11  Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim of mount 
Ephraim and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham the son of 
Elihu the son of Tohu the son of Zuph an Ephrathite .

 12  And he had two wives the name of the one was Hannah and the 
name of the other Peninnah and Peninnah had children but Hannah 
had no children .

 13  And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and 
to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh And the two sons 
of Eli Hophni and Phinehas the priests of the LORD were there .

 14  And when the time was that Elkanah offered he gave to 
Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters portions 
.

 15  But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion for he loved 
Hannah but the LORD had shut up her womb .

 16  And her adversary also provoked her sore for to make her 
fret because the LORD had shut up her womb .

 17  And as he did so year by year when she went up to the house 
of the LORD so she provoked her therefore she wept and did not 
eat .

 18  Then said Elkanah her husband to her Hannah why weepest 
thou and why eatest thou not and why is thy heart grieved am not 
I better to thee than ten sons .

 19  So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh and after 
they had drunk Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of 
the temple of the LORD .

 110  And she was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the LORD 
and wept sore .

 111  And she vowed a vow and said O LORD of hosts if thou wilt 
indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid and remember me 
and not forget thine handmaid but wilt give unto thine handmaid 
a man child then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of 
his life and there shall no razor come upon his head .

 112  And it came to pass as she continued praying before the 
LORD that Eli marked her mouth .

 113  Now Hannah she spake in her heart only her lips moved but 
her voice was not heard therefore Eli thought she had been 
drunken .

 114  And Eli said unto her How long wilt thou be drunken put 
away thy wine from thee .

 115  And Hannah answered and said No my lord I am a woman of a 
sorrowful spirit I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink but 
have poured out my soul before the LORD .

 116  Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial for out 
of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken 
hitherto .

 117  Then Eli answered and said Go in peace and the God of 
Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him .

 118  And she said Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight So 
the woman went her way and did eat and her countenance was no 
more sad .

 119  And they rose up in the morning early and worshipped 
before the LORD and returned and came to their house to Ramah 
and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife and the LORD remembered her .

 120  Wherefore it came to pass when the time was come about 
after Hannah had conceived that she bare a son and called his 
name Samuel saying Because I have asked him of the LORD .

 121  And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer 
unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow .

 122  But Hannah went not up for she said unto her husband I 
will not go up until the child be weaned and then I will bring 
him that he may appear before the LORD and there abide for ever .

 123  And Elkanah her husband said unto her Do what seemeth thee 
good tarry until thou have weaned him only the LORD establish 
his word So the woman abode and gave her son suck until she 
weaned him .

 124  And when she had weaned him she took him up with her with 
three bullocks and one ephah of flour and a bottle of wine and 
brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh and the child 
was young .

 125  And they slew a bullock and brought the child to Eli .

 126  And she said Oh my lord as thy soul liveth my lord I am 
the woman that stood by thee here praying unto the LORD .

 127  For this child I prayed and the LORD hath given me my 
petition which I asked of him .

 128  Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD as long as he 
liveth he shall be lent to the LORD And he worshipped the LORD 
there .

* 21  And Hannah prayed and said My heart rejoiceth in the LORD 
mine horn is exalted in the LORD my mouth is enlarged over mine 
enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation .

 22  There is none holy as the LORD for there is none beside 
thee neither is there any rock like our God .

 23  Talk no more so exceeding proudly let not arrogancy come 
out of your mouth for the LORD is a God of knowledge and by him 
actions are weighed .

 24  The bows of the mighty men are broken and they that 
stumbled are girded with strength .

 25  They that were full have hired out themselves for bread and 
they that were hungry ceased so that the barren hath born seven 
and she that hath many children is waxed feeble .

 26  The LORD killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the 
grave and bringeth up .

 27  The LORD maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and 
lifteth up .

 28  He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the 
beggar from the dunghill to set them among princes and to make 
them inherit the throne of glory for the pillars of the earth 
are the LORD's and he hath set the world upon them .

 29  He will keep the feet of his saints and the wicked shall be 
silent in darkness for by strength shall no man prevail .

 210  The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces out 
of heaven shall he thunder upon them the LORD shall judge the 
ends of the earth and he shall give strength unto his king and 
exalt the horn of his anointed .

 211  And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house And the child did 
minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest .

 212  Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial they knew not the 
LORD .

 213  And the priests' custom with the people was that when any 
man offered sacrifice the priest's servant came while the flesh 
was in seething with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand .

 214  And he struck it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot 
all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself So 
they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither .

 215  Also before they burnt the fat the priest's servant came 
and said to the man that sacrificed Give flesh to roast for the 
priest for he will not have sodden flesh of thee but raw .

 216  And if any man said unto him Let them not fail to burn the 
fat presently and then take as much as thy soul desireth then he 
would answer him Nay but thou shalt give it me now and if not I 
will take it by force .

 217  Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before 
the LORD for men abhorred the offering of the LORD .

 218  But Samuel ministered before the LORD being a child girded 
with a linen ephod .

 219  Moreover his mother made him a little coat and brought it 
to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to 
offer the yearly sacrifice .

 220  And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife and said The LORD 
give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the 
LORD And they went unto their own home .

 221  And the LORD visited Hannah so that she conceived and bare 
three sons and two daughters And the child Samuel grew before 
the LORD .

 222  Now Eli was very old and heard all that his sons did unto 
all Israel and how they lay with the women that assembled at the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation .

 223  And he said unto them Why do ye such things for I hear of 
your evil dealings by all this people .

 224  Nay my sons for it is no good report that I hear ye make 
the LORD's people to transgress .

 225  If one man sin against another the judge shall judge him 
but if a man sin against the LORD who shall entreat for him 
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their 
father because the LORD would slay them .

 226  And the child Samuel grew on and was in favour both with 
the LORD and also with men .

 227  And there came a man of God unto Eli and said unto him 
Thus saith the LORD Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy 
father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house .

 228  And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be 
my priest to offer upon mine altar to burn incense to wear an 
ephod before me and did I give unto the house of thy father all 
the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel .

 229  Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering 
which I have commanded in my habitation and honourest thy sons 
above me to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the 
offerings of Israel my people .

 230  Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith I said indeed that 
thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for 
ever but now the LORD saith Be it far from me for them that 
honour me I will honour and they that despise me shall be 
lightly esteemed .

 231  Behold the days come that I will cut off thine arm and the 
arm of thy father's house that there shall not be an old man in 
thine house .

 232  And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation in all the 
wealth which God shall give Israel and there shall not be an old 
man in thine house for ever .

 233  And the man of thine whom I shall not cut off from mine 
altar shall be to consume thine eyes and to grieve thine heart 
and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of 
their age .

 234  And this shall be a sign unto thee that shall come upon 
thy two sons on Hophni and Phinehas in one day they shall die 
both of them .

 235  And I will raise me up a faithful priest that shall do 
according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind and I 
will build him a sure house and he shall walk before mine 
anointed for ever .

 236  And it shall come to pass that every one that is left in 
thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver 
and a morsel of bread and shall say Put me I pray thee into one 
of the priests' offices that I may eat a piece of bread .

* 31  And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli 
And the word of the LORD was precious in those days there was no 
open vision .

 32  And it came to pass at that time when Eli was laid down in 
his place and his eyes began to wax dim that he could not see .

 33  And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD 
where the ark of God was and Samuel was laid down to sleep .

 34  That the LORD called Samuel and he answered Here am I .

 35  And he ran unto Eli and said Here am I for thou calledst me 
And he said I called not lie down again And he went and lay down 
.

 36  And the LORD called yet again Samuel And Samuel arose and 
went to Eli and said Here am I for thou didst call me And he 
answered I called not my son lie down again .

 37  Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD neither was the word 
of the LORD yet revealed unto him .

 38  And the LORD called Samuel again the third time And he 
arose and went to Eli and said Here am I for thou didst call me 
And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child .

 39  Therefore Eli said unto Samuel Go lie down and it shall be 
if he call thee that thou shalt say Speak LORD for thy servant 
heareth So Samuel went and lay down in his place .

 310  And the LORD came and stood and called as at other times 
Samuel Samuel Then Samuel answered Speak for thy servant heareth 
.

 311  And the LORD said to Samuel Behold I will do a thing in 
Israel at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall 
tingle .

 312  In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I 
have spoken concerning his house when I begin I will also make 
an end .

 313  For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever 
for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made 
themselves vile and he restrained them not .

 314  And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the 
iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor 
offering for ever .

 315  And Samuel lay until the morning and opened the doors of 
the house of the LORD And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision .

 316  Then Eli called Samuel and said Samuel my son And he 
answered Here am I .

 317  And he said What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto 
thee I pray thee hide it not from me God do so to thee and more 
also if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he 
said unto thee .

 318  And Samuel told him every whit and hid nothing from him 
And he said It is the LORD let him do what seemeth him good .

 319  And Samuel grew and the LORD was with him and did let none 
of his words fall to the ground .

 320  And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel 
was established to be a prophet of the LORD .

 321  And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh for the LORD 
revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD .

 * 41  And the word of Samuel came to all Israel Now Israel went 
out against the Philistines to battle and pitched beside 
Ebenezer and the Philistines pitched in Aphek .

 42  And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel 
and when they joined battle Israel was smitten before the 
Philistines and they slew of the army in the field about four 
thousand men .

 43  And when the people were come into the camp the elders of 
Israel said Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the 
Philistines Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out 
of Shiloh unto us that when it cometh among us it may save us 
out of the hand of our enemies .

 44  So the people sent to Shiloh that they might bring from 
thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts which 
dwelleth between the cherubims and the two sons of Eli Hophni 
and Phinehas were there with the ark of the covenant of God .

 45  And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the 
camp all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth 
rang again .

 46  And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout they 
said What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of 
the Hebrews And they understood that the ark of the LORD was 
come into the camp .

 47  And the Philistines were afraid for they said God is come 
into the camp And they said Woe unto us for there hath not been 
such a thing heretofore .

 48  Woe unto us who shall deliver us out of the hand of these 
mighty Gods these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all 
the plagues in the wilderness .

 49  Be strong and quit yourselves like men O ye Philistines 
that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews as they have been to 
you quit yourselves like men and fight .

 410  And the Philistines fought and Israel was smitten and they 
fled every man into his tent and there was a very great 
slaughter for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen .

 411  And the ark of God was taken and the two sons of Eli 
Hophni and Phinehas were slain .

 412  And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army and came 
to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent and with earth upon 
his head .

 413  And when he came lo Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside 
watching for his heart trembled for the ark of God And when the 
man came into the city and told it all the city cried out .

 414  And when Eli heard the noise of the crying he said What 
meaneth the noise of this tumult And the man came in hastily and 
told Eli .

 415  Now Eli was ninety and eight years old and his eyes were 
dim that he could not see .

 416  And the man said unto Eli I am he that came out of the 
army and I fled to day out of the army And he said What is there 
done my son .

 417  And the messenger answered and said Israel is fled before 
the Philistines and there hath been also a great slaughter among 
the people and thy two sons also Hophni and Phinehas are dead 
and the ark of God is taken .

 418  And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God 
that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate 
and his neck brake and he died for he was an old man and heavy 
And he had judged Israel forty years .

 419  And his daughter in law Phinehas' wife was with child near 
to be delivered and when she heard the tidings that the ark of 
God was taken and that her father in law and her husband were 
dead she bowed herself and travailed for her pains came upon her 
.

 420  And about the time of her death the women that stood by 
her said unto her Fear not for thou hast borne a son But she 
answered not neither did she regard it .

 421  And she named the child Ichabod saying The glory is 
departed from Israel because the ark of God was taken and 
because of her father in law and her husband .

 422  And she said The glory is departed from Israel for the ark 
of God is taken .

* 51  And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it 
from Ebenezer unto Ashdod .

 52  When the Philistines took the ark of God they brought it 
into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon .

 53  And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow behold 
Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of 
the LORD And they took Dagon and set him in his place again .

 54  And when they arose early on the morrow morning behold 
Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of 
the LORD and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands 
were cut off upon the threshold only the stump of Dagon was left 
to him .

 55  Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come 
into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod 
unto this day .

 56  But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod and 
he destroyed them and smote them with emerods even Ashdod and 
the coasts thereof .

 57  And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so they said The 
ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us for his hand is 
sore upon us and upon Dagon our god .

 58  They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the 
Philistines unto them and said What shall we do with the ark of 
the God of Israel And they answered Let the ark of the God of 
Israel be carried about unto Gath And they carried the ark of 
the God of Israel about thither .

 59  And it was so that after they had carried it about the hand 
of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction 
and he smote the men of the city both small and great and they 
had emerods in their secret parts .

 510  Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron And it came to 
pass as the ark of God came to Ekron that the Ekronites cried 
out saying They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel 
to us to slay us and our people .

 511  So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the 
Philistines and said Send away the ark of the God of Israel and 
let it go again to his own place that it slay us not and our 
people for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the 
city the hand of God was very heavy there .

 512  And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods 
and the cry of the city went up to heaven .

* 61  And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the 
Philistines seven months .

 62  And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners 
saying What shall we do to the ark of the LORD tell us wherewith 
we shall send it to his place .

 63  And they said If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel 
send it not empty but in any wise return him a trespass offering 
then ye shall be healed and it shall be known to you why his 
hand is not removed from you .

 64  Then said they What shall be the trespass offering which we 
shall return to him They answered Five golden emerods and five 
golden mice according to the number of the lords of the 
Philistines for one plague was on you all and on your lords .

 65  Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods and images 
of your mice that mar the land and ye shall give glory unto the 
God of Israel peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you 
and from off your gods and from off your land .

 66  Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts as the Egyptians 
and Pharaoh hardened their hearts when he had wrought 
wonderfully among them did they not let the people go and they 
departed .

 67  Now therefore make a new cart and take two milch kine on 
which there hath come no yoke and tie the kine to the cart and 
bring their calves home from them .

 68  And take the ark of the LORD and lay it upon the cart and 
put the jewels of gold which ye return him for a trespass 
offering in a coffer by the side thereof and send it away that 
it may go .

 69  And see if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to 
Bethshemesh then he hath done us this great evil but if not then 
we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us it was a 
chance that happened to us .

 610  And the men did so and took two milch kine and tied them 
to the cart and shut up their calves at home .

 611  And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart and the 
coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods .

 612  And the kine took the straight way to the way of 
Bethshemesh and went along the highway lowing as they went and 
turned not aside to the right hand or to the left and the lords 
of the Philistines went after them unto the border of 
Bethshemesh .

 613  And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest 
in the valley and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark and 
rejoiced to see it .

 614  And the cart came into the field of Joshua a Bethshemite 
and stood there where there was a great stone and they clave the 
wood of the cart and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the 
LORD .

 615  And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the 
coffer that was with it wherein the jewels of gold were and put 
them on the great stone and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt 
offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD .

 616  And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it 
they returned to Ekron the same day .

 617  And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines 
returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD for Ashdod one 
for Gaza one for Askelon one for Gath one for Ekron one .

 618  And the golden mice according to the number of all the 
cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords both of 
fenced cities and of country villages even unto the great stone 
of Abel whereon they set down the ark of the LORD which stone 
remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Bethshemite .

 619  And he smote the men of Bethshemesh because they had 
looked into the ark of the LORD even he smote of the people 
fifty thousand and threescore and ten men and the people 
lamented because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a 
great slaughter .

 620  And the men of Bethshemesh said Who is able to stand 
before this holy LORD God and to whom shall he go up from us .

 621  And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of 
Kirjathjearim saying The Philistines have brought again the ark 
of the LORD come ye down and fetch it up to you .

* 71  And the men of Kirjathjearim came and fetched up the ark 
of the LORD and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the 
hill and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD .

 72  And it came to pass while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim 
that the time was long for it was twenty years and all the house 
of Israel lamented after the LORD .

 73  And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel saying If ye 
do return unto the LORD with all your hearts then put away the 
strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your 
hearts unto the LORD and serve him only and he will deliver you 
out of the hand of the Philistines .

 74  Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and 
Ashtaroth and served the LORD only .

 75  And Samuel said Gather all Israel to Mizpeh and I will pray 
for you unto the LORD .

 76  And they gathered together to Mizpeh and drew water and 
poured it out before the LORD and fasted on that day and said 
there We have sinned against the LORD And Samuel judged the 
children of Israel in Mizpeh .

 77  And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel 
were gathered together to Mizpeh the lords of the Philistines 
went up against Israel And when the children of Israel heard it 
they were afraid of the Philistines .

 78  And the children of Israel said to Samuel Cease not to cry 
unto the LORD our God for us that he will save us out of the 
hand of the Philistines .

 79  And Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it for a burnt 
offering wholly unto the LORD and Samuel cried unto the LORD for 
Israel and the LORD heard him .

 710  And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering the 
Philistines drew near to battle against Israel but the LORD 
thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines 
and discomfited them and they were smitten before Israel .

 711  And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh and pursued the 
Philistines and smote them until they came under Bethcar .

 712  Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpeh and 
Shen and called the name of it Ebenezer saying Hitherto hath the 
LORD helped us .

 713  So the Philistines were subdued and they came no more into 
the coast of Israel and the hand of the LORD was against the 
Philistines all the days of Samuel .

 714  And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel 
were restored to Israel from Ekron even unto Gath and the coasts 
thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines 
And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites .

 715  And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life .

 716  And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and 
Gilgal and Mizpeh and judged Israel in all those places .

 717  And his return was to Ramah for there was his house and 
there he judged Israel and there he built an altar unto the LORD 
.

* 81  And it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his 
sons judges over Israel .

 82  Now the name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his 
second Abiah they were judges in Beersheba .

 83  And his sons walked not in his ways but turned aside after 
lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment .

 84  Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together 
and came to Samuel unto Ramah .

 85  And said unto him Behold thou art old and thy sons walk not 
in thy ways now make us a king to judge us like all the nations .

 86  But the thing displeased Samuel when they said Give us a 
king to judge us And Samuel prayed unto the LORD .

 87  And the LORD said unto Samuel Hearken unto the voice of the 
people in all that they say unto thee for they have not rejected 
thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them 
.

 88  According to all the works which they have done since the 
day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day 
wherewith they have forsaken me and served other gods so do they 
also unto thee .

 89  Now therefore hearken unto their voice howbeit yet protest 
solemnly unto them and show them the manner of the king that 
shall reign over them .

 810  And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people 
that asked of him a king .

 811  And he said This will be the manner of the king that shall 
reign over you He will take your sons and appoint them for 
himself for his chariots and to be his horsemen and some shall 
run before his chariots .

 812  And he will appoint him captains over thousands and 
captains over fifties and will set them to ear his ground and to 
reap his harvest and to make his instruments of war and 
instruments of his chariots .

 813  And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and 
to be cooks and to be bakers .

 814  And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your 
oliveyards even the best of them and give them to his servants .

 815  And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your 
vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants .

 816  And he will take your menservants and your maidservants 
and your goodliest young men and your asses and put them to his 
work .

 817  He will take the tenth of your sheep and ye shall be his 
servants .

 818  And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king 
which ye shall have chosen you and the LORD will not hear you in 
that day .

 819  Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of 
Samuel and they said Nay but we will have a king over us .

 820  That we also may be like all the nations and that our king 
may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles  .

 821  And Samuel heard all the words of the people and he 
rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD .

 822  And the LORD said to Samuel Hearken unto their voice and 
make them a king And Samuel said unto the men of Israel Go ye 
every man unto his city .

* 91  Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the 
son of Abiel the son of Zeror the son of Bechorath the son of 
Aphiah a Benjamite a mighty man of power .

 92  And he had a son whose name was Saul a choice young man and 
a goodly and there was not among the children of Israel a 
goodlier person than he from his shoulders and upward he was 
higher than any of the people .

 93  And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost And Kish said 
to Saul his son Take now one of the servants with thee and arise 
go seek the asses .

 94  And he passed through mount Ephraim and passed through the 
land of Shalisha but they found them not then they passed 
through the land of Shalim and there they were not and he passed 
through the land of the Benjamites but they found them not .

 95  And when they were come to the land of Zuph Saul said to 
his servant that was with him Come and let us return lest my 
father leave caring for the asses and take thought for us .

 96  And he said unto him Behold now there is in this city a man 
of God and he is an honourable man all that he saith cometh 
surely to pass now let us go thither peradventure he can show us 
our way that we should go .

 97  Then said Saul to his servant But behold if we go what 
shall we bring the man for the bread is spent in our vessels and 
there is not a present to bring to the man of God what have we .

 98  And the servant answered Saul again and said Behold I have 
here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver that will I 
give to the man of God to tell us our way .

 99  (Beforetime in Israel when a man went to inquire of God 
thus he spake Come and let us go to the seer for he that is now 
called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer .

 910  Then said Saul to his servant Well said come let us go So 
they went unto the city where the man of God was .

 911  And as they went up the hill to the city they found young 
maidens going out to draw water and said unto them Is the seer 
here .

 912  And they answered them and said He is behold he is before 
you make haste now for he came to day to the city for there is a 
sacrifice of the people to day in the high place .

 913  As soon as ye be come into the city ye shall straightway 
find him before he go up to the high place to eat for the people 
will not eat until he come because he doth bless the sacrifice 
and afterwards they eat that be bidden Now therefore get you up 
for about this time ye shall find him .

 914  And they went up into the city and when they were come 
into the city behold Samuel came out against them for to go up 
to the high place .

 915  Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul 
came saying .

 916  To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of 
the land of Benjamin and thou shalt anoint him to be captain 
over my people Israel that he may save my people out of the hand 
of the Philistines for I have looked upon my people because 
their cry is come unto me .

 917  And when Samuel saw Saul the LORD said unto him Behold the 
man whom I spake to thee of this same shall reign over my people 
.

 918  Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said Tell me 
I pray thee where the seer's house is .

 919  And Samuel answered Saul and said I am the seer go up 
before me unto the high place for ye shall eat with me to day 
and to morrow I will let thee go and will tell thee all that is 
in thine heart .

 920  And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago set 
not thy mind on them for they are found And on whom is all the 
desire of Israel Is it not on thee and on all thy father's house 
.

 921  And Saul answered and said Am not I a Benjamite of the 
smallest of the tribes of Israel and my family the least of all 
the families of the tribe of Benjamin wherefore then speakest 
thou so to me .

 922  And Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into 
the parlour and made them sit in the chiefest place among them 
that were bidden which were about thirty persons .

 923  And Samuel said unto the cook Bring the portion which I 
gave thee of which I said unto thee Set it by thee .

 924  And the cook took up the shoulder and that which was upon 
it and set it before Saul And Samuel said Behold that which is 
left set it before thee and eat for unto this time hath it been 
kept for thee since I said I have invited the people So Saul did 
eat with Samuel that day .

 925  And when they were come down from the high place into the 
city Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house .

 926  And they arose early and it came to pass about the spring 
of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house 
saying Up that I may send thee away And Saul arose and they went 
out both of them he and Samuel abroad .

 927  And as they were going down to the end of the city Samuel 
said to Saul Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on 
but stand thou still a while that I may show thee the word of 
God .

* 101  Then Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it upon his 
head and kissed him and said Is it not because the LORD hath 
anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance .

 102  When thou art departed from me to day then thou shalt find 
two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at 
Zelzah and they will say unto thee The asses which thou wentest 
to seek are found and lo thy father hath left the care of the 
asses and sorroweth for you saying What shall I do for my son .

 103  Then shalt thou go on forward from thence and thou shalt 
come to the plain of Tabor and there shall meet thee three men 
going up to God to Bethel one carrying three kids and another 
carrying three loaves of bread and another carrying a bottle of 
wine .

 104  And they will salute thee and give thee two loaves of 
bread which thou shalt receive of their hands .

 105  After that thou shalt come to the hill of God where is the 
garrison of the Philistines and it shall come to pass when thou 
art come thither to the city that thou shalt meet a company of 
prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery and a 
tabret and a pipe and a harp before them and they shall prophesy 
.

 106  And the spirit of the LORD will come upon thee and thou 
shalt prophesy with them and shalt be turned into another man .

 107  And let it be when these signs are come unto thee that 
thou do as occasion serve thee for God is with thee  .

108  And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal and behold I 
will come down unto thee to offer burnt offerings and to 
sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings seven days shalt thou 
tarry till I come to thee and show thee what thou shalt do .

 109  And it was so that when he had turned his back to go from 
Samuel God gave him another heart and all those signs came to 
pass that day .

 1010  And when they came thither to the hill behold a company 
of prophets met him and the spirit of God came upon him and he 
prophesied among them .

 1011  And it came to pass when all that knew him beforetime saw 
that behold he prophesied among the prophets then the people 
said one to another What is this that is come unto the son of 
Kish Is Saul also among the prophets .

 1012  And one of the same place answered and said But who is 
their father Therefore it became a proverb Is Saul also among 
the prophets .

 1013  And when he had made an end of prophesying he came to the 
high place .

 1014  And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant Whither 
went ye And he said To seek the asses and when we saw that they 
were no where we came to Samuel .

 1015  And Saul's uncle said Tell me I pray thee what Samuel 
said unto you .

 1016  And Saul said unto his uncle He told us plainly that the 
asses were found But of the matter of the kingdom whereof Samuel 
spake he told him not .

 1017  And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to 
Mizpeh .

 1018  And said unto the children of Israel Thus saith the LORD 
God of Israel I brought up Israel out of Egypt and delivered you 
out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all 
kingdoms and of them that oppressed you .

 1019  And ye have this day rejected your God who himself saved 
you out of all your adversities and your tribulations and ye 
have said unto him Nay but set a king over us Now therefore 
present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your 
thousands .

 1020  And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to 
come near the tribe of Benjamin was taken .

 1021  When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by 
their families the family of Matri was taken and Saul the son of 
Kish was taken and when they sought him he could not be found .

 1022  Therefore they inquired of the LORD further if the man 
should yet come thither And the LORD answered Behold he hath hid 
himself among the stuff .

 1023  And they ran and fetched him thence and when he stood 
among the people he was higher than any of the people from his 
shoulders and upward .

 1024  And Samuel said to all the people See ye him whom the 
LORD hath chosen that there is none like him among all the 
people And all the people shouted and said God save the king .

 1025  Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom and 
wrote it in a book and laid it up before the LORD And Samuel 
sent all the people away every man to his house .

 1026  And Saul also went home to Gibeah and there went with him 
a band of men whose hearts God had touched .

 1027  But the children of Belial said How shall this man save 
us And they despised him and brought him no presents But he held 
his peace .

* 111  Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against 
Jabeshgilead and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash Make a 
covenant with us and we will serve thee .

 112  And Nahash the Ammonite answered them On this condition 
will I make a covenant with you that I may thrust out all your 
right eyes and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel .

 113  And the elders of Jabesh said unto him Give us seven days' 
respite that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of 
Israel and then if there be no man to save us we will come out 
to thee .

 114  Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul and told the 
tidings in the ears of the people and all the people lifted up 
their voices and wept .

 115  And behold Saul came after the herd out of the field and 
Saul said What aileth the people that they weep And they told 
him the tidings of the men of Jabesh .

 116  And the spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those 
tidings and his anger was kindled greatly .

 117  And he took a yoke of oxen and hewed them in pieces and 
sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of 
messengers saying Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and 
after Samuel so shall it be done unto his oxen And the fear of 
the LORD fell on the people and they came out with one consent .

 118  And when he numbered them in Bezek the children of Israel 
were three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand 
.

 119  And they said unto the messengers that came Thus shall ye 
say unto the men of Jabeshgilead To morrow by that time the sun 
be hot ye shall have help And the messengers came and showed it 
to the men of Jabesh and they were glad .

 1110  Therefore the men of Jabesh said To morrow we will come 
out unto you and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto 
you .

 1111  And it was so on the morrow that Saul put the people in 
three companies and they came into the midst of the host in the 
morning watch and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day 
and it came to pass that they which remained were scattered so 
that two of them were not left together .

 1112  And the people said unto Samuel Who is he that said Shall 
Saul reign over us bring the men that we may put them to death .

 1113  And Saul said There shall not a man be put to death this 
day for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel .

 1114  Then said Samuel to the people Come and let us go to 
Gilgal and renew the kingdom there .

 1115  And all the people went to Gilgal and there they made 
Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal and there they sacrificed 
sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD and there Saul and 
all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly .

* 121  And Samuel said unto all Israel Behold I have hearkened 
unto your voice in all that ye said unto me and have made a king 
over you .

 122  And now behold the king walketh before you and I am old 
and grayheaded and behold my sons are with you and I have walked 
before you from my childhood unto this day .

 123  Behold here I am witness against me before the LORD and 
before his anointed whose ox have I taken or whose ass have I 
taken or whom have I defrauded whom have I oppressed or of whose 
hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith and 
I will restore it you .

 124  And they said Thou hast not defrauded us nor oppressed us 
neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand .

 125  And he said unto them The LORD is witness against you and 
his anointed is witness this day that ye have not found ought in 
my hand And they answered He is witness .

 126  And Samuel said unto the people It is the LORD that 
advanced Moses and Aaron and that brought your fathers up out of 
the land of Egypt .

 127  Now therefore stand still that I may reason with you 
before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD which he 
did to you and to your fathers .

 128  When Jacob was come into Egypt and your fathers cried unto 
the LORD then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron which brought forth 
your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place .

 129  And when they forgat the LORD their God he sold them into 
the hand of Sisera captain of the host of Hazor and into the 
hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab 
and they fought against them .

 1210  And they cried unto the LORD and said We have sinned 
because we have forsaken the LORD and have served Baalim and 
Ashtaroth but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies and 
we will serve thee .

 1211  And the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and 
Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on 
every side and ye dwelled safe .

 1212  And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of 
Ammon came against you ye said unto me Nay but a king shall 
reign over us when the LORD your God was your king .

 1213  Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen and 
whom ye have desired and behold the LORD hath set a king over 
you .

 1214  If ye will fear the LORD and serve him and obey his voice 
and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD then shall 
both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue 
following the LORD your God .

 1215  But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD but rebel 
against the commandment of the LORD then shall the hand of the 
LORD be against you as it was against your fathers .

 1216  Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the 
LORD will do before your eyes .

 1217  Is it not wheat harvest to day I will call unto the LORD 
and he shall send thunder and rain that ye may perceive and see 
that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of 
the LORD in asking you a king .

 1218  So Samuel called unto the LORD and the LORD sent thunder 
and rain that day and all the people greatly feared the LORD and 
Samuel .

 1219  And all the people said unto Samuel Pray for thy servants 
unto the LORD thy God that we die not for we have added unto all 
our sins this evil to ask us a king .

 1220  And Samuel said unto the people Fear not ye have done all 
this wickedness yet turn not aside from following the LORD but 
serve the LORD with all your heart .

 1221  And turn ye not aside for then should ye go after vain 
things which cannot profit nor deliver for they are vain .

 1222  For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great 
name's sake because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his 
people .

 1223  Moreover as for me God forbid that I should sin against 
the LORD in ceasing to pray for you but I will teach you the 
good and the right way .

 1224  Only fear the LORD and serve him in truth with all your 
heart for consider how great things he hath done for you .

 1225  But if ye shall still do wickedly ye shall be consumed 
both ye and your king .

 * 131  Saul reigned one year and when he had reigned two years 
over Israel .

 132  Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel whereof two 
thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel and a 
thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin and the rest 
of the people he sent every man to his tent .

 133  And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that 
was in Geba and the Philistines heard of it And Saul blew the 
trumpet throughout all the land saying Let the Hebrews hear .

 134  And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison 
of the Philistines and that Israel also was had in abomination 
with the Philistines And the people were called together after 
Saul to Gilgal .

 135  And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight 
with Israel thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen 
and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude 
and they came up and pitched in Michmash eastward from Bethaven .

 136  When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for 
the people were distressed then the people did hide themselves 
in caves and in thickets and in rocks and in high places and in 
pits .

 137  And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of 
Gad and Gilead As for Saul he was yet in Gilgal and all the 
people followed him trembling .

 138  And he tarried seven days according to the set time that 
Samuel had appointed but Samuel came not to Gilgal and the 
people were scattered from him .

 139  And Saul said Bring hither a burnt offering to me and 
peace offerings And he offered the burnt offering .

 1310  And it came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of 
offering the burnt offering behold Samuel came and Saul went out 
to meet him that he might salute him .

 1311  And Samuel said What hast thou done And Saul said Because 
I saw that the people were scattered from me and that thou 
camest not within the days appointed and that the Philistines 
gathered themselves together at Michmash .

 1312  Therefore said I The Philistines will come down now upon 
me to Gilgal and I have not made supplication unto the LORD I 
forced myself therefore and offered a burnt offering .

 1313  And Samuel said to Saul Thou hast done foolishly thou 
hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God which he 
commanded thee for now would the LORD have established thy 
kingdom upon Israel for ever .

 1314  But now thy kingdom shall not continue the LORD hath 
sought him a man after his own heart and the LORD hath commanded 
him to be captain over his people because thou hast not kept 
that which the LORD commanded thee .

 1315  And Samuel arose and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah 
of Benjamin And Saul numbered the people that were present with 
him about six hundred men .

 1316  And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people that were 
present with them abode in Gibeah of Benjamin but the 
Philistines encamped in Michmash .

 1317  And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines 
in three companies one company turned unto the way that leadeth 
to Ophrah unto the land of Shual .

 1318  And another company turned the way to Bethhoron and 
another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to 
the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness .

 1319  Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of 
Israel for the Philistines said Lest the Hebrews make them 
swords or spears .

 1320  But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to 
sharpen every man his share and his coulter and his ax and his 
mattock .

 1321  Yet they had a file for the mattocks and for the coulters 
and for the forks and for the axes and to sharpen the goads .

 1322  So it came to pass in the day of battle that there was 
neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people 
that were with Saul and Jonathan but with Saul and with Jonathan 
his son was there found .

 1323  And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the 
passage of Michmash .

 * 141  Now it came to pass upon a day that Jonathan the son of 
Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour Come and let 
us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other 
side But he told not his father .

 142  And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a 
pomegranate tree which is in Migron and the people that were 
with him were about six hundred men .

 143  And Ahiah the son of Ahitub Ichabod's brother the son of 
Phinehas the son of Eli the LORD'S priest in Shiloh wearing an 
ephod And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone .

 144  And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go 
over unto the Philistines' garrison there was a sharp rock on 
the one side and a sharp rock on the other side and the name of 
the one was Bozez and the name of the other Seneh  .

145  The forefront of the one was situate northward over against 
Michmash and the other southward over against Gibeah .

 146  And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour 
Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised 
it may be that the LORD will work for us for there is no 
restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few .

 147  And his armourbearer said unto him Do all that is in thine 
heart turn thee behold I am with thee according to thy heart .

 148  Then said Jonathan Behold we will pass over unto these men 
and we will discover ourselves unto them .

 149  If they say thus unto us Tarry until we come to you then 
we will stand still in our place and will not go up unto them .

 1410  But if they say thus Come up unto us then we will go up 
for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand and this shall be 
a sign unto us .

 1411  And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison 
of the Philistines and the Philistines said Behold the Hebrews 
come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves .

 1412  And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his 
armourbearer and said Come up to us and we will show you a thing 
And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer Come up after me for the 
LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel  .

1413  And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet 
and his armourbearer after him and they fell before Jonathan and 
his armourbearer slew after him .

 1414  And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his 
armourbearer made was about twenty men within as it were an half 
acre of land which a yoke of oxen might plow .

 1415  And there was trembling in the host in the field and 
among all the people the garrison and the spoilers they also 
trembled and the earth quaked so it was a very great trembling .

 1416  And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked and 
behold the multitude melted away and they went on beating down 
one another .

 1417  Then said Saul unto the people that were with him Number 
now and see who is gone from us And when they had numbered 
behold Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there .

 1418  And Saul said unto Ahiah Bring hither the ark of God For 
the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel .

 1419  And it came to pass while Saul talked unto the priest 
that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on 
and increased and Saul said unto the priest Withdraw thine hand .

 1420  And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled 
themselves and they came to the battle and behold every man's 
sword was against his fellow and there was a very great 
discomfiture .

 1421  Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines 
before that time which went up with them into the camp from the 
country round about even they also turned to be with the 
Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan .

 1422  Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves 
in mount Ephraim when they heard that the Philistines fled even 
they also followed hard after them in the battle .

 1423  So the LORD saved Israel that day and the battle passed 
over unto Bethaven .

 1424  And the men of Israel were distressed that day for Saul 
had adjured the people saying Cursed be the man that eateth any 
food until evening that I may be avenged on mine enemies So none 
of the people tasted any food .

 1425  And all they of the land came to a wood and there was 
honey upon the ground .

 1426  And when the people were come into the wood behold the 
honey dropped but no man put his hand to his mouth for the 
people feared the oath .

 1427  But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people 
with the oath wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was 
in his hand and dipped it in an honeycomb and put his hand to 
his mouth and his eyes were enlightened .

 1428  Then answered one of the people and said Thy father 
straitly charged the people with an oath saying Cursed be the 
man that eateth any food this day And the people were faint .

 1429  Then said Jonathan My father hath troubled the land see I 
pray you how mine eyes have been enlightened because I tasted a 
little of this honey .

 1430  How much more if haply the people had eaten freely to day 
of the spoil of their enemies which they found for had there not 
been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines .

 1431  And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to 
Aijalon and the people were very faint .

 1432  And the people flew upon the spoil and took sheep and 
oxen and calves and slew them on the ground and the people did 
eat them with the blood .

 1433  Then they told Saul saying Behold the people sin against 
the LORD in that they eat with the blood And he said Ye have 
transgressed roll a great stone unto me this day .

 1434  And Saul said Disperse yourselves among the people and 
say unto them Bring me hither every man his ox and every man his 
sheep and slay them here and eat and sin not against the LORD in 
eating with the blood And all the people brought every man his 
ox with him that night and slew them there .

 1435  And Saul built an altar unto the LORD the same was the 
first altar that he built unto the LORD .

 1436  And Saul said Let us go down after the Philistines by 
night and spoil them until the morning light and let us not 
leave a man of them And they said Do whatsoever seemeth good 
unto thee Then said the priest Let us draw near hither unto God .

 1437  And Saul asked counsel of God Shall I go down after the 
Philistines wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel But 
he answered him not that day .

 1438  And Saul said Draw ye near hither all the chief of the 
people and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day .

 1439  For as the LORD liveth which saveth Israel though it be 
in Jonathan my son he shall surely die But there was not a man 
among all the people that answered him .

 1440  Then said he unto all Israel Be ye on one side and I and 
Jonathan my son will be on the other side And the people said 
unto Saul Do what seemeth good unto thee .

 1441  Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel Give a 
perfect lot And Saul and Jonathan were taken but the people 
escaped .

 1442  And Saul said Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son 
And Jonathan was taken .

 1443  Then Saul said to Jonathan Tell me what thou hast done 
And Jonathan told him and said I did but taste a little honey 
with the end of the rod that was in mine hand and lo I must die .

 1444  And Saul answered God do so and more also for thou shalt 
surely die Jonathan .

 1445  And the people said unto Saul Shall Jonathan die who hath 
wrought this great salvation in Israel God forbid as the LORD 
liveth there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground 
for he hath wrought with God this day So the people rescued 
Jonathan that he died not .

 1446  Then Saul went up from following the Philistines and the 
Philistines went to their own place .

 1447  So Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought against 
all his enemies on every side against Moab and against the 
children of Ammon and against Edom and against the kings of 
Zobah and against the Philistines and whithersoever he turned 
himself he vexed them .

 1448  And he gathered an host and smote the Amalekites and 
delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them .

 1449  Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishui and 
Melchishua and the names of his two daughters were these the 
name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal .

 1450  And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of 
Ahimaaz and the name of the captain of his host was Abner the 
son of Ner Saul's uncle .

 1451  And Kish was the father of Saul and Ner the father of 
Abner was the son of Abiel .

 1452  And there was sore war against the Philistines all the 
days of Saul and when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man 
he took him unto him .

* 151  Samuel also said unto Saul The LORD sent me to anoint 
thee to be king over his people over Israel now therefore 
hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD .

 152  Thus saith the LORD of hosts I remember that which Amalek 
did to Israel how he laid wait for him in the way when he came 
up from Egypt .

 153  Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they 
have and spare them not but slay both man and woman infant and 
suckling ox and sheep camel and ass .

 154  And Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in 
Telaim two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of 
Judah .

 155  And Saul came to a city of Amalek and laid wait in the 
valley .

 156  And Saul said unto the Kenites Go depart get you down from 
among the Amalekites lest I destroy you with them for ye showed 
kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of 
Egypt So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites .

 157  And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou 
comest to Shur that is over against Egypt .

 158  And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and 
utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword .

 159  But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the 
sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings and the lambs and all 
that was good and would not utterly destroy them but every thing 
that was vile and refuse that they destroyed utterly .

 1510  Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel saying .

 1511  It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king for he 
is turned back from following me and hath not performed my 
commandments And it grieved Samuel and he cried unto the LORD 
all night .

 1512  And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning it 
was told Samuel saying Saul came to Carmel and behold he set him 
up a place and is gone about and passed on and gone down to 
Gilgal .

 1513  And Samuel came to Saul and Saul said unto him Blessed be 
thou of the LORD I have performed the commandment of the LORD .

 1514  And Samuel said What meaneth then this bleating of the 
sheep in mine ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear .

 1515  And Saul said They have brought them from the Amalekites 
for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to 
sacrifice unto the LORD thy God and the rest we have utterly 
destroyed .

 1516  Then Samuel said unto Saul Stay and I will tell thee what 
the LORD hath said to me this night And he said unto him Say on .

 1517  And Samuel said When thou wast little in thine own sight 
wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel and the LORD 
anointed thee king over Israel .

 1518  And the LORD sent thee on a journey and said Go and 
utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites and fight against 
them until they be consumed .

 1519  Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD 
but didst fly upon the spoil and didst evil in the sight of the 
LORD .

 1520  And Saul said unto Samuel Yea I have obeyed the voice of 
the LORD and have gone the way which the LORD sent me and have 
brought Agag the king of Amalek and have utterly destroyed the 
Amalekites .

 1521  But the people took of the spoil sheep and oxen the chief 
of the things which should have been utterly destroyed to 
sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal .

 1522  And Samuel said Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt 
offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD 
Behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the 
fat of rams .

 1523  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and 
stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry Because thou hast 
rejected the word of the LORD he hath also rejected thee from 
being king .

 1524  And Saul said unto Samuel I have sinned for I have 
transgressed the commandment of the LORD and thy words because I 
feared the people and obeyed their voice .

 1525  Now therefore I pray thee pardon my sin and turn again 
with me that I may worship the LORD .

 1526  And Samuel said unto Saul I will not return with thee for 
thou hast rejected the word of the LORD and the LORD hath 
rejected thee from being king over Israel .

 1527  And as Samuel turned about to go away he laid hold upon 
the skirt of his mantle and it rent .

 1528  And Samuel said unto him The LORD hath rent the kingdom 
of Israel from thee this day and hath given it to a neighbour of 
thine that is better than thou .

 1529  And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent 
for he is not a man that he should repent .

 1530  Then he said I have sinned yet honour me now I pray thee 
before the elders of my people and before Israel and turn again 
with me that I may worship the LORD thy God .

 1531  So Samuel turned again after Saul and Saul worshipped the 
LORD .

 1532  Then said Samuel Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of 
the Amalekites And Agag came unto him delicately And Agag said 
Surely the bitterness of death is past .

 1533  And Samuel said As thy sword hath made women childless so 
shall thy mother be childless among women And Samuel hewed Agag 
in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal .

 1534  Then Samuel went to Ramah and Saul went up to his house 
to Gibeah of Saul .

 1535  And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his 
death nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul and the LORD repented 
that he had made Saul king over Israel .

* 161  And the LORD said unto Samuel How long wilt thou mourn 
for Saul seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel 
fill thine horn with oil and go I will send thee to Jesse the 
Bethlehemite for I have provided me a king among his sons .

 162  And Samuel said How can I go if Saul hear it he will kill 
me And the LORD said Take an heifer with thee and say I am come 
to sacrifice to the LORD .

 163  And call Jesse to the sacrifice and I will show thee what 
thou shalt do and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto 
thee .

 164  And Samuel did that which the LORD spake and came to 
Bethlehem And the elders of the town trembled at his coming and 
said Comest thou peaceably .

 165  And he said Peaceably I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD 
sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice And he 
sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them to the sacrifice .

 166  And it came to pass when they were come that he looked on 
Eliab and said Surely the LORD's anointed is before him .

 167  But the LORD said unto Samuel Look not on his countenance 
or on the height of his stature because I have refused him for 
the LORD seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward 
appearance but the LORD looketh on the heart .

 168  Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel 
And he said Neither hath the LORD chosen this .

 169  Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by And he said Neither 
hath the LORD chosen this .

 1610  Again Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel 
And Samuel said unto Jesse The LORD hath not chosen these .

 1611  And Samuel said unto Jesse Are here all thy children And 
he said There remaineth yet the youngest and behold he keepeth 
the sheep And Samuel said unto Jesse Send and fetch him for we 
will not sit down till he come hither .

 1612  And he sent and brought him in Now he was ruddy and 
withal of a beautiful countenance and goodly to look to And the 
LORD said Arise anoint him for this is he .

 1613  Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the 
midst of his brethren and the spirit of the LORD came upon David 
from that day forward So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah .

 1614  But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul and an evil 
spirit from the LORD troubled him .

 1615  And Saul's servants said unto him Behold now an evil 
spirit from God troubleth thee .

 1616  Let our lord now command thy servants which are before 
thee to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp and it 
shall come to pass when the evil spirit from God is upon thee 
that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt be well .

 1617  And Saul said unto his servants Provide me now a man that 
can play well and bring him to me .

 1618  Then answered one of the servants and said Behold I have 
seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite that is cunning in playing 
and a mighty valiant man and a man of war and prudent in matters 
and a comely person and the LORD is with him .

 1619  Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said Send 
me David thy son which is with the sheep .

 1620  And Jesse took an ass laden with bread and a bottle of 
wine and a kid and sent them by David his son unto Saul .

 1621  And David came to Saul and stood before him and he loved 
him greatly and he became his armourbearer .

 1622  And Saul sent to Jesse saying Let David I pray thee stand 
before me for he hath found favour in my sight .

 1623  And it came to pass when the evil spirit from God was 
upon Saul that David took an harp and played with his hand so 
Saul was refreshed and was well and the evil spirit departed 
from him .

* 171  Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to 
battle and were gathered together at Shochoh which belongeth to 
Judah and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah in Ephesdammin .

 172  And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and 
pitched by the valley of Elah and set the battle in array 
against the Philistines .

 173  And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side 
and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side and there was a 
valley between them .

 174  And there went out a champion out of the camp of the 
Philistines named Goliath of Gath whose height was six cubits 
and a span .

 175  And he had an helmet of brass upon his head and he was 
armed with a coat of mail and the weight of the coat was five 
thousand shekels of brass .

 176  And he had greaves of brass upon his legs and a target of 
brass between his shoulders .

 177  And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam and 
his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron and one 
bearing a shield went before him .

 178  And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel and said 
unto them Why are ye come out to set your battle in array am not 
I a Philistine and ye servants to Saul choose you a man for you 
and let him come down to me .

 179  If he be able to fight with me and to kill me then will we 
be your servants but if I prevail against him and kill him then 
shall ye be our servants and serve us .

 1710  And the Philistine said I defy the armies of Israel this 
day give me a man that we may fight together .

 1711  When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the 
Philistine they were dismayed and greatly afraid .

 1712  Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of 
Bethlehemjudah whose name was Jesse and he had eight sons and 
the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul .

 1713  And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul 
to the battle and the names of his three sons that went to the 
battle were Eliab the firstborn and next unto him Abinadab and 
the third Shammah .

 1714  And David was the youngest and the three eldest followed 
Saul .

 1715  But David went and returned from Saul to feed his 
father's sheep at Bethlehem .

 1716  And the Philistine drew near morning and evening and 
presented himself forty days .

 1717  And Jesse said unto David his son Take now for thy 
brethren an ephah of this parched corn and these ten loaves and 
run to the camp to thy brethren .

 1718  And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their 
thousand and look how thy brethren fare and take their pledge .

 1719  Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the 
valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines .

 1720  And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep 
with a keeper and took and went as Jesse had commanded him and 
he came to the trench as the host was going forth to the fight 
and shouted for the battle .

 1721  For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in 
array army against army .

 1722  And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of 
the carriage and ran into the army and came and saluted his 
brethren .

 1723  And as he talked with them behold there came up the 
champion the Philistine of Gath Goliath by name out of the 
armies of the Philistines and spake according to the same words 
and David heard them .

 1724  And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from 
him and were sore afraid .

 1725  And the men of Israel said Have ye seen this man that is 
come up surely to defy Israel is he come up and it shall be that 
the man who killeth him the king will enrich him with great 
riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's 
house free in Israel .

 1726  And David spake to the men that stood by him saying What 
shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine and taketh 
away the reproach from Israel for who is this uncircumcised 
Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God .

 1727  And the people answered him after this manner saying So 
shall it be done to the man that killeth him .

 1728  And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the 
men and Eliab's anger was kindled against David and he said Why 
camest thou down hither and with whom hast thou left those few 
sheep in the wilderness I know thy pride and the naughtiness of 
thine heart for thou art come down that thou mightest see the 
battle .

 1729  And David said What have I now done Is there not a cause .

 1730  And he turned from him toward another and spake after the 
same manner and the people answered him again after the former 
manner .

 1731  And when the words were heard which David spake they 
rehearsed them before Saul and he sent for him .

 1732  And David said to Saul Let no man's heart fail because of 
him thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine .

 1733  And Saul said to David Thou art not able to go against 
this Philistine to fight with him for thou art but a youth and 
he a man of war from his youth .

 1734  And David said unto Saul Thy servant kept his father's 
sheep and there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of 
the flock .

 1735  And I went out after him and smote him and delivered it 
out of his mouth and when he arose against me I caught him by 
his beard and smote him and slew him .

 1736  Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear and this 
uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them seeing he hath 
defied the armies of the living God .

 1737  David said moreover The LORD that delivered me out of the 
paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear he will deliver 
me out of the hand of this Philistine And Saul said unto David 
Go and the LORD be with thee .

 1738  And Saul armed David with his armour and he put an helmet 
of brass upon his head also he armed him with a coat of mail .

 1739  And David girded his sword upon his armour and he assayed 
to go for he had not proved it And David said unto Saul I cannot 
go with these for I have not proved them And David put them off 
him .

 1740  And he took his staff in his hand and chose him five 
smooth stones out of the brook and put them in a shepherd's bag 
which he had even in a scrip and his sling was in his hand and 
he drew near to the Philistine .

 1741  And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David and 
the man that bare the shield went before him .

 1742  And when the Philistine looked about and saw David he 
disdained him for he was but a youth and ruddy and of a fair 
countenance .

 1743  And the Philistine said unto David Am I a dog that thou 
comest to me with staves And the Philistine cursed David by his 
gods .

 1744  And the Philistine said to David Come to me and I will 
give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of 
the field .

 1745  Then said David to the Philistine Thou comest to me with 
a sword and with a spear and with a shield but I come to thee in 
the name of the LORD of hosts the God of the armies of Israel 
whom thou hast defied .

 1746  This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand and I 
will smite thee and take thine head from thee and I will give 
the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the 
fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth that all 
the earth may know that there is a God in Israel .

 1747  And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not 
with sword and spear for the battle is the LORD's and he will 
give you into our hands .

 1748  And it came to pass when the Philistine arose and came 
and drew nigh to meet David that David hasted and ran toward the 
army to meet the Philistine .

 1749  And David put his hand in his bag and took thence a stone 
and slang it and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the 
stone sunk into his forehead and he fell upon his face to the 
earth .

 1750  So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and 
with a stone and smote the Philistine and slew him but there was 
no sword in the hand of David .

 1751  Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine and 
took his sword and drew it out of the sheath thereof and slew 
him and cut off his head therewith And when the Philistines saw 
their champion was dead they fled .

 1752  And the men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted and 
pursued the Philistines until thou come to the valley and to the 
gates of Ekron And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by 
the way to Shaaraim even unto Gath and unto Ekron .

 1753  And the children of Israel returned from chasing after 
the Philistines and they spoiled their tents .

 1754  And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it 
to Jerusalem but he put his armour in his tent .

 1755  And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine 
he said unto Abner the captain of the host Abner whose son is 
this youth And Abner said As thy soul liveth O king I cannot 
tell .

 1756  And the king said Inquire thou whose son the stripling is 
.

 1757  And as David returned from the slaughter of the 
Philistine Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the 
head of the Philistine in his hand .

 1758  And Saul said to him Whose son art thou thou young man 
And David answered I am the son of thy servant Jesse the 
Bethlehemite .

* 181  And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking 
unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of 
David and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .

 182  And Saul took him that day and would let him go no more 
home to his father's house .

 183  Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved 
him as his own soul .

 184  And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon 
him and gave it to David and his garments even to his sword and 
to his bow and to his girdle .

 185  And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him and behaved 
himself wisely and Saul set him over the men of war and he was 
accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of 
Saul's servants .

 186  And it came to pass as they came when David was returned 
from the slaughter of the Philistine that the women came out of 
all cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet king Saul with 
tabrets with joy and with instruments of music .

 187  And the women answered one another as they played and said 
Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands .

 188  And Saul was very wroth and the saying displeased him and 
he said They have ascribed unto David ten thousands and to me 
they have ascribed but thousands and what can he have more but 
the kingdom .

 189  And Saul eyed David from that day and forward .

 1810  And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit 
from God came upon Saul and he prophesied in the midst of the 
house and David played with his hand as at other times and there 
was a javelin in Saul's hand .

 1811  And Saul cast the javelin for he said I will smite David 
even to the wall with it And David avoided out of his presence 
twice .

 1812  And Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with 
him and was departed from Saul .

 1813  Therefore Saul removed him from him and made him his 
captain over a thousand and he went out and came in before the 
people .

 1814  And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways and the 
LORD was with him .

 1815  Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very 
wisely he was afraid of him .

 1816  But all Israel and Judah loved David because he went out 
and came in before them .

 1817  And Saul said to David Behold my elder daughter Merab her 
will I give thee to wife only be thou valiant for me and fight 
the LORD'S battles For Saul said Let not mine hand be upon him 
but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him  .

1818  And David said unto Saul Who am I and what is my life or 
my father's family in Israel that I should be son in law to the 
king .

 1819  But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's 
daughter should have been given to David that she was given unto 
Adriel the Meholathite to wife .

 1820  And Michal Saul's daughter loved David and they told Saul 
and the thing pleased him .

 1821  And Saul said I will give him her that she may be a snare 
to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him 
Wherefore Saul said to David Thou shalt this day be my son in 
law in the one of the twain .

 1822  And Saul commanded his servants saying Commune with David 
secretly and say Behold the king hath delight in thee and all 
his servants love thee now therefore be the king's son in law .

 1823  And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of 
David And David said Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a 
king's son in law seeing that I am a poor man and lightly 
esteemed .

 1824  And the servants of Saul told him saying On this manner 
spake David .

 1825  And Saul said Thus shall ye say to David The king 
desireth not any dowry but an hundred foreskins of the 
Philistines to be avenged of the king's enemies But Saul thought 
to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines .

 1826  And when his servants told David these words it pleased 
David well to be the king's son in law and the days were not 
expired .

 1827  Wherefore David arose and went he and his men and slew of 
the Philistines two hundred men and David brought their 
foreskins and they gave them in full tale to the king that he 
might be the king's son in law And Saul gave him Michal his 
daughter to wife .

 1828  And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David and 
that Michal Saul's daughter loved him .

 1829  And Saul was yet the more afraid of David and Saul became 
David's enemy continually .

 1830  Then the princes of the Philistines went forth and it 
came to pass after they went forth that David behaved himself 
more wisely than all the servants of Saul so that his name was 
much set by .

* 191  And Saul spake to Jonathan his son and to all his 
servants that they should kill David .

 192  But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David and 
Jonathan told David saying Saul my father seeketh to kill thee 
now therefore I pray thee take heed to thyself until the morning 
and abide in a secret place and hide thyself .

 193  And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field 
where thou art and I will commune with my father of thee and 
what I see that I will tell thee .

 194  And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father and 
said unto him Let not the king sin against his servant against 
David because he hath not sinned against thee and because his 
works have been to thee-ward very good .

 195  For he did put his life in his hand and slew the 
Philistine and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel 
thou sawest it and didst rejoice wherefore then wilt thou sin 
against innocent blood to slay David without a cause .

 196  And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan and Saul 
sware As the LORD liveth he shall not be slain .

 197  And Jonathan called David and Jonathan showed him all 
those things And Jonathan brought David to Saul and he was in 
his presence as in times past .

 198  And there was war again and David went out and fought with 
the Philistines and slew them with a great slaughter and they 
fled from him .

 199  And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul as he sat 
in his house with his javelin in his hand and David played with 
his hand .

 1910  And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the 
javelin but he slipped away out of Saul's presence and he smote 
the javelin into the wall and David fled and escaped that night .

 1911  Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to watch him 
and to slay him in the morning and Michal David's wife told him 
saying If thou save not thy life to night to morrow thou shalt 
be slain .

 1912  So Michal let David down through a window and he went and 
fled and escaped .

 1913  And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed and put a 
pillow of goats' hair for his bolster and covered it with a 
cloth .

 1914  And when Saul sent messengers to take David she said He 
is sick .

 1915  And Saul sent the messengers again to see David saying 
Bring him up to me in the bed that I may slay him .

 1916  And when the messengers were come in behold there was an 
image in the bed with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster .

 1917  And Saul said unto Michal Why hast thou deceived me so 
and sent away mine enemy that he is escaped And Michal answered 
Saul He said unto me Let me go why should I kill thee .

 1918  So David fled and escaped and came to Samuel to Ramah and 
told him all that Saul had done to him And he and Samuel went 
and dwelt in Naioth .

 1919  And it was told Saul saying Behold David is at Naioth in 
Ramah .

 1920  And Saul sent messengers to take David and when they saw 
the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as 
appointed over them the spirit of God was upon the messengers of 
Saul and they also prophesied .

 1921  And when it was told Saul he sent other messengers and 
they prophesied likewise And Saul sent messengers again the 
third time and they prophesied also .

 1922  Then went he also to Ramah and came to a great well that 
is in Sechu and he asked and said Where are Samuel and David And 
one said Behold they be at Naioth in Ramah .

 1923  And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah and the spirit of 
God was upon him also and he went on and prophesied until he 
came to Naioth in Ramah .

 1924  And he stripped off his clothes also and prophesied 
before Samuel in like manner and lay down naked all that day and 
all that night Wherefore they say Is Saul also among the 
prophets .

* 201  And David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said 
before Jonathan What have I done what is mine iniquity and what 
is my sin before thy father that he seeketh my life .

 202  And he said unto him God forbid thou shalt not die behold 
my father will do nothing either great or small but that he will 
show it me and why should my father hide this thing from me it 
is not so .

 203  And David sware moreover and said Thy father certainly 
knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes and he saith Let 
not Jonathan know this lest he be grieved but truly as the LORD 
liveth and as thy soul liveth there is but a step between me and 
death .

 204  Then said Jonathan unto David Whatsoever thy soul desireth 
I will even do it for thee .

 205  And David said unto Jonathan Behold to morrow is the new 
moon and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat but let 
me go that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at 
even .

 206  If thy father at all miss me then say David earnestly 
asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city for 
there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family .

 207  If he say thus It is well thy servant shall have peace but 
if he be very wroth then be sure that evil is determined by him .

 208  Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant for thou 
hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee 
notwithstanding if there be in me iniquity slay me thyself for 
why shouldest thou bring me to thy father .

 209  And Jonathan said Far be it from thee for if I knew 
certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon 
thee then would not I tell it thee .

 2010  Then said David to Jonathan Who shall tell me or what if 
thy father answer thee roughly .

 2011  And Jonathan said unto David Come and let us go out into 
the field And they went out both of them into the field .

 2012  And Jonathan said unto David O LORD God of Israel when I 
have sounded my father about to morrow any time or the third day 
and behold if there be good toward David and I then send not 
unto thee and show it thee .

 2013  The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan but if it please 
my father to do thee evil then I will show it thee and send thee 
away that thou mayest go in peace and the LORD be with thee as 
he hath been with my father .

 2014  And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the 
kindness of the LORD that I die not .

 2015  But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my 
house for ever no not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of 
David every one from the face of the earth .

 2016  So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David 
saying Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's 
enemies .

 2017  And Jonathan caused David to swear again because he loved 
him for he loved him as he loved his own soul .

 2018  Then Jonathan said to David To morrow is the new moon and 
thou shalt be missed because thy seat will be empty .

 2019  And when thou hast stayed three days then thou shalt go 
down quickly and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself 
when the business was in hand and shalt remain by the stone Ezel 
.

 2020  And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof as 
though I shot at a mark .

 2021  And behold I will send a lad saying Go find out the 
arrows If I expressly say unto the lad Behold the arrows are on 
this side of thee take them then come thou for there is peace to 
thee and no hurt as the LORD liveth  .

2022  But if I say thus unto the young man Behold the arrows are 
beyond thee go thy way for the LORD hath sent thee away .

 2023  And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken 
of behold the LORD be between thee and me for ever .

 2024  So David hid himself in the field and when the new moon 
was come the king sat him down to eat meat .

 2025  And the king sat upon his seat as at other times even 
upon a seat by the wall and Jonathan arose and Abner sat by 
Saul's side and David's place was empty .

 2026  Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day for he 
thought Something hath befallen him he is not clean surely he is 
not clean .

 2027  And it came to pass on the morrow which was the second 
day of the month that David's place was empty and Saul said unto 
Jonathan his son Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat 
neither yesterday nor to day .

 2028  And Jonathan answered Saul David earnestly asked leave of 
me to go to Bethlehem .

 2029  And he said Let me go I pray thee for our family hath a 
sacrifice in the city and my brother he hath commanded me to be 
there and now if I have found favour in thine eyes let me get 
away I pray thee and see my brethren Therefore he cometh not 
unto the king's table .

 2030  Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan and he 
said unto him Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman do not I 
know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own 
confusion and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness  .

2031  For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground 
thou shalt not be established nor thy kingdom Wherefore now send 
and fetch him unto me for he shall surely die .

 2032  And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said unto him 
Wherefore shall he be slain what hath he done .

 2033  And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him whereby 
Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David 
.

 2034  So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger and did 
eat no meat the second day of the month for he was grieved for 
David because his father had done him shame .

 2035  And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out 
into the field at the time appointed with David and a little lad 
with him .

 2036  And he said unto his lad Run find out now the arrows 
which I shoot And as the lad ran he shot an arrow beyond him .

 2037  And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which 
Jonathan had shot Jonathan cried after the lad and said Is not 
the arrow beyond thee .

 2038  And Jonathan cried after the lad Make speed haste stay 
not And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows and came to his 
master .

 2039  But the lad knew not any thing only Jonathan and David 
knew the matter .

 2040  And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad and said 
unto him Go carry them to the city .

 2041  And as soon as the lad was gone David arose out of a 
place toward the south and fell on his face to the ground and 
bowed himself three times and they kissed one another and wept 
one with another until David exceeded .

 2042  And Jonathan said to David Go in peace forasmuch as we 
have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD saying The LORD be 
between me and thee and between my seed and thy seed for ever 
And he arose and departed and Jonathan went into the city .

* 211  Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest and 
Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said unto him 
Why art thou alone and no man with thee .

 212  And David said unto Ahimelech the priest The king hath 
commanded me a business and hath said unto me Let no man know 
any thing of the business whereabout I send thee and what I have 
commanded thee and I have appointed my servants to such and such 
a place .

 213  Now therefore what is under thine hand give me five loaves 
of bread in mine hand or what there is present .

 214  And the priest answered David and said There is no common 
bread under mine hand but there is hallowed bread if the young 
men have kept themselves at least from women .

 215  And David answered the priest and said unto him Of a truth 
women have been kept from us about these three days since I came 
out and the vessels of the young men are holy and the bread is 
in a manner common yea though it were sanctified this day in the 
vessel .

 216  So the priest gave him hallowed bread for there was no 
bread there but the showbread that was taken from before the 
LORD to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away .

 217  Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that 
day detained before the LORD and his name was Doeg an Edomite 
the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul .

 218  And David said unto Ahimelech And is there not here under 
thine hand spear or sword for I have neither brought my sword 
nor my weapons with me because the king's business required 
haste .

 219  And the priest said The sword of Goliath the Philistine 
whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah behold it is here 
wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod if thou wilt take that take 
it for there is no other save that here And David said There is 
none like that give it me .

 2110  And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul and 
went to Achish the king of Gath .

 2111  And the servants of Achish said unto him Is not this 
David the king of the land did they not sing one to another of 
him in dances saying Saul hath slain his thousands and David his 
ten thousands .

 2112  And David laid up these words in his heart and was sore 
afraid of Achish the king of Gath .

 2113  And he changed his behaviour before them and feigned 
himself mad in their hands and scrabbled on the doors of the 
gate and let his spittle fall down upon his beard .

 2114  Then said Achish unto his servants Lo ye see the man is 
mad wherefore then have ye brought him to me .

 2115  Have I need of mad men that ye have brought this fellow 
to play the mad man in my presence shall this fellow come into 
my house .

* 221  David therefore departed thence and escaped to the cave 
Adullam and when his brethren and all his father's house heard 
it they went down thither to him .

 222  And every one that was in distress and every one that was 
in debt and every one that was discontented gathered themselves 
unto him and he became a captain over them and there were with 
him about four hundred men .

 223  And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab and he said unto 
the king of Moab Let my father and my mother I pray thee come 
forth and be with you till I know what God will do for me .

 224  And he brought them before the king of Moab and they dwelt 
with him all the while that David was in the hold .

 225  And the prophet Gad said unto David Abide not in the hold 
depart and get thee into the land of Judah Then David departed 
and came into the forest of Hareth .

 226  When Saul heard that David was discovered and the men that 
were with him (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah 
having his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing 
about him .

 227  Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him Hear 
now ye Benjamites will the son of Jesse give every one of you 
fields and vineyards and make you all captains of thousands and 
captains of hundreds .

 228  That all of you have conspired against me and there is 
none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son 
of Jesse and there is none of you that is sorry for me or 
showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against 
me to lie in wait as at this day .

 229  Then answered Doeg the Edomite which was set over the 
servants of Saul and said I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob 
to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub .

 2210  And he inquired of the LORD for him and gave him victuals 
and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine .

 2211  Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest the son 
of Ahitub and all his father's house the priests that were in 
Nob and they came all of them to the king .

 2212  And Saul said Hear now thou son of Ahitub And he answered 
Here I am my lord .

 2213  And Saul said unto him Why have ye conspired against me 
thou and the son of Jesse in that thou hast given him bread and 
a sword and hast inquired of God for him that he should rise 
against me to lie in wait as at this day .

 2214  Then Ahimelech answered the king and said And who is so 
faithful among all thy servants as David which is the king's son 
in law and goeth at thy bidding and is honourable in thine house 
.

 2215  Did I then begin to inquire of God for him be it far from 
me let not the king impute any thing unto his servant nor to all 
the house of my father for thy servant knew nothing of all this 
less or more .

 2216  And the king said Thou shalt surely die Ahimelech thou 
and all thy father's house .

 2217  And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him 
Turn and slay the priests of the LORD because their hand also is 
with David and because they knew when he fled and did not show 
it to me But the servants of the king would not put forth their 
hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD .

 2218  And the king said to Doeg Turn thou and fall upon the 
priests And Doeg the Edomite turned and he fell upon the priests 
and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a 
linen ephod .

 2219  And Nob the city of the priests smote he with the edge of 
the sword both men and women children and sucklings and oxen and 
asses and sheep with the edge of the sword .

 2220  And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub named 
Abiathar escaped and fled after David .

 2221  And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S 
priests .

 2222  And David said unto Abiathar I knew it that day when Doeg 
the Edomite was there that he would surely tell Saul I have 
occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house .

 2223  Abide thou with me fear not for he that seeketh my life 
seeketh thy life but with me thou shalt be in safeguard .

* 231  Then they told David saying Behold the Philistines fight 
against Keilah and they rob the threshingfloors .

 232  Therefore David inquired of the LORD saying Shall I go and 
smite these Philistines And the LORD said unto David Go and 
smite the Philistines and save Keilah .

 233  And David's men said unto him Behold we be afraid here in 
Judah how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies 
of the Philistines .

 234  Then David inquired of the LORD yet again And the LORD 
answered him and said Arise go down to Keilah for I will deliver 
the Philistines into thine hand .

 235  So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the 
Philistines and brought away their cattle and smote them with a 
great slaughter So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah .

 236  And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech 
fled to David to Keilah that he came down with an ephod in his 
hand .

 237  And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah And 
Saul said God hath delivered him into mine hand for he is shut 
in by entering into a town that hath gates and bars .

 238  And Saul called all the people together to war to go down 
to Keilah to besiege David and his men .

 239  And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief 
against him and he said to Abiathar the priest Bring hither the 
ephod .

 2310  Then said David O LORD God of Israel thy servant hath 
certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah to destroy 
the city for my sake .

 2311  Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand will 
Saul come down as thy servant hath heard O LORD God of Israel I 
beseech thee tell thy servant And the LORD said He will come 
down .

 2312  Then said David Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my 
men into the hand of Saul And the LORD said They will deliver 
thee up .

 2313  Then David and his men which were about six hundred arose 
and departed out of Keilah and went whithersoever they could go 
And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah and he 
forbare to go forth .

 2314  And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds and 
remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph And Saul sought 
him every day but God delivered him not into his hand .

 2315  And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life and 
David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood .

 2316  And Jonathan Saul's son arose and went to David into the 
wood and strengthened his hand in God .

 2317  And he said unto him Fear not for the hand of Saul my 
father shall not find thee and thou shalt be king over Israel 
and I shall be next unto thee and that also Saul my father 
knoweth .

 2318  And they two made a covenant before the LORD and David 
abode in the wood and Jonathan went to his house .

 2319  Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah saying Doth 
not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood in 
the hill of Hachilah which is on the south of Jeshimon .

 2320  Now therefore O king come down according to all the 
desire of thy soul to come down and our part shall be to deliver 
him into the king's hand .

 2321  And Saul said Blessed be ye of the LORD for ye have 
compassion on me .

 2322  Go I pray you prepare yet and know and see his place 
where his haunt is and who hath seen him there for it is told me 
that he dealeth very subtly .

 2323  See therefore and take knowledge of all the lurking 
places where he hideth himself and come ye again to me with the 
certainty and I will go with you and it shall come to pass if he 
be in the land that I will search him out throughout all the 
thousands of Judah .

 2324  And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul but David and 
his men were in the wilderness of Maon in the plain on the south 
of Jeshimon .

 2325  Saul also and his men went to seek him And they told 
David wherefore he came down into a rock and abode in the 
wilderness of Maon And when Saul heard that he pursued after 
David in the wilderness of Maon .

 2326  And Saul went on this side of the mountain and David and 
his men on that side of the mountain and David made haste to get 
away for fear of Saul for Saul and his men compassed David and 
his men round about to take them .

 2327  But there came a messenger unto Saul saying Haste thee 
and come for the Philistines have invaded the land .

 2328  Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David and 
went against the Philistines therefore they called that place 
Selahammahlekoth .

 2329  And David went up from thence and dwelt in strong holds 
at Engedi .

* 241  And it came to pass when Saul was returned from following 
the Philistines that it was told him saying Behold David is in 
the wilderness of Engedi .

 242  Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel 
and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild 
goats .

 243  And he came to the sheepcotes by the way where was a cave 
and Saul went in to cover his feet and David and his men 
remained in the sides of the cave .

 244  And the men of David said unto him Behold the day of which 
the LORD said unto thee Behold I will deliver thine enemy into 
thine hand that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto 
thee Then David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe 
privily .

 245  And it came to pass afterward that David's heart smote him 
because he had cut off Saul's skirt .

 246  And he said unto his men The LORD forbid that I should do 
this thing unto my master the LORD'S anointed to stretch forth 
mine hand against him seeing he is the anointed of the LORD .

 247  So David stayed his servants with these words and suffered 
them not to rise against Saul But Saul rose up out of the cave 
and went on his way .

 248  David also arose afterward and went out of the cave and 
cried after Saul saying My lord the king And when Saul looked 
behind him David stooped with his face to the earth and bowed 
himself .

 249  And David said to Saul Wherefore hearest thou men's words 
saying Behold David seeketh thy hurt .

 2410  Behold this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD 
had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave and some 
bade me kill thee but mine eye spared thee and I said I will not 
put forth mine hand against my lord for he is the LORD'S 
anointed .

 2411  Moreover my father see yea see the skirt of thy robe in 
my hand for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed 
thee not know thou and see that there is neither evil nor 
transgression in mine hand and I have not sinned against thee 
yet thou huntest my soul to take it .

 2412  The LORD judge between me and thee and the LORD avenge me 
of thee but mine hand shall not be upon thee .

 2413  As saith the proverb of the ancients Wickedness 
proceedeth from the wicked but mine hand shall not be upon thee .

 2414  After whom is the king of Israel come out after whom dost 
thou pursue after a dead dog after a flea .

 2415  The LORD therefore be judge and judge between me and thee 
and see and plead my cause and deliver me out of thine hand .

 2416  And it came to pass when David had made an end of 
speaking these words unto Saul that Saul said Is this thy voice 
my son David And Saul lifted up his voice and wept .

 2417  And he said to David Thou art more righteous than I for 
thou hast rewarded me good whereas I have rewarded thee evil .

 2418  And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt 
well with me forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into 
thine hand thou killedst me not .

 2419  For if a man find his enemy will he let him go well away 
wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto 
me this day .

 2420  And now behold I know well that thou shalt surely be king 
and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine 
hand .

 2421  Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD that thou wilt 
not cut off my seed after me and that thou wilt not destroy my 
name out of my father's house .

 2422  And David sware unto Saul And Saul went home but David 
and his men gat them up unto the hold .

* 251  And Samuel died and all the Israelites were gathered 
together and lamented him and buried him in his house at Ramah 
And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran .

 252  And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in 
Carmel and the man was very great and he had three thousand 
sheep and a thousand goats and he was shearing his sheep in 
Carmel .

 253  Now the name of the man was Nabal and the name of his wife 
Abigail and she was a woman of good understanding and of a 
beautiful countenance but the man was churlish and evil in his 
doings and he was of the house of Caleb .

 254  And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his 
sheep .

 255  And David sent out ten young men and David said unto the 
young men Get you up to Carmel and go to Nabal and greet him in 
my name .

 256  And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity 
Peace be both to thee and peace be to thine house and peace be 
unto all that thou hast .

 257  And now I have heard that thou hast shearers now thy 
shepherds which were with us we hurt them not neither was there 
ought missing unto them all the while they were in Carmel .

 258  Ask thy young men and they will show thee Wherefore let 
the young men find favour in thine eyes for we come in a good 
day give I pray thee whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy 
servants and to thy son David .

 259  And when David's young men came they spake to Nabal 
according to all those words in the name of David and ceased .

 2510  And Nabal answered David's servants and said Who is David 
and who is the son of Jesse there be many servants now a days 
that break away every man from his master .

 2511  Shall I then take my bread and my water and my flesh that 
I have killed for my shearers and give it unto men whom I know 
not whence they be .

 2512  So David's young men turned their way and went again and 
came and told him all those sayings .

 2513  And David said unto his men Gird ye on every man his 
sword And they girded on every man his sword and David also 
girded on his sword and there went up after David about four 
hundred men and two hundred abode by the stuff .

 2514  But one of the young men told Abigail Nabal's wife saying 
Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our 
master and he railed on them .

 2515  But the men were very good unto us and we were not hurt 
neither missed we any thing as long as we were conversant with 
them when we were in the fields .

 2516  They were a wall unto us both by night and day all the 
while we were with them keeping the sheep .

 2517  Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do for 
evil is determined against our master and against all his 
household for he is such a son of Belial that a man cannot speak 
to him .

 2518  Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and 
two bottles of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five 
measures of parched corn and an hundred clusters of raisins and 
two hundred cakes of figs and laid them on asses .

 2519  And she said unto her servants Go on before me behold I 
come after you But she told not her husband Nabal .

 2520  And it was so as she rode on the ass that she came down 
by the covert of the hill and behold David and his men came down 
against her and she met them .

 2521  Now David had said Surely in vain have I kept all that 
this fellow hath in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of 
all that pertained unto him and he hath requited me evil for 
good .

 2522  So and more also do God unto the enemies of David if I 
leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that 
pisseth against the wall .

 2523  And when Abigail saw David she hasted and lighted off the 
ass and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the 
ground .

 2524  And fell at his feet and said Upon me my lord upon me let 
this iniquity be and let thine handmaid I pray thee speak in 
thine audience and hear the words of thine handmaid .

 2525  Let not my lord I pray thee regard this man of Belial 
even Nabal for as his name is so is he Nabal is his name and 
folly is with him but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of 
my lord whom thou didst send .

 2526  Now therefore my lord as the LORD liveth and as thy soul 
liveth seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed 
blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand now let 
thine enemies and they that seek evil to my lord be as Nabal .

 2527  And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought 
unto my lord let it even be given unto the young men that follow 
my lord .

 2528  I pray thee forgive the trespass of thine handmaid for 
the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house because my 
lord fighteth the battles of the LORD and evil hath not been 
found in thee all thy days .

 2529  Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul 
but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life 
with the LORD thy God and the souls of thine enemies them shall 
he sling out as out of the middle of a sling .

 2530  And it shall come to pass when the LORD shall have done 
to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken 
concerning thee and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel .

 2531  That this shall be no grief unto thee nor offence of 
heart unto my lord either that thou hast shed blood causeless or 
that my lord hath avenged himself but when the LORD shall have 
dealt well with my lord then remember thine handmaid  .

2532  And David said to Abigail Blessed be the LORD God of 
Israel which sent thee this day to meet me .

 2533  And blessed be thy advice and blessed be thou which hast 
kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging 
myself with mine own hand .

 2534  For in very deed as the LORD God of Israel liveth which 
hath kept me back from hurting thee except thou hadst hasted and 
come to meet me surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the 
morning light any that pisseth against the wall  .

2535  So David received of her hand that which she had brought 
him and said unto her Go up in peace to thine house see I have 
hearkened to thy voice and have accepted thy person .

 2536  And Abigail came to Nabal and behold he held a feast in 
his house like the feast of a king and Nabal's heart was merry 
within him for he was very drunken wherefore she told him 
nothing less or more until the morning light .

 2537  But it came to pass in the morning when the wine was gone 
out of Nabal and his wife had told him these things that his 
heart died within him and he became as a stone .

 2538  And it came to pass about ten days after that the LORD 
smote Nabal that he died .

 2539  And when David heard that Nabal was dead he said Blessed 
be the LORD that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the 
hand of Nabal and hath kept his servant from evil for the LORD 
hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head And 
David sent and communed with Abigail to take her to him to wife .

 2540  And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to 
Carmel they spake unto her saying David sent us unto thee to 
take thee to him to wife .

 2541  And she arose and bowed herself on her face to the earth 
and said Behold let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet 
of the servants of my lord .

 2542  And Abigail hasted and arose and rode upon an ass with 
five damsels of hers that went after her and she went after the 
messengers of David and became his wife .

 2543  David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel and they were also 
both of them his wives .

 2544  But Saul had given Michal his daughter David's wife to 
Phalti the son of Laish which was of Gallim .

* 261  And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah saying Doth not 
David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah which is before 
Jeshimon .

 262  Then Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph 
having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him to seek 
David in the wilderness of Ziph .

 263  And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah which is before 
Jeshimon by the way But David abode in the wilderness and he saw 
that Saul came after him into the wilderness .

 264  David therefore sent out spies and understood that Saul 
was come in very deed .

 265  And David arose and came to the place where Saul had 
pitched and David beheld the place where Saul lay and Abner the 
son of Ner the captain of his host and Saul lay in the trench 
and the people pitched round about him .

 266  Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and 
to Abishai the son of Zeruiah brother to Joab saying Who will go 
down with me to Saul to the camp And Abishai said I will go down 
with thee .

 267  So David and Abishai came to the people by night and 
behold Saul lay sleeping within the trench and his spear stuck 
in the ground at his bolster but Abner and the people lay round 
about him .

 268  Then said Abishai to David God hath delivered thine enemy 
into thine hand this day now therefore let me smite him I pray 
thee with the spear even to the earth at once and I will not 
smite him the second time .

 269  And David said to Abishai Destroy him not for who can 
stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed and be 
guiltless .

 2610  David said furthermore As the LORD liveth the LORD shall 
smite him or his day shall come to die or he shall descend into 
battle and perish .

 2611  The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand 
against the LORD'S anointed but I pray thee take thou now the 
spear that is at his bolster and the cruse of water and let us 
go .

 2612  So David took the spear and the cruse of water from 
Saul's bolster and they gat them away and no man saw it nor knew 
it neither awaked for they were all asleep because a deep sleep 
from the LORD was fallen upon them .

 2613  Then David went over to the other side and stood on the 
top of an hill afar off a great space being between them .

 2614  And David cried to the people and to Abner the son of Ner 
saying Answerest thou not Abner Then Abner answered and said Who 
art thou that criest to the king .

 2615  And David said to Abner Art not thou a valiant man and 
who is like to thee in Israel wherefore then hast thou not kept 
thy lord the king for there came one of the people in to destroy 
the king thy lord .

 2616  This thing is not good that thou hast done As the LORD 
liveth ye are worthy to die because ye have not kept your master 
the LORD'S anointed And now see where the king's spear is and 
the cruse of water that was at his bolster  .

2617  And Saul knew David's voice and said Is this thy voice my 
son David And David said It is my voice my lord O king .

 2618  And he said Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his 
servant for what have I done or what evil is in mine hand .

 2619  Now therefore I pray thee let my lord the king hear the 
words of his servant If the LORD have stirred thee up against me 
let him accept an offering but if they be the children of men 
cursed be they before the LORD for they have driven me out this 
day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD saying Go serve 
other gods .

 2620  Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before 
the face of the LORD for the king of Israel is come out to seek 
a flea as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains .

 2621  Then said Saul I have sinned return my son David for I 
will no more do thee harm because my soul was precious in thine 
eyes this day behold I have played the fool and have erred 
exceedingly .

 2622  And David answered and said Behold the king's spear and 
let one of the young men come over and fetch it .

 2623  The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his 
faithfulness for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day but 
I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed .

 2624  And behold as thy life was much set by this day in mine 
eyes so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD and 
let him deliver me out of all tribulation .

 2625  Then Saul said to David Blessed be thou my son David thou 
shalt both do great things and also shalt still prevail So David 
went on his way and Saul returned to his place .

* 271  And David said in his heart I shall now perish one day by 
the hand of Saul there is nothing better for me than that I 
should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines and Saul 
shall despair of me to seek me any more in any coast of Israel 
so shall I escape out of his hand .

 272  And David arose and he passed over with the six hundred 
men that were with him unto Achish the son of Maoch king of Gath 
.

 273  And David dwelt with Achish at Gath he and his men every 
man with his household even David with his two wives Ahinoam the 
Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess Nabal's wife .

 274  And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath and he 
sought no more again for him .

 275  And David said unto Achish If I have now found grace in 
thine eyes let them give me a place in some town in the country 
that I may dwell there for why should thy servant dwell in the 
royal city with thee .

 276  Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day wherefore Ziklag 
pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day .

 277  And the time that David dwelt in the country of the 
Philistines was a full year and four months .

 278  And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites 
and the Gezrites and the Amalekites for those nations were of 
old the inhabitants of the land as thou goest to Shur even unto 
the land of Egypt .

 279  And David smote the land and left neither man nor woman 
alive and took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the 
camels and the apparel and returned and came to Achish .

 2710  And Achish said Whither have ye made a road to day And 
David said Against the south of Judah and against the south of 
the Jerahmeelites and against the south of the Kenites .

 2711  And David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring 
tidings to Gath saying Lest they should tell on us saying So did 
David and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the 
country of the Philistines .

 2712  And Achish believed David saying He hath made his people 
Israel utterly to abhor him therefore he shall be my servant for 
ever .

* 281  And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines 
gathered their armies together for warfare to fight with Israel 
And Achish said unto David Know thou assuredly that thou shalt 
go out with me to battle thou and thy men .

 282  And David said to Achish Surely thou shalt know what thy 
servant can do And Achish said to David Therefore will I make 
thee keeper of mine head for ever .

 283  Now Samuel was dead and all Israel had lamented him and 
buried him in Ramah even in his own city And Saul had put away 
those that had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land .

 284  And the Philistines gathered themselves together and came 
and pitched in Shunem and Saul gathered all Israel together and 
they pitched in Gilboa .

 285  And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines he was 
afraid and his heart greatly trembled .

 286  And when Saul inquired of the LORD the LORD answered him 
not neither by dreams nor by Urim nor by prophets .

 287  Then said Saul unto his servants Seek me a woman that hath 
a familiar spirit that I may go to her and inquire of her And 
his servants said to him Behold there is a woman that hath a 
familiar spirit at Endor .

 288  And Saul disguised himself and put on other raiment and he 
went and two men with him and they came to the woman by night 
and he said I pray thee divine unto me by the familiar spirit 
and bring me him up whom I shall name unto thee .

 289  And the woman said unto him Behold thou knowest what Saul 
hath done how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits 
and the wizards out of the land wherefore then layest thou a 
snare for my life to cause me to die .

 2810  And Saul sware to her by the LORD saying As the LORD 
liveth there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing .

 2811  Then said the woman Whom shall I bring up unto thee And 
he said Bring me up Samuel .

 2812  And when the woman saw Samuel she cried with a loud voice 
and the woman spake to Saul saying Why hast thou deceived me for 
thou art Saul .

 2813  And the king said unto her Be not afraid for what sawest 
thou And the woman said unto Saul I saw gods ascending out of 
the earth .

 2814  And he said unto her What form is he of And she said An 
old man cometh up and he is covered with a mantle And Saul 
perceived that it was Samuel and he stooped with his face to the 
ground and bowed himself .

 2815  And Samuel said to Saul Why hast thou disquieted me to 
bring me up And Saul answered I am sore distressed for the 
Philistines make war against me and God is departed from me and 
answereth me no more neither by prophets nor by dreams therefore 
I have called thee that thou mayest make known unto me what I 
shall do .

 2816  Then said Samuel Wherefore then dost thou ask of me 
seeing the LORD is departed from thee and is become thine enemy .

 2817  And the LORD hath done to him as he spake by me for the 
LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand and given it to thy 
neighbour even to David .

 2818  Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD nor 
executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek therefore hath the LORD 
done this thing unto thee this day .

 2819  Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into 
the hand of the Philistines and to morrow shalt thou and thy 
sons be with me the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel 
into the hand of the Philistines .

 2820  Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth and was 
sore afraid because of the words of Samuel and there was no 
strength in him for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all 
the night .

 2821  And the woman came unto Saul and saw that he was sore 
troubled and said unto him Behold thine handmaid hath obeyed thy 
voice and I have put my life in my hand and have hearkened unto 
thy words which thou spakest unto me .

 2822  Now therefore I pray thee hearken thou also unto the 
voice of thine handmaid and let me set a morsel of bread before 
thee and eat that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on 
thy way .

 2823  But he refused and said I will not eat But his servants 
together with the woman compelled him and he hearkened unto 
their voice So he arose from the earth and sat upon the bed .

 2824  And the woman had a fat calf in the house and she hasted 
and killed it and took flour and kneaded it and did bake 
unleavened bread thereof .

 2825  And she brought it before Saul and before his servants 
and they did eat Then they rose up and went away that night .

* 291  Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to 
Aphek and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in 
Jezreel .

 292  And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and 
by thousands but David and his men passed on in the rereward 
with Achish .

 293  Then said the princes of the Philistines What do these 
Hebrews here And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines 
Is not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel which 
hath been with me these days or these years and I have found no 
fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day .

 294  And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him and 
the princes of the Philistines said unto him Make this fellow 
return that he may go again to his place which thou hast 
appointed him and let him not go down with us to battle lest in 
the battle he be an adversary to us for wherewith should he 
reconcile himself unto his master should it not be with the 
heads of these men .

 295  Is not this David of whom they sang one to another in 
dances saying Saul slew his thousands and David his ten 
thousands .

 296  Then Achish called David and said unto him Surely as the 
LORD liveth thou hast been upright and thy going out and thy 
coming in with me in the host is good in my sight for I have not 
found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this 
day nevertheless the lords favour thee not .

 297  Wherefore now return and go in peace that thou displease 
not the lords of the Philistines .

 298  And David said unto Achish But what have I done and what 
hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee 
unto this day that I may not go fight against the enemies of my 
lord the king .

 299  And Achish answered and said to David I know that thou art 
good in my sight as an angel of God notwithstanding the princes 
of the Philistines have said He shall not go up with us to the 
battle .

 2910  Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy 
master's servants that are come with thee and as soon as ye be 
up early in the morning and have light depart .

 2911  So David and his men rose up early to depart in the 
morning to return into the land of the Philistines And the 
Philistines went up to Jezreel .

* 301  And it came to pass when David and his men were come to 
Ziklag on the third day that the Amalekites had invaded the 
south and Ziklag and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire .

 302  And had taken the women captives that were therein they 
slew not any either great or small but carried them away and 
went on their way .

 303  So David and his men came to the city and behold it was 
burned with fire and their wives and their sons and their 
daughters were taken captives .

 304  Then David and the people that were with him lifted up 
their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep .

 305  And David's two wives were taken captives Ahinoam the 
Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite .

 306  And David was greatly distressed for the people spake of 
stoning him because the soul of all the people was grieved every 
man for his sons and for his daughters but David encouraged 
himself in the LORD his God .

 307  And David said to Abiathar the priest Ahimelech's son I 
pray thee bring me hither the ephod And Abiathar brought thither 
the ephod to David .

 308  And David inquired at the LORD saying Shall I pursue after 
this troop shall I overtake them And he answered him Pursue for 
thou shalt surely overtake them and without fail recover all .

 309  So David went he and the six hundred men that were with 
him and came to the brook Besor where those that were left 
behind stayed .

 3010  But David pursued he and four hundred men for two hundred 
abode behind which were so faint that they could not go over the 
brook Besor .

 3011  And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him 
to David and gave him bread and he did eat and they made him 
drink water .

 3012  And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two 
clusters of raisins and when he had eaten his spirit came again 
to him for he had eaten no bread nor drunk any water three days 
and three nights .

 3013  And David said unto him To whom belongest thou and whence 
art thou And he said I am a young man of Egypt servant to an 
Amalekite and my master left me because three days ago I fell 
sick .

 3014  We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites and 
upon the coast which belongeth to Judah and upon the south of 
Caleb and we burned Ziklag with fire .

 3015  And David said to him Canst thou bring me down to this 
company And he said Swear unto me by God that thou wilt neither 
kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master and I will 
bring thee down to this company .

 3016  And when he had brought him down behold they were spread 
abroad upon all the earth eating and drinking and dancing 
because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the 
land of the Philistines and out of the land of Judah  .

3017  And David smote them from the twilight even unto the 
evening of the next day and there escaped not a man of them save 
four hundred young men which rode upon camels and fled .

 3018  And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried 
away and David rescued his two wives .

 3019  And there was nothing lacking to them neither small nor 
great neither sons nor daughters neither spoil nor any thing 
that they had taken to them David recovered all .

 3020  And David took all the flocks and the herds which they 
drave before those other cattle and said This is David's spoil .

 3021  And David came to the two hundred men which were so faint 
that they could not follow David whom they had made also to 
abide at the brook Besor and they went forth to meet David and 
to meet the people that were with him and when David came near 
to the people he saluted them .

 3022  Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial of 
those that went with David and said Because they went not with 
us we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have 
recovered save to every man his wife and his children that they 
may lead them away and depart .

 3023  Then said David Ye shall not do so my brethren with that 
which the LORD hath given us who hath preserved us and delivered 
the company that came against us into our hand .

 3024  For who will hearken unto you in this matter but as his 
part is that goeth down to the battle so shall his part be that 
tarrieth by the stuff they shall part alike .

 3025  And it was so from that day forward that he made it a 
statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day .

 3026  And when David came to Ziklag he sent of the spoil unto 
the elders of Judah even to his friends saying Behold a present 
for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD .

 3027  To them which were in Bethel and to them which were in 
south Ramoth and to them which were in Jattir .

 3028  And to them which were in Aroer and to them which were in 
Siphmoth and to them which were in Eshtemoa .

 3029  And to them which were in Rachal and to them which were 
in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and to them which were in the 
cities of the Kenites .

 3030  And to them which were in Hormah and to them which were 
in Chorashan and to them which were in Athach .

 3031  And to them which were in Hebron and to all the places 
where David himself and his men were wont to haunt .

* 311  Now the Philistines fought against Israel and the men of 
Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain in 
mount Gilboa .

 312  And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his 
sons and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abinadab and 
Melchishua Saul's sons .

 313  And the battle went sore against Saul and the archers hit 
him and he was sore wounded of the archers .

 314  Then said Saul unto his armourbearer Draw thy sword and 
thrust me through therewith lest these uncircumcised come and 
thrust me through and abuse me But his armourbearer would not 
for he was sore afraid Therefore Saul took a sword and fell upon 
it .

 315  And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead he fell 
likewise upon his sword and died with him .

 316  So Saul died and his three sons and his armourbearer and 
all his men that same day together .

 317  And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of 
the valley and they that were on the other side Jordan saw that 
the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead they 
forsook the cities and fled and the Philistines came and dwelt 
in them .

 318  And it came to pass on the morrow when the Philistines 
came to strip the slain that they found Saul and his three sons 
fallen in mount Gilboa .

 319  And they cut off his head and stripped off his armour and 
sent into the land of the Philistines round about to publish it 
in the house of their idols and among the people .

 3110  And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth and 
they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan .

 3111  And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that 
which the Philistines had done to Saul .

 3112  All the valiant men arose and went all night and took the 
body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of 
Bethshan and came to Jabesh and burnt them there .

 3113  And they took their bones and buried them under a tree at 
Jabesh and fasted seven days .

  

 

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