1Samuel 1



 1. Now there was a certain <0259> man <0376> of Ramathaimzophim 
<7436>, of mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, and his name <8034> 
[was] Elkanah <0511>, the son <1121> of Jeroham <3395>, the son 
<1121> of Elihu <0453>, the son <1121> of Tohu <8459>, the son 
<1121> of Zuph <6689>, an Ephrathite <0673>:



 2 And he had two <8147> wives <0802>; the name <8034> of the 
one <0259> [was] Hannah <2584>, and the name <8034> of the other 
<8145> Peninnah <6444>: and Peninnah <6444> had <1961> children 
<3206>, but Hannah <2584> had no <0369> children <3206>.



 3 And this <1931> man <0376> went <5927> up out of his city 
<5892> yearly <3117> to worship <7812> and to sacrifice <2076> 
unto the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> in Shiloh <7887>. And the 
two <8147> sons <1121> of Eli <5941>, Hophni <2652> and Phinehas 
<6372>, the priests <3548> of the LORD <3068>, [were] there 
<8033>.



 4 And when the time <3117> was that Elkanah <0511> offered 
<2076>, he gave <5414> to Peninnah <6444> his wife <0802>, and 
to all <3605> her sons <1121> and her daughters <1121>, portions 
<4490>:



 5 But unto Hannah <2584> he gave <5414> a worthy <0639> portion 
<4490>; for he loved <0157> Hannah <2584>: but the LORD <3068> 
had shut <5462> up her womb <7358>.



 6 And her adversary <6869> also <1571> provoked <3707> her sore 
<3708>, for to make her fret <7481>, because <3588> the LORD 
<3068> had shut <5462> up her womb <7358>.



 7 And [as] he did <6213> so <3651> year <8141> by year <8141>, 
when <1767> she went <5927> up to the house <1004> of the LORD 
<3068>, so <3651> she provoked <3707> her; therefore she wept 
<1058>, and did <6213> not eat <0398>.



 8 Then said <0559> Elkanah <0511> her husband <0376> to her, 
Hannah <2584>, why <4100> weepest <1058> thou? and why <4100> 
eatest <0398> thou not? and why <4100> is thy heart <3824> 
grieved <7489>? [am] not I better <2896> to thee than ten <6235> 
sons <1121>?



 9. So Hannah <2584> rose <6965> up after <0310> they had eaten 
<0398> in Shiloh <7887>, and after <0310> they had drunk <8354>. 
Now Eli <5941> the priest <3548> sat <3427> upon a seat <3678> 
by a post <4201> of the temple <1964> of the LORD <3068>.



 10 And she [was] in bitterness <4751> of soul <5315>, and 
prayed <6419> unto the LORD <3068>, and wept <1058> sore.



 11 And she vowed <5087> a vow <5088>, and said <0559>, O LORD 
<3068> of hosts <6635>, if <0518> thou wilt indeed look <7200> 
on the affliction <6040> of thine handmaid <0519>, and remember 
<2142> me, and not forget <7911> thine handmaid <0519>, but wilt 
give <5414> unto thine handmaid <0519> a man <0582> child <2233>,
 then I will give <5414> him unto the LORD <3068> all <3605> the 
days <3117> of his life <2416>, and there shall no <3808> razor 
<4177> come <5927> upon his head <7218>.



 12 And it came <1961> to pass, as she continued <7235> praying 
<6419> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, that Eli <5941> marked 
<8104> her mouth <6310>.



 13 Now Hannah <2584>, she spake <1696> in her heart <3820>; 
only <7535> her lips <8193> moved <5128>, but her voice <6963> 
was not heard <8085>: therefore Eli <5941> thought <2803> she 
had been drunken <7910>.



 14 And Eli <5941> said <0559> unto her, How <5704> long <3117> 
wilt thou be drunken <7937>? put <5493> away <5493> thy wine 
<3196> from thee.



 15 And Hannah <2584> answered <6030> and said <0559>, No <3808>,
 my lord <0113>, I [am] a woman <0802> of a sorrowful <7186> 
spirit <7307>: I have drunk <7937> neither <3808> wine <3196> 
nor strong drink <7941>, but have poured <8210> out my soul 
<5315> before <6440> the LORD <3068>.



 16 Count <5414> not thine handmaid <0519> for a daughter <1323> 
of Belial <1100>: for out of the abundance <7230> of my 
complaint <7878> and grief <3708> have I spoken <1696> hitherto.



 17 Then Eli <5941> answered <6030> and said <0559>, Go <3212> 
in peace <7965>: and the God <0430> of Israel <3478> grant 
<5414> [thee] thy petition <7596> that thou hast asked <7592> of 
him.



 18 And she said <0559>, Let thine handmaid <8198> find <4672> 
grace <2580> in thy sight <5869>. So the woman <0802> went 
<3212> her way <1870>, and did eat <0398>, and her countenance 
<6440> was no <3808> more <5750> [sad].



 19. And they rose <7925> up in the morning <1242> early <7925>, 
and worshipped <7812> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, and 
returned <7725>, and came <0935> to their house <1004> to Ramah 
<7414>: and Elkanah <0511> knew <3045> Hannah <2584> his wife 
<0802>; and the LORD <3068> remembered <2142> her.



 20 Wherefore it came <1961> to pass, when the time <3117> was 
come <8622> about after Hannah <2584> had conceived <2030>, that 
she bare <3205> a son <1121>, and called <7121> his name <8034> 
Samuel <8050>, [saying], Because <3588> I have asked <7592> him 
of the LORD <3068>.



 21 And the man <0376> Elkanah <0511>, and all <3605> his house 
<1004>, went <5927> up to offer <2076> unto the LORD <3068> the 
yearly <3117> sacrifice <2077>, and his vow <5088>.



 22 But Hannah <2584> went <5927> not up; for she said <0559> 
unto her husband <0376>, [I will not go up] until <5704> the 
child <5288> be weaned <1580>, and [then] I will bring <0935> 
him, that he may appear <7200> before the LORD <3068>, and there 
<8033> abide <3427> for ever <5769>.



 23 And Elkanah <0511> her husband <0376> said <0559> unto her, 
Do <6213> what seemeth <5869> thee good <2896>; tarry <3427> 
until <5704> thou have weaned <1580> him; only <0389> the LORD 
<3068> establish <6965> his word <1697>. So the woman <0802> 
abode <3427>, and gave her son <1121> suck <3243> until <5704> 
she weaned <1580> him.



 24 And when <0834> she had weaned <1580> him, she took <5927> 
him up with her, with three <7969> bullocks <6499>, and one 
<0259> ephah <0374> of flour <7058>, and a bottle <5035> of wine 
<3196>, and brought <0935> him unto the house <1004> of the LORD 
<3068> in Shiloh <7887>: and the child <5288> [was] young <5288>.



 25 And they slew <7819> a bullock <6499>, and brought <0935> 
the child <5288> to Eli <5941>.



 26 And she said <0559>, Oh <0994> my lord <0113>, [as] thy soul 
<5315> liveth <2416>, my lord <0113>, I [am] the woman <0802> 
that stood <5324> by thee here <2088>, praying <6419> unto the 
LORD <0113>.



 27 For this <2088> child <5288> I prayed <6419>; and the LORD 
<3068> hath given <5414> me my petition <7596> which <0834> I 
asked <7592> of him:



 28 Therefore also <1571> I have lent <7592> him to the LORD 
<3068>; as long <3117> as he liveth <3117> he shall be lent 
<7592> to the LORD <3068>. And he worshipped <7812> the LORD 
<3068> there <8033>.



1Samuel 2



 1. And Hannah <2584> prayed <6419>, and said <0559>, My heart 
<3820> rejoiceth <5970> in the LORD <3068>, mine horn <7161> is 
exalted <7311> in the LORD <3068>: my mouth <6310> is enlarged 
<7337> over <5921> mine enemies <0341>; because <3588> I rejoice 
<8055> in thy salvation <3444>.



 2 [There is] none <0369> holy <6918> as the LORD <3068>: for 
[there is] none <0369> beside <1115> thee: neither <0369> [is 
there] any rock <6697> like our God <0430>.



 3 Talk <1696> no <0408> more <7235> so exceeding proudly <1364>;
 let [not] arrogancy <6277> come <3318> out of your mouth <6310>:
 for the LORD <3068> [is] a God <0410> of knowledge <1844>, and 
by him actions <5949> are weighed <8505>.



 4 The bows <7198> of the mighty <1368> men [are] broken <2744>, 
and they that stumbled <3782> are girded <0247> with strength 
<2428>.



 5 [They that were] full <7646> have hired <7936> out themselves 
for bread <3899>; and [they that were] hungry <7456> ceased 
<2308>: so <5704> that the barren <6135> hath born <3205> seven 
<7651>; and she that hath many <7227> children <1121> is waxed 
feeble <0535>.



 6 The LORD <3068> killeth <4191>, and maketh alive <2421>: he 
bringeth <3381> down <3381> to the grave <7585>, and bringeth 
<5927> up.



 7 The LORD <3068> maketh poor <3423>, and maketh rich <6238>: 
he bringeth <8213> low <8213>, and lifteth <7311> up.



 8 He raiseth <6965> up the poor <1800> out of the dust <6083>, 
[and] lifteth <7311> up the beggar <34> from the dunghill <0830>,
 to set <3427> [them] among <5973> princes <5081>, and to make 
them inherit <5157> the throne <3678> of glory <3519>: for the 
pillars <4690> of the earth <0776> [are] the LORD'S <3068>, and 
he hath set <7896> the world <8398> upon them.



 9 He will keep <8104> the feet <7272> of his saints <2623>, and 
the wicked <7563> shall be silent <1826> in darkness <2822>; for 
by strength <3581> shall no <3808> man <0376> prevail <1396>.



 10 The adversaries <7378> of the LORD <3068> shall be broken 
<2865> to pieces; out of heaven <8064> shall he thunder <7481> 
upon them: the LORD <3068> shall judge <1777> the ends <0657> of 
the earth <0776>; and he shall give <5414> strength <5797> unto 
his king <4428>, and exalt <7311> the horn <7161> of his 
anointed <4899>.



 11. And Elkanah <0511> went <3212> to Ramah <7414> to his house 
<1004>. And the child <5288> did <1961> minister <8334> unto the 
LORD <3068> before Eli <5941> the priest <3548>.



 12 Now the sons <1121> of Eli <5941> [were] sons <1121> of 
Belial <1100>; they knew <3045> not the LORD <3068>.



 13 And the priests <3548>' custom <4941> with the people <5971> 
[was, that], when any <3605> man <0376> offered <2076> sacrifice 
<2077>, the priest's <3548> servant <5288> came <0935>, while 
the flesh <1320> was in seething <1310>, with a fleshhook <4207> 
of three <7969> teeth <8127> in his hand <3027>;



 14 And he struck <5221> [it] into the pan <3595>, or <0176> 
kettle <1731>, or caldron <7037>, or pot <6517>; all <3605> that 
the fleshhook <4207> brought <5927> up the priest <3548> took 
<3947> for himself. So <3602> they did <6213> in Shiloh <7887> 
unto all <3605> the Israelites <3478> that came <0935> thither 
<8033>.



 15 Also <1571> before <2962> they burnt <6999> the fat <2459>, 
the priest's <3548> servant <5288> came <0935>, and said <0559> 
to the man <0376> that sacrificed <2076>, Give <5414> flesh 
<1320> to roast <6740> for the priest <3548>; for he will not 
have <3947> sodden <1310> flesh <1320> of thee, but raw <2416>.



 16 And [if] any man <0376> said <0559> unto him, Let them not 
fail to burn <6999> the fat <2459> presently <3117>, and [then] 
take <3947> [as much] as thy soul <5315> desireth <8378>; then 
he would answer <0559> him, [Nay]; but thou shalt give <5414> 
[it me] now: and if <0518> not, I will take <3947> [it] by force 
<2394>.



 17 Wherefore the sin <2403> of the young <5288> men was very 
<3966> great <1419> before the LORD <3068>: for men <0582> 
abhorred <5006> the offering <4503> of the LORD <3068>.



 18 But Samuel <8050> ministered <8334> before the LORD <3068>, 
[being] a child <5288>, girded <2296> with a linen <0906> ephod 
<0646>.



 19 Moreover his mother <0517> made <6213> him a little <6996> 
coat <4598>, and brought <5927> [it] to him from year <3117> to 
year <3117>, when she came <5927> up with her husband <0376> to 
offer <2076> the yearly <3117> sacrifice <2077>.



 20 And Eli <5941> blessed <1288> Elkanah <0511> and his wife 
<0802>, and said <0559>, The LORD <3068> give <7760> thee seed 
<2233> of this <2063> woman <0802> for the loan <7596> which 
<0834> is lent <7592> to the LORD <3068>. And they went <1980> 
unto their own home <4725>.



 21 And the LORD <3068> visited <6485> Hannah <2584>, so that 
she conceived <2030>, and bare <3205> three <7969> sons <1121> 
and two <8147> daughters <1121>. And the child <5288> Samuel 
<8050> grew <1431> before <5973> the LORD <3068>.



 22 Now Eli <5941> was very <3966> old <2204>, and heard <8085> 
all <3605> that his sons <1121> did <6213> unto all <3605> 
Israel <3478>; and how <0434> they lay <7901> with the women 
<0802> that assembled <6633> [at] the door <6607> of the 
tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <4150>.



 23 And he said <0559> unto them, Why <4100> do <6213> ye such 
<0428> things <1697>? for I hear <8085> of your evil <7451> 
dealings <1697> by all <3605> this <0428> people <5971>.



 24 Nay <0408>, my sons <1121>; for [it is] no <3808> good 
<2896> report <8052> that I hear <8085>: ye make the LORD'S 
<3068> people <5971> to transgress <5674>.



 25 If <0518> one man <0376> sin <2398> against another <0376>, 
the judge <0430> shall judge <0430> him: but if <0518> a man 
<0376> sin <2398> against the LORD <3068>, who <4310> shall 
intreat <6419> for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened <8085> 
not unto the voice <6963> of their father <1>, because <3588> 
the LORD <3068> would <2654> slay <4191> them.



 26 And the child <5288> Samuel <8050> grew <1432> on, and was 
in favour <2896> both <1571> with the LORD <3068>, and also 
<1571> with men <0582>.



 27. And there came <0935> a man <0376> of God <0430> unto Eli 
<5941>, and said <0559> unto him, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the 
LORD <3068>, Did I plainly <1540> appear <1540> unto the house 
<1004> of thy father <1>, when they were in Egypt <4714> in 
Pharaoh's <6547> house <1004>?



 28 And did I choose <0977> him out of all <3605> the tribes 
<7626> of Israel <3478> [to be] my priest <3548>, to offer 
<5927> upon mine altar <4196>, to burn <6999> incense <7004>, to 
wear <5375> an ephod <0646> before <6440> me? and did I give 
<5414> unto the house <1004> of thy father <1> all <3605> the 
offerings made by fire of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>?



 29 Wherefore <4100> kick <1163> ye at my sacrifice <2077> and 
at mine offering <4503>, which <0834> I have commanded <6680> 
[in my] habitation <4583>; and honourest <3513> thy sons <1121> 
above me, to make yourselves fat <1254> with the chiefest <7225> 
of all <3605> the offerings <4503> of Israel <3478> my people 
<5971>?



 30 Wherefore <3651> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> 
saith <5002>, I said <0559> indeed [that] thy house <1004>, and 
the house <1004> of thy father <1>, should walk <1980> before 
<6440> me for ever <5769>: but now <6258> the LORD <3068> saith 
<5002>, Be it far <2486> from me; for them that honour <3513> me 
I will honour <3513>, and they that despise <0959> me shall be 
lightly <7043> esteemed <7043>.



 31 Behold <2009>, the days <3117> come <0935>, that I will cut 
<1438> off thine arm <2220>, and the arm <2220> of thy father's 
<1> house <1004>, that there shall not be an old <2205> man in 
thine house <1004>.



 32 And thou shalt see <5027> an enemy <6862> [in my] habitation 
<4583>, in all <3605> [the wealth] which <0834> [God] shall give 
<3190> Israel <3478>: and there shall not be an old <2205> man 
in thine house <1004> for ever.



 33 And the man <0376> of thine, [whom] I shall not cut <3772> 
off from mine altar <4196>, [shall be] to consume <3615> thine 
eyes <5869>, and to grieve <0109> thine heart <5315>: and all 
<3605> the increase <4768> of thine house <1004> shall die 
<4191> in the flower <0582> of their age <0582>.



 34 And this <2088> [shall be] a sign <0226> unto thee, that 
shall come <0935> upon thy two <8147> sons <1121>, on <0413> 
Hophni <2652> and Phinehas <6372>; in one <0259> day <3117> they 
shall die <4191> both <8147> of them.



 35 And I will raise <6965> me up a faithful <0539> priest 
<3548>, [that] shall do <6213> according to [that] which <0834> 
[is] in mine heart <3824> and in my mind <5315>: and I will 
build <1129> him a sure <0539> house <1004>; and he shall walk 
<1980> before <6440> mine anointed <4899> for ever.



 36 And it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] every <3605> one 
that is left <3498> in thine house <1004> shall come <0935> 
[and] crouch <7812> to him for a piece <95> of silver <3701> and 
a morsel <3603> of bread <3899>, and shall say <0559>, Put 
<5596> me, I pray <4994> thee, into <0413> one <0259> of the 
priests <3548>' offices, that I may eat <0398> a piece <6595> of 
bread <3899>.



1Samuel 3



 1. And the child <5288> Samuel <8050> ministered <8334> unto 
the LORD <3068> before <6440> Eli <5941>. And the word <1697> of 
the LORD <3068> was precious <3368> in those <1992> days <3117>; 
[there was] no <0369> open <6555> vision <2377>.



 2 And it came <1961> to pass at that time <3117>, when Eli 
<5941> [was] laid <7901> down <7901> in his place <4725>, and 
his eyes <5869> began <2490> to wax dim <3544>, [that] he could 
<3201> not see <7200>;



 3 And ere <2962> the lamp <5216> of God <0430> went <3518> out 
in the temple <1964> of the LORD <3068>, where the ark <0727> of 
God <0430> [was], and Samuel <8050> was laid <7901> down <7901> 
[to sleep];



 4 That the LORD <3068> called <7121> Samuel <8050>: and he 
answered <0559>, Here <2009> [am] I.



 5 And he ran <7323> unto Eli <5941>, and said <0559>, Here 
<2005> [am] I; for thou calledst <7121> me. And he said <0559>, 
I called <7121> not; lie <7901> down <7901> again <7725>. And he 
went <3212> and lay <7901> down <7901>.



 6 And the LORD <3068> called <7121> yet <5750> again <3254>, 
Samuel <8050>. And Samuel <8050> arose <6965> and went <3212> to 
Eli <5941>, and said <0559>, Here <2005> [am] I; for thou didst 
call <7121> me. And he answered <0559>, I called <7121> not, my 
son <1121>; lie <7901> down <7901> again <7725>.



 7 Now Samuel <8050> did not yet <2962> know <3045> the LORD 
<3068>, neither was the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> yet 
<2962> revealed <1540> unto him.



 8 And the LORD <3068> called <7121> Samuel <8050> again <3254> 
the third <7992> time. And he arose <6965> and went <3212> to 
Eli <5941>, and said <0559>, Here <2005> [am] I; for thou didst 
call <7121> me. And Eli <5941> perceived <0995> that the LORD 
<3068> had called <7121> the child <5288>.



 9 Therefore Eli <5941> said <0559> unto Samuel <8050>, Go 
<3212>, lie <7901> down <7901>: and it shall be, if <0518> he 
call <7121> thee, that thou shalt say <0559>, Speak <1696>, LORD 
<3068>; for thy servant <5650> heareth <8085>. So Samuel <8050> 
went <3212> and lay <7901> down <7901> in his place <4725>.



 10 And the LORD <3068> came <0935>, and stood <3320>, and 
called <7121> as at other times <6471>, Samuel <8050>, Samuel 
<8050>. Then Samuel <8050> answered <0559>, Speak <1696>; for 
thy servant <5650> heareth <8085>.



 11. And the LORD <3068> said <0559> to Samuel <8050>, Behold 
<2009>, I will do <6213> a thing <1697> in Israel <3478>, at 
which <0834> both <8147> the ears <0241> of every <3605> one 
that heareth <8085> it shall tingle <6750>.



 12 In that day <3117> I will perform <6965> against <0413> Eli 
<5941> all <3605> [things] which <0834> I have spoken <1696> 
concerning <0413> his house <1004>: when I begin <2490>, I will 
also make an end <3615>.



 13 For I have told <5046> him that I will judge <8199> his 
house <1004> for ever <5769> for the iniquity <5771> which 
<0834> he knoweth <3045>; because <3588> his sons <1121> made 
themselves <1992> vile <7043>, and he restrained <3543> them not.



 14 And therefore I have sworn <7650> unto the house <1004> of 
Eli <5941>, that the iniquity <5771> of Eli's <5941> house 
<1004> shall not be purged <3722> with sacrifice <2077> nor 
offering <4503> for ever <5769>.



 15 And Samuel <8050> lay <7901> until <5704> the morning <1242>,
 and opened <6605> the doors <1817> of the house <1004> of the 
LORD <3068>. And Samuel <8050> feared <3372> to shew <5046> Eli 
<5941> the vision <4758>.



 16 Then Eli <5941> called <7121> Samuel <8050>, and said <0559>,
 Samuel <8050>, my son <1121>. And he answered <0559>, Here 
<2009> [am] I.



 17 And he said <0559>, What <4100> [is] the thing <1697> that 
[the LORD] hath said <1696> unto thee? I pray <4994> thee hide 
<3582> [it] not from me: God <0430> do <6213> so <3541> to thee, 
and more <3254> also <3541>, if <0518> thou hide <3582> [any] 
thing <1697> from me of all <3605> the things that he said 
<1696> unto thee.



 18 And Samuel <8050> told <5046> him every <3605> whit <1697>, 
and hid <3582> nothing <3808> from him. And he said <0559>, It 
[is] the LORD <3068>: let him do <6213> what seemeth <5869> him 
good <2896>.



 19. And Samuel <8050> grew <1431>, and the LORD <3068> was with 
him, and did let none <3808> of his words <1697> fall <5307> to 
the ground <0776>.



 20 And all <3605> Israel <3478> from Dan <1835> even to 
Beersheba <0884> knew <3045> that Samuel <8050> [was] 
established <0539> [to be] a prophet <5030> of the LORD <3068>.



 21 And the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> again <3254> in Shiloh 
<7887>: for the LORD <3068> revealed <1540> himself to Samuel 
<8050> in Shiloh <7887> by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>.



1Samuel 4



 1. And the word <1697> of Samuel <8050> came <1961> to all 
<3605> Israel <3478>. Now Israel <3478> went <3318> out against 
<7125> the Philistines <6430> to battle <4421>, and pitched 
<2583> beside <5921> Ebenezer <72>: and the Philistines <6430> 
pitched <2583> in Aphek <0663>.



 2 And the Philistines <6430> put themselves in array <6186> 
against <7125> Israel <3478>: and when they joined <5208> battle 
<4421>, Israel <3478> was smitten <5062> before <6440> the 
Philistines <6430>: and they slew <5221> of the army <4634> in 
the field <7704> about four <0702> thousand <0505> men <0376>.



 3 And when the people <5971> were come <0935> into <0413> the 
camp <4264>, the elders <2205> of Israel <3478> said <0559>, 
Wherefore <4100> hath the LORD <3068> smitten <5062> us to day 
<3117> before <6440> the Philistines <6430>? Let us fetch <3947> 
the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> out of 
Shiloh <7887> unto us, that, when it cometh <0935> among <7130> 
us, it may save <3467> us out of the hand <3709> of our enemies 
<0341>.



 4 So the people <5971> sent <7971> to Shiloh <7887>, that they 
might bring <5375> from thence <8033> the ark <0727> of the 
covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, which 
dwelleth <3427> [between] the cherubims <3742>: and the two 
<8147> sons <1121> of Eli <5941>, Hophni <2652> and Phinehas 
<6372>, [were] there <8033> with the ark <0727> of the covenant 
<1285> of God <0430>.



 5 And when the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD 
<3068> came <0935> into <0413> the camp <4264>, all <3605> 
Israel <3478> shouted <7321> with a great <1419> shout <8643>, 
so that the earth <0776> rang <1949> again.



 6 And when the Philistines <6430> heard <8085> the noise <6963> 
of the shout <8643>, they said <0559>, What <4100> [meaneth] the 
noise <6963> of this <2063> great <1419> shout in the camp 
<4264> of the Hebrews <5680>? And they understood <3045> that 
the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> was come <0935> into <0413> 
the camp <4264>.



 7 And the Philistines <6430> were afraid <3372>, for they said 
<0559>, God <0430> is come <0935> into <0413> the camp <4264>. 
And they said <0559>, Woe <0188> unto us! for there hath not 
been <1961> such <2063> a thing heretofore <0865>.



 8 Woe <0188> unto us! who <4310> shall deliver <5337> us out of 
the hand <3027> of these <0428> mighty <0117> Gods <0430>? these 
<0428> [are] the Gods <0430> that smote <5221> the Egyptians 
<4714> with all <3605> the plagues <4347> in the wilderness 
<4057>.



 9 Be strong <2388>, and quit <1961> yourselves like men <0582>, 
O ye Philistines <6430>, that ye be not servants <5647> unto the 
Hebrews <5680>, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like 
men <0582>, and fight <3898>.



 10. And the Philistines <6430> fought <3898>, and Israel <3478> 
was smitten <5062>, and they fled <5127> every man <0376> into 
his tent <0168>: and there was a very <3966> great <1419> 
slaughter <4347>; for there fell <5307> of Israel <3478> thirty 
<7970> thousand <0505> footmen <7273>.



 11 And the ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken <3947>; and the 
two <8147> sons <1121> of Eli <5941>, Hophni <2652> and Phinehas 
<6372>, were slain <4191>.



 12. And there ran <7323> a man <0376> of Benjamin <1144> out of 
the army <4634>, and came <0935> to Shiloh <7887> the same 
<1931> day <3117> with his clothes <4055> rent <7167>, and with 
earth <0127> upon his head <7218>.



 13 And when he came <0935>, lo <2009>, Eli <5941> sat <3427> 
upon a seat <3678> by the wayside watching <6822>: for his heart 
<3820> trembled <2730> for the ark <0727> of God <0430>. And 
when the man <0376> came <0935> into the city <5892>, and told 
<5046> [it], all <3605> the city <5892> cried <2199> out.



 14 And when Eli <5941> heard <8085> the noise <6963> of the 
crying <6818>, he said <0559>, What <4100> [meaneth] the noise 
<6963> of this <2088> tumult <1995>? And the man <0376> came 
<0935> in hastily <4116>, and told <5046> Eli <5941>.



 15 Now Eli <5941> was ninety <8673> and eight <8083> years 
<8141> old <1121>; and his eyes <5869> were dim <6965>, that he 
could <3201> not see <7200>.



 16 And the man <0376> said <0559> unto Eli <5941>, I [am] he 
that came <0935> out of the army <4634>, and I fled <5127> to 
day <3117> out of the army <4634>. And he said <0559>, What 
<4100> is there done <1697>, my son <1121>?



 17 And the messenger <1319> answered <6030> and said <0559>, 
Israel <3478> is fled <5127> before <6440> the Philistines 
<6430>, and there hath been <1961> also <1571> a great <1419> 
slaughter <4046> among the people <5971>, and thy two <8147> 
sons <1121> also <1571>, Hophni <2652> and Phinehas <6372>, are 
dead <4191>, and the ark <0727> of God <0430> is taken <3947>.



 18 And it came <1961> to pass, when he made mention <2142> of 
the ark <0727> of God <0430>, that he fell <5307> from off 
<5921> the seat <3678> backward <0322> by the side <3027> of the 
gate <8179>, and his neck <4665> brake <7665>, and he died 
<4191>: for he was an old <2204> man <0376>, and heavy <3513>. 
And he had judged <8199> Israel <3478> forty <0705> years <8141>.



 19. And his daughter <3618> in law <3618>, Phinehas <6372>' 
wife <0802>, was with child <2030>, [near] to be delivered 
<3205>: and when she heard <8085> the tidings <8052> that the 
ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken <3947>, and that her father 
<2524> in law <2524> and her husband <0376> were dead <4191>, 
she bowed <3766> herself and travailed <3205>; for her pains 
<6735> came <2015> upon her.



 20 And about the time <6256> of her death <4191> the women that 
stood <5324> by her said <1696> unto her, Fear <3372> not; for 
thou hast born <3205> a son <1121>. But she answered <6030> not, 
neither <3808> did she regard <3820> [it].



 21 And she named <7121> the child <5288> Ichabod <0350>, saying 
<0559>, The glory <3519> is departed <1540> from Israel <3478>: 
because <0413> the ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken <3947>, 
and because <0413> of her father <2524> in law <2524> and her 
husband <0376>.



 22 And she said <0559>, The glory <3519> is departed <1540> 
from Israel <3478>: for the ark <0727> of God <0430> is taken 
<3947>.



1Samuel 5



 1. And the Philistines <6430> took <3947> the ark <0727> of God 
<0430>, and brought <0935> it from Ebenezer <72> unto Ashdod 
<0795>.



 2 When the Philistines <6430> took <3947> the ark <0727> of God 
<0430>, they brought <0935> it into the house <1004> of Dagon 
<1712>, and set <3322> it by Dagon <1712>.



 3 And when they of Ashdod <0795> arose <7925> early <7925> on 
the morrow <4283>, behold <2009>, Dagon <1712> [was] fallen 
<5307> upon his face <6440> to the earth <0776> before <6440> 
the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>. And they took <3947> Dagon 
<1712>, and set <7725> him in his place <4725> again <7725>.



 4 And when they arose <7925> early <7925> on the morrow <4283> 
morning <1242>, behold <2009>, Dagon <1712> [was] fallen <5307> 
upon his face <6440> to the ground <0776> before <6440> the ark 
<0727> of the LORD <3068>; and the head <7218> of Dagon <1712> 
and both <8147> the palms <3709> of his hands <3027> [were] cut 
<3772> off upon the threshold <4670>; only <7535> [the stump of] 
Dagon <1712> was left <7604> to him.



 5 Therefore neither <3808> the priests <3548> of Dagon <1712>, 
nor any <3605> that come <0935> into Dagon's <1712> house <1004>,
 tread <1869> on <5921> the threshold <4670> of Dagon <1712> in 
Ashdod <0795> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



 6. But the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> was heavy <3513> upon 
them of Ashdod <0795>, and he destroyed <8074> them, and smote 
<5221> them with emerods <6076>, [even <0853>] Ashdod <0795> and 
the coasts <1366> thereof.



 7 And when the men <0582> of Ashdod <0795> saw <7200> that [it 
was] so <3651>, they said <0559>, The ark <0727> of the God 
<0430> of Israel <3478> shall not abide <3427> with us: for his 
hand <3027> is sore <7185> upon us, and upon Dagon <1712> our 
god <0430>.



 8 They sent <7971> therefore and gathered <0622> all <3605> the 
lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> unto them, and said 
<0559>, What <4100> shall we do <6213> with the ark <0727> of 
the God <0430> of Israel <3478>? And they answered <0559>, Let 
the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <3478> be carried 
<5437> about <5437> unto Gath <1661>. And they carried <5437> 
the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <3478> about <5437> 
[thither].



 9 And it was [so], that, after <0310> they had carried <5437> 
it about <5437>, the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> was against 
the city <5892> with a very <3966> great <1419> destruction 
<4103>: and he smote <5221> the men <0582> of the city <5892>, 
both small <6996> and great <1419>, and they had emerods <6076> 
in their secret <8368> parts <2506>.



 10 Therefore they sent <7971> the ark <0727> of God <0430> to 
Ekron <6138>. And it came <1961> to pass, as the ark <0727> of 
God <0430> came <0935> to Ekron <6138>, that the Ekronites 
<6139> cried <2199> out, saying <0559>, They have brought <5437> 
about <5437> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <3478> 
to us, to slay <4191> us and our people <5971>.



 11 So they sent <7971> and gathered <0622> together all <3605> 
the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430>, and said <0559>, 
Send <7971> away the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel 
<3478>, and let it go <7725> again <7725> to his own place 
<4725>, that it slay <4191> us not, and our people <5971>: for 
there was a deadly <4194> destruction <4103> throughout all 
<3605> the city <5892>; the hand <3027> of God <0430> was very 
<3966> heavy <3513> there.



 12 And the men <0582> that died <4191> not were smitten <5221> 
with the emerods <6076>: and the cry <7775> of the city <5892> 
went <5927> up to heaven <8064>.



1Samuel 6



 1. And the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> was in the country 
<7704> of the Philistines <6430> seven <7651> months <2320>.



 2 And the Philistines <6430> called <7121> for the priests 
<3548> and the diviners <7080>, saying <0559>, What <4100> shall 
we do <6213> to the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>? tell <3045> 
us wherewith <4100> we shall send <7971> it to his place <4725>.



 3 And they said <0559>, If <0518> ye send <7971> away the ark 
<0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, send <7971> it not 
empty <7387>; but in any wise return <7725> him a trespass 
<0817> offering: then <0227> ye shall be healed <7495>, and it 
shall be known <3045> to you why <4100> his hand <3027> is not 
removed <5493> from you.



 4 Then said <0559> they, What <4100> [shall be] the trespass 
<0817> offering which <0834> we shall return <7725> to him? They 
answered <0559>, Five <2568> golden <2091> emerods <6076>, and 
five <2568> golden <2091> mice <5909>, [according to] the number 
<4557> of the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430>: for one 
<0259> plague <4046> [was] on you all <3605>, and on your lords 
<5633>.



 5 Wherefore ye shall make <6213> images <6754> of your emerods 
<6076>, and images <6754> of your mice <5909> that mar <7843> 
the land <0776>; and ye shall give <5414> glory <3519> unto the 
God <0430> of Israel <3478>: peradventure <0194> he will lighten 
<7043> his hand <3027> from off <5921> you, and from off <5921> 
your gods <0430>, and from off <5921> your land <0776>.



 6 Wherefore <4100> then do ye harden <5513> your hearts <3824>, 
as the Egyptians <4714> and Pharaoh <6547> hardened <3513> their 
hearts <3820>? when <0834> he had wrought <5953> wonderfully 
<5953> among them, did they not let the people go <7971>, and 
they departed <3212>?



 7 Now <6258> therefore make <6213> a new <2319> cart <5699>, 
and take <3947> two <8147> milch <5763> kine <6510>, on <5921> 
which <0834> there hath come <5927> no <3808> yoke <5923>, and 
tie <0631> the kine <6510> to the cart <5699>, and bring <7725> 
their calves <1121> home <1004> from them:



 8 And take <3947> the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>, and lay 
<5414> it upon the cart <5699>; and put <7760> the jewels <3627> 
of gold <2091>, which <0834> ye return <7725> him [for] a 
trespass <0817> offering, in a coffer <0712> by the side <6654> 
thereof; and send <7971> it away, that it may go <1980>.



 9 And see <7200>, if <0518> it goeth <5927> up by the way 
<1870> of his own coast <1366> to Bethshemesh <1053>, [then] he 
hath done <6213> us this <2063> great <1419> evil <7451>: but if 
<0518> not, then we shall know <3045> that [it is] not his hand 
<3027> [that] smote <5060> us: it [was] a chance <4745> [that] 
happened <1961> to us.



 10. And the men <0582> did <6213> so <3651>; and took <3947> 
two <8147> milch <5763> kine <6510>, and tied <0631> them to the 
cart <5699>, and shut <3607> up their calves <1121> at home 
<1004>:



 11 And they laid <7760> the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> upon 
the cart <5699>, and the coffer <0712> with the mice <5909> of 
gold <2091> and the images <6754> of their emerods <2914>.



 12 And the kine <6510> took the straight <3474> way <1870> to 
the way <1870> of Bethshemesh <1053>, [and] went <1980> along 
<1980> the highway <4546>, lowing <1600> as they went <1980>, 
and turned <5493> not aside [to] the right <3225> hand or [to] 
the left <8040>; and the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> 
went <1980> after <0310> them unto the border <1366> of 
Bethshemesh <1053>.



 13 And [they of] Bethshemesh <1053> [were] reaping <7114> their 
wheat <2406> harvest <7105> in the valley <6010>: and they 
lifted <5375> up their eyes <5869>, and saw <7200> the ark 
<0727>, and rejoiced <8055> to see <7200> [it].



 14 And the cart <5699> came <0935> into <0413> the field <7704> 
of Joshua <3091>, a Bethshemite <1030>, and stood <5975> there 
<8033>, where <8033> [there was] a great <1419> stone <68>: and 
they clave <1234> the wood <6086> of the cart <5699>, and 
offered <5927> the kine <6510> a burnt <5930> offering unto the 
LORD <3068>.



 15 And the Levites <3881> took <3381> down <3381> the ark 
<0727> of the LORD <3068>, and the coffer <0712> that [was] with 
it, wherein <0834> the jewels <3627> of gold <2091> [were], and 
put <7760> [them] on <0413> the great <1419> stone <68>: and the 
men <0582> of Bethshemesh <1053> offered <5927> burnt <5930> 
offerings and sacrificed <2076> sacrifices <2077> the same 
<1931> day <3117> unto the LORD <3068>.



 16 And when the five <2568> lords <5633> of the Philistines 
<6430> had seen <7200> [it], they returned <7725> to Ekron 
<6138> the same <1931> day <3117>.



 17 And these <0428> [are] the golden <2091> emerods <2914> 
which <0834> the Philistines <6430> returned <7725> [for] a 
trespass <0817> offering unto the LORD <3068>; for Ashdod <0795> 
one <0259>, for Gaza <5804> one <0259>, for Askelon <0831> one 
<0259>, for Gath <1661> one <0259>, for Ekron <6138> one <0259>;



 18 And the golden <2091> mice <5909>, [according to] the number 
<4557> of all <3605> the cities <5892> of the Philistines <6430> 
[belonging] to the five <2568> lords <5633>, [both <8147>] of 
fenced <4013> cities <5892>, and of country <6521> villages 
<3724>, even unto the great <1419> [stone of] Abel <59>, whereon 
they set <3240> down the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>: [which 
stone remaineth] unto this <2088> day <3117> in the field <7704> 
of Joshua <3091>, the Bethshemite <1030>.



 19. And he smote <5221> the men <0376> of Bethshemesh <1053>, 
because <3588> they had looked <7200> into the ark <0727> of the 
LORD <3068>, even he smote <5221> of the people <5971> fifty 
<2572> thousand <0505> and threescore <7657> and ten men <0376>: 
and the people <5971> lamented <56>, because <3588> the LORD 
<3068> had smitten <5221> [many] of the people <5971> with a 
great <1419> slaughter <4347>.



 20 And the men <0582> of Bethshemesh <1053> said <0559>, Who 
<4310> is able <3201> to stand <5975> before <6440> this <2088> 
holy <6918> LORD <3068> God <0430>? and to whom <4310> shall he 
go <5927> up from us?



 21 And they sent <7971> messengers <4397> to the inhabitants 
<3427> of Kirjathjearim <7157>, saying <0559>, The Philistines 
<6430> have brought <7725> again <7725> the ark <0727> of the 
LORD <3068>; come <3381> ye down <3381>, [and] fetch <5927> it 
up to you.



1Samuel 7



 1. And the men <0582> of Kirjathjearim <7157> came <0935>, and 
fetched up the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>, and brought <0935> 
it into <0413> the house <1004> of Abinadab <41> in the hill 
<1389>, and sanctified <6942> Eleazar <0499> his son <1121> to 
keep <8104> the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>.



 2 And it came <1961> to pass, while <3117> the ark <0727> abode 
<3427> in Kirjathjearim <7157>, that the time <3117> was long 
<7235>; for it was twenty <6242> years <8141>: and all <3605> 
the house <1004> of Israel <3478> lamented <5091> after <0310> 
the LORD <3068>.



 3. And Samuel <8050> spake <0559> unto all <3605> the house 
<1004> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, If <0518> ye do return 
<7725> unto the LORD <3068> with all <3605> your hearts <3824>, 
[then] put <5493> away <5493> the strange <5236> gods <0430> and 
Ashtaroth <6252> from among <8432> you, and prepare <3559> your 
hearts <3824> unto the LORD <3068>, and serve <5647> him only 
<0905>: and he will deliver <5337> you out of the hand <3027> of 
the Philistines <6430>.



 4 Then the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did put <5493> away 
<5493> Baalim <1168> and Ashtaroth <6252>, and served <5647> the 
LORD <3068> only <0905>.



 5 And Samuel <8050> said <0559>, Gather <6908> all <3605> 
Israel <3478> to Mizpeh <4708>, and I will pray <6419> for you 
unto the LORD <3068>.



 6 And they gathered <6908> together to Mizpeh <4709>, and drew 
<7579> water <4325>, and poured <8210> [it] out before <6440> 
the LORD <3068>, and fasted <6684> on that day <3117>, and said 
<0559> there, We have sinned <2398> against the LORD <3068>. And 
Samuel <8050> judged <8199> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> 
in Mizpeh <4708>.



 7. And when the Philistines <6430> heard <8085> that the 
children <1121> of Israel <3478> were gathered <6908> together 
to Mizpeh <4708>, the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> 
went <5927> up against <0413> Israel <3478>. And when the 
children <1121> of Israel <3478> heard <8085> [it], they were 
afraid <3372> of the Philistines <6430>.



 8 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> said <0559> to 
Samuel <8050>, Cease <2790> not to cry <2199> unto the LORD 
<3068> our God <0430> for us, that he will save <3467> us out of 
the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>.



 9 And Samuel <8050> took <3947> a sucking <2461> lamb <2924>, 
and offered <5927> [it for] a burnt <5930> offering wholly 
<3632> unto the LORD <3068>: and Samuel <8050> cried <2199> unto 
the LORD <3068> for Israel <3478>; and the LORD <3068> heard 
<6030> him.



 10 And as Samuel <8050> was offering <5927> up the burnt <5930> 
offering, the Philistines <6430> drew near <5066> to battle 
<4421> against Israel <3478>: but the LORD <3068> thundered 
<7481> with a great <1419> thunder <6963> on that day <3117> 
upon the Philistines <6430>, and discomfited <1949> them; and 
they were smitten <5062> before <6440> Israel <3478>.



 11 And the men <0582> of Israel <3478> went <3318> out of 
Mizpeh <4709>, and pursued <7291> the Philistines <6430>, and 
smote <5221> them, until <5704> [they came] under <8478> Bethcar 
<1033>.



 12 Then Samuel <8050> took <3947> a stone <68>, and set <7760> 
[it] between <0996> Mizpeh <4709> and Shen <8129>, and called 
<7121> the name <8034> of it Ebenezer <72>, saying <0559>, 
Hitherto hath the LORD <3068> helped <5826> us.



 13. So the Philistines <6430> were subdued <3665>, and they 
came <0935> no <3808> more into the coast <1366> of Israel 
<3478>: and the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> was against the 
Philistines <6430> all <3605> the days <3117> of Samuel <8050>.



 14 And the cities <5892> which <0834> the Philistines <6430> 
had taken <3947> from Israel <3478> were restored <7725> to 
Israel <3478>, from Ekron <6138> even unto Gath <1661>; and the 
coasts <1366> thereof did Israel <3478> deliver <5337> out of 
the hands <3027> of the Philistines <6430>. And there was peace 
<7965> between <0996> Israel <3478> and the Amorites <0567>.



 15 And Samuel <8050> judged <8199> Israel <3478> all <3605> the 
days <3117> of his life <2416>.



 16 And he went <1980> from year <8141> to year <8141> in 
circuit <5437> to Bethel <1008>, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh <4709>, 
and judged <8199> Israel <3478> in all <3605> those <0428> 
places <4725>.



 17 And his return <8666> [was] to Ramah <7414>; for there 
<8033> [was] his house <1004>; and there <8033> he judged <8199> 
Israel <3478>; and there <8033> he built <1129> an altar <4196> 
unto the LORD <3068>.



1Samuel 8



 1. And it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> Samuel <8050> was 
old <2204>, that he made <7760> his sons <1121> judges <8199> 
over Israel <3478>.



 2 Now the name <8034> of his firstborn <1060> was Joel <3100>; 
and the name <8034> of his second <4932>, Abiah <29>: [they 
were] judges <8199> in Beersheba <0884>.



 3 And his sons <1121> walked <1980> not in his ways <1870>, but 
turned <5186> aside <5186> after <0310> lucre <1215>, and took 
<3947> bribes <7810>, and perverted <5186> judgment <4941>.



 4. Then all <3605> the elders <2205> of Israel <3478> gathered 
<6908> themselves together, and came <0935> to Samuel <8050> 
unto Ramah <7414>,



 5 And said <0559> unto him, Behold <2009>, thou art old <2204>, 
and thy sons <1121> walk <1980> not in thy ways <1870>: now 
<6258> make <7760> us a king <4428> to judge <8199> us like all 
<3605> the nations <1471>.



 6 But the thing <1697> displeased Samuel <8050>, when <0834> 
they said <0559>, Give <5414> us a king <4428> to judge <8199> 
us. And Samuel <8050> prayed <6419> unto the LORD <3068>.



 7 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Samuel <8050>, Hearken 
<8085> unto the voice <6963> of the people <5971> in all <3605> 
that they say <0559> unto thee: for they have not rejected 
<3988> thee, but they have rejected <3988> me, that I should not 
reign <4427> over <5921> them.



 8 According to all <3605> the works <4639> which <0834> they 
have done <6213> since the day <3117> that I brought <5927> them 
up out of Egypt <4714> even unto this <2088> day <3117>, 
wherewith they have forsaken <5800> me, and served <5647> other 
<0312> gods <0430>, so <3651> do <6213> they also <1571> unto 
thee.



 9 Now <6258> therefore hearken <8085> unto their voice <6963>: 
howbeit <0389> yet <3588> protest <5749> solemnly <5749> unto 
them, and shew <5046> them the manner <4941> of the king <4428> 
that shall reign <4427> over <5921> them.



 10 And Samuel <8050> told <0559> all <3605> the words <1697> of 
the LORD <3068> unto the people <5971> that asked <7592> of him 
a king <4428>.



 11 And he said <0559>, This <2088> will be the manner <4941> of 
the king <4428> that shall reign <4427> over you: He will take 
<3947> your sons <1121>, and appoint <7760> [them] for himself, 
for his chariots <4818>, and [to be] his horsemen <6571>; and 
[some] shall run <7323> before <6440> his chariots <4818>.



 12 And he will appoint <7760> him captains <8269> over 
thousands <0505>, and captains <8269> over fifties <2572>; and 
[will set them] to ear <2790> his ground <2758>, and to reap 
<7114> his harvest <7105>, and to make <6213> his instruments 
<3627> of war <4421>, and instruments <3627> of his chariots 
<7393>.



 13 And he will take <3947> your daughters <1121> [to be] 
confectionaries <7543>, and [to be] cooks <2876>, and [to be] 
bakers <0644>.



 14 And he will take <3947> your fields <7704>, and your 
vineyards <3754>, and your oliveyards <2132>, [even] the best 
<2896> [of them], and give <5414> [them] to his servants <5650>.



 15 And he will take the tenth <6237> of your seed <2233>, and 
of your vineyards <3754>, and give <5414> to his officers <5631>,
 and to his servants <5650>.



 16 And he will take <3947> your menservants <5650>, and your 
maidservants <8198>, and your goodliest <2896> young <0970> men, 
and your asses <2543>, and put <6213> [them] to his work <4399>.



 17 He will take the tenth <6237> of your sheep <6629>: and ye 
shall be his servants <5650>.



 18 And ye shall cry <2199> out in that day <3117> because 
<6440> of your king <4428> which <0834> ye shall have chosen 
<0977> you; and the LORD <3068> will not hear <6030> you in that 
day <3117>.



 19 Nevertheless the people <5971> refused <3985> to obey <8085> 
the voice <6963> of Samuel <8050>; and they said <0559>, Nay 
<3808>; but we will have <1961> a king <4428> over <5921> us;



 20 That we also <1571> may be like all <3605> the nations 
<1471>; and that our king <4428> may judge <8199> us, and go 
<3318> out before <6440> us, and fight <3898> our battles <4421>.



 21 And Samuel <8050> heard <8085> all <3605> the words <1697> 
of the people <5971>, and he rehearsed <1696> them in the ears 
<0241> of the LORD <3068>.



 22 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> to Samuel <8050>, Hearken 
<8085> unto their voice <6963>, and make them a king <4428>. And 
Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto the men <0582> of Israel <3478>, 
Go <3212> ye every man <0376> unto his city <5892>.



1Samuel 9



 1. Now there was a man <0376> of Benjamin <1144>, whose name 
<8034> [was] Kish <7027>, the son <1121> of Abiel <22>, the son 
<1121> of Zeror, the son <1121> of Bechorath <1064>, the son 
<1121> of Aphiah <0647>, a Benjamite <1145>, a mighty <1368> man 
<0376> of power <2428>.



 2 And he had <1961> a son <1121>, whose name <8034> [was] Saul 
<7586>, a choice <0970> young <0970> man, and a goodly <2896>: 
and [there was] not among the children <1121> of Israel <3478> a 
goodlier <2896> person <0376> than he: from his shoulders <7926> 
and upward <4605> [he was] higher <1364> than any <3605> of the 
people <5971>.



 3. And the asses <0860> of Kish <7027> Saul's <7586> father <1> 
were lost <6>. And Kish <7027> said <0559> to Saul <7586> his 
son <1121>, Take <3947> now <4994> one <0259> of the servants 
<5650> with thee, and arise <6965>, go <3212> seek <1245> the 
asses <0860>.



 4 And he passed <5674> through mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, and 
passed <5674> through the land <0776> of Shalisha <8031>, but 
they found <4672> [them] not: then they passed <5674> through 
the land <0776> of Shalim <8171>, and [there they were] not: and 
he passed <5674> through the land <0776> of the Benjamites 
<1145>, but they found <4672> [them] not.



 5 [And] when they were come <0935> to the land <0776> of Zuph 
<6689>, Saul <7586> said <0559> to his servant <5288> that [was] 
with him, Come <3212>, and let us return <7725>; lest <6435> my 
father <1> leave <2308> [caring] for the asses <0860>, and take 
thought <1672> for us.



 6 And he said <0559> unto him, Behold <2009> now <4994>, [there 
is] in this <2063> city <5892> a man <0376> of God <0430>, and 
[he is] an honourable <3513> man <0376>; all <3605> that he 
saith <1696> cometh <0935> surely to pass: now <4994> let us go 
<3212> thither; peradventure <0194> he can shew <5046> us our 
way <1870> that we should go <1980>.



 7 Then said <0559> Saul <7586> to his servant <5288>, But, 
behold <2009>, [if] we go <3212>, what <4100> shall we bring 
<0935> the man <0376>? for the bread <3899> is spent <0235> in 
our vessels <3627>, and [there is] not a present <8670> to bring 
<0935> to the man <0376> of God <0430>: what <4100> have we?



 8 And the servant <5288> answered <6030> Saul <7586> again 
<3254>, and said <0559>, Behold <2009>, I have <4672> here at 
hand <3027> the fourth <7253> part of a shekel <8255> of silver 
<3701>: [that] will I give <5414> to the man <0376> of God 
<0430>, to tell <5046> us our way <1870>.



 9 (Beforetime in Israel <3478>, when a man <0376> went <3212> 
to enquire <1875> of God <0430>, thus <3541> he spake <0559>, 
Come <3212>, and let us go <3212> to the seer <7200>: for [he 
that is] now <3117> [called] a Prophet <5030> was beforetime 
<6440> called <7121> a Seer <7200>.)



 10 Then said <1697> Saul <7586> to his servant <5288>, Well 
<2896> said <0559>; come <3212>, let us go <3212>. So they went 
<3212> unto the city <5892> where the man <0376> of God <0430> 
[was].



 11. [And] as they went <5927> up the hill <4608> to the city 
<5892>, they found <4672> young <5291> maidens <5291> going 
<3318> out to draw <7579> water <4325>, and said <0559> unto 
them, Is the seer <7200> here <2088>?



 12 And they answered <6030> them, and said <0559>, He is; 
behold <2009>, [he is] before <6440> you: make haste <4116> now 
<6258>, for he came <0935> to day <3117> to the city <5892>; for 
[there is] a sacrifice <2077> of the people <5971> to day <3117> 
in the high <1116> place:



 13 As soon as ye be come <0935> into the city <5892>, ye shall 
straightway <3651> find <4672> him, before <2962> he go <5927> 
up to the high <1116> place to eat <0398>: for the people <5971> 
will not eat <0398> until <5704> he come <0935>, because <3588> 
he doth bless <1288> the sacrifice <2077>; [and] afterwards they 
eat <0398> that be bidden <7121>. Now <6258> therefore get 
<5927> you up; for about this time <3117> ye shall find <4672> 
him.



 14 And they went <5927> up into <8432> the city <5892>: [and] 
when they were come <0935> into the city <5892>, behold <2009>, 
Samuel <8050> came <3318> out against <7125> them, for to go 
<5927> up to the high <1116> place.



 15 Now the LORD <3068> had told <1540> Samuel <8050> in his ear 
<0241> a day <3117> before <6440> Saul <7586> came <0935>, 
saying <0559>,



 16 To morrow <4279> about this time <6256> I will send <7971> 
thee a man <0376> out of the land <0776> of Benjamin <1144>, and 
thou shalt anoint <4886> him [to be] captain <5057> over <5921> 
my people <5971> Israel <3478>, that he may save <3467> my 
people <5971> out of the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>: 
for I have looked <7200> upon my people <5971>, because <3588> 
their cry <6818> is come <0935> unto me.



 17 And when Samuel <8050> saw <7200> Saul <7586>, the LORD 
<3068> said <6030> unto him, Behold <2009> the man <0376> whom 
<0834> I spake <0559> to thee of! this <2088> same <2088> shall 
reign <6113> over my people <5971>.



 18. Then Saul <7586> drew near <5066> to Samuel <8050> in the 
gate <8179>, and said <0559>, Tell <5046> me, I pray <4994> thee,
 where the seer's <7200> house <1004> [is].



 19 And Samuel <8050> answered <6030> Saul <7586>, and said 
<0559>, I [am] the seer <7200>: go <5927> up before <6440> me 
unto the high <1116> place; for ye shall eat <0398> with me to 
day <3117>, and to morrow <1242> I will let thee go <7971>, and 
will tell <5046> thee all <3605> that [is] in thine heart <3824>.



 20 And as for thine asses <0860> that were lost <6> three 
<7969> days <3117> ago <3117>, set <7760> not thy mind <3820> on 
them; for they are found <4672>. And on whom <4310> [is] all 
<3605> the desire <2532> of Israel <3478>? [Is it] not on thee, 
and on all <3605> thy father's <1> house <1004>?



 21 And Saul <7586> answered <6030> and said <0559>, [Am] not I 
a Benjamite <1145>, of the smallest <6996> of the tribes <7626> 
of Israel <3478>? and my family <4940> the least <6810> of all 
<3605> the families <4940> of the tribe <7626> of Benjamin 
<1144>? wherefore <4100> then speakest <1696> thou so <1697> to 
me?



 22 And Samuel <8050> took <3947> Saul <7586> and his servant 
<5288>, and brought <0935> them into the parlour <3957>, and 
made <5414> them sit <5414> in the chiefest <7218> place <4725> 
among them that were bidden <7121>, which [were] about thirty 
<7970> persons <0376>.



 23 And Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto the cook <2876>, Bring 
<5414> the portion <4490> which <0834> I gave <5414> thee, of 
which <0834> I said <0559> unto thee, Set <7760> it by thee.



 24 And the cook <2876> took <7311> up the shoulder <7785>, and 
[that] which [was] upon it, and set <7760> [it] before <6440> 
Saul <7586>. And [Samuel] said <0559>, Behold <2009> that which 
is left <7604>! set <7760> [it] before <6440> thee, [and] eat 
<0398>: for unto this time <4150> hath it been kept <8104> for 
thee since I said <0559>, I have invited <7121> the people 
<5971>. So Saul <7586> did eat <0398> with Samuel <8050> that 
day <3117>.



 25 And when they were come <3381> down <3381> from the high 
<1116> place into the city <5892>, [Samuel] communed <1696> with 
Saul <7586> upon the top <1406> of the house.



 26 And they arose <7925> early <7925>: and it came <1961> to 
pass about the spring <5927> of the day <7837>, that Samuel 
<8050> called <7121> Saul <7586> to the top <1406> of the house, 
saying <0559>, Up, that I may send <7971> thee away. And Saul 
<7586> arose <6965>, and they went <3318> out both <8147> of 
them, he and Samuel <8050>, abroad <2351>.



 27 [And] as they were going <3381> down <3381> to the end 
<7097> of the city <5892>, Samuel <8050> said <0559> to Saul 
<7586>, Bid <0559> the servant <5288> pass <5674> on before 
<6440> us, (and he passed <5674> on,) but stand <5975> thou 
still a while <3117>, that I may shew <8085> thee the word 
<1697> of God <0430>.



1Samuel 10



 1. Then Samuel <8050> took <3947> a vial <6378> of oil <8081>, 
and poured <3332> [it] upon his head <7218>, and kissed <5401> 
him, and said <0559>, [Is it] not because <3588> the LORD <3068> 
hath anointed <4886> thee [to be] captain <5057> over <5921> his 
inheritance <5159>?



 2 When thou art departed <3212> from me to day <3117>, then 
thou shalt find <4672> two <8147> men <0582> by Rachel's <7354> 
sepulchre <6900> in the border <1366> of Benjamin <1144> at 
Zelzah; and they will say <0559> unto thee, The asses <0860> 
which <0834> thou wentest <1980> to seek <1245> are found <4672>:
 and, lo <2009>, thy father <1> hath left <5203> the care <1697> 
of the asses <0860>, and sorroweth <1672> for you, saying <0559>,
 What <4100> shall I do <6213> for my son <1121>?



 3 Then shalt thou go <2498> on forward <1973> from thence 
<8033>, and thou shalt come <0935> to the plain <0436> of Tabor 
<8396>, and there shall meet <4672> thee three <7969> men <0582> 
going <5927> up to God <0430> to Bethel <1008>, one <0259> 
carrying <5375> three <7969> kids <1423>, and another <0259> 
carrying <5375> three <7969> loaves <3603> of bread <3899>, and 
another <0259> carrying <5375> a bottle <5035> of wine <3196>:



 4 And they will salute <7965> thee, and give <5414> thee two 
<8147> [loaves] of bread <3899>; which thou shalt receive <3947> 
of their hands <3027>.



 5 After <0310> that thou shalt come <0935> to the hill <1389> 
of God <0430>, where [is] the garrison <5333> of the Philistines 
<6430>: and it shall come <1961> to pass, when thou art come 
<0835> thither <8033> to the city <5892>, that thou shalt meet 
<6293> a company <2256> of prophets <5030> coming <3381> down 
<3381> from the high <1116> place with a psaltery <5035>, and a 
tabret <8596>, and a pipe <2485>, and a harp <3658>, before 
<6440> them; and they shall prophesy <5012>:



 6 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> will come <6743> 
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy <5012> with them, and shalt 
be turned <2015> into another <0312> man <0376>.



 7 And let it be, when <3588> these <0428> signs <0226> are come 
<0935> unto thee, [that] thou do <6213> as occasion <4672> serve 
<5647> thee; for God <0430> [is] with thee.



 8 And thou shalt go <3381> down <3381> before <6440> me to 
Gilgal; and, behold <2009>, I will come <3381> down <3381> unto 
thee, to offer <5927> burnt <5930> offerings, [and] to sacrifice 
<2076> sacrifices <2077> of peace <8002> offerings: seven <7651> 
days <3117> shalt thou tarry <3176>, till <5704> I come <0935> 
to thee, and shew <3045> thee what thou shalt do <6213>.



 9. And it was [so], that when he had turned <6437> his back 
<7926> to go <3212> from Samuel <8050>, God <0430> gave him 
another <0312> heart <3820>: and all <3605> those <0428> signs 
<0226> came <0935> to pass that day <3117>.



 10 And when they came <0935> thither <8033> to the hill <1389>, 
behold <2009>, a company <2256> of prophets <5030> met <7125> 
him; and the Spirit <7307> of God <0430> came <6743> upon him, 
and he prophesied <5012> among <8432> them.



 11 And it came <1961> to pass, when all <3605> that knew <3045> 
him beforetime saw <7200> that, behold <2009>, he prophesied 
<5012> among <5973> the prophets <5030>, then the people <5971> 
said <0559> one <0376> to another <7453>, What <4100> [is] this 
<2088> [that] is come <1961> unto the son <1121> of Kish <7027>? 
[Is] Saul <7586> also <1571> among the prophets <5030>?



 12 And one <0376> of the same place answered <6030> and said 
<0559>, But who <4310> [is] their father <1>? Therefore it 
became <1961> a proverb <4912>, [Is] Saul <7586> also <1571> 
among the prophets <5030>?



 13 And when he had made an end <3615> of prophesying <5012>, he 
came <0935> to the high <1116> place.



 14 And Saul's <7586> uncle <1730> said <0559> unto him and to 
his servant <5288>, Whither <0575> went <1980> ye? And he said 
<0559>, To seek <1245> the asses <0860>: and when we saw <7200> 
that [they were] no <0369> where <0370>, we came <0935> to 
Samuel <8050>.



 15 And Saul's <7586> uncle <1730> said <0559>, Tell <5046> me, 
I pray <4994> thee, what <4100> Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto 
you.



 16 And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto his uncle <1730>, He told 
<5046> us plainly <5046> that the asses <0860> were found <4672>.
 But of the matter <1697> of the kingdom <4410>, whereof <0834> 
Samuel <8050> spake <0559>, he told <5046> him not.



 17. And Samuel <8050> called <6817> the people <5971> together 
unto the LORD <3068> to Mizpeh <4709>;



 18 And said <0559> unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, 
Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel 
<3478>, I brought <5927> up Israel <3478> out of Egypt <4714>, 
and delivered <5337> you out of the hand <3027> of the Egyptians 
<4714>, and out of the hand <3027> of all <3605> kingdoms <4467>,
 [and] of them that oppressed <3905> you:



 19 And ye have this day <3117> rejected <3988> your God <0430>, 
who <0834> himself saved <3467> you out of all <3605> your 
adversities <7451> and your tribulations <6869>; and ye have 
said <0559> unto him, [Nay], but set <7760> a king <4428> over 
<5921> us. Now <6258> therefore present <3320> yourselves before 
<6440> the LORD <3068> by your tribes <7626>, and by your 
thousands <0505>.



 20 And when Samuel <8050> had caused all <3605> the tribes 
<7626> of Israel <3478> to come <7126> near <7126>, the tribe 
<7626> of Benjamin <1144> was taken <3920>.



 21 When he had caused the tribe <7626> of Benjamin <1144> to 
come <7126> near <7126> by their families <4940>, the family 
<4940> of Matri <4309> was taken <3920>, and Saul <7586> the son 
<1121> of Kish <7027> was taken <3920>: and when they sought 
<1245> him, he could not be found <4672>.



 22 Therefore they enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068> further 
<5750>, if the man <0376> should yet <5750> come <0935> thither 
<1988>. And the LORD <3068> answered <0559>, Behold <2009>, he 
hath hid <2244> himself <1931> among <0413> the stuff <3627>.



 23 And they ran <7323> and fetched <3947> him thence <8033>: 
and when he stood <3320> among <8432> the people <5971>, he was 
higher <1361> than any <3605> of the people <5971> from his 
shoulders <7926> and upward <4605>.



 24 And Samuel <8050> said <0559> to all <3605> the people 
<5971>, See <7200> ye him whom <0834> the LORD <3068> hath 
chosen <0977>, that [there is] none <0369> like <3644> him among 
all <3605> the people <5971>? And all <3605> the people <5971> 
shouted <7321>, and said <0559>, God save <2421> the king <4428>.



 25 Then Samuel <8050> told <1696> the people <5971> the manner 
<4941> of the kingdom <4410>, and wrote <3789> [it] in a book 
<5612>, and laid <3241> [it] up before <6440> the LORD <3068>. 
And Samuel <8050> sent <7971> all <3605> the people <5971> away, 
every man <0376> to his house <1004>.



 26 And Saul <7586> also <1571> went <1980> home <1004> to 
Gibeah <1390>; and there went <3212> with him a band <2428> of 
men, whose <0834> hearts <3820> God <0430> had touched <5060>.



 27 But the children <1121> of Belial <1100> said <0559>, How 
<4100> shall this <2088> man save <3467> us? And they despised 
<0959> him, and brought <0935> him no <3808> presents <4503>. 
But he held <2790> his peace <2790>.



1Samuel 11



 1. Then Nahash <5176> the Ammonite <5984> came <5927> up, and 
encamped <2583> against <5921> Jabeshgilead: and all <3605> the 
men <0582> of Jabesh <3003> said <0559> unto Nahash <5176>, Make 
<3772> a covenant <1285> with us, and we will serve <5647> thee.



 2 And Nahash <5176> the Ammonite <5984> answered <0559> them, 
On this <2063> [condition] will I make <3772> [a covenant] with 
you, that I may thrust <5365> out all <3605> your right <3225> 
eyes <5869>, and lay <7760> it [for] a reproach <2781> upon all 
<3605> Israel <3478>.



 3 And the elders <2205> of Jabesh <3003> said <0559> unto him, 
Give us seven <7651> days <3117>' respite <7503>, that we may 
send <7971> messengers <4397> unto all <3605> the coasts <1366> 
of Israel <3478>: and then, if <0518> [there be] no <0369> man 
to save <3467> us, we will come <3318> out to thee.



 4 Then came <0935> the messengers <4397> to Gibeah <1390> of 
Saul <7586>, and told <1696> the tidings <1697> in the ears 
<0241> of the people <5971>: and all <3605> the people <5971> 
lifted <5375> up their voices <6963>, and wept <1058>.



 5. And, behold <2009>, Saul <7586> came <0935> after <0310> the 
herd <1241> out of the field <7704>; and Saul <7586> said <0559>,
 What <4100> [aileth] the people <5971> that they weep <1058>? 
And they told <5608> him the tidings <1697> of the men <0582> of 
Jabesh <3003>.



 6 And the Spirit <7307> of God <0430> came <6743> upon Saul 
<7586> when he heard <8085> those <0428> tidings <1697>, and his 
anger <0639> was kindled <2734> greatly <3966>.



 7 And he took <3947> a yoke <6776> of oxen <1241>, and hewed 
<5408> them in pieces, and sent <7971> [them] throughout all 
<3605> the coasts <1366> of Israel <3478> by the hands <3027> of 
messengers <4397>, saying <0559>, Whosoever <0834> cometh <3318> 
not forth <3318> after <0310> Saul <7586> and after <0310> 
Samuel <8050>, so <3541> shall it be done <6213> unto his oxen 
<1241>. And the fear <6343> of the LORD <3068> fell <5307> on 
<5921> the people <5971>, and they came <3318> out with one 
<0259> consent <0376>.



 8 And when he numbered <6485> them in Bezek <0966>, the 
children <1121> of Israel <3478> were three <7969> hundred 
<3967> thousand <0505>, and the men <0376> of Judah <3063> 
thirty <7970> thousand <0505>.



 9 And they said <0559> unto the messengers <4397> that came 
<0935>, Thus <3541> shall ye say <0559> unto the men <0376> of 
Jabeshgilead, To morrow <4279>, by [that time] the sun <8121> be 
hot <2527>, ye shall have help <8668>. And the messengers <4397> 
came <0935> and shewed <5046> [it] to the men <0582> of Jabesh 
<3003>; and they were glad <8056>.



 10 Therefore the men <0582> of Jabesh <3003> said <0559>, To 
morrow <4279> we will come <3318> out unto you, and ye shall do 
<6213> with us all <3605> that seemeth <5869> good <2896> unto 
you.



 11 And it was [so] on the morrow <4283>, that Saul <7586> put 
<7760> the people <5971> in three <7969> companies <7218>; and 
they came <0935> into the midst <8432> of the host <4264> in the 
morning <1242> watch <0821>, and slew <5221> the Ammonites 
<5984> until <5704> the heat <2527> of the day <3117>: and it 
came <1961> to pass, that they which remained <7604> were 
scattered <6327>, so that two <8147> of them were not left 
<7604> together <3162>.



 12. And the people <5971> said <0559> unto Samuel <8050>, Who 
<4310> [is] he that said <0559>, Shall Saul <7586> reign <4427> 
over <5921> us? bring <5414> the men <0582>, that we may put 
them to death <4191>.



 13 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, There shall not a man <0376> be 
put to death <4191> this <2088> day <3117>: for to day <3117> 
the LORD <3068> hath wrought <6213> salvation <8668> in Israel 
<3478>.



 14 Then said <0559> Samuel <8050> to the people <5971>, Come 
<3212>, and let us go <3212> to Gilgal <1537>, and renew <2318> 
the kingdom <4410> there <8033>.



 15 And all <3605> the people <5971> went <3212> to Gilgal 
<1537>; and there <8033> they made Saul <7586> king <4427> 
before <6440> the LORD <3068> in Gilgal <1537>; and there <8033> 
they sacrificed <2076> sacrifices <2077> of peace <8002> 
offerings before <6440> the LORD <3068>; and there <8033> Saul 
<7586> and all <3605> the men <0582> of Israel <3478> rejoiced 
<8055> greatly <3966>.



1Samuel 12



 1. And Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto all <3605> Israel <3478>, 
Behold <2009>, I have hearkened <8085> unto your voice <6963> in 
all <3605> that ye said <0559> unto me, and have made a king 
<4428> over <5921> you.



 2 And now <6258>, behold <2009>, the king <4428> walketh <1980> 
before <6440> you: and I am old <2204> and grayheaded; and, 
behold <2009>, my sons <1121> [are] with you: and I have walked 
<1980> before <6440> you from my childhood <5271> unto this 
<2088> day <3117>.



 3 Behold <2009>, here I [am]: witness <6030> against me before 
<5048> the LORD <3068>, and before <5048> his anointed <4899>: 
whose <4310> ox <7794> have I taken <3947>? or whose <4310> ass 
<2543> have I taken <3947>? or whom <4310> have I defrauded 
<6231>? whom have I oppressed <7533>? or of whose <4310> hand 
<3027> have I received <3947> [any] bribe <3724> to blind <5956> 
mine eyes <5869> therewith? and I will restore <7725> it you.



 4 And they said <0559>, Thou hast not defrauded <6231> us, nor 
<3808> oppressed <7533> us, neither <3808> hast thou taken 
<3947> ought <3972> of any man's <0376> hand <3027>.



 5 And he said <0559> unto them, The LORD <3068> [is] witness 
<5707> against you, and his anointed <4899> [is] witness <5707> 
this <2088> day <3117>, that ye have not found <4672> ought 
<3972> in my hand <3027>. And they answered <0559>, [He is] 
witness <5707>.



 6. And Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto the people <5971>, [It 
is] the LORD <3068> that advanced <6213> Moses <4872> and Aaron 
<0175>, and that brought <5927> your fathers <1> up out of the 
land <0776> of Egypt <4714>.



 7 Now <6258> therefore stand <3320> still, that I may reason 
<8199> with you before <6440> the LORD <3068> of all <3605> the 
righteous <6666> acts of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he did 
<6213> to you and to your fathers <1>.



 8 When <0834> Jacob <3290> was come <0935> into Egypt <4714>, 
and your fathers <1> cried <2199> unto the LORD <3068>, then the 
LORD <3068> sent <7971> Moses <4872> and Aaron <0175>, which 
brought <3318> forth <3318> your fathers <1> out of Egypt <4714>,
 and made them dwell <3427> in this place <4725>.



 9 And when they forgat <7911> the LORD <3068> their God <0430>, 
he sold <4376> them into the hand <3027> of Sisera <5516>, 
captain <8269> of the host <6635> of Hazor <2674>, and into the 
hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>, and into the hand <3027> 
of the king <4428> of Moab <4124>, and they fought <3898> 
against them.



 10 And they cried <2199> unto the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, 
We have sinned <2398>, because <3588> we have forsaken <5800> 
the LORD <3068>, and have served <5647> Baalim <1168> and 
Ashtaroth <6252>: but now <6258> deliver <5337> us out of the 
hand <3027> of our enemies <0341>, and we will serve <5647> thee.



 11 And the LORD <3068> sent <7971> Jerubbaal <3378>, and Bedan 
<0917>, and Jephthah <3316>, and Samuel <8050>, and delivered 
<5337> you out of the hand <3027> of your enemies <0341> on 
every <5437> side <5439>, and ye dwelled <3427> safe <0983>.



 12 And when ye saw <7200> that Nahash <5176> the king <4428> of 
the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> came <0935> against <5921> 
you, ye said <0559> unto me, Nay <3808>; but a king <4428> shall 
reign <4427> over <5921> us: when the LORD <3068> your God 
<0430> [was] your king <4428>.



 13 Now <6258> therefore behold <2009> the king <4428> whom 
<4310> ye have chosen <0977>, [and] whom <4310> ye have desired 
<7592>! and, behold <2009>, the LORD <3068> hath set <5414> a 
king <4428> over <5921> you.



 14 If <0518> ye will fear <3372> the LORD <3068>, and serve 
<5647> him, and obey <8085> his voice <6963>, and not rebel 
<4784> against the commandment <6310> of the LORD <3068>, then 
shall both <1571> ye and also <1571> the king <4428> that 
reigneth <4427> over <5921> you continue <1961> following <0310> 
the LORD <3068> your God <0430>:



 15 But if <0518> ye will not obey <8085> the voice <6963> of 
the LORD <3068>, but rebel <4784> against the commandment <6310> 
of the LORD <3068>, then shall the hand <3027> of the LORD 
<3068> be against you, as [it was] against your fathers <1>.



 16. Now <6258> therefore <1571> stand <3320> and see <7200> 
this <2088> great <1419> thing <1697>, which <0834> the LORD 
<3068> will do <6213> before your eyes <5869>.



 17 [Is it] not wheat <2406> harvest <7105> to day <3117>? I 
will call <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and he shall send <5414> 
thunder <6963> and rain <4306>; that ye may perceive <3045> and 
see <7200> that your wickedness <7451> [is] great <7227>, which 
<0834> ye have done <6213> in the sight <5869> of the LORD 
<3068>, in asking <7592> you a king <4428>.



 18 So Samuel <8050> called <7121> unto the LORD <3068>; and the 
LORD <3068> sent <5414> thunder <6963> and rain <4306> that day 
<3117>: and all <3605> the people <5971> greatly <3966> feared 
<3372> the LORD <3068> and Samuel <8050>.



 19 And all <3605> the people <5971> said <0559> unto Samuel 
<8050>, Pray <6419> for thy servants <5650> unto the LORD <3068> 
thy God <0430>, that we die <4191> not: for we have added <3254> 
unto all <3605> our sins <2403> [this] evil <7451>, to ask 
<7592> us a king <4428>.



 20 And Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto the people <5971>, Fear 
<3372> not: ye have done <6213> all <3605> this <2063> 
wickedness <7451>: yet <0389> turn <5493> not aside from 
following <0310> the LORD <3068>, but serve <5647> the LORD 
<3068> with all <3605> your heart <3824>;



 21 And turn <5493> ye not aside: for [then should ye go <3212>] 
after <0310> vain <8414> [things], which <0834> cannot <3308> 
profit <3276> nor <3808> deliver <5337>; for they [are] vain 
<8414>.



 22 For the LORD <3068> will not forsake <5203> his people 
<5971> for his great <1419> name's <8034> sake <5668>: because 
<3588> it hath pleased <2974> the LORD <3068> to make <6213> you 
his people <5971>.



 23 Moreover <1571> as for me, God forbid <2486> that I should 
sin <2398> against the LORD <3068> in ceasing <2308> to pray 
<6419> for you: but I will teach <3384> you the good <2896> and 
the right <3477> way <1870>:



 24 Only <0389> fear <3372> the LORD <3068>, and serve <5647> 
him in truth <0571> with all <3605> your heart <3824>: for 
consider <7200> how <0834> great <1431> [things] he hath done 
for you.



 25 But if <0518> ye shall still do wickedly <7489>, ye shall be 
consumed <5595>, both <1571> ye and your king <4428>.



1Samuel 13



 1. Saul <7586> reigned <4427> one year <8141>; and when he had 
reigned <4427> two <8147> years <8141> over <5921> Israel <3478>,



 2 Saul <7586> chose <0977> him three <7969> thousand <0505> 
[men] of Israel <3478>; [whereof] two thousand <0505> were with 
Saul <7586> in Michmash <4363> and in mount <2022> Bethel <1008>,
 and a thousand <0505> were with Jonathan <3129> in Gibeah 
<1390> of Benjamin <1144>: and the rest <3499> of the people 
<5971> he sent <7971> every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.



 3 And Jonathan <3129> smote <5221> the garrison <5333> of the 
Philistines <6430> that [was] in Geba <1387>, and the 
Philistines <6430> heard <8085> [of it]. And Saul <7586> blew 
<8628> the trumpet <7782> throughout all <3605> the land <0776>, 
saying <0559>, Let the Hebrews <5680> hear <8085>.



 4 And all <3605> Israel <3478> heard <8085> say <0559> [that] 
Saul <7586> had smitten <5221> a garrison <5333> of the 
Philistines <6430>, and [that] Israel <3478> also <1571> was had 
in abomination <0887> with the Philistines <6430>. And the 
people <5971> were called <6817> together after <0310> Saul 
<7586> to Gilgal <1537>.



 5 And the Philistines <6430> gathered <0622> themselves 
together to fight <3898> with Israel <3478>, thirty <7970> 
thousand <0505> chariots <7393>, and six <8337> thousand <0505> 
horsemen <6571>, and people <5971> as the sand <2344> which 
<0834> [is] on <5921> the sea <3220> shore <8193> in multitude 
<7230>: and they came <5927> up, and pitched <2583> in Michmash 
<4363>, eastward <6926> from Bethaven <1007>.



 6 When the men <0376> of Israel <3478> saw <7200> that they 
were in a strait <6887>, (for the people <5971> were distressed 
<5065>,) then the people <5971> did hide <2244> themselves in 
caves <4631>, and in thickets <2337>, and in rocks <5553>, and 
in high <6877> places, and in pits <0953>.



 7 And [some of] the Hebrews <5680> went <5674> over <5674> 
Jordan <3383> to the land <0776> of Gad <1410> and Gilead <1568>.
 As for Saul <7586>, he [was] yet <5750> in Gilgal <1537>, and 
all <3605> the people <5971> followed <0310> him trembling 
<2729>.



 8. And he tarried <3176> seven <7651> days <3117>, according to 
the set <4150> time that Samuel <8050> [had appointed]: but 
Samuel <8050> came <0935> not to Gilgal <1537>; and the people 
<5971> were scattered <6327> from him.



 9 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Bring <5066> hither <5066> a 
burnt <5930> offering to me, and peace <8002> offerings. And he 
offered <5927> the burnt <5930> offering.



 10 And it came <1961> to pass, that as soon as he had made an 
end <3615> of offering <5927> the burnt <5930> offering, behold 
<2009>, Samuel <8050> came <0935>; and Saul <7586> went <3318> 
out to meet <7125> him, that he might salute <1288> him.



 11 And Samuel <8050> said <0559>, What <4100> hast thou done 
<6213>? And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Because <3588> I saw <7200> 
that the people <5971> were scattered <5310> from me, and [that] 
thou camest <0935> not within the days <3117> appointed <4150>, 
and [that] the Philistines <6430> gathered <0622> themselves 
together at Michmash <4363>;



 12 Therefore said <0559> I, The Philistines <6430> will come 
<3381> down <3381> now <6258> upon me to Gilgal <1537>, and I 
have not made supplication <2420> unto the LORD <3068>: I forced 
<0662> myself therefore, and offered <5927> a burnt <5930> 
offering.



 13 And Samuel <8050> said <0559> to Saul <7586>, Thou hast done 
foolishly <5528>: thou hast not kept <8104> the commandment 
<4687> of the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>, which <0834> he 
commanded <6680> thee: for now <6258> would the LORD <3068> have 
established <3559> thy kingdom <4467> upon Israel <3478> for 
ever <5769>.



 14 But now <6258> thy kingdom <4467> shall not continue <6965>: 
the LORD <3068> hath sought <1245> him a man <0376> after his 
own heart <3824>, and the LORD <3068> hath commanded <6680> him 
[to be] captain <5057> over <5921> his people <5971>, because 
<3588> thou hast not kept <8104> [that] which <0834> the LORD 
<3068> commanded <6680> thee.



 15. And Samuel <8050> arose <6965>, and gat <5927> him up from 
Gilgal <1537> unto Gibeah <1390> of Benjamin <1144>. And Saul 
<7586> numbered <6485> the people <5971> [that were] present 
<4672> with him, about six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376>.



 16 And Saul <7586>, and Jonathan <3129> his son <1121>, and the 
people <5971> [that were] present <4672> with them, abode <3427> 
in Gibeah <1390> of Benjamin <1144>: but the Philistines <6430> 
encamped <2583> in Michmash <4363>.



 17 And the spoilers <7843> came <3318> out of the camp <4264> 
of the Philistines <6430> in three <7969> companies <7218>: one 
<0259> company <7218> turned <6437> unto the way <1870> [that 
leadeth to] Ophrah <6084>, unto the land <0776> of Shual <7777>:



 18 And another <0259> company <7218> turned <6437> the way 
<1870> [to] Bethhoron <1032>: and another <0259> company <7218> 
turned <6437> [to] the way <1870> of the border <1366> that 
looketh <8259> to the valley <1516> of Zeboim <6650> toward the 
wilderness <4057>.



 19 Now there was no <3808> smith <2796> found <4672> throughout 
all <3605> the land <0776> of Israel <3478>: for the Philistines 
<6430> said <0559>, Lest <6435> the Hebrews <5680> make <6213> 
[them] swords <2719> or <0176> spears <2595>:



 20 But all <3605> the Israelites <3478> went <3381> down <3381> 
to the Philistines <6430>, to sharpen <3913> every man <0376> 
his share <4282>, and his coulter <0855>, and his axe <7134>, 
and his mattock <4281>.



 21 Yet they had a file <6477> for the mattocks <4281>, and for 
the coulters <0855>, and for the forks, and for the axes <7134>, 
and to sharpen <5324> the goads <1861>.



 22 So it came <1961> to pass in the day <3117> of battle <4421>,
 that there was neither <3808> sword <2719> nor spear <2595> 
found <4672> in the hand <3027> of any <3605> of the people 
<5971> that [were] with Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3129>: but 
with Saul <7586> and with Jonathan <3129> his son <1121> was 
there found <4672>.



 23 And the garrison <4673> of the Philistines <6430> went 
<3318> out to the passage <4569> of Michmash <4363>.



1Samuel 14



 1. Now it came <1961> to pass upon a day <3117>, that Jonathan 
<3129> the son <1121> of Saul <7586> said <0559> unto the young 
<5288> man that bare <5375> his armour <3627>, Come <3212>, and 
let us go <5674> over <5674> to the Philistines <6430>' garrison 
<4673>, that [is] on the other <5676> side <5676>. But he told 
<5046> not his father <1>.



 2 And Saul <7586> tarried <3427> in the uttermost <7097> part 
of Gibeah <1390> under <8478> a pomegranate <7416> tree which 
<0834> [is] in Migron <4051>: and the people <5971> that [were] 
with him [were] about six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376>;



 3 And Ahiah <0281>, the son <1121> of Ahitub <0285>, Ichabod's 
<0350> brother <0251>, the son <1121> of Phinehas <6372>, the 
son <1121> of Eli <5941>, the LORD'S <3068> priest <3548> in 
Shiloh <7887>, wearing <5375> an ephod <0646>. And the people 
<5971> knew <3045> not that Jonathan <3129> was gone <1980>.



 4 And between <0996> the passages <4569>, by which <0834> 
Jonathan <3129> sought <1245> to go <5674> over <5674> unto the 
Philistines <6430>' garrison <4673>, [there was] a sharp <8127> 
rock <5553> on the one <2088> side <5676>, and a sharp <8127> 
rock <5553> on the other <2088> side <5676>: and the name <8034> 
of the one <0259> [was] Bozez <0949>, and the name <8034> of the 
other <0259> Seneh <5573>.



 5 The forefront <8127> of the one <0259> [was] situate <4690> 
northward <6828> over <4136> against <4136> Michmash <4363>, and 
the other <0259> southward <5045> over <4136> against <4136> 
Gibeah <1390>.



 6 And Jonathan <3083> said <0559> to the young <5288> man that 
bare <5375> his armour <3627>, Come <3212>, and let us go <5674> 
over <5674> unto the garrison <4673> of these <0428> 
uncircumcised <6189>: it may be that the LORD <3068> will work 
<6213> for us: for [there is] no <0369> restraint <4622> to the 
LORD <3068> to save <3467> by many <7227> or <0176> by few 
<4592>.



 7 And his armourbearer <3627> said <0559> unto him, Do <6213> 
all <3605> that [is] in thine heart <3824>: turn <5186> thee; 
behold <2005>, I [am] with thee according to thy heart <3824>.



 8 Then said <0559> Jonathan <3083>, Behold <2009>, we will pass 
<5674> over <5674> unto [these] men <0582>, and we will discover 
<1540> ourselves unto them.



 9 If <0518> they say <0559> thus <3541> unto us, Tarry <1826> 
until <5704> we come <5060> to you; then we will stand <5975> 
still in our place <8478>, and will not go <5927> up unto them.



 10 But if <0518> they say <0559> thus <3541>, Come <5927> up 
unto us; then we will go <5927> up: for the LORD <3068> hath 
delivered <5414> them into our hand <3027>: and this <2088> 
[shall be] a sign <0226> unto us.



 11 And both <8147> of them discovered <1540> themselves unto 
the garrison <4673> of the Philistines <6430>: and the 
Philistines <6430> said <0559>, Behold <2009>, the Hebrews 
<5680> come <3318> forth <3318> out of the holes <2356> where 
they had hid <2244> themselves.



 12 And the men <0582> of the garrison <4675> answered <6030> 
Jonathan <3129> and his armourbearer <3627>, and said <0559>, 
Come <5927> up to us, and we will shew <3045> you a thing <1697>.
 And Jonathan <3129> said <0559> unto his armourbearer <3627>, 
Come <5927> up after <0310> me: for the LORD <3068> hath 
delivered <5414> them into the hand <3027> of Israel <3478>.



 13 And Jonathan <3129> climbed <5927> up upon his hands <3027> 
and upon his feet <7272>, and his armourbearer <3627> after 
<0310> him: and they fell <5307> before <6440> Jonathan <3129>; 
and his armourbearer <3627> slew <4191> after <0310> him.



 14 And that first <7223> slaughter <4347>, which <0834> 
Jonathan <3129> and his armourbearer <3627> made <5221>, was 
about twenty <6242> men <0376>, within as it were an half <2677> 
acre <4618> of land <7704>, [which] a yoke <6776> [of oxen might 
plow].



 15 And there was trembling <2731> in the host <4264>, in the 
field <7704>, and among all <3605> the people <5971>: the 
garrison <4673>, and the spoilers <7843>, they also <1571> 
trembled <2729>, and the earth <0776> quaked <7264>: so it was a 
very <0430> great <0430> trembling <2731>.



 16. And the watchmen <6822> of Saul <7586> in Gibeah <1390> of 
Benjamin <1144> looked <7200>; and, behold <2009>, the multitude 
<1995> melted <4127> away, and they went <3212> on beating 
<1986> down [one another].



 17 Then said <0559> Saul <7586> unto the people <5971> that 
[were] with him, Number <6485> now <4994>, and see <7200> who 
<4310> is gone <1980> from us. And when they had numbered <6485>,
 behold <2009>, Jonathan <3129> and his armourbearer <3627> 
[were] not [there].



 18 And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto Ahiah <0281>, Bring <5066> 
hither <5066> the ark <0727> of God <0430>. For the ark <0727> 
of God <0430> was at that time <3117> with the children <1121> 
of Israel <3478>.



 19 And it came <1961> to pass, while <5704> Saul <7586> talked 
<1696> unto the priest <3548>, that the noise <1995> that [was] 
in the host <4264> of the Philistines <6430> went <3212> on and 
increased <7227>: and Saul <7586> said <0559> unto the priest 
<3548>, Withdraw <0622> thine hand <3027>.



 20 And Saul <7586> and all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] 
with him assembled <2199> themselves, and they came <0935> to 
the battle <4421>: and, behold <2009>, every man's <0376> sword 
<2719> was against his fellow <7453>, [and there was] a very 
<3966> great <1419> discomfiture <4103>.



 21 Moreover the Hebrews <5680> [that] were with the Philistines 
<6430> before <0865> that time <8032>, which <0834> went <5927> 
up with them into the camp <4264> [from the country] round 
<5439> about, even they also <1571> [turned] to be with the 
Israelites <3478> that [were] with Saul <7586> and Jonathan 
<3129>.



 22 Likewise <1571> all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478> 
which had hid <2244> themselves in mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, 
[when] they heard <8085> that the Philistines <6430> fled <5127>,
 even they also <1571> followed <1692> hard <1692> after <0310> 
them in the battle <4421>.



 23 So the LORD <3068> saved <3467> Israel <3478> that day 
<3117>: and the battle <4421> passed <5674> over <5674> unto 
Bethaven <1007>.



 24. And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> were distressed <5065> 
that day <3117>: for Saul <7586> had adjured <0422> the people 
<5971>, saying <0559>, Cursed <0779> [be] the man <0376> that 
eateth <0398> [any] food <3899> until <5704> evening <6153>, 
that I may be avenged <5358> on mine enemies <0341>. So none 
<3808> of the people <5971> tasted <2938> [any <3605>] food 
<3899>.



 25 And all <3605> [they of] the land <0776> came <0935> to a 
wood <3293>; and there was honey <1706> upon the ground <7704>.



 26 And when the people <5971> were come <0935> into <0413> the 
wood <3293>, behold <2009>, the honey <1706> dropped <1982>; but 
no <0369> man put <5381> his hand <3027> to his mouth <6310>: 
for the people <5971> feared <3372> the oath <7621>.



 27 But Jonathan <3129> heard <8085> not when his father <1> 
charged <7650> the people <5971> with the oath <7650>: wherefore 
he put <7971> forth <7971> the end <7097> of the rod <4294> that 
[was] in his hand <3027>, and dipped <2881> it in an honeycomb, 
and put <7725> his hand <3027> to his mouth <6310>; and his eyes 
<5869> were enlightened <0215>.



 28 Then answered <6030> one of the people <5971>, and said 
<0559>, Thy father <1> straitly charged <7650> the people <5971> 
with an oath <7650>, saying <0559>, Cursed <0779> [be] the man 
<0376> that eateth <0398> [any] food <3899> this day <3117>. And 
the people <5971> were faint <5774>.



 29 Then said <0559> Jonathan <3129>, My father <1> hath 
troubled <5916> the land <0776>: see <7200>, I pray <4994> you, 
how <3588> mine eyes <5869> have been enlightened <0215>, 
because <3588> I tasted <2938> a little <4592> of this <2088> 
honey <1706>.



 30 How <0637> much <0637> more <0637>, if <3863> haply <3863> 
the people <5971> had eaten <0398> freely to day <3117> of the 
spoil <7998> of their enemies <0341> which <0834> they found 
<4672>? for had there not been now <6258> a much greater <7235> 
slaughter <4347> among the Philistines <6430>?



 31 And they smote <5221> the Philistines <6430> that day <3117> 
from Michmash <4363> to Aijalon <0357>: and the people <5971> 
were very <3966> faint <5774>.



 32 And the people <5971> flew <6213> upon the spoil <7998>, and 
took <3947> sheep <6629>, and oxen <1241>, and calves, and slew 
<7819> [them] on the ground <0776>: and the people <5971> did 
eat <0398> [them] with the blood <1818>.



 33 Then they told <5046> Saul <7586>, saying <0559>, Behold 
<2009>, the people <5971> sin <2398> against the LORD <3068>, in 
that they eat <0398> with the blood <1818>. And he said <0559>, 
Ye have transgressed <0898>: roll <1556> a great <1419> stone 
<68> unto me this day <3117>.



 34 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Disperse <6327> yourselves 
among the people <5971>, and say <0559> unto them, Bring <5066> 
me hither <5066> every man <0376> his ox <7794>, and every man 
<0376> his sheep <7716>, and slay <7819> [them] here <2088>, and 
eat <0398>; and sin <2398> not against the LORD <3068> in eating 
<0398> with the blood <1818>. And all <3605> the people <5971> 
brought <5066> every man <0376> his ox <7794> with him that 
night <3915>, and slew <7819> [them] there <8033>.



 35 And Saul <7586> built <1129> an altar <4196> unto the LORD 
<3068>: the same was the first <2490> altar <4196> that he built 
<1129> unto the LORD <3068>.



 36. And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Let us go <3381> down <3381> 
after <0310> the Philistines <6430> by night <3915>, and spoil 
<0962> them until <5704> the morning <1242> light <0216>, and 
let us not leave <7604> a man <0376> of them. And they said 
<0559>, Do <6213> whatsoever <3605> seemeth <5869> good <2896> 
unto thee. Then said <0559> the priest <3548>, Let us draw near 
<7126> hither <1988> unto God <0430>.



 37 And Saul <7586> asked <7592> counsel of God <0430>, Shall I 
go <3381> down <3381> after <0310> the Philistines <6430>? wilt 
thou deliver <5414> them into the hand <3027> of Israel <3478>? 
But he answered <6030> him not that day <3117>.



 38 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Draw ye near <5066> hither 
<1988>, all <3605> the chief <6438> of the people <5971>: and 
know <3045> and see <7200> wherein <4100> this <2088> sin <2403> 
hath been <1961> this <2088> day <3117>.



 39 For, [as] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, which saveth <3467> 
Israel <3478>, though it be in Jonathan <3129> my son <1121>, he 
shall surely <3588> die <4191>. But [there was] not a man among 
all <3605> the people <5971> [that] answered <6030> him.



 40 Then said <0559> he unto all <3605> Israel <3478>, Be ye on 
one <0259> side <5676>, and I and Jonathan <3129> my son <1121> 
will be on the other <0259> side <5676>. And the people <5971> 
said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, Do <6213> what seemeth <5869> good 
<2896> unto thee.



 41 Therefore Saul <7586> said <0559> unto the LORD <3068> God 
<0430> of Israel <3478>, Give <3051> a perfect <8549> [lot]. And 
Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3129> were taken <3920>: but the 
people <5971> escaped <3318>.



 42 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Cast <5307> [lots] between 
<0996> me and Jonathan <3129> my son <1121>. And Jonathan <3129> 
was taken <3920>.



 43 Then Saul <7586> said <0559> to Jonathan <3129>, Tell <5046> 
me what <4100> thou hast done <6213>. And Jonathan <3129> told 
<5046> him, and said <0559>, I did but taste <2938> a little 
<4592> honey <1706> with the end <7097> of the rod <4294> that 
[was] in mine hand <3027>, [and], lo <2114>, I must die <4191>.



 44 And Saul <7586> answered <0559>, God <0430> do <6213> so 
<3541> and more <3254> also <3541>: for thou shalt surely die 
<4191>, Jonathan <3129>.



 45 And the people <5971> said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, Shall 
Jonathan <3129> die <4191>, who <0834> hath wrought <6213> this 
<2088> great <1419> salvation <3444> in Israel <3478>? God 
forbid <2486>: [as] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, there shall 
not one hair <8185> of his head <7218> fall <5307> to the ground 
<0776>; for he hath wrought <6213> with God <0430> this <2088> 
day <3117>. So the people <5971> rescued <6299> Jonathan <3129>, 
that he died <4191> not.



 46 Then Saul <7586> went <5927> up from following <0310> the 
Philistines <6430>: and the Philistines <6430> went <1980> to 
their own place <4725>.



 47. So Saul <7586> took <3920> the kingdom <4410> over <5921> 
Israel <3478>, and fought <3898> against all <3605> his enemies 
<0341> on every <5437> side <5439>, against Moab <4124>, and 
against the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and against Edom 
<0123>, and against the kings <4428> of Zobah <6678>, and 
against the Philistines <6430>: and whithersoever he turned 
<6437> himself, he vexed <7561> [them].



 48 And he gathered <6213> an host <2428>, and smote <5221> the 
Amalekites <6003>, and delivered <5337> Israel <3478> out of the 
hands <3027> of them that spoiled <8154> them.



 49 Now the sons <1121> of Saul <7586> were Jonathan <3129>, and 
Ishui <3440>, and Melchishua <4444>: and the names <8034> of his 
two <8147> daughters <1121> [were these]; the name <8034> of the 
firstborn <1067> Merab <4764>, and the name <8034> of the 
younger <6996> Michal <4324>:



 50 And the name <8034> of Saul's <7586> wife <0802> [was] 
Ahinoam <0293>, the daughter <1323> of Ahimaaz <0290>: and the 
name <8034> of the captain <8269> of his host <6635> [was] Abner 
<74>, the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, Saul's <7586> uncle <1730>.



 51 And Kish <7027> [was] the father <1> of Saul <7586>; and Ner 
<5369> the father <1> of Abner <74> [was] the son <1121> of 
Abiel <22>.



 52 And there was sore <2389> war <4421> against <5921> the 
Philistines <6430> all <3605> the days <3117> of Saul <7586>: 
and when Saul <7586> saw <7200> any <3605> strong <1368> man 
<0376>, or any <3605> valiant <2428> man <1121>, he took <0622> 
him unto him.



1Samuel 15



 1. Samuel <8050> also said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, The LORD 
<3068> sent <7971> me to anoint <4886> thee [to be] king <4428> 
over <5921> his people <5971>, over Israel <3478>: now <6258> 
therefore hearken <8085> thou unto the voice <6963> of the words 
<1697> of the LORD <3068>.



 2 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, I 
remember <6485> [that] which <0834> Amalek <6002> did <6213> to 
Israel <3478>, how <0834> he laid <7760> [wait] for him in the 
way <1870>, when he came <5927> up from Egypt <4714>.



 3 Now <6258> go <3212> and smite <5221> Amalek <6002>, and 
utterly destroy <2763> all <3605> that they have, and spare 
<2550> them not; but slay <4191> both man <0376> and woman 
<0802>, infant <5768> and suckling <3243>, ox <7794> and sheep 
<7716>, camel <1581> and ass <2543>.



 4 And Saul <7586> gathered <8085> the people <5971> together, 
and numbered <6485> them in Telaim <2923>, two hundred <3967> 
thousand <0505> footmen <7273>, and ten <6235> thousand <0505> 
men <0376> of Judah <3063>.



 5 And Saul <7586> came <0935> to a city <5892> of Amalek <6002>,
 and laid wait <0693> in the valley <5158>.



 6 And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto the Kenites <7017>, Go 
<3212>, depart <5493>, get <3381> you down <3381> from among 
<8432> the Amalekites <6003>, lest <6435> I destroy <0622> you 
with them: for ye shewed <6213> kindness <2617> to all <3605> 
the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, when they came <5927> up 
out of Egypt <4714>. So the Kenites <7017> departed <5493> from 
among <8432> the Amalekites <6003>.



 7 And Saul <7586> smote <5221> the Amalekites <6003> from 
Havilah <2341> [until] thou comest <0935> to Shur <7793>, that 
[is] over against <6440> Egypt <4714>.



 8 And he took <8610> Agag <90> the king <4428> of the 
Amalekites <6003> alive <2416>, and utterly destroyed <2763> all 
<3605> the people <5971> with the edge <6310> of the sword 
<2719>.



 9 But Saul <7586> and the people <5971> spared <2550> Agag <90>,
 and the best <4315> of the sheep <6629>, and of the oxen <1241>,
 and of the fatlings <4932>, and the lambs <3733>, and all 
<3605> [that was] good <2896>, and would <14> not utterly 
destroy <2763> them: but every <3605> thing <4399> [that was] 
vile <5240> and refuse <4549>, that they destroyed <2763> 
utterly.



 10. Then came <1961> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto 
Samuel <8050>, saying <0559>,



 11 It repenteth <5162> me that I have set <4427> up Saul <7586> 
[to be] king <4428>: for he is turned <7725> back <7725> from 
following <0310> me, and hath not performed <6965> my 
commandments <1697>. And it grieved <2734> Samuel <8050>; and he 
cried <2199> unto the LORD <3068> all <3605> night <3915>.



 12 And when Samuel <8050> rose <7925> early <7925> to meet 
<7125> Saul <7586> in the morning <1242>, it was told <5046> 
Samuel <8050>, saying <0559>, Saul <7586> came <0935> to Carmel 
<3760>, and, behold <2009>, he set <5324> him up a place <3027>, 
and is gone <5437> about <5437>, and passed <5674> on, and gone 
<3381> down <3381> to Gilgal <1537>.



 13 And Samuel <8050> came <0935> to Saul <7586>: and Saul 
<7586> said <0559> unto him, Blessed <1288> [be] thou of the 
LORD <3068>: I have performed <6965> the commandment <1697> of 
the LORD <3068>.



 14 And Samuel <8050> said <0559>, What <4100> [meaneth] then 
this <2088> bleating <6963> of the sheep <6629> in mine ears 
<0241>, and the lowing <6963> of the oxen <1241> which <0834> I 
hear <8085>?



 15 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, They have brought <0935> them 
from the Amalekites <6003>: for the people <5971> spared <2550> 
the best <4315> of the sheep <6629> and of the oxen <1241>, to 
sacrifice <2076> unto the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>; and the 
rest <3498> we have utterly destroyed <2763>.



 16 Then Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, Stay <7503>,
 and I will tell <5046> thee what the LORD <3068> hath said 
<1696> to me this night <3915>. And he said <0559> unto him, Say 
<1696> on.



 17 And Samuel <8050> said <0559>, When <0518> thou [wast] 
little <6996> in thine own sight <5869>, [wast] thou not [made] 
the head <7218> of the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>, and the 
LORD <3068> anointed <4886> thee king <4428> over <5921> Israel 
<3478>?



 18 And the LORD <3068> sent <7971> thee on a journey <1870>, 
and said <0559>, Go <3212> and utterly destroy <2763> the 
sinners <2400> the Amalekites <6003>, and fight <3898> against 
them until <5704> they be consumed <3615>.



 19 Wherefore <4100> then didst thou not obey <8085> the voice 
<6963> of the LORD <3068>, but didst fly <5860> upon the spoil 
<7998>, and didst <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the 
LORD <3068>?



 20 And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto Samuel <8050>, Yea <0834>, 
I have obeyed <8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD <3068>, and 
have gone <3212> the way <1870> which <0834> the LORD <3068> 
sent <7971> me, and have brought <0935> Agag <90> the king 
<4428> of Amalek <6002>, and have utterly destroyed <2763> the 
Amalekites <6003>.



 21 But the people <5971> took <3947> of the spoil <7998>, sheep 
<6629> and oxen <1241>, the chief <7225> of the things which 
should have been utterly destroyed <2764>, to sacrifice <2076> 
unto the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> in Gilgal <1537>.



 22 And Samuel <8050> said <0559>, Hath the LORD <3068> [as 
great <1419>] delight <2656> in burnt <5930> offerings and 
sacrifices <2077>, as in obeying <8085> the voice <6963> of the 
LORD <3068>? Behold <2009>, to obey <8085> [is] better <2896> 
than sacrifice <2077>, [and] to hearken <7181> than the fat 
<2459> of rams <0352>.



 23 For rebellion <4805> [is as] the sin <2403> of witchcraft 
<7081>, and stubbornness <6484> [is as] iniquity <0205> and 
idolatry <8655>. Because <3282> thou hast rejected <3988> the 
word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, he hath also rejected <3988> 
thee from [being] king <4428>.



 24. And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto Samuel <8050>, I have 
sinned <2398>: for I have transgressed <5674> the commandment 
<6310> of the LORD <3068>, and thy words <1697>: because <3588> 
I feared <3372> the people <5971>, and obeyed <8085> their voice 
<6963>.



 25 Now <6258> therefore, I pray <4994> thee, pardon <5375> my 
sin <2403>, and turn <7725> again <7725> with me, that I may 
worship <7812> the LORD <3068>.



 26 And Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, I will not 
return <7725> with thee: for thou hast rejected <3988> the word 
<1697> of the LORD <3068>, and the LORD <3068> hath rejected 
<3988> thee from being king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>.



 27 And as Samuel <8050> turned <5437> about <5437> to go <3212> 
away, he laid hold <2388> upon the skirt <3671> of his mantle 
<4598>, and it rent <7167>.



 28 And Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto him, The LORD <3068> hath 
rent <7167> the kingdom <4468> of Israel <3478> from thee this 
day <3117>, and hath given <5414> it to a neighbour <7453> of 
thine, [that is] better <2896> than thou.



 29 And also <1571> the Strength <5331> of Israel <3478> will 
not lie <8266> nor <3808> repent <5162>: for he [is] not a man 
<0120>, that he should repent <5162>.



 30 Then he said <0559>, I have sinned <2398>: [yet] honour 
<3513> me now <6258>, I pray <4994> thee, before <5048> the 
elders <2205> of my people <5971>, and before <5048> Israel 
<3478>, and turn <7725> again <7725> with me, that I may worship 
<7812> the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>.



 31 So Samuel <8050> turned <7725> again <7725> after <0310> 
Saul <7586>; and Saul <7586> worshipped <7812> the LORD <3068>.



 32. Then said <0559> Samuel <8050>, Bring <5066> ye hither 
<5066> to me Agag <90> the king <4428> of the Amalekites <6003>. 
And Agag <90> came <1980> unto him delicately <4574>. And Agag 
<90> said <0559>, Surely <0403> the bitterness <4751> of death 
<4194> is past <5493>.



 33 And Samuel <8050> said <0559>, As thy sword <2719> hath made 
women <0802> childless <7921>, so <3651> shall thy mother <0517> 
be childless <7921> among women <0802>. And Samuel <8050> hewed 
<8158> Agag <90> in pieces before <6440> the LORD <3068> in 
Gilgal <1537>.



 34 Then Samuel <8050> went <3212> to Ramah <7414>; and Saul 
<7586> went <5927> up to his house <1004> to Gibeah <1390> of 
Saul <7586>.



 35 And Samuel <8050> came no <3808> more <3254> to see <7200> 
Saul <7586> until <5704> the day <3117> of his death <4194>: 
nevertheless <3588> Samuel <8050> mourned <56> for Saul <7586>: 
and the LORD <3068> repented <5162> that he had <1961> made Saul 
<7586> king <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478>.



1Samuel 16



 1. And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Samuel <8050>, How 
<5704> long <5704> wilt thou mourn <56> for Saul <7586>, seeing 
I have rejected <3988> him from reigning <4427> over <5921> 
Israel <3478>? fill <4390> thine horn <7161> with oil <8081>, 
and go <3212>, I will send <7971> thee to Jesse <3448> the 
Bethlehemite <1022>: for I have provided <7200> me a king <4428> 
among his sons <1121>.



 2 And Samuel <8050> said <0559>, How <0349> can I go <3212>? if 
Saul <7586> hear <8085> [it], he will kill <2026> me. And the 
LORD <3068> said <0559>, Take <3947> an heifer <5697> with thee, 
and say <0559>, I am come <0935> to sacrifice <2076> to the LORD 
<3068>.



 3 And call <7121> Jesse <3448> to the sacrifice <2077>, and I 
will shew <3045> thee what thou shalt do <6213>: and thou shalt 
anoint <4886> unto me [him] whom <0834> I name <0559> unto thee.



 4 And Samuel <8050> did <6213> that which <0834> the LORD 
<3068> spake <1696>, and came <0935> to Bethlehem <1035>. And 
the elders <2205> of the town <7023> trembled <2729> at his 
coming <7122>, and said <0559>, Comest <0935> thou peaceably 
<7965>?



 5 And he said <0559>, Peaceably <7965>: I am come <0935> to 
sacrifice <2076> unto the LORD <3068>: sanctify <6942> 
yourselves, and come <0935> with me to the sacrifice <2077>. And 
he sanctified <6942> Jesse <3448> and his sons <1121>, and 
called <7121> them to the sacrifice <2077>.



 6. And it came <1961> to pass, when they were come <0935>, that 
he looked <7200> on Eliab <0446>, and said <0559>, Surely <0389> 
the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899> [is] before <5048> him.



 7 But the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Samuel <8050>, Look 
<5027> not on <0413> his countenance <4758>, or on the height 
<1364> of his stature <6967>; because <3588> I have refused 
<3988> him: for [the LORD <3068> seeth <7200>] not as man <0120> 
seeth <7200>; for man <0120> looketh <7200> on the outward 
<5869> appearance <5869>, but the LORD <3068> looketh <7200> on 
the heart <3824>.



 8 Then Jesse <3448> called <7121> Abinadab <41>, and made him 
pass <5674> before <6440> Samuel <8050>. And he said <0559>, 
Neither hath the LORD <3068> chosen <0977> this <2088>.



 9 Then Jesse <3448> made Shammah <8048> to pass <5674> by. And 
he said <0559>, Neither hath the LORD <3068> chosen <0977> this 
<2088>.



 10 Again, Jesse <3448> made seven <7651> of his sons <1121> to 
pass <5674> before <6440> Samuel <8050>. And Samuel <8050> said 
<0559> unto Jesse <3448>, The LORD <3068> hath not chosen <0977> 
these <0428>.



 11 And Samuel <8050> said <0559> unto Jesse <3448>, Are here 
<8552> all <8552> [thy] children <5288>? And he said <0559>, 
There remaineth <7604> yet <5750> the youngest <6996>, and, 
behold <2009>, he keepeth <7462> the sheep <6629>. And Samuel 
<8050> said <0559> unto Jesse <3448>, Send <7971> and fetch 
<3947> him: for we will not sit <5437> down till <5704> he come 
<0935> hither <6311>.



 12 And he sent <7971>, and brought <0935> him in. Now he [was] 
ruddy <0132>, [and] withal <5973> of a beautiful <3303> 
countenance <5869>, and goodly <2896> to look <7210> to. And the 
LORD <3068> said <0559>, Arise <6965>, anoint <4886> him: for 
this <2088> [is] he.



 13 Then Samuel <8050> took <3947> the horn <7161> of oil <8081>,
 and anointed <4886> him in the midst <7130> of his brethren 
<0251>: and the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came <6743> 
upon David <1732> from that day <3117> forward <4605>. So Samuel 
<8050> rose <6965> up, and went <3212> to Ramah <7414>.



 14. But the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> departed <5493> 
from Saul <7586>, and an evil <7451> spirit <7307> from the LORD 
<3068> troubled <1204> him.



 15 And Saul's <7586> servants <5650> said <0559> unto him, 
Behold <2009> now <4994>, an evil <7451> spirit <7307> from God 
<0430> troubleth <1204> thee.



 16 Let our lord <0113> now <4994> command <0559> thy servants 
<5650>, [which are] before <6440> thee, to seek <1245> out a man 
<0376>, [who is] a cunning <3045> player <5059> on an harp 
<3658>: and it shall come <1961> to pass, when the evil <7451> 
spirit <7307> from God <0430> is upon thee, that he shall play 
<5059> with his hand <3027>, and thou shalt be well <2895>.



 17 And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto his servants <5650>, 
Provide <7200> me now <4994> a man <0376> that can play <5059> 
well <3190>, and bring <0935> [him] to me.



 18 Then answered <6030> one <0259> of the servants <5288>, and 
said <0559>, Behold <2009>, I have seen <7200> a son <1121> of 
Jesse <3448> the Bethlehemite <1022>, [that is] cunning <3045> 
in playing <5059>, and a mighty <1368> valiant <2428> man, and a 
man <0376> of war <4421>, and prudent <0995> in matters <1697>, 
and a comely <8389> person <0376>, and the LORD <3068> [is] with 
him.



 19 Wherefore Saul <7586> sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto 
Jesse <3448>, and said <0559>, Send <7971> me David <1732> thy 
son <1121>, which <0834> [is] with the sheep <6629>.



 20 And Jesse <3448> took <3947> an ass <2543> [laden] with 
bread <3899>, and a bottle <4997> of wine <3196>, and a kid, and 
sent <7971> [them] by David <1732> his son <1121> unto Saul 
<7586>.



 21 And David <1732> came <0935> to Saul <7586>, and stood 
<5975> before <6440> him: and he loved <0157> him greatly <3966>;
 and he became <1961> his armourbearer <3627>.



 22 And Saul <7586> sent <7971> to Jesse <3448>, saying <0559>, 
Let David <1732>, I pray <4994> thee, stand <5975> before <6440> 
me; for he hath found <4672> favour <2580> in my sight <5869>.



 23 And it came <1961> to pass, when the [evil <7451>] spirit 
<7307> from God <0430> was upon Saul <7586>, that David <1732> 
took <3947> an harp <3658>, and played <5059> with his hand 
<3027>: so Saul <7586> was refreshed <7304>, and was well <2895>,
 and the evil <7451> spirit <7307> departed <5493> from him.



1Samuel 17



 1. Now the Philistines <6430> gathered <0622> together their 
armies <4264> to battle <4421>, and were gathered <0622> 
together at Shochoh <7755>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Judah 
<3063>, and pitched <2583> between <0996> Shochoh <7755> and 
Azekah <5825>, in Ephesdammim <0658>.



 2 And Saul <7586> and the men <0376> of Israel <3478> were 
gathered <0622> together <3162>, and pitched <2583> by the 
valley <6010> of Elah <0425>, and set the battle <4421> in array 
<6186> against <7125> the Philistines <6430>.



 3 And the Philistines <6430> stood <5975> on <0413> a mountain 
<2022> on <0413> the one <2088> side, and Israel <3478> stood 
<5975> on <0413> a mountain <2022> on <0413> the other <2088> 
side: and [there was] a valley <1516> between <0996> them.



 4 And there went <3318> out a champion <1143> out of the camp 
<4264> of the Philistines <6430>, named <8034> Goliath <1555>, 
of Gath <1661>, whose height <1363> [was] six <8337> cubits 
<0520> and a span <2239>.



 5 And [he had] an helmet <3553> of brass <5178> upon his head 
<7218>, and he [was] armed <3847> with a coat <8302> of mail 
<7193>; and the weight <4948> of the coat <8302> [was] five 
<2568> thousand <0505> shekels <8255> of brass <5178>.



 6 And [he had] greaves <4697> of brass <5178> upon his legs 
<7272>, and a target <3591> of brass <5178> between <0996> his 
shoulders <3802>.



 7 And the staff <2671> of his spear <2595> [was] like a 
weaver's <0707> beam <4500>; and his spear's <2595> head <3852> 
[weighed] six <8337> hundred <3967> shekels <8255> of iron 
<1270>: and one bearing <5375> a shield <6793> went <1980> 
before <6440> him.



 8 And he stood <5975> and cried <7121> unto the armies <4634> 
of Israel <3478>, and said <0559> unto them, Why <4100> are ye 
come <3318> out to set [your] battle <4421> in array <6186>? 
[am] not I a Philistine <6430>, and ye servants <5650> to Saul 
<7586>? choose <1262> you a man <0376> for you, and let him come 
<3381> down <3381> to me.



 9 If <0518> he be able <3201> to fight <3898> with me, and to 
kill <5221> me, then will we be your servants <5650>: but if 
<0518> I prevail <3201> against him, and kill <5221> him, then 
shall ye be our servants <5650>, and serve <5647> us.



 10 And the Philistine <6430> said <0559>, I defy <2778> the 
armies <4634> of Israel <3478> this <2088> day <3117>; give 
<5414> me a man <0376>, that we may fight <3898> together <3162>.



 11 When Saul <7586> and all <3605> Israel <3478> heard <8085> 
those <0428> words <1697> of the Philistine <6430>, they were 
dismayed <2865>, and greatly <3966> afraid <3372>.



 12. Now David <1732> [was] the son <1121> of that Ephrathite 
<0673> of Bethlehemjudah <1035>, whose name <8034> [was] Jesse 
<3448>; and he had eight <8083> sons <1121>: and the man <0376> 
went <0935> among men <0582> [for] an old <2204> man in the days 
<3117> of Saul <7586>.



 13 And the three <7969> eldest <1419> sons <1121> of Jesse 
<3448> went <3212> [and] followed Saul <7586> to the battle 
<4421>: and the names <8034> of his three <7969> sons <1121> 
that went <1980> to the battle <4421> [were] Eliab <0446> the 
firstborn <1060>, and next <4932> unto him Abinadab <41>, and 
the third <7992> Shammah <8048>.



 14 And David <1732> [was] the youngest <6996>: and the three 
<7969> eldest <1419> followed Saul <7586>.



 15 But David <1732> went <1980> and returned <7725> from Saul 
<7586> to feed <7462> his father's <1> sheep <6629> at Bethlehem 
<1035>.



 16 And the Philistine <6430> drew near <5066> morning <7925> 
and evening <6150>, and presented <3320> himself forty <0705> 
days <3117>.



 17 And Jesse <3448> said <0559> unto David <1732> his son 
<1121>, Take <3947> now <4994> for thy brethren <0251> an ephah 
<0374> of this <2088> parched <7039> [corn], and these <2088> 
ten <6235> loaves <3899>, and run <7323> to the camp <4264> to 
thy brethren <0251>;



 18 And carry <0935> these <0428> ten <6235> cheeses unto the 
captain <8269> of [their] thousand <0505>, and look <6485> how 
thy brethren <0251> fare <7965>, and take <3947> their pledge 
<6161>.



 19 Now Saul <7586>, and they, and all <3605> the men <0376> of 
Israel <3478>, [were] in the valley <6010> of Elah <0425>, 
fighting <3898> with the Philistines <6430>.



 20 And David <1732> rose <7925> up early <7925> in the morning 
<1242>, and left <5203> the sheep <6629> with a keeper <8104>, 
and took <5375>, and went <3212>, as Jesse <3448> had commanded 
<6680> him; and he came <0935> to the trench <4570>, as the host 
<2428> was going <3318> forth <3318> to the fight <4634>, and 
shouted <7321> for the battle <4421>.



 21 For Israel <3478> and the Philistines <6430> had put the 
battle in array <6186>, army <4634> against <7125> army <2428>.



 22 And David <1732> left <5203> his carriage <3627> in the hand 
<3027> of the keeper <8104> of the carriage <3627>, and ran 
<7323> into the army <4634>, and came <0935> and saluted his 
brethren <0251>.



 23 And as he talked <1696> with them, behold <2009>, there came 
<5927> up the champion <1143>, the Philistine <6430> of Gath 
<1661>, Goliath <1555> by name <8034>, out of the armies <4630> 
of the Philistines <6430>, and spake <1696> according to the 
same <0428> words <1697>: and David <1732> heard <8085> [them].



 24 And all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478>, when they 
saw <7200> the man <0376>, fled <5127> from him, and were sore 
<3966> afraid <3372>.



 25 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> said <0559>, Have ye 
seen <7200> this <2088> man <0376> that is come <5927> up? 
surely <3588> to defy <2778> Israel <3478> is he come <5927> up: 
and it shall be, [that] the man <0376> who <0834> killeth <5221> 
him, the king <4428> will enrich <6238> him with great <1419> 
riches <6239>, and will give <5414> him his daughter <1323>, and 
make <6213> his father's <1> house <1004> free <2670> in Israel 
<3478>.



 26 And David <1732> spake <0559> to the men <0582> that stood 
<5975> by him, saying <0559>, What <4100> shall be done <6213> 
to the man <0376> that killeth <5221> this <1975> Philistine 
<6430>, and taketh <5493> away the reproach <2781> from Israel 
<3478>? for who <4310> [is] this <2088> uncircumcised <6189> 
Philistine <6430>, that he should defy <2778> the armies <4634> 
of the living <2416> God <0430>?



 27 And the people <5971> answered <0559> him after this <2088> 
manner <1697>, saying <0559>, So <3541> shall it be done <6213> 
to the man <0376> that killeth <5221> him.



 28 And Eliab <0446> his eldest <1419> brother <0251> heard 
<8085> when he spake <1696> unto the men <0582>; and Eliab's 
<0446> anger <0639> was kindled <2734> against David <1732>, and 
he said <0559>, Why <4100> camest <3381> thou down <3381> 
hither? and with whom <4310> hast thou left <5203> those <2007> 
few <4592> sheep <6629> in the wilderness <4057>? I know <3045> 
thy pride <2087>, and the naughtiness <7455> of thine heart 
<3824>; for thou art come <3381> down <3381> that thou mightest 
see <7200> the battle <4421>.



 29 And David <1732> said <0559>, What <4100> have I now <6258> 
done <6213>? [Is there] not a cause <1697>?



 30 And he turned <5437> from him toward another <0312>, and 
spake <0559> after the same <2088> manner <1697>: and the people 
<5971> answered <1697> him again <7725> after the former <7223> 
manner <1697>.



 31. And when the words <1697> were heard <8085> which <0834> 
David <1732> spake <1696>, they rehearsed <5046> [them] before 
<6440> Saul <7586>: and he sent <3947> for him.



 32 And David <1732> said <0559> to Saul <7586>, Let no <0408> 
man's <0120> heart <3820> fail <5307> because <5921> of him; thy 
servant <5650> will go <3212> and fight <3898> with this <2088> 
Philistine <6430>.



 33 And Saul <7586> said <0559> to David <1732>, Thou art not 
able <3201> to go <3212> against <0413> this <2088> Philistine 
<6430> to fight <3898> with him: for thou [art but] a youth 
<5288>, and he a man <0376> of war <4421> from his youth <5271>.



 34 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, Thy servant 
<5650> kept <7462> his father's <1> sheep <6629>, and there came 
<0935> a lion <0738>, and a bear <1677>, and took <5375> a lamb 
<7716> out of the flock <5739>:



 35 And I went <3318> out after <0310> him, and smote <5221> him,
 and delivered <5337> [it] out of his mouth <6310>: and when he 
arose <6965> against <5921> me, I caught <2388> [him] by his 
beard <2206>, and smote <5221> him, and slew <4191> him.



 36 Thy servant <5650> slew <5221> both <1571> the lion <0738> 
and the bear <1677>: and this <2088> uncircumcised <6189> 
Philistine <6430> shall be as one <0259> of them, seeing <3588> 
he hath defied <2778> the armies <4634> of the living <2416> God 
<0430>.



 37 David <1732> said <0559> moreover, The LORD <3068> that 
delivered <5337> me out of the paw <3027> of the lion <0738>, 
and out of the paw <3027> of the bear <1677>, he will deliver 
<5337> me out of the hand <3027> of this <2088> Philistine 
<6430>. And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto David <1732>, Go <3212>,
 and the LORD <3068> be with thee.



 38 And Saul <7586> armed <3847> David <1732> with his armour 
<4055>, and he put <5414> an helmet <6959> of brass <5178> upon 
his head <7218>; also he armed <3847> him with a coat <8302> of 
mail <7193>.



 39 And David <1732> girded <2296> his sword <2719> upon his 
armour <4055>, and he assayed <2974> to go <3212>; for he had 
not proved <5254> [it]. And David <1732> said <0559> unto Saul 
<7586>, I cannot <3808> go <3212> with these <0428>; for I have 
not proved <5254> [them]. And David <1732> put <5493> them off 
<5921> him.



 40. And he took <3947> his staff <4731> in his hand <3027>, and 
chose <0977> him five <2568> smooth <2512> stones <68> out of 
the brook <5158>, and put <7760> them in a shepherd's <7462> bag 
<3627> which <0834> he had, even in a scrip <3219>; and his 
sling <7050> [was] in his hand <3027>: and he drew near <5066> 
to the Philistine <6430>.



 41 And the Philistine <6430> came <3212> on and drew near 
<7126> unto David <1732>; and the man <0376> that bare <5375> 
the shield <6793> [went] before <6440> him.



 42 And when the Philistine <6430> looked <5027> about <5027>, 
and saw <7200> David <1732>, he disdained <0959> him: for he was 
[but] a youth <5288>, and ruddy <0132>, and of a fair <3303> 
countenance <4758>.



 43 And the Philistine <6430> said <0559> unto David <1732>, 
[Am] I a dog <3611>, that thou comest <0935> to me with staves 
<4731>? And the Philistine <6430> cursed <7043> David <1732> by 
his gods <0430>.



 44 And the Philistine <6430> said <0559> to David <1732>, Come 
<3212> to me, and I will give <5414> thy flesh <1320> unto the 
fowls <5775> of the air <8064>, and to the beasts <0929> of the 
field <7704>.



 45 Then said <0559> David <1732> to the Philistine <6430>, Thou 
comest <0935> to me with a sword <2719>, and with a spear <2595>,
 and with a shield <3591>: but I come <0935> to thee in the name 
<8034> of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the God <0430> of the 
armies <4634> of Israel <3478>, whom <0834> thou hast defied 
<2778>.



 46 This <2088> day <3117> will the LORD <3068> deliver <5462> 
thee into mine hand <3027>; and I will smite <5221> thee, and 
take <5493> thine head <7218> from thee; and I will give <5414> 
the carcases <6297> of the host <4264> of the Philistines <6430> 
this <2088> day <3117> unto the fowls <5775> of the air <8064>, 
and to the wild <2416> beasts <2416> of the earth <0776>; that 
all <3605> the earth <0776> may know <3045> that there is a God 
<0430> in Israel <3478>.



 47 And all <3605> this <2088> assembly <6951> shall know <3045> 
that the LORD <3068> saveth <3467> not with sword <2719> and 
spear <2595>: for the battle <4421> [is] the LORD'S <3068>, and 
he will give <5414> you into our hands <3027>.



 48. And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> the Philistine 
<6430> arose <6965>, and came <3212> and drew nigh <7126> to 
meet <7125> David <1732>, that David <1732> hasted, and ran 
<7323> toward the army <4634> to meet <7125> the Philistine 
<6430>.



 49 And David <1732> put <7971> his hand <3027> in his bag 
<3627>, and took <3947> thence <8033> a stone <68>, and slang 
<7049> [it], and smote <5221> the Philistine <6430> in his 
forehead <4696>, that the stone <68> sunk <2883> into his 
forehead <4696>; and he fell <5307> upon his face <6440> to the 
earth <0776>.



 50 So David <1732> prevailed <2388> over <4480> the Philistine 
<6430> with a sling <7050> and with a stone <68>, and smote 
<5221> the Philistine <6430>, and slew <4191> him; but [there 
was] no <0369> sword <2719> in the hand <3027> of David <1732>.



 51 Therefore David <1732> ran <7323>, and stood <5975> upon the 
Philistine <6430>, and took <3947> his sword <2719>, and drew 
<8025> it out of the sheath <8593> thereof, and slew <4191> him, 
and cut <3772> off his head <7218> therewith. And when the 
Philistines <6430> saw <7200> their champion <1368> was dead 
<4191>, they fled <5127>.



 52 And the men <0582> of Israel <3478> and of Judah <3063> 
arose <6965>, and shouted <7321>, and pursued <7291> the 
Philistines <6430>, until <5704> thou come <0935> to the valley 
<1516>, and to the gates <8179> of Ekron <6138>. And the wounded 
<2491> of the Philistines <6430> fell <5307> down by the way 
<1870> to Shaaraim <8189>, even unto Gath <1661>, and unto Ekron 
<6138>.



 53 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> returned <7725> 
from chasing <1814> after <0310> the Philistines <6430>, and 
they spoiled <8155> their tents <4264>.



 54 And David <1732> took <3947> the head <7218> of the 
Philistine <6430>, and brought <0935> it to Jerusalem <3389>; 
but he put <7760> his armour <3627> in his tent <0168>.



 55 And when Saul <7586> saw <7200> David <1732> go <3318> forth 
<3318> against <7125> the Philistine <6430>, he said <0559> unto 
Abner <74>, the captain <8269> of the host <6635>, Abner <74>, 
whose <4310> son <1121> [is] this <2088> youth <5288>? And Abner 
<74> said <0559>, [As] thy soul <5315> liveth <2416>, O king 
<4428>, I cannot <0518> tell <3045>.



 56 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Enquire <7592> thou whose 
<4310> son <1121> the stripling <5958> [is].



 57 And as David <1732> returned <7725> from the slaughter 
<5221> of the Philistine <6430>, Abner <74> took <3947> him, and 
brought <0935> him before <6440> Saul <7586> with the head 
<7218> of the Philistine <6430> in his hand <3027>.



 58 And Saul <7586> said <0559> to him, Whose <4310> son <1121> 
[art] thou, [thou] young <5288> man? And David <1732> answered 
<0559>, I [am] the son <1121> of thy servant <5650> Jesse <3448> 
the Bethlehemite <1022>.



1Samuel 18



 1. And it came <1961> to pass, when he had made an end <3615> 
of speaking <1696> unto Saul <7586>, that the soul <5315> of 
Jonathan <3083> was knit <7194> with the soul <5315> of David 
<1732>, and Jonathan <3083> loved <0157> him as his own soul 
<5315>.



 2 And Saul <7586> took <3947> him that day <3117>, and would 
let him go <7725> no <3808> more home <7725> to his father's <1> 
house <1004>.



 3 Then Jonathan <3083> and David <1732> made <3772> a covenant 
<1285>, because he loved <0160> him as his own soul <5315>.



 4 And Jonathan <3083> stripped <6584> himself of the robe 
<4598> that [was] upon him, and gave <5414> it to David <1732>, 
and his garments <4055>, even to his sword <2719>, and to his 
bow <7198>, and to his girdle <2290>.



 5 And David <1732> went <3318> out whithersoever Saul <7586> 
sent <7971> him, [and] behaved <7919> himself wisely <7919>: and 
Saul <7586> set <7760> him over <5921> the men <0582> of war 
<4421>, and he was accepted <3190> in the sight <5869> of all 
<3605> the people <5971>, and also <1571> in the sight <5869> of 
Saul's <7586> servants <5650>.



 6. And it came <1961> to pass as they came <0935>, when David 
<1732> was returned <7725> from the slaughter <5221> of the 
Philistine <6430>, that the women <0802> came <3318> out of all 
<3605> cities <5892> of Israel <3478>, singing <7891> and 
dancing <4246>, to meet <7125> king <4428> Saul <7586>, with 
tabrets <8596>, with joy <8057>, and with instruments <7991> of 
musick.



 7 And the women <0802> answered <6030> [one another] as they 
played <7832>, and said <0559>, Saul <7586> hath slain <5221> 
his thousands <0505>, and David <1732> his ten <7233> thousands 
<0505>.



 8 And Saul <7586> was very <3966> wroth <2734>, and the saying 
<1697> displeased him; and he said <0559>, They have ascribed 
<5414> unto David <1732> ten <7233> thousands <7233>, and to me 
they have ascribed <5414> [but] thousands <0505>: and [what] can 
he have more <5750> but the kingdom <4410>?



 9 And Saul <7586> eyed <5770> David <1732> from that day <3117> 
and forward <1973>.



 10 And it came <1961> to pass on the morrow <4283>, that the 
evil <7451> spirit <7307> from God <0430> came <6473> upon Saul 
<7586>, and he prophesied <5012> in the midst <8432> of the 
house <1004>: and David <1732> played <5059> with his hand 
<3027>, as at other times <3117>: and [there was] a javelin 
<2595> in Saul's <7586> hand <3027>.



 11 And Saul <7586> cast <2904> the javelin <2595>; for he said 
<0559>, I will smite <5221> David <1732> even to the wall <7023> 
[with it]. And David <1732> avoided <5437> out of his presence 
<6440> twice <6471>.



 12. And Saul <7586> was afraid <3372> of David <1732>, because 
<3588> the LORD <3068> was with him, and was departed <5493> 
from Saul <7586>.



 13 Therefore Saul <7586> removed <5493> him from him, and made 
<7760> him his captain <8269> over a thousand <0505>; and he 
went <3318> out and came <0935> in before <6440> the people 
<5971>.



 14 And David <1732> behaved <7919> himself wisely <7919> in all 
<3605> his ways <1870>; and the LORD <3068> [was] with him.



 15 Wherefore when Saul <7586> saw <7200> that he behaved <7919> 
himself very <3966> wisely <7919>, he was afraid <1481> of him.



 16 But all <3605> Israel <3478> and Judah <3063> loved <0157> 
David <1732>, because <3588> he went <3318> out and came <0935> 
in before <6440> them.



 17 And Saul <7586> said <0559> to David <1732>, Behold <2009> 
my elder <1419> daughter <1323> Merab <4764>, her will I give 
<5414> thee to wife <0802>: only <0389> be thou valiant for me, 
and fight <3898> the LORD'S <3068> battles <4421>. For Saul 
<7586> said <0559>, Let not mine hand <3027> be upon him, but 
let the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430> be upon him.



 18 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, Who <4310> 
[am] I? and what <4310> [is] my life <2416>, [or] my father's 
<1> family <4940> in Israel <3478>, that I should be son <2860> 
in law <2859> to the king <4428>?



 19 But it came <1961> to pass at the time <6256> when Merab 
<4764> Saul's <7586> daughter <1323> should have been given 
<5414> to David <1732>, that she was given <5414> unto Adriel 
<5741> the Meholathite <4259> to wife <0802>.



 20 And Michal <4324> Saul's <7586> daughter <1323> loved <0157> 
David <1732>: and they told <5046> Saul <7586>, and the thing 
<1697> pleased him.



 21 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, I will give <5414> him her, 
that she may be a snare <4170> to him, and that the hand <3027> 
of the Philistines <6430> may be against him. Wherefore Saul 
<7586> said <0559> to David <1732>, Thou shalt this day <3117> 
be my son <2859> in law <2860> in [the one of] the twain <8147>.



 22 And Saul <7586> commanded <6680> his servants <5650>, 
[saying], Commune <1696> with David <1732> secretly <3909>, and 
say <0559>, Behold <2009>, the king <4428> hath delight <2654> 
in thee, and all <3605> his servants <5650> love <0157> thee: 
now <6258> therefore be the king's <4428> son <2859> in law 
<2860>.



 23 And Saul's <7586> servants <5650> spake <1696> those <0428> 
words <1697> in the ears <0241> of David <1732>. And David 
<1732> said <0559>, Seemeth <5869> it to you [a] light <7043> 
[thing] to be a king's <4428> son <2859> in law <2860>, seeing 
that I [am] a poor <7326> man <0376>, and lightly <7034> 
esteemed <7043>?



 24 And the servants <5650> of Saul <7586> told <5046> him, 
saying <0559>, On this <0428> manner <1697> spake <1696> David 
<1732>.



 25 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Thus <3541> shall ye say <0559> 
to David <1732>, The king <4428> desireth <2656> not any dowry 
<4119>, but an hundred <3967> foreskins <6190> of the 
Philistines <6430>, to be avenged <5358> of the king's <4428> 
enemies <0341>. But Saul <7586> thought <2803> to make David 
<1732> fall <5307> by the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>.



 26 And when his servants <5650> told <5046> David <1732> these 
<0428> words <1697>, it pleased David <1732> well to be the 
king's <4428> son <2859> in law <2860>: and the days <3117> were 
not expired <4390>.



 27 Wherefore David <1732> arose <6965> and went <3212>, he and 
his men <0582>, and slew <5221> of the Philistines <6430> two 
hundred <3967> men <0376>; and David <1732> brought <0935> their 
foreskins <6190>, and they gave them in full <4390> tale to the 
king <4428>, that he might be the king's <4428> son <2859> in 
law <2860>. And Saul <7586> gave <5414> him Michal <4324> his 
daughter <1323> to wife <0802>.



 28 And Saul <7586> saw <7200> and knew <3045> that the LORD 
<3068> [was] with David <1732>, and [that] Michal <4324> Saul's 
<7586> daughter <1323> loved <0157> him.



 29 And Saul <7586> was yet the more <3254> afraid <3372> of 
David <1732>; and Saul <7586> became <1961> David's <1732> enemy 
<0341> continually.



 30 Then the princes <8269> of the Philistines <6430> went 
<3318> forth <3318>: and it came <1961> to pass, after <0167> 
they went <3318> forth <3318>, [that] David <1732> behaved 
<7919> himself more wisely <7919> than all <3605> the servants 
<5650> of Saul <7586>; so that his name <8034> was much <3966> 
set <3335> by.



1Samuel 19



 1. And Saul <7586> spake <1696> to Jonathan <3129> his son 
<1121>, and to all <3605> his servants <5650>, that they should 
kill <4191> David <1732>.



 2 But Jonathan <3083> Saul's <7586> son <1121> delighted <2654> 
much <3966> in David <1732>: and Jonathan <3083> told <5046> 
David <1732>, saying <0559>, Saul <7586> my father <1> seeketh 
<1245> to kill <4191> thee: now <6258> therefore, I pray <4994> 
thee, take heed <8104> to thyself until <5704> the morning 
<1242>, and abide <3427> in a secret <5643> [place], and hide 
<2244> thyself:



 3 And I will go <3318> out and stand <5975> beside <3027> my 
father <1> in the field <7704> where <0834> thou [art], and I 
will commune <1696> with my father <1> of thee; and what <4100> 
I see <7200>, that I will tell <5046> thee.



 4 And Jonathan <3083> spake <1696> good <2896> of David <1732> 
unto Saul <7586> his father <1>, and said <0559> unto him, Let 
not the king <4428> sin <2398> against his servant <5650>, 
against David <1732>; because <3588> he hath not sinned <2398> 
against thee, and because <3588> his works <4639> [have <1961> 
been] to thee-ward very <3966> good <2896>:



 5 For he did put <7760> his life <5315> in his hand <3709>, and 
slew <5221> the Philistine <6430>, and the LORD <3068> wrought 
<6213> a great <1419> salvation <8668> for all <3605> Israel 
<3478>: thou sawest <7200> [it], and didst rejoice <8055>: 
wherefore <4100> then wilt thou sin <2398> against innocent 
<5355> blood <1818>, to slay <4191> David <1732> without <2600> 
a cause <2600>?



 6 And Saul <7586> hearkened <8085> unto the voice <6963> of 
Jonathan <3083>: and Saul <7586> sware <7650>, [As] the LORD 
<3068> liveth <2416>, he shall not be slain <4191>.



 7 And Jonathan <3083> called <7121> David <1732>, and Jonathan 
<3083> shewed <5046> him all <3605> those <0428> things <1697>. 
And Jonathan <3083> brought <0935> David <1732> to Saul <7586>, 
and he was in his presence <6440>, as in times past <8032>.



 8. And there was war <4421> again <3254>: and David <1732> went 
<3318> out, and fought <3898> with the Philistines <6430>, and 
slew <5221> them with a great <1419> slaughter <4347>; and they 
fled <5127> from him.



 9 And the evil <7451> spirit <7307> from the LORD <3068> was 
upon Saul <7586>, as he sat <3427> in his house <1004> with his 
javelin <2595> in his hand <3027>: and David <1732> played 
<5059> with [his] hand <3027>.



 10 And Saul <7586> sought <1245> to smite <5221> David <1732> 
even to the wall <7023> with the javelin <2595>; but he slipped 
<6362> away out of Saul's <7586> presence <6440>, and he smote 
<5221> the javelin <2595> into the wall <7023>: and David <1732> 
fled <5127>, and escaped <4422> that night <3915>.



 11. Saul <7586> also sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto David's 
<1732> house <1004>, to watch <8104> him, and to slay <4191> him 
in the morning <1242>: and Michal <4324> David's <1732> wife 
<0802> told <5046> him, saying <0559>, If <0518> thou save 
<4422> not thy life to night <3915>, to morrow <4279> thou shalt 
be slain <4191>.



 12 So Michal <4324> let <3381> David <1732> down <3381> through 
<1157> a window <2474>: and he went <3212>, and fled <1272>, and 
escaped <4422>.



 13 And Michal <4324> took <3947> an image <8655>, and laid 
<7760> [it] in the bed <4296>, and put <7760> a pillow <3523> of 
goats <5795>' [hair] for his bolster <4763>, and covered <3680> 
[it] with a cloth <0899>.



 14 And when Saul <7586> sent <7971> messengers <4397> to take 
<3947> David <1732>, she said <0559>, He [is] sick <2470>.



 15 And Saul <7586> sent <7971> the messengers <4397> [again] to 
see <7200> David <1732>, saying <0559>, Bring <5927> him up to 
me in the bed <4296>, that I may slay <4191> him.



 16 And when the messengers <4397> were come <0935> in, behold 
<2009>, [there was] an image <8655> in the bed <4296>, with a 
pillow <3523> of goats <5795>' [hair] for his bolster <4763>.



 17 And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto Michal <4324>, Why <4100> 
hast thou deceived <7411> me so <3602>, and sent <7971> away 
mine enemy <0341>, that he is escaped <4422>? And Michal <4324> 
answered <0559> Saul <7586>, He said <0559> unto me, Let me go 
<7971>; why <4100> should I kill <4191> thee?



 18. So David <1732> fled <1272>, and escaped <4422>, and came 
<0935> to Samuel <8050> to Ramah <7414>, and told <5046> him all 
<3605> that Saul <7586> had done <6213> to him. And he and 
Samuel <8050> went <3212> and dwelt <3427> in Naioth <5121>.



 19 And it was told <5046> Saul <7586>, saying <0559>, Behold 
<2009>, David <1732> [is] at Naioth <5121> in Ramah <7414>.



 20 And Saul <7586> sent <7971> messengers <4397> to take <3947> 
David <1732>: and when they saw <7200> the company <3862> of the 
prophets <5030> prophesying <5012>, and Samuel <8050> standing 
<5975> [as] appointed <5324> over <5921> them, the Spirit <7307> 
of God <0430> was upon the messengers <4397> of Saul <7586>, and 
they also <1571> prophesied <5012>.



 21 And when it was told <5046> Saul <7586>, he sent <7971> 
other <0312> messengers <4397>, and they prophesied <5012> 
likewise <1571>. And Saul <7586> sent <7971> messengers <4397> 
again <3254> the third <7992> time, and they prophesied <5012> 
also <1571>.



 22 Then went <3212> he also <1571> to Ramah <7414>, and came 
<0935> to a great <1419> well <0953> that [is] in Sechu <7906>: 
and he asked <7592> and said <0559>, Where <0375> [are] Samuel 
<8050> and David <1732>? And [one] said <0559>, Behold <2009>, 
[they be] at Naioth <5121> in Ramah <7414>.



 23 And he went <3212> thither <8033> to Naioth <5121> in Ramah 
<7414>: and the Spirit <7307> of God <0430> was upon him also 
<1571>, and he went <3212> on, and prophesied <5012>, until 
<5704> he came <0935> to Naioth <5121> in Ramah <7414>.



 24 And he stripped off his clothes <0899> also <1571>, and 
prophesied <5012> before <6440> Samuel <8050> in like <1571> 
manner <1571>, and lay <5307> down naked <6174> all <3605> that 
day <3117> and all <3605> that night <3915>. Wherefore they say 
<0559>, [Is] Saul <7586> also <1571> among the prophets <5030>?



1Samuel 20



 1. And David <1732> fled <1272> from Naioth <5121> in Ramah 
<7414>, and came <0935> and said <0559> before <6440> Jonathan 
<3083>, What <4100> have I done <6213>? what <4100> [is] mine 
iniquity <5771>? and what <4100> [is] my sin <2403> before 
<6440> thy father <1>, that he seeketh <1245> my life <5315>?



 2 And he said <0559> unto him, God forbid <2486>; thou shalt 
not die <4191>: behold <2009>, my father <1> will do <6213> 
nothing either great <1419> or <0176> small <6996>, but that he 
will shew <1540> it me: and why <4060> should my father <1> hide 
<5641> this <2088> thing <1697> from me? it [is] not [so].



 3 And David <1732> sware <7650> moreover <5750>, and said 
<0559>, Thy father <1> certainly knoweth <3045> that I have 
<1961> found <4672> grace <2580> in thine eyes <5869>; and he 
saith <0559>, Let not Jonathan <3083> know <3045> this <2063>, 
lest <6435> he be grieved <6087>: but truly <0199> [as] the LORD 
<3068> liveth <2416>, and [as] thy soul <5315> liveth <2416>, 
[there is] but a step <6587> between <0996> me and death <4194>.



 4 Then said <0559> Jonathan <3083> unto David <1732>, 
Whatsoever <4100> thy soul <5315> desireth <0559>, I will even 
do <6213> [it] for thee.



 5 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Jonathan <3083>, Behold 
<2009>, to morrow <4279> [is] the new <2320> moon <2320>, and I 
should not fail to sit <3427> with the king <4428> at meat 
<0398>: but let me go <7971>, that I may hide <5641> myself in 
the field <7704> unto the third <7992> [day] at even <6153>.



 6 If <0518> thy father <1> at all miss <6485> me, then say 
<0559>, David <1732> earnestly asked <7592> [leave] of me that 
he might run <7323> to Bethlehem <1035> his city <5892>: for 
[there is] a yearly <3117> sacrifice <2077> there <8033> for all 
<3605> the family <4940>.



 7 If <0518> he say <0559> thus <3541>, [It is] well <2896>; thy 
servant <5650> shall have peace <7965>: but if <0518> he be very 
wroth <2734>, [then] be sure <3045> that evil <7451> is 
determined <3615> by him.



 8 Therefore thou shalt deal <6213> kindly <2617> with thy 
servant <5650>; for thou hast brought <0935> thy servant <5650> 
into a covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> with thee: 
notwithstanding, if <0518> there be in me iniquity <5771>, slay 
<4191> me thyself <0859>; for why <4100> shouldest thou bring 
<0935> me to thy father <1>?



 9. And Jonathan <3083> said <0559>, Far <2486> be it from thee: 
for if <0518> I knew <3045> certainly that evil <7451> were 
determined <3615> by my father <1> to come <0935> upon thee, 
then would not I tell <5046> it thee?



 10 Then said <0559> David <1732> to Jonathan <3083>, Who <4310> 
shall tell <5046> me? or <0176> what <4100> [if <0176>] thy 
father <1> answer <6030> thee roughly <7186>?



 11 And Jonathan <3083> said <0559> unto David <1732>, Come 
<3212>, and let us go <3318> out into the field <7704>. And they 
went <3318> out both <8174> of them into the field <7704>.



 12 And Jonathan <3083> said <0559> unto David <1732>, O LORD 
<3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, when <3588> I have sounded 
<2713> my father <1> about to morrow <4279> any time <6256>, 
[or] the third <7992> [day], and, behold <2009>, [if there be] 
good <2896> toward <0413> David <1732>, and I then <0227> send 
<7971> not unto thee, and shew <1540> it thee;



 13 The LORD <3068> do <6213> so <3541> and much <3254> more 
<3254> to Jonathan <3083>: but if <3588> it please <3190> my 
father <1> [to do] thee evil <7451>, then I will shew <1540> it 
thee, and send <7971> thee away, that thou mayest go <1980> in 
peace <7965>: and the LORD <3068> be with thee, as he hath been 
<1961> with my father <1>.



 14 And thou shalt not only while <0518> yet <5750> I live 
<2416> shew <6213> me the kindness <2617> of the LORD <3068>, 
that I die <4191> not:



 15 But [also] thou shalt not cut <3772> off thy kindness <2617> 
from my house <1004> for ever <5769>: no, not when the LORD 
<3068> hath cut <3772> off the enemies <0341> of David <1732> 
every <0376> one <0376> from the face <6440> of the earth <0127>.



 16 So Jonathan <3083> made <3772> [a covenant] with the house 
<1004> of David <1732>, [saying], Let the LORD <3068> even 
require <1245> [it] at the hand <3027> of David's <1732> enemies 
<0341>.



 17 And Jonathan <3083> caused David <1732> to swear <7650> 
again <3254>, because he loved <0160> him: for he loved <0157> 
him as he loved <0160> his own soul <5315>.



 18 Then Jonathan <3083> said <0559> to David <1732>, To morrow 
<4279> [is] the new <2320> moon <2320>: and thou shalt be missed 
<6485>, because <3588> thy seat <4186> will be empty <6485>.



 19 And [when] thou hast stayed three <8027> days, [then] thou 
shalt go <3381> down <3381> quickly <3966>, and come <0935> to 
the place <4725> where thou didst hide <5641> thyself when the 
business <4639> was [in hand], and shalt remain <3427> by the 
stone <68> Ezel <0237>.



 20 And I will shoot <3384> three <7969> arrows <2671> on the 
side <6654> [thereof], as though I shot <7971> at a mark <4307>.



 21 And, behold <2009>, I will send <7971> a lad <5288>, 
[saying], Go <3212>, find <4672> out the arrows <2671>. If 
<0518> I expressly <0559> say <0559> unto the lad <5288>, Behold 
<2009>, the arrows <2671> [are] on this <2007> side of thee, 
take <3947> them; then come <0935> thou: for [there is] peace 
<7965> to thee, and no <0369> hurt <1697>; [as] the LORD <3068> 
liveth <2416>.



 22 But if <0518> I say <0559> thus <3541> unto the young <5958> 
man <5958>, Behold <2009>, the arrows <2671> [are] beyond <4973> 
thee; go <3212> thy way <3212>: for the LORD <3068> hath sent 
<7971> thee away.



 23 And [as touching] the matter <1697> which <0834> thou and I 
have spoken <1696> of, behold <2009>, the LORD <3068> [be] 
between <0996> thee and me for ever <5769>.



 24. So David <1732> hid <5641> himself in the field <7704>: and 
when the new <2320> moon <2320> was come <1961>, the king <4428> 
sat <3427> him down to eat <0398> meat <3899>.



 25 And the king <4428> sat <3427> upon his seat <4186>, as at 
other times <6471>, [even] upon a seat <4186> by the wall <7023>:
 and Jonathan <3083> arose <6965>, and Abner <74> sat <3427> by 
Saul's <7586> side <6654>, and David's <1732> place <4725> was 
empty <6485>.



 26 Nevertheless Saul <7586> spake <1696> not any <3972> thing 
that day <3117>: for he thought <0559>, Something <4745> hath 
befallen <4745> him, he [is] not clean <2889>; surely <3588> he 
[is] not clean <2889>.



 27 And it came <1961> to pass on the morrow <4283>, [which was] 
the second <8145> [day] of the month <2320>, that David's <1732> 
place <4725> was empty <6485>: and Saul <7586> said <0559> unto 
Jonathan <3083> his son <1121>, Wherefore <4069> cometh <0935> 
not the son <1121> of Jesse <3448> to meat <3899>, neither 
<1571> yesterday <8543>, nor <1571> to day <3117>?



 28 And Jonathan <3083> answered <6030> Saul <7586>, David 
<1732> earnestly asked <7592> [leave] of me [to go] to Bethlehem 
<1035>:



 29 And he said <0559>, Let me go <7971>, I pray <4994> thee; 
for our family <4940> hath a sacrifice <2077> in the city <5892>;
 and my brother <0251>, he hath commanded <6680> me [to be 
there]: and now <6258>, if <0518> I have found <4672> favour 
<2580> in thine eyes <5869>, let me get <4422> away <4422>, I 
pray <4994> thee, and see <7200> my brethren <0251>. Therefore 
he cometh <0935> not unto the king's <4428> table <7979>.



 30 Then Saul's <7586> anger <0639> was kindled <2734> against 
Jonathan <3083>, and he said <0559> unto him, Thou son <1121> of 
the perverse <5753> rebellious <4780> [woman], do not I know 
<3045> that thou hast chosen <0977> the son <1121> of Jesse 
<3448> to thine own confusion <1322>, and unto the confusion 
<1322> of thy mother's <0517> nakedness <6172>?



 31 For as long <3117> as the son <1121> of Jesse <3448> liveth 
<2425> upon the ground <0127>, thou shalt not be established 
<3559>, nor thy kingdom <4438>. Wherefore now <6258> send <7971> 
and fetch <3947> him unto me, for he shall surely die <4191>.



 32 And Jonathan <3083> answered <6030> Saul <7586> his father 
<1>, and said <0559> unto him, Wherefore <4100> shall he be 
slain <4191>? what <4100> hath he done <6213>?



 33 And Saul <7586> cast <2904> a javelin <2595> at <5921> him 
to smite <5221> him: whereby Jonathan <3083> knew <3045> that it 
was determined <3615> of his father <1> to slay <4191> David 
<1732>.



 34 So Jonathan <3083> arose <6965> from the table <7979> in 
fierce <2750> anger <0639>, and did eat <0398> no <3808> meat 
<3899> the second <8145> day <3117> of the month <2320>: for he 
was grieved <6087> for David <1732>, because <3588> his father 
<1> had done him shame <3637>.



 35. And it came <1961> to pass in the morning <1242>, that 
Jonathan <3083> went <3318> out into the field <7704> at the 
time appointed <4150> with David <1732>, and a little <6996> lad 
<5288> with him.



 36 And he said <0559> unto his lad <5288>, Run <7323>, find 
<4672> out now <4994> the arrows <2671> which <0834> I shoot 
<3384>. [And] as the lad <5288> ran <7323>, he shot <3384> an 
arrow <2678> beyond <5674> him.



 37 And when the lad <5288> was come <0935> to the place <4725> 
of the arrow <2678> which <0834> Jonathan <3083> had shot <3384>,
 Jonathan <3083> cried <7121> after <0311> the lad <5288>, and 
said <0559>, [Is] not the arrow <2678> beyond <1973> thee?



 38 And Jonathan <3083> cried <7121> after <0311> the lad <5288>,
 Make speed <4120>, haste <2363>, stay <5975> not. And 
Jonathan's <3129> lad <5288> gathered <3950> up the arrows 
<2678>, and came <0935> to his master <0113>.



 39 But the lad <5288> knew <3045> not any <3972> thing: only 
<0389> Jonathan <3083> and David <1732> knew <3045> the matter 
<1697>.



 40 And Jonathan <3083> gave <5414> his artillery <3627> unto 
his lad <5288>, and said <0559> unto him, Go <3212>, carry 
<0935> [them] to the city <5892>.



 41 [And] as soon as the lad <5288> was gone <0935>, David 
<1732> arose <6965> out of [a place] toward <0681> the south 
<5045>, and fell <5307> on his face <0639> to the ground <0776>, 
and bowed <7812> himself three <7969> times <6471>: and they 
kissed <5401> one <0376> another <7453>, and wept <1058> one 
<0376> with another <7453>, until <5704> David <1732> exceeded 
<1431>.



 42 And Jonathan <3083> said <0559> to David <1732>, Go <3212> 
in peace <7965>, forasmuch as we have sworn <7650> both <8174> 
of us in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, The 
LORD <3068> be between <0996> me and thee, and between <0996> my 
seed <2233> and thy seed <2233> for ever <5769>. And he arose 
<6965> and departed <3212>: and Jonathan <3083> went <0935> into 
the city <5892>.



1Samuel 21



 1. Then came <0935> David <1732> to Nob <5011> to Ahimelech 
<0288> the priest <3548>: and Ahimelech <0288> was afraid <2729> 
at the meeting <7125> of David <1732>, and said <0559> unto him, 
Why <4069> [art] thou alone <0905>, and no <0369> man <0376> 
with thee?



 2 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Ahimelech <0288> the priest 
<3548>, The king <4428> hath commanded <6680> me a business 
<1697>, and hath said <0559> unto me, Let no <0408> man <0376> 
know <3045> any <3972> thing <1697> of the business <1697> 
whereabout <0834> I send <7971> thee, and what <0834> I have 
commanded <6680> thee: and I have appointed <3045> [my] servants 
<5288> to such <6423> and such <0492> a place <4725>.



 3 Now therefore what <4100> is under <8478> thine hand <3027>? 
give <5414> [me] five <2568> [loaves of] bread <3899> in mine 
hand <3027>, or <0176> what there is present <4672>.



 4 And the priest <3548> answered <6030> David <1732>, and said 
<0559>, [There is] no <0369> common <2455> bread <3899> under 
<8478> mine hand <3027>, but there is hallowed <6944> bread 
<3899>; if <0518> the young <5288> men have kept <8104> 
themselves at <0389> least <0389> from women <0802>.



 5 And David <1732> answered <6030> the priest <3548>, and said 
<0559> unto him, Of a truth women <0802> [have been] kept <6113> 
from us about these three <8032> days <8543>, since I came 
<3318> out, and the vessels <3627> of the young <5288> men are 
holy <6944>, and [the bread is] in a manner <1870> common <2455>,
 yea <0637>, though <3588> it were sanctified <6942> this day 
<3117> in the vessel <3627>.



 6 So the priest <3548> gave <5414> him hallowed <6944> [bread]: 
for there was no <3808> bread <3899> there <8033> but the 
shewbread, that was taken <5493> from before <6440> the LORD 
<3068>, to put <7760> hot <2527> bread <3899> in the day <3117> 
when it was taken <3947> away.



 7 Now a certain man <0376> of the servants <5650> of Saul 
<7586> [was] there that day <3117>, detained <6113> before 
<6440> the LORD <3068>; and his name <8034> [was] Doeg <1673>, 
an Edomite <0130>, the chiefest <47> of the herdmen <7462> that 
[belonged] to Saul <7586>.



 8 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Ahimelech <0288>, And is 
there not here <6311> under <8478> thine hand <3027> spear 
<2595> or <0176> sword <2719>? for I have neither brought <3947> 
my sword <2719> nor <1571> my weapons <3627> with me, because 
<3588> the king's <4428> business <1697> required <1961> haste 
<5169>.



 9 And the priest <3548> said <0559>, The sword <2719> of 
Goliath <1555> the Philistine <6430>, whom <0834> thou slewest 
<5221> in the valley <6010> of Elah <0425>, behold <2009>, it 
[is here] wrapped <3874> in a cloth <8071> behind <0310> the 
ephod <0646>: if <0518> thou wilt take <3947> that, take <3947> 
[it]: for [there is] no <0369> other <0312> save <2108> that 
here <2088>. And David <1732> said <0559>, [There is] none 
<0369> like that; give <5414> it me.



 10. And David <1732> arose <6965>, and fled <1272> that day 
<3117> for fear <6440> of Saul <7586>, and went <0935> to Achish 
<0397> the king <4428> of Gath <1661>.



 11 And the servants <5650> of Achish <0397> said <0559> unto 
him, [Is] not this <2088> David <1732> the king <4428> of the 
land <0776>? did they not sing <6030> one to another of him in 
dances <4246>, saying <0559>, Saul <7586> hath slain <5221> his 
thousands <0505>, and David <1732> his ten <7233> thousands 
<7233>?



 12 And David <1732> laid <7760> up these <0428> words <1697> in 
his heart <3824>, and was sore <3966> afraid <3372> of Achish 
<0397> the king <4428> of Gath <1661>.



 13 And he changed <8138> his behaviour <2940> before <5869> 
them, and feigned himself mad <1984> in their hands <3027>, and 
scrabbled <8427> on <5921> the doors <1817> of the gate <8179>, 
and let his spittle <7388> fall <3381> down <3381> upon his 
beard <2206>.



 14 Then said <0559> Achish <0397> unto his servants <5650>, Lo 
<2009>, ye see <7200> the man <0376> is mad <7696>: wherefore 
<4100> [then] have ye brought <0935> him to me?



 15 Have I need <2638> of mad <7696> men, that ye have brought 
<0935> this <2088> [fellow] to play the mad <7696> man in my 
presence <5921>? shall this <2088> [fellow] come <0935> into 
<0413> my house <1004>?



1Samuel 22



 1. David <1732> therefore departed <3212> thence <8033>, and 
escaped <4422> to the cave <4631> Adullam <5725>: and when his 
brethren <0251> and all <3605> his father's <1> house <1004> 
heard <8085> [it], they went <3381> down <3381> thither <8033> 
to him.



 2 And every <3608> one <0376> [that was] in distress <4689>, 
and every <3608> one <0376> that [was] in debt <5378>, and every 
<3608> one <0376> [that was] discontented, gathered <6908> 
themselves unto him; and he became <1961> a captain <8269> over 
<5921> them: and there were with him about four <0702> hundred 
<3967> men <0376>.



 3 And David <1732> went <3212> thence <8033> to Mizpeh <4708> 
of Moab <4124>: and he said <0559> unto the king <4428> of Moab 
<4124>, Let my father <1> and my mother <0517>, I pray <4994> 
thee, come <3318> forth <3318>, [and be] with you, till <5704> I 
know <3045> what <4100> God <0430> will do <6213> for me.



 4 And he brought <5148> them before the king <4428> of Moab 
<4124>: and they dwelt <3427> with him all <3605> the while 
<3117> that David <1732> was in the hold <4686>.



 5 And the prophet <5030> Gad <1410> said <0559> unto David 
<1732>, Abide <3427> not in the hold <4686>; depart <3212>, and 
get <0935> thee into the land <0776> of Judah <3063>. Then David 
<1732> departed <3212>, and came <0935> into the forest <3293> 
of Hareth <2802>.



 6. When Saul <7586> heard <8085> that David <1732> was 
discovered <3045>, and the men <0582> that [were] with him, (now 
Saul <7586> abode <3427> in Gibeah <1390> under <8478> a tree 
<0815> in Ramah <7414>, having his spear <2595> in his hand 
<3027>, and all <3605> his servants <5650> [were] standing 
<5324> about <5921> him;)



 7 Then Saul <7586> said <0559> unto his servants <5650> that 
stood <5324> about <5921> him, Hear <8085> now <4994>, ye 
Benjamites <1145>; will the son <1121> of Jesse <3448> give 
<5414> every <3608> one of you fields <7704> and vineyards 
<3754>, [and] make <7760> you all <3605> captains <8269> of 
thousands <0505>, and captains <8269> of hundreds <3967>;



 8 That all <3605> of you have conspired <7194> against <5921> 
me, and [there is] none that sheweth me that my son <1121> hath 
made <3772> a league <3772> with the son <1121> of Jesse <3448>, 
and [there is] none <0369> of you that is sorry <2470> for me, 
or sheweth unto me that my son <1121> hath stirred <6965> up my 
servant <5650> against <5921> me, to lie <8266> in wait <0693>, 
as at this <2088> day <3117>?



 9 Then answered <6030> Doeg <1673> the Edomite <0130>, which 
<1931> was set <5324> over <5921> the servants <5650> of Saul 
<7586>, and said <0559>, I saw <7200> the son <1121> of Jesse 
<3448> coming <0935> to Nob <5011>, to Ahimelech <0288> the son 
<1121> of Ahitub <0285>.



 10 And he enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068> for him, and gave 
<5414> him victuals <6720>, and gave <5414> him the sword <2719> 
of Goliath <1555> the Philistine <6430>.



 11 Then the king <4428> sent <7971> to call <7121> Ahimelech 
<0288> the priest <3548>, the son <1121> of Ahitub <0285>, and 
all <3605> his father's <1> house <1004>, the priests <3548> 
that [were] in Nob <5011>: and they came <0935> all <3605> of 
them to the king <4428>.



 12 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Hear <8085> now <4994>, thou 
son <1121> of Ahitub <0285>. And he answered <0559>, Here <2005> 
I [am], my lord <0113>.



 13 And Saul <7586> said <0559> unto him, Why <4100> have ye 
conspired <7194> against <5921> me, thou and the son <1121> of 
Jesse <3448>, in that thou hast given <5414> him bread <3899>, 
and a sword <2719>, and hast enquired <7592> of God <0430> for 
him, that he should rise <6965> against <0413> me, to lie <8266> 
in wait <0693>, as at this <2088> day <3117>?



 14 Then Ahimelech <0288> answered <6030> the king <4428>, and 
said <0559>, And who <4310> [is so] faithful <0539> among all 
<3605> thy servants <5650> as David <1732>, which is the king's 
<4428> son <2860> in law <2859>, and goeth <5493> at <0413> thy 
bidding <4928>, and is honourable <3513> in thine house <1004>?



 15 Did I then <3117> begin <2490> to enquire <7592> of God 
<0430> for him? be it far <2486> from me: let not the king 
<4428> impute <7760> [any <3605>] thing <1697> unto his servant 
<5650>, [nor] to all <3605> the house <1004> of my father <1>: 
for thy servant <5650> knew <3045> nothing of all <3605> this 
<2063>, less <6996> or <0176> more <1490>.



 16 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Thou shalt surely die 
<4191>, Ahimelech <0288>, thou, and all <3605> thy father's <1> 
house <1004>.



 17 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto the footmen <7328> that 
stood <5324> about <5921> him, Turn <5437>, and slay <4191> the 
priests <3548> of the LORD <3068>; because <3588> their hand 
<3027> also <1571> [is] with David <1732>, and because <3588> 
they knew <3045> when <3588> he fled <1272>, and did not shew 
<1540> it to me. But the servants <5650> of the king <4428> 
would <14> not put <7971> forth <7971> their hand <3027> to fall 
<6293> upon the priests <3548> of the LORD <3068>.



 18 And the king <4428> said <0559> to Doeg <1673>, Turn <5437> 
thou, and fall <6293> upon the priests <3548>. And Doeg <1673> 
the Edomite <0130> turned <5437>, and he fell <6298> upon the 
priests <3548>, and slew <4191> on that day <3117> fourscore 
<8084> and five <2568> persons <0376> that did wear <5375> a 
linen <0906> ephod <0646>.



 19 And Nob <5011>, the city <5892> of the priests <3548>, smote 
<5221> he with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>, both men 
<0376> and women <0802>, children <5768> and sucklings <3243>, 
and oxen <7794>, and asses <2543>, and sheep <7716>, with the 
edge <6310> of the sword <2719>.



 20. And one <0259> of the sons <1121> of Ahimelech <0288> the 
son <1121> of Ahitub <0285>, named <8034> Abiathar <54>, escaped 
<4422>, and fled <1272> after <0310> David <1732>.



 21 And Abiathar <54> shewed <5046> David <1732> that Saul 
<7586> had slain <2026> the LORD'S <3068> priests <3548>.



 22 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Abiathar <54>, I knew 
<3045> [it] that day <3117>, when <3588> Doeg <1673> the Edomite 
[was] there <8033>, that he would surely tell <5046> Saul <7586>:
 I have occasioned <5437> [the death] of all <3605> the persons 
<5315> of thy father's <1> house <1004>.



 23 Abide <3427> thou with me, fear <3372> not: for he that 
seeketh <1245> my life <5315> seeketh <1245> thy life <5315>: 
but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard <4931>.



1Samuel 23



 1. Then they told <5046> David <1732>, saying <0559>, Behold 
<2009>, the Philistines <6430> fight <3898> against Keilah 
<7084>, and they rob <8154> the threshingfloors <1637>.



 2 Therefore David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068>, 
saying <0559>, Shall I go <3212> and smite <5221> these <0428> 
Philistines <6430>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto David 
<1732>, Go <3212>, and smite <5221> the Philistines <6430>, and 
save <3467> Keilah <7084>.



 3 And David's <1732> men <0582> said <0559> unto him, Behold 
<2009>, we be afraid <3373> here <6311> in Judah <3063>: how 
<0637> much <0637> more then <3117> if <3588> we come <3212> to 
Keilah <7084> against <0413> the armies <4634> of the 
Philistines <6430>?



 4 Then David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068> yet 
<5750> again <3254>. And the LORD <3068> answered <6030> him and 
said <0559>, Arise <6965>, go <3381> down <3381> to Keilah 
<7084>; for I will deliver <5414> the Philistines <6430> into 
thine hand <3027>.



 5 So David <1732> and his men <0582> went <3212> to Keilah 
<7084>, and fought <3898> with the Philistines <6430>, and 
brought <5090> away their cattle <4735>, and smote <5221> them 
with a great <1419> slaughter <4347>. So David <1732> saved 
<3467> the inhabitants <3427> of Keilah <7084>.



 6 And it came <1961> to pass, when Abiathar <54> the son <1121> 
of Ahimelech <0288> fled <1272> to David <1732> to Keilah <7084>,
 [that] he came <3318> down <3381> [with] an ephod <0646> in his 
hand <3027>.



 7. And it was told <5046> Saul <7586> that David <1732> was 
come <0935> to Keilah <7084>. And Saul <7586> said <0559>, God 
<0430> hath delivered <5234> him into mine hand <3027>; for he 
is shut <5462> in, by entering <0935> into a town <5892> that 
hath gates <1817> and bars <1280>.



 8 And Saul <7586> called <8085> all <3605> the people <5971> 
together <3162> to war <4421>, to go <3381> down <3381> to 
Keilah <7084>, to besiege <6696> David <1732> and his men <0582>.



 9 And David <1732> knew <3045> that Saul <7586> secretly <2790> 
practised <2790> mischief <7451> against <5921> him; and he said 
<0559> to Abiathar <54> the priest <3548>, Bring <5066> hither 
<5066> the ephod <0646>.



 10 Then said <0559> David <1732>, O LORD <3068> God <0430> of 
Israel <3478>, thy servant <5650> hath certainly heard <8085> 
that Saul <7586> seeketh <1245> to come <0935> to Keilah <7084>, 
to destroy <7843> the city <5892> for my sake <5668>.



 11 Will the men <1167> of Keilah <7084> deliver <5462> me up 
into his hand <3027>? will Saul <7586> come <3381> down <3381>, 
as thy servant <5650> hath heard <8085>? O LORD <3068> God 
<0430> of Israel <3478>, I beseech <4994> thee, tell <5046> thy 
servant <5650>. And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, He will come 
<3381> down <3381>.



 12 Then said <0559> David <1732>, Will the men <1167> of Keilah 
<7084> deliver <5462> me and my men <0582> into the hand <3027> 
of Saul <7586>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, They will 
deliver <5462> [thee] up.



 13 Then David <1732> and his men <0582>, [which were] about six 
<8337> hundred <3967>, arose <6965> and departed <3318> out of 
Keilah <7084>, and went <1980> whithersoever <0834> they could 
go <1980>. And it was told <5046> Saul <7586> that David <1732> 
was escaped <4422> from Keilah <7084>; and he forbare <2308> to 
go <3318> forth <3318>.



 14. And David <1732> abode <3427> in the wilderness <4057> in 
strong <4679> holds <4679>, and remained <3427> in a mountain 
<2022> in the wilderness <4057> of Ziph <2128>. And Saul <7586> 
sought <1245> him every <3608> day <3117>, but God <0430> 
delivered <5414> him not into his hand <3027>.



 15 And David <1732> saw <7200> that Saul <7586> was come <3318> 
out to seek <1245> his life <5315>: and David <1732> [was] in 
the wilderness <4057> of Ziph <2128> in a wood <2793>.



 16 And Jonathan <3083> Saul's <7586> son <1121> arose <6965>, 
and went <3212> to David <1732> into the wood <2793>, and 
strengthened <2388> his hand <3027> in God <0430>.



 17 And he said <0559> unto him, Fear <3372> not: for the hand 
<3027> of Saul <7586> my father <1> shall not find <4672> thee; 
and thou shalt be king <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478>, and I 
shall be next <4932> unto thee; and that also <1571> Saul <7586> 
my father <1> knoweth <3045>.



 18 And they two <8147> made <3772> a covenant <1285> before 
<6440> the LORD <3068>: and David <1732> abode <3427> in the 
wood <2793>, and Jonathan <3083> went <1980> to his house <1004>.



 19. Then came <5927> up the Ziphites <2130> to Saul <7586> to 
Gibeah <1390>, saying <0559>, Doth not David <1732> hide <5641> 
himself with us in strong <4679> holds <4679> in the wood <2793>,
 in the hill <1389> of Hachilah <2444>, which <0834> [is] on the 
south <3225> of Jeshimon <3452>?



 20 Now <6258> therefore, O king <4428>, come <3381> down <3381> 
according to all <3605> the desire <0183> of thy soul <5315> to 
come <3381> down <3381>; and our part [shall be] to deliver 
<5462> him into the king's <4428> hand <3027>.



 21 And Saul <7586> said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] ye of the 
LORD <3068>; for ye have compassion <2550> on me.



 22 Go <3212>, I pray <4994> you, prepare <3559> yet, and know 
<3045> and see <7200> his place <4725> where <0834> his haunt 
<7272> is, [and] who <4310> hath seen <7200> him there <8033>: 
for it is told <0559> me [that] he dealeth very subtilly <6191>.



 23 See <7200> therefore, and take knowledge <3045> of all 
<3605> the lurking <4224> places where he hideth <2244> himself, 
and come <7725> ye again <7725> to me with the certainty <3559>, 
and I will go <1980> with you: and it shall come <1961> to pass, 
if <0518> he be in the land <0776>, that I will search <2664> 
him out throughout all <3605> the thousands <0505> of Judah 
<3063>.



 24 And they arose <6965>, and went <3212> to Ziph <2128> before 
<6440> Saul <7586>: but David <1732> and his men <0582> [were] 
in the wilderness <4057> of Maon <4584>, in the plain <6160> on 
<0413> the south <3225> of Jeshimon <3452>.



 25 Saul <7586> also and his men <0582> went <3212> to seek 
<1245> [him]. And they told <5046> David <1732>: wherefore he 
came <3381> down <3381> into a rock <5553>, and abode <3427> in 
the wilderness <4057> of Maon <4584>. And when Saul <7586> heard 
<8085> [that], he pursued <7291> after <0310> David <1732> in 
the wilderness <4057> of Maon <4584>.



 26 And Saul <7586> went <3212> on this <2088> side <6654> of 
the mountain <2022>, and David <1732> and his men <0582> on that 
side <6654> of the mountain <2022>: and David <1732> made haste 
<2648> to get <3212> away <3212> for fear <6440> of Saul <7586>; 
for Saul <7586> and his men <0582> compassed <5849> David <1732> 
and his men <0582> round about to take <8610> them.



 27 But there came <0935> a messenger <4397> unto Saul <7586>, 
saying <0559>, Haste <4116> thee, and come <3212>; for the 
Philistines <6430> have invaded <6584> the land <0776>.



 28 Wherefore Saul <7586> returned <7725> from pursuing <7291> 
after <0310> David <1732>, and went <3212> against <7125> the 
Philistines <6430>: therefore they called <7121> that place 
<4725> Selahammahlekoth <5555>.



 29 And David <1732> went <5927> up from thence <8033>, and 
dwelt <3427> in strong <4679> holds <4679> at Engedi <5872>.



1Samuel 24



 1. And it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> Saul <7586> was 
returned <7725> from following <0310> the Philistines <6430>, 
that it was told <5046> him, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, David 
<1732> [is] in the wilderness <4057> of Engedi <5872>.



 2 Then Saul <7586> took <3947> three <7969> thousand <0505> 
chosen <0970> men <0376> out of all <3605> Israel <3478>, and 
went <3212> to seek <1245> David <1732> and his men <0582> upon 
the rocks <6697> of the wild <3277> goats <3277>.



 3 And he came <0935> to the sheepcotes <6629> by the way <1870>,
 where <8033> [was] a cave <4631>; and Saul <7586> went <0935> 
in to cover <5526> his feet <7272>: and David <1732> and his men 
<0582> remained <3427> in the sides <3411> of the cave <4631>.



 4 And the men <0582> of David <1732> said <0559> unto him, 
Behold <2009> the day <3117> of which <0834> the LORD <3068> 
said <0559> unto thee, Behold <2009>, I will deliver <5414> 
thine enemy <0341> into thine hand <3027>, that thou mayest do 
<6213> to him as it shall seem good <3190> unto thee. Then David 
<1732> arose <6965>, and cut <3772> off the skirt <3671> of 
Saul's <7586> robe <4598> privily <3909>.



 5 And it came <1961> to pass afterward, that David's <1732> 
heart <3820> smote <5221> him, because he had cut <3772> off 
Saul's <7586> skirt <3671>.



 6 And he said <0559> unto his men <0582>, The LORD <3068> 
forbid <2486> that I should do <6213> this <2088> thing <1697> 
unto my master <0113>, the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>, to 
stretch <7971> forth mine hand <3027> against him, seeing he 
[is] the anointed <4899> of the LORD <3068>.



 7 So David <1732> stayed <8156> his servants <0582> with these 
words <1697>, and suffered <5414> them not to rise <6965> 
against <0413> Saul <7586>. But Saul <7586> rose <6965> up out 
of the cave <4631>, and went <3212> on [his] way <1870>.



 8 David <1732> also arose <6965> afterward, and went <3318> out 
of the cave <4631>, and cried <7121> after <0310> Saul <7586>, 
saying <0559>, My lord <0113> the king <4428>. And when Saul 
<7586> looked <5027> behind <0310> him, David <1732> stooped 
<6915> with his face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and bowed 
<7812> himself.



 9. And David <1732> said <0559> to Saul <7586>, Wherefore 
<4100> hearest <8085> thou men's <0120> words <1697>, saying 
<0559>, Behold <2009>, David <1732> seeketh <1245> thy hurt 
<7451>?



 10 Behold <2009>, this day <3117> thine eyes <5869> have seen 
<7200> how <0834> that the LORD <3068> had delivered <5414> thee 
to day <3117> into mine hand <3027> in the cave <4631>: and 
[some] bade <0559> [me] kill <2026> thee: but [mine eye] spared 
<2347> thee; and I said <0559>, I will not put <7971> forth 
<7971> mine hand <3027> against my lord <0113>; for he [is] the 
LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>.



 11 Moreover, my father <1>, see <7200>, yea <0637>, see <7200> 
the skirt <3671> of thy robe <4598> in my hand <3027>: for in 
that I cut <3772> off the skirt <3671> of thy robe <4598>, and 
killed <2026> thee not, know <3045> thou and see <7200> that 
[there is] neither <0369> evil <7451> nor transgression <6588> 
in mine hand <3027>, and I have not sinned <2398> against thee; 
yet thou huntest <6658> my soul <5315> to take <3947> it.



 12 The LORD <3068> judge <8199> between <0996> me and thee, and 
the LORD <3068> avenge <5358> me of thee: but mine hand <3027> 
shall not be upon thee.



 13 As saith <0559> the proverb <4912> of the ancients <6931>, 
Wickedness <7562> proceedeth <3318> from the wicked <7563>: but 
mine hand <3027> shall not be upon thee.



 14 After <0310> whom <4310> is the king <4428> of Israel <3478> 
come <3318> out? after <0310> whom <4310> dost thou pursue 
<7291>? after <0310> a dead <4191> dog <3611>, after <0310> a 
flea <6550>.



 15 The LORD <3068> therefore be judge <1784>, and judge <8199> 
between <0996> me and thee, and see <7200>, and plead <7378> my 
cause <7379>, and deliver <8199> me out of thine hand <3027>.



 16. And it came <1961> to pass, when David <1732> had made an 
end <3615> of speaking <1696> these <0428> words <1697> unto 
Saul <7586>, that Saul <7586> said <0559>, [Is] this <2088> thy 
voice <6963>, my son <1121> David <1732>? And Saul <7586> lifted 
<5375> up his voice <6963>, and wept <1058>.



 17 And he said <0559> to David <1732>, Thou [art] more 
righteous <6662> than I: for thou hast rewarded <1580> me good 
<2896>, whereas I have rewarded <1580> thee evil <7451>.



 18 And thou hast shewed <5046> this day <3117> how that thou 
hast dealt <6213> well <2896> with me: forasmuch as when the 
LORD <3068> had delivered <5462> me into thine hand <3027>, thou 
killedst <2026> me not.



 19 For if <3588> a man <0376> find <4672> his enemy <0341>, 
will he let him go <7971> well <2896> away <1870>? wherefore the 
LORD <3068> reward <7999> thee good <2896> for that thou hast 
done <6213> unto me this <2088> day <3117>.



 20 And now <6258>, behold <2009>, I know <3045> well that thou 
shalt surely be king <4428>, and that the kingdom <4467> of 
Israel <3478> shall be established <6965> in thine hand <3027>.



 21 Swear <7650> now <6258> therefore unto me by the LORD <3068>,
 that thou wilt not cut <3772> off my seed <2233> after <0310> 
me, and that thou wilt not destroy <8045> my name <8034> out of 
my father's <1> house <1004>.



 22 And David <1732> sware <7650> unto Saul <7586>. And Saul 
<7586> went <3212> home <1004>; but David <1732> and his men 
<0582> gat <5927> them up unto the hold <4686>.



1Samuel 25



 1. And Samuel <8050> died <4191>; and all <3605> the Israelites 
<3478> were gathered <6908> together, and lamented <5594> him, 
and buried <6912> him in his house <1004> at Ramah <7414>. And 
David <1732> arose <6965>, and went <3381> down <3381> to the 
wilderness <4057> of Paran <6290>.



 2. And [there was] a man <0376> in Maon <4584>, whose 
possessions <4639> [were] in Carmel <3760>; and the man <0376> 
[was] very <3966> great <1419>, and he had three <7969> thousand 
<0505> sheep <6629>, and a thousand <0505> goats <5795>: and he 
was shearing <1494> his sheep <6629> in Carmel <3760>.



 3 Now the name <8034> of the man <0376> [was] Nabal <5037>; and 
the name <8034> of his wife <0802> Abigail <26>: and [she was] a 
woman <0802> of good <2896> understanding <7922>, and of a 
beautiful <3303> countenance <8389>: but the man <0376> [was] 
churlish <7186> and evil <7451> in his doings <4611>; and he 
[was] of the house <1004> of Caleb <3612>.



 4 And David <1732> heard <8085> in the wilderness <4057> that 
Nabal <5037> did shear <1494> his sheep <6629>.



 5 And David <1732> sent <7971> out ten <6235> young <5288> men, 
and David <1732> said <0559> unto the young <5288> men, Get 
<5927> you up to Carmel <3760>, and go <0935> to Nabal <5037>, 
and greet him in my name <8034>:



 6 And thus <3541> shall ye say <0559> to him that liveth <2416> 
[in prosperity], Peace <7965> [be] both to thee, and peace 
<7965> [be] to thine house <1004>, and peace <7965> [be] unto 
all <3605> that thou hast.



 7 And now <6258> I have heard <8085> that thou hast shearers 
<1494>: now thy shepherds <7462> which <0834> were with us, we 
hurt <3637> them not, neither <3808> was there ought <3972> 
missing <6485> unto them, all <3605> the while <3117> they were 
in Carmel <3760>.



 8 Ask <7592> thy young <5288> men, and they will shew <5046> 
thee. Wherefore let the young <5288> men find <4672> favour 
<2580> in thine eyes <5869>: for we come <0935> in a good <2896> 
day <3117>: give <5414>, I pray <4994> thee, whatsoever cometh 
<4672> to thine hand <3027> unto thy servants <5650>, and to thy 
son <1121> David <1732>.



 9 And when David's <1732> young <5288> men came <0935>, they 
spake <1696> to Nabal <5037> according to all <3605> those 
<0428> words <1697> in the name <8034> of David <1732>, and 
ceased <5117>.



 10 And Nabal <5037> answered <6030> David's <1732> servants 
<5650>, and said <0559>, Who <4310> [is] David <1732>? and who 
<4310> [is] the son <1121> of Jesse <3448>? there be many <7231> 
servants <5650> now a days <3117> that break <6555> away every 
man <0376> from his master <0113>.



 11 Shall I then take <3947> my bread <3899>, and my water 
<4325>, and my flesh <2878> that I have killed <2873> for my 
shearers <1494>, and give <5414> [it] unto men <0582>, whom 
<0834> I know <3045> not whence they [be]?



 12. So David's <1732> young <5288> men turned <2015> their way 
<1870>, and went <7725> again <7725>, and came <0935> and told 
<5046> him all <3605> those <0428> sayings <1697>.



 13 And David <1732> said <0559> unto his men <0582>, Gird 
<2296> ye on every man <0376> his sword <2719>. And they girded 
<2296> on every man <0376> his sword <2719>; and David <1732> 
also <1571> girded <2296> on his sword <2719>: and there went 
<5927> up after <0310> David <1732> about four <0702> hundred 
<3967> men <0376>; and two hundred <3967> abode <3427> by the 
stuff <3627>.



 14 But one <0259> of the young <5288> men told <5046> Abigail 
<26>, Nabal's <5037> wife <0802>, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, 
David <1732> sent <7971> messengers <4397> out of the wilderness 
<4057> to salute <1288> our master <0113>; and he railed <5860> 
on them.



 15 But the men <0582> [were] very <3966> good <2896> unto us, 
and we were not hurt <3637>, neither <3808> missed <6485> we any 
<3972> thing, as long <3117> as we were conversant <1980> with 
them, when we were in the fields <7704>:



 16 They were a wall <2346> unto us both <1571> by night <3915> 
and day <3119>, all <3605> the while <3117> we were with them 
keeping <7462> the sheep <6629>.



 17 Now <6258> therefore know <3045> and consider <7200> what 
<4100> thou wilt do <6213>; for evil <7451> is determined <3615> 
against <0413> our master <0113>, and against <5921> all <3605> 
his household <1004>: for he [is such] a son <1121> of Belial 
<1100>, that [a man] cannot speak <1696> to him.



 18. Then Abigail <26> made haste <4116>, and took <3947> two 
hundred <3967> loaves <3899>, and two <8147> bottles <5035> of 
wine <3196>, and five <2568> sheep <6629> ready dressed <6213>, 
and five <2568> measures <5429> of parched <7039> [corn], and an 
hundred <3967> clusters <6778> of raisins <6778>, and two 
hundred <3967> cakes <1690> of figs, and laid <7760> [them] on 
<5921> asses <2543>.



 19 And she said <0559> unto her servants <5288>, Go <5674> on 
before <6440> me; behold <2005>, I come <0935> after <0310> you. 
But she told <5046> not her husband <0376> Nabal <5037>.



 20 And it was [so, as] she rode <7392> on <5921> the ass <2543>,
 that she came <3381> down <3381> by the covert <5643> of the 
hill <2022>, and, behold <2009>, David <1732> and his men <0582> 
came <3381> down <3381> against <7125> her; and she met <6298> 
them.



 21 Now David <1732> had <1961> said <0559>, Surely <0389> in 
vain <8267> have I kept <8104> all <3605> that this <2088> 
[fellow] hath in the wilderness <4057>, so that nothing was 
missed <6485> of all <3605> that [pertained] unto him: and he 
hath requited <7725> me evil <7451> for good <2896>.



 22 So <3541> and more <3254> also <3541> do <6213> God <0430> 
unto the enemies <0341> of David <1732>, if <0518> I leave 
<7604> of all <3605> that [pertain] to him by the morning <1242> 
light <0216> any that pisseth <8366> against the wall <7023>.



 23 And when Abigail <26> saw <7200> David <1732>, she hasted 
<4116>, and lighted <3381> off <5921> the ass <2543>, and fell 
<5307> before <0639> David <1732> on <5921> her face <6440>, and 
bowed <7812> herself to the ground <0776>,



 24 And fell <5307> at <5921> his feet <7272>, and said <0559>, 
Upon me, my lord <0113>, [upon] me [let this] iniquity <5771> 
[be]: and let thine handmaid <0519>, I pray <4994> thee, speak 
<1696> in thine audience <0241>, and hear <8085> the words 
<1697> of thine handmaid <0519>.



 25 Let not my lord <0113>, I pray <4994> thee, regard <3820> 
this <2088> man <0376> of Belial <1100>, [even] Nabal <5037>: 
for as his name <8034> [is], so <3651> [is] he; Nabal <5037> 
[is] his name <8034>, and folly <5039> [is] with him: but I 
thine handmaid <0519> saw <7200> not the young <5288> men of my 
lord <0113>, whom <0834> thou didst send <7971>.



 26 Now <6258> therefore, my lord <0113>, [as] the LORD <3068> 
liveth <2416>, and [as] thy soul <5315> liveth <2416>, seeing 
the LORD <3068> hath withholden <4513> thee from coming <0935> 
to [shed] blood <1818>, and from avenging <3467> thyself with 
thine own hand <3027>, now <6258> let thine enemies <0341>, and 
they that seek <1245> evil <7451> to my lord <0113>, be as Nabal 
<5037>.



 27 And now <6258> this <2063> blessing <1293> which <0834> 
thine handmaid <8198> hath brought <0935> unto my lord <0113>, 
let it even be given <5414> unto the young <5288> men that 
follow my lord <0113>.



 28 I pray <4994> thee, forgive <5375> the trespass <8588> of 
thine handmaid <0519>: for the LORD <3068> will certainly make 
<6213> my lord <0113> a sure <0539> house <1004>; because <3588> 
my lord <0113> fighteth <3898> the battles <4421> of the LORD 
<3068>, and evil <7451> hath not been found <4672> in thee [all] 
thy days <3117>.



 29 Yet a man <0120> is risen <6965> to pursue <7291> thee, and 
to seek <1245> thy soul <5315>: but the soul <5315> of my lord 
<0113> shall be bound <6887> in the bundle <6872> of life <2416> 
with the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>; and the souls <5315> of 
thine enemies <0341>, them shall he sling <7049> out, [as out] 
of the middle <8432> of a sling <7050>.



 30 And it shall come <1961> to pass, when <3588> the LORD 
<3068> shall have done <6213> to my lord <0113> according to all 
<3605> the good <2896> that he hath spoken <1696> concerning 
<5921> thee, and shall have appointed <6680> thee ruler <5057> 
over Israel <3478>;



 31 That this <2063> shall be no <3808> grief <6330> unto thee, 
nor offence <4383> of heart <3820> unto my lord <0136>, either 
that thou hast shed <8210> blood <1818> causeless <2600>, or 
that my lord <0136> hath avenged <3467> himself: but when the 
LORD <3068> shall have dealt well <3190> with my lord <0113>, 
then remember <2142> thine handmaid <0519>.



 32. And David <1732> said <0559> to Abigail <26>, Blessed 
<1288> [be] the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, which 
<0834> sent <7971> thee this <2088> day <3117> to meet <7125> me:



 33 And blessed <1288> [be] thy advice <2940>, and blessed 
<1288> [be] thou, which <0834> hast kept <3607> me this <2088> 
day <3117> from coming <0935> to [shed] blood <1818>, and from 
avenging <3467> myself with mine own hand <3027>.



 34 For in very <0199> deed <0199>, [as] the LORD <3068> God 
<0430> of Israel <3478> liveth <2416>, which <0834> hath kept 
<4513> me back <4513> from hurting <7489> thee, except thou 
hadst hasted <4116> and come <0935> to meet <7125> me, surely 
there had not been left <3498> unto Nabal <5037> by the morning 
<1242> light <0216> any that pisseth <8366> against the wall 
<2346>.



 35 So David <1732> received <3947> of her hand <3027> [that] 
which <0834> she had brought <0935> him, and said <0559> unto 
her, Go <5927> up in peace <7965> to thine house <1004>; see 
<7200>, I have hearkened <8085> to thy voice <6963>, and have 
accepted <5375> thy person <6440>.



 36. And Abigail <26> came <0935> to Nabal <5037>; and, behold 
<2009>, he held a feast <4960> in his house <1004>, like the 
feast <4960> of a king <4428>; and Nabal's <5037> heart <3820> 
[was] merry <2896> within <5921> him, for he [was] very drunken 
<7910>: wherefore she told <5046> him nothing, less <6996> or 
more <1490>, until <5704> the morning <1242> light <0216>.



 37 But it came <1916> to pass in the morning <1242>, when the 
wine <3196> was gone <3318> out of Nabal <5037>, and his wife 
<0802> had told <5046> him these things <1697>, that his heart 
<3820> died <4191> within <7130> him, and he became <1961> [as] 
a stone <68>.



 38 And it came <1916> to pass about ten <6235> days <3117> 
[after], that the LORD <3068> smote <5062> Nabal <5037>, that he 
died <4191>.



 39 And when David <1732> heard <8085> that Nabal <5037> was 
dead <4191>, he said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068>,
 that hath pleaded <7378> the cause <7379> of my reproach <2781> 
from the hand <3027> of Nabal <5037>, and hath kept <2820> his 
servant <5650> from evil <7451>: for the LORD <3068> hath 
returned <7725> the wickedness <7451> of Nabal <5037> upon his 
own head <7218>. And David <1732> sent <7971> and communed 
<1696> with Abigail <26>, to take <3947> her to him to wife 
<0802>.



 40 And when the servants <5650> of David <1732> were come 
<0935> to Abigail <26> to Carmel <3760>, they spake <1696> unto 
her, saying <0559>, David <1732> sent <7971> us unto thee, to 
take <3947> thee to him to wife <0802>.



 41 And she arose <6965>, and bowed <7812> herself on [her] face 
<0639> to the earth <0776>, and said <0559>, Behold <2009>, 
[let] thine handmaid <0519> [be] a servant <5650> to wash <7364> 
the feet <7272> of the servants <5650> of my lord <0113>.



 42 And Abigail <26> hasted <4116>, and arose <6965>, and rode 
<7392> upon an ass <2543>, with five <2568> damsels <5291> of 
hers that went <1980> after <7272> her; and she went <3212> 
after <0310> the messengers <4397> of David <1732>, and became 
<1961> his wife <0802>.



 43 David <1732> also took <3947> Ahinoam <0293> of Jezreel 
<3157>; and they were also both <8147> of them his wives <0802>.



 44 But Saul <7586> had given <5414> Michal <4324> his daughter 
<1323>, David's <1732> wife <0802>, to Phalti <6406> the son 
<1121> of Laish <3919>, which <0834> [was] of Gallim <1554>.



1Samuel 26



 1. And the Ziphites <2130> came <0935> unto Saul <7586> to 
Gibeah <1390>, saying <0559>, Doth not David <1732> hide <5641> 
himself in the hill <1389> of Hachilah <2444>, [which <0834> is] 
before Jeshimon <3452>?



 2 Then Saul <7586> arose <6965>, and went <3381> down <3381> to 
the wilderness <4057> of Ziph <2128>, having three <7969> 
thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men <0376> of Israel <3478> with 
him, to seek <1245> David <1732> in the wilderness <4057> of 
Ziph <2128>.



 3 And Saul <7586> pitched <2583> in the hill <1389> of Hachilah 
<2444>, which <0834> [is] before Jeshimon, by the way <1870>. 
But David <1732> abode <3427> in the wilderness <4057>, and he 
saw <7200> that Saul <7586> came <0935> after <0310> him into 
the wilderness <4057>.



 4 David <1732> therefore sent <7971> out spies <7270>, and 
understood <3045> that Saul <7586> was come <0935> in very 
<3559> deed <3559>.



 5 And David <1732> arose <6965>, and came <0935> to the place 
<4725> where Saul <7586> had pitched <2583>: and David <1732> 
beheld <7200> the place <4725> where Saul <7586> lay <7901>, and 
Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, the captain <8269> of 
his host <6635>: and Saul <7586> lay <7901> in the trench <4570>,
 and the people <5971> pitched <2583> round <5439> about him.



 6. Then answered <6030> David <1732> and said <0559> to 
Ahimelech <0288> the Hittite <2850>, and to Abishai <52> the son 
<1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, brother <0251> to Joab <3097>, saying 
<0559>, Who <4310> will go <3381> down <3381> with me to Saul 
<7586> to the camp <4264>? And Abishai <52> said <0559>, I will 
go <3381> down <3381> with thee.



 7 So David <1732> and Abishai <52> came <0935> to the people 
<5971> by night <3915>: and, behold <2009>, Saul <7586> lay 
<7901> sleeping <3463> within the trench <4570>, and his spear 
<2595> stuck <4600> in the ground <0776> at his bolster <4763>: 
but Abner <74> and the people <5971> lay <7901> round <5439> 
about him.



 8 Then said <0559> Abishai <52> to David <1732>, God <0430> 
hath delivered <5462> thine enemy <0341> into thine hand <3027> 
this day <3117>: now <6258> therefore let me smite <5221> him, I 
pray <4994> thee, with the spear <2595> even to the earth <0776> 
at once, and I will not [smite] him the second <8138> time.



 9 And David <1732> said <0559> to Abishai <52>, Destroy <7843> 
him not: for who <4310> can stretch <7971> forth his hand <3027> 
against the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>, and be guiltless 
<5352>?



 10 David <1732> said <0559> furthermore, [As] the LORD <3068> 
liveth <2416>, the LORD <3068> shall smite <5062> him; or <0176> 
his day <3117> shall come <0935> to die <4191>; or he shall 
descend <3381> into battle <4421>, and perish <5595>.



 11 The LORD <3068> forbid <2486> that I should stretch <7971> 
forth mine hand <3027> against the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>:
 but, I pray <4994> thee, take <3947> thou now <6258> the spear 
<2595> that [is] at his bolster <4763>, and the cruse <6835> of 
water <4325>, and let us go <3212>.



 12 So David <1732> took <3947> the spear <2595> and the cruse 
<6835> of water <4325> from Saul's <7586> bolster <4763>; and 
they gat <3212> them away <3212>, and no <0369> man saw <7200> 
[it], nor <0369> knew <3045> [it], neither <0369> awaked <6974>: 
for they [were] all <3605> asleep <3463>; because <3588> a deep 
<8639> sleep <8639> from the LORD <0113> was fallen <5307> upon 
them.



 13. Then David <1732> went <5674> over <5674> to the other 
<5676> side <5676>, and stood <5975> on <5921> the top <7218> of 
an hill <2022> afar <7350> off; a great <7227> space <4725> 
[being] between <0996> them:



 14 And David <1732> cried <7121> to the people <5971>, and to 
Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, saying <0559>, 
Answerest <6030> thou not, Abner <74>? Then Abner <74> answered 
<6030> and said <0559>, Who <4310> [art] thou [that] criest 
<7121> to the king <4428>?



 15 And David <1732> said <0559> to Abner <74>, [Art] not thou a 
[valiant] man <0376>? and who <4310> [is] like <3644> to thee in 
Israel <3478>? wherefore <4100> then hast thou not kept <8104> 
thy lord <0113> the king <4428>? for there came <0935> one 
<0259> of the people <5971> in to destroy <7843> the king <4428> 
thy lord <3068>.



 16 This <2088> thing <1697> [is] not good <2896> that thou hast 
done <6213>. [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, ye [are] worthy 
<1121> to die <4194>, because <0834> ye have not kept <8104> 
your master <0113>, the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>. And now 
<6258> see <7200> where <0335> the king's <4428> spear <2595> 
[is], and the cruse <6835> of water <4325> that [was] at his 
bolster <4763>.



 17 And Saul <7586> knew <5234> David's <1732> voice <6963>, and 
said <0559>, [Is] this <2088> thy voice <6963>, my son <1121> 
David <1732>? And David <1732> said <0559>, [It is] my voice 
<6963>, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>.



 18 And he said <0559>, Wherefore <4100> doth my lord <0113> 
thus <2088> pursue <7291> after <0310> his servant <5650>? for 
what <4100> have I done <6213>? or what <4100> evil <7451> [is] 
in mine hand <3027>?



 19 Now <6258> therefore, I pray <4994> thee, let my lord <0113> 
the king <4428> hear <8085> the words <1697> of his servant 
<5650>. If <0518> the LORD <3068> have stirred <5496> thee up 
against me, let him accept <7306> an offering <4503>: but if 
<0518> [they be] the children <1121> of men <0120>, cursed 
<0779> [be] they before <6440> the LORD <3068>; for they have 
driven <1644> me out this day <3117> from abiding <5596> in the 
inheritance <5159> of the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, Go <3212>, 
serve <5647> other <0312> gods <0430>.



 20 Now <6258> therefore, let not my blood <1818> fall <5307> to 
the earth <0776> before <5048> the face <6440> of the LORD 
<3068>: for the king <4428> of Israel <3478> is come <3318> out 
to seek <1245> a flea <6550>, as when <0834> one doth hunt 
<7291> a partridge <7124> in the mountains <2022>.



 21. Then said <0559> Saul <7586>, I have sinned <2398>: return 
<7725>, my son <1121> David <1732>: for I will no <3808> more 
<5750> do thee harm <7489>, because my soul <5315> was precious 
<3365> in thine eyes <5869> this <2088> day <3117>: behold 
<2009>, I have played the fool <5528>, and have erred <7683> 
exceedingly.



 22 And David <1732> answered <6030> and said <0559>, Behold 
<2009> the king's <4428> spear <2595>! and let one <0259> of the 
young <5288> men come <5674> over <5674> and fetch <3947> it.



 23 The LORD <3068> render <7725> to every man <0376> his 
righteousness <6666> and his faithfulness <0530>: for the LORD 
<3068> delivered <5414> thee into [my] hand <3027> to day <3117>,
 but I would <14> not stretch <7971> forth mine hand <3027> 
against the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>.



 24 And, behold <2009>, as thy life <5315> was much <1431> set 
<1431> by this <2088> day <3117> in mine eyes <5869>, so <3651> 
let my life <5315> be much <1431> set <1431> by in the eyes 
<5869> of the LORD <3068>, and let him deliver <5337> me out of 
all <3605> tribulation <6869>.



 25 Then Saul <7586> said <0559> to David <1732>, Blessed <1288> 
[be] thou, my son <1121> David <1732>: thou shalt both <1571> do 
<6213> great [things], and also <1571> shalt still prevail 
<3201>. So David <1732> went <3212> on his way <1870>, and Saul 
<7586> returned <7725> to his place <4725>.



1Samuel 27



 1. And David <1732> said <0559> in his heart <3820>, I shall 
now <6258> perish <5595> one <0259> day <3117> by the hand 
<3027> of Saul <7586>: [there is] nothing <0369> better <2896> 
for me than <3588> that I should speedily <4422> escape <4422> 
into <0413> the land <0776> of the Philistines <6430>; and Saul 
<7586> shall despair <2976> of me, to seek <1245> me any <3605> 
more <5750> in any <3605> coast <1366> of Israel <3478>: so 
shall I escape <4422> out of his hand <3027>.



 2 And David <1732> arose <6965>, and he passed <5674> over 
<5674> with the six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> that [were] 
with him unto Achish <0397>, the son <1121> of Maoch <4582>, 
king <4428> of Gath <1661>.



 3 And David <1732> dwelt <3427> with Achish <0397> at Gath 
<1661>, he and his men <0582>, every man <0376> with his 
household <1004>, [even] David <1732> with his two <8147> wives 
<0802>, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <3159>, and Abigail <26> 
the Carmelitess <3762>, Nabal's <5037> wife <0802>.



 4 And it was told <5046> Saul <7586> that David <1732> was fled 
<1272> to Gath <1661>: and he sought <1245> no <3808> more 
<3254> again <3254> for him.



 5 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Achish <0397>, If <0518> I 
have now <4994> found <4672> grace <2580> in thine eyes <5869>, 
let them give <5414> me a place <4725> in some <0259> town 
<5892> in the country <7704>, that I may dwell <3427> there 
<8033>: for why <4100> should thy servant <5650> dwell <3427> in 
the royal <4467> city <5892> with thee?



 6 Then Achish <0397> gave <5414> him Ziklag <6860> that day 
<3117>: wherefore <3651> Ziklag <6860> pertaineth <1961> unto 
the kings <4428> of Judah <3063> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



 7 And the time that David <1732> dwelt <3427> in the country 
<7704> of the Philistines <6430> was a full <3117> year and four 
<0702> months <2320>.



 8. And David <1732> and his men <0582> went <5927> up, and 
invaded <6584> the Geshurites <1651>, and the Gezrites <1511>, 
and the Amalekites <6003>: for those <2007> [nations were] of 
old <5769> the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>, as thou 
goest <0935> to Shur <7793>, even unto the land <0776> of Egypt 
<4714>.



 9 And David <1732> smote <5221> the land <0776>, and left 
neither <3608> man <0376> nor woman <0802> alive <2421>, and 
took <3947> away the sheep <6629>, and the oxen <1241>, and the 
asses <2543>, and the camels <1581>, and the apparel <0899>, and 
returned <7725>, and came <0935> to Achish <0397>.



 10 And Achish <0397> said <0559>, Whither <0413> have ye made a 
road <6584> to day <3117>? And David <1732> said <0559>, Against 
<5921> the south <5045> of Judah <3063>, and against <5921> the 
south <5045> of the Jerahmeelites <3397>, and against <0413> the 
south <5045> of the Kenites <7017>.



 11 And David <1732> saved <2421> neither <3608> man <0376> nor 
woman <0802> alive <2421>, to bring <0935> [tidings] to Gath 
<1661>, saying <0559>, Lest <6435> they should tell <5046> on 
<5921> us, saying <0559>, So <3541> did <6213> David <1732>, and 
so <3541> [will be] his manner <3541> all <3605> the while 
<3117> he dwelleth <3427> in the country <7704> of the 
Philistines <6430>.



 12 And Achish <0397> believed <0539> David <1732>, saying 
<0559>, He hath made his people <5971> Israel <3478> utterly to 
abhor <0887> him; therefore he shall be my servant <5650> for 
ever <5769>.



1Samuel 28



 1. And it came <1961> to pass in those <1992> days <3117>, that 
the Philistines <6430> gathered <6908> their armies <4264> 
together for warfare <6635>, to fight <3898> with Israel <3478>. 
And Achish <0397> said <0559> unto David <1732>, Know <3045> 
thou assuredly <3045>, that thou shalt go <3318> out with me to 
battle <4264>, thou and thy men <0582>.



 2 And David <1732> said <0559> to Achish <0397>, Surely <3651> 
thou shalt know <3045> what thy servant <5650> can do <6213>. 
And Achish <0397> said <0559> to David <1732>, Therefore will I 
make <7760> thee keeper <8104> of mine head <7218> for ever.



 3 Now Samuel <8050> was dead <4191>, and all <3605> Israel 
<3478> had lamented <5594> him, and buried <6912> him in Ramah 
<7414>, even in his own city <5892>. And Saul <7586> had put 
<5493> away <5493> those <1992> that had familiar spirits <0178>,
 and the wizards <3049>, out of the land <0776>.



 4 And the Philistines <6430> gathered <6908> themselves 
together, and came <0935> and pitched <2583> in Shunem <7766>: 
and Saul <7586> gathered <6908> all <3605> Israel <3478> 
together, and they pitched <2583> in Gilboa <1533>.



 5 And when Saul <7586> saw <7200> the host <4264> of the 
Philistines <6430>, he was afraid <3372>, and his heart <3820> 
greatly <3966> trembled <2729>.



 6 And when Saul <7586> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068>, the 
LORD <3068> answered <6030> him not, neither <1571> by dreams 
<2472>, nor <1571> by Urim <0224>, nor <1571> by prophets <5030>.



 7. Then said <0559> Saul <7586> unto his servants <5650>, Seek 
<1245> me a woman <0802> that hath <1172> a familiar spirit 
<0178>, that I may go <3212> to her, and enquire <1875> of her. 
And his servants <5650> said <0559> to him, Behold <2009>, 
[there is] a woman <0802> that hath <1172> a familiar spirit 
<0178> at Endor <5874>.



 8 And Saul <7586> disguised <2664> himself, and put <3847> on 
other <0312> raiment <0899>, and he went <3212>, and two <8147> 
men <0582> with him, and they came <0935> to the woman <0802> by 
night <3915>: and he said <0559>, I pray <4994> thee, divine 
<7080> unto me by the familiar spirit <0178>, and bring <5927> 
me [him] up, whom I shall name <0559> unto thee.



 9 And the woman <0802> said <0559> unto him, Behold <2009>, 
thou knowest <3045> what Saul <7586> hath done <6213>, how he 
hath cut <3772> off those that have familiar spirits <0178>, and 
the wizards <3049>, out of the land <0776>: wherefore <4100> 
then layest thou a snare <5367> for my life <5315>, to cause me 
to die <4191>?



 10 And Saul <7586> sware <7650> to her by the LORD <3068>, 
saying <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, there shall 
no <0518> punishment <5771> happen <7136> to thee for this 
<2088> thing <1697>.



 11 Then said <0559> the woman <0802>, Whom shall I bring <5927> 
up unto thee? And he said <0559>, Bring <5927> me up Samuel 
<8050>.



 12 And when the woman <0802> saw <7200> Samuel <8050>, she 
cried <2199> with a loud <1419> voice <6963>: and the woman 
<0802> spake <0559> to Saul <7586>, saying <0559>, Why <4100> 
hast thou deceived <7411> me? for thou [art] Saul <7586>.



 13 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto her, Be not afraid 
<3372>: for what <4100> sawest <7200> thou? And the woman <0802> 
said <0559> unto Saul <7586>, I saw <7200> gods <0430> ascending 
<5927> out of the earth <0776>.



 14 And he said <0559> unto her, What <4100> form <8389> [is] he 
of? And she said <0559>, An old <2205> man <0376> cometh <5927> 
up; and he [is] covered <5844> with a mantle <4598>. And Saul 
<7586> perceived <3045> that it [was] Samuel <8050>, and he 
stooped <6915> with [his] face <0639> to the ground <0776>, and 
bowed <7812> himself.



 15. And Samuel <8050> said <0559> to Saul <7586>, Why <4100> 
hast thou disquieted <7264> me, to bring <5927> me up? And Saul 
<7586> answered <6030>, I am sore <3966> distressed <6887>; for 
the Philistines <6430> make war <3898> against me, and God 
<0430> is departed <5493> from me, and answereth <6030> me no 
<3808> more, neither <1571> by prophets <5030>, nor <1571> by 
dreams <2472>: therefore I have called <7121> thee, that thou 
mayest make known <3045> unto me what <4100> I shall do <6213>.



 16 Then said <0559> Samuel <8050>, Wherefore <4100> then dost 
thou ask <7592> of me, seeing the LORD <3068> is departed <5493> 
from thee, and is become <1961> thine enemy <6145>?



 17 And the LORD <3068> hath done <6213> to him, as he spake 
<1696> by me: for the LORD <3068> hath rent <7167> the kingdom 
<4467> out of thine hand <3027>, and given <5414> it to thy 
neighbour <7453>, [even] to David <1732>:



 18 Because <0834> thou obeyedst <8085> not the voice <6963> of 
the LORD <3068>, nor <3808> executedst <6213> his fierce <2740> 
wrath <0639> upon Amalek <6002>, therefore hath the LORD <3068> 
done <6213> this <2088> thing <1697> unto thee this <2088> day 
<3117>.



 19 Moreover <1571> the LORD <3068> will also <1571> deliver 
<5414> Israel <3478> with thee into the hand <3027> of the 
Philistines <6430>: and to morrow <4279> [shalt] thou and thy 
sons <1121> [be] with me: the LORD <3068> also <1571> shall 
deliver <5414> the host <4264> of Israel <3478> into the hand 
<3027> of the Philistines <6430>.



 20. Then Saul <7586> fell <5307> straightway <4116> all <4393> 
along on the earth <0776>, and was sore <3966> afraid <3372>, 
because of the words <1697> of Samuel <8050>: and there was no 
<3808> strength <3581> in him; for he had eaten <0398> no <3808> 
bread <3899> all <3605> the day <3117>, nor all <3605> the night 
<3915>.



 21 And the woman <0802> came <0935> unto Saul <7586>, and saw 
<7200> that he was sore <3966> troubled <0926>, and said <0559> 
unto him, Behold <2009>, thine handmaid <8198> hath obeyed 
<8085> thy voice <6963>, and I have put <7760> my life <5315> in 
my hand <3709>, and have hearkened <8085> unto thy words <1697> 
which <0834> thou spakest <1696> unto me.



 22 Now <6258> therefore, I pray <4994> thee, hearken <8085> 
thou also <1571> unto the voice <6963> of thine handmaid <8198>, 
and let me set <7760> a morsel <6595> of bread <3899> before 
<6440> thee; and eat <0398>, that thou mayest have strength 
<3581>, when <3588> thou goest <3212> on thy way <1870>.



 23 But he refused <3985>, and said <0559>, I will not eat 
<0398>. But his servants <5650>, together with the woman <0802>, 
compelled <6555> him; and he hearkened <8085> unto their voice 
<6963>. So he arose <6965> from the earth <0776>, and sat <3427> 
upon the bed <4296>.



 24 And the woman <0802> had a fat <4770> calf <5695> in the 
house <1004>; and she hasted <4116>, and killed <2076> it, and 
took <3947> flour <7058>, and kneaded <3888> [it], and did bake 
<0644> unleavened <4682> bread thereof:



 25 And she brought <5066> [it] before <6440> Saul <7586>, and 
before <6440> his servants <5650>; and they did eat <0398>. Then 
they rose <6965> up, and went <3212> away that night <3915>.



1Samuel 29



 1. Now the Philistines <6430> gathered <6908> together all 
<3605> their armies <4264> to Aphek <0663>: and the Israelites 
<3478> pitched <2583> by a fountain <5869> which <0834> [is] in 
Jezreel <3157>.



 2 And the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> passed <5674> 
on by hundreds <3967>, and by thousands <0505>: but David <1732> 
and his men <0582> passed <5674> on in the rereward <0314> with 
Achish <0397>.



 3 Then said <0559> the princes <8269> of the Philistines <6430>,
 What <4100> [do] these <0428> Hebrews <5680> [here]? And Achish 
<0397> said <0559> unto the princes <8269> of the Philistines 
<6430>, [Is] not this <2088> David <1732>, the servant <5650> of 
Saul <7586> the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, which <0834> hath 
been <1961> with me these <2088> days <3117>, or <0176> these 
<2088> years <8141>, and I have found <4672> no <3808> fault 
<3972> in him since he fell <5307> [unto me] unto this <2088> 
day <3117>?



 4 And the princes <8269> of the Philistines <6430> were wroth 
<7107> with him; and the princes <8269> of the Philistines 
<6430> said <0559> unto him, Make this fellow <0376> return 
<7725>, that he may go <7725> again <7725> to his place <4725> 
which <0834> thou hast appointed <6485> him, and let him not go 
<3381> down <3381> with us to battle <4421>, lest <3808> in the 
battle <4421> he be an adversary <7854> to us: for wherewith 
<4100> should he reconcile <7521> himself unto his master 
<0113>? [should it] not [be] with the heads <7218> of these 
<1992> men <0582>?



 5 [Is] not this <2088> David <1732>, of whom <0834> they sang 
<6030> one to another in dances <4246>, saying <0559>, Saul 
<7586> slew <5221> his thousands <7233>, and David <1732> his 
ten <7233> thousands <0505>?



 6. Then Achish <0397> called <7121> David <1732>, and said 
<0559> unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, 
thou hast been upright <3477>, and thy going <3318> out and thy 
coming <0935> in with me in the host <4264> [is] good <2896> in 
my sight <5869>: for I have not found <4672> evil <7451> in thee 
since the day <3117> of thy coming <0935> unto me unto this 
<2088> day <3117>: nevertheless the lords <5633> favour <2896> 
thee not.



 7 Wherefore now <6258> return <7725>, and go <3212> in peace 
<7965>, that thou displease not the lords <5633> of the 
Philistines <6430>.



 8 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Achish <0397>, But what 
<4100> have I done <6213>? and what <4100> hast thou found 
<4672> in thy servant <5650> so long <3117> as I have been 
<1961> with thee unto this <2088> day <3117>, that I may not go 
<3212> fight <3898> against the enemies <0341> of my lord <0113> 
the king <4428>?



 9 And Achish <0397> answered <6030> and said <0559> to David 
<1732>, I know <3045> that thou [art] good <2896> in my sight 
<5869>, as an angel of God <0430>: notwithstanding <0389> the 
princes <8269> of the Philistines <6430> have said <0559>, He 
shall not go <5927> up with us to the battle <4421>.



 10 Wherefore now <6258> rise <7925> up early <7925> in the 
morning <1242> with thy master's <0113> servants <5650> that are 
come <0935> with thee: and as soon as ye be up early <7925> in 
the morning <1242>, and have light <0216>, depart <3212>.



 11 So David <1732> and his men <0582> rose <7925> up early 
<7925> to depart <3212> in the morning <1242>, to return <7725> 
into <0413> the land <0776> of the Philistines <6430>. And the 
Philistines <6430> went <5927> up to Jezreel <3157>.



1Samuel 30



 1. And it came <1961> to pass, when David <1732> and his men 
<0582> were come <0935> to Ziklag <6860> on the third <7992> day 
<3117>, that the Amalekites <6003> had invaded <6584> the south 
<5045>, and Ziklag <6860>, and smitten <5221> Ziklag <6860>, and 
burned <8313> it with fire <0784>;



 2 And had taken the women <0802> captives <7617>, that [were] 
therein: they slew <4191> not any <0376>, either great <1419> or 
small <6996>, but carried <5090> [them] away, and went <3212> on 
their way <1870>.



 3 So David <1732> and his men <0582> came <0935> to the city 
<5892>, and, behold <2009>, [it was] burned <8313> with fire 
<0784>; and their wives <0802>, and their sons <1121>, and their 
daughters <1121>, were taken captives <7617>.



 4 Then David <1732> and the people <5971> that [were] with him 
lifted <5375> up their voice <6963> and wept <1058>, until they 
had no <0369> more power <3581> to weep <1058>.



 5 And David's <1732> two <8147> wives <0802> were taken 
captives <7617>, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <3159>, and 
Abigail <26> the wife <0802> of Nabal <5037> the Carmelite 
<3761>.



 6 And David <1732> was greatly <3966> distressed <3334>; for 
the people <5971> spake <0559> of stoning <5619> him, because 
<3588> the soul <5315> of all <3605> the people <5971> was 
grieved <4784>, every man <0376> for his sons <1121> and for his 
daughters <1121>: but David <1732> encouraged <2388> himself in 
the LORD <3068> his God <0430>.



 7. And David <1732> said <0559> to Abiathar <54> the priest 
<3548>, Ahimelech's <0288> son <1121>, I pray <4994> thee, bring 
<5066> me hither <5066> the ephod <0646>. And Abiathar <54> 
brought <5066> thither the ephod <0646> to David <1732>.



 8 And David <1732> enquired <7592> at the LORD <3068>, saying 
<0559>, Shall I pursue <7291> after <0310> this <2088> troop 
<1416>? shall I overtake <5381> them? And he answered <0559> him,
 Pursue <7291>: for thou shalt surely overtake <5381> [them], 
and without fail recover <5337> [all].



 9 So David <1732> went <3212>, he and the six <8337> hundred 
<3967> men <0376> that [were] with him, and came <0935> to the 
brook <5158> Besor <1308>, where those that were left <3498> 
behind <3498> stayed <5975>.



 10 But David <1732> pursued <7291>, he and four <0702> hundred 
<3967> men <0376>: for two hundred <3967> abode <5975> behind 
<5975>, which <0834> were so faint <6296> that they could not go 
<5674> over <5674> the brook <5158> Besor <1308>.



 11 And they found <4672> an Egyptian <4713> in the field <7704>,
 and brought <3947> him to David <1732>, and gave <5414> him 
bread <3899>, and he did eat <0398>; and they made him drink 
<8248> water <4325>;



 12 And they gave <5414> him a piece <6400> of a cake <1690> of 
figs, and two <8147> clusters <6778> of raisins <6778>: and when 
he had eaten <0398>, his spirit <7307> came <7725> again <7725> 
to him: for he had eaten <0398> no <3808> bread <3899>, nor 
<3808> drunk <8354> [any] water <4325>, three <7969> days <3117> 
and three <7969> nights <3915>.



 13 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, To whom <4310> 
[belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said <0559>, I 
[am] a young <5288> man of Egypt <4714>, servant <5650> to an 
Amalekite <6003>; and my master <0113> left <5800> me, because 
<3588> three <7969> days agone I fell sick <2470>.



 14 We made an invasion <6584> [upon] the south <5045> of the 
Cherethites <3774>, and upon [the coast] which <0834> 
[belongeth] to Judah <3063>, and upon the south <5045> of Caleb 
<3612>; and we burned <8313> Ziklag <6860> with fire <0784>.



 15 And David <1732> said <0559> to him, Canst thou bring <3381> 
me down <3381> to this <2088> company <1416>? And he said <0559>,
 Swear <7650> unto me by God <0430>, that thou wilt neither 
<0518> kill <4191> me, nor <0518> deliver <5462> me into the 
hands <3027> of my master <0113>, and I will bring <3381> thee 
down <3381> to this <2088> company <1416>.



 16 And when he had brought <3381> him down <3381>, behold 
<2009>, [they were] spread <5203> abroad <5203> upon all <3605> 
the earth <0776>, eating <0398> and drinking <8354>, and dancing 
<2287>, because of all <3605> the great <1419> spoil <7998> that 
they had taken <3947> out of the land <0776> of the Philistines 
<6430>, and out of the land <0776> of Judah <3063>.



 17 And David <1732> smote <5221> them from the twilight <5399> 
even unto the evening <6153> of the next <4283> day <4283>: and 
there escaped <4422> not a man <0376> of them, save four <0702> 
hundred <3967> young <5288> men <0376>, which <0834> rode <7392> 
upon camels <1581>, and fled <5127>.



 18 And David <1732> recovered <5337> all <3605> that the 
Amalekites <6003> had carried <3947> away: and David <1732> 
rescued <5337> his two <8147> wives <0802>.



 19 And there was nothing <3808> lacking <5737> to them, neither 
<4480> small <6996> nor <5703> great <1419>, neither <4480> sons 
<1121> nor <5703> daughters <1121>, neither <4480> spoil <7998>, 
nor <5703> any <3605> [thing] that they had taken <3947> to them:
 David <1732> recovered <7725> all <3605>.



 20 And David <1732> took <3947> all <3605> the flocks <6629> 
and the herds <1241>, [which] they drave <5090> before <6440> 
those <1931> [other] cattle <4735>, and said <0559>, This <2088> 
[is] David's <1732> spoil <7998>.



 21. And David <1732> came <0935> to the two hundred <3967> men 
<0582>, which <0834> were so faint <6296> that they could not 
follow David <1732>, whom they had made also to abide <3427> at 
the brook <5158> Besor <1308>: and they went <3318> forth <3318> 
to meet <7125> David <1732>, and to meet <7125> the people 
<5971> that [were] with him: and when David <1732> came <5066> 
near <5066> to the people <5971>, he saluted them.



 22 Then answered <6030> all <3605> the wicked <7451> men <0376> 
and [men] of Belial <1100>, of those that went <1980> with David 
<1732>, and said <0559>, Because <3282> they went <1980> not 
with us, we will not give <5414> them [ought] of the spoil 
<7998> that we have recovered <5337>, save to every man <0376> 
his wife <0802> and his children <1121>, that they may lead 
<5090> [them] away, and depart <3212>.



 23 Then said <0559> David <1732>, Ye shall not do <6213> so 
<3651>, my brethren <0251>, with that which <0834> the LORD 
<3068> hath given <5414> us, who hath preserved <8104> us, and 
delivered <5414> the company <1416> that came <0935> against 
<5921> us into our hand <3027>.



 24 For who <4310> will hearken <8085> unto you in this <2088> 
matter <1697>? but as his part <2506> [is] that goeth <3381> 
down <3381> to the battle <4421>, so [shall] his part <2506> 
[be] that tarrieth <3427> by the stuff <3627>: they shall part 
<2505> alike <3162>.



 25 And it was [so] from that day <3117> forward <4605>, that he 
made <7760> it a statute <2706> and an ordinance <4941> for 
Israel <3478> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



 26 And when David <1732> came <0935> to Ziklag <6860>, he sent 
<7971> of the spoil <7998> unto the elders <2205> of Judah 
<3063>, [even] to his friends <7453>, saying <0559>, Behold 
<2009> a present <1293> for you of the spoil <7998> of the 
enemies <0341> of the LORD <3068>;



 27 To [them] which <0834> [were] in Bethel <1008>, and to 
[them] which <0834> [were] in south <5045> Ramoth <7418>, and to 
[them] which <0834> [were] in Jattir <3492>,



 28 And to [them] which <0834> [were] in Aroer <6177>, and to 
[them] which <0834> [were] in Siphmoth <8224>, and to [them] 
which <0834> [were] in Eshtemoa <0851>,



 29 And to [them] which <0834> [were] in Rachal <7403>, and to 
[them] which <0834> [were] in the cities <5892> of the 
Jerahmeelites <3397>, and to [them] which <0834> [were] in the 
cities <5892> of the Kenites <7017>,



 30 And to [them] which <0834> [were] in Hormah <2767>, and to 
[them] which <0834> [were] in Chorashan <3565>, and to [them] 
which <0834> [were] in Athach <6269>,



 31 And to [them] which [were] in Hebron <2275>, and to all 
<3605> the places <4725> where David <1732> himself and his men 
<0582> were wont <1980> to haunt <1980>.



1Samuel 31



 1. Now the Philistines <6430> fought <3898> against Israel 
<3478>: and the men <0582> of Israel <3478> fled <5127> from 
before <6440> the Philistines <6430>, and fell <5307> down slain 
<2491> in mount <2022> Gilboa <1533>.



 2 And the Philistines <6430> followed <1692> hard <1692> upon 
Saul <7586> and upon his sons <1121>; and the Philistines <6430> 
slew <5221> Jonathan <3083>, and Abinadab <41>, and Malchishua 
<4444>, Saul's <7586> sons <1121>.



 3 And the battle <4421> went sore <3513> against <0413> Saul 
<7586>, and the archers <3384> hit <4672> him; and he was sore 
<3966> wounded <2342> of the archers <3384>.



 4 Then said <0559> Saul <7586> unto his armourbearer <3627>, 
Draw <8025> thy sword <2719>, and thrust <1856> me through 
therewith; lest <6435> these <0428> uncircumcised <6189> come 
<0935> and thrust <1856> me through, and abuse <5953> me. But 
his armourbearer <3627> would <14> not; for he was sore <3966> 
afraid <3372>. Therefore Saul <7586> took <3947> a sword <2719>, 
and fell <5307> upon it.



 5 And when his armourbearer <3627> saw <7200> that Saul <7586> 
was dead <4191>, he fell <5307> likewise <1571> upon his sword 
<2719>, and died <4191> with him.



 6 So Saul <7586> died <4191>, and his three <7969> sons <1121>, 
and his armourbearer <3627>, and all <3605> his men <0582>, that 
same <1931> day <3117> together <3162>.



 7 And when the men <0582> of Israel <3478> that [were] on the 
other <5676> side <5676> of the valley <6010>, and [they] that 
[were] on the other <5676> side <5676> Jordan <3383>, saw <7200> 
that the men <0582> of Israel <3478> fled <5127>, and that Saul 
<7586> and his sons <1121> were dead <4191>, they forsook <5800> 
the cities <5892>, and fled <5127>; and the Philistines <6430> 
came <0935> and dwelt <3427> in them.



 8. And it came <1691> to pass on the morrow <4283>, when the 
Philistines <6430> came <0935> to strip <6584> the slain <2491>, 
that they found <4672> Saul <7586> and his three <7969> sons 
<1121> fallen <5307> in mount <2022> Gilboa <1533>.



 9 And they cut <3772> off his head <7218>, and stripped <6584> 
off his armour <3627>, and sent <7971> into the land <0776> of 
the Philistines <6430> round <5439> about, to publish <1319> [it 
in] the house <1004> of their idols <6091>, and among <0854> the 
people <5971>.



 10 And they put <7760> his armour <3627> in the house <1004> of 
Ashtaroth <6252>: and they fastened <8628> his body <1472> to 
the wall <7023> of Bethshan <1052>.



 11 And when the inhabitants <3427> of Jabeshgilead heard <8085> 
of that which the Philistines <6430> had done <6213> to Saul 
<7586>;



 12 All <3605> the valiant <2428> men <0376> arose <6965>, and 
went <3212> all <3605> night <3915>, and took <3947> the body 
<1472> of Saul <7586> and the bodies <1472> of his sons <1121> 
from the wall <2346> of Bethshan <1052>, and came <0935> to 
Jabesh <3003>, and burnt <8313> them there <8033>.



 13 And they took <3947> their bones <6106>, and buried <6912> 
[them] under <8478> a tree <0815> at Jabesh <3003>, and fasted 
<6684> seven <7651> days <3117>.





 

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