
Lord,
where
he
may
be
for
ever.
\VS{23}And
her
husband
Elkanah
said
to
her,
Do
whatever
seems
right
to
you,
but
not
till
you
have
taken
him
from
the breast;
only
may
the
Lord
do
as
he
has
said.
So
the
woman,
waiting
there,
gave
her
son milk
till
he
was
old
enough
to
be
taken
from
the breast.
\VS{24}Then
when
she
had
done
so,
she
took
him
with
her,
with
a three-year old
ox
and
an
ephah
of
meal
and
a skin full
of
wine,
and
took
him
to
the
house
of
the
Lord
at
Shiloh:
now
the
child
was still very
young.
\VS{25}And
when
they
had made
an offering
of
the
ox,
they
took
the
child
to
Eli.
\VS{26}And
she
said,
O
my
lord,
as
your
soul
is
living,
my
lord,
I
am
that
woman
who
was making
a prayer
to
the
Lord
here
by
your
side:
\VS{27}My prayer
was
for
this
child;
and
the
Lord
has
given
him
to
me
in answer
to
my
request:
\VS{28}So
I
have given
him
to
the
Lord;
for
all
his
life
he
is
the Lord's.
Then
he
gave
the
Lord
worship
there.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Hannah,
in prayer
before
the
Lord,
said,
My
heart
is
glad
in
the
Lord,
my
horn
is
lifted
up
in
the
Lord:
my
mouth
is
open
wide
over
my haters;
because
my
joy
is
in
your
salvation.
\VS{2}No
other
is
holy
as
the
Lord,
for
there
is
no
other
God
but
you:
there
is
no
Rock
like
our
God.
\VS{3}Say
no
more
words
of pride;
let
not uncontrolled sayings
come
out
of
your
mouths:
for
the
Lord
is
a
God
of
knowledge,
by
him
acts
are judged.
\VS{4}The
bows
of the
men
of war
are broken,
and the
feeble
are clothed
with
strength.
\VS{5}Those
who
were
full
are offering themselves
as servants
for
bread;
those
who
were
in need
are
at
rest; truly,
she
who
had
no
children
has
become
the mother
of
seven;
and
she
who
had
a family
is wasted
with sorrow.
\VS{6}The
Lord
is
the giver
of
death
and
life: sending men
down
to
the underworld
and lifting
them
up.
\VS{7}The
Lord
gives
wealth
and
takes
a man's goods
from
him: crushing
men
down
and again
lifting
them
up;
\VS{8}Lifting
the
poor
out
of
the
dust,
and
him
who
is
in need
out
of
the lowest
place,
to
give
them
their
place
among
rulers,
and
for
their heritage
the
seat
of
glory:
for
the
pillars
of
the
earth
are
the Lord's
and
he
has
made
them
the base
of
the
world.
\VS{9}He
will
keep
the
feet
of
his
holy
ones,
but
the evil-doers
will come
to
their end
in
the
dark night,
for
by
strength
no
man
will overcome.
\VS{10}Those
who
make war
against
the
Lord
will
be broken;
against
them
he
will
send
his
thunder
from
heaven:
the
Lord
will
be
judge
of
the
ends
of
the
earth,
he
will
give
strength
to
his
king,
lifting
up
the
horn
of
him
on whom
the holy oil
has
been
put.
\VS{11}Then
Elkanah
went
to
Ramah
to
his
house.
And
the
child
became
the
servant
of
the
Lord
under
the
direction
of
Eli
the
priest.
\VS{12}Now
the
sons
of
Eli
were
evil
and
good-for-nothing
men,
having
no
knowledge
of
the
Lord.
\VS{13}And
the priests'
way
with
the
people
was
this:
when
any
man
made
an
offering,
the priest's
servant
came
while
the
flesh
was being cooked, having
in
his
hand
a meat-hook
with
three
teeth;
\VS{14}This
he
put
into
the
pot,
and
everything
which
came
up
on
the hook
the
priest
took
for himself.
This
they
did
in
Shiloh
to
all
the
Israelites
who
came
there.
\VS{15}And
more
than
this,
before
the
fat
was
burned,
the priest's
servant
would
come
and
say
to
the
man
who
was
making
the
offering,
Give
me
some
of
the
flesh
to
be cooked
for
the
priest;
he
has
no taste
for
meat cooked
in water,
but
would
have
you
give
it uncooked.
\VS{16}And
if
the
man
said
to
him,
First
let
the
fat
be
burned,
then
take
as
much
as
you
will;
then
the servant
would
say,
No,
you
are
to
give
it
to
me
now,
or
I
will
take
it
by
force.
\VS{17}And
the
sin
of these
young
men
was
very
great
before
the
Lord;
for
they
gave no honour
to
the Lord's
offerings.
\VS{18}But
Samuel
did
the work
of
the Lord's house, while
he
was
a
child, dressed
in
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}And
his
mother
made
him
a
little
robe
and
took
it
to
him
every
year
when
she
came
with
her
husband
for
the year's
offering.
\VS{20}And
every year
Eli
gave
Elkanah
and
his
wife
a
blessing,
saying,
May
the
Lord
give
you
offspring
by
this
woman
in
exchange
for
the
child
you
have given
to
the
Lord.
And
they
went
back
to
their house.
\VS{21}And
the
Lord
had
mercy
on
Hannah
and
she
gave
birth
to
three
sons
and
two
daughters.
And
the
young
Samuel
became older
before
the
Lord.
\VS{22}Now
Eli
was
very
old;
and
he
had news
from
time
to
time
of
what
his
sons
were
doing
to
all
Israel.
\VS{23}And
he
said
to
them,
Why
are
you
doing
such
things?
for
from
all
this
people
I get accounts
of
your
evil
ways.
\VS{24}No,
my
sons,
the account
which
is
given
me,
which
the Lord's
people
are sending
about,
is
not
good.
\VS{25}If
one
man
does
wrong
to
another,
God
will
be
his judge:
but
if
a man's
sin
is
against
the
Lord,
who
will take up
his cause?
But
they
gave
no
attention
to
the
voice
of
their
father,
for
it
was
the Lord's purpose
to send destruction
on
them.
\VS{26}And
the
young
Samuel,
becoming older,
had
the
approval
of
the
Lord
and
of
men.
\VS{27}And
a
man
of
God
came
to
Eli
and
said
to
him,
The
Lord
says,
Did
I
let myself
be seen
by
your father's
people
when
they
were
in
Egypt,
servants
in Pharaoh's
house?
\VS{28}Did
I
take
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
my
priest
and
to
go
up
to
my
altar
to
make
the
smoke
of
the
offerings
go
up
and
to
take
up
the
ephod? Did
I
give
to
your father's
family
all
the
offerings
made
by
fire
by
the
children
of
Israel?
\VS{29}Why
then
are
you looking
with envy
on
my
offerings
of meat
and
of
meal
which
were
ordered
by
my word, honouring
your
sons
before
me,
and
making
yourselves fat
with
all
the best
of
the
offerings
of
Israel,
my
people?
\VS{30}For
this
reason
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
has
said,
Truly
I
did
say
that
your
family
and
your father's people
would
have
their
place
before
me
for
ever:
but
now
the
Lord
says,
Let
it
not
be
so;
I
will give honour
to
those
by whom
I
am honoured,
and
those
who
have no
respect
for
me
will
be
of
small value
in
my eyes.
\VS{31}See,
the
days
are
coming
when
your
arm
and
the
arm
of
your father's people
will
be
cut
off;
\VS{32}And
never
again
will
there
be
an
old
man
in
your
family.
\VS{33}But
one
man
of
your
family
will
not
be
cut
off
by
my hand,
and
his
eyes
will
be
made dark,
and grief
will
be
in
his
heart:
and
all
the offspring
of
your
family
will
come
to
their
end
by
the sword
of
men.
\VS{34}And
this
will
be
the
sign
to
you,
which
will
come
on
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
your
sons;
death
will overtake
them
on
the
same
day.
\VS{35}And
I
will
make
a true
priest
for
myself,
one
who
will
do
what
is
in
my
heart
and
in
my
mind:
and
I
will
make
for
him
a
family
which
will
not
come
to
an end;
and
his
place
will
be
before
my holy
one
for ever.
\VS{36}Then
it
will
be
that
the
rest
of
your
family,
anyone
who
has
not
been cut
off,
will
go
down
on
his knees
to
him
for
a bit
of
silver
or
a bit
of
bread,
and
say,
Be pleased
to
put
me
into
one
of
the priest's
places
so
that
I
may
have
a little
food.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
young
Samuel
was
the
servant
of
the
Lord
before
Eli.
In
those
days
the
Lord kept
his
word secret
from
men;
there
was
no
open
vision.
\VS{2}And
at
that
time,
when
Eli
was resting
in
his
place, (now
his
eyes
were
becoming clouded
so
that
he
was
not
able
to
see,)
\VS{3}And
the light
of
God
was
still burning,
while
Samuel
was sleeping
in
the
Temple
of
the
Lord
where
the
ark
of
God
was,
\VS{4}The voice
of
the
Lord
said Samuel's
name;
and
he
said,
Here
am
I.
\VS{5}And
running
to
Eli
he
said,
Here
am
I,
for
you
said
my
name.
And
Eli
said,
I
did
not
say
your
name;
go
to
your
rest
again.
So
he
went
back
to
his
bed.
\VS{6}And
again
the
Lord
said,
Samuel.
And
Samuel
got
up
and
went
to
Eli
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for
you
certainly
said
my
name.
But
he
said
in
answer,
I
said
nothing,
my
son;
go
to
your
rest
again.
\VS{7}Now
at
that time
Samuel
had no
knowledge
of
the
Lord,
and
the revelation
of
the
word
of
the
Lord
had
not come
to
him.
\VS{8}And
for
the
third
time
the
Lord
said Samuel's
name.
And
he
got
up
and
went
to
Eli
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for
you
certainly
said
my
name.
Then
it
was clear
to
Eli
that
the voice which
had
said
the child's
name
was
the Lord's.
\VS{9}So
Eli
said
to
Samuel,
Go
back:
and
if
the voice
comes
again,
let
your
answer
be,
Say
on,
Lord;
for
the ears
of
your
servant
are open.
So
Samuel
went
back
to
his
bed.
\VS{10}Then
the
Lord
came
and
said
as before,
Samuel,
Samuel.
Then
Samuel
made
answer,
Say
on,
Lord;
for
the ears
of
your
servant
are open.
\VS{11}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel,
See,
I
will
do
a
thing
in
Israel
at
which
the
ears
of
everyone
hearing
of
it
will
be burning.
\VS{12}In
that
day
I
will
do
to
Eli
everything
which
I
have
said
about
his
family,
from
first
to
last.
\VS{13}And
you
are
to say
to
him
that
I
will send
punishment
on
his
family
for
ever,
for
the
sin
which
he
had
knowledge
of;
because
his
sons
have
been
cursing
God
and
he
had
no control
over
them.
\VS{14}So
I
have
made
an
oath
to
the
family
of
Eli
that
no
offering
of meat
or
of
meal
which
they
may make
will
ever
take away
the
sin
of
his
family.
\VS{15}And
Samuel kept
where
he
was, not moving
till
the
time
came
for
opening
the
doors
of
the
house
of
God
in
the
morning.
And
fear kept
him
from giving
Eli
an
account
of
his
vision.
\VS{16}Then
Eli
said,
Samuel,
my
son.
And
Samuel answering
said,
Here
am
I.
\VS{17}And
he
said,
What
did
the Lord
say
to
you?
Do
not
keep
it
from
me:
may God's punishment
be
on
you
if
you
keep
from
me
anything
he
said
to
you.
\VS{18}Then
Samuel
gave
him
an
account
of
everything, keeping
nothing back.
And
he
said,
It
is
the
Lord;
let
him
do
what
seems
good
to
him.
\VS{19}And
Samuel
became older,
and
the
Lord
was
with
him
and
let
not
one
of
his
words
be
without effect.
\VS{20}And
it
was
clear
to
all
Israel
from
Dan
to Beer-sheba
that
Samuel
had
been
made
a
prophet
of
the
Lord.
\VS{21}And
the
Lord
was
seen
again
in
Shiloh;
for
the
Lord gave
to
Samuel
in
Shiloh
the revelation
of
his
word.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
at
that
time
the
Philistines
came
together
to make
war
against
Israel,
and
the
men
of
Israel
went
out
to
war
against
the
Philistines
and
took
up
their position
at
the side
of Eben-ezer:
and
the
Philistines
put
their
forces
in position
in
Aphek.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines put
their
forces
in order
against
Israel,
and
the fighting
was hard,
and
Israel
was overcome
by
the
Philistines,
who put
to
the sword
about
four
thousand
of
their
army
in
the
field.
\VS{3}And
when
the
people
came
back
to
their tents,
the responsible
men
of
Israel
said,
Why
has
the
Lord let
the
Philistines overcome
us
today? Let
us
get
the
ark
of
the Lord's
agreement here
from
Shiloh,
so
that
it
may
be
with
us
and
give
us
salvation
from
the
hands
of
those
who
are
against
us.
\VS{4}So
the
people
sent
to
Shiloh
and got
the
ark
of
the
agreement
of
the
Lord
of
armies
whose resting-place
is
between
the winged
ones;
and
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
were
there
with
the
ark
of God's
agreement.
\VS{5}And
when
the
ark
of
the Lord's
agreement
came
into
the tent-circle,
all
Israel
gave
a
great
cry,
so
that
the
earth
was
sounding
with
it.
\VS{6}And
the
Philistines,
hearing
the
noise
of
their
cry,
said,
What
is
this
great
cry
among
the tents
of
the
Hebrews?
Then
it became clear
to
them
that
the
ark
of
the
Lord
had
come
to
the tent-circle.
\VS{7}And
the
Philistines, full
of
fear,
said,
God
has
come
into
their tents.
And
they
said, Trouble
is ours!
for
never
before
has
such
a
thing
been seen.
\VS{8}Trouble
is ours!
Who
will give
us salvation
from
the
hands
of
these
great
gods?
These
are
the
gods
who
sent
all
sorts
of
blows
on
the
Egyptians
in
the waste land.
\VS{9}Be
strong, O
Philistines,
be
men!
Do
not
be
servants
to
the
Hebrews
as
they
have
been
to
you:
go forward
to
the
fight without
fear.
\VS{10}So
the
Philistines
went
to
the
fight,
and
Israel
was
overcome,
and
every
man
went
in
flight
to
his
tent:
and
great
was
the destruction,
for
thirty
thousand
footmen
of
Israel
were
put
to
the sword.
\VS{11}And
the
ark
of
God
was
taken;
and
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
the
sons
of
Eli,
were
put
to
the sword.
\VS{12}And
a
man
of
Benjamin
went
running
from
the fight
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day
with
his clothing
out
of order
and
earth
on
his
head.
\VS{13}And
when
he
came,
Eli
was
seated
by
the
wayside
watching:
and
in
his
heart
was fear
for
the
ark
of
God.
And
when
the
man
came
into
the
town
and
gave
the news,
there
was
a
great outcry.
\VS{14}And
Eli,
hearing
the
noise
and
the
cries,
said,
What
is
the reason
of
this
outcry?
And
the
man
came
quickly
and
gave
the
news
to
Eli.
\VS{15}Now
Eli
was ninety-eight
years
old,
and
his
eyes
were fixed
so
that
he
was
not
able
to
see.
\VS{16}And
the
man
said
to
Eli,
I
have
come
from
the
army
and
have
come
in
flight
today
from
the fight.
And
he
said,
How
did
it
go,
my
son?
\VS{17}And
the
man
said,
Israel
went
in
flight
from
the
Philistines,
and
there
has
been
great destruction
among
the
people,
and
your
two
sons,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
are
dead,
and
the
ark
of
God
has
been
taken.
\VS{18}And
at
these words
about
the
ark
of
God,
Eli,
falling
back
off
his
seat
by
the
side
of
the doorway
into
the
town,
came
down
on
the earth
so
that
his
neck
was
broken
and
death overtook
him,
for
he
was
an
old
man
and
of
great weight.
He
had
been
judging
Israel
for
forty
years.
\VS{19}And
his
daughter-in-law,
the
wife
of
Phinehas,
was
with
child
and
near
the time
when
she
would
give
birth;
and
when
she
had
the
news
that
the
ark
of
God
had been
taken
and
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
were
dead,
her pains
came
on
her suddenly
and
she
gave
birth.
\VS{20}And
when
she
was very
near
death
the women
who
were
with
her
said,
Have
no
fear,
for
you
have
given
birth
to
a
son.
But
she
made
no
answer
and
gave
no
attention
to
it.
\VS{21}And
she
gave
the
child
the
name
of
Ichabod,
saying,
The
glory
has
gone
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
gone
from
Israel,
for
the
ark
of
God
has been
taken.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines, having
taken
the
ark
of
God,
took
it
with
them
from Eben-ezer
to
Ashdod.
\VS{2}They
took
the
ark
of
God
into
the
house
of
Dagon
and
put
it
by
the
side
of
Dagon.
\VS{3}And
when
the
people
of
Ashdod
got
up
early
on
the
morning
after,
they
saw
that
Dagon
had
come
down
to
the
earth
on
his
face
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord.
And
they
took
Dagon
up
and
put
him
in
his
place
again.
\VS{4}And
when
they
got
up
early
on
the
morning
after,
Dagon
had
come
down
to
the
earth
on
his
face
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord;
and
his
head
and
his
hands
were broken
off
on
the doorstep;
only
the base
was
in
its
place.
\VS{5}So
to
this
day
no
priest
of
Dagon,
or
any
who
come
into Dagon's
house,
will
put
his
foot
on
the doorstep
of
the
house
of
Dagon
in
Ashdod.
\VS{6}But
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was hard
on
the people
of
Ashdod
and
he
sent disease
on
them
through all
the country
of
Ashdod.
\VS{7}And
when
the
men
of
Ashdod
saw
how
it
was,
they
said,
Let
not
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
be
with
us,
for
his
hand
is
hard
on
us
and
on
Dagon
our
god.
\VS{8}So
they
sent
for
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
to
come
together
there,
and
said,
What
are
we
to
do
with
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel?
And
their
answer
was,
Let
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
be
taken
away
to
Gath.
So
they
took
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
away.
\VS{9}But
after
they
had
taken
it
away,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was stretched
out
against
the
town
for
its destruction:
and
the signs
of disease
came
out
on
all
the
men
of
the
town,
small
and
great.
\VS{10}So
they
sent
the
ark
of
God
to
Ekron.
And
when
the
ark
of
God
came
to
Ekron,
the
people
of
the town
made
an outcry,
saying,
They
have
sent
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
to
us
for
the destruction
of
us
and
of
our
people.
\VS{11}So
they
sent
and got
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
they
said,
Send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
and
let
it
go
back
to
its
place,
so
that
it
may
not
be
the
cause
of
death
to
us
and
to
our
people:
for
there
was
a
great fear
of
death
through
all
the
town;
the
hand
of
God
was
very
hard
on
them
there.
\VS{12}And
those
men
who
were
not overtaken
by
death
were cruelly diseased:
and
the
cry
of
the
town
went
up
to
heaven.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
ark
of
the
Lord
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
for
seven
months.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
sent
for
the
priests
and
those
who
were wise
in secret arts,
and
said
to
them,
What
are
we
to
do
with
the
ark
of
the
Lord?
How
are
we
to
send
it
away
to
its
place?
\VS{3}And
they
said,
If
you
send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
do
not
send
it
without
an
offering,
but
send
him
a sin-offering
with
it:
then
you
will
have peace
again,
and
it
will
be clear
to
you
why
the weight
of
his
hand
has
not
been lifted
from
you.
\VS{4}Then
they
said,
What sin-offering
are
we
to send
to
him?
And
they
said,
Five
gold images
of
the growths
caused
by
your disease
and
five
gold
mice,
one
for
every lord
of
the
Philistines:
for
the
same disease
came
on
you
and
on
your
lords.
\VS{5}So
make
images
of
the growths
caused
by
your disease
and
of
the
mice which
are damaging
your
land;
and
give
glory
to
the
God
of
Israel:
it
may
be
that
the weight
of
his
hand
will
be lifted
from
you
and
from
your
gods
and
from
your
land.
\VS{6}Why
do
you
make
your
hearts hard,
like
the
hearts
of
Pharaoh
and
the
Egyptians?
When
he
had
made sport
of
them,
did
they
not
let
the
people
go,
and
they
went
away?
\VS{7}So
now,
take
and
make
ready
a
new
cart,
and
two
cows
which
have
never
come
under
the
yoke,
and
have
the
cows yoked
to
the
cart,
and
take
their
young
ones
away
from
them:
\VS{8}And
put
the
ark
of
the
Lord
on
the
cart,
and
the
gold images
which
you
are
sending
as
a sin-offering
in
a
chest
by
its
side;
and
send
it
away
so
that
it
may
go.
\VS{9}If
it
goes
by
the
land
of Israel
to
Beth-shemesh,
then
this
great
evil
is
his work;
but
if
not,
then
we
may
be
certain
that
the
evil
was
not
his
doing,
but
was
the working
of
chance.
\VS{10}And
the
men
did
so;
they
took
two
cows, yoking
them
to
the
cart
and shutting
up
their
young
ones
in
their living-place:
\VS{11}And
they
put
the
ark
of
the
Lord
on
the
cart
and
the
chest
with
the
gold
images.
\VS{12}And
the
cows
took
the
straight
way,
by
the
road
to
Beth-shemesh;
they
went
by
the
highway,
not
turning
to
the
right
or
to
the
left,
and
the sound
of
their voices
was clear
on
the
road;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
as
far
as
the edge
of
Beth-shemesh.
\VS{13}And
the
people
of
Beth-shemesh
were cutting
their
grain
in
the
valley,
and lifting
up
their
eyes
they
saw
the
ark
and
were full
of
joy
when
they
saw
it.
\VS{14}And
the
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua
the
Beth-shemite,
and
came
to
a
stop
there
by
a
great
stone:
and cutting
up
the
wood
of
the
cart
they
made
a burned
offering
of
the
cows
to
the
Lord.
\VS{15}Then
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
the
Lord
and
the
chest
in
which
were
the
gold images,
and
put
them
on
the
great
stone:
and
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
made burned
offerings
and
gave worship
that
day
before
the
Lord.
\VS{16}And
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines, having
seen
it,
went
back
to
Ekron
the
same
day.
\VS{17}Now
these
are
the
gold images
which
the
Philistines
sent
as
a sin-offering
to
the
Lord;
one
for
Ashdod,
one
for
Gaza,
one
for
Ashkelon,
one
for
Gath,
one
for
Ekron;
\VS{18}And
the
gold
mice,
one
for
every
town
of
the
Philistines,
the
property
of
the
five
lords, walled
towns
as
well
as
country
places:
and
the
great
stone
where
they
put
the
ark
of
the
Lord
is
still
in
the
field
of
Joshua
the
Beth-shemite
to
this
day.
\VS{19}But
the
Lord sent destruction
on
seventy
men
of
the
people
of
Beth-shemesh
for
looking
into
the
ark
of
the
Lord;
and
great
was
the sorrow
of
the
people
for
the destruction which
the
Lord
had sent
on
them.
\VS{20}And
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
said,
Who
is
able
to keep
his
place
before
the
Lord,
this
holy
God?
and
to
whom
may
he
go
from
us?
\VS{21}And
they
sent
men
to
the
people
living
in
Kiriath-jearim,
saying,
The
Philistines
have
sent
back
the
ark
of
the
Lord;
come
and
take
it
up
to
your country.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
the
men
of
Kiriath-jearim
came
and
took
the
ark
of
the
Lord
to
the
house
of
Abinadab
in Gibeah,
and
they
made
his
son
Eleazar
holy
and
put
the
ark
in
his
care.
\VS{2}And
the
ark
was
in
Kiriath-jearim
for
a
long
time,
as
much
as
twenty
years:
and
all
Israel
was searching
after
the
Lord
with weeping.
\VS{3}Then
Samuel
said
to
all
Israel,
If
with
all
your
hearts
you
would
come
back
to
the
Lord,
then
put
away
all
the
strange
gods
and
the Astartes
from
among
you,
and let
your
hearts
be
turned
to
the
Lord,
and
be
servants
to
him
only:
and
he
will
make
you safe
from
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{4}So
the
children
of
Israel gave
up
the
worship
of
Baal
and Astarte,
and became worshippers
of
the
Lord
only.
\VS{5}Then
Samuel
said, Let
all
Israel come
to
Mizpah
and
I
will
make prayer
to
the
Lord
for
you.
\VS{6}So
they
came
together
to
Mizpah,
and got
water, draining
it
out
before
the
Lord,
and
they
took no food
that
day,
and
they
said,
We
have
done evil
against
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
was
judge
of
the
children
of
Israel
in
Mizpah.
\VS{7}Now
when
the
Philistines
had news
that
the
children
of
Israel
had
come
together
at
Mizpah,
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up
against
Israel.
And
the
children
of
Israel,
hearing
of
it,
were full
of
fear.
\VS{8}And
the
children
of
Israel
said
to
Samuel, Go
on
crying
to
the
Lord
our
God
for
us
to
make
us
safe
from
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{9}And
Samuel
took
a young
lamb,
offering
all
of
it
as
a
burned
offering
to
the
Lord;
and
Samuel
made prayers
to
the
Lord
for
Israel
and
the
Lord
gave
him
an
answer.
\VS{10}And
while
Samuel
was
offering
the burned
offering,
the
Philistines
came
near
for
the
attack
on
Israel;
but
at
the
thunder
of
the Lord's
voice
that
day
the
Philistines
were overcome
with fear,
and
they
gave
way
before
Israel.
\VS{11}And
the
men
of
Israel
went
out
from
Mizpah
and
went
after
the
Philistines,
attacking
them
till
they
came
under
Beth-car.
\VS{12}Then
Samuel
took
a
stone
and
put
it
up
between
Mizpah
and Jeshanah, naming
it Eben-ezer,
and
saying,
Up
to
now
the
Lord
has
been
our
help.
\VS{13}So
the
Philistines
were overcome,
and
did
not
come
into
the country
of
Israel
again:
and
all
the
days
of
Samuel
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{14}And
the
towns
which
the
Philistines
had
taken
were
given
back
to
Israel,
from
Ekron
to
Gath,
and
all
the country round
them
Israel
made free
from
the
power
of
the
Philistines.
And
there
was
peace
between
Israel
and
the
Amorites.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
was
judge
of
Israel
all
the
days
of
his
life.
\VS{16}From
year
to
year
he
went
in
turn
to Beth-el
and
Gilgal
and
Mizpah,
judging
Israel
in
all
those
places.
\VS{17}And
his base
was
at
Ramah,
where
his
house
was;
there
he
was
judge
of
Israel
and
there
he
made
an
altar
to
the
Lord.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
Samuel
was
old,
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
\VS{2}The
name
of
his first
son
was
Joel
and
the
name
of
his
second
Abijah:
they
were
judges
in Beer-sheba.
\VS{3}And
his
sons
did
not
go
in
his
ways,
but
moved
by
the love
of money
took rewards,
and
were
not upright
in judging.
\VS{4}Then
all
the responsible
men
of
Israel got
together
and
went
to
Samuel
at
Ramah,
\VS{5}And
said
to
him,
See
now,
you
are
old,
and
your
sons
do
not
go
in
your
ways:
give
us
a
king
now
to
be
our
judge,
so
that
we
may
be
like
the
other
nations.
\VS{6}But
Samuel
was not
pleased
when
they
said
to
him,
Give
us
a
king
to
be
our
judge.
And
Samuel
made prayer
to
the
Lord.
\VS{7}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel,
Give ear
to
the
voice
of
the
people
and
what
they
say
to
you:
they
have
not
been
turned
away
from
you,
but
they
have
been
turned
away
from
me,
not desiring
me
to
be
king
over
them.
\VS{8}As
they
have
done
from
the
first,
from
the
day
when
I
took
them
out
of
Egypt
till
this
day, turning
away
from
me
and worshipping
other
gods,
so
now
they
are
acting
in
the
same
way
to
you.
\VS{9}Give ear
now
to
their
voice:
but
make
a serious protest
to
them,
and
give
them
a picture
of
the sort
of
king
who
will
be
their ruler.
\VS{10}And
Samuel
said
all
these
words
of
the
Lord
to
the
people
who
were desiring
a
king.
\VS{11}And
he
said,
This
is
the sort
of
king
who
will
be
your ruler:
he
will
take
your
sons
and
make
them
his servants,
his
horsemen,
and drivers
of
his war-carriages,
and
they
will
go
running
before
his war-carriages;
\VS{12}And
he
will
make
them
captains
of
thousands
and
of
fifties; some
he
will
put
to
work ploughing
and cutting
his grain
and
making
his
instruments
of
war
and building
his war-carriages.
\VS{13}Your
daughters
he
will
take
to be makers
of perfumes
and
cooks
and bread-makers.
\VS{14}He
will
take
your
fields
and
your vine-gardens
and
your olive-gardens, all
the
best
of
them,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
\VS{15}He
will
take
a
tenth
of
your
seed
and
of
the fruit
of
your
vines
and
give
it
to
his
servants.
\VS{16}He
will
take
your men-servants
and
your servant-girls,
and
the
best
of
your oxen
and
your asses
and
put
them
to
his
work.
\VS{17}He
will
take
a
tenth
of
your
sheep:
and
you
will
be
his
servants.
\VS{18}Then
you
will
be
crying
out
because
of
your
king
whom
you
have taken
for
yourselves;
but
the
Lord
will
not
give
you
an
answer
in
that
day.
\VS{19}But
the
people
gave
no
attention
to
the
voice
of
Samuel;
and
they
said,
No,
but
we
will
have
a
king
over
us,
\VS{20}So
that
we
may
be
like
the
other
nations,
and
so
that
our
king
may
be
our
judge
and
go
out
before
us
to
war.
\VS{21}Then
Samuel, after
hearing
all
the
people
had
to
say, went
and
gave
an
account
of
it
to
the
Lord.
\VS{22}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel,
Give ear
to
their
voice
and
make
a
king
for
them.
Then
Samuel
said
to
the
men
of
Israel, Let
every
man go
back
to
his
town.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
was
a
man
of Benjamin
named
Kish,
the
son
of
Abiel,
the
son
of Zeror,
the
son
of
Becorath,
the
son
of Aphiah,
a Benjamite,
a
man
of
wealth.
\VS{2}He
had
a
son
named
Saul,
a specially
good-looking
young
man;
there
was
no
one better-looking
among
the
children
of
Israel:
he
was
taller
by
a head
than
any
other
of
the
people.
\VS{3}Now
the asses
of Saul's
father
Kish
had gone
wandering
away.
And
Kish
said
to
his
son
Saul,
Take
one
of
the
servants
with
you,
and
get
up
and
go
in
search
of
the asses.
\VS{4}So
they went
through
the hill-country
of
Ephraim
and
through
the
land
of
Shalishah,
but
they saw
no sign
of
them:
then
they went
through
the
land
of
Shaalim,
but
they
were
not
there:
and
they went
through
the
land
of
the Benjamites,
but
they
did
not
come
across
them.
\VS{5}And
when
they
had
come
to
the
land
of
Zuph,
Saul
said
to
the
servant
who
was
with
him,
Come,
let
us
go
back,
or
my
father
may
give
up caring
about
the asses
and
be troubled
about
us.
\VS{6}But
the servant
said
to
him,
See
now,
in
this
town
there
is
a
man
of
God,
who
is highly honoured,
and
everything
he
says
comes true:
let
us
go
there
now;
it
may
be
that
he
will
give
us
directions
about
our
journey.
\VS{7}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servant,
But
if
we
go,
what
are
we
to
take
the
man?
all
our
bread
is
gone,
and
we
have
no offering
to
take
to
the
man
of
God:
what
are
we
to
do?
\VS{8}But
the
servant
said
in
answer,
I
have
here
a
fourth
part
of
a
shekel
of
silver:
I
will
give
that
to
the
man
of
God,
and
he
will
give
us
directions
about
our
way.
\VS{9}(In
the past
in
Israel,
when
a
man
went
to get
directions
from
God,
he
said, Come let
us go
to
the Seer,
for
he
who
now
is
named
Prophet
was
in
those
days
given
the
name
of Seer.)
\VS{10}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servant,
You
have
said
well; come, let
us go.
So
they
went
to
the
town
where
the
man
of
God
was.
\VS{11}And
when
they
were
on
the
way
up
to
the
town,
they saw
some
young
girls
going
out
to
get
water
and
said
to
them,
Is
the seer
here?
\VS{12}And
they
said,
He
is;
in fact
he
is
before
you:
go
quickly
now,
for
he
has
come
into
the
town
today,
for
the
people
are making
an offering
in
the
high
place
today:
\VS{13}When
you
come
into
the
town
you
will
see
him straight
away,
before
he
goes
up
to
the
high
place
for
the
feast:
the
people
are
waiting
for
his
blessing
before starting
the
feast,
and
after
that
the
guests
will
take
part
in
it.
So
go
up
now
and
you
will
see
him.
\VS{14}So
they
went
up
to
the
town,
and
when
they
came
inside
the
town,
Samuel
came face
to face
with
them
on
his way
to
the
high
place.
\VS{15}Now
the
day
before
Saul
came,
the
word
of
God
had
come
to
Samuel,
saying,
\VS{16}Tomorrow
about
this
time
I
will
send
you
a
man
from
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
on
him
you
are
to
put
the holy
oil, making
him
ruler
over
my
people
Israel,
and
he
will
make
my
people
safe
from
the
hands
of
the
Philistines:
for
I
have
seen
the
sorrow
of
my
people,
whose
cry
has
come
up
to
me.
\VS{17}And
when
Samuel
saw
Saul,
the
Lord
said
to
him,
This
is
the
man
of
whom
I
gave
you
word!
he
it
is
who
is
to
have authority
over
my
people.
\VS{18}Then
Saul
came
up
to
Samuel
in
the doorway
of
the
town
and
said,
Give
me directions, if
you
will
be
so good,
to
the
house
of
the seer.
\VS{19}Then
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
I
am
the seer;
go
up
before
me
to
the
high
place
and
take
food
with
me
today:
and
in
the
morning
I
will
let
you
go,
after opening
to
you
all
the secrets
of
your
heart.
\VS{20}As
for
your asses
which
have
been
wandering
for
three
days,
give
no
thought
to
them,
for
they
have
come
back.
And
for
whom
are
all
the desired
things
in
Israel?
are
they
not
for
you
and
your father's
family?
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
Am
I
not
a
man
of
Benjamin,
the smallest
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel?
and
my
family
the
least
of
the
families
of
Benjamin?
why
then
do
you
say
these
words
to
me?
\VS{22}Then
Samuel
took
Saul
and
his
servant
into
the guest
room,
and
made
them
take
the
chief
place
among
all
the
guests
who
were
there,
about
thirty
persons.
\VS{23}And
Samuel
said
to
the
cook,
Give
me
that part
which
I
gave
you
orders
to keep
by
you.
\VS{24}And
the
cook
took
up
the
leg
with
the fat tail
on
it,
and
put
it
before
Saul.
And
Samuel
said,
This
is
the
part
which
has been
kept
for
you:
take
it
as
your
part
of
the
feast;
because
it
has been
kept
for
you till
the
right
time
came
and till
the
guests
were
present.
So
that
day
Saul
took
food
with
Samuel.
\VS{25}And
when
they
had
come
down
from
the
high
place
into
the
town,
where
a bed
was
made ready
for
Saul,
he
went
to rest.
\VS{26}And
about
dawn
Samuel
said
to
Saul
on
the
roof,
Get
up
so
that
I
may
send
you
away.
So
Saul
got
up,
and
he
and
Samuel
went
out together.
\VS{27}And
on
their
way
down
to
the
end
of
the
town,
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Give
your
servant
orders
to
go
on
in
front
of
us, (so
he
went
on,)
but
you
keep here,
so
that
I
may
give
you
the
word
of
God.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Samuel
took
the bottle
of
oil,
and
put
the
oil
on
his
head
and
gave
him
a kiss
and
said,
Is
not
the
Lord
with
the holy
oil making
you
ruler
over Israel,
his
people?
and
you
will
have
authority
over
the
people
of
the
Lord,
and
you
will
make
them safe
from
the hands
of
their attackers round
about
them,
and
this
will
be
the sign
for
you:
\VS{2}When
you
have
gone
away
from
me
today,
you
will
see
two
men
by
the resting-place
of Rachel's body,
in
the
land
of
Benjamin
at
Zelzah;
and
they
will
say
to
you,
The asses
which
you
went
in
search
of
have
come
back,
and
now
your
father, caring
no
longer
for
the asses,
is troubled
about
you,
saying,
What
am
I
to
do
about
my
son?
\VS{3}Then
you
are
to
go
on
from
there,
and
when
you
come
to
the oak-tree
of
Tabor,
you
will
see
three
men
going
up
to
God
to Beth-el,
one
having
with
him
three
young
goats
and
another
three cakes
of
bread
and
another
a
skin full
of
wine:
\VS{4}They
will say,
Peace
be
with
you,
and
will
give
you
two cakes
of
bread,
which
you
are
to
take
from
them.
\VS{5}After
that
you
will
come
to Gibeah,
the
hill
of
God,
where
an armed force
of
the
Philistines
is stationed:
and
when
you
come
to
the
town,
you
will
see
a band
of
prophets
coming
down
from
the
high
place
with instruments
of music
before
them;
and
they
will
be
acting
like
prophets:
\VS{6}And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
will
come
on
you
with power,
and
you
will
be acting
like
a
prophet
with
them,
and
will
be
changed
into
another
man.
\VS{7}And
when
these
signs
come
to
you,
see
that
you
take
the chance
which
is offered
you;
for
God
is
with
you.
\VS{8}Then
you
are
to
go
down
before
me
to
Gilgal,
where
I
will
come
to
you,
for
the
offering
of burned
offerings
and peace-offerings:
go
on
waiting
there
for
seven
days
till
I
come
to
you
and
make clear
to
you
what
you
have
to
do.
\VS{9}And
it
came
about,
that
when
he
went
away
from
Samuel,
God
gave
him
a
changed
heart:
and
all
those
signs
took
place
that
day.
\VS{10}And
when
they
came
to Gibeah,
a band
of
prophets
came face
to face
with
him;
and
the
spirit
of
God
came
on
him
with power
and
he
took
his
place
among
them
as
a
prophet.
\VS{11}Now
when Saul's
old
friends
saw
him
among
the band
of
prophets,
the
people
said
to
one
another,
What
has
come
to
Saul,
the
son
of
Kish?
Is
even
Saul
among
the
prophets?
\VS{12}And
one
of
the
people
of
that
place
said
in
answer,
And
who
is
their
father?
So
it
became
a common
saying,
Is
even
Saul
among
the
prophets?
\VS{13}Then
going
away
from
the prophets,
he
came
to
the house.
\VS{14}And Saul's father's brother
said
to
him
and
his
servant,
Where
have
you been?
And
he
said,
Searching
for
the asses:
and
when
we
saw
no sign
of
them,
we
came
to
Samuel.
\VS{15}Then
he
said,
And
what
did
Samuel
say
to
you?
\VS{16}And
Saul, answering
him,
said,
He
gave
us
word
that
the asses
had
come
back.
But
he
said
nothing
to
him
of Samuel's
words
about
the
kingdom.
\VS{17}Then
Samuel sent
for
the
people
to come
together
before
the
Lord
at
Mizpah;
\VS{18}And
he
said
to
the
children
of
Israel,
The
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
has
said,
I
took
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
and
made
you free
from
the
hands
of
the
Egyptians
and
from
all
the
kingdoms which kept
you
down:
\VS{19}But
today
you
are
turned
away
from
your
God,
who
himself
has
been
your saviour
from
all
your troubles
and sorrows;
and
you
have
said
to
him,
Put
a
king
over
us.
So
now,
take
your
places
before
the
Lord
by
your
tribes
and
by
your
thousands.
\VS{20}So
Samuel
made
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
come
near,
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
was
taken.
\VS{21}Then
he
made
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
come
near
by
families,
and
the
family
of
the Matrites
was
taken:
and
from
them,
Saul,
the
son
of
Kish,
was
taken:
but
when
they went
in
search
of
him
he
was nowhere
to
be seen.
\VS{22}So
they
put
another
question
to
the
Lord,
Is
the
man
present
here?
And
the
answer
of
the
Lord
was,
He
is keeping
himself
from view
among
the
goods.
\VS{23}So
they went
quickly
and
made
him come
out;
and
when
he
took
his
place
among
the
people,
he
was taller
by
a head
than
any
of
the
people.
\VS{24}And
Samuel
said
to
all
the
people,
Do
you
see
the
man
of
the Lord's selection,
how
there
is
no
other
like
him
among
all
the
people?
And
all
the
people
with
loud cries
said,
Long
life
to
the
king!
\VS{25}Then
Samuel
gave
the
people
the laws
of
the
kingdom,
writing
them
in
a
book
which
he
put
in
a safe
place
before
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
sent
all
the
people
away,
every
man
to
his
house.
\VS{26}And
Saul
went
to
Gibeah,
to
his
house;
and
with
him
went
the
men
of war
whose
hearts
had
been
touched
by
God.
\VS{27}But certain
good-for-nothing persons
said,
How
is
this
man
to
be
our saviour?
And
having
no respect
for
him,
they
gave
him
no
offering.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
about
a month
after
this,
Nahash
the
Ammonite
came
up
and
put
his
forces
in position
for attacking Jabesh-gilead:
and
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
said
to
Nahash,
Make
an
agreement
with
us
and
we
will
be
your
servants.
\VS{2}And
Nahash
the
Ammonite
said
to
them,
I
will
make
an agreement
with
you
on
this condition,
that
all
your
right
eyes
are
put
out;
so
that
I
may
make
it
a cause
of
shame
to
all
Israel.
\VS{3}Then
the responsible
men
of
Jabesh
said
to
him, Give
us
seven
days,
so
that
we
may
send
men
to
every part
of
Israel:
and
then,
if
no
one
comes
to
our
help,
we
will
come
out
to
you.
\VS{4}So
they sent representatives
to Saul's town
Gibeah,
and
these
gave
the
news
to
the
people:
and
all
the
people
gave
themselves
to
weeping.
\VS{5}Now
Saul
came
from
the
field, driving
the
oxen
before
him;
and
he
said,
Why
are
the
people
weeping?
And
they
gave
him
word
of
what
the
men
of
Jabesh
had
said.
\VS{6}And
at
their
words,
the
spirit
of
God
came
on
Saul
with power,
and
he
became
very
angry.
\VS{7}And
he
took
two
oxen
and, cutting
them
up,
sent
them
through
all
the
land
of
Israel
by
the
hand
of runners,
saying,
If
any
man
does
not
come
out
after
Saul
and
Samuel,
this
will
be
done
to
his
oxen.
And
the
fear
of
the
Lord
came
on
the
people
and
they
came
out
like
one
man.
\VS{8}And
he
had
them
numbered
in
Bezek:
the
children
of
Israel
were
three
hundred
thousand,
and
the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand.
\VS{9}Then
he
said
to
the representatives
who
had
come,
Say
to
the
men
of Jabesh-gilead,
Tomorrow,
by
the
time
the
sun
is high,
you
will
be
made safe.
And
the representatives
came
and
gave
the
news
to
the
men
of
Jabesh;
and
they
were
glad.
\VS{10}So
the
men
of
Jabesh
said,
Tomorrow
we
will
come
out
to
you,
and
you
may
do
to
us
whatever
seems
good
to
you.
\VS{11}Now
on
the
day
after,
Saul
put
the
people
into
three
bands,
and
in
the
morning
watch
they
came
to
the tents
of
the
Ammonites,
and
they
went
on
attacking
them
till
the
heat
of
the
day:
and
those
who
were
not
put
to death
were
put
to flight
in
every direction,
so
that
no
two
of
them
were
together.
\VS{12}And
the
people
said
to
Samuel,
Who
was
it
who
said,
Is
Saul
to
be
our
king?
give
the
men
up,
so
that
we
may
put
them
to
death.
\VS{13}And
Saul
said,
Not
a
man
is
to
be
put
to
death
today:
for
today
the
Lord
has
made
Israel safe.
\VS{14}Then
Samuel
said
to
the
people, Come, let
us go
to
Gilgal
and
there make
the
kingdom strong
in
the hands
of
Saul.
\VS{15}So
all
the
people
went
to
Gilgal;
and
there
in
Gilgal
they
made
Saul
king
before
the
Lord;
and peace-offerings
were
offered
before
the
Lord;
and
there
Saul
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
glad
with
great
joy.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
said
to
all
Israel,
You
see
that
I
have
given ear
to
everything
you
said
to
me,
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
\VS{2}And
now,
see,
the
king
is
before
you:
and
I
am
old
and grey-headed,
and
my
sons
are
with
you:
I
have
been
living
before
your eyes
from
my early
days
till
now.
\VS{3}Here
I
am:
give
witness
against
me
before
the
Lord
and
before
the
man
on
whom
he
has
put
the holy oil:
whose
ox
or ass
have
I
taken?
to
whom
have
I
been untrue?
who
has
been
crushed
down
by
me?
from
whose
hand
have
I
taken
a
price
for
the blinding
of
my
eyes?
I
will
give
it all
back
to
you.
\VS{4}And
they
said,
You
have
never
been untrue
to
us
or cruel
to
us;
you
have
taken
nothing
from
any
man.
\VS{5}Then
he
said,
The
Lord
is
witness
against
you,
and
the man
on whom
he
has
put
the holy oil
is
witness
this
day
that
you
have seen
no wrong
in
me.
And
they
said,
He
is
witness.
\VS{6}And
Samuel
said
to
the
people,
The
Lord
is witness,
who
gave authority
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
who
took
your
fathers
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{7}Keep
your
places
now,
while
I
take
up
the argument
with
you
before
the
Lord,
and give
you
the story
of
the
righteousness
of
the
Lord,
which
he
has
made
clear
by
his
acts
to
you
and
to
your
fathers.
\VS{8}When
Jacob
and
his
sons
had
come
into
Egypt,
and
were crushed
by
the
Egyptians,
the prayers
of
your
fathers
came
up
to
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
who
took
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
and
he
put
them
into
this
place.
\VS{9}But
they
were false
to
the
Lord
their
God,
and
he gave
them
up
into
the
hands
of
Sisera,
captain
of
the
army
of Jabin,
king
of
Hazor,
and
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Moab,
who made
war
against
them.
\VS{10}Then
crying
out
to
the
Lord,
they
said,
We
have
done evil,
because
we
have
been
turned
away
from
the
Lord, worshipping
the
Baals
and
the Astartes:
but
now,
make
us safe
from
those
who
are
against
us
and
we
will
be
your
servants.
\VS{11}So
the
Lord
sent
Jerubbaal
and
Barak
and
Jephthah
and
Samuel
and
took
you
out
of
the
power
of
those
who
were fighting
against
you
on
every
side,
and made
you safe.
\VS{12}And
when
you
saw
that
Nahash,
the
king
of
the
Ammonites,
was
coming
against
you,
you
said
to
me,
No
more
of
this;
we
will
have
a
king
for
our ruler:
when
the
Lord
your
God
was
your
king.
\VS{13}Here,
then,
is
the
king marked
out
by
you:
the
Lord
has
put
a
king
over
you.
\VS{14}If
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord
you
are
his
servants,
hearing
his
voice
and
not going
against
the orders
of
the
Lord,
but
being
true
to
the
Lord
your
God,
you
and
the
king ruling
over
you,
then
all
will
be
well:
\VS{15}But
if
you
do
not
give ear
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
but
go
against
his orders,
then
the
hand
of
the
Lord
will
be
against
you
and
against
your king
for
your destruction,
as
it
was
against
your
fathers.
\VS{16}Now
keep
where
you
are
and
see
this
great
thing
which
the
Lord
will
do
before
your
eyes.
\VS{17}Is
it
not
now
the
time
of
the
grain cutting?
My
cry
will go
up
to
the
Lord
and
he
will
send
thunder
and
rain:
so
that
you
may
see
and
be conscious
of
your
great sin
which
you
have
done
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
in desiring
a
king
for
yourselves.
\VS{18}So
Samuel
made prayer
to
the
Lord;
and
the
Lord
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day:
and
all
the
people
were
in
fear
of
the
Lord
and
of
Samuel.
\VS{19}And
all
the
people
said
to
Samuel,
Make prayer
for
us
to
the
Lord
your
God
so
that
death
may
not
overtake
us:
for
in
addition
to
all
our
sins
we
have
done
this
evil,
in desiring
a
king.
\VS{20}Then
Samuel
said
to
the
people,
Have
no
fear:
truly
you
have
done
evil,
but
do
not
be
turned
away
from
the
Lord;
be
his
servants
with
all
your
heart;
\VS{21}And
do
not
go
from
the right way
turning
to
those false gods
in
which
there
is
no
profit
and
no salvation,
for
they
are false.
\VS{22}For
the
Lord
will
not give
his
people
up,
because
of
the honour
of
his
name;
for
it
was
the Lord's pleasure
to
make
of
you
a
people
for
himself.
\VS{23}And
as
for
me,
never
will
I go
against
the orders
of
the
Lord
by giving
up
my prayers
for
you:
but
I
will go
on
teaching
you
the
good
and
right
way.
\VS{24}Only go
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
and
be
his
true
servants
with
all
your
heart, keeping
in
mind
what
great
things
he
has
done
for
you.
\VS{25}But
if
you
still
do
evil, destruction
will overtake
you
and
your
king.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}***
\VS{2}And
Saul
took
for
himself
three
thousand
men
of
Israel,
of whom
he kept two
thousand
with
him
in
Michmash
and
in
the
mountain
of Beth-el,
and
a
thousand
were
with
Jonathan
in
Gibeah
in
the land
of
Benjamin:
the
rest
of
the
people
he
sent back
to
their
tents.
\VS{3}And
Jonathan
made
an
attack
on
the armed force
of
the
Philistines stationed
at Gibeah;
and
news
was
given
to
the
Philistines
that
the
Hebrews
were turned
against
them.
And
Saul
had
a
horn
sounded
through
all
the
land,
\VS{4}And
all
Israel
had
the
news
that
Saul
had
made
an
attack
on
the
Philistines,
and
that
Israel
was bitterly hated
by
the
Philistines.
And
the
people
came
together
after
Saul
to
Gilgal.
\VS{5}And
the
Philistines
came
together
to make war
on
Israel,
three
thousand war-carriages
and
six
thousand
horsemen
and
an
army
of
people
like
the sands
of
the
sea
in
number:
they
came
up
and
took
up
their position
in
Michmash,
to
the
east
of Beth-aven.
\VS{6}When
the
men
of
Israel
saw
the danger
they
were
in, (for
the
people
were troubled,)
they took cover
in cracks
in
the hillsides
and
in
the woods
and
in
rocks
and holes
and hollows.
\VS{7}And
a great number
of
the
people
had gone
over
Jordan
to
the
land
of
Gad
and
Gilead;
but
Saul
was
still
in
Gilgal,
and
all
the
people went
after
him shaking
in
fear.
\VS{8}And
he
went
on waiting
there
for
seven
days,
the
time
fixed
by
Samuel:
but
Samuel
did
not
come
to
Gilgal;
and
the
people
were starting
to
go
away
from
him.
\VS{9}Then
Saul
said,
Come
here
and
give
me
the burned
offering
and
the peace-offerings.
And
he
made
a burned
offering
to
the Lord.
\VS{10}And
when
the burned
offering
was
ended,
Samuel
came;
and
Saul
went
out
to
see
him
and
to
give
him
a
blessing.
\VS{11}And
Samuel
said,
What
have
you
done?
And
Saul
said,
Because
I
saw
that
the
people
were
going
away
from
me,
and
you
had
not
come
at
the
time
which
had
been
fixed,
and
the
Philistines
had
come
together
at
Michmash;
\VS{12}I
said,
Now
the
Philistines
will
come
down
on
me
at
Gilgal,
and
I
have
made
no prayer
for help
to
the
Lord:
and
so, forcing myself
to
do
it,
I
made
a burned
offering.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
You
have
done
a
foolish
thing:
you
have
not
kept
the
rules
which
the
Lord
your
God
gave
you;
it
was
the purpose
of
the
Lord
to
make
your
authority
over
Israel safe
for
ever.
\VS{14}But
now,
your
authority
will
not
go
on:
the
Lord,
searching
for
a
man
who
is pleasing
to
him
in
every
way,
has
given
him
the place
of
ruler
over
his
people,
because
you
have
not done
what
the
Lord
gave
you
orders
to
do.
\VS{15}Then
Samuel
went
up
from
Gilgal
and
the rest
of
the
people
went
up
after
Saul
against
the
men
of war,
and
they
came
from
Gilgal
to
Gibeah
in
the land
of
Benjamin:
and
Saul
took
the
number
of
the
people
who
were
with
him,
about
six
hundred
men.
\VS{16}And
Saul,
with
Jonathan
his
son
and
the
people
who
were
with
them,
was waiting
in
Geba
in
the land
of
Benjamin:
but
the tents
of
the
Philistines
were
in
Michmash.
\VS{17}And
three
bands
of
men
came
out
from
the
Philistines
to make
an attack;
one
band
went
by
the
road which
goes
to
Ophrah,
into
the
land
of
Shual:
\VS{18}And
another went
in
the
direction
of
Beth-horon:
and
another went
by
the hill looking
down
on
the
valley
of Zeboiim,
in
the
direction
of
the waste
land.
\VS{19}Now
there
was
no iron-worker
in
all
the
land
of
Israel:
for
the
Philistines
said,
For
fear
the
Hebrews
make themselves
swords
or
spears:
\VS{20}But
all
the
Israelites
had
to
go
to
the
Philistines
to get
their ploughs
and blades
and
axes
and hooks
made
sharp;
\VS{21}For
they
had instruments
for putting
an
edge
on
their ploughs
and blades
and forks
and
axes,
and
for putting iron points
on
their ox-driving rods.
\VS{22}So
on
the
day
of
the
fight
at Michmash,
not
a
sword
or
a
spear
was
to
be seen
in
the
hands
of
any
of
the
people
with
Saul
and
Jonathan:
only
Saul
and
his
son
Jonathan
had
them.
\VS{23}And
the armed force
of
the
Philistines
went
out
to
the narrow way
of
Michmash.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
one
day
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Saul,
said
to
the
young
man
who
was
with
him,
looking
after
his arms,
Come,
let
us
go
over
to
the
Philistine force
over
there.
But
he
said
nothing
to
his
father.
\VS{2}And
Saul
was
still waiting
in
the farthest part
of Geba,
under
the fruit-tree
in
Migron:
there
were about
six
hundred
men
with
him;
\VS{3}And
Ahijah,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
brother
of
Ichabod,
the
son
of
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eli,
the
priest
of
the
Lord
in
Shiloh,
who
had
the
ephod.
And
the
people
had
no idea
that
Jonathan
had
gone.
\VS{4}Now
between
the narrow roads
over
the mountains
by
which
Jonathan
was making
his
way
to
the Philistines' forces,
there
was
a
sharp overhanging
rock
on
one
side,
and
a
sharp
rock
on
the
other
side:
one
was
named
Bozez
and
the
other
Seneh.
\VS{5}The
one rock went
up
on
the
north
in
front
of
Michmash
and
the
other
on
the
south
in
front
of
Geba.
\VS{6}And
Jonathan
said
to
his
young
servant
who
had
his arms, Come, let
us
go
over
to
the armies
of
these
men
who
have
no circumcision:
it
may
be
that
the
Lord
will
give
us
help,
for
there
is
no limit
to
his power;
the
Lord
is able
to
give
salvation
by
a
great army
or
by
a
small band.
\VS{7}And
his servant
said
to
him,
Do
whatever
is
in
your
mind:
see,
I
am
with
you
in
every impulse
of
your
heart.
\VS{8}Then
Jonathan
said,
Now
we
will
go
over
to these
men
and
let
them
see
us.
\VS{9}If
they
say
to
us, Keep quiet
where
you
are
till
we
come
to
you;
then
we
will keep
our
places
and
not
go
up
to
them.
\VS{10}But
if
they
say,
Come
up
to
us;
then
we
will
go
up,
for
the
Lord
has
given
them
into
our
hands:
and
this
will
be
the
sign
to
us.
\VS{11}And
they
let
the
Philistine force
see
the
two
of
them:
and
the
Philistines
said,
Look!
the
Hebrews
are
coming
out
of
the
holes
where
they
have
taken cover.
\VS{12}And
the armed
men
of
the
force
gave
Jonathan
and
his servant
their
answer,
saying,
Come
up here
to
us,
and
we
will
let
you
see
something.
Then
Jonathan
said
to
his servant,
Come
up
after
me:
for
the
Lord
has
given
them
up
into
the
hands
of
Israel.
\VS{13}And
Jonathan
went
up, gripping
with
his
hands
and
his
feet,
his servant
going
up
after
him;
and
the Philistines gave
way
before
Jonathan
when
he
made
an
attack
on
them,
and
his servant
put
them
to
death
after
him.
\VS{14}And
at
their
first
attack,
Jonathan
and
his servant
put
to
the sword
about
twenty
men,
all inside
the space
of
half
an
acre
of
land.
\VS{15}And
there
was
great
fear
in
the tents
and
in
the
field
and
among
all
the
men
of
the armed force,
and
the attackers
were shaking
with
fear;
even
the
earth
was
moved
with
a
great shaking
and
there
was
a
fear
as
from
God.
\VS{16}And
the
watchmen
of
Saul,
looking
out
from Geba
in
the land
of
Benjamin,
saw
all
the
army flowing
away
and running
here
and
there.
\VS{17}Then
Saul
said
to
the
people
who
were
with
him,
Let everyone
be
numbered
and
let
us
see
who
has
gone
from
us.
And
when
they
had
been
numbered,
it
was
seen
that
Jonathan
and
his servant
were
not
there.
\VS{18}And
Saul
said
to
Ahijah,
Let
the ephod
come
here.
For
he
went
before
Israel
with
the ephod
at
that
time.
\VS{19}Now
while
Saul
was
talking
to
the
priest,
the
noise
in
the tents
of
the
Philistines
became louder
and louder;
and
Saul
said
to
the
priest,
Take
back
your
hand.
\VS{20}And
Saul
and
all
the
people
with
him
came
together
and
went
forward
to
the
fight:
and
every man's
sword
was
turned
against
the
man
at
his
side,
and
there
was
a
very
great noise.
\VS{21}Then
the
Hebrews
who
had
been
with
the
Philistines
for
some
time,
and
had
gone
up
with
them
to
their tents, turning
round
were
joined
to
those
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
\VS{22}And
all
the
men
of
Israel
who
had
taken cover
in
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
hearing
that
the
Philistines
had
been
put
to
flight,
went
after
them, attacking
them.
\VS{23}So
the
Lord made
Israel
safe
that
day:
and
the
fight went
over
to Beth-aven.
\VS{24}And
all
the
people
were
with
Saul,
about twenty thousand
men,
and
the fight
was general
through
all
the hill-country
of Ephraim;
but
Saul
made
a great error
that
day,
by putting
the
people
under
an
oath,
saying,
Let
that
man
be
cursed
who
takes
food
before
evening
comes
and
I
have given punishment
to
those
who
are
against
me.
So
the
people
had
not
a
taste
of
food.
\VS{25}And
there
was
honey
on
the
face
of
the
field,
and
all
the
people
came
to
the
honey,
the bees
having
gone
from
it;
\VS{26}But
not
a
man
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth
for
fear
of
the
curse.
\VS{27}But
Jonathan,
having
no
knowledge
of
the
oath
his
father
had
put
on
the
people, stretching
out
the
rod
which
was
in
his
hand,
put
the
end
of
it
in
the
honey,
and
put
it
to
his
mouth;
then
his
eyes
were
made bright.
\VS{28}Then
one
of
the
people
said
to
him,
Your
father
put
the
people
under
an
oath,
saying, Let
that
man
be
cursed
who
takes
any
food
this
day.
And
the
people
were feeble, needing
food.
\VS{29}Then
Jonathan
said,
My
father
has made
trouble
come
on
the
land:
now
see
how
bright
my
eyes
have
become
because
I
have taken
a
little
of
this
honey.
\VS{30}How
much
more
if
the
people
had
freely
taken
their
food
from
the goods
of
those
who
were fighting against
them!
would
there
not
have
been
much
greater destruction
among
the
Philistines?
\VS{31}That
day
they overcame
the
Philistines
from
Michmash
to
Aijalon:
and
the
people
were feeble
from need
of food.
\VS{32}And rushing
at
the goods
taken
in
the fight,
the
people
took
oxen
and
sheep
and
young
oxen,
and
put
them
to
death there
on
the
earth,
and
had
a meal,
taking
the flesh
with
the
blood
in
it.
\VS{33}Then
it
was
said
to
Saul,
See,
the
people
are
sinning
against
the
Lord, taking
the
blood
with
the flesh.
And
he
said
to
those
who
gave
him
the
news,
Now
let
a
great
stone
be
rolled
to
me
here.
\VS{34}And
Saul
said,
Go
about
among
the
people
and
say
to
them,
Let
every
man
come
here
to
me
with
his
ox
and
his
sheep,
and
put
them
to
death
here,
and take
his meal:
do
no
sin
against
the
Lord
by taking
the
blood
with
the flesh.
So
all
the
people
took
their
oxen
with
them
that
night
and
put
them
to
death
there.
\VS{35}And
Saul put
up
an
altar
to
the
Lord:
this
was
the first
altar which
he put
up
to
the
Lord.
\VS{36}And
Saul
said,
Let
us
go
down
after
the
Philistines
by
night, attacking
them
till
the
morning,
till
there
is
not
a
man
of
them
living.
And
they
said,
Do
whatever
seems
right
to
you.
Then
the
priest
said,
Let
us
come
near
to
God.
\VS{37}And
Saul, desiring
directions
from
God,
said,
Am
I
to
go
down
after
the
Philistines?
will
you
give
them
up
into
the
hands
of
Israel?
But
he
gave
him
no
answer
that
day.
\VS{38}And
Saul
said,
Come
near,
all
you
chiefs
of
the
people,
and
let
us get
word
from
God
and
see
in whom
is
this
sin
today.
\VS{39}For,
by
the
living
Lord,
the saviour
of
Israel,
even
if
the sinner
is
Jonathan,
my
son,
death
will
certainly
be
his fate.
But
not
a
man
among
all
the
people
gave
him
any
answer.
\VS{40}Then
he
said
to
all
Israel,
You
be
on
one
side,
and
I
with
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side.
And
the
people
said
to
Saul,
Do
whatever
seems
good
to
you.
\VS{41}Then
Saul
said
to
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel, Why
have
you not given
me
an
answer today? If
the sin
is
in
me
or
in
Jonathan
my son,
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
give Urim,
and if
it
is
in
your
people
Israel,
give Thummim.
And
by
the decision
of
the
Lord,
Saul
and
Jonathan
were marked
out,
and
the
people
went
free.
\VS{42}And
Saul
said,
Give
your decision
between
my
son
Jonathan
and
me.
And
Jonathan
was
taken.
\VS{43}Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan,
Give
me
an account
of
what
you
have
done.
And
Jonathan
gave
him
the story
and
said,
Certainly
I
took
a
little
honey
on
the
end
of
my
rod;
and
now
death
is
to
be
my fate.
\VS{44}And
Saul
said,
May God's punishment
be
on
me
if
death
is
not
your fate,
Jonathan.
\VS{45}And
the
people
said
to
Saul,
Is
death
to
come
to
Jonathan,
the worker
of
this
great
salvation
for
Israel?
Let
it
not
be
so:
by
the
living
Lord,
not
one
hair
of
his
head
is
to
be touched,
for
he
has
been working
with
God
today.
So
the
people
kept
Jonathan
from
death.
\VS{46}Then
Saul,
turning
back,
went
after
the
Philistines no
longer:
and
the
Philistines
went
back
to
their
place.
\VS{47}Now
when
Saul
had
taken
his
place
as ruler
of
Israel,
he
made war
on
those
who
were
against
him
on
every
side,
Moab
and
the
Ammonites
and
Edom
and
the
kings
of
Zobah
and
the
Philistines:
and
whichever
way
he went,
he overcame
them.
\VS{48}And
he
did
great
things,
and overcame
the
Amalekites,
and
made
Israel safe
from
the
hands
of
their attackers.
\VS{49}Now
the
sons
of
Saul
were
Jonathan
and
Ishvi
and
Malchi-shua;
and these
are
the
names
of
his
daughters:
the older
was
named
Merab
and
the
younger
Michal;
\VS{50}The
name
of Saul's
wife
was
Ahinoam,
the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz;
the
captain
of
his
army
was
Abner,
the
son
of
Ner, brother
of Saul's father.
\VS{51}Kish,
the
father
of
Saul,
and
Ner,
the
father
of
Abner,
were
sons
of
Abiel.
\VS{52}All
through
the
life
of
Saul
there
was bitter
war
against
the
Philistines;
and
whenever
Saul
saw
any
strong
man
or
any good fighting
man,
he kept
him
near
himself.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
The
Lord
sent
me
to
put
the holy
oil
on
you
and
to
make
you
king
over
his
people,
over
Israel:
so
give ear
now
to
the
words
of
the
Lord.
\VS{2}The
Lord
of
armies
says,
I
will
give
punishment
to
Amalek
for
what
he
did
to
Israel, fighting
against
him
on
the
way
when
Israel
came
out
of
Egypt.
\VS{3}Go
now
and
put
Amalek
to
the sword,
putting
to
the curse
all
they
have,
without
mercy:
put
to
death
every
man
and
woman,
every
child
and baby
at
the breast,
every
ox
and
sheep,
camel
and ass.
\VS{4}And
Saul sent
for
the
people
and
had
them
numbered
in
Telaim,
two
hundred
thousand
footmen
and
ten
thousand
men
of
Judah.
\VS{5}And
Saul
came
to
the
town
of
Amalek,
and
took
up
his position
in
the
valley secretly.
\VS{6}And
Saul
said
to
the
Kenites,
Go
away,
take
yourselves
out
from
among
the
Amalekites,
or destruction
will overtake
you
with
them:
for
you
were kind
to
the
children
of
Israel
when
they
came
out
of
Egypt.
So
the
Kenites
went
away
from
among
the
Amalekites.
\VS{7}And
Saul
made
an
attack
on
the
Amalekites
from
Havilah
on
the road
to
Shur,
which
is
before
Egypt.
\VS{8}He
took
Agag,
king
of
the
Amalekites, prisoner,
and
put
all
the
people
to
the
sword without mercy.
\VS{9}But
Saul
and
the
people
did
not put
Agag
to death,
and
they kept
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
the
oxen
and
the fat beasts
and
the
lambs,
and
whatever
was
good,
not desiring
to put
them
to
the curse:
but
everything which
was bad
and
of
no
use
they put
to
the curse.
\VS{10}Then
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel,
\VS{11}It
is
no
longer
my pleasure
for
Saul
to
be
king;
for
he
is
turned
back
from
going
in
my
ways,
and
has
not
done
my
orders.
And
Samuel
was
very sad,
crying
to
the
Lord
in prayer
all
night.
\VS{12}And
early
in
the
morning
he
got
up
and
went
to
Saul;
and
word
was
given
to
Samuel
that
Saul
had
come
to
Carmel
and
put
up
a
pillar,
and
had
gone
from
there
down
to
Gilgal.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
came
to
Saul;
and
Saul
said
to
him,
May
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
be
with
you:
I
have done
what
was
ordered
by
the
Lord.
\VS{14}And
Samuel
said,
What
then
is
this
sound
of
the
crying
of
sheep
and
the
noise
of
oxen
which comes
to
my
ears?
\VS{15}And
Saul
said,
They
have taken
them
from
the
Amalekites:
for
the
people
have kept
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
of
the
oxen
as
an
offering
to
the
Lord
your
God; all
the
rest
we
have given
up
to destruction.
\VS{16}Then
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Say no more!
Let
me
give
you
word
of
what
the
Lord
has
said
to
me
this
night.
And
he
said
to
him,
Say
on.
\VS{17}And
Samuel
said,
Though
you
may
seem
little
to
yourself,
are
you
not
head
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
for
the
Lord
with
the holy
oil made
you
king
over
Israel,
\VS{18}And
the
Lord
sent
you
on
a
journey
and
said,
Go
and
put
to
the curse
those
sinners,
the
Amalekites,
fighting
against
them
till every
one
is dead.
\VS{19}Why
then
did
you
not
do
the orders
of
the
Lord,
but
by violently taking
their goods
did
evil
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord?
\VS{20}And
Saul
said,
Truly,
I
have done
the
orders
of
the
Lord
and
have
gone
the
way
the
Lord
sent
me;
I
have taken
Agag,
the
king
of
Amalek,
and
have
given
the
Amalekites
up
to destruction.
\VS{21}But
the
people
took
some
of
their goods,
sheep
and
oxen,
the chief
of
the things which
were
put
to
the curse,
to
make
an
offering
of
them
to
the
Lord
your
God
in
Gilgal.
\VS{22}And
Samuel
said,
Has
the
Lord
as much
delight
in
offerings
and burned
offerings
as
in
the doing
of
his
orders?
Truly,
to
do
his
pleasure
is
better
than
to
make
offerings,
and
to
give ear
to
him
than
the
fat
of sheep.
\VS{23}For
to go
against
his
orders
is
like
the
sin
of
those
who
make use
of secret arts,
and pride
is
like giving worship
to images.
Because
you
have put away
from
you
the
word
of
the
Lord,
he
has put
you
from
your place
as
king.
\VS{24}And
Saul
said
to
Samuel, Great
is
my
sin:
for
I
have gone
against
the
orders
of
the
Lord
and
against
your
words:
because, fearing
the
people,
I did
what
they
said.
\VS{25}So
now,
let
my
sin
have forgiveness,
and
go
back
with
me
to
give
worship
to
the
Lord.
\VS{26}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
I
will
not
go
back
with
you:
for
you
have
put
away
from
you
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
has
put
you
from
your
place
as
king
over
Israel.
\VS{27}And when
Samuel
was
turning
round
to
go
away,
Saul
took
the
skirt
of
his
robe
in
his hand,
and
the cloth came
away.
\VS{28}And
Samuel
said
to
him,
The
Lord
has
taken
away
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from
you
this
day
by force,
and
has
given
it
to
a neighbour
of
yours
who
is
better
than
you.
\VS{29}And further,
the
Glory
of
Israel
will
not
say
what
is false,
and
his purpose
may
not
be
changed:
for
he
is
not
a
man,
whose purpose
may
be
changed.
\VS{30}Then
he
said,
Great
is
my
sin:
but
still,
give
me honour
now
before
the heads
of
my
people
and
before
Israel,
and
come
back
with
me
so
that
I
may
give
worship
to
the
Lord
your
God.
\VS{31}So
Samuel
went
back
after
Saul,
and
Saul
gave
worship
to
the
Lord.
\VS{32}Then
Samuel
said,
Make
Agag,
the
king
of
the
Amalekites,
come
here
to
me.
And
Agag
came
to
him shaking
with fear.
And
Agag
said,
Truly
the pain
of
death
is
past.
\VS{33}And
Samuel
said,
As
your
sword
has
made
women without
children,
so
now
your
mother
will
be without
children
among
women.
And
Agag
was cut
up
by
Samuel, bone
from bone,
before
the
Lord
in
Gilgal.
\VS{34}Then
Samuel
went
to
Ramah;
and
Saul
went
up
to
his
house
in
Gibeah,
in
the land
of
Saul.
\VS{35}And
Samuel
never
saw
Saul
again
till
the
day
of
his
death;
but
Samuel
was sorrowing
for
Saul:
and
it
was
no
longer
the Lord's
pleasure
for
Saul
to
be
king
over
Israel.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel,
How
long
will
you
go
on sorrowing
for
Saul,
seeing
that
I
have
put
him
from
his place
as
king
over
Israel?
Take
oil
in
your vessel
and
go;
I
will
send
you
to
Jesse,
the Beth-lehemite:
for
I
have got
a
king
for
myself
among
his
sons.
\VS{2}And
Samuel
said,
How
is
it possible
for
me
to
go? If
Saul
gets
news
of
it
he
will
put
me
to death.
And
the
Lord
said,
Take
a
young cow
with
you
and
say,
I
have
come
to
make
an
offering
to
the
Lord.
\VS{3}And send
for
Jesse
to be present
at
the offering,
and
I
will
make clear
to
you
what
you
are
to
do:
and
you
are
to put
the holy
oil
on
him
whose
name
I give
you.
\VS{4}And
Samuel
did
as
the
Lord
said
and
came
to Beth-lehem.
And
the
responsible
men
of
the
town
came
out
to
him
in
fear
and
said,
Do
you
come
in
peace?
\VS{5}And
he
said,
In
peace:
I
have
come
to
make
an
offering
to
the
Lord:
make
yourselves clean
and
come
with
me
to
make
the
offering.
And
he
made
Jesse
and
his
sons clean,
and
sent
for
them
to
be
present
at
the
offering.
\VS{6}Now
when
they
came,
looking
at
Eliab,
he
said, Clearly
the
man
of
the Lord's selection
is
before
him.
\VS{7}But
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel,
Do
not
take
note
of
his
face
or
how
tall
he
is,
because
I
will
not
have
him:
for
the Lord's
view
is
not man's;
man takes
note
of
the outer
form,
but
the
Lord
sees
the
heart.
\VS{8}Then
Jesse
sent
for
Abinadab
and
made
him come
before
Samuel.
And
he
said,
The
Lord
has
not
taken
this
one.
\VS{9}Then
Jesse
made
Shammah come
before
him.
And
he
said,
The
Lord
has
not
taken
this
one.
\VS{10}And
Jesse
made
his
seven
sons come
before
Samuel.
And
Samuel
said
to
Jesse,
The
Lord
has
not
taken
any
of
these.
\VS{11}Then
Samuel
said
to
Jesse,
Are
all
your
children
here?
And
he
said,
There
is
still
the
youngest,
and
he
is looking
after
the
sheep.
And
Samuel
said
to
Jesse,
Send
and
make
him
come
here:
for
we
will
not
take
our seats
till
he
is
here.
\VS{12}So
he
sent
and made
him
come
in.
Now
he
had
red hair
and
beautiful
eyes
and pleasing
looks.
And
the
Lord
said,
Come,
put
the
oil
on
him,
for
this
is
he.
\VS{13}Then
Samuel
took
the bottle
of
oil,
and
put
the
oil
on
him
there
among
his
brothers:
and
from
that
day
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
on
David
with power.
So
Samuel
went
back
to
Ramah.
\VS{14}Now
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
had
gone
from
Saul,
and
an
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord
was
troubling
him.
\VS{15}And Saul's
servants
said
to
him,
See
now,
an
evil
spirit
from
God
is
troubling
you.
\VS{16}Now
give
orders
to
your
servants
who
are
here
before
you
to
go
in
search
of
a
man
who
is
an
expert
player
on
a corded instrument:
and
it
will
be
that
when
the
evil
spirit
from
God
is
on
you,
he
will
make music
for
you
on
his instrument,
and
you
will get
well.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
his
servants,
Then
get
me
a
man
who
is
an
expert
player,
and
make
him
come
to
me.
\VS{18}Then
one
of
the
servants
in
answer
said,
I
have
seen
a
son
of
Jesse,
the Beth-lehemite,
who
is
expert
at
playing,
and
a
strong
man
and
a
man
of
war;
and
he
is wise
in
his
words,
and pleasing
in
looks,
and
the
Lord
is
with
him.
\VS{19}So
Saul
sent
his servants
to
Jesse
and
said,
Send
me
your
son
David
who
is
with
the
sheep.
\VS{20}And
Jesse
took five cakes
of
bread
and
a skin
of
wine
and
a
young
goat
and
sent
them
to
Saul
by
David.
\VS{21}And
David
came
to
Saul, waiting
before
him:
and
he
became
very dear
to
Saul,
who
made
him
his servant, giving
him
the care
of
his arms.
\VS{22}And
Saul
sent
to
Jesse
saying,
Let
David
be
with
me,
for
he
is pleasing
to
me.
\VS{23}And
whenever
the
evil
spirit
from
God
came
on
Saul,
David
took
his instrument
and
made music:
so new
life
came
to
Saul,
and
he
got
well,
and
the
evil
spirit
went
away
from
him.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines got
their
armies
together
for
war,
and came
together
at
Socoh
in
the land
of
Judah,
and
took
up
their
position
between
Socoh
and
Azekah
in Ephes-dammim.
\VS{2}And
Saul
and
the
men
of
Israel
came
together
and
took
up
their position
in
the
valley
of
Elah,
and
put
their
forces
in order
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{3}The
Philistines
were
stationed
on
the
mountain
on
one
side
and
Israel
on
the
mountain
on
the
other
side:
and
there
was
a
valley
between
them.
\VS{4}And
a fighter
came
out
from
the tents
of
the
Philistines,
named
Goliath
of
Gath;
he
was more than
six
cubits
tall.
\VS{5}And
he
had
a head-dress
of
brass
on
his
head,
and
he
was
dressed
in
a coat
of metal,
the
weight
of
which
was
five
thousand
shekels
of
brass.
\VS{6}His
legs
were covered
with plates
of
brass
and hanging
on
his back
was
a
javelin
of
brass.
\VS{7}The stem
of
his
spear
was
as
long
as
a cloth-worker's rod,
and
its
head
was
made
of
six
hundred shekels' weight
of
iron:
and
one
went
before
him
with
his body-cover.
\VS{8}He
took
up
his
position
and
in
a loud voice
said
to
the
armies
of
Israel,
Why
have
you
come
out
to
make
war?
Am
I
not
a
Philistine
and
you
servants
of
Saul?
Send
out
a
man
for
yourselves
and
let
him
come
down
to
me.
\VS{9}If
he
is
able
to
have
a
fight
with
me
and
overcome
me,
then
we
will
be
your
servants:
but
if
I
am
able
to
overcome
him,
then
you
will
be
our
servants
and
do
work
for
us.
\VS{10}And
the
Philistine
said,
I
have
put
to shame
the
armies
of
Israel
this
day;
give
me
a
man
so
that
we
may
have
a
fight
together.
\VS{11}And
Saul
and
all
Israel,
hearing
those
words
of
the
Philistine,
were
troubled
and
full
of
fear.
\VS{12}Now
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of Beth-lehem-judah
named
Jesse,
who
had
eight
sons;
and
he
was
an
old
man
in Saul's
day,
and far
on
in
years.
\VS{13}And
the
three
oldest
sons
of
Jesse
had
gone
with
Saul
to
the
fight:
the
names
of
the
three
who
went
to
the
fight
were
Eliab,
the
oldest,
and
Abinadab
the
second,
and
Shammah
the
third.
\VS{14}And
David
was
the
youngest:
and
the
three
oldest
were
with Saul's army.
\VS{15}Now
David
went
to
and
from
Saul, looking
after
his father's
sheep
at Beth-lehem.
\VS{16}And
the
Philistine
came
near
every
morning
and
evening
for
forty
days.
\VS{17}And
Jesse
said
to
his
son
David,
Take
now
for
your
brothers
an
ephah
of
this dry
grain
and
these
ten cakes
of
bread,
and
go
quickly
with
them
to
the tents
to
your
brothers;
\VS{18}And
take
these
ten cheeses
to
the
captain
of
their
thousand,
and
see
how
your
brothers
are
and
come
back
with
a sign
to say
how
they
are.
\VS{19}Now
Saul,
and
they,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
in
the
valley
of
Elah,
fighting
with
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}And
David
got
up
early
in
the
morning,
and,
giving
the
sheep
into
the
care
of
a
keeper,
took
the
things
and
went
as
Jesse
had
said;
and
he
came
to
the lines
where
the carts
were,
when
the
army
was
going
out
to
the
fight
giving
their war-cry.
\VS{21}And
Israel
and
the
Philistines
had put
their forces
in position,
army
against
army.
\VS{22}And
David
gave
his parcels
into
the
hands
of
the
keeper
of
the
army stores,
and
went
running
to
the
army
and
came
to
his
brothers
to
get knowledge
about
them.
\VS{23}And
while
he
was
talking
to
them,
the fighter,
the
Philistine
of
Gath,
Goliath
by
name,
came
out
from
the Philistines' lines
and
said
the
same
words,
in David's
hearing.
\VS{24}And
all
the
men
of
Israel,
when
they
saw
him,
went
in
flight, overcome
with
fear.
\VS{25}And
the
men
of
Israel
said,
Have
you
seen
this
man? Clearly
he
has
come
out
to
put shame
on
Israel:
and
it
is
certain
that
if
any
man overcomes
him,
the
king
will
give
that
man
great
wealth,
and
will
give
him
his
daughter,
and
make
his father's
family
free
in
Israel.
\VS{26}And
David
said
to
the
men
near
him,
What
will
be
done
to
the
man
who overcomes
this
Philistine
and
takes
away
the
shame
from
Israel?
for
who
is
this
Philistine,
a
man without circumcision,
that
he
has
put
shame
on
the
armies
of
the
living
God?
\VS{27}And
the
people
gave
him
this
answer,
So
it
will
be
done
to
the
man
who overcomes
him.
\VS{28}And
Eliab,
his
oldest
brother,
hearing
what
David
said
to
the
men,
was moved
to
wrath
against
David,
and
said,
Why
have
you
come
here?
Into
whose
care
have
you
given
that
little
flock
of
sheep
in
the waste land?
I
have
knowledge
of
your
pride
and
the
evil
of
your
heart,
you
have
come
down
to
see
the
fight.
\VS{29}And
David
said,
What
have
I
done
now?
was
it
not only
a
word?
\VS{30}And
turning
away
from
him
to
one
of
the
other
men,
he
said
the
same
words:
and
the
people
gave
him
the
same
answer.
\VS{31}And,
hearing
what
David
said,
they
gave
Saul
word
of
it:
and
he
sent
for
him.
\VS{32}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Let
no man's
heart become feeble
because
of
him;
I,
your
servant,
will
go
out
and
have
a
fight
with
this
Philistine.
\VS{33}And
Saul
said
to
David,
You
are
not
able
to go
out
against
this
Philistine
and
have
a
fight
with
him:
for
you
are only
a
boy,
and
he
has
been
a
man
of
war
from
his earliest days.
\VS{34}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Your
servant
has
been keeper
of
his father's
sheep;
and
if
a
lion
or
a
bear
came
and
took
a
lamb
from
the
flock,
\VS{35}I
went
out
after
him,
and overcame
him,
and
took
it
out
of
his
mouth:
and if, turning
on
me,
he
came
at
me,
I
took
him
by
the hair
and overcame
him
and
put
him
to
death.
\VS{36}Your
servant
has overcome
lion
and
bear:
and
the fate
of
this
Philistine,
who
is without circumcision,
will
be
like
theirs,
seeing
that
he
has put shame
on
the
armies
of
the
living
God.
\VS{37}And
David
said,
The
Lord,
who kept
me safe
from
the grip
of
the
lion
and
the
bear,
will
be
my saviour
from
the
hands
of
this
Philistine.
And
Saul
said
to
David,
Go!
and
may
the
Lord
be
with
you.
\VS{38}Then
Saul
gave
David
his
clothing
of war,
and
put
a head-dress
of
brass
on
his
head
and
had
him
clothed
with
a coat
of metal.
\VS{39}And
David
took Saul's
sword
and
put
the band round
him
over
the metal coat,
and
was
unable
to
go forward;
for
he
was
not
used
to
them.
Then
David
said
to
Saul,
It
is
not possible
for
me
to
go
out
with
these,
for
I am
not
used
to
them.
So
David
took
them
off.
\VS{40}Then
he
took
his
stick
in
his
hand,
and
got
five
smooth
stones
from
the bed
of
the
stream
and
put
them
in
a
bag
such
as
is
used
by sheep-keepers;
and
in
his
hand
was
a leather band
used
for sending
stones:
and
so
he
went
in
the
direction
of
the
Philistine.
\VS{41}And
the
Philistine
came
nearer
to
David;
and
the
man
who
had
his body-cover
went
before
him.
\VS{42}And
when
the
Philistine, taking
note,
saw
David,
he
had
a poor opinion
of
him:
for
he
was only
a
boy, red-haired
and good-looking.
\VS{43}And
the
Philistine
said
to
David,
Am
I
a
dog,
that
you
come
out
to
me
with
sticks?
And
the
Philistine
put
curses
on
David
by all
his
gods.
\VS{44}And
the
Philistine
said
to
David, Come here
to
me,
and
I
will
give
your
flesh
to
the
birds
of
the air
and
the
beasts
of
the
field.
\VS{45}Then
David
said
to
the
Philistine,
You
come
to
me
with
a
sword
and
a
spear
and
a
javelin:
but
I
come
to
you
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
of
armies,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel
on
which
you
have
put shame.
\VS{46}This
day
the
Lord
will
give
you
up
into
my
hands,
and
I
will overcome
you,
and
take
your
head
off
you;
and
I
will
give
the
bodies
of
the
Philistine
army
to
the
birds
of
the air
and
the
beasts
of
the
earth
today,
so
that
all
the
earth
may
see
that
Israel
has
a
God;
\VS{47}And
all
these
people
who
are
here today
may
see
that
the
Lord
does
not
give
salvation
by
sword
and
spear:
for
the
fight
is
the Lord's,
and
he
will
give
you
up
into
our
hands.
\VS{48}Now
when
the
Philistine
made
a move
and
came
near
to
David,
David
quickly
went
at
a
run
in
the direction
of
the
army, meeting
the
Philistine face
to face.
\VS{49}And
David
put
his
hand
in
his
bag
and
took
out
a
stone
and
sent
it
from
his leather band straight
at
the
Philistine,
and
the
stone
went deep
into
his brow,
and
he
went
down
to
the
earth,
falling
on
his
face.
\VS{50}So
David overcame
the
Philistine
with
his leather band
and
a
stone, wounding
the
Philistine
and causing
his
death:
but
David
had
no
sword
in
his
hand.
\VS{51}So
running
up
to
the
Philistine
and
putting
his foot
on
him,
David
took
his
sword
out
of
its cover,
and
put
him
to
death, cutting
off
his
head
with
it.
And
when
the
Philistines
saw
that
their fighter
was
dead,
they
went
in
flight.
\VS{52}And
the
men
of
Israel
and
of
Judah
got
up,
and
gave
a
cry,
and
went
after
the
Philistines
as
far
as
Gath
and
the
town doors
of
Ekron.
And
the
wounded
of
the
Philistines
were
falling
down
by
the
road
from
Shaaraim
all
the
way
to
Gath
and
Ekron.
\VS{53}Then
the
children
of
Israel
came
back
from
going
after
the
Philistines,
and
took
their goods
from
the tents.
\VS{54}And
David
took
the
head
of
the
Philistine
to
Jerusalem,
but
the metal war-dress
and
the arms
he
put
in
his
tent.
\VS{55}And
when
Saul
saw
David
going
out
against
the
Philistine,
he
said
to
Abner,
the
captain
of
the
army,
Abner,
whose
son
is
this
young
man?
And
Abner
said,
On
your
life,
O
king,
I
have
no idea.
\VS{56}And
the
king
said, Make search
and see
whose
son
this
young
man
is.
\VS{57}And
when
David
was
coming
back
after
the destruction
of
the
Philistine,
Abner
took
him
to
Saul,
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
\VS{58}And
Saul
said
to
him,
Young
man,
whose
son
are
you?
And
David
in
answer
said,
I am
the
son
of
your
servant
Jesse
of Beth-lehem.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
after David's
talk
with
Saul
was
ended,
the
soul
of
Jonathan
was
joined
with
the
soul
of
David,
and
David
became
as dear
to
him
as
his very
life.
\VS{2}And
that
day
Saul
took
David
and would
not
let
him
go
back
to
his father's
house.
\VS{3}Then
Jonathan
and
David
made
an
agreement together, because
of Jonathan's
love
for
David.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
took
off
the
robe
he
had
on
and
gave
it
to
David,
with
all
his military dress,
even
to
his
sword
and
his
bow
and
the band round
his body.
\VS{5}And
David
went
wherever
Saul
sent
him,
and
did wisely:
and
Saul
put
him
at
the head
of
his
men
of
war,
and
this
was
pleasing
to
all
the
people
as
well
as
to Saul's
servants.
\VS{6}Now
on
their
way,
when
David
came
back
after
the destruction
of
the
Philistine,
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
towns
of
Israel,
with songs
and
dances, meeting
David
with melody
and
joy
and instruments
of music.
\VS{7}And
the
women, answering
one
another
in
their song,
said,
Saul
has put
to death
his
thousands
and
David
his tens
of
thousands.
\VS{8}And
Saul
was
very
angry
and
this
saying
was unpleasing
to
him;
and
he
said,
They
have
given
David credit
for tens
of
thousands,
and
to
me
for
only
thousands:
what
more
is
there
for
him
but
the
kingdom?
\VS{9}And
from
that
day
Saul
was
looking
with envy
on
David.
\VS{10}Now
on
the
day
after,
an
evil
spirit
from
God
came
on
Saul
with
great
force
and
he
was acting
like
a
prophet
among
the men
of
his
house,
while
David
was making music
for
him,
as
he
did
day
by
day:
and
Saul
had
his
spear
in
his
hand.
\VS{11}And
Saul, balancing
the
spear
in
his hand,
said,
I
will give
David
a blow, pinning
him
to
the
wall.
And
David got
away
from
him
twice.
\VS{12}And
Saul
went
in
fear
of
David,
because
the
Lord
was
with
David
and
had
gone
away
from
Saul.
\VS{13}So
Saul
sent
him
away,
and
made
him
a
captain
over
a
thousand;
and
he
went
about
his business
before
the
people.
\VS{14}And
in
all
his undertakings
David did wisely;
and
the
Lord
was
with
him.
\VS{15}And
when
Saul
saw
how wisely
he
did,
he
was
in
fear
of
him.
\VS{16}But
David
was
loved
by
all
Israel
and
Judah,
for
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
them.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
David,
Here
is
my
oldest
daughter
Merab, whom
I
will
give
you
for
your
wife:
only
be
strong
for
me,
fighting
in
the Lord's
wars.
For
Saul
said,
Let
it
not
be
through
me
that
his fate
comes
to
him,
but
through
the
Philistines.
\VS{18}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Who
am
I,
and
what
is
my father's
family
in
Israel,
that
I
am
to
be
son-in-law
to
the
king?
\VS{19}But
when
the
time
came
to
give
Merab, Saul's
daughter,
to
David,
she
was
given
to
Adriel
of Meholath.
\VS{20}And Saul's
daughter
Michal
was
in
love
with
David:
and
Saul
had
word
of
it
and
was
pleased.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
I
will
give
her
to
him,
so
that she
may
be
a
cause
of danger
to
him,
and
so
that
the
hands
of
the
Philistines
may
be
against
him.
So
Saul
said
to
David,
Today
you
are
to
become
my
son-in-law
for
the
second
time.
\VS{22}And
Saul
gave
his
servants
orders
saying,
Have
talk
with
David
secretly
and
say
to
him,
See
how
the
king
has
delight
in
you,
and
how
you
are
loved
by
all
his
servants:
then
be
the king's
son-in-law.
\VS{23}And Saul's
servants
said
these
things
to
David.
And
David
said, Does
it
seem
to
you
a
small
thing
to
be
the king's
son-in-law, seeing
that
I
am
a
poor
man,
of no great
name?
\VS{24}And
the
servants
of
Saul
gave
him
an
account
of
what
David
had
said.
\VS{25}And
Saul
said,
Then
say
to
David,
The
king
has
no
desire
for
any bride-price,
but
only
for
the private
parts
of
a
hundred
Philistines
so
that
the
king
may get
the
better
of
his haters.
But
it
was
in Saul's mind
that
David might
come
to
his end
by
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{26}And
when
his
servants
said
these
words
to
David,
he
was well
pleased
to
be
the
son-in-law
of
the
king.
And
the
days
were still
not past.
\VS{27}So
David
and
his
men
got
up
and
went,
and
put
to death
two
hundred
of
the
Philistines;
and
David
took
their private parts
and
gave
the
full number
of
them
to
the
king,
so
that
he
might
be
the king's
son-in-law.
And
Saul
gave
him
his
daughter
Michal
for
his
wife.
\VS{28}And
it
was clear
to
Saul
that
the
Lord
was
with
David;
and
he
was
loved
by
all Israel.
\VS{29}And Saul's
fear
of
David
became
all
the greater,
and
he
went
on hating
him,
day
by
day.
\VS{30}Then
the
rulers
of
the
Philistines
went
out
to war:
and
whenever
they
went
out,
David did
more wisely
than
all
the
other
servants
of
Saul,
so
that
his
name
became
greatly honoured.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Saul gave orders
to
his
son
Jonathan
and
to
all
his
servants
to
put
David
to
death.
But Saul's
son
Jonathan
had
great
delight
in
David.
\VS{2}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Saul,
my
father,
is purposing
your
death:
so
now,
take
care
in
the
morning,
and
keep yourself safe
in
a secret place:
\VS{3}And
I
will
go
out
and
take
my
place
by
my father's
side
in
the
field
near
where
you
are;
and
I
will
get
into
talk
with
my
father
about
you,
and
when
I
see
how
things
are,
I
will
give
you
word.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
gave
his
father
Saul
a
good account
of
David,
and
said
to
him,
Let
not
the
king
do
wrong
against
his
servant,
against
David;
because
he
has
done
you
no
wrong,
and
all
his acts
have
had
a
good outcome
for
you:
\VS{5}For
he
put
his
life
in
danger
and overcame
the
Philistine,
and
the
Lord
gave
all
Israel
salvation:
you
saw
it
and
were
glad:
why
then
are
you
sinning
against
him
who
has
done
no
wrong, desiring
the
death
of
David
without
cause?
\VS{6}And
Saul
gave ear
to
the
voice
of
Jonathan,
and
said
with
an
oath,
By
the
living
Lord,
he
is
not
to
be
put
to
death.
\VS{7}Then
Jonathan sent
for
David
and
gave
him
word
of
all
these
things.
And
Jonathan
took
David
to
Saul,
who kept
him
by
his side
as
in
the past.
\VS{8}And
there
was
war
again:
and
David
went
out
fighting
the
Philistines, causing
great destruction among
them;
and
they
went
in
flight
before
him.
\VS{9}And
an
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord
came
on
Saul,
when
he
was
seated
in
his
house
with
his
spear
in
his
hand;
and
David
made music
for
him.
\VS{10}And
Saul
would
have sent
his
spear through
him, pinning
him
to
the
wall,
but
he got
away
and
the
spear
went
into
the
wall:
and
that
night
David
went
in
flight
and got
away.
\VS{11}Then
in
that
night
Saul
sent
men
to David's
house
to
keep
watch
on
him
so
as
to
put
him
to
death
in
the
morning:
and David's
wife
Michal
said
to
him,
If
you
do
not
go
away
to
a safe
place
tonight
you
will
be
put
to
death
in
the
morning.
\VS{12}So
Michal
let
David
down
through
the
window,
and
he
went
in
flight
and got
away.
\VS{13}Then
Michal
took
the image
and
put
it
in
the
bed,
with
a cushion
of goat's hair
at
its
head,
and she
put
clothing
over
it.
\VS{14}And
when
Saul
sent
men
to
take
David,
she
said,
He
is ill.
\VS{15}And
Saul
sent
his
men
to
see
David,
saying, Do
not
come
back without
him,
take
him
in
his
bed,
so
that
I
may
put
him
to
death.
\VS{16}And
when
the men
came
in,
there
was
the image
in
the
bed,
with
the cushion
of goat's hair
at
its
head
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
Michal,
why have
you been false
to
me,
letting
my hater
go
and
get safely
away?
And
in
answer
Michal
said
to
Saul,
He
said
to
me,
Let
me
go,
or
I
will
put
you
to
death.
\VS{18}So
David
went
in
flight
and got
away
and
came
to
Ramah,
to
Samuel,
and
gave
him
an account
of
all
Saul
had
done
to
him.
And
he
and
Samuel
went
and
were
living
in
Naioth.
\VS{19}And
word
was given
to
Saul
that
David
was
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.
\VS{20}And
Saul
sent
men
to
take
David;
and
when
they
saw
the band
of
prophets
at work,
with
Samuel
in
his
place
at
their head,
the
spirit
of
God
came
on Saul's
men,
and
they
became
like
prophets.
\VS{21}And
Saul, having news
of
this,
sent
other men,
who
in
the same
way became like prophets.
And
a
third
time
Saul
sent men,
and
they like
the
others became like prophets.
\VS{22}Then
he
himself
went
to
Ramah,
and
came
to
the
great water-spring
in
Secu;
and questioning
the
people
he
said,
Where
are
Samuel
and
David?
And
one
said,
They
are
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.
\VS{23}And
he
went
on
from
there
to
Naioth
in
Ramah:
and
the
spirit
of
God
came
on
him,
and
he
went
on,
acting
like
a
prophet,
till
he
came
to
Naioth
in
Ramah.
\VS{24}And
he took
off
his
clothing, acting
like
a
prophet
before
Samuel,
and
falling
down
he
was stretched
out, without
his
clothing,
all
that
day
and
all
that
night.
This
is
the
reason
for
the
saying,
Is
even
Saul
among
the
prophets?

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
went
in
flight
from
Naioth
in
Ramah
and
came
to
Jonathan
and
said,
What
have
I
done?
What
is
my crime
and
my
sin
against
your
father
that
he
is attempting
to
take
my
life?
\VS{2}And
he
said
to
him,
Far
be
the
thought:
you
will
not
be
put
to
death:
see,
my
father
does
nothing,
great
or
small,
without giving
me
word
of
it:
would
he
keep
this
secret
from
me?
It
is
not
so.
\VS{3}But
David
took
his
oath
again
and
said,
Your
father sees
that
I
am dear
to
you;
so
he
says
to
himself,
Let
Jonathan
have
no idea
of
this,
for
it
will
be
a grief
to
him;
but
as
the
Lord
is
living,
and
as
your
soul
is
living,
there
is only
a
step
between
me
and
death.
\VS{4}Then
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Whatever
your
desire
is,
I
will
do
it
for
you.
\VS{5}And
David
said
to
Jonathan,
Tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
I
will
not
be
seated
with
the
king
at
his table:
but
let
me
go
to
a safe place
in
the
country
till
the
evening.
\VS{6}And
if
your
father takes
note
of
the fact
that
I
am
away,
say,
David
made
a
request
to
me
for
himself
that
he might go
to Beth-lehem,
to
his
town:
for
it
is
the
time
when
his
family
make
their
offering
year
by
year.
\VS{7}If
he
says,
It
is
well,
your
servant
will
be
at
peace:
but
if
he
is
angry,
then
it
will
be clear
to
you
that
he
has
an
evil purpose
in
mind
against
me.
\VS{8}So,
then,
be kind
to
your
servant;
for
you
have
been united
with
your
servant
in
an
agreement
made
before
the
Lord:
but
if
there
is
any wrongdoing
in
me,
put
me
to
death
yourself;
why
take
me
to
your
father?
\VS{9}And
Jonathan
said,
Do
not
have
such
a
thought:
for
if
I saw
that
my
father
was designing
evil
against
you,
would
I
not
give
you
word
of
it?
\VS{10}Then
David
said
to
Jonathan,
Who
will
give
me
word
if
your
father gives
you
a rough
answer?
\VS{11}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Come, let
us
go
out
into
the
country.
And
the
two
of
them
went
out together
into
the open
country.
\VS{12}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
May
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
be witness;
when
I
have
had
a chance
of talking
to
my
father,
about
this
time
tomorrow,
if
his feelings
to
David
are
good,
will
I
not
send
and give
you
the
news?
\VS{13}May
the Lord's punishment
be
on
Jonathan,
if
it
is
my father's pleasure
to
do
you
evil
and
I
do
not
give
you word
of
it
and
send
you
away
so
that
you
may
go
in
peace:
and
may
the
Lord
be
with
you,
as
he
has
been
with
my
father.
\VS{14}And
may
you,
while
I
am
still
living,
O
may
you
be kind
to
me,
as
the
Lord
is kind,
and
keep
me
from
death!
\VS{15}And
let
not
your
mercy
ever
be
cut
off
from
my
family,
even
when
the
Lord
has sent destruction
on
all David's haters, cutting
them
off
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
\VS{16}And if
it
comes
about
that
the name
of
Jonathan
is
cut
off
from
the
family
of
David,
the
Lord
will
make
David responsible.
\VS{17}And
Jonathan
again
took
an
oath
to
David,
because
of
his
love
for
him:
for
David
was
as dear
to
him
as
his very
soul.
\VS{18}Then
Jonathan
said
to
him,
Tomorrow
is
the
new
moon:
and
it
will
be seen
that
you
are
not present,
for there
will
be no
one
in
your
seat.
\VS{19}And
on
the
third
day
it
will
be specially noted,
and
you
will
go
to
the
place
where
you
took
cover
when
the other
business
was
in hand, waiting
by
the hill
over
there.
\VS{20}And
on
the
third day
I
will
send
arrows
from
my bow against
its
side
as if
at
a mark.
\VS{21}And
I
will
send
my
boy
to
have
a
look
for
the
arrow.
And
if
I
say
to
him,
See,
the
arrow
is
on
this
side
of
you;
take
it
up!
then
you
may
come;
for
there
is
peace
for
you
and
no evil,
by
the
living
Lord.
\VS{22}But
if
I
say
to
the
boy,
See,
the
arrow
has
gone past
you:
then
go
on
your
way,
for
the
Lord
has
sent
you
away.
\VS{23}As
for
what
you
and
I
were
talking
of,
the
Lord
is
between
you
and
me
for
ever.
\VS{24}So
David
went
to
a
secret
place
in
the
country:
and
when
the
new
moon
came,
the
king
took
his
place
at
the
feast.
\VS{25}And
the
king
took
his
seat,
as
at
other
times,
by
the
wall:
and
Jonathan
was
in front,
and
Abner
was
seated
by Saul's
side,
but
there
was no
one
in David's
seat.
\VS{26}But
Saul
said
nothing
that
day,
for
his
thought
was,
Something
has taken place making
him unclean;
it
is clear
that
he
is
not
clean.
\VS{27}And
on
the
day
after
the
new
moon,
that
is,
the
second
day,
there
was
still
no
one
in David's seat:
and
Saul
said
to
his
son
Jonathan,
Why
has
the
son
of
Jesse
not
come
to
the feast
yesterday
or
today?
\VS{28}And answering
Saul,
Jonathan
said,
He
made
a
request
to
me
that
he might go
to Beth-lehem,
\VS{29}Saying,
Our
family
is making
an offering
in
the
town,
and
my
brothers
have
given
me
orders
to
be
there:
so
now,
if
I
have
grace
in
your
eyes,
let
me
go
away
and
see
my
brothers.
This
is
why
he
has
not
come
to
the king's
table.
\VS{30}Then
Saul
was moved
to
wrath
against
Jonathan,
and
he
said
to
him,
You
son
of
an evil
and uncontrolled woman,
have
I
not seen
how
you
have given
your love
to
the
son
of
Jesse,
to
your
shame
and
the
shame
of
your
mother?
\VS{31}For
while
the
son
of
Jesse
is living
on
the
earth,
your
position
is unsafe
and
your
kingdom
is
in danger.
So
make
him come
here
to
me,
for
it
is
certainly
right
for
him
to
be
put
to
death.
\VS{32}And
Jonathan, answering
his
father
Saul,
said
to
him,
Why
is
he
to
be
put
to
death?
What
has
he
done?
\VS{33}And
Saul, pointing
his
spear
at
him,
made
an attempt
to give
him
a wound:
from
which
it
was clear
to
Jonathan
that
his father's purpose
was
to
put
David
to
death.
\VS{34}So
Jonathan
got
up
from
the
table, burning
with
wrath,
and
took
no part
in
the
feast
the
second
day
of
the
month, being
full
of grief
for
David
because
his
father
had put
shame
on
him.
\VS{35}Now
in
the
morning,
Jonathan
went
out
into
the
fields
at
the
time
he
had said
to
David,
and
he
had
a
little
boy
with
him.
\VS{36}And
he
said
to
the
boy,
Go
and get
the
arrow
I
let loose
from
my bow.
And
while
the
boy
was
running,
he
sent
an
arrow past
him.
\VS{37}And
when
the
boy
came
to
the
place
where
the
arrow
was,
Jonathan,
crying
out
after
the
boy,
said,
Has
it
not
gone past
you?
\VS{38}And
Jonathan
went
on
crying
out
after
the
boy,
Be quick,
do
not
keep waiting
about,
go
quickly.
And Jonathan's
boy got
the
arrow
and
came
back
to
his
master.
\VS{39}But
the
boy
had
no
idea
what
was going
on;
only
Jonathan
and
David
had
knowledge
of
it.
\VS{40}And
Jonathan
gave
his bow
and arrows
to
the
boy,
and
said
to
him,
Take
these
and
go
back
to
the
town.
\VS{41}And
when
the
boy
had
gone,
David
came
from
his secret
place
by
the hill,
and
falling
to
the
earth
went
down
on
his
face
three
times:
and
they
gave
one
another
a kiss,
weeping together,
till David's grief
was
the
greater.
\VS{42}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Go
in
peace,
for
we
two
have
taken
an
oath,
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
saying,
The
Lord
will
be
between
me
and
you,
and
between
my
seed
and
your
seed
for
ever.
Then
David
went
away,
and
Jonathan
went
into
the town.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then David
came
to Nob,
to Ahimelech
the priest:
and Ahimelech
was full
of fear
at meeting David,
and said
to
him, Why
are
you
by yourself, having no man
with
you?
\VS{2}And
David
said
to
Ahimelech
the
priest,
The king
has given
me
orders
and
has
said
to
me,
Say
nothing
to
anyone
about
the business
on which
I
am sending
you
and
the
orders
I
have given
you:
and
a
certain
place
has
been fixed
to which
the young
men
are
to
go.
\VS{3}So now,
if
you
have
here five cakes
of bread,
give
them
into
my hand,
or
whatever
you
have.
\VS{4}And
the priest, answering
David, said,
I
have
no common
bread
here
but
there
is holy
bread;
if only
the young men
have
kept themselves
from women.
\VS{5}And
David
in
answer
said
to
the
priest,
Certainly
women
have
been
kept
from
us;
and
as
has
been
done
before
when
I
have
gone
out
the
arms
of
the
young
men
were
made
holy,
even
though
it
was
a
common journey;
how
much
more today
will
their
arms
be
made
holy.
\VS{6}So
the
priest
gave
him
the
holy bread:
there
was
no other,
only
the
holy bread
which
had
been
taken
from
before
the Lord,
so
that new bread might
be
put
in
its
place
on
the
day
when
it
was
taken
away.
\VS{7}Now
a certain man
of
the
servants
of Saul
was
there
that
day,
kept
back
before
the
Lord;
his
name
was Doeg,
an Edomite,
the strongest
of Saul's runners.
\VS{8}And
David said
to Ahimelech,
Have
you no sword
or spear
with
you
here?
for
I
have come without
my sword
and
other arms,
because
the king's business
had
to
be done quickly.
\VS{9}And
the priest
said,
The
sword
of Goliath
the Philistine, whom
you
put
to death
in
the valley
of Elah,
is
here folded
in
a cloth
at
the
back
of
the ephod:
take
that,
if
you
will,
for
there
is
no
other
sword
here.
And
David
said,
there
is
no
other
sword
like
that;
give
it
to
me.
\VS{10}Then
David
got
up
and went
in flight
that day
for fear
of
Saul,
and went
to Achish,
the king
of Gath.
\VS{11}And
the servants
of
Achish
said
to
him,
Is
not
this
David,
the
king
of
the
land?
did
they
not
make songs
about
him
in
their dances, saying,
Saul
has
put
to death thousands,
and
David tens
of thousands?
\VS{12}And
David took
these words
to heart, fearing
Achish,
the
king
of Gath.
\VS{13}So changing
his behaviour
before
them,
he
made
it seem
as
if
he
was
off
his
head, hammering
on
the doors
of
the town,
and letting
the water
from
his
mouth go
down
his chin.
\VS{14}Then Achish
said
to
his servants,
Look!
the
man
is clearly
off
his head; why
have
you
let
him
come
before
me?
\VS{15}Are
there not enough unbalanced
men
about
me,
that
you
have let
this
person
come
and
do such tricks
before
me?
is such
a
man
to
come
into
my house?

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
David
went
away
from
there
and
took cover
in
a strong
place
at
Adullam;
and
his
brothers
and
all
his father's
people,
hearing
of
it,
went
down
to
him
there.
\VS{2}And
everyone
who
was
in trouble,
and
everyone
who
was
in debt,
and
everyone
who
was
bitter
in
soul,
came
together
to
him,
and
he
became
captain
over
them:
about
four
hundred
men
were
joined
to
him.
\VS{3}And
from
there
David
went
to
Mizpeh
in
the land
of
Moab:
and
he
said
to
the
king
of
Moab,
Let
my
father
and
mother
come
and
make
their living-place
with
you
till
it
is
clear
to
me
what
God
will
do
for
me.
\VS{4}And
he
took
them
to
the
king
of
Moab
and
they
went
on
living
with
him
while
David
was
in
his safe
place.
\VS{5}And
the
prophet
Gad
said
to
David,
Do
not
go
on
living
in
this
place
but
go
into
the
land
of
Judah.
Then
David
went
away
and
came
to
the woodland
of
Hereth.
\VS{6}And news
was
given
to
Saul
that
David
had
been seen,
and
the
men
who
were
with
him:
now
Saul
was
in
Gibeah,
seated
under
the
tree
in
the
high
place,
with
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
in
their
places
before
him.
\VS{7}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servants
who
were
there
about
him,
Give ear
now,
you Benjamites;
will
the
son
of
Jesse
give
to
every
one
of
you
fields
and vine-gardens,
will
he
make
you
all
captains
of
hundreds
and
captains
of
thousands;
\VS{8}That
all
of
you
have
made designs
against
me,
and
not
one
of
you gave
me word
when
my
son
made
an agreement
with
the
son
of
Jesse,
and
not
one
of
you
has pity
for
me
or
has
made
my eyes
open
to
the fact
that
my
servant
has
been moved
by
my
son
against
me,
as
at
this
day?
\VS{9}Then
Doeg,
the
Edomite,
who
was
by
the side
of
the
servants
of
Saul,
in
answer
said,
I
saw
the
son
of
Jesse
coming
to
Nob,
to
Ahimelech,
the
son
of
Ahitub.
\VS{10}And
he got directions
from
the
Lord
for
him,
and
gave
him
food,
and
put
in
his
hand
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine.
\VS{11}Then
the
king
sent
for
Ahimelech
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
and
for
all
the
men
of
his father's
family
who
were
priests
in
Nob:
and
they
all
came
to
the
king.
\VS{12}And
Saul
said,
Give ear
now,
O
son
of
Ahitub.
And answering
he
said,
Here
I
am,
my
lord.
\VS{13}And
Saul
said
to
him,
Why
have
you
made designs
against
me
with
the
son
of
Jesse,
giving
him
food
and
a
sword
and getting directions
from
the Lord
for
him,
and helping
him
to
take
up arms
against
me,
and
to
be
on
the watch
to
make
a secret
attack
on
me
as
he
is doing
now?
\VS{14}Then
Ahimelech answering
said
to
the
king,
Who
among
all
your
servants
is
so true
to
you
as
David,
who
is
the king's
son-in-law,
and
is
a captain
of
your armed
men,
and
has
a
place
of honour
in
your
house?
\VS{15}Is
this
the
first
time
I
have got directions
from
God
for
him?
Far
be
the
thought!
let
the
king
make
no
such statement
against
his
servant
or
my father's
family,
for
your
servant
has
no
knowledge,
great
or
small,
of
this
thing.
\VS{16}And
the
king
said,
You
will
certainly
be
put
to
death,
Ahimelech,
you
and
all
your father's
family.
\VS{17}Then
the
king
said
to
the
runners
who
were
waiting
near
him,
Put
the
priests
of
the
Lord
to
death;
because
they
are
on David's
side,
and
having
knowledge
of
his
flight,
did
not give
me
word
of
it.
But
the king's
servants
would
not
put
out
their
hands
to
make
an
attack
on
the Lord's
priests.
\VS{18}Then
the
king
said
to
Doeg,
You
are
to
put
the
priests
to
death.
And
Doeg
the
Edomite,
turning
on
the
priests
and attacking
them,
put
to
death
that
day
eighty-five
men
who
took
up
the
ephod.
\VS{19}And
Nob,
the
town
of
the
priests,
he
put
to
the
sword,
all
the
men
and
women,
children
and
babies
at
the breast,
and
oxen
and asses
and
sheep.
\VS{20}And
Abiathar,
one
of
the
sons
of
Ahimelech,
the
son
of
Ahitub, got
away
and went
in
flight
after
David;
\VS{21}And gave
him
the news
of
how
Saul
had put
to death
the Lord's
priests.
\VS{22}And
David
said
to
Abiathar,
I
was
certain
that
day,
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that
he
would
take
the
news
to
Saul:
I
am responsible
for
the
lives
of
all
your father's
family.
\VS{23}Keep here
with
me
and
have
no
fear;
for
he
who
has designs
on
my
life
has designs
on
yours:
but
with
me
you
will
be
safe.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
they
sent
word
to
David,
saying,
The
Philistines
are
fighting
against
Keilah
and taking
the grain
from
the grain-floors.
\VS{2}So
David, questioning
the
Lord,
said,
Am
I
to go
and make
an
attack
on
these
Philistines?
And
the
Lord
said
to
David, Go
and make
an
attack
on
the
Philistines
so
that
Keilah
may
be kept
from falling
into
their hands.
\VS{3}And David's
men
said
to
him,
Even
here
in
Judah
we
are full
of
fear:
how
much
more
then
if
we
go
to
Keilah
against
the
armies
of
the
Philistines?
\VS{4}Then
David
put
the
question
to
the
Lord
again,
and
the
Lord answering
said,
Up!
go
down
to
Keilah;
for
I
will
give
the
Philistines
into
your
hands.
\VS{5}So
David
and
his
men
went
to
Keilah,
and
had
a
fight
with
the
Philistines,
and
took
away
their
cattle,
and put
them
to
the sword
with
great destruction.
So
David
was
the saviour
of
the
people
of
Keilah.
\VS{6}Now
when
Abiathar,
the
son
of
Ahimelech,
went
in
flight
to
David,
he
came
down
to
Keilah
with
the
ephod
in
his
hand.
\VS{7}And
news
was
given
to
Saul
that
David
had
come
to
Keilah.
And
Saul
said,
Now
God
has
given
him
into
my
hands;
for
by
going
into
a walled
town
with
locked
doors,
he
has
let
himself
be
shut
in.
\VS{8}And
Saul sent
for
all
the
people
to
come
to
the
fight,
and
go
down
to
Keilah
to
make
an
attack
on
David
and
his
men.
\VS{9}And
it
was clear
to
David
that
Saul
had
evil designs
against
him,
and
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
Come
here
with
the
ephod.
\VS{10}Then
David
said,
O
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
news
has
been
given
to
your
servant
that
it
is Saul's
purpose
to
come
to
Keilah
and send
destruction
on
the
town
because
of
me.
\VS{11}And
now,
is
it
true,
as
they
have
said
to
me,
that
Saul
is
coming?
O
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
give ear
to
your
servant,
and
say
if
these
things
are
so.
And
the
Lord
said,
He
is
coming
down.
\VS{12}Then
David
said,
Will
the
men
of
Keilah give
me
and
my
men
up
to
Saul?
and
the
Lord
said,
They
will give
you
up.
\VS{13}Then
David
and
his
men,
about
six
hundred
of
them,
went
out
of
Keilah,
and
got
away
wherever
they
were able
to
go.
And
Saul, hearing
that
David
had
got
away
from
Keilah,
did
not
go
there.
\VS{14}And
David
kept
in
the waste land,
in safe
places, waiting
in
the hill-country
in
the waste land
of
Ziph.
And
Saul
was
searching
for
him
every
day,
but
God
did
not
give
him
up
into
his
hands.
\VS{15}And
David
was full
of fear,
in
the knowledge
that
Saul
had
come
out
to
take
his
life;
and
David
was
in
the waste land
of
Ziph,
in
Horesh.
\VS{16}And Saul's
son
Jonathan
went
to
David
in
Horesh,
and
made
his
hands
strong
in
God;
\VS{17}And
said
to
him,
Have
no
fear,
for
Saul
my
father
will
not get
you
into
his
power;
and
you
will
be
king
of
Israel,
and
I
will
be
by
your
side,
and
my
father
Saul
is
certain
of
this.
\VS{18}And
the
two
of
them
made
an
agreement
before
the
Lord:
and
David
went
on
living
in
Horesh,
and
Jonathan
went
back
to
his
house.
\VS{19}Then
the
Ziphites
came
up
to
Gibeah
to
see
Saul,
and
said,
Is
not
David living secretly
among
us
in
the strong
places
in
Horesh,
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah
to
the
south
of
the waste land?
\VS{20}So
now,
O
king,
have
your soul's
desire
and
come
down,
and
we,
for
our
part,
will give
him
up
into
the king's
hands.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
The Lord's
blessing
will
be
yours,
for
you
have
had
pity
on
me.
\VS{22}Go
now,
and
take
more
steps,
and
see
where
he
is living:
for
they
say
that
he
is expert
in deceit.
\VS{23}So
take care
to
get
knowledge
of
all
the secret
places
where
he
is
taking cover,
and
be
certain
to
come
back
to
me,
and
I
will
go
with
you:
and without
doubt,
if
he
is
anywhere
in
the
land,
I
will
get
him,
among
all
the
families
of
Judah.
\VS{24}And
they
went
back
and
came
to
Ziph
before
Saul:
but
David
and
his
men
were
in
the waste
land
of
Maon,
in
the dry
land
south
of
the waste
land.
\VS{25}And
Saul
and
his
men
went
in
search
of
him.
And
David
had
word
of
it,
so
he
came
down
to
the
rock
in
the waste land
of
Maon.
And
Saul,
hearing
of
this,
went
after
David
into
the waste land
of
Maon.
\VS{26}And
Saul
and
his
men
went
on
one
side
of
the
mountain,
and
David
and
his
men
went
on
the
other:
and David's
purpose
was
to get
away
as quickly
as possible,
for fear
of
Saul;
for
Saul
and
his
men
were making
a circle round
David
and
his
men
in order
to
take
them.
\VS{27}But
a man
came
to
Saul
saying,
Be
quick
and
come;
for
the
Philistines
have
made
an
attack
on
the
land.
\VS{28}So
turning
back
from
going
after
David,
Saul
went
against
the
Philistines:
so
that
place
was
named Sela-hammah-lekoth.
\VS{29}And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when Saul
came
back
from fighting
the Philistines, news
was given
him
that
David
was
in
the waste land
of En-gedi.
\VS{2}Then
Saul
took three thousand
of
the best
men out
of
all Israel,
and
went
in search
of
David
and
his
men
on
the rocks
of
the mountain goats.
\VS{3}And
on
the
way
he
came
to
a
place
where sheep
were kept,
where
there
was
a hollow
in
the
rock;
and
Saul
went
in
for
a private purpose. Now
David
and
his
men
were
in
the deepest
part
of
the hollow.
\VS{4}And David's
men
said
to
him,
Now
is
the time
when
the Lord says
to
you,
I
will
give
up
your hater
into
your hands
to
do
with
him whatever seems good
to
you.
Then
David, getting
up,
took
the skirt
of Saul's robe
in
his hand, cutting
off
the end
of
it without
his knowledge.
\VS{5}And later,
David
was
full
of regret
for cutting
off Saul's
skirt.
\VS{6}And
David
said
to
his
men,
Before
the Lord, never
let
it
be
said
that
my hand
was lifted
up
against
my lord,
the man
of
the Lord's selection,
for
the Lord's holy oil
has
been put
on
him.
\VS{7}So
with
these
words
David
kept
his
servants back,
and
did
not
let
them
make
an attack
on
Saul.
And
Saul got
up
and
went
on
his
way.
\VS{8}And
after
that
David
came
out
of
the hollow rock,
and crying
after
Saul
said,
My lord
the king.
And
when
Saul
gave
a look
back,
David
went
down
on
his face
and
gave
him honour.
\VS{9}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Why
do
you give
any
attention
to
those
who
say
that
it
is
my desire
to
do
you wrong?
\VS{10}Look!
you
have seen today
how
the Lord
gave
you
up into
my hands
even
now
in
the hollow
of
the rocks:
and
some
would
have
had
me put
you
to death,
but
I
had pity
on
you:
for
I
said, Never
will
my hand
be lifted
up
against
my lord,
who
has been marked
with
the holy oil.
\VS{11}And
see,
my father,
see
the skirt
of
your robe
in
my
hand:
for
the fact
that
I
took
off
the skirt
of
your robe
and
did
not
put
you
to death
is
witness
that
I
have
no evil
purpose,
and
I
have
done
you
no wrong,
though
you
are waiting
for
my
life
to
take
it.
\VS{12}May
the Lord
be judge between
me
and
you,
and
may
the Lord
give
me
my rights
against
you,
but
my
hand
will
never
be lifted
up
against
you.
\VS{13}There
is
an old saying,
From
the evil-doer
comes evil:
but
my
hand
will
never
be lifted
up
against
you.
\VS{14}After
whom
has
the king
of Israel
come
out?
for
whom
are
you searching?
for
a dead dog,
an insect.
\VS{15}So let
the Lord
be judge,
and give
a decision between
me
and
you,
and see
and give support
to
my cause,
and keep
me
from falling
into
your hands.
\VS{16}Now
when
David
had said these words
to Saul, Saul said,
Is
this
your voice,
David,
my son?
And Saul
was overcome
with weeping.
\VS{17}And
he
said
to
David,
You
are right
and
I
am wrong:
for
you
have given
me
back good,
but
I
have given
you evil.
\VS{18}And
you
have made clear
to
me
how
good
you
have been
to
me today:
because,
when
the
Lord
gave
me
up
into
your hands,
you
did
not put
me
to death.
\VS{19}If
a man
comes across
his hater,
will
he
let
him get away safe?
so
may
you
be rewarded
by
the
Lord
for
what
you
have
done
for
me
today.
\VS{20}And
now
I
am
certain
that
you
will
be king,
and
that
the kingdom
of Israel
will
be
made strong
under
your authority.
\VS{21}So give
me
your oath
by
the Lord,
that
you
will
not
put
an end
to
my seed
after
me
or
let
my name
be cut off
from
my father's family.
\VS{22}And David gave Saul
his
oath.
And Saul
went
back
to
his
house;
but David
and
his
men
went
up
to
their safe
place.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
death
came
to
Samuel;
and
all
Israel
came
together, weeping
for
him,
and
put
his
body
in
its resting-place
in
his
house
at
Ramah.
Then
David
went
down
to
the waste land
of Maon.
\VS{2}Now
there
was
a
man
in
Maon
whose
business
was
in
Carmel;
he
was
a
great
man
and
had
three
thousand
sheep
and
a
thousand
goats:
and
he
was cutting
the wool
of
his
sheep
in
Carmel.
\VS{3}Now
this
man
was
named
Nabal,
and
his wife's
name
was
Abigail:
she
was
a
woman
of
good
sense
and pleasing looks:
but
the
man
was
cruel
and
evil
in
his ways;
he
was
of
the family
of Caleb.
\VS{4}And
David
had word
in
the waste land
that
Nabal
was cutting
the wool
of
his
sheep.
\VS{5}And
David
sent
ten
young
men,
and
said
to
them,
Go
up
to
Carmel
and
go
to
Nabal,
and
say kind words
to
him
in
my
name;
\VS{6}And
say
this
to
my brother,
May
all
be
well
for
you:
peace
be
to
you
and
your
house
and
all
you
have.
\VS{7}I
have
had word
that
you
have wool-cutters:
now
the keepers
of
your sheep
have
been
with
us,
and
we
have
done
them
no evil,
and
taken
nothing
of theirs
while
they
were
in
Carmel.
\VS{8}If
your
young
men
are
questioned
they
will say
the
same
thing.
So
now,
let
my
young
men
have
grace
in
your
eyes,
for
we
are
come
at
a
good
time;
please
give anything
you
may
have
by
you
to
your
servants
and
to
your
son
David.
\VS{9}And
when David's
young
men
came,
they
said
all
this
to
Nabal,
in David's
name,
and
said
nothing more.
\VS{10}And
Nabal
gave
them
his
answer
and
said,
Who
is
David?
who
is
the
son
of
Jesse? there
are
a
number
of
servants
in these
days running
away
from
their
masters.
\VS{11}Am
I
to
take
my
bread
and
my wine
and
the
meat
I
have
got ready
for
my wool-cutters
and
give
it
to
men coming
from
I
have
no idea
where?
\VS{12}So David's
young
men,
turning
away,
went
back
and
gave
him
an
account
of
everything
he
had
said.
\VS{13}And
David
said
to
his
men,
Put
on
your
swords,
every
one
of
you.
And
every
man
put
on
his
sword;
and
David
did
the
same;
and
about
four
hundred
men
went
up
with
David,
and
two
hundred kept watch
over
their
goods.
\VS{14}But
one
of
the
young
men
said
to Nabal's
wife
Abigail,
David
sent
men
from
the waste land
to
say kind words
to
our
master,
and
he
gave
them
a rough
answer.
\VS{15}But
these
men
have
been
very
good
to
us;
they
did
us
no wrong
and
nothing
of ours
was touched
while
we
were
with
them
in
the
fields:
\VS{16}But
day
and
night
they
were
like
a
wall round
us
while
we
were
with
them,
looking
after
the
sheep.
\VS{17}So
now,
give
thought
to
what
you
are going
to
do;
for
evil
is
in store
for
our
master
and
all
his
house:
for
he
is
such
a
good-for-nothing
person
that
it
is
not possible
to
say
anything
to
him.
\VS{18}Then
Abigail
quickly
took
two
hundred
cakes
of
bread
and
two skins full
of
wine
and
five
sheep ready
for cooking
and
five
measures
of dry
grain
and
a
hundred parcels
of dry grapes
and
two
hundred
cakes
of
figs,
and
put
them
on asses.
\VS{19}And
she
said
to
her
young
men,
Go
on
in
front
of
me
and
I
will
come
after
you.
But
she
said
nothing
to
her
husband
Nabal.
\VS{20}Now
while
she
was
going
down
under cover
of
the
mountain
on
her ass,
David
and
his
men
came
down
against
her,
and
suddenly
she
came face
to face
with
them.
\VS{21}Now
David
had
said,
What
was
the use
of
my taking
care
of
this man's goods
in
the waste land,
so
that
there
was
no loss
of
anything
which
was
his?
he
has
only given
me
back
evil
for
good.
\VS{22}May God's punishment
be
on
David,
if
when
morning comes
there
is
so
much
as
one male
of
his
people
still living.
\VS{23}And
when
Abigail
saw
David,
she
quickly got
off
her ass,
falling
down
on
her
face
before
him.
\VS{24}And
falling
at
his
feet she
said,
May
the
wrong
be
on
me,
my
lord,
on
me:
let
your
servant
say
a
word
to
you,
and
give
ear
to
the
words
of
your
servant.
\VS{25}Let
my
lord
give
no
attention
to
Nabal,
that
good-for-nothing:
for
as
his
name
is,
so
is
he,
a
man
without
sense:
but
I,
your
servant,
did
not
see
the
young
men
whom
my
lord
sent.
\VS{26}So
now,
my
lord,
by
the
living
God
and
by
your
living
soul, seeing
that
the
Lord
has
kept
you
from
the
crime
of
blood
and
from
taking
into
your
hands
the
punishment
for
your wrongs,
may all
your haters,
and
those
who
would
do
evil
to
my
lord,
be
like
Nabal.
\VS{27}And
let
this offering,
which
your
servant
gives
to
my
lord,
be
given
to
the
young
men
who
are
with
my
lord.
\VS{28}And
may
the sin
of
your
servant
have forgiveness:
for
the
Lord
will
certainly
make
your
family strong,
because
my
lord
is
fighting
in
the Lord's
war;
and
no
evil
will
be seen
in
you
all
your
days.
\VS{29}And though
a
man
has
taken
up arms
against
you, putting
your
life
in
danger, still
the
soul
of
my
lord
will
be kept safe
among
the band
of
the
living
with
the
Lord
your
God;
and
the
souls
of
those
who
are
against
you
he
will send violently away
from
him,
like stones
from
a
bag.
\VS{30}And
when
the
Lord
has
done
for
my
lord
all
those
good
things
which
he
has
said
he
will
do
for
you,
and
has
made
you
a
ruler
over
Israel;
\VS{31}Then
you
will
have
no
cause
for
grief,
and
my lord's
heart
will
not
be
troubled because
you
have
taken
life
without
cause
and
have
yourself given punishment
for
your wrongs:
and
when
the
Lord
has
been
good
to
you,
then
give
a
thought
to
your
servant.
\VS{32}And
David
said
to
Abigail,
May
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
be
praised,
who
sent
you
to
me
today:
\VS{33}A
blessing
on
your good sense
and
on
you,
who
have
kept
me
today
from
the
crime
of
blood
and
from
taking
into
my
hands
the
punishment
for
my wrongs.
\VS{34}For
truly,
by
the
living
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
has
kept
me
from doing
you
evil,
if
you
had
not
been
so
quick
in
coming
to
me
and meeting
me,
by
dawn
there
would
not
have
been
in Nabal's house
so
much
as
one male
living.
\VS{35}Then
David
took
from
her
hands
her
offering:
and
he
said
to
her,
Go
back
to
your
house
in
peace;
see,
I
have
given ear
to
your
voice,
and
taken
your
offering
with
respect.
\VS{36}And
Abigail
went
back
to
Nabal;
and
he
was
feasting
in
his
house
like
a
king;
and Nabal's
heart
was full
of
joy,
for
he
had taken
much wine;
so
she
said
nothing
to
him
till
dawn
came.
\VS{37}And
in
the
morning,
when
the effect
of
the
wine
was
gone, Nabal's
wife
gave
him
an
account
of
all
these
things,
and
all
the
heart
went
out
of
him,
and
he
became
like
stone.
\VS{38}And
about
ten
days
after,
the
Lord sent disease
on
Nabal
and
death
came
to
him.
\VS{39}And
David,
hearing
that
Nabal
was
dead,
said,
May
the
Lord
be
praised,
who
has
taken
up
my
cause
against
Nabal
for
the
shame
which
he
put
on
me,
and
has
kept
back
his
servant
from
evil,
and
has
sent
on Nabal's
head
the
reward
of
his evil-doing.
And
David
sent
word
to
Abigail, desiring
to
take
her
as
his
wife.
\VS{40}And
when David's
servants
came
to
Carmel,
to
Abigail,
they
said
to
her,
David
has
sent
us
to
you
to
take
you
to
him
as
his
wife.
\VS{41}And
she
got
up,
and going
down
on
her
face
to
the
earth,
said,
See,
I am ready
to
be
a servant-girl,
washing
the
feet
of
the
servants
of
my
lord.
\VS{42}Then
Abigail
got
up
quickly
and
went
on
her ass,
with
five
of
her
young
women,
after
the
men whom
David
had sent;
and
she
became David's
wife.
\VS{43}And
David
had
taken
Ahinoam
of
Jezreel,
to
be
his
wife;
these
two
were
his
wives.
\VS{44}Now
Saul
had
given
his
daughter
Michal, David's
wife,
to
Palti
the
son
of Laish
of
Gallim.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Ziphites
came
to
Saul
at
Gibeah,
and
said,
Is
not
David waiting secretly
near
us
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
before
the waste
land?
\VS{2}Then
Saul
went
down
to
the waste land
of
Ziph, taking
with
him
three
thousand
of
the best
men
of
Israel,
to
make
search
for
David
in
the waste land
of
Ziph.
\VS{3}And
Saul
put
up
his tents
on
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
in
front
of
the waste
land
on
the
road.
But
David
was
in
the waste
land,
and
he
saw
that
Saul
was
coming
after
him.
\VS{4}And
so
David
sent
out watchers,
and got word
from
them
that
Saul
was
certainly
coming.
\VS{5}And
David
got
up
and
came
to
the
place
where Saul's tents
were:
and
David
had
a
view
of
the
place
where
Saul
was sleeping
with
Abner,
the
son
of
Ner,
the
captain
of
his
army:
and
Saul
was sleeping
inside
the ring
of carts,
and
the tents
of
the
people
were
all
round
him.
\VS{6}Then
David
said
to
Ahimelech
the
Hittite,
and
to
Abishai,
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
brother
of
Joab,
Who
will
go
down
with
me
to
the tents
of
Saul?
And
Abishai
said,
I
will
go
down
with
you.
\VS{7}So
David
and
Abishai
came
down
to
the
army
by
night:
and
Saul
was
sleeping
inside
the ring
of carts
with
his
spear planted
in
the
earth
by
his
head:
and
Abner
and
the
people
were
sleeping
round
him.
\VS{8}Then
Abishai
said
to
David,
God
has
given
up
your hater
into
your
hands
today;
now
let
me
give
him
one blow
through
to
the
earth
with
his
spear,
and there
will
be
no need
to
give
him
a
second.
\VS{9}And
David
said
to
Abishai
Do
not
put
him
to death;
for
who,
without sin,
may
put
out
his
hand
against
the man
on
whom
the
Lord
has
put
the holy oil?
\VS{10}And
David
said,
By
the
living
Lord,
the
Lord
will send destruction
on
him;
the natural
day
of
his
death
will
come,
or
he
will
go
into
the
fight
and
come
to
his end.
\VS{11}Never
will
my
hand
be
stretched
out
against
the man marked
with
the holy oil;
but
take
the
spear
which
is
by
his
head
and
the vessel
of
water,
and
let
us
go.
\VS{12}So
David
took
the
spear
and
the vessel
of
water
from Saul's
head;
and
they
got
away
without
any
man
seeing
them,
or being conscious
of
their coming,
or awaking;
for
they
were
all sleeping
because
a
deep
sleep
from
the
Lord
had
come
on
them.
\VS{13}Then
David went
over
to
the
other
side,
and
took
his
place
on
the
top
of
a
mountain
some
distance
away,
with
a
great
space
between
them;
\VS{14}And
crying
out
to
the
people
and
to
Abner,
the
son
of
Ner,
David
said,
Have
you
no
answer
to
give,
Abner?
Then
Abner
said,
Who
is
that
crying
out
to
the
king?
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
Abner,
Are
you
not
a
man
of war?
is there
any
other
like
you
in
Israel?
why
then
have
you
not
kept
watch
over
your
lord
the
king?
for
one
of
the
people
came
in
to
put
the
king
your
lord
to death.
\VS{16}What
you
have
done
is
not
good.
By
the
living
Lord,
death
is
the
right fate
for
you,
because
you
have
not
kept
watch
over
your
lord,
the
man
on
whom
the
Lord
has put
the holy oil.
Now
see,
where
is
the king's
spear,
and
the vessel
of
water
which
was
by
his
head?
\VS{17}And
Saul, conscious
that
the
voice
was David's,
said,
Is
that
your
voice,
David,
my
son?
And
David
said,
It
is
my
voice, O
my
lord
king.
\VS{18}And
he
said,
Why
does
my
lord go armed
against
his
servant?
what
have
I
done?
or
what
evil
is
there
in
me?
\VS{19}Let
my
lord
the
king
give ear
now
to
the
words
of
his
servant.
If
it
is
the
Lord
who
is moving
you
against
me,
let
him take
an
offering:
but
if
it
is
the
children
of
men,
may
they
be
cursed
before
the
Lord,
for
driving
me
out
today
and keeping
me
from
my place
in
the
heritage
of
the
Lord,
saying,
Go,
be
the
servant
of
other
gods.
\VS{20}Then
do
not
let
my
blood
be drained
out
on
the
earth
away
from
the
face
of
the
Lord:
for
the
king
of
Israel
has
come
out
to
take
my
life,
like
one
going
after birds
in
the
mountains.
\VS{21}Then
Saul
said,
I
have
done
wrong:
come
back
to
me,
David
my
son:
I
will
do
you
no
more
wrong,
because
my
life
was dear
to
you
today
truly,
I
have
been
foolish
and
my
error
is
very
great.
\VS{22}Then
David
said,
Here
is
the king's
spear! let
one
of
the
young
men come
over
and
get
it.
\VS{23}And
the
Lord
will
give
to
every
man
the reward
of
his
righteousness
and
his
faith:
because
the
Lord
gave
you
into
my
hands
today,
and
I
would
not
put
out
my
hand
against
the
man
who
has
been marked
with
the holy oil.
\VS{24}And
so,
as
your
life
was dear
to
me
today,
may
my
life
be dear
to
the
Lord,
and
may
he
make
me free
from
all
my troubles.
\VS{25}Then
Saul
said
to
David,
May
a
blessing
be
on
you,
David,
my
son;
you
will
do great things
and without doubt
you
will
overcome.
Then
David
went
on
his
way,
and
Saul
went
back
to
his
place.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
said
to
himself,
Some
day death
will come
to
me
by
the
hand
of
Saul:
the
only
thing
for
me
to
do
is
to
get
away
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines;
then
Saul
will give
up hope
of taking
me
in
any
part
of
the
land
of
Israel:
and
so
I
may
be
able
to
get
away
from
him.
\VS{2}So
David
and
the
six
hundred
men
who
were
with
him
went
over
to
Achish,
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of
Gath.
\VS{3}And
David
and
his
men
were
living
with
Achish
at
Gath;
every
man
had
his
family
with
him,
and
David
had
his
two
wives,
Ahinoam
of Jezreel,
and
Abigail
of Carmel,
who
had been
the
wife
of
Nabal.
\VS{4}And
Saul, hearing
that
David
had
gone
to
Gath,
went
after
him
no
longer.
\VS{5}Then
David
said
to
Achish,
If
now
I
have
grace
in
your
eyes,
let
me
have
a
place
in
one
of
the smaller
towns
of
your
land,
to
be
my living-place;
for
it
is
not
right
for
your
servant
to
be
living
with
you
in
the king's
town.
\VS{6}So
Achish straight away
gave
him
Ziklag:
and
for
that
reason
Ziklag
has
been
the
property
of
the
kings
of
Judah
to
this
day.
\VS{7}And
David
was
living
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines
for
the space
of
a
year
and
four
months.
\VS{8}And
David
and
his
men
went
up
and
made
attacks
on
the
Geshurites
and
the Girzites
and
the
Amalekites;
for
these
were
the
people
who
were
living
in
the
land
from Telam
on
the
way
to
Shur,
as
far
as
Egypt.
\VS{9}And
David
again
and
again
made
attacks
on
the
land till
not
a
man
or
a
woman
was
still
living;
and
he
took
away
the
sheep
and
the
oxen
and
the asses
and
the
camels
and
the
clothing;
and
he
came
back
to
Achish.
\VS{10}And
every
time
Achish
said,
Where
have
you been fighting
today?
David
said,
Against
the
South
of
Judah
and
the
South
of
the
Jerahmeelites
and
the
South
of
the
Kenites.
\VS{11}Not
one
living
man
or
woman
did
David ever
take
back
with
him
to
Gath, fearing
that
they
might
give
an
account
of
what
had
taken
place,
and
say,
This
is
what
David
did,
and
so
has
he
been
doing
all
the
time
while
he
has
been
living
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{12}And
Achish
had belief
in what
David
said,
saying,
He
has
made
himself hated
by
all
his
people
Israel,
and
so
he
will
be
my
servant
for
ever.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
in
those
days
the
Philistines
got
their
forces
together
to
make
war
on
Israel.
And
Achish
said
to
David,
Certainly
you
and
your
men
are
to
go
out
with
me
to
the
fight.
\VS{2}And
David
said
to
Achish,
You
will
see
now
what
your
servant
will
do.
And
Achish
said
to
David,
Then
I
will
make
you
keeper
of
my
head
for ever.
\VS{3}Now
Samuel
was
dead,
and
all
Israel,
after weeping
for
him,
had
put
his
body
in
its last resting-place
in
Ramah,
his
town.
And
Saul
had
put
away
from
the
land
all
those
who
had control
of spirits
and
who
made use
of secret arts.
\VS{4}And
the
Philistines
came
together
and
put
their forces
in position
in
Shunem;
and
Saul got
all
Israel
together
and
they
took
up
their positions
in
Gilboa.
\VS{5}And
when
Saul
saw
the
Philistine
army
he
was
troubled,
and
his
heart
was moved
with
fear.
\VS{6}And
when
Saul went
for directions
to
the
Lord,
the
Lord gave
him
no
answer,
by
a
dream
or
by
the
Urim
or
by
the
prophets.
\VS{7}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servants, Get
me
a
woman
who
has control
of
a
spirit
so
that
I may
go
to
her
and get directions.
And
his
servants
said
to
him,
There
is such
a
woman
at
En-dor.
\VS{8}So
Saul,
putting
on
other
clothing,
so
that
he
might not
be seen
to
be
the king,
took
two
men
with
him
and
went
to
the
woman
by
night;
and
he
said,
Now,
with
the help
of
the
spirit
which
you
have, make
the
person
whose
name
I
will
give
you
come
up.
\VS{9}And
the
woman
said
to
him,
But
you
have
knowledge
of
what
Saul
has
done,
how
he
has
put
away
out
of
the
land
those
who
have control
of spirits
and
the users
of secret arts:
why
would
you,
by
a trick,
put
me
in danger
of
death?
\VS{10}And
Saul
made
an
oath
to
her
by
the
Lord,
saying,
By
the
living
Lord,
no
punishment
will
come
to
you
for
this.
\VS{11}Then
the
woman
said,
Who am
I
to let
you see?
And
he
said, Make
Samuel
come
up
for
me.
\VS{12}And
the
woman
saw
that
it
was
Saul,
and
she
gave
a
loud
cry,
and
said
to
Saul,
Why
have
you
made use
of deceit?
for
you
are
Saul.
\VS{13}And
the
king
said
to
her,
Have
no
fear:
what
do
you
see?
And
the
woman
said
to
Saul,
I
see
a
god
coming
up
out
of
the
earth.
\VS{14}And
he
said
to
her,
What
is
his
form?
And
she
said,
It
is
an
old
man
coming
up covered
with
a
robe.
And
Saul saw
that
it
was
Samuel,
and
with
his
face bent
down
to
the
earth
he
gave
him honour.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Why
have
you
made
me
come
up, troubling
my rest?
And
Saul
in
answer
said,
I
am
in
great danger;
for
the
Philistines
are
making war
on
me,
and
God
has
gone
away
from
me
and
will
no
longer
give
me
any
answer,
by
the
prophets
or
by
dreams:
so
I
have
sent
for
you
to
make clear
to
me
what
I
am
to
do.
\VS{16}And
Samuel
said,
Why
do
you
put
your questions
to
me, seeing
that
God
has
gone
away
from
you
and
is
on
the side
of
him
who
is
against
you?
\VS{17}And
the
Lord
himself
has
done
what
I
said:
the
Lord
has
taken
the
kingdom
out
of
your
hand
and
given
it
to
your neighbour
David;
\VS{18}Because
you
did
not
do
what
the
Lord
said,
and
did
not
give
effect
to
his
burning
wrath
against
Amalek.
So
the
Lord
has
done
this
thing
to
you
today.
\VS{19}And
more
than
this,
the
Lord
will
give
Israel
up
with
you
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines:
and
tomorrow
you
and
your
sons
will
be
with
me:
and
the
Lord
will
give
up
the
army
of
Israel
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}Then
Saul
went
down
flat
on
the
earth,
and
was
full
of
fear
because
of Samuel's
words:
and
there
was
no
strength
in
him,
for
he
had
taken
no
food
all
that
day
or
all
that
night.
\VS{21}And
the
woman
came
to
Saul
and
saw
that
he
was
in
great trouble,
and
said
to
him,
See
now,
your
servant
has
given ear
to
your
words,
and
I
have
put
my
life
in
danger
by doing
what
you
said.
\VS{22}So
now,
give ear
to
the
voice
of
your
servant,
and
let
me
give
you
a little
bread;
and
take some
food
to
give
you
strength
when
you
go
on
your
way.
\VS{23}But
he
would
not,
saying,
I
have
no desire
for
food.
But
his
servants,
together
with
the
woman,
made
him
take
food,
and
he
gave way
to
them.
So
he
got
up
from
the
earth,
and
took
his
seat
on
the
bed.
\VS{24}And
the
woman
had
in
the
house
a young cow,
made fat
for
food;
and she
put
it
to death straight
away;
and she
took
meal
and
got
it mixed
and
made
unleavened
bread;
\VS{25}And
she
put
it
before
Saul
and
his
servants,
and
they
had
a meal.
Then
they
got
up
and
went
away
the
same
night.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines got
all
their
army
together
at
Aphek:
and
the
Israelites put
their
forces
in position
by
the fountain
in
Jezreel.
\VS{2}And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
on
with
their
hundreds
and
their
thousands,
and
David
and
his
men
came
after
with
Achish.
\VS{3}Then
the
rulers
of
the
Philistines
said,
What
are
these
Hebrews doing
here?
And
Achish
said
to
the
rulers
of
the
Philistines,
Is
this
not
David,
the
servant
of
Saul
the
king
of
Israel,
who
has
been
with
me
for
a
year
or
two,
and
I
have
never seen
any wrong
in
him
from
the
time
when
he
came
to
me
till
now?
\VS{4}But
the
rulers
of
the
Philistines
were
angry
with
him,
and
said
to
him,
Make
the
man
go
back
to
the
place
you
have given
him;
do
not
let
him
go
down
with
us
to
the
fight,
or
he
may
be
turned
against
us
and
be false
to
us:
for
how
will
this
man
make peace
with
his
lord?
will
it
not
be
with
the
heads
of
these
men?
\VS{5}Is
this
not
David,
who
was named
in
their songs,
when
in
the
dance
they
said
to
one
another,
Saul
has put
to death
thousands,
and
David tens
of
thousands?
\VS{6}Then
Achish
sent
for
David
and
said
to
him,
By
the
living
Lord,
you
are
upright,
and everything
you
have
done
with
me
in
the
army
has
been pleasing
to
me:
I
have
seen
no
evil
in
you
from
the
day
when
you
came
to
me
till
now:
but
still,
the
lords
are
not
pleased
with
you.
\VS{7}So
now
go
back,
and
go
in
peace,
so
that
you
do
not
make
the
lords
of
the
Philistines angry.
\VS{8}And
David
said
to
Achish,
But
what
have
I
done?
what
have
you seen
in
your
servant
while
I
have
been
with
you
till
this
day,
that
I
may
not
go
and
take
up arms
against
those
who
are
now
making war
on
my
lord
the
king?
\VS{9}And
Achish
in
answer
said,
It
is true
that
in
my
eyes
you
are
good,
like
an
angel
of
God:
but
still,
the
rulers
of
the
Philistines
have
said,
He
is
not
to
go
up
with
us
to
the
fight.
\VS{10}So
get
up
early
in
the
morning,
with
the
servants
of
your
lord
who
are
with
you,
and
go
to
the
place
I
have
given
you,
and
have no evil design
in
your heart,
for
you
are good
in
my eyes;
but
when
there
is
light enough
in
the
morning,
go
away.
\VS{11}So
David
and
his
men
got
up
early
in
the
morning
to
go
back
to
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
And
the
Philistines
went
up
to
Jezreel.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
Ziklag
on
the
third
day,
the
Amalekites
had
made
an
attack
on
the
South
and
on
Ziklag,
and
had overcome
Ziklag
and
put
it
on
fire;
\VS{2}And
had
made
the
women
and
all
who
were
there,
small
and
great, prisoners:
they
had
not
put
any
of
them
to
death,
but
had
taken
them
all
away.
\VS{3}And
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
town,
they
saw
that
it
had been
burned
down,
and
their
wives
and
their
sons
and
daughters
had been
made prisoners.
\VS{4}Then
David
and
the
people
who
were
with
him gave themselves
up
to
weeping
till
they
were able
to go
on
weeping
no
longer.
\VS{5}And David's
two
wives,
Ahinoam
of Jezreel
and
Abigail,
the
wife
of
Nabal
of Carmel,
had been
made prisoners.
\VS{6}And
David
was
greatly
troubled;
for
the
people
were talking
of
stoning
him,
because
their hearts
were
bitter,
every
man sorrowing
for
his
sons
and
his
daughters:
but
David
made
himself
strong
in
the
Lord
his
God.
\VS{7}And
David
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahimelech,
Come
here
to
me
with
the
ephod.
And
Abiathar
took
the
ephod
to
David.
\VS{8}Then
David, questioning
the
Lord,
said,
Am
I
to go
after
this
band?
will
I
be able
to
overtake
them?
And
in
answer
he
said, Go
after
them,
for
you
will
certainly
overtake
them,
and get
back everything.
\VS{9}So
David
went,
and
his
six
hundred
men
went
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
stream
Besor.
\VS{10}And
David,
with
four
hundred
men,
went
on:
but
two
hundred
of
them
were overcome
with weariness,
and
not able
to
go
across
the
stream.
\VS{11}And
in
the
fields
they saw
an
Egyptian whom
they
took
to
David,
and
they
gave
him
bread,
and
he
had
a
meal,
and
they
gave
him
water
for
drink;
\VS{12}And
they
gave
him part
of
a
cake
of
figs
and
some dry grapes;
and
after
the
food,
his
spirit
came
back
to
him,
for
he
had
had
no
food
or
drink
for
three
days
and
nights.
\VS{13}And
David
said
to
him,
Whose
man
are
you
and
where
do
you come
from?
And
he
said,
I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
servant
to
an
Amalekite;
and
my
master
went
on without
me
because
three
days back
I became ill.
\VS{14}We
made
an
attack
on
the
south
part
of
the country
of
the
Cherethites,
and
on
the land
which
is Judah's,
and
on
the
south
of
Caleb;
and
we
put
Ziklag
on
fire.
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
him,
Will
you
take
me
down
to
this
band?
And
he
said,
If
you give
me
your
oath
that
you
will
not
put
me
to
death
or give
me
up
to
my
master,
I
will
take
you
to
them.
\VS{16}And
when
he
had
taken
him
down,
they
saw
them
all,
seated
about
on
all sides,
feasting
and
drinking
among
all
the mass
of goods
which
they
had
taken
from
the
land
of
the
Philistines
and
the
land
of
Judah.
\VS{17}And
David
went
on fighting
them
from
evening
till
the
evening
of
the
day
after;
and
not
one
of
them got
away
but
only
four
hundred
young
men
who
went
in
flight
on
camels.
\VS{18}And
David
got
back
everything
the
Amalekites
had
taken;
and
he
got
back
his
two
wives.
\VS{19}There
was
no loss
of
anything,
small
or
great,
sons
or
daughters
or goods
or
anything
which
they
had
taken
away:
David
got
it
all
back.
\VS{20}And
they
took
all
the
flocks
and
herds,
and driving
them
in
front
of
him,
said,
These
are David's.
\VS{21}And
David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men,
who
because
of weariness
had
not
gone
with
him,
but
were waiting
at
the
stream
Besor:
and
they
went
out, meeting
David
and
the
people
who
were
with
him;
and
when
they
came
near
them,
they
said,
How
are
you?
\VS{22}Then
the
bad
and
good-for-nothing
men
among
those
who
went
with
David
said,
Because
they
did
not
go
with
us,
we
will
give
them
nothing
of
the goods
which
we
have
got
back,
but
only
to
every
man
his
wife
and
children,
so
that
he
may
take
them
and
go.
\VS{23}Then
David
said,
You
are
not
to
do
this,
my
brothers,
after
what
the
Lord
has
given
us,
who
has
kept
us safe
and
given
up
the
band
which
came
against
us
into
our
hands.
\VS{24}Who
is
going
to
give
any
attention
to
you
in
this
question?
for
an
equal
part
will
be
given
to
him
who
went
to
the
fight
and
to
him
who
was waiting
by
the
goods:
they
are
all
to
have
the
same.
\VS{25}And
so
he
made
it
a
rule
and
an
order
for
Israel
from
that
day
till
now.
\VS{26}And
when
David
came
to
Ziklag,
he
sent
some
of
the goods
to
the responsible
men
of
Judah,
and
to
his
friends,
saying,
Here
is
an
offering
for
you
from
the goods
of those
who
were fighting
against
the
Lord;
\VS{27}He sent
to
those
who
were
in Beth-el,
and
in Ramah
of
the South,
and
in
Jattir;
\VS{28}And
to
those
in Arara
and
Eshtemoa
\VS{29}and Carmel
and
in
the
towns
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
and
in
the
towns
of
the
Kenites;
\VS{30}And
to
those
who
were
in
Hormah
and
in Bor-ashan
and
in
Athach;
\VS{31}And
in
Hebron,
and
to
all
the
places
where
David
and
his
men
had
been
living.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
were
fighting
against
Israel:
and
the
men
of
Israel
went
in
flight
before
the
Philistines,
falling
down
wounded
in
Mount
Gilboa.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
overtook
Saul
and
his
sons;
and
they put
to death
Jonathan
and
Abinadab
and
Malchi-shua,
the
sons
of
Saul.
\VS{3}And
the
fight
was
going
badly
for
Saul,
and
the
archers
came across
him,
and
he
was wounded
by
the
archers.
\VS{4}Then
Saul
said
to
the servant
who
had
the
care
of
his arms,
Take
out
your
sword
and
put
it
through
me,
before
these
men
without circumcision
come
and
make sport
of
me.
But
his servant, full
of
fear,
would
not
do
so.
Then
Saul
took
out
his
sword,
and
falling
on
it,
put
an end
to
himself.
\VS{5}And
when
his servant
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
did
the
same,
and
was united
with
him
in
death.
\VS{6}So
death overtook
Saul
and
his
three
sons
and
his servant
on
the
same
day.
\VS{7}And
when
the
men
of
Israel
across
the
valley
and
on
the
other
side
of
Jordan
saw
that
the
army
of
Israel
was
in
flight
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
were
dead,
they
came
out
of
their
towns
and
went
in
flight;
and
the
Philistines
came
and
took
them
for themselves.
\VS{8}Now
on
the
day
after,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
take
their goods
from
the
dead,
they saw
Saul
and
his
three
sons
dead
on
the earth
in
Mount
Gilboa.
\VS{9}And cutting
off
his
head
and taking
away
his war-dress,
they
sent word
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
round
about,
to
take
the
news
to
their gods
and
to
the
people.
\VS{10}His war-dress
they
put
in
the
house
of Astarte;
and
his body
was fixed
on
the
wall
of
Beth-shan.
\VS{11}And
when
the
people
of Jabesh-gilead
had news
of
what
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
\VS{12}All
the fighting
men
got
up
and, travelling
all
night,
took Saul's body
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons
from
the
wall
of
Beth-shan;
and
they
came
to
Jabesh
and
had
them
burned
there.
\VS{13}And
their
bones
they
put
in
the earth
under
a
tree
in
Jabesh;
and
for
seven
days
they
took no food.
\par }