1SA 01:01  Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of

mount

Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son

of

Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1SA 01:02  And he had two wives; the name of the one [was]

Hannah, and

the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but

Hannah

had no children.

1SA 01:03  And this man went up out of his city yearly to

worship and

to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons

of

Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.

1SA 01:04  And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to

Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters,

portions:

1SA 01:05  But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved

Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

1SA 01:06  And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make

her

fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

1SA 01:07  And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to

the

house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and

did

not eat.

1SA 01:08  Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why

weepest

thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved?

[am] not

I better to thee than ten sons?

1SA 01:09  So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and

after

they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of

the

temple of the LORD.

1SA 01:10  And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto

the

LORD, and wept sore.

1SA 01:11  And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if

thou

wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and

remember me,

and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid

a man

child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his

life,

and there shall no razor come upon his head.

1SA 01:12  And it came to pass, as she continued praying before

the

LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

1SA 01:13  Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips

moved,

but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been

drunken.

1SA 01:14  And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken?

put

away thy wine from thee.

1SA 01:15  And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I [am] a

woman

of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong

drink, but

have poured out my soul before the LORD.

1SA 01:16  Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial:

for out

of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken

hitherto.

1SA 01:17  Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God

of

Israel grant [thee] thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

1SA 01:18  And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy

sight.

So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was

no

more [sad].

1SA 01:19  And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped

before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah:

and

Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1SA 01:20  Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come

about

after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his

name

Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD.

1SA 01:21  And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to

offer

unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

1SA 01:22  But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband,

 [I

will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will

bring

him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for

ever.

1SA 01:23  And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what

seemeth thee

good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish

his

word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned

him.

1SA 01:24  And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her,

 with

three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and

brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child

[was]

young.

1SA 01:25  And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

1SA 01:26  And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my

lord, I

[am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

1SA 01:27  For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my

petition which I asked of him:

1SA 01:28  Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long

as he

liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD

there.

1SA 02:01  And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the

LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged

over mine

enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

1SA 02:02  [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none

beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.

1SA 02:03  Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not]

arrogancy come

out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by

him

actions are weighed.

1SA 02:04  The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that

stumbled are girded with strength.

1SA 02:05  [They that were] full have hired out themselves for

bread;

and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born

seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

1SA 02:06  The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down

to the

grave, and bringeth up.

1SA 02:07  The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth

low, and

lifteth up.

1SA 02:08  He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth

up

the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and

to make

them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth

[are]

the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.

1SA 02:09  He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked

shall

be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

1SA 02:10  The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces;

 out

of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the

ends of

the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt

the

horn of his anointed.

1SA 02:11  And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child

did

minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

1SA 02:12  Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew

not

the LORD.

1SA 02:13  And the priests' custom with the people [was, that],

when

any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the

flesh

was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

1SA 02:14  And he struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or

caldron, or

pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for

himself. So

they did in Shiloh, unto all the Israelites that came thither.

1SA 02:15  Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant

came,

and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the

priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

1SA 02:16  And [if] any man said unto him, Let them not fail to

burn

the fat presently, and [then] take [as much] as thy soul

desireth;

then he would answer him, [Nay]; but thou shalt give [it me] now:

 and

if not, I will take [it] by force.

1SA 02:17  Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great

before

the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

1SA 02:18  But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a

child,

girded with a linen ephod.

1SA 02:19  Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and

brought

[it] to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband

to

offer the yearly sacrifice.

1SA 02:20  And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The

LORD

give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the

LORD.

And they went unto their own home.

1SA 02:21  And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived,

and

bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew

before

the LORD.

1SA 02:22  Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did

unto

all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled [at]

the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

1SA 02:23  And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I

hear of

your evil dealings by all this people.

1SA 02:24  Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear:

ye

make the LORD's people to transgress.

1SA 02:25  If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge

him:

but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him?

Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their

father,

because the LORD would slay them.

1SA 02:26  And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both

with

the LORD, and also with men.

1SA 02:27  And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto

him,

Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy

father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

1SA 02:28  And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel

[to

be] my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to

wear an

ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all

the

offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

1SA 02:29  Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine

offering,

which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons

above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the

offerings of Israel my people?

1SA 02:30  Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed

[that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk

before me

for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them

that

honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be

lightly

esteemed.

1SA 02:31  Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm,

and

the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old

man in

thine house.

1SA 02:32  And thou shalt see an enemy [in my] habitation, in

all [the

wealth] which [God] shall give Israel: and there shall not be an

old

man in thine house for ever.

1SA 02:33  And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from

mine

altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine

heart:

and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of

their

age.

1SA 02:34  And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come

upon

thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die

both

of them.

1SA 02:35  And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that]

shall do

according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and

I

will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine

anointed

for ever.

1SA 02:36  And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is

left in

thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver

and a

morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of

the

priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

1SA 03:01  And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before

Eli.

And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; [there was]

no

open vision.

1SA 03:02  And it came to pass at that time, when Eli [was] laid

down

in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, [that] he could not

see;

1SA 03:03  And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the

LORD,

where the ark of God [was], and Samuel was laid down [to sleep];

1SA 03:04  That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here

[am] I.

1SA 03:05  And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou

calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he

went

and lay down.

1SA 03:06  And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel

arose and

went to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst call me. And

he

answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

1SA 03:07  Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the

word

of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

1SA 03:08  And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And

he

arose and went to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst

call me.

And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

1SA 03:09  Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it

shall

be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy

servant

heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1SA 03:10  And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other

times,

Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant

heareth.

1SA 03:11  And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a

thing in

Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall

tingle.

1SA 03:12  In that day I will perform against Eli all [things]

which I

have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make

an

end.

1SA 03:13  For I have told him that I will judge his house for

ever

for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made

themselves

vile, and he restrained them not.

1SA 03:14  And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli,

that the

iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor

offering for ever.

1SA 03:15  And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the

doors of

the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

1SA 03:16  Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And

he

answered, Here [am] I.

1SA 03:17  And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath

said

unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee,

and

more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things

that he

said unto thee.

1SA 03:18  And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from

him.

And he said, It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

1SA 03:19  And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did

let

none of his words fall to the ground.

1SA 03:20  And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that

Samuel

[was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD.

1SA 03:21  And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD

revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

1SA 04:01  And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel

went

out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside

Ebenezer:

and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

1SA 04:02  And the Philistines put themselves in array against

Israel:

and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the

Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four

thousand men.

1SA 04:03  And when the people were come into the camp, the

elders of

Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the

Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD

out of

Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us

out of

the hand of our enemies.

1SA 04:04  So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring

from

thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which

dwelleth

[between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and

Phinehas,

[were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.

1SA 04:05  And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came

into the

camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth

rang

again.

1SA 04:06  And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout,

 they

said, What [meaneth] the noise of this great shout in the camp

of the

Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come

into

the camp.

1SA 04:07  And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God

is come

into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not

been

such a thing heretofore.

1SA 04:08  Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of

these

mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote the Egyptians with

all

the plagues in the wilderness.

1SA 04:09  Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye

Philistines,

that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to

you:

quit yourselves like men, and fight.

1SA 04:10  And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten,

and

they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great

slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

1SA 04:11  And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli,

Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

1SA 04:12  And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and

came

to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth

upon his

head.

1SA 04:13  And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the

wayside

watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when

the man

came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out.

1SA 04:14  And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said,

What

[meaneth] the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily,

and

told Eli.

1SA 04:15  Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes

were

dim, that he could not see.

1SA 04:16  And the man said unto Eli, I [am] he that came out of

the

army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is

there

done, my son?

1SA 04:17  And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled

before

the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter

among the

people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,

and the

ark of God is taken.

1SA 04:18  And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark

of

God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the

gate,

and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and

heavy. And

he had judged Israel forty years.

1SA 04:19  And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with

child,

[near] to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the

ark of

God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were

dead,

she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

1SA 04:20  And about the time of her death the women that stood

by her

said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she

answered

not, neither did she regard [it].

1SA 04:21  And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is

departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and

because of

her father in law and her husband.

1SA 04:22  And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for

the

ark of God is taken.

1SA 05:01  And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought

it

from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

1SA 05:02  When the Philistines took the ark of God, they

brought it

into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

1SA 05:03  And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow,

behold,

Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of

the

LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

1SA 05:04  And when they arose early on the morrow morning,

behold,

Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of

the

LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands

[were] cut

off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to

him.

1SA 05:05  Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that

come

into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod

unto

this day.

1SA 05:06  But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of

Ashdod, and

he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, [even] Ashdod

and the

coasts thereof.

1SA 05:07  And when the men of Ashdod saw that [it was] so, they

said,

The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his

hand is

sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

1SA 05:08  They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the

Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark

of the

God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of

Israel be

carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of

Israel

about [thither].

1SA 05:09  And it was [so], that, after they had carried it

about, the

hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great

destruction:

and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they

had

emerods in their secret parts.

1SA 05:10  Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it

came to

pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried

out,

saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to

us, to

slay us and our people.

1SA 05:11  So they sent and gathered together all the lords of

the

Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel,

and let

it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our

people: for

there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand

of

God was very heavy there.

1SA 05:12  And the men that died not were smitten with the

emerods:

and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1SA 06:01  And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the

Philistines seven months.

1SA 06:02  And the Philistines called for the priests and the

diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell

us

wherewith we shall send it to his place.

1SA 06:03  And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of

Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass

offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you

why

his hand is not removed from you.

1SA 06:04  Then said they, What [shall be] the trespass offering

which

we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and

five

golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the

Philistines: for one plague [was] on you all, and on your lords.

1SA 06:05  Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and

images

of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the

God

of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you,

and

from off your gods, and from off your land.

1SA 06:06  Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the

Egyptians

and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought

wonderfully

among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

1SA 06:07  Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch

kine, on

which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and

bring

their calves home from them:

1SA 06:08  And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the

cart; and

put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass

offering,

in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may

go.

1SA 06:09  And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to

Bethshemesh, [then] he hath done us this great evil: but if not,

then

we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it

[was] a

chance [that] happened to us.

1SA 06:10  And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied

them

to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

1SA 06:11  And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and

the

coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

1SA 06:12  And the kine took the straight way to the way of

Bethshemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went,

and

turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the

lords

of the Philistines went after them unto the border of

Bethshemesh.

1SA 06:13  And [they of] Bethshemesh [were] reaping their wheat

harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw

the ark,

and rejoiced to see [it].

1SA 06:14  And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a

Bethshemite,

and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and they clave

the

wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the

LORD.

1SA 06:15  And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the

coffer that [was] with it, wherein the jewels of gold [were],

and put

[them] on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered

burnt

offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

1SA 06:16  And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen

[it],

they returned to Ekron the same day.

1SA 06:17  And these [are] the golden emerods which the

Philistines

returned [for] a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one,

 for

Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

1SA 06:18  And the golden mice, [according to] the number of all

the

cities of the Philistines [belonging] to the five lords, [both]

of

fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great

[stone of]

Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: [which stone

remaineth] unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.

1SA 06:19  And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had

looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people

fifty

thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented,

because

the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.

1SA 06:20  And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand

before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

1SA 06:21  And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of

Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the

ark of

the LORD; come ye down, [and] fetch it up to you.

1SA 07:01  And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the

ark

of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the

hill,

and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

1SA 07:02  And it came to pass, while the ark abode in

Kirjathjearim,

that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the

house of

Israel lamented after the LORD.

1SA 07:03  And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying,

 If

ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away

the

strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your

hearts

unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out

of the

hand of the Philistines.

1SA 07:04  Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and

Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

1SA 07:05  And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I

will

pray for you unto the LORD.

1SA 07:06  And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water,

and

poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said

there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the

children

of Israel in Mizpeh.

1SA 07:07  And when the Philistines heard that the children of

Israel

were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines

went up

against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard [it], they

were

afraid of the Philistines.

1SA 07:08  And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not

to cry

unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the

hand of

the Philistines.

1SA 07:09  And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered [it for] a

burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the

LORD

for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

1SA 07:10  And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the

Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD

thundered

with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and

discomfited

them; and they were smitten before Israel.

1SA 07:11  And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued

the

Philistines, and smote them, until [they came] under Bethcar.

1SA 07:12  Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh

and

Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath

the

LORD helped us.

1SA 07:13  So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no

more into

the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the

Philistines all the days of Samuel.

1SA 07:14  And the cities which the Philistines had taken from

Israel

were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the

coasts

thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines.

And

there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1SA 07:15  And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

1SA 07:16  And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel,

and

Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

1SA 07:17  And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his

house;

and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the

LORD.

1SA 08:01  And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he

made his

sons judges over Israel.

1SA 08:02  Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name

of his

second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.

1SA 08:03  And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside

after

lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

1SA 08:04  Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves

together,

and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

1SA 08:05  And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons

walk

not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the

nations.

1SA 08:06  But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give

us a

king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

1SA 08:07  And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice

of

the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not

rejected

thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over

them.

1SA 08:08  According to all the works which they have done since

the

day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day,

wherewith

they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also

unto

thee.

1SA 08:09  Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet

protest

solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that

shall

reign over them.

1SA 08:10  And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the

people

that asked of him a king.

1SA 08:11  And he said, This will be the manner of the king that

shall

reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for

himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some]

shall

run before his chariots.

1SA 08:12  And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and

captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground,

and to

reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and

instruments

of his chariots.

1SA 08:13  And he will take your daughters [to be]

confectionaries,

and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers.

1SA 08:14  And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and

your

oliveyards, [even] the best [of them], and give [them] to his

servants.

1SA 08:15  And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your

vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

1SA 08:16  And he will take your menservants, and your

maidservants,

and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to

his

work.

1SA 08:17  He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be

his

servants.

1SA 08:18  And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king

which

ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that

day.

1SA 08:19  Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of

Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1SA 08:20  That we also may be like all the nations; and that

our king

may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

1SA 08:21  And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he

rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

1SA 08:22  And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice,

 and

make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye

every

man unto his city.

1SA 09:01  Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was]

Kish, the

son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of

Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

1SA 09:02  And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice

young

man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of

Israel a

goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was]

higher

than any of the people.

1SA 09:03  And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And

Kish

said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and

arise, go seek the asses.

1SA 09:04  And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed

through the

land of Shalisha, but they found [them] not: then they passed

through

the land of Shalim, and [there they were] not: and he passed

through

the land of the Benjamites, but they found [them] not.

1SA 09:05  [And] when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul

said to

his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my

father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.

1SA 09:06  And he said unto him, Behold now, [there is] in this

city a

man of God, and [he is] an honourable man; all that he saith

cometh

surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show

us our

way that we should go.

1SA 09:07  Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, [if] we

go,

what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our

vessels,

and [there is] not a present to bring to the man of God: what

have we?

1SA 09:08  And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold,

 I

have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: [that]

will I

give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

1SA 09:09  (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of

God,

thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for [he that is]

now

[called] a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

1SA 09:10  Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let

us go.

So they went unto the city where the man of God [was].

1SA 09:11  [And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found

young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is

the seer

here?

1SA 09:12  And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he

is]

before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for

[there

is] a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

1SA 09:13  As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall

straightway

find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the

people

will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice;

[and]

afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for

about this time ye shall find him.

1SA 09:14  And they went up into the city: [and] when they were

come

into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go

up to

the high place.

1SA 09:15  Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before

Saul

came, saying,

1SA 09:16  To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out

of the

land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be] captain over

my

people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the

Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry

is

come unto me.

1SA 09:17  And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him,

Behold

the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my

people.

1SA 09:18  Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said,

Tell

me, I pray thee, where the seer's house [is].

1SA 09:19  And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I [am] the seer:

go up

before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day,

and to

morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that [is] in

thine

heart.

1SA 09:20  And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago,

set

not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom [is] all

the

desire of Israel? [Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's

house?

1SA 09:21  And Saul answered and said, [Am] not I a Benjamite,

of the

smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all

the

families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou

so to

me?

1SA 09:22  And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought

them into

the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them

that

were bidden, which [were] about thirty persons.

1SA 09:23  And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion

which I

gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

1SA 09:24  And the cook took up the shoulder, and [that] which

[was]

upon it, and set [it] before Saul. And [Samuel] said, Behold that

which is left! set [it] before thee, [and] eat: for unto this

time

hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the

people. So

Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

1SA 09:25  And when they were come down from the high place into

the

city, [Samuel] communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

1SA 09:26  And they arose early: and it came to pass about the

spring

of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house,

saying,

Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out

both

of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

1SA 09:27  [And] as they were going down to the end of the city,

Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he

passed

on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word

of

God.

1SA 10:01  Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] upon

his

head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath

anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance?

1SA 10:02  When thou art departed from me to day, then thou

shalt find

two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at

Zelzah; and

they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are

found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and

sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

1SA 10:03  Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou

shalt

come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men

going

up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another

carrying

three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

1SA 10:04  And they will salute thee, and give thee two [loaves]

of

bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

1SA 10:05  After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where

[is]

the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when

thou

art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of

prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a

tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall

prophesy:

1SA 10:06  And the spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and

thou

shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

1SA 10:07  And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee,

[that]

thou do as occasion serve thee; for God [is] with thee.

1SA 10:08  And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and,

behold, I

will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, [and] to

sacrifice

sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till

I

come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.

1SA 10:09  And it was [so], that when he had turned his back to

go

from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs

came to

pass that day.

1SA 10:10  And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a

company

of prophets met him; and the spirit of God came upon him, and he

prophesied among them.

1SA 10:11  And it came to pass, when all that knew him

beforetime saw

that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people

said

one to another, What [is] this [that] is come unto the son of

Kish?

[Is] Saul also among the prophets?

1SA 10:12  And one of the same place answered and said, But who

[is]

their father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also

among the

prophets?

1SA 10:13  And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came

to the

high place.

1SA 10:14  And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant,

Whither

went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that

[they

were] no where, we came to Samuel.

1SA 10:15  And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what

Samuel

said unto you.

1SA 10:16  And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that

the

asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof

Samuel

spake, he told him not.

1SA 10:17  And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to

Mizpeh;

1SA 10:18  And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the

LORD

God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered

you out

of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all

kingdoms,

[and] of them that oppressed you:

1SA 10:19  And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself

saved

you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye

have

said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore

present

yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

1SA 10:20  And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel

to come

near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

1SA 10:21  When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near

by

their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son

of

Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

1SA 10:22  Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the

man

should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath

hid

himself among the stuff.

1SA 10:23  And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood

among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his

shoulders and upward.

1SA 10:24  And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom

the LORD

hath chosen, that [there is] none like him among all the people?

And

all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

1SA 10:25  Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom,

 and

wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And

Samuel

sent all the people away, every man to his house.

1SA 10:26  And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went

with him

a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

1SA 10:27  But the children of Belial said, How shall this man

save

us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he

held

his peace.

1SA 11:01  Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against

Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a

covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

1SA 11:02  And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this

[condition]

will I make [a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out all your

right eyes, and lay it [for] a reproach upon all Israel.

1SA 11:03  And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven

days'

respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of

Israel:

and then, if [there be] no man to save us, we will come out to

thee.

1SA 11:04  Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told

the

tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up

their

voices, and wept.

1SA 11:05  And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the

field; and

Saul said, What [aileth] the people that they weep? And they

told him

the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

1SA 11:06  And the spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard

those

tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

1SA 11:07  And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces,

and

sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of

messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and

after

Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the

LORD

fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1SA 11:08  And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of

Israel

were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty

thousand.

1SA 11:09  And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus

shall ye

say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the

sun be

hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed [it]

to

the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

1SA 11:10  Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will

come

out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto

you.

1SA 11:11  And it was [so] on the morrow, that Saul put the

people in

three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the

morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day:

and

it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so

that two

of them were not left together.

1SA 11:12  And the people said unto Samuel, Who [is] he that

said,

Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to

death.

1SA 11:13  And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death

this

day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

1SA 11:14  Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to

Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

1SA 11:15  And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they

made Saul

king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed

sacrifices

of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the

men of

Israel rejoiced greatly.

1SA 12:01  And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have

hearkened

unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a

king over

you.

1SA 12:02  And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I

am old

and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have

walked

before you from my childhood unto this day.

1SA 12:03  Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the

LORD,

and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass

have I

taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of

whose

hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith?

and I

will restore it you.

1SA 12:04  And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor

oppressed

us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

1SA 12:05  And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against

you,

and his anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found

ought

in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.

1SA 12:06  And Samuel said unto the people, [It is] the LORD that

advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out

of the

land of Egypt.

1SA 12:07  Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you

before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he

did to

you and to your fathers.

1SA 12:08  When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers

cried unto

the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought

forth your

fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

1SA 12:09  And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them

into

the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the

hand of

the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they

fought against them.

1SA 12:10  And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have

sinned,

because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and

Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies,

and we

will serve thee.

1SA 12:11  And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah,

and

Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on

every

side, and ye dwelled safe.

1SA 12:12  And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children

of

Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall

reign

over us: when the LORD your God [was] your king.

1SA 12:13  Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen,

[and]

whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over

you.

1SA 12:14  If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his

voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then

shall

both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue

following

the LORD your God:

1SA 12:15  But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but

rebel

against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the

LORD

be against you, as [it was] against your fathers.

1SA 12:16  Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which

the

LORD will do before your eyes.

1SA 12:17  [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the

LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive

and see

that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight

of

the LORD, in asking you a king.

1SA 12:18  So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent

thunder

and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and

Samuel.

1SA 12:19  And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy

servants

unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto

all our

sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.

1SA 12:20  And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have

done all

this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but

serve

the LORD with all your heart;

1SA 12:21  And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after

vain

[things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.

1SA 12:22  For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great

name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his

people.

1SA 12:23  Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin

against

the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the

good and

the right way:

1SA 12:24  Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all

your

heart; for consider how great [things] he hath done for you.

1SA 12:25  But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be

consumed,

both ye and your king.

1SA 13:01  Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two

years

over Israel,

1SA 13:02  Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel;

[whereof]

two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and

a

thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest

of the

people he sent every man to his tent.

1SA 13:03  And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines

that

[was] in Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew

the

trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

1SA 13:04  And all Israel heard say [that] Saul had smitten a

garrison

of the Philistines, and [that] Israel also was had in

abomination with

the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul

to

Gilgal.

1SA 13:05  And the Philistines gathered themselves together to

fight

with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen,

 and

people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and

they

came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

1SA 13:06  When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait,

 (for

the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves

in

caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in

pits.

1SA 13:07  And [some of] the Hebrews went over Jordan to the

land of

Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he [was] yet in Gilgal, and all the

people followed him trembling.

1SA 13:08  And he tarried seven days, according to the set time

that

Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the

people

were scattered from him.

1SA 13:09  And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me,

and

peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

1SA 13:10  And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an

end of

offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went

out to

meet him, that he might salute him.

1SA 13:11  And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said,

Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and [that]

thou

camest not within the days appointed, and [that] the Philistines

gathered themselves together at Michmash;

1SA 13:12  Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now

upon

me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I

forced

myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

1SA 13:13  And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly:

thou

hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he

commanded

thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon

Israel

for ever.

1SA 13:14  But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath

sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath

commanded him

[to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept

[that]

which the LORD commanded thee.

1SA 13:15  And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto

Gibeah of

Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that were] present with

him,

about six hundred men.

1SA 13:16  And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people [that

were]

present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the

Philistines

encamped in Michmash.

1SA 13:17  And the spoilers came out of the camp of the

Philistines in

three companies: one company turned unto the way [that leadeth

to]

Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

1SA 13:18  And another company turned the way [to] Bethhoron: and

another company turned [to] the way of the border that looketh

to the

valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1SA 13:19  Now there was no smith found throughout all the land

of

Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them]

swords

or spears:

1SA 13:20  But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines,

to

sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his

mattock.

1SA 13:21  Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the

coulters,

and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

1SA 13:22  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there

was

neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people

that

[were] with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan

his son

was there found.

1SA 13:23  And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the

passage

of Michmash.

1SA 14:01  Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son

of

Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let

us go

over to the Philistines' garrison, that [is] on the other side.

But he

told not his father.

1SA 14:02  And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah

under a

pomegranate tree which [is] in Migron: and the people that

[were] with

him [were] about six hundred men;

1SA 14:03  And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the

son of

Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an

ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

1SA 14:04  And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to

go

over unto the Philistines' garrison, [there was] a sharp rock on

the

one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of

the one

[was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

1SA 14:05  The forefront of the one [was] situate northward over

against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

1SA 14:06  And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his

armour,

Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these

uncircumcised: it

may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no

restraint to

the LORD to save by many or by few.

1SA 14:07  And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is]

in

thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy

heart.

1SA 14:08  Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto

[these]

men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

1SA 14:09  If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you;

then

we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

1SA 14:10  But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will

go up:

for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this [shall

be] a

sign unto us.

1SA 14:11  And both of them discovered themselves unto the

garrison of

the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews

come

forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

1SA 14:12  And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his

armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a

thing.

And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for

the

LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

1SA 14:13  And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his

feet,

and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan;

and his

armourbearer slew after him.

1SA 14:14  And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his

armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an

half

acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].

1SA 14:15  And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and

among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also

trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

1SA 14:16  And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked;

 and,

behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down

[one

another].

1SA 14:17  Then said Saul unto the people that [were] with him,

Number

now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,

behold,

Jonathan and his armourbearer [were] not [there].

1SA 14:18  And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God.

 For

the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

1SA 14:19  And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the

priest,

that the noise that [was] in the host of the Philistines went on

and

increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

1SA 14:20  And Saul and all the people that [were] with him

assembled

themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's

sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great

discomfiture.

1SA 14:21  Moreover the Hebrews [that] were with the Philistines

before that time, which went up with them into the camp [from the

country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the

Israelites that [were] with Saul and Jonathan.

1SA 14:22  Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid

themselves in

mount Ephraim, [when] they heard that the Philistines fled, even

they

also followed hard after them in the battle.

1SA 14:23  So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle

passed

over unto Bethaven.

1SA 14:24  And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for

Saul

had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth

[any]

food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So

none of

the people tasted [any] food.

1SA 14:25  And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there

was

honey upon the ground.

1SA 14:26  And when the people were come into the wood, behold,

the

honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the

people

feared the oath.

1SA 14:27  But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the

people

with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that

[was] in

his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his

mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

1SA 14:28  Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father

straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be]

the man

that eateth [any] food this day. And the people were faint.

1SA 14:29  Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land:

see,

I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I

tasted a

little of this honey.

1SA 14:30  How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely

to day

of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there

not been

now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1SA 14:31  And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash

to

Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

1SA 14:32  And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep,

and

oxen, and calves, and slew [them] on the ground: and the people

did

eat [them] with the blood.

1SA 14:33  Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin

against

the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have

transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.