1:1 And let fall[07997][8799] also some of the handfuls[06653] of purpose[07997][8800] for her, and leave[05800][8804] them , that she may glean[03950][8765] them , and rebuke[01605][8799] her not.
1:2 So she gleaned[03950][8762] in the field[07704] until even[06153], and beat out[02251][8799] that she had gleaned[03950][8765]: and it was about an ephah[0374] of barley[08184].
1:3 And she took it up[05375][8799], and went[0935][8799] into the city[05892]: and her mother in law[02545] saw[07200][8799] what she had gleaned[03950][8765]: and she brought forth[03318][8686], and gave[05414][8799] to her that she had reserved[03498][8689] after she was sufficed[07648].
1:4 And her mother in law[02545] said[0559][8799] unto her, Where hast thou gleaned[03950][8765] to day[03117]? and where[0375] wroughtest[06213][8804] thou? blessed[01288][8803] be he that did take knowledge[05234][8688] of thee. And she shewed[05046][8686] her mother in law[02545] with whom she had wrought[06213][8804], and said[0559][8799], The man's[0376] name[08034] with whom I wrought[06213][8804] to day[03117] is Boaz[01162].
1:5 And Naomi[05281] said[0559][8799] unto her daughter in law[03618], Blessed[01288][8803] be he of the LORD[03068], who hath not left off[05800][8804] his kindness[02617] to the living[02416] and to the dead[04191][8801]. And Naomi[05281] said[0559][8799] unto her, The man[0376] is near of kin[07138] unto us, one of our next kinsmen[01350][8802]. one of...: or, one that hath right to redeem
1:6 And Ruth[07327] the Moabitess[04125] said[0559][8799], He said[0559][8804] unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast[01692][8799] by my young men[05288], until they have ended[03615][8765] all my harvest[07105].
1:7 And Naomi[05281] said[0559][8799] unto Ruth[07327] her daughter in law[03618], It is good[02896], my daughter[01323], that thou go out[03318][8799] with his maidens[05291], that they meet[06293][8799] thee not in any other[0312] field[07704]. meet...: or, fall upon thee
1:8 So she kept fast[01692][8799] by the maidens[05291] of Boaz[01162] to glean[03950][8763] unto the end[03615][8800] of barley[08184] harvest[07105] and of wheat[02406] harvest[07105]; and dwelt[03427][8799] with her mother in law[02545].
1:9 Then Naomi[05281] her mother in law[02545] said[0559][8799] unto her, My daughter[01323], shall I not seek[01245][8762] rest[04494] for thee, that it may be well[03190][8799] with thee?
1:10 And now is not Boaz[01162] of our kindred[04130], with whose maidens[05291] thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth[02219][8802] barley[08184] to night[03915] in the threshingfloor[01637].
1:11 Wash[07364][8804] thyself therefore, and anoint[05480][8804] thee, and put[07760][8804] thy raiment[08071] upon thee, and get thee down[03381][8804] to the floor[01637]: but  make not thyself known[03045][8735] unto the man[0376], until he shall have done[03615][8763] eating[0398][8800] and drinking[08354][8800].
1:12 And it shall be, when he lieth down[07901][8800], that thou shalt mark[03045][8804] the place[04725] where he shall lie[07901][8799], and thou shalt go in[0935][8804], and uncover[01540][8765] his feet[04772], and lay thee down[07901][8804]; and he will tell[05046][8686] thee what thou shalt do[06213][8799]. uncover: or, lift up the clothes that are on
1:13 And she said[0559][8799] unto her, All that thou sayest[0559][8799] unto me I will do[06213][8799].
1:14 And she went down[03381][8799] unto the floor[01637], and did[06213][8799] according to all that her mother in law[02545] bade[06680][8765] her.
1:15 And when Boaz[01162] had eaten[0398][8799] and drunk[08354][8799], and his heart[03820] was merry[03190][8799], he went[0935][8799] to lie down[07901][8800] at the end[07097] of the heap of corn[06194]: and she came[0935][8799] softly[03909], and uncovered[01540][8762] his feet[04772], and laid her down[07901][8799].
1:16 And it came to pass at midnight[02677][03915], that the man[0376] was afraid[02729][8799], and turned[03943][8735] himself: and, behold, a woman[0802] lay[07901][8802] at his feet[04772]. turned: or, took hold on
1:17 And he said[0559][8799], Who art thou? And she answered[0559][8799], I am Ruth[07327] thine handmaid[0519]: spread[06566][8804] therefore thy skirt[03671] over thine handmaid[0519]; for thou art a near kinsman[01350][8802]. a near...: or, one that hath right to redeem
1:18 And he said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be thou of the LORD[03068], my daughter[01323]: for thou hast shewed[03190][8689] more kindness[02617] in the latter end[0314] than at the beginning[07223], inasmuch as thou followedst[03212][8800][0310] not[01115] young men[0970], whether poor[01800] or rich[06223].
1:19 And now, my daughter[01323], fear[03372][8799] not; I will do[06213][8799] to thee all that thou requirest[0559][8799]: for all the city[08179] of my people[05971] doth know[03045][8802] that thou art a virtuous[02428] woman[0802]. city: Heb. gate
1:20 And now it is true[0551] that I am thy near kinsman[01350][8802]: howbeit there is[03426] a kinsman[01350][8802] nearer[07138] than I.
1:21 Tarry[03885][8798] this night[03915], and it shall be in the morning[01242], that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman[01350][8799], well[02896]; let him do the kinsman's part[01350][8799]: but if he will[02654][8799] not do the part of a kinsman[01350][8800] to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman[01350][8804] to thee, as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416]: lie down[07901][8798] until the morning[01242].
1:22 And she lay[07901][8799] at his feet[04772] until the morning[01242]: and she rose up[06965][8799] before[02958] one[0376] could know[05234][8686] another[07453]. And he said[0559][8799], Let it not be known[03045][8735] that a woman[0802] came[0935][8804] into the floor[01637].
1:23 Also he said[0559][8799], Bring[03051][8798] the vail[04304] that thou hast upon thee, and hold[0270][8798] it. And when she held[0270][8799] it, he measured[04058][8799] six[08337] measures of barley[08184], and laid[07896][8799] it on her: and she went[0935][8799] into the city[05892]. vail: or, sheet, or, apron
1:24 And when she came[0935][8799] to her mother in law[02545], she said[0559][8799], Who art thou, my daughter[01323]? And she told[05046][8686] her all that the man[0376] had done[06213][8804] to her.
1:25 And she said[0559][8799], These six[08337] measures of barley[08184] gave[05414][8804] he me; for he said[0559][8804] to me, Go[0935][8799] not empty[07387] unto thy mother in law[02545].
1:26 Then said[0559][8799] she, Sit still[03427][8798], my daughter[01323], until thou know[03045][8799] how the matter[01697] will fall[05307][8799]: for the man[0376] will not be in rest[08252][8799], until[0518] he have finished[03615][8765] the thing[01697] this day[03117].
1:27 Then went[05927][00] Boaz[01162] up[05927][8804] to the gate[08179], and sat him down[03427][8799] there: and, behold, the kinsman[01350][8802] of whom Boaz[01162] spake[01696][8765] came[05674][8802] by; unto whom he said[0559][8799], Ho[01945], such[06423] a one[0492]! turn aside[05493][8798], sit down[03427][8798] here. And he turned aside[05493][8799], and sat down[03427][8799].
1:28 And he took[03947][8799] ten[06235] men[0582] of the elders[02205] of the city[05892], and said[0559][8799], Sit ye down[03427][8798] here. And they sat down[03427][8799].
2:1 And he said[0559][8799] unto the kinsman[01350][8802], Naomi[05281], that is come again[07725][8804] out of the country[07704] of Moab[04124], selleth[04376][8804] a parcel[02513] of land[07704], which was our brother[0251] Elimelech's[0458]:
2:2 And I thought[0559][8804] to advertise[01540][8799][0241] thee, saying[0559][8800], Buy[07069][8798] it before the inhabitants[03427][8802], and before the elders[02205] of my people[05971]. If thou wilt redeem[01350][8799] it , redeem[01350][8798] it : but if thou wilt not redeem[01350][8799] it, then tell[05046][8685] me, that I may know[03045][8799]: for there is none to redeem[01350][8800] it beside[02108] thee; and I am after[0310] thee. And he said[0559][8799], I will redeem[01350][8799] it . I thought...: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear
2:3 Then said[0559][8799] Boaz[01162], What day[03117] thou buyest[07069][8800] the field[07704] of the hand[03027] of Naomi[05281], thou must buy[07069][8804] it also of Ruth[07327] the Moabitess[04125], the wife[0802] of the dead[04191][8801], to raise up[06965][8687] the name[08034] of the dead[04191][8801] upon his inheritance[05159].
2:4 And the kinsman[01350][8802] said[0559][8799], I cannot[03201][8799] redeem[01350][8800] it for myself, lest I mar[07843][8686] mine own inheritance[05159]: redeem[01350][8798] thou my right[01353] to thyself; for I cannot[03201][8799] redeem[01350][8800] it .
2:5 Now this was the manner in former time[06440] in Israel[03478] concerning redeeming[01353] and concerning changing[08545], for to confirm[06965][8763] all things[01697]; a man[0376] plucked off[08025][8804] his shoe[05275], and gave[05414][8804] it to his neighbour[07453]: and this was a testimony[08584] in Israel[03478].
2:6 Therefore the kinsman[01350][8802] said[0559][8799] unto Boaz[01162], Buy[07069][8798] it for thee. So he drew off[08025][8799] his shoe[05275].
2:7 And Boaz[01162] said[0559][8799] unto the elders[02205], and unto all the people[05971], Ye are witnesses[05707] this day[03117], that I have bought[07069][8804] all that was Elimelech's[0458], and all that was Chilion's[03630] and Mahlon's[04248], of the hand[03027] of Naomi[05281].
2:8 Moreover Ruth[07327] the Moabitess[04125], the wife[0802] of Mahlon[04248], have I purchased[07069][8804] to be my wife[0802], to raise up[06965][8687] the name[08034] of the dead[04191][8801] upon his inheritance[05159], that the name[08034] of the dead[04191][8801] be not cut off[03772][8735] from among[05973] his brethren[0251], and from the gate[08179] of his place[04725]: ye are witnesses[05707] this day[03117].
2:9 And all the people[05971] that were in the gate[08179], and the elders[02205], said[0559][8799], We are witnesses[05707]. The LORD[03068] make[05414][8799] the woman[0802] that is come[0935][8802] into thine house[01004] like Rachel[07354] and like Leah[03812], which two[08147] did build[01129][8804] the house[01004] of Israel[03478]: and do[06213][8798] thou worthily[02428] in Ephratah[0672], and be famous[07121][8798][08034] in Bethlehem[01035]: do thou...: or, get thee riches, or, power be famous: Heb. proclaim thy name
2:10 And let thy house[01004] be like the house[01004] of Pharez[06557], whom Tamar[08559] bare[03205][8804] unto Judah[03063], of the seed[02233] which the LORD[03068] shall give[05414][8799] thee of this young woman[05291].
2:11 So Boaz[01162] took[03947][8799] Ruth[07327], and she was his wife[0802]: and when he went in[0935][8799] unto her, the LORD[03068] gave[05414][8799] her conception[02032], and she bare[03205][8799] a son[01121].
2:12 And the women[0802] said[0559][8799] unto Naomi[05281], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068], which hath not left[07673][8689] thee this day[03117] without a kinsman[01350][8802], that his name[08034] may be famous[07121][8735] in Israel[03478]. left...: Heb. caused to cease unto thee kinsman: or, redeemer
2:13 And he shall be unto thee a restorer[07725][8688] of thy life[05315], and a nourisher[03557][8771] of thine old age[07872]: for thy daughter in law[03618], which loveth[0157][8804] thee, which is better[02896] to thee than seven[07651] sons[01121], hath born[03205][8804] him. a nourisher of: Heb. to nourish thine...: Heb. thy gray hairs
2:14 And Naomi[05281] took[03947][8799] the child[03206], and laid[07896][8799] it in her bosom[02436], and became nurse[0539][8802] unto it.
2:15 And the women her neighbours[07934] gave[07121][8799] it a name[08034], saying[0559][8800], There is a son[01121] born[03205][8795] to Naomi[05281]; and they called[07121][8799] his name[08034] Obed[05744]: he is  the father[01] of Jesse[03448], the father[01] of David[01732].
2:16 Now these are the generations[08435] of Pharez[06557]: Pharez[06557] begat[03205][8689] Hezron[02696],
2:17 And Hezron[02696] begat[03205][8689] Ram[07410], and Ram[07410] begat[03205][8689] Amminadab[05992],
2:18 And Amminadab[05992] begat[03205][8689] Nahshon[05177], and Nahshon[05177] begat[03205][8689] Salmon[08009], Salmon: or, Salmah
2:19 And Salmon[08012] begat[03205][8689] Boaz[01162], and Boaz[01162] begat[03205][8689] Obed[05744],
2:20 And Obed[05744] begat[03205][8689] Jesse[03448], and Jesse[03448] begat[03205][8689] David[01732].
2:21 Now there was a certain[0259] man[0376] of Ramathaimzophim[07436], of mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], and his name[08034] was Elkanah[0511], the son[01121] of Jeroham[03395], the son[01121] of Elihu[0453], the son[01121] of Tohu[08459], the son[01121] of Zuph[06689], an Ephrathite[0673]:
2:22 And he had two[08147] wives[0802]; the name[08034] of the one[0259] was Hannah[02584], and the name[08034] of the other[08145] Peninnah[06444]: and Peninnah[06444] had children[03206], but Hannah[02584] had no children[03206].
2:23 And this[01931] man[0376] went up[05927][8804] out of his city[05892] yearly[03117][03117] to worship[07812][8692] and to sacrifice[02076][8800] unto the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635] in Shiloh[07887]. And the two[08147] sons[01121] of Eli[05941], Hophni[02652] and Phinehas[06372], the priests[03548] of the LORD[03068], were there. yearly: Heb. from year to year
2:24 And when the time[03117] was that Elkanah[0511] offered[02076][8799], he gave[05414][8804] to Peninnah[06444] his wife[0802], and to all her sons[01121] and her daughters[01323], portions[04490]:
2:25 But unto Hannah[02584] he gave[05414][8799] a[0259] worthy[0639] portion[04490]; for he loved[0157][8804] Hannah[02584]: but the LORD[03068] had shut up[05462][8804] her womb[07358]. worthy: or, double
2:26 And her adversary[06869] also provoked[03707][8765] her sore[03708], for to make her fret[07481][8687], because the LORD[03068] had shut[05462][8804] up[01157] her womb[07358]. provoked: Heb. angered
2:27 And as he did[06213][8799] so year[08141] by year[08141], when[01767] she went up[05927][8800] to the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], so she provoked[03707][8686] her; therefore she wept[01058][8799], and did not eat[0398][8799]. when...: or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up
2:28 Then said[0559][8799] Elkanah[0511] her husband[0376] to her, Hannah[02584], why weepest[01058][8799] thou? and why eatest[0398][8799] thou not? and why is thy heart[03824] grieved[03415][8799]? am not I better[02896] to thee than ten[06235] sons[01121]?
2:29 So Hannah[02584] rose up[06965][8799] after[0310] they had eaten[0398][8800] in Shiloh[07887], and after[0310] they had drunk[08354][8800]. Now Eli[05941] the priest[03548] sat[03427][8802] upon a seat[03678] by a post[04201] of the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068].
2:30 And she was in bitterness[04751] of soul[05315], and prayed[06419][8691] unto the LORD[03068], and wept[01058][8799] sore[01058][8800]. in...: Heb. bitter of soul
2:31 And she vowed[05087][8799] a vow[05088], and said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], if thou wilt indeed[07200][8800] look[07200][8799] on the affliction[06040] of thine handmaid[0519], and remember[02142][8804] me, and not forget[07911][8799] thine handmaid[0519], but wilt give[05414][8804] unto thine handmaid[0519] a man[0582] child[02233], then I will give[05414][8804] him unto the LORD[03068] all the days[03117] of his life[02416], and there shall no razor[04177] come[05927][8799] upon his head[07218]. a man...: Heb. seed of men
2:32 And it came to pass, as she continued[07235][8689] praying[06419][8692] before[06440] the LORD[03068], that Eli[05941] marked[08104][8802] her mouth[06310]. continued...: Heb. multiplied to pray
2:33 Now Hannah[02584], she spake[01696][8764] in her heart[03820]; only her lips[08193] moved[05128][8801], but her voice[06963] was not heard[08085][8735]: therefore Eli[05941] thought[02803][8799] she had been drunken[07910].
2:34 And Eli[05941] said[0559][8799] unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken[07937][8691]? put away[05493][8685] thy wine[03196] from thee.
2:35 And Hannah[02584] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], No, my lord[0113], I am a woman[0802] of a sorrowful[07186] spirit[07307]: I have drunk[08354][8804] neither wine[03196] nor strong drink[07941], but have poured out[08210][8799] my soul[05315] before[06440] the LORD[03068]. of a sorrowful...: Heb. hard of spirit
2:36 Count[05414][8799] not thine handmaid[0519] for[06440] a daughter[01323] of Belial[01100]: for out of the abundance[07230] of my complaint[07879] and grief[03708] have I spoken[01696][8765] hitherto. complaint: or, meditation
3:1 Then Eli[05941] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798] in peace[07965]: and the God[0430] of Israel[03478] grant[05414][8799] thee thy petition[07596] that thou hast asked[07592][8804] of him.
3:2 And she said[0559][8799], Let thine handmaid[08198] find[04672][8799] grace[02580] in thy sight[05869]. So the woman[0802] went[03212][8799] her way[01870], and did eat[0398][8799], and her countenance[06440] was no more sad .
3:3 And they rose up[07925][00] in the morning[01242] early[07925][8686], and worshipped[07812][8691] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and returned[07725][8799], and came[0935][8799] to their house[01004] to Ramah[07414]: and Elkanah[0511] knew[03045][8799] Hannah[02584] his wife[0802]; and the LORD[03068] remembered[02142][8799] her.
3:4 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time[03117] was come[08622] about after Hannah[02584] had conceived[02029][8799], that she bare[03205][8799] a son[01121], and called[07121][8799] his name[08034] Samuel[08050],  saying , Because I have asked[07592][8804] him of the LORD[03068]. when...: Heb. in revolution of days Samuel: that is, Asked of God
3:5 And the man[0376] Elkanah[0511], and all his house[01004], went up[05927][8799] to offer[02076][8800] unto the LORD[03068] the yearly[03117] sacrifice[02077], and his vow[05088].
3:6 But Hannah[02584] went not up[05927][8804]; for she said[0559][8804] unto her husband[0376], I will not go up until the child[05288] be weaned[01580][8735], and then  I will bring[0935][8689] him, that he may appear[07200][8738] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and there abide[03427][8804] for[05704] ever[05769].
3:7 And Elkanah[0511] her husband[0376] said[0559][8799] unto her, Do[06213][8798] what seemeth[05869] thee good[02896]; tarry[03427][8798] until thou have weaned[01580][8800] him; only the LORD[03068] establish[06965][8686] his word[01697]. So the woman[0802] abode[03427][8799], and gave her son[01121] suck[03243][8686] until she weaned[01580][8800] him.
3:8 And when she had weaned[01580][8804] him, she took him up[05927][8686] with her, with three[07969] bullocks[06499], and one[0259] ephah[0374] of flour[07058], and a bottle[05035] of wine[03196], and brought[0935][8686] him unto the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] in Shiloh[07887]: and the child[05288] was young[05288].
3:9 And they slew[07819][8799] a bullock[06499], and brought[0935][8686] the child[05288] to Eli[05941].
3:10 And she said[0559][8799], Oh[0994] my lord[0113], as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], my lord[0113], I am the woman[0802] that stood[05324][8737] by thee here, praying[06419][8692] unto the LORD[03068].
3:11 For this child[05288] I prayed[06419][8694]; and the LORD[03068] hath given[05414][8799] me my petition[07596] which I asked[07592][8804] of him:
3:12 Therefore also I have lent[07592][8689] him to the LORD[03068]; as long as he liveth[03117] he shall be lent[07592][8803] to the LORD[03068]. And he worshipped[07812][8691] the LORD[03068] there. lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition he shall...: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned
3:13 And Hannah[02584] prayed[06419][8691], and said[0559][8799], My heart[03820] rejoiceth[05970][8804] in the LORD[03068], mine horn[07161] is exalted[07311][8804] in the LORD[03068]: my mouth[06310] is enlarged[07337][8804] over mine enemies[0341][8802]; because I rejoice[08055][8804] in thy salvation[03444].
3:14 There is none holy[06918] as the LORD[03068]: for there is none beside[01115] thee: neither is there any rock[06697] like our God[0430].
3:15 Talk[01696][8762] no more[07235][8686] so exceeding[01364] proudly[01364]; let not arrogancy[06277] come[03318][8799] out of your mouth[06310]: for the LORD[03068] is  a God[0410] of knowledge[01844], and by him actions[05949] are weighed[08505][8738]. arrogancy: Heb. hard
3:16 The bows[07198] of the mighty men[01368] are broken[02844], and they that stumbled[03782][8737] are girded[0247][8804] with strength[02428].
3:17 They that were full[07649] have hired out[07936][8738] themselves for bread[03899]; and they that were hungry[07457] ceased[02308][8804]: so that the barren[06135] hath born[03205][8804] seven[07651]; and she that hath many[07227] children[01121] is waxed feeble[0535][8797].
3:18 The LORD[03068] killeth[04191][8688], and maketh alive[02421][8764]: he bringeth down[03381][8688] to the grave[07585], and bringeth up[05927][8686].
3:19 The LORD[03068] maketh poor[03423][8688], and maketh rich[06238][8688]: he bringeth low[08213][8688], and[0637] lifteth up[07311][8789].
3:20 He raiseth up[06965][8688] the poor[01800] out of the dust[06083], and lifteth up[07311][8686] the beggar[034] from the dunghill[0830], to set[03427][8687] them among princes[05081], and to make them inherit[05157][8686] the throne[03678] of glory[03519]: for the pillars[04690] of the earth[0776] are the LORD'S[03068], and he hath set[07896][8799] the world[08398] upon them.
3:21 He will keep[08104][8799] the feet[07272] of his saints[02623], and the wicked[07563] shall be silent[01826][8735] in darkness[02822]; for by strength[03581] shall no man[0376] prevail[01396][8799].
4:1 The adversaries[07378][8688] of the LORD[03068] shall be broken to pieces[02865][8735]; out of heaven[08064] shall he thunder[07481][8686] upon them: the LORD[03068] shall judge[01777][8799] the ends[0657] of the earth[0776]; and he shall give[05414][8799] strength[05797] unto his king[04428], and exalt[07311][8686] the horn[07161] of his anointed[04899].
4:2 And Elkanah[0511] went[03212][8799] to Ramah[07414] to his house[01004]. And the child[05288] did[01961][8804] minister[08334][8764] unto the LORD[03068] before[06440] Eli[05941] the priest[03548].
4:3 Now the sons[01121] of Eli[05941] were sons[01121] of Belial[01100]; they knew[03045][8804] not the LORD[03068].
4:4 And the priests[03548]' custom[04941] with the people[05971] was, that , when any man[0376] offered[02076][8802] sacrifice[02077], the priest's[03548] servant[05288] came[0935][8804], while the flesh[01320] was in seething[01310][8763], with a fleshhook[04207] of three[07969] teeth[08127] in his hand[03027];
4:5 And he struck[05221][8689] it into the pan[03595], or kettle[01731], or caldron[07037], or pot[06517]; all that the fleshhook[04207] brought up[05927][8686] the priest[03548] took[03947][8799] for himself. So they did[06213][8799] in Shiloh[07887] unto all the Israelites[03478] that came[0935][8802] thither.
4:6 Also before they burnt[06999][8686] the fat[02459], the priest's[03548] servant[05288] came[0935][8804], and said[0559][8804] to the man[0376] that sacrificed[02076][8802], Give[05414][8798] flesh[01320] to roast[06740][8800] for the priest[03548]; for he will not have[03947][8799] sodden[01310][8794] flesh[01320] of thee, but raw[02416].
4:7 And if any man[0376] said[0559][8799] unto him, Let them not fail[06999][8686] to burn[06999][8763] the fat[02459] presently[03117], and then take[03947][8798] as much as thy soul[05315] desireth[0183][8762]; then he would answer[0559][8804] him, Nay ; but thou shalt give[05414][8799] it me now: and if not, I will take[03947][8804] it by force[02394]. presently: Heb. as on the day
4:8 Wherefore the sin[02403] of the young men[05288] was very[03966] great[01419] before[06440] the LORD[03068]: for men[0582] abhorred[05006][8765] the offering[04503] of the LORD[03068].
4:9 But Samuel[08050] ministered[08334][8764] before[06440] the LORD[03068], being a child[05288], girded[02296][8803] with a linen[0906] ephod[0646].
4:10 Moreover his mother[0517] made[06213][8799] him a little[06996] coat[04598], and brought[05927][8689] it to him from year[03117] to year[03117], when she came up[05927][8800] with her husband[0376] to offer[02076][8800] the yearly[03117] sacrifice[02077].
4:11 And Eli[05941] blessed[01288][8765] Elkanah[0511] and his wife[0802], and said[0559][8804], The LORD[03068] give[07760][8799] thee seed[02233] of this woman[0802] for the loan[07596] which is lent[07592][8804] to the LORD[03068]. And they went[01980][8804] unto their own home[04725]. loan...: or, petition which she asked, etc
4:12 And[03588] the LORD[03068] visited[06485][8804] Hannah[02584], so that she conceived[02029][8799], and bare[03205][8799] three[07969] sons[01121] and two[08147] daughters[01323]. And the child[05288] Samuel[08050] grew[01431][8799] before[05973] the LORD[03068].
4:13 Now Eli[05941] was very[03966] old[02204][8804], and heard[08085][8804] all that his sons[01121] did[06213][8799] unto all Israel[03478]; and how they lay[07901][8799] with the women[0802] that assembled[06633][8802]  at the door[06607] of the tabernacle[0168] of the congregation[04150]. assembled: Heb. assembled by troops
4:14 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Why do[06213][8799] ye such things[01697]? for I hear[08085][8802] of your evil[07451] dealings[01697] by all this people[05971]. of your...: or, evil words of you
4:15 Nay, my sons[01121]; for it is no good[02896] report[08052] that I hear[08085][8802]: ye make the LORD'S[03068] people[05971] to transgress[05674][8688]. transgress: or, cry out
4:16 If one man[0376] sin[02398][8799] against another[0376], the judge[0430] shall judge[06419][8765] him: but if a man[0376] sin[02398][8799] against the LORD[03068], who shall intreat[06419][8691] for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened[08085][8799] not unto the voice[06963] of their father[01], because the LORD[03068] would[02654][8804] slay[04191][8687] them.
4:17 And the child[05288] Samuel[08050] grew[01432] on[01980][8802], and was in favour[02896] both with the LORD[03068], and also with men[0582].
4:18 And there came[0935][8799] a man[0376] of God[0430] unto Eli[05941], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Did I plainly[01540][8736] appear[01540][8738] unto the house[01004] of thy father[01], when they were in Egypt[04714] in Pharaoh's[06547] house[01004]?
4:19 And did I choose[0977][8800] him out of all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] to be my priest[03548], to offer[05927][8800] upon mine altar[04196], to burn[06999][8687] incense[07004], to wear[05375][8800] an ephod[0646] before[06440] me? and did I give[05414][8799] unto the house[01004] of thy father[01] all the offerings made by fire[0801] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478]?
4:20 Wherefore kick[01163][8799] ye at my sacrifice[02077] and at mine offering[04503], which I have commanded[06680][8765] in my habitation[04583]; and honourest[03513][8762] thy sons[01121] above me, to make yourselves fat[01254][8687] with the chiefest[07225] of all the offerings[04503] of Israel[03478] my people[05971]?
4:21 Wherefore the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] saith[05002][8803], I said[0559][8804] indeed[0559][8800] that thy house[01004], and the house[01004] of thy father[01], should walk[01980][8691] before[06440] me for[05704] ever[05769]: but now the LORD[03068] saith[05002][8803], Be it far from me[02486]; for them that honour[03513][8764] me I will honour[03513][8762], and they that despise[0959][8802] me shall be lightly esteemed[07043][8799].
4:22 Behold, the days[03117] come[0935][8802], that I will cut off[01438][8804] thine arm[02220], and the arm[02220] of thy father's[01] house[01004], that there shall not be an old man[02205] in thine house[01004].
5:1 And thou shalt see[05027][8689] an enemy[06862] in my habitation[04583], in all the wealth which God shall give[03190][8686] Israel[03478]: and there shall not be an old man[02205] in thine house[01004] for ever[03117]. an enemy...: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel
5:2 And the man[0376] of thine, whom I shall not cut off[03772][8686] from mine altar[04196], shall be to consume[03615][8763] thine eyes[05869], and to grieve[0109] thine heart[05315]: and all the increase[04768] of thine house[01004] shall die[04191][8799] in the flower of their age[0582]. in the flower...: Heb. men
5:3 And this shall be a sign[0226] unto thee, that shall come[0935][8799] upon thy two[08147] sons[01121], on Hophni[02652] and Phinehas[06372]; in one[0259] day[03117] they shall die[04191][8799] both[08147] of them.
5:4 And I will raise me up[06965][8689] a faithful[0539][8737] priest[03548], that shall do[06213][8799] according to that which is in mine heart[03824] and in my mind[05315]: and I will build[01129][8804] him a sure[0539][8737] house[01004]; and he shall walk[01980][8694] before[06440] mine anointed[04899] for ever[03117].
5:5 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left[03498][8737] in thine house[01004] shall come[0935][8799] and crouch[07812][8692] to him for a piece[095] of silver[03701] and a morsel[03603] of bread[03899], and shall say[0559][8804], Put[05596][8798] me, I pray thee, into one[0259] of the priests' offices[03550], that I may eat[0398][8800] a piece[06595] of bread[03899]. Put: Heb. Join one of...: or, somewhat about the priesthood
5:6 And the child[05288] Samuel[08050] ministered[08334][8764] unto the LORD[03068] before[06440] Eli[05941]. And the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] was precious[03368] in those days[03117]; there was no open[06555][8737] vision[02377].
5:7 And it came to pass at that time[03117], when Eli[05941] was laid down[07901][8802] in his place[04725], and his eyes[05869] began[02490][8689] to wax dim[03544], that  he could[03201][8799] not see[07200][8800];
5:8 And ere the lamp[05216] of God[0430] went out[03518][8799] in the temple[01964] of the LORD[03068], where the ark[0727] of God[0430] was , and Samuel[08050] was laid down[07901][8802] to sleep ;
5:9 That the LORD[03068] called[07121][8799] Samuel[08050]: and he answered[0559][8799], Here am I.
5:10 And he ran[07323][8799] unto Eli[05941], and said[0559][8799], Here am I[02009]; for thou calledst[07121][8804] me. And he said[0559][8799], I called[07121][8804] not; lie down[07901][8798] again[07725][8798]. And he went[03212][8799] and lay down[07901][8799].
5:11 And the LORD[03068] called[07121][8800] yet again[03254][8686], Samuel[08050]. And Samuel[08050] arose[06965][8799] and went[03212][8799] to Eli[05941], and said[0559][8799], Here am I; for thou didst call[07121][8804] me. And he answered[0559][8799], I called[07121][8804] not, my son[01121]; lie down[07901][8798] again[07725][8798].
5:12 Now Samuel[08050] did not yet[02962] know[03045][8804] the LORD[03068], neither was the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] yet revealed[01540][8735] unto him. Now...: or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the LORD, and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him
6:1 And the LORD[03068] called[07121][8800] Samuel[08050] again[03254][8686] the third time[07992]. And he arose[06965][8799] and went[03212][8799] to Eli[05941], and said[0559][8799], Here am I; for thou didst call[07121][8804] me. And Eli[05941] perceived[0995][8799] that the LORD[03068] had called[07121][8802] the child[05288].
6:2 Therefore Eli[05941] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], Go[03212][8798], lie down[07901][8798]: and it shall be, if he call[07121][8799] thee, that thou shalt say[0559][8804], Speak[01696][8761], LORD[03068]; for thy servant[05650] heareth[08085][8802]. So Samuel[08050] went[03212][8799] and lay down[07901][8799] in his place[04725].
6:3 And the LORD[03068] came[0935][8799], and stood[03320][8691], and called[07121][8799] as at other times[06471], Samuel[08050], Samuel[08050]. Then Samuel[08050] answered[0559][8799], Speak[01696][8761]; for thy servant[05650] heareth[08085][8802].
6:4 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] to Samuel[08050], Behold, I will do[06213][8802] a thing[01697] in Israel[03478], at which both[08147] the ears[0241] of every one that heareth[08085][8802] it shall tingle[06750][8799].
6:5 In that day[03117] I will perform[06965][8686] against Eli[05941] all things which I have spoken[01696][8765] concerning[0413] his house[01004]: when I begin[02490][8687], I will also make an end[03615][8763]. when...: Heb. beginning and ending
6:6 For I have told[05046][8689] him that I will judge[08199][8802] his house[01004] for[05704] ever[05769] for the iniquity[05771] which he knoweth[03045][8804]; because his sons[01121] made themselves vile[07043][8764], and he restrained[03543][8765] them not. For I...: or, And I will tell him vile: or, accursed restrained...: Heb. frowned not upon them
6:7 And therefore I have sworn[07650][8738] unto the house[01004] of Eli[05941], that the iniquity[05771] of Eli's[05941] house[01004] shall not be purged[03722][8691] with sacrifice[02077] nor offering[04503] for[05704] ever[05769].
6:8 And Samuel[08050] lay[07901][8799] until the morning[01242], and opened[06605][8799] the doors[01817] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. And Samuel[08050] feared[03372][8804] to shew[05046][8687] Eli[05941] the vision[04759].
6:9 Then Eli[05941] called[07121][8799] Samuel[08050], and said[0559][8799], Samuel[08050], my son[01121]. And he answered[0559][8799], Here am I.
6:10 And he said[0559][8799], What is the thing[01697] that the LORD hath said[01696][8765] unto thee? I pray thee hide[03582][8762] it not from me: God[0430] do so[06213][8799] to thee, and more also[03254][8686], if thou hide[03582][8762] any thing[01697] from me of all the things[01697] that he said[01696][8765] unto thee. more also: Heb. so add thing: or, word
6:11 And Samuel[08050] told[05046][8686] him every whit[01697], and hid[03582][8765] nothing from him. And he said[0559][8799], It is the LORD[03068]: let him do[06213][8799] what seemeth[05869] him good[02896]. every...: Heb. all the things, or, words
6:12 And Samuel[08050] grew[01431][8799], and the LORD[03068] was with him, and did let none of his words[01697] fall[05307][8689] to the ground[0776].
6:13 And all Israel[03478] from Dan[01835] even to Beersheba[0884] knew[03045][8799] that Samuel[08050] was established[0539][8737] to be a prophet[05030] of the LORD[03068]. established: or, faithful
6:14 And the LORD[03068] appeared[07200][8736] again[03254][8686] in Shiloh[07887]: for the LORD[03068] revealed[01540][8738] himself to Samuel[08050] in Shiloh[07887] by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068].
6:15 And the word[01697] of Samuel[08050] came to all Israel[03478]. Now Israel[03478] went out[03318][8799] against[07125][8800] the Philistines[06430] to battle[04421], and pitched[02583][8799] beside Ebenezer[072]: and the Philistines[06430] pitched[02583][8804] in Aphek[0663]. came: or, came to pass: Heb. was
6:16 And the Philistines[06430] put themselves in array[06186][8799] against[07125][8800] Israel[03478]: and when they joined[05203][8799] battle[04421], Israel[03478] was smitten[05062][8735] before[06440] the Philistines[06430]: and they slew[05221][8686] of the army[04634] in the field[07704] about four[0702] thousand[0505] men[0376]. they joined...: Heb. the battle was spread army: Heb. array
6:17 And when the people[05971] were come[0935][8799] into the camp[04264], the elders[02205] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799], Wherefore hath the LORD[03068] smitten[05062][8804] us to day[03117] before[06440] the Philistines[06430]? Let us fetch[03947][8799] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] out of Shiloh[07887] unto us, that, when it cometh[0935][8799] among[07130] us, it may save[03467][8686] us out of the hand[03709] of our enemies[0341][8802]. fetch: Heb. take unto us
6:18 So the people[05971] sent[07971][8799] to Shiloh[07887], that they might bring[05375][8799] from thence the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], which dwelleth[03427][8802] between the cherubims[03742]: and the two[08147] sons[01121] of Eli[05941], Hophni[02652] and Phinehas[06372], were there with the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of God[0430].
6:19 And when the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] came[0935][8800] into the camp[04264], all Israel[03478] shouted[07321][8686] with a great[01419] shout[08643], so that the earth[0776] rang again[01949][8735].
6:20 And when the Philistines[06430] heard[08085][8799] the noise[06963] of the shout[08643], they said[0559][8799], What meaneth the noise[06963] of this great[01419] shout[08643] in the camp[04264] of the Hebrews[05680]? And they understood[03045][8799] that the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] was come[0935][8804] into the camp[04264].
6:21 And the Philistines[06430] were afraid[03372][8799], for they said[0559][8804], God[0430] is come[0935][8804] into the camp[04264]. And they said[0559][8799], Woe[0188] unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore[0865][08032]. heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day
7:1 Woe[0188] unto us! who shall deliver[05337][8686] us out of the hand[03027] of these mighty[0117] Gods[0430]? these are the Gods[0430] that smote[05221][8688] the Egyptians[04714] with all the plagues[04347] in the wilderness[04057].
7:2 Be strong[02388][8690], and quit[01961][8798] yourselves like men[0582], O ye Philistines[06430], that ye be not servants[05647][8799] unto the Hebrews[05680], as they have been[05647][8804] to you: quit[01961][8804] yourselves like men[0582], and fight[03898][8738]. quit...: Heb. be men
7:3 And the Philistines[06430] fought[03898][8735], and Israel[03478] was smitten[05062][8735], and they fled[05127][8799] every man[0376] into his tent[0168]: and there was a very[03966] great[01419] slaughter[04347]; for there fell[05307][8799] of Israel[03478] thirty[07970] thousand[0505] footmen[07273].
7:4 And the ark[0727] of God[0430] was taken[03947][8738]; and the two[08147] sons[01121] of Eli[05941], Hophni[02652] and Phinehas[06372], were slain[04191][8804]. were slain: Heb. died
7:5 And there ran[07323][8799] a man[0376] of Benjamin[01144] out of the army[04634], and came[0935][8799] to Shiloh[07887] the same day[03117] with his clothes[04055] rent[07167][8803], and with earth[0127] upon his head[07218].
7:6 And when he came[0935][8799], lo, Eli[05941] sat[03427][8802] upon a seat[03678] by the wayside[01870][03027][8675][03197] watching[06822][8764]: for his heart[03820] trembled[02730] for the ark[0727] of God[0430]. And when the man[0376] came[0935][8802] into the city[05892], and told[05046][8687] it , all the city[05892] cried out[02199][8799].
7:7 And when Eli[05941] heard[08085][8799] the noise[06963] of the crying[06818], he said[0559][8799], What meaneth the noise[06963] of this tumult[01995]? And the man[0376] came[0935][8799] in hastily[04116][8765], and told[05046][8686] Eli[05941].
7:8 Now Eli[05941] was ninety[08673] and eight[08083] years[08141] old[01121]; and his eyes[05869] were dim[06965][8804], that he could[03201][8804] not see[07200][8800]. were dim: Heb. stood
7:9 And the man[0376] said[0559][8799] unto Eli[05941], I am he that came[0935][8802] out of the army[04634], and I fled[05127][8804] to day[03117] out of the army[04634]. And he said[0559][8799], What is there done[01697], my son[01121]? is...: Heb. is the thing
7:10 And the messenger[01319][8764] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Israel[03478] is fled[05127][8804] before[06440] the Philistines[06430], and there hath been also a great[01419] slaughter[04046] among the people[05971], and thy two[08147] sons[01121] also, Hophni[02652] and Phinehas[06372], are dead[04191][8804], and the ark[0727] of God[0430] is taken[03947][8738].
7:11 And it came to pass, when he made mention[02142][8687] of the ark[0727] of God[0430], that he fell[05307][8799] from off the seat[03678] backward[0322] by[01157] the side[03027] of the gate[08179], and his neck[04665] brake[07665][8735], and he died[04191][8799]: for he was an old[02204][8804] man[0376], and heavy[03513][8804]. And he had judged[08199][8804] Israel[03478] forty[0705] years[08141].
7:12 And his daughter in law[03618], Phinehas[06372]' wife[0802], was with child[02030], near to be delivered[03205][8800]: and when she heard[08085][8799] the tidings[08052] that[0413] the ark[0727] of God[0430] was taken[03947][8736], and that her father in law[02524] and her husband[0376] were dead[04191][8804], she bowed[03766][8799] herself and travailed[03205][8799]; for her pains[06735] came[02015][8738] upon her. be delivered: or, cry out came: Heb. were turned
7:13 And about the time[06256] of her death[04191][8800] the women that stood[05324][8737] by her said[01696][8762] unto her, Fear[03372][8799] not; for thou hast born[03205][8804] a son[01121]. But she answered[06030][8804] not, neither did she regard[07896][8804][03820] it . neither...: Heb. set not her heart
7:14 And she named[07121][8799] the child[05288] Ichabod[0350], saying[0559][8800], The glory[03519] is departed[01540][8804] from Israel[03478]: because[0413] the ark[0727] of God[0430] was taken[03947][8736], and because of her father in law[02524] and her husband[0376]. Ichabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory
7:15 And she said[0559][8799], The glory[03519] is departed[01540][8804] from Israel[03478]: for the ark[0727] of God[0430] is taken[03947][8738].
7:16 And the Philistines[06430] took[03947][8804] the ark[0727] of God[0430], and brought[0935][8686] it from Ebenezer[072] unto Ashdod[0795].
7:17 When the Philistines[06430] took[03947][8799] the ark[0727] of God[0430], they brought[0935][8686] it into the house[01004] of Dagon[01712], and set[03322][8686] it by[0681] Dagon[01712].
8:1 And when they of Ashdod[0796] arose early[07925][8686] on the morrow[04283], behold, Dagon[01712] was fallen[05307][8802] upon his face[06440] to the earth[0776] before[06440] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068]. And they took[03947][8799] Dagon[01712], and set[07725][00] him in his place[04725] again[07725][8686].
8:2 And when they arose early[07925][8686] on the morrow[04283] morning[01242], behold, Dagon[01712] was fallen[05307][8802] upon his face[06440] to the ground[0776] before[06440] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068]; and the head[07218] of Dagon[01712] and both[08147] the palms[03709] of his hands[03027] were cut off[03772][8803] upon the threshold[04670]; only the stump of Dagon[01712] was left[07604][8738] to him. the stump...: or, the fishy part
8:3 Therefore neither the priests[03548] of Dagon[01712], nor any that come[0935][8802] into Dagon's[01712] house[01004], tread[01869][8799] on the threshold[04670] of Dagon[01712] in Ashdod[0795] unto this day[03117].
8:4 But the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] was heavy[03513][8799] upon them of Ashdod[0796], and he destroyed[08074][8686] them, and smote[05221][8686] them with emerods[02914][8675][06076], even Ashdod[0795] and the coasts[01366] thereof.
8:5 And when the men[0582] of Ashdod[0795] saw[07200][8799] that it was so, they said[0559][8804], The ark[0727] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478] shall not abide[03427][8799] with us: for his hand[03027] is sore[07185][8804] upon us, and upon Dagon[01712] our god[0430].
8:6 They sent[07971][8799] therefore and gathered[0622][8799] all the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] unto them, and said[0559][8799], What shall we do[06213][8799] with the ark[0727] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478]? And they answered[0559][8799], Let the ark[0727] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478] be carried about[05437][8735] unto Gath[01661]. And they carried[05437][00] the ark[0727] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478] about[05437][8686]  thither .
8:7 And it was so , that, after[0310] they had carried it about[05437][8689], the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] was against the city[05892] with a very[03966] great[01419] destruction[04103]: and he smote[05221][8686] the men[0582] of the city[05892], both small[06996] and great[01419], and they had emerods[02914][8675][06076] in their secret parts[08368][8735].
8:8 Therefore they sent[07971][8762] the ark[0727] of God[0430] to Ekron[06138]. And it came to pass, as the ark[0727] of God[0430] came[0935][8800] to Ekron[06138], that the Ekronites[06139] cried out[02199][8799], saying[0559][8800], They have brought about[05437][8689] the ark[0727] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478] to us, to slay[04191][8687] us and our people[05971]. us, to...: Heb. me to slay me and my
8:9 So they sent[07971][8799] and gathered together[0622][8799] all the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430], and said[0559][8799], Send away[07971][8761] the ark[0727] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478], and let it go again[07725][8799] to his own place[04725], that it slay[04191][8686] us not, and our people[05971]: for there was a deadly[04194] destruction[04103] throughout all the city[05892]; the hand[03027] of God[0430] was very[03966] heavy[03513][8804] there. us not...: Heb. me not, and my
8:10 And the men[0582] that died[04191][8804] not were smitten[05221][8717] with the emerods[02914][8675][06076]: and the cry[07775] of the city[05892] went up[05927][8799] to heaven[08064].
8:11 And the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] was in the country[07704] of the Philistines[06430] seven[07651] months[02320].
8:12 And the Philistines[06430] called[07121][8799] for the priests[03548] and the diviners[07080][8802], saying[0559][8800], What shall we do[06213][8799] to the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068]? tell[03045][8685] us wherewith we shall send[07971][8762] it to his place[04725].
8:13 And they said[0559][8799], If ye send away[07971][8764] the ark[0727] of the God[0430] of Israel[03478], send[07971][8762] it not empty[07387]; but in any wise[07725][8687] return[07725][8686] him a trespass offering[0817]: then ye shall be healed[07495][8735], and it shall be known[03045][8738] to you why his hand[03027] is not removed[05493][8799] from you.
8:14 Then said[0559][8799] they, What shall be the trespass offering[0817] which we shall return[07725][8686] to him? They answered[0559][8799], Five[02568] golden[02091] emerods[02914][8675][06076], and five[02568] golden[02091] mice[05909], according to the number[04557] of the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430]: for one[0259] plague[04046] was  on you all, and on your lords[05633]. you: Heb. them
8:15 Wherefore ye shall make[06213][8804] images[06754] of your emerods[02914][8675][06076], and images[06754] of your mice[05909] that mar[07843][8688] the land[0776]; and ye shall give[05414][8804] glory[03519] unto the God[0430] of Israel[03478]: peradventure he will lighten[07043][8686] his hand[03027] from off you, and from off your gods[0430], and from off your land[0776].
8:16 Wherefore then do ye harden[03513][8762] your hearts[03824], as the Egyptians[04714] and Pharaoh[06547] hardened[03513][8765] their hearts[03820]? when he had wrought wonderfully[05953][8694] among them, did they not let the people go[07971][8762], and they departed[03212][8799]? wonderfully: or, reproachfully the people: Heb. them
8:17 Now therefore make[06213][8798] a[0259] new[02319] cart[05699], and take[03947][8798] two[08147] milch[05763][8802] kine[06510], on which there hath come[05927][8804] no yoke[05923], and tie[0631][8804] the kine[06510] to the cart[05699], and bring[07725][8689] their calves[01121] home[01004] from them[0310]:
8:18 And take[03947][8804] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068], and lay[05414][8804] it upon the cart[05699]; and put[07760][8799] the jewels[03627] of gold[02091], which ye return[07725][8689] him for a trespass offering[0817], in a coffer[0712] by the side[06654] thereof; and send it away[07971][8765], that it may go[01980][8804].
8:19 And see[07200][8804], if it goeth up[05927][8799] by the way[01870] of his own coast[01366] to Bethshemesh[01053], then he hath done[06213][8804] us this great[01419] evil[07451]: but if not, then we shall know[03045][8804] that it is not his hand[03027] that smote[05060][8804] us: it was a chance[04745] that happened to us[01961][8804]. he: or, it
8:20 And the men[0582] did so[06213][8799]; and took[03947][8799] two[08147] milch[05763][8802] kine[06510], and tied[0631][8799] them to the cart[05699], and shut up[03607][8804] their calves[01121] at home[01004]:
8:21 And they laid[07760][8799] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] upon the cart[05699], and the coffer[0712] with the mice[05909] of gold[02091] and the images[06754] of their emerods[02914].
8:22 And the kine[06510] took the straight[03474][8799] way[01870] to the way[01870] of Bethshemesh[01053], and went along[01980][8804] the highway[04546][0259], lowing[01600][8800] as they went[01980][8800], and turned not aside[05493][8804] to the right hand[03225] or to the left[08040]; and the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] went[01980][8802] after[0310] them unto the border[01366] of Bethshemesh[01053].
9:1 And they of Bethshemesh[01053] were reaping[07114][8802] their wheat[02406] harvest[07105] in the valley[06010]: and they lifted up[05375][8799] their eyes[05869], and saw[07200][8799] the ark[0727], and rejoiced[08055][8799] to see[07200][8800] it .
9:2 And the cart[05699] came[0935][8802] into the field[07704] of Joshua[03091], a Bethshemite[01030], and stood[05975][8799] there, where there was a great[01419] stone[068]: and they clave[01234][8762] the wood[06086] of the cart[05699], and offered[05927][8689] the kine[06510] a burnt offering[05930] unto the LORD[03068].
9:3 And the Levites[03881] took down[03381][8689] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068], and the coffer[0712] that was with it, wherein the jewels[03627] of gold[02091] were , and put[07760][8799] them on the great[01419] stone[068]: and the men[0582] of Bethshemesh[01053] offered[05927][8689] burnt offerings[05930] and sacrificed[02076][8799] sacrifices[02077] the same day[03117] unto the LORD[03068].
9:4 And when the five[02568] lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] had seen[07200][8804] it , they returned[07725][8799] to Ekron[06138] the same day[03117].
9:5 And these are the golden[02091] emerods[02914] which the Philistines[06430] returned[07725][8689] for a trespass offering[0817] unto the LORD[03068]; for Ashdod[0795] one[0259], for Gaza[05804] one[0259], for Askelon[0831] one[0259], for Gath[01661] one[0259], for Ekron[06138] one[0259];
9:6 And the golden[02091] mice[05909], according to the number[04557] of all the cities[05892] of the Philistines[06430] belonging to the five[02568] lords[05633], both  of fenced[04013] cities[05892], and of country[06521] villages[03724], even unto the great[01419] stone of Abel[059], whereon they set down[03240][8689] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068]: which stone remaineth unto this day[03117] in the field[07704] of Joshua[03091], the Bethshemite[01030]. great...: or, great stone
9:7 And he smote[05221][8686] the men[0376] of Bethshemesh[01053], because they had looked[07200][8804] into the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068], even he smote[05221][8686] of the people[05971] fifty[02572] thousand[0505] and threescore and ten[07657] men[0582]: and the people[05971] lamented[056][8691], because the LORD[03068] had smitten[05221][8689] many of the people[05971] with a great[01419] slaughter[04347].
9:8 And the men[0582] of Bethshemesh[01053] said[0559][8799], Who is able[03201][8799] to stand[05975][8800] before[06440] this holy[06918] LORD[03068] God[0430]? and to whom shall he go up[05927][8799] from us?
9:9 And they sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Kirjathjearim[07157], saying[0559][8800], The Philistines[06430] have brought again[07725][8689] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068]; come ye down[03381][8798], and fetch it up[05927][8685] to you.
9:10 And the men[0582] of Kirjathjearim[07157] came[0935][8799], and fetched up[05927][8686] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068], and brought[0935][8686] it into the house[01004] of Abinadab[041] in the hill[01389], and sanctified[06942][8765] Eleazar[0499] his son[01121] to keep[08104][8800] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068].
9:11 And it came to pass, while[03117] the ark[0727] abode[03427][8800] in Kirjathjearim[07157], that the time[03117] was long[07235][8799]; for it was twenty[06242] years[08141]: and all the house[01004] of Israel[03478] lamented[05091][8735] after[0310] the LORD[03068].
9:12 And Samuel[08050] spake[0559][8799] unto all the house[01004] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], If ye do return[07725][8802] unto the LORD[03068] with all your hearts[03824], then put away[05493][8685] the strange[05236] gods[0430] and Ashtaroth[06252] from among[08432] you, and prepare[03559][8685] your hearts[03824] unto the LORD[03068], and serve[05647][8798] him only: and he will deliver[05337][8686] you out of the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430].
9:13 Then the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did put away[05493][8686] Baalim[01168] and Ashtaroth[06252], and served[05647][8799] the LORD[03068] only.
9:14 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799], Gather[06908][8798] all Israel[03478] to Mizpeh[04708], and I will pray[06419][8691] for you unto the LORD[03068].
9:15 And they gathered together[06908][8735] to Mizpeh[04709], and drew[07579][8799] water[04325], and poured it out[08210][8799] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and fasted[06684][8799] on that day[03117], and said[0559][8799] there, We have sinned[02398][8804] against the LORD[03068]. And Samuel[08050] judged[08199][8799] the children[01121] of Israel[03478] in Mizpeh[04708].
9:16 And when the Philistines[06430] heard[08085][8799] that the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were gathered together[06908][8694] to Mizpeh[04708], the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] went up[05927][8799] against Israel[03478]. And when the children[01121] of Israel[03478] heard[08085][8799] it , they were afraid[03372][8799] of[06440] the Philistines[06430].
9:17 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] to Samuel[08050], Cease[02790][8686] not to cry[02199][8800] unto the LORD[03068] our God[0430] for us, that he will save[03467][8686] us out of the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430]. Cease...: Heb. Be not silent from us from crying
9:18 And Samuel[08050] took[03947][8799] a[0259] sucking[02461] lamb[02924], and offered[05927][8686] it for a burnt offering[05930] wholly[03632] unto the LORD[03068]: and Samuel[08050] cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068] for Israel[03478]; and the LORD[03068] heard[06030][8799] him. heard: or, answered
9:19 And as Samuel[08050] was offering up[05927][8688] the burnt offering[05930], the Philistines[06430] drew near[05066][8738] to battle[04421] against Israel[03478]: but the LORD[03068] thundered[07481][8686] with a great[01419] thunder[06963] on that day[03117] upon the Philistines[06430], and discomfited[02000][8799] them; and they were smitten[05062][8735] before[06440] Israel[03478].
9:20 And the men[0582] of Israel[03478] went out[03318][8799] of Mizpeh[04709], and pursued[07291][8799] the Philistines[06430], and smote[05221][8686] them, until they came under Bethcar[01033].
9:21 Then Samuel[08050] took[03947][8799] a[0259] stone[068], and set[07760][8799] it between Mizpeh[04709] and Shen[08129], and called[07121][8799] the name[08034] of it Ebenezer[072], saying[0559][8799], Hitherto hath the LORD[03068] helped[05826][8804] us. Ebenezer: that is, The stone of help
9:22 So the Philistines[06430] were subdued[03665][8735], and they came[0935][8800] no more[03254][8804] into the coast[01366] of Israel[03478]: and the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] was against the Philistines[06430] all the days[03117] of Samuel[08050].
9:23 And the cities[05892] which the Philistines[06430] had taken[03947][8804] from Israel[03478] were restored[07725][8799] to Israel[03478], from Ekron[06138] even unto Gath[01661]; and the coasts[01366] thereof did Israel[03478] deliver[05337][8689] out of the hands[03027] of the Philistines[06430]. And there was peace[07965] between Israel[03478] and the Amorites[0567].
9:24 And Samuel[08050] judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] all the days[03117] of his life[02416].
9:25 And he went[01980][8804] from[01767] year[08141] to year[08141] in circuit[05437][8804] to Bethel[01008], and Gilgal[01537], and Mizpeh[04709], and judged[08199][8804] Israel[03478] in all those places[04725]. in circuit: Heb. and he circuited
9:26 And his return[08666] was to Ramah[07414]; for there was his house[01004]; and there he judged[08199][8804] Israel[03478]; and there he built[01129][8799] an altar[04196] unto the LORD[03068].
9:27 And it came to pass, when Samuel[08050] was old[02204][8804], that he made[07760][8799] his sons[01121] judges[08199][8802] over Israel[03478].
10:1 Now the name[08034] of his firstborn[01121][01060] was Joel[03100]; and the name[08034] of his second[04932], Abiah[029]: they were judges[08199][8802] in Beersheba[0884].
10:2 And his sons[01121] walked[01980][8804] not in his ways[01870], but turned aside[05186][8799] after[0310] lucre[01215], and took[03947][8799] bribes[07810], and perverted[05186][8686] judgment[04941].
10:3 Then all the elders[02205] of Israel[03478] gathered themselves together[06908][8691], and came[0935][8799] to Samuel[08050] unto Ramah[07414],
10:4 And said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold, thou art old[02204][8804], and thy sons[01121] walk[01980][8804] not in thy ways[01870]: now make[07760][8798] us a king[04428] to judge[08199][8800] us like all the nations[01471].
10:5 But the thing[01697] displeased[03415][8799][05869] Samuel[08050], when they said[0559][8804], Give[05414][8798] us a king[04428] to judge[08199][8800] us. And Samuel[08050] prayed[06419][8691] unto the LORD[03068]. displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of
10:6 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], Hearken[08085][8798] unto the voice[06963] of the people[05971] in all that they say[0559][8799] unto thee: for they have not rejected[03988][8804] thee, but they have rejected[03988][8804] me, that I should not reign[04427][8800] over them.
10:7 According to all the works[04639] which they have done[06213][8804] since the day[03117] that I brought them up[05927][8687] out of Egypt[04714] even unto this day[03117], wherewith they have forsaken[05800][8799] me, and served[05647][8799] other[0312] gods[0430], so do[06213][8802] they also unto thee.
10:8 Now therefore hearken[08085][8798] unto their voice[06963]: howbeit[0389] yet protest[05749][8686] solemnly[05749][8687] unto them, and shew[05046][8689] them the manner[04941] of the king[04428] that shall reign[04427][8799] over them. hearken...: or, obey howbeit...: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt
10:9 And Samuel[08050] told[0559][8799] all the words[01697] of the LORD[03068] unto the people[05971] that asked[07592][8802] of him a king[04428].
10:10 And he said[0559][8799], This will be the manner[04941] of the king[04428] that shall reign[04427][8799] over you: He will take[03947][8799] your sons[01121], and appoint[07760][8804] them for himself, for his chariots[04818], and to be his horsemen[06571]; and some shall run[07323][8804] before[06440] his chariots[04818].
10:11 And he will appoint[07760][8800] him captains[08269] over thousands[0505], and captains[08269] over fifties[02572]; and will set them to ear[02790][8800] his ground[02758], and to reap[07114][8800] his harvest[07105], and to make[06213][8800] his instruments[03627] of war[04421], and instruments[03627] of his chariots[07393].
10:12 And he will take[03947][8799] your daughters[01323] to be confectionaries[07548], and to be cooks[02879], and to be bakers[0644][8802].
10:13 And he will take[03947][8799] your fields[07704], and your vineyards[03754], and your oliveyards[02132], even the best[02896] of them , and give[05414][8804] them to his servants[05650].
10:14 And he will take the tenth[06237][8799] of your seed[02233], and of your vineyards[03754], and give[05414][8804] to his officers[05631], and to his servants[05650]. officers: Heb. eunuchs
10:15 And he will take[03947][8799] your menservants[05650], and your maidservants[08198], and your goodliest[02896] young men[0970], and your asses[02543], and put[06213][8804] them to his work[04399].
10:16 He will take the tenth[06237][8799] of your sheep[06629]: and ye shall be his servants[05650].
10:17 And ye shall cry out[02199][8804] in that day[03117] because[06440] of your king[04428] which ye shall have chosen[0977][8804] you; and the LORD[03068] will not hear[06030][8799] you in that day[03117].
10:18 Nevertheless the people[05971] refused[03985][8762] to obey[08085][8800] the voice[06963] of Samuel[08050]; and they said[0559][8799], Nay; but we will have a king[04428] over us;
10:19 That we also may be like all the nations[01471]; and that our king[04428] may judge[08199][8804] us, and go out[03318][8804] before[06440] us, and fight[03898][8738] our battles[04421].
10:20 And Samuel[08050] heard[08085][8799] all the words[01697] of the people[05971], and he rehearsed[01696][8762] them in the ears[0241] of the LORD[03068].
10:21 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] to Samuel[08050], Hearken[08085][8798] unto their voice[06963], and make[04427][8689] them a king[04428]. And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto the men[0582] of Israel[03478], Go[03212][8798] ye every man[0376] unto his city[05892].
10:22 Now there was a man[0376] of Benjamin[01144], whose name[08034] was Kish[07027], the son[01121] of Abiel[022], the son[01121] of Zeror[06872], the son[01121] of Bechorath[01064], the son[01121] of Aphiah[0647], a Benjamite[01145], a mighty[01368] man[0376] of power[02428]. a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jemini power: or, substance
10:23 And he had a son[01121], whose name[08034] was Saul[07586], a choice young man[0970], and a goodly[02896]: and there was not among the children[01121] of Israel[03478] a goodlier[02896] person[0376] than he: from his shoulders[07926] and upward[04605] he was higher[01364] than any of the people[05971].
10:24 And the asses[0860] of Kish[07027] Saul's[07586] father[01] were lost[06][8799]. And Kish[07027] said[0559][8799] to Saul[07586] his son[01121], Take[03947][8798] now one[0259] of the servants[05288] with thee, and arise[06965][8798], go[03212][8798] seek[01245][8761] the asses[0860].
10:25 And he passed through[05674][8799] mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], and passed through[05674][8799] the land[0776] of Shalisha[08031], but they found[04672][8804] them not: then they passed through[05674][8799] the land[0776] of Shalim[08171], and there they were not: and he passed through[05674][8799] the land[0776] of the Benjamites[01145], but they found[04672][8804] them not.
10:26 And when they were come[0935][8804] to the land[0776] of Zuph[06689], Saul[07586] said[0559][8804] to his servant[05288] that was with him, Come[03212][8798], and let us return[07725][8799]; lest my father[01] leave[02308][8799] caring for the asses[0860], and take thought[01672][8804] for us.
10:27 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold now, there is in this city[05892] a man[0376] of God[0430], and he is an honourable[03513][8737] man[0376]; all that he saith[01696][8762] cometh[0935][8799] surely to pass[0935][8800]: now let us go[03212][8799] thither; peradventure he can shew[05046][8686] us our way[01870] that we should go[01980][8804].
11:1 Then said[0559][8799] Saul[07586] to his servant[05288], But, behold, if we go[03212][8799], what shall we bring[0935][8686] the man[0376]? for the bread[03899] is spent[0235][8804] in our vessels[03627], and  there is not a present[08670] to bring[0935][8687] to the man[0376] of God[0430]: what have we? is spent...: Heb. is gone out of, etc have we: Heb. is with us?
11:2 And the servant[05288] answered[06030][8800] Saul[07586] again[03254][8686], and said[0559][8799], Behold, I have[04672][8738] here at hand[03027] the fourth part[07253] of a shekel[08255] of silver[03701]: that  will I give[05414][8804] to the man[0376] of God[0430], to tell[05046][8689] us our way[01870]. I have...: Heb. there is found in my hand
11:3 (Beforetime[06440] in Israel[03478], when a man[0376] went[03212][8800] to enquire[01875][8800] of God[0430], thus he spake[0559][8804], Come[03212][8798], and let us go[03212][8799] to the seer[07200][8802]: for he that is now[03117] called a Prophet[05030] was beforetime[06440] called[07121][8735] a Seer[07200][8802].)
11:4 Then said[01697] Saul[07586] to his servant[05288], Well[02896] said[0559][8799]; come[03212][8798], let us go[03212][8799]. So they went[03212][8799] unto the city[05892] where the man[0376] of God[0430] was . Well said: Heb. Thy word is good
11:5 And as they went up[05927][8802] the hill[04608] to the city[05892], they found[04672][8804] young maidens[05291] going out[03318][8802] to draw[07579][8800] water[04325], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Is[03426] the seer[07200][8802] here? the hill...: Heb. in the ascent of the city
11:6 And they answered[06030][8799] them, and said[0559][8799], He is[03426]; behold, he is before[06440] you: make haste[04116][8761] now, for he came[0935][8804] to day[03117] to the city[05892]; for there is  a sacrifice[02077] of the people[05971] to day[03117] in the high place[01116]: sacrifice: or, feast
11:7 As soon as ye be come[0935][8800] into the city[05892], ye shall straightway[03651] find[04672][8799] him, before he go up[05927][8799] to the high place[01116] to eat[0398][8800]: for the people[05971] will not eat[0398][8799] until he come[0935][8800], because he doth bless[01288][8762] the sacrifice[02077]; and afterwards[0310][03651] they eat[0398][8799] that be bidden[07121][8803]. Now therefore get you up[05927][8798]; for about this time[03117] ye shall find[04672][8799] him. this time: Heb. to day
11:8 And they went up[05927][8799] into[08432] the city[05892]: and when they were come[0935][8802] into the city[05892], behold, Samuel[08050] came out[03318][8802] against[07125][8800] them, for to go up[05927][8800] to the high place[01116].
11:9 Now the LORD[03068] had told[01540][8804] Samuel[08050] in his ear[0241] a[0259] day[03117] before[06440] Saul[07586] came[0935][8800], saying[0559][8800], told...: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel
11:10 To morrow[04279] about this time[06256] I will send[07971][8799] thee a man[0376] out of the land[0776] of Benjamin[01144], and thou shalt anoint[04886][8804] him to be captain[05057] over my people[05971] Israel[03478], that he may save[03467][8689] my people[05971] out of the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430]: for I have looked[07200][8804] upon my people[05971], because their cry[06818] is come[0935][8804] unto me.
11:11 And when Samuel[08050] saw[07200][8804] Saul[07586], the LORD[03068] said[06030][8804] unto him, Behold the man[0376] whom I spake[0559][8804] to thee of! this same shall reign[06113][8799] over my people[05971]. reign over: Heb. restrain in
11:12 Then Saul[07586] drew near[05066][8799] to Samuel[08050] in[08432] the gate[08179], and said[0559][8799], Tell[05046][8685] me, I pray thee, where[0335] the seer's[07200][8802] house[01004] is .
11:13 And Samuel[08050] answered[06030][8799] Saul[07586], and said[0559][8799], I am the seer[07200][8802]: go up[05927][8798] before[06440] me unto the high place[01116]; for ye shall eat[0398][8804] with me to day[03117], and to morrow[01242] I will let thee go[07971][8765], and will tell[05046][8686] thee all that is in thine heart[03824].
11:14 And as for thine asses[0860] that were lost[06][8802] three[07969] days[03117] ago[03117], set[07760][8799] not thy mind[03820] on them; for they are found[04672][8738]. And on whom is all the desire[02532] of Israel[03478]? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's[01] house[01004]? three...: Heb. to day three days
11:15 And Saul[07586] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Am not I a Benjamite[01145], of the smallest[06996] of the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478]? and my family[04940] the least[06810] of all the families[04940] of the tribe[07626] of Benjamin[01144]? wherefore then speakest[01696][8765] thou so[01697] to me? so...: Heb. according to this word
12:1 And Samuel[08050] took[03947][8799] Saul[07586] and his servant[05288], and brought[0935][8686] them into the parlour[03957], and made them sit[05414][8799] in the chiefest[07218] place[04725] among them that were bidden[07121][8803], which were about thirty[07970] persons[0376].
12:2 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto the cook[02876], Bring[05414][8798] the portion[04490] which I gave[05414][8804] thee, of which I said[0559][8804] unto thee, Set[07760][8798] it by thee.
12:3 And the cook[02876] took up[07311][8686] the shoulder[07785], and that which was upon it, and set[07760][8799] it before[06440] Saul[07586]. And Samuel  said[0559][8799], Behold that which is left[07604][8737]! set[07760][8798] it before[06440] thee, and eat[0398][8798]: for unto this time[04150] hath it been kept[08104][8803] for thee since I said[0559][8800], I have invited[07121][8804] the people[05971]. So Saul[07586] did eat[0398][8799] with Samuel[08050] that day[03117]. left: or, reserved
12:4 And when they were come down[03381][8799] from the high place[01116] into the city[05892], Samuel communed[01696][8762] with Saul[07586] upon the top of the house[01406].
12:5 And they arose early[07925][8686]: and it came to pass about the spring[05927][8800] of the day[07837], that Samuel[08050] called[07121][8799] Saul[07586] to the top of the house[01406], saying[0559][8800], Up[06965][8798], that I may send thee away[07971][8762]. And Saul[07586] arose[06965][8799], and they went out[03318][8799] both[08147] of them, he and Samuel[08050], abroad[02351].
12:6 And as they were going down[03381][8802] to the end[07097] of the city[05892], Samuel[08050] said[0559][8804] to Saul[07586], Bid[0559][8798] the servant[05288] pass on[05674][8799] before[06440] us, (and he passed on[05674][8798],) but stand[05975][8798] thou still a while[03117], that I may shew[08085][8686] thee the word[01697] of God[0430]. a while: Heb. to day
12:7 Then Samuel[08050] took[03947][8799] a vial[06378] of oil[08081], and poured[03332][8799] it upon his head[07218], and kissed[05401][8799] him, and said[0559][8799], Is it not because the LORD[03068] hath anointed[04886][8804] thee to be captain[05057] over his inheritance[05159]?
12:8 When thou art departed[03212][8800] from me[05978] to day[03117], then thou shalt find[04672][8804] two[08147] men[0582] by Rachel's[07354] sepulchre[06900] in the border[01366] of Benjamin[01144] at Zelzah[06766]; and they will say[0559][8804] unto thee, The asses[0860] which thou wentest[01980][8804] to seek[01245][8763] are found[04672][8738]: and, lo, thy father[01] hath left[05203][8804] the care[01697] of the asses[0860], and sorroweth[01672][8804] for you, saying[0559][8800], What shall I do[06213][8799] for my son[01121]? care: Heb. business
12:9 Then shalt thou go on[02498][8804] forward[01973] from thence, and thou shalt come[0935][8804] to the plain[0436] of Tabor[08396], and there shall meet[04672][8804] thee three[07969] men[0582] going up[05927][8802] to God[0430] to Bethel[01008], one[0259] carrying[05375][8802] three[07969] kids[01423], and another[0259] carrying[05375][8802] three[07969] loaves[03603] of bread[03899], and another[0259] carrying[05375][8802] a bottle[05035] of wine[03196]:
12:10 And they will[07592][8804] salute[07965] thee, and give[05414][8804] thee two[08147] loaves of bread[03899]; which thou shalt receive[03947][8804] of their hands[03027]. salute...: Heb. ask thee of peace
12:11 After[0310] that thou shalt come[0935][8799] to the hill[01389] of God[0430], where is the garrison[05333] of the Philistines[06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither[0935][8800] to the city[05892], that thou shalt meet[06293][8804] a company[02256] of prophets[05030] coming down[03381][8802] from the high place[01116] with a psaltery[05035], and a tabret[08596], and a pipe[02485], and a harp[03658], before[06440] them; and they shall prophesy[05012][8693]:
12:12 And the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] will come[06743][8804] upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy[05012][8694] with them, and shalt be turned[02015][8738] into another[0312] man[0376].
12:13 And let it be, when these signs[0226] are come[0935][8799] unto thee, that thou do[06213][8798] as occasion[04672][8799] serve[03027] thee; for God[0430] is with thee. And...: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etc that...: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find
12:14 And thou shalt go down[03381][8804] before[06440] me to Gilgal[01537]; and, behold, I will come down[03381][8802] unto thee, to offer[05927][8687] burnt offerings[05930], and  to sacrifice[02076][8800] sacrifices[02077] of peace offerings[08002]: seven[07651] days[03117] shalt thou tarry[03176][8686], till I come[0935][8800] to thee, and shew[03045][8689] thee what thou shalt do[06213][8799].
12:15 And it was so , that when he had turned[06437][8687] his back[07926] to go[03212][8800] from Samuel[08050], God[0430] gave[02015][8799] him another[0312] heart[03820]: and all those signs[0226] came[0935][8799] to pass that day[03117]. back: Heb. shoulder gave: Heb. turned
12:16 And when they came[0935][8799] thither to the hill[01389], behold, a company[02256] of prophets[05030] met[07125][8800] him; and the Spirit[07307] of God[0430] came[06743][8799] upon him, and he prophesied[05012][8691] among[08432] them.
12:17 And it came to pass, when all that knew[03045][8802] him beforetime[0865][08032] saw[07200][8799] that, behold, he prophesied[05012][8738] among the prophets[05030], then the people[05971] said[0559][8799] one[0376] to another[07453], What is this that is come unto the son[01121] of Kish[07027]? Is Saul[07586] also among the prophets[05030]? one...: Heb. a man to his neighbour
12:18 And one[0376] of the same place answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], But who is their father[01]? Therefore it became a proverb[04912], Is Saul[07586] also among the prophets[05030]? of...: Heb. from thence
12:19 And when he had made an end[03615][8762] of prophesying[05012][8692], he came[0935][8799] to the high place[01116].
12:20 And Saul's[07586] uncle[01730] said[0559][8799] unto him and to his servant[05288], Whither[0575] went[01980][8804] ye? And he said[0559][8799], To seek[01245][8763] the asses[0860]: and when we saw[07200][8799] that  they were no where[0369], we came[0935][8799] to Samuel[08050].
12:21 And Saul's[07586] uncle[01730] said[0559][8799], Tell[05046][8685] me, I pray thee, what Samuel[08050] said[0559][8804] unto you.
12:22 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto his uncle[01730], He told[05046][8689] us plainly[05046][8687] that the asses[0860] were found[04672][8738]. But of the matter[01697] of the kingdom[04410], whereof Samuel[08050] spake[0559][8804], he told[05046][8689] him not.
12:23 And Samuel[08050] called[06817][8686] the people[05971] together unto the LORD[03068] to Mizpeh[04709];
12:24 And said[0559][8799] unto the children[01121] of Israel[03478], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], I brought up[05927][8689] Israel[03478] out of Egypt[04714], and delivered[05337][8686] you out of the hand[03027] of the Egyptians[04714], and out of the hand[03027] of all kingdoms[04467], and of them that oppressed[03905][8801] you:
12:25 And ye have this day[03117] rejected[03988][8804] your God[0430], who himself saved[03467][8688] you out of all your adversities[07451] and your tribulations[06869]; and ye have said[0559][8799] unto him, Nay , but set[07760][8799] a king[04428] over us. Now therefore present[03320][8690] yourselves before[06440] the LORD[03068] by your tribes[07626], and by your thousands[0505].
13:1 And when Samuel[08050] had caused all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] to come near[07126][8686], the tribe[07626] of Benjamin[01144] was taken[03920][8735].
13:2 When he had caused the tribe[07626] of Benjamin[01144] to come near[07126][8686] by their families[04940], the family[04940] of Matri[04309] was taken[03920][8735], and Saul[07586] the son[01121] of Kish[07027] was taken[03920][8735]: and when they sought[01245][8762] him, he could not be found[04672][8738].
13:3 Therefore they enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068] further, if the man[0376] should yet come[0935][8804] thither[01988]. And the LORD[03068] answered[0559][8799], Behold, he hath hid[02244][8737] himself among the stuff[03627].
13:4 And they ran[07323][8799] and fetched[03947][8799] him thence: and when he stood[03320][8691] among[08432] the people[05971], he was higher[01361][8799] than any of the people[05971] from his shoulders[07926] and upward[04605].
13:5 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] to all the people[05971], See[07200][8804] ye him whom the LORD[03068] hath chosen[0977][8804], that there is none like him among all the people[05971]? And all the people[05971] shouted[07321][8686], and said[0559][8799], God save[02421][8799] the king[04428]. God...: Heb. Let the king live
13:6 Then Samuel[08050] told[01696][8762] the people[05971] the manner[04941] of the kingdom[04410], and wrote[03789][8799] it in a book[05612], and laid it up[03240][8686] before[06440] the LORD[03068]. And Samuel[08050] sent[07971][00] all the people[05971] away[07971][8762], every man[0376] to his house[01004].
13:7 And Saul[07586] also went[01980][8804] home[01004] to Gibeah[01390]; and there went[03212][8799] with him a band of men[02428], whose hearts[03820] God[0430] had touched[05060][8804].
13:8 But the children[01121] of Belial[01100] said[0559][8804], How shall this man save[03467][8686] us? And they despised[0959][8799] him, and brought[0935][8689] him no presents[04503]. But he held his peace[02790][8688]. held...: or, was as though he had been deaf
13:9 Then Nahash[05176] the Ammonite[05984] came up[05927][8799], and encamped[02583][8799] against Jabeshgilead[03003][01568]: and all the men[0582] of Jabesh[03003] said[0559][8799] unto Nahash[05176], Make[03772][8798] a covenant[01285] with us, and we will serve[05647][8799] thee.
13:10 And Nahash[05176] the Ammonite[05984] answered[0559][8799] them, On this[02063] condition will I make[03772][8799] a covenant with you, that I may thrust out[05365][8800] all your right[03225] eyes[05869], and lay[07760][8804] it for a reproach[02781] upon all Israel[03478].
13:11 And the elders[02205] of Jabesh[03003] said[0559][8799] unto him, Give us seven[07651] days[03117]' respite[07503][8685], that we may send[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto all the coasts[01366] of Israel[03478]: and then, if there be no man to save[03467][8688] us, we will come out[03318][8804] to thee. Give...: Heb. Forbear us
13:12 Then came[0935][8799] the messengers[04397] to Gibeah[01390] of Saul[07586], and told[01696][8762] the tidings[01697] in the ears[0241] of the people[05971]: and all the people[05971] lifted up[05375][8799] their voices[06963], and wept[01058][8799].
13:13 And, behold, Saul[07586] came[0935][8804] after[0310] the herd[01241] out of the field[07704]; and Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], What aileth the people[05971] that they weep[01058][8799]? And they told[05608][8762] him the tidings[01697] of the men[0582] of Jabesh[03003].
13:14 And the Spirit[07307] of God[0430] came[06743][8799] upon Saul[07586] when he heard[08085][8800] those tidings[01697], and his anger[0639] was kindled[02734][8799] greatly[03966].
13:15 And he took[03947][8799] a yoke[06776] of oxen[01241], and hewed them in pieces[05408][8762], and sent[07971][8762] them throughout all the coasts[01366] of Israel[03478] by the hands[03027] of messengers[04397], saying[0559][8800], Whosoever cometh not forth[03318][8802] after[0310] Saul[07586] and after[0310] Samuel[08050], so shall it be done[06213][8735] unto his oxen[01241]. And the fear[06343] of the LORD[03068] fell[05307][8799] on the people[05971], and they came out[03318][8799] with one[0259] consent[0376]. with...: Heb. as one man
13:16 And when he numbered[06485][8799] them in Bezek[0966], the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were three[07969] hundred[03967] thousand[0505], and the men[0376] of Judah[03063] thirty[07970] thousand[0505].
13:17 And they said[0559][8799] unto the messengers[04397] that came[0935][8802], Thus shall ye say[0559][8799] unto the men[0376] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568], To morrow[04279], by that time the sun[08121] be hot[02527], ye shall have help[08668]. And the messengers[04397] came[0935][8799] and shewed[05046][8686] it to the men[0582] of Jabesh[03003]; and they were glad[08055][8799]. help: or, deliverance
13:18 Therefore the men[0582] of Jabesh[03003] said[0559][8799], To morrow[04279] we will come out[03318][8799] unto you, and ye shall do[06213][8804] with us all that seemeth[05869] good[02896] unto you.
13:19 And it was so on the morrow[04283], that Saul[07586] put[07760][8799] the people[05971] in three[07969] companies[07218]; and they came[0935][8799] into the midst[08432] of the host[04264] in the morning[01242] watch[0821], and slew[05221][8686] the Ammonites[05983] until the heat[02527] of the day[03117]: and it came to pass, that they which remained[07604][8737] were scattered[06327][8799], so that two[08147] of them were not left[07604][8738] together[03162].
13:20 And the people[05971] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], Who is he that said[0559][8802], Shall Saul[07586] reign[04427][8799] over us? bring[05414][8798] the men[0582], that we may put them to death[04191][8686].
13:21 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], There shall not a man[0376] be put to death[04191][8714] this day[03117]: for to day[03117] the LORD[03068] hath wrought[06213][8804] salvation[08668] in Israel[03478].
13:22 Then said[0559][8799] Samuel[08050] to the people[05971], Come[03212][8798], and let us go[03212][8799] to Gilgal[01537], and renew[02318][8762] the kingdom[04410] there.
13:23 And all the people[05971] went[03212][8799] to Gilgal[01537]; and there they made Saul[07586] king[04427][8686] before[06440] the LORD[03068] in Gilgal[01537]; and there they sacrificed[02076][8799] sacrifices[02077] of peace offerings[08002] before[06440] the LORD[03068]; and there Saul[07586] and all the men[0582] of Israel[03478] rejoiced[08055][8799] greatly[03966].
14:1 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto all Israel[03478], Behold, I have hearkened[08085][8804] unto your voice[06963] in all that ye said[0559][8804] unto me, and have made[04427][8686] a king[04428] over you.
14:2 And now, behold, the king[04428] walketh[01980][8693] before[06440] you: and I am old[02204][8804] and grayheaded[07867][8804]; and, behold, my sons[01121] are with you: and I have walked[01980][8694] before[06440] you from my childhood[05271] unto this day[03117].
14:3 Behold, here I am : witness[06030][8798] against me before the LORD[03068], and before his anointed[04899]: whose ox[07794] have I taken[03947][8804]? or whose ass[02543] have I taken[03947][8804]? or whom have I defrauded[06231][8804]? whom have I oppressed[07533][8804]? or of whose hand[03027] have I received any bribe[03724] to blind[05956][8686] mine eyes[05869] therewith? and I will restore[07725][8686] it you. bribe: Heb. ransom to blind...: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him
14:4 And they said[0559][8799], Thou hast not defrauded[06231][8804] us, nor oppressed[07533][8804] us, neither hast thou taken[03947][8804] ought[03972] of any man's[0376] hand[03027].
14:5 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, The LORD[03068] is witness[05707] against you, and his anointed[04899] is witness[05707] this day[03117], that ye have not found[04672][8804] ought[03972] in my hand[03027]. And they answered[0559][8799], He is witness[05707].
14:6 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto the people[05971], It is the LORD[03068] that advanced[06213][8804] Moses[04872] and Aaron[0175], and that brought[05927][00] your fathers[01] up[05927][8689] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714]. advanced: or, made
14:7 Now therefore stand still[03320][8690], that I may reason[08199][8735] with you before[06440] the LORD[03068] of all the righteous acts[06666] of the LORD[03068], which he did[06213][8804] to you and to your fathers[01]. righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits to: Heb. with
14:8 When Jacob[03290] was come[0935][8804] into Egypt[04714], and your fathers[01] cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068], then the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8799] Moses[04872] and Aaron[0175], which brought forth[03318][8686] your fathers[01] out of Egypt[04714], and made them dwell[03427][8686] in this place[04725].
14:9 And when they forgat[07911][8799] the LORD[03068] their God[0430], he sold[04376][8799] them into the hand[03027] of Sisera[05516], captain[08269] of the host[06635] of Hazor[02674], and into the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430], and into the hand[03027] of the king[04428] of Moab[04124], and they fought[03898][8735] against them.
14:10 And they cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], We have sinned[02398][8804], because we have forsaken[05800][8804] the LORD[03068], and have served[05647][8799] Baalim[01168] and Ashtaroth[06252]: but now deliver[05337][8685] us out of the hand[03027] of our enemies[0341][8802], and we will serve[05647][8799] thee.
14:11 And the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8799] Jerubbaal[03378], and Bedan[0917], and Jephthah[03316], and Samuel[08050], and delivered[05337][8686] you out of the hand[03027] of your enemies[0341][8802] on every side[05439], and ye dwelled[03427][8799] safe[0983].
14:12 And when ye saw[07200][8799] that Nahash[05176] the king[04428] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] came[0935][8804] against you, ye said[0559][8799] unto me, Nay; but a king[04428] shall reign[04427][8799] over us: when the LORD[03068] your God[0430] was your king[04428].
14:13 Now therefore behold the king[04428] whom ye have chosen[0977][8804], and whom ye have desired[07592][8804]! and, behold, the LORD[03068] hath set[05414][8804] a king[04428] over you.
14:14 If ye will fear[03372][8799] the LORD[03068], and serve[05647][8804] him, and obey[08085][8804] his voice[06963], and not rebel[04784][8686] against the commandment[06310] of the LORD[03068], then shall both ye and also the king[04428] that reigneth[04427][8804] over you continue following[0310] the LORD[03068] your God[0430]: commandment: Heb. mouth continue...: Heb. be after
14:15 But if ye will not obey[08085][8799] the voice[06963] of the LORD[03068], but rebel[04784][8804] against the commandment[06310] of the LORD[03068], then shall the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] be against you, as it was  against your fathers[01].
14:16 Now therefore[01571] stand[03320][8690] and see[07200][8798] this great[01419] thing[01697], which the LORD[03068] will do[06213][8802] before your eyes[05869].
14:17 Is it not wheat[02406] harvest[07105] to day[03117]? I will call[07121][8799] unto the LORD[03068], and he shall send[05414][8799] thunder[06963] and rain[04306]; that ye may perceive[03045][8798] and see[07200][8798] that your wickedness[07451] is great[07227], which ye have done[06213][8804] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], in asking[07592][8800] you a king[04428].
14:18 So Samuel[08050] called[07121][8799] unto the LORD[03068]; and the LORD[03068] sent[05414][8799] thunder[06963] and rain[04306] that day[03117]: and all the people[05971] greatly[03966] feared[03372][8799] the LORD[03068] and Samuel[08050].
14:19 And all the people[05971] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], Pray[06419][8690] for thy servants[05650] unto the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], that we die[04191][8799] not: for we have added[03254][8804] unto all our sins[02403] this evil[07451], to ask[07592][8800] us a king[04428].
14:20 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto the people[05971], Fear[03372][8799] not: ye have done[06213][8804] all this wickedness[07451]: yet turn not aside[05493][8799] from following[0310] the LORD[03068], but serve[05647][8804] the LORD[03068] with all your heart[03824];
14:21 And turn ye not aside[05493][8799]: for then should ye go after[0310] vain[08414] things , which cannot profit[03276][8686] nor deliver[05337][8686]; for they are vain[08414].
14:22 For the LORD[03068] will not forsake[05203][8799] his people[05971] for his great[01419] name's[08034] sake: because it hath pleased[02974][8689] the LORD[03068] to make[06213][8800] you his people[05971].
14:23 Moreover as for me[0595], God forbid[02486] that I should sin[02398][8800] against the LORD[03068] in ceasing[02308][8800] to pray[06419][8692] for you: but I will teach[03384][8689] you the good[02896] and the right[03477] way[01870]: in: Heb. from
14:24 Only fear[03372][8798] the LORD[03068], and serve[05647][8804] him in truth[0571] with all your heart[03824]: for consider[07200][8798] how great things he hath done[01431][8689] for you. how...: or, what a great thing
14:25 But if ye shall still[07489][8687] do wickedly[07489][8686], ye shall be consumed[05595][8735], both ye and your king[04428].
14:26 Saul[07586] reigned[04427][8800] one year[01121][08141]; and when he had reigned[04427][8804] two[08147] years[08141] over Israel[03478], reigned one...: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning
14:27 Saul[07586] chose[0977][8799] him three[07969] thousand[0505] men of Israel[03478]; whereof two thousand[0505] were with Saul[07586] in Michmash[04363] and in mount[02022] Bethel[01008], and a thousand[0505] were with Jonathan[03129] in Gibeah[01390] of Benjamin[01144]: and the rest[03499] of the people[05971] he sent[07971][8765] every man[0376] to his tent[0168].
14:28 And Jonathan[03129] smote[05221][8686] the garrison[05333] of the Philistines[06430] that was in Geba[01387], and the Philistines[06430] heard[08085][8799] of it . And Saul[07586] blew[08628][8804] the trumpet[07782] throughout all the land[0776], saying[0559][8800], Let the Hebrews[05680] hear[08085][8799]. Geba: or, the hill
14:29 And all Israel[03478] heard[08085][8804] say[0559][8800] that Saul[07586] had smitten[05221][8689] a garrison[05333] of the Philistines[06430], and that Israel[03478] also was had in abomination[0887][8738] with the Philistines[06430]. And the people[05971] were called together[06817][8735] after[0310] Saul[07586] to Gilgal[01537]. was...: Heb. did stink
14:30 And the Philistines[06430] gathered themselves together[0622][8738] to fight[03898][8736] with Israel[03478], thirty[07970] thousand[0505] chariots[07393], and six[08337] thousand[0505] horsemen[06571], and people[05971] as the sand[02344] which is on the sea[03220] shore[08193] in multitude[07230]: and they came up[05927][8799], and pitched[02583][8799] in Michmash[04363], eastward[06926] from Bethaven[01007].
14:31 When the men[0376] of Israel[03478] saw[07200][8804] that they were in a strait[06887][8804], (for the people[05971] were distressed[05065][8738],) then the people[05971] did hide[02244][8691] themselves in caves[04631], and in thickets[02337], and in rocks[05553], and in high places[06877], and in pits[0953].
14:32 And some of the Hebrews[05680] went over[05674][8804] Jordan[03383] to the land[0776] of Gad[01410] and Gilead[01568]. As for Saul[07586], he was yet in Gilgal[01537], and all the people[05971] followed[0310] him trembling[02729][8804]. followed...: Heb. trembled after him
14:33 And he tarried[03176][8686][8675][03176][8735] seven[07651] days[03117], according to the set time[04150] that Samuel[08050] had appointed : but Samuel[08050] came[0935][8804] not to Gilgal[01537]; and the people[05971] were scattered[06327][8686] from him.
14:34 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Bring hither[05066][8685] a burnt offering[05930] to me, and peace offerings[08002]. And he offered[05927][8686] the burnt offering[05930].
14:35 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end[03615][8763] of offering[05927][8687] the burnt offering[05930], behold, Samuel[08050] came[0935][8802]; and Saul[07586] went out[03318][8799] to meet[07125][8800] him, that he might salute[01288][8800] him. salute: Heb. bless
14:36 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799], What hast thou done[06213][8804]? And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Because I saw[07200][8804] that the people[05971] were scattered[05310][8804] from me, and that thou camest[0935][8804] not within the days[03117] appointed[04150], and that the Philistines[06430] gathered themselves together[0622][8737] at Michmash[04363];
14:37 Therefore said[0559][8799] I, The Philistines[06430] will come down[03381][8799] now upon me to Gilgal[01537], and I have not made supplication[02470][8765] unto[06440] the LORD[03068]: I forced[0662][8691] myself therefore, and offered[05927][8686] a burnt offering[05930]. made...: Heb. intreated the face
14:38 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] to Saul[07586], Thou hast done foolishly[05528][8738]: thou hast not kept[08104][8804] the commandment[04687] of the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], which he commanded[06680][8765] thee: for now would the LORD[03068] have established[03559][8689] thy kingdom[04467] upon Israel[03478] for[05704] ever[05769].
14:39 But now thy kingdom[04467] shall not continue[06965][8799]: the LORD[03068] hath sought[01245][8765] him a man[0376] after his own heart[03824], and the LORD[03068] hath commanded[06680][8762] him to be captain[05057] over his people[05971], because thou hast not kept[08104][8804] that which the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765] thee.
14:40 And Samuel[08050] arose[06965][8799], and gat him up[05927][8799] from Gilgal[01537] unto Gibeah[01390] of Benjamin[01144]. And Saul[07586] numbered[06485][8799] the people[05971] that were present[04672][8737] with him, about six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376]. present: Heb. found
14:41 And Saul[07586], and Jonathan[03129] his son[01121], and the people[05971] that were present[04672][8737] with them, abode[03427][8802] in Gibeah[01387] of Benjamin[01144]: but the Philistines[06430] encamped[02583][8804] in Michmash[04363]. present: Heb. found Gibeah: Heb. Geba
14:42 And the spoilers[07843][8688] came out[03318][8799] of the camp[04264] of the Philistines[06430] in three[07969] companies[07218]: one[0259] company[07218] turned[06437][8799] unto the way[01870] that leadeth to  Ophrah[06084], unto the land[0776] of Shual[07777]:
14:43 And another[0259] company[07218] turned[06437][8799] the way[01870] to Bethhoron[01032]: and another[0259] company[07218] turned[06437][8799] to the way[01870] of the border[01366] that looketh[08259][8737] to the valley[01516] of Zeboim[06650] toward the wilderness[04057].
14:44 Now there was no smith[02796] found[04672][8735] throughout all the land[0776] of Israel[03478]: for the Philistines[06430] said[0559][8804], Lest the Hebrews[05680] make[06213][8799] them swords[02719] or spears[02595]:
14:45 But all the Israelites[03478] went down[03381][8799] to the Philistines[06430], to sharpen[03913][8800] every man[0376] his share[04282], and his coulter[0855], and his axe[07134], and his mattock[04281].
14:46 Yet they had a file[06477][06310] for the mattocks[04281], and for the coulters[0855], and for the forks[07969][07053], and for the axes[07134], and to sharpen[05324][8687] the goads[01861]. a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel sharpen: Heb. set
14:47 So it came to pass in the day[03117] of battle[04421], that there was neither sword[02719] nor spear[02595] found[04672][8738] in the hand[03027] of any of the people[05971] that were with Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03129]: but with Saul[07586] and with Jonathan[03129] his son[01121] was there found[04672][8735].
14:48 And the garrison[04673] of the Philistines[06430] went out[03318][8799] to the passage[04569] of Michmash[04363]. garrison: or, standing camp
14:49 Now it came to pass upon a day[03117], that Jonathan[03129] the son[01121] of Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto the young man[05288] that bare[05375][8802] his armour[03627], Come[03212][8798], and let us go over[05674][8799] to the Philistines[06430]' garrison[04673], that is on the other side[05676][01975]. But he told[05046][8689] not his father[01]. it came...: or, there was a day
14:50 And Saul[07586] tarried[03427][8802] in the uttermost[07097] part of Gibeah[01390] under a pomegranate tree[07416] which is in Migron[04051]: and the people[05971] that were  with him were about six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376];
14:51 And Ahiah[0281], the son[01121] of Ahitub[0285], Ichabod's[0350] brother[0251], the son[01121] of Phinehas[06372], the son[01121] of Eli[05941], the LORD'S[03068] priest[03548] in Shiloh[07887], wearing[05375][8802] an ephod[0646]. And the people[05971] knew[03045][8804] not that Jonathan[03129] was gone[01980][8804]. Ahiah: called Ahimelech
14:52 And between the passages[04569], by which Jonathan[03129] sought[01245][8765] to go over[05674][8800] unto the Philistines[06430]' garrison[04673], there was a sharp[08127] rock[05553] on the one side[05676], and a sharp[08127] rock[05553] on the other side[05676]: and the name[08034] of the one[0259] was Bozez[0949], and the name[08034] of the other[0259] Seneh[05573].
15:1 The forefront[08127] of the one[0259] was situate[04690] northward[06828] over against[04136] Michmash[04363], and the other[0259] southward[05045] over against[04136] Gibeah[01387]. forefront: Heb. tooth
15:2 And Jonathan[03083] said[0559][8799] to the young man[05288] that bare[05375][8802] his armour[03627], Come[03212][8798], and let us go over[05674][8799] unto the garrison[04673] of these uncircumcised[06189]: it may be that the LORD[03068] will work[06213][8799] for us: for there is no restraint[04622] to the LORD[03068] to save[03467][8687] by many[07227] or by few[04592].
15:3 And his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] said[0559][8799] unto him, Do[06213][8798] all that is in thine heart[03824]: turn[05186][8798] thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart[03824].
15:4 Then said[0559][8799] Jonathan[03083], Behold, we will pass over[05674][8802] unto these men[0582], and we will discover[01540][8738] ourselves unto them.
15:5 If they say[0559][8799] thus unto us, Tarry[01826][8798] until we come[05060][8687] to you; then we will stand still[05975][8804] in our place, and will not go up[05927][8799] unto them. Tarry: Heb. Be still
15:6 But if they say[0559][8799] thus, Come up[05927][8798] unto us; then we will go up[05927][8804]: for the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8804] them into our hand[03027]: and this shall be a sign[0226] unto us.
15:7 And both[08147] of them discovered[01540][8735] themselves unto the garrison[04673] of the Philistines[06430]: and the Philistines[06430] said[0559][8799], Behold, the Hebrews[05680] come forth[03318][8802] out of the holes[02356] where they had hid[02244][8694] themselves.
15:8 And the men[0582] of the garrison[04675] answered[06030][8799] Jonathan[03129] and his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627], and said[0559][8799], Come up[05927][8798] to us, and we will shew[03045][8686] you a thing[01697]. And Jonathan[03129] said[0559][8799] unto his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627], Come up[05927][8798] after[0310] me: for the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8804] them into the hand[03027] of Israel[03478].
15:9 And Jonathan[03129] climbed up[05927][8799] upon his hands[03027] and upon his feet[07272], and his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] after[0310] him: and they fell[05307][8799] before[06440] Jonathan[03129]; and his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] slew[04191][8789] after[0310] him.
15:10 And that first[07223] slaughter[04347], which Jonathan[03129] and his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] made[05221][8689], was about twenty[06242] men[0376], within as it were an half[02677] acre[04618] of land[07704],  which a yoke[06776] of oxen might plow . an...: or, half a furrow of an acre of land
15:11 And there was trembling[02731] in the host[04264], in the field[07704], and among all the people[05971]: the garrison[04673], and the spoilers[07843][8688], they also trembled[02729][8804], and the earth[0776] quaked[07264][8799]: so it was a very great[0430] trembling[02731]. a very...: Heb. a trembling of God
15:12 And the watchmen[06822][8802] of Saul[07586] in Gibeah[01390] of Benjamin[01144] looked[07200][8799]; and, behold, the multitude[01995] melted away[04127][8738], and they went[03212][8799] on beating down[01986][8800] one another .
15:13 Then said[0559][8799] Saul[07586] unto the people[05971] that were with him, Number[06485][8798] now, and see[07200][8798] who is gone[01980][8804] from us. And when they had numbered[06485][8799], behold, Jonathan[03129] and his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] were not there .
15:14 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto Ahiah[0281], Bring hither[05066][8685] the ark[0727] of God[0430]. For the ark[0727] of God[0430] was at that time[03117] with the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
15:15 And it came to pass, while Saul[07586] talked[01696][8765] unto the priest[03548], that the noise[01995] that was in the host[04264] of the Philistines[06430] went[03212][8799] on[01980][8800] and increased[07227]: and Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto the priest[03548], Withdraw[0622][8798] thine hand[03027]. noise: or, tumult
15:16 And Saul[07586] and all the people[05971] that were with him assembled[02199][8735] themselves, and they came[0935][8799] to the battle[04421]: and, behold, every man's[0376] sword[02719] was against his fellow[07453], and there was a very[03966] great[01419] discomfiture[04103]. assembled...: Heb. were cried together
15:17 Moreover the Hebrews[05680] that were with the Philistines[06430] before[0865] that time[08032], which went up[05927][8804] with them into the camp[04264] from the country  round about[05439], even they also  turned to be with the Israelites[03478] that were with Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03129].
15:18 Likewise all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] which had hid[02244][8693] themselves in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], when they heard[08085][8804] that the Philistines[06430] fled[05127][8804], even they also followed hard[01692][8686] after[0310] them in the battle[04421].
15:19 So the LORD[03068] saved[03467][8686] Israel[03478] that day[03117]: and the battle[04421] passed over[05674][8804] unto Bethaven[01007].
15:20 And the men[0376] of Israel[03478] were distressed[05065][8738] that day[03117]: for Saul[07586] had adjured[0422][8686] the people[05971], saying[0559][8800], Cursed[0779][8803] be the man[0376] that eateth[0398][8799] any food[03899] until evening[06153], that I may be avenged[05358][8738] on mine enemies[0341][8802]. So none of the people[05971] tasted[02938][8804] any food[03899].
15:21 And all they of the land[0776] came[0935][8804] to a wood[03293]; and there was honey[01706] upon[06440] the ground[07704].
15:22 And when the people[05971] were come[0935][8799] into the wood[03293], behold, the honey[01706] dropped[01982]; but no man put[05381][8688] his hand[03027] to his mouth[06310]: for the people[05971] feared[03372][8804] the oath[07621].
15:23 But Jonathan[03129] heard[08085][8804] not when his father[01] charged[07650][00] the people[05971] with the oath[07650][8687]: wherefore he put forth[07971][8799] the end[07097] of the rod[04294] that was in his hand[03027], and dipped[02881][8799] it in an honeycomb[03295][01706], and put[07725][8686] his hand[03027] to his mouth[06310]; and his eyes[05869] were enlightened[0215][8799].
15:24 Then answered[06030][8799] one[0376] of the people[05971], and said[0559][8799], Thy father[01] straitly[07650][8687] charged[07650][00] the people[05971] with an oath[07650][8689], saying[0559][8800], Cursed[0779][8803] be the man[0376] that eateth[0398][8799] any food[03899] this day[03117]. And the people[05971] were faint[05774][8799]. faint: or, weary
15:25 Then said[0559][8799] Jonathan[03129], My father[01] hath troubled[05916][8804] the land[0776]: see[07200][8798], I pray you, how mine eyes[05869] have been enlightened[0215][8804], because I tasted[02938][8804] a little[04592] of this honey[01706].
15:26 How much more[0637], if haply[03863] the people[05971] had eaten[0398][8804] freely[0398][8800] to day[03117] of the spoil[07998] of their enemies[0341][8802] which they found[04672][8804]? for had there not been now a much greater[07235][8804] slaughter[04347] among the Philistines[06430]?
15:27 And they smote[05221][8686] the Philistines[06430] that day[03117] from Michmash[04363] to Aijalon[0357]: and the people[05971] were very[03966] faint[05774][8799].
15:28 And the people[05971] flew[05860][8799][06213][8799] upon the spoil[07998], and took[03947][8799] sheep[06629], and oxen[01241], and calves[01121], and slew[07819][8799] them  on the ground[0776]: and the people[05971] did eat[0398][8799] them with the blood[01818].
15:29 Then they told[05046][8686] Saul[07586], saying[0559][8800], Behold, the people[05971] sin[02398][8802] against the LORD[03068], in that they eat[0398][8800] with the blood[01818]. And he said[0559][8799], Ye have transgressed[0898][8804]: roll[01556][8798] a great[01419] stone[068] unto me this day[03117]. transgressed: or, dealt treacherously
15:30 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Disperse[06327][8798] yourselves among the people[05971], and say[0559][8804] unto them, Bring me hither[05066][8685] every man[0376] his ox[07794], and every man[0376] his sheep[07716], and slay[07819][8804] them here, and eat[0398][8804]; and sin[02398][8799] not against the LORD[03068] in eating[0398][8800] with the blood[01818]. And all the people[05971] brought[05066][8686] every man[0376] his ox[07794] with him[03027] that night[03915], and slew[07819][8799] them there. with him: Heb. in his hand
15:31 And Saul[07586] built[01129][8799] an altar[04196] unto the LORD[03068]: the same was the first[02490][8689] altar[04196] that he built[01129][8800] unto the LORD[03068]. the same...: Heb. that altar he began to build unto the LORD
15:32 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Let us go down[03381][8799] after[0310] the Philistines[06430] by night[03915], and spoil[0962][8799] them until the morning[01242] light[0216], and let us not leave[07604][8686] a man[0376] of them. And they said[0559][8799], Do[06213][8798] whatsoever seemeth[05869] good[02896] unto thee. Then said[0559][8799] the priest[03548], Let us draw near[07126][8799] hither[01988] unto God[0430].
15:33 And Saul[07586] asked[07592][8799] counsel of God[0430], Shall I go down[03381][8799] after[0310] the Philistines[06430]? wilt thou deliver[05414][8799] them into the hand[03027] of Israel[03478]? But he answered[06030][8804] him not that day[03117].
15:34 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Draw ye near[05066][8798] hither[01988], all the chief[06438] of the people[05971]: and know[03045][8798] and see[07200][8798] wherein[04100] this sin[02403] hath been this day[03117]. chief: Heb. corners
15:35 For, as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], which saveth[03467][8688] Israel[03478], though it be[03426] in Jonathan[03129] my son[01121], he shall surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799]. But there was not a man among all the people[05971] that answered[06030][8802] him.
16:1 Then said[0559][8799] he unto all Israel[03478], Be ye on one[0259] side[05676], and I and Jonathan[03129] my son[01121] will be on the other[0259] side[05676]. And the people[05971] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], Do[06213][8798] what seemeth[05869] good[02896] unto thee.
16:2 Therefore Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], Give[03051][8798] a perfect[08549] lot . And Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03129] were taken[03920][8735]: but the people[05971] escaped[03318][8804]. Give...: or, Shew the innocent escaped: Heb. went forth
16:3 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Cast[05307][8685] lots between me and Jonathan[03129] my son[01121]. And Jonathan[03129] was taken[03920][8735].
16:4 Then Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] to Jonathan[03129], Tell[05046][8685] me what thou hast done[06213][8804]. And Jonathan[03129] told[05046][8686] him, and said[0559][8799], I did but[02938][8800] taste[02938][8804] a little[04592] honey[01706] with the end[07097] of the rod[04294] that was in mine hand[03027], and , lo[02009], I must die[04191][8799].
16:5 And Saul[07586] answered[0559][8799], God[0430] do so[06213][8799] and more also[03254][8686]: for thou shalt surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799], Jonathan[03129].
16:6 And the people[05971] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], Shall Jonathan[03129] die[04191][8799], who hath wrought[06213][8804] this great[01419] salvation[03444] in Israel[03478]? God forbid[02486]: as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], there shall not one hair[08185] of his head[07218] fall[05307][8799] to the ground[0776]; for he hath wrought[06213][8804] with God[0430] this day[03117]. So the people[05971] rescued[06299][8799] Jonathan[03129], that he died[04191][8804] not.
16:7 Then Saul[07586] went up[05927][8799] from following[0310] the Philistines[06430]: and the Philistines[06430] went[01980][8804] to their own place[04725].
16:8 So Saul[07586] took[03920][8804] the kingdom[04410] over Israel[03478], and fought[03898][8735] against all his enemies[0341][8802] on every side[05439], against Moab[04124], and against the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and against Edom[0123], and against the kings[04428] of Zobah[06678], and against the Philistines[06430]: and whithersoever he turned[06437][8799] himself, he vexed[07561][8686] them .
16:9 And he gathered[06213][8799] an host[02428], and smote[05221][8686] the Amalekites[06002], and delivered[05337][8686] Israel[03478] out of the hands[03027] of them that spoiled[08154][8802] them. gathered...: or, wrought mightily
16:10 Now the sons[01121] of Saul[07586] were Jonathan[03129], and Ishui[03440], and Melchishua[04444]: and the names[08034] of his two[08147] daughters[01323] were these ; the name[08034] of the firstborn[01067] Merab[04764], and the name[08034] of the younger[06996] Michal[04324]:
16:11 And the name[08034] of Saul's[07586] wife[0802] was Ahinoam[0293], the daughter[01323] of Ahimaaz[0290]: and the name[08034] of the captain[08269] of his host[06635] was  Abner[074], the son[01121] of Ner[05369], Saul's[07586] uncle[01730]. Abner: Heb. Abiner
16:12 And Kish[07027] was the father[01] of Saul[07586]; and Ner[05369] the father[01] of Abner[074] was the son[01121] of Abiel[022].
16:13 And there was sore[02389] war[04421] against the Philistines[06430] all the days[03117] of Saul[07586]: and when Saul[07586] saw[07200][8804] any strong[01368] man[0376], or any valiant[02428] man[01121], he took[0622][8799] him unto him.
16:14 Samuel[08050] also said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], The LORD[03068] sent[07971][8804] me to anoint[04886][8800] thee to be king[04428] over his people[05971], over Israel[03478]: now therefore hearken[08085][8798] thou unto the voice[06963] of the words[01697] of the LORD[03068].
16:15 Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], I remember[06485][8804] that which Amalek[06002] did[06213][8804] to Israel[03478], how he laid[07760][8804] wait  for him in the way[01870], when he came up[05927][8800] from Egypt[04714].
16:16 Now go[03212][8798] and smite[05221][8689] Amalek[06002], and utterly destroy[02763][8689] all that they have, and spare[02550][8799] them not; but slay[04191][8689] both man[0376] and woman[0802], infant[05768] and suckling[03243][8802], ox[07794] and sheep[07716], camel[01581] and ass[02543].
16:17 And Saul[07586] gathered[08085][00] the people[05971] together[08085][8762], and numbered[06485][8799] them in Telaim[02923], two hundred[03967] thousand[0505] footmen[07273], and ten[06235] thousand[0505] men[0376] of Judah[03063].
16:18 And Saul[07586] came[0935][8799] to a city[05892] of Amalek[06002], and laid wait[07378][8799][0693][8686] in the valley[05158]. laid...: or, fought
16:19 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto the Kenites[07017], Go[03212][8798], depart[05493][8798], get you down[03381][8798] from among[08432] the Amalekites[06002], lest I destroy[0622][8799] you with them: for ye shewed[06213][8804] kindness[02617] to all the children[01121] of Israel[03478], when they came up[05927][8800] out of Egypt[04714]. So the Kenites[07017] departed[05493][8799] from among[08432] the Amalekites[06003].
16:20 And Saul[07586] smote[05221][8686] the Amalekites[06002] from Havilah[02341] until thou comest[0935][8800] to Shur[07793], that is over against[06440] Egypt[04714].
16:21 And he took[08610][8799] Agag[090] the king[04428] of the Amalekites[06002] alive[02416], and utterly destroyed[02763][8689] all the people[05971] with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719].
16:22 But Saul[07586] and the people[05971] spared[02550][8799] Agag[090], and the best[04315] of the sheep[06629], and of the oxen[01241], and of the fatlings[04932], and the lambs[03733], and all that was good[02896], and would[014][8804] not utterly destroy[02763][8687] them: but every thing[04399] that was vile[05240] and refuse[04549][8738], that they destroyed utterly[02763][8689]. fatlings: or, second sort
16:23 Then came the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] unto Samuel[08050], saying[0559][8800],
17:1 It repenteth[05162][8738] me that I have set up[04427][8689] Saul[07586] to be king[04428]: for he is turned back[07725][8804] from following[0310] me, and hath not performed[06965][8689] my commandments[01697]. And it grieved[02734][8799] Samuel[08050]; and he cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068] all night[03915].
17:2 And when Samuel[08050] rose early[07925][8686] to meet[07125][8800] Saul[07586] in the morning[01242], it was told[05046][8714] Samuel[08050], saying[0559][8800], Saul[07586] came[0935][8804] to Carmel[03760], and, behold, he set him up[05324][8688] a place[03027], and is gone about[05437][8735], and passed on[05674][8799], and gone down[03381][8799] to Gilgal[01537].
17:3 And Samuel[08050] came[0935][8799] to Saul[07586]: and Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto him, Blessed[01288][8803] be thou of the LORD[03068]: I have performed[06965][8689] the commandment[01697] of the LORD[03068].
17:4 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799], What meaneth then this bleating[06963] of the sheep[06629] in mine ears[0241], and the lowing[06963] of the oxen[01241] which I hear[08085][8802]?
17:5 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], They have brought[0935][8689] them from the Amalekites[06003]: for the people[05971] spared[02550][8804] the best[04315] of the sheep[06629] and of the oxen[01241], to sacrifice[02076][8800] unto the LORD[03068] thy God[0430]; and the rest[03498][8802] we have utterly destroyed[02763][8689].
17:6 Then Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], Stay[07503][8685], and I will tell[05046][8686] thee what the LORD[03068] hath said[01696][8765] to me this night[03915]. And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Say on[01696][8761].
17:7 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799], When thou wast little[06996] in thine own sight[05869], wast thou not made the head[07218] of the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], and the LORD[03068] anointed[04886][8799] thee king[04428] over Israel[03478]?
17:8 And the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8799] thee on a journey[01870], and said[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798] and utterly destroy[02763][8689] the sinners[02400] the Amalekites[06002], and fight[03898][8738] against them until they be consumed[03615][8763]. they...: Heb. they consume them
17:9 Wherefore then didst thou not obey[08085][8804] the voice[06963] of the LORD[03068], but didst fly[05860][8799] upon the spoil[07998], and didst[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]?
17:10 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], Yea, I have obeyed[08085][8804] the voice[06963] of the LORD[03068], and have gone[03212][8799] the way[01870] which the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8804] me, and have brought[0935][8686] Agag[090] the king[04428] of Amalek[06002], and have utterly destroyed[02763][8689] the Amalekites[06002].
17:11 But the people[05971] took[03947][8799] of the spoil[07998], sheep[06629] and oxen[01241], the chief[07225] of the things which should have been utterly destroyed[02764], to sacrifice[02076][8800] unto the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] in Gilgal[01537].
17:12 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799], Hath the LORD[03068] as great delight[02656] in burnt offerings[05930] and sacrifices[02077], as in obeying[08085][8800] the voice[06963] of the LORD[03068]? Behold, to obey[08085][8800] is better[02896] than sacrifice[02077], and to hearken[07181][8687] than the fat[02459] of rams[0352].
17:13 For rebellion[04805] is as the sin[02403] of witchcraft[07081], and stubbornness[06484][8687] is as iniquity[0205] and idolatry[08655]. Because thou hast rejected[03988][8804] the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], he hath also rejected[03988][8799] thee from being king[04428]. witchcraft: Heb. divination
17:14 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], I have sinned[02398][8804]: for I have transgressed[05674][8804] the commandment[06310] of the LORD[03068], and thy words[01697]: because I feared[03372][8804] the people[05971], and obeyed[08085][8799] their voice[06963].
17:15 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon[05375][8798] my sin[02403], and turn again[07725][8798] with me, that I may worship[07812][8691] the LORD[03068].
17:16 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], I will not return[07725][8799] with thee: for thou hast rejected[03988][8804] the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], and the LORD[03068] hath rejected[03988][8799] thee from being king[04428] over Israel[03478].
17:17 And as Samuel[08050] turned about[05437][8735] to go away[03212][8800], he laid hold[02388][8686] upon the skirt[03671] of his mantle[04598], and it rent[07167][8735].
17:18 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto him, The LORD[03068] hath rent[07167][8804] the kingdom[04468] of Israel[03478] from thee this day[03117], and hath given[05414][8804] it to a neighbour[07453] of thine, that is  better[02896] than thou.
17:19 And also the Strength[05331] of Israel[03478] will not lie[08266][8762] nor repent[05162][8735]: for he is not a man[0120], that he should repent[05162][8736]. Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory
17:20 Then he said[0559][8799], I have sinned[02398][8804]: yet honour[03513][8761] me now, I pray thee, before the elders[02205] of my people[05971], and before Israel[03478], and turn again[07725][8798] with me, that I may worship[07812][8694] the LORD[03068] thy God[0430].
17:21 So Samuel[08050] turned again[07725][8799] after[0310] Saul[07586]; and Saul[07586] worshipped[07812][8691] the LORD[03068].
17:22 Then said[0559][8799] Samuel[08050], Bring ye hither[05066][8685] to me Agag[090] the king[04428] of the Amalekites[06002]. And Agag[090] came[03212][8799] unto him delicately[04574]. And Agag[090] said[0559][8799], Surely[0403] the bitterness[04751] of death[04194] is past[05493][8804].
17:23 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799], As thy sword[02719] hath made women[0802] childless[07921][8765], so shall thy mother[0517] be childless[07921][8799] among women[0802]. And Samuel[08050] hewed[08158][00] Agag[090] in pieces[08158][8762] before[06440] the LORD[03068] in Gilgal[01537].
17:24 Then Samuel[08050] went[03212][8799] to Ramah[07414]; and Saul[07586] went up[05927][8804] to his house[01004] to Gibeah[01390] of Saul[07586].
17:25 And Samuel[08050] came no more[03254][8804] to see[07200][8800] Saul[07586] until the day[03117] of his death[04194]: nevertheless[03588] Samuel[08050] mourned[056][8694] for Saul[07586]: and the LORD[03068] repented[05162][8738] that he had made Saul[07586] king[04427][8689] over Israel[03478].
17:26 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], How long wilt thou mourn[056][8693] for Saul[07586], seeing I have rejected[03988][8804] him from reigning[04427][8800] over Israel[03478]? fill[04390][8761] thine horn[07161] with oil[08081], and go[03212][8798], I will send[07971][8799] thee to Jesse[03448] the Bethlehemite[01022]: for I have provided[07200][8804] me a king[04428] among his sons[01121].
17:27 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799], How can I go[03212][8799]? if Saul[07586] hear[08085][8804] it , he will kill[02026][8804] me. And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Take[03947][8799] an heifer[01241][05697] with thee[03027], and say[0559][8804], I am come[0935][8804] to sacrifice[02076][8800] to the LORD[03068]. with thee: Heb. in thine hand
17:28 And call[07121][8804] Jesse[03448] to the sacrifice[02077], and I will shew[03045][8686] thee what thou shalt do[06213][8799]: and thou shalt anoint[04886][8804] unto me him whom I name[0559][8799] unto thee.
17:29 And Samuel[08050] did[06213][8799] that which the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8765], and came[0935][8799] to Bethlehem[01035]. And the elders[02205] of the town[05892] trembled[02729][8799] at his coming[07125][8800], and said[0559][8799], Comest[0935][8800] thou peaceably[07965]? coming: Heb. meeting
17:30 And he said[0559][8799], Peaceably[07965]: I am come[0935][8804] to sacrifice[02076][8800] unto the LORD[03068]: sanctify[06942][8690] yourselves, and come[0935][8804] with me to the sacrifice[02077]. And he sanctified[06942][8762] Jesse[03448] and his sons[01121], and called[07121][8799] them to the sacrifice[02077].
17:31 And it came to pass, when they were come[0935][8800], that he looked[07200][8799] on Eliab[0446], and said[0559][8799], Surely the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899] is before him. Eliab: called Elihu
17:32 But the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Samuel[08050], Look[05027][8686] not on his countenance[04758], or on the height[01364] of his stature[06967]; because I have refused[03988][8804] him: for the LORD seeth not as man[0120] seeth[07200][8799]; for man[0120] looketh[07200][8799] on the outward appearance[05869], but the LORD[03068] looketh[07200][8799] on the heart[03824]. outward...: Heb. eyes
17:33 Then Jesse[03448] called[07121][8799] Abinadab[041], and made him pass[05674][8686] before[06440] Samuel[08050]. And he said[0559][8799], Neither hath the LORD[03068] chosen[0977][8804] this.
17:34 Then Jesse[03448] made Shammah[08048] to pass by[05674][8686]. And he said[0559][8799], Neither hath the LORD[03068] chosen[0977][8804] this. Shammah: Shimeah, also called, Shimma
17:35 Again, Jesse[03448] made seven[07651] of his sons[01121] to pass[05674][8686] before[06440] Samuel[08050]. And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto Jesse[03448], The LORD[03068] hath not chosen[0977][8804] these.
17:36 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto Jesse[03448], Are here all[08552][8804] thy children[05288]? And he said[0559][8799], There remaineth[07604][8804] yet the youngest[06996], and, behold, he keepeth[07462][8802] the sheep[06629]. And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] unto Jesse[03448], Send[07971][8798] and fetch[03947][8798] him: for we will not sit down[05437][8799] till he come[0935][8800] hither[06311]. down: Heb. round
17:37 And he sent[07971][8799], and brought him in[0935][8686]. Now he was ruddy[0132], and withal[05973] of a beautiful[03303] countenance[05869], and goodly[02896] to look to[07210]. And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Arise[06965][8798], anoint[04886][8798] him: for this is he. of a...: Heb. fair of eyes
17:38 Then Samuel[08050] took[03947][8799] the horn[07161] of oil[08081], and anointed[04886][8799] him in the midst[07130] of his brethren[0251]: and the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] came[06743][8799] upon David[01732] from that day[03117] forward[04605]. So Samuel[08050] rose up[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Ramah[07414].
17:39 But the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] departed[05493][8804] from Saul[07586], and an evil[07451] spirit[07307] from the LORD[03068] troubled[01204][8765] him. troubled: or, terrified
17:40 And Saul's[07586] servants[05650] said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold now, an evil[07451] spirit[07307] from God[0430] troubleth[01204][8764] thee.
17:41 Let our lord[0113] now command[0559][8799] thy servants[05650], which are before[06440] thee, to seek out[01245][8762] a man[0376], who is a cunning[03045][8802] player[05059][8764] on an harp[03658]: and it shall come to pass, when the evil[07451] spirit[07307] from God[0430] is upon thee, that he shall play[05059][8765] with his hand[03027], and thou shalt be well[02895][8804].
17:42 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650], Provide[07200][8798] me now a man[0376] that can play[05059][8763] well[03190][8688], and bring[0935][8689] him to me.
17:43 Then answered[06030][8799] one[0259] of the servants[05288], and said[0559][8799], Behold, I have seen[07200][8804] a son[01121] of Jesse[03448] the Bethlehemite[01022], that is cunning[03045][8802] in playing[05059][8763], and a mighty[01368] valiant man[02428], and a man[0376] of war[04421], and prudent[0995][8737] in matters[01697], and a comely[08389] person[0376], and the LORD[03068] is with him. matters: or, speech
17:44 Wherefore Saul[07586] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto Jesse[03448], and said[0559][8799], Send[07971][8798] me David[01732] thy son[01121], which is with the sheep[06629].
17:45 And Jesse[03448] took[03947][8799] an ass[02543] laden with bread[03899], and a bottle[04997] of wine[03196], and a[0259] kid[01423][05795], and sent[07971][8799] them  by[03027] David[01732] his son[01121] unto Saul[07586].
17:46 And David[01732] came[0935][8799] to Saul[07586], and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] him: and he loved[0157][8799] him greatly[03966]; and he became his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627].
17:47 And Saul[07586] sent[07971][8799] to Jesse[03448], saying[0559][8800], Let David[01732], I pray thee, stand[05975][8799] before[06440] me; for he hath found[04672][8804] favour[02580] in my sight[05869].
17:48 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit[07307] from God[0430] was upon Saul[07586], that David[01732] took[03947][8804] an harp[03658], and played[05059][8765] with his hand[03027]: so Saul[07586] was refreshed[07304][8804], and was well[02895][8804], and the evil[07451] spirit[07307] departed[05493][8804] from him.
17:49 Now the Philistines[06430] gathered together[0622][8799] their armies[04264] to battle[04421], and were gathered together[0622][8735] at Shochoh[07755], which belongeth to Judah[03063], and pitched[02583][8799] between Shochoh[07755] and Azekah[05825], in Ephesdammim[0658]. Ephesdammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pasdammim
17:50 And Saul[07586] and the men[0376] of Israel[03478] were gathered together[0622][8738], and pitched[02583][8799] by the valley[06010] of Elah[0425], and set the battle[04421] in array[06186][8799] against[07125][8800] the Philistines[06430]. set...: Heb. ranged the battle
17:51 And the Philistines[06430] stood[05975][8802] on a mountain[02022] on the one side, and Israel[03478] stood[05975][8802] on a mountain[02022] on the other side: and there was a valley[01516] between them.
17:52 And there went out[03318][8799] a champion[0376][01143] out of the camp[04264] of the Philistines[06430], named[08034] Goliath[01555], of Gath[01661], whose height[01363] was six[08337] cubits[0520] and a span[02239].
17:53 And he had an helmet[03553] of brass[05178] upon his head[07218], and he was armed[03847][8803] with a coat[08302] of mail[07193]; and the weight[04948] of the coat[08302] was five[02568] thousand[0505] shekels[08255] of brass[05178]. armed: Heb. clothed
17:54 And he had greaves[04697] of brass[05178] upon his legs[07272], and a target[03591] of brass[05178] between his shoulders[03802]. target: or, gorget
17:55 And the staff[06086][8675][02671] of his spear[02595] was like a weaver's[0707][8802] beam[04500]; and his spear's[02595] head[03852] weighed six[08337] hundred[03967] shekels[08255] of iron[01270]: and one bearing[05375][8802] a shield[06793] went[01980][8802] before[06440] him.
17:56 And he stood[05975][8799] and cried[07121][8799] unto the armies[04634] of Israel[03478], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Why are ye come out[03318][8799] to set your battle[04421] in array[06186][8800]? am  not I a Philistine[06430], and ye servants[05650] to Saul[07586]? choose[01262][8798] you a man[0376] for you, and let him come down[03381][8799] to me.
17:57 If he be able[03201][8799] to fight[03898][8736] with me, and to kill[05221][8689] me, then will we be your servants[05650]: but if I prevail[03201][8799] against him, and kill[05221][8689] him, then shall ye be our servants[05650], and serve[05647][8804] us.
17:58 And the Philistine[06430] said[0559][8799], I defy[02778][8765] the armies[04634] of Israel[03478] this day[03117]; give[05414][8798] me a man[0376], that we may fight[03898][8735] together[03162].
18:1 When Saul[07586] and all Israel[03478] heard[08085][8799] those words[01697] of the Philistine[06430], they were dismayed[02865][8735], and greatly[03966] afraid[03372][8799].
18:2 Now David[01732] was the son[01121] of that Ephrathite[0376][0673] of Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063], whose name[08034] was Jesse[03448]; and he had eight[08083] sons[01121]: and the man[0376] went[0935][8804] among men[0582] for an old man[02204][8804] in the days[03117] of Saul[07586].
18:3 And the three[07969] eldest[01419] sons[01121] of Jesse[03448] went[03212][8799] and followed[0310] Saul[07586] to the battle[04421]: and the names[08034] of his three[07969] sons[01121] that went[01980][8804] to the battle[04421] were Eliab[0446] the firstborn[01060], and next[04932] unto him Abinadab[041], and the third[07992] Shammah[08048].
18:4 And David[01732] was the youngest[06996]: and the three[07969] eldest[01419] followed[01980][8804][0310] Saul[07586].
18:5 But David[01732] went[01980][8802] and returned[07725][8802] from Saul[07586] to feed[07462][8800] his father's[01] sheep[06629] at Bethlehem[01035].
18:6 And the Philistine[06430] drew near[05066][8799] morning[07925][8687] and evening[06150][8687], and presented[03320][8691] himself forty[0705] days[03117].
18:7 And Jesse[03448] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732] his son[01121], Take[03947][8798] now for thy brethren[0251] an ephah[0374] of this[02088] parched[07039] corn , and these ten[06235] loaves[03899], and run[07323][8685] to the camp[04264] to thy brethren[0251];
18:8 And carry[0935][8686] these ten[06235] cheeses[02461][02757] unto the captain[08269] of their thousand[0505], and look[06485][8799] how thy brethren[0251] fare[07965], and take[03947][8799] their pledge[06161]. cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk of...: Heb. of a thousand
18:9 Now Saul[07586], and they, and all the men[0376] of Israel[03478], were in the valley[06010] of Elah[0425], fighting[03898][8737] with the Philistines[06430].
18:10 And David[01732] rose up early[07925][8686] in the morning[01242], and left[05203][8799] the sheep[06629] with a keeper[08104][8802], and took[05375][8799], and went[03212][8799], as Jesse[03448] had commanded[06680][8765] him; and he came[0935][8799] to the trench[04570], as the host[02428] was going forth[03318][8802] to the fight[04634], and shouted[07321][8689] for the battle[04421]. trench: or, place of the carriage fight: or, battle array, or, place of fight
18:11 For Israel[03478] and the Philistines[06430] had put the battle in array[06186][8799], army[04634] against[07125][8800] army[04634].
18:12 And David[01732] left[05203][8799] his carriage[03627] in the hand[03027] of the keeper[08104][8802] of the carriage[03627], and ran[07323][8799] into the army[04634], and came[0935][8799] and saluted[07592][8799][07965] his brethren[0251]. his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon him saluted...: Heb. asked his brethren of peace
18:13 And as he talked[01696][8764] with them, behold, there came up[05927][8802] the champion[0376][01143], the Philistine[06430] of Gath[01661], Goliath[01555] by name[08034], out of the armies[04634][8675][04630] of the Philistines[06430], and spake[01696][8762] according to the same[0428] words[01697]: and David[01732] heard[08085][8799] them .
18:14 And all the men[0376] of Israel[03478], when they saw[07200][8800] the man[0376], fled[05127][8799] from him[06440], and were sore[03966] afraid[03372][8799]. from...: Heb. from his face
18:15 And the men[0376] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799], Have ye seen[07200][8804] this man[0376] that is come up[05927][8802]? surely to defy[02778][8763] Israel[03478] is he come up[05927][8802]: and it shall be, that  the man[0376] who killeth[05221][8686] him, the king[04428] will enrich[06238][8686] him with great[01419] riches[06239], and will give[05414][8799] him his daughter[01323], and make[06213][8799] his father's[01] house[01004] free[02670] in Israel[03478].
18:16 And David[01732] spake[0559][8799] to the men[0582] that stood[05975][8802] by him, saying[0559][8800], What shall be done[06213][8735] to the man[0376] that killeth[05221][8686] this[01975] Philistine[06430], and taketh away[05493][8689] the reproach[02781] from Israel[03478]? for who is this uncircumcised[06189] Philistine[06430], that he should defy[02778][8765] the armies[04634] of the living[02416] God[0430]?
18:17 And the people[05971] answered[0559][8799] him after this manner[01697], saying[0559][8800], So shall it be done[06213][8735] to the man[0376] that killeth[05221][8686] him.
18:18 And Eliab[0446] his eldest[01419] brother[0251] heard[08085][8799] when he spake[01696][8763] unto the men[0582]; and Eliab's[0446] anger[0639] was kindled[02734][8799] against David[01732], and he said[0559][8799], Why camest thou down[03381][8804] hither? and with whom hast thou left[05203][8804] those[02007] few[04592] sheep[06629] in the wilderness[04057]? I know[03045][8804] thy pride[02087], and the naughtiness[07455] of thine heart[03824]; for thou art come down[03381][8804] that thou mightest see[07200][8800] the battle[04421].
18:19 And David[01732] said[0559][8799], What have I now done[06213][8804]? Is there not a cause[01697]?
18:20 And he turned[05437][8735] from him[0681] toward[04136] another[0312], and spake[0559][8799] after the same manner[01697]: and the people[05971] answered[01697] him again[07725][8686] after the former[07223] manner[01697]. manner: Heb. word
18:21 And when the words[01697] were heard[08085][8735] which David[01732] spake[01696][8765], they rehearsed[05046][8686] them before[06440] Saul[07586]: and he sent[03947][8799] for him. sent...: Heb. took him
18:22 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Saul[07586], Let no man's[0120] heart[03820] fail[05307][8799] because of him; thy servant[05650] will go[03212][8799] and fight[03898][8738] with this Philistine[06430].
18:23 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Thou art not able[03201][8799] to go[03212][8800] against this Philistine[06430] to fight[03898][8736] with him: for thou art but a youth[05288], and he a man[0376] of war[04421] from his youth[05271].
18:24 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], Thy servant[05650] kept[07462][8802] his father's[01] sheep[06629], and there came[0935][8804] a lion[0738], and a bear[01677], and took[05375][8804] a lamb[07716][8675][02089] out of the flock[05739]: lamb: or, kid
18:25 And I went out[03318][8804] after[0310] him, and smote[05221][8689] him, and delivered[05337][8689] it out of his mouth[06310]: and when he arose[06965][8799] against me, I caught[02388][8689] him by his beard[02206], and smote[05221][8689] him, and slew[04191][8689] him.
18:26 Thy servant[05650] slew[05221][8689] both the lion[0738] and the bear[01677]: and this uncircumcised[06189] Philistine[06430] shall be as one[0259] of them, seeing he hath defied[02778][8765] the armies[04634] of the living[02416] God[0430].
18:27 David[01732] said[0559][8799] moreover, The LORD[03068] that delivered[05337][8689] me out of the paw[03027] of the lion[0738], and out of the paw[03027] of the bear[01677], he will deliver[05337][8686] me out of the hand[03027] of this Philistine[06430]. And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Go[03212][8798], and the LORD[03068] be with thee.
18:28 And Saul[07586] armed[03847][8686] David[01732] with his armour[04055], and he put[05414][8804] an helmet[06959] of brass[05178] upon his head[07218]; also he armed[03847][8686] him with a coat of mail[08302]. armed David...: Heb. clothed David with his clothes
18:29 And David[01732] girded[02296][8799] his sword[02719] upon his armour[04055], and he assayed[02974][8686] to go[03212][8800]; for he had not proved[05254][8765] it . And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], I cannot[03201][8799] go[03212][8800] with these; for I have not proved[05254][8765] them . And David[01732] put[05493][8686] them off him.
18:30 And he took[03947][8799] his staff[04731] in his hand[03027], and chose[0977][8799] him five[02568] smooth[02512] stones[068] out of the brook[05158], and put[07760][8799] them in a shepherd's[07462][8802] bag[03627] which he had, even in a scrip[03219]; and his sling[07050] was in his hand[03027]: and he drew near[05066][8799] to the Philistine[06430]. brook: or, valley bag: Heb. vessel
19:1 And the Philistine[06430] came[03212][8799] on[01980][8802] and drew near[07131] unto David[01732]; and the man[0376] that bare[05375][8802] the shield[06793] went before[06440] him.
19:2 And when the Philistine[06430] looked about[05027][8686], and saw[07200][8799] David[01732], he disdained[0959][8799] him: for he was but a youth[05288], and ruddy[0132], and of a fair[03303] countenance[04758].
19:3 And the Philistine[06430] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Am I a dog[03611], that thou comest[0935][8802] to me with staves[04731]? And the Philistine[06430] cursed[07043][8762] David[01732] by his gods[0430].
19:4 And the Philistine[06430] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Come[03212][8798] to me, and I will give[05414][8799] thy flesh[01320] unto the fowls[05775] of the air[08064], and to the beasts[0929] of the field[07704].
19:5 Then said[0559][8799] David[01732] to the Philistine[06430], Thou comest[0935][8802] to me with a sword[02719], and with a spear[02595], and with a shield[03591]: but I come[0935][8802] to thee in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], the God[0430] of the armies[04634] of Israel[03478], whom thou hast defied[02778][8765].
19:6 This day[03117] will the LORD[03068] deliver[05462][8762] thee into mine hand[03027]; and I will smite[05221][8689] thee, and take[05493][8689] thine head[07218] from thee; and I will give[05414][8804] the carcases[06297] of the host[04264] of the Philistines[06430] this day[03117] unto the fowls[05775] of the air[08064], and to the wild beasts[02416] of the earth[0776]; that all the earth[0776] may know[03045][8799] that there is[03426] a God[0430] in Israel[03478]. deliver...: Heb. shut thee up
19:7 And all this assembly[06951] shall know[03045][8799] that the LORD[03068] saveth[03467][8686] not with sword[02719] and spear[02595]: for the battle[04421] is the LORD'S[03068], and he will give[05414][8804] you into our hands[03027].
19:8 And it came to pass, when the Philistine[06430] arose[06965][8804], and came[03212][8799] and drew nigh[07126][8799] to meet[07125][8800] David[01732], that David[01732] hasted[04116][8762], and ran[07323][8799] toward the army[04634] to meet[07125][8800] the Philistine[06430].
19:9 And David[01732] put[07971][8799] his hand[03027] in his bag[03627], and took[03947][8799] thence a stone[068], and slang[07049][8762] it , and smote[05221][8686] the Philistine[06430] in his forehead[04696], that the stone[068] sunk[02883][8799] into his forehead[04696]; and he fell[05307][8799] upon his face[06440] to the earth[0776].
19:10 So David[01732] prevailed[02388][8799] over[04480] the Philistine[06430] with a sling[07050] and with a stone[068], and smote[05221][8686] the Philistine[06430], and slew[04191][8686] him; but there was no sword[02719] in the hand[03027] of David[01732].
19:11 Therefore David[01732] ran[07323][8799], and stood[05975][8799] upon the Philistine[06430], and took[03947][8799] his sword[02719], and drew[08025][8799] it out of the sheath[08593] thereof, and slew[04191][8787] him, and cut off[03772][8799] his head[07218] therewith. And when the Philistines[06430] saw[07200][8799] their champion[01368] was dead[04191][8804], they fled[05127][8799].
19:12 And the men[0582] of Israel[03478] and of Judah[03063] arose[06965][8799], and shouted[07321][8686], and pursued[07291][8799] the Philistines[06430], until thou come[0935][8800] to the valley[01516], and to the gates[08179] of Ekron[06138]. And the wounded[02491] of the Philistines[06430] fell down[05307][8799] by the way[01870] to Shaaraim[08189], even unto Gath[01661], and unto Ekron[06138].
19:13 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] returned[07725][8799] from chasing[01814][8800] after[0310] the Philistines[06430], and they spoiled[08155][8799] their tents[04264].
19:14 And David[01732] took[03947][8799] the head[07218] of the Philistine[06430], and brought[0935][8686] it to Jerusalem[03389]; but he put[07760][8804] his armour[03627] in his tent[0168].
19:15 And when Saul[07586] saw[07200][8800] David[01732] go forth[03318][8802] against[07125][8800] the Philistine[06430], he said[0559][8804] unto Abner[074], the captain[08269] of the host[06635], Abner[074], whose son[01121] is this youth[05288]? And Abner[074] said[0559][8799], As thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], O king[04428], I cannot[0518] tell[03045][8804].
19:16 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Enquire[07592][8798] thou whose son[01121] the stripling[05958] is .
19:17 And as David[01732] returned[07725][8800] from the slaughter[05221][8687] of the Philistine[06430], Abner[074] took[03947][8799] him, and brought[0935][8686] him before[06440] Saul[07586] with the head[07218] of the Philistine[06430] in his hand[03027].
19:18 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] to him, Whose son[01121] art thou, thou young man[05288]? And David[01732] answered[0559][8799], I am the son[01121] of thy servant[05650] Jesse[03448] the Bethlehemite[01022].
19:19 And it came to pass, when he had made an end[03615][8763] of speaking[01696][8763] unto Saul[07586], that the soul[05315] of Jonathan[03083] was knit[07194][8738] with the soul[05315] of David[01732], and Jonathan[03083] loved[0157][8799] him as his own soul[05315].
19:20 And Saul[07586] took[03947][8799] him that day[03117], and would let[05414][8804] him go no more home[07725][8800] to his father's[01] house[01004].
19:21 Then Jonathan[03083] and David[01732] made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285], because he loved[0160] him as his own soul[05315].
19:22 And Jonathan[03083] stripped[06584][8691] himself of the robe[04598] that was upon him, and gave[05414][8799] it to David[01732], and his garments[04055], even to his sword[02719], and to his bow[07198], and to his girdle[02289].
19:23 And David[01732] went out[03318][8799] whithersoever Saul[07586] sent[07971][8799] him, and behaved himself wisely[07919][8686]: and Saul[07586] set[07760][8799] him over the men[0582] of war[04421], and he was accepted[03190][8799] in the sight[05869] of all the people[05971], and also in the sight[05869] of Saul's[07586] servants[05650]. behaved...: or, prospered
19:24 And it came to pass as they came[0935][8800], when David[01732] was returned[07725][8800] from the slaughter[05221][8687] of the Philistine[06430], that the women[0802] came out[03318][8799] of all cities[05892] of Israel[03478], singing[07891][8800] and dancing[04246], to meet[07125][8800] king[04428] Saul[07586], with tabrets[08596], with joy[08057], and with instruments of musick[07991]. Philistine: or, Philistines instruments...: Heb. three stringed instruments
20:1 And the women[0802] answered[06030][8799] one another as they played[07832][8764], and said[0559][8799], Saul[07586] hath slain[05221][8689] his thousands[0505], and David[01732] his ten thousands[07233].
20:2 And Saul[07586] was very[03966] wroth[02734][8799], and the saying[01697] displeased[03415][8799][05869] him; and he said[0559][8799], They have ascribed[05414][8804] unto David[01732] ten thousands[07233], and to me they have ascribed[05414][8804] but thousands[0505]: and what can he have more but the kingdom[04410]? displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes
20:3 And Saul[07586] eyed[05770][8802] David[01732] from that day[03117] and forward[01973].
20:4 And it came to pass on the morrow[04283], that the evil[07451] spirit[07307] from God[0430] came[06743][8799] upon Saul[07586], and he prophesied[05012][8691] in the midst[08432] of the house[01004]: and David[01732] played[05059][8764] with his hand[03027], as at other times[03117]: and there was a javelin[02595] in Saul's[07586] hand[03027].
20:5 And Saul[07586] cast[02904][8686] the javelin[02595]; for he said[0559][8799], I will smite[05221][8686] David[01732] even to the wall[07023] with it . And David[01732] avoided out[05437][8735] of his presence[06440] twice[06471].
20:6 And Saul[07586] was afraid[03372][8799] of[06440] David[01732], because the LORD[03068] was with him, and was departed[05493][8804] from Saul[07586].
20:7 Therefore Saul[07586] removed[05493][8686] him from him, and made[07760][8799] him his captain[08269] over a thousand[0505]; and he went out[03318][8799] and came in[0935][8799] before[06440] the people[05971].
20:8 And David[01732] behaved himself wisely[07919][8688] in all his ways[01870]; and the LORD[03068] was with him. behaved...: or, prospered
20:9 Wherefore when Saul[07586] saw[07200][8799] that he behaved[07919][00] himself very[03966] wisely[07919][8688], he was afraid[01481][8799] of[06440] him.
20:10 But all Israel[03478] and Judah[03063] loved[0157][8802] David[01732], because he went out[03318][8802] and came in[0935][8802] before[06440] them.
20:11 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Behold my elder[01419] daughter[01323] Merab[04764], her will I give[05414][8799] thee to wife[0802]: only be thou valiant[01121][02428] for me, and fight[03898][8734] the LORD'S[03068] battles[04421]. For Saul[07586] said[0559][8804], Let not mine hand[03027] be upon him, but let the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430] be upon him. valiant: Heb. a son of valour
20:12 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], Who am I? and what is my life[02416], or my father's[01] family[04940] in Israel[03478], that I should be son in law[02860] to the king[04428]?
20:13 But it came to pass at the time[06256] when Merab[04764] Saul's[07586] daughter[01323] should have been given[05414][8800] to David[01732], that she was given[05414][8738] unto Adriel[05741] the Meholathite[04259] to wife[0802].
20:14 And Michal[04324] Saul's[07586] daughter[01323] loved[0157][8799] David[01732]: and they told[05046][8686] Saul[07586], and the thing[01697] pleased[03474][8799][05869] him. pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes
20:15 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], I will give[05414][8799] him her, that she may be a snare[04170] to him, and that the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430] may be against him. Wherefore Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Thou shalt this day[03117] be my son in law[02859][8691] in the one of the twain[08147].
20:16 And Saul[07586] commanded[06680][8762] his servants[05650], saying , Commune[01696][8761] with David[01732] secretly[03909], and say[0559][8800], Behold, the king[04428] hath delight[02654][8804] in thee, and all his servants[05650] love[0157][8804] thee: now therefore be the king's[04428] son in law[02859][8690].
20:17 And Saul's[07586] servants[05650] spake[01696][8762] those words[01697] in the ears[0241] of David[01732]. And David[01732] said[0559][8799], Seemeth[05869] it to you a light[07043][8738] thing to be a king's[04428] son in law[02859][8692], seeing that I am a poor[07326][8802] man[0376], and lightly esteemed[07034][8737]?
20:18 And the servants[05650] of Saul[07586] told[05046][8686] him, saying[0559][8800], On this manner[01697] spake[01696][8765] David[01732]. On...: Heb. According to these words
20:19 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Thus shall ye say[0559][8799] to David[01732], The king[04428] desireth[02656] not any dowry[04119], but an hundred[03967] foreskins[06190] of the Philistines[06430], to be avenged[05358][8736] of the king's[04428] enemies[0341][8802]. But Saul[07586] thought[02803][8804] to make David[01732] fall[05307][8687] by the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430].
20:20 And when his servants[05650] told[05046][8686] David[01732] these words[01697], it pleased[03474][8799][01697][05869] David[01732] well to be the king's[04428] son in law[02859][8692]: and the days[03117] were not expired[04390][8804]. expired: Heb. fulfilled
20:21 Wherefore David[01732] arose[06965][8799] and went[03212][8799], he and his men[0582], and slew[05221][8686] of the Philistines[06430] two hundred[03967] men[0376]; and David[01732] brought[0935][8686] their foreskins[06190], and they gave them in full tale[04390][8762] to the king[04428], that he might be the king's[04428] son in law[02859][8692]. And Saul[07586] gave[05414][8799] him Michal[04324] his daughter[01323] to wife[0802].
20:22 And Saul[07586] saw[07200][8799] and knew[03045][8799] that the LORD[03068] was with David[01732], and that Michal[04324] Saul's[07586] daughter[01323] loved[0157][8804] him.
20:23 And Saul[07586] was yet the more[03254][8686] afraid[03372][8800] of[06440] David[01732]; and Saul[07586] became David's[01732] enemy[0341][8802] continually[03117].
20:24 Then the princes[08269] of the Philistines[06430] went forth[03318][8799]: and it came to pass, after[01767] they went forth[03318][8800], that David[01732] behaved himself more wisely[07919][8804] than all the servants[05650] of Saul[07586]; so that his name[08034] was much[03966] set by[03365][8799]. set by: Heb. precious
20:25 And Saul[07586] spake[01696][8762] to Jonathan[03129] his son[01121], and to all his servants[05650], that they should kill[04191][8687] David[01732].
20:26 But Jonathan[03083] Saul's[07586] son[01121] delighted[02654][8804] much[03966] in David[01732]: and Jonathan[03083] told[05046][8686] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Saul[07586] my father[01] seeketh[01245][8764] to kill[04191][8687] thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed[08104][8734] to thyself until the morning[01242], and abide[03427][8804] in a secret[05643] place , and hide[02244][8738] thyself:
20:27 And I will go out[03318][8799] and stand[05975][8804] beside[03027] my father[01] in the field[07704] where thou art , and I will commune[01696][8762] with my father[01] of thee; and what[04100] I see[07200][8804], that I will tell[05046][8689] thee.
20:28 And Jonathan[03083] spake[01696][8762] good[02896] of David[01732] unto Saul[07586] his father[01], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Let not the king[04428] sin[02398][8799] against his servant[05650], against David[01732]; because he hath not sinned[02398][8804] against thee, and because his works[04639] have been to thee-ward very[03966] good[02896]:
20:29 For he did put[07760][8799] his life[05315] in his hand[03709], and slew[05221][8686] the Philistine[06430], and the LORD[03068] wrought[06213][8799] a great[01419] salvation[08668] for all Israel[03478]: thou sawest[07200][8804] it , and didst rejoice[08055][8799]: wherefore then wilt thou sin[02398][8799] against innocent[05355] blood[01818], to slay[04191][8687] David[01732] without a cause[02600]?
20:30 And Saul[07586] hearkened[08085][8799] unto the voice[06963] of Jonathan[03083]: and Saul[07586] sware[07650][8735], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], he shall not[0518] be slain[04191][8714].
20:31 And Jonathan[03083] called[07121][8799] David[01732], and Jonathan[03083] shewed[05046][8686] him all those things[01697]. And Jonathan[03083] brought[0935][8686] David[01732] to Saul[07586], and he was in his presence[06440], as in times past[0865][08032]. in times...: Heb. yesterday, third day
20:32 And there was war[04421] again[03254][8686]: and David[01732] went out[03318][8799], and fought[03898][8735] with the Philistines[06430], and slew[05221][8686] them with a great[01419] slaughter[04347]; and they fled[05127][8799] from[06440] him. him: Heb. his face
20:33 And the evil[07451] spirit[07307] from the LORD[03068] was upon Saul[07586], as he sat[03427][8802] in his house[01004] with his javelin[02595] in his hand[03027]: and David[01732] played[05059][8764] with his hand[03027].
20:34 And Saul[07586] sought[01245][8762] to smite[05221][8687] David[01732] even to the wall[07023] with the javelin[02595]; but he slipped away[06362][8799] out of Saul's[07586] presence[06440], and he smote[05221][8686] the javelin[02595] into the wall[07023]: and David[01732] fled[05127][8804], and escaped[04422][8735] that night[03915].
20:35 Saul[07586] also sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto David's[01732] house[01004], to watch[08104][8800] him, and to slay[04191][8687] him in the morning[01242]: and Michal[04324] David's[01732] wife[0802] told[05046][8686] him, saying[0559][8800], If thou save[04422][8764] not thy life[05315] to night[03915], to morrow[04279] thou shalt be slain[04191][8716].
20:36 So Michal[04324] let[03381][00] David[01732] down[03381][8686] through a window[02474]: and he went[03212][8799], and fled[01272][8799], and escaped[04422][8735].
20:37 And Michal[04324] took[03947][8799] an image[08655], and laid[07760][8799] it in the bed[04296], and put[07760][8804] a pillow[03523] of goats[05795]' hair for his bolster[04763], and covered[03680][8762] it with a cloth[0899]. image: Heb. teraphim
20:38 And when Saul[07586] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to take[03947][8800] David[01732], she said[0559][8799], He is sick[02470][8802].
20:39 And Saul[07586] sent[07971][8799] the messengers[04397] again to see[07200][8800] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Bring him up[05927][8685] to me in the bed[04296], that I may slay[04191][8687] him.
20:40 And when the messengers[04397] were come in[0935][8799], behold, there was an image[08655] in the bed[04296], with a pillow[03523] of goats[05795]' hair for his bolster[04763].
20:41 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto Michal[04324], Why hast thou deceived me so[07411][8765], and sent away[07971][8762] mine enemy[0341][8802], that he is escaped[04422][8735]? And Michal[04324] answered[0559][8799] Saul[07586], He said[0559][8804] unto me, Let me go[07971][8761]; why should I kill[04191][8686] thee?
20:42 So David[01732] fled[01272][8804], and escaped[04422][8735], and came[0935][8799] to Samuel[08050] to Ramah[07414], and told[05046][8686] him all that Saul[07586] had done[06213][8804] to him. And he and Samuel[08050] went[03212][8799] and dwelt[03427][8799] in Naioth[05121].
21:1 And it was told[05046][8714] Saul[07586], saying[0559][8800], Behold, David[01732] is at Naioth[05121] in Ramah[07414].
21:2 And Saul[07586] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to take[03947][8800] David[01732]: and when they saw[07200][8799] the company[03862] of the prophets[05030] prophesying[05012][8737], and Samuel[08050] standing[05975][8802] as appointed[05324][8737] over them, the Spirit[07307] of God[0430] was upon the messengers[04397] of Saul[07586], and they also prophesied[05012][8691].
21:3 And when it was told[05046][8686] Saul[07586], he sent[07971][8799] other[0312] messengers[04397], and they prophesied[05012][8691] likewise. And Saul[07586] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] again[03254][8686] the third[07992] time, and they prophesied[05012][8691] also.
21:4 Then went[03212][8799] he also to Ramah[07414], and came[0935][8799] to a great[01419] well[0953] that is in Sechu[07906]: and he asked[07592][8799] and said[0559][8799], Where[0375] are Samuel[08050] and David[01732]? And one said[0559][8799], Behold, they be at Naioth[05121] in Ramah[07414].
21:5 And he went[03212][8799] thither to Naioth[05121] in Ramah[07414]: and the Spirit[07307] of God[0430] was upon him also, and he went[03212][8799] on[01980][8800], and prophesied[05012][8691], until he came[0935][8800] to Naioth[05121] in Ramah[07414].
21:6 And he stripped off[06584][8799] his clothes[0899] also[01571], and prophesied[05012][8691] before[06440] Samuel[08050] in like manner, and lay down[05307][8799] naked[06174] all that day[03117] and all that night[03915]. Wherefore they say[0559][8799], Is Saul[07586] also among the prophets[05030]? lay: Heb. fell
21:7 And David[01732] fled[01272][8799] from Naioth[05121] in Ramah[07414], and came[0935][8799] and said[0559][8799] before[06440] Jonathan[03083], What have I done[06213][8804]? what is mine iniquity[05771]? and what is my sin[02403] before[06440] thy father[01], that he seeketh[01245][8764] my life[05315]?
21:8 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, God forbid[02486]; thou shalt not die[04191][8799]: behold, my father[01] will do[06213][8799][8675][06213][8804] nothing[01697] either great[01419] or small[06996], but that he will shew[01540][8799][0241] it me: and why should my father[01] hide[05641][8686] this thing[01697] from me? it is not so . shew...: Heb. uncover mine ear
21:9 And David[01732] sware[07650][8735] moreover, and said[0559][8799], Thy father[01] certainly[03045][8800] knoweth[03045][8804] that I have found[04672][8804] grace[02580] in thine eyes[05869]; and he saith[0559][8799], Let not Jonathan[03083] know[03045][8799] this, lest he be grieved[06087][8735]: but truly[0199] as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], and as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], there is but a step[06587] between me and death[04194].
21:10 Then said[0559][8799] Jonathan[03083] unto David[01732], Whatsoever thy soul[05315] desireth[0559][8799], I will even do[06213][8799] it for thee. Whatsoever...: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh
21:11 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Jonathan[03083], Behold, to morrow[04279] is the new moon[02320], and I should not fail[03427][8800] to sit[03427][8799] with the king[04428] at meat[0398][8800]: but let me go[07971][8765], that I may hide[05641][8738] myself in the field[07704] unto the third[07992] day at even[06153].
21:12 If thy father[01] at all[06485][8800] miss[06485][8799] me, then say[0559][8804], David[01732] earnestly[07592][8736] asked[07592][8738] leave of me that he might run[07323][8800] to Bethlehem[01035] his city[05892]: for there is a yearly[03117] sacrifice[02077] there for all the family[04940]. sacrifice: or, feast
21:13 If he say[0559][8799] thus, It is well[02896]; thy servant[05650] shall have peace[07965]: but if he be very[02734][8800] wroth[02734][8799], then be sure[03045][8798] that evil[07451] is determined[03615][8804] by him.
21:14 Therefore thou shalt deal[06213][8804] kindly[02617] with thy servant[05650]; for thou hast brought[0935][8689] thy servant[05650] into a covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] with thee: notwithstanding, if there be[03426] in me iniquity[05771], slay[04191][8685] me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring[0935][8686] me to thy father[01]?
21:15 And Jonathan[03083] said[0559][8799], Far be it from thee[02486]: for if I knew[03045][8799] certainly[03045][8800] that evil[07451] were determined[03615][8804] by my father[01] to come[0935][8800] upon thee, then would not I tell[05046][8686] it thee?
22:1 Then said[0559][8799] David[01732] to Jonathan[03083], Who shall tell[05046][8686] me? or what if thy father[01] answer[06030][8799] thee roughly[07186]?
22:2 And Jonathan[03083] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Come[03212][8798], and let us go out[03318][8799] into the field[07704]. And they went out[03318][8799] both[08147] of them into the field[07704].
22:3 And Jonathan[03083] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], when I have sounded[02713][8799] my father[01] about to morrow[04279] any time[06256], or the third[07992] day , and, behold, if there be good[02895][8804] toward David[01732], and I then send[07971][8799] not unto thee, and shew[01540][8804][0241] it thee; sounded: Heb. searched shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear
22:4 The LORD[03068] do[06213][8799] so[03541] and much more[03254][8686] to Jonathan[03083]: but if it please[03190][8686] my father[01] to do thee evil[07451], then I will shew[01540][8804][0241] it thee, and send thee away[07971][8765], that thou mayest go[01980][8804] in peace[07965]: and the LORD[03068] be with thee, as he hath been with my father[01]. shew...: Heb. uncover thine ear
22:5 And thou shalt not only while yet[0518] I live[02416] shew[06213][8799] me the kindness[02617] of the LORD[03068], that I die[04191][8799] not:
22:6 But also thou shalt not cut off[03772][8686] thy kindness[02617] from my house[01004] for[05704] ever[05769]: no, not when the LORD[03068] hath cut off[03772][8687] the enemies[0341][8802] of David[01732] every one[0376] from the face[06440] of the earth[0127].
22:7 So Jonathan[03083] made[03772][8799] a covenant with the house[01004] of David[01732], saying , Let the LORD[03068] even require[01245][8765] it at the hand[03027] of David's[01732] enemies[0341][8802]. made: Heb. cut
22:8 And Jonathan[03083] caused David[01732] to swear[07650][8687] again[03254][8686], because he loved[0160] him: for he loved[0157][8804] him as he loved[0160] his own soul[05315]. because...: or, by his love toward him
22:9 Then Jonathan[03083] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], To morrow[04279] is the new moon[02320]: and thou shalt be missed[06485][8738], because thy seat[04186] will be empty[06485][8735]. empty: Heb. missed
22:10 And when thou hast stayed three days[08027][8765], then thou shalt go down[03381][8799] quickly[03966], and come[0935][8804] to the place[04725] where thou didst hide[05641][8738] thyself when[03117] the business[04639] was in hand , and shalt remain[03427][8804] by[0681] the stone[068] Ezel[0237]. quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly when the...: Heb. in the day of the business Ezel: or, that sheweth the way
22:11 And I will shoot[03384][8686] three[07969] arrows[02671] on the side[06654] thereof , as though I shot[07971][8763] at a mark[04307].
22:12 And, behold, I will send[07971][8799] a lad[05288], saying , Go[03212][8798], find out[04672][8798] the arrows[02671]. If I expressly[0559][8800] say[0559][8799] unto the lad[05288], Behold, the arrows[02671]  are on this side of thee, take[03947][8798] them; then come[0935][8798] thou: for there is peace[07965] to thee, and no hurt[01697]; as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416]. no hurt: Heb. not any thing
22:13 But if I say[0559][8799] thus unto the young man[05958], Behold, the arrows[02671] are beyond[01973] thee; go thy way[03212][8798]: for the LORD[03068] hath sent thee away[07971][8765].
22:14 And as touching the matter[01697] which thou and I have spoken[01696][8765] of, behold, the LORD[03068] be between thee and me for[05704] ever[05769].
22:15 So David[01732] hid[05641][8735] himself in the field[07704]: and when the new moon[02320] was come, the king[04428] sat him down[03427][8799] to eat[0398][8800] meat[03899].
22:16 And the king[04428] sat[03427][8799] upon his seat[04186], as at other times[06471], even upon a seat[04186] by the wall[07023]: and Jonathan[03083] arose[06965][8799], and Abner[074] sat[03427][8799] by Saul's[07586] side[06654], and David's[01732] place[04725] was empty[06485][8735].
22:17 Nevertheless Saul[07586] spake[01696][8765] not any thing[03972] that day[03117]: for he thought[0559][8804], Something hath befallen[04745] him, he is not[01115] clean[02889]; surely he is not clean[02889].
22:18 And it came to pass on the morrow[04283], which was the second[08145] day of the month[02320], that David's[01732] place[04725] was empty[06485][8735]: and Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto Jonathan[03083] his son[01121], Wherefore cometh[0935][8804] not the son[01121] of Jesse[03448] to meat[03899], neither yesterday[08543], nor to day[03117]?
22:19 And Jonathan[03083] answered[06030][8799] Saul[07586], David[01732] earnestly[07592][8736] asked[07592][8738] leave of me[05978] to go to Bethlehem[01035]:
22:20 And he said[0559][8799], Let me go[07971][8761], I pray thee; for our family[04940] hath a sacrifice[02077] in the city[05892]; and my brother[0251], he hath commanded[06680][8765] me to be there : and now, if I have found[04672][8804] favour[02580] in thine eyes[05869], let me get away[04422][8735], I pray thee, and see[07200][8799] my brethren[0251]. Therefore he cometh[0935][8804] not unto the king's[04428] table[07979].
22:21 Then Saul's[07586] anger[0639] was kindled[02734][8799] against Jonathan[03083], and he said[0559][8799] unto him, Thou son[01121] of the perverse[05753][8737] rebellious[04780] woman , do not I know[03045][8804] that thou hast chosen[0977][8802] the son[01121] of Jesse[03448] to thine own confusion[01322], and unto the confusion[01322] of thy mother's[0517] nakedness[06172]? Thou...: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion
22:22 For as long as[03117] the son[01121] of Jesse[03448] liveth[02425][8804] upon the ground[0127], thou shalt not be established[03559][8735], nor thy kingdom[04438]. Wherefore now send[07971][8798] and fetch[03947][8798] him unto me, for he shall surely die[01121][04194]. shall...: Heb. is the son of death
22:23 And Jonathan[03083] answered[06030][8799] Saul[07586] his father[01], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain[04191][8714]? what hath he done[06213][8804]?
23:1 And Saul[07586] cast[02904][8686] a javelin[02595] at him to smite[05221][8687] him: whereby Jonathan[03083] knew[03045][8799] that it was determined[03617] of his father[01] to slay[04191][8687] David[01732].
23:2 So Jonathan[03083] arose[06965][8799] from the table[07979] in fierce[02750] anger[0639], and did eat[0398][8804] no meat[03899] the second[08145] day[03117] of the month[02320]: for he was grieved[06087][8738] for David[01732], because his father[01] had done him shame[03637][8689].
23:3 And it came to pass in the morning[01242], that Jonathan[03083] went out[03318][8799] into the field[07704] at the time appointed[04150] with David[01732], and a little[06996] lad[05288] with him.
23:4 And he said[0559][8799] unto his lad[05288], Run[07323][8798], find out[04672][8798] now the arrows[02671] which I shoot[03384][8688]. And as the lad[05288] ran[07323][8801], he shot[03384][8804] an arrow[02678] beyond[05674][8687] him. beyond...: Heb. to pass over him
23:5 And when the lad[05288] was come[0935][8799] to the place[04725] of the arrow[02678] which Jonathan[03083] had shot[03384][8804], Jonathan[03083] cried[07121][8799] after[0310] the lad[05288], and said[0559][8799],  Is not the arrow[02678] beyond[01973] thee?
23:6 And Jonathan[03083] cried[07121][8799] after[0310] the lad[05288], Make speed[04120], haste[02363][8798], stay[05975][8799] not. And Jonathan's[03083] lad[05288] gathered up[03950][8762] the arrows[02671][8675][02678], and came[0935][8799] to his master[0113].
23:7 But the lad[05288] knew[03045][8804] not any thing[03972]: only Jonathan[03083] and David[01732] knew[03045][8804] the matter[01697].
23:8 And Jonathan[03083] gave[05414][8799] his artillery[03627] unto his lad[05288], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Go[03212][8798], carry[0935][8685] them to the city[05892]. artillery: Heb. instruments his lad: Heb. the lad that was his
23:9 And as soon as the lad[05288] was gone[0935][8802], David[01732] arose[06965][8804] out of a place toward[0681] the south[05045], and fell[05307][8799] on his face[0639] to the ground[0776], and bowed[07812][8691] himself three[07969] times[06471]: and they kissed[05401][8799] one[0376] another[07453], and wept[01058][8799] one[0376] with another[07453], until David[01732] exceeded[01431][8689].
23:10 And Jonathan[03083] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Go[03212][8798] in peace[07965], forasmuch as we have sworn[07650][8738] both[08147] of us in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], The LORD[03068] be between me and thee, and between my seed[02233] and thy seed[02233] for[05704] ever[05769]. And he arose[06965][8799] and departed[03212][8799]: and Jonathan[03083] went[0935][8802] into the city[05892]. forasmuch...: or, the LORD be witness of that which etc
23:11 Then came[0935][8799] David[01732] to Nob[05011] to Ahimelech[0288] the priest[03548]: and Ahimelech[0288] was afraid[02729][8799] at the meeting[07125][8800] of David[01732], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Why art  thou alone, and no man[0376] with thee? Ahimelech: also called Ahiah
23:12 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Ahimelech[0288] the priest[03548], The king[04428] hath commanded[06680][8765] me a business[01697], and hath said[0559][8799] unto me, Let no man[0376] know[03045][8799] any thing[03972] of the business[01697] whereabout I send[07971][8802] thee, and what I have commanded[06680][8765] thee: and I have appointed[03045][8776] my servants[05288] to such[06423] and such[0492] a place[04725].
23:13 Now therefore what is[03426] under thine hand[03027]? give[05414][8798] me five[02568] loaves of bread[03899] in mine hand[03027], or what there is present[04672][8737]. present: Heb. found
23:14 And the priest[03548] answered[06030][8799] David[01732], and said[0559][8799], There is no common[02455] bread[03899] under mine hand[03027], but there is[03426] hallowed[06944] bread[03899]; if the young men[05288] have kept[08104][8738] themselves at least[0389] from women[0802].
23:15 And David[01732] answered[06030][8799] the priest[03548], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Of a truth[0518] women[0802] have been kept[06113][8803] from us about these three[08032] days[08543], since I came out[03318][8800], and the vessels[03627] of the young men[05288] are holy[06944], and the bread is in a manner[01870] common[02455], yea, though it were sanctified[06942][8799] this day[03117] in the vessel[03627]. yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel
23:16 So the priest[03548] gave[05414][8799] him hallowed[06944] bread : for there was no bread[03899] there but the shewbread[03899][06440], that was taken[05493][8716] from before[06440] the LORD[03068], to put[07760][8800] hot[02527] bread[03899] in the day[03117] when it was taken away[03947][8736].
23:17 Now a certain man[0376] of the servants[05650] of Saul[07586] was there that day[03117], detained[06113][8737] before[06440] the LORD[03068]; and his name[08034] was  Doeg[01673], an Edomite[0130], the chiefest[047] of the herdmen[07462][8802] that belonged to Saul[07586].
23:18 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Ahimelech[0288], And is there[03426] not[0371] here under thine hand[03027] spear[02595] or sword[02719]? for I have neither brought[03947][8804] my sword[02719] nor my weapons[03627] with me[03027], because the king's[04428] business[01697] required[01961][8804] haste[05169][8803].
23:19 And the priest[03548] said[0559][8799], The sword[02719] of Goliath[01555] the Philistine[06430], whom thou slewest[05221][8689] in the valley[06010] of Elah[0425], behold, it is here wrapped[03874][8803] in a cloth[08071] behind[0310] the ephod[0646]: if thou wilt take[03947][8799] that, take[03947][8798] it : for there is no other[0312] save[02108] that here[02088]. And David[01732] said[0559][8799], There is none like that; give[05414][8798] it me.
23:20 And David[01732] arose[06965][8799], and fled[01272][8799] that day[03117] for fear[06440] of Saul[07586], and went[0935][8799] to Achish[0397] the king[04428] of Gath[01661].
23:21 And the servants[05650] of Achish[0397] said[0559][8799] unto him, Is not this David[01732] the king[04428] of the land[0776]? did they not sing[06030][8799] one to another of him[02088] in dances[04246], saying[0559][8800], Saul[07586] hath slain[05221][8689] his thousands[0505], and David[01732] his ten thousands[07233]?
23:22 And David[01732] laid up[07760][8799] these words[01697] in his heart[03824], and was sore[03966] afraid[03372][8799] of[06440] Achish[0397] the king[04428] of Gath[01661].
23:23 And he changed[08138][8762] his behaviour[02940] before[05869] them, and feigned himself mad[01984][8704] in their hands[03027], and scrabbled[08427][8762] on the doors[01817] of the gate[08179], and let his spittle[07388] fall down[03381][8686] upon his beard[02206]. scrabbled: or, made marks
23:24 Then said[0559][8799] Achish[0397] unto his servants[05650], Lo, ye see[07200][8799] the man[0376] is mad[07696][8693]: wherefore then have ye brought[0935][8686] him to me? is mad: or, playeth the mad man
23:25 Have I need[02638] of mad men[07696][8794], that ye have brought[0935][8689] this fellow to play the mad man[07696][8692] in my presence? shall this fellow come[0935][8799] into my house[01004]?
23:26 David[01732] therefore departed[03212][8799] thence, and escaped[04422][8735] to the cave[04631] Adullam[05725]: and when his brethren[0251] and all his father's[01] house[01004] heard[08085][8799] it , they went down[03381][8799] thither to him.
23:27 And every one[0376] that was in distress[04689], and every one[0376] that was in debt[05378][8801], and every one[0376] that was discontented[04751][05315], gathered[06908][8691] themselves unto him; and he became a captain[08269] over them: and there were with him about four[0702] hundred[03967] men[0376]. was in debt: Heb. had a creditor discontented: Heb. bitter of soul
23:28 And David[01732] went[03212][8799] thence to Mizpeh[04708] of Moab[04124]: and he said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428] of Moab[04124], Let my father[01] and my mother[0517], I pray thee, come forth[03318][8799], and be with you, till I know[03045][8799] what God[0430] will do[06213][8799] for me.
23:29 And he brought[05148][8686] them before[06440] the king[04428] of Moab[04124]: and they dwelt[03427][8799] with him all the while[03117] that David[01732] was in the hold[04686].
24:1 And the prophet[05030] Gad[01410] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Abide[03427][8799] not in the hold[04686]; depart[03212][8798], and get[0935][8804] thee into the land[0776] of Judah[03063]. Then David[01732] departed[03212][8799], and came[0935][8799] into the forest[03293] of Hareth[02802].
24:2 When Saul[07586] heard[08085][8799] that David[01732] was discovered[03045][8738], and the men[0582] that were with him, (now Saul[07586] abode[03427][8802] in Gibeah[01390] under a tree[0815] in Ramah[07414], having his spear[02595] in his hand[03027], and all his servants[05650] were standing[05324][8737] about him;) tree...: or, grove in a high place
24:3 Then Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650] that stood[05324][8737] about him, Hear now[08085][8798], ye Benjamites[01145]; will the son[01121] of Jesse[03448] give[05414][8799] every one of you fields[07704] and vineyards[03754], and make[07760][8799] you all captains[08269] of thousands[0505], and captains[08269] of hundreds[03967];
24:4 That all of you have conspired[07194][8804] against me, and there is none that sheweth[01540][8802][0241] me that my son[01121] hath made a league[03772][8800] with the son[01121] of Jesse[03448], and there is  none of you that is sorry[02470][8802] for me, or sheweth[01540][8802][0241] unto me that my son[01121] hath stirred up[06965][8689] my servant[05650] against me, to lie in wait[0693][8802], as at this day[03117]? sheweth...: Heb. uncovereth mine ear
24:5 Then answered[06030][8799] Doeg[01673] the Edomite[0130], which was set[05324][8737] over the servants[05650] of Saul[07586], and said[0559][8799], I saw[07200][8804] the son[01121] of Jesse[03448] coming[0935][8802] to Nob[05011], to Ahimelech[0288] the son[01121] of Ahitub[0285].
24:6 And he enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068] for him, and gave[05414][8804] him victuals[06720], and gave[05414][8804] him the sword[02719] of Goliath[01555] the Philistine[06430].
24:7 Then the king[04428] sent[07971][8799] to call[07121][8800] Ahimelech[0288] the priest[03548], the son[01121] of Ahitub[0285], and all his father's[01] house[01004], the priests[03548] that were in Nob[05011]: and they came[0935][8799] all of them to the king[04428].
24:8 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Hear[08085][8798] now, thou son[01121] of Ahitub[0285]. And he answered[0559][8799], Here I am , my lord[0113]. Here...: Heb. Behold me
24:9 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] unto him, Why have ye conspired[07194][8804] against me, thou and the son[01121] of Jesse[03448], in that thou hast given[05414][8800] him bread[03899], and a sword[02719], and hast enquired[07592][8800] of God[0430] for him, that he should rise[06965][8800] against me, to lie in wait[0693][8802], as at this day[03117]?
24:10 Then Ahimelech[0288] answered[06030][8799] the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], And who is so faithful[0539][8737] among all thy servants[05650] as David[01732], which is the king's[04428] son in law[02860], and goeth[05493][8804] at thy bidding[04928], and is honourable[03513][8737] in thine house[01004]?
24:11 Did I then[03117] begin[02490][8689] to enquire[07592][8800] of God[0430] for him? be it far from me[02486]: let not the king[04428] impute[07760][8799] any thing[01697] unto his servant[05650], nor to all the house[01004] of my father[01]: for thy servant[05650] knew[03045][8804] nothing[01697] of all this, less[06996] or more[01419]. less...: Heb. little or great
24:12 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Thou shalt surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799], Ahimelech[0288], thou, and all thy father's[01] house[01004].
24:13 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto the footmen[07323][8801] that stood[05324][8737] about him, Turn[05437][8798], and slay[04191][8685] the priests[03548] of the LORD[03068]; because their hand[03027] also is  with David[01732], and because they knew[03045][8804] when he fled[01272][8802], and did not shew[01540][8804][0241] it to me. But the servants[05650] of the king[04428] would[014][8804] not put forth[07971][8800] their hand[03027] to fall[06293][8800] upon the priests[03548] of the LORD[03068]. footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners
24:14 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] to Doeg[01673], Turn[05437][8798] thou, and fall[06293][8798] upon the priests[03548]. And Doeg[01673] the Edomite[0130] turned[05437][8735], and he fell[06293][8799] upon the priests[03548], and slew[04191][8686] on that day[03117] fourscore[08084] and five[02568] persons[0376] that did wear[05375][8802] a linen[0906] ephod[0646].
24:15 And Nob[05011], the city[05892] of the priests[03548], smote[05221][8689] he with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719], both men[0376] and women[0802], children[05768] and sucklings[03243][8802], and oxen[07794], and asses[02543], and sheep[07716], with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719].
24:16 And one[0259] of the sons[01121] of Ahimelech[0288] the son[01121] of Ahitub[0285], named[08034] Abiathar[054], escaped[04422][8735], and fled[01272][8799] after[0310] David[01732].
24:17 And Abiathar[054] shewed[05046][8686] David[01732] that Saul[07586] had slain[02026][8804] the LORD'S[03068] priests[03548].
24:18 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Abiathar[054], I knew[03045][8804] it that day[03117], when Doeg[01673] the Edomite[0130] was there, that he would surely[05046][8687] tell[05046][8686] Saul[07586]: I have occasioned[05437][8804] the death of all the persons[05315] of thy father's[01] house[01004].
24:19 Abide[03427][8798] thou with me, fear[03372][8799] not: for he that seeketh[01245][8762] my life[05315] seeketh[01245][8762] thy life[05315]: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard[04931].
24:20 Then they told[05046][8686] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Behold, the Philistines[06430] fight[03898][8737] against Keilah[07084], and they rob[08154][8802] the threshingfloors[01637].
24:21 Therefore David[01732] enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Shall I go[03212][8799] and smite[05221][8689] these Philistines[06430]? And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Go[03212][8798], and smite[05221][8689] the Philistines[06430], and save[03467][8689] Keilah[07084].
24:22 And David's[01732] men[0582] said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold, we be afraid[03373] here in Judah[03063]: how much more then if we come[03212][8799] to Keilah[07084] against the armies[04634] of the Philistines[06430]?
25:1 Then David[01732] enquired[07592][8800] of the LORD[03068] yet again[03254][8686]. And the LORD[03068] answered[06030][8799] him and said[0559][8799], Arise[06965][8798], go down[03381][8798] to Keilah[07084]; for I will deliver[05414][8802] the Philistines[06430] into thine hand[03027].
25:2 So David[01732] and his men[0582] went[03212][8799] to Keilah[07084], and fought[03898][8735] with the Philistines[06430], and brought away[05090][8799] their cattle[04735], and smote[05221][8686] them with a great[01419] slaughter[04347]. So David[01732] saved[03467][8686] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Keilah[07084].
25:3 And it came to pass, when Abiathar[054] the son[01121] of Ahimelech[0288] fled[01272][8800] to David[01732] to Keilah[07084], that he came down[03381][8804] with an ephod[0646] in his hand[03027].
25:4 And it was told[05046][8714] Saul[07586] that David[01732] was come[0935][8804] to Keilah[07084]. And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], God[0430] hath delivered[05234][8765] him into mine hand[03027]; for he is shut in[05462][8738], by entering[0935][8800] into a town[05892] that hath gates[01817] and bars[01280].
25:5 And Saul[07586] called[08085][00] all the people[05971] together[08085][8762] to war[04421], to go down[03381][8800] to Keilah[07084], to besiege[06696][8800] David[01732] and his men[0582].
25:6 And David[01732] knew[03045][8799] that Saul[07586] secretly practised[02790][8688] mischief[07451] against him; and he said[0559][8799] to Abiathar[054] the priest[03548], Bring hither[05066][8685] the ephod[0646].
25:7 Then said[0559][8799] David[01732], O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], thy servant[05650] hath certainly[08085][8800] heard[08085][8804] that Saul[07586] seeketh[01245][8764] to come[0935][8800] to Keilah[07084], to destroy[07843][8763] the city[05892] for my sake.
25:8 Will the men[01167] of Keilah[07084] deliver me up[05462][8686] into his hand[03027]? will Saul[07586] come down[03381][8799], as thy servant[05650] hath heard[08085][8804]? O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], I beseech thee, tell[05046][8685] thy servant[05650]. And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], He will come down[03381][8799].
25:9 Then said[0559][8799] David[01732], Will the men[01167] of Keilah[07084] deliver[05462][8686] me and my men[0582] into the hand[03027] of Saul[07586]? And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], They will deliver thee up[05462][8686]. deliver: Heb. shut up
25:10 Then David[01732] and his men[0582], which were about six[08337] hundred[03967][0376], arose[06965][8799] and departed[03318][8799] out of Keilah[07084], and went[01980][8691] whithersoever[0834] they could go[01980][8691]. And it was told[05046][8717] Saul[07586] that David[01732] was escaped[04422][8738] from Keilah[07084]; and he forbare[02308][8799] to go forth[03318][8800].
25:11 And David[01732] abode[03427][8799] in the wilderness[04057] in strong holds[04679], and remained[03427][8799] in a mountain[02022] in the wilderness[04057] of Ziph[02128]. And Saul[07586] sought[01245][8762] him every day[03117], but God[0430] delivered[05414][8804] him not into his hand[03027].
25:12 And David[01732] saw[07200][8799] that Saul[07586] was come out[03318][8804] to seek[01245][8763] his life[05315]: and David[01732] was in the wilderness[04057] of Ziph[02128] in a wood[02793].
25:13 And Jonathan[03083] Saul's[07586] son[01121] arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] to David[01732] into the wood[02793], and strengthened[02388][8762] his hand[03027] in God[0430].
25:14 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Fear[03372][8799] not: for the hand[03027] of Saul[07586] my father[01] shall not find[04672][8799] thee; and thou shalt be king[04427][8799] over Israel[03478], and I shall be next[04932] unto thee; and that also Saul[07586] my father[01] knoweth[03045][8802].
25:15 And they two[08147] made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] before[06440] the LORD[03068]: and David[01732] abode[03427][8799] in the wood[02793], and Jonathan[03083] went[01980][8804] to his house[01004].
25:16 Then came up[05927][8799] the Ziphites[02130] to Saul[07586] to Gibeah[01390], saying[0559][8800], Doth not David[01732] hide[05641][8693] himself with us in strong holds[04679] in the wood[02793], in the hill[01389] of Hachilah[02444], which is on the south[03225] of Jeshimon[03452]? on...: Heb. on the right hand Jeshimon: or, the wilderness
25:17 Now therefore, O king[04428], come down[03381][8798] according to all the desire[0185] of thy soul[05315] to come down[03381][8800]; and our part shall be to deliver[05462][8687] him into the king's[04428] hand[03027].
25:18 And Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be ye of the LORD[03068]; for ye have compassion[02550][8804] on me.
25:19 Go[03212][8798], I pray you, prepare[03559][8685] yet, and know[03045][8798] and see[07200][8798] his place[04725] where his haunt[07272] is, and who hath seen[07200][8804] him there: for it is told[0559][8804] me that he dealeth very[06191][8800] subtilly[06191][8686]. haunt...: Heb. foot shall be
25:20 See[07200][8798] therefore, and take knowledge[03045][8798] of all the lurking places[04224] where he hideth[02244][8691] himself, and come ye again[07725][8804] to me with the certainty[03559][8737], and I will go[01980][8804] with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be[03426] in the land[0776], that I will search[02664][8765] him out throughout all the thousands[0505] of Judah[03063].
25:21 And they arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Ziph[02128] before[06440] Saul[07586]: but David[01732] and his men[0582] were in the wilderness[04057] of Maon[04584], in the plain[06160] on the south[03225] of Jeshimon[03452].
25:22 Saul[07586] also and his men[0582] went[03212][8799] to seek[01245][8763] him . And they told[05046][8686] David[01732]: wherefore he came down[03381][8799] into a rock[05553], and abode[03427][8799] in the wilderness[04057] of Maon[04584]. And when Saul[07586] heard[08085][8799] that , he pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] David[01732] in the wilderness[04057] of Maon[04584]. into...: or, from the rock
25:23 And Saul[07586] went[03212][8799] on this side[06654] of the mountain[02022], and David[01732] and his men[0582] on that side[06654] of the mountain[02022]: and David[01732] made haste[02648][8737] to get away[03212][8800] for fear[06440] of Saul[07586]; for Saul[07586] and his men[0582] compassed[05849][00] David[01732] and his men[0582] round about[05849][8802] to take[08610][8800] them.
25:24 But there came[0935][8804] a messenger[04397] unto Saul[07586], saying[0559][8800], Haste[04116][8761] thee, and come[03212][8798]; for the Philistines[06430] have invaded[06584][8804] the land[0776]. invaded...: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc
25:25 Wherefore Saul[07586] returned[07725][8799] from pursuing[07291][8800] after[0310] David[01732], and went[03212][8799] against[07125][8800] the Philistines[06430]: therefore they called[07121][8804] that place[04725] Selahammahlekoth[05555]. Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions
25:26 And David[01732] went up[05927][8799] from thence, and dwelt[03427][8799] in strong holds[04679] at Engedi[05872].
25:27 And it came to pass, when Saul[07586] was returned[07725][8804] from following[0310] the Philistines[06430], that it was told[05046][8686] him, saying[0559][8800], Behold, David[01732] is in the wilderness[04057] of Engedi[05872]. following: Heb. after
25:28 Then Saul[07586] took[03947][8799] three[07969] thousand[0505] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376] out of all Israel[03478], and went[03212][8799] to seek[01245][8763] David[01732] and his men[0582] upon[06440] the rocks[06697] of the wild goats[03277].
25:29 And he came[0935][8799] to the sheepcotes[01448][06629] by the way[01870], where was a cave[04631]; and Saul[07586] went in[0935][8799] to cover[05526][8687] his feet[07272]: and David[01732] and his men[0582] remained[03427][8802] in the sides[03411] of the cave[04631].
25:30 And the men[0582] of David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold the day[03117] of which the LORD[03068] said[0559][8804] unto thee, Behold, I will deliver[05414][8802] thine enemy[0341][8802] into thine hand[03027], that thou mayest do[06213][8804] to him as it shall seem good[03190][8799] unto thee[05869]. Then David[01732] arose[06965][8799], and cut off[03772][8799] the skirt[03671] of Saul's[07586] robe[04598] privily[03909]. Saul's...: Heb. the robe which was Saul's
25:31 And it came to pass afterward[0310], that David's[01732] heart[03820] smote[05221][8686] him, because he had cut off[03772][8804] Saul's[07586] skirt[03671].
25:32 And he said[0559][8799] unto his men[0582], The LORD[03068] forbid[02486] that I should do[06213][8799] this thing[01697] unto my master[0113], the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899], to stretch forth[07971][8800] mine hand[03027] against him, seeing he is the anointed[04899] of the LORD[03068].
25:33 So David[01732] stayed[08156][8762] his servants[0582] with these words[01697], and suffered[05414][8804] them not to rise[06965][8800] against Saul[07586]. But Saul[07586] rose up[06965][8804] out of the cave[04631], and went[03212][8799] on his way[01870]. stayed: Heb. cut off
25:34 David[01732] also arose[06965][8799] afterward, and went out[03318][8799] of the cave[04631], and cried[07121][8799] after[0310] Saul[07586], saying[0559][8800], My lord[0113] the king[04428]. And when Saul[07586] looked[05027][8686] behind[0310] him, David[01732] stooped[06915][8799] with his face[0639] to the earth[0776], and bowed[07812][8691] himself.
25:35 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Saul[07586], Wherefore hearest[08085][8799] thou men's[0120] words[01697], saying[0559][8800], Behold, David[01732] seeketh[01245][8764] thy hurt[07451]?
25:36 Behold, this day[03117] thine eyes[05869] have seen[07200][8804] how that the LORD[03068] had delivered[05414][8804] thee to day[03117] into mine hand[03027] in the cave[04631]: and some bade[0559][8804] me  kill[02026][8800] thee: but mine eye spared[02347][8799] thee; and I said[0559][8799], I will not put forth[07971][8799] mine hand[03027] against my lord[0113]; for he is the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899].
25:37 Moreover, my father[01], see[07200][8798], yea, see[07200][8798] the skirt[03671] of thy robe[04598] in my hand[03027]: for in that I cut off[03772][8800] the skirt[03671] of thy robe[04598], and killed[02026][8804] thee not, know[03045][8798] thou and see[07200][8798] that there is neither evil[07451] nor transgression[06588] in mine hand[03027], and I have not sinned[02398][8804] against thee; yet thou huntest[06658][8802] my soul[05315] to take[03947][8800] it.
25:38 The LORD[03068] judge[08199][8799] between me and thee, and the LORD[03068] avenge[05358][8804] me of thee: but mine hand[03027] shall not be upon thee.
25:39 As saith[0559][8799] the proverb[04912] of the ancients[06931], Wickedness[07562] proceedeth[03318][8799] from the wicked[07563]: but mine hand[03027] shall not be upon thee.
25:40 After[0310] whom is the king[04428] of Israel[03478] come out[03318][8804]? after[0310] whom dost thou pursue[07291][8802]? after[0310] a dead[04191][8801] dog[03611], after[0310] a[0259] flea[06550].
25:41 The LORD[03068] therefore be judge[01781], and judge[08199][8804] between me and thee, and see[07200][8799], and plead[07378][8799] my cause[07379], and deliver[08199][8799] me out of thine hand[03027]. deliver: Heb. judge
25:42 And it came to pass, when David[01732] had made an end[03615][8763] of speaking[01696][8763] these words[01697] unto Saul[07586], that Saul[07586] said[0559][8799], Is this thy voice[06963], my son[01121] David[01732]? And Saul[07586] lifted up[05375][8799] his voice[06963], and wept[01058][8799].
25:43 And he said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Thou art more righteous[06662] than I: for thou hast rewarded[01580][8804] me good[02896], whereas I have rewarded[01580][8804] thee evil[07451].
25:44 And thou hast shewed[05046][8689] this day[03117] how that thou hast dealt[06213][8804] well[02896] with me: forasmuch as when the LORD[03068] had delivered[05462][8765] me into thine hand[03027], thou killedst[02026][8804] me not. delivered: Heb. shut up
26:1 For if a man[0376] find[04672][8799] his enemy[0341][8802], will he let him go[07971][8765] well[02896] away[01870]? wherefore the LORD[03068] reward[07999][8762] thee good[02896] for that thou hast done[06213][8804] unto me this day[03117].
26:2 And now, behold, I know well[03045][8804] that thou shalt surely[04427][8800] be king[04427][8799], and that the kingdom[04467] of Israel[03478] shall be established[06965][8804] in thine hand[03027].
26:3 Swear[07650][8734] now therefore unto me by the LORD[03068], that thou wilt not[0518] cut off[03772][8686] my seed[02233] after[0310] me, and that thou wilt not destroy[08045][8686] my name[08034] out of my father's[01] house[01004].
26:4 And David[01732] sware[07650][8735] unto Saul[07586]. And Saul[07586] went[03212][8799] home[01004]; but David[01732] and his men[0582] gat them up[05927][8804] unto the hold[04686].
26:5 And Samuel[08050] died[04191][8799]; and all the Israelites[03478] were gathered together[06908][8735], and lamented[05594][8799] him, and buried[06912][8799] him in his house[01004] at Ramah[07414]. And David[01732] arose[06965][8799], and went down[03381][8799] to the wilderness[04057] of Paran[06290].
26:6 And there was a man[0376] in Maon[04584], whose possessions[04639] were in Carmel[03760]; and the man[0376] was very[03966] great[01419], and he had three[07969] thousand[0505] sheep[06629], and a thousand[0505] goats[05795]: and he was shearing[01494][8800] his sheep[06629] in Carmel[03760]. possessions: or, business
26:7 Now the name[08034] of the man[0376] was Nabal[05037]; and the name[08034] of his wife[0802] Abigail[026]: and she was a woman[0802] of good[02896] understanding[07922], and of a beautiful[03303] countenance[08389]: but the man[0376] was churlish[07186] and evil[07451] in his doings[04611]; and he was of the house of Caleb[03614].
26:8 And David[01732] heard[08085][8799] in the wilderness[04057] that Nabal[05037] did shear[01494][8802] his sheep[06629].
26:9 And David[01732] sent out[07971][8799] ten[06235] young men[05288], and David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto the young men[05288], Get you up[05927][8798] to Carmel[03760], and go[0935][8804] to Nabal[05037], and greet[07592][8804][07965] him in my name[08034]: greet...: Heb. ask him in my name of peace
26:10 And thus shall ye say[0559][8804] to him that liveth[02416] in prosperity , Peace[07965] be both to thee, and peace[07965] be to thine house[01004], and peace[07965] be unto all that thou hast.
26:11 And now I have heard[08085][8804] that thou hast shearers[01494][8802]: now thy shepherds[07462][8802] which were with us, we hurt[03637][8689] them not, neither was there ought[03972] missing[06485][8738] unto them, all the while[03117] they were in Carmel[03760]. hurt: Heb. shamed
26:12 Ask[07592][8798] thy young men[05288], and they will shew[05046][8686] thee. Wherefore let the young men[05288] find[04672][8799] favour[02580] in thine eyes[05869]: for we come[0935][8804] in a good[02896] day[03117]: give[05414][8798], I pray thee, whatsoever cometh[04672][8799] to thine hand[03027] unto thy servants[05650], and to thy son[01121] David[01732].
26:13 And when David's[01732] young men[05288] came[0935][8799], they spake[01696][8762] to Nabal[05037] according to all those words[01697] in the name[08034] of David[01732], and ceased[05117][8799]. ceased: Heb. rested
26:14 And Nabal[05037] answered[06030][8799] David's[01732] servants[05650], and said[0559][8799], Who is David[01732]? and who is the son[01121] of Jesse[03448]? there be many[07231][8804] servants[05650] now a days[03117] that break away[06555][8693] every man[0376] from[06440] his master[0113].
26:15 Shall I then take[03947][8804] my bread[03899], and my water[04325], and my flesh[02878] that I have killed[02873][8804] for my shearers[01494][8802], and give[05414][8804] it  unto men[0582], whom I know[03045][8804] not whence they be ? flesh: Heb. slaughter
26:16 So David's[01732] young men[05288] turned[02015][8799] their way[01870], and went again[07725][8799], and came[0935][8799] and told[05046][8686] him all those sayings[01697].
26:17 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto his men[0582], Gird ye on[02296][8798] every man[0376] his sword[02719]. And they girded on[02296][8799] every man[0376] his sword[02719]; and David[01732] also girded on[02296][8799] his sword[02719]: and there went up[05927][8799] after[0310] David[01732] about four[0702] hundred[03967] men[0376]; and two hundred[03967] abode[03427][8804] by the stuff[03627].
26:18 But one[0259] of the young men[05288] told[05046][8689] Abigail[026], Nabal's[05037] wife[0802], saying[0559][8800], Behold, David[01732] sent[07971][8804] messengers[04397] out of the wilderness[04057] to salute[01288][8763] our master[0113]; and he railed[05860][8799] on them. railed...: Heb. flew upon them
26:19 But the men[0582] were very[03966] good[02896] unto us, and we were not hurt[03637][8717], neither missed[06485][8804] we any thing[03972], as long as[03117] we were conversant[01980][8694] with them, when we were in the fields[07704]: hurt: Heb. shamed
26:20 They were a wall[02346] unto us both by night[03915] and day[03119], all the while[03117] we were with them keeping[07462][8802] the sheep[06629].
26:21 Now therefore know[03045][8798] and consider[07200][8798] what thou wilt do[06213][8799]; for evil[07451] is determined[03615][8804] against our master[0113], and against all his household[01004]: for he is such a son[01121] of Belial[01100], that a man cannot speak[01696][8763] to him.
26:22 Then Abigail[026] made haste[04116][8762], and took[03947][8799] two hundred[03967] loaves[03899], and two[08147] bottles[05035] of wine[03196], and five[02568] sheep[06629] ready dressed[06213][8803], and five[02568] measures[05429] of parched[07039] corn , and an hundred[03967] clusters of raisins[06778], and two hundred[03967] cakes[01690] of figs, and laid[07760][8799] them on asses[02543]. clusters: or, lumps
26:23 And she said[0559][8799] unto her servants[05288], Go on[05674][8798] before[06440] me; behold, I come[0935][8802] after[0310] you. But she told[05046][8689] not her husband[0376] Nabal[05037].
26:24 And it was so, as she rode[07392][8802] on the ass[02543], that she came down[03381][8802] by the covert[05643] of the hill[02022], and, behold, David[01732] and his men[0582] came down[03381][8802] against[07125][8800] her; and she met[06298][8799] them.
26:25 Now David[01732] had said[0559][8804], Surely in vain[08267] have I kept[08104][8804] all that this[02088] fellow hath in the wilderness[04057], so that nothing[03972] was missed[06485][8738] of all that pertained  unto him: and he hath requited[07725][8686] me evil[07451] for good[02896].
27:1 So[03541] and more[03254][8686] also do[06213][8799] God[0430] unto the enemies[0341][8802] of David[01732], if I leave[07604][8686] of all that pertain to him by[05704] the morning[01242] light[0216] any that pisseth[08366][8688] against the wall[07023].
27:2 And when Abigail[026] saw[07200][8799] David[01732], she hasted[04116][8762], and lighted off[03381][8799] the ass[02543], and fell[05307][8799] before[0639] David[01732] on her face[06440], and bowed[07812][8691] herself to the ground[0776],
27:3 And fell[05307][8799] at his feet[07272], and said[0559][8799], Upon me, my lord[0113], upon me let this iniquity[05771] be : and let thine handmaid[0519], I pray thee, speak[01696][8762] in thine audience[0241], and hear[08085][8798] the words[01697] of thine handmaid[0589]. audience: Heb. ears
27:4 Let[07760][8799] not my lord[0113], I pray thee, regard[03820] this man[0376] of Belial[01100], even Nabal[05037]: for as his name[08034] is , so is he; Nabal[05037] is his name[08034], and folly[05039] is with him: but I thine handmaid[0519] saw[07200][8804] not the young men[05288] of my lord[0113], whom thou didst send[07971][8804]. regard: Heb. lay it to his heart Nabal: that is, Fool
27:5 Now therefore, my lord[0113], as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], and as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], seeing the LORD[03068] hath withholden[04513][8804] thee from coming[0935][8800] to shed blood[01818], and from avenging[03467][8687] thyself with thine own hand[03027], now let thine enemies[0341][8802], and they that seek[01245][8764] evil[07451] to my lord[0113], be as Nabal[05037]. avenging...: Heb. saving thyself
27:6 And now this blessing[01293] which thine handmaid[08198] hath brought[0935][8689] unto my lord[0113], let it even be given[05414][8738] unto the young men[05288] that follow[01980][8693][07272] my lord[0113]. blessing: or, present follow...: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc
27:7 I pray thee, forgive[05375][8798] the trespass[06588] of thine handmaid[0519]: for the LORD[03068] will certainly[06213][8800] make[06213][8799] my lord[0113] a sure[0539][8737] house[01004]; because my lord[0113] fighteth[03898][8737] the battles[04421] of the LORD[03068], and evil[07451] hath not been found[04672][8735] in thee all thy days[03117].
27:8 Yet a man[0120] is risen[06965][8799] to pursue[07291][8800] thee, and to seek[01245][8763] thy soul[05315]: but the soul[05315] of my lord[0113] shall be bound[06887][8803] in the bundle[06872] of life[02416] with the LORD[03068] thy God[0430]; and the souls[05315] of thine enemies[0341][8802], them shall he sling out[07049][8762], as out of the middle[08432][03709] of a sling[07050]. as out...: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling
27:9 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD[03068] shall have done[06213][8799] to my lord[0113] according to all the good[02896] that he hath spoken[01696][8765] concerning thee, and shall have appointed[06680][8765] thee ruler[05057] over Israel[03478];
27:10 That this shall be no grief[06330] unto thee, nor offence[04383] of heart[03820] unto my lord[0113], either that thou hast shed[08210][8800] blood[01818] causeless[02600], or that my lord[0113] hath avenged[03467][8687] himself: but when the LORD[03068] shall have dealt well[03190][8689] with my lord[0113], then remember[02142][8804] thine handmaid[0519]. no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling
27:11 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Abigail[026], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], which sent[07971][8804] thee this day[03117] to meet[07125][8800] me:
27:12 And blessed[01288][8803] be thy advice[02940], and blessed[01288][8803] be thou, which hast kept[03607][8804] me this day[03117] from coming[0935][8800] to shed  blood[01818], and from avenging[03467][8687] myself with mine own hand[03027].
28:1 For in very deed[0199], as the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] liveth[02416], which hath kept me back[04513][8804] from hurting[07489][8687] thee, except[03884] thou hadst hasted[04116][8765] and come[0935][8799] to meet[07125][8800] me, surely there had not been left[03498][8738] unto Nabal[05037] by the morning[01242] light[0216] any that pisseth[08366][8688] against the wall[07023].
28:2 So David[01732] received[03947][8799] of her hand[03027] that which she had brought[0935][8689] him, and said[0559][8804] unto her, Go up[05927][8798] in peace[07965] to thine house[01004]; see[07200][8798], I have hearkened[08085][8804] to thy voice[06963], and have accepted[05375][8799] thy person[06440].
28:3 And Abigail[026] came[0935][8799] to Nabal[05037]; and, behold, he held a feast[04960] in his house[01004], like the feast[04960] of a king[04428]; and Nabal's[05037] heart[03820] was merry[02896] within him, for he was very[03966] drunken[07910]: wherefore she told[05046][8689] him nothing[01697], less[06996] or more[01419], until the morning[01242] light[0216].
28:4 But it came to pass in the morning[01242], when the wine[03196] was gone out[03318][8800] of Nabal[05037], and his wife[0802] had told[05046][8686] him these things[01697], that his heart[03820] died[04191][8799] within[07130] him, and he became as a stone[068].
28:5 And it came to pass about ten[06235] days[03117] after , that the LORD[03068] smote[05062][8799] Nabal[05037], that he died[04191][8799].
28:6 And when David[01732] heard[08085][8799] that Nabal[05037] was dead[04191][8804], he said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068], that hath pleaded[07378][8804] the cause[07379] of my reproach[02781] from the hand[03027] of Nabal[05037], and hath kept[02820][8804] his servant[05650] from evil[07451]: for the LORD[03068] hath returned[07725][8689] the wickedness[07451] of Nabal[05037] upon his own head[07218]. And David[01732] sent[07971][8799] and communed[01696][8762] with Abigail[026], to take[03947][8800] her to him to wife[0802].
28:7 And when the servants[05650] of David[01732] were come[0935][8799] to Abigail[026] to Carmel[03760], they spake[01696][8762] unto her, saying[0559][8800], David[01732] sent[07971][8804] us unto thee, to take[03947][8800] thee to him to wife[0802].
28:8 And she arose[06965][8799], and bowed[07812][8691] herself on her face[0639] to the earth[0776], and said[0559][8799], Behold, let thine handmaid[0519] be a servant[08198] to wash[07364][8800] the feet[07272] of the servants[05650] of my lord[0113].
28:9 And Abigail[026] hasted[04116][8762], and arose[06965][8799], and rode[07392][8799] upon an ass[02543], with five[02568] damsels[05291] of hers that went[01980][8802] after[07272] her; and she went[03212][8799] after[0310] the messengers[04397] of David[01732], and became his wife[0802]. after her: Heb. at her feet
28:10 David[01732] also took[03947][8804] Ahinoam[0293] of Jezreel[03157]; and they were also both[08147] of them his wives[0802].
28:11 But Saul[07586] had given[05414][8804] Michal[04324] his daughter[01323], David's[01732] wife[0802], to Phalti[06406] the son[01121] of Laish[03919], which was of Gallim[01554]. Phalti: also called, Phaltiel
28:12 And the Ziphites[02130] came[0935][8799] unto Saul[07586] to Gibeah[01390], saying[0559][8800], Doth not David[01732] hide[05641][8693] himself in the hill[01389] of Hachilah[02444], which is before[06440] Jeshimon[03452]?
28:13 Then Saul[07586] arose[06965][8799], and went down[03381][8799] to the wilderness[04057] of Ziph[02128], having three[07969] thousand[0505] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376] of Israel[03478] with him, to seek[01245][8763] David[01732] in the wilderness[04057] of Ziph[02128].
28:14 And Saul[07586] pitched[02583][8799] in the hill[01389] of Hachilah[02444], which is before[06440] Jeshimon[03452], by the way[01870]. But David[01732] abode[03427][8802] in the wilderness[04057], and he saw[07200][8799] that Saul[07586] came[0935][8804] after[0310] him into the wilderness[04057].
28:15 David[01732] therefore sent out[07971][8799] spies[07270][8764], and understood[03045][8799] that Saul[07586] was come[0935][8804] in very deed[03559][8737].
28:16 And David[01732] arose[06965][8799], and came[0935][8799] to the place[04725] where Saul[07586] had pitched[02583][8804]: and David[01732] beheld[07200][8799] the place[04725] where Saul[07586] lay[07901][8804], and Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369], the captain[08269] of his host[06635]: and Saul[07586] lay[07901][8802] in the trench[04570], and the people[05971] pitched[02583][8802] round about[05439] him. trench: or, midst of his carriages
28:17 Then answered[06030][8799] David[01732] and said[0559][8799] to Ahimelech[0288] the Hittite[02850], and to Abishai[052] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870], brother[0251] to Joab[03097], saying[0559][8800], Who will go down[03381][8799] with me to Saul[07586] to the camp[04264]? And Abishai[052] said[0559][8799], I will go down[03381][8799] with thee.
28:18 So David[01732] and Abishai[052] came[0935][8799] to the people[05971] by night[03915]: and, behold, Saul[07586] lay[07901][8802] sleeping[03463] within the trench[04570], and his spear[02595] stuck[04600][8803] in the ground[0776] at his bolster[04763]: but Abner[074] and the people[05971] lay[07901][8802] round about[05439] him.
28:19 Then said[0559][8799] Abishai[052] to David[01732], God[0430] hath delivered[05462][8765] thine enemy[0341][8802] into thine hand[03027] this day[03117]: now therefore let me smite[05221][8686] him, I pray thee, with the spear[02595] even to the earth[0776] at once[06471][0259], and I will not smite him the second time[08138][8799]. delivered: Heb. shut up
28:20 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Abishai[052], Destroy[07843][8686] him not: for who can stretch forth[07971][8804] his hand[03027] against the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899], and be guiltless[05352][8738]?
28:21 David[01732] said[0559][8799] furthermore, As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], the LORD[03068] shall smite[05062][8799] him; or his day[03117] shall come[0935][8799] to die[04191][8804]; or he shall descend[03381][8799] into battle[04421], and perish[05595][8738].
28:22 The LORD[03068] forbid[02486] that I should stretch forth[07971][8800] mine hand[03027] against the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899]: but, I pray thee, take[03947][8798] thou now the spear[02595] that is at his bolster[04763], and the cruse[06835] of water[04325], and let us go[03212][8799].
28:23 So David[01732] took[03947][8799] the spear[02595] and the cruse[06835] of water[04325] from Saul's[07586] bolster[07226]; and they gat them away[03212][8799], and no man saw[07200][8802] it , nor knew[03045][8802] it , neither awaked[06974][8688]: for they were all asleep[03463]; because a deep sleep[08639] from the LORD[03068] was fallen[05307][8804] upon them.
28:24 Then David[01732] went over[05674][8799] to the other side[05676], and stood[05975][8799] on the top[07218] of an hill[02022] afar off[07350]; a great[07227] space[04725] being between them:
28:25 And David[01732] cried[07121][8799] to the people[05971], and to Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369], saying[0559][8800], Answerest[06030][8799] thou not, Abner[074]? Then Abner[074] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Who art thou that criest[07121][8804] to the king[04428]?
29:1 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Abner[074], Art not thou a valiant man[0376]? and who is like to thee in Israel[03478]? wherefore then hast thou not kept[08104][8804] thy lord[0113] the king[04428]? for there came[0935][8804] one[0259] of the people[05971] in to destroy[07843][8687] the king[04428] thy lord[0113].
29:2 This thing[01697] is not good[02896] that thou hast done[06213][8804]. As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], ye are worthy[01121] to die[04194], because ye have not kept[08104][8804] your master[0113], the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899]. And now see[07200][8798] where the king's[04428] spear[02595] is , and the cruse[06835] of water[04325] that was at his bolster[04763]. worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death
29:3 And Saul[07586] knew[05234][8686] David's[01732] voice[06963], and said[0559][8799], Is this thy voice[06963], my son[01121] David[01732]? And David[01732] said[0559][8799], It is my voice[06963], my lord[0113], O king[04428].
29:4 And he said[0559][8799], Wherefore doth my lord[0113] thus pursue[07291][8802] after[0310] his servant[05650]? for what have I done[06213][8804]? or what evil[07451] is in mine hand[03027]?
29:5 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord[0113] the king[04428] hear[08085][8799] the words[01697] of his servant[05650]. If the LORD[03068] have stirred thee up[05496][8689] against me, let him accept[07306][8686] an offering[04503]: but if they be the children[01121] of men[0120], cursed[0779][8803] be they before[06440] the LORD[03068]; for they have driven[01644][8765] me out this day[03117] from abiding[05596][8692] in the inheritance[05159] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798], serve[05647][8798] other[0312] gods[0430]. accept: Heb. smell abiding: Heb. cleaving
29:6 Now therefore, let not my blood[01818] fall[05307][8799] to the earth[0776] before the face[06440] of the LORD[03068]: for the king[04428] of Israel[03478] is come out[03318][8804] to seek[01245][8763] a[0259] flea[06550], as when one doth hunt[07291][8799] a partridge[07124] in the mountains[02022].
29:7 Then said[0559][8799] Saul[07586], I have sinned[02398][8804]: return[07725][8798], my son[01121] David[01732]: for I will no more do thee harm[07489][8686], because my soul[05315] was precious[03365][8804] in thine eyes[05869] this day[03117]: behold, I have played the fool[05528][8689], and have erred[07686][8799] exceedingly[07235][8687][03966].
29:8 And David[01732] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Behold the king's[04428] spear[02595]! and let one[0259] of the young men[05288] come over[05674][8799] and fetch[03947][8799] it.
29:9 The LORD[03068] render[07725][8686] to every man[0376] his righteousness[06666] and his faithfulness[0530]: for the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8804] thee into my hand[03027] to day[03117], but I would[014][8804] not stretch forth[07971][8800] mine hand[03027] against the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899].
29:10 And, behold, as thy life[05315] was much set by[01431][8804] this day[03117] in mine eyes[05869], so let my life[05315] be much set by[01431][8799] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068], and let him deliver[05337][8686] me out of all tribulation[06869].
29:11 Then Saul[07586] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Blessed[01288][8803] be thou, my son[01121] David[01732]: thou shalt both do[06213][8799] great[06213][8800] things , and also shalt still[03201][8800] prevail[03201][8799]. So David[01732] went[03212][8799] on his way[01870], and Saul[07586] returned[07725][8804] to his place[04725].
30:1 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] in his heart[03820], I shall now perish[05595][8735] one[0259] day[03117] by the hand[03027] of Saul[07586]: there is nothing better[02896] for me than that[03588] I should speedily[04422][8736] escape[04422][8735] into the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430]; and Saul[07586] shall despair[02976][8738] of me, to seek[01245][8763] me any more in any coast[01366] of Israel[03478]: so shall I escape[04422][8738] out of his hand[03027]. perish: Heb. be consumed
30:2 And David[01732] arose[06965][8799], and he passed over[05674][8799] with the six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] that were with him unto Achish[0397], the son[01121] of Maoch[04582], king[04428] of Gath[01661].
30:3 And David[01732] dwelt[03427][8799] with Achish[0397] at Gath[01661], he and his men[0582], every man[0376] with his household[01004], even David[01732] with his two[08147] wives[0802], Ahinoam[0293] the Jezreelitess[03159], and Abigail[026] the Carmelitess[03762], Nabal's[05037] wife[0802].
30:4 And it was told[05046][8714] Saul[07586] that David[01732] was fled[01272][8804] to Gath[01661]: and he sought[01245][8763] no more again[03254][8804][8675][03254][8686] for him.
30:5 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Achish[0397], If I have now found[04672][8804] grace[02580] in thine eyes[05869], let them give[05414][8799] me a place[04725] in some[0259] town[05892] in the country[07704], that I may dwell[03427][8799] there: for why should thy servant[05650] dwell[03427][8799] in the royal[04467] city[05892] with thee?
30:6 Then Achish[0397] gave[05414][8799] him Ziklag[06860] that day[03117]: wherefore Ziklag[06860] pertaineth unto the kings[04428] of Judah[03063] unto this day[03117].
30:7 And the time[04557][03117] that David[01732] dwelt[03427][8804] in the country[07704] of the Philistines[06430] was a full year[03117] and four[0702] months[02320]. the time: Heb. the number of days a full year: Heb. a year of days
30:8 And David[01732] and his men[0582] went up[05927][8799], and invaded[06584][8799] the Geshurites[01651], and the Gezrites[01511], and the Amalekites[06003]: for those[02007] nations were of old[05769] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the land[0776], as thou goest[0935][8800] to Shur[07793], even unto the land[0776] of Egypt[04714]. Gezrites: or, Gerzites
30:9 And David[01732] smote[05221][8689] the land[0776], and left neither man[0376] nor woman[0802] alive[02421][8762], and took away[03947][8804] the sheep[06629], and the oxen[01241], and the asses[02543], and the camels[01581], and the apparel[0899], and returned[07725][8799], and came[0935][8799] to Achish[0397].
30:10 And Achish[0397] said[0559][8799], Whither[0408] have ye made a road[06584][8804] to day[03117]? And David[01732] said[0559][8799], Against the south[05045] of Judah[03063], and against the south[05045] of the Jerahmeelites[03397], and against the south[05045] of the Kenites[07017]. Whither...: or, Did you not make a road, etc
30:11 And David[01732] saved[02421][8762] neither man[0376] nor woman[0802] alive[02421][8762], to bring[0935][8687] tidings to Gath[01661], saying[0559][8800], Lest they should tell[05046][8686] on us, saying[0559][8800], So did[06213][8804] David[01732], and so will be his manner[04941] all the while[03117] he dwelleth[03427][8804] in the country[07704] of the Philistines[06430].
30:12 And Achish[0397] believed[0539][8686] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], He hath made his people[05971] Israel[03478] utterly[0887][8687] to abhor[0887][8689] him; therefore he shall be my servant[05650] for ever[05769]. utterly...: Heb. to stink
30:13 And it came to pass in those days[03117], that the Philistines[06430] gathered[06908][00] their armies[04264] together[06908][8799] for warfare[06635], to fight[03898][8736] with Israel[03478]. And Achish[0397] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Know[03045][8799] thou assuredly[03045][8800], that thou shalt go out[03318][8799] with me to battle[04264], thou and thy men[0582].
30:14 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Achish[0397], Surely[03651] thou shalt know[03045][8799] what thy servant[05650] can do[06213][8799]. And Achish[0397] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Therefore will I make[07760][8799] thee keeper[08104][8802] of mine head[07218] for ever[03117].
30:15 Now Samuel[08050] was dead[04191][8804], and all Israel[03478] had lamented[05594][8799] him, and buried[06912][8799] him in Ramah[07414], even in his own city[05892]. And Saul[07586] had put away[05493][8689] those that had familiar spirits[0178], and the wizards[03049], out of the land[0776].
30:16 And the Philistines[06430] gathered themselves together[06908][8735], and came[0935][8799] and pitched[02583][8799] in Shunem[07766]: and Saul[07586] gathered[06908][00] all Israel[03478] together[06908][8799], and they pitched[02583][8799] in Gilboa[01533].
30:17 And when Saul[07586] saw[07200][8799] the host[04264] of the Philistines[06430], he was afraid[03372][8799], and his heart[03820] greatly[03966] trembled[02729][8799].
30:18 And when Saul[07586] enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068], the LORD[03068] answered[06030][8804] him not, neither by dreams[02472], nor by Urim[0224], nor by prophets[05030].
30:19 Then said[0559][8799] Saul[07586] unto his servants[05650], Seek[01245][8761] me a woman[0802] that hath[01172] a familiar spirit[0178], that I may go[03212][8799] to her, and enquire[01875][8799] of her. And his servants[05650] said[0559][8799] to him, Behold, there is a woman[0802] that hath[01172] a familiar spirit[0178] at Endor[05874].
30:20 And Saul[07586] disguised[02664][8691] himself, and put on[03847][8799] other[0312] raiment[0899], and he went[03212][8799], and two[08147] men[0582] with him, and they came[0935][8799] to the woman[0802] by night[03915]: and he said[0559][8799], I pray thee, divine[07080][8798] unto me by the familiar spirit[0178], and bring me him up[05927][8685], whom I shall name[0559][8799] unto thee.
30:21 And the woman[0802] said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold, thou knowest[03045][8804] what Saul[07586] hath done[06213][8804], how he hath cut off[03772][8689] those that have familiar spirits[0178], and the wizards[03049], out of the land[0776]: wherefore then layest thou a snare[05367][8693] for my life[05315], to cause me to die[04191][8687]?
30:22 And Saul[07586] sware[07650][8735] to her by the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], there shall[0518] no punishment[05771] happen[07136][8799] to thee for this thing[01697].
30:23 Then said[0559][8799] the woman[0802], Whom shall I bring up[05927][8686] unto thee? And he said[0559][8799], Bring me up[05927][8685] Samuel[08050].
30:24 And when the woman[0802] saw[07200][8799] Samuel[08050], she cried[02199][8799] with a loud[01419] voice[06963]: and the woman[0802] spake[0559][8799] to Saul[07586], saying[0559][8800], Why hast thou deceived[07411][8765] me? for thou art Saul[07586].
30:25 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto her, Be not afraid[03372][8799]: for what sawest[07200][8804] thou? And the woman[0802] said[0559][8799] unto Saul[07586], I saw[07200][8804] gods[0430] ascending[05927][8802] out of the earth[0776].
30:26 And he said[0559][8799] unto her, What form[08389] is he of? And she said[0559][8799], An old[02205] man[0376] cometh up[05927][8802]; and he is covered[05844][8802] with a mantle[04598]. And Saul[07586] perceived[03045][8799] that it was Samuel[08050], and he stooped[06915][8799] with his face[0639] to the ground[0776], and bowed[07812][8691] himself. What...: Heb. What is his form?
30:27 And Samuel[08050] said[0559][8799] to Saul[07586], Why hast thou disquieted[07264][8689] me, to bring me up[05927][8687]? And Saul[07586] answered[0559][8799], I am sore[03966] distressed[06887][8804]; for the Philistines[06430] make war[03898][8737] against me, and God[0430] is departed[05493][8804] from me, and answereth[06030][8804] me no more, neither by[03027] prophets[05030], nor by dreams[02472]: therefore I have called[07121][8799] thee, that thou mayest make known[03045][8687] unto me what I shall do[06213][8799]. by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets
30:28 Then said[0559][8799] Samuel[08050], Wherefore then dost thou ask[07592][8799] of me, seeing the LORD[03068] is departed[05493][8804] from thee, and is become thine enemy[06145]?
30:29 And the LORD[03068] hath done[06213][8799] to him, as he spake[01696][8765] by me[03027]: for the LORD[03068] hath rent[07167][8799] the kingdom[04467] out of thine hand[03027], and given[05414][8799] it to thy neighbour[07453], even to David[01732]: to him: or, for himself me: Heb. mine hand
30:30 Because[0834] thou obeyedst[08085][8804] not the voice[06963] of the LORD[03068], nor executedst[06213][8804] his fierce[02740] wrath[0639] upon Amalek[06002], therefore hath the LORD[03068] done[06213][8804] this thing[01697] unto thee this day[03117].
30:31 Moreover the LORD[03068] will also deliver[05414][8799] Israel[03478] with thee into the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430]: and to morrow[04279] shalt thou and thy sons[01121] be with me: the LORD[03068] also shall deliver[05414][8799] the host[04264] of Israel[03478] into the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430].
31:1 Then Saul[07586] fell[05307][8799] straightway[04116][8762] all[04393] along[06967] on the earth[0776], and was sore[03966] afraid[03372][8799], because of the words[01697] of Samuel[08050]: and there was no strength[03581] in him; for he had eaten[0398][8804] no bread[03899] all the day[03117], nor all the night[03915]. fell...: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature
31:2 And the woman[0802] came[0935][8799] unto Saul[07586], and saw[07200][8799] that he was sore[03966] troubled[0926][8738], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold, thine handmaid[08198] hath obeyed[08085][8804] thy voice[06963], and I have put[07760][8799] my life[05315] in my hand[03709], and have hearkened[08085][8799] unto thy words[01697] which thou spakest[01696][8765] unto me.
31:3 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken[08085][8798] thou also unto the voice[06963] of thine handmaid[08198], and let me set[07760][8799] a morsel[06595] of bread[03899] before[06440] thee; and eat[0398][8798], that thou mayest have strength[03581], when thou goest[03212][8799] on thy way[01870].
31:4 But he refused[03985][8762], and said[0559][8799], I will not eat[0398][8799]. But his servants[05650], together with the woman[0802], compelled[06555][8799] him; and he hearkened[08085][8799] unto their voice[06963]. So he arose[06965][8799] from the earth[0776], and sat[03427][8799] upon the bed[04296].
31:5 And the woman[0802] had a fat[04770] calf[05695] in the house[01004]; and she hasted[04116][8762], and killed[02076][8799] it, and took[03947][8799] flour[07058], and kneaded[03888][8799] it , and did bake[0644][8799] unleavened bread[04682] thereof:
31:6 And she brought[05066][8686] it before[06440] Saul[07586], and before[06440] his servants[05650]; and they did eat[0398][8799]. Then they rose up[06965][8799], and went away[03212][8799] that night[03915].
31:7 Now the Philistines[06430] gathered together[06908][8799] all their armies[04264] to Aphek[0663]: and the Israelites[03478] pitched[02583][8802] by a fountain[05869] which is in Jezreel[03157].
31:8 And the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] passed on[05674][8802] by hundreds[03967], and by thousands[0505]: but David[01732] and his men[0582] passed on[05674][8802] in the rereward[0314] with Achish[0397].
31:9 Then said[0559][8799] the princes[08269] of the Philistines[06430], What do these Hebrews[05680] here ? And Achish[0397] said[0559][8799] unto the princes[08269] of the Philistines[06430], Is not this David[01732], the servant[05650] of Saul[07586] the king[04428] of Israel[03478], which hath been with me these days[03117], or these years[08141], and I have found[04672][8804] no fault[03972] in him since[03117] he fell[05307][8800] unto me unto this day[03117]?
31:10 And the princes[08269] of the Philistines[06430] were wroth[07107][8799] with him; and the princes[08269] of the Philistines[06430] said[0559][8799] unto him, Make[07725][00] this fellow[0376] return[07725][8685], that he may go again[07725][8799] to his place[04725] which thou hast appointed[06485][8689] him, and let him not go down[03381][8799] with us to battle[04421], lest in the battle[04421] he be an adversary[07854] to us: for wherewith should he reconcile[07521][8691] himself unto his master[0113]? should it not be with the heads[07218] of these men[0582]?
31:11 Is not this David[01732], of whom they sang[06030][8799] one to another in dances[04246], saying[0559][8800], Saul[07586] slew[05221][8689] his thousands[0505], and David[01732] his ten thousands[07233]?
31:12 Then Achish[0397] called[07121][8799] David[01732], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Surely, as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], thou hast been upright[03477], and thy going out[03318][8800] and thy coming in[0935][8800] with me in the host[04264] is good[02896] in my sight[05869]: for I have not found[04672][8804] evil[07451] in thee since the day[03117] of thy coming[0935][8800] unto me unto this day[03117]: nevertheless the lords[05633] favour[02896] thee not[05869]. the lords...: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords
31:13 Wherefore now return[07725][8798], and go[03212][8798] in peace[07965], that thou displease[06213][8799][07451][05869] not the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430]. displease...: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords
