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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
there
was
a
certain
man
of
Ramathaim-zophim,
of
mount
Ephraim,
and
his
name
was
Elkanah,
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Elihu,
the
son
of
Tohu,
the
son
of
Zuph,
an
Ephrathite.
\VS{2}And
he
had
two
wives:
the
name
of
the
one
was
Hannah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Peninnah;
and
Peninnah
had
children,
but
Hannah
had
no
children.
\VS{3}And
this
man
went
up
out
of
his
city
from
year
to
year
to
worship
and
to
sacrifice
to
Jehovah
of
hosts
in
Shiloh.
And
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
the
priests
of
Jehovah,
were
there.
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
day
that
Elkanah
sacrificed,
he
gave
to
Peninnah
his
wife
and
to
all
her
sons
and
her
daughters
portions;
\VS{5}but
to
Hannah
he
used
to
give
a
double
portion,
for
he
loved
Hannah;
but
Jehovah
had
shut
up
her
womb.
\VS{6}And
her adversary
provoked
her much
also,
to
make
her fret,
because
Jehovah
had
shut
up
her
womb.
\VS{7}And [as]
he
did
so
year
by
year,
as
often
as
she
went
up
to
the
house
of
Jehovah,
she
provoked
her
thus;
and
she
wept
and
did
not
eat.
\VS{8}And
Elkanah
her
husband
said
to
her,
Hannah,
why weepest thou?
and
why eatest thou
not?
and
why
is thy
heart grieved?
Am
not
I
better
to thee
than
ten
sons?
\VS{9}And
Hannah
rose
up
after
they
had
eaten
in
Shiloh,
and
after
they
had
drunk; (now
Eli
the
priest
sat
upon
the
seat
by
the door-post
of
the
temple
of
Jehovah;)
\VS{10}and
she
was
in
bitterness
of
soul,
and
prayed
to
Jehovah,
and
wept
much.
\VS{11}And
she
vowed
a
vow,
and
said,
O
Jehovah
of
hosts,
if thou wilt
indeed
look
on
the affliction
of thy
handmaid,
and
remember
me,
and
not
forget thy
handmaid,
but wilt
give unto thy
handmaid
a
man
child,
then
I
will
give
him
to
Jehovah
all
the
days
of
his
life,
and
there
shall
no razor
come
upon
his
head.
\VS{12}And
it
came
to
pass
as
she
continued
praying
before
Jehovah,
that
Eli marked
her
mouth.
\VS{13}Now
Hannah
spoke
in
her
heart;
only
her
lips moved,
but
her
voice
was
not
heard;
and
Eli
thought
she
was
drunken.
\VS{14}And
Eli
said
to
her,
How
long wilt thou be drunken?
put
away thy
wine
from thee.
\VS{15}And
Hannah
answered
and
said,
No,
my
lord,
I
am
a
woman
of
a sorrowful
spirit:
I
have
drunk
neither
wine
nor
strong
drink,
but
have
poured
out
my
soul
before
Jehovah.
\VS{16}Take
not thy
handmaid
for
a
daughter
of Belial:
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
my grief
and provocation
have
I
spoken hitherto.
\VS{17}And
Eli
answered
and
said, Go
in
peace;
and
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
grant thee thy
petition
which thou hast
asked
of
him.
\VS{18}And
she
said,
Let thy bondwoman
find
grace
in thy
sight.
And
the
woman
went
her
way,
and
did
eat,
and
her
countenance
was
no
more [as
before].
\VS{19}And
they
rose
up
early
in
the
morning
and worshipped
before
Jehovah,
and
returned
and
came
to
their
house
at
Ramah.
And
Elkanah
knew
Hannah
his
wife;
and
Jehovah
remembered
her.
\VS{20}And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
time
was
come
about
after
Hannah
had
conceived,
that
she
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Samuel, [saying,]
Because
I
have
asked
him
of
Jehovah.
\VS{21}And
Elkanah
her
husband,
and
all
his
house,
went
up
to
sacrifice
to
Jehovah
the
yearly
sacrifice
and
his
vow.
\VS{22}But
Hannah
did
not
go
up,
for
she
said
to
her
husband, [I
will
wait]
until
the
child
is
weaned;
then
will
I
bring
him,
that
he
may
appear
before
Jehovah,
and
there
abide
for
ever.
\VS{23}And
Elkanah
her
husband
said
to
her,
Do
what
is
good
in thy
sight:
abide
until thou hast
weaned
him;
only,
may
Jehovah fulfil
his
word.
And
the
woman
abode,
and
gave
her
son
suck
until
she
weaned
him.
\VS{24}And
she
took
him
up
with
her
when
she
had
weaned
him,
with
three bullocks,
and
one
ephah
of
flour,
and
a flask
of
wine,
and
brought
him
to
the
house
of
Jehovah
to
Shiloh;
and
the
boy
was
young.
\VS{25}And
they
slaughtered
the bullock,
and
brought
the
boy
to
Eli.
\VS{26}And
she
said, Oh
my
lord, [as] thy
soul liveth,
my
lord,
I
am
the
woman
that
stood
by thee
here
to
pray
to
Jehovah.
\VS{27}For
this
boy
I
prayed;
and
Jehovah
has
granted
me
my
petition
which
I
asked
of
him.
\VS{28}And
also
I
have lent
him
to
Jehovah:
all
the
days
that
he
lives,
he
is lent
to
Jehovah.
And
he worshipped
Jehovah
there.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Hannah
prayed,
and
said,
My
heart exulteth
in
Jehovah,
my
horn
is
lifted
up
in
Jehovah;
my
mouth
is
opened
wide
over mine
enemies;
for
I
rejoice
in thy
salvation.
\VS{2}There
is
none
holy
as
Jehovah,
for
there
is
none beside thee,
neither
is
there
any
rock
like
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{3}Do
not
multiply
your
words
of pride,
let
not vain-glory
come
out
of
your
mouth;
For
Jehovah
is
a
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:3 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
of
knowledge,
and
by
him
actions
are
weighed.
\VS{4}The
bow
of the
mighty
is broken,
and
they that
stumbled
are
girded
with
strength.
\VS{5}They
that
were
full
have
hired themselves
out
for
bread;
and
the
hungry
are [so]
no
more:
Even
the
barren beareth
seven,
and
she
that hath
many
children
is waxed feeble.
\VS{6}Jehovah killeth,
and maketh
alive;
he bringeth
down
to
Sheol,
and bringeth
up.
\VS{7}Jehovah maketh
poor,
and maketh
rich,
he bringeth
low,
also
he lifteth
up:
\VS{8}He raiseth
up
the
poor
out
of
the
dust;
from
the dung-hill
he lifteth
up
the
needy,
To
set [him]
among
nobles;
and
he maketh
them
inherit
a
throne
of
glory;
For
the
pillars
of
the
earth
are Jehovah's,
and
he hath
set
the
world
upon
them.
\VS{9}He keepeth
the
feet
of
his saints,
but
the
wicked
are silenced
in
darkness;
for
by
strength
shall
no
man
prevail.
\VS{10}They
that
strive
with
Jehovah
shall
be broken
to pieces;
in
the
heavens
will
he
thunder
upon
them.
Jehovah
will
judge
the
ends
of
the
earth;
and
he
will
give
strength unto
his
king,
and
exalt
the
horn
of
his
anointed.
\VS{11}And
Elkanah
went
to
Ramah
to
his
house.
And
the
boy
ministered
to
Jehovah
in
the
presence
of
Eli
the
priest.
\VS{12}Now
the
sons
of
Eli
were
sons
of Belial;
they
knew
not
Jehovah.
\VS{13}And
the priests'
custom
with
the
people
was,
when
any
man
sacrificed
a
sacrifice,
the priest's
servant
came,
when
the
flesh
was cooked,
with
a flesh-hook
of
three prongs
in
his
hand;
\VS{14}and
he
struck
it
into
the
pan,
or
kettle,
or cauldron,
or
pot;
the
priest
took
of
it
all
that
the flesh-hook
brought
up.
So
they
did
in
Shiloh
to
all
the
Israelites
that
came
there.
\VS{15}Even
before
they
burned
the
fat,
the priest's
servant
came,
and
said
to
the
man
that
sacrificed,
Give
flesh
to
roast
for
the
priest,
and
he
will
not
accept sodden
flesh
of thee,
but
raw.
\VS{16}If
the
man
said
to
him,
They
will immediately
burn
the
fat
entire,
then
take
as thy
soul
desires;
he
would
say [to
him],
No,
but thou shalt
give [it]
now;
and
if
not,
I
will
take [it]
by
force.
\VS{17}And
the
sin
of
the
young
men
was
very
great
before
Jehovah,
for
men
despised
the
offering
of
Jehovah.
\VS{18}And
Samuel
ministered
before
Jehovah,
a
boy
girded
with
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}And
his
mother
made
him
a
little coat,
and
brought
it
to
him
from
year
to
year,
when
she
came
up
with
her
husband
to
sacrifice
the
yearly
sacrifice.
\VS{20}And
Eli
blessed
Elkanah
and
his
wife,
and
said,
Jehovah
give thee
seed
of
this
woman
for
the loan
which
is lent
to
Jehovah.
And
they
went
to
their own
home.
\VS{21}So
Jehovah
visited
Hannah,
and
she
conceived,
and
bore
three
sons
and
two
daughters.
And
the
boy
Samuel
grew
before
Jehovah.
\VS{22}And
Eli
was
very
old,
and
heard
all
that
his
sons
were
doing
to
all
Israel,
and
that
they
lay
with
the
women
that
served
at
the
entrance
of
the
tent
of
meeting.
\VS{23}And
he
said
to
them,
Why
do ye
such
things?
for
I
hear
of
your
evil
deeds
from
all
this
people.
\VS{24}No,
my
sons,
for
it
is
no
good
report
that
I
hear: ye
make Jehovah's
people
transgress.
\VS{25}If
one
man
sin
against
another,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:25 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
will judge
him;
but
if
a
man
sin
against
Jehovah,
who
shall intreat
for
him?
But
they hearkened
not
to
the
voice
of
their
father,
for
Jehovah
was minded
to
slay
them.
\VS{26}And
the
boy
Samuel
grew
on,
and
was
in favour
both
with
Jehovah
and
also
with
men.
\VS{27}And
there
came
a
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:27 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
Eli
and
said
to
him,
Thus saith
Jehovah:
Did
I
plainly
reveal myself
to
the
house
of thy
father
when
they
were
in
Egypt,
in Pharaoh's
house,
\VS{28}and
choose
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to
be
my
priest,
to
offer
upon mine
altar,
to
burn
incense,
to
wear
the
ephod
before
me?
and
I
gave unto
the
house
of thy
father
all
the
offerings
by
fire
of
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{29}Wherefore
do ye trample upon
my
sacrifice
and upon
mine oblation
which
I
have
commanded [in
my]
habitation?
And thou honourest thy
sons
above
me,
to
make
yourselves fat
with
the primest
of
all
the oblations
of
Israel
my
people.
\VS{30}Wherefore
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:30 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel saith,
I
said
indeed, Thy
house
and
the
house
of thy
father
should
walk
before
me
for
ever.
But
now
Jehovah saith,
Be
it
far
from
me;
for
them
that honour
me
I
will honour,
and
they
that
despise
me
shall
be
lightly
esteemed.
\VS{31}Behold,
days
come,
that
I
will
cut
off thine
arm,
and
the
arm
of thy father's
house,
that
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in thy
house.
\VS{32}And thou shalt
see
an oppressor [in
my]
habitation, amidst
all
the
good
that
shall
be
done
to
Israel;
and
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in thy
house
for ever.
\VS{33}And
the
man
of thine [whom]
I
shall
not
cut
off
from
mine
altar,
shall
be
to cause thine
eyes
to
fail
and
to
grieve thy
soul;
and
all
the
increase
of thy
house
shall
die
in
their vigour.
\VS{34}And
this
shall
be
the
sign
to thee,
which
shall
come
upon thy
two
sons,
upon
Hophni
and
Phinehas:
in
one
day
they
shall
die,
both
of
them.
\VS{35}And
I
will
raise
up
for
myself
a
faithful
priest, [who]
shall
do according
to
what
is
in
my
heart
and
in
my
mind;
and
I
will
build
him
a
sure
house;
and
he
shall
walk
before mine
anointed
continually.
\VS{36}And
it
shall
come
to
pass [that]
every
one
that
is
left
of thy
house
shall
come
to crouch
to
him
for
a small
piece
of
silver
and
for
a
cake
of
bread,
and
shall
say,
Put
me,
I
pray thee,
into
one
of
the priestly
offices,
that
I
may
eat
a
morsel
of
bread.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
boy
Samuel
ministered
to
Jehovah
before
Eli.
And
the
word
of
Jehovah
was
rare
in
those
days;
a
vision
was
not frequent.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass
at
that
time,
when
Eli
lay
in
his
place (now
his
eyes
began
to grow
dim,
he
could
not
see),
\VS{3}and
the
lamp
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
had not
yet
gone
out,
and
Samuel
lay
in
the
temple
of
Jehovah,
where
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was,
\VS{4}that
Jehovah
called
to
Samuel.
And
he
said,
Here
am
I.
\VS{5}And
he
ran
to
Eli,
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for thou calledst
me.
And
he
said,
I
did
not
call:
lie
down
again.
And
he
went
and
lay
down.
\VS{6}And
Jehovah
called
again,
Samuel!
And
Samuel
arose
and
went
to
Eli,
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for thou calledst
me.
And
he
said,
I
did
not
call,
my
son:
lie
down
again.
\VS{7}Now
Samuel did
not
yet
know
Jehovah, neither
had
the
word
of
Jehovah
yet
been
revealed
to
him.
\VS{8}And
Jehovah
called
again
the
third
time,
Samuel!
And
he
arose
and
went
to
Eli,
and
said,
Here
am
I;
for thou calledst
me.
And
Eli
perceived
that
Jehovah
was
calling
the
boy.
\VS{9}And
Eli
said
to
Samuel,
Go,
lie
down;
and
it
shall
be,
if
he
call thee,
that thou shalt
say,
Speak,
Jehovah,
for thy
servant heareth.
So
Samuel
went
and
lay
down
in
his
place.
\VS{10}And
Jehovah
came,
and
stood,
and
called
as
at
the
other
times,
Samuel,
Samuel!
And
Samuel
said,
Speak,
for thy
servant heareth.
\VS{11}And
Jehovah
said
to
Samuel,
Behold,
I
do
a
thing
in
Israel,
at
which
both
the
ears
of
every
one
that heareth
it
shall
tingle.
\VS{12}In
that
day
I
will perform
against
Eli
all
that
I
have
spoken
concerning
his
house;
I
will
begin
and
make
an
end.
\VS{13}For
I
have
declared
to
him
that
I
will
judge
his
house
for
ever,
for
the
iniquity
which
he hath
known:
because
his
sons
made
themselves vile,
and
he restrained
them
not.
\VS{14}And
therefore
I
have
sworn unto
the
house
of
Eli
that
the
iniquity
of Eli's
house
shall
not
be expiated
with
sacrifice
or oblation
for
ever.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
lay
until
the
morning,
and
opened
the
doors
of
the
house
of
Jehovah.
And
Samuel
feared
to
declare
the
vision
to
Eli.
\VS{16}And
Eli
called
Samuel,
and
said,
Samuel,
my
son.
And
he
said,
Here
am
I.
\VS{17}And
he
said,
What
is
the
word
that
he
has
spoken
to thee?
I
pray thee,
keep
it
not
back
from
me:
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
do
so
to thee,
and
more
also,
if thou
keep
back
anything
from
me
of
all
the
word
that
he
spoke
to thee.
\VS{18}And
Samuel
told
him
all
the
words,
and
kept
nothing back
from
him.
And
he
said,
It
is
Jehovah:
let
him
do
what
is
good
in
his
sight.
\VS{19}And
Samuel
grew,
and
Jehovah
was
with
him,
and
let
none
of
his
words
fall
to
the
ground.
\VS{20}And
all
Israel,
from
Dan
even
to Beer-sheba,
knew
that
Samuel
was
established
a
prophet
of
Jehovah.
\VS{21}And
Jehovah
appeared
again
at
Shiloh;
for
Jehovah
revealed
himself
to
Samuel
at
Shiloh
by
the
word
of
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
what
Samuel
had
said
happened
to
all
Israel.
And
Israel
went
out
against
the
Philistines
to
battle,
and
encamped
beside Eben-ezer;
and
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Aphek.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines put themselves
in
array
against
Israel;
and
the
battle
spread,
and
Israel
was
routed
before
the
Philistines;
and
they
slew
in
battle
array
in
the
field
about
four
thousand
men.
\VS{3}And
the
people
came
into
the
camp;
and
the
elders
of
Israel
said,
Why
has
Jehovah smitten
us to-day
before
the
Philistines? Let
us fetch ourselves
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
out
of
Shiloh,
that
it
may
come
among
us,
and
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies.
\VS{4}So
the
people
sent
to
Shiloh,
and
they
brought
from thence
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
of
hosts,
who sitteth
between
the
cherubim;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
there
by
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:4 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Jehovah
came
into
the
camp,
that
all
Israel
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
so
that
the
earth
shook.
\VS{6}And
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shout,
and
said,
What
is
the
noise
of
this
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews?
And
they
understood
that
the
ark
of
Jehovah
had
come
into
the
camp.
\VS{7}And
the
Philistines
were
afraid,
for
they
said,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
come
into
the
camp.
And
they
said,
Woe unto
us!
for
there
has
not
been
such
a
thing heretofore.
\VS{8}Woe unto
us!
who
shall
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
these
mighty
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods?
these
are
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
that
smote
the
Egyptians
with
every
plague
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{9}Shew yourselves valiant
and
be
men, ye
Philistines,
that ye
may
not
have
to
be
servants
to
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
been
servants
to
you:
be
men,
and
fight.
\VS{10}And
the
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was
routed,
and
they
fled
every
man
to
his
tent;
and
there
was
a
very
great
slaughter,
and
there
fell
of
Israel
thirty
thousand
footmen.
\VS{11}And
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:11 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
taken;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
died.
\VS{12}And there
ran
a
man
of
Benjamin
out
of
the
battle,
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes rent
and
with
earth
upon
his
head.
\VS{13}And
when
he
came,
behold,
Eli
was
sitting
upon
the
seat
by
the way-side
watching;
for
his
heart trembled
for
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
And
the
man
came
to
tell
it
in
the
city,
and
all
the
city
cried
out.
\VS{14}And
Eli
heard
the
noise
of
the
crying,
and
said,
What
is
the
noise
of
this
tumult?
And
the
man
came
hastily,
and
told
Eli.
\VS{15}Now
Eli
was ninety-eight
years
old;
and
his
eyes
were
set,
that
he
could
not
see.
\VS{16}And
the
man
said
to
Eli,
I
am
he
that
came
out
of
the
battle,
and
I
have
fled to-day
out
of
the
battle.
And
he
said,
What
has
taken
place,
my
son?
\VS{17}And
the
messenger
answered
and
said,
Israel
has
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
has
been
also
a
great
slaughter
among
the
people,
and thy
two
sons
also,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
are
dead,
and
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
taken.
\VS{18}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
mentioned
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
that
he
fell
from
off
the
seat
backward
by
the
side
of
the
gate,
and
his
neck
broke,
and
he
died;
for
the
man
was
old,
and
heavy.
And
he
had
judged
Israel
forty
years.
\VS{19}And
his
daughter-in-law, Phinehas'
wife,
was
with
child,
near
to
be
delivered;
and
when
she
heard
the
tidings
that
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
taken,
and
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
were
dead,
she
bowed
herself
and travailed;
for
her pains
came
upon
her.
\VS{20}And
as
she
was
dying,
the women
that
stood
by
her
said,
Fear
not;
for thou hast
borne
a
son.
But
she
did
not
answer,
neither
did
she
take
it
to
heart.
\VS{21}And
she
named
the
child
Ichabod,
saying,
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel;
because
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:21 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
taken,
and
because
of
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband.
\VS{22}And
she
said,
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel,
for
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
taken.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:1 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
brought
it
from Eben-ezer
to
Ashdod.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and
brought
it
into
the
house
of
Dagon,
and
set
it
by
Dagon.
\VS{3}And
when
they
of
Ashdod
arose
early
the
next
day,
behold,
Dagon
had
fallen
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
ark
of
Jehovah.
And
they
took
Dagon,
and
set
him
in
his
place
again.
\VS{4}And
when
they
arose
early
the
next
morning,
behold,
Dagon
had
fallen
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
ark
of
Jehovah;
and
the
head
of
Dagon
and
both
the
palms
of
his
hands
were
cut
off
upon
the
threshold;
only
the fish-stump
was
left
to
him.
\VS{5}Therefore
neither
the
priests
of
Dagon
nor
any
that
come
into Dagon's
house
tread
on
the
threshold
of
Dagon
in
Ashdod
to
this
day.
\VS{6}And
the
hand
of
Jehovah
was
heavy
upon
them
of
Ashdod,
and
he
laid
them
waste,
and
smote
them
with hemorrhoids, —
Ashdod
and
its
borders.
\VS{7}And
when
the
men
of
Ashdod
saw
that
it
was
so,
they
said,
The
ark
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
shall
not
abide
with
us;
for
his
hand
is
severe
upon
us,
and
upon
Dagon
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god.
\VS{8}And
they
sent
and
gathered
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines unto
them,
and
said,
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel?
And
they
said,
Let
the
ark
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
be
carried
about
to
Gath.
And
they
carried
the
ark
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
about [thither].
\VS{9}And
it
came
to
pass
that,
after
they
had carried
it
about,
the
hand
of
Jehovah
was
against
the
city
with
very
great
panic;
and
he
smote
the
men
of
the
city, both
small
and
great,
and hemorrhoids
broke
out
upon
them.
\VS{10}And
they
sent
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
Ekron.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
to
Ekron,
that
the
Ekronites
cried
out,
saying,
They
have
brought
about
the
ark
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
to
us,
to
kill
us
and
our
people.
\VS{11}And
they
sent
and
gathered
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
said,
Send
away
the
ark
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:11 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
and
let
it
go
again
to
its
own
place,
that
it
kill
us
not,
and
our
people.
For
there
was
deadly alarm
throughout
the
city:
the
hand
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:11 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
very
heavy
there;
\VS{12}and
the
men
that
died
not
were
smitten
with
the hemorrhoids;
and
the
cry
of
the
city
went
up
to
heaven.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
ark
of
Jehovah
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners,
saying,
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
Jehovah?
tell
us wherewith
we
shall
send
it
to
its
place.
\VS{3}And
they
said,
If ye
send
away
the
ark
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
send
it
not
empty; ye
must
at
any rate
return
him
a trespass-offering:
then ye
shall
be
healed,
and
it
shall
be
known
to
you
why
his
hand
is
not
removed
from
you.
\VS{4}Then
they
said,
What
is
the trespass-offering
which
we
shall
return
to
him?
And
they
said,
Five
golden hemorrhoids,
and
five
golden
mice,
the
number
of
the
lords
of
the
Philistines;
for
one
plague
is upon
them
all,
and upon
your
lords.
\VS{5}And ye
shall
make
images
of
your hemorrhoids,
and
images
of
your
mice
that
destroy
the
land,
and
give
glory
to
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel:
perhaps
he
will
lighten
his
hand
from
off
you,
and
from
off
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods,
and
from
off
your
land.
\VS{6}And
why
will ye
harden
your
heart,
as
the
Egyptians
and
Pharaoh
hardened
their
heart?
When
he
had wrought mightily
among
them,
did
they
not
let
them
go,
and
they departed?
\VS{7}And
now
make
a
new
cart,
and
take
two
milch kine,
on
which
there
has
come
no
yoke,
and
tie
the kine
to
the
cart,
and
bring
their
calves
home
from
them;
\VS{8}and
take
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
lay
it
upon
the
cart,
and
the
golden
jewels,
which ye
return
him
as
a trespass-offering,
put
in
the coffer
by
the
side thereof;
and
send
it
away
that
it
may
go.
\VS{9}And
see,
if
it
go
up
by
the
way
of
its
own
border
to
Beth-shemesh,
it
is
he
who
has
done
us
this
great
evil;
if
not,
then
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand
that
touched
us;
it
was
a
chance [that]
happened
to
us.
\VS{10}And
the
men
did
so,
and
took
two
milch kine,
and
tied
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
\VS{11}And
they
laid
the
ark
of
Jehovah
upon
the
cart,
and
the coffer
with
the
golden
mice
and
the
images
of
their
sores.
\VS{12}And
the kine
went
straight
forward
on
the
way
to
Beth-shemesh;
they
went
by
the
one high
way,
lowing
as
they
went;
and
they
turned
not
aside
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
as
far
as
the
border
of
Beth-shemesh.
\VS{13}And [they
of]
Beth-shemesh
were reaping
the wheat-harvest
in
the
valley;
and
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
and
saw
the
ark,
and
rejoiced
to
see
it.
\VS{14}And
the
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua
the Beth-shemeshite,
and
stood
there;
and
a
great
stone
was
there.
And
they clave
the
wood
of
the
cart,
and
offered
up
the kine
as
a burnt-offering
to
Jehovah.
\VS{15}And
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
the coffer
that
was
with
it,
in
which
were
the
golden
jewels,
and
put
them
on
the
great
stone;
and
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
offered
up burnt-offerings
and
sacrificed
sacrifices
the
same
day
to
Jehovah.
\VS{16}And
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
saw [it],
and
returned
to
Ekron
the
same
day.
\VS{17}And
these
are
the
golden
sores
which
the
Philistines
returned
as
a trespass-offering
to
Jehovah:
for
Ashdod
one,
for Gazah
one,
for
Ashkelon
one,
for
Gath
one,
for
Ekron
one;
\VS{18}and
the
golden
mice, [according
to]
the
number
of
all
the
cities
of
the
Philistines belonging
to
the
five
lords,
both
fortified
cities
and
villages
of
the peasantry; [and
they brought
them]
as
far
as
the
great [stone
of]
Abel, whereon
they
set
down
the
ark
of
Jehovah, [which]
is
to
this
day
in
the
field
of
Joshua
the Beth-shemeshite.
\VS{19}And
he
smote
among
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh,
because
they
had
looked
into
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
smote
of
the
people
seventy
men;
and
the
people lamented,
because
Jehovah
had
smitten
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
\VS{20}And
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
said,
Who
is
able
to
stand
before
Jehovah,
this
holy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:20 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God?
and
to
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
us?
\VS{21}And
they
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of Kirjath-jearim,
saying,
The
Philistines
have
brought
again
the
ark
of
Jehovah;
come
down, fetch
it
up
to
you.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
men
of Kirjath-jearim
came,
and fetched
up
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
brought
it
into
the
house
of
Abinadab
on
the
hill,
and hallowed
Eleazar
his
son
to
keep
the
ark
of
Jehovah.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass,
from
the
day
that
the
ark
abode
in Kirjath-jearim,
that
the
time
was
long;
for
it
was
twenty
years.
And
all
the
house
of
Israel
lamented
after
Jehovah.
\VS{3}And
Samuel
spoke
to
all
the
house
of
Israel,
saying,
If ye
return
to
Jehovah
with
all
your
heart,
put
away
the
strange
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
and
the Ashtoreths
from
among
you,
and apply
your
hearts unto
Jehovah,
and
serve
him
only;
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{4}And
the
children
of
Israel
put
away
the
Baals
and
the Ashtoreths
and
served
Jehovah
only.
\VS{5}And
Samuel
said,
Gather
all
Israel
to
Mizpah,
and
I
will
pray
Jehovah
for
you.
\VS{6}And
they
gathered
together
to
Mizpah,
and
drew
water,
and
poured
it
out
before
Jehovah,
and
fasted
on
that
day,
and
said
there,
We
have
sinned
against
Jehovah.
And
Samuel
judged
the
children
of
Israel
in
Mizpah.
\VS{7}And
the
Philistines
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gathered
together
at
Mizpah;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up
against
Israel;
and
the
children
of
Israel
heard [it],
and
were
afraid
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{8}And
the
children
of
Israel
said
to
Samuel, Cease
not
to
cry
to
Jehovah
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for
us,
that
he
will
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{9}And
Samuel
took
a sucking-lamb,
and
offered
it
as
a
whole burnt-offering
to
Jehovah;
and
Samuel
cried
to
Jehovah
for
Israel,
and
Jehovah
answered
him.
\VS{10}And
as
Samuel
was
offering
up
the burnt-offering,
the
Philistines advanced
to
battle
against
Israel.
And
Jehovah
thundered
with
a
great
thunder
on
that
day
upon
the
Philistines,
and discomfited
them;
and
they
were
routed
before
Israel.
\VS{11}And
the
men
of
Israel
went
out
of
Mizpah,
and
pursued
the
Philistines,
and
smote
them,
as
far
as
below
Beth-car.
\VS{12}And
Samuel
took
a
stone
and
set
it
between
Mizpah
and
Shen,
and
called
the
name
of
it Eben-ezer,
and
said, Hitherto
Jehovah
has
helped
us.
\VS{13}And
the
Philistines
were
subdued,
and
came
no
more
into
the
borders
of
Israel;
and
the
hand
of
Jehovah
was
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Samuel.
\VS{14}And
the
cities
that
the
Philistines
had
taken
from
Israel
were
restored
to
Israel,
from
Ekron
even
to
Gath;
and
their
territory
did
Israel
deliver
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
And
there
was
peace
between
Israel
and
the
Amorite.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
judged
Israel
all
the
days
of
his
life.
\VS{16}And
he
went
from
year
to
year
in
circuit
to
Bethel,
and
Gilgal,
and
Mizpah,
and
judged
Israel
in
all
those
places.
\VS{17}And
his
return
was
to
Ramah;
for
there
was
his
house,
and
there
he
judged
Israel;
and
there
he
built
an
altar
to
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
when
Samuel
was
old,
that
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
\VS{2}And
the
name
of
his
firstborn
was
Joel;
and
the
name
of
his
second,
Abijah;
they
judged
in Beer-sheba.
\VS{3}And
his
sons
walked
not
in
his
ways,
but
turned
aside
after lucre,
and
took
bribes,
and
perverted
justice.
\VS{4}Then
all
the
elders
of
Israel
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
to
Samuel
to
Ramah,
\VS{5}and
said
to
him,
Behold, thou art
become
old,
and thy
sons
walk
not
in thy
ways:
now
appoint
us
a
king
to
judge
us,
like
all
the
nations.
\VS{6}And
the
thing
displeased
Samuel,
when
they
said,
Give
us
a
king
to
judge
us.
And
Samuel
prayed
to
Jehovah.
\VS{7}And
Jehovah
said
to
Samuel, Hearken unto
the
voice
of
the
people
in
all
that
they
say unto thee:
for
they
have
not
rejected thee,
but
they
have
rejected
me,
that
I
should
not
reign
over
them.
\VS{8}According
to
all
the
deeds
that
they
have
done
since
the
day
that
I
brought
them
up
out
of
Egypt
even unto
this
day,
in
that
they
have forsaken
me
and
served
other
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods,
so
do
they
also unto thee.
\VS{9}And
now hearken unto
their
voice;
only, testify
solemnly unto
them,
and
declare unto
them
the
manner
of
the
king
that
shall
reign
over
them.
\VS{10}And
Samuel
spoke
all
the
words
of
Jehovah
to
the
people
that
asked
of
him
a
king.
\VS{11}And
he
said,
This
will
be
the
manner
of
the
king
that
shall
reign
over
you:
he
will
take
your
sons,
and
appoint
them
for
himself,
on
his
chariot
and
among
his
horsemen,
and
they
shall
run
before
his
chariots;
\VS{12}and [he
will
take
them]
that
he
may
appoint
for himself
captains
over
thousands,
and
captains
over
fifties,
and
that
they
may plough
his ground,
and
reap
his
harvest,
and
make
his
instruments
of
war
and
instruments
of
his
chariots.
\VS{13}And
he
will
take
your
daughters
for
perfumers,
and
cooks,
and
bakers.
\VS{14}And
your
fields,
and
your
vineyards,
and
your oliveyards,
the
best,
will
he
take
and
give
to
his
servants.
\VS{15}And
he
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
seed
and
of
your
vineyards,
and
give
to
his chamberlains
and
to
his
servants.
\VS{16}And
he
will
take
your bondmen,
and
your bondwomen,
and
your comeliest
young
men,
and
your asses,
and
use
them
for
his
work.
\VS{17}He
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
sheep.
And ye
shall
be
his
servants.
\VS{18}And ye
shall
cry
out
in
that
day
because
of
your
king
whom ye
have
chosen;
and
Jehovah
will
not
answer
you
in
that
day.
\VS{19}And
the
people
refused
to hearken
to
the
voice
of
Samuel;
and
they
said,
No,
but
there
shall
be
a
king
over
us,
\VS{20}that
we
also
may
be
like
all
the
nations;
and
our
king
shall
judge
us,
and
go
out
before
us,
and conduct
our
wars.
\VS{21}And
Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and
he
repeated
them
in
the
ears
of
Jehovah.
\VS{22}And
Jehovah
said
to
Samuel, Hearken unto
their
voice,
and
make
them
a
king.
And
Samuel
said
to
the
men
of
Israel, Go ye
every
man
to
his
city.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
there
was
a
man
of Benjamin
whose
name
was
Kish,
the
son
of
Abiel,
the
son
of Zeror,
the
son
of Bechorath,
the
son
of Aphiah,
the
son
of
a Benjaminite,
a
mighty
man
of
wealth.
\VS{2}And
he
had
a
son
whose
name
was
Saul,
choice
and comely;
and
there
was
not
among
the
children
of
Israel
a comelier
person
than
he;
from
his
shoulders
and
upward
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people.
\VS{3}And
the asses
of
Kish Saul's
father
were
lost;
and
Kish
said
to
Saul
his
son,
Take,
I
pray,
one
of
the
young
men
with thee,
and
arise,
go
seek
the asses.
\VS{4}And
he
passed
through
mount
Ephraim,
and
passed
through
the
land
of
Shalishah,
but
they
found [them]
not;
and
they
passed
through
the
land
of
Shaalim,
and
they
were
not
there;
and
they
passed
through
the
land
of Benjamin,
and
they
found [them]
not.
\VS{5}They
had
come
to
the
land
of
Zuph
when
Saul
said
to
his
servant
that
was
with
him,
Come
and
let
us
return;
lest
my
father
give
up
the asses,
and
be
anxious
about
us.
\VS{6}And
he
said
to
him,
Behold
now,
a
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
in
this
city,
and
the
man
is
held
in honour;
all
that
he
says
comes
surely
to
pass.
Let
us
now
go thither:
perhaps
he
will shew
us
the
way
that
we
should
go.
\VS{7}And
Saul
said
to
his
servant,
But
if
we
go,
what
shall
we
bring
the
man?
for
the
bread
is spent
in
our
vessels,
and
we
have
no
present
to
give
to
the
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God:
what
have
we?
\VS{8}And
the
servant
answered
Saul
again
and
said,
Behold,
I
have
here
at
hand
the
fourth
part
of
a
shekel
of
silver;
that
will
I
give
to
the
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
to
tell
us
our
way.
\VS{9}(In
former
time
in
Israel,
when
a
man
went
to
ask counsel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
he
said, Come
and let
us go
to
the seer;
for
he
that
is
now
called
a
Prophet
was
in
former
time
called
a Seer.)
\VS{10}And
Saul
said
to
his
servant,
Well
said: come, let
us go.
So
they
went
to
the
city
where
the
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was.
\VS{11}As
they
went
up
the
ascent
to
the
city,
they
met
maidens
going
forth
to
draw
water;
and
they
said
to
them,
Is
the seer
here?
\VS{12}And
they
answered
them
and
said,
He
is;
behold,
he
is
before thee:
make
haste
now,
for
he
came to-day
to
the
city;
for
the
people
have
a
sacrifice to-day
in
the
high
place.
\VS{13}As
soon
as ye
come
into
the
city, ye
shall straightway
find
him,
before
he
goes
up
to
the
high
place
to
eat;
for
the
people
eat
not
until
he
has
come,
because
he
blesses
the
sacrifice;
afterwards
they
eat
that
are
invited.
And
now
go
up;
for
this
very
day
shall ye
find
him.
\VS{14}And
they
went
up
into
the
city.
As
they
were
coming
into
the
midst
of
the
city,
behold,
Samuel
was
coming
out towards
them,
to
go
up
to
the
high
place.
\VS{15}Now
Jehovah
had apprised
Samuel
one
day
before
Saul
came,
saying,
\VS{16}To-morrow
about
this
time
I
will
send thee
a
man
out
of
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and thou shalt
anoint
him
prince
over
my
people
Israel;
and
he
will
save
my
people
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines;
for
I
have
looked
upon
my
people,
because
their
cry
is
come unto
me.
\VS{17}And
as
Samuel
saw
Saul,
Jehovah
answered
him,
Behold
the
man
of
whom
I
spoke
to thee!
this
man
shall
rule
over
my
people.
\VS{18}And
Saul
drew
near
to
Samuel
in
the
midst
of
the
gate,
and
said,
Tell
me,
I
pray thee,
where
the seer's
house
is.
\VS{19}And
Samuel
answered
Saul
and
said,
I
am
the seer:
go
up
before
me
to
the
high
place,
and ye
shall
eat
with
me to-day;
and to-morrow
I
will
let thee
go,
and
will
tell thee
all
that
is
in thy
heart.
\VS{20}And
as
for
the asses
that thou didst lose
three
days
ago,
set
not thy
heart
on
them;
for
they
are
found.
And
on
whom
is
all
the
desire
of
Israel [set]?
Is
it
not
on thee,
and
on
all thy father's
house?
\VS{21}And
Saul
answered
and
said,
Am
not
I
a
Benjaminite,
of
the smallest
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
my
family
the
least
of
all
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin?
and
why dost thou
speak
such
words
to
me?
\VS{22}And
Samuel
took
Saul
and
his
servant,
and
brought
them
into
the
chamber,
and
gave
them
a
place
at
the
head
of
them
that
were
invited;
and
they
were
about
thirty
persons.
\VS{23}And
Samuel
said
to
the
cook,
Bring
the
portion
that
I
gave thee,
of
which
I
said
to thee,
Set
it
by thee.
\VS{24}And
the
cook
took
up
the shoulder,
and
what
was
on
it,
and
set [it]
before
Saul.
And
he
said,
Behold
that
which
has been
reserved!
set
it
before thee,
eat;
for
against
the
set
time
has
it been
kept
for thee,
since
I
said,
I
will
invite
the
people.
So
Saul
ate
with
Samuel
that
day.
\VS{25}And
they
came
down
from
the
high
place
into
the
city,
and
he
spoke
with
Saul
upon
the
roof.
\VS{26}And
they
arose
early;
and
when
it
was
about
the
dawning
of
the
day,
Samuel
called
to
Saul
on
the
roof,
saying,
Arise,
that
I
may
send thee
away.
And
Saul
arose,
and
they
went
out
both
of
them,
he
and
Samuel,
into
the
street.
\VS{27}As
they
were
going
down
to
the
end
of
the
city,
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Tell
the
servant
to
pass
on
before
us (and
he
passed
on),
but
stand thou
still
now,
that
I
may
cause thee
to
hear
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:27 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Samuel
took
the vial
of
oil,
and
poured
it
upon
his
head,
and
kissed
him,
and
said,
Is
it
not
because
Jehovah
has
anointed thee
prince
over
his
inheritance?
\VS{2}When thou goest
from
me to-day, thou shalt
meet
two
men
by Rachel's sepulchre
in
the
border
of
Benjamin
at
Zelzah;
and
they
will
say
to thee,
The asses
are
found
which thou wentest
to
seek,
and
behold, thy
father
has dismissed
the
matter
of
the asses,
and
is
anxious
about
you,
saying,
What
shall
I
do
for
my
son?
\VS{3}And thou shalt
go
on
forward
from thence,
and shalt
come
to
the
oak
of
Tabor,
and
there
shall
meet thee
three
men
going
up
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
to
Bethel,
one
carrying
three kids,
and
another
carrying
three cakes
of
bread,
and
another
carrying
a flask
of
wine.
\VS{4}And
they
will
ask after thy
welfare,
and
give thee
two
loaves,
which thou shalt
receive
of
their
hands.
\VS{5}After
that thou shalt
come
to
the
hill
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
where
are
the outposts
of
the
Philistines;
and
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when thou comest thither,
into
the
city,
that thou shalt
meet
a company
of
prophets
coming
down
from
the
high
place
with lute
and tambour
and pipe
and
harp
before
them;
and
they
themselves
prophesying.
\VS{6}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
will
come
upon thee,
and thou shalt
prophesy
with
them,
and shalt
be
turned
into
another
man.
\VS{7}And
it
shall
be,
when
these
signs
shall
come
to thee, thou shalt
do
as thy
hand
shall
find;
for
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
with thee.
\VS{8}And thou shalt
go
down
before
me
to
Gilgal;
and
behold,
I
will
come
down
to thee,
to
offer
up burnt-offerings, [and]
to
sacrifice
sacrifices
of peace-offerings:
seven
days shalt thou
wait,
until
I
come
to thee
and
inform thee
what thou shalt
do.
\VS{9}And
it
was [so]
that
when
he
turned
his
back
to
go
away
from
Samuel,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
gave
him
another
heart;
and
all
those
signs
came
to
pass
that
day.
\VS{10}And
when
they
came thither
to
the
hill,
behold,
a company
of
prophets
met
him;
and
the
Spirit
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
upon
him,
and
he
prophesied
among
them.
\VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
all
that
knew
him
before
saw
that,
behold,
he
prophesied
among
the
prophets,
then
the
people
said
one
to
another,
What
is
this
that
has
happened
to
the
son
of
Kish?
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
\VS{12}And
a
man
of
that
place
answered
and
said,
But
who
is
their
father?
Therefore
it
became
a
proverb,
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
\VS{13}And
when
he
had
ended
prophesying,
he
came
to
the
high
place.
\VS{14}And Saul's
uncle
said
to
him
and
to
his
servant, Whither
went ye?
And
he
said,
To
seek
the asses;
and
when
we
saw
that
they
were nowhere,
we
went
to
Samuel.
\VS{15}And Saul's
uncle
said,
Tell
me,
I
pray thee,
what
Samuel
said
to
you.
\VS{16}And
Saul
said
to
his
uncle,
He
told
us
for
certain
that
the asses
were
found.
But
of
the
matter
of
the
kingdom,
of
which
Samuel
had
spoken,
he
told
him
not.
\VS{17}And
Samuel
called
the
people
together
to
Jehovah
to
Mizpah.
\VS{18}And
he
said
to
the
children
of
Israel,
Thus saith
Jehovah,
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
{\BD{
I}}
brought
up
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
the
kingdoms
that
oppressed
you;
\VS{19}but
{\BD{ye}}
have
this
day
rejected
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
who
himself
saved
you
out
of
all
your adversities
and
your troubles,
and
have
said unto
him, [Nay,]
but
a
king shalt thou
set
over
us.
Now
therefore
present
yourselves
before
Jehovah
by
your
tribes,
and
by
your
thousands.
\VS{20}And
Samuel caused
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
come
near,
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
was
taken.
\VS{21}And
he caused
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
to
come
near
by
their
families,
and
the
family
of Matri
was
taken;
and
Saul
the
son
of
Kish
was
taken.
And
they
sought
him,
but
he
was
not
to
be
found.
\VS{22}Therefore
they
inquired
of
Jehovah
further,
Will
the
man
yet
come hither?
And
Jehovah
answered,
Behold,
he hath
hid
himself
among
the
baggage.
\VS{23}And
they
ran
and fetched
him thence;
and
when
he
stood
among
the
people,
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people
from
his
shoulders
and
upward.
\VS{24}And
Samuel
said
to
all
the
people,
See ye
him
whom
Jehovah
has
chosen,
that
there
is
none
like
him
among
all
the
people?
And
all
the
people
shouted
and
said,
May
the
king
live.
\VS{25}And
Samuel
told
the
people
the
right
of
the
kingdom,
and
wrote
it
in
the
book,
and
laid
it
before
Jehovah.
And
Samuel
sent
all
the
people
away,
every
man
to
his
house.
\VS{26}And
Saul
also
went
home
to
Gibeah;
and
with
him
went
the band,
whose
hearts
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:26 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
had
touched.
\VS{27}But
the
children
of Belial
said,
How
should
this
man
save
us?
And
they
despised
him,
and
brought
him
no
gifts.
But
he
was
as
one deaf.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Nahash
the
Ammonite
came
up
and
encamped
against Jabesh-Gilead.
And
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
said
to
Nahash,
Make
a
covenant
with
us,
and
we
will
serve thee.
\VS{2}And
Nahash
the
Ammonite
said
to
them,
On
this [condition]
will
I
treat
with
you,
that
I thrust
out
all
your
right
eyes,
and
lay
it
for
a
reproach
upon
all
Israel.
\VS{3}And
the
elders
of
Jabesh
said
to
him, Allow
us
seven
days,
and
we
will
send
messengers
into
all
the
districts
of
Israel;
and
if
there
be
no
man
to
deliver
us,
we
will
come
out
to thee.
\VS{4}And
the
messengers
came
to
Gibeah
of
Saul
and
told
these
words
in
the
ears
of
the
people.
And
all
the
people
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept.
\VS{5}And
behold,
Saul
came
after
the
oxen
from
the
field;
and
Saul
said,
What [aileth]
the
people
that
they
weep?
And
they
related
to
him
the
words
of
the
men
of
Jabesh.
\VS{6}And
the
Spirit
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
upon
Saul
when
he
heard
those
words,
and
his
anger
was
kindled
greatly.
\VS{7}And
he
took
a
yoke
of
oxen
and
cut
them
in
pieces,
and
sent
throughout
the
territory
of
Israel
by
the
hand
of
messengers,
saying,
Whoever
comes
not
forth
after
Saul
and
after
Samuel,
so
shall
it
be
done
to
his
oxen!
And
the
fear
of
Jehovah
fell
on
the
people,
and
they
came
out
as
one
man.
\VS{8}And
he
numbered
them
in
Bezek,
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
three
hundred
thousand,
and
the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand.
\VS{9}And
they
said
to
the
messengers
that
had
come,
Thus
shall ye
say
to
the
men
of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye
shall
have
deliverance
when
the
sun
is
hot.
And
the
messengers
came
and
informed
the
men
of Jabesh-Gilead;
and
they
were
glad.
\VS{10}And
the
men
of
Jabesh
said, To-morrow
we
will
come
out
to
you,
and ye
may
do
with
us
according
to
all
that
is
good
in
your
sight.
\VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass
the
next
day
that
Saul
set
the
people
in
three
companies;
and
they
came
into
the
midst
of
the
camp
in
the
morning
watch,
and
smote
Ammon
until
the
heat
of
the
day:
and
it
came
to
pass
that
they
who
remained
were
scattered,
and
not
two
of
them
were
left
together.
\VS{12}And
the
people
said
to
Samuel,
Who
is
he
that
said,
Shall
Saul
reign
over
us?
bring
the
men,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death.
\VS{13}But
Saul
said,
There
shall
not
a
man
be
put
to
death
this
day;
for to-day
Jehovah
has wrought
deliverance
in
Israel.
\VS{14}And
Samuel
said
to
the
people, Come
and let
us go
to
Gilgal,
and
renew
the
kingdom
there.
\VS{15}And
all
the
people
went
to
Gilgal;
and
there
they
made
Saul
king
before
Jehovah
in
Gilgal;
and
there
they
sacrificed peace-offerings
before
Jehovah.
And
there
Saul
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
rejoiced
exceedingly.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
said
to
all
Israel,
Behold,
I
have hearkened
to
your
voice
in
all
that ye
said
to
me,
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
\VS{2}And
now
behold,
the
king
walks
before
you;
and
I
am
old
and grey-headed;
and
behold,
my
sons
are
with
you;
and
I
have
walked
before
you
from
my
youth
up
to
this
day.
\VS{3}Here
I
am:
testify
against
me
before
Jehovah,
and
before
his
anointed.
Whose
ox
have
I
taken?
or
whose ass
have
I
taken?
or
whom
have
I
defrauded?
whom
have
I injured?
or
of
whose
hand
have
I
received any
ransom
and blinded mine
eyes therewith?
and
I
will
restore
it
to
you.
\VS{4}And
they
said, Thou hast
not
defrauded
us,
and thou hast
not injured
us,
neither hast thou
taken aught
of
any man's
hand.
\VS{5}And
he
said
to
them,
Jehovah
is
witness
against
you,
and
his
anointed
is
witness
this
day,
that ye
have
not
found aught
in
my
hand!
And [the
people]
said, [He
is]
witness!
\VS{6}And
Samuel
said
to
the
people, [It
is]
Jehovah
who appointed
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
who
brought
your
fathers
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{7}And
now
stand still,
that
I
may
plead
with
you
before
Jehovah
of
all
the
righteous
acts
of
Jehovah
which
he
did
to
you
and
to
your
fathers.
\VS{8}When
Jacob
had
come
into
Egypt,
and
your
fathers
cried
to
Jehovah,
then
Jehovah
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
they
brought
your
fathers
forth
out
of
Egypt,
and
made
them
dwell
in
this
place.
\VS{9}And
they
forgot
Jehovah
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Sisera,
captain
of
the
host
of
Hazor,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Moab,
and
they
fought
against
them.
\VS{10}And
they
cried
to
Jehovah
and
said,
We
have
sinned,
because
we
have forsaken
Jehovah,
and
have
served
the
Baals
and
the Ashtoreths;
and
now
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
and
we
will
serve thee.
\VS{11}And
Jehovah
sent
Jerubbaal
and
Bedan
and
Jephthah
and
Samuel,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
your
enemies
round
about,
so
that ye
dwelt
in
safety.
\VS{12}But
when ye
saw
that
Nahash
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
came
against
you, ye
said
to
me, Nay,
but
a
king
shall
reign
over
us;
when
Jehovah
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
your
king.
\VS{13}And
now
behold,
the
king
whom ye
have
chosen,
whom ye
have
asked
for!
and
behold,
Jehovah
has
set
a
king
over
you.
\VS{14}If ye
fear
Jehovah,
and
serve
him,
and hearken
to
his
voice,
and
rebel
not
against
the
commandment
of
Jehovah,
then
both ye
and
the
king
also
that
reigns
over
you
shall
continue
following
Jehovah
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{15}But
if ye
will
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
and
if ye
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
Jehovah,
then
will
the
hand
of
Jehovah
be
against
you,
as
against
your
fathers.
\VS{16}Now
therefore
stand
and
see
this
great
thing
which
Jehovah
will
do
before
your
eyes.
\VS{17}Is
it
not wheat-harvest to-day?
I
will
call unto
Jehovah,
and
he
will
send
thunder
and
rain;
and ye
shall
perceive
and
see
that
your
wickedness
is
great
which ye
have
done
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah
in
asking
for
yourselves
a
king.
\VS{18}And
Samuel
called
to
Jehovah;
and
Jehovah
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day.
And
all
the
people
greatly
feared
Jehovah
and
Samuel.
\VS{19}And
all
the
people
said
to
Samuel,
Pray
to
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for thy
servants,
that
we
die
not;
for
we
have
added
to
all
our
sins
the
wickedness
to
ask
for ourselves
a
king.
\VS{20}And
Samuel
said
to
the
people,
Fear
not:
{\BD{ye}}
have
done
all
this
wickedness;
yet
turn
not
aside
from
following
Jehovah,
and
serve
Jehovah
with
all
your
heart;
\VS{21}and
turn ye
not
aside;
for [it
would
be]
after vain
things
which
cannot
profit
nor
deliver;
for
they
are vain.
\VS{22}For
Jehovah
will
not
cast
away
his
people
for
his
great name's
sake;
because
it
has
pleased
Jehovah
to
make
you
his
people.
\VS{23}Moreover,
as
for
me,
far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
sin
against
Jehovah
in
ceasing
to
pray
for
you;
and
I
will
teach
you
the
good
and
right
way.
\VS{24}Only,
fear
Jehovah,
and
serve
him
in
truth,
with
all
your
heart;
for
see
how
great
things
he
has
done
for
you.
\VS{25}But
if ye
do wickedly, ye
shall
perish,
both ye
and
your
king.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Saul
was...years
old
when
he
became
king;
and
he
reigned
two
years
over
Israel.
\VS{2}And
Saul
chose
him
three
thousand
men
out
of
Israel:
there
were
with
Saul two
thousand
in
Michmash
and
in
mount
Bethel,
and
a
thousand
were
with
Jonathan
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin;
and
the
rest
of
the
people
he
sent
every
man
to
his
tent.
\VS{3}And
Jonathan
smote
the
outpost
of
the
Philistines
that
was
in
Geba,
and
the
Philistines
heard [of
it].
And
Saul
blew
the
trumpet
throughout
the
land,
saying, Let
the
Hebrews
hear.
\VS{4}And
all
Israel
heard
say,
Saul
has
smitten
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
and
Israel
also
has
become
odious
to
the
Philistines.
And
the
people
were
called
together
after
Saul
to
Gilgal.
\VS{5}And
the
Philistines
were
assembled
together
to
fight
with
Israel,
thirty
thousand
chariots,
and
six
thousand
horsemen,
and
people
as
the
sand
which
is
on
the sea-shore
in
multitude;
and
they
came
up,
and
encamped
in
Michmash, eastward
from Beth-Aven.
\VS{6}And
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were
in
a strait (for
the
people
were distressed);
and
the
people
hid
themselves
in
caves,
and
in thickets,
and
in
cliffs,
and
in
strongholds,
and
in
pits.
\VS{7}And
the
Hebrews went
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
of
Gad
and
Gilead.
And
Saul
was
yet
in
Gilgal,
and
all
the
people
followed
him
trembling.
\VS{8}And
he
waited
seven
days,
according
to
the
set
time
that
Samuel [had
appointed];
but
Samuel
did
not
come
to
Gilgal;
and
the
people
were
scattered
from
him.
\VS{9}And
Saul
said,
Bring hither
to
me
the burnt-offering
and
the peace-offerings.
And
he
offered
up
the burnt-offering.
\VS{10}And
it
came
to
pass,
as soon
as
he
had
ended
offering
up
the burnt-offering,
behold,
Samuel
came;
and
Saul
went
out
to
meet
him,
that
he might
salute
him.
\VS{11}And
Samuel
said,
What hast thou
done?
And
Saul
said,
Because
I
saw
that
the
people
were
scattered
from
me,
and
that thou didst
not
come
within
the
days
appointed,
and
that
the
Philistines
were
assembled
at
Michmash,
\VS{12}I
said,
The
Philistines
will
come
down
now
upon
me
to
Gilgal,
and
I
have
not
made supplication
to
Jehovah;
and
I
forced myself,
and
offered
up
the burnt-offering.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul, Thou hast
done
foolishly: thou hast
not
kept
the
commandment
of
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
which
he
commanded thee;
for
now
would
Jehovah
have
established thy
kingdom
over
Israel
for
ever.
\VS{14}But
now thy
kingdom
shall
not
continue:
Jehovah
has
sought
him
a
man
after
his
own
heart,
and
Jehovah
has
appointed
him
ruler
over
his
people;
for thou hast
not
kept
what
Jehovah
commanded thee.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
arose
and
went
up
from
Gilgal
to
Gibeah
of
Benjamin.
And
Saul
numbered
the
people
that
were
found
with
him,
about
six
hundred
men.
\VS{16}And
Saul,
and
Jonathan
his
son,
and
the
people
that
were
found
with
them,
abode
in
Geba
of
Benjamin;
and
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Michmash.
\VS{17}And
the ravagers
came
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
in
three
companies:
one
company
turned
the
way
of
Ophrah,
into
the
land
of
Shual;
\VS{18}and
another
company
turned
the
way
to
Beth-horon;
and
the
other
company
turned
the
way
to
the district
that
looks
over
the ravine
of
Zeboim
toward
the
wilderness.
\VS{19}Now
there
was
no
smith
found
throughout
the
land
of
Israel;
for
the
Philistines
said,
Lest
the
Hebrews
make
them
swords
or
spears.
\VS{20}And
all
Israel
went
down
to
the
Philistines,
every
man
to get
his ploughshare,
and
his
hoe,
and
his
axe,
and
his sickle
sharpened,
\VS{21}when
the
edges
of
the sickles,
and
the hoes,
and
the forks,
and
the
axes
were blunted;
and
to
set
the goads.
\VS{22}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
day
of
battle,
that
there
was
neither
sword
nor
spear
found
in
the
hand
of
any
of
the
people
that
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan;
but
with
Saul
and
with
Jonathan
his
son
there
was
found.
\VS{23}And
a
garrison
of
the
Philistines
went
out
to
the passage
of
Michmash.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
it
came
to
pass
one
day
that
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
said
to
the
young
man
that
bore
his armour,
Come
and
let
us
go
over
to
the Philistines'
garrison
which
is
on
the
other
side.
But
he
did
not
tell
his
father.
\VS{2}And
Saul
abode
at
the extreme
end
of
Gibeah
under
the pomegranate-tree
which [was]
in
Migron;
and
the
people
that
were
with
him
were about
six
hundred
men.
\VS{3}(And
Ahijah
the
son
of
Ahitub, Ichabod's
brother,
the
son
of
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eli, Jehovah's
priest
in
Shiloh,
wore
the
ephod.)
And
the
people
did
not
know
that
Jonathan
was
gone.
\VS{4}Now
between
the
passes
by
which
Jonathan
sought
to
go
over
to
the Philistines'
garrison
there
was
a
sharp
rock
on
the
one
side
and
a
sharp
rock
on
the
other
side;
and
the
name
of
the
one [was]
Bozez,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Seneh.
\VS{5}The
one
crag [formed]
a pillar
on
the
north
opposite
to
Michmash,
and
the
other
on
the
south
opposite
to
Geba.
\VS{6}And
Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
that
bore
his armour, Come,
and let
us
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
these
uncircumcised:
perhaps
Jehovah
will work
for
us;
for
there
is
no restraint
to
Jehovah
to
save
by
many
or
by
few.
\VS{7}And
his armour-bearer
said
to
him,
Do
all
that
is
in thy
heart;
turn thee;
behold,
I
am
with thee according
to thy
heart.
\VS{8}Then
said
Jonathan,
Behold,
we
will
pass
over
to
the
men,
and
we
will shew
ourselves
to
them.
\VS{9}If
they
say
thus
to
us,
Stand
still
until
we
come
to
you,
then
we
will
stay
in
our
place,
and
will
not
go
up
to
them.
\VS{10}And
if
they
say
thus,
Come
up
to
us,
then
we
will
go
up;
for
Jehovah
has
given
them
into
our
hand;
and
this
shall
be
the
sign
to
us.
\VS{11}And
both
of
them shewed
themselves
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
said,
Behold,
the
Hebrews
come
forth
out
of
the
holes
where
they
had
hid
themselves.
\VS{12}And
the
men
of
the garrison
answered
Jonathan
and
his armour-bearer
and
said,
Come
up
to
us,
and
we
will shew
you
something.
And
Jonathan
said
to
his armour-bearer,
Come
up
after
me;
for
Jehovah
has
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel.
\VS{13}And
Jonathan
climbed
up
upon
his
hands
and
upon
his
feet,
and
his armour-bearer
after
him;
and
they
fell
before
Jonathan;
and
his armour-bearer slew
after
him.
\VS{14}And
that
first
slaughter
which
Jonathan
and
his armour-bearer wrought
was
about
twenty
men,
as
it
were
on
the half-furrow
of
an
acre
of
land.
\VS{15}And
there
was
trembling
in
the
camp,
in
the
field,
and
among
all
the
people;
the
garrison,
and
the ravagers,
they
also
trembled,
and
the
earth
quaked;
for
it
was
a
trembling [from]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{16}And
the
watchmen
of
Saul
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
looked,
and
behold,
the
multitude
melted
away,
and
they went
on slaying
one another.
\VS{17}Then
said
Saul
to
the
people
that
were
with
him, Muster
now,
and
see
who
is
gone
from
us.
And
they
mustered,
and
behold,
Jonathan
and
his armour-bearer
were
not
there.
\VS{18}And
Saul
said
to
Ahijah,
Bring hither
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
For
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
at
that
time
with
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{19}And
it
came
to
pass
while
Saul
talked
to
the
priest,
that
the
noise
which
was
in
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
went
on
and increased;
and
Saul
said
to
the
priest,
Withdraw thy
hand.
\VS{20}And
Saul
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him
were
called
together,
and
they
came
to
the
battle;
and
behold,
every man's
sword
was
against
his
fellow,
a
very
great
confusion.
\VS{21}And
there
were
Hebrews
with
the
Philistines
before
that
time,
who
had
gone
up
with
them
into
the
camp
round
about;
and
they
also [turned]
to
be
with
the
Israelites
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
\VS{22}And
all
the
men
of
Israel
who
had
hid
themselves
in
mount
Ephraim
heard
that
the
Philistines
fled,
and
they
also
followed
hard
after
them
in
the
battle.
\VS{23}And
Jehovah
saved
Israel
that
day;
and
the
battle
passed
over
beyond Beth-Aven.
\VS{24}But
the
men
of
Israel
were distressed
that
day.
Now
Saul
had adjured
the
people,
saying,
Cursed
be
the
man
that eateth
food
until
evening,
and [until]
I am
avenged
on mine
enemies.
So
none
of
the
people
tasted
food.
\VS{25}And
all
they
of
the
land
came
to
a wood;
and
there
was
honey
on
the
ground.
\VS{26}And
the
people
had
come
into
the wood,
and
behold,
the
honey flowed;
but
no
man
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
for
the
people
feared
the
oath.
\VS{27}But
Jonathan
had
not
heard
when
his
father adjured
the
people;
and
he
put
forth
the
end
of
his
staff
which
was
in
his
hand,
and
dipped
it
in
the
honeycomb,
and
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
became bright.
\VS{28}Then
answered
one
of
the
people
and
said, Thy
father
strictly adjured
the
people,
saying,
Cursed
be
the
man
that eateth
food
this
day;
and
the
people
are faint.
\VS{29}And
Jonathan
said,
My
father
has
troubled
the
land:
see,
I
pray
you,
that mine
eyes
are
bright,
because
I
tasted
a
little
of
this
honey.
\VS{30}How
much
more,
if
the
people
had
eaten
freely to-day
of
the
spoil
of
their
enemies
which
they
found?
for
would
there
not
now
have
been
a
much
greater
slaughter
among
the
Philistines?
\VS{31}And
they
smote
the
Philistines
that
day
from
Michmash
to Ajalon;
and
the
people
were
very faint.
\VS{32}And
the
people
fell
on
the
spoil,
and
took
sheep,
and
oxen,
and
calves,
and
slaughtered
them
on
the
ground;
and
the
people
ate [them]
with
the
blood.
\VS{33}And
they
told
Saul,
saying,
Behold,
the
people
sin
against
Jehovah,
in
that
they
eat
with
the
blood.
And
he
said, Ye
have
acted perversely:
roll
me
now
a
great
stone.
\VS{34}And
Saul
said, Disperse
yourselves
among
the
people,
and
say
to
them,
Bring
near
to
me
every
man
his
ox,
and
every
man
his
sheep,
and
slaughter
them
here,
and
eat;
and
sin
not
against
Jehovah
in
eating
with
the
blood.
And
all
the
people
brought
every
man
his
ox
with
him
that
night,
and
slaughtered [them]
there.
\VS{35}And
Saul
built
an
altar
to
Jehovah:
this
was
the first
altar
he
built
to
Jehovah.
\VS{36}And
Saul
said,
Let
us
go
down
after
the
Philistines
by
night,
and
plunder
them
until
the
morning
light,
and
let
us
not
leave
a
man
of
them.
And
they
said,
Do
whatsoever
is
good
in thy
sight.
Then
said
the
priest,
Let
us
come
near hither
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:36 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{37}And
Saul
inquired
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:37 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
Shall
I
go
down
after
the
Philistines? wilt thou
give
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel?
But
he
did
not
answer
him
that
day.
\VS{38}And
Saul
said,
Draw ye
near hither,
all
the heads
of
the
people;
and
know
and
see wherein
this
sin
has
been
this
day.
\VS{39}For, [as]
Jehovah liveth,
who
has
saved
Israel,
though
it
be
in
Jonathan
my
son,
he
shall
certainly
die.
And
no
one
answered
him
among
all
the
people.
\VS{40}Then
said
he
to
all
Israel,
Be ye
on
one
side,
and
I
and
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side.
And
the
people
said
to
Saul,
Do
what
is
good
in thy
sight.
\VS{41}And
Saul
said
to
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:41 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
Give
a
perfect [testimony]!
And
Jonathan
and
Saul
were
taken,
and
the
people
escaped.
\VS{42}And
Saul
said,
Cast [lots]
between
me
and
Jonathan
my
son.
And
Jonathan
was
taken.
\VS{43}And
Saul
said
to
Jonathan,
Tell
me
what thou hast
done.
And
Jonathan
told
him
and
said,
With
the
end
of
the
staff
which
is
in
my
hand
I
tasted
a
little
honey, [and]
behold,
I
must
die!
\VS{44}And
Saul
said,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:44 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
do
so [to
me]
and
more
also; thou shalt
certainly
die,
Jonathan.
\VS{45}And
the
people
said
to
Saul,
Shall
Jonathan
die,
who
has wrought
this
great
salvation
in
Israel?
Far
be
it! [as]
Jehovah liveth,
there
shall
not
a
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground;
for
he
has wrought
with
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:45 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
this
day.
So
the
people
delivered
Jonathan,
that
he
died
not.
\VS{46}And
Saul
went
up
from
following
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
went
to
their own
place.
\VS{47}And
Saul
took
the
kingdom
over
Israel,
and
fought
against
all
his
enemies
round
about,
against
Moab,
and
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
against
Edom,
and
against
the
kings
of
Zobah,
and
against
the
Philistines;
and whithersoever
he
turned
himself,
he discomfited [them].
\VS{48}And
he
did
valiantly,
and
smote
the
Amalekites,
and
delivered
Israel
out
of
the
hands
of
their spoilers.
\VS{49}And
the
sons
of
Saul
were
Jonathan,
and Jishvi,
and
Malchi-shua.
And
the
names
of
his
two
daughters:
the
name
of
the
firstborn
Merab,
and
the
name
of
the
younger
Michal.
\VS{50}And
the
name
of Saul's
wife
was
Ahinoam,
the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz;
and
the
name
of
the
captain
of
his
host
was
Abner,
the
son
of
Ner, Saul's
uncle.
\VS{51}And
Kish
the
father
of
Saul,
and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner
were
sons
of
Abiel.
\VS{52}And
there
was sore
war
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Saul;
and
when
Saul
saw
any
mighty
man,
or
any
valiant
man,
he
took
him
to
himself.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Jehovah
sent
{\BD{
me}}
to
anoint thee
king
over
his
people,
over
Israel:
now
therefore hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
words
of
Jehovah.
\VS{2}Thus saith
Jehovah
of
hosts:
I
have considered
what
Amalek
did
to
Israel,
how
he
set himself
against
him
in
the
way,
when
he
came
up
from
Egypt.
\VS{3}Now go
and
smite
Amalek,
and
destroy utterly
all
that
they
have,
and
spare
them
not,
but
slay
both
man
and
woman,
infant
and suckling,
ox
and
sheep,
camel
and ass.
\VS{4}And
Saul
summoned
the
people,
and
numbered
them
in
Telaim,
two
hundred
thousand
footmen,
and
ten
thousand
men
of
Judah.
\VS{5}And
Saul
came
to
the
city
of
the
Amalekites,
and
set
an ambush
in
the
valley.
\VS{6}And
Saul
said
to
the
Kenites,
Go,
depart,
and
go
down
from
among
the
Amalekites,
lest
I
destroy
you
with
them;
for ye shewed
kindness
to
all
the
children
of
Israel
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
And
the
Kenites
departed
from
among
the
Amalekites.
\VS{7}And
Saul
smote
Amalek
from
Havilah
as thou comest
to
Shur,
which
is
opposite
to
Egypt.
\VS{8}And
he
took
Agag
the
king
of
Amalek
alive,
and utterly destroyed
all
the
people
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{9}And
Saul
and
the
people
spared
Agag,
and
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
oxen,
and beasts
of
the
second bearing,
and
the
lambs,
and
all
that
was
good,
and
would
not devote
them
to destruction;
but
everything
that
was mean
and
weak,
that
they destroyed utterly.
\VS{10}And
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
Samuel,
saying,
\VS{11}It repenteth
me
that
I
have
set
up
Saul
to
be
king;
for
he
is
turned
away
from
following
me,
and hath
not
fulfilled
my
words.
And
Samuel
was
much grieved;
and
he
cried
to
Jehovah
all
night.
\VS{12}And
Samuel
rose
early
to
meet
Saul
in
the
morning.
And
it
was
told
Samuel,
saying,
Saul
came
to
Carmel,
and
behold,
he
set
him
up
a
monument,
and
has
turned
about,
and
passed
on,
and
gone
down
to
Gilgal.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
came
to
Saul;
and
Saul
said
to
him,
Blessed art thou
of
Jehovah:
I
have
fulfilled
the
word
of
Jehovah.
\VS{14}And
Samuel
said,
What [means]
then
this
bleating
of
sheep
in mine
ears,
and
the
lowing
of
oxen
which
I
hear?
\VS{15}And
Saul
said,
They
have
brought
them
from
the
Amalekites,
because
the
people
spared
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
of
the
oxen,
to
sacrifice
to
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
and
the
rest
we
have utterly destroyed.
\VS{16}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul, Stay,
that
I
may
tell thee
what
Jehovah
has
said
to
me
this
night.
And
he
said
to
him,
Say
on.
\VS{17}And
Samuel
said,
Was
it
not
when thou wast
little
in thine
eyes
that thou [becamest]
the
head
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
Jehovah
anointed thee
king
over
Israel?
\VS{18}And
Jehovah
sent thee
on
a
way
and
said,
Go
and utterly
destroy
the
sinners
the
Amalekites,
and
fight
against
them
until
they
be
consumed.
\VS{19}Why
then didst thou
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
but didst fall
upon
the
spoil,
and didst
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah?
\VS{20}And
Saul
said
to
Samuel,
I
have
indeed hearkened
to
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
and
have
gone
the
way
which
Jehovah
sent
me,
and
have
brought
Agag
the
king
of
Amalek,
and
have utterly destroyed
the
Amalekites.
\VS{21}But
the
people
took
of
the
spoil,
sheep
and
oxen,
the
choicest
of
the
devoted things,
to
sacrifice
to
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:21 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
in
Gilgal.
\VS{22}And
Samuel
said,
Has
Jehovah
delight
in burnt-offerings
and
sacrifices,
As
in hearkening
to
the
voice
of
Jehovah?
Behold,
obedience
is
better
than
sacrifice,
Attention
than
the
fat
of
rams.
\VS{23}For
rebellion
is [as]
the
sin
of
divination,
And selfwill
is [as]
iniquity
and
idolatry.
Because thou hast
rejected
the
word
of
Jehovah,
He hath
also
rejected thee
from being
king.
\VS{24}And
Saul
said
to
Samuel,
I
have
sinned,
for
I
have transgressed
the
commandment
of
Jehovah,
and thy
words;
for
I
feared
the
people,
and hearkened
to
their
voice.
\VS{25}And
now,
I
pray thee,
forgive
my
sin,
and
turn
again
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Jehovah.
\VS{26}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
I
will
not
turn
again
with thee;
for thou hast
rejected
the
word
of
Jehovah,
and
Jehovah
has
rejected thee
from
being
king
over
Israel.
\VS{27}And
as
Samuel
turned
to
go
away, [Saul]
laid
hold upon
the
skirt
of
his
mantle,
and
it rent.
\VS{28}Then
Samuel
said
to
him,
Jehovah
has rent
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from thee to-day,
and
has
given
it
to thy neighbour,
who
is
better
than thou.
\VS{29}And
also
the Hope
of
Israel
will
not
lie
nor
repent;
for
he
is
not
a
man,
that
he
should
repent.
\VS{30}And
he
said,
I
have
sinned; honour
me
now,
I
pray thee,
before
the
elders
of
my
people,
and
before
Israel,
and
turn
again
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:30 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{31}So
Samuel
turned
again
after
Saul;
and
Saul worshipped
Jehovah.
\VS{32}And
Samuel
said,
Bring ye
near
to
me
Agag
the
king
of
Amalek.
And
Agag
came
to
him gaily.
And
Agag
said,
Surely
the
bitterness
of
death
is
past.
\VS{33}And
Samuel
said,
As thy
sword
has
made
women
childless,
so
shall thy
mother
be
childless
above
women.
And
Samuel
hewed
Agag
in
pieces
before
Jehovah
in
Gilgal.
\VS{34}And
Samuel
went
to
Ramah;
and
Saul
went
up
to
his
house
to
Gibeah
of
Saul.
\VS{35}And
Samuel
saw
Saul
no
more
until
the
day
of
his
death;
for
Samuel
mourned
over
Saul;
and
Jehovah
repented
that
he
had made
Saul
king
over
Israel.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehovah
said
to
Samuel,
How
long
wilt thou
mourn
for
Saul,
seeing
I
have
rejected
him
from reigning
over
Israel?
fill thy
horn
with
oil,
and
go,
I
will
send thee
to
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite;
for
I
have
provided
me
a
king
among
his
sons.
\VS{2}And
Samuel
said,
How
shall
I
go? if
Saul
hear [it],
he
will
kill
me.
And
Jehovah
said,
Take
a
heifer
with thee,
and
say,
I
am
come
to
sacrifice
to
Jehovah.
\VS{3}And
call
Jesse
to
the
sacrifice,
and
I
will
tell thee
what thou shalt
do;
and thou shalt
anoint unto
me
him
whom
I
name unto thee.
\VS{4}And
Samuel
did
what
Jehovah
said,
and
came
to
Bethlehem.
And
the
elders
of
the
city
came
trembling
to
meet
him,
and
said, Dost thou
come
peaceably?
\VS{5}And
he
said,
Peaceably:
I
am
come
to
sacrifice
to
Jehovah. Hallow
yourselves,
and
come
with
me
to
the
sacrifice.
And
he hallowed
Jesse
and
his
sons,
and
called
them
to
the
sacrifice.
\VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass
when
they
were
come,
that
he
looked
on
Eliab,
and
said,
Surely Jehovah's
anointed
is
before
him.
\VS{7}But
Jehovah
said
to
Samuel,
Look
not
on
his countenance,
or
on
the
height
of
his
stature;
because
I
have
rejected
him;
for
it
is
not
as
man seeth;
for
man looketh
upon
the
outward
appearance,
but
Jehovah looketh
upon
the
heart.
\VS{8}Then
Jesse
called
Abinadab,
and
made
him
pass
before
Samuel.
And
he
said,
Neither
has
Jehovah
chosen
this
one.
\VS{9}Then
Jesse
made
Shammah
pass
by.
And
he
said,
Neither
has
Jehovah
chosen
this
one.
\VS{10}And
Jesse
made
seven
of
his
sons
pass
before
Samuel.
And
Samuel
said
to
Jesse,
Jehovah
has
not
chosen
these.
\VS{11}And
Samuel
said
to
Jesse,
Are
these
all
the
young
men?
And
he
said,
There
is
yet
the
youngest
remaining,
and
behold,
he
is feeding
the
sheep.
And
Samuel
said
to
Jesse,
Send
and fetch
him;
for
we
will
not
sit
at table
till
he
come hither.
\VS{12}And
he
sent
and
brought
him
in.
And
he
was
ruddy,
and
besides
of
a lovely countenance
and
beautiful
appearance.
And
Jehovah
said,
Arise,
anoint
him;
for
this
is
he.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil,
and
anointed
him
in
the
midst
of
his
brethren.
And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
David
from
that
day
forward.
And
Samuel
rose
up,
and
went
to
Ramah.
\VS{14}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
departed
from
Saul,
and
an
evil
spirit
from
Jehovah troubled
him.
\VS{15}And Saul's
servants
said
to
him,
Behold
now,
an
evil
spirit
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God troubles thee.
\VS{16}Let
our
lord
now
speak; thy
servants
are
before thee:
they
shall
seek
out
a
man,
a skilful
player
on
a
harp;
and
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when
the
evil
spirit
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:16 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
upon thee,
that
he
shall
play
with
his
hand,
and thou shalt
be
well.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
his
servants,
Provide
me
now
a
man
that
can
play
well,
and
bring
him
to
me.
\VS{18}And
one
of
the
young
men
answered
and
said,
Behold,
I
have
seen
a
son
of
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite,
who
is
skilled
in
playing,
and
he
is
a
valiant
man
and
a
man
of
war,
and
skilled
in
speech,
and
of good
presence,
and
Jehovah
is
with
him.
\VS{19}Then
Saul
sent
messengers
to
Jesse
and
said,
Send
me
David thy
son,
who
is
with
the
sheep.
\VS{20}And
Jesse
took
an ass
with
bread,
and
a flask
of
wine,
and
a kid,
and
sent [them]
by
David
his
son
to
Saul.
\VS{21}And
David
came
to
Saul,
and
stood
before
him;
and
he
loved
him
greatly;
and
he
became
his armour-bearer.
\VS{22}And
Saul
sent
to
Jesse,
saying,
Let
David,
I
pray thee,
stand
before
me;
for
he
has
found favour
in
my
sight.
\VS{23}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the [evil]
spirit
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was
upon
Saul,
that
David
took
the
harp,
and
played
with
his
hand;
and
Saul
was
refreshed,
and
was
well,
and
the
evil
spirit
departed
from
him.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Philistines
assembled
their
armies
to
battle,
and
were
gathered
together
at Sochoh,
which belongs
to
Judah,
and
encamped
between Sochoh
and
Azekah,
in Ephesdammim.
\VS{2}And
Saul
and
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
together,
and
encamped
in
the
valley
of terebinths,
and set
the
battle
in
array
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{3}And
the
Philistines
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
other
side;
and
the ravine
was
between
them.
\VS{4}And there
went
out
a champion
from
the
camp
of
the
Philistines,
named
Goliath,
of
Gath,
whose
height
was
six
cubits
and
a
span.
\VS{5}And
he
had
a
helmet
of
bronze
upon
his
head,
and
he
was
clothed
with
a corselet
of
scales;
and
the
weight
of
the corselet
was
five
thousand
shekels
of
bronze.
\VS{6}And
he had
greaves
of
bronze
upon
his
legs,
and
a
javelin
of
bronze
between
his
shoulders.
\VS{7}And
the
shaft
of
his
spear
was
like
a weaver's
beam;
and
his spear's
head weighed
six
hundred
shekels
of
iron;
and
the shield-bearer
went
before
him.
\VS{8}And
he
stood
and
cried
to
the
ranks
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them,
Why
are ye
come
out
to
set
your
battle
in
array?
am
not
I
the
Philistine,
and ye
servants
of
Saul?
choose
for
yourselves
a
man,
and
let
him
come
down
to
me.
\VS{9}If
he
be
able
to
fight
with
me,
and
to
smite
me,
then
will
we
be
your
servants;
but
if
I
overcome
and
smite
him,
then
shall ye
be
our
servants
and
serve
us.
\VS{10}And
the
Philistine
said,
I
have defied
the
ranks
of
Israel
this
day;
give
me
a
man,
that
we
may
fight
together.
\VS{11}And
Saul
and
all
Israel
heard
these
words
of
the
Philistine,
and
they
were
dismayed
and
greatly
afraid.
\VS{12}Now
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of Bethlehem-Judah
whose
name
was
Jesse;
and
he
had
eight
sons;
and
the
man
was
old
in
the
days
of
Saul,
advanced [in
years]
among
men.
\VS{13}And
the
three eldest
of
the
sons
of
Jesse
had
gone
and
followed
Saul
to
the
battle;
and
the
names
of
his
three
sons
that
went
to
the
battle
were
Eliab
the
firstborn,
and
the
second
to
him
Abinadab,
and
the
third
Shammah.
\VS{14}And
David
was
the
youngest;
and
the
three eldest
had
followed
Saul.
\VS{15}But
David
went
and
returned
from
Saul
to
feed
his father's
sheep
at
Bethlehem.
\VS{16}And
the
Philistine
drew
near
morning
and
evening,
and
presented
himself
forty
days.
\VS{17}And
Jesse
said
to
David
his
son,
Take,
I
pray,
for thy
brethren,
this
ephah
of
parched [corn]
and
these
ten
loaves,
and
carry
them
quickly
to
the
camp
to thy
brethren;
\VS{18}and
carry
these
ten cheeses
to
the
captain
of
the
thousand,
and
visit thy
brethren
to
see
how
they
are,
and
take
a pledge
of
them.
\VS{19}Now
Saul,
and
they,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel [were]
in
the
valley
of terebinths,
fighting
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}And
David
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
left
the
sheep
with
a
keeper,
and
took
his
charge
and
went,
as
Jesse
had
commanded
him.
And
he
came
to
the wagon-defence;
and
the host
which
was
going
forth
to
the battle-array
shouted
for
the
fight.
\VS{21}And
Israel
and
the
Philistines put
the
battle
in
array, rank
against rank.
\VS{22}And
David
left
the
things
he
was carrying
in
the
hand
of
the
keeper
of
the
baggage,
and
ran
into
the
ranks,
and
came
and saluted
his
brethren.
\VS{23}And
as
he
talked
with
them,
behold
there
came
up
the champion,
the
Philistine
of
Gath,
Goliath
by
name,
out
of
the ranks
of
the
Philistines,
and
spoke
according
to
the
same
words;
and
David
heard [them].
\VS{24}And
all
the
men
of
Israel,
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
him
and
were
greatly
afraid.
\VS{25}And
the
men
of
Israel
said,
Have ye
seen
this
man
that
comes
up?
for
to
defy
Israel
is
he
come
up:
and
it
shall
be,
that
the
man
who smites
him,
him
will
the
king
enrich
with
great
riches,
and
will
give
him
his
daughter,
and
make
his father's
house
free
in
Israel.
\VS{26}And
David
spoke
to
the
men
that
stood
by
him,
saying,
What
shall
be
done
to
the
man
that smites
this
Philistine,
and
takes
away
the
reproach
from
Israel?
for
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defy
the
armies
of
the
living
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:26 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God?
\VS{27}And
the
people
told
him after
this
manner,
saying,
So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
that smites
him.
\VS{28}And
Eliab,
his eldest
brother,
heard
while
he
spoke
to
the
men;
and Eliab's
anger
was
kindled
against
David,
and
he
said,
Why art thou
come
down?
and
with
whom hast thou
left
those
few
sheep
in
the
wilderness?
I
know thy
pride
and
the naughtiness
of thy
heart;
for thou art
come
down
that thou mightest
see
the
battle.
\VS{29}And
David
said,
What
have
I
now
done?
Was
it
not laid upon
me?
\VS{30}And
he
turned
from
him
to
another,
and
spoke
after
the
same
manner;
and
the
people
answered
him
again
after
the
former
manner.
\VS{31}And
the
words
were
heard
which
David
spoke,
and
they rehearsed
them
before
Saul;
and
he
sent
for
him.
\VS{32}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Let
no man's
heart
fail
because
of
him: thy
servant
will
go
and
fight
with
this
Philistine.
\VS{33}And
Saul
said
to
David, Thou art
not
able
to go
against
this
Philistine
to
fight
with
him;
for thou art
but
a
youth,
and
he
a
man
of
war
from
his
youth.
\VS{34}And
David
said
to
Saul, Thy
servant fed
his father's
sheep,
and
there
came
a
lion,
and
also
a
bear,
and
took
a
lamb
out
of
the
flock.
\VS{35}And
I
went
after
him,
and
smote
him,
and
delivered
it
out
of
his
mouth;
and
when
he
arose
against
me,
I
seized
him
by
his
beard,
and
smote
him,
and
slew
him.
\VS{36}Thy
servant
smote
both
the
lion
and
the
bear;
and
this
uncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
as
one
of
them,
because
he
has defied
the
armies
of
the
living
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:36 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{37}And
David
said,
Jehovah
who
delivered
me
out
of
the
paw
of
the
lion
and
out
of
the
paw
of
the
bear,
he
will
deliver
me
out
of
the
hand
of
this
Philistine.
And
Saul
said
to
David,
Go,
and
Jehovah
be
with thee.
\VS{38}And
Saul
clothed
David
with
his
dress,
and
put
a
helmet
of
bronze
upon
his
head,
and
clothed
him
with
a corselet.
\VS{39}And
David
girded
his
sword
upon
his dress,
and endeavoured
to
go;
for
he
had
not
yet
tried [it].
And
David
said
to
Saul,
I
cannot
go
in
these;
for
I
have
never
tried [them].
And
David
put
them
off
him.
\VS{40}And
he
took
his
staff
in
his
hand,
and
chose
him
five
smooth
stones
out
of
the
brook,
and
put
them
in
the shepherd's
bag
that
he
had,
into
the pocket;
and
his sling
was
in
his
hand.
And
he
drew
near
to
the
Philistine.
\VS{41}And
the
Philistine
came
on
and
approached
David;
and
the
man
that
bore
the
shield
was
before
him.
\VS{42}And
when
the
Philistine
looked
about
and
saw
David,
he
disdained
him;
for
he
was
a
youth,
and
ruddy,
and
besides
of
a
beautiful countenance.
\VS{43}And
the
Philistine
said
to
David,
Am
I
a
dog,
that thou comest
to
me
with staves?
And
the
Philistine
cursed
David
by
his
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:43 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods.
\VS{44}And
the
Philistine
said
to
David, Come
to
me,
and
I
will
give thy
flesh
to
the fowls
of
the
heavens
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
field.
\VS{45}And
David
said
to
the
Philistine, Thou comest
to
me
with
sword,
and
with
spear,
and
with
javelin;
but
I
come
to thee
in
the
name
of
Jehovah
of
hosts,
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:45 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
whom thou hast defied.
\VS{46}This
day
will
Jehovah
deliver thee
up
into
my
hand;
and
I
will
smite thee,
and
take thy
head
from thee;
and
I
will
give
the carcases
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
this
day
to
the
fowl
of
the
heavens
and
to
the
wild
beasts
of
the
earth.
And
all
the
earth
shall
know
that
Israel
has
a
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:46 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
\VS{47}and
all
this
congregation
shall
know
that
Jehovah
saves
not
with
sword
and
spear;
for
the
battle
is Jehovah's,
and
he
will
give
you
into
our
hands.
\VS{48}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
Philistine
arose,
and
came
and advanced
to
meet
David,
that
David hasted,
and
ran towards
the
ranks
to
meet
the
Philistine.
\VS{49}And
David
put
his
hand
into
the
bag,
and
took thence
a
stone,
and slang
it,
and
smote
the
Philistine
in
his
forehead,
and
the
stone
sank
into
his
forehead;
and
he
fell
on
his
face
to
the
earth.
\VS{50}So
David overcame
the
Philistine
with
a sling
and
a
stone,
and
smote
the
Philistine
and
killed
him;
and
there
was
no
sword
in
the
hand
of
David.
\VS{51}And
David
ran,
and
stood
upon
the
Philistine,
and
took
his
sword,
and
drew
it
out
of
its
sheath,
and
killed
him
completely,
and
cut
off
his
head
with
it.
And
when
the
Philistines
saw
that
their hero
was
dead,
they
fled.
\VS{52}And
the
men
of
Israel
and
of
Judah
arose,
and
shouted,
and
pursued
the
Philistines,
until thou comest
to
the ravine
and
to
the
gates
of
Ekron.
And
the
wounded
of
the
Philistines
fell
down
on
the
way
to
Shaaraim,
even
to
Gath,
and
to
Ekron.
\VS{53}And
the
children
of
Israel
returned
from
chasing
after
the
Philistines,
and
they pillaged
their
camps.
\VS{54}And
David
took
the
head
of
the
Philistine
and
brought
it
to
Jerusalem;
but
he
put
his armour
in
his
tent.
\VS{55}And
when
Saul
saw
David
go
forth
against
the
Philistine,
he
said
to
Abner,
the
captain
of
the
host,
Abner,
whose
son
is
this
young
man?
And
Abner
said,
As thy
soul liveth,
O
king,
I cannot
tell.
\VS{56}And
the
king
said,
Inquire thou
whose
son
this
youth
is.
\VS{57}And
as
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
Abner
took
him,
and
brought
him
before
Saul
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
\VS{58}And
Saul
said
to
him,
Whose
son art thou,
young
man?
And
David
said,
I am
the
son
of thy
servant
Jesse
the Beth-lehemite.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
had
ended
speaking
to
Saul,
that
the
soul
of
Jonathan
was
knit
with
the
soul
of
David,
and
Jonathan
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{2}And
Saul
took
him
that
day,
and would
not
let
him
return
to
his father's
house.
\VS{3}And
Jonathan
and
David
made
a
covenant, because
he loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
stripped himself
of
the
robe
that
was
upon
him,
and
gave
it
to
David,
and
his dress,
even
to
his
sword,
and
to
his
bow,
and
to
his girdle.
\VS{5}And
David
went
forth; whithersoever
Saul
sent
him
he prospered;
and
Saul
set
him
over
the
men
of
war,
and
he
was accepted
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people,
and
also
in
the
sight
of Saul's
servants.
\VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass
as
they
came,
when
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
that
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Israel,
singing
and
dancing,
to
meet
king
Saul,
with tambours,
with
joy,
and
with triangles.
\VS{7}And
the
women
answered [one
another]
as
they
played,
and
said,
Saul hath
smitten
his
thousands,
And
David
his
ten
thousands.
\VS{8}And
Saul
was
very wroth,
and
that
saying
was
evil
in
his
sight;
and
he
said,
They
have
ascribed
to
David
ten
thousands,
but
to
me
they
have
ascribed
the
thousands;
and [what]
is
there
more
for
him
but
the
kingdom?
\VS{9}And
Saul eyed
David
from
that
day
and
forward.
\VS{10}And
it
came
to
pass
the
next
day
that
an
evil
spirit
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
upon
Saul,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
midst
of
the
house,
but
David
played
with
his
hand,
as
on other
days;
and
the
spear
was
in Saul's
hand.
\VS{11}And
Saul
cast
the
spear,
and
thought,
I
will
smite
David
and
the
wall.
But
David
turned
away
from
him
twice.
\VS{12}And
Saul
was
afraid
of
David,
because
Jehovah
was
with
him,
and
had
departed
from
Saul.
\VS{13}And
Saul
removed
him
from
him,
and
made
him
his
captain
over
a
thousand;
and
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
the
people.
\VS{14}And
David prospered
in
all
his
ways;
and
Jehovah
was
with
him.
\VS{15}And
Saul
saw
that
he prospered
well,
and
he stood
in awe
of
him.
\VS{16}But
all
Israel
and
Judah
loved
David,
for
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
them.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
David,
Behold
my eldest
daughter
Merab,
her
will
I
give thee
to
wife;
only
be thou
valiant
for
me,
and
fight Jehovah's
battles.
But
Saul
thought,
My
hand
shall
not
be
upon
him,
but
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
shall
be
upon
him.
\VS{18}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Who
am
I?
and
what
is
my
life, [or]
my father's
family
in
Israel,
that
I
should
be
son-in-law
to
the
king?
\VS{19}And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
time
when
Merab Saul's
daughter
should
have
been
given
to
David,
that
she
was
given
to
Adriel
the
Meholathite
as
wife.
\VS{20}And
Michal Saul's
daughter
loved
David;
and they
told
Saul,
and
the
thing
was
right
in
his
sight.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
I
will
give
him
her,
that she
may
be
a
snare
to
him,
and
that
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
may
be
upon
him.
And
Saul
said
to
David, Thou shalt
this
day
be
my
son-in-law
a
second
time.
\VS{22}And
Saul
commanded
his
servants,
Speak
with
David
secretly,
saying,
Behold,
the
king
has
delight
in thee,
and
all
his
servants
love thee:
now
therefore
be
the king's
son-in-law.
\VS{23}And Saul's
servants
spoke
those
words
in
the
ears
of
David.
And
David
said,
Is
it
a
light
thing
in
your
eyes
to
be
the king's
son-in-law, seeing
that
I
am
a
poor
man,
and
lightly
esteemed?
\VS{24}And
the
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
saying,
On
this
manner did
David
speak.
\VS{25}And
Saul
said,
Thus
shall ye
say
to
David:
The
king
does
not
desire
any
dowry,
but
a
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines,
to
be
avenged
of
the king's
enemies.
But
Saul
thought
to
make
David
fall
by
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{26}And
his
servants
told
David
these
words;
and
the
thing
was
right
in David's
sight
to
be
the king's
son-in-law.
And
the
days
were
not
expired,
\VS{27}when
David
arose
and
went,
he
and
his
men,
and
smote
of
the
Philistines
two
hundred
men;
and
David
brought
their
foreskins,
and
they
delivered
them
in
full
to
the
king,
that
he
might
be
the king's
son-in-law.
And
Saul
gave
him
Michal
his
daughter
as
wife.
\VS{28}And
Saul
saw
and
knew
that
Jehovah
was
with
David;
and
Michal Saul's
daughter
loved
him.
\VS{29}And
Saul
was
yet
the
more
afraid
of
David;
and
Saul
was David's
enemy
continually.
\VS{30}And
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
went
forth;
and
it
came
to
pass,
whenever
they
went
forth,
that
David succeeded better
than
all
the
servants
of
Saul;
and
his
name
was
much
esteemed.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Saul
spoke
to
Jonathan
his
son,
and
to
all
his
servants,
that
they
should
slay
David.
\VS{2}But
Jonathan Saul's son delighted much
in
David.
And
Jonathan
told
David,
saying,
Saul
my
father
seeks
to
kill thee;
and
now,
I
pray thee,
take
heed
to thyself
in
the
morning,
and
abide
in
a secret place
and
hide thyself;
\VS{3}and
I
will
go
out
and
stand
beside
my
father
in
the
field
where thou art,
and
will
speak
of thee
with
my
father:
and
see
what
it
is,
and
tell thee.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
spoke
good
of
David
to
Saul
his
father,
and
said
to
him,
Let
not
the
king
sin
against
his
servant,
against
David,
because
he
has
not
sinned
against thee;
for
also
what
he
did
was
very advantageous
to thee;
\VS{5}for
he
put
his
life
in
hand,
and
smote
the
Philistine,
and
Jehovah
wrought
a
great
salvation
for
all
Israel: thou didst
see [it],
and didst
rejoice;
why
then wilt thou
sin
against
innocent
blood,
in
slaying
David
without
cause?
\VS{6}And
Saul hearkened
to
the
voice
of
Jonathan,
and
Saul
swore, [As]
Jehovah liveth,
he
shall
not
be
put
to
death!
\VS{7}Then
Jonathan
called
David,
and
Jonathan
declared
to
him
all
those
things.
And
Jonathan
brought
David
to
Saul,
and
he
was
in
his
presence
as
previously.
\VS{8}And
there
was
war
again;
and
David
went
forth
and
fought
with
the
Philistines,
and
smote
them
with
a
great
slaughter;
and
they
fled
before
him.
\VS{9}And
an
evil
spirit
from
Jehovah
was
upon
Saul.
And
he
sat
in
his
house
with
his
spear
in
his
hand;
and
David
played
with
his
hand.
\VS{10}And
Saul
sought
to
smite
David
and
the
wall
with
the
spear;
but
he
slipped
away
out
of Saul's
presence,
and
he
smote
the
spear
into
the
wall.
And
David
fled,
and
escaped
that
night.
\VS{11}And
Saul
sent
messengers
to David's
house,
to
watch
him,
and
to
slay
him
in
the
morning;
and
Michal David's
wife
told
him,
saying,
If thou
save
not thy
life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt
be
put
to
death.
\VS{12}And
Michal
let
David
down
through
a
window;
and
he
went,
and
fled
and
escaped.
\VS{13}And
Michal
took
the image,
and
laid
it
in
the
bed,
and
put
the net
of goats' [hair]
at
its
head,
and
covered
it
with
the coverlet.
\VS{14}And
Saul
sent
messengers
to
take
David,
and
she
said,
He
is
sick.
\VS{15}And
Saul
sent
the
messengers
to
see
David,
saying,
Bring
him
up
to
me
in
the
bed,
that
I
may
put
him
to
death.
\VS{16}And
the
messengers
came
in,
and
behold,
the image
was
in
the
bed,
and
the net
of goats' [hair]
at
its
head.
\VS{17}Then
Saul
said
to
Michal,
Why hast thou
deceived
me
so,
and
sent
away mine
enemy,
that
he
is
escaped?
And
Michal
said
to
Saul,
He
said
to
me,
Let
me
go;
why
should
I
slay thee?
\VS{18}And
David
fled,
and
escaped,
and
came
to
Samuel
to
Ramah,
and
told
him
all
that
Saul
had
done
to
him.
And
he
and
Samuel
went
and
dwelt
in
Naioth.
\VS{19}And
it
was
told
Saul,
saying,
Behold,
David
is
at
Naioth
by
Ramah.
\VS{20}Then
Saul
sent
messengers
to
take
David;
and
they
saw
a
company
of
prophets
prophesying,
and
Samuel
standing
as president
over
them;
and
the
Spirit
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:20 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
upon
the
messengers
of
Saul,
and
they
also
prophesied.
\VS{21}And
it
was
told
Saul,
and
he
sent
other
messengers,
and
they
also
prophesied.
And
Saul
sent
messengers
again
the
third
time,
and
they
also
prophesied.
\VS{22}Then
went
he
also
to
Ramah,
and
came
to
the
great
well
that
is
in Sechu;
and
he
asked
and
said,
Where
are
Samuel
and
David?
And
one
said,
Behold,
at
Naioth
by
Ramah.
\VS{23}And
he
went thither
to
Naioth
by
Ramah;
and
the
Spirit
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
upon
him
also,
and
he
went
on,
and
prophesied,
until
he
came
to
Naioth
by
Ramah.
\VS{24}And
he
himself
also
stripped
off
his
clothes,
and
prophesied,
himself
also,
before
Samuel,
and
lay
down
naked
all
that
day
and
all
that
night. Wherefore
they
say,
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
fled
from
Naioth
by
Ramah,
and
came
and
said
before
Jonathan,
What
have
I
done?
what
is mine
iniquity,
and
what
is
my
sin
before thy
father,
that
he
seeks
my
life?
\VS{2}And
he
said
to
him,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:2 }
Elohim}God
forbid; thou shalt
not
die:
behold,
my
father
will
do
nothing
either
great
or
small,
and
not apprise
me;
and
why
should
my
father
hide
this
thing
from
me?
it
is
not
so.
\VS{3}And
David
swore
again
and
again,
and
said, Thy
father
certainly
knows
that
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight:
and
he
has
thought,
Jonathan
shall
not
know
this,
lest
he
be
grieved;
but
truly [as]
Jehovah liveth,
and [as] thy
soul liveth,
there
is
but
a
step
between
me
and
death.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
What thy
soul
may
say,
I
will
even
do
it
for thee.
\VS{5}And
David
said
to
Jonathan,
Behold, to-morrow
is
new
moon,
and
I
should
not fail
to
sit
with
the
king
at meat;
but
let
me
go,
that
I
may
hide
myself
in
the
field
until
the
third
evening.
\VS{6}If thy
father
should actually
miss
me,
then
say,
David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
that
he might
run
to
Bethlehem
his
city;
for
there
is
a
yearly
sacrifice
there
for
all
the
family.
\VS{7}If
he
say
thus,
It
is
well, — thy
servant
shall
have
peace;
but
if
he
be
very wroth,
be
sure
that
evil
is
determined
by
him.
\VS{8}Deal kindly
then
with thy
servant;
for thou hast
brought thy
servant
into
a
covenant
of
Jehovah
with thee;
but
if
there
be
in
me
iniquity,
slay
me thyself;
for
why shouldest thou
bring
me
to thy
father?
\VS{9}And
Jonathan
said,
Far
be
it
from thee;
for,
if
I
knew
with
certainty
that
evil
were
determined
by
my
father
to
come
upon thee,
would
I
not
tell
it thee?
\VS{10}Then
said
David
to
Jonathan,
Who
shall
tell
me?
or
what
if thy
father
answer thee roughly?
\VS{11}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Come
and let
us
go
out
into
the
field.
And
they
went
out
both
of
them
into
the
field.
\VS{12}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Jehovah,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
when
I sound
my
father
about
this
time to-morrow, [or]
the
next
day,
and
behold,
there
be
good
toward
David,
and
I
then
send
not
to thee,
and apprise thee
of
it,
\VS{13}Jehovah
do
so
and
much
more
to
Jonathan.
Should
it
please
my
father [to
do] thee
evil,
then
I
will apprise thee
of
it,
and
send thee
away,
that thou mayest
go
in
peace;
and
Jehovah
be
with thee,
as
he
has
been
with
my
father.
\VS{14}And thou shalt
not
only
while
yet
I
live shew
me
the
kindness
of
Jehovah,
that
I
die
not,
\VS{15}but thou shalt
not
cut
off thy
kindness
from
my
house
for
ever,
no,
not
when
Jehovah
cuts
off
the
enemies
of
David,
every
one
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
\VS{16}And
Jonathan
made [a covenant]
with
the
house
of
David, [saying,] Let
Jehovah even
require [it]
at
the
hand
of David's
enemies!
\VS{17}And
Jonathan caused
David
to
swear
again,
by
the
love
he
had
for
him,
for
he
loved
him
as
he
loved
his
own
soul.
\VS{18}And
Jonathan
said
to
him, To-morrow
is
the
new
moon;
and thou wilt
be
missed,
for thy
seat
will
be
empty;
\VS{19}but
on
the
third
day thou shalt
go
down
quickly,
and
come
to
the
place
where thou didst
hide thyself
on
the
day
of
the
business,
and
abide
by
the
stone
Ezel.
\VS{20}And
I
will
shoot
three
arrows
on
the
side
of
it,
as though
I
shot
at
a mark.
\VS{21}And
behold,
I
will
send
the
lad, [saying,]
Go,
find
the
arrows.
If
I expressly
say
to
the
lad,
Behold,
the
arrows
are
on
this
side
of thee,
take
them;
then
come,
for
there
is
peace
for thee,
and
it
is
nothing; [as]
Jehovah liveth.
\VS{22}But
if
I
say
thus
to
the
youth:
Behold,
the
arrows
are
beyond thee, —
go thy
way;
for
Jehovah
sends thee
away.
\VS{23}And
as
to
the
matter
which thou
and
I
have
spoken
of,
behold,
Jehovah
is
between
me
and thee
for
ever.
\VS{24}And
David
hid
himself
in
the
field;
and
it
was
the
new
moon,
and
the
king
sat
at table
to
eat.
\VS{25}And
the
king
sat
on
his
seat,
as
at
other
times,
on
the
seat
by
the
wall;
and
Jonathan
arose,
and
Abner
sat
by Saul's
side,
and David's
place
was
empty.
\VS{26}And
Saul
said
nothing
that
day;
for
he
thought,
Something
has befallen [him],
that
he
is
not
clean:
surely
he
is
not
clean.
\VS{27}And
it
came
to
pass
the
next
day
after
the
new
moon,
the
second [day
of
the
month],
as David's
place
was
empty,
that
Saul
said
to
Jonathan
his
son,
Why
has
not
the
son
of
Jesse
come
to table,
neither
yesterday
nor to-day?
\VS{28}And
Jonathan
answered
Saul,
David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me [to go]
to
Bethlehem,
\VS{29}and
said,
Let
me
go,
I
pray thee;
for
we
have
a
family
sacrifice
in
the
city;
and
my
brother
himself
has
commanded
me [to
be
there];
and
now,
if
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
let
me
go
away,
I
pray thee,
and
see
my
brethren.
He
has
therefore
not
come
to
the king's
table.
\VS{30}And Saul's
anger
was
kindled
against
Jonathan,
and
he
said
to
him,
Son
of
the perverse
rebellious woman, do
not
I
know
that thou hast
chosen
the
son
of
Jesse
to thine own
shame
and
to
the
shame
of thy mother's
nakedness?
\VS{31}For
as
long
as
the
son
of
Jesse
lives
upon
earth, thou shalt
not
be
established,
nor thy
kingdom.
And
now
send
and fetch
him
to
me,
for
he
must
die.
\VS{32}And
Jonathan
answered
Saul
his
father,
and
said
to
him,
Why
should
he
be
put
to
death?
what
has
he
done?
\VS{33}Then
Saul
cast
the
spear
at
him
to
smite
him;
and
Jonathan
knew
that
it
was determined
by
his
father
to
put
David
to
death.
\VS{34}And
Jonathan
arose
from
the
table
in
fierce
anger,
and
ate
no meat
the
second
day
of
the
new
moon;
for
he
was
grieved
for
David,
because
his
father
had done
him
shame.
\VS{35}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning
that
Jonathan
went
out
into
the
field,
to
the
place agreed
on
with
David,
and
a
little
lad
with
him.
\VS{36}And
he
said
to
his
lad,
Run,
find
now
the
arrows
which
I
shoot.
The
lad
ran,
and
he
shot
the
arrow
beyond
him.
\VS{37}And
when
the
lad
came
to
the
place
of
the
arrow
which
Jonathan
had
shot,
Jonathan
cried
after
the
lad
and
said,
Is
not
the
arrow
away
beyond thee?
\VS{38}And
Jonathan
cried
after
the
lad,
Make
speed, haste,
stay
not!
And Jonathan's
lad
gathered
up
the
arrows,
and
came
to
his
master.
\VS{39}And
the
lad
knew
nothing:
only
Jonathan
and
David
knew
the
matter.
\VS{40}And
Jonathan
gave
his
weapons
to
his
lad,
and
said
to
him,
Go,
carry
them
to
the
city.
\VS{41}The
lad
went,
and
David
arose
from
the
side
of
the
south,
and
fell
on
his
face
to
the
ground,
and
bowed
himself
three
times;
and
they
kissed
one
another,
and
wept
one
with
another,
until
David exceeded.
\VS{42}And
Jonathan
said
to
David,
Go
in
peace, forasmuch
as
we
have
both
of
us
sworn
in
the
name
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Jehovah
be
between
me
and thee,
and
between
my
seed
and thy
seed
for
ever!
And
he arose
and
departed;
and
Jonathan
went
into
the city.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And David
came
to Nob,
to Ahimelech
the priest;
and Ahimelech trembled
at meeting David,
and said
to
him, Why art thou alone,
and no man
with thee?
\VS{2}And
David
said
to
Ahimelech
the
priest,
The king
has
commanded
me
a business,
and
has
said
to
me, Let
no
man
know
anything
of
the business whereon
I send thee,
and what
I
have
commanded thee;
and
I
have directed
the young
men
to such
and such
a
place.
\VS{3}And now
what
is under thy hand?
give
me five loaves
in
my hand,
or
what
may
be
found.
\VS{4}And
the priest answered
David
and said,
There
is
no common
bread
under
my
hand,
but
there
is holy
bread;
if
the young men
have
kept themselves
at least
from women.
\VS{5}And
David
answered
the
priest
and
said
to
him,
Yes
indeed,
women
have
been
kept
from
us
about these three
days,
since
I
came
out,
and
the vessels
of
the
young
men
are
holy,
and
the [bread]
is
in
a manner
common,
and
the
more
so,
because to-day [new]
is hallowed
in
the vessels.
\VS{6}And
the
priest
gave
him
holy [bread];
for
there
was
no bread
there
but
the shew-loaves
that
were
taken
from
before Jehovah,
to
put
on hot bread
in
the
day
when
they
were
taken
away.
\VS{7}(Now
a certain man
of
the
servants
of Saul
was
there
that
day, detained
before
Jehovah;
and
his
name
was Doeg,
the Edomite,
chief
of
the shepherds
that [belonged]
to Saul.)
\VS{8}And
David said
to Ahimelech,
And
is
there
not
here
under thy hand spear
or sword?
for
I
have neither brought
my sword nor
my weapons
with
me,
for
the king's business
was urgent.
\VS{9}And
the priest
said,
The
sword
of Goliath
the Philistine, whom thou slewest
in
the valley
of terebinths,
behold,
it
is
here wrapped
in
a cloth behind
the ephod;
if thou wilt
take
that,
take
it;
for
there
is
no
other save
that
here.
And
David
said,
There
is
none
like
that:
give
it
me.
\VS{10}And
David arose,
and fled
that day
from before
Saul,
and went
to Achish
the king
of Gath.
\VS{11}And
the servants
of
Achish
said
to
him,
Is
not
this
David
the
king
of
the
land?
did
they
not sing
one
to another
of
him
in dances, saying,
Saul
has smitten
his thousands,
and
David
his ten thousands?
\VS{12}And
David took
to heart
these words,
and
was much afraid
of
Achish
the
king
of Gath.
\VS{13}And
he changed
his behaviour
before
them,
and feigned
himself mad
in
their hands,
and scratched
on
the doors
of
the gate,
and
let
his spittle fall
down
on
his beard.
\VS{14}And Achish
said
to
his servants, Behold, ye
see
the
man
is mad: why
did ye
bring
him
to
me?
\VS{15}have
I lack
of
madmen,
that ye
have
brought
this
one
to rave
in
my presence?
shall
this [man]
come
into
my house?

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
departed thence,
and
escaped
to
the
cave
of
Adullam.
And
his
brethren
and
all
his father's
house
heard [it],
and
they
went
down thither
to
him.
\VS{2}And
every
one
in
distress,
and
every
one
that
was
in debt,
and
every
one
of
embittered
spirit
collected round
him;
and
he
became
a
captain
over
them;
and
there
were
with
him
about
four
hundred
men.
\VS{3}And
David
went thence
to
Mizpeh
in
Moab,
and
said
to
the
king
of
Moab,
Let
my
father
and
my
mother,
I
pray thee,
come
forth amongst
you,
till
I
know
what
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
will
do
for
me.
\VS{4}And
he
brought
them
before
the
king
of
Moab;
and
they
abode
with
him
all
the
while
that
David
was
in
the stronghold.
\VS{5}And
the
prophet
Gad
said
to
David,
Abide
not
in
the stronghold; depart,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Judah.
Then
David
departed,
and
came
into
the
forest
of Hareth.
\VS{6}And
Saul
heard
that
David
was
discovered,
and
the
men
that
were
with
him.
Now
Saul
was
sitting
in
Gibeah
under
the
tamarisk
upon
the
height,
having
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
standing
by
him.
\VS{7}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servants
that
stood
by
him,
Hear
now, ye Benjaminites:
will
the
son
of
Jesse
give
every
one
of
you
also
fields
and
vineyards?
Will
he
make
you
all
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds,
\VS{8}that
all
of
you
have
conspired
against
me,
and
there
is
none
that informs
me
when
my
son
has
made [a covenant]
with
the
son
of
Jesse;
and
there
is
none
of
you
that
is sorry
for
me,
or informs
me
that
my
son
has
stirred
up
my
servant
as
a lier-in-wait
against
me,
as
at
this
day?
\VS{9}Then
answered
Doeg
the
Edomite,
who
was
set
over
the
servants
of
Saul,
and
said,
I
saw
the
son
of
Jesse
coming
to
Nob,
to
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub.
\VS{10}And
he
inquired
of
Jehovah
for
him,
and
gave
him victuals,
and
gave
him
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine.
\VS{11}Then
the
king
sent
to
call
Ahimelech
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
and
all
his father's
house,
the
priests
that
were
in
Nob;
and
they
came
all
of
them
to
the
king.
\VS{12}And
Saul
said,
Hear
now,
son
of
Ahitub.
And
he
answered,
Here
I
am,
my
lord.
\VS{13}And
Saul
said
to
him,
Why
have ye
conspired
against
me, thou
and
the
son
of
Jesse,
in
that thou hast
given
him
bread,
and
a
sword,
and hast
inquired
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for
him,
that
he
should
rise
against
me
as
a lier-in-wait,
as
at
this
day?
\VS{14}And
Ahimelech
answered
the
king
and
said,
And
who
is
so
faithful
among
all thy
servants
as
David,
who
is
the king's
son-in-law,
and
has access
to thy secret council,
and
is honourable
in thy
house?
\VS{15}Was
it to-day
that
I
began
to
inquire
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for
him?
be
it
far
from
me:
let
not
the
king
charge
anything
to
his
servant, [nor]
to
all
the
house
of
my
father;
for thy
servant
knew
nothing
of
all
this,
less
or
more.
\VS{16}And
the
king
said, Thou shalt
certainly
die,
Ahimelech, thou,
and
all thy father's
house.
\VS{17}And
the
king
said
to
the
couriers
that
stood
about
him,
Turn
and
put
the
priests
of
Jehovah
to
death;
because
their
hand
also
is
with
David,
and
because
they
knew
when
he
fled,
and
did
not
inform
me.
But
the
servants
of
the
king
were
not
willing
to
put
forth
their
hand
to
fall
on
the
priests
of
Jehovah.
\VS{18}And
the
king
said
to
Doeg,
Turn thou,
and
fall
on
the
priests.
And
Doeg
the
Edomite
turned,
and
fell
on
the
priests,
and
put
to
death
that
day
eighty-five
persons
who
wore
the
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}And
Nob,
the
city
of
the
priests,
he
smote
with
the
edge
of
the
sword, both
men
and
women,
infants
and sucklings,
and
oxen,
and asses,
and
sheep,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{20}And
one
of
the
sons
of
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub,
named
Abiathar,
escaped,
and
fled
after
David.
\VS{21}And
Abiathar
informed
David
that
Saul
had
slain Jehovah's
priests.
\VS{22}And
David
said
to
Abiathar,
I
knew
it
that
day,
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that
he
would
certainly
tell
Saul:
I
am accountable
for
all
the
lives
of thy father's
house.
\VS{23}Abide
with
me,
fear
not;
for
he
that
seeks
my
life
seeks thy
life;
for
with
me thou art
in
safe keeping.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
they
told
David,
saying,
Behold,
the
Philistines
fight
against
Keilah,
and
they rob
the threshing-floors.
\VS{2}And
David
inquired
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Shall
I go
and
smite
these
Philistines?
And
Jehovah
said
to
David, Go
and
smite
the
Philistines,
and
save
Keilah.
\VS{3}But David's
men
said
to
him,
Behold,
we
are
afraid
here
in
Judah;
how
much
more
then
if
we
go
to
Keilah
against
the
armies
of
the
Philistines?
\VS{4}And
David
inquired
of
Jehovah
yet
again.
And
Jehovah
answered
him
and
said,
Arise,
go
down
to
Keilah;
for
I
will
give
the
Philistines
into thy
hand.
\VS{5}And
David
and
his
men
went
to
Keilah,
and
fought
against
the
Philistines,
and
brought
away
their
cattle,
and
smote
them
with
a
great
slaughter.
So
David
saved
the
inhabitants
of
Keilah.
\VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Abiathar
the
son
of
Ahimelech
fled
to
David
to
Keilah,
he
came
down
with
an
ephod
in
his
hand.
\VS{7}And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
had
come
to
Keilah.
Then
Saul
said,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
has cast
him
off
into
my
hand;
for
he
is
shut
in,
by
entering
into
a
city
that
has
gates
and
bars.
\VS{8}And
Saul
summoned
all
the
people
to
war,
to
go
down
to
Keilah,
to besiege
David
and
his
men.
\VS{9}And
when
David
knew
that
Saul devised mischief
against
him,
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
Bring
the
ephod.
\VS{10}Then
said
David,
Jehovah,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel, thy
servant hath
heard
for
certain
that
Saul seeketh
to
come
to
Keilah,
to
destroy
the
city
for
my
sake.
\VS{11}Will
the
citizens
of
Keilah
deliver
me
up
into
his
hand?
will
Saul
come
down,
as thy
servant hath
heard?
Jehovah,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:11 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
I
beseech thee,
tell thy
servant.
And
Jehovah
said,
He
will
come
down.
\VS{12}And
David
said,
Will
the
citizens
of
Keilah
deliver
up
me
and
my
men
into
the
hand
of
Saul?
And
Jehovah
said,
They
will
deliver [thee]
up.
\VS{13}Then
David
and
his
men,
about
six
hundred,
arose
and
departed
out
of
Keilah,
and
went whithersoever
they
could
go.
And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
had
escaped
from
Keilah,
and
he forbore
to
go
forth.
\VS{14}And
David
abode
in
the
wilderness
in
strongholds,
and
abode
in
the
mountain
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
And
Saul
sought
him
every
day,
but
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
did
not
give
him
into
his
hand.
\VS{15}And
David
saw
that
Saul
had
come
out
to
seek
his
life;
and
David
was
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph
in
a wood.
\VS{16}And
Jonathan Saul's
son
arose,
and
went
to
David
into
the wood,
and
strengthened
his
hand
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:16 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{17}And
he
said
to
him,
Fear
not;
for
the
hand
of
Saul
my
father
will
not
find thee;
and thou shalt
be
king
over
Israel,
and
I
shall
be
next
to thee;
and
that
also
Saul
my
father
knows.
\VS{18}And
they
two
made
a
covenant
before
Jehovah;
and
David
abode
in
the wood,
and
Jonathan
went
to
his
house.
\VS{19}And
the
Ziphites
came
up
to
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying,
Does
not
David
hide
himself
with
us
in
strongholds
in
the wood,
on
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
on
the
south
of
the waste?
\VS{20}And
now,
O
king,
come
down
according
to
all
the
desire
of thy
soul
to
come
down;
and
it
will
be
for
us
to
deliver
him
up
into
the king's
hand.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
Blessed
be ye
of
Jehovah;
for ye
have
compassion
upon
me.
\VS{22}Go,
I
pray
you,
make
yet
more
sure,
and
know
and
see
his
place
where
his track
is,
who
has
seen
him
there;
for
it
is
told
me
that
he deals
very subtilly.
\VS{23}And
see,
and ascertain
all
the lurking-places
where
he
hides
himself,
and
come ye
again
to
me
with
sure information,
that
I
may
go
with
you;
and
it
shall
come
to
pass,
if
he
be
in
the
land,
that
I
will
search
him
out
throughout
the
thousands
of
Judah.
\VS{24}And
they
arose
and
went
to
Ziph
before
Saul;
but
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon,
in
the
plain
on
the
south
of
the waste.
\VS{25}And
Saul
and
his
men
went
to
seek [him].
And
they
told
David;
and
he
came
down
from
the
rock,
and
abode
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
And
Saul
heard [that],
and
he
pursued
after
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
\VS{26}And
Saul
went
on
this
side
of
the
mountain,
and
David
and
his
men
on
that
side
of
the
mountain;
and
David
made
haste
to get
away
from
Saul;
and
Saul
and
his
men
sought
to surround
David
and
his
men
to
take
them.
\VS{27}But there
came
a
messenger
to
Saul,
saying,
Haste thee
and
come;
for
the
Philistines
have
made
a
raid
against
the
land.
\VS{28}And
Saul
returned
from
pursuing
after
David,
and
went
against
the
Philistines;
therefore
they
called
that
place Sela-hammahlekoth.
\VS{29}And David went up from thence, and abode in the strongholds of Engedi.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to pass
when Saul
had
returned
from following
the Philistines,
that
it
was told
him, saying, Behold,
David
is
in
the wilderness
of
Engedi.
\VS{2}And
Saul
took three thousand
men, chosen out
of
all Israel,
and
went
to seek
David
and
his
men
upon
the rocks
of
the wild goats.
\VS{3}And
he
came
to
the sheepfolds
by
the
way,
where
was
a cave;
and
Saul
went
in
to cover
his feet;
and
David
and
his
men
were abiding
in
the recesses
of
the cave.
\VS{4}And David's
men
said
to
him, Behold
the day
of
which Jehovah
said
to thee, Behold,
I
will
give thine enemy
into thy hand,
that thou mayest
do
to
him
as
it
shall seem good
to thee.
And
David arose,
and cut
off
the skirt
of Saul's robe secretly.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass afterwards
that David's heart smote
him,
because
he
had
cut
off Saul's
skirt.
\VS{6}And
he
said
to
his
men, Jehovah forbid
that
I
should do
this
thing
to
my master, Jehovah's anointed,
to stretch forth
my hand
against
him,
for
he
is
the anointed
of Jehovah.
\VS{7}And
David checked
his
men
with
these
words,
and suffered
them
not
to rise
against
Saul.
And
Saul rose
up
out
of
the cave,
and
went
on [his]
way.
\VS{8}David
also
arose afterwards,
and
went
out
of
the
cave,
and
cried
after
Saul,
saying,
My lord
the king!
And
when
Saul looked behind
him,
David bowed
with
his face
to
the earth,
and
did obeisance.
\VS{9}And
David
said
to
Saul,
Why dost thou listen
to words
of
men,
saying,
Behold,
David seeks thy hurt?
\VS{10}Behold,
this day thine eyes
have seen
how
that Jehovah
had
given thee
this day into
my hand
in
the cave;
and
they bade
me kill thee;
but [mine eye] spared thee;
and
I
said,
I
will
not put
forth
my hand
against
my lord,
for
he
is
the anointed
of Jehovah.
\VS{11}And
see,
my father,
yes,
see
the skirt
of thy robe
in
my
hand.
For
in
that
I cut
off
the skirt
of thy robe,
and
killed thee
not, know
and
see
that
there
is
neither evil
nor transgression
in
my
hand,
and
I
have
not sinned
against thee;
yet thou liest
in wait
for
my
life
to
take
it.
\VS{12}Jehovah judge between
me
and thee,
and Jehovah avenge
me
of thee;
but
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon thee.
\VS{13}As saith
the proverb
of
the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth
from
the wicked;
but
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon thee.
\VS{14}After
whom
is
the king
of Israel
come
out?
after
whom dost thou pursue?
after
a dead dog,
after
a single flea.
\VS{15}Jehovah
therefore
shall
be judge,
and judge between
me
and thee,
and see,
and plead
my cause,
and
do
me justice [in delivering
me]
out
of thy hand.
\VS{16}And
as soon
as
David
had ended speaking these words
to Saul, Saul said,
Is
this thy voice,
my son
David?
And Saul lifted
up
his voice
and wept.
\VS{17}And
he
said
to
David, Thou art more righteous than
I;
for thou hast rewarded
me good, whereas
I
have rewarded thee evil.
\VS{18}And thou hast shewed
this day
how
that thou hast
dealt
well
with
me, forasmuch
as
when Jehovah
had delivered
me
up
into thy hand, thou didst
not kill
me.
\VS{19}For
if
a man find
his enemy,
will
he
let
him go
well away? wherefore
Jehovah reward thee
good
for
that thou hast
done
to
me
this
day.
\VS{20}And
now behold,
I know
that thou shalt
certainly
be king,
and
that
the kingdom
of Israel
shall
be established
in thy hand.
\VS{21}Swear
now
therefore
to
me
by Jehovah,
that thou wilt
not cut off
my seed
after
me,
and
that thou wilt
not destroy
my name
out
of
my father's house.
\VS{22}And David
swore
to Saul.
And Saul
went
home;
and David
and
his
men
went
up
to
the stronghold.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
died;
and
all
Israel
were
gathered
together,
and
lamented
him;
and
they
buried
him
in
his
house
at
Ramah.
And
David
arose
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
\VS{2}And
there
was
a
man
at
Maon,
whose
business
was
at
Carmel;
and
the
man
was
very
great,
and
he
had
three
thousand
sheep
and
a
thousand
goats;
and
he
was
shearing
his
sheep
at
Carmel.
\VS{3}And
the
name
of
the
man
was
Nabal,
and
the
name
of
his
wife
Abigail;
and
the
woman
was
of
good
understanding,
and
of
a
beautiful countenance;
but
the
man
was churlish
and
evil
in
his
doings;
and
he
was
a Calebite.
\VS{4}And
David
heard
in
the
wilderness
that
Nabal
was
shearing
his
sheep.
\VS{5}Then
David
sent
out
ten
young
men;
and
David
said
to
the
young
men,
Go
up
to
Carmel,
and
go
to
Nabal,
and
greet
him
in
my
name.
\VS{6}And
thus
shall ye
say: Long
life [to thee]!
and
peace
be
to thee,
and
peace
be
to thy
house,
and
peace
be
to
all
that thou hast!
\VS{7}And
now
I
have
heard
that thou hast
shearers;
now thy
shepherds
who
were
with
us,
we hurt
them
not,
neither
was
there aught
missed
by
them,
all
the
while
they
were
in
Carmel.
\VS{8}Ask thy
young
men,
and
they
will
tell thee.
Therefore
let
the
young
men
find favour
in thine
eyes;
for
we
come
in
a
good
day:
give,
I
pray thee,
what thy
hand
may
find
to thy
servants,
and
to thy
son
David.
\VS{9}And David's
young
men
came,
and
spoke
to
Nabal
according
to
all
those
words
in
the
name
of
David,
and ceased.
\VS{10}And
Nabal
answered David's
servants
and
said,
Who
is
David?
and
who
is
the
son
of
Jesse? there
are
many
servants now-a-days
that
break
away
every
man
from
his
master.
\VS{11}And
shall
I
take
my
bread,
and
my
water,
and
my flesh
which
I
have killed
for
my
shearers,
and
give [it]
to
men
whom
I
know
not whence
they
are?
\VS{12}And David's
young
men
turned
their
way,
and
went
back,
and
came
and
reported
to
him according
to
all
those
words.
\VS{13}And
David
said
to
his
men,
Gird ye
on
every
man
his
sword.
And
they
girded
on
every
man
his
sword;
and
David
also
girded
on
his
sword;
and
there
went
up
after
David
about
four
hundred
men;
and
two
hundred
abode
by
the
baggage.
\VS{14}And
one
of [Nabal's]
young
men
told
Abigail, Nabal's
wife,
saying,
Behold,
David
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wilderness
to
bless
our
master;
and
he
has insulted
them.
\VS{15}And
the
men
were
very
good
to
us,
and
we
were
not hurt,
neither
missed
we
anything,
as
long
as
we companied
with
them,
when
we
were
in
the
fields.
\VS{16}They
were
a
wall
to
us
both
by
night
and
day,
all
the
while
we
were
with
them feeding
the
sheep.
\VS{17}And
now
know
and
consider
what thou wilt
do,
for
evil
is
determined
against
our
master,
and
against
all
his
household;
and
he
is
such
a
son
of Belial,
that
one cannot
speak
to
him.
\VS{18}And
Abigail
made
haste,
and
took
two
hundred
loaves,
and
two skin-bottles
of
wine,
and
five
sheep ready dressed,
and
five
measures
of
parched [corn],
and
a
hundred raisin-cakes,
and
two
hundred fig-cakes,
and
laid
them
on asses.
\VS{19}And
she
said
to
her
young
men,
Go
on
before
me;
behold,
I
come
after
you.
But
she
did
not
tell
her
husband
Nabal.
\VS{20}And
as
she
was
riding
on
the ass,
and
coming
down
by
the covert
of
the
hill,
behold,
David
and
his
men
came
down
opposite
to
her;
and
she
met
them.
\VS{21}Now
David
had
said,
Surely,
in
vain
have
I
kept
all
that
this [man]
had
in
the
wilderness,
so
that
nothing
was
missed
of
all
that
was
his;
and
he
has requited
me
evil
for
good.
\VS{22}So
and
more
also
do
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 25:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
the
enemies
of
David,
if
I
leave
of
all
that
is
his
by
the
morning light
any male.
\VS{23}And
when
Abigail
saw
David,
she hasted
and lighted
off
the ass,
and
fell
before
David
on
her
face,
and
bowed
herself
to
the
ground,
\VS{24}and
fell
at
his
feet,
and
said,
Upon
me,
my
lord, [upon]
me
let
the
iniquity
be;
but
let thy
handmaid,
I
pray thee,
speak
in thine
ears,
and
hear
the
words
of thy
handmaid.
\VS{25}Let
not
my
lord,
I
pray thee,
regard
this
man
of Belial,
Nabal;
for
as
his
name
is,
so
is
he:
Nabal
is
his
name,
and
folly
is
with
him;
and
I thy
handmaid
did
not
see
the
young
men
of
my
lord,
whom thou didst
send.
\VS{26}And
now,
my
lord, [as]
Jehovah liveth,
and [as] thy
soul liveth, seeing
Jehovah
has
restrained thee
from
coming
with
bloodshed,
and
from
avenging thyself
with thine
own
hand,
now
let thine
enemies,
and
they
that
seek
evil
to
my
lord,
be
as
Nabal.
\VS{27}And
now
this
blessing
which thy bondmaid
has
brought
to
my
lord,
let
it
be
given
to
the
young
men
that
follow
my
lord.
\VS{28}I
pray thee,
forgive
the
transgression
of thy
handmaid:
for
Jehovah
will
certainly
make
my
lord
a
lasting
house;
because
my
lord
fights
the
battles
of
Jehovah,
and
evil
has
not
been
found
in thee
all thy
days.
\VS{29}And
if
a
man
is
risen
up
to
pursue thee
and
to
seek thy
life,
the
soul
of
my
lord
shall
be bound
in
the bundle
of
the
living
with
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 25:29 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
and
the
souls
of thine
enemies,
them
shall
he sling
out
from
the
hollow
of
the sling.
\VS{30}And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when
Jehovah
shall
do
to
my
lord
according
to
all
the
good
that
he
has
spoken
concerning thee,
and
shall
appoint thee
ruler
over
Israel,
\VS{31}that
this
shall
be
no stumbling-block
to thee,
nor offence
of
heart
for
my
lord, either
that thou hast
shed
blood
without
cause,
or
that
my
lord
has
avenged
himself.
And
when
Jehovah
shall deal
well
with
my
lord,
then
remember thy
handmaid.
\VS{32}And
David
said
to
Abigail,
Blessed
be
Jehovah,
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 25:32 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
who
sent thee
this
day
to
meet
me.
\VS{33}And
blessed
be thy
discernment,
and
blessed
be thou,
who hast
kept
me
this
day
from
coming
with
bloodshed,
and
from
avenging myself
with mine own
hand.
\VS{34}But
indeed,
as
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 25:34 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel liveth,
who
has
restrained
me
from hurting thee,
except thou hadst hasted
and
come
to
meet
me,
there
had
not
been
left
to
Nabal
by
the
morning
light
any male.
\VS{35}So
David
received
of
her
hand
what
she
had
brought
him,
and
said
to
her,
Go
up
in
peace
to thy
house;
see,
I
have hearkened
to thy
voice,
and
have
accepted thy
person.
\VS{36}And
Abigail
came
to
Nabal;
and
behold,
he held
a
feast
in
his
house,
like
the
feast
of
a
king;
and Nabal's
heart
was merry
within
him,
for
he
was
drunken
to excess;
so
she
told
him
nothing,
less
or
more,
until
the
morning
light.
\VS{37}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
when
the
wine
was
gone
out
of
Nabal,
that
his
wife
told
him
these
things;
and
his
heart
died
within
him,
and
he
became [as]
a
stone.
\VS{38}And
it
came
to
pass
in
about
ten
days
that
Jehovah
smote
Nabal,
and
he
died.
\VS{39}And
when
David
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said,
Blessed
be
Jehovah,
who
has
pleaded
the
cause
of
my
reproach
from
the
hand
of
Nabal,
and
has
kept
back
his
servant
from
evil;
but
Jehovah
has
returned Nabal's
evil
upon
his own
head.
And
David
sent
and communed
with
Abigail,
to
take
her
as
his
wife.
\VS{40}And
the
servants
of
David
came
to
Abigail
to
Carmel,
and
spoke
to
her,
saying,
David
has
sent
us
to thee,
to
take thee
as
his
wife.
\VS{41}And
she
arose
and
bowed
herself
on
her
face
to
the
earth,
and
said,
Behold, let thy
handmaid
be
a bondwoman
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
servants
of
my
lord.
\VS{42}And
Abigail hasted,
and
arose,
and
rode
upon
an ass,
with
five damsels
of hers
that
followed
her;
and
she
went
after
the
messengers
of
David,
and
became
his
wife.
\VS{43}David
had
also
taken
Ahinoam
of Jizreel;
and
they
became,
even
both
of
them,
his
wives.
\VS{44}But
Saul
had
given
Michal
his
daughter, David's
wife,
to Phalti
the
son
of Laish,
who
was
of
Gallim.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Ziphites
came
to
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying,
Does
not
David
hide
himself
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
facing
the waste?
\VS{2}And
Saul
arose,
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Ziph, having
three
thousand chosen
men
of
Israel
with
him,
to
seek
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
\VS{3}And
Saul
encamped
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
faces
the waste,
by
the
way
side.
And
David
abode
in
the
wilderness;
and
when
he
saw
that
Saul
had
come
after
him
into
the
wilderness,
\VS{4}David
sent
out
spies,
and
learned
that
Saul
was
certainly
come.
\VS{5}And
David
arose
and
came
to
the
place
where
Saul
had
encamped;
and
David beheld
the
place
where
Saul
lay,
and
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
the
captain
of
his
host;
and
Saul
lay
within
the wagon-defence,
and
the
people
were
encamped
round
about
him.
\VS{6}And
David spake
and
said
to
Ahimelech
the
Hittite,
and
to
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah, Joab's
brother,
saying,
Who
will
go
down
with
me
to
Saul
to
the
camp?
And
Abishai
said,
I
will
go
down
with thee.
\VS{7}And
David
and
Abishai
came
to
the
people
by
night,
and
behold,
Saul
lay
sleeping
within
the wagon-defence,
and
his
spear
stuck
in
the
ground
at
his
head;
and
Abner
and
the
people
lay
round
about
him.
\VS{8}And
Abishai
said
to
David,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
has
delivered thine
enemy
into thy
hand
this
day;
and
now
let
me
smite
him,
I
pray thee,
with
the
spear,
even
to
the
ground
once,
and
I
will
not
do
it
the
second
time.
\VS{9}And
David
said
to
Abishai,
Destroy
him
not;
for
who
can
stretch
forth
his
hand
against Jehovah's
anointed,
and
be guiltless?
\VS{10}And
David
said, [As]
Jehovah liveth,
Jehovah
will
surely
smite
him;
either
his
day
shall
come
to
die,
or
he
shall
descend
into
battle
and
perish.
\VS{11}Jehovah
forbid
that
I
should
stretch
forth
my
hand
against Jehovah's
anointed!
But
now
take,
I
pray thee,
the
spear
that
is
at
his
head,
and
the cruse
of
water,
and
let
us
go.
\VS{12}And
David
took
the
spear
and
the cruse
of
water
from Saul's
head;
and
they went
away,
and
no
man
saw [it],
and
none
knew [it],
and
none awaked,
for
they
were
all
asleep;
for
a
deep
sleep
from
Jehovah
had
fallen
upon
them.
\VS{13}And
David went
over
to
the
other
side,
and
stood
on
the
top
of
a
hill
afar
off;
a
great
space [being]
between
them.
\VS{14}And
David
cried
to
the
people,
and
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
saying, Answerest thou
not,
Abner?
Then
Abner
answered
and
said,
Who art thou
that criest
to
the
king?
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
Abner, Art
not thou
a
man?
and
who
is
like
to thee
in
Israel?
and
why hast thou
not
guarded thy
lord
the
king?
for
one
of
the
people
came
in
to
destroy
the
king thy
lord.
\VS{16}This
thing
is
not
good
which thou hast
done.
As
Jehovah liveth, ye
are worthy
to
die,
because ye
have
not
guarded
your
master, Jehovah's
anointed.
And
now
see
where
the king's
spear
is,
and
the cruse
of
water
that
was
at
his
head.
\VS{17}And
Saul knew David's
voice,
and
said,
Is
this thy
voice,
my
son
David?
And
David
said,
It
is
my
voice,
my
lord, O
king.
\VS{18}And
he
said,
Why
does
my
lord
thus
pursue
after
his
servant?
for
what
have
I
done?
or
what
evil
is
in
my
hand?
\VS{19}And
now,
I
pray thee,
let
my
lord
the
king
hear
the
words
of
his
servant.
If
Jehovah
have
moved thee
against
me,
let
him
accept
an oblation;
but
if
the
sons
of
men,
cursed
be
they
before
Jehovah;
for
they
have
driven
me
out
this
day
from adhering
to
the
inheritance
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Go,
serve
other
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 26:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods.
\VS{20}And
now,
let
not
my
blood
fall
to
the
earth far
from
the
face
of
Jehovah;
for
the
king
of
Israel
is
come
out
to
seek
a
single
flea,
as
when
they hunt
a
partridge
on
the
mountains.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said,
I
have
sinned:
return,
my
son
David;
for
I
will
no
more
do thee
harm,
because
my
life
was
precious
in thine
eyes
this
day:
behold,
I
have
acted
foolishly,
and
have
erred
exceedingly.
\VS{22}And
David
answered
and
said,
Behold
the king's
spear,
and let
one
of
the
young
men come
over
and fetch
it.
\VS{23}And
Jehovah
will
render
to
every
man
his
righteousness
and
his
faithfulness;
for
Jehovah
gave thee
into [my]
hand
this
day,
and
I
would
not
stretch
forth
my
hand
against Jehovah's
anointed.
\VS{24}And
behold,
as thy
life
was
highly esteemed
this
day
in mine
eyes,
so
let
my
life
be
highly esteemed
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
that
he
may
deliver
me
out
of
all
distress.
\VS{25}And
Saul
said
to
David,
Blessed
be thou,
my
son
David: thou shalt
certainly
do [great things],
and shalt
certainly
prevail.
And
David
went
on
his
way,
and
Saul
returned
to
his
place.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
said
in
his
heart,
I
shall
now
perish
one
day
by
the
hand
of
Saul:
there
is
nothing
better
for
me
than
that
I
should speedily
escape
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines;
and
Saul
will
despair
of
me
to
seek
me
any
more
within
all
the limits
of
Israel,
and
I
shall
escape
out
of
his
hand.
\VS{2}And
David
arose
and
passed
over,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
to
Achish,
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of
Gath.
\VS{3}And
David
abode
with
Achish
at
Gath,
he
and
his
men,
every
man
with
his
household;
David
with
his
two
wives,
Ahinoam
the Jizreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
Carmelitess, Nabal's
wife.
\VS{4}And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
had
fled
to
Gath;
and
he
sought
no
more
for
him.
\VS{5}And
David
said
to
Achish,
If
now
I
have
found favour
in thine
eyes,
let
them
give
me
a
place
in
some country-town,
that
I
may
abide
there;
for
why
should thy
servant
abide
in
the
royal
city
with thee?
\VS{6}And
Achish
gave
him
Ziklag
that
day;
therefore
Ziklag
belongs
to
the
kings
of
Judah
to
this
day.
\VS{7}And
the
time
that
David
abode
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
was
a
year
and
four
months.
\VS{8}And
David
and
his
men
went
up
and
made
a
raid
upon
the
Geshurites,
and
the Gerzites,
and
the
Amalekites:
for
those
were
of
old
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
as thou goest
to
Shur,
and
as
far
as
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{9}And
David
smote
the
land,
and
left
neither
man
nor
woman
alive,
and
took
away
the
sheep,
and
the
oxen,
and
the asses,
and
the
camels,
and
the apparel,
and
returned,
and
came
to
Achish.
\VS{10}So
Achish
said,
Have ye
not
made
a
raid to-day?
And
David
said,
Against
the
south
of
Judah,
and
against
the
south
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
and
against
the
south
of
the
Kenites.
\VS{11}And
David
left
neither
man
nor
woman
alive,
to
bring [them]
to
Gath,
for
he
said,
Lest
they
should
tell
of
us,
saying,
So
did
David.
And
such
was
his
custom
as
long
as
he
abode
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{12}And
Achish
trusted
David,
saying,
He
has
made
himself utterly
odious
among
his
people
Israel;
and
he
shall
be
my
servant
for
ever.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days
that
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
for
warfare
to
fight
against
Israel.
And
Achish
said
to
David,
Know thou
assuredly
that thou shalt
go
out
with
me
to
the
camp, thou
and thy
men.
\VS{2}And
David
said
to
Achish, Thereby thou shalt
know
what thy
servant
can
do.
And
Achish
said
to
David,
Therefore
will
I
make thee
keeper
of
my
person
for ever.
\VS{3}(Now
Samuel
was
dead,
and
all
Israel
had
lamented
him,
and
they
had
buried
him
in
Ramah,
even
in
his own
city.
And
Saul
had
put
away
the necromancers
and
the soothsayers
out
of
the
land.)
\VS{4}And
the
Philistines
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
and
encamped
in
Shunem;
and
Saul
gathered
all
Israel
together,
and
they
encamped
in
Gilboa.
\VS{5}And
when
Saul
saw
the
camp
of
the
Philistines,
he
was
afraid,
and
his
heart
greatly
trembled.
\VS{6}And
Saul
inquired
of
Jehovah;
but
Jehovah
did
not
answer
him,
either
by
dreams,
or
by
Urim,
or
by
prophets.
\VS{7}Then
said
Saul
to
his
servants,
Seek
me
a
woman
that
has
a
spirit
of Python,
that
I may
go
to
her
and
inquire
of
her.
And
his
servants
said
to
him,
Behold,
there
is
a
woman
who
has
a
spirit
of Python
at
En-dor.
\VS{8}And
Saul
disguised
himself,
and
put
on
other
garments,
and
he
went,
and
two
men
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
woman
by
night;
and
he
said,
I pray thee,
divine
to
me
by
the
spirit
of Python,
and
bring
me [him]
up
whom
I
shall
name
to thee.
\VS{9}And
the
woman
said
to
him,
Behold, thou knowest
what
Saul
has
done,
how
he
has
cut
off
the necromancers
and
the soothsayers
out
of
the
land;
and
why layest thou
a
snare
for
my
life,
to cause
me
to
die?
\VS{10}And
Saul
swore unto
her
by
Jehovah,
saying, [As]
Jehovah liveth,
there
shall
no
punishment
happen
to thee
for
this
thing.
\VS{11}Then
said
the
woman,
Whom
shall
I
bring
up
to thee?
And
he
said,
Bring
me
up
Samuel.
\VS{12}And
when
the
woman
saw
Samuel,
she
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice;
and
the
woman
spoke
to
Saul,
saying,
Why hast thou
deceived
me?
Even thou art
Saul.
\VS{13}And
the
king
said
to
her,
Be
not
afraid;
but
what didst thou
see?
And
the
woman
said
to
Saul,
I
saw
a
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god
ascending
out
of
the
earth.
\VS{14}And
he
said
to
her,
What
is
his
form?
And
she
said,
An
old
man
comes
up;
and
he
is covered
with
a
mantle.
And
Saul
knew
that
it
was
Samuel,
and
he stooped
with
his
face
to
the
ground,
and
bowed
himself.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul,
Why hast thou disquieted
me,
to
bring
me
up?
And
Saul
said,
I
am sore distressed;
for
the
Philistines
make war
against
me,
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
departed
from
me,
and
answers
me
no
more,
neither
by
prophets
nor
by
dreams;
therefore
I
have
called thee,
that thou mayest
make
known
to
me
what
I
shall
do.
\VS{16}And
Samuel
said,
Why
then dost thou
inquire
of
me, seeing
Jehovah
is
departed
from thee,
and
is
become thine enemy?
\VS{17}And
Jehovah
has
done
for
himself
as
he
spoke
by
me;
and
Jehovah
has rent
the
kingdom
out
of thy
hand,
and
given
it
to thy neighbour,
to
David.
\VS{18}Because thou didst
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
Jehovah,
and didst
not execute
his
fierce
anger
upon
Amalek,
therefore
has
Jehovah
done
this
thing
to thee
this
day.
\VS{19}And
Jehovah
will
also
give
Israel
with thee
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines;
and to-morrow shalt thou
and thy
sons
be
with
me;
the
army
of
Israel
also
will
Jehovah
give
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}And
Saul
fell straightway
his
full
length
on
the
earth,
and
was sore
afraid
because
of
the
words
of
Samuel;
and
there
was
no
strength
in
him,
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread
all
the
day
nor
all
the
night.
\VS{21}And
the
woman
came
to
Saul,
and
saw
that
he
was sore
troubled,
and
said
to
him,
Behold, thy bondmaid
has hearkened
to thy
voice,
and
I
have
put
my
life
in
my
hand,
and
have hearkened
to thy
words
which thou spokest
to
me.
\VS{22}And
now,
I
pray thee, hearken thou
also
to
the
voice
of thy bondmaid,
and
let
me
set
a
morsel
of
bread
before thee;
and
eat,
that thou mayest
have
strength
when thou goest
on thy
way.
\VS{23}But
he
refused
and
said,
I
will
not
eat.
Then
his
servants,
and
the
woman
also, compelled
him,
and
he hearkened
to
their
voice;
and
he
arose
from
the
earth
and
sat
on
the
bed.
\VS{24}And
the
woman
had
a fat
calf
in
the
house;
and she hasted
and killed
it,
and
took
flour,
and
kneaded
it,
and
baked
unleavened
bread thereof;
\VS{25}and
she
brought
it
near
before
Saul,
and
before
his
servants,
and
they
ate.
And
they
rose
up
and
went
away
that
night.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Philistines
gathered
together
all
their
armies
to
Aphek;
and
Israel
encamped
by
the
spring
that
is
in Jizreel.
\VS{2}And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
passed
on
by
hundreds
and
by
thousands;
and
David
and
his
men
passed
on
in
the rearward
with
Achish.
\VS{3}And
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said,
What
are
these
Hebrews?
And
Achish
said
to
the
princes
of
the
Philistines,
Is
not
this
David,
the
servant
of
Saul
the
king
of
Israel,
who
has
been
with
me
these
days,
or
these
years,
and
I
have
found
nothing
in
him
since
the
day
of
his
falling
away [to
me]
to
this
day?
\VS{4}But
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
were wroth
with
him;
and
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said
to
him,
Make
the
man
return,
that
he
may
go
again
to
his
place
where thou hast
appointed
him,
that
he
go
not
down
with
us
to
the
battle,
that
in
the
battle
he
be
not
an
adversary
to
us;
for wherewith
should
this [fellow] reconcile
himself
to
his
master?
should
it
not
be
with
the
heads
of
these
men?
\VS{5}Is
not
this
David,
of
whom
they sang
one
to
another
in
dances,
saying,
Saul
smote
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands?
\VS{6}And
Achish
called
David,
and
said
to
him, [As]
Jehovah liveth, thou art
upright,
and thy
going
out
and thy
coming
in
with
me
in
the
camp
is acceptable
to
me;
for
I
have
not
found
evil
in thee
since
the
day
of thy
coming
to
me
to
this
day;
but thou art
not acceptable
to
the
lords.
\VS{7}And
now
return,
and
go
in
peace,
that thou displease
not
the
lords
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{8}And
David
said
to
Achish,
But
what
have
I
done?
and
what hast thou
found
in thy
servant
so
long
as
I
have
been
with thee
to
this
day,
that
I
should
not
go
and
fight
against
the
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king?
\VS{9}And
Achish
answered
and
said
to
David,
I
know
that thou art acceptable
to
me,
as
an
angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 29:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
nevertheless
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
have
said,
He
shall
not
go
up
with
us
to
the
battle.
\VS{10}And
now
rise
up
early
in
the
morning
with thy master's
servants
that
are
come
with thee;
and
rise ye
early
in
the
morning,
and
when ye
have daylight, depart.
\VS{11}And
David
rose
up
early,
he
and
his
men,
to
depart
in
the
morning,
to
return
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
And
the
Philistines
went
up
to Jizreel.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
Ziklag
on
the
third
day,
that
the
Amalekites
had
made
a
raid
upon
the
south,
and
upon
Ziklag,
and
smitten
Ziklag
and
burned
it
with
fire;
\VS{2}and
had
taken
the
women
captives
that
were
in
it;
both
great
and
small:
they
had
put
none
to
death,
but
had
carried
them
off,
and
went
on
their
way.
\VS{3}And
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
city,
and
behold,
it
was
burnt
with
fire;
and
their
wives,
and
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
were
taken
captives.
\VS{4}Then
David
and
the
people
that
were
with
him
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept,
until
they
had
no
more
power
to
weep.
\VS{5}And David's
two
wives
were
taken
captives,
Ahinoam
the Jizreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite.
\VS{6}And
David
was
greatly distressed;
for
the
people
spoke
of
stoning
him;
for
the
soul
of
all
the
people
was embittered,
every
man
because
of
his
sons
and
because
of
his
daughters;
but
David
strengthened
himself
in
Jehovah
his
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{7}And
David
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest, Ahimelech's
son,
Bring
near
to
me,
I
pray thee,
the
ephod.
And
Abiathar
brought
the
ephod
near
to
David.
\VS{8}And
David
inquired
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Shall
I
pursue
after
this
troop?
shall
I
overtake
them?
And
he
said
to
him,
Pursue;
for thou shalt assuredly
overtake [them]
and shalt
certainly
recover.
\VS{9}So
David
went,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the torrent
Besor;
and
those
that
were
left
stayed
behind.
\VS{10}And
David
pursued,
he
and
four
hundred
men;
for
two
hundred
stayed behind,
who
were too
exhausted
to
go
over
the torrent
Besor.
\VS{11}And
they
found
an
Egyptian
in
the
field,
and
brought
him
to
David,
and
gave
him
bread,
and
he
ate;
and
they
gave
him
water
to
drink,
\VS{12}and
gave
him
a
piece
of fig-cake
and
two raisin-cakes,
and
he
ate,
and
his
spirit
came
again
to
him;
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread,
nor
drunk
any
water,
for
three
days
and
three
nights.
\VS{13}And
David
said
to
him,
To
whom belongest thou?
and whence art thou?
And
he
said,
I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
servant
of
an
Amalekite;
and
my
master
left
me,
because
three
days
ago
I fell
sick.
\VS{14}We
made
a
raid
against
the
south
of
the
Cherethites,
and
against
what [belongs]
to
Judah,
and
against
the
south
of
Caleb;
and
we
burned
Ziklag
with
fire.
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
him, Canst thou
bring
me
down
to
this
troop?
And
he
said,
Swear
to
me
by
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
that thou wilt
neither
put
me
to
death
nor
deliver
me
up
into
the
hand
of
my
master,
and
I
will
bring thee
down
to
this
troop.
\VS{16}And
he
brought
him
down,
and
behold,
they
were
spread
over
the
whole
land,
eating
and
drinking,
and
dancing,
because
of
all
the
great
spoil
that
they
had
taken
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
land
of
Judah.
\VS{17}And
David
smote
them
from
the
twilight
even
to
the
evening
of
the
next
day;
and
there
escaped
not
a
man
of
them,
save
four
hundred
young
men,
who
rode
upon
camels,
and
fled.
\VS{18}And
David
recovered
all
that
the
Amalekites
had
taken:
and
David
recovered
his
two
wives.
\VS{19}And
there
was
nothing missed
by
them,
neither
small
nor
great,
neither
sons
nor
daughters,
neither
spoil
nor
anything
that
they
had
taken:
David
brought
all
back.
\VS{20}And
David
took
all
the
flocks
and
the
herds, [which]
they drove
before
the
other
cattle,
and
said,
This
is David's
spoil.
\VS{21}And
David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men
who
had
been too
exhausted
to
follow
David,
and
whom
they
had
left
behind
at
the torrent
Besor;
and
they
went
forth
to
meet
David,
and
to
meet
the
people
that
were
with
him;
and
David
drew
near
to
the
people
and saluted
them.
\VS{22}And
all
the
wicked
men,
and [men]
of Belial,
of
those
that
had
gone
with
David,
answered
and
said,
Because
they
went
not
with
us,
we
will
not
give
them [aught]
of
the
spoil
that
we
have
recovered,
save
to
every
man
his
wife
and
his
children,
that
they
may
lead [them]
away
and
depart.
\VS{23}Then
said
David, Ye
shall
not
do
so,
my
brethren,
with
that
which
Jehovah
has
given
us,
who
has
preserved
us,
and
given
the
troop
that
came
against
us
into
our
hand.
\VS{24}And
who
will hearken
to
you
in
this
matter?
For
as
his
share
is
that
goes
down
to
the
battle,
so
shall
his
share
be
that
abides
by
the
baggage:
they
shall
share
alike.
\VS{25}And
it
was [so]
from
that
day
forward;
and
he
made
it
a
statute
and
an
ordinance
for
Israel
to
this
day.
\VS{26}And
David
came
to
Ziklag,
and
he
sent
of
the
spoil
to
the
elders
of
Judah,
to
his
friends,
saying,
Behold
a
present
for
you
of
the
spoil
of
the
enemies
of
Jehovah:
\VS{27}to
those
in
Bethel,
and
to
those
in south
Ramoth,
and
to
those
in
Jattir,
\VS{28}and
to
those
in
Aroer,
and
to
those
in
Siphmoth,
and
to
those
in
Eshtemoa,
\VS{29}and
to
those
in Rachal,
and
to
those
in
the
cities
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
and
to
those
in
the
cities
of
the
Kenites,
\VS{30}and
to
those
in
Hormah,
and
to
those
in Chor-ashan,
and
to
those
in
Athach,
\VS{31}and
to
those
in
Hebron,
and
to
all
the
places
where
David
himself
and
his
men
went
about.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel;
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
slain
on
mount
Gilboa.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines followed hard
upon
Saul
and
upon
his
sons;
and
the
Philistines
smote
Jonathan,
and
Abinadab,
and Malchishua, Saul's
sons.
\VS{3}And
the
battle
went sore
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
came
up
with
him;
and
he
was
much
terrified
by
the
archers.
\VS{4}Then
said
Saul
to
his armour-bearer,
Draw thy
sword,
and
thrust
me
through
with
it;
lest
these
uncircumcised
come
and
thrust
me
through,
and abuse
me.
But
his armour-bearer
would
not;
for
he
was
much
afraid.
So
Saul
took
the
sword
and
fell
on
it.
\VS{5}And
when
his armour-bearer
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
fell
likewise
on
his
sword,
and
died
with
him.
\VS{6}So
Saul
died,
and
his
three
sons,
and
his armour-bearer,
and
all
his
men,
that
same
day
together.
\VS{7}And
when
the
men
of
Israel
that
were
on
this
side
of
the
valley,
and [they]
that
were
on
this
side
of
the
Jordan,
saw
that
the
men
of
Israel
fled,
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
were
dead,
they forsook
the
cities
and
fled;
and
the
Philistines
came
and
dwelt
in
them.
\VS{8}And
it
came
to
pass
the
next
day,
that
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
and
they
found
Saul
and
his
three
sons
fallen
on
mount
Gilboa.
\VS{9}And
they
cut
off
his
head,
and
stripped
off
his armour,
and
sent [them]
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
round
about,
to
announce
the
glad
tidings
in
the
houses
of
their
idols,
and
to
the
people.
\VS{10}And
they
put
his armour
in
the
house
of
Ashtaroth;
and
they
fastened
his body
to
the
wall
of
Beth-shan.
\VS{11}And
when
the
inhabitants
of Jabesh-Gilead
heard
of
what
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
\VS{12}all
the
valiant
men
arose
and
went
all
night,
and
took
the body
of
Saul
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons
from
the
wall
of
Beth-shan,
and
came
to
Jabesh,
and
burned
them
there.
\VS{13}And
they
took
their
bones,
and
buried
them
under
the
tamarisk
at
Jabesh,
and
fasted
seven
days.
\par }