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1 Samuel
(King James Version)
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1 Now there w=
as a
certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah,=
the
son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an
Ephrathite:
2 And he had =
two
wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: =
and
Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
3 And this ma=
n went
up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of host=
s in
Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LO=
RD,
were there.
4 And when th=
e time
was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons=
and
her daughters, portions:
5 But unto Ha=
nnah
he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her
womb.
6 And her adv=
ersary
also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up =
her
womb.
7 And as he d=
id so
year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked he=
r;
therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8 Then said E=
lkanah
her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and =
why
is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
9 So Hannah r=
ose up
after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest
sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
10 And she was in bitterne=
ss of
soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and
said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine
handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto
thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days=
of
his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
12 And it came to pass, as=
she
continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, she spake i=
n her
heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thou=
ght
she had been drunken.
14 And Eli said unto her, =
How
long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
15 And Hannah answered and=
said,
No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine =
nor
strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
16 Count not thine handmai=
d for
a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief ha=
ve I
spoken hitherto.
17 Then Eli answered and s=
aid,
Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast a=
sked
of him.
18 And she said, Let thine
handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, a=
nd
her countenance was no more sad.
19 And they rose up in the
morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to th=
eir
house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered h=
er.
20 Wherefore it came to pa= ss, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a so= n, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. <= o:p>
21 And the man Elkanah, an=
d all
his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow=
.
22 But Hannah went not up;=
for
she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and =
then
I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for e=
ver.
23 And Elkanah her husband=
said
unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only=
the
LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she
weaned him.
24 And when she had weaned=
him,
she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a
bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and t=
he
child was young.
25 And they slew a bullock=
, and
brought the child to Eli.
26 And she said, Oh my lor=
d, as
thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying u=
nto
the LORD.
27 For this child I prayed=
; and
the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
28 Therefore also I have l=
ent
him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he
worshipped the LORD there.
1 And Hannah
prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in t=
he
LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy
salvation.
2 There is no=
ne
holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock =
like
our God.
3 Talk no mor=
e so
exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD i=
s a
God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
4 The bows of=
the
mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
5 They that w=
ere
full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased:=
so
that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed
feeble.
6 The LORD ki=
lleth,
and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
7 The LORD ma=
keth
poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8 He raiseth =
up the
poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set t=
hem
among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillar=
s of
the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
9 He will kee=
p the
feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by stre=
ngth
shall no man prevail.
10 The adversaries of the =
LORD
shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LO=
RD
shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king,
and exalt the horn of his anointed.
11 And Elkanah went to Ram=
ah to
his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. =
12 Now the sons of Eli wer=
e sons
of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
13 And the priest's custom=
with
the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant
came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in h=
is
hand;
14 And he struck it into t=
he
pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the
priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that
came thither.
15 Also before they burnt =
the
fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give f=
lesh
to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw=
.
16 And if any man said unt=
o him,
Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy s=
oul
desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and=
if
not, I will take it by force.
17 Wherefore the sin of the
young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of =
the
LORD.
18 But Samuel ministered b=
efore
the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his mother mad=
e him
a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up wi=
th
her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 And Eli blessed Elkanah=
and
his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan whic=
h is
lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
21 And the LORD visited Ha=
nnah,
so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child
Samuel grew before the LORD.
22 Now Eli was very old, a=
nd
heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women
that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
23 And he said unto them, =
Why do
ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
24 Nay, my sons; for it is=
no
good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.
25 If one man sin against
another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who =
shall
intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their
father, because the LORD would slay them.
26 And the child Samuel gr=
ew on,
and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
27 And there came a man of=
God
unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto=
the
house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
28 And did I choose him ou=
t of
all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn
incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy
father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29 Wherefore kick ye at my
sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and
honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all
the offerings of Israel my people?
30 Wherefore the LORD God =
of
Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, sh=
ould
walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them
that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly
esteemed.
31 Behold, the days come, =
that I
will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall=
not
be an old man in thine house.
32 And thou shalt see an e=
nemy
in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there
shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33 And the man of thine, w=
hom I
shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to
grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the fl=
ower
of their age.
34 And this shall be a sig=
n unto
thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day
they shall die both of them.
35 And I will raise me up a
faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and=
in
my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine
anointed for ever.
36 And it shall come to pa=
ss,
that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for=
a
piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, =
into
one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
1 And the chi=
ld
Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was
precious in those days; there was no open vision.
2 And it came=
to
pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began =
to
wax dim, that he could not see;
3 And ere the=
lamp
of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Sa=
muel
was laid down to sleep;
4 That the LO=
RD
called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
5 And he ran =
unto
Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; =
lie
down again. And he went and lay down.
6 And the LORD
called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here =
am
I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down
again.
7 Now Samuel =
did
not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto h=
im.
8 And the LORD
called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said,
Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had call=
ed
the child.
9 Therefore E=
li
said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou
shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay dow=
n in
his place.
10 And the LORD came, and =
stood,
and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; =
for
thy servant heareth.
11 And the LORD said to Sa=
muel,
Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one th=
at
heareth it shall tingle.
12 In that day I will perf=
orm
against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I beg=
in,
I will also make an end.
13 For I have told him tha=
t I
will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his
sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
14 And therefore I have sw=
orn
unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged
with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15 And Samuel lay until the
morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to
shew Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel,=
and
said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
17 And he said, What is the
thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: G=
od
do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the thi=
ngs
that he said unto thee.
18 And Samuel told him eve=
ry
whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what
seemeth him good.
19 And Samuel grew, and th=
e LORD
was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel from Dan=
even
to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. =
21 And the LORD appeared a=
gain
in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of=
the
LORD.
1 And the wor=
d of
Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to
battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. =
2 And the
Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined
battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the arm=
y in
the field about four thousand men.
3 And when the
people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath t=
he
LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the
covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, =
it
may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the peop= le sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. <= o:p>
5 And when th=
e ark
of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a g=
reat
shout, so that the earth rang again.
6 And when th=
e Philistines
heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this gre=
at
shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the L=
ORD
was come into the camp.
7 And the
Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they
said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us=
! who
shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods t=
hat
smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong a=
nd
quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the
Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fou=
ght,
and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there wa=
s a
very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was =
taken;
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of
Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes
rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, E= li sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of = God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. <= o:p>
14 And when Eli heard the =
noise
of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man =
came
in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety and =
eight
years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16 And the man said unto E=
li, I
am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he
said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the messenger answe=
red
and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a
great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phineha=
s,
are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18 And it came to pass, wh=
en he
made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by =
the
side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, a=
nd
heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19 And his daughter in law,
Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the
tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her
husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon
her.
20 And about the time of h=
er
death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast bo=
rn a
son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21 And she named the child
Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God =
was
taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory=
is
departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
1 And the Phi=
listines
took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
2 When the
Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, a=
nd
set it by Dagon.
3 And when th=
ey of
Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to=
the
earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his p=
lace
again.
4 And when th=
ey
arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to
the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the p=
alms
of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was l=
eft
to him.
5 Therefore n=
either
the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the
threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6 But the han=
d of
the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote th=
em
with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
7 And when th=
e men
of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall=
not
abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
8 They sent
therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said,
What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let =
the
ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the a=
rk
of the God of Israel about thither.
9 And it was =
so,
that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the
city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both
small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
10 Therefore they sent the=
ark
of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that=
the
Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of =
Israel
to us, to slay us and our people.
11 So they sent and gather=
ed
together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of t=
he
God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, a=
nd
our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the
hand of God was very heavy there.
12 And the men that died n=
ot
were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
1 And the ark=
of
the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
2 And the
Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we =
do
to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
3 And they sa=
id, If
ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wi=
se
return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be kn=
own
to you why his hand is not removed from you.
4 Then said t=
hey,
What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They
answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the numbe=
r of
the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lo=
rds.
5 Wherefore ye
shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the lan=
d;
and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten
his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
6 Wherefore t=
hen do
ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? =
when
he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and =
they
departed?
7 Now therefo=
re
make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke,=
and
tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
8 And take th=
e ark
of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye
return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and se=
nd
it away, that it may go.
9 And see, if=
it
goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us t=
his
great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smo=
te
us: it was a chance that happened to us.
10 And the men did so; and=
took
two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home=
:
11 And they laid the ark o=
f the
LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of
their emerods.
12 And the kine took the
straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing =
as
they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the l=
ords
of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
13 And they of Bethshemesh=
were
reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, a=
nd
saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
14 And the cart came into =
the
field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great st=
one:
and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering =
unto
the LORD.
15 And the Levites took do=
wn the
ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold
were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered b=
urnt
offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
16 And when the five lords=
of
the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17 And these are the golden
emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LOR=
D;
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;=
18 And the golden mice,
according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to t=
he
five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the g=
reat
stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remai=
neth
unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
19 And he smote the men of
Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smot=
e of
the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lament=
ed,
because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
20 And the men of Bethshem=
esh
said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he =
go
up from us?
21 And they sent messenger=
s to
the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again
the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
1 And the men=
of
Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into=
the
house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the a=
rk
of the LORD.
2 And it came=
to
pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it =
was
twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
3 And Samuel =
spake
unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all
your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, a=
nd
prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver =
you
out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Then the ch=
ildren
of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
5 And Samuel =
said,
Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
6 And they ga=
thered
together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and
fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Sa=
muel
judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7 And when the
Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Miz=
peh,
the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children =
of
Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 And the chi=
ldren
of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, th=
at
he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9 And Samuel =
took a
sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and
Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
10 And as Samuel was offer=
ing up
the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but=
the
LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and
discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
11 And the men of Israel w=
ent
out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came
under Bethcar.
12 Then Samuel took a ston=
e, and
set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying,
Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
13 So the Philistines were
subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the
LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 And the cities which the
Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even =
unto
Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel judged Israe=
l all
the days of his life.
16 And he went from year t=
o year
in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those
places.
17 And his return was to R=
amah;
for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an
altar unto the LORD.
1 And it came=
to
pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Now the nam=
e of
his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges=
in
Beersheba.
3 And his sons
walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and
perverted judgment.
4 Then all the
elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Rama=
h,
5 And said un=
to
him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a
king to judge us like all the nations.
6 But the thi=
ng
displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel
prayed unto the LORD.
7 And the LOR=
D said
unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto
thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I sh=
ould
not reign over them.
8 According t=
o all
the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of
Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other
gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefo=
re
hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew =
them
the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all the=
words
of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will =
be the
manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and
appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some
shall run before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him
captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear
his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and
instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will take your
daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your f=
ields,
and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give th=
em
to his servants.
15 And he will take the te=
nth of
your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his
servants.
16 And he will take your
menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your
asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth =
of
your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in=
that
day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will =
not
hear you in that day.
19 Nevertheless the people
refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a
king over us;
20 That we also may be lik=
e all
the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight
our battles.
21 And Samuel heard all the
words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
22 And the LORD said to Sa=
muel,
Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the me=
n of
Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
1 Now there w=
as a
man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, t=
he
son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
2 And he had =
a son,
whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not am=
ong
the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and up=
ward
he was higher than any of the people.
3 And the ass=
es of
Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of
the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
4 And he pass=
ed
through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they fo=
und
them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were =
not:
and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. =
5 And when th=
ey
were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him,
Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take
thought for us.
6 And he said=
unto
him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourabl=
e man;
all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventur=
e he
can shew us our way that we should go.
7 Then said S=
aul to
his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the br=
ead
is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of =
God:
what have we?
8 And the ser= vant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part = of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. <= o:p>
9 (Beforetime=
in Israel,
when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the
seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
10 Then said Saul to his
servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the m=
an
of God was.
11 And as they went up the=
hill
to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto
them, Is the seer here?
12 And they answered them,=
and
said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to
the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: =
13 As soon as ye be come i=
nto
the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place =
to
eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the
sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up;
for about this time ye shall find him.
14 And they went up into t=
he
city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against
them, for to go up to the high place.
15 Now the LORD had told S=
amuel
in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
16 To morrow about this ti=
me I
will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him=
to
be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the han=
d of
the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come
unto me.
17 And when Samuel saw Sau=
l, the
LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall
reign over my people.
18 Then Saul drew near to =
Samuel
in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
19 And Samuel answered Sau=
l, and
said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat =
with
me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is=
in
thine heart.
20 And as for thine asses =
that
were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And=
on
whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's
house?
21 And Saul answered and s=
aid,
Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family
the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then spea=
kest
thou so to me?
22 And Samuel took Saul an=
d his
servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefe=
st
place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
23 And Samuel said unto the
cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set i=
t by
thee.
24 And the cook took up the
shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel sa=
id,
Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time =
hath
it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did =
eat
with Samuel that day.
25 And when they were come=
down
from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of
the house.
26 And they arose early: a=
nd it
came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the to=
p of
the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they =
went
out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
27 And as they were going =
down
to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before=
us,
(and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the =
word
of God.
1 Then Samuel=
took
a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it=
not
because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
2 When thou a=
rt
departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre=
in
the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses wh=
ich
thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of t=
he
asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
3 Then shalt =
thou
go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and t=
here
shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kid=
s,
and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of
wine:
4 And they wi=
ll
salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of
their hands.
5 After that =
thou
shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: an=
d it
shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt
meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery,=
and
a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
6 And the Spi=
rit of
the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt =
be
turned into another man.
7 And let it =
be,
when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; f=
or
God is with thee.
8 And thou sh=
alt go
down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer
burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days
shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
9 And it was =
so,
that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another he=
art:
and all those signs came to pass that day.
10 And when they came thit=
her to
the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came
upon him, and he prophesied among them.
11 And it came to pass, wh=
en all
that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets,
then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son=
of
Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
12 And one of the same pla=
ce answered
and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul a=
lso
among the prophets?
13 And when he had made an=
end
of prophesying, he came to the high place.
14 And Saul's uncle said u=
nto
him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and
when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
15 And Saul's uncle said, =
Tell
me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
16 And Saul said unto his =
uncle,
He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the king=
dom,
whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
17 And Samuel called the p=
eople
together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
18 And said unto the child=
ren of
Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt,
and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of =
all
kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
19 And ye have this day re=
jected
your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your
tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now
therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your
thousands.
20 And when Samuel had cau=
sed
all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
21 When he had caused the =
tribe
of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, =
and
Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be
found.
22 Therefore they enquired=
of
the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered,
Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.
23 And they ran and fetche=
d him
thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the
people from his shoulders and upward.
24 And Samuel said to all =
the
people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him a=
mong
all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
25 Then Samuel told the pe=
ople
the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the
LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
26 And Saul also went home=
to
Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched=
.
27 But the children of Bel=
ial
said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no
presents. But he held his peace.
1 Then Nahash=
the
Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jab=
esh
said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
2 And Nahash =
the
Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, =
that
I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all
Israel.
3 And the eld=
ers of
Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messeng=
ers
unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we =
will
come out to thee.
4 Then came t=
he
messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the peopl=
e:
and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
5 And, behold=
, Saul
came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people
that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
6 And the Spi=
rit of
God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled
greatly.
7 And he took=
a
yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the co=
asts
of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth af=
ter
Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of t=
he
LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
8 And when he
numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand,=
and
the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9 And they sa=
id
unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgile=
ad,
To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messeng=
ers
came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10 Therefore the men of Ja=
besh
said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that
seemeth good unto you.
11 And it was so on the mo=
rrow,
that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of
the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the
day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that =
two
of them were not left together.
12 And the people said unto
Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that =
we
may put them to death.
13 And Saul said, There sh=
all
not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvat=
ion
in Israel.
14 Then said Samuel to the
people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
15 And all the people went=
to
Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there =
they
sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and
all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
1 And Samuel =
said
unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye sa=
id
unto me, and have made a king over you.
2 And now, be=
hold,
the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my s=
ons
are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.=
3 Behold, her=
e I
am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox h=
ave
I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I
oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes
therewith? and I will restore it you.
4 And they sa=
id,
Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought=
of
any man's hand.
5 And he said=
unto
them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day,
that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. =
6 And Samuel =
said
unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that bro=
ught
your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
7 Now therefo=
re
stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous
acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
8 When Jacob =
was
come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent M=
oses
and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwe=
ll
in this place.
9 And when th=
ey
forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of=
the
host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of t=
he
king of Moab, and they fought against them.
10 And they cried unto the=
LORD,
and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served
Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, an=
d we
will serve thee.
11 And the LORD sent Jerub=
baal,
and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of y=
our
enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
12 And when ye saw that Na=
hash
the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; b=
ut a
king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
13 Now therefore behold th=
e king
whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath s=
et a
king over you.
14 If ye will fear the LOR=
D, and
serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the
LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue
following the LORD your God:
15 But if ye will not obey=
the
voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall
the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
16 Now therefore stand and=
see
this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
17 Is it not wheat harvest=
to
day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye=
may
perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the s=
ight
of the LORD, in asking you a king.
18 So Samuel called unto t=
he
LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people great=
ly
feared the LORD and Samuel.
19 And all the people said=
unto
Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we
have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
20 And Samuel said unto the
people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from
following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
21 And turn ye not aside: =
for
then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for t=
hey
are vain.
22 For the LORD will not f=
orsake
his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to m=
ake
you his people.
23 Moreover as for me, God
forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I
will teach you the good and the right way:
24 Only fear the LORD, and=
serve
him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done
for you.
25 But if ye shall still do
wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
1 Saul reigne=
d one
year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
2 Saul chose =
him
three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michma=
sh
and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjami=
n:
and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3 And Jonathan
smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines
heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let=
the
Hebrews hear.
4 And all Isr=
ael
heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Isr=
ael
also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called
together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 And the
Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thous=
and
chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the=
sea
shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from
Bethaven.
6 When the me=
n of
Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) th=
en
the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and=
in
high places, and in pits.
7 And some of=
the
Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was=
yet
in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8 And he tarr=
ied
seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel
came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
9 And Saul sa=
id,
Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the
burnt offering.
10 And it came to pass, th=
at as
soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel c=
ame;
and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
11 And Samuel said, What h=
ast
thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from=
me,
and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines
gathered themselves together at Michmash;
12 Therefore said I, The
Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made
supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt
offering.
13 And Samuel said to Saul=
, Thou
hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God,
which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom
upon Israel for ever.
14 But now thy kingdom sha=
ll not
continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD =
hath
commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that
which the LORD commanded thee.
15 And Samuel arose, and g=
at him
up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that w=
ere
present with him, about six hundred men.
16 And Saul, and Jonathan =
his
son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjami=
n:
but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
17 And the spoilers came o=
ut of
the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the=
way
that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
18 And another company tur=
ned
the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border t=
hat
looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 Now there was no smith =
found
throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebre=
ws
make them swords or spears:
20 But all the Israelites =
went
down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, a=
nd
his axe, and his mattock.
21 Yet they had a file for=
the
mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to
sharpen the goads.
22 So it came to pass in t=
he day
of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any =
of
the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan
his son was there found.
23 And the garrison of the
Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
1 Now it came=
to
pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that
bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, tha=
t is
on the other side. But he told not his father.
2 And Saul ta=
rried
in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron:
and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
3 And Ahiah, =
the
son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the
LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that
Jonathan was gone.
4 And between=
the
passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garriso=
n,
there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side:=
and
the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
5 The forefro=
nt of
the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward
over against Gibeah.
6 And Jonatha=
n said
to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the
garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: =
for
there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
7 And his
armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behol=
d, I
am with thee according to thy heart.
8 Then said
Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover
ourselves unto them.
9 If they say=
thus
unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place,=
and
will not go up unto them.
10 But if they say thus, C=
ome up
unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand:
and this shall be a sign unto us.
11 And both of them discov=
ered
themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said,
Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselv=
es.
12 And the men of the garr=
ison
answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will
shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me:
for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
13 And Jonathan climbed up=
upon
his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell
before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
14 And that first slaughte=
r,
which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it
were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
15 And there was trembling=
in
the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the
spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great
trembling.
16 And the watchmen of Sau=
l in
Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they
went on beating down one another.
17 Then said Saul unto the
people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when
they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
18 And Saul said unto Ahia=
h,
Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the
children of Israel.
19 And it came to pass, wh=
ile
Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the
Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw
thine hand.
20 And Saul and all the pe=
ople
that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and,
behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great
discomfiture.
21 Moreover the Hebrews th=
at
were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the
camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the
Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
22 Likewise all the men of
Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the
Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
23 So the LORD saved Israe=
l that
day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
24 And the men of Israel w=
ere
distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the=
man
that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. =
So
none of the people tasted any food.
25 And all they of the lan=
d came
to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
26 And when the people wer=
e come
into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mo=
uth:
for the people feared the oath.
27 But Jonathan heard not =
when
his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end=
of
the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his ha=
nd
to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
28 Then answered one of the
people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, sayi=
ng,
Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.=
29 Then said Jonathan, My =
father
hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightene=
d,
because I tasted a little of this honey.
30 How much more, if haply=
the
people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they fou=
nd?
for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? =
31 And they smote the
Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very fai=
nt.
32 And the people flew upo=
n the
spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: a=
nd
the people did eat them with the blood.
33 Then they told Saul, sa=
ying,
Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. A=
nd
he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
34 And Saul said, Disperse
yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man h=
is
ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not again=
st
the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his=
ox
with him that night, and slew them there.
35 And Saul built an altar=
unto
the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
36 And Saul said, Let us g=
o down
after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and=
let
us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto
thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
37 And Saul asked counsel =
of
God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the
hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
38 And Saul said, Draw ye =
near
hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath
been this day.
39 For, as the LORD liveth,
which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. =
But
there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
40 Then said he unto all I=
srael,
Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And=
the
people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
41 Therefore Saul said unt=
o the
LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: b=
ut
the people escaped.
42 And Saul said, Cast lots
between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonat=
han,
Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but tas=
te a
little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must
die.
44 And Saul answered, God =
do so
and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
45 And the people said unto
Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? =
God
forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the
ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonath=
an,
that he died not.
46 Then Saul went up from =
following
the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
47 So Saul took the kingdo=
m over
Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and
against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Z=
obah,
and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed
them.
48 And he gathered an host=
, and
smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that
spoiled them.
49 Now the sons of Saul we=
re
Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were
these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:=
50 And the name of Saul's =
wife
was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his ho=
st
was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
51 And Kish was the father=
of
Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
52 And there was sore war
against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong =
man,
or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
1 Samuel also=
said
unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over
Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.=
2 Thus saith =
the
LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait=
for
him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
3 Now go and =
smite
Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay
both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 And Saul ga=
thered
the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot=
men,
and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul ca=
me to
a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
6 And Saul sa=
id
unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I
destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel,
when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the
Amalekites.
7 And Saul sm=
ote
the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against
Egypt.
8 And he took=
Agag
the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with=
the
edge of the sword.
9 But Saul an=
d the
people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the
fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destr=
oy
them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly=
.
10 Then came the word of t=
he
LORD unto Samuel, saying,
11 It repenteth me that I =
have
set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath n=
ot
performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD
all night.
12 And when Samuel rose ea=
rly to
meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, =
and,
behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone d=
own
to Gilgal.
13 And Samuel came to Saul=
: and
Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the
commandment of the LORD.
14 And Samuel said, What m=
eaneth
then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen wh=
ich
I hear?
15 And Saul said, They have
brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the she=
ep
and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have
utterly destroyed.
16 Then Samuel said unto S=
aul,
Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he
said unto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said, When t=
hou
wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of
Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
18 And the LORD sent thee =
on a
journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and f=
ight
against them until they be consumed.
19 Wherefore then didst th=
ou not
obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in=
the
sight of the LORD?
20 And Saul said unto Samu=
el,
Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the L=
ORD
sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroy=
ed
the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of =
the
spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utter=
ly
destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath t=
he
LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the
voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken
than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the=
sin
of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou h=
ast
rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. =
24 And Saul said unto Samu=
el, I
have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy
words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray t=
hee,
pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
26 And Samuel said unto Sa=
ul, I
will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and=
the
LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27 And as Samuel turned ab=
out to
go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuel said unto hi=
m, The
LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it =
to a
neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
29 And also the Strength of
Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.=
30 Then he said, I have si=
nned:
yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before
Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
31 So Samuel turned again =
after
Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
32 Then said Samuel, Bring=
ye
hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him
delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, As thy=
sword
hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And
Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to Ram=
ah;
and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel came no more=
to
see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: =
and
the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 And the LOR=
D said
unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him =
from
reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to
Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
2 And Samuel =
said,
How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an
heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
3 And call Je=
sse to
the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoi=
nt
unto me him whom I name unto thee.
4 And Samuel =
did
that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town
trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5 And he said,
Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and c=
ome
with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called =
them
to the sacrifice.
6 And it came=
to
pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LO=
RD's
anointed is before him.
7 But the LOR=
D said
unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature;
because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man
looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
8 Then Jesse =
called
Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LO=
RD
chosen this.
9 Then Jesse =
made
Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
10 Again, Jesse made seven=
of
his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath n=
ot
chosen these.
11 And Samuel said unto Je=
sse,
Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, a=
nd,
behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch hi=
m:
for we will not sit down till he come hither.
12 And he sent, and brough=
t him
in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to =
look
to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
13 Then Samuel took the ho=
rn of
oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the L=
ORD
came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah=
.
14 But the Spirit of the L=
ORD
departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
15 And Saul's servants sai=
d unto
him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
16 Let our lord now comman=
d thy
servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player=
on
an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon t=
hee,
that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
17 And Saul said unto his
servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
18 Then answered one of the
servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, th=
at
is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prud=
ent
in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
19 Wherefore Saul sent
messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the
sheep.
20 And Jesse took an ass l=
aden
with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son
unto Saul.
21 And David came to Saul,=
and
stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.=
22 And Saul sent to Jesse,
saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour i=
n my
sight.
23 And it came to pass, wh=
en the
evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with
his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed
from him.
1 Now the
Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered
together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh =
and
Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
2 And Saul an=
d the
men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and
set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 And the
Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a moun=
tain
on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4 And there w=
ent
out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath,
whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 And he had =
an
helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the
weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 And he had
greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders=
.
7 And the sta=
ff of
his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred
shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he stoo=
d and
cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to =
set
your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose
you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 If he be ab=
le to
fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prev=
ail
against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said=
, I
defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight togeth=
er.
11 When Saul and all Israel
heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid=
.
12 Now David was the son o=
f that
Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: =
and
the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 And the three eldest so=
ns of
Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons
that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinada=
b,
and the third Shammah.
14 And David was the young=
est:
and the three eldest followed Saul.
15 But David went and retu=
rned
from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew=
near
morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 And Jesse said unto Dav=
id his
son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten
loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren;
18 And carry these ten che=
eses
unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take
their pledge.
19 Now Saul, and they, and=
all
the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistine=
s.
20 And David rose up early=
in
the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse=
had
commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the
fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 For Israel and the
Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
22 And David left his carr=
iage
in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came =
and saluted
his brethren.
23 And as he talked with t=
hem,
behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name,
out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words:
and David heard them.
24 And all the men of Isra=
el,
when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel s=
aid,
Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up:=
and
it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with gr=
eat
riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in
Israel.
26 And David spake to the =
men
that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this
Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?=
27 And the people answered=
him
after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.=
28 And Eliab his eldest br=
other
heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against Dav=
id,
and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those
few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine
heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
29 And David said, What ha=
ve I
now done? Is there not a cause?
30 And he turned from him =
toward
another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again
after the former manner.
31 And when the words were=
heard
which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul,=
Let
no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this
Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David,=
Thou
art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art =
but
a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Sau=
l, Thy
servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and too=
k a
lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after hi=
m, and
smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me,=
I
caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both t=
he
lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of the=
m,
seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, Th=
e LORD
that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bea=
r,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto
David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
38 And Saul armed David wi=
th his
armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with=
a
coat of mail.
39 And David girded his sw=
ord
upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David =
said
unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put
them off him.
40 And he took his staff i=
n his
hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a
shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand:
and he drew near to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came=
on
and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.=
42 And when the Philistine
looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and
ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 And the Philistine said=
unto
David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine
cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said=
to
David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and=
to
the beasts of the field.
45 Then said David to the
Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a
shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the
armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46 This day will the LORD
deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from
thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day =
unto
the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the ear=
th
may know that there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly s=
hall
know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the
LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
48 And it came to pass, wh=
en the
Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastene=
d,
and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand =
in his
bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his
forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face =
to
the earth.
50 So David prevailed over=
the
Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew
him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51 Therefore David ran, an=
d stood
upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath ther=
eof,
and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw
their champion was dead, they fled.
52 And the men of Israel a=
nd of
Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to t=
he
valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell =
down
by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
53 And the children of Isr=
ael
returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. =
54 And David took the head=
of
the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his t=
ent.
55 And when Saul saw David=
go
forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host,
Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king,=
I
cannot tell.
56 And the king said, Enqu=
ire
thou whose son the stripling is.
57 And as David returned f=
rom
the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul
with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 And Saul said to him, W=
hose
son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy serva=
nt
Jesse the Bethlehemite.
1 And it came=
to
pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonat=
han
was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul to=
ok him
that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
3 Then Jonath=
an and
David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan
stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and h=
is
garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 And David w=
ent
out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set h=
im
over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and
also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6 And it came=
to
pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and
dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of
musick.
7 And the wom=
en
answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousand=
s,
and David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul wa=
s very
wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto
David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what c=
an
he have more but the kingdom?
9 And Saul ey=
ed
David from that day and forward.
10 And it came to pass on =
the
morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in =
the
midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and
there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
11 And Saul cast the javel=
in;
for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided=
out
of his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of =
David,
because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed =
him
from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and cam=
e in
before the people.
14 And David behaved himse=
lf
wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
15 Wherefore when Saul saw=
that
he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah
loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
17 And Saul said to David,
Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou
valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine h=
and
be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
18 And David said unto Sau=
l, Who
am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be
son in law to the king?
19 But it came to pass at =
the
time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she w=
as
given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20 And Michal Saul's daugh=
ter
loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 And Saul said, I will g=
ive
him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistin=
es
may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my=
son
in law in the one of the twain.
22 And Saul commanded his
servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king ha=
th
delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's
son in law.
23 And Saul's servants spa=
ke
those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light
thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly
esteemed?
24 And the servants of Sau=
l told
him, saying, On this manner spake David.
25 And Saul said, Thus sha=
ll ye
say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of =
the
Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make
David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants t=
old
David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and t=
he
days were not expired.
27 Wherefore David arose a=
nd
went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David
brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that =
he
might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wi=
fe.
28 And Saul saw and knew t=
hat
the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
29 And Saul was yet the mo=
re
afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
30 Then the princes of the
Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that Da=
vid
behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name=
was
much set by.
1 And Saul sp=
ake to
Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
2 But Jonathan
Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my
father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyse=
lf
until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
3 And I will =
go out
and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune =
with
my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
4 And Jonathan
spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the ki=
ng
sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against
thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
5 For he did =
put
his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great
salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then
wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
6 And Saul
hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he
shall not be slain.
7 And Jonathan
called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought
David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
8 And there w=
as war
again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them w=
ith
a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
9 And the evil
spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin=
in
his hand: and David played with his hand.
10 And Saul sought to smite
David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's
presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escap=
ed
that night.
11 Saul also sent messenge=
rs
unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal
David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow
thou shalt be slain.
12 So Michal let David down
through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
13 And Michal took an imag=
e, and
laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and
covered it with a cloth.
14 And when Saul sent mess=
engers
to take David, she said, He is sick.
15 And Saul sent the messe=
ngers
again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay =
him.
16 And when the messengers=
were
come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair
for his bolster.
17 And Saul said unto Mich= al, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped?= And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? <= o:p>
18 So David fled, and esca=
ped,
and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. An=
d he
and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
19 And it was told Saul, s=
aying,
Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
20 And Saul sent messenger=
s to
take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and
Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the
messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
21 And when it was told Sa=
ul, he
sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messenge=
rs
again the third time, and they prophesied also.
22 Then went he also to Ra=
mah,
and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are
Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
23 And he went thither to =
Naioth
in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and
prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
24 And he stripped off his
clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down nak=
ed
all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the
prophets?
1 And David f=
led
from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? =
what
is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my
life?
2 And he said=
unto
him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing eith=
er
great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide =
this
thing from me? it is not so.
3 And David s=
ware
moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in
thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: b=
ut
truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step betwe=
en
me and death.
4 Then said
Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for th=
ee.
5 And David s=
aid
unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to =
sit
with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field u=
nto
the third day at even.
6 If thy fath=
er at
all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run =
to
Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the famil=
y.
7 If he say t=
hus,
It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be =
sure
that evil is determined by him.
8 Therefore t=
hou
shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a
covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity,
slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
9 And Jonathan
said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determine=
d by
my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
10 Then said David to Jona=
than,
Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
11 And Jonathan said unto =
David,
Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into=
the
field.
12 And Jonathan said unto =
David,
O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any tim=
e,
or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then se=
nd
not unto thee, and shew it thee;
13 The LORD do so and much=
more
to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it
thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with
thee, as he hath been with my father.
14 And thou shalt not only=
while
yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
15 But also thou shalt not=
cut
off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off=
the
enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
16 So Jonathan made a cove=
nant
with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of
David's enemies.
17 And Jonathan caused Dav=
id to
swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own sou=
l.
18 Then Jonathan said to D=
avid,
To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will =
be
empty.
19 And when thou hast stay=
ed
three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where th=
ou
didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the s=
tone
Ezel.
20 And I will shoot three =
arrows
on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
21 And, behold, I will sen=
d a
lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Beho=
ld,
the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is
peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
22 But if I say thus unto =
the
young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath
sent thee away.
23 And as touching the mat=
ter
which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for
ever.
24 So David hid himself in= the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. <= o:p>
25 And the king sat upon h=
is
seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, =
and
Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
26 Nevertheless Saul spake=
not
any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not
clean; surely he is not clean.
27 And it came to pass on =
the
morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty:
and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse =
to
meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
28 And Jonathan answered S=
aul,
David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
29 And he said, Let me go,=
I
pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he =
hath
commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, le=
t me
get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the
king's table.
30 Then Saul's anger was k=
indled
against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious=
woman,
do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion,
and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
31 For as long as the son =
of
Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdo=
m.
Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
32 And Jonathan answered S=
aul
his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he do=
ne?
33 And Saul cast a javelin=
at
him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his fathe=
r to
slay David.
34 So Jonathan arose from =
the
table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for=
he
was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
35 And it came to pass in =
the
morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with
David, and a little lad with him.
36 And he said unto his la=
d,
Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an
arrow beyond him.
37 And when the lad was co=
me to
the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the la=
d,
and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
38 And Jonathan cried afte=
r the
lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows,
and came to his master.
39 But the lad knew not any
thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 And Jonathan gave his
artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
41 And as soon as the lad =
was
gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to =
the
ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept
one with another, until David exceeded.
42 And Jonathan said to Da=
vid,
Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD,
saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed f=
or
ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Then came D=
avid
to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of
David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
2 And David s=
aid
unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath =
said
unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, =
and
what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and su=
ch a
place.
3 Now therefo=
re
what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what
there is present.
4 And the pri=
est
answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but the=
re
is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from wome=
n.
5 And David
answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept fro=
m us
about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men =
are
holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified t=
his
day in the vessel.
6 So the prie=
st
gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, th=
at
was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was tak=
en
away.
7 Now a certa=
in man
of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and h=
is
name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Sau=
l.
8 And David s=
aid
unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I
have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's
business required haste.
9 And the pri=
est
said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley =
of
Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt =
take
that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There =
is
none like that; give it me.
10 And David arose and fle=
d that
day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11 And the servants of Ach=
ish
said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing on=
e to
another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David =
his
ten thousands?
12 And David laid up these=
words
in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 And he changed his beha=
viour
before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the d=
oors
of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
14 Then said Achish unto h=
is
servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to =
me?
15 Have I need of mad men,=
that
ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this
fellow come into my house?
1 David there=
fore departed
thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his
father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
2 And every o=
ne
that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was
discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over th=
em:
and there were with him about four hundred men.
3 And David w=
ent
thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father =
and
my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God w=
ill
do for me.
4 And he brou=
ght
them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that Da=
vid
was in the hold.
5 And the pro=
phet
Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the l=
and
of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
6 When Saul h=
eard
that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode =
in
Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his
servants were standing about him;)
7 Then Saul s=
aid
unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the s=
on
of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all capta=
ins
of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
8 That all of=
you
have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son ha=
th
made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry=
for
me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to
lie in wait, as at this day?
9 Then answer=
ed
Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw =
the
son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
10 And he enquired of the =
LORD
for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the
Philistine.
11 Then the king sent to c=
all
Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the
priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
12 And Saul said, Hear now=
, thou
son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
13 And Saul said unto him,=
Why
have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast
given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he sho=
uld
rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
14 Then Ahimelech answered=
the
king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, whi=
ch
is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in th=
ine
house?
15 Did I then begin to enq=
uire
of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto h=
is
servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of=
all
this, less or more.
16 And the king said, Thou=
shalt
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
17 And the king said unto =
the
footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: becau=
se
their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did =
not
shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand =
to
fall upon the priests of the LORD.
18 And the king said to Do=
eg,
Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he f=
ell
upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did =
wear
a linen ephod.
19 And Nob, the city of the
priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children =
and
sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
20 And one of the sons of
Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.=
21 And Abiathar shewed Dav=
id
that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
22 And David said unto Abi=
athar,
I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely t=
ell
Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.=
23 Abide thou with me, fea=
r not:
for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in
safeguard.
1 Then they t=
old
David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob t=
he
threshingfloors.
2 Therefore D=
avid
enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And t=
he
LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3 And David's=
men
said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we
come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4 Then David
enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, =
go
down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
5 So David an=
d his
men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their
cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitan=
ts
of Keilah.
6 And it came=
to
pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he c=
ame down
with an ephod in his hand.
7 And it was =
told
Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him i=
nto
mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and b=
ars.
8 And Saul ca=
lled
all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and =
his
men.
9 And David k=
new
that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar =
the
priest, Bring hither the ephod.
10 Then said David, O LORD=
God
of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to
Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Will the men of Keilah
deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard=
? O
LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He
will come down.
12 Then said David, Will t=
he men
of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, T=
hey
will deliver thee up.
13 Then David and his men,=
which
were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went
whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped fr=
om
Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
14 And David abode in the
wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of
Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his han=
d.
15 And David saw that Saul=
was
come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a woo=
d.
16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. <= o:p>
17 And he said unto him, F=
ear
not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be =
king
over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father
knoweth.
18 And they two made a cov=
enant
before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his hous=
e.
19 Then came up the Ziphit=
es to
Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds=
in
the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
20 Now therefore, O king, =
come
down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part sha=
ll
be to deliver him into the king's hand.
21 And Saul said, Blessed =
be ye
of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
22 Go, I pray you, prepare=
yet,
and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there:=
for
it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
23 See therefore, and take
knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye ag=
ain
to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass=
, if
he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands =
of
Judah.
24 And they arose, and wen=
t to
Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in =
the
plain on the south of Jeshimon.
25 Saul also and his men w=
ent to
seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abod=
e in
the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in=
the
wilderness of Maon.
26 And Saul went on this s=
ide of
the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David
made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed Dav=
id
and his men round about to take them.
27 But there came a messen=
ger
unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded t=
he
land.
28 Wherefore Saul returned=
from
pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they call=
ed
that place Selahammahlekoth.
29 And David went up from
thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
1 And it came=
to
pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was to=
ld
him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
2 Then Saul t=
ook
three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his=
men
upon the rocks of the wild goats.
3 And he came=
to
the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his
feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
4 And the men=
of
David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behol=
d, I
will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it
shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's
robe privily.
5 And it came=
to
pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's
skirt.
6 And he said=
unto
his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LO=
RD's
anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed=
of
the LORD.
7 So David st=
ayed
his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. =
But
Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
8 David also =
arose
afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord =
the
king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the
earth, and bowed himself.
9 And David s=
aid to
Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy
hurt?
10 Behold, this day thine =
eyes
have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the
cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I w=
ill
not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
11 Moreover, my father, se=
e,
yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt =
of
thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil=
nor
transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou
huntest my soul to take it.
12 The LORD judge between =
me and
thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.=
13 As saith the proverb of=
the
ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be
upon thee.
14 After whom is the king =
of Israel
come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
15 The LORD therefore be j=
udge,
and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me =
out
of thine hand.
16 And it came to pass, wh=
en
David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is
this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
17 And he said to David, T=
hou
art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have
rewarded thee evil.
18 And thou hast shewed th=
is day
how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had deliv=
ered
me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
19 For if a man find his e=
nemy,
will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that =
thou
hast done unto me this day.
20 And now, behold, I know=
well
that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be
established in thine hand.
21 Swear now therefore unt=
o me
by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt
not destroy my name out of my father's house.
22 And David sware unto Sa=
ul.
And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 And Samuel =
died;
and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried=
him
in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of
Paran.
2 And there w=
as a
man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, =
and
he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his
sheep in Carmel.
3 Now the nam=
e of
the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of
good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish
and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
4 And David h=
eard
in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
5 And David s=
ent
out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel,=
and
go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
6 And thus sh=
all ye
say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to
thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
7 And now I h=
ave
heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt
them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they wer=
e in
Carmel.
8 Ask thy you=
ng
men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in th=
ine
eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to th=
ine
hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
9 And when Da=
vid's
young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the nam=
e of
David, and ceased.
10 And Nabal answered Davi=
d's
servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many
servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my br=
ead,
and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it =
unto
men, whom I know not whence they be?
12 So David's young men tu=
rned
their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13 And David said unto his=
men,
Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and
David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four
hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
14 But one of the young me=
n told
Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the
wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
15 But the men were very g=
ood
unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we w=
ere
conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
16 They were a wall unto u=
s both
by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Now therefore know and
consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and
against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot
speak to him.
18 Then Abigail made haste=
, and
took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dres=
sed,
and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and =
two
hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
19 And she said unto her
servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her
husband Nabal.
20 And it was so, as she r=
ode on
the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David a=
nd
his men came down against her; and she met them.
21 Now David had said, Sur=
ely in
vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothi=
ng
was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for
good.
22 So and more also do God=
unto
the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning
light any that pisseth against the wall.
23 And when Abigail saw Da=
vid,
she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and
bowed herself to the ground,
24 And fell at his feet, a= nd said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmai= d, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. <= o:p>
25 Let not my lord, I pray=
thee,
regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal =
is
his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men=
of
my lord, whom thou didst send.
26 Now therefore, my lord,=
as
the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden th=
ee
from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, n=
ow
let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27 And now this blessing w=
hich
thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the you=
ng
men that follow my lord.
28 I pray thee, forgive the
trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure
house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not =
been
found in thee all thy days.
29 Yet a man is risen to p=
ursue
thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the
bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them
shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
30 And it shall come to pa=
ss,
when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he =
hath
spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31 That this shall be no g=
rief
unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed bl=
ood
causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall ha=
ve
dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
32 And David said to Abiga=
il,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33 And blessed be thy advi=
ce,
and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood,=
and
from avenging myself with mine own hand.
34 For in very deed, as th=
e LORD
God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou
hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal=
by
the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
35 So David received of he=
r hand
that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine
house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
36 And Abigail came to Nab=
al;
and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and
Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she =
told
him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
37 But it came to pass in =
the
morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him the=
se
things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 And it came to pass abo=
ut ten
days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
39 And when David heard th=
at
Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause o=
f my
reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for t=
he
LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent
and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40 And when the servants o=
f David
were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us =
unto
thee, to take thee to him to wife.
41 And she arose, and bowed
herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a
servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42 And Abigail hasted, and=
arose
and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she
went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43 David also took Ahinoam=
of
Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
44 But Saul had given Mich=
al his
daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
1 And the Zip=
hites
came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of
Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
2 Then Saul a=
rose,
and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of
Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
3 And Saul pi=
tched
in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David ab=
ode
in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.=
4 David there=
fore
sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
5 And David a=
rose,
and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place wh=
ere
Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in
the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
6 Then answer=
ed
David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah,
brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And
Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
7 So David and
Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within =
the
trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the
people lay round about him.
8 Then said A=
bishai
to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now
therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at
once, and I will not smite him the second time.
9 And David s=
aid to
Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LO=
RD's
anointed, and be guiltless?
10 David said furthermore,=
As
the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or=
he
shall descend into battle, and perish.
11 The LORD forbid that I =
should
stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take
thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let =
us
go.
12 So David took the spear=
and
the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man =
saw
it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep s=
leep
from the LORD was fallen upon them.
13 Then David went over to=
the
other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being
between them:
14 And David cried to the
people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then
Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
15 And David said to Abner=
, Art
not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then h=
ast
thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to des=
troy
the king thy lord.
16 This thing is not good =
that
thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have n=
ot
kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear i=
s,
and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
17 And Saul knew David's v=
oice,
and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, =
my
lord, O king.
18 And he said, Wherefore =
doth
my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil i=
s in
mine hand?
19 Now therefore, I pray t=
hee,
let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred
thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children=
of
men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day f=
rom
abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
20 Now therefore, let not =
my
blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel=
is
come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains=
.
21 Then said Saul, I have
sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my s=
oul
was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and ha=
ve
erred exceedingly.
22 And David answered and =
said,
Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch i=
t.
23 The LORD render to ever=
y man
his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my
hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's
anointed.
24 And, behold, as thy lif=
e was
much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eye=
s of
the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
25 Then Saul said to David,
Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also sh=
alt
still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1 And David s=
aid in
his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing
better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the
Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast=
of
Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 And David a=
rose,
and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish,=
the
son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 And David d=
welt
with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even Dav=
id
with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess,
Nabal's wife.
4 And it was =
told
Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5 And David s=
aid
unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a pl=
ace
in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy ser=
vant
dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 Then Achish=
gave
him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah un=
to
this day.
7 And the tim=
e that
David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four mont=
hs.
8 And David a=
nd his
men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekit=
es:
for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to
Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9 And David s=
mote
the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and
the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and=
came
to Achish.
10 And Achish said, Whithe=
r have
ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and agai=
nst
the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
11 And David saved neither=
man
nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on=
us,
saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in
the country of the Philistines.
12 And Achish believed Dav=
id,
saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he s=
hall
be my servant for ever.
1 And it came=
to
pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for
warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assure=
dly,
that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
2 And David s=
aid to
Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to
David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
3 Now Samuel =
was
dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his=
own
city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizard=
s,
out of the land.
4 And the
Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: a=
nd
Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
5 And when Sa=
ul saw
the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.=
6 And when Sa=
ul
enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by
Urim, nor by prophets.
7 Then said S=
aul
unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may =
go
to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a
woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with = him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto = me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. <= o:p>
9 And the wom=
an
said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off
those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefo=
re
then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul sware to her b=
y the
LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee =
for
this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Wh=
om
shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw
Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, W=
hy
hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
13 And the king said unto =
her,
Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw go=
ds
ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, W=
hat
form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a
mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face=
to
the ground, and bowed himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul=
, Why
hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore
distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed fr=
om
me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore=
I
have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Where=
fore
then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is bec=
ome
thine enemy?
17 And the LORD hath done =
to
him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine han=
d,
and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
18 Because thou obeyedst n=
ot the
voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore h=
ath
the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
19 Moreover the LORD will =
also
deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow sh=
alt
thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel
into the hand of the Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straight=
way
all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel:
and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor
all the night.
21 And the woman came unto=
Saul,
and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid
hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened
unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
22 Now therefore, I pray t=
hee,
hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel=
of
bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest=
on
thy way.
23 But he refused, and sai=
d, I
will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and=
he
hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the be=
d.
24 And the woman had a fat=
calf
in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it,
and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
25 And she brought it befo=
re
Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went
away that night.
1 Now the
Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites
pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
2 And the lor=
ds of
the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his =
men
passed on in the rereward with Achish.
3 Then said t=
he
princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto
the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the =
king
of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have f=
ound
no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
4 And the pri=
nces
of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines =
said
unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which =
thou
hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the
battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself =
unto
his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
5 Is not this
David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his
thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6 Then Achish
called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been
upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in=
my
sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me
unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
7 Wherefore n=
ow
return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistin=
es.
8 And David s=
aid
unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant =
so
long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against
the enemies of my lord the king?
9 And Achish
answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an an=
gel
of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall =
not
go up with us to the battle.
10 Wherefore now rise up e=
arly
in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as s=
oon
as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
11 So David and his men ro=
se up
early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines.=
And
the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
1 And it came=
to
pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the
Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burne=
d it
with fire;
2 And had tak=
en the
women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small,
but carried them away, and went on their way.
3 So David an=
d his
men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives,
and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
4 Then David =
and
the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they ha=
d no
more power to weep.
5 And David's=
two
wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of
Nabal the Carmelite.
6 And David w=
as
greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of
all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: b=
ut
David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
7 And David s=
aid to
Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the epho=
d.
And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8 And David
enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I over=
take
them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and
without fail recover all.
9 So David we=
nt, he
and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, wh=
ere
those that were left behind stayed.
10 But David pursued, he a=
nd
four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that th=
ey
could not go over the brook Besor.
11 And they found an Egypt=
ian in
the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and
they made him drink water;
12 And they gave him a pie=
ce of
a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spi=
rit
came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three da=
ys
and three nights.
13 And David said unto him=
, To
whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of
Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days a=
gone
I fell sick.
14 We made an invasion upo=
n the
south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and =
upon
the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
15 And David said to him, =
Canst
thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that
thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I
will bring thee down to this company.
16 And when he had brought=
him
down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinki=
ng,
and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the =
land
of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 And David smote them fr=
om the
twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man=
of
them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
18 And David recovered all=
that
the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
19 And there was nothing l=
acking
to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil,
nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
20 And David took all the =
flocks
and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is
David's spoil.
21 And David came to the t=
wo
hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they
had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet Davi=
d,
and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the
people, he saluted them.
22 Then answered all the w=
icked
men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they
went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have
recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead =
them
away, and depart.
23 Then said David, Ye sha=
ll not
do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preser=
ved
us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
24 For who will hearken un=
to you
in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall =
his
part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
25 And it was so from that=
day
forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this da=
y.
26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; <= o:p>
27 To them which were in B= ethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, <= o:p>
28 And to them which were =
in
Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtem=
oa,
29 And to them which were =
in
Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to t=
hem
which were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 And to them which were =
in
Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Atha=
ch,
31 And to them which were =
in
Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to
haunt.
1 Now the
Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before t=
he
Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 And the
Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines =
slew
Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.
3 And the bat=
tle
went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of=
the
archers.
4 Then said S=
aul
unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest
these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his
armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword,
and fell upon it.
5 And when his
armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and d=
ied
with him.
6 So Saul die=
d, and
his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day togeth=
er.
7 And when th=
e men
of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on =
the
other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his s=
ons
were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and
dwelt in them.
8 And it came=
to
pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they
found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And they cu=
t off
his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the
Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and amo=
ng
the people.
10 And they put his armour=
in
the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.=
11 And when the inhabitant=
s of
Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
12 All the valiant men aro=
se,
and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons fr=
om
the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
13 And they took their bon=
es,
and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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