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\BibleBook{The First Book of Samuel}

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\BibleMainTitle{The First Book of Samuel }
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\chapterNumber{1}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Ramathaim-zophim|strong="H7436", of|strong="H1121" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Elkanah|strong="H0511", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elihu|strong="H0453", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tohu|strong="H8459", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zuph|strong="H6689", an|strong="H1961" Ephrathite|strong="H0673". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0802" he|strong="H0802" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802": the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H8034" Hannah|strong="H2584", and|strong="H0802" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0259" Peninnah|strong="H6444"; and|strong="H0802" Peninnah|strong="H6444" had|strong="H1961" children|strong="H3206", but|strong="H1961" Hannah|strong="H2584" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H0369" children|strong="H3206". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1931" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" from|strong="H0376" year|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" year|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" hosts|strong="H6635" in|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068", were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Elkanah|strong="H0511" sacrificed|strong="H2076", he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" Peninnah|strong="H6444" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" portions|strong="H4490"; 
\verseNumber{5}but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" Hannah|strong="H2584" he|strong="H3588" used|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" double|strong="H0639" portion|strong="H4490", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" Hannah|strong="H2584"; but|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" her|strong="H5414" womb|strong="H7358". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5462" adversary provoked|strong="H3707" her|strong="H5462" much also|strong="H1571", to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3588" her|strong="H5462" fret, because|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" her|strong="H5462" womb|strong="H7358". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" [as|strong="H3068"] he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" year|strong="H8141" by|strong="H3068" year|strong="H8141", as|strong="H3068" often|strong="H1767" as|strong="H3068" she|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jehovah|strong="H3068", she|strong="H3808" provoked|strong="H3707" her|strong="H0398" thus|strong="H3651"; and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H3808" wept|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511" her|strong="H0398" husband|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0398", Hannah|strong="H2584", why|strong="H4100" weepest thou? and|strong="H1121" why|strong="H4100" eatest thou not|strong="H3808"? and|strong="H1121" why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy heart|strong="H3824" grieved? Am|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0595" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0559" thee than|strong="H3808" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121"? 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H6965" Hannah|strong="H2584" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" after|strong="H0310" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" eaten|strong="H0398" in|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H6965" after|strong="H0310" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" drunk|strong="H8354"; (now|strong="H0310" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" sat|strong="H3427" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H3678" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" door-post of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1964" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068";) 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" bitterness|strong="H4751" of|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" wept|strong="H1058" much|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" she|strong="H0518" vowed|strong="H5087" a|strong="H5414" vow|strong="H5088", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", O|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0376" hosts|strong="H6635", if|strong="H0518" thou wilt indeed|strong="H0518" look|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" affliction of|strong="H0376" thy handmaid|strong="H0519", and|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" thy handmaid|strong="H0519", but|strong="H0518" wilt give|strong="H5414" unto thy handmaid|strong="H0519" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" child|strong="H2233", then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" Jehovah|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927" shall|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" razor come|strong="H5927" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1961" praying|strong="H6419" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3588" Eli|strong="H5941" marked her|strong="H1961" mouth|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H8085" Hannah|strong="H2584" spoke|strong="H1696" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820"; only|strong="H7535" her|strong="H5921" lips|strong="H8193" moved, but|strong="H7535" her|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085"; and|strong="H6963" Eli|strong="H5941" thought|strong="H3820" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" drunken|strong="H7910". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3196" Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" wilt thou be drunken? put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" thy wine|strong="H3196" from|strong="H5493" thee. 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" Hannah|strong="H2584" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" sorrowful spirit|strong="H7307": I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H3068" drunk|strong="H8354" neither|strong="H3808" wine|strong="H3196" nor|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354", but|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" my|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{16}Take|strong="H5414" not|strong="H0408" thy handmaid|strong="H0519" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Belial: for|strong="H3588" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" abundance|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H5414" grief and|strong="H6440" provocation have|strong="H1323" I|strong="H3588" spoken|strong="H1696" hitherto. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" Eli|strong="H5941" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", Go in|strong="H0430" peace|strong="H7965"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.17 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" grant|strong="H5414" thee thy petition|strong="H7596" which|strong="H0834" thou hast asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H0430" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0398" she|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", Let|strong="H1961" thy bondwoman find|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" in|strong="H0802" thy sight|strong="H5869". And|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" went|strong="H6440" her|strong="H0802" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H0398" did|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398", and|strong="H0398" her|strong="H0802" countenance|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" [as|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440"]. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3068" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H0935" worshipped before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414". And|strong="H0935" Elkanah|strong="H0511" knew|strong="H3045" Hannah|strong="H2584" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H0935" Jehovah|strong="H3068" remembered|strong="H2142" her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7121" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H3117" was|strong="H8034" come|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" Hannah|strong="H2584" had|strong="H3068" conceived|strong="H2029", that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" Samuel|strong="H8050", [saying,] Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" Elkanah|strong="H0511" her|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" yearly|strong="H3117" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" vow|strong="H5088". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Hannah|strong="H2584" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7200" husband|strong="H0376", [I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" wait|strong="H3427"] until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" is|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580"; then|strong="H0853" will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0376" appear|strong="H7200" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" abide|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511" her|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0802", Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H3427" thy sight|strong="H5869": abide|strong="H3427" until|strong="H5704" thou hast weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H0853"; only|strong="H0389", may|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068" fulfil his|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" abode|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0802" son|strong="H1121" suck|strong="H3243" until|strong="H5704" she|strong="H2896" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5927" him|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H0935", with|strong="H5973" three|strong="H7969" bullocks, and|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" ephah|strong="H0374" of|strong="H1004" flour|strong="H7058", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" flask of|strong="H1004" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jehovah|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0935" Shiloh|strong="H7887"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" boy|strong="H5288" was|strong="H0834" young|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H0853" bullock, and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3068" she|strong="H5973" said|strong="H0559", Oh my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", [as|strong="H5315"] thy soul|strong="H5315" liveth, my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H3068" thee here|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0413" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27}For|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" boy|strong="H5288" I|strong="H0834" prayed|strong="H6419"; and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" granted|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" lent him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" Jehovah|strong="H3068": all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" lives|strong="H1961", he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" lent to|strong="H1961" Jehovah|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" worshipped Jehovah|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
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\chapterNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" Hannah|strong="H2584" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", My|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" exulteth in|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" horn|strong="H7161" is|strong="H3068" lifted|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" in|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; my|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" is|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H7337" wide|strong="H7337" over|strong="H5921" mine enemies|strong="H0341"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H5921" thy salvation|strong="H3444". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" holy|strong="H6918" as|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" beside thee, neither|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" any|strong="H0369" rock|strong="H6697" like|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.2 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{3}Do|strong="H0408" not|strong="H3808" multiply|strong="H7235" your|strong="H3068" words|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" pride, let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H3808" vain-glory come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310"; For|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{* \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.3 \+w }El|strong="H0410"\+w*}God|strong="H0410" of|strong="H3068" knowledge|strong="H1844", and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3318" actions|strong="H5949" are|strong="H3068" weighed|strong="H8505". 
\verseNumber{4}The bow|strong="H7198" of|strong="H1368" the mighty|strong="H1368" is|strong="H7198" broken, and|strong="H7198" they|strong="H2428" that stumbled|strong="H3782" are|strong="H1368" girded|strong="H0247" with|strong="H2428" strength|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1121" full|strong="H7649" have|strong="H1121" hired|strong="H7936" themselves out|strong="H5704" for|strong="H3899" bread|strong="H3899"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" hungry|strong="H7457" are|strong="H1121" [so|strong="H5704"] no|strong="H2308" more|strong="H7227": Even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3205" barren|strong="H6135" beareth seven|strong="H7651", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5704" hath many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" waxed feeble. 
\verseNumber{6}Jehovah|strong="H3068" killeth, and|strong="H3068" maketh alive|strong="H2421"; he|strong="H3068" bringeth down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H4191" Sheol|strong="H7585", and|strong="H3068" bringeth up|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{7}Jehovah|strong="H3068" maketh poor|strong="H3423", and|strong="H3068" maketh rich|strong="H6238", he|strong="H3068" bringeth low|strong="H8213", also|strong="H0637" he|strong="H3068" lifteth up|strong="H7311": 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3588" raiseth up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" poor|strong="H0034" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" dust|strong="H6083"; from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dung-hill he|strong="H3588" lifteth up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" needy|strong="H0034", To|strong="H5921" set|strong="H6965" [him|strong="H5921"] among|strong="H5973" nobles|strong="H5081"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" maketh them|strong="H5921" inherit|strong="H5157" a|strong="H3588" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H0776" glory|strong="H3519"; For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H4690" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" are|strong="H3068" Jehovah's, and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" hath set|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" world|strong="H8398" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" keepeth the|strong="H3588" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H8104" saints, but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" are|strong="H0376" silenced in|strong="H0376" darkness|strong="H2822"; for|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H3581" shall|strong="H0376" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" prevail|strong="H1396". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" strive|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" broken to|strong="H5921" pieces; in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heavens|strong="H8064" will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" thunder|strong="H7481" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H1777" the|strong="H5921" ends|strong="H0657" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H5797" unto his|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" exalt|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" horn|strong="H7161" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" anointed|strong="H4899". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" Elkanah|strong="H0511" went|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" Ramah|strong="H7414" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" ministered|strong="H8334" to|strong="H1961" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{12}Now the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941" were|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Belial; they|strong="H3808" knew|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" priests' custom|strong="H4941" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" was|strong="H0376", when|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H0935" sacrifice|strong="H2077", the|strong="H3605" priest's servant|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935", when|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320" was|strong="H0376" cooked, with|strong="H0854" a|strong="H0935" flesh-hook of|strong="H0376" three|strong="H7969" prongs in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" it|strong="H8033" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" pan|strong="H3595", or|strong="H0176" kettle|strong="H1731", or|strong="H0176" cauldron, or|strong="H0176" pot|strong="H6517"; the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" took|strong="H3947" of|strong="H3605" it|strong="H8033" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" flesh-hook brought|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" Shiloh|strong="H7887" to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{15}Even|strong="H1571" before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H3588" burned|strong="H6999" the|strong="H0853" fat|strong="H2459", the|strong="H0853" priest's servant|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3588" sacrificed|strong="H2076", Give|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320" to|strong="H0559" roast|strong="H6740" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" sodden flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H0376" thee, but|strong="H3588" raw|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" immediately burn|strong="H6999" the|strong="H0559" fat|strong="H2459" entire|strong="H3117", then|strong="H6258" take|strong="H3947" as|strong="H0834" thy soul|strong="H5315" desires|strong="H8378"; he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559" [to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"], No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" thou shalt give|strong="H5414" [it|strong="H5414"] now|strong="H6258"; and|strong="H3117" if|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" take|strong="H3947" [it|strong="H5414"] by|strong="H0413" force|strong="H2394". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068", for|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" despised|strong="H5006" the|strong="H0853" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" ministered|strong="H8334" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068", a|strong="H3068" boy|strong="H5288" girded|strong="H2296" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" linen|strong="H0906" ephod|strong="H0646". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3117" his|strong="H0376" mother|strong="H0517" made|strong="H6213" him|strong="H0853" a|strong="H2076" little|strong="H6996" coat, and|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5927" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0853" from|strong="H0376" year|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0376" year|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" she|strong="H0517" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H3117" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" sacrifice|strong="H2077" the|strong="H0853" yearly|strong="H3117" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1980" Eli|strong="H5941" blessed|strong="H1288" Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", Jehovah|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7760" thee seed|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" loan which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" lent to|strong="H0559" Jehovah|strong="H3068". And|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H3068" own home|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" visited|strong="H6485" Hannah|strong="H2584", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" conceived|strong="H2029", and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1431" before|strong="H5973" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" doing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" lay|strong="H7901" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" that|strong="H0834" served|strong="H6633" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H1121" meeting|strong="H4150". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1697" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" ye such|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697"? for|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H0428" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{24}No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121", for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" report|strong="H8052" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085": ye make|strong="H8085" Jehovah's people|strong="H5971" transgress|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{25}If|strong="H0518" one|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" another|strong="H0376", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.25 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" judge him|strong="H6963"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Jehovah|strong="H3068", who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H3068" intreat for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6963"? But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" hearkened not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", for|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" minded to|strong="H4191" slay|strong="H4191" them|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" boy|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H1980" favour both|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" Jehovah|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1980" also|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.27 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Thus|strong="H3541" saith Jehovah|strong="H3068": Did|strong="H0376" I|strong="H3541" plainly|strong="H0559" reveal|strong="H1540" myself to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" thy father|strong="H0001" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714", in|strong="H0935" Pharaoh's house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H1121" choose|strong="H0977" him|strong="H5414" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", to|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H6999" upon|strong="H5921" mine altar|strong="H4196", to|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004", to|strong="H5921" wear|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" ephod|strong="H0646" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414"? and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" unto the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" thy father|strong="H0001" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H0801" by|strong="H0801" fire|strong="H0801" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{29}Wherefore do|strong="H4100" ye trample upon my|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H1121" upon mine|strong="H4480" oblation which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" [in|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605"] habitation|strong="H4583"? And|strong="H1121" thou honourest thy sons|strong="H1121" above|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480", to|strong="H3478" make|strong="H3513" yourselves|strong="H3605" fat with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" primest of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oblations of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{30}Wherefore Jehovah|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.30 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" saith, I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" indeed|strong="H3588", Thy house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" thy father|strong="H0001" should|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" Jehovah|strong="H3068" saith, Be|strong="H3478" it|strong="H3588" far|strong="H5704" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440"; for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" honour me|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honour, and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" despise|strong="H0959" me|strong="H6440" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3478" lightly|strong="H7043" esteemed|strong="H7043". 
\verseNumber{31}Behold|strong="H2009", days|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935", that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1438" off|strong="H1438" thine arm|strong="H2220", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" arm|strong="H2220" of|strong="H1004" thy father's house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" shall|strong="H1004" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" in|strong="H0935" thy house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H3478" thou shalt see|strong="H5027" an|strong="H1961" oppressor [in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605"] habitation|strong="H4583", amidst all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H3190" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" in|strong="H1004" thy house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" ever. 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" thine [whom] I|strong="H5315" shall|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" from|strong="H3772" mine|strong="H5973" altar|strong="H4196", shall|strong="H1004" be|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" cause thine eyes|strong="H5869" to|strong="H4191" fail|strong="H3615" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H4191" grieve|strong="H0109" thy soul|strong="H5315"; and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" increase|strong="H4768" of|strong="H1004" thy house|strong="H1004" shall|strong="H1004" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" vigour. 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0834" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H0413" thee, which|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H0935" thy two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", upon|strong="H0935" Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372": in|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191", both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" for|strong="H1004" myself|strong="H5315" a|strong="H1129" faithful|strong="H0539" priest|strong="H3548", [who|strong="H0834"] shall|strong="H3548" do|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H1980" what|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3824"; and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" build|strong="H1129" him|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1129" sure|strong="H0539" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3548" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" mine anointed|strong="H4899" continually|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H0398" shall|strong="H1004" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H0935" [that|strong="H3605"] every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1004" thy house|strong="H1004" shall|strong="H1004" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" crouch to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" small piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H0935" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" cake|strong="H3603" of|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0935" shall|strong="H1004" say|strong="H0559", Put|strong="H0935" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0259" pray|strong="H4994" thee, into|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priestly offices|strong="H3550", that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0259" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" a|strong="H1961" morsel|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899". 
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\chapterNumber{3}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" ministered|strong="H8334" to|strong="H1961" Jehovah|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Eli|strong="H5941". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H0369" rare|strong="H3368" in|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117"; a|strong="H1961" vision|strong="H2377" was|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" frequent. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" at|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941" lay|strong="H7901" in|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" (now|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1961" grow dim|strong="H3544", he|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"), 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" lamp|strong="H5216" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.3 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3068" not yet|strong="H2962" gone|strong="H3518" out|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" lay|strong="H7901" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" temple|strong="H1964" of|strong="H0430" Jehovah|strong="H3068", where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.3 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0834", 
\verseNumber{4}that|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Here|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941", and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", Here|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" I|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" thou calledst me|strong="H0413". And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121": lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H7725". And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" again|strong="H5750", Samuel|strong="H8050"! And|strong="H1121" Samuel|strong="H8050" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Here|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" thou calledst me|strong="H0413". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121", my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121": lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{7}Now Samuel|strong="H8050" did not|strong="H3045" yet|strong="H2962" know|strong="H3045" Jehovah|strong="H3068", neither had|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" yet|strong="H2962" been|strong="H2962" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H6965" Jehovah|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H0559" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992", Samuel|strong="H8050"! And|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", Here|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" thou calledst me|strong="H0413". And|strong="H6965" Eli|strong="H5941" perceived|strong="H0995" that|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" calling|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Go|strong="H1961", lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901"; and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961", if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3588" call|strong="H7121" thee, that|strong="H3588" thou shalt say|strong="H0559", Speak|strong="H1696", Jehovah|strong="H3068", for|strong="H3588" thy servant|strong="H5650" heareth. So|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3068" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" Jehovah|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H3320", and|strong="H0935" called|strong="H7121" as|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471", Samuel|strong="H8050", Samuel|strong="H8050"! And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", Speak|strong="H1696", for|strong="H3588" thy servant|strong="H5650" heareth. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" a|strong="H8085" thing|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478", at|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" heareth it|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H3068" tingle|strong="H6750". 
\verseNumber{12}In|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" perform against|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"; I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" begin|strong="H2490" and|strong="H6965" make|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6965" end|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H0853" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" judge|strong="H8199" his|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" iniquity|strong="H5771" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" hath known|strong="H3045": because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" made|strong="H3045" themselves|strong="H5771" vile, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" restrained them|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1004" therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5771" sworn|strong="H7650" unto the|strong="H5704" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Eli|strong="H5941" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5704" iniquity|strong="H5771" of|strong="H1004" Eli's house|strong="H1004" shall|strong="H1004" not|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1004" expiated with|strong="H1004" sacrifice|strong="H2077" or|strong="H0518" oblation for|strong="H1004" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" lay|strong="H7901" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jehovah|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" feared|strong="H3372" to|strong="H0413" declare|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0853" vision|strong="H4759" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941" called|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Samuel|strong="H8050", my|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559", Here|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" word|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0430" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" thee? I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" thee, keep|strong="H6213" it|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0408" back|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413": \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.17 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" thee, and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H4480" also|strong="H3541", if|strong="H0518" thou keep|strong="H6213" back|strong="H0413" anything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" word|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" back from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H0853". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068": let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0853" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1431", and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H1961" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H3478" Dan|strong="H1835" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Beer-sheba, knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" established|strong="H0539" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" again|strong="H3254" at|strong="H0413" Shiloh|strong="H7887"; for|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" revealed|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050" at|strong="H0413" Shiloh|strong="H7887" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
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\chapterNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" to|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" beside|strong="H5921" Eben-ezer; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" Aphek|strong="H0663". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" put themselves in|strong="H3478" array|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7122" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" spread|strong="H5203", and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" routed|strong="H5062" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0376" slew|strong="H5221" in|strong="H3478" battle|strong="H4421" array|strong="H4421" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" about|strong="H5221" four|strong="H0702" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" smitten us|strong="H0413" to-day before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"? Let us|strong="H0413" fetch ourselves the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3947" may|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" among|strong="H7130" us|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H5375" from|strong="H1121" thence the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" hosts|strong="H6635", who|strong="H3068" sitteth between|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" cherubim|strong="H3742"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.4 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H0776" Jehovah|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" shouted|strong="H7321" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" shout|strong="H7321", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H1949". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" shout|strong="H8643", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1419" shout|strong="H8643" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Hebrews|strong="H5680"? And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" understood|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.7 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264". And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", Woe|strong="H0188" unto us|strong="H0413"! for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" has|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H2063" heretofore. 
\verseNumber{8}Woe|strong="H0188" unto us|strong="H5337"! who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H4310" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5337" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" these|strong="H0428" mighty|strong="H0117" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.8 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}gods|strong="H0430"? these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.8 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3605" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" with|strong="H4714" every|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H4347" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{9}Shew yourselves valiant and|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376", ye Philistines|strong="H6430", that|strong="H0834" ye may|strong="H1961" not|strong="H6435" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5647" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" Hebrews|strong="H5680", as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5647" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834": be|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" fight|strong="H3898". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430" fought|strong="H3898", and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" routed|strong="H5062", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168"; and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347", and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" fell|strong="H5307" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.11 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0430" taken|strong="H3947"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" there ran|strong="H7323" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4634", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shiloh|strong="H7887" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H4055" rent and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0127" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935", behold|strong="H2009", Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seat|strong="H3678" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way-side watching|strong="H6822"; for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" trembled for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0935" Eli|strong="H5941" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" crying|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0376" this|strong="H2088" tumult|strong="H1995"? And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" hastily|strong="H4116", and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" Eli|strong="H5941". 
\verseNumber{15}Now Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1121" ninety-eight years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7200" eyes|strong="H5869" were|strong="H1121" set|strong="H6965", that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941", I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" he|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4634", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" fled|strong="H5127" to-day out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4634". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961", my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121"? 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" messenger|strong="H1319" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H0430" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" has|strong="H0430" been|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4046" among|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" thy two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", are|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.17 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" taken|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3478" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" mentioned|strong="H2142" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.18 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" fell|strong="H5307" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" seat|strong="H3678" backward|strong="H0322" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" side|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H4665" broke|strong="H7665", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2204", and|strong="H3478" heavy|strong="H3515". And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", Phinehas' wife|strong="H0802", was|strong="H0430" with|strong="H0413" child|strong="H2030", near|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4191" delivered|strong="H3205"; and|strong="H0430" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" tidings|strong="H8052" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.19 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0430" taken|strong="H3947", and|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" father-in-law|strong="H2524" and|strong="H0430" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" dead|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" bowed|strong="H3766" herself|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0430" travailed; for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" pains came|strong="H0413" upon|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3820" dying|strong="H4191", the|strong="H5921" women that|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696", Fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H3808"; for|strong="H3588" thou hast borne|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121". But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030", neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" take|strong="H7896" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3478" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H5288" Ichabod|strong="H0350", saying|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" glory|strong="H3519" is|strong="H0430" departed|strong="H1540" from|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478"; because|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.21 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3478" because|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0376" her|strong="H0413" father-in-law|strong="H2524" and|strong="H3478" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3478" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" glory|strong="H3519" is|strong="H0430" departed|strong="H1540" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.22 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" taken|strong="H3947". 
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\chapterNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.1 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3947" from|strong="H0935" Eben-ezer to|strong="H0935" Ashdod|strong="H0795". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.2 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3947" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712", and|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3947" by|strong="H0935" Dagon|strong="H1712". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0776" Ashdod|strong="H0796" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", behold|strong="H2009", Dagon|strong="H1712" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H3947" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0776" Jehovah|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" Dagon|strong="H1712", and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3947" place|strong="H4725" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H5921" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", behold|strong="H2009", Dagon|strong="H1712" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H0776" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0776" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0776" Dagon|strong="H1712" and|strong="H3068" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H6440" palms|strong="H3709" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" threshold|strong="H4670"; only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H6440" fish-stump was|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{5}Therefore|strong="H3651" neither|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" nor|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Dagon's house|strong="H1004" tread|strong="H1869" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" threshold|strong="H4670" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" in|strong="H5921" Ashdod|strong="H0795" to|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" heavy|strong="H3513" upon|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" Ashdod|strong="H0795", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H8074" them|strong="H0413" waste|strong="H8074", and|strong="H3068" smote|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" hemorrhoids, — Ashdod|strong="H0795" and|strong="H3068" its|strong="H0853" borders|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Ashdod|strong="H0795" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" so|strong="H3651", they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.7 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" abide|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" is|strong="H0430" severe|strong="H7185" upon|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" upon|strong="H5921" Dagon|strong="H1712" our|strong="H5921" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.7 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}god|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0559" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" unto them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.8 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478"? And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", Let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.8 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" carried|strong="H6213" about|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gath|strong="H1661". And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0559" carried|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.8 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" about|strong="H0413" [thither]. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5704" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" pass|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068", after|strong="H0310" they|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3068" carried it|strong="H5704" about|strong="H1961", the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" against|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" panic|strong="H4103"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0310" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", both small|strong="H6996" and|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3068" hemorrhoids broke|strong="H8368" out|strong="H3027" upon|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.10 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" Ekron|strong="H6138". And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5437" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H0935", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.10 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ekron|strong="H6138", that|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Ekronites|strong="H6139" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H7971", saying|strong="H0559", They|strong="H0559" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.10 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" our|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", Send|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.11 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" let|strong="H7971" it|strong="H3588" go|strong="H7971" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" deadly|strong="H4194" alarm throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892": the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.11 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" heavy|strong="H3513" there|strong="H8033"; 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0834" smitten|strong="H5221" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" hemorrhoids; and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H0834" cry|strong="H7775" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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\chapterNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Philistines|strong="H6430" seven|strong="H7651" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" diviners|strong="H7080", saying|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3548" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068"? tell|strong="H0559" us|strong="H3045" wherewith we|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H3548" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0559" its|strong="H3045" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" ye send|strong="H7971" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.3 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808" empty|strong="H7387"; ye must|strong="H0853" at|strong="H3478" any|strong="H4480" rate return|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" trespass-offering: then|strong="H0227" ye shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" healed|strong="H7495", and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" his|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0559" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" trespass-offering which|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H0834" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7725"? And|strong="H7725" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", Five|strong="H2568" golden|strong="H2091" hemorrhoids, and|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" golden|strong="H2091" mice|strong="H5909", the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"; for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" plague|strong="H4046" is|strong="H0834" upon them|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605", and|strong="H7725" upon your|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3478" ye shall|strong="H3478" make|strong="H5414" images|strong="H6754" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" hemorrhoids, and|strong="H3478" images|strong="H6754" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" mice|strong="H5909" that|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" glory|strong="H3519" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.5 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478": perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" lighten|strong="H7043" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.5 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H7971" why|strong="H4100" will|strong="H0834" ye harden|strong="H3513" your|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4713" and|strong="H7971" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" hardened|strong="H3513" their|strong="H7971" heart|strong="H3820"? When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" wrought mightily among|strong="H3808" them|strong="H0853", did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853" go|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0834" departed? 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" milch|strong="H5763" kine, on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" there|strong="H5927" has|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" no|strong="H3808" yoke|strong="H5923", and|strong="H1121" tie|strong="H0631" the|strong="H0853" kine to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3947" calves|strong="H1121" home|strong="H1004" from|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0853"; 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1980" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1980" lay|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" jewels|strong="H3627", which|strong="H0834" ye return|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3947" trespass-offering, put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" coffer by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" side|strong="H6654" thereof; and|strong="H1980" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7760" away|strong="H7971" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H7760" may|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3027" see|strong="H7200", if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H1931" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3027" its|strong="H0853" own|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" to|strong="H1961" Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" us|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1419" evil|strong="H7451"; if|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808", then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1366" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" touched|strong="H5060" us|strong="H3045"; it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" chance|strong="H4745" [that|strong="H3588"] happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" milch|strong="H5763" kine, and|strong="H1121" tied|strong="H0631" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" shut|strong="H3607" up|strong="H0853" their|strong="H3947" calves|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" coffer with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" mice|strong="H5909" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" images|strong="H6754" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" sores|strong="H2914". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" kine went|strong="H1980" straight|strong="H3474" forward|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5704" Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"; they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H1980" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" high way|strong="H1870", lowing|strong="H1600" as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H1980"; and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5921" turned|strong="H5493" not|strong="H3808" aside|strong="H5493" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H5869" [they|strong="H5375" of|strong="H5869"] Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053" were|strong="H5869" reaping the|strong="H0853" wheat-harvest in|strong="H8055" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010"; and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H5375" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H5869" rejoiced|strong="H8055" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091" the|strong="H0853" Beth-shemeshite, and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" clave the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H0935" offered|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" kine as|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" burnt-offering to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" took|strong="H0853" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" coffer that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" it|strong="H7760", in|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" jewels|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053" offered|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" burnt-offerings and|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" five|strong="H2568" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430" saw|strong="H7200" [it|strong="H1931"], and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Ekron|strong="H6138" the|strong="H7200" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" golden|strong="H2091" sores|strong="H2914" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" returned|strong="H7725" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" trespass-offering to|strong="H7725" Jehovah|strong="H3068": for|strong="H0259" Ashdod|strong="H0795" one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Gazah one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Ashkelon|strong="H0831" one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Gath|strong="H1661" one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Ekron|strong="H6138" one|strong="H0259"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" mice|strong="H5909", [according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704"] the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" belonging to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" lords|strong="H5633", both|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H4013" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" villages|strong="H3724" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" peasantry; [and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" brought them|strong="H0853"] as|strong="H0834" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" [stone|strong="H0834" of|strong="H3068"] Abel|strong="H0059", whereon they|strong="H0834" set|strong="H0834" down|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", [which|strong="H0834"] is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091" the|strong="H3605" Beth-shemeshite. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" smote|strong="H5221" among|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3588" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" smote|strong="H5221" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" seventy|strong="H7657" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" lamented, because|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" smitten|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053" said|strong="H0559", Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068", this|strong="H2088" holy|strong="H6918" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.20 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"? and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413"? 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Kirjath-jearim, saying|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381", fetch it|strong="H7725" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971". 
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\chapterNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Kirjath-jearim came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" fetched up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H6942" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H1389", and|strong="H1121" hallowed Eleazar|strong="H0499" his|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Kirjath-jearim, that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117"; for|strong="H1004" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" lamented|strong="H5091" after|strong="H0310" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" ye return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824", put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" strange|strong="H5236" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.3 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Ashtoreths from|strong="H7725" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3068" apply your|strong="H3068" hearts|strong="H3824" unto Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0413" only|strong="H0905"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H0859" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Ashtoreths and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" Jehovah|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", Gather|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" Jehovah|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0559" Mizpah|strong="H4709", and|strong="H1121" drew|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H1121" poured|strong="H8210" it|strong="H1931" out|strong="H8210" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" fasted|strong="H6684" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" there|strong="H8033", We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068". And|strong="H1121" Samuel|strong="H8050" judged|strong="H8199" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3068" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" at|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" [it|strong="H3588"], and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Cease not|strong="H0408" to|strong="H0413" cry|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.8 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" sucking-lamb, and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" it|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" whole|strong="H3632" burnt-offering to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" burnt-offering, the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" advanced to|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" thundered|strong="H7481" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" thunder|strong="H6963" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" discomfited them|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" routed|strong="H2000" before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" Mizpah|strong="H4709", and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" smote|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" below|strong="H8478" Beth-car|strong="H1033". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" between|strong="H0996" Mizpah|strong="H4709" and|strong="H3068" Shen|strong="H8129", and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7760" Eben-ezer, and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Hitherto Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" us|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H1961" subdued|strong="H3665", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" against|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" restored|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H7725" Ekron|strong="H6138" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661"; and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3947" territory|strong="H1366" did|strong="H0834" Israel|strong="H3478" deliver|strong="H5337" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" Amorite|strong="H0567". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0853" went|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" year|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1980" year|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" circuit|strong="H5437" to|strong="H1980" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H1980" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H1980" Mizpah|strong="H4709", and|strong="H1980" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" places|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" return|strong="H8666" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Ramah|strong="H7414"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H3588" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
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\chapterNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7760" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" sons|strong="H1121" judges|strong="H8199" over|strong="H0853" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" firstborn|strong="H1060" was|strong="H8034" Joel|strong="H3100"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" second|strong="H4932", Abijah|strong="H0029"; they|strong="H8034" judged|strong="H8199" in|strong="H1121" Beer-sheba. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" walked|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3947" ways|strong="H1870", but|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H5186" aside|strong="H5186" after|strong="H0310" lucre, and|strong="H1980" took|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810", and|strong="H1980" perverted|strong="H5186" justice|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009", thou art become|strong="H1980" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1980" thy sons|strong="H1121" walk|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1980" thy ways|strong="H1870": now|strong="H6258" appoint|strong="H7760" us|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" judge|strong="H8199" us|strong="H0413", like|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" thing|strong="H1697" displeased|strong="H7489" Samuel|strong="H8050", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", Give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" judge|strong="H8199" us|strong="H5414". And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Hearken unto the|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" unto thee: for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" rejected|strong="H3988" thee, but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" rejected|strong="H3988" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}According to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" deeds|strong="H4639" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" since|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H1992" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" Egypt|strong="H4714" even|strong="H1571" unto this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", in|strong="H0430" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0834" forsaken me|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0430" served|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.8 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}gods|strong="H0430", so|strong="H3651" do|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" unto thee. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" now|strong="H6258" hearken unto their|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963"; only|strong="H0389", testify solemnly|strong="H5749" unto them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" declare|strong="H5046" unto them|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" manner|strong="H4941" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" spoke|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3605" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" manner|strong="H4941" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834": he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" appoint|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0853" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H6440", on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H1121" among|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" run|strong="H7323" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H4818"; 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H7393" [he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" take|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760"] that|strong="H4421" he|strong="H6213" may|strong="H6213" appoint|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3627" himself captains|strong="H8269" over|strong="H8269" thousands|strong="H0505", and|strong="H7393" captains|strong="H8269" over|strong="H8269" fifties|strong="H2572", and|strong="H7393" that|strong="H4421" they|strong="H6213" may|strong="H6213" plough his|strong="H7760" ground, and|strong="H7393" reap|strong="H7114" his|strong="H7760" harvest|strong="H7105", and|strong="H7393" make|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" instruments|strong="H3627" of|strong="H8269" war|strong="H4421" and|strong="H7393" instruments|strong="H3627" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H7760" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1323" he|strong="H0853" will|strong="H1323" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" for|strong="H3947" perfumers|strong="H7548", and|strong="H1323" cooks|strong="H2879", and|strong="H1323" bakers|strong="H0644". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" oliveyards, the|strong="H0853" best|strong="H2896", will|strong="H5650" he|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" and|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H5650" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H6237" the|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" seed|strong="H2233" and|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" chamberlains and|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H5650" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" bondmen, and|strong="H5650" your|strong="H3947" bondwomen, and|strong="H5650" your|strong="H3947" comeliest young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0970", and|strong="H5650" your|strong="H3947" asses, and|strong="H5650" use|strong="H4399" them|strong="H0853" for|strong="H4399" his|strong="H3947" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{17}He will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H6629". And|strong="H5650" ye shall|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" ye shall|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" ye have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977"; and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0559" hearken to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{20}that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H0587" also|strong="H1571" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471"; and|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" shall|strong="H1471" judge|strong="H8199" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" conduct our|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" repeated|strong="H1696" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Hearken unto their|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H8085" them|strong="H0413" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428". And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", Go ye every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892". 
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\chapterNumber{9}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Kish|strong="H7027", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeror, the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bechorath, the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aphiah, the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" Benjaminite, a|strong="H1961" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" wealth|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Saul|strong="H7586", choice|strong="H0970" and|strong="H1121" comely; and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H8034" not|strong="H0369" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" comelier person|strong="H0376" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480"; from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H7926" and|strong="H1121" upward|strong="H4605" he|strong="H4480" was|strong="H8034" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" asses of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" Saul's father|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" lost|strong="H0006"; and|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", Take|strong="H3947", I|strong="H0259" pray|strong="H4994", one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" with|strong="H0854" thee, and|strong="H1121" arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H6965" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0853" asses. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0776" he|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H0776" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4672" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Shalishah|strong="H8031", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" [them|strong="H4672"] not|strong="H3808"; and|strong="H0776" they|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4672" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Shaalim|strong="H8171", and|strong="H0776" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H2022" not|strong="H3808" there|strong="H0369"; and|strong="H0776" they|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4672" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Benjamin, and|strong="H0776" they|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" [them|strong="H4672"] not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Zuph|strong="H6689" when|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0935", Come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H2308" us|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725"; lest|strong="H6435" my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" give|strong="H7725" up|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" asses, and|strong="H0935" be|strong="H0776" anxious|strong="H1672" about|strong="H4480" us|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", Behold|strong="H2009" now|strong="H6258", a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.6 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0834" held|strong="H3513" in|strong="H5921" honour; all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" says|strong="H0559" comes|strong="H0935" surely|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" pass|strong="H0935". Let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" now|strong="H6258" go|strong="H1980" thither: perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" shew us|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" go|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H0376" servant|strong="H5288", But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" go|strong="H0935", what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H0376" we|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376"? for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" bread|strong="H3899" is|strong="H0369" spent in|strong="H0935" our|strong="H0430" vessels|strong="H3627", and|strong="H0935" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" present|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.7 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430": what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0369" we|strong="H3588"? 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5288" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" again|strong="H3254" and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H0376" here|strong="H2009" at|strong="H0430" hand|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" fourth|strong="H7253" part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5414" shekel|strong="H8255" of|strong="H0376" silver|strong="H3701"; that|strong="H0559" will|strong="H0430" I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.8 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0559" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{9}(In|strong="H0430" former|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" ask|strong="H0559" counsel of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.9 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", Come and|strong="H3478" let us|strong="H3588" go to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" seer; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0430" now|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" Prophet|strong="H5030" was|strong="H3478" in|strong="H0430" former|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" Seer.) 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0430" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5288", Well|strong="H2896" said|strong="H0559": come, let us|strong="H0413" go. So|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.10 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" ascent|strong="H4608" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", they|strong="H1992" met|strong="H4672" maidens|strong="H5291" going|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" draw|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325"; and|strong="H4325" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1992", Is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" seer here|strong="H2088"? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426"; behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" before|strong="H6440" thee: make|strong="H4116" haste|strong="H4116" now|strong="H6258", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to-day to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to-day in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5704" ye come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", ye shall|strong="H3808" straightway find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0853", before|strong="H2962" he|strong="H1931" goes|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" to|strong="H0935" eat|strong="H0398"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" eat|strong="H0398" not|strong="H3808" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" blesses|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077"; afterwards|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" invited|strong="H7121". And|strong="H0935" now|strong="H6258" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927"; for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3651" very|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3117" shall|strong="H3808" ye find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892". As|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" coming|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892", behold|strong="H2009", Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H8050" coming|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" towards them|strong="H1992", to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H3117" Jehovah|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" apprised Samuel|strong="H8050" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{16}To-morrow about|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" send|strong="H7971" thee a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H0935" thou shalt anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H0413" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" save|strong="H3467" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0376" looked|strong="H7200" upon|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H6818" is|strong="H0776" come|strong="H0935" unto me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" Samuel|strong="H8050" saw|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586", Jehovah|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" thee! this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" shall|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H6113" over|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" drew|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0559" Samuel|strong="H8050" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994", I|strong="H2088" pray|strong="H4994" thee, where|strong="H0335" the|strong="H0853" seer's house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H0398" Samuel|strong="H8050" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0398" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H3605" seer: go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116", and|strong="H0398" ye shall|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7971" to-day; and|strong="H0398" to-morrow I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" let|strong="H7971" thee go|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0398" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H5046" thee all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3117" thy heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3478" as|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" asses that|strong="H3588" thou didst lose three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117", set|strong="H7760" not|strong="H3808" thy heart|strong="H3820" on|strong="H3117" them|strong="H0853"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" found|strong="H4672". And|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" whom|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H2532" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" [set|strong="H7760"]? Is|strong="H4310" it|strong="H7760" not|strong="H3808" on|strong="H3117" thee, and|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" thy father's house|strong="H1004"? 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", Am|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0595" a|strong="H1696" Benjaminite|strong="H1145", of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" smallest of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" the|strong="H3605" least|strong="H6810" of|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" families|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1697" Benjamin|strong="H1144"? and|strong="H3478" why|strong="H4100" dost thou speak|strong="H1696" such|strong="H2088" words|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"? 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" chamber|strong="H3957", and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3947" place|strong="H4725" at|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H7121" were|strong="H0376" invited|strong="H7121"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0376" about|strong="H0935" thirty|strong="H7970" persons|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0853" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" cook|strong="H2876", Bring|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" portion|strong="H4490" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" thee, of|strong="H0559" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" thee, Set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" by|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" cook|strong="H2876" took|strong="H0853" up|strong="H7311" the|strong="H0853" shoulder, and|strong="H0398" what|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H0398" set|strong="H7760" [it|strong="H7760"] before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586". And|strong="H0398" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3117" been reserved|strong="H7604"! set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" before|strong="H6440" thee, eat|strong="H0398"; for|strong="H3588" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" set|strong="H7760" time|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760" been kept|strong="H8104" for|strong="H3588" thee, since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" invite|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". So|strong="H7121" Saul|strong="H7586" ate|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" Samuel|strong="H8050" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3381" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3381" he|strong="H5921" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" roof|strong="H1406". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0559" arose|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925"; and|strong="H6965" when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" dawning|strong="H7837" of|strong="H8147" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H7837", Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" roof|strong="H1406", saying|strong="H0559", Arise|strong="H6965", that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H0559" may|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" thee away|strong="H7971". And|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0559" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" them|strong="H0413", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" street|strong="H2351". 
\verseNumber{27}As|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" going|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" on|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H0413" (and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H3117" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H3117"), but|strong="H0859" stand|strong="H5975" thou still|strong="H5975" now|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" may|strong="H0430" cause|strong="H1697" thee to|strong="H0413" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.27 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" vial of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H3332" it|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3068" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" thee prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" inheritance|strong="H5159"? 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3117" thou goest from|strong="H0376" me|strong="H0413" to-day, thou shalt meet|strong="H4672" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" by|strong="H0413" Rachel's sepulchre in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" at|strong="H0413" Zelzah|strong="H6766"; and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" thee, The|strong="H0853" asses are|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" which|strong="H0834" thou wentest to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245", and|strong="H1980" behold|strong="H2009", thy father|strong="H0001" has|strong="H0834" dismissed the|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" asses, and|strong="H1980" is|strong="H0834" anxious|strong="H1672" about|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", saying|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" my|strong="H1245" son|strong="H1121"? 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" thou shalt go|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" forward|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" thence, and|strong="H0935" shalt come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" oak|strong="H0436" of|strong="H0376" Tabor|strong="H8396", and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" shall|strong="H0376" meet|strong="H4672" thee three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" going|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.3 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0413" Bethel|strong="H1008", one|strong="H0259" carrying|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" kids, and|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0259" carrying|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" cakes of|strong="H0376" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0259" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H4672" flask of|strong="H0376" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" ask|strong="H7592" after thy welfare|strong="H7965", and|strong="H3027" give|strong="H5414" thee two|strong="H8147" loaves|strong="H3899", which|strong="H3899" thou shalt receive|strong="H3947" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{5}After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H0834" thou shalt come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.5 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" outposts of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935", when|strong="H1961" thou comest thither, into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", that|strong="H0834" thou shalt meet|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" company of|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5030" coming|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" with|strong="H0935" lute and|strong="H0935" tambour and|strong="H0935" pipe and|strong="H0935" harp|strong="H3658" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" themselves|strong="H0310" prophesying|strong="H5012". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H2015" upon|strong="H5921" thee, and|strong="H3068" thou shalt prophesy|strong="H5012" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" shalt be|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H2015" into|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" these|strong="H0428" signs|strong="H0226" shall|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" thee, thou shalt do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" thy hand|strong="H3027" shall|strong="H0834" find|strong="H4672"; for|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.7 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" thee. 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" thou shalt go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" thee, to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" burnt-offerings, [and|strong="H0935"] to|strong="H0413" sacrifice|strong="H2077" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H3117" peace-offerings: seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" shalt thou wait|strong="H3176", until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" thee and|strong="H0935" inform|strong="H3045" thee what|strong="H0834" thou shalt do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" [so|strong="H1961"] that|strong="H3605" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H6437" his|strong="H3605" back|strong="H6437" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" away|strong="H6437" from|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.9 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0312" heart|strong="H3820"; and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" signs|strong="H0226" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" thither to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H1389", behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H0935" company of|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5030" met|strong="H7122" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.10 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H8033" prophesied|strong="H5012" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3045" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" knew|strong="H3045" him|strong="H0413" before|strong="H0413" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3045", behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0376" prophesied|strong="H5012" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030", then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" another|strong="H7453", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3045" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027"? Is|strong="H2088" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030"? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0376" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3651" place|strong="H1961" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", But|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" their|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001"? Therefore|strong="H3651" it|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" proverb|strong="H4912", Is|strong="H4310" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030"? 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0935" ended|strong="H3615" prophesying|strong="H5012", he|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1980" Saul's uncle|strong="H1730" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5288", Whither went|strong="H1980" ye? And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", To|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0853" asses; and|strong="H1980" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0369" nowhere, we|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H7586" Saul's uncle|strong="H1730" said|strong="H0559", Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994", I|strong="H0559" pray|strong="H4994" thee, what|strong="H4100" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" uncle|strong="H1730", He|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H0413" for|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" asses were|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672". But|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4410", of|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H0559", he|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H6817" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Thus|strong="H3541" saith Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.18 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w I|strong="H0595"\+w*} brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" that|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" you|strong="H3605"; 
\verseNumber{19}but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{ye} have|strong="H0834" this|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" rejected|strong="H3988" your|strong="H3068" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.19 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" himself|strong="H1931" saved|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0859" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" adversities and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" troubles, and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" unto him|strong="H5921", [Nay,] but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" shalt thou set|strong="H7760" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" present|strong="H3320" yourselves|strong="H0859" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626", and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" thousands|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050" caused all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Benjamin|strong="H1144" was|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" caused the|strong="H0853" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" by|strong="H7126" their|strong="H1245" families|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Matri was|strong="H7586" taken|strong="H3920"; and|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" was|strong="H7586" taken|strong="H3920". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" sought|strong="H1245" him|strong="H0853", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H7586" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{22}Therefore|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0376" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068" further|strong="H5750", Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" yet|strong="H5750" come|strong="H0935" hither? And|strong="H0935" Jehovah|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1931" hath hid|strong="H2244" himself|strong="H1931" among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" baggage|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H8033" fetched him|strong="H3605" thence; and|strong="H8033" when|strong="H1361" he|strong="H8033" stood|strong="H3320" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3605" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H7926" and|strong="H8033" upward|strong="H4605". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", See|strong="H7200" ye him|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H0413" among|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"? And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H4941" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410", and|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789" it|strong="H1696" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612", and|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H7971" it|strong="H1696" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H1980" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1980" Gibeah|strong="H1390"; and|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" went|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" band, whose|strong="H0834" hearts|strong="H3820" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.26 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0834" touched|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Belial said|strong="H0559", How|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1121" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0935"? And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" despised|strong="H0959" him|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" no|strong="H3808" gifts|strong="H4503". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H2088" deaf. 
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\chapterNumber{11}And|strong="H0376" Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H3605" Ammonite|strong="H5984" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0376" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" Jabesh-Gilead. And|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Nahash|strong="H5176", Make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0376" serve|strong="H5647" thee. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3478" Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H3605" Ammonite|strong="H5984" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", On|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" [condition] will|strong="H3478" I|strong="H7760" treat|strong="H7760" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605", that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H7760" thrust out|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3478" lay|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" reproach|strong="H2781" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Allow us|strong="H0413" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" into|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" districts|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H0369" be|strong="H3478" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H2205" to|strong="H0413" deliver|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413", we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H0935" wept|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" [aileth] the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" weep|strong="H1058"? And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" related|strong="H5608" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.6 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H7307" upon|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" when|strong="H8085" he|strong="H0430" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" anger|strong="H0639" was|strong="H0430" kindled|strong="H2734" greatly|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" yoke|strong="H6776" of|strong="H0376" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H5408" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408", and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" messengers|strong="H4397", saying|strong="H0559", Whoever|strong="H3605" comes|strong="H3318" not|strong="H0369" forth|strong="H3318" after|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3068" after|strong="H0310" Samuel|strong="H8050", so|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241"! And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H0376" Jehovah|strong="H3068" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0376" numbered|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6485" in|strong="H3478" Bezek|strong="H0966", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" messengers|strong="H4397" that|strong="H0559" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935", Thus|strong="H3541" shall|strong="H0376" ye say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye shall|strong="H0376" have|strong="H1961" deliverance|strong="H8668" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" sun|strong="H8121" is|strong="H0376" hot|strong="H2527". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" informed|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh-Gilead; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" glad|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H0559", To-morrow we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0376" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H5869" ye may|strong="H0376" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0376" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" watch|strong="H0821", and|strong="H0935" smote|strong="H5221" Ammon|strong="H5983" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" heat|strong="H2527" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" who|strong="H7604" remained|strong="H7604" were|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327", and|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H0853" were|strong="H1961" left|strong="H7604" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" he|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", Shall|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414"? bring|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376", that|strong="H0559" we|strong="H4191" may|strong="H0376" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", There|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"; for|strong="H3588" to-day Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" wrought deliverance|strong="H8668" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H8033" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", Come and|strong="H8033" let us|strong="H0413" go to|strong="H0413" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H8033" renew|strong="H2318" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4410" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" made|strong="H8055" Saul|strong="H7586" king|strong="H4427" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" sacrificed|strong="H2076" peace-offerings before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" rejoiced|strong="H8055" exceedingly|strong="H3966". 
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\chapterNumber{12}And|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" hearkened to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" ye said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1980" now|strong="H6258" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" walks|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1980" grey-headed; and|strong="H1980" behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H6258" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3117" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" walked|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H6258" youth|strong="H5271" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{3}Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068": testify|strong="H6030" against|strong="H5048" me|strong="H7725" before|strong="H5048" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5048" his|strong="H3947" anointed|strong="H4899". Whose|strong="H4310" ox|strong="H7794" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" taken|strong="H3947"? or|strong="H2543" whose|strong="H4310" ass have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" taken|strong="H3947"? or|strong="H2543" whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" defrauded|strong="H6231"? whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" injured? or|strong="H2543" of|strong="H3068" whose|strong="H4310" hand|strong="H3027" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" received|strong="H3947" any ransom|strong="H3724" and|strong="H3068" blinded mine eyes|strong="H5869" therewith? and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" restore|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", Thou hast not|strong="H3808" defrauded|strong="H6231" us|strong="H0559", and|strong="H3027" thou hast not|strong="H3808" injured us|strong="H0559", neither|strong="H3808" hast thou taken|strong="H3947" aught of|strong="H0376" any|strong="H0376" man's hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", Jehovah|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899" is|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3588" ye have|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" aught in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"! And|strong="H3068" [the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H3808"] said|strong="H0559", [He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068"] witness|strong="H5707"! 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", [It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0834"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" who|strong="H0834" appointed Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" stand|strong="H3320" still, that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" plead|strong="H8199" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6666" acts|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H0834" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068", then|strong="H3318" Jehovah|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H0935" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" forth|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H0834" them|strong="H0413" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" forgot|strong="H7911" Jehovah|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.9 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Sisera|strong="H5516", captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" host|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674", and|strong="H3068" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3027" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forsaken Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Ashtoreths; and|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H2199" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" thee. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" and|strong="H3068" Bedan|strong="H0917" and|strong="H3068" Jephthah|strong="H3316" and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", and|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3068" ye dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" safety|strong="H0983". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" ye saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" came|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", ye said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5921", Nay, but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" shall|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"; when|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.12 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" ye have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977", whom|strong="H0834" ye have|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5921"! and|strong="H3068" behold|strong="H2009", Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H0518" ye fear|strong="H3372" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" hearken to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4784" not|strong="H3808" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068", then|strong="H1961" both|strong="H1571" ye and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H1571" that|strong="H0834" reigns|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" following|strong="H0310" Jehovah|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.14 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" ye will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" ye rebel|strong="H4784" against|strong="H0854" the|strong="H8085" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", then|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0518", as|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0854" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" stand|strong="H3320" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" thing|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" before|strong="H5869" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{17}Is|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" wheat-harvest to-day? I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" unto Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306"; and|strong="H3068" ye shall|strong="H3068" perceive|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" wickedness|strong="H7451" is|strong="H0834" great|strong="H7227" which|strong="H0834" ye have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" asking|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H5869" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" greatly|strong="H3966" feared|strong="H3372" Jehovah|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" thy \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.19 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" thy servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191" not|strong="H0408"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" added|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" the|strong="H3605" wickedness|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0413" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3588" ourselves a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", Fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H0408": \BibleCharacterStyleBD{ye} have|strong="H0859" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" wickedness|strong="H7451"; yet|strong="H0389" turn|strong="H5493" not|strong="H0408" aside|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" Jehovah|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824"; 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="H8414" turn|strong="H5493" ye not|strong="H3808" aside|strong="H5493"; for|strong="H3588" [it|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808"] after|strong="H0310" vain things|strong="H8414" which|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" profit|strong="H3276" nor|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H5337"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H0834" vain. 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cast|strong="H5203" away|strong="H5203" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" name's sake|strong="H5668"; because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2974" Jehovah|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{23}Moreover|strong="H1571", as|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" me|strong="H1157", far|strong="H2486" be|strong="H1571" it|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1157" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" ceasing|strong="H2308" to|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3384" you|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{24}Only|strong="H0389", fear|strong="H3372" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571", with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824"; for|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1431" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" ye do|strong="H0518" wickedly, ye shall|strong="H4428" perish|strong="H5595", both|strong="H1571" ye and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H0518" king|strong="H4428". 
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\chapterNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3478"...years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" reigned|strong="H4427" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" chose|strong="H0977" him|strong="H7971" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478": there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" two thousand|strong="H0505" in|strong="H3478" Michmash|strong="H4363" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" mount|strong="H2022" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" thousand|strong="H0505" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" Jonathan|strong="H3129" in|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" he|strong="H0977" sent|strong="H7971" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0776" Jonathan|strong="H3129" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" outpost|strong="H5333" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0776" Geba|strong="H1387", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" [of|strong="H0776" it|strong="H0834"]. And|strong="H0776" Saul|strong="H7586" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", saying|strong="H0559", Let the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" hear|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" say|strong="H0559", Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H3478" smitten|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" garrison|strong="H5333" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" has|strong="H3478" become|strong="H0887" odious|strong="H0887" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" called|strong="H0559" together|strong="H1571" after|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0559" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H0834" assembled|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3478" six|strong="H8337" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" sand|strong="H2344" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" sea-shore in|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230"; and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" Michmash|strong="H4363", eastward from|strong="H5921" Beth-Aven. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" strait (for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" distressed); and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" hid|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H2244" in|strong="H3478" caves|strong="H4631", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" thickets, and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" cliffs|strong="H5553", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" strongholds|strong="H6877", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" pits|strong="H0953". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" went over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H0776" Gilead|strong="H1568". And|strong="H0776" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H0776" yet|strong="H5750" in|strong="H0776" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853" trembling|strong="H2729". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" waited|strong="H3176" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" set|strong="H0935" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" Samuel|strong="H8050" [had|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H4150"]; but|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" scattered|strong="H6327" from|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H7586" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Bring|strong="H5927" hither to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" burnt-offering and|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0559" peace-offerings. And|strong="H7586" he|strong="H0559" offered|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" burnt-offering. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935", as|strong="H1961" soon as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3318" had|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H3615" offering|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0935" burnt-offering, behold|strong="H2009", Samuel|strong="H8050" came|strong="H0935"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7122" him|strong="H0935", that|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3318" might salute|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" hast thou done|strong="H6213"? And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H6430" scattered|strong="H5310" from|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" thou didst not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" within|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" days|strong="H3117" appointed|strong="H4150", and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H6430" assembled|strong="H0622" at|strong="H5921" Michmash|strong="H4363", 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H6258" said|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" now|strong="H6258" upon|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" made|strong="H5927" supplication to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" forced|strong="H0662" myself, and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" burnt-offering. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Thou hast done|strong="H3559" foolishly|strong="H5528": thou hast not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H0430" Jehovah|strong="H3068" thy \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" thee; for|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" would|strong="H3478" Jehovah|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" established|strong="H3559" thy kingdom|strong="H4467" over|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" thy kingdom|strong="H4467" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H6965": Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sought|strong="H1245" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" after|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" own|strong="H0376" heart|strong="H3824", and|strong="H6965" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971"; for|strong="H3588" thou hast not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" what|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" thee. 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537" to|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144". And|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" numbered|strong="H6485" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H4480" were|strong="H0376" found|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853", about|strong="H4480" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" his|strong="H4672" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H7586" were|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H4672", abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Geba|strong="H1387" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" Philistines|strong="H6430" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" Michmash|strong="H4363". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" ravagers came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" in|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218": one|strong="H0259" company|strong="H4264" turned|strong="H6437" the|strong="H0413" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0776" Ophrah|strong="H6084", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Shual|strong="H7777"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H7218" another|strong="H0259" company|strong="H7218" turned|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" Beth-horon|strong="H1032"; and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0259" company|strong="H7218" turned|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" district that|strong="H1870" looks|strong="H8259" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ravine of|strong="H7218" Zeboim|strong="H6650" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" was|strong="H0776" no|strong="H3808" smith|strong="H2796" found|strong="H4672" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", Lest|strong="H6435" the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H4672" swords|strong="H2719" or|strong="H0176" spears|strong="H2595". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3381" get his|strong="H3605" ploughshare, and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" hoe|strong="H4281", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" axe|strong="H7134", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" sickle sharpened|strong="H3913", 
\verseNumber{21}when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" edges|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H1961" sickles, and|strong="H6310" the|strong="H1961" hoes, and|strong="H6310" the|strong="H1961" forks, and|strong="H6310" the|strong="H1961" axes|strong="H7134" were|strong="H1961" blunted; and|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1961" set|strong="H5324" the|strong="H1961" goads. 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" battle|strong="H4421", that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" neither|strong="H3808" sword|strong="H2719" nor|strong="H3808" spear|strong="H2595" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129"; but|strong="H3808" with|strong="H0854" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0854" Jonathan|strong="H3129" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H6430" a|strong="H3318" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" passage of|strong="H0413" Michmash|strong="H4363". 
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\chapterNumber{14}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" one|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3129" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" that|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" armour, Come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H1961" us|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1961" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Philistines' garrison|strong="H4673" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3967" Saul|strong="H7586" abode|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" extreme end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0834" pomegranate-tree which|strong="H0834" [was|strong="H0834"] in|strong="H3427" Migron|strong="H4051"; and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" were|strong="H0834" about six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{3}(And|strong="H1980" Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", Ichabod's brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Jehovah's priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H1980" Shiloh|strong="H7887", wore|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" ephod|strong="H0646".) And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3129" was|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H2088" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0834" passes|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3129" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Philistines' garrison|strong="H4673" there|strong="H2088" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H0834" sharp|strong="H8127" rock|strong="H5553" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676" and|strong="H6430" a|strong="H0834" sharp|strong="H8127" rock|strong="H5553" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676"; and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" [was|strong="H8034"] Bozez|strong="H0949", and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0259" Seneh|strong="H5573". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H4136" one|strong="H0259" crag|strong="H8127" [formed] a|strong="H0259" pillar on|strong="H0259" the|strong="H4136" north|strong="H6828" opposite|strong="H4136" to|strong="H6828" Michmash|strong="H4363", and|strong="H6828" the|strong="H4136" other|strong="H0259" on|strong="H0259" the|strong="H4136" south|strong="H5045" opposite|strong="H4136" to|strong="H6828" Geba|strong="H1387". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" that|strong="H3588" bore|strong="H5375" his|strong="H3068" armour, Come, and|strong="H3068" let us|strong="H0413" go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" uncircumcised|strong="H6189": perhaps|strong="H0194" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" work for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" restraint to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467" by|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" or|strong="H0176" by|strong="H3068" few|strong="H4592". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3627" his|strong="H3605" armour-bearer said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5973", Do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0559" thy heart|strong="H3824"; turn|strong="H5186" thee; behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H2005" with|strong="H5973" thee according to|strong="H0559" thy heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" said|strong="H0559" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Behold|strong="H2009", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H0376" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H0376" shew ourselves|strong="H0587" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0518" say|strong="H0559" thus|strong="H3541" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", Stand|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H0518" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0518", then|strong="H0559" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0413" our|strong="H0518" place|strong="H8478", and|strong="H5975" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" thus|strong="H3541", Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414", then|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927"; for|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H8033" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H0413" shewed themselves|strong="H2244" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H8033" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" Hebrews|strong="H5680" come|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" holes|strong="H2356" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" hid|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H2244". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" garrison answered|strong="H0559" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" armour-bearer and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" shew you|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697". And|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" armour-bearer, Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" after|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3027" Jonathan|strong="H3129" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" armour-bearer after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" fell|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" Jonathan|strong="H3129"; and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" armour-bearer slew after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" first|strong="H7223" slaughter|strong="H4347" which|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5375" armour-bearer wrought was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" twenty|strong="H6242" men|strong="H0376", as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H1961" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" half-furrow of|strong="H0376" an|strong="H1961" acre|strong="H6776" of|strong="H0376" land|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0430" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" trembling|strong="H2729" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H0430" among|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"; the|strong="H3605" garrison|strong="H4673", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" ravagers, they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" trembled|strong="H7264", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" quaked|strong="H7264"; for|strong="H0776" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" trembling|strong="H2729" [from|strong="H1961"] \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" watchmen|strong="H6822" of|strong="H1995" Saul|strong="H7586" in|strong="H7200" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1995" Benjamin|strong="H1144" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H7200" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H7200" multitude|strong="H1995" melted|strong="H4127" away|strong="H4127", and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7200" went on|strong="H7200" slaying one|strong="H7200" another. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0854", Muster now|strong="H4994", and|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" gone|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" us|strong="H4994". And|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0834" mustered|strong="H6485", and|strong="H1980" behold|strong="H2009", Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5375" armour-bearer were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Ahijah|strong="H0281", Bring|strong="H5066" hither the|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.18 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.18 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" with|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5704" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5704" Saul|strong="H7586" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" noise|strong="H1995" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1980" increased; and|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", Withdraw|strong="H0622" thy hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935" were|strong="H0834" called|strong="H2199" together|strong="H2199", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", every|strong="H3605" man's sword|strong="H2719" was|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0854" his|strong="H3605" fellow|strong="H0376", a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" confusion|strong="H4103". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H0834" Hebrews|strong="H5680" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" before|strong="H5973" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H1961", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H1992" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" camp|strong="H4264" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H1961"; and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" [turned|strong="H1961"] to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" Israelites|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" Jonathan|strong="H3129". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" hid|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H0310" in|strong="H3478" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" followed|strong="H0310" hard|strong="H2244" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" beyond|strong="H5674" Beth-Aven. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" distressed that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117". Now|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" adjured the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", Cursed|strong="H0779" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" eateth food|strong="H3899" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H3478" [until|strong="H5704"] I|strong="H0834" am avenged|strong="H5358" on|strong="H3117" mine enemies|strong="H0341". So|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" tasted|strong="H2938" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" wood; and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" honey|strong="H1706" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H0369" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wood, and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" honey|strong="H1706" flowed; but|strong="H3588" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0369" put|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" mouth|strong="H6310", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H0853" oath|strong="H7621". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3129" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" when|strong="H0834" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" adjured the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971"; and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7725" staff|strong="H4294" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" dipped|strong="H2881" it|strong="H7725" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" honeycomb|strong="H3295", and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7725" eyes|strong="H5869" became|strong="H7200" bright. 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H6030" answered|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0398" said|strong="H0559", Thy father|strong="H0001" strictly|strong="H7650" adjured the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", Cursed|strong="H0779" be|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" eateth food|strong="H3899" this|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0834" faint. 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H0776" Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H0559", My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" has|strong="H0776" troubled|strong="H5916" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776": see|strong="H7200", I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" mine eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" bright|strong="H0215", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tasted|strong="H2938" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2088" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{30}How|strong="H0834" much|strong="H7235" more|strong="H0637", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H0834" eaten|strong="H0398" freely|strong="H0398" to-day of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" spoil|strong="H7998" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672"? for|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3863" there|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H6258" a|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7235" greater|strong="H7235" slaughter|strong="H4347" among|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430"? 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Philistines|strong="H6430" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" Michmash|strong="H4363" to|strong="H3117" Ajalon; and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H6430" very|strong="H3966" faint. 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" fell|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" spoil|strong="H7998", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" calves|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" slaughtered|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" ate|strong="H0398" [them|strong="H0413"] with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068", in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" blood|strong="H1818". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", Ye have|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H0898" perversely: roll|strong="H1556" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H2009" a|strong="H5921" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Disperse yourselves|strong="H3027" among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", Bring|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" ox|strong="H7794", and|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H7716", and|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413" here|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398"; and|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" not|strong="H3808" against|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" eating|strong="H0398" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818". And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5066" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" ox|strong="H7794" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" [them|strong="H0413"] there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068": this|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" first altar|strong="H4196" he|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H0430" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Let|strong="H3381" us|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H0430" plunder|strong="H0962" them|strong="H0413" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216", and|strong="H0430" let|strong="H3381" us|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" a|strong="H7126" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413". And|strong="H0430" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", Do|strong="H6213" whatsoever|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0430" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0413" thy sight|strong="H5869". Then|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", Let|strong="H3381" us|strong="H0413" come|strong="H3381" near|strong="H7126" hither to|strong="H0413" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.36 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.37 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", Shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430"? wilt thou give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478"? But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Draw|strong="H5066" ye near|strong="H5066" hither, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" heads of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"; and|strong="H3117" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3117" see|strong="H7200" wherein this|strong="H2063" sin|strong="H2403" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2063" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{39}For|strong="H3588", [as|strong="H3068"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478", though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3129" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191". And|strong="H1121" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H0853" among|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559" he|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", Be|strong="H1961" ye on|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0413" thy sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{41}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.41 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", Give|strong="H3051" a|strong="H3318" perfect|strong="H8549" [testimony]! And|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3920", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" escaped|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Cast|strong="H5307" [lots] between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" my|strong="H0996" son|strong="H1121". And|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" was|strong="H7586" taken|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3129", Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" thou hast done|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3027" Jonathan|strong="H3129" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", With|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" staff|strong="H4294" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027" I|strong="H0834" tasted|strong="H2938" a|strong="H0834" little|strong="H4592" honey|strong="H1706", [and|strong="H3027"] behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0834" must|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"! 
\verseNumber{44}And|strong="H0430" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.44 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" [to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H3254"] and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3541"; thou shalt certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", Jonathan|strong="H3129". 
\verseNumber{45}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Shall|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3129" die|strong="H4191", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" wrought this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" salvation|strong="H3444" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478"? Far|strong="H2486" be|strong="H4191" it|strong="H0518"! [as|strong="H0834"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, there|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" hair|strong="H8185" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" wrought with|strong="H5973" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.45 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" delivered|strong="H6299" Jonathan|strong="H3129", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{46}And|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H1980" following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0310" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0310" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H0310" own place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{47}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439", against|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H1121" whithersoever he|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H6437" himself|strong="H6437", he|strong="H0834" discomfited [them|strong="H5921"]. 
\verseNumber{48}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" valiantly|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3478" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H3478" delivered|strong="H5337" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5337" spoilers. 
\verseNumber{49}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" were|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3129", and|strong="H1121" Jishvi, and|strong="H1121" Malchi-shua|strong="H4444". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323": the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" firstborn|strong="H1067" Merab|strong="H4764", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6996" Michal|strong="H4324". 
\verseNumber{50}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" Saul's wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Ahinoam|strong="H0293", the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8034" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7586" host|strong="H6635" was|strong="H8034" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H8034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", Saul's uncle|strong="H1730". 
\verseNumber{51}And|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" the|strong="H0074" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369" the|strong="H0074" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074" were|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022". 
\verseNumber{52}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" sore war|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" any|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376", or|strong="H3117" any|strong="H3605" valiant|strong="H2428" man|strong="H0376", he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H3117". 
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\chapterNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Jehovah|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" anoint|strong="H4886" thee king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478": now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" hearken to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{2}Thus|strong="H3541" saith Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635": I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" considered what|strong="H0834" Amalek|strong="H6002" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" Israel|strong="H3478", how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" himself against|strong="H4714" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870", when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H6258" go and|strong="H0376" smite|strong="H5221" Amalek|strong="H6002", and|strong="H0376" destroy|strong="H2763" utterly all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0376" spare|strong="H2550" them|strong="H0853" not|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" slay|strong="H4191" both|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" woman|strong="H0802", infant|strong="H3243" and|strong="H0376" suckling, ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H0376" sheep|strong="H7716", camel|strong="H1581" and|strong="H0376" ass. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3063" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3063" numbered|strong="H6485" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H8085" Telaim|strong="H2923", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273", and|strong="H3063" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" an|strong="H0935" ambush in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Kenites|strong="H7017", Go|strong="H5927", depart|strong="H5493", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5493" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002", lest|strong="H6435" I|strong="H4714" destroy|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H0413" ye shewed kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0559" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Kenites|strong="H7017" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" smote|strong="H5221" Amalek|strong="H6002" from|strong="H0935" Havilah|strong="H2341" as|strong="H0834" thou comest to|strong="H0935" Shur|strong="H7793", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" opposite|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H8610" Agag|strong="H0090" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Amalek|strong="H6002" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H4428" utterly destroyed all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H6629" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" spared|strong="H2550" Agag|strong="H0090", and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H4315" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" oxen|strong="H1241", and|strong="H6629" beasts of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H4932" bearing, and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3733", and|strong="H6629" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H7586" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H6629" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" devote them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H5921" destruction; but|strong="H3808" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H7586" mean and|strong="H6629" weak|strong="H3808", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" destroyed utterly. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H3588" repenteth me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" following|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6965" hath not|strong="H3808" fulfilled|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697". And|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" much|strong="H1697" grieved; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" Jehovah|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" rose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7122" Saul|strong="H7586" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242". And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3381" was|strong="H7586" told|strong="H5046" Samuel|strong="H8050", saying|strong="H0559", Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Carmel|strong="H3760", and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1242" set|strong="H5324" him|strong="H5046" up|strong="H7925" a|strong="H0935" monument|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0935" has|strong="H3027" turned|strong="H5437" about|strong="H5437", and|strong="H0935" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Blessed|strong="H1288" art thou of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068": I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H0859" fulfilled|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6963" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" [means] then|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" bleating|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H8085" mine ears|strong="H0241", and|strong="H6963" the|strong="H0559" lowing|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" oxen|strong="H1241" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085"? 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", They|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6003", because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" spared|strong="H2550" the|strong="H0853" best|strong="H4315" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241", to|strong="H0559" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" Jehovah|strong="H3068" thy \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3498" we|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" utterly destroyed. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Stay, that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" thee what|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" this|strong="H0834" night|strong="H3915". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Say|strong="H0559" on|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", Was|strong="H3068" it|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808" when|strong="H0518" thou wast little|strong="H6996" in|strong="H5921" thine eyes|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3068" thou [becamest] the|strong="H0559" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" thee king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" thee on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H7971" way|strong="H1870" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" utterly destroy|strong="H3615" the|strong="H0853" sinners|strong="H2400" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" them|strong="H0853" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" consumed|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{19}Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H8085" didst thou not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3808" didst fall upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" spoil|strong="H7998", and|strong="H3068" didst evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068"? 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" indeed|strong="H8085" hearkened to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" Agag|strong="H0090" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Amalek|strong="H6002", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" utterly destroyed the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3947" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3947" spoil|strong="H7998", sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" oxen|strong="H1241", the|strong="H3947" choicest|strong="H7225" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3947" devoted|strong="H2764" things, to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" thy \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15.21 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", Has|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" delight|strong="H2656" in|strong="H3068" burnt-offerings and|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077", As|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" hearkening to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068"? Behold|strong="H2009", obedience|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" sacrifice|strong="H2077", Attention|strong="H7181" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H0559" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" rams|strong="H0352". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H3588" rebellion|strong="H4805" is|strong="H3068" [as|strong="H1697"] the|strong="H0853" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H4428" divination|strong="H7081", And|strong="H3068" selfwill is|strong="H3068" [as|strong="H1697"] iniquity|strong="H0205" and|strong="H3068" idolatry|strong="H8655". Because|strong="H3588" thou hast rejected|strong="H3988" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068", He|strong="H3588" hath also|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" thee from|strong="H3068" being king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" sinned|strong="H2398", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" transgressed the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" thy words|strong="H1697"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" hearkened to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H6258" pray|strong="H4994" thee, forgive|strong="H5375" my|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" thee; for|strong="H3588" thou hast rejected|strong="H3988" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" thee from|strong="H7725" being|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H2388" as|strong="H2388" Samuel|strong="H8050" turned|strong="H5437" to|strong="H5437" go|strong="H5437" away|strong="H5437", [Saul|strong="H2388"] laid|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" upon the|strong="H2388" skirt|strong="H3671" of|strong="H3671" his|strong="H7167" mantle|strong="H4598", and|strong="H2388" it|strong="H5437" rent. 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H0853" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rent the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H4480" thee to-day, and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" thy neighbour, who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" thou. 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" Hope of|strong="H3808" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" lie|strong="H8266" nor|strong="H3808" repent|strong="H5162"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" repent|strong="H5162". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398"; honour me|strong="H4994" now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H6258" pray|strong="H4994" thee, before|strong="H5048" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5048" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" Jehovah|strong="H3068" thy \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15.30 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H7725" Samuel|strong="H8050" turned|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" worshipped Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", Bring|strong="H5066" ye near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" Agag|strong="H0090" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Amalek|strong="H6002". And|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" gaily. And|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090" said|strong="H0559", Surely|strong="H0403" the|strong="H0853" bitterness|strong="H4751" of|strong="H4428" death|strong="H4194" is|strong="H4428" past|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", As|strong="H0834" thy sword|strong="H2719" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7921" women|strong="H0802" childless|strong="H7921", so|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3068" thy mother|strong="H0517" be|strong="H3068" childless|strong="H7921" above|strong="H6440" women|strong="H0802". And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" hewed|strong="H8158" Agag|strong="H0090" in|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H8158" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H1004" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414"; and|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" saw|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3254" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" death|strong="H4194"; for|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" mourned|strong="H0056" over|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" repented|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" made Saul|strong="H7586" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" wilt|strong="H0056" thou mourn|strong="H0056" for|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586", seeing|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" rejected|strong="H3988" him|strong="H0413" from|strong="H5921" reigning over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"? fill|strong="H4390" thy horn|strong="H7161" with|strong="H4390" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7971", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" thee to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448" the|strong="H0559" Bethlehemite|strong="H1022"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" provided|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" among|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", How|strong="H0349" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" go|strong="H0935"? if Saul|strong="H7586" hear|strong="H8085" [it|strong="H3947"], he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" heifer|strong="H5697" with|strong="H3068" thee, and|strong="H0935" say|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0559" am|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3045" call|strong="H7121" Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077", and|strong="H3045" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" thee what|strong="H0834" thou shalt do|strong="H6213"; and|strong="H3045" thou shalt anoint|strong="H4886" unto me|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" name|strong="H0559" unto thee. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" came|strong="H0935" trembling|strong="H2729" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7122" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", Dost thou come|strong="H0935" peaceably|strong="H7965"? 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Peaceably|strong="H7965": I|strong="H0559" am|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0559" Jehovah|strong="H3068". Hallow yourselves|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" hallowed Jesse|strong="H3448" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7200" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" pass|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935", that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200" on|strong="H0935" Eliab|strong="H0446", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", Surely|strong="H0389" Jehovah's anointed|strong="H4899" is|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5048" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", Look|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" countenance, or|strong="H3808" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" stature|strong="H6967"; because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" rejected|strong="H3988" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" as|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0120" seeth; for|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" looketh upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" outward|strong="H5869" appearance|strong="H4758", but|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" looketh upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" called|strong="H7121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3448" him|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" before|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Neither|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" made|strong="H3448" Shammah|strong="H8048" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Neither|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" made|strong="H3448" seven|strong="H7651" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" pass|strong="H5674" before|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050". And|strong="H1121" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" these|strong="H0428". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", Are|strong="H5288" these|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288"? And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" yet|strong="H5750" the|strong="H0559" youngest|strong="H6996" remaining|strong="H7604", and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2009" feeding the|strong="H0559" sheep|strong="H6629". And|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", Send|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" fetch him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sit|strong="H5437" at|strong="H0413" table till|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" hither. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H7971" in|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" ruddy|strong="H0132", and|strong="H0935" besides|strong="H5973" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" lovely countenance and|strong="H0935" beautiful|strong="H3303" appearance|strong="H5869". And|strong="H0935" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Arise|strong="H6965", anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H7971"; for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" horn|strong="H7161" of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H6965" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" midst|strong="H7130" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3947" brethren|strong="H0251". And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0413" upon|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" from|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" forward|strong="H4605". And|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H5493" Jehovah|strong="H3068" troubled him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0430" Saul's servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", an|strong="H0559" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H0413" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" troubles thee. 
\verseNumber{16}Let|strong="H4994" our|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" now|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H0559"; thy servants|strong="H5650" are|strong="H0376" before|strong="H6440" thee: they|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H0376" seek|strong="H1245" out|strong="H3045" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376", a|strong="H1961" skilful player|strong="H5059" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" harp|strong="H3658"; and|strong="H0430" it|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H0376" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H5921" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16.16 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" upon|strong="H5921" thee, that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H0430" shall|strong="H0376" play|strong="H5059" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0430" thou shalt be|strong="H1961" well|strong="H2895". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0376" servants|strong="H5650", Provide|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" play|strong="H5059" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3045" seen|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" the|strong="H0559" Bethlehemite|strong="H1022", who|strong="H0376" is|strong="H3068" skilled|strong="H0995" in|strong="H3068" playing|strong="H5059", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" valiant|strong="H2428" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421", and|strong="H1121" skilled|strong="H0995" in|strong="H3068" speech|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" good presence|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H0853" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" thy son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" took|strong="H3947" an|strong="H7971" ass with|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" flask of|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" kid, and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" [them|strong="H0413"] by|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H0413" greatly|strong="H3966"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5375" armour-bearer. 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", saying|strong="H0559", Let|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732", I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994" thee, stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H7586" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7971" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0430" it|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" [evil|strong="H7451"] spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H5493" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16.23 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", that|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" harp|strong="H3658", and|strong="H0430" played|strong="H5059" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H0430" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" refreshed|strong="H7304", and|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" well|strong="H2895", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H0413". 
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\chapterNumber{17}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" assembled|strong="H0622" their|strong="H0834" armies|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3063" battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3063" were|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" at|strong="H2583" Sochoh, which|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" encamped|strong="H2583" between|strong="H0996" Sochoh and|strong="H3063" Azekah|strong="H5825", in|strong="H2583" Ephesdammim. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H7122" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H0376" terebinths, and|strong="H3478" set the|strong="H7122" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H2583" array|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7122" the|strong="H7122" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" mountain|strong="H2022" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" mountain|strong="H2022" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" other|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0413" ravine was|strong="H3478" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0376" there went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" champion from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3318" Philistines|strong="H6430", named|strong="H8034" Goliath|strong="H1555", of|strong="H0376" Gath|strong="H1661", whose|strong="H0376" height|strong="H1363" was|strong="H8034" six|strong="H8337" cubits|strong="H0520" and|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3318" span|strong="H2239". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7218" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5921" helmet|strong="H3553" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" clothed|strong="H3847" with|strong="H3847" a|strong="H5921" corselet of|strong="H7218" scales|strong="H7193"; and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" corselet was|strong="H1931" five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" shekels|strong="H8255" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H5178" he|strong="H5921" had greaves|strong="H4697" of|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" legs|strong="H7272", and|strong="H5178" a|strong="H5921" javelin|strong="H3591" of|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H5921" shoulders|strong="H3802". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" shaft|strong="H2671" of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H5375" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H6440" like|strong="H1980" a|strong="H5375" weaver's beam|strong="H4500"; and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5375" spear's head|strong="H6440" weighed six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels|strong="H8255" of|strong="H6440" iron|strong="H1270"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" shield-bearer went|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3808" stood|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ranks|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" ye come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" set|strong="H5975" your|strong="H3808" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H0413" array|strong="H4421"? am|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0595" the|strong="H0559" Philistine|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" ye servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586"? choose|strong="H1262" for|strong="H7121" yourselves|strong="H0859" a|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H3478" let|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" come|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0589", and|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1961" smite|strong="H5221" me|strong="H0589", then|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H0518" servants|strong="H5650"; but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" overcome|strong="H3201" and|strong="H5650" smite|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221", then|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H5650" ye be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" serve|strong="H5647" us|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0376" defied the|strong="H0853" ranks|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"; give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376", that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" may|strong="H0376" fight|strong="H3898" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0428" were|strong="H3478" dismayed|strong="H2865" and|strong="H3478" greatly|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" Ephrathite|strong="H0673" of|strong="H1121" Bethlehem-Judah whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jesse|strong="H3448"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1732" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H8034" old|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", advanced|strong="H0935" [in|strong="H0935" years|strong="H3117"] among|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" eldest of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" followed|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" battle|strong="H4421"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" battle|strong="H4421" were|strong="H0834" Eliab|strong="H0446" the|strong="H0834" firstborn|strong="H1060", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" second|strong="H4932" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H0310" Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" third|strong="H7992" Shammah|strong="H8048". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0310" youngest|strong="H6996"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0310" three|strong="H7969" eldest had|strong="H1732" followed|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H1980" feed|strong="H7462" his|strong="H5921" father's sheep|strong="H6629" at|strong="H5921" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" drew|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" morning|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H6150", and|strong="H3117" presented|strong="H3320" himself|strong="H3117" forty|strong="H0705" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", Take|strong="H3947", I|strong="H2088" pray|strong="H4994", for|strong="H4264" thy brethren|strong="H0251", this|strong="H2088" ephah|strong="H0374" of|strong="H1121" parched|strong="H7039" [corn] and|strong="H1121" these|strong="H2088" ten|strong="H6235" loaves|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H0559" thy brethren|strong="H0251"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H0935" carry|strong="H3947" these|strong="H0428" ten|strong="H6235" cheeses to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H0935" visit|strong="H6485" thy brethren|strong="H0251" to|strong="H0935" see|strong="H0935" how|strong="H7965" they|strong="H0935" are|strong="H0428", and|strong="H0935" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" pledge of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{19}Now Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" [were|strong="H3478"] in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H0376" terebinths, fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5375" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H0935" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5375" keeper|strong="H8104", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H5375" his|strong="H8104" charge|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318", as|strong="H0834" Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H0413". And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wagon-defence; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" host which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" going|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" battle-array shouted|strong="H7321" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" fight|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" Philistines|strong="H6430" put the|strong="H7122" battle|strong="H4634" in|strong="H3478" array|strong="H4634", rank against|strong="H7122" rank. 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" left|strong="H5203" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H3627" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" carrying in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" baggage|strong="H3627", and|strong="H0935" ran|strong="H7323" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ranks|strong="H4634", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" saluted his|strong="H8104" brethren|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0376" as|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5927", behold|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8085" champion, the|strong="H8085" Philistine|strong="H6430" of|strong="H0376" Gath|strong="H1661", Goliath|strong="H1555" by|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034", out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8085" ranks of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8085" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H0376" spoke|strong="H1696" according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" same|strong="H1931" words|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" [them|strong="H5927"]. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376", fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" greatly|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", Have|strong="H1961" ye seen|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" comes|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927"? for|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" defy|strong="H2778" Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" come|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927": and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" smites him|strong="H5414", him|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" enrich|strong="H6238" with|strong="H1004" great|strong="H1419" riches|strong="H6239", and|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3478" make|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" father's house|strong="H1004" free|strong="H2670" in|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" smites this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" takes|strong="H5221" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" reproach|strong="H2781" from|strong="H5493" Israel|strong="H3478"? for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" Philistine|strong="H6430", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" should|strong="H4100" defy|strong="H2778" the|strong="H0853" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17.26 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"? 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5221" after this|strong="H2088" manner|strong="H1697", saying|strong="H0559", So|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H0376" it|strong="H6213" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" smites him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1419" Eliab|strong="H0446", his|strong="H5921" eldest brother|strong="H0251", heard|strong="H8085" while|strong="H4592" he|strong="H3588" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H1419" Eliab's anger|strong="H0639" was|strong="H1732" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", Why|strong="H4100" art thou come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381"? and|strong="H1419" with|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H4310" hast thou left|strong="H5203" those|strong="H0376" few|strong="H4592" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057"? I|strong="H0589" know|strong="H3045" thy pride|strong="H2087" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0853" naughtiness of|strong="H0376" thy heart|strong="H3824"; for|strong="H3588" thou art come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588" thou mightest see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" now|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213"? Was|strong="H1732" it|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" laid upon me|strong="H1697"? 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H0559" turned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312", and|strong="H7725" spoke|strong="H0559" after|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" same|strong="H2088" manner|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" former|strong="H7223" manner|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" words|strong="H1697" were|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" which|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" spoke|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H0834" rehearsed them|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" man's heart|strong="H3820" fail|strong="H5307" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5650" him|strong="H0413": thy servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" go|strong="H5307" and|strong="H5650" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Thou art not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" go against|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" thou art but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" youth|strong="H5271", and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421" from|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" youth|strong="H5271". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Thy servant|strong="H5650" fed his|strong="H5375" father's sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738", and|strong="H0935" also|strong="H0853" a|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H5375", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" lamb|strong="H7716" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" flock|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H6965" I|strong="H0310" went|strong="H3318" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" smote|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" delivered|strong="H5337" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310"; and|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H0310" arose|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", I|strong="H0310" seized|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" beard|strong="H2206", and|strong="H6965" smote|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" slew|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{36}Thy servant|strong="H5650" smote|strong="H5221" both|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" bear|strong="H1677"; and|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" Philistine|strong="H6430" shall|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0430" them|strong="H1992", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0430" defied the|strong="H0853" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17.36 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", Jehovah|strong="H3068" who|strong="H0834" delivered|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" paw|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" lion|strong="H0738" and|strong="H3068" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" paw|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" bear|strong="H1677", he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430". And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Go|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" thee. 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H7218" Saul|strong="H7586" clothed|strong="H3847" David|strong="H1732" with|strong="H3847" his|strong="H5414" dress|strong="H3847", and|strong="H7218" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" helmet|strong="H6959" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" clothed|strong="H3847" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3847" a|strong="H5414" corselet. 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" girded|strong="H2296" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" dress, and|strong="H1732" endeavoured to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H5493"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" tried|strong="H5254" [it|strong="H5921"]. And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5493" in|strong="H5921" these|strong="H0428"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" tried|strong="H5254" [them|strong="H0413"]. And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" put|strong="H5493" them|strong="H0413" off|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" staff|strong="H4731" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" chose|strong="H0977" him|strong="H0413" five|strong="H2568" smooth|strong="H2512" stones|strong="H0068" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158", and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" shepherd's bag|strong="H3627" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" pocket; and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3947" sling was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027". And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" drew|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{41}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" came|strong="H1980" on|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1980" approached|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H1732" bore|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" shield|strong="H6793" was|strong="H1732" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H1732" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" looked|strong="H7200" about|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3588" disdained|strong="H0959" him|strong="H0853"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" youth|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1732" ruddy|strong="H0132", and|strong="H1732" besides|strong="H5973" of|strong="H4758" a|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3303" countenance. 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595" a|strong="H3588" dog|strong="H3611", that|strong="H3588" thou comest to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" staves? And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" cursed|strong="H7043" David|strong="H1732" by|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17.43 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{44}And|strong="H8064" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Come to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" give|strong="H5414" thy flesh|strong="H1320" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" fowls of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0853" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" beasts|strong="H0929" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{45}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Philistine|strong="H6430", Thou comest to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0413" spear|strong="H2595", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0413" javelin|strong="H3591"; but|strong="H0859" I|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" thee in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" hosts|strong="H6635", the|strong="H0559" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17.45 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", whom|strong="H0834" thou hast defied. 
\verseNumber{46}This|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" thee up|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" smite|strong="H5221" thee, and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5493" thy head|strong="H7218" from|strong="H5493" thee; and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" carcases of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fowl|strong="H5775" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H0776" beasts|strong="H2416" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" shall|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17.46 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"; 
\verseNumber{47}and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" congregation|strong="H6951" shall|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3068" spear|strong="H2595"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" is|strong="H3068" Jehovah's, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" into|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{48}And|strong="H6965" it|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Philistine|strong="H6430" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" came|strong="H1961" and|strong="H6965" advanced to|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H7122" David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" hasted, and|strong="H6965" ran|strong="H7323" towards the|strong="H3588" ranks|strong="H4634" to|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H7122" the|strong="H3588" Philistine|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{49}And|strong="H0776" David|strong="H1732" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" bag|strong="H3627", and|strong="H0776" took|strong="H3947" thence a|strong="H3947" stone|strong="H0068", and|strong="H0776" slang it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0776" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" forehead|strong="H4696", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" stone|strong="H0068" sank|strong="H2883" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" forehead|strong="H4696"; and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{50}So|strong="H4480" David|strong="H1732" overcame the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" with|strong="H3027" a|strong="H4480" sling and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H4480" stone|strong="H0068", and|strong="H3027" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221"; and|strong="H3027" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{51}And|strong="H7218" David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H7323", and|strong="H7218" stood|strong="H5975" upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430", and|strong="H7218" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H7218" drew|strong="H8025" it|strong="H3588" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H7218" its|strong="H0853" sheath|strong="H8593", and|strong="H7218" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413" completely|strong="H3772", and|strong="H7218" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" with|strong="H0413" it|strong="H3588". And|strong="H7218" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3947" hero was|strong="H1732" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" fled|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{52}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H0935" shouted|strong="H7321", and|strong="H0935" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", until|strong="H5704" thou comest to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ravine and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H0376" Ekron|strong="H6138". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" wounded|strong="H2491" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H0935" Shaaraim|strong="H8189", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0935" Gath|strong="H1661", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Ekron|strong="H6138". 
\verseNumber{53}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" chasing|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0310" pillaged their|strong="H7725" camps|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{54}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0168" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; but|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3947" armour in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{55}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" go|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430", he|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" host|strong="H6635", Abner|strong="H0074", whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288"? And|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559", As|strong="H5315" thy soul|strong="H5315" liveth, O|strong="H4310" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H0518" cannot tell|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{56}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Inquire|strong="H7592" thou whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" youth|strong="H5958" is|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{57}And|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" slaughter|strong="H5221" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430", Abner|strong="H0074" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5221" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{58}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" art thou, young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288"? And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H5650" am the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" thy servant|strong="H5650" Jesse|strong="H3448" the|strong="H0559" Beth-lehemite. 
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\chapterNumber{18}And|strong="H1732" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", that|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0413" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H5315" Jonathan|strong="H3083" was|strong="H1961" knit|strong="H7194" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H5315" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" soul|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H7725" would not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" father's house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285", because he|strong="H1732" loved him|strong="H0853" as|strong="H5315" his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H5315" soul|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" stripped|strong="H6584" himself of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" robe|strong="H4598" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" dress, even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198", and|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5414" girdle. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318"; whithersoever Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" prospered; and|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" set|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" accepted in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H7971" also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H0376" Saul's servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7725" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" slaughter|strong="H5221" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430", that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", singing|strong="H7891" and|strong="H0935" dancing|strong="H4246", to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7122" king|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586", with|strong="H0935" tambours, with|strong="H0935" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" triangles. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0559" women|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559" [one|strong="H0802" another|strong="H0802"] as|strong="H5221" they|strong="H0559" played|strong="H7832", and|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", Saul|strong="H7586" hath smitten|strong="H5221" his|strong="H1732" thousands|strong="H0505", And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" ten|strong="H7233" thousands|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H5869" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" wroth, and|strong="H5869" that|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H0559" was|strong="H1732" evil|strong="H7489" in|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5414" sight|strong="H5869"; and|strong="H5869" he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", They|strong="H0559" have|strong="H5869" ascribed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" ten|strong="H7233" thousands|strong="H0505", but|strong="H0389" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414" they|strong="H0559" have|strong="H5869" ascribed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" thousands|strong="H0505"; and|strong="H5869" [what|strong="H1697"] is|strong="H2088" there|strong="H2088" more|strong="H5750" for|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" but|strong="H0389" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4410"? 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" eyed David|strong="H1732" from|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" forward|strong="H1973". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0430" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" an|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3027" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18.10 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H3117" prophesied|strong="H5012" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004", but|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H5059" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" other days|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0413" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" Saul's hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" cast|strong="H2904" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595", and|strong="H1732" thought|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H6440" smite|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023". But|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" turned|strong="H5437" away|strong="H5437" from|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5221" twice|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" removed|strong="H5493" him|strong="H6440" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H7760" him|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7760" captain|strong="H8269" over|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7760" thousand|strong="H0505"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" prospered in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870"; and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" prospered well|strong="H3966", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H0834" stood in|strong="H6440" awe of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Behold|strong="H2009" my|strong="H5414" eldest daughter|strong="H1323" Merab|strong="H4764", her|strong="H0413" will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" thee to|strong="H0413" wife|strong="H0802"; only|strong="H0389" be|strong="H1961" thou valiant|strong="H2428" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H3898" Jehovah's battles|strong="H4421". But|strong="H0389" Saul|strong="H7586" thought|strong="H0559", My|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H0408" be|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413", but|strong="H0389" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Who|strong="H4310" am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595"? and|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" my|strong="H1961" life|strong="H2416", [or|strong="H0001"] my|strong="H1961" father's family|strong="H4940" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" son-in-law|strong="H2860" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1732" it|strong="H5414" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1961" Merab|strong="H4764" Saul's daughter|strong="H1323" should|strong="H0802" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" Adriel|strong="H5741" the|strong="H0853" Meholathite|strong="H4259" as|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H5869" Michal|strong="H4324" Saul's daughter|strong="H1323" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H5869" they told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" thing|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1732" right|strong="H3474" in|strong="H1697" his|strong="H1732" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3117" she may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" snare|strong="H4170" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413". And|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Thou shalt this|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" son-in-law|strong="H2859" a|strong="H1961" second|strong="H8147" time|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", Speak|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" secretly|strong="H3909", saying|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0413" thee, and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" love|strong="H0157" thee: now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" be|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's son-in-law|strong="H2859". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H4428" Saul's servants|strong="H5650" spoke|strong="H1696" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". And|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", Is|strong="H0376" it|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" light|strong="H7043" thing|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4428" your|strong="H0559" eyes|strong="H5869" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" king's son-in-law|strong="H2859", seeing that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H1696" poor|strong="H7326" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H4428" lightly|strong="H7043" esteemed|strong="H7043"? 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046", saying|strong="H0559", On|strong="H1697" this|strong="H0428" manner|strong="H1697" did David|strong="H1732" speak|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3967" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Thus|strong="H3541" shall|strong="H4428" ye say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732": The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" does|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" desire|strong="H2656" any|strong="H0369" dowry|strong="H4119", but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" hundred|strong="H3967" foreskins|strong="H6190" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3027" avenged|strong="H5358" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's enemies|strong="H0341". But|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" thought|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H2803" David|strong="H1732" fall|strong="H5307" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" thing|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1732" right|strong="H3474" in|strong="H4428" David's sight|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" king's son-in-law|strong="H2859". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H0428" not|strong="H3808" expired|strong="H4390", 
\verseNumber{27}when|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0935" smote|strong="H5221" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" two|strong="H5221" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H5414" foreskins|strong="H6190", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" full|strong="H4390" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H1323" be|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" king's son-in-law|strong="H2859". And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Michal|strong="H4324" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" as|strong="H0935" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H3068" Michal|strong="H4324" Saul's daughter|strong="H1323" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" yet|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" David's enemy|strong="H0341" continually|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318"; and|strong="H5650" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318", that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" succeeded better than|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H8269" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" much|strong="H3605" esteemed|strong="H3365". 
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\chapterNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3129" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" should|strong="H0413" slay|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H6258" Jonathan|strong="H3083" Saul's son delighted much in|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732". And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", Saul|strong="H7586" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" seeks|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" thee; and|strong="H1732" now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H6258" pray|strong="H4994" thee, take|strong="H8104" heed|strong="H8104" to|strong="H0559" thyself in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H1732" abide|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1245" secret place and|strong="H1732" hide|strong="H2244" thyself; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3027" stand|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H3027" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="H0834" thou art, and|strong="H3027" will|strong="H0834" speak|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3027" thee with|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001": and|strong="H3027" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3027" tell|strong="H5046" thee. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4428" Jonathan|strong="H3083" spoke|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" servant|strong="H5650", against|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" thee; for|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1732" what|strong="H4639" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" advantageous to|strong="H0413" thee; 
\verseNumber{5}for|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" put|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3709", and|strong="H3068" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" wrought|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" great|strong="H1419" salvation|strong="H8668" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478": thou didst see|strong="H7200" [it|strong="H7760"], and|strong="H3068" didst rejoice|strong="H8055"; why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0853" wilt thou sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" innocent|strong="H5355" blood|strong="H1818", in|strong="H3068" slaying|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" without|strong="H2600" cause|strong="H2600"? 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" hearkened to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3083", and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" swore|strong="H7650", [As|strong="H3068"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, he|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191"! 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3083" called|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083" declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697". And|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083" brought|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1697" previously|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1419" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" again|strong="H3254"; and|strong="H1419" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1419" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1419" smote|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347"; and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H5221" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3027" Jehovah|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H5059" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H6440" smite|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023" with|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595"; but|strong="H5221" he|strong="H1931" slipped|strong="H6362" away|strong="H5127" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Saul's presence|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1931" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" into|strong="H2595" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023". And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David's house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" watch|strong="H8104" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" slay|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242"; and|strong="H1004" Michal|strong="H4324" David's wife|strong="H0802" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" thou save|strong="H4422" not|strong="H0369" thy life|strong="H5315" to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1732" Michal|strong="H4324" let|strong="H3381" David|strong="H1732" down|strong="H3381" through|strong="H1157" a|strong="H1732" window|strong="H2474"; and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3381", and|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272" and|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0853" Michal|strong="H4324" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" image, and|strong="H0853" laid|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" bed|strong="H4296", and|strong="H0853" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" net of|strong="H4296" goats' [hair] at|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0853" head|strong="H4763", and|strong="H0853" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H7760" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" coverlet. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", Bring|strong="H5927" him|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" bed|strong="H4296", that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" may|strong="H1732" put|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0413" image was|strong="H4397" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" bed|strong="H4296", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" net of|strong="H4397" goats' [hair] at|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0935" head|strong="H4763". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0853" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Michal|strong="H4324", Why|strong="H4100" hast thou deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H0413" so|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" mine enemy|strong="H0341", that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" escaped|strong="H4422"? And|strong="H7971" Michal|strong="H4324" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971"; why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0559" slay|strong="H4191" thee? 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272", and|strong="H0935" escaped|strong="H4422", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Naioth|strong="H5121". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1732" it|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H2009" at|strong="H1732" Naioth|strong="H5121" by|strong="H7586" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" company|strong="H3862" of|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5030" prophesying|strong="H5012", and|strong="H0430" Samuel|strong="H8050" standing|strong="H5975" as|strong="H1961" president over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992"; and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{19.20 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" messengers|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0430" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H7971" it|strong="H3254" was|strong="H7586" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" messengers|strong="H4397", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012". And|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H2009" went|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0559" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" great|strong="H1419" well|strong="H1571" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" Sechu; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732"? And|strong="H0935" one|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", at|strong="H1732" Naioth|strong="H5121" by|strong="H0935" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" thither to|strong="H0413" Naioth|strong="H5121" by|strong="H5921" Ramah|strong="H7414"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{19.23 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1980" prophesied|strong="H5012", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Naioth|strong="H5121" by|strong="H5921" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" stripped|strong="H6584" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3117" prophesied|strong="H5012", himself|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571", before|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050", and|strong="H3117" lay|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" naked|strong="H6174" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". Wherefore they|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559", Is|strong="H1931" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030"? 
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\chapterNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H0935" Naioth|strong="H5121" by|strong="H0935" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" before|strong="H6440" Jonathan|strong="H3083", What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0001" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"? what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" mine iniquity|strong="H5771", and|strong="H0935" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" my|strong="H1245" sin|strong="H2403" before|strong="H6440" thy father|strong="H0001", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" seeks|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" life|strong="H5315"? 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1419" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20.2 }Elohim}God|strong="H0559" forbid|strong="H2486"; thou shalt not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191": behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H0369" do|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" either|strong="H4480" great|strong="H1419" or|strong="H0176" small|strong="H6996", and|strong="H1419" not|strong="H3808" apprise me|strong="H4480"; and|strong="H1419" why|strong="H4069" should|strong="H0001" my|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" hide|strong="H5641" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"? it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" so|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" swore|strong="H7650" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3068" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", Thy father|strong="H0001" certainly|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0001" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H3068" thy sight|strong="H5869": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559", Jonathan|strong="H3083" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0408" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2063", lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5750" grieved|strong="H6087"; but|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" [as|strong="H5315"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, and|strong="H3068" [as|strong="H5315"] thy soul|strong="H5315" liveth, there|strong="H4672" is|strong="H3068" but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" step|strong="H6587" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", What|strong="H4100" thy soul|strong="H5315" may|strong="H6213" say|strong="H0559", I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" even|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Behold|strong="H2009", to-morrow is|strong="H2009" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H0559" not|strong="H1732" fail to|strong="H0413" sit|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H0413" meat; but|strong="H2009" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971", that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0595" may|strong="H4428" hide|strong="H5641" myself|strong="H0595" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" third|strong="H7992" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H0518" thy father|strong="H0001" should|strong="H0518" actually miss|strong="H6485" me|strong="H4480", then|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559", David|strong="H1732" earnestly|strong="H7592" asked|strong="H7592" leave|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" might run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" his|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" yearly|strong="H3117" sacrifice|strong="H2077" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" thus|strong="H3541", It|strong="H0518" is|strong="H5650" well|strong="H7965", — thy servant|strong="H5650" shall|strong="H5650" have|strong="H3045" peace|strong="H7965"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5650" very|strong="H2734" wroth, be|strong="H5650" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H5650" determined|strong="H3615" by|strong="H7451" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{8}Deal|strong="H6213" kindly then|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5973" thy servant|strong="H5650"; for|strong="H3588" thou hast brought|strong="H0935" thy servant|strong="H5650" into|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" thee; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H3426" be|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" iniquity|strong="H5771", slay|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" thyself; for|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" shouldest thou bring|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" thy father|strong="H0001"? 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", Far|strong="H2486" be|strong="H3808" it|strong="H0518" from|strong="H0935" thee; for|strong="H3588", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" with|strong="H5973" certainty|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" were|strong="H5921" determined|strong="H3615" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H0559" come|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H5921" thee, would|strong="H0559" I|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H0518" thee? 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6030" said|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413"? or|strong="H0176" what|strong="H4100" if|strong="H0176" thy father|strong="H0001" answer|strong="H6030" thee roughly? 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Come|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1732" let us|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704". And|strong="H1732" they|strong="H0559" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H7704" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Jehovah|strong="H3068", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20.12 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" sound my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" to-morrow, [or|strong="H3808"] the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H7971" day|strong="H6256", and|strong="H3068" behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" toward|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" then|strong="H0227" send|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" thee, and|strong="H3068" apprise thee of|strong="H0430" it|strong="H3588", 
\verseNumber{13}Jehovah|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" much|strong="H0834" more|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083". Should|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" please|strong="H3190" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" [to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213"] thee evil|strong="H7451", then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" apprise thee of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1980" send|strong="H7971" thee away|strong="H7971", that|strong="H0834" thou mayest go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" peace|strong="H7965"; and|strong="H1980" Jehovah|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" thee, as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" thou shalt not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0518" while|strong="H5750" yet|strong="H5750" I|strong="H0518" live|strong="H2416" shew me|strong="H5978" the|strong="H3068" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0518" die|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808", 
\verseNumber{15}but|strong="H3808" thou shalt not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" thy kindness|strong="H2617" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" ever|strong="H5769", no|strong="H3808", not|strong="H3808" when|strong="H5704" Jehovah|strong="H3068" cuts|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", every|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0127". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3083" made|strong="H3772" [a|strong="H3772" covenant] with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", [saying,] Let Jehovah|strong="H3068" even require|strong="H1245" [it|strong="H3068"] at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" David's enemies|strong="H0341"! 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" caused David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" swear|strong="H7650" again|strong="H3254", by|strong="H7650" the|strong="H0853" love|strong="H0157" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0853", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H0853" as|strong="H5315" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H5315" soul|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3083" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H6485", To-morrow is|strong="H2320" the|strong="H0559" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320"; and|strong="H3083" thou wilt be|strong="H3588" missed|strong="H6485", for|strong="H3588" thy seat|strong="H4186" will|strong="H2320" be|strong="H3588" empty|strong="H6485"; 
\verseNumber{19}but|strong="H0935" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" third|strong="H8027" day|strong="H3117" thou shalt go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" quickly|strong="H3966", and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" thou didst hide|strong="H5641" thyself on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" business|strong="H4639", and|strong="H0935" abide|strong="H3427" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" stone|strong="H0068" Ezel|strong="H0237". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H7971" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" shoot|strong="H3384" three|strong="H7969" arrows|strong="H2678" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0589" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H3384" it|strong="H7971", as|strong="H0589" though I|strong="H0589" shot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H7969" a|strong="H7971" mark. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" lad|strong="H5288", [saying|strong="H0559",] Go|strong="H0935", find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678". If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" expressly say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" lad|strong="H5288", Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H1697" on|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3588" side|strong="H2008" of|strong="H3068" thee, take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0853"; then|strong="H2009" come|strong="H0935", for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" peace|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3588" thee, and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369"; [as|strong="H1697"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" thus|strong="H3541" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" youth|strong="H5958": Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H3068" beyond|strong="H1973" thee, — go|strong="H7971" thy way|strong="H3541"; for|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" sends|strong="H7971" thee away|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" matter|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" thou and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3068", behold|strong="H2009", Jehovah|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H0589" and|strong="H3068" thee for|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" hid|strong="H5641" himself|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704"; and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" table to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H4186", as|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H4186" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H7023"; and|strong="H6965" Jonathan|strong="H3083" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" sat|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" Saul's side|strong="H6654", and|strong="H6965" David's place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1732" empty|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" thought|strong="H0559", Something|strong="H3972" has|strong="H3117" befallen [him|strong="H1931"], that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2889": surely|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2889". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H4283" the|strong="H0559" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8145" [day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" month|strong="H2320"], as|strong="H1961" David's place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1961" empty|strong="H6485", that|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121", Why|strong="H4069" has|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" table, neither|strong="H3808" yesterday|strong="H8543" nor|strong="H3808" to-day? 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" answered|strong="H6030" Saul|strong="H7586", David|strong="H1732" earnestly|strong="H7592" asked|strong="H7592" leave|strong="H7592" of|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5978" [to|strong="H5704" go] to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", 
\verseNumber{29}and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935", I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994" thee; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H3588" family|strong="H4940" sacrifice|strong="H2077" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" himself|strong="H1931" has|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H0413" [to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4672"]; and|strong="H0935" now|strong="H6258", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H5921" thy sight|strong="H5869", let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" away|strong="H7971", I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994" thee, and|strong="H0935" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H5921" brethren|strong="H0251". He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H4428" therefore|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king's table|strong="H7979". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" Saul's anger|strong="H0639" was|strong="H7586" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" Jonathan|strong="H3083", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" perverse rebellious|strong="H4780" woman, do not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" thou hast chosen|strong="H0977" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H0559" thine own shame|strong="H1322" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" shame|strong="H1322" of|strong="H1121" thy mother's nakedness|strong="H6172"? 
\verseNumber{31}For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" lives|strong="H4194" upon|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0127", thou shalt not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" established|strong="H3559", nor|strong="H3808" thy kingdom|strong="H4438". And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" send|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" fetch him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" die|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H0001" Jonathan|strong="H3083" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" his|strong="H3083" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191"? what|strong="H4100" has|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213"? 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H0853" Saul|strong="H7586" cast|strong="H2904" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" smite|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" determined by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H6965" Jonathan|strong="H3083" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" table|strong="H7979" in|strong="H0413" fierce|strong="H2750" anger|strong="H0639", and|strong="H6965" ate|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" meat the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" grieved|strong="H6087" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" done him|strong="H0413" shame|strong="H3637". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H1732" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" morning|strong="H1242" that|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" agreed on|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H6996" lad|strong="H5288" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H5288" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H0834" lad|strong="H5288", Run|strong="H7323", find|strong="H4672" now|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shoot|strong="H3384". The|strong="H0853" lad|strong="H5288" ran|strong="H7323", and|strong="H5288" he|strong="H0834" shot|strong="H3384" the|strong="H0853" arrow|strong="H2678" beyond|strong="H5674" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" lad|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" arrow|strong="H2678" which|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3083" had|strong="H0834" shot|strong="H3384", Jonathan|strong="H3083" cried|strong="H7121" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" lad|strong="H5288" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", Is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" arrow|strong="H2678" away|strong="H0310" beyond|strong="H1973" thee? 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083" cried|strong="H7121" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" lad|strong="H5288", Make|strong="H7121" speed|strong="H4120", haste, stay|strong="H5975" not|strong="H0408"! And|strong="H0935" Jonathan's lad|strong="H5288" gathered|strong="H3950" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" master|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" lad|strong="H5288" knew|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808": only|strong="H0389" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" weapons|strong="H3627" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" lad|strong="H5288", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Go|strong="H0935", carry|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{41}The|strong="H0853" lad|strong="H5288" went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" side|strong="H0681" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H0935" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H1732" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" kissed|strong="H5401" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", and|strong="H0935" wept|strong="H1058" one|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0935" another|strong="H7453", until|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732" exceeded. 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732", Go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" peace|strong="H7965", forasmuch as|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H0996" sworn|strong="H7650" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", Jehovah|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1980" thee, and|strong="H1980" between|strong="H0996" my|strong="H3068" seed|strong="H2233" and|strong="H1980" thy seed|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H5769"! And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" arose and|strong="H1980" departed|strong="H1980"; and|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" city. 
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\chapterNumber{21}And|strong="H0935" David came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Nob, to|strong="H0935" Ahimelech the|strong="H0935" priest; and|strong="H0935" Ahimelech trembled at|strong="H0935" meeting David, and|strong="H0935" said to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935", Why art thou alone, and|strong="H0935" no man with|strong="H0935" thee? 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", The|strong="H0559" king has|strong="H0369" commanded|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" business, and|strong="H0935" has|strong="H0369" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", Let no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0376" know|strong="H0854" anything|strong="H7122" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" business whereon I|strong="H0559" send thee, and|strong="H0935" what I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0369" commanded|strong="H0559" thee; and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0369" directed the|strong="H0559" young men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" such and|strong="H0935" such a|strong="H0935" place|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" now what|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" under thy hand? give|strong="H6680" me|strong="H0413" five loaves in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7971" hand, or|strong="H0408" what|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0408" found|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" priest answered David|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" said, There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H4100" no|strong="H4672" common bread|strong="H3899" under|strong="H8478" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", but|strong="H6258" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H4100" holy bread|strong="H3899"; if|strong="H0176" the|strong="H5414" young men have|strong="H3426" kept|strong="H5414" themselves at|strong="H4672" least from|strong="H3027" women. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Yes|strong="H3588" indeed|strong="H3588", women|strong="H0802" have|strong="H0369" been|strong="H3426" kept|strong="H8104" from|strong="H3027" us|strong="H0413" about|strong="H0413" these three days|strong="H0369", since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" vessels of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" are|strong="H3027" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" [bread|strong="H3899"] is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" manner common|strong="H2455", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" more|strong="H0369" so|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" to-day [new] is|strong="H0369" hallowed in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" vessels. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" gave|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853" holy|strong="H6944" [bread]; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H0518" bread there|strong="H1961" but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" shew-loaves that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3318" before|strong="H3117" Jehovah, to|strong="H0559" put|strong="H3318" on|strong="H3117" hot bread in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" away|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{7}(Now|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" certain man of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3068" Saul was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", detained before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" name|strong="H0518" was|strong="H1961" Doeg, the|strong="H6440" Edomite, chief|strong="H3548" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" shepherds that|strong="H3588" [belonged|strong="H1961"] to|strong="H1961" Saul.) 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H3117" said to|strong="H3068" Ahimelech, And|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" not|strong="H6113" here|strong="H8033" under|strong="H6440" thy hand spear or|strong="H3117" sword? for|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" neither brought my|strong="H3068" sword nor my|strong="H3068" weapons with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" king's business was|strong="H8034" urgent. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" priest said|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H4428" Goliath the|strong="H0559" Philistine, whom thou slewest in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" valley of|strong="H4428" terebinths, behold|strong="H3808", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" here|strong="H6311" wrapped in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" cloth behind the|strong="H0559" ephod; if|strong="H3588" thou wilt take|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3588", take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H6311" save that|strong="H3588" here|strong="H6311". And|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" none|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588": give|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3548" David|strong="H1732" arose, and|strong="H3548" fled that|strong="H0834" day from|strong="H3947" before Saul|strong="H0559", and|strong="H3548" went to|strong="H0559" Achish the|strong="H0853" king of|strong="H6010" Gath. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" servants of|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H1732" this|strong="H1931" David|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440"? did|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" not|strong="H1732" sing one|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0413" another of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" dances, saying, Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H4428" smitten his|strong="H1732" thousands, and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" ten thousands? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0776" David|strong="H1732" took to|strong="H0413" heart these|strong="H2088" words, and|strong="H0776" was|strong="H0776" much afraid of|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Gath. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1732" changed his|strong="H7760" behaviour before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H4428" feigned himself|strong="H3824" mad in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H7760" hands, and|strong="H4428" scratched on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" doors of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" gate, and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" spittle fall down|strong="H6440" on|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" beard. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3027" Achish said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" servants, Behold, ye see|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H8179" is|strong="H3027" mad: why did|strong="H8138" ye bring|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"? 
\verseNumber{15}have|strong="H0376" I|strong="H2009" lack of|strong="H0376" madmen|strong="H7696", that|strong="H7200" ye have|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" this|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" rave in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H7200" presence? shall|strong="H0376" this|strong="H0935" [man|strong="H0376"] come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7200" house? 
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\chapterNumber{22}And|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" departed|strong="H3381" thence, and|strong="H1004" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" cave|strong="H4631" of|strong="H1004" Adullam|strong="H5725". And|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" brethren|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father's house|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H8085" [it|strong="H3381"], and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" thither to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" distress|strong="H4689", and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" debt, and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" embittered|strong="H4751" spirit|strong="H5315" collected|strong="H6908" round him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" captain|strong="H8269" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413" about|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" thence to|strong="H0413" Mizpeh|strong="H4708" in|strong="H0413" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", Let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3045" mother|strong="H0517", I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" thee, come|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" amongst you|strong="H0834", till|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{22.3 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" abode|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" while|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" stronghold. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Abide|strong="H3427" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" stronghold; depart, and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063". Then|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" departed|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H0776" Hareth. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H0834" discovered|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921". Now|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H0834" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeah|strong="H1390" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" tamarisk|strong="H0815" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" height|strong="H7413", having|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H0834" standing|strong="H5324" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" that|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", Hear|strong="H8085" now|strong="H4994", ye Benjaminites: will|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" give|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" vineyards|strong="H3754"? Will|strong="H1571" he|strong="H5414" make|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" thousands|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" hundreds|strong="H3967", 
\verseNumber{8}that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" that|strong="H3588" informs me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" has|strong="H0369" made|strong="H3772" [a|strong="H3588" covenant] with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448"; and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369" sorry for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", or|strong="H0369" informs me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" has|strong="H0369" stirred|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" lier-in-wait against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", as|strong="H3117" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"? 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6030" answered|strong="H0559" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H0853" Edomite|strong="H0130", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" set|strong="H5324" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Nob|strong="H5011", to|strong="H0413" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" for|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" victuals, and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H3068" Goliath|strong="H1555" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" call|strong="H7121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father's house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" Nob|strong="H5011"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Hear|strong="H8085" now|strong="H4994", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005", my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" ye conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", thou and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" thou hast given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" hast inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H1121" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{22.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" should|strong="H4100" rise|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" lier-in-wait, as|strong="H3117" at|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"? 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4428" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", And|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" so|strong="H5493" faithful|strong="H0539" among|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" thy servants|strong="H5650" as|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" king's son-in-law|strong="H2860", and|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4310" access to|strong="H0413" thy secret council, and|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4310" honourable in|strong="H0413" thy house|strong="H1004"? 
\verseNumber{15}Was|strong="H0430" it|strong="H7760" to-day that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" inquire|strong="H7592" of|strong="H4428" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{22.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H7760"? be|strong="H3808" it|strong="H7760" far|strong="H2486" from|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7760": let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" charge|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", [nor|strong="H3808"] to|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001"; for|strong="H3588" thy servant|strong="H5650" knew|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063", less|strong="H3588" or|strong="H0176" more|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Thou shalt certainly|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", Ahimelech|strong="H0288", thou, and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" thy father's house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" couriers|strong="H7323" that|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5324" about|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", Turn|strong="H5437" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191"; because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" fled|strong="H1272", and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" inform|strong="H3045" me|strong="H7971". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" were|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H0559" put|strong="H4191" forth|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" fall|strong="H6293" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Doeg|strong="H1673", Turn|strong="H5437" thou, and|strong="H4428" fall|strong="H6293" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548". And|strong="H4428" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H0559" Edomite|strong="H0130" turned|strong="H5437", and|strong="H4428" fell|strong="H6293" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" eighty-five|strong="H8084" persons|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" wore|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0559" linen|strong="H0906" ephod|strong="H0646". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3548" Nob|strong="H5011", the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548", he|strong="H5704" smote|strong="H5221" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", both men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3548" women|strong="H0802", infants|strong="H3243" and|strong="H3548" sucklings, and|strong="H3548" oxen|strong="H7794", and|strong="H3548" asses, and|strong="H3548" sheep|strong="H7716", with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0310" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", named|strong="H8034" Abiathar|strong="H0054", escaped|strong="H4422", and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H1272" after|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" Abiathar|strong="H0054" informed|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3068" slain|strong="H2026" Jehovah's priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Abiathar|strong="H0054", I|strong="H0595" knew|strong="H3045" it|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3588" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H3605" Edomite|strong="H0130" was|strong="H1732" there|strong="H8033", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0559" certainly|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586": I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" accountable for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1004" thy father's house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{23}Abide|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H5315", fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H0408"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" seeks|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" life|strong="H5315" seeks|strong="H1245" thy life|strong="H5315"; for|strong="H3588" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H5315" thou art in|strong="H3427" safe|strong="H4931" keeping. 
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\chapterNumber{23}And|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" Keilah|strong="H7084", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1992" rob the|strong="H0853" threshing-floors. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" go and|strong="H3068" smite|strong="H5221" these|strong="H0428" Philistines|strong="H6430"? And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Go and|strong="H3068" smite|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" Keilah|strong="H7084". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" David's men|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009", we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0376" afraid|strong="H3372" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063"; how|strong="H0637" much|strong="H0637" more|strong="H0637" then|strong="H2009" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H2009" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430"? 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" yet|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750". And|strong="H6965" Jehovah|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" Keilah|strong="H7084"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" into|strong="H3027" thy hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1419" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084", and|strong="H1419" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1419" brought|strong="H3467" away|strong="H5090" their|strong="H5221" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H1419" smote|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347". So|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" saved|strong="H3467" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3381" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084", he|strong="H1732" came|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0413" an|strong="H1961" ephod|strong="H0646" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Keilah|strong="H7084". Then|strong="H0853" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23.7 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" cast him|strong="H0853" off|strong="H0853" into|strong="H0935" my|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0430" shut|strong="H5462" in|strong="H0935", by|strong="H3027" entering|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0430" gates|strong="H1817" and|strong="H0935" bars|strong="H1280". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" war|strong="H4421", to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084", to|strong="H0413" besiege David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3548" when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" devised mischief against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", Bring|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0559" ephod|strong="H0646". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732", Jehovah|strong="H3068", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23.10 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", thy servant|strong="H5650" hath heard|strong="H8085" for|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" seeketh to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084", to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8085" sake|strong="H5668". 
\verseNumber{11}Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" citizens|strong="H1167" of|strong="H0430" Keilah|strong="H7084" deliver|strong="H5462" me|strong="H4994" up|strong="H5462" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"? will|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", as|strong="H0834" thy servant|strong="H5650" hath heard|strong="H8085"? Jehovah|strong="H3068", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23.11 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", I|strong="H0834" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, tell|strong="H5046" thy servant|strong="H5650". And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" citizens|strong="H1167" of|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084" deliver|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" me|strong="H5462" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586"? And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", They|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5462" [thee] up|strong="H5462". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376", about|strong="H1980" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967", arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1980" departed|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" whithersoever they|strong="H0834" could|strong="H0376" go|strong="H1980". And|strong="H1980" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0834" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3318" Keilah|strong="H7084", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" forbore to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" in|strong="H3427" strongholds|strong="H4679", and|strong="H0430" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0430" Ziph|strong="H2128". And|strong="H0430" Saul|strong="H7586" sought|strong="H1245" him|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23.14 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1732" seek|strong="H1245" his|strong="H1732" life|strong="H5315"; and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H5315" Ziph|strong="H2128" in|strong="H5315" a|strong="H3588" wood. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" Saul's son|strong="H1121" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wood, and|strong="H1121" strengthened|strong="H2388" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027" in|strong="H0413" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23.16 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H3808"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" thee; and|strong="H3478" thou shalt be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0595" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" thee; and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" knows|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" wood, and|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0559" Ziphites|strong="H2130" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390", saying|strong="H0559", Does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" hide|strong="H5641" himself|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" strongholds|strong="H4679" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" wood, on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H0559" Hachilah|strong="H2444", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" waste? 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3027" now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H5315" of|strong="H4428" thy soul|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3381" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381"; and|strong="H3027" it|strong="H3381" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3381" deliver|strong="H5462" him|strong="H3381" up|strong="H5462" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king's hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" ye of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" ye have|strong="H2550" compassion|strong="H2550" upon|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}Go|strong="H1961", I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" you|strong="H0834", make|strong="H3045" yet|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" sure|strong="H3045", and|strong="H8033" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H8033" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H0834" track is|strong="H0834", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" told|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" deals very|strong="H6191" subtilly. 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200", and|strong="H1980" ascertain all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lurking-places where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" hides|strong="H2244" himself|strong="H3045", and|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" ye again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0854" sure|strong="H3045" information, that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834"; and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961", if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" search|strong="H2664" him|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3045" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0376" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" Ziph|strong="H2128" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586"; but|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Maon|strong="H4584", in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" plain|strong="H6160" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" waste. 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H8085" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" seek|strong="H1245" [him|strong="H0310"]. And|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0310" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H8085" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H0376" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Maon|strong="H4584". And|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" [that|strong="H8085"], and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0310" pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Maon|strong="H4584". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H0413" on|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" on|strong="H0413" that|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022"; and|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H1961" haste|strong="H2648" to|strong="H0413" get away|strong="H2648" from|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" sought|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" surround David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" there came|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", Haste|strong="H4116" thee and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H0776" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H3588" raid|strong="H6584" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430"; therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Sela-hammahlekoth. 
\verseNumber{29}And David went up from thence, and abode in the strongholds of Engedi. 
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\chapterNumber{24}And|strong="H1732" it|strong="H8033" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H8033" pass when|strong="H3427" Saul had|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" following the|strong="H8033" Philistines, that|strong="H1732" it|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1732" told him|strong="H1732", saying, Behold, David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8033" wilderness of|strong="H3427" Engedi|strong="H5872". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H1961" three thousand men|strong="H0559", chosen out of|strong="H0559" all|strong="H2009" Israel, and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" seek David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0559" upon|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" rocks of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" wild goats. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sheepfolds by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H6440", where|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3947" cave; and|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" cover his|strong="H3605" feet; and|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H3478" abiding in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" recesses of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" cave. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" David's men|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold the|strong="H0853" day of|strong="H0376" which|strong="H8033" Jehovah said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" thee, Behold, I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0376" give|strong="H0935" thine enemy into|strong="H0413" thy hand, that|strong="H1732" thou mayest do|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H0376" seem good to|strong="H0413" thee. And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" arose, and|strong="H0935" cut off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" skirt of|strong="H0376" Saul's robe secretly. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5414" came|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H6965" afterwards that|strong="H0834" David's heart smote him|strong="H0413", because|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" Saul's skirt|strong="H3671". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1732" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3772", Jehovah forbid that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H1732" do this|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" master, Jehovah's anointed, to|strong="H1961" stretch forth my|strong="H5921" hand against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" anointed of|strong="H5921" Jehovah. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H3027" checked his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" suffered them|strong="H0853" not|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0559" rise against|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H0559". And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H0559" rose up|strong="H0853" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cave, and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H0376" on|strong="H3068" [his|strong="H3068"] way|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H0853" arose|strong="H6965" afterwards, and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cave|strong="H4631", and|strong="H6965" cried|strong="H5414" after|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H1697", My|strong="H5414" lord the|strong="H0853" king! And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" looked behind him|strong="H0413", David|strong="H1732" bowed with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" face to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" earth, and|strong="H6965" did|strong="H3808" obeisance. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586", Why|strong="H3651" dost thou listen to|strong="H0559" words of|strong="H4428" men|strong="H7121", saying|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H5027", David|strong="H1732" seeks thy hurt? 
\verseNumber{10}Behold|strong="H2009", this|strong="H1697" day thine eyes have|strong="H1697" seen how|strong="H4100" that|strong="H8085" Jehovah had|strong="H1732" given|strong="H8085" thee this|strong="H1697" day into my|strong="H8085" hand in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" cave; and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H0559" bade me|strong="H1697" kill thee; but|strong="H2009" [mine eye] spared thee; and|strong="H1732" I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H0120" not|strong="H1732" put forth|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" hand against|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" lord, for|strong="H1245" he|strong="H1732" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" anointed of|strong="H1697" Jehovah. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200", my|strong="H5414" father, yes|strong="H3588", see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" skirt of|strong="H3068" thy robe in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". For|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" cut off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" skirt of|strong="H3068" thy robe, and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" thee not|strong="H3808", know and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0834" neither|strong="H3808" evil nor|strong="H3808" transgression in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" sinned against|strong="H5921" thee; yet|strong="H3588" thou liest in|strong="H5921" wait for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}Jehovah judge between me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3027" thee, and|strong="H3027" Jehovah avenge me|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3027" thee; but|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" hand|strong="H3027" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" upon|strong="H7200" thee. 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H1961" saith the|strong="H4480" proverb of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" wicked; but|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H1961" thee. 
\verseNumber{14}After|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king of|strong="H3027" Israel come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318"? after|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H0834" dost thou pursue? after|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dead dog, after|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" single flea. 
\verseNumber{15}Jehovah therefore|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" judge, and|strong="H3478" judge between me|strong="H0310" and|strong="H3478" thee, and|strong="H3478" see, and|strong="H3478" plead my|strong="H3318" cause, and|strong="H3478" do|strong="H4310" me|strong="H0310" justice [in|strong="H3478" delivering me|strong="H0310"] out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" thy hand. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" soon as|strong="H1961" David|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3068" ended speaking these words to|strong="H1961" Saul, Saul said, Is|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" thy voice, my|strong="H3068" son David|strong="H3027"? And|strong="H3068" Saul lifted up|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" voice and|strong="H3068" wept. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Thou art more righteous than I|strong="H1697"; for|strong="H0413" thou hast rewarded me|strong="H0413" good, whereas I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1961" rewarded thee evil. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1732" thou hast shewed this|strong="H3588" day how|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" thou hast dealt|strong="H1580" well|strong="H2896" with|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", forasmuch as|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" Jehovah had|strong="H1732" delivered me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H4480" into|strong="H0413" thy hand, thou didst not|strong="H1732" kill me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{19}For|strong="H3027" if|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" man find his|strong="H3068" enemy, will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0853" go well|strong="H2896" away? wherefore Jehovah|strong="H3068" reward thee good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3027" that|strong="H0834" thou hast done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046" this|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" behold, I|strong="H0834" know that|strong="H0834" thou shalt certainly|strong="H3588" be|strong="H0376" king, and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" kingdom of|strong="H0376" Israel shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H0376" established in|strong="H3068" thy hand. 
\verseNumber{21}Swear|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6965" by|strong="H3027" Jehovah, that|strong="H3588" thou wilt not|strong="H3588" cut off my|strong="H3045" seed after|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3588" thou wilt not|strong="H3588" destroy my|strong="H3045" name out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3045" father's house. 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" David swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" Saul. And|strong="H3068" Saul went|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H3068" David and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H3772" went|strong="H1004" up|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" stronghold. 
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\chapterNumber{25}And|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" died|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H6965" lamented|strong="H5594" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3605" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414". And|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H1004" Paran|strong="H6290". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1419" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" at|strong="H1961" Maon|strong="H4584", whose|strong="H0376" business|strong="H4639" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" Carmel|strong="H3760"; and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H0853" had|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1419" a|strong="H1961" thousand|strong="H0505" goats|strong="H5795"; and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H0853" was|strong="H1961" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H6629" at|strong="H1961" Carmel|strong="H3760". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H8034" Nabal|strong="H5037", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" Abigail|strong="H0026"; and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0376" good|strong="H2896" understanding|strong="H3820", and|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0376" beautiful|strong="H3303" countenance; but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H8034" churlish and|strong="H0376" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" doings|strong="H4611"; and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H0376" Calebite. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" that|strong="H3588" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H1732" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H8085" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" ten|strong="H6235" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288"; and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Carmel|strong="H3760", and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Nabal|strong="H5037", and|strong="H0935" greet|strong="H7965" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1004" thus|strong="H3541" shall|strong="H1004" ye say|strong="H0559": Long life|strong="H2416" [to|strong="H0559" thee]! and|strong="H1004" peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" thee, and|strong="H1004" peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" thy house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" thou hast! 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3117" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" thou hast shearers|strong="H1494"; now|strong="H6258" thy shepherds|strong="H7462" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" hurt them|strong="H6485" not|strong="H3808", neither|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" aught missed|strong="H6485" by|strong="H3117" them|strong="H6485", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H8085" Carmel|strong="H3760". 
\verseNumber{8}Ask|strong="H7592" thy young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H5046" thee. Therefore|strong="H3588" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" find|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H5921" thine eyes|strong="H5869"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117": give|strong="H5414", I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" thee, what|strong="H0834" thy hand|strong="H3027" may|strong="H4994" find|strong="H4672" to|strong="H0935" thy servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" thy son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" David's young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Nabal|strong="H5037" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" ceased. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" Nabal|strong="H5037" answered|strong="H0559" David's servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" David|strong="H1732"? and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448"? there are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7235" servants|strong="H5650" now-a-days that|strong="H3117" break|strong="H6555" away|strong="H6555" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0376" shall|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0834" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0376" my|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H0376" my|strong="H5414" flesh which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" killed for|strong="H4325" my|strong="H5414" shearers|strong="H1494", and|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" [it|strong="H5414"] to|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" whence they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H0834"? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" David's young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" turned|strong="H2015" their|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5046" according to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376", Gird|strong="H2296" ye on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719". And|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5921" girded|strong="H2296" on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719"; and|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1571" girded|strong="H2296" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719"; and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H5927" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" after|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732" about|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H3427" hundred|strong="H3967" abode|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" baggage|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H7971" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0802" [Nabal's] young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" told|strong="H5046" Abigail|strong="H0026", Nabal's wife|strong="H0802", saying|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0559" bless|strong="H1288" our|strong="H1288" master|strong="H0113"; and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1732" has|strong="H2009" insulted them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1980" us|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1980" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" hurt, neither|strong="H3808" missed|strong="H6485" we|strong="H3117" anything|strong="H3605", as|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3117" companied with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H6485", when|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wall|strong="H2346" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5921" both|strong="H1571" by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" while|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" feeding the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1121" consider|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" thou wilt do|strong="H6213", for|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H1931" determined|strong="H3615" against|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" such|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Belial, that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" cannot speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3967" Abigail|strong="H0026" made|strong="H6213" haste|strong="H4116", and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" loaves|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H8147" skin-bottles of|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" sheep|strong="H6629" ready dressed, and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" measures|strong="H5429" of|strong="H5921" parched|strong="H7039" [corn], and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H3947" hundred|strong="H3967" raisin-cakes, and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" fig-cakes, and|strong="H3967" laid|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" asses. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H0935" she|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5046" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376", Go|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440"; behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" come|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H6440". But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" husband|strong="H0376" Nabal|strong="H5037". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0376" as|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" ass, and|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" covert of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022", behold|strong="H2009", David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" opposite|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0376" she|strong="H1931" met|strong="H6298" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", Surely|strong="H0389", in|strong="H7725" vain|strong="H8267" have|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" [man|strong="H3605"] had|strong="H0834" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" was|strong="H0834" missed|strong="H6485" of|strong="H8478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605"; and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" requited me|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H7451" for|strong="H8478" good|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H6213" and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3541" do|strong="H6213" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25.22 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" leave|strong="H7604" of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" by|strong="H1242" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" light any|strong="H3605" male. 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0776" when|strong="H7200" Abigail|strong="H0026" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", she|strong="H6440" hasted and|strong="H0776" lighted off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" ass, and|strong="H0776" fell|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0776" bowed|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776", 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="H1697" fell|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H1697" said|strong="H0559", Upon|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994", my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H0113", [upon|strong="H5921"] me|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" iniquity|strong="H5771" be|strong="H1697"; but|strong="H1696" let|strong="H4994" thy handmaid|strong="H0519", I|strong="H0589" pray|strong="H4994" thee, speak|strong="H1696" in|strong="H5921" thine ears|strong="H0241", and|strong="H1697" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" thy handmaid|strong="H0519". 
\verseNumber{25}Let|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" my|strong="H7760" lord|strong="H0113", I|strong="H0589" pray|strong="H4994" thee, regard|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Belial, Nabal|strong="H5037"; for|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H0834", so|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834": Nabal|strong="H5037" is|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H7971" folly|strong="H5039" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H0589" thy handmaid|strong="H0519" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" my|strong="H7760" lord|strong="H0113", whom|strong="H0834" thou didst send|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H0935" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", [as|strong="H0834"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, and|strong="H0935" [as|strong="H0834"] thy soul|strong="H5315" liveth, seeing Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" restrained|strong="H4513" thee from|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0413" bloodshed|strong="H1818", and|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" avenging|strong="H3467" thyself with|strong="H0413" thine own|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027", now|strong="H6258" let|strong="H6258" thine enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" seek|strong="H1245" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" Nabal|strong="H5037". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1980" now|strong="H6258" this|strong="H2063" blessing|strong="H1293" which|strong="H0834" thy bondmaid has|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H0113", let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H0113" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" that|strong="H0834" follow|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994" thee, forgive|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" transgression|strong="H6588" of|strong="H1004" thy handmaid|strong="H0519": for|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" make|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" lasting|strong="H0539" house|strong="H1004"; because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" fights|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3588" battles|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1004" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5375" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" thee all|strong="H3117" thy days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H6965" if|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0120" is|strong="H3068" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1961" pursue|strong="H7291" thee and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1961" seek|strong="H1245" thy life|strong="H5315", the|strong="H0853" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" bound in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" bundle of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" with|strong="H0854" Jehovah|strong="H3068" thy \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25.29 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" souls|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0430" thine enemies|strong="H0341", them|strong="H0853" shall|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" sling out|strong="H1245" from|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0853" hollow|strong="H3709" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" sling. 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H3068" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" thee, and|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6680" thee ruler|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{31}that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" stumbling-block to|strong="H1961" thee, nor|strong="H3808" offence of|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", either that|strong="H3068" thou hast shed|strong="H8210" blood|strong="H1818" without|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600", or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" avenged|strong="H3467" himself|strong="H3820". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" Jehovah|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" deal well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", then|strong="H1961" remember|strong="H2142" thy handmaid|strong="H0519". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Abigail|strong="H0026", Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25.32 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" thee this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7122" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H0935" blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" thy discernment|strong="H2940", and|strong="H0935" blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" thou, who|strong="H0834" hast kept|strong="H3607" me|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" from|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" bloodshed|strong="H1818", and|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" avenging|strong="H3467" myself with|strong="H0935" mine own hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3588" indeed|strong="H3588", as|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25.34 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" liveth, who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" restrained|strong="H4513" me|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" hurting thee, except|strong="H0518" thou hadst hasted and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7122" me|strong="H0935", there|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" been|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" to|strong="H0935" Nabal|strong="H5037" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216" any|strong="H3498" male. 
\verseNumber{35}So|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" received|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1004" her|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" what|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H3947", Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0559" thy house|strong="H1004"; see|strong="H7200", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" hearkened to|strong="H0559" thy voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" accepted|strong="H3947" thy person|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H0935" Abigail|strong="H0026" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Nabal|strong="H5037"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1931" held a|strong="H0935" feast|strong="H4960" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" feast|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H0935" Nabal's heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H1931" merry within|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" drunken|strong="H7910" to|strong="H0413" excess; so|strong="H3808" she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" nothing|strong="H3808", less|strong="H6996" or|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3966", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216". 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H0802" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" wine|strong="H3196" was|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1697" Nabal|strong="H5037", that|strong="H1931" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0853" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H0802" his|strong="H1961" heart|strong="H3820" died|strong="H4191" within|strong="H7130" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0802" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H1961" [as|strong="H1697"] a|strong="H1961" stone|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Jehovah|strong="H3068" smote|strong="H5062" Nabal|strong="H5037", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H4191" Jehovah|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" pleaded|strong="H7378" the|strong="H0853" cause|strong="H7379" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" reproach|strong="H2781" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Nabal|strong="H5037", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H2820" back|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650" from|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H7451"; but|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" Nabal's evil|strong="H7451" upon|strong="H0802" his|strong="H3947" own head|strong="H7218". And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" communed with|strong="H3068" Abigail|strong="H0026", to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Abigail|strong="H0026" to|strong="H0413" Carmel|strong="H3760", and|strong="H0935" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H5650" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" thee, to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" thee as|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{41}And|strong="H6965" she|strong="H6965" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H0776" her|strong="H0559" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009", let thy handmaid|strong="H0519" be|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" bondwoman to|strong="H0559" wash|strong="H7364" the|strong="H0559" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0776" my|strong="H6965" lord|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H1980" Abigail|strong="H0026" hasted, and|strong="H1980" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1980" rode|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H5921" an|strong="H1961" ass, with|strong="H1980" five|strong="H2568" damsels of|strong="H5921" hers that|strong="H1732" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H1980" she|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5921" messengers|strong="H4397" of|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1980" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{43}David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" taken|strong="H3947" Ahinoam|strong="H0293" of|strong="H0802" Jizreel; and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1571" became|strong="H1961", even|strong="H1571" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H0802" them|strong="H0853", his|strong="H3947" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" Michal|strong="H4324" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323", David's wife|strong="H0802", to|strong="H5414" Phalti the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Laish, who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1121" Gallim|strong="H1554". 
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\chapterNumber{26}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" Ziphites|strong="H2130" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390", saying|strong="H0559", Does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" hide|strong="H5641" himself|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H6440" Hachilah|strong="H2444", facing|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" waste? 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Ziph|strong="H2128", having three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Ziph|strong="H2128". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H3427" Hachilah|strong="H2444", which|strong="H0834" faces|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" waste, by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H1870" side|strong="H0310". And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057"; and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057", 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" spies|strong="H7270", and|strong="H0935" learned|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" certainly|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" encamped|strong="H2583"; and|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" beheld the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" lay|strong="H7901", and|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" host|strong="H6635"; and|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" lay|strong="H7901" within|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" wagon-defence, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" encamped|strong="H2583" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" spake and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0559" Hittite|strong="H2850", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Abishai|strong="H0052" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", Joab's brother|strong="H0251", saying|strong="H0559", Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264"? And|strong="H1121" Abishai|strong="H0052" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" thee. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" Abishai|strong="H0052" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" lay|strong="H7901" sleeping|strong="H3463" within|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" wagon-defence, and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" stuck|strong="H4600" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" ground|strong="H0776" at|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H4763"; and|strong="H0935" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" lay|strong="H7901" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0430" Abishai|strong="H0052" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{26.8 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5462" thine enemy|strong="H0341" into|strong="H0413" thy hand|strong="H3027" this|strong="H6258" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H0430" now|strong="H6258" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" smite|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413", I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H4994" thee, with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595", even|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776" once|strong="H0259", and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8138" it|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8138" time|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abishai|strong="H0052", Destroy|strong="H7843" him|strong="H0413" not|strong="H0408"; for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" stretch|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H0413" Jehovah's anointed|strong="H4899", and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H0408" guiltless? 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", [As|strong="H0935"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" smite|strong="H5062" him|strong="H0935"; either|strong="H0518" his|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" shall|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" die|strong="H4191", or|strong="H0176" he|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3068" descend|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0935" battle|strong="H4421" and|strong="H0935" perish|strong="H5595". 
\verseNumber{11}Jehovah|strong="H3068" forbid|strong="H2486" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" stretch|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H3027" Jehovah's anointed|strong="H4899"! But|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258" take|strong="H3947", I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" thee, the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3947" head|strong="H4763", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" cruse of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H7971" us|strong="H4994" go|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" cruse of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" Saul's head|strong="H5307"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" went away|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" [it|strong="H5921"], and|strong="H3068" none|strong="H0369" knew|strong="H3045" [it|strong="H5921"], and|strong="H3068" none|strong="H0369" awaked, for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" asleep|strong="H3462"; for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" deep|strong="H8639" sleep|strong="H3462" from|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H7218" David|strong="H1732" went over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676", and|strong="H7218" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" a|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022" afar|strong="H7350" off|strong="H5921"; a|strong="H5921" great|strong="H7227" space|strong="H5676" [being] between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", saying|strong="H0559", Answerest thou not|strong="H3808", Abner|strong="H0074"? Then|strong="H6030" Abner|strong="H0074" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Who|strong="H4310" art thou that|strong="H7121" criest to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", Art not|strong="H3808" thou a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376"? and|strong="H0935" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3644" to|strong="H0413" thee in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478"? and|strong="H0935" why|strong="H4100" hast thou not|strong="H3808" guarded|strong="H8104" thy lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"? for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" thy lord|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{16}This|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" which|strong="H0834" thou hast done|strong="H6213". As|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, ye are|strong="H0834" worthy to|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4194", because|strong="H3588" ye have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" guarded|strong="H8104" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", Jehovah's anointed|strong="H4899". And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" see|strong="H7200" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king's spear|strong="H2595" is|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" cruse of|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" head|strong="H4763". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" knew David's voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", Is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" thy voice|strong="H6963", my|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732"? And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", It|strong="H5234" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H1732" voice|strong="H6963", my|strong="H1732" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", Why|strong="H4100" does|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3588" lord|strong="H0113" thus|strong="H2088" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" his|strong="H3027" servant|strong="H5650"? for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"? or|strong="H3027" what|strong="H4100" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5650" my|strong="H3588" hand|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994" thee, let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". If|strong="H0518" Jehovah|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1121" moved|strong="H5496" thee against|strong="H6440" me|strong="H4994", let|strong="H4994" him|strong="H0853" accept|strong="H8085" an|strong="H3588" oblation; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120", cursed|strong="H0779" be|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" before|strong="H6440" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1121" driven|strong="H1644" me|strong="H4994" out|strong="H1644" this|strong="H6258" day|strong="H3117" from|strong="H6440" adhering to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", Go|strong="H4994", serve|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{26.19 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258", let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" my|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776" far from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H0834" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1245" a|strong="H3588" single|strong="H0259" flea|strong="H6550", as|strong="H0834" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" hunt a|strong="H3588" partridge|strong="H7124" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398": return|strong="H7725", my|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" do|strong="H2088" thee harm|strong="H7489", because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7725" life|strong="H5315" was|strong="H0834" precious|strong="H3365" in|strong="H3117" thine eyes|strong="H5869" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117": behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" acted|strong="H5528" foolishly|strong="H5528", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0834" erred|strong="H7686" exceedingly|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" king's spear|strong="H2595", and|strong="H4428" let one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" come over|strong="H5674" and|strong="H4428" fetch it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" render|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5414" righteousness|strong="H6666" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" faithfulness|strong="H0530"; for|strong="H3027" Jehovah|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" thee into|strong="H0376" [my|strong="H5414"] hand|strong="H3027" this|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" stretch|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H3027" Jehovah's anointed|strong="H4899". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" behold|strong="H2009", as|strong="H0834" thy life|strong="H5315" was|strong="H0834" highly|strong="H1431" esteemed this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3068" mine eyes|strong="H5869", so|strong="H3651" let|strong="H3651" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3068" highly|strong="H1431" esteemed in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" distress|strong="H6869". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1571" thou, my|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732": thou shalt certainly|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" [great things], and|strong="H1121" shalt certainly|strong="H1571" prevail|strong="H3201". And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H7725" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" place|strong="H4725". 
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\chapterNumber{27}And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", I|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3478" now|strong="H6258" perish|strong="H5595" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" Saul|strong="H7586": there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413" than|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" speedily escape|strong="H4422" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H0776" despair|strong="H2976" of|strong="H0776" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" me|strong="H0413" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H4480" within|strong="H5750" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" limits of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3478" escape|strong="H4422" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maoch|strong="H4582", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1661". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" abode|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" Achish|strong="H0397" at|strong="H3427" Gath|strong="H1661", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" household|strong="H1004"; David|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" the|strong="H5973" Jizreelitess, and|strong="H1004" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H5973" Carmelitess|strong="H3762", Nabal's wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1732" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H1732" Gath|strong="H1661"; and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3588" sought|strong="H1245" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H5869" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", If|strong="H0518" now|strong="H4994" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H3427" thine eyes|strong="H5869", let|strong="H4994" them|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3427" some|strong="H0259" country-town, that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0518" may|strong="H4994" abide|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033"; for|strong="H0413" why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" thy servant|strong="H5650" abide|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" royal|strong="H4467" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H5973" thee? 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3063" Achish|strong="H0397" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Ziklag|strong="H6860" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"; therefore|strong="H3651" Ziklag|strong="H6860" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" year|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H3588" raid|strong="H6584" upon|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Geshurites|strong="H1651", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Gerzites, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Amalekites|strong="H6003": for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0776" old|strong="H5769" the|strong="H0834" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776", as|strong="H0834" thou goest to|strong="H0413" Shur|strong="H7793", and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0834" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" left|strong="H7725" neither|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" nor|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" alive|strong="H2421", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" asses, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" apparel, and|strong="H0935" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H0408" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559", Have|strong="H3063" ye not|strong="H0408" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H5921" raid|strong="H6584" to-day? And|strong="H3063" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397", and|strong="H3063" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Kenites|strong="H7017". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" left|strong="H0935" neither|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" nor|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" alive|strong="H2421", to|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H0935" [them|strong="H5921"] to|strong="H0559" Gath|strong="H1661", for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", Lest|strong="H6435" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" tell|strong="H5046" of|strong="H0376" us|strong="H5046", saying|strong="H0559", So|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732". And|strong="H0935" such|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" custom|strong="H4941" as|strong="H0834" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3478" Achish|strong="H0397" trusted|strong="H0539" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", He|strong="H1732" has|strong="H1961" made|strong="H0887" himself|strong="H0887" utterly odious|strong="H0887" among|strong="H5769" his|strong="H1732" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1732" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" for|strong="H5650" ever|strong="H5769". 
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\chapterNumber{28}And|strong="H3478" it|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" those|strong="H0376" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" their|strong="H1992" armies|strong="H6635" for|strong="H3588" warfare|strong="H6635" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Know|strong="H3045" thou assuredly|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" thou shalt go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264", thou and|strong="H3478" thy men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", Thereby thou shalt know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H0834" thy servant|strong="H5650" can|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3117" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", Therefore|strong="H3651" will|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" make|strong="H7760" thee keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" person|strong="H3045" for|strong="H0413" ever. 
\verseNumber{3}(Now Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H0776" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" lamented|strong="H5594" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0776" Ramah|strong="H7414", even|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" own city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3478" put|strong="H4191" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" necromancers and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" soothsayers out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776".) 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H0935" Shunem|strong="H7766"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H0935" Gilboa|strong="H1533". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", he|strong="H0853" was|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820" greatly|strong="H3966" trembled|strong="H2729". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068"; but|strong="H3808" Jehovah|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7592", either|strong="H1571" by|strong="H3068" dreams|strong="H2472", or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" Urim|strong="H0224", or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" said|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650", Seek|strong="H1245" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H0559" has|strong="H5650" a|strong="H1245" spirit|strong="H0178" of|strong="H5650" Python, that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H2009" may go|strong="H2009" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H5650" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H5650" her|strong="H0413". And|strong="H5650" his|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5650" has|strong="H5650" a|strong="H1245" spirit|strong="H0178" of|strong="H5650" Python at|strong="H0413" En-dor|strong="H5874". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H1931", and|strong="H0935" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H0413" other|strong="H0312" garments|strong="H0899", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0834" pray thee, divine|strong="H7080" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H0178" of|strong="H0376" Python, and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" me|strong="H0413" [him|strong="H0413"] up|strong="H5927" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0376" name|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009", thou knowest what|strong="H4100" Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" necromancers and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" soothsayers out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H0776" why|strong="H4100" layest thou a|strong="H3772" snare|strong="H5367" for|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3045" life|strong="H5315", to|strong="H0413" cause me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" die|strong="H4191"? 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" swore|strong="H7650" unto her|strong="H0518" by|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", [As|strong="H1697"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, there|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" no|strong="H0518" punishment|strong="H5771" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" thee for|strong="H0518" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802", Whom|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" thee? And|strong="H0802" he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559", Bring|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1419" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050", she|strong="H4100" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963"; and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", Why|strong="H4100" hast thou deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H0413"? Even|strong="H0853" thou art Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", Be|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372"; but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" didst thou see|strong="H7200"? And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}god|strong="H0430" ascending|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0776" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1931" his|strong="H0376" form|strong="H8389"? And|strong="H0776" she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", An|strong="H3588" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376" comes|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927"; and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" covered with|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" mantle|strong="H4598". And|strong="H0776" Saul|strong="H7586" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0776" Samuel|strong="H8050", and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H1931" stooped with|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0430" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", Why|strong="H4100" hast thou disquieted me|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H5927" me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927"? And|strong="H0430" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H0430" sore distressed; for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" make|strong="H6213" war against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H4100" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" answers|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750", neither|strong="H3808" by|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" nor|strong="H3808" by|strong="H5921" dreams|strong="H2472"; therefore|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1571" called|strong="H7121" thee, that|strong="H3045" thou mayest make|strong="H6213" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3045" shall|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H1961" dost thou inquire|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921", seeing Jehovah|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" thee, and|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" thine enemy? 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3027" himself|strong="H3027" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rent the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" thy hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" thy neighbour, to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{18}Because|strong="H5921" thou didst not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" didst not|strong="H3808" execute his|strong="H5921" fierce|strong="H2740" anger|strong="H0639" upon|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002", therefore|strong="H3651" has|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" thee this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" thee into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H1121" to-morrow shalt thou and|strong="H1121" thy sons|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5414"; the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0776" Saul|strong="H7586" fell|strong="H5307" straightway his|strong="H3605" full|strong="H4393" length|strong="H6967" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" was|strong="H1961" sore afraid|strong="H3372" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0776" Samuel|strong="H8050"; and|strong="H0776" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H3581" in|strong="H0776" him|strong="H3605", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" nor|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" sore troubled|strong="H3966", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009", thy bondmaid has|strong="H0834" hearkened to|strong="H0413" thy voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H8085" life|strong="H5315" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H8085" hand|strong="H3709", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" hearkened to|strong="H0413" thy words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" thou spokest to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0398" now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994" thee, hearken thou also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" thy bondmaid, and|strong="H0398" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" set|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" morsel|strong="H6595" of|strong="H6963" bread|strong="H3899" before|strong="H6440" thee; and|strong="H0398" eat|strong="H0398", that|strong="H3588" thou mayest have|strong="H1961" strength|strong="H3581" when|strong="H3588" thou goest on|strong="H1870" thy way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3985" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". Then|strong="H6965" his|strong="H8085" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" also|strong="H1571", compelled him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3808" hearkened to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0398" voice|strong="H6963"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3808" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6965" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" had|strong="H0802" a|strong="H3947" fat calf|strong="H5695" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" she hasted and|strong="H1004" killed it|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1004" took|strong="H3947" flour|strong="H7058", and|strong="H1004" kneaded|strong="H3888" it|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1004" baked|strong="H0644" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" thereof; 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H6965" she|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H5066" it|strong="H1931" near|strong="H5066" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H6965" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3915" ate|strong="H0398". And|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3915" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H5066" away|strong="H0398" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915". 
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\chapterNumber{29}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" Aphek|strong="H0663"; and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H5869" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H2583" Jizreel. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5973" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5973" Philistines|strong="H6430" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5973" by|strong="H0376" hundreds|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" by|strong="H0376" thousands|strong="H0505"; and|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5973" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5973" rearward with|strong="H5973" Achish|strong="H0397". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H0834" these|strong="H0428" Hebrews|strong="H5680"? And|strong="H3478" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430", Is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H0559" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117", or|strong="H0176" these|strong="H0428" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" nothing|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" him|strong="H0413" since|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" falling|strong="H5307" away|strong="H5307" [to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"] to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"? 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H0834" wroth with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Make|strong="H7521" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" return|strong="H7725", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3381" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" thou hast appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" go|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3808" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421", that|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" he|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" an|strong="H1961" adversary|strong="H7854" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H5921" wherewith should|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" [fellow|strong="H0376"] reconcile himself|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113"? should|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0376" these|strong="H2088" men|strong="H0376"? 
\verseNumber{5}Is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732", of|strong="H0505" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" sang one|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0559" another|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3808" dances|strong="H4246", saying|strong="H0559", Saul|strong="H7586" smote|strong="H5221" his|strong="H1732" thousands|strong="H0505", and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" ten|strong="H7233" thousands|strong="H0505"? 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" Achish|strong="H0397" called|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", [As|strong="H5704"] Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth, thou art upright|strong="H3477", and|strong="H0935" thy going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" thy coming|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" is|strong="H3068" acceptable to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0935" thee since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" thy coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"; but|strong="H3588" thou art not|strong="H3808" acceptable to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" lords|strong="H5633". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H7725" now|strong="H6258" return|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" peace|strong="H7965", that|strong="H3808" thou displease not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7725" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7725" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213"? and|strong="H0935" what|strong="H4100" hast thou found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H0935" thy servant|strong="H5650" so|strong="H6213" long|strong="H5704" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0413" thee to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0430" Achish|strong="H0397" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" thou art acceptable to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", as|strong="H3588" an|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{29.9 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"; nevertheless|strong="H0389" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H5869" said|strong="H0559", He|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" now|strong="H6258" rise|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" morning|strong="H1242" with|strong="H0854" thy master's servants|strong="H5650" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" thee; and|strong="H0935" rise|strong="H7925" ye early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" ye have|strong="H0834" daylight, depart. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0776" David|strong="H1732" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5927" early|strong="H7925", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376", to|strong="H0413" depart|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" morning|strong="H1242", to|strong="H0413" return|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430". And|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Jizreel. 
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\chapterNumber{30}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H0935", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ziklag|strong="H6860" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6003" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H1961" raid|strong="H6584" upon|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H0935" Ziklag|strong="H6860", and|strong="H0935" smitten|strong="H5221" Ziklag|strong="H6860" and|strong="H0935" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784"; 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H1419" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H7617" the|strong="H0853" women|strong="H0802" captives|strong="H7617" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4191" it|strong="H5704"; both|strong="H4191" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" small|strong="H6996": they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" put|strong="H4191" none|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" death|strong="H4191", but|strong="H3808" had|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H7617" them|strong="H0853" off|strong="H7617", and|strong="H1419" went|strong="H0376" on|strong="H1870" their|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" behold|strong="H2009", it|strong="H0935" was|strong="H1732" burnt|strong="H8313" with|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784"; and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H8313" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H8313" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H8313" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H7617" captives|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H1732" wept|strong="H1058", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" more|strong="H0369" power|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5704" weep|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1732" David's two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802" were|strong="H0802" taken|strong="H7617" captives|strong="H7617", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" the|strong="H1732" Jizreelitess, and|strong="H1732" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" Nabal|strong="H5037" the|strong="H1732" Carmelite|strong="H3761". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" spoke|strong="H0559" of|strong="H1121" stoning|strong="H5619" him|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" embittered, every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323"; but|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" strengthened|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{30.6 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", Ahimelech's son|strong="H1121", Bring|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0559" pray|strong="H4994" thee, the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646". And|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" brought|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H2088" troop|strong="H1416"? shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" overtake|strong="H5381" them|strong="H0310"? And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0310", Pursue|strong="H7291"; for|strong="H3588" thou shalt assuredly overtake|strong="H5381" [them|strong="H0310"] and|strong="H3068" shalt certainly|strong="H3588" recover|strong="H5337". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H0935", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" torrent Besor|strong="H1308"; and|strong="H0935" those|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" stayed|strong="H5975" behind|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" pursued|strong="H7291", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3967" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376"; for|strong="H0376" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" stayed|strong="H5975" behind, who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" too exhausted|strong="H6296" to|strong="H0376" go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" torrent Besor|strong="H1308". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0398" they|strong="H0376" found|strong="H4672" an|strong="H5414" Egyptian|strong="H4713" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H0398" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0398" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0398" he|strong="H1732" ate|strong="H0398"; and|strong="H0398" they|strong="H0376" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8248", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H7725" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" piece|strong="H6400" of|strong="H3117" fig-cake and|strong="H7725" two|strong="H8147" raisin-cakes, and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398", and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" eaten|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899", nor|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8354" any|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325", for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7969" nights|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", To|strong="H0559" whom|strong="H4310" belongest thou? and|strong="H3117" whence art thou? And|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Egypt|strong="H4713", servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0376" an|strong="H3588" Amalekite|strong="H6003"; and|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113" left|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5650", because|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0595" fell sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{14}We|strong="H0587" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H0834" raid|strong="H6584" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Cherethites|strong="H3774", and|strong="H3063" against|strong="H5921" what|strong="H0834" [belongs] to|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H5921" Caleb|strong="H3612"; and|strong="H3063" we|strong="H0587" burned|strong="H8313" Ziklag|strong="H6860" with|strong="H8313" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Canst thou bring|strong="H3381" me|strong="H0413" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" troop|strong="H1416"? And|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", Swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3027" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{30.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H2088" thou wilt neither|strong="H0518" put|strong="H4191" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191" nor|strong="H0518" deliver|strong="H5462" me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5462" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113", and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0430" bring|strong="H3381" thee down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" troop|strong="H1416". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" down|strong="H3381", and|strong="H3063" behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" spread|strong="H5203" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3063" drinking|strong="H8354", and|strong="H3063" dancing|strong="H2287", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" spoil|strong="H7998" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3063" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" smote|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" twilight|strong="H6153" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283"; and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H1992", save|strong="H4422" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376", who|strong="H0834" rode|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H3967" fled|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" recovered|strong="H5337" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947": and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" recovered|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" missed by|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7725", neither|strong="H3808" small|strong="H6996" nor|strong="H3808" great|strong="H1419", neither|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121" nor|strong="H3808" daughters|strong="H1323", neither|strong="H3808" spoil|strong="H7998" nor|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947": David|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" back|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" herds|strong="H1241", [which|strong="H1931"] they|strong="H0559" drove before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" David's spoil|strong="H7998". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H3427" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" too exhausted|strong="H6296" to|strong="H0413" follow|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3318" behind|strong="H0310" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" torrent Besor|strong="H1308"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7122" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7122" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" drew|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0935" saluted them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7451" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1980" [men|strong="H0376"] of|strong="H1121" Belial, of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", Because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" [aught] of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" spoil|strong="H7998" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0834" recovered|strong="H5337", save|strong="H5337" to|strong="H0559" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" lead|strong="H1980" [them|strong="H5414"] away|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" depart|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732", Ye shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", my|strong="H8104" brethren|strong="H0251", with|strong="H0854" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" Jehovah|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" preserved|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" troop|strong="H1416" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" our|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H1697" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" hearken to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" matter|strong="H1697"? For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5921" share|strong="H2506" is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" goes|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421", so|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4310" his|strong="H5921" share|strong="H2506" be|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" abides|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" baggage|strong="H3627": they|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4310" share|strong="H2506" alike|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3478" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1961" [so|strong="H1961"] from|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" forward|strong="H4605"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" made|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" statute|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3478" an|strong="H1961" ordinance|strong="H4941" for|strong="H4941" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ziklag|strong="H6860", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" spoil|strong="H7998" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" friends|strong="H7453", saying|strong="H0559", Behold|strong="H2009" a|strong="H0935" present|strong="H1293" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" spoil|strong="H7998" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{27}to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H1008" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" south Ramoth|strong="H7418", and|strong="H1008" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Jattir|strong="H3492", 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H0851" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Aroer|strong="H6177", and|strong="H0851" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Siphmoth|strong="H8224", and|strong="H0851" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Eshtemoa|strong="H0851", 
\verseNumber{29}and|strong="H3397" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Rachal, and|strong="H3397" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397", and|strong="H3397" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Kenites|strong="H7017", 
\verseNumber{30}and|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Hormah|strong="H2767", and|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Chor-ashan, and|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Athach|strong="H6269", 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" those|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1980" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" himself|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1980". 
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\chapterNumber{31}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H0376" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" slain|strong="H2491" on|strong="H5307" mount|strong="H2022" Gilboa|strong="H1533". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" followed hard upon|strong="H7586" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" upon|strong="H7586" his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" smote|strong="H5221" Jonathan|strong="H3083", and|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H1121" Malchishua, Saul's sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" went|strong="H0413" sore against|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" archers|strong="H3384" came|strong="H0413" up|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0376" was|strong="H7586" much|strong="H3966" terrified|strong="H3966" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" archers|strong="H3384". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3947" said|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5921" armour-bearer, Draw|strong="H8025" thy sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H0935" thrust|strong="H1856" me|strong="H5921" through|strong="H1856" with|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"; lest|strong="H6435" these|strong="H0428" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" thrust|strong="H1856" me|strong="H5921" through|strong="H1856", and|strong="H0935" abuse me|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" armour-bearer would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" much|strong="H5921" afraid|strong="H3372". So|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H0935" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H2719" when|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" armour-bearer saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1931" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1931" fell|strong="H5307" likewise|strong="H1571" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H2719" died|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" armour-bearer, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376", that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3588" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010", and|strong="H1121" [they|strong="H0834"] that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3588" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383", saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H0834" forsook the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", that|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" strip|strong="H6584" the|strong="H0853" slain|strong="H2491", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0935" found|strong="H4672" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" mount|strong="H2022" Gilboa|strong="H1533". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0776" they|strong="H5971" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0776" stripped|strong="H6584" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H7971" armour, and|strong="H0776" sent|strong="H7971" [them|strong="H0853"] into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439", to|strong="H7971" announce|strong="H1319" the|strong="H0853" glad|strong="H1319" tidings|strong="H1319" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H7971" idols|strong="H6091", and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1004" they|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" armour in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"; and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H7760" fastened|strong="H8628" his|strong="H7760" body to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" Beth-shan|strong="H1052". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H8085" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Jabesh-Gilead heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3427" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", 
\verseNumber{12}all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" body of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H1472" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" Beth-shan|strong="H1052", and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jabesh|strong="H3003", and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H0853" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106", and|strong="H3117" buried|strong="H6912" them|strong="H0853" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" tamarisk|strong="H0815" at|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003", and|strong="H3117" fasted|strong="H6684" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
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