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\BibleBook{The First Book of Samuel}

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\BibleMainTitle{The First Book of Samuel }
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\chapterNumber{1}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Ramathaim Zophim, of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Elkanah|strong="H0511", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elihu|strong="H0453", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tohu|strong="H8459", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zuph|strong="H6689", an|strong="H1961" Ephraimite|strong="H0673". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0802" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802". The|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0802" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H8034" Hannah|strong="H2584", and|strong="H0802" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0259" Peninnah|strong="H6444". Peninnah|strong="H6444" had|strong="H1961" children|strong="H3206", but|strong="H1961" Hannah|strong="H2584" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H0369" children|strong="H3206". 
\verseNumber{3}This|strong="H1931" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" from|strong="H0376" year|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" year|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:3  }When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.} of|strong="H1121" Hosts|strong="H6635" in|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887". The|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" Elkanah|strong="H0511" sacrificed|strong="H2076", he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" portions|strong="H4490" to|strong="H1961" Peninnah|strong="H6444" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323"; 
\verseNumber{5}but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" double|strong="H0639" portion|strong="H4490" to|strong="H3068" Hannah|strong="H2584", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" Hannah|strong="H2584", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" her|strong="H5414" womb|strong="H7358". 
\verseNumber{6}Her|strong="H5462" rival provoked|strong="H3707" her|strong="H5462" severely, to|strong="H3068" irritate|strong="H7481" her|strong="H5462", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" her|strong="H5462" womb|strong="H7358". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" year|strong="H8141" by|strong="H3068" year|strong="H8141", when|strong="H6213" she|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", her|strong="H0398" rival provoked|strong="H3707" her|strong="H0398". Therefore|strong="H3651" she|strong="H3808" wept|strong="H1058", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{8}Elkanah|strong="H0511" her|strong="H0398" husband|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0398", “Hannah|strong="H2584", why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" weep|strong="H1058"? Why|strong="H4100" don’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398"? Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H0398" heart|strong="H3824" grieved? Am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6965" Hannah|strong="H2584" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" after|strong="H0310" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" finished eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drinking|strong="H8354" in|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887". Now|strong="H0310" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" was|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H3678" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorpost|strong="H4201" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" LORD’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964". 
\verseNumber{10}She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" bitterness|strong="H4751" of|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068", weeping|strong="H1058" bitterly|strong="H4751". 
\verseNumber{11}She|strong="H0518" vowed|strong="H5087" a|strong="H5414" vow|strong="H5088", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0376" Hosts|strong="H6635", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" indeed|strong="H0518" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" affliction of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H0519" and|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H0519", but|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H0519" a|strong="H5414" boy, then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" razor shall|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218".” 
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\verseNumber{12}As|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1961" praying|strong="H6419" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", Eli|strong="H5941" saw her|strong="H1961" mouth|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H8085" Hannah|strong="H2584" spoke|strong="H1696" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820". Only|strong="H7535" her|strong="H5921" lips|strong="H8193" moved, but|strong="H7535" her|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085". Therefore Eli|strong="H5941" thought|strong="H3820" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" drunk|strong="H7910". 
\verseNumber{14}Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921" be drunk|strong="H7937"? Get|strong="H5493" rid of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Hannah|strong="H2584" answered|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" sorrowful spirit|strong="H7307". I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" drinking|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0595" poured|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" my|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{16}Don’t|strong="H0408" consider|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H0519" a|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H1100" woman|strong="H1323"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1323" been speaking|strong="H1696" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" abundance|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H5414" complaint|strong="H7879" and|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" provocation.” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6030" Eli|strong="H5941" answered|strong="H0559", “Go in|strong="H0430" peace|strong="H7965"; and|strong="H3478" may|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:17  }The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" grant|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H0430" him|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H1961" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H8198" find|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H6440" sight|strong="H5869".” So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" went|strong="H6440" her|strong="H0802" way|strong="H1870" and|strong="H0398" ate|strong="H0398"; and|strong="H0398" her|strong="H0802" facial expression|strong="H6440" wasn’t sad any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3068" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H0935" worshipped the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", then|strong="H0853" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414". Then|strong="H0853" Elkanah|strong="H0511" knew|strong="H3045" Hannah|strong="H2584" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" remembered|strong="H2142" her|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961", Hannah|strong="H2584" conceived|strong="H2029", and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Samuel|strong="H8050",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:20  }Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.”} saying, “Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" Elkanah|strong="H0511", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" yearly|strong="H3117" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" vow|strong="H5088". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Hannah|strong="H2584" didn’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7200" husband|strong="H0376", “Not|strong="H3808" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" is|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580"; then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0376" appear|strong="H7200" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Elkanah|strong="H0511" her|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0802", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5704". Wait|strong="H3427" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H5869" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H0853"; only|strong="H0389" may|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" establish|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697".” 
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So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" waited and|strong="H1121" nursed|strong="H3243" her|strong="H0802" son|strong="H1121" until|strong="H5704" she|strong="H2896" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H0935", she|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5927" him|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0935", with|strong="H5973" three|strong="H7969" bulls|strong="H6499", and|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" efah\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:24  }1 efah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel} of|strong="H1004" meal|strong="H7058", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" container of|strong="H1004" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" Shiloh|strong="H7887". The|strong="H0834" child|strong="H5288" was|strong="H0834" young|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H0853" bull|strong="H6499", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941". 
\verseNumber{26}She|strong="H5973" said|strong="H0559", “Oh, my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", as|strong="H5315" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5973" here|strong="H2088", praying|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H0834" prayed|strong="H6419" for|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" child|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{28}Therefore|strong="H1571" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" given him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". As|strong="H0834" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" lives|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" given to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".” He|strong="H0834" worshipped the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Hannah|strong="H2584" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", 
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“My|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" exults|strong="H5970" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068"! 
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My|strong="H3068" horn|strong="H7161" is|strong="H3068" exalted|strong="H7311" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068". 
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My|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" is|strong="H3068" enlarged|strong="H7337" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" salvation|strong="H3444". 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" as|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068", 
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for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" besides|strong="H1115" you|strong="H3588", 
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nor|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" any|strong="H0369" rock|strong="H6697" like|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{3}“Don’t|strong="H0408" keep talking|strong="H1696" so|strong="H3808" exceedingly proudly|strong="H1364". 
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Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" arrogance|strong="H6277" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310", 
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for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0410" of|strong="H3068" knowledge|strong="H1844". 
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By|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3318" actions|strong="H5949" are|strong="H3068" weighed|strong="H8505". 
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\verseNumber{4}“The bows|strong="H7198" of|strong="H1368" the mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" are|strong="H1368" broken. 
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Those|strong="H3782" who|strong="H1368" stumbled|strong="H3782" are|strong="H1368" armed with|strong="H2428" strength|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" full|strong="H7649" have|strong="H1121" hired|strong="H7936" themselves out|strong="H5704" for|strong="H3899" bread|strong="H3899". 
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Those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" hungry|strong="H7457" are|strong="H1121" satisfied|strong="H7649". 
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Yes, the|strong="H3205" barren|strong="H6135" has|strong="H1121" borne|strong="H3205" seven|strong="H7651". 
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She|strong="H5704" who|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121" languishes|strong="H0535". 
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\verseNumber{6}“The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" kills|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3068" makes|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2421". 
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He|strong="H3068" brings|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H4191" Sheol|strong="H7585"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:6  }Sheol is the place of the dead.} and|strong="H3068" brings|strong="H3381" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" makes|strong="H6238" poor|strong="H3423" and|strong="H3068" makes|strong="H6238" rich|strong="H6238". 
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He|strong="H3068" brings|strong="H8213" low|strong="H8213", he|strong="H3068" also|strong="H0637" lifts|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311". 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3588" raises|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" poor|strong="H0034" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" dust|strong="H6083". 
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He|strong="H3588" lifts|strong="H7311" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" needy|strong="H0034" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dunghill 
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to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H7896" them|strong="H5921" sit|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" princes|strong="H5081" 
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and|strong="H6965" inherit|strong="H5157" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H0776" glory|strong="H3519". 
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For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H4690" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" LORD’s|strong="H3068". 
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He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" world|strong="H8398" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0376" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H8104" holy|strong="H2623" ones|strong="H2623", 
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but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" will|strong="H0376" be|strong="H3808" put to|strong="H0376" silence in|strong="H0376" darkness|strong="H2822"; 
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for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0376" prevail|strong="H1396" by|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H3581". 
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\verseNumber{10}Those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" strive|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" broken to|strong="H5921" pieces. 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" thunder|strong="H7481" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064". 
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“The|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H1777" the|strong="H5921" ends|strong="H0657" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H5797" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428", 
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and|strong="H3068" exalt|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" horn|strong="H7161" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" anointed|strong="H4899".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Elkanah|strong="H0511" went|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" Ramah|strong="H7414" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". The|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" served|strong="H8334" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{12}Now the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941" were|strong="H1121" wicked|strong="H1100" men|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" custom|strong="H4941" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" was|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" when|strong="H0935" anyone|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H2076" a|strong="H0935" sacrifice|strong="H2077", the|strong="H3605" priest’s|strong="H3548" servant|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935" while|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" was|strong="H0376" boiling|strong="H1310", with|strong="H0854" a|strong="H0935" fork|strong="H4207" of|strong="H0376" three|strong="H7969" teeth|strong="H8127" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" stabbed|strong="H5221" it|strong="H8033" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" pan|strong="H3595", or|strong="H0176" kettle|strong="H1731", or|strong="H0176" cauldron, or|strong="H0176" pot|strong="H6517". The|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" fork|strong="H4207" brought|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" for|strong="H3605" himself. They|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3602" to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0935" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 
\verseNumber{15}Yes|strong="H3588", before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H3588" burnt|strong="H6999" the|strong="H0853" fat|strong="H2459", the|strong="H0853" priest’s|strong="H3548" servant|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" sacrificed|strong="H2076", “Give|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H0559" roast|strong="H6740" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" boiled|strong="H1310" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" raw|strong="H2416".” 
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\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" fat|strong="H2459" be|strong="H3808" burnt|strong="H6999" first|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H6258" take|strong="H3947" as|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5414" soul|strong="H5315" desires|strong="H8378";” then|strong="H6258" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H6258"; and|strong="H3117" if|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" by|strong="H0413" force|strong="H2394".” 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" despised|strong="H5006" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" ministered|strong="H8334" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", being a|strong="H3068" child|strong="H5288", clothed|strong="H2296" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" linen|strong="H0906" ephod|strong="H0646". 
\verseNumber{19}Moreover his|strong="H0376" mother|strong="H0517" made|strong="H6213" him|strong="H0853" a|strong="H2076" little|strong="H6996" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5927" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0853" from|strong="H0376" year|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0376" year|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" she|strong="H0517" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H3117" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" offer|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" yearly|strong="H3117" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{20}Eli|strong="H5941" blessed|strong="H1288" Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “May|strong="H3068" The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7760" you|strong="H0834" offspring|strong="H2233"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:20  }or, seed} from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" petition|strong="H7596" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".” Then|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H3068" own home|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" visited|strong="H6485" Hannah|strong="H2584", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" conceived|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". The|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1431" before|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{22}Now|strong="H8085" Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" how|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" served|strong="H6633" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H1121" Meeting|strong="H4150". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697"? For|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" dealings|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{24}No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" report|strong="H8052" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085"! You|strong="H0834" make|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" disobey. 
\verseNumber{25}If|strong="H0518" one|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" another|strong="H0376", God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" judge him|strong="H6963"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068", who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H3068" intercede|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6963"?” Notwithstanding, they|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" intended to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3068" child|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" increased in|strong="H1980" favour both|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1980" also|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" men|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{27}A|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Did|strong="H0376" I|strong="H3541" reveal|strong="H1540" myself to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714" in|strong="H0935" bondage to|strong="H0413" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" house|strong="H1004"? 
\verseNumber{28}Didn’t I|strong="H5414" choose|strong="H0977" him|strong="H5414" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", to|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004", to|strong="H5921" wear|strong="H5927" an|strong="H5414" ephod|strong="H0646" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414"? Didn’t I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H0801" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" made|strong="H5414" by|strong="H0801" fire|strong="H0801"? 
\verseNumber{29}Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0834" kick|strong="H1163" at|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503", which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" in|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" habitation|strong="H4583", and|strong="H1121" honour your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" above|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480", to|strong="H3478" make|strong="H3513" yourselves|strong="H3605" fat with|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" best of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"?’ 
\verseNumber{30}“Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" indeed|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" should|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769".’ But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Far|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3478" it|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440"; for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" honour me|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honour, and|strong="H1980" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H0959" me|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3478" cursed|strong="H7043". 
\verseNumber{31}Behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:31  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1438" off|strong="H1438" your|strong="H0935" arm|strong="H2220" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" arm|strong="H2220" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H0935" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H5027" the|strong="H3605" affliction of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" habitation|strong="H4583", in|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wealth|strong="H3808" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478". There|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" forever|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" yours whom I|strong="H5315" don’t|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" from|strong="H3772" my|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H0376" consume|strong="H3615" your|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:33  }or, blind your eyes with tears} and|strong="H1004" grieve|strong="H0109" your|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H5315". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" increase|strong="H4768" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" will|strong="H0376" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" flower of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" age. 
\verseNumber{34}This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0834" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H3117" your|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", on|strong="H3117" Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372": in|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" both|strong="H8147" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{35}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H1129" faithful|strong="H0539" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H1004" myself|strong="H5315" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H1980" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3824". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" build|strong="H1129" him|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1129" sure|strong="H0539" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3605" anointed|strong="H4899" forever|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{36}It|strong="H0398" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" left|strong="H3498" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0935" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" put|strong="H0935" me|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests’ offices|strong="H3550", that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0259" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" a|strong="H1961" morsel|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899".”’” 
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\chapterNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" ministered|strong="H8334" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Eli|strong="H5941". The|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" was|strong="H0369" rare|strong="H3368" in|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117". There|strong="H0369" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H0369" many visions|strong="H2377", then|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{2}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1961" laid|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" in|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" (now|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869" had|strong="H1961" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1961" grow dim|strong="H3544", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"), 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" lamp|strong="H5216" hadn’t yet|strong="H2962" gone|strong="H3518" out|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964" where|strong="H0834" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" was|strong="H0834", 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3588" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H0413".” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121". Lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H7725".” 
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He|strong="H3588" went|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" yet|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750", “Samuel|strong="H8050"!” 
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Samuel|strong="H8050" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H0413".” 
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He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121", my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121". Lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H5750".” 
\verseNumber{7}Now Samuel|strong="H8050" didn’t yet|strong="H2962" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", neither was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" yet|strong="H2962" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H0559" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992". He|strong="H3588" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H0413".” 
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Eli|strong="H5941" perceived|strong="H0995" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{9}Therefore|strong="H3068" Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Go|strong="H1961", lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901". It|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961", if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3588" calls|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Speak|strong="H1696", LORD|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" hears|strong="H8085".’” So|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3068" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H3320", and|strong="H0935" called|strong="H7121" as|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3068" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471", “Samuel|strong="H8050"! Samuel|strong="H8050"!” 
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Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Speak|strong="H1696"; for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" hears|strong="H8085".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" a|strong="H8085" thing|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" hears|strong="H8085" it|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" tingle|strong="H6750". 
\verseNumber{12}In|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" perform against|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" beginning|strong="H2490" even|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0853" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" judge|strong="H8199" his|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" forever|strong="H5769" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" iniquity|strong="H5771" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H7043" a|strong="H3588" curse|strong="H7043" on|strong="H1004" themselves|strong="H5771", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" restrain them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{14}Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5771" sworn|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Eli|strong="H5941" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5704" iniquity|strong="H5771" of|strong="H1004" Eli’s|strong="H5941" house|strong="H1004" shall|strong="H1004" not|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1004" removed with|strong="H1004" sacrifice|strong="H2077" or|strong="H0518" offering|strong="H4503" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" lay|strong="H7901" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H0413" show|strong="H5046" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H0853" vision|strong="H4759". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0853" Eli|strong="H5941" called|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Samuel|strong="H8050", my|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121"!” 
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He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005".” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0430" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834"? Please|strong="H4994" don’t|strong="H0408" hide|strong="H3582" it|strong="H0518" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413". God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H4480" also|strong="H3541", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0834" hide|strong="H3582" anything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0853" every|strong="H3605" bit, and|strong="H3068" hid|strong="H3582" nothing|strong="H3808" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H0853". 
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He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". Let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0853" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" seems|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1431", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H1961" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" Dan|strong="H1835" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" established|strong="H0539" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" again|strong="H3254" in|strong="H0413" Shiloh|strong="H7887"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" revealed|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050" in|strong="H0413" Shiloh|strong="H7887" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
\chapterNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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Now|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" to|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" beside|strong="H5921" Ebenezer|strong="H0072"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" Aphek|strong="H0663". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" put themselves in|strong="H3478" array|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7122" Israel|strong="H3478". When|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" joined battle|strong="H4421", Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430", who|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H5221" four|strong="H0702" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H4634" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264", the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5062" us|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"? Let’s get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887" and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3947" may|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" amongst us|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H5375" from|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" Hosts|strong="H6635", who|strong="H3068" sits|strong="H3427" above the|strong="H0853" cherubim|strong="H3742"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" shouted|strong="H7321" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" shout|strong="H7321", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" resounded|strong="H1949". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" shout|strong="H8643", they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1419" shout|strong="H8643" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Hebrews|strong="H5680" mean?” They|strong="H3588" understood|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264".” They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Woe|strong="H0188" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413"! For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" has|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H2063" before|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}Woe|strong="H0188" to|strong="H4714" us|strong="H5337"! Who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H4310" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5337" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" these|strong="H0428" mighty|strong="H0117" gods|strong="H0430"? These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3605" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" plagues|strong="H4347" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{9}Be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H0376" behave like|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376", O you|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" not|strong="H6435" be|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5647" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" Hebrews|strong="H5680", as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834". Strengthen|strong="H2388" yourselves like|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" fight|strong="H3898"!” 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430" fought|strong="H3898", and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5062", and|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347"; for|strong="H0376" thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" fell|strong="H5307". 
\verseNumber{11}God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" was|strong="H0430" taken|strong="H3947"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", were|strong="H1121" slain. 
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\verseNumber{12}A|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" ran|strong="H7323" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H4634" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shiloh|strong="H7887" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H4055" torn|strong="H7167" and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5921" dirt|strong="H0127" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935", behold|strong="H2009", Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" seat|strong="H3678" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" watching|strong="H6822", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" trembled for|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H8085" Eli|strong="H5941" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" crying|strong="H6963", he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0376" this|strong="H2088" tumult|strong="H1995" mean?” 
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The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" hurried|strong="H4116", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" Eli|strong="H5941". 
\verseNumber{15}Now Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1121" ninety-eight years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". His|strong="H7200" eyes|strong="H5869" were|strong="H1121" set|strong="H6965", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Eli|strong="H5941", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" he|strong="H3117" who|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H4634", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" fled|strong="H5127" today|strong="H3117" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H4634".” 
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He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0559" matter|strong="H1697" go|strong="H0935", my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0430" who|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0559" news|strong="H1319" answered|strong="H0559", “Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H0430" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" has|strong="H0430" been|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4046" amongst the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971". Your|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", are|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" has|strong="H0430" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" made|strong="H1961" mention|strong="H2142" of|strong="H0376" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727", Eli|strong="H5307" fell|strong="H5307" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H3678" backward|strong="H0322" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" side|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179"; and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H4665" broke|strong="H7665", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2204" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3478" heavy|strong="H3515". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{19}His|strong="H5921" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", Phinehas’ wife|strong="H0802", was|strong="H0430" with|strong="H0413" child|strong="H2030", near|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205". When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" news|strong="H8052" that|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" was|strong="H0430" taken|strong="H3947" and|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" father-in-law|strong="H2524" and|strong="H0430" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" dead|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" bowed|strong="H3766" herself|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205"; for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" pains came|strong="H0413" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{20}About|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5921" death|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" women who|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H4191" afraid|strong="H3372", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121".” But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030", neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" regard|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H5288" Ichabod|strong="H0350",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:21  }“Ichabod” means “no glory”.} saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" glory|strong="H3519" has|strong="H0430" departed|strong="H1540" from|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478"!” because|strong="H0413" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" was|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3478" because|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0376" her|strong="H0413" father-in-law|strong="H2524" and|strong="H3478" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" glory|strong="H3519" has|strong="H0430" departed|strong="H1540" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"; for|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" has|strong="H0430" been taken|strong="H3947".” 
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\chapterNumber{5}Now|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H0430" taken|strong="H3947" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3947" from|strong="H0935" Ebenezer|strong="H0072" to|strong="H0935" Ashdod|strong="H0795". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" took|strong="H3947" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3322" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" and|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3322" by|strong="H0935" Dagon|strong="H1712". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Ashdod|strong="H0796" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", behold|strong="H2009", Dagon|strong="H1712" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H3947" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727". They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" Dagon|strong="H1712" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3947" place|strong="H4725" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H5921" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" following|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", behold|strong="H2009", Dagon|strong="H1712" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H0776" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0776" Dagon|strong="H1712" and|strong="H3068" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H6440" palms|strong="H3709" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" threshold|strong="H4670". Only|strong="H7535" Dagon’s|strong="H1712" torso was|strong="H3068" intact|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}Therefore|strong="H3651" neither|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" nor|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Dagon’s|strong="H1712" house|strong="H1004" step on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" threshold|strong="H4670" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" in|strong="H5921" Ashdod|strong="H0795" to|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3513" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3068" heavy|strong="H3513" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people of|strong="H3068" Ashdod|strong="H0795", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" tumours, even|strong="H0853" Ashdod|strong="H0795" and|strong="H3068" its|strong="H0853" borders|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Ashdod|strong="H0795" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" so|strong="H3651", they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" is|strong="H0430" severe|strong="H7185" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" on|strong="H5921" Dagon|strong="H1712" our|strong="H5921" god|strong="H0430".” 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0559" sent|strong="H7971" therefore|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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They|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" carried|strong="H6213" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gath|strong="H1661".” They|strong="H0559" carried|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{9}It|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3068" after|strong="H0310" they|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3068" carried it|strong="H5704" there|strong="H1961", the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" against|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" confusion|strong="H4103"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0310" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", both small|strong="H6996" and|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" tumours broke|strong="H8368" out|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0559" sent|strong="H7971" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" to|strong="H0413" Ekron|strong="H6138". 
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As|strong="H1961" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ekron|strong="H6138", the|strong="H0853" Ekronites|strong="H6139" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H7971", saying|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H0559" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" here|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" our|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971".” 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" therefore|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3478" let|strong="H7971" it|strong="H3588" go|strong="H7971" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971".” For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" deadly|strong="H4194" panic|strong="H4103" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". The|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" heavy|strong="H3513" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" were|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" tumours; and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H0834" cry|strong="H7775" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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\chapterNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Philistines|strong="H6430" seven|strong="H7651" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" diviners|strong="H7080", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3548" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727"? Show|strong="H3045" us|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H4100" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0559" its|strong="H3045" place|strong="H4725".” 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" send|strong="H7971" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", don’t|strong="H0408" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H0518" empty|strong="H7387"; but|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3045" means|strong="H3027" return|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3588" trespass offering|strong="H0817" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971". Then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H3808" healed|strong="H7495", and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" his|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0559" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" trespass offering|strong="H0817" be|strong="H7725" which|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H0834" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7725"?” 
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They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Five|strong="H2568" golden|strong="H2091" tumours and|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" golden|strong="H2091" mice|strong="H5909", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"; for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" plague|strong="H4046" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0259" you|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605", and|strong="H7725" on|strong="H0259" your|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633". 
\verseNumber{5}Therefore|strong="H0776" you|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3478" make|strong="H5414" images|strong="H6754" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" tumours and|strong="H3478" images|strong="H6754" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" mice|strong="H5909" that|strong="H3478" mar the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" glory|strong="H3519" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478". Perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" release his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" from|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", from|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0853" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0834" harden|strong="H3513" your|strong="H0834" hearts|strong="H3820" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4713" and|strong="H7971" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" hardened|strong="H3513" their|strong="H7971" hearts|strong="H3820"? When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" worked wonderfully amongst them|strong="H0853", didn’t|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" go|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0834" departed? 
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\verseNumber{7}“Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" take|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" prepare|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" milk cows|strong="H6510" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" there|strong="H5927" has|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" no|strong="H3808" yoke|strong="H5923"; and|strong="H1121" tie|strong="H0631" the|strong="H0853" cows|strong="H6510" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3947" calves|strong="H1121" home|strong="H1004" from|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0853"; 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1980" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" and|strong="H1980" lay|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699". Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" jewels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" return|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" trespass offering|strong="H0817", in|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3947" box|strong="H0712" by|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5414" side|strong="H6654"; and|strong="H1980" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7760" away|strong="H7971", that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H7760" may|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{9}Behold|strong="H7200", if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H1931" goes|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3027" its|strong="H0853" own|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" to|strong="H1961" Beth Shemesh, then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" us|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1419" evil|strong="H7451"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808", then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1366" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" struck|strong="H5060" us|strong="H3045". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" chance|strong="H4745" that|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" milk cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H1121" tied|strong="H0631" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" shut|strong="H3607" up|strong="H0853" their|strong="H3947" calves|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" box|strong="H0712" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" mice|strong="H5909" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" images|strong="H6754" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" tumours. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" cows|strong="H6510" took|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" straight|strong="H3474" way|strong="H1870" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5704" Beth Shemesh. They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" highway|strong="H4546", lowing|strong="H1600" as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" Beth Shemesh. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" Beth Shemesh were|strong="H5869" reaping their|strong="H5375" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105" in|strong="H8055" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010"; and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H5375" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H5869" rejoiced|strong="H8055" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091" of|strong="H3068" Beth Shemesh, and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033", where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H0935" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068". Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H8033" split|strong="H1234" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" cart|strong="H5699" and|strong="H0935" offered|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" cows|strong="H6510" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" took|strong="H0853" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" box|strong="H0712" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" it|strong="H7760", in|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" jewels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H0376" gold|strong="H2091" were|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Beth Shemesh offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" five|strong="H2568" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H6430" seen|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931", they|strong="H3117" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Ekron|strong="H6138" the|strong="H7200" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" golden|strong="H2091" tumours which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" returned|strong="H7725" for|strong="H0259" a|strong="H0834" trespass offering|strong="H0817" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068": for|strong="H0259" Ashdod|strong="H0795" one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Gaza|strong="H5804" one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Ashkelon|strong="H0831" one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Gath|strong="H1661" one|strong="H0259", for|strong="H0259" Ekron|strong="H6138" one|strong="H0259"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" mice|strong="H5909", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" belonging to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" lords|strong="H5633", both|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" fortified|strong="H4013" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" country|strong="H7704" villages|strong="H3724", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" set|strong="H0834" down|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727". That|strong="H0834" stone|strong="H0834" remains to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091" of|strong="H3068" Beth Shemesh. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3588" struck|strong="H5221" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Beth Shemesh, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727", he|strong="H3588" struck|strong="H5221" fifty|strong="H2572" thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H3068" seventy|strong="H7657" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376". Then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" mourned|strong="H0056", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Beth Shemesh said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", this|strong="H2088" holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H0430"? To|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Kiriath|strong="H7157" Jearim, saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727". Come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" yourselves|strong="H3068".” 
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\chapterNumber{7}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Kiriath|strong="H7157" Jearim came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H6942" into|strong="H0413" Abinadab’s house|strong="H1004" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H1389", and|strong="H1121" consecrated|strong="H6942" Eleazar|strong="H0499" his|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{2}From|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Kiriath|strong="H7157" Jearim, the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117"—for|strong="H1004" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141"; and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" lamented|strong="H5091" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}Samuel|strong="H8050" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3478" returning|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824", then|strong="H0853" put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" foreign|strong="H5236" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252" from|strong="H7725" amongst you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3068" direct|strong="H3559" your|strong="H3068" hearts|strong="H3824" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0413" only|strong="H0905"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H0859" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{5}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Gather|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H8033" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0559" Mizpah|strong="H4709", and|strong="H1121" drew|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H1121" poured|strong="H8210" it|strong="H1931" out|strong="H8210" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" fasted|strong="H6684" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" there|strong="H8033", “We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".” Samuel|strong="H8050" judged|strong="H8199" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3068" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" at|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709", the|strong="H6440" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Don’t|strong="H0408" stop|strong="H0408" crying|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
\verseNumber{9}Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" suckling|strong="H2461" lamb|strong="H2924", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" it|strong="H3947" for|strong="H1157" a|strong="H3947" whole|strong="H3632" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068". Samuel|strong="H8050" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{10}As|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927", the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"; but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" thundered|strong="H7481" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" thunder|strong="H6963" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3068" confused|strong="H2000" them|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" struck|strong="H5062" down|strong="H5062" before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" Mizpah|strong="H4709" and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0376" came|strong="H3318" under|strong="H8478" Beth Kar. 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" between|strong="H0996" Mizpah|strong="H4709" and|strong="H3068" Shen|strong="H8129", and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" its|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" Ebenezer|strong="H0072",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:12  }“Ebenezer” means “stone of help”.} saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" us|strong="H7760" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H2008".” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H1961" subdued|strong="H3665", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3117" stopped|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" within|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" against|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" restored|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H7725" Ekron|strong="H6138" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661"; and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" recovered|strong="H7725" its|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" Amorites|strong="H0567". 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0853" went|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" year|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1980" year|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3478" circuit|strong="H5437" to|strong="H1980" Bethel|strong="H1008", Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H1980" Mizpah|strong="H4709"; and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0853" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" places|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{17}His|strong="H3068" return|strong="H8666" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Ramah|strong="H7414", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
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\chapterNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" sons|strong="H1121" judges|strong="H8199" over|strong="H0853" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" firstborn|strong="H1060" was|strong="H8034" Joel|strong="H3100", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" second|strong="H4932", Abijah|strong="H0029". They|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1961" judges|strong="H8199" in|strong="H1121" Beersheba|strong="H0884". 
\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" didn’t|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3947" ways|strong="H1870", but|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H5186" away|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" dishonest|strong="H1215" gain|strong="H1215", took|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810", and|strong="H1980" perverted|strong="H5186" justice|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1121" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" don’t|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870". Now|strong="H6258" make|strong="H7760" us|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" judge|strong="H8199" us|strong="H0413" like|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471".” 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" thing|strong="H1697" displeased|strong="H7489" Samuel|strong="H8050" when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" judge|strong="H8199" us|strong="H5414".” 
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Samuel|strong="H8050" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" rejected|strong="H3988" you|strong="H0834", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" rejected|strong="H3988" me|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}According to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" since|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H1992" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" Egypt|strong="H4714" even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", in|strong="H0430" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0834" forsaken me|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0430" served|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963". However|strong="H0389", you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" protest solemnly|strong="H5749" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" shall|strong="H0834" show|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H4941" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834": he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" appoint|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0853" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" servants, for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H4818" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" horsemen|strong="H6571"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H4818". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" appoint|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H4421" him|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3627" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" thousands|strong="H0505" and|strong="H7393" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" fifties|strong="H2572"; and|strong="H7393" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" assign|strong="H7760" some to|strong="H4421" plough his|strong="H7760" ground and|strong="H7393" to|strong="H4421" reap|strong="H7114" his|strong="H7760" harvest|strong="H7105"; and|strong="H7393" to|strong="H4421" make|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" instruments|strong="H3627" of|strong="H8269" war|strong="H4421" and|strong="H7393" the|strong="H7760" instruments|strong="H3627" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H7760" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0853" will|strong="H1323" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1323" be perfumers|strong="H7548", to|strong="H1323" be cooks|strong="H2879", and|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1323" be bakers|strong="H0644". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704", your|strong="H5414" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" olive|strong="H2132" groves|strong="H2132", even|strong="H0853" your|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2896", and|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H6237" one|strong="H2233" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" seed|strong="H2233" and|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" officers|strong="H5631" and|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" male|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650", your|strong="H3947" female|strong="H8198" servants|strong="H5650", your|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2896" young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0970", and|strong="H5650" your|strong="H3947" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H5650" assign them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3947" own work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{17}He will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H1961" flocks|strong="H6629"; and|strong="H5650" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977" for|strong="H3117" yourselves|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0559" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{20}that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H0587" also|strong="H1571" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471"; and|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" may|strong="H1961" judge|strong="H8199" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" fight|strong="H3898" our|strong="H3605" battles|strong="H4421".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Samuel|strong="H8050" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" rehearsed them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H8085" them|strong="H0413" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428".” 
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Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “Everyone|strong="H0376" go to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H0376" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\chapterNumber{9}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin, whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Kish|strong="H7027" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeror, the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Becorath|strong="H1064", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aphiah, the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" Benjamite, a|strong="H1961" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" valour. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H4480" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Saul|strong="H7586", an|strong="H1961" impressive|strong="H2896" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H8034" not|strong="H0369" amongst the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" more|strong="H4480" handsome|strong="H2896" person|strong="H0376" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480". From|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H7926" and|strong="H1121" upward|strong="H4605" he|strong="H4480" was|strong="H8034" taller|strong="H1364" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" donkeys|strong="H0860" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027", Saul’s|strong="H7586" father|strong="H0001", were|strong="H1121" lost|strong="H0006". Kish|strong="H7027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", “Now|strong="H4994" take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5288" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H6965" look|strong="H1245" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" donkeys|strong="H0860".” 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4672" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0776" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H0776" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4672" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Shalishah|strong="H8031", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672". Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4672" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Shaalim|strong="H8171", and|strong="H0776" they|strong="H3808" weren’t there|strong="H0369". Then|strong="H5674" he|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4672" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H4672" Benjamites, but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Zuph|strong="H6689", Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0935", “Come|strong="H0935"! Let’s return|strong="H7725", lest|strong="H6435" my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" stop|strong="H2308" caring about|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" donkeys|strong="H0860" and|strong="H0935" be|strong="H0776" anxious|strong="H1672" for|strong="H0776" us|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" servant said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Behold|strong="H2009" now|strong="H6258", there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" held|strong="H3513" in|strong="H5921" honour. All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" says|strong="H0559" surely|strong="H1980" happens. Now|strong="H6258" let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033". Perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H4994" which|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H1980".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H0376" servant|strong="H5288", “But|strong="H3588" behold|strong="H2009", if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" go|strong="H0935", what|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376"? For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" bread|strong="H3899" is|strong="H0369" spent in|strong="H0935" our|strong="H0430" sacks, and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3588" present|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430". What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5288" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" again|strong="H3254" and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0430" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" fourth|strong="H7253" part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5414" shekel|strong="H8255"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{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|strong="H0376" silver|strong="H3701". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H0430" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0559" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870".” 
\verseNumber{9}(In|strong="H0430" earlier times|strong="H3117" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" enquire of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Come! Let’s go to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" seer;” for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0430" now|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" was|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" called|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" seer.) 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5288", “Well|strong="H2896" said|strong="H0559". Come! Let’s go.” So|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" ascent|strong="H4608" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", they|strong="H1992" found|strong="H4672" young|strong="H5291" maidens|strong="H5291" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" draw|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H4325" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1992", “Is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" seer here|strong="H2088"?” 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426". Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". Hurry|strong="H4116" now|strong="H6258", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935" today|strong="H3117" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" today|strong="H3117" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4672" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" immediately find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0853" before|strong="H2962" he|strong="H1931" goes|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" to|strong="H0935" eat|strong="H0398"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" comes|strong="H0935", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" blesses|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077". Afterwards|strong="H0310" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3117" invited|strong="H7121" eat|strong="H0398". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H3651" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927"; for|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3651" time|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892". As|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" within|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892", behold|strong="H2009", Samuel|strong="H8050" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" towards them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116". 
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\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0559" Samuel|strong="H8050" a|strong="H0935" day|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{16}“Tomorrow|strong="H4279" about|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3478" anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H0376" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" save|strong="H3467" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0376" looked|strong="H7200" upon|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H6818" has|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H0834" Samuel|strong="H8050" saw|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586", the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834"! He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" authority over|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H2088" Saul|strong="H7586" approached|strong="H5066" Samuel|strong="H8050" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" gateway|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" where|strong="H0335" the|strong="H0853" seer’s house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Samuel|strong="H8050" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0398" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H3605" seer. Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116", for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7971" today|strong="H3117". In|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0398" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H0860" who|strong="H4310" were|strong="H3478" lost|strong="H0006" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117", don’t|strong="H0408" set|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3820" on|strong="H3117" them|strong="H0853", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672". For|strong="H3588" whom|strong="H4310" does|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" desire|strong="H2532"? Is|strong="H4310" it|strong="H7760" not|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}Saul|strong="H7586" answered|strong="H0559", “Am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1696" Benjamite|strong="H1145", of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" smallest of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478"? And|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" the|strong="H3605" least|strong="H6810" of|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" families|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1697" Benjamin|strong="H1144"? Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H6030" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" like|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" guest room|strong="H4725", and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" sit|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" best|strong="H7218" place|strong="H4725" amongst those|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" invited|strong="H7121", who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" about|strong="H0935" thirty|strong="H7970" persons|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{23}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" cook|strong="H2876", “Bring|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" portion|strong="H4490" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834", of|strong="H0559" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", ‘Set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" aside|strong="H5973".’” 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0853" cook|strong="H2876" took|strong="H0853" up|strong="H7311" the|strong="H0853" thigh|strong="H7785", and|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H0398" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586". Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3117" been reserved|strong="H7604"! Set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" before|strong="H6440" yourself|strong="H5973" and|strong="H0398" eat|strong="H0398"; because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7760" has|strong="H3117" been kept|strong="H8104" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" appointed|strong="H4150" time|strong="H3117", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" invited|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971".’” So|strong="H7121" Saul|strong="H7586" ate|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" Samuel|strong="H8050" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H1696" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H7586" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H5921" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" housetop|strong="H1406". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H0559" arose|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925"; and|strong="H6965" about|strong="H1961" daybreak|strong="H7837", Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" housetop|strong="H1406", saying|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927", that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H0559" may|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971".” Saul|strong="H7586" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0559" both|strong="H8147" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H2351", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050", together. 
\verseNumber{27}As|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" going|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" on|strong="H3117" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0430" us|strong="H0413".” He|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3381" ahead|strong="H6440", then|strong="H0853" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H0859" stand|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975" first|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" may|strong="H0430" cause|strong="H1697" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" hear|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="H1697".” 
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\chapterNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" vial of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H3332" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", then|strong="H3947" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Hasn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" inheritance|strong="H5159"? 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" departed|strong="H1980" from|strong="H0376" me|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117", then|strong="H1980" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" find|strong="H4672" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" by|strong="H0413" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" tomb|strong="H6900", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" at|strong="H0413" Zelzah|strong="H6766". They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834", ‘The|strong="H0853" donkeys|strong="H0860" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" look|strong="H2009" for|strong="H0413" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672"; and|strong="H1980" behold|strong="H2009", your|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001" has|strong="H0834" stopped caring about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" donkeys|strong="H0860" and|strong="H1980" is|strong="H0834" anxious|strong="H1672" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" my|strong="H1245" son|strong="H1121"?”’ 
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\verseNumber{3}“Then|strong="H0935" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H0430" go|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" forward|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" oak|strong="H0436" of|strong="H0376" Tabor|strong="H8396". Three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0430" meet|strong="H4672" you|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033" going|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" Bethel|strong="H1008": one|strong="H0259" carrying|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" young|strong="H1423" goats|strong="H1423", and|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0259" carrying|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H0376" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0259" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H4672" container of|strong="H0376" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" greet|strong="H7965" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899", which|strong="H3899" you|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3027" receive|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{5}“After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" garrison|strong="H5333" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" is|strong="H0834"; and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3651" will|strong="H0430" happen|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" meet|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" band of|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5030" coming|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" with|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" lute, a|strong="H1961" tambourine|strong="H8596", a|strong="H1961" pipe, and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" harp|strong="H3658" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" prophesying|strong="H5012". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H2015" mightily on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", then|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" prophesy|strong="H5012" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H2015" into|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}Let|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" these|strong="H0428" signs|strong="H0226" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" appropriate|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" occasion|strong="H3027"; for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834". 
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\verseNumber{8}“Go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" sacrifice|strong="H2077" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H3117" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002". Wait|strong="H3176" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" show|strong="H3045" you|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{9}It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3605" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" turned|strong="H6437" his|strong="H3605" back|strong="H6437" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050", God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973" another|strong="H0312" heart|strong="H3820"; and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" signs|strong="H0226" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H1389", behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H0935" band of|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5030" met|strong="H7122" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" mightily on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H8033" prophesied|strong="H5012" amongst them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" him|strong="H0413" before|strong="H0413" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3045", behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0376" prophesied|strong="H5012" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030", then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3045" has|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027"? Is|strong="H2088" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" amongst the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030"?” 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" same|strong="H3651" place|strong="H1961" answered|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" their|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001"?” Therefore|strong="H3651" it|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" proverb|strong="H4912", “Is|strong="H4310" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" amongst the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030"?” 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0935" finished|strong="H3615" prophesying|strong="H5012", he|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116". 
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\verseNumber{14}Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5288", “Where|strong="H0575" did|strong="H5288" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “To|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0853" donkeys|strong="H0860". When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" found|strong="H0369", we|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5046".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" uncle|strong="H1730", “He|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H0413" plainly|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" donkeys|strong="H0860" were|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672".” But|strong="H3588" concerning|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4410", of|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" Samuel|strong="H8050" spoke|strong="H0559", he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{17}Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H6817" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", “The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559" ‘I|strong="H0595" brought|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0595" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" that|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" you|strong="H3605".’ 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117" rejected|strong="H3988" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" himself|strong="H1931" saves|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0859" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" calamities|strong="H6869" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" distresses; and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", ‘No|strong="H3605"! Set|strong="H7760" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"!’ Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" present|strong="H3320" yourselves|strong="H0859" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" thousands|strong="H0505".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H7126" Samuel|strong="H8050" brought|strong="H7126" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" near|strong="H7126", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Benjamin|strong="H1144" was|strong="H3478" chosen. 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0853" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" near|strong="H7126" by|strong="H3808" their|strong="H1245" families|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Matrites was|strong="H7586" chosen. Then|strong="H0853" Saul|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" was|strong="H7586" chosen; but|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" looked|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" him|strong="H0853", he|strong="H3808" could not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{22}Therefore|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0376" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" further|strong="H5750", “Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H2009" yet|strong="H5750" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" here|strong="H2009"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" hidden|strong="H2244" himself|strong="H1931" amongst the|strong="H0559" baggage|strong="H3627".” 
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\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H8033" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H8033" got|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033". When|strong="H1361" he|strong="H8033" stood|strong="H3320" amongst the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3605" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H7926" and|strong="H8033" upward|strong="H4605". 
\verseNumber{24}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “Do|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H0413" amongst all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"?” 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Long|strong="H0413" live|strong="H2421" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410", and|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789" it|strong="H1696" in|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7971" book|strong="H5612" and|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H7971" it|strong="H1696" up|strong="H0853" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". Samuel|strong="H8050" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{26}Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" Gibeah|strong="H1390"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", whose|strong="H0834" hearts|strong="H3820" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0834" touched|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" certain worthless|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4100" could|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1121" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0935"?” They|strong="H3808" despised|strong="H0959" him|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" no|strong="H3808" tribute|strong="H4503". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" held|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" peace. 
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\chapterNumber{11}Then|strong="H0559" Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H3605" Ammonite|strong="H5984" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0376" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568"; and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Nahash|strong="H5176", “Make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0376" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H3605" Ammonite|strong="H5984" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “On|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" condition I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3478" make|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605", that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" eyes|strong="H5869" be|strong="H3478" gouged|strong="H5365" out|strong="H5921". I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3478" make|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2063" dishonour all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Give us|strong="H0413" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H0518" may|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H3318", if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413", we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0518".” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0935" spoke|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", then|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H0935" wept|strong="H1058". 
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\verseNumber{5}Behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935" following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" ails the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" weep|strong="H1058"?” They|strong="H3588" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003". 
\verseNumber{6}God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H7307" mightily on|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" when|strong="H8085" he|strong="H0430" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" anger|strong="H0639" burnt hot. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" yoke|strong="H6776" of|strong="H0376" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H5408" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408", then|strong="H3318" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" messengers|strong="H4397", saying|strong="H0559", “Whoever|strong="H3605" doesn’t come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" after|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3068" after|strong="H0310" Samuel|strong="H8050", so|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241".” The|strong="H3605" dread|strong="H6343" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0376" counted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Bezek|strong="H0966"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" messengers|strong="H4397" who|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935", “Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568", ‘Tomorrow|strong="H4279", by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" time|strong="H4279" the|strong="H0559" sun|strong="H8121" is|strong="H0376" hot|strong="H2527", you|strong="H5046" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" rescued.’” The|strong="H0559" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" glad|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{10}Therefore the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003" said|strong="H0559", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0376" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H0376" you|strong="H3605" shall|strong="H0376" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" seems|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" watch|strong="H0821", and|strong="H0935" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Ammonites|strong="H5983" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" heat|strong="H2527" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117". Those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H7604" remained|strong="H7604" were|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H0853" were|strong="H1961" left|strong="H7604" together|strong="H3162". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" he|strong="H5414" who|strong="H4310" said|strong="H0559", ‘Shall|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414"?’ Bring|strong="H5414" those|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376", that|strong="H0559" we|strong="H4191" may|strong="H0376" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" today|strong="H3117"; for|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0559" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", “Come! Let’s go to|strong="H0413" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H8033" renew|strong="H2318" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4410" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" Gilgal|strong="H1537"; and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" made|strong="H8055" Saul|strong="H7586" king|strong="H4427" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H0376" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" rejoiced|strong="H8055" greatly|strong="H3966". 
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\chapterNumber{12}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="H6258", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" walks|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1980" grey-headed. Behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H6258" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3117" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H6440". I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" walked|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H6258" youth|strong="H5271" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{3}Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068". Witness|strong="H5869" against|strong="H5048" me|strong="H7725" before|strong="H5048" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5048" his|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899". Whose|strong="H4310" ox|strong="H7794" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" taken|strong="H3947"? Whose|strong="H4310" donkey|strong="H2543" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" taken|strong="H3947"? Whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" defrauded|strong="H6231"? Whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" oppressed|strong="H6231"? Of|strong="H3068" whose|strong="H4310" hand|strong="H3027" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" taken|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bribe|strong="H3724" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" blind|strong="H5956" my|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869"? I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" restore|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" defrauded|strong="H6231" us|strong="H0559", nor|strong="H3808" oppressed|strong="H6231" us|strong="H0559", neither|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0376" you|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" anything|strong="H3972" from|strong="H0376" anyone’s hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899" is|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707" today|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" anything|strong="H3972" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707".” 
\verseNumber{6}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" who|strong="H0834" appointed Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" stand|strong="H3320" still, that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" plead|strong="H8199" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" concerning|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6666" acts|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{8}“When|strong="H0834" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H0935" Aaron|strong="H0175", who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H0834" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3068" forgot|strong="H7911" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Sisera|strong="H5516", captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674", and|strong="H3068" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3027" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forsaken the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"; but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H2199" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588".’ 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378", Bedan|strong="H0917", Jephthah|strong="H3316", and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", and|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" on|strong="H3427" every|strong="H5439" side|strong="H5439"; and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" safety|strong="H0983". 
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\verseNumber{12}“When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Nahash|strong="H5176" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" came|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5921", ‘No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" shall|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921",’ when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" see|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977" and|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5921". Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" fear|strong="H3372" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rebel|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", then|strong="H1961" both|strong="H1571" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" reigns|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" followers of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" LORD’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963", but|strong="H0518" rebel|strong="H4784" against|strong="H0854" the|strong="H8085" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" LORD|strong="H3068", then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0518", as|strong="H1961" it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0854" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{16}“Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" stand|strong="H3320" still|strong="H1571" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" thing|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" before|strong="H5869" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{17}Isn’t|strong="H3808" it|strong="H5414" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105" today|strong="H3117"? I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306"; and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" wickedness|strong="H7451" is|strong="H0834" great|strong="H7227", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", in|strong="H0413" asking|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" greatly|strong="H3966" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
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\verseNumber{19}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" not|strong="H0408" die|strong="H4191"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" added|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" this|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451", to|strong="H0413" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" indeed|strong="H0389" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451"; yet|strong="H0389" don’t|strong="H0408" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", but|strong="H0389" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{21}Don’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H5493" go|strong="H5493" after|strong="H0310" vain things|strong="H8414" which|strong="H0834" can’t|strong="H3808" profit|strong="H3276" or|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H5337", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H0834" vain. 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forsake|strong="H5203" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" name’s|strong="H8034" sake|strong="H5668", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2974" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{23}Moreover|strong="H1571", as|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" me|strong="H1157", far|strong="H2486" be|strong="H1571" it|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1157" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" ceasing|strong="H2308" to|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H0853"; but|strong="H1571" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H3068" instruct|strong="H3384" you|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3477" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{24}Only|strong="H0389" fear|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824"; for|strong="H3588" consider|strong="H7200" what|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1431" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" keep doing evil|strong="H7489", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1571" consumed, both|strong="H1571" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H0518" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\chapterNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3478" thirty years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" forty-two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:1  }The traditional Hebrew text omits “thirty” and “forty-”. The blanks are filled in here from a few manuscripts of the Septuagint.} 
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\verseNumber{2}Saul|strong="H7586" chose|strong="H0977" for|strong="H7971" himself|strong="H0376" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", of|strong="H0376" which|strong="H2022" two thousand|strong="H0505" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" in|strong="H3478" Michmash|strong="H4363" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" Mount|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0376" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3478" one|strong="H0376" thousand|strong="H0505" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" Jonathan|strong="H3129" in|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144". He|strong="H0977" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7971" own|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{3}Jonathan|strong="H3129" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" garrison|strong="H5333" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0776" Geba|strong="H1387", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H0776" it|strong="H5221". Saul|strong="H7586" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" shofar throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", saying|strong="H0559", “Let the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" hear|strong="H8085"!” 
\verseNumber{4}All|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" garrison|strong="H5333" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" considered an|strong="H5221" abomination to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" gathered together|strong="H1571" after|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0559" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" assembled|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478": thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505" chariots|strong="H7393", six|strong="H8337" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" sand|strong="H2344" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" seashore|strong="H3220" in|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230". They|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" Michmash|strong="H4363", eastward of|strong="H5921" Beth Aven. 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" trouble|strong="H6862" (for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" distressed), then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" hid|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H2244" in|strong="H3478" caves|strong="H4631", in|strong="H3478" thickets, in|strong="H3478" rocks|strong="H5553", in|strong="H3478" tombs, and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" pits|strong="H0953". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H0310" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" had|strong="H7586" gone over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" to|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H0776" Gilead|strong="H1568"; but|strong="H5971" as|strong="H0776" for|strong="H0776" Saul|strong="H7586", he|strong="H0310" was|strong="H0776" yet|strong="H5750" in|strong="H0776" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853" trembling|strong="H2729". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0834" stayed seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" set|strong="H0935" by|strong="H5921" Samuel|strong="H8050"; but|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H8050" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" scattering from|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" here|strong="H5066", and|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0559" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002".” He|strong="H0559" offered|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{10}It|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935" that|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0935" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" offering|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927", behold|strong="H2009", Samuel|strong="H8050" came|strong="H0935"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7122" him|strong="H0935", that|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0935" might greet|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{11}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" done|strong="H6213"?” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H6430" scattered|strong="H5310" from|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" within|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" days|strong="H3117" appointed|strong="H4150", and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" assembled|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" at|strong="H5921" Michmash|strong="H4363", 
\verseNumber{12}therefore|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" said|strong="H0559", ‘Now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" haven’t|strong="H3808" entreated the|strong="H0559" favour of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068".’ I|strong="H6258" forced|strong="H0662" myself therefore|strong="H6258", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H3559" foolishly|strong="H5528". You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0834"; for|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H0834" established|strong="H3559" your|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467" on|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" your|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H6965". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H3824" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" after|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" own|strong="H0376" heart|strong="H3824", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537" to|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Saul|strong="H7586" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" present|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853", about|strong="H4480" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{16}Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" his|strong="H4672" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" present|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H4672", stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Geba|strong="H1387" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; but|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" Philistines|strong="H6430" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" Michmash|strong="H4363". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0413" raiders|strong="H7843" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" in|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218": one|strong="H0259" company|strong="H4264" turned|strong="H6437" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0776" leads|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" Ophrah|strong="H6084", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Shual|strong="H7777"; 
\verseNumber{18}another|strong="H0259" company|strong="H7218" turned|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" Beth Horon; and|strong="H7218" another|strong="H0259" company|strong="H7218" turned|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" that|strong="H6437" looks|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H7218" Zeboim|strong="H6650" towards the|strong="H5921" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" was|strong="H0776" no|strong="H3808" blacksmith|strong="H2796" found|strong="H4672" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Eretz-Israel, for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", “Lest|strong="H6435" the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" make|strong="H6213" themselves swords|strong="H2719" or|strong="H0176" spears|strong="H2595"”; 
\verseNumber{20}but|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3381" sharpen|strong="H3913" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" ploughshare, mattock, axe|strong="H7134", and|strong="H3478" sickle. 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1961" price was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H6310" payim\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:21  }A payim (or pim) was 2/3 shekel of silver, or 0.26 ounces, or 7.6 grams} each to|strong="H1961" sharpen mattocks, ploughshares, pitchforks, axes|strong="H7134", and|strong="H6310" goads. 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" battle|strong="H4421" that|strong="H0834" neither|strong="H3808" sword|strong="H2719" nor|strong="H3808" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129"; but|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0834" them|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0413" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" pass of|strong="H0413" Michmash|strong="H4363". 
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\chapterNumber{14}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3129" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" armour, “Come|strong="H1961"! Let’s go|strong="H1961" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Philistines’|strong="H6430" garrison|strong="H4673" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676".” But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{2}Saul|strong="H7586" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" uttermost part of|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0834" pomegranate|strong="H7416" tree|strong="H7416" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" Migron|strong="H4051"; and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" were|strong="H0834" about six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376", 
\verseNumber{3}including Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", Ichabod’s|strong="H0350" brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H1980" Shiloh|strong="H7887", wearing|strong="H5375" an|strong="H3588" ephod|strong="H0646". The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3129" was|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{4}Between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0834" passes|strong="H5674", by|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3129" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Philistines’|strong="H6430" garrison|strong="H4673", there|strong="H2088" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H0834" rocky|strong="H5553" crag|strong="H8127" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676" and|strong="H6430" a|strong="H0834" rocky|strong="H5553" crag|strong="H8127" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676"; and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H8034" Bozez|strong="H0949", and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0259" Seneh|strong="H5573". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6828" one|strong="H0259" crag|strong="H8127" rose|strong="H4690" up|strong="H1387" on|strong="H0259" the|strong="H6828" north|strong="H6828" in|strong="H8127" front|strong="H4136" of|strong="H0259" Michmash|strong="H4363", and|strong="H6828" the|strong="H6828" other|strong="H0259" on|strong="H0259" the|strong="H6828" south|strong="H5045" in|strong="H8127" front|strong="H4136" of|strong="H0259" Geba|strong="H1387". 
\verseNumber{6}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3068" bore|strong="H5375" his|strong="H3068" armour, “Come! Let’s go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" uncircumcised|strong="H6189". It|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" work for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" restraint on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467" by|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" or|strong="H0176" by|strong="H3068" few|strong="H4592".” 
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\verseNumber{7}His|strong="H3605" armour bearer|strong="H5375" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5973", “Do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824". Go, and|strong="H3627" behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H2005" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" according to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H0376" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H0376" reveal|strong="H1540" ourselves|strong="H0587" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0518" say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", ‘Wait|strong="H5975" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H0518" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0518"!’ then|strong="H0559" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0413" our|strong="H0518" place|strong="H8478" and|strong="H5975" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088", ‘Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414"!’ then|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". This|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H0413" revealed|strong="H1540" themselves|strong="H2244" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H8033" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" Hebrews|strong="H5680" are|strong="H0834" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" holes|strong="H2356" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" hidden|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H2244"!” 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" garrison answered|strong="H0559" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" armour bearer|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697"!” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" armour bearer|strong="H5375", “Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" after|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{13}Jonathan|strong="H3129" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" armour bearer|strong="H5375" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" fell|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" Jonathan|strong="H3129"; and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" armour bearer|strong="H5375" killed|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5921" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}That|strong="H0834" first|strong="H7223" slaughter|strong="H4347", which|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5375" armour bearer|strong="H5375" made|strong="H1961", was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" twenty|strong="H6242" men|strong="H0376", within as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H1961" were|strong="H0834" half|strong="H2677" a|strong="H1961" furrow’s length in|strong="H0376" an|strong="H1961" acre|strong="H6776" of|strong="H0376" land|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{15}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" trembling|strong="H2729" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H0430" amongst all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"; the|strong="H3605" garrison|strong="H4673" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" raiders|strong="H7843" also|strong="H1571" trembled|strong="H7264"; and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" quaked|strong="H7264", so|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" exceedingly|strong="H0430" great|strong="H0430" trembling|strong="H2729". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H7200" watchmen|strong="H6822" of|strong="H1995" Saul|strong="H7586" in|strong="H7200" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1995" Benjamin|strong="H1144" looked|strong="H7200"; and|strong="H7200" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H7200" multitude|strong="H1995" melted|strong="H4127" away|strong="H4127" and|strong="H7200" scattered. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0854", “Count|strong="H5375" now|strong="H4994", and|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" missing|strong="H6485" from|strong="H1980" us|strong="H4994".” When|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" counted|strong="H6485", behold|strong="H2009", Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5375" armour bearer|strong="H5375" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369". 
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\verseNumber{18}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Ahijah|strong="H0281", “Bring|strong="H5066" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" here|strong="H5066".” For|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}While|strong="H5704" Saul|strong="H7586" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", the|strong="H0559" tumult|strong="H1995" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1980" increased; and|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", “Withdraw|strong="H0622" your|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" were|strong="H0834" gathered together|strong="H2199", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" striking each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453" with|strong="H0854" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" in|strong="H0935" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" confusion|strong="H4103". 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" Hebrews|strong="H5680" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" before|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H1992" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" camp|strong="H4264" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439", even|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" turned|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" Israelites|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" Jonathan|strong="H3129". 
\verseNumber{22}Likewise|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" hidden|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H0310" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" fled|strong="H5127", even|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" followed|strong="H0310" hard|strong="H2244" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3068" Beth Aven. 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" distressed that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117"; for|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" adjured the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", “Cursed|strong="H0779" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" eats|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0834" am avenged|strong="H5358" of|strong="H0376" my|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341".” So|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" tasted|strong="H2938" food|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0776" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293"; and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" honey|strong="H1706" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H0369" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" forest|strong="H3293", behold|strong="H2009", honey|strong="H1706" was|strong="H0369" dripping, but|strong="H3588" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" put|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" mouth|strong="H6310", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H0853" oath|strong="H7621". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3129" didn’t|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" when|strong="H0834" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" commanded|strong="H6310" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" oath|strong="H7650". Therefore|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" rod|strong="H4294" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" dipped|strong="H2881" it|strong="H7725" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" honeycomb|strong="H3295", and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" mouth|strong="H6310"; and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7725" eyes|strong="H5869" brightened. 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H6030" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559", and|strong="H0398" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001" directly commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H0376" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Cursed|strong="H0779" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" eats|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899" today|strong="H3117".’” So|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" faint. 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H2088" Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" has|strong="H0776" troubled|strong="H5916" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". Please|strong="H4994" look|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" eyes|strong="H5869" have|strong="H0001" brightened|strong="H0215" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tasted|strong="H2938" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2088" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{30}How|strong="H0834" much|strong="H7235" more|strong="H0637", if|strong="H3588" perhaps|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H0834" eaten|strong="H0398" freely|strong="H0398" today|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" plunder|strong="H7998" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672"? For|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" there|strong="H4672" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H6258" no|strong="H3808" great slaughter|strong="H4347" amongst the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H3117" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Philistines|strong="H6430" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" Michmash|strong="H4363" to|strong="H3117" Aijalon|strong="H0357". The|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H6430" very|strong="H3966" faint; 
\verseNumber{32}and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" pounced on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plunder|strong="H7998", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" sheep|strong="H6629", cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" calves|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" ate|strong="H0398" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H2009" they|strong="H3117" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" meat with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" blood|strong="H1818".” 
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He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" dealt|strong="H0898" treacherously|strong="H0898". Roll|strong="H1556" a|strong="H5921" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117"!” 
\verseNumber{34}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Disperse yourselves|strong="H3027" amongst the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413", ‘Every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" bring|strong="H5066" me|strong="H0413" here|strong="H2088" his|strong="H3605" ox|strong="H7794", and|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H7716", and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413" here|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398"; and|strong="H3068" don’t|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" eating|strong="H0398" meat with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818".’” All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5066" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" ox|strong="H7794" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{35}Saul|strong="H7586" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". This|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" first altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{36}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Let’s go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H0430" take|strong="H0962" plunder|strong="H0962" amongst them|strong="H0413" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216". Let’s not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" a|strong="H7126" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413".” 
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They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" seems|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605".” 
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Then|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559", “Let’s draw|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" here|strong="H1988" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{37}Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="H7592" counsel of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430": “Shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430"? Will|strong="H0430" you|strong="H5414" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478"?” But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" didn’t|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{38}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Draw|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" here|strong="H1988", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H6438" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3117" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3117" see|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3117" whom this|strong="H2063" sin|strong="H2403" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{39}For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478", though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3129" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".” But|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" amongst all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", “You|strong="H0859" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0259" side|strong="H5676".” 
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The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" seems|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{41}Therefore|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", “Show the|strong="H0559" right.” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" were|strong="H3478" chosen, but|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" escaped|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{42}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Cast|strong="H5307" lots between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" my|strong="H0996" son|strong="H1121".” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" was|strong="H7586" selected. 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3129", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213"!” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" certainly|strong="H4191" did|strong="H6213" taste|strong="H2938" a|strong="H0834" little|strong="H4592" honey|strong="H1706" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" rod|strong="H4294" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3027" behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0834" must|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{44}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3541"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4191" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", Jonathan|strong="H3129".” 
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\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Shall|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3129" die|strong="H4191", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" salvation|strong="H3444" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478"? Far|strong="H2486" from|strong="H3478" it|strong="H0518"! As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", there|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" hair|strong="H8185" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0430" today|strong="H3117"!” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" rescued|strong="H6299" Jonathan|strong="H3129", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H1980" following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0310" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0310" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H0310" own place|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{47}Now when|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", he|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439": against|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". Wherever|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H6437" himself|strong="H6437", he|strong="H0834" defeated them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{48}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" valiantly|strong="H2428" and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H3478" delivered|strong="H5337" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H3478" plundered|strong="H8154" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{49}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" were|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3129", Ishvi|strong="H3440", and|strong="H1121" Malchishua; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1961" these: the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" firstborn|strong="H1067" Merab|strong="H4764", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6996" Michal|strong="H4324". 
\verseNumber{50}The|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Ahinoam|strong="H0293" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290". The|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8034" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7586" army|strong="H6635" was|strong="H8034" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H8034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730". 
\verseNumber{51}Kish|strong="H7027" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0074" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369" the|strong="H0074" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0074" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022". 
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\verseNumber{52}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" severe|strong="H2389" war|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" any|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376" or|strong="H3117" any|strong="H3605" valiant|strong="H2428" man|strong="H0376", he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" service. 
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\chapterNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" anoint|strong="H4886" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Hosts|strong="H6635" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0834" remember what|strong="H0834" Amalek|strong="H6002" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" Israel|strong="H3478", how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" himself against|strong="H4714" him|strong="H0853" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H6258" go and|strong="H0376" strike|strong="H5221" Amalek|strong="H6002", and|strong="H0376" utterly destroy|strong="H2763" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0376" don’t|strong="H3808" spare|strong="H2550" them|strong="H0853"; but|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" both|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" woman|strong="H0802", infant|strong="H3243" and|strong="H0376" nursing|strong="H3243" baby, ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H0376" sheep|strong="H7716", camel|strong="H1581" and|strong="H0376" donkey|strong="H2543".’” 
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\verseNumber{4}Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3063" counted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H8085" Telaim|strong="H2923", two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273" and|strong="H3063" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{5}Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0935" Amalek|strong="H6002", and|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" an|strong="H0935" ambush in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{6}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Kenites|strong="H7017", “Go|strong="H5927", depart|strong="H5493", go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5493" amongst the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002", lest|strong="H6435" I|strong="H4714" destroy|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" showed kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0559" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Kenites|strong="H7017" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" amongst the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002". 
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\verseNumber{7}Saul|strong="H7586" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002", from|strong="H0935" Havilah|strong="H2341" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shur|strong="H7793", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0853" took|strong="H8610" Agag|strong="H0090" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H4428" utterly destroyed all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" spared|strong="H2550" Agag|strong="H0090" and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H4315" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629", of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H1241", of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fat calves|strong="H1241", of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3733", and|strong="H6629" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H7586" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H6629" were|strong="H6629" not|strong="H3808" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H5921" utterly destroy|strong="H2763" them|strong="H0853"; but|strong="H3808" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H7586" vile and|strong="H6629" refuse|strong="H3808", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" destroyed utterly. 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{11}“It|strong="H3588" grieves me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" following|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6965" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" performed my|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H1697".” Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{12}Samuel|strong="H8050" rose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7122" Saul|strong="H7586" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242"; and|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H7586" told|strong="H5046", saying|strong="H0559", “Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Carmel|strong="H3760", and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0559" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H7925" a|strong="H0935" monument|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" himself|strong="H3027", turned|strong="H5437", passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" Gilgal|strong="H1537".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Samuel|strong="H8050" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"! I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H0859" performed the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Then|strong="H2088" what|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" bleating|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H0559" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" ears|strong="H0241" and|strong="H6963" the|strong="H0559" lowing|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H0559" cattle|strong="H1241" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085" mean?” 
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\verseNumber{15}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6003"; for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" spared|strong="H2550" the|strong="H0853" best|strong="H4315" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" cattle|strong="H1241", to|strong="H0559" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". We|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" utterly destroyed the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3498".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Stay, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" last night|strong="H3915".” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Say|strong="H0559" on|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Though|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" were|strong="H3478" little|strong="H6996" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" sight|strong="H5869", weren’t you|strong="H0859" made the|strong="H0559" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" you|strong="H0859" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H7971" journey|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3068" utterly destroy|strong="H3615" the|strong="H0853" sinners|strong="H2400" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" them|strong="H0853" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" consumed|strong="H3615".’ 
\verseNumber{19}Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H6213" didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0413" LORD’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963", but|strong="H3808" took the|strong="H0413" plunder|strong="H7998", and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H8085" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “But|strong="H8085" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" Agag|strong="H0090" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Amalek|strong="H6002", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" utterly destroyed the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3947" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3068" plunder|strong="H7998", sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241", the|strong="H3068" best of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3068" devoted|strong="H2764" things, to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" Gilgal|strong="H1537".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" great|strong="H2896" delight|strong="H2656" in|strong="H3068" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077", as|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963"? Behold|strong="H2009", to|strong="H0559" obey|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" sacrifice|strong="H2077", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" listen|strong="H8085" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H0559" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" rams|strong="H0352". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H3588" rebellion|strong="H4805" is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H4428" witchcraft, and|strong="H3068" stubbornness is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" idolatry|strong="H8655" and|strong="H3068" teraphim|strong="H8655".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:23  }teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.} Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3068" being king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" sinned|strong="H2398"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" transgressed the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" their|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" pardon|strong="H5375" my|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H7725" being|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{27}As|strong="H2388" Samuel|strong="H8050" turned|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" to|strong="H5437" go|strong="H5437" away|strong="H5437", Saul|strong="H2388" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H2388" skirt|strong="H3671" of|strong="H3671" his|strong="H7167" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H2388" it|strong="H5437" tore|strong="H7167". 
\verseNumber{28}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5414" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" neighbour of|strong="H3068" yours|strong="H5414" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{29}Also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" Strength|strong="H5331" of|strong="H3808" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" lie|strong="H8266" nor|strong="H3808" repent|strong="H5162"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" repent|strong="H5162".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H6258" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3478" sinned|strong="H2398"; yet|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" honour me|strong="H4994" now|strong="H6258" before|strong="H5048" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5048" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H7725" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" worshipped the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H0853" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H5066" Agag|strong="H0090" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002" here|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"!” 
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Agag|strong="H0090" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" cheerfully. Agag|strong="H0090" said|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H0403" the|strong="H0853" bitterness|strong="H4751" of|strong="H4428" death|strong="H4194" is|strong="H4428" past|strong="H5493".” 
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\verseNumber{33}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7921" women|strong="H0802" childless|strong="H7921", so|strong="H3651" your|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" childless|strong="H7921" amongst women|strong="H0802"!” Then|strong="H0853" Samuel|strong="H8050" cut Agag|strong="H0090" in|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H8158" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5927" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414"; and|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{35}Samuel|strong="H8050" came|strong="H0413" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" death|strong="H4194", but|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" mourned|strong="H0056" for|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" grieved|strong="H0056" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" made Saul|strong="H7586" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{16}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" mourn|strong="H0056" for|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586", since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" rejected|strong="H3988" him|strong="H0413" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"? Fill|strong="H4390" your|strong="H3068" horn|strong="H7161" with|strong="H4390" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7971". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448" the|strong="H0559" Bethlehemite|strong="H1022", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" provided|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589" amongst his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H0349" can|strong="H0349" I|strong="H0559" go|strong="H0935"? If Saul|strong="H7586" hears|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0935".” 
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The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" heifer|strong="H5697" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068".’ 
\verseNumber{3}Call|strong="H7121" Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077", and|strong="H3045" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" show|strong="H3045" you|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213". You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" anoint|strong="H4886" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" name|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". The|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7122" him|strong="H0853" trembling|strong="H2729", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" peaceably|strong="H7965"?” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Peaceably|strong="H7965"; I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". Sanctify|strong="H6942" yourselves|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077".” He|strong="H3068" sanctified|strong="H6942" Jesse|strong="H3448" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" Eliab|strong="H0446", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H0389" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899" is|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5048" him|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Don’t|strong="H0408" look|strong="H7200" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H4758", or|strong="H3808" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" stature|strong="H6967", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" rejected|strong="H3988" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" don’t|strong="H0408" see|strong="H7200" as|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0120" sees|strong="H7200". For|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" looks|strong="H7200" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" outward|strong="H5869" appearance|strong="H4758", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" looks|strong="H7200" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" heart|strong="H3824".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" called|strong="H7121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3448" him|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" before|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088", either|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" made|strong="H3448" Shammah|strong="H8048" to|strong="H0559" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088", either|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{10}Jesse|strong="H3448" made|strong="H3448" seven|strong="H7651" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" before|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050". Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" these|strong="H0428".” 
\verseNumber{11}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", “Are|strong="H5288" all|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3947" children|strong="H5288" here|strong="H6311"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H2009" remains|strong="H7604" yet|strong="H5750" the|strong="H0559" youngest|strong="H6996". Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2009" keeping the|strong="H0559" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
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Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", “Send|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" get|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sit|strong="H5437" down|strong="H7971" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" comes|strong="H0935" here|strong="H6311".” 
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\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H7971" in|strong="H0935". Now|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" ruddy|strong="H0132", with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H3588" handsome|strong="H3303" face|strong="H5869" and|strong="H0935" good|strong="H2896" appearance|strong="H5869". The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Arise|strong="H6965"! Anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H7971", for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" horn|strong="H7161" of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H6965" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H7130" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251". Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H0413" mightily on|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" from|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" forward|strong="H4605". So|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
\verseNumber{14}Now the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7307" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" troubled him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{15}Saul’s|strong="H7586" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", an|strong="H0559" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430" troubles you|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{16}Let|strong="H4994" our|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" now|strong="H4994" command|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0376" are|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0376" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0559" seek|strong="H1245" out|strong="H3045" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0430" a|strong="H1961" skilful player|strong="H5059" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" harp|strong="H3658". Then|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440", he|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" play|strong="H5059" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0430" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" well|strong="H2895".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0376" servants|strong="H5650", “Provide|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" can|strong="H7200" play|strong="H5059" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6030" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3045" seen|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" the|strong="H0559" Bethlehemite|strong="H1022" who|strong="H0376" is|strong="H3068" skilful in|strong="H3068" playing|strong="H5059", a|strong="H7200" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" valour, a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421", prudent|strong="H0995" in|strong="H3068" speech|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7200" handsome|strong="H8389" person|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Jesse|strong="H3448" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" donkey|strong="H2543" loaded with|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899", a|strong="H3947" container of|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H1121" goat|strong="H5795", and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H1732" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H0413" greatly|strong="H3966"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5375" armour bearer|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{22}Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Jesse|strong="H3448", saying|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7971" sight|strong="H5869".” 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H5493" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" harp|strong="H3658" and|strong="H0430" played|strong="H5059" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027"; so|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" refreshed|strong="H7304" and|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" well|strong="H2895", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H0413". 
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\chapterNumber{17}Now the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" their|strong="H0834" armies|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3063" battle|strong="H4421"; and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" at|strong="H2583" Socoh|strong="H7755", which|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" encamped|strong="H2583" between|strong="H0996" Socoh|strong="H7755" and|strong="H3063" Azekah|strong="H5825" in|strong="H2583" Ephesdammim. 
\verseNumber{2}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H7122" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H0376" Elah|strong="H0425", and|strong="H3478" set the|strong="H7122" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H2583" array|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7122" the|strong="H7122" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" mountain|strong="H2022" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" mountain|strong="H2022" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" other|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088": and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H2088" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H2088" valley|strong="H1516" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{4}A|strong="H3318" champion out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3318" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3318" Philistines|strong="H6430" named|strong="H8034" Goliath|strong="H1555" of|strong="H0376" Gath|strong="H1661", whose|strong="H0376" height|strong="H1363" was|strong="H8034" six|strong="H8337" cubits|strong="H0520" and|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3318" span|strong="H2239"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{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 centimetres. 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 metres tall.} went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5921" helmet|strong="H3553" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" he|strong="H1931" wore|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" coat of|strong="H7218" mail; and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" coat was|strong="H1931" five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" shekels|strong="H8255"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:5  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 5000 shekels is about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.} of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5921" had bronze|strong="H5178" shin armour on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" legs|strong="H7272" and|strong="H5178" a|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" javelin|strong="H3591" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H5921" shoulders|strong="H3802". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" staff of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H5375" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H6440" like|strong="H1980" a|strong="H5375" weaver’s|strong="H0707" beam|strong="H4500"; and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5375" spear’s head|strong="H6440" weighed six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels|strong="H8255" of|strong="H6440" iron|strong="H1270".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{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|strong="H5375" shield|strong="H6793" bearer|strong="H5375" went|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3808" stood|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" set|strong="H5975" your|strong="H3808" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H0413" array|strong="H4421"? Am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H7121" Philistine|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0859" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586"? Choose|strong="H1262" a|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" for|strong="H7121" yourselves|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3478" let|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" come|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" is|strong="H5650" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0589" and|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H5221" me|strong="H0589", then|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H0518" servants|strong="H5650"; but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" prevail|strong="H3201" against|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" serve|strong="H5647" us|strong="H5647".” 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" defy|strong="H2778" the|strong="H0853" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" today|strong="H3117"! Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376", that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" may|strong="H0376" fight|strong="H3898" together|strong="H3162"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430", they|strong="H0428" were|strong="H3478" dismayed|strong="H2865" and|strong="H3478" greatly|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" Ephrathite|strong="H0673" of|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jesse|strong="H3448"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1732" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121". The|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H8034" an|strong="H0935" elderly old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" oldest|strong="H1419" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" battle|strong="H4421"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" battle|strong="H4421" were|strong="H0834" Eliab|strong="H0446" the|strong="H0834" firstborn|strong="H1060", and|strong="H1980" next|strong="H4932" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H0310" Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" third|strong="H7992" Shammah|strong="H8048". 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0310" youngest|strong="H6996"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0310" three|strong="H7969" oldest|strong="H1419" followed|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" from|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H1980" feed|strong="H7462" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629" at|strong="H5921" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" morning|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H6150", and|strong="H3117" presented|strong="H3320" himself|strong="H3117" forty|strong="H0705" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}Jesse|strong="H3448" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", “Now|strong="H4994" take|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3899" your|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251" an|strong="H2088" efah\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:17  }1 efah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel} of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" parched|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039" and|strong="H1121" these|strong="H2088" ten|strong="H6235" loaves|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" these|strong="H0428" ten|strong="H6235" cheeses to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H3947" thousand|strong="H0505"; and|strong="H0935" see|strong="H0935" how|strong="H7965" your|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251" are|strong="H0428" doing, and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" news|strong="H6161".” 
\verseNumber{19}Now Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H0376" Elah|strong="H0425", fighting|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
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\verseNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5375" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H0935" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5375" keeper|strong="H8104", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" provisions and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318", as|strong="H0834" Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H0935" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wagons as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" fight|strong="H4421" shouted|strong="H7321" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{21}Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" Philistines|strong="H6430" put the|strong="H7122" battle|strong="H4634" in|strong="H3478" array|strong="H4634", army|strong="H4634" against|strong="H7122" army|strong="H4634". 
\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" left|strong="H5203" his|strong="H8104" baggage|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" baggage|strong="H3627" and|strong="H0935" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4634", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" greeted his|strong="H8104" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{23}As|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5927", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H8085" champion, the|strong="H8085" Philistine|strong="H6430" of|strong="H0376" Gath|strong="H1661", Goliath|strong="H1555" by|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034", came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8085" ranks of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8085" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H0376" said|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" same|strong="H1931" words|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{24}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376", fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" terrified|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" come|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927"? He|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" surely|strong="H3588" come|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" defy|strong="H2778" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" riches|strong="H6239" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" kills|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" tax-free in|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{26}David|strong="H1732" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" kills|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3478" takes|strong="H5221" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" reproach|strong="H2781" from|strong="H5493" Israel|strong="H3478"? For|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" Philistine|strong="H6430", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" should|strong="H4100" defy|strong="H2778" the|strong="H0853" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" God|strong="H0430"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5221" in|strong="H0376" this|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1697", saying|strong="H0559", “So|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H0376" it|strong="H6213" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" kills|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Eliab|strong="H0446" his|strong="H5921" oldest|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" heard|strong="H8085" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H1419" Eliab’s|strong="H0446" anger|strong="H0639" burnt against|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381"? With|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5203" those|strong="H0376" few|strong="H4592" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057"? I|strong="H0589" know|strong="H3045" your|strong="H5921" pride|strong="H2087" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7455" of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3824"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" might|strong="H4616" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421".” 
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\verseNumber{29}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" now|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213"? Is|strong="H1931" there not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H1697"?” 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H0559" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" towards another|strong="H0312", and|strong="H7725" spoke|strong="H0559" like|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" again|strong="H7725"; and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" same|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" words|strong="H1697" were|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" which|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" spoke|strong="H1696", they|strong="H0834" rehearsed them|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586"; and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H3947" for|strong="H1732" him|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{32}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" man’s|strong="H0120" heart|strong="H3820" fail|strong="H5307" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5650" him|strong="H0413". Your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" go|strong="H5307" and|strong="H5650" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430".” 
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\verseNumber{33}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" go against|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0376" but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" youth|strong="H5271", and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421" from|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" youth|strong="H5271".” 
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\verseNumber{34}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Your|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650" was|strong="H1961" keeping his|strong="H5375" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629"; and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" or|strong="H0001" a|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H5375" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" lamb|strong="H7716" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" flock|strong="H6629", 
\verseNumber{35}I|strong="H0310" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921", struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" rescued|strong="H5337" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310". When|strong="H3318" he|strong="H0310" arose|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", I|strong="H0310" caught|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" beard|strong="H2206", struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{36}Your|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650" struck|strong="H5221" both|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" bear|strong="H1677". This|strong="H2088" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" Philistine|strong="H6430" shall|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0430" them|strong="H1992", since|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0430" defied the|strong="H0853" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" God|strong="H0430".” 
\verseNumber{37}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" delivered|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" paw|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" lion|strong="H0738" and|strong="H3068" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" paw|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" bear|strong="H1677", will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430".” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Go|strong="H1961"! The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{38}Saul|strong="H7586" dressed|strong="H3847" David|strong="H1732" with|strong="H3847" his|strong="H5414" clothing|strong="H3847". He|strong="H1732" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" helmet|strong="H6959" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" he|strong="H1732" clad him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3847" a|strong="H5414" coat of|strong="H7218" mail. 
\verseNumber{39}David|strong="H1732" strapped|strong="H2296" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" clothing and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3588" tried|strong="H5254" to|strong="H0413" move|strong="H5493", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" not|strong="H3808" tested|strong="H5254" it|strong="H5921". David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “I|strong="H3588" can’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5493" with|strong="H0413" these|strong="H0428", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" tested|strong="H5254" them|strong="H0413".” Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H5493" them|strong="H0413" off|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{40}He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" staff|strong="H4731" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" chose|strong="H0977" for|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H3027" five|strong="H2568" smooth|strong="H2512" stones|strong="H0068" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158", and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" pouch|strong="H3219" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3947" shepherd’s bag|strong="H3627" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834". His|strong="H3947" sling was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{41}The|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" walked|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" came|strong="H1980" near|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" bore|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" shield|strong="H6793" went|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{42}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" looked|strong="H7200" around and|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3588" disdained|strong="H0959" him|strong="H0853"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" youth|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1732" ruddy|strong="H0132", and|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" good looking|strong="H7200" face|strong="H4758". 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595" a|strong="H3588" dog|strong="H3611", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" sticks|strong="H4731"?” The|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" cursed|strong="H7043" David|strong="H1732" by|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Come to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" animals|strong="H0929" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704".” 
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\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Philistine|strong="H6430", “You|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" sword|strong="H2719", with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" spear|strong="H2595", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" javelin|strong="H3591"; but|strong="H0859" I|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" Hosts|strong="H6635", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" defied. 
\verseNumber{46}Today|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" into|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5493" your|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218" from|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H6297" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H0776" animals|strong="H2416" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" may|strong="H0776" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{47}and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" assembly|strong="H6951" may|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" doesn’t|strong="H3808" save|strong="H3467" with|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3068" spear|strong="H2595"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" into|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{48}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Philistine|strong="H6430" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" walked and|strong="H6965" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H7122" David|strong="H1732", David|strong="H1732" hurried|strong="H4116" and|strong="H6965" ran|strong="H7323" towards the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4634" to|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H7122" the|strong="H3588" Philistine|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{49}David|strong="H1732" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bag|strong="H3627", took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H0776" slung it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0776" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" forehead|strong="H4696". The|strong="H0853" stone|strong="H0068" sank|strong="H2883" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" forehead|strong="H4696", and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{50}So|strong="H4480" David|strong="H1732" prevailed|strong="H2388" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" with|strong="H3027" a|strong="H4480" sling and|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3027" a|strong="H4480" stone|strong="H0068", and|strong="H3027" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0853"; but|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H4191" David’s|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{51}Then|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H7323", stood|strong="H5975" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430", took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719", drew|strong="H8025" it|strong="H3588" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H7218" its|strong="H0853" sheath|strong="H8593", killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H7218" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" with|strong="H0413" it|strong="H3588". 
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When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3947" champion|strong="H1368" was|strong="H1732" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" fled|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" shouted|strong="H7321", and|strong="H0935" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Gai and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H0376" Ekron|strong="H6138". The|strong="H0853" wounded|strong="H2491" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H0935" Shaaraim|strong="H8189", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0935" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Ekron|strong="H6138". 
\verseNumber{53}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" chasing|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0310" plundered|strong="H8155" their|strong="H7725" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{54}David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0168" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3947" armour in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{55}When|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430", he|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635", “Abner|strong="H0074", whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" youth|strong="H5288"?” 
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Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H5315" your|strong="H7200" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", O|strong="H4310" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H0518" can’t|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{56}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Enquire whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088"!” 
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\verseNumber{57}As|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" slaughter|strong="H5221" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430", Abner|strong="H0074" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{58}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859", you|strong="H0859" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288"?” 
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David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" am the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0413" servant|strong="H5650" Jesse|strong="H3448" the|strong="H0559" Bethlehemite|strong="H1022".” 
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\chapterNumber{18}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", the|strong="H0413" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H5315" Jonathan|strong="H3083" was|strong="H1961" knit|strong="H7194" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H5315" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" soul|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{2}Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H7725" wouldn’t let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" go|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" any|strong="H5414" more|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0853" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285", because he|strong="H1732" loved him|strong="H0853" as|strong="H5315" his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H5315" soul|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3083" stripped|strong="H6584" himself of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" robe|strong="H4598" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" clothing, even|strong="H5704" including|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719", his|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198", and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" sash. 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" wherever|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7971" behaved himself|strong="H0376" wisely; and|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" set|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421". It|strong="H7760" was|strong="H0834" good|strong="H3190" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H7971" also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H0376" Saul’s|strong="H7586" servants|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{6}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" slaughter|strong="H5221" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430", the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", singing|strong="H7891" and|strong="H0935" dancing|strong="H4246", to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7122" King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" with|strong="H0935" tambourines|strong="H8596", with|strong="H0935" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" instruments of|strong="H4428" music. 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0559" women|strong="H0802" sang to|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0802" another|strong="H0802" as|strong="H5221" they|strong="H0559" played|strong="H7832", and|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", 
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“Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H7586" slain|strong="H5221" his|strong="H1732" thousands|strong="H0505", 
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and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" ten|strong="H7233" thousands|strong="H0505".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H5869" this|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H0559" displeased|strong="H7489" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H0559" have|strong="H5869" credited David|strong="H1732" with|strong="H1697" ten|strong="H7233" thousands|strong="H0505", and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H0559" have|strong="H5869" only|strong="H0389" credited me|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1697" thousands|strong="H0505". What|strong="H1697" can|strong="H5869" he|strong="H1732" have|strong="H5869" more|strong="H5750" but|strong="H0389" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4410"?” 
\verseNumber{9}Saul|strong="H7586" watched David|strong="H1732" from|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" forward|strong="H1973". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0413" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", an|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3027" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H1961" mightily on|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H3117" prophesied|strong="H5012" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004". David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H5059" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" day|strong="H3117". Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027"; 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" threw|strong="H2904" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595", for|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H2904" pin|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023"!” David|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H5437" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H1732" presence|strong="H6440" twice|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{12}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{13}Therefore Saul|strong="H7586" removed|strong="H5493" him|strong="H6440" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H7760" presence|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H7760" him|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7760" captain|strong="H8269" over|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7760" thousand|strong="H0505"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" behaved himself wisely in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" behaved himself|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" wisely, he|strong="H0834" stood in|strong="H6440" awe of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H5414" elder|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323" Merab|strong="H4764". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802". Only|strong="H0389" be|strong="H1961" valiant|strong="H2428" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" battles|strong="H4421".” For|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", but|strong="H0389" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{18}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Who|strong="H4310" am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595", and|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" my|strong="H1961" life|strong="H2416", or|strong="H0001" my|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H4940" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" son-in-law|strong="H2860" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1961" Merab|strong="H4764", Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323", should|strong="H0802" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" Adriel|strong="H5741" the|strong="H0853" Meholathite|strong="H4259" as|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{20}Michal|strong="H4324", Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323", loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H5869" they told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H5869" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{21}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3117" she may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" snare|strong="H4170" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". Therefore|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" second|strong="H8147" time|strong="H3117", “You|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" son-in-law|strong="H2859".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Saul|strong="H7586" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", “Talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" secretly|strong="H3909", and|strong="H4428" say|strong="H0559", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6680", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H6680". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" be|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859".’” 
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\verseNumber{23}Saul’s|strong="H7586" servants|strong="H5650" spoke|strong="H1696" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Does it|strong="H1696" seem|strong="H5869" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0853" a|strong="H1696" light|strong="H7043" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859", since I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H1696" poor|strong="H7326" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H4428" little known?” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046", saying|strong="H0559", “David|strong="H1732" spoke|strong="H1696" like|strong="H1697" this|strong="H0428".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732", ‘The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" desires no|strong="H0369" dowry|strong="H4119" except|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0369" hundred|strong="H3967" foreskins|strong="H6190" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3027" avenged|strong="H5358" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" enemies|strong="H0341".’” Now|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" thought|strong="H0559" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" make|strong="H2803" David|strong="H1732" fall|strong="H5307" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697", it|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H5869" David|strong="H1732" well to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859". Before|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" deadline, 
\verseNumber{27}David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H5221" two|strong="H5221" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H5414" foreskins|strong="H6190", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" full|strong="H4390" number to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H1323" be|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859". Then|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Michal|strong="H4324" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" as|strong="H0935" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{28}Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H3068" Michal|strong="H4324", Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323", loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{29}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" even|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" enemy|strong="H0341" continually|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318"; and|strong="H5650" as|strong="H1961" often|strong="H1767" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", David|strong="H1732" behaved himself more|strong="H3966" wisely than|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H8269" Saul|strong="H7586", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" highly|strong="H3966" esteemed|strong="H3365". 
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\chapterNumber{19}Saul|strong="H7586" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3129" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" should|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H1696" Jonathan|strong="H3129", Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121", greatly|strong="H3966" delighted in|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{2}Jonathan|strong="H3083" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “Saul|strong="H7586" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" seeks|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5046". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3427" yourself in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242", live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1245" secret place, and|strong="H1732" hide|strong="H2244" yourself. 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3027" stand|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H3027" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859"; and|strong="H3027" if|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" see|strong="H7200" anything|strong="H4100", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3083" spoke|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" servant|strong="H5650", against|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732"; because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H4428" because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" works|strong="H4639" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" towards you|strong="H3588"; 
\verseNumber{5}for|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" put|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709" and|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H6213" a|strong="H7760" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". You|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7760" and|strong="H3068" rejoiced|strong="H8055". Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0853" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" innocent|strong="H5355" blood|strong="H1818", to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732" without|strong="H2600" a|strong="H7760" cause|strong="H2600"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}Saul|strong="H7586" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3083"; and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" swore|strong="H7650", “As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", he|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Jonathan|strong="H3083" called|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083" showed him|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3083" brought|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" again|strong="H3254". David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1419" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347"; and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H5221" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{9}An|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" playing|strong="H5059" music with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{10}Saul|strong="H7586" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H6440" pin|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023" with|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595", but|strong="H5221" he|strong="H1931" slipped|strong="H6362" away|strong="H5127" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Saul’s|strong="H7586" presence|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1931" stuck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" into|strong="H2595" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023". David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{11}Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" watch|strong="H8104" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242". Michal|strong="H4324", David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802", told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" don’t|strong="H0369" save|strong="H4422" your|strong="H8104" life|strong="H5315" tonight|strong="H3915", tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3381" Michal|strong="H4324" let|strong="H3381" David|strong="H1732" down|strong="H3381" through|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0853" window|strong="H2474". He|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3381" away|strong="H1272", fled|strong="H1272", and|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{13}Michal|strong="H4324" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" teraphim|strong="H8655"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{19:13  }teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.} and|strong="H0853" laid|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" bed|strong="H4296", and|strong="H0853" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H3947" pillow of|strong="H4296" goats’|strong="H5795" hair at|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0853" head|strong="H4763" and|strong="H0853" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H7760" with|strong="H0413" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732", she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" sick|strong="H2470".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H5927" him|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" bed|strong="H4296", that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" may|strong="H1732" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413".” 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0413" teraphim|strong="H8655" was|strong="H4397" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" bed|strong="H4296", with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" pillow of|strong="H4397" goats’|strong="H5795" hair at|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0935" head|strong="H4763". 
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\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Michal|strong="H4324", “Why|strong="H4100" have you|strong="H7971" deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H0413" like|strong="H3602" this|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" enemy|strong="H0341" go|strong="H7971", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H4100" escaped|strong="H4422"?” 
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Michal|strong="H4324" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586", “He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971"! Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H7971"?’” 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272" and|strong="H0935" escaped|strong="H4422", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Samuel|strong="H8050" at|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Naioth|strong="H5121". 
\verseNumber{19}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H2009" at|strong="H1732" Naioth|strong="H5121" in|strong="H5121" Ramah|strong="H7414".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1961" seize|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H0430" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" company|strong="H3862" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" prophesying|strong="H5012", and|strong="H0430" Samuel|strong="H8050" standing|strong="H5975" as|strong="H1961" head over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992", God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" messengers|strong="H4397", and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" told|strong="H5046", he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" messengers|strong="H4397", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012". Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" great|strong="H1419" well|strong="H1571" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" Secu|strong="H7906": and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592", “Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732"?” 
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One|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" at|strong="H1732" Naioth|strong="H5121" in|strong="H0935" Ramah|strong="H7414".” 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" Naioth|strong="H5121" in|strong="H5921" Ramah|strong="H7414". Then|strong="H1961" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1980" prophesied|strong="H5012", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Naioth|strong="H5121" in|strong="H5921" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" stripped|strong="H6584" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899". He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012" before|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H3117" lay|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" naked|strong="H6174" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H1931" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" amongst the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030"?” 
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\chapterNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H0935" Naioth|strong="H5121" in|strong="H0935" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jonathan|strong="H3083", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0001" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" my|strong="H1245" iniquity|strong="H5771"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" my|strong="H1245" sin|strong="H2403" before|strong="H6440" your|strong="H0935" father|strong="H0001", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" seeks|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" life|strong="H5315"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Far|strong="H2486" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H6213"; you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". Behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" does|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" either|strong="H4480" great|strong="H1419" or|strong="H0176" small|strong="H6996", but|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" discloses|strong="H1540" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4480". Why|strong="H4069" would|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" hide|strong="H5641" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"? It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" so|strong="H4480".” 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" swore|strong="H7650" moreover|strong="H5750", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" knows|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0001" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H0559", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" Jonathan|strong="H3083" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2063", lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5750" grieved|strong="H6087";’ but|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H5315" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", there|strong="H4672" is|strong="H3068" but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" step|strong="H6587" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" death|strong="H4194".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H6213" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Whatever|strong="H4100" your|strong="H0413" soul|strong="H5315" desires, I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" even|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083", “Behold|strong="H2009", tomorrow|strong="H4279" is|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H0559" not|strong="H1732" fail to|strong="H0413" dine|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"; but|strong="H2009" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971", that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0595" may|strong="H4428" hide|strong="H5641" myself|strong="H0595" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H2320" at|strong="H0413" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H0518" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" misses|strong="H6485" me|strong="H4480" at|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605", then|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559", ‘David|strong="H1732" earnestly|strong="H7592" asked|strong="H7592" leave|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" might run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", his|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" yearly|strong="H3117" sacrifice|strong="H2077" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940".’ 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H0559", ‘It|strong="H0518" is|strong="H5650" well|strong="H7965",’ your|strong="H3045" servant|strong="H5650" shall|strong="H5650" have|strong="H3045" peace|strong="H7965"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5650" angry|strong="H2734", then|strong="H0559" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H5650" determined|strong="H3615" by|strong="H7451" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H3068" deal|strong="H6213" kindly with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" brought|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" into|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3068" iniquity|strong="H5771" in|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H0859", for|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" bring|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", “Far|strong="H2486" be|strong="H3808" it|strong="H0518" from|strong="H0935" you|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H0518" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" were|strong="H5921" determined|strong="H3615" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H0559" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", then|strong="H0853" wouldn’t I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083", “Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" if|strong="H0176" your|strong="H5046" father|strong="H0001" answers|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5046" roughly?” 
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\verseNumber{11}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Come|strong="H3318"! Let’s go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704".” They|strong="H0559" both|strong="H8147" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{12}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “By|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0001" sounded|strong="H2713" out|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279", or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H6256", behold|strong="H2009", if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" towards David|strong="H1732", won’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" then|strong="H0227" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" disclose it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588"? 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3068", should|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" please|strong="H3190" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451", if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" don’t disclose it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H1980" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" away|strong="H7971", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" peace|strong="H7965". May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0518" show|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" the|strong="H3068" loving kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5750" I|strong="H0518" still|strong="H5750" live|strong="H2416", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191"; 
\verseNumber{15}but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" shall|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" kindness|strong="H2617" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" forever|strong="H5769", no|strong="H3808", not|strong="H3808" when|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" every|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0127".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3027" Jonathan|strong="H3083" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant with|strong="H5973" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", saying, “The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" require|strong="H1245" it|strong="H3772" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" David’s|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Jonathan|strong="H3083" caused David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" swear|strong="H7650" again|strong="H3254", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" love|strong="H0157" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" him|strong="H0853"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H0853" as|strong="H5315" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H5315" soul|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0559" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" is|strong="H2320" the|strong="H0559" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3083" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2320" be|strong="H3588" missed|strong="H6485", because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" seat|strong="H4186" will|strong="H2320" be|strong="H3588" empty|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" stayed|strong="H3427" three|strong="H8027" days|strong="H3117", go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" quickly|strong="H3966" and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" hid|strong="H5641" yourself|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3117" this|strong="H0834" started, and|strong="H0935" remain|strong="H3427" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" stone|strong="H0068" Ezel|strong="H0237". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" shoot|strong="H3384" three|strong="H7969" arrows|strong="H2678" on|strong="H7969" its|strong="H3384" side|strong="H6654", as|strong="H0589" though I|strong="H0589" shot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H7969" a|strong="H7971" mark. 
\verseNumber{21}Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H0935", find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678"!’ If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H1697" on|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3588" side|strong="H2008" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". Take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0853";’ then|strong="H2009" come|strong="H0935", for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H0935" no|strong="H0369" danger, as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" boy|strong="H5958", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H3068" beyond|strong="H1973" you|strong="H3588",’ then|strong="H2009" go|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" way|strong="H3541", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" away|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{23}Concerning|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" matter|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3068", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" between|strong="H0996" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0589" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" hid|strong="H5641" himself|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" himself|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H4186", as|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471", even|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H4186" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H7023"; and|strong="H6965" Jonathan|strong="H3083" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" sat|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" side|strong="H6654", but|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1732" empty|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{26}Nevertheless|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" didn’t|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3972" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" thought|strong="H0559", “Something|strong="H3972" has|strong="H3117" happened to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H1931". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2889". Surely|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2889".” 
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\verseNumber{27}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H4283" the|strong="H0559" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", David’s|strong="H1732" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1961" empty|strong="H6485". Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121", “Why|strong="H4069" didn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" eat, either|strong="H1571" yesterday|strong="H8543", or|strong="H3808" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{28}Jonathan|strong="H3083" answered|strong="H6030" Saul|strong="H7586", “David|strong="H1732" earnestly|strong="H7592" asked|strong="H7592" permission of|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5978" to|strong="H5704" go to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935", for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940" has|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". My|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" has|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4672". Now|strong="H6258", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" away|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251".’ Therefore|strong="H3651" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H7979".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H0859" Saul’s|strong="H7586" anger|strong="H0639" burnt against|strong="H2734" Jonathan|strong="H3083", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" perverse rebellious|strong="H4780" woman, don’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3045" chosen|strong="H0977" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3045" own shame|strong="H1322", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" shame|strong="H1322" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3045" mother’s|strong="H0517" nakedness|strong="H6172"? 
\verseNumber{31}For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" lives|strong="H4194" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0127", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" established|strong="H3559", nor|strong="H3808" will|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438". Therefore|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" send|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4194"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Jonathan|strong="H3083" answered|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586" his|strong="H3083" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191"? What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{33}Saul|strong="H7586" cast|strong="H2904" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". By|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" Jonathan|strong="H3083" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H1732" determined to|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3083" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" table|strong="H7979" in|strong="H0413" fierce|strong="H2750" anger|strong="H0639", and|strong="H6965" ate|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" food|strong="H3899" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" month|strong="H2320"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" grieved|strong="H6087" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" treated him|strong="H0413" shamefully. 
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\verseNumber{35}In|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" morning|strong="H1242", Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1961" time|strong="H4150" appointed|strong="H4150" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H6996" boy|strong="H5288" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H0834" boy|strong="H5288", “Run|strong="H7323", find|strong="H4672" now|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shoot|strong="H3384".” As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" ran|strong="H7323", he|strong="H0834" shot|strong="H3384" an|strong="H4672" arrow|strong="H2678" beyond|strong="H5674" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{37}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" boy|strong="H5288" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" arrow|strong="H2678" which|strong="H0834" Jonathan|strong="H3083" had|strong="H0834" shot|strong="H3384", Jonathan|strong="H3083" cried|strong="H7121" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" boy|strong="H5288", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Isn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" arrow|strong="H2678" beyond|strong="H1973" you|strong="H0834"?” 
\verseNumber{38}Jonathan|strong="H3083" cried|strong="H7121" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288", “Go|strong="H0935" fast! Hurry|strong="H2363"! Don’t|strong="H0408" delay|strong="H5975"!” Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" boy|strong="H5288" gathered|strong="H3950" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2678", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" master|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H0389" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H1697". Only|strong="H0389" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{40}Jonathan|strong="H3083" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" weapons|strong="H3627" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" boy|strong="H5288", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H0935", carry|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{41}As|strong="H5704" soon as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" was|strong="H0776" gone|strong="H0935", David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" out|strong="H6965" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H0935" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H1732" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471". They|strong="H0376" kissed|strong="H5401" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453" and|strong="H0935" wept|strong="H1058" with|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" wept|strong="H1058" the|strong="H0853" most. 
\verseNumber{42}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732", “Go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" peace|strong="H7965", because|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" both|strong="H8147" sworn|strong="H7650" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", saying|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1980" between|strong="H0996" my|strong="H3068" offspring|strong="H2233" and|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" offspring|strong="H2233", forever|strong="H5769".’” He|strong="H0834" arose and|strong="H1980" departed|strong="H1980"; and|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" city. 
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\chapterNumber{21}Then|strong="H6965" David came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Nob to|strong="H0935" Ahimelech the|strong="H0935" priest. Ahimelech came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" meet David trembling, and|strong="H0935" said to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935", “Why are|strong="H3083" you|strong="H0935" alone, and|strong="H0935" no man with|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0935"?” 
\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", “The|strong="H0559" king has|strong="H0369" commanded|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H0935" something, and|strong="H0935" has|strong="H0369" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Let no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0376" know|strong="H0854" anything|strong="H7122" about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" business about|strong="H0413" which I|strong="H0559" send you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H0935" what I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0369" commanded|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859". I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0369" sent|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" young men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" certain|strong="H0376" place|strong="H0935".’ 
\verseNumber{3}Now therefore|strong="H3045" what|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" under your|strong="H0834" hand? Please|strong="H0595" give|strong="H6680" me|strong="H0413" five loaves of|strong="H4428" bread in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7971" hand, or|strong="H0408" whatever|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" available.” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5414" priest answered David|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" said, “I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3426" no|strong="H4672" common bread|strong="H3899", but|strong="H6258" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H4100" holy bread|strong="H3899"; if|strong="H0176" only the|strong="H5414" young men have|strong="H3426" kept|strong="H5414" themselves from|strong="H3027" women.” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Truly|strong="H3588", women|strong="H0802" have|strong="H0369" been|strong="H3426" kept|strong="H8104" from|strong="H3027" us|strong="H0413" as|strong="H3588" usual these three days|strong="H0369". When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413", the|strong="H0853" vessels of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" were|strong="H0802" holy|strong="H6944", though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H0369" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H3588" common|strong="H2455" journey. How|strong="H3588" much|strong="H3027" more|strong="H0369" then|strong="H6030" today shall|strong="H3548" their|strong="H3588" vessels be|strong="H3027" holy|strong="H6944"?” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" gave|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853" holy|strong="H6944" bread; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H0518" bread there|strong="H1961" but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" show|strong="H6942" bread that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3318" before|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" LORD, to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" replaced with|strong="H3117" hot bread in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" away|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" certain man of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3068" Saul was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", detained before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" name|strong="H0518" was|strong="H1961" Doeg the|strong="H6440" Edomite, the|strong="H6440" best of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" herdsmen who|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Saul. 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H3117" said to|strong="H3068" Ahimelech, “Isn’t there|strong="H8033" here|strong="H8033" under|strong="H6440" your|strong="H3068" hand spear or|strong="H3117" sword? For|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0834" haven’t brought my|strong="H3068" sword or|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3068" weapons with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", because|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" king’s business required haste.” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0559" priest said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H3808", the|strong="H0559" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H4428" Goliath the|strong="H0559" Philistine, whom you|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" valley of|strong="H4428" Elah, is|strong="H3426" here|strong="H6311" wrapped in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" cloth behind the|strong="H0559" ephod. If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" like|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3588", take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H6311" except|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" here|strong="H6311".” 
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David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" none|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588". Give|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" arose and|strong="H3548" fled that|strong="H0834" day for|strong="H3588" fear of|strong="H6010" Saul|strong="H0559", and|strong="H3548" went to|strong="H0559" Achish the|strong="H0853" king of|strong="H6010" Gath. 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H6440" servants of|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Isn’t this|strong="H1931" David|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440"? Didn’t they|strong="H3117" sing to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H1931" another about|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" dances, saying, 
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‘Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H4428" slain his|strong="H1732" thousands, 
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and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" ten thousands?’” 
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\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" laid up|strong="H4428" these|strong="H2088" words in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" heart, and|strong="H0776" was|strong="H0776" very|strong="H2088" afraid of|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Gath. 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H1732" changed his|strong="H7760" behaviour before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H4428" pretended to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H1697" insane in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H7760" hands, and|strong="H4428" scribbled on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" doors of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" gate, and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" spittle fall down|strong="H6440" on|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" beard. 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0853" Achish said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" servants, “Look|strong="H5869", you|strong="H5921" see|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H8179" is|strong="H3027" insane. Why then|strong="H0853" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"? 
\verseNumber{15}Do|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2009" lack madmen|strong="H7696", that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" this|strong="H0935" fellow|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" play the|strong="H0853" madman|strong="H7696" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H7200" presence? Should|strong="H4100" this|strong="H0935" fellow|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7200" house?” 
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\chapterNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" therefore|strong="H1732" departed|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1004" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H0413" Adullam’s cave|strong="H4631". When|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3381", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{2}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" distress|strong="H4689", everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" debt, and|strong="H3967" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" discontented gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H5315" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" became|strong="H1961" captain|strong="H8269" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413" about|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" Mizpeh|strong="H4708" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124"; and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3045" mother|strong="H0517" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" stronghold. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Don’t|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" stronghold. Depart, and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
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Then|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" departed|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H0776" Hereth|strong="H2802". 
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\verseNumber{6}Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H0834" discovered|strong="H3045", with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921". Now|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H0834" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeah|strong="H1390", under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" tamarisk|strong="H0815" tree|strong="H0815" in|strong="H3427" Ramah, with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H0834" standing|strong="H5324" around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H5324" around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", “Hear|strong="H8085" now|strong="H4994", you|strong="H5414" Benjamites! Will|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" give|strong="H5414" everyone|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" vineyards|strong="H3754"? Will|strong="H1571" he|strong="H5414" make|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" thousands|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" hundreds|strong="H3967"? 
\verseNumber{8}Is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H3588" why|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" who|strong="H3605" discloses|strong="H1540" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" makes|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3588" treaty with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0369" sorry for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", or|strong="H0369" discloses|strong="H1540" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" has|strong="H0369" stirred|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5921" lie|strong="H0693" in|strong="H5921" wait|strong="H0693", as|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0369" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6030" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H0853" Edomite|strong="H0130", who|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Nob|strong="H5011", to|strong="H0413" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3068" enquired of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" for|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414", gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" food|strong="H6720", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H3068" Goliath|strong="H1555" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" call|strong="H7121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" Nob|strong="H5011"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Hear|strong="H8085" now|strong="H4994", you|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285".” 
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He|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005", my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H0113".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" enquired of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" should|strong="H4100" rise|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" lie|strong="H0693" in|strong="H5921" wait|strong="H0693", as|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6030" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" amongst all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" is|strong="H4310" so|strong="H5493" faithful|strong="H0539" as|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2860", captain of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" body guard|strong="H4928", and|strong="H4428" honoured in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"? 
\verseNumber{15}Have|strong="H0001" I|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" enquire of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H7760"? Be|strong="H3808" it|strong="H7760" far|strong="H2486" from|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7760"! Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" impute|strong="H7760" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", nor|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001"; for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" knew|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063", less|strong="H3588" or|strong="H0176" more|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H1004" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", Ahimelech|strong="H0288", you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H7323" who|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H5324" about|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “Turn|strong="H5437" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" fled|strong="H1272" and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" disclose it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H7971".” But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" wouldn’t put|strong="H4191" out|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" fall|strong="H6293" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Doeg|strong="H1673", “Turn|strong="H5437" and|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H6293" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548"!” 
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Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H0559" Edomite|strong="H0130" turned|strong="H5437", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" attacked|strong="H6293" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H4191" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" eighty-five|strong="H8084" people|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" wore|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" linen|strong="H0906" ephod|strong="H0646". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5221" Nob|strong="H5011", the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548", with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719"—both men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3548" women|strong="H0802", children|strong="H5768" and|strong="H3548" nursing|strong="H3243" babies|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3548" cattle|strong="H7794", donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3548" sheep|strong="H7716", with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{20}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0310" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", named|strong="H8034" Abiathar|strong="H0054", escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H1272" after|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{21}Abiathar|strong="H0054" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3068" slain|strong="H2026" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Abiathar|strong="H0054", “I|strong="H0595" knew|strong="H3045" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3588" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H3605" Edomite|strong="H0130" was|strong="H1732" there|strong="H8033", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0559" surely|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586". I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" responsible for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" death|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" persons|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{23}Stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H5315". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" seeks|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" life|strong="H5315" seeks|strong="H1245" your|strong="H0834" life|strong="H5315". You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H0408" safe|strong="H4931" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H5315".” 
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\chapterNumber{23}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H1992" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" Keilah|strong="H7084", and|strong="H1732" are|strong="H1992" robbing the|strong="H0853" threshing|strong="H1637" floors|strong="H1637".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Therefore|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" enquired of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" go and|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" these|strong="H0428" Philistines|strong="H6430"?” 
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The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Go strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" Keilah|strong="H7084".” 
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\verseNumber{3}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009", we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0376" afraid|strong="H3372" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063". How|strong="H0637" much|strong="H0637" more|strong="H0637" then|strong="H2009" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H2009" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" armies|strong="H4634" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" enquired of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" yet|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" Keilah|strong="H7084"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" into|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084" and|strong="H1419" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1419" brought|strong="H3467" away|strong="H5090" their|strong="H5221" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347". So|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" saved|strong="H3467" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084", he|strong="H1732" came|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0413" an|strong="H1961" ephod|strong="H0646" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{7}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Keilah|strong="H7084". Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5462" him|strong="H0853" into|strong="H0935" my|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0430" shut|strong="H5462" in|strong="H0935" by|strong="H3027" entering|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" town|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0430" gates|strong="H1817" and|strong="H0935" bars|strong="H1280".” 
\verseNumber{8}Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" war|strong="H4421", to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084" to|strong="H0413" besiege David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" devising mischief against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", “Bring|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0559" ephod|strong="H0646" here|strong="H5066".” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" has|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" seeks|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Keilah|strong="H7084" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8085" sake|strong="H5668". 
\verseNumber{11}Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H0430" Keilah|strong="H7084" deliver|strong="H5462" me|strong="H4994" up|strong="H5462" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"? Will|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", as|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085"? LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", I|strong="H0834" beg|strong="H4994" you|strong="H0834", tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650".” 
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The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084" deliver|strong="H5462" me|strong="H5462" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586"?” 
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The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5462" you|strong="H0853" up|strong="H5462".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" about|strong="H1980" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967", arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1980" departed|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" Keilah|strong="H7084" and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" wherever|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" could|strong="H0376" go|strong="H1980". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0834" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3318" Keilah|strong="H7084"; and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H2308" up|strong="H6965" going|strong="H1980" there|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" strongholds|strong="H4679", and|strong="H0430" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0430" Ziph|strong="H2128". Saul|strong="H7586" sought|strong="H1245" him|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" God|strong="H0430" didn’t|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1732" seek|strong="H1245" his|strong="H1732" life|strong="H5315". David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H5315" Ziph|strong="H2128" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0853" woods. 
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\verseNumber{16}Jonathan|strong="H3083", Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121", arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" woods, and|strong="H1121" strengthened|strong="H2388" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027" in|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" won’t|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H0859"; and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859"; and|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3068" both|strong="H8147" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" woods and|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Ziphites|strong="H2130" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390", saying|strong="H0559", “Doesn’t|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" hide|strong="H5641" himself|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" strongholds|strong="H4679" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woods, in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H0559" Hachilah|strong="H2444", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" desert|strong="H3452"? 
\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381". According|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H5315" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3381" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381"; and|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3605" part|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" deliver|strong="H5462" him|strong="H3381" up|strong="H5462" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H2550" had|strong="H3068" compassion|strong="H2550" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}Please|strong="H4994" go|strong="H1961" make|strong="H3045" yet|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" sure|strong="H3045", and|strong="H8033" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H8033" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H1961" haunt|strong="H7272" is|strong="H0834", and|strong="H8033" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" told|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" very|strong="H6191" cunning|strong="H6191". 
\verseNumber{23}See|strong="H7200" therefore|strong="H3045", and|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7725" knowledge|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lurking places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" hides|strong="H2244" himself|strong="H3045"; and|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0854" certainty|strong="H3045", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834". It|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" happen|strong="H1961", if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" search|strong="H2664" him|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3045" amongst all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H0376" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" Ziph|strong="H2128" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586"; but|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Maon|strong="H4584", in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" Arabah|strong="H6160" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H6160". 
\verseNumber{25}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H8085" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" seek|strong="H1245" him|strong="H0310". When|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046", he|strong="H0310" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H8085" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H0376" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Maon|strong="H4584". When|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H0310" pursued|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Maon|strong="H4584". 
\verseNumber{26}Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H0413" on|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" on|strong="H0413" that|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022"; and|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" hurried|strong="H2648" to|strong="H0413" get away|strong="H2648" for|strong="H0413" fear of|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586", for|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" surrounded David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", “Hurry|strong="H4116" and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H0776" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H3588" raid|strong="H6584" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776"!” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3651" Saul|strong="H7586" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430". Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Sela Hammahlekoth.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:28  }“Sela Hammahlekoth” means “rock of parting”.} 
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\verseNumber{29}David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi. 
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\chapterNumber{24}When|strong="H3427" Saul had|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" following the|strong="H8033" Philistines, he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1732" told, “Behold, David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8033" wilderness of|strong="H3427" En Gedi.” 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H1961" three thousand chosen men|strong="H0559" out of|strong="H0559" all|strong="H2009" Israel, and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" seek David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0559" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" rocks of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" wild goats. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sheep pens by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H6440", where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3947" cave; and|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" relieve himself|strong="H6440". Now David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H3478" staying in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" innermost parts of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" cave. 
\verseNumber{4}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold, the|strong="H0853" day of|strong="H0376" which|strong="H8033" the|strong="H0853" LORD said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5921", ‘Behold, I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0376" deliver your|strong="H5921" enemy into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" hand, and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H0376" do|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H0376" seem good to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5921".’” Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" arose and|strong="H0935" cut off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" skirt of|strong="H0376" Saul’s|strong="H7586" robe secretly. 
\verseNumber{5}Afterward, David’s|strong="H1732" heart struck him|strong="H0413" because|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" Saul’s|strong="H7586" skirt|strong="H3671". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3772", “The|strong="H0853" LORD forbid that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H1732" do this|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" lord, the|strong="H0853" LORD’s anointed, to|strong="H1961" stretch out|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" hand against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", since|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s anointed.” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H3027" checked his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" didn’t allow them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" rise against|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H0559". Saul|strong="H0559" rose up|strong="H0853" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cave, and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H0376" on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H0853" arose|strong="H6965" afterward, and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H6965" cried|strong="H5414" after|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H1697", “My|strong="H5414" lord the|strong="H0853" king!” 
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When|strong="H0376" Saul|strong="H7586" looked behind him|strong="H0413", David|strong="H1732" bowed with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" face to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" earth, and|strong="H6965" showed|strong="H5414" respect. 
\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Saul|strong="H7586", “Why|strong="H3651" do|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4480" listen to|strong="H0559" men’s words, saying|strong="H0559", ‘Behold|strong="H5027", David|strong="H1732" seeks to|strong="H0559" harm you|strong="H4480"?’ 
\verseNumber{10}Behold|strong="H2009", today your|strong="H8085" eyes have|strong="H1697" seen how|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" LORD had|strong="H1732" delivered you|strong="H0853" today into my|strong="H8085" hand in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" cave. Some|strong="H2009" urged me|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" kill you|strong="H0853", but|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" spared you|strong="H0853". I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H0120" not|strong="H1732" stretch out|strong="H4100" my|strong="H8085" hand against|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" lord, for|strong="H1245" he|strong="H1732" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s anointed.’ 
\verseNumber{11}Moreover|strong="H2009", my|strong="H5414" father, behold|strong="H2009", yes|strong="H3588", see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" skirt of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" robe in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027"; for|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" cut off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" skirt of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" robe and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H0834", know and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0834" neither|strong="H3808" evil nor|strong="H3808" disobedience in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" sinned against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" hunt for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}May|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" LORD judge between me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3027" may|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" LORD avenge me|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0859"; but|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" hand|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" on|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" proverb of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" ancients says, ‘Out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" wicked comes|strong="H1961" wickedness;’ but|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{14}Against|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king of|strong="H3027" Israel come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318"? Whom|strong="H0834" do|strong="H3318" you|strong="H0834" pursue? A|strong="H1961" dead dog? A|strong="H1961" flea? 
\verseNumber{15}May|strong="H4310" the|strong="H0310" LORD therefore|strong="H0859" be|strong="H4191" judge, and|strong="H3478" give sentence between me|strong="H0310" and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3478" see, and|strong="H3478" plead my|strong="H3318" cause, and|strong="H3478" deliver me|strong="H0310" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3318" hand.” 
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\verseNumber{16}It|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3068" finished speaking these words to|strong="H1961" Saul, that|strong="H7200" Saul said, “Is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" voice, my|strong="H3068" son David|strong="H3027"?” Saul lifted up|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" voice and|strong="H3068" wept. 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H0853" are|strong="H0428" more righteous than I|strong="H1697"; for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0853" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" good to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", whereas I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" evil to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" declared|strong="H0559" today how|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" dealt|strong="H1580" well|strong="H2896" with|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", because|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H6662" had|strong="H1732" delivered me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H4480" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3588" hand, you|strong="H0859" didn’t kill me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{19}For|strong="H3027" if|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" man finds his|strong="H3068" enemy, will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0853" go away unharmed? Therefore|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" reward you|strong="H0859" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3027" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="H3117", behold, I|strong="H0834" know that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" be|strong="H0376" king, and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" kingdom of|strong="H0376" Israel will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H0376" established in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" hand. 
\verseNumber{21}Swear|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3045" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" LORD that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3588" cut off my|strong="H3045" offspring after|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3045", and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3588" destroy my|strong="H3045" name out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3045" father’s house.” 
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\verseNumber{22}David swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" Saul. Saul went|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004", but|strong="H0518" David and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H3772" went|strong="H1004" up|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" stronghold. 
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\chapterNumber{25}Samuel|strong="H8050" died|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H6965" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6965" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413" at|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H0413" Ramah|strong="H7414". 
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Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H1004" Paran|strong="H6290". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0376" Maon|strong="H4584" whose|strong="H0376" possessions were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0376" Carmel|strong="H3760"; and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419". He|strong="H0853" had|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1419" a|strong="H1961" thousand|strong="H0505" goats|strong="H5795"; and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H0853" was|strong="H1961" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H0376" Carmel|strong="H3760". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H0802" the|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H8034" Nabal|strong="H5037"; and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" Abigail|strong="H0026". This|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" intelligent and|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0376" beautiful|strong="H3303" face; but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H8034" surly and|strong="H0376" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" doings|strong="H4611". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8034" house of|strong="H0376" Caleb. 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" that|strong="H3588" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H1732" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H1732" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" ten|strong="H6235" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288"; and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", “Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Carmel|strong="H3760", and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Nabal|strong="H5037", and|strong="H0935" greet|strong="H7965" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{6}Tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H3605", ‘Long life|strong="H2416" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859"! Peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859"! Peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"! Peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834"! 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" shearers|strong="H1494". Your|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462" have|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" harm them|strong="H6485". Nothing|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" missing|strong="H6485" from|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H8085" Carmel|strong="H3760". 
\verseNumber{8}Ask|strong="H7592" your|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834". Therefore|strong="H3588" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" find|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" eyes|strong="H5869", for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117". Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H0834" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732".’” 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H0935" David’s|strong="H1732" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935", they|strong="H0935" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Nabal|strong="H5037" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" waited|strong="H5117". 
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\verseNumber{10}Nabal|strong="H5037" answered|strong="H0559" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" David|strong="H1732"? Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448"? There are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7235" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H4310" break|strong="H6555" away|strong="H6555" from|strong="H0376" their|strong="H6440" masters|strong="H0113" these days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{11}Shall|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0834" then|strong="H2088" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899", my|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H0376" my|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H2878" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" killed for|strong="H4325" my|strong="H5414" shearers|strong="H1494", and|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" come from|strong="H0376"?” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H0935" David’s|strong="H1732" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" turned|strong="H2015" on|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376", “Every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719"!” 
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Every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719". David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1571" put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719". About|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H3427" hundred|strong="H3967" stayed|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" baggage|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H2009" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" told|strong="H5046" Abigail|strong="H0026", Nabal’s|strong="H5037" wife|strong="H0802", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0559" greet|strong="H1288" our|strong="H1288" master|strong="H0113"; and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1732" insulted them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1980" us|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1980" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" harmed, and|strong="H1980" we|strong="H3117" didn’t|strong="H3808" miss|strong="H6485" anything|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3117" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H6485", when|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wall|strong="H2346" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5921" both|strong="H1571" by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H3117" by|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" while|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" keeping the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1121" consider|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213"; for|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H1931" determined|strong="H3615" against|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" such|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" worthless|strong="H1100" fellow that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" can’t|strong="H3045" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3947" Abigail|strong="H0026" hurried|strong="H4116" and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H5921" bread|strong="H3899", two|strong="H8147" containers|strong="H5035" of|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196", five|strong="H2568" sheep|strong="H6629" ready dressed, five|strong="H2568" seahs|strong="H5429"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:18  }1 seah is about 7 litres or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks} of|strong="H5921" parched|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039", one|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" clusters|strong="H6778" of|strong="H5921" raisins|strong="H6778", and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" cakes|strong="H1690" of|strong="H5921" figs|strong="H1690", and|strong="H3967" laid|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{19}She|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5046" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376", “Go|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" coming|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H6440".” But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" husband|strong="H0376", Nabal|strong="H5037". 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543", and|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" hidden by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022", behold|strong="H2009", David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" towards her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0376" she|strong="H1931" met|strong="H6298" them|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H0389" in|strong="H7725" vain|strong="H8267" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" fellow has|strong="H0834" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" was|strong="H0834" missed|strong="H6485" of|strong="H8478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" pertained to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853". He|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" returned|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H7451" for|strong="H8478" good|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{22}God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3541", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" leave|strong="H7604" of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H3605" by|strong="H1242" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" light so|strong="H6213" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" urinates on|strong="H0430" a|strong="H0518" wall|strong="H7023".”\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:22  }or, male.} 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H7200" Abigail|strong="H0026" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", she|strong="H6440" hurried|strong="H4116" and|strong="H0776" got off|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543", and|strong="H0776" fell|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" and|strong="H0776" bowed|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{24}She fell|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H1697" said|strong="H0559", “On|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994", my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H0113", on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994" be|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" blame|strong="H5771"! Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H0519" speak|strong="H1696" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" ears|strong="H0241". Hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H0519". 
\verseNumber{25}Please|strong="H4994" don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7760" lord|strong="H0113" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" worthless|strong="H1100" fellow|strong="H0376", Nabal|strong="H5037", for|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H0834", so|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834". Nabal|strong="H5037"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:25  }“Nabal” means “foolish”.} is|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H7971" folly|strong="H5039" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589", your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288", didn’t|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7760" lord’s|strong="H0113" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{26}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", since|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" withheld|strong="H4513" you|strong="H0834" from|strong="H0935" blood|strong="H1818" guiltiness and|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" avenging|strong="H3467" yourself|strong="H5315" with|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027", now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" let|strong="H6258" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" and|strong="H0935" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" seek|strong="H1245" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" Nabal|strong="H5037". 
\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="H6258" this|strong="H2063" present|strong="H5414" which|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288" has|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H0113", let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H0113" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H0834" follow|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{28}Please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" trespass of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H0519". For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" make|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" sure|strong="H0539" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" fights|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" battles|strong="H4421". Evil|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{29}Though men|strong="H0120" may|strong="H1961" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1961" pursue|strong="H7291" you|strong="H0853" and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1961" seek|strong="H1245" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315", yet|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" bound in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" bundle of|strong="H0430" life|strong="H5315" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" sling out|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0853" souls|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" as|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5315" a|strong="H1961" sling’s pocket|strong="H3709". 
\verseNumber{30}It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H3068" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0834" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{31}that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" grief|strong="H6330" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0853", nor|strong="H3808" offence of|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", either that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0853" have|strong="H1961" shed|strong="H8210" blood|strong="H1818" without|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600", or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" avenged|strong="H3467" himself|strong="H3820". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" dealt well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", then|strong="H1961" remember|strong="H2142" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H0519".” 
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\verseNumber{32}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Abigail|strong="H0026", “Blessed|strong="H1288" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7122" me|strong="H7971"! 
\verseNumber{33}Blessed|strong="H1288" is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" discretion|strong="H2940", and|strong="H0935" blessed|strong="H1288" are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859", who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H3607" me|strong="H0935" today|strong="H3117" from|strong="H0935" blood|strong="H1818" guiltiness, and|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" avenging|strong="H3467" myself with|strong="H0935" my|strong="H0834" own hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{34}For|strong="H3588" indeed|strong="H3588", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" lives|strong="H2416", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" withheld|strong="H4513" me|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" harming you|strong="H0834", unless|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" hurried|strong="H4116" and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7122" me|strong="H0935", surely|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3068" wouldn’t have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" to|strong="H0935" Nabal|strong="H5037" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216" so|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" urinates on|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023".”\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:34  }or, one male.} 
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\verseNumber{35}So|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" received|strong="H3947" from|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H3947", “Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004". Behold|strong="H7200", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H0834" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" granted|strong="H5375" your|strong="H0834" request|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{36}Abigail|strong="H0026" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Nabal|strong="H5037"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1931" held a|strong="H0935" feast|strong="H4960" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" feast|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428". Nabal’s|strong="H5037" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H1931" merry within|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" drunk|strong="H7910". Therefore she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" nothing|strong="H3808" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216". 
\verseNumber{37}In|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" wine|strong="H3196" had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1697" Nabal|strong="H5037", his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0853" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H0802" his|strong="H1961" heart|strong="H3820" died|strong="H4191" within|strong="H7130" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0802" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" stone|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{38}About|strong="H1961" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" Nabal|strong="H5037", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Blessed|strong="H1288" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" pleaded|strong="H7378" the|strong="H0853" cause|strong="H7379" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" reproach|strong="H2781" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Nabal|strong="H5037", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H2820" back|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650" from|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H7451". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" evildoing of|strong="H3068" Nabal|strong="H5037" on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3947" own head|strong="H7218".” 
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David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H3068" Abigail|strong="H0026", to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" himself|strong="H3027" as|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{40}When|strong="H0935" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Abigail|strong="H0026" to|strong="H0413" Carmel|strong="H3760", they|strong="H0559" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H5650" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971", to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0935" wife|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{41}She|strong="H6965" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" with|strong="H0776" her|strong="H0559" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", your|strong="H0559" servant|strong="H5650" is|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0559" wash|strong="H7364" the|strong="H0559" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0776" my|strong="H6965" lord|strong="H0113".” 
\verseNumber{42}Abigail|strong="H0026" hurriedly|strong="H4116" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1980" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" with|strong="H1980" her|strong="H5921" five|strong="H2568" maids|strong="H5291" who|strong="H0802" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H1980" she|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5921" messengers|strong="H4397" of|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1980" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{43}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H3947" Ahinoam|strong="H0293" of|strong="H0802" Jezreel|strong="H3157"; and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1571" both|strong="H8147" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" wives|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{44}Now|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" Michal|strong="H4324" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323", David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802", to|strong="H5414" Palti|strong="H6406" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Laish, who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1121" Gallim|strong="H1554". 
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\chapterNumber{26}The|strong="H0559" Ziphites|strong="H2130" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390", saying|strong="H0559", “Doesn’t|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" hide|strong="H5641" himself|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H6440" Hachilah|strong="H2444", which is|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" desert|strong="H3452"?” 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Ziph|strong="H2128", having three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0376" Ziph|strong="H2128". 
\verseNumber{3}Saul|strong="H7586" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H3427" Hachilah|strong="H2444", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H3452", by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H1870". But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" therefore|strong="H3045" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" spies|strong="H7270", and|strong="H0935" understood|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" certainly|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0834" encamped|strong="H2583"; and|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" lay|strong="H7901", with|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635". Saul|strong="H7586" lay|strong="H7901" within|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" wagons, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" encamped|strong="H2583" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H0559" Hittite|strong="H2850", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Abishai|strong="H0052" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", saying|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264"?” 
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Abishai|strong="H0052" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973".” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" Abishai|strong="H0052" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915"; and|strong="H0935", behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" lay|strong="H7901" sleeping|strong="H3463" within|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" place|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" wagons, with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" stuck|strong="H4600" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" ground|strong="H0776" at|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H4763"; and|strong="H0935" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" lay|strong="H7901" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6258" Abishai|strong="H0052" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" your|strong="H4994" enemy|strong="H0341" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H4994" hand|strong="H3027" today|strong="H3117". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776" at|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" stroke|strong="H6471", and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8138" time|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abishai|strong="H0052", “Don’t|strong="H0408" destroy|strong="H7843" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" stretch|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899", and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H0408" guiltless?” 
\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5062" him|strong="H0935"; or|strong="H0176" his|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" shall|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" die|strong="H4191", or|strong="H0176" he|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3068" go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0935" battle|strong="H4421" and|strong="H0935" perish|strong="H5595". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" forbid|strong="H2486" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" stretch|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899"; but|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H4763" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" jar|strong="H6835" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" let’s|strong="H4994" go|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" jar|strong="H6835" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" head|strong="H5307", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" went away|strong="H3947". No|strong="H0369" man|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921", or|strong="H0369" knew|strong="H3045" it|strong="H5921", nor|strong="H0369" did|strong="H5307" any|strong="H3605" awake; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" asleep|strong="H3462", because|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" deep|strong="H8639" sleep|strong="H3462" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H5674" David|strong="H1732" went over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676", and|strong="H7218" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" mountain|strong="H2022" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350", a|strong="H5921" great|strong="H7227" space|strong="H5676" being between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H5921"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", saying|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" answer|strong="H6030", Abner|strong="H0074"?” 
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Then|strong="H6030" Abner|strong="H0074" answered|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" who|strong="H4310" calls|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", “Aren’t you|strong="H0859" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376"? Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478"? Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0853" have|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0859" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" watch|strong="H8104" over|strong="H0413" your|strong="H8104" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"? For|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H8104" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}This|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" isn’t|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" worthy to|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4194", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" watch|strong="H8104" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899". Now|strong="H6258" see|strong="H7200" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" spear|strong="H2595" is|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" jar|strong="H6835" of|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" head|strong="H4763".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" recognised David’s|strong="H1732" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" your|strong="H0559" voice|strong="H6963", my|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732"?” 
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David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5234" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H1732" voice|strong="H6963", my|strong="H1732" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428".” 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" does|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3588" lord|strong="H0113" pursue|strong="H7291" his|strong="H3027" servant|strong="H5650"? For|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"? What|strong="H4100" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5650" my|strong="H3588" hand|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H3068" so|strong="H6258" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" stirred|strong="H5496" you|strong="H3588" up|strong="H0853" against|strong="H6440" me|strong="H4994", let|strong="H4994" him|strong="H0853" accept|strong="H8085" an|strong="H3588" offering|strong="H4503". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" cursed|strong="H0779" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1121" driven|strong="H1644" me|strong="H4994" out|strong="H1644" today|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" shouldn’t cling to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" inheritance|strong="H5159", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H4994", serve|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430"!’ 
\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" my|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776" away|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1245" a|strong="H3588" flea|strong="H6550", as|strong="H0834" when|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" hunts|strong="H7291" a|strong="H3588" partridge|strong="H7124" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398". Return|strong="H7725", my|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H0834" harm|strong="H7489", because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7725" life|strong="H5315" was|strong="H0834" precious|strong="H3365" in|strong="H3117" your|strong="H0834" eyes|strong="H5869" today|strong="H3117". Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" played|strong="H5528" the|strong="H0559" fool|strong="H5528", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0834" erred|strong="H7686" exceedingly|strong="H3966".” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" spear|strong="H2595", O king|strong="H4428"! Let one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" come over|strong="H5674" and|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" render|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5414" righteousness|strong="H6666" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" faithfulness|strong="H0530"; because|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" into|strong="H0376" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" wouldn’t stretch|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899". 
\verseNumber{24}Behold|strong="H2009", as|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" was|strong="H0834" respected|strong="H5869" today|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", so|strong="H3651" let|strong="H3651" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3068" respected|strong="H5869" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H3651" him|strong="H3605" deliver|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" oppression.” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H0859" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1121" blessed|strong="H1288", my|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1571" both|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" mightily, and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1571" surely|strong="H7725" prevail|strong="H3201".” 
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So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" place|strong="H4725". 
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\chapterNumber{27}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" now|strong="H6258" perish|strong="H5595" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" Saul|strong="H7586". There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413" than|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" escape|strong="H4422" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H0776" despair|strong="H2976" of|strong="H0776" me|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" me|strong="H0413" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H4480" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" escape|strong="H4422" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maoch|strong="H4582", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1661". 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" Achish|strong="H0397" at|strong="H3427" Gath|strong="H1661", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" household|strong="H1004", even David|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" the|strong="H5973" Jezreelitess|strong="H3159" and|strong="H1004" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H5973" Carmelitess|strong="H3762", Nabal’s|strong="H5037" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{4}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H1732" Gath|strong="H1661", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" stopped looking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5046". 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", “If|strong="H0518" now|strong="H4994" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5414" eyes|strong="H5869", let|strong="H4994" them|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3427" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" country|strong="H7704", that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0518" may|strong="H4994" dwell|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". For|strong="H0413" why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" royal|strong="H4467" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414"?” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" Achish|strong="H0397" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Ziklag|strong="H6860" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117": therefore|strong="H3651" Ziklag|strong="H6860" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0834" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" full|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0935" raided|strong="H6584" the|strong="H0834" Geshurites|strong="H1651", the|strong="H0834" Girzites, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Amalekites|strong="H6003"; for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0776" old|strong="H5769", on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" Shur|strong="H7793", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" saved no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" alive|strong="H2421", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629", the|strong="H0853" cattle|strong="H1241", the|strong="H0853" donkeys|strong="H2543", the|strong="H0853" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" clothing|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397". 
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\verseNumber{10}Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559", “Against|strong="H5921" whom have|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H5921" raid|strong="H6584" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" South|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063", against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" South|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397", and|strong="H3063" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" South|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Kenites|strong="H7017".” 
\verseNumber{11}David|strong="H1732" saved neither|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" nor|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" alive|strong="H2421" to|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" Gath|strong="H1661", saying|strong="H0559", “Lest|strong="H6435" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" tell|strong="H5046" about|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5046", saying|strong="H0559", ‘David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3541", and|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3541" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3541" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430".’” 
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\verseNumber{12}Achish|strong="H0397" believed|strong="H0539" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1732" has|strong="H1961" made|strong="H0887" his|strong="H1732" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" utterly to|strong="H0559" abhor him|strong="H1732". Therefore|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\chapterNumber{28}In|strong="H0413" those|strong="H0376" days|strong="H3117", the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6908" their|strong="H1992" armies|strong="H6635" together|strong="H6908" for|strong="H3588" warfare|strong="H6635", to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" Israel|strong="H3478". Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Know|strong="H3045" assuredly|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635", you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3045" men|strong="H0376".” 
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\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", “Therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" can|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213".” 
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Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H7760" you|strong="H0859" my|strong="H3605" bodyguard forever|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Now Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H0776" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414", even|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" own city|strong="H5892". Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3478" sent away|strong="H5493" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" familiar spirits and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" wizards out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H0935" Shunem|strong="H7766"; and|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H0935" Gilboa|strong="H1533". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", he|strong="H0853" was|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820" trembled|strong="H2729" greatly|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" enquired of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7592" by|strong="H3068" dreams|strong="H2472", by|strong="H3068" Urim|strong="H0224", or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650", “Seek|strong="H1245" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5650" has|strong="H5650" a|strong="H1245" familiar spirit|strong="H0178", that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H2009" may go|strong="H2009" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H5650" enquire of|strong="H5650" her|strong="H0413".” 
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His|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5650" has|strong="H5650" a|strong="H1245" familiar spirit|strong="H0178" at|strong="H0413" Endor.” 
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\verseNumber{8}Saul|strong="H7586" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H0413" other|strong="H0312" clothing|strong="H0899", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915". Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Please consult for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" familiar spirit|strong="H0178", and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" whomever|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0376" name|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" familiar|strong="H3045" spirits and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" wizards out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H2009" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" lay|strong="H5367" a|strong="H3772" snare|strong="H5367" for|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3045" life|strong="H5315", to|strong="H0413" cause me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" die|strong="H4191"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}Saul|strong="H7586" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0518" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", no|strong="H0518" punishment|strong="H5771" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0518" for|strong="H0518" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Whom|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0853"?” 
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He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H5927" Samuel|strong="H8050" up|strong="H5927" for|strong="H0802" me|strong="H5927".” 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050", she|strong="H4100" cried|strong="H2199" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963"; and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H0413"? For|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4100" Saul|strong="H7586"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372"! What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H0408" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430" coming|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" look like|strong="H0776"?” 
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She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “An|strong="H3588" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376" comes|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" covered with|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" robe|strong="H4598".” Saul|strong="H7586" perceived|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0776" Samuel|strong="H8050", and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H1931" bowed|strong="H7812" with|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" showed respect. 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1571" you|strong="H5921" disturbed|strong="H7264" me|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H5927" me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927"?” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H0430" very|strong="H3966" distressed; for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" make|strong="H6213" war against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" answers|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750", by|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030", or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H5921" dreams|strong="H2472". Therefore|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1571" called|strong="H7121" you|strong="H5921", that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" may|strong="H0430" make|strong="H6213" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3045" shall|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5921", since the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" adversary|strong="H6145"? 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5414". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" neighbour, even|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{18}Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" execute his|strong="H5921" fierce|strong="H2740" wrath|strong="H0639" on|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002", therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}Moreover|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H1121" tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5414". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" fell|strong="H5307" immediately|strong="H4116" his|strong="H3605" full|strong="H4393" length|strong="H6967" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" was|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H3966", because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0776" Samuel’s|strong="H8050" words|strong="H1697". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H3581" in|strong="H0776" him|strong="H3605", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" long|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" troubled|strong="H3966", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009", your|strong="H7760" servant|strong="H8198" has|strong="H0834" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H7760" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H8085" life|strong="H5315" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H8085" hand|strong="H3709", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H7760" words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{22}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H8085" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" your|strong="H7760" servant|strong="H8198", and|strong="H0398" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" set|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" morsel|strong="H6595" of|strong="H6963" bread|strong="H3899" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859". Eat|strong="H0398", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" may|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" strength|strong="H3581" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" way|strong="H1870".” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3985", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398".” But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H8085" servants|strong="H5650", together|strong="H1571" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802", constrained him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0398" voice|strong="H6963". So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6965" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" had|strong="H0802" a|strong="H3947" fattened|strong="H4770" calf|strong="H5695" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004". She hurried|strong="H4116" and|strong="H1004" killed it|strong="H3947"; and|strong="H1004" she took|strong="H3947" flour|strong="H7058" and|strong="H1004" kneaded|strong="H3888" it|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1004" baked|strong="H0644" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{25}She|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H5066" it|strong="H1931" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H6965" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3915" ate|strong="H0398". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3915" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H5066" away|strong="H0398" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915". 
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\chapterNumber{29}Now the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" Aphek|strong="H0663"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H5869" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H2583" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5973" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5973" Philistines|strong="H6430" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5973" by|strong="H0376" hundreds|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" by|strong="H0376" thousands|strong="H0505"; and|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5973" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5973" rear|strong="H0314" with|strong="H5973" Achish|strong="H0397". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" about|strong="H1961" these|strong="H0428" Hebrews|strong="H5680"?” 
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Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430", “Isn’t|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H0559" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117", or|strong="H0176" rather|strong="H3808" these|strong="H0428" years|strong="H8141"? I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" no|strong="H3808" fault|strong="H3972" in|strong="H8141" him|strong="H0413" since|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307" away|strong="H5307" until|strong="H5704" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H0834" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Make|strong="H7521" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" return|strong="H7725", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3381" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H7725" let|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421", lest in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" he|strong="H0834" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" adversary|strong="H7854" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413". For|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" what|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" fellow|strong="H0376" reconcile himself|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113"? Should|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0376" these|strong="H2088" men|strong="H0376"? 
\verseNumber{5}Isn’t|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732", of|strong="H0505" whom|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" sang to|strong="H0559" one|strong="H2088" another|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3808" dances|strong="H4246", saying|strong="H0559", 
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‘Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H0834" slain|strong="H5221" his|strong="H1732" thousands|strong="H0505", 
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and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" ten|strong="H7233" thousands|strong="H0505"?’” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3318" Achish|strong="H0397" called|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “As|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H3808" upright|strong="H3477", and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H4264" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0859" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". Nevertheless|strong="H3588", the|strong="H0559" lords|strong="H5633" don’t|strong="H3808" favour you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" return|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" peace|strong="H7965", that|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" displease the|strong="H7725" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7725" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", “But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213"? What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" so|strong="H6213" long|strong="H5704" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Achish|strong="H0397" answered|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3045" sight|strong="H5869", as|strong="H3588" an|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430". Notwithstanding, the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H5869" said|strong="H0559", ‘He|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421".’ 
\verseNumber{10}Therefore|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" rise|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" morning|strong="H1242" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834"; and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0834" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" light|strong="H0215", depart.” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5927" early|strong="H7925", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376", to|strong="H0413" depart|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" morning|strong="H1242", to|strong="H0413" return|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
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\chapterNumber{30}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ziklag|strong="H6860" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6003" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H1961" raid|strong="H6584" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" South|strong="H5045" and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H3117" Ziklag|strong="H6860", and|strong="H0935" had|strong="H1961" struck|strong="H5221" Ziklag|strong="H6860" and|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H8313" it|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H1419" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617" the|strong="H0853" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H5704" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4191" it|strong="H5704", both|strong="H4191" small|strong="H6996" and|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419". They|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" any|strong="H0376", but|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H7617" them|strong="H0853" off|strong="H7617" and|strong="H1419" went|strong="H0376" their|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" city|strong="H5892", behold|strong="H2009", it|strong="H0784" was|strong="H1732" burnt|strong="H8313" with|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784"; and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H8313" wives|strong="H0802", their|strong="H8313" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H8313" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H1732" wept|strong="H1058" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" more|strong="H0369" power|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5704" weep|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}David’s|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802" were|strong="H0802" taken|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" the|strong="H1732" Jezreelitess|strong="H3159", and|strong="H1732" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" Nabal|strong="H5037" the|strong="H1732" Carmelite|strong="H3761". 
\verseNumber{6}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed, for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" spoke|strong="H0559" of|strong="H1121" stoning|strong="H5619" him|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" souls|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1121" grieved, every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323"; but|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" strengthened|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", “Please|strong="H4994" bring|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646" here|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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Abiathar|strong="H0054" brought|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" enquired of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H2088" troop|strong="H1416", will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" overtake|strong="H5381" them|strong="H0310"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0310", “Pursue|strong="H7291", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" overtake|strong="H5381" them|strong="H0310", and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" without fail recover|strong="H5337" all|strong="H5337".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H0935", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" brook|strong="H5158" Besor|strong="H1308", where|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" behind|strong="H3498" stayed|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" pursued|strong="H7291", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3967" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376"; for|strong="H0376" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" stayed|strong="H5975" behind, who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" so|strong="H0834" faint that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" couldn’t go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Besor|strong="H1308". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H0376" found|strong="H4672" an|strong="H5414" Egyptian|strong="H4713" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H0398" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0398" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0398" he|strong="H1732" ate|strong="H0398"; and|strong="H0398" they|strong="H0376" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8248". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" piece|strong="H6400" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" cake|strong="H1690" of|strong="H3117" figs|strong="H1690" and|strong="H7725" two|strong="H8147" clusters|strong="H6778" of|strong="H3117" raisins|strong="H6778". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" eaten|strong="H0398", his|strong="H5414" spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" eaten|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H7725" drank|strong="H8354" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7969" nights|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", “To|strong="H0559" whom|strong="H4310" do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0859" belong? Where|strong="H0335" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0859" from|strong="H0376"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Egypt|strong="H4713", servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0559" an|strong="H3588" Amalekite|strong="H6003"; and|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113" left|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5650", because|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0595" got sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{14}We|strong="H0587" made|strong="H6584" a|strong="H0834" raid|strong="H6584" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" South|strong="H5045" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Cherethites|strong="H3774", and|strong="H3063" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" South|strong="H5045" of|strong="H5921" Caleb|strong="H3612"; and|strong="H3063" we|strong="H0587" burnt|strong="H8313" Ziklag|strong="H6860" with|strong="H8313" fire|strong="H0784".” 
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\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Will|strong="H0430" you|strong="H0518" bring|strong="H3381" me|strong="H0413" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" troop|strong="H1416"?” 
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He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “Swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3027" God|strong="H0430" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0430" not|strong="H2088" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0430" not|strong="H2088" deliver|strong="H5462" me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5462" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113", and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0430" bring|strong="H3381" you|strong="H0518" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" troop|strong="H1416".” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" down|strong="H3381", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" spread|strong="H5203" around|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", eating|strong="H0398", drinking|strong="H8354", and|strong="H3063" dancing|strong="H2287", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" plunder|strong="H7998" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3063" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" twilight|strong="H6153" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283". Not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H1992", except|strong="H0518" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3967" fled|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{18}David|strong="H1732" recovered|strong="H5337" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" rescued|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{19}There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" lacking to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7725", neither|strong="H3808" small|strong="H6996" nor|strong="H3808" great|strong="H1419", neither|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121" nor|strong="H3808" daughters|strong="H1323", neither|strong="H3808" plunder|strong="H7998", nor|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947". David|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" back|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" herds|strong="H1241", which|strong="H1931" they|strong="H0559" drove before|strong="H6440" those|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" David’s|strong="H1732" plunder|strong="H7998".” 
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\verseNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H3427" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" so|strong="H3318" faint that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" could|strong="H0376" not|strong="H1732" follow|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732", whom|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Besor|strong="H1308"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7122" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7122" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". When|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H0834" greeted them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H6030" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7451" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1980" worthless|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" anything|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" plunder|strong="H7998" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0834" recovered|strong="H5337", except|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0559" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" lead|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5414" away|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" depart|strong="H1980".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", my|strong="H8104" brothers|strong="H0251", with|strong="H0854" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" preserved|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" troop|strong="H1416" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" our|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{24}Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" matter|strong="H1697"? For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5921" share|strong="H2506" is|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" goes|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421", so|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4310" his|strong="H5921" share|strong="H2506" be|strong="H1697" who|strong="H4310" stays|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" baggage|strong="H3627". They|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4310" share|strong="H2506" alike|strong="H3162".” 
\verseNumber{25}It|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" forward|strong="H4605" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" made|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" statute|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3478" an|strong="H1961" ordinance|strong="H4941" for|strong="H4941" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ziklag|strong="H6860", he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H2009" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" plunder|strong="H7998" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", even|strong="H7453" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" friends|strong="H7453", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H0935" present|strong="H1293" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" plunder|strong="H7998" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H0834" sent it|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Bethel|strong="H1008", to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Ramoth|strong="H7418" of|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" South, to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Jattir|strong="H3492", 
\verseNumber{28}to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Aroer|strong="H6177", to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Siphmoth|strong="H8224", to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Eshtemoa|strong="H0851", 
\verseNumber{29}to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Racal|strong="H7403", to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397", to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Kenites|strong="H7017", 
\verseNumber{30}to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Hormah|strong="H2767", to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Borashan, to|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0834" Athach|strong="H6269", 
\verseNumber{31}to|strong="H1980" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" himself|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" used|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1980" stay. 
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\chapterNumber{31}Now the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H0376" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3478" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" slain|strong="H2491" on|strong="H5307" Mount|strong="H2022" Gilboa|strong="H1533". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" overtook|strong="H1692" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" killed|strong="H5221" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H1121" Malchishua, the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" went|strong="H0413" hard|strong="H3966" against|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" archers|strong="H3384" overtook|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0376" was|strong="H7586" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed by|strong="H0413" reason of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" archers|strong="H3384". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5921" armour bearer|strong="H5375", “Draw|strong="H8025" your|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H0935" thrust|strong="H1856" me|strong="H5921" through|strong="H1856" with|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", lest|strong="H6435" these|strong="H0428" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" thrust|strong="H1856" me|strong="H5921" through|strong="H1856" and|strong="H0935" abuse me|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" armour bearer|strong="H5375" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" terrified|strong="H3966". Therefore|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H0935" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" armour bearer|strong="H5375" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1931" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1931" likewise|strong="H1571" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H2719" died|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586" died|strong="H4191" with|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121", his|strong="H3605" armour bearer|strong="H5375", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" together|strong="H3162". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010", and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383", saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H0834" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{8}On|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" strip|strong="H6584" the|strong="H0853" slain|strong="H2491", they|strong="H0935" found|strong="H4672" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" Mount|strong="H2022" Gilboa|strong="H1533". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H5971" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218", stripped|strong="H6584" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H7971" armour, and|strong="H0776" sent|strong="H7971" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439", to|strong="H7971" carry|strong="H1319" the|strong="H0853" news|strong="H1319" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H7971" idols|strong="H6091" and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" armour in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H7760" fastened|strong="H8628" his|strong="H7760" body to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" Beth|strong="H1004" Shan. 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", 
\verseNumber{12}all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" arose|strong="H6965", went|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" body of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H1472" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" Beth Shan; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jabesh|strong="H3003" and|strong="H1121" burnt|strong="H8313" them|strong="H0853" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106" and|strong="H3117" buried|strong="H6912" them|strong="H0853" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" tamarisk|strong="H0815"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{31:13  }or, salt cedar} tree|strong="H0815" in|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003", and|strong="H3117" fasted|strong="H6684" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
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