1 Now there was a certain 0259 man 0376 of Ramathaimzophim 07436, of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and his name 08034 was Elkanah 0511, the son 01121 of Jeroham 03395, the son 01121 of Elihu 0453, the son 01121 of Tohu 08459, the son 01121 of Zuph 06689, an Ephrathite 0673:
2 And he had two 08147 wives 0802; the name 08034 of the one 0259 was Hannah 02584, and the name 08034 of the other 08145 Peninnah 06444: and Peninnah 06444 had children 03206, but Hannah 02584 had no children 03206.
3 And this 01931 man 0376 went up 05927 from his city 05892 yearly 03117, 3117 to worship 07812 and to sacrifice 02076 to the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 in Shiloh 07887. And the two 08147 sons 01121 of Eli 05941, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068, were there. yearly: Heb. from year to year
4 And when the time 03117 was that Elkanah 0511 offered 02076, he gave 05414 to Peninnah 06444 his wife 0802, and to all her sons 01121 and her daughters 01323, portions 04490:
5 But to Hannah 02584 he gave 05414 a 0259 worthy 0639 portion 04490; for he loved 0157 Hannah 02584: but the LORD 03068 had closed up 05462 her womb 07358. worthy: or, double
6 And her adversary 06869 also provoked 03707 her greatly 03708, to make her fret 07481, because the LORD 03068 had closed 05462 up 01157 her womb 07358. provoked: Heb. angered
7 And as he did 06213 so year 08141 by year 08141, when 01767 she went up 05927 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, so she provoked 03707 her; therefore she wept 01058, and did not eat 0398. when…: or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up
8 Then said 0559 Elkanah 0511 her husband 0376 to her, Hannah 02584, why weepest 01058 thou? and why eatest 0398 thou not? and why is thy heart 03824 grieved 03415? am not I better 02896 to thee than ten 06235 sons 01121?
9 So Hannah 02584 rose 06965 after 0310 they had eaten 0398 in Shiloh 07887, and after 0310 they had drunk 08354. Now Eli 05941 the priest 03548 sat 03427 upon a seat 03678 by a post 04201 of the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068.
10 And she was in bitterness 04751 of soul 05315, and prayed 06419 to the LORD 03068, and wept 01058 bitterly 01058. in…: Heb. bitter of soul
11 And she vowed 05087 a vow 05088, and said 0559, O LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, if thou wilt indeed 07200 look 07200 on the affliction 06040 of thy handmaid 0519, and remember 02142 me, and not forget 07911 thy handmaid 0519, but wilt give 05414 to thy handmaid 0519 a son 0582, 2233, then I will give 05414 him to the LORD 03068 all the days 03117 of his life 02416, and there shall no razor 04177 come 05927 upon his head 07218. a man…: Heb. seed of men
12 And it came to pass, as she continued 07235 praying 06419 before 06440 the LORD 03068, that Eli 05941 observed 08104 her mouth 06310. continued…: Heb. multiplied to pray
13 Now Hannah 02584, spoke 01696 in her heart 03820; only her lips 08193 moved 05128, but her voice 06963 was not heard 08085: therefore Eli 05941 thought 02803 she was drunk 07910.
14 And Eli 05941 said 0559 to her, How long wilt thou be drunk 07937? put away 05493 thy wine 03196 from thee.
15 And Hannah 02584 answered 06030 and said 0559, No, my lord 0113, I am a woman 0802 of a sorrowful 07186 spirit 07307: I have drunk 08354 neither wine 03196 nor strong drink 07941, but have poured out 08210 my soul 05315 before 06440 the LORD 03068. of a sorrowful…: Heb. hard of spirit
16 Count 05414 not thy handmaid 0519 for 06440 a wicked 01100 woman 01323: for out of the abundance 07230 of my complaint 07879 and grief 03708 have I been speaking 01696. complaint: or, meditation
17 Then Eli 05941 answered 06030 and said 0559, Go 03212 in peace 07965: and the God 0430 of Israel 03478 grant 05414 thee thy petition 07596 that thou hast asked 07592 of him.
18 And she said 0559, Let thy handmaid 08198 find 04672 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869. So the woman 0802 went 03212 her way 01870, and ate 0398, and her countenance 06440 was no more sad.
19 And they rose 07925 in the morning 01242 early 07925, and worshipped 07812 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and returned 07725, and came 0935 to their house 01004 to Ramah 07414: and Elkanah 0511 knew 03045 Hannah 02584 his wife 0802; and the LORD 03068 remembered 02142 her.
20 Therefore it came to pass, when the time 03117 had arrived 08622 after Hannah 02584 had conceived 02029, that she bore 03205 a son 01121, and called 07121 his name 08034 Samuel 08050, saying, Because I have asked 07592 him of the LORD 03068. when…: Heb. in revolution of daysSamuel: that is, Asked of God
21 And the man 0376 Elkanah 0511, and all his house 01004, went up 05927 to offer 02076 to the LORD 03068 the yearly 03117 sacrifice 02077, and his vow 05088.
22 But Hannah 02584 went not up 05927; for she said 0559 to her husband 0376, I will not go up until the child 05288 is weaned 01580, and then I will bring 0935 him, that he may appear 07200 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and there abide 03427 for 05704 ever 05769.
23 And Elkanah 0511 her husband 0376 said 0559 to her, Do 06213 what seemeth 05869 to thee good 02896; tarry 03427 until thou hast weaned 01580 him; only the LORD 03068 establish 06965 his word 01697. So the woman 0802 abode 03427, and nursed 03243 her son 01121 until she weaned 01580 him.
24 And when she had weaned 01580 him, she took him up 05927 with her, with three 07969 bulls 06499, and one 0259 ephah 0374 of flour 07058, and a bottle 05035 of wine 03196, and brought 0935 him to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 in Shiloh 07887: and the child 05288 was young 05288.
25 And they slew 07819 a bull 06499, and brought 0935 the child 05288 to Eli 05941.
26 And she said 0559, O 0994 my lord 0113, as thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, my lord 0113, I am the woman 0802 that stood 05324 by thee here, praying 06419 to the LORD 03068.
27 For this child 05288 I prayed 06419; and the LORD 03068 hath given 05414 me my petition 07596 which I asked 07592 of him:
28 Therefore also I have lent 07592 him to the LORD 03068; as long as he liveth 03117 he shall be lent 07592 to the LORD 03068. And he worshipped 07812 the LORD 03068 there. lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petitionhe shall…: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned
1 And Hannah 02584 prayed 06419, and said 0559, My heart 03820 rejoiceth 05970 in the LORD 03068, my horn 07161 is exalted 07311 in the LORD 03068: my mouth 06310 is enlarged 07337 over my enemies 0341; because I rejoice 08055 in thy salvation 03444.
2 There is none holy 06918 as the LORD 03068: for there is none besides 01115 thee: neither is there any rock 06697 like our God 0430.
3 Talk 01696 no more 07235 so exceeding 01364 proudly 01364; let no arrogance 06277 come 03318 out of your mouth 06310: for the LORD 03068 is a God 0410 of knowledge 01844, and by him actions 05949 are weighed 08505. arrogancy: Heb. hard
4 The bows 07198 of the mighty men 01368 are broken 02844, and they that stumbled 03782 are girded 0247 with strength 02428.
5 They that were full 07649 have hired out 07936 themselves for bread 03899; and they that were hungry 07457 ceased 02308: so that the barren 06135 hath borne 03205 seven 07651; and she that hath many 07227 children 01121 is become feeble 0535.
6 The LORD 03068 killeth 04191, and maketh alive 02421: he bringeth down 03381 to the grave 07585, and bringeth up 05927.
7 The LORD 03068 maketh poor 03423, and maketh rich 06238: he bringeth low 08213, and 0637 lifteth up 07311.
8 He raiseth 06965 the poor 01800 out of the dust 06083, and lifteth 07311 the beggar 034 from the dunghill 0830, to set 03427 them among princes 05081, and to make them inherit 05157 the throne 03678 of glory 03519: for the pillars 04690 of the earth 0776 are the LORD’S 03068, and he hath set 07896 the world 08398 upon them.
9 He will keep 08104 the feet 07272 of his saints 02623, and the wicked 07563 shall be silent 01826 in darkness 02822; for by strength 03581 shall no man 0376 prevail 01396.
10 The adversaries 07378 of the LORD 03068 shall be broken to pieces 02865; out of heaven 08064 shall he thunder 07481 upon them: the LORD 03068 shall judge 01777 the ends 0657 of the earth 0776; and he shall give 05414 strength 05797 to his king 04428, and exalt 07311 the horn 07161 of his anointed 04899.
11 And Elkanah 0511 went 03212 to Ramah 07414 to his house 01004. And the child 05288 ministered 01961, 8334 to the LORD 03068 before 06440 Eli 05941 the priest 03548.
12 Now the sons 01121 of Eli 05941 were worthless 01100 men 01121; they knew 03045 not the LORD 03068.
13 And the priests 03548’ custom 04941 with the people 05971 was, that, when any man 0376 offered 02076 sacrifice 02077, the priest’s 03548 servant 05288 came 0935, while the flesh 01320 was boiling 01310, with a fleshhook 04207 of three 07969 teeth 08127 in his hand 03027;
14 And he struck 05221 it into the pan 03595, or kettle 01731, or caldron 07037, or pot 06517; all that the fleshhook 04207 brought up 05927 the priest 03548 took 03947 for himself. So they did 06213 in Shiloh 07887 to all the Israelites 03478 that came 0935 there.
15 Also before they burnt 06999 the fat 02459, the priest’s 03548 servant 05288 came 0935, and said 0559 to the man 0376 that sacrificed 02076, Give 05414 flesh 01320 to roast 06740 for the priest 03548; for he will not have 03947 boiled 01310 flesh 01320 of thee, but raw 02416.
16 And if any man 0376 said 0559 to him, Let them not fail 06999 to burn 06999 the fat 02459 presently 03117, and then take 03947 as much as thy soul 05315 desireth 0183; then he would answer 0559 him, Nay; but thou shalt give 05414 it to me now: and if not, I will take 03947 it by force 02394. presently: Heb. as on the day
17 Therefore the sin 02403 of the young men 05288 was very 03966 great 01419 before 06440 the LORD 03068: for men 0582 abhorred 05006 the offering 04503 of the LORD 03068.
18 But Samuel 08050 ministered 08334 before 06440 the LORD 03068, being a child 05288, girded 02296 with a linen 0906 ephod 0646.
19 Moreover his mother 0517 made 06213 him a little 06996 coat 04598, and brought 05927 it to him from year 03117 to year 03117, when she came up 05927 with her husband 0376 to offer 02076 the yearly 03117 sacrifice 02077.
20 And Eli 05941 blessed 01288 Elkanah 0511 and his wife 0802, and said 0559, The LORD 03068 give 07760 thee seed 02233 of this woman 0802 for the loan 07596 which is lent 07592 to the LORD 03068. And they went 01980 to their own home 04725. loan…: or, petition which she asked, etc
21 And 03588 the LORD 03068 visited 06485 Hannah 02584, so that she conceived 02029, and bore 03205 three 07969 sons 01121 and two 08147 daughters 01323. And the child 05288 Samuel 08050 grew 01431 before 05973 the LORD 03068.
22 Now Eli 05941 was very 03966 old 02204, and heard 08085 all that his sons 01121 did 06213 to all Israel 03478; and how they lay 07901 with the women 0802 that assembled 06633 at the door 06607 of the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150. assembled: Heb. assembled by troops
23 And he said 0559 to them, Why do 06213 ye such things 01697? for I hear 08085 of your evil 07451 dealings 01697 by all this people 05971. of your…: or, evil words of you
24 Nay, my sons 01121; for it is no good 02896 report 08052 that I hear 08085: ye make the LORD’S 03068 people 05971 to transgress 05674. transgress: or, cry out
25 If one man 0376 shall sin 02398 against another 0376, the judge 0430 shall judge 06419 him: but if a man 0376 shall sin 02398 against the LORD 03068, who shall plead 06419 for him? However they hearkened 08085 not to the voice 06963 of their father 01, because the LORD 03068 would 02654 slay 04191 them.
26 And the child 05288 Samuel 08050 continued 01980 to grow 01432, and was in favour 02896 both with the LORD 03068, and also with men 0582.
27 And there came 0935 a man 0376 of God 0430 to Eli 05941, and said 0559 to him, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Did I plainly 01540 appear 01540 to the house 01004 of thy father 01, when they were in Egypt 04714 in Pharaoh’s 06547 house 01004?
28 And did I choose 0977 him out of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to be my priest 03548, to offer 05927 upon my altar 04196, to burn 06999 incense 07004, to wear 05375 an ephod 0646 before 06440 me? and did I give 05414 to the house 01004 of thy father 01 all the offerings made by fire 0801 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478?
29 Why trample 01163 ye at my sacrifice 02077 and at my offering 04503, which I have commanded 06680 in my habitation 04583; and honourest 03513 thy sons 01121 above me, to make yourselves fat 01254 with the chiefest 07225 of all the offerings 04503 of Israel 03478 my people 05971?
30 Therefore the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 saith 05002, I said 0559 indeed 0559 that thy house 01004, and the house 01004 of thy father 01, should walk 01980 before 06440 me for 05704 ever 05769: but now the LORD 03068 saith 05002, Be it far from me 02486; for them that honour 03513 me I will honour 03513, and they that despise 0959 me shall be lightly esteemed 07043.
31 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935, that I will cut off 01438 thy arm 02220, and the arm 02220 of thy father’s 01 house 01004, that there shall not be an old man 02205 in thy house 01004.
32 And thou shalt see 05027 an enemy 06862 in my habitation 04583, in all the wealth which God shall give 03190 Israel 03478: and there shall not be an old man 02205 in thy house 01004 for ever 03117. an enemy…: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel
33 And the man 0376 of thine, whom I shall not cut off 03772 from my altar 04196, shall be to consume 03615 thy eyes 05869, and to grieve 0109 thy heart 05315: and all the increase 04768 of thy house 01004 shall die 04191 in the flower of their age 0582. in the flower…: Heb. men
34 And this shall be a sign 0226 to thee, that shall come 0935 upon thy two 08147 sons 01121, on Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372; in one 0259 day 03117 they shall die 04191 both 08147 of them.
35 And I will raise up for myself 06965 a faithful 0539 priest 03548, that shall do 06213 according to that which is in my heart 03824 and in my mind 05315: and I will build 01129 him a sure 0539 house 01004; and he shall walk 01980 before 06440 my anointed 04899 for ever 03117.
36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left 03498 in thy house 01004 shall come 0935 and bow down 07812 to him for a piece 095 of silver 03701 and a morsel 03603 of bread 03899, and shall say 0559, Put 05596 me, I pray thee, into one 0259 of the priests’ offices 03550, that I may eat 0398 a piece 06595 of bread 03899. Put: Heb. Joinone of…: or, somewhat about the priesthood
1 And the child 05288 Samuel 08050 ministered 08334 to the LORD 03068 before 06440 Eli 05941. And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 was rare 03368 in those days 03117; there was no frequent 06555 vision 02377.
2 And it came to pass at that time 03117, when Eli 05941 was lying down 07901 in his place 04725, and his eyes 05869 began 02490 to grow dim 03544, that he could 03201 not see 07200;
3 And before the lamp 05216 of God 0430 went out 03518 in the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, where the ark 0727 of God 0430 was, and Samuel 08050 was lying down 07901 to sleep;
4 That the LORD 03068 called 07121 Samuel 08050: and he answered 0559, Here am I.
5 And he ran 07323 to Eli 05941, and said 0559, Here am I 02009; for thou didst call 07121 me. And he said 0559, I called 07121 not; lie down 07901 again 07725. And he went 03212 and lay down 07901.
6 And the LORD 03068 called 07121 yet again 03254, Samuel 08050. And Samuel 08050 arose 06965 and went 03212 to Eli 05941, and said 0559, Here am I; for thou didst call 07121 me. And he answered 0559, I called 07121 not, my son 01121; lie down 07901 again 07725.
7 Now Samuel 08050 did not yet 02962 know 03045 the LORD 03068, neither was the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 yet revealed 01540 to him. Now…: or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the LORD, and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him
8 And the LORD 03068 called 07121 Samuel 08050 again 03254 the third time 07992. And he arose 06965 and went 03212 to Eli 05941, and said 0559, Here am I; for thou didst call 07121 me. And Eli 05941 perceived 0995 that the LORD 03068 had called 07121 the child 05288.
9 Therefore Eli 05941 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Go 03212, lie down 07901: and it shall be, if he should call 07121 thee, that thou shalt say 0559, Speak 01696, LORD 03068; for thy servant 05650 heareth 08085. So Samuel 08050 went 03212 and lay down 07901 in his place 04725.
10 And the LORD 03068 came 0935, and stood 03320, and called 07121 as at other times 06471, Samuel 08050, Samuel 08050. Then Samuel 08050 answered 0559, Speak 01696; for thy servant 05650 heareth 08085.
11 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Behold, I will do 06213 a thing 01697 in Israel 03478, at which both 08147 the ears 0241 of every one that heareth 08085 it shall tingle 06750.
12 In that day 03117 I will perform 06965 against Eli 05941 all things which I have spoken 01696 concerning 0413 his house 01004: when I begin 02490, I will also make an end 03615. when…: Heb. beginning and ending
13 For I have told 05046 him that I will judge 08199 his house 01004 for 05704 ever 05769 for the iniquity 05771 which he knoweth 03045; because his sons 01121 made themselves vile 07043, and he restrained 03543 them not. For I…: or, And I will tell himvile: or, accursedrestrained…: Heb. frowned not upon them
14 And therefore I have sworn 07650 to the house 01004 of Eli 05941, that the iniquity 05771 of Eli’s 05941 house 01004 shall not be purged 03722 with sacrifice 02077 nor offering 04503 for 05704 ever 05769.
15 And Samuel 08050 lay 07901 until the morning 01242, and opened 06605 the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And Samuel 08050 feared 03372 to tell 05046 Eli 05941 the vision 04759.
16 Then Eli 05941 called 07121 Samuel 08050, and said 0559, Samuel 08050, my son 01121. And he answered 0559, Here am I.
17 And he said 0559, What is the thing 01697 that the LORD hath said 01696 to thee? I pray thee hide 03582 it not from me: God 0430 do so 06213 to thee, and more also 03254, if thou shalt hide 03582 any thing 01697 from me of all the things 01697 that he said 01696 to thee. more also: Heb. so addthing: or, word
18 And Samuel 08050 told 05046 him every thing 01697, and hid 03582 nothing from him. And he said 0559, It is the LORD 03068: let him do 06213 what seemeth 05869 him good 02896. every…: Heb. all the things, or, words
19 And Samuel 08050 grew 01431, and the LORD 03068 was with him, and let none of his words 01697 fall 05307 to the ground 0776.
20 And all Israel 03478 from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884 knew 03045 that Samuel 08050 was established 0539 to be a prophet 05030 of the LORD 03068. established: or, faithful
21 And the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 again 03254 in Shiloh 07887: for the LORD 03068 revealed 01540 himself to Samuel 08050 in Shiloh 07887 by the word 01697 of the LORD 03068.
1 And the word 01697 of Samuel 08050 came to all Israel 03478. Now Israel 03478 went out 03318 against 07125 the Philistines 06430 to battle 04421, and encamped 02583 beside Ebenezer 072: and the Philistines 06430 encamped 02583 in Aphek 0663. came: or, came to pass: Heb. was
2 And the Philistines 06430 put themselves in array 06186 against 07125 Israel 03478: and when they joined 05203 battle 04421, Israel 03478 was smitten 05062 before 06440 the Philistines 06430: and they slew 05221 of the army 04634 in the field 07704 about four 0702 thousand 0505 men 0376. they joined…: Heb. the battle was spreadarmy: Heb. array
3 And when the people 05971 had come 0935 into the camp 04264, the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 said 0559, Why hath the LORD 03068 smitten 05062 us to day 03117 before 06440 the Philistines 06430? Let us bring 03947 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 out of Shiloh 07887 to us, that, when it cometh 0935 among 07130 us, it may save 03467 us from the hand 03709 of our enemies 0341. fetch: Heb. take unto us
4 So the people 05971 sent 07971 to Shiloh 07887, that they might bring 05375 from there the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, who dwelleth 03427 between the cherubim 03742: and the two 08147 sons 01121 of Eli 05941, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, were there with the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of God 0430.
5 And when the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 came 0935 into the camp 04264, all Israel 03478 shouted 07321 with a great 01419 shout 08643, so that the earth 0776 shook 01949.
6 And when the Philistines 06430 heard 08085 the noise 06963 of the shout 08643, they said 0559, What meaneth the noise 06963 of this great 01419 shout 08643 in the camp 04264 of the Hebrews 05680? And they understood 03045 that the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 had come 0935 into the camp 04264.
7 And the Philistines 06430 were afraid 03372, for they said 0559, God 0430 hath come 0935 into the camp 04264. And they said 0559, Woe 0188 to us! for there hath not been such a thing before 0865, 8032. heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day
8 Woe 0188 to us! who shall deliver 05337 us out of the hand 03027 of these mighty 0117 Gods 0430? these are the Gods 0430 that smote 05221 the Egyptians 04714 with all the plagues 04347 in the wilderness 04057.
9 Be strong 02388, and acquit 01961 yourselves like men 0582, O ye Philistines 06430, that ye may not be servants 05647 to the Hebrews 05680, as they have been 05647 to you: acquit 01961 yourselves like men 0582, and fight 03898. quit…: Heb. be men
10 And the Philistines 06430 fought 03898, and Israel 03478 was smitten 05062, and they fled 05127 every man 0376 into his tent 0168: and there was a very 03966 great 01419 slaughter 04347; for there fell 05307 of Israel 03478 thirty 07970 thousand 0505 footmen 07273.
11 And the ark 0727 of God 0430 was taken 03947; and the two 08147 sons 01121 of Eli 05941, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, were slain 04191. were slain: Heb. died
12 And there ran 07323 a man 0376 of Benjamin 01144 out of the army 04634, and came 0935 to Shiloh 07887 the same day 03117 with his clothes 04055 torn 07167, and with earth 0127 upon his head 07218.
13 And when he came 0935, lo, Eli 05941 sat 03427 upon a seat 03678 by the way side 01870, 3027, 3197 watching 06822: for his heart 03820 trembled 02730 for the ark 0727 of God 0430. And when the man 0376 came 0935 into the city 05892, and told 05046 it, all the city 05892 cried out 02199.
14 And when Eli 05941 heard 08085 the noise 06963 of the crying 06818, he said 0559, What meaneth the noise 06963 of this tumult 01995? And the man 0376 came 0935 in hastily 04116, and told 05046 Eli 05941.
15 Now Eli 05941 was ninety 08673 and eight 08083 years 08141 old 01121; and his eyes 05869 were dim 06965, that he could 03201 not see 07200. were dim: Heb. stood
16 And the man 0376 said 0559 to Eli 05941, I am he that came 0935 out of the army 04634, and I fled 05127 to day 03117 out of the army 04634. And he said 0559, What is there done 01697, my son 01121? is…: Heb. is the thing
17 And the messenger 01319 answered 06030 and said 0559, Israel 03478 hath fled 05127 before 06440 the Philistines 06430, and there hath been also a great 01419 slaughter 04046 among the people 05971, and thy two 08147 sons 01121 also, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, are dead 04191, and the ark 0727 of God 0430 is taken 03947.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention 02142 of the ark 0727 of God 0430, that he fell 05307 from off the seat 03678 backward 0322 by 01157 the side 03027 of the gate 08179, and his neck 04665 broke 07665, and he died 04191: for he was an old 02204 man 0376, and heavy 03513. And he had judged 08199 Israel 03478 forty 0705 years 08141.
19 And his daughter in law 03618, the wife 0802 of Phinehas 06372, was with child 02030, near to be delivered 03205: and when she heard 08085 the tidings 08052 that 0413 the ark 0727 of God 0430 was taken 03947, and that her father in law 02524 and her husband 0376 were dead 04191, she bowed 03766 herself and travailed 03205; for her pains 06735 came 02015 upon her. be delivered: or, cry outcame: Heb. were turned
20 And about the time 06256 of her death 04191 the women that stood 05324 by her said 01696 to her, Fear 03372 not; for thou hast borne 03205 a son 01121. But she answered 06030 not, neither did she regard 07896, 3820 it. neither…: Heb. set not her heart
21 And she named 07121 the child 05288 Ichabod 0350, saying 0559, The glory 03519 hath departed 01540 from Israel 03478: because 0413 the ark 0727 of God 0430 was taken 03947, and because of her father in law 02524 and her husband 0376. Ichabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory
22 And she said 0559, The glory 03519 hath departed 01540 from Israel 03478: for the ark 0727 of God 0430 is taken 03947.
1 And the Philistines 06430 took 03947 the ark 0727 of God 0430, and brought 0935 it from Ebenezer 072 to Ashdod 0795.
2 When the Philistines 06430 took 03947 the ark 0727 of God 0430, they brought 0935 it into the house 01004 of Dagon 01712, and set 03322 it by 0681 Dagon 01712.
3 And when they of Ashdod 0796 arose early 07925 on the next morning 04283, behold, Dagon 01712 had fallen 05307 upon his face 06440 to the earth 0776 before 06440 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068. And they took 03947 Dagon 01712, and set 07725 him in his place 04725 again 07725.
4 And when they arose early 07925 on the next 04283 morning 01242, behold, Dagon 01712 had fallen 05307 upon his face 06440 to the ground 0776 before 06440 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068; and the head 07218 of Dagon 01712 and both 08147 the palms 03709 of his hands 03027 were cut off 03772 upon the threshold 04670; only the stump of Dagon 01712 was left 07604 to him. the stump…: or, the fishy part
5 Therefore neither the priests 03548 of Dagon 01712, nor any that come 0935 into Dagon’s 01712 house 01004, tread 01869 on the threshold 04670 of Dagon 01712 in Ashdod 0795 to this day 03117.
6 But the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was heavy 03513 upon them of Ashdod 0796, and he destroyed 08074 them, and smote 05221 them with haemorrhoids 02914, 6076, even Ashdod 0795 and its land 01366.
7 And when the men 0582 of Ashdod 0795 saw 07200 that it was so, they said 0559, The ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 shall not abide 03427 with us: for his hand 03027 is heavy 07185 upon us, and upon Dagon 01712 our god 0430.
8 They sent 07971 therefore and gathered 0622 all the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 to them, and said 0559, What shall we do 06213 with the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478? And they answered 0559, Let the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 be carried about 05437 to Gath 01661. And they carried 05437 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 there.
9 And it was so, that, after 0310 they had carried it 05437 there, the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was against the city 05892 with a very 03966 great 01419 destruction 04103: and he smote 05221 the men 0582 of the city 05892, both small 06996 and great 01419, and they had haemorrhoids 02914, 6076 in their secret parts 08368.
10 Therefore they sent 07971 the ark 0727 of God 0430 to Ekron 06138. And it came to pass, as the ark 0727 of God 0430 came 0935 to Ekron 06138, that the Ekronites 06139 cried out 02199, saying 0559, They have brought about 05437 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 to us, to slay 04191 us and our people 05971. us, to…: Heb. me to slay me and my
11 So they sent 07971 and gathered together 0622 all the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430, and said 0559, Send away 07971 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478, and let it go again 07725 to its own place 04725, that it slay 04191 us not, and our people 05971: for there was a deadly 04194 destruction 04103 throughout all the city 05892; the hand 03027 of God 0430 was very 03966 heavy 03513 there. us not…: Heb. me not, and my
12 And the men 0582 that died 04191 not were smitten 05221 with the haemorrhoids 02914, 6076: and the cry 07775 of the city 05892 went up 05927 to heaven 08064.
1 And the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 was in the country 07704 of the Philistines 06430 seven 07651 months 02320.
2 And the Philistines 06430 called 07121 for the priests 03548 and the diviners 07080, saying 0559, What shall we do 06213 to the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068? tell 03045 us how we shall send 07971 it to its place 04725.
3 And they said 0559, If ye send away 07971 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478, send 07971 it not empty 07387; but by all means 07725 return 07725 him a trespass offering 0817: then ye shall be healed 07495, and it shall be known 03045 to you why his hand 03027 is not removed 05493 from you.
4 Then said 0559 they, What shall be the trespass offering 0817 which we shall return 07725 to him? They answered 0559, Five 02568 golden 02091 haemorrhoids 02914, 6076, and five 02568 golden 02091 mice 05909, according to the number 04557 of the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430: for one 0259 plague 04046 was on you all, and on your lords 05633. you: Heb. them
5 Therefore ye shall make 06213 images 06754 of your haemorrhoids 02914, 6076, and images 06754 of your mice 05909 that mar 07843 the land 0776; and ye shall give 05414 glory 03519 to the God 0430 of Israel 03478: perhaps he will lighten 07043 his hand 03027 from off you, and from off your gods 0430, and from off your land 0776.
6 Why then do ye harden 03513 your hearts 03824, as the Egyptians 04714 and Pharaoh 06547 hardened 03513 their hearts 03820? when he had wrought wonderfully 05953 among them, did they not let the people go 07971, and they departed 03212? wonderfully: or, reproachfullythe people: Heb. them
7 Now therefore make 06213 a 0259 new 02319 cart 05699, and take 03947 two 08147 milk 05763 cows 06510, on which there hath come 05927 no yoke 05923, and tie 0631 the cows 06510 to the cart 05699, and bring 07725 their calves 01121 home 01004 from them 0310:
8 And take 03947 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and lay 05414 it upon the cart 05699; and put 07760 the jewels 03627 of gold 02091, which ye return 07725 to him for a trespass offering 0817, in a box 0712 by its side 06654; and send it away 07971, that it may go 01980.
9 And see 07200, if it goeth up 05927 by the way 01870 of its own land 01366 to Bethshemesh 01053, then he hath done 06213 us this great 01419 evil 07451: but if not, then we shall know 03045 that it is not his hand 03027 that smote 05060 us: it was a chance 04745 that happened to us 01961. he: or, it
10 And the men 0582 did so 06213; and took 03947 two 08147 milk 05763 cows 06510, and tied 0631 them to the cart 05699, and shut up 03607 their calves 01121 at home 01004:
11 And they laid 07760 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 upon the cart 05699, and the box 0712 with the mice 05909 of gold 02091 and the images 06754 of their haemorrhoids 02914.
12 And the cows 06510 took the straight 03474 way 01870 to the way 01870 of Bethshemesh 01053, and went along 01980 the highway 04546, 259, lowing 01600 as they went 01980, and turned not aside 05493 to the right hand 03225 or to the left 08040; and the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 went 01980 after 0310 them to the border 01366 of Bethshemesh 01053.
13 And they of Bethshemesh 01053 were reaping 07114 their wheat 02406 harvest 07105 in the valley 06010: and they lifted up 05375 their eyes 05869, and saw 07200 the ark 0727, and rejoiced 08055 to see 07200 it.
14 And the cart 05699 came 0935 into the field 07704 of Joshua 03091, a Bethshemite 01030, and stood 05975 there, where there was a great 01419 stone 068: and they cut up 01234 the wood 06086 of the cart 05699, and offered 05927 the cows 06510 as a burnt offering 05930 to the LORD 03068.
15 And the Levites 03881 took down 03381 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and the box 0712 that was with it, in which were the jewels 03627 of gold 02091, and put 07760 them on the great 01419 stone 068: and the men 0582 of Bethshemesh 01053 offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 and sacrificed 02076 sacrifices 02077 the same day 03117 to the LORD 03068.
16 And when the five 02568 lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 had seen 07200 it, they returned 07725 to Ekron 06138 the same day 03117.
17 And these are the golden 02091 haemorrhoids 02914 which the Philistines 06430 returned 07725 for a trespass offering 0817 to the LORD 03068; for Ashdod 0795 one 0259, for Gaza 05804 one 0259, for Askelon 0831 one 0259, for Gath 01661 one 0259, for Ekron 06138 one 0259;
18 And the golden 02091 mice 05909, according to the number 04557 of all the cities 05892 of the Philistines 06430 belonging to the five 02568 lords 05633, both of fortified 04013 cities 05892, and of country 06521 villages 03724, even to the great 01419 stone of Abel 059, on which they set down 03240 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068: which stone remaineth to this day 03117 in the field 07704 of Joshua 03091, the Bethshemite 01030. great…: or, great stone
19 And he smote 05221 the men 0376 of Bethshemesh 01053, because they had looked 07200 into the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, even he smote 05221 of the people 05971 fifty 02572 thousand 0505 and seventy 07657 men 0582: and the people 05971 lamented 056, because the LORD 03068 had smitten 05221 many of the people 05971 with a great 01419 slaughter 04347.
20 And the men 0582 of Bethshemesh 01053 said 0559, Who is able 03201 to stand 05975 before 06440 this holy 06918 LORD 03068 God 0430? and to whom shall he go up 05927 from us?
21 And they sent 07971 messengers 04397 to the inhabitants 03427 of Kirjathjearim 07157, saying 0559, The Philistines 06430 have brought again 07725 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068; come ye down 03381, and bring it up 05927 to you.
1 And the men 0582 of Kirjathjearim 07157 came 0935, and brought up 05927 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and brought 0935 it into the house 01004 of Abinadab 041 on the hill 01389, and sanctified 06942 Eleazar 0499 his son 01121 to keep 08104 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068.
2 And it came to pass, while 03117 the ark 0727 abode 03427 in Kirjathjearim 07157, that the time 03117 was long 07235; for it was twenty 06242 years 08141: and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 lamented 05091 after 0310 the LORD 03068.
3 And Samuel 08050 spoke 0559 to all the house 01004 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, If ye do return 07725 to the LORD 03068 with all your hearts 03824, then put away 05493 the foreign 05236 gods 0430 and Ashtaroth 06252 from among 08432 you, and prepare 03559 your hearts 03824 to the LORD 03068, and serve 05647 him only: and he will deliver 05337 you from the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
4 Then the children 01121 of Israel 03478 put away 05493 Baalim 01168 and Ashtaroth 06252, and served 05647 the LORD 03068 only.
5 And Samuel 08050 said 0559, Gather 06908 all Israel 03478 to Mizpeh 04708, and I will pray 06419 for you to the LORD 03068.
6 And they gathered together 06908 at Mizpeh 04709, and drew 07579 water 04325, and poured it out 08210 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and fasted 06684 on that day 03117, and there said 0559, We have sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068. And Samuel 08050 judged 08199 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 in Mizpeh 04708.
7 And when the Philistines 06430 heard 08085 that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were gathered together 06908 at Mizpeh 04708, the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 went up 05927 against Israel 03478. And when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 heard 08085 it, they were afraid 03372 of 06440 the Philistines 06430.
8 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Cease 02790 not to cry 02199 to the LORD 03068 our God 0430 for us, that he will save 03467 us from the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430. Cease…: Heb. Be not silent from us from crying
9 And Samuel 08050 took 03947 a 0259 sucking 02461 lamb 02924, and offered 05927 it for a burnt offering 05930 wholly 03632 to the LORD 03068: and Samuel 08050 cried 02199 to the LORD 03068 for Israel 03478; and the LORD 03068 heard 06030 him. heard: or, answered
10 And as Samuel 08050 was offering 05927 the burnt offering 05930, the Philistines 06430 drew near 05066 to battle 04421 against Israel 03478: but the LORD 03068 thundered 07481 with a great 01419 thunder 06963 on that day 03117 upon the Philistines 06430, and smote 02000 them; and they were smitten 05062 before 06440 Israel 03478.
11 And the men 0582 of Israel 03478 went out 03318 of Mizpeh 04709, and pursued 07291 the Philistines 06430, and smote 05221 them, until they came under Bethcar 01033.
12 Then Samuel 08050 took 03947 a 0259 stone 068, and set 07760 it between Mizpeh 04709 and Shen 08129, and called 07121 the name 08034 of it Ebenezer 072, saying 0559, Thus far hath the LORD 03068 helped 05826 us. Ebenezer: that is, The stone of help
13 So the Philistines 06430 were subdued 03665, and they came 0935 no more 03254 into the land 01366 of Israel 03478: and the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was against the Philistines 06430 all the days 03117 of Samuel 08050.
14 And the cities 05892 which the Philistines 06430 had taken 03947 from Israel 03478 were restored 07725 to Israel 03478, from Ekron 06138 even to Gath 01661; and its land 01366 did Israel 03478 deliver 05337 from the hands 03027 of the Philistines 06430. And there was peace 07965 between Israel 03478 and the Amorites 0567.
15 And Samuel 08050 judged 08199 Israel 03478 all the days 03117 of his life 02416.
16 And he went 01980 from 01767 year 08141 to year 08141 in circuit 05437 to Bethel 01008, and Gilgal 01537, and Mizpeh 04709, and judged 08199 Israel 03478 in all those places 04725. in circuit: Heb. and he circuited
17 And his return 08666 was to Ramah 07414; for there was his house 01004; and there he judged 08199 Israel 03478; and there he built 01129 an altar 04196 to the LORD 03068.
1 And it came to pass, when Samuel 08050 was old 02204, that he made 07760 his sons 01121 judges 08199 over Israel 03478.
2 Now the name 08034 of his firstborn 01121, 1060 was Joel 03100; and the name 08034 of his second 04932, Abiah 029: they were judges 08199 in Beersheba 0884.
3 And his sons 01121 walked 01980 not in his ways 01870, but turned aside 05186 after 0310 money 01215, and took 03947 bribes 07810, and perverted 05186 judgment 04941.
4 Then all the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 gathered themselves together 06908, and came 0935 to Samuel 08050 to Ramah 07414,
5 And said 0559 to him, Behold, thou art old 02204, and thy sons 01121 walk 01980 not in thy ways 01870: now make 07760 us a king 04428 to judge 08199 us like all the nations 01471.
6 But the thing 01697 displeased 03415, 5869 Samuel 08050, when they said 0559, Give 05414 us a king 04428 to judge 08199 us. And Samuel 08050 prayed 06419 to the LORD 03068. displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of
7 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Hearken 08085 to the voice 06963 of the people 05971 in all that they say 0559 to thee: for they have not rejected 03988 thee, but they have rejected 03988 me, that I should not reign 04427 over them.
8 According to all the works 04639 which they have done 06213 since the day 03117 that I brought them 05927 out of Egypt 04714 even to this day 03117, in that they have forsaken 05800 me, and served 05647 other 0312 gods 0430, so do 06213 they also to thee.
9 Now therefore hearken 08085 to their voice 0389, 6963: yet protest 05749 solemnly 05749 to them, and show 05046 them the manner 04941 of the king 04428 that shall reign 04427 over them. hearken…: or, obeyhowbeit…: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt
10 And Samuel 08050 told 0559 all the words 01697 of the LORD 03068 to the people 05971 that asked 07592 of him a king 04428.
11 And he said 0559, This will be the manner 04941 of the king 04428 that shall reign 04427 over you: He will take 03947 your sons 01121, and appoint 07760 them for himself, for his chariots 04818, and to be his horsemen 06571; and some shall run 07323 before 06440 his chariots 04818.
12 And he will appoint 07760 him captains 08269 over thousands 0505, and captains 08269 over fifties 02572; and will set them to till 02790 his ground 02758, and to reap 07114 his harvest 07105, and to make 06213 his instruments 03627 of war 04421, and instruments 03627 of his chariots 07393.
13 And he will take 03947 your daughters 01323 to be perfumers 07548, and to be cooks 02879, and to be bakers 0644.
14 And he will take 03947 your fields 07704, and your vineyards 03754, and your oliveyards 02132, even the best 02896 of them, and give 05414 them to his servants 05650.
15 And he will take the tenth 06237 of your seed 02233, and of your vineyards 03754, and give 05414 to his officers 05631, and to his servants 05650. officers: Heb. eunuchs
16 And he will take 03947 your male servants 05650, and your female servants 08198, and your most choice 02896 young men 0970, and your donkeys 02543, and put 06213 them to his work 04399.
17 He will take the tenth 06237 of your sheep 06629: and ye shall be his servants 05650.
18 And ye shall cry out 02199 in that day 03117 because 06440 of your king 04428 which ye shall have chosen 0977 for yourselves; and the LORD 03068 will not hear 06030 you in that day 03117.
19 Nevertheless the people 05971 refused 03985 to obey 08085 the voice 06963 of Samuel 08050; and they said 0559, Nay; but we will have a king 04428 over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations 01471; and that our king 04428 may judge 08199 us, and go out 03318 before 06440 us, and fight 03898 our battles 04421.
21 And Samuel 08050 heard 08085 all the words 01697 of the people 05971, and he reported 01696 them in the ears 0241 of the LORD 03068.
22 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Hearken 08085 to their voice 06963, and make 04427 them a king 04428. And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to the men 0582 of Israel 03478, Go 03212 ye every man 0376 to his city 05892.
1 Now there was a man 0376 of Benjamin 01144, whose name 08034 was Kish 07027, the son 01121 of Abiel 022, the son 01121 of Zeror 06872, the son 01121 of Bechorath 01064, the son 01121 of Aphiah 0647, a Benjamite 01145, a mighty 01368 man 0376 of power 02428. a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jeminipower: or, substance
2 And he had a son 01121, whose name 08034 was Saul 07586, a choice young man 0970, and handsome 02896: and there was not among the children 01121 of Israel 03478 a more handsome 02896 person 0376 than he: from his shoulders 07926 and upward 04605 he was taller 01364 than any of the people 05971.
3 And the donkeys 0860 of Kish 07027 Saul’s 07586 father 01 were lost 06. And Kish 07027 said 0559 to Saul 07586 his son 01121, Take 03947 now one 0259 of the servants 05288 with thee, and arise 06965, go 03212 seek 01245 the donkeys 0860.
4 And he passed through 05674 mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and passed through 05674 the land 0776 of Shalisha 08031, but they found 04672 them not: then they passed through 05674 the land 0776 of Shalim 08171, and there they were not: and he passed through 05674 the land 0776 of the Benjamites 01145, but they found 04672 them not.
5 And when they had come 0935 to the land 0776 of Zuph 06689, Saul 07586 said 0559 to his servant 05288 that was with him, Come 03212, and let us return 07725; lest my father 01 stop 02308 caring for the donkeys 0860, and be troubled 01672 for us.
6 And he said 0559 to him, Behold now, there is in this city 05892 a man 0376 of God 0430, and he is an honourable 03513 man 0376; all that he saith 01696 cometh 0935 surely to pass 0935: now let us go 03212 there; perhaps he can show 05046 us our way 01870 that we should go 01980.
7 Then said 0559 Saul 07586 to his servant 05288, But, behold, if we go 03212, what shall we bring 0935 to the man 0376? for the bread 03899 is spent 0235 in our vessels 03627, and there is not a present 08670 to bring 0935 to the man 0376 of God 0430: what have we? is spent…: Heb. is gone out of, etchave we: Heb. is with us?
8 And the servant 05288 answered 06030 Saul 07586 again 03254, and said 0559, Behold, I have 04672 here at hand 03027 the fourth part 07253 of a shekel 08255 of silver 03701: that will I give 05414 to the man 0376 of God 0430, to tell 05046 us our way 01870. I have…: Heb. there is found in my hand
9 (In times past 06440 in Israel 03478, when a man 0376 went 03212 to enquire 01875 of God 0430, thus he spoke 0559, Come 03212, and let us go 03212 to the seer 07200: for he that is now 03117 called a Prophet 05030 was in times past 06440 called 07121 a Seer 07200.)
10 Then said 01697 Saul 07586 to his servant 05288, Well 02896 said 0559; come 03212, let us go 03212. So they went 03212 to the city 05892 where the man 0376 of God 0430 was. Well said: Heb. Thy word is good
11 And as they went up 05927 the hill 04608 to the city 05892, they found 04672 young maidens 05291 going out 03318 to draw 07579 water 04325, and said 0559 to them, Is 03426 the seer 07200 here? the hill…: Heb. in the ascent of the city
12 And they answered 06030 them, and said 0559, He is 03426; behold, he is before 06440 you: make haste 04116 now, for he came 0935 to day 03117 to the city 05892; for there is a sacrifice 02077 of the people 05971 to day 03117 in the high place 01116: sacrifice: or, feast
13 As soon as ye shall enter 0935 the city 05892, ye shall immediately 03651 find 04672 him, before he goeth up 05927 to the high place 01116 to eat 0398: for the people 05971 will not eat 0398 until he cometh 0935, because he doth bless 01288 the sacrifice 02077; and afterwards 0310, 3651 they eat 0398 that are invited 07121. Now therefore go up 05927; for about this time 03117 ye shall find 04672 him. this time: Heb. to day
14 And they went up 05927 into 08432 the city 05892: and when they had come 0935 into the city 05892, behold, Samuel 08050 came out 03318 meeting 07125 them, to go up 05927 to the high place 01116.
15 Now the LORD 03068 had told 01540 Samuel 08050 in his ear 0241 a 0259 day 03117 before 06440 Saul 07586 came 0935, saying 0559, told…: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel
16 To morrow 04279 about this time 06256 I will send 07971 thee a man 0376 out of the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144, and thou shalt anoint 04886 him to be captain 05057 over my people 05971 Israel 03478, that he may save 03467 my people 05971 from the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430: for I have looked 07200 upon my people 05971, because their cry 06818 hast come 0935 to me.
17 And when Samuel 08050 saw 07200 Saul 07586, the LORD 03068 said 06030 to him, Behold the man 0376 of whom I spoke 0559 to thee! this same shall reign 06113 over my people 05971. reign over: Heb. restrain in
18 Then Saul 07586 drew near 05066 to Samuel 08050 in 08432 the gate 08179, and said 0559, Tell 05046 me, I pray thee, where 0335 the seer’s 07200 house 01004 is.
19 And Samuel 08050 answered 06030 Saul 07586, and said 0559, I am the seer 07200: go up 05927 before 06440 me to the high place 01116; for ye shall eat 0398 with me to day 03117, and to morrow 01242 I will let thee go 07971, and will tell 05046 thee all that is in thy heart 03824.
20 And as for thy donkeys 0860 that were lost 06 three 07969 days 03117 ago 03117, set 07760 not thy mind 03820 on them; for they are found 04672. And on whom is all the desire 02532 of Israel 03478? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s 01 house 01004? three…: Heb. to day three days
21 And Saul 07586 answered 06030 and said 0559, Am not I a Benjamite 01145, of the smallest 06996 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478? and my family 04940 the least 06810 of all the families 04940 of the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144? why then speakest 01696 thou so 01697 to me? so…: Heb. according to this word
22 And Samuel 08050 took 03947 Saul 07586 and his servant 05288, and brought 0935 them into the parlour 03957, and made them sit 05414 in the chief 07218 place 04725 among them that were invited 07121, who were about thirty 07970 persons 0376.
23 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to the cook 02876, Bring 05414 the portion 04490 which I gave 05414 thee, of which I said 0559 to thee, Set 07760 it by thee.
24 And the cook 02876 took up 07311 the shoulder 07785, and that which was upon it, and set 07760 it before 06440 Saul 07586. And Samuel said 0559, Behold that which is left 07604! set 07760 it before 06440 thee, and eat 0398: for to this time 04150 hath it been kept 08104 for thee since I said 0559, I have invited 07121 the people 05971. So Saul 07586 ate 0398 with Samuel 08050 that day 03117. left: or, reserved
25 And when they had come down 03381 from the high place 01116 into the city 05892, Samuel talked 01696 with Saul 07586 upon the top of the house 01406.
26 And they rose early 07925: and it came to pass about the dawn 05927 of the day 07837, that Samuel 08050 called 07121 Saul 07586 to the top of the house 01406, saying 0559, Arise 06965, that I may send thee away 07971. And Saul 07586 arose 06965, and they went out 03318 both 08147 of them, he and Samuel 08050, abroad 02351.
27 And as they were going down 03381 to the end 07097 of the city 05892, Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Bid 0559 the servant 05288 pass on 05674 before 06440 us, (and he passed on 05674,) but stand 05975 thou still a while 03117, that I may show 08085 thee the word 01697 of God 0430. a while: Heb. to day
1 Then Samuel 08050 took 03947 a vial 06378 of oil 08081, and poured 03332 it upon his head 07218, and kissed 05401 him, and said 0559, Is it not because the LORD 03068 hath anointed 04886 thee to be captain 05057 over his inheritance 05159?
2 When thou hast departed 03212 from me 05978 to day 03117, then thou shalt find 04672 two 08147 men 0582 by Rachel’s 07354 sepulchre 06900 in the border 01366 of Benjamin 01144 at Zelzah 06766; and they will say 0559 to thee, The donkeys 0860 which thou wentest 01980 to seek 01245 are found 04672: and, lo, thy father 01 hath stopped 05203 caring 01697 for the donkeys 0860, and sorroweth 01672 for you, saying 0559, What shall I do 06213 for my son 01121? care: Heb. business
3 Then shalt thou go on 02498 forward 01973 from there, and thou shalt come 0935 to the plain 0436 of Tabor 08396, and there shall meet 04672 thee three 07969 men 0582 going up 05927 to God 0430 to Bethel 01008, one 0259 carrying 05375 three 07969 kids 01423, and another 0259 carrying 05375 three 07969 loaves 03603 of bread 03899, and another 0259 carrying 05375 a bottle 05035 of wine 03196:
4 And they will 07592 greet 07965 thee, and give 05414 thee two 08147 loaves of bread 03899; which thou shalt receive 03947 from their hands 03027. salute…: Heb. ask thee of peace
5 After 0310 that thou shalt come 0935 to the hill 01389 of God 0430, where is the garrison 05333 of the Philistines 06430: and it shall come to pass, when thou hast come there 0935 to the city 05892, that thou shalt meet 06293 a company 02256 of prophets 05030 coming down 03381 from the high place 01116 with a psaltery 05035, and a tabret 08596, and a pipe 02485, and a harp 03658, before 06440 them; and they shall prophesy 05012:
6 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 will come 06743 upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy 05012 with them, and shalt be turned 02015 into another 0312 man 0376.
7 And let it be, when these signs 0226 have come 0935 to thee, that thou do 06213 as occasion 04672 shall serve 03027 thee; for God 0430 is with thee. And…: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etcthat…: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find
8 And thou shalt go down 03381 before 06440 me to Gilgal 01537; and, behold, I will come down 03381 to thee, to offer 05927 burnt offerings 05930, and to sacrifice 02076 sacrifices 02077 of peace offerings 08002: seven 07651 days 03117 shalt thou tarry 03176, till I come 0935 to thee, and show 03045 thee what thou shalt do 06213.
9 And it was so, that when he had turned 06437 his back 07926 to go 03212 from Samuel 08050, God 0430 gave 02015 him another 0312 heart 03820: and all those signs 0226 came 0935 to pass that day 03117. back: Heb. shouldergave: Heb. turned
10 And when they came 0935 there to the hill 01389, behold, a company 02256 of prophets 05030 met 07125 him; and the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came 06743 upon him, and he prophesied 05012 among 08432 them.
11 And it came to pass, when all that knew 03045 him in times past 0865, 8032 saw 07200 that, behold, he prophesied 05012 among the prophets 05030, then the people 05971 said 0559 one 0376 to another 07453, What is this that hath come to the son 01121 of Kish 07027? Is Saul 07586 also among the prophets 05030? one…: Heb. a man to his neighbour
12 And one 0376 of the same place answered 06030 and said 0559, But who is their father 01? Therefore it became a proverb 04912, Is Saul 07586 also among the prophets 05030? of…: Heb. from thence
13 And when he had finished 03615 prophesying 05012, he came 0935 to the high place 01116.
14 And Saul’s 07586 uncle 01730 said 0559 to him and to his servant 05288, Where 0575 went 01980 ye? And he said 0559, To seek 01245 the donkeys 0860: and when we saw 07200 that they were no where 0369, we came 0935 to Samuel 08050.
15 And Saul’s 07586 uncle 01730 said 0559, Tell 05046 me, I pray thee, what Samuel 08050 said 0559 to you.
16 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to his uncle 01730, He told 05046 us plainly 05046 that the donkeys 0860 were found 04672. But of the matter 01697 of the kingdom 04410, of which Samuel 08050 spoke 0559, he told 05046 him not.
17 And Samuel 08050 called 06817 the people 05971 together to the LORD 03068 to Mizpeh 04709;
18 And said 0559 to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I brought 05927 Israel 03478 out of Egypt 04714, and delivered 05337 you out of the hand 03027 of the Egyptians 04714, and out of the hand 03027 of all kingdoms 04467, and of them that oppressed 03905 you:
19 And ye have this day 03117 rejected 03988 your God 0430, who himself saved 03467 you out of all your adversities 07451 and your tribulations 06869; and ye have said 0559 to him, Nay, but set 07760 a king 04428 over us. Now therefore present 03320 yourselves before 06440 the LORD 03068 by your tribes 07626, and by your thousands 0505.
20 And when Samuel 08050 had caused all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to come near 07126, the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144 was taken 03920.
21 When he had caused the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144 to come near 07126 by their families 04940, the family 04940 of Matri 04309 was taken 03920, and Saul 07586 the son 01121 of Kish 07027 was taken 03920: and when they sought 01245 him, he could not be found 04672.
22 Therefore they enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068 further, if the man 0376 should yet come 0935 there 01988. And the LORD 03068 answered 0559, Behold, he hath hid 02244 himself among the baggage 03627.
23 And they ran 07323 and brought 03947 him from there: and when he stood 03320 among 08432 the people 05971, he was taller 01361 than any of the people 05971 from his shoulders 07926 and upward 04605.
24 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to all the people 05971, See 07200 ye him whom the LORD 03068 hath chosen 0977, that there is none like him among all the people 05971? And all the people 05971 shouted 07321, and said 0559, God save 02421 the king 04428. God…: Heb. Let the king live
25 Then Samuel 08050 told 01696 the people 05971 the manner 04941 of the kingdom 04410, and wrote 03789 it in a book 05612, and laid it up 03240 before 06440 the LORD 03068. And Samuel 08050 sent 07971 all the people 05971 away 07971, every man 0376 to his house 01004.
26 And Saul 07586 also went 01980 home 01004 to Gibeah 01390; and there went 03212 with him a band of men 02428, whose hearts 03820 God 0430 had touched 05060.
27 But the worthless 01100 men 01121 said 0559, How shall this man save 03467 us? And they despised 0959 him, and brought 0935 him no presents 04503. But he held his peace 02790. held…: or, was as though he had been deaf
1 Then Nahash 05176 the Ammonite 05984 came up 05927, and encamped 02583 against Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568: and all the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003 said 0559 to Nahash 05176, Make 03772 a covenant 01285 with us, and we will serve 05647 thee.
2 And Nahash 05176 the Ammonite 05984 answered 0559 them, On this 02063 condition will I make 03772 a covenant with you, that I may thrust out 05365 all your right 03225 eyes 05869, and lay 07760 it for a reproach 02781 upon all Israel 03478.
3 And the elders 02205 of Jabesh 03003 said 0559 to him, Give us seven 07651 days 03117’ respite 07503, that we may send 07971 messengers 04397 to all the land 01366 of Israel 03478: and then, if there is no man to save 03467 us, we will come out 03318 to thee. Give…: Heb. Forbear us
4 Then came 0935 the messengers 04397 to Gibeah 01390 of Saul 07586, and told 01696 the tidings 01697 in the ears 0241 of the people 05971: and all the people 05971 lifted up 05375 their voices 06963, and wept 01058.
5 And, behold, Saul 07586 came 0935 after 0310 the herd 01241 out of the field 07704; and Saul 07586 said 0559, What aileth the people 05971 that they weep 01058? And they told 05608 him the tidings 01697 of the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003.
6 And the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came 06743 upon Saul 07586 when he heard 08085 those tidings 01697, and his anger 0639 was kindled 02734 greatly 03966.
7 And he took 03947 a yoke 06776 of oxen 01241, and hewed them in pieces 05408, and sent 07971 them throughout all the land 01366 of Israel 03478 by the hands 03027 of messengers 04397, saying 0559, Whoever cometh not forth 03318 after 0310 Saul 07586 and after 0310 Samuel 08050, so shall it be done 06213 to his oxen 01241. And the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 fell 05307 on the people 05971, and they came out 03318 with one 0259 consent 0376. with…: Heb. as one man
8 And when he numbered 06485 them in Bezek 0966, the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505, and the men 0376 of Judah 03063 thirty 07970 thousand 0505.
9 And they said 0559 to the messengers 04397 that came 0935, Thus shall ye say 0559 to the men 0376 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568, To morrow 04279, by the time the sun 08121 is hot 02527, ye shall have help 08668. And the messengers 04397 came 0935 and told 05046 it to the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003; and they were glad 08055. help: or, deliverance
10 Therefore the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003 said 0559, To morrow 04279 we will come out 03318 to you, and ye shall do 06213 with us all that seemeth 05869 good 02896 to you.
11 And it was so on the next morning 04283, that Saul 07586 put 07760 the people 05971 in three 07969 companies 07218; and they came 0935 into the midst 08432 of the host 04264 in the morning 01242 watch 0821, and slew 05221 the Ammonites 05983 until the heat 02527 of the day 03117: and it came to pass, that they who remained 07604 were scattered 06327, so that two 08147 of them were not left 07604 together 03162.
12 And the people 05971 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Who is he that said 0559, Shall Saul 07586 reign 04427 over us? bring 05414 the men 0582, that we may put them to death 04191.
13 And Saul 07586 said 0559, There shall not a man 0376 be put to death 04191 this day 03117: for to day 03117 the LORD 03068 hath wrought 06213 salvation 08668 in Israel 03478.
14 Then said 0559 Samuel 08050 to the people 05971, Come 03212, and let us go 03212 to Gilgal 01537, and renew 02318 the kingdom 04410 there.
15 And all the people 05971 went 03212 to Gilgal 01537; and there they made Saul 07586 king 04427 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in Gilgal 01537; and there they sacrificed 02076 sacrifices 02077 of peace offerings 08002 before 06440 the LORD 03068; and there Saul 07586 and all the men 0582 of Israel 03478 rejoiced 08055 greatly 03966.
1 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to all Israel 03478, Behold, I have hearkened 08085 to your voice 06963 in all that ye said 0559 to me, and have made 04427 a king 04428 over you.
2 And now, behold, the king 04428 walketh 01980 before 06440 you: and I am old 02204 and grayheaded 07867; and, behold, my sons 01121 are with you: and I have walked 01980 before 06440 you from my childhood 05271 to this day 03117.
3 Behold, here I am: witness 06030 against me before the LORD 03068, and before his anointed 04899: whose ox 07794 have I taken 03947? or whose donkey 02543 have I taken 03947? or whom have I defrauded 06231? whom have I oppressed 07533? or from whose hand 03027 have I received any bribe 03724 to blind 05956 my eyes 05869 with it? and I will restore 07725 it you. bribe: Heb. ransomto blind…: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him
4 And they said 0559, Thou hast not defrauded 06231 us, nor oppressed 07533 us, neither hast thou taken 03947 any thing 03972 from any man’s 0376 hand 03027.
5 And he said 0559 to them, The LORD 03068 is witness 05707 against you, and his anointed 04899 is witness 05707 this day 03117, that ye have not found 04672 any thing 03972 in my hand 03027. And they answered 0559, He is witness 05707.
6 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to the people 05971, It is the LORD 03068 that advanced 06213 Moses 04872 and Aaron 0175, and that brought 05927 your fathers 01 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714. advanced: or, made
7 Now therefore stand still 03320, that I may reason 08199 with you before 06440 the LORD 03068 of all the righteous acts 06666 of the LORD 03068, which he did 06213 to you and to your fathers 01. righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefitsto: Heb. with
8 When Jacob 03290 had come 0935 into Egypt 04714, and your fathers 01 cried 02199 to the LORD 03068, then the LORD 03068 sent 07971 Moses 04872 and Aaron 0175, who brought forth 03318 your fathers 01 from Egypt 04714, and made them dwell 03427 in this place 04725.
9 And when they forgot 07911 the LORD 03068 their God 0430, he sold 04376 them into the hand 03027 of Sisera 05516, captain 08269 of the host 06635 of Hazor 02674, and into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430, and into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Moab 04124, and they fought 03898 against them.
10 And they cried 02199 to the LORD 03068, and said 0559, We have sinned 02398, because we have forsaken 05800 the LORD 03068, and have served 05647 Baalim 01168 and Ashtaroth 06252: but now deliver 05337 us from the hand 03027 of our enemies 0341, and we will serve 05647 thee.
11 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 Jerubbaal 03378, and Bedan 0917, and Jephthah 03316, and Samuel 08050, and delivered 05337 you from the hand 03027 of your enemies 0341 on every side 05439, and ye dwelt 03427 safe 0983.
12 And when ye saw 07200 that Nahash 05176 the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 came 0935 against you, ye said 0559 to me, Nay; but a king 04428 shall reign 04427 over us: when the LORD 03068 your God 0430 was your king 04428.
13 Now therefore behold the king 04428 whom ye have chosen 0977, and whom ye have desired 07592! and, behold, the LORD 03068 hath set 05414 a king 04428 over you.
14 If ye will fear 03372 the LORD 03068, and serve 05647 him, and obey 08085 his voice 06963, and not rebel 04784 against the commandment 06310 of the LORD 03068, then shall both ye and also the king 04428 that reigneth 04427 over you continue following 0310 the LORD 03068 your God 0430: commandment: Heb. mouthcontinue…: Heb. be after
15 But if ye will not obey 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, but rebel 04784 against the commandment 06310 of the LORD 03068, then shall the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 be against you, as it was against your fathers 01.
16 Now therefore 01571 stand 03320 and see 07200 this great 01419 thing 01697, which the LORD 03068 will do 06213 before your eyes 05869.
17 Is it not wheat 02406 harvest 07105 to day 03117? I will call 07121 to the LORD 03068, and he shall send 05414 thunder 06963 and rain 04306; that ye may perceive 03045 and see 07200 that your wickedness 07451 is great 07227, which ye have done 06213 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, in asking 07592 you a king 04428.
18 So Samuel 08050 called 07121 to the LORD 03068; and the LORD 03068 sent 05414 thunder 06963 and rain 04306 that day 03117: and all the people 05971 greatly 03966 feared 03372 the LORD 03068 and Samuel 08050.
19 And all the people 05971 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Pray 06419 for thy servants 05650 to the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, that we die 04191 not: for we have added 03254 to all our sins 02403 this evil 07451, to ask 07592 us a king 04428.
20 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to the people 05971, Fear 03372 not: ye have done 06213 all this wickedness 07451: yet turn not aside 05493 from following 0310 the LORD 03068, but serve 05647 the LORD 03068 with all your heart 03824;
21 And turn ye not aside 05493: for then should ye go after 0310 vain 08414 things, which cannot profit 03276 nor deliver 05337; for they are vain 08414.
22 For the LORD 03068 will not forsake 05203 his people 05971 for his great 01419 name’s 08034 sake: because it hath pleased 02974 the LORD 03068 to make 06213 you his people 05971.
23 Moreover as for me 0595, Far be it from me 02486 that I should sin 02398 against the LORD 03068 in ceasing 02308 to pray 06419 for you: but I will teach 03384 you the good 02896 and the right 03477 way 01870: in: Heb. from
24 Only fear 03372 the LORD 03068, and serve 05647 him in truth 0571 with all your heart 03824: for consider 07200 what great things he hath done 01431 for you. how…: or, what a great thing
25 But if ye shall still 07489 do wickedly 07489, ye shall be consumed 05595, both ye and your king 04428.
1 Saul 07586 reigned 04427 one year 01121, 8141; and when he had reigned 04427 two 08147 years 08141 over Israel 03478, reigned one…: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning
2 Saul 07586 chose 0977 for himself three 07969 thousand 0505 men of Israel 03478; of which two thousand 0505 were with Saul 07586 in Michmash 04363 and in mount 02022 Bethel 01008, and a thousand 0505 were with Jonathan 03129 in Gibeah 01390 of Benjamin 01144: and the rest 03499 of the people 05971 he sent 07971 every man 0376 to his tent 0168.
3 And Jonathan 03129 smote 05221 the garrison 05333 of the Philistines 06430 that was in Geba 01387, and the Philistines 06430 heard 08085 of it. And Saul 07586 blew 08628 the trumpet 07782 throughout all the land 0776, saying 0559, Let the Hebrews 05680 hear 08085. Geba: or, the hill
4 And all Israel 03478 heard 08085 it said 0559 that Saul 07586 had smitten 05221 a garrison 05333 of the Philistines 06430, and that Israel 03478 also was held in abomination 0887 with the Philistines 06430. And the people 05971 were called together 06817 after 0310 Saul 07586 to Gilgal 01537. was…: Heb. did stink
5 And the Philistines 06430 gathered themselves together 0622 to fight 03898 with Israel 03478, thirty 07970 thousand 0505 chariots 07393, and six 08337 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571, and people 05971 as the sand 02344 which is on the sea 03220 shore 08193 in multitude 07230: and they came up 05927, and encamped 02583 in Michmash 04363, eastward 06926 from Bethaven 01007.
6 When the men 0376 of Israel 03478 saw 07200 that they were hedged in 06887, (for the people 05971 were distressed 05065,) then the people 05971 hid 02244 themselves in caves 04631, and in thickets 02337, and in rocks 05553, and in high places 06877, and in pits 0953.
7 And some of the Hebrews 05680 went over 05674 Jordan 03383 to the land 0776 of Gad 01410 and Gilead 01568. As for Saul 07586, he was yet in Gilgal 01537, and all the people 05971 followed 0310 him trembling 02729. followed…: Heb. trembled after him
8 And he tarried 03176 seven 07651 days 03117, according to the set time 04150 that Samuel 08050 had appointed: but Samuel 08050 came 0935 not to Gilgal 01537; and the people 05971 were scattered 06327 from him.
9 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Bring here 05066 a burnt offering 05930 to me, and peace offerings 08002. And he offered 05927 the burnt offering 05930.
10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had finished 03615 offering 05927 the burnt offering 05930, behold, Samuel 08050 came 0935; and Saul 07586 went out 03318 to meet 07125 him, that he might bless 01288 him. salute: Heb. bless
11 And Samuel 08050 said 0559, What hast thou done 06213? And Saul 07586 said 0559, Because I saw 07200 that the people 05971 were scattered 05310 from me, and that thou camest 0935 not within the days 03117 appointed 04150, and that the Philistines 06430 gathered themselves together 0622 at Michmash 04363;
12 Therefore said 0559 I, The Philistines 06430 will now come down 03381 upon me to Gilgal 01537, and I have not made supplication 02470 to 06440 the LORD 03068: I forced 0662 myself therefore, and offered 05927 a burnt offering 05930. made…: Heb. intreated the face
13 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Thou hast done foolishly 05528: thou hast not kept 08104 the commandment 04687 of the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, which he commanded 06680 thee: for now would the LORD 03068 have established 03559 thy kingdom 04467 upon Israel 03478 for 05704 ever 05769.
14 But now thy kingdom 04467 shall not continue 06965: the LORD 03068 hath sought 01245 him a man 0376 after his own heart 03824, and the LORD 03068 hath commanded 06680 him to be captain 05057 over his people 05971, because thou hast not kept 08104 that which the LORD 03068 commanded 06680 thee.
15 And Samuel 08050 arose 06965, and went up 05927 from Gilgal 01537 to Gibeah 01390 of Benjamin 01144. And Saul 07586 numbered 06485 the people 05971 that were present 04672 with him, about six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376. present: Heb. found
16 And Saul 07586, and Jonathan 03129 his son 01121, and the people 05971 that were present 04672 with them, abode 03427 in Gibeah 01387 of Benjamin 01144: but the Philistines 06430 encamped 02583 in Michmash 04363. present: Heb. foundGibeah: Heb. Geba
17 And the spoilers 07843 came out 03318 of the camp 04264 of the Philistines 06430 in three 07969 companies 07218: one 0259 company 07218 turned 06437 to the way 01870 that leadeth to Ophrah 06084, to the land 0776 of Shual 07777:
18 And another 0259 company 07218 turned 06437 the way 01870 to Bethhoron 01032: and another 0259 company 07218 turned 06437 to the way 01870 of the border 01366 that looketh 08259 to the valley 01516 of Zeboim 06650 toward the wilderness 04057.
19 Now there was no smith 02796 found 04672 throughout all the land 0776 of Israel 03478: for the Philistines 06430 said 0559, Lest the Hebrews 05680 make 06213 them swords 02719 or spears 02595:
20 But all the Israelites 03478 went down 03381 to the Philistines 06430, to sharpen 03913 every man 0376 his share 04282, and his coulter 0855, and his axe 07134, and his mattock 04281.
21 And there was a charge 06477 of a third of a shekel 06310 for the mattocks 04281, and for the coulters 0855, and for the forks 07969, 7053, and for the axes 07134, and to sharpen 05324 the goads 01861. a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekelsharpen: Heb. set
22 So it came to pass in the day 03117 of battle 04421, that there was neither sword 02719 nor spear 02595 found 04672 in the hand 03027 of any of the people 05971 that were with Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03129: but with Saul 07586 and with Jonathan 03129 his son 01121 was there found 04672.
23 And the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430 went out 03318 to the pass 04569 of Michmash 04363. garrison: or, standing camp
1 Now it came to pass upon a day 03117, that Jonathan 03129 the son 01121 of Saul 07586 said 0559 to the young man 05288 that bore 05375 his armour 03627, Come 03212, and let us go over 05674 to the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430 that is on the other side 05676, 1975. But he told 05046 not his father 01. it came…: or, there was a day
2 And Saul 07586 tarried 03427 at the edge 07097 of Gibeah 01390 under a pomegranate tree 07416 which is in Migron 04051: and the people 05971 that were with him were about six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376;
3 And Ahiah 0281, the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285, Ichabod’s 0350 brother 0251, the son 01121 of Phinehas 06372, the son 01121 of Eli 05941, the LORD’S 03068 priest 03548 in Shiloh 07887, wearing 05375 an ephod 0646. And the people 05971 knew 03045 not that Jonathan 03129 was gone 01980. Ahiah: called Ahimelech
4 And on each side of the pass 04569, by which Jonathan 03129 sought 01245 to go over 05674 to the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430, there was a sharp 08127 rock 05553 on the one side 05676, and a sharp 08127 rock 05553 on the other side 05676: and the name 08034 of the one 0259 was Bozez 0949, and the name 08034 of the other 0259 Seneh 05573.
5 The front 08127 of the one 0259 rose 04690 northward 06828 opposite 04136 Michmash 04363, and the other 0259 southward 05045 opposite 04136 Gibeah 01387. forefront: Heb. tooth
6 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 to the young man 05288 that bore 05375 his armour 03627, Come 03212, and let us go over 05674 to the garrison 04673 of these uncircumcised 06189: it may be that the LORD 03068 will work 06213 for us: for there is no restraint 04622 to the LORD 03068 to save 03467 by many 07227 or by few 04592.
7 And his armourbearer 05375, 3627 said 0559 to him, Do 06213 all that is in thy heart 03824: turn 05186 thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart 03824.
8 Then said 0559 Jonathan 03083, Behold, we will pass over 05674 to these men 0582, and we will show 01540 ourselves to them.
9 If they say 0559 thus to us, Tarry 01826 until we come 05060 to you; then we will stand still 05975 in our place, and will not go up 05927 to them. Tarry: Heb. Be still
10 But if they say 0559 thus, Come up 05927 to us; then we will go up 05927: for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 them into our hand 03027: and this shall be a sign 0226 to us.
11 And both 08147 of them showed 01540 themselves to the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430: and the Philistines 06430 said 0559, Behold, the Hebrews 05680 come forth 03318 out of the holes 02356 where they had hid 02244 themselves.
12 And the men 0582 of the garrison 04675 answered 06030 Jonathan 03129 and his armourbearer 05375, 3627, and said 0559, Come up 05927 to us, and we will show 03045 you something 01697. And Jonathan 03129 said 0559 to his armourbearer 05375, 3627, Come up 05927 after 0310 me: for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 them into the hand 03027 of Israel 03478.
13 And Jonathan 03129 climbed up 05927 upon his hands 03027 and upon his feet 07272, and his armourbearer 05375, 3627 after 0310 him: and they fell 05307 before 06440 Jonathan 03129; and his armourbearer 05375, 3627 slew 04191 after 0310 him.
14 And that first 07223 slaughter 04347, which Jonathan 03129 and his armourbearer 05375, 3627 made 05221, was about twenty 06242 men 0376, within as it were an half 02677 acre 04618 of land 07704, which a yoke 06776 of oxen might plow. an…: or, half a furrow of an acre of land
15 And there was trembling 02731 in the host 04264, in the field 07704, and among all the people 05971: the garrison 04673, and the spoilers 07843, they also trembled 02729, and the earth 0776 quaked 07264: so it was a very great 0430 trembling 02731. a very…: Heb. a trembling of God
16 And the watchmen 06822 of Saul 07586 in Gibeah 01390 of Benjamin 01144 looked 07200; and, behold, the multitude 01995 melted away 04127, and they went 03212 on beating down 01986 one another.
17 Then said 0559 Saul 07586 to the people 05971 that were with him, Number 06485 now, and see 07200 who is gone 01980 from us. And when they had numbered 06485, behold, Jonathan 03129 and his armourbearer 05375, 3627 were not there.
18 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to Ahiah 0281, Bring here 05066 the ark 0727 of God 0430. For the ark 0727 of God 0430 was at that time 03117 with the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
19 And it came to pass, while Saul 07586 talked 01696 to the priest 03548, that the noise 01995 that was in the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430 went 03212 on 01980 and increased 07227: and Saul 07586 said 0559 to the priest 03548, Withdraw 0622 thy hand 03027. noise: or, tumult
20 And Saul 07586 and all the people 05971 that were with him assembled 02199 themselves, and they came 0935 to the battle 04421: and, behold, every man’s 0376 sword 02719 was against his companion 07453, and there was a very 03966 great 01419 confusion 04103. assembled…: Heb. were cried together
21 Moreover the Hebrews 05680 that were with the Philistines 06430 before 0865 that time 08032, who went up 05927 with them into the camp 04264 from the surrounding 05439 country, even they also turned to be with the Israelites 03478 that were with Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03129.
22 Likewise all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 who had hid 02244 themselves in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, when they heard 08085 that the Philistines 06430 fled 05127, even they also followed hard 01692 after 0310 them in the battle 04421.
23 So the LORD 03068 saved 03467 Israel 03478 that day 03117: and the battle 04421 passed over 05674 to Bethaven 01007.
24 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 were distressed 05065 that day 03117: for Saul 07586 had solemnly charged 0422 the people 05971, saying 0559, Cursed 0779 be the man 0376 that eateth 0398 any food 03899 until evening 06153, that I may be avenged 05358 on my enemies 0341. So none of the people 05971 tasted 02938 any food 03899.
25 And all they of the land 0776 came 0935 to a forest 03293; and there was honey 01706 upon 06440 the ground 07704.
26 And when the people 05971 had come 0935 into the forest 03293, behold, the honey 01706 flowed 01982; but no man put 05381 his hand 03027 to his mouth 06310: for the people 05971 feared 03372 the oath 07621.
27 But Jonathan 03129 heard 08085 not when his father 01 charged 07650 the people 05971 with the oath 07650: therefore he put forth 07971 the end 07097 of the rod 04294 that was in his hand 03027, and dipped 02881 it in an honeycomb 03295, 1706, and put 07725 his hand 03027 to his mouth 06310; and his eyes 05869 were enlightened 0215.
28 Then answered 06030 one 0376 of the people 05971, and said 0559, Thy father 01 strictly 07650 charged 07650 the people 05971 with an oath 07650, saying 0559, Cursed 0779 be the man 0376 that eateth 0398 any food 03899 this day 03117. And the people 05971 were faint 05774. faint: or, weary
29 Then said 0559 Jonathan 03129, My father 01 hath troubled 05916 the land 0776: see 07200, I pray you, how my eyes 05869 have become bright 0215, because I tasted 02938 a little 04592 of this honey 01706.
30 How much better 0637, if only 03863 the people 05971 had eaten 0398 freely 0398 to day 03117 of the spoil 07998 of their enemies 0341 which they found 04672? for had there not been now a much greater 07235 slaughter 04347 among the Philistines 06430?
31 And they smote 05221 the Philistines 06430 that day 03117 from Michmash 04363 to Aijalon 0357: and the people 05971 were very 03966 faint 05774.
32 And the people 05971 flew 05860, 6213 upon the spoil 07998, and took 03947 sheep 06629, and oxen 01241, and calves 01121, and slew 07819 them on the ground 0776: and the people 05971 ate 0398 them with the blood 01818.
33 Then they told 05046 Saul 07586, saying 0559, Behold, the people 05971 sin 02398 against the LORD 03068, in that they eat 0398 with the blood 01818. And he said 0559, Ye have transgressed 0898: roll 01556 a great 01419 stone 068 to me this day 03117. transgressed: or, dealt treacherously
34 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Disperse 06327 yourselves among the people 05971, and say 0559 to them, Bring me here 05066 every man 0376 his ox 07794, and every man 0376 his sheep 07716, and slay 07819 them here, and eat 0398; and sin 02398 not against the LORD 03068 in eating 0398 with the blood 01818. And all the people 05971 brought 05066 every man 0376 his ox 07794 with him 03027 that night 03915, and slew 07819 them there. with him: Heb. in his hand
35 And Saul 07586 built 01129 an altar 04196 to the LORD 03068: the same was the first 02490 altar 04196 that he built 01129 to the LORD 03068. the same…: Heb. that altar he began to build unto the LORD
36 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Let us go down 03381 after 0310 the Philistines 06430 by night 03915, and spoil 0962 them until the morning 01242 light 0216, and let us not leave 07604 a man 0376 of them. And they said 0559, Do 06213 whatever seemeth 05869 good 02896 to thee. Then said 0559 the priest 03548, Let us draw near 07126 to God 0430 here 01988.
37 And Saul 07586 asked 07592 counsel of God 0430, Shall I go down 03381 after 0310 the Philistines 06430? wilt thou deliver 05414 them into the hand 03027 of Israel 03478? But he answered 06030 him not that day 03117.
38 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Come ye 05066 here 01988, all the chief 06438 of the people 05971: and know 03045 and see 07200 what 04100 this sin 02403 hath been this day 03117. chief: Heb. corners
39 For, as the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, who saveth 03467 Israel 03478, though it is 03426 in Jonathan 03129 my son 01121, he shall surely 04191 die 04191. But there was not a man among all the people 05971 that answered 06030 him.
40 Then said 0559 he to all Israel 03478, Be ye on one 0259 side 05676, and I and Jonathan 03129 my son 01121 will be on the other 0259 side 05676. And the people 05971 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Do 06213 what seemeth 05869 good 02896 to thee.
41 Therefore Saul 07586 said 0559 to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, Give 03051 a perfect 08549 lot. And Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03129 were taken 03920: but the people 05971 escaped 03318. Give…: or, Shew the innocentescaped: Heb. went forth
42 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Cast 05307 lots between me and Jonathan 03129 my son 01121. And Jonathan 03129 was taken 03920.
43 Then Saul 07586 said 0559 to Jonathan 03129, Tell 05046 me what thou hast done 06213. And Jonathan 03129 told 05046 him, and said 0559, I did but 02938 taste 02938 a little 04592 honey 01706 with the end 07097 of the rod 04294 that was in my hand 03027, and, lo 02009, I must die 04191.
44 And Saul 07586 answered 0559, God 0430 do so 06213 and more also 03254: for thou shalt surely 04191 die 04191, Jonathan 03129.
45 And the people 05971 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Shall Jonathan 03129 die 04191, who hath wrought 06213 this great 01419 salvation 03444 in Israel 03478? By no means 02486: as the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, there shall not one hair 08185 of his head 07218 fall 05307 to the ground 0776; for he hath wrought 06213 with God 0430 this day 03117. So the people 05971 rescued 06299 Jonathan 03129, that he died 04191 not.
46 Then Saul 07586 went up 05927 from following 0310 the Philistines 06430: and the Philistines 06430 went 01980 to their own place 04725.
47 So Saul 07586 took 03920 the kingdom 04410 over Israel 03478, and fought 03898 against all his enemies 0341 on every side 05439, against Moab 04124, and against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and against Edom 0123, and against the kings 04428 of Zobah 06678, and against the Philistines 06430: and wherever he turned 06437 himself, he smote 07561 them.
48 And he gathered 06213 an host 02428, and smote 05221 the Amalekites 06002, and delivered 05337 Israel 03478 from the hands 03027 of them that spoiled 08154 them. gathered…: or, wrought mightily
49 Now the sons 01121 of Saul 07586 were Jonathan 03129, and Ishui 03440, and Melchishua 04444: and the names 08034 of his two 08147 daughters 01323 were these; the name 08034 of the firstborn 01067 Merab 04764, and the name 08034 of the younger 06996 Michal 04324:
50 And the name 08034 of Saul’s 07586 wife 0802 was Ahinoam 0293, the daughter 01323 of Ahimaaz 0290: and the name 08034 of the captain 08269 of his host 06635 was Abner 074, the son 01121 of Ner 05369, Saul’s 07586 uncle 01730. Abner: Heb. Abiner
51 And Kish 07027 was the father 01 of Saul 07586; and Ner 05369 the father 01 of Abner 074 was the son 01121 of Abiel 022.
52 And there was a fierce 02389 war 04421 against the Philistines 06430 all the days 03117 of Saul 07586: and when Saul 07586 saw 07200 any strong 01368 man 0376, or any valiant 02428 man 01121, he took 0622 him to himself.
1 Samuel 08050 also said 0559 to Saul 07586, The LORD 03068 sent 07971 me to anoint 04886 thee to be king 04428 over his people 05971, over Israel 03478: now therefore hearken 08085 thou to the voice 06963 of the words 01697 of the LORD 03068.
2 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, I remember 06485 that which Amalek 06002 did 06213 to Israel 03478, how he laid 07760 wait for him in the way 01870, when he came up 05927 from Egypt 04714.
3 Now go 03212 and smite 05221 Amalek 06002, and utterly destroy 02763 all that they have, and spare 02550 them not; but slay 04191 both man 0376 and woman 0802, infant 05768 and suckling 03243, ox 07794 and sheep 07716, camel 01581 and donkey 02543.
4 And Saul 07586 gathered 08085 the people 05971 together 08085, and numbered 06485 them in Telaim 02923, two hundred 03967 thousand 0505 footmen 07273, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 of Judah 03063.
5 And Saul 07586 came 0935 to a city 05892 of Amalek 06002, and laid wait 07378, 693 in the valley 05158. laid…: or, fought
6 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to the Kenites 07017, Go 03212, depart 05493, withdraw yourselves 03381 from among 08432 the Amalekites 06002, lest I destroy 0622 you with them: for ye showed 06213 kindness 02617 to all the children 01121 of Israel 03478, when they came up 05927 from Egypt 04714. So the Kenites 07017 departed 05493 from among 08432 the Amalekites 06003.
7 And Saul 07586 smote 05221 the Amalekites 06002 from Havilah 02341 until thou comest 0935 to Shur 07793, that is east of 06440 Egypt 04714.
8 And he took 08610 Agag 090 the king 04428 of the Amalekites 06002 alive 02416, and utterly destroyed 02763 all the people 05971 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719.
9 But Saul 07586 and the people 05971 spared 02550 Agag 090, and the best 04315 of the sheep 06629, and of the oxen 01241, and of the fatlings 04932, and the lambs 03733, and all that was good 02896, and would 014 not utterly destroy 02763 them: but every thing 04399 that was vile 05240 and refuse 04549, that they destroyed utterly 02763. fatlings: or, second sort
10 Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to Samuel 08050, saying 0559,
11 I repent 05162 that I have set up 04427 Saul 07586 to be king 04428: for he is turned back 07725 from following 0310 me, and hath not performed 06965 my commandments 01697. And it grieved 02734 Samuel 08050; and he cried 02199 to the LORD 03068 all night 03915.
12 And when Samuel 08050 rose early 07925 to meet 07125 Saul 07586 in the morning 01242, it was told 05046 Samuel 08050, saying 0559, Saul 07586 came 0935 to Carmel 03760, and, behold, he set him up 05324 a place 03027, and hast gone about 05437, and passed on 05674, and gone down 03381 to Gilgal 01537.
13 And Samuel 08050 came 0935 to Saul 07586: and Saul 07586 said 0559 to him, Blessed 01288 be thou of the LORD 03068: I have performed 06965 the commandment 01697 of the LORD 03068.
14 And Samuel 08050 said 0559, What meaneth then this bleating 06963 of the sheep 06629 in my ears 0241, and the lowing 06963 of the oxen 01241 which I hear 08085?
15 And Saul 07586 said 0559, They have brought 0935 them from the Amalekites 06003: for the people 05971 spared 02550 the best 04315 of the sheep 06629 and of the oxen 01241, to sacrifice 02076 to the LORD 03068 thy God 0430; and the rest 03498 we have utterly destroyed 02763.
16 Then Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Stay 07503, and I will tell 05046 thee what the LORD 03068 hath said 01696 to me this night 03915. And he said 0559 to him, Say on 01696.
17 And Samuel 08050 said 0559, When thou wast little 06996 in thy own sight 05869, wast thou not made the head 07218 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, and the LORD 03068 anointed 04886 thee king 04428 over Israel 03478?
18 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 thee on a journey 01870, and said 0559, Go 03212 and utterly destroy 02763 the sinners 02400 the Amalekites 06002, and fight 03898 against them until they are consumed 03615. they…: Heb. they consume them
19 Why then didst thou not obey 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, but didst fly 05860 upon the spoil 07998, and didst 06213 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068?
20 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Yea, I have obeyed 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, and have gone 03212 the way 01870 which the LORD 03068 sent 07971 me, and have brought 0935 Agag 090 the king 04428 of Amalek 06002, and have utterly destroyed 02763 the Amalekites 06002.
21 But the people 05971 took 03947 of the spoil 07998, sheep 06629 and oxen 01241, the chief 07225 of the things which should have been utterly destroyed 02764, to sacrifice 02076 to the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 in Gilgal 01537.
22 And Samuel 08050 said 0559, Hath the LORD 03068 as great delight 02656 in burnt offerings 05930 and sacrifices 02077, as in obeying 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068? Behold, to obey 08085 is better 02896 than sacrifice 02077, and to hearken 07181 than the fat 02459 of rams 0352.
23 For rebellion 04805 is as the sin 02403 of witchcraft 07081, and stubbornness 06484 is as iniquity 0205 and idolatry 08655. Because thou hast rejected 03988 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, he hath also rejected 03988 thee from being king 04428. witchcraft: Heb. divination
24 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, I have sinned 02398: for I have transgressed 05674 the commandment 06310 of the LORD 03068, and thy words 01697: because I feared 03372 the people 05971, and obeyed 08085 their voice 06963.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon 05375 my sin 02403, and turn again 07725 with me, that I may worship 07812 the LORD 03068.
26 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Saul 07586, I will not return 07725 with thee: for thou hast rejected 03988 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, and the LORD 03068 hath rejected 03988 thee from being king 04428 over Israel 03478.
27 And as Samuel 08050 turned about 05437 to depart 03212, he laid hold 02388 upon the skirt 03671 of his mantle 04598, and it tore 07167.
28 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to him, The LORD 03068 hath torn 07167 the kingdom 04468 of Israel 03478 from thee this day 03117, and hath given 05414 it to a neighbour 07453 of thine, that is better 02896 than thou.
29 And also the Strength 05331 of Israel 03478 will not lie 08266 nor repent 05162: for he is not a man 0120, that he should repent 05162. Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory
30 Then he said 0559, I have sinned 02398: yet honour 03513 me now, I pray thee, before the elders 02205 of my people 05971, and before Israel 03478, and turn again 07725 with me, that I may worship 07812 the LORD 03068 thy God 0430.
31 So Samuel 08050 turned again 07725 after 0310 Saul 07586; and Saul 07586 worshipped 07812 the LORD 03068.
32 Then said 0559 Samuel 08050, Bring ye here 05066 to me Agag 090 the king 04428 of the Amalekites 06002. And Agag 090 came 03212 to him cheerfully 04574. And Agag 090 said 0559, Surely 0403 the bitterness 04751 of death 04194 is past 05493.
33 And Samuel 08050 said 0559, As thy sword 02719 hath made women 0802 childless 07921, so shall thy mother 0517 be childless 07921 among women 0802. And Samuel 08050 hewed 08158 Agag 090 in pieces 08158 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in Gilgal 01537.
34 Then Samuel 08050 went 03212 to Ramah 07414; and Saul 07586 went up 05927 to his house 01004 to Gibeah 01390 of Saul 07586.
35 And Samuel 08050 came no more 03254 to see 07200 Saul 07586 until the day 03117 of his death 04194: nevertheless 03588 Samuel 08050 mourned 056 for Saul 07586: and the LORD 03068 repented 05162 that he had made Saul 07586 king 04427 over Israel 03478.
1 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, How long wilt thou mourn 056 for Saul 07586, seeing I have rejected 03988 him from reigning 04427 over Israel 03478? fill 04390 thy horn 07161 with oil 08081, and go 03212, I will send 07971 thee to Jesse 03448 the Bethlehemite 01022: for I have provided 07200 me a king 04428 among his sons 01121.
2 And Samuel 08050 said 0559, How can I go 03212? if Saul 07586 shall hear 08085 it, he will kill 02026 me. And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Take 03947 an heifer 01241, 5697 with thee 03027, and say 0559, I have come 0935 to sacrifice 02076 to the LORD 03068. with thee: Heb. in thine hand
3 And call 07121 Jesse 03448 to the sacrifice 02077, and I will show 03045 thee what thou shalt do 06213: and thou shalt anoint 04886 to me him whom I name 0559 to thee.
4 And Samuel 08050 did 06213 that which the LORD 03068 spoke 01696, and came 0935 to Bethlehem 01035. And the elders 02205 of the town 05892 trembled 02729 at his coming 07125, and said 0559, Comest 0935 thou peaceably 07965? coming: Heb. meeting
5 And he said 0559, Peaceably 07965: I have come 0935 to sacrifice 02076 to the LORD 03068: sanctify 06942 yourselves, and come 0935 with me to the sacrifice 02077. And he sanctified 06942 Jesse 03448 and his sons 01121, and called 07121 them to the sacrifice 02077.
6 And it came to pass, when they had come 0935, that he looked 07200 on Eliab 0446, and said 0559, Surely the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899 is before him. Eliab: called Elihu
7 But the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Samuel 08050, Look 05027 not on his countenance 04758, or on the height 01364 of his stature 06967; because I have refused 03988 him: for the LORD seeth not as man 0120 seeth 07200; for man 0120 looketh 07200 on the outward appearance 05869, but the LORD 03068 looketh 07200 on the heart 03824. outward…: Heb. eyes
8 Then Jesse 03448 called 07121 Abinadab 041, and made him pass 05674 before 06440 Samuel 08050. And he said 0559, Neither hath the LORD 03068 chosen 0977 this.
9 Then Jesse 03448 made Shammah 08048 to pass by 05674. And he said 0559, Neither hath the LORD 03068 chosen 0977 this. Shammah: Shimeah, also called, Shimma
10 Again, Jesse 03448 made seven 07651 of his sons 01121 to pass 05674 before 06440 Samuel 08050. And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Jesse 03448, The LORD 03068 hath not chosen 0977 these.
11 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Jesse 03448, Are here all 08552 thy children 05288? And he said 0559, There remaineth 07604 yet the youngest 06996, and, behold, he keepeth 07462 the sheep 06629. And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Jesse 03448, Send 07971 and bring 03947 him: for we will not sit down 05437 till he hath come 0935 here 06311. down: Heb. round
12 And he sent 07971, and brought him in 0935. Now he was ruddy 0132, and also 05973 of a beautiful 03303 countenance 05869, and a good appearance 02896, 7210. And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Arise 06965, anoint 04886 him: for this is he. of a…: Heb. fair of eyes
13 Then Samuel 08050 took 03947 the horn 07161 of oil 08081, and anointed 04886 him in the midst 07130 of his brethren 0251: and the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came 06743 upon David 01732 from that day 03117 onward 04605. So Samuel 08050 arose 06965, and went 03212 to Ramah 07414.
14 But the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 departed 05493 from Saul 07586, and an evil 07451 spirit 07307 from the LORD 03068 troubled 01204 him. troubled: or, terrified
15 And Saul’s 07586 servants 05650 said 0559 to him, Behold now, an evil 07451 spirit 07307 from God 0430 troubleth 01204 thee.
16 Let our lord 0113 now command 0559 thy servants 05650, who are before 06440 thee, to seek 01245 a man 0376, who is a skilful 03045 player 05059 on an harp 03658: and it shall come to pass, when the evil 07451 spirit 07307 from God 0430 is upon thee, that he shall play 05059 with his hand 03027, and thou shalt be well 02895.
17 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to his servants 05650, Provide 07200 me now a man 0376 that can play 05059 well 03190, and bring 0935 him to me.
18 Then answered 06030 one 0259 of the servants 05288, and said 0559, Behold, I have seen 07200 a son 01121 of Jesse 03448 the Bethlehemite 01022, that is skilful 03045 in playing 05059, and a mighty 01368 valiant man 02428, and a man 0376 of war 04421, and prudent 0995 in matters 01697, and a handsome 08389 person 0376, and the LORD 03068 is with him. matters: or, speech
19 Therefore Saul 07586 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to Jesse 03448, and said 0559, Send 07971 to me David 01732 thy son 01121, who is with the sheep 06629.
20 And Jesse 03448 took 03947 a donkey 02543 laden with bread 03899, and a bottle 04997 of wine 03196, and a 0259 kid 01423, 5795, and sent 07971 them by 03027 David 01732 his son 01121 to Saul 07586.
21 And David 01732 came 0935 to Saul 07586, and stood 05975 before 06440 him: and he loved 0157 him greatly 03966; and he became his armourbearer 05375, 3627.
22 And Saul 07586 sent 07971 to Jesse 03448, saying 0559, Let David 01732, I pray thee, stand 05975 before 06440 me; for he hath found 04672 favour 02580 in my sight 05869.
23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit 07307 from God 0430 was upon Saul 07586, that David 01732 took 03947 an harp 03658, and played 05059 with his hand 03027: so Saul 07586 was refreshed 07304, and was well 02895, and the evil 07451 spirit 07307 departed 05493 from him.
1 Now the Philistines 06430 gathered together 0622 their armies 04264 to battle 04421, and were gathered together 0622 at Shochoh 07755, which belongeth to Judah 03063, and encamped 02583 between Shochoh 07755 and Azekah 05825, in Ephesdammim 0658. Ephesdammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pasdammim
2 And Saul 07586 and the men 0376 of Israel 03478 were gathered together 0622, and encamped 02583 by the valley 06010 of Elah 0425, and they set the battle 04421 in array 06186 against 07125 the Philistines 06430. set…: Heb. ranged the battle
3 And the Philistines 06430 stood 05975 on a mountain 02022 on the one side, and Israel 03478 stood 05975 on a mountain 02022 on the other side: and there was a valley 01516 between them.
4 And there went out 03318 a champion 0376, 1143 from the camp 04264 of the Philistines 06430, named 08034 Goliath 01555, of Gath 01661, whose height 01363 was six 08337 cubits 0520 and a span 02239.
5 And he had an helmet 03553 of brass 05178 upon his head 07218, and he was armed 03847 with a coat 08302 of mail 07193; and the weight 04948 of the coat 08302 was five 02568 thousand 0505 shekels 08255 of brass 05178. armed: Heb. clothed
6 And he had greaves 04697 of brass 05178 upon his legs 07272, and a gorget 03591 of brass 05178 between his shoulders 03802. target: or, gorget
7 And the staff 06086, 2671 of his spear 02595 was like a weaver’s 0707 beam 04500; and his spear’s 02595 head 03852 weighed six 08337 hundred 03967 shekels 08255 of iron 01270: and one bearing 05375 a shield 06793 went 01980 before 06440 him.
8 And he stood 05975 and cried 07121 to the armies 04634 of Israel 03478, and said 0559 to them, Why have ye come out 03318 to set your battle 04421 in array 06186? am not I a Philistine 06430, and ye servants 05650 to Saul 07586? choose 01262 for yourselves a man 0376 for you, and let him come down 03381 to me.
9 If he shall be able 03201 to fight 03898 with me, and to kill 05221 me, then will we be your servants 05650: but if I shall prevail 03201 against him, and kill 05221 him, then shall ye be our servants 05650, and serve 05647 us.
10 And the Philistine 06430 said 0559, I defy 02778 the armies 04634 of Israel 03478 this day 03117; give 05414 me a man 0376, that we may fight 03898 together 03162.
11 When Saul 07586 and all Israel 03478 heard 08085 those words 01697 of the Philistine 06430, they were dismayed 02865, and greatly 03966 afraid 03372.
12 Now David 01732 was the son 01121 of that Ephrathite 0376, 673 of Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063, whose name 08034 was Jesse 03448; and he had eight 08083 sons 01121: and the man 0376 went 0935 among men 0582 for an old man 02204 in the days 03117 of Saul 07586.
13 And the three 07969 eldest 01419 sons 01121 of Jesse 03448 went 03212 and followed 0310 Saul 07586 to the battle 04421: and the names 08034 of his three 07969 sons 01121 that went 01980 to the battle 04421 were Eliab 0446 the firstborn 01060, and next 04932 to him Abinadab 041, and the third 07992 Shammah 08048.
14 And David 01732 was the youngest 06996: and the three 07969 eldest 01419 followed 01980, 310 Saul 07586.
15 But David 01732 went 01980 and returned 07725 from Saul 07586 to feed 07462 his father’s 01 sheep 06629 at Bethlehem 01035.
16 And the Philistine 06430 drew near 05066 morning 07925 and evening 06150, and presented 03320 himself forty 0705 days 03117.
17 And Jesse 03448 said 0559 to David 01732 his son 01121, Take 03947 now for thy brethren 0251 an ephah 0374 of this 02088 roasted 07039 grain, and these ten 06235 loaves 03899, and run 07323 to the camp 04264 to thy brethren 0251;
18 And carry 0935 these ten 06235 cheeses 02461, 2757 to the captain 08269 of their thousand 0505, and see 06485 how thy brethren 0251 fare 07965, and take 03947 their pledge 06161. cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milkof…: Heb. of a thousand
19 Now Saul 07586, and they, and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478, were in the valley 06010 of Elah 0425, fighting 03898 with the Philistines 06430.
20 And David 01732 rose early 07925 in the morning 01242, and left 05203 the sheep 06629 with a keeper 08104, and took 05375, and went 03212, as Jesse 03448 had commanded 06680 him; and he came 0935 to the trench 04570, as the host 02428 was going forth 03318 to the fight 04634, and shouted 07321 for the battle 04421. trench: or, place of the carriagefight: or, battle array, or, place of fight
21 For Israel 03478 and the Philistines 06430 had put the battle in array 06186, army 04634 against 07125 army 04634.
22 And David 01732 left 05203 his baggage 03627 in the hand 03027 of the keeper 08104 of the baggage 03627, and ran 07323 into the army 04634, and came 0935 and greeted 07592, 7965 his brethren 0251. his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon himsaluted…: Heb. asked his brethren of peace
23 And as he talked 01696 with them, behold, there came up 05927 the champion 0376, 1143, the Philistine 06430 of Gath 01661, Goliath 01555 by name 08034, from the armies 04634, 4630 of the Philistines 06430, and spoke 01696 according to the same 0428 words 01697: and David 01732 heard 08085 them.
24 And all the men 0376 of Israel 03478, when they saw 07200 the man 0376, fled 05127 from him 06440, and were exceedingly 03966 afraid 03372. from…: Heb. from his face
25 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 said 0559, Have ye seen 07200 this man 0376 that hath come up 05927? surely to defy 02778 Israel 03478 hath he come 05927: and it shall be, that the man 0376 who shall kill 05221 him, the king 04428 will enrich 06238 him with great 01419 riches 06239, and will give 05414 him his daughter 01323, and make 06213 his father’s 01 house 01004 free 02670 in Israel 03478.
26 And David 01732 spoke 0559 to the men 0582 that stood 05975 by him, saying 0559, What shall be done 06213 to the man 0376 that killeth 05221 this 01975 Philistine 06430, and taketh away 05493 the reproach 02781 from Israel 03478? for who is this uncircumcised 06189 Philistine 06430, that he should defy 02778 the armies 04634 of the living 02416 God 0430?
27 And the people 05971 answered 0559 him after this manner 01697, saying 0559, So shall it be done 06213 to the man 0376 that killeth 05221 him.
28 And Eliab 0446 his eldest 01419 brother 0251 heard 08085 when he spoke 01696 to the men 0582; and Eliab’s 0446 anger 0639 was kindled 02734 against David 01732, and he said 0559, Why camest thou down 03381 here? and with whom hast thou left 05203 those 02007 few 04592 sheep 06629 in the wilderness 04057? I know 03045 thy pride 02087, and the naughtiness 07455 of thy heart 03824; for thou art come down 03381 that thou mayest see 07200 the battle 04421.
29 And David 01732 said 0559, What have I now done 06213? Is there not a cause 01697?
30 And he turned 05437 from him 0681 toward 04136 another 0312, and spoke 0559 after the same manner 01697: and the people 05971 answered 01697 him again 07725 after the former 07223 manner 01697. manner: Heb. word
31 And when the words 01697 were heard 08085 which David 01732 spoke 01696, they reported 05046 them before 06440 Saul 07586: and he sent 03947 for him. sent…: Heb. took him
32 And David 01732 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Let no man’s 0120 heart 03820 fail 05307 because of him; thy servant 05650 will go 03212 and fight 03898 with this Philistine 06430.
33 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to David 01732, Thou art not able 03201 to go 03212 against this Philistine 06430 to fight 03898 with him: for thou art but a youth 05288, and he a man 0376 of war 04421 from his youth 05271.
34 And David 01732 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Thy servant 05650 kept 07462 his father’s 01 sheep 06629, and there came 0935 a lion 0738, and a bear 01677, and took 05375 a lamb 07716, 2089 out of the flock 05739: lamb: or, kid
35 And I went 03318 after 0310 him, and smote 05221 him, and delivered 05337 it out of his mouth 06310: and when he arose 06965 against me, I caught 02388 him by his beard 02206, and smote 05221 him, and slew 04191 him.
36 Thy servant 05650 slew 05221 both the lion 0738 and the bear 01677: and this uncircumcised 06189 Philistine 06430 shall be as one 0259 of them, seeing he hath defied 02778 the armies 04634 of the living 02416 God 0430.
37 David 01732 said 0559 moreover, The LORD 03068 that delivered 05337 me out of the paw 03027 of the lion 0738, and out of the paw 03027 of the bear 01677, he will deliver 05337 me out of the hand 03027 of this Philistine 06430. And Saul 07586 said 0559 to David 01732, Go 03212, and the LORD 03068 be with thee.
38 And Saul 07586 armed 03847 David 01732 with his armour 04055, and he put 05414 an helmet 06959 of brass 05178 upon his head 07218; also he armed 03847 him with a coat of mail 08302. armed David…: Heb. clothed David with his clothes
39 And David 01732 girded 02296 his sword 02719 upon his armour 04055, and he tried 02974 to go 03212; for he had not proved 05254 it. And David 01732 said 0559 to Saul 07586, I cannot 03201 go 03212 with these; for I have not proved 05254 them. And David 01732 put 05493 them off from him.
40 And he took 03947 his staff 04731 in his hand 03027, and chose 0977 for himself five 02568 smooth 02512 stones 068 out of the brook 05158, and put 07760 them in a shepherd’s 07462 bag 03627 which he had, even in a bag 03219; and his sling 07050 was in his hand 03027: and he drew near 05066 to the Philistine 06430. brook: or, valleybag: Heb. vessel
41 And the Philistine 06430 advanced 03212, 1980 and drew near 07131 to David 01732; and the man 0376 that bore 05375 the shield 06793 went before 06440 him.
42 And when the Philistine 06430 looked about 05027, and saw 07200 David 01732, he disdained 0959 him: for he was a youth 05288, and ruddy 0132, and of a fair 03303 countenance 04758.
43 And the Philistine 06430 said 0559 to David 01732, Am I a dog 03611, that thou comest 0935 to me with staffs 04731? And the Philistine 06430 cursed 07043 David 01732 by his gods 0430.
44 And the Philistine 06430 said 0559 to David 01732, Come 03212 to me, and I will give 05414 thy flesh 01320 to the fowls 05775 of the air 08064, and to the beasts 0929 of the field 07704.
45 Then said 0559 David 01732 to the Philistine 06430, Thou comest 0935 to me with a sword 02719, and with a spear 02595, and with a shield 03591: but I come 0935 to thee in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of the armies 04634 of Israel 03478, whom thou hast defied 02778.
46 This day 03117 will the LORD 03068 deliver 05462 thee into my hand 03027; and I will smite 05221 thee, and take 05493 thy head 07218 from thee; and I will give 05414 the dead bodies 06297 of the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430 this day 03117 to the fowls 05775 of the air 08064, and to the wild beasts 02416 of the earth 0776; that all the earth 0776 may know 03045 that there is 03426 a God 0430 in Israel 03478. deliver…: Heb. shut thee up
47 And all this assembly 06951 shall know 03045 that the LORD 03068 saveth 03467 not with sword 02719 and spear 02595: for the battle 04421 is the LORD’S 03068, and he will give 05414 you into our hands 03027.
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine 06430 arose 06965, and came 03212 and drew near 07126 to meet 07125 David 01732, that David 01732 hasted 04116, and ran 07323 toward the army 04634 to meet 07125 the Philistine 06430.
49 And David 01732 put 07971 his hand 03027 in his bag 03627, and took 03947 from there a stone 068, and slung 07049 it with his sling, and smote 05221 the Philistine 06430 in his forehead 04696, that the stone 068 sunk 02883 into his forehead 04696; and he fell 05307 upon his face 06440 to the earth 0776.
50 So David 01732 prevailed 02388 over 04480 the Philistine 06430 with a sling 07050 and with a stone 068, and smote 05221 the Philistine 06430, and slew 04191 him; but there was no sword 02719 in the hand 03027 of David 01732.
51 Therefore David 01732 ran 07323, and stood 05975 upon the Philistine 06430, and took 03947 his sword 02719, and drew 08025 it out of its sheath 08593, and slew 04191 him, and cut off 03772 his head 07218 with it. And when the Philistines 06430 saw 07200 their champion 01368 was dead 04191, they fled 05127.
52 And the men 0582 of Israel 03478 and of Judah 03063 arose 06965, and shouted 07321, and pursued 07291 the Philistines 06430, to the entrance 0935 of the valley 01516, and to the gates 08179 of Ekron 06138. And the wounded 02491 of the Philistines 06430 fell down 05307 by the way 01870 to Shaaraim 08189, even to Gath 01661, and to Ekron 06138.
53 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 returned 07725 from chasing 01814, 310 the Philistines 06430, and they plundered 08155 their tents 04264.
54 And David 01732 took 03947 the head 07218 of the Philistine 06430, and brought 0935 it to Jerusalem 03389; but he put 07760 his armour 03627 in his tent 0168.
55 And when Saul 07586 saw 07200 David 01732 go forth 03318 against 07125 the Philistine 06430, he said 0559 to Abner 074, the captain 08269 of the host 06635, Abner 074, whose son 01121 is this youth 05288? And Abner 074 said 0559, As thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, O king 04428, I cannot 0518 tell 03045.
56 And the king 04428 said 0559, Enquire 07592 thou whose son 01121 the stripling 05958 is.
57 And as David 01732 returned 07725 from the slaughter 05221 of the Philistine 06430, Abner 074 took 03947 him, and brought 0935 him before 06440 Saul 07586 with the head 07218 of the Philistine 06430 in his hand 03027.
58 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to him, Whose son 01121 art thou, thou young man 05288? And David 01732 answered 0559, I am the son 01121 of thy servant 05650 Jesse 03448 the Bethlehemite 01022.
1 And it came to pass, when he had finished 03615 speaking 01696 to Saul 07586, that the soul 05315 of Jonathan 03083 was knit 07194 with the soul 05315 of David 01732, and Jonathan 03083 loved 0157 him as his own soul 05315.
2 And Saul 07586 took 03947 him that day 03117, and would let 05414 him go no more home 07725 to his father’s 01 house 01004.
3 Then Jonathan 03083 and David 01732 made 03772 a covenant 01285, because he loved 0160 him as his own soul 05315.
4 And Jonathan 03083 stripped 06584 himself of the robe 04598 that was upon him, and gave 05414 it to David 01732, and his garments 04055, even to his sword 02719, and to his bow 07198, and to his belt 02289.
5 And David 01732 went out 03318 wherever Saul 07586 sent 07971 him, and behaved himself wisely 07919: and Saul 07586 set 07760 him over the men 0582 of war 04421, and he was accepted 03190 in the sight 05869 of all the people 05971, and also in the sight 05869 of Saul’s 07586 servants 05650. behaved…: or, prospered
6 And it came to pass as they came 0935, when David 01732 had returned 07725 from the slaughter 05221 of the Philistine 06430, that the women 0802 came out 03318 of all the cities 05892 of Israel 03478, singing 07891 and dancing 04246, to meet 07125 king 04428 Saul 07586, with tabrets 08596, with joy 08057, and with instruments of music 07991. Philistine: or, Philistinesinstruments…: Heb. three stringed instruments
7 And the women 0802 spoke to 06030 one another as they played 07832, and said 0559, Saul 07586 hath slain 05221 his thousands 0505, and David 01732 his ten thousands 07233.
8 And Saul 07586 was very 03966 angry 02734, and the saying 01697 displeased 03415, 5869 him; and he said 0559, They have ascribed 05414 to David 01732 ten thousands 07233, and to me they have ascribed 05414 thousands 0505: and what can he have more but the kingdom 04410? displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes
9 And Saul 07586 kept a jealous eye on 05770 David 01732 from that day 03117 and onward 01973.
10 And it came to pass on the next day 04283, that the evil 07451 spirit 07307 from God 0430 came 06743 upon Saul 07586, and he prophesied 05012 in the midst 08432 of the house 01004: and David 01732 played 05059 with his hand 03027, as at other times 03117: and there was a javelin 02595 in Saul’s 07586 hand 03027.
11 And Saul 07586 cast 02904 the javelin 02595; for he said 0559, I will smite 05221 David 01732 even to the wall 07023. And David 01732 escaped 05437 from his presence 06440 twice 06471.
12 And Saul 07586 was afraid 03372 of 06440 David 01732, because the LORD 03068 was with him, and had departed 05493 from Saul 07586.
13 Therefore Saul 07586 removed 05493 him from him, and made 07760 him his captain 08269 over a thousand 0505; and he went out 03318 and came in 0935 before 06440 the people 05971.
14 And David 01732 behaved himself wisely 07919 in all his ways 01870; and the LORD 03068 was with him. behaved…: or, prospered
15 Therefore when Saul 07586 saw 07200 that he behaved 07919 himself very 03966 wisely 07919, he was afraid 01481 of 06440 him.
16 But all Israel 03478 and Judah 03063 loved 0157 David 01732, because he went out 03318 and came in 0935 before 06440 them.
17 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to David 01732, Behold my elder 01419 daughter 01323 Merab 04764, her will I give 05414 thee for a wife 0802: only be thou valiant 01121, 2428 for me, and fight 03898 the LORD’S 03068 battles 04421. For Saul 07586 said 0559, Let not my hand 03027 be upon him, but let the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430 be upon him. valiant: Heb. a son of valour
18 And David 01732 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Who am I? and what is my life 02416, or my father’s 01 family 04940 in Israel 03478, that I should be son in law 02860 to the king 04428?
19 But it came to pass at the time 06256 when Merab 04764 Saul’s 07586 daughter 01323 should have been given 05414 to David 01732, that she was given 05414 to Adriel 05741 the Meholathite 04259 for a wife 0802.
20 And Michal 04324 Saul’s 07586 daughter 01323 loved 0157 David 01732: and they told 05046 Saul 07586, and the thing 01697 pleased 03474, 5869 him. pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes
21 And Saul 07586 said 0559, I will give 05414 her to him, that she may be a snare 04170 to him, and that the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430 may be against him. Therefore Saul 07586 said 0559 to David 01732, Thou shalt this day 03117 be my son in law 02859 in the one of the two 08147.
22 And Saul 07586 commanded 06680 his servants 05650, saying, Speak 01696 with David 01732 secretly 03909, and say 0559, Behold, the king 04428 hath delight 02654 in thee, and all his servants 05650 love 0157 thee: now therefore be the king’s 04428 son in law 02859.
23 And Saul’s 07586 servants 05650 spoke 01696 those words 01697 in the ears 0241 of David 01732. And David 01732 said 0559, Seemeth 05869 it to you a light 07043 thing to be a king’s 04428 son in law 02859, seeing that I am a poor 07326 man 0376, and lightly esteemed 07034?
24 And the servants 05650 of Saul 07586 told 05046 him, saying 0559, On this manner 01697 spoke 01696 David 01732. On…: Heb. According to these words
25 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Thus shall ye say 0559 to David 01732, The king 04428 desireth 02656 not any dowry 04119, but an hundred 03967 foreskins 06190 of the Philistines 06430, to be avenged 05358 of the king’s 04428 enemies 0341. But Saul 07586 thought 02803 to make David 01732 fall 05307 by the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
26 And when his servants 05650 told 05046 David 01732 these words 01697, it pleased 03474, 1697, 5869 David 01732 well to be the king’s 04428 son in law 02859: and the days 03117 had not expired 04390. expired: Heb. fulfilled
27 Therefore David 01732 arose 06965 and went 03212, he and his men 0582, and slew 05221 of the Philistines 06430 two hundred 03967 men 0376; and David 01732 brought 0935 their foreskins 06190, and they gave them in full number 04390 to the king 04428, that he might be the king’s 04428 son in law 02859. And Saul 07586 gave 05414 him Michal 04324 his daughter 01323 for a wife 0802.
28 And Saul 07586 saw 07200 and knew 03045 that the LORD 03068 was with David 01732, and that Michal 04324 Saul’s 07586 daughter 01323 loved 0157 him.
29 And Saul 07586 was yet the more 03254 afraid 03372 of 06440 David 01732; and Saul 07586 became David’s 01732 enemy 0341 continually 03117.
30 Then the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 went forth 03318: and it came to pass, after 01767 they went forth 03318, that David 01732 behaved himself more wisely 07919 than all the servants 05650 of Saul 07586; so that his name 08034 was much 03966 esteemed 03365. set by: Heb. precious
1 And Saul 07586 spoke 01696 to Jonathan 03129 his son 01121, and to all his servants 05650, that they should kill 04191 David 01732.
2 But Jonathan 03083 Saul’s 07586 son 01121 delighted 02654 much 03966 in David 01732: and Jonathan 03083 told 05046 David 01732, saying 0559, Saul 07586 my father 01 seeketh 01245 to kill 04191 thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed 08104 to thyself until the morning 01242, and abide 03427 in a secret 05643 place, and hide 02244 thyself:
3 And I will go out 03318 and stand 05975 beside 03027 my father 01 in the field 07704 where thou art, and I will talk 01696 with my father 01 of thee; and what 04100 I see 07200, that I will tell 05046 thee.
4 And Jonathan 03083 spoke 01696 good 02896 of David 01732 to Saul 07586 his father 01, and said 0559 to him, Let not the king 04428 sin 02398 against his servant 05650, against David 01732; because he hath not sinned 02398 against thee, and because his works 04639 have been toward thee very 03966 good 02896:
5 For he put 07760 his life 05315 in his hand 03709, and slew 05221 the Philistine 06430, and the LORD 03068 wrought 06213 a great 01419 salvation 08668 for all Israel 03478: thou sawest 07200 it, and didst rejoice 08055: why then wilt thou sin 02398 against innocent 05355 blood 01818, to slay 04191 David 01732 without a cause 02600?
6 And Saul 07586 hearkened 08085 to the voice 06963 of Jonathan 03083: and Saul 07586 swore 07650, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, he shall not 0518 be slain 04191.
7 And Jonathan 03083 called 07121 David 01732, and Jonathan 03083 showed 05046 him all those things 01697. And Jonathan 03083 brought 0935 David 01732 to Saul 07586, and he was in his presence 06440, as in times past 0865, 8032. in times…: Heb. yesterday, third day
8 And there was war 04421 again 03254: and David 01732 went out 03318, and fought 03898 with the Philistines 06430, and slew 05221 them with a great 01419 slaughter 04347; and they fled 05127 from 06440 him. him: Heb. his face
9 And the evil 07451 spirit 07307 from the LORD 03068 was upon Saul 07586, as he sat 03427 in his house 01004 with his javelin 02595 in his hand 03027: and David 01732 played 05059 with his hand 03027.
10 And Saul 07586 sought 01245 to smite 05221 David 01732 even to the wall 07023 with the javelin 02595; but he slipped away 06362 from Saul’s 07586 presence 06440, and he smote 05221 the javelin 02595 into the wall 07023: and David 01732 fled 05127, and escaped 04422 that night 03915.
11 Saul 07586 also sent 07971 messengers 04397 to David’s 01732 house 01004, to watch 08104 him, and to slay 04191 him in the morning 01242: and Michal 04324 David’s 01732 wife 0802 told 05046 him, saying 0559, If thou dost not save 04422 thy life 05315 to night 03915, to morrow 04279 thou shalt be slain 04191.
12 So Michal 04324 let 03381 David 01732 down 03381 through a window 02474: and he went 03212, and fled 01272, and escaped 04422.
13 And Michal 04324 took 03947 an image 08655, and laid 07760 it in the bed 04296, and put 07760 a pillow 03523 of goats 05795’ hair for his head 04763, and covered 03680 it with a cloth 0899. image: Heb. teraphim
14 And when Saul 07586 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to take 03947 David 01732, she said 0559, He is sick 02470.
15 And Saul 07586 sent 07971 the messengers 04397 again to see 07200 David 01732, saying 0559, Bring him 05927 to me in the bed 04296, that I may slay 04191 him.
16 And when the messengers 04397 had come in 0935, behold, there was an image 08655 in the bed 04296, with a pillow 03523 of goats 05795’ hair for his head 04763.
17 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to Michal 04324, Why hast thou deceived me so 07411, and sent away 07971 my enemy 0341, that he hast escaped 04422? And Michal 04324 answered 0559 Saul 07586, He said 0559 to me, Let me go 07971; why should I kill 04191 thee?
18 So David 01732 fled 01272, and escaped 04422, and came 0935 to Samuel 08050 to Ramah 07414, and told 05046 him all that Saul 07586 had done 06213 to him. And he and Samuel 08050 went 03212 and dwelt 03427 in Naioth 05121.
19 And it was told 05046 to Saul 07586, saying 0559, Behold, David 01732 is at Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414.
20 And Saul 07586 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to take 03947 David 01732: and when they saw 07200 the company 03862 of the prophets 05030 prophesying 05012, and Samuel 08050 standing 05975 as appointed 05324 over them, the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 was upon the messengers 04397 of Saul 07586, and they also prophesied 05012.
21 And when it was told 05046 Saul 07586, he sent 07971 other 0312 messengers 04397, and they prophesied 05012 likewise. And Saul 07586 sent 07971 messengers 04397 again 03254 the third 07992 time, and they prophesied 05012 also.
22 Then he went 03212 also to Ramah 07414, and came 0935 to a great 01419 well 0953 that is in Sechu 07906: and he asked 07592 and said 0559, Where 0375 are Samuel 08050 and David 01732? And one said 0559, Behold, they are at Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414.
23 And he went 03212 there to Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414: and the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 was upon him also, and he went 03212 on 01980, and prophesied 05012, until he came 0935 to Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414.
24 And he stripped off 06584 his clothes 0899 also 01571, and prophesied 05012 before 06440 Samuel 08050 in like manner, and lay down 05307 naked 06174 all that day 03117 and all that night 03915. Therefore they say 0559, Is Saul 07586 also among the prophets 05030? lay: Heb. fell
1 And David 01732 fled 01272 from Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414, and came 0935 and said 0559 before 06440 Jonathan 03083, What have I done 06213? what is my iniquity 05771? and what is my sin 02403 before 06440 thy father 01, that he seeketh 01245 my life 05315?
2 And he said 0559 to him, Far be it from thee 02486; thou shalt not die 04191: behold, my father 01 will do 06213 nothing 01697 either great 01419 or small 06996, but that he will show 01540, 241 it to me: and why should my father 01 hide 05641 this thing 01697 from me? it is not so. shew…: Heb. uncover mine ear
3 And David 01732 swore 07650 moreover, and said 0559, Thy father 01 certainly 03045 knoweth 03045 that I have found 04672 grace 02580 in thy eyes 05869; and he saith 0559, Let not Jonathan 03083 know 03045 this, lest he should be grieved 06087: but truly 0199 as the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, and as thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, there is but a step 06587 between me and death 04194.
4 Then said 0559 Jonathan 03083 to David 01732, Whatever thy soul 05315 desireth 0559, I will even do 06213 it for thee. Whatsoever…: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etcdesireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh
5 And David 01732 said 0559 to Jonathan 03083, Behold, to morrow 04279 is the new moon 02320, and I should not fail 03427 to sit 03427 with the king 04428 at the table 0398: but let me go 07971, that I may hide 05641 myself in the field 07704 to the third 07992 day at evening 06153.
6 If thy father 01 shall at all 06485 miss 06485 me, then say 0559, David 01732 earnestly 07592 asked 07592 leave of me that he might run 07323 to Bethlehem 01035 his city 05892: for there is a yearly 03117 sacrifice 02077 there for all the family 04940. sacrifice: or, feast
7 If he shall say 0559 thus, It is well 02896; thy servant 05650 shall have peace 07965: but if he shall be very 02734 angry 02734, then be sure 03045 that evil 07451 is determined 03615 by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal 06213 kindly 02617 with thy servant 05650; for thou hast brought 0935 thy servant 05650 into a covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 with thee: however, if there is 03426 in me iniquity 05771, slay 04191 me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring 0935 me to thy father 01?
9 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559, Far be it from thee 02486: for if I knew 03045 certainly 03045 that evil 07451 is determined 03615 by my father 01 to come 0935 upon thee, then would not I tell 05046 it thee?
10 Then said 0559 David 01732 to Jonathan 03083, Who shall tell 05046 me? or what if thy father 01 shall answer 06030 thee roughly 07186?
11 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 to David 01732, Come 03212, and let us go out 03318 into the field 07704. And they went out 03318 both 08147 of them into the field 07704.
12 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 to David 01732, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, when I have sounded 02713 my father 01 about to morrow 04279 any time 06256, or the third 07992 day, and, behold, if there be good 02895 toward David 01732, and I then send 07971 not to thee, and show 01540, 241 it thee; sounded: Heb. searchedshew…: Heb. uncover thine ear
13 The LORD 03068 do 06213 so 03541 and much more 03254 to Jonathan 03083: but if it shall please 03190 my father 01 to do thee evil 07451, then I will show 01540, 241 it to thee, and send thee away 07971, that thou mayest go 01980 in peace 07965: and the LORD 03068 be with thee, as he hath been with my father 01. shew…: Heb. uncover thine ear
14 And thou shalt not only while yet 0518 I live 02416 show 06213 me the kindness 02617 of the LORD 03068, that I may not die 04191:
15 But also thou shalt not withdraw 03772 thy kindness 02617 from my house 01004 for 05704 ever 05769: no, not when the LORD 03068 hath cut off 03772 the enemies 0341 of David 01732 every one 0376 from the face 06440 of the earth 0127.
16 So Jonathan 03083 made 03772 a covenant with the house 01004 of David 01732, saying, Let the LORD 03068 even require 01245 it at the hand 03027 of David’s 01732 enemies 0341. made: Heb. cut
17 And Jonathan 03083 caused David 01732 to swear 07650 again 03254, because he loved 0160 him: for he loved 0157 him as he loved 0160 his own soul 05315. because…: or, by his love toward him
18 Then Jonathan 03083 said 0559 to David 01732, To morrow 04279 is the new moon 02320: and thou shalt be missed 06485, because thy seat 04186 will be empty 06485. empty: Heb. missed
19 And when thou hast stayed three days 08027, then thou shalt go down 03381 quickly 03966, and come 0935 to the place 04725 where thou didst hide 05641 thyself when 03117 the business 04639 was in hand, and shalt remain 03427 by 0681 the stone 068 Ezel 0237. quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatlywhen the…: Heb. in the day of the businessEzel: or, that sheweth the way
20 And I will shoot 03384 three 07969 arrows 02671 on the side 06654 of it, as though I shot 07971 at a mark 04307.
21 And, behold, I will send 07971 a lad 05288, saying, Go 03212, find 04672 the arrows 02671. If I expressly 0559 say 0559 to the lad 05288, Behold, the arrows 02671 are on this side of thee, take 03947 them; then come 0935 thou: for there is peace 07965 to thee, and no hurt 01697; as the LORD 03068 liveth 02416. no hurt: Heb. not any thing
22 But if I say 0559 thus to the young man 05958, Behold, the arrows 02671 are beyond 01973 thee; go thy way 03212: for the LORD 03068 hath sent thee away 07971.
23 And as to the matter 01697 which thou and I have spoken 01696 of, behold, the LORD 03068 be between thee and me for 05704 ever 05769.
24 So David 01732 hid 05641 himself in the field 07704: and when the new moon 02320 had come, the king 04428 sat down 03427 to eat 0398 food 03899.
25 And the king 04428 sat 03427 upon his seat 04186, as at other times 06471, even upon a seat 04186 by the wall 07023: and Jonathan 03083 arose 06965, and Abner 074 sat 03427 by Saul’s 07586 side 06654, and David’s 01732 place 04725 was empty 06485.
26 Nevertheless Saul 07586 spoke 01696 not any thing 03972 that day 03117: for he thought 0559, Something hath befallen 04745 him, he is not 01115 clean 02889; surely he is not clean 02889.
27 And it came to pass on the next day 04283, which was the second 08145 day of the month 02320, that David’s 01732 place 04725 was empty 06485: and Saul 07586 said 0559 to Jonathan 03083 his son 01121, Why cometh 0935 not the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 to eat 03899, neither yesterday 08543, nor to day 03117?
28 And Jonathan 03083 answered 06030 Saul 07586, David 01732 earnestly 07592 asked 07592 leave of me 05978 to go to Bethlehem 01035:
29 And he said 0559, Let me go 07971, I pray thee; for our family 04940 hath a sacrifice 02077 in the city 05892; and my brother 0251, he hath commanded 06680 me to be there: and now, if I have found 04672 favour 02580 in thy eyes 05869, let me get away 04422, I pray thee, and see 07200 my brethren 0251. Therefore he cometh 0935 not to the king’s 04428 table 07979.
30 Then Saul’s 07586 anger 0639 was kindled 02734 against Jonathan 03083, and he said 0559 to him, Thou son 01121 of the perverse 05753 rebellious 04780 woman, do not I know 03045 that thou hast chosen 0977 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 to thy own shame 01322, and to the shame 01322 of thy mother’s 0517 nakedness 06172? Thou…: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion
31 For as long as 03117 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 liveth 02425 upon the earth 0127, thou shalt not be established 03559, nor thy kingdom 04438. Therefore now send 07971 and bring 03947 him to me, for he shall surely die 01121, 4194. shall…: Heb. is the son of death
32 And Jonathan 03083 answered 06030 Saul 07586 his father 01, and said 0559 to him, Why shall he be slain 04191? what hath he done 06213?
33 And Saul 07586 cast 02904 a javelin 02595 at him to smite 05221 him: by which Jonathan 03083 knew 03045 that it was determined 03617 by his father 01 to slay 04191 David 01732.
34 So Jonathan 03083 arose 06965 from the table 07979 in fierce 02750 anger 0639, and ate 0398 no food 03899 the second 08145 day 03117 of the month 02320: for he was grieved 06087 for David 01732, because his father 01 had done him shame 03637.
35 And it came to pass in the morning 01242, that Jonathan 03083 went out 03318 into the field 07704 at the time appointed 04150 with David 01732, and a little 06996 lad 05288 with him.
36 And he said 0559 to his lad 05288, Run 07323, find 04672 now the arrows 02671 which I shoot 03384. And as the lad 05288 ran 07323, he shot 03384 an arrow 02678 beyond 05674 him. beyond…: Heb. to pass over him
37 And when the lad 05288 had come 0935 to the place 04725 of the arrow 02678 which Jonathan 03083 had shot 03384, Jonathan 03083 cried 07121 after 0310 the lad 05288, and said 0559, Is not the arrow 02678 beyond 01973 thee?
38 And Jonathan 03083 cried 07121 after 0310 the lad 05288, Make speed 04120, haste 02363, stay 05975 not. And Jonathan’s 03083 lad 05288 gathered up 03950 the arrows 02671, 2678, and came 0935 to his master 0113.
39 But the lad 05288 knew 03045 not any thing 03972: only Jonathan 03083 and David 01732 knew 03045 the matter 01697.
40 And Jonathan 03083 gave 05414 his weapons 03627 to his lad 05288, and said 0559 to him, Go 03212, carry 0935 them to the city 05892. artillery: Heb. instrumentshis lad: Heb. the lad that was his
41 And as soon as the lad 05288 was gone 0935, David 01732 arose 06965 out of a place toward 0681 the south 05045, and fell 05307 on his face 0639 to the ground 0776, and bowed 07812 himself three 07969 times 06471: and they kissed 05401 one 0376 another 07453, and wept 01058 one 0376 with another 07453, but David 01732 more so 01431.
42 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 to David 01732, Go 03212 in peace 07965, forasmuch as we have sworn 07650 both 08147 of us in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, The LORD 03068 be between me and thee, and between my seed 02233 and thy seed 02233 for 05704 ever 05769. And he arose 06965 and departed 03212: and Jonathan 03083 went 0935 into the city 05892. forasmuch…: or, the LORD be witness of that which etc
1 Then came 0935 David 01732 to Nob 05011 to Ahimelech 0288 the priest 03548: and Ahimelech 0288 was afraid 02729 at the meeting 07125 of David 01732, and said 0559 to him, Why art thou alone, and no man 0376 with thee? Ahimelech: also called Ahiah
2 And David 01732 said 0559 to Ahimelech 0288 the priest 03548, The king 04428 hath commanded 06680 me a business 01697, and hath said 0559 to me, Let no man 0376 know 03045 any thing 03972 of the business 01697 about which I send 07971 thee, and what I have commanded 06680 thee: and I have appointed 03045 my servants 05288 to such 06423 and such 0492 a place 04725.
3 Now therefore what is 03426 under thy hand 03027? give 05414 me five 02568 loaves of bread 03899 in my hand 03027, or what there is present 04672. present: Heb. found
4 And the priest 03548 answered 06030 David 01732, and said 0559, There is no common 02455 bread 03899 under my hand 03027, but there is 03426 hallowed 06944 bread 03899; if the young men 05288 have kept 08104 themselves at least 0389 from women 0802.
5 And David 01732 answered 06030 the priest 03548, and said 0559 to him, Of a truth 0518 women 0802 have been kept 06113 from us about these three 08032 days 08543, since I came out 03318, and the vessels 03627 of the young men 05288 are holy 06944, and the bread is in a manner 01870 common 02455, yea, though it were sanctified 06942 this day 03117 in the vessel 03627. yea…: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel
6 So the priest 03548 gave 05414 him hallowed 06944 bread: for there was no bread 03899 there but the showbread 03899, 6440, that was taken 05493 from before 06440 the LORD 03068, to put 07760 hot 02527 bread 03899 in the day 03117 when it was taken away 03947.
7 Now a certain man 0376 of the servants 05650 of Saul 07586 was there that day 03117, detained 06113 before 06440 the LORD 03068; and his name 08034 was Doeg 01673, an Edomite 0130, the chief 047 of the herdmen 07462 that belonged to Saul 07586.
8 And David 01732 said 0559 to Ahimelech 0288, And is there 03426 not 0371 here under thy hand 03027 a spear 02595 or sword 02719? for I have neither brought 03947 my sword 02719 nor my weapons 03627 with me 03027, because the king’s 04428 business 01697 required 01961 haste 05169.
9 And the priest 03548 said 0559, The sword 02719 of Goliath 01555 the Philistine 06430, whom thou slewest 05221 in the valley 06010 of Elah 0425, behold, it is here wrapped 03874 in a cloth 08071 behind 0310 the ephod 0646: if thou wilt take 03947 that, take 03947 it: for there is no other 0312 except 02108 that here 02088. And David 01732 said 0559, There is none like that; give 05414 it to me.
10 And David 01732 arose 06965, and fled 01272 that day 03117 for fear 06440 of Saul 07586, and went 0935 to Achish 0397 the king 04428 of Gath 01661.
11 And the servants 05650 of Achish 0397 said 0559 to him, Is not this David 01732 the king 04428 of the land 0776? did they not sing 06030 one to another of him 02088 in dances 04246, saying 0559, Saul 07586 hath slain 05221 his thousands 0505, and David 01732 his ten thousands 07233?
12 And David 01732 laid up 07760 these words 01697 in his heart 03824, and was greatly 03966 afraid 03372 of 06440 Achish 0397 the king 04428 of Gath 01661.
13 And he changed 08138 his behaviour 02940 before 05869 them, and pretended to be mad 01984 in their hands 03027, and made marks 08427 on the doors 01817 of the gate 08179, and let his spittle 07388 fall down 03381 upon his beard 02206. scrabbled: or, made marks
14 Then said 0559 Achish 0397 to his servants 05650, Lo, ye see 07200 the man 0376 is mad 07696: why then have ye brought 0935 him to me? is mad: or, playeth the mad man
15 Have I need 02638 of mad men 07696, that ye have brought 0935 this fellow to play the mad man 07696 in my presence? shall this fellow come 0935 into my house 01004?
1 David 01732 therefore departed 03212 from there, and escaped 04422 to the cave 04631 Adullam 05725: and when his brethren 0251 and all his father’s 01 house 01004 heard 08085 it, they went down 03381 there to him.
2 And every one 0376 that was in distress 04689, and every one 0376 that was in debt 05378, and every one 0376 that was discontented 04751, 5315, resorted 06908 to him; and he became a captain 08269 over them: and there were with him about four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376. was in debt: Heb. had a creditordiscontented: Heb. bitter of soul
3 And David 01732 went 03212 from there to Mizpeh 04708 of Moab 04124: and he said 0559 to the king 04428 of Moab 04124, Let my father 01 and my mother 0517, I pray thee, come forth 03318, and be with you, till I know 03045 what God 0430 will do 06213 for me.
4 And he brought 05148 them before 06440 the king 04428 of Moab 04124: and they dwelt 03427 with him all the while 03117 that David 01732 was in the strong hold 04686.
5 And the prophet 05030 Gad 01410 said 0559 to David 01732, Abide 03427 not in the strong hold 04686; depart 03212, and come 0935 into the land 0776 of Judah 03063. Then David 01732 departed 03212, and came 0935 into the forest 03293 of Hareth 02802.
6 When Saul 07586 heard 08085 that David 01732 was discovered 03045, and the men 0582 that were with him, (now Saul 07586 abode 03427 in Gibeah 01390 under a tree 0815 in Ramah 07414, having his spear 02595 in his hand 03027, and all his servants 05650 were standing 05324 about him;) tree…: or, grove in a high place
7 Then Saul 07586 said 0559 to his servants 05650 that stood 05324 about him, Hear now 08085, ye Benjamites 01145; will the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 give 05414 each one of you fields 07704 and vineyards 03754, and make 07760 you all captains 08269 of thousands 0505, and captains 08269 of hundreds 03967;
8 That all of you have conspired 07194 against me, and there is none that showeth to 01540, 241 me that my son 01121 hath made a league 03772 with the son 01121 of Jesse 03448, and there is none of you that is sorry 02470 for me, or showeth 01540, 241 to me that my son 01121 hath stirred up 06965 my servant 05650 against me, to lie in wait 0693, as at this day 03117? sheweth…: Heb. uncovereth mine ear
9 Then answered 06030 Doeg 01673 the Edomite 0130, who was set 05324 over the servants 05650 of Saul 07586, and said 0559, I saw 07200 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 coming 0935 to Nob 05011, to Ahimelech 0288 the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285.
10 And he enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068 for him, and gave 05414 him food 06720, and gave 05414 him the sword 02719 of Goliath 01555 the Philistine 06430.
11 Then the king 04428 sent 07971 to call 07121 Ahimelech 0288 the priest 03548, the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285, and all his father’s 01 house 01004, the priests 03548 that were in Nob 05011: and they came 0935 all of them to the king 04428.
12 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Hear 08085 now, thou son 01121 of Ahitub 0285. And he answered 0559, Here I am, my lord 0113. Here…: Heb. Behold me
13 And Saul 07586 said 0559 to him, Why have ye conspired 07194 against me, thou and the son 01121 of Jesse 03448, in that thou hast given 05414 him bread 03899, and a sword 02719, and hast enquired 07592 of God 0430 for him, that he should rise 06965 against me, to lie in wait 0693, as at this day 03117?
14 Then Ahimelech 0288 answered 06030 the king 04428, and said 0559, And who is so faithful 0539 among all thy servants 05650 as David 01732, who is the king’s 04428 son in law 02860, and goeth 05493 at thy bidding 04928, and is honourable 03513 in thy house 01004?
15 Did I then 03117 begin 02490 to enquire 07592 of God 0430 for him? be it far from me 02486: let not the king 04428 impute 07760 any thing 01697 to his servant 05650, nor to all the house 01004 of my father 01: for thy servant 05650 knew 03045 nothing 01697 of all this, less 06996 or more 01419. less…: Heb. little or great
16 And the king 04428 said 0559, Thou shalt surely 04191 die 04191, Ahimelech 0288, thou, and all thy father’s 01 house 01004.
17 And the king 04428 said 0559 to the footmen 07323 that stood 05324 about him, Turn 05437, and slay 04191 the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068; because their hand 03027 also is with David 01732, and because they knew 03045 when he fled 01272, and did not show 01540, 241 it to me. But the servants 05650 of the king 04428 would 014 not put forth 07971 their hand 03027 to fall 06293 upon the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068. footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners
18 And the king 04428 said 0559 to Doeg 01673, Turn 05437 thou, and fall 06293 upon the priests 03548. And Doeg 01673 the Edomite 0130 turned 05437, and he fell 06293 upon the priests 03548, and slew 04191 on that day 03117 eighty 08084 and five 02568 persons 0376 that wore 05375 a linen 0906 ephod 0646.
19 And Nob 05011, the city 05892 of the priests 03548, he smote 05221 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, both men 0376 and women 0802, children 05768 and sucklings 03243, and oxen 07794, and donkeys 02543, and sheep 07716, with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719.
20 And one 0259 of the sons 01121 of Ahimelech 0288 the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285, named 08034 Abiathar 054, escaped 04422, and fled 01272 after 0310 David 01732.
21 And Abiathar 054 showed 05046 David 01732 that Saul 07586 had slain 02026 the LORD’S 03068 priests 03548.
22 And David 01732 said 0559 to Abiathar 054, I knew 03045 that day 03117, when Doeg 01673 the Edomite 0130 was there, that he would surely 05046 tell 05046 Saul 07586: I have occasioned 05437 the death of all the persons 05315 of thy father’s 01 house 01004.
23 Abide 03427 thou with me, fear 03372 not: for he that seeketh 01245 my life 05315 seeketh 01245 thy life 05315: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard 04931.
1 Then they told 05046 David 01732, saying 0559, Behold, the Philistines 06430 fight 03898 against Keilah 07084, and they rob 08154 the threshingfloors 01637.
2 Therefore David 01732 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, Shall I go 03212 and smite 05221 these Philistines 06430? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to David 01732, Go 03212, and smite 05221 the Philistines 06430, and save 03467 Keilah 07084.
3 And David’s 01732 men 0582 said 0559 to him, Behold, we are afraid 03373 here in Judah 03063: how much more then if we come 03212 to Keilah 07084 against the armies 04634 of the Philistines 06430?
4 Then David 01732 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068 yet again 03254. And the LORD 03068 answered 06030 him and said 0559, Arise 06965, go down 03381 to Keilah 07084; for I will deliver 05414 the Philistines 06430 into thy hand 03027.
5 So David 01732 and his men 0582 went 03212 to Keilah 07084, and fought 03898 with the Philistines 06430, and brought away 05090 their cattle 04735, and smote 05221 them with a great 01419 slaughter 04347. So David 01732 saved 03467 the inhabitants 03427 of Keilah 07084.
6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar 054 the son 01121 of Ahimelech 0288 fled 01272 to David 01732 to Keilah 07084, that he came down 03381 with an ephod 0646 in his hand 03027.
7 And it was told 05046 to Saul 07586 that David 01732 had come 0935 to Keilah 07084. And Saul 07586 said 0559, God 0430 hath delivered 05234 him into my hand 03027; for he is shut in 05462, by entering 0935 into a town 05892 that hath gates 01817 and bars 01280.
8 And Saul 07586 called 08085 all the people 05971 together 08085 to war 04421, to go down 03381 to Keilah 07084, to besiege 06696 David 01732 and his men 0582.
9 And David 01732 knew 03045 that Saul 07586 secretly devised 02790 mischief 07451 against him; and he said 0559 to Abiathar 054 the priest 03548, Bring here 05066 the ephod 0646.
10 Then said 0559 David 01732, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, thy servant 05650 hath certainly 08085 heard 08085 that Saul 07586 seeketh 01245 to come 0935 to Keilah 07084, to destroy 07843 the city 05892 for my sake.
11 Will the men 01167 of Keilah 07084 deliver me up 05462 into his hand 03027? will Saul 07586 come down 03381, as thy servant 05650 hath heard 08085? O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I beseech thee, tell 05046 thy servant 05650. And the LORD 03068 said 0559, He will come down 03381.
12 Then said 0559 David 01732, Will the men 01167 of Keilah 07084 deliver 05462 me and my men 0582 into the hand 03027 of Saul 07586? And the LORD 03068 said 0559, They will deliver thee up 05462. deliver: Heb. shut up
13 Then David 01732 and his men 0582, who were about six 08337 hundred 03967, 376, arose 06965 and departed 03318 from Keilah 07084, and went 01980 wherever 0834 they could go 01980. And it was told 05046 Saul 07586 that David 01732 had escaped 04422 from Keilah 07084; and he did not 02308 go there 03318.
14 And David 01732 abode 03427 in the wilderness 04057 in strong holds 04679, and remained 03427 in a mountain 02022 in the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128. And Saul 07586 sought 01245 him every day 03117, but God 0430 delivered 05414 him not into his hand 03027.
15 And David 01732 saw 07200 that Saul 07586 had come out 03318 to seek 01245 his life 05315: and David 01732 was in the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128 in a wood 02793.
16 And Jonathan 03083 Saul’s 07586 son 01121 arose 06965, and went 03212 to David 01732 into the wood 02793, and strengthened 02388 his hand 03027 in God 0430.
17 And he said 0559 to him, Fear 03372 not: for the hand 03027 of Saul 07586 my father 01 shall not find 04672 thee; and thou shalt be king 04427 over Israel 03478, and I shall be next 04932 to thee; and that also Saul 07586 my father 01 knoweth 03045.
18 And they two 08147 made 03772 a covenant 01285 before 06440 the LORD 03068: and David 01732 abode 03427 in the wood 02793, and Jonathan 03083 went 01980 to his house 01004.
19 Then came up 05927 the Ziphites 02130 to Saul 07586 to Gibeah 01390, saying 0559, Doth not David 01732 hide 05641 himself with us in strong holds 04679 in the wood 02793, in the hill 01389 of Hachilah 02444, which is on the south 03225 of Jeshimon 03452? on…: Heb. on the right handJeshimon: or, the wilderness
20 Now therefore, O king 04428, come down 03381 according to all the desire 0185 of thy soul 05315 to come down 03381; and our part shall be to deliver 05462 him into the king’s 04428 hand 03027.
21 And Saul 07586 said 0559, Blessed 01288 be ye of the LORD 03068; for ye have compassion 02550 on me.
22 Go 03212, I pray you, prepare 03559 yet, and know 03045 and see 07200 his place 04725 where his haunt 07272 is, and who hath seen 07200 him there: for it is told 0559 to me that he dealeth very 06191 subtilly 06191. haunt…: Heb. foot shall be
23 See 07200 therefore, and take knowledge 03045 of all the lurking places 04224 where he hideth 02244 himself, and come ye again 07725 to me with the certainty 03559, and I will go 01980 with you: and it shall come to pass, if he is 03426 in the land 0776, that I will search 02664 him out throughout all the thousands 0505 of Judah 03063.
24 And they arose 06965, and went 03212 to Ziph 02128 before 06440 Saul 07586: but David 01732 and his men 0582 were in the wilderness 04057 of Maon 04584, in the plain 06160 on the south 03225 of Jeshimon 03452.
25 Saul 07586 also and his men 0582 went 03212 to seek 01245 him. And they told 05046 David 01732: therefore he came down 03381 into a rock 05553, and abode 03427 in the wilderness 04057 of Maon 04584. And when Saul 07586 heard 08085 that, he pursued 07291 after 0310 David 01732 in the wilderness 04057 of Maon 04584. into…: or, from the rock
26 And Saul 07586 went 03212 on this side 06654 of the mountain 02022, and David 01732 and his men 0582 on that side 06654 of the mountain 02022: and David 01732 made haste 02648 to get away 03212 for fear 06440 of Saul 07586; for Saul 07586 and his men 0582 surrounded 05849 David 01732 and his men 0582 on all sides 05849 to take 08610 them.
27 But there came 0935 a messenger 04397 to Saul 07586, saying 0559, Haste 04116 thee, and come 03212; for the Philistines 06430 have invaded 06584 the land 0776. invaded…: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc
28 Therefore Saul 07586 returned 07725 from pursuing 07291 after 0310 David 01732, and went 03212 against 07125 the Philistines 06430: therefore they called 07121 that place 04725 Selahammahlekoth 05555. Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions
29 Then David 01732 went up 05927 from there, and dwelt 03427 in strong holds 04679 at Engedi 05872.
1 And it came to pass, when Saul 07586 had returned 07725 from following 0310 the Philistines 06430, that it was told 05046 to him, saying 0559, Behold, David 01732 is in the wilderness 04057 of Engedi 05872. following: Heb. after
2 Then Saul 07586 took 03947 three 07969 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 men 0376 out of all Israel 03478, and went 03212 to seek 01245 David 01732 and his men 0582 upon 06440 the rocks 06697 of the wild goats 03277.
3 And he came 0935 to the sheepfolds 01448, 6629 by the way 01870, where was a cave 04631; and Saul 07586 went in 0935 to cover 05526 his feet 07272: and David 01732 and his men 0582 remained 03427 in the sides 03411 of the cave 04631.
4 And the men 0582 of David 01732 said 0559 to him, Behold the day 03117 of which the LORD 03068 said 0559 to thee, Behold, I will deliver 05414 thy enemy 0341 into thy hand 03027, that thou mayest do 06213 to him as it shall seem good 03190 to thee 05869. Then David 01732 arose 06965, and secretly 03909 cut off 03772 the skirt 03671 of Saul’s 07586 robe 04598. Saul’s…: Heb. the robe which was Saul’s
5 And it came to pass afterward 0310, that David’s 01732 heart 03820 smote 05221 him, because he had cut off 03772 Saul’s 07586 skirt 03671.
6 And he said 0559 to his men 0582, The LORD 03068 forbid 02486 that I should do 06213 this thing 01697 to my master 0113, the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899, to stretch forth 07971 my hand 03027 against him, seeing he is the anointed 04899 of the LORD 03068.
7 So David 01732 restrained 08156 his servants 0582 with these words 01697, and permitted 05414 them not to rise 06965 against Saul 07586. But Saul 07586 rose 06965 out of the cave 04631, and went 03212 on his way 01870. stayed: Heb. cut off
8 David 01732 also rose 06965 afterward, and went out 03318 of the cave 04631, and cried 07121 after 0310 Saul 07586, saying 0559, My lord 0113 the king 04428. And when Saul 07586 looked 05027 behind 0310 him, David 01732 stooped 06915 with his face 0639 to the earth 0776, and bowed 07812 himself.
9 And David 01732 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Why hearest 08085 thou men’s 0120 words 01697, saying 0559, Behold, David 01732 seeketh 01245 thy harm 07451?
10 Behold, this day 03117 thy eyes 05869 have seen 07200 how the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 thee to day 03117 into my hand 03027 in the cave 04631: and some bade 0559 me kill 02026 thee: but my eye spared 02347 thee; and I said 0559, I will not put forth 07971 my hand 03027 against my lord 0113; for he is the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899.
11 Moreover, my father 01, see 07200, yea, see 07200 the skirt 03671 of thy robe 04598 in my hand 03027: for in that I cut off 03772 the skirt 03671 of thy robe 04598, and killed 02026 thee not, know 03045 thou and see 07200 that there is neither evil 07451 nor transgression 06588 in my hand 03027, and I have not sinned 02398 against thee; yet thou huntest 06658 my soul 05315 to take 03947 it.
12 The LORD 03068 judge 08199 between me and thee, and the LORD 03068 avenge 05358 me of thee: but my hand 03027 shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith 0559 the proverb 04912 of the ancients 06931, Wickedness 07562 proceedeth 03318 from the wicked 07563: but my hand 03027 shall not be upon thee.
14 After 0310 whom is the king 04428 of Israel 03478 come out 03318? after 0310 whom dost thou pursue 07291? after 0310 a dead 04191 dog 03611, after 0310 a 0259 flea 06550.
15 The LORD 03068 therefore be judge 01781, and judge 08199 between me and thee, and see 07200, and plead 07378 my cause 07379, and deliver 08199 me out of thy hand 03027. deliver: Heb. judge
16 And it came to pass, when David 01732 had finished 03615 speaking 01696 these words 01697 to Saul 07586, that Saul 07586 said 0559, Is this thy voice 06963, my son 01121 David 01732? And Saul 07586 lifted up 05375 his voice 06963, and wept 01058.
17 And he said 0559 to David 01732, Thou art more righteous 06662 than I: for thou hast rewarded 01580 me with good 02896, though I have rewarded 01580 thee with evil 07451.
18 And thou hast showed 05046 this day 03117 how thou hast dealt 06213, 2896 with me: forasmuch as when the LORD 03068 had delivered 05462 me into thy hand 03027, thou didst not kill 02026 me. delivered: Heb. shut up
19 For if a man 0376 findeth 04672 his enemy 0341, will he let him go 07971 away 01870 well 02896? therefore the LORD 03068 reward 07999 thee with good 02896 for what thou hast done 06213 to me this day 03117.
20 And now, behold, I know well 03045 that thou shalt surely 04427 be king 04427, and that the kingdom 04467 of Israel 03478 shall be established 06965 in thy hand 03027.
21 Swear 07650 now therefore to me by the LORD 03068, that thou wilt not 0518 cut off 03772 my seed 02233 after 0310 me, and that thou wilt not destroy 08045 my name 08034 out of my father’s 01 house 01004.
22 And David 01732 swore 07650 to Saul 07586. And Saul 07586 went 03212 home 01004; but David 01732 and his men 0582 went up 05927 to the strong hold 04686.
1 And Samuel 08050 died 04191; and all the Israelites 03478 were gathered together 06908, and lamented 05594 him, and buried 06912 him in his house 01004 at Ramah 07414. And David 01732 arose 06965, and went down 03381 to the wilderness 04057 of Paran 06290.
2 And there was a man 0376 in Maon 04584, whose possessions 04639 were in Carmel 03760; and the man 0376 was very 03966 great 01419, and he had three 07969 thousand 0505 sheep 06629, and a thousand 0505 goats 05795: and he was shearing 01494 his sheep 06629 in Carmel 03760. possessions: or, business
3 Now the name 08034 of the man 0376 was Nabal 05037; and the name 08034 of his wife 0802 Abigail 026: and she was a woman 0802 of good 02896 understanding 07922, and of a beautiful 03303 countenance 08389: but the man 0376 was churlish 07186 and evil 07451 in his doings 04611; and he was of the house of Caleb 03614.
4 And David 01732 heard 08085 in the wilderness 04057 that Nabal 05037 was shearing 01494 his sheep 06629.
5 And David 01732 sent 07971 ten 06235 young men 05288, and David 01732 said 0559 to the young men 05288, Go up 05927 to Carmel 03760, and go 0935 to Nabal 05037, and greet 07592, 7965 him in my name 08034: greet…: Heb. ask him in my name of peace
6 And thus shall ye say 0559 to him that liveth 02416 in prosperity, Peace 07965 be both to thee, and peace 07965 be to thy house 01004, and peace 07965 be to all that thou hast.
7 And now I have heard 08085 that thou hast shearers 01494: now thy shepherds 07462 who were with us, we hurt 03637 them not, neither was there any thing 03972 missing 06485 to them, all the while 03117 they were in Carmel 03760. hurt: Heb. shamed
8 Ask 07592 thy young men 05288, and they will show 05046 thee. Therefore let the young men 05288 find 04672 favour 02580 in thy eyes 05869: for we come 0935 in a good 02896 day 03117: give 05414, I pray thee, whatever cometh 04672 to thy hand 03027 to thy servants 05650, and to thy son 01121 David 01732.
9 And when David’s 01732 young men 05288 came 0935, they spoke 01696 to Nabal 05037 in the name 08034 of David 01732, according to all these words 01697, and ceased 05117. ceased: Heb. rested
10 And Nabal 05037 answered 06030 David’s 01732 servants 05650, and said 0559, Who is David 01732? and who is the son 01121 of Jesse 03448? there are many 07231 servants 05650 in these days 03117 that break away 06555 every man 0376 from 06440 his master 0113.
11 Shall I then take 03947 my bread 03899, and my water 04325, and my flesh 02878 that I have killed 02873 for my shearers 01494, and give 05414 it to men 0582, whom I know 03045 not from where they are? flesh: Heb. slaughter
12 So David’s 01732 young men 05288 turned 02015 their way 01870, and went again 07725, and came 0935 and told 05046 him all these sayings 01697.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 to his men 0582, Gird ye on 02296 every man 0376 his sword 02719. And they girded on 02296 every man 0376 his sword 02719; and David 01732 also girded on 02296 his sword 02719: and there went up 05927 after 0310 David 01732 about four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376; and two hundred 03967 abode 03427 by the baggage 03627.
14 But one 0259 of the young men 05288 told 05046 Abigail 026, Nabal’s 05037 wife 0802, saying 0559, Behold, David 01732 sent 07971 messengers 04397 from the wilderness 04057 to greet 01288 our master 0113; and he railed 05860 at them. railed…: Heb. flew upon them
15 But the men 0582 were very 03966 good 02896 to us, and we were not hurt 03637, neither missed 06485 we any thing 03972, as long as 03117 we were conversant 01980 with them, when we were in the fields 07704: hurt: Heb. shamed
16 They were a wall 02346 to us both by night 03915 and day 03119, all the while 03117 we were with them keeping 07462 the sheep 06629.
17 Now therefore know 03045 and consider 07200 what thou wilt do 06213; for evil 07451 is determined 03615 against our master 0113, and against all his household 01004: for he is such a worthless 01100 man 01121, that a man cannot speak 01696 to him.
18 Then Abigail 026 made haste 04116, and took 03947 two hundred 03967 loaves 03899, and two 08147 bottles 05035 of wine 03196, and five 02568 sheep 06629 ready dressed 06213, and five 02568 measures 05429 of roasted 07039 grain, and an hundred 03967 clusters of raisins 06778, and two hundred 03967 cakes 01690 of figs, and laid 07760 them on donkeys 02543. clusters: or, lumps
19 And she said 0559 to her servants 05288, Go on 05674 before 06440 me; behold, I come 0935 after 0310 you. But she told 05046 not her husband 0376 Nabal 05037.
20 And it was so, as she rode 07392 on the donkey 02543, that she came down 03381 by the covert 05643 of the hill 02022, and, behold, David 01732 and his men 0582 came down 03381 toward 07125 her; and she met 06298 them.
21 Now David 01732 had said 0559, Surely in vain 08267 have I kept 08104 all that this 02088 fellow hath in the wilderness 04057, so that nothing 03972 was missed 06485 of all that pertained to him: and he hath repaid 07725 me evil 07451 for good 02896.
22 So 03541 and more 03254 also do 06213 God 0430 to the enemies 0341 of David 01732, if I leave 07604 of all that pertain to him by 05704 the morning 01242 light 0216 any male person 08366, 7023.
23 And when Abigail 026 saw 07200 David 01732, she hasted 04116, and got off 03381 the donkey 02543, and fell 05307 before 0639 David 01732 on her face 06440, and bowed 07812 herself to the ground 0776,
24 And fell 05307 at his feet 07272, and said 0559, Upon me, my lord 0113, upon me let this iniquity 05771 be: and let thy handmaid 0519, I pray thee, speak 01696 in thy hearing 0241, and hear 08085 the words 01697 of thy handmaid 0589. audience: Heb. ears
25 Let 07760 not my lord 0113, I pray thee, regard 03820 this worthless 01100 man 0376, even Nabal 05037: for as his name 08034 is, so is he; Nabal 05037 is his name 08034, and folly 05039 is with him: but I thy handmaid 0519 saw 07200 not the young men 05288 of my lord 0113, whom thou didst send 07971. regard: Heb. lay it to his heartNabal: that is, Fool
26 Now therefore, my lord 0113, as the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, and as thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, seeing the LORD 03068 hath withheld 04513 thee from coming 0935 to shed blood 01818, and from avenging 03467 thyself with thy own hand 03027, now let thy enemies 0341, and they that seek 01245 evil 07451 to my lord 0113, be as Nabal 05037. avenging…: Heb. saving thyself
27 And now this blessing 01293 which thy handmaid 08198 hath brought 0935 to my lord 0113, let it even be given 05414 to the young men 05288 that follow 01980, 7272 my lord 0113. blessing: or, presentfollow…: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc
28 I pray thee, forgive 05375 the trespass 06588 of thy handmaid 0519: for the LORD 03068 will certainly 06213 make 06213 my lord 0113 a sure 0539 house 01004; because my lord 0113 fighteth 03898 the battles 04421 of the LORD 03068, and evil 07451 hath not been found 04672 in thee all thy days 03117.
29 Yet a man 0120 hath risen 06965 to pursue 07291 thee, and to seek 01245 thy soul 05315: but the soul 05315 of my lord 0113 shall be bound 06887 in the bundle 06872 of life 02416 with the LORD 03068 thy God 0430; and the souls 05315 of thy enemies 0341, them shall he sling out 07049, as from the middle 08432, 3709 of a sling 07050. as out…: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling
30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD 03068 shall have done 06213 to my lord 0113 according to all the good 02896 that he hath spoken 01696 concerning thee, and shall have appointed 06680 thee ruler 05057 over Israel 03478;
31 That this shall be no grief 06330 to thee, nor offence 04383 of heart 03820 to my lord 0113, either that thou hast shed 08210 blood 01818 without cause 02600, or that my lord 0113 hath avenged 03467 himself: but when the LORD 03068 shall have dealt well 03190 with my lord 0113, then remember 02142 thy handmaid 0519. no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling
32 And David 01732 said 0559 to Abigail 026, Blessed 01288 be the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, who sent 07971 thee this day 03117 to meet 07125 me:
33 And blessed 01288 be thy advice 02940, and blessed 01288 be thou, who hast kept 03607 me this day 03117 from coming 0935 to shed blood 01818, and from avenging 03467 myself with my own hand 03027.
34 For in very deed 0199, as the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 liveth 02416, who hath kept me back 04513 from hurting 07489 thee, except 03884 thou hadst hasted 04116 and come 0935 to meet 07125 me, surely there had not been left 03498 to Nabal 05037 by the morning 01242 light 0216 any male person 08366, 7023.
35 So David 01732 received 03947 from her hand 03027 that which she had brought 0935 him, and said 0559 to her, Return 05927 in peace 07965 to thy house 01004; see 07200, I have hearkened 08085 to thy voice 06963, and have accepted 05375 thy person 06440.
36 And Abigail 026 came 0935 to Nabal 05037; and, behold, he held a feast 04960 in his house 01004, like the feast 04960 of a king 04428; and Nabal’s 05037 heart 03820 was merry 02896 within him, for he was very 03966 drunk 07910: therefore she told 05046 him nothing 01697, less 06996 or more 01419, until the morning 01242 light 0216.
37 But it came to pass in the morning 01242, when the wine 03196 had left 03318 Nabal 05037, and his wife 0802 had told 05046 him these things 01697, that his heart 03820 died 04191 within 07130 him, and he became as a stone 068.
38 And it came to pass about ten 06235 days 03117 after, that the LORD 03068 smote 05062 Nabal 05037, that he died 04191.
39 And when David 01732 heard 08085 that Nabal 05037 was dead 04191, he said 0559, Blessed 01288 be the LORD 03068, that hath pleaded 07378 the cause 07379 of my reproach 02781 from the hand 03027 of Nabal 05037, and hath kept 02820 his servant 05650 from evil 07451: for the LORD 03068 hath returned 07725 the wickedness 07451 of Nabal 05037 upon his own head 07218. And David 01732 sent 07971 and talked 01696 with Abigail 026, to take 03947 her to himself for a wife 0802.
40 And when the servants 05650 of David 01732 had come 0935 to Abigail 026 to Carmel 03760, they spoke 01696 to her, saying 0559, David 01732 hath sent 07971 us to thee, to take 03947 thee to him for a wife 0802.
41 And she arose 06965, and bowed 07812 herself on her face 0639 to the earth 0776, and said 0559, Behold, let thy handmaid 0519 be a servant 08198 to wash 07364 the feet 07272 of the servants 05650 of my lord 0113.
42 And Abigail 026 hasted 04116, and arose 06965, and rode 07392 upon a donkey 02543, with five 02568 damsels 05291 of hers that went 01980 after 07272 her; and she went 03212 after 0310 the messengers 04397 of David 01732, and became his wife 0802. after her: Heb. at her feet
43 David 01732 also took 03947 Ahinoam 0293 of Jezreel 03157; and they were also both 08147 of them his wives 0802.
44 But Saul 07586 had given 05414 Michal 04324 his daughter 01323, David’s 01732 wife 0802, to Phalti 06406 the son 01121 of Laish 03919, who was of Gallim 01554. Phalti: also called, Phaltiel
1 And the Ziphites 02130 came 0935 to Saul 07586 to Gibeah 01390, saying 0559, Doth not David 01732 hide 05641 himself in the hill 01389 of Hachilah 02444, which is before 06440 Jeshimon 03452?
2 Then Saul 07586 arose 06965, and went down 03381 to the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128, having three 07969 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 men 0376 of Israel 03478 with him, to seek 01245 David 01732 in the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128.
3 And Saul 07586 encamped 02583 in the hill 01389 of Hachilah 02444, which is before 06440 Jeshimon 03452, by the way 01870. But David 01732 abode 03427 in the wilderness 04057, and he saw 07200 that Saul 07586 came 0935 after 0310 him into the wilderness 04057.
4 David 01732 therefore sent out 07971 spies 07270, and understood 03045 that Saul 07586 had come 0935 in very deed 03559.
5 And David 01732 arose 06965, and came 0935 to the place 04725 where Saul 07586 had encamped 02583: and David 01732 beheld 07200 the place 04725 where Saul 07586 lay 07901, and Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, the captain 08269 of his host 06635: and Saul 07586 lay 07901 in the trench 04570, and the people 05971 encamped 02583 around 05439 him. trench: or, midst of his carriages
6 Then answered 06030 David 01732 and said 0559 to Ahimelech 0288 the Hittite 02850, and to Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870, brother 0251 to Joab 03097, saying 0559, Who will go down 03381 with me to Saul 07586 to the camp 04264? And Abishai 052 said 0559, I will go down 03381 with thee.
7 So David 01732 and Abishai 052 came 0935 to the people 05971 by night 03915: and, behold, Saul 07586 lay 07901 sleeping 03463 within the trench 04570, and his spear 02595 stuck 04600 in the ground 0776 at his head 04763: but Abner 074 and the people 05971 lay 07901 about 05439 him.
8 Then said 0559 Abishai 052 to David 01732, God 0430 hath delivered 05462 thy enemy 0341 into thy hand 03027 this day 03117: now therefore let me smite 05221 him, I pray thee, with the spear 02595 even to the earth 0776 at once 06471, 259, and I will not smite him the second time 08138. delivered: Heb. shut up
9 And David 01732 said 0559 to Abishai 052, Destroy 07843 him not: for who can stretch forth 07971 his hand 03027 against the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899, and be guiltless 05352?
10 David 01732 said 0559 furthermore, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, the LORD 03068 shall smite 05062 him; or his day 03117 shall come 0935 to die 04191; or he shall descend 03381 into battle 04421, and perish 05595.
11 The LORD 03068 forbid 02486 that I should stretch forth 07971 my hand 03027 against the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899: but, I pray thee, take 03947 thou now the spear 02595 that is at his head 04763, and the cruse 06835 of water 04325, and let us go 03212.
12 So David 01732 took 03947 the spear 02595 and the cruse 06835 of water 04325 from beside Saul’s 07586 head 07226; and they departed 03212, and no man saw 07200 it, nor knew 03045 it, neither awoke 06974: for they were all asleep 03463; because a deep sleep 08639 from the LORD 03068 had fallen 05307 upon them.
13 Then David 01732 went over 05674 to the other side 05676, and stood 05975 on the top 07218 of an hill 02022 afar off 07350; a great 07227 space 04725 being between them:
14 And David 01732 cried 07121 to the people 05971, and to Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, saying 0559, Answerest 06030 thou not, Abner 074? Then Abner 074 answered 06030 and said 0559, Who art thou that criest 07121 to the king 04428?
15 And David 01732 said 0559 to Abner 074, Art not thou a valiant man 0376? and who is like thee in Israel 03478? why then hast thou not kept 08104 thy lord 0113 the king 04428? for there came 0935 in one 0259 of the people 05971 to destroy 07843 the king 04428 thy lord 0113.
16 This thing 01697 is not good 02896 that thou hast done 06213. As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, ye are worthy 01121 to die 04194, because ye have not kept 08104 your master 0113, the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899. And now see 07200 where the king’s 04428 spear 02595 is, and the cruse 06835 of water 04325 that was at his head 04763. worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death
17 And Saul 07586 knew 05234 David’s 01732 voice 06963, and said 0559, Is this thy voice 06963, my son 01121 David 01732? And David 01732 said 0559, It is my voice 06963, my lord 0113, O king 04428.
18 And he said 0559, Why doth my lord 0113 thus pursue 07291, 310 his servant 05650? for what have I done 06213? or what evil 07451 is in my hand 03027?
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord 0113 the king 04428 hear 08085 the words 01697 of his servant 05650. If the LORD 03068 hath stirred thee up 05496 against me, let him accept 07306 an offering 04503: but if they are the children 01121 of men 0120, cursed 0779 be they before 06440 the LORD 03068; for they have driven 01644 me out this day 03117 from abiding 05596 in the inheritance 05159 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, Go 03212, serve 05647 other 0312 gods 0430. accept: Heb. smellabiding: Heb. cleaving
20 Now therefore, let not my blood 01818 fall 05307 to the earth 0776 before the face 06440 of the LORD 03068: for the king 04428 of Israel 03478 hath come out 03318 to seek 01245 a 0259 flea 06550, as when one doth hunt 07291 a partridge 07124 in the mountains 02022.
21 Then said 0559 Saul 07586, I have sinned 02398: return 07725, my son 01121 David 01732: for I will no more do thee harm 07489, because my soul 05315 was precious 03365 in thy eyes 05869 this day 03117: behold, I have played the fool 05528, and have erred 07686 exceedingly 07235, 3966.
22 And David 01732 answered 06030 and said 0559, Behold the king’s 04428 spear 02595! and let one 0259 of the young men 05288 come over 05674 and take 03947 it.
23 The LORD 03068 render 07725 to every man 0376 his righteousness 06666 and his faithfulness 0530: for the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 thee into my hand 03027 to day 03117, but I would 014 not stretch forth 07971 my hand 03027 against the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899.
24 And, behold, as thy life 05315 was precious 01431 this day 03117 in my eyes 05869, so let my life 05315 be precious 01431 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068, and let him deliver 05337 me out of all tribulation 06869.
25 Then Saul 07586 said 0559 to David 01732, Blessed 01288 be thou, my son 01121 David 01732: thou shalt both do 06213 great 06213 things, and also shalt still 03201 prevail 03201. So David 01732 went 03212 on his way 01870, and Saul 07586 returned 07725 to his place 04725.
1 And David 01732 said 0559 in his heart 03820, I shall now perish 05595 one 0259 day 03117 by the hand 03027 of Saul 07586: there is nothing better 02896 for me than that 03588 I should speedily 04422 escape 04422 into the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430; and Saul 07586 shall despair 02976 of me, to seek 01245 me any more in any part 01366 of Israel 03478: so shall I escape 04422 from his hand 03027. perish: Heb. be consumed
2 And David 01732 arose 06965, and he passed over 05674 with the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 that were with him to Achish 0397, the son 01121 of Maoch 04582, king 04428 of Gath 01661.
3 And David 01732 dwelt 03427 with Achish 0397 at Gath 01661, he and his men 0582, every man 0376 with his household 01004, even David 01732 with his two 08147 wives 0802, Ahinoam 0293 the Jezreelitess 03159, and Abigail 026 the Carmelitess 03762, Nabal’s 05037 wife 0802.
4 And it was told 05046 to Saul 07586 that David 01732 had fled 01272 to Gath 01661: and he sought 01245 no more again 03254 for him.
5 And David 01732 said 0559 to Achish 0397, If I have now found 04672 grace 02580 in thy eyes 05869, let them give 05414 me a place 04725 in some 0259 town 05892 in the country 07704, that I may dwell 03427 there: for why should thy servant 05650 dwell 03427 in the royal 04467 city 05892 with thee?
6 Then Achish 0397 gave 05414 him Ziklag 06860 that day 03117: therefore Ziklag 06860 pertaineth to the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 to this day 03117.
7 And the time 04557, 3117 that David 01732 dwelt 03427 in the country 07704 of the Philistines 06430 was a full year 03117 and four 0702 months 02320. the time: Heb. the number of daysa full year: Heb. a year of days
8 And David 01732 and his men 0582 went up 05927, and invaded 06584 the Geshurites 01651, and the Gezrites 01511, and the Amalekites 06003: for those 02007 nations were of old 05769 the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776, as thou goest 0935 to Shur 07793, even to the land 0776 of Egypt 04714. Gezrites: or, Gerzites
9 And David 01732 smote 05221 the land 0776, and left neither man 0376 nor woman 0802 alive 02421, and took away 03947 the sheep 06629, and the oxen 01241, and the donkeys 02543, and the camels 01581, and the apparel 0899, and returned 07725, and came 0935 to Achish 0397.
10 And Achish 0397 said 0559, Where 0408 have ye plundered 06584 to day 03117? And David 01732 said 0559, Against the south 05045 of Judah 03063, and against the south 05045 of the Jerahmeelites 03397, and against the south 05045 of the Kenites 07017. Whither…: or, Did you not make a road, etc
11 And David 01732 saved 02421 neither man 0376 nor woman 0802 alive 02421, to bring 0935 tidings to Gath 01661, saying 0559, Lest they should inform 05046 against us, saying 0559, So did 06213 David 01732, and so will be his manner 04941 all the while 03117 he dwelleth 03427 in the country 07704 of the Philistines 06430.
12 And Achish 0397 believed 0539 David 01732, saying 0559, He hath made his people 05971 Israel 03478 utterly 0887 to abhor 0887 him; therefore he shall be my servant 05650 for ever 05769. utterly…: Heb. to stink
1 And it came to pass in those days 03117, that the Philistines 06430 gathered 06908 their armies 04264 together 06908 for warfare 06635, to fight 03898 with Israel 03478. And Achish 0397 said 0559 to David 01732, Know 03045 thou assuredly 03045, that thou shalt go out 03318 with me to battle 04264, thou and thy men 0582.
2 And David 01732 said 0559 to Achish 0397, Surely 03651 thou shalt know 03045 what thy servant 05650 can do 06213. And Achish 0397 said 0559 to David 01732, Therefore will I make 07760 thee keeper 08104 of my head 07218 for ever 03117.
3 Now Samuel 08050 was dead 04191, and all Israel 03478 had lamented 05594 him, and buried 06912 him in Ramah 07414, even in his own city 05892. And Saul 07586 had put away 05493 those that were mediums 0178, and the wizards 03049, out of the land 0776.
4 And the Philistines 06430 gathered themselves together 06908, and came 0935 and encamped 02583 in Shunem 07766: and Saul 07586 gathered 06908 all Israel 03478 together 06908, and they encamped 02583 in Gilboa 01533.
5 And when Saul 07586 saw 07200 the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430, he was afraid 03372, and his heart 03820 greatly 03966 trembled 02729.
6 And when Saul 07586 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068, the LORD 03068 answered 06030 him not, neither by dreams 02472, nor by Urim 0224, nor by prophets 05030.
7 Then said 0559 Saul 07586 to his servants 05650, Seek 01245 me a woman 0802 that is 01172 a medium 0178, that I may go 03212 to her, and enquire 01875 of her. And his servants 05650 said 0559 to him, Behold, there is a woman 0802 that hath 01172 a medium 0178 at Endor 05874.
8 And Saul 07586 disguised 02664 himself, and put on 03847 other 0312 raiment 0899, and he went 03212, and two 08147 men 0582 with him, and they came 0935 to the woman 0802 by night 03915: and he said 0559, I pray thee, divine 07080 to me as a medium 0178, and bring up for me 05927, whom I shall name 0559 to thee.
9 And the woman 0802 said 0559 to him, Behold, thou knowest 03045 what Saul 07586 hath done 06213, how he hath cut off 03772 those that are mediums 0178, and the wizards 03049, out of the land 0776: Why then layest thou a snare 05367 for my life 05315, to cause me to die 04191?
10 And Saul 07586 swore 07650 to her by the LORD 03068, saying 0559, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, there shall 0518 no punishment 05771 happen 07136 to thee for this thing 01697.
11 Then said 0559 the woman 0802, Whom shall I bring up 05927 to thee? And he said 0559, Bring me up 05927 Samuel 08050.
12 And when the woman 0802 saw 07200 Samuel 08050, she cried 02199 with a loud 01419 voice 06963: and the woman 0802 spoke 0559 to Saul 07586, saying 0559, Why hast thou deceived 07411 me? for thou art Saul 07586.
13 And the king 04428 said 0559 to her, Be not afraid 03372: for what sawest 07200 thou? And the woman 0802 said 0559 to Saul 07586, I saw 07200 gods 0430 ascending 05927 out of the earth 0776.
14 And he said 0559 to her, What is his form 08389? And she said 0559, An old 02205 man 0376 cometh up 05927; and he is covered 05844 with a mantle 04598. And Saul 07586 perceived 03045 that it was Samuel 08050, and he stooped 06915 with his face 0639 to the ground 0776, and bowed 07812 himself. What…: Heb. What is his form?
15 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 to Saul 07586, Why hast thou disquieted 07264 me, to bring me up 05927? And Saul 07586 answered 0559, I am grievously 03966 distressed 06887; for the Philistines 06430 make war 03898 against me, and God 0430 hath departed 05493 from me, and answereth 06030 me no more, neither by 03027 prophets 05030, nor by dreams 02472: therefore I have called 07121 thee, that thou mayest make known 03045 to me what I shall do 06213. by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets
16 Then said 0559 Samuel 08050, Why then dost thou ask 07592 of me, seeing the LORD 03068 hath departed 05493 from thee, and hath become thy enemy 06145?
17 And the LORD 03068 hath done 06213 to him, as he spoke 01696 by me 03027: for the LORD 03068 hath torn 07167 the kingdom 04467 out of thy hand 03027, and given 05414 it to thy neighbour 07453, even to David 01732: to him: or, for himselfme: Heb. mine hand
18 Because 0834 thou didst not obey 08085 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, nor execute 06213 his fierce 02740 wrath 0639 upon Amalek 06002, therefore hath the LORD 03068 done 06213 this thing 01697 to thee this day 03117.
19 Moreover the LORD 03068 will also deliver 05414 Israel 03478 with thee into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430: and to morrow 04279 shalt thou and thy sons 01121 be with me: the LORD 03068 also shall deliver 05414 the host 04264 of Israel 03478 into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
20 Then Saul 07586 fell 05307 immediately 04116 all 04393 along 06967 on the earth 0776, and was exceedingly 03966 afraid 03372, because of the words 01697 of Samuel 08050: and there was no strength 03581 in him; for he had eaten 0398 no bread 03899 all the day 03117, nor all the night 03915. fell…: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature
21 And the woman 0802 came 0935 to Saul 07586, and saw 07200 that he was greatly 03966 troubled 0926, and said 0559 to him, Behold, thy handmaid 08198 hath obeyed 08085 thy voice 06963, and I have put 07760 my life 05315 in my hand 03709, and have hearkened 08085 to thy words 01697 which thou spoke 01696 to me.
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken 08085 thou also to the voice 06963 of thy handmaid 08198, and let me set 07760 a morsel 06595 of bread 03899 before 06440 thee; and eat 0398, that thou mayest have strength 03581, when thou goest 03212 on thy way 01870.
23 But he refused 03985, and said 0559, I will not eat 0398. But his servants 05650, together with the woman 0802, compelled 06555 him; and he hearkened 08085 to their voice 06963. So he arose 06965 from the earth 0776, and sat 03427 upon the bed 04296.
24 And the woman 0802 had a fat 04770 calf 05695 in the house 01004; and she hasted 04116, and killed 02076 it, and took 03947 flour 07058, and kneaded 03888 it, and baked 0644 unleavened bread 04682 from it:
25 And she brought 05066 it before 06440 Saul 07586, and before 06440 his servants 05650; and they ate 0398. Then they arose 06965, and went away 03212 that night 03915.
1 Now the Philistines 06430 gathered together 06908 all their armies 04264 to Aphek 0663: and the Israelites 03478 encamped 02583 by a fountain 05869 which is in Jezreel 03157.
2 And the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 passed on 05674 by hundreds 03967, and by thousands 0505: but David 01732 and his men 0582 passed on 05674 in the rear 0314 with Achish 0397.
3 Then said 0559 the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430, What do these Hebrews 05680 here? And Achish 0397 said 0559 to the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430, Is not this David 01732, the servant 05650 of Saul 07586 the king 04428 of Israel 03478, who hath been with me these days 03117, or these years 08141, and I have found 04672 no fault 03972 in him since 03117 he fell 05307 to me to this day 03117?
4 And the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 were angry 07107 with him; and the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 said 0559 to him, Make 07725 this fellow 0376 return 07725, that he may go again 07725 to his place 04725 which thou hast appointed 06485 him, and let him not go down 03381 with us to battle 04421, lest in the battle 04421 he should be an adversary 07854 to us: for how should he reconcile 07521 himself to his master 0113? should it not be with the heads 07218 of these men 0582?
5 Is not this David 01732, of whom they sang 06030 one to another in dances 04246, saying 0559, Saul 07586 slew 05221 his thousands 0505, and David 01732 his ten thousands 07233?
6 Then Achish 0397 called 07121 David 01732, and said 0559 to him, Surely, as the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, thou hast been upright 03477, and thy going out 03318 and thy coming in 0935 with me in the host 04264 is good 02896 in my sight 05869: for I have not found 04672 evil 07451 in thee from the day 03117 of thy coming 0935 to me to this day 03117: nevertheless the lords 05633 favour 02896 thee not 05869. the lords…: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords
7 Therefore now return 07725, and go 03212 in peace 07965, that thou displease 06213, 7451, 5869 not the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430. displease…: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords
8 And David 01732 said 0559 to Achish 0397, But what have I done 06213? and what hast thou found 04672 in thy servant 05650 so long as 03117 I have been with thee 06440 to this day 03117, that I may not go 0935 and fight 03898 against the enemies 0341 of my lord 0113 the king 04428? with…: Heb. before thee
9 And Achish 0397 answered 06030 and said 0559 to David 01732, I know 03045 that thou art good 02896 in my sight 05869, as an angel 04397 of God 0430: however the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 have said 0559, He shall not go up 05927 with us to the battle 04421.
10 Therefore now rise early 07925 in the morning 01242 with thy master’s 0113 servants 05650 that are come 0935 with thee: and as soon as ye shall have risen early 07925 in the morning 01242, and have light 0215, depart 03212.
11 So David 01732 and his men 0582 rose early 07925 to depart 03212 in the morning 01242, to return 07725 into the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430. And the Philistines 06430 went up 05927 to Jezreel 03157.
1 And it came to pass, when David 01732 and his men 0582 were come 0935 to Ziklag 06860 on the third 07992 day 03117, that the Amalekites 06003 had invaded 06584 the south 05045, and Ziklag 06860, and smitten 05221 Ziklag 06860, and burned 08313 it with fire 0784;
2 And had taken the women 0802 captives 07617, that were in it: they slew 04191 not any 0376, either great 01419 or small 06996, but carried them away 05090, and went 03212 on their way 01870.
3 So David 01732 and his men 0582 came 0935 to the city 05892, and, behold, it was burned 08313 with fire 0784; and their wives 0802, and their sons 01121, and their daughters 01323, were taken captives 07617.
4 Then David 01732 and the people 05971 that were with him lifted up 05375 their voice 06963 and wept 01058, until they had no more power 03581 to weep 01058.
5 And David’s 01732 two 08147 wives 0802 were taken captives 07617, Ahinoam 0293 the Jezreelitess 03159, and Abigail 026 the wife 0802 of Nabal 05037 the Carmelite 03761.
6 And David 01732 was greatly 03966 distressed 03334; for the people 05971 spoke 0559 of stoning 05619 him, because the soul 05315 of all the people 05971 was grieved 04843, every man 0376 for his sons 01121 and for his daughters 01323: but David 01732 encouraged 02388 himself in the LORD 03068 his God 0430. grieved: Heb. bitter
7 And David 01732 said 0559 to Abiathar 054 the priest 03548, Ahimelech’s 0288 son 01121, I pray thee, bring me here 05066 the ephod 0646. And Abiathar 054 brought 05066 there the ephod 0646 to David 01732.
8 And David 01732 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, Shall I pursue 07291, 310 this troop 01416? shall I overtake 05381 them? And he answered 0559 him, Pursue 07291: for thou shalt surely 05381 overtake 05381 them, and without fail 05337 recover 05337 all.
9 So David 01732 went 03212, he and the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 that were with him, and came 0935 to the brook 05158 Besor 01308, where those that were left behind 03498 remained 05975.
10 But David 01732 pursued 07291, he and four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376: for two hundred 03967 abode behind 05975, who were so faint 06296 that they could not go over 05674 the brook 05158 Besor 01308.
11 And they found 04672 an Egyptian 0376, 4713 in the field 07704, and brought 03947 him to David 01732, and gave 05414 him bread 03899, and he ate 0398; and they made him drink 08248 water 04325;
12 And they gave 05414 him a piece 06400 of a cake 01690 of figs, and two 08147 clusters of raisins 06778: and when he had eaten 0398, his spirit 07307 came again 07725 to him: for he had eaten 0398 no bread 03899, nor drunk 08354 any water 04325, three 07969 days 03117 and three 07969 nights 03915.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 to him, To whom belongest thou? and from where art thou? And he said 0559, I am a young man 05288 of Egypt 04713, servant 05650 to an Amalekite 0376, 6003; and my master 0113 left 05800 me, because three 07969 days 03117 ago I fell sick 02470.
14 We made an invasion 06584 upon the south 05045 of the Cherethites 03774, and upon the land which belongeth to Judah 03063, and upon the south 05045 of Caleb 03612; and we burned 08313 Ziklag 06860 with fire 0784.
15 And David 01732 said 0559 to him, Canst thou bring me down 03381 to this company 01416? And he said 0559, Swear 07650 to me by God 0430, that thou wilt neither kill 04191 me, nor 0518 deliver 05462 me into the hands 03027 of my master 0113, and I will bring thee down 03381 to this company 01416.
16 And when he had brought him down 03381, behold, they were spread abroad 05203 upon all 06440 the earth 0776, eating 0398 and drinking 08354, and dancing 02287, because of all the great 01419 spoil 07998 that they had taken 03947 from the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430, and from the land 0776 of Judah 03063.
17 And David 01732 smote 05221 them from the twilight 05399 even to the evening 06153 of the next day 04283: and there escaped 04422 not a man 0376 of them, except four 0702 hundred 03967 young 05288 men 0376, who rode 07392 upon camels 01581, and fled 05127. the next…: Heb. their morrow
18 And David 01732 recovered 05337 all that the Amalekites 06002 had carried away 03947: and David 01732 rescued 05337 his two 08147 wives 0802.
19 And there was nothing lacking 05737 to them, neither 04480 small 06996 nor great 01419, neither sons 01121 nor daughters 01323, neither spoil 07998, nor any thing that they had taken 03947 to them: David 01732 recovered 07725 all.
20 And David 01732 took 03947 all the flocks 06629 and the herds 01241, which they drove 05090 before 06440 those 01931 other cattle 04735, and said 0559, This is David’s 01732 spoil 07998.
21 And David 01732 came 0935 to the two hundred 03967 men 0582, who were so faint 06296 that they could not follow 03212, 310 David 01732, whom they had made also to abide 03427 at the brook 05158 Besor 01308: and they went forth 03318 to meet 07125 David 01732, and to meet 07125 the people 05971 that were with him: and when David 01732 came near 05066 to the people 05971, he greeted 07592, 7965 them. saluted…: or, asked them how they did
22 Then answered 06030 all the wicked 07451 and worthless 01100 men 0376, of those 0582 that went 01980 with David 01732, and said 0559, Because they went 01980 not with us, we will not give 05414 them any of the spoil 07998 that we have recovered 05337, except to every man 0376 his wife 0802 and his children 01121, that they may lead them away 05090, and depart 03212. those: Heb. men
23 Then said 0559 David 01732, Ye shall not do so 06213, my brethren 0251, with that which the LORD 03068 hath given 05414 us, who hath preserved 08104 us, and delivered 05414 the company 01416 that came 0935 against us into our hand 03027.
24 For who will hearken 08085 to you in this matter 01697? but as his part 02506 is that goeth down 03381 to the battle 04421, so shall his part 02506 be that tarrieth 03427 by the baggage 03627: they shall divide 02505 alike 03162.
25 And it was so from that day 03117 onward 04605, that he made 07760 it a statute 02706 and an ordinance 04941 for Israel 03478 to this day 03117. forward: Heb. and forward
26 And when David 01732 came 0935 to Ziklag 06860, he sent 07971 of the spoil 07998 to the elders 02205 of Judah 03063, even to his friends 07453, saying 0559, Behold a present 01293 for you of the spoil 07998 of the enemies 0341 of the LORD 03068; present: Heb. blessing
27 To them 0834 who were in Bethel 01008, and to them who were in south 05045 Ramoth 07418, and to them who were in Jattir 03492,
28 And to them who were in Aroer 06177, and to them who were in Siphmoth 08224, and to them who were in Eshtemoa 0851,
29 And to them who were in Rachal 07403, and to them who were in the cities 05892 of the Jerahmeelites 03397, and to them who were in the cities 05892 of the Kenites 07017,
30 And to them who were in Hormah 02767, and to them who were in Chorashan 03565, and to them who were in Athach 06269,
31 And to them who were in Hebron 02275, and to all the places 04725 where David 01732 himself and his men 0582 were accustomed to resort 01980.
1 Now the Philistines 06430 fought 03898 against Israel 03478: and the men 0582 of Israel 03478 fled 05127 from before 06440 the Philistines 06430, and fell down 05307 slain 02491 in mount 02022 Gilboa 01533. slain: or, wounded
2 And the Philistines 06430 followed hard 01692 upon Saul 07586 and upon his sons 01121; and the Philistines 06430 slew 05221 Jonathan 03083, and Abinadab 041, and Malchishua 04444, Saul’s 07586 sons 01121.
3 And the battle 04421 went heavily 03513 against Saul 07586, and the archers 03384, 582, 7198 hit 04672 him; and he was grievously 03966 wounded 02342 by the archers 03384, 582, 7198. and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bowshit…: Heb. found him
4 Then said 0559 Saul 07586 to his armourbearer 05375, 3627, Draw 08025 thy sword 02719, and thrust me through 01856 with it; lest these uncircumcised 06189 should come 0935 and thrust me through 01856, and abuse 05953 me. But his armourbearer 05375, 3627 would 014 not; for he was exceedingly 03966 afraid 03372. Therefore Saul 07586 took 03947 a sword 02719, and fell 05307 upon it. abuse…: or, mock me
5 And when his armourbearer 05375, 3627 saw 07200 that Saul 07586 was dead 04191, he fell 05307 likewise upon his sword 02719, and died 04191 with him.
6 So Saul 07586 died 04191, and his three 07969 sons 01121, and his armourbearer 05375, 3627, and all his men 0582, that same day 03117 together 03162.
7 And when the men 0582 of Israel 03478 that were on the other side 05676 of the valley 06010, and they that were on the other side 05676 of Jordan 03383, saw 07200 that the men 0582 of Israel 03478 fled 05127, and that Saul 07586 and his sons 01121 were dead 04191, they forsook 05800 the cities 05892, and fled 05127; and the Philistines 06430 came 0935 and dwelt 03427 in them.
8 And it came to pass on the next day 04283, when the Philistines 06430 came 0935 to strip 06584 the slain 02491, that they found 04672 Saul 07586 and his three 07969 sons 01121 fallen 05307 in mount 02022 Gilboa 01533.
9 And they cut off 03772 his head 07218, and stripped off 06584 his armour 03627, and sent 07971 them around 05439 the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430, to proclaim 01319 it in the house 01004 of their idols 06091, and among the people 05971.
10 And they put 07760 his armour 03627 in the house 01004 of Ashtaroth 06252, 1045: and they fastened 08628 his body 01472 to the wall 02346 of Bethshan 01052.
11 And when the inhabitants 03427 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568 heard 08085 of that which the Philistines 06430 had done 06213 to Saul 07586; of that: or, concerning him that
12 All the valiant 02428 men 0376, 381 arose 06965, and went 03212 all night 03915, and took 03947 the body 01472 of Saul 07586 and the bodies 01472 of his sons 01121 from the wall 02346 of Bethshan 01052, and came 0935 to Jabesh 03003, and burnt 08313 them there.
13 And they took 03947 their bones 06106, and buried 06912 them under a tree 0815 at Jabesh 03003, and fasted 06684 seven 07651 days 03117.