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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
was
a
certain
man
of Ramathaim Zophim,
of
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
his
name
was
Elkanah,
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Elihu,
the
son
of
Tohu,
the
son
of
Zuph,
an
Ephraimite.
\VS{2}He
had
two
wives.
The
name
of
one
was
Hannah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Peninnah.
Peninnah
had
children,
but
Hannah
had
no
children.
\VS{3}This
man
went
up
out
of
his
city
from
year
to
year
to
worship
and
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:3 }
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.}
of
Armies
in
Shiloh.
The
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
priests
to
Yahweh,
were
there.
\VS{4}When
the
day
came
that
Elkanah
sacrificed,
he
gave
portions
to
Peninnah
his
wife
and
to
all
her
sons
and
her
daughters;
\VS{5}but
he
gave
a
double
portion
to
Hannah,
for
he
loved
Hannah,
but
Yahweh
had
shut
up
her
womb.
\VS{6}Her rival
provoked
her severely,
to
irritate
her,
because
Yahweh
had
shut
up
her
womb.
\VS{7}So
year
by
year,
when
she
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house,
her rival
provoked
her.
Therefore
she
wept,
and
didn’t
eat.
\VS{8}Elkanah
her
husband
said
to
her, “Hannah,
why
do
you
weep?
Why
don’t
you
eat?
Why
is
your
heart grieved?
Am
I
not
better
to
you
than
ten
sons?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
Hannah
rose
up
after
they
had finished
eating
and
drinking
in
Shiloh.
Now
Eli
the
priest
was
sitting
on
his
seat
by
the
doorpost
of
Yahweh’s
temple.
\VS{10}She
was
in
bitterness
of
soul,
and
prayed
to
Yahweh,
weeping
bitterly.
\VS{11}She
vowed
a
vow,
and
said, “Yahweh
of
Armies,
if
you
will
indeed
look
at
the affliction
of
your
servant
and
remember
me,
and
not
forget
your
servant,
but
will
give
to
your
servant
a boy,
then
I
will
give
him
to
Yahweh
all
the
days
of
his
life,
and
no razor
shall
come
on
his
head.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}As
she
continued
praying
before
Yahweh,
Eli saw
her
mouth.
\VS{13}Now
Hannah
spoke
in
her
heart.
Only
her
lips moved,
but
her
voice
was
not
heard. Therefore
Eli
thought
she
was
drunk.
\VS{14}Eli
said
to
her, “How
long
will
you be
drunk?
Get rid
of
your
wine!”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Hannah
answered, “No,
my
lord,
I
am
a
woman
of
a sorrowful
spirit.
I
have
not
been
drinking
wine
or
strong
drink,
but
I
poured
out
my
soul
before
Yahweh.
\VS{16}Don’t
consider
your
servant
a
wicked
woman;
for
I
have been
speaking
out
of
the
abundance
of
my
complaint
and
my provocation.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Eli
answered, “Go
in
peace;
and
may
the
God\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:17 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
of
Israel
grant
your
petition
that
you
have
asked
of
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}She
said, “Let
your
servant
find
favor
in
your
sight.”
So
the
woman
went
her
way
and
ate;
and
her facial
expression wasn’t sad
any
more.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}They
rose
up
in
the
morning
early
and
worshiped
Yahweh,
then
returned
and
came
to
their
house
to
Ramah.
Then
Elkanah
knew
Hannah
his
wife;
and
Yahweh
remembered
her.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}When
the
time
had
come,
Hannah
conceived,
and
bore
a
son;
and
she
named
him
Samuel,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:20 }
Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.”} saying, “Because
I
have
asked
him
of
Yahweh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
man
Elkanah,
and
all
his
house,
went
up
to
offer
to
Yahweh
the
yearly
sacrifice
and
his
vow.
\VS{22}But
Hannah
didn’t
go
up,
for
she
said
to
her
husband, “Not
until
the
child
is
weaned;
then
I
will
bring
him,
that
he
may
appear
before
Yahweh,
and
stay
there
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Elkanah
her
husband
said
to
her, “Do
what
seems
good
to
you.
Wait
until
you
have
weaned
him;
only
may
Yahweh
establish
his
word.”
\par }{\PP So
the
woman waited
and
nursed
her
son
until
she
weaned
him.
\VS{24}When
she
had
weaned
him,
she
took
him
up
with
her,
with
three
bulls,
and
one
ephah\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:24 }
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel}
of
meal,
and
a container
of
wine,
and
brought
him
to
Yahweh’s
house
in
Shiloh.
The
child
was
young.
\VS{25}They
killed
the
bull,
and
brought
the
child
to
Eli.
\VS{26}She
said, “Oh,
my
lord,
as
your
soul
lives,
my
lord,
I
am
the
woman
who
stood
by
you
here,
praying
to
Yahweh.
\VS{27}I
prayed
for
this
child,
and
Yahweh
has
given
me
my
petition
which
I
asked
of
him.
\VS{28}Therefore
I
have
also given
him
to
Yahweh.
As
long
as
he
lives
he
is given
to
Yahweh.”
He
worshiped
Yahweh
there.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hannah
prayed,
and
said,
\par }{\Q “My
heart
exults
in
Yahweh!
\par }{\QB My
horn
is
exalted
in
Yahweh.
\par }{\Q My
mouth
is
enlarged
over
my
enemies,
\par }{\QB because
I
rejoice
in
your
salvation.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}There
is
no
one
as
holy
as
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB for
there
is
no
one
besides
you,
\par }{\QB nor
is
there
any
rock
like
our
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“Don’t keep
talking
so exceedingly
proudly.
\par }{\QB Don’t
let
arrogance
come
out
of
your
mouth,
\par }{\QB for
Yahweh
is
a
God
of
knowledge.
\par }{\QB By
him
actions
are
weighed.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“The
bows
of the
mighty
men
are broken.
\par }{\QB Those
who
stumbled
are armed
with
strength.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Those
who
were
full
have
hired themselves
out
for
bread.
\par }{\QB Those
who
were
hungry
are
satisfied.
\par }{\Q Yes,
the
barren
has
borne
seven.
\par }{\QB She
who
has
many
children
languishes.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}“Yahweh
kills
and
makes
alive.
\par }{\QB He
brings
down
to
Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:6 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
and
brings
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Yahweh
makes
poor
and
makes
rich.
\par }{\QB He
brings
low,
he
also
lifts
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He
raises
up
the
poor
out
of
the
dust.
\par }{\QB He
lifts
up
the
needy
from
the dunghill
\par }{\QB to
make
them
sit
with
princes
\par }{\QB and
inherit
the
throne
of
glory.
\par }{\Q For
the
pillars
of
the
earth
are
Yahweh’s.
\par }{\QB He
has
set
the
world
on
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
will
keep
the
feet
of
his
holy
ones,
\par }{\QB but
the
wicked
will
be put
to silence
in
darkness;
\par }{\QB for
no
man
will
prevail
by
strength.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Those
who
strive
with
Yahweh
shall
be broken
to pieces.
\par }{\QB He
will
thunder
against
them
in
the
sky.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q “Yahweh
will
judge
the
ends
of
the
earth.
\par }{\QB He
will
give
strength
to
his
king,
\par }{\QB and
exalt
the
horn
of
his
anointed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Elkanah
went
to
Ramah
to
his
house.
The
child
served
Yahweh
before
Eli
the
priest.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
the
sons
of
Eli
were
wicked
men.
They
didn’t
know
Yahweh.
\VS{13}The
custom
of
the
priests
with
the
people
was
that
when
anyone
offered
a
sacrifice,
the
priest’s
servant
came
while
the
meat
was
boiling,
with
a
fork
of
three
teeth
in
his
hand;
\VS{14}and
he
stabbed
it
into
the
pan,
or
kettle,
or cauldron,
or
pot.
The
priest
took
all
that
the
fork
brought
up
for himself.
They
did
this
to
all
the
Israelites
who
came
there
to
Shiloh.
\VS{15}Yes,
before
they
burned
the
fat,
the
priest’s
servant
came,
and
said
to
the
man
who
sacrificed, “Give
meat
to
roast
for
the
priest;
for
he
will
not
accept
boiled
meat
from
you,
but
raw.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}If
the
man
said
to
him, “Let
the
fat
be
burned
first,
and
then
take
as
much
as
your
soul
desires;”
then
he
would
say, “No,
but
you
shall
give
it
to
me
now;
and
if
not,
I
will
take
it
by
force.”
\VS{17}The
sin
of
the
young
men
was
very
great
before
Yahweh;
for
the
men
despised
Yahweh’s
offering.
\VS{18}But
Samuel
ministered
before
Yahweh, being
a
child,
clothed
with
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}Moreover
his
mother
made
him
a
little
robe,
and
brought
it
to
him
from
year
to
year
when
she
came
up
with
her
husband
to
offer
the
yearly
sacrifice.
\VS{20}Eli
blessed
Elkanah
and
his
wife,
and
said, “May
Yahweh
give
you
offspring\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:20 }
or, seed}
from
this
woman
for
the
petition
which
was
asked
of
Yahweh.”
Then
they
went
to
their own
home.
\VS{21}Yahweh
visited
Hannah,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
three
sons
and
two
daughters.
The
child
Samuel
grew
before
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Now
Eli
was
very
old;
and
he
heard
all
that
his
sons
did
to
all
Israel,
and
how
that
they
slept
with
the
women
who
served
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
\VS{23}He
said
to
them, “Why
do
you
do
such
things?
For
I
hear
of
your
evil
dealings
from
all
these
people.
\VS{24}No,
my
sons;
for
it
is
not
a
good
report
that
I
hear!
You
make
Yahweh’s
people disobey.
\VS{25}If
one
man
sins
against
another,
God
will judge
him;
but
if
a
man
sins
against
Yahweh,
who
will
intercede
for
him?” Notwithstanding,
they
didn’t
listen
to
the
voice
of
their
father,
because
Yahweh intended
to
kill
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}The
child
Samuel
grew
on,
and increased
in
favor
both
with
Yahweh
and
also
with
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}A
man
of
God
came
to
Eli
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Did
I
reveal myself
to
the
house
of
your
father
when
they
were
in
Egypt
in bondage
to
Pharaoh’s
house?
\VS{28}Didn’t
I
choose
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
my
priest,
to
go
up
to
my
altar,
to
burn
incense,
to
wear
an
ephod
before
me? Didn’t
I
give
to
the
house
of
your
father
all
the
offerings
of
the
children
of
Israel
made
by
fire?
\VS{29}Why
do
you
kick
at
my
sacrifice
and
at
my
offering,
which
I
have
commanded
in
my
habitation,
and
honor
your
sons
above
me,
to
make
yourselves fat
with
the best
of
all
the
offerings
of
Israel
my
people?’
\VS{30}“Therefore
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘I
said
indeed
that
your
house
and
the
house
of
your
father
should
walk
before
me
forever.’
But
now
Yahweh
says, ‘Far
be
it
from
me;
for
those
who
honor
me
I
will
honor,
and
those
who
despise
me
will
be
cursed.
\VS{31}Behold,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:31 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
the
days
come
that
I
will
cut
off
your
arm
and
the
arm
of
your
father’s
house,
that
there
will
not
be
an
old
man
in
your
house.
\VS{32}You
will
see
the affliction
of
my
habitation,
in
all
the
wealth
which
I
will
give
Israel.
There
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in
your
house
forever.
\VS{33}The
man
of yours whom
I
don’t
cut
off
from
my
altar
will
consume
your
eyes\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:33 }
or, blind your eyes with tears}
and
grieve
your
heart.
All
the
increase
of
your
house
will
die
in
the flower
of
their age.
\VS{34}This
will
be
the
sign
to
you
that
will
come
on
your
two
sons,
on
Hophni
and
Phinehas:
in
one
day
they
will
both
die.
\VS{35}I
will
raise
up
a
faithful
priest
for
myself
who
will
do according
to
that
which
is
in
my
heart
and
in
my
mind.
I
will
build
him
a
sure
house.
He
will
walk
before
my
anointed
forever.
\VS{36}It
will
happen
that
everyone
who
is
left
in
your
house
will
come
and
bow
down
to
him
for
a
piece
of
silver
and
a
loaf
of
bread,
and
will
say, “Please
put
me
into
one
of
the priests’
offices,
that
I
may
eat
a
morsel
of
bread.” ’ ”

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
child
Samuel
ministered
to
Yahweh
before
Eli.
Yahweh’s
word
was
rare
in
those
days.
There
were
not many
visions,
then.
\VS{2}At
that
time,
when
Eli
was
laid
down
in
his
place (now
his
eyes
had
begun
to grow
dim,
so
that
he
could
not
see),
\VS{3}and
God’s
lamp hadn’t
yet
gone
out,
and
Samuel
had
laid
down
in
Yahweh’s
temple
where
God’s
ark
was,
\VS{4}Yahweh
called
Samuel.
He
said, “Here
I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}He
ran
to
Eli
and
said, “Here
I
am;
for
you
called
me.”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
didn’t
call.
Lie
down
again.”
\par }{\PP He
went
and
lay
down.
\VS{6}Yahweh
called
yet
again, “Samuel!”
\par }{\PP Samuel
arose
and
went
to
Eli
and
said, “Here
I
am;
for
you
called
me.”
\par }{\PP He
answered, “I
didn’t
call,
my
son.
Lie
down
again.”
\VS{7}Now
Samuel didn’t
yet
know
Yahweh, neither
was
Yahweh’s
word
yet
revealed
to
him.
\VS{8}Yahweh
called
Samuel
again
the
third
time.
He
arose
and
went
to
Eli
and
said, “Here
I
am;
for
you
called
me.”
\par }{\PP Eli
perceived
that
Yahweh
had
called
the
child.
\VS{9}Therefore
Eli
said
to
Samuel, “Go,
lie
down.
It
shall
be,
if
he
calls
you,
that
you
shall
say, ‘Speak,
Yahweh;
for
your
servant
hears.’ ”
So
Samuel
went
and
lay
down
in
his
place.
\VS{10}Yahweh
came,
and
stood,
and
called
as
at
other
times, “Samuel!
Samuel!”
\par }{\PP Then
Samuel
said, “Speak;
for
your
servant
hears.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Behold,
I
will
do
a
thing
in
Israel
at
which
both
the
ears
of
everyone
who
hears
it
will
tingle.
\VS{12}In
that
day
I
will perform
against
Eli
all
that
I
have
spoken
concerning
his
house,
from
the
beginning
even
to
the
end.
\VS{13}For
I
have
told
him
that
I
will
judge
his
house
forever
for
the
iniquity
which
he
knew,
because
his
sons
brought
a
curse
on
themselves,
and
he
didn’t restrain
them.
\VS{14}Therefore
I
have
sworn
to
the
house
of
Eli
that
the
iniquity
of
Eli’s
house
shall
not
be removed
with
sacrifice
or
offering
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Samuel
lay
until
the
morning,
and
opened
the
doors
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Samuel
was
afraid
to
show
Eli
the
vision.
\VS{16}Then
Eli
called
Samuel
and
said, “Samuel,
my
son!”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Here
I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}He
said, “What
is
the
thing
that
he
has
spoken
to
you?
Please
don’t
hide
it
from
me.
God
do
so
to
you,
and
more
also,
if
you
hide
anything
from
me
of
all
the
things
that
he
spoke
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Samuel
told
him
every bit,
and
hid
nothing
from
him.
\par }{\PP He
said, “It
is
Yahweh.
Let
him
do
what
seems
good
to
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Samuel
grew,
and
Yahweh
was
with
him
and
let
none
of
his
words
fall
to
the
ground.
\VS{20}All
Israel
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba
knew
that
Samuel
was
established
to
be
a
prophet
of
Yahweh.
\VS{21}Yahweh
appeared
again
in
Shiloh;
for
Yahweh
revealed
himself
to
Samuel
in
Shiloh
by
Yahweh’s
word.

\Chap{4}\VerseOne{1}The
word
of
Samuel
came
to
all
Israel.
\par }{\PP Now
Israel
went
out
against
the
Philistines
to
battle,
and
encamped
beside
Ebenezer;
and
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Aphek.
\VS{2}The
Philistines put themselves
in
array
against
Israel.
When
they joined
battle,
Israel
was
defeated
by
the
Philistines,
who
killed
about
four
thousand
men
of
the
army
in
the
field.
\VS{3}When
the
people
had
come
into
the
camp,
the
elders
of
Israel
said, “Why
has
Yahweh
defeated
us
today
before
the
Philistines? Let’s
get
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
out
of
Shiloh
and
bring
it
to
us,
that
it
may
come
among
us
and
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
the
people
sent
to
Shiloh,
and
they
brought
from
there
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
who
sits above
the
cherubim;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
there
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
\VS{5}When
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
came
into
the
camp,
all
Israel
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
so
that
the
earth
resounded.
\VS{6}When
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shout,
they
said, “What
does
the
noise
of
this
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews mean?”
They
understood
that
Yahweh’s
ark
had
come
into
the
camp.
\VS{7}The
Philistines
were
afraid,
for
they
said, “God
has
come
into
the
camp.”
They
said, “Woe
to
us!
For
there
has
not
been
such
a
thing
before.
\VS{8}Woe
to
us!
Who
shall
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
these
mighty
gods?
These
are
the
gods
that
struck
the
Egyptians
with
all
kinds
of
plagues
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{9}Be
strong
and behave
like
men, O
you
Philistines,
that
you
not
be
servants
to
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
been
to
you.
Strengthen yourselves
like
men,
and
fight!”
\VS{10}The
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was
defeated,
and
each
man
fled
to
his
tent.
There
was
a
very
great
slaughter;
for
thirty
thousand
footmen
of
Israel
fell.
\VS{11}God’s
ark
was
taken;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were slain.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}A
man
of
Benjamin
ran
out
of
the
army
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes
torn
and
with
dirt
on
his
head.
\VS{13}When
he
came,
behold,
Eli
was
sitting
on
his
seat
by
the
road
watching,
for
his
heart trembled
for
God’s
ark.
When
the
man
came
into
the
city
and
told
about
it,
all
the
city
cried
out.
\VS{14}When
Eli
heard
the
noise
of
the
crying,
he
said, “What
does
the
noise
of
this
tumult mean?”
\par }{\PP The
man
hurried,
and
came
and
told
Eli.
\VS{15}Now
Eli
was ninety-eight
years
old.
His
eyes
were
set,
so
that
he
could
not
see.
\VS{16}The
man
said
to
Eli, “I
am
he
who
came
out
of
the
army,
and
I
fled
today
out
of
the
army.”
\par }{\PP He
said, “How
did
the
matter
go,
my
son?”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}He
who
brought
the
news
answered, “Israel
has
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
has
been
also
a
great
slaughter
among
the
people.
Your
two
sons
also,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
are
dead,
and
God’s
ark
has
been
captured.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}When
he
made
mention
of
God’s
ark,
Eli
fell
from
off
his
seat
backward
by
the
side
of
the
gate;
and
his
neck
broke,
and
he
died,
for
he
was
an
old
man
and
heavy.
He
had
judged
Israel
forty
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}His
daughter-in-law, Phinehas’
wife,
was
with
child,
near
to
giving
birth.
When
she
heard
the
news
that
God’s
ark
was
taken
and
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
were
dead,
she
bowed
herself
and
gave
birth;
for
her pains
came
on
her.
\VS{20}About
the
time
of
her
death
the women
who
stood
by
her
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
you
have
given
birth
to
a
son.”
But
she
didn’t
answer,
neither
did
she
regard
it.
\VS{21}She
named
the
child
Ichabod,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:21 }
“Ichabod” means “no glory”.}
saying, “The
glory
has
departed
from
Israel!”
because
God’s
ark
was
taken,
and
because
of
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband.
\VS{22}She
said, “The
glory
has
departed
from
Israel;
for
God’s
ark
has been
taken.”

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
had
taken
God’s
ark,
and
they
brought
it
from
Ebenezer
to
Ashdod.
\VS{2}The
Philistines
took
God’s
ark,
and
brought
it
into
the
house
of
Dagon
and
set
it
by
Dagon.
\VS{3}When
the
people
of
Ashdod
arose
early
on
the
next
day,
behold,
Dagon
had
fallen
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
Yahweh’s
ark.
They
took
Dagon
and
set
him
in
his
place
again.
\VS{4}When
they
arose
early
on
the
following
morning,
behold,
Dagon
had
fallen
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
Yahweh’s
ark;
and
the
head
of
Dagon
and
both
the
palms
of
his
hands
were
cut
off
on
the
threshold.
Only
Dagon’s torso
was
intact.
\VS{5}Therefore
neither
the
priests
of
Dagon
nor
any
who
come
into
Dagon’s
house step
on
the
threshold
of
Dagon
in
Ashdod
to
this
day.
\VS{6}But
Yahweh’s
hand
was
heavy
on
the people
of
Ashdod,
and
he
destroyed
them
and
struck
them
with tumors,
even
Ashdod
and
its
borders.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the
men
of
Ashdod
saw
that
it
was
so,
they
said, “The
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
shall
not
stay
with
us,
for
his
hand
is
severe
on
us
and
on
Dagon
our
god.”
\VS{8}They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
said, “What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel?”
\par }{\PP They
answered, “Let
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
be
carried
over
to
Gath.”
They
carried
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
there.
\VS{9}It
was
so,
that
after
they
had carried
it
there,
Yahweh’s
hand
was
against
the
city
with
a
very
great
confusion;
and
he
struck
the
men
of
the
city, both
small
and
great,
so
that tumors
broke
out
on
them.
\VS{10}So
they
sent
God’s
ark
to
Ekron.
\par }{\PP As
God’s
ark
came
to
Ekron,
the
Ekronites
cried
out,
saying, “They
have
brought
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
here
to
us,
to
kill
us
and
our
people.”
\VS{11}They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
they
said, “Send
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
away,
and
let
it
go
again
to
its
own
place,
that
it
not
kill
us
and
our
people.”
For
there
was
a
deadly
panic
throughout
all
the
city.
The
hand
of
God
was
very
heavy
there.
\VS{12}The
men
who
didn’t
die
were
struck
with
the tumors;
and
the
cry
of
the
city
went
up
to
heaven.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh’s
ark
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
\VS{2}The
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners,
saying, “What
shall
we
do
with
Yahweh’s
ark?
Show
us
how
we
should
send
it
to
its
place.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}They
said, “If
you
send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
don’t
send
it
empty;
but
by
all
means
return
a trespass
offering
to
him.
Then
you
will
be
healed,
and
it
will
be
known
to
you
why
his
hand
is
not
removed
from
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
they
said, “What
should
the trespass
offering
be
which
we
shall
return
to
him?”
\par }{\PP They
said, “Five
golden tumors
and
five
golden
mice,
for
the
number
of
the
lords
of
the
Philistines;
for
one
plague
was
on
you
all,
and
on
your
lords.
\VS{5}Therefore
you
shall
make
images
of
your tumors
and
images
of
your
mice
that mar
the
land;
and
you
shall
give
glory
to
the
God
of
Israel.
Perhaps
he
will release
his
hand
from
you,
from
your
gods,
and
from
your
land.
\VS{6}Why
then
do
you
harden
your
hearts
as
the
Egyptians
and
Pharaoh
hardened
their
hearts?
When
he
had worked wonderfully
among
them,
didn’t
they
let
the
people
go,
and
they departed?
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Now
therefore
take
and
prepare
yourselves
a
new
cart
and
two milk
cows
on
which
there
has
come
no
yoke;
and
tie
the
cows
to
the
cart,
and
bring
their
calves
home
from
them;
\VS{8}and
take
Yahweh’s
ark
and
lay
it
on
the
cart.
Put
the
jewels
of
gold,
which
you
return
him
for
a trespass
offering,
in
a
box
by
its
side;
and
send
it
away,
that
it
may
go.
\VS{9}Behold,
if
it
goes
up
by
the
way
of
its
own
border
to Beth Shemesh,
then
he
has
done
us
this
great
evil;
but
if
not,
then
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand
that
struck
us.
It
was
a
chance
that
happened
to
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
men
did
so,
and
took
two milk
cows
and
tied
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
\VS{11}They
put
Yahweh’s
ark
on
the
cart,
and
the
box
with
the
golden
mice
and
the
images
of
their
tumors.
\VS{12}The
cows
took
the
straight
way
by
the
way
to Beth Shemesh.
They
went
along
the
highway,
lowing
as
they
went,
and
didn’t
turn
away
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
to
the
border
of Beth Shemesh.
\VS{13}The
people
of Beth Shemesh
were reaping
their
wheat
harvest
in
the
valley;
and
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
and
saw
the
ark,
and
rejoiced
to
see
it.
\VS{14}The
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua
of Beth Shemesh,
and
stood
there,
where
there
was
a
great
stone.
Then
they
split
the
wood
of
the
cart
and
offered
up
the
cows
for
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
\VS{15}The
Levites
took
down
Yahweh’s
ark
and
the
box
that
was
with
it,
in
which
the
jewels
of
gold
were,
and
put
them
on
the
great
stone;
and
the
men
of Beth Shemesh
offered
burnt
offerings
and
sacrificed
sacrifices
the
same
day
to
Yahweh.
\VS{16}When
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
had
seen
it,
they
returned
to
Ekron
the
same
day.
\VS{17}These
are
the
golden
tumors
which
the
Philistines
returned
for
a trespass
offering
to
Yahweh:
for
Ashdod
one,
for
Gaza
one,
for
Ashkelon
one,
for
Gath
one,
for
Ekron
one;
\VS{18}and
the
golden
mice,
according
to
the
number
of
all
the
cities
of
the
Philistines belonging
to
the
five
lords,
both
of
fortified
cities
and
of
country
villages,
even
to
the
great
stone
on
which
they
set
down
Yahweh’s
ark.
That
stone remains
to
this
day
in
the
field
of
Joshua
of Beth Shemesh.
\VS{19}He
struck
of
the
men
of Beth Shemesh,
because
they
had
looked
into
Yahweh’s
ark,
he
struck
fifty
thousand
seventy
of
the
men.
Then
the
people
mourned,
because
Yahweh
had
struck
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
\VS{20}The
men
of Beth Shemesh
said, “Who
is
able
to
stand
before
Yahweh,
this
holy
God?
To
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
us?”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}They
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of
Kiriath Jearim,
saying, “The
Philistines
have
brought
back
Yahweh’s
ark.
Come
down
and
bring
it
up
to
yourselves.”

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
men
of
Kiriath Jearim
came
and
took
Yahweh’s
ark,
and
brought
it
into Abinadab’s
house
on
the
hill,
and
consecrated
Eleazar
his
son
to
keep
Yahweh’s
ark.
\VS{2}From
the
day
that
the
ark
stayed
in
Kiriath Jearim,
the
time
was
long—for
it
was
twenty
years;
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
lamented
after
Yahweh.
\VS{3}Samuel
spoke
to
all
the
house
of
Israel,
saying, “If
you
are
returning
to
Yahweh
with
all
your
heart,
then
put
away
the
foreign
gods
and
the
Ashtaroth
from
among
you,
and
direct
your
hearts
to
Yahweh,
and
serve
him
only;
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
\VS{4}Then
the
children
of
Israel
removed
the
Baals
and
the
Ashtaroth,
and
served
Yahweh
only.
\VS{5}Samuel
said, “Gather
all
Israel
to
Mizpah,
and
I
will
pray
to
Yahweh
for
you.”
\VS{6}They
gathered
together
to
Mizpah,
and
drew
water,
and
poured
it
out
before
Yahweh,
and
fasted
on
that
day,
and
said
there, “We
have
sinned
against
Yahweh.”
Samuel
judged
the
children
of
Israel
in
Mizpah.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the
Philistines
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gathered
together
at
Mizpah,
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up
against
Israel.
When
the
children
of
Israel
heard
it,
they
were
afraid
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{8}The
children
of
Israel
said
to
Samuel, “Don’t
stop
crying
to
Yahweh
our
God
for
us,
that
he
will
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
\VS{9}Samuel
took
a
suckling
lamb,
and
offered
it
for
a
whole
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
Samuel
cried
to
Yahweh
for
Israel,
and
Yahweh
answered
him.
\VS{10}As
Samuel
was
offering
up
the
burnt
offering,
the
Philistines
came
near
to
battle
against
Israel;
but
Yahweh
thundered
with
a
great
thunder
on
that
day
on
the
Philistines
and
confused
them;
and
they
were
struck
down
before
Israel.
\VS{11}The
men
of
Israel
went
out
of
Mizpah
and
pursued
the
Philistines,
and
struck
them
until
they
came
under Beth Kar.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Samuel
took
a
stone
and
set
it
between
Mizpah
and
Shen,
and
called
its
name
Ebenezer,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:12 }
“Ebenezer” means “stone of help”.}
saying, “Yahweh
helped
us
until
now.”
\VS{13}So
the
Philistines
were
subdued,
and
they
stopped
coming
within
the
border
of
Israel.
Yahweh’s
hand
was
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Samuel.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
cities
which
the
Philistines
had
taken
from
Israel
were
restored
to
Israel,
from
Ekron
even
to
Gath;
and
Israel
recovered
its
border
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
There
was
peace
between
Israel
and
the
Amorites.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Samuel
judged
Israel
all
the
days
of
his
life.
\VS{16}He
went
from
year
to
year
in
a
circuit
to
Bethel,
Gilgal,
and
Mizpah;
and
he
judged
Israel
in
all
those
places.
\VS{17}His
return
was
to
Ramah,
for
his
house
was
there,
and
he
judged
Israel
there;
and
he
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh
there.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Samuel
was
old,
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
\VS{2}Now
the
name
of
his
firstborn
was
Joel,
and
the
name
of
his
second,
Abijah.
They
were
judges
in
Beersheba.
\VS{3}His
sons
didn’t
walk
in
his
ways,
but
turned
away
after
dishonest
gain,
took
bribes,
and
perverted
justice.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
all
the
elders
of
Israel
gathered
themselves
together
and
came
to
Samuel
to
Ramah.
\VS{5}They
said
to
him, “Behold,
you
are
old,
and
your
sons
don’t
walk
in
your
ways.
Now
make
us
a
king
to
judge
us
like
all
the
nations.”
\VS{6}But
the
thing
displeased
Samuel
when
they
said, “Give
us
a
king
to
judge
us.”
\par }{\PP Samuel
prayed
to
Yahweh.
\VS{7}Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Listen
to
the
voice
of
the
people
in
all
that
they
tell
you;
for
they
have
not
rejected
you,
but
they
have
rejected
me
as
the
king
over
them.
\VS{8}According
to
all
the
works
which
they
have
done
since
the
day
that
I
brought
them
up
out
of
Egypt
even
to
this
day,
in
that
they
have forsaken
me
and
served
other
gods,
so
they
also
do
to
you.
\VS{9}Now
therefore,
listen
to
their
voice.
However,
you
shall protest
solemnly
to
them,
and
shall
show
them
the
way
of
the
king
who
will
reign
over
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Samuel
told
all
Yahweh’s
words
to
the
people
who
asked
him
for
a
king.
\VS{11}He
said, “This
will
be
the
way
of
the
king
who
shall
reign
over
you:
he
will
take
your
sons
and
appoint
them
as
his servants,
for
his
chariots
and
to
be
his
horsemen;
and
they
will
run
before
his
chariots.
\VS{12}He
will
appoint
them
to
him
for
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
fifties;
and
he
will
assign some
to
plow
his ground
and
to
reap
his
harvest;
and
to
make
his
instruments
of
war
and
the
instruments
of
his
chariots.
\VS{13}He
will
take
your
daughters
to be
perfumers,
to be
cooks,
and
to be
bakers.
\VS{14}He
will
take
your
fields,
your
vineyards,
and
your
olive
groves,
even
your
best,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
\VS{15}He
will
take
one
tenth
of
your
seed
and
of
your
vineyards,
and
give
it
to
his
officers
and
to
his
servants.
\VS{16}He
will
take
your
male
servants,
your
female
servants,
your
best
young
men,
and
your
donkeys,
and assign
them
to
his own
work.
\VS{17}He
will
take
one
tenth
of
your
flocks;
and
you
will
be
his
servants.
\VS{18}You
will
cry
out
in
that
day
because
of
your
king
whom
you
will
have
chosen
for
yourselves;
and
Yahweh
will
not
answer
you
in
that
day.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
the
people
refused
to
listen
to
the
voice
of
Samuel;
and
they
said, “No,
but
we
will
have
a
king
over
us,
\VS{20}that
we
also
may
be
like
all
the
nations;
and
that
our
king
may
judge
us,
and
go
out
before
us,
and
fight
our
battles.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and
he rehearsed
them
in
the
ears
of
Yahweh.
\VS{22}Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Listen
to
their
voice,
and
make
them
a
king.”
\par }{\PP Samuel
said
to
the
men
of
Israel, “Everyone go
to
your
own
city.”

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
there
was
a
man
of Benjamin,
whose
name
was
Kish
the
son
of
Abiel,
the
son
of Zeror,
the
son
of
Becorath,
the
son
of Aphiah,
the
son
of
a Benjamite,
a
mighty
man
of
valor.
\VS{2}He
had
a
son
whose
name
was
Saul,
an
impressive
young
man;
and
there
was
not
among
the
children
of
Israel
a
more
handsome
person
than
he.
From
his
shoulders
and
upward
he
was
taller
than
any
of
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
donkeys
of
Kish,
Saul’s
father,
were
lost.
Kish
said
to
Saul
his
son, “Now
take
one
of
the
servants
with
you,
and
arise,
go
look
for
the
donkeys.”
\VS{4}He
passed
through
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
passed
through
the
land
of
Shalishah,
but
they
didn’t
find
them.
Then
they
passed
through
the
land
of
Shaalim,
and
they weren’t
there.
Then
he
passed
through
the
land
of
the Benjamites,
but
they
didn’t
find
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
they
had
come
to
the
land
of
Zuph,
Saul
said
to
his
servant
who
was
with
him, “Come! Let’s
return,
lest
my
father
stop caring
about
the
donkeys
and
be
anxious
for
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The servant
said
to
him, “Behold
now,
there
is
a
man
of
God
in
this
city,
and
he
is
a
man
who
is
held
in
honor.
All
that
he
says
surely happens.
Now
let’s
go
there.
Perhaps
he
can
tell
us
which
way
to
go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servant, “But
behold,
if
we
go,
what
should
we
bring
the
man?
For
the
bread
is spent
in
our sacks,
and
there
is
not
a
present
to
bring
to
the
man
of
God.
What
do
we
have?”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
servant
answered
Saul
again
and
said, “Behold,
I
have
in
my
hand
the
fourth
part
of
a
shekel\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:8 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1/4 shekel would be a small coin of about 2.5 grams.}
of
silver.
I
will
give
that
to
the
man
of
God,
to
tell
us
our
way.”
\VS{9}(In earlier
times
in
Israel,
when
a
man
went
to
inquire
of
God,
he
said, “Come! Let’s go
to
the seer;”
for
he
who
is
now
called
a
prophet
was
before
called
a seer.)
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servant, “Well
said. Come! Let’s go.”
So
they
went
to
the
city
where
the
man
of
God
was.
\VS{11}As
they
went
up
the
ascent
to
the
city,
they
found
young
maidens
going
out
to
draw
water,
and
said
to
them, “Is
the seer
here?”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}They
answered
them
and
said, “He
is.
Behold,
he
is
before
you.
Hurry
now,
for
he
has
come
today
into
the
city;
for
the
people
have
a
sacrifice
today
in
the
high
place.
\VS{13}As
soon
as
you
have
come
into
the
city,
you
will immediately
find
him
before
he
goes
up
to
the
high
place
to
eat;
for
the
people
will
not
eat
until
he
comes,
because
he
blesses
the
sacrifice.
Afterwards
those
who
are
invited
eat.
Now
therefore
go
up;
for
at
this
time
you
will
find
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}They
went
up
to
the
city.
As
they
came
within
the
city,
behold,
Samuel
came
out
toward
them
to
go
up
to
the
high
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Now
Yahweh
had
revealed
to
Samuel
a
day
before
Saul
came,
saying,
\VS{16}“Tomorrow
about
this
time
I
will
send
you
a
man
out
of
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
you
shall
anoint
him
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel.
He
will
save
my
people
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines;
for
I
have
looked
upon
my
people,
because
their
cry
has
come
to
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
Samuel
saw
Saul,
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Behold,
the
man
of
whom
I
spoke
to
you!
He
will
have authority
over
my
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Saul
approached
Samuel
in
the
gateway,
and
said, “Please
tell
me
where
the seer’s
house
is.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Samuel
answered
Saul
and
said, “I
am
the seer.
Go
up
before
me
to
the
high
place,
for
you
are
to
eat
with
me
today.
In
the
morning
I
will
let
you
go
and
will
tell
you
all
that
is
in
your
heart.
\VS{20}As
for
your
donkeys
who
were
lost
three
days
ago,
don’t
set
your
mind
on
them,
for
they
have
been
found.
For
whom
does
all
Israel
desire?
Is
it
not
you
and
all
your
father’s
house?”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Saul
answered, “Am
I
not
a
Benjamite,
of
the smallest
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
And
my
family
the
least
of
all
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin?
Why
then
do
you
speak
to
me
like
this?”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Samuel
took
Saul
and
his
servant
and
brought
them
into
the guest
room,
and
made
them
sit
in
the
best
place
among
those
who
were
invited,
who
were
about
thirty
persons.
\VS{23}Samuel
said
to
the
cook, “Bring
the
portion
which
I
gave
you,
of
which
I
said
to
you, ‘Set
it
aside.’ ”
\VS{24}The
cook
took
up
the
thigh,
and
that
which
was
on
it,
and
set
it
before
Saul.
Samuel
said, “Behold,
that
which
has been
reserved!
Set
it
before
yourself
and
eat;
because
it
has been
kept
for
you
for
the
appointed
time,
for
I
said, ‘I
have
invited
the
people.’ ”
So
Saul
ate
with
Samuel
that
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}When
they
had
come
down
from
the
high
place
into
the
city,
he
talked
with
Saul
on
the
housetop.
\VS{26}They
arose
early;
and
about
daybreak,
Samuel
called
to
Saul
on
the
housetop,
saying, “Get
up,
that
I
may
send
you
away.”
Saul
arose,
and
they
both
went
outside,
he
and
Samuel, together.
\VS{27}As
they
were
going
down
at
the
end
of
the
city,
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Tell
the
servant
to
go
on
ahead
of
us.”
He
went
ahead,
then
Samuel
said, “But
stand
still
first,
that
I
may
cause
you
to
hear
God’s
message.”

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Samuel
took
the vial
of
oil
and
poured
it
on
his
head,
then
kissed
him
and
said, “Hasn’t
Yahweh
anointed
you
to
be
prince
over
his
inheritance?
\VS{2}When
you
have
departed
from
me
today,
then
you
will
find
two
men
by
Rachel’s
tomb,
on
the
border
of
Benjamin
at
Zelzah.
They
will
tell
you, ‘The
donkeys
which
you
went
to
look
for
have
been
found;
and
behold,
your
father
has stopped caring
about
the
donkeys
and
is
anxious
for
you,
saying, “What
shall
I
do
for
my
son?” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{3}“Then
you
will
go
on
forward
from
there,
and
you
will
come
to
the
oak
of
Tabor.
Three
men
will
meet
you
there
going
up
to
God
to
Bethel:
one
carrying
three
young
goats,
and
another
carrying
three
loaves
of
bread,
and
another
carrying
a container
of
wine.
\VS{4}They
will
greet
you
and
give
you
two
loaves
of
bread,
which
you
shall
receive
from
their
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}“After
that
you
will
come
to
the
hill
of
God,
where
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
is;
and
it
will
happen,
when
you
have
come
there
to
the
city,
that
you
will
meet
a band
of
prophets
coming
down
from
the
high
place
with
a lute,
a
tambourine,
a pipe,
and
a
harp
before
them;
and
they
will
be
prophesying.
\VS{6}Then
Yahweh’s
Spirit
will
come mightily
on
you,
then
you
will
prophesy
with
them
and
will
be
turned
into
another
man.
\VS{7}Let
it
be,
when
these
signs
have
come
to
you,
that
you
do
what
is
appropriate
for
the
occasion;
for
God
is
with
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“Go
down
ahead
of
me
to
Gilgal;
and
behold,
I
will
come
down
to
you
to
offer
burnt
offerings
and
to
sacrifice
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings.
Wait
seven
days,
until
I
come
to
you
and
show
you
what
you
are
to
do.”
\VS{9}It
was
so,
that
when
he
had
turned
his
back
to
go
from
Samuel,
God
gave
him
another
heart;
and
all
those
signs
happened
that
day.
\VS{10}When
they
came
there
to
the
hill,
behold,
a band
of
prophets
met
him;
and
the
Spirit
of
God
came mightily
on
him,
and
he
prophesied
among
them.
\VS{11}When
all
who
knew
him
before
saw
that,
behold,
he
prophesied
with
the
prophets,
then
the
people
said
to
one
another, “What
is
this
that
has
come
to
the
son
of
Kish?
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}One
from
the
same
place
answered, “Who
is
their
father?”
Therefore
it
became
a
proverb, “Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?”
\VS{13}When
he
had
finished
prophesying,
he
came
to
the
high
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Saul’s
uncle
said
to
him
and
to
his
servant, “Where
did
you
go?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “To
seek
the
donkeys.
When
we
saw
that
they
were
not
found,
we
came
to
Samuel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Saul’s
uncle
said, “Please
tell
me
what
Samuel
said
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Saul
said
to
his
uncle, “He
told
us
plainly
that
the
donkeys
were
found.”
But
concerning
the
matter
of
the
kingdom,
of
which
Samuel
spoke,
he
didn’t
tell
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Samuel
called
the
people
together
to
Yahweh
to
Mizpah;
\VS{18}and
he
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says ‘I
brought
Israel
up
out
of
Egypt
and
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
the
kingdoms
that
oppressed
you.’
\VS{19}But
you
have
today
rejected
your
God,
who
himself
saves
you
out
of
all
your
calamities
and
your distresses;
and
you
have
said
to
him, ‘No!
Set
a
king
over
us!’
Now
therefore
present
yourselves
before
Yahweh
by
your
tribes
and
by
your
thousands.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
Samuel
brought
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
near,
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
was chosen.
\VS{21}He
brought
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
near
by
their
families
and
the
family
of
the Matrites
was chosen.
Then
Saul
the
son
of
Kish
was chosen;
but
when
they
looked
for
him,
he could
not
be
found.
\VS{22}Therefore
they
asked
of
Yahweh
further, “Is
there
yet
a
man
to
come
here?”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
answered, “Behold,
he
has
hidden
himself
among
the
baggage.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}They
ran
and
got
him
there.
When
he
stood
among
the
people,
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people
from
his
shoulders
and
upward.
\VS{24}Samuel
said
to
all
the
people, “Do
you
see
him
whom
Yahweh
has
chosen,
that
there
is
no
one
like
him
among
all
the
people?”
\par }{\PP All
the
people
shouted
and
said, “Long
live
the
king!”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Samuel
told
the
people
the
regulations
of
the
kingdom,
and
wrote
it
in
a
book
and
laid
it
up
before
Yahweh.
Samuel
sent
all
the
people
away,
every
man
to
his
house.
\VS{26}Saul
also
went
to
his
house
in
Gibeah;
and
the
army
went
with
him,
whose
hearts
God
had
touched.
\VS{27}But certain
worthless
fellows
said, “How
could
this
man
save
us?”
They
despised
him,
and
brought
him
no
tribute.
But
he
held
his peace.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Nahash
the
Ammonite
came
up
and
encamped
against
Jabesh
Gilead;
and
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
said
to
Nahash, “Make
a
covenant
with
us,
and
we
will
serve
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nahash
the
Ammonite
said
to
them, “On
this condition
I
will
make
it
with
you,
that
all
your
right
eyes
be
gouged
out.
I
will
make
this dishonor
all
Israel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
elders
of
Jabesh
said
to
him, “Give
us
seven
days,
that
we
may
send
messengers
to
all
the
borders
of
Israel;
and
then,
if
there
is
no
one
to
save
us,
we
will
come
out
to
you.”
\VS{4}Then
the
messengers
came
to
Gibeah
of
Saul,
and
spoke
these
words
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
then
all
the
people
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Behold,
Saul
came
following
the
oxen
out
of
the
field;
and
Saul
said, “What ails
the
people
that
they
weep?”
They
told
him
the
words
of
the
men
of
Jabesh.
\VS{6}God’s
Spirit
came mightily
on
Saul
when
he
heard
those
words,
and
his
anger
burned hot.
\VS{7}He
took
a
yoke
of
oxen
and
cut
them
in
pieces,
then
sent
them
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel
by
the
hand
of
messengers,
saying, “Whoever doesn’t
come
out
after
Saul
and
after
Samuel,
so
shall
it
be
done
to
his
oxen.”
The
dread
of
Yahweh
fell
on
the
people,
and
they
came
out
as
one
man.
\VS{8}He
counted
them
in
Bezek;
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
three
hundred
thousand,
and
the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand.
\VS{9}They
said
to
the
messengers
who
came, “Tell
the
men
of
Jabesh
Gilead, ‘Tomorrow,
by
the
time
the
sun
is
hot,
you
will
be rescued.’ ”
The
messengers
came
and
told
the
men
of
Jabesh;
and
they
were
glad.
\VS{10}Therefore
the
men
of
Jabesh
said, “Tomorrow
we
will
come
out
to
you,
and
you
shall
do
with
us
all
that
seems
good
to
you.”
\VS{11}On
the
next
day,
Saul
put
the
people
in
three
companies;
and
they
came
into
the
middle
of
the
camp
in
the
morning
watch,
and
struck
the
Ammonites
until
the
heat
of
the
day.
Those
who
remained
were
scattered,
so
that
no
two
of
them
were
left
together.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
people
said
to
Samuel, “Who
is
he
who
said, ‘Shall
Saul
reign
over
us?’
Bring
those
men,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death!”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Saul
said, “No
man
shall
be
put
to
death
today;
for
today
Yahweh
has rescued
Israel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Samuel
said
to
the
people, “Come! Let’s go
to
Gilgal,
and
renew
the
kingdom
there.”
\VS{15}All
the
people
went
to
Gilgal;
and
there
they
made
Saul
king
before
Yahweh
in
Gilgal.
There
they
offered
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings
before
Yahweh;
and
there
Saul
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
rejoiced
greatly.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Samuel
said
to
all
Israel, “Behold,
I
have
listened
to
your
voice
in
all
that
you
said
to
me,
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
\VS{2}Now,
behold,
the
king
walks
before
you.
I
am
old
and gray-headed.
Behold,
my
sons
are
with
you.
I
have
walked
before
you
from
my
youth
to
this
day.
\VS{3}Here
I
am.
Witness
against
me
before
Yahweh
and
before
his
anointed.
Whose
ox
have
I
taken?
Whose
donkey
have
I
taken?
Whom
have
I
defrauded?
Whom
have
I
oppressed?
Of
whose
hand
have
I
taken
a
bribe
to
make
me
blind
my
eyes?
I
will
restore
it
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}They
said, “You
have
not
defrauded
us,
nor
oppressed
us,
neither
have
you
taken
anything
from anyone’s
hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}He
said
to
them, “Yahweh
is
witness
against
you,
and
his
anointed
is
witness
today,
that
you
have
not
found
anything
in
my
hand.”
\par }{\PP They
said, “He
is
witness.”
\VS{6}Samuel
said
to
the
people, “It
is
Yahweh
who appointed
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
that
brought
your
fathers
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{7}Now
therefore
stand still,
that
I
may
plead
with
you
before
Yahweh
concerning
all
the
righteous
acts
of
Yahweh,
which
he
did
to
you
and
to
your
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“When
Jacob
had
come
into
Egypt,
and
your
fathers
cried
to
Yahweh,
then
Yahweh
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
who
brought
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
and
made
them
to
dwell
in
this
place.
\VS{9}But
they
forgot
Yahweh
their
God;
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Sisera,
captain
of
the
army
of
Hazor,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Moab;
and
they
fought
against
them.
\VS{10}They
cried
to
Yahweh,
and
said, ‘We
have
sinned,
because
we
have forsaken
Yahweh
and
have
served
the
Baals
and
the
Ashtaroth;
but
now
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
and
we
will
serve
you.’
\VS{11}Yahweh
sent
Jerubbaal,
Bedan,
Jephthah,
and
Samuel,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
your
enemies
on
every
side;
and
you
lived
in
safety.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“When
you
saw
that
Nahash
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
came
against
you,
you
said
to
me, ‘No,
but
a
king
shall
reign
over
us,’
when
Yahweh
your
God
was
your
king.
\VS{13}Now
therefore
see
the
king
whom
you
have
chosen
and
whom
you
have
asked
for.
Behold,
Yahweh
has
set
a
king
over
you.
\VS{14}If
you
will
fear
Yahweh,
and
serve
him,
and
listen
to
his
voice,
and
not
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
then
both
you
and
also
the
king
who
reigns
over
you
are followers
of
Yahweh
your
God.
\VS{15}But
if
you
will
not
listen
to
Yahweh’s
voice,
but
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
then
Yahweh’s
hand
will
be
against
you,
as
it
was
against
your
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Now
therefore
stand
still
and
see
this
great
thing,
which
Yahweh
will
do
before
your
eyes.
\VS{17}Isn’t
it
wheat
harvest
today?
I
will
call
to
Yahweh,
that
he
may
send
thunder
and
rain;
and
you
will
know
and
see
that
your
wickedness
is
great,
which
you
have
done
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
in
asking
for
a
king.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
Samuel
called
to
Yahweh,
and
Yahweh
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day.
Then
all
the
people
greatly
feared
Yahweh
and
Samuel.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}All
the
people
said
to
Samuel, “Pray
for
your
servants
to
Yahweh
your
God,
that
we
not
die;
for
we
have
added
to
all
our
sins
this
evil,
to
ask
for
a
king.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Samuel
said
to
the
people, “Don’t
be
afraid.
You
have
indeed
done
all
this
evil;
yet
don’t
turn
away
from
following
Yahweh,
but
serve
Yahweh
with
all
your
heart.
\VS{21}Don’t
turn
away
to
go
after vain
things
which
can’t
profit
or
deliver,
for
they
are vain.
\VS{22}For
Yahweh
will
not
forsake
his
people
for
his
great
name’s
sake,
because
it
has
pleased
Yahweh
to
make
you
a
people
for
himself.
\VS{23}Moreover,
as
for
me,
far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
sin
against
Yahweh
in
ceasing
to
pray
for
you;
but
I
will
instruct
you
in
the
good
and
the
right
way.
\VS{24}Only
fear
Yahweh,
and
serve
him
in
truth
with
all
your
heart;
for
consider
what
great
things
he
has
done
for
you.
\VS{25}But
if
you keep doing
evil,
you
will
be consumed,
both
you
and
your
king.”

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Saul
was thirty
years
old
when
he
became
king,
and
he
reigned
over
Israel
forty-two
years.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:1 }
The traditional Hebrew text omits “thirty” and “forty-”. The blanks are filled in here from a few manuscripts of the Septuagint.}
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Saul
chose
for
himself
three
thousand
men
of
Israel,
of
which two
thousand
were
with
Saul
in
Michmash
and
in
the
Mount
of
Bethel,
and
one
thousand
were
with
Jonathan
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin.
He
sent
the
rest
of
the
people
to
their
own
tents.
\VS{3}Jonathan
struck
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
that
was
in
Geba,
and
the
Philistines
heard
of
it.
Saul
blew
the
trumpet
throughout
all
the
land,
saying, “Let
the
Hebrews
hear!”
\VS{4}All
Israel
heard
that
Saul
had
struck
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
and
also
that
Israel
was considered
an abomination
to
the
Philistines.
The
people
were gathered
together
after
Saul
to
Gilgal.
\VS{5}The
Philistines
assembled
themselves
together
to
fight
with
Israel:
thirty
thousand
chariots,
six
thousand
horsemen,
and
people
as
the
sand
which
is
on
the
seashore
in
multitude.
They
came
up
and
encamped
in
Michmash, eastward
of Beth Aven.
\VS{6}When
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were
in
trouble (for
the
people
were distressed),
then
the
people
hid
themselves
in
caves,
in thickets,
in
rocks,
in tombs,
and
in
pits.
\VS{7}Now
some
of
the
Hebrews
had gone
over
the
Jordan
to
the
land
of
Gad
and
Gilead;
but
as
for
Saul,
he
was
yet
in
Gilgal,
and
all
the
people
followed
him
trembling.
\VS{8}He stayed
seven
days,
according
to
the
time
set
by
Samuel;
but
Samuel
didn’t
come
to
Gilgal,
and
the
people
were scattering
from
him.
\VS{9}Saul
said, “Bring
the
burnt
offering
to
me
here,
and
the
peace
offerings.”
He
offered
the
burnt
offering.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}It
came
to
pass
that
as soon
as
he
had
finished
offering
the
burnt
offering,
behold,
Samuel
came;
and
Saul
went
out
to
meet
him,
that
he might
greet
him.
\VS{11}Samuel
said, “What
have
you
done?”
\par }{\PP Saul
said, “Because
I
saw
that
the
people
were
scattered
from
me,
and
that
you
didn’t
come
within
the
days
appointed,
and
that
the
Philistines
assembled
themselves
together
at
Michmash,
\VS{12}therefore
I
said, ‘Now
the
Philistines
will
come
down
on
me
to
Gilgal,
and
I
haven’t entreated
the
favor
of
Yahweh.’
I
forced myself
therefore,
and
offered
the
burnt
offering.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Samuel
said
to
Saul, “You
have
done
foolishly.
You
have
not
kept
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
your
God,
which
he
commanded
you;
for
now
Yahweh
would
have
established
your
kingdom
on
Israel
forever.
\VS{14}But
now
your
kingdom
will
not
continue.
Yahweh
has
sought
for
himself
a
man
after
his
own
heart,
and
Yahweh
has
appointed
him
to
be
prince
over
his
people,
because
you
have
not
kept
that
which
Yahweh
commanded
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Samuel
arose,
and
went
from
Gilgal
to
Gibeah
of
Benjamin.
Saul
counted
the
people
who
were
present
with
him,
about
six
hundred
men.
\VS{16}Saul,
and
Jonathan
his
son,
and
the
people
who
were
present
with
them,
stayed
in
Geba
of
Benjamin;
but
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Michmash.
\VS{17}The
raiders
came
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
in
three
companies:
one
company
turned
to
the
way
that
leads
to
Ophrah,
to
the
land
of
Shual;
\VS{18}another
company
turned
the
way
to Beth Horon;
and
another
company
turned
the
way
of
the
border
that
looks
down
on
the
valley
of
Zeboim
toward
the
wilderness.
\VS{19}Now
there
was
no
blacksmith
found
throughout
all
the
land
of
Israel,
for
the
Philistines
said, “Lest
the
Hebrews
make themselves
swords
or
spears”;
\VS{20}but
all
the
Israelites
went
down
to
the
Philistines,
each
man
to
sharpen
his
own
plowshare, mattock, ax,
and sickle.
\VS{21}The price
was
one payim\FTNT{†}{{\FR 13:21 }
A payim (or pim) was 2/3 shekel of silver, or 0.26 ounces, or 7.6 grams} each
to sharpen mattocks,
plowshares, pitchforks,
axes,
and goads.
\VS{22}So
it
came
to
pass
in
the
day
of
battle
that
neither
sword
nor
spear
was
found
in
the
hand
of
any
of
the
people
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan;
but
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
had
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}The
garrison
of
the
Philistines
went
out
to
the pass
of
Michmash.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
it
happened
on
a
day
that
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
said
to
the
young
man
who
bore
his
armor, “Come! Let’s
go
over
to
the
Philistines’
garrison
that
is
on
the
other
side.”
But
he
didn’t
tell
his
father.
\VS{2}Saul
stayed
in
the uttermost part
of
Gibeah
under
the
pomegranate
tree
which
is
in
Migron;
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
were about
six
hundred
men,
\VS{3}including
Ahijah
the
son
of
Ahitub,
Ichabod’s
brother,
the
son
of
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eli
the
priest
of
Yahweh
in
Shiloh,
wearing
an
ephod.
The
people
didn’t
know
that
Jonathan
was
gone.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Between
the
passes,
by
which
Jonathan
sought
to
go
over
to
the
Philistines’
garrison,
there
was
a
rocky
crag
on
the
one
side
and
a
rocky
crag
on
the
other
side;
and
the
name
of
the
one
was
Bozez,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Seneh.
\VS{5}The
one
crag
rose
up
on
the
north
in
front
of
Michmash,
and
the
other
on
the
south
in
front
of
Geba.
\VS{6}Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
who
bore
his
armor, “Come! Let’s
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
these
uncircumcised.
It
may
be
that
Yahweh
will work
for
us,
for
there
is
no restraint
on
Yahweh
to
save
by
many
or
by
few.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}His
armor
bearer
said
to
him, “Do
all
that
is
in
your
heart. Go,
and
behold,
I
am
with
you according
to
your
heart.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Jonathan
said, “Behold,
we
will
pass
over
to
the
men,
and
we
will
reveal
ourselves
to
them.
\VS{9}If
they
say
this
to
us, ‘Wait
until
we
come
to
you!’
then
we
will
stand
still
in
our
place
and
will
not
go
up
to
them.
\VS{10}But
if
they
say
this, ‘Come
up
to
us!’
then
we
will
go
up,
for
Yahweh
has
delivered
them
into
our
hand.
This
shall
be
the
sign
to
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Both
of
them
revealed
themselves
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
said, “Behold,
the
Hebrews
are
coming
out
of
the
holes
where
they
had
hidden
themselves!”
\VS{12}The
men
of
the garrison
answered
Jonathan
and
his
armor
bearer,
and
said, “Come
up
to
us,
and
we
will
show
you
something!”
\par }{\PP Jonathan
said
to
his
armor
bearer, “Come
up
after
me,
for
Yahweh
has
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel.”
\VS{13}Jonathan
climbed
up
on
his
hands
and
on
his
feet,
and
his
armor
bearer
after
him,
and
they
fell
before
Jonathan;
and
his
armor
bearer
killed
them
after
him.
\VS{14}That
first
slaughter,
which
Jonathan
and
his
armor
bearer
made,
was
about
twenty
men, within
as
it
were
half
a furrow’s length
in
an
acre
of
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}There
was
a
trembling
in
the
camp,
in
the
field,
and
among
all
the
people;
the
garrison
and
the
raiders
also
trembled;
and
the
earth
quaked,
so
there
was
an
exceedingly
great
trembling.
\VS{16}The
watchmen
of
Saul
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
looked;
and
behold,
the
multitude
melted
away
and scattered.
\VS{17}Then
Saul
said
to
the
people
who
were
with
him, “Count
now,
and
see
who
is
missing
from
us.”
When
they
had
counted,
behold,
Jonathan
and
his
armor
bearer
were
not
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Saul
said
to
Ahijah, “Bring
God’s
ark
here.”
For
God’s
ark
was
with
the
children
of
Israel
at
that
time.
\VS{19}While
Saul
talked
to
the
priest,
the
tumult
that
was
in
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
went
on
and increased;
and
Saul
said
to
the
priest, “Withdraw
your
hand!”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Saul
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him
were gathered
together,
and
came
to
the
battle;
and
behold,
they
were
all striking
each
other
with
their
swords
in
very
great
confusion.
\VS{21}Now
the
Hebrews
who
were
with
the
Philistines
before
and
who
went
up
with
them
into
the
camp
from
all
around,
even
they
also
turned
to
be
with
the
Israelites
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
\VS{22}Likewise
all
the
men
of
Israel
who
had
hidden
themselves
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
when
they
heard
that
the
Philistines
fled,
even
they
also
followed
hard
after
them
in
the
battle.
\VS{23}So
Yahweh
saved
Israel
that
day;
and
the
battle
passed
over
by Beth Aven.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
men
of
Israel
were distressed
that
day;
for
Saul
had adjured
the
people,
saying, “Cursed
is
the
man
who
eats
any
food
until
it
is
evening,
and
I am
avenged
of
my
enemies.”
So
none
of
the
people
tasted
food.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}All
the
people
came
into
the
forest;
and
there
was
honey
on
the
ground.
\VS{26}When
the
people
had
come
to
the
forest,
behold,
honey
was dripping,
but
no
one
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
for
the
people
feared
the
oath.
\VS{27}But
Jonathan
didn’t
hear
when
his
father
commanded
the
people
with
the
oath.
Therefore
he
put
out
the
end
of
the
rod
that
was
in
his
hand
and
dipped
it
in
the
honeycomb,
and
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth;
and
his
eyes brightened.
\VS{28}Then
one
of
the
people
answered,
and
said, “Your
father directly
commanded
the
people
with
an
oath,
saying, ‘Cursed
is
the
man
who
eats
food
today.’ ”
So
the
people
were faint.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Then
Jonathan
said, “My
father
has
troubled
the
land.
Please
look
how
my
eyes
have
brightened
because
I
tasted
a
little
of
this
honey.
\VS{30}How
much
more,
if
perhaps
the
people
had
eaten
freely
today
of
the
plunder
of
their
enemies
which
they
found?
For
now
there
has
been
no great
slaughter
among
the
Philistines.”
\VS{31}They
struck
the
Philistines
that
day
from
Michmash
to
Aijalon.
The
people
were
very faint;
\VS{32}and
the
people pounced
on
the
plunder,
and
took
sheep,
cattle,
and
calves,
and
killed
them
on
the
ground;
and
the
people
ate
them
with
the
blood.
\VS{33}Then
they
told
Saul,
saying, “Behold,
the
people
are
sinning
against
Yahweh,
in
that
they
eat meat
with
the
blood.”
\par }{\PP He
said, “You
have
dealt
treacherously.
Roll
a
large
stone
to
me
today!”
\VS{34}Saul
said, “Disperse
yourselves
among
the
people,
and
tell
them, ‘Every
man
bring
me
here
his
ox,
and
every
man
his
sheep,
and
kill
them
here,
and
eat;
and
don’t
sin
against
Yahweh
in
eating meat
with
the
blood.’ ”
All
the
people
brought
every
man
his
ox
with
him
that
night,
and
killed
them
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Saul
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh.
This
was
the first
altar
that
he
built
to
Yahweh.
\VS{36}Saul
said, “Let’s
go
down
after
the
Philistines
by
night,
and
take
plunder
among
them
until
the
morning
light. Let’s
not
leave
a
man
of
them.”
\par }{\PP They
said, “Do
whatever
seems
good
to
you.”
\par }{\PP Then
the
priest
said, “Let’s
draw
near
here
to
God.”
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Saul
asked counsel
of
God: “Shall
I
go
down
after
the
Philistines?
Will
you
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel?”
But
he
didn’t
answer
him
that
day.
\VS{38}Saul
said, “Draw
near
here,
all
you
chiefs
of
the
people,
and
know
and
see
in whom
this
sin
has
been
today.
\VS{39}For
as
Yahweh
lives,
who
saves
Israel,
though
it
is
in
Jonathan
my
son,
he
shall
surely
die.”
But
there
was
not
a
man
among
all
the
people
who
answered
him.
\VS{40}Then
he
said
to
all
Israel, “You
be
on
one
side,
and
I
and
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side.”
\par }{\PP The
people
said
to
Saul, “Do
what
seems
good
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Therefore
Saul
said
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel, “Show
the right.”
\par }{\PP Jonathan
and
Saul
were chosen,
but
the
people
escaped.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}Saul
said, “Cast lots
between
me
and
Jonathan
my
son.”
\par }{\PP Jonathan
was selected.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan, “Tell
me
what
you
have
done!”
\par }{\PP Jonathan
told
him,
and
said, “I
certainly
did
taste
a
little
honey
with
the
end
of
the
rod
that
was
in
my
hand;
and
behold,
I
must
die.”
\par }{\PP \VS{44}Saul
said, “God
do
so
and
more
also;
for
you
shall
surely
die,
Jonathan.”
\par }{\PP \VS{45}The
people
said
to
Saul, “Shall
Jonathan
die,
who
has
worked
this
great
salvation
in
Israel?
Far
from
it!
As
Yahweh
lives,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground,
for
he
has
worked
with
God
today!”
So
the
people
rescued
Jonathan,
so
he
didn’t
die.
\VS{46}Then
Saul
went
up
from
following
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
went
to
their own
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}Now
when
Saul
had
taken
the
kingdom
over
Israel,
he
fought
against
all
his
enemies
on
every
side:
against
Moab,
and
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
against
Edom,
and
against
the
kings
of
Zobah,
and
against
the
Philistines.
Wherever
he
turned
himself,
he defeated
them.
\VS{48}He
did
valiantly
and
struck
the
Amalekites,
and
delivered
Israel
out
of
the
hands
of
those
who
plundered
them.
\VS{49}Now
the
sons
of
Saul
were
Jonathan,
Ishvi,
and Malchishua;
and
the
names
of
his
two
daughters
were these:
the
name
of
the
firstborn
Merab,
and
the
name
of
the
younger
Michal.
\VS{50}The
name
of
Saul’s
wife
was
Ahinoam
the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz.
The
name
of
the
captain
of
his
army
was
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
Saul’s
uncle.
\VS{51}Kish
was
the
father
of
Saul,
and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner
was
the
son
of
Abiel.
\par }{\PP \VS{52}There
was
severe
war
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Saul;
and
when
Saul
saw
any
mighty
man
or
any
valiant
man,
he
took
him
into
his service.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Yahweh
sent
me
to
anoint
you
to
be
king
over
his
people,
over
Israel.
Now
therefore
listen
to
the
voice
of
Yahweh’s
words.
\VS{2}Yahweh
of
Armies
says, ‘I remember
what
Amalek
did
to
Israel,
how
he
set himself
against
him
on
the
way
when
he
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
\VS{3}Now go
and
strike
Amalek,
and utterly
destroy
all
that
they
have,
and
don’t
spare
them;
but
kill
both
man
and
woman,
infant
and
nursing baby,
ox
and
sheep,
camel
and
donkey.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Saul
summoned
the
people,
and
counted
them
in
Telaim,
two
hundred
thousand
footmen
and
ten
thousand
men
of
Judah.
\VS{5}Saul
came
to
the
city
of
Amalek,
and
set
an ambush
in
the
valley.
\VS{6}Saul
said
to
the
Kenites, “Go,
depart,
go
down
from
among
the
Amalekites,
lest
I
destroy
you
with
them;
for
you showed
kindness
to
all
the
children
of
Israel
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.”
So
the
Kenites
departed
from
among
the
Amalekites.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Saul
struck
the
Amalekites,
from
Havilah
as
you
go
to
Shur,
which
is
before
Egypt.
\VS{8}He
took
Agag
the
king
of
the
Amalekites
alive,
and utterly destroyed
all
the
people
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{9}But
Saul
and
the
people
spared
Agag
and
the
best
of
the
sheep,
of
the
cattle,
of
the fat
calves,
of
the
lambs,
and
all
that
was
good,
and
were
not
willing
to utterly
destroy
them;
but
everything
that
was vile
and
refuse,
that
they destroyed utterly.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Samuel,
saying,
\VS{11}“It grieves
me
that
I
have
set
up
Saul
to
be
king,
for
he
has
turned
back
from
following
me,
and
has
not performed
my
commandments.”
Samuel
was
angry;
and
he
cried
to
Yahweh
all
night.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Samuel
rose
early
to
meet
Saul
in
the
morning;
and
Samuel
was
told,
saying, “Saul
came
to
Carmel,
and
behold,
he
set
up
a
monument
for
himself,
turned,
passed
on,
and
went
down
to
Gilgal.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Samuel
came
to
Saul;
and
Saul
said
to
him, “You
are
blessed
by
Yahweh!
I
have performed
the
commandment
of
Yahweh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Samuel
said, “Then
what
does
this
bleating
of
the
sheep
in
my
ears
and
the
lowing
of
the
cattle
which
I
hear mean?”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Saul
said, “They
have
brought
them
from
the
Amalekites;
for
the
people
spared
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
of
the
cattle,
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
your
God.
We
have utterly destroyed
the
rest.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Stay,
and
I
will
tell
you
what
Yahweh
said
to
me last
night.”
\par }{\PP He
said
to
him, “Say
on.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Samuel
said, “Though
you
were
little
in
your
own
sight, weren’t
you made
the
head
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
Yahweh
anointed
you
king
over
Israel;
\VS{18}and
Yahweh
sent
you
on
a
journey,
and
said, ‘Go,
and utterly
destroy
the
sinners
the
Amalekites,
and
fight
against
them
until
they
are
consumed.’
\VS{19}Why
then
didn’t
you
obey
Yahweh’s
voice,
but took
the
plunder,
and
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight?”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Saul
said
to
Samuel, “But
I
have
obeyed
Yahweh’s
voice,
and
have
gone
the
way
which
Yahweh
sent
me,
and
have
brought
Agag
the
king
of
Amalek,
and
have utterly destroyed
the
Amalekites.
\VS{21}But
the
people
took
of
the
plunder,
sheep
and
cattle,
the best
of
the
devoted things,
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
your
God
in
Gilgal.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Samuel
said, “Has
Yahweh
as
great
delight
in
burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices,
as
in
obeying
Yahweh’s
voice?
Behold,
to
obey
is
better
than
sacrifice,
and
to
listen
than
the
fat
of
rams.
\VS{23}For
rebellion
is
as
the
sin
of witchcraft,
and stubbornness
is
as
idolatry
and
teraphim.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:23 }
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.}
Because
you
have
rejected
Yahweh’s
word,
he
has
also
rejected
you
from being
king.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Saul
said
to
Samuel, “I
have
sinned;
for
I
have transgressed
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
and
your
words,
because
I
feared
the
people
and
obeyed
their
voice.
\VS{25}Now
therefore,
please
pardon
my
sin,
and
turn
again
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Yahweh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Samuel
said
to
Saul, “I
will
not
return
with
you;
for
you
have
rejected
Yahweh’s
word,
and
Yahweh
has
rejected
you
from
being
king
over
Israel.”
\VS{27}As
Samuel
turned
around
to
go
away,
Saul
grabbed
the
skirt
of
his
robe,
and
it
tore.
\VS{28}Samuel
said
to
him, “Yahweh
has
torn
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from
you
today,
and
has
given
it
to
a
neighbor
of
yours
who
is
better
than
you.
\VS{29}Also
the
Strength
of
Israel
will
not
lie
nor
repent;
for
he
is
not
a
man,
that
he
should
repent.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
he
said, “I
have
sinned;
yet
please
honor
me
now
before
the
elders
of
my
people
and
before
Israel,
and
come
back
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Yahweh
your
God.”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}So
Samuel
went
back
with
Saul;
and
Saul
worshiped
Yahweh.
\VS{32}Then
Samuel
said, “Bring
Agag
the
king
of
the
Amalekites
here
to
me!”
\par }{\PP Agag
came
to
him cheerfully.
Agag
said, “Surely
the
bitterness
of
death
is
past.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Samuel
said, “As
your
sword
has
made
women
childless,
so
your
mother
will
be
childless
among
women!”
Then
Samuel cut
Agag
in
pieces
before
Yahweh
in
Gilgal.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Then
Samuel
went
to
Ramah;
and
Saul
went
up
to
his
house
to
Gibeah
of
Saul.
\VS{35}Samuel
came
no
more
to
see
Saul
until
the
day
of
his
death,
but
Samuel
mourned
for
Saul.
Yahweh
grieved
that
he
had made
Saul
king
over
Israel.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “How
long
will
you
mourn
for
Saul,
since
I
have
rejected
him
from
being
king
over
Israel?
Fill
your
horn
with
oil,
and
go.
I
will
send
you
to
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite,
for
I
have
provided
a
king
for
myself
among
his
sons.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Samuel
said, “How
can
I
go? If
Saul
hears
it,
he
will
kill
me.”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
said, “Take
a
heifer
with
you,
and
say, ‘I
have
come
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh.’
\VS{3}Call
Jesse
to
the
sacrifice,
and
I
will
show
you
what
you
shall
do.
You
shall
anoint
to
me
him
whom
I
name
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Samuel
did
that
which
Yahweh
spoke,
and
came
to
Bethlehem.
The
elders
of
the
city
came
to
meet
him
trembling,
and
said, “Do
you
come
peaceably?”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}He
said, “Peaceably;
I
have
come
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh.
Sanctify
yourselves,
and
come
with
me
to
the
sacrifice.”
He
sanctified
Jesse
and
his
sons,
and
called
them
to
the
sacrifice.
\VS{6}When
they
had
come,
he
looked
at
Eliab,
and
said, “Surely
Yahweh’s
anointed
is
before
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Don’t
look
on
his
face,
or
on
the
height
of
his
stature,
because
I
have
rejected
him;
for
I
don’t
see
as
man
sees.
For
man
looks
at
the
outward
appearance,
but
Yahweh
looks
at
the
heart.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Jesse
called
Abinadab,
and
made
him
pass
before
Samuel.
He
said, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
this
one,
either.”
\VS{9}Then
Jesse
made
Shammah
to
pass
by.
He
said, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
this
one,
either.”
\VS{10}Jesse
made
seven
of
his
sons
to
pass
before
Samuel.
Samuel
said
to
Jesse, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
these.”
\VS{11}Samuel
said
to
Jesse, “Are
all
your
children
here?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “There
remains
yet
the
youngest.
Behold,
he
is keeping
the
sheep.”
\par }{\PP Samuel
said
to
Jesse, “Send
and
get
him,
for
we
will
not
sit
down
until
he
comes
here.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}He
sent,
and
brought
him
in.
Now
he
was
ruddy,
with
a
handsome
face
and
good
appearance.
Yahweh
said, “Arise!
Anoint
him,
for
this
is
he.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil
and
anointed
him
in
the
middle
of
his
brothers.
Then
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came mightily
on
David
from
that
day
forward.
So
Samuel
rose
up
and
went
to
Ramah.
\VS{14}Now
Yahweh’s
Spirit
departed
from
Saul,
and
an
evil
spirit
from
Yahweh troubled
him.
\VS{15}Saul’s
servants
said
to
him, “See
now,
an
evil
spirit
from
God troubles
you.
\VS{16}Let
our
lord
now
command
your
servants
who
are
in
front
of
you
to
seek
out
a
man
who
is
a
skillful
player
on
the
harp.
Then
when
the
evil
spirit
from
God
is
on
you,
he
will
play
with
his
hand,
and
you
will
be
well.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Saul
said
to
his
servants, “Provide
me
now
a
man
who
can
play
well,
and
bring
him
to
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
one
of
the
young
men
answered
and
said, “Behold,
I
have
seen
a
son
of
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite
who
is
skillful
in
playing,
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
a
man
of
war,
prudent
in
speech,
and
a
handsome
person;
and
Yahweh
is
with
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Therefore
Saul
sent
messengers
to
Jesse,
and
said, “Send
me
David
your
son,
who
is
with
the
sheep.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Jesse
took
a
donkey loaded
with
bread,
a container
of
wine,
and
a
young
goat,
and
sent
them
by
David
his
son
to
Saul.
\VS{21}David
came
to
Saul
and
stood
before
him.
He
loved
him
greatly;
and
he
became
his
armor
bearer.
\VS{22}Saul
sent
to
Jesse,
saying, “Please
let
David
stand
before
me,
for
he
has
found
favor
in
my
sight.”
\VS{23}When
the
spirit
from
God
was
on
Saul,
David
took
the
harp
and
played
with
his
hand;
so
Saul
was
refreshed
and
was
well,
and
the
evil
spirit
departed
from
him.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
battle;
and
they
were
gathered
together
at
Socoh,
which belongs
to
Judah,
and
encamped
between
Socoh
and
Azekah
in Ephesdammim.
\VS{2}Saul
and
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
together,
and
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Elah,
and set
the
battle
in
array
against
the
Philistines.
\VS{3}The
Philistines
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
other
side:
and
there
was
a
valley
between
them.
\VS{4}A champion
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
named
Goliath
of
Gath,
whose
height
was
six
cubits
and
a
span\FTNT{*}{{\FR 17:4 }
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) Therefore, Goliath was about 9 feet and 9 inches or 2.97 meters tall.}
went
out.
\VS{5}He
had
a
helmet
of
bronze
on
his
head,
and
he
wore
a coat
of mail;
and
the
weight
of
the coat
was
five
thousand
shekels\FTNT{†}{{\FR 17:5 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 5000 shekels is about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.}
of
bronze.
\VS{6}He had
bronze shin armor
on
his
legs
and
a
bronze
javelin
between
his
shoulders.
\VS{7}The staff
of
his
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam;
and
his spear’s
head weighed
six
hundred
shekels
of
iron.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 17:7 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or about 13 pounds.}
His
shield
bearer
went
before
him.
\VS{8}He
stood
and
cried
to
the
armies
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them, “Why
have
you
come
out
to
set
your
battle
in
array?
Am
I
not
a
Philistine,
and
you
servants
to
Saul?
Choose
a
man
for
yourselves,
and
let
him
come
down
to
me.
\VS{9}If
he
is
able
to
fight
with
me
and
kill
me,
then
will
we
be
your
servants;
but
if
I
prevail
against
him
and
kill
him,
then
you
will
be
our
servants
and
serve
us.”
\VS{10}The
Philistine
said, “I
defy
the
armies
of
Israel
today!
Give
me
a
man,
that
we
may
fight
together!”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}When
Saul
and
all
Israel
heard
those
words
of
the
Philistine,
they
were
dismayed
and
greatly
afraid.
\VS{12}Now
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of
Bethlehem
Judah,
whose
name
was
Jesse;
and
he
had
eight
sons.
The
man
was
an elderly
old
man
in
the
days
of
Saul.
\VS{13}The
three
oldest
sons
of
Jesse
had
gone
after
Saul
to
the
battle;
and
the
names
of
his
three
sons
who
went
to
the
battle
were
Eliab
the
firstborn,
and
next
to
him
Abinadab,
and
the
third
Shammah.
\VS{14}David
was
the
youngest;
and
the
three
oldest
followed
Saul.
\VS{15}Now
David
went
back
and
forth
from
Saul
to
feed
his
father’s
sheep
at
Bethlehem.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
Philistine
came
near
morning
and
evening,
and
presented
himself
forty
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Jesse
said
to
David
his
son, “Now
take
for
your
brothers
an
ephah\FTNT{§}{{\FR 17:17 }
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel}
of
this
parched
grain
and
these
ten
loaves,
and
carry
them
quickly
to
the
camp
to
your
brothers;
\VS{18}and
bring
these
ten cheeses
to
the
captain
of
their
thousand;
and
see
how
your
brothers
are doing,
and
bring
back
news.”
\VS{19}Now
Saul,
and
they,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
in
the
valley
of
Elah,
fighting
with
the
Philistines.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}David
rose
up
early
in
the
morning
and
left
the
sheep
with
a
keeper,
and
took
the provisions
and
went,
as
Jesse
had
commanded
him.
He
came
to
the
place
of
the wagons
as
the
army
which
was
going
out
to
the
fight
shouted
for
the
battle.
\VS{21}Israel
and
the
Philistines put
the
battle
in
array,
army
against
army.
\VS{22}David
left
his
baggage
in
the
hand
of
the
keeper
of
the
baggage
and
ran
to
the
army,
and
came
and greeted
his
brothers.
\VS{23}As
he
talked
with
them,
behold,
the champion,
the
Philistine
of
Gath,
Goliath
by
name,
came
up
out
of
the ranks
of
the
Philistines,
and
said
the
same
words;
and
David
heard
them.
\VS{24}All
the
men
of
Israel,
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
him
and
were
terrified.
\VS{25}The
men
of
Israel
said, “Have
you
seen
this
man
who
has
come
up?
He
has
surely
come
up
to
defy
Israel.
The
king
will
give
great
riches
to
the
man
who
kills
him,
and
will
give
him
his
daughter,
and
will
make
his
father’s
house tax-free
in
Israel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}David
spoke
to
the
men
who
stood
by
him,
saying, “What
shall
be
done
to
the
man
who
kills
this
Philistine
and
takes
away
the
reproach
from
Israel?
For
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defy
the
armies
of
the
living
God?”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}The
people
answered
him
in
this
way,
saying, “So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
who
kills
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Eliab
his
oldest
brother
heard
when
he
spoke
to
the
men;
and
Eliab’s
anger
burned
against
David,
and
he
said, “Why
have
you
come
down?
With
whom
have
you
left
those
few
sheep
in
the
wilderness?
I
know
your
pride
and
the
evil
of
your
heart;
for
you
have
come
down
that
you
might
see
the
battle.”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}David
said, “What
have
I
now
done?
Is there
not
a
cause?”
\VS{30}He
turned
away
from
him
toward
another,
and
spoke
like
that
again;
and
the
people
answered
him
again
the
same
way.
\VS{31}When
the
words
were
heard
which
David
spoke,
they rehearsed
them
before
Saul;
and
he
sent
for
him.
\VS{32}David
said
to
Saul, “Let
no
man’s
heart
fail
because
of
him.
Your
servant
will
go
and
fight
with
this
Philistine.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Saul
said
to
David, “You
are
not
able
to go
against
this
Philistine
to
fight
with
him;
for
you
are
but
a
youth,
and
he
a
man
of
war
from
his
youth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}David
said
to
Saul, “Your
servant
was keeping
his
father’s
sheep;
and
when
a
lion
or
a
bear
came
and
took
a
lamb
out
of
the
flock,
\VS{35}I
went
out
after
him,
struck
him,
and
rescued
it
out
of
his
mouth.
When
he
arose
against
me,
I
caught
him
by
his
beard,
struck
him,
and
killed
him.
\VS{36}Your
servant
struck
both
the
lion
and
the
bear.
This
uncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
as
one
of
them,
since
he
has defied
the
armies
of
the
living
God.”
\VS{37}David
said, “Yahweh,
who
delivered
me
out
of
the
paw
of
the
lion
and
out
of
the
paw
of
the
bear,
will
deliver
me
out
of
the
hand
of
this
Philistine.”
\par }{\PP Saul
said
to
David, “Go!
Yahweh
will
be
with
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Saul
dressed
David
with
his
clothing.
He
put
a
helmet
of
bronze
on
his
head,
and
he clad
him
with
a coat
of mail.
\VS{39}David
strapped
his
sword
on
his clothing
and
he
tried
to
move,
for
he
had
not
tested
it.
David
said
to
Saul, “I
can’t
go
with
these,
for
I
have
not
tested
them.”
Then
David
took
them
off.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}He
took
his
staff
in
his
hand,
and
chose
for
himself
five
smooth
stones
out
of
the
brook,
and
put
them
in
the
pouch
of
his shepherd’s
bag
which
he
had.
His sling
was
in
his
hand;
and
he
came
near
to
the
Philistine.
\VS{41}The
Philistine
walked
and
came
near
to
David;
and
the
man
who
bore
the
shield
went
before
him.
\VS{42}When
the
Philistine
looked around
and
saw
David,
he
disdained
him;
for
he
was
but
a
youth,
and
ruddy,
and
had
a good
looking
face.
\VS{43}The
Philistine
said
to
David, “Am
I
a
dog,
that
you
come
to
me
with
sticks?”
The
Philistine
cursed
David
by
his
gods.
\VS{44}The
Philistine
said
to
David, “Come
to
me,
and
I
will
give
your
flesh
to
the
birds
of
the
sky
and
to
the
animals
of
the
field.”
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Then
David
said
to
the
Philistine, “You
come
to
me
with
a
sword,
with
a
spear,
and
with
a
javelin;
but
I
come
to
you
in
the
name
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
whom
you
have defied.
\VS{46}Today,
Yahweh
will
deliver
you
into
my
hand.
I
will
strike
you
and
take
your
head
from
off
you.
I
will
give
the
dead
bodies
of
the
army
of
the
Philistines
today
to
the
birds
of
the
sky
and
to
the
wild
animals
of
the
earth,
that
all
the
earth
may
know
that
there
is
a
God
in
Israel,
\VS{47}and
that
all
this
assembly
may
know
that
Yahweh
doesn’t
save
with
sword
and
spear;
for
the
battle
is
Yahweh’s,
and
he
will
give
you
into
our
hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{48}When
the
Philistine
arose,
and walked
and
came
near
to
meet
David,
David
hurried
and
ran
toward
the
army
to
meet
the
Philistine.
\VS{49}David
put
his
hand
in
his
bag,
took
a
stone
and slung
it,
and
struck
the
Philistine
in
his
forehead.
The
stone
sank
into
his
forehead,
and
he
fell
on
his
face
to
the
earth.
\VS{50}So
David
prevailed
over
the
Philistine
with
a sling
and
with
a
stone,
and
struck
the
Philistine
and
killed
him;
but
there
was
no
sword
in
David’s
hand.
\VS{51}Then
David
ran,
stood
over
the
Philistine,
took
his
sword,
drew
it
out
of
its
sheath,
killed
him,
and
cut
off
his
head
with
it.
\par }{\PP When
the
Philistines
saw
that
their
champion
was
dead,
they
fled.
\VS{52}The
men
of
Israel
and
of
Judah
arose
and
shouted,
and
pursued
the
Philistines
as
far
as Gai
and
to
the
gates
of
Ekron.
The
wounded
of
the
Philistines
fell
down
by
the
way
to
Shaaraim,
even
to
Gath
and
to
Ekron.
\VS{53}The
children
of
Israel
returned
from
chasing
after
the
Philistines,
and
they
plundered
their
camp.
\VS{54}David
took
the
head
of
the
Philistine
and
brought
it
to
Jerusalem,
but
he
put
his
armor
in
his
tent.
\VS{55}When
Saul
saw
David
go
out
against
the
Philistine,
he
said
to
Abner,
the
captain
of
the
army, “Abner,
whose
son
is
this
youth?”
\par }{\PP Abner
said, “As
your
soul
lives,
O
king,
I
can’t
tell.”
\par }{\PP \VS{56}The
king
said, “Inquire
whose
son
the
young
man
is!”
\par }{\PP \VS{57}As
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
Abner
took
him
and
brought
him
before
Saul
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
\VS{58}Saul
said
to
him, “Whose
son
are
you,
you
young
man?”
\par }{\PP David
answered, “I am
the
son
of
your
servant
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite.”

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
he
had
finished
speaking
to
Saul,
the
soul
of
Jonathan
was
knit
with
the
soul
of
David,
and
Jonathan
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{2}Saul
took
him
that
day,
and wouldn’t
let
him
go
home
to
his
father’s
house
any
more.
\VS{3}Then
Jonathan
and
David
made
a
covenant, because
he loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
\VS{4}Jonathan
stripped himself
of
the
robe
that
was
on
him
and
gave
it
to
David
with
his clothing,
even
including
his
sword,
his
bow,
and
his sash.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
went
out
wherever
Saul
sent
him,
and behaved
himself wisely;
and
Saul
set
him
over
the
men
of
war.
It
was
good
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people,
and
also
in
the
sight
of
Saul’s
servants.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}As
they
came,
when
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Israel,
singing
and
dancing,
to
meet
King
Saul
with
tambourines,
with
joy,
and
with instruments
of music.
\VS{7}The
women sang
to
one
another
as
they
played,
and
said,
\par }{\Q “Saul
has
slain
his
thousands,
\par }{\QB and
David
his
ten
thousands.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Saul
was
very
angry,
and
this
saying
displeased
him.
He
said, “They
have credited
David
with
ten
thousands,
and
they
have
only credited
me
with
thousands.
What
can
he
have
more
but
the
kingdom?”
\VS{9}Saul watched
David
from
that
day
and
forward.
\VS{10}On
the
next
day,
an
evil
spirit
from
God
came mightily
on
Saul,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
middle
of
the
house.
David
played
with
his
hand,
as
he
did
day
by
day.
Saul
had
his
spear
in
his
hand;
\VS{11}and
Saul
threw
the
spear,
for
he
said, “I
will
pin
David
to
the
wall!”
David
escaped
from
his
presence
twice.
\VS{12}Saul
was
afraid
of
David,
because
Yahweh
was
with
him,
and
had
departed
from
Saul.
\VS{13}Therefore
Saul
removed
him
from
his
presence,
and
made
him
his
captain
over
a
thousand;
and
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}David behaved himself wisely
in
all
his
ways;
and
Yahweh
was
with
him.
\VS{15}When
Saul
saw
that
he behaved
himself
very wisely,
he stood
in awe
of
him.
\VS{16}But
all
Israel
and
Judah
loved
David;
for
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
them.
\VS{17}Saul
said
to
David, “Behold,
my
elder
daughter
Merab.
I
will
give
her
to
you
as
wife.
Only
be
valiant
for
me,
and
fight
Yahweh’s
battles.”
For
Saul
said, “Don’t
let
my
hand
be
on
him,
but
let
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
be
on
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}David
said
to
Saul, “Who
am
I,
and
what
is
my
life,
or
my
father’s
family
in
Israel,
that
I
should
be
son-in-law
to
the
king?”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
at
the
time
when
Merab,
Saul’s
daughter,
should
have
been
given
to
David,
she
was
given
to
Adriel
the
Meholathite
as
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Michal,
Saul’s
daughter,
loved
David;
and they
told
Saul,
and
the
thing
pleased
him.
\VS{21}Saul
said,
I
will
give
her
to
him,
that she
may
be
a
snare
to
him
and
that
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
may
be
against
him.
Therefore
Saul
said
to
David
a
second
time, “You
shall
today
be
my
son-in-law.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Saul
commanded
his
servants, “Talk
with
David
secretly,
and
say, ‘Behold,
the
king
has
delight
in
you,
and
all
his
servants
love
you.
Now
therefore
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Saul’s
servants
spoke
those
words
in
the
ears
of
David.
David
said, “Does
it
seem
to
you
a
light
thing
to
be
the
king’s
son-in-law, since
I
am
a
poor
man
and little known?”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
saying, “David
spoke
like
this.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Saul
said, “Tell
David, ‘The
king desires
no
dowry
except
one
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines,
to
be
avenged
of
the
king’s
enemies.’ ”
Now
Saul
thought
he
would
make
David
fall
by
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{26}When
his
servants
told
David
these
words,
it
pleased
David well
to
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.
Before
the deadline,
\VS{27}David
arose
and
went,
he
and
his
men,
and
killed
two
hundred
men
of
the
Philistines.
Then
David
brought
their
foreskins,
and
they
gave
them
in
full number
to
the
king,
that
he
might
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.
Then
Saul
gave
him
Michal
his
daughter
as
wife.
\VS{28}Saul
saw
and
knew
that
Yahweh
was
with
David;
and
Michal,
Saul’s
daughter,
loved
him.
\VS{29}Saul
was
even
more
afraid
of
David;
and
Saul
was
David’s
enemy
continually.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
went
out;
and
as
often
as
they
went
out,
David behaved himself
more wisely
than
all
the
servants
of
Saul,
so
that
his
name
was
highly
esteemed.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Saul
spoke
to
Jonathan
his
son
and
to
all
his
servants,
that
they
should
kill
David.
But
Jonathan,
Saul’s
son,
greatly delighted
in
David.
\VS{2}Jonathan
told
David,
saying, “Saul
my
father
seeks
to
kill
you.
Now
therefore,
please
take
care
of yourself
in
the
morning,
live
in
a secret place,
and
hide yourself.
\VS{3}I
will
go
out
and
stand
beside
my
father
in
the
field
where
you
are,
and
I
will
talk
with
my
father
about
you;
and
if
I
see
anything,
I
will
tell
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Jonathan
spoke
good
of
David
to
Saul
his
father,
and
said
to
him, “Don’t
let
the
king
sin
against
his
servant,
against
David;
because
he
has
not
sinned
against
you,
and
because
his
works
have
been
very
good
toward
you;
\VS{5}for
he
put
his
life
in
his
hand
and
struck
the
Philistine,
and
Yahweh
worked
a
great
victory
for
all
Israel.
You
saw
it
and
rejoiced.
Why
then
will
you
sin
against
innocent
blood,
to
kill
David
without
a
cause?”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Saul
listened
to
the
voice
of
Jonathan;
and
Saul
swore, “As
Yahweh
lives,
he
shall
not
be
put
to
death.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Jonathan
called
David,
and
Jonathan showed
him
all
those
things.
Then
Jonathan
brought
David
to
Saul,
and
he
was
in
his
presence
as
before.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}There
was
war
again.
David
went
out
and
fought
with
the
Philistines,
and
killed
them
with
a
great
slaughter;
and
they
fled
before
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}An
evil
spirit
from
Yahweh
was
on
Saul
as
he
sat
in
his
house
with
his
spear
in
his
hand;
and
David
was
playing music
with
his
hand.
\VS{10}Saul
sought
to
pin
David
to
the
wall
with
the
spear,
but
he
slipped
away
out
of
Saul’s
presence;
and
he
stuck
the
spear
into
the
wall.
David
fled
and
escaped
that
night.
\VS{11}Saul
sent
messengers
to
David’s
house
to
watch
him
and
to
kill
him
in
the
morning.
Michal,
David’s
wife,
told
him,
saying, “If
you
don’t
save
your
life
tonight,
tomorrow
you
will
be
killed.”
\VS{12}So
Michal
let
David
down
through
the
window.
He
went
away,
fled,
and
escaped.
\VS{13}Michal
took
the
teraphim\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19:13 }
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.}
and
laid
it
in
the
bed,
and
put
a pillow
of
goats’ hair
at
its
head
and
covered
it
with
clothes.
\VS{14}When
Saul
sent
messengers
to
take
David,
she
said, “He
is
sick.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Saul
sent
the
messengers
to
see
David,
saying, “Bring
him
up
to
me
in
the
bed,
that
I
may
kill
him.”
\VS{16}When
the
messengers
came
in,
behold,
the
teraphim
was
in
the
bed,
with
the pillow
of
goats’ hair
at
its
head.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Saul
said
to
Michal, “Why have
you
deceived
me
like
this
and
let
my
enemy
go,
so
that
he
has
escaped?”
\par }{\PP Michal
answered
Saul, “He
said
to
me, ‘Let
me
go!
Why
should
I
kill
you?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Now
David
fled
and
escaped,
and
came
to
Samuel
at
Ramah,
and
told
him
all
that
Saul
had
done
to
him.
He
and
Samuel
went
and
lived
in
Naioth.
\VS{19}Saul
was
told,
saying, “Behold,
David
is
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Saul
sent
messengers
to
seize
David;
and
when
they
saw
the
company
of
the
prophets
prophesying,
and
Samuel
standing
as head
over
them,
God’s
Spirit
came
on
Saul’s
messengers,
and
they
also
prophesied.
\VS{21}When
Saul
was
told,
he
sent
other
messengers,
and
they
also
prophesied.
Saul
sent
messengers
again
the
third
time,
and
they
also
prophesied.
\VS{22}Then
he
also
went
to
Ramah,
and
came
to
the
great
well
that
is
in
Secu:
and
he
asked, “Where
are
Samuel
and
David?”
\par }{\PP One
said, “Behold,
they
are
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}He
went
there
to
Naioth
in
Ramah.
Then
God’s
Spirit
came
on
him
also,
and
he
went
on,
and
prophesied,
until
he
came
to
Naioth
in
Ramah.
\VS{24}He
also
stripped
off
his
clothes.
He
also
prophesied
before
Samuel
and
lay
down
naked
all
that
day
and
all
that
night.
Therefore
they
say, “Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?”

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
fled
from
Naioth
in
Ramah,
and
came
and
said
to
Jonathan, “What
have
I
done?
What
is
my
iniquity?
What
is
my
sin
before
your
father,
that
he
seeks
my
life?”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}He
said
to
him, “Far
from
it;
you
will
not
die.
Behold,
my
father
does
nothing
either
great
or
small,
but
that
he
discloses
it
to
me.
Why
would
my
father
hide
this
thing
from
me?
It
is
not
so.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David
swore
moreover,
and
said, “Your
father
knows
well
that
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes;
and
he
says, ‘Don’t
let
Jonathan
know
this,
lest
he
be
grieved;’
but
truly
as
Yahweh
lives,
and
as
your
soul
lives,
there
is
but
a
step
between
me
and
death.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
Jonathan
said
to
David, “Whatever
your
soul desires,
I
will
even
do
it
for
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
said
to
Jonathan, “Behold,
tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
I
should
not fail
to
dine
with
the
king;
but
let
me
go,
that
I
may
hide
myself
in
the
field
to
the
third
day
at
evening.
\VS{6}If
your
father
misses
me
at
all,
then
say, ‘David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
that
he might
run
to
Bethlehem,
his
city;
for
it
is
the
yearly
sacrifice
there
for
all
the
family.’
\VS{7}If
he
says, ‘It
is
well,’
your
servant
shall
have
peace;
but
if
he
is
angry,
then
know
that
evil
is
determined
by
him.
\VS{8}Therefore
deal kindly
with
your
servant,
for
you
have
brought
your
servant
into
a
covenant
of
Yahweh
with
you;
but
if
there
is
iniquity
in
me,
kill
me
yourself,
for
why
should
you
bring
me
to
your
father?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Jonathan
said, “Far
be
it
from
you;
for
if
I
should
at
all
know
that
evil
were
determined
by
my
father
to
come
on
you,
then wouldn’t
I
tell
you
that?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
David
said
to
Jonathan, “Who
will
tell
me
if
your
father
answers
you roughly?”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Jonathan
said
to
David, “Come! Let’s
go
out
into
the
field.”
They
both
went
out
into
the
field.
\VS{12}Jonathan
said
to
David, “By
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
when
I
have
sounded
out
my
father
about
this
time
tomorrow,
or
the
third
day,
behold,
if
there
is
good
toward
David,
won’t
I
then
send
to
you
and disclose
it
to
you?
\VS{13}Yahweh
do
so
to
Jonathan
and
more
also,
should
it
please
my
father
to
do
you
evil,
if
I don’t disclose
it
to
you
and
send
you
away,
that
you
may
go
in
peace.
May
Yahweh
be
with
you
as
he
has
been
with
my
father.
\VS{14}You
shall
not
only
show
me
the loving
kindness
of
Yahweh
while
I
still
live,
that
I
not
die;
\VS{15}but
you
shall
also
not
cut
off
your
kindness
from
my
house
forever,
no,
not
when
Yahweh
has
cut
off
every
one
of
the
enemies
of
David
from
the
surface
of
the
earth.”
\VS{16}So
Jonathan
made
a covenant
with
David’s
house, saying, “Yahweh
will
require
it
at
the
hand
of
David’s
enemies.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Jonathan caused
David
to
swear
again,
for
the
love
that
he
had
to
him;
for
he
loved
him
as
he
loved
his
own
soul.
\VS{18}Then
Jonathan
said
to
him, “Tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
you
will
be
missed,
because
your
seat
will
be
empty.
\VS{19}When
you
have
stayed
three
days,
go
down
quickly
and
come
to
the
place
where
you
hid
yourself
when
this started,
and
remain
by
the
stone
Ezel.
\VS{20}I
will
shoot
three
arrows
on
its
side,
as though
I
shot
at
a mark.
\VS{21}Behold,
I
will
send
the
boy,
saying, ‘Go,
find
the
arrows!’
If
I
tell
the
boy, ‘Behold,
the
arrows
are
on
this
side
of
you.
Take
them;’
then
come,
for
there
is
peace
to
you
and
no danger,
as
Yahweh
lives.
\VS{22}But
if
I
say
this
to
the
boy, ‘Behold,
the
arrows
are
beyond
you,’
then
go
your
way,
for
Yahweh
has
sent
you
away.
\VS{23}Concerning
the
matter
which
you
and
I
have
spoken
of,
behold,
Yahweh
is
between
you
and
me
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}So
David
hid
himself
in
the
field.
When
the
new
moon
had
come,
the
king
sat
himself
down
to
eat
food.
\VS{25}The
king
sat
on
his
seat,
as
at
other
times,
even
on
the
seat
by
the
wall;
and
Jonathan
stood
up,
and
Abner
sat
by
Saul’s
side,
but
David’s
place
was
empty.
\VS{26}Nevertheless
Saul
didn’t
say
anything
that
day,
for
he
thought, “Something
has happened
to
him.
He
is
not
clean.
Surely
he
is
not
clean.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}On
the
next
day
after
the
new
moon,
the
second
day,
David’s
place
was
empty.
Saul
said
to
Jonathan
his
son, “Why
didn’t
the
son
of
Jesse
come
to eat,
either
yesterday,
or
today?”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Jonathan
answered
Saul, “David
earnestly
asked permission
of
me
to go
to
Bethlehem.
\VS{29}He
said, ‘Please
let
me
go,
for
our
family
has
a
sacrifice
in
the
city.
My
brother
has
commanded
me
to
be
there.
Now,
if
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
please
let
me
go
away
and
see
my
brothers.’
Therefore
he
has
not
come
to
the
king’s
table.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
Saul’s
anger
burned
against
Jonathan,
and
he
said
to
him, “You
son
of
a perverse
rebellious woman,
don’t
I
know
that
you
have
chosen
the
son
of
Jesse
to
your own
shame,
and
to
the
shame
of
your
mother’s
nakedness?
\VS{31}For
as
long
as
the
son
of
Jesse
lives
on
the
earth,
you
will
not
be
established,
nor
will
your
kingdom.
Therefore
now
send
and
bring
him
to
me,
for
he
shall
surely
die!”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Jonathan
answered
Saul
his
father,
and
said
to
him, “Why
should
he
be
put
to
death?
What
has
he
done?”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Saul
cast
his
spear
at
him
to
strike
him.
By
this
Jonathan
knew
that
his
father
was determined
to
put
David
to
death.
\VS{34}So
Jonathan
arose
from
the
table
in
fierce
anger,
and
ate
no
food
the
second
day
of
the
month;
for
he
was
grieved
for
David,
because
his
father
had treated
him shamefully.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}In
the
morning,
Jonathan
went
out
into
the
field
at
the
time
appointed
with
David,
and
a
little
boy
with
him.
\VS{36}He
said
to
his
boy, “Run,
find
now
the
arrows
which
I
shoot.”
As
the
boy
ran,
he
shot
an
arrow
beyond
him.
\VS{37}When
the
boy
had
come
to
the
place
of
the
arrow
which
Jonathan
had
shot,
Jonathan
cried
after
the
boy,
and
said, “Isn’t
the
arrow
beyond
you?”
\VS{38}Jonathan
cried
after
the
boy, “Go fast!
Hurry!
Don’t
delay!”
Jonathan’s
boy
gathered
up
the
arrows,
and
came
to
his
master.
\VS{39}But
the
boy
didn’t
know
anything.
Only
Jonathan
and
David
knew
the
matter.
\VS{40}Jonathan
gave
his
weapons
to
his
boy,
and
said
to
him, “Go,
carry
them
to
the
city.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}As soon
as
the
boy
was
gone,
David
arose
out
of
the
south,
and
fell
on
his
face
to
the
ground,
and
bowed
himself
three
times.
They
kissed
one
another
and
wept
with
one
another,
and
David
wept
the most.
\VS{42}Jonathan
said
to
David, “Go
in
peace,
because
we
have
both
sworn
in
Yahweh’s
name,
saying, ‘Yahweh
is
between
me
and
you,
and
between
my
offspring
and
your
offspring,
forever.’ ”
He arose
and
departed;
and
Jonathan
went
into
the city.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then David
came
to Nob
to Ahimelech
the priest. Ahimelech
came
to meet David trembling,
and said
to
him, “Why
are
you alone,
and no man
with
you?”
\VS{2}David
said
to
Ahimelech
the
priest, “The king
has
commanded
me
to
do something,
and
has
said
to
me, ‘Let
no
one
know
anything
about
the business
about which
I send
you,
and what
I
have
commanded
you.
I
have
sent
the young
men
to
a
certain
place.’
\VS{3}Now
therefore
what
is under
your hand?
Please
give
me five loaves
of bread
in
my hand,
or
whatever
is available.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The priest answered
David,
and said, “I
have
no common
bread,
but
there
is holy
bread;
if only
the young men
have
kept themselves
from women.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
answered
the
priest,
and
said
to
him, “Truly,
women
have
been
kept
from
us
as usual these three
days.
When
I
came
out,
the vessels
of
the
young
men
were
holy,
though
it
was
only
a
common journey.
How
much
more
then today
shall
their vessels
be
holy?”
\VS{6}So
the
priest
gave
him
holy bread;
for
there
was
no bread
there
but
the
show bread
that
was
taken
from
before Yahweh,
to
be replaced
with hot bread
in
the
day
when
it
was
taken
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Now
a certain man
of
the
servants
of Saul
was
there
that
day, detained
before
Yahweh;
and
his
name
was Doeg
the Edomite,
the best
of
the herdsmen
who
belonged
to Saul.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}David said
to Ahimelech, “Isn’t
there
here
under
your hand spear
or sword?
For
I haven’t brought
my sword
or
my weapons
with
me,
because
the king’s business required haste.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The priest
said, “Behold,
the
sword
of Goliath
the Philistine, whom
you
killed
in
the valley
of Elah,
is
here wrapped
in
a cloth behind
the ephod.
If
you
would
like
to
take
that,
take
it,
for
there
is
no
other
except
that
here.”
\par }{\PP David
said, “There
is
none
like
that.
Give
it
to
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}David arose
and fled
that day
for fear
of
Saul,
and went
to Achish
the king
of Gath.
\VS{11}The servants
of
Achish
said
to
him, “Isn’t
this
David
the
king
of
the
land? Didn’t
they sing
to
one another
about
him
in dances, saying,
\par }{\Q ‘Saul
has slain
his thousands,
\par }{\QB and
David
his ten thousands?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}David laid
up
these words
in
his heart,
and
was
very afraid
of
Achish
the
king
of Gath.
\VS{13}He changed
his behavior
before
them
and pretended
to
be insane
in
their hands,
and scribbled
on
the doors
of
the gate,
and
let
his spittle fall
down
on
his beard.
\VS{14}Then Achish
said
to
his servants, “Look,
you
see
the
man
is insane. Why
then
have
you
brought
him
to
me?
\VS{15}Do
I lack
madmen,
that
you
have
brought
this
fellow
to play
the
madman
in
my presence?
Should
this
fellow
come
into
my house?”

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
therefore
departed
from
there
and
escaped
to Adullam’s
cave.
When
his
brothers
and
all
his
father’s
house
heard
it,
they
went
down
there
to
him.
\VS{2}Everyone
who
was
in
distress,
everyone
who
was
in debt,
and
everyone
who
was discontented
gathered
themselves
to
him;
and
he
became
captain
over
them.
There
were
with
him
about
four
hundred
men.
\VS{3}David
went
from
there
to
Mizpeh
of
Moab;
and
he
said
to
the
king
of
Moab, “Please
let
my
father
and
my
mother
come
out
to
you,
until
I
know
what
God
will
do
for
me.”
\VS{4}He
brought
them
before
the
king
of
Moab;
and
they
lived
with
him
all
the
time
that
David
was
in
the stronghold.
\VS{5}The
prophet
Gad
said
to
David, “Don’t
stay
in
the stronghold. Depart,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Judah.”
\par }{\PP Then
David
departed,
and
came
into
the
forest
of
Hereth.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Saul
heard
that
David
was
discovered,
with
the
men
who
were
with
him.
Now
Saul
was
sitting
in
Gibeah,
under
the
tamarisk
tree
in Ramah,
with
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
standing
around
him.
\VS{7}Saul
said
to
his
servants
who
stood
around
him, “Hear
now,
you Benjamites!
Will
the
son
of
Jesse
give
everyone
of
you
fields
and
vineyards?
Will
he
make
you
all
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds?
\VS{8}Is
that
why
all
of
you
have
conspired
against
me,
and
there
is
no
one
who
discloses
to
me
when
my
son
makes
a treaty
with
the
son
of
Jesse,
and
there
is
none
of
you
who
is sorry
for
me,
or
discloses
to
me
that
my
son
has
stirred
up
my
servant
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
it
is
today?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
Doeg
the
Edomite,
who
stood
by
the
servants
of
Saul,
answered
and
said, “I
saw
the
son
of
Jesse
coming
to
Nob,
to
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub.
\VS{10}He
inquired
of
Yahweh
for
him,
gave
him
food,
and
gave
him
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
the
king
sent
to
call
Ahimelech
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
and
all
his
father’s
house,
the
priests
who
were
in
Nob;
and
they
all
came
to
the
king.
\VS{12}Saul
said, “Hear
now,
you
son
of
Ahitub.”
\par }{\PP He
answered, “Here
I
am,
my
lord.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Saul
said
to
him, “Why
have
you
conspired
against
me,
you
and
the
son
of
Jesse,
in
that
you
have
given
him
bread,
and
a
sword,
and
have
inquired
of
God
for
him,
that
he
should
rise
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
it
is
today?”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Ahimelech
answered
the
king,
and
said, “Who
among
all
your
servants
is
so
faithful
as
David,
who
is
the
king’s
son-in-law, captain
of
your body
guard,
and
honored
in
your
house?
\VS{15}Have
I
today
begun
to
inquire
of
God
for
him?
Be
it
far
from
me!
Don’t
let
the
king
impute
anything
to
his
servant,
nor
to
all
the
house
of
my
father;
for
your
servant
knew
nothing
of
all
this,
less
or
more.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
king
said, “You
shall
surely
die,
Ahimelech,
you
and
all
your
father’s
house.”
\VS{17}The
king
said
to
the
guard
who
stood
about
him, “Turn
and
kill
the
priests
of
Yahweh,
because
their
hand
also
is
with
David,
and
because
they
knew
that
he
fled
and
didn’t disclose
it
to
me.”
But
the
servants
of
the
king wouldn’t
put
out
their
hand
to
fall
on
the
priests
of
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
king
said
to
Doeg, “Turn
and
attack
the
priests!”
\par }{\PP Doeg
the
Edomite
turned,
and
he
attacked
the
priests,
and
he
killed
on
that
day
eighty-five
people
who
wore
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{19}He
struck
Nob,
the
city
of
the
priests,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword—both
men
and
women,
children
and
nursing
babies,
and
cattle,
donkeys,
and
sheep,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{20}One
of
the
sons
of
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub,
named
Abiathar,
escaped
and
fled
after
David.
\VS{21}Abiathar
told
David
that
Saul
had
slain
Yahweh’s
priests.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}David
said
to
Abiathar, “I
knew
on
that
day,
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that
he
would
surely
tell
Saul.
I
am responsible
for
the
death
of
all
the
persons
of
your
father’s
house.
\VS{23}Stay
with
me.
Don’t
be
afraid,
for
he
who
seeks
my
life
seeks
your
life.
You
will
be
safe
with
me.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
was
told, “Behold,
the
Philistines
are
fighting
against
Keilah,
and
are robbing
the
threshing
floors.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Therefore
David
inquired
of
Yahweh,
saying, “Shall
I go
and
strike
these
Philistines?”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
said
to
David, “Go
strike
the
Philistines,
and
save
Keilah.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David’s
men
said
to
him, “Behold,
we
are
afraid
here
in
Judah.
How
much
more
then
if
we
go
to
Keilah
against
the
armies
of
the
Philistines?”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
David
inquired
of
Yahweh
yet
again.
Yahweh
answered
him,
and
said, “Arise,
go
down
to
Keilah;
for
I
will
deliver
the
Philistines
into
your
hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
and
his
men
went
to
Keilah
and
fought
with
the
Philistines,
and
brought
away
their
livestock,
and
killed
them
with
a
great
slaughter.
So
David
saved
the
inhabitants
of
Keilah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
Abiathar
the
son
of
Ahimelech
fled
to
David
to
Keilah,
he
came
down
with
an
ephod
in
his
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Saul
was
told
that
David
had
come
to
Keilah.
Saul
said, “God
has
delivered
him
into
my
hand,
for
he
is
shut
in
by
entering
into
a
town
that
has
gates
and
bars.”
\VS{8}Saul
summoned
all
the
people
to
war,
to
go
down
to
Keilah
to besiege
David
and
his
men.
\VS{9}David
knew
that
Saul
was devising mischief
against
him.
He
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest, “Bring
the
ephod
here.”
\VS{10}Then
David
said, “O
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
your
servant
has
surely
heard
that
Saul
seeks
to
come
to
Keilah
to
destroy
the
city
for
my
sake.
\VS{11}Will
the
men
of
Keilah
deliver
me
up
into
his
hand?
Will
Saul
come
down,
as
your
servant
has
heard?
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
beg
you,
tell
your
servant.”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
said, “He
will
come
down.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
David
said, “Will
the
men
of
Keilah
deliver
me
and
my
men
into
the
hand
of
Saul?”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
said, “They
will
deliver
you
up.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
David
and
his
men,
who
were
about
six
hundred,
arose
and
departed
out
of
Keilah
and
went
wherever
they
could
go.
Saul
was
told
that
David
had
escaped
from
Keilah;
and
he
gave
up
going
there.
\VS{14}David
stayed
in
the
wilderness
in
the
strongholds,
and
remained
in
the
hill
country
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
Saul
sought
him
every
day,
but
God
didn’t
deliver
him
into
his
hand.
\VS{15}David
saw
that
Saul
had
come
out
to
seek
his
life.
David
was
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph
in
the woods.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Jonathan,
Saul’s
son,
arose
and
went
to
David
into
the woods,
and
strengthened
his
hand
in
God.
\VS{17}He
said
to
him, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
the
hand
of
Saul
my
father
won’t
find
you;
and
you
will
be
king
over
Israel,
and
I
will
be
next
to
you;
and
Saul
my
father
knows
that
also.”
\VS{18}They
both
made
a
covenant
before
Yahweh.
Then
David
stayed
in
the woods
and
Jonathan
went
to
his
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
the
Ziphites
came
up
to
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying, “Doesn’t
David
hide
himself
with
us
in
the
strongholds
in
the woods,
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
on
the
south
of
the
desert?
\VS{20}Now
therefore,
O
king,
come
down.
According
to
all
the
desire
of
your
soul
to
come
down;
and
our
part
will
be
to
deliver
him
up
into
the
king’s
hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Saul
said, “You
are
blessed
by
Yahweh,
for
you
have
had
compassion
on
me.
\VS{22}Please
go
make
yet
more
sure,
and
know
and
see
his
place
where
his
haunt
is,
and
who
has
seen
him
there;
for
I
have
been
told
that
he
is
very
cunning.
\VS{23}See
therefore,
and
take
knowledge
of
all
the lurking
places
where
he
hides
himself;
and
come
again
to
me
with
certainty,
and
I
will
go
with
you.
It
shall
happen,
if
he
is
in
the
land,
that
I
will
search
him
out
among
all
the
thousands
of
Judah.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}They
arose,
and
went
to
Ziph
before
Saul;
but
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon,
in
the
Arabah
on
the
south
of
the
desert.
\VS{25}Saul
and
his
men
went
to
seek
him.
When
David
was
told,
he
went
down
to
the
rock,
and
stayed
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
When
Saul
heard
that,
he
pursued
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
\VS{26}Saul
went
on
this
side
of
the
mountain,
and
David
and
his
men
on
that
side
of
the
mountain;
and
David
hurried
to get
away
for fear
of
Saul,
for
Saul
and
his
men surrounded
David
and
his
men
to
take
them.
\VS{27}But
a
messenger
came
to
Saul,
saying, “Hurry
and
come,
for
the
Philistines
have
made
a
raid
on
the
land!”
\VS{28}So
Saul
returned
from
pursuing
David,
and
went
against
the
Philistines.
Therefore
they
called
that
place Sela Hammahlekoth.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 23:28 }
“Sela Hammahlekoth” means “rock of parting”.}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When Saul
had
returned
from following
the Philistines,
he
was told, “Behold,
David
is
in
the wilderness
of En Gedi.”
\VS{2}Then
Saul
took three thousand chosen
men out
of
all Israel,
and
went
to seek
David
and
his
men
on
the rocks
of
the wild goats.
\VS{3}He
came
to
the sheep pens
by
the
way,
where
there
was
a cave;
and
Saul
went
in
to relieve
himself. Now
David
and
his
men
were staying
in
the innermost parts
of
the cave.
\VS{4}David’s
men
said
to
him, “Behold,
the day
of
which Yahweh
said
to
you, ‘Behold,
I
will deliver
your enemy
into
your hand,
and
you
shall
do
to
him
as
it
shall seem good
to
you.’ ”
Then
David arose
and cut
off
the skirt
of
Saul’s robe secretly.
\VS{5}Afterward,
David’s heart struck
him
because
he
had
cut
off
Saul’s
skirt.
\VS{6}He
said
to
his
men, “Yahweh forbid
that
I
should do
this
thing
to
my lord, Yahweh’s anointed,
to stretch
out
my hand
against
him,
since
he
is Yahweh’s anointed.”
\VS{7}So
David checked
his
men
with
these
words,
and didn’t allow
them
to rise
against
Saul.
Saul rose
up
out
of
the cave,
and
went
on
his
way.
\VS{8}David
also
arose afterward,
and
went
out
of
the
cave
and
cried
after
Saul,
saying, “My lord
the king!”
\par }{\PP When
Saul looked behind
him,
David bowed
with
his face
to
the earth,
and
showed respect.
\VS{9}David
said
to
Saul, “Why
do
you listen
to men’s words,
saying, ‘Behold,
David seeks
to harm
you?’
\VS{10}Behold, today
your eyes
have seen
how Yahweh
had delivered
you today into
my hand
in
the cave.
Some urged
me
to kill
you,
but
I spared
you.
I
said, ‘I
will
not stretch
out
my hand
against
my lord,
for
he
is Yahweh’s anointed.’
\VS{11}Moreover,
my father,
behold,
yes,
see
the skirt
of
your robe
in
my
hand;
for
in
that
I cut
off
the skirt
of
your robe
and
didn’t
kill
you, know
and
see
that
there
is
neither evil
nor disobedience
in
my
hand.
I
have
not sinned
against
you,
though
you hunt
for
my
life
to
take
it.
\VS{12}May Yahweh judge between
me
and
you,
and
may Yahweh avenge
me
of
you;
but
my
hand
will
not
be
on
you.
\VS{13}As
the proverb
of
the ancients says, ‘Out
of
the wicked
comes wickedness;’
but
my
hand
will
not
be
on
you.
\VS{14}Against
whom
has
the king
of Israel
come
out?
Whom
do
you pursue?
A dead dog?
A flea?
\VS{15}May Yahweh
therefore
be judge,
and give sentence between
me
and
you,
and see,
and plead
my cause,
and deliver
me
out
of
your hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}It
came
to
pass,
when
David
had finished speaking these words
to Saul,
that Saul said, “Is
that
your voice,
my son
David?” Saul lifted
up
his voice
and wept.
\VS{17}He
said
to
David, “You
are more righteous than
I;
for
you
have
done good
to
me, whereas
I
have
done evil
to
you.
\VS{18}You
have
declared today
how
you
have
dealt
well
with
me,
because
when Yahweh
had delivered
me
up
into
your hand,
you didn’t kill
me.
\VS{19}For
if
a man finds
his enemy,
will
he
let
him go away unharmed?
Therefore
may
Yahweh reward
you
good
for
that
which
you
have
done
to
me
today.
\VS{20}Now, behold,
I know
that
you
will
surely
be king,
and
that
the kingdom
of Israel
will
be established
in
your hand.
\VS{21}Swear
now
therefore
to
me
by Yahweh
that
you
will
not cut off
my offspring
after
me,
and
that
you
will
not destroy
my name
out
of
my father’s house.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}David
swore
to Saul. Saul
went
home,
but David
and
his
men
went
up
to
the stronghold.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Samuel
died;
and
all
Israel
gathered
themselves
together
and
mourned
for
him,
and
buried
him
at
his
house
at
Ramah.
\par }{\PP Then
David
arose
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
\VS{2}There
was
a
man
in
Maon
whose possessions
were
in
Carmel;
and
the
man
was
very
great.
He
had
three
thousand
sheep
and
a
thousand
goats;
and
he
was
shearing
his
sheep
in
Carmel.
\VS{3}Now
the
name
of
the
man
was
Nabal;
and
the
name
of
his
wife
Abigail.
This
woman
was intelligent
and
had
a
beautiful face;
but
the
man
was surly
and
evil
in
his
doings.
He
was
of
the house
of Caleb.
\VS{4}David
heard
in
the
wilderness
that
Nabal
was
shearing
his
sheep.
\VS{5}David
sent
ten
young
men;
and
David
said
to
the
young
men, “Go
up
to
Carmel,
and
go
to
Nabal,
and
greet
him
in
my
name.
\VS{6}Tell
him, ‘Long
life
to
you!
Peace
be
to
you!
Peace
be
to
your
house!
Peace
be
to
all
that
you
have!
\VS{7}Now
I
have
heard
that
you
have
shearers.
Your
shepherds
have
now
been
with
us,
and
we
didn’t harm
them.
Nothing
was
missing
from
them
all
the
time
they
were
in
Carmel.
\VS{8}Ask
your
young
men,
and
they
will
tell
you.
Therefore
let
the
young
men
find
favor
in
your
eyes,
for
we
come
on
a
good
day.
Please
give
whatever
comes
to
your
hand
to
your
servants
and
to
your
son
David.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
David’s
young
men
came,
they
spoke
to
Nabal
all
those
words
in
the
name
of
David,
and
waited.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Nabal
answered
David’s
servants
and
said, “Who
is
David?
Who
is
the
son
of
Jesse? There
are
many
servants
who
break
away
from
their
masters these
days.
\VS{11}Shall
I
then
take
my
bread,
my
water,
and
my
meat
that
I
have killed
for
my
shearers,
and
give
it
to
men
who
I
don’t
know
where
they come
from?”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
David’s
young
men
turned
on
their
way
and
went
back,
and
came
and
told
him
all
these
words.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}David
said
to
his
men, “Every
man
put
on
his
sword!”
\par }{\PP Every
man
put
on
his
sword.
David
also
put
on
his
sword.
About
four
hundred
men
followed
David,
and
two
hundred
stayed
by
the
baggage.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
one
of
the
young
men
told
Abigail,
Nabal’s
wife,
saying, “Behold,
David
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wilderness
to
greet
our
master;
and
he insulted
them.
\VS{15}But
the
men
were
very
good
to
us,
and
we
were
not harmed,
and
we
didn’t
miss
anything
as
long
as
we
went
with
them,
when
we
were
in
the
fields.
\VS{16}They
were
a
wall
to
us
both
by
night
and
by
day,
all
the
while
we
were
with
them keeping
the
sheep.
\VS{17}Now
therefore
know
and
consider
what
you
will
do;
for
evil
is
determined
against
our
master
and
against
all
his
house,
for
he
is
such
a
worthless fellow
that
one
can’t
speak
to
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Abigail
hurried
and
took
two
hundred
loaves
of
bread,
two
containers
of
wine,
five
sheep ready dressed,
five
seahs\FTNT{*}{{\FR 25:18 }
1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks}
of
parched
grain,
one
hundred
clusters
of
raisins,
and
two
hundred
cakes
of
figs,
and
laid
them
on
donkeys.
\VS{19}She
said
to
her
young
men, “Go
on
before
me.
Behold,
I
am
coming
after
you.”
But
she
didn’t
tell
her
husband,
Nabal.
\VS{20}As
she
rode
on
her
donkey,
and
came
down hidden
by
the
mountain,
behold,
David
and
his
men
came
down
toward
her,
and
she
met
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Now
David
had
said, “Surely
in
vain
I
have
kept
all
that
this fellow
has
in
the
wilderness,
so
that
nothing
was
missed
of
all
that pertained
to
him.
He
has
returned
me
evil
for
good.
\VS{22}God
do
so
to
the
enemies
of
David,
and
more
also,
if
I
leave
of
all
that belongs
to
him
by
the
morning light
so
much
as
one
who urinates
on
a
wall.”\FTNT{†}{{\FR 25:22 }
or, male.}
\par }{\PP \VS{23}When
Abigail
saw
David,
she
hurried
and got
off
her
donkey,
and
fell
before
David
on
her
face
and
bowed
herself
to
the
ground.
\VS{24}She
fell
at
his
feet
and
said, “On
me,
my
lord,
on
me
be
the
blame!
Please
let
your
servant
speak
in
your
ears.
Hear
the
words
of
your
servant.
\VS{25}Please
don’t
let
my
lord
pay
attention
to
this
worthless
fellow,
Nabal,
for
as
his
name
is,
so
is
he.
Nabal\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 25:25 }
“Nabal” means “foolish”.}
is
his
name,
and
folly
is
with
him;
but
I,
your
servant,
didn’t
see
my
lord’s
young
men
whom
you
sent.
\VS{26}Now
therefore,
my
lord,
as
Yahweh
lives
and
as
your
soul
lives,
since
Yahweh
has
withheld
you
from
blood guiltiness
and
from
avenging
yourself
with
your
own
hand,
now
therefore
let
your
enemies
and
those
who
seek
evil
to
my
lord
be
as
Nabal.
\VS{27}Now
this
present
which
your
servant
has
brought
to
my
lord,
let
it
be
given
to
the
young
men
who
follow
my
lord.
\VS{28}Please
forgive
the trespass
of
your
servant.
For
Yahweh
will
certainly
make
my
lord
a
sure
house,
because
my
lord
fights
Yahweh’s
battles.
Evil
will
not
be
found
in
you
all
your
days.
\VS{29}Though
men
may
rise
up
to
pursue
you
and
to
seek
your
soul,
yet
the
soul
of
my
lord
will
be bound
in
the bundle
of
life
with
Yahweh
your
God.
He
will sling
out
the
souls
of
your
enemies
as
from
a sling’s
pocket.
\VS{30}It
will
come
to
pass,
when
Yahweh
has
done
to
my
lord
according
to
all
the
good
that
he
has
spoken
concerning
you,
and
has
appointed
you
prince
over
Israel,
\VS{31}that
this
shall
be
no
grief
to
you,
nor offense
of
heart
to
my
lord, either
that
you
have
shed
blood
without
cause,
or
that
my
lord
has
avenged
himself.
When
Yahweh
has dealt
well
with
my
lord,
then
remember
your
servant.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}David
said
to
Abigail, “Blessed
is
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
sent
you
today
to
meet
me!
\VS{33}Blessed
is
your
discretion,
and
blessed
are
you,
who
have
kept
me
today
from
blood guiltiness,
and
from
avenging myself
with
my own
hand.
\VS{34}For
indeed,
as
Yahweh
the
God
of
Israel
lives,
who
has
withheld
me
from harming
you,
unless
you
had
hurried
and
come
to
meet
me,
surely
there wouldn’t
have
been
left
to
Nabal
by
the
morning
light
so
much
as
one
who urinates
on
a
wall.”\FTNT{§}{{\FR 25:34 }
or, one male.}
\par }{\PP \VS{35}So
David
received
from
her
hand
that
which
she
had
brought
him.
Then
he
said
to
her, “Go
up
in
peace
to
your
house.
Behold,
I
have
listened
to
your
voice
and
have
granted
your
request.”
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Abigail
came
to
Nabal;
and
behold,
he held
a
feast
in
his
house
like
the
feast
of
a
king.
Nabal’s
heart
was merry
within
him,
for
he
was
very
drunk. Therefore
she
told
him
nothing
until
the
morning
light.
\VS{37}In
the
morning,
when
the
wine
had
gone
out
of
Nabal,
his
wife
told
him
these
things;
and
his
heart
died
within
him,
and
he
became
as
a
stone.
\VS{38}About
ten
days
later,
Yahweh
struck
Nabal,
so
that
he
died.
\VS{39}When
David
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said, “Blessed
is
Yahweh,
who
has
pleaded
the
cause
of
my
reproach
from
the
hand
of
Nabal,
and
has
kept
back
his
servant
from
evil.
Yahweh
has
returned
the evildoing
of
Nabal
on
his own
head.”
\par }{\PP David
sent
and
spoke
concerning
Abigail,
to
take
her
to
himself
as
wife.
\VS{40}When
David’s
servants
had
come
to
Abigail
to
Carmel,
they
spoke
to
her,
saying, “David
has
sent
us
to
you,
to
take
you
to
him
as
wife.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}She
arose
and
bowed
herself
with
her
face
to
the
earth,
and
said, “Behold,
your
servant
is
a
servant
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
servants
of
my
lord.”
\VS{42}Abigail
hurriedly
arose
and
rode
on
a
donkey
with
her
five
maids
who
followed
her;
and
she
went
after
the
messengers
of
David,
and
became
his
wife.
\VS{43}David
also
took
Ahinoam
of
Jezreel;
and
they
both
became
his
wives.
\par }{\PP \VS{44}Now
Saul
had
given
Michal
his
daughter,
David’s
wife,
to
Palti
the
son
of Laish,
who
was
of
Gallim.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
Ziphites
came
to
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying, “Doesn’t
David
hide
himself
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah, which
is
before
the
desert?”
\VS{2}Then
Saul
arose
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Ziph, having
three
thousand chosen
men
of
Israel
with
him,
to
seek
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
\VS{3}Saul
encamped
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
before
the
desert,
by
the
way.
But
David
stayed
in
the
wilderness,
and
he
saw
that
Saul
came
after
him
into
the
wilderness.
\VS{4}David
therefore
sent
out
spies,
and
understood
that
Saul
had
certainly
come.
\VS{5}Then
David
arose
and
came
to
the
place
where
Saul
had
encamped;
and
David
saw
the
place
where
Saul
lay,
with
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
the
captain
of
his
army.
Saul
lay
within
the
place
of
the wagons,
and
the
people
were
encamped
around
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
David
answered
and
said
to
Ahimelech
the
Hittite,
and
to
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
brother
of
Joab,
saying, “Who
will
go
down
with
me
to
Saul
to
the
camp?”
\par }{\PP Abishai
said, “I
will
go
down
with
you.”
\VS{7}So
David
and
Abishai
came
to
the
people
by
night;
and,
behold,
Saul
lay
sleeping
within
the
place
of
the wagons,
with
his
spear
stuck
in
the
ground
at
his
head;
and
Abner
and
the
people
lay
around
him.
\VS{8}Then
Abishai
said
to
David, “God
has
delivered
up
your
enemy
into
your
hand
today.
Now
therefore
please
let
me
strike
him
with
the
spear
to
the
earth
at
one
stroke,
and
I
will
not
strike
him
the
second
time.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}David
said
to
Abishai, “Don’t
destroy
him,
for
who
can
stretch
out
his
hand
against
Yahweh’s
anointed,
and
be guiltless?”
\VS{10}David
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
Yahweh
will
strike
him;
or
his
day
shall
come
to
die,
or
he
shall
go
down
into
battle
and
perish.
\VS{11}Yahweh
forbid
that
I
should
stretch
out
my
hand
against
Yahweh’s
anointed;
but
now
please
take
the
spear
that
is
at
his
head
and
the
jar
of
water,
and
let’s
go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
David
took
the
spear
and
the
jar
of
water
from
Saul’s
head,
and
they went
away.
No
man
saw
it,
or
knew
it,
nor
did
any awake;
for
they
were
all
asleep,
because
a
deep
sleep
from
Yahweh
had
fallen
on
them.
\VS{13}Then
David went
over
to
the
other
side,
and
stood
on
the
top
of
the
mountain
far
away,
a
great
space being
between
them;
\VS{14}and
David
cried
to
the
people,
and
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
saying, “Don’t
you
answer,
Abner?”
\par }{\PP Then
Abner
answered, “Who
are
you
who
calls
to
the
king?”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}David
said
to
Abner, “Aren’t
you
a
man?
Who
is
like
you
in
Israel?
Why
then
have
you
not
kept
watch
over
your
lord
the
king?
For
one
of
the
people
came
in
to
destroy
your
lord
the
king.
\VS{16}This
thing
isn’t
good
that
you
have
done.
As
Yahweh
lives,
you
are worthy
to
die,
because
you
have
not
kept
watch
over
your
lord,
Yahweh’s
anointed.
Now
see
where
the
king’s
spear
is,
and
the
jar
of
water
that
was
at
his
head.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Saul
recognized
David’s
voice,
and
said, “Is
this
your
voice,
my
son
David?”
\par }{\PP David
said, “It
is
my
voice,
my
lord, O
king.”
\VS{18}He
said, “Why
does
my
lord
pursue
his
servant?
For
what
have
I
done?
What
evil
is
in
my
hand?
\VS{19}Now
therefore,
please
let
my
lord
the
king
hear
the
words
of
his
servant.
If
it
is
so
that
Yahweh
has
stirred
you
up
against
me,
let
him
accept
an
offering.
But
if
it
is
the
children
of
men,
they
are
cursed
before
Yahweh;
for
they
have
driven
me
out
today
that
I shouldn’t cling
to
Yahweh’s
inheritance,
saying, ‘Go,
serve
other
gods!’
\VS{20}Now
therefore,
don’t
let
my
blood
fall
to
the
earth
away
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh;
for
the
king
of
Israel
has
come
out
to
seek
a
flea,
as
when
one
hunts
a
partridge
in
the
mountains.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
Saul
said, “I
have
sinned.
Return,
my
son
David;
for
I
will
no
more
do
you
harm,
because
my
life
was
precious
in
your
eyes
today.
Behold,
I
have
played
the
fool,
and
have
erred
exceedingly.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}David
answered, “Behold
the
spear, O
king! Let
one
of
the
young
men come
over
and
get
it.
\VS{23}Yahweh
will
render
to
every
man
his
righteousness
and
his
faithfulness;
because
Yahweh
delivered
you
into
my
hand
today,
and
I wouldn’t
stretch
out
my
hand
against
Yahweh’s
anointed.
\VS{24}Behold,
as
your
life
was
respected
today
in
my
eyes,
so
let
my
life
be
respected
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
and
let
him
deliver
me
out
of
all oppression.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Saul
said
to
David, “You
are
blessed,
my
son
David.
You
will
both
do mightily,
and
will
surely
prevail.”
\par }{\PP So
David
went
his
way,
and
Saul
returned
to
his
place.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
said
in
his
heart, “I
will
now
perish
one
day
by
the
hand
of
Saul.
There
is
nothing
better
for
me
than
that
I
should
escape
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines;
and
Saul
will
despair
of
me,
to
seek
me
any
more
in
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
So
I
will
escape
out
of
his
hand.”
\VS{2}David
arose
and
passed
over,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
who
were
with
him,
to
Achish
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of
Gath.
\VS{3}David
lived
with
Achish
at
Gath,
he
and
his
men,
every
man
with
his
household, even
David
with
his
two
wives,
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess
and
Abigail
the
Carmelitess,
Nabal’s
wife.
\VS{4}Saul
was
told
that
David
had
fled
to
Gath,
so
he stopped
looking
for
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
said
to
Achish, “If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
let
them
give
me
a
place
in
one
of
the
cities
in
the
country,
that
I
may
dwell
there.
For
why
should
your
servant
dwell
in
the
royal
city
with
you?”
\VS{6}Then
Achish
gave
him
Ziklag
that
day:
therefore
Ziklag
belongs
to
the
kings
of
Judah
to
this
day.
\VS{7}The
number
of
the
days
that
David
lived
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
was
a
full
year
and
four
months.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}David
and
his
men
went
up
and
raided
the
Geshurites,
the Girzites,
and
the
Amalekites;
for
those
were
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
who
were
of
old,
on
the
way
to
Shur,
even
to
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{9}David
struck
the
land,
and saved
no
man
or
woman
alive,
and
took
away
the
sheep,
the
cattle,
the
donkeys,
the
camels,
and
the
clothing.
Then
he
returned,
and
came
to
Achish.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Achish
said, “Against whom
have
you
made
a
raid
today?”
\par }{\PP David
said, “Against
the
South
of
Judah,
against
the
South
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
and
against
the
South
of
the
Kenites.”
\VS{11}David saved
neither
man
nor
woman
alive
to
bring
them
to
Gath,
saying, “Lest
they
should
tell
about
us,
saying, ‘David
did
this,
and
this
has
been
his
way
all
the
time
he
has
lived
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Achish
believed
David,
saying, “He
has
made
his
people
Israel utterly
to abhor
him.
Therefore
he
will
be
my
servant
forever.”

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
those
days,
the
Philistines
gathered
their
armies
together
for
warfare,
to
fight
with
Israel.
Achish
said
to
David, “Know
assuredly
that
you
will
go
out
with
me
in
the
army,
you
and
your
men.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}David
said
to
Achish, “Therefore
you
will
know
what
your
servant
can
do.”
\par }{\PP Achish
said
to
David, “Therefore
I
will
make
you
my bodyguard
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Now
Samuel
was
dead,
and
all
Israel
had
mourned
for
him
and
buried
him
in
Ramah,
even
in
his own
city.
Saul
had sent
away
those
who
had familiar spirits
and
the wizards
out
of
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
Philistines
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
and
encamped
in
Shunem;
and
Saul
gathered
all
Israel
together,
and
they
encamped
in
Gilboa.
\VS{5}When
Saul
saw
the
army
of
the
Philistines,
he
was
afraid,
and
his
heart
trembled
greatly.
\VS{6}When
Saul
inquired
of
Yahweh,
Yahweh
didn’t
answer
him
by
dreams,
by
Urim,
or
by
prophets.
\VS{7}Then
Saul
said
to
his
servants, “Seek
for
me
a
woman
who
has
a familiar
spirit,
that
I may
go
to
her
and
inquire
of
her.”
\par }{\PP His
servants
said
to
him, “Behold,
there
is
a
woman
who
has
a familiar
spirit
at Endor.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Saul
disguised
himself
and
put
on
other
clothing,
and
went,
he
and
two
men
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
woman
by
night.
Then
he
said, “Please consult
for
me
by
the familiar
spirit,
and
bring
me
up
whomever
I
shall
name
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
woman
said
to
him, “Behold,
you
know
what
Saul
has
done,
how
he
has
cut
off
those
who
have
familiar spirits
and
the wizards
out
of
the
land.
Why
then
do
you
lay
a
snare
for
my
life,
to cause
me
to
die?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Saul
swore
to
her
by
Yahweh,
saying, “As
Yahweh
lives,
no
punishment
will
happen
to
you
for
this
thing.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
the
woman
said, “Whom
shall
I
bring
up
to
you?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Bring
Samuel
up
for
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}When
the
woman
saw
Samuel,
she
cried
with
a
loud
voice;
and
the
woman
spoke
to
Saul,
saying, “Why
have
you
deceived
me?
For
you
are
Saul!”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
king
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid!
What
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP The
woman
said
to
Saul, “I
see
a
god
coming
up
out
of
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}He
said
to
her, “What
does
he look
like?”
\par }{\PP She
said, “An
old
man
comes
up.
He
is covered
with
a
robe.”
Saul
perceived
that
it
was
Samuel,
and
he
bowed
with
his
face
to
the
ground,
and showed respect.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Why
have
you
disturbed
me,
to
bring
me
up?”
\par }{\PP Saul
answered, “I
am
very distressed;
for
the
Philistines
make war
against
me,
and
God
has
departed
from
me,
and
answers
me
no
more,
by
prophets,
or
by
dreams.
Therefore
I
have
called
you,
that
you
may
make
known
to
me
what
I
shall
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Samuel
said, “Why
then
do
you
ask
me, since
Yahweh
has
departed
from
you
and
has
become
your
adversary?
\VS{17}Yahweh
has
done
to
you
as
he
spoke
by
me.
Yahweh
has
torn
the
kingdom
out
of
your
hand
and
given
it
to
your
neighbor,
even
to
David.
\VS{18}Because
you
didn’t
obey
Yahweh’s
voice,
and
didn’t execute
his
fierce
wrath
on
Amalek,
therefore
Yahweh
has
done
this
thing
to
you
today.
\VS{19}Moreover
Yahweh
will
deliver
Israel
also
with
you
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines;
and
tomorrow
you
and
your
sons
will
be
with
me.
Yahweh
will
deliver
the
army
of
Israel
also
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
Saul
fell
immediately
his
full
length
on
the
earth,
and
was
terrified,
because
of
Samuel’s
words.
There
was
no
strength
in
him,
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread
all
day
long
or
all
night
long.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
woman
came
to
Saul
and
saw
that
he
was
very
troubled,
and
said
to
him, “Behold,
your
servant
has
listened
to
your
voice,
and
I
have
put
my
life
in
my
hand,
and
have
listened
to
your
words
which
you
spoke
to
me.
\VS{22}Now
therefore,
please
listen
also
to
the
voice
of
your
servant,
and
let
me
set
a
morsel
of
bread
before
you.
Eat,
that
you
may
have
strength
when
you
go
on
your
way.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}But
he
refused,
and
said, “I
will
not
eat.”
But
his
servants,
together
with
the
woman, constrained
him;
and
he
listened
to
their
voice.
So
he
arose
from
the
earth
and
sat
on
the
bed.
\VS{24}The
woman
had
a
fattened
calf
in
the
house. She
hurried
and killed
it;
and she
took
flour
and
kneaded
it,
and
baked
unleavened
bread
of
it.
\VS{25}She
brought
it
before
Saul
and
before
his
servants,
and
they
ate.
Then
they
rose
up
and
went
away
that
night.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
all
their
armies
to
Aphek;
and
the
Israelites
encamped
by
the
spring
which
is
in
Jezreel.
\VS{2}The
lords
of
the
Philistines
passed
on
by
hundreds
and
by
thousands;
and
David
and
his
men
passed
on
in
the
rear
with
Achish.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said, “What
about
these
Hebrews?”
\par }{\PP Achish
said
to
the
princes
of
the
Philistines, “Isn’t
this
David,
the
servant
of
Saul
the
king
of
Israel,
who
has
been
with
me
these
days,
or
rather
these
years?
I
have
found
no
fault
in
him
since
he
fell
away
until
today.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}But
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
were
angry
with
him;
and
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said
to
him, “Make
the
man
return,
that
he
may
go
back
to
his
place
where
you
have
appointed
him,
and
let
him
not
go
down
with
us
to
battle, lest
in
the
battle
he
become
an
adversary
to
us.
For
with
what
should
this
fellow reconcile
himself
to
his
lord?
Should
it
not
be
with
the
heads
of
these
men?
\VS{5}Isn’t
this
David,
of
whom
people sang
to
one
another
in
dances,
saying,
\par }{\Q ‘Saul
has
slain
his
thousands,
\par }{\QB and
David
his
ten
thousands?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
Achish
called
David
and
said
to
him, “As
Yahweh
lives,
you
have
been
upright,
and
your
going
out
and
your
coming
in
with
me
in
the
army
is
good
in
my
sight;
for
I
have
not
found
evil
in
you
since
the
day
of
your
coming
to
me
to
this
day.
Nevertheless,
the
lords
don’t
favor
you.
\VS{7}Therefore
now
return,
and
go
in
peace,
that
you
not displease
the
lords
of
the
Philistines.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}David
said
to
Achish, “But
what
have
I
done?
What
have
you
found
in
your
servant
so
long
as
I
have
been
before
you
to
this
day,
that
I
may
not
go
and
fight
against
the
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Achish
answered
David, “I
know
that
you
are
good
in
my
sight,
as
an
angel
of
God. Notwithstanding,
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
have
said, ‘He
shall
not
go
up
with
us
to
the
battle.’
\VS{10}Therefore
now
rise
up
early
in
the
morning
with
the
servants
of
your
lord
who
have
come
with
you;
and
as
soon
as
you
are
up
early
in
the
morning
and
have
light, depart.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
David
rose
up
early,
he
and
his
men,
to
depart
in
the
morning,
to
return
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
went
up
to
Jezreel.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
David
and
his
men
had
come
to
Ziklag
on
the
third
day,
the
Amalekites
had
made
a
raid
on
the
South
and
on
Ziklag,
and
had
struck
Ziklag
and
burned
it
with
fire,
\VS{2}and
had
taken
captive
the
women
and
all
who
were
in
it,
both
small
and
great.
They
didn’t
kill
any,
but
carried
them
off
and
went
their
way.
\VS{3}When
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
city,
behold,
it
was
burned
with
fire;
and
their
wives,
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
were
taken
captive.
\VS{4}Then
David
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept
until
they
had
no
more
power
to
weep.
\VS{5}David’s
two
wives
were
taken
captive,
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite.
\VS{6}David
was
greatly distressed,
for
the
people
spoke
of
stoning
him,
because
the
souls
of
all
the
people
were grieved,
every
man
for
his
sons
and
for
his
daughters;
but
David
strengthened
himself
in
Yahweh
his
God.
\VS{7}David
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahimelech, “Please
bring
the
ephod
here
to
me.”
\par }{\PP Abiathar
brought
the
ephod
to
David.
\VS{8}David
inquired
of
Yahweh,
saying, “If
I
pursue
after
this
troop,
will
I
overtake
them?”
\par }{\PP He
answered
him, “Pursue,
for
you
will
surely
overtake
them,
and
will without fail
recover
all.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
David
went,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
who
were
with
him,
and
came
to
the
brook
Besor,
where
those
who
were
left
behind
stayed.
\VS{10}But
David
pursued,
he
and
four
hundred
men;
for
two
hundred
stayed behind,
who
were
so faint
that
they couldn’t
go
over
the
brook
Besor.
\VS{11}They
found
an
Egyptian
in
the
field,
and
brought
him
to
David,
and
gave
him
bread,
and
he
ate;
and
they
gave
him
water
to
drink.
\VS{12}They
gave
him
a
piece
of
a
cake
of
figs
and
two
clusters
of
raisins.
When
he
had
eaten,
his
spirit
came
again
to
him;
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread,
and
drank
no
water
for
three
days
and
three
nights.
\VS{13}David
asked
him, “To
whom
do
you belong?
Where
are
you
from?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
servant
to
an
Amalekite;
and
my
master
left
me,
because
three
days
ago
I got
sick.
\VS{14}We
made
a
raid
on
the
South
of
the
Cherethites,
and
on
that
which belongs
to
Judah,
and
on
the
South
of
Caleb;
and
we
burned
Ziklag
with
fire.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}David
said
to
him, “Will
you
bring
me
down
to
this
troop?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Swear
to
me
by
God
that
you
will
not
kill
me
and
not
deliver
me
up
into
the
hands
of
my
master,
and
I
will
bring
you
down
to
this
troop.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
he
had
brought
him
down,
behold,
they
were
spread
around
over
all
the
ground,
eating,
drinking,
and
dancing,
because
of
all
the
great
plunder
that
they
had
taken
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
land
of
Judah.
\VS{17}David
struck
them
from
the
twilight
even
to
the
evening
of
the
next
day.
Not
a
man
of
them
escaped
from
there,
except
four
hundred
young
men
who
rode
on
camels
and
fled.
\VS{18}David
recovered
all
that
the
Amalekites
had
taken,
and
David
rescued
his
two
wives.
\VS{19}There
was
nothing lacking
to
them,
neither
small
nor
great,
neither
sons
nor
daughters,
neither
plunder,
nor
anything
that
they
had
taken.
David
brought
them
all
back.
\VS{20}David
took
all
the
flocks
and
the
herds,
which
they drove
before
those
other
livestock,
and
said, “This
is
David’s
plunder.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men,
who
were
so faint
that
they
could
not
follow
David,
whom
also
they
had
made
to
stay
at
the
brook
Besor;
and
they
went
out
to
meet
David,
and
to
meet
the
people
who
were
with
him.
When
David
came
near
to
the
people,
he greeted
them.
\VS{22}Then
all
the
wicked
men
and
worthless
fellows
of
those
who
went
with
David
answered
and
said, “Because
they
didn’t
go
with
us,
we
will
not
give
them
anything
of
the
plunder
that
we
have
recovered,
except
to
every
man
his
wife
and
his
children,
that
he
may
lead
them
away
and
depart.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
David
said, “Do
not
do
so,
my
brothers,
with
that
which
Yahweh
has
given
to
us,
who
has
preserved
us,
and
delivered
the
troop
that
came
against
us
into
our
hand.
\VS{24}Who
will
listen
to
you
in
this
matter?
For
as
his
share
is
who
goes
down
to
the
battle,
so
shall
his
share
be
who
stays
with
the
baggage.
They
shall
share
alike.”
\VS{25}It
was
so
from
that
day
forward
that
he
made
it
a
statute
and
an
ordinance
for
Israel
to
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
David
came
to
Ziklag,
he
sent
some
of
the
plunder
to
the
elders
of
Judah,
even
to
his
friends,
saying, “Behold,
a
present
for
you
from
the
plunder
of
Yahweh’s
enemies.”
\VS{27}He sent
it
to
those
who
were
in
Bethel,
to
those
who
were
in
Ramoth
of
the South,
to
those
who
were
in
Jattir,
\VS{28}to
those
who
were
in
Aroer,
to
those
who
were
in
Siphmoth,
to
those
who
were
in
Eshtemoa,
\VS{29}to
those
who
were
in
Racal,
to
those
who
were
in
the
cities
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
to
those
who
were
in
the
cities
of
the
Kenites,
\VS{30}to
those
who
were
in
Hormah,
to
those
who
were
in Borashan,
to
those
who
were
in
Athach,
\VS{31}to
those
who
were
in
Hebron,
and
to
all
the
places
where
David
himself
and
his
men
used
to stay.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel;
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
slain
on
Mount
Gilboa.
\VS{2}The
Philistines
overtook
Saul
and
his
sons;
and
the
Philistines
killed
Jonathan,
Abinadab,
and Malchishua,
the
sons
of
Saul.
\VS{3}The
battle
went
hard
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
overtook
him;
and
he
was
greatly distressed
by reason
of
the
archers.
\VS{4}Then
Saul
said
to
his
armor
bearer, “Draw
your
sword,
and
thrust
me
through
with
it,
lest
these
uncircumcised
come
and
thrust
me
through
and abuse
me!”
But
his
armor
bearer
would
not,
for
he
was
terrified.
Therefore
Saul
took
his
sword
and
fell
on
it.
\VS{5}When
his
armor
bearer
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
likewise
fell
on
his
sword,
and
died
with
him.
\VS{6}So
Saul
died
with
his
three
sons,
his
armor
bearer,
and
all
his
men
that
same
day
together.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the
men
of
Israel
who
were
on
the
other
side
of
the
valley,
and
those
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
saw
that
the
men
of
Israel
fled
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
were
dead,
they
abandoned
the
cities
and
fled;
and
the
Philistines
came
and
lived
in
them.
\VS{8}On
the
next
day,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
they
found
Saul
and
his
three
sons
fallen
on
Mount
Gilboa.
\VS{9}They
cut
off
his
head,
stripped
off
his
armor,
and
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
all
around,
to
carry
the
news
to
the
house
of
their
idols
and
to
the
people.
\VS{10}They
put
his
armor
in
the
house
of
the
Ashtaroth,
and
they
fastened
his body
to
the
wall
of
Beth Shan.
\VS{11}When
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh
Gilead
heard
what
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
\VS{12}all
the
valiant
men
arose,
went
all
night,
and
took
the body
of
Saul
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons
from
the
wall
of Beth Shan;
and
they
came
to
Jabesh
and
burned
them
there.
\VS{13}They
took
their
bones
and
buried
them
under
the
tamarisk\FTNT{*}{{\FR 31:13 }
or, salt cedar}
tree
in
Jabesh,
and
fasted
seven
days.
\par }