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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
was
a
man
of Ramathaimsophim,
of
mount
Ephraim,
and
his
name
was Elcana,
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of Eliu,
the
son
of Thohu,
the
son
of Suph,
an
Ephraimite:
\VS{2}And
he
had
two
wives,
the
name
of
one
was Anna,
and
the
name
of
the
other Phenenna. Phenenna
had
children:
but Anna
had
no
children.
\VS{3}And
this
man
went
up
out
of
his
city upon
the appointed
days,
to adore
and
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
Lord
of
hosts
in Silo.
And
the
two
sons
of Heli, Ophni
and Phinees,
were
there
priests
of
the
Lord.
\VS{4}Now
the
day
came,
and Elcana
offered
sacrifice,
and
gave
to Phenenna
his
wife,
and
to
all
her
sons
and
daughters,
portions:
\VS{5}But
to Anna
he
gave
one
portion
with sorrow,
because
he
loved Anna.
And
the
Lord
had
shut
up
her
womb.
\VS{6}Her rival
also afflicted
her,
and
troubled
her exceedingly, insomuch
that
she upbraided
her,
that
the
Lord
had
shut
up
her
womb:
\VS{7}And
thus
she
did
every
year,
when
the
time
returned
that
they
went
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
and
thus
she
provoked
her:
but Anna
wept,
and
did
not
eat.
\VS{8}Then Elcana
her
husband
said
to
her: Anna,
why weepest thou?
and
why dost thou
not
eat?
And
why dost thou afflict thy
heart?
Am
not
I
better
to thee
than
ten
children?
\VS{9}So Anna
arose
after
she
had
eaten
and
drunk
in Silo:
And Heli
the
priest
sitting
upon
a stool,
before
the
door
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
\VS{10}As Anna
had
her
heart full
of grief,
she
prayed
to
the
Lord, shedding many tears,
\VS{11}And
she
made
a
vow,
saying:
O
Lord,
of
hosts,
if thou wilt
look
down
on
the affliction
of thy
servant,
and wilt
be
mindful
of
me,
and
not
forget thy
handmaid,
and wilt
give
to thy
servant
a
man
child:
I
will
give
him
to
the
Lord
all
the
days
of
his
life,
and
no razor
shall
come
upon
his
head.
\VS{12}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
she
multiplied prayers
before
the
Lord,
that Heli
observed
her
mouth.
\VS{13}Now Anna
spoke
in
her
heart,
and
only
her
lips moved,
but
her
voice
was
not
heard
at all. Heli therefore
thought
her
to
be
drunk,
\VS{14}And
said
to
her:
How
long wilt thou, be
drunk? digest
a little
the
wine,
of
which thou hast
taken
too
much.
\VS{15}Anna answering,
said:
Not
so,
my
lord:
for
I
am
an exceeding unhappy
woman,
and
have
drunk
neither
wine
nor
any
strong
drink,
but
I
have
poured
out
my
soul
before
the
Lord.
\VS{16}Count
not thy
handmaid
for
one
of
the
daughters
of Belial:
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
my sorrow
and grief
have
I
spoken
till
now.
\VS{17}Then Heli
said
to
her: Go
in
peace:
and
the
God
of
Israel
grant thee thy
petition,
which thou hast
asked
of
him.
\VS{18}And
she
said:
Would
to
God thy handmaid
may
find
grace
in thy
eyes.
So
the
woman
went
on
her
way,
and
ate,
and
her
countenance
was
no
more changed.
\VS{19}And
they
rose
in
the
morning,
and worshipped
before
the
Lord:
and
they
returned,
and
came
into
their
house
at Ramatha.
And Elcana
knew Anna
his
wife:
and
the
Lord
remembered
her.
\VS{20}And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
time
was
come
about, Anna
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Samuel:
because
she
had
asked
him
of
the
Lord.
\VS{21}And Elcana
her
husband
went
up,
and
all
his
house,
to
offer
to
the
Lord
the solemn
sacrifice,
and
his
vow.
\VS{22}But Anna
went
not
up:
for
she
said
to
her
husband:
I
will
not
go
till
the
child
be
weaned,
and
till
I
may
carry
him,
that
he
may
appear
before
the
Lord,
and
may
abide
always
there.
\VS{23}And Elcana
her
husband
said
to
her:
Do
what seemeth
good
to thee,
and
stay
till thou wean
him:
and
I pray
that
the
Lord
may
fulfill
his
word.
So
the
woman
stayed
at
home,
and
gave
her
son
suck,
till
she
weaned
him.
\VS{24}And after
she
had
weaned
him,
she
carried
him
with
her,
with
three calves,
and
three bushels
of
flour,
and
a bottle
of
wine,
and
she
brought
him
to
the
house
of
the
Lord
in Silo.
Now
the
child
was
as
yet very
young:
\VS{25}And
they immolated
a calf,
and offered
the
child
to Heli.
\VS{26}And Anna
said:
I beseech thee,
my
lord,
as thy
soul liveth,
my
lord:
I
am
that
woman
who
stood
before thee
here
praying
to
the
Lord.
\VS{27}For
this
child
did
I
pray,
and
the
Lord hath
granted
me
my
petition,
which
I
asked
of
him.
\VS{28}Therefore
I
also
have lent
him
to
the
Lord
all
the
days
of
his
life,
he
shall
be lent
to
the
Lord.
And
they adored
the
Lord
there.
And Anna prayed,
and said:

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
heart hath
rejoiced
in
the
Lord,
and
my
horn
is
exalted
in
my
God:
my
mouth
is
enlarged
over
my
enemies:
because
I
have joyed
in thy
salvation.
\VS{2}There
is
none
holy
as
the
Lord
is:
for
there
is
no
other beside thee,
and
there
is
none strong
like
our
God.
\VS{3}Do
not
multiply
to
speak
lofty
things,
boasting:
let old matters
depart
from
your
mouth:
for
the
Lord
is
a
God
of
all
knowledge,
and
to
him
are thoughts prepared.
\VS{4}The
bow
of the
mighty
is overcome,
and the
weak
are girt
with
strength.
\VS{5}They
that
were
full
before
have
hired
out themselves
for
bread:
and
the
hungry
are filled,
so
that
the
barren hath
borne
many:
and
she
that
had
many
children
is weakened.
\VS{6}The
Lord killeth
and maketh
alive,
he bringeth
down
to hell
and bringeth
back again.
\VS{7}The
Lord maketh
poor
and maketh
rich,
he humbleth
and
he exalteth.
\VS{8}He raiseth
up
the
needy
from
the
dust,
and lifteth
up
the
poor
from
the dunghill:
that
he
may
sit
with
princes,
and
hold
the
throne
of
glory.
For
the poles
of
the
earth
are
the
Lord’s,
and
upon
them
he hath
set
the
world.
\VS{9}He
will
keep
the
feet
of
his saints,
and
the
wicked
shall
be silent
in
darkness,
because
no
man
shall
prevail
by
his
own
strength.
\VS{10}The adversaries
of
the
Lord
shall fear
him:
and
upon
them
shall
he
thunder
in
the
heavens.
The
Lord
shall
judge
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
he
shall
give empire
to
his
king,
and
shall
exalt
the
horn
of
his Christ.
\VS{11}And Elcana
went
to Ramatha,
to
his
house:
but
the
child
ministered
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
before
the
face
of Heli
the
priest.
\VS{12}Now
the
sons
of Heli
were
children
of Belial,
not
knowing
the
Lord,
\VS{13}Nor
the office
of
the
priests
to
the
people:
but whosoever
had
offered
a
sacrifice,
the
servant
of
the
priest
came,
while
the
flesh
was
in
boiling,
with
a fleshhook
of
three
teeth
in
his
hand,
\VS{14}And
thrust
it
into
the
kettle,
or
into
the
caldron,
or
into
the
pot,
or
into
the
pan:
and
all
that
the fleshhook
brought
up,
the
priest
took
to himself.
Thus
did
they
to
all
Israel
that
came
to Silo.
\VS{15}Also
before
they
burnt
the
fat,
the
servant
of
the
priest
came,
and
said
to
the
man
that
sacrificed:
Give
me
flesh
to
boil
for
the
priest:
for
I
will
not
take
of thee sodden
flesh,
but
raw.
\VS{16}And
he
that sacrificed
said
to
him:
Let
the
fat
first
be
burnt
today
according
to
the custom,
and
then
take
as
much
as thy
soul desireth.
But
he
answered
and
said
to
him:
Not
so:
but thou shalt
give
it
me
now,
or
else
I
will
take
it
by
force.
\VS{17}Wherefore
the
sin
of
the
young
men
was
exceeding
great
before
the
Lord:
because
they withdrew
men
from
the
sacrifice
of
the
Lord.
\VS{18}But
Samuel
ministered
before
the
face
of
the
Lord: being
a
child
girded
with
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}And
his
mother
made
him
a
little coat, which
she
brought
to
him
on
the appointed
days,
when
she
went
up
with
her
husband,
to
offer
the solemn
sacrifice.
\VS{20}And Heli
blessed Elcana
and
his
wife:
and
he
said
to
him:
The
Lord
give thee
seed
of
this
woman,
for
the loan thou hast lent
to
the
Lord.
And
they
went
to
their own
home.
\VS{21}And
the
Lord
visited Anna,
and
she
conceived,
and
bore
three
sons
and
two
daughters:
and
the
child
Samuel
became
great
before
the
Lord.
\VS{22}Now Heli
was
very
old,
and
he
heard
all
that
his
sons
did
to
all
Israel:
and
how
they
lay
with
the
women
that waited
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle:
\VS{23}And
he
said
to
them:
Why
do ye
these
kinds
of
things,
which
I
hear, very
wicked
things,
from
all
the
people?
\VS{24}Do
not
so,
my
sons:
for
it
is
no
good
report
that
I
hear,
that
you
make
the
people
of
the
Lord
to
transgress.
\VS{25}If
one
man
shall
sin
against
another,
God
may
be appeased
in
his behalf:
but
if
a
man
shall
sin
against
the
Lord,
who
shall
pray
for
him?
And
they hearkened
not
to
the
voice
of
their
father,
because
the
Lord
would
slay
them.
\VS{26}But
the
child
Samuel
advanced,
and
grew
on,
and
pleased
both
the
Lord
and
men.
\VS{27}And
there
came
a
man
of
God
to Heli,
and
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Did
I
not
plainly appear
to thy
father’s
house,
when
they
were
in
Egypt
in
the
house
of Pharao?
\VS{28}And
I
chose
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
my
priest,
to
go
up
to
my sitar,
and
burn
incense
to
me,
and
to
wear
the
ephod
before
me:
and
I
gave
to thy
father’s
house
of
all
the
sacrifices
of
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{29}Why
have
you
kicked
away
my victims,
and
my
gifts
which
I
commanded
to
be offered
in
the temple:
and thou hast
rather honoured thy
sons
than
me,
to eat
the firstfruits
of
every
sacrifice
of
my
people
Israel?
\VS{30}Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
said
indeed
that thy
house,
and
the
house
of thy
father
should minister
in
my
sight,
for
ever.
But
now saith
the
Lord:
Far
be
this
from
me:
but whosoever
shall
glorify
me,
him
will
I
glorify:
but
they
that
despise
me,
shall
be
despised.
\VS{31}Behold
the
days
come:
and
I
will
cut
off thy
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 thy rival
in
the
temple,
in
all
the prosperity
of
Israel,
and
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in thy
house
for ever.
\VS{33}However
I
will
not
altogether
take
away
a
man
of thee
from
my
altar:
but
that thy
eyes
may faint
and thy
soul
be
spent:
and
a great
part
of thy
house
shall
die
when
they
come
to
man’s
estate.
\VS{34}And
this
shall
be
a
sign
to thee,
that
shall
come
upon thy
two
sons, Ophni
and Phinees:
In
one
day
they
shall
both
of
them
die.
\VS{35}And
I
will
raise
me
up
a
faithful
priest,
who
shall
do according
to
my
heart,
and
my
soul,
and
I
will
build
him
a
faithful
house,
and
he
shall
walk
all
days
before
my
anointed.
\VS{36}And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that whosoever
shall
remain
in thy
house,
shall
come
that
he
may
be
prayed
for,
and
shall offer
a
piece
of
silver,
and
a roll
of
bread,
and
shall
say:
Put
me,
I
beseech thee,
to somewhat
of
the priestly office,
that
I
may
eat
a
morsel
of
bread.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
child
Samuel
ministered
to
the
Lord
before Heli,
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
was
precious
in
those
days,
there
was
no manifest
vision.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass
one
day
when Heli
lay
in
his
place,
and
his
eyes
were
grown
dim,
that
he
could
not
see:
\VS{3}Before
the
lamp
of
God went
out,
Samuel
slept
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
where
the
ark
of
God
was.
\VS{4}And
the
Lord
called
Samuel.
And
he
answered:
Here
am
I.
\VS{5}And
he
ran
to Heli
and
said:
Here
am
I:
for thou didst
call
me.
He
said:
I
did
not
call:
go
back
and
sleep.
And
he
went
and
slept.
\VS{6}And
the
Lord
called
Samuel
again.
And
Samuel
arose
and
went
to Heli,
and
said:
Here
am
I:
for thou calledst
me.
He
answered:
I
did
not
call thee,
my
son:
return
and
sleep.
\VS{7}Now
Samuel did
not
yet
know
the
Lord, neither
had
the
word
of
the
Lord
been
revealed
to
him.
\VS{8}And
the
Lord
called
Samuel
again
the
third
time.
And
he
arose
up
and
went
to Heli.
\VS{9}And
said:
Here
am
I:
for thou didst
call
me.
Then Heli
understood
that
the
Lord
called
the
child,
and
he
said
to
Samuel:
Go,
and
sleep:
and
if
he
shall
call thee
any
more, thou shalt
say:
Speak,
Lord,
for thy
servant heareth.
So
Samuel
went
and
slept
in
his
place.
\VS{10}And
the
Lord
came
and
stood:
and
he
called,
as
he
had
called
the
other
times:
Samuel,
Samuel.
And
Samuel
said:
Speak,
Lord,
for thy
servant heareth.
\VS{11}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel:
Behold
I
do
a
thing
in
Israel:
and whosoever
shall
hear
it,
both
his
ears
shall
tingle.
\VS{12}In
that
day
I
will
raise
up
against Heli
all
the
things
I
have
spoken
concerning
his
house:
I
will
begin,
and
I
will
make
an
end.
\VS{13}For
I
have foretold unto
him,
that
I
will
judge
his
house
for
ever,
for
iniquity,
because
he
knew
that
his
sons
did wickedly,
and
did
not chastise
them.
\VS{14}Therefore
have
I
sworn
to
the
house
of Hell,
that
the
iniquity
of
his
house
shall
not
be expiated
with victims
nor
offerings
for
ever.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
slept
till
morning,
and
opened
the
doors
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
feared
to
tell
the
vision
to Hell.
\VS{16}Then Heli
called
Samuel,
and
said:
Samuel,
my
son.
And
he
answered:
Here
am
I.
\VS{17}And
he
asked
him:
What
is
the
word
that
the Lord hath
spoken
to thee?
I
beseech thee
hide
it
not
from
me.
May
God
do
so
and
so
to thee,
and
add
so
and
so,
if thou
hide
from
me
one
word
of
all
that
were
said
to thee.
\VS{18}So
Samuel
told
him
all
the
words,
and
did
not
hide
them
from
him.
And
he
answered:
It
is
the
Lord:
let
him
do
what
is
good
in
his
sight.
\VS{19}And
Samuel
grew,
and
the
Lord
was
with
him,
and
not
one
of
his
words
fell
to
the
ground.
\VS{20}And
all
Israel
from
Dan
to Bersabee,
knew
that
Samuel
was
a
faithful
prophet
of
the
Lord.
\VS{21}And
the
Lord
again
appeared
in Silo,
for
the
Lord
revealed
himself
to
Samuel
in Silo,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
Samuel
came
to pass
to
all Israel.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
those days,
that
the
Philistines gathered
themselves
together
to
fight:
and
Israel
went
out
to
war
against
the
Philistines,
and
camped
by
the Stone
of
help.
And
the
Philistines
came
to Aphec,
\VS{2}And put
their
army
in
array
against
Israel.
And
when
they
had joined
battle,
Israel turned
their backs
to
the
Philistines,
and there
was
slain
in
that
fight here
and there
in
the
fields
about
four
thousand
men.
\VS{3}And
the
people
returned
to
the
camp:
and
the ancients
of
Israel
said:
Why hath
the
Lord
defeated
us
today
before
the
Philistines? Let
us fetch unto
us
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
from Silo,
and let
it
come
in
the
midst
of
us,
that
it
may
save
us
from
the
hand
of
our
enemies.
\VS{4}So
the
people
sent
to Silo,
and
they
brought
from thence
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
sitting
upon
the cherubims:
and
the
two
sons
of Heli, Ophni
and Phinees,
were
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
\VS{5}And
when
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
was
come
into
the
camp,
all
Israel
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
and
the
earth rang
again.
\VS{6}And
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shout,
and
they
said:
What
is
this
noise
of
a
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews?
And
they
understood
that
the
ark
of
the
Lord
was
come
into
the
camp.
\VS{7}And
the
Philistines
were
afraid,
saying:
God
is
come
into
the
camp.
And sighing,
they
said:
\VS{8}Woe
to
us:
for
there
was
no
such
great joy yesterday
and
the day
before:
Woe
to
us.
Who
shall
deliver
us
from
the
hand
of
these high
gods?
these
are
the
gods
that
struck
Egypt
with
all
the
plagues
in
the
desert.
\VS{9}Take
courage
and behave
like
men, ye
Philistines:
lest
you
come
to
be
servants
to
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
served
you:
take
courage
and
fight.
\VS{10}So
the
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was overthrown,
and
every
man
fled
to
his
own dwelling:
and
there
was
an
exceeding
great
slaughter;
for
there
fell
of
Israel
thirty
thousand
footmen.
\VS{11}And
the
ark
of
God
was
taken:
and
the
two
sons
of Heli, Ophni
and Phinees,
were slain.
\VS{12}And there
ran
a
man
of
Benjamin
out
of
the
army,
and
came
to Silo
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes rent,
and
his
head strewed
with
dust.
\VS{13}And
when
he
was
come, Heli
sat
upon
a stool
over
against
the
way
watching.
For
his
heart
was fearful
for
the
ark
of
God.
And
when
the
man
was
come
into
the
city,
he
told
it:
and
all
the
city
cried
out.
\VS{14}And Heli
heard
the
noise
of
the
cry,
and
he
said:
What meaneth
the
noise
of
this
uproar?
But
he
made
haste,
and
came,
and
told Heli.
\VS{15}Now Heli
was
ninety
and
eight
years
old,
and
his
eyes
were
dim,
and
he
could
not
see.
\VS{16}And
he
said
to Heli:
I
am
he
that
came
from
the
battle,
and
have
fled
out
of
the field
this
day.
And
he
said
to
him:
What
is
there
done,
my
son?
\VS{17}And
he
that
brought
the
news
answered,
and
said:
Israel
has
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
has
been
a
great
slaughter
of
the
people:
moreover thy
two
sons, Ophni
and Phinees,
are
dead:
and
the
ark
of
God
is
taken.
\VS{18}And
when
he
had named
the
ark
of
God,
he
fell
from
his stool backwards
by
the door,
and
broke
his
neck,
and
died.
For
he
was
an
old
man,
and
far advanced
in
years:
and
he
judged
Israel
forty
years.
\VS{19}And
his daughter
in law
the
wife
of Phinees,
was big
with
child,
and
near
her time:
and
hearing
the
news
that
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
her
father
in law,
and
her
husband,
were
dead,
she
bowed
herself
and
fell
in labour:
for
her pains
came
upon
her
on
a sudden.
\VS{20}And
when
she
was
upon
the point
of
death,
they
that
stood
about
her
said
to
her:
Fear
not,
for thou hast
borne
a
son.
She
answered
them
not,
nor
gave heed
to
them.
\VS{21}And
she
called
the
child
Ichabod,
saying:
The
glory
is
gone
from
Israel,
because
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
for
her father
in law,
and
her
husband:
\VS{22}And
she
said:
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel,
because
the
ark
of
God
was
taken.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
God,
and
carried
it
from
the Stone
of help
into Azotus.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
God,
and
brought
it
into
the
temple
of
Dagon,
and
set
it
by
Dagon.
\VS{3}And
when
the Azotians
arose
early
the
next
day,
behold
Dagon
lay
upon
his
face
on
the
ground
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord:
and
they
took
Dagon,
and
set
him
again
in
his
place.
\VS{4}And
the
next
day
again,
when
they
rose
in
the
morning,
they found
Dagon
lying
upon
his
face
on
the
earth
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord:
and
the
head
of
Dagon,
and
both
the
palms
of
his
hands
were
cut
off
upon
the
threshold:
\VS{5}And
only
the stump
of
Dagon
remained
in
its
place.
For
this cause
neither
the
priests
of
Dagon,
nor
any
that
go
into
the
temple
tread
on
the
threshold
of
Dagon
in Azotus unto
this
day.
\VS{6}And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
heavy
upon
the Azotians,
and
he
destroyed
them,
and afflicted Azotus
and
the coasts thereof
with emerods.
And
in
the villages
and fields
in
the midst
of
that country,
there
came forth
a multitude
of mice,
and
there
was
the confusion
of
a great mortality
in
the city.
\VS{7}And
the
men
of Azotus
seeing
this kind
of plague,
said:
The
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
shall
not
stay
with
us:
for
his
hand
is heavy
upon
us,
and
upon
Dagon
our
god.
\VS{8}And
sending,
they
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
to
them,
and
said:
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel?
And
the Gethrites
answered:
Let
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
be
carried
about.
And
they
carried
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
about.
\VS{9}And
while
they
were carrying
it
about,
the band
of
the
Lord
came
upon
every
city
with
an
exceeding
great
slaughter:
and
he
smote
the
men
of
every
city, both
small
and
great,
and
they
had emerods
in
their secret
parts.
And
the Gethrites consulted together,
and
made
themselves seats
of skins.
\VS{10}Therefore
they
sent
the
ark
of
God
into Accaron.
And
when
the
ark
of
God
was
come
into Accaron,
the Accaronites
cried
out,
saying:
They
have
brought
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
to
us,
to
kill
us
and
our
people.
\VS{11}They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines:
and
they
said:
Send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
and
let
it
return
into
its
own
place,
and
not
kill
us
and
our
people.
\VS{12}For
there
was
the fear
of
death
in
every
city,
and
the hand
of
God
was exceeding heavy.
The
men
also
that
did
not
die,
were afflicted
with
the emerods:
and
the
cry
of
every
city
went
up
to
heaven.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
ark
of
God
was
in
the
land
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
the
Lord?
tell
us
how
we
are
to
send
it
back
to
its
place?
And
they
said:
\VS{3}If
you
send
back
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
send
it
not
away
empty,
but
render unto
him
what
you owe
for
sin,
and
then
you
shall
be
healed:
and
you
shall
know
why
his
hand departeth
not
from
you.
\VS{4}They
answered:
What
is
it
we ought
to
render unto
him
for
sin?
and
they
answered:
\VS{5}According
to
the number
of
the provinces
of
the Philistines
you
shall
make five golden emerods,
and five golden
mice:
for
the
same plague hath
been
upon
you all,
and
upon
your lords.
And
you
shall
make
the likeness
of
your emerods,
and
the likeness
of
the
mice
that
have
destroyed
the
land,
and
you
shall
give
glory
to
the
God
of
Israel:
to see
if
he
will
take
off
his
hand
from
you,
and
from
your
gods,
and
from
your
land.
\VS{6}Why
do
you
harden
your
hearts,
as
Egypt
and Pharao
hardened
their
hearts?
did
not
he, after
he
was struck,
then
let
them
go,
and
they departed?
\VS{7}Now
therefore
take
and
make
a
new
cart:
and
two kine
that
have calved,
on
which
there hath
come
no
yoke,
tie
to
the
cart,
and shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
\VS{8}And
you
shall
take
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
and
lay
it
on
the
cart,
and
the
vessels
of
gold,
which
you
have
paid
him
for
sin,
you
shall
put
into
a little
box,
at
the
side thereof:
and
send
it
away
that
it
may
go.
\VS{9}And
you
shall
look:
and
if
it
go
up
by
the
way
of
his
own coasts towards Bethsames,
then
he hath
done
us
this
great
evil:
but
if
not,
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand hath
touched
us,
but
it hath
happened
by
chance.
\VS{10}They
did
therefore
in
this
manner:
and
taking
two kine,
that
had
suckling
calves,
they yoked
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
\VS{11}And
they
laid
the
ark
of
God
upon
the
cart,
and
the little
box
that
had
in
it
the
golden
mice
and
the likeness
of
the emerods.
\VS{12}And
the kine
took
the
straight
way
that leadeth
to Bethsames,
and
they
went
along
the
way,
lowing
as
they
went:
and
turned
not
aside
neither
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left:
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
followed
them
as
far
as
the
borders
of Bethsames.
\VS{13}Now
the Bethsamites
were reaping
wheat
in
the
valley:
and lifting
up
their
eyes
they
saw
the
ark,
and
rejoiced
to
see
it.
\VS{14}And
the
cart
came
into
the
field
of Josue
a Bethsamite,
and
stood
there.
And
there
was
a
great
stone,
and
they cut
in
pieces
the
wood
of
the
cart,
and
laid
the kine
upon
it
a holocaust
to
the
Lord.
\VS{15}And
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
God,
and
the little
box
that
was
at
the
side
of
it,
wherein
were
the
vessels
of
gold,
and
they
put
them
upon
the
great
stone.
The
men
also
of Bethsames
offered holocausts
and
sacrificed victims
that
day
to
the
Lord.
\VS{16}And
the
five princes
of
the
Philistines
saw,
and
they
returned
to Accaron
the
same
day.
\VS{17}And
these
are
the
golden emerods,
which
the
Philistines
returned
for
sin
to
the
Lord:
For Azotus
one,
for
Gaza
one,
for Ascalon
one,
for Geth
one,
for Accaron
one:
\VS{18}And
the
golden
mice
according
to
the
number
of
the
cities
of
the
Philistines,
of
the
five provinces,
from
the fenced
city
to
the village
that
was without wall,
and
to
the
great
Abel (the
stone) whereon
they
set
down
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
which
was
till
that
day
in
the
field
of Josue
the Bethsamite.
\VS{19}But
he
slew
of
the
men
of Bethsames,
because
they
had
seen
the
ark
of
the
Lord:
and
he
slew
of
the
people
seventy
men,
and
fifty
thousand
of
the common
people.
And
the
people lamented,
because
the
Lord
had
smitten
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
\VS{20}And
the
men
of Bethsames
said:
Who
shall
be
able
to
stand
before
the
Lord
this
holy
God?
and
to
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
us?
\VS{21}And
they
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of Cariathiarim,
saying:
The
Philistines
have
brought
back
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
come ye
down
and fetch
it
up
to
you.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
then
men
of Cariathiarim
came
and fetched
up
the
ark
of
the
Lord
and
carried
it
into
the
house
of
Abinadab
in Gabaa:
and
they
sanctified
Eleazar
his
son,
to
keep
the
ark
of
the
Lord.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass,
that
from
the
day
the
ark
of
the
Lord
abode
in Cariathiarim
days
were
multiplied, (for
it
was
now
the
twentieth
year,)
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
rested
following
the
Lord.
\VS{3}And
Samuel
spoke
to
all
the
house
of
Israel,
saying:
If
you
turn
to
the
Lord
with
all
your
heart,
put
away
the
strange
gods
from
among
you, Baalim
and Astaroth:
and
prepare
your
hearts unto
the
Lord,
and
serve
him
only,
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{4}Then
the
children
of
Israel
put
away Baalim
and Astaroth,
and
served
the
Lord
only.
\VS{5}And
Samuel
said:
Gather
all
Israel
to Masphath,
that
I
may
pray
to
the
Lord
for
you.
\VS{6}And
they
gathered
together
to Masphath:
and
they
drew
water,
and
poured
it
out
before
the
Lord,
and
they
fasted
on
that
day,
and
they
said
there:
We
have
sinned
against
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
judged
the
children
of
Israel
in Masphath.
\VS{7}And
the
Philistines
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gathered
together
to Masphath,
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up
against
Israel.
And
when
the
children
of
Israel
heard
this,
they
were
afraid
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{8}And
they
said
to
Samuel: Cease
not
to
cry
to
the
Lord
our
God
for
us,
that
he
may
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{9}And
Samuel
took
a sucking
lamb,
and
offered
it
whole
for
a holocaust
to
the
Lord:
and
Samuel
cried
to
the
Lord
for
Israel,
and
the
Lord heard
him.
\VS{10}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Samuel
was
offering
the holocaust,
the
Philistines
began
the
battle
against
Israel:
but
the
Lord
thundered
with
a
great
thunder
on
that
day
upon
the
Philistines,
and terrified
them,
and
they
were overthrown
before
the
face
of
Israel.
\VS{11}And
the
men
of
Israel
going
out
of Masphath
pursued
after
the
Philistines,
and
made
slaughter
of
them
till
they
came
under Bethchar.
\VS{12}And
Samuel
took
a
stone,
and
laid
it
between Masphath
and Sen:
and
he
called
the
place,
the
Stone
of
help.
And
he
said:
Thus
far
the
Lord hath
helped
us.
\VS{13}And
the
Philistines
were
humbled,
and
they
did
not
come
any
more
into
the
borders
of
Israel.
And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
against
the
Philistines,
all
the
days
of
Samuel.
\VS{14}And
the
cities,
which
the
Philistines
had
taken
from
Israel,
were
restored
to
Israel,
from Accaron
to Geth,
and
their
borders:
and
he
delivered
Israel
from
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
there
was
peace
between
Israel
and
the Amorrhites.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
judged
Israel
all
the
days
of
his
life:
\VS{16}And
he
went
every
year
about
to
Bethel
and
to Galgal
and
to Masphath,
and
he
judged
Israel
in
the aforesaid
places.
\VS{17}And
he returned
to Ramatha,
for
there
was
his
house,
and
there
he
judged
Israel:
he
built
also
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
when
Samuel
was
old,
that
he
appointed
his
sons
to
be
judges
over
Israel.
\VS{2}Now
the
name
of
his
firstborn
son
was
Joel:
and
the
name
of
the
second
was Abia,
judges
in Bersabee.
\VS{3}And
his
sons
walked
not
in
his
ways:
but
they
turned
aside
after lucre,
and
took
bribes,
and
perverted
judgment.
\VS{4}Then
all
the ancients
of
Israel being
assembled,
came
to
Samuel
to Ramatha.
\VS{5}And
they
said
to
him:
Behold thou art
old,
and thy
sons
walk
not
in thy
ways:
make
us
a
king,
to
judge
us,
as
all
nations
have.
\VS{6}And
the
word
was displeasing
in
the
eyes
of
Samuel,
that
they
should
say:
Give
us
a
king,
to
judge
us.
And
Samuel
prayed
to
the
Lord.
\VS{7}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel: Hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
people
in
all
that
they
say
to thee.
For
they
have
not
rejected thee,
but
me,
that
I
should
not
reign
over
them.
\VS{8}According
to
all
their
works,
they
have
done
from
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
Egypt
until
this
day:
as
they
have forsaken
me,
and
served strange
gods,
so
do
they
also unto thee.
\VS{9}Now
therefore hearken
to
their
voice:
but
yet testify
to
them,
and foretell
them
the
right
of
the
king,
that
shall
reign
over
them.
\VS{10}Then
Samuel
told
all
the
words
of
the
Lord
to
the
people
that
had
desired
a
king
of
him,
\VS{11}And
said:
This
will
be
the
right
of
the
king,
that
shall
reign
over
you:
He
will
take
your
sons,
and
put
them
in
his
chariots,
and
will
make
them
his
horsemen,
and
his
running footmen
to
run
before
his
chariots,
\VS{12}And
he
will
appoint
of
them
to be
his tribunes,
and centurions,
and
to plough
his fields,
and
to
reap
his corn,
and
to
make
him arms
and
chariots.
\VS{13}Your
daughters
also
he
will
take
to
make
him ointments,
and
to be
his
cooks,
and
bakers.
\VS{14}And
he
will
take
your
fields,
and
your
vineyards,
and
your
best oliveyards,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
\VS{15}Moreover
he
will
take
the
tenth
of
your corn,
and
of
the revenues
of
your
vineyards,
to
give
his
eunuchs
and
servants.
\VS{16}Your
servants
also
and handmaids,
and
your goodliest
young
men,
and
your asses
he
will
take
away,
and
put
them
to
his
work.
\VS{17}Your
flocks also he
will
tithe,
and
you
shall
be
his
servants.
\VS{18}And
you
shall
cry
out
in
that
day
from
the
face
of
the
king,
whom
you
have
chosen
to
yourselves.
and
the
Lord
will
not hear
you
in
that
day,
because
you
desired unto
yourselves
a
king.
\VS{19}But
the
people
would
not
hear
the
voice
of
Samuel,
and
they
said: Nay:
but
there
shall
be
a
king
over
us.
\VS{20}And
we
also
will
be
like
all
nations:
and
our
king
shall
judge
us,
and
go
out
before
us,
and tight
our
battles
for
us.
\VS{21}And
Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and rehearsed
them
in
the
ears
of
the
Lord.
\VS{22}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel: Hearken
to
their
voice,
and
make
them
a
king.
And
Samuel
said
to
the
men
of
Israel: Let
every
man go
to
his
city.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
I
there
was
a
man
of Benjamin
whose
name
was Cis,
the
son
of
Abiel,
the
son
of Seror,
the
son
of Bechorath,
the
son
of Aphia,
the
son
of
a
man
of Jemini,
valiant
and
strong.
\VS{2}And
he
had
a
son
whose
name
was
Saul,
a
choice
and goodly
man,
and
there
was
not
among
the
children
of
Israel
a goodlier
person
than
he:
from
his
shoulders
and
upward
he appeared
above
all
the
people.
\VS{3}And
the asses
of Cis, Sauls
father,
were
lost:
and Cis
said
to
his
son
Saul:
Take
one
of
the
servants
with thee,
and
arise,
go,
and
seek
the asses.
And
when
they
had passed
through mount Ephraim,
\VS{4}And
through
the
land
of Salisa,
and
had
not
found
them,
they
passed also
through
the
land
of Salim,
and
they
were
not
there:
and
through
the
land
of Jemini,
and
found
them
not.
\VS{5}And
when
they
were
come
to
the
land
of Suph,
Saul
said
to
the
servant
that
was
with
him:
Come,
let
us
return,
lest
perhaps
my
father
forget
the asses,
and
be concerned
for
us.
\VS{6}And
he
said
to
him:
Behold
there
is
a
man
of
God
in
this
city,
a famous
man:
all
that
he saith, cometh
certainly
to
pass.
Now
therefore
let
us
go thither,
perhaps
he
may
tell
us
of
our
way,
for
which
we
are
come.
\VS{7}And
Saul
said
to
his
servant:
Behold
we
will
go:
but
what
shall
we
carry
to
the
man
of
God?
the
bread
is spent
in
our
bags:
and
we
have
no
present
to
make
to
the
man
of
God,
nor
any
thing
at
all.
\VS{8}The
servant
answered
Saul
again,
and
said:
Behold
there
is
found
in
my
hand
the
fourth
part
of
a sicle
of
silver,
let
us
give
it
to
the
man
of
God,
that
he
may
tell
us
our
way.
\VS{9}Now
in
time past,
in
Israel
when
a
man
went
to
consult
God
he
spoke
thus: Come, let
us go
to
the seer.
For
he
that
is
now
called
a
prophet,
in
time past
was
called
a seer.
\VS{10}And
Saul
said
to
his
servant: Thy
word
is very
good, come, let
us go.
And
they
went
into
the
city,
where
the
man
of
God
was.
\VS{11}And
when
they
went
up
the
ascent
to
the
city,
they
found
maids
coming
out
to
draw
water,
and
they
said
to
them:
Is
the seer
here?
\VS{12}They
answered
and
said
to
them:
He
is:
behold
he
is
before
you,
make
haste
now:
for
he
came
today
into
the
city,
for
there
is
a
sacrifice
of
the
people
today
in
the
high
place.
\VS{13}As
soon
as
you
come
into
the
city,
you
shall immediately
find
him,
before
he
go
up
to
the
high
place
to
eat:
for
the
people
will
not
eat
till
he
come:
because
he blesseth
the
victim,
and
afterwards
they
eat
that
are
invited.
Now
therefore
go
up,
for
today
you
shall
find
him.
\VS{14}And
they
went
up
into
the
city.
And
when
they
were walking
in
the
midst
of
the
city,
behold
Samuel
was
coming
out
over
against
them,
to
go
up
to
the
high
place.
\VS{15}Now
the
Lord
had
revealed
to
the
ear
of
Samuel
the
day
before
Saul
came,
saying:
\VS{16}Tomorrow
about
this
same hour
I
will
send thee
a
man
of
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and thou shalt
anoint
him
to
be
ruler
over
my
people
Israel:
and
he
shall
save
my
people
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines:
for
I
have
looked
down
upon
my
people,
because
their
cry
is
come
to
me.
\VS{17}And
when
Samuel
saw
Saul,
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Behold
the
man,
of
whom
I
spoke
to thee,
this
man
shall reign
over
my
people.
\VS{18}And
Saul
came
to
Samuel
in
the
midst
of
the
gate
and
said:
Tell
me,
I
pray thee,
where
is
the
house
of
the seer?
\VS{19}And
Samuel
answered
Saul,
saying:
I
am
the seer,
go
up
before
me
to
the
high
place,
that
you
may
eat
with
me
today,
and
I
will
let thee
go
in
the
morning:
and
tell thee
all
that
is
in thy
heart.
\VS{20}And
as
for
the asses,
which
were
lost
three
days
ago,
be
not solicitous,
because
they
are
found.
And
for
whom
shall
be
all
the
best
things
of
Israel?
Shall
they
not
be
for thee
and
for
all thy
father’s
house?
\VS{21}And
Saul answering,
said:
Am
not
I
a
son
of Jemini
of
the
least
tribe
of
Israel,
and
my kindred
the last
among
all
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin?
Why
then hast thou
spoken
this
word
to
me?
\VS{22}Then
Samuel
taking
Saul
and
his
servant,
brought
them
into
the parlour,
and
gave
them
a
place
at
the
head
of
them
that
were
invited.
For
there
were
about
thirty
men.
\VS{23}And
Samuel
said
to
the
cook:
Bring
the
portion,
which
I
gave thee,
and
commanded thee
to
set
it apart
by thee.
\VS{24}And
the
cook
took
up
the shoulder,
and
set
it
before
Saul.
And
Samuel
said:
Behold
what
is
left,
set
it
before thee,
and
eat:
because
it
was
kept
of purpose
for thee,
when
I
invited
the
people.
And
Saul
ate
with
Samuel
that
day.
\VS{25}And
they
went
down
from
the
high
place
into
the
town,
and
he
spoke
with
Saul
upon
the
top
of
the house:
and
he prepared
a bed
for
Saul
on
the
top
of
the house,
and
he slept.
\VS{26}And
when
they
were
risen
in
the
morning,
and
it
began
now
to
be light,
Samuel
called
Saul
on
the
top
of
the house,
saying:
Arise,
that
I
may
let thee
go.
And
Saul
arose:
and
they
went
out
both
of
them,
to wit,
he
and
Samuel.
\VS{27}And
as
they
were
going
down
in
the
end
of
the
city,
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
Speak
to
the
servant
to
go
before
us,
and
pass
on:
but
stand thou
still
a
while,
that
I
may
tell thee
the
word
of
the Lord.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
took
a little vial
of
oil
and
poured
it
upon
his
head,
and
kissed
him,
and
said:
Behold,
the
Lord hath
anointed thee
to
be
prince
over
his
inheritance,
and thou shalt deliver
his
people
out
of
the hands
of
their enemies,
that
are round
about
them.
And
this
shall
be
a sign unto thee,
that
God hath
anointed thee
to
be
prince.
\VS{2}When thou shalt
depart
from
me
this
day, thou shalt
find
two
men
by
the sepulchre
of
Rachel
in
the
borders
of
Benjamin
to
the south,
and
they
shall
say
to thee:
The asses
are
found
which thou wentest
to
seek:
and thy
father
thinking
no more
of
the asses
is
concerned
for
you,
and saith:
What
shall
I
do
for
my
son?
\VS{3}And
when thou shalt
depart
from thence,
and
go farther
on,
and shalt
come
to
the
oak
of Thabor,
there
shall
meet thee
three
men
going
up
to
God
to
Bethel,
one
carrying
three kids,
and
another
three
loaves
of
bread,
and
another
carrying
a bottle
of
wine.
\VS{4}And
they
will salute thee,
and
will
give thee
two
loaves,
and thou shalt
take
them at
their
hand.
\VS{5}After
that thou shalt
come
to
the
hill
of
God,
where
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
is:
and
when thou shalt
be
come
there
into
the
city, thou shalt
meet
a company
of
prophets
coming
down
from
the
high
place,
with
a psaltery
and
a
timbrel,
and
a pipe,
and
a
harp
before
them,
and
they
shall
be
prophesying.
\VS{6}And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
shall
come
upon thee,
and thou shalt
prophesy
with
them,
and shalt
be
changed
into
another
man.
\VS{7}When
therefore
these
signs
shall
happen
to thee,
do whatsoever thy
hand
shall
find,
for
the Lord
is
with thee.
\VS{8}And thou shalt
go
down
before
me
to Galgal, (for
I
will
come
down
to thee,)
that thou mayest
offer
an oblation,
and
sacrifice victims
of
peace:
seven
days shalt thou
wait, O
till
I
come
to thee,
and
I
will shew thee
what thou art
to
do.
\VS{9}So
when
he
had
turned
his
back
to
go
from
Samuel,
God
gave unto
him
another
heart,
and
all
these
things
came
to
pass
that
day.
\VS{10}And
they
came
to
the foresaid
hill,
and
behold
a company
of
prophets
met
him:
and
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
upon
him,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
midst
of
them.
\VS{11}And
all
that
had
known
him yesterday
and
the day
before,
seeing
that
he
was
with
the
prophets,
and
prophesied,
said
to
each
other:
What
is
this
that hath
happened
to
the
son
of Cis?
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
\VS{12}And
one
answered
another,
saying:
And
who
is
their
father?
therefore
it
became
a
proverb:
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
\VS{13}And
when
he
had made
an
end
of
prophesying,
he
came
to
the
high
place.
\VS{14}And
Saul’s
uncle
said
to
him,
and
to
his
servant: Whither
went
you?
They
answered:
To
seek
the asses:
and
not finding
them
we
went
to
Samuel.
\VS{15}And
his
uncle
said
to
him:
Tell
me
what
Samuel
said
to thee.
\VS{16}And
Saul
said
to
his
uncle:
He
told
us
that
the asses
were
found.
But
of
the
matter
of
the
kingdom
of
which
Samuel
had
spoken
to
him,
he
told
him
not.
\VS{17}And
Samuel
called
together
the
people
to
the
Lord
in Maspha:
\VS{18}And
he
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
brought
up
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
and
delivered
you
from
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
from
the
hand
of
all
the kings
who
afflicted
you.
\VS{19}But
you
this
day
have
rejected
your
God,
who
only hath
saved
you
out
of
all
your evils
and
your tribulations:
and
you
have
said: Nay:
but
set
a
king
over
us.
Now
therefore
stand
before
the
Lord
by
your
tribes,
and
by
your
families.
\VS{20}And
Samuel
brought
to
him
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
the lot fell
on
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\VS{21}And
he
brought
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
and
the kindreds thereof,
and
the lot fell
Upon
the kindred
of Metri,
and
it
came
to
Saul
the
son
of Cis.
They
sought
him therefore
and
he
was
not
found.
\VS{22}And
after
this
they consulted
the
Lord whether
he
would
come thither.
And
the
Lord
answered:
Behold
he
is
hidden
at
home.
\VS{23}And
they
ran
and fetched
him thence:
and
he
stood
in
the
midst
of
the
people,
and
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people
from
the
shoulders
and
upward.
\VS{24}And
Samuel
said
to
all
the
people:
Surely
you
see
him
whom
the
Lord hath
chosen,
that
there
is
none
like
him
among
all
the
people.
And
all
the
people cried
and
said:
God save
the
king.
\VS{25}And
Samuel
told
the
people
the law
of
the
kingdom,
and
wrote
it
in
a
book,
and
laid
it
up
before
the
Lord:
and
Samuel
sent
away
all
the
people,
every
one
to
his
own
house.
\VS{26}Saul
also
departed
to
his
own
house
in Gabaa:
and
there
went
with
him
a
part
of
the
army,
whose
hearts
God
had
touched.
\VS{27}But
the
children
of Belial
said:
Shall
this fellow
be able
to
save
us?
And
they
despised
him,
and
brought
him
no
presents,
but
he dissembled
as though
he heard
not.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to pass
about
a month
after
this
that Naas,
the
Ammonite
came
up,
and began
to fight
against Jabes Galaad.
And
all
the
men
of Jabes
said
to Naas:
Make
a
covenant
with
us,
and
we
will
serve thee.
\VS{2}And Naas
the
Ammonite
answered
them:
On
this condition
will
I
make
a covenant
with
you,
that
I
may pluck
out
all
your
right
eyes,
and
make
you
a
reproach
in
all
Israel.
\VS{3}And
the ancients
of Jabes
said
to
him: Allow
us
seven
days,
that
we
may
send
messengers
to
all
the coasts
of
Israel:
and
if
there
be
no
one
to defend
us,
we
will
come
out
to thee.
\VS{4}The
messengers therefore
came
to Gabaa
of
Saul:
and
they
spoke
these
words
in
the
hearing
of
the
people:
and
all
the
people
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept.
\VS{5}And
behold
Saul
came,
following
oxen
out
of
the
field,
and
he
said:
What aileth
the
people
that
they
weep?
And
they
told
him
the
words
of
the
men
of Jabes.
\VS{6}And
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
upon
Saul,
when
he
had
heard
these
words,
and
his
anger
was
exceedingly
kindled.
\VS{7}And
taking
both
the
oxen,
he
cut
them
in
pieces,
and
sent
them
into
all
the coasts
of
Israel
by
messengers,
saying: Whosoever
shall
not
come
forth,
and
follow
Saul
and
Samuel,
so
shall
it
be
done
to
his
oxen.
And
the
fear
of
the
Lord
fell
upon
the
people,
and
they
went
out
as
one
man.
\VS{8}And
he
numbered
them
in Bezec:
and
there
were
of
the
children
of
Israel
three
hundred
thousand:
and
of
the
men
of Juda
thirty
thousand.
\VS{9}And
they
said
to
the
messengers
that
came:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
the
men
of Jabes Galaad:
Tomorrow,
when
the
sun
shall
be
hot,
you
shall
have relief.
The
messengers
therefore
came,
and
told
the
men
of Jabes:
and
they
were
glad.
\VS{10}And
they
said:
In
the morning
we
will
come
out
to
you:
and
you
shall
do
what
you please
with
us.
\VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the morrow
was
come
that
Saul
put
the
people
in
three
companies:
and
he
came
into
the
midst
of
the
camp
in
the
morning
watch,
and
he
slew
the
Ammonites
until
the
day grew
hot,
and
the
rest
were
scattered,
so
that
two
of
them
were
not
left
together.
\VS{12}And
the
people
said
to
Samuel:
Who
is
he
that
said:
Shall
Saul
reign
over
us?
Bring
the
men
and
we
will
kill
them.
\VS{13}And
Saul
said:
No
man
shall
be
killed
this
day,
because
the
Lord
this
day hath wrought
salvation
in
Israel:
\VS{14}And
Samuel
said
to
the
people: Come
and let
us go
to Galgal,
and let
us
renew
the
kingdom
there.
\VS{15}And
all
the
people
went
to Galgal,
and
there
they
made
Saul
king
before
the
Lord
in Galgal,
and
they
sacrificed
there victims
of
peace
before
the
Lord.
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
you
said
to
me,
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
\VS{2}And
now
the
king goeth
before
you:
but
I
am
old
and greyheaded:
and
my
sons
are
with
you:
having
then conversed
with
you
from
my
youth unto
this
day,
behold
here
I
am.
\VS{3}Speak
of
me
before
the
Lord,
and
before
his
anointed, whether
I
have
taken any man’s
ox,
or ass:
If
I
have
wronged any
man,
if
I
have
oppressed any
man,
if
I
have
taken
a
bribe
at any man’s
hand:
and
I
will despise
it
this day,
and
will
restore
it
to
you.
\VS{4}And
they
said: Thou hast
not
wronged
us,
nor
oppressed
us,
nor
taken ought
at
any
man’s
hand.
\VS{5}And
he
said
to
them:
The
Lord
is
witness
against
you,
and
his
anointed
is
witness
this
day,
that
you
have
not
found
any
thing
in
my
hand.
And
they
said:
He
is
witness.
\VS{6}And
Samuel
said
to
the
people:
It
is
the
Lord,
who
made
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
brought
our
fathers
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{7}Now
therefore
stand
up,
that
I
may
plead
in
judgment
against
you
before
the
Lord,
concerning
all
the kindness
of
the
Lord,
which
he hath shewn
to
you,
and
to
your
fathers:
\VS{8}How
Jacob
went
into
Egypt,
and
your
fathers
cried
to
the
Lord:
and
the
Lord
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
brought
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt:
and
made
them
dwell
in
this
place.
\VS{9}And
they
forgot
the
Lord
their
God,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of Sisara,
captain
of
the
army
of Hasor,
and
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Moab,
and
they
fought
against
them.
\VS{10}But afterwards
they
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
We
have
sinned,
because
we
have forsaken
the
Lord,
and
have
served Baalim
and Astaroth:
but
now
deliver
us
from
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
and
we
will
serve thee.
\VS{11}And
the
Lord
sent Jerobaal,
and Badan,
and Jephte,
and
Samuel,
and
delivered
you
from
the
hand
of
your
enemies
round
about,
and
you
dwelt
securely.
\VS{12}But
seeing
that Naas
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
was
come
against
you,
you
said
to
me: Nay,
but
a
king
shall
reign
over
us: whereas
the
Lord
your
God
was
your
king.
\VS{13}Now
therefore
your
king
is
here,
whom
you
have
chosen
and
desired:
Behold
the
Lord hath
given
you
a
king.
\VS{14}If
you
will
fear
the
Lord,
and
serve
him,
and hearken
to
his
voice,
and
not provoke
the
mouth
of
the
Lord:
then
shall
both
you,
and
the
king
who reigneth
over
you,
be followers
of
the
Lord
your
God.
\VS{15}But
if
you
will
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
but
will
rebel
against
his
words,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
shall
be
upon
you,
and
upon
your
fathers.
\VS{16}Now
then
stand,
and
see
this
great
thing
which
the
Lord
will
do
in
your
sight.
\VS{17}Is
it
not
wheat
harvest
today?
I
will
call
upon
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
send
thunder
and
rain:
and
you
shall
know
and
see
that
you
yourselves
have
done
a
great
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
in desiring
a
king
over
you.
\VS{18}And
Samuel
cried unto
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day.
\VS{19}And
all
the
people greatly feared
the
Lord
and
Samuel.
And
all
the
people
said
to
Samuel:
Pray
for thy
servants
to
the
Lord thy
God,
that
we
may
not
die,
for
we
have
added
to
all
our
sins
this
evil,
to
ask
for
a
king.
\VS{20}And
Samuel
said
to
the
people:
Fear
not,
you
have
done
all
this
evil:
but
yet
depart
not
from
following
the
Lord,
but
serve
the
Lord
with
all
your
heart.
\VS{21}And
turn
not
aside
after vain
things
which
shall
never
profit
you,
nor
deliver
you,
because
they
are vain.
\VS{22}And
the
Lord
will
not
forsake
his
people
for
his
great
name’s
sake:
because
the
Lord hath sworn
to
make
you
his
people.
\VS{23}And
far
from
me
be
this
sin
against
the
Lord,
that
I
should
cease
to
pray
for
you,
and
I
will
teach
you
the
good
and
right
way.
\VS{24}Therefore
fear
the
Lord,
and
serve
him
in
truth
and
with
your
whole
heart,
for
you
have
seen
the
great
works
which
he hath
done
among
you.
\VS{25}But
if
you
will
still
do wickedly:
both
you
and
your
king
shall
perish
together.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Saul
was
a
child
of
one
year
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
years
over
Israel.
\VS{2}And
Saul
chose
him
three
thousand
men
of
Israel:
and two
thousand
were
with
Saul
in Machmas,
and
in
mount
Bethel:
and
a
thousand
with
Jonathan
in Gabaa
of
Benjamin,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
he
sent back
every
man
to
their dwellings.
\VS{3}And
Jonathan
smote
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
which
was
in Gabaa.
And
when
the
Philistines
had
heard
of
it,
Saul
sounded
the
trumpet
over
all
the
land,
saying: Let
the
Hebrews
hear.
\VS{4}And
all
Israel
heard
this
report:
Saul hath
smitten
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines:
and
Israel
took courage
against
the
Philistines.
And
the
people
were
called
together
after
Saul
to Galgal.
\VS{5}The
Philistines
also
were
assembled
to
fight
against
Israel,
thirty
thousand
chariots,
and
six
thousand
horsemen,
and
a
multitude
of
people
besides,
like
the
sand
on
the
sea
shore
for
number.
And
going
up
they
camped
in Machmas
at
the
east
of Bethaven.
\VS{6}And
when
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were straitened, (for
the
people
were distressed,)
they
hid
themselves
in
caves,
and
in thickets,
and
in
rocks,
and
in dens,
and
in
pits.
\VS{7}And
some
of
the
Hebrews
passed
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
of
Gad
and Galaad.
And
when
Saul
was
yet
in Galgal,
all
the
people
that
followed
him
were greatly
afraid.
\VS{8}And
he
waited
seven
days
according
to
the
appointment
of
Samuel,
I
and
Samuel
came
not
to Galgal,
and
the
people slipt
away
from
him.
\VS{9}Then
Saul
said:
Bring
me
the holocaust,
and
the
peace
offerings.
And
he
offered
the holocaust.
\VS{10}And
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
offering
the holocaust,
behold
Samuel
came:
and
Saul
went
forth
to
meet
him
and
salute
him.
\VS{11}And
Samuel
said
to
him:
What hast thou
done?
Saul
answered:
Because
I
saw
that
the
people slipt
from
me,
and thou wast
not
come
according
to
the
days
appointed,
and
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together
in Machmas,
\VS{12}I
said:
Now
will
the
Philistines
come
down
upon
me
to Galgal,
and
I
have
not appeased
the
face
of
the
Lord.
Forced
by necessity,
I
offered
the holocaust.
\VS{13}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul: Thou hast
done
foolishly,
and hast
not
kept
the
commandments
of
the
Lord thy
God,
which
he
commanded thee.
And
if thou hadst
not
done
thus,
the
Lord
would
now
have
established thy
kingdom
over
Israel
for
ever.
\VS{14}But thy
kingdom
shall
not
continue.
The
Lord hath
sought
him
a
man
according
to
his
own
heart:
and
him hath
the
Lord
commanded
to
be
prince
over
his
people,
because thou hast
not
observed
that
which
the
Lord
commanded.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
arose
and
went
up
from Galgal
to Gabaa
of
Benjamin.
And
the rest
of
the
people
went
up
after
Saul,
to
meet
the
people
who fought
against
them,
going
from Galgal
to Gabaa
in
the hill
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
present
with
them,
were
in Gabaa
of
Benjamin:
but
the
Philistines
encamped
in Machmas.
\VS{17}And there
went
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
three
companies
to plunder.
One
company
went towards
the
way
of Ephra
to
the
land
of Sual;
\VS{18}And
another went
by
the
way
of
Beth-horon,
and
the third
turned
to
the
way
of
the
border,
above
the
valley
of Seboim towards
the
desert.
\VS{19}Now
there
was
no
smith
to
be
found
in
all
the
land
of
Israel,
for
the
Philistines
had
taken
this precaution,
lest
the
Hebrews
should
make
them
swords
or
spears.
\VS{20}So
all
Israel
went
down
to
the
Philistines,
to
sharpen
every
man
his ploughshare,
and
his spade,
and
his
axe,
and
his rake.
\VS{21}So
that
their shares,
and
their spades,
and
their forks,
and
their
axes
were blunt, even
to
the goad, which
was
to
be mended.
\VS{22}And
when
the
day
of
battle
was
come,
there
was
neither
sword
nor
spear
found
in
the
hand
of
any
of
the
people
that
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan,
except
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son.
\VS{23}And
the army
of
the
Philistines
went
out
in order
to advance further
in Machmas.

\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
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
which
is
on
the
other
side
of yonder
place.
But
he
told
not
this
to
his
father.
\VS{2}And
Saul
abode
in
the uttermost part
of Gabaa
under
the
pomegranate
tree,
which
was
in Magron:
and
the
people
with
him
were about
six
hundred
men.
\VS{3}And Achias
the
son
of Achitob
brother
to
Ichabod
the
son
of Phinees,
the
son
of Heli
the
priest
of
the
Lord
in Silo,
wore
the
ephod.
And
the
people
knew
not whither
Jonathan
was
gone.
\VS{4}Now
there
were
between
the ascents,
by
which
Jonathan
sought
to
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
rocks
standing
up
on
both
sides,
and steep
cliffs
like
teeth
on
the
one
side,
and
on
the
other,
the
name
of
the
one
was Boses,
and
the
name
of
the
other
was Sene:
\VS{5}One rock stood out towards
the
north
over
against Machmas,
and
the
other
to
the
south
over
against Gabaa.
\VS{6}And
Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
that
bore
his armour: Come, let
us
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
these
uncircumcised,
it
may
be
the
Lord
will
do
for
us,
because
it
is easy
for
the
Lord
to
save
either
by
many,
or
by
few.
\VS{7}And
his armourbearer
said
to
him:
Do
all
that pleaseth thy
mind: go whither thou wilt,
and
I
will
be
with thee wheresoever thou hast
a
mind.
\VS{8}And
Jonathan
said:
Behold
we
will
go
over
to these
men.
And
when
we
shall
be seen
by
them,
\VS{9}If
they
shall
speak
thus
to
us:
Stay
till
we
come
to
you:
let
us
stand
still
in
our
place,
and
not
go
up
to
them.
\VS{10}But
if
they
shall
say:
Come
up
to
us:
let
us
go
up,
because
the
Lord hath
delivered
them
into
our
hands,
this
shall
be
a
sign unto
us.
\VS{11}So
both
of
them discovered
themselves
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines:
and
the
Philistines
said:
Behold
the
Hebrews
come
forth
out
of
the
holes
wherein
they
were
hid.
\VS{12}And
the
men
of
the garrison
spoke
to
Jonathan,
and
to
his armourbearer,
and
said:
Come
up
to
us,
and
we
will shew
you
a
thing.
And
Jonathan
said
to
his armourbearer:
Let
us
go
up,
follow
me:
for
the
Lord hath
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
Israel.
\VS{13}And
Jonathan
went
up creeping
on
his
hands
and
feet,
and
his armourbearer
after
him.
And
some
fell
before
Jonathan, others
his armourbearer slew
as
he
followed
him.
\VS{14}And
the
first
slaughter
which
Jonathan
and
his armourbearer
made,
was
of
about
twenty
men, within
half
an
acre
of
land,
which
a
yoke
of oxen
is wont
to plough
in
a day.
\VS{15}And
there
was
a miracle
in
the
camp,
through
the
fields: yea
and
all
the
people
of
their
garrison,
who
had
gone
out
to plunder,
were amazed,
and
the
earth
trembled:
and
it
happened
as
a miracle
from
God.
\VS{16}And
the
watchmen
of
Saul,
who
were
in Gabaa
of
Benjamin
looked,
and
behold
a
multitude overthrown,
and fleeing
this way
and
that.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
the
people
that
were
with
him:
Look,
and
see
who
is
gone
from
us.
And
when
they
had
sought,
it
was
found
that
Jonathan
and
his armourbearer
were
not
there.
\VS{18}And
Saul
said
to Achias:
Bring
the
ark
of
the Lord. (For
the
ark
of
God
was
there
that
day
with
the
children
of
Israel.)
\VS{19}And
while
Saul
spoke
to
the
priest,
there arose
a
great
uproar
in
the
camp
of
the
Philistines:
and
it increased
by degrees,
and
was heard
more clearly.
And
Saul
said
to
the
priest: Draw
in thy
hand.
\VS{20}Then
Saul
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him, shouted
together,
and
they
came
to
the
place
of
the
fight:
and
behold
every
man’s
sword
was
turned
upon
his neighbour,
and
there
was
a
very
great slaughter.
\VS{21}Moreover
the
Hebrews
that
had
been
with
the
Philistines yesterday
and
the day
before,
and
went
up
with
them
into
the
camp,
returned
to
be
with
the
Israelites,
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
\VS{22}And
all
the
Israelites
that
had
hid
themselves
in
mount
Ephraim,
hearing
that
the
Philistines
fled,
joined
themselves
with
their countrymen
in
the
fight.
And
there
were
with Saul
about ten thousand
men.
\VS{23}And
the
Lord
saved
Israel
that
day.
And
the
fight went
on
as far
as Bethaven.
\VS{24}And
the
men
of
Israel
were joined
together
that
day;
and
Saul adjured
the
people,
saying:
Cursed
be
the
man
that
shall
eat
food
till
evening,
till
I
be revenged
of
my
enemies.
So
none
of
the
people
tasted
any
food:
\VS{25}And
all
the
common
people
came
into
a
forest,
in which
there
was
honey
upon
the
ground.
\VS{26}And
when
the
people
came
into
the
forest,
behold
the
honey dropped,
but
no
man
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth.
For
the
people
feared
the
oath.
\VS{27}But
Jonathan
had
not
heard
when
his
father adjured
the
people:
and
he
put
forth
the
end
of
the
rod,
which
he
had
in
his
hand,
and dipt
it
in
a
honeycomb:
and
he
carried
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
were enlightened.
\VS{28}And
one
of
the
people answering,
said: Thy
father hath bound
the
people
with
an
oath,
saying:
Cursed
be
the
man
that
shall
eat
any
food
this
day. (And
the
people
were faint.)
\VS{29}And
Jonathan
said:
My
father hath
troubled
the
land:
you
have
seen
yourselves
that
my
eyes
are
enlightened,
because
I
tasted
a
little
of
this
honey:
\VS{30}How
much
more
if
the
people
had
eaten
of
the prey
of
their
enemies,
which
they
found?
had
there
not
been
made
a
greater
slaughter
among
the
Philistines?
\VS{31}So
they
smote
that
day
the
Philistines
from Machmas
to Ailon.
And
the
people
were wearied
exceedingly.
\VS{32}And falling
upon
the
spoils,
they
took
sheep,
and
oxen,
and
calves,
and
slew
them
on
the
ground:
and
the
people
ate
them
with
the
blood.
\VS{33}And
they
told
Saul
that
the
people
had
sinned
against
the
Lord,
eating
with
the
blood.
And
he
said:
You
have transgressed:
roll
here
to
me
now
a
great
stone.
\VS{34}And
Saul
said: Disperse
yourselves
among
the
people,
and
tell
them
to
bring
me
every
man
his
ox
and
his ram,
and
slay
them
upon
this stone,
and
eat,
and
you
shall
not
sin
against
the
Lord
in
eating
with
the
blood.
So
all
the
people
brought
every
man
his
ox
with
him till
the
night:
and
slew
them
there.
\VS{35}And
Saul
built
an
altar
to
the
Lord
and
he
then first
began
to
build
an
altar
to
the
Lord.
\VS{36}And
Saul
said:
Let
us
fall
upon
the
Philistines
by
night,
and
destroy
them
till
the
morning
light,
and
let
us
not
leave
a
man
of
them.
And
the
people
said:
Do
all
that seemeth
good
in thy
eyes.
And
the
priest
said:
Let
us
draw
near hither unto
God.
\VS{37}And
Saul consulted
the Lord:
Shall
I
pursue
after
the
Philistines? wilt thou
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
Israel?
And
he
answered
him
not
that
day.
\VS{38}And
Saul
said:
Bring hither
all
the
corners
of
the
people:
and
know,
and
see
by whom
this
sin hath
happened
today.
\VS{39}As
the
Lord liveth
who
is
the saviour
of
Israel,
if
it
was
done
by
Jonathan
my
son,
he
shall
surely
die.
In
this
none
of
the
people gainsaid
him.
\VS{40}And
he
said
to
all
Israel:
Be
you
on
one
side,
and
I
with
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side.
And
the
people
answered
Saul:
Do
what seemeth
good
in thy
eyes.
\VS{41}And
Saul
said
to
the
Lord:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
give
a sign,
by which we
may know, what
the meaning
is,
that thou answerest not thy servant today. If
this iniquity
be
in
me,
or
in
my son
Jonathan,
give
a proof:
or if
this iniquity
be
in thy
people,
give holiness.
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:
I
did
but
taste
a
little
honey
with
the
end
of
the
rod,
which
was
in
my
hand,
and
behold
I
must
die.
\VS{44}And
Saul
said:
May
God
do
so
and
so
to
me,
and
add
still
more:
for
dying thou shalt
die,
O
Jonathan.
\VS{45}And
the
people
said
to
Saul:
Shall
Jonathan
then
die,
who hath wrought
this
great
salvation
in
Israel?
This
must
not
be.
As
the
Lord liveth,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground,
for
he hath wrought
with
God
this
day.
So
the
people
delivered
Jonathan,
that
he
should
not
die.
\VS{46}And
Saul
went
back,
and
did not
pursue
after
the
Philistines:
and
the
Philistines
went
to
their own
places.
\VS{47}And
Saul
having
his
kingdom established
over
Israel,
fought
against
all
his
enemies
round
about,
against
Moab,
and
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Edom,
and
the
kings
of Soba,
and
the
Philistines;
and whithersoever
he
turned
himself,
he overcame.
\VS{48}And gathering together
an
army,
he
defeated Amalec,
and
delivered
Israel
from
the
hand
of
them
that spoiled
them.
\VS{49}And
the
sons
of
Saul,
were
Jonathan,
and Jessui,
and Melchisua:
and
the
names
of
his
two
daughters,
the
name
of
the
firstborn
was Merob,
and
the
name
of
the
younger Michol.
\VS{50}And
the
name
of
Saul’s
wife,
was Achinoam
the
daughter
of Achimaas;
and
the
name
of
the
captain
of
his
army
was
Abner,
the
son
of
Ner,
the cousin german
of
Saul.
\VS{51}For Cis
was
the
father
of
Saul,
and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner,
was
son
of
Abiel.
\VS{52}And
there
was
a
great
war
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Saul.
For whomsoever
Saul
saw
to
be
a
valiant
man,
and
fit
for
war,
he
took
him
to
himself.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
The
Lord
sent
me
to
anoint thee
king
over
his
People
Israel:
now
therefore hearken thou unto
the
voice
of
the
Lord:
\VS{2}Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
have reckoned
up
all
that Amalec hath
done
to
Israel:
I
how
he
opposed
them
in
the
way
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
\VS{3}Now
therefore go,
and
smite Amalec,
and utterly
destroy
all
that
he hath:
spare
him
not,
nor covet
any
thing
that
is
his:
but
slay
both
man
and
woman,
child
and suckling,
ox
and
sheep,
camel
and ass.
\VS{4}So
Saul commanded
the
people,
and
numbered
them
as lambs:
two
hundred
thousand
footmen,
and
ten
thousand
of
the
men
of Juda.
\VS{5}And
when
Saul
was
come
to
the
city
of Amalec,
he
laid ambushes
in
the torrent.
\VS{6}And
Saul
said
to
the Cinite:
Go,
depart
and
get ye
down
from Amalec:
lest
I
destroy thee
with
him.
For thou hast shewn
kindness
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
And
the Cinite
departed
from
the
midst
of Amalec.
\VS{7}And
Saul
smote Amalec
from Hevila,
until thou comest
to Sur,
which
is
over
against
Egypt.
\VS{8}And
he
took
Agag
the
king
of Amalec
alive:
but
all
the common
people
he slew
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{9}And
Saul
and
the
people
spared
Agag
and
the
best
of
the
flocks
of
sheep
and
of
the
herds,
and
the garments
and
the
rams,
and
all
that
was beautiful,
and
would
not
destroy
them:
but
every
thing
that
was vile
and
good
for
nothing,
that
they destroyed.
\VS{10}And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Samuel,
saying:
\VS{11}It repenteth
me
that
I
have
made
Saul
king:
for
he hath forsaken
me,
and hath
not executed
my
commandments.
And
Samuel
was grieved,
and
he
cried unto
the
Lord
all
night.
\VS{12}And
when
Samuel
rose
early,
to
go
to
Saul
in
the
morning,
it
was
told
Samuel,
that
Saul
was
come
to
Carmel,
and
had
erected
for
himself
a triumphant arch,
and returning
had
passed
on,
and
gone
down
to Galgal.
And
Samuel
came
to
Saul,
and
Saul
was offering
a holocaust
to
the Lord
out
of
the choicest
of
the spoils which
he
had
brought
from Amalec.
\VS{13}And
when
Samuel
was
come
to
Saul,
Saul
said
to
him:
Blessed
be thou
of
the
Lord,
I
have
fulfilled
the
word
of
the
Lord.
\VS{14}And
Samuel
said:
What meaneth
then
this
bleating
of
the
flocks,
which soundeth
in
my
ears,
and
the
lowing
of
the
herds,
which
I
hear?
\VS{15}And
Saul
said:
They
have
brought
them
from Amalec:
for
the
people
spared
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
of
the
herds
that
they
might
be
sacrificed
to
the
Lord thy
God,
but
the
rest
we
have slain.
\VS{16}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul: Suffer
me,
and
I
will
tell thee
what
the
Lord hath
said
to
me
this
night.
And
he
said
to
him:
Speak.
\VS{17}And
Samuel
said:
When thou wast
a
little
one
in thy
own
eyes, wast thou
not made
the
head
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
And
the
Lord
anointed thee
to
be
king
over
Israel.
\VS{18}And
the
Lord
sent thee
on
the
way,
and
said:
Go,
and kill
the
sinners
of Amalec,
and thou shalt
fight
against
them
until thou hast utterly
destroyed
them.
\VS{19}Why
then didst thou
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord:
but hast
turned
to
the prey,
and hast
done
evil
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord.
\VS{20}And
Saul
said
to
Samuel: Yea
I
have hearkened
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
and
have walked
in
the
way
by
which
the
Lord
sent
me,
and
have
brought
Agag
the
king
of Amalec,
and Amalec
I
have slain.
\VS{21}But
the
people
took
of
the
spoils
sheep
and
oxen,
as
the firstfruits
of those things
that
were slain,
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
Lord
their
God
in Galgal.
\VS{22}And
Samuel
said: Doth
the
Lord
desire holocausts
and victims,
and not rather
that
the
voice
of
the
Lord
should
be
obeyed?
For
obedience
is
better
than
sacrifices:
and
to hearken rather
than
to
offer
the
fat
of
rams.
\VS{23}Because
it
is
like
the
sin
of witchcraft,
to
rebel:
and
like
the
crime
of
idolatry,
to refuse
to obey. Forasmuch
therefore
as thou hast
rejected
the
word
of
the
Lord,
the
Lord hath
also
rejected thee
from being
king.
\VS{24}And
Saul
said
to
Samuel:
I
have
sinned
because
I
have transgressed
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
and thy
words, fearing
the
people,
and
obeying
their
voice.
\VS{25}But
now
bear,
I
beseech thee,
my
sin,
and
return
with
me,
that
I
may adore
the
Lord.
\VS{26}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
I
will
not
return
with thee,
because thou hast
rejected
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord hath
rejected thee
from
being
king
over
Israel.
\VS{27}And
Samuel
turned
about
to
go
away:
but he
laid
hold upon
the
skirt
of
his
mantle,
and
it rent.
\VS{28}And
Samuel
said
to
him:
The
Lord hath rent
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from thee
this
day,
and hath
given
it
to thy neighbour
who
is
better
than thee.
\VS{29}But
the triumpher
in
Israel
will riot spare,
and
will
not
be
moved
to repentance:
for
he
is
not
a mail
that
he
should
repent.
\VS{30}Then
he
said:
I
have
sinned:
yet honour
me
now
before
the ancients
of
my
people,
and
before
Israel,
and
return
with
me,
that
I
may adore
the
Lord thy
God.
\VS{31}So
Samuel
turned
again
after
Saul:
and
Saul adored
the
Lord.
\VS{32}And
Samuel
said:
Bring hitherto
me
Agag
the
king
of Amalec.
And
Agag
was
presented
to
him very fat,
and trembling.
And
Agag
said: Doth
bitter
death separate
in this manner?
\VS{33}And
Samuel
said:
As thy
sword hath
made
women
childless,
so
shall thy
mother
be
childless
among
women.
And
Samuel
hewed
him
in
pieces
before
the
Lord
in Galgal.
\VS{34}And
Samuel departed
to Ramatha:
but
Saul
went
up
to
his
house
in Gabaa.
\VS{35}And
Samuel
saw
Saul
no
more
till
the
day
of
his
death:
nevertheless
Samuel
mourned
for
Saul,
because
the
Lord
repented
that
he
had made
him
king
over
Israel.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel.
How
It
long
wilt thou
mourn
for
Saul, whom
I
have
rejected
from reigning
over
Israel?
fill thy
horn
with
oil,
and
come,
that
I
may
send thee
to Isai
the
Bethlehemite:
for
I
have
provided
me
a
king
among
his
sons.
\VS{2}And
Samuel
said:
How
shall
I
go?
for
Saul
will
hear
of
it,
and
he
will
kill
me.
And
the
Lord
said: Thou shalt
take
with thee
a
calf
of
the
herd,
and thou shalt
say:
I
am
come
to
sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
\VS{3}And thou shalt
call Isai
to
the
sacrifice,
and
I
will shew thee
what thou art
to
do,
and thou shalt
anoint
him
whom
I
shall shew
to thee.
\VS{4}Then
Samuel
did
as
the
Lord
had
said
to
him.
And
he
came
to
Bethlehem,
and
the ancients
of
the
city wondered,
and meeting
him,
they
said:
Is thy
coming hither peaceable?
\VS{5}And
he
said:
It
is peaceable:
I
am
come
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
Lord,
be ye
sanctified,
and
come
with
me
to
the
sacrifice.
And
he
sanctified Isai
and
his
sons,
and
called
them
to
the
sacrifice.
\VS{6}And
when
they
were
come
in,
he
saw
Eliab,
and
said:
Is
the
Lord’s
anointed
before
him?
\VS{7}And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel:
Look
not
on
his countenance,
nor
on
the
height
of
his
stature:
because
I
have
rejected
him,
nor
do
I judge
according
to
the
look
of
man:
for
man seeth
those
things
that
appear,
but
the
Lord beholdeth
the
heart.
\VS{8}And Isai
called
Abinadab,
and brought
him
before
Samuel.
And
he
said:
Neither hath
the
Lord
chosen
this.
\VS{9}And Isai brought Samma,
and
he
said
of
him:
Neither hath
the
Lord
chosen
this.
\VS{10}Isai
therefore brought
his
seven
sons
before
Samuel:
and
Samuel
said
to Isai:
The
Lord hath
not
chosen
any
one
of
these.
\VS{11}And
Samuel
said
to Isai:
Are
here
all thy sons?
He
answered:
There remaineth
yet
a
young
one,
who keepeth
the
sheep.
And
Samuel
said
to Isai:
Send,
and fetch
him,
for
we
will
not
sit
down
till
he
come hither.
\VS{12}He
sent
therefore
and
brought
him
Now
he
was
ruddy
and
beautiful
to behold,
and
of
a comely
face.
And
the
Lord
said:
Arise,
and
anoint
him,
for
this
is
he.
\VS{13}Then
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil,
and
anointed
him
in
the
midst
of
his
brethren:
and
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon
David
from
that
day
forward:
and
Samuel
rose
up,
and
went
to Ramatha.
\VS{14}But
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
departed
from
Saul,
and
an
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord troubled
him.
\VS{15}And
the
servants
of
Saul
said
to
him:
Behold
now
an
evil
spirit
from
God troubleth thee.
\VS{16}Let
our
lord
give
orders,
and thy
servants
who
are
before thee
will
seek
out
a
man
skillful
in
playing
on
the
harp,
that
when
the
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord
is
upon thee,
he
may
play
with
his
hand,
and thou mayest bear
it
more easily.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
his
servants:
Provide
me
then
some
man
that
can
play
well,
and
bring
him
to
me.
\VS{18}And
one
of
the
servants answering,
said:
Behold
I
have
seen
a
son
of Isai
the
Bethlehemite,
a
skillful
player,
and
one
of
great
strength,
and
a
man fit
for
war,
and
prudent
in
his
words,
and
a comely
person:
and
the
Lord
is
with
him.
\VS{19}Then
Saul
sent
messengers
to Isai,
saying:
Send
me
David thy
son,
who
is
in
the pastures.
\VS{20}And Isai
took
an ass laden
with
bread,
and
a
bottle
of
wine,
and
a kid
of
the flock,
and
sent
them
by
the
hand
of
David
his
son
to
Saul.
\VS{21}And
David
came
to
Saul,
and
stood
before
him:
and
he
loved
him
exceedingly,
and
made
him
his armourbearer.
\VS{22}And
Saul
sent
to Isai,
saying:
Let
David
stand
before
me:
for
he hath
found favour
in
my
sight.
\VS{23}So whensoever
the
evil
spirit
from
the Lord
was
upon
Saul,
David
took
his
harp,
and
played
with
his
hand,
and
Saul
was
refreshed,
and
was
better,
for
the
evil
spirit
departed
from
him.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
gathering
together
their
troops
to
battle,
assembled
at Socho
of Juda,
and
camped
between Socho
and Azeca
in
the borders
of Dommim.
\VS{2}And
Saul
and
the children
of
Israel being
gathered
together
came
to
the
valley
of Terebinth,
and
they set
the
army
in
array
to
fight
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{3}And
the
Philistines
stood
on
a
mountain
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
a
mountain
on
the
other
side:
and
there
was
a
valley
between
them.
\VS{4}And there
went
out
a
man baseborn
from
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
named
Goliath,
of Geth,
whose
height
was
six
cubits
and
a
span:
\VS{5}And
he
had
a
helmet
of
brass
upon
his
head,
and
he
was
clothed
with
a coat
of mail
with
scales,
and
the
weight
of
his coat
of mail
was
five
thousand sicles
of
brass:
\VS{6}And
he had
greaves
of
brass
on
his
legs,
and
a buckler
of
brass covered
his
shoulders.
\VS{7}And
the staff
of
his
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam,
and
the
head
of
his
spear weighed
six
hundred sicles
of
iron:
and
his armourbearer
went
before
him.
\VS{8}And
standing
he
cried
out
to
the bands
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them:
Why
are
you
come
out prepared
to
fight?
am
not
I
a
Philistine,
and
you
the
servants
of
Saul?
Choose
out
a
man
of
you,
and
let
him
come
down
and
fight hand
to hand.
\VS{9}If
he
be
able
to
fight
with
me,
and
kill
me,
we
will
be
servants
to
you:
but
if
I
prevail
against
him,
and
kill
him,
you
shall
be
servants,
and
shall
serve
us.
\VS{10}And
the
Philistine
said:
I
have defied
the bands
of
Israel
this
day:
Give
me
a
man,
and
let
him
fight
with
me
hand
to
hand.
\VS{11}And
Saul
and
all
the
Israelites
hearing
these
words
of
the
Philistine
were
dismayed,
and
greatly
afraid.
\VS{12}Now
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of
Bethlehem Juda
before
mentioned,
whose
name
was Isai,
who
had
eight
sons,
and
was
an
old
man
in
the
days
of
Saul,
and
of great
age
among
men.
\VS{13}And
his
three eldest
sons
followed
Saul
to
the
battle:
and
the
names
of
his
three
sons
that
went
to
the
battle,
were
Eliab
the
firstborn,
and
the
second
Abinadab,
and
the
third Samma.
\VS{14}But
David
was
the
youngest.
So
the
three eldest having
followed
Saul,
\VS{15}David
went,
and
returned
from
Saul,
to
feed
his
father’s
flock
at
Bethlehem.
\VS{16}Now
the
Philistine
came out
morning
and
evening,
and
presented
himself
forty
days.
\VS{17}And Isai
said
to
David
his
son:
Take
for thy
brethren
an ephi
of frumenty,
and
these
ten
loaves,
and
run
to
the
camp
to thy
brethren.
\VS{18}And
carry
these
ten little cheeses
to
the tribune:
and
go
see thy
brethren, if
they
are
well:
and learn
with
whom
they
are
placed.
\VS{19}But
Saul,
and
they,
and
all
the children
of
Israel
were
in
the
valley
of Terebinth
fighting
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}David
therefore
arose
in
the
morning,
and
gave
the
charge
of
the
flock
to
the
keeper:
and
went
away
loaded
as Isai
had
commanded
him.
And
he
came
to
the
place
of Magala,
and
to
the
army,
which
was
going
out
to
fight,
and
shouted
for
the
battle.
\VS{21}For
Israel
had put themselves
in
array,
and
the
Philistines
who stood
against
them
were prepared.
\VS{22}And
David leaving
the
vessels which
he
had
brought,
under
the
care
of
the
keeper
of
the
baggage,
ran
to
the
place
of
the
battle
and
asked if all
things
went
well
with
his
brethren.
\VS{23}And
as
he
talked
with
them,
that baseborn
man
whose
name
was
Goliath,
the
Philistine,
of Geth, shewed
himself
coming
up
from
the camp
of
the
Philistines:
and
he
spoke
according
to
the
same
words,
and
David
heard
them.
\VS{24}And
all
the
Israelites
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
his
face, fearing
him
exceedingly.
\VS{25}And
some
one
of
Israel
said:
Have
you
seen
this
man
that
is
come
up,
for
he
is
come
up
to
defy
Israel.
And
the
man
that
shall
slay
him,
the
king
will
enrich
with
great
riches,
and
will
give
him
his
daughter,
and
will
make
his
father’s
house
free
from tribute
in
Israel.
\VS{26}And
David
spoke
to
the
men
that
stood
by
him,
saying:
What
shall
be given
to
the
man
that
shall
kill
this
Philistine,
and
shall
take
away
the
reproach
from
Israel?
for
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defy
the
armies
of
the
living
God?
\VS{27}And
the
people
answered
him
the
same
words
saying:
These
things
shall
be given
to
the
man
that
shall
slay
him.
\VS{28}Now
when
Eliab
his eldest
brother
heard
this,
when
he
was
speaking
with others,
he
was
angry
with
David,
and
said:
Why
earnest thou hither?
and
why didst thou
leave
those
few
sheep
in
the
desert?
I
know thy
pride,
and
the
wickedness
of thy
heart:
that thou art
come
down
to
see
the
battle.
\VS{29}And
David
said:
What
have
I
done?
is there
not
cause
to
speak?
\VS{30}And
he
turned
a little
aside
from
him
to
another:
and
said
the
same
word.
And
the
people
answered
him
as
before.
\VS{31}And
the
words
which
David
spoke
were
heard,
and
were rehearsed
before
Saul.
\VS{32}And
when
he
was brought
to
him,
he
said
to
him:
Let
not
any
man’s
heart
be dismayed
in
him:
I thy
servant
will
go,
and
will
fight
against
the
Philistine.
\VS{33}And
Saul
said
to
David: Thou art
not
able
to withstand
this
Philistine,
nor
to
fight
against
him:
for thou art
but
a
boy,
but
he
is
a
warrior
from
his
youth.
\VS{34}And
David
said
to
Saul: Thy
servant kept
his
father’s
sheep,
and
there
came
a
lion,
or
a
bear,
and
took
a ram
out
of
the midst
of
the
flock:
\VS{35}And
I pursued
after
them,
and
struck
them,
and
delivered
it
out
of
their
mouth:
and
they
rose
up
against
me,
and
I
caught
them
by
the throat,
and
I strangled
and
killed
them.
\VS{36}For
I thy
servant
have
killed
both
a
lion
and
a
bear:
and
this
uncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
also
as
one
of
them.
I
will
go
now,
and
take away
the
reproach
of
the people:
for
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
who hath dared
to curse
the
army
of
the
living
God?
\VS{37}And
David
said:
The
Lord
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
the
Lord
be
with thee.
\VS{38}And
Saul
clothed
David
with
his
garments,
and
put
a
helmet
of
brass
upon
his
head,
and
armed
him
with
a coat
of mail.
\VS{39}And
David
having
girded
his
sword
upon
his armour,
began
to
try
if
he
could walk
in armour:
for
he
was
not accustomed
to
it.
And
David
said
to
Saul:
I
cannot
go
thus,
for
I am
not
used
to
it.
And
he
laid
them
off,
\VS{40}And
he
took
his
staff,
which
he
had always
in
his
hands:
and
chose
him
five
smooth
stones
out
of
the
brook,
and
put
them
into
the shepherd’s scrip,
which
he
had
with
him,
and
he
took
a sling
in
his
hand,
and
went
forth
against
the
Philistine.
\VS{41}And
the
Philistine
came
on,
and
drew nigh
against
David,
and
his armourbearer
before
him.
\VS{42}And
when
the
Philistine
looked,
and
beheld
David,
he
despised
him.
For
he
was
a
young
man,
ruddy,
and
of
a comely countenance.
\VS{43}And
the
Philistine
said
to
David:
Am
I
a
dog,
that thou comest
to
me
with
a
staff?
And
the
Philistine
cursed
David
by
his
gods.
\VS{44}And
he
said
to
David: Come
to
me,
and
I
will
give thy
flesh
to
the
birds
of
the air,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
\VS{45}And
David
said
to
the
Philistine: Thou comest
to
me
with
a
sword,
and
with
a
spear,
and
with
a shield:
but
I
come
to thee
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
which thou hast defied.
\VS{46}This
day,
and
the
Lord
will
deliver thee
into
my
hand,
and
I
will
slay thee,
and
take
away thy
head
from thee:
and
I
will
give
the
carcasses
of
the
army
of
the
Philistines
this
day
to
the
birds
of
the air,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
earth:
that
all
the
earth
may
know
that
there
is
a
God
in
Israel.
\VS{47}And
all
this
assembly
shall
know,
that
the
Lord saveth
not
with
sword
and
spear:
for
it
is
his
battle,
and
he
will
deliver
you
into
our
hands.
\VS{48}And
when
the
Philistine
arose
and
was coming,
and
drew nigh
to
meet
David,
David
made
haste,
and
ran
to
the fight
to
meet
the
Philistine.
\VS{49}And
he
put
his
hand
into
his scrip,
and
took
a
stone,
and
cast
it
with
the sling,
and fetching
it
about
struck
the
Philistine
in
the
forehead:
and
the
stone
was fixed
in
his
forehead,
and
he
fell
on
his
face
upon
the
earth.
\VS{50}And
David
prevailed
over
the
Philistine,
with
a sling
and
a
stone,
and
he
struck,
and
slew
the
Philistine.
And
as
David
had
no
sword
in
his
hand,
\VS{51}He
ran,
and
stood
over
the
Philistine,
and
took
his
sword,
and
drew
it
out
of
the
sheath,
and slew
him,
and
cut
off
his
head.
And
the
Philistines
seeing
that
their
champion
was
dead,
fled
away.
\VS{52}And
the
men
of
Israel
and Juda
rising
up
shouted,
and
pursued
after
the
Philistines
till
they
came
to
the
valley
and
to
the
gates
of Accaron,
and
there
fell many
wounded
of
the
Philistines
in
the
way
of Saraim,
and
as
far
as Geth,
and
as
far
as Accaron.
\VS{53}And
the
children
of
Israel
returning,
after
they
had
pursued
the
Philistines, fell upon
their
camp.
\VS{54}And
David
taking
the
head
of
the
Philistine
brought
it
to
Jerusalem:
but
his armour
he
put
in
his
tent.
\VS{55}Now
at
the
time
that
Saul
saw
David
going
out
against
the
Philistines,
he
said
to
Abner
the
captain
of
the
army:
Of
what family
is
this
young
man
descended,
Abner?
And
Abner
said:
As thy
soul liveth,
O
king,
I
know
not.
\VS{56}And
the
king
said:
Inquire thou,
whose
son
this
man
is.
\VS{57}And
when
David
was
returned,
after
the
Philistine
was
slain,
Abner
took
him,
and
brought
him
in
before
Saul,
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
\VS{58}And
Saul
said
to
him:
Young
man,
of
what family art thou?
And
David
said:
I am
the
son
of thy
servant Isai
the
Bethlehemite.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
to
Saul,
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
David
and
Jonathan
made
a
covenant,
for
be loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
stripped himself
of
the coat
with
which
he
was clothed,
and
gave
it
to
David,
and
the rest
of
his
garments,
even
to
his
sword,
and
to
his
bow,
and
to
his girdle.
\VS{5}And
David
went
out
to
whatsoever business
Saul
sent
him,
and
he behaved
himself prudently:
and
Saul
set
him
over
the
soldiers,
and
he
was
acceptable
in
the
eyes
of
all
the
people,
and especially
in
the
eyes
of
Saul’s
servants.
\VS{6}Now
when
David
returned,
after
be
slew
the
Philistine,
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Israel,
singing
and
dancing,
to
meet
king
Saul,
with
timbrels
of
joy,
and cornets.
\VS{7}And
the
women sung
as
they
played,
and
they
said:
I
Saul
slew
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands.
\VS{8}And
Saul
was
exceeding
angry,
and
this
word
was displeasing
in
his
eyes,
and
he
said:
They
have
given
David
ten
thousands,
and
to
me
they
have
given
but
a
thousand;
what
can
he
have
more
but
the
kingdom?
\VS{9}And
Saul
did
not look
on
David
with
a good eye
from
that
day
and
forward.
\VS{10}And
the
day
after
the
evil
spirit
from
God
came
upon
Saul,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
midst
of
his
house.
And
David
played
with
his
hand
as
at other
times.
And
Saul
held
a
spear
in
his
hand,
\VS{11}And
threw
it,
thinking
to nail
David
to
the
wall:
and
David stept
aside
out
of
his
presence
twice.
\VS{12}And
Saul
feared
David,
because
the
Lord
was
with
him,
and
was
departed
from
himself.
\VS{13}Therefore
Saul
removed
him
from
him,
and
made
him
a
captain
over
a
thousand
men,
and
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
the
people.
\VS{14}And
David behaved wisely
in
all
his
ways,
and
the
Lord
was
with
him.
\VS{15}And
Saul
saw
that
he
was
exceeding prudent,
and began
to beware
of
him.
\VS{16}But
all
Israel
and Juda
loved
David,
for
he
came
in
and
went
out
before
them.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to
David:
Behold
my
elder
daughter Merob,
her
will
I
give thee
to
wife:
only
be
a
valiant
man,
and
fight
the
battles
of
the
Lord.
Now
Saul
said
within
himself:
Let
not
my
hand
be
upon
him,
but
let
the
hands
of
the
Philistines
be
upon
him.
\VS{18}And
David
said
to
Saul:
Who
am
I,
or
what
is
my
life,
or
my
father’s
family
in
Israel,
that
I
should
be son
in law
of
the
king?
\VS{19}And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
time
when Merob
the
daughter
of
Saul
should
have
been
given
to
David,
that
she
was
given
to Hadriel
the Molathite
to
wife.
\VS{20}But Michol
the other
daughter
of
Saul
loved
David.
And
it
was
told
Saul,
and
it
pleased
him.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said:
I
will
give
her
to
him,
that she
may
be
a stumblingblock
to
him,
and
that
the band
of
the
Philistines
may
be
upon
him.
And
Saul
said
to
David:
In
two
things thou shalt
be
my son
in law
this
day.
\VS{22}And
Saul
commanded
his
servants
to
speak
to
David privately,
saying:
Behold thou pleasest
the
king,
and
all
his
servants
love thee.
Now
therefore
be
the
king’s son
in law.
\VS{23}And
the
servants
of
Saul
spoke
all
these
words
in
the
ears
of
David.
And
David
said: Doth
it
seem
to
you
a
small
matter
to
be
the
king’s son
in law?
But
I
am
a
poor
man,
and
of
small ability.
\VS{24}And
the
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
saying:
Such
words
as
these hath
David
spoken.
\VS{25}And
Saul
said:
Speak
thus
to
David:
The
king desireth
not
any
dowry,
but
only
a
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines,
to
be
avenged
of
the
king’s
enemies.
Now
Saul
thought
to deliver
David
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{26}And
when
his
servants
had
told
David
the
words
that Saul
had
said,
the
word
was
pleasing
in
the
eyes
of
David
to
be
the
king’s son
in law.
\VS{27}And
after
a few days
David
rose
up,
and
went
with
the
men
that
were
under
him,
and
he
slew
of
the
Philistines
two
hundred
men,
and
brought
their
foreskins
and
numbered
them
out
to
the
king,
that
he
might
be
his son
in law.
Saul
therefore
gave
him Michol
his
daughter
to
wife.
\VS{28}And
Saul
saw,
and
understood
that
the
Lord
was
with
David.
And Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul
loved
him.
\VS{29}And
Saul
began
to
fear
David
more:
and
Saul
became
David’s
enemy
continually.
\VS{30}And
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
went
forth:
and
from
the beginning
of
their
going
forth,
David behaved himself
more wisely
than
all
the
servants
of
Saul,
and
his
name
became
very
famous.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Saul
spoke
to
Jonathan
his
son
and
to
all
his
servants,
that
they
should
kill
David.
But
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul loved
David
exceedingly.
\VS{2}And
Jonathan
told
David,
saying:
Saul
my
father seeketh
to
kill thee: wherefore
look
to thyself,
I
beseech thee,
in
the
morning,
and thou shalt
abide
in
a secret place
and shalt
be
hid.
\VS{3}And
I
will
go
out
and
stand
beside
my
father
in
the
field
where thou art:
and
I
will
speak
of thee
to
my
father,
and whatsoever
I
shall
see,
I
will
tell thee.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
spoke
good
things
of
David
to
Saul
his
father:
and
said
to
him:
Sin
not, O
king,
against thy
servant,
David,
because
he hath
not
sinned
against thee,
and
his
works
are
very
good towards thee.
\VS{5}And
he
put
his
life
in
his
hand,
and
slew
the
Philistine,
and
the
Lord
wrought
great
salvation
for
all
Israel. Thou sawest
it
and didst
rejoice.
Why
therefore wilt thou
sin
against
innocent
blood
by
killing
David,
who
is
without
fault?
\VS{6}And
when
Saul
heard
this
he
was appeased
with
the words
of
Jonathan,
and
swore:
As
the
Lord liveth
he
shall
not
be slain.
\VS{7}Then
Jonathan
called
David
and
told
him
all
these
words:
and
Jonathan
brought
in
David
to
Saul,
and
he
was
before
him,
as
he
had
been yesterday
and
the day
before.
\VS{8}And
the
war
began
again,
and
David
went
out
and
fought
against
the
Philistines,
and
defeated
them
with
a
great
slaughter,
and
they
fled
from
his
face.
\VS{9}And
the
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord
came
upon
Saul,
and
he
sat
in
his
house,
and
held
a
spear
in
his
hand:
and
David
played
with
his
hand.
\VS{10}And
Saul endeavoured
to nail
David
to
the
wall
with
his
spear.
And
David slipt
away
out
of
the
presence
of
Saul:
and
the
spear missed
him,
and
was fastened
in
the
wall,
and
David
fled
and
escaped
that
night.
\VS{11}Saul
therefore
sent
his
guards
to
David’s
house
to
watch
him,
that
he might
be
killed
in
the
morning.
And
when Michol
David’s
wife
had
told
him
this,
saying:
Unless thou
save thyself
this
night,
tomorrow thou wilt
die,
\VS{12}She
let
him
down
through
a
window.
And
he
went
and
fled
away
and
escaped.
\VS{13}And Michol
took
an image
and
laid
it
on
the
bed,
and
put
a
goat’s skin
with
the hair
at
the
head
of
it,
and
covered
it
with
clothes.
\VS{14}And
Saul
sent officers
to
seize
David:
and
it
was
answered
that
he
was
sick.
\VS{15}And
again
Saul
sent
to
see
David,
saying:
Bring
him
to
me
in
the
bed,
that
he
may
be slain.
\VS{16}And
when
the
messengers
were
come
in,
they found
an image
upon
the
bed,
and
a
goat’s skin
at
its
head.
\VS{17}And
Saul
said
to Michol:
Why hast thou
deceived
me
so,
and
let
my
enemy
go
and flee
away?
And Michol
answered
Saul:
Because
he
said
to
me:
Let
me
go,
or else
I
will
kill thee.
\VS{18}But
David
fled
and
escaped,
and
came
to
Samuel
in Ramatha,
and
told
him
all
that
Saul
had
done
to
him:
and
he
and
Samuel
went
and
dwelt
in Najoth.
\VS{19}And
it
was
told
Saul
by
some,
saying:
Behold
David
is
in Najoth
in Ramatha.
\VS{20}So
Saul
sent
officers
to
take
David:
and
when
they
saw
a
company
of
prophets
prophesying,
and
Samuel
presiding
over
them,
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
also
upon
them,
and
they
likewise
began
to
prophesy.
\VS{21}And
when
this
was
told
Saul,
he
sent
other
messengers:
but
they
also
prophesied.
And
again
Saul
sent
messengers
the
third
time:
and
they
prophesied
also.
And
Saul being exceedingly angry,
\VS{22}Went
also
himself
to Ramatha,
and
came
as
far
as
the
great
cistern,
which
is
in Socho,
and
he
asked,
and
said:
In
what
place
are
Samuel
and
David?
And
it
was
told
him:
Behold
they axe
in Najoth
in Ramatha.
\VS{23}And
he
went
to Najoth
in Ramatha,
and
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
upon
him
also,
and
he
went
on,
and
prophesied
till
he
came
to Najoth
in Ramatha.
\VS{24}And
he
stripped
himself
also
of
his
garments,
and
prophesied
with
the rest
before
Samuel,
and
lay
down
naked
all
that
day
and
night.
This
gave
occasion
to
a proverb:
What!
is
Saul
too
among
the
prophets?

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
David
fled
from Najoth,
which
is
in Ramatha,
and
came
and
said
to
Jonathan:
What
have
I
done?
what
is
my
iniquity,
and
what
is
my
sin
against thy
father,
that
he seeketh
my
life?
\VS{2}And
he
said
to
him:
God
forbid, thou shalt
not
die:
for
my
father
will
do
nothing
great
or
little,
without
first
telling
me: hath
then
my
father
hid
this
word only
from
me?
no,
this
shall
not
be.
\VS{3}And
he
swore
again
to
David.
And
David
said: Thy
father
certainly knoweth
that
I
have
found
grace
in thy
sight,
and
he
will
say:
Let
not
Jonathan
know
this,
lest
he
be
grieved.
But
truly
as
the
Lord liveth,
and thy
soul liveth,
there
is
but
one
step (as
I
may
say)
between
me
and
death.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan
said
to
David: Whatsoever thy
soul
shall
say
to
me,
I
will
do
for thee.
\VS{5}And
David
said
to
Jonathan:
Behold
tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
I
according
to custom
am wont
to
sit
beside
the
king
to
eat:
let
me
go
then
that
I
may
be
hid
in
the
field
till
the
evening
of
the
third
day.
\VS{6}If thy
father
look
and
inquire
for
me, thou shalt
answer
him:
David
asked
me
that
he might
run
to
Bethlehem
his own
city:
because
there
are solemn
sacrifices
there
for
all
his
tribe.
\VS{7}If
he
shall
say,
It
is
well: thy
servant
shall
have
peace:
but
if
he
be
angry,
know
that
his malice
is
come
to
its height.
\VS{8}Deal mercifully
then
with thy
servant:
for thou hast
brought
me thy
servant
into
a
covenant
of
the
Lord
with thee.
But
if
there
be
any
iniquity
in
me,
do thou
kill
me,
and
bring
me
not
in
to thy
father.
\VS{9}And
Jonathan
said:
Far
be
this
from thee:
for
if
I
should
certainly
know
that
evil
is
determined
by
my
father
against thee,
I could
do
no
otherwise
than
tell thee.
\VS{10}And
David
answered
Jonathan:
Who
shall bring
me
word,
if thy
father
should
answer thee
harshly
concerning
me?
\VS{11}And
Jonathan
said
to
David:
Come
and let
us
go
out
into
the
field.
And
when
they
were
both
of
them
gone
out
into
the
field,
\VS{12}Jonathan
said
to
David:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
if
I
shall
discover
my
father’s
mind,
tomorrow
or
the
day
after,
and
there
be
any
thing
good
for
David,
and
I
send
not immediately
to thee,
and
make
it
known
to thee,
\VS{13}May
the
Lord
do
so
and
so
to
Jonathan
and
add still
more.
But
if
my
father
shall
continue
in malice
against thee,
I
will discover
it
to thy
ear,
and
will
send thee
away,
that thou mayest
go
in
peace,
and
the
Lord
be
with thee,
as
he hath
been
with
my
father.
\VS{14}And
if
I
live, thou shalt shew
me
the
kindness
of
the
Lord:
but
if
I
die,
\VS{15}Thou shalt
not
take
away thy
kindness
from
my
house
for
ever,
when
the
Lord
shall
have rooted
out
the
enemies
of
David,
every
one
of
them
from
the
earth,
may
he
take
away Jonathan
from
his
house,
and
may
the
Lord require
it
at
the hands
of
David’s
enemies.
\VS{16}Jonathan
therefore
made
a covenant
with
the
house
of
David:
and
the
Lord
required
it
at
the
hands
of
David’s
enemies.
\VS{17}And
Jonathan
swore
again
to
David,
because
he
loved
him:
for
he
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{18}And
Jonathan
said
to
him:
Tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and thou wilt
be
missed:
\VS{19}For thy
seat
will
be empty till
after tomorrow.
So thou shalt
go
down
quickly,
and
come
to
the
place,
where thou must
be
hid
on
the
day
when
it
is lawful
to
work,
and thou shalt
remain
beside
the
stone,
which
is
called
Ezel.
\VS{20}And
I
will
shoot
three
arrows
near
it,
and
will
shoot
as if
I
were exercising
myself
at
a mark.
\VS{21}And
I
will
send
a
boy,
saying
to
him:
Go
and fetch
me
the
arrows.
\VS{22}If
I
shall
say
to
the
boy:
Behold
the
arrows
are
on
this
side
of thee, take
them
up: come thou
to
me,
because,
there
is peace
to thee,
and
there
is
no evil,
as
the
Lord liveth.
But
if
I
shall
speak
thus
to
the
boy:
Behold
the
arrows
are
beyond thee:
go
in peace,
for
the
Lord hath
sent thee
away.
\VS{23}And
concerning
the
word
which
I
and thou
have
spoken,
the
Lord
be
between thee
and
me
for
ever.
\VS{24}So
David
was
hid
in
the
field,
and
the
new
moon
came,
and
the
king
sat
down
to
eat
bread.
\VS{25}And
when
the
king
sat
down
upon
his chair (according
to custom) which
was
beside
the
wall,
Jonathan
arose,
and
Abner
sat
by
Saul’s
side,
and
David’s
place appeared
empty.
\VS{26}And
Saul
said
nothing
that
day,
for
he
thought
it might
have happened
to
him,
that
he
was
not
clean,
nor purified.
\VS{27}And
when
the
second
day
after
the
new
moon
was
come,
David’s
place
appeared
empty
again.
And
Saul
said
to
Jonathan
his
son:
Why cometh
not
the
son
of Isai
to meat
neither
yesterday
nor
today?
\VS{28}And
Jonathan
answered
Saul:
He
asked
leave
of
me
earnestly
to go
to
Bethlehem,
\VS{29}And
he
said:
Let
me
go,
for
there
is
a solemn
sacrifice
in
the
city,
one
of
my
brethren hath
sent
for
me:
and
now
if
I
have
found favour
in thy
eyes,
I
will
go quickly,
and
see
my
brethren.
For
this cause
he
came
not
to
the
king’s
table.
\VS{30}Then
Saul
being
angry
against
Jonathan
said
to
him: Thou
son
of
a woman
that
is
the ravisher
of
a
man, do
I
not
know
that thou lovest
the
son
of Isai
to thy own confusion
and
to
the confusion
of thy shameless
mother?
\VS{31}For
as
long
as
the
son
of Isai liveth
upon
earth, thou shalt
not
be
established,
nor thy
kingdom.
Therefore
now presently
send,
and fetch
him
to
me:
for
he
is
the
son
of
death.
\VS{32}And
Jonathan answering
Saul
his
father,
said:
Why
shall
he
die:
what hath
he
done?
\VS{33}And
Saul
caught
up
a
spear
to
strike
him.
And
Jonathan
understood
that
it
was determined
by
his
father
to
kill
David.
\VS{34}So
Jonathan
rose
from
the
table
in great
anger,
and
did
not
eat
bread
on
the
second
day
after
the
new
moon.
For
he
was
grieved
for
David,
because
his
father
had put
him
to confusion.
\VS{35}And
when
the
morning
came,
Jonathan
went
into
the
field, according
to
the
appointment
with
David,
and
a
little
boy
with
him.
\VS{36}And
he
said
to
his
boy:
Go,
and fetch
me
the
arrows
which
I
shoot.
And
when
the
boy
ran,
he
shot
another
arrow
beyond
the
boy.
\VS{37}The
boy
therefore
came
to
the
place
of
the
arrow
which
Jonathan
had
shot:
and
Jonathan
cried
after
the
boy,
and
said:
Behold
the
arrow
is
there
further
beyond thee.
\VS{38}And
Jonathan
cried
again
after
the
boy, saying:
Make haste
speedily,
stand
not.
And
Jonathan’s
boy
gathered
up
the
arrows,
and
brought
them
to
his
master:
\VS{39}And
he
knew
not
at
all
what
was doing:
for
only
Jonathan
and
David
knew
the
matter.
\VS{40}Jonathan
therefore
gave
his arms
to
the
boy,
and
said
to
him:
Go,
and
carry
them
into
the
city.
\VS{41}And
when
the
boy
was
gone,
David
rose
out
of
his
place, which
was towards
the
south,
and
falling
on
his
face
to
the
ground, adored thrice:
and kissing
one
another,
they
wept together,
but
David
more.
\VS{42}And
Jonathan
said
to
David:
Go
in
peace:
and
let
all stand
that
we
have
sworn
both
of
us
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
saying:
The
Lord
be
between
me
and thee,
and
between
my
seed
and thy
seed
for
ever.
\VS{43}And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And David
came
to Nobe
to Achimelech
the priest:
and Achimelech
was astonished
at David’s
coming.
And
he said
to
him: Why art thou alone,
and no man
with thee?
\VS{2}And
David
said
to Achimelech
the
priest:
The king hath
commanded
me
a business,
and
said: Let
no
man
know
the thing
for which thou art
sent
by
me,
and what manner
of
commands
I
have given thee:
and
I
have appointed
my
servants
to such
and such
a
place.
\VS{3}Now
therefore
if thou
have
any
thing
at hand, though
it
were
but five loaves,
give
me,
or whatsoever thou canst
find.
\VS{4}And
the priest answered
David, saying:
I
have
no common
bread
at
hand,
but only holy
bread,
if
the young men
be clean, especially
from women?
\VS{5}And
David
answered
the
priest,
and
said
to
him:
Truly,
as
to
what concerneth
women,
we
have refrained ourselves
from yesterday
and
the day
before,
when
we
came
out,
and
the vessels
of
the
young
men
were
holy.
Now
this way
is defiled,
but
it
shall
also
be sanctified
this day
in
the vessels.
\VS{6}The
priest
therefore
gave
him hallowed bread:
for
there
was
no bread
there,
but
only
the loaves
of proposition,
which
had
been
taken
away
from
before
the face
of
the Lord,
that hot loaves might
be
set
up.
\VS{7}Now
a certain man
of
the
servants
of Saul
was
there
that
day,
within
the tabernacle
of
the
Lord:
and
his
name
was Doeg,
an Edomite,
the chiefest
of Saul’s herdsmen.
\VS{8}And
David said
to Achimelech: Hast thou
here
at hand
a spear,
or
a sword?
for
I brought
not
my
own sword, nor
my
own weapons
with
me,
for
the king’s business required haste.
\VS{9}And
the priest
said: Lo,
here
is
the
sword
of Goliath
the Philistine whom thou slewest
in
the valley
of Terebinth, wrapped
up
in
a cloth behind
the ephod:
if thou wilt
take
this,
take
it,
for
here
is
no
other
but
this.
And
David
said:
There
is
none
like
that,
give
it
me.
\VS{10}And
David arose
and fled
that day
from
the face
of
Saul:
and
came
to Achis
the king
of Geth:
\VS{11}And
the servants
of Achis,
when
they saw
David,
said
to
him:
Is
not
this
David
the
king
of
the
land?
Did
they
not sing
to
him
in
their dances, saying:
Saul hath slain
his thousands,
and
David
his ten thousands?
\VS{12}But
David laid
up
these words
in
his heart,
and
was exceedingly afraid
at
the face
of Achis
the
king
of Geth.
\VS{13}And
he changed
his
countenance
before
them,
and slipt
down between
their hands:
and
he stumbled
against
the doors
of
the gate,
and
his spittle ran
down
upon
his beard.
\VS{14}And Achis
said
to
his servants:
You saw
the
man
was mad: why
have
you
brought
him
to
me?
\VS{15}Have
we
need
of
madmen,
that
you
have
brought
in
this
fellow,
to play
the
madman
in
my presence?
shall
this
fellow
come
into
my house?

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
therefore
went
from thence
and fled
to
the
cave
of Odollam.
And
when
his
brethren,
and
all
his
father’s
house
had
heard
of
it,
they
went
down
to
him thither;
\VS{2}And
all
that
were
in
distress
and oppressed
with debt,
and
under affliction
of
mind
gathered
themselves unto
him:
and
he
became
their
prince,
and
there
were
with
him
about
four
hundred
men.
\VS{3}And
David
departed
from thence
into Maspha
of
Moab:
and
he
said
to
the
king
of
Moab:
Let
my
father
and
my
mother tarry
with
you,
I
beseech thee,
till
I
know
what
God
will
do
for
me.
\VS{4}And
he
left
them
under
the eyes
of
the
king
of
Moab,
and
they
abode
with
him
all
the
days
that
David
was
in
the hold.
\VS{5}And
Gad
the
prophet
said
to
David:
Abide
not
in
the hold, depart,
and
go
into
the
land
of Juda.
And
David
departed,
and
came
into
the
forest
of Haret.
\VS{6}And
Saul
heard
that
David
was seen,
and
the
men
that
were
with
him.
Now whilst
Saul
abode
in Gabaa,
and
was
in
the wood,
which
is
by Rama,
having
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
standing
about
him,
\VS{7}He
said
to
his
servants
that
stood
about
him:
Hear
me
now, ye
sons
of Jemini:
will
the
son
of Isai
give
everyone
of
you
fields,
and
vineyards,
and
make
you
all tribunes,
and centurions:
\VS{8}That
all
of
you
have
conspired
against
me,
and
there
is
no
one
to
inform
me,
especially
when
even
my
son hath entered
into league
with
the soil
of Isai?
There
is
not
one
of
you
that pitieth
my
case,
nor
that giveth
me
any information:
because
my
son hath
raised
up
my
servant
against
me, plotting
against
me
to
this
day.
\VS{9}And
Doeg
the
Edomite
who
stood
by,
and
was
the chief
among
the
servants
of
Saul, answering,
said:
I
saw
the
son
of Isai,
in Nobe
with Achimelech
the
son
of Achitob
the priest.
\VS{10}And
he consulted
the
Lord
for
him,
and
gave
him victuals,
and
gave
him
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine.
\VS{11}Then
the
king
sent
to
call
for Achimelech
the
priest
the
son
of Achitob,
and
all
his
father’s
house,
the
priests
that
were
in Nobe,
and
they
came
all
of
them
to
the
king.
\VS{12}And
Saul
said
to Achimelech:
Hear, thou
son
of Achitob.
He
answered:
Here
I
am,
my
lord.
\VS{13}And
Saul
said
to
him:
Why
have
you
conspired
against
me, thou,
and
the
son
of Isai,
and thou hast
given
him
bread
and
a
sword,
and hast consulted
the Lord
for
him,
that
he
should
rise
up
against
me, continuing
a traitor
to
this
day.
\VS{14}And Achimelech answering
the
king,
said:
And
who amongst
all thy
servants
is
so
faithful
as
David,
who
is
the
king’s son
in law,
and goeth forth
at thy bidding,
and
is honourable
in thy
house?
\VS{15}Did
I
begin
today
to
consult
the Lord
for
him?
far
be
this
from
me:
let
not
the
king suspect
such
a
thing
against
his
servant,
or
any
one
in
all
my
father’s
house:
for thy
servant
knew
nothing
of
this
matter,
either
little
or
great.
\VS{16}And
the
king
said:
Dying thou shalt
die, Achimelech, thou
and
all thy
father’s
house.
\VS{17}And
the
king
said
to
the
messengers
that
stood
about
him:
Turn,
and
kill
the
priests
of
the
Lord,
for
their
hand
is
with
David,
because
they
knew
that
he
was
fled,
and
they
told
it
not
to
me.
And
the
king’s
servants
would
not
put
forth
their
hands
against
the
priests
of
the
Lord.
\VS{18}And
the
king
said
to
Doeg:
Turn thou,
and
fall
upon
the
priests.
And
Doeg
the
Edomite
turned,
and
fell
upon
the
priests
and slew
in
that
day
eighty-five
men
that
wore
the
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}And Nobe
the
city
of
the
priests
he
smote
with
the
edge
of
his
sword, both
men
and
women,
children,
and sucklings,
and
ox
and ass,
and
sheep
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{20}But
one
of
the
sons
of Achimelech
the
son
of Achitob,
whose
name
was
Abiathar,
escaped,
and
fled
to
David,
\VS{21}And
told
him
that
Saul
had
slain
the
priests
of
the
Lord.
\VS{22}And
David
said
to
Abiathar:
I
knew
that
day
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that without doubt
he
would
tell
Saul:
I
have
been
the occasion
of
the
death
of
all
the
souls
of thy
father’s
house.
\VS{23}Abide thou
with
me,
fear
not:
for
he
that seeketh
my
life, seeketh thy
life
also,
and
with
me thou shalt
be saved.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
they
told
David,
saying:
Behold
the
Philistines
fight
against Ceila,
and
they rob
the barns.
\VS{2}Therefore
David consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Shall
I go
and
smite
these
Philistines?
And
the
Lord
said
to
David: Go,
and thou shalt
smite
the
Philistines,
and shalt
save Ceila.
\VS{3}And
the
men
that
were
with
David,
said
to
him:
Behold
we
are
in
fear
here
in Judea,
how
much
more
if
we
go
to Ceila
against
the hands
of
the
Philistines?
\VS{4}Therefore
David consulted
the
Lord
again.
And
he
answered
and
said
to
him:
Arise,
and
go
to Ceila:
for
I
will
deliver
the
Philistines
into thy
hand.
\VS{5}David
therefore,
and
his
men,
went
to Ceila,
and
fought
against
the
Philistines,
and
brought
away
their
cattle,
and
made
a
great
slaughter
of
them:
and
David
saved
the
inhabitants
of Ceila.
\VS{6}Now
at
that
time,
when
Abiathar
the
son
of Achimelech
fled
to
David
to Ceila,
he
came
down
having
an
ephod
with
him.
\VS{7}And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
come
to Ceila:
and
Saul
said:
The Lord hath
delivered
him
into
my
hands,
and
he
is
shut
up,
being
come
into
a
city,
that hath
gates
and
bars.
\VS{8}And
Saul commanded
all
the
people
to
go
down
to
fight
against Ceila,
and
to besiege
David,
and
his
men.
\VS{9}Now
when
David
understood,
that
Saul secretly prepared
evil
against
him,
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest:
Bring hither
the
ephod.
\VS{10}And
David
said:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel, thy
servant hath
heard
a
report,
that
Saul designeth
to
come
to Ceila,
to
destroy
the
city
for
my
sake:
\VS{11}Will
the
men
of Ceila
deliver
me
into
his
hands?
and
will
Saul
come
down,
as thy
servant hath
heard?
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
tell thy
servant.
And
the
Lord
said:
He
will
come
down.
\VS{12}And
David
said:
Will
the
men
of Ceila
deliver
me,
and
my
men,
into
the
hands
of
Saul?
And
the
Lord
said:
They
will
deliver thee
up.
\VS{13}Then
David
and
his
men,
who
were
about
six
hundred,
arose,
and
departing
from Ceila,
wandered
up
and
down uncertain
where
they
should stay:
and
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
fled
from Ceila,
and
had
escaped: wherefore
he forbore
to
go
out.
\VS{14}But
David
abode
in
the
desert
in strong holds,
and
he
remained
in
a
mountain
of
the
desert
of
Ziph,
in
a woody
hill.
And
Saul
sought
him
always:
but
the Lord
delivered
him
not
into
his
hands.
\VS{15}And
David
saw
that
Saul
was
come
out
to
seek
his
life.
And
David
was
in
the
desert
of
Ziph,
in
a wood.
\VS{16}And
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
arose,
and
went
to
David
into
the wood,
and
strengthened
his
hands
in
God:
and
he
said
to
him:
\VS{17}Fear
not:
for
the
hand
of
my
father
Saul
shall
not
find thee,
and thou shalt
reign
over
Israel,
and
I
shall
be
next
to thee,
yea,
and
my
father knoweth
this.
\VS{18}And
the
two
made
a
covenant
before
the
Lord:
and
David
abode
in
the wood:
but
Jonathan
returned
to
his
house.
\VS{19}And
the
Ziphites
went
up
to
Saul
in Gabaa,
saying: Lo, doth
not
David
lie
hid
with
us
in
the strong holds
of
the wood,
in
mount Hachila,
which
is
on
the
right
hand
of
the
desert.
\VS{20}Now
therefore
come
down,
as thy
soul hath desired
to
come
down:
and
it
shall
be
our business
to
deliver
him
into
the
king’s
hands.
\VS{21}And
Saul
said:
Blessed
be ye
of
the
Lord,
for
you
have pitied
my
case.
\VS{22}Go
therefore,
I
pray
you,
and
use
all diligence,
and curiously inquire,
and
consider
the
place
where
his
foot
is,
and
who hath
seen
him
there:
for
he thinketh
of
me,
that
I
lie craftily
in wait
for
him.
\VS{23}Consider
and
see
all
his lurking holes,
wherein
he
is bid,
and
return
to
me
with
the
certainty
of
the
thing,
that
I
may
go
with
you.
And
if
be
should
even
go
down
into
the
earth
to
hide
himself,
I
will
search
him
out
in
all
the
thousands
of Juda.
\VS{24}And
they
arose
and
went
to
Ziph
before
Saul:
and
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
desert
of
Maon,
in
the
plain
at
the
right
hand
of Jesimon.
\VS{25}Then
Saul
and
his
men
went
to
seek
him:
and
it
was
told
David,
and forthwith
he
went
down
to
the
rock,
and
abode
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon:
and
when
Saul
had
heard
of
it
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
were
on
the
other
side
of
the
mountain:
and
David despaired
of
being able
to escape
from
the
face
of
Saul:
and
Saul
and
his
men encompassed
David
and
his
men round
about
to
take
them.
\VS{27}And
a
messenger
came
to
Saul,
saying:
Make
haste
to
come,
for
the
Philistines
have poured
in
themselves
upon
the
land.
\VS{28}Wherefore
Saul
returned, leaving
the
pursuit
of
David,
and
went
to
meet
the
Philistines.
For
this
cause
they
called
that
place,
the Rock
of division.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
David
went
up
from thence,
and
dwelt
in strong holds
of Engaddi.
\VS{2}And
when
Saul
was
returned
from
following
the
Philistines,
they
told
him,
saying:
Behold,
David
is
in
the
desert
of Engaddi.
\VS{3}Saul
therefore
took
three
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel,
and
went
out
to
seek
after
David,
and
his
men,
even
upon
the most craggy
rocks, which
are accessible
only
to
wild
goats.
\VS{4}And
he
came
to
the sheepcotes,
which
were
in
his
way.
And
there
was
a
cave,
into
which
Saul
went,
to ease nature:
now
David
and
his
men lay hid
in
the
inner
part
of
the
cave.
\VS{5}And
the
servants
of
David
said
to
him:
Behold
the
day,
of
which
the
Lord
said
to thee:
I
will
deliver thy
enemy unto thee,
that thou mayest
do
to
him
as
it
shall
seem
good
in thy
eyes.
Then
David
arose,
and
secretly
cut
off
the hem
of
Saul’s
robe.
\VS{6}After
which
David’s
heart
struck
him,
because
he
had
cut
off
the hem
of
Saul’s robe.
\VS{7}And
he
said
to
his
men:
The
Lord
be merciful unto
me,
that
I
may
do
no
such
thing
to
my
master
the
Lord’s
anointed,
as
to
lay
my
hand
upon
him,
because
he
is
the
Lord’s
anointed.
\VS{8}And
David stopped
his
men
with
his
words,
and suffered
them
not
to
rise
against
Saul.
But
Saul
rising
up
out
of
the
cave,
went
on
his
way.
\VS{9}And
David
also
rose
up
after
him:
and
going
out
of
the
cave
cried
after
Saul,
saying:
My
lord
the
king.
And
Saul
looked
behind
him:
and
David
bowing
himself
down
to
the
ground, worshipped,
\VS{10}And
said
to
Saul:
Why dost thou
hear
the
words
of
men
that
say
David seeketh thy hurt?
\VS{11}Behold
this
day thy
eyes
have
seen,
that
the
Lord hath
delivered thee
into
my
hand,
in
the
cave,
and
I
had
a
thought
to
kill thee,
but
my
eye hath
spared thee.
For
I
said:
I
will
not
put
out
my
hand
against
my
lord,
because
he
is
the
Lord’s
anointed.
\VS{12}Moreover
see
and
know,
O
my
father,
the hem
of thy
robe
in
my
hand,
that
when
I
cut,
off
the hem
of thy
robe,
I
would
not
put
out
my
hand
against thee. Reflect,
and
see,
that
there
is
no
evil
in
my
hand,
nor iniquity,
neither
have
I
sinned
against thee:
but thou liest
in wait
for
my
life,
to
take
it
away.
\VS{13}The
Lord
judge
between
me
and thee,
and
the
Lord
revenge
me
of thee:
but
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon thee.
\VS{14}As
also
it
is
said
in
the old
proverb:
From
the
wicked
shall
wickedness
come
forth:
therefore
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon thee.
After
whom dost thou
come
out, O king
of Israel?
\VS{15}After
whom dost thou
pursue?
After
a
dead
dog,
after
a
flea.
\VS{16}Be
the
Lord
judge,
and
judge
between
me
and thee,
and
see,
and
judge
my
cause,
and
deliver
me
out
of thy
hand.
\VS{17}And
when
David
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
these
words
to
Saul,
Saul
said:
Is
this thy
voice,
my
son
David?
And
Saul
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept.
\VS{18}And
he
said
to
David: Thou art
more
just
than
I:
for thou hast
done
good
to
me,
and
I
have
rewarded thee
with
evil.
\VS{19}And thou hast shewn
this
day
what
good
things thou hast
done
to
me:
how
the
Lord
delivered
me
into thy
hand,
and thou hast
not
killed
me.
\VS{20}For
who
when
he hath
found
his
enemy,
will
let
him
go
well
away?
But
the
Lord
reward thee
for
this
good turn,
for
what thou hast
done
to
me
this
day.
\VS{21}And
now
as
I
know
that thou shalt
surely
be
king,
and
have
the
kingdom
of
Israel
in thy
hand:
\VS{22}Swear
to
me
by
the
Lord,
that thou wilt
not
destroy
my
seed
after
me,
nor
take
away
my
name
from
the
house
of
my
father.
\VS{23}And
David
swore
to
Saul.
So
Saul
went
home:
and
David
and
his
men
went
up
into safer
places.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
died,
and
all
Israel
was
gathered
together,
and
they
mourned
for
him,
and
buried
him
in
his
house
in Ramatha.
And
David
rose
and
went
down
into
the
wilderness
of Pharan.
\VS{2}Now
there
was
a
certain
man
in
the wilderness
of
Maon,
and
his possessions
were
in
Carmel,
and
the
man
was
very
great:
and
he
had
three
thousand
sheep,
and
a
thousand
goats:
and
it
happened
that
he
was
shearing
his
sheep
in
Carmel.
\VS{3}Now
the
name
of
the
man
was
Nabal:
and
the
name
of
his
wife
was
Abigail.
And
she
was
a prudent
and very comely
woman,
but
her
husband
was churlish,
and very
bad
and ill natured:
and
he
was
of
the house
of Caleb.
\VS{4}And
when
David
heard
in
the
wilderness
that
Nabal
was
shearing
his
sheep,
\VS{5}He
sent
ten
young
men,
and
said
to
them:
Go
up
to
Carmel,
and
go
to
Nabal,
and salute
him
in
my
name
with
peace.
\VS{6}And
you
shall
say:
Peace
be
to
my brethren,
and
to thee,
and
peace
to thy
house,
and
peace
to
all
that thou hast.
\VS{7}I
heard
that thy
shepherds
that
were
with
us
in
the desert
were
shearing:
we
never molested
them,
neither
was
there ought
missing
to
them
of
the flock
at
any
time,
all
the
while
they
were
with
us
in
Carmel.
\VS{8}Ask thy
servants,
and
they
will
tell thee.
Now
therefore
let thy
servants
find favour
in thy
eyes:
for
we
are
come
in
a
good
day, whatsoever thy
hand
shall
find
give
to thy
servants,
and
to thy
son
David.
\VS{9}And
when
David’s
servants
came,
they
spoke
to
Nabal
all
these
words
in
David’s
name:
and
then held
their
peace.
\VS{10}But
Nabal answering
the
servants
of
David,
said:
Who
is
David?
and
what
is
the
son
of Isai?
servants
are
multiplied
now
a
days
who flee
from
their
masters.
\VS{11}Shall
I
then
take
my
bread,
and
my
water,
and
the flesh
of
my cattle,
which
I
have killed
for
my
shearers,
and
give
to
men
whom
I
know
not whence
they
are?
\VS{12}So
the
servants
of
David
went
back
their
way,
and
returning
came
and
told
him
all
the
words
that
he
said.
\VS{13}Then
David
said
to
his young
men: Let
every
man
gird
on
his
sword.
And
they
girded
on
every
man
his
sword.
And
David
also
girded
on
his
sword:
and
there
followed
David
about
four
hundred
men:
and
two
hundred
remained
with
the
baggage.
\VS{14}But
one
of
the
servants
told
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal,
saying:
Behold
David
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wilderness,
to
salute
our
master:
and
he rejected
them.
\VS{15}These
men
were
very
good
to
us,
and
gave
us
no trouble:
neither
did
we ever lose
any
thing
all
the
time
that
we conversed
with
them
in
the desert.
\VS{16}They
were
a
wall unto
us
both
by
night
and
day,
all
the
while
we
were
with
them keeping
the
sheep.
\VS{17}Wherefore
consider,
and
think
what thou hast
to
do:
for
evil
is
determined
against thy husband,
and
against thy
house,
and
he
is
a
son
of Belial,
so
that
no
man
can
speak
to
him.
\VS{18}Then
Abigail
made
haste
and
took
two
hundred
loaves,
and
two vessels
of
wine,
and
five
sheep ready dressed,
and
five
measures
of
parched corn,
and
a
hundred
clusters
of
raisins,
and
two
hundred
cakes
of dry
figs,
and
laid
them
upon asses:
\VS{19}And
she
said
to
her
servants:
Go
before
me:
behold
I
will
follow
after
you:
but
she
told
not
her
husband
Nabal.
\VS{20}And
when
she
had gotten
upon
an ass,
and
was
coming
down
to
the foot
of
the
mountain,
David
and
his
men
came
down
over
against
her,
and
she
met
them.
\VS{21}And
David
said:
Truly
in
vain
have
I
kept
all
that belonged
to
this
man
in
the
wilderness,
and
nothing
was lost
of
all
that pertained unto
him:
and
he hath
returned
me
evil
for
good.
\VS{22}May
God
do
so
and
so,
and
add
more
to
the foes
of
David,
if
I
leave
of
all
that
belong
to
him
till
the
morning,
any
that pisseth
against
the
wall.
\VS{23}And
when
Abigail
saw
David
she
made
haste
and lighted
off
the ass,
and
fell
before
David,
on
her
face,
and adored
upon
the
ground.
\VS{24}And she
fell
at
his
feet,
and
said:
Upon
me
let
this
iniquity
be,
my
lord:
let thy
handmaid
speak,
I
beseech thee,
in thy
ears:
and
hear
the
words
of thy
servant.
\VS{25}Let
not
my
lord
the
king,
I
pray,
regard
this naughty
man
Nabal:
for
according
to
his
name,
he
is
a fool,
and
folly
is
with
him:
but
I thy
handmaid
did
not
see thy
servants,
my
lord,
whom thou sentest.
\VS{26}Now
therefore,
my
lord,
the
Lord liveth,
and thy
soul liveth,
who hath withholden thee
from
coming
to
blood,
and hath
saved thy
hand
to thee:
and
now
let thy
enemies
be
as
Nabal,
and all
they
that
seek
evil
to
my
lord.
\VS{27}Wherefore
receive
this
blessing,
which thy handmaid hath
brought
to thee,
my
lord:
and
give
it
to
the
young
men
that
follow thee,
my
lord.
\VS{28}Forgive
the iniquity
of thy
handmaid:
for
the
Lord
will
surely
make
for
my
lord
a
faithful
house,
because thou,
my
lord, fightest
the
battles
of
the
Lord:
let
not
evil
therefore
be
found
in thee
all
the
days
of thy
life.
\VS{29}For
if
a
man
at
any
time
shall
rise,
and
persecute thee,
and
seek thy
life,
the
soul
of
my
lord
shall
be kept,
as
in
the bundle
of
the
living,
with
the
Lord thy
God:
but
the
souls
of thy
enemies
shall
be whirled,
as
with
the violence
and whirling
of
a sling.
\VS{30}And
when
the
Lord
shall
have
done
to thee,
my
lord,
all
the
good
that
he hath
spoken
concerning thee,
and
shall
have
made thee
prince
over
Israel,
\VS{31}This
shall
not
be
an
occasion
of
grief
to thee,
and
a scruple
of
heart
to
my
lord,
that thou hast
shed
innocent
blood,
or hast revenged thyself:
and
when
the
Lord
shall
have
done
well
by
my
lord, thou shalt
remember thy
handmaid.
\VS{32}And
David
said
to
Abigail:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
who
sent thee
this
day
to
meet
me,
and
blessed
be thy speech:
\VS{33}And
blessed
be thou,
who hast
kept
me
today,
from
coming
to
blood,
and revenging
me
with
my own
hand.
\VS{34}Otherwise
as
the
Lord liveth
the
God
of
Israel,
who hath withholden
me
from doing thee
any
evil:
if thou hadst
not
quickly
come
to
meet
me,
there
had
not
been
left
to
Nabal
by
the
morning
light
any
that pisseth
against
the
wall.
\VS{35}And
David
received
at
her
hand
all
that
she
had
brought
him,
and
said
to
her:
Go
in
peace
into thy
house,
behold
I
have
heard thy
voice,
and
have honoured thy
face.
\VS{36}And
Abigail
came
to
Nabal:
and
behold
he
had
a
feast
in
his
house,
like
the
feast
of
a
king,
and
Nabal’s
heart
was merry:
for
he
was
very
drunk:
and
she
told
him
nothing
less
or
more
until
morning.
\VS{37}But
early
in
the
morning
when
Nabal
had digested
his
wine,
his
wife
told
him
these
words,
and
his
heart
died
within
him,
and
he
became
as
a
stone.
\VS{38}And
after
ten
days
had
passed,
the
Lord
struck
Nabal,
and
he
died.
\VS{39}And
when
David
had
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said:
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
who hath judged
the
cause
of
my
reproach
at
the
hand
of
Nabal,
and hath
kept
his
servant
from
evil,
and
the
Lord hath
returned
the
wickedness
of
Nabal
upon
his
head.
Then
David
sent
and treated
with
Abigail,
that
he
might
take
her
to
himself
for
a
wife.
\VS{40}And
David’s
servants
came
to
Abigail
to
Carmel,
and
spoke
to
her,
saying:
David hath
sent
us
to thee,
to
take thee
to
himself
for
a
wife.
\VS{41}And
she
arose
and
bowed
herself
down
with
her
face
to
the
earth,
and
said:
Behold, let thy
servant
be
a
handmaid,
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
servants
of
my
lord.
\VS{42}And
Abigail
arose,
and
made
haste,
and
got
upon
an ass,
and
five damsels
went
with
her,
her waiting
maids,
and
she
followed
the
messengers
of
David,
and
became
his
wife.
\VS{43}Moreover
David
took
also Achinoam
of Jezrahel:
and
they
were
both
of
them
his
wives.
\VS{44}But
Saul
gave Michol
his
daughter,
David’s
wife,
to Phalti,
the
son
of Lais,
who
was
of Gallium.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
men
of Ziph
came
to
Saul
in Gabaa,
saying:
Behold
David
is
hid
in
the
hill
of Hachila, which
is
over
against
the
wilderness.
\VS{2}And
Saul
arose,
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Ziph, having
with
him
three
thousand chosen
men
of
Israel,
to
seek
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
\VS{3}And
Saul
encamped
in Gabaa Hachila,
which
was
over
against
the
wilderness
in
the
way:
and
David
abode
in
the
wilderness.
And
seeing
that
Saul
was
come
after
him
into
the
wilderness,
\VS{4}He
sent
spies,
and
learned
that
he
was most
certainly
come thither.
\VS{5}And
David
arose secretly,
and
came
to
the
place
where
Saul
was:
and
when
he
had beheld
the
place,
wherein
Saul
slept,
and
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
the
captain
of
his
army,
and
Saul sleeping
in
a tent,
and
the
rest
of
the multitude
round
about
him,
\VS{6}David
spoke
to Achimelech
the Hethite,
and Abisai
the
son
of Sarvia
the
brother
of
Joab,
saying:
Who
will
go
down
with
me
to
Saul
into
the
camp?
And Abisai
said:
I
will
go
with thee.
\VS{7}So
David
and Abisai
came
to
the
people
by
night,
and found
Saul
lying
and
sleeping
in
the tent,
and
his
spear fixed
in
the
ground
at
his
head:
and
Abner
and
the
people
sleeping
round
about
him.
\VS{8}And Abisai
said
to
David:
God hath
shut
up thy
enemy
this
day
into thy
hands:
now
then
I
will run
him
through
with
my
spear
even
to
the
earth
at
once,
and there
shall
be
no need
of
a
second
time.
\VS{9}And
David
said
to Abisai:
Kill
him
not:
for
who
shall
put
forth
his
hand
against
the
Lord’s
anointed,
and
shall
be guiltless?
\VS{10}And
David
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
unless
the
Lord
shall
strike
him,
or
his
day
shall
come
to
die,
or
he
shall
go
down
to
battle
and
perish:
\VS{11}The
Lord
be merciful unto
me,
that
I
extend
not
my
hand
upon
the
Lord’s
anointed.
But
now
take
the
spear,
which
is
at
his
head,
and
the cup
of
water,
and
let
us
go.
\VS{12}So
David
took
the
spear,
and
the cup
of
water
which
was
at
Saul’s
head,
and
they went
away:
and
no
man
saw
it,
or
knew
it,
or awaked,
but
they
were
all
asleep,
for
a
deep
sleep
from
the
Lord
was
fallen
upon
them.
\VS{13}And
when
David
was gone
over
to
the
other
side.
and
stood
on
the
top
of
the
hill
afar
off,
and
a good
space
was
between
them,
\VS{14}David
cried
to
the
people,
and
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
saying: Wilt thou
not
answer,
Abner?
And
Abner answering,
said:
Who art thou,
that criest,
and disturbest
the
king?
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
Abner: Art
not thou
a
man?
and
who
is
like thee
in
Israel?
why
then hast thou
not
kept thy
lord
the
king?
for there
came
one
of
the
people
in
to
kill
the
king thy
lord.
\VS{16}This
thing
is
not
good,
that thou hast
done:
as
the
Lord liveth,
you
are
the
sons
of
death,
who
have
not
kept
your
master,
the
Lord’s
anointed.
And
now
where
is
the
king’s
spear,
and
the cup
of
water,
which
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
the
king.
\VS{18}And
he
said: Wherefore doth
my
lord
persecute
his
servant?
What
have
I
done?
or
what
evil
is
there
in
my
hand?
\VS{19}Now
therefore
hear,
I
pray thee,
my
lord
the
king,
the
words
of thy
servant:
If
the
Lord stir thee
up
against
me,
let
him
accept
of
sacrifice:
but
if
the
sons
of
men,
they
are
cursed
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
who
have cast
me
out
this
day,
that
I
should
not dwell
in
the
inheritance
of
the
Lord,
saying:
Go,
serve strange
gods.
\VS{20}And
now
let
not
my
blood
be
shed
upon
the
earth
before
the
Lord:
for
the
king
of
Israel
is
come
out
to
seek
a
flea,
as
the
partridge
is hunted
in
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 hath
been
precious
in thy
eyes
this
day:
for
it appeareth
that
I
have
done
foolishly,
and
have
been ignorant
in
very
many
things.
\VS{22}And
David answering,
said:
Behold
the
king’s
spear: let
one
of
the
king’s
servants come
over
and fetch
it.
\VS{23}And
the
Lord
will reward
every
one
according
to
his
justice,
and
his
faithfulness:
for
the
Lord hath
delivered thee
this
day
into
my
hand,
and
I
would
not
put
forth
my
hand
against
the
Lord’s
anointed.
\VS{24}And
as thy
life hath
been
much
set
by
this
day
in
my
eyes,
so
let
my
life
be
much
set
by
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord,
and
let
him
deliver
me
from
all
distress.
\VS{25}Then
Saul
said
to
David:
Blessed art thou,
my
son
David:
and
truly
doing thou shalt
do,
and prevailing thou shalt
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
gone
day
or
other fall
into
the
hands
of
Saul:
is
it
not
better
for
me
to flee,
and
to
be
saved
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
that
Saul
may
despair
of
me,
and
cease
to
seek
me
in
all
the coasts
of
Israel?
I
will flee
then
out
of
his
hands.
\VS{2}And
David
arose
and
went
away, both
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
to Achis
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of Geth.
\VS{3}And
David
dwelt
with Achis
at Geth,
he
and
his
men:
every
man
with
his
household,
and
David
with
his
two
wives, Achinoam
the Jezrahelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
of Carmel.
\VS{4}And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
fled
to Geth,
and
he
sought
no
more
after
him.
\VS{5}And
David
said
to Achis:
If
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
let
a
place
be
given
me
in
one
of
the
cities
of
this
country,
that
I
may
dwell
there:
for
why
should thy
servant
dwell
in
the
royal
city
with thee?
\VS{6}Then Achis
gave
him Siceleg
that
day:
for
which
reason Siceleg belongeth
to
the
kings
of Juda unto
this
day.
\VS{7}And
the
time
that
David
dwelt
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines,
was
four
months.
\VS{8}And
David
and
his
men
went
up,
and pillaged Gessuri,
and Gerzi,
and
the Amalecites:
for
these
were
of
old
the
inhabitants
of
the
countries,
as
men
go
to Sur,
even
to
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{9}And
David wasted
all
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 Achis.
\VS{10}And Achis
said
to
him: Whom hast thou gone
against
today?
David
answered:
Against
the
south
of Juda,
and
against
the
south
of Jerameel,
and
against
the
south
of Ceni.
\VS{11}And
David saved
neither
man
nor
woman,
neither
brought
he
any
of
them
to Geth,
saying:
Lest
they
should
speak
against
us.
So
did
David,
and
such
was
his proceeding
all
the
days
that
he
dwelt
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{12}And Achis
believed
David,
saying:
He hath
done much harm
to
his
people
Israel:
therefore
he
shall
be
my
servant
for
ever.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days,
that
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
be prepared
for
war
against
Israel:
and Achis
said
to
David:
Know thou
now
assuredly,
that thou shalt
go
out
with
me
to
the
war, thou,
and thy
men.
\VS{2}And
David
said
to Achis:
Now thou shalt
know
what thy
servant
will
do.
And Achis
said
to
David:
And
I
will
appoint thee
to
guard
my
life
for ever.
\VS{3}Now
Samuel
was
dead,
and
all
Israel
mourned
for
him,
and
buried
him
in Ramatha
his
city.
And
Saul
had
put
away
all
the magicians
and soothsayers
out
of
the
land.
\VS{4}And
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together,
and
came
and
camped
in Sunam:
and
Saul
also
gathered
together
all
Israel,
and
came
to Gelboe.
\VS{5}And
Saul
saw
the
army
of
the Plilistines,
and
was
afraid,
and
his
heart
was
very
much dismayed.
\VS{6}And
he consulted
the
Lord,
and
he
answered
him
not,
neither
by
dreams,
nor
by
priests,
nor
by
prophets.
\VS{7}And
Saul
said
to
his
servants:
Seek
me
a
woman
that hath
a divining
spirit,
and
I
will
go
to
her,
and
inquire
by
her.
And
his
servants
said
to
him:
There
is
a
woman
that hath
a divining
spirit
at Endor.
\VS{8}Then
he
disguised
himself:
and
put
on
other
clothes,
and
he
went,
and
two
men
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
woman
by
night,
and
he
said
to
her:
Divine
to
me
by thy
divining
spirit,
and
bring
me
up
him
whom
I
shall
tell thee.
\VS{9}And
the
woman
said
to
him:
Behold thou knowest
all
that
Saul hath
done,
and
how
he hath rooted
out
the magicians
and soothsayers
from
the
land:
why
then dost thou
lay
a
snare
for
my
life,
to cause
me
to
be
put
to
death?
\VS{10}And
Saul
swore unto
her
by
the
Lord,
saying:
As
the
Lord liveth
there
shall
no
evil
happen
to thee
for
this
thing.
\VS{11}And
the
woman
said
to
him:
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
said
to
Saul:
Why hast thou
deceived
me?
for thou art
Saul.
\VS{13}And
the
king
said
to
her:
Fear
not:
what hast thou
seen?
And
the
woman
said
to
Saul:
I
saw
gods
ascending
out
of
the
earth.
\VS{14}And
he
said
to
her:
What
form
is
he
of?
And
she
said:
An
old
man cometh
up,
and
he
is covered
with
a
mantle.
And
Saul
understood
that
it
was
Samuel,
and
he
bowed
himself
with
his
face
to
the
ground,
and adored.
\VS{15}And
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
Why hast thou
disturbed
my rest,
that
I
should
be
brought
up?
And
Saul
said,
I
am
in
great
distress:
for
the
Philistines
fight
against
me,
and
God
is
departed
from
me,
and
would
not hear
me,
neither
by
the
hand
of
prophets,
nor
by
dreams:
therefore
I
have
called thee,
that thou mayest shew
me
what
I
shall
do.
\VS{16}And
Samuel
said:
Why askest thou
me, seeing
the
Lord
has
departed
from thee,
and
is
gone
over
to thy rival:
\VS{17}For
the
Lord
will
do
to thee
as
he
spoke
by
me,
and
he
will
rend thy
kingdom
out
of thy
hand,
and
will
give
it
to thy neighbour
David:
\VS{18}Because thou didst
not
obey
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
neither didst thou execute
the
wrath
of
his indignation
upon Amalec.
Therefore hath
the
Lord
done
to thee
what thou sufferest
this
day.
\VS{19}And
the
Lord
also
will
deliver
Israel
with thee
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines:
and
tomorrow thou
and thy
sons
shall
be
with
me:
and
the
Lord
will
also
deliver
the
army
of
Israel
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}And forthwith
Saul
fell
all
along
on
the
ground,
for
he
was frightened
with
the
words
of
Samuel,
and
there
was
no
strength
in
him,
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread
all
that
day.
\VS{21}And
the
woman
came
to
Saul (for
he
was
very
much
troubled)
and
said
to
him:
Behold thy handmaid hath
obeyed thy
voice,
and
I
have
put
my
life
in
my
hand:
and
I hearkened unto
the
words
which thou spokest
to
me.
\VS{22}Now
therefore
hear thou
also
the
voice
of thy handmaid,
and
let
me
set
before thee
a
morsel
of
bread,
that thou mayest
eat
and recover
strength,
and
be able
to
go
on thy
journey.
\VS{23}But
he
refused,
and
said:
I
will
not
eat.
But
his
servants
and
the
woman forced
him,
and
at length hearkening
to
their
voice,
he
arose
from
the
ground
and
sat
upon
the
bed.
\VS{24}Now
the
woman
had
a fatted
calf
in
the
house,
and she
made
haste
and killed
it:
and
taking
meal
kneaded
it,
and
baked some
unleavened
bread,
\VS{25}And
set
it
before
Saul,
and
before
his
servants.
And
when
they
had
eaten
they
rose
up,
and walked
all
that
night.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
all
the
troops
of
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together
to Aphec:
and
Israel
also
camped
by
the fountain
which
is
in Jezrahel.
\VS{2}And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
marched
with
their
hundreds
and
their
thousands:
but
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
rear
with Achis.
\VS{3}And
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said
to Achis:
What mean
these
Hebrews?
And Achis
said
to
the
princes
of
the
Philistines:
Do
you
not
know
David,
who
was
the
servant
of
Saul
the
king
of
Israel,
and hath
been
with
me
many
days,
or
years,
and
I
have
found
no
fault
in
him,
since
the
day
that
he fled
over
to
me
until
this
day?
\VS{4}But
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
were
angry
with
him,
and
they
said
to
him:
Let
this
man
return,
and abide
in
his
place,
which thou hast
appointed
him,
and
let
him
not
go
down
with
us
to
battle, lest
he
be
an
adversary
to
us,
when
we
shall begin
to
fight:
for
how
can
he
otherwise appease
his
master,
but
with
our
heads?
\VS{5}Is
not
this
David,
to
whom
they sung
in
their
dances,
saying:
Saul
slew
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands?
\VS{6}Then Achis
called
David,
and
said
to
him:
As
the
Lord liveth, thou art
upright
and
good
in
my
sight:
and
so
is thy
going
out,
and thy
coming
in
with
me
in
the
army:
and
I
have
not
found
my
evil
in thee,
since
the
day
that thou camest
to
me unto
this
day:
but thou pleasest
not
the
lords.
\VS{7}Return
therefore,
and
go
in
peace,
and offend
not
the
eyes
of
the princes
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{8}And
David
said
to Achis:
But
what
have
I
done,
and
what hast thou
found
in
me thy
servant,
from
the
day
that
I
have
been
in thy
sight
until
this
day,
that
I
may
not
go
and
fight
against
the
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king?
\VS{9}And Achis answering
said
to
David:
I
know
that thou art
good
in
my
sight,
as
an
angel
of
God:
but
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
have
said:
He
shall
not
go
up
with
us
to
the
battle.
\VS{10}Therefore
arise
in
the
morning, thou,
and
the
servants
of thy
lord,
who
came
with thee:
and
when
you
are
up
before
day,
and
it
shall begin
to
be
light,
go
on
your way.
\VS{11}So
David
and
his
men
arose
in
the night,
that
they might
set forward
in
the
morning,
and
returned
to
the
land
of
the
Philistines:
and
the
Philistines
went
up
to Jezrahel.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
David
and
his
men
were
come
to Siceleg
on
the
third
day,
the Amalecites
had
made
an invasion
on
the
south
side
upon Siceleg,
and
had
smitten Siceleg,
and
burnt
it
with
fire.
\VS{2}And
had
taken
the
women
captives
that
were
in
it,
both
little
and
great:
and
they
had
not
killed
any
person,
but
had
carried
them
with
them,
and
went
on
their
way.
\VS{3}So
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
city,
and found
it
burnt
with
fire,
and
that
their
wives
and
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
were
taken
captives,
\VS{4}David
and
the
people
that
were
with
him,
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept
till
they
had
no
more tears.
\VS{5}For
the
two
wives
also
of
David
were
taken
captives, Achinoam
the Jezrahelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
of Carmel.
\VS{6}And
David
was
greatly
afflicted:
for
the
people
had
a
mind
to
stone
him,
for
the
soul
of
every
man
was bitterly grieved
for
his
sons,
and
daughters:
but
David
took
courage
in
the
Lord
his
God.
\VS{7}And
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest
the
son
of Achimelech:
Bring
me hither
the
ephod.
And
Abiathar
brought
the
ephod
to
David.
\VS{8}And
David consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Shall
I
pursue
after
these robbers,
and
shall
I
overtake
them,
or
not?
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Pursue
after
them:
for thou shalt
surely
overtake
them
and
recover
the prey.
\VS{9}So
David
went,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the torrent
Besor:
and
some being weary
stayed
there.
\VS{10}But
David
pursued,
he
and
four
hundred
men:
for
two
hundred
stayed,
who being weary
could
not
go
over
the torrent
Besor.
\VS{11}And
they
found
an
Egyptian
in
the
field,
and
brought
him
to
David:
and
they
gave
him
bread
to
eat,
and
water
to
drink,
\VS{12}As
also
a
piece
of
a
cake
of
figs,
and
two
bunches
of
raisins.
And
when
he
had
eaten
them
his
spirit
returned,
and
he
was refreshed:
for
he
had
not
eaten
bread,
nor
drunk
water
three
days,
and
three
nights.
\VS{13}And
David
said
to
him:
To
whom dost thou belong?
or whence dost thou come?
and whither art thou going?
He
said:
I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
the
servant
of
an Amalecite,
and
my
master
left
me,
because
I began
to
be
sick
three
days
ago.
\VS{14}For
we
made
an invasion
on
the
south
side
of Cerethi,
and
upon Juda,
and
upon
the
south
of
Caleb,
and
we
burnt Siceleg
with
fire.
\VS{15}And
David
said
to
him: Canst thou
bring
me
to
this company?
And
he
said:
Swear
to
me
by
God,
that thou wilt
not
kill
me,
nor
deliver
me
into
the
hands
of
my
master,
and
I
will
bring thee
to
this company.
And
David
swore
to
him.
\VS{16}And
when
he
had
brought
him,
behold
they
were lying
spread
upon
all
the
ground,
eating
and
drinking,
and
as
it
were
keeping
a
festival
day,
for
all
the prey,
and
the
spoils
which
they
had
taken
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
land
of Juda.
\VS{17}And
David
slew
them
from
the
evening unto
the
evening
of
the
next
day,
and
there
escaped
not
a
man
of
them,
but
four
hundred
young
men,
who
had gotten
upon
camels,
and
fled.
\VS{18}So
David
recovered
all
that
the Amalecites
had
taken,
and
he
rescued
his
two
wives.
\VS{19}And
there
was
nothing
missing
small
or
great,
neither
of
their
sons
or
their
daughters,
nor
of
the
spoils,
and
whatsoever
they
had
taken:
David
recovered
all.
\VS{20}And
he
took
all
the
flocks
and
the
herds,
and
made
them go
before
him:
and
they
said:
This
is
the prey
of
David.
\VS{21}And
David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men,
who being weary
had
stayed,
and
were
not able
to
follow
David,
and
he
had ordered
them
to
abide
at
the torrent
Besor:
and
they
came
out
to
meet
David,
and
the
people
that
were
with
him.
And
David
coming
to
the
people saluted
them
peaceably.
\VS{22}Then
all
the
wicked
and unjust
men
that
had
gone
with
David answering,
said:
Because
they
came
not
with
us,
we
will
not
give
them
any
thing
of
the prey
which
we
have
recovered:
but
let
every
man
take
his
wife
and
his
children,
and
be contented
with
them,
and
go
his
way.
\VS{23}But
David
said:
You
shall
not
do
so,
my
brethren,
with
these
things,
which
the
Lord hath
given
us,
who hath
kept
us,
and hath
delivered
the robbers
that
invaded
us
into
our
hands.
\VS{24}And
no man
shall hearken
to
you
in
this
matter.
But
equal
shall
be
the
portion
of
him
that
went
down
to
battle
and
of
him
that
abode
at
the
baggage,
and
they
shall
divide
alike.
\VS{25}And
this hath
been
done
from
that
day
forward,
and
since
was
made
a
statute,
and
an
ordinance,
and
as
a law
in
Israel.
\VS{26}Then
David
came
to Siceleg,
and
sent presents
of
the prey
to
the ancients
of Juda
his neighbours,
saying: Receive
a
blessing
of
the prey
of
the
enemies
of
the
Lord.
\VS{27}To
them
that
were
in
Bethel,
and
that
were
in
Ramoth
to
the south,
and
to
them
that
were
in Jether,
\VS{28}And
to
them
that
were
in
Aroer
and
that
were
in Sephamoth,
and
that
were
in Esthamo,
\VS{29}And
that
were
in Rachal,
and
that
were
in
the
cities
of Jerameel,
and
that
were
in
the
cities
of Ceni,
\VS{30}And
that
were
in Arama,
and
that
were
in
the lake Asan,
and
that
were
in
Athach,
\VS{31}And
that
were
in
Hebron,
and
to
the rest
that
were
in
those
places,
in
which
David
had abode
with
his
men.

\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
in
mount Gelboe.
\VS{2}And
the
Philistines fell
upon
Saul,
and
upon
his
sons,
and
they
slew
Jonathan,
and
Abinadab
and Melchisua
the
sons
of
Saul.
\VS{3}And
the whole weight
of
the
battle
was
turned
upon
Saul:
and
the
archers
overtook
him,
and
he
was grievously wounded
by
the
archers.
\VS{4}Then
Saul
said
to
his armourbearer:
Draw thy
sword,
and
kill
me:
lest
these
uncircumcised
come,
and slay
me,
and mock
at
me.
And
his armourbearer
would
not:
for
he
was
struck
with
exceeding
great
fear.
Then
Saul
took
his
sword,
and
fell
upon
it.
\VS{5}And
when
his armourbearer
saw
this,
to wit,
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
also
fell
upon
his
sword
and
died
with
him.
\VS{6}So
Saul
died,
and
his
three
sons,
and
his armourbearer,
and
all
his
men
that
same
day
together.
\VS{7}And
the
men
of
Israel,
that
were
beyond
the
valley,
and
beyond
the
Jordan,
seeing
that
the
Israelites
were
fled,
and
that
Saul
was
dead,
and
his
sons, forsook
their
cities,
and
fled:
and
the
Philistines
came,
and
dwelt
there.
\VS{8}And
on
the morrow
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
and
they
found
Saul
and
his
three
sons
lying
in
mount Gelboe.
\VS{9}And
they
cut
off
Saul’s
head,
and
stripped
him
of
his armour,
and
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
round
about,
to publish
it
in
the
temples
of
their
idols,
and
among
their
people.
\VS{10}And
they
put
his armour
in
the
temple
of Astaroth, but
his body
they hung
on
the
wall
of Bethsan.
\VS{11}Now
when
the
inhabitants
of Jabes Galaad
had
heard all
that
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
\VS{12}All
the most
valiant
men
arose,
and walked
all
the
night,
and
took
the body
of
Saul,
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons,
from
the
wall
of Bethsan:
and
they
came
to Jabes Galaad,
and
burnt
them
there:
\VS{13}And
they
took
their
bones
and
buried
them
in
the
wood
of Jabes:
and
fasted
seven
days.
\par }