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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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1Sa 01:01 ¶ 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>:

1Sa 01:02 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>.

1Sa 01:03 And this <01931> man <0376> went up <05927> (8804)

out of his city <05892> yearly <03117> <03117> to worship

<07812> (8692) and to sacrifice <02076> (8800) unto the LORD

<03068> of hosts <06635> in Shiloh <07887>. And the two <08147>

sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni <02652> and Phinehas <06372>,

the priests <03548> of the LORD <03068>, were there.

1Sa 01:04 And when the time <03117> was that Elkanah <0511>

offered <02076> (8799), he gave <05414> (8804) to Peninnah

<06444> his wife <0802>, and to all her sons <01121> and her

daughters <01323>, portions <04490>:

1Sa 01:05 But unto Hannah <02584> he gave <05414> (8799) a

<0259> worthy <0639> portion <04490>; for he loved <0157> (8804)

Hannah <02584>: but the LORD <03068> had shut up <05462> (8804)

her womb <07358>.

1Sa 01:06 And her adversary <06869> also provoked <03707>

(8765) her sore <03708>, for to make her fret <07481> (8687),

because the LORD <03068> had shut <05462> (8804) up <01157> her

womb <07358>.

1Sa 01:07 And as he did <06213> (8799) so year <08141> by year

<08141>, when <01767> she went up <05927> (8800) to the house

<01004> of the LORD <03068>, so she provoked <03707> (8686) her;

therefore she wept <01058> (8799), and did not eat <0398> (8799).

1Sa 01:08 Then said <0559> (8799) Elkanah <0511> her husband

<0376> to her, Hannah <02584>, why weepest <01058> (8799) thou?

and why eatest <0398> (8799) thou not? and why is thy heart

<03824> grieved <03415> (8799)? am not I better <02896> to thee

than ten <06235> sons <01121>?

1Sa 01:09 ¶ So Hannah <02584> rose up <06965> (8799) after

<0310> they had eaten <0398> (8800) in Shiloh <07887>, and after

<0310> they had drunk <08354> (8800). Now Eli <05941> the priest

<03548> sat <03427> (8802) upon a seat <03678> by a post <04201>

of the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 01:10 And she was in bitterness <04751> of soul <05315>,

and prayed <06419> (8691) unto the LORD <03068>, and wept

<01058> (8799) sore <01058> (8800).

1Sa 01:11 And she vowed <05087> (8799) a vow <05088>, and said

<0559> (8799), O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, if thou wilt

indeed <07200> (8800) look <07200> (8799) on the affliction

<06040> of thine handmaid <0519>, and remember <02142> (8804) me,

and not forget <07911> (8799) thine handmaid <0519>, but wilt

give <05414> (8804) unto thine handmaid <0519> a man <0582>

child <02233>, then I will give <05414> (8804) him unto the LORD

<03068> all the days <03117> of his life <02416>, and there

shall no razor <04177> come <05927> (8799) upon his head <07218>.

1Sa 01:12 And it came to pass, as she continued <07235> (8689)

praying <06419> (8692) before <06440> the LORD <03068>, that Eli

<05941> marked <08104> (8802) her mouth <06310>.

1Sa 01:13 Now Hannah <02584>, she spake <01696> (8764) in her

heart <03820>; only her lips <08193> moved <05128> (8801), but

her voice <06963> was not heard <08085> (8735): therefore Eli

<05941> thought <02803> (8799) she had been drunken <07910>.

1Sa 01:14 And Eli <05941> said <0559> (8799) unto her, How long

wilt thou be drunken <07937> (8691)? put away <05493> (8685) thy

wine <03196> from thee.

1Sa 01:15 And Hannah <02584> answered <06030> (8799) and said

<0559> (8799), No, my lord <0113>, I am a woman <0802> of a

sorrowful <07186> spirit <07307>: I have drunk <08354> (8804)

neither wine <03196> nor strong drink <07941>, but have poured

out <08210> (8799) my soul <05315> before <06440> the LORD

<03068>.

1Sa 01:16 Count <05414> (8799) not thine handmaid <0519> for

<06440> a daughter <01323> of Belial <01100>: for out of the

abundance <07230> of my complaint <07879> and grief <03708> have

I spoken <01696> (8765) hitherto.

1Sa 01:17 Then Eli <05941> answered <06030> (8799) and said

<0559> (8799), Go <03212> (8798) in peace <07965>: and the God

<0430> of Israel <03478> grant <05414> (8799) thee thy petition

<07596> that thou hast asked <07592> (8804) of him.

1Sa 01:18 And she said <0559> (8799), Let thine handmaid

<08198> find <04672> (8799) grace <02580> in thy sight <05869>.

So the woman <0802> went <03212> (8799) her way <01870>, and did

eat <0398> (8799), and her countenance <06440> was no more sad.

1Sa 01:19 ¶ And they rose up <07925> <00> in the morning <01242>

early <07925> (8686), and worshipped <07812> (8691) before

<06440> the LORD <03068>, and returned <07725> (8799), and came

<0935> (8799) to their house <01004> to Ramah <07414>: and

Elkanah <0511> knew <03045> (8799) Hannah <02584> his wife

<0802>; and the LORD <03068> remembered <02142> (8799) her.

1Sa 01:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time <03117> was

come <08622> about after Hannah <02584> had conceived <02029>

(8799), that she bare <03205> (8799) a son <01121>, and called

<07121> (8799) his name <08034> Samuel <08050>, saying, Because

I have asked <07592> (8804) him of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 01:21 And the man <0376> Elkanah <0511>, and all his house

<01004>, went up <05927> (8799) to offer <02076> (8800) unto the

LORD <03068> the yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077>, and his vow

<05088>.

1Sa 01:22 But Hannah <02584> went not up <05927> (8804); for

she said <0559> (8804) unto her husband <0376>, I will not go up

until the child <05288> be weaned <01580> (8735), and then I

will bring <0935> (8689) him, that he may appear <07200> (8738)

before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and there abide <03427> (8804)

for <05704> ever <05769>.

1Sa 01:23 And Elkanah <0511> her husband <0376> said <0559>

(8799) unto her, Do <06213> (8798) what seemeth <05869> thee

good <02896>; tarry <03427> (8798) until thou have weaned

<01580> (8800) him; only the LORD <03068> establish <06965>

(8686) his word <01697>. So the woman <0802> abode <03427>

(8799), and gave her son <01121> suck <03243> (8686) until she

weaned <01580> (8800) him.

1Sa 01:24 And when she had weaned <01580> (8804) him, she took

him up <05927> (8686) with her, with three <07969> bullocks

<06499>, and one <0259> ephah <0374> of flour <07058>, and a

bottle <05035> of wine <03196>, and brought <0935> (8686) him

unto the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> in Shiloh <07887>:

and the child <05288> was young <05288>.

1Sa 01:25 And they slew <07819> (8799) a bullock <06499>, and

brought <0935> (8686) the child <05288> to Eli <05941>.

1Sa 01:26 And she said <0559> (8799), Oh <0994> my lord <0113>,

as thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, my lord <0113>, I am the

woman <0802> that stood <05324> (8737) by thee here, praying

<06419> (8692) unto the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 01:27 For this child <05288> I prayed <06419> (8694); and

the LORD <03068> hath given <05414> (8799) me my petition

<07596> which I asked <07592> (8804) of him:

1Sa 01:28 Therefore also I have lent <07592> (8689) him to the

LORD <03068>; as long as he liveth <03117> he shall be lent

<07592> (8803) to the LORD <03068>. And he worshipped <07812>

(8691) the LORD <03068> there.

1Sa 02:01 ¶ And Hannah <02584> prayed <06419> (8691), and said

<0559> (8799), My heart <03820> rejoiceth <05970> (8804) in the

LORD <03068>, mine horn <07161> is exalted <07311> (8804) in the

LORD <03068>: my mouth <06310> is enlarged <07337> (8804) over

mine enemies <0341> (8802); because I rejoice <08055> (8804) in

thy salvation <03444>.

1Sa 02:02 There is none holy <06918> as the LORD <03068>: for

there is none beside <01115> thee: neither is there any rock

<06697> like our God <0430>.

1Sa 02:03 Talk <01696> (8762) no more <07235> (8686) so

exceeding <01364> proudly <01364>; let not arrogancy <06277>

come <03318> (8799) out of your mouth <06310>: for the LORD

<03068> is a God <0410> of knowledge <01844>, and by him actions

<05949> are weighed <08505> (8738).

1Sa 02:04 The bows <07198> of the mighty men <01368> are broken

<02844>, and they that stumbled <03782> (8737) are girded <0247>

(8804) with strength <02428>.

1Sa 02:05 They that were full <07649> have hired out <07936>

(8738) themselves for bread <03899>; and they that were hungry

<07457> ceased <02308> (8804): so that the barren <06135> hath

born <03205> (8804) seven <07651>; and she that hath many

<07227> children <01121> is waxed feeble <0535> (8797).

1Sa 02:06 The LORD <03068> killeth <04191> (8688), and maketh

alive <02421> (8764): he bringeth down <03381> (8688) to the

grave <07585>, and bringeth up <05927> (8686).

1Sa 02:07 The LORD <03068> maketh poor <03423> (8688), and

maketh rich <06238> (8688): he bringeth low <08213> (8688), and

<0637> lifteth up <07311> (8789).

1Sa 02:08 He raiseth up <06965> (8688) the poor <01800> out of

the dust <06083>, and lifteth up <07311> (8686) the beggar <034>

from the dunghill <0830>, to set <03427> (8687) them among

princes <05081>, and to make them inherit <05157> (8686) the

throne <03678> of glory <03519>: for the pillars <04690> of the

earth <0776> are the LORD’S <03068>, and he hath set <07896>

(8799) the world <08398> upon them.

1Sa 02:09 He will keep <08104> (8799) the feet <07272> of his

saints <02623>, and the wicked <07563> shall be silent <01826>

(8735) in darkness <02822>; for by strength <03581> shall no man

<0376> prevail <01396> (8799).

1Sa 02:10 The adversaries <07378> (8688) of the LORD <03068>

shall be broken to pieces <02865> (8735); out of heaven <08064>

shall he thunder <07481> (8686) upon them: the LORD <03068>

shall judge <01777> (8799) the ends <0657> of the earth <0776>;

and he shall give <05414> (8799) strength <05797> unto his king

<04428>, and exalt <07311> (8686) the horn <07161> of his

anointed <04899>.

1Sa 02:11 ¶ And Elkanah <0511> went <03212> (8799) to Ramah

<07414> to his house <01004>. And the child <05288> did <01961>

(8804) minister <08334> (8764) unto the LORD <03068> before

<06440> Eli <05941> the priest <03548>.

1Sa 02:12 Now the sons <01121> of Eli <05941> were sons <01121>

of Belial <01100>; they knew <03045> (8804) not the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 02:13 And the priests <03548>‘ custom <04941> with the

people <05971> was, that, when any man <0376> offered <02076>

(8802) sacrifice <02077>, the priest’s <03548> servant <05288>

came <0935> (8804), while the flesh <01320> was in seething

<01310> (8763), with a fleshhook <04207> of three <07969> teeth

<08127> in his hand <03027>;

1Sa 02:14 And he struck <05221> (8689) it into the pan <03595>,

or kettle <01731>, or caldron <07037>, or pot <06517>; all that

the fleshhook <04207> brought up <05927> (8686) the priest

<03548> took <03947> (8799) for himself. So they did <06213>

(8799) in Shiloh <07887> unto all the Israelites <03478> that

came <0935> (8802) thither.

1Sa 02:15 Also before they burnt <06999> (8686) the fat <02459>,

the priest’s <03548> servant <05288> came <0935> (8804), and

said <0559> (8804) to the man <0376> that sacrificed <02076>

(8802), Give <05414> (8798) flesh <01320> to roast <06740>

(8800) for the priest <03548>; for he will not have <03947>

(8799) sodden <01310> (8794) flesh <01320> of thee, but raw

<02416>.

1Sa 02:16 And if any man <0376> said <0559> (8799) unto him,

Let them not fail <06999> (8686) to burn <06999> (8763) the fat

<02459> presently <03117>, and then take <03947> (8798) as much

as thy soul <05315> desireth <0183> (8762); then he would answer

<0559> (8804) him, Nay; but thou shalt give <05414> (8799) it me

now: and if not, I will take <03947> (8804) it by force <02394>.

1Sa 02:17 Wherefore the sin <02403> of the young men <05288>

was very <03966> great <01419> before <06440> the LORD <03068>:

for men <0582> abhorred <05006> (8765) the offering <04503> of

the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 02:18 But Samuel <08050> ministered <08334> (8764) before

<06440> the LORD <03068>, being a child <05288>, girded <02296>

(8803) with a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.

1Sa 02:19 Moreover his mother <0517> made <06213> (8799) him a

little <06996> coat <04598>, and brought <05927> (8689) it to

him from year <03117> to year <03117>, when she came up <05927>

(8800) with her husband <0376> to offer <02076> (8800) the

yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077>.

1Sa 02:20 And Eli <05941> blessed <01288> (8765) Elkanah <0511>

and his wife <0802>, and said <0559> (8804), The LORD <03068>

give <07760> (8799) thee seed <02233> of this woman <0802> for

the loan <07596> which is lent <07592> (8804) to the LORD

<03068>. And they went <01980> (8804) unto their own home

<04725>.

1Sa 02:21 And <03588> the LORD <03068> visited <06485> (8804)

Hannah <02584>, so that she conceived <02029> (8799), and bare

<03205> (8799) three <07969> sons <01121> and two <08147>

daughters <01323>. And the child <05288> Samuel <08050> grew

<01431> (8799) before <05973> the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 02:22 Now Eli <05941> was very <03966> old <02204> (8804),

and heard <08085> (8804) all that his sons <01121> did <06213>

(8799) unto all Israel <03478>; and how they lay <07901> (8799)

with the women <0802> that assembled <06633> (8802) at the door

<06607> of the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>.

1Sa 02:23 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Why do <06213>

(8799) ye such things <01697>? for I hear <08085> (8802) of your

evil <07451> dealings <01697> by all this people <05971>.

1Sa 02:24 Nay, my sons <01121>; for it is no good <02896>

report <08052> that I hear <08085> (8802): ye make the LORD’S

<03068> people <05971> to transgress <05674> (8688).

1Sa 02:25 If one man <0376> sin <02398> (8799) against another

<0376>, the judge <0430> shall judge <06419> (8765) him: but if

a man <0376> sin <02398> (8799) against the LORD <03068>, who

shall intreat <06419> (8691) for him? Notwithstanding they

hearkened <08085> (8799) not unto the voice <06963> of their

father <01>, because the LORD <03068> would <02654> (8804) slay

<04191> (8687) them.

1Sa 02:26 And the child <05288> Samuel <08050> grew <01432> on

<01980> (8802), and was in favour <02896> both with the LORD

<03068>, and also with men <0582>.

1Sa 02:27 ¶ And there came <0935> (8799) a man <0376> of God

<0430> unto Eli <05941>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus

saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Did I plainly <01540>

(8736) appear <01540> (8738) unto the house <01004> of thy

father <01>, when they were in Egypt <04714> in Pharaoh’s

<06547> house <01004>?

1Sa 02:28 And did I choose <0977> (8800) him out of all the

tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to be my priest <03548>, to

offer <05927> (8800) upon mine altar <04196>, to burn <06999>

(8687) incense <07004>, to wear <05375> (8800) an ephod <0646>

before <06440> me? and did I give <05414> (8799) unto the house

<01004> of thy father <01> all the offerings made by fire <0801>

of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>?

1Sa 02:29 Wherefore kick <01163> (8799) ye at my sacrifice

<02077> and at mine offering <04503>, which I have commanded

<06680> (8765) in my habitation <04583>; and honourest <03513>

(8762) thy sons <01121> above me, to make yourselves fat <01254>

(8687) with the chiefest <07225> of all the offerings <04503> of

Israel <03478> my people <05971>?

1Sa 02:30 Wherefore the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel

<03478> saith <05002> (8803), I said <0559> (8804) indeed <0559>

(8800) that thy house <01004>, and the house <01004> of thy

father <01>, should walk <01980> (8691) before <06440> me for

<05704> ever <05769>: but now the LORD <03068> saith <05002>

(8803), Be it far from me <02486>; for them that honour <03513>

(8764) me I will honour <03513> (8762), and they that despise

<0959> (8802) me shall be lightly esteemed <07043> (8799).

1Sa 02:31 Behold, the days <03117> come <0935> (8802), that I

will cut off <01438> (8804) thine arm <02220>, and the arm

<02220> of thy father’s <01> house <01004>, that there shall not

be an old man <02205> in thine house <01004>.

1Sa 02:32 And thou shalt see <05027> (8689) an enemy <06862> in

my habitation <04583>, in all the wealth which God shall give

<03190> (8686) Israel <03478>: and there shall not be an old man

<02205> in thine house <01004> for ever <03117>.

1Sa 02:33 And the man <0376> of thine, whom I shall not cut off

<03772> (8686) from mine altar <04196>, shall be to consume

<03615> (8763) thine eyes <05869>, and to grieve <0109> thine

heart <05315>: and all the increase <04768> of thine house

<01004> shall die <04191> (8799) in the flower of their age

<0582>.

1Sa 02:34 And this shall be a sign <0226> unto thee, that shall

come <0935> (8799) upon thy two <08147> sons <01121>, on Hophni

<02652> and Phinehas <06372>; in one <0259> day <03117> they

shall die <04191> (8799) both <08147> of them.

1Sa 02:35 And I will raise me up <06965> (8689) a faithful

<0539> (8737) priest <03548>, that shall do <06213> (8799)

according to that which is in mine heart <03824> and in my mind

<05315>: and I will build <01129> (8804) him a sure <0539>

(8737) house <01004>; and he shall walk <01980> (8694) before

<06440> mine anointed <04899> for ever <03117>.

1Sa 02:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is

left <03498> (8737) in thine house <01004> shall come <0935>

(8799) and crouch <07812> (8692) to him for a piece <095> of

silver <03701> and a morsel <03603> of bread <03899>, and shall

say <0559> (8804), Put <05596> (8798) me, I pray thee, into one

<0259> of the priests’ offices <03550>, that I may eat <0398>

(8800) a piece <06595> of bread <03899>.

1Sa 03:01 ¶ And the child <05288> Samuel <08050> ministered

<08334> (8764) unto the LORD <03068> before <06440> Eli <05941>.

And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> was precious <03368> in

those days <03117>; there was no open <06555> (8737) vision

<02377>.

1Sa 03:02 And it came to pass at that time <03117>, when Eli

<05941> was laid down <07901> (8802) in his place <04725>, and

his eyes <05869> began <02490> (8689) to wax dim <03544>, that

he could <03201> (8799) not see <07200> (8800);

1Sa 03:03 And ere the lamp <05216> of God <0430> went out

<03518> (8799) in the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, where

the ark <0727> of God <0430> was, and Samuel <08050> was laid

down <07901> (8802) to sleep;

1Sa 03:04 That the LORD <03068> called <07121> (8799) Samuel

<08050>: and he answered <0559> (8799), Here am I.

1Sa 03:05 And he ran <07323> (8799) unto Eli <05941>, and said

<0559> (8799), Here am I <02009>; for thou calledst <07121>

(8804) me. And he said <0559> (8799), I called <07121> (8804)

not; lie down <07901> (8798) again <07725> (8798). And he went

<03212> (8799) and lay down <07901> (8799).

1Sa 03:06 And the LORD <03068> called <07121> (8800) yet again

<03254> (8686), Samuel <08050>. And Samuel <08050> arose <06965>

(8799) and went <03212> (8799) to Eli <05941>, and said <0559>

(8799), Here am I; for thou didst call <07121> (8804) me. And he

answered <0559> (8799), I called <07121> (8804) not, my son

<01121>; lie down <07901> (8798) again <07725> (8798).

1Sa 03:07 Now Samuel <08050> did not yet <02962> know <03045>

(8804) the LORD <03068>, neither was the word <01697> of the

LORD <03068> yet revealed <01540> (8735) unto him.

1Sa 03:08 And the LORD <03068> called <07121> (8800) Samuel

<08050> again <03254> (8686) the third time <07992>. And he

arose <06965> (8799) and went <03212> (8799) to Eli <05941>, and

said <0559> (8799), Here am I; for thou didst call <07121>

(8804) me. And Eli <05941> perceived <0995> (8799) that the LORD

<03068> had called <07121> (8802) the child <05288>.

1Sa 03:09 Therefore Eli <05941> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel

<08050>, Go <03212> (8798), lie down <07901> (8798): and it

shall be, if he call <07121> (8799) thee, that thou shalt say

<0559> (8804), Speak <01696> (8761), LORD <03068>; for thy

servant <05650> heareth <08085> (8802). So Samuel <08050> went

<03212> (8799) and lay down <07901> (8799) in his place <04725>.

1Sa 03:10 And the LORD <03068> came <0935> (8799), and stood

<03320> (8691), and called <07121> (8799) as at other times

<06471>, Samuel <08050>, Samuel <08050>. Then Samuel <08050>

answered <0559> (8799), Speak <01696> (8761); for thy servant

<05650> heareth <08085> (8802).

1Sa 03:11 ¶ And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) to Samuel

<08050>, Behold, I will do <06213> (8802) a thing <01697> in

Israel <03478>, at which both <08147> the ears <0241> of every

one that heareth <08085> (8802) it shall tingle <06750> (8799).

1Sa 03:12 In that day <03117> I will perform <06965> (8686)

against Eli <05941> all things which I have spoken <01696>

(8765) concerning <0413> his house <01004>: when I begin <02490>

(8687), I will also make an end <03615> (8763).

1Sa 03:13 For I have told <05046> (8689) him that I will judge

<08199> (8802) his house <01004> for <05704> ever <05769> for

the iniquity <05771> which he knoweth <03045> (8804); because

his sons <01121> made themselves vile <07043> (8764), and he

restrained <03543> (8765) them not.

1Sa 03:14 And therefore I have sworn <07650> (8738) unto the

house <01004> of Eli <05941>, that the iniquity <05771> of Eli’s

<05941> house <01004> shall not be purged <03722> (8691) with

sacrifice <02077> nor offering <04503> for <05704> ever <05769>.

1Sa 03:15 And Samuel <08050> lay <07901> (8799) until the

morning <01242>, and opened <06605> (8799) the doors <01817> of

the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>. And Samuel <08050> feared

<03372> (8804) to shew <05046> (8687) Eli <05941> the vision

<04759>.

1Sa 03:16 Then Eli <05941> called <07121> (8799) Samuel <08050>,

and said <0559> (8799), Samuel <08050>, my son <01121>. And he

answered <0559> (8799), Here am I.

1Sa 03:17 And he said <0559> (8799), What is the thing <01697>

that the LORD hath said <01696> (8765) unto thee? I pray thee

hide <03582> (8762) it not from me: God <0430> do so <06213>

(8799) to thee, and more also <03254> (8686), if thou hide

<03582> (8762) any thing <01697> from me of all the things

<01697> that he said <01696> (8765) unto thee.

1Sa 03:18 And Samuel <08050> told <05046> (8686) him every whit

<01697>, and hid <03582> (8765) nothing from him. And he said

<0559> (8799), It is the LORD <03068>: let him do <06213> (8799)

what seemeth <05869> him good <02896>.

1Sa 03:19 ¶ And Samuel <08050> grew <01431> (8799), and the LORD

<03068> was with him, and did let none of his words <01697> fall

<05307> (8689) to the ground <0776>.

1Sa 03:20 And all Israel <03478> from Dan <01835> even to

Beersheba <0884> knew <03045> (8799) that Samuel <08050> was

established <0539> (8737) to be a prophet <05030> of the LORD

<03068>.

1Sa 03:21 And the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> (8736) again

<03254> (8686) in Shiloh <07887>: for the LORD <03068> revealed

<01540> (8738) himself to Samuel <08050> in Shiloh <07887> by

the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 04:01 ¶ And the word <01697> of Samuel <08050> came to all

Israel <03478>. Now Israel <03478> went out <03318> (8799)

against <07125> (8800) the Philistines <06430> to battle <04421>,

and pitched <02583> (8799) beside Ebenezer <072>: and the

Philistines <06430> pitched <02583> (8804) in Aphek <0663>.

1Sa 04:02 And the Philistines <06430> put themselves in array

<06186> (8799) against <07125> (8800) Israel <03478>: and when

they joined <05203> (8799) battle <04421>, Israel <03478> was

smitten <05062> (8735) before <06440> the Philistines <06430>:

and they slew <05221> (8686) of the army <04634> in the field

<07704> about four <0702> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

1Sa 04:03 And when the people <05971> were come <0935> (8799)

into the camp <04264>, the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> said

<0559> (8799), Wherefore hath the LORD <03068> smitten <05062>

(8804) us to day <03117> before <06440> the Philistines <06430>?

Let us fetch <03947> (8799) the ark <0727> of the covenant

<01285> of the LORD <03068> out of Shiloh <07887> unto us, that,

when it cometh <0935> (8799) among <07130> us, it may save

<03467> (8686) us out of the hand <03709> of our enemies <0341>

(8802).

1Sa 04:04 So the people <05971> sent <07971> (8799) to Shiloh

<07887>, that they might bring <05375> (8799) from thence the

ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> of hosts

<06635>, which dwelleth <03427> (8802) between the cherubims

<03742>: and the two <08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni

<02652> and Phinehas <06372>, were there with the ark <0727> of

the covenant <01285> of God <0430>.

1Sa 04:05 And when the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of

the LORD <03068> came <0935> (8800) into the camp <04264>, all

Israel <03478> shouted <07321> (8686) with a great <01419> shout

<08643>, so that the earth <0776> rang again <01949> (8735).

1Sa 04:06 And when the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> (8799)

the noise <06963> of the shout <08643>, they said <0559> (8799),

What meaneth the noise <06963> of this great <01419> shout

<08643> in the camp <04264> of the Hebrews <05680>? And they

understood <03045> (8799) that the ark <0727> of the LORD

<03068> was come <0935> (8804) into the camp <04264>.

1Sa 04:07 And the Philistines <06430> were afraid <03372>

(8799), for they said <0559> (8804), God <0430> is come <0935>

(8804) into the camp <04264>. And they said <0559> (8799), Woe

<0188> unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore

<0865> <08032>.

1Sa 04:08 Woe <0188> unto us! who shall deliver <05337> (8686)

us out of the hand <03027> of these mighty <0117> Gods <0430>?

these are the Gods <0430> that smote <05221> (8688) the

Egyptians <04714> with all the plagues <04347> in the wilderness

<04057>.

1Sa 04:09 Be strong <02388> (8690), and quit <01961> (8798)

yourselves like men <0582>, O ye Philistines <06430>, that ye be

not servants <05647> (8799) unto the Hebrews <05680>, as they

have been <05647> (8804) to you: quit <01961> (8804) yourselves

like men <0582>, and fight <03898> (8738).

1Sa 04:10 ¶ And the Philistines <06430> fought <03898> (8735),

and Israel <03478> was smitten <05062> (8735), and they fled

<05127> (8799) every man <0376> into his tent <0168>: and there

was a very <03966> great <01419> slaughter <04347>; for there

fell <05307> (8799) of Israel <03478> thirty <07970> thousand

<0505> footmen <07273>.

1Sa 04:11 And the ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken <03947>

(8738); and the two <08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni

<02652> and Phinehas <06372>, were slain <04191> (8804).

1Sa 04:12 ¶ And there ran <07323> (8799) a man <0376> of

Benjamin <01144> out of the army <04634>, and came <0935> (8799)

to Shiloh <07887> the same day <03117> with his clothes <04055>

rent <07167> (8803), and with earth <0127> upon his head <07218>.

1Sa 04:13 And when he came <0935> (8799), lo, Eli <05941> sat

<03427> (8802) upon a seat <03678> by the wayside <01870>

<03027> (8675) <03197> watching <06822> (8764): for his heart

<03820> trembled <02730> for the ark <0727> of God <0430>. And

when the man <0376> came <0935> (8802) into the city <05892>,

and told <05046> (8687) it, all the city <05892> cried out

<02199> (8799).

1Sa 04:14 And when Eli <05941> heard <08085> (8799) the noise

<06963> of the crying <06818>, he said <0559> (8799), What

meaneth the noise <06963> of this tumult <01995>? And the man

<0376> came <0935> (8799) in hastily <04116> (8765), and told

<05046> (8686) Eli <05941>.

1Sa 04:15 Now Eli <05941> was ninety <08673> and eight <08083>

years <08141> old <01121>; and his eyes <05869> were dim <06965>

(8804), that he could <03201> (8804) not see <07200> (8800).

1Sa 04:16 And the man <0376> said <0559> (8799) unto Eli

<05941>, I am he that came <0935> (8802) out of the army <04634>,

and I fled <05127> (8804) to day <03117> out of the army

<04634>. And he said <0559> (8799), What is there done <01697>,

my son <01121>?

1Sa 04:17 And the messenger <01319> (8764) answered <06030>

(8799) and said <0559> (8799), Israel <03478> is fled <05127>

(8804) before <06440> the Philistines <06430>, and there hath

been also a great <01419> slaughter <04046> among the people

<05971>, and thy two <08147> sons <01121> also, Hophni <02652>

and Phinehas <06372>, are dead <04191> (8804), and the ark

<0727> of God <0430> is taken <03947> (8738).

1Sa 04:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention <02142>

(8687) of the ark <0727> of God <0430>, that he fell <05307>

(8799) from off the seat <03678> backward <0322> by <01157> the

side <03027> of the gate <08179>, and his neck <04665> brake

<07665> (8735), and he died <04191> (8799): for he was an old

<02204> (8804) man <0376>, and heavy <03513> (8804). And he had

judged <08199> (8804) Israel <03478> forty <0705> years <08141>.

1Sa 04:19 ¶ And his daughter in law <03618>, Phinehas <06372>‘

wife <0802>, was with child <02030>, near to be delivered

<03205> (8800): and when she heard <08085> (8799) the tidings

<08052> that <0413> the ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken

<03947> (8736), and that her father in law <02524> and her

husband <0376> were dead <04191> (8804), she bowed <03766>

(8799) herself and travailed <03205> (8799); for her pains

<06735> came <02015> (8738) upon her.

1Sa 04:20 And about the time <06256> of her death <04191>

(8800) the women that stood <05324> (8737) by her said <01696>

(8762) unto her, Fear <03372> (8799) not; for thou hast born

<03205> (8804) a son <01121>. But she answered <06030> (8804)

not, neither did she regard <07896> (8804) <03820> it.

1Sa 04:21 And she named <07121> (8799) the child <05288>

Ichabod <0350>, saying <0559> (8800), The glory <03519> is

departed <01540> (8804) from Israel <03478>: because <0413> the

ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken <03947> (8736), and because

of her father in law <02524> and her husband <0376>.

1Sa 04:22 And she said <0559> (8799), The glory <03519> is

departed <01540> (8804) from Israel <03478>: for the ark <0727>

of God <0430> is taken <03947> (8738).

1Sa 05:01 ¶ And the Philistines <06430> took <03947> (8804) the

ark <0727> of God <0430>, and brought <0935> (8686) it from

Ebenezer <072> unto Ashdod <0795>.

1Sa 05:02 When the Philistines <06430> took <03947> (8799) the

ark <0727> of God <0430>, they brought <0935> (8686) it into the

house <01004> of Dagon <01712>, and set <03322> (8686) it by

<0681> Dagon <01712>.

1Sa 05:03 And when they of Ashdod <0796> arose early <07925>

(8686) on the morrow <04283>, behold, Dagon <01712> was fallen

<05307> (8802) upon his face <06440> to the earth <0776> before

<06440> the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>. And they took

<03947> (8799) Dagon <01712>, and set <07725> <00> him in his

place <04725> again <07725> (8686).

1Sa 05:04 And when they arose early <07925> (8686) on the

morrow <04283> morning <01242>, behold, Dagon <01712> was fallen

<05307> (8802) upon his face <06440> to the ground <0776> before

<06440> the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>; and the head <07218>

of Dagon <01712> and both <08147> the palms <03709> of his hands

<03027> were cut off <03772> (8803) upon the threshold <04670>;

only the stump of Dagon <01712> was left <07604> (8738) to him.

1Sa 05:05 Therefore neither the priests <03548> of Dagon

<01712>, nor any that come <0935> (8802) into Dagon’s <01712>

house <01004>, tread <01869> (8799) on the threshold <04670> of

Dagon <01712> in Ashdod <0795> unto this day <03117>.

1Sa 05:06 ¶ But the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was heavy

<03513> (8799) upon them of Ashdod <0796>, and he destroyed

<08074> (8686) them, and smote <05221> (8686) them with emerods

<02914> (8675) <06076>, even Ashdod <0795> and the coasts

<01366> thereof.

1Sa 05:07 And when the men <0582> of Ashdod <0795> saw <07200>

(8799) that it was so, they said <0559> (8804), The ark <0727>

of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> shall not abide <03427>

(8799) with us: for his hand <03027> is sore <07185> (8804) upon

us, and upon Dagon <01712> our god <0430>.

1Sa 05:08 They sent <07971> (8799) therefore and gathered

<0622> (8799) all the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>

unto them, and said <0559> (8799), What shall we do <06213>

(8799) with the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>?

And they answered <0559> (8799), Let the ark <0727> of the God

<0430> of Israel <03478> be carried about <05437> (8735) unto

Gath <01661>. And they carried <05437> <00> the ark <0727> of

the God <0430> of Israel <03478> about <05437> (8686) thither.

1Sa 05:09 And it was so, that, after <0310> they had carried it

about <05437> (8689), the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was

against the city <05892> with a very <03966> great <01419>

destruction <04103>: and he smote <05221> (8686) the men <0582>

of the city <05892>, both small <06996> and great <01419>, and

they had emerods <02914> (8675) <06076> in their secret parts

<08368> (8735).

1Sa 05:10 Therefore they sent <07971> (8762) the ark <0727> of

God <0430> to Ekron <06138>. And it came to pass, as the ark

<0727> of God <0430> came <0935> (8800) to Ekron <06138>, that

the Ekronites <06139> cried out <02199> (8799), saying <0559>

(8800), They have brought about <05437> (8689) the ark <0727> of

the God <0430> of Israel <03478> to us, to slay <04191> (8687)

us and our people <05971>.

1Sa 05:11 So they sent <07971> (8799) and gathered together

<0622> (8799) all the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>,

and said <0559> (8799), Send away <07971> (8761) the ark <0727>

of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, and let it go again <07725>

(8799) to his own place <04725>, that it slay <04191> (8686) us

not, and our people <05971>: for there was a deadly <04194>

destruction <04103> throughout all the city <05892>; the hand

<03027> of God <0430> was very <03966> heavy <03513> (8804)

there.

1Sa 05:12 And the men <0582> that died <04191> (8804) not were

smitten <05221> (8717) with the emerods <02914> (8675) <06076>:

and the cry <07775> of the city <05892> went up <05927> (8799)

to heaven <08064>.

1Sa 06:01 ¶ And the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> was in the

country <07704> of the Philistines <06430> seven <07651> months

<02320>.

1Sa 06:02 And the Philistines <06430> called <07121> (8799) for

the priests <03548> and the diviners <07080> (8802), saying

<0559> (8800), What shall we do <06213> (8799) to the ark <0727>

of the LORD <03068>? tell <03045> (8685) us wherewith we shall

send <07971> (8762) it to his place <04725>.

1Sa 06:03 And they said <0559> (8799), If ye send away <07971>

(8764) the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, send

<07971> (8762) it not empty <07387>; but in any wise <07725>

(8687) return <07725> (8686) him a trespass offering <0817>:

then ye shall be healed <07495> (8735), and it shall be known

<03045> (8738) to you why his hand <03027> is not removed

<05493> (8799) from you.

1Sa 06:04 Then said <0559> (8799) they, What shall be the

trespass offering <0817> which we shall return <07725> (8686) to

him? They answered <0559> (8799), Five <02568> golden <02091>

emerods <02914> (8675) <06076>, and five <02568> golden <02091>

mice <05909>, according to the number <04557> of the lords

<05633> of the Philistines <06430>: for one <0259> plague

<04046> was on you all, and on your lords <05633>.

1Sa 06:05 Wherefore ye shall make <06213> (8804) images <06754>

of your emerods <02914> (8675) <06076>, and images <06754> of

your mice <05909> that mar <07843> (8688) the land <0776>; and

ye shall give <05414> (8804) glory <03519> unto the God <0430>

of Israel <03478>: peradventure he will lighten <07043> (8686)

his hand <03027> from off you, and from off your gods <0430>,

and from off your land <0776>.

1Sa 06:06 Wherefore then do ye harden <03513> (8762) your

hearts <03824>, as the Egyptians <04714> and Pharaoh <06547>

hardened <03513> (8765) their hearts <03820>? when he had

wrought wonderfully <05953> (8694) among them, did they not let

the people go <07971> (8762), and they departed <03212> (8799)?

1Sa 06:07 Now therefore make <06213> (8798) a <0259> new

<02319> cart <05699>, and take <03947> (8798) two <08147> milch

<05763> (8802) kine <06510>, on which there hath come <05927>

(8804) no yoke <05923>, and tie <0631> (8804) the kine <06510>

to the cart <05699>, and bring <07725> (8689) their calves

<01121> home <01004> from them <0310>:

1Sa 06:08 And take <03947> (8804) the ark <0727> of the LORD

<03068>, and lay <05414> (8804) it upon the cart <05699>; and

put <07760> (8799) the jewels <03627> of gold <02091>, which ye

return <07725> (8689) him for a trespass offering <0817>, in a

coffer <0712> by the side <06654> thereof; and send it away

<07971> (8765), that it may go <01980> (8804).

1Sa 06:09 And see <07200> (8804), if it goeth up <05927> (8799)

by the way <01870> of his own coast <01366> to Bethshemesh

<01053>, then he hath done <06213> (8804) us this great <01419>

evil <07451>: but if not, then we shall know <03045> (8804) that

it is not his hand <03027> that smote <05060> (8804) us: it was

a chance <04745> that happened to us <01961> (8804).

1Sa 06:10 ¶ And the men <0582> did so <06213> (8799); and took

<03947> (8799) two <08147> milch <05763> (8802) kine <06510>,

and tied <0631> (8799) them to the cart <05699>, and shut up

<03607> (8804) their calves <01121> at home <01004>:

1Sa 06:11 And they laid <07760> (8799) the ark <0727> of the

LORD <03068> upon the cart <05699>, and the coffer <0712> with

the mice <05909> of gold <02091> and the images <06754> of their

emerods <02914>.

1Sa 06:12 And the kine <06510> took the straight <03474> (8799)

way <01870> to the way <01870> of Bethshemesh <01053>, and went

along <01980> (8804) the highway <04546> <0259>, lowing <01600>

(8800) as they went <01980> (8800), and turned not aside <05493>

(8804) to the right hand <03225> or to the left <08040>; and the

lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> went <01980> (8802)

after <0310> them unto the border <01366> of Bethshemesh <01053>.

1Sa 06:13 And they of Bethshemesh <01053> were reaping <07114>

(8802) their wheat <02406> harvest <07105> in the valley <06010>:

and they lifted up <05375> (8799) their eyes <05869>, and saw

<07200> (8799) the ark <0727>, and rejoiced <08055> (8799) to

see <07200> (8800) it.

1Sa 06:14 And the cart <05699> came <0935> (8802) into the

field <07704> of Joshua <03091>, a Bethshemite <01030>, and

stood <05975> (8799) there, where there was a great <01419>

stone <068>: and they clave <01234> (8762) the wood <06086> of

the cart <05699>, and offered <05927> (8689) the kine <06510> a

burnt offering <05930> unto the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 06:15 And the Levites <03881> took down <03381> (8689) the

ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, and the coffer <0712> that was

with it, wherein the jewels <03627> of gold <02091> were, and

put <07760> (8799) them on the great <01419> stone <068>: and

the men <0582> of Bethshemesh <01053> offered <05927> (8689)

burnt offerings <05930> and sacrificed <02076> (8799) sacrifices

<02077> the same day <03117> unto the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 06:16 And when the five <02568> lords <05633> of the

Philistines <06430> had seen <07200> (8804) it, they returned

<07725> (8799) to Ekron <06138> the same day <03117>.

1Sa 06:17 And these are the golden <02091> emerods <02914>

which the Philistines <06430> returned <07725> (8689) for a

trespass offering <0817> unto the LORD <03068>; for Ashdod

<0795> one <0259>, for Gaza <05804> one <0259>, for Askelon

<0831> one <0259>, for Gath <01661> one <0259>, for Ekron

<06138> one <0259>;

1Sa 06:18 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

fenced <04013> cities <05892>, and of country <06521> villages

<03724>, even unto the great <01419> stone of Abel <059>,

whereon they set down <03240> (8689) the ark <0727> of the LORD

<03068>: which stone remaineth unto this day <03117> in the

field <07704> of Joshua <03091>, the Bethshemite <01030>.

1Sa 06:19 ¶ And he smote <05221> (8686) the men <0376> of

Bethshemesh <01053>, because they had looked <07200> (8804) into

the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, even he smote <05221> (8686)

of the people <05971> fifty <02572> thousand <0505> and

threescore and ten <07657> men <0582>: and the people <05971>

lamented <056> (8691), because the LORD <03068> had smitten

<05221> (8689) many of the people <05971> with a great <01419>

slaughter <04347>.

1Sa 06:20 And the men <0582> of Bethshemesh <01053> said <0559>

(8799), Who is able <03201> (8799) to stand <05975> (8800)

before <06440> this holy <06918> LORD <03068> God <0430>? and to

whom shall he go up <05927> (8799) from us?

1Sa 06:21 And they sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> to

the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Kirjathjearim <07157>, saying

<0559> (8800), The Philistines <06430> have brought again

<07725> (8689) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>; come ye down

<03381> (8798), and fetch it up <05927> (8685) to you.

1Sa 07:01 ¶ And the men <0582> of Kirjathjearim <07157> came

<0935> (8799), and fetched up <05927> (8686) the ark <0727> of

the LORD <03068>, and brought <0935> (8686) it into the house

<01004> of Abinadab <041> in the hill <01389>, and sanctified

<06942> (8765) Eleazar <0499> his son <01121> to keep <08104>

(8800) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 07:02 And it came to pass, while <03117> the ark <0727>

abode <03427> (8800) in Kirjathjearim <07157>, that the time

<03117> was long <07235> (8799); for it was twenty <06242> years

<08141>: and all the house <01004> of Israel <03478> lamented

<05091> (8735) after <0310> the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 07:03 ¶ And Samuel <08050> spake <0559> (8799) unto all the

house <01004> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559> (8800), If ye do

return <07725> (8802) unto the LORD <03068> with all your hearts

<03824>, then put away <05493> (8685) the strange <05236> gods

<0430> and Ashtaroth <06252> from among <08432> you, and prepare

<03559> (8685) your hearts <03824> unto the LORD <03068>, and

serve <05647> (8798) him only: and he will deliver <05337>

(8686) you out of the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 07:04 Then the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did put

away <05493> (8686) Baalim <01168> and Ashtaroth <06252>, and

served <05647> (8799) the LORD <03068> only.

1Sa 07:05 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), Gather <06908>

(8798) all Israel <03478> to Mizpeh <04708>, and I will pray

<06419> (8691) for you unto the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 07:06 And they gathered together <06908> (8735) to Mizpeh

<04709>, and drew <07579> (8799) water <04325>, and poured it

out <08210> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and fasted

<06684> (8799) on that day <03117>, and said <0559> (8799) there,

We have sinned <02398> (8804) against the LORD <03068>. And

Samuel <08050> judged <08199> (8799) the children <01121> of

Israel <03478> in Mizpeh <04708>.

1Sa 07:07 ¶ And when the Philistines <06430> heard <08085>

(8799) that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were gathered

together <06908> (8694) to Mizpeh <04708>, the lords <05633> of

the Philistines <06430> went up <05927> (8799) against Israel

<03478>. And when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> heard

<08085> (8799) it, they were afraid <03372> (8799) of <06440>

the Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 07:08 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said

<0559> (8799) to Samuel <08050>, Cease <02790> (8686) not to cry

<02199> (8800) unto the LORD <03068> our God <0430> for us, that

he will save <03467> (8686) us out of the hand <03027> of the

Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 07:09 And Samuel <08050> took <03947> (8799) a <0259>

sucking <02461> lamb <02924>, and offered <05927> (8686) it for

a burnt offering <05930> wholly <03632> unto the LORD <03068>:

and Samuel <08050> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>

for Israel <03478>; and the LORD <03068> heard <06030> (8799)

him.

1Sa 07:10 And as Samuel <08050> was offering up <05927> (8688)

the burnt offering <05930>, the Philistines <06430> drew near

<05066> (8738) to battle <04421> against Israel <03478>: but the

LORD <03068> thundered <07481> (8686) with a great <01419>

thunder <06963> on that day <03117> upon the Philistines <06430>,

and discomfited <02000> (8799) them; and they were smitten

<05062> (8735) before <06440> Israel <03478>.

1Sa 07:11 And the men <0582> of Israel <03478> went out <03318>

(8799) of Mizpeh <04709>, and pursued <07291> (8799) the

Philistines <06430>, and smote <05221> (8686) them, until they

came under Bethcar <01033>.

1Sa 07:12 Then Samuel <08050> took <03947> (8799) a <0259>

stone <068>, and set <07760> (8799) it between Mizpeh <04709>

and Shen <08129>, and called <07121> (8799) the name <08034> of

it Ebenezer <072>, saying <0559> (8799), Hitherto hath the LORD

<03068> helped <05826> (8804) us.

1Sa 07:13 ¶ So the Philistines <06430> were subdued <03665>

(8735), and they came <0935> (8800) no more <03254> (8804) into

the coast <01366> of Israel <03478>: and the hand <03027> of the

LORD <03068> was against the Philistines <06430> all the days

<03117> of Samuel <08050>.

1Sa 07:14 And the cities <05892> which the Philistines <06430>

had taken <03947> (8804) from Israel <03478> were restored

<07725> (8799) to Israel <03478>, from Ekron <06138> even unto

Gath <01661>; and the coasts <01366> thereof did Israel <03478>

deliver <05337> (8689) out of the hands <03027> of the

Philistines <06430>. And there was peace <07965> between Israel

<03478> and the Amorites <0567>.

1Sa 07:15 And Samuel <08050> judged <08199> (8799) Israel

<03478> all the days <03117> of his life <02416>.

1Sa 07:16 And he went <01980> (8804) from <01767> year <08141>

to year <08141> in circuit <05437> (8804) to Bethel <01008>, and

Gilgal <01537>, and Mizpeh <04709>, and judged <08199> (8804)

Israel <03478> in all those places <04725>.

1Sa 07:17 And his return <08666> was to Ramah <07414>; for

there was his house <01004>; and there he judged <08199> (8804)

Israel <03478>; and there he built <01129> (8799) an altar

<04196> unto the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 08:01 ¶ And it came to pass, when Samuel <08050> was old

<02204> (8804), that he made <07760> (8799) his sons <01121>

judges <08199> (8802) over Israel <03478>.

1Sa 08:02 Now the name <08034> of his firstborn <01121> <01060>

was Joel <03100>; and the name <08034> of his second <04932>,

Abiah <029>: they were judges <08199> (8802) in Beersheba <0884>.

1Sa 08:03 And his sons <01121> walked <01980> (8804) not in his

ways <01870>, but turned aside <05186> (8799) after <0310> lucre

<01215>, and took <03947> (8799) bribes <07810>, and perverted

<05186> (8686) judgment <04941>.

1Sa 08:04 ¶ Then all the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>

gathered themselves together <06908> (8691), and came <0935>

(8799) to Samuel <08050> unto Ramah <07414>,

1Sa 08:05 And said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold, thou art old

<02204> (8804), and thy sons <01121> walk <01980> (8804) not in

thy ways <01870>: now make <07760> (8798) us a king <04428> to

judge <08199> (8800) us like all the nations <01471>.

1Sa 08:06 But the thing <01697> displeased <03415> (8799)

<05869> Samuel <08050>, when they said <0559> (8804), Give

<05414> (8798) us a king <04428> to judge <08199> (8800) us. And

Samuel <08050> prayed <06419> (8691) unto the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 08:07 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel

<08050>, Hearken <08085> (8798) unto the voice <06963> of the

people <05971> in all that they say <0559> (8799) unto thee: for

they have not rejected <03988> (8804) thee, but they have

rejected <03988> (8804) me, that I should not reign <04427>

(8800) over them.

1Sa 08:08 According to all the works <04639> which they have

done <06213> (8804) since the day <03117> that I brought them up

<05927> (8687) out of Egypt <04714> even unto this day <03117>,

wherewith they have forsaken <05800> (8799) me, and served

<05647> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>, so do <06213> (8802)

they also unto thee.

1Sa 08:09 Now therefore hearken <08085> (8798) unto their voice

<06963>: howbeit <0389> yet protest <05749> (8686) solemnly

<05749> (8687) unto them, and shew <05046> (8689) them the

manner <04941> of the king <04428> that shall reign <04427>

(8799) over them.

1Sa 08:10 And Samuel <08050> told <0559> (8799) all the words

<01697> of the LORD <03068> unto the people <05971> that asked

<07592> (8802) of him a king <04428>.

1Sa 08:11 And he said <0559> (8799), This will be the manner

<04941> of the king <04428> that shall reign <04427> (8799) over

you: He will take <03947> (8799) your sons <01121>, and appoint

<07760> (8804) them for himself, for his chariots <04818>, and

to be his horsemen <06571>; and some shall run <07323> (8804)

before <06440> his chariots <04818>.

1Sa 08:12 And he will appoint <07760> (8800) him captains

<08269> over thousands <0505>, and captains <08269> over fifties

<02572>; and will set them to ear <02790> (8800) his ground

<02758>, and to reap <07114> (8800) his harvest <07105>, and to

make <06213> (8800) his instruments <03627> of war <04421>, and

instruments <03627> of his chariots <07393>.

1Sa 08:13 And he will take <03947> (8799) your daughters

<01323> to be confectionaries <07548>, and to be cooks <02879>,

and to be bakers <0644> (8802).

1Sa 08:14 And he will take <03947> (8799) your fields <07704>,

and your vineyards <03754>, and your oliveyards <02132>, even

the best <02896> of them, and give <05414> (8804) them to his

servants <05650>.

1Sa 08:15 And he will take the tenth <06237> (8799) of your

seed <02233>, and of your vineyards <03754>, and give <05414>

(8804) to his officers <05631>, and to his servants <05650>.

1Sa 08:16 And he will take <03947> (8799) your menservants

<05650>, and your maidservants <08198>, and your goodliest

<02896> young men <0970>, and your asses <02543>, and put

<06213> (8804) them to his work <04399>.

1Sa 08:17 He will take the tenth <06237> (8799) of your sheep

<06629>: and ye shall be his servants <05650>.

1Sa 08:18 And ye shall cry out <02199> (8804) in that day

<03117> because <06440> of your king <04428> which ye shall have

chosen <0977> (8804) you; and the LORD <03068> will not hear

<06030> (8799) you in that day <03117>.

1Sa 08:19 Nevertheless the people <05971> refused <03985>

(8762) to obey <08085> (8800) the voice <06963> of Samuel

<08050>; and they said <0559> (8799), Nay; but we will have a

king <04428> over us;

1Sa 08:20 That we also may be like all the nations <01471>; and

that our king <04428> may judge <08199> (8804) us, and go out

<03318> (8804) before <06440> us, and fight <03898> (8738) our

battles <04421>.

1Sa 08:21 And Samuel <08050> heard <08085> (8799) all the words

<01697> of the people <05971>, and he rehearsed <01696> (8762)

them in the ears <0241> of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 08:22 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) to Samuel

<08050>, Hearken <08085> (8798) unto their voice <06963>, and

make <04427> (8689) them a king <04428>. And Samuel <08050> said

<0559> (8799) unto the men <0582> of Israel <03478>, Go <03212>

(8798) ye every man <0376> unto his city <05892>.

1Sa 09:01 ¶ 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>.

1Sa 09:02 And he had a son <01121>, whose name <08034> was Saul

<07586>, a choice young man <0970>, and a goodly <02896>: and

there was not among the children <01121> of Israel <03478> a

goodlier <02896> person <0376> than he: from his shoulders

<07926> and upward <04605> he was higher <01364> than any of the

people <05971>.

1Sa 09:03 ¶ And the asses <0860> of Kish <07027> Saul’s <07586>

father <01> were lost <06> (8799). And Kish <07027> said <0559>

(8799) to Saul <07586> his son <01121>, Take <03947> (8798) now

one <0259> of the servants <05288> with thee, and arise <06965>

(8798), go <03212> (8798) seek <01245> (8761) the asses <0860>.

1Sa 09:04 And he passed through <05674> (8799) mount <02022>

Ephraim <0669>, and passed through <05674> (8799) the land

<0776> of Shalisha <08031>, but they found <04672> (8804) them

not: then they passed through <05674> (8799) the land <0776> of

Shalim <08171>, and there they were not: and he passed through

<05674> (8799) the land <0776> of the Benjamites <01145>, but

they found <04672> (8804) them not.

1Sa 09:05 And when they were come <0935> (8804) to the land

<0776> of Zuph <06689>, Saul <07586> said <0559> (8804) to his

servant <05288> that was with him, Come <03212> (8798), and let

us return <07725> (8799); lest my father <01> leave <02308>

(8799) caring for the asses <0860>, and take thought <01672>

(8804) for us.

1Sa 09:06 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold now, there

is in this city <05892> a man <0376> of God <0430>, and he is an

honourable <03513> (8737) man <0376>; all that he saith <01696>

(8762) cometh <0935> (8799) surely to pass <0935> (8800): now

let us go <03212> (8799) thither; peradventure he can shew

<05046> (8686) us our way <01870> that we should go <01980>

(8804).

1Sa 09:07 Then said <0559> (8799) Saul <07586> to his servant

<05288>, But, behold, if we go <03212> (8799), what shall we

bring <0935> (8686) the man <0376>? for the bread <03899> is

spent <0235> (8804) in our vessels <03627>, and there is not a

present <08670> to bring <0935> (8687) to the man <0376> of God

<0430>: what have we?

1Sa 09:08 And the servant <05288> answered <06030> (8800) Saul

<07586> again <03254> (8686), and said <0559> (8799), Behold, I

have <04672> (8738) here at hand <03027> the fourth part <07253>

of a shekel <08255> of silver <03701>: that will I give <05414>

(8804) to the man <0376> of God <0430>, to tell <05046> (8689)

us our way <01870>.

1Sa 09:09 (Beforetime <06440> in Israel <03478>, when a man

<0376> went <03212> (8800) to enquire <01875> (8800) of God

<0430>, thus he spake <0559> (8804), Come <03212> (8798), and

let us go <03212> (8799) to the seer <07200> (8802): for he that

is now <03117> called a Prophet <05030> was beforetime <06440>

called <07121> (8735) a Seer <07200> (8802).)

1Sa 09:10 Then said <01697> Saul <07586> to his servant <05288>,

Well <02896> said <0559> (8799); come <03212> (8798), let us go

<03212> (8799). So they went <03212> (8799) unto the city

<05892> where the man <0376> of God <0430> was.

1Sa 09:11 ¶ And as they went up <05927> (8802) the hill <04608>

to the city <05892>, they found <04672> (8804) young maidens

<05291> going out <03318> (8802) to draw <07579> (8800) water

<04325>, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Is <03426> the seer

<07200> (8802) here?

1Sa 09:12 And they answered <06030> (8799) them, and said

<0559> (8799), He is <03426>; behold, he is before <06440> you:

make haste <04116> (8761) now, for he came <0935> (8804) to day

<03117> to the city <05892>; for there is a sacrifice <02077> of

the people <05971> to day <03117> in the high place <01116>:

1Sa 09:13 As soon as ye be come <0935> (8800) into the city

<05892>, ye shall straightway <03651> find <04672> (8799) him,

before he go up <05927> (8799) to the high place <01116> to eat

<0398> (8800): for the people <05971> will not eat <0398> (8799)

until he come <0935> (8800), because he doth bless <01288>

(8762) the sacrifice <02077>; and afterwards <0310> <03651> they

eat <0398> (8799) that be bidden <07121> (8803). Now therefore

get you up <05927> (8798); for about this time <03117> ye shall

find <04672> (8799) him.

1Sa 09:14 And they went up <05927> (8799) into <08432> the city

<05892>: and when they were come <0935> (8802) into the city

<05892>, behold, Samuel <08050> came out <03318> (8802) against

<07125> (8800) them, for to go up <05927> (8800) to the high

place <01116>.

1Sa 09:15 Now the LORD <03068> had told <01540> (8804) Samuel

<08050> in his ear <0241> a <0259> day <03117> before <06440>

Saul <07586> came <0935> (8800), saying <0559> (8800),

1Sa 09:16 To morrow <04279> about this time <06256> I will send

<07971> (8799) thee a man <0376> out of the land <0776> of

Benjamin <01144>, and thou shalt anoint <04886> (8804) him to be

captain <05057> over my people <05971> Israel <03478>, that he

may save <03467> (8689) my people <05971> out of the hand

<03027> of the Philistines <06430>: for I have looked <07200>

(8804) upon my people <05971>, because their cry <06818> is come

<0935> (8804) unto me.

1Sa 09:17 And when Samuel <08050> saw <07200> (8804) Saul

<07586>, the LORD <03068> said <06030> (8804) unto him, Behold

the man <0376> whom I spake <0559> (8804) to thee of! this same

shall reign <06113> (8799) over my people <05971>.

1Sa 09:18 ¶ Then Saul <07586> drew near <05066> (8799) to Samuel

<08050> in <08432> the gate <08179>, and said <0559> (8799),

Tell <05046> (8685) me, I pray thee, where <0335> the seer’s

<07200> (8802) house <01004> is.

1Sa 09:19 And Samuel <08050> answered <06030> (8799) Saul

<07586>, and said <0559> (8799), I am the seer <07200> (8802):

go up <05927> (8798) before <06440> me unto the high place

<01116>; for ye shall eat <0398> (8804) with me to day <03117>,

and to morrow <01242> I will let thee go <07971> (8765), and

will tell <05046> (8686) thee all that is in thine heart <03824>.

1Sa 09:20 And as for thine asses <0860> that were lost <06>

(8802) three <07969> days <03117> ago <03117>, set <07760>

(8799) not thy mind <03820> on them; for they are found <04672>

(8738). And on whom is all the desire <02532> of Israel <03478>?

Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s <01> house <01004>?

1Sa 09:21 And Saul <07586> answered <06030> (8799) and said

<0559> (8799), Am not I a Benjamite <01145>, of the smallest

<06996> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>? and my family

<04940> the least <06810> of all the families <04940> of the

tribe <07626> of Benjamin <01144>? wherefore then speakest

<01696> (8765) thou so <01697> to me?

1Sa 09:22 And Samuel <08050> took <03947> (8799) Saul <07586>

and his servant <05288>, and brought <0935> (8686) them into the

parlour <03957>, and made them sit <05414> (8799) in the

chiefest <07218> place <04725> among them that were bidden

<07121> (8803), which were about thirty <07970> persons <0376>.

1Sa 09:23 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto the cook

<02876>, Bring <05414> (8798) the portion <04490> which I gave

<05414> (8804) thee, of which I said <0559> (8804) unto thee,

Set <07760> (8798) it by thee.

1Sa 09:24 And the cook <02876> took up <07311> (8686) the

shoulder <07785>, and that which was upon it, and set <07760>

(8799) it before <06440> Saul <07586>. And Samuel said <0559>

(8799), Behold that which is left <07604> (8737)! set <07760>

(8798) it before <06440> thee, and eat <0398> (8798): for unto

this time <04150> hath it been kept <08104> (8803) for thee

since I said <0559> (8800), I have invited <07121> (8804) the

people <05971>. So Saul <07586> did eat <0398> (8799) with

Samuel <08050> that day <03117>.

1Sa 09:25 And when they were come down <03381> (8799) from the

high place <01116> into the city <05892>, Samuel communed

<01696> (8762) with Saul <07586> upon the top of the house

<01406>.

1Sa 09:26 And they arose early <07925> (8686): and it came to

pass about the spring <05927> (8800) of the day <07837>, that

Samuel <08050> called <07121> (8799) Saul <07586> to the top of

the house <01406>, saying <0559> (8800), Up <06965> (8798), that

I may send thee away <07971> (8762). And Saul <07586> arose

<06965> (8799), and they went out <03318> (8799) both <08147> of

them, he and Samuel <08050>, abroad <02351>.

1Sa 09:27 And as they were going down <03381> (8802) to the end

<07097> of the city <05892>, Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8804)

to Saul <07586>, Bid <0559> (8798) the servant <05288> pass on

<05674> (8799) before <06440> us, (and he passed on <05674>

(8798),) but stand <05975> (8798) thou still a while <03117>,

that I may shew <08085> (8686) thee the word <01697> of God

<0430>.

1Sa 10:01 ¶ Then Samuel <08050> took <03947> (8799) a vial

<06378> of oil <08081>, and poured <03332> (8799) it upon his

head <07218>, and kissed <05401> (8799) him, and said <0559>

(8799), Is it not because the LORD <03068> hath anointed <04886>

(8804) thee to be captain <05057> over his inheritance <05159>?

1Sa 10:02 When thou art departed <03212> (8800) from me <05978>

to day <03117>, then thou shalt find <04672> (8804) two <08147>

men <0582> by Rachel’s <07354> sepulchre <06900> in the border

<01366> of Benjamin <01144> at Zelzah <06766>; and they will say

<0559> (8804) unto thee, The asses <0860> which thou wentest

<01980> (8804) to seek <01245> (8763) are found <04672> (8738):

and, lo, thy father <01> hath left <05203> (8804) the care

<01697> of the asses <0860>, and sorroweth <01672> (8804) for

you, saying <0559> (8800), What shall I do <06213> (8799) for my

son <01121>?

1Sa 10:03 Then shalt thou go on <02498> (8804) forward <01973>

from thence, and thou shalt come <0935> (8804) to the plain

<0436> of Tabor <08396>, and there shall meet <04672> (8804)

thee three <07969> men <0582> going up <05927> (8802) to God

<0430> to Bethel <01008>, one <0259> carrying <05375> (8802)

three <07969> kids <01423>, and another <0259> carrying <05375>

(8802) three <07969> loaves <03603> of bread <03899>, and

another <0259> carrying <05375> (8802) a bottle <05035> of wine

<03196>:

1Sa 10:04 And they will <07592> (8804) salute <07965> thee, and

give <05414> (8804) thee two <08147> loaves of bread <03899>;

which thou shalt receive <03947> (8804) of their hands <03027>.

1Sa 10:05 After <0310> that thou shalt come <0935> (8799) to

the hill <01389> of God <0430>, where is the garrison <05333> of

the Philistines <06430>: and it shall come to pass, when thou

art come thither <0935> (8800) to the city <05892>, that thou

shalt meet <06293> (8804) a company <02256> of prophets <05030>

coming down <03381> (8802) from the high place <01116> with a

psaltery <05035>, and a tabret <08596>, and a pipe <02485>, and

a harp <03658>, before <06440> them; and they shall prophesy

<05012> (8693):

1Sa 10:06 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> will come

<06743> (8804) upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy <05012> (8694)

with them, and shalt be turned <02015> (8738) into another

<0312> man <0376>.

1Sa 10:07 And let it be, when these signs <0226> are come

<0935> (8799) unto thee, that thou do <06213> (8798) as occasion

<04672> (8799) serve <03027> thee; for God <0430> is with thee.

1Sa 10:08 And thou shalt go down <03381> (8804) before <06440>

me to Gilgal <01537>; and, behold, I will come down <03381>

(8802) unto thee, to offer <05927> (8687) burnt offerings

<05930>, and to sacrifice <02076> (8800) sacrifices <02077> of

peace offerings <08002>: seven <07651> days <03117> shalt thou

tarry <03176> (8686), till I come <0935> (8800) to thee, and

shew <03045> (8689) thee what thou shalt do <06213> (8799).

1Sa 10:09 ¶ And it was so, that when he had turned <06437>

(8687) his back <07926> to go <03212> (8800) from Samuel <08050>,

God <0430> gave <02015> (8799) him another <0312> heart <03820>:

and all those signs <0226> came <0935> (8799) to pass that day

<03117>.

1Sa 10:10 And when they came <0935> (8799) thither to the hill

<01389>, behold, a company <02256> of prophets <05030> met

<07125> (8800) him; and the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> came

<06743> (8799) upon him, and he prophesied <05012> (8691) among

<08432> them.

1Sa 10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew <03045>

(8802) him beforetime <0865> <08032> saw <07200> (8799) that,

behold, he prophesied <05012> (8738) among the prophets <05030>,

then the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another

<07453>, What is this that is come unto the son <01121> of Kish

<07027>? Is Saul <07586> also among the prophets <05030>?

1Sa 10:12 And one <0376> of the same place answered <06030>

(8799) and said <0559> (8799), But who is their father <01>?

Therefore it became a proverb <04912>, Is Saul <07586> also

among the prophets <05030>?

1Sa 10:13 And when he had made an end <03615> (8762) of

prophesying <05012> (8692), he came <0935> (8799) to the high

place <01116>.

1Sa 10:14 And Saul’s <07586> uncle <01730> said <0559> (8799)

unto him and to his servant <05288>, Whither <0575> went <01980>

(8804) ye? And he said <0559> (8799), To seek <01245> (8763) the

asses <0860>: and when we saw <07200> (8799) that they were no

where <0369>, we came <0935> (8799) to Samuel <08050>.

1Sa 10:15 And Saul’s <07586> uncle <01730> said <0559> (8799),

Tell <05046> (8685) me, I pray thee, what Samuel <08050> said

<0559> (8804) unto you.

1Sa 10:16 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto his uncle

<01730>, He told <05046> (8689) us plainly <05046> (8687) that

the asses <0860> were found <04672> (8738). But of the matter

<01697> of the kingdom <04410>, whereof Samuel <08050> spake

<0559> (8804), he told <05046> (8689) him not.

1Sa 10:17 ¶ And Samuel <08050> called <06817> (8686) the people

<05971> together unto the LORD <03068> to Mizpeh <04709>;

1Sa 10:18 And said <0559> (8799) unto the children <01121> of

Israel <03478>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God

<0430> of Israel <03478>, I brought up <05927> (8689) Israel

<03478> out of Egypt <04714>, and delivered <05337> (8686) you

out of the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714>, and out of the

hand <03027> of all kingdoms <04467>, and of them that oppressed

<03905> (8801) you:

1Sa 10:19 And ye have this day <03117> rejected <03988> (8804)

your God <0430>, who himself saved <03467> (8688) you out of all

your adversities <07451> and your tribulations <06869>; and ye

have said <0559> (8799) unto him, Nay, but set <07760> (8799) a

king <04428> over us. Now therefore present <03320> (8690)

yourselves before <06440> the LORD <03068> by your tribes

<07626>, and by your thousands <0505>.

1Sa 10:20 And when Samuel <08050> had caused all the tribes

<07626> of Israel <03478> to come near <07126> (8686), the tribe

<07626> of Benjamin <01144> was taken <03920> (8735).

1Sa 10:21 When he had caused the tribe <07626> of Benjamin

<01144> to come near <07126> (8686) by their families <04940>,

the family <04940> of Matri <04309> was taken <03920> (8735),

and Saul <07586> the son <01121> of Kish <07027> was taken

<03920> (8735): and when they sought <01245> (8762) him, he

could not be found <04672> (8738).

1Sa 10:22 Therefore they enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD

<03068> further, if the man <0376> should yet come <0935> (8804)

thither <01988>. And the LORD <03068> answered <0559> (8799),

Behold, he hath hid <02244> (8737) himself among the stuff

<03627>.

1Sa 10:23 And they ran <07323> (8799) and fetched <03947>

(8799) him thence: and when he stood <03320> (8691) among

<08432> the people <05971>, he was higher <01361> (8799) than

any of the people <05971> from his shoulders <07926> and upward

<04605>.

1Sa 10:24 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) to all the

people <05971>, See <07200> (8804) ye him whom the LORD <03068>

hath chosen <0977> (8804), that there is none like him among all

the people <05971>? And all the people <05971> shouted <07321>

(8686), and said <0559> (8799), God save <02421> (8799) the king

<04428>.

1Sa 10:25 Then Samuel <08050> told <01696> (8762) the people

<05971> the manner <04941> of the kingdom <04410>, and wrote

<03789> (8799) it in a book <05612>, and laid it up <03240>

(8686) before <06440> the LORD <03068>. And Samuel <08050> sent

<07971> <00> all the people <05971> away <07971> (8762), every

man <0376> to his house <01004>.

1Sa 10:26 And Saul <07586> also went <01980> (8804) home

<01004> to Gibeah <01390>; and there went <03212> (8799) with

him a band of men <02428>, whose hearts <03820> God <0430> had

touched <05060> (8804).

1Sa 10:27 But the children <01121> of Belial <01100> said

<0559> (8804), How shall this man save <03467> (8686) us? And

they despised <0959> (8799) him, and brought <0935> (8689) him

no presents <04503>. But he held his peace <02790> (8688).

1Sa 11:01 ¶ Then Nahash <05176> the Ammonite <05984> came up

<05927> (8799), and encamped <02583> (8799) against Jabeshgilead

<03003> <01568>: and all the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003> said

<0559> (8799) unto Nahash <05176>, Make <03772> (8798) a

covenant <01285> with us, and we will serve <05647> (8799) thee.

1Sa 11:02 And Nahash <05176> the Ammonite <05984> answered

<0559> (8799) them, On this <02063> condition will I make

<03772> (8799) a covenant with you, that I may thrust out

<05365> (8800) all your right <03225> eyes <05869>, and lay

<07760> (8804) it for a reproach <02781> upon all Israel <03478>.

1Sa 11:03 And the elders <02205> of Jabesh <03003> said <0559>

(8799) unto him, Give us seven <07651> days <03117>‘ respite

<07503> (8685), that we may send <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> unto all the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>: and then,

if there be no man to save <03467> (8688) us, we will come out

<03318> (8804) to thee.

1Sa 11:04 Then came <0935> (8799) the messengers <04397> to

Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>, and told <01696> (8762) the

tidings <01697> in the ears <0241> of the people <05971>: and

all the people <05971> lifted up <05375> (8799) their voices

<06963>, and wept <01058> (8799).

1Sa 11:05 ¶ And, behold, Saul <07586> came <0935> (8804) after

<0310> the herd <01241> out of the field <07704>; and Saul

<07586> said <0559> (8799), What aileth the people <05971> that

they weep <01058> (8799)? And they told <05608> (8762) him the

tidings <01697> of the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003>.

1Sa 11:06 And the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> came <06743>

(8799) upon Saul <07586> when he heard <08085> (8800) those

tidings <01697>, and his anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799)

greatly <03966>.

1Sa 11:07 And he took <03947> (8799) a yoke <06776> of oxen

<01241>, and hewed them in pieces <05408> (8762), and sent

<07971> (8762) them throughout all the coasts <01366> of Israel

<03478> by the hands <03027> of messengers <04397>, saying

<0559> (8800), Whosoever cometh not forth <03318> (8802) after

<0310> Saul <07586> and after <0310> Samuel <08050>, so shall it

be done <06213> (8735) unto his oxen <01241>. And the fear

<06343> of the LORD <03068> fell <05307> (8799) on the people

<05971>, and they came out <03318> (8799) with one <0259>

consent <0376>.

1Sa 11:08 And when he numbered <06485> (8799) them in Bezek

<0966>, the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were three

<07969> hundred <03967> thousand <0505>, and the men <0376> of

Judah <03063> thirty <07970> thousand <0505>.

1Sa 11:09 And they said <0559> (8799) unto the messengers

<04397> that came <0935> (8802), Thus shall ye say <0559> (8799)

unto the men <0376> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>, To morrow

<04279>, by that time the sun <08121> be hot <02527>, ye shall

have help <08668>. And the messengers <04397> came <0935> (8799)

and shewed <05046> (8686) it to the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003>;

and they were glad <08055> (8799).

1Sa 11:10 Therefore the men <0582> of Jabesh <03003> said

<0559> (8799), To morrow <04279> we will come out <03318> (8799)

unto you, and ye shall do <06213> (8804) with us all that

seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto you.

1Sa 11:11 And it was so on the morrow <04283>, that Saul

<07586> put <07760> (8799) the people <05971> in three <07969>

companies <07218>; and they came <0935> (8799) into the midst

<08432> of the host <04264> in the morning <01242> watch <0821>,

and slew <05221> (8686) the Ammonites <05983> until the heat

<02527> of the day <03117>: and it came to pass, that they which

remained <07604> (8737) were scattered <06327> (8799), so that

two <08147> of them were not left <07604> (8738) together

<03162>.

1Sa 11:12 ¶ And the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto

Samuel <08050>, Who is he that said <0559> (8802), Shall Saul

<07586> reign <04427> (8799) over us? bring <05414> (8798) the

men <0582>, that we may put them to death <04191> (8686).

1Sa 11:13 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), There shall not

a man <0376> be put to death <04191> (8714) this day <03117>:

for to day <03117> the LORD <03068> hath wrought <06213> (8804)

salvation <08668> in Israel <03478>.

1Sa 11:14 Then said <0559> (8799) Samuel <08050> to the people

<05971>, Come <03212> (8798), and let us go <03212> (8799) to

Gilgal <01537>, and renew <02318> (8762) the kingdom <04410>

there.

1Sa 11:15 And all the people <05971> went <03212> (8799) to

Gilgal <01537>; and there they made Saul <07586> king <04427>

(8686) before <06440> the LORD <03068> in Gilgal <01537>; and

there they sacrificed <02076> (8799) sacrifices <02077> of peace

offerings <08002> before <06440> the LORD <03068>; and there

Saul <07586> and all the men <0582> of Israel <03478> rejoiced

<08055> (8799) greatly <03966>.

1Sa 12:01 ¶ And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto all

Israel <03478>, Behold, I have hearkened <08085> (8804) unto

your voice <06963> in all that ye said <0559> (8804) unto me,

and have made <04427> (8686) a king <04428> over you.

1Sa 12:02 And now, behold, the king <04428> walketh <01980>

(8693) before <06440> you: and I am old <02204> (8804) and

grayheaded <07867> (8804); and, behold, my sons <01121> are with

you: and I have walked <01980> (8694) before <06440> you from my

childhood <05271> unto this day <03117>.

1Sa 12:03 Behold, here I am: witness <06030> (8798) against me

before the LORD <03068>, and before his anointed <04899>: whose

ox <07794> have I taken <03947> (8804)? or whose ass <02543>

have I taken <03947> (8804)? or whom have I defrauded <06231>

(8804)? whom have I oppressed <07533> (8804)? or of whose hand

<03027> have I received any bribe <03724> to blind <05956>

(8686) mine eyes <05869> therewith? and I will restore <07725>

(8686) it you.

1Sa 12:04 And they said <0559> (8799), Thou hast not defrauded

<06231> (8804) us, nor oppressed <07533> (8804) us, neither hast

thou taken <03947> (8804) ought <03972> of any man’s <0376> hand

<03027>.

1Sa 12:05 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, The LORD <03068>

is witness <05707> against you, and his anointed <04899> is

witness <05707> this day <03117>, that ye have not found <04672>

(8804) ought <03972> in my hand <03027>. And they answered

<0559> (8799), He is witness <05707>.

1Sa 12:06 ¶ And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto the

people <05971>, It is the LORD <03068> that advanced <06213>

(8804) Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, and that brought <05927>

<00> your fathers <01> up <05927> (8689) out of the land <0776>

of Egypt <04714>.

1Sa 12:07 Now therefore stand still <03320> (8690), that I may

reason <08199> (8735) with you before <06440> the LORD <03068>

of all the righteous acts <06666> of the LORD <03068>, which he

did <06213> (8804) to you and to your fathers <01>.

1Sa 12:08 When Jacob <03290> was come <0935> (8804) into Egypt

<04714>, and your fathers <01> cried <02199> (8799) unto the

LORD <03068>, then the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) Moses

<04872> and Aaron <0175>, which brought forth <03318> (8686)

your fathers <01> out of Egypt <04714>, and made them dwell

<03427> (8686) in this place <04725>.

1Sa 12:09 And when they forgat <07911> (8799) the LORD <03068>

their God <0430>, he sold <04376> (8799) them into the hand

<03027> of Sisera <05516>, captain <08269> of the host <06635>

of Hazor <02674>, and into the hand <03027> of the Philistines

<06430>, and into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Moab

<04124>, and they fought <03898> (8735) against them.

1Sa 12:10 And they cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>,

and said <0559> (8799), We have sinned <02398> (8804), because

we have forsaken <05800> (8804) the LORD <03068>, and have

served <05647> (8799) Baalim <01168> and Ashtaroth <06252>: but

now deliver <05337> (8685) us out of the hand <03027> of our

enemies <0341> (8802), and we will serve <05647> (8799) thee.

1Sa 12:11 And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) Jerubbaal

<03378>, and Bedan <0917>, and Jephthah <03316>, and Samuel

<08050>, and delivered <05337> (8686) you out of the hand

<03027> of your enemies <0341> (8802) on every side <05439>, and

ye dwelled <03427> (8799) safe <0983>.

1Sa 12:12 And when ye saw <07200> (8799) that Nahash <05176>

the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> came

<0935> (8804) against you, ye said <0559> (8799) unto me, Nay;

but a king <04428> shall reign <04427> (8799) over us: when the

LORD <03068> your God <0430> was your king <04428>.

1Sa 12:13 Now therefore behold the king <04428> whom ye have

chosen <0977> (8804), and whom ye have desired <07592> (8804)!

and, behold, the LORD <03068> hath set <05414> (8804) a king

<04428> over you.

1Sa 12:14 If ye will fear <03372> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and

serve <05647> (8804) him, and obey <08085> (8804) his voice

<06963>, and not rebel <04784> (8686) against the commandment

<06310> of the LORD <03068>, then shall both ye and also the

king <04428> that reigneth <04427> (8804) over you continue

following <0310> the LORD <03068> your God <0430>:

1Sa 12:15 But if ye will not obey <08085> (8799) the voice

<06963> of the LORD <03068>, but rebel <04784> (8804) against

the commandment <06310> of the LORD <03068>, then shall the hand

<03027> of the LORD <03068> be against you, as it was against

your fathers <01>.

1Sa 12:16 ¶ Now therefore <01571> stand <03320> (8690) and see

<07200> (8798) this great <01419> thing <01697>, which the LORD

<03068> will do <06213> (8802) before your eyes <05869>.

1Sa 12:17 Is it not wheat <02406> harvest <07105> to day

<03117>? I will call <07121> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, and

he shall send <05414> (8799) thunder <06963> and rain <04306>;

that ye may perceive <03045> (8798) and see <07200> (8798) that

your wickedness <07451> is great <07227>, which ye have done

<06213> (8804) in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, in

asking <07592> (8800) you a king <04428>.

1Sa 12:18 So Samuel <08050> called <07121> (8799) unto the LORD

<03068>; and the LORD <03068> sent <05414> (8799) thunder

<06963> and rain <04306> that day <03117>: and all the people

<05971> greatly <03966> feared <03372> (8799) the LORD <03068>

and Samuel <08050>.

1Sa 12:19 And all the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto

Samuel <08050>, Pray <06419> (8690) for thy servants <05650>

unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, that we die <04191> (8799)

not: for we have added <03254> (8804) unto all our sins <02403>

this evil <07451>, to ask <07592> (8800) us a king <04428>.

1Sa 12:20 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto the people

<05971>, Fear <03372> (8799) not: ye have done <06213> (8804)

all this wickedness <07451>: yet turn not aside <05493> (8799)

from following <0310> the LORD <03068>, but serve <05647> (8804)

the LORD <03068> with all your heart <03824>;

1Sa 12:21 And turn ye not aside <05493> (8799): for then should

ye go after <0310> vain <08414> things, which cannot profit

<03276> (8686) nor deliver <05337> (8686); for they are vain

<08414>.

1Sa 12:22 For the LORD <03068> will not forsake <05203> (8799)

his people <05971> for his great <01419> name’s <08034> sake:

because it hath pleased <02974> (8689) the LORD <03068> to make

<06213> (8800) you his people <05971>.

1Sa 12:23 Moreover as for me <0595>, God forbid <02486> that I

should sin <02398> (8800) against the LORD <03068> in ceasing

<02308> (8800) to pray <06419> (8692) for you: but I will teach

<03384> (8689) you the good <02896> and the right <03477> way

<01870>:

1Sa 12:24 Only fear <03372> (8798) the LORD <03068>, and serve

<05647> (8804) him in truth <0571> with all your heart <03824>:

for consider <07200> (8798) how great things he hath done

<01431> (8689) for you.

1Sa 12:25 But if ye shall still <07489> (8687) do wickedly

<07489> (8686), ye shall be consumed <05595> (8735), both ye and

your king <04428>.

1Sa 13:01 ¶ Saul <07586> reigned <04427> (8800) one year <01121>

<08141>; and when he had reigned <04427> (8804) two <08147>

years <08141> over Israel <03478>,

1Sa 13:02 Saul <07586> chose <0977> (8799) him three <07969>

thousand <0505> men of Israel <03478>; whereof two thousand

<0505> were with Saul <07586> in Michmash <04363> and in mount

<02022> Bethel <01008>, and a thousand <0505> were with Jonathan

<03129> in Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin <01144>: and the rest

<03499> of the people <05971> he sent <07971> (8765) every man

<0376> to his tent <0168>.

1Sa 13:03 And Jonathan <03129> smote <05221> (8686) the

garrison <05333> of the Philistines <06430> that was in Geba

<01387>, and the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> (8799) of it.

And Saul <07586> blew <08628> (8804) the trumpet <07782>

throughout all the land <0776>, saying <0559> (8800), Let the

Hebrews <05680> hear <08085> (8799).

1Sa 13:04 And all Israel <03478> heard <08085> (8804) say

<0559> (8800) that Saul <07586> had smitten <05221> (8689) a

garrison <05333> of the Philistines <06430>, and that Israel

<03478> also was had in abomination <0887> (8738) with the

Philistines <06430>. And the people <05971> were called together

<06817> (8735) after <0310> Saul <07586> to Gilgal <01537>.

1Sa 13:05 And the Philistines <06430> gathered themselves

together <0622> (8738) to fight <03898> (8736) with Israel

<03478>, thirty <07970> thousand <0505> chariots <07393>, and

six <08337> thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>, and people <05971>

as the sand <02344> which is on the sea <03220> shore <08193> in

multitude <07230>: and they came up <05927> (8799), and pitched

<02583> (8799) in Michmash <04363>, eastward <06926> from

Bethaven <01007>.

1Sa 13:06 When the men <0376> of Israel <03478> saw <07200>

(8804) that they were in a strait <06887> (8804), (for the

people <05971> were distressed <05065> (8738),) then the people

<05971> did hide <02244> (8691) themselves in caves <04631>, and

in thickets <02337>, and in rocks <05553>, and in high places

<06877>, and in pits <0953>.

1Sa 13:07 And some of the Hebrews <05680> went over <05674>

(8804) Jordan <03383> to the land <0776> of Gad <01410> and

Gilead <01568>. As for Saul <07586>, he was yet in Gilgal

<01537>, and all the people <05971> followed <0310> him

trembling <02729> (8804).

1Sa 13:08 ¶ And he tarried <03176> (8686) (8675) <03176> (8735)

seven <07651> days <03117>, according to the set time <04150>

that Samuel <08050> had appointed: but Samuel <08050> came

<0935> (8804) not to Gilgal <01537>; and the people <05971> were

scattered <06327> (8686) from him.

1Sa 13:09 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Bring hither

<05066> (8685) a burnt offering <05930> to me, and peace

offerings <08002>. And he offered <05927> (8686) the burnt

offering <05930>.

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

end <03615> (8763) of offering <05927> (8687) the burnt offering

<05930>, behold, Samuel <08050> came <0935> (8802); and Saul

<07586> went out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) him, that

he might salute <01288> (8800) him.

1Sa 13:11 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), What hast thou

done <06213> (8804)? And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799),

Because I saw <07200> (8804) that the people <05971> were

scattered <05310> (8804) from me, and that thou camest <0935>

(8804) not within the days <03117> appointed <04150>, and that

the Philistines <06430> gathered themselves together <0622>

(8737) at Michmash <04363>;

1Sa 13:12 Therefore said <0559> (8799) I, The Philistines

<06430> will come down <03381> (8799) now upon me to Gilgal

<01537>, and I have not made supplication <02470> (8765) unto

<06440> the LORD <03068>: I forced <0662> (8691) myself

therefore, and offered <05927> (8686) a burnt offering <05930>.

1Sa 13:13 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) to Saul <07586>,

Thou hast done foolishly <05528> (8738): thou hast not kept

<08104> (8804) the commandment <04687> of the LORD <03068> thy

God <0430>, which he commanded <06680> (8765) thee: for now

would the LORD <03068> have established <03559> (8689) thy

kingdom <04467> upon Israel <03478> for <05704> ever <05769>.

1Sa 13:14 But now thy kingdom <04467> shall not continue

<06965> (8799): the LORD <03068> hath sought <01245> (8765) him

a man <0376> after his own heart <03824>, and the LORD <03068>

hath commanded <06680> (8762) him to be captain <05057> over his

people <05971>, because thou hast not kept <08104> (8804) that

which the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) thee.

1Sa 13:15 ¶ And Samuel <08050> arose <06965> (8799), and gat him

up <05927> (8799) from Gilgal <01537> unto Gibeah <01390> of

Benjamin <01144>. And Saul <07586> numbered <06485> (8799) the

people <05971> that were present <04672> (8737) with him, about

six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376>.

1Sa 13:16 And Saul <07586>, and Jonathan <03129> his son

<01121>, and the people <05971> that were present <04672> (8737)

with them, abode <03427> (8802) in Gibeah <01387> of Benjamin

<01144>: but the Philistines <06430> encamped <02583> (8804) in

Michmash <04363>.

1Sa 13:17 And the spoilers <07843> (8688) came out <03318>

(8799) of the camp <04264> of the Philistines <06430> in three

<07969> companies <07218>: one <0259> company <07218> turned

<06437> (8799) unto the way <01870> that leadeth to Ophrah

<06084>, unto the land <0776> of Shual <07777>:

1Sa 13:18 And another <0259> company <07218> turned <06437>

(8799) the way <01870> to Bethhoron <01032>: and another <0259>

company <07218> turned <06437> (8799) to the way <01870> of the

border <01366> that looketh <08259> (8737) to the valley <01516>

of Zeboim <06650> toward the wilderness <04057>.

1Sa 13:19 Now there was no smith <02796> found <04672> (8735)

throughout all the land <0776> of Israel <03478>: for the

Philistines <06430> said <0559> (8804), Lest the Hebrews <05680>

make <06213> (8799) them swords <02719> or spears <02595>:

1Sa 13:20 But all the Israelites <03478> went down <03381>

(8799) to the Philistines <06430>, to sharpen <03913> (8800)

every man <0376> his share <04282>, and his coulter <0855>, and

his axe <07134>, and his mattock <04281>.

1Sa 13:21 Yet they had a file <06477> <06310> for the mattocks

<04281>, and for the coulters <0855>, and for the forks <07969>

<07053>, and for the axes <07134>, and to sharpen <05324> (8687)

the goads <01861>.

1Sa 13:22 So it came to pass in the day <03117> of battle

<04421>, that there was neither sword <02719> nor spear <02595>

found <04672> (8738) in the hand <03027> of any of the people

<05971> that were with Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03129>: but

with Saul <07586> and with Jonathan <03129> his son <01121> was

there found <04672> (8735).

1Sa 13:23 And the garrison <04673> of the Philistines <06430>

went out <03318> (8799) to the passage <04569> of Michmash

<04363>.

1Sa 14:01 ¶ Now it came to pass upon a day <03117>, that

Jonathan <03129> the son <01121> of Saul <07586> said <0559>

(8799) unto the young man <05288> that bare <05375> (8802) his

armour <03627>, Come <03212> (8798), and let us go over <05674>

(8799) to the Philistines <06430>‘ garrison <04673>, that is on

the other side <05676> <01975>. But he told <05046> (8689) not

his father <01>.

1Sa 14:02 And Saul <07586> tarried <03427> (8802) in the

uttermost <07097> part of Gibeah <01390> under a pomegranate

tree <07416> which is in Migron <04051>: and the people <05971>

that were with him were about six <08337> hundred <03967> men

<0376>;

1Sa 14:03 And Ahiah <0281>, the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>,

Ichabod’s <0350> brother <0251>, the son <01121> of Phinehas

<06372>, the son <01121> of Eli <05941>, the LORD’S <03068>

priest <03548> in Shiloh <07887>, wearing <05375> (8802) an

ephod <0646>. And the people <05971> knew <03045> (8804) not

that Jonathan <03129> was gone <01980> (8804).

1Sa 14:04 And between the passages <04569>, by which Jonathan

<03129> sought <01245> (8765) to go over <05674> (8800) unto the

Philistines <06430>‘ garrison <04673>, there was a sharp <08127>

rock <05553> on the one side <05676>, and a sharp <08127> rock

<05553> on the other side <05676>: and the name <08034> of the

one <0259> was Bozez <0949>, and the name <08034> of the other

<0259> Seneh <05573>.

1Sa 14:05 The forefront <08127> of the one <0259> was situate

<04690> northward <06828> over against <04136> Michmash <04363>,

and the other <0259> southward <05045> over against <04136>

Gibeah <01387>.

1Sa 14:06 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) to the young

man <05288> that bare <05375> (8802) his armour <03627>, Come

<03212> (8798), and let us go over <05674> (8799) unto the

garrison <04673> of these uncircumcised <06189>: it may be that

the LORD <03068> will work <06213> (8799) for us: for there is

no restraint <04622> to the LORD <03068> to save <03467> (8687)

by many <07227> or by few <04592>.

1Sa 14:07 And his armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> said

<0559> (8799) unto him, Do <06213> (8798) all that is in thine

heart <03824>: turn <05186> (8798) thee; behold, I am with thee

according to thy heart <03824>.

1Sa 14:08 Then said <0559> (8799) Jonathan <03083>, Behold, we

will pass over <05674> (8802) unto these men <0582>, and we will

discover <01540> (8738) ourselves unto them.

1Sa 14:09 If they say <0559> (8799) thus unto us, Tarry <01826>

(8798) until we come <05060> (8687) to you; then we will stand

still <05975> (8804) in our place, and will not go up <05927>

(8799) unto them.

1Sa 14:10 But if they say <0559> (8799) thus, Come up <05927>

(8798) unto us; then we will go up <05927> (8804): for the LORD

<03068> hath delivered <05414> (8804) them into our hand <03027>:

and this shall be a sign <0226> unto us.

1Sa 14:11 And both <08147> of them discovered <01540> (8735)

themselves unto the garrison <04673> of the Philistines <06430>:

and the Philistines <06430> said <0559> (8799), Behold, the

Hebrews <05680> come forth <03318> (8802) out of the holes

<02356> where they had hid <02244> (8694) themselves.

1Sa 14:12 And the men <0582> of the garrison <04675> answered

<06030> (8799) Jonathan <03129> and his armourbearer <05375>

(8802) <03627>, and said <0559> (8799), Come up <05927> (8798)

to us, and we will shew <03045> (8686) you a thing <01697>. And

Jonathan <03129> said <0559> (8799) unto his armourbearer

<05375> (8802) <03627>, Come up <05927> (8798) after <0310> me:

for the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8804) them into the

hand <03027> of Israel <03478>.

1Sa 14:13 And Jonathan <03129> climbed up <05927> (8799) upon

his hands <03027> and upon his feet <07272>, and his

armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> after <0310> him: and they

fell <05307> (8799) before <06440> Jonathan <03129>; and his

armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> slew <04191> (8789) after

<0310> him.

1Sa 14:14 And that first <07223> slaughter <04347>, which

Jonathan <03129> and his armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627>

made <05221> (8689), was about twenty <06242> men <0376>, within

as it were an half <02677> acre <04618> of land <07704>, which a

yoke <06776> of oxen might plow.

1Sa 14:15 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> (8688), they also

trembled <02729> (8804), and the earth <0776> quaked <07264>

(8799): so it was a very great <0430> trembling <02731>.

1Sa 14:16 ¶ And the watchmen <06822> (8802) of Saul <07586> in

Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin <01144> looked <07200> (8799); and,

behold, the multitude <01995> melted away <04127> (8738), and

they went <03212> (8799) on beating down <01986> (8800) one

another.

1Sa 14:17 Then said <0559> (8799) Saul <07586> unto the people

<05971> that were with him, Number <06485> (8798) now, and see

<07200> (8798) who is gone <01980> (8804) from us. And when they

had numbered <06485> (8799), behold, Jonathan <03129> and his

armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> were not there.

1Sa 14:18 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Ahiah <0281>,

Bring hither <05066> (8685) the ark <0727> of God <0430>. For

the ark <0727> of God <0430> was at that time <03117> with the

children <01121> of Israel <03478>.

1Sa 14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul <07586> talked

<01696> (8765) unto the priest <03548>, that the noise <01995>

that was in the host <04264> of the Philistines <06430> went

<03212> (8799) on <01980> (8800) and increased <07227>: and Saul

<07586> said <0559> (8799) unto the priest <03548>, Withdraw

<0622> (8798) thine hand <03027>.

1Sa 14:20 And Saul <07586> and all the people <05971> that were

with him assembled <02199> (8735) themselves, and they came

<0935> (8799) to the battle <04421>: and, behold, every man’s

<0376> sword <02719> was against his fellow <07453>, and there

was a very <03966> great <01419> discomfiture <04103>.

1Sa 14:21 Moreover the Hebrews <05680> that were with the

Philistines <06430> before <0865> that time <08032>, which went

up <05927> (8804) with them into the camp <04264> from the

country round about <05439>, even they also turned to be with

the Israelites <03478> that were with Saul <07586> and Jonathan

<03129>.

1Sa 14:22 Likewise all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> which

had hid <02244> (8693) themselves in mount <02022> Ephraim

<0669>, when they heard <08085> (8804) that the Philistines

<06430> fled <05127> (8804), even they also followed hard

<01692> (8686) after <0310> them in the battle <04421>.

1Sa 14:23 So the LORD <03068> saved <03467> (8686) Israel

<03478> that day <03117>: and the battle <04421> passed over

<05674> (8804) unto Bethaven <01007>.

1Sa 14:24 ¶ And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> were distressed

<05065> (8738) that day <03117>: for Saul <07586> had adjured

<0422> (8686) the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Cursed

<0779> (8803) be the man <0376> that eateth <0398> (8799) any

food <03899> until evening <06153>, that I may be avenged

<05358> (8738) on mine enemies <0341> (8802). So none of the

people <05971> tasted <02938> (8804) any food <03899>.

1Sa 14:25 And all they of the land <0776> came <0935> (8804) to

a wood <03293>; and there was honey <01706> upon <06440> the

ground <07704>.

1Sa 14:26 And when the people <05971> were come <0935> (8799)

into the wood <03293>, behold, the honey <01706> dropped <01982>;

but no man put <05381> (8688) his hand <03027> to his mouth

<06310>: for the people <05971> feared <03372> (8804) the oath

<07621>.

1Sa 14:27 But Jonathan <03129> heard <08085> (8804) not when

his father <01> charged <07650> <00> the people <05971> with the

oath <07650> (8687): wherefore he put forth <07971> (8799) the

end <07097> of the rod <04294> that was in his hand <03027>, and

dipped <02881> (8799) it in an honeycomb <03295> <01706>, and

put <07725> (8686) his hand <03027> to his mouth <06310>; and

his eyes <05869> were enlightened <0215> (8799).

1Sa 14:28 Then answered <06030> (8799) one <0376> of the people

<05971>, and said <0559> (8799), Thy father <01> straitly

<07650> (8687) charged <07650> <00> the people <05971> with an

oath <07650> (8689), saying <0559> (8800), Cursed <0779> (8803)

be the man <0376> that eateth <0398> (8799) any food <03899>

this day <03117>. And the people <05971> were faint <05774>

(8799).

1Sa 14:29 Then said <0559> (8799) Jonathan <03129>, My father

<01> hath troubled <05916> (8804) the land <0776>: see <07200>

(8798), I pray you, how mine eyes <05869> have been enlightened

<0215> (8804), because I tasted <02938> (8804) a little <04592>

of this honey <01706>.

1Sa 14:30 How much more <0637>, if haply <03863> the people

<05971> had eaten <0398> (8804) freely <0398> (8800) to day

<03117> of the spoil <07998> of their enemies <0341> (8802)

which they found <04672> (8804)? for had there not been now a

much greater <07235> (8804) slaughter <04347> among the

Philistines <06430>?

1Sa 14:31 And they smote <05221> (8686) the Philistines <06430>

that day <03117> from Michmash <04363> to Aijalon <0357>: and

the people <05971> were very <03966> faint <05774> (8799).

1Sa 14:32 And the people <05971> flew <05860> (8799) <06213>

(8799) upon the spoil <07998>, and took <03947> (8799) sheep

<06629>, and oxen <01241>, and calves <01121>, and slew <07819>

(8799) them on the ground <0776>: and the people <05971> did eat

<0398> (8799) them with the blood <01818>.

1Sa 14:33 Then they told <05046> (8686) Saul <07586>, saying

<0559> (8800), Behold, the people <05971> sin <02398> (8802)

against the LORD <03068>, in that they eat <0398> (8800) with

the blood <01818>. And he said <0559> (8799), Ye have

transgressed <0898> (8804): roll <01556> (8798) a great <01419>

stone <068> unto me this day <03117>.

1Sa 14:34 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Disperse <06327>

(8798) yourselves among the people <05971>, and say <0559>

(8804) unto them, Bring me hither <05066> (8685) every man

<0376> his ox <07794>, and every man <0376> his sheep <07716>,

and slay <07819> (8804) them here, and eat <0398> (8804); and

sin <02398> (8799) not against the LORD <03068> in eating <0398>

(8800) with the blood <01818>. And all the people <05971>

brought <05066> (8686) every man <0376> his ox <07794> with him

<03027> that night <03915>, and slew <07819> (8799) them there.

1Sa 14:35 And Saul <07586> built <01129> (8799) an altar

<04196> unto the LORD <03068>: the same was the first <02490>

(8689) altar <04196> that he built <01129> (8800) unto the LORD

<03068>.

1Sa 14:36 ¶ And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Let us go down

<03381> (8799) after <0310> the Philistines <06430> by night

<03915>, and spoil <0962> (8799) them until the morning <01242>

light <0216>, and let us not leave <07604> (8686) a man <0376>

of them. And they said <0559> (8799), Do <06213> (8798)

whatsoever seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto thee. Then said

<0559> (8799) the priest <03548>, Let us draw near <07126>

(8799) hither <01988> unto God <0430>.

1Sa 14:37 And Saul <07586> asked <07592> (8799) counsel of God

<0430>, Shall I go down <03381> (8799) after <0310> the

Philistines <06430>? wilt thou deliver <05414> (8799) them into

the hand <03027> of Israel <03478>? But he answered <06030>

(8804) him not that day <03117>.

1Sa 14:38 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Draw ye near

<05066> (8798) hither <01988>, all the chief <06438> of the

people <05971>: and know <03045> (8798) and see <07200> (8798)

wherein <04100> this sin <02403> hath been this day <03117>.

1Sa 14:39 For, as the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, which saveth

<03467> (8688) Israel <03478>, though it be <03426> in Jonathan

<03129> my son <01121>, he shall surely <04191> (8800) die

<04191> (8799). But there was not a man among all the people

<05971> that answered <06030> (8802) him.

1Sa 14:40 Then said <0559> (8799) he unto all Israel <03478>,

Be ye on one <0259> side <05676>, and I and Jonathan <03129> my

son <01121> will be on the other <0259> side <05676>. And the

people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul <07586>, Do <06213>

(8798) what seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto thee.

1Sa 14:41 Therefore Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto the

LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Give <03051> (8798) a

perfect <08549> lot. And Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03129> were

taken <03920> (8735): but the people <05971> escaped <03318>

(8804).

1Sa 14:42 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Cast <05307>

(8685) lots between me and Jonathan <03129> my son <01121>. And

Jonathan <03129> was taken <03920> (8735).

1Sa 14:43 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to Jonathan

<03129>, Tell <05046> (8685) me what thou hast done <06213>

(8804). And Jonathan <03129> told <05046> (8686) him, and said

<0559> (8799), I did but <02938> (8800) taste <02938> (8804) a

little <04592> honey <01706> with the end <07097> of the rod

<04294> that was in mine hand <03027>, and, lo <02009>, I must

die <04191> (8799).

1Sa 14:44 And Saul <07586> answered <0559> (8799), God <0430>

do so <06213> (8799) and more also <03254> (8686): for thou

shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799), Jonathan <03129>.

1Sa 14:45 And the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul

<07586>, Shall Jonathan <03129> die <04191> (8799), who hath

wrought <06213> (8804) this great <01419> salvation <03444> in

Israel <03478>? God forbid <02486>: as the LORD <03068> liveth

<02416>, there shall not one hair <08185> of his head <07218>

fall <05307> (8799) to the ground <0776>; for he hath wrought

<06213> (8804) with God <0430> this day <03117>. So the people

<05971> rescued <06299> (8799) Jonathan <03129>, that he died

<04191> (8804) not.

1Sa 14:46 Then Saul <07586> went up <05927> (8799) from

following <0310> the Philistines <06430>: and the Philistines

<06430> went <01980> (8804) to their own place <04725>.

1Sa 14:47 ¶ So Saul <07586> took <03920> (8804) the kingdom

<04410> over Israel <03478>, and fought <03898> (8735) against

all his enemies <0341> (8802) on every side <05439>, against

Moab <04124>, and against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>,

and against Edom <0123>, and against the kings <04428> of Zobah

<06678>, and against the Philistines <06430>: and whithersoever

he turned <06437> (8799) himself, he vexed <07561> (8686) them.

1Sa 14:48 And he gathered <06213> (8799) an host <02428>, and

smote <05221> (8686) the Amalekites <06002>, and delivered

<05337> (8686) Israel <03478> out of the hands <03027> of them

that spoiled <08154> (8802) them.

1Sa 14:49 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>:

1Sa 14:50 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>.

1Sa 14:51 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>.

1Sa 14:52 And there was sore <02389> war <04421> against the

Philistines <06430> all the days <03117> of Saul <07586>: and

when Saul <07586> saw <07200> (8804) any strong <01368> man

<0376>, or any valiant <02428> man <01121>, he took <0622>

(8799) him unto him.

1Sa 15:01 ¶ Samuel <08050> also said <0559> (8799) unto Saul

<07586>, The LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8804) me to anoint

<04886> (8800) thee to be king <04428> over his people <05971>,

over Israel <03478>: now therefore hearken <08085> (8798) thou

unto the voice <06963> of the words <01697> of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 15:02 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts

<06635>, I remember <06485> (8804) that which Amalek <06002> did

<06213> (8804) to Israel <03478>, how he laid <07760> (8804)

wait for him in the way <01870>, when he came up <05927> (8800)

from Egypt <04714>.

1Sa 15:03 Now go <03212> (8798) and smite <05221> (8689) Amalek

<06002>, and utterly destroy <02763> (8689) all that they have,

and spare <02550> (8799) them not; but slay <04191> (8689) both

man <0376> and woman <0802>, infant <05768> and suckling <03243>

(8802), ox <07794> and sheep <07716>, camel <01581> and ass

<02543>.

1Sa 15:04 And Saul <07586> gathered <08085> <00> the people

<05971> together <08085> (8762), and numbered <06485> (8799)

them in Telaim <02923>, two hundred <03967> thousand <0505>

footmen <07273>, and ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> of

Judah <03063>.

1Sa 15:05 And Saul <07586> came <0935> (8799) to a city <05892>

of Amalek <06002>, and laid wait <07378> (8799) <0693> (8686) in

the valley <05158>.

1Sa 15:06 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto the Kenites

<07017>, Go <03212> (8798), depart <05493> (8798), get you down

<03381> (8798) from among <08432> the Amalekites <06002>, lest I

destroy <0622> (8799) you with them: for ye shewed <06213>

(8804) kindness <02617> to all the children <01121> of Israel

<03478>, when they came up <05927> (8800) out of Egypt <04714>.

So the Kenites <07017> departed <05493> (8799) from among

<08432> the Amalekites <06003>.

1Sa 15:07 And Saul <07586> smote <05221> (8686) the Amalekites

<06002> from Havilah <02341> until thou comest <0935> (8800) to

Shur <07793>, that is over against <06440> Egypt <04714>.

1Sa 15:08 And he took <08610> (8799) Agag <090> the king

<04428> of the Amalekites <06002> alive <02416>, and utterly

destroyed <02763> (8689) all the people <05971> with the edge

<06310> of the sword <02719>.

1Sa 15:09 But Saul <07586> and the people <05971> spared

<02550> (8799) Agag <090>, and the best <04315> of the sheep

<06629>, and of the oxen <01241>, and of the fatlings <04932>,

and the lambs <03733>, and all that was good <02896>, and would

<014> (8804) not utterly destroy <02763> (8687) them: but every

thing <04399> that was vile <05240> and refuse <04549> (8738),

that they destroyed utterly <02763> (8689).

1Sa 15:10 ¶ Then came the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto

Samuel <08050>, saying <0559> (8800),

1Sa 15:11 It repenteth <05162> (8738) me that I have set up

<04427> (8689) Saul <07586> to be king <04428>: for he is turned

back <07725> (8804) from following <0310> me, and hath not

performed <06965> (8689) my commandments <01697>. And it grieved

<02734> (8799) Samuel <08050>; and he cried <02199> (8799) unto

the LORD <03068> all night <03915>.

1Sa 15:12 And when Samuel <08050> rose early <07925> (8686) to

meet <07125> (8800) Saul <07586> in the morning <01242>, it was

told <05046> (8714) Samuel <08050>, saying <0559> (8800), Saul

<07586> came <0935> (8804) to Carmel <03760>, and, behold, he

set him up <05324> (8688) a place <03027>, and is gone about

<05437> (8735), and passed on <05674> (8799), and gone down

<03381> (8799) to Gilgal <01537>.

1Sa 15:13 And Samuel <08050> came <0935> (8799) to Saul <07586>:

and Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Blessed <01288>

(8803) be thou of the LORD <03068>: I have performed <06965>

(8689) the commandment <01697> of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 15:14 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), What meaneth

then this bleating <06963> of the sheep <06629> in mine ears

<0241>, and the lowing <06963> of the oxen <01241> which I hear

<08085> (8802)?

1Sa 15:15 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), They have

brought <0935> (8689) them from the Amalekites <06003>: for the

people <05971> spared <02550> (8804) the best <04315> of the

sheep <06629> and of the oxen <01241>, to sacrifice <02076>

(8800) unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>; and the rest

<03498> (8802) we have utterly destroyed <02763> (8689).

1Sa 15:16 Then Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul

<07586>, Stay <07503> (8685), and I will tell <05046> (8686)

thee what the LORD <03068> hath said <01696> (8765) to me this

night <03915>. And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Say on

<01696> (8761).

1Sa 15:17 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), When thou wast

little <06996> in thine own sight <05869>, wast thou not made

the head <07218> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, and

the LORD <03068> anointed <04886> (8799) thee king <04428> over

Israel <03478>?

1Sa 15:18 And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) thee on a

journey <01870>, and said <0559> (8799), Go <03212> (8798) and

utterly destroy <02763> (8689) the sinners <02400> the

Amalekites <06002>, and fight <03898> (8738) against them until

they be consumed <03615> (8763).

1Sa 15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey <08085> (8804) the

voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, but didst fly <05860> (8799)

upon the spoil <07998>, and didst <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in

the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>?

1Sa 15:20 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel

<08050>, Yea, I have obeyed <08085> (8804) the voice <06963> of

the LORD <03068>, and have gone <03212> (8799) the way <01870>

which the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8804) me, and have brought

<0935> (8686) Agag <090> the king <04428> of Amalek <06002>, and

have utterly destroyed <02763> (8689) the Amalekites <06002>.

1Sa 15:21 But the people <05971> took <03947> (8799) of the

spoil <07998>, sheep <06629> and oxen <01241>, the chief <07225>

of the things which should have been utterly destroyed <02764>,

to sacrifice <02076> (8800) unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>

in Gilgal <01537>.

1Sa 15:22 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), Hath the LORD

<03068> as great delight <02656> in burnt offerings <05930> and

sacrifices <02077>, as in obeying <08085> (8800) the voice

<06963> of the LORD <03068>? Behold, to obey <08085> (8800) is

better <02896> than sacrifice <02077>, and to hearken <07181>

(8687) than the fat <02459> of rams <0352>.

1Sa 15:23 For rebellion <04805> is as the sin <02403> of

witchcraft <07081>, and stubbornness <06484> (8687) is as

iniquity <0205> and idolatry <08655>. Because thou hast rejected

<03988> (8804) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, he hath

also rejected <03988> (8799) thee from being king <04428>.

1Sa 15:24 ¶ And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel

<08050>, I have sinned <02398> (8804): for I have transgressed

<05674> (8804) the commandment <06310> of the LORD <03068>, and

thy words <01697>: because I feared <03372> (8804) the people

<05971>, and obeyed <08085> (8799) their voice <06963>.

1Sa 15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon <05375> (8798) my

sin <02403>, and turn again <07725> (8798) with me, that I may

worship <07812> (8691) the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 15:26 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul

<07586>, I will not return <07725> (8799) with thee: for thou

hast rejected <03988> (8804) the word <01697> of the LORD

<03068>, and the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988> (8799) thee

from being king <04428> over Israel <03478>.

1Sa 15:27 And as Samuel <08050> turned about <05437> (8735) to

go away <03212> (8800), he laid hold <02388> (8686) upon the

skirt <03671> of his mantle <04598>, and it rent <07167> (8735).

1Sa 15:28 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto him, The

LORD <03068> hath rent <07167> (8804) the kingdom <04468> of

Israel <03478> from thee this day <03117>, and hath given

<05414> (8804) it to a neighbour <07453> of thine, that is

better <02896> than thou.

1Sa 15:29 And also the Strength <05331> of Israel <03478> will

not lie <08266> (8762) nor repent <05162> (8735): for he is not

a man <0120>, that he should repent <05162> (8736).

1Sa 15:30 Then he said <0559> (8799), I have sinned <02398>

(8804): yet honour <03513> (8761) me now, I pray thee, before

the elders <02205> of my people <05971>, and before Israel

<03478>, and turn again <07725> (8798) with me, that I may

worship <07812> (8694) the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>.

1Sa 15:31 So Samuel <08050> turned again <07725> (8799) after

<0310> Saul <07586>; and Saul <07586> worshipped <07812> (8691)

the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 15:32 ¶ Then said <0559> (8799) Samuel <08050>, Bring ye

hither <05066> (8685) to me Agag <090> the king <04428> of the

Amalekites <06002>. And Agag <090> came <03212> (8799) unto him

delicately <04574>. And Agag <090> said <0559> (8799), Surely

<0403> the bitterness <04751> of death <04194> is past <05493>

(8804).

1Sa 15:33 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), As thy sword

<02719> hath made women <0802> childless <07921> (8765), so

shall thy mother <0517> be childless <07921> (8799) among women

<0802>. And Samuel <08050> hewed <08158> <00> Agag <090> in

pieces <08158> (8762) before <06440> the LORD <03068> in Gilgal

<01537>.

1Sa 15:34 Then Samuel <08050> went <03212> (8799) to Ramah

<07414>; and Saul <07586> went up <05927> (8804) to his house

<01004> to Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>.

1Sa 15:35 And Samuel <08050> came no more <03254> (8804) to see

<07200> (8800) Saul <07586> until the day <03117> of his death

<04194>: nevertheless <03588> Samuel <08050> mourned <056>

(8694) for Saul <07586>: and the LORD <03068> repented <05162>

(8738) that he had made Saul <07586> king <04427> (8689) over

Israel <03478>.

1Sa 16:01 ¶ And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel

<08050>, How long wilt thou mourn <056> (8693) for Saul <07586>,

seeing I have rejected <03988> (8804) him from reigning <04427>

(8800) over Israel <03478>? fill <04390> (8761) thine horn

<07161> with oil <08081>, and go <03212> (8798), I will send

<07971> (8799) thee to Jesse <03448> the Bethlehemite <01022>:

for I have provided <07200> (8804) me a king <04428> among his

sons <01121>.

1Sa 16:02 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), How can I go

<03212> (8799)? if Saul <07586> hear <08085> (8804) it, he will

kill <02026> (8804) me. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799),

Take <03947> (8799) an heifer <01241> <05697> with thee <03027>,

and say <0559> (8804), I am come <0935> (8804) to sacrifice

<02076> (8800) to the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 16:03 And call <07121> (8804) Jesse <03448> to the

sacrifice <02077>, and I will shew <03045> (8686) thee what thou

shalt do <06213> (8799): and thou shalt anoint <04886> (8804)

unto me him whom I name <0559> (8799) unto thee.

1Sa 16:04 And Samuel <08050> did <06213> (8799) that which the

LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8765), and came <0935> (8799) to

Bethlehem <01035>. And the elders <02205> of the town <05892>

trembled <02729> (8799) at his coming <07125> (8800), and said

<0559> (8799), Comest <0935> (8800) thou peaceably <07965>?

1Sa 16:05 And he said <0559> (8799), Peaceably <07965>: I am

come <0935> (8804) to sacrifice <02076> (8800) unto the LORD

<03068>: sanctify <06942> (8690) yourselves, and come <0935>

(8804) with me to the sacrifice <02077>. And he sanctified

<06942> (8762) Jesse <03448> and his sons <01121>, and called

<07121> (8799) them to the sacrifice <02077>.

1Sa 16:06 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were come <0935>

(8800), that he looked <07200> (8799) on Eliab <0446>, and said

<0559> (8799), Surely the LORD’S <03068> anointed <04899> is

before him.

1Sa 16:07 But the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel

<08050>, Look <05027> (8686) not on his countenance <04758>, or

on the height <01364> of his stature <06967>; because I have

refused <03988> (8804) him: for the LORD seeth not as man <0120>

seeth <07200> (8799); for man <0120> looketh <07200> (8799) on

the outward appearance <05869>, but the LORD <03068> looketh

<07200> (8799) on the heart <03824>.

1Sa 16:08 Then Jesse <03448> called <07121> (8799) Abinadab

<041>, and made him pass <05674> (8686) before <06440> Samuel

<08050>. And he said <0559> (8799), Neither hath the LORD

<03068> chosen <0977> (8804) this.

1Sa 16:09 Then Jesse <03448> made Shammah <08048> to pass by

<05674> (8686). And he said <0559> (8799), Neither hath the LORD

<03068> chosen <0977> (8804) this.

1Sa 16:10 Again, Jesse <03448> made seven <07651> of his sons

<01121> to pass <05674> (8686) before <06440> Samuel <08050>.

And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto Jesse <03448>, The

LORD <03068> hath not chosen <0977> (8804) these.

1Sa 16:11 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto Jesse

<03448>, Are here all <08552> (8804) thy children <05288>? And

he said <0559> (8799), There remaineth <07604> (8804) yet the

youngest <06996>, and, behold, he keepeth <07462> (8802) the

sheep <06629>. And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto Jesse

<03448>, Send <07971> (8798) and fetch <03947> (8798) him: for

we will not sit down <05437> (8799) till he come <0935> (8800)

hither <06311>.

1Sa 16:12 And he sent <07971> (8799), and brought him in <0935>

(8686). Now he was ruddy <0132>, and withal <05973> of a

beautiful <03303> countenance <05869>, and goodly <02896> to

look to <07210>. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799), Arise

<06965> (8798), anoint <04886> (8798) him: for this is he.

1Sa 16:13 Then Samuel <08050> took <03947> (8799) the horn

<07161> of oil <08081>, and anointed <04886> (8799) him in the

midst <07130> of his brethren <0251>: and the Spirit <07307> of

the LORD <03068> came <06743> (8799) upon David <01732> from

that day <03117> forward <04605>. So Samuel <08050> rose up

<06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) to Ramah <07414>.

1Sa 16:14 ¶ But the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> departed

<05493> (8804) from Saul <07586>, and an evil <07451> spirit

<07307> from the LORD <03068> troubled <01204> (8765) him.

1Sa 16:15 And Saul’s <07586> servants <05650> said <0559>

(8799) unto him, Behold now, an evil <07451> spirit <07307> from

God <0430> troubleth <01204> (8764) thee.

1Sa 16:16 Let our lord <0113> now command <0559> (8799) thy

servants <05650>, which are before <06440> thee, to seek out

<01245> (8762) a man <0376>, who is a cunning <03045> (8802)

player <05059> (8764) on an harp <03658>: and it shall come to

pass, when the evil <07451> spirit <07307> from God <0430> is

upon thee, that he shall play <05059> (8765) with his hand

<03027>, and thou shalt be well <02895> (8804).

1Sa 16:17 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto his servants

<05650>, Provide <07200> (8798) me now a man <0376> that can

play <05059> (8763) well <03190> (8688), and bring <0935> (8689)

him to me.

1Sa 16:18 Then answered <06030> (8799) one <0259> of the

servants <05288>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold, I have seen

<07200> (8804) a son <01121> of Jesse <03448> the Bethlehemite

<01022>, that is cunning <03045> (8802) in playing <05059>

(8763), and a mighty <01368> valiant man <02428>, and a man

<0376> of war <04421>, and prudent <0995> (8737) in matters

<01697>, and a comely <08389> person <0376>, and the LORD

<03068> is with him.

1Sa 16:19 Wherefore Saul <07586> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> unto Jesse <03448>, and said <0559> (8799), Send <07971>

(8798) me David <01732> thy son <01121>, which is with the sheep

<06629>.

1Sa 16:20 And Jesse <03448> took <03947> (8799) an ass <02543>

laden with bread <03899>, and a bottle <04997> of wine <03196>,

and a <0259> kid <01423> <05795>, and sent <07971> (8799) them

by <03027> David <01732> his son <01121> unto Saul <07586>.

1Sa 16:21 And David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to Saul <07586>,

and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> him: and he loved <0157>

(8799) him greatly <03966>; and he became his armourbearer

<05375> (8802) <03627>.

1Sa 16:22 And Saul <07586> sent <07971> (8799) to Jesse <03448>,

saying <0559> (8800), Let David <01732>, I pray thee, stand

<05975> (8799) before <06440> me; for he hath found <04672>

(8804) favour <02580> in my sight <05869>.

1Sa 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit <07307>

from God <0430> was upon Saul <07586>, that David <01732> took

<03947> (8804) an harp <03658>, and played <05059> (8765) with

his hand <03027>: so Saul <07586> was refreshed <07304> (8804),

and was well <02895> (8804), and the evil <07451> spirit <07307>

departed <05493> (8804) from him.

1Sa 17:01 ¶ Now the Philistines <06430> gathered together <0622>

(8799) their armies <04264> to battle <04421>, and were gathered

together <0622> (8735) at Shochoh <07755>, which belongeth to

Judah <03063>, and pitched <02583> (8799) between Shochoh

<07755> and Azekah <05825>, in Ephesdammim <0658>.

1Sa 17:02 And Saul <07586> and the men <0376> of Israel <03478>

were gathered together <0622> (8738), and pitched <02583> (8799)

by the valley <06010> of Elah <0425>, and set the battle <04421>

in array <06186> (8799) against <07125> (8800) the Philistines

<06430>.

1Sa 17:03 And the Philistines <06430> stood <05975> (8802) on a

mountain <02022> on the one side, and Israel <03478> stood

<05975> (8802) on a mountain <02022> on the other side: and

there was a valley <01516> between them.

1Sa 17:04 And there went out <03318> (8799) a champion <0376>

<01143> out of the camp <04264> of the Philistines <06430>,

named <08034> Goliath <01555>, of Gath <01661>, whose height

<01363> was six <08337> cubits <0520> and a span <02239>.

1Sa 17:05 And he had an helmet <03553> of brass <05178> upon

his head <07218>, and he was armed <03847> (8803) with a coat

<08302> of mail <07193>; and the weight <04948> of the coat

<08302> was five <02568> thousand <0505> shekels <08255> of

brass <05178>.

1Sa 17:06 And he had greaves <04697> of brass <05178> upon his

legs <07272>, and a target <03591> of brass <05178> between his

shoulders <03802>.

1Sa 17:07 And the staff <06086> (8675) <02671> of his spear

<02595> was like a weaver’s <0707> (8802) beam <04500>; and his

spear’s <02595> head <03852> weighed six <08337> hundred <03967>

shekels <08255> of iron <01270>: and one bearing <05375> (8802)

a shield <06793> went <01980> (8802) before <06440> him.

1Sa 17:08 And he stood <05975> (8799) and cried <07121> (8799)

unto the armies <04634> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559>

(8799) unto them, Why are ye come out <03318> (8799) to set your

battle <04421> in array <06186> (8800)? am not I a Philistine

<06430>, and ye servants <05650> to Saul <07586>? choose <01262>

(8798) you a man <0376> for you, and let him come down <03381>

(8799) to me.

1Sa 17:09 If he be able <03201> (8799) to fight <03898> (8736)

with me, and to kill <05221> (8689) me, then will we be your

servants <05650>: but if I prevail <03201> (8799) against him,

and kill <05221> (8689) him, then shall ye be our servants

<05650>, and serve <05647> (8804) us.

1Sa 17:10 And the Philistine <06430> said <0559> (8799), I defy

<02778> (8765) the armies <04634> of Israel <03478> this day

<03117>; give <05414> (8798) me a man <0376>, that we may fight

<03898> (8735) together <03162>.

1Sa 17:11 When Saul <07586> and all Israel <03478> heard

<08085> (8799) those words <01697> of the Philistine <06430>,

they were dismayed <02865> (8735), and greatly <03966> afraid

<03372> (8799).

1Sa 17:12 ¶ Now David <01732> was the son <01121> of that

Ephrathite <0376> <0673> of Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063>,

whose name <08034> was Jesse <03448>; and he had eight <08083>

sons <01121>: and the man <0376> went <0935> (8804) among men

<0582> for an old man <02204> (8804) in the days <03117> of Saul

<07586>.

1Sa 17:13 And the three <07969> eldest <01419> sons <01121> of

Jesse <03448> went <03212> (8799) and followed <0310> Saul

<07586> to the battle <04421>: and the names <08034> of his

three <07969> sons <01121> that went <01980> (8804) to the

battle <04421> were Eliab <0446> the firstborn <01060>, and next

<04932> unto him Abinadab <041>, and the third <07992> Shammah

<08048>.

1Sa 17:14 And David <01732> was the youngest <06996>: and the

three <07969> eldest <01419> followed <01980> (8804) <0310> Saul

<07586>.

1Sa 17:15 But David <01732> went <01980> (8802) and returned

<07725> (8802) from Saul <07586> to feed <07462> (8800) his

father’s <01> sheep <06629> at Bethlehem <01035>.

1Sa 17:16 And the Philistine <06430> drew near <05066> (8799)

morning <07925> (8687) and evening <06150> (8687), and presented

<03320> (8691) himself forty <0705> days <03117>.

1Sa 17:17 And Jesse <03448> said <0559> (8799) unto David

<01732> his son <01121>, Take <03947> (8798) now for thy

brethren <0251> an ephah <0374> of this <02088> parched <07039>

corn, and these ten <06235> loaves <03899>, and run <07323>

(8685) to the camp <04264> to thy brethren <0251>;

1Sa 17:18 And carry <0935> (8686) these ten <06235> cheeses

<02461> <02757> unto the captain <08269> of their thousand

<0505>, and look <06485> (8799) how thy brethren <0251> fare

<07965>, and take <03947> (8799) their pledge <06161>.

1Sa 17:19 Now Saul <07586>, and they, and all the men <0376> of

Israel <03478>, were in the valley <06010> of Elah <0425>,

fighting <03898> (8737) with the Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 17:20 And David <01732> rose up early <07925> (8686) in the

morning <01242>, and left <05203> (8799) the sheep <06629> with

a keeper <08104> (8802), and took <05375> (8799), and went

<03212> (8799), as Jesse <03448> had commanded <06680> (8765)

him; and he came <0935> (8799) to the trench <04570>, as the

host <02428> was going forth <03318> (8802) to the fight <04634>,

and shouted <07321> (8689) for the battle <04421>.

1Sa 17:21 For Israel <03478> and the Philistines <06430> had

put the battle in array <06186> (8799), army <04634> against

<07125> (8800) army <04634>.

1Sa 17:22 And David <01732> left <05203> (8799) his carriage

<03627> in the hand <03027> of the keeper <08104> (8802) of the

carriage <03627>, and ran <07323> (8799) into the army <04634>,

and came <0935> (8799) and saluted <07592> (8799) <07965> his

brethren <0251>.

1Sa 17:23 And as he talked <01696> (8764) with them, behold,

there came up <05927> (8802) the champion <0376> <01143>, the

Philistine <06430> of Gath <01661>, Goliath <01555> by name

<08034>, out of the armies <04634> (8675) <04630> of the

Philistines <06430>, and spake <01696> (8762) according to the

same <0428> words <01697>: and David <01732> heard <08085>

(8799) them.

1Sa 17:24 And all the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, when they

saw <07200> (8800) the man <0376>, fled <05127> (8799) from him

<06440>, and were sore <03966> afraid <03372> (8799).

1Sa 17:25 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> said <0559>

(8799), Have ye seen <07200> (8804) this man <0376> that is come

up <05927> (8802)? surely to defy <02778> (8763) Israel <03478>

is he come up <05927> (8802): and it shall be, that the man

<0376> who killeth <05221> (8686) him, the king <04428> will

enrich <06238> (8686) him with great <01419> riches <06239>, and

will give <05414> (8799) him his daughter <01323>, and make

<06213> (8799) his father’s <01> house <01004> free <02670> in

Israel <03478>.

1Sa 17:26 And David <01732> spake <0559> (8799) to the men

<0582> that stood <05975> (8802) by him, saying <0559> (8800),

What shall be done <06213> (8735) to the man <0376> that killeth

<05221> (8686) this <01975> Philistine <06430>, and taketh away

<05493> (8689) the reproach <02781> from Israel <03478>? for who

is this uncircumcised <06189> Philistine <06430>, that he should

defy <02778> (8765) the armies <04634> of the living <02416> God

<0430>?

1Sa 17:27 And the people <05971> answered <0559> (8799) him

after this manner <01697>, saying <0559> (8800), So shall it be

done <06213> (8735) to the man <0376> that killeth <05221>

(8686) him.

1Sa 17:28 And Eliab <0446> his eldest <01419> brother <0251>

heard <08085> (8799) when he spake <01696> (8763) unto the men

<0582>; and Eliab’s <0446> anger <0639> was kindled <02734>

(8799) against David <01732>, and he said <0559> (8799), Why

camest thou down <03381> (8804) hither? and with whom hast thou

left <05203> (8804) those <02007> few <04592> sheep <06629> in

the wilderness <04057>? I know <03045> (8804) thy pride <02087>,

and the naughtiness <07455> of thine heart <03824>; for thou art

come down <03381> (8804) that thou mightest see <07200> (8800)

the battle <04421>.

1Sa 17:29 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), What have I now

done <06213> (8804)? Is there not a cause <01697>?

1Sa 17:30 And he turned <05437> (8735) from him <0681> toward

<04136> another <0312>, and spake <0559> (8799) after the same

manner <01697>: and the people <05971> answered <01697> him

again <07725> (8686) after the former <07223> manner <01697>.

1Sa 17:31 ¶ And when the words <01697> were heard <08085> (8735)

which David <01732> spake <01696> (8765), they rehearsed <05046>

(8686) them before <06440> Saul <07586>: and he sent <03947>

(8799) for him.

1Sa 17:32 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Saul <07586>,

Let no man’s <0120> heart <03820> fail <05307> (8799) because of

him; thy servant <05650> will go <03212> (8799) and fight

<03898> (8738) with this Philistine <06430>.

1Sa 17:33 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>,

Thou art not able <03201> (8799) to go <03212> (8800) against

this Philistine <06430> to fight <03898> (8736) with him: for

thou art but a youth <05288>, and he a man <0376> of war <04421>

from his youth <05271>.

1Sa 17:34 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul

<07586>, Thy servant <05650> kept <07462> (8802) his father’s

<01> sheep <06629>, and there came <0935> (8804) a lion <0738>,

and a bear <01677>, and took <05375> (8804) a lamb <07716>

(8675) <02089> out of the flock <05739>:

1Sa 17:35 And I went out <03318> (8804) after <0310> him, and

smote <05221> (8689) him, and delivered <05337> (8689) it out of

his mouth <06310>: and when he arose <06965> (8799) against me,

I caught <02388> (8689) him by his beard <02206>, and smote

<05221> (8689) him, and slew <04191> (8689) him.

1Sa 17:36 Thy servant <05650> slew <05221> (8689) both the lion

<0738> and the bear <01677>: and this uncircumcised <06189>

Philistine <06430> shall be as one <0259> of them, seeing he

hath defied <02778> (8765) the armies <04634> of the living

<02416> God <0430>.

1Sa 17:37 David <01732> said <0559> (8799) moreover, The LORD

<03068> that delivered <05337> (8689) me out of the paw <03027>

of the lion <0738>, and out of the paw <03027> of the bear

<01677>, he will deliver <05337> (8686) me out of the hand

<03027> of this Philistine <06430>. And Saul <07586> said <0559>

(8799) unto David <01732>, Go <03212> (8798), and the LORD

<03068> be with thee.

1Sa 17:38 And Saul <07586> armed <03847> (8686) David <01732>

with his armour <04055>, and he put <05414> (8804) an helmet

<06959> of brass <05178> upon his head <07218>; also he armed

<03847> (8686) him with a coat of mail <08302>.

1Sa 17:39 And David <01732> girded <02296> (8799) his sword

<02719> upon his armour <04055>, and he assayed <02974> (8686)

to go <03212> (8800); for he had not proved <05254> (8765) it.

And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul <07586>, I cannot

<03201> (8799) go <03212> (8800) with these; for I have not

proved <05254> (8765) them. And David <01732> put <05493> (8686)

them off him.

1Sa 17:40 ¶ And he took <03947> (8799) his staff <04731> in his

hand <03027>, and chose <0977> (8799) him five <02568> smooth

<02512> stones <068> out of the brook <05158>, and put <07760>

(8799) them in a shepherd’s <07462> (8802) bag <03627> which he

had, even in a scrip <03219>; and his sling <07050> was in his

hand <03027>: and he drew near <05066> (8799) to the Philistine

<06430>.

1Sa 17:41 And the Philistine <06430> came <03212> (8799) on

<01980> (8802) and drew near <07131> unto David <01732>; and the

man <0376> that bare <05375> (8802) the shield <06793> went

before <06440> him.

1Sa 17:42 And when the Philistine <06430> looked about <05027>

(8686), and saw <07200> (8799) David <01732>, he disdained

<0959> (8799) him: for he was but a youth <05288>, and ruddy

<0132>, and of a fair <03303> countenance <04758>.

1Sa 17:43 And the Philistine <06430> said <0559> (8799) unto

David <01732>, Am I a dog <03611>, that thou comest <0935>

(8802) to me with staves <04731>? And the Philistine <06430>

cursed <07043> (8762) David <01732> by his gods <0430>.

1Sa 17:44 And the Philistine <06430> said <0559> (8799) to

David <01732>, Come <03212> (8798) to me, and I will give

<05414> (8799) thy flesh <01320> unto the fowls <05775> of the

air <08064>, and to the beasts <0929> of the field <07704>.

1Sa 17:45 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732> to the

Philistine <06430>, Thou comest <0935> (8802) to me with a sword

<02719>, and with a spear <02595>, and with a shield <03591>:

but I come <0935> (8802) to thee in the name <08034> of the LORD

<03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of the armies <04634>

of Israel <03478>, whom thou hast defied <02778> (8765).

1Sa 17:46 This day <03117> will the LORD <03068> deliver

<05462> (8762) thee into mine hand <03027>; and I will smite

<05221> (8689) thee, and take <05493> (8689) thine head <07218>

from thee; and I will give <05414> (8804) the carcases <06297>

of the host <04264> of the Philistines <06430> this day <03117>

unto the fowls <05775> of the air <08064>, and to the wild

beasts <02416> of the earth <0776>; that all the earth <0776>

may know <03045> (8799) that there is <03426> a God <0430> in

Israel <03478>.

1Sa 17:47 And all this assembly <06951> shall know <03045>

(8799) that the LORD <03068> saveth <03467> (8686) not with

sword <02719> and spear <02595>: for the battle <04421> is the

LORD’S <03068>, and he will give <05414> (8804) you into our

hands <03027>.

1Sa 17:48 ¶ And it came to pass, when the Philistine <06430>

arose <06965> (8804), and came <03212> (8799) and drew nigh

<07126> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) David <01732>, that David

<01732> hasted <04116> (8762), and ran <07323> (8799) toward the

army <04634> to meet <07125> (8800) the Philistine <06430>.

1Sa 17:49 And David <01732> put <07971> (8799) his hand <03027>

in his bag <03627>, and took <03947> (8799) thence a stone <068>,

and slang <07049> (8762) it, and smote <05221> (8686) the

Philistine <06430> in his forehead <04696>, that the stone <068>

sunk <02883> (8799) into his forehead <04696>; and he fell

<05307> (8799) upon his face <06440> to the earth <0776>.

1Sa 17:50 So David <01732> prevailed <02388> (8799) over

<04480> the Philistine <06430> with a sling <07050> and with a

stone <068>, and smote <05221> (8686) the Philistine <06430>,

and slew <04191> (8686) him; but there was no sword <02719> in

the hand <03027> of David <01732>.

1Sa 17:51 Therefore David <01732> ran <07323> (8799), and stood

<05975> (8799) upon the Philistine <06430>, and took <03947>

(8799) his sword <02719>, and drew <08025> (8799) it out of the

sheath <08593> thereof, and slew <04191> (8787) him, and cut off

<03772> (8799) his head <07218> therewith. And when the

Philistines <06430> saw <07200> (8799) their champion <01368>

was dead <04191> (8804), they fled <05127> (8799).

1Sa 17:52 And the men <0582> of Israel <03478> and of Judah

<03063> arose <06965> (8799), and shouted <07321> (8686), and

pursued <07291> (8799) the Philistines <06430>, until thou come

<0935> (8800) to the valley <01516>, and to the gates <08179> of

Ekron <06138>. And the wounded <02491> of the Philistines

<06430> fell down <05307> (8799) by the way <01870> to Shaaraim

<08189>, even unto Gath <01661>, and unto Ekron <06138>.

1Sa 17:53 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> returned

<07725> (8799) from chasing <01814> (8800) after <0310> the

Philistines <06430>, and they spoiled <08155> (8799) their tents

<04264>.

1Sa 17:54 And David <01732> took <03947> (8799) the head

<07218> of the Philistine <06430>, and brought <0935> (8686) it

to Jerusalem <03389>; but he put <07760> (8804) his armour

<03627> in his tent <0168>.

1Sa 17:55 And when Saul <07586> saw <07200> (8800) David

<01732> go forth <03318> (8802) against <07125> (8800) the

Philistine <06430>, he said <0559> (8804) unto Abner <074>, the

captain <08269> of the host <06635>, Abner <074>, whose son

<01121> is this youth <05288>? And Abner <074> said <0559>

(8799), As thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, O king <04428>, I

cannot <0518> tell <03045> (8804).

1Sa 17:56 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Enquire

<07592> (8798) thou whose son <01121> the stripling <05958> is.

1Sa 17:57 And as David <01732> returned <07725> (8800) from the

slaughter <05221> (8687) of the Philistine <06430>, Abner <074>

took <03947> (8799) him, and brought <0935> (8686) him before

<06440> Saul <07586> with the head <07218> of the Philistine

<06430> in his hand <03027>.

1Sa 17:58 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to him, Whose son

<01121> art thou, thou young man <05288>? And David <01732>

answered <0559> (8799), I am the son <01121> of thy servant

<05650> Jesse <03448> the Bethlehemite <01022>.

1Sa 18:01 ¶ And it came to pass, when he had made an end <03615>

(8763) of speaking <01696> (8763) unto Saul <07586>, that the

soul <05315> of Jonathan <03083> was knit <07194> (8738) with

the soul <05315> of David <01732>, and Jonathan <03083> loved

<0157> (8799) him as his own soul <05315>.

1Sa 18:02 And Saul <07586> took <03947> (8799) him that day

<03117>, and would let <05414> (8804) him go no more home

<07725> (8800) to his father’s <01> house <01004>.

1Sa 18:03 Then Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> made <03772>

(8799) a covenant <01285>, because he loved <0160> him as his

own soul <05315>.

1Sa 18:04 And Jonathan <03083> stripped <06584> (8691) himself

of the robe <04598> that was upon him, and gave <05414> (8799)

it to David <01732>, and his garments <04055>, even to his sword

<02719>, and to his bow <07198>, and to his girdle <02289>.

1Sa 18:05 And David <01732> went out <03318> (8799)

whithersoever Saul <07586> sent <07971> (8799) him, and behaved

himself wisely <07919> (8686): and Saul <07586> set <07760>

(8799) him over the men <0582> of war <04421>, and he was

accepted <03190> (8799) in the sight <05869> of all the people

<05971>, and also in the sight <05869> of Saul’s <07586>

servants <05650>.

1Sa 18:06 ¶ And it came to pass as they came <0935> (8800), when

David <01732> was returned <07725> (8800) from the slaughter

<05221> (8687) of the Philistine <06430>, that the women <0802>

came out <03318> (8799) of all cities <05892> of Israel <03478>,

singing <07891> (8800) and dancing <04246>, to meet <07125>

(8800) king <04428> Saul <07586>, with tabrets <08596>, with joy

<08057>, and with instruments of musick <07991>.

1Sa 18:07 And the women <0802> answered <06030> (8799) one

another as they played <07832> (8764), and said <0559> (8799),

Saul <07586> hath slain <05221> (8689) his thousands <0505>, and

David <01732> his ten thousands <07233>.

1Sa 18:08 And Saul <07586> was very <03966> wroth <02734>

(8799), and the saying <01697> displeased <03415> (8799) <05869>

him; and he said <0559> (8799), They have ascribed <05414>

(8804) unto David <01732> ten thousands <07233>, and to me they

have ascribed <05414> (8804) but thousands <0505>: and what can

he have more but the kingdom <04410>?

1Sa 18:09 And Saul <07586> eyed <05770> (8802) David <01732>

from that day <03117> and forward <01973>.

1Sa 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, that the

evil <07451> spirit <07307> from God <0430> came <06743> (8799)

upon Saul <07586>, and he prophesied <05012> (8691) in the midst

<08432> of the house <01004>: and David <01732> played <05059>

(8764) with his hand <03027>, as at other times <03117>: and

there was a javelin <02595> in Saul’s <07586> hand <03027>.

1Sa 18:11 And Saul <07586> cast <02904> (8686) the javelin

<02595>; for he said <0559> (8799), I will smite <05221> (8686)

David <01732> even to the wall <07023> with it. And David

<01732> avoided out <05437> (8735) of his presence <06440> twice

<06471>.

1Sa 18:12 ¶ And Saul <07586> was afraid <03372> (8799) of

<06440> David <01732>, because the LORD <03068> was with him,

and was departed <05493> (8804) from Saul <07586>.

1Sa 18:13 Therefore Saul <07586> removed <05493> (8686) him

from him, and made <07760> (8799) him his captain <08269> over a

thousand <0505>; and he went out <03318> (8799) and came in

<0935> (8799) before <06440> the people <05971>.

1Sa 18:14 And David <01732> behaved himself wisely <07919>

(8688) in all his ways <01870>; and the LORD <03068> was with

him.

1Sa 18:15 Wherefore when Saul <07586> saw <07200> (8799) that

he behaved <07919> <00> himself very <03966> wisely <07919>

(8688), he was afraid <01481> (8799) of <06440> him.

1Sa 18:16 But all Israel <03478> and Judah <03063> loved <0157>

(8802) David <01732>, because he went out <03318> (8802) and

came in <0935> (8802) before <06440> them.

1Sa 18:17 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>,

Behold my elder <01419> daughter <01323> Merab <04764>, her will

I give <05414> (8799) thee to wife <0802>: only be thou valiant

<01121> <02428> for me, and fight <03898> (8734) the LORD’S

<03068> battles <04421>. For Saul <07586> said <0559> (8804),

Let not mine hand <03027> be upon him, but let the hand <03027>

of the Philistines <06430> be upon him.

1Sa 18:18 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul

<07586>, Who am I? and what is my life <02416>, or my father’s

<01> family <04940> in Israel <03478>, that I should be son in

law <02860> to the king <04428>?

1Sa 18:19 But it came to pass at the time <06256> when Merab

<04764> Saul’s <07586> daughter <01323> should have been given

<05414> (8800) to David <01732>, that she was given <05414>

(8738) unto Adriel <05741> the Meholathite <04259> to wife

<0802>.

1Sa 18:20 And Michal <04324> Saul’s <07586> daughter <01323>

loved <0157> (8799) David <01732>: and they told <05046> (8686)

Saul <07586>, and the thing <01697> pleased <03474> (8799)

<05869> him.

1Sa 18:21 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), I will give

<05414> (8799) him her, that she may be a snare <04170> to him,

and that the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430> may be

against him. Wherefore Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to David

<01732>, Thou shalt this day <03117> be my son in law <02859>

(8691) in the one of the twain <08147>.

1Sa 18:22 And Saul <07586> commanded <06680> (8762) his

servants <05650>, saying, Commune <01696> (8761) with David

<01732> secretly <03909>, and say <0559> (8800), Behold, the

king <04428> hath delight <02654> (8804) in thee, and all his

servants <05650> love <0157> (8804) thee: now therefore be the

king’s <04428> son in law <02859> (8690).

1Sa 18:23 And Saul’s <07586> servants <05650> spake <01696>

(8762) those words <01697> in the ears <0241> of David <01732>.

And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), Seemeth <05869> it to you

a light <07043> (8738) thing to be a king’s <04428> son in law

<02859> (8692), seeing that I am a poor <07326> (8802) man

<0376>, and lightly esteemed <07034> (8737)?

1Sa 18:24 And the servants <05650> of Saul <07586> told <05046>

(8686) him, saying <0559> (8800), On this manner <01697> spake

<01696> (8765) David <01732>.

1Sa 18:25 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Thus shall ye

say <0559> (8799) to David <01732>, The king <04428> desireth

<02656> not any dowry <04119>, but an hundred <03967> foreskins

<06190> of the Philistines <06430>, to be avenged <05358> (8736)

of the king’s <04428> enemies <0341> (8802). But Saul <07586>

thought <02803> (8804) to make David <01732> fall <05307> (8687)

by the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 18:26 And when his servants <05650> told <05046> (8686)

David <01732> these words <01697>, it pleased <03474> (8799)

<01697> <05869> David <01732> well to be the king’s <04428> son

in law <02859> (8692): and the days <03117> were not expired

<04390> (8804).

1Sa 18:27 Wherefore David <01732> arose <06965> (8799) and went

<03212> (8799), he and his men <0582>, and slew <05221> (8686)

of the Philistines <06430> two hundred <03967> men <0376>; and

David <01732> brought <0935> (8686) their foreskins <06190>, and

they gave them in full tale <04390> (8762) to the king <04428>,

that he might be the king’s <04428> son in law <02859> (8692).

And Saul <07586> gave <05414> (8799) him Michal <04324> his

daughter <01323> to wife <0802>.

1Sa 18:28 And Saul <07586> saw <07200> (8799) and knew <03045>

(8799) that the LORD <03068> was with David <01732>, and that

Michal <04324> Saul’s <07586> daughter <01323> loved <0157>

(8804) him.

1Sa 18:29 And Saul <07586> was yet the more <03254> (8686)

afraid <03372> (8800) of <06440> David <01732>; and Saul <07586>

became David’s <01732> enemy <0341> (8802) continually <03117>.

1Sa 18:30 Then the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430>

went forth <03318> (8799): and it came to pass, after <01767>

they went forth <03318> (8800), that David <01732> behaved

himself more wisely <07919> (8804) than all the servants <05650>

of Saul <07586>; so that his name <08034> was much <03966> set

by <03365> (8799).

1Sa 19:01 ¶ And Saul <07586> spake <01696> (8762) to Jonathan

<03129> his son <01121>, and to all his servants <05650>, that

they should kill <04191> (8687) David <01732>.

1Sa 19:02 But Jonathan <03083> Saul’s <07586> son <01121>

delighted <02654> (8804) much <03966> in David <01732>: and

Jonathan <03083> told <05046> (8686) David <01732>, saying

<0559> (8800), Saul <07586> my father <01> seeketh <01245>

(8764) to kill <04191> (8687) thee: now therefore, I pray thee,

take heed <08104> (8734) to thyself until the morning <01242>,

and abide <03427> (8804) in a secret <05643> place, and hide

<02244> (8738) thyself:

1Sa 19:03 And I will go out <03318> (8799) and stand <05975>

(8804) beside <03027> my father <01> in the field <07704> where

thou art, and I will commune <01696> (8762) with my father <01>

of thee; and what <04100> I see <07200> (8804), that I will tell

<05046> (8689) thee.

1Sa 19:04 And Jonathan <03083> spake <01696> (8762) good

<02896> of David <01732> unto Saul <07586> his father <01>, and

said <0559> (8799) unto him, Let not the king <04428> sin

<02398> (8799) against his servant <05650>, against David

<01732>; because he hath not sinned <02398> (8804) against thee,

and because his works <04639> have been to thee-ward very

<03966> good <02896>:

1Sa 19:05 For he did put <07760> (8799) his life <05315> in his

hand <03709>, and slew <05221> (8686) the Philistine <06430>,

and the LORD <03068> wrought <06213> (8799) a great <01419>

salvation <08668> for all Israel <03478>: thou sawest <07200>

(8804) it, and didst rejoice <08055> (8799): wherefore then wilt

thou sin <02398> (8799) against innocent <05355> blood <01818>,

to slay <04191> (8687) David <01732> without a cause <02600>?

1Sa 19:06 And Saul <07586> hearkened <08085> (8799) unto the

voice <06963> of Jonathan <03083>: and Saul <07586> sware

<07650> (8735), As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, he shall not

<0518> be slain <04191> (8714).

1Sa 19:07 And Jonathan <03083> called <07121> (8799) David

<01732>, and Jonathan <03083> shewed <05046> (8686) him all

those things <01697>. And Jonathan <03083> brought <0935> (8686)

David <01732> to Saul <07586>, and he was in his presence

<06440>, as in times past <0865> <08032>.

1Sa 19:08 ¶ And there was war <04421> again <03254> (8686): and

David <01732> went out <03318> (8799), and fought <03898> (8735)

with the Philistines <06430>, and slew <05221> (8686) them with

a great <01419> slaughter <04347>; and they fled <05127> (8799)

from <06440> him.

1Sa 19:09 And the evil <07451> spirit <07307> from the LORD

<03068> was upon Saul <07586>, as he sat <03427> (8802) in his

house <01004> with his javelin <02595> in his hand <03027>: and

David <01732> played <05059> (8764) with his hand <03027>.

1Sa 19:10 And Saul <07586> sought <01245> (8762) to smite

<05221> (8687) David <01732> even to the wall <07023> with the

javelin <02595>; but he slipped away <06362> (8799) out of

Saul’s <07586> presence <06440>, and he smote <05221> (8686) the

javelin <02595> into the wall <07023>: and David <01732> fled

<05127> (8804), and escaped <04422> (8735) that night <03915>.

1Sa 19:11 ¶ Saul <07586> also sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> unto David’s <01732> house <01004>, to watch <08104>

(8800) him, and to slay <04191> (8687) him in the morning

<01242>: and Michal <04324> David’s <01732> wife <0802> told

<05046> (8686) him, saying <0559> (8800), If thou save <04422>

(8764) not thy life <05315> to night <03915>, to morrow <04279>

thou shalt be slain <04191> (8716).

1Sa 19:12 So Michal <04324> let <03381> <00> David <01732> down

<03381> (8686) through a window <02474>: and he went <03212>

(8799), and fled <01272> (8799), and escaped <04422> (8735).

1Sa 19:13 And Michal <04324> took <03947> (8799) an image

<08655>, and laid <07760> (8799) it in the bed <04296>, and put

<07760> (8804) a pillow <03523> of goats <05795>‘ hair for his

bolster <04763>, and covered <03680> (8762) it with a cloth

<0899>.

1Sa 19:14 And when Saul <07586> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> to take <03947> (8800) David <01732>, she said <0559>

(8799), He is sick <02470> (8802).

1Sa 19: 15 And Saul <07586> sent <07971> (8799) the messengers

<04397> again to see <07200> (8800) David <01732>, saying <0559>

(8800), Bring him up <05927> (8685) to me in the bed <04296>,

that I may slay <04191> (8687) him.

1Sa 19:16 And when the messengers <04397> were come in <0935>

(8799), behold, there was an image <08655> in the bed <04296>,

with a pillow <03523> of goats <05795>‘ hair for his bolster

<04763>.

1Sa 19:17 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Michal

<04324>, Why hast thou deceived me so <07411> (8765), and sent

away <07971> (8762) mine enemy <0341> (8802), that he is escaped

<04422> (8735)? And Michal <04324> answered <0559> (8799) Saul

<07586>, He said <0559> (8804) unto me, Let me go <07971> (8761);

why should I kill <04191> (8686) thee?

1Sa 19:18 ¶ So David <01732> fled <01272> (8804), and escaped

<04422> (8735), and came <0935> (8799) to Samuel <08050> to

Ramah <07414>, and told <05046> (8686) him all that Saul <07586>

had done <06213> (8804) to him. And he and Samuel <08050> went

<03212> (8799) and dwelt <03427> (8799) in Naioth <05121>.

1Sa 19:19 And it was told <05046> (8714) Saul <07586>, saying

<0559> (8800), Behold, David <01732> is at Naioth <05121> in

Ramah <07414>.

1Sa 19:20 And Saul <07586> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> to take <03947> (8800) David <01732>: and when they saw

<07200> (8799) the company <03862> of the prophets <05030>

prophesying <05012> (8737), and Samuel <08050> standing <05975>

(8802) as appointed <05324> (8737) over them, the Spirit <07307>

of God <0430> was upon the messengers <04397> of Saul <07586>,

and they also prophesied <05012> (8691).

1Sa 19:21 And when it was told <05046> (8686) Saul <07586>, he

sent <07971> (8799) other <0312> messengers <04397>, and they

prophesied <05012> (8691) likewise. And Saul <07586> sent

<07971> (8799) messengers <04397> again <03254> (8686) the third

<07992> time, and they prophesied <05012> (8691) also.

1Sa 19:22 Then went <03212> (8799) he also to Ramah <07414>,

and came <0935> (8799) to a great <01419> well <0953> that is in

Sechu <07906>: and he asked <07592> (8799) and said <0559>

(8799), Where <0375> are Samuel <08050> and David <01732>? And

one said <0559> (8799), Behold, they be at Naioth <05121> in

Ramah <07414>.

1Sa 19:23 And he went <03212> (8799) thither to Naioth <05121>

in Ramah <07414>: and the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> was upon

him also, and he went <03212> (8799) on <01980> (8800), and

prophesied <05012> (8691), until he came <0935> (8800) to Naioth

<05121> in Ramah <07414>.

1Sa 19:24 And he stripped off <06584> (8799) his clothes <0899>

also <01571>, and prophesied <05012> (8691) before <06440>

Samuel <08050> in like manner, and lay down <05307> (8799) naked

<06174> all that day <03117> and all that night <03915>.

Wherefore they say <0559> (8799), Is Saul <07586> also among the

prophets <05030>?

1Sa 20:01 ¶ And David <01732> fled <01272> (8799) from Naioth

<05121> in Ramah <07414>, and came <0935> (8799) and said <0559>

(8799) before <06440> Jonathan <03083>, What have I done <06213>

(8804)? what is mine iniquity <05771>? and what is my sin

<02403> before <06440> thy father <01>, that he seeketh <01245>

(8764) my life <05315>?

1Sa 20:02 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, God forbid

<02486>; thou shalt not die <04191> (8799): behold, my father

<01> will do <06213> (8799) (8675) <06213> (8804) nothing

<01697> either great <01419> or small <06996>, but that he will

shew <01540> (8799) <0241> it me: and why should my father <01>

hide <05641> (8686) this thing <01697> from me? it is not so.

1Sa 20:03 And David <01732> sware <07650> (8735) moreover, and

said <0559> (8799), Thy father <01> certainly <03045> (8800)

knoweth <03045> (8804) that I have found <04672> (8804) grace

<02580> in thine eyes <05869>; and he saith <0559> (8799), Let

not Jonathan <03083> know <03045> (8799) this, lest he be

grieved <06087> (8735): but truly <0199> as the LORD <03068>

liveth <02416>, and as thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, there is

but a step <06587> between me and death <04194>.

1Sa 20:04 Then said <0559> (8799) Jonathan <03083> unto David

<01732>, Whatsoever thy soul <05315> desireth <0559> (8799), I

will even do <06213> (8799) it for thee.

1Sa 20:05 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Jonathan

<03083>, Behold, to morrow <04279> is the new moon <02320>, and

I should not fail <03427> (8800) to sit <03427> (8799) with the

king <04428> at meat <0398> (8800): but let me go <07971> (8765),

that I may hide <05641> (8738) myself in the field <07704> unto

the third <07992> day at even <06153>.

1Sa 20:06 If thy father <01> at all <06485> (8800) miss <06485>

(8799) me, then say <0559> (8804), David <01732> earnestly

<07592> (8736) asked <07592> (8738) leave of me that he might

run <07323> (8800) to Bethlehem <01035> his city <05892>: for

there is a yearly <03117> sacrifice <02077> there for all the

family <04940>.

1Sa 20:07 If he say <0559> (8799) thus, It is well <02896>; thy

servant <05650> shall have peace <07965>: but if he be very

<02734> (8800) wroth <02734> (8799), then be sure <03045> (8798)

that evil <07451> is determined <03615> (8804) by him.

1Sa 20:08 Therefore thou shalt deal <06213> (8804) kindly

<02617> with thy servant <05650>; for thou hast brought <0935>

(8689) thy servant <05650> into a covenant <01285> of the LORD

<03068> with thee: notwithstanding, if there be <03426> in me

iniquity <05771>, slay <04191> (8685) me thyself; for why

shouldest thou bring <0935> (8686) me to thy father <01>?

1Sa 20:09 ¶ And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799), Far be it

from thee <02486>: for if I knew <03045> (8799) certainly

<03045> (8800) that evil <07451> were determined <03615> (8804)

by my father <01> to come <0935> (8800) upon thee, then would

not I tell <05046> (8686) it thee?

1Sa 20:10 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732> to Jonathan

<03083>, Who shall tell <05046> (8686) me? or what if thy father

<01> answer <06030> (8799) thee roughly <07186>?

1Sa 20:11 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) unto David

<01732>, Come <03212> (8798), and let us go out <03318> (8799)

into the field <07704>. And they went out <03318> (8799) both

<08147> of them into the field <07704>.

1Sa 20:12 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) unto David

<01732>, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, when I

have sounded <02713> (8799) my father <01> about to morrow

<04279> any time <06256>, or the third <07992> day, and, behold,

if there be good <02895> (8804) toward David <01732>, and I then

send <07971> (8799) not unto thee, and shew <01540> (8804)

<0241> it thee;

1Sa 20:13 The LORD <03068> do <06213> (8799) so <03541> and

much more <03254> (8686) to Jonathan <03083>: but if it please

<03190> (8686) my father <01> to do thee evil <07451>, then I

will shew <01540> (8804) <0241> it thee, and send thee away

<07971> (8765), that thou mayest go <01980> (8804) in peace

<07965>: and the LORD <03068> be with thee, as he hath been with

my father <01>.

1Sa 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet <0518> I live

<02416> shew <06213> (8799) me the kindness <02617> of the LORD

<03068>, that I die <04191> (8799) not:

1Sa 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off <03772> (8686) thy

kindness <02617> from my house <01004> for <05704> ever <05769>:

no, not when the LORD <03068> hath cut off <03772> (8687) the

enemies <0341> (8802) of David <01732> every one <0376> from the

face <06440> of the earth <0127>.

1Sa 20:16 So Jonathan <03083> made <03772> (8799) a covenant

with the house <01004> of David <01732>, saying, Let the LORD

<03068> even require <01245> (8765) it at the hand <03027> of

David’s <01732> enemies <0341> (8802).

1Sa 20:17 And Jonathan <03083> caused David <01732> to swear

<07650> (8687) again <03254> (8686), because he loved <0160> him:

for he loved <0157> (8804) him as he loved <0160> his own soul

<05315>.

1Sa 20:18 Then Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) to David

<01732>, To morrow <04279> is the new moon <02320>: and thou

shalt be missed <06485> (8738), because thy seat <04186> will be

empty <06485> (8735).

1Sa 20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days <08027> (8765),

then thou shalt go down <03381> (8799) quickly <03966>, and come

<0935> (8804) to the place <04725> where thou didst hide <05641>

(8738) thyself when <03117> the business <04639> was in hand,

and shalt remain <03427> (8804) by <0681> the stone <068> Ezel

<0237>.

1Sa 20:20 And I will shoot <03384> (8686) three <07969> arrows

<02671> on the side <06654> thereof, as though I shot <07971>

(8763) at a mark <04307>.

1Sa 20:21 And, behold, I will send <07971> (8799) a lad <05288>,

saying, Go <03212> (8798), find out <04672> (8798) the arrows

<02671>. If I expressly <0559> (8800) say <0559> (8799) unto the

lad <05288>, Behold, the arrows <02671> are on this side of thee,

take <03947> (8798) them; then come <0935> (8798) thou: for

there is peace <07965> to thee, and no hurt <01697>; as the LORD

<03068> liveth <02416>.

1Sa 20:22 But if I say <0559> (8799) thus unto the young man

<05958>, Behold, the arrows <02671> are beyond <01973> thee; go

thy way <03212> (8798): for the LORD <03068> hath sent thee away

<07971> (8765).

1Sa 20:23 And as touching the matter <01697> which thou and I

have spoken <01696> (8765) of, behold, the LORD <03068> be

between thee and me for <05704> ever <05769>.

1Sa 20:24 ¶ So David <01732> hid <05641> (8735) himself in the

field <07704>: and when the new moon <02320> was come, the king

<04428> sat him down <03427> (8799) to eat <0398> (8800) meat

<03899>.

1Sa 20:25 And the king <04428> sat <03427> (8799) upon his seat

<04186>, as at other times <06471>, even upon a seat <04186> by

the wall <07023>: and Jonathan <03083> arose <06965> (8799), and

Abner <074> sat <03427> (8799) by Saul’s <07586> side <06654>,

and David’s <01732> place <04725> was empty <06485> (8735).

1Sa 20:26 Nevertheless Saul <07586> spake <01696> (8765) not

any thing <03972> that day <03117>: for he thought <0559> (8804),

Something hath befallen <04745> him, he is not <01115> clean

<02889>; surely he is not clean <02889>.

1Sa 20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, which was

the second <08145> day of the month <02320>, that David’s

<01732> place <04725> was empty <06485> (8735): and Saul <07586>

said <0559> (8799) unto Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>,

Wherefore cometh <0935> (8804) not the son <01121> of Jesse

<03448> to meat <03899>, neither yesterday <08543>, nor to day

<03117>?

1Sa 20:28 And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> (8799) Saul

<07586>, David <01732> earnestly <07592> (8736) asked <07592>

(8738) leave of me <05978> to go to Bethlehem <01035>:

1Sa 20:29 And he said <0559> (8799), Let me go <07971> (8761),

I pray thee; for our family <04940> hath a sacrifice <02077> in

the city <05892>; and my brother <0251>, he hath commanded

<06680> (8765) me to be there: and now, if I have found <04672>

(8804) favour <02580> in thine eyes <05869>, let me get away

<04422> (8735), I pray thee, and see <07200> (8799) my brethren

<0251>. Therefore he cometh <0935> (8804) not unto the king’s

<04428> table <07979>.

1Sa 20:30 Then Saul’s <07586> anger <0639> was kindled <02734>

(8799) against Jonathan <03083>, and he said <0559> (8799) unto

him, Thou son <01121> of the perverse <05753> (8737) rebellious

<04780> woman, do not I know <03045> (8804) that thou hast

chosen <0977> (8802) the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> to thine

own confusion <01322>, and unto the confusion <01322> of thy

mother’s <0517> nakedness <06172>?

1Sa 20:31 For as long as <03117> the son <01121> of Jesse

<03448> liveth <02425> (8804) upon the ground <0127>, thou shalt

not be established <03559> (8735), nor thy kingdom <04438>.

Wherefore now send <07971> (8798) and fetch <03947> (8798) him

unto me, for he shall surely die <01121> <04194>.

1Sa 20:32 And Jonathan <03083> answered <06030> (8799) Saul

<07586> his father <01>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him,

Wherefore shall he be slain <04191> (8714)? what hath he done

<06213> (8804)?

1Sa 20:33 And Saul <07586> cast <02904> (8686) a javelin

<02595> at him to smite <05221> (8687) him: whereby Jonathan

<03083> knew <03045> (8799) that it was determined <03617> of

his father <01> to slay <04191> (8687) David <01732>.

1Sa 20:34 So Jonathan <03083> arose <06965> (8799) from the

table <07979> in fierce <02750> anger <0639>, and did eat <0398>

(8804) no meat <03899> the second <08145> day <03117> of the

month <02320>: for he was grieved <06087> (8738) for David

<01732>, because his father <01> had done him shame <03637>

(8689).

1Sa 20:35 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning <01242>, that

Jonathan <03083> went out <03318> (8799) into the field <07704>

at the time appointed <04150> with David <01732>, and a little

<06996> lad <05288> with him.

1Sa 20:36 And he said <0559> (8799) unto his lad <05288>, Run

<07323> (8798), find out <04672> (8798) now the arrows <02671>

which I shoot <03384> (8688). And as the lad <05288> ran <07323>

(8801), he shot <03384> (8804) an arrow <02678> beyond <05674>

(8687) him.

1Sa 20:37 And when the lad <05288> was come <0935> (8799) to

the place <04725> of the arrow <02678> which Jonathan <03083>

had shot <03384> (8804), Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> (8799)

after <0310> the lad <05288>, and said <0559> (8799), Is not the

arrow <02678> beyond <01973> thee?

1Sa 20:38 And Jonathan <03083> cried <07121> (8799) after

<0310> the lad <05288>, Make speed <04120>, haste <02363> (8798),

stay <05975> (8799) not. And Jonathan’s <03083> lad <05288>

gathered up <03950> (8762) the arrows <02671> (8675) <02678>,

and came <0935> (8799) to his master <0113>.

1Sa 20:39 But the lad <05288> knew <03045> (8804) not any thing

<03972>: only Jonathan <03083> and David <01732> knew <03045>

(8804) the matter <01697>.

1Sa 20:40 And Jonathan <03083> gave <05414> (8799) his

artillery <03627> unto his lad <05288>, and said <0559> (8799)

unto him, Go <03212> (8798), carry <0935> (8685) them to the

city <05892>.

1Sa 20:41 And as soon as the lad <05288> was gone <0935> (8802),

David <01732> arose <06965> (8804) out of a place toward <0681>

the south <05045>, and fell <05307> (8799) on his face <0639> to

the ground <0776>, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself three

<07969> times <06471>: and they kissed <05401> (8799) one <0376>

another <07453>, and wept <01058> (8799) one <0376> with another

<07453>, until David <01732> exceeded <01431> (8689).

1Sa 20:42 And Jonathan <03083> said <0559> (8799) to David

<01732>, Go <03212> (8798) in peace <07965>, forasmuch as we

have sworn <07650> (8738) both <08147> of us in the name <08034>

of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> be

between me and thee, and between my seed <02233> and thy seed

<02233> for <05704> ever <05769>. And he arose <06965> (8799)

and departed <03212> (8799): and Jonathan <03083> went <0935>

(8802) into the city <05892>.

1Sa 21:01 ¶ Then came <0935> (8799) David <01732> to Nob <05011>

to Ahimelech <0288> the priest <03548>: and Ahimelech <0288> was

afraid <02729> (8799) at the meeting <07125> (8800) of David

<01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why art thou alone,

and no man <0376> with thee?

1Sa 21:02 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Ahimelech

<0288> the priest <03548>, The king <04428> hath commanded

<06680> (8765) me a business <01697>, and hath said <0559>

(8799) unto me, Let no man <0376> know <03045> (8799) any thing

<03972> of the business <01697> whereabout I send <07971> (8802)

thee, and what I have commanded <06680> (8765) thee: and I have

appointed <03045> (8776) my servants <05288> to such <06423> and

such <0492> a place <04725>.

1Sa 21:03 Now therefore what is <03426> under thine hand

<03027>? give <05414> (8798) me five <02568> loaves of bread

<03899> in mine hand <03027>, or what there is present <04672>

(8737).

1Sa 21:04 And the priest <03548> answered <06030> (8799) David

<01732>, and said <0559> (8799), There is no common <02455>

bread <03899> under mine hand <03027>, but there is <03426>

hallowed <06944> bread <03899>; if the young men <05288> have

kept <08104> (8738) themselves at least <0389> from women <0802>.

1Sa 21:05 And David <01732> answered <06030> (8799) the priest

<03548>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Of a truth <0518>

women <0802> have been kept <06113> (8803) from us about these

three <08032> days <08543>, since I came out <03318> (8800), and

the vessels <03627> of the young men <05288> are holy <06944>,

and the bread is in a manner <01870> common <02455>, yea, though

it were sanctified <06942> (8799) this day <03117> in the vessel

<03627>.

1Sa 21:06 So the priest <03548> gave <05414> (8799) him

hallowed <06944> bread: for there was no bread <03899> there but

the shewbread <03899> <06440>, that was taken <05493> (8716)

from before <06440> the LORD <03068>, to put <07760> (8800) hot

<02527> bread <03899> in the day <03117> when it was taken away

<03947> (8736).

1Sa 21:07 Now a certain man <0376> of the servants <05650> of

Saul <07586> was there that day <03117>, detained <06113> (8737)

before <06440> the LORD <03068>; and his name <08034> was Doeg

<01673>, an Edomite <0130>, the chiefest <047> of the herdmen

<07462> (8802) that belonged to Saul <07586>.

1Sa 21:08 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Ahimelech

<0288>, And is there <03426> not <0371> here under thine hand

<03027> spear <02595> or sword <02719>? for I have neither

brought <03947> (8804) my sword <02719> nor my weapons <03627>

with me <03027>, because the king’s <04428> business <01697>

required <01961> (8804) haste <05169> (8803).

1Sa 21:09 And the priest <03548> said <0559> (8799), The sword

<02719> of Goliath <01555> the Philistine <06430>, whom thou

slewest <05221> (8689) in the valley <06010> of Elah <0425>,

behold, it is here wrapped <03874> (8803) in a cloth <08071>

behind <0310> the ephod <0646>: if thou wilt take <03947> (8799)

that, take <03947> (8798) it: for there is no other <0312> save

<02108> that here <02088>. And David <01732> said <0559> (8799),

There is none like that; give <05414> (8798) it me.

1Sa 21:10 ¶ And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and fled

<01272> (8799) that day <03117> for fear <06440> of Saul <07586>,

and went <0935> (8799) to Achish <0397> the king <04428> of

Gath <01661>.

1Sa 21:11 And the servants <05650> of Achish <0397> said <0559>

(8799) unto him, Is not this David <01732> the king <04428> of

the land <0776>? did they not sing <06030> (8799) one to another

of him <02088> in dances <04246>, saying <0559> (8800), Saul

<07586> hath slain <05221> (8689) his thousands <0505>, and

David <01732> his ten thousands <07233>?

1Sa 21:12 And David <01732> laid up <07760> (8799) these words

<01697> in his heart <03824>, and was sore <03966> afraid

<03372> (8799) of <06440> Achish <0397> the king <04428> of Gath

<01661>.

1Sa 21:13 And he changed <08138> (8762) his behaviour <02940>

before <05869> them, and feigned himself mad <01984> (8704) in

their hands <03027>, and scrabbled <08427> (8762) on the doors

<01817> of the gate <08179>, and let his spittle <07388> fall

down <03381> (8686) upon his beard <02206>.

1Sa 21:14 Then said <0559> (8799) Achish <0397> unto his

servants <05650>, Lo, ye see <07200> (8799) the man <0376> is

mad <07696> (8693): wherefore then have ye brought <0935> (8686)

him to me?

1Sa 21:15 Have I need <02638> of mad men <07696> (8794), that

ye have brought <0935> (8689) this fellow to play the mad man

<07696> (8692) in my presence? shall this fellow come <0935>

(8799) into my house <01004>?

1Sa 22:01 ¶ David <01732> therefore departed <03212> (8799)

thence, and escaped <04422> (8735) to the cave <04631> Adullam

<05725>: and when his brethren <0251> and all his father’s <01>

house <01004> heard <08085> (8799) it, they went down <03381>

(8799) thither to him.

1Sa 22:02 And every one <0376> that was in distress <04689>,

and every one <0376> that was in debt <05378> (8801), and every

one <0376> that was discontented <04751> <05315>, gathered

<06908> (8691) themselves unto him; and he became a captain

<08269> over them: and there were with him about four <0702>

hundred <03967> men <0376>.

1Sa 22:03 And David <01732> went <03212> (8799) thence to

Mizpeh <04708> of Moab <04124>: and he said <0559> (8799) unto

the king <04428> of Moab <04124>, Let my father <01> and my

mother <0517>, I pray thee, come forth <03318> (8799), and be

with you, till I know <03045> (8799) what God <0430> will do

<06213> (8799) for me.

1Sa 22:04 And he brought <05148> (8686) them before <06440> the

king <04428> of Moab <04124>: and they dwelt <03427> (8799) with

him all the while <03117> that David <01732> was in the hold

<04686>.

1Sa 22:05 And the prophet <05030> Gad <01410> said <0559>

(8799) unto David <01732>, Abide <03427> (8799) not in the hold

<04686>; depart <03212> (8798), and get <0935> (8804) thee into

the land <0776> of Judah <03063>. Then David <01732> departed

<03212> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) into the forest <03293>

of Hareth <02802>.

1Sa 22:06 ¶ When Saul <07586> heard <08085> (8799) that David

<01732> was discovered <03045> (8738), and the men <0582> that

were with him, (now Saul <07586> abode <03427> (8802) in Gibeah

<01390> under a tree <0815> in Ramah <07414>, having his spear

<02595> in his hand <03027>, and all his servants <05650> were

standing <05324> (8737) about him;)

1Sa 22:07 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto his

servants <05650> that stood <05324> (8737) about him, Hear now

<08085> (8798), ye Benjamites <01145>; will the son <01121> of

Jesse <03448> give <05414> (8799) every one of you fields

<07704> and vineyards <03754>, and make <07760> (8799) you all

captains <08269> of thousands <0505>, and captains <08269> of

hundreds <03967>;

1Sa 22:08 That all of you have conspired <07194> (8804) against

me, and there is none that sheweth <01540> (8802) <0241> me that

my son <01121> hath made a league <03772> (8800) with the son

<01121> of Jesse <03448>, and there is none of you that is sorry

<02470> (8802) for me, or sheweth <01540> (8802) <0241> unto me

that my son <01121> hath stirred up <06965> (8689) my servant

<05650> against me, to lie in wait <0693> (8802), as at this day

<03117>?

1Sa 22:09 Then answered <06030> (8799) Doeg <01673> the Edomite

<0130>, which was set <05324> (8737) over the servants <05650>

of Saul <07586>, and said <0559> (8799), I saw <07200> (8804)

the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> coming <0935> (8802) to Nob

<05011>, to Ahimelech <0288> the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>.

1Sa 22:10 And he enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD <03068>

for him, and gave <05414> (8804) him victuals <06720>, and gave

<05414> (8804) him the sword <02719> of Goliath <01555> the

Philistine <06430>.

1Sa 22:11 Then the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) to call

<07121> (8800) Ahimelech <0288> the priest <03548>, the son

<01121> of Ahitub <0285>, and all his father’s <01> house

<01004>, the priests <03548> that were in Nob <05011>: and they

came <0935> (8799) all of them to the king <04428>.

1Sa 22:12 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Hear <08085>

(8798) now, thou son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>. And he answered

<0559> (8799), Here I am, my lord <0113>.

1Sa 22:13 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why

have ye conspired <07194> (8804) against me, thou and the son

<01121> of Jesse <03448>, in that thou hast given <05414> (8800)

him bread <03899>, and a sword <02719>, and hast enquired

<07592> (8800) of God <0430> for him, that he should rise

<06965> (8800) against me, to lie in wait <0693> (8802), as at

this day <03117>?

1Sa 22:14 Then Ahimelech <0288> answered <06030> (8799) the

king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), And who is so faithful

<0539> (8737) among all thy servants <05650> as David <01732>,

which is the king’s <04428> son in law <02860>, and goeth

<05493> (8804) at thy bidding <04928>, and is honourable <03513>

(8737) in thine house <01004>?

1Sa 22:15 Did I then <03117> begin <02490> (8689) to enquire

<07592> (8800) of God <0430> for him? be it far from me <02486>:

let not the king <04428> impute <07760> (8799) any thing <01697>

unto his servant <05650>, nor to all the house <01004> of my

father <01>: for thy servant <05650> knew <03045> (8804) nothing

<01697> of all this, less <06996> or more <01419>.

1Sa 22:16 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Thou shalt

surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799), Ahimelech <0288>, thou,

and all thy father’s <01> house <01004>.

1Sa 22:17 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto the

footmen <07323> (8801) that stood <05324> (8737) about him, Turn

<05437> (8798), and slay <04191> (8685) the priests <03548> of

the LORD <03068>; because their hand <03027> also is with David

<01732>, and because they knew <03045> (8804) when he fled

<01272> (8802), and did not shew <01540> (8804) <0241> it to me.

But the servants <05650> of the king <04428> would <014> (8804)

not put forth <07971> (8800) their hand <03027> to fall <06293>

(8800) upon the priests <03548> of the LORD <03068>.

1Sa 22:18 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to Doeg

<01673>, Turn <05437> (8798) thou, and fall <06293> (8798) upon

the priests <03548>. And Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130> turned

<05437> (8735), and he fell <06293> (8799) upon the priests

<03548>, and slew <04191> (8686) on that day <03117> fourscore

<08084> and five <02568> persons <0376> that did wear <05375>

(8802) a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.

1Sa 22:19 And Nob <05011>, the city <05892> of the priests

<03548>, smote <05221> (8689) he with the edge <06310> of the

sword <02719>, both men <0376> and women <0802>, children

<05768> and sucklings <03243> (8802), and oxen <07794>, and

asses <02543>, and sheep <07716>, with the edge <06310> of the

sword <02719>.

1Sa 22:20 ¶ And one <0259> of the sons <01121> of Ahimelech

<0288> the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>, named <08034> Abiathar

<054>, escaped <04422> (8735), and fled <01272> (8799) after

<0310> David <01732>.

1Sa 22:21 And Abiathar <054> shewed <05046> (8686) David

<01732> that Saul <07586> had slain <02026> (8804) the LORD’S

<03068> priests <03548>.

1Sa 22:22 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Abiathar

<054>, I knew <03045> (8804) it that day <03117>, when Doeg

<01673> the Edomite <0130> was there, that he would surely

<05046> (8687) tell <05046> (8686) Saul <07586>: I have

occasioned <05437> (8804) the death of all the persons <05315>

of thy father’s <01> house <01004>.

1Sa 22:23 Abide <03427> (8798) thou with me, fear <03372>

(8799) not: for he that seeketh <01245> (8762) my life <05315>

seeketh <01245> (8762) thy life <05315>: but with me thou shalt

be in safeguard <04931>.

1Sa 23:01 ¶ Then they told <05046> (8686) David <01732>, saying

<0559> (8800), Behold, the Philistines <06430> fight <03898>

(8737) against Keilah <07084>, and they rob <08154> (8802) the

threshingfloors <01637>.

1Sa 23:02 Therefore David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) of

the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Shall I go <03212>

(8799) and smite <05221> (8689) these Philistines <06430>? And

the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, Go

<03212> (8798), and smite <05221> (8689) the Philistines <06430>,

and save <03467> (8689) Keilah <07084>.

1Sa 23:03 And David’s <01732> men <0582> said <0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold, we be afraid <03373> here in Judah <03063>:

how much more then if we come <03212> (8799) to Keilah <07084>

against the armies <04634> of the Philistines <06430>?

1Sa 23:04 Then David <01732> enquired <07592> (8800) of the

LORD <03068> yet again <03254> (8686). And the LORD <03068>

answered <06030> (8799) him and said <0559> (8799), Arise

<06965> (8798), go down <03381> (8798) to Keilah <07084>; for I

will deliver <05414> (8802) the Philistines <06430> into thine

hand <03027>.

1Sa 23:05 So David <01732> and his men <0582> went <03212>

(8799) to Keilah <07084>, and fought <03898> (8735) with the

Philistines <06430>, and brought away <05090> (8799) their

cattle <04735>, and smote <05221> (8686) them with a great

<01419> slaughter <04347>. So David <01732> saved <03467> (8686)

the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Keilah <07084>.

1Sa 23:06 And it came to pass, when Abiathar <054> the son

<01121> of Ahimelech <0288> fled <01272> (8800) to David <01732>

to Keilah <07084>, that he came down <03381> (8804) with an

ephod <0646> in his hand <03027>.

1Sa 23:07 ¶ And it was told <05046> (8714) Saul <07586> that

David <01732> was come <0935> (8804) to Keilah <07084>. And Saul

<07586> said <0559> (8799), God <0430> hath delivered <05234>

(8765) him into mine hand <03027>; for he is shut in <05462>

(8738), by entering <0935> (8800) into a town <05892> that hath

gates <01817> and bars <01280>.

1Sa 23:08 And Saul <07586> called <08085> <00> all the people

<05971> together <08085> (8762) to war <04421>, to go down

<03381> (8800) to Keilah <07084>, to besiege <06696> (8800)

David <01732> and his men <0582>.

1Sa 23:09 And David <01732> knew <03045> (8799) that Saul

<07586> secretly practised <02790> (8688) mischief <07451>

against him; and he said <0559> (8799) to Abiathar <054> the

priest <03548>, Bring hither <05066> (8685) the ephod <0646>.

1Sa 23:10 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732>, O LORD <03068>

God <0430> of Israel <03478>, thy servant <05650> hath certainly

<08085> (8800) heard <08085> (8804) that Saul <07586> seeketh

<01245> (8764) to come <0935> (8800) to Keilah <07084>, to

destroy <07843> (8763) the city <05892> for my sake.

1Sa 23:11 Will the men <01167> of Keilah <07084> deliver me up

<05462> (8686) into his hand <03027>? will Saul <07586> come

down <03381> (8799), as thy servant <05650> hath heard <08085>

(8804)? O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, I beseech

thee, tell <05046> (8685) thy servant <05650>. And the LORD

<03068> said <0559> (8799), He will come down <03381> (8799).

1Sa 23:12 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732>, Will the men

<01167> of Keilah <07084> deliver <05462> (8686) me and my men

<0582> into the hand <03027> of Saul <07586>? And the LORD

<03068> said <0559> (8799), They will deliver thee up <05462>

(8686).

1Sa 23:13 Then David <01732> and his men <0582>, which were

about six <08337> hundred <03967> <0376>, arose <06965> (8799)

and departed <03318> (8799) out of Keilah <07084>, and went

<01980> (8691) whithersoever <0834> they could go <01980> (8691).

And it was told <05046> (8717) Saul <07586> that David <01732>

was escaped <04422> (8738) from Keilah <07084>; and he forbare

<02308> (8799) to go forth <03318> (8800).

1Sa 23:14 ¶ And David <01732> abode <03427> (8799) in the

wilderness <04057> in strong holds <04679>, and remained <03427>

(8799) in a mountain <02022> in the wilderness <04057> of Ziph

<02128>. And Saul <07586> sought <01245> (8762) him every day

<03117>, but God <0430> delivered <05414> (8804) him not into

his hand <03027>.

1Sa 23:15 And David <01732> saw <07200> (8799) that Saul

<07586> was come out <03318> (8804) to seek <01245> (8763) his

life <05315>: and David <01732> was in the wilderness <04057> of

Ziph <02128> in a wood <02793>.

1Sa 23:16 And Jonathan <03083> Saul’s <07586> son <01121> arose

<06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) to David <01732> into

the wood <02793>, and strengthened <02388> (8762) his hand

<03027> in God <0430>.

1Sa 23:17 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Fear <03372>

(8799) not: for the hand <03027> of Saul <07586> my father <01>

shall not find <04672> (8799) thee; and thou shalt be king

<04427> (8799) over Israel <03478>, and I shall be next <04932>

unto thee; and that also Saul <07586> my father <01> knoweth

<03045> (8802).

1Sa 23:18 And they two <08147> made <03772> (8799) a covenant

<01285> before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and David <01732> abode

<03427> (8799) in the wood <02793>, and Jonathan <03083> went

<01980> (8804) to his house <01004>.

1Sa 23:19 ¶ Then came up <05927> (8799) the Ziphites <02130> to

Saul <07586> to Gibeah <01390>, saying <0559> (8800), Doth not

David <01732> hide <05641> (8693) himself with us in strong

holds <04679> in the wood <02793>, in the hill <01389> of

Hachilah <02444>, which is on the south <03225> of Jeshimon

<03452>?

1Sa 23:20 Now therefore, O king <04428>, come down <03381>

(8798) according to all the desire <0185> of thy soul <05315> to

come down <03381> (8800); and our part shall be to deliver

<05462> (8687) him into the king’s <04428> hand <03027>.

1Sa 23:21 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Blessed <01288>

(8803) be ye of the LORD <03068>; for ye have compassion <02550>

(8804) on me.

1Sa 23:22 Go <03212> (8798), I pray you, prepare <03559> (8685)

yet, and know <03045> (8798) and see <07200> (8798) his place

<04725> where his haunt <07272> is, and who hath seen <07200>

(8804) him there: for it is told <0559> (8804) me that he

dealeth very <06191> (8800) subtilly <06191> (8686).

1Sa 23:23 See <07200> (8798) therefore, and take knowledge

<03045> (8798) of all the lurking places <04224> where he hideth

<02244> (8691) himself, and come ye again <07725> (8804) to me

with the certainty <03559> (8737), and I will go <01980> (8804)

with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be <03426> in the

land <0776>, that I will search <02664> (8765) him out

throughout all the thousands <0505> of Judah <03063>.

1Sa 23:24 And they arose <06965> (8799), and went <03212>

(8799) to Ziph <02128> before <06440> Saul <07586>: but David

<01732> and his men <0582> were in the wilderness <04057> of

Maon <04584>, in the plain <06160> on the south <03225> of

Jeshimon <03452>.

1Sa 23:25 Saul <07586> also and his men <0582> went <03212>

(8799) to seek <01245> (8763) him. And they told <05046> (8686)

David <01732>: wherefore he came down <03381> (8799) into a rock

<05553>, and abode <03427> (8799) in the wilderness <04057> of

Maon <04584>. And when Saul <07586> heard <08085> (8799) that,

he pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> David <01732> in the

wilderness <04057> of Maon <04584>.

1Sa 23:26 And Saul <07586> went <03212> (8799) on this side

<06654> of the mountain <02022>, and David <01732> and his men

<0582> on that side <06654> of the mountain <02022>: and David

<01732> made haste <02648> (8737) to get away <03212> (8800) for

fear <06440> of Saul <07586>; for Saul <07586> and his men

<0582> compassed <05849> <00> David <01732> and his men <0582>

round about <05849> (8802) to take <08610> (8800) them.

1Sa 23:27 But there came <0935> (8804) a messenger <04397> unto

Saul <07586>, saying <0559> (8800), Haste <04116> (8761) thee,

and come <03212> (8798); for the Philistines <06430> have

invaded <06584> (8804) the land <0776>.

1Sa 23:28 Wherefore Saul <07586> returned <07725> (8799) from

pursuing <07291> (8800) after <0310> David <01732>, and went

<03212> (8799) against <07125> (8800) the Philistines <06430>:

therefore they called <07121> (8804) that place <04725>

Selahammahlekoth <05555>.

1Sa 23:29 And David <01732> went up <05927> (8799) from thence,

and dwelt <03427> (8799) in strong holds <04679> at Engedi

<05872>.

1Sa 24:01 ¶ And it came to pass, when Saul <07586> was returned

<07725> (8804) from following <0310> the Philistines <06430>,

that it was told <05046> (8686) him, saying <0559> (8800),

Behold, David <01732> is in the wilderness <04057> of Engedi

<05872>.

1Sa 24:02 Then Saul <07586> took <03947> (8799) three <07969>

thousand <0505> chosen <0977> (8803) men <0376> out of all

Israel <03478>, and went <03212> (8799) to seek <01245> (8763)

David <01732> and his men <0582> upon <06440> the rocks <06697>

of the wild goats <03277>.

1Sa 24:03 And he came <0935> (8799) to the sheepcotes <01448>

<06629> by the way <01870>, where was a cave <04631>; and Saul

<07586> went in <0935> (8799) to cover <05526> (8687) his feet

<07272>: and David <01732> and his men <0582> remained <03427>

(8802) in the sides <03411> of the cave <04631>.

1Sa 24:04 And the men <0582> of David <01732> said <0559>

(8799) unto him, Behold the day <03117> of which the LORD

<03068> said <0559> (8804) unto thee, Behold, I will deliver

<05414> (8802) thine enemy <0341> (8802) into thine hand <03027>,

that thou mayest do <06213> (8804) to him as it shall seem good

<03190> (8799) unto thee <05869>. Then David <01732> arose

<06965> (8799), and cut off <03772> (8799) the skirt <03671> of

Saul’s <07586> robe <04598> privily <03909>.

1Sa 24:05 And it came to pass afterward <0310>, that David’s

<01732> heart <03820> smote <05221> (8686) him, because he had

cut off <03772> (8804) Saul’s <07586> skirt <03671>.

1Sa 24:06 And he said <0559> (8799) unto his men <0582>, The

LORD <03068> forbid <02486> that I should do <06213> (8799) this

thing <01697> unto my master <0113>, the LORD’S <03068> anointed

<04899>, to stretch forth <07971> (8800) mine hand <03027>

against him, seeing he is the anointed <04899> of the LORD

<03068>.

1Sa 24:07 So David <01732> stayed <08156> (8762) his servants

<0582> with these words <01697>, and suffered <05414> (8804)

them not to rise <06965> (8800) against Saul <07586>. But Saul

<07586> rose up <06965> (8804) out of the cave <04631>, and went

<03212> (8799) on his way <01870>.

1Sa 24:08 David <01732> also arose <06965> (8799) afterward,

and went out <03318> (8799) of the cave <04631>, and cried

<07121> (8799) after <0310> Saul <07586>, saying <0559> (8800),

My lord <0113> the king <04428>. And when Saul <07586> looked

<05027> (8686) behind <0310> him, David <01732> stooped <06915>

(8799) with his face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and bowed

<07812> (8691) himself.

1Sa 24:09 ¶ And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Saul <07586>,

Wherefore hearest <08085> (8799) thou men’s <0120> words

<01697>, saying <0559> (8800), Behold, David <01732> seeketh

<01245> (8764) thy hurt <07451>?

1Sa 24:10 Behold, this day <03117> thine eyes <05869> have seen

<07200> (8804) how that the LORD <03068> had delivered <05414>

(8804) thee to day <03117> into mine hand <03027> in the cave

<04631>: and some bade <0559> (8804) me kill <02026> (8800) thee:

but mine eye spared <02347> (8799) thee; and I said <0559>

(8799), I will not put forth <07971> (8799) mine hand <03027>

against my lord <0113>; for he is the LORD’S <03068> anointed

<04899>.

1Sa 24:11 Moreover, my father <01>, see <07200> (8798), yea,

see <07200> (8798) the skirt <03671> of thy robe <04598> in my

hand <03027>: for in that I cut off <03772> (8800) the skirt

<03671> of thy robe <04598>, and killed <02026> (8804) thee not,

know <03045> (8798) thou and see <07200> (8798) that there is

neither evil <07451> nor transgression <06588> in mine hand

<03027>, and I have not sinned <02398> (8804) against thee; yet

thou huntest <06658> (8802) my soul <05315> to take <03947>

(8800) it.

1Sa 24:12 The LORD <03068> judge <08199> (8799) between me and

thee, and the LORD <03068> avenge <05358> (8804) me of thee: but

mine hand <03027> shall not be upon thee.

1Sa 24:13 As saith <0559> (8799) the proverb <04912> of the

ancients <06931>, Wickedness <07562> proceedeth <03318> (8799)

from the wicked <07563>: but mine hand <03027> shall not be upon

thee.

1Sa 24:14 After <0310> whom is the king <04428> of Israel

<03478> come out <03318> (8804)? after <0310> whom dost thou

pursue <07291> (8802)? after <0310> a dead <04191> (8801) dog

<03611>, after <0310> a <0259> flea <06550>.

1Sa 24:15 The LORD <03068> therefore be judge <01781>, and

judge <08199> (8804) between me and thee, and see <07200> (8799),

and plead <07378> (8799) my cause <07379>, and deliver <08199>

(8799) me out of thine hand <03027>.

1Sa 24:16 ¶ And it came to pass, when David <01732> had made an

end <03615> (8763) of speaking <01696> (8763) these words

<01697> unto Saul <07586>, that Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799),

Is this thy voice <06963>, my son <01121> David <01732>? And

Saul <07586> lifted up <05375> (8799) his voice <06963>, and

wept <01058> (8799).

1Sa 24:17 And he said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>, Thou art

more righteous <06662> than I: for thou hast rewarded <01580>

(8804) me good <02896>, whereas I have rewarded <01580> (8804)

thee evil <07451>.

1Sa 24:18 And thou hast shewed <05046> (8689) this day <03117>

how that thou hast dealt <06213> (8804) well <02896> with me:

forasmuch as when the LORD <03068> had delivered <05462> (8765)

me into thine hand <03027>, thou killedst <02026> (8804) me not.

1Sa 24:19 For if a man <0376> find <04672> (8799) his enemy

<0341> (8802), will he let him go <07971> (8765) well <02896>

away <01870>? wherefore the LORD <03068> reward <07999> (8762)

thee good <02896> for that thou hast done <06213> (8804) unto me

this day <03117>.

1Sa 24:20 And now, behold, I know well <03045> (8804) that thou

shalt surely <04427> (8800) be king <04427> (8799), and that the

kingdom <04467> of Israel <03478> shall be established <06965>

(8804) in thine hand <03027>.

1Sa 24:21 Swear <07650> (8734) now therefore unto me by the

LORD <03068>, that thou wilt not <0518> cut off <03772> (8686)

my seed <02233> after <0310> me, and that thou wilt not destroy

<08045> (8686) my name <08034> out of my father’s <01> house

<01004>.

1Sa 24:22 And David <01732> sware <07650> (8735) unto Saul

<07586>. And Saul <07586> went <03212> (8799) home <01004>; but

David <01732> and his men <0582> gat them up <05927> (8804) unto

the hold <04686>.

1Sa 25:01 ¶ And Samuel <08050> died <04191> (8799); and all the

Israelites <03478> were gathered together <06908> (8735), and

lamented <05594> (8799) him, and buried <06912> (8799) him in

his house <01004> at Ramah <07414>. And David <01732> arose

<06965> (8799), and went down <03381> (8799) to the wilderness

<04057> of Paran <06290>.

1Sa 25:02 ¶ And there was a man <0376> in Maon <04584>, whose

possessions <04639> were in Carmel <03760>; and the man <0376>

was very <03966> great <01419>, and he had three <07969>

thousand <0505> sheep <06629>, and a thousand <0505> goats

<05795>: and he was shearing <01494> (8800) his sheep <06629> in

Carmel <03760>.

1Sa 25:03 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>.

1Sa 25:04 And David <01732> heard <08085> (8799) in the

wilderness <04057> that Nabal <05037> did shear <01494> (8802)

his sheep <06629>.

1Sa 25:05 And David <01732> sent out <07971> (8799) ten <06235>

young men <05288>, and David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the

young men <05288>, Get you up <05927> (8798) to Carmel <03760>,

and go <0935> (8804) to Nabal <05037>, and greet <07592> (8804)

<07965> him in my name <08034>:

1Sa 25:06 And thus shall ye say <0559> (8804) to him that

liveth <02416> in prosperity, Peace <07965> be both to thee, and

peace <07965> be to thine house <01004>, and peace <07965> be

unto all that thou hast.

1Sa 25:07 And now I have heard <08085> (8804) that thou hast

shearers <01494> (8802): now thy shepherds <07462> (8802) which

were with us, we hurt <03637> (8689) them not, neither was there

ought <03972> missing <06485> (8738) unto them, all the while

<03117> they were in Carmel <03760>.

1Sa 25:08 Ask <07592> (8798) thy young men <05288>, and they

will shew <05046> (8686) thee. Wherefore let the young men

<05288> find <04672> (8799) favour <02580> in thine eyes <05869>:

for we come <0935> (8804) in a good <02896> day <03117>: give

<05414> (8798), I pray thee, whatsoever cometh <04672> (8799) to

thine hand <03027> unto thy servants <05650>, and to thy son

<01121> David <01732>.

1Sa 25:09 And when David’s <01732> young men <05288> came

<0935> (8799), they spake <01696> (8762) to Nabal <05037>

according to all those words <01697> in the name <08034> of

David <01732>, and ceased <05117> (8799).

1Sa 25:10 And Nabal <05037> answered <06030> (8799) David’s

<01732> servants <05650>, and said <0559> (8799), Who is David

<01732>? and who is the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>? there be

many <07231> (8804) servants <05650> now a days <03117> that

break away <06555> (8693) every man <0376> from <06440> his

master <0113>.

1Sa 25:11 Shall I then take <03947> (8804) my bread <03899>,

and my water <04325>, and my flesh <02878> that I have killed

<02873> (8804) for my shearers <01494> (8802), and give <05414>

(8804) it unto men <0582>, whom I know <03045> (8804) not whence

they be?

1Sa 25:12 ¶ So David’s <01732> young men <05288> turned <02015>

(8799) their way <01870>, and went again <07725> (8799), and

came <0935> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) him all those sayings

<01697>.

1Sa 25:13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto his men

<0582>, Gird ye on <02296> (8798) every man <0376> his sword

<02719>. And they girded on <02296> (8799) every man <0376> his

sword <02719>; and David <01732> also girded on <02296> (8799)

his sword <02719>: and there went up <05927> (8799) after <0310>

David <01732> about four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>; and

two hundred <03967> abode <03427> (8804) by the stuff <03627>.

1Sa 25:14 But one <0259> of the young men <05288> told <05046>

(8689) Abigail <026>, Nabal’s <05037> wife <0802>, saying <0559>

(8800), Behold, David <01732> sent <07971> (8804) messengers

<04397> out of the wilderness <04057> to salute <01288> (8763)

our master <0113>; and he railed <05860> (8799) on them.

1Sa 25:15 But the men <0582> were very <03966> good <02896>

unto us, and we were not hurt <03637> (8717), neither missed

<06485> (8804) we any thing <03972>, as long as <03117> we were

conversant <01980> (8694) with them, when we were in the fields

<07704>:

1Sa 25:16 They were a wall <02346> unto us both by night

<03915> and day <03119>, all the while <03117> we were with them

keeping <07462> (8802) the sheep <06629>.

1Sa 25:17 Now therefore know <03045> (8798) and consider

<07200> (8798) what thou wilt do <06213> (8799); for evil

<07451> is determined <03615> (8804) against our master <0113>,

and against all his household <01004>: for he is such a son

<01121> of Belial <01100>, that a man cannot speak <01696>

(8763) to him.

1Sa 25:18 ¶ Then Abigail <026> made haste <04116> (8762), and

took <03947> (8799) two hundred <03967> loaves <03899>, and two

<08147> bottles <05035> of wine <03196>, and five <02568> sheep

<06629> ready dressed <06213> (8803), and five <02568> measures

<05429> of parched <07039> corn, and an hundred <03967> clusters

of raisins <06778>, and two hundred <03967> cakes <01690> of

figs, and laid <07760> (8799) them on asses <02543>.

1Sa 25:19 And she said <0559> (8799) unto her servants <05288>,

Go on <05674> (8798) before <06440> me; behold, I come <0935>

(8802) after <0310> you. But she told <05046> (8689) not her

husband <0376> Nabal <05037>.

1Sa 25:20 And it was so, as she rode <07392> (8802) on the ass

<02543>, that she came down <03381> (8802) by the covert <05643>

of the hill <02022>, and, behold, David <01732> and his men

<0582> came down <03381> (8802) against <07125> (8800) her; and

she met <06298> (8799) them.

1Sa 25:21 Now David <01732> had said <0559> (8804), Surely in

vain <08267> have I kept <08104> (8804) all that this <02088>

fellow hath in the wilderness <04057>, so that nothing <03972>

was missed <06485> (8738) of all that pertained unto him: and he

hath requited <07725> (8686) me evil <07451> for good <02896>.

1Sa 25:22 So <03541> and more <03254> (8686) also do <06213>

(8799) God <0430> unto the enemies <0341> (8802) of David

<01732>, if I leave <07604> (8686) of all that pertain to him by

<05704> the morning <01242> light <0216> any that pisseth

<08366> (8688) against the wall <07023>.

1Sa 25:23 And when Abigail <026> saw <07200> (8799) David

<01732>, she hasted <04116> (8762), and lighted off <03381>

(8799) the ass <02543>, and fell <05307> (8799) before <0639>

David <01732> on her face <06440>, and bowed <07812> (8691)

herself to the ground <0776>,

1Sa 25:24 And fell <05307> (8799) at his feet <07272>, and said

<0559> (8799), Upon me, my lord <0113>, upon me let this

iniquity <05771> be: and let thine handmaid <0519>, I pray thee,

speak <01696> (8762) in thine audience <0241>, and hear <08085>

(8798) the words <01697> of thine handmaid <0589>.

1Sa 25:25 Let <07760> (8799) not my lord <0113>, I pray thee,

regard <03820> this man <0376> of Belial <01100>, even Nabal

<05037>: for as his name <08034> is, so is he; Nabal <05037> is

his name <08034>, and folly <05039> is with him: but I thine

handmaid <0519> saw <07200> (8804) not the young men <05288> of

my lord <0113>, whom thou didst send <07971> (8804).

1Sa 25:26 Now therefore, my lord <0113>, as the LORD <03068>

liveth <02416>, and as thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, seeing

the LORD <03068> hath withholden <04513> (8804) thee from coming

<0935> (8800) to shed blood <01818>, and from avenging <03467>

(8687) thyself with thine own hand <03027>, now let thine

enemies <0341> (8802), and they that seek <01245> (8764) evil

<07451> to my lord <0113>, be as Nabal <05037>.

1Sa 25:27 And now this blessing <01293> which thine handmaid

<08198> hath brought <0935> (8689) unto my lord <0113>, let it

even be given <05414> (8738) unto the young men <05288> that

follow <01980> (8693) <07272> my lord <0113>.

1Sa 25:28 I pray thee, forgive <05375> (8798) the trespass

<06588> of thine handmaid <0519>: for the LORD <03068> will

certainly <06213> (8800) make <06213> (8799) my lord <0113> a

sure <0539> (8737) house <01004>; because my lord <0113>

fighteth <03898> (8737) the battles <04421> of the LORD <03068>,

and evil <07451> hath not been found <04672> (8735) in thee all

thy days <03117>.

1Sa 25:29 Yet a man <0120> is risen <06965> (8799) to pursue

<07291> (8800) thee, and to seek <01245> (8763) thy soul <05315>:

but the soul <05315> of my lord <0113> shall be bound <06887>

(8803) in the bundle <06872> of life <02416> with the LORD

<03068> thy God <0430>; and the souls <05315> of thine enemies

<0341> (8802), them shall he sling out <07049> (8762), as out of

the middle <08432> <03709> of a sling <07050>.

1Sa 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD <03068>

shall have done <06213> (8799) to my lord <0113> according to

all the good <02896> that he hath spoken <01696> (8765)

concerning thee, and shall have appointed <06680> (8765) thee

ruler <05057> over Israel <03478>;

1Sa 25:31 That this shall be no grief <06330> unto thee, nor

offence <04383> of heart <03820> unto my lord <0113>, either

that thou hast shed <08210> (8800) blood <01818> causeless

<02600>, or that my lord <0113> hath avenged <03467> (8687)

himself: but when the LORD <03068> shall have dealt well <03190>

(8689) with my lord <0113>, then remember <02142> (8804) thine

handmaid <0519>.

1Sa 25:32 ¶ And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abigail

<026>, Blessed <01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068> God <0430> of

Israel <03478>, which sent <07971> (8804) thee this day <03117>

to meet <07125> (8800) me:

1Sa 25:33 And blessed <01288> (8803) be thy advice <02940>, and

blessed <01288> (8803) be thou, which hast kept <03607> (8804)

me this day <03117> from coming <0935> (8800) to shed blood

<01818>, and from avenging <03467> (8687) myself with mine own

hand <03027>.

1Sa 25:34 For in very deed <0199>, as the LORD <03068> God

<0430> of Israel <03478> liveth <02416>, which hath kept me back

<04513> (8804) from hurting <07489> (8687) thee, except <03884>

thou hadst hasted <04116> (8765) and come <0935> (8799) to meet

<07125> (8800) me, surely there had not been left <03498> (8738)

unto Nabal <05037> by the morning <01242> light <0216> any that

pisseth <08366> (8688) against the wall <07023>.

1Sa 25:35 So David <01732> received <03947> (8799) of her hand

<03027> that which she had brought <0935> (8689) him, and said

<0559> (8804) unto her, Go up <05927> (8798) in peace <07965> to

thine house <01004>; see <07200> (8798), I have hearkened

<08085> (8804) to thy voice <06963>, and have accepted <05375>

(8799) thy person <06440>.

1Sa 25:36 ¶ And Abigail <026> came <0935> (8799) to Nabal

<05037>; and, behold, he held a feast <04960> in his house

<01004>, like the feast <04960> of a king <04428>; and Nabal’s

<05037> heart <03820> was merry <02896> within him, for he was

very <03966> drunken <07910>: wherefore she told <05046> (8689)

him nothing <01697>, less <06996> or more <01419>, until the

morning <01242> light <0216>.

1Sa 25:37 But it came to pass in the morning <01242>, when the

wine <03196> was gone out <03318> (8800) of Nabal <05037>, and

his wife <0802> had told <05046> (8686) him these things <01697>,

that his heart <03820> died <04191> (8799) within <07130> him,

and he became as a stone <068>.

1Sa 25:38 And it came to pass about ten <06235> days <03117>

after, that the LORD <03068> smote <05062> (8799) Nabal <05037>,

that he died <04191> (8799).

1Sa 25:39 And when David <01732> heard <08085> (8799) that

Nabal <05037> was dead <04191> (8804), he said <0559> (8799),

Blessed <01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068>, that hath pleaded

<07378> (8804) the cause <07379> of my reproach <02781> from the

hand <03027> of Nabal <05037>, and hath kept <02820> (8804) his

servant <05650> from evil <07451>: for the LORD <03068> hath

returned <07725> (8689) the wickedness <07451> of Nabal <05037>

upon his own head <07218>. And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799)

and communed <01696> (8762) with Abigail <026>, to take <03947>

(8800) her to him to wife <0802>.

1Sa 25:40 And when the servants <05650> of David <01732> were

come <0935> (8799) to Abigail <026> to Carmel <03760>, they

spake <01696> (8762) unto her, saying <0559> (8800), David

<01732> sent <07971> (8804) us unto thee, to take <03947> (8800)

thee to him to wife <0802>.

1Sa 25:41 And she arose <06965> (8799), and bowed <07812>

(8691) herself on her face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and said

<0559> (8799), Behold, let thine handmaid <0519> be a servant

<08198> to wash <07364> (8800) the feet <07272> of the servants

<05650> of my lord <0113>.

1Sa 25:42 And Abigail <026> hasted <04116> (8762), and arose

<06965> (8799), and rode <07392> (8799) upon an ass <02543>,

with five <02568> damsels <05291> of hers that went <01980>

(8802) after <07272> her; and she went <03212> (8799) after

<0310> the messengers <04397> of David <01732>, and became his

wife <0802>.

1Sa 25:43 David <01732> also took <03947> (8804) Ahinoam <0293>

of Jezreel <03157>; and they were also both <08147> of them his

wives <0802>.

1Sa 25:44 But Saul <07586> had given <05414> (8804) Michal

<04324> his daughter <01323>, David’s <01732> wife <0802>, to

Phalti <06406> the son <01121> of Laish <03919>, which was of

Gallim <01554>.

1Sa 26:01 ¶ And the Ziphites <02130> came <0935> (8799) unto

Saul <07586> to Gibeah <01390>, saying <0559> (8800), Doth not

David <01732> hide <05641> (8693) himself in the hill <01389> of

Hachilah <02444>, which is before <06440> Jeshimon <03452>?

1Sa 26:02 Then Saul <07586> arose <06965> (8799), and went down

<03381> (8799) to the wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128>, having

three <07969> thousand <0505> chosen <0977> (8803) men <0376> of

Israel <03478> with him, to seek <01245> (8763) David <01732> in

the wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128>.

1Sa 26:03 And Saul <07586> pitched <02583> (8799) in the hill

<01389> of Hachilah <02444>, which is before <06440> Jeshimon

<03452>, by the way <01870>. But David <01732> abode <03427>

(8802) in the wilderness <04057>, and he saw <07200> (8799) that

Saul <07586> came <0935> (8804) after <0310> him into the

wilderness <04057>.

1Sa 26:04 David <01732> therefore sent out <07971> (8799) spies

<07270> (8764), and understood <03045> (8799) that Saul <07586>

was come <0935> (8804) in very deed <03559> (8737).

1Sa 26:05 And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and came

<0935> (8799) to the place <04725> where Saul <07586> had

pitched <02583> (8804): and David <01732> beheld <07200> (8799)

the place <04725> where Saul <07586> lay <07901> (8804), and

Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, the captain <08269>

of his host <06635>: and Saul <07586> lay <07901> (8802) in the

trench <04570>, and the people <05971> pitched <02583> (8802)

round about <05439> him.

1Sa 26:06 ¶ Then answered <06030> (8799) David <01732> and said

<0559> (8799) to Ahimelech <0288> the Hittite <02850>, and to

Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, brother <0251>

to Joab <03097>, saying <0559> (8800), Who will go down <03381>

(8799) with me to Saul <07586> to the camp <04264>? And Abishai

<052> said <0559> (8799), I will go down <03381> (8799) with

thee.

1Sa 26:07 So David <01732> and Abishai <052> came <0935> (8799)

to the people <05971> by night <03915>: and, behold, Saul

<07586> lay <07901> (8802) sleeping <03463> within the trench

<04570>, and his spear <02595> stuck <04600> (8803) in the

ground <0776> at his bolster <04763>: but Abner <074> and the

people <05971> lay <07901> (8802) round about <05439> him.

1Sa 26:08 Then said <0559> (8799) Abishai <052> to David

<01732>, God <0430> hath delivered <05462> (8765) thine enemy

<0341> (8802) into thine hand <03027> this day <03117>: now

therefore let me smite <05221> (8686) him, I pray thee, with the

spear <02595> even to the earth <0776> at once <06471> <0259>,

and I will not smite him the second time <08138> (8799).

1Sa 26:09 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abishai <052>,

Destroy <07843> (8686) him not: for who can stretch forth

<07971> (8804) his hand <03027> against the LORD’S <03068>

anointed <04899>, and be guiltless <05352> (8738)?

1Sa 26:10 David <01732> said <0559> (8799) furthermore, As the

LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, the LORD <03068> shall smite

<05062> (8799) him; or his day <03117> shall come <0935> (8799)

to die <04191> (8804); or he shall descend <03381> (8799) into

battle <04421>, and perish <05595> (8738).

1Sa 26:11 The LORD <03068> forbid <02486> that I should stretch

forth <07971> (8800) mine hand <03027> against the LORD’S

<03068> anointed <04899>: but, I pray thee, take <03947> (8798)

thou now the spear <02595> that is at his bolster <04763>, and

the cruse <06835> of water <04325>, and let us go <03212> (8799).

1Sa 26:12 So David <01732> took <03947> (8799) the spear

<02595> and the cruse <06835> of water <04325> from Saul’s

<07586> bolster <07226>; and they gat them away <03212> (8799),

and no man saw <07200> (8802) it, nor knew <03045> (8802) it,

neither awaked <06974> (8688): for they were all asleep <03463>;

because a deep sleep <08639> from the LORD <03068> was fallen

<05307> (8804) upon them.

1Sa 26:13 ¶ Then David <01732> went over <05674> (8799) to the

other side <05676>, and stood <05975> (8799) on the top <07218>

of an hill <02022> afar off <07350>; a great <07227> space

<04725> being between them:

1Sa 26:14 And David <01732> cried <07121> (8799) to the people

<05971>, and to Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>,

saying <0559> (8800), Answerest <06030> (8799) thou not, Abner

<074>? Then Abner <074> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559>

(8799), Who art thou that criest <07121> (8804) to the king

<04428>?

1Sa 26:15 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abner <074>,

Art not thou a valiant man <0376>? and who is like to thee in

Israel <03478>? wherefore then hast thou not kept <08104> (8804)

thy lord <0113> the king <04428>? for there came <0935> (8804)

one <0259> of the people <05971> in to destroy <07843> (8687)

the king <04428> thy lord <0113>.

1Sa 26:16 This thing <01697> is not good <02896> that thou hast

done <06213> (8804). As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, ye are

worthy <01121> to die <04194>, because ye have not kept <08104>

(8804) your master <0113>, the LORD’S <03068> anointed <04899>.

And now see <07200> (8798) where the king’s <04428> spear

<02595> is, and the cruse <06835> of water <04325> that was at

his bolster <04763>.

1Sa 26:17 And Saul <07586> knew <05234> (8686) David’s <01732>

voice <06963>, and said <0559> (8799), Is this thy voice <06963>,

my son <01121> David <01732>? And David <01732> said <0559>

(8799), It is my voice <06963>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>.

1Sa 26:18 And he said <0559> (8799), Wherefore doth my lord

<0113> thus pursue <07291> (8802) after <0310> his servant

<05650>? for what have I done <06213> (8804)? or what evil

<07451> is in mine hand <03027>?

1Sa 26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord <0113> the

king <04428> hear <08085> (8799) the words <01697> of his

servant <05650>. If the LORD <03068> have stirred thee up

<05496> (8689) against me, let him accept <07306> (8686) an

offering <04503>: but if they be the children <01121> of men

<0120>, cursed <0779> (8803) be they before <06440> the LORD

<03068>; for they have driven <01644> (8765) me out this day

<03117> from abiding <05596> (8692) in the inheritance <05159>

of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798),

serve <05647> (8798) other <0312> gods <0430>.

1Sa 26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood <01818> fall <05307>

(8799) to the earth <0776> before the face <06440> of the LORD

<03068>: for the king <04428> of Israel <03478> is come out

<03318> (8804) to seek <01245> (8763) a <0259> flea <06550>, as

when one doth hunt <07291> (8799) a partridge <07124> in the

mountains <02022>.

1Sa 26:21 ¶ Then said <0559> (8799) Saul <07586>, I have sinned

<02398> (8804): return <07725> (8798), my son <01121> David

<01732>: for I will no more do thee harm <07489> (8686), because

my soul <05315> was precious <03365> (8804) in thine eyes

<05869> this day <03117>: behold, I have played the fool <05528>

(8689), and have erred <07686> (8799) exceedingly <07235> (8687)

<03966>.

1Sa 26:22 And David <01732> answered <06030> (8799) and said

<0559> (8799), Behold the king’s <04428> spear <02595>! and let

one <0259> of the young men <05288> come over <05674> (8799) and

fetch <03947> (8799) it.

1Sa 26:23 The LORD <03068> render <07725> (8686) to every man

<0376> his righteousness <06666> and his faithfulness <0530>:

for the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8804) thee into my hand

<03027> to day <03117>, but I would <014> (8804) not stretch

forth <07971> (8800) mine hand <03027> against the LORD’S

<03068> anointed <04899>.

1Sa 26:24 And, behold, as thy life <05315> was much set by

<01431> (8804) this day <03117> in mine eyes <05869>, so let my

life <05315> be much set by <01431> (8799) in the eyes <05869>

of the LORD <03068>, and let him deliver <05337> (8686) me out

of all tribulation <06869>.

1Sa 26:25 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) to David <01732>,

Blessed <01288> (8803) be thou, my son <01121> David <01732>:

thou shalt both do <06213> (8799) great <06213> (8800) things,

and also shalt still <03201> (8800) prevail <03201> (8799). So

David <01732> went <03212> (8799) on his way <01870>, and Saul

<07586> returned <07725> (8804) to his place <04725>.

1Sa 27:01 ¶ And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) in his heart

<03820>, I shall now perish <05595> (8735) one <0259> day

<03117> by the hand <03027> of Saul <07586>: there is nothing

better <02896> for me than that <03588> I should speedily

<04422> (8736) escape <04422> (8735) into the land <0776> of the

Philistines <06430>; and Saul <07586> shall despair <02976>

(8738) of me, to seek <01245> (8763) me any more in any coast

<01366> of Israel <03478>: so shall I escape <04422> (8738) out

of his hand <03027>.

1Sa 27:02 And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and he passed

over <05674> (8799) with the six <08337> hundred <03967> men

<0376> that were with him unto Achish <0397>, the son <01121> of

Maoch <04582>, king <04428> of Gath <01661>.

1Sa 27:03 And David <01732> dwelt <03427> (8799) with Achish

<0397> at Gath <01661>, he and his men <0582>, every man <0376>

with his household <01004>, even David <01732> with his two

<08147> wives <0802>, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <03159>,

and Abigail <026> the Carmelitess <03762>, Nabal’s <05037> wife

<0802>.

1Sa 27:04 And it was told <05046> (8714) Saul <07586> that

David <01732> was fled <01272> (8804) to Gath <01661>: and he

sought <01245> (8763) no more again <03254> (8804) (8675)

<03254> (8686) for him.

1Sa 27:05 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Achish

<0397>, If I have now found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in

thine eyes <05869>, let them give <05414> (8799) me a place

<04725> in some <0259> town <05892> in the country <07704>, that

I may dwell <03427> (8799) there: for why should thy servant

<05650> dwell <03427> (8799) in the royal <04467> city <05892>

with thee?

1Sa 27:06 Then Achish <0397> gave <05414> (8799) him Ziklag

<06860> that day <03117>: wherefore Ziklag <06860> pertaineth

unto the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> unto this day <03117>.

1Sa 27:07 And the time <04557> <03117> that David <01732> dwelt

<03427> (8804) in the country <07704> of the Philistines <06430>

was a full year <03117> and four <0702> months <02320>.

1Sa 27:08 ¶ And David <01732> and his men <0582> went up <05927>

(8799), and invaded <06584> (8799) the Geshurites <01651>, and

the Gezrites <01511>, and the Amalekites <06003>: for those

<02007> nations were of old <05769> the inhabitants <03427>

(8802) of the land <0776>, as thou goest <0935> (8800) to Shur

<07793>, even unto the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.

1Sa 27:09 And David <01732> smote <05221> (8689) the land

<0776>, and left neither man <0376> nor woman <0802> alive

<02421> (8762), and took away <03947> (8804) the sheep <06629>,

and the oxen <01241>, and the asses <02543>, and the camels

<01581>, and the apparel <0899>, and returned <07725> (8799),

and came <0935> (8799) to Achish <0397>.

1Sa 27:10 And Achish <0397> said <0559> (8799), Whither <0408>

have ye made a road <06584> (8804) to day <03117>? And David

<01732> said <0559> (8799), Against the south <05045> of Judah

<03063>, and against the south <05045> of the Jerahmeelites

<03397>, and against the south <05045> of the Kenites <07017>.

1Sa 27:11 And David <01732> saved <02421> (8762) neither man

<0376> nor woman <0802> alive <02421> (8762), to bring <0935>

(8687) tidings to Gath <01661>, saying <0559> (8800), Lest they

should tell <05046> (8686) on us, saying <0559> (8800), So did

<06213> (8804) David <01732>, and so will be his manner <04941>

all the while <03117> he dwelleth <03427> (8804) in the country

<07704> of the Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 27:12 And Achish <0397> believed <0539> (8686) David

<01732>, saying <0559> (8800), He hath made his people <05971>

Israel <03478> utterly <0887> (8687) to abhor <0887> (8689) him;

therefore he shall be my servant <05650> for ever <05769>.

1Sa 28:01 ¶ And it came to pass in those days <03117>, that the

Philistines <06430> gathered <06908> <00> their armies <04264>

together <06908> (8799) for warfare <06635>, to fight <03898>

(8736) with Israel <03478>. And Achish <0397> said <0559> (8799)

unto David <01732>, Know <03045> (8799) thou assuredly <03045>

(8800), that thou shalt go out <03318> (8799) with me to battle

<04264>, thou and thy men <0582>.

1Sa 28:02 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Achish <0397>,

Surely <03651> thou shalt know <03045> (8799) what thy servant

<05650> can do <06213> (8799). And Achish <0397> said <0559>

(8799) to David <01732>, Therefore will I make <07760> (8799)

thee keeper <08104> (8802) of mine head <07218> for ever <03117>.

1Sa 28:03 Now Samuel <08050> was dead <04191> (8804), and all

Israel <03478> had lamented <05594> (8799) him, and buried

<06912> (8799) him in Ramah <07414>, even in his own city

<05892>. And Saul <07586> had put away <05493> (8689) those that

had familiar spirits <0178>, and the wizards <03049>, out of the

land <0776>.

1Sa 28:04 And the Philistines <06430> gathered themselves

together <06908> (8735), and came <0935> (8799) and pitched

<02583> (8799) in Shunem <07766>: and Saul <07586> gathered

<06908> <00> all Israel <03478> together <06908> (8799), and

they pitched <02583> (8799) in Gilboa <01533>.

1Sa 28:05 And when Saul <07586> saw <07200> (8799) the host

<04264> of the Philistines <06430>, he was afraid <03372> (8799),

and his heart <03820> greatly <03966> trembled <02729> (8799).

1Sa 28:06 And when Saul <07586> enquired <07592> (8799) of the

LORD <03068>, the LORD <03068> answered <06030> (8804) him not,

neither by dreams <02472>, nor by Urim <0224>, nor by prophets

<05030>.

1Sa 28:07 ¶ Then said <0559> (8799) Saul <07586> unto his

servants <05650>, Seek <01245> (8761) me a woman <0802> that

hath <01172> a familiar spirit <0178>, that I may go <03212>

(8799) to her, and enquire <01875> (8799) of her. And his

servants <05650> said <0559> (8799) to him, Behold, there is a

woman <0802> that hath <01172> a familiar spirit <0178> at Endor

<05874>.

1Sa 28:08 And Saul <07586> disguised <02664> (8691) himself,

and put on <03847> (8799) other <0312> raiment <0899>, and he

went <03212> (8799), and two <08147> men <0582> with him, and

they came <0935> (8799) to the woman <0802> by night <03915>:

and he said <0559> (8799), I pray thee, divine <07080> (8798)

unto me by the familiar spirit <0178>, and bring me him up

<05927> (8685), whom I shall name <0559> (8799) unto thee.

1Sa 28:09 And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto him,

Behold, thou knowest <03045> (8804) what Saul <07586> hath done

<06213> (8804), how he hath cut off <03772> (8689) those that

have familiar spirits <0178>, and the wizards <03049>, out of

the land <0776>: wherefore then layest thou a snare <05367>

(8693) for my life <05315>, to cause me to die <04191> (8687)?

1Sa 28:10 And Saul <07586> sware <07650> (8735) to her by the

LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), As the LORD <03068> liveth

<02416>, there shall <0518> no punishment <05771> happen <07136>

(8799) to thee for this thing <01697>.

1Sa 28:11 Then said <0559> (8799) the woman <0802>, Whom shall

I bring up <05927> (8686) unto thee? And he said <0559> (8799),

Bring me up <05927> (8685) Samuel <08050>.

1Sa 28:12 And when the woman <0802> saw <07200> (8799) Samuel

<08050>, she cried <02199> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice

<06963>: and the woman <0802> spake <0559> (8799) to Saul

<07586>, saying <0559> (8800), Why hast thou deceived <07411>

(8765) me? for thou art Saul <07586>.

1Sa 28:13 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto her, Be

not afraid <03372> (8799): for what sawest <07200> (8804) thou?

And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul <07586>, I saw

<07200> (8804) gods <0430> ascending <05927> (8802) out of the

earth <0776>.

1Sa 28:14 And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, What form <08389>

is he of? And she said <0559> (8799), An old <02205> man <0376>

cometh up <05927> (8802); and he is covered <05844> (8802) with

a mantle <04598>. And Saul <07586> perceived <03045> (8799) that

it was Samuel <08050>, and he stooped <06915> (8799) with his

face <0639> to the ground <0776>, and bowed <07812> (8691)

himself.

1Sa 28:15 ¶ And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) to Saul

<07586>, Why hast thou disquieted <07264> (8689) me, to bring me

up <05927> (8687)? And Saul <07586> answered <0559> (8799), I am

sore <03966> distressed <06887> (8804); for the Philistines

<06430> make war <03898> (8737) against me, and God <0430> is

departed <05493> (8804) from me, and answereth <06030> (8804) me

no more, neither by <03027> prophets <05030>, nor by dreams

<02472>: therefore I have called <07121> (8799) thee, that thou

mayest make known <03045> (8687) unto me what I shall do <06213>

(8799).

1Sa 28:16 Then said <0559> (8799) Samuel <08050>, Wherefore

then dost thou ask <07592> (8799) of me, seeing the LORD <03068>

is departed <05493> (8804) from thee, and is become thine enemy

<06145>?

1Sa 28:17 And the LORD <03068> hath done <06213> (8799) to him,

as he spake <01696> (8765) by me <03027>: for the LORD <03068>

hath rent <07167> (8799) the kingdom <04467> out of thine hand

<03027>, and given <05414> (8799) it to thy neighbour <07453>,

even to David <01732>:

1Sa 28:18 Because <0834> thou obeyedst <08085> (8804) not the

voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, nor executedst <06213> (8804)

his fierce <02740> wrath <0639> upon Amalek <06002>, therefore

hath the LORD <03068> done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>

unto thee this day <03117>.

1Sa 28:19 Moreover the LORD <03068> will also deliver <05414>

(8799) Israel <03478> with thee into the hand <03027> of the

Philistines <06430>: and to morrow <04279> shalt thou and thy

sons <01121> be with me: the LORD <03068> also shall deliver

<05414> (8799) the host <04264> of Israel <03478> into the hand

<03027> of the Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 28:20 ¶ Then Saul <07586> fell <05307> (8799) straightway

<04116> (8762) all <04393> along <06967> on the earth <0776>,

and was sore <03966> afraid <03372> (8799), because of the words

<01697> of Samuel <08050>: and there was no strength <03581> in

him; for he had eaten <0398> (8804) no bread <03899> all the day

<03117>, nor all the night <03915>.

1Sa 28:21 And the woman <0802> came <0935> (8799) unto Saul

<07586>, and saw <07200> (8799) that he was sore <03966>

troubled <0926> (8738), and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold,

thine handmaid <08198> hath obeyed <08085> (8804) thy voice

<06963>, and I have put <07760> (8799) my life <05315> in my

hand <03709>, and have hearkened <08085> (8799) unto thy words

<01697> which thou spakest <01696> (8765) unto me.

1Sa 28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken <08085> (8798)

thou also unto the voice <06963> of thine handmaid <08198>, and

let me set <07760> (8799) a morsel <06595> of bread <03899>

before <06440> thee; and eat <0398> (8798), that thou mayest

have strength <03581>, when thou goest <03212> (8799) on thy way

<01870>.

1Sa 28:23 But he refused <03985> (8762), and said <0559> (8799),

I will not eat <0398> (8799). But his servants <05650>,

together with the woman <0802>, compelled <06555> (8799) him;

and he hearkened <08085> (8799) unto their voice <06963>. So he

arose <06965> (8799) from the earth <0776>, and sat <03427>

(8799) upon the bed <04296>.

1Sa 28:24 And the woman <0802> had a fat <04770> calf <05695>

in the house <01004>; and she hasted <04116> (8762), and killed

<02076> (8799) it, and took <03947> (8799) flour <07058>, and

kneaded <03888> (8799) it, and did bake <0644> (8799) unleavened

bread <04682> thereof:

1Sa 28:25 And she brought <05066> (8686) it before <06440> Saul

<07586>, and before <06440> his servants <05650>; and they did

eat <0398> (8799). Then they rose up <06965> (8799), and went

away <03212> (8799) that night <03915>.

1Sa 29:01 ¶ Now the Philistines <06430> gathered together

<06908> (8799) all their armies <04264> to Aphek <0663>: and the

Israelites <03478> pitched <02583> (8802) by a fountain <05869>

which is in Jezreel <03157>.

1Sa 29:02 And the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>

passed on <05674> (8802) by hundreds <03967>, and by thousands

<0505>: but David <01732> and his men <0582> passed on <05674>

(8802) in the rereward <0314> with Achish <0397>.

1Sa 29:03 Then said <0559> (8799) the princes <08269> of the

Philistines <06430>, What do these Hebrews <05680> here? And

Achish <0397> said <0559> (8799) unto the princes <08269> of the

Philistines <06430>, Is not this David <01732>, the servant

<05650> of Saul <07586> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>,

which hath been with me these days <03117>, or these years

<08141>, and I have found <04672> (8804) no fault <03972> in him

since <03117> he fell <05307> (8800) unto me unto this day

<03117>?

1Sa 29:04 And the princes <08269> of the Philistines <06430>

were wroth <07107> (8799) with him; and the princes <08269> of

the Philistines <06430> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Make

<07725> <00> this fellow <0376> return <07725> (8685), that he

may go again <07725> (8799) to his place <04725> which thou hast

appointed <06485> (8689) him, and let him not go down <03381>

(8799) with us to battle <04421>, lest in the battle <04421> he

be an adversary <07854> to us: for wherewith should he reconcile

<07521> (8691) himself unto his master <0113>? should it not be

with the heads <07218> of these men <0582>?

1Sa 29:05 Is not this David <01732>, of whom they sang <06030>

(8799) one to another in dances <04246>, saying <0559> (8800),

Saul <07586> slew <05221> (8689) his thousands <0505>, and David

<01732> his ten thousands <07233>?

1Sa 29:06 ¶ Then Achish <0397> called <07121> (8799) David

<01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Surely, as the LORD

<03068> liveth <02416>, thou hast been upright <03477>, and thy

going out <03318> (8800) and thy coming in <0935> (8800) with me

in the host <04264> is good <02896> in my sight <05869>: for I

have not found <04672> (8804) evil <07451> in thee since the day

<03117> of thy coming <0935> (8800) unto me unto this day

<03117>: nevertheless the lords <05633> favour <02896> thee not

<05869>.

1Sa 29:07 Wherefore now return <07725> (8798), and go <03212>

(8798) in peace <07965>, that thou displease <06213> (8799)

<07451> <05869> not the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>.

1Sa 29:08 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Achish

<0397>, But what have I done <06213> (8804)? and what hast thou

found <04672> (8804) in thy servant <05650> so long as <03117> I

have been with thee <06440> unto this day <03117>, that I may

not go <0935> (8799) fight <03898> (8738) against the enemies

<0341> (8802) of my lord <0113> the king <04428>?

1Sa 29:09 And Achish <0397> answered <06030> (8799) and said

<0559> (8799) to David <01732>, I know <03045> (8804) that thou

art good <02896> in my sight <05869>, as an angel <04397> of God

<0430>: notwithstanding the princes <08269> of the Philistines

<06430> have said <0559> (8804), He shall not go up <05927>

(8799) with us to the battle <04421>.

1Sa 29:10 Wherefore now rise up early <07925> (8685) in the

morning <01242> with thy master’s <0113> servants <05650> that

are come <0935> (8804) with thee: and as soon as ye be up early

<07925> (8689) in the morning <01242>, and have light <0215>

(8804), depart <03212> (8798).

1Sa 29:11 So David <01732> and his men <0582> rose up early

<07925> (8686) to depart <03212> (8800) in the morning <01242>,

to return <07725> (8800) into the land <0776> of the Philistines

<06430>. And the Philistines <06430> went up <05927> (8804) to

Jezreel <03157>.

1Sa 30:01 ¶ And it came to pass, when David <01732> and his men

<0582> were come <0935> (8800) to Ziklag <06860> on the third

<07992> day <03117>, that the Amalekites <06003> had invaded

<06584> (8804) the south <05045>, and Ziklag <06860>, and

smitten <05221> (8686) Ziklag <06860>, and burned <08313> (8799)

it with fire <0784>;

1Sa 30:02 And had taken the women <0802> captives <07617>

(8799), that were therein: they slew <04191> (8689) not any

<0376>, either great <01419> or small <06996>, but carried them

away <05090> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) on their way

<01870>.

1Sa 30:03 So David <01732> and his men <0582> came <0935>

(8799) to the city <05892>, and, behold, it was burned <08313>

(8803) with fire <0784>; and their wives <0802>, and their sons

<01121>, and their daughters <01323>, were taken captives

<07617> (8738).

1Sa 30:04 Then David <01732> and the people <05971> that were

with him lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963> and wept

<01058> (8799), until they had no more power <03581> to weep

<01058> (8800).

1Sa 30:05 And David’s <01732> two <08147> wives <0802> were

taken captives <07617> (8738), Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess

<03159>, and Abigail <026> the wife <0802> of Nabal <05037> the

Carmelite <03761>.

1Sa 30:06 And David <01732> was greatly <03966> distressed

<03334> (8799); for the people <05971> spake <0559> (8804) of

stoning <05619> (8800) him, because the soul <05315> of all the

people <05971> was grieved <04843> (8804), every man <0376> for

his sons <01121> and for his daughters <01323>: but David

<01732> encouraged <02388> (8691) himself in the LORD <03068>

his God <0430>.

1Sa 30:07 ¶ And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abiathar

<054> the priest <03548>, Ahimelech’s <0288> son <01121>, I pray

thee, bring me hither <05066> (8685) the ephod <0646>. And

Abiathar <054> brought <05066> (8686) thither the ephod <0646>

to David <01732>.

1Sa 30:08 And David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) at the LORD

<03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Shall I pursue <07291> (8799)

after <0310> this troop <01416>? shall I overtake <05381> (8686)

them? And he answered <0559> (8799) him, Pursue <07291> (8798):

for thou shalt surely <05381> (8687) overtake <05381> (8686)

them, and without fail <05337> (8687) recover <05337> (8686) all.

1Sa 30:09 So David <01732> went <03212> (8799), he and the six

<08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> that were with him, and came

<0935> (8799) to the brook <05158> Besor <01308>, where those

that were left behind <03498> (8737) stayed <05975> (8804).

1Sa 30:10 But David <01732> pursued <07291> (8799), he and four

<0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>: for two hundred <03967> abode

behind <05975> (8799), which were so faint <06296> (8765) that

they could not go over <05674> (8800) the brook <05158> Besor

<01308>.

1Sa 30:11 And they found <04672> (8799) an Egyptian <0376>

<04713> in the field <07704>, and brought <03947> (8799) him to

David <01732>, and gave <05414> (8799) him bread <03899>, and he

did eat <0398> (8799); and they made him drink <08248> (8686)

water <04325>;

1Sa 30:12 And they gave <05414> (8799) him a piece <06400> of a

cake <01690> of figs, and two <08147> clusters of raisins

<06778>: and when he had eaten <0398> (8799), his spirit <07307>

came again <07725> (8799) to him: for he had eaten <0398> (8804)

no bread <03899>, nor drunk <08354> (8804) any water <04325>,

three <07969> days <03117> and three <07969> nights <03915>.

1Sa 30:13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, To

whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said <0559>

(8799), I am a young man <05288> of Egypt <04713>, servant

<05650> to an Amalekite <0376> <06003>; and my master <0113>

left <05800> (8799) me, because three <07969> days <03117> agone

I fell sick <02470> (8804).

1Sa 30:14 We made an invasion <06584> (8804) upon the south

<05045> of the Cherethites <03774>, and upon the coast which

belongeth to Judah <03063>, and upon the south <05045> of Caleb

<03612>; and we burned <08313> (8804) Ziklag <06860> with fire

<0784>.

1Sa 30:15 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to him, Canst

thou bring me down <03381> (8686) to this company <01416>? And

he said <0559> (8799), Swear <07650> (8734) unto me by God

<0430>, that thou wilt neither kill <04191> (8686) me, nor

<0518> deliver <05462> (8686) me into the hands <03027> of my

master <0113>, and I will bring thee down <03381> (8686) to this

company <01416>.

1Sa 30:16 And when he had brought him down <03381> (8686),

behold, they were spread abroad <05203> (8803) upon all <06440>

the earth <0776>, eating <0398> (8802) and drinking <08354>

(8802), and dancing <02287> (8802), because of all the great

<01419> spoil <07998> that they had taken <03947> (8804) out of

the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>, and out of the land

<0776> of Judah <03063>.

1Sa 30:17 And David <01732> smote <05221> (8686) them from the

twilight <05399> even unto the evening <06153> of the next day

<04283>: and there escaped <04422> (8738) not a man <0376> of

them, save four <0702> hundred <03967> young <05288> men <0376>,

which rode <07392> (8804) upon camels <01581>, and fled <05127>

(8799).

1Sa 30:18 And David <01732> recovered <05337> (8686) all that

the Amalekites <06002> had carried away <03947> (8804): and

David <01732> rescued <05337> (8689) his two <08147> wives

<0802>.

1Sa 30:19 And there was nothing lacking <05737> (8738) 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> (8804) to them: David <01732>

recovered <07725> (8689) all.

1Sa 30:20 And David <01732> took <03947> (8799) all the flocks

<06629> and the herds <01241>, which they drave <05090> (8804)

before <06440> those <01931> other cattle <04735>, and said

<0559> (8799), This is David’s <01732> spoil <07998>.

1Sa 30:21 ¶ And David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to the two

hundred <03967> men <0582>, which were so faint <06296> (8765)

that they could not follow <03212> (8800) <0310> David <01732>,

whom they had made also to abide <03427> (8686) at the brook

<05158> Besor <01308>: and they went forth <03318> (8799) to

meet <07125> (8800) David <01732>, and to meet <07125> (8800)

the people <05971> that were with him: and when David <01732>

came near <05066> (8799) to the people <05971>, he saluted

<07592> (8799) <07965> them.

1Sa 30:22 Then answered <06030> (8799) all the wicked <07451>

men <0376> and men of Belial <01100>, of those <0582> that went

<01980> (8804) with David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799),

Because they went <01980> (8804) not with us, we will not give

<05414> (8799) them ought of the spoil <07998> that we have

recovered <05337> (8689), save to every man <0376> his wife

<0802> and his children <01121>, that they may lead them away

<05090> (8799), and depart <03212> (8799).

1Sa 30:23 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732>, Ye shall not

do so <06213> (8799), my brethren <0251>, with that which the

LORD <03068> hath given <05414> (8804) us, who hath preserved

<08104> (8799) us, and delivered <05414> (8799) the company

<01416> that came <0935> (8802) against us into our hand <03027>.

1Sa 30:24 For who will hearken <08085> (8799) unto you in this

matter <01697>? but as his part <02506> is that goeth down

<03381> (8802) (8675) <03381> (8717) to the battle <04421>, so

shall his part <02506> be that tarrieth <03427> (8802) by the

stuff <03627>: they shall part <02505> (8799) alike <03162>.

1Sa 30:25 And it was so from that day <03117> forward <04605>,

that he made <07760> (8799) it a statute <02706> and an

ordinance <04941> for Israel <03478> unto this day <03117>.

1Sa 30:26 And when David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to Ziklag

<06860>, he sent <07971> (8762) of the spoil <07998> unto the

elders <02205> of Judah <03063>, even to his friends <07453>,

saying <0559> (8800), Behold a present <01293> for you of the

spoil <07998> of the enemies <0341> (8802) of the LORD <03068>;

1Sa 30:27 To them <0834> which were in Bethel <01008>, and to

them which were in south <05045> Ramoth <07418>, and to them

which were in Jattir <03492>,

1Sa 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer <06177>, and to them

which were in Siphmoth <08224>, and to them which were in

Eshtemoa <0851>,

1Sa 30:29 And to them which were in Rachal <07403>, and to them

which were in the cities <05892> of the Jerahmeelites <03397>,

and to them which were in the cities <05892> of the Kenites

<07017>,

1Sa 30:30 And to them which were in Hormah <02767>, and to them

which were in Chorashan <03565>, and to them which were in

Athach <06269>,

1Sa 30:31 And to them which were in Hebron <02275>, and to all

the places <04725> where David <01732> himself and his men

<0582> were wont to haunt <01980> (8694).

1Sa 31:01 ¶ Now the Philistines <06430> fought <03898> (8737)

against Israel <03478>: and the men <0582> of Israel <03478>

fled <05127> (8799) from before <06440> the Philistines <06430>,

and fell down <05307> (8799) slain <02491> in mount <02022>

Gilboa <01533>.

1Sa 31:02 And the Philistines <06430> followed hard <01692>

(8686) upon Saul <07586> and upon his sons <01121>; and the

Philistines <06430> slew <05221> (8686) Jonathan <03083>, and

Abinadab <041>, and Malchishua <04444>, Saul’s <07586> sons

<01121>.

1Sa 31:03 And the battle <04421> went sore <03513> (8799)

against Saul <07586>, and the archers <03384> (8688) <0582>

<07198> hit <04672> (8799) him; and he was sore <03966> wounded

<02342> (8799) of the archers <03384> (8688) <0582> <07198>.

1Sa 31:04 Then said <0559> (8799) Saul <07586> unto his

armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627>, Draw <08025> (8798) thy

sword <02719>, and thrust me through <01856> (8798) therewith;

lest these uncircumcised <06189> come <0935> (8799) and thrust

me through <01856> (8804), and abuse <05953> (8694) me. But his

armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> would <014> (8804) not; for

he was sore <03966> afraid <03372> (8804). Therefore Saul

<07586> took <03947> (8799) a sword <02719>, and fell <05307>

(8799) upon it.

1Sa 31:05 And when his armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> saw

<07200> (8799) that Saul <07586> was dead <04191> (8804), he

fell <05307> (8799) likewise upon his sword <02719>, and died

<04191> (8799) with him.

1Sa 31:06 So Saul <07586> died <04191> (8799), and his three

<07969> sons <01121>, and his armourbearer <05375> (8802)

<03627>, and all his men <0582>, that same day <03117> together

<03162>.

1Sa 31:07 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> Jordan <03383>, saw <07200>

(8799) that the men <0582> of Israel <03478> fled <05127> (8804),

and that Saul <07586> and his sons <01121> were dead <04191>

(8804), they forsook <05800> (8799) the cities <05892>, and fled

<05127> (8799); and the Philistines <06430> came <0935> (8799)

and dwelt <03427> (8799) in them.

1Sa 31:08 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, when the

Philistines <06430> came <0935> (8799) to strip <06584> (8763)

the slain <02491>, that they found <04672> (8799) Saul <07586>

and his three <07969> sons <01121> fallen <05307> (8802) in

mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>.

1Sa 31:09 And they cut off <03772> (8799) his head <07218>, and

stripped off <06584> (8686) his armour <03627>, and sent <07971>

(8762) into the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> round

about <05439>, to publish <01319> (8763) it in the house <01004>

of their idols <06091>, and among the people <05971>.

1Sa 31:10 And they put <07760> (8799) his armour <03627> in the

house <01004> of Ashtaroth <06252> (8677) <01045>: and they

fastened <08628> (8804) his body <01472> to the wall <02346> of

Bethshan <01052>.

1Sa 31:11 And when the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of

Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> heard <08085> (8799) of that which

the Philistines <06430> had done <06213> (8804) to Saul <07586>;

1Sa 31:12 All the valiant <02428> men <0376> (8677) <0381>

arose <06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) all night <03915>,

and took <03947> (8799) the body <01472> of Saul <07586> and the

bodies <01472> of his sons <01121> from the wall <02346> of

Bethshan <01052>, and came <0935> (8799) to Jabesh <03003>, and

burnt <08313> (8799) them there.

1Sa 31:13 And they took <03947> (8799) their bones <06106>, and

buried <06912> (8799) them under a tree <0815> at Jabesh <03003>,

and fasted <06684> (8799) seven <07651> days <03117>.