\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 SAMUEL}
{\MTB 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
\par }{\MT 1 Samuel

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Samuel was born
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
was
a
man
named
Elkanah
who
lived
in
Ramah
{\ADD{
town}}
in
the hilly
area
where
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Ephraim
lived.
His
father
was
Jeroham,
his
grandfather
was
Elihu,
and
his great-grandfather
was
Tohu.
He
belonged
to
the
Zuph
clan.
\VS{2}He
had
two
wives:
Hannah
and
Peninnah.
Peninnah
had
several
children,
but
Hannah
had
no
children.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Once
every
year
Elkanah
went
up
{\ADD{
with
his
family}}
from
Ramah
to
Shiloh
{\ADD{
city}}.
He
went
there
to
worship
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
the
commander
}}
of
the
armies
{\ADD{
of
angels}},
and
to
offer
sacrifices
to
him.
The
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
{\ADD{
helped
their
father
to
do
the
work
as}}
priests
of
Yahweh
there.
\VS{4}Each
time
Elkanah
offered
sacrifices
there,
he
gave
some
of
the
meat
to
Peninnah
and
some
to
each
of
her
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{5}But
even
though
he
loved
Hannah
very
much,
he
gave
her
only
one
special
amount
of
meat
because
Yahweh
had
not
permitted
her
to
give
birth
to
any
children.
\VS{6}And
his
other
wife,
Peninnah,
would
ridicule
Hannah
to
make
her
feel
miserable,
because
Yahweh
had
not
allowed
her
to
bear
children.
\VS{7}This
happened
every
year.
When
they
went
up
to
the
temple
of
Yahweh
{\ADD{
at
Shiloh}},
Peninnah ridiculed
Hannah
so
much
that
Hannah
cried
and
would
not
eat.
\VS{8}Then
Elkanah
would
say
to
her, “Hannah, ◄why
are
you
crying?/please
quit
crying!► [RHQ] ◄Why
are
you
not
eating?/Please
eat
something!► [RHQ]
Why
are
you
so
upset/sad?
You
have
me;
is
that
not
more
important
to
you
than
if
you
had
ten
sons? (OR,
I
{\ADD{
love
you}}
more
than
your
sons
{\ADD{
would
love
you}},
even
if
you
had
ten
sons.)”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}One
year,
after
they
had
finished
eating
and
drinking
at
Shiloh,
Hannah
stood
up
{\ADD{
to
pray}}.
Eli
the
priest
was
nearby,
sitting
on
a
chair
by
the
doorway
of
the
sacred
tent
of
Yahweh.
\VS{10}Hannah
was
very
distressed,
and
she
cried
very sorrowfully
as
she
prayed
to
Yahweh.
\VS{11}She
made
a
vow
saying, “O
Almighty
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
if
you
will
look
at
me
and
see
how
miserable
I
am,
and
think
about
me
and
allow
me
to
give
birth
to
a
son,
then
I
will
dedicate
him
to
you
{\ADD{
to
serve
you}}
for
the
rest
of
his
life.
And
{\ADD{
to
show
that
he
is
dedicated
to
you}}, ◄no
one
will
ever
{\ADD{
be
allowed
to}}
cut
his
hair/his
hair
will
never
be
cut►.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}As
she
was
praying
like
that
to
Yahweh,
Eli
the
priest
saw Hannah’s
lips
{\ADD{
moving
as
she
was
praying}}.
\VS{13}But
Hannah
was
only
praying
silently;
she
was
not
making
any
sound.
So
Eli
thought
that
she
was
drunk.
\VS{14}He
said
to
her, “How
long
will
you
continue
to
get
drunk [RHQ]? ◄Throw
away
your
wine/Quit
drinking
wine►!”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Hannah
replied, “Sir,
I
am
not
drunk!
I
have
not
been
drinking
wine
or
any
other alcoholic
drink.
I
feel
very
distressed
and
I
have
been
telling
Yahweh
about
how
I
feel.
\VS{16}Do
not
think
that
I
am
a
worthless/wicked
woman!
I
have
been
praying
like
this
because
I
am
very
distressed [DOU].”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Eli
replied, “I
wish/desire
that
things
will
go
well
for
you.
I
desire
that
God,
the
one
we Israeli
people
{\ADD{
worship}},
will
give
you
what
you
requested
from
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}She
replied, “I
want
you
to
think
highly/well
about
me.”
Then
she
returned
{\ADD{
to
her
family}}
and
after
she
ate
something,
her
face
no
longer
looked
sad.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Early
the
next
morning,
Elkanah
and
his
family
got
up
and
worshiped
Yahweh
{\ADD{
again}},
and
then
they
returned
to
their
home
at
Ramah.
Elkanah ◄slept
with/had
sex
with►
Hannah.
Then
Yahweh
answered
her
prayer,
\VS{20}and
she
became
pregnant
and
gave
birth
to
a
son.
She
named
him
Samuel,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
words
in
the
Hebrew
language
that
mean ‘heard
by God’}},
because
she
said “Yahweh
{\ADD{
heard
me
when}}
I
requested
from
him
{\ADD{
a
son}}.”
\par }{\SH Hannah
dedicated
Samuel
to
Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
following
year,
Elkanah
again
went
up
{\ADD{
to
Shiloh}}
with
his
family
to
make
the
kind
of
sacrifice
he
made
each
year,
and
also
to
give
a
special
offering
to
God
that
he
had
promised
{\ADD{
to
give
him
previously}}.
\VS{22}But
Hannah
did
not
go
{\ADD{
with
them}}.
She
said
to
her
husband, “After
I
have
weaned
the
baby,
I
will
take
him
{\ADD{
to
Shiloh
and
present
him}}
to
Yahweh,
and
he
will
stay
there
for
the
rest
of
his
life.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Elkanah
said, “Do
what
seems
the
best
to
you.
Stay
here
until
you
have
weaned
him.
What
I
desire
is
that
Yahweh
will
{\ADD{
enable
you
to}}
do
what
you
have
promised.”
So
Hannah
stayed
at
home
and
nursed
her
son
until
she
weaned
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}After
she
weaned
him,
even
though
Samuel
was
very
young,
she
took
him
to
the
temple/house
of
Yahweh
at
Shiloh.
{\ADD{
To
offer
as
a
sacrifice}},
she
took
along
a
three-year-old
bull,
{\ADD{
a
sack
containing}} ◄20
pounds/9 kg.►
of
flour,
and
a
container
of
wine.
\VS{25}After
the
priest
had
slaughtered
the
bull
{\ADD{
and
offered
it
to
Yahweh
on
the
altar}},
Hannah
and
Elkanah
brought
the
boy
to
Eli.
\VS{26}Then
Hannah
said
to
him, “Sir, ◄Do
you
remember
me?/I
solemnly
affirm►,
I
am
the
woman
who
prayed
as
I
stood
here
beside
you
{\ADD{
several
years
ago}}.
\VS{27}I
prayed
that
Yahweh
would
enable
me
to
give
birth
to
a
child,
and
this
is
the
child
whom
I
requested
Yahweh
to
give
me.
\VS{28}So
now
I
am
presenting
him
to
Yahweh.
He
will
belong
to
Yahweh
as
long
as
he
lives.”
Then
Elkanah
{\ADD{
and
his
family}}
worshiped
Yahweh
there.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Hannah
prayed,
saying,
\par }{\Q “I
rejoice
in
{\ADD{
what}}
you,
Yahweh{\ADD{,
have
done}}.
\par }{\QB I
am
strong [MET]
because
I
belong
to
you.
\par }{\Q I ◄laugh
at/ridicule►
my
enemies,
\par }{\QB because
you,
Yahweh
have
rescued
me
{\ADD{
from
being
taunted
by
them}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{2}There
is
no
one
who
is
holy
like
you,
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
other
god
like
you.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
one
like
you,
our
God,
who
can
protect
us
{\ADD{
as
though
you
were
putting
us
beneath}}
a
huge
rock
{\ADD{
where
we
can
hide
from
danger}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
You
people
who
oppose
God}},
stop
boasting!
\par }{\QB Yahweh
is
a
God
who
knows
{\ADD{
everything}},
\par }{\Q and
he
will
evaluate/judge
everyone’s
actions.
\par }{\QB So
don’t
speak
so
arrogantly!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}Yahweh,
you
break
the
bows/weapons
of
mighty
soldiers,
\par }{\QB and
you
give
strength
to
those
who
stumble
{\ADD{
because
of
being
weak}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Many
people
who
previously
had
plenty
to
eat,
now
have
to
work
for
other
people
{\ADD{
to earn
money}}
to
buy
food,
\par }{\QB but
many
who
were
always
hungry
are
not
hungry
anymore.
\par }{\Q The
woman
who
did
not
have
any
children
before,
now
has
given
birth
to
many/seven
children,
\par }{\QB and
the
woman
who
had
many
children
before,
now
is
very
lonely
{\ADD{
because
they
have
all
died}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Yahweh,
you
cause
some
people
to
die,
\par }{\QB and
you
restore
some
people
who
are
almost
dead.
\par }{\Q For
some
people,
{\ADD{
it
seems
that
they
will
soon}}
go
to
where
the
dead
people
are,
but
you
cause
them
to
become
healthy
again.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Yahweh,
you
cause
some
people
to
be
poor
and
you
cause
some
people
to
be
rich,
\par }{\QB you
humble
some
people
and
you
honor
some
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
Sometimes}}
you
lift
poor
people
up
so
that
they
are
no
longer
{\ADD{
despondent,
sitting
in
the
dust,}}
\par }{\QB or
sitting
on
heaps
of
ashes;
\par }{\Q you
cause
them
to
sit
next
to
princes;
\par }{\QB you
cause
them
to
sit
on chairs/thrones
where
people
who
are
highly
honored
sit.
\par }{\Q Yahweh,
you
are
the
one
who
laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
you
have
set
the
whole
world
on
those
foundations.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You
will
protect
your
loyal/faithful
people [SYN],
\par }{\Q but
you
will
cause
the
wicked
to
die [EUP]
and
descend
to
the
dark
{\ADD{
place
where
dead
people
are}}.
\par }{\QB We
do
not
defeat
{\ADD{
our
enemies}}
by
our
own
strength;
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Yahweh,
you
will
break
into
pieces
those
who
oppose
you.
\par }{\QB You
will
cause
thunder
in
the
sky
to
show
that
you ◄oppose/are
angry
with►
them.
\par }{\Q Yahweh,
you
will
judge
{\ADD{
people
everywhere,
even
those
who
live
in}}
the
most
remote
places
on
the
earth.
\par }{\QB You
will
give
strength
to
the
king
whom
you
will
appoint,
and
give
him
great
power
{\ADD{
over
his
enemies}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Elkanah
{\ADD{
and
his
family}}
returned
to
Ramah,
but
Samuel,
the
little
boy,
stayed
to
help
Eli
the
priest
serve
Yahweh.
\par }{\SH Eli’s
sons
were
wicked
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Eli’s
two
sons{\ADD{,
who
were
also
priests,}}
were
very
wicked.
They
did
not
revere (OR,
respect/obey)
Yahweh.
\VS{13}While
the
people
were
boiling
the
meat
from
their
sacrifices
{\ADD{
in
the
huge
pot
at
the
temple}},
one
of
Eli’s
sons,
{\ADD{
would
send
his
servant
to
come
with
a
large
three-pronged
fork
in
his
hand}}.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
He}}
would
stick
the
fork
into
{\ADD{
the
meat
in}}
the
pot,
and
whatever
meat
fastened
onto
the
fork,
he
would
take
{\ADD{
and
give
it}}
to
the
priest
who
sent
him.
Eli’s
sons
did
this
to
all
the Israeli
people
who
came
to
Shiloh
{\ADD{
to
offer
sacrifices}}.
\VS{15}Furthermore,
before
the
fat
{\ADD{
on
the
meat}}
was
{\ADD{
cut
off
and}}
and
burned
{\ADD{
as
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh}},
the
servant
of
the
priest
would
{\ADD{
sometimes}}
come
to
the
man
who
was
making
the
sacrifice
and
say
to
him, “Give
me
some
meat
{\ADD{
now
to
take}}
to
the
priest
for
him
to
roast!
He
wants
raw
meat;
he
does
not
want
boiled
meat.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}If
the
man
said
to
the
servant, “Let
the
priests
{\ADD{
cut
off
and}}
burn
the
fat
first;
then
you
can
take
what
you
want,”
the
servant
would
reply, “No,
give
it
to
me
now;
if
you
do
not
give
it
to
me,
I
will
take
it forcefully!”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Yahweh
considered
that
the
young
{\ADD{
sons
of
Eli}}
were
committing
a
very
great
sin,
because
they
were treating
very disrespectfully
the
offerings
that
were
being
given
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}As
for
Samuel,
who
was
still
a
very
young
boy,
he
continued
to
do
work
for
Yahweh,
wearing
a
little
sacred
linen vest
{\ADD{
like
the Supreme
Priest
wore}}.
\VS{19}Each
year
his
mother
made
a
{\ADD{
new}}
little
robe
for
him
and
took
it
to
him
when
she
went
up
{\ADD{
to
Shiloh}}
with
her
husband
to
offer
a
sacrifice.
\VS{20}Then
Eli
would
{\ADD{
ask
God
to}}
bless
Elkanah
and
his
wife,
and
he
would
say
to
Elkanah, “I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
enable
your
wife
to
give
birth
to
other
children,
to
take
the
place
of
the
one
whom
she
dedicated
to
Yahweh.”
Then
Elkanah
and
his
family
would
return
home.
\VS{21}And
Yahweh
was
very
kind
to
Hannah,
and
enabled
her
to
give
birth
to
three
{\ADD{
other}}
sons
and
two
daughters.
Their
son
Samuel
grew
up
while
he
was
doing
work
for
Yahweh
{\ADD{
in
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
\par }{\SH Eli
warned
his
sons
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Eli
became
very
old.
He
often
heard
about
all
the
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
that
his
sons
were
doing
to
the Israeli
people.
He
heard
that
they
{\ADD{
sometimes}} ◄slept
with/had
sex
with►
the
women
who
worked
at
the
entrance
to
the
tent
where
{\ADD{
God}}
spoke
to
{\ADD{
his
people}}.
\VS{23}He
said
to
them, “◄It
is
terrible
that
you
do
such
things!/Why
do
you
do
such
things?► [RHQ]
Many
people
keep
telling
me
about
the
evil
things
that
you
do.
\VS{24}My
sons,
stop
it!
The
reports
{\ADD{
about
you}}
that
the
people
who
belong
to
Yahweh
tell
others
are
terrible [EUP]!
\VS{25}If
one
person
sins
against
another
person,
God
can ◄intercede/act
as
a referee►
between
them.
But
if
someone
sins
against
Yahweh,
no
one
can [RHQ] ◄intercede/act
as
a referee►
between
them!”
But
Eli’s
sons
would
not
listen
to
what
their
father
said.
This
was
because
Yahweh
had
decided
{\ADD{
that
someone
should
}}kill
them.
\par }{\SH A
prophet
warned
what
would
happen
to
Eli
and
his
family
\par }{\PP \VS{26}The
boy
Samuel
continued
to
grow
up,
and
the
things
that
he
did
pleased
Yahweh
and
the
people.
\VS{27}One
day,
a
prophet
came
to
Eli
and
told
him, “This
is
what
Yahweh
has
told
me: ‘When
your
ancestors
were
slaves
of
the
king
of
Egypt,
I
appeared
to
Aaron.
\VS{28}From
all
the
tribes
of
the Israeli
people,
I
chose
him
{\ADD{
and
his
male
descendants}}
to
be
priests
for
me.
I
appointed
them
to
go
up
to
my
altar,
to
burn
incense,
to
wear
a
sacred apron
{\ADD{
as
they
worked}}
for
me.
And
I
declared
that
they
could
take
{\ADD{
and
eat
some
of
the
meat}}
that
the Israeli
people
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{29}So
why
do
you
show
disrespect
for
the
sacrifices
and
offerings
that
I
commanded
{\ADD{
the
people
to
bring}}
to
me [RHQ]?
You
are
honoring
your
sons
more
than
you
are
honoring
me,
by allowing
them
to
get
fat
from
eating
the
best
parts
of
all
the
sacrifices
that
the Israeli
people
bring
to
me!’
\par }{\PP \VS{30}“herefore,
this
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
declares: ‘I
definitely
promised
that
Aaron
and
his
descendants
would
continue
to
serve [IDM]
me
forever.’
But
now
I
declare
this: ‘It
will
not
continue
like
that!
I
will
honor
those
who
honor
me,
but
I
will
despise
those
who
despise
me.
\VS{31}Listen
carefully!
There
will
soon
be
a
time
when
I
will
cause
all
the
strong
{\ADD{
young
men}}
in
your
family
to
die.
The
result
will
be
that
no
men
in
your
family
will
{\ADD{
live
long
enough
to}}
become
old
men.
\VS{32}You
will
be
distressed
and
envious
as
you
see
the
blessings
that
I
will
give
to
{\ADD{
the
other
people
in}}
Israel.
And
{\ADD{
I
repeat
that}}
no
men
in
your
family
will
ever
live
long
enough
to
become
old
men.
\VS{33}There
is
one
of
your
descendants
whom
I
will
spare,
and
not
prevent
him
from
serving
me
as
a
priest.
But
he
will
become
blind,
and
then
he
will
always
be
sad
and
grieving.
But
all
your
other
descendants
will
die
violently.
\VS{34}And
your
two
sons,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
will
both
die
on
the
same
day.
And
that
will
prove
to
you
{\ADD{
that
all
that
I
have
said
will
come
true/happen}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}‘
have
chosen
another
man
to
be
my
priest.
He
is
one
who
will
serve
me
faithfully:
He
will
do
everything
I
want [DOU]
him
to
do.
And
I
will
enable
him
to
have
many
descendants [IDM]
who
will
be
priests
and
will
always
serve
me
by
helping
the
king
whom
I
will
choose.
\VS{36}All
of
your
descendants
who
remain
alive
will
have
to
go
to
that
priest
and
ask
him
to
give
them
money
and
food,
and
they
will
each
have
to
say, “Please
allow
me
to
help
the
other
priests,
in
order
that
I
may
{\ADD{earn
some
money
to}}
buy
some
food.” ’ ”

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Yahweh Called Samuel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
While
he
was
still
a}}
boy,
Samuel
was
working
for
Yahweh
while
Eli
supervised
him.
At
that
time
there
were
very
few
messages
{\ADD{
that
anyone
received}}
from
Yahweh,
and
very
few
people
saw
visions
{\ADD{
that
Yahweh
gave
them}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}By
that
time
Eli’s
eyes
were
very
weak;
he
was
almost
blind.
{\ADD{
One
night}}
he
was
sleeping
in
his
room,
\VS{3}and
Samuel
was
sleeping
in
the
sacred
tent,
where
the
chest
that
contained
the
Ten
Commandments
was
kept.
While
the
sacred
lamp
was
still
burning,
\VS{4}Yahweh
called, “Samuel!
Samuel!”
Samuel
replied, “I’m
here!”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
he
{\ADD{
got
up
and}}
ran
to
Eli.
He
said
to
him, “I
am
here,
because
you
called
me!”
But
Eli
replied, “No,
I
did
not
call
you.
Go
back
to
your
bed.”
So
Samuel
went
and
lay
down
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Yahweh
called
again, “Samuel!”
So
Samuel
got
up
again
and
went
to
Eli
and
said, “I
am
here,
because
you
called
me!”
But
Eli
said, “No,
my
son,
I
did
not
call
you.
Go
back
and
lie
down.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}At
that
time
Samuel
did
not
yet
know
{\ADD{
that
}}
Yahweh
{\ADD{
could
speak
to
him}},
because
Yahweh
had
not
previously
revealed
anything
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}{\ADD{
After
Samuel
lay
down
again}},
Yahweh
called
him
a
third
time.
So
again
Samuel
got
up
and
went
to
Eli
and
said, “I
am
here,
because
you
called
me!”
\par }{\PP Then
Eli
realized
that
it
was
Yahweh
who
was
calling
the
boy.
\VS{9}So
he
said
to
Samuel, “Go
and
lie
down
again.
If
someone
calls
you
again,
say ‘Speak
to
me,
Yahweh,
because
I
am
listening!’ ”
So
Samuel
went
and
lay
down
again.
\VS{10}Then
Yahweh
came
and
stood
there
and
called
as
he
had
done
the
other
times, “Samuel!
Samuel!”
Then
Samuel
said, “Speak
to
me,
because
I
am
listening!”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Listen
carefully.
I
am
about
to
do
something
here
in
Israel
that
will shock/horrify [IDM]
everyone
who
hears
about
it.
\VS{12}When
that
happens,
I
will
punish
Eli
and
his
family.
I
will
do
to
them
everything
that
I
said
that
I
would
do.
\VS{13}His
sons
have
shown
great
disrespect
for
me
by
the
disgraceful
things
they
have
done,
and
Eli
did
not
restrain
them.
So
I
told
him
that
I
would
punish
his
family
forever.
\VS{14}I
solemnly
promised
to
Eli’s
family, ‘You
will
never
be
able
to
avoid
the consequences
for
your
sin,
even
if
you
give
me
sacrifices
or
offerings.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Samuel
lay
down
again
until
morning.
Then
he
got
up
and
opened
the
doors
of
the
Sacred
Tent
{\ADD{
as
usual}}.
He
was
afraid
to
tell
Eli
about
the
vision
{\ADD{
that
Yahweh
had
given
him}}.
\VS{16}But
Eli
called
him
and
said, “Samuel,
my
son!”
Samuel
answered, “I
am
here!”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Eli
asked
him, “What
was
it
that
Yahweh
told
you?
Do
not
conceal
it!
I
want
God
to
punish
you
severely
if
you
do
not
tell
me
everything
that
he
said
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
Samuel
told
him
everything.
He
did
not
refuse
to
tell
him
anything.
Then
Eli
said, “He
is
Yahweh.
I
am
willing
for
him
to
do
what
he
thinks
is
best.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}As
Samuel
grew
up,
Yahweh
helped
him,
and
caused
everything
to ◄come
true/happen►
that
Samuel
predicted.
\VS{20}So
all
the
people
of
Israel,
from
the
northern
end
of
the
country
to
the
southern
end,
realized
that
Samuel
was
truly
a
prophet
of
Yahweh.
\VS{21}Yahweh
continued
to
appear
to
Samuel
in
Shiloh
and
give
messages
to
him.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samuel
told
to
all
the
people
of
Israel
the
messages
that
God
gave
him.
\par }{\SH The
Philistines
captured
the
sacred
chest
\par }{\PP At
that
time
the Israeli
army
went
to
fight
against
the
army
of
the
Philistine
people.
The Israeli
army
set
up
their
tents
at
Ebenezer,
and
the
Philistine
army
set
up
their
tents
at
Aphek.
\VS{2}The
Philistine
army
attacked
the Israeli
army,
and
as
the
battle
continued,
the
Philistines
defeated
the Israelis
and
killed
about 4,000
of
their
soldiers.
\VS{3}When
the
remaining Israeli
soldiers
returned
to
their
camp,
the Israeli
elders/leaders
said, “Why
did
Yahweh
allow
the
Philistine
army
to
defeat
us
today?
We
should
bring
the
chest
that
contains
the
Ten
Commandments
here
from
Shiloh,
in
order
that
Yahweh
will
go
with
us
{\ADD{
when
we
go
to
the
battle
again,
and}}
in
order
that
our
enemies
will
not
defeat
us
again!”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
the
soldiers
did
that.
They
sent
some
men
to
Shiloh,
and
those
men
brought
back
the
chest
that
contained
the
Ten
Commandments.
{\ADD{
They
thought
that
if
they
did
that,
Yahweh
would
help
them.
They
believed
that}}
Yahweh
sat
on
a
throne
between
the
statues
of
winged
creatures
{\ADD{
that
were
on
top
of}}
the
chest
that
Yahweh
Almighty
{\ADD{
had
given
them}}.
The
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
went
with
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
the Israeli
people
saw
{\ADD{
the
men
bringing}}
the
box
into
their
camp,
they
were
so
happy
that
they
shouted
loudly.
They
shouted
so
loudly
that
they
made
the
ground
shake!
\VS{6}The
Philistines
asked, “What
are
the
people
in
the
Hebrew
camp
shouting
about?”
Someone
told
them
that
they
were
shouting
because
the
chest
that
contained
the
Ten
Commandments
of
Yahweh
had
been
brought
to
them.
\VS{7}Then
the
Philistines
became
very
afraid.
They
said, “One
of
the Israelis’
gods
has
come
into
their
camp
{\ADD{
to
help
them}}
We
are
in
big
trouble
now!
Nothing
like
this
has
happened
to
us
before!
\VS{8}◄Who
can/Can
anyone►
save
us
from
their
powerful
gods [RHQ]?
They
are
the
gods
who
struck
the
people
of
Egypt
with
many
plagues
{\ADD{
before
the Israelis
left
Egypt
and
traveled}}
through
the
desert.
\VS{9}You
Philistine
men,
be
courageous!
Fight
very
hard!
If
you
do
not
do
that,
{\ADD{
they
will
defeat
us,
and
then}}
you
will
become
their
slaves,
just
like
they
have
been
our
slaves
previously!”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
the
Philistine
men
fought
very
hard,
and
they
defeated
the Israelis.
They
killed 30,000 Israeli
soldiers,
and
the
other Israeli
soldiers
fled
and
ran
away
to
their
tents.
\VS{11}The
Philistines
captured
the
sacred
chest,
and
they
killed
Eli’s
two
sons,
Hophni
and
Phinehas.
\par }{\SH Eli
died
\par }{\PP \VS{12}On
that
same
day,
one
man
of
the
tribe
{\ADD{
descended
from}}
Benjamin
tore
his
clothes
and
threw
dirt
on
his
head
{\ADD{
to
show
that
he
was
very
sad}}.
He
ran
from
the
place
where
the
armies
were
fighting,
and
he
arrived
at
Shiloh
late
{\ADD{
that
afternoon}}.
\VS{13}Eli
was
waiting
beside
the
road.
{\ADD{
He
wanted
to
hear
news
about
the
battle,
and}}
he
was
also
very
anxious
to
know
if
anything
bad
had
happened
to
God’s
sacred
chest.
When
the
messenger
arrived
and
told
people
what
had
happened,
everyone
in
the
town
started
to
cry
loudly.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Eli
asked, “Why
are
they
making
all
that
noise?”
The
messenger
ran
over
to
Eli
and
told
him
the
news.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}At
that
time,
Eli
was 98
years
old,
and
he
was
blind.
\VS{16}The
messenger
said
to
Eli, “I
have
just
come
from
where
the
armies
were
fighting.
I
left
there
earlier
today.”
Eli
asked, “What
happened?”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
man
replied, “The
Philistines
defeated
our Israeli
army.
They
killed
thousands
of
our
soldiers,
and
the
others
ran
away.
The
Philistines
killed
your
two
sons,
Hophni
and
Phinehas.
They
also
captured
God’s
sacred
chest.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Eli
was
very
old,
and
he
was
very
fat;
and
when
he
heard
what
had
happened
to
the
sacred
chest,
he
fell
backward
from
his
chair
beside
the
town
gate.
His
neck
was
broken
and
he
died.
He
had
led
the Israeli
people
for 40
years
before
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}The
wife/widow
of
Eli’s
son
Phinehas
was
pregnant,
and
it
was
almost
time
for
her
to
give
birth
to
her
baby.
When
she
heard
that
God’s
sacred
chest
had
been
captured
and
that
her
husband
and
her
father-in-law
were
dead,
her
labor
pains
suddenly
began.
She
quickly
gave
birth
to
a
boy.
\VS{20}The
women
who
were
helping
her
tried
to
encourage
her
by
saying
to
her, “You
have
given
birth
to
a
son!”
But
she
did
not
pay
any
attention [DOU]
to
what
they
said.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}She
named
the
boy
Ichabod,
which
means ‘no glory’,
because
she
said, “{\ADD{
God’s}}
glory
has
departed
from
Israel.”
She
said
that
because
God’s
sacred
chest
had
been
captured
and
because
her
husband
and
her
father-in-law
had
died.
\VS{22}She
said, “{\ADD{
God’s}}
glory
has
left
Israel,
because
God’s
sacred
chest
has
been
captured!”
And
then
she
died.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH What happened when the sacred chest stayed among the Philistines
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
the
army
of
the
Philistia people-group
captured
God’s
sacred
chest
in
Ebenezer
{\ADD{
town}},
they
took
it
to
Ashdod
{\ADD{
which
is
one
of
their biggest
cities}}.
\VS{2}They
carried
it
into
the
temple
of
{\ADD{
their
god}}
Dagon,
and
placed
it
alongside
a
statue
of
Dagon.
\VS{3}But
early
the
next
morning,
when
the
people
of
Ashdod
{\ADD{
went
to
see
it,
they
saw
that}}
the
statue
had
fallen
on
its
face
in
front
of
Yahweh’s
sacred
chest!
So
they
set
the
statue
up
in
its
place
again.
\VS{4}But
the
following
morning,
{\ADD{
they
saw
that}}
it
had
fallen
down
in
front
of
the
sacred
chest
again.
But
this
time,
the statue’s
head
and
hands
had
broken
off,
and
were
lying
in
the
doorway.
Only
its
body
remained
intact/unbroken.
\VS{5}That
is
the
reason
that
since
that
time,
the
priests
of
Dagon
and
everyone
else
who
enters
the
temple
of
Dagon
in
Ashdod
do
not
step
on
the doorsill
{\ADD{
where
the
hands
and
head
of
Dagon
fell}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Yahweh [SYN] powerfully
caused
the
people
of
Ashdod
and
the
people
who
lived
in
nearby
villages
to
have ◄a
very
great
plague/serious
illness►
of
tumors.
\VS{7}The
men
of
Ashdod
realized
why
this
was happening,
and
they
cried
out, “The
god
of
the Israeli
people
is
punishing
us
and
is
also
punishing
our
god
Dagon.
So
we
cannot
allow
the
sacred
chest
of
the
god
of
the Israelis
to
remain
here!”
\VS{8}They
summoned
the
five
kings
of
the
Philistia people-group,
and
asked
them, “What
should
we
do
with
the
sacred
chest
of
the
god
of
the Israelis?”
\par }{\PP The
kings
replied, “Take
the
sacred
chest
to
Gath
{\ADD{
city}}.”
So
they
moved
it
to
Gath.
\VS{9}But
after
they
took
it
to
Gath,
Yahweh powerfully
struck
the
people
of
that
city
also,
with
the
result
that
many
men,
including
young
men
and
old
men,
got
tumors
on
their
skin.
Then
the
people
became
very
afraid.
\VS{10}So
they
took
the
sacred
chest
to
Ekron
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\PP But
when
the
men
carried
the
sacred
chest
into
Ekron,
the
people
there
cried
out, “Why
are
you
bringing
the
sacred
chest
of
the
God
of
the Israelis
into
our
city [RHQ]?
{\ADD{
By
doing
that}}
you
will
cause
us
and
the
rest
of
our
people
to
die!”
\VS{11}The
people
were
terrified/in
panic
because
{\ADD{
they
knew
that}}
God
was
starting
to
punish
them
severely.
So
they
summoned
the
{\ADD{
five}}
kings
of
the
Philistia people-group
again,
and
{\ADD{
pleaded
with
them}},
saying, “Take
this
sacred
chest
of
the
god
of
the Israelis
back
to
its
own
place!
If
you
do
not
do
that
quickly,
we
will
all
die!”
\VS{12}Some
of
the
people
in
Ekron
had
already
died,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
were
suffering
because
of
tumors
on
their
skin.
So
they
all
cried
out
to
their
gods [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
help
them}}.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH They returned the sacred chest to the Israelis
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
people
of
Philistia
kept
God’s
sacred
chest
in
their
area
for
seven
months.
\VS{2}Then
they
summoned
their
priests
and
their ◄diviners/men
who
practice rituals
to
find
out
what
would
happen
in
the
future►.
They
asked
them, “What
should
we
do
with
the
sacred
chest
of
Yahweh?
Tell
us
how
we
should
send
it
back
to
its
own
land.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Those
men
replied, “Send
with
it
an
offering
{\ADD{
to
show
Yahweh
that
you
know
that
you
are}}
guilty
{\ADD{
for
having
captured
the
chest}},
in
order
that
the
plague
will
stop.
If
you
do
that,
and
then
if
you
are
healed,
you
will
know
that
Yahweh
is
the
one
who
caused
you
to
experience
the
plague.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
people
of
Philistia
asked, “What
kind
of
offering
should
we
send?”
\par }{\PP The
men
replied, “Make
five
gold models
of
the
tumors
on
your
skin,
and
five
gold models
of rats.
Make
five
of
each
because
that
is
the
same
number
as
the
number
of
your
kings,
and
because
the
plague
has
struck
both
you
people
and
your
five
kings.
\VS{5}Make models
that
represent
the rats
and
the
tumors
that
are
ruining
your
land.
Make
them
in
order
to
honor
the
god
of
the Israeli
people.
If
you
do
that,
perhaps
he
will
stop
punishing [IDM]
you,
and
your
gods,
and
your
land.
\VS{6}Do
not
be [RHQ]
stubborn [IDM]
like
the
Egyptians
and
their
king
were.
{\ADD{
They
did
not
do
what
the Israelis’
god
told
them
to
do,
so
he
punished
them}}.
After
the Israelis’
god
finished
punishing
them
very
severely,
they
were
glad
to
allow
the Israelis
to
leave
their
country [RHQ].
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“o
you
must
build
a
new
cart.
Then
get
two
cows
that
have
very
recently
given
birth
to
calves.
They
must
be
cows
that
have
never
been
hitched
to
a
cart [MTY].
Hitch
those
cows
to
the
new
cart,
and
take
the
calves
away
from
their
mothers.
\VS{8}Put
the Israelis’
god’s
sacred
chest
on
the
cart.
Also
put
in
the
cart
the
five
gold models
of
the
tumors
on
your
skin
and
the
five
gold models
of rats.
Put
them
in
a
small
box
alongside
the
sacred
chest.
They
will
be
an
offering
to
show
that
you
know
that
you
deserved
to
be
punished
{\ADD{
for capturing
the
sacred
chest}}.
Then
send
{\ADD{
the
cows}}
down
the
road,
{\ADD{pulling}}
the
cart.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
Watch
the
cart
as
the
cows
pull
it}}.
If
they
pull
it
to
Beth-Shemesh
{\ADD{
town}}
in
Israel,
we
will
know
that
it
was
the Israelis’
god
who
caused
us
to
experience
this
plague.
But
if
they
do
not
take
it
there,
we
will
know
that
it
was
not
the
god [MTY]
of
the Israelis
who
has
punished
us.
We
will
know
that
it
just
happened.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
the
people
did
what
the
priests
and
men
who
predicted
what
would
happen
in
the
future
told
them
to
do.
They
{\ADD{
made}}
a
cart
{\ADD{
and}}
hitched
two
cows
to
it.
They
took
the
calves
from
their
mothers.
\VS{11}They
put
in
the
cart
Yahweh’s
sacred
chest
and
the
box
with
the models
of
the
gold rats
and
the
tumors.
\VS{12}Then
the
cows
started
walking,
and
they
went
straight
toward
Beth-Shemesh.
They
stayed
on
the
road,
and
were mooing
all
the
time.
They
did
not
turn
to
the
left
or
to
the
right.
The
five
kings
of
the
Philistia
area
followed
the
cows
until
they
reached
the
edge
of
Beth-Shemesh.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}At
that
time,
the
people
of
Beth-Shemesh
were
harvesting
wheat
in
the
valley
{\ADD{
outside
the
city}}.
{\ADD{
When
the
cows
came
along
the
road}},
they
looked
up
and
saw
the
sacred
chest.
They
were
extremely
happy
to
see
it.
\VS{14-15}The
cows
pulled
the
cart
into
the
field
of
a
man
named
Joshua,
and
they
stopped
alongside
a
large
rock.
Several
men
from
the
tribe
of
Levi
lifted
from
the
cart
the
sacred
chest
and
the
box
containing
the
gold models
of
the rats
and
the
tumors,
and
they
put
them
all
on
the
large
rock.
Then
the
people
smashed
the
cart
and
kindled
a
fire
with
the
wood
{\ADD{
from
which
the
cart
had
been
made}}.
They
slaughtered
the
cows
and
burned
their
bodies/carcasses
on
the
fire
to
be
an
offering
for
Yahweh
that
would
be
completely
burned.
That
day
the
people
of
Beth-Shemesh
offered
to
Yahweh
{\ADD{
many}}
sacrifices
that
were
completely
burned,
and
{\ADD{
other}}
sacrifices.
\VS{16}The
five
kings
from
the
Philistia
area
watched
all
this,
and
then
they
returned
to
Ekron,
that
same
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
five
gold models
of
tumors
that
they
sent
to
be
an
offering
to
Yahweh
to
show
that
they
knew
that
they
deserved
to
be
punished
were
gifts
from
{\ADD{
those
five
kings
who
were
rulers
of}}
Ashdod,
Gaza,
Ashkelon,
Gath,
and
Ekron
{\ADD{
cities}}.
\VS{18}The models
of
the
five
gold rats
were
gifts
from
the
people
of
those
five
cities
and
the
surrounding
towns.
The
large
rock
at
Beth-Shemesh,
on
which
the
{\ADD{
men
of
the
tribe
of
Levi}}
set
the
sacred
chest,
is
still
there
in
the
field
that
belonged
to
Joshua.
When
people
see
it,
they
remember
{\ADD{
what
happened
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
seventy
men
from
Beth-Shemesh
looked
into
Yahweh’s
sacred
chest,
and
because
of
that,
Yahweh
caused
them
to
die.
Then
the
people
mourned
very
much
because
Yahweh
punished [IDM]
those
men
like
that.
\VS{20}They
said, “No
one [RHQ]
can ◄resist
the
power
of/stand
in
the
presence
of►
Yahweh,
our
holy
God,
{\ADD{
and
remain
alive}}!
Where
can
we
send
the
sacred
chest?”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}They
sent
messengers
to
the
people
of
Kiriath-Jearim
{\ADD{
city}}
to
tell
them, “The
people
of
Philistia
have
returned
Yahweh’s
sacred
chest
to
us!
Come
here
and
take
it
away!”

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
When}}
the
men
of
Kiriath-Jearim
{\ADD{
received
that
message,
they}}
came
to
Beth-Shemesh
and
took
the
sacred
chest
of
Yahweh.
They
took
it
to
the
house
of
Abinadab,
which
was
on
a
hillside.
They
appointed Abinadab’s
son
Eleazar
to
take
care
of
the
chest.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}The
sacred
chest
stayed
in
Kiriath-Jearim
for
a
long
time—a
total
of 20
years.
During
that
time
all
the
people
of
Israel
mourned
{\ADD{
because
it
seemed
that}}
Yahweh
{\ADD{
had
abandoned
them}} (OR,
{\ADD{
and
then
they
asked}}
Yahweh
{\ADD{
to
help
them}}).
\par }{\SH Yahweh
rescued
the Israelis
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
Samuel
said
to
all
the Israeli
people, “If
you
truly [IDM]
want
to
act
like
Yahweh’s
people
should,
you
must
get
rid
of
your
statues
of
{\ADD{
the
goddess}}
Astarte
and
the
idols/statues
of
all
the
other
foreign
gods.
You
must
decide
to
serve/worship
only
Yahweh.
If
you
do
that,
he
will
rescue
you
from
{\ADD{
the
power
of}} [MTY]
the
Philistia
people.”
\VS{4}So
the Israelis
got
rid
of
all
their
statues
of
the
gods
Baal
and
Astarte,
and
they
worshiped
only
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Samuel
told
them, “All
you Israeli
people
must
gather
with
me
at
Mizpah.
Then
I
will
pray
to
Yahweh
for
you.”
\VS{6}So
they
gathered
at
Mizpah,
which
was
the
town
where
Samuel
previously
was
the
leader
of
the Israeli
people.
They
had
a
big
ceremony
there.
They
drew
water
{\ADD{
from
a
well}},
and
poured
the
water
on
the
ground
while
Yahweh
watched.
{\ADD{
To
show
that
they
were
sorry
for
having
worshiped
idols}},
they
did
not
eat
any
food
on
that
day,
and
they
confessed
that
they
had
sinned
against
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the
kings
of
the
Philistia
area
heard
that
the Israeli
people
had
gathered
at
Mizpah,
they
led
their
armies
there
to
attack
the Israelis.
When
the Israelis
found
out
that
the
Philistia
army
was
approaching
them,
they
became
very
afraid.
\VS{8}They
told
Samuel, “Pray
to
Yahweh
to
rescue
us
from
the
Philistia
army [MTY],
and
do
not
stop
pleading!”
\VS{9}So
Samuel
took
a
very
young
lamb
{\ADD{
and
killed
it}}
and
offered
it
to
Yahweh
to
be
a
sacrifice
that
was
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
Then
he
prayed
and
pleaded
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
would
help}}
the Israelis,
and
Yahweh
did
help
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}While
Samuel
was
burning
the
offering,
the
Philistia
army
came
near
to
attack
the Israelis.
But
Yahweh
caused
it
to
thunder
very
loudly.
The
soldiers
of
the
Philistia
army
became
very
frightened,
and
then
they ◄became
confused/did
not
know
what
to
do►.
So
the Israelis
were
able
to
defeat
them.
\VS{11}The Israeli
men
ran
out
of
Mizpah
and
pursued
the
Philistia
soldiers
almost
to
Beth-Car
{\ADD{
town}},
and
killed
many
Philistia
soldiers
while
they
were
trying
to
run
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}After
that
happened,
Samuel
took
a
large
stone
and
set
it
up
between
Mizpah
and
Jeshanah
{\ADD{
towns}}.
He
named
the
stone ‘Ebenezer’,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘stone
of help’}},
because
he
said “Yahweh
has
helped
us
until
the
present
time.”
\VS{13}So
the
Philistia
people
were
defeated,
and
for
a
long
time
they
did
not
enter
the Israeli
land
{\ADD{
to
attack
them}}
again.
During
the
time
that
Samuel
was
alive,
Yahweh powerfully
protected [MTY]
{\ADD{
the Israeli
people}}
from
{\ADD{
being
attacked
by}}
the
Philistia
army.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The Israeli
army
was
able
to
capture
again
the Israeli
villages
between
Ekron
and
Gath
that
the
Philistia
army
had
captured
before.
The Israelis
were
also
able
to
take
again
the
other
areas
around
those
cities
that
the
Philistia
army
had
taken
{\ADD{
from
the Israelis}}
previously.
And
there
was
peace
between
the Israelis
and
the Amor people-group.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Samuel
continued
to
be
the
leader
of
the Israeli
people
until
he
died.
\VS{16}As
long
as
he
was
alive,
every
year
he
traveled
back
and
forth
between
Bethel
and
Gilgal
and
Mizpah
{\ADD{
cities}}.
In
those
cities
he
listened
to
disputes
between
people
and
made
decisions
about
them.
\VS{17}After
he
listened
to
disputes
and
made
decisions
in
each
of
those
towns,
he
returned
to
his
home
at
Ramah,
and
he
would
listen
to
people’s
disputes
there,
also,
{\ADD{
and
make
decisions
about
them}}.
And
he
built
an
altar
at
Ramah
{\ADD{
to
offer
sacrifices}}
to
Yahweh.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH The Israelis asked for a king
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Samuel
became
old,
he
appointed
his
two
sons,
Joel
and
Abijah,
to
lead/rule
the
people
of
Israel.
\VS{2}They
judged
people’s
disputes/cases
in
Beersheba
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{3}But
they
were
not
like
their
father.
They
wanted
only
to
get
a
lot
of
money.
They
accepted
bribes,
and
they
did
not
make
honest
decisions
about
people’s
disputes/cases.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Finally,
the Israeli
leaders
met
at
Ramah
{\ADD{
town
to
discuss
the
matter}}
with
Samuel.
\VS{5}They
said
to
him, “Listen!
You
are
now
old,
and
your
sons
are
not
like
you.
Appoint
a
king
to
rule
over
us,
like
the
kings
that
other
countries
have!”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Samuel
was
very unhappy
with
them
for requesting
that,
so
he
prayed
to
Yahweh
about
it.
\VS{7}Yahweh
replied, “Do
what
they
have
requested
you
to
do.
But ◄{\ADD{
do
not
think/the
truth
is
not}}►
that
you
are
the
one
whom
they
are
really rejecting.
I
have
been
their
king,
and
I
am
the
one
they
are
really rejecting.
\VS{8}Ever
since
I
brought
them
out
of
Egypt,
they
have
rejected
me,
and
they
have
worshiped
other
gods.
And
now
they
are
also rejecting
you
in
the
same
way.
\VS{9}Do
what
they
are
asking
you
to
do.
But
warn/tell
them
about
how
their
kings
will
act
toward
them!”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
Samuel
told
those
people
what
Yahweh
had
said.
\VS{11}He
said, “If
a
king
rules
over
you,
this
is
what
he
will
do
to
you:
He
will
force
many
of
your
sons
to
join
the
army.
He
will
make
{\ADD{
some
of}}
them
run
in
front
of
his
chariots
{\ADD{
to
clear
people
out
of
his
way}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
Some
of}}
them
will
be
commanders
of
his
soldiers,
but
others
will
work
for
him
like
slaves.
He
will
force
some
of
them
to
plow
his
fields
and
{\ADD{
then
later}}
harvest
his
crops.
He
will
force
others
to
make
his
weapons
and
equipment
for
his
chariots.
\VS{13}The
king
will
take
{\ADD{
some
of}}
your
daughters
{\ADD{
from
you
and
force
them}}
to
make
perfumes
for
him
and
cook
food
for
him
and
bake
{\ADD{
bread
for
him}}.
\VS{14}He
will
take
your
best
fields
and
vineyards
and
olive
tree
groves/orchards,
and
give
them
to
his
own
officials.
\VS{15}He
will
take
a
tenth
of
your
harvests
and
distribute
it
among
the
officers
and
servants
{\ADD{
who
work
in}}
his
{\ADD{
palace}}.
\VS{16}He
will
take
from
you
your
male
and
female
servants,
your
best
cattle
and
donkeys,
and
force
them
to
work
for
him.
\VS{17}He
will
take
one
tenth
of
your
sheep
and
goats.
And
you
will
become
his
slaves!
\VS{18}When
that
time
comes,
you
will
complain
loudly
to
the
king,
the
king
that
you
yourselves
have
chosen,
but
Yahweh
will
not ◄pay
attention
to/help►
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
the
people
refused
to
pay
attention
to
what
Samuel
said.
They
said, “We
do
not
{\ADD{
care
what
you
say}}!
We
want
a
king!
\VS{20}We
want
to
be
like
the
other
nations.
We
want
a
king
to
rule
us
and
to
lead
our
soldiers
when
they
go
to
fight.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}When
Samuel
told
Yahweh
what
the
people
had
said,
\VS{22}Yahweh
replied, “Do
what
they
are
telling
you
to
do.
Give
them
a
king!”
{\ADD{
So
Samuel
agreed}},
and
then
he
sent
the
people
home.

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH Saul met Samuel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
was
a
rich
and influential
man
whose
name
was
Kish.
He
belonged
to
the
tribe
descended
from
Benjamin.
Kish
was
the
son
of
Abiel
and
the
grandson
of
Zeror.
He
was
from
the
family
of
Becorath
and
from
the
clan
of
Aphiah.
\VS{2}Kish
had
a
son
whose
name
was
Saul.
He
was
more
handsome
than
any
of
the
other Israeli
men,
and
he
was
a
head/foot
taller
than
any
of
the
other Israeli
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}One
day,
some
of Kish’s
female
donkeys
wandered
off.
So
Kish
told
Saul, “Take
one
of
my
servants
with
you,
and
go
and
search
for
the
donkeys!”
\VS{4}So
Saul
did
that.
He
took
a
servant,
and
they
walked
through
the hilly
area
where
the
descendants
of
Ephraim
lived,
and
then
they
went
through
the
areas
named
Shalishah
and
Shaalim,
and
then
they
went
through
all
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Benjamin
lived,
but
they
could
not
find
the
donkeys.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Finally,
they
came
to
the
area
of
Zuph.
Then
Saul
said
to
the
servant, “Let’s
go
back
home.
If
we
do
not
do
that,
my
father
will
stop
worrying
about
the
donkeys
and
start
worrying
about
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
the
servant
said, “I
have
another
idea [IDM].
There
is
one
of
God’s
prophets
who
lives
in
this
town.
People
respect
him
very
much,
because
everything
he predicts
comes
true.
Let’s
go
{\ADD{
talk}}
to
him.
Perhaps
he
can
tell
us
where
we
can
go
{\ADD{
to
find
the
donkeys}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Saul
replied
to
the
servant, “If
we
go
talk
with
him,
{\ADD{
we
should
give
a
gift
to
him,
but}}
what
can
we
give
to
him?
We
have
no
more
food
in
our
sacks.
Do
we
have
anything
else
to
give
to
him?”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
servant
replied, “Look
{\ADD{
at
this}}!
I
have
a
small
silver coin.
I
can
give
this
to
him,
and
then
he
will
tell
us
where
to
go
{\ADD{
to
find
the
donkeys}}.”
\VS{9-11}Saul
said, “Okay,
let’s
go
{\ADD{
talk
to
him.”}}
So
they
went
to
the
town
where
the
prophet
lived.
As
they
were
going
up
the
hill
into
the
town,
they
met
some
young
women
who
were
coming
out
of
the
town
to
get
some
water
{\ADD{
from
a
well}}.
One
of
them
asked
the
women, “Is
the
seer
in
the
town
{\ADD{
today}}?”
{\ADD{
They
said
that
because}}
previously,
if
people
{\ADD{
in
Israel}}
wanted
a
message
from
God,
they
would
say, “Let’s
go
to
the
seer,”
and
people
who
now
are
called
prophets
were
at
that
time
called ‘those
who
see
{\ADD{◄visions
from
God/all
that
God
sees►}}.’
\VS{12}The
women
replied, “Yes,
he
is
in
the
town.
In
fact,
he
is
{\ADD{
walking
on
the
road}}
ahead
of
you.
He
has
just
arrived
in
the
town,
because
the
people
are
going
to
offer
a
sacrifice
on
the
altar
where
the
people
gather
{\ADD{
to
worship
God}}.
\VS{13}If
you
go
quickly,
you
will
{\ADD{
have
time
to
talk
to
him}}
before
he
goes
there.
The
people
who
have
been
invited
will
not
start
eating
until
he
arrives
there
and ◄blesses/asks
God
to
bless►
the
sacrifice.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
Saul
and
the
servant
entered
the
town.
As
they
went
through
the
gates,
they
saw
Samuel
as
he
was
coming
toward
them,
on
the
way
to
where
people
were
going
to
offer
sacrifices.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}On
the
previous
day,
Yahweh
had
told
Samuel,
\VS{16}“At
this
time
tomorrow,
I
will
send
to
you
a
man
from
the
land
where
the
descendants
of
Benjamin
live.
Pour
olive
oil
on
his
{\ADD{
head}}
to
{\ADD{indicate
that
he
will}}
be
the
leader
of
my Israeli
people.
I
have
seen
that
my
people
are
suffering
{\ADD{
because
the
Philistine
people
are
oppressing
them}},
and
I
have
heard
my
people
as
they
have
called
out
to
me
{\ADD{
for
help}}.
The
man
on
whose
{\ADD{
head}}
you
pour
olive
oil
will
rescue
my
people
from
the [MTY]
Philistine
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
Samuel
saw
Saul,
Yahweh
said
to
him, “This
is
the
man
I
told
you
about
yesterday!
He
is
the
one
who
will
rule
my
people!”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Saul
saw
Samuel
as
he
was
sitting
at
the
town
gateway
{\ADD{
but
he
did
not
know
that
it
was
Samuel}}.
He
went
over
to
him
and
asked
him, “Can
you
tell
me,
where
is
the
house
of
the
man
who
sees
{\ADD{◄visions
from
God/all
that
God
sees►}}?”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Samuel
replied, “I
am
that
man.
Go
ahead
of
me
with
your
servant
to
the
place
where
the
people
make
sacrifices.
Both
of
you
will
eat
with
me
today.
Tomorrow
morning
I
will
tell
you
what
you
are
wanting
to
know,
and
then
I
will
send
you
home.
\VS{20}Also,
do
not
worry
anymore
about
those
donkeys
that
wandered
away
three
days
ago. ◄Someone
has
found
them/They
have
been
found►.
But
{\ADD{
what
you
need
to
know
is
that}}
it
is
you
and
your
family
that
all
the Israeli
people
are
wanting!” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Saul
replied, “I
am
from
the
tribe
of
Benjamin [RHQ].
That
is
the
smallest
tribe
in
Israel [RHQ]!
And
my
family
is
the
least
important
family
in
our
tribe!
So
why
are
you
talking
to
me
like
this,
{\ADD{
about
the Israeli
people
wanting
me
and
my
family}}?”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Samuel
brought
Saul
and
the
servant
into
the
big dining
room,
and
told
them
to
sit
at
the
head
{\ADD{
of
the
table, indicating
that
he
was}}
honoring
them
more
than
he
was
honoring
the 30
people
who
had
been
invited.
\VS{23}Then
Samuel
told
the
cook, “Bring
to
me
the
special
piece
{\ADD{
of
meat}}
that
I
told
you
to
set
aside.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}So
the
cook
brought
the
leg
and
the
meat
that
was
on
it,
and
set
it
in
front
of
Saul,
{\ADD{
even
though
those
portions
were
for
only
the
priest
to
eat}}.
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Start
eating
it.
I
told
the
cook
to
save
this
for
you,
so
that
you
could
eat
it
at
this
time,
when
all
these
people
whom
I
invited
are
here.”
So
Saul
and
Samuel
ate
together.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}After
they
finished
eating,
they
returned
to
the
town.
Then
Samuel
took
Saul
up
to
the
{\ADD{
flat}}
roof
{\ADD{
of
his
house}},
and
fixed
a
bed
for
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}As
the
sun
was
rising
the
next
morning,
Samuel
called
up
to
Saul, “Get
up!
It
is
time
for
me
to
send
you
on
the
road
back
home.”
So
Saul
got
up,
and
{\ADD{
later}}
Samuel
and
Saul
left
the
house
together.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}When
they
got
to
the
edge
of
the
town,
Samuel
told
Saul
to
send
his
servant
ahead.
After
the
servant
left,
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Stay
here
for
a
few minutes,
in
order
that
I
can
give
you
a
message
I
received
from
God.”

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Samuel appointed Saul to be king
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Samuel
took
a
small
jar
of
olive
oil
and
poured
{\ADD{
some
of}}
it
on
Saul’s
head.
Then
he
kissed
Saul
{\ADD{
on
the
cheek}},
and
told
him, “I
am
doing
this
because
Yahweh
has
chosen
you
to
be
the
leader
of
his Israeli
people.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
And
this
will
prove
it
to
you}}:
When
you
leave
me
today,
when
you
arrive
near
Rachel’s
tomb
at
Zelzah,
in
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Benjamin
live,
you
will
meet
two
men.
They
will
say
to
you, ‘The
donkeys
have
been
found,
but
now
your
father
is
worrying
about
you,
and
he
is
asking
people, “Have
you
seen
my
son?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
you
arrive
at
the
{\ADD{
large}}
oak
tree
at
Tabor
{\ADD{
town}},
you
will
see
three
men
coming
toward
you.
They
will
be
on
their
way
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
God
at
Bethel
{\ADD{
town}}.
One
of
them
will
be
leading
three
young
goats,
one
will
be
carrying
three
loaves
of
bread,
and
one
will
be
carrying
a
container
of
wine.
\VS{4}They
will
greet
you,
and
they
will
offer
you
two
of
the
loaves
of
bread.
Accept
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
you
arrive
at
the
hill
{\ADD{
where
people
worship}}
God
near
Gibeah
{\ADD{
town}},
where
there
is
the
camp
where
the
Philistine
soldiers
stay,
you
will
meet
a
group
of
prophets
who
will
be
coming
down
from
the
altar
on
top
of
the
hill.
There
will
be
people
in
front
of
them
who
will
be
playing
{\ADD{
various
musical
instruments}}:
a
harp,
a
tambourine,
a
flute,
and
a
lyre.
And
all
of
them
will
be
speaking
messages
that
come
directly frrom
God.
\VS{6}At
that
time
the
Spirit
of
Yahweh
will
come
upon
you,
and
you
also
will
speak
messages
that
come
directly
from
God. ◄You
will
be
changed/The
Spirit
of
Yahweh
will
change
you►,
so
that
you
will
become
like
a
different
person.
\VS{7}After
those
things
occur,
do
whatever
you
think
is
right
to
do,
and
God
will ◄be
with/help►
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
go
ahead
of
me,
down
to
Gilgal
{\ADD{
city}},
and
wait
for
me
there,
for
seven
days.
Then
I
will
join
you
there,
to
burn
sacrifices
and
offer
other
sacrifices
to
enable
you
to
maintain
fellowship
with
God.
When
I
arrive
there,
I
will
tell
you
what
{\ADD{
other}}
things
you
should
do.”
\par }{\SH What
Samuel
prophesied
came
true
\par }{\PP \VS{9}As
Saul
started
to
leave
there,
God
changed
Saul’s
inner
being.
And
all
the
things
that
Samuel
had
predicted
happened
on
that
day.
\VS{10}When
Saul
and
his
servant
arrived
at
Gibeah,
they
saw
some
prophets
who
were
{\ADD{
speaking
messages
that
came
directly
from
God.
As
the
prophets
were}}
approaching
Saul
and
his
servant,
God’s
Spirit
came
upon
Saul powerfully,
and
he
also
began
to
speak
messages
from
God.
\VS{11}When
people
who
had
known
Saul
previously
heard
him
speaking
messages
from
God
as
the
prophets
were
doing,
they
said
to
each
other, “What
has
happened
to
this
son
of
Kish?
Is
he
now
really
one
of
the ◄prophets/men
who
speak
messages
from
God►?”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}One
of
the
men
who
lived
there
replied, “{\ADD{
Saul
cannot
be
a
prophet,
because}}
all
prophets
receive
their
power
to
speak
messages
from
God,
not
from
their
parents.”
And
that
is
why,
{\ADD{
when
people
hear
about
a
report
of
someone
prophesying,
they
think
about
what
happened
to
Saul
and}}
say, “{\ADD{
We
are
surprised
about
that
person
becoming
a
prophet,
like}}
we
were
surprised
to
hear
that
Saul
had
really
become
one
of
the
prophets.”
\VS{13}When
Saul
finished
speaking
the
messages
that
God
gave
him,
he
went
to
the
place
where
the
people
offered
sacrifices.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Later,
Saul’s
uncle
{\ADD{
saw
him
there,
and}}
asked
him, “Where
did
you
go?”
Saul
replied, “We
went
to
look
for
the
donkeys.
When
we
could
not
find
them,
we
came
here
to
ask
Samuel
{\ADD{
if
he
could
tell
us
where
they
were}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Saul’s
uncle
replied, “What
did
Samuel
tell
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Saul
replied, “He
assured
us
that
the
donkeys
had
been
found.”
But
he
did
not
tell
his
uncle
what
Samuel
had
said
about
him
becoming
the
king
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
Later}}
Samuel
summoned
the
people
of
Israel
to
gather
at
Mizpah
to
{\ADD{
hear
a
message
from}}
Yahweh.
\VS{18}After
they
arrived,
he
said
to
them, “This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
we Israeli
people
{\ADD{
worship}},
says:
I
brought
you Israeli
people
out
of
Egypt.
I
rescued
your
{\ADD{
ancestors}}
from
the
power
of
the
rulers
of
Egypt
and
from
all
the
other
kings
who
oppressed
them.
\VS{19}I
am
the
one
who
saves
you
from
all
your
troubles
and difficulties.
But
today
you
have
rejected
me,
your
God,
and
you
have
said, ‘We
don’t
care!
Give
us
a
king!’
So
{\ADD{
I
will
do
what
you
want}}.
Now
have
{\ADD{
representatives
of}}
your
tribes
and
{\ADD{
of
}}
your
clans
stand
here
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}When
those
representatives
came
near
to
Samuel,
{\ADD{
God indicated
that}}
he
had
chosen
someone
from
the
tribe
descended
from
Benjamin.
\VS{21}Then
Samuel
told
representatives
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
to
come
forward,
and
God indicated
that
{\ADD{
from
that
tribe}}
he
had
chosen
someone
from
the
family
of
Matri,
and
then
God indicated
that
{\ADD{
from
the
family
of
Matri}}
he
had
chosen
Saul,
the
son
of
Kish.
But
when
they
looked
for
Saul,
they
could
not
find
him.
\VS{22}So
they
asked
Yahweh, “Where
is
Saul?”
Yahweh
replied, “He
is
hiding
among
the
army
equipment.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So
they
quickly
went
there
{\ADD{
and
found
him,}}
and
brought
him
{\ADD{
in
front
of
all
the
people}}.
They
could
see
that
{\ADD{
truly}}
he
was
a
head
taller
than
anyone
else.
\VS{24}Then
Samuel
said
to
all
the
people
there, “This
is
the
man
whom
Yahweh
has
chosen
to
be
your
king.
Among
all
us Israeli
people,
there
is
no
one
like
him!”
Then
all
the
people
shouted, “We
hope
that
this
king
will
live
a
long
time!”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Samuel
told
the
people
what
things
the
king
would
force
them
to
do,
and
all
the
things
the
king
was
required
to
do.
He
wrote
all
those
things
on
a
scroll,
and
then
he
put
it
in
a
sacred
place
in
the
temple.
Then
Samuel
sent
all
the
people
home.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
Saul
returned
to
his
home
in
Gibeah
{\ADD{
town}},
a
group
of
men
decided
to
continually
accompany
Saul.
They
did
that
because
God ◄motivated
them/put
it
in
their
minds►
to
do
that.
\VS{27}But
some
worthless
men
said, “◄How
can
this
man
save
us
{\ADD{
from
our
enemies}}?/This
man
will
not
be
able
to
save
us
{\ADD{
from
our
enemies}}.►” [RHQ]
They
despised
him,
and
refused
to
give
him
any
gifts
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
would
be
loyal
to
him}}.
But
Saul
did
not
say
anything
{\ADD{
to
rebuke
them}}.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Saul’s army rescued the people of Jabesh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}About
a
month
later,
King
Nahash
of
Ammon
{\ADD{
led
his
army
across
the
Jordan
River,
and
they}}
surrounded
Jabesh
{\ADD{
city}}
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
But
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
{\ADD{
went
and}}
said
to
Nahash, “Make
an
agreement/treaty
with
us
{\ADD{
not
to
kill
us}},
and
then
we
will
let
you
rule
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nahash
replied, “I
will
do
that
if
you
do
one
thing.
Allow
us
to
gouge
out
all
the
right
eyes
of
your
people.
By
doing
that
we
will
cause
the
people
{\ADD{
in
other
countries}}
to
despise
all
you Israeli
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
leaders
of
Jabesh
replied, “Do
not
attack
us
for
the
next
seven
days.
During
that
time,
we
will
send
messengers
throughout
Israel
{\ADD{
to
tell
them
what
you
are demanding}}.
If
no
one
will
help
us,
then
we
will ◄surrender
to
you/allow
you
to
do
to
us
whatever
you
want►.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
Being
very
confident
that
his
army
was
very
superior,
Nahash
agreed.
So
the
leaders
of
Jabesh
sent
messengers
throughout
Israel}}.
When
the
messengers
came
to
Gibeah,
which
was
{\ADD{
the
city}}
where
Saul
lived,
and
they
told
the
people
there
about
the
situation,
everyone
started
to
cry.
\VS{5}At
that
time,
Saul
was
plowing
in
the
field.
When
he
returned
home,
he
asked, “Why
are
all
the
people
{\ADD{
crying}}?”
So
they
told
him
what
the
messengers
from
Jabesh
had
reported.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
God’s
Spirit
came powerfully
upon
Saul,
and
he
became
very
angry
{\ADD{
because
of
what
Nahash
wanted
to
do}}.
\VS{7}He
took
two
of
his
oxen
{\ADD{
and
killed
them}}
and
cut
them
into
pieces.
Then
he
sent
messengers
{\ADD{
carrying
those
pieces}}
throughout
Israel
to
tell
people
this
message: “Saul
says
that
{\ADD{
he
cut
this
ox
in
pieces,
and
that
he
}}
will
do
the
same
thing
to
the
oxen
of
anyone
who
refuses
to
come
with
him
and
Samuel
to
fight
{\ADD{
the
army
from
Ammon}}!”
Then
Yahweh
caused
all
the
people
of
Israel
to
be
afraid
of
what
Saul
might
do
to
them (OR,
of
what
Yahweh
might
do
to
them)
{\ADD{
if
they
did
not
go
and
help
Saul}}.
So
the
men
all
gathered
together.
\VS{8}When
Saul
gave
them
all
weapons
at
Bezek,
he
saw
that
there
were 300,000 Israeli
men
there,
as
well
as 30,000
men
from
the
tribe
of
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
Saul
sent
messengers
back
to
the
people
at
Jabesh
to
tell
them, “We
will
rescue/save
you
by noontime
tomorrow.”
When
the
people
of
Jabesh
heard
that
message,
they
were
very
joyful/happy.
\VS{10}Then
the
men
of
Jabesh
told
{\ADD{
Nahash}}, “Tomorrow
we
will
surrender
to
you,
and
then
you
can
do
to
us
whatever
you
want
to.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
before
the
sun
rose
the
next
morning,
Saul
{\ADD{
and
his
army
arrived.
He}}
divided
them
into
three
groups.
They
rushed
into
the
camp
of
the
soldiers
from
Ammon,
and
attacked
them.
By noontime
they
had
killed
most
of
them,
and
those
who
were
not
killed
scattered.
Each
of
them
who
ran
away
ran
away
alone.
\par }{\SH The
people
proclaimed
Saul
as
king
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
the
people
{\ADD{
of
Jabesh}}
said
to
Samuel, “Where
are
those
men
who
said
that
they
did
not
want
Saul
to
be
our
king?
Bring
them
here,
and
we
will
kill
them!”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
Saul
replied, “{\ADD{
No}},
we
are
not
going
to
execute
anyone
today,
because
this
is
the
day
that
Yahweh
has
saved
us Israeli
people.
{\ADD{
It
is
a
day
to
rejoice,
not
to
kill
anyone}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Samuel
said
to
the
people, “Let’s
all
go
to
Gilgal,
and
there
we
will
again
proclaim
{\ADD{
that
Saul
is}}
our
king.”
\VS{15}So
they
went
to
Gilgal.
There,
knowing
that
Yahweh
was
watching,
they
proclaimed
that
Saul
was
their
king.
Then
they
offered
sacrifices
to
enable
them
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
And
Saul
and
all
the
other Israeli
people
were
very
happy.

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Samuel’s final speech
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Samuel
said
this
to
all
the Israeli
people: “I
have
done
everything
that
you
told
me
to
do,
and
I
have
given/appointed
a
king
to
rule
you.
\VS{2}My
own
sons
{\ADD{
are
grown
up
and}}
with
you
now,
but
I
have
appointed
Saul
{\ADD{
instead
of
one
of
them}},
and
he
is
now
your
leader.
I
am
now
old,
and
my
hair
is
gray.
I
have
been
your
leader
ever
since
I
was
a
boy.
\VS{3}Now
tell
me,
while
Yahweh
is
listening,
and
while
the
king
whom
he
has
chosen
is
listening:
whose
ox
or
donkey
have
I
stolen
{\ADD{
during
all
those
years}}?
Whom
have
I
cheated?
Whom
have
I
oppressed/treated
badly?
From
whom
have
I
accepted
a
bribe,
in
order
that
I
would
ignore
{\ADD{
the
evil
things
he
had
done}}?
If
I
have
done
any
of
those
things,
tell
me,
and
I
will
pay
back
what
I owe.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}They
replied, “{\ADD{
No,}}
you
have
never
cheated
anyone
or
oppressed
anyone
or
accepted
a
bribe
from
anyone.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Samuel
said, “Today
Yahweh
can
testify,
and
the
king
whom
you
chose
can
testify,
that
I
have
not
taken
a
bribe
from
anyone.”
They
replied, “Yes,
Yahweh
can
say
that
he
knows
that
is
true.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Samuel
continued
by
saying, “Yahweh
is
the
one
who
appointed
Moses
and
Aaron
{\ADD{
to
lead}}
our
ancestors.
He
is
the
one
who
brought
them
out
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
And
he
is
the
one
who
will
testify
that
what
I
am
saying
is
true}}.
\VS{7}Now
while
Yahweh
is
listening,
stand
here
quietly
while
I
accuse
you
{\ADD{
and
tell
you
that
your requesting
a
king
instead
of
trusting
Yahweh
to
lead
you
was
wrong}}.
I
will
do
that
by reminding
you
of
all
the
great
miracles
that
Yahweh
performed
for
you
and
your
ancestors.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}{\ADD{“any
years}}
after
Jacob
went
to
Egypt,
our
ancestors
pleaded
to
Yahweh
to
help
them.
So
Yahweh
sent
Moses
and
Aaron
to
them,
and
they
led
our
ancestors
out
of
Egypt,
and
eventually
they
settled
in
this
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“ut
our
ancestors
soon
forgot
about
Yahweh,
their
God.
So
he
allowed
Sisera,
the
commander
of
the
army
from
Hazor,
to
defeat
them.
He
also
allowed
the
Philistines
and
the
army
of
the
king
of
Moab
to
fight
our
ancestors
and
defeat
them.
\VS{10}Then
our
ancestors
pleaded
with
Yahweh
again
to
help
them.
They admitted, ‘Yahweh,
we
have
sinned,
and
we
have
forsaken
you.
We
have
worshiped
{\ADD{
idols
that
represent
the
god}}
Baal
and
{\ADD{
the
goddess}}
Astarte.
But
if
you
rescue
us
from
our
enemies,
we
will
worship
you
only.’
\VS{11}So
Yahweh
sent
men
such
as
Gideon,
Barak,
Jephthah,
and
me
to
save
you.
And
as
a
result,
you
did
not
have
to
worry
about
any
enemies
attacking
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“ut
now,
when
king
Nahash
of
Ammon
came
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
to
attack
you,
{\ADD{
you
were
afraid.
So}},
you
{\ADD{
came
to
me,
and}}
said, ‘We
want
a
king
to
rule
us,’
even
though
Yahweh
was
already
your
king!
\VS{13}So
now,
look,
here
is
the
king
whom
you
have
chosen.
You
asked
for
a
king,
and
Yahweh
has
now
appointed
a
king
for
you.
\VS{14}If
you
will
revere
Yahweh
and
if
you
serve
him,
and
if
you
listen
to
what
he
says
and
obey
what
he
commands,
and
if
you
and
the
king
who
rules
over
you
do
what
Yahweh
your
God
wants
you
to
do,
{\ADD{◄things
will
go
well
for
you
all/Yahweh
will
bless
you►}}.
\VS{15}But
if
you
do
not
listen
to
what
Yahweh
says,
if
you
disobey
what
he
commands,
then
he
will
punish [MTY]
you
all,
just
as
he
punished
our
ancestors.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“ow
stand
here
quietly
and
see
the
great
thing
that
Yahweh
is
about
to
do.
\VS{17}You
know
that [RHQ]
{\ADD{
it
does
not
rain
at
this
time
of
the
year}},
during
the
time
when
you
harvest
wheat.
But
I
will
ask
Yahweh
to
send
thunder
{\ADD{
and
lightning}}
and
rain
today.
When
he
does
that,
you
will
realize
that
Yahweh
considers
that
you
have
done
a
very
wicked
thing
by requesting
a
king.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Samuel
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
Yahweh
caused
it
to
thunder
{\ADD{
and
lightning}}
and
rain.
So
all
the
people
became
very
afraid
of
Yahweh
and
of
Samuel.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}They
cried
out
to
Samuel, “Pray
for
us!
We
have
added
to
our
previous
sins
by requesting
a
king!
Pray
to
Yahweh,
your
God,
in
order
that
we
will
not
die
{\ADD{
because
of
having
done
that}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Samuel
replied, “Do
not
be
afraid!
You
have
done
this
evil
thing,
but
do
not
turn
away
from
doing
the
things
that
Yahweh
wants
you
to
do.
Instead,
serve
Yahweh
wholeheartedly.
\VS{21}Do
not
abandon
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
and
worship
useless
idols.
They
cannot
help
you
or
save
you
{\ADD{
from
your
enemies}},
because
they
are
truly
useless.
\VS{22}Yahweh
decided
to
make
us
his
people.
So
he
will
not
abandon
us
people
whom
he
has
chosen,
because
he
would
injure
his
own
reputation
{\ADD{
of
being
completely
faithful}}
if
he
did
that.
\VS{23}But
as
for
me,
I
have
solemnly
promised
that
I
will
not
sin
against
Yahweh
by
ceasing
to
pray
for
you.
And
I
will
continue
to
teach
you
what
things
are
good
and
right
{\ADD{
for
you
to
do}}.
\VS{24}But
you
must
revere
Yahweh
and
serve
him
wholeheartedly.
Never
forget
all
the
great
things
that
he
has
done
for
you.
\VS{25}But
if
you
keep
doing
wicked
things,
he
will
get
rid
of
you
and
your
king!”

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Saul disobeyed God
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Saul
was
no
longer
a
young
man
when
he
became
the
king.
He
ruled
Israel
for 42
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}{\ADD{
Several
years
after
he
became
king}},
he
chose
three
thousand
men
from
the Israeli
army
to
go
with
him
{\ADD{
to
fight
the
Philistines}}.
Then
he
sent
the
other
soldiers
back
home.
Of
the
men
he
chose, 2,000
stayed
with
Saul
at
Micmash
and
in
the hilly
area
near
Bethel,
and 1,000
stayed
with
{\ADD{
Saul’s
son}}
Jonathan
at
Gibeah,
in
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Benjamin
lived.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Jonathan
{\ADD{
and
the
men
who
were
with
him}}
attacked
the
Philistine
soldiers
who
were
camped
at
Geba.
The
{\ADD{
other}}
Philistines
heard
about
that.
{\ADD{
So
Saul
realized
that
the
army
of
Philistia
would probably
come
to
fight
the Israelis
again}}.
So
Saul
{\ADD{
sent
messengers
to}}
blow
trumpets
throughout
Israel
{\ADD{
to
gather
the
people
together
and}}
proclaim
to
them, “All
you
Hebrews
need
to
hear
{\ADD{
that
now
the
Philistines
will
start
a
war
with
us}}!”
\VS{4}The
messengers
told
the
rest
of
the
army
to
gather
together
with
Saul
at
Gilgal.
And
all
the
people
in
Israel
heard
the
news.
People
were
saying, “Saul’s
army
has
attacked
the
Philistine
camp,
with
the
result
that
now
the
Philistines
hate
us Israelis
very
much.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
Philistines
gathered
together
and
were
given
equipment
to
fight
the Israelis.
The
Philistines
had 3,000
chariots,
and 6,000 chariot-drivers.
Their
soldiers
{\ADD{
seemed
to
be
as
many}}
as
grains
of
sand
on
the
seashore [HYP].
They
went
up
and
set
up
their
tents
at
Micmash,
to
the
east
of
Beth-Aven ({\ADD{
which
means ‘house
of wickedness’,
and
really referred
to
Bethel
town}}).
\VS{6}The
Philistines
attacked
the Israelis
very
strongly,
and
the Israeli
soldiers
realized
that
they
were
in
a
very
bad
situation.
So
many
of
the Israeli
soldiers
hid
in
caves
and
holes
in
the
ground,
or
among
the
rocks,
or
in
pits,
or
in
wells.
\VS{7}Some
of
them
crossed
the
Jordan
River
at
a
place
where
it
was
very shallow.
Then
they
went
to
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Gad
lived
and
to
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
\par }{\PP But
Saul
stayed
at
Gilgal.
All
the
soldiers
who
were
with
him
were
shaking
{\ADD{
because
they
were
so
afraid}}.
\VS{8}Saul
waited
seven
days,
which
was
the
number
of
days
that
Samuel
had
told
him
to
wait
for
him.
But
Samuel
did
not
come
to
Gilgal
{\ADD{
during
that
time}},
so
many
of
the
men
in
Saul’s
army
began
to
leave
him
and
run
away.
\VS{9}So
Saul
said
to
the
soldiers, “Bring
to
me
an
animal
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
one
for
the
offering
to
enable
us
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
God}}.”
{\ADD{
So
the
men
did
that}}.
\VS{10}And
just
as
he
was
finished
burning
those
offerings,
Samuel
arrived.
Saul
went
to
greet
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Samuel
{\ADD{
saw
what
Saul
had
done,
and
he}}
said
to
Saul, “Why
have
you
done
this?”
Saul
replied, “I
saw
that
my
men
were
leaving
me
and
running
away,
and
that
you
did
not
come
here
during
the
time
that
you
said
that
you
would
come,
and
that
the
Philistine
army
was
gathering
together
at
Micmash.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“o
I
thought, ‘The
Philistine
army
is
going
to
attack
us
here
at
Gilgal,
and
I
have
not
yet
asked
Yahweh
to
bless/help
us.’
So
I
felt
it
was
necessary
to
offer
the
burnt
offerings
{\ADD{
to
seek
God’s
blessings}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Samuel
replied, “What
you
did
was
very
foolish!
You
have
not
obeyed
what
Yahweh,
your
God,
commanded
{\ADD{
about
sacrifices}}.
If
you
had
obeyed
him,
God
would
have
allowed
you
and
your
descendants
to
rule
{\ADD{
Israel}}
for
a
long
time.
\VS{14}But
now
{\ADD{
because
of
what
you
have
done,
you
will
die,
and
after
you
die,}}
none
of
your
descendants
will
rule.
Yahweh
is
seeking
for
a
man
{\ADD{
to
be
king}}
who
will
be
just
the
kind
of
person
that
he
wants
him
to
be,
so
that
he
can
appoint
him
to
be
the
leader
of
his
people.
Yahweh
will
do
this
because
you
have
not
obeyed
what
he
commanded.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
Samuel
left
Gilgal
and
went
up
to
Gibeah.
Saul
stayed
at
Gilgal
with
his
soldiers.
There
were
only
about 600
of
them
left
{\ADD{
who
had
not
run
away}}.
\par }{\SH Saul’s
army
had difficulties
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Saul
and
his
son
Jonathan
and
the
soldiers
who
were
with
them
went
to
Geba
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
area
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
{\ADD{
and
set
up
their
tents
there}}.
The
Philistine
army
set
up
their
tents
at
Micmash.
\VS{17}Three
groups
of
Philistia
men
soon
left
the
place
where
their
army
was
staying,
and
went
and ◄raided
the Israeli
towns/attacked
the Israelis
and
took
their
possessions►.
One
group
went
{\ADD{
north}}
toward
Ophrah
{\ADD{
city}}
in
{\ADD{
the
}}
Shual
{\ADD{
region}}.
\VS{18}One
group
went
{\ADD{
west}}
to
Beth-Horon
{\ADD{
city}}.
The
third
group
went
toward
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
border,
above
Zeboim
Valley,
near
the
desert.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}At
that
time,
there
were
no
men
in
Israel
who ◄were
blacksmiths/could
make
things
from
iron►.
{\ADD{
The
people
of
Philistia
would
not
permit
the Israelis
to
do
that,
because
they
were
afraid
that}}
they
would
make
iron
swords
and
spears
for
the
Hebrews
to
fight
with.
\VS{20}So
{\ADD{
whenever
the Israelis
needed}}
to
sharpen
the blades
of
their
plows,
or
picks,
or
axes,
or sickles,
they
were
forced
to
take
those
things
to
a
Philistia
man
who
could
sharpen
those
things.
\VS{21}They
needed
to
pay ◄one
fourth
of
an ounce/8 grams►
of
silver
for sharpening
a
plow,
and ◄an
eighth
of
an ounce/4 grams►
of
silver
to
sharpen
an
axe,
or
a
sickle,
or ◄an
ox
goad/a pointed
rod
to
jab
an
ox
to
make
it
walk►.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}So
{\ADD{
because
the Israelis
could
not
make
weapons
from
iron}},
on
the
day
that
the Israelis
fought
{\ADD{
against
the
men
of
Philistia}},
Saul
and
Jonathan
were
the
only Israeli
men
who
had
swords.
None
of
the
others
had
a
sword;
{\ADD{
they
had
only
bows
and
arrows}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Before
the
battle
started,
some
Philistia
men
went
to ◄the
pass/a
narrow
place
between
two
cliffs►
outside
Micmash
to
guard
it.

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed many Philistines
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day,
Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
who
carried
his
weapons, “Come
with
me;
we
will
go
over
to
where
the
Philistia
soldiers
have
put
up
their
tents.”
{\ADD{
So
they
went}},
but
Jonathan
did
not
tell
his
father
{\ADD{
what
they
were
going
to
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}On
that
day,
Saul
and
the 600
soldiers
who
were
with
him
were
sitting
around
a
pomegranate
tree
at
a
place
where
the
people
threshed
grain,
near
Gibeah.
\VS{3}Ahijah
the
priest
was
also
there.
He
was
wearing
the
sacred vest.
Ahijah
was
the
son
of
Ahitub,
who
was
a
brother
of
Ichabod.
Ichabod
and
Ahitub
were
the
sons
of
Phinehas,
who
was
the
son
of
Eli,
who
had
been
Yahweh’s
priest
at
Shiloh.
\par }{\PP No
one
knew
that
Jonathan
had
left
{\ADD{
the Israeli
camp}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Jonathan
planned
that
he
and
the
young
man
would
go
through
a
narrow ◄pass/place
between
two
cliffs►
to
get
to
where
the
Philistia
army
was.
The
cliff
on
one
side
of
the
pass
was
named
Bozez,
and
the
other
cliff
was
named
Seneh.
\VS{5}One
cliff
faced
north
toward
Micmash,
and
the
cliff
on
the
other
side
faced
south
toward
Geba
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
who
carried
his
weapons, “Come
with
me.
We
will
go
to
where
those ◄pagans/people
who
do
not
believe
in
Yahweh► [MTY]
have
set
up
their
tents.
Perhaps
Yahweh
will
help
us.
It
does
not
matter
whether
we
are
only
two
men
or
many
people;
nothing
can
hinder
Yahweh
from enabling
us
to
defeat
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
young
man
who
was
carrying
Jonathan’s
weapons
said, “Do
what
you
think
is
the
best
thing
for
us
to
do.
I
will
help
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Jonathan
said, “Okay,
come
with
me.
We
will
cross
the
valley
to
where
the
Philistia
army
is,
and
allow
them
to
see
us.
\VS{9}If
they
then
say
to
us, ‘You
two
stay
there
until
we
come
down
to
you,’
we
will
stay
there
and
not
go
up
to
them.
\VS{10}But
if
they
say
to
us, ‘Come
up
here
{\ADD{
and
fight
against}}
us,’
that
will
show
us
that
Yahweh
will
enable
us
to
defeat
them.
Then
we
will
go
up
and
fight
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}When
the
two
of
them
crossed
the
valley,
the
Philistia
soldiers
saw
them
coming.
They
said, “Look!
The
Hebrews
are
crawling
out
of
the
holes
in
which
they
have
been
hiding!”
\VS{12}Then
the
Philistia
soldiers
who
were
closest
to
Jonathan
and
the
young
man
who
carried
his
weapons
said, “Come
up
here,
and
we
will
teach
you
something
{\ADD{
about
how
to
fight}} [IDM]!”
\par }{\PP Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
who
was
with
him, “Come
behind
me
and
climb
up,
because
Yahweh
is
going
to
help
us
to
defeat
them!”
\VS{13}So
Jonathan
climbed
up,
using
his
hands
and
his
feet
{\ADD{
because
it
was
very
steep}}.
The
young
man
climbed
up
following
him.
As
Jonathan
climbed,
he
struck
and
killed
many
Philistia
soldiers,
and
the
young
man
who
was
with
him
killed
many
more
as
he
followed
behind
Jonathan.
\VS{14}In
that
first
battle
the
two
of
them
killed
about 20
Philistia
soldiers
in
an
area
that
was
about
half
an
acre.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
all
the
other
Philistia
soldiers,
the
ones
in
the
camp
and
the
ones
who
had
been
attacking
the Israeli
towns,
ones
who
were
out
in
the
field
much
closer,
panicked.
Then
God
caused
the
ground
to
shake,
and
they
all
became
terrified/very
afraid.
\par }{\SH The Israelis
defeated
the
Philistia
army
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Saul’s ◄lookouts/men
who
were
watching
to
see
if
enemies
were
coming►
were
in
Gibeah
{\ADD{
town}}
in
the
land
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
They
saw
that
the
soldiers
of
the
Philistia
army
were
running
away
in
all
directions.
\VS{17}Saul
{\ADD{
realized
that
some
of
his
soldiers
must
have
attacked
the
Philistia
army.
So
he
}}
said
to
the
soldiers
who
were
with
him, “Check
to
see
if
any
of
our
men
are
not
here.”
So
they
checked,
and
they
found
out
that
Jonathan
and
the
man
who
carried
his
weapons
were
gone.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
Saul
said
to
Ahijah
{\ADD{
the Supreme
Priest}}, “Bring
the
sacred vest
here
{\ADD{
and
find
out
what
we
should
do}}.”
On
that
day
Ahijah
was
wearing
the
sacred vest,
going
in
front
of
the Israelis.
\VS{19}But
while
Saul
was
talking
to
the
priest,
{\ADD{
he
saw
that}}
the
Philistia
soldiers
were
becoming
more
panicked/confused.
So
Saul
said
to
Ahijah, “Take
your
hand
down
{\ADD{
from
the
sacred vest.
Do
not
waste
any
more
time
using
the
marked
stones
in
the vest
to
find
out
what
Yahweh
wants
us
to
do.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
Saul
gathered
his
men
and
they
went
toward
the
battle.
They
found
that
the
Philistia
soldiers
were
so
confused
that
they
were
striking
each
other
with
their
swords.
\VS{21}Before
that,
some
of
the
Hebrew
men
had
deserted
their
army
and
gone
to
join
with
the
Philistia
army.
But
now
those
men
{\ADD{
revolted
and}}
joined
with
Saul
and
Jonathan
and
the
other Israeli
soldiers.
\VS{22}Some
of
the Israeli
soldiers
had
previously
run
away
and
hidden
in
the
mountains
where
the
tribe
of
Ephraim
lived.
But
when
they
heard
that
the
Philistia
soldiers
were
running
away,
they
{\ADD{
came
down
and}}
joined
the
other Israeli
soldiers
and
pursued
the
Philistia
soldiers.
\VS{23}So
Yahweh
rescued
the Israelis
on
that
day.
The Israeli
soldiers
continued
to
pursue
their
enemies
beyond
Beth-Aven
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\SH The
dispute
about
Jonathan
eating
honey
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Before
Saul’s
soldiers
went
to
the
battle,
Saul
declared
to
them
solemnly, “I
do
not
want
any
of
you
to
eat
any
food
before
this
evening,
before
we
have
defeated
all
our
enemies.
If
anyone
eats
anything,
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
will
curse/punish
him.”
So
none
of
the Israeli
soldiers
ate
any
food,
and
they
became
faint/weak
because
they
were
very
hungry.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}The Israeli
army
went
into
the
forest,
and
they
found honeycombs
on
the
ground,
but
they
did
not
eat
any
honey.
\VS{26}They
were
afraid
to
eat
any,
because
they
had
solemnly
promised
that
they
would
not
eat
any
food.
\VS{27}But
Jonathan
did
not
hear
what
his
father
commanded
{\ADD{
because
he
had
left
the
camp
very
early
in
the
morning}}.
So
{\ADD{
when
he
saw}}
a
honeycomb,
he
dipped
the
end
of
his
walking
stick
into
it
and
ate
some
honey.
After
he
ate
the
honey,
he
felt
stronger.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}But
one
of
the Israeli
soldiers
saw
him
and
said
to
him, “Your
father
solemnly
declared
to
us
that
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
would
curse/punish
anyone
who
ate
any
food
today.
So
now
we
are
{\ADD{
very
tired
and}}
weak
from
being
hungry
{\ADD{
because
we
obeyed
him}}.”
\VS{29}Jonathan
exclaimed, “My
father
has
caused
trouble
for
all
of
us!
See
how
refreshed/strong
I
am
after
eating
a
little
honey!
\VS{30}If
he
had
permitted
all
of
us
to
eat
from
the
food
we
took
from
our
enemies
while
we
were
pursuing
them,
we
would
have
been
able
to
kill
many
more
of
their
soldiers!”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}The Israelis
pursued
and
killed
Philistia
soldiers
all
that
day,
from
Micmash
{\ADD{
town
west}}
to
Aijalon.
But
they
continued
to
become
weaker
from
being
hungry.
\VS{32}They
had
taken
{\ADD{
many}}
sheep
and
cattle
that
the
Philistia
soldiers
had
abandoned.
Now,
because
they
were
extremely
hungry,
they butchered
some
of
those
animals
and
ate
the
meat
without draining
the
blood
from
the
animals.
\VS{33}One
of
the
soldiers
told
Saul, “Look!
The
men
are
sinning
against
Yahweh
by
eating
meat
that
still
has
blood
in
it!”
\par }{\PP Saul
replied
{\ADD{
to
the
men
who
were
near
him}}, “They
have
disobeyed
Yahweh!
Roll
a
large
stone
over
here!”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}After
they
did
that,
he
said
to
those
men, “Go
and
tell
all
the
soldiers
that
each
of
them
must
bring
an
ox
or
a
sheep
to
me,
and
kill
it
here
on
this
stone,
{\ADD{
and
drain
the
blood}}
before
he
eats
any
of
the
meat.
They
should
not
sin
against
Yahweh
by
eating
meat
{\ADD{
from
some
animal}}
without draining
its
blood.”
So
that
night
all
the
soldiers
brought
animals
and
slaughtered
them
there.
Then
Saul
built
an
altar
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
Yahweh.
\VS{35}That
was
the
first
{\ADD{
time
that
he
built
an}}
altar
for
Yahweh.
\par }{\SH The
soldiers
rescued
Jonathan
from
Saul
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Then
Saul
said
{\ADD{
to
the Israeli
soldiers}}, “Let’s
pursue
the
Philistia
soldiers
tonight.
We
can
attack
them
all
night.
We
will
not
allow
any
of
them
to
escape
alive.”
\par }{\PP The Israeli
soldiers
answered, “We
will
do
whatever
you
think
is
the
best
thing
for
us
to
do.”
\par }{\PP But
the
priest
said, “We
should
ask
Yahweh
{\ADD{
what
he
thinks
we
should
do}}.”
\VS{37}So
Saul
asked
God, “Should
we
pursue
the
Philistine
soldiers?
Will
you
enable
us
to
defeat
them?”
But
God
did
not
answer
Saul
that
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Then
Saul
summoned
all
the
leaders
of
his
army.
He
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
I
am
sure
that
God
has
not
answered
me
because}}
someone
has
sinned.
We
must
find
out
what
sin
someone
has
committed.
\VS{39}Yahweh
has
rescued
us
{\ADD{
from
the
Philistia
army}}.
Just
as
certain
as
Yahweh
lives,
whoever
has
sinned
must
be
executed.
Even
if
it
is
my
son
Jonathan
who
has
sinned,
he
must
be
executed.”
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
His
men
knew
who
was
guilty}},
but
none
of
them
said
anything
{\ADD{
to
Saul}}.
\VS{40}Then
Saul
said
to
all
the Israeli
soldiers, “You
stand
on
one
side.
My
son
Jonathan
and
I
will
stand
on
the
other
side.”
\par }{\PP His
men
replied, “Do
whatever
you
think
is
best.”
\VS{41}Then
Saul
prayed
to
Yahweh,
the Israelis’
God, “Tell
me
who
is
guilty
and
who
is
not
guilty.”
Then
the
priest ◄cast
lots/threw
the
stones
that
were
marked►,
and
they indicated
that
it
was
{\ADD{
either}}
Jonathan
or
Saul
who
was
the
guilty
one,
and
that
the
other
men
were
not
guilty.
\VS{42}Then
Saul
said
to
the
priest, “Throw
the
stones
again
to indicate
which
of
us
two
is
guilty.”
So
he
did,
and
the
stones indicated
that
Jonathan
was
the
guilty
one.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan, “Tell
me
what
you
have
done
{\ADD{
that
was
wrong}}.”
\par }{\PP Jonathan
replied, “I
ate
a
little
bit
of
honey.
It
was
only
a
little
bit
that
was
on
the
end
of
my
stick.
Do
I
{\ADD{
deserve
to
be}}
executed
{\ADD{
because
of
doing
that}}?”
\VS{44}Saul
replied, “Yes,
you
must
be
executed!
I
hope/wish
that
God
will
strike
me
and
kill
me
if
you
are
not
executed
for
having
done
that!”
\par }{\PP \VS{45}But
the Israeli
soldiers
said
to
Saul, “Jonathan
has
won
a
great
victory
for
all
us Israelis.
Should
he
be
executed
for
eating
some
honey [RHQ]?
Certainly
not!
Just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
we
will
not
allow
you
to
injure
him
in
any
manner [IDM],
{\ADD{
because}}
today
God
helped
Jonathan
{\ADD{
to
kill
many
soldiers
of
the
Philistia
army}}!”
\par }{\PP So
{\ADD{
by
saying
that}}
the Israeli
soldiers
rescued
Jonathan,
and
he
was
not
executed.
\VS{46}Then
Saul
ordered
his
soldiers
to
stop
pursuing
the
Philistia
army,
so
the
Philistia
soldiers
returned
to
their
homes.
\par }{\SH Saul’s
army
defeated
many
of
their
enemies
\par }{\PP \VS{47}After
Saul
became
the
ruler/king
of
the Israeli
people,
his
army
fought
against
their
enemies
in
many
areas.
They
fought
against
armies
of
the
Moab people-group,
the
Ammon people-group,
the
Edom people-group,
the
kings
of
Zobah
{\ADD{
city/area}},
and
the
Philistia people-group.
Wherever
the Israeli
army
fought,
they
defeated
their
enemies.
\VS{48}Saul’s
army
fought bravely
and
defeated
the
{\ADD{
very
tall}}
descendants
of
Amalek.
His
army
rescued
the Israelis
from
those
who
had ◄plundered/forcefully
taken
things
from►
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{49}Saul’s
sons
were
Jonathan, Ishbosheth,
and Malchishua.
He
also
had
two
daughters,
Merab
and
her
younger
sister
Michal.
\VS{50}Saul’s
wife
was
Ahinoam,
the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz.
The
commander
of
Saul’s
army
was
Abner,
who
was
the
son
of
Saul’s
uncle
Ner.
\VS{51}Saul’s
father
Kish
and
Abner’s
father
Ner
were
both
sons
of
Abiel.
\par }{\PP \VS{52}All
the
time
that
Saul
was
alive,
his
army
fought
against
the
Philistia
army.
And
whenever
Saul
saw
a
young
man
who
was ◄brave/not
afraid
to
fight►
and
strong,
he
forced
him
to
join
his
army.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH Saul’s army defeated the Amalekites
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
One
day}}
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Yahweh
sent
me
to
appoint
you
to
be
the
king
of
the Israeli
people.
So
now
listen
to
this
message
from
Yahweh:
\VS{2}Yahweh,
{\ADD{
the
commander
}}
of
the
armies
{\ADD{
of
angels}}
has
declared
this: ‘I
am
going
to
punish
{\ADD{
the
descendants
of}}
Amalek
for
{\ADD{
attacking}}
the Israeli
people
after
the Israelis
left
Egypt.
\VS{3}So
now
go
{\ADD{
with
your
army}}
and
attack
the
Amalek people-group.
Destroy
them
completely—destroy
them
and
everything
that
belongs
to
them—the
men
and
women,
their
children
and
infants,
their
cattle
and
sheep
and
camels
and
donkeys.
Do
not ◄spare
any
of
them/allow
any
of
them
to
remain
alive►!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
Saul
summoned
the
army,
and
they
gathered
at
Telaim
{\ADD{
town}}.
There
were 200,000
soldiers. 10,000
of
them
were
from
Judah,
{\ADD{
and
the
others
were
from
the
other Israeli
tribes}}.
\VS{5}Then
Saul
went
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
to
a
town
where
some
of
the
Amalek people-group
lived.
{\ADD{
His
army
prepared
to
attack
them
suddenly
by}}
hiding
in
the
valley.
\VS{6}Then
Saul
sent
this
message
to
the Ken people-group
{\ADD{
who
lived
in
that
area}}: “You
acted
kindly
toward
all
our Israeli
{\ADD{
ancestors}}
when
they
left
Egypt.
But
we
are
going
to
kill
all
of
the
Amalek people-group,
{\ADD{
because
they
opposed/attacked
our
ancestors}}.
So
move
away
from
where
the
Amalek people-group
live.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
not
move
away}},
you
will
be
killed
when
they
are
killed.”
So
{\ADD{
when
}}
the Ken people-group
{\ADD{
heard
that,
they
immediately}}
left
that
area.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Saul’s
{\ADD{
army}}
slaughtered
the
Amalek people-group,
from
Havilah
{\ADD{
town
in
the
east}}
to
Shur
{\ADD{
town
in
the
west}}.
Shur
was
at
the
border
{\ADD{
between
Israel
and}}
Egypt.
\VS{8}Saul’s
army
captured
Agag,
the
king
of
the
Amalek people-group,
but
they
killed
everyone
else.
\VS{9}They
not
only ◄spared/did
not
kill►
Agag,
but
they
also
took
the
best
sheep
and
goats
and
cattle.
They
took
everything
that
was
good.
They
destroyed
only
the
animals
that
they
considered
to
be
worthless.
\par }{\SH Yahweh
rejected
Saul
as
king
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel,
\VS{11}“I
am
sorry
that
I
appointed
Saul
to
be
your
king,
because
he
has
turned
away
from
me
and
has
not
obeyed
what
I
commanded
him
to
do.”
Samuel
was
very
disturbed/upset
{\ADD{
when
he
heard
that}},
and
he
cried
out
to
Yahweh
all
that
night.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Early
the
next
morning,
Samuel
got
up
and
went
to
talk
with
Saul.
But
someone
told
Samuel, “Saul
went
to
Camel
{\ADD{
city}},
where
he
has
set
up
a
monument
to
honor
himself.
Now
he
has
left
there
and
gone
down
to
Gilgal.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}When
Samuel
arrived
{\ADD{
at
Gilgal}}
he
approached
Saul,
and
Saul
said tohim,, “I
wish/desire
that
Yahweh
will
bless
you!
I
have
obeyed
what
Yahweh
told
me
to
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
Samuel
replied, “If
that
is
true,
why
is
it
that
I
hear
cattle mooing
and
I
hear
sheep
bleating?”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Saul
replied, “The
soldiers
took
them
from
the
Amalek people-group.
They
saved
the
best
sheep
and
cattle,
in
order
to
offer
them
as
sacrifices
to
Yahweh,
your
God.
But
we
have
completely
destroyed
all
the
others.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Stop
{\ADD{
talking}}!
Allow
me
to
tell
you
what
Yahweh
said
to
me
last
night.”
\par }{\PP Saul
replied, “Tell
me
{\ADD{
what
he
said}}.”
\VS{17}Samuel
said, “Previously
you
did
not
think
that
you
were
important.
But
now
you
have
become [RHQ]
the
leader
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
Yahweh
appointed
you
to
be
their
king.
\VS{18}And
Yahweh
sent
you
to
do
something
{\ADD{
for
him}}.
He
said
to
you, ‘Go
and
get
rid
of
all
those
sinful
people,
the
Amalek people-group.
Attack
them
and
kill
all
of
them.’
\VS{19}So
why
did
you
not
obey
Yahweh [RHQ]?
Why
did
your
men
take
the
best
animals [RHQ]?
Why
did
you
do
what
Yahweh
said
was
evil?” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Saul
replied
to
Samuel, “Hey,
I
did
what
Yahweh
sent
me
to
do!
I
brought
back
King
Agag,
but
we
killed
everyone
else!
\VS{21}My
men
brought
back
only
the
best
sheep
and
cattle
and
other
things,
in
order
to
sacrifice
them
to
Yahweh
your
God
here
at
Gilgal.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}But
Samuel
replied,
\par }{\Q “Which
{\ADD{
do
you
think}}
pleases
Yahweh
more,
animals
that
are
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
other
sacrifices,
\par }{\Q or
people
obeying
him [SYN]?
\par }{\Q It
is
better
to
obey
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
than
{\ADD{
to
offer}}
sacrifices
{\ADD{
to
him}}.
\par }{\Q It
is
better
to
pay
attention
to
what
he
says
than
{\ADD{
to
burn}}
the
fat
of
rams,
{\ADD{
even
though
God
said
they
should
be
sacrificed
to
him}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}To
rebel
{\ADD{
against
God}}
is
as
sinful
as
doing
sorcery/black magic,
\par }{\Q and
being
stubborn
is
as
sinful
as
worshiping
idols.
\par }{\QB So,
because
you
disobeyed
what
Yahweh
told
you
to
do,
\par }{\Q he
has
declared
that
you
will
no
longer
be
king.”
\par }{\SH Saul
asks
to
be
forgiven
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
Saul
said
to
Samuel, “{\ADD{
Yes}},
I
have
sinned.
I
disobeyed
what
you
told
me
to
do,
which
is
what
Yahweh
commanded.
I
did
that
because
I
was ◄afraid
of/worried
about►
what
my
men
would
say
{\ADD{
if
I
did
not
do
what
they
wanted}}.
So
I
did
what
they
demanded.
\VS{25}But
now,
please
forgive
me
for
having
sinned.
And
come
back
with
me
{\ADD{
to
where
the
people
are}}
in
order
that
I
may
worship
Yahweh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}But
Samuel
replied, “No,
I
will
not
go
back
with
you.
You
have
rejected/disobeyed
what
Yahweh
commanded
you
to
do.
So
he
has
rejected
you,
{\ADD{
and
declared
that
you
will
no
longer}}
be
the
king
of
Israel.
{\ADD{
So
I
do
not
want
to
talk
anymore
with
you}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}As
Samuel
turned
to
leave,
Saul
tried
to
stop
him
by
grabbing
the
edge
of
Samuel’s
robe,
and
it
tore.
\VS{28}Samuel
said
to
him, “{\ADD{
You
tore
my
robe!
And}}
today
Yahweh
has
torn
away
from
you
the
kingdom
of
Israel!
He
will
appoint
someone
else
to
be
king,
someone
who
is
a
better
man
than
you
are.
\VS{29}And
since
the
one
who
is
the
glorious
{\ADD{
God}}
of
the Israeli
people
does
not
lie,
he
will
not
change ◄his
mind/what
he
has
said►. Humans
sometimes
change
their
minds,
but
God
does
not
do
that,
because
he
is
not
a
human.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
Saul
{\ADD{
pleaded
again.
He}}
said, “I
know
that
I
have
sinned.
But
please
honor
me
in
front
of
the
leaders
of
the Israeli
people
and
in
front
of
all
the
other Israeli
people
by
coming
back
{\ADD{
to
them}}
with
me
in
order
that
I
may
worship
Yahweh
your
God.”
\VS{31}So
Samuel
finally
agreed
to
do
that,
and
they
went
together
back
{\ADD{
to
where
the
people
were}},
and
Saul
worshiped
Yahweh
there.
\par }{\SH Samuel
executed
King
Agag
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Then
Samuel
said, “Bring
King
Agag
to
me.”
So
they
brought
Agag
to
him.
Agag
was
confidently expecting
that
they
would
spare
him/not
kill
him.
He
was
thinking, “Surely
I
will
not
have
to
endure
an agonizing
death!”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}But
Samuel
said
to
him,
\par }{\Q “You
have
killed
the
sons
of
many
women
with
your
sword,
\par }{\QB so
now
your
mother
will
no
longer
have
a
son.”
\par }{\MM And
Samuel
cut
Agag
into
pieces
{\ADD{
with
his
sword}},
there
at
Gilgal,
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Then
Samuel
left
there
and
returned
to
his
home
in
Ramah,
and
Saul
went
to
his
home
in
Gibeah.
\VS{35}Samuel
never
saw
Saul
again,
but
he
was
very
sad
about
{\ADD{
what}}
Saul
{\ADD{
had
done}}.
And
Yahweh
was
very
sorry
that
he
had
appointed
Saul
to
be
the
king
of
Israel.

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH Samuel appointed David to be king
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Finally,
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “I
have
decided
that
I
will
not
allow
Saul
to
continue
to
be
the
king.
So
you
should
not [RHQ]
keep feeling
sad
{\ADD{
about
what
he
has
done}}.
Put
some
olive
oil
in
a
small
container
and
go
to
Bethlehem
{\ADD{
to
anoint
someone
with
the
oil,
and
appoint
him
to
be
king}}.
I
am
sending
you
there
to
a
man
named
Jesse,
because
I
have
chosen
one
of
his
sons
to
be
the
king
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}But
Samuel
said, “I
am
afraid [RHQ]
to
do
that!
If
Saul
hears
about
it,
he
will
kill
me!”
Yahweh
said, “Take
a ◄heifer/young
female
cow►
with
you,
and
say
to
people
that
you
have
come
to
{\ADD{
kill
it
and}}
offer
it
as
a
sacrifice
to
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}“nvite
Jesse
to
come
to
the
sacrifice.
{\ADD{
When
he
comes,}}
I
will
show
you
what
you
should
do.
And
I
will
show
you
which
of
his
sons
{\ADD{
I
have
chosen
to
be
the
king}}.
Then
you
should
anoint
that
one
{\ADD{
with
the
olive
oil
to
be
the
king}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Samuel
did
what
Yahweh
told
him
to
do.
He
went
to
Bethlehem.
When
the
town
leaders
came
to
him,
they
trembled,
{\ADD{
because
they
were
worried
that
Samuel
had
come
to
rebuke
them
about
something}}.
One
of
them
asked
him, “Have
you
come
{\ADD{
to
speak}}
peacefully
{\ADD{
to
us}}?”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Samuel
replied, “Yes.
I
have
come
peacefully,
to
make
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh.
{\ADD{
Perform
the rituals
to}}
make
yourselves
acceptable
to
Yahweh,
and
then
come
with
me
to
where
they
will
offer
the
sacrifice.”
Then
Samuel
performed
the
ritual
to
make
Jesse
and
his
sons
acceptable
to
God,
and
he
also
invited
them
to
the
sacrifice.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
they
arrived
there,
Samuel
looked
at
{\ADD{
Jesse’s
oldest
son}}
Eliab,
and
thought, “Surely
this
is
the
one
whom
Yahweh
has
appointed
{\ADD{
to
be
king}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “No,
he
is
not
the
one
whom
I
have
chosen.
Don’t
pay
attention
to
his
being
handsome
and
very
tall,
because
I
have
not
chosen
him.
I
do
not
evaluate
people
as
people
do.
You
people
evaluate
people
by
their
appearance,
but
I
evaluate
people
by
what
is
in
their
inner
beings.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Jesse
told
{\ADD{
his
next
oldest
son}}
Abinadab
to
step
forward
and
walk
in
front
of
Samuel.
{\ADD{
But
when
he
did
that}},
Samuel
said, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
this
one,
either.”
\VS{9}Then
Jesse
told
{\ADD{
his
next
oldest
son}}
Shammah
to
step
forward.
He
stepped
forward,
but
Samuel
said, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
this
one,
either.”
\VS{10}Similarly,
Jesse
told
his
other
four
sons
to
walk
in
front
of
Samuel.
But
Samuel
said
to
Jesse, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
any
of
these
sons
of
yours.”
\VS{11}Then
Samuel
asked
Jesse, “Do
you
have
any
other
sons?”
Jesse
replied, “My
youngest
son
{\ADD{
is
not
here}};
he
is
out
{\ADD{
in
the
fields}}
taking
care
of
the
sheep.”
Samuel
said, “Send
someone
to
bring
him
here!
We
will
not
sit
down
{\ADD{
to
eat}}
until
he
gets
here.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
Jesse
sent
{\ADD{
someone}}
to
bring
{\ADD{
David
there.
And
when
David
arrived,
Samuel
saw
that}}
he
was
handsome
and
healthy,
and
had
bright
eyes.
Then
Yahweh
said, “This
is
the
one
{\ADD{
whom
I
have
chosen}};
anoint
him
{\ADD{
to
be
king}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
as
David
{\ADD{
stood
there}}
in
front
of
his
older
brothers,
Samuel
took
the
container
of
oil
that
he
had
brought
and
poured
some
of
it
on
David’s
head
{\ADD{
to
set
him
apart
to
serve
God.
After
they
all
ate,
Samuel
left
}}
and
returned
to
Ramah.
But
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came
on
David powerfully,
and
stayed
with
David
for
the
rest
of
his
life.
\par }{\SH David
played
the
harp
for
Saul
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
Yahweh’s
Spirit
left
Saul.
Instead
{\ADD{
of
his
Spirit
staying
with
Saul}},
Yahweh
sent
an
evil
spirit
to
Saul
to
terrify
him
{\ADD{
repeatedly}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}One
of
his
servants
said
to
him, “It
is
evident
that
an
evil
spirit
sent
by
God
is
terrifying
you.
\VS{16}So
{\ADD{
we suggest
that
you}}
allow
us,
your
servants
here,
to
search
for
a
man
who
plays
the
harp
well.
He
can
play
the
harp
whenever
the
evil
spirit bothers
you.
Then
{\ADD{
you
will
calm
down
and}}
you
will
be okay
again.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Saul
replied, “{\ADD{
Fine/Okay}},
find
for
me
a
man
who
can
play
{\ADD{
the
harp}}
well,
and
bring
him
to
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}One
of
his
servants
said
to
him, “A
man
named
Jesse,
in
Bethlehem
{\ADD{
town}},
has
a
son
who
plays
the
harp
very
well.
Furthermore,
he
is
a
brave
man,
and
is
a
capable
soldier.
He
is
handsome
and
he
always
speaks
wisely.
And
Yahweh
always
protects
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So
Saul
sent
this
message
to
Jesse: “Send
your
son
David
to
me,
the
one
who
takes
care
of
sheep.”
\VS{20}{\ADD{
So
after
they
went
to}}
Jesse
{\ADD{
and
told
him
that,
he
agreed.
He
}}
got
a
young
goat,
a
container
of
wine,
a
donkey
on
which
he
put
some
loaves
of
bread,
and
gave
them
to
David
to
take
to
Saul
{\ADD{
as
a
present}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
David
went
to
Saul
and
started
to
work
for
him.
Saul
liked
David
very
much,
and
he
became
the
man
who
carried
Saul’s
weapons
{\ADD{
when
Saul
went
to
fight
in
battles}}.
\VS{22}Then
Saul
sent
{\ADD{
a
messenger
}}
to
Jesse
to
tell
him, “I
am
pleased
with
David.
Please
let
him
stay
here
and
work
for
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}{\ADD{
Jesse
agreed,
and
after
that}},
whenever
the
evil
spirit
whom
God
sent
tormented
Saul,
David
played
the
harp.
Then
Saul
would
become
calm,
and
the
evil
spirit
would
leave
him.

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Goliath challenged the Israeli army
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
Philistines
gathered
their
army
{\ADD{
to
fight
the Israeli
army}}.
They
gathered
together
near
Socoh,
in
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Judah
lived.
They
set
up
their
tents
at
Ephes-Dammim,
which
is
between
Socoh
and
Azekah.
\VS{2}Saul
gathered
the Israeli
army
near
Elah
Valley,
and
they
set
up
their
tents.
Then
they
all
took
their
places,
ready
to
fight
the
Philistines.
\VS{3}So
the
Philistine
and Israeli
armies
faced
each
other.
They
were
on
two
hills,
with
a
valley
between
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
Goliath,
from
Gath
{\ADD{
city}},
came
out
from
the
Philistine
camp.
He
was
a
champion
warrior/soldier.
He
was ◄over 9
feet/3 meters►
tall.
\VS{5}He
wore
a
helmet
made
of
bronze
{\ADD{
to
protect
his
head}},
and
he
wore
a
coat
made
of
metal
plates
{\ADD{
to
protect
his
body}}.
The
coat
weighed ◄125
pounds/56 kg.►.
\VS{6}He
wore
bronze
guards/protectors
on
his
legs.
He
had
a
long
bronze
dagger
fastened
on
his
back.
\VS{7}He
also
had
a
big
spear.
It
had
a
cord
on
it
to
enable
him
to
throw
it
better (OR,
which
was
as
thick
as
a
weaver’s
beam).
The
tip
of
the
spear
was
made
of
iron
and
weighed ◄15
pounds/almost 7 kg.►.
A
soldier
carrying
a
huge
shield
walked
in
front
of
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Goliath
stood
there
and
shouted
to
the Israeli
army, “Why
are
you
all
lined
up
for
battle?
I
am
the
great
Philistine
{\ADD{
soldier}},
and
I
think [RHQ]
you
are
{\ADD{
merely}}
Saul’s
slaves.
Choose
one
man
to
fight
for
all
of
you,
and
send
him
down
here
to
me!
\VS{9}If
he
fights
with
me
and
kills
me,
then
my
fellow
Philistines
will
all
be
your
slaves.
But
if
I
defeat
him
and
kill
him,
then
you Israelis
will
all
be
our
slaves.
\VS{10}I
defy/challenge
you
men
of
the Israeli
army.
Send
me
a
man
who
will
fight
with
me!”
\VS{11}When
Saul
and
all
the Israeli
soldiers
heard
that,
they
were
extremely
terrified [DOU].
\par }{\SH David
went
to
Saul’s
camp
\par }{\PP \VS{12}David
was
the
son
of
Jesse.
Jesse
was
from
the
clan
of
Ephrath.
He
lived
in
Bethlehem,
in
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Judah
lived.
Jesse
had
eight
sons.
When
Saul
{\ADD{
was
king}},
Jesse
had
already
become
a
very
old
man [DOU].
\VS{13}Jesse’s
three
oldest
sons,
Eliab
and
Abinadab
and
Shammah,
had
gone
with
Saul
to
fight
{\ADD{
the
Philistines}}.
\VS{14}David
was
Jesse’s
youngest
son.
While
his
three
oldest
brothers
were
with
Saul,
\VS{15}David
went
back
and
forth:
Sometimes
he
went
to
Saul’s
camp,
and
sometimes
he
stayed
in
Bethlehem
to
take
care
of
his
father’s
sheep.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}For 40
days
Goliath
came
out
from
the
Philistine
camp
and
stood
there
{\ADD{
taunting
the Israeli
army/telling
the Israelis
to
choose
one
man
to
fight
with
him}}.
He
did
it
twice
each
day,
once
in
the
morning
and
once
in
the
evening.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
One
day}},
Jesse
said
to
David, “Here
is
a
sack
of
roasted
grain
and
ten
loaves
of
bread.
Take
these
quickly
to
your
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers.
\VS{18}And
here
are
ten
large chunks
of
cheese.
Take
them
to
their
commander.
And
see
how
things
are
going
with
your
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers.
Then
{\ADD{
if
they
are okay,}}
bring
back
something
to
show
they
are
all
right.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}His
brothers
were
with
Saul
and
all
the
other Israeli
soldiers,
camped
alongside
Elah
Valley,
{\ADD{
preparing
to}}
fight
the
Philistines.
\VS{20}So
David
arranged
for
another
shepherd
to
take
care
of
the
sheep.
Early
the
next
morning
he
took
the
food
and
went
to
the Israeli
camp,
as
Jesse
told
him
to
do.
He
arrived
there
just
as
the Israeli
soldiers
were
forming
their
ranks
and
going
out
to
the
battlefield.
As
they
went,
they
were
shouting
a
war
cry.
\VS{21}The
Philistine
army
and
the Israeli
army
stood
{\ADD{
on
the hillsides}},
facing
each
other,
ready
for
the
battle.
\VS{22}David
gave
the
food
to
the
man
who
was
taking
care
of
the
war
equipment.
{\ADD{
He
told
him
to
take
care
of
the
food
that
he
brought}},
and
then
he
went
and
greeted
his
older
brothers.
\VS{23}While
he
was
talking
with
them,
he
saw
Goliath
coming
out
from
among
the
Philistine
soldiers,
shouting
{\ADD{
to
the Israelis}}, challenging
them
{\ADD{
to
send
a
man
to
fight
him}}.
David
heard
what
Goliath
was
saying.
\VS{24}When
all
the Israeli
soldiers
saw
Goliath,
they
were
terrified
and
started
to
ran
away.
\VS{25}They
were
saying
to
each
other, “Look
at
him
coming
up
toward
us!
And
listen
to
him
as
he defies
us Israelis!
The
king
says
that
he
will
give
a
big
reward
to
whoever
kills
this
man.
He
also
says
that
he
will
give
his
daughter
to
that
man
for
him
to
marry
her,
and
that
he
will
no
longer
require
that
man’s
family
to
pay
taxes.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}David
talked
to
some
of
the
men
who
were
standing
near
him.
He
said, “What
will
be
given
to
whoever
kills
this
Philistine
and frees
us Israelis
from
this
shame/disgrace?
And
who
{\ADD{
does
}}
this
heathen
Philistine
{\ADD{
think
he}}
is, defying/ridiculing
the
army
that
serves
the all-powerful
God?”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}They
told
him
the
same
thing
that
the
other
men
had
said,
about
what
the
king
would
do
for
anyone
who
killed
Goliath.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}But
when
David’s
oldest
brother
Eliab
heard
David
talking
to
the
men,
he
was
angry.
He
said
to
David, “Why
have
you
come
down
here?
Is
someone
taking
care
of
those
few
sheep
that
you
left
in
the
desert?
I
know
you
are
just
a ◄smart-aleck/brat►!
You
just
want
to
watch
the
battle!”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}David
replied, “Have
I
done
something
wrong?
I
was
merely
asking
a
question!”
\VS{30}Then
he
walked
over
to
another
man
and
asked
him
the
same
question,
but
the
man
gave
him
the
same
answer.
Each
time
he
asked
someone,
he
received
the
same
answer.
\VS{31}Finally,
someone
told
king
Saul
what
David
had
asked,
and
Saul
sent
someone
to
bring
David
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}David
told
king
Saul, “No
one
should ◄worry/become
a coward►
because
of
that
Philistine
man.
I
will
go
and
fight
with
him!”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Saul
said
to
David, “You
are
only
a
young
man,
and
he
has
been
a
very
capable
soldier
all
his
life.
So
you
are
not
able
to
go
and
fight
with
him!”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}David
replied, “I
have
been
taking
care
of
my
father’s
sheep
{\ADD{
for
many
years}}.
Whenever
a
lion
or
a
bear
came
and
carried
away
a
lamb,
\VS{35}I
went
after
the
lion
or
the
bear
and
attacked
it
and
rescued
the
lamb
from
the
wild
animal’s
mouth.
Then
I
grabbed
the
animal
by
its
jaw/throat
and
struck
it
and
killed
it.
\VS{36}I
have
killed
both
lions
and
bears.
And
{\ADD{
I
will
do}}
the
same
to
this
heathen
Philistine,
because
he
has
defied/ridiculed
the
army
of
the all-powerful
God!
\VS{37}Yahweh
has
rescued
me
from
paws
of
lions
and
bears,
and
he
will
rescue
me
from
this
Philistine!”
Then
Saul
said
to
David, “All
right,
go
{\ADD{
and
fight
him}},
and
{\ADD{
I
hope/desire}}
that
Yahweh
will
help
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Then
Saul
gave
to
David
his
own
clothes
that
he
always
wore
in
battles,
and
he
gave
him
a
bronze
helmet
and
a
coat
made
of
metal
plates.
\VS{39}David
{\ADD{
put
these
things
on.
Then
he}}
fastened
his
sword
over
them,
and
tried
to
walk.
But
he
could
not
walk,
because
he
was
not
accustomed
to
wearing
those
things.
So
David
said
to
Saul, “I
cannot
fight
wearing
all
these
things,
because
I
am
not
accustomed
to
{\ADD{
wearing}}
them!”
So
he
took
them
off.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}Then
he
took
his
walking/shepherd’s
stick,
and
he
picked
up
five
smooth
stones
from
the
brook/stream.
He
put
them
in
the
pouch
of
his shoulder-bag.
Then
he
put
his
sling
in
his
hand
and
started
walking
toward
Goliath.
\par }{\SH David
killed
Goliath
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Goliath
walked
toward
David,
with
the
soldier
who
was
carrying
his
shield
walking
in
front
of
him.
When
he
got
near
David,
\VS{42}he
looked
at
David
closely.
He
saw
that
David
had
a
handsome
face
and
healthy
body,
but
that
he
was
only
a
young
man.
So
he sneered
at
David.
\VS{43}He
said
to
David, “Are
you
coming
to
me
with
a
stick
because
{\ADD{
you
think
that}}
I
am
a
dog?”
Then
he
called
out
to
his
gods
to
harm
David.
\VS{44}He
said
to
David, “Come
here
to
me,
and
I
will
{\ADD{
kill
you
and}}
give
your
dead
body
to
the
birds
and
wild
animals
to
eat!”
\par }{\PP \VS{45}David
replied, “You
are
coming
to
me
with
a
sword
and
a
dagger
and
a
spear.
But
I
am
coming
to
you ◄in
the
name/with
the
authority►
of
almighty
Yahweh.
He
is
the
God
whom
the
army
of
Israel
{\ADD{
worships}},
and
he
is
the
God
whom
you
have
defied/ridiculed.
\VS{46}Today
Yahweh
will
enable
me
to
defeat
you.
I
will
strike
you
down
and
cut
off
your
head.
And
{\ADD{
we Israelis
will
kill}}
many
Philistine
{\ADD{
soldiers
and}}
give
their
bodies
to
the
birds
and
wild
animals
to
eat.
And
everyone
in
the
world
will
{\ADD{
hear
about
it
and}}
know
that
we Israeli
people
worship
an
{\ADD{all-powerful}}
God.
\VS{47}And
everyone
here
will
know
that
Yahweh
can
rescue
people
without
a
sword
or
a
spear.
Yahweh
always
wins
his
battles,
and
he
will
enable
us
to
defeat
all
of
you
{\ADD{
Philistines}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{48}As
Goliath
came
closer
to
attack
David,
David
ran
quickly
toward
him.
\VS{49}He
put
his
hand
into
his shoulder-bag
and
took
out
one
stone.
He
{\ADD{
put
it
in
his
sling
and}}
hurled
it
toward
Goliath.
The
stone
hit
Goliath
on
the
forehead
and penetrated
his
skull,
and
he
fell
face
down
onto
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{50-51}Then
David
ran
and
stood
over
Goliath.
He
pulled
Goliath’s
sword
from
its
sheath
and
killed
him
with
it,
and
then
cut
off
his
head.
In
that
way
David
defeated
the
Philistine
without
having
his
own
sword.
He
used
{\ADD{
only}}
a
sling
and
a
stone!
\par }{\PP When
the
other
Philistines
saw
that
their
great
warrior
was
dead,
they
ran
away.
\VS{52}The Israeli
men
shouted
and
ran
after
them.
They
pursued
them
all
the
way
to
Gath
and
to
the
gates
of
Ekron
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
struck
them
as
they
went,
with
the
result
that
dead/wounded
Philistines
were
lying
on
the
road
all
the
way
from
Shaaraim
to
Gath
and
Ekron
{\ADD{
towns}}.
\VS{53}When
the Israelis
returned
from
chasing
the
Philistines,
they ◄plundered/took
everything
from►
the
Philistine
camp.
\VS{54}David
later
took
the
head
of
Goliath
to
Jerusalem,
but
he
kept
Goliath’s
weapons
in
his
own
tent.
\par }{\PP \VS{55}As
Saul
watched
David
going
toward
Goliath,
he
said
to
Abner,
the
commanded
of
his
army, “Abner,
whose
son
is
that
young
man?”
Abner
replied, “◄As
sure
as
you
are
alive/Truly► [IDM],
I
do
not
know.”
\par }{\PP \VS{56}Then
the
king
said, “Find
out
whose
son
he
is!”
\par }{\PP \VS{57}{\ADD{
Later,}}
as
David
returned
from
killing
Goliath,
Abner
took
him
to
Saul.
David
was
carrying
Goliath’s
head.
\par }{\PP \VS{58}Saul
asked
him, “Young
man,
whose
son
are
you?”
David
replied, “{\ADD{
Sir,
perhaps
you
have
forgotten
that}}
I
am
the
son
of
your
servant
Jesse,
who
has
served
you
faithfully,
who
lives
in
Bethlehem.”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH Saul became jealous of David
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
David
finished
talking
with
Saul,
{\ADD{
he
met
Saul’s
son,
Jonathan.}}
Jonathan
{\ADD{
immediately}}
liked
David;
in
fact,
he
began
to
love/like
him
as
much
as
he
loved/liked
himself.
\VS{2}From
that
day,
Saul
kept
David
with
him,
and
did
not
let
him
return
home.
\VS{3}Because
Jonathan
loved
David
so
much,
he
made
a
solemn
agreement
with
David.
{\ADD{
They
promised
each
other
that
they
would
always
be
loyal
friends}}.
\VS{4}Jonathan
took
off
his
own
outer
robe
and
gave
it
to
David.
He
also
gave
David
his
soldier’s
tunic,
his
sword,
his
bow
{\ADD{
and
arrows}},
and
his
belt.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
David
went
wherever
Saul
sent
him.
And}}
whatever
Saul
told
him
to
do,
David
did
it
very
successfully.
As
a
result,
Saul
appointed
David
to
be
a
commander
in
the
army.
All
the
officers
and
other
men
in
the
army ◄approved
of/were
very
pleased
with►
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But,
when
the
men
in
the
army
were
returning
home
after
David
had
killed
Goliath,
the
women
came
out
from
many [HYP]
towns
in
Israel
to
meet/greet
King
Saul.
They
were
singing
and
dancing
very
joyfully,
playing
tambourines
and
lyres.
\VS{7}As
they
danced,
they
sang
this
song
to
each
other:
\par }{\Q “Saul
has
killed 1,000
{\ADD{
enemy
soldiers}},
\par }{\QB But
David
has
killed 10,000
{\ADD{
of
them}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}{\ADD{
When}}
Saul
{\ADD{
heard
them
singing
that,
he}}
did
not
like
it.
He
became
very
angry.
He
said
{\ADD{
to
himself}}, “They
are
saying
that
David
{\ADD{
killed}} 10,000
men,
but
that
I
{\ADD{
have
killed}}
only 1,000.
Soon
they
will
want
to
make
him
their
king!” [RHQ]
\VS{9}From
that
time,
Saul
watched
David
very
closely
because
he
was
suspicious
{\ADD{
that
David
would
try
to
become
king}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
next
day,
an
evil
spirit
sent
by
God
suddenly
took
control
of
Saul.
He
began
to
act
like
a
madman,
inside
his
house.
David
was
playing
the
lyre
for
him,
as
he
did
every
day.
Saul
was
holding
a
spear
in
his
hand,
\VS{11}and
he
hurled
it
{\ADD{
at
David}},
saying
to
himself, “I
will
fasten
David
to
the
wall
with
the
spear!”
He
did
that
two
times,
but
David jumped
aside
{\ADD{
both
times}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Because
{\ADD{
it
became
evident
that}}
Yahweh
had
abandoned
Saul
but
{\ADD{
that}}
he
was
helping
David,
Saul
was
afraid
of
David.
\VS{13}So
he
appointed
David
as
a
commander
of 1,000
soldiers
and
sent
David
away
from
him,
{\ADD{
hoping
that
David
would
be
killed
in
a
battle}}.
But
when
David
led
his
soldiers
{\ADD{
in
their
battles}},
\VS{14}he
always
had
great
success,
because
Yahweh
was
helping
him.
\VS{15}When
Saul
heard
that
David
{\ADD{
and
his
soldiers
were}}
very
successful,
he
became
more
afraid
of
David.
\VS{16}But
all
the
people
of
Israel
and
of
Judah
loved
David,
because
he
led
the
soldiers
very
successfully
{\ADD{
in
the
battles}}.
\par }{\SH David
married
Saul’s
daughter
\par }{\PP \VS{17}One
day
Saul
said
to
David, “I
am
ready
to
give
you
my
oldest
daughter,
Merab,
to
be
your
wife.
I
will
do
that
if
you
serve
me bravely
by
fighting
battles
for
Yahweh
{\ADD{
against
the
Philistines}}”.
He
said
that
because
he
thought, “I
will
not
try
to
get
rid
of
David
by
myself.
I
will
allow
the
Philistines
to
do
that.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}But
David
said
to
Saul, “I
am
not [RHQ]
a
very
important
person,
and
my
family
is
not
very
important,
and
my
clan
is
not
a
very
important Israeli
clan.
So
I
do
not
deserve
to
become
your
son-in-law.” [RHQ]
\VS{19}So,
when
it
was
time
for
Merab
to
be
given
to
David
to
become
his
wife,
instead,
Saul
gave
her
to
a
man
named
Adriel,
from Meholah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}But
Saul’s
other
daughter,
Michal,
fell
in
love
with
David.
When
they
told
Saul
about
that,
he
was
pleased.
\VS{21}He
thought, “I
will
let
Michal
marry
him,
in
order
that
she
may
trap
him,
and
the
Philistines
will
be
able
to
kill
him.”
So
he
said
to
David,
{\ADD{“You
can
marry
Michal}},”
and
by
saying
that,
he indicated
for
the
second
time
that
David
would
become
his
son-in-law.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Saul
told
his
servants, “Talk
to
David
privately,
and
say
to
him, ‘Listen,
the
king
is
pleased
with
you,
and
all
of
us
his
servants
love
you.
So
now
{\ADD{
we
think
that}}
you
should
{\ADD{
marry
Michal
and}}
become
the
king’s
son-in-law.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So
they
told
that
to
David.
But
David
said, “It
would
be
a
great
honor [RHQ]
to
become
the
king’s
son-in-law.
But
{\ADD{
I
do
not
think
that
I
should
do
that,
because}}
I
am
only
a
poor
and
insignificant
man.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
the
servants
told
Saul
what
David
had
said,
\VS{25}Saul
replied, “Go
and
say
to
David, ‘{\ADD{
In
order
for
}}
the
king
{\ADD{
to
allow
you
to
marry
Michal,
he}}
wants
{\ADD{
you
to
kill}} 100
Philistines
{\ADD{
and
cut
off}}
their
foreskins
{\ADD{
and
bring
the
foreskins
to
him
to
prove
that
you
have
killed
them}}.
In
that
way
he
will
get
revenge
on
his
enemies.’ ”
But
what
Saul
wanted
was
that
the
Philistines
would
kill
David
{\ADD{
while
David
was
trying
to
kill
them}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
the
servants
told
that
to
David,
he
was
very
pleased
that
he
could
become
the
king’s
son-in-law
{\ADD{
by
doing
that.
The
king
had
said
how
many
days
he
would
allow
for
David
to
do
that}}.
But
before
that
time
ended,
\VS{27}David
and
his
men
went
and
killed,
{\ADD{
not 100,
but}} 200
Philistines!
He
brought
their
foreskins
to
Saul,
and
counted
them
{\ADD{
while
Saul
was
watching}},
in
order
to
prove
that
he
had
{\ADD{
done
what
the
king
required
so
that
he
could
become
Saul’s
son-in-law.
So
then
Saul
was obligated}}
to
allow
David
to
marry
his
daughter
Michal.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}But
when
Saul
realized
that
Yahweh
was
helping
David,
and
that
his
daughter
loved
David,
\VS{29}he
became
more
afraid
of
David.
So,
as
long
as
Saul
lived,
he
was
David’s
enemy.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}The
Philistine
armies
repeatedly
came
to
fight
the Israelis,
but
every
time
they
fought,
David
and
his
soldiers
were
more
successful
than
any
of
Saul’s
other
army
commanders.
As
a
result,
David
became
very
famous.

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Saul tried to kill David
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Saul
urged
all
his
servants
and
his
son
Jonathan
to
kill
David.
But
Jonathan
liked
David
very
much.
\VS{2}So
he
warned
David, “My
father
Saul
is
seeking
for
a
way
to
kill
you.
So
be
careful.
Tomorrow
morning
go
and
find
a
place
to
hide
{\ADD{
in
the
field}}.
\VS{3}I
will
ask
my
father
to
go
out
there
with
me.
{\ADD{
While
we
are
out
there}},
I
will
talk
to
him
about
you.
Then
I
will
tell
you
everything
that
he
tells
me.”
{\ADD{
So
David
did
what
Jonathan
told
him
to
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
The
next
morning}},
Jonathan
spoke
with
his
father,
saying
many
good
things
about
David.
He
said, “You
should
never
do
anything
to
harm
your
servant
David!
He
has
never
done
anything
to
harm
you!
Everything
that
he
has
done
has
helped
you
very
much.
\VS{5}He
was
in
danger
of
being
killed
when
he
fought
against
{\ADD{
Goliath,
the
champion
of}}
the
Philistia
{\ADD{
army.
By enabling
David
to
kill
him}},
Yahweh
won
a
great
victory
for
all
the
people
of
Israel.
You
were
very
happy
when
you
saw
that.
Why
would
you
want
to
do
anything
now
to
harm
David [RHQ]?
There
is
no
reason
for
you
to
kill
him,
because
he
has
not
done
anything
wrong!”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Saul
listened
to
what
Jonathan
said.
Then
Saul
said, “I
solemnly
promise
that
just
as
certain
as
Yahweh
lives,
I
will
not
kill
David.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Afterward,
Jonathan
summoned
David
and
told
him
what
he
and
Saul
had
said.
Then
Jonathan
brought
David
to
Saul,
and
David
served
Saul
as
he
had
done
before.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}One
day
a
war
started
again,
and
David
{\ADD{
led
his
soldiers
to}}
fight
against
the
Philistia
army.
David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
attacked
them
very
furiously,
with
the
result
that
the
Philistia
army
ran
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
one
day
when
sitting
in
his
house,
an
evil
spirit
{\ADD{
sent}}
from
Yahweh
{\ADD{
suddenly}}
came
upon
Saul.
While
David
was
playing
his
harp
{\ADD{
for
Saul}},
\VS{10}Saul
hurled
his
spear
at
David
to
try
to
fasten
him
to
the
wall.
David ◄dodged/jumped
to
one
side►,
and
the
spear
did
not
hit
him.
The
spear
stuck
in
the
wall,
but
that
night
David
escaped.
\par }{\SH Michal
helped
David
escape
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Saul
sent
messengers
to
David’s
house.
He
told
them
to
watch
the
house
and
to
kill
David
{\ADD{
while
he
was
leaving
the
house}}
the
following
morning.
But
David’s
wife
Michal
{\ADD{
saw
them
and}}
warned
him, “To
survive,
you
must
run
away
tonight,
because
if
you
do
not
do
that,
you
will
be
killed
tomorrow!”
\VS{12}So
she
enabled
David
to
climb
out
through
a
window,
and
he
ran
away
and
escaped.
\VS{13}Then
Michal
took
an
idol
and
put
it
in
the
bed.
She
covered
it
with
some
{\ADD{
of
David’s}}
clothes,
and
put
some
goat’s
hair
on
the
head
of
the
idol.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
the
messengers
came
{\ADD{
to
the
house
the
next
morning}},
she
told
them
that
David
was
sick
{\ADD{
and
could
not
get
out
of
bed}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{
When
they
reported
that
to}}
Saul,
he
told
them
to
go
back
to
David’s
house.
He
said
to
them, “Bring
him
to
me
lying
on
his
bed,
in
order
that
I
can
kill
him!”
\VS{16}But
when
those
men
entered
David’s
house,
they
saw
that
there
was
only
an
idol
in
the
bed,
with
goat’s
hair
on
its
head.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
When
they
reported
that
to
Saul,}}
Saul
{\ADD{
summoned}}
Michal
{\ADD{
and}}
said
to
her, “Why
did
you trick
me
like
that?
You
allowed
my
enemy
to
escape!”
\par }{\PP Michal
replied
to
Saul, “David
told
me
that
if
I
did
not
help
him
escape,
he
would
kill
me!” [RHQ]
\par }{\SH God’s
spirit
took
possession
of
Saul
\par }{\PP \VS{18}After
David
had
escaped
from
Saul,
he
went
to
Samuel,
who
was
{\ADD{
at
his
home}}
at
Ramah.
He
told
Samuel
everything
that
Saul
had
done
to
{\ADD{
try
to
kill}}
him.
Then
David
and
Samuel
went
to
Naioth,
{\ADD{
which
was
a
section}}
of
{\ADD{
Ramah
city}},
and
they
stayed
there.
\VS{19}Someone
told
Saul
that
David
was
in
Naioth.
\VS{20}So
Saul
sent
some
messengers
to
capture
David.
{\ADD{
When}}
those
messengers
{\ADD{
arrived
in
Ramah,
they}}
met
some
men
who
were
proclaiming ecstatic
messages,
and
Samuel
was
there,
as
their
leader.
When
Saul’s
messengers
met
them,
the
Spirit
of
God
took
control
of
Saul’s
men,
and
they
also
spoke ecstatically.
\VS{21}When
Saul
heard
about
that,
he
sent
messengers
a
third
time,
but
they
also
started
to
speak ecstatically.
\VS{22}Finally,
Saul
himself
went
to
Ramah.
When
he
arrived
at
the
well
at
{\ADD{
a
place
named}}
Secu,
he
asked
people
there, “Where
are
Samuel
and
David?”
\par }{\PP The
people
replied, “They
are
at
Naioth
in
Ramah
{\ADD{
city}}.”
\VS{23}While
Saul
was
walking
toward
Naioth,
the
Spirit
of
God
also
took
control
of
him.
{\ADD{
While
he
walked
on}},
he
continued
speaking ecstatic
messages
until
he
came
to
Naioth.
\VS{24}There
he
took
off
his
clothes,
and
he
spoke
messages
from
God
in
front
of
Samuel.
He
lay
on
the
ground
doing
that
all
day
and
all
night.
That
is
the
reason
that
{\ADD{
when
people
see
someone
doing
something
that
is
very unexpected,
they
think
about
what
happened
to
Saul,
and}}
they
say, “We
are
surprised,
like
the
people
were
surprised
to
see
Saul
{\ADD{
acting
like}}
a
prophet?” [RHQ]

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH Jonathan helped David escape from Saul
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
ran
away
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Naioth
{\ADD{
section}}
of
Ramah
{\ADD{
city}}.
He
went
to
Jonathan
and
asked
him, “What
have
I
done
{\ADD{
to
displease
your
father}}?
What
did
I
do
that
was
wrong?
Why
is
he
trying
to
kill
me?”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Jonathan
replied, “My
father
is
surely
not
trying
to
kill
you!
He
always
tells
me
before
he
does
anything
that
he
is
planning.
He
tells
me
about
important
things
and unimportant
things
that
he
plans
to
do. ◄Why
would
he
refuse
to
tell
me
{\ADD{
if
he
were
planning
to
kill
me}}?/I
am
sure
that
he
would
not
refuse
to
tell
me
{\ADD{
if
he
were
planning
to
kill
you}}.► [RHQ]
So
what
you
are
saying
cannot
be
true.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
David
solemnly
declared
this
to
Jonathan: “Your
father
knows
very
well
that
you
and
I
are
very
good
friends,
so
he
says
to
himself, ‘I
will
not
tell
Jonathan
{\ADD{
what
I
am
going
to
do}}.
If
I
tell
Jonathan,
he
will
be
upset/distressed,
{\ADD{
and
then
he
will
tell
David}}.’
But
just
as
certain
as
Yahweh
lives
and
you
live,
I
am
only
one
step
away
from
being
killed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Jonathan
said
to
David, “I
will
do
whatever
you
tell
me
to
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
replied, “Tomorrow
we
will
celebrate
the
Festival
of
the
New
Moon.
I
always
eat
with
the
king
at
that
festival.
But
tomorrow
I
will
hide
in
the
field,
and
I
will
stay
there
for
one
night.
I
will
stay
there
until
the
evening
of
the
day
after
tomorrow.
\VS{6}If
your
father
asks
why
I
am
not
there
at
the
festival,
say
to
him, ‘David
requested
me
to
allow
him
to
go
to
his
home
in
Bethlehem,
where
his
family
will
offer
the
sacrifice
that
they
offer
{\ADD{
during
this
festival}}
every
year.’
\VS{7}If
your
father
says ‘That
is okay’,
then
I
know
I
will
be
safe.
But
if
he
becomes
extremely
angry,
you
will
know
that
he
is
determined
to
harm
me.
\VS{8}Please
be
kind
to
me.
Yahweh
heard
you
when
you
made
a
solemn
agreement
with
me
{\ADD{
that
you
and
I
will
always
be
loyal
friends}}.
If
I
deserve
to
be
punished [MTY],
kill
me
yourself.
I
do
not
want [RHQ]
you
to
allow
your
father
to
punish [IDM]
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Jonathan
replied, “I
will
never
do
that!
But
if
I
find
out
that
my
father
is
determined
to
harm/kill
you,
I
will
certainly
warn
you.” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{10}David
asked
him, “How
will
I
find
out
if
your
father
answers
you
harshly?”
\VS{11}Jonathan
replied, “Come
with
me.
We
will
go
out
into
the
field.”
So
they
went
together
out
into
the
field.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}There
Jonathan
said
to
David, “I
promise
this
while
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
is
listening:
At
this
time
the
day
after
tomorrow,
I
will
find
out
what
my
father
{\ADD{
is
thinking
about
you}}.
If
he
is
saying
good
things
about
you,
I
will
certainly
send
a
message
to
you
to
tell
that
to
you [RHQ].
\VS{13}But
if
he
is
planning
to
hurt/kill
you,
I
will
enable
you
to
know [IDM]
that,
and
enable
you
to
go
away
safely.
I
desire
that
Yahweh
will
punish
me
severely
if
I
do
not
do
that
{\ADD{
for
you}}.
I
desire/hope
that
Yahweh
will
be
with
you
{\ADD{
and
help
you}}
like
he
has
helped
my
father.
\VS{14}But
while
I
am
still
alive,
please
be
kind
to
me
in
the
same
way
that
Yahweh
is
kind
to
me,
and
do
not
kill
me
{\ADD{
when
you
become
king}}.
\VS{15}But
{\ADD{
if
I
die,}}
never
stop beng
kind
to
my
family,
{\ADD{
even}}
after
Yahweh
has
gotten
rid
of
all
your
enemies
all
over
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
David
agreed}}.
So
Jonathan
made
a
solemn
agreement
with
David.
And
he
said, “I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
get
rid
of
all
your
enemies.”
\VS{17}And
Jonathan
requested
David
to
repeat
his
solemn
promise
to
be
his
close
friend,
because
Jonathan
loved
David
as
much
as
he
loved
himself.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Jonathan
said, “Tomorrow
we
will
celebrate
the
Festival
of
the
New
Moon.
When
you
are
not
sitting
at
your
place
when
we
eat,
my
father
will ◄miss
you/see
that
you
are
not
there►.
\VS{19}The
day
after
tomorrow,
in
the
evening,
go
to
the
place
where
you
hid
before.
Wait
by
the
pile
of
stones.
\VS{20}I
will
come
out
and
shoot
three
arrows
as
though
I
were
trying
to
shoot
at
a
target.
{\ADD{
The
arrows
will
hit
the
ground}}
close
to
the
pile
of
stones.
\VS{21}Then
I
will
send
a
boy
to
bring
the
arrows
back
to
me.
If
you
hear
me
say
to
him, ‘They
are
closer
to me’,
then
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
you
will
know
that
everything
is
fine,
{\ADD{
and
that
Saul
will
not
kill
you}}.
\VS{22}But
if
I
tell
him, ‘The
arrows
are
farther away’,
you
will
know
that
you
must
leave
immediately,
because
Yahweh
wants
you
to
run
away.
\VS{23}I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
watch
you
and
me
and
enable
us
to
never
forget
what
we
have
promised
each
other.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}So
David
went
and
hid
in
the
field.
When
the
Festival
of
the
New
Moon
started,
the
king
sat
down
to
eat.
\VS{25}He
sat
where
he
usually
sat,
close
to
the
wall.
Jonathan
sat
across
from
him,
and
Abner
{\ADD{
the
army
commander}}
sat
next
to
Saul.
But
no
one
was
sitting
in
the
place
where
David
{\ADD{
usually
sat}}.
\VS{26}On
that
day,
Saul
did
not
say
anything
about
David,
because
he
was
thinking, “Something
must
have
happened
that
caused
David
to
become
unacceptable
{\ADD{
to
worship
God}}.”
\VS{27}But
the
next
day,
when
David
was
not
sitting
at
the
place
where
he
usually
sat,
Saul
asked
Jonathan, “Why
has
that
son
of
Jesse
not
been
here
to
eat
with
us
yesterday
and
today?”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Jonathan
replied, “David
earnestly
requested
me
that
I
permit
him
to
go
to
Bethlehem.
\VS{29}He
said, ‘Please
allow
me
to
go,
because
our
family
is
going
to
offer
a
sacrifice.
My
{\ADD{
older}}
brother
insisted
that
I
be
there.
So
please
allow
me
to
go
to
be
with
my
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers.’
{\ADD{
I
allowed
David
to
go}},
and
that
is
the
reason
that
he
is
not
here
eating
with
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Saul
was ◄furious/very
angry►
with
Jonathan.
He
yelled
at
him, “You
stupid
bastard [EUP]!
I
know
that
you
are
being
loyal
to
that
son
of
Jesse.
By
doing
that,
you
will
bring
shame
to
yourself
and
to
your
mother.
\VS{31}As
long
as
Jesse’s
son
is
living,
you
will
never
become
the
king,
and
you
will
never
rule
over
a
kingdom!
So
now,
summon
David,
and
bring
him
to
me.
He
must
be
executed!”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Jonathan
asked
his
father, “Why
should
David
be
executed?
What
wrong
has
he
done?”
\VS{33}Then
Saul
threw
his
spear
at
Jonathan
in
order
to
kill
him,
{\ADD{
but
the
spear
did
not
hit
him}}.
So
Jonathan
knew
that
his
father
really
wanted
to
kill
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Jonathan
was
very
angry,
and
he
left
the
room.
On
that
second
day
of
the
festival,
he
refused
to
eat
anything.
He
was
disgusted
about
what
his
father
had
done,
and
he
was
worried
about
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}The
following
morning
Jonathan
went
out
to
the
field
to
give
a
message
to
David,
like
he
had
agreed
that
he
would
do.
He
took
a
young
boy
with
him.
\VS{36}Jonathan
said
to
the
boy, “Run
and
find
the
arrows
that
I
shoot.”
The
boy
started
running,
and
Jonathan
shot
an
arrow
ahead
of
the
boy.
\VS{37}When
the
boy
ran
to
the
place
where
the
arrow
hit
the
ground,
Jonathan
called
out, “The
arrow
is
further
away!” [RHQ]
\VS{38}Then
he
shouted
to
the
boy, “Act
quickly;
do
not
wait!
Do
not
stop!”
The
boy
picked
up
the
arrow
and
brought
it
back
to
Jonathan.
\VS{39}But
the
boy
did
not
understand
the
meaning
of
what
Jonathan
had
said;
only
Jonathan
and
David
knew.
\VS{40}Then
Jonathan
gave
his
bow
and
arrows
to
the
boy
and
told
him, “Go
back
to
the
town.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}When
the
boy
left,
David
came
out
from
the
south
side
of
the
pile
of
stones
behind
which
he
had
been
hiding.
He
went
to
Jonathan
and
bowed
{\ADD{
in
front
of
Jonathan}}
three
times,
with
his
face
touching
the
ground.
Then
David
and
Jonathan
kissed
each
other
{\ADD{
on
the
cheek/neck}},
and
they
cried
together.
But
David
cried
more
than
Jonathan.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}Jonathan
said
to
David, “May
things
go
well
for
you
as
you
go.
Yahweh
has
heard
what
we
solemnly
promised
to
always
do
for
each
other,
and
what
we
said
that
our
descendants
must
do
for
each
other.”
Then
David
left,
and
Jonathan
went
back
to
the
town.

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH David and his men hid in a cave
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
fled
from
there
and
went
to
Nob
{\ADD{
city
to
see}}
Ahimelech
the
priest.
Ahimelech
trembled
when
he
saw
David
{\ADD{
because
he
was
afraid
that
something
bad
had
happened}}.
He
said
to
David, “Why
are
you
alone?
Why
have
no
men
come
with
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}David
{\ADD{
deceived
Ahimelech}}
by replying, “The
king
sent
me.
But
he
does
not
want
anyone
to
know
anything
about
what
he
sent
me
to
do.
I
have
told
my
men
where
{\ADD{
they
should
meet
me}}.
\VS{3}Now
{\ADD{
I
want
to
know}},
do
you
have
any
{\ADD{
food
here
for
me
to
eat}} [IDM]?
Could
you
give
me
five
loaves
of
bread,
or
whatever
{\ADD{
other
food}}
that
you
can
find?”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
priest
answered
David, “There
is
no
ordinary
bread
here,
but
I
have
some
of
the
sacred
bread
{\ADD{
that
was
placed
before
Yahweh}}.
Your
men
may
eat
it
if
they
have
not
slept
with [EUP]
women
{\ADD{
recently}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
replied, “They
have
not
been
near
women
for
many
days.
I
do
not
allow
my
men
to
defile
themselves
by
sleeping
with
women
while
they
are
preparing
to
fight
in
battles.
They
must
continue
to
keep
themselves
acceptable
to
God
when
they
are
on
ordinary trips,
and
{\ADD{
today
they
have
kept
themselves
acceptable
to
God}}
because
now
we
are
doing
something
very
special/important.”
\VS{6}The
only
bread
that
the
priest
had
was
the
sacred
bread
that
had
been
placed
in
Yahweh’s
presence
{\ADD{
in
the
Sacred
tent}}.
So
the
priest
gave
David
some
of
that
bread.
On
that
day
the
priest
had
taken
those
loaves
from
the
table
and
replaced
them
with ◄fresh/newly
baked►
loaves.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}It
happened
that
Doeg,
from
the
Edom people-group,
was
there
on
that
day
to
make
himself
acceptable
to
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
and
he
saw
what
Ahimelech
did}}.
He
was
one
of
Saul’s
officials
and
the
leader
of
Saul’s
shepherds.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}David
asked
Ahimelech, “Do
you
have
a
spear
or
a
sword
{\ADD{
that
I
could
use}}?
The
king
{\ADD{
appointed
us
to
do}}
this
task
{\ADD{
and
told
us
to
leave}}
immediately,
so
I
did
not
have
time
to
bring
any
weapons.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Ahimelech
replied, “I
have
only
the
sword
that
belonged
to
Goliath
{\ADD{
the
giant}}
from
the
Philistia people-group
whom
you
killed
in
Elah
Valley.
It
is
wrapped
in
a
cloth,
and
is
behind
the
sacred vest
{\ADD{
in
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
If
you
want
it,
take
it,
because
I
have
no
other
{\ADD{
weapon}}
here.”
\par }{\PP David
replied, “Truly,
there
is
no
other
sword
that
is
{\ADD{
as
good}}
as
that
one!
Give
it
to
me.”
\VS{10}{\ADD{
So
Ahimelech
gave
it
to
him}},
and
David
left
there.
He
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
and
went
to
Gath
{\ADD{
city
in
the
Philistia
region}},
to
stay
with
King
Achish.
\VS{11}But
the
officers
of
King
Achish
{\ADD{objected
to
David
being
there.
They}}
said
to
King
Achish, “This
man
is [RHQ]
David,
the
king
of
Israel!
He
is
the
one [RHQ]
whom
{\ADD{
our
enemies}},
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people,
{\ADD{
honored
by}}
dancing
and
singing,
\par }{\Q ‘Saul
has
killed
thousands
{\ADD{
of
his
enemies}},
\par }{\QB but
David
has
killed
tens
of
thousands
of
them!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}David
heard
what
those
men
were
saying,
so
he
was
afraid
of
{\ADD{
what}}
King
Achish
{\ADD{
might
do
to
him}}.
\VS{13}So
he
pretended
that
he
was insane.
He
started scratching
on
the
gates
{\ADD{
of
the
city}}
and allowing
his
saliva
to
run
down
his
beard.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
King
Achish
said
to
his
men, “Look
at
this
man!
He
is
acting
like
an insane
man!
Why
have
you
brought
him
to
me?
\VS{15}Have
you
brought
him
because
I
do
not
have
enough insane
men
here
already [RHQ]?
I
do
not
want [RHQ]
him
to
come
into
my
house!”

\par }\Chap{22}{\SH David and his men hid in a cave at Adullam
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
left
Gath
and
went
{\ADD{
east}}
to
hide
in
a
cave
on
a
hill
at
Adullam
{\ADD{
city}}.
Soon
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
and
all
his
other
relatives
came
and
stayed
with
him
there.
\VS{2}Then
other
men
came
there.
Some
were
men
who
had
caused
trouble,
some
were
men
who owed
money,
and
some
were
men
who
were
not
content [IDM]
{\ADD{
with
the
government}}.
They
continued
to
come
until
there
were 400
men
there,
and
David
was
their
leader.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Later
they
left
there
and
went
{\ADD{
east}}
to
Mizpah
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
Moab
region.
There
David
requested
the
king
of
Moab, “Please
allow
my
father
and
mother
to
live
here
with
you
until
I
know
what
God
is
going
to
do
for
me.”
\VS{4}{\ADD{
The
king
gave
him
permission,}}
so
David’s
parents
stayed
with
the
king
of
Moab
all
the
time
that
David
and
the
men
who
were
with
him
were
hiding
{\ADD{
in
that
area}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}One
day
the
prophet
Gad
told
David, “Leave ◄your
fortress/this
area►
and
return
to
Judah.”
So
David
and
his
men
went
to
Hereth
forest
{\ADD{
in
Judah}}.
\par }{\SH Saul
killed
Ahimelech
and
many
other
priests
\par }{\PP \VS{6}One
day,
someone
told
Saul
that
David
and
his
men
had
arrived
in
Judah.
On
that
day,
Saul
was
sitting
underneath
the
tamarisk
tree
on
a
hill
at
Gibeah
{\ADD{
town}}.
He
was
holding
his
spear,
and
was
surrounded
by
his
army
officers.
\VS{7}He
shouted
to
them, “You
men
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
listen
to
me!
Do
you
think
that
the
son
of
Jesse
will
give
all
of
you
fields
and
vineyards
{\ADD{
if
he
becomes
your
king}}?
Will
he
appoint
all
of
you
to
become
generals
and
captains
{\ADD{
in
his
army}} [RHQ]?
\VS{8}Is
that
why
you
have
all
conspired
against
me [RHQ]?
None
of
you
told
me
when
my
son
{\ADD{
Jonathan}}
made
a
solemn
agreement
with
that
son
of
Jesse.
None
of
you
feels
sorry
for
me.
That
son
of
Jesse
was
my
servant,
but
now
my
son
is encouraging
him
to
hide
in
order
to ◄ambush
me/attack
me
suddenly►,
as
he
is
doing
today!”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Doeg,
a
man
from
the
Edom people-group,
was
standing
there
with
Saul’s
officers.
He
said
to
Saul, “When
I
was
at
Nob,
I
saw
that
son
of
Jesse
talking
to
Ahimelech,
the
priest.
\VS{10}Ahimelech
asked
Yahweh
what
David
should
do.
Then
Ahimelech
gave
to
David
some
food
and
the
sword
of
Goliath,
{\ADD{
the
giant}}
from
the
Philistia people-group.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Saul
summoned
Ahimelech
and
all
Ahimelech’s
relatives
who
were
priests
at
Nob.
So
they
all
came
to
the
king.
\VS{12}Saul
said
to
Ahimelech, “You
son
of
Ahitub,
listen
to
me!”
\par }{\PP Ahimelech
answered, “Yes,
sir!”
\VS{13}Saul
said, “Why
are
you
and
Jesse’s
son conspiring
to
get
rid
of
me?
You
gave
him
some
bread
and
a
sword.
You
requested
God
to
tell
David
what
he
should
do.
David
has
rebelled
against
me,
and
right
now
he
is
{\ADD{
hiding
somewhere}},
waiting
{\ADD{
to
attack
me}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Ahimelech
replied, “{\ADD{
I
do
not
understand
why
you
are
saying
that,
because}}
David,
your
son-in-law,
the
captain
of
your bodyguards,
is
very
loyal
to
you.
No
one
is
more
loyal
to
you
than
David!
Everyone
in
your
household
respects
him
very
much.
\VS{15}Furthermore,
this
was
certainly
not [RHQ]
the
first
time
that
I
requested
God
to
say
what
he
wanted
David
to
do.
And
it
is
not
right
for
you
to
accuse
me
or
any
of
my
relatives
{\ADD{
of
trying
to
get
rid
of
you}},
because
I
do
not
know
anything
about
{\ADD{
anyone
wanting
to
do
that}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
king
then
shouted, “Ahimelech,
you
and
your
all
your
relatives
are
going
to
be
executed
right
now!”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
he
commanded
his bodyguards, “Kill
these
priests
of
Yahweh,
because
they
are
allies
of
David,
and
they
are conspiring
with
David
against
me!
They
knew
that
David
was
trying
to
run
away
from
me,
but
they
did
not
tell
me!”
\par }{\PP But
Saul’s bodyguards
refused
to
kill
Yahweh’s
priests.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
the
king
said
to
Doeg, “You
kill
them!”
So
Doeg,
the
man
from
the
Edom people-group,
went
out
and
struck
them
with
his
sword.
On
that
day
he
killed
eighty-five
men
who
were
wearing
the
sacred
vests
{\ADD{
because
they
were
God’s
priests}}.
\VS{19}He
also
went
and
killed
many
people
in
Nob,
the
city
where
the
priests
lived.
He
killed
men,
women,
children,
babies,
cattle,
donkeys,
and
sheep
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}But
Abiathar,
Ahimelech’s
son,
escaped.
He
ran
away
and
joined
David
{\ADD{
and
the
men
who
were
with
him}}.
\VS{21}He
told
David
that
Saul
had
commanded
{\ADD{
Doeg}}
to
kill
Yahweh’s
priests.
\VS{22}Then
David
said
to
him, “That
man
from
the
Edom people-group,
Doeg,
was
there
at
Nob
on
the
day
{\ADD{
that
I
was
there}}.
I
knew
that
he
would
surely
tell
Saul
{\ADD{
what
happened}}.
So
it
is
my
fault
that
your
father
and
all
of
his
family
have
been
killed.
\VS{23}You
stay
with
me,
and
do
not
be
afraid.
The
man
who
wants
to
kill
you
wants
to
kill
me
also,
but
you
will
be
safe
if
you
stay
with
me.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH David saved the people of Keilah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
someone
told
David, “You
need
to
know
that
the
Philistia
army
is
attacking
Keilah
{\ADD{
town}}
and
they
are
stealing
grain
from
where
men
are
threshing
it.”
\VS{2}David
asked
Yahweh, “Should
my
men
and
I
go
to
fight
against
those
men
from
the
Philistia people-group?”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
answered, “Yes,
go.
Attack
them,
and
rescue
the
people
of
Keilah.”
\VS{3}But
David’s
men
said
to
him, “We
are
afraid
{\ADD{
that
Saul
will
attack
us}}
here
in
Judah.
We
will
be
more
afraid
if
we
go
to
Keilah
where
the
Philistia
army
is!”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
David
asked
Yahweh
again
{\ADD{
if
they
should
go
to
Keilah}}.
Yahweh
answered, “Yes,
go
down
to
Keilah.
I
will
help
you
to
defeat
the
men
of
the
Philistia people-group.”
\VS{5}So
David
and
his
men
went
to
Keilah.
They
fought
against
the
men
of
the
Philistia people-group
and
captured
many
of
their
cattle.
David
and
his
men
killed
many
of
the
Philistia
men
and
rescued
the
people
of
Keilah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Abiathar,
the
son
of
Ahimelech,
fled
to
be
with
David
at
Keilah,
and
he
brought
the
sacred vest
with
him
{\ADD{
to
use
it
to
determine
what
God
wanted
to
be
done}}.
\par }{\SH Saul
pursued
David
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Soon
Saul
found
out
that
David
was
at
Keilah.
So
he
said, “That
is
good!
God
is enabling
me
to
capture
him!
He
has
trapped
himself
in
that
town,
because
it
has
high
walls
with
gates
around
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
Saul
summoned
his
army,
and
they
prepared
to
go
down
to
Keilah
to
attack
David
and
his
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
David
found
out
that
Saul
was
planning
{\ADD{
for
his
army}}
to
attack
him.
So
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest, “Bring
{\ADD{
here}}
the
sacred vest.”
\VS{10}{\ADD{
So
when
Abiathar
brought
it,}}
David
prayed, “Yahweh,
God
of
us Israelis,
I
have
heard
that
Saul
is
planning
to
come
here
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
and
destroy
Keilah
because
I
am
here.
\VS{11}Will
Saul
come
down
{\ADD{
here
to
Keilah}},
as
people
reported
to
me?
Will
the
leaders
of
Keilah
enable
Saul
to
capture
me?
Yahweh,
God
of
us Israelis,
please
tell
me!”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
answered, “Yes,
Saul
will
come
down.”
\VS{12}Then
David
asked, “Will
the
leaders
of
Keilah
enable
Saul’s
army
to
capture
me
and
my
men
{\ADD{
if
we
stay
here}}?”
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
By
means
of
the
stones
in
the
sacred vest}},
Yahweh
replied, “Yes,
they
will.”
\VS{13}So
David
and
his 600
men
left
Keilah.
They
continued
to
move
from
one
place
to
another,
{\ADD{
wherever
they
thought
that
Saul
would
not
find
them}}.
And
when
Saul
found
out
that
David
had
escaped
from
Keilah,
he
did
not
go
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}David
and
his
men
stayed
in
hiding
places
in
the
desert
and
in
the
hills
of
Ziph
Desert.
Every
day
Saul
{\ADD{
sent
men
to}}
search
for
David,
but
Yahweh
did
not
allow
them
to
capture
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}While
David
and
his
men
were
at
{\ADD{
a
place
named}}
Horesh
in
Ziph
desert,
he
found
out
that
Saul
was
coming
there
to
kill
him.
\VS{16}But
Saul’s
son
Jonathan
went
to
David
at
Horesh,
and
encouraged
him
to
continue
to
trust
{\ADD{
God}}.
\VS{17}Jonathan
told
him, “Do
not
be
afraid,
because
my
father
will
not
be
able
to
harm [IDM]
you.
{\ADD{
Some
day}}
you
will
be
the
king
of
Israel,
and
I
will
be
the
second
{\ADD{
most
important
man
in
Israel}}.
My
father
Saul
also
knows
that.”
\VS{18}Then
the
two
of
them
repeated
their
solemn
promise
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
had
heard
them
make
previously,
that
they
would
always
be
loyal
to
each
other}}.
Then
Jonathan
went
home,
but
David
stayed
at
Horesh.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Some
people
from
Ziph
went
to
Saul
when
he
was
at
Gibeah,
and
they
told
him, “David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
are
hiding
in
our
land [RHQ]!
They
are
hiding
in
places
at
Horesh
on Hakilah
Hill,
south
of
{\ADD{
a
place
named}}
Jeshimon.
\VS{20}So,
O
king,
come
down
there
any
time
that
you
want
to.
It
is
our
duty
to
capture
him
and
turn
him
over
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Saul
replied, “I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
bless
you
{\ADD{
for
telling
that
to
me}}.
\VS{22}Go
back
and
find
out
more
about
him.
Find
out
exactly
where
he
is
staying,
and
find
out
who
has
seen
him
there.
People
tell
me
that
he
is
very
clever,
{\ADD{
so
we
need
to
be
clever
also
to
be
able
to
capture
him}}.
\VS{23}Find
out
all
the
places
where
he
and
his
men
hide.
Then
come
back
and
tell
me
everything
that
you
have
found
out.
Then
I
will
{\ADD{
take
my
army
and}}
go
there
with
you.
If
David
is
in
any
of
the
clans/caves
of
Judah,
we
will
search
for
him
{\ADD{
and
find
him}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}So
those
people
went
back
to
Ziph
before
Saul
went
there.
At
that
time
David
and
his
men
were
in
Maon
Desert,
south
of
Jeshimon.
\VS{25}Saul
and
his
soldiers
went
to
search
for
David,
but
David
heard
about
that.
So
he
and
his
men
went
further
{\ADD{
south}}
to
a
rocky
hill/peak
in
the
Maon
Desert.
When
Saul
heard
about
that,
he
and
his
men
followed
David
and
his
men
to
the
Maon
Desert.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Saul
and
his
soldiers
were
walking
along
one
side
of
the
hill/peak,
and
David
and
his
men
were
on
the
other
side.
David
and
his
men
were
hurrying
to
escape
from
Saul’s
soldiers,
because
Saul
and
his
soldiers
were
coming
much
closer.
\VS{27}But
then
a
messenger
came
to
Saul
and
said
to
him, “Come
quickly!
The
Philistia
army
is
attacking
the
people
in
our
land!”
\VS{28}So
Saul
stopped
pursuing
David,
and
he
{\ADD{
and
his
soldiers}}
went
to
fight
against
the
Philistia
army.
That
is
the
reason
that
people
call
that
place ‘Escape Rock’.
\VS{29}David
and
his
men
also
left
the
Maon
Desert
and
went
to
places
to
hide
safely
at
En-Gedi.

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH David spared Saul’s life
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Saul
{\ADD{
and
his
soldiers}}
returned
{\ADD{
home}}
after
fighting
against
the
Philistia
army,
someone
reported
to
Saul
that
David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
had
gone
into
the
desert
near
En-Gedi.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
When
}}
Saul
{\ADD{
heard
that,
he}}
chose 3,000
men
from
various
areas
in
Israel,
and
they
went
to
search
for
David
and
his
men
at
a
place
named
Rocks
of
Wild
Goats.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}At
a
place
where
the
road
was
alongside
some
sheep
pens,
Saul
{\ADD{
left
the
road
and}}
entered
a
cave
to defecate [EUP].
{\ADD{
He
did
not
know
that}}
David
and
his
men
were
hiding
further
inside
that
same
cave!
\VS{4}David’s
men
{\ADD{
saw
Saul
and}}
whispered
to
David, “Today
is
the
day
that
Yahweh
spoke
about
when
he
said, ‘I
will
enable
you
to
defeat
your
enemy.’
You
can
do
to
him
whatever
you
want
to!”
So
David crept
toward
the
entrance
of
the
cave
and
{\ADD{
with
his
knife}}
he
cut
off
a
piece
of
Saul’s
robe.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
And
then
he
returned
to
his
men}}.
\par }{\PP But
then
David
felt
guilty
for
having
cut
off
a
piece
of
Saul’s
robe.
\VS{6}He
said
to
his
men, “I
should
not
have
done
that
to
the
king!
I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
never
allow
me
to
attack
the
one
whom
God
has
appointed,
because
Yahweh
is
the
one
who
chose
him
{\ADD{
to
be
the
king}}.”
\VS{7}By
saying
that,
David
restrained
his
men,
and
did
not
allow
them
to
kill
Saul.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}After
Saul
left
the
cave
and
started
to
walk
on
the
road
again,
David
came
out
of
the
cave
and
shouted
to
Saul, “King
Saul!”
Saul
turned
around
and
looked,
and
David
bowed
down
with
his
face
touching
the
ground.
\VS{9}Then
he
said
to
Saul, “◄Why
do
you
pay
attention
to
people
when
they
say ‘David
wants
to
harm you’?/You
should
not
pay
attention
to
people
when
they
say ‘David
wants
to
harm you’.► [RHQ]
\VS{10}Today
you
can
see
with
your
own
eyes
that
{\ADD{
what
they
say
is
not
true}}.
Yahweh
put
you
in
a
place
where
my
men
and
I
could
have
killed
you
when
you
were
in
this
cave.
Some
of
my
men
told
me
that
I
should
do
that,
but
I
did
not
do
that.
I
said
to
them, ‘I
will
not
harm
my
master,
because
he
is
the
king
whom
Yahweh
appointed.’
\VS{11}Your
majesty,
look
at
this
piece
of
your
robe
that
is
in
my
hand!
I
cut
it
from
your
robe,
but
I
did
not
kill
you.
So
now
you
should
be
able
to
understand
that
I
am
not
planning
to
do
anything
evil
to
you.
I
have
not
done
anything
wrong
to
you,
but
you
are
searching
for
me
to
kill
me.
\VS{12}I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
judge
and
decide
which
of
us ◄{\ADD{
is
doing
what
is
right/pleases
him}}►.
And
I
hope/desire
that
he
will
punish
you
for
the
wrong
things
that
you
have
done
to
me.
But
I
will
not
try
to
harm
you.
\VS{13}There
is
a
proverb
that
has
the
words, ‘Evil
things
are
done
by
evil
people.’
But
{\ADD{
I
am
not
evil,
so}}
I
will
not
do
evil
things
to
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“ou
are
the
king
of
Israel.
So ◄why
are
you
pursuing
me?/you
should
not
be
pursuing
me.► [RHQ]
I
am
{\ADD{
as harmless
as}} [MET]
a
dead
dog
or
a
flea.
\VS{15}I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
judge
which
of
us
{\ADD{
is
doing
what ◄he
wants/is
right►}}.
I
trust
that
he
will
{\ADD{
act
like
a lawyer
and}}
judge ◄my
case/what
I
have
done►,
and
that
he
will
rescue
me
from
your
power [MTY].”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
David
finished
speaking,
Saul
{\ADD{
called
out
to
him
and}}
asked, “My
son
David,
is
that
your
voice
{\ADD{
that
I
am
hearing}}?”
Then
he
began
to
cry
loudly.
\VS{17}He
said, “You
are
a
better
man
than
I
am.
You
have
done
something
very
good
to
me
when
I
tried
to
do
something
very
bad
to
you.
\VS{18}When
Yahweh
put
me
in
a
place
{\ADD{
in
that
cave}}
where
you
could
have
easily
killed
me,
you
did
not
do
that.
\VS{19}◄Who
else
would/No
one
else
would►
find
his
enemy
and
allow
his
enemy
to
escape
{\ADD{
when
he
could
kill
him
instead}} [RHQ].
I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
reward
you
for
being
kindly
to
me
today.
\VS{20}I
know
that
{\ADD{
some
day}}
you
will
surely
become
the
king,
and
that
your
kingdom
will
prosper
as
you
rule
the Israeli
people.
\VS{21}Now
while
Yahweh
is
listening,
solemnly
promise
to
me
that
you
will
not
kill
my
family
and
get
rid
of
all
my
descendants.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}David
solemnly
promised
Saul
that
he
would
not
{\ADD{
harm
Saul’s
family}}.
Then
Saul
went
back
home,
and
David
and
his
men
went
back
up
into
the
place
where
they
had
been
hiding.

\par }\Chap{25}{\SH Samuel died
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Soon
after
that}},
Samuel
died,
and
all
the Israeli
people
gathered
and
mourned
for
him.
They
buried
his
body
outside
his
home
in
Ramah.
\par }{\SH Nabal
insulted
David
\par }{\PP Then
David
and
his
men
moved
to
the
Maon
Desert.
\VS{2}In
Maon
{\ADD{
town}}
there
was
a
man
who
owned
land
in
Carmel,
{\ADD{
a
nearby
village}}.
He
was
very
rich;
he
owned 3,000
sheep
and 1,000
goats.
\VS{3}His
name
was
Nabal;
he
was
a
descendant
of
Caleb.
His
wife
Abigail
was
a
wise
and
beautiful
woman,
but
Nabal
was
very
cruel
and
treated
people
very unkindly [IDM].
\par }{\PP \VS{4}One
day
while
David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
were
in
the
desert,
someone
told
him
that
Nabal
was
cutting
the
wool
from
his
sheep.
\VS{5}So
David
told
ten
of
his
men, “Go
to
Nabal
at
Carmel
and
greet
him
for
me.
\VS{6}Then
tell
to
him
this
message
from
me, ‘I
wish/desire
that
things
will
go
well
for
you
and
your
family
and
for
everything
that
you
possess.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}‘
heard
people
say
that
you
are
cutting
the
wool
from
your
sheep.
Previously,
when
your
shepherds
were
among
us,
we
did
not
harm
them.
All
the
time
that
your
shepherds
were
among
us
at
Camel,
we
did
not
steal
any
sheep
from
them.
\VS{8}You
can
ask
your
servants
if
this
is
true,
and
they
will
tell
you
{\ADD{
that
it
is
true}}.
We
have
come
here
at
a
time
when
you
are
celebrating,
so
I
ask
you
to
please
be
kind
to
us
and
give
these
men
whatever extra
food
you
have,
for
me,
David,
and
my
men
to
eat.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
David’s
men
arrived
where
Nabal
was,
they
gave
David’s
message
to
him,
and
they
waited
{\ADD{
for
him
to
reply}}.
But
Nabal
spoke
harshly
to
them.
\VS{10}He
said
to
them, “Who
{\ADD{
does}}
this
man,
this
son
of
Jesse,
{\ADD{
think
that
he}}
is? [DOU, RHQ]
There
are
many
slaves
who
are
running
away
from
their
masters
at
the
present
time,
{\ADD{
and
it
seems
to
me
that
he
is
just
one
of
them}}.
\VS{11}I
give
bread
and
water
to
the
men
who
are
cutting
the
wool
from
my
sheep,
and
I
give
them
meat
from
animals
that
I
have
slaughtered.
Why
should
I
take
some
of
those
things
and
give
them
to
a
group
of outlaws [RHQ]? ◄Who
knows
where
they
have
come
from?/I
do
not
even
know
where
they
have
come
from.►” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
David’s
men
returned
and
told
him
what
Nabal
had
said.
\VS{13}When
David
heard
that,
he
told
his
men, “{\ADD{
We
are
going
to
kill
Nabal;}}
fasten
your
swords!”
So
he
fastened
on
his
sword
and
about 400
men
fastened
on
their
swords
and
went
with
David.
There
were 200
of
his
men
who
stayed
with
their
supplies.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}One
of
Nabal’s
servants
{\ADD{
found
out
what
David
and
his
men
were
planning
to
do,
so
he}}
went
to
Nabal’s
wife
Abigail
and
said
to
her, “David
sent
some
messengers
from
the
desert
to
greet
our
master
Nabal,
but
Nabal
only
yelled
at
them.
\VS{15}All
the
time
that
we
were
in
the
fields
close
to
them,
those
men
of
David
were
very
kind
to
us.
They
did
not
harm
us.
They
did
not
steal
anything
from
us.
\VS{16}They
protected
us
during
the
daytime
and
during
the
night.
They
were
like
a
wall [MET]
around
us
to
protect
us
while
we
were
taking
care
of
our
sheep.
\VS{17}So
now
you
should
think
about
it
and
decide
what
you
can
do.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
not
do
something,}}
terrible
things
will
happen
to
our
master
and
to
all
his
family.
Nabal
is
an
extremely
wicked
man,
with
the
result
that
{\ADD{
he
will
not
heed
anyone
when}}
that
person
tries
to
tell
him
anything
{\ADD{
that
he
should
do}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}{\ADD{
When}}
Abigail
{\ADD{
heard
that,
she}}
very
quickly
gathered 200
loaves
{\ADD{
of
bread}},
and
also
got
two
leather
bags
full
of
wine,
the
meat
from
five
sheep,
a
bushel
of
roasted
grain, 100 packs
of
raisins,
and 200 packs
of
dried
figs.
She
put
all
those
things
on
donkeys.
\VS{19}Then
she
told
her
servants, “Go
ahead
of
me.
I
will
follow
you.”
But
she
did
not
tell
her
husband
{\ADD{
what
she
was
going
to
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}David
and
his
men
{\ADD{
had
left
the
place
where
they
were
staying
and
were
on
the
road
to
Nabal’s
property.
They}}
were
coming
down
a
hill
when
they
met
Abigail.
\VS{21}David
had
been
saying
to
his
men, “It
was
useless
for
us
to
protect
that
man
and
all
his
possessions
here
in
this
desert.
We
did
not
steal
anything
that
belonged
to
him,
but
he
has
done
evil
to
me
in
return
for
our
good
{\ADD{
things
we
did
for
him}}.
\VS{22}I
hope/desire
that
God
will
strike
me
and
kill
me [IDM]
if
he
or
even
one
of
his
men [IDM]
is
still
alive
tomorrow
morning!”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}When
Abigail
saw
David,
she
quickly
got
down
from
her
donkey
and
bowed
before
him,
with
her
face
touching
the
ground.
\VS{24}Then
she
prostrated
herself
at
David’s
feet
and
said
to
him, “Sir,
I
deserve
to
be
punished
{\ADD{
for
what
my
husband
has
done}}.
Please
listen
to
what
I
say
to
you.
\VS{25}Please
do
not
pay
attention
to [IDM]
what
this
worthless
man
Nabal
has
said.
His
name
means ‘fool’,
and
he
surely
is
a
foolish
man.
But
I,
who
am
{\ADD{
willing
to
be}}
your
servant,
did
not
see
the
messengers
whom
you
sent
to
him.
\VS{26}Yahweh
has
prevented
you
from
getting
revenge
on
anyone
and
killing
anyone.
I
hope/desire
that
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives
and
as
surely
as
you
live,
your
enemies
will
be
{\ADD{
cursed}}
like
Nabal
will
be.
\VS{27}I
have
brought
a
gift
for
you
and
for
the
men
who
are
with
you.
\VS{28}Please
forgive
me
if
I
have
done
anything
wrong
to
you.
Yahweh
will
surely
{\ADD{
reward
you
by}} allowing
many
of
your
descendants
to
become
kings
of
Israel,
because
you
are
fighting
the
battles
that
Yahweh
{\ADD{
wants
you
to
fight}}.
And
{\ADD{
I
know
that}}
throughout
all
your
life
you
have
not
done
anything
wrong.
\VS{29}Even
when
those
who
are
trying
to
kill
you
pursue
you,
you
are
safe,
because
Yahweh
your
God
takes
care
of
you.
You
will
be
{\ADD{
protected
as
though
you
were}} [MET]
a
bundle
that
he
has
safely
tied
up.
But
your
enemies
will
{\ADD{
disappear
as
fast
as
stones}}
that
are
hurled
from
a
sling.
\VS{30}Yahweh
has
promised
to
do
good
things
for
you,
and
he
will
do
what
he
has
promised.
And
he
will
cause
you
to
become
the
ruler
of
the Israeli
people.
\VS{31}When
that
happens,
{\ADD{
you
will
be
glad
that
you
did
not
kill
any}}
people
in
Nabal’s
household.
You
will
not
think
that
you
deserve
to
be
punished
for
having
taken
revenge
yourself
and
killed
innocent
people.
And
when
Yahweh enables
you
to
successfully
{\ADD{
become
the
king}},
please
do
not
forget
{\ADD{
to
be
kind
to}}
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}David
replied
to
Abigail, “I
praise
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
because
he
sent
you
to
{\ADD{
talk
with}}
me.
\VS{33}I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
bless
you
for
being
very
wise.
You
have
prevented
me
from
taking
revenge
myself
and
killing
many
people [MTY]
today.
\VS{34}Just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}
is
alive,
he
has
prevented
me
from
harming
you.
If
you
had
not
come
quickly
to
talk
to
me,
neither
Nabal
nor
even
one
of
Nabal’s
men [IDM]
would
be
still
alive
tomorrow
morning.”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Then
David
accepted
the
gifts
that
Abigail
had
brought
to
him.
He
said
to
her, “I
hope/desire
that
things
will
go
well
for
you.
I
have
heard
what
you
said,
and
I
will
do
what
you
have
requested.”
\par }{\SH Nabal
died
\par }{\PP \VS{36}When
Abigail
returned
to
Nabal,
he
was
in
his
house,
having
a
big
celebration
like
kings
have.
He
was
very
drunk
and feeling
very
happy.
So
Abigail
did
not
say
anything
to
him
that
night
{\ADD{
about
her
meeting
with
David}}.
\VS{37}The
next
morning,
when
he
was
no
longer
drunk,
she
told
him
everything
{\ADD{
that
had
happened
when
she
talked
with
David}}.
{\ADD{
Immediately}} ◄he
had
a
stroke/a
blood
vessel
burst
in
his brain►
and
he
became
paralyzed [MET].
\VS{38}About
ten
days
later
Yahweh
struck
him
{\ADD{
again}}
and
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}After
David
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said, “Praise
Yahweh!
Nabal
insulted
me,
but
Yahweh ◄vindicated
me/got
revenge
for
me►.
He
has
prevented
me
from
{\ADD{
doing
anything}}
wrong.
And
he
has
punished
Nabal
for
the
wrong
that
he
did.”
\par }{\SH David
married
Abigail
\par }{\PP Then
David
sent
{\ADD{
messengers}}
to
Abigail,
to
ask
her
if
she
would
become
his
wife.
\VS{40}His
servants
went
to
Carmel
and
said
to
Abigail, “David
sent
us
to
take
you
to
become
his
wife.”
\VS{41}Abigail
bowed
down
with
her
face
touching
the
ground.
Then
she
told
{\ADD{
the
messengers
to
tell
David}}, “{\ADD{
I
am
happy
to
become
your
wife}}.
I
will
be
your
servant.
And
I
am
willing
to
wash
the
feet
of
your
slaves.”
\VS{42}Abigail
quickly
got
on
her
donkey
and
went
with
David’s
messengers.
Five
of
her
maids
went
with
her.
{\ADD{
When
she
arrived
where
David
was,}}
she
became
his
wife.
\VS{43}David
had
previously
married
Ahinoam,
a
woman
from
Jezreel
{\ADD{
town
near
Carmel}}.
So
both
Abigail
and
Ahinoam
were
now
David’s
wives.
\VS{44}King
Saul’s
daughter
Michal
was
also
David’s
wife,
but
Saul
had
given
her
to Laish’s
son
Paltiel,
who
was
from
Gallim
{\ADD{
town}}.

\par }\Chap{26}{\SH David spared Saul’s life again
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
people
of
Ziph
{\ADD{
town}}
went
to
Saul
while
he
was
at
Gibeah,
and
they
said
to
him, “David
is
hiding
in
a
cave
on Hakilah
hill,
across
from
Jeshimon
{\ADD{
town}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}So
Saul
chose 3,000
of
the
best Israeli
soldiers
and
went
with
them
to
Ziph
Desert
to
search
for
David.
\VS{3}Saul
and
his
men
set
up
their
tents
close
to
the
road
on Hakilah
hill,
east
of
Jeshimon
{\ADD{
town}},
but
David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
stayed
in
the
desert.
When
David
heard
that
Saul
was
searching
for
him,
\VS{4}he
sent
some
spies
to
find
out
for
certain
that
Saul
had
come
to Hakilah.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
{\ADD{
that
evening}}
David
went
to
the
place
where
Saul
had
set
up
his
tent.
{\ADD{
From
a
distance}}
he
saw
where
Saul
and
his
army
commander,
Abner,
were
sleeping.
Saul
was
sleeping
with
all
his
army
{\ADD{
sleeping}}
around
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}David
{\ADD{
went
back
to
where
his
men
were
and}}
talked
to
Ahimelech,
who
was
from
the
Heth people-group,
and
Joab’s
brother
Abishai,
whose
mother
was
{\ADD{
David’s
older
sister}}
Zeruiah.
He
asked
them, “Who
will
go
with
me
down
into
the
camp
where
Saul
is?”
\par }{\PP Abishai
replied, “I
will
go
with
you.”
\VS{7}So
that
night
David
and
Abishai crept
into
Saul’s
camp.
They
saw
that
Saul
was
asleep.
His
spear
was
stuck
in
the
ground
near
his
head.
Saul
was
asleep
in
the
middle
of
the
camp.
Abner
{\ADD{
the
army
commander}}
and
the
other
soldiers
were
sleeping
around
Saul.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Abishai
whispered
to
David, “Today
Yahweh
has
enabled
us
to
kill
your
enemy!
Allow
me
to
fasten
Saul
to
the
ground
{\ADD{
by
thrusting}}
my
spear
into
him.
It
will
be
necessary
for
me
to
strike
him
only
once.
I
will
not
{\ADD{
need
to}}
strike
him
twice.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
David
whispered
to
Abishai, “No,
do
not
kill
Saul.
Yahweh
has
appointed
him
to
be
king,
so
Yahweh
will
surely [RHQ]
punish
anyone
who
kills
him.
\VS{10}Just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
he
himself
will
punish
Saul.
Perhaps
Yahweh
will
strike
him
when
it
is
Saul’s
time
to
die,
or
perhaps
Saul
will
be
killed
in
a
battle.
\VS{11}But
I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
prevent
me
from
harming
the
king
whom
he
has
appointed.
Let’s
take
Saul’s
spear
and
water
jug
that
are
near
his
head.
Then
let’s
get
out
of
here!”
\par }{\SH David
taunted
Abner
and
Saul
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
David
took
the
spear
and
the
jug,
and
he
and
Abishai
left.
No
one
saw
them
or
knew
what
they
were
doing,
and
no
one
woke
up,
because
Yahweh
had
caused
them
to
be
sound
asleep.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}David
and
Abishai
went
across
the
valley
and
climbed
to
the
top
of
the
hill,
a
long
way
from
Saul’s
camp.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
David
shouted
to
Abner, “Abner,
can
you
hear
me?”
\par }{\PP Abner
{\ADD{
woke
up
and}}
replied “Who
are
you,
{\ADD{
waking
up}}
the
king
by
calling
out
to
him?”
\VS{15}David
replied, “{\ADD{
I
am
sure
that}}
you
are
the
greatest
man
in
Israel [IRO, RHQ]!
So
why
did
you
not
guard
your
master,
the
king?
Someone
came
into
your
camp
in
order
to
kill
your
master,
the
king.
\VS{16}You
have
done
a
very
poor
{\ADD{
job
of
guarding
Saul}}.
So
just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
you
and
your
men
should
be
executed!
You
have
not
guarded
your
master
whom
Yahweh
appointed
to
be
the
king.
Where
are
the
king’s
spear
and
the
water
jug
that
were
close
to
his
head?”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
The
shouting
woke
}}
Saul
{\ADD{
up
and
he}}
recognized
that
it
was
David’s
voice.
He
called
out,
saying, “My
son
David,
is
that
your
voice?”
\par }{\PP David
replied, “Yes,
your
majesty
it
is
my
voice.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
David
added, “Sir,
why
are
you
pursuing
me [RHQ]?
What
wrong
have
I
done [RHQ]?
\VS{19}Your
majesty,
listen
to
me!
If
Yahweh
has
caused
you
to
be
angry
with
me,
I
should
offer
a
sacrifice
{\ADD{
in
order
to
appease
him}}.
But
if
it
is
people
who
have
caused
you
to
be
angry
with
me,
I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
curse
them.
They
have
forced
me
to
leave
the
land
that
Yahweh
gave
to
me.
They
have
told
me, ‘Go
somewhere
else
and
worship
other
gods!’
\VS{20}Now
do
not
force
me
to
die [MTY]
far
from
{\ADD{
where
we
worship}}
Yahweh.
You,
the
king
of
Israel,
have
come
here
searching
for
me.
{\ADD{
But
I
do
not
want
to
harm
you}}!
I
am
{\ADD{
as harmless
as}}
a
flea [MET].
You
are
searching
for
me
like
people
hunt
for
a
bird
in
the
mountains! [MET]”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
Saul
said, “David,
my
son.
I
have
sinned
{\ADD{
by
trying
to
kill
you}}.
So
come
back
home.
Today
you
have
considered
my
life
to
be
very
valuable
{\ADD{
and
so
you
have
not
killed
me}}.
So
I
will
not
try
to
harm
you.
I
have
made
a
big
mistake
and
have
acted
foolishly.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}David
replied,
{\ADD{“
will
leave}}
your
spear
here.
Send
one
of
your
young
men
here
to
get
it.
\VS{23}Yahweh
rewards
us
for
the
things
that
we
do
that
are
right
and
for
being
loyal
{\ADD{
to
him}}.
Even
when
Yahweh
placed
me
where
I
could
easily
have
killed
you,
I
refused
to
do
that,
because
you
are
the
one
whom
Yahweh
has
appointed [MTY]
to
be
the
king.
\VS{24}Just
like
I
considered
your
life
to
be
valuable
{\ADD{
and
spared
your
life}}
today,
I
hope/desire
that
Yahweh
will
consider
my
life
to
be
valuable
and
{\ADD{
spare
my
life
and}}
save
me
from
all
my
troubles.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Saul
said
to
David, “My
son
David,
I
pray
that
Yahweh
will
bless
you.
You
will
do
great
things
very
successfully.”
\par }{\PP Then
David
returned
to
his
men,
and
Saul
went
back
home.

\par }\Chap{27}{\SH David stayed among the Philistia people-group
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
David
thought, “Some
day
Saul
will
capture
me
{\ADD{
if
I
stay
around
here}}.
So
the
best
thing
that
I
can
do
is
to
escape
and
go
to
the
Philistia
area.
If
I
do
that,
Saul
will
stop
searching
for
me
here
in
Israel,
and
I
will
be
safe.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}So
David
and
his 600
men
left
Israel
and
went
to
see Maoch’s
son
Achish,
who
was
king
of
Gath
{\ADD{
city
in
the
Philistia
area}}.
\VS{3}David
and
his
men
and
their
families
started
to
live
there
in
Gath,
the
city
where
king
Achish
lived.
David’s
two
wives
were
with
him—Ahinoam
from
Jezreel,
and
Nabal’s
widow
Abigail,
from
Carmel.
\VS{4}When
someone
told
Saul
that
David
had
run
away
{\ADD{
and
was
living}}
in
Gath,
he
stopped
searching
for
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
One
day}}
David
said
to
Achish, “If
you
are
pleased
with
us,
give
us
a
place
in
one
of
the
small
villages
where
we
can
stay.
There
is
no
need [RHQ]
for
us
to
stay
in
the
city
where
you
are
the
king.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
Achish
liked
what
David
suggested}}.
So
that
day
Achish
gave
to
David
Ziklag
{\ADD{
town}}.
As
a
result,
Ziklag
has
belonged
to
the
kings
of
Judah
since
that
time.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
lived
in
the
Philistia
area
for 16
months.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
During
that
time}}
David
and
his
men
raided
the
people
who
lived
{\ADD{
in
the
areas}}
where
the
Geshur, Girzi,
and
Amalek people-groups
lived.
Those
people
had
lived
there
a
long
time.
That
area
extended
{\ADD{
south}}
from Telam
to
the
Shur
{\ADD{
Desert}}
and
to
{\ADD{
the
border
of}}
Egypt.
\VS{9}Whenever
David’s
men
attacked
them,
they
killed
all
the
men
and
women,
and
they
took
all
the
people’s
sheep
and
cattle
and
donkeys
and
camels,
and
even
their
clothes.
Then
they
would
bring
those
things
back
home,
{\ADD{
and
David
would
go
to
talk}}
to
Achish.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Each
time
Achish
would
ask
David, “Where
did
you
go raiding
today?”
David
{\ADD{
would
lie
to
him}}.
Sometimes
he
would
reply
that
they
had
gone
to
the
southern
part
of
Judah,
and
sometimes
he
would
say
that
they
had
gone
to
Jerahmeel,
or
to
the
area
where
the Ken people-group
lived.
\VS{11}David’s
men
never
brought
back
to
Gath
any
man
or
woman
who
was
left
alive.
David
thought, “If
{\ADD{
we
do
not
kill
everyone,
some
of}}
them
{\ADD{
who
are
still
alive}}
will
go
and
tell
Achish
{\ADD{
the
truth}}
about
what
we
really
did.”
David
did
that
all
the
time
that
he
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
lived
in
the
Philistia
area.
\VS{12}So
Achish
believed
{\ADD{
what}}
David
{\ADD{
told
him}},
and
said
to
himself, “{\ADD{
Because
of
what
David
has
done,}}
his
own
people,
the Israelis,
must
now
hate
him
very
much.
So
he
will
have
to
{\ADD{
stay
here
and}}
serve
me
forever.”

\par }\Chap{28}{\SH Saul consulted a witch/medium
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
time
later,
the
people
of
Philistia
gathered
their
army
to
attack
the Israelis
{\ADD{
again}}.
King
Achish
told
David, “I
am expecting
that
you
and
your
men
will
join
with
my
men
to
attack
{\ADD{
the Israelis}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}David
replied, “{\ADD{
We
will
go
with
you,
and
then}}
you
will
see
for
yourself
what
we
can
do!”
\par }{\PP Achish
said, “Okay,
I
will
appoint
you
to
be
my
bodyguard
permanently.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
While
Samuel
was
still
alive,
Saul
did
many
things
that
pleased
Yahweh.
One
of
the
good
things
that}}
Saul
{\ADD{
did
was
to}}
expel
from
Israel
all
the
people
who
were
fortune-tellers
or
who
talked
to
the
spirits
of
dead
people.
But
Samuel
had
died,
and
all
the Israeli
people
had
mourned
for
him.
Then
they
had
buried
him
in
Ramah,
his
hometown.
{\ADD{
After
that,
Saul
did
not
try
to
please
Yahweh
anymore}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
army
of
Philistia
gathered
and
set
up
their
tents
at
Shunem
{\ADD{
city,
in
the
north
of
Israel}}.
Saul
gathered
the Israeli
army
and
set
up
their
tents
at
Gilboa
{\ADD{
in
the
eastern
part
of
the
same
valley}}.
\VS{5}When
Saul
saw
the
army
of
Philistia,
he
became
so
afraid
that
his
heart
pounded/shook.
\VS{6}He
prayed
to
Yahweh,
but
Yahweh
did
not
answer
him.
Yahweh
did
not
{\ADD{
tell
Saul
what
he
should
do
by
}}
giving
him
a
dream,
or
by
{\ADD{
having
the
priest
throw}}
the
marked
stones
{\ADD{
that
were
in
his
sacred vest}},
or
by
{\ADD{
giving
a
message
about
Saul
to}}
any
prophet.
\VS{7}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servants, “Find
for
me
a
woman
who talks
to
the
spirits
of
dead
people,
in
order
that
I
can
ask
her
{\ADD{
what
will
happen}}.”
His
servants
replied, “There
is
a
woman
in
Endor
{\ADD{
town}}
who
does
that.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
Saul
{\ADD{
took
off
the
clothes
that
showed
that
he
was
the
king,
and
he}}
put
on
ordinary
clothes ◄to
disguise
himself/so
that
people
would
not
recognize
who
he
was►.
Then
he
and
two
of
his
men
went
during
the
night
to
talk
to
that
woman.
Saul
said
to
her, “I
want
you
to
talk
to
a
spirit
{\ADD{
of
someone
who
has
died}}.
Cause
to
appear
the
person
whose
name
I
will
{\ADD{
give
to
you}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
the
woman
replied, “You
surely
know
what
Saul
has
done.
He
expelled
from
this
land
all
the
people
who
talk
to
spirits
of
dead
people
and
all
fortune-tellers.
I
think
that
you
are
trying
to
trap
me,
in
order
that
I
will
be
executed
{\ADD{
for
doing
something
that
is
not
permitted}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Saul
replied,
solemnly
asking
Yahweh
to
listen
to
what
he
was
saying, “Just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
you
will
not
be
punished
for
doing
this.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
the
woman
said, “Whom
do
you
want
me
to
cause
to
appear?”
\par }{\PP Saul
replied, “Cause
Samuel
to
appear.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
So}}
the
woman
{\ADD{
did
that.
But}}
when
she
saw
Samuel,
she
screamed.
She
said, “You
have
tricked
me [RHQ]!
You
are
Saul!
{\ADD{
You
will
execute
me
for
doing
this}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Saul
said
to
her, “Do
not
be
afraid.
What
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP The
woman
said, “I
see
a
god/spirit
coming
up
out
of
the
ground.”
\VS{14}Saul
said, “What
does
he
look
like?”
\par }{\PP The
woman
replied, “An
old
man
wearing
a
robe
is
appearing.”
\par }{\PP Then
Saul
knew
that
it
was
Samuel.
So
he
bowed
down
with
his
face
touching
the
ground.
\VS{15}Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Why
have
you
bothered/disturbed
me
by
causing
me
to
appear?”
\par }{\PP Saul
said, “I
am
very
worried.
The
army
of
Philistia
is
about
to
attack
my
army,
and
God
has
abandoned
me.
He
does
not
answer
my
questions
anymore.
He
does
not
give
me
dreams
{\ADD{
to
tell
me
what
to
do}}
or
give
messages
to
prophets
{\ADD{
to
tell
me
what
to
do}}.
That
is
the
reason
that
I
came
to
see
you.
So
you
tell
me
what
I
should
do!”
\VS{16}Samuel
said, “Yahweh
has
abandoned
you
and
has
become
your
enemy.
So
why
do
you
ask
me
{\ADD{
what
you
should
do}}? [RHQ]
\VS{17}He
has
done
what
he
told
me
{\ADD{
previously}}
that
he
would
do
to
you.
He
has
torn
the
kingdom
away
from
you,
and
he
is
giving
it
to
someone
who
is
another Israeli—David.
\VS{18}You
did
not
obey
Yahweh.
Yahweh
was
very
angry
with
the
Amalek people-group.
You
did
not
{\ADD{
kill
all
of
their
animals}},
with
the
result
that
you
did
not
show
that
he
was
very
angry
with
them.
That
is
the
reason
that
he
has
done
this
to
you
today.
\VS{19}Yahweh
will
enable
the
Philistia
army
to
defeat
you
and
all
the
other Israeli
soldiers.
And
tomorrow
you
and
your
sons
will
be
with
me
{\ADD{
in
the
place
where
spirits
of
dead
people
are}}.
Yahweh
will
cause
the
whole Israeli
army
to
be
defeated
by
the
Philistia
army.”
{\ADD{
And
after
Samuel
said
that,
he
disappeared}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Saul
immediately
fell
flat
on
the
ground.
He
was
so
afraid
because
of
what
Samuel
had
said
that
he
became
paralyzed.
He
was
also
very
weak
because
he
had
not
eaten
anything
all
that
day
and
night.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
woman
saw
that
he
was
extremely
worried/terrified.
She
said
to
him, “Listen
to
me!
I
have
done
what
you
requested
me
to
do.
I
could
be
executed
for
doing
that.
\VS{22}So
now
please
pay
attention
to
what
I
say.
Allow
me
to
give
you
some
food,
in
order
that
you
will
{\ADD{
eat
it
and}}
get
enough
strength
to
go
back
{\ADD{
to
your
army}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}But
Saul
refused.
He
said, “No,
I
will
not
eat
anything.”
Then
Saul’s
servants
also
urged
him
{\ADD{
to
eat
something}},
and
finally
he
heeded
what
they
said.
He
got
up
from
the
ground
and
sat
on
the
bed.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
woman
had
a
fat
calf
close
to
her
house.
She
quickly
slaughtered
it
{\ADD{
and
cooked
it}}.
She
took
some
flour
and
mixed
it
{\ADD{
with
olive
oil}},
and
baked
it
without
putting
in
any
yeast.
\VS{25}She
placed
the
food
in
front
of
Saul
and
his
servants,
and
they
ate
some
of
it.
Then
that
night
they
got
up
and
left.

\par }\Chap{29}{\SH The king of Philistia sent David back home
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
Philistia
army
gathered
at
Aphek
{\ADD{
Valley,
which
is
near
Shunem}}.
The Israelis
set
up
their
tents
at
Jezreel
{\ADD{
city,
which
was
in
the
same
valley}}.
\VS{2}The
kings
of
Philistia
divided
their
men
into
groups;
some
groups
had 100
soldiers
and
some
groups
had 1,000
soldiers.
David
and
his
men
were
marching
behind,
with
King
Achish.
\VS{3}But
the
Philistia
commanders
asked, “What
are
these
Hebrews
{\ADD{
doing
here,
marching
with
us
to
battle}}?”
\par }{\PP Achish
replied, “{\ADD{
Their
leader
is}}
David.
{\ADD{
He}}
previously
worked
for
King
Saul
of
Israel,
but
now
he
has
been
living
near
me
for
more
than
a
year.
During
all
the
time
since
he
left
Saul,
I
have
not
seen/found
that
he
has
any
faults.”
\VS{4}But
the
Philistia
army
commanders
were
angry
with
Achish
{\ADD{
for allowing
David’s
army
to
be
going
with
them}}.
They
said
to
him, “Send
David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
back
to
the
city
that
you
gave
to
him!
We
do
not
want
him
to
go
with
us
into
the
battle.
{\ADD{
If
he
goes
with
us,}}
we
will
have
an
enemy
in
our
own
midst!
He
would
please
King
Saul
by
killing
our
own
soldiers [RHQ]!
\VS{5}{\ADD{
Have
you
forgotten
that}}
David
is
the
one
about
whom
the Israelis
dance
and
sing,
saying,
\par }{\Q ‘Saul
has
killed 1000
of
our
enemies,
\par }{\QB but
David
has
killed 10,000
of
them!’?”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So
Achish
summoned
David,
and
said
to
him, “Just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
you
have
been
loyal
to
me.
I
would
like
very
much
for
you
to
fight
along
with
my
army.
Since
the
day
that
you
came
to
me,
I
have
not
found/seen
that
you
have
any
faults.
But
the
other
Philistia
rulers
do
not
trust
you.
\VS{7}So
all
of
you
go
back
home,
and
I
hope/desire
that
things
will
go
well
for
you.
I
do
not
want
you(sg)
to
do
anything
that
the
other
rulers
of
Philistia
will
not
be
pleased
with.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}David
replied, “What
wrong
have
I
done?
Since
the
day
that
I
first
came
to
you
until
today,
have
I
done
anything
that
you
think
is
evil?
Your
majesty,
why
will
you
not
allow
me
to
go
and
fight
against
your
enemies?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Achish
replied, “I
know
that
you
are
as
just
as
good
as
an
angel
from
God.
But
the
commanders
of
my
army
have
said, ‘We
will
not
allow
David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
to
go
with
us
into
the
battle.’
\VS{10}So
early
tomorrow
morning
you
and
your
men
must
leave.
Get
up
as
soon
as
it
is
light
and
leave.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
David
and
his
men
got
up
early
the
following
morning
and
returned
to
the
area
where
the
Philistia
people
lived.
And
the
Philistia
army
went
up
to
Jezreel.

\par }\Chap{30}{\SH David’s army defeated the Amalekites
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Three
days
later,
when
David
and
his
men
arrived
at
Ziklag,
{\ADD{
they
discovered
that}}
men
of
the
Amalek people-group
had
raided
Ziklag
and
{\ADD{
towns
in}}
the
southern
part
of
Judah.
They
had
destroyed
Ziklag
and
burned
down
all
the
buildings.
\VS{2}They
had
captured
the
women
{\ADD{
and
the
children}}
and
everyone
else,
and
had
taken
them
away.
But
they
had
not
killed
anyone.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
David
and
his
men
came
to
Ziklag,
they
saw
that
the
town
had
been
burned,
and
that
their
wives
and
sons
and
daughters
had
been
captured
and
taken
away.
\VS{4}David
and
his
men
cried
loudly,
until
{\ADD{
they
were
so
weak
that}}
they
could
not
cry
{\ADD{
anymore}}.
\VS{5}David’s
two
wives,
Ahinoam
and
Abigail,
had
also
been
taken
away.
\VS{6}David’s
men
were threatening
to
{\ADD{
kill
him
by
}}
throwing
stones
at
him,
because
they
were
very
angry
because
their
sons
and
daughters
{\ADD{
had
been
taken
away}}.
David
was
very
distressed,
but
Yahweh
his
God
gave
him
strength.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}David
{\ADD{
did
not
know
what
to
do,
so
he}}
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest, “Bring
to
me
the
sacred vest.”
So
Abiathar
brought
it,
\VS{8}and
David
asked
Yahweh, “Should
I
{\ADD{
and
my
men}}
pursue
the
men
{\ADD{
who
took
our
families}}?
Will
we
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
catch
up
to
them?”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
answered
{\ADD{
by
means
of
the
stones
in
Abiathar’s
sacred
pouch}}, “Yes,
pursue
them.
You
will
catch
up
to
them,
and
you
will
be
able
to
rescue
{\ADD{
your
families}}.”
\VS{9}So
David
and
the 600
men
who
were
with
him
left,
and
they
came
to
the
Besor
Ravine.
Some
of
his
men
stayed
there
{\ADD{
with
some
of
their
supplies}}.
\VS{10}David
and 400
men
continued
to
pursue
{\ADD{
the
men
who
captured
their
families}}.
The
other 200
men
stayed
there
at
the
ravine,
because
they
were
so
exhausted
that
they
could
not
cross
the
ravine.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
As
David
and
the 400
men
were
going}},
they
saw
a
man
from
Egypt
in
a
field;
so
they
took
him
to
David.
They
gave
the
man
some
water
to
drink
and
some
food
to
eat.
\VS{12}They
also
gave
him
a
piece
of
fig
cake
and
two
clusters/packs
of
raisins.
The
man
had
not
had
anything
to
eat
or
drink
for
three
days
and
nights,
but
{\ADD{
after
he
ate
and
drank}}
he
felt
refreshed.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}David
asked
him, “Who
is
your
master?
And
where
do
you
come
from?”
\par }{\PP He
replied, “I
am
from
Egypt.
I
am
a
slave
of
a
man
from
the
Amalek people-group.
Three
days
ago
my
master
left
me
here,
because
I
was
sick
{\ADD{
and
I
was
not
able
to
go
with
them}}.
\VS{14}We
had
raided
the
southern
part
of
Judah
where
the Kereth people-group
live,
and
some
other
towns
in
Judah,
and
the
area
south
{\ADD{
of
Hebron
city}}
where
the
descendants
of
Caleb
live.
We
also
burned
Ziklag
{\ADD{
town}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}David
asked
him, “Can
you
lead
us
to
this
group
of
raiders?”
\par }{\PP He
replied, “Yes,
{\ADD{
I
will
do
that}}
if
you
ask
God
to
listen
while
you
promise
that
you
will
not
kill
me
or
give
me
back
to
my
master.
If
you
promise
that,
I
will
take
you
to
them.”
\VS{16}{\ADD{
David
agreed
to
do
that,}}
so
the
man
from
Egypt
led
David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
to
where
the
men
from
the
Amalek people-group
were.
Those
men
were
lying
on
the
ground,
eating
and
drinking
and
celebrating
because
of
having
captured
many
things
from
the
Philistia
and
Judah
areas.
\VS{17}David
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
fought
against
them
from
sunset
that
day
until
the
evening
of
the
following
day.
Four
hundred
of
them
escaped
and
rode
away
on
camels,
but
none
of
the
others
escaped.
\VS{18}David
rescued
his
two
wives,
and
he
and
his
men
got
back
everything
else
that
the
men
of
the
Amalek people-group
had
taken.
\VS{19}Nothing
was
missing.
They
took
all
their
people
back
{\ADD{
to
Ziklag}}—young
people
and
old
people,
{\ADD{
their
wives}},
their
sons
and
their
daughters.
They
also
recovered
all
the
other
things
that
the
men
of
the
Amalek people-group
had
taken
from
Ziklag.
\VS{20}They
took
with
them
the
sheep
and
cattle
that
had
been
captured,
and
his
men
caused
those
animals
to
go
in
front
of
them,
saying, “These
are
animals
that
we
captured
in
the
battle;
they
belong
to
David!”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}David
and
his
men
got
back
to
where
the
other 200
men
were
waiting,
the
men
who
did
not
go
with
David
because
they
were
very
exhausted.
They
had
stayed
at
Besor
Ravine.
{\ADD{
When
they
saw
David
and
his
men
coming}},
they
went
out
to
greet
them.
And
David
{\ADD{
greeted
them
and}}
said
to
them, “I
hope
that
things
are
going
well
with
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}But
some
of
the
men
who
had
gone
with
David,
men
who
were
evil
and troublemakers,
said, “These 200
men
did
not
go
with
us.
So
we
should
not
give
to
them
any
of
the
things
that
we
recovered/captured.
Each
of
them
should
take
only
his
wife
and
children
and
go
{\ADD{
back
to
their
homes}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}David
replied, “No,
my
fellow Israelis,
it
would
not
be
right
to
divide
up
like
that
the
things
that
Yahweh
has
allowed
us
to
capture.
Yahweh
has
protected
us
and
enabled
us
to
defeat
the
enemies
who
attacked
our
town.
\VS{24}◄Who
will
pay
attention
to
you
if
you
say
things
like
that?/No
one
will
pay
attention
to
you
if
you
say
things
like
that.► [RHQ]
The
men
who
stayed
here
with
our
supplies
will
get
the
same
amount
that
the
men
who
went
into
the
battle
will
get.
They
will
all
receive
the
same
amount.”
\VS{25}David
made
that
to
be
a
law [DOU]
for
the Israeli
people,
and
that
is
still
a
law
in
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
David
{\ADD{
and
all
the
others}}
arrived
in
Ziklag,
David
sent
to
his
friends
who
were
leaders
in
Judah
some
of
the
things
that
they
had
captured
from
the
Amalek people-group.
He
said
to
them, “Here
is
a
present
for
you.
These
are
things
that
we
took
from
Yahweh’s
enemies.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}{\ADD{
Here
is
a
list
of
the
cities
and
towns
to
whose
leaders
David
sent
gifts:}}
Bethel,
Ramoth
in
the
southern
part
of
Judah,
Jattir,
\VS{28}Aroer,
Siphmoth,
Eshtemoa,
\VS{29}Racal,
the
cities
where
the
descendants
of Jehrameel
lived
and
the
cities
where
the Ken people-group
lived,
\VS{30}Hormah,
Bor-Ashan,
Athach,
\VS{31}Hebron,
and
all
the
other
places
where
David
and
his
men
had
gone
{\ADD{
when
they
were
hiding
from
Saul}}.

\par }\Chap{31}{\SH Saul and his sons died in a battle
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Later,
the
Philistines
again
fought
against
the Israelis.
The Israelis
ran
away
from
them,
and ◄many Israelis
were
killed/the
Philistines
killed
many Israelis►
on
Gilboa
Mountain.
\VS{2}The
Philistines
caught
up
with
Saul
and
his
three
sons,
and
they
killed
{\ADD{
all
three
of}}
his
sons,
Jonathan
and
Abinadab
and Malchishua.
\VS{3}The
fighting
was
very
fierce
around
Saul.
When
the
Philistine ◄archers/men
with
bows
and
arrows►
caught
up
with
Saul,
they
wounded
him
badly
{\ADD{
with
their
arrows}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Saul
said
to
the
man
who
was
carrying
his
weapons, “Take
out
your
sword
and
kill
me
with
it,
in
order
that
these
heathen
Philistines
will
not
be
able
to
thrust
their
swords
into
me
and
make fun
of
me
{\ADD{
while
I
am
dying}}.”
\par }{\PP But
the
man
who
was
carrying
Saul’s
weapons
was
terrified,
and
refused
to
do
that.
So
Saul
took
his
own
sword
and
fell
on
it.
{\ADD{
The
sword
pierced
his
body
and
he
died}}.
\VS{5}When
the
man
carrying
his
weapons
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
also
threw
himself
on
his
own
sword
and
died.
\VS{6}So
Saul,
three
of
his
sons,
and
the
man
who
carried
Saul’s
weapons,
all
died
on
that
same
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the Israeli
people
on
the
north
side
of
the
{\ADD{
Jezreel}}
Valley
and
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
heard
that
the Israeli
army
had
run
away
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
had
died,
they
left
their
towns
and
ran
away.
Then
the
Philistines
came
and
occupied
their
towns.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
next
day,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
take
away
the
weapons
of
the
dead
{\ADD{Israeli
soldiers}},
they
found
the
bodies
of
Saul
and
his
three
sons
on
Gilboa
Mountain.
\VS{9}They
cut
off
Saul’s
head
and
took
his
weapons.
Then
they
sent
messengers
throughout
their
land,
to
proclaim
the
news,
in
the
temple
where
they
kept
their
idols,
and
to
the
other
people,
{\ADD{
that
their
army
had
killed
Saul}}.
\VS{10}They
put
Saul’s
weapons
in
the
temple
of
{\ADD{
their
goddess}}
Astarte.
They
also
fastened
the
bodies
of
Saul
{\ADD{
and
his
sons}}
to
the
wall
{\ADD{
that
surrounded}}
Beth-Shan
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}When
the
people
who
lived
in
Jabesh
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}
heard
what
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul’s
corpse,
\VS{12}all
their
bravest
soldiers
walked
all
night
to
Beth-Shan.
They
took
the
corpses
of
Saul
and
his
sons
down
from
the
city
wall,
and
they
took
them
back
to
Jabesh
and
burned
the
corpses
there.
\VS{13}They
took
the
bones
and
buried
them
under
a
{\ADD{
big}}
tamarisk
tree.
Then
they ◄fasted/abstained
from
eating
food►
for
seven
days.
\par }