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\BibleBook{1 Samuel}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of what happened in Israel from the birth of Samuel to the death of King Saul. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Samuel }

\BibleSectionHeading{Samuel was born }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Samuel was born }
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\chapterNumber{1}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" Elkanah|strong="H0511" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1121" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H8034" lived|strong="H1961". His|strong="H1961" father|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Jeroham|strong="H3395", his|strong="H1961" grandfather|strong="H0001" was|strong="H8034" Elihu|strong="H0453", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" great-grandfather was|strong="H8034" Tohu|strong="H8459". He|strong="H4480" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" Zuph|strong="H6689" clan|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8147" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802": Hannah|strong="H2584" and|strong="H8147" Peninnah|strong="H6444". Peninnah|strong="H6444" had|strong="H1961" several|strong="H2669" children|strong="H3206", but|strong="H1961" Hannah|strong="H2584" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" children|strong="H3206". 
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\verseNumber{3}Once|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" Elkanah|strong="H0511" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Ramah|strong="H7414" to|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" went|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* } of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931". The|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w father|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}Each|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" Elkanah|strong="H0511" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" there|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H1961" Peninnah|strong="H6444" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" Hannah|strong="H2584" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227", he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" special|strong="H6381" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" permitted|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H7358" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802", Peninnah|strong="H3707", would|strong="H3068" ridicule|strong="H4912" Hannah|strong="H2584" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3707" her|strong="H5462" feel|strong="H4184" miserable|strong="H5999", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" allowed|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5462" to|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{7}This|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H6213" every|strong="H6213" year|strong="H8141". When|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3651" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*}, Peninnah|strong="H6213" ridiculed Hannah|strong="H5927" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H1767" that|strong="H3068" Hannah|strong="H5927" cried|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H4100" Elkanah|strong="H0511" would|strong="H4100" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H1058", “Hannah|strong="H2584", ◄why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" crying|strong="H1058"?/please|strong="H2896" quit|strong="H5355" crying|strong="H1058"!► [RHQ] ◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eating|strong="H0398"?/Please|strong="H2896" eat|strong="H0398" something|strong="H1697"!► [RHQ] Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3808" upset|strong="H8058"/sad|strong="H3415"? You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" me|strong="H3808"; is|strong="H4100" that|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" than|strong="H2896" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121"? (OR|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w love|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*} more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H2896" your|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w love|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*}, even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121".)” 
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\verseNumber{9}One|strong="H3068" year|strong="H8141", after|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drinking|strong="H8354" at|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887", Hannah|strong="H2584" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w*}. Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" was|strong="H3068" nearby|strong="H7138", sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" chair|strong="H3678" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorway|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}Hannah|strong="H2584" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H4751", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H1058" very|strong="H3966" sorrowfully as|strong="H5315" she|strong="H1931" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{11}She|strong="H5921" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" vow|strong="H5088" saying|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H2142" miserable|strong="H5999" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H2233", then|strong="H5414" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416". And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*}, ◄no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" his|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218"/his|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772"►.” 
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\verseNumber{12}As|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" praying|strong="H6419" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" saw|strong="H7200" Hannah’s lips|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w moving|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w praying|strong="H6419"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7535" Hannah|strong="H2584" was|strong="H3820" only|strong="H7535" praying|strong="H1696" silently|strong="H1748"; she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" not|strong="H3808" making|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3808" sound|strong="H6963". So|strong="H3808" Eli|strong="H5941" thought|strong="H2803" that|strong="H8085" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" drunk|strong="H7910". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H5493", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H5493" drunk|strong="H7937" [RHQ]? ◄Throw|strong="H7993" away|strong="H5493" your|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196"/Quit|strong="H5355" drinking|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196"►!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Hannah|strong="H2584" replied|strong="H6030", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8354"! I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" drinking|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H5315" other|strong="H0312" alcoholic drink|strong="H8354". I|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" telling|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H5439" how|strong="H6030" I|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184". 
\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" worthless|strong="H1100"/wicked|strong="H1100" woman|strong="H1323"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1323" been|strong="H1961" praying|strong="H1696" like|strong="H5704" this|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" distressed|strong="H6887" [DOU].” 
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\verseNumber{17}Eli|strong="H5941" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H5414" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3478" things|strong="H5973" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" desire|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3478" God|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H7596" we|strong="H0587" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H7592" from|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H6440" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" think|strong="H5869" highly|strong="H3966"/well|strong="H5869" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6440".” Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H6440" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w her|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" after|strong="H1961" she|strong="H6440" ate|strong="H0398" something|strong="H1697", her|strong="H4672" face|strong="H6440" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" looked|strong="H6440" sad|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{19}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3068" Ramah|strong="H7414". Elkanah|strong="H0511" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004"/had|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004"► Hannah|strong="H2584". Then|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" prayer|strong="H8605", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Samuel|strong="H8050", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* God’}, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" “Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H7592" from|strong="H1121" him|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hannah|strong="H2584" dedicated|strong="H7592" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Hannah|strong="H2584" dedicated|strong="H7592" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H3117", Elkanah|strong="H0511" again|strong="H7725" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*} with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1004" sacrifice|strong="H2077" he|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" special|strong="H6381" offering|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Hannah|strong="H2584" did|strong="H1580" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H7200" husband|strong="H0376", “After|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580" the|strong="H6440" baby|strong="H1121", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w present|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Elkanah|strong="H0511" said|strong="H1697", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" seems|strong="H2896" the|strong="H6213" best|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704". Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H6213". What|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5704" desire|strong="H8378" is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H6213" Hannah|strong="H2584" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" nursed|strong="H3243" her|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" until|strong="H5704" she|strong="H5704" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H5927" she|strong="H5973" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H5973", even|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H5288", she|strong="H5973" took|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004"/house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*}, she|strong="H5973" took|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5973" a|strong="H5927" three-year-old|strong="H7969" bull|strong="H6499", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sack|strong="H0572"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w*} ◄20 pounds|strong="H1993"/9 kg.► of|strong="H1004" flour|strong="H7058", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5927" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H7819" priest|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7819" bull|strong="H6499" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6499"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, Hannah|strong="H2584" and|strong="H6499" Elkanah|strong="H0511" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H7819" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H5288" Eli|strong="H5941". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2088" Hannah|strong="H2584" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973", “Sir|strong="H0113", ◄Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5973" remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5315"?/I|strong="H5315" solemnly|strong="H7650" affirm|strong="H5002"►, I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" as|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" stood|strong="H5324" here|strong="H2088" beside|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H5414" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" child|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" child|strong="H5288" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" presenting|strong="H5307" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" lives|strong="H1961".” Then|strong="H1961" Elkanah|strong="H0511" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Then|strong="H3588" Hannah|strong="H2584" prayed|strong="H6419", saying|strong="H6310", 
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“I|strong="H3588" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6310"\+w*} you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{, \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H7161" [MET|strong="H6298"] because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" ◄laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H5921"/ridicule|strong="H4912"► my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w taunted|strong="H2778"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1115" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918" like|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1115" other|strong="H1115" god|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1115" one|strong="H6918" like|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w putting|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w beneath|strong="H8478"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w danger|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}, stop|strong="H3808" boasting|strong="H6310"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" evaluate|strong="H3045"/judge|strong="H8199" everyone’s|strong="H3318" actions|strong="H5949". 
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So|strong="H3808" don’t|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" so|strong="H3808" arrogantly|strong="H6277"! 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3782" break|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" bows|strong="H7198"/weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1368" mighty|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H2428", 
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and|strong="H7198" you|strong="H3782" give|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H2428" to|strong="H2428" those|strong="H3782" who|strong="H1368" stumble|strong="H3782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w weak|strong="H3782"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" previously|strong="H8543" had|strong="H3205" plenty|strong="H7227" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899", now|strong="H7227" have|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5704" other|strong="H3205" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* earn \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899", 
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but|strong="H3205" many|strong="H7227" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" hungry|strong="H7457" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H2308" hungry|strong="H7457" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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The|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H6135" who|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" have|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" before|strong="H5704", now|strong="H7227" has|strong="H3205" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" many|strong="H7227"/seven|strong="H7651" children|strong="H1121", 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H6135" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3205" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121" before|strong="H5704", now|strong="H7227" is|strong="H1121" very|strong="H5704" lonely|strong="H3173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3381" cause|strong="H2600" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3381" restore|strong="H5927" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" dead|strong="H4191". 
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For|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068", but|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3381" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H1961" healthy|strong="H1277" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3423" cause|strong="H2600" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H3423" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3423" cause|strong="H2600" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rich|strong="H6238", 
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you|strong="H3423" humble|strong="H8213" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3423" honor|strong="H3519" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" lift|strong="H7311" poor|strong="H1800" people|strong="H3427" up|strong="H6965" so|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5157" longer|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w despondent|strong="H3512"\+w*, \+w sitting|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w dust|strong="H6083"\+w*,} 
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or|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" heaps|strong="H6194" of|strong="H3068" ashes|strong="H6083"; 
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you|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" princes|strong="H5081"; 
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you|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" chairs/thrones|strong="H3678" where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" highly|strong="H3966" honored|strong="H3519" sit|strong="H3427". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H7896" the|strong="H5921" foundations|strong="H4144" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H6083", 
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and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7896" the|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" foundations|strong="H4144". 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7563" protect|strong="H8104" your|strong="H8104" loyal|strong="H2623"/faithful|strong="H0539" people|strong="H3808" [SYN], 
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but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7563" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" to|strong="H8104" die|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H8104" descend|strong="H3381" to|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" dark|strong="H2822" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w are|strong="H7563"\+w*}. 
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We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3808" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} by|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" strength|strong="H3581"; 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" break|strong="H3068" into|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" oppose|strong="H7853" you|strong="H5414". 
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You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H7481" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H3068" show|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" ◄oppose|strong="H7853"/are|strong="H8064" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068"► them|strong="H5414". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H1777" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w everywhere|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" most|strong="H3068" remote|strong="H3411" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064". 
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You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H5797" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H5797" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" Elkanah|strong="H0511" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w family|strong="H1004"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Ramah|strong="H7414", but|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050", the|strong="H6440" little|strong="H4592" boy|strong="H5288", stayed|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" serve|strong="H8334" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Eli’s|strong="H5941" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" wicked|strong="H7563" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Eli’s|strong="H5941" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" wicked|strong="H7563" }
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\verseNumber{12}Eli’s|strong="H5941" two|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{, \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w*,} were|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3045" wicked|strong="H1100". They|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" (OR|strong="H3808", respect|strong="H3045"/obey|strong="H3045") Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H8033"\+w*} would|strong="H3478" stick|strong="H6086" the|strong="H3605" fork|strong="H4207" into|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H6517", and|strong="H3478" whatever|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" fastened|strong="H8628" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" fork|strong="H4207", he|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w give|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5221". Eli’s|strong="H5941" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5315" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650", “Let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} burn|strong="H6999" the|strong="H3588" fat|strong="H2459" first|strong="H3117"; then|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808",” the|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650" would|strong="H5315" reply|strong="H7725", “No|strong="H3808", give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258"; if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" forcefully!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Eli|strong="H5941"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" committing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" sin|strong="H2403", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" treating very|strong="H3966" disrespectfully the|strong="H6440" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5006" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H5288" boy|strong="H5288", he|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H3068" little|strong="H4592" sacred|strong="H6944" linen|strong="H8336" vest \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w wore|strong="H3830"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}Each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" his|strong="H6213" mother|strong="H0517" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} little|strong="H6996" robe|strong="H4598" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3117" took|strong="H5927" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*} with|strong="H6213" her|strong="H6213" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5927" offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1980" Eli|strong="H5941" would|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" Elkanah|strong="H0511", “I|strong="H7760" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H1980" give|strong="H7760" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1980" other|strong="H2063" children|strong="H2233", to|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H4480" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H2063" dedicated|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” Then|strong="H1980" Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7760" family|strong="H2233" would|strong="H3068" return|strong="H8478" home|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3068" Hannah|strong="H2584", and|strong="H1121" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H8147"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". Their|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" while|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{22}Eli|strong="H5941" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121". He|strong="H6213" often|strong="H1767" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H6213"\+w*} things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". He|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"/had|strong="H3478" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"► the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H6633" who|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “◄It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4100" terrible|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697"!/Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697"?► [RHQ] Many|strong="H4100" people|strong="H5971" keep|strong="H6213" telling|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6213" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{24}My|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121", stop|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3588"! The|strong="H8085" reports|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H8085" others|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" terrible|strong="H3372" [EUP]! 
\verseNumber{25}If|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" another|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315", God|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" ◄intercede|strong="H6419"/act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" referee► between|strong="H6963" them|strong="H8085". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4310" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H4310" [RHQ] ◄intercede|strong="H6419"/act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" referee► between|strong="H6963" them|strong="H8085"!” But|strong="H3588" Eli’s|strong="H5941" sons|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" what|strong="H4310" their|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H8085". This|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* }kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H8085". 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" warned|strong="H2094" what|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3068" boy|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" grow|strong="H1432" up|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{27}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117", a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1540" him|strong="H1540", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1540" me|strong="H1961": ‘When|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3541" appeared|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
\verseNumber{28}From|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", I|strong="H5414" chose|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w male|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" my|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196", to|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004", to|strong="H3478" wear|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" apron \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worked|strong="H5375"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H5375" take|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H6999"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H4480" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6680" show|strong="H7200" disrespect|strong="H8034" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H1121" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H6680" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H0935"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4480" [RHQ]? You|strong="H6680" are|strong="H5971" honoring|strong="H3513" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H5971" honoring|strong="H3513" me|strong="H4480", by|strong="H3478" allowing them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" fat|strong="H1254" from|strong="H4480" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4480"!’ 
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\verseNumber{30}“herefore, this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, declares|strong="H5002": ‘I|strong="H3588" definitely|strong="H3559" promised|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" would|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5704" serve|strong="H1980" [IDM] me|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769".’ But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" declare|strong="H5046" this|strong="H3651": ‘It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" continue|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588"! I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H7043" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H7043" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{31}Listen|strong="H2009" carefully|strong="H6213"! There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w young|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2205"\+w*} in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191". The|strong="H3117" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" no|strong="H1961" men|strong="H2205" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w long|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H3478" envious|strong="H7065" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" see|strong="H5027" the|strong="H3605" blessings|strong="H1293" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w repeat|strong="H6286"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} no|strong="H3808" men|strong="H2205" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" enough|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{33}There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" whom|strong="H5869" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5869" spare|strong="H2550", and|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" prevent|strong="H6923" him|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3772" serving|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5315" as|strong="H5315" a|strong="H3772" priest|strong="H3548". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" become|strong="H1961" blind|strong="H5787", and|strong="H1004" then|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H4191" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1004" grieving|strong="H5110". But|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H5869" die|strong="H4191" violently|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H1121" your|strong="H2088" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", will|strong="H1121" both|strong="H8147" die|strong="H4191" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" same|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". And|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*/\+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{35}‘ have|strong="H3548" chosen|strong="H4899" another|strong="H6440" man|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H5315" my|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H5315" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5315" serve|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440" faithfully|strong="H0571": He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H5315" [DOU] him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H1980" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3548" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H2233" [IDM] who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H5315" always|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440" by|strong="H3117" helping|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" choose|strong="H0977". 
\verseNumber{36}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H3498" alive|strong="H2416" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3701" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H4994" them|strong="H1961" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" may|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{earn \+w some|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} buy|strong="H7069" some|strong="H3498" food|strong="H3899".”’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh Called Samuel }

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\chapterNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w*} boy|strong="H5288", Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" while|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941" supervised|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440". At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1992" few|strong="H4592" messages|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w received|strong="H1961"\+w*} from|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1992" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5288" saw|strong="H7200" visions|strong="H2377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}By|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H3117" Eli’s|strong="H5941" eyes|strong="H5869" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3808"; he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" almost|strong="H3117" blind|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" sleeping|strong="H3463" in|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" room|strong="H4725", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" sleeping|strong="H3463" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168", where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3068" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H3068" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" was|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104". While|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" lamp|strong="H5216" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H7901" burning|strong="H2740", 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121", “Samuel|strong="H8050"! Samuel|strong="H8050"!” Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2005"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H7725" Eli|strong="H5941". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" here|strong="H2005", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725"!” But|strong="H3588" Eli|strong="H5941" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588". Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" bed|strong="H7901".” So|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7725" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" again|strong="H7725", “Samuel|strong="H8050"!” So|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2005", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725"!” But|strong="H3588" Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H7121", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588". Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901".” 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3045" time|strong="H6256" Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" yet|strong="H2962" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* } Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w could|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3045"\+w*}, because|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" previously|strong="H8543" revealed|strong="H1540" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w lay|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w again|strong="H3254"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992". So|strong="H7121" again|strong="H3254" Samuel|strong="H8050" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3068" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2005", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121"!” 
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Then|strong="H6965" Eli|strong="H5941" realized|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" calling|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H3212". If|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" calls|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588" again|strong="H3212", say|strong="H1696" ‘Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7121", Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" listening|strong="H8085"!’ ” So|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H3320" there|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471", “Samuel|strong="H8050"! Samuel|strong="H8050"!” Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1696", “Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7121", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" shock/horrify [IDM] everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004" punish|strong="H6485" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004" do|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3615" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" would|strong="H5941" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{13}His|strong="H3045" sons|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3045" shown|strong="H5046" great|strong="H1419" disrespect|strong="H8034" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5046" by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" disgraceful|strong="H5039" things|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" restrain|strong="H3607" them|strong="H1992". So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" punish|strong="H6485" his|strong="H3045" family|strong="H1004" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H5704" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5704" Eli’s|strong="H5941" family|strong="H1004", ‘You|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1004" never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H5769" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" avoid|strong="H6544" the|strong="H5704" consequences for|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5704" sin|strong="H5771", even|strong="H5704" if|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5704" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H1004" sacrifices|strong="H2077" or|strong="H5704" offerings|strong="H4503".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H7725" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242". Then|strong="H3372" he|strong="H5704" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5704" and|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3068" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w usual|strong="H3117"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" Eli|strong="H5941" about|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" vision|strong="H4759" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" Eli|strong="H5941" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121", “Samuel|strong="H8050", my|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121"!” Samuel|strong="H8050" answered|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" here|strong="H2005"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Eli|strong="H5941" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H4100" was|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605"? Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" conceal|strong="H3582" it|strong="H6213"! I|strong="H3541" want|strong="H4270" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1696" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" severely|strong="H5953" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H6213" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605". He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" anything|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H6213" Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H1697", “He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" willing|strong="H0014" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" thinks|strong="H8176" is|strong="H3068" best|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{19}As|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" everything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" ◄come|strong="H1961" true|strong="H3068"/happen|strong="H1961"► that|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" predicted|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" northern|strong="H6828" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" southern|strong="H5045" end|strong="H7093", realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3068" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" in|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887" and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3254" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200". 
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\chapterNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" }
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At|strong="H2583" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H4421" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971". The|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H4421" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Ebenezer|strong="H0072", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4421" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Aphek|strong="H0663". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4634" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H4634", and|strong="H3478" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" continued|strong="H5674", the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Israelis and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H5221" 4,000 of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" remaining|strong="H8300" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264", the|strong="H6440" Israeli elders|strong="H2205"/leaders|strong="H2205" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H6440" today|strong="H3117"? We|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5971" contains|strong="H4393" the|strong="H6440" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H6440" Shiloh|strong="H7887", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971". They|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H8033" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5375" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5971" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H5375" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w believed|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5375" throne|strong="H3678" between|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5375" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}. The|strong="H5375" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", went|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H7321" saw|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w bringing|strong="H0935"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" box|strong="H0712" into|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" so|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="H1419". They|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7321" so|strong="H1961" loudly|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" shake|strong="H7493"! 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H8085" Philistines|strong="H6430" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Hebrew|strong="H5680" camp|strong="H4264" shouting|strong="H8643" about|strong="H8085"?” Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H6430" shouting|strong="H8643" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3588" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H8085" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3588" Israelis’ gods|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" into|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" camp|strong="H4264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*} We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6430" in|strong="H3808" big|strong="H0931" trouble|strong="H6869" now|strong="H1961"! Nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2063" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H3588" before|strong="H3808"! 
\verseNumber{8}◄Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310"/Can|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605"► save|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5337" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" powerful|strong="H2392" gods|strong="H0430" [RHQ]? They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" who|strong="H4310" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H4714" many|strong="H7227" plagues|strong="H4347" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w*} through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H5647" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H2388", be|strong="H1961" courageous|strong="H2388"! Fight|strong="H3898" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H7186"! If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5647" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6435"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w then|strong="H1961"\+w*} you|strong="H5647" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5647" slaves|strong="H5647", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5647" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5647" previously|strong="H8543"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H1419" fought|strong="H3898" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" the|strong="H1961" Israelis. They|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5307" 30,000 Israeli soldiers|strong="H7273", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" Israeli soldiers|strong="H7273" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H3478" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3947" Philistines|strong="H6430" captured|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3947" killed|strong="H4191" Eli’s|strong="H5941" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372". 

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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", one|strong="H1931" man|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H4055" and|strong="H3117" threw|strong="H7993" dirt|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w very|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H7323" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4634" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H4634" were|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H3898", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887" late|strong="H0309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1961" waiting|strong="H8104" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w news|strong="H1319"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H5221" very|strong="H3966" anxious|strong="H1672" to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H5046" if|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H3605" bad|strong="H7451" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H5046" arrived|strong="H0935" and|strong="H5892" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="H3427" what|strong="H1870" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961", everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" cry|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{14}Eli|strong="H5941" asked|strong="H4100", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" they|strong="H4100" making|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5941" that|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963"?” The|strong="H8085" messenger|strong="H5046" ran|strong="H7323" over|strong="H4100" to|strong="H8085" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H6963" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" the|strong="H8085" news|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{15}At|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H8141", Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1121" 98 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1121" blind|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H4480" messenger|strong="H4397" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941", “I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" just|strong="H1697" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H4480" where|strong="H4100" the|strong="H4480" armies|strong="H4634" were|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H3898". I|strong="H3117" left|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" earlier|strong="H7223" today|strong="H3117".” Eli|strong="H5941" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H6030", “The|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" defeated|strong="H5221" our|strong="H3947" Israeli army|strong="H5971". They|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H4191" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" others|strong="H5971" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H3947". The|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" killed|strong="H4191" your|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372". They|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1571" captured|strong="H3947" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Eli|strong="H5307" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" fat|strong="H2459"; and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" heard|strong="H3588" what|strong="H2142" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", he|strong="H1931" fell|strong="H5307" backward|strong="H0268" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chair|strong="H3678" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179". His|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H4665" was|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H7665" and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" led|strong="H8199" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3588" 40 years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802"/widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H3205" Eli’s|strong="H5941" son|strong="H3205" Phinehas|strong="H6372" was|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030", and|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3205" almost|strong="H4592" time|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3947" baby|strong="H1121". When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" had|strong="H3205" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947" and|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H8085" her|strong="H3947" father-in-law|strong="H2524" were|strong="H3205" dead|strong="H4191", her|strong="H3947" labor|strong="H3205" pains|strong="H6735" suddenly|strong="H6597" began|strong="H2490". She|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H4116" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3947" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H5921" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" helping|strong="H5826" her|strong="H5921" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" encourage|strong="H2388" her|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" saying|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121"!” But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7896" any|strong="H3588" attention|strong="H3820" [DOU] to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H3372" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3947" boy|strong="H5288" Ichabod|strong="H0350", which|strong="H3478" means|strong="H3027" ‘no|strong="H3947" glory’, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} glory|strong="H3519" has|strong="H3478" departed|strong="H1540" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".” She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3478" because|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3478" because|strong="H3588" her|strong="H1540" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3478" her|strong="H1540" father-in-law|strong="H2524" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} glory|strong="H3519" has|strong="H3478" left|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947"!” And|strong="H3478" then|strong="H3947" she|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191". 

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\chapterNumber{5}After|strong="H6430" the|strong="H3947" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group captured|strong="H3947" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" in|strong="H3947" Ebenezer|strong="H0072" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, they|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* biggest \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H6430" carried|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3322" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Dagon|strong="H1712", and|strong="H1004" placed|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3322" alongside|strong="H5980" a|strong="H3947" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H2009" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H4283", when|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w see|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" statue|strong="H6755" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" its|strong="H7725" face|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727"! So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" statue|strong="H6755" up|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3068" its|strong="H7725" place|strong="H4725" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7535" the|strong="H6440" following|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" again|strong="H7925". But|strong="H7535" this|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6440", the|strong="H6440" statue’s head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H7665" off|strong="H3772", and|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" lying|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" doorway|strong="H6607". Only|strong="H7535" its|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320" remained|strong="H7604" intact|strong="H5921"/unbroken. 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" and|strong="H3117" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" in|strong="H5921" Ashdod|strong="H0795" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" step|strong="H6587" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" doorsill \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hands|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Dagon|strong="H1712"\+w* \+w fell|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [SYN] powerfully caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Ashdod|strong="H0795" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H2691" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" ◄a|strong="H5221" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3513" plague|strong="H5061"/serious|strong="H2470" illness|strong="H2483"► of|strong="H3068" tumors|strong="H6076". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3027" Ashdod|strong="H0795" realized|strong="H7200" why|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3478" happening, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H3478" out|strong="H7200", “The|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3427" is|strong="H3027" punishing|strong="H7725" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3027" also|strong="H3478" punishing|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7200" god|strong="H3808" Dagon|strong="H1712". So|strong="H3651" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Israelis to|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3427" here|strong="H3651"!” 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H4100" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group, and|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H7971", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" god|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis?” 
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The|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3478" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4100" moved|strong="H4131" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" Gath|strong="H1661". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661", Yahweh|strong="H3068" powerfully struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" also|strong="H3068", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" many|strong="H5704" men|strong="H1419", including|strong="H5704" young|strong="H6996" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1419" men|strong="H1419", got|strong="H6965" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" skin|strong="H5785". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5971" took|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3478" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5971" carried|strong="H5437" the|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H1961" Ekron|strong="H6138", the|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H7971", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7971" bringing|strong="H0935" the|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7971" God|strong="H7971" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7971" Israelis into|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5971" us|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5971" our|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" terrified|strong="H3966"/in|strong="H3478" panic|strong="H4103" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" starting|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H7725" severely|strong="H3966". So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w five|strong="H2568"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pleaded|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, saying|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H7725" this|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Israelis back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725"! If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H3966", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{12}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H4191" Ekron|strong="H6138" had|strong="H8064" already|strong="H3528" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5221" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3808" were|strong="H8064" suffering|strong="H6040" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5892" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5221" skin|strong="H5785". So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" all|strong="H5927" cried|strong="H5892" out|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" their|strong="H5221" gods|strong="H0430" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w help|strong="H7775"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They returned the sacred chest to the Israelis }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They returned the sacred chest to the Israelis }
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\chapterNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" kept|strong="H1961" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3068" summoned|strong="H7121" their|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ◄diviners|strong="H7080"/men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" practice|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319"►. They|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H7971", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"? Tell|strong="H3045" us|strong="H6213" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7121" back|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3068" its|strong="H6213" own|strong="H3548" land|strong="H4725".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Those|strong="H4480" men|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588" an|strong="H7971" offering|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w show|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w*} guilty|strong="H0816" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" plague|strong="H5061" will|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H5493". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H7971" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" healed|strong="H7495", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" plague|strong="H5061".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4557" Philistia|strong="H6429" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4557" offering|strong="H4503" should|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" send|strong="H7971"?” 
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The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" replied|strong="H0559", “Make|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H2091" your|strong="H3605" skin|strong="H5785", and|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H4557" rats. Make|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H4557" each|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" number|strong="H4557" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" your|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428", and|strong="H7725" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H4046" has|strong="H4100" struck|strong="H5221" both|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5}Make|strong="H6213" models that|strong="H3478" represent|strong="H7969" the|strong="H5921" rats and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" tumors|strong="H6076" that|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" ruining|strong="H2254" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". Make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H3519" the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971". If|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478", perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" punishing|strong="H7725" [IDM] you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" [RHQ] stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM] like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7971" Egyptians|strong="H4713" and|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3820". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* Israelis’ \+w god|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}. After|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" Israelis’ god|strong="H3808" finished|strong="H3615" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7971" very|strong="H3966" severely|strong="H5953", they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3820" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="H3212" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7971" Israelis to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H7971" country|strong="H2022" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{7}“o|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" build|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699". Then|strong="H6258" get|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" very|strong="H6213" recently|strong="H3117" given|strong="H6213" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" calves|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3808" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" hitched|strong="H0631" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3947" cart|strong="H5699" [MTY]. Hitch|strong="H0631" those|strong="H5921" cows|strong="H6510" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" calves|strong="H1121" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3947" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{8}Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israelis’ god’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" cart|strong="H5699". Also|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" cart|strong="H5699" the|strong="H5414" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H3068" rats. Put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3947" small|strong="H6996" box|strong="H0712" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1980" show|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" deserved|strong="H1576" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* capturing \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1980" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w*} down|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" road|strong="H1980", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{pulling} the|strong="H5414" cart|strong="H5699". 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Watch|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w cart|strong="H5699"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w* \+w pull|strong="H2040"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" pull|strong="H2040" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5927" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" Israelis’ god|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H1961" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" experience|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2063" plague|strong="H5061". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" there|strong="H1961", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" god|strong="H3808" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" Israelis who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H6213". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" just|strong="H6213" happened|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" predicted|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" future|strong="H0319" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*} a|strong="H3947" cart|strong="H5699" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} hitched|strong="H0631" two|strong="H8147" cows|strong="H6510" to|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3651" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" calves|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3947" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" cart|strong="H5699" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" box|strong="H0712" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" models of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" rats and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tumors|strong="H2914". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" cows|strong="H6510" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H1980" straight|strong="H3474" toward|strong="H1870" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053". They|strong="H3808" stayed|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1980" were|strong="H6430" mooing all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5704". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225". The|strong="H5921" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1366" followed|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" cows|strong="H6510" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" reached|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1366" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053". 
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\verseNumber{13}At|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H7105", the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" were|strong="H5869" harvesting|strong="H7105" wheat|strong="H2406" in|strong="H8055" the|strong="H7200" valley|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w* \+w came|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}, they|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". They|strong="H5375" were|strong="H5869" extremely|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H8055" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{14-15}The|strong="H3605" cows|strong="H6510" pulled|strong="H5265" the|strong="H3605" cart|strong="H5699" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" stopped|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697". Several|strong="H2669" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" lifted|strong="H5375" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" cart|strong="H5699" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" box|strong="H0712" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rats and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" tumors|strong="H6076", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" cart|strong="H5699" and|strong="H3967" kindled|strong="H2734" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" wood|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cart|strong="H5699"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3605" cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H3967" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H6297"/carcasses|strong="H5038" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313". That|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H7200" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508" watched|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" this|strong="H1931", and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3117" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Ekron|strong="H6138", that|strong="H7200" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3068" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H3068" tumors|strong="H2914" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" deserved|strong="H1576" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" were|strong="H6430" gifts|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ashdod|strong="H0795", Gaza|strong="H5804", Ashkelon|strong="H0831", Gath|strong="H1661", and|strong="H3068" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3605" models of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" rats were|strong="H6430" gifts|strong="H4979" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3240" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" towns|strong="H5892". The|strong="H3605" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697" at|strong="H5921" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053", on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*} set|strong="H3240" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3240" there|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Joshua|strong="H3091". When|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3240" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2088"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" seventy|strong="H7657" men|strong="H1419" from|strong="H3068" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" looked|strong="H7200" into|strong="H7200" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" mourned|strong="H7657" very|strong="H1419" much|strong="H1419" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" [IDM] those|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1419" like|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H5927" one|strong="H6918" [RHQ] can|strong="H4310" ◄resist|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3201" of|strong="H3068"/stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068"► Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*}! Where|strong="H5921" can|strong="H4310" we|strong="H3201" send|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7725", “The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" have|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725"! Come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7971"!” 
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\chapterNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H8104" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w received|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w*} came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8104" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8104" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5927" hillside|strong="H6763". They|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" Abinadab’s son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" chest|strong="H0727". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117"—a|strong="H1961" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" 20 years|strong="H8141". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" mourned|strong="H5594" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w abandoned|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*} (OR|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}). 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3605" Israelis }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3605" Israelis }
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7725" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" truly|strong="H3588" [IDM] want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544"/statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" foreign|strong="H5236" gods|strong="H0430". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H7725" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" only|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H5971".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5647" Israelis got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" Astarte|strong="H6253", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" only|strong="H0389" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1157", “All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6908" must|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H6908" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1157" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709". Then|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H7151" where|strong="H8033" Samuel|strong="H8050" previously|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" big|strong="H0931" ceremony|strong="H5656" there|strong="H8033". They|strong="H3117" drew|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" poured|strong="H8210" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" while|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" watched|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H6440" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H6440" food|strong="H3899" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" confessed|strong="H3034" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709", they|strong="H3588" led|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" there|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Israelis found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3478" approaching|strong="H0935" them|strong="H6440", they|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Pray|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3027" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" [MTY], and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2790" stop|strong="H2308" pleading|strong="H1696"!” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H5288" lamb|strong="H2924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5927"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" offered|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3632" burned|strong="H3632" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3478" pleaded|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6030"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" Israelis, and|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" help|strong="H6030" them|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{10}While|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H5930", the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" thunder|strong="H6963" very|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H6963". The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" frightened|strong="H3372", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" ◄became|strong="H1961" confused|strong="H2000"/did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068"►. So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Israelis were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5221" Israeli men|strong="H3478" ran|strong="H7323" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" Mizpah|strong="H4709" and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" almost|strong="H4592" to|strong="H5704" Beth-Car|strong="H1033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H5704" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H3478" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5704" run|strong="H7291" away|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{12}After|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961", Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" between|strong="H5704" Mizpah|strong="H4709" and|strong="H3068" Jeshanah|strong="H3466" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3947" stone|strong="H0068" ‘Ebenezer’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* help’}, because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H7121" “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" us|strong="H7760" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" present|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Israeli land|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*} again|strong="H5750". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416", Yahweh|strong="H3068" powerfully protected|strong="H3467" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3947" Israeli army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" capture|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" Israeli villages|strong="H2691" between|strong="H7965" Ekron|strong="H6138" and|strong="H3478" Gath|strong="H1661" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947" before|strong="H5704". The|strong="H3947" Israelis were|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" areas|strong="H0776" around|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* Israelis} previously|strong="H8543". And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H7965" the|strong="H3947" Israelis and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Amor people-group. 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" until|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H8141" long|strong="H3605" as|strong="H8141" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" alive|strong="H2416", every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" he|strong="H3605" traveled|strong="H1980" back|strong="H5437" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" between|strong="H8199" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1980" Gilgal|strong="H1537" and|strong="H1980" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. In|strong="H8141" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" he|strong="H3605" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" disputes|strong="H6099" between|strong="H8199" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1980" made|strong="H8141" decisions|strong="H4941" about|strong="H5437" them|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{17}After|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" disputes|strong="H6099" and|strong="H3478" made|strong="H1129" decisions|strong="H4941" in|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3588" towns|strong="H1323", he|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099" there|strong="H8033", also|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w decisions|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4196"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" at|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelis asked for a king }

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\chapterNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" became|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3478" appointed|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Joel|strong="H3100" and|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029", to|strong="H3478" lead|strong="H5148"/rule|strong="H8199" the|strong="H7760" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H8034" judged|strong="H8199" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099"/cases|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1121" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3947" father|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H2654" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H1980" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701". They|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H3947" honest|strong="H4941" decisions|strong="H4941" about|strong="H1980" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099"/cases|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{4}Finally|strong="H5704", the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" met|strong="H6298" at|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w discuss|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w matter|strong="H1697"\+w*} with|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H7760", “Listen|strong="H3605"! You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3605". Appoint|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H4428" us|strong="H7760", like|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" have|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7489" unhappy with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3068" requesting that|strong="H3068", so|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" requested|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3588" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*/\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w*}► that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" really|strong="H2088" rejecting. I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4427" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" really|strong="H2088" rejecting. 
\verseNumber{8}Ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H1992" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714", they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1571" rejected|strong="H5800" me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1571" worshiped|strong="H5647" other|strong="H2088" gods|strong="H0430". And|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" rejecting you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" way|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4428" asking|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8085". But|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H5749"/tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" how|strong="H3588" their|strong="H8085" kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" act|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1697" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" rules|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440": He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" force|strong="H2394" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428". He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" run|strong="H7323" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" chariots|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H5352"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w way|strong="H4941"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w*} them|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" be|strong="H7760" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H4421", but|strong="H2790" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H8269" work|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" like|strong="H6213" slaves|strong="H5650". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" force|strong="H2394" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" plow|strong="H2790" his|strong="H7760" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H2572" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} harvest|strong="H7105" his|strong="H7760" crops|strong="H7105". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" force|strong="H2394" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7760" weapons|strong="H3627" and|strong="H2572" equipment|strong="H3627" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7760" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H1323" take|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} your|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w force|strong="H2394"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w*} to|strong="H1323" make|strong="H3947" perfumes|strong="H7547" for|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1323" cook|strong="H2876" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1323" bake|strong="H0644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2896" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H5650" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H5650" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H2132" groves|strong="H2132"/orchards|strong="H6508", and|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" officials|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" harvests|strong="H7114" and|strong="H5650" distribute|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5414" officers|strong="H5631" and|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5650"\+w*} his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3947" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H8198" servants|strong="H5650", your|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2896" cattle|strong="H4399" and|strong="H5650" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H5650" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5650" goats|strong="H5795". And|strong="H5650" you|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650"! 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" comes|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" complain|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440" yourselves|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ◄pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068"/help|strong="H6030"► you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H6963" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085", “We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w care|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H6963"\+w*}! We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428"! 
\verseNumber{20}We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" rule|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" lead|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898".” 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H8085" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3478" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". Give|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" home|strong="H3212". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul met Samuel }

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\chapterNumber{9}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H1121" influential man|strong="H1368" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Kish|strong="H7027". He|strong="H8034" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Kish|strong="H7027" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeror|strong="H6872". He|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Becorath|strong="H1064" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Aphiah|strong="H0647". 
\verseNumber{2}Kish|strong="H7027" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Saul|strong="H7586". He|strong="H3605" was|strong="H8034" more|strong="H4480" handsome|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218"/foot|strong="H7272" taller|strong="H1364" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" Kish’s female|strong="H5347" donkeys|strong="H2543" wandered|strong="H8582" off|strong="H3772". So|strong="H3947" Kish|strong="H7027" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", “Take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5288" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" donkeys|strong="H2543"!” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2022". He|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5674" a|strong="H4672" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H2022" they|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5674" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H2022" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" areas|strong="H0776" named|strong="H7121" Shalishah|strong="H8031" and|strong="H2022" Shaalim|strong="H8171", and|strong="H2022" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5674" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Benjamin|strong="H1144" lived|strong="H3427", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H5674" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{5}Finally|strong="H5704", they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H4480" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H4480" Zuph|strong="H6689". Then|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H4480" servant|strong="H5288", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". If|strong="H6435" we|strong="H6435" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5288", my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H5288" stop|strong="H2308" worrying|strong="H4480" about|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H7725" start|strong="H1870" worrying|strong="H4480" about|strong="H4480" us|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3605" another|strong="H5046" idea|strong="H1697" [IDM]. There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1870" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" God’s|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" town|strong="H5892". People|strong="H1696" respect|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" very|strong="H6258" much|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H8033" predicts comes|strong="H1980" true|strong="H0571". Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921". Perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H8033" can|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H4994" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H4994" can|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w donkeys|strong="H2543"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5288", “If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w gift|strong="H8670"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3588"? We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5288" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3212" our|strong="H3588" sacks|strong="H3627". Do|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5288" anything|strong="H4100" else|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3588"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H6030", “Look|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*}! I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5414" small|strong="H6996" silver|strong="H3701" coin. I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3254" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6030" then|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" where|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w donkeys|strong="H2543"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9-11}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*.”} So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" lived|strong="H3427". As|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" going|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151", they|strong="H1992" met|strong="H6298" some|strong="H4480" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" coming|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" to|strong="H0413" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}. One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", “Is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" seer|strong="H2374" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w today|strong="H3117"\+w*}?” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} previously|strong="H8543", if|strong="H0518" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} wanted|strong="H2654" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" God|strong="H0430", they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" say|strong="H0559", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" seer|strong="H2374",” and|strong="H3967" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" now|strong="H6258" are|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" called|strong="H7121" ‘those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w visions|strong="H2376"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*/\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w sees|strong="H7200"\+w*►}.’ 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" women|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H5892". In|strong="H3117" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walking|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*} ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3117" just|strong="H6258" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H3426" to|strong="H6440" offer|strong="H2077" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5927" quickly|strong="H4116", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7121"\+w*} before|strong="H2962" he|strong="H1931" goes|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927". The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" invited|strong="H7121" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" start|strong="H1870" eating|strong="H0398" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" arrives|strong="H0935" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3117" ◄blesses|strong="H1288"/asks|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" bless|strong="H1288"► the|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8432" servant|strong="H5650" entered|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8432" town|strong="H5892". As|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3318" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" gates|strong="H8179", they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" as|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3318" was|strong="H5892" coming|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H5927" them|strong="H1992", on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8432" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H2009" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1992" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" previous|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1540" Samuel|strong="H8050", 
\verseNumber{16}“At|strong="H5921" this|strong="H7200" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3427". Pour|strong="H8210" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{indicate \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w*} be|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H5971". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" suffering|strong="H6040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Philistine|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w oppressing|strong="H3238"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921" whose|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" pour|strong="H8210" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" will|strong="H5971" rescue|strong="H3467" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" [MTY] Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050" saw|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7200" about|strong="H2009" yesterday|strong="H8543"! He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H6113" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050" as|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" was|strong="H7586" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" town|strong="H8179" gateway|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w did|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w know|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w it|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w*}. He|strong="H1004" went|strong="H7586" over|strong="H8179" to|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5046" and|strong="H1004" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5046", “Can|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5046" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994", where|strong="H1004" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H8432" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w visions|strong="H7203"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*/\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w sees|strong="H7200"\+w*►}?” 
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\verseNumber{19}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605". Go|strong="H5927" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" make|strong="H5046" sacrifices|strong="H2077". Both|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3824" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440" today|strong="H3117". Tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3824" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6440" what|strong="H5927" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3117" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H7971" know|strong="H5046", and|strong="H6030" then|strong="H6030" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3824" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H6440" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{20}Also|strong="H3478", do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" worry|strong="H2347" anymore|strong="H5750" about|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543" that|strong="H3588" wandered|strong="H8582" away|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117". ◄Someone|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" found|strong="H4672" them|strong="H7760"/They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672"►. But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3820" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3117" wanting|strong="H6485"!” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{21}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1697" Benjamin|strong="H1144" [RHQ]. That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" smallest|strong="H6996" tribe|strong="H7626" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" [RHQ]! And|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" least|strong="H6996" important|strong="H5704" family|strong="H4940" in|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626"! So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" like|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2088", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" brought|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H7970" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" big|strong="H0931" dining room|strong="H4725", and|strong="H7970" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" sit|strong="H5414" at|strong="H8050" the|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w table|strong="H7979"\+w*, indicating \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w*} honoring|strong="H3513" them|strong="H5414" more|strong="H3947" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H7586" honoring|strong="H3513" the|strong="H5414" 30 people|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1992" had|strong="H7586" been|strong="H1961" invited|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H5414" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5414" cook|strong="H2876", “Bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" special|strong="H6381" piece|strong="H6595" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" told|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" set|strong="H7760" aside|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" cook|strong="H2876" brought|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" leg|strong="H7785" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H3117" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w portions|strong="H4490"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", “Start|strong="H1870" eating|strong="H0398" it|strong="H7760". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" cook|strong="H2876" to|strong="H5921" save|strong="H8104" this|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5971" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H7760" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" time|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5921" these|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" invited|strong="H7121" are|strong="H3117" here|strong="H2009".” So|strong="H7121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3117" Samuel|strong="H8050" ate|strong="H0398" together|strong="H5973". 
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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398", they|strong="H5921" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3381" Saul|strong="H7586" up|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flat|strong="H8478"\+w*} roof|strong="H1406" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1406"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" fixed|strong="H3559" a|strong="H1696" bed|strong="H4904" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{26}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7121" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H1961" rising|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H7837", Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H7121" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3318" Saul|strong="H7586", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927"! It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" time|strong="H3318" for|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7121" road|strong="H1870" back|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004".” So|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7121" house|strong="H1406" together|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" got|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6440" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H5892", Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3381" send|strong="H5674" his|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H5288" ahead|strong="H6440". After|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5288" left|strong="H5975", Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3381" Saul|strong="H7586", “Stay|strong="H5975" here|strong="H6311" for|strong="H6440" a|strong="H8085" few|strong="H4592" minutes, in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" can|strong="H5975" give|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" a|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3117" received|strong="H8085" from|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samuel appointed Saul to be king }

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\chapterNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" small|strong="H6996" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H3068" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H3332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7218" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3588" kissed|strong="H5401" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*}: When|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" leave|strong="H1980" me|strong="H5978" today|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" arrive|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5973" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" tomb|strong="H6900" at|strong="H3117" Zelzah|strong="H6766", in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6213" area|strong="H1366" where|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" meet|strong="H4672" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3117", ‘The|strong="H6213" donkeys|strong="H2543" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672", but|strong="H2009" now|strong="H3117" your|strong="H6213" father|strong="H1121" is|strong="H4100" worrying|strong="H4480" about|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H4100" asking|strong="H7592" people|strong="H1121", “Have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" my|strong="H1245" son|strong="H1121"?’ ” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" arrive|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H5927" Tabor|strong="H8396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" see|strong="H7200" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5704". They|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" on|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5375" way|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} God|strong="H1008" at|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. One|strong="H5375" of|strong="H3603" them|strong="H5375" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" leading|strong="H7218" three|strong="H7969" young|strong="H1423" goats|strong="H1423", one|strong="H5375" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" carrying|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3603" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3899" one|strong="H5375" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3603" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" greet|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" offer|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899". Accept|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" arrive|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" near|strong="H6440" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5650" stay|strong="H3427", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H2256" of|strong="H5892" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5030" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H1961" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389". There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5892" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5030" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" playing|strong="H5059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w musical|strong="H7892"\+w* \+w instruments|strong="H3627"\+w*}: a|strong="H1961" harp|strong="H3658", a|strong="H1961" tambourine|strong="H8596", a|strong="H1961" flute|strong="H2485", and|strong="H5892" a|strong="H1961" lyre|strong="H3658". And|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3651" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3651" come|strong="H1961" directly|strong="H5227" frrom God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" time|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H6743" upon|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3068" come|strong="H6743" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068". ◄You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H2015"/The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" change|strong="H2015" you|strong="H5921"►, so|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2015" like|strong="H5973" a|strong="H3068" different|strong="H8133" person|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{7}After|strong="H1961" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H5973" occur|strong="H1961", do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" is|strong="H3027" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1961" ◄be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973"/help|strong="H1961"► you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" go|strong="H5927" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H6440", down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" Gilgal|strong="H1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H6440" there|strong="H2009", for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" join|strong="H3381" you|strong="H6440" there|strong="H2009", to|strong="H5704" burn|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3117" offer|strong="H5927" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430". When|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2009", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6440" what|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H3045" Samuel|strong="H8050" prophesied|strong="H5012" came|strong="H5927" true|strong="H0571" }

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\verseNumber{9}As|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H1931" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800" there|strong="H1961", God|strong="H0430" changed|strong="H2015" Saul’s|strong="H7586" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H1961" predicted|strong="H1696" happened|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H5012" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390", they|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H2009" some|strong="H8033" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5030" were|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w came|strong="H6743"\+w* \+w directly|strong="H5227"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*. \+w As|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5030"\+w*} approaching|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H5012" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650", God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H6743" upon|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H5012" powerfully, and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" also|strong="H5030" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" known|strong="H3045" Saul|strong="H7586" previously|strong="H8032" heard|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" speaking|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213", they|strong="H4100" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088", “What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027"? Is|strong="H2088" he|strong="H3605" now|strong="H1961" really|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ◄prophets|strong="H5030"/men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430"►?” 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" lived|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" receive|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" speak|strong="H6030" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H4310", not|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" parents|strong="H0001".” And|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H4310" why|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w prophesying|strong="H5012"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w becoming|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} we|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1961" hear|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3651" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1961" really|strong="H2088" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030".” 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3615" Saul|strong="H5012" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3615" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H1116" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3615", he|strong="H1116" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1116" the|strong="H3615" place|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3615" people|strong="H5971" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="H0310", Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w there|strong="H7200"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} asked|strong="H1245" him|strong="H7200", “Where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980"?” Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" donkeys|strong="H2543". When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5288" not|strong="H3588" find|strong="H1245" them|strong="H7200", we|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1980" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H1980" ask|strong="H1245" Samuel|strong="H8050" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7586"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Samuel|strong="H8050" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" assured|strong="H0571" us|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" donkeys|strong="H2543" had|strong="H7586" been|strong="H5046" found|strong="H4672".” But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5046" uncle|strong="H1730" what|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" him|strong="H5046" becoming|strong="H5000" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4410" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} Samuel|strong="H8050" summoned|strong="H6817" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3068" Mizpah|strong="H4709" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}After|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3027", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": I|strong="H3541" brought|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H3541" rescued|strong="H5337" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869" and|strong="H3068" difficulties. But|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" me|strong="H6440", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" care|strong="H7760"! Give|strong="H7760" us|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428"!’ So|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}. Now|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w representatives|strong="H7098"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* } your|strong="H3068" clans|strong="H4940" stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H6258" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" representatives|strong="H7098" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* indicated \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3478" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7126" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" representatives|strong="H7098" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H7126" forward|strong="H7126", and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H3808" indicated that|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" had|strong="H7586" chosen|strong="H0977" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Matri|strong="H4309", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H7126" God|strong="H3808" indicated that|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Matri|strong="H4309"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" had|strong="H7586" chosen|strong="H0977" Saul|strong="H7586", the|strong="H7126" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027". But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" looked|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Where|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H1931"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" hiding|strong="H2244" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" equipment|strong="H3627".” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H8033" quickly|strong="H7323" went|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w*,} and|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. They|strong="H8033" could|strong="H5971" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" taller|strong="H1361" than|strong="H3605" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605", “This|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". Among|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H5971", there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H7200"!” Then|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321", “We|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2421" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4941" things|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" force|strong="H5971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" scroll|strong="H5612", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7971" it|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" returned|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7586" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, a|strong="H1980" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H2428" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1980" continually|strong="H1980" accompany|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586". They|strong="H1571" did|strong="H1571" that|strong="H7586" because|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0430" ◄motivated|strong="H0834" them|strong="H5060"/put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" their|strong="H5060" minds|strong="H3820"► to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" worthless|strong="H1100" men|strong="H1121" said|strong="H2790", “◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1121" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}?/This|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}.►” [RHQ] They|strong="H3808" despised|strong="H0959" him|strong="H2088", and|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" him|strong="H2088" any|strong="H1961" gifts|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w him|strong="H2088"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rebuke|strong="H1606"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul’s army rescued the people of Jabesh }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Saul’s army rescued the people of Jabesh }
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\chapterNumber{11}About|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" month|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310", King|strong="H5921" Nahash|strong="H5176" of|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w across|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1285"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w*} surrounded|strong="H5437" Jabesh|strong="H3003" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. But|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" Jabesh|strong="H3003" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1285"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Nahash|strong="H5176", “Make|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285"/treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H1285" then|strong="H5927" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5647" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4910" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Nahash|strong="H5176" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5869" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2063". Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" gouge|strong="H5365" out|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" despise|strong="H3988" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5869".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H3117" for|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H7971" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* demanding}. If|strong="H0518" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3117", then|strong="H3318" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" ◄surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605"/allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H3117" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270"►.” 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Being|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w confident|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w superior|strong="H1870"\+w*, \+w Nahash|strong="H5176"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w throughout|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H5971"\+w*}. When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" Gibeah|strong="H1390", which|strong="H1697" was|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" situation|strong="H4186", everyone|strong="H3605" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1696" cry|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{5}At|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" plowing|strong="H2758" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H5608", he|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H4100", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" all|strong="H1058" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crying|strong="H1058"\+w*}?” So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H4480" Jabesh|strong="H3003" had|strong="H7586" reported|strong="H5046". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H6743" powerfully upon|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H7586" he|strong="H5921" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Nahash|strong="H5176"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H3947" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" them|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5307" pieces|strong="H5408". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w*} throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H3068": “Saul|strong="H7586" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w ox|strong="H1241"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* } will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3541" thing|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241" of|strong="H3068" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Ammon|strong="H5983"\+w*}!” Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5307" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" afraid|strong="H6343" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" might|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" (OR|strong="H1241", of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" might|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921") \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H6213" together|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" all|strong="H6485" weapons|strong="H3627" at|strong="H3478" Bezek|strong="H0966", he|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" 300,000 Israeli men|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961", as|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H1961" 30,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6485" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3541" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H1961" Jabesh|strong="H3003" to|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H8055", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H5046" by|strong="H1961" noontime tomorrow|strong="H4279".” When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4397" Jabesh|strong="H3003" heard|strong="H5046" that|strong="H4397" message|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3541" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H8055" joyful|strong="H8055"/happy|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5869" Jabesh|strong="H3003" told|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Nahash|strong="H5176"\+w*}, “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5869" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H5869" then|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" sun|strong="H8121" rose|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5221" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H3117"\+w*} divided|strong="H0914" them|strong="H5221" into|strong="H8432" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218". They|strong="H3117" rushed|strong="H6743" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5221" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3117" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H3117" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". By|strong="H3117" noontime they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221" most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221" scattered|strong="H6327". Each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5221" who|strong="H5971" ran|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5493" ran|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5493" alone|strong="H7604". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" proclaimed|strong="H7121" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" proclaimed|strong="H7121" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Where|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" our|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4427"? Bring|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" here|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5971" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H4310" kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*}, we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" execute|strong="H6213" anyone|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" us|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w rejoice|strong="H8055"\+w*, \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0227" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971", “Let’s|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H3212" there|strong="H8033" we|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5971" again|strong="H3212" proclaim|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8033"\+w*} our|strong="H5971" king|strong="H4410".” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3966" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Gilgal|strong="H1537". There|strong="H8033", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", they|strong="H8033" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". Then|strong="H7586" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H8055". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samuel’s final speech }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Samuel’s final speech }
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\chapterNumber{12}Then|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H8085" this|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H8085": “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" told|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3478" given|strong="H8085"/appointed|strong="H4427" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{2}My|strong="H6258" own|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w grown|strong="H2204"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6440" now|strong="H6258", but|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" now|strong="H6258" your|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387". I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H2204" now|strong="H6258" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H6258" hair|strong="H8181" is|strong="H2088" gray|strong="H7867". I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H6258" your|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387" ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H3947" tell|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7725", while|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H4899" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085": whose|strong="H4310" ox|strong="H7794" or|strong="H7794" donkey|strong="H2543" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" stolen|strong="H1589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}? Whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" cheated|strong="H8524"? Whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" oppressed|strong="H6231"/treated|strong="H3190" badly|strong="H3966"? From|strong="H7725" whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" accepted|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bribe|strong="H3724", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" would|strong="H4310" ignore|strong="H5956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w*}? If|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3027" any|strong="H4310" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697", tell|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H2005" owe.” 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*,} you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3027" never|strong="H3808" cheated|strong="H8524" anyone|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" oppressed|strong="H6231" anyone|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bribe|strong="H7810" from|strong="H3027" anyone|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3808" testify|strong="H6030", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" can|strong="H3808" testify|strong="H6030", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3588" bribe|strong="H7810" from|strong="H3027" anyone|strong="H3588".” They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Samuel|strong="H8050" continued|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H5971" appointed|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5927"\+w*} our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". He|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H6213" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w testify|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258" while|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H6258" quietly|strong="H8252" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H6258" accuse|strong="H7378" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* requesting \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5148"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*}. I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3068" reminding you|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w any|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*} after|strong="H3318" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H7971". So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971", and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4872" eventually|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3068" settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{9}“ut our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" soon|strong="H3512" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" Sisera|strong="H5516", the|strong="H3068" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" from|strong="H3027" Hazor|strong="H2674", to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6258" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5800" them|strong="H3027". They|strong="H3588" admitted, ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forsaken|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w represent|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588".’ 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" such|strong="H2088" as|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H7971", Barak|strong="H1301", Jephthah|strong="H3316", and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H7971". And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H7971" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" worry|strong="H2347" about|strong="H5439" any|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" attacking|strong="H5221" you|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{12}“ut now|strong="H3588", when|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" Nahash|strong="H5176" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" came|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3808"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5921",’ even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428"! 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258", look|strong="H2009", here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977". You|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" appointed|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H6310" and|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H5647", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w things|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*►}. 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H6310", if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" disobey|strong="H6963" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680", then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] you|strong="H3808" all|strong="H6310", just|strong="H6310" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{16}“ow stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H2088" quietly|strong="H8252" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" great|strong="H1419" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w rain|strong="H4306"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}, during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105" wheat|strong="H2406". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lightning|strong="H1300"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306" today|strong="H3117". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H7227" wicked|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3117" requesting a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5414" Samuel|strong="H8050" prayed|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" thunder|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lightning|strong="H1300"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306". So|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5921"! We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" added|strong="H3254" to|strong="H4191" our|strong="H3068" previous|strong="H7223" sins|strong="H2403" by|strong="H5921" requesting a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428"! Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3254" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{20}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372"! You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063", but|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". Instead|strong="H8478", serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{21}Do|strong="H5493" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H5493" worship|strong="H7812" useless|strong="H3808" idols|strong="H1544". They|strong="H1992" cannot|strong="H3808" help|strong="H3276" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" truly|strong="H3588" useless|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5203" us|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" injure|strong="H7463" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5971" reputation|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w being|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w faithful|strong="H0539"\+w*} if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" for|strong="H1157" me|strong="H1157", I|strong="H1571" have|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2308" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" ceasing|strong="H2308" to|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H3384". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3384" you|strong="H3384" what|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" are|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1157"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7200" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824". Never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1431" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1431" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H7489" keep|strong="H8104" doing|strong="H7489" wicked|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1697", he|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7489" and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H1571" king|strong="H4428"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul disobeyed God }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Saul disobeyed God }
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\chapterNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3478" longer|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3478" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 42 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, he|strong="H7971" chose|strong="H0977" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" Israeli army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5971" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". Of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5971" he|strong="H7971" chose|strong="H0977", 2,000 stayed|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" at|strong="H3478" Micmash|strong="H4363" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" hilly area|strong="H2022" near|strong="H5973" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3478" 1,000 stayed|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jonathan|strong="H3129" at|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7971" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Benjamin|strong="H1144" lived|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{3}Jonathan|strong="H3129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w with|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H6430" camped|strong="H8628" at|strong="H7586" Geba|strong="H1387". The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3605"\+w* probably \+w come|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. So|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w*} blow|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H7782" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w together|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8085"\+w*} proclaim|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5221", “All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w now|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w will|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w war|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w with|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8085"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" told|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6817" with|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" at|strong="H3478" Gilgal|strong="H1537". And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" news|strong="H1319". People|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559", “Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3478" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" now|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" hate|strong="H8130" us|strong="H8085" Israelis very|strong="H1571" much|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6430" together|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" equipment|strong="H3627" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5921" Israelis. The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H3478" 3,000 chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3478" 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w as|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7230"\+w*} as|strong="H7230" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H7230" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220" [HYP]. They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Micmash|strong="H4363", to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6926" of|strong="H7230" Beth-Aven|strong="H1007" (\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w means|strong="H5927"\+w* ‘\+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7230"\+w* wickedness’, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* referred \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Bethel|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}). 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7200" Israelis very|strong="H3966" strongly|strong="H3966", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451" situation|strong="H4186". So|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" hid|strong="H2244" in|strong="H3478" caves|strong="H4631" and|strong="H3478" holes|strong="H4631" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776", or|strong="H7200" among|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" rocks|strong="H5553", or|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3478" pits|strong="H7882", or|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3478" wells|strong="H0875". 
\verseNumber{7}Some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5674" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" at|strong="H3383" a|strong="H5750" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5674" was|strong="H7586" very|strong="H3966" shallow. Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5971" Gad|strong="H1410" lived|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" stayed|strong="H5750" at|strong="H3383" Gilgal|strong="H1537". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" shaking|strong="H5363" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H2729"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Saul|strong="H7586" waited|strong="H3176" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*}, so|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5971" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" soldiers|strong="H5927", “Bring|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5927" an|strong="H5927" animal|strong="H0929" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H8002" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H7586" one|strong="H0259" for|strong="H8002" the|strong="H5927" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5927" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}.” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5930"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7586"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H7586" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3318" was|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" burning|strong="H2740" those|strong="H3318" offerings|strong="H5930", Samuel|strong="H8050" arrived|strong="H0935". Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{11}Samuel|strong="H8050" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213"?” Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" leaving|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3117" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5971" here|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H5971" was|strong="H7586" gathering|strong="H4723" together|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Micmash|strong="H4363". 
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\verseNumber{12}“o|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" thought|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H5927" us|strong="H6440" here|strong="H6258" at|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H2470" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3381" bless|strong="H1288"/help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H6440".’ So|strong="H5927" I|strong="H6258" felt|strong="H4959" it|strong="H3381" was|strong="H3068" necessary|strong="H2706" to|strong="H3381" offer|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w seek|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w blessings|strong="H1293"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H3559" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" foolish|strong="H5528"! You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8104" what|strong="H3559" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8104" him|strong="H6680", God|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5704" rule|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H6258". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*,} none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4467". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" seeking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" just|strong="H6258" the|strong="H5921" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" person|strong="H1245" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" wants|strong="H2656" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6258" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8104" what|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" left|strong="H4672" Gilgal|strong="H1537" and|strong="H3967" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Gibeah|strong="H1390". Saul|strong="H7586" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H6965" Gilgal|strong="H1537" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H6965" soldiers|strong="H5971". There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H5971" only|strong="H0389" about|strong="H4480" 600 of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H4672" left|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w run|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5971" had|strong="H7586" difficulties }

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\verseNumber{16}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4672" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H4672" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1121" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5973" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w set|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w their|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w*}. The|strong="H5973" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H5971" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3427" their|strong="H4672" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H3427" Micmash|strong="H4363". 
\verseNumber{17}Three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" Philistia|strong="H6429" men|strong="H7218" soon|strong="H3512" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" place|strong="H7218" where|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3318" army|strong="H4264" was|strong="H7218" staying|strong="H3427", and|strong="H7218" went|strong="H3318" and|strong="H7218" ◄raided|strong="H6584" the|strong="H3318" Israeli towns|strong="H1323"/attacked|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Israelis and|strong="H7218" took|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" possessions|strong="H7399"►. One|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" Ophrah|strong="H6084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* } Shual|strong="H7777" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}One|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H1366" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} border|strong="H1366", above|strong="H5921" Zeboim|strong="H6650" Valley|strong="H1516", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{19}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3478", there|strong="H4672" were|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" men|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" ◄were|strong="H3478" blacksmiths|strong="H2796"/could|strong="H3201" make|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" iron|strong="H1270"►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" make|strong="H6213" iron|strong="H1270" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3478" spears|strong="H2595" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whenever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" sharpen|strong="H3913" the|strong="H3605" blades of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" plows|strong="H6398", or|strong="H0176" picks|strong="H5375", or|strong="H0176" axes|strong="H7134", or|strong="H0176" sickles, they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H3381" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H3478" Philistia|strong="H6429" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" could|strong="H3201" sharpen|strong="H3913" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H6310" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" ◄one|strong="H6310" fourth|strong="H7243" of|strong="H6310" an|strong="H1961" ounce/8 grams► of|strong="H6310" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H1961" sharpening a|strong="H1961" plow|strong="H2790", and|strong="H6310" ◄an|strong="H1961" eighth|strong="H8066" of|strong="H6310" an|strong="H1961" ounce/4 grams► of|strong="H6310" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H1961" sharpen|strong="H5324" an|strong="H1961" axe|strong="H7134", or|strong="H6310" a|strong="H1961" sickle|strong="H2770", or|strong="H6310" ◄an|strong="H1961" ox|strong="H7794" goad|strong="H4451"/a|strong="H1961" pointed rod|strong="H7626" to|strong="H1961" jab|strong="H5221" an|strong="H1961" ox|strong="H7794" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1961" walk|strong="H1980"►. 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w could|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w weapons|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w iron|strong="H1270"\+w*}, on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Israelis fought|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*}, Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bows|strong="H7198"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H4421" started|strong="H3318", some|strong="H4480" Philistia|strong="H6429" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" ◄the|strong="H3318" pass|strong="H4569"/a|strong="H3318" narrow|strong="H0331" place|strong="H4673" between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H6430" cliffs|strong="H5553"► outside|strong="H3318" Micmash|strong="H4363" to|strong="H3318" guard|strong="H2876" it|strong="H3318". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed many Philistines }

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\chapterNumber{14}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627", “Come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3117" me|strong="H5046"; we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3212" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" where|strong="H4673" the|strong="H5375" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5288" have|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5674" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" tents|strong="H0168".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3212"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3129" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w going|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}On|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H8478" 600 soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" were|strong="H5971" sitting|strong="H3427" around|strong="H5439" a|strong="H3427" pomegranate|strong="H7416" tree|strong="H7416" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3427" place|strong="H8478" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" people|strong="H5971" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715", near|strong="H5973" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{3}Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3045". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" wearing|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest. Ahijah|strong="H0281" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Ichabod|strong="H0350". Ichabod|strong="H0350" and|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285" were|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3129" had|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Israeli \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3129" planned|strong="H3289" that|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H2088" would|strong="H8034" go|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" a|strong="H2088" narrow|strong="H0331" ◄pass|strong="H5674"/place|strong="H2088" between|strong="H5921" two|strong="H2088" cliffs|strong="H5553"► to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" where|strong="H4673" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H8034". The|strong="H5921" cliff|strong="H5553" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" pass|strong="H5674" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Bozez|strong="H0949", and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" cliff|strong="H5553" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Seneh|strong="H5573". 
\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H0259" cliff|strong="H5553" faced|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" toward|strong="H4136" Micmash|strong="H4363", and|strong="H6828" the|strong="H4136" cliff|strong="H5553" on|strong="H4136" the|strong="H4136" other|strong="H0312" side|strong="H6828" faced|strong="H6440" south|strong="H5045" toward|strong="H4136" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627", “Come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3068" where|strong="H4673" those|strong="H5375" ◄pagans|strong="H3808"/people|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"► [MTY] have|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168". Perhaps|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H6213". It|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" matter|strong="H4592" whether|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" two|strong="H6213" men|strong="H5288" or|strong="H4592" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5288"; nothing|strong="H3808" can|strong="H6213" hinder|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" enabling us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3824" carrying|strong="H5375" Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" weapons|strong="H3627" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H3824" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" thing|strong="H3627" for|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3824" help|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, come|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5674". We|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" valley|strong="H6010" to|strong="H5674" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5674" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H2009", and|strong="H5674" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" see|strong="H2009" us|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" then|strong="H5975" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H8478", ‘You|strong="H5704" two|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5927" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H5060" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704",’ we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5975" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414", ‘Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w*} us|strong="H5414",’ that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H3318" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4480" valley|strong="H6010", the|strong="H4480" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" saw|strong="H2009" them|strong="H3318" coming|strong="H3318". They|strong="H8033" said|strong="H3318", “Look|strong="H2009"! The|strong="H4480" Hebrews|strong="H5680" are|strong="H6430" crawling|strong="H2119" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" holes|strong="H2356" in|strong="H8033" which|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" have|strong="H6430" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H2244"!” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5927" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" closest|strong="H1350" to|strong="H3478" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" said|strong="H1697", “Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311", and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w how|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*} [IDM]!” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “Come|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3478" climb|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5375" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5927" Jonathan|strong="H3129" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", using|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5375" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5375" feet|strong="H7272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w steep|strong="H4095"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H4191" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" following|strong="H7272" him|strong="H6440". As|strong="H5927" Jonathan|strong="H3129" climbed|strong="H5927", he|strong="H3027" struck|strong="H5307" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H4191" many|strong="H7227" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" killed|strong="H4191" many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3027" followed|strong="H7272" behind|strong="H5921" Jonathan|strong="H3129". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3627" first|strong="H7223" battle|strong="H4421" the|strong="H5221" two|strong="H6776" of|strong="H3627" them|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H1961" 20 Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" in|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3627" was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" half|strong="H2677" an|strong="H1961" acre|strong="H6776". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1992" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Israeli towns|strong="H1323", ones|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" much|strong="H3605" closer|strong="H5066", panicked|strong="H0926". Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1961" shake|strong="H7264", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" became|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H2729"/very|strong="H1992" afraid|strong="H2729". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Israelis defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" Israelis defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264" }
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\verseNumber{16}Saul’s|strong="H7586" ◄lookouts/men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1144" were|strong="H1144" watching|strong="H6822" to|strong="H3212" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H2009" enemies|strong="H0341" were|strong="H1144" coming|strong="H2009"► were|strong="H1144" in|strong="H3212" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1995" the|strong="H7200" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1995" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1995" the|strong="H7200" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H1995" were|strong="H1144" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" all|strong="H7200" directions|strong="H7253". 
\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w must|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1980"\+w* } said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7200", “Check|strong="H4148" to|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H2009" any|strong="H5375" of|strong="H3627" our|strong="H7200" men|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H7200" here|strong="H2009".” So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5971" checked|strong="H6113", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5971" found|strong="H5375" out|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H4310" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" were|strong="H5971" gone|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Ahijah|strong="H0281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}, “Bring|strong="H5066" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest here|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" Ahijah|strong="H0281" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest, going|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5704" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5704" priest|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" becoming|strong="H1980" more|strong="H7227" panicked|strong="H1980"/confused|strong="H1101". So|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281", “Take|strong="H1980" your|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027" down|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* vest. \+w Do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w waste|strong="H2723"\+w* \+w any|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w more|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w time|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w marked|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* vest \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H2199" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H5704" went|strong="H5971" toward|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421". They|strong="H5704" found|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" confused|strong="H1101" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1961" striking|strong="H5221" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" with|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{21}Before|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3478", some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H5927" Hebrew|strong="H5680" men|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" deserted|strong="H5307" their|strong="H1992" army|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3478" gone|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264". But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w revolted|strong="H6586"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} joined|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5927" other|strong="H0312" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{22}Some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" had|strong="H3478" previously|strong="H1571" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" and|strong="H3478" hidden|strong="H2244" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427". But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H3478" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5127", they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} joined|strong="H1692" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H1692" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3068" Israelis on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". The|strong="H3068" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" pursue|strong="H7291" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" beyond|strong="H5674" Beth-Aven|strong="H1007" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" dispute|strong="H7379" about|strong="H3117" Jonathan|strong="H3083" eating|strong="H0398" honey|strong="H1706" }

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\verseNumber{24}Before|strong="H5704" Saul’s|strong="H7586" soldiers|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704" solemnly|strong="H7650", “I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" before|strong="H5704" this|strong="H1931" evening|strong="H6153", before|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5971" defeated|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". If|strong="H1931" anyone|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045"/punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H1931".” So|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" ate|strong="H2938" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" became|strong="H7586" faint|strong="H5889"/weak|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H5704" hungry|strong="H7457". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H6440" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293", and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5921" found|strong="H4672" honeycombs on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704", but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3027" eat|strong="H6310" any|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7621" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H6310" any|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3129" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001" commanded|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w early|strong="H7925"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w*} a|strong="H7971" honeycomb|strong="H3295", he|strong="H3027" dipped|strong="H2881" the|strong="H8085" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H7200" into|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7971" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H7097" honey|strong="H1706". After|strong="H7097" he|strong="H3027" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H8085" honey|strong="H1706", he|strong="H3027" felt|strong="H4959" stronger|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H6030" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6030" and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H6030", “Your|strong="H3117" father|strong="H0001" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} would|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7650"/punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" ate|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" today|strong="H3117". So|strong="H7650" now|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w tired|strong="H5774"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w*} weak|strong="H2470" from|strong="H3117" being|strong="H5971" hungry|strong="H7457" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w obeyed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6030"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{29}Jonathan|strong="H3129" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5869" us|strong="H4994"! See|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" refreshed|strong="H5314"/strong|strong="H2388" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" after|strong="H3588" eating|strong="H0398" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" honey|strong="H1706"! 
\verseNumber{30}If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H6430" permitted|strong="H5117" all|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" we|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" while|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" pursuing|strong="H7291" them|strong="H4672", we|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3863" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" kill|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3588" soldiers|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H5221" Israelis pursued|strong="H7291" and|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3966" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", from|strong="H3117" Micmash|strong="H4363" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H3117" Aijalon|strong="H0357". But|strong="H5221" they|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" weaker|strong="H1800" from|strong="H3117" being|strong="H5971" hungry|strong="H7457". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5971" taken|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" abandoned|strong="H5800". Now|strong="H3947", because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" extremely|strong="H3966" hungry|strong="H7457", they|strong="H5921" butchered some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H1121" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H1320" without|strong="H6629" draining the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{33}One|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", “Look|strong="H2009"! The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1419" are|strong="H3117" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" eating|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}, “They|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Roll|strong="H1556" a|strong="H3117" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" over|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H8033" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971", he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971", “Go|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027" must|strong="H1818" bring|strong="H5066" an|strong="H8033" ox|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H2088" sheep|strong="H7716" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5066", and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H7819" it|strong="H7819" here|strong="H2088" on|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2088" stone|strong="H0068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w*} before|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8033" eats|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320". They|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3027" eating|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*} without|strong="H3808" draining its|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818".” So|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5066" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" them|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033". Then|strong="H2088" Saul|strong="H7586" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H8033" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{35}That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1129"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" rescued|strong="H5337" Jonathan|strong="H3083" from|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" }

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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Let’s|strong="H1980" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" tonight|strong="H3915". We|strong="H5704" can|strong="H6213" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5869" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" escape|strong="H4422" alive|strong="H7604".” 
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The|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5869" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H5869" is|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5704" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213".” 
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But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3548" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w thinks|strong="H8176"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H5414", “Should|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5414" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5650"? Will|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"?” But|strong="H3808" God|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H7200", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w answered|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w*} someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2403". We|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" sin|strong="H2403" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{39}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*}. Just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" certain|strong="H0259" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", whoever|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H3605" stand|strong="H5869" on|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5676". My|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" stand|strong="H5869" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676".” 
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His|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H5869" is|strong="H2896" best|strong="H2896".” 
\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H3318" Saul|strong="H7586" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" Israelis’ God|strong="H3068", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H3318" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" guilty|strong="H0816".” Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" ◄cast|strong="H3068" lots|strong="H1486"/threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" marked|strong="H8104"►, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" indicated that|strong="H5971" it|strong="H3920" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w either|strong="H1571"\+w*} Jonathan|strong="H3129" or|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" one|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3318" guilty|strong="H0816". 
\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="H5307" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3920" priest|strong="H3548", “Throw|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3920" stones|strong="H0068" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" indicate which|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" is|strong="H1121" guilty|strong="H0816".” So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H1121" did|strong="H5307", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3920" stones|strong="H0068" indicated that|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3920" guilty|strong="H0816" one|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Jonathan|strong="H3129", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3027" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*}.” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2005" ate|strong="H2938" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391" of|strong="H3027" honey|strong="H1706". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H7586" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391" that|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6213" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H6213" stick|strong="H6086". Do|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w*} executed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7586"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{44}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213"! I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H6213" strike|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H7586" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{45}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586", “Jonathan|strong="H3129" has|strong="H3068" won|strong="H1589" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H3444" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" Israelis. Should|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" eating|strong="H0398" some|strong="H3117" honey|strong="H1706" [RHQ]? Certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808"! Just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3117" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" injure|strong="H7463" him|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" any|strong="H6213" manner|strong="H4941" [IDM], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} today|strong="H3117" God|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" Jonathan|strong="H3129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*}!” 
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So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" rescued|strong="H6299" Jonathan|strong="H3129", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H7586" soldiers|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1980" stop|strong="H2308" pursuing|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927", so|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5927" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H5927" homes|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5927" defeated|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4725" their|strong="H5927" enemies|strong="H0341" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5927" defeated|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4725" their|strong="H5927" enemies|strong="H0341" }
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\verseNumber{47}After|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" became|strong="H4124" the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H4910"/king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" in|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" areas|strong="H0776". They|strong="H5921" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*/\+w area|strong="H5439"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group. Wherever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898", they|strong="H5921" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{48}Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" bravely and|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tall|strong="H7311"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Amalek|strong="H6002". His|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5221" Israelis from|strong="H3478" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" ◄plundered|strong="H8154"/forcefully taken|strong="H5337" things|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478"► them|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{49}Saul’s|strong="H7586" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3129", Ishbosheth, and|strong="H1121" Malchishua. He|strong="H8147" also|strong="H8034" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323", Merab|strong="H4764" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6996" sister|strong="H0269" Michal|strong="H4324". 
\verseNumber{50}Saul’s|strong="H7586" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Ahinoam|strong="H0293", the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290". The|strong="H8034" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H6635" was|strong="H8034" Abner|strong="H0074", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" Ner|strong="H5369". 
\verseNumber{51}Saul’s|strong="H7586" father|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" and|strong="H1121" Abner’s|strong="H0074" father|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369" were|strong="H1121" both|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022". 
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\verseNumber{52}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H7200", his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428". And|strong="H1121" whenever|strong="H3605" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" ◄brave|strong="H2428"/not|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H4421"► and|strong="H1121" strong|strong="H2389", he|strong="H3117" forced|strong="H4522" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul’s army defeated the Amalekites }

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\chapterNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" appoint|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971". So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H6258" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* } of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" this|strong="H6213": ‘I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Amalek|strong="H6002" for|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w attacking|strong="H5221"\+w*} the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H5971" after|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3541" Israelis left|strong="H7760" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. Destroy|strong="H2763" them|strong="H5921" completely|strong="H3605"—destroy|strong="H2763" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3212" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5921"—the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3212" women|strong="H0802", their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H5768" and|strong="H3212" infants|strong="H5768", their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H7716" and|strong="H3212" sheep|strong="H7716" and|strong="H3212" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3212" donkeys|strong="H2543". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" ◄spare|strong="H2550" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"/allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416"►!’” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6485" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H8085" at|strong="H7586" Telaim|strong="H2923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" 200,000 soldiers|strong="H7273". 10,000 of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H6485" were|strong="H5971" from|strong="H8085" Judah|strong="H3063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w others|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* Israeli \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H7586" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5704" town|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5704" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group lived|strong="H3427". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5892"\+w*} hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5704" valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H5927" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" Ken people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}: “You|strong="H3605" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H2617" toward|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" left|strong="H5493" Egypt|strong="H4714". But|strong="H3605" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1121" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w opposed|strong="H5975"\+w*/\+w attacked|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" move|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group live|strong="H3427". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w move|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026".” So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H6213"\+w* } the|strong="H3605" Ken people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} left|strong="H5493" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7586" Saul’s|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} slaughtered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group, from|strong="H6440" Havilah|strong="H2341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w east|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Shur|strong="H7793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. Shur|strong="H7793" was|strong="H7586" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" border|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4714"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{8}Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H8610" Agag|strong="H0090", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group, but|strong="H5971" they|strong="H6310" killed|strong="H2719" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3605" ◄spared|strong="H2550"/did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026"► Agag|strong="H0090", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" also|strong="H7586" took|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H4315" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5971" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H5971" cattle|strong="H1241". They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H7586" good|strong="H2896". They|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H2763" only|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3808" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" worthless|strong="H3808". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H5971" king|strong="H5921" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H5971" king|strong="H5921" }
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", 
\verseNumber{11}“I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H4427" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H6965" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068".” Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" disturbed|strong="H1993"/upset|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{12}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5674" next|strong="H3027" morning|strong="H1242", Samuel|strong="H8050" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5324" and|strong="H3027" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" talk|strong="H5046" with|strong="H3381" Saul|strong="H7586". But|strong="H2009" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Camel|strong="H1581" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, where|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" has|strong="H7586" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" a|strong="H5674" monument|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" honor|strong="H3519" himself|strong="H3027". Now|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3027" has|strong="H7586" left|strong="H3381" there|strong="H2009" and|strong="H3027" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gilgal|strong="H1537".” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" arrived|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\+w*} he|strong="H3068" approached|strong="H5066" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1697" tohim,, “I|strong="H1697" wish|strong="H1697"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288"! I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H8085" Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H8085" is|strong="H2088" true|strong="H0571", why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H2088" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2088" hear|strong="H8085" cattle|strong="H1241" mooing and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H2088" hear|strong="H8085" sheep|strong="H6629" bleating|strong="H6963"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" took|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. They|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3498" the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H4315" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2076" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3498" we|strong="H2763" have|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H2763" destroyed|strong="H2763" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Saul|strong="H7586", “Stop|strong="H2308" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w*}! Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5046" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915".” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{17}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Previously|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" important|strong="H5704". But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H7971", ‘Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3212" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1992" sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3068" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. Attack|strong="H3898" them|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971".’ 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [RHQ]? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7451" take|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" best|strong="H5869" animals|strong="H0929" [RHQ]? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{20}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Hey|strong="H1945", I|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"! I|strong="H8085" brought|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" King|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090", but|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" killed|strong="H2026" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750"! 
\verseNumber{21}My|strong="H3068" men|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2459" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H2764", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311" at|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", 
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“Which|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} pleases|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254", animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H8085" are|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H8085" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H2077", 
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or|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" obeying|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963" [SYN]? 
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It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H2077"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" rams|strong="H0352", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}To|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4805" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" sinful|strong="H2403" as|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784"/black|strong="H7838" magic, 
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and|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" stubborn|strong="H5637" is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" sinful|strong="H2403" as|strong="H1697" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H8655". 
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So|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
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he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="H7586" asks|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" forgiven|strong="H5545" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Saul|strong="H7586" asks|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" forgiven|strong="H5545" }
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H5674" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". I|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310". I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" ◄afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068"/worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H1697"► what|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" men|strong="H5971" would|strong="H3068" say|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*}. So|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" demanded|strong="H7592". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3068" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403". And|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988"/disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" you|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w declared|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{27}As|strong="H2388" Samuel|strong="H8050" turned|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800", Saul|strong="H2388" tried|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3212" stop|strong="H2308" him|strong="H2388" by|strong="H3212" grabbing|strong="H3420" the|strong="H2388" edge|strong="H3671" of|strong="H3671" Samuel’s|strong="H8050" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H3212" it|strong="H5437" tore|strong="H7167". 
\verseNumber{28}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tore|strong="H7167"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w robe|strong="H4598"\+w*! \+w And|strong="H3478"\+w*} today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"! He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H5414" someone|strong="H5414" else|strong="H7453" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" king|strong="H5921", someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" better|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H3478" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" glorious|strong="H8597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*} of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" lie|strong="H8266", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H5162" ◄his|strong="H3478" mind|strong="H5162"/what|strong="H1571" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559"►. Humans sometimes|strong="H3426" change|strong="H5162" their|strong="H3588" minds|strong="H5162", but|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H6258" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pleaded|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" know|strong="H5048" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". But|strong="H3513" please|strong="H4994" honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H5048" Israeli people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H7725" Samuel|strong="H8050" finally|strong="H5704" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" together|strong="H3162" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7586"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H7725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samuel|strong="H8050" executed|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090" }

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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H5066" King|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5493".” So|strong="H5066" they|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H5066" Agag|strong="H0090" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H4428". Agag|strong="H0090" was|strong="H4428" confidently|strong="H2388" expecting that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" would|strong="H5493" spare|strong="H2550" him|strong="H4428"/not|strong="H3212" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H4428". He|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" thinking|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H4191" I|strong="H4194" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3212" have|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3212" endure|strong="H5975" an|strong="H4428" agonizing death|strong="H4194"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3651" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440", 
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“You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2719" the|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" women|strong="H0802" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719", 
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so|strong="H3651" now|strong="H6258" your|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" longer|strong="H5750" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121".” 
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And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" cut|strong="H3772" Agag|strong="H0090" into|strong="H2719" pieces|strong="H8158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*}, there|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5927" Samuel|strong="H8050" left|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1004" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7586" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7586" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{35}Samuel|strong="H8050" never|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" again|strong="H3254", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" sad|strong="H7451" about|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3254"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4427" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samuel appointed David to be king }

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\chapterNumber{16}Finally|strong="H5704", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Samuel|strong="H8050", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" [RHQ] keep|strong="H7200" feeling sad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3478"\+w*}. Put|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" small|strong="H6996" container|strong="H3627" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w anoint|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H5921" Jesse|strong="H3448", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H8085" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" [RHQ] to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085"! If|strong="H0518" Saul|strong="H7586" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3947", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H3947"!” Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" ◄heifer|strong="H5697"/young|strong="H1241" female|strong="H5347" cow|strong="H5697"► with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" people|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} offer|strong="H2076" it|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{3}“nvite Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H3045" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H2077". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H0935"\+w*,} I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" which|strong="H0834" of|strong="H2077" his|strong="H7121" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" anoint|strong="H4886" that|strong="H3045" one|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" town|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H2205" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3068" trembled|strong="H2729", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w worried|strong="H1672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w come|strong="H7122"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w rebuke|strong="H1606"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*}. One|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" asked|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", “Have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" come|strong="H7122" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w*} peacefully|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{5}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588". I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" peacefully|strong="H7965", to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Perform|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* rituals \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} make|strong="H7121" yourselves|strong="H6942" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H7121" come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2076" the|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077".” Then|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" performed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3068" ritual|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7121" Jesse|strong="H3448" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" invited|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961", Samuel|strong="H7200" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesse’s|strong="H3448"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Eliab|strong="H0446", and|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H1961" this|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", “No|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H5869" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977". Don’t|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5027" attention|strong="H5027" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" handsome|strong="H4758" and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6967" tall|strong="H6967", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" him|strong="H7200". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" evaluate|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3824" people|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" evaluate|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" appearance|strong="H4758", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" evaluate|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Abinadab|strong="H0041" to|strong="H3068" step|strong="H6587" forward|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H5674" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H7121", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088", either|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Shammah|strong="H8048" to|strong="H3068" step|strong="H6587" forward|strong="H5674". He|strong="H3068" stepped|strong="H3318" forward|strong="H5674", but|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H5674" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088", either|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{10}Similarly|strong="H2088", Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H5674" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Samuel|strong="H8050". But|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Jesse|strong="H3448", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" any|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" yours|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" asked|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5288" any|strong="H5750" other|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121"?” Jesse|strong="H3448" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3947" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}; he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2009" out|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3588" sheep|strong="H6629".” Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971" here|strong="H6311"! We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sit|strong="H5437" down|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H7462"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" gets|strong="H7971" here|strong="H6311".” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2088"\+w*. \+w And|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w David|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*, \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" handsome|strong="H3303" and|strong="H6965" healthy|strong="H1277", and|strong="H6965" had|strong="H3068" bright|strong="H0934" eyes|strong="H5869". Then|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*}; anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stood|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" older|strong="H4605" brothers|strong="H0251", Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" and|strong="H6965" poured|strong="H8081" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H3117" David’s|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w set|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w apart|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*. \+w After|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w*, \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w left|strong="H6965"\+w* } and|strong="H6965" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" Ramah|strong="H7414". But|strong="H3947" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" powerfully, and|strong="H6965" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H2181" the|strong="H3947" harp|strong="H3658" for|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H1931" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H2181" the|strong="H3947" harp|strong="H3658" for|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H1931" }
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H7451" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" left|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586". Instead|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3068" terrify|strong="H1204" him|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w repeatedly|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H7307" his|strong="H7586" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5650" him|strong="H5414", “It|strong="H7307" is|strong="H2009" evident|strong="H6440" that|strong="H7586" an|strong="H7307" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H7451" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2009" terrifying|strong="H3372" you|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H4994"\+w* suggest \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*} allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994", your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" here|strong="H5921", to|strong="H1961" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H7451" who|strong="H5650" plays|strong="H5059" the|strong="H6440" harp|strong="H3658" well|strong="H2895". He|strong="H3027" can|strong="H5650" play|strong="H5059" the|strong="H6440" harp|strong="H3658" whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" bothers you|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w calm|strong="H8367"\+w* \+w down|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" okay again|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Fine|strong="H5560"\+w*/Okay}, find|strong="H7200" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H5650" can|strong="H5650" play|strong="H5059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w harp|strong="H3658"\+w*} well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H5650" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5650" me|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{18}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “A|strong="H7200" man|strong="H5288" named|strong="H7121" Jesse|strong="H3448", in|strong="H3068" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, has|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" plays|strong="H5059" the|strong="H7200" harp|strong="H3658" very|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045". Furthermore|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" brave|strong="H2428" man|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" capable|strong="H2428" soldier|strong="H4421". He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" handsome|strong="H8389" and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" speaks|strong="H1696" wisely|strong="H2451". And|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" protects|strong="H8104" him|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448": “Send|strong="H7971" your|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971", the|strong="H7971" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1732" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". Saul|strong="H7586" liked|strong="H7521" David|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H5975" carried|strong="H5375" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w* } to|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H4994" him|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H6440" stay|strong="H5975" here|strong="H4672" and|strong="H7971" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesse|strong="H3448"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w*}, whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H1732" tormented|strong="H1204" Saul|strong="H7586", David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H5059" the|strong="H5921" harp|strong="H3658". Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" would|strong="H7307" become|strong="H1961" calm|strong="H8367", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" would|strong="H7307" leave|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Goliath challenged the Israeli army }

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\chapterNumber{17}The|strong="H3063" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6430" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3063"\+w* Israeli \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w*}. They|strong="H3063" gathered|strong="H6430" together|strong="H3162" near|strong="H7126" Socoh|strong="H7755", in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3063" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3063" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4264" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427". They|strong="H3063" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264" at|strong="H2583" Ephes-Dammim|strong="H0658", which|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3063" between|strong="H4421" Socoh|strong="H7755" and|strong="H3063" Azekah|strong="H5825". 
\verseNumber{2}Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H6430" the|strong="H7122" Israeli army|strong="H6010" near|strong="H7126" Elah|strong="H0425" Valley|strong="H6010", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" set|strong="H6186" up|strong="H6186" their|strong="H6186" tents|strong="H2583". Then|strong="H7586" they|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6186" places|strong="H1116", ready|strong="H6186" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H7122" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3478" Israeli armies|strong="H6635" faced|strong="H6440" each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088". They|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" on|strong="H5975" two|strong="H2088" hills|strong="H2022", with|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5975" valley|strong="H1516" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3318" Goliath|strong="H1555", from|strong="H3318" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264". He|strong="H3318" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3318" champion|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368"/soldier|strong="H6635". He|strong="H3318" was|strong="H8034" ◄over|strong="H3318" 9 feet|strong="H7272"/3 meters► tall|strong="H1363". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1931" wore|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" helmet|strong="H3553" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*}, and|strong="H7218" he|strong="H1931" wore|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" coat|strong="H8302" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" metal|strong="H2830" plates|strong="H7554" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w body|strong="H8302"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" coat|strong="H8302" weighed|strong="H4948" ◄125 pounds|strong="H1993"/56 kg.►. 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5921" wore|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" guards|strong="H7323"/protectors on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" legs|strong="H7272". He|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5921" long|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" dagger|strong="H2719" fastened|strong="H8628" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H1980" also|strong="H6793" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5375" big|strong="H0931" spear|strong="H2595". It|strong="H5375" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5375" cord|strong="H6616" on|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1980" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5375" better|strong="H2896" (OR|strong="H2595", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6440" thick|strong="H6205" as|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5375" weaver’s|strong="H0707" beam|strong="H4500"). The|strong="H6440" tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H6440" made|strong="H1980" of|strong="H6440" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H3967" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄15 pounds|strong="H1993"/almost|strong="H4592" 7 kg.►. A|strong="H5375" soldier|strong="H6635" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" huge|strong="H1995" shield|strong="H6793" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{8}Goliath|strong="H5975" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3478" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7121" Israeli army|strong="H4634", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3808" all|strong="H7121" lined|strong="H3591" up|strong="H5975" for|strong="H7121" battle|strong="H4421"? I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7121" great|strong="H1419" Philistine|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldier|strong="H4421"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5650" think|strong="H2803" [RHQ] you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w merely|strong="H6680"\+w*} Saul’s|strong="H7586" slaves|strong="H5650". Choose|strong="H1262" one|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3381" fight|strong="H4421" for|strong="H7121" all|strong="H7121" of|strong="H5650" you|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3478" send|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7121" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7121"! 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3201" fights|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5650" kills|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5221", then|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" fellow|strong="H7453" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3201" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650". But|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3201" defeat|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5221" Israelis will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3201" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H5650" slaves|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" defy|strong="H2778"/challenge|strong="H1481" you|strong="H5414" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" Israeli army|strong="H4634". Send|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605", they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H3478" extremely|strong="H3966" terrified|strong="H2865" [DOU]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Saul’s|strong="H7586" camp|strong="H4264" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Saul’s|strong="H7586" camp|strong="H4264" }
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\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". Jesse|strong="H3448" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ephrath|strong="H0672". He|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3117" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427". Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H1732" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121". When|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H1732" already|strong="H3528" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3117" very|strong="H2088" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{13}Jesse’s|strong="H3448" three|strong="H7969" oldest|strong="H1419" sons|strong="H1121", Eliab|strong="H0446" and|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041" and|strong="H1121" Shammah|strong="H8048", had|strong="H7586" gone|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121". While|strong="H1931" his|strong="H1732" three|strong="H7969" oldest|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1732" with|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586", 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980": Sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Saul’s|strong="H7586" camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H1980" sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{16}For|strong="H3117" 40 days|strong="H3117" Goliath|strong="H1555" came|strong="H5066" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3117" stood|strong="H3320" there|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taunting|strong="H2781"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* Israeli \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*/\+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* Israelis \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w choose|strong="H0977"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3117"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3117" twice|strong="H6471" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", once|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" morning|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3117" once|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H6150". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Jesse|strong="H3448" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", “Here|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3947" sack|strong="H0572" of|strong="H1121" roasted|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039" and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899". Take|strong="H3947" these|strong="H2088" quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H2461" here|strong="H6311" are|strong="H8269" ten|strong="H6235" large|strong="H1419" chunks of|strong="H8269" cheese|strong="H2461". Take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" commander|strong="H8269". And|strong="H2461" see|strong="H6485" how|strong="H7965" things|strong="H1697" are|strong="H8269" going|strong="H1980" with|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251". Then|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8269"\+w* okay,} bring|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3947" show|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3947" are|strong="H8269" all|strong="H6485" right|strong="H3225".” 
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\verseNumber{19}His|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650", camped|strong="H2583" alongside|strong="H5980" Elah|strong="H0425" Valley|strong="H6010", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w preparing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312" shepherd|strong="H7462" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sheep|strong="H6629". Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H1732" took|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Israeli camp|strong="H4570", as|strong="H3318" Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6680". He|strong="H1732" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H1732" forming|strong="H3335" their|strong="H5375" ranks|strong="H4634" and|strong="H3212" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" battlefield|strong="H4634". As|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3212", they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1732" shouting|strong="H7321" a|strong="H5375" war|strong="H4421" cry|strong="H7321". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H7122" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4634" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" Israeli army|strong="H4634" stood|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7122"\+w* hillsides}, facing|strong="H6437" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", ready|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" battle|strong="H4634". 
\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H8104" was|strong="H1732" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" war|strong="H4421" equipment|strong="H3627". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w take|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H7323"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" then|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3027" greeted|strong="H7592" his|strong="H8104" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{23}While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5927", he|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H2009" Goliath|strong="H1555" coming|strong="H5927" out|strong="H1696" from|strong="H5927" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H8085" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5927", shouting|strong="H8643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* Israelis}, challenging them|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w send|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5973"\+w*}. David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Goliath|strong="H1555" was|strong="H8034" saying|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" saw|strong="H7200" Goliath|strong="H1555", they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" terrified|strong="H3966" and|strong="H3478" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H5414" other|strong="H2088", “Look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414" coming|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5414"! And|strong="H3478" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" defies us|strong="H5414" Israelis! The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" big|strong="H0931" reward|strong="H7939" to|strong="H3478" whoever|strong="H3605" kills|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1419". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H6213" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1419" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" require|strong="H1875" that|strong="H3588" man’s|strong="H0376" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3478" pay|strong="H5414" taxes|strong="H4061".” 
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\verseNumber{26}David|strong="H1732" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4310" were|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3478" whoever|strong="H4310" kills|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3478" frees us|strong="H5921" Israelis from|strong="H5493" this|strong="H2088" shame|strong="H2781"/disgrace|strong="H2781"? And|strong="H3478" who|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* } this|strong="H2088" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistine|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} is|strong="H2088", defying/ridiculing the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H4634" that|strong="H3588" serves|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5921" all-powerful God|strong="H4310"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H2088" men|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" said|strong="H1697", about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" would|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" oldest|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Eliab|strong="H0446" heard|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1419", he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H2088"? Is|strong="H2088" someone|strong="H4310" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4057" those|strong="H5921" few|strong="H4592" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5203" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057"? I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" just|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3588" ◄smart-aleck/brat►! You|strong="H3588" just|strong="H1696" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" watch|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Have|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H7451"? I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1732" merely|strong="H6680" asking|strong="H7592" a|strong="H6213" question|strong="H1697"!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5971" walked|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5437" to|strong="H7725" another|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" and|strong="H7725" asked|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" question|strong="H1697", but|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" man|strong="H2088" gave|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" answer|strong="H7725". Each|strong="H5971" time|strong="H7223" he|strong="H5971" asked|strong="H1697" someone|strong="H0376", he|strong="H5971" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" answer|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{31}Finally|strong="H5704", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" king|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" what|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H1732" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{32}David|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" king|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", “No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" should|strong="H1732" ◄worry|strong="H2347"/become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H2088" coward► because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5650" that|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430" man|strong="H2088". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5650" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4421" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H7586" been|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H2088" capable|strong="H2428" soldier|strong="H4421" all|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" life|strong="H5315". So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4421" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5650" my|strong="H1732" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}. Whenever|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" or|strong="H7462" a|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H5375" came|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1732" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" lamb|strong="H7716", 
\verseNumber{35}I|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3318" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lion|strong="H0738" or|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" bear|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6965" attacked|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5921" lamb|strong="H3532" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" wild|strong="H7704" animal’s|strong="H0929" mouth|strong="H6310". Then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" by|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" jaw|strong="H3895"/throat|strong="H1627" and|strong="H6965" struck|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221" both|strong="H1571" lions|strong="H3715" and|strong="H5650" bears|strong="H1677". And|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistine|strong="H6430", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" defied|strong="H2778"/ridiculed the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4634" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3588" all-powerful God|strong="H0430"! 
\verseNumber{37}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3027" paws|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" lions|strong="H3715" and|strong="H3068" bears|strong="H1677", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430"!” Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", “All|strong="H5337" right|strong="H3068", go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w hope|strong="H3176"\+w*/\+w desire|strong="H8378"\+w*} that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1732" always|strong="H3605" wore|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" bronze|strong="H5178" helmet|strong="H6959" and|strong="H1732" a|strong="H5414" coat|strong="H8302" made|strong="H5414" of|strong="H7218" metal|strong="H2830" plates|strong="H7554". 
\verseNumber{39}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w put|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w these|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} fastened|strong="H8628" his|strong="H1732" sword|strong="H2719" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3212" tried|strong="H2974" to|strong="H3201" walk|strong="H3212". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H3212", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" not|strong="H3808" accustomed|strong="H3928" to|strong="H3201" wearing|strong="H2296" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808". So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" Saul|strong="H7586", “I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" wearing|strong="H2296" all|strong="H3212" these|strong="H1732" things|strong="H3808", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" accustomed|strong="H3928" to|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w*} them|strong="H5921"!” So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H2568" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H7760" walking|strong="H1980"/shepherd’s|strong="H7462" stick|strong="H4731", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H2568" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H7760" five|strong="H2568" smooth|strong="H2512" stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" brook|strong="H5158"/stream|strong="H5158". He|strong="H2568" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" pouch|strong="H3219" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" shoulder-bag. Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H2568" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" sling|strong="H7050" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H4480" Goliath|strong="H1555". 

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\verseNumber{41}Goliath|strong="H1555" walked|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732", with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" soldier|strong="H6635" who|strong="H1980" was|strong="H1732" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" shield|strong="H6793" walking|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". When|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1732" got|strong="H1980" near|strong="H7131" David|strong="H1732", 
\verseNumber{42}he|strong="H3588" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" closely|strong="H1692". He|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" handsome|strong="H3303" face|strong="H4758" and|strong="H1732" healthy|strong="H1277" body|strong="H1320", but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" sneered at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{43}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732", “Are|strong="H6430" you|strong="H3588" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1732" me|strong="H3588" with|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3588" stick|strong="H4731" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3588" dog|strong="H3611"?” Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" gods|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1732" harm|strong="H7463" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{44}He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", “Come|strong="H3212" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8064"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" dead|strong="H4191" body|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398"!” 
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\verseNumber{45}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H2719" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3478" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" dagger|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" spear|strong="H2595". But|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3478" ◄in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"/with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" authority|strong="H8034"► of|strong="H3068" almighty|strong="H6635" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worships|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3068" defied|strong="H2778"/ridiculed. 
\verseNumber{46}Today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" down|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H3478" off|strong="H5493" your|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218". And|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H5221"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" Philistine|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H6297" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3478" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H0398". And|strong="H3478" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3045" worship|strong="H3478" an|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{all-powerful} God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{47}And|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" here|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3045" rescue|strong="H3467" people|strong="H3808" without|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" spear|strong="H2595". Yahweh|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" wins|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{48}As|strong="H1961" Goliath|strong="H1555" came|strong="H1961" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3212" attack|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732", David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H4116" toward|strong="H7122" him|strong="H7122". 
\verseNumber{49}He|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" into|strong="H5307" his|strong="H7971" shoulder-bag and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3027" stone|strong="H0068". He|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w put|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w sling|strong="H7049"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} hurled|strong="H2904" it|strong="H5921" toward|strong="H5921" Goliath|strong="H1555". The|strong="H6440" stone|strong="H0068" hit|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" forehead|strong="H4696" and|strong="H7971" penetrated his|strong="H7971" skull|strong="H1538", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" face|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5307" onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{50-51}Then|strong="H0227" David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3967" stood|strong="H5975" over|strong="H5921" Goliath|strong="H1555". He|strong="H0834" pulled|strong="H5265" Goliath’s|strong="H2719" sword|strong="H2719" from|strong="H4480" its|strong="H3605" sheath|strong="H8593" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5973" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218". In|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" David|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" without|strong="H3808" having|strong="H0369" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719". He|strong="H0834" used|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" sling|strong="H7050" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" stone|strong="H0068"! 
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When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" Philistines|strong="H6430" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" warrior|strong="H1368" was|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H1992" ran|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H5704" Israeli men|strong="H3478" shouted|strong="H7321" and|strong="H3063" ran|strong="H7323" after|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291". They|strong="H5704" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1870" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}. They|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5307" them|strong="H7291" as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3478", with|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5704" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H2491"/wounded|strong="H2491" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H3478" lying|strong="H5307" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5704" road|strong="H1870" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" way|strong="H1870" from|strong="H3478" Shaaraim|strong="H8189" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H3063" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H8179"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{53}When|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Israelis returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" chasing|strong="H1814" the|strong="H7725" Philistines|strong="H6430", they|strong="H3478" ◄plundered|strong="H8155"/took|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H7725"► the|strong="H7725" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{54}David|strong="H1732" later|strong="H0310" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3627" Goliath|strong="H1555" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1732" kept|strong="H8104" Goliath’s|strong="H2719" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1732" his|strong="H7760" own|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{55}As|strong="H5315" Saul|strong="H7586" watched|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" going|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H7122" Goliath|strong="H1555", he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H7200" commanded|strong="H6680" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635", “Abner|strong="H0074", whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3045" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288"?” Abner|strong="H0074" replied|strong="H0559", “◄As|strong="H5315" sure|strong="H3045" as|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1121" alive|strong="H2416"/Truly|strong="H3588"► [IDM], I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{56}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H7592" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2088"!” 
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\verseNumber{57}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*,} as|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" killing|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555", Abner|strong="H0074" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586". David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" carrying|strong="H5375" Goliath’s|strong="H2719" head|strong="H7218". 
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\verseNumber{58}Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H1732", “Young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4310"?” David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sir|strong="H0113"\+w*, \+w perhaps|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w forgotten|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5288"\+w*} I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5650" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1732" servant|strong="H5650" Jesse|strong="H3448", who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H4310" faithfully|strong="H0571", who|strong="H4310" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul became jealous of David }

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\chapterNumber{18}After|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Saul|strong="H7586", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w met|strong="H6298"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w*.} Jonathan|strong="H3083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} liked|strong="H7521" David|strong="H1732"; in|strong="H5315" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="H1732" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" love|strong="H0157"/like|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1732" as|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" loved|strong="H0157"/liked|strong="H7521" himself|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{2}From|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" kept|strong="H5414" David|strong="H3117" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7725" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}Because|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H7227", he|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" David|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3083" took|strong="H5414" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" outer|strong="H2435" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" soldier’s|strong="H3824" tunic|strong="H3801", his|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719", his|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}, and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" belt|strong="H2290". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w wherever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w And|strong="H7971"\+w*} whatever|strong="H3605" Saul|strong="H7586" told|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3190", David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H5971" it|strong="H7760" very|strong="H3190" successfully|strong="H6743". As|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7760" result|strong="H6903", Saul|strong="H7586" appointed|strong="H7760" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7760" commander|strong="H8269" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" ◄approved|strong="H3477" of|strong="H5869"/were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3190" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5921"► that|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7891" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" were|strong="H3478" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" after|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555", the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H7891" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7122"/greet|strong="H7592" King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586". They|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" singing|strong="H7891" and|strong="H3478" dancing|strong="H4246" very|strong="H3966" joyfully|strong="H8057", playing|strong="H5059" tambourines|strong="H8596" and|strong="H3478" lyres|strong="H3658". 
\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H5221" they|strong="H5221" danced|strong="H3769", they|strong="H5221" sang|strong="H6030" this|strong="H1732" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H1732" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312": 
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“Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 1,000 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, 
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But|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5221"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H5750"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w singing|strong="H7440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H5414" like|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5414". He|strong="H1732" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*}, “They|strong="H1697" are|strong="H5869" saying|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} 10,000 men|strong="H0376", but|strong="H5750" that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} only|strong="H0389" 1,000. Soon|strong="H5750" they|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5869" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4410"!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{9}From|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" watched|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" closely|strong="H1692" because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" suspicious|strong="H7065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8432" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", an|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" sent|strong="H1732" by|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027" suddenly|strong="H6597" took|strong="H1961" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586". He|strong="H3117" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" act|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" madman|strong="H7696", inside|strong="H8432" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" playing|strong="H5059" the|strong="H8432" lyre|strong="H3658" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027", as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H1732" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H1961" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" hurled|strong="H2904" it|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}, saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" himself|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2904" fasten|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023" with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595"!” He|strong="H1732" did|strong="H1732" that|strong="H7586" two|strong="H5221" times|strong="H6471", but|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" jumped aside|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w both|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w evident|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Saul|strong="H7586" but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732", Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6440" appointed|strong="H7760" David|strong="H5973" as|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7760" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H3318" David|strong="H5973" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hoping|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w David|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3318" David|strong="H5973" led|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{14}he|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" success|strong="H7919", because|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7586"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" successful|strong="H7919", he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H7200" more|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H1481" of|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" led|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" successfully|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H1732" married|strong="H3947" Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David|strong="H1732" married|strong="H3947" Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323" }
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\verseNumber{17}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" oldest|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323", Merab|strong="H4764", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H5414" serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414" bravely by|strong="H3027" fighting|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421" for|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}”. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" by|strong="H3027" myself|strong="H0589". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" [RHQ] a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" important|strong="H5704" person|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3478" my|strong="H1732" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" important|strong="H5704", and|strong="H3478" my|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" is|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" important|strong="H5704" Israeli clan|strong="H4940". So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" son-in-law|strong="H2860".” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H6256" Merab|strong="H4764" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802", instead|strong="H8478", Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Adriel|strong="H5741", from|strong="H1961" Meholah \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Saul’s|strong="H7586" other|strong="H0312" daughter|strong="H1323", Michal|strong="H4324", fell|strong="H5307" in|strong="H1697" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" about|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697", he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" pleased|strong="H3474". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3117" thought|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" let|strong="H5414" Michal|strong="H4324" marry|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H8147" may|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w You|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w can|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Michal|strong="H4324"\+w*},” and|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" indicated for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" second|strong="H8147" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" would|strong="H1732" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" son-in-law|strong="H2859". 
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\verseNumber{22}Saul|strong="H7586" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", “Talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" privately|strong="H0241", and|strong="H4428" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6680", ‘Listen|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2009" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H6680". So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H6680" should|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Michal|strong="H4324"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} become|strong="H2859" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1696", “It|strong="H1696" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1696" great|strong="H1419" honor|strong="H3519" [RHQ] to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H2859" the|strong="H1697" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859". But|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w should|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H1697"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H7326" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1696" poor|strong="H7326" and|strong="H4428" insignificant|strong="H7043" man|strong="H7326".” 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1697" servants|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" what|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{25}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* } the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Michal|strong="H4324"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} wants|strong="H2656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} 100 Philistines|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H4428"\+w*} their|strong="H3588" foreskins|strong="H6190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w foreskins|strong="H6190"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}. In|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" way|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H3027".’ ” But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3541" Saul|strong="H7586" wanted|strong="H2654" was|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" would|strong="H4428" kill|strong="H2026" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" servants|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" pleased|strong="H3474" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" could|strong="H1697" become|strong="H2859" the|strong="H3117" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*. \+w The|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w days|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" before|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", 
\verseNumber{27}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H5221", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* 100, \+w but|strong="H5221"\+w*} 200 Philistines|strong="H6430"! He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3212" their|strong="H5414" foreskins|strong="H6190" to|strong="H3212" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3967" counted|strong="H2803" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w watching|strong="H8245"\+w*}, in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3212" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w required|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w could|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w become|strong="H2859"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w son-in-law|strong="H2859"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* obligated} to|strong="H3212" allow|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3212" marry|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Michal|strong="H4324". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732", 
\verseNumber{29}he|strong="H3117" became|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3254" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732". So|strong="H1961", as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" lived|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" enemy|strong="H0340". 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" armies|strong="H6635" repeatedly|strong="H7725" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, but|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1767" they|strong="H3605" fought|strong="H3898", David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3966" successful|strong="H7919" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" Saul’s|strong="H7586" other|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269". As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", David|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" famous|strong="H8034". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul tried to kill David }

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\chapterNumber{19}Then|strong="H1696" Saul|strong="H7586" urged|strong="H6484" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" to|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H1696" Jonathan|strong="H3129" liked|strong="H2654" David|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H4191" he|strong="H1732" warned|strong="H2094" David|strong="H1732", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H7586" seeking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1245" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5046". So|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" careful|strong="H8104". Tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" go|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" find|strong="H1245" a|strong="H1245" place|strong="H5643" to|strong="H4191" hide|strong="H2244" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3027" ask|strong="H7592" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}, I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3027" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5046" about|strong="H8033" you|strong="H5046". Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3027" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8033" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w David|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}, Jonathan|strong="H3083" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001", saying|strong="H1696" many|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H4639" about|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4639" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" harm|strong="H2398" your|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732"! He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" never|strong="H3808" done|strong="H4639" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" harm|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3588"! Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H4639" has|strong="H4428" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" danger|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H5221" when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H6213" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Goliath|strong="H1555"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w champion|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*. \+w By|strong="H3068"\+w* enabling \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" won|strong="H1589" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". You|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H1419" happy|strong="H8055" when|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200". Why|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" now|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" harm|strong="H2398" David|strong="H1732" [RHQ]? There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" reason|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5221", because|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H2398"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Saul|strong="H7586" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" what|strong="H6963" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H8085". Then|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H8085" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H8085" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" certain|strong="H8085" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Afterward|strong="H0310", Jonathan|strong="H3083" summoned|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3083" brought|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" served|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" started|strong="H1961" again|strong="H3254", and|strong="H1419" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4421". David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440" very|strong="H1419" furiously|strong="H7697", with|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4421" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", an|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H1732"\+w*} from|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586". While|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" playing|strong="H5059" his|strong="H3068" harp|strong="H3658" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{10}Saul|strong="H7586" hurled|strong="H2904" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6440" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6440" fasten|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023". David|strong="H1732" ◄dodged/jumped to|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" side|strong="H7023"►, and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595" did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" hit|strong="H5221" him|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595" stuck|strong="H5221" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023", but|strong="H5221" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" David|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Michal|strong="H4324" helped|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732" escape|strong="H4422" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Michal|strong="H4324" helped|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732" escape|strong="H4422" }
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H4191" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" watch|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w leaving|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H8104" following|strong="H0310" morning|strong="H1242". But|strong="H4191" David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802" Michal|strong="H4324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} warned|strong="H2094" him|strong="H7971", “To|strong="H4191" survive|strong="H6965", you|strong="H7971" must|strong="H4191" run|strong="H4422" away|strong="H7971" tonight|strong="H3915", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H7971" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H1732" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H5315", you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" tomorrow|strong="H4279"!” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3381" she|strong="H2474" enabled|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3381" climb|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4422" through|strong="H1157" a|strong="H1732" window|strong="H2474", and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3947" Michal|strong="H4324" took|strong="H3947" an|strong="H3947" idol|strong="H8655" and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3947" bed|strong="H4296". She|strong="H1931" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H7760" with|strong="H3680" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4296"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w*} clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H4480" goat’s|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3947" head|strong="H4763" of|strong="H4296" the|strong="H3947" idol|strong="H8655". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w next|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}, she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" that|strong="H1931" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" sick|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w bed|strong="H4904"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586", he|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" go|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" them|strong="H7971", “Bring|strong="H5927" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H7971" lying|strong="H8267" on|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7971" bed|strong="H4296", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7971"!” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H2009" when|strong="H2009" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" entered|strong="H0935" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H4397" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H4397" only|strong="H0389" an|strong="H1129" idol|strong="H8655" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H2009" bed|strong="H4296", with|strong="H5973" goat’s|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H5795" its|strong="H3605" head|strong="H4763". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*,} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} Michal|strong="H4324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H7971", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" trick me|strong="H7971" like|strong="H4191" that|strong="H1931"? You|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7971" enemy|strong="H0340" to|strong="H4191" escape|strong="H4422"!” 
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Michal|strong="H4324" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Saul|strong="H7586", “David|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" that|strong="H1931" if|strong="H1931" I|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H4191" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H7971" escape|strong="H4422", he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H4100" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H7971"!” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" spirit|strong="H7307" took|strong="H4191" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="H4191" Saul|strong="H7586" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God’s|strong="H0430" spirit|strong="H7307" took|strong="H4191" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="H4191" Saul|strong="H7586" }
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\verseNumber{18}After|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1272" Saul|strong="H7586", he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Samuel|strong="H8050", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*} at|strong="H3427" Ramah|strong="H7414". He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" Samuel|strong="H8050" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} him|strong="H5046". Then|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Naioth|strong="H5121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} of|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ramah|strong="H7414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, and|strong="H3212" they|strong="H1931" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{19}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H7586" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5121" Naioth|strong="H5121". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H1992" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" capture|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Ramah|strong="H7414"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w*} met|strong="H6298" some|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5030" were|strong="H1961" proclaiming|strong="H7121" ecstatic messages|strong="H2372", and|strong="H7971" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3947" leader|strong="H5387". When|strong="H1961" Saul’s|strong="H7586" messengers|strong="H4397" met|strong="H6298" them|strong="H1992", the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" God|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7307" Saul’s|strong="H7586" men|strong="H1992", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" spoke|strong="H1696" ecstatically. 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H5046" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H4397", he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" a|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992", but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7971" speak|strong="H1696" ecstatically. 
\verseNumber{22}Finally|strong="H5704", Saul|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Ramah|strong="H7414". When|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5704" well|strong="H1571" at|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Secu|strong="H7906", he|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592" people|strong="H1931" there|strong="H2009", “Where|strong="H2009" are|strong="H1571" Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H1419" David|strong="H1732"?” 
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The|strong="H5704" people|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H5704" are|strong="H1571" at|strong="H1732" Naioth|strong="H5121" in|strong="H3212" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{23}While|strong="H5704" Saul|strong="H5012" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H5921" Naioth|strong="H5121", the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H1961" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7307" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w walked|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" continued|strong="H1980" speaking|strong="H1696" ecstatic messages|strong="H2372" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Naioth|strong="H5121". 
\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H5030" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" spoke|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" Samuel|strong="H8050". He|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3651"\+w* unexpected, \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H3117" say|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" surprised|strong="H8610", like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3117" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acting|strong="H4603"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H3117" prophet|strong="H5030"?” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jonathan helped David escape from Saul }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jonathan helped David escape from Saul }
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\chapterNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} Naioth|strong="H5121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} of|strong="H6440" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6213" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6440", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5771" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w displease|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*}? What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" wrong|strong="H5771"? Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3588" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6440"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H6213"! He|strong="H6213" always|strong="H3605" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" before|strong="H4480" he|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2088" planning|strong="H2803". He|strong="H6213" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" about|strong="H1697" important|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1419" unimportant things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213". ◄Why|strong="H4069" would|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*}?/I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}.► [RHQ] So|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H1697" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" true|strong="H0571".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3083": “Your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" knows|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3045" well|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3045" good|strong="H5869" friends|strong="H3045", so|strong="H6435" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H5315", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" Jonathan|strong="H3083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w going|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H3045" Jonathan|strong="H3083", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" upset|strong="H5869"/distressed|strong="H6887", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}.’ But|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5315" certain|strong="H3045" as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2416" step|strong="H6587" away|strong="H5750" from|strong="H5315" being|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5704" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320". I|strong="H5704" always|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H4428" festival|strong="H2282". But|strong="H2009" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2009" for|strong="H5704" one|strong="H7992" night|strong="H6153". I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2009" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" day|strong="H2320" after|strong="H7992" tomorrow|strong="H4279". 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" asks|strong="H7592" why|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H6485" not|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H3605", ‘David|strong="H1732" requested|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3117" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3117" go|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3117" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", where|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" will|strong="H5892" offer|strong="H2077" the|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*} every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117".’ 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" says|strong="H3541" ‘That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" okay’, then|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5650" safe|strong="H7965". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" becomes|strong="H3045" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" determined|strong="H3615" to|strong="H5650" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{8}Please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5921". Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H2617"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H4191" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY], kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270" [RHQ] you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H5704" punish|strong="H6213" [IDM] me|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"! But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H7451" determined|strong="H3615" to|strong="H5921" harm|strong="H7451"/kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H2094" you|strong="H3588".” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H5046", “How|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4310" I|strong="H4100" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100" if|strong="H0518" your|strong="H5046" father|strong="H0001" answers|strong="H6030" you|strong="H5046" harshly|strong="H7186"?” 
\verseNumber{11}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H7704" go|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704".” So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3212" together|strong="H8147" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H2009" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085": At|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H6256" after|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H2713" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H2896" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" about|strong="H6256" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1980" hurt|strong="H7451"/kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" know|strong="H3045" [IDM] that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1980" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" away|strong="H7971" safely|strong="H7965". I|strong="H3588" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7971" severely|strong="H5953" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" while|strong="H5750" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5978" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5978", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5978" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w become|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*,} never|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" beng kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5704" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5704"\+w*} after|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*}. So|strong="H3027" Jonathan|strong="H3083" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3027" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H1245" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" requested|strong="H7592" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" repeat|strong="H6286" his|strong="H1732" solemn|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1732" be|strong="H5315" his|strong="H1732" close|strong="H5980" friend|strong="H7453", because|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732" as|strong="H5315" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H5315" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" himself|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2320" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H2320" the|strong="H3588" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320". When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3083" not|strong="H3588" sitting|strong="H4186" at|strong="H2320" your|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4186" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398", my|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H2320" ◄miss|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588"/see|strong="H6485" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3083" not|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033"►. 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H3117", go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3117" hid|strong="H5641" before|strong="H3117". Wait|strong="H3427" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3117" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H7971" will|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" shoot|strong="H3384" three|strong="H7969" arrows|strong="H2678" as|strong="H0834" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7971" were|strong="H7969" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H7971" shoot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H7969" a|strong="H7971" target|strong="H4307". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2678"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3384" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" arrows|strong="H2678" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7971". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", ‘They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" me’, then|strong="H2009" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H3947", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971", ‘The|strong="H3588" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H3068" farther|strong="H6581" away’, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H4480" immediately|strong="H6965", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" run|strong="H3212" away|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H5704" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H2009" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1696" and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" never|strong="H5769" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" hid|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320" started|strong="H1961", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H1732" sat|strong="H3427" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H1732" usually|strong="H2370" sat|strong="H3427", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H7023". Jonathan|strong="H3083" sat|strong="H3427" across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} sat|strong="H3427" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586". But|strong="H4428" no|strong="H6965" one|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1732" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3972" about|strong="H3117" David|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H7586" thinking|strong="H0559", “Something|strong="H3972" must|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" David|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3117" usually|strong="H2370" sat|strong="H3427", Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="H7592" Jonathan|strong="H3083", “Why|strong="H4069" has|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" here|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3117" yesterday|strong="H8543" and|strong="H1121" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{28}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H6030", “David|strong="H1732" earnestly|strong="H7592" requested|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5978" that|strong="H7586" I|strong="H5704" permit|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3651", ‘Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971", because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H7200" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H1931" going|strong="H4672" to|strong="H7971" offer|strong="H2077" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077". My|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" insisted|strong="H6484" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4672". So|strong="H3651" please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w David|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7971"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" here|strong="H4672" eating|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" ◄furious|strong="H2734"/very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734"► with|strong="H3045" Jonathan|strong="H3083". He|strong="H3588" yelled|strong="H5414" at|strong="H7586" him|strong="H3045", “You|strong="H3588" stupid|strong="H1197" bastard|strong="H4464" [EUP]! I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1121" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". By|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3045" shame|strong="H1322" to|strong="H1121" yourself|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3045" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{31}As|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4438" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" kingdom|strong="H4438"! So|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258", summon|strong="H7121" David|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Jonathan|strong="H3083" asked|strong="H4100" his|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001", “Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" David|strong="H1732" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213"? What|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451" has|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213"?” 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" threw|strong="H2904" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" at|strong="H5921" Jonathan|strong="H3083" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w spear|strong="H2595"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. So|strong="H4191" Jonathan|strong="H3083" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" really|strong="H2088" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{34}Jonathan|strong="H3083" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" left|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" room|strong="H2315". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" festival|strong="H2282", he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H3899". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" disgusted|strong="H3363" about|strong="H3117" what|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H3318" following|strong="H0310" morning|strong="H1242" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H7704" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732", like|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" agreed|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5288" he|strong="H1732" would|strong="H5288" do|strong="H3318". He|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" boy|strong="H5288" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{36}Jonathan|strong="H3384" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" boy|strong="H5288", “Run|strong="H7323" and|strong="H5288" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H5674" arrows|strong="H2678" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5288" shoot|strong="H3384".” The|strong="H5674" boy|strong="H5288" started|strong="H2490" running|strong="H7323", and|strong="H5288" Jonathan|strong="H3384" shot|strong="H3384" an|strong="H4672" arrow|strong="H2678" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5288" the|strong="H5674" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{37}When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" boy|strong="H5288" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" arrow|strong="H2678" hit|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" ground|strong="H4725", Jonathan|strong="H3083" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480", “The|strong="H4480" arrow|strong="H2678" is|strong="H4725" further|strong="H1973" away|strong="H4480"!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H7121" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" boy|strong="H5288", “Act|strong="H5975" quickly|strong="H4120"; do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5975" wait|strong="H5975"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5975" stop|strong="H5975"!” The|strong="H7121" boy|strong="H5288" picked|strong="H3950" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7121" arrow|strong="H2678" and|strong="H5288" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7121" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7121" Jonathan|strong="H3083". 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3045" boy|strong="H5288" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Jonathan|strong="H3083" had|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697"; only|strong="H0389" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H5414" Jonathan|strong="H3083" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H3212" arrows|strong="H2671" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" boy|strong="H5288" and|strong="H3212" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" town|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{41}When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" boy|strong="H5288" left|strong="H6965", David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H5307" out|strong="H5307" from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H5045" of|strong="H5045" the|strong="H5704" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5045" stones|strong="H0068" behind|strong="H0310" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641". He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", with|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5401" the|strong="H5704" ground|strong="H0776". Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" Jonathan|strong="H3083" kissed|strong="H5401" each|strong="H6471" other|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*/\+w neck|strong="H6677"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5704" cried|strong="H1058" together|strong="H3162". But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" cried|strong="H1058" more|strong="H6471" than|strong="H4480" Jonathan|strong="H3083". 
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\verseNumber{42}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732", “May|strong="H1961" things|strong="H8147" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" go|strong="H1980". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1732" we|strong="H5704" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5704" always|strong="H5769" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5704" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147", and|strong="H1980" what|strong="H1732" we|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5704" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147".” Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" left|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" town|strong="H7151". 

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\chapterNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6965" there|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Nob|strong="H5011" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H6965" priest|strong="H3548". Ahimelech|strong="H0288" trembled|strong="H2729" when|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3212" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. He|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3212" alone|strong="H0905"? Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5892" no|strong="H6965" men|strong="H0376" come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3212"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deceived|strong="H7411"\+w* \+w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\+w*} by|strong="H1732" replying, “The|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1732" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1732" want|strong="H4270" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1732" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H7122" about|strong="H1732" what|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H1732" do|strong="H6213". I|strong="H7122" have|strong="H3548" told|strong="H5046" my|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w meet|strong="H7122"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*}, do|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3045" any|strong="H3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*} [IDM]? Could|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6680" give|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7971" five|strong="H2568" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H4428" bread|strong="H3899", or|strong="H4428" whatever|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*} that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6680" can|strong="H3045" find|strong="H3045"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" answered|strong="H6030" David|strong="H3027", “There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H4672" ordinary|strong="H2455" bread|strong="H3899" here|strong="H4672", but|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3426" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w placed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w before|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. Your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" may|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3899" it|strong="H5414" if|strong="H3426" they|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3426" not|strong="H5414" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3899" [EUP] women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w recently|strong="H3117"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H6030", “They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3426" near|strong="H3027" women|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H8104" men|strong="H5288" to|strong="H8104" defile|strong="H2930" themselves|strong="H0905" by|strong="H3027" sleeping|strong="H3463" with|strong="H3899" women|strong="H0802" while|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" preparing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H8104" fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H3899" battles|strong="H4421". They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8104" keep|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H8104" God|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" ordinary|strong="H2455" trips, and|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w today|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w kept|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H0905"\+w* \+w acceptable|strong="H7522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3027"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" something|strong="H3899" very|strong="H3966" special|strong="H6381"/important|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" placed|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" gave|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H3899". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" those|strong="H3318" loaves|strong="H3899" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" table|strong="H7979" and|strong="H6030" replaced|strong="H8478" them|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" ◄fresh|strong="H3892"/newly|strong="H7138" baked|strong="H0644"► loaves|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{7}It|strong="H5414" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" Doeg|strong="H1673", from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7760" himself|strong="H6440" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" officials|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" shepherds|strong="H7462". 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H3117" asked|strong="H7592" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" spear|strong="H2595" or|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" sword|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w could|strong="H6113"\+w* \+w use|strong="H1931"\+w*}? The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H1931" task|strong="H6045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*} immediately|strong="H6965", so|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6113" have|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" any|strong="H6440" weapons|strong="H3627".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Ahimelech|strong="H0288" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Goliath|strong="H1555" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w giant|strong="H7497"\+w*} from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H4428" Elah|strong="H0425" Valley|strong="H6010". It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" wrapped|strong="H3874" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" cloth|strong="H0899", and|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3426" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3588", take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H6311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w weapon|strong="H3627"\+w*} here|strong="H6311".” 
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David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Truly|strong="H3588", there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H6311" sword|strong="H2719" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} as|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808"! Give|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H3947".” 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3548" David|strong="H1732" left|strong="H5414" there|strong="H2009". He|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3947"\+w*} and|strong="H3548" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5414" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, to|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1732" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" officers|strong="H7860" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{objected \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H3117"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397", “This|strong="H1931" man|strong="H6440" is|strong="H1931" [RHQ] David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"! He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" [RHQ] whom|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1931", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honored|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w*} dancing|strong="H4246" and|strong="H6965" singing|strong="H7440", 
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‘Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" thousands|strong="H0505" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H1931" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" tens|strong="H6235" of|strong="H4428" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6440"!’” 
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\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H6030" what|strong="H2088" those|strong="H2088" men|strong="H5650" were|strong="H5650" saying|strong="H0559", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w might|strong="H1369"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3966" he|strong="H1732" pretended|strong="H5060" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" insane. He|strong="H1732" started|strong="H2490" scratching on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" allowing his|strong="H7760" saliva|strong="H7388" to|strong="H6440" run|strong="H7323" down|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" beard|strong="H2206". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H3381" King|strong="H5921" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376", “Look|strong="H5869" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3027" man|strong="H8179"! He|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" acting|strong="H4603" like|strong="H3381" an|strong="H8179" insane man|strong="H8179"! Why|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5921"? 
\verseNumber{15}Have|strong="H5650" you|strong="H4100" brought|strong="H5650" him|strong="H7200" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H7200" have|strong="H5650" enough|strong="H1767" insane men|strong="H5650" here|strong="H2009" already|strong="H3528" [RHQ]? I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H7200" want|strong="H4270" [RHQ] him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5650" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David and his men hid in a cave at Adullam }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David and his men hid in a cave at Adullam }
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\chapterNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} left|strong="H4422" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H1004" a|strong="H8085" cave|strong="H4631" on|strong="H1004" a|strong="H8085" hill|strong="H2022" at|strong="H1004" Adullam|strong="H5725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Soon|strong="H3512" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" came|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1004" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961". Some|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1961" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" trouble|strong="H6869", some|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1961" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" owed money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1961" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" content|strong="H2974" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" until|strong="H5921" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 400 men|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3967" David|strong="H5973" was|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{3}Later|strong="H0310" they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Mizpah|strong="H4708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256". There|strong="H8033" David|strong="H1732" requested|strong="H7592" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", “Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4428" mother|strong="H0517" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H8033" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H4100" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w permission|strong="H7971"\+w*,} so|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" parents|strong="H0001" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" were|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1732" prophet|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “Leave|strong="H5800" ◄your|strong="H3808" fortress|strong="H4686"/this|strong="H1732" area|strong="H1508"► and|strong="H3063" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063".” So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Hereth|strong="H2802" forest|strong="H3293" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H2026" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" priests|strong="H3808" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Saul|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H2026" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" priests|strong="H3808" }
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\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1732" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063". On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" sitting|strong="H3427" underneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" tamarisk|strong="H0815" tree|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" hill|strong="H2022" at|strong="H3427" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" holding|strong="H2388" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595", and|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1732" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H3427" officers|strong="H5324". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414"! Do|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5414" think|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" will|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3967" vineyards|strong="H3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w becomes|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}? Will|strong="H5650" he|strong="H3605" appoint|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" generals|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" captains|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{8}Is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" why|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" [RHQ]? None|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1540" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w*} made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". None|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" feels|strong="H0270" sorry|strong="H2470" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" was|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" encouraging him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5921" ◄ambush|strong="H0693" me|strong="H5921"/attack|strong="H6965" me|strong="H5921" suddenly|strong="H6597"►, as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" doing|strong="H4480" today|strong="H3117"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Doeg|strong="H1673", a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, was|strong="H7586" standing|strong="H5324" there|strong="H7200" with|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" officers|strong="H5324". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", “When|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H7586" at|strong="H5921" Nob|strong="H5011", I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{10}Ahimelech|strong="H0288" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" David|strong="H1732" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H5414" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H6720" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H3068" Goliath|strong="H1555", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w giant|strong="H7497"\+w*} from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H7121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Ahimelech’s|strong="H0288" relatives|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" at|strong="H1004" Nob|strong="H5011". So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3548" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", “You|strong="H4994" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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Ahimelech|strong="H0288" answered|strong="H8085", “Yes|strong="H2005", sir|strong="H0113"!” 
\verseNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" conspiring to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" me|strong="H5414"? You|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3117" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719". You|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H7592" God|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H5046" David|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3117" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100". David|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" rebelled|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" right|strong="H3225" now|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w somewhere|strong="H1481"\+w*}, waiting|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}Ahimelech|strong="H0288" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w*} David|strong="H1732", your|strong="H3605" son-in-law|strong="H2860", the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" bodyguards, is|strong="H4310" very|strong="H3966" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605". No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4310" more|strong="H3254" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605" than|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732"! Everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" respects|strong="H0959" him|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{15}Furthermore|strong="H1571", this|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" say|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" David|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" do|strong="H1697". And|strong="H4428" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3117" accuse|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7760" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w get|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605" about|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" then|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7321", “Ahimelech|strong="H0288", you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" are|strong="H1004" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" right|strong="H3225" now|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H1571" his|strong="H3068" bodyguards, “Kill|strong="H4191" these|strong="H1931" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" allies|strong="H2266" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" conspiring with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7971"! They|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H7971"!” 
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But|strong="H3588" Saul’s|strong="H7586" bodyguards refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Doeg|strong="H1673", “You|strong="H3117" kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5375"!” So|strong="H4191" Doeg|strong="H1673", the|strong="H5375" man|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5375" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, went|strong="H4428" out|strong="H5437" and|strong="H4428" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5375" with|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H4191" eighty-five|strong="H8084" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3117" wearing|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" sacred|strong="H6944" vests|strong="H1549" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H5221" went|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5892" Nob|strong="H5011", the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5221" priests|strong="H3548" lived|strong="H3427". He|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376", women|strong="H0802", children|strong="H5768", babies|strong="H3245", cattle|strong="H7716", donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3548" sheep|strong="H7716" there|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Abiathar|strong="H0054", Ahimelech’s|strong="H0288" son|strong="H1121", escaped|strong="H4422". He|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" and|strong="H1121" joined|strong="H2266" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1732"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Doeg|strong="H1673"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H5046", “That|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, Doeg|strong="H1673", was|strong="H1732" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H1004" Nob|strong="H5011" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H5315" surely|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. So|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H3605" fault|strong="H3972" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" have|strong="H3045" been|strong="H5046" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{23}You|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3427" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5315" afraid|strong="H3372". The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1245" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1245" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315" also|strong="H5315", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" safe|strong="H4931" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5315".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David saved the people of Keilah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David saved the people of Keilah }
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\chapterNumber{23}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H5046" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1732" know|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5046" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H2009" attacking|strong="H5221" Keilah|strong="H7084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" stealing|strong="H1589" grain|strong="H1715" from|strong="H6430" where|strong="H2009" men|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" threshing|strong="H1637" it|strong="H1992".” 
\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3212" those|strong="H3467" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3212". Attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Keilah|strong="H7084".” 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H1732", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6430" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3063" be|strong="H3063" more|strong="H3588" afraid|strong="H3372" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Keilah|strong="H7084" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4634" is|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Keilah|strong="H7084"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Keilah|strong="H7084". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group.” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1419" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Keilah|strong="H7084". They|strong="H5221" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group and|strong="H1419" captured|strong="H3920" many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" their|strong="H5221" cattle|strong="H4735". David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Keilah|strong="H7084". 
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\verseNumber{6}Abiathar|strong="H0054", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3381" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Keilah|strong="H7084", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" vest with|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w use|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w determine|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="H7586" pursued|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Saul|strong="H7586" pursued|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732" }
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\verseNumber{7}Soon|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Keilah|strong="H7084". So|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3027" good|strong="H2896"! God|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" enabling me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3027" capture|strong="H3920" him|strong="H5046"! He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H7586" trapped|strong="H0270" himself|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" town|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" has|strong="H7586" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H1280" with|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H1817" around|strong="H3027" it|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Keilah|strong="H7084" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H4421" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" planning|strong="H2803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". So|strong="H5066" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H2790" to|strong="H5921" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", “Bring|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H5066"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" vest.” 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5668"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*,} David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H1245", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588" Israelis, I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" here|strong="H6311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H7843" Keilah|strong="H7084" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311". 
\verseNumber{11}Will|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Keilah|strong="H7084"\+w*}, as|strong="H3068" people|strong="H8085" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H4994"? Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H3068" Keilah|strong="H7084" enable|strong="H7980" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3381" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H4994"? Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994" Israelis, please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H5046", “Yes|strong="H3588", Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381".” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7586" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592", “Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H3068" Keilah|strong="H7084" enable|strong="H7980" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H5462" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}?” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* vest}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" 600 men|strong="H1980" left|strong="H3318" Keilah|strong="H7084". They|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" move|strong="H1980" from|strong="H3318" one|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H5046", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wherever|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*}. And|strong="H3967" when|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3318" Keilah|strong="H7084", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H2308" go|strong="H1980" there|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" hiding|strong="H5641" places|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3117" Ziph|strong="H2128" Desert|strong="H4057". Every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Horesh|strong="H2793" in|strong="H5315" Ziph|strong="H2128" desert|strong="H4057", he|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" coming|strong="H3318" there|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H2388" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Horesh|strong="H2793", and|strong="H1121" encouraged|strong="H2388" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" continue|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Jonathan|strong="H3083" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" harm|strong="H7463" [IDM] you|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H4932" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w man|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H6440" repeated|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w each|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8147"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" home|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Horesh|strong="H2793". 
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\verseNumber{19}Some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5927" Ziph|strong="H2128" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" when|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5973", “David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} are|strong="H5973" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H1732" our|strong="H1732" land|strong="H0776" [RHQ]! They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5973" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H1732" places|strong="H1116" at|strong="H1732" Horesh|strong="H2793" on|strong="H5927" Hakilah Hill|strong="H1389", south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jeshimon|strong="H3452". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6258", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6258" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3381". It|strong="H3381" is|strong="H5315" our|strong="H3605" duty|strong="H2992" to|strong="H3381" capture|strong="H3920" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H4428" turn|strong="H7725" him|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3212" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" more|strong="H5750" about|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7200". Find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" exactly|strong="H4310" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" staying|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3212" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" there|strong="H8033". People|strong="H1931" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H6191" clever|strong="H0995", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w clever|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w also|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w capture|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4224" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1980" hide|strong="H2244". Then|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H7725" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} go|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3605". If|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H3426" in|strong="H1980" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940"/caves|strong="H4631" of|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", we|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1961" search|strong="H2664" for|strong="H3559" him|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w find|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H6965" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ziph|strong="H2128" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3212" there|strong="H6965". At|strong="H1732" that|strong="H1732" time|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1732" in|strong="H3212" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H6160", south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H6440" Jeshimon|strong="H3452". 
\verseNumber{25}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3381" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732", but|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085". So|strong="H8085" he|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" further|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H8085" rocky|strong="H5553" hill|strong="H2022"/peak|strong="H7093" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H4057". When|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H8085" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{26}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022"/peak|strong="H7093", and|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654". David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" hurrying|strong="H2648" to|strong="H3212" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" Saul’s|strong="H7586" soldiers|strong="H5650", because|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" coming|strong="H0935" much|strong="H7227" closer|strong="H5066". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5921", “Come|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116"! The|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H7586" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776"!” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3651" Saul|strong="H7586" stopped|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" call|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" ‘Escape|strong="H4422" Rock’. 
\verseNumber{29}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" also|strong="H1571" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="H3605" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H6160" and|strong="H3967" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H0413" hide|strong="H5641" safely|strong="H0983" at|strong="H3427" En-Gedi|strong="H5872". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David spared Saul’s life }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David spared Saul’s life }
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\chapterNumber{24}After|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5927"\+w*} returned|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*} after|strong="H5927" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H3427", someone|strong="H0376" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" desert|strong="H6160" near|strong="H8033" En-Gedi|strong="H5872". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* } Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} chose|strong="H0977" 3,000 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H7725" various|strong="H2921" areas|strong="H0776" in|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7725" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" at|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" named|strong="H7121" Rocks|strong="H5553" of|strong="H4057" Wild|strong="H7704" Goats|strong="H5795". 
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\verseNumber{3}At|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" was|strong="H1732" alongside|strong="H5921" some|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" pens|strong="H0723", Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} entered|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" cave|strong="H4631" to|strong="H3478" defecate [EUP]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" hiding|strong="H5641" further|strong="H5750" inside|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" cave|strong="H4631"! 
\verseNumber{4}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1732"\+w*} whispered|strong="H3907" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", “Today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7586" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3427" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7272" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5221" your|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0340".’ You|strong="H5921" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921"!” So|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" crept toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w knife|strong="H3979"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" cut|strong="H7272" off|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3427" Saul’s|strong="H7586" robe|strong="H4598". 
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But|strong="H2009" then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" felt|strong="H4959" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H6213" having|strong="H0369" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" a|strong="H6213" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" robe|strong="H4598". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H3772", “I|strong="H5921" should|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921"! I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3820" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5221" chose|strong="H0977" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{7}By|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588", David|strong="H3027" restrained|strong="H3607" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" Saul|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" left|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" walk|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5414" road|strong="H1870" again|strong="H6965", David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H3212" out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H6965" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Saul|strong="H7586", “King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586"!” Saul|strong="H7586" turned|strong="H5414" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H6965" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H1870" with|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5414" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H5414" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3651" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" Saul|strong="H7586", “◄Why|strong="H3651" do|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4480" pay|strong="H5027" attention|strong="H5027" to|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559" ‘David|strong="H1732" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3318" harm|strong="H7463" you’?/You|strong="H4480" should|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" pay|strong="H5027" attention|strong="H5027" to|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559" ‘David|strong="H1732" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3318" harm|strong="H7463" you’.► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{10}Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" see|strong="H2009" with|strong="H1697" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869" that|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" you|strong="H4100" in|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4100" my|strong="H8085" men|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1732" I|strong="H2009" could|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H2026" you|strong="H4100" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H4100" were|strong="H1697" in|strong="H8085" this|strong="H1697" cave|strong="H4631". Some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" men|strong="H7451" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2009" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H8085", but|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H8085" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H8085". I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085", ‘I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H8085" harm|strong="H7451" my|strong="H8085" master|strong="H0113", because|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1732" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150".’ 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1571" judge|strong="H8199" and|strong="H3027" decide|strong="H7200" which|strong="H7451" of|strong="H3027" us|strong="H3045" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3045"\+w*/\+w pleases|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w*}►. And|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H2398" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5315". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3027" harm|strong="H7451" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" proverb|strong="H4912" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697", ‘Evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" are|strong="H3027" done|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3027" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H3808".’ But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H4480"\+w*} I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{14}“ou are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H1961" ◄why|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H3318"?/you|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H3318".► [RHQ] I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* harmless \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191" dog|strong="H3611" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" flea|strong="H6550". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3478" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H4310" judge|strong="H8199" which|strong="H4310" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* ◄\+w he|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w*/\+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3478"\+w*►}. I|strong="H3478" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3318" will|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* lawyer \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} judge|strong="H8199" ◄my|strong="H3318" case|strong="H7379"/what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478"►, and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3318" will|strong="H4310" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" power|strong="H3478" [MTY].” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H3027" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696", Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H3027", is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w hearing|strong="H0241"\+w*}?” Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H1696" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" man|strong="H1121" than|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961". You|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6963" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1697" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697" something|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" bad|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" put|strong="H6662" me|strong="H4480" in|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cave|strong="H4631"\+w*} where|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H3588" easily|strong="H4592" killed|strong="H2026" me|strong="H4480", you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" not|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1580" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{19}◄Who|strong="H3068" else|strong="H3027" would|strong="H3068"/No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" else|strong="H3027" would|strong="H3068"► find|strong="H4672" his|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340" and|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w*} [RHQ]. I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7939" you|strong="H3117" for|strong="H6213" being|strong="H3068" kindly|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" become|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" rule|strong="H4910" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H6258" while|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3027" listening|strong="H8085", solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4427" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3045" kill|strong="H2026" my|strong="H3045" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H6965" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3045" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w family|strong="H1004"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6258" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3068" back|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H8034" went|strong="H3068" back|strong="H1004" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6258" hiding|strong="H5641". 

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\chapterNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Soon|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w after|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}, Samuel|strong="H8050" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6908" gathered|strong="H6908" and|strong="H6965" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H1004" him|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3605" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H4191" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414". 

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Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H1419" Maon|strong="H4584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1419" who|strong="H0834" owned|strong="H3426" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1419" Carmel|strong="H3760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. He|strong="H5795" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H1419"; he|strong="H5795" owned|strong="H3426" 3,000 sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1419" 1,000 goats|strong="H5795". 
\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H1931" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Nabal|strong="H5037"; he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H7451" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8034" Caleb|strong="H3612". His|strong="H1931" wife|strong="H0802" Abigail|strong="H0026" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H7451" wise|strong="H7922" and|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H3303" woman|strong="H8034", but|strong="H1931" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H8034" very|strong="H2896" cruel|strong="H7186" and|strong="H2896" treated|strong="H3190" people|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" unkindly [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{4}One|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" while|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} were|strong="H1732" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" desert|strong="H4057", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H1732" cutting|strong="H2799" the|strong="H8085" wool|strong="H6785" from|strong="H8085" his|strong="H1732" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H8034" his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5288", “Go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" Nabal|strong="H5037" at|strong="H1732" Carmel|strong="H3760" and|strong="H7971" greet|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3541" tell|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H2416" me|strong="H1004", ‘I|strong="H3541" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1004" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" possess|strong="H3423". 
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\verseNumber{7}‘ heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" cutting|strong="H2799" the|strong="H3605" wool|strong="H6785" from|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629". Previously|strong="H3808", when|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462" were|strong="H1961" among|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H3972" them|strong="H1961". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462" were|strong="H1961" among|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3117" Camel|strong="H1581", we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H3637" any|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" from|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" ask|strong="H7592" your|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" if|strong="H3588" this|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3117" true|strong="H0571", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" come|strong="H4672" here|strong="H4672" at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" celebrating|strong="H7832", so|strong="H5414" I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H3027" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" these|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5288" whatever|strong="H2896" extra food|strong="H3899" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869", for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5414", David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" men|strong="H5288" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398".’” 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1696" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5288" arrived|strong="H0935" where|strong="H0834" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H8034", they|strong="H1697" gave|strong="H5117" David’s|strong="H1732" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5117", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1697" waited|strong="H5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H1697"\+w*}. But|strong="H1696" Nabal|strong="H5037" spoke|strong="H1696" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5117". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", “Who|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H6440"\+w*} this|strong="H6440" man|strong="H1121", this|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w*} is|strong="H4310"? [DOU, RHQ] There|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7235" slaves|strong="H5650" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3117" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H6555" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" masters|strong="H0113" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" present|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" cutting|strong="H2799" the|strong="H5414" wool|strong="H6785" from|strong="H3947" my|strong="H5414" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H3899" I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H3899" from|strong="H3947" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3045" slaughtered|strong="H2873". Why|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3899" I|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H4325" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1992" and|strong="H3899" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4325" outlaws [RHQ]? ◄Who|strong="H1992" knows|strong="H3045" where|strong="H2088" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3045" come|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3947"?/I|strong="H5414" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H2088" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3045" come|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3947".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7725" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5288" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" Nabal|strong="H5037" had|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1961", those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1980" of|strong="H3117" David|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1980" us|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H3972" us|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H3637" anything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H1980" us|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3117" protected|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" daytime|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wall|strong="H2346" [MET|strong="H6298"] around|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" protect|strong="H3117" us|strong="H5921" while|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5643"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\+w* \+w property|strong="H0272"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H5921"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" a|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H2022" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" met|strong="H6298" Abigail|strong="H0026". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H7200" Abigail|strong="H0026" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", she|strong="H5921" quickly|strong="H4116" got|strong="H6965" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H1732" bowed|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{29}Even|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H8432" pursue|strong="H7291" you|strong="H8432", you|strong="H8432" are|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H7965", because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8432". You|strong="H8432" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" bundle|strong="H6872" that|strong="H5315" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" safely|strong="H0983" tied|strong="H0631" up|strong="H6965". But|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6887" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disappear|strong="H0622"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fast|strong="H6685"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w*} that|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3068" hurled|strong="H2904" from|strong="H5315" a|strong="H1961" sling|strong="H7050". 
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" happens|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w glad|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w any|strong="H1961"\+w*} people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" Nabal’s|strong="H5037" household|strong="H1004". You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3068" having|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H1961" revenge|strong="H5360" yourself|strong="H3820" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" innocent|strong="H2600" people|strong="H3808". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enables you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" successfully|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, please|strong="H3190" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} me|strong="H3467".” 
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\verseNumber{32}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Abigail|strong="H0026", “I|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3117" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w*} me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{33}I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3027" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3027" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" wise|strong="H2450". You|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3027" prevented|strong="H6923" me|strong="H1288" from|strong="H3027" taking|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" myself|strong="H0589" and|strong="H3117" killing|strong="H1818" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1818" [MTY] today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{34}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" prevented|strong="H4513" me|strong="H4513" from|strong="H3478" harming|strong="H7489" you|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" come|strong="H7122" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5704" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4513", neither|strong="H3808" Nabal|strong="H5037" nor|strong="H7489" even|strong="H5704" one|strong="H2416" of|strong="H3068" Nabal’s|strong="H5037" men|strong="H3478" [IDM] would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" still|strong="H7489" alive|strong="H2416" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242".” 
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" accepted|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H7200" Abigail|strong="H0026" had|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5927" her|strong="H3947", “I|strong="H7200" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5375" that|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1004" go|strong="H5927" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3027" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H6440" said|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H1004" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3027" requested|strong="H7592".” 

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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H5704" Abigail|strong="H0026" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Nabal|strong="H5037", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", having|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" celebration|strong="H8057" like|strong="H1004" kings|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1697". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" very|strong="H3966" drunk|strong="H7910" and|strong="H4428" feeling very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H2896". So|strong="H3808" Abigail|strong="H0026" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3318" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H5750" drunk|strong="H3196", she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} ◄he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" stroke|strong="H5061"/a|strong="H1961" blood|strong="H1818" vessel|strong="H3627" burst|strong="H1234" in|strong="H4191" his|strong="H5046" brain► and|strong="H1242" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H1961" paralyzed|strong="H0068" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{38}About|strong="H1961" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" him|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{39}After|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Nabal|strong="H5037" insulted|strong="H3637" me|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄vindicated|strong="H5360" me|strong="H7971"/got|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7971"►. He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" prevented|strong="H6923" me|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w*} wrong|strong="H7451". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H2820" Nabal|strong="H5037" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" wrong|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068".” 

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Then|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Abigail|strong="H0026", to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7971" if|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{40}His|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1696" Carmel|strong="H3760" and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Abigail|strong="H0026", “David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{41}Abigail|strong="H0026" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H7364" her|strong="H6965" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H6965" ground|strong="H0776". Then|strong="H6965" she|strong="H6965" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happy|strong="H0835"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5650" your|strong="H6965" servant|strong="H5650". And|strong="H6965" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H6965" wash|strong="H7364" the|strong="H6965" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H6965" slaves|strong="H5650".” 
\verseNumber{42}Abigail|strong="H0026" quickly|strong="H4116" got|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" David’s|strong="H1732" messengers|strong="H4397". Five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" maids|strong="H5291" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" her|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w*,} she|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{43}David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H1571" married|strong="H3947" Ahinoam|strong="H0293", a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H3947" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Carmel|strong="H3760"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" both|strong="H8147" Abigail|strong="H0026" and|strong="H1732" Ahinoam|strong="H0293" were|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{44}King|strong="H4428" Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323" Michal|strong="H4324" was|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802", but|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Laish’s son|strong="H1121" Paltiel|strong="H6409", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" from|strong="H1121" Gallim|strong="H1554" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{David spared Saul’s life again }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David spared Saul’s life again }
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\chapterNumber{26}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" Ziph|strong="H2128" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" at|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440", “David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H6440" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" on|strong="H5921" Hakilah hill|strong="H1389", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" Jeshimon|strong="H3452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" chose|strong="H0977" 3,000 of|strong="H4057" the|strong="H6965" best|strong="H2459" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" with|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Ziph|strong="H2128" Desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H3381" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{3}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H7200" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H5921" Hakilah hill|strong="H1389", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" Jeshimon|strong="H3452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057". When|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" searching|strong="H2664" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{4}he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" spies|strong="H7270" to|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H7586" to|strong="H7971" Hakilah. 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w evening|strong="H6153"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" his|strong="H1732" tent|strong="H2583". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w distance|strong="H7350"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H7200" where|strong="H8033" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", Abner|strong="H0074", were|strong="H5971" sleeping|strong="H3463". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" sleeping|strong="H3463" with|strong="H7901" all|strong="H5439" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w*} around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{6}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3381" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H1732" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5973" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, and|strong="H1121" Joab’s|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052", whose|strong="H4310" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*} Zeruiah|strong="H6870". He|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3381", “Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5973" camp|strong="H4264" where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H4310"?” 
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Abishai|strong="H0052" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973".” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" Abishai|strong="H0052" crept into|strong="H2595" Saul’s|strong="H7586" camp|strong="H4570". They|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" asleep|strong="H3463". His|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H1732" stuck|strong="H4600" in|strong="H7901" the|strong="H5439" ground|strong="H0776" near|strong="H4763" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H4763". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" asleep|strong="H3463" in|strong="H7901" the|strong="H5439" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5439" camp|strong="H4570". Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5439" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" sleeping|strong="H3463" around|strong="H5439" Saul|strong="H7586". 
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\verseNumber{8}Abishai|strong="H0052" whispered|strong="H3907" to|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732", “Today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3117" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3027" kill|strong="H5221" your|strong="H4994" enemy|strong="H0340"! Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3027" fasten|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5221" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w thrusting|strong="H3238"\+w*} my|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" into|strong="H2595" him|strong="H5221". It|strong="H5221" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3808" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3027" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3027" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" only|strong="H0389" once|strong="H6471". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w*} strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" twice|strong="H6471".” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" whispered|strong="H3907" to|strong="H3068" Abishai|strong="H0052", “No|strong="H4310", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H7843" Saul|strong="H7586". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428", so|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" [RHQ] punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" kills|strong="H5221" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{10}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3117" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", he|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" Saul|strong="H7586". Perhaps|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5062" him|strong="H4191" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191", or|strong="H3117" perhaps|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H4994" from|strong="H3027" harming|strong="H7489" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150". Let’s|strong="H4994" take|strong="H3947" Saul’s|strong="H7586" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" jug|strong="H6835" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" near|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H4763". Then|strong="H6258" let’s|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6258"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H3027" taunted|strong="H2778" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David|strong="H3027" taunted|strong="H2778" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" }
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" jug|strong="H6835", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" Abishai|strong="H0052" left|strong="H7604". No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" or|strong="H7200" knew|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4325" doing|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5307" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sound|strong="H8639" asleep|strong="H3462". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" Abishai|strong="H0052" went|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5921" valley|strong="H6010" and|strong="H1732" climbed|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022", a|strong="H5975" long|strong="H7227" way|strong="H5674" from|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7218" camp|strong="H4264". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074", “Abner|strong="H0074", can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7121"?” 
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Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} replied|strong="H6030" “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w waking|strong="H8109"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6030"\+w*} the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" by|strong="H7121" calling|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H7121"?” 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" greatest|strong="H1419" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" [IRO, RHQ]! So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" guard|strong="H8104" your|strong="H8104" master|strong="H0113", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428"? Someone|strong="H4310" came|strong="H3478" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H8104" camp|strong="H4264" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H7843" your|strong="H8104" master|strong="H0113", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2088" poor|strong="H6041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w job|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w guarding|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213"! You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" guarded|strong="H8104" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" whom|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". Where|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" jug|strong="H6835" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" head|strong="H4763"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w shouting|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* } Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} recognized|strong="H5234" that|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5234" was|strong="H1732" David’s|strong="H1732" voice|strong="H6963". He|strong="H1732" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5234", saying|strong="H6963", “My|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H4428" your|strong="H2088" voice|strong="H6963"?” 
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David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", your|strong="H2088" majesty|strong="H1926" it|strong="H5234" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H1732" voice|strong="H6963".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H2088" David|strong="H3027" added|strong="H3254", “Sir|strong="H0113", why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? What|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451" have|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H3068" majesty|strong="H1926", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440"! If|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w order|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w appease|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H1992". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" forced|strong="H4522" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440", ‘Go|strong="H3212" somewhere|strong="H1481" else|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430"!’ 
\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" force|strong="H2394" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" die|strong="H5307" [MTY] far|strong="H5048" from|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3588", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" here|strong="H6258" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}! I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* harmless \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" flea|strong="H6550" [MET|strong="H6298"]. You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440" like|strong="H3318" people|strong="H1818" hunt|strong="H7291" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" bird|strong="H6833" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022"! [MET|strong="H6298"]” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “David|strong="H1732", my|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" sinned|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" considered|strong="H2803" my|strong="H1732" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H7725" harm|strong="H7489" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" made|strong="H7235" a|strong="H3588" big|strong="H0931" mistake|strong="H7686" and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H5869" acted|strong="H5528" foolishly|strong="H5528".” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H6030", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“ \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*} your|strong="H3947" spear|strong="H2595" here|strong="H2009". Send|strong="H5674" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" rewards|strong="H5023" us|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" right|strong="H6666" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3027" being|strong="H3068" loyal|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Even|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" where|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" easily|strong="H4592" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" you|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3117" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5414" [MTY] to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{24}Just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3117" considered|strong="H2803" your|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" valuable|strong="H3368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w spared|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w*} today|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" consider|strong="H2009" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" valuable|strong="H3368" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spare|strong="H2550"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} save|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732", “My|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", I|strong="H3201" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1571" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H7725". You|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" very|strong="H6213" successfully|strong="H6743".” 
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Then|strong="H1571" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David stayed among the Philistia people-group }

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\chapterNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" thought|strong="H3820", “Some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3478" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w around|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6258"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5750" do|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3820" to|strong="H3478" escape|strong="H4422" and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1366". If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588", Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4480" here|strong="H6258" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H5750" safe|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" 600 men|strong="H1121" left|strong="H6965" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3967" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" Maoch’s son|strong="H1121" Achish|strong="H0397", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H8147" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1732" families|strong="H1004" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gath|strong="H1661", the|strong="H5973" city|strong="H1931" where|strong="H1004" king|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" lived|strong="H3427". David’s|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802" were|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973"—Ahinoam|strong="H0293" from|strong="H5973" Jezreel|strong="H3157", and|strong="H1004" Nabal’s|strong="H5037" widow|strong="H0490" Abigail|strong="H0026", from|strong="H5973" Carmel|strong="H3760". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H1272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*} in|strong="H5750" Gath|strong="H1661", he|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H5975" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Achish|strong="H0397", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414", give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3427" one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" small|strong="H6996" villages|strong="H2691" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H4994" can|strong="H4100" stay|strong="H3427". There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4100" no|strong="H4672" need|strong="H4270" [RHQ] for|strong="H3427" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Achish|strong="H0397"\+w* \+w liked|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w David|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w suggested|strong="H5414"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Achish|strong="H0397" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H3117" Ziklag|strong="H6860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", Ziklag|strong="H6860" has|strong="H1961" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H3427" 16 months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5769"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" raided|strong="H6584" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w areas|strong="H5927"\+w*} where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3588" Geshur|strong="H1650", Girzi, and|strong="H1732" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-groups lived|strong="H3427". Those|strong="H2007" people|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1732" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5769". That|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" extended|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Telam to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Shur|strong="H7793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{9}Whenever|strong="H3605" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H3947" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H7725", they|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947" and|strong="H7725" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3808" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" people’s|strong="H5971" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7725" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H7725" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H7725" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H7725" even|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H2421" bring|strong="H7725" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H3808" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w would|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" Achish|strong="H0397". 
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\verseNumber{10}Each|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" Achish|strong="H0397" would|strong="H1732" ask|strong="H7592" David|strong="H1732", “Where|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5921" go|strong="H1732" raiding today|strong="H3117"?” David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w lie|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H3117" would|strong="H1732" reply|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H3117" would|strong="H1732" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396", or|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ken people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{11}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H6213" never|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H6213" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6213" Gath|strong="H1661" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1732" left|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421". David|strong="H1732" thought|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H6435" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2421"\+w*} will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H5046" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w*} about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3117" really|strong="H2088" did|strong="H6213".” David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H1961" Achish|strong="H0397" believed|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1732"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" himself|strong="H5315", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*,} his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H1961" Israelis, must|strong="H3478" now|strong="H1961" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5650" forever|strong="H5769".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul consulted a witch/medium }

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\chapterNumber{28}Some|strong="H1992" time|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3117" Philistia|strong="H6429" gathered|strong="H6908" their|strong="H1992" army|strong="H6635" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}. King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" expecting that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3045" men|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3898" my|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3651"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5650" see|strong="H3045" for|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213"!” 
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Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H3651", “Okay, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5650" appoint|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" my|strong="H8104" bodyguard|strong="H8104" permanently|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pleased|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*. \+w One|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} expel|strong="H1644" from|strong="H5493" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" or|strong="H5892" who|strong="H3605" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H5892" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3478" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H7586" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414", his|strong="H3605" hometown|strong="H4725". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" gathered|strong="H6908" and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H6908" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H2428" and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H6908" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Gilboa|strong="H1533" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w eastern|strong="H6931"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" Philistia|strong="H6429", he|strong="H7200" became|strong="H3372" so|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820" pounded|strong="H1743"/shook|strong="H2729". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7592". Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* } giving|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7592" a|strong="H3068" dream|strong="H2472", or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w having|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w throw|strong="H7993"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* vest}, or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giving|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} any|strong="H1571" prophet|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650", “Find|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H1875" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5650" talks to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1875" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H5650" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971", in|strong="H3212" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7586" I|strong="H2009" can|strong="H5650" ask|strong="H1875" her|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” His|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3212" Endor|strong="H5874" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} who|strong="H5650" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7586".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w clothes|strong="H3847"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w*} put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" ordinary|strong="H2455" clothes|strong="H3847" ◄to|strong="H3212" disguise|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H1931"/so|strong="H5927" that|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3212" recognize|strong="H5234" who|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H7586"►. Then|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3212" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" his|strong="H7586" men|strong="H8147" went|strong="H3212" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5927" night|strong="H3915" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" that|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802". Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H1931", “I|strong="H3212" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" a|strong="H5927" spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w has|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. Cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H3212" appear|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5927" person|strong="H5927" whose|strong="H7586" name|strong="H8034" I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5973"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H4191" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H4100" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4191" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H4480" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5315" and|strong="H7586" all|strong="H3045" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049". I|strong="H2009" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" trap|strong="H4170" me|strong="H5315", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", solemnly|strong="H7650" asking|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", “Just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1697" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Whom|strong="H4310" do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5927" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H5927" appear|strong="H7200"?” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “Cause|strong="H2600" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H5927" appear|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H7200"\+w*} when|strong="H7200" she|strong="H4100" saw|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050", she|strong="H4100" screamed|strong="H7121". She|strong="H4100" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H4100" have|strong="H7200" tricked|strong="H5377" me|strong="H7200" [RHQ]! You|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" Saul|strong="H7586"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w execute|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H7200"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" her|strong="H7200", “Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4428" afraid|strong="H3372". What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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The|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430"/spirit|strong="H7307" coming|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{14}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" look|strong="H7200" like|strong="H5927"?” 
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The|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “An|strong="H3588" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H3588" robe|strong="H4598" is|strong="H1931" appearing|strong="H7200".” 
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Then|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H7586" Samuel|strong="H8050". So|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3045" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" bothered|strong="H5221"/disturbed|strong="H7264" me|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" causing|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" appear|strong="H7200"?” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" worried|strong="H1672". The|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H3027" Philistia|strong="H6429" is|strong="H4100" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" my|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927", and|strong="H6030" God|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4100" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5921". He|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" my|strong="H5921" questions|strong="H1697" anymore|strong="H5750". He|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H6030" me|strong="H5921" dreams|strong="H2472" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} or|strong="H3808" give|strong="H6030" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H5927" prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. That|strong="H3045" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5921" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" see|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921". So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5921" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H6145". So|strong="H1961" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}? [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" the|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4467" away|strong="H7167" from|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" another|strong="H7453" Israeli—David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. You|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*}, with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5414" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" Israeli soldiers|strong="H1121". And|strong="H1121" tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" whole|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w after|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w disappeared|strong="H0369"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Saul|strong="H7586" immediately|strong="H4116" fell|strong="H5307" flat|strong="H5307" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" what|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" paralyzed|strong="H0068". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H8085" woman|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" extremely|strong="H3966" worried|strong="H1672"/terrified|strong="H3966". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7200", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" done|strong="H7760" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H1697" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697". I|strong="H3588" could|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H6963". Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eat|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w*} get|strong="H3212" enough|strong="H1571" strength|strong="H3581" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" refused|strong="H3985". He|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3808".” Then|strong="H6965" Saul’s|strong="H7586" servants|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1571" urged|strong="H6555" him|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" finally|strong="H1571" he|strong="H3808" heeded|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085". He|strong="H3808" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6965" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" bed|strong="H4296". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" fat|strong="H4770" calf|strong="H5695" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1004" her|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004". She|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" slaughtered|strong="H2076" it|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w cooked|strong="H2102"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3947"\+w*}. She|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" flour|strong="H7058" and|strong="H1004" mixed|strong="H1101" it|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" baked|strong="H0644" it|strong="H3947" without|strong="H1004" putting|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" any|strong="H3947" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{25}She|strong="H1931" placed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" it|strong="H1931". Then|strong="H6965" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" they|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H6965". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The king of Philistia sent David back home }

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\chapterNumber{29}The|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264" gathered|strong="H6908" at|strong="H2583" Aphek|strong="H0663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Shunem|strong="H7766"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" Israelis set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H6908" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264" at|strong="H2583" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5674" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1732" Philistia|strong="H6429" divided|strong="H0914" their|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" into|strong="H5674" groups|strong="H7218"; some|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H7218" had|strong="H1732" 100 soldiers|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H7218" had|strong="H1732" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H3967". David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H6430" marching|strong="H5265" behind|strong="H0310", with|strong="H5973" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" Philistia|strong="H6429" commanders|strong="H8269" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3117" these|strong="H2088" Hebrews|strong="H5680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w here|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w marching|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H3117"\+w*}?” 
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Achish|strong="H0397" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Their|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3117"\+w*} previously|strong="H3808" worked|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3808" now|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" near|strong="H3808" me|strong="H4672" for|strong="H5704" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" year|strong="H8141". During|strong="H3117" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" left|strong="H4672" Saul|strong="H7586", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200"/found|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3972" faults|strong="H2399".” 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4421" commanders|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5973" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* allowing \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w going|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921", “Send|strong="H7971" David|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7218"\+w*} back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921"! We|strong="H8033" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w goes|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7725"\+w*,} we|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" enemy|strong="H7854" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" midst|strong="H8432"! He|strong="H8033" would|strong="H4100" please|strong="H7521" King|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" by|strong="H5921" killing|strong="H2026" our|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H4421" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forgotten|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5221" one|strong="H2088" about|strong="H5221" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5221" Israelis dance|strong="H4246" and|strong="H6030" sing|strong="H6030", saying|strong="H0559", 
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‘Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 1000 of|strong="H5221" our|strong="H2088" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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but|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 of|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221"!’?” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7121" Achish|strong="H0397" summoned|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7121", “Just|strong="H3477" as|strong="H5704" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H7121". I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3318" very|strong="H2088" much|strong="H7227" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H4264" along|strong="H3588" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" army|strong="H4264". Since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H7121", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672"/seen|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3588" faults|strong="H2399". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H2088" Philistia|strong="H6429" rulers|strong="H8269" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H6258" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" will|strong="H5869" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7725". I|strong="H6258" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7725"(sg) to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H5869" Philistia|strong="H6429" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451" have|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"? Since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" first|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" today|strong="H3117", have|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" is|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H6213"? Your|strong="H6440" majesty|strong="H1926", why|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H4428" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" your|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H0341"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Achish|strong="H0397" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" as|strong="H5927" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5927" good|strong="H2896" as|strong="H5927" an|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5927" God|strong="H3808". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" my|strong="H1732" army|strong="H5927" have|strong="H5869" said|strong="H6030", ‘We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2896"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3045" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421".’ 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6258" early|strong="H7925" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" you|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" your|strong="H6258" men|strong="H5650" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H5800". Get|strong="H3212" up|strong="H7925" as|strong="H5650" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5650" it|strong="H1242" is|strong="H5650" light|strong="H0216" and|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H7725" following|strong="H3212" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7725" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427". And|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" went|strong="H3212" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s army defeated the Amalekites }

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\chapterNumber{30}Three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1732" Ziklag|strong="H6860", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w discovered|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*} men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group had|strong="H1961" raided|strong="H6584" Ziklag|strong="H6860" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H5221" Ziklag|strong="H6860" and|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" buildings|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H7617" the|strong="H5704" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*} and|strong="H1419" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808", and|strong="H1419" had|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H7617" them|strong="H7617" away|strong="H3212". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1121" Ziklag|strong="H6860", they|strong="H5892" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8313" town|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5892" their|strong="H8313" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7617" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H5375" men|strong="H5971" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963", until|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w weak|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} they|strong="H5704" could|strong="H5375" not|strong="H1732" cry|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}David’s|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" and|strong="H1732" Abigail|strong="H0026", had|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{6}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H5971" threatening to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* } throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w away|strong="H3605"\+w*}. David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H3334", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4994"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H1732" priest|strong="H3548", “Bring|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H4994" the|strong="H1732" sacred|strong="H6944" vest.” So|strong="H5066" Abiathar|strong="H0054" brought|strong="H5066" it|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1416"\+w*} pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w took|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*}? Will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H5381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} catch|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7291"?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H5381"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H5381"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Abiathar’s|strong="H0054"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w pouch|strong="H3219"\+w*}, “Yes|strong="H3588", pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" catch|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7291", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H5381" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5975" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5704" 600 men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1732" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5975" left|strong="H3498", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5704" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Besor|strong="H1308" Ravine|strong="H5158". Some|strong="H3498" of|strong="H5158" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" stayed|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5158"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w supplies|strong="H4399"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" 400 men|strong="H0376" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1732" pursue|strong="H7291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*}. The|strong="H5674" other|strong="H0312" 200 men|strong="H0376" stayed|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5674" ravine|strong="H5158", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1732" so|strong="H5975" exhausted|strong="H6296" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1732" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" ravine|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* 400 \+w men|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w going|strong="H4672"\+w*}, they|strong="H5414" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4713" in|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3947" field|strong="H7704"; so|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732". They|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5414" drink|strong="H8248" and|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" piece|strong="H6400" of|strong="H3117" fig|strong="H1690" cake|strong="H1690" and|strong="H7725" two|strong="H8147" clusters|strong="H6778"/packs of|strong="H3117" raisins|strong="H6778". The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H3899" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H7725" nights|strong="H3915", but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w drank|strong="H8354"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" felt|strong="H4959" refreshed|strong="H5314". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H2470" him|strong="H1732", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3588" master|strong="H0113"? And|strong="H3117" where|strong="H2088" do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H5288" from|strong="H3117"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2470" from|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4713". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2470" a|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. Three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113" left|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5800" here|strong="H2088", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" sick|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}We|strong="H0587" had|strong="H3063" raided|strong="H6584" the|strong="H5921" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Kereth people-group live|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3063" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" south|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Caleb|strong="H3612" live|strong="H3427". We|strong="H0587" also|strong="H3063" burned|strong="H8313" Ziklag|strong="H6860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3027", “Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3381" lead|strong="H5148" us|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" this|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" raiders|strong="H1416"?” 
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He|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w*} if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3381" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" listen|strong="H8085" while|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3381" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3381" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H2088" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191" or|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4191" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3381" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3381" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H2088", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3027" take|strong="H7650" you|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*,} so|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1419" from|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" led|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group were|strong="H6430". Those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" were|strong="H6430" lying|strong="H8267" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440", eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3063" drinking|strong="H8354" and|strong="H3063" celebrating|strong="H7832" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" having|strong="H0369" captured|strong="H3947" many|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" areas|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5288"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H5921" sunset|strong="H6153" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H4283" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283". Four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H3967" rode|strong="H7392" away|strong="H5127" on|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581", but|strong="H3588" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{18}David|strong="H1732" rescued|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" got|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group had|strong="H1732" taken|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{19}Nothing|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1732" missing|strong="H5737". They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\+w*}—young|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" old|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*}, their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323". They|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1732" recovered|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group had|strong="H1732" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" Ziklag|strong="H6860". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1732" cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H3605" captured|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H6440" go|strong="H1732" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", saying|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H2088" are|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" captured|strong="H3947" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H6440"; they|strong="H1931" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5971" got|strong="H3318" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" 200 men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" waiting|strong="H8104", the|strong="H3318" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1732" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" exhausted|strong="H6296". They|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Besor|strong="H1308" Ravine|strong="H5158". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H3318"\+w*}, they|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3318". And|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w greeted|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318", “I|strong="H7592" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5971" things|strong="H7592" are|strong="H5971" going|strong="H3318" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H3427" you|strong="H7592"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" evil|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1121" troublemakers, said|strong="H6030", “These|strong="H3605" 200 men|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414". So|strong="H1980" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" recovered|strong="H5337"/captured|strong="H3920". Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" should|strong="H1980" take|strong="H1980" only|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w homes|strong="H1004"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{23}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H8104" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, it|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" divide|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" protected|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H3027" who|strong="H3068" attacked|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3068" town|strong="H7151". 
\verseNumber{24}◄Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H4310" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588".► [RHQ] The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" stayed|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" supplies|strong="H4399" will|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H2088" amount|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" went|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421" will|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3162" receive|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H2088" amount|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{25}David|strong="H3117" made|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H2706" [DOU] for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H2706" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3068" Ziklag|strong="H6860", David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" friends|strong="H7453" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" leaders|strong="H2205" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" some|strong="H2009" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3068" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971", “Here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" present|strong="H1293" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971". These|strong="H1732" are|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H2009" took|strong="H1732" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w gifts|strong="H4979"\+w*:} Bethel|strong="H1008", Ramoth|strong="H7418" in|strong="H1008" the|strong="H1008" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Jattir|strong="H3492", 
\verseNumber{28}Aroer|strong="H6177", Siphmoth|strong="H8224", Eshtemoa|strong="H0851", 
\verseNumber{29}Racal|strong="H7403", the|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5892" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Jehrameel lived|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5892" Ken people-group lived|strong="H3427", 
\verseNumber{30}Hormah|strong="H2767", Bor-Ashan|strong="H0953", Athach|strong="H6269", 
\verseNumber{31}Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1980" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{31}Later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" again|strong="H6440" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. The|strong="H6440" Israelis ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" ◄many|strong="H7227" Israelis were|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2491"/the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7227" Israelis► on|strong="H5307" Gilboa|strong="H1533" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5221" Philistines|strong="H6430" caught|strong="H3920" up|strong="H1121" with|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121", Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041" and|strong="H1121" Malchishua. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H4672" fighting|strong="H4421" was|strong="H7586" very|strong="H3966" fierce|strong="H3513" around|strong="H3384" Saul|strong="H7586". When|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" Philistine|strong="H6430" ◄archers|strong="H3384"/men|strong="H3513" with|strong="H4421" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7586" arrows|strong="H7198"► caught|strong="H4672" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H4421" Saul|strong="H7586", they|strong="H7586" wounded|strong="H2342" him|strong="H4672" badly|strong="H3966" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627", “Take|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2719" me|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H3947" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H2719" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" thrust|strong="H1856" their|strong="H5375" swords|strong="H2719" into|strong="H5307" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H2719" make|strong="H3947" fun of|strong="H3627" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w*}.” 
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But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" carrying|strong="H5375" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627" was|strong="H7586" terrified|strong="H3966", and|strong="H2719" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5953" that|strong="H3588". So|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w pierced|strong="H1856"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w died|strong="H5307"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H4191" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" threw|strong="H5307" himself|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H5973" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586", three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" carried|strong="H5375" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627", all|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Israeli army|strong="H3427" had|strong="H3478" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H7200" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" occupied|strong="H3427" their|strong="H7200" towns|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5307" the|strong="H1961" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, they|strong="H7586" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H1961" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5307" Gilboa|strong="H1533" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H5971" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" Saul’s|strong="H7218" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H5971" his|strong="H7971" weapons|strong="H3627". Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H5439" their|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776", to|strong="H7971" proclaim|strong="H1319" the|strong="H7971" news|strong="H1319", in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7971" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5971" kept|strong="H8104" their|strong="H7971" idols|strong="H6091", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7760" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253". They|strong="H7760" also|strong="H1472" fastened|strong="H8628" the|strong="H7760" bodies|strong="H1472" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7760" wall|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w surrounded|strong="H5437"\+w*} Beth-Shan|strong="H1052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jabesh|strong="H3003" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H7586" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" Saul’s|strong="H7586" corpse|strong="H5038", 
\verseNumber{12}all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" bravest|strong="H0533" soldiers|strong="H2428" walked|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" to|strong="H3212" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052". They|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H1472" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" down|strong="H8313" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" Jabesh|strong="H3003" and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H1472" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106" and|strong="H3117" buried|strong="H6912" them|strong="H3947" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*} tamarisk|strong="H0815" tree|strong="H6086". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3117" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H3947" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► for|strong="H8478" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
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