#### 1Sa 1

1 Now there was a certain 0259 man 0376 of Ramathaimzophim 07436, of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and his name 08034 [was] Elkanah 0511, the son 01121 of Jeroham 03395, the son 01121 of Elihu 0453, the son 01121 of Tohu 08459, the son 01121 of Zuph 06689, an Ephrathite 0673:
2 And he had two 08147 wives 0802; the name 08034 of the one 0259 [was] Hannah 02584, and the name 08034 of the other 08145 Peninnah 06444: and Peninnah 06444 had children 03206, but Hannah 02584 had no children 03206.
3 And this 01931 man 0376 went up 05927 08804 out of his city 05892 yearly 03117 03117 to worship 07812 08692 and to sacrifice 02076 08800 unto the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 in Shiloh 07887. And the two 08147 sons 01121 of Eli 05941, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068, [were] there.
4 And when the time 03117 was that Elkanah 0511 offered 02076 08799, he gave 05414 08804 to Peninnah 06444 his wife 0802, and to all her sons 01121 and her daughters 01323, portions 04490:
5 But unto Hannah 02584 he gave 05414 08799 a 0259 worthy 0639 portion 04490; for he loved 0157 08804 Hannah 02584: but the LORD 03068 had shut up 05462 08804 her womb 07358.
6 And her adversary 06869 also provoked 03707 08765 her sore 03708, for to make her fret 07481 08687, because the LORD 03068 had shut 05462 08804 up 01157 her womb 07358.
7 And [as] he did 06213 08799 so year 08141 by year 08141, when 01767 she went up 05927 08800 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, so she provoked 03707 08686 her; therefore she wept 01058 08799, and did not eat 0398 08799.
8 Then said 0559 08799 Elkanah 0511 her husband 0376 to her, Hannah 02584, why weepest 01058 08799 thou? and why eatest 0398 08799 thou not? and why is thy heart 03824 grieved 03415 08799? [am] not I better 02896 to thee than ten 06235 sons 01121?
9 So Hannah 02584 rose up 06965 08799 after 0310 they had eaten 0398 08800 in Shiloh 07887, and after 0310 they had drunk 08354 08800. Now Eli 05941 the priest 03548 sat 03427 08802 upon a seat 03678 by a post 04201 of the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068.
10 And she [was] in bitterness 04751 of soul 05315, and prayed 06419 08691 unto the LORD 03068, and wept 01058 08799 sore 01058 08800.
11 And she vowed 05087 08799 a vow 05088, and said 0559 08799, O LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, if thou wilt indeed 07200 08800 look 07200 08799 on the affliction 06040 of thine handmaid 0519, and remember 02142 08804 me, and not forget 07911 08799 thine handmaid 0519, but wilt give 05414 08804 unto thine handmaid 0519 a man 0582 child 02233, then I will give 05414 08804 him unto the LORD 03068 all the days 03117 of his life 02416, and there shall no razor 04177 come 05927 08799 upon his head 07218.
12 And it came to pass, as she continued 07235 08689 praying 06419 08692 before 06440 the LORD 03068, that Eli 05941 marked 08104 08802 her mouth 06310.
13 Now Hannah 02584, she spake 01696 08764 in her heart 03820; only her lips 08193 moved 05128 08801, but her voice 06963 was not heard 08085 08735: therefore Eli 05941 thought 02803 08799 she had been drunken 07910.
14 And Eli 05941 said 0559 08799 unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken 07937 08691? put away 05493 08685 thy wine 03196 from thee.
15 And Hannah 02584 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, No, my lord 0113, I [am] a woman 0802 of a sorrowful 07186 spirit 07307: I have drunk 08354 08804 neither wine 03196 nor strong drink 07941, but have poured out 08210 08799 my soul 05315 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
16 Count 05414 08799 not thine handmaid 0519 for 06440 a daughter 01323 of Belial 01100: for out of the abundance 07230 of my complaint 07879 and grief 03708 have I spoken 01696 08765 hitherto.
17 Then Eli 05941 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Go 03212 08798 in peace 07965: and the God 0430 of Israel 03478 grant 05414 08799 [thee] thy petition 07596 that thou hast asked 07592 08804 of him.
18 And she said 0559 08799, Let thine handmaid 08198 find 04672 08799 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869. So the woman 0802 went 03212 08799 her way 01870, and did eat 0398 08799, and her countenance 06440 was no more [sad].
19 And they rose up 07925 00 in the morning 01242 early 07925 08686, and worshipped 07812 08691 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and returned 07725 08799, and came 0935 08799 to their house 01004 to Ramah 07414: and Elkanah 0511 knew 03045 08799 Hannah 02584 his wife 0802; and the LORD 03068 remembered 02142 08799 her.
20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time 03117 was come 08622 about after Hannah 02584 had conceived 02029 08799, that she bare 03205 08799 a son 01121, and called 07121 08799 his name 08034 Samuel 08050, [saying], Because I have asked 07592 08804 him of the LORD 03068.
21 And the man 0376 Elkanah 0511, and all his house 01004, went up 05927 08799 to offer 02076 08800 unto the LORD 03068 the yearly 03117 sacrifice 02077, and his vow 05088.
22 But Hannah 02584 went not up 05927 08804; for she said 0559 08804 unto her husband 0376, [I will not go up] until the child 05288 be weaned 01580 08735, and [then] I will bring 0935 08689 him, that he may appear 07200 08738 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and there abide 03427 08804 for 05704 ever 05769.
23 And Elkanah 0511 her husband 0376 said 0559 08799 unto her, Do 06213 08798 what seemeth 05869 thee good 02896; tarry 03427 08798 until thou have weaned 01580 08800 him; only the LORD 03068 establish 06965 08686 his word 01697. So the woman 0802 abode 03427 08799, and gave her son 01121 suck 03243 08686 until she weaned 01580 08800 him.
24 And when she had weaned 01580 08804 him, she took him up 05927 08686 with her, with three 07969 bullocks 06499, and one 0259 ephah 0374 of flour 07058, and a bottle 05035 of wine 03196, and brought 0935 08686 him unto the house 01004 of the LORD 03068 in Shiloh 07887: and the child 05288 [was] young 05288.
25 And they slew 07819 08799 a bullock 06499, and brought 0935 08686 the child 05288 to Eli 05941.
26 And she said 0559 08799, Oh 0994 my lord 0113, [as] thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, my lord 0113, I [am] the woman 0802 that stood 05324 08737 by thee here, praying 06419 08692 unto the LORD 03068.
27 For this child 05288 I prayed 06419 08694; and the LORD 03068 hath given 05414 08799 me my petition 07596 which I asked 07592 08804 of him:
28 Therefore also I have lent 07592 08689 him to the LORD 03068; as long as he liveth 03117 he shall be lent 07592 08803 to the LORD 03068. And he worshipped 07812 08691 the LORD 03068 there.

#### 1Sa 2

1 And Hannah 02584 prayed 06419 08691, and said 0559 08799, My heart 03820 rejoiceth 05970 08804 in the LORD 03068, mine horn 07161 is exalted 07311 08804 in the LORD 03068: my mouth 06310 is enlarged 07337 08804 over mine enemies 0341 08802; because I rejoice 08055 08804 in thy salvation 03444.
2 [There is] none holy 06918 as the LORD 03068: for [there is] none beside 01115 thee: neither [is there] any rock 06697 like our God 0430.
3 Talk 01696 08762 no more 07235 08686 so exceeding 01364 proudly 01364; let [not] arrogancy 06277 come 03318 08799 out of your mouth 06310: for the LORD 03068 [is] a God 0410 of knowledge 01844, and by him actions 05949 are weighed 08505 08738.
4 The bows 07198 of the mighty men 01368 [are] broken 02844, and they that stumbled 03782 08737 are girded 0247 08804 with strength 02428.
5 [They that were] full 07649 have hired out 07936 08738 themselves for bread 03899; and [they that were] hungry 07457 ceased 02308 08804: so that the barren 06135 hath born 03205 08804 seven 07651; and she that hath many 07227 children 01121 is waxed feeble 0535 08797.
6 The LORD 03068 killeth 04191 08688, and maketh alive 02421 08764: he bringeth down 03381 08688 to the grave 07585, and bringeth up 05927 08686.
7 The LORD 03068 maketh poor 03423 08688, and maketh rich 06238 08688: he bringeth low 08213 08688, and 0637 lifteth up 07311 08789.
8 He raiseth up 06965 08688 the poor 01800 out of the dust 06083, [and] lifteth up 07311 08686 the beggar 034 from the dunghill 0830, to set 03427 08687 [them] among princes 05081, and to make them inherit 05157 08686 the throne 03678 of glory 03519: for the pillars 04690 of the earth 0776 [are] the LORD'S 03068, and he hath set 07896 08799 the world 08398 upon them.
9 He will keep 08104 08799 the feet 07272 of his saints 02623, and the wicked 07563 shall be silent 01826 08735 in darkness 02822; for by strength 03581 shall no man 0376 prevail 01396 08799.
10 The adversaries 07378 08688 of the LORD 03068 shall be broken to pieces 02865 08735; out of heaven 08064 shall he thunder 07481 08686 upon them: the LORD 03068 shall judge 01777 08799 the ends 0657 of the earth 0776; and he shall give 05414 08799 strength 05797 unto his king 04428, and exalt 07311 08686 the horn 07161 of his anointed 04899.
11 And Elkanah 0511 went 03212 08799 to Ramah 07414 to his house 01004. And the child 05288 did 01961 08804 minister 08334 08764 unto the LORD 03068 before 06440 Eli 05941 the priest 03548.
12 Now the sons 01121 of Eli 05941 [were] sons 01121 of Belial 01100; they knew 03045 08804 not the LORD 03068.
13 And the priests' 03548 custom 04941 with the people 05971 [was, that], when any man 0376 offered 02076 08802 sacrifice 02077, the priest's 03548 servant 05288 came 0935 08804, while the flesh 01320 was in seething 01310 08763, with a fleshhook 04207 of three 07969 teeth 08127 in his hand 03027;
14 And he struck 05221 08689 [it] into the pan 03595, or kettle 01731, or caldron 07037, or pot 06517; all that the fleshhook 04207 brought up 05927 08686 the priest 03548 took 03947 08799 for himself. So they did 06213 08799 in Shiloh 07887 unto all the Israelites 03478 that came 0935 08802 thither.
15 Also before they burnt 06999 08686 the fat 02459, the priest's 03548 servant 05288 came 0935 08804, and said 0559 08804 to the man 0376 that sacrificed 02076 08802, Give 05414 08798 flesh 01320 to roast 06740 08800 for the priest 03548; for he will not have 03947 08799 sodden 01310 08794 flesh 01320 of thee, but raw 02416.
16 And [if] any man 0376 said 0559 08799 unto him, Let them not fail 06999 08686 to burn 06999 08763 the fat 02459 presently 03117, and [then] take 03947 08798 [as much] as thy soul 05315 desireth 0183 08762; then he would answer 0559 08804 him, [Nay]; but thou shalt give 05414 08799 [it me] now: and if not, I will take 03947 08804 [it] by force 02394.
17 Wherefore the sin 02403 of the young men 05288 was very 03966 great 01419 before 06440 the LORD 03068: for men 0582 abhorred 05006 08765 the offering 04503 of the LORD 03068.
18 But Samuel 08050 ministered 08334 08764 before 06440 the LORD 03068, [being] a child 05288, girded 02296 08803 with a linen 0906 ephod 0646.
19 Moreover his mother 0517 made 06213 08799 him a little 06996 coat 04598, and brought 05927 08689 [it] to him from year 03117 to year 03117, when she came up 05927 08800 with her husband 0376 to offer 02076 08800 the yearly 03117 sacrifice 02077.
20 And Eli 05941 blessed 01288 08765 Elkanah 0511 and his wife 0802, and said 0559 08804, The LORD 03068 give 07760 08799 thee seed 02233 of this woman 0802 for the loan 07596 which is lent 07592 08804 to the LORD 03068. And they went 01980 08804 unto their own home 04725.
21 And 03588 the LORD 03068 visited 06485 08804 Hannah 02584, so that she conceived 02029 08799, and bare 03205 08799 three 07969 sons 01121 and two 08147 daughters 01323. And the child 05288 Samuel 08050 grew 01431 08799 before 05973 the LORD 03068.
22 Now Eli 05941 was very 03966 old 02204 08804, and heard 08085 08804 all that his sons 01121 did 06213 08799 unto all Israel 03478; and how they lay 07901 08799 with the women 0802 that assembled 06633 08802 [at] the door 06607 of the tabernacle 0168 of the congregation 04150.
23 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, Why do 06213 08799 ye such things 01697? for I hear 08085 08802 of your evil 07451 dealings 01697 by all this people 05971.
24 Nay, my sons 01121; for [it is] no good 02896 report 08052 that I hear 08085 08802: ye make the LORD'S 03068 people 05971 to transgress 05674 08688.
25 If one man 0376 sin 02398 08799 against another 0376, the judge 0430 shall judge 06419 08765 him: but if a man 0376 sin 02398 08799 against the LORD 03068, who shall intreat 06419 08691 for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened 08085 08799 not unto the voice 06963 of their father 01, because the LORD 03068 would 02654 08804 slay 04191 08687 them.
26 And the child 05288 Samuel 08050 grew 01432 on 01980 08802, and was in favour 02896 both with the LORD 03068, and also with men 0582.
27 And there came 0935 08799 a man 0376 of God 0430 unto Eli 05941, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068, Did I plainly 01540 08736 appear 01540 08738 unto the house 01004 of thy father 01, when they were in Egypt 04714 in Pharaoh's 06547 house 01004?
28 And did I choose 0977 08800 him out of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 [to be] my priest 03548, to offer 05927 08800 upon mine altar 04196, to burn 06999 08687 incense 07004, to wear 05375 08800 an ephod 0646 before 06440 me? and did I give 05414 08799 unto the house 01004 of thy father 01 all the offerings made by fire 0801 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478?
29 Wherefore kick 01163 08799 ye at my sacrifice 02077 and at mine offering 04503, which I have commanded 06680 08765 [in my] habitation 04583; and honourest 03513 08762 thy sons 01121 above me, to make yourselves fat 01254 08687 with the chiefest 07225 of all the offerings 04503 of Israel 03478 my people 05971?
30 Wherefore the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 saith 05002 08803, I said 0559 08804 indeed 0559 08800 [that] thy house 01004, and the house 01004 of thy father 01, should walk 01980 08691 before 06440 me for 05704 ever 05769: but now the LORD 03068 saith 05002 08803, Be it far from me 02486; for them that honour 03513 08764 me I will honour 03513 08762, and they that despise 0959 08802 me shall be lightly esteemed 07043 08799.
31 Behold, the days 03117 come 0935 08802, that I will cut off 01438 08804 thine arm 02220, and the arm 02220 of thy father's 01 house 01004, that there shall not be an old man 02205 in thine house 01004.
32 And thou shalt see 05027 08689 an enemy 06862 [in my] habitation 04583, in all [the wealth] which [God] shall give 03190 08686 Israel 03478: and there shall not be an old man 02205 in thine house 01004 for ever 03117.
33 And the man 0376 of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off 03772 08686 from mine altar 04196, [shall be] to consume 03615 08763 thine eyes 05869, and to grieve 0109 thine heart 05315: and all the increase 04768 of thine house 01004 shall die 04191 08799 in the flower of their age 0582.
34 And this [shall be] a sign 0226 unto thee, that shall come 0935 08799 upon thy two 08147 sons 01121, on Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372; in one 0259 day 03117 they shall die 04191 08799 both 08147 of them.
35 And I will raise me up 06965 08689 a faithful 0539 08737 priest 03548, [that] shall do 06213 08799 according to [that] which [is] in mine heart 03824 and in my mind 05315: and I will build 01129 08804 him a sure 0539 08737 house 01004; and he shall walk 01980 08694 before 06440 mine anointed 04899 for ever 03117.
36 And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left 03498 08737 in thine house 01004 shall come 0935 08799 [and] crouch 07812 08692 to him for a piece 095 of silver 03701 and a morsel 03603 of bread 03899, and shall say 0559 08804, Put 05596 08798 me, I pray thee, into one 0259 of the priests' offices 03550, that I may eat 0398 08800 a piece 06595 of bread 03899.

#### 1Sa 3

1 And the child 05288 Samuel 08050 ministered 08334 08764 unto the LORD 03068 before 06440 Eli 05941. And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 was precious 03368 in those days 03117; [there was] no open 06555 08737 vision 02377.
2 And it came to pass at that time 03117, when Eli 05941 [was] laid down 07901 08802 in his place 04725, and his eyes 05869 began 02490 08689 to wax dim 03544, [that] he could 03201 08799 not see 07200 08800;
3 And ere the lamp 05216 of God 0430 went out 03518 08799 in the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, where the ark 0727 of God 0430 [was], and Samuel 08050 was laid down 07901 08802 [to sleep];
4 That the LORD 03068 called 07121 08799 Samuel 08050: and he answered 0559 08799, Here [am] I.
5 And he ran 07323 08799 unto Eli 05941, and said 0559 08799, Here [am] I 02009; for thou calledst 07121 08804 me. And he said 0559 08799, I called 07121 08804 not; lie down 07901 08798 again 07725 08798. And he went 03212 08799 and lay down 07901 08799.
6 And the LORD 03068 called 07121 08800 yet again 03254 08686, Samuel 08050. And Samuel 08050 arose 06965 08799 and went 03212 08799 to Eli 05941, and said 0559 08799, Here [am] I; for thou didst call 07121 08804 me. And he answered 0559 08799, I called 07121 08804 not, my son 01121; lie down 07901 08798 again 07725 08798.
7 Now Samuel 08050 did not yet 02962 know 03045 08804 the LORD 03068, neither was the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 yet revealed 01540 08735 unto him.
8 And the LORD 03068 called 07121 08800 Samuel 08050 again 03254 08686 the third time 07992. And he arose 06965 08799 and went 03212 08799 to Eli 05941, and said 0559 08799, Here [am] I; for thou didst call 07121 08804 me. And Eli 05941 perceived 0995 08799 that the LORD 03068 had called 07121 08802 the child 05288.
9 Therefore Eli 05941 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, Go 03212 08798, lie down 07901 08798: and it shall be, if he call 07121 08799 thee, that thou shalt say 0559 08804, Speak 01696 08761, LORD 03068; for thy servant 05650 heareth 08085 08802. So Samuel 08050 went 03212 08799 and lay down 07901 08799 in his place 04725.
10 And the LORD 03068 came 0935 08799, and stood 03320 08691, and called 07121 08799 as at other times 06471, Samuel 08050, Samuel 08050. Then Samuel 08050 answered 0559 08799, Speak 01696 08761; for thy servant 05650 heareth 08085 08802.
11 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 to Samuel 08050, Behold, I will do 06213 08802 a thing 01697 in Israel 03478, at which both 08147 the ears 0241 of every one that heareth 08085 08802 it shall tingle 06750 08799.
12 In that day 03117 I will perform 06965 08686 against Eli 05941 all [things] which I have spoken 01696 08765 concerning 0413 his house 01004: when I begin 02490 08687, I will also make an end 03615 08763.
13 For I have told 05046 08689 him that I will judge 08199 08802 his house 01004 for 05704 ever 05769 for the iniquity 05771 which he knoweth 03045 08804; because his sons 01121 made themselves vile 07043 08764, and he restrained 03543 08765 them not.
14 And therefore I have sworn 07650 08738 unto the house 01004 of Eli 05941, that the iniquity 05771 of Eli's 05941 house 01004 shall not be purged 03722 08691 with sacrifice 02077 nor offering 04503 for 05704 ever 05769.
15 And Samuel 08050 lay 07901 08799 until the morning 01242, and opened 06605 08799 the doors 01817 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068. And Samuel 08050 feared 03372 08804 to shew 05046 08687 Eli 05941 the vision 04759.
16 Then Eli 05941 called 07121 08799 Samuel 08050, and said 0559 08799, Samuel 08050, my son 01121. And he answered 0559 08799, Here [am] I.
17 And he said 0559 08799, What [is] the thing 01697 that [the LORD] hath said 01696 08765 unto thee? I pray thee hide 03582 08762 [it] not from me: God 0430 do so 06213 08799 to thee, and more also 03254 08686, if thou hide 03582 08762 [any] thing 01697 from me of all the things 01697 that he said 01696 08765 unto thee.
18 And Samuel 08050 told 05046 08686 him every whit 01697, and hid 03582 08765 nothing from him. And he said 0559 08799, It [is] the LORD 03068: let him do 06213 08799 what seemeth 05869 him good 02896.
19 And Samuel 08050 grew 01431 08799, and the LORD 03068 was with him, and did let none of his words 01697 fall 05307 08689 to the ground 0776.
20 And all Israel 03478 from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884 knew 03045 08799 that Samuel 08050 [was] established 0539 08737 [to be] a prophet 05030 of the LORD 03068.
21 And the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 08736 again 03254 08686 in Shiloh 07887: for the LORD 03068 revealed 01540 08738 himself to Samuel 08050 in Shiloh 07887 by the word 01697 of the LORD 03068.

#### 1Sa 4

1 And the word 01697 of Samuel 08050 came to all Israel 03478. Now Israel 03478 went out 03318 08799 against 07125 08800 the Philistines 06430 to battle 04421, and pitched 02583 08799 beside Ebenezer 072: and the Philistines 06430 pitched 02583 08804 in Aphek 0663.
2 And the Philistines 06430 put themselves in array 06186 08799 against 07125 08800 Israel 03478: and when they joined 05203 08799 battle 04421, Israel 03478 was smitten 05062 08735 before 06440 the Philistines 06430: and they slew 05221 08686 of the army 04634 in the field 07704 about four 0702 thousand 0505 men 0376.
3 And when the people 05971 were come 0935 08799 into the camp 04264, the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799, Wherefore hath the LORD 03068 smitten 05062 08804 us to day 03117 before 06440 the Philistines 06430? Let us fetch 03947 08799 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 out of Shiloh 07887 unto us, that, when it cometh 0935 08799 among 07130 us, it may save 03467 08686 us out of the hand 03709 of our enemies 0341 08802.
4 So the people 05971 sent 07971 08799 to Shiloh 07887, that they might bring 05375 08799 from thence the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, which dwelleth 03427 08802 [between] the cherubims 03742: and the two 08147 sons 01121 of Eli 05941, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, [were] there with the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of God 0430.
5 And when the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 came 0935 08800 into the camp 04264, all Israel 03478 shouted 07321 08686 with a great 01419 shout 08643, so that the earth 0776 rang again 01949 08735.
6 And when the Philistines 06430 heard 08085 08799 the noise 06963 of the shout 08643, they said 0559 08799, What [meaneth] the noise 06963 of this great 01419 shout 08643 in the camp 04264 of the Hebrews 05680? And they understood 03045 08799 that the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 was come 0935 08804 into the camp 04264.
7 And the Philistines 06430 were afraid 03372 08799, for they said 0559 08804, God 0430 is come 0935 08804 into the camp 04264. And they said 0559 08799, Woe 0188 unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore 0865 08032.
8 Woe 0188 unto us! who shall deliver 05337 08686 us out of the hand 03027 of these mighty 0117 Gods 0430? these [are] the Gods 0430 that smote 05221 08688 the Egyptians 04714 with all the plagues 04347 in the wilderness 04057.
9 Be strong 02388 08690, and quit 01961 08798 yourselves like men 0582, O ye Philistines 06430, that ye be not servants 05647 08799 unto the Hebrews 05680, as they have been 05647 08804 to you: quit 01961 08804 yourselves like men 0582, and fight 03898 08738.
10 And the Philistines 06430 fought 03898 08735, and Israel 03478 was smitten 05062 08735, and they fled 05127 08799 every man 0376 into his tent 0168: and there was a very 03966 great 01419 slaughter 04347; for there fell 05307 08799 of Israel 03478 thirty 07970 thousand 0505 footmen 07273.
11 And the ark 0727 of God 0430 was taken 03947 08738; and the two 08147 sons 01121 of Eli 05941, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, were slain 04191 08804.
12 And there ran 07323 08799 a man 0376 of Benjamin 01144 out of the army 04634, and came 0935 08799 to Shiloh 07887 the same day 03117 with his clothes 04055 rent 07167 08803, and with earth 0127 upon his head 07218.
13 And when he came 0935 08799, lo, Eli 05941 sat 03427 08802 upon a seat 03678 by the wayside 01870 03027 08675 03197 watching 06822 08764: for his heart 03820 trembled 02730 for the ark 0727 of God 0430. And when the man 0376 came 0935 08802 into the city 05892, and told 05046 08687 [it], all the city 05892 cried out 02199 08799.
14 And when Eli 05941 heard 08085 08799 the noise 06963 of the crying 06818, he said 0559 08799, What [meaneth] the noise 06963 of this tumult 01995? And the man 0376 came 0935 08799 in hastily 04116 08765, and told 05046 08686 Eli 05941.
15 Now Eli 05941 was ninety 08673 and eight 08083 years 08141 old 01121; and his eyes 05869 were dim 06965 08804, that he could 03201 08804 not see 07200 08800.
16 And the man 0376 said 0559 08799 unto Eli 05941, I [am] he that came 0935 08802 out of the army 04634, and I fled 05127 08804 to day 03117 out of the army 04634. And he said 0559 08799, What is there done 01697, my son 01121?
17 And the messenger 01319 08764 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Israel 03478 is fled 05127 08804 before 06440 the Philistines 06430, and there hath been also a great 01419 slaughter 04046 among the people 05971, and thy two 08147 sons 01121 also, Hophni 02652 and Phinehas 06372, are dead 04191 08804, and the ark 0727 of God 0430 is taken 03947 08738.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention 02142 08687 of the ark 0727 of God 0430, that he fell 05307 08799 from off the seat 03678 backward 0322 by 01157 the side 03027 of the gate 08179, and his neck 04665 brake 07665 08735, and he died 04191 08799: for he was an old 02204 08804 man 0376, and heavy 03513 08804. And he had judged 08199 08804 Israel 03478 forty 0705 years 08141.
19 And his daughter in law 03618, Phinehas' 06372 wife 0802, was with child 02030, [near] to be delivered 03205 08800: and when she heard 08085 08799 the tidings 08052 that 0413 the ark 0727 of God 0430 was taken 03947 08736, and that her father in law 02524 and her husband 0376 were dead 04191 08804, she bowed 03766 08799 herself and travailed 03205 08799; for her pains 06735 came 02015 08738 upon her.
20 And about the time 06256 of her death 04191 08800 the women that stood 05324 08737 by her said 01696 08762 unto her, Fear 03372 08799 not; for thou hast born 03205 08804 a son 01121. But she answered 06030 08804 not, neither did she regard 07896 08804 03820 [it].
21 And she named 07121 08799 the child 05288 Ichabod 0350, saying 0559 08800, The glory 03519 is departed 01540 08804 from Israel 03478: because 0413 the ark 0727 of God 0430 was taken 03947 08736, and because of her father in law 02524 and her husband 0376.
22 And she said 0559 08799, The glory 03519 is departed 01540 08804 from Israel 03478: for the ark 0727 of God 0430 is taken 03947 08738.

#### 1Sa 5

1 And the Philistines 06430 took 03947 08804 the ark 0727 of God 0430, and brought 0935 08686 it from Ebenezer 072 unto Ashdod 0795.
2 When the Philistines 06430 took 03947 08799 the ark 0727 of God 0430, they brought 0935 08686 it into the house 01004 of Dagon 01712, and set 03322 08686 it by 0681 Dagon 01712.
3 And when they of Ashdod 0796 arose early 07925 08686 on the morrow 04283, behold, Dagon 01712 [was] fallen 05307 08802 upon his face 06440 to the earth 0776 before 06440 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068. And they took 03947 08799 Dagon 01712, and set 07725 00 him in his place 04725 again 07725 08686.
4 And when they arose early 07925 08686 on the morrow 04283 morning 01242, behold, Dagon 01712 [was] fallen 05307 08802 upon his face 06440 to the ground 0776 before 06440 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068; and the head 07218 of Dagon 01712 and both 08147 the palms 03709 of his hands 03027 [were] cut off 03772 08803 upon the threshold 04670; only [the stump of] Dagon 01712 was left 07604 08738 to him.
5 Therefore neither the priests 03548 of Dagon 01712, nor any that come 0935 08802 into Dagon's 01712 house 01004, tread 01869 08799 on the threshold 04670 of Dagon 01712 in Ashdod 0795 unto this day 03117.
6 But the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was heavy 03513 08799 upon them of Ashdod 0796, and he destroyed 08074 08686 them, and smote 05221 08686 them with emerods 02914 08675 06076, [even] Ashdod 0795 and the coasts 01366 thereof.
7 And when the men 0582 of Ashdod 0795 saw 07200 08799 that [it was] so, they said 0559 08804, The ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 shall not abide 03427 08799 with us: for his hand 03027 is sore 07185 08804 upon us, and upon Dagon 01712 our god 0430.
8 They sent 07971 08799 therefore and gathered 0622 08799 all the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 unto them, and said 0559 08799, What shall we do 06213 08799 with the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478? And they answered 0559 08799, Let the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 be carried about 05437 08735 unto Gath 01661. And they carried 05437 00 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 about 05437 08686 [thither].
9 And it was [so], that, after 0310 they had carried it about 05437 08689, the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was against the city 05892 with a very 03966 great 01419 destruction 04103: and he smote 05221 08686 the men 0582 of the city 05892, both small 06996 and great 01419, and they had emerods 02914 08675 06076 in their secret parts 08368 08735.
10 Therefore they sent 07971 08762 the ark 0727 of God 0430 to Ekron 06138. And it came to pass, as the ark 0727 of God 0430 came 0935 08800 to Ekron 06138, that the Ekronites 06139 cried out 02199 08799, saying 0559 08800, They have brought about 05437 08689 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 to us, to slay 04191 08687 us and our people 05971.
11 So they sent 07971 08799 and gathered together 0622 08799 all the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430, and said 0559 08799, Send away 07971 08761 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478, and let it go again 07725 08799 to his own place 04725, that it slay 04191 08686 us not, and our people 05971: for there was a deadly 04194 destruction 04103 throughout all the city 05892; the hand 03027 of God 0430 was very 03966 heavy 03513 08804 there.
12 And the men 0582 that died 04191 08804 not were smitten 05221 08717 with the emerods 02914 08675 06076: and the cry 07775 of the city 05892 went up 05927 08799 to heaven 08064.

#### 1Sa 6

1 And the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 was in the country 07704 of the Philistines 06430 seven 07651 months 02320.
2 And the Philistines 06430 called 07121 08799 for the priests 03548 and the diviners 07080 08802, saying 0559 08800, What shall we do 06213 08799 to the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068? tell 03045 08685 us wherewith we shall send 07971 08762 it to his place 04725.
3 And they said 0559 08799, If ye send away 07971 08764 the ark 0727 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478, send 07971 08762 it not empty 07387; but in any wise 07725 08687 return 07725 08686 him a trespass offering 0817: then ye shall be healed 07495 08735, and it shall be known 03045 08738 to you why his hand 03027 is not removed 05493 08799 from you.
4 Then said 0559 08799 they, What [shall be] the trespass offering 0817 which we shall return 07725 08686 to him? They answered 0559 08799, Five 02568 golden 02091 emerods 02914 08675 06076, and five 02568 golden 02091 mice 05909, [according to] the number 04557 of the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430: for one 0259 plague 04046 [was] on you all, and on your lords 05633.
5 Wherefore ye shall make 06213 08804 images 06754 of your emerods 02914 08675 06076, and images 06754 of your mice 05909 that mar 07843 08688 the land 0776; and ye shall give 05414 08804 glory 03519 unto the God 0430 of Israel 03478: peradventure he will lighten 07043 08686 his hand 03027 from off you, and from off your gods 0430, and from off your land 0776.
6 Wherefore then do ye harden 03513 08762 your hearts 03824, as the Egyptians 04714 and Pharaoh 06547 hardened 03513 08765 their hearts 03820? when he had wrought wonderfully 05953 08694 among them, did they not let the people go 07971 08762, and they departed 03212 08799?
7 Now therefore make 06213 08798 a 0259 new 02319 cart 05699, and take 03947 08798 two 08147 milch 05763 08802 kine 06510, on which there hath come 05927 08804 no yoke 05923, and tie 0631 08804 the kine 06510 to the cart 05699, and bring 07725 08689 their calves 01121 home 01004 from them 0310:
8 And take 03947 08804 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and lay 05414 08804 it upon the cart 05699; and put 07760 08799 the jewels 03627 of gold 02091, which ye return 07725 08689 him [for] a trespass offering 0817, in a coffer 0712 by the side 06654 thereof; and send it away 07971 08765, that it may go 01980 08804.
9 And see 07200 08804, if it goeth up 05927 08799 by the way 01870 of his own coast 01366 to Bethshemesh 01053, [then] he hath done 06213 08804 us this great 01419 evil 07451: but if not, then we shall know 03045 08804 that [it is] not his hand 03027 [that] smote 05060 08804 us: it [was] a chance 04745 [that] happened to us 01961 08804.
10 And the men 0582 did so 06213 08799; and took 03947 08799 two 08147 milch 05763 08802 kine 06510, and tied 0631 08799 them to the cart 05699, and shut up 03607 08804 their calves 01121 at home 01004:
11 And they laid 07760 08799 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 upon the cart 05699, and the coffer 0712 with the mice 05909 of gold 02091 and the images 06754 of their emerods 02914.
12 And the kine 06510 took the straight 03474 08799 way 01870 to the way 01870 of Bethshemesh 01053, [and] went along 01980 08804 the highway 04546 0259, lowing 01600 08800 as they went 01980 08800, and turned not aside 05493 08804 [to] the right hand 03225 or [to] the left 08040; and the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 went 01980 08802 after 0310 them unto the border 01366 of Bethshemesh 01053.
13 And [they of] Bethshemesh 01053 [were] reaping 07114 08802 their wheat 02406 harvest 07105 in the valley 06010: and they lifted up 05375 08799 their eyes 05869, and saw 07200 08799 the ark 0727, and rejoiced 08055 08799 to see 07200 08800 [it].
14 And the cart 05699 came 0935 08802 into the field 07704 of Joshua 03091, a Bethshemite 01030, and stood 05975 08799 there, where [there was] a great 01419 stone 068: and they clave 01234 08762 the wood 06086 of the cart 05699, and offered 05927 08689 the kine 06510 a burnt offering 05930 unto the LORD 03068.
15 And the Levites 03881 took down 03381 08689 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and the coffer 0712 that [was] with it, wherein the jewels 03627 of gold 02091 [were], and put 07760 08799 [them] on the great 01419 stone 068: and the men 0582 of Bethshemesh 01053 offered 05927 08689 burnt offerings 05930 and sacrificed 02076 08799 sacrifices 02077 the same day 03117 unto the LORD 03068.
16 And when the five 02568 lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 had seen 07200 08804 [it], they returned 07725 08799 to Ekron 06138 the same day 03117.
17 And these [are] the golden 02091 emerods 02914 which the Philistines 06430 returned 07725 08689 [for] a trespass offering 0817 unto the LORD 03068; for Ashdod 0795 one 0259, for Gaza 05804 one 0259, for Askelon 0831 one 0259, for Gath 01661 one 0259, for Ekron 06138 one 0259;
18 And the golden 02091 mice 05909, [according to] the number 04557 of all the cities 05892 of the Philistines 06430 [belonging] to the five 02568 lords 05633, [both] of fenced 04013 cities 05892, and of country 06521 villages 03724, even unto the great 01419 [stone of] Abel 059, whereon they set down 03240 08689 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068: [which stone remaineth] unto this day 03117 in the field 07704 of Joshua 03091, the Bethshemite 01030.
19 And he smote 05221 08686 the men 0376 of Bethshemesh 01053, because they had looked 07200 08804 into the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, even he smote 05221 08686 of the people 05971 fifty 02572 thousand 0505 and threescore and ten 07657 men 0582: and the people 05971 lamented 056 08691, because the LORD 03068 had smitten 05221 08689 [many] of the people 05971 with a great 01419 slaughter 04347.
20 And the men 0582 of Bethshemesh 01053 said 0559 08799, Who is able 03201 08799 to stand 05975 08800 before 06440 this holy 06918 LORD 03068 God 0430? and to whom shall he go up 05927 08799 from us?
21 And they sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 to the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Kirjathjearim 07157, saying 0559 08800, The Philistines 06430 have brought again 07725 08689 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068; come ye down 03381 08798, [and] fetch it up 05927 08685 to you.

#### 1Sa 7

1 And the men 0582 of Kirjathjearim 07157 came 0935 08799, and fetched up 05927 08686 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and brought 0935 08686 it into the house 01004 of Abinadab 041 in the hill 01389, and sanctified 06942 08765 Eleazar 0499 his son 01121 to keep 08104 08800 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068.
2 And it came to pass, while 03117 the ark 0727 abode 03427 08800 in Kirjathjearim 07157, that the time 03117 was long 07235 08799; for it was twenty 06242 years 08141: and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 lamented 05091 08735 after 0310 the LORD 03068.
3 And Samuel 08050 spake 0559 08799 unto all the house 01004 of Israel 03478, saying 0559 08800, If ye do return 07725 08802 unto the LORD 03068 with all your hearts 03824, [then] put away 05493 08685 the strange 05236 gods 0430 and Ashtaroth 06252 from among 08432 you, and prepare 03559 08685 your hearts 03824 unto the LORD 03068, and serve 05647 08798 him only: and he will deliver 05337 08686 you out of the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
4 Then the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did put away 05493 08686 Baalim 01168 and Ashtaroth 06252, and served 05647 08799 the LORD 03068 only.
5 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799, Gather 06908 08798 all Israel 03478 to Mizpeh 04708, and I will pray 06419 08691 for you unto the LORD 03068.
6 And they gathered together 06908 08735 to Mizpeh 04709, and drew 07579 08799 water 04325, and poured [it] out 08210 08799 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and fasted 06684 08799 on that day 03117, and said 0559 08799 there, We have sinned 02398 08804 against the LORD 03068. And Samuel 08050 judged 08199 08799 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 in Mizpeh 04708.
7 And when the Philistines 06430 heard 08085 08799 that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were gathered together 06908 08694 to Mizpeh 04708, the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 went up 05927 08799 against Israel 03478. And when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 heard 08085 08799 [it], they were afraid 03372 08799 of 06440 the Philistines 06430.
8 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 to Samuel 08050, Cease 02790 08686 not to cry 02199 08800 unto the LORD 03068 our God 0430 for us, that he will save 03467 08686 us out of the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
9 And Samuel 08050 took 03947 08799 a 0259 sucking 02461 lamb 02924, and offered 05927 08686 [it for] a burnt offering 05930 wholly 03632 unto the LORD 03068: and Samuel 08050 cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068 for Israel 03478; and the LORD 03068 heard 06030 08799 him.
10 And as Samuel 08050 was offering up 05927 08688 the burnt offering 05930, the Philistines 06430 drew near 05066 08738 to battle 04421 against Israel 03478: but the LORD 03068 thundered 07481 08686 with a great 01419 thunder 06963 on that day 03117 upon the Philistines 06430, and discomfited 02000 08799 them; and they were smitten 05062 08735 before 06440 Israel 03478.
11 And the men 0582 of Israel 03478 went out 03318 08799 of Mizpeh 04709, and pursued 07291 08799 the Philistines 06430, and smote 05221 08686 them, until [they came] under Bethcar 01033.
12 Then Samuel 08050 took 03947 08799 a 0259 stone 068, and set 07760 08799 [it] between Mizpeh 04709 and Shen 08129, and called 07121 08799 the name 08034 of it Ebenezer 072, saying 0559 08799, Hitherto hath the LORD 03068 helped 05826 08804 us.
13 So the Philistines 06430 were subdued 03665 08735, and they came 0935 08800 no more 03254 08804 into the coast 01366 of Israel 03478: and the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was against the Philistines 06430 all the days 03117 of Samuel 08050.
14 And the cities 05892 which the Philistines 06430 had taken 03947 08804 from Israel 03478 were restored 07725 08799 to Israel 03478, from Ekron 06138 even unto Gath 01661; and the coasts 01366 thereof did Israel 03478 deliver 05337 08689 out of the hands 03027 of the Philistines 06430. And there was peace 07965 between Israel 03478 and the Amorites 0567.
15 And Samuel 08050 judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 all the days 03117 of his life 02416.
16 And he went 01980 08804 from 01767 year 08141 to year 08141 in circuit 05437 08804 to Bethel 01008, and Gilgal 01537, and Mizpeh 04709, and judged 08199 08804 Israel 03478 in all those places 04725.
17 And his return 08666 [was] to Ramah 07414; for there [was] his house 01004; and there he judged 08199 08804 Israel 03478; and there he built 01129 08799 an altar 04196 unto the LORD 03068.

#### 1Sa 8

1 And it came to pass, when Samuel 08050 was old 02204 08804, that he made 07760 08799 his sons 01121 judges 08199 08802 over Israel 03478.
2 Now the name 08034 of his firstborn 01121 01060 was Joel 03100; and the name 08034 of his second 04932, Abiah 029: [they were] judges 08199 08802 in Beersheba 0884.
3 And his sons 01121 walked 01980 08804 not in his ways 01870, but turned aside 05186 08799 after 0310 lucre 01215, and took 03947 08799 bribes 07810, and perverted 05186 08686 judgment 04941.
4 Then all the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 gathered themselves together 06908 08691, and came 0935 08799 to Samuel 08050 unto Ramah 07414,
5 And said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold, thou art old 02204 08804, and thy sons 01121 walk 01980 08804 not in thy ways 01870: now make 07760 08798 us a king 04428 to judge 08199 08800 us like all the nations 01471.
6 But the thing 01697 displeased 03415 08799 05869 Samuel 08050, when they said 0559 08804, Give 05414 08798 us a king 04428 to judge 08199 08800 us. And Samuel 08050 prayed 06419 08691 unto the LORD 03068.
7 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, Hearken 08085 08798 unto the voice 06963 of the people 05971 in all that they say 0559 08799 unto thee: for they have not rejected 03988 08804 thee, but they have rejected 03988 08804 me, that I should not reign 04427 08800 over them.
8 According to all the works 04639 which they have done 06213 08804 since the day 03117 that I brought them up 05927 08687 out of Egypt 04714 even unto this day 03117, wherewith they have forsaken 05800 08799 me, and served 05647 08799 other 0312 gods 0430, so do 06213 08802 they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken 08085 08798 unto their voice 06963: howbeit 0389 yet protest 05749 08686 solemnly 05749 08687 unto them, and shew 05046 08689 them the manner 04941 of the king 04428 that shall reign 04427 08799 over them.
10 And Samuel 08050 told 0559 08799 all the words 01697 of the LORD 03068 unto the people 05971 that asked 07592 08802 of him a king 04428.
11 And he said 0559 08799, This will be the manner 04941 of the king 04428 that shall reign 04427 08799 over you: He will take 03947 08799 your sons 01121, and appoint 07760 08804 [them] for himself, for his chariots 04818, and [to be] his horsemen 06571; and [some] shall run 07323 08804 before 06440 his chariots 04818.
12 And he will appoint 07760 08800 him captains 08269 over thousands 0505, and captains 08269 over fifties 02572; and [will set them] to ear 02790 08800 his ground 02758, and to reap 07114 08800 his harvest 07105, and to make 06213 08800 his instruments 03627 of war 04421, and instruments 03627 of his chariots 07393.
13 And he will take 03947 08799 your daughters 01323 [to be] confectionaries 07548, and [to be] cooks 02879, and [to be] bakers 0644 08802.
14 And he will take 03947 08799 your fields 07704, and your vineyards 03754, and your oliveyards 02132, [even] the best 02896 [of them], and give 05414 08804 [them] to his servants 05650.
15 And he will take the tenth 06237 08799 of your seed 02233, and of your vineyards 03754, and give 05414 08804 to his officers 05631, and to his servants 05650.
16 And he will take 03947 08799 your menservants 05650, and your maidservants 08198, and your goodliest 02896 young men 0970, and your asses 02543, and put 06213 08804 [them] to his work 04399.
17 He will take the tenth 06237 08799 of your sheep 06629: and ye shall be his servants 05650.
18 And ye shall cry out 02199 08804 in that day 03117 because 06440 of your king 04428 which ye shall have chosen 0977 08804 you; and the LORD 03068 will not hear 06030 08799 you in that day 03117.
19 Nevertheless the people 05971 refused 03985 08762 to obey 08085 08800 the voice 06963 of Samuel 08050; and they said 0559 08799, Nay; but we will have a king 04428 over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations 01471; and that our king 04428 may judge 08199 08804 us, and go out 03318 08804 before 06440 us, and fight 03898 08738 our battles 04421.
21 And Samuel 08050 heard 08085 08799 all the words 01697 of the people 05971, and he rehearsed 01696 08762 them in the ears 0241 of the LORD 03068.
22 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 to Samuel 08050, Hearken 08085 08798 unto their voice 06963, and make 04427 08689 them a king 04428. And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto the men 0582 of Israel 03478, Go 03212 08798 ye every man 0376 unto his city 05892.

#### 1Sa 9

1 Now there was a man 0376 of Benjamin 01144, whose name 08034 [was] Kish 07027, the son 01121 of Abiel 022, the son 01121 of Zeror 06872, the son 01121 of Bechorath 01064, the son 01121 of Aphiah 0647, a Benjamite 01145, a mighty 01368 man 0376 of power 02428.
2 And he had a son 01121, whose name 08034 [was] Saul 07586, a choice young man 0970, and a goodly 02896: and [there was] not among the children 01121 of Israel 03478 a goodlier 02896 person 0376 than he: from his shoulders 07926 and upward 04605 [he was] higher 01364 than any of the people 05971.
3 And the asses 0860 of Kish 07027 Saul's 07586 father 01 were lost 06 08799. And Kish 07027 said 0559 08799 to Saul 07586 his son 01121, Take 03947 08798 now one 0259 of the servants 05288 with thee, and arise 06965 08798, go 03212 08798 seek 01245 08761 the asses 0860.
4 And he passed through 05674 08799 mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and passed through 05674 08799 the land 0776 of Shalisha 08031, but they found 04672 08804 [them] not: then they passed through 05674 08799 the land 0776 of Shalim 08171, and [there they were] not: and he passed through 05674 08799 the land 0776 of the Benjamites 01145, but they found 04672 08804 [them] not.
5 [And] when they were come 0935 08804 to the land 0776 of Zuph 06689, Saul 07586 said 0559 08804 to his servant 05288 that [was] with him, Come 03212 08798, and let us return 07725 08799; lest my father 01 leave 02308 08799 [caring] for the asses 0860, and take thought 01672 08804 for us.
6 And he said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold now, [there is] in this city 05892 a man 0376 of God 0430, and [he is] an honourable 03513 08737 man 0376; all that he saith 01696 08762 cometh 0935 08799 surely to pass 0935 08800: now let us go 03212 08799 thither; peradventure he can shew 05046 08686 us our way 01870 that we should go 01980 08804.
7 Then said 0559 08799 Saul 07586 to his servant 05288, But, behold, [if] we go 03212 08799, what shall we bring 0935 08686 the man 0376? for the bread 03899 is spent 0235 08804 in our vessels 03627, and [there is] not a present 08670 to bring 0935 08687 to the man 0376 of God 0430: what have we?
8 And the servant 05288 answered 06030 08800 Saul 07586 again 03254 08686, and said 0559 08799, Behold, I have 04672 08738 here at hand 03027 the fourth part 07253 of a shekel 08255 of silver 03701: [that] will I give 05414 08804 to the man 0376 of God 0430, to tell 05046 08689 us our way 01870.
9 (Beforetime 06440 in Israel 03478, when a man 0376 went 03212 08800 to enquire 01875 08800 of God 0430, thus he spake 0559 08804, Come 03212 08798, and let us go 03212 08799 to the seer 07200 08802: for [he that is] now 03117 [called] a Prophet 05030 was beforetime 06440 called 07121 08735 a Seer 07200 08802.)
10 Then said 01697 Saul 07586 to his servant 05288, Well 02896 said 0559 08799; come 03212 08798, let us go 03212 08799. So they went 03212 08799 unto the city 05892 where the man 0376 of God 0430 [was].
11 [And] as they went up 05927 08802 the hill 04608 to the city 05892, they found 04672 08804 young maidens 05291 going out 03318 08802 to draw 07579 08800 water 04325, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Is 03426 the seer 07200 08802 here?
12 And they answered 06030 08799 them, and said 0559 08799, He is 03426; behold, [he is] before 06440 you: make haste 04116 08761 now, for he came 0935 08804 to day 03117 to the city 05892; for [there is] a sacrifice 02077 of the people 05971 to day 03117 in the high place 01116:
13 As soon as ye be come 0935 08800 into the city 05892, ye shall straightway 03651 find 04672 08799 him, before he go up 05927 08799 to the high place 01116 to eat 0398 08800: for the people 05971 will not eat 0398 08799 until he come 0935 08800, because he doth bless 01288 08762 the sacrifice 02077; [and] afterwards 0310 03651 they eat 0398 08799 that be bidden 07121 08803. Now therefore get you up 05927 08798; for about this time 03117 ye shall find 04672 08799 him.
14 And they went up 05927 08799 into 08432 the city 05892: [and] when they were come 0935 08802 into the city 05892, behold, Samuel 08050 came out 03318 08802 against 07125 08800 them, for to go up 05927 08800 to the high place 01116.
15 Now the LORD 03068 had told 01540 08804 Samuel 08050 in his ear 0241 a 0259 day 03117 before 06440 Saul 07586 came 0935 08800, saying 0559 08800,
16 To morrow 04279 about this time 06256 I will send 07971 08799 thee a man 0376 out of the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144, and thou shalt anoint 04886 08804 him [to be] captain 05057 over my people 05971 Israel 03478, that he may save 03467 08689 my people 05971 out of the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430: for I have looked 07200 08804 upon my people 05971, because their cry 06818 is come 0935 08804 unto me.
17 And when Samuel 08050 saw 07200 08804 Saul 07586, the LORD 03068 said 06030 08804 unto him, Behold the man 0376 whom I spake 0559 08804 to thee of! this same shall reign 06113 08799 over my people 05971.
18 Then Saul 07586 drew near 05066 08799 to Samuel 08050 in 08432 the gate 08179, and said 0559 08799, Tell 05046 08685 me, I pray thee, where 0335 the seer's 07200 08802 house 01004 [is].
19 And Samuel 08050 answered 06030 08799 Saul 07586, and said 0559 08799, I [am] the seer 07200 08802: go up 05927 08798 before 06440 me unto the high place 01116; for ye shall eat 0398 08804 with me to day 03117, and to morrow 01242 I will let thee go 07971 08765, and will tell 05046 08686 thee all that [is] in thine heart 03824.
20 And as for thine asses 0860 that were lost 06 08802 three 07969 days 03117 ago 03117, set 07760 08799 not thy mind 03820 on them; for they are found 04672 08738. And on whom [is] all the desire 02532 of Israel 03478? [Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's 01 house 01004?
21 And Saul 07586 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, [Am] not I a Benjamite 01145, of the smallest 06996 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478? and my family 04940 the least 06810 of all the families 04940 of the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144? wherefore then speakest 01696 08765 thou so 01697 to me?
22 And Samuel 08050 took 03947 08799 Saul 07586 and his servant 05288, and brought 0935 08686 them into the parlour 03957, and made them sit 05414 08799 in the chiefest 07218 place 04725 among them that were bidden 07121 08803, which [were] about thirty 07970 persons 0376.
23 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto the cook 02876, Bring 05414 08798 the portion 04490 which I gave 05414 08804 thee, of which I said 0559 08804 unto thee, Set 07760 08798 it by thee.
24 And the cook 02876 took up 07311 08686 the shoulder 07785, and [that] which [was] upon it, and set 07760 08799 [it] before 06440 Saul 07586. And [Samuel] said 0559 08799, Behold that which is left 07604 08737! set 07760 08798 [it] before 06440 thee, [and] eat 0398 08798: for unto this time 04150 hath it been kept 08104 08803 for thee since I said 0559 08800, I have invited 07121 08804 the people 05971. So Saul 07586 did eat 0398 08799 with Samuel 08050 that day 03117.
25 And when they were come down 03381 08799 from the high place 01116 into the city 05892, [Samuel] communed 01696 08762 with Saul 07586 upon the top of the house 01406.
26 And they arose early 07925 08686: and it came to pass about the spring 05927 08800 of the day 07837, that Samuel 08050 called 07121 08799 Saul 07586 to the top of the house 01406, saying 0559 08800, Up 06965 08798, that I may send thee away 07971 08762. And Saul 07586 arose 06965 08799, and they went out 03318 08799 both 08147 of them, he and Samuel 08050, abroad 02351.
27 [And] as they were going down 03381 08802 to the end 07097 of the city 05892, Samuel 08050 said 0559 08804 to Saul 07586, Bid 0559 08798 the servant 05288 pass on 05674 08799 before 06440 us, (and he passed on 05674 08798,) but stand 05975 08798 thou still a while 03117, that I may shew 08085 08686 thee the word 01697 of God 0430.

#### 1Sa 10

1 Then Samuel 08050 took 03947 08799 a vial 06378 of oil 08081, and poured 03332 08799 [it] upon his head 07218, and kissed 05401 08799 him, and said 0559 08799, [Is it] not because the LORD 03068 hath anointed 04886 08804 thee [to be] captain 05057 over his inheritance 05159?
2 When thou art departed 03212 08800 from me 05978 to day 03117, then thou shalt find 04672 08804 two 08147 men 0582 by Rachel's 07354 sepulchre 06900 in the border 01366 of Benjamin 01144 at Zelzah 06766; and they will say 0559 08804 unto thee, The asses 0860 which thou wentest 01980 08804 to seek 01245 08763 are found 04672 08738: and, lo, thy father 01 hath left 05203 08804 the care 01697 of the asses 0860, and sorroweth 01672 08804 for you, saying 0559 08800, What shall I do 06213 08799 for my son 01121?
3 Then shalt thou go on 02498 08804 forward 01973 from thence, and thou shalt come 0935 08804 to the plain 0436 of Tabor 08396, and there shall meet 04672 08804 thee three 07969 men 0582 going up 05927 08802 to God 0430 to Bethel 01008, one 0259 carrying 05375 08802 three 07969 kids 01423, and another 0259 carrying 05375 08802 three 07969 loaves 03603 of bread 03899, and another 0259 carrying 05375 08802 a bottle 05035 of wine 03196:
4 And they will 07592 08804 salute 07965 thee, and give 05414 08804 thee two 08147 [loaves] of bread 03899; which thou shalt receive 03947 08804 of their hands 03027.
5 After 0310 that thou shalt come 0935 08799 to the hill 01389 of God 0430, where [is] the garrison 05333 of the Philistines 06430: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither 0935 08800 to the city 05892, that thou shalt meet 06293 08804 a company 02256 of prophets 05030 coming down 03381 08802 from the high place 01116 with a psaltery 05035, and a tabret 08596, and a pipe 02485, and a harp 03658, before 06440 them; and they shall prophesy 05012 08693:
6 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 will come 06743 08804 upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy 05012 08694 with them, and shalt be turned 02015 08738 into another 0312 man 0376.
7 And let it be, when these signs 0226 are come 0935 08799 unto thee, [that] thou do 06213 08798 as occasion 04672 08799 serve 03027 thee; for God 0430 [is] with thee.
8 And thou shalt go down 03381 08804 before 06440 me to Gilgal 01537; and, behold, I will come down 03381 08802 unto thee, to offer 05927 08687 burnt offerings 05930, [and] to sacrifice 02076 08800 sacrifices 02077 of peace offerings 08002: seven 07651 days 03117 shalt thou tarry 03176 08686, till I come 0935 08800 to thee, and shew 03045 08689 thee what thou shalt do 06213 08799.
9 And it was [so], that when he had turned 06437 08687 his back 07926 to go 03212 08800 from Samuel 08050, God 0430 gave 02015 08799 him another 0312 heart 03820: and all those signs 0226 came 0935 08799 to pass that day 03117.
10 And when they came 0935 08799 thither to the hill 01389, behold, a company 02256 of prophets 05030 met 07125 08800 him; and the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came 06743 08799 upon him, and he prophesied 05012 08691 among 08432 them.
11 And it came to pass, when all that knew 03045 08802 him beforetime 0865 08032 saw 07200 08799 that, behold, he prophesied 05012 08738 among the prophets 05030, then the people 05971 said 0559 08799 one 0376 to another 07453, What [is] this [that] is come unto the son 01121 of Kish 07027? [Is] Saul 07586 also among the prophets 05030?
12 And one 0376 of the same place answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, But who [is] their father 01? Therefore it became a proverb 04912, [Is] Saul 07586 also among the prophets 05030?
13 And when he had made an end 03615 08762 of prophesying 05012 08692, he came 0935 08799 to the high place 01116.
14 And Saul's 07586 uncle 01730 said 0559 08799 unto him and to his servant 05288, Whither 0575 went 01980 08804 ye? And he said 0559 08799, To seek 01245 08763 the asses 0860: and when we saw 07200 08799 that [they were] no where 0369, we came 0935 08799 to Samuel 08050.
15 And Saul's 07586 uncle 01730 said 0559 08799, Tell 05046 08685 me, I pray thee, what Samuel 08050 said 0559 08804 unto you.
16 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto his uncle 01730, He told 05046 08689 us plainly 05046 08687 that the asses 0860 were found 04672 08738. But of the matter 01697 of the kingdom 04410, whereof Samuel 08050 spake 0559 08804, he told 05046 08689 him not.
17 And Samuel 08050 called 06817 08686 the people 05971 together unto the LORD 03068 to Mizpeh 04709;
18 And said 0559 08799 unto the children 01121 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I brought up 05927 08689 Israel 03478 out of Egypt 04714, and delivered 05337 08686 you out of the hand 03027 of the Egyptians 04714, and out of the hand 03027 of all kingdoms 04467, [and] of them that oppressed 03905 08801 you:
19 And ye have this day 03117 rejected 03988 08804 your God 0430, who himself saved 03467 08688 you out of all your adversities 07451 and your tribulations 06869; and ye have said 0559 08799 unto him, [Nay], but set 07760 08799 a king 04428 over us. Now therefore present 03320 08690 yourselves before 06440 the LORD 03068 by your tribes 07626, and by your thousands 0505.
20 And when Samuel 08050 had caused all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to come near 07126 08686, the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144 was taken 03920 08735.
21 When he had caused the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144 to come near 07126 08686 by their families 04940, the family 04940 of Matri 04309 was taken 03920 08735, and Saul 07586 the son 01121 of Kish 07027 was taken 03920 08735: and when they sought 01245 08762 him, he could not be found 04672 08738.
22 Therefore they enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068 further, if the man 0376 should yet come 0935 08804 thither 01988. And the LORD 03068 answered 0559 08799, Behold, he hath hid 02244 08737 himself among the stuff 03627.
23 And they ran 07323 08799 and fetched 03947 08799 him thence: and when he stood 03320 08691 among 08432 the people 05971, he was higher 01361 08799 than any of the people 05971 from his shoulders 07926 and upward 04605.
24 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 to all the people 05971, See 07200 08804 ye him whom the LORD 03068 hath chosen 0977 08804, that [there is] none like him among all the people 05971? And all the people 05971 shouted 07321 08686, and said 0559 08799, God save 02421 08799 the king 04428.
25 Then Samuel 08050 told 01696 08762 the people 05971 the manner 04941 of the kingdom 04410, and wrote 03789 08799 [it] in a book 05612, and laid [it] up 03240 08686 before 06440 the LORD 03068. And Samuel 08050 sent 07971 00 all the people 05971 away 07971 08762, every man 0376 to his house 01004.
26 And Saul 07586 also went 01980 08804 home 01004 to Gibeah 01390; and there went 03212 08799 with him a band of men 02428, whose hearts 03820 God 0430 had touched 05060 08804.
27 But the children 01121 of Belial 01100 said 0559 08804, How shall this man save 03467 08686 us? And they despised 0959 08799 him, and brought 0935 08689 him no presents 04503. But he held his peace 02790 08688.

#### 1Sa 11

1 Then Nahash 05176 the Ammonite 05984 came up 05927 08799, and encamped 02583 08799 against Jabeshgilead 03003 01568: and all the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003 said 0559 08799 unto Nahash 05176, Make 03772 08798 a covenant 01285 with us, and we will serve 05647 08799 thee.
2 And Nahash 05176 the Ammonite 05984 answered 0559 08799 them, On this 02063 [condition] will I make 03772 08799 [a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out 05365 08800 all your right 03225 eyes 05869, and lay 07760 08804 it [for] a reproach 02781 upon all Israel 03478.
3 And the elders 02205 of Jabesh 03003 said 0559 08799 unto him, Give us seven 07651 days' 03117 respite 07503 08685, that we may send 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto all the coasts 01366 of Israel 03478: and then, if [there be] no man to save 03467 08688 us, we will come out 03318 08804 to thee.
4 Then came 0935 08799 the messengers 04397 to Gibeah 01390 of Saul 07586, and told 01696 08762 the tidings 01697 in the ears 0241 of the people 05971: and all the people 05971 lifted up 05375 08799 their voices 06963, and wept 01058 08799.
5 And, behold, Saul 07586 came 0935 08804 after 0310 the herd 01241 out of the field 07704; and Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, What [aileth] the people 05971 that they weep 01058 08799? And they told 05608 08762 him the tidings 01697 of the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003.
6 And the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 came 06743 08799 upon Saul 07586 when he heard 08085 08800 those tidings 01697, and his anger 0639 was kindled 02734 08799 greatly 03966.
7 And he took 03947 08799 a yoke 06776 of oxen 01241, and hewed them in pieces 05408 08762, and sent 07971 08762 [them] throughout all the coasts 01366 of Israel 03478 by the hands 03027 of messengers 04397, saying 0559 08800, Whosoever cometh not forth 03318 08802 after 0310 Saul 07586 and after 0310 Samuel 08050, so shall it be done 06213 08735 unto his oxen 01241. And the fear 06343 of the LORD 03068 fell 05307 08799 on the people 05971, and they came out 03318 08799 with one 0259 consent 0376.
8 And when he numbered 06485 08799 them in Bezek 0966, the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were three 07969 hundred 03967 thousand 0505, and the men 0376 of Judah 03063 thirty 07970 thousand 0505.
9 And they said 0559 08799 unto the messengers 04397 that came 0935 08802, Thus shall ye say 0559 08799 unto the men 0376 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568, To morrow 04279, by [that time] the sun 08121 be hot 02527, ye shall have help 08668. And the messengers 04397 came 0935 08799 and shewed 05046 08686 [it] to the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003; and they were glad 08055 08799.
10 Therefore the men 0582 of Jabesh 03003 said 0559 08799, To morrow 04279 we will come out 03318 08799 unto you, and ye shall do 06213 08804 with us all that seemeth 05869 good 02896 unto you.
11 And it was [so] on the morrow 04283, that Saul 07586 put 07760 08799 the people 05971 in three 07969 companies 07218; and they came 0935 08799 into the midst 08432 of the host 04264 in the morning 01242 watch 0821, and slew 05221 08686 the Ammonites 05983 until the heat 02527 of the day 03117: and it came to pass, that they which remained 07604 08737 were scattered 06327 08799, so that two 08147 of them were not left 07604 08738 together 03162.
12 And the people 05971 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, Who [is] he that said 0559 08802, Shall Saul 07586 reign 04427 08799 over us? bring 05414 08798 the men 0582, that we may put them to death 04191 08686.
13 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, There shall not a man 0376 be put to death 04191 08714 this day 03117: for to day 03117 the LORD 03068 hath wrought 06213 08804 salvation 08668 in Israel 03478.
14 Then said 0559 08799 Samuel 08050 to the people 05971, Come 03212 08798, and let us go 03212 08799 to Gilgal 01537, and renew 02318 08762 the kingdom 04410 there.
15 And all the people 05971 went 03212 08799 to Gilgal 01537; and there they made Saul 07586 king 04427 08686 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in Gilgal 01537; and there they sacrificed 02076 08799 sacrifices 02077 of peace offerings 08002 before 06440 the LORD 03068; and there Saul 07586 and all the men 0582 of Israel 03478 rejoiced 08055 08799 greatly 03966.

#### 1Sa 12

1 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto all Israel 03478, Behold, I have hearkened 08085 08804 unto your voice 06963 in all that ye said 0559 08804 unto me, and have made 04427 08686 a king 04428 over you.
2 And now, behold, the king 04428 walketh 01980 08693 before 06440 you: and I am old 02204 08804 and grayheaded 07867 08804; and, behold, my sons 01121 [are] with you: and I have walked 01980 08694 before 06440 you from my childhood 05271 unto this day 03117.
3 Behold, here I [am]: witness 06030 08798 against me before the LORD 03068, and before his anointed 04899: whose ox 07794 have I taken 03947 08804? or whose ass 02543 have I taken 03947 08804? or whom have I defrauded 06231 08804? whom have I oppressed 07533 08804? or of whose hand 03027 have I received [any] bribe 03724 to blind 05956 08686 mine eyes 05869 therewith? and I will restore 07725 08686 it you.
4 And they said 0559 08799, Thou hast not defrauded 06231 08804 us, nor oppressed 07533 08804 us, neither hast thou taken 03947 08804 ought 03972 of any man's 0376 hand 03027.
5 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, The LORD 03068 [is] witness 05707 against you, and his anointed 04899 [is] witness 05707 this day 03117, that ye have not found 04672 08804 ought 03972 in my hand 03027. And they answered 0559 08799, [He is] witness 05707.
6 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto the people 05971, [It is] the LORD 03068 that advanced 06213 08804 Moses 04872 and Aaron 0175, and that brought 05927 00 your fathers 01 up 05927 08689 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.
7 Now therefore stand still 03320 08690, that I may reason 08199 08735 with you before 06440 the LORD 03068 of all the righteous acts 06666 of the LORD 03068, which he did 06213 08804 to you and to your fathers 01.
8 When Jacob 03290 was come 0935 08804 into Egypt 04714, and your fathers 01 cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068, then the LORD 03068 sent 07971 08799 Moses 04872 and Aaron 0175, which brought forth 03318 08686 your fathers 01 out of Egypt 04714, and made them dwell 03427 08686 in this place 04725.
9 And when they forgat 07911 08799 the LORD 03068 their God 0430, he sold 04376 08799 them into the hand 03027 of Sisera 05516, captain 08269 of the host 06635 of Hazor 02674, and into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430, and into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Moab 04124, and they fought 03898 08735 against them.
10 And they cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068, and said 0559 08799, We have sinned 02398 08804, because we have forsaken 05800 08804 the LORD 03068, and have served 05647 08799 Baalim 01168 and Ashtaroth 06252: but now deliver 05337 08685 us out of the hand 03027 of our enemies 0341 08802, and we will serve 05647 08799 thee.
11 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 08799 Jerubbaal 03378, and Bedan 0917, and Jephthah 03316, and Samuel 08050, and delivered 05337 08686 you out of the hand 03027 of your enemies 0341 08802 on every side 05439, and ye dwelled 03427 08799 safe 0983.
12 And when ye saw 07200 08799 that Nahash 05176 the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 came 0935 08804 against you, ye said 0559 08799 unto me, Nay; but a king 04428 shall reign 04427 08799 over us: when the LORD 03068 your God 0430 [was] your king 04428.
13 Now therefore behold the king 04428 whom ye have chosen 0977 08804, [and] whom ye have desired 07592 08804! and, behold, the LORD 03068 hath set 05414 08804 a king 04428 over you.
14 If ye will fear 03372 08799 the LORD 03068, and serve 05647 08804 him, and obey 08085 08804 his voice 06963, and not rebel 04784 08686 against the commandment 06310 of the LORD 03068, then shall both ye and also the king 04428 that reigneth 04427 08804 over you continue following 0310 the LORD 03068 your God 0430:
15 But if ye will not obey 08085 08799 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, but rebel 04784 08804 against the commandment 06310 of the LORD 03068, then shall the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 be against you, as [it was] against your fathers 01.
16 Now therefore 01571 stand 03320 08690 and see 07200 08798 this great 01419 thing 01697, which the LORD 03068 will do 06213 08802 before your eyes 05869.
17 [Is it] not wheat 02406 harvest 07105 to day 03117? I will call 07121 08799 unto the LORD 03068, and he shall send 05414 08799 thunder 06963 and rain 04306; that ye may perceive 03045 08798 and see 07200 08798 that your wickedness 07451 [is] great 07227, which ye have done 06213 08804 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, in asking 07592 08800 you a king 04428.
18 So Samuel 08050 called 07121 08799 unto the LORD 03068; and the LORD 03068 sent 05414 08799 thunder 06963 and rain 04306 that day 03117: and all the people 05971 greatly 03966 feared 03372 08799 the LORD 03068 and Samuel 08050.
19 And all the people 05971 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, Pray 06419 08690 for thy servants 05650 unto the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, that we die 04191 08799 not: for we have added 03254 08804 unto all our sins 02403 [this] evil 07451, to ask 07592 08800 us a king 04428.
20 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto the people 05971, Fear 03372 08799 not: ye have done 06213 08804 all this wickedness 07451: yet turn not aside 05493 08799 from following 0310 the LORD 03068, but serve 05647 08804 the LORD 03068 with all your heart 03824;
21 And turn ye not aside 05493 08799: for [then should ye go] after 0310 vain 08414 [things], which cannot profit 03276 08686 nor deliver 05337 08686; for they [are] vain 08414.
22 For the LORD 03068 will not forsake 05203 08799 his people 05971 for his great 01419 name's 08034 sake: because it hath pleased 02974 08689 the LORD 03068 to make 06213 08800 you his people 05971.
23 Moreover as for me 0595, God forbid 02486 that I should sin 02398 08800 against the LORD 03068 in ceasing 02308 08800 to pray 06419 08692 for you: but I will teach 03384 08689 you the good 02896 and the right 03477 way 01870:
24 Only fear 03372 08798 the LORD 03068, and serve 05647 08804 him in truth 0571 with all your heart 03824: for consider 07200 08798 how great [things] he hath done 01431 08689 for you.
25 But if ye shall still 07489 08687 do wickedly 07489 08686, ye shall be consumed 05595 08735, both ye and your king 04428.

#### 1Sa 13

1 Saul 07586 reigned 04427 08800 one year 01121 08141; and when he had reigned 04427 08804 two 08147 years 08141 over Israel 03478,
2 Saul 07586 chose 0977 08799 him three 07969 thousand 0505 [men] of Israel 03478; [whereof] two thousand 0505 were with Saul 07586 in Michmash 04363 and in mount 02022 Bethel 01008, and a thousand 0505 were with Jonathan 03129 in Gibeah 01390 of Benjamin 01144: and the rest 03499 of the people 05971 he sent 07971 08765 every man 0376 to his tent 0168.
3 And Jonathan 03129 smote 05221 08686 the garrison 05333 of the Philistines 06430 that [was] in Geba 01387, and the Philistines 06430 heard 08085 08799 [of it]. And Saul 07586 blew 08628 08804 the trumpet 07782 throughout all the land 0776, saying 0559 08800, Let the Hebrews 05680 hear 08085 08799.
4 And all Israel 03478 heard 08085 08804 say 0559 08800 [that] Saul 07586 had smitten 05221 08689 a garrison 05333 of the Philistines 06430, and [that] Israel 03478 also was had in abomination 0887 08738 with the Philistines 06430. And the people 05971 were called together 06817 08735 after 0310 Saul 07586 to Gilgal 01537.
5 And the Philistines 06430 gathered themselves together 0622 08738 to fight 03898 08736 with Israel 03478, thirty 07970 thousand 0505 chariots 07393, and six 08337 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571, and people 05971 as the sand 02344 which [is] on the sea 03220 shore 08193 in multitude 07230: and they came up 05927 08799, and pitched 02583 08799 in Michmash 04363, eastward 06926 from Bethaven 01007.
6 When the men 0376 of Israel 03478 saw 07200 08804 that they were in a strait 06887 08804, (for the people 05971 were distressed 05065 08738,) then the people 05971 did hide 02244 08691 themselves in caves 04631, and in thickets 02337, and in rocks 05553, and in high places 06877, and in pits 0953.
7 And [some of] the Hebrews 05680 went over 05674 08804 Jordan 03383 to the land 0776 of Gad 01410 and Gilead 01568. As for Saul 07586, he [was] yet in Gilgal 01537, and all the people 05971 followed 0310 him trembling 02729 08804.
8 And he tarried 03176 08686 08675 03176 08735 seven 07651 days 03117, according to the set time 04150 that Samuel 08050 [had appointed]: but Samuel 08050 came 0935 08804 not to Gilgal 01537; and the people 05971 were scattered 06327 08686 from him.
9 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Bring hither 05066 08685 a burnt offering 05930 to me, and peace offerings 08002. And he offered 05927 08686 the burnt offering 05930.
10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end 03615 08763 of offering 05927 08687 the burnt offering 05930, behold, Samuel 08050 came 0935 08802; and Saul 07586 went out 03318 08799 to meet 07125 08800 him, that he might salute 01288 08800 him.
11 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799, What hast thou done 06213 08804? And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Because I saw 07200 08804 that the people 05971 were scattered 05310 08804 from me, and [that] thou camest 0935 08804 not within the days 03117 appointed 04150, and [that] the Philistines 06430 gathered themselves together 0622 08737 at Michmash 04363;
12 Therefore said 0559 08799 I, The Philistines 06430 will come down 03381 08799 now upon me to Gilgal 01537, and I have not made supplication 02470 08765 unto 06440 the LORD 03068: I forced 0662 08691 myself therefore, and offered 05927 08686 a burnt offering 05930.
13 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 to Saul 07586, Thou hast done foolishly 05528 08738: thou hast not kept 08104 08804 the commandment 04687 of the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, which he commanded 06680 08765 thee: for now would the LORD 03068 have established 03559 08689 thy kingdom 04467 upon Israel 03478 for 05704 ever 05769.
14 But now thy kingdom 04467 shall not continue 06965 08799: the LORD 03068 hath sought 01245 08765 him a man 0376 after his own heart 03824, and the LORD 03068 hath commanded 06680 08762 him [to be] captain 05057 over his people 05971, because thou hast not kept 08104 08804 [that] which the LORD 03068 commanded 06680 08765 thee.
15 And Samuel 08050 arose 06965 08799, and gat him up 05927 08799 from Gilgal 01537 unto Gibeah 01390 of Benjamin 01144. And Saul 07586 numbered 06485 08799 the people 05971 [that were] present 04672 08737 with him, about six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376.
16 And Saul 07586, and Jonathan 03129 his son 01121, and the people 05971 [that were] present 04672 08737 with them, abode 03427 08802 in Gibeah 01387 of Benjamin 01144: but the Philistines 06430 encamped 02583 08804 in Michmash 04363.
17 And the spoilers 07843 08688 came out 03318 08799 of the camp 04264 of the Philistines 06430 in three 07969 companies 07218: one 0259 company 07218 turned 06437 08799 unto the way 01870 [that leadeth to] Ophrah 06084, unto the land 0776 of Shual 07777:
18 And another 0259 company 07218 turned 06437 08799 the way 01870 [to] Bethhoron 01032: and another 0259 company 07218 turned 06437 08799 [to] the way 01870 of the border 01366 that looketh 08259 08737 to the valley 01516 of Zeboim 06650 toward the wilderness 04057.
19 Now there was no smith 02796 found 04672 08735 throughout all the land 0776 of Israel 03478: for the Philistines 06430 said 0559 08804, Lest the Hebrews 05680 make 06213 08799 [them] swords 02719 or spears 02595:
20 But all the Israelites 03478 went down 03381 08799 to the Philistines 06430, to sharpen 03913 08800 every man 0376 his share 04282, and his coulter 0855, and his axe 07134, and his mattock 04281.
21 Yet they had a file 06477 06310 for the mattocks 04281, and for the coulters 0855, and for the forks 07969 07053, and for the axes 07134, and to sharpen 05324 08687 the goads 01861.
22 So it came to pass in the day 03117 of battle 04421, that there was neither sword 02719 nor spear 02595 found 04672 08738 in the hand 03027 of any of the people 05971 that [were] with Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03129: but with Saul 07586 and with Jonathan 03129 his son 01121 was there found 04672 08735.
23 And the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430 went out 03318 08799 to the passage 04569 of Michmash 04363.

#### 1Sa 14

1 Now it came to pass upon a day 03117, that Jonathan 03129 the son 01121 of Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto the young man 05288 that bare 05375 08802 his armour 03627, Come 03212 08798, and let us go over 05674 08799 to the Philistines' 06430 garrison 04673, that [is] on the other side 05676 01975. But he told 05046 08689 not his father 01.
2 And Saul 07586 tarried 03427 08802 in the uttermost 07097 part of Gibeah 01390 under a pomegranate tree 07416 which [is] in Migron 04051: and the people 05971 that [were] with him [were] about six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376;
3 And Ahiah 0281, the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285, Ichabod's 0350 brother 0251, the son 01121 of Phinehas 06372, the son 01121 of Eli 05941, the LORD'S 03068 priest 03548 in Shiloh 07887, wearing 05375 08802 an ephod 0646. And the people 05971 knew 03045 08804 not that Jonathan 03129 was gone 01980 08804.
4 And between the passages 04569, by which Jonathan 03129 sought 01245 08765 to go over 05674 08800 unto the Philistines' 06430 garrison 04673, [there was] a sharp 08127 rock 05553 on the one side 05676, and a sharp 08127 rock 05553 on the other side 05676: and the name 08034 of the one 0259 [was] Bozez 0949, and the name 08034 of the other 0259 Seneh 05573.
5 The forefront 08127 of the one 0259 [was] situate 04690 northward 06828 over against 04136 Michmash 04363, and the other 0259 southward 05045 over against 04136 Gibeah 01387.
6 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 08799 to the young man 05288 that bare 05375 08802 his armour 03627, Come 03212 08798, and let us go over 05674 08799 unto the garrison 04673 of these uncircumcised 06189: it may be that the LORD 03068 will work 06213 08799 for us: for [there is] no restraint 04622 to the LORD 03068 to save 03467 08687 by many 07227 or by few 04592.
7 And his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 said 0559 08799 unto him, Do 06213 08798 all that [is] in thine heart 03824: turn 05186 08798 thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy heart 03824.
8 Then said 0559 08799 Jonathan 03083, Behold, we will pass over 05674 08802 unto [these] men 0582, and we will discover 01540 08738 ourselves unto them.
9 If they say 0559 08799 thus unto us, Tarry 01826 08798 until we come 05060 08687 to you; then we will stand still 05975 08804 in our place, and will not go up 05927 08799 unto them.
10 But if they say 0559 08799 thus, Come up 05927 08798 unto us; then we will go up 05927 08804: for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 08804 them into our hand 03027: and this [shall be] a sign 0226 unto us.
11 And both 08147 of them discovered 01540 08735 themselves unto the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430: and the Philistines 06430 said 0559 08799, Behold, the Hebrews 05680 come forth 03318 08802 out of the holes 02356 where they had hid 02244 08694 themselves.
12 And the men 0582 of the garrison 04675 answered 06030 08799 Jonathan 03129 and his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627, and said 0559 08799, Come up 05927 08798 to us, and we will shew 03045 08686 you a thing 01697. And Jonathan 03129 said 0559 08799 unto his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627, Come up 05927 08798 after 0310 me: for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 08804 them into the hand 03027 of Israel 03478.
13 And Jonathan 03129 climbed up 05927 08799 upon his hands 03027 and upon his feet 07272, and his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 after 0310 him: and they fell 05307 08799 before 06440 Jonathan 03129; and his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 slew 04191 08789 after 0310 him.
14 And that first 07223 slaughter 04347, which Jonathan 03129 and his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 made 05221 08689, was about twenty 06242 men 0376, within as it were an half 02677 acre 04618 of land 07704, [which] a yoke 06776 [of oxen might plow].
15 And there was trembling 02731 in the host 04264, in the field 07704, and among all the people 05971: the garrison 04673, and the spoilers 07843 08688, they also trembled 02729 08804, and the earth 0776 quaked 07264 08799: so it was a very great 0430 trembling 02731.
16 And the watchmen 06822 08802 of Saul 07586 in Gibeah 01390 of Benjamin 01144 looked 07200 08799; and, behold, the multitude 01995 melted away 04127 08738, and they went 03212 08799 on beating down 01986 08800 [one another].
17 Then said 0559 08799 Saul 07586 unto the people 05971 that [were] with him, Number 06485 08798 now, and see 07200 08798 who is gone 01980 08804 from us. And when they had numbered 06485 08799, behold, Jonathan 03129 and his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 [were] not [there].
18 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto Ahiah 0281, Bring hither 05066 08685 the ark 0727 of God 0430. For the ark 0727 of God 0430 was at that time 03117 with the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
19 And it came to pass, while Saul 07586 talked 01696 08765 unto the priest 03548, that the noise 01995 that [was] in the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430 went 03212 08799 on 01980 08800 and increased 07227: and Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto the priest 03548, Withdraw 0622 08798 thine hand 03027.
20 And Saul 07586 and all the people 05971 that [were] with him assembled 02199 08735 themselves, and they came 0935 08799 to the battle 04421: and, behold, every man's 0376 sword 02719 was against his fellow 07453, [and there was] a very 03966 great 01419 discomfiture 04103.
21 Moreover the Hebrews 05680 [that] were with the Philistines 06430 before 0865 that time 08032, which went up 05927 08804 with them into the camp 04264 [from the country] round about 05439, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites 03478 that [were] with Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03129.
22 Likewise all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 which had hid 02244 08693 themselves in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, [when] they heard 08085 08804 that the Philistines 06430 fled 05127 08804, even they also followed hard 01692 08686 after 0310 them in the battle 04421.
23 So the LORD 03068 saved 03467 08686 Israel 03478 that day 03117: and the battle 04421 passed over 05674 08804 unto Bethaven 01007.
24 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 were distressed 05065 08738 that day 03117: for Saul 07586 had adjured 0422 08686 the people 05971, saying 0559 08800, Cursed 0779 08803 [be] the man 0376 that eateth 0398 08799 [any] food 03899 until evening 06153, that I may be avenged 05358 08738 on mine enemies 0341 08802. So none of the people 05971 tasted 02938 08804 [any] food 03899.
25 And all [they of] the land 0776 came 0935 08804 to a wood 03293; and there was honey 01706 upon 06440 the ground 07704.
26 And when the people 05971 were come 0935 08799 into the wood 03293, behold, the honey 01706 dropped 01982; but no man put 05381 08688 his hand 03027 to his mouth 06310: for the people 05971 feared 03372 08804 the oath 07621.
27 But Jonathan 03129 heard 08085 08804 not when his father 01 charged 07650 00 the people 05971 with the oath 07650 08687: wherefore he put forth 07971 08799 the end 07097 of the rod 04294 that [was] in his hand 03027, and dipped 02881 08799 it in an honeycomb 03295 01706, and put 07725 08686 his hand 03027 to his mouth 06310; and his eyes 05869 were enlightened 0215 08799.
28 Then answered 06030 08799 one 0376 of the people 05971, and said 0559 08799, Thy father 01 straitly 07650 08687 charged 07650 00 the people 05971 with an oath 07650 08689, saying 0559 08800, Cursed 0779 08803 [be] the man 0376 that eateth 0398 08799 [any] food 03899 this day 03117. And the people 05971 were faint 05774 08799.
29 Then said 0559 08799 Jonathan 03129, My father 01 hath troubled 05916 08804 the land 0776: see 07200 08798, I pray you, how mine eyes 05869 have been enlightened 0215 08804, because I tasted 02938 08804 a little 04592 of this honey 01706.
30 How much more 0637, if haply 03863 the people 05971 had eaten 0398 08804 freely 0398 08800 to day 03117 of the spoil 07998 of their enemies 0341 08802 which they found 04672 08804? for had there not been now a much greater 07235 08804 slaughter 04347 among the Philistines 06430?
31 And they smote 05221 08686 the Philistines 06430 that day 03117 from Michmash 04363 to Aijalon 0357: and the people 05971 were very 03966 faint 05774 08799.
32 And the people 05971 flew 05860 08799 06213 08799 upon the spoil 07998, and took 03947 08799 sheep 06629, and oxen 01241, and calves 01121, and slew 07819 08799 [them] on the ground 0776: and the people 05971 did eat 0398 08799 [them] with the blood 01818.
33 Then they told 05046 08686 Saul 07586, saying 0559 08800, Behold, the people 05971 sin 02398 08802 against the LORD 03068, in that they eat 0398 08800 with the blood 01818. And he said 0559 08799, Ye have transgressed 0898 08804: roll 01556 08798 a great 01419 stone 068 unto me this day 03117.
34 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Disperse 06327 08798 yourselves among the people 05971, and say 0559 08804 unto them, Bring me hither 05066 08685 every man 0376 his ox 07794, and every man 0376 his sheep 07716, and slay 07819 08804 [them] here, and eat 0398 08804; and sin 02398 08799 not against the LORD 03068 in eating 0398 08800 with the blood 01818. And all the people 05971 brought 05066 08686 every man 0376 his ox 07794 with him 03027 that night 03915, and slew 07819 08799 [them] there.
35 And Saul 07586 built 01129 08799 an altar 04196 unto the LORD 03068: the same was the first 02490 08689 altar 04196 that he built 01129 08800 unto the LORD 03068.
36 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Let us go down 03381 08799 after 0310 the Philistines 06430 by night 03915, and spoil 0962 08799 them until the morning 01242 light 0216, and let us not leave 07604 08686 a man 0376 of them. And they said 0559 08799, Do 06213 08798 whatsoever seemeth 05869 good 02896 unto thee. Then said 0559 08799 the priest 03548, Let us draw near 07126 08799 hither 01988 unto God 0430.
37 And Saul 07586 asked 07592 08799 counsel of God 0430, Shall I go down 03381 08799 after 0310 the Philistines 06430? wilt thou deliver 05414 08799 them into the hand 03027 of Israel 03478? But he answered 06030 08804 him not that day 03117.
38 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Draw ye near 05066 08798 hither 01988, all the chief 06438 of the people 05971: and know 03045 08798 and see 07200 08798 wherein 04100 this sin 02403 hath been this day 03117.
39 For, [as] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, which saveth 03467 08688 Israel 03478, though it be 03426 in Jonathan 03129 my son 01121, he shall surely 04191 08800 die 04191 08799. But [there was] not a man among all the people 05971 [that] answered 06030 08802 him.
40 Then said 0559 08799 he unto all Israel 03478, Be ye on one 0259 side 05676, and I and Jonathan 03129 my son 01121 will be on the other 0259 side 05676. And the people 05971 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, Do 06213 08798 what seemeth 05869 good 02896 unto thee.
41 Therefore Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, Give 03051 08798 a perfect 08549 [lot]. And Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03129 were taken 03920 08735: but the people 05971 escaped 03318 08804.
42 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Cast 05307 08685 [lots] between me and Jonathan 03129 my son 01121. And Jonathan 03129 was taken 03920 08735.
43 Then Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 to Jonathan 03129, Tell 05046 08685 me what thou hast done 06213 08804. And Jonathan 03129 told 05046 08686 him, and said 0559 08799, I did but 02938 08800 taste 02938 08804 a little 04592 honey 01706 with the end 07097 of the rod 04294 that [was] in mine hand 03027, [and], lo 02009, I must die 04191 08799.
44 And Saul 07586 answered 0559 08799, God 0430 do so 06213 08799 and more also 03254 08686: for thou shalt surely 04191 08800 die 04191 08799, Jonathan 03129.
45 And the people 05971 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, Shall Jonathan 03129 die 04191 08799, who hath wrought 06213 08804 this great 01419 salvation 03444 in Israel 03478? God forbid 02486: [as] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, there shall not one hair 08185 of his head 07218 fall 05307 08799 to the ground 0776; for he hath wrought 06213 08804 with God 0430 this day 03117. So the people 05971 rescued 06299 08799 Jonathan 03129, that he died 04191 08804 not.
46 Then Saul 07586 went up 05927 08799 from following 0310 the Philistines 06430: and the Philistines 06430 went 01980 08804 to their own place 04725.
47 So Saul 07586 took 03920 08804 the kingdom 04410 over Israel 03478, and fought 03898 08735 against all his enemies 0341 08802 on every side 05439, against Moab 04124, and against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and against Edom 0123, and against the kings 04428 of Zobah 06678, and against the Philistines 06430: and whithersoever he turned 06437 08799 himself, he vexed 07561 08686 [them].
48 And he gathered 06213 08799 an host 02428, and smote 05221 08686 the Amalekites 06002, and delivered 05337 08686 Israel 03478 out of the hands 03027 of them that spoiled 08154 08802 them.
49 Now the sons 01121 of Saul 07586 were Jonathan 03129, and Ishui 03440, and Melchishua 04444: and the names 08034 of his two 08147 daughters 01323 [were these]; the name 08034 of the firstborn 01067 Merab 04764, and the name 08034 of the younger 06996 Michal 04324:
50 And the name 08034 of Saul's 07586 wife 0802 [was] Ahinoam 0293, the daughter 01323 of Ahimaaz 0290: and the name 08034 of the captain 08269 of his host 06635 [was] Abner 074, the son 01121 of Ner 05369, Saul's 07586 uncle 01730.
51 And Kish 07027 [was] the father 01 of Saul 07586; and Ner 05369 the father 01 of Abner 074 [was] the son 01121 of Abiel 022.
52 And there was sore 02389 war 04421 against the Philistines 06430 all the days 03117 of Saul 07586: and when Saul 07586 saw 07200 08804 any strong 01368 man 0376, or any valiant 02428 man 01121, he took 0622 08799 him unto him.

#### 1Sa 15

1 Samuel 08050 also said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, The LORD 03068 sent 07971 08804 me to anoint 04886 08800 thee [to be] king 04428 over his people 05971, over Israel 03478: now therefore hearken 08085 08798 thou unto the voice 06963 of the words 01697 of the LORD 03068.
2 Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, I remember 06485 08804 [that] which Amalek 06002 did 06213 08804 to Israel 03478, how he laid 07760 08804 [wait] for him in the way 01870, when he came up 05927 08800 from Egypt 04714.
3 Now go 03212 08798 and smite 05221 08689 Amalek 06002, and utterly destroy 02763 08689 all that they have, and spare 02550 08799 them not; but slay 04191 08689 both man 0376 and woman 0802, infant 05768 and suckling 03243 08802, ox 07794 and sheep 07716, camel 01581 and ass 02543.
4 And Saul 07586 gathered 08085 00 the people 05971 together 08085 08762, and numbered 06485 08799 them in Telaim 02923, two hundred 03967 thousand 0505 footmen 07273, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 of Judah 03063.
5 And Saul 07586 came 0935 08799 to a city 05892 of Amalek 06002, and laid wait 07378 08799 0693 08686 in the valley 05158.
6 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto the Kenites 07017, Go 03212 08798, depart 05493 08798, get you down 03381 08798 from among 08432 the Amalekites 06002, lest I destroy 0622 08799 you with them: for ye shewed 06213 08804 kindness 02617 to all the children 01121 of Israel 03478, when they came up 05927 08800 out of Egypt 04714. So the Kenites 07017 departed 05493 08799 from among 08432 the Amalekites 06003.
7 And Saul 07586 smote 05221 08686 the Amalekites 06002 from Havilah 02341 [until] thou comest 0935 08800 to Shur 07793, that [is] over against 06440 Egypt 04714.
8 And he took 08610 08799 Agag 090 the king 04428 of the Amalekites 06002 alive 02416, and utterly destroyed 02763 08689 all the people 05971 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719.
9 But Saul 07586 and the people 05971 spared 02550 08799 Agag 090, and the best 04315 of the sheep 06629, and of the oxen 01241, and of the fatlings 04932, and the lambs 03733, and all [that was] good 02896, and would 014 08804 not utterly destroy 02763 08687 them: but every thing 04399 [that was] vile 05240 and refuse 04549 08738, that they destroyed utterly 02763 08689.
10 Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 unto Samuel 08050, saying 0559 08800,
11 It repenteth 05162 08738 me that I have set up 04427 08689 Saul 07586 [to be] king 04428: for he is turned back 07725 08804 from following 0310 me, and hath not performed 06965 08689 my commandments 01697. And it grieved 02734 08799 Samuel 08050; and he cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068 all night 03915.
12 And when Samuel 08050 rose early 07925 08686 to meet 07125 08800 Saul 07586 in the morning 01242, it was told 05046 08714 Samuel 08050, saying 0559 08800, Saul 07586 came 0935 08804 to Carmel 03760, and, behold, he set him up 05324 08688 a place 03027, and is gone about 05437 08735, and passed on 05674 08799, and gone down 03381 08799 to Gilgal 01537.
13 And Samuel 08050 came 0935 08799 to Saul 07586: and Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto him, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] thou of the LORD 03068: I have performed 06965 08689 the commandment 01697 of the LORD 03068.
14 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799, What [meaneth] then this bleating 06963 of the sheep 06629 in mine ears 0241, and the lowing 06963 of the oxen 01241 which I hear 08085 08802?
15 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, They have brought 0935 08689 them from the Amalekites 06003: for the people 05971 spared 02550 08804 the best 04315 of the sheep 06629 and of the oxen 01241, to sacrifice 02076 08800 unto the LORD 03068 thy God 0430; and the rest 03498 08802 we have utterly destroyed 02763 08689.
16 Then Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, Stay 07503 08685, and I will tell 05046 08686 thee what the LORD 03068 hath said 01696 08765 to me this night 03915. And he said 0559 08799 unto him, Say on 01696 08761.
17 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799, When thou [wast] little 06996 in thine own sight 05869, [wast] thou not [made] the head 07218 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, and the LORD 03068 anointed 04886 08799 thee king 04428 over Israel 03478?
18 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 08799 thee on a journey 01870, and said 0559 08799, Go 03212 08798 and utterly destroy 02763 08689 the sinners 02400 the Amalekites 06002, and fight 03898 08738 against them until they be consumed 03615 08763.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey 08085 08804 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, but didst fly 05860 08799 upon the spoil 07998, and didst 06213 08799 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068?
20 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, Yea, I have obeyed 08085 08804 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, and have gone 03212 08799 the way 01870 which the LORD 03068 sent 07971 08804 me, and have brought 0935 08686 Agag 090 the king 04428 of Amalek 06002, and have utterly destroyed 02763 08689 the Amalekites 06002.
21 But the people 05971 took 03947 08799 of the spoil 07998, sheep 06629 and oxen 01241, the chief 07225 of the things which should have been utterly destroyed 02764, to sacrifice 02076 08800 unto the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 in Gilgal 01537.
22 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799, Hath the LORD 03068 [as great] delight 02656 in burnt offerings 05930 and sacrifices 02077, as in obeying 08085 08800 the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068? Behold, to obey 08085 08800 [is] better 02896 than sacrifice 02077, [and] to hearken 07181 08687 than the fat 02459 of rams 0352.
23 For rebellion 04805 [is as] the sin 02403 of witchcraft 07081, and stubbornness 06484 08687 [is as] iniquity 0205 and idolatry 08655. Because thou hast rejected 03988 08804 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, he hath also rejected 03988 08799 thee from [being] king 04428.
24 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, I have sinned 02398 08804: for I have transgressed 05674 08804 the commandment 06310 of the LORD 03068, and thy words 01697: because I feared 03372 08804 the people 05971, and obeyed 08085 08799 their voice 06963.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon 05375 08798 my sin 02403, and turn again 07725 08798 with me, that I may worship 07812 08691 the LORD 03068.
26 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, I will not return 07725 08799 with thee: for thou hast rejected 03988 08804 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068, and the LORD 03068 hath rejected 03988 08799 thee from being king 04428 over Israel 03478.
27 And as Samuel 08050 turned about 05437 08735 to go away 03212 08800, he laid hold 02388 08686 upon the skirt 03671 of his mantle 04598, and it rent 07167 08735.
28 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto him, The LORD 03068 hath rent 07167 08804 the kingdom 04468 of Israel 03478 from thee this day 03117, and hath given 05414 08804 it to a neighbour 07453 of thine, [that is] better 02896 than thou.
29 And also the Strength 05331 of Israel 03478 will not lie 08266 08762 nor repent 05162 08735: for he [is] not a man 0120, that he should repent 05162 08736.
30 Then he said 0559 08799, I have sinned 02398 08804: [yet] honour 03513 08761 me now, I pray thee, before the elders 02205 of my people 05971, and before Israel 03478, and turn again 07725 08798 with me, that I may worship 07812 08694 the LORD 03068 thy God 0430.
31 So Samuel 08050 turned again 07725 08799 after 0310 Saul 07586; and Saul 07586 worshipped 07812 08691 the LORD 03068.
32 Then said 0559 08799 Samuel 08050, Bring ye hither 05066 08685 to me Agag 090 the king 04428 of the Amalekites 06002. And Agag 090 came 03212 08799 unto him delicately 04574. And Agag 090 said 0559 08799, Surely 0403 the bitterness 04751 of death 04194 is past 05493 08804.
33 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799, As thy sword 02719 hath made women 0802 childless 07921 08765, so shall thy mother 0517 be childless 07921 08799 among women 0802. And Samuel 08050 hewed 08158 00 Agag 090 in pieces 08158 08762 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in Gilgal 01537.
34 Then Samuel 08050 went 03212 08799 to Ramah 07414; and Saul 07586 went up 05927 08804 to his house 01004 to Gibeah 01390 of Saul 07586.
35 And Samuel 08050 came no more 03254 08804 to see 07200 08800 Saul 07586 until the day 03117 of his death 04194: nevertheless 03588 Samuel 08050 mourned 056 08694 for Saul 07586: and the LORD 03068 repented 05162 08738 that he had made Saul 07586 king 04427 08689 over Israel 03478.

#### 1Sa 16

1 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, How long wilt thou mourn 056 08693 for Saul 07586, seeing I have rejected 03988 08804 him from reigning 04427 08800 over Israel 03478? fill 04390 08761 thine horn 07161 with oil 08081, and go 03212 08798, I will send 07971 08799 thee to Jesse 03448 the Bethlehemite 01022: for I have provided 07200 08804 me a king 04428 among his sons 01121.
2 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799, How can I go 03212 08799? if Saul 07586 hear 08085 08804 [it], he will kill 02026 08804 me. And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, Take 03947 08799 an heifer 01241 05697 with thee 03027, and say 0559 08804, I am come 0935 08804 to sacrifice 02076 08800 to the LORD 03068.
3 And call 07121 08804 Jesse 03448 to the sacrifice 02077, and I will shew 03045 08686 thee what thou shalt do 06213 08799: and thou shalt anoint 04886 08804 unto me [him] whom I name 0559 08799 unto thee.
4 And Samuel 08050 did 06213 08799 that which the LORD 03068 spake 01696 08765, and came 0935 08799 to Bethlehem 01035. And the elders 02205 of the town 05892 trembled 02729 08799 at his coming 07125 08800, and said 0559 08799, Comest 0935 08800 thou peaceably 07965?
5 And he said 0559 08799, Peaceably 07965: I am come 0935 08804 to sacrifice 02076 08800 unto the LORD 03068: sanctify 06942 08690 yourselves, and come 0935 08804 with me to the sacrifice 02077. And he sanctified 06942 08762 Jesse 03448 and his sons 01121, and called 07121 08799 them to the sacrifice 02077.
6 And it came to pass, when they were come 0935 08800, that he looked 07200 08799 on Eliab 0446, and said 0559 08799, Surely the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899 [is] before him.
7 But the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Samuel 08050, Look 05027 08686 not on his countenance 04758, or on the height 01364 of his stature 06967; because I have refused 03988 08804 him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man 0120 seeth 07200 08799; for man 0120 looketh 07200 08799 on the outward appearance 05869, but the LORD 03068 looketh 07200 08799 on the heart 03824.
8 Then Jesse 03448 called 07121 08799 Abinadab 041, and made him pass 05674 08686 before 06440 Samuel 08050. And he said 0559 08799, Neither hath the LORD 03068 chosen 0977 08804 this.
9 Then Jesse 03448 made Shammah 08048 to pass by 05674 08686. And he said 0559 08799, Neither hath the LORD 03068 chosen 0977 08804 this.
10 Again, Jesse 03448 made seven 07651 of his sons 01121 to pass 05674 08686 before 06440 Samuel 08050. And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto Jesse 03448, The LORD 03068 hath not chosen 0977 08804 these.
11 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto Jesse 03448, Are here all 08552 08804 [thy] children 05288? And he said 0559 08799, There remaineth 07604 08804 yet the youngest 06996, and, behold, he keepeth 07462 08802 the sheep 06629. And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 unto Jesse 03448, Send 07971 08798 and fetch 03947 08798 him: for we will not sit down 05437 08799 till he come 0935 08800 hither 06311.
12 And he sent 07971 08799, and brought him in 0935 08686. Now he [was] ruddy 0132, [and] withal 05973 of a beautiful 03303 countenance 05869, and goodly 02896 to look to 07210. And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, Arise 06965 08798, anoint 04886 08798 him: for this [is] he.
13 Then Samuel 08050 took 03947 08799 the horn 07161 of oil 08081, and anointed 04886 08799 him in the midst 07130 of his brethren 0251: and the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came 06743 08799 upon David 01732 from that day 03117 forward 04605. So Samuel 08050 rose up 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 to Ramah 07414.
14 But the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 departed 05493 08804 from Saul 07586, and an evil 07451 spirit 07307 from the LORD 03068 troubled 01204 08765 him.
15 And Saul's 07586 servants 05650 said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold now, an evil 07451 spirit 07307 from God 0430 troubleth 01204 08764 thee.
16 Let our lord 0113 now command 0559 08799 thy servants 05650, [which are] before 06440 thee, to seek out 01245 08762 a man 0376, [who is] a cunning 03045 08802 player 05059 08764 on an harp 03658: and it shall come to pass, when the evil 07451 spirit 07307 from God 0430 is upon thee, that he shall play 05059 08765 with his hand 03027, and thou shalt be well 02895 08804.
17 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto his servants 05650, Provide 07200 08798 me now a man 0376 that can play 05059 08763 well 03190 08688, and bring 0935 08689 [him] to me.
18 Then answered 06030 08799 one 0259 of the servants 05288, and said 0559 08799, Behold, I have seen 07200 08804 a son 01121 of Jesse 03448 the Bethlehemite 01022, [that is] cunning 03045 08802 in playing 05059 08763, and a mighty 01368 valiant man 02428, and a man 0376 of war 04421, and prudent 0995 08737 in matters 01697, and a comely 08389 person 0376, and the LORD 03068 [is] with him.
19 Wherefore Saul 07586 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto Jesse 03448, and said 0559 08799, Send 07971 08798 me David 01732 thy son 01121, which [is] with the sheep 06629.
20 And Jesse 03448 took 03947 08799 an ass 02543 [laden] with bread 03899, and a bottle 04997 of wine 03196, and a 0259 kid 01423 05795, and sent 07971 08799 [them] by 03027 David 01732 his son 01121 unto Saul 07586.
21 And David 01732 came 0935 08799 to Saul 07586, and stood 05975 08799 before 06440 him: and he loved 0157 08799 him greatly 03966; and he became his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627.
22 And Saul 07586 sent 07971 08799 to Jesse 03448, saying 0559 08800, Let David 01732, I pray thee, stand 05975 08799 before 06440 me; for he hath found 04672 08804 favour 02580 in my sight 05869.
23 And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit 07307 from God 0430 was upon Saul 07586, that David 01732 took 03947 08804 an harp 03658, and played 05059 08765 with his hand 03027: so Saul 07586 was refreshed 07304 08804, and was well 02895 08804, and the evil 07451 spirit 07307 departed 05493 08804 from him.

#### 1Sa 17

1 Now the Philistines 06430 gathered together 0622 08799 their armies 04264 to battle 04421, and were gathered together 0622 08735 at Shochoh 07755, which [belongeth] to Judah 03063, and pitched 02583 08799 between Shochoh 07755 and Azekah 05825, in Ephesdammim 0658.
2 And Saul 07586 and the men 0376 of Israel 03478 were gathered together 0622 08738, and pitched 02583 08799 by the valley 06010 of Elah 0425, and set the battle 04421 in array 06186 08799 against 07125 08800 the Philistines 06430.
3 And the Philistines 06430 stood 05975 08802 on a mountain 02022 on the one side, and Israel 03478 stood 05975 08802 on a mountain 02022 on the other side: and [there was] a valley 01516 between them.
4 And there went out 03318 08799 a champion 0376 01143 out of the camp 04264 of the Philistines 06430, named 08034 Goliath 01555, of Gath 01661, whose height 01363 [was] six 08337 cubits 0520 and a span 02239.
5 And [he had] an helmet 03553 of brass 05178 upon his head 07218, and he [was] armed 03847 08803 with a coat 08302 of mail 07193; and the weight 04948 of the coat 08302 [was] five 02568 thousand 0505 shekels 08255 of brass 05178.
6 And [he had] greaves 04697 of brass 05178 upon his legs 07272, and a target 03591 of brass 05178 between his shoulders 03802.
7 And the staff 06086 08675 02671 of his spear 02595 [was] like a weaver's 0707 08802 beam 04500; and his spear's 02595 head 03852 [weighed] six 08337 hundred 03967 shekels 08255 of iron 01270: and one bearing 05375 08802 a shield 06793 went 01980 08802 before 06440 him.
8 And he stood 05975 08799 and cried 07121 08799 unto the armies 04634 of Israel 03478, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Why are ye come out 03318 08799 to set [your] battle 04421 in array 06186 08800? [am] not I a Philistine 06430, and ye servants 05650 to Saul 07586? choose 01262 08798 you a man 0376 for you, and let him come down 03381 08799 to me.
9 If he be able 03201 08799 to fight 03898 08736 with me, and to kill 05221 08689 me, then will we be your servants 05650: but if I prevail 03201 08799 against him, and kill 05221 08689 him, then shall ye be our servants 05650, and serve 05647 08804 us.
10 And the Philistine 06430 said 0559 08799, I defy 02778 08765 the armies 04634 of Israel 03478 this day 03117; give 05414 08798 me a man 0376, that we may fight 03898 08735 together 03162.
11 When Saul 07586 and all Israel 03478 heard 08085 08799 those words 01697 of the Philistine 06430, they were dismayed 02865 08735, and greatly 03966 afraid 03372 08799.
12 Now David 01732 [was] the son 01121 of that Ephrathite 0376 0673 of Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063, whose name 08034 [was] Jesse 03448; and he had eight 08083 sons 01121: and the man 0376 went 0935 08804 among men 0582 [for] an old man 02204 08804 in the days 03117 of Saul 07586.
13 And the three 07969 eldest 01419 sons 01121 of Jesse 03448 went 03212 08799 [and] followed 0310 Saul 07586 to the battle 04421: and the names 08034 of his three 07969 sons 01121 that went 01980 08804 to the battle 04421 [were] Eliab 0446 the firstborn 01060, and next 04932 unto him Abinadab 041, and the third 07992 Shammah 08048.
14 And David 01732 [was] the youngest 06996: and the three 07969 eldest 01419 followed 01980 08804 0310 Saul 07586.
15 But David 01732 went 01980 08802 and returned 07725 08802 from Saul 07586 to feed 07462 08800 his father's 01 sheep 06629 at Bethlehem 01035.
16 And the Philistine 06430 drew near 05066 08799 morning 07925 08687 and evening 06150 08687, and presented 03320 08691 himself forty 0705 days 03117.
17 And Jesse 03448 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732 his son 01121, Take 03947 08798 now for thy brethren 0251 an ephah 0374 of this 02088 parched 07039 [corn], and these ten 06235 loaves 03899, and run 07323 08685 to the camp 04264 to thy brethren 0251;
18 And carry 0935 08686 these ten 06235 cheeses 02461 02757 unto the captain 08269 of [their] thousand 0505, and look 06485 08799 how thy brethren 0251 fare 07965, and take 03947 08799 their pledge 06161.
19 Now Saul 07586, and they, and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478, [were] in the valley 06010 of Elah 0425, fighting 03898 08737 with the Philistines 06430.
20 And David 01732 rose up early 07925 08686 in the morning 01242, and left 05203 08799 the sheep 06629 with a keeper 08104 08802, and took 05375 08799, and went 03212 08799, as Jesse 03448 had commanded 06680 08765 him; and he came 0935 08799 to the trench 04570, as the host 02428 was going forth 03318 08802 to the fight 04634, and shouted 07321 08689 for the battle 04421.
21 For Israel 03478 and the Philistines 06430 had put the battle in array 06186 08799, army 04634 against 07125 08800 army 04634.
22 And David 01732 left 05203 08799 his carriage 03627 in the hand 03027 of the keeper 08104 08802 of the carriage 03627, and ran 07323 08799 into the army 04634, and came 0935 08799 and saluted 07592 08799 07965 his brethren 0251.
23 And as he talked 01696 08764 with them, behold, there came up 05927 08802 the champion 0376 01143, the Philistine 06430 of Gath 01661, Goliath 01555 by name 08034, out of the armies 04634 08675 04630 of the Philistines 06430, and spake 01696 08762 according to the same 0428 words 01697: and David 01732 heard 08085 08799 [them].
24 And all the men 0376 of Israel 03478, when they saw 07200 08800 the man 0376, fled 05127 08799 from him 06440, and were sore 03966 afraid 03372 08799.
25 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799, Have ye seen 07200 08804 this man 0376 that is come up 05927 08802? surely to defy 02778 08763 Israel 03478 is he come up 05927 08802: and it shall be, [that] the man 0376 who killeth 05221 08686 him, the king 04428 will enrich 06238 08686 him with great 01419 riches 06239, and will give 05414 08799 him his daughter 01323, and make 06213 08799 his father's 01 house 01004 free 02670 in Israel 03478.
26 And David 01732 spake 0559 08799 to the men 0582 that stood 05975 08802 by him, saying 0559 08800, What shall be done 06213 08735 to the man 0376 that killeth 05221 08686 this 01975 Philistine 06430, and taketh away 05493 08689 the reproach 02781 from Israel 03478? for who [is] this uncircumcised 06189 Philistine 06430, that he should defy 02778 08765 the armies 04634 of the living 02416 God 0430?
27 And the people 05971 answered 0559 08799 him after this manner 01697, saying 0559 08800, So shall it be done 06213 08735 to the man 0376 that killeth 05221 08686 him.
28 And Eliab 0446 his eldest 01419 brother 0251 heard 08085 08799 when he spake 01696 08763 unto the men 0582; and Eliab's 0446 anger 0639 was kindled 02734 08799 against David 01732, and he said 0559 08799, Why camest thou down 03381 08804 hither? and with whom hast thou left 05203 08804 those 02007 few 04592 sheep 06629 in the wilderness 04057? I know 03045 08804 thy pride 02087, and the naughtiness 07455 of thine heart 03824; for thou art come down 03381 08804 that thou mightest see 07200 08800 the battle 04421.
29 And David 01732 said 0559 08799, What have I now done 06213 08804? [Is there] not a cause 01697?
30 And he turned 05437 08735 from him 0681 toward 04136 another 0312, and spake 0559 08799 after the same manner 01697: and the people 05971 answered 01697 him again 07725 08686 after the former 07223 manner 01697.
31 And when the words 01697 were heard 08085 08735 which David 01732 spake 01696 08765, they rehearsed 05046 08686 [them] before 06440 Saul 07586: and he sent 03947 08799 for him.
32 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Saul 07586, Let no man's 0120 heart 03820 fail 05307 08799 because of him; thy servant 05650 will go 03212 08799 and fight 03898 08738 with this Philistine 06430.
33 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Thou art not able 03201 08799 to go 03212 08800 against this Philistine 06430 to fight 03898 08736 with him: for thou [art but] a youth 05288, and he a man 0376 of war 04421 from his youth 05271.
34 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, Thy servant 05650 kept 07462 08802 his father's 01 sheep 06629, and there came 0935 08804 a lion 0738, and a bear 01677, and took 05375 08804 a lamb 07716 08675 02089 out of the flock 05739:
35 And I went out 03318 08804 after 0310 him, and smote 05221 08689 him, and delivered 05337 08689 [it] out of his mouth 06310: and when he arose 06965 08799 against me, I caught 02388 08689 [him] by his beard 02206, and smote 05221 08689 him, and slew 04191 08689 him.
36 Thy servant 05650 slew 05221 08689 both the lion 0738 and the bear 01677: and this uncircumcised 06189 Philistine 06430 shall be as one 0259 of them, seeing he hath defied 02778 08765 the armies 04634 of the living 02416 God 0430.
37 David 01732 said 0559 08799 moreover, The LORD 03068 that delivered 05337 08689 me out of the paw 03027 of the lion 0738, and out of the paw 03027 of the bear 01677, he will deliver 05337 08686 me out of the hand 03027 of this Philistine 06430. And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Go 03212 08798, and the LORD 03068 be with thee.
38 And Saul 07586 armed 03847 08686 David 01732 with his armour 04055, and he put 05414 08804 an helmet 06959 of brass 05178 upon his head 07218; also he armed 03847 08686 him with a coat of mail 08302.
39 And David 01732 girded 02296 08799 his sword 02719 upon his armour 04055, and he assayed 02974 08686 to go 03212 08800; for he had not proved 05254 08765 [it]. And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, I cannot 03201 08799 go 03212 08800 with these; for I have not proved 05254 08765 [them]. And David 01732 put 05493 08686 them off him.
40 And he took 03947 08799 his staff 04731 in his hand 03027, and chose 0977 08799 him five 02568 smooth 02512 stones 068 out of the brook 05158, and put 07760 08799 them in a shepherd's 07462 08802 bag 03627 which he had, even in a scrip 03219; and his sling 07050 [was] in his hand 03027: and he drew near 05066 08799 to the Philistine 06430.
41 And the Philistine 06430 came 03212 08799 on 01980 08802 and drew near 07131 unto David 01732; and the man 0376 that bare 05375 08802 the shield 06793 [went] before 06440 him.
42 And when the Philistine 06430 looked about 05027 08686, and saw 07200 08799 David 01732, he disdained 0959 08799 him: for he was [but] a youth 05288, and ruddy 0132, and of a fair 03303 countenance 04758.
43 And the Philistine 06430 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, [Am] I a dog 03611, that thou comest 0935 08802 to me with staves 04731? And the Philistine 06430 cursed 07043 08762 David 01732 by his gods 0430.
44 And the Philistine 06430 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Come 03212 08798 to me, and I will give 05414 08799 thy flesh 01320 unto the fowls 05775 of the air 08064, and to the beasts 0929 of the field 07704.
45 Then said 0559 08799 David 01732 to the Philistine 06430, Thou comest 0935 08802 to me with a sword 02719, and with a spear 02595, and with a shield 03591: but I come 0935 08802 to thee in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, the God 0430 of the armies 04634 of Israel 03478, whom thou hast defied 02778 08765.
46 This day 03117 will the LORD 03068 deliver 05462 08762 thee into mine hand 03027; and I will smite 05221 08689 thee, and take 05493 08689 thine head 07218 from thee; and I will give 05414 08804 the carcases 06297 of the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430 this day 03117 unto the fowls 05775 of the air 08064, and to the wild beasts 02416 of the earth 0776; that all the earth 0776 may know 03045 08799 that there is 03426 a God 0430 in Israel 03478.
47 And all this assembly 06951 shall know 03045 08799 that the LORD 03068 saveth 03467 08686 not with sword 02719 and spear 02595: for the battle 04421 [is] the LORD'S 03068, and he will give 05414 08804 you into our hands 03027.
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine 06430 arose 06965 08804, and came 03212 08799 and drew nigh 07126 08799 to meet 07125 08800 David 01732, that David 01732 hasted 04116 08762, and ran 07323 08799 toward the army 04634 to meet 07125 08800 the Philistine 06430.
49 And David 01732 put 07971 08799 his hand 03027 in his bag 03627, and took 03947 08799 thence a stone 068, and slang 07049 08762 [it], and smote 05221 08686 the Philistine 06430 in his forehead 04696, that the stone 068 sunk 02883 08799 into his forehead 04696; and he fell 05307 08799 upon his face 06440 to the earth 0776.
50 So David 01732 prevailed 02388 08799 over 04480 the Philistine 06430 with a sling 07050 and with a stone 068, and smote 05221 08686 the Philistine 06430, and slew 04191 08686 him; but [there was] no sword 02719 in the hand 03027 of David 01732.
51 Therefore David 01732 ran 07323 08799, and stood 05975 08799 upon the Philistine 06430, and took 03947 08799 his sword 02719, and drew 08025 08799 it out of the sheath 08593 thereof, and slew 04191 08787 him, and cut off 03772 08799 his head 07218 therewith. And when the Philistines 06430 saw 07200 08799 their champion 01368 was dead 04191 08804, they fled 05127 08799.
52 And the men 0582 of Israel 03478 and of Judah 03063 arose 06965 08799, and shouted 07321 08686, and pursued 07291 08799 the Philistines 06430, until thou come 0935 08800 to the valley 01516, and to the gates 08179 of Ekron 06138. And the wounded 02491 of the Philistines 06430 fell down 05307 08799 by the way 01870 to Shaaraim 08189, even unto Gath 01661, and unto Ekron 06138.
53 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 returned 07725 08799 from chasing 01814 08800 after 0310 the Philistines 06430, and they spoiled 08155 08799 their tents 04264.
54 And David 01732 took 03947 08799 the head 07218 of the Philistine 06430, and brought 0935 08686 it to Jerusalem 03389; but he put 07760 08804 his armour 03627 in his tent 0168.
55 And when Saul 07586 saw 07200 08800 David 01732 go forth 03318 08802 against 07125 08800 the Philistine 06430, he said 0559 08804 unto Abner 074, the captain 08269 of the host 06635, Abner 074, whose son 01121 [is] this youth 05288? And Abner 074 said 0559 08799, [As] thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, O king 04428, I cannot 0518 tell 03045 08804.
56 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, Enquire 07592 08798 thou whose son 01121 the stripling 05958 [is].
57 And as David 01732 returned 07725 08800 from the slaughter 05221 08687 of the Philistine 06430, Abner 074 took 03947 08799 him, and brought 0935 08686 him before 06440 Saul 07586 with the head 07218 of the Philistine 06430 in his hand 03027.
58 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 to him, Whose son 01121 [art] thou, [thou] young man 05288? And David 01732 answered 0559 08799, I [am] the son 01121 of thy servant 05650 Jesse 03448 the Bethlehemite 01022.

#### 1Sa 18

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end 03615 08763 of speaking 01696 08763 unto Saul 07586, that the soul 05315 of Jonathan 03083 was knit 07194 08738 with the soul 05315 of David 01732, and Jonathan 03083 loved 0157 08799 him as his own soul 05315.
2 And Saul 07586 took 03947 08799 him that day 03117, and would let 05414 08804 him go no more home 07725 08800 to his father's 01 house 01004.
3 Then Jonathan 03083 and David 01732 made 03772 08799 a covenant 01285, because he loved 0160 him as his own soul 05315.
4 And Jonathan 03083 stripped 06584 08691 himself of the robe 04598 that [was] upon him, and gave 05414 08799 it to David 01732, and his garments 04055, even to his sword 02719, and to his bow 07198, and to his girdle 02289.
5 And David 01732 went out 03318 08799 whithersoever Saul 07586 sent 07971 08799 him, [and] behaved himself wisely 07919 08686: and Saul 07586 set 07760 08799 him over the men 0582 of war 04421, and he was accepted 03190 08799 in the sight 05869 of all the people 05971, and also in the sight 05869 of Saul's 07586 servants 05650.
6 And it came to pass as they came 0935 08800, when David 01732 was returned 07725 08800 from the slaughter 05221 08687 of the Philistine 06430, that the women 0802 came out 03318 08799 of all cities 05892 of Israel 03478, singing 07891 08800 and dancing 04246, to meet 07125 08800 king 04428 Saul 07586, with tabrets 08596, with joy 08057, and with instruments 07991 of musick.
7 And the women 0802 answered 06030 08799 [one another] as they played 07832 08764, and said 0559 08799, Saul 07586 hath slain 05221 08689 his thousands 0505, and David 01732 his ten thousands 07233.
8 And Saul 07586 was very 03966 wroth 02734 08799, and the saying 01697 displeased 03415 08799 05869 him; and he said 0559 08799, They have ascribed 05414 08804 unto David 01732 ten thousands 07233, and to me they have ascribed 05414 08804 [but] thousands 0505: and [what] can he have more but the kingdom 04410?
9 And Saul 07586 eyed 05770 08802 David 01732 from that day 03117 and forward 01973.
10 And it came to pass on the morrow 04283, that the evil 07451 spirit 07307 from God 0430 came 06743 08799 upon Saul 07586, and he prophesied 05012 08691 in the midst 08432 of the house 01004: and David 01732 played 05059 08764 with his hand 03027, as at other times 03117: and [there was] a javelin 02595 in Saul's 07586 hand 03027.
11 And Saul 07586 cast 02904 08686 the javelin 02595; for he said 0559 08799, I will smite 05221 08686 David 01732 even to the wall 07023 [with it]. And David 01732 avoided out 05437 08735 of his presence 06440 twice 06471.
12 And Saul 07586 was afraid 03372 08799 of 06440 David 01732, because the LORD 03068 was with him, and was departed 05493 08804 from Saul 07586.
13 Therefore Saul 07586 removed 05493 08686 him from him, and made 07760 08799 him his captain 08269 over a thousand 0505; and he went out 03318 08799 and came in 0935 08799 before 06440 the people 05971.
14 And David 01732 behaved himself wisely 07919 08688 in all his ways 01870; and the LORD 03068 [was] with him.
15 Wherefore when Saul 07586 saw 07200 08799 that he behaved 07919 00 himself very 03966 wisely 07919 08688, he was afraid 01481 08799 of 06440 him.
16 But all Israel 03478 and Judah 03063 loved 0157 08802 David 01732, because he went out 03318 08802 and came in 0935 08802 before 06440 them.
17 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Behold my elder 01419 daughter 01323 Merab 04764, her will I give 05414 08799 thee to wife 0802: only be thou valiant 01121 02428 for me, and fight 03898 08734 the LORD'S 03068 battles 04421. For Saul 07586 said 0559 08804, Let not mine hand 03027 be upon him, but let the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430 be upon him.
18 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, Who [am] I? and what [is] my life 02416, [or] my father's 01 family 04940 in Israel 03478, that I should be son in law 02860 to the king 04428?
19 But it came to pass at the time 06256 when Merab 04764 Saul's 07586 daughter 01323 should have been given 05414 08800 to David 01732, that she was given 05414 08738 unto Adriel 05741 the Meholathite 04259 to wife 0802.
20 And Michal 04324 Saul's 07586 daughter 01323 loved 0157 08799 David 01732: and they told 05046 08686 Saul 07586, and the thing 01697 pleased 03474 08799 05869 him.
21 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, I will give 05414 08799 him her, that she may be a snare 04170 to him, and that the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430 may be against him. Wherefore Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Thou shalt this day 03117 be my son in law 02859 08691 in [the one of] the twain 08147.
22 And Saul 07586 commanded 06680 08762 his servants 05650, [saying], Commune 01696 08761 with David 01732 secretly 03909, and say 0559 08800, Behold, the king 04428 hath delight 02654 08804 in thee, and all his servants 05650 love 0157 08804 thee: now therefore be the king's 04428 son in law 02859 08690.
23 And Saul's 07586 servants 05650 spake 01696 08762 those words 01697 in the ears 0241 of David 01732. And David 01732 said 0559 08799, Seemeth 05869 it to you [a] light 07043 08738 [thing] to be a king's 04428 son in law 02859 08692, seeing that I [am] a poor 07326 08802 man 0376, and lightly esteemed 07034 08737?
24 And the servants 05650 of Saul 07586 told 05046 08686 him, saying 0559 08800, On this manner 01697 spake 01696 08765 David 01732.
25 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Thus shall ye say 0559 08799 to David 01732, The king 04428 desireth 02656 not any dowry 04119, but an hundred 03967 foreskins 06190 of the Philistines 06430, to be avenged 05358 08736 of the king's 04428 enemies 0341 08802. But Saul 07586 thought 02803 08804 to make David 01732 fall 05307 08687 by the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
26 And when his servants 05650 told 05046 08686 David 01732 these words 01697, it pleased 03474 08799 01697 05869 David 01732 well to be the king's 04428 son in law 02859 08692: and the days 03117 were not expired 04390 08804.
27 Wherefore David 01732 arose 06965 08799 and went 03212 08799, he and his men 0582, and slew 05221 08686 of the Philistines 06430 two hundred 03967 men 0376; and David 01732 brought 0935 08686 their foreskins 06190, and they gave them in full tale 04390 08762 to the king 04428, that he might be the king's 04428 son in law 02859 08692. And Saul 07586 gave 05414 08799 him Michal 04324 his daughter 01323 to wife 0802.
28 And Saul 07586 saw 07200 08799 and knew 03045 08799 that the LORD 03068 [was] with David 01732, and [that] Michal 04324 Saul's 07586 daughter 01323 loved 0157 08804 him.
29 And Saul 07586 was yet the more 03254 08686 afraid 03372 08800 of 06440 David 01732; and Saul 07586 became David's 01732 enemy 0341 08802 continually 03117.
30 Then the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 went forth 03318 08799: and it came to pass, after 01767 they went forth 03318 08800, [that] David 01732 behaved himself more wisely 07919 08804 than all the servants 05650 of Saul 07586; so that his name 08034 was much 03966 set by 03365 08799.

#### 1Sa 19

1 And Saul 07586 spake 01696 08762 to Jonathan 03129 his son 01121, and to all his servants 05650, that they should kill 04191 08687 David 01732.
2 But Jonathan 03083 Saul's 07586 son 01121 delighted 02654 08804 much 03966 in David 01732: and Jonathan 03083 told 05046 08686 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Saul 07586 my father 01 seeketh 01245 08764 to kill 04191 08687 thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed 08104 08734 to thyself until the morning 01242, and abide 03427 08804 in a secret 05643 [place], and hide 02244 08738 thyself:
3 And I will go out 03318 08799 and stand 05975 08804 beside 03027 my father 01 in the field 07704 where thou [art], and I will commune 01696 08762 with my father 01 of thee; and what 04100 I see 07200 08804, that I will tell 05046 08689 thee.
4 And Jonathan 03083 spake 01696 08762 good 02896 of David 01732 unto Saul 07586 his father 01, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Let not the king 04428 sin 02398 08799 against his servant 05650, against David 01732; because he hath not sinned 02398 08804 against thee, and because his works 04639 [have been] to thee-ward very 03966 good 02896:
5 For he did put 07760 08799 his life 05315 in his hand 03709, and slew 05221 08686 the Philistine 06430, and the LORD 03068 wrought 06213 08799 a great 01419 salvation 08668 for all Israel 03478: thou sawest 07200 08804 [it], and didst rejoice 08055 08799: wherefore then wilt thou sin 02398 08799 against innocent 05355 blood 01818, to slay 04191 08687 David 01732 without a cause 02600?
6 And Saul 07586 hearkened 08085 08799 unto the voice 06963 of Jonathan 03083: and Saul 07586 sware 07650 08735, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, he shall not 0518 be slain 04191 08714.
7 And Jonathan 03083 called 07121 08799 David 01732, and Jonathan 03083 shewed 05046 08686 him all those things 01697. And Jonathan 03083 brought 0935 08686 David 01732 to Saul 07586, and he was in his presence 06440, as in times past 0865 08032.
8 And there was war 04421 again 03254 08686: and David 01732 went out 03318 08799, and fought 03898 08735 with the Philistines 06430, and slew 05221 08686 them with a great 01419 slaughter 04347; and they fled 05127 08799 from 06440 him.
9 And the evil 07451 spirit 07307 from the LORD 03068 was upon Saul 07586, as he sat 03427 08802 in his house 01004 with his javelin 02595 in his hand 03027: and David 01732 played 05059 08764 with [his] hand 03027.
10 And Saul 07586 sought 01245 08762 to smite 05221 08687 David 01732 even to the wall 07023 with the javelin 02595; but he slipped away 06362 08799 out of Saul's 07586 presence 06440, and he smote 05221 08686 the javelin 02595 into the wall 07023: and David 01732 fled 05127 08804, and escaped 04422 08735 that night 03915.
11 Saul 07586 also sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto David's 01732 house 01004, to watch 08104 08800 him, and to slay 04191 08687 him in the morning 01242: and Michal 04324 David's 01732 wife 0802 told 05046 08686 him, saying 0559 08800, If thou save 04422 08764 not thy life 05315 to night 03915, to morrow 04279 thou shalt be slain 04191 08716.
12 So Michal 04324 let 03381 00 David 01732 down 03381 08686 through a window 02474: and he went 03212 08799, and fled 01272 08799, and escaped 04422 08735.
13 And Michal 04324 took 03947 08799 an image 08655, and laid 07760 08799 [it] in the bed 04296, and put 07760 08804 a pillow 03523 of goats' 05795 [hair] for his bolster 04763, and covered 03680 08762 [it] with a cloth 0899.
14 And when Saul 07586 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 to take 03947 08800 David 01732, she said 0559 08799, He [is] sick 02470 08802.
15 And Saul 07586 sent 07971 08799 the messengers 04397 [again] to see 07200 08800 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Bring him up 05927 08685 to me in the bed 04296, that I may slay 04191 08687 him.
16 And when the messengers 04397 were come in 0935 08799, behold, [there was] an image 08655 in the bed 04296, with a pillow 03523 of goats' 05795 [hair] for his bolster 04763.
17 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto Michal 04324, Why hast thou deceived me so 07411 08765, and sent away 07971 08762 mine enemy 0341 08802, that he is escaped 04422 08735? And Michal 04324 answered 0559 08799 Saul 07586, He said 0559 08804 unto me, Let me go 07971 08761; why should I kill 04191 08686 thee?
18 So David 01732 fled 01272 08804, and escaped 04422 08735, and came 0935 08799 to Samuel 08050 to Ramah 07414, and told 05046 08686 him all that Saul 07586 had done 06213 08804 to him. And he and Samuel 08050 went 03212 08799 and dwelt 03427 08799 in Naioth 05121.
19 And it was told 05046 08714 Saul 07586, saying 0559 08800, Behold, David 01732 [is] at Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414.
20 And Saul 07586 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 to take 03947 08800 David 01732: and when they saw 07200 08799 the company 03862 of the prophets 05030 prophesying 05012 08737, and Samuel 08050 standing 05975 08802 [as] appointed 05324 08737 over them, the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 was upon the messengers 04397 of Saul 07586, and they also prophesied 05012 08691.
21 And when it was told 05046 08686 Saul 07586, he sent 07971 08799 other 0312 messengers 04397, and they prophesied 05012 08691 likewise. And Saul 07586 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 again 03254 08686 the third 07992 time, and they prophesied 05012 08691 also.
22 Then went 03212 08799 he also to Ramah 07414, and came 0935 08799 to a great 01419 well 0953 that [is] in Sechu 07906: and he asked 07592 08799 and said 0559 08799, Where 0375 [are] Samuel 08050 and David 01732? And [one] said 0559 08799, Behold, [they be] at Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414.
23 And he went 03212 08799 thither to Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414: and the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 was upon him also, and he went 03212 08799 on 01980 08800, and prophesied 05012 08691, until he came 0935 08800 to Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414.
24 And he stripped off 06584 08799 his clothes 0899 also 01571, and prophesied 05012 08691 before 06440 Samuel 08050 in like manner, and lay down 05307 08799 naked 06174 all that day 03117 and all that night 03915. Wherefore they say 0559 08799, [Is] Saul 07586 also among the prophets 05030?

#### 1Sa 20

1 And David 01732 fled 01272 08799 from Naioth 05121 in Ramah 07414, and came 0935 08799 and said 0559 08799 before 06440 Jonathan 03083, What have I done 06213 08804? what [is] mine iniquity 05771? and what [is] my sin 02403 before 06440 thy father 01, that he seeketh 01245 08764 my life 05315?
2 And he said 0559 08799 unto him, God forbid 02486; thou shalt not die 04191 08799: behold, my father 01 will do 06213 08799 08675 06213 08804 nothing 01697 either great 01419 or small 06996, but that he will shew 01540 08799 0241 it me: and why should my father 01 hide 05641 08686 this thing 01697 from me? it [is] not [so].
3 And David 01732 sware 07650 08735 moreover, and said 0559 08799, Thy father 01 certainly 03045 08800 knoweth 03045 08804 that I have found 04672 08804 grace 02580 in thine eyes 05869; and he saith 0559 08799, Let not Jonathan 03083 know 03045 08799 this, lest he be grieved 06087 08735: but truly 0199 [as] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, and [as] thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, [there is] but a step 06587 between me and death 04194.
4 Then said 0559 08799 Jonathan 03083 unto David 01732, Whatsoever thy soul 05315 desireth 0559 08799, I will even do 06213 08799 [it] for thee.
5 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Jonathan 03083, Behold, to morrow 04279 [is] the new moon 02320, and I should not fail 03427 08800 to sit 03427 08799 with the king 04428 at meat 0398 08800: but let me go 07971 08765, that I may hide 05641 08738 myself in the field 07704 unto the third 07992 [day] at even 06153.
6 If thy father 01 at all 06485 08800 miss 06485 08799 me, then say 0559 08804, David 01732 earnestly 07592 08736 asked 07592 08738 [leave] of me that he might run 07323 08800 to Bethlehem 01035 his city 05892: for [there is] a yearly 03117 sacrifice 02077 there for all the family 04940.
7 If he say 0559 08799 thus, [It is] well 02896; thy servant 05650 shall have peace 07965: but if he be very 02734 08800 wroth 02734 08799, [then] be sure 03045 08798 that evil 07451 is determined 03615 08804 by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal 06213 08804 kindly 02617 with thy servant 05650; for thou hast brought 0935 08689 thy servant 05650 into a covenant 01285 of the LORD 03068 with thee: notwithstanding, if there be 03426 in me iniquity 05771, slay 04191 08685 me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring 0935 08686 me to thy father 01?
9 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 08799, Far be it from thee 02486: for if I knew 03045 08799 certainly 03045 08800 that evil 07451 were determined 03615 08804 by my father 01 to come 0935 08800 upon thee, then would not I tell 05046 08686 it thee?
10 Then said 0559 08799 David 01732 to Jonathan 03083, Who shall tell 05046 08686 me? or what [if] thy father 01 answer 06030 08799 thee roughly 07186?
11 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Come 03212 08798, and let us go out 03318 08799 into the field 07704. And they went out 03318 08799 both 08147 of them into the field 07704.
12 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, when I have sounded 02713 08799 my father 01 about to morrow 04279 any time 06256, [or] the third 07992 [day], and, behold, [if there be] good 02895 08804 toward David 01732, and I then send 07971 08799 not unto thee, and shew 01540 08804 0241 it thee;
13 The LORD 03068 do 06213 08799 so 03541 and much more 03254 08686 to Jonathan 03083: but if it please 03190 08686 my father 01 [to do] thee evil 07451, then I will shew 01540 08804 0241 it thee, and send thee away 07971 08765, that thou mayest go 01980 08804 in peace 07965: and the LORD 03068 be with thee, as he hath been with my father 01.
14 And thou shalt not only while yet 0518 I live 02416 shew 06213 08799 me the kindness 02617 of the LORD 03068, that I die 04191 08799 not:
15 But [also] thou shalt not cut off 03772 08686 thy kindness 02617 from my house 01004 for 05704 ever 05769: no, not when the LORD 03068 hath cut off 03772 08687 the enemies 0341 08802 of David 01732 every one 0376 from the face 06440 of the earth 0127.
16 So Jonathan 03083 made 03772 08799 [a covenant] with the house 01004 of David 01732, [saying], Let the LORD 03068 even require 01245 08765 [it] at the hand 03027 of David's 01732 enemies 0341 08802.
17 And Jonathan 03083 caused David 01732 to swear 07650 08687 again 03254 08686, because he loved 0160 him: for he loved 0157 08804 him as he loved 0160 his own soul 05315.
18 Then Jonathan 03083 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, To morrow 04279 [is] the new moon 02320: and thou shalt be missed 06485 08738, because thy seat 04186 will be empty 06485 08735.
19 And [when] thou hast stayed three days 08027 08765, [then] thou shalt go down 03381 08799 quickly 03966, and come 0935 08804 to the place 04725 where thou didst hide 05641 08738 thyself when 03117 the business 04639 was [in hand], and shalt remain 03427 08804 by 0681 the stone 068 Ezel 0237.
20 And I will shoot 03384 08686 three 07969 arrows 02671 on the side 06654 [thereof], as though I shot 07971 08763 at a mark 04307.
21 And, behold, I will send 07971 08799 a lad 05288, [saying], Go 03212 08798, find out 04672 08798 the arrows 02671. If I expressly 0559 08800 say 0559 08799 unto the lad 05288, Behold, the arrows 02671 [are] on this side of thee, take 03947 08798 them; then come 0935 08798 thou: for [there is] peace 07965 to thee, and no hurt 01697; [as] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416.
22 But if I say 0559 08799 thus unto the young man 05958, Behold, the arrows 02671 [are] beyond 01973 thee; go thy way 03212 08798: for the LORD 03068 hath sent thee away 07971 08765.
23 And [as touching] the matter 01697 which thou and I have spoken 01696 08765 of, behold, the LORD 03068 [be] between thee and me for 05704 ever 05769.
24 So David 01732 hid 05641 08735 himself in the field 07704: and when the new moon 02320 was come, the king 04428 sat him down 03427 08799 to eat 0398 08800 meat 03899.
25 And the king 04428 sat 03427 08799 upon his seat 04186, as at other times 06471, [even] upon a seat 04186 by the wall 07023: and Jonathan 03083 arose 06965 08799, and Abner 074 sat 03427 08799 by Saul's 07586 side 06654, and David's 01732 place 04725 was empty 06485 08735.
26 Nevertheless Saul 07586 spake 01696 08765 not any thing 03972 that day 03117: for he thought 0559 08804, Something hath befallen 04745 him, he [is] not 01115 clean 02889; surely he [is] not clean 02889.
27 And it came to pass on the morrow 04283, [which was] the second 08145 [day] of the month 02320, that David's 01732 place 04725 was empty 06485 08735: and Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto Jonathan 03083 his son 01121, Wherefore cometh 0935 08804 not the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 to meat 03899, neither yesterday 08543, nor to day 03117?
28 And Jonathan 03083 answered 06030 08799 Saul 07586, David 01732 earnestly 07592 08736 asked 07592 08738 [leave] of me 05978 [to go] to Bethlehem 01035:
29 And he said 0559 08799, Let me go 07971 08761, I pray thee; for our family 04940 hath a sacrifice 02077 in the city 05892; and my brother 0251, he hath commanded 06680 08765 me [to be there]: and now, if I have found 04672 08804 favour 02580 in thine eyes 05869, let me get away 04422 08735, I pray thee, and see 07200 08799 my brethren 0251. Therefore he cometh 0935 08804 not unto the king's 04428 table 07979.
30 Then Saul's 07586 anger 0639 was kindled 02734 08799 against Jonathan 03083, and he said 0559 08799 unto him, Thou son 01121 of the perverse 05753 08737 rebellious 04780 [woman], do not I know 03045 08804 that thou hast chosen 0977 08802 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 to thine own confusion 01322, and unto the confusion 01322 of thy mother's 0517 nakedness 06172?
31 For as long as 03117 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 liveth 02425 08804 upon the ground 0127, thou shalt not be established 03559 08735, nor thy kingdom 04438. Wherefore now send 07971 08798 and fetch 03947 08798 him unto me, for he shall surely die 01121 04194.
32 And Jonathan 03083 answered 06030 08799 Saul 07586 his father 01, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain 04191 08714? what hath he done 06213 08804?
33 And Saul 07586 cast 02904 08686 a javelin 02595 at him to smite 05221 08687 him: whereby Jonathan 03083 knew 03045 08799 that it was determined 03617 of his father 01 to slay 04191 08687 David 01732.
34 So Jonathan 03083 arose 06965 08799 from the table 07979 in fierce 02750 anger 0639, and did eat 0398 08804 no meat 03899 the second 08145 day 03117 of the month 02320: for he was grieved 06087 08738 for David 01732, because his father 01 had done him shame 03637 08689.
35 And it came to pass in the morning 01242, that Jonathan 03083 went out 03318 08799 into the field 07704 at the time appointed 04150 with David 01732, and a little 06996 lad 05288 with him.
36 And he said 0559 08799 unto his lad 05288, Run 07323 08798, find out 04672 08798 now the arrows 02671 which I shoot 03384 08688. [And] as the lad 05288 ran 07323 08801, he shot 03384 08804 an arrow 02678 beyond 05674 08687 him.
37 And when the lad 05288 was come 0935 08799 to the place 04725 of the arrow 02678 which Jonathan 03083 had shot 03384 08804, Jonathan 03083 cried 07121 08799 after 0310 the lad 05288, and said 0559 08799, [Is] not the arrow 02678 beyond 01973 thee?
38 And Jonathan 03083 cried 07121 08799 after 0310 the lad 05288, Make speed 04120, haste 02363 08798, stay 05975 08799 not. And Jonathan's 03083 lad 05288 gathered up 03950 08762 the arrows 02671 08675 02678, and came 0935 08799 to his master 0113.
39 But the lad 05288 knew 03045 08804 not any thing 03972: only Jonathan 03083 and David 01732 knew 03045 08804 the matter 01697.
40 And Jonathan 03083 gave 05414 08799 his artillery 03627 unto his lad 05288, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Go 03212 08798, carry 0935 08685 [them] to the city 05892.
41 [And] as soon as the lad 05288 was gone 0935 08802, David 01732 arose 06965 08804 out of [a place] toward 0681 the south 05045, and fell 05307 08799 on his face 0639 to the ground 0776, and bowed 07812 08691 himself three 07969 times 06471: and they kissed 05401 08799 one 0376 another 07453, and wept 01058 08799 one 0376 with another 07453, until David 01732 exceeded 01431 08689.
42 And Jonathan 03083 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Go 03212 08798 in peace 07965, forasmuch as we have sworn 07650 08738 both 08147 of us in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, The LORD 03068 be between me and thee, and between my seed 02233 and thy seed 02233 for 05704 ever 05769. And he arose 06965 08799 and departed 03212 08799: and Jonathan 03083 went 0935 08802 into the city 05892.

#### 1Sa 21

1 Then came 0935 08799 David 01732 to Nob 05011 to Ahimelech 0288 the priest 03548: and Ahimelech 0288 was afraid 02729 08799 at the meeting 07125 08800 of David 01732, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man 0376 with thee?
2 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Ahimelech 0288 the priest 03548, The king 04428 hath commanded 06680 08765 me a business 01697, and hath said 0559 08799 unto me, Let no man 0376 know 03045 08799 any thing 03972 of the business 01697 whereabout I send 07971 08802 thee, and what I have commanded 06680 08765 thee: and I have appointed 03045 08776 [my] servants 05288 to such 06423 and such 0492 a place 04725.
3 Now therefore what is 03426 under thine hand 03027? give 05414 08798 [me] five 02568 [loaves of] bread 03899 in mine hand 03027, or what there is present 04672 08737.
4 And the priest 03548 answered 06030 08799 David 01732, and said 0559 08799, [There is] no common 02455 bread 03899 under mine hand 03027, but there is 03426 hallowed 06944 bread 03899; if the young men 05288 have kept 08104 08738 themselves at least 0389 from women 0802.
5 And David 01732 answered 06030 08799 the priest 03548, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Of a truth 0518 women 0802 [have been] kept 06113 08803 from us about these three 08032 days 08543, since I came out 03318 08800, and the vessels 03627 of the young men 05288 are holy 06944, and [the bread is] in a manner 01870 common 02455, yea, though it were sanctified 06942 08799 this day 03117 in the vessel 03627.
6 So the priest 03548 gave 05414 08799 him hallowed 06944 [bread]: for there was no bread 03899 there but the shewbread 03899 06440, that was taken 05493 08716 from before 06440 the LORD 03068, to put 07760 08800 hot 02527 bread 03899 in the day 03117 when it was taken away 03947 08736.
7 Now a certain man 0376 of the servants 05650 of Saul 07586 [was] there that day 03117, detained 06113 08737 before 06440 the LORD 03068; and his name 08034 [was] Doeg 01673, an Edomite 0130, the chiefest 047 of the herdmen 07462 08802 that [belonged] to Saul 07586.
8 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Ahimelech 0288, And is there 03426 not 0371 here under thine hand 03027 spear 02595 or sword 02719? for I have neither brought 03947 08804 my sword 02719 nor my weapons 03627 with me 03027, because the king's 04428 business 01697 required 01961 08804 haste 05169 08803.
9 And the priest 03548 said 0559 08799, The sword 02719 of Goliath 01555 the Philistine 06430, whom thou slewest 05221 08689 in the valley 06010 of Elah 0425, behold, it [is here] wrapped 03874 08803 in a cloth 08071 behind 0310 the ephod 0646: if thou wilt take 03947 08799 that, take 03947 08798 [it]: for [there is] no other 0312 save 02108 that here 02088. And David 01732 said 0559 08799, [There is] none like that; give 05414 08798 it me.
10 And David 01732 arose 06965 08799, and fled 01272 08799 that day 03117 for fear 06440 of Saul 07586, and went 0935 08799 to Achish 0397 the king 04428 of Gath 01661.
11 And the servants 05650 of Achish 0397 said 0559 08799 unto him, [Is] not this David 01732 the king 04428 of the land 0776? did they not sing 06030 08799 one to another of him 02088 in dances 04246, saying 0559 08800, Saul 07586 hath slain 05221 08689 his thousands 0505, and David 01732 his ten thousands 07233?
12 And David 01732 laid up 07760 08799 these words 01697 in his heart 03824, and was sore 03966 afraid 03372 08799 of 06440 Achish 0397 the king 04428 of Gath 01661.
13 And he changed 08138 08762 his behaviour 02940 before 05869 them, and feigned himself mad 01984 08704 in their hands 03027, and scrabbled 08427 08762 on the doors 01817 of the gate 08179, and let his spittle 07388 fall down 03381 08686 upon his beard 02206.
14 Then said 0559 08799 Achish 0397 unto his servants 05650, Lo, ye see 07200 08799 the man 0376 is mad 07696 08693: wherefore [then] have ye brought 0935 08686 him to me?
15 Have I need 02638 of mad men 07696 08794, that ye have brought 0935 08689 this [fellow] to play the mad man 07696 08692 in my presence? shall this [fellow] come 0935 08799 into my house 01004?

#### 1Sa 22

1 David 01732 therefore departed 03212 08799 thence, and escaped 04422 08735 to the cave 04631 Adullam 05725: and when his brethren 0251 and all his father's 01 house 01004 heard 08085 08799 [it], they went down 03381 08799 thither to him.
2 And every one 0376 [that was] in distress 04689, and every one 0376 that [was] in debt 05378 08801, and every one 0376 [that was] discontented 04751 05315, gathered 06908 08691 themselves unto him; and he became a captain 08269 over them: and there were with him about four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376.
3 And David 01732 went 03212 08799 thence to Mizpeh 04708 of Moab 04124: and he said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428 of Moab 04124, Let my father 01 and my mother 0517, I pray thee, come forth 03318 08799, [and be] with you, till I know 03045 08799 what God 0430 will do 06213 08799 for me.
4 And he brought 05148 08686 them before 06440 the king 04428 of Moab 04124: and they dwelt 03427 08799 with him all the while 03117 that David 01732 was in the hold 04686.
5 And the prophet 05030 Gad 01410 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Abide 03427 08799 not in the hold 04686; depart 03212 08798, and get 0935 08804 thee into the land 0776 of Judah 03063. Then David 01732 departed 03212 08799, and came 0935 08799 into the forest 03293 of Hareth 02802.
6 When Saul 07586 heard 08085 08799 that David 01732 was discovered 03045 08738, and the men 0582 that [were] with him, (now Saul 07586 abode 03427 08802 in Gibeah 01390 under a tree 0815 in Ramah 07414, having his spear 02595 in his hand 03027, and all his servants 05650 [were] standing 05324 08737 about him;)
7 Then Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto his servants 05650 that stood 05324 08737 about him, Hear now 08085 08798, ye Benjamites 01145; will the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 give 05414 08799 every one of you fields 07704 and vineyards 03754, [and] make 07760 08799 you all captains 08269 of thousands 0505, and captains 08269 of hundreds 03967;
8 That all of you have conspired 07194 08804 against me, and [there is] none that sheweth 01540 08802 0241 me that my son 01121 hath made a league 03772 08800 with the son 01121 of Jesse 03448, and [there is] none of you that is sorry 02470 08802 for me, or sheweth 01540 08802 0241 unto me that my son 01121 hath stirred up 06965 08689 my servant 05650 against me, to lie in wait 0693 08802, as at this day 03117?
9 Then answered 06030 08799 Doeg 01673 the Edomite 0130, which was set 05324 08737 over the servants 05650 of Saul 07586, and said 0559 08799, I saw 07200 08804 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 coming 0935 08802 to Nob 05011, to Ahimelech 0288 the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285.
10 And he enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068 for him, and gave 05414 08804 him victuals 06720, and gave 05414 08804 him the sword 02719 of Goliath 01555 the Philistine 06430.
11 Then the king 04428 sent 07971 08799 to call 07121 08800 Ahimelech 0288 the priest 03548, the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285, and all his father's 01 house 01004, the priests 03548 that [were] in Nob 05011: and they came 0935 08799 all of them to the king 04428.
12 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Hear 08085 08798 now, thou son 01121 of Ahitub 0285. And he answered 0559 08799, Here I [am], my lord 0113.
13 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 unto him, Why have ye conspired 07194 08804 against me, thou and the son 01121 of Jesse 03448, in that thou hast given 05414 08800 him bread 03899, and a sword 02719, and hast enquired 07592 08800 of God 0430 for him, that he should rise 06965 08800 against me, to lie in wait 0693 08802, as at this day 03117?
14 Then Ahimelech 0288 answered 06030 08799 the king 04428, and said 0559 08799, And who [is so] faithful 0539 08737 among all thy servants 05650 as David 01732, which is the king's 04428 son in law 02860, and goeth 05493 08804 at thy bidding 04928, and is honourable 03513 08737 in thine house 01004?
15 Did I then 03117 begin 02490 08689 to enquire 07592 08800 of God 0430 for him? be it far from me 02486: let not the king 04428 impute 07760 08799 [any] thing 01697 unto his servant 05650, [nor] to all the house 01004 of my father 01: for thy servant 05650 knew 03045 08804 nothing 01697 of all this, less 06996 or more 01419.
16 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, Thou shalt surely 04191 08800 die 04191 08799, Ahimelech 0288, thou, and all thy father's 01 house 01004.
17 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto the footmen 07323 08801 that stood 05324 08737 about him, Turn 05437 08798, and slay 04191 08685 the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068; because their hand 03027 also [is] with David 01732, and because they knew 03045 08804 when he fled 01272 08802, and did not shew 01540 08804 0241 it to me. But the servants 05650 of the king 04428 would 014 08804 not put forth 07971 08800 their hand 03027 to fall 06293 08800 upon the priests 03548 of the LORD 03068.
18 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 to Doeg 01673, Turn 05437 08798 thou, and fall 06293 08798 upon the priests 03548. And Doeg 01673 the Edomite 0130 turned 05437 08735, and he fell 06293 08799 upon the priests 03548, and slew 04191 08686 on that day 03117 fourscore 08084 and five 02568 persons 0376 that did wear 05375 08802 a linen 0906 ephod 0646.
19 And Nob 05011, the city 05892 of the priests 03548, smote 05221 08689 he with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, both men 0376 and women 0802, children 05768 and sucklings 03243 08802, and oxen 07794, and asses 02543, and sheep 07716, with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719.
20 And one 0259 of the sons 01121 of Ahimelech 0288 the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285, named 08034 Abiathar 054, escaped 04422 08735, and fled 01272 08799 after 0310 David 01732.
21 And Abiathar 054 shewed 05046 08686 David 01732 that Saul 07586 had slain 02026 08804 the LORD'S 03068 priests 03548.
22 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Abiathar 054, I knew 03045 08804 [it] that day 03117, when Doeg 01673 the Edomite 0130 [was] there, that he would surely 05046 08687 tell 05046 08686 Saul 07586: I have occasioned 05437 08804 [the death] of all the persons 05315 of thy father's 01 house 01004.
23 Abide 03427 08798 thou with me, fear 03372 08799 not: for he that seeketh 01245 08762 my life 05315 seeketh 01245 08762 thy life 05315: but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard 04931.

#### 1Sa 23

1 Then they told 05046 08686 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Behold, the Philistines 06430 fight 03898 08737 against Keilah 07084, and they rob 08154 08802 the threshingfloors 01637.
2 Therefore David 01732 enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, Shall I go 03212 08799 and smite 05221 08689 these Philistines 06430? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Go 03212 08798, and smite 05221 08689 the Philistines 06430, and save 03467 08689 Keilah 07084.
3 And David's 01732 men 0582 said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold, we be afraid 03373 here in Judah 03063: how much more then if we come 03212 08799 to Keilah 07084 against the armies 04634 of the Philistines 06430?
4 Then David 01732 enquired 07592 08800 of the LORD 03068 yet again 03254 08686. And the LORD 03068 answered 06030 08799 him and said 0559 08799, Arise 06965 08798, go down 03381 08798 to Keilah 07084; for I will deliver 05414 08802 the Philistines 06430 into thine hand 03027.
5 So David 01732 and his men 0582 went 03212 08799 to Keilah 07084, and fought 03898 08735 with the Philistines 06430, and brought away 05090 08799 their cattle 04735, and smote 05221 08686 them with a great 01419 slaughter 04347. So David 01732 saved 03467 08686 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Keilah 07084.
6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar 054 the son 01121 of Ahimelech 0288 fled 01272 08800 to David 01732 to Keilah 07084, [that] he came down 03381 08804 [with] an ephod 0646 in his hand 03027.
7 And it was told 05046 08714 Saul 07586 that David 01732 was come 0935 08804 to Keilah 07084. And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, God 0430 hath delivered 05234 08765 him into mine hand 03027; for he is shut in 05462 08738, by entering 0935 08800 into a town 05892 that hath gates 01817 and bars 01280.
8 And Saul 07586 called 08085 00 all the people 05971 together 08085 08762 to war 04421, to go down 03381 08800 to Keilah 07084, to besiege 06696 08800 David 01732 and his men 0582.
9 And David 01732 knew 03045 08799 that Saul 07586 secretly practised 02790 08688 mischief 07451 against him; and he said 0559 08799 to Abiathar 054 the priest 03548, Bring hither 05066 08685 the ephod 0646.
10 Then said 0559 08799 David 01732, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, thy servant 05650 hath certainly 08085 08800 heard 08085 08804 that Saul 07586 seeketh 01245 08764 to come 0935 08800 to Keilah 07084, to destroy 07843 08763 the city 05892 for my sake.
11 Will the men 01167 of Keilah 07084 deliver me up 05462 08686 into his hand 03027? will Saul 07586 come down 03381 08799, as thy servant 05650 hath heard 08085 08804? O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I beseech thee, tell 05046 08685 thy servant 05650. And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, He will come down 03381 08799.
12 Then said 0559 08799 David 01732, Will the men 01167 of Keilah 07084 deliver 05462 08686 me and my men 0582 into the hand 03027 of Saul 07586? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, They will deliver [thee] up 05462 08686.
13 Then David 01732 and his men 0582, [which were] about six 08337 hundred 03967 0376, arose 06965 08799 and departed 03318 08799 out of Keilah 07084, and went 01980 08691 whithersoever 0834 they could go 01980 08691. And it was told 05046 08717 Saul 07586 that David 01732 was escaped 04422 08738 from Keilah 07084; and he forbare 02308 08799 to go forth 03318 08800.
14 And David 01732 abode 03427 08799 in the wilderness 04057 in strong holds 04679, and remained 03427 08799 in a mountain 02022 in the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128. And Saul 07586 sought 01245 08762 him every day 03117, but God 0430 delivered 05414 08804 him not into his hand 03027.
15 And David 01732 saw 07200 08799 that Saul 07586 was come out 03318 08804 to seek 01245 08763 his life 05315: and David 01732 [was] in the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128 in a wood 02793.
16 And Jonathan 03083 Saul's 07586 son 01121 arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 to David 01732 into the wood 02793, and strengthened 02388 08762 his hand 03027 in God 0430.
17 And he said 0559 08799 unto him, Fear 03372 08799 not: for the hand 03027 of Saul 07586 my father 01 shall not find 04672 08799 thee; and thou shalt be king 04427 08799 over Israel 03478, and I shall be next 04932 unto thee; and that also Saul 07586 my father 01 knoweth 03045 08802.
18 And they two 08147 made 03772 08799 a covenant 01285 before 06440 the LORD 03068: and David 01732 abode 03427 08799 in the wood 02793, and Jonathan 03083 went 01980 08804 to his house 01004.
19 Then came up 05927 08799 the Ziphites 02130 to Saul 07586 to Gibeah 01390, saying 0559 08800, Doth not David 01732 hide 05641 08693 himself with us in strong holds 04679 in the wood 02793, in the hill 01389 of Hachilah 02444, which [is] on the south 03225 of Jeshimon 03452?
20 Now therefore, O king 04428, come down 03381 08798 according to all the desire 0185 of thy soul 05315 to come down 03381 08800; and our part [shall be] to deliver 05462 08687 him into the king's 04428 hand 03027.
21 And Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] ye of the LORD 03068; for ye have compassion 02550 08804 on me.
22 Go 03212 08798, I pray you, prepare 03559 08685 yet, and know 03045 08798 and see 07200 08798 his place 04725 where his haunt 07272 is, [and] who hath seen 07200 08804 him there: for it is told 0559 08804 me [that] he dealeth very 06191 08800 subtilly 06191 08686.
23 See 07200 08798 therefore, and take knowledge 03045 08798 of all the lurking places 04224 where he hideth 02244 08691 himself, and come ye again 07725 08804 to me with the certainty 03559 08737, and I will go 01980 08804 with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be 03426 in the land 0776, that I will search 02664 08765 him out throughout all the thousands 0505 of Judah 03063.
24 And they arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 to Ziph 02128 before 06440 Saul 07586: but David 01732 and his men 0582 [were] in the wilderness 04057 of Maon 04584, in the plain 06160 on the south 03225 of Jeshimon 03452.
25 Saul 07586 also and his men 0582 went 03212 08799 to seek 01245 08763 [him]. And they told 05046 08686 David 01732: wherefore he came down 03381 08799 into a rock 05553, and abode 03427 08799 in the wilderness 04057 of Maon 04584. And when Saul 07586 heard 08085 08799 [that], he pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 David 01732 in the wilderness 04057 of Maon 04584.
26 And Saul 07586 went 03212 08799 on this side 06654 of the mountain 02022, and David 01732 and his men 0582 on that side 06654 of the mountain 02022: and David 01732 made haste 02648 08737 to get away 03212 08800 for fear 06440 of Saul 07586; for Saul 07586 and his men 0582 compassed 05849 00 David 01732 and his men 0582 round about 05849 08802 to take 08610 08800 them.
27 But there came 0935 08804 a messenger 04397 unto Saul 07586, saying 0559 08800, Haste 04116 08761 thee, and come 03212 08798; for the Philistines 06430 have invaded 06584 08804 the land 0776.
28 Wherefore Saul 07586 returned 07725 08799 from pursuing 07291 08800 after 0310 David 01732, and went 03212 08799 against 07125 08800 the Philistines 06430: therefore they called 07121 08804 that place 04725 Selahammahlekoth 05555.
29 And David 01732 went up 05927 08799 from thence, and dwelt 03427 08799 in strong holds 04679 at Engedi 05872.

#### 1Sa 24

1 And it came to pass, when Saul 07586 was returned 07725 08804 from following 0310 the Philistines 06430, that it was told 05046 08686 him, saying 0559 08800, Behold, David 01732 [is] in the wilderness 04057 of Engedi 05872.
2 Then Saul 07586 took 03947 08799 three 07969 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376 out of all Israel 03478, and went 03212 08799 to seek 01245 08763 David 01732 and his men 0582 upon 06440 the rocks 06697 of the wild goats 03277.
3 And he came 0935 08799 to the sheepcotes 01448 06629 by the way 01870, where [was] a cave 04631; and Saul 07586 went in 0935 08799 to cover 05526 08687 his feet 07272: and David 01732 and his men 0582 remained 03427 08802 in the sides 03411 of the cave 04631.
4 And the men 0582 of David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold the day 03117 of which the LORD 03068 said 0559 08804 unto thee, Behold, I will deliver 05414 08802 thine enemy 0341 08802 into thine hand 03027, that thou mayest do 06213 08804 to him as it shall seem good 03190 08799 unto thee 05869. Then David 01732 arose 06965 08799, and cut off 03772 08799 the skirt 03671 of Saul's 07586 robe 04598 privily 03909.
5 And it came to pass afterward 0310, that David's 01732 heart 03820 smote 05221 08686 him, because he had cut off 03772 08804 Saul's 07586 skirt 03671.
6 And he said 0559 08799 unto his men 0582, The LORD 03068 forbid 02486 that I should do 06213 08799 this thing 01697 unto my master 0113, the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899, to stretch forth 07971 08800 mine hand 03027 against him, seeing he [is] the anointed 04899 of the LORD 03068.
7 So David 01732 stayed 08156 08762 his servants 0582 with these words 01697, and suffered 05414 08804 them not to rise 06965 08800 against Saul 07586. But Saul 07586 rose up 06965 08804 out of the cave 04631, and went 03212 08799 on [his] way 01870.
8 David 01732 also arose 06965 08799 afterward, and went out 03318 08799 of the cave 04631, and cried 07121 08799 after 0310 Saul 07586, saying 0559 08800, My lord 0113 the king 04428. And when Saul 07586 looked 05027 08686 behind 0310 him, David 01732 stooped 06915 08799 with his face 0639 to the earth 0776, and bowed 07812 08691 himself.
9 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Saul 07586, Wherefore hearest 08085 08799 thou men's 0120 words 01697, saying 0559 08800, Behold, David 01732 seeketh 01245 08764 thy hurt 07451?
10 Behold, this day 03117 thine eyes 05869 have seen 07200 08804 how that the LORD 03068 had delivered 05414 08804 thee to day 03117 into mine hand 03027 in the cave 04631: and [some] bade 0559 08804 [me] kill 02026 08800 thee: but [mine eye] spared 02347 08799 thee; and I said 0559 08799, I will not put forth 07971 08799 mine hand 03027 against my lord 0113; for he [is] the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899.
11 Moreover, my father 01, see 07200 08798, yea, see 07200 08798 the skirt 03671 of thy robe 04598 in my hand 03027: for in that I cut off 03772 08800 the skirt 03671 of thy robe 04598, and killed 02026 08804 thee not, know 03045 08798 thou and see 07200 08798 that [there is] neither evil 07451 nor transgression 06588 in mine hand 03027, and I have not sinned 02398 08804 against thee; yet thou huntest 06658 08802 my soul 05315 to take 03947 08800 it.
12 The LORD 03068 judge 08199 08799 between me and thee, and the LORD 03068 avenge 05358 08804 me of thee: but mine hand 03027 shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith 0559 08799 the proverb 04912 of the ancients 06931, Wickedness 07562 proceedeth 03318 08799 from the wicked 07563: but mine hand 03027 shall not be upon thee.
14 After 0310 whom is the king 04428 of Israel 03478 come out 03318 08804? after 0310 whom dost thou pursue 07291 08802? after 0310 a dead 04191 08801 dog 03611, after 0310 a 0259 flea 06550.
15 The LORD 03068 therefore be judge 01781, and judge 08199 08804 between me and thee, and see 07200 08799, and plead 07378 08799 my cause 07379, and deliver 08199 08799 me out of thine hand 03027.
16 And it came to pass, when David 01732 had made an end 03615 08763 of speaking 01696 08763 these words 01697 unto Saul 07586, that Saul 07586 said 0559 08799, [Is] this thy voice 06963, my son 01121 David 01732? And Saul 07586 lifted up 05375 08799 his voice 06963, and wept 01058 08799.
17 And he said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Thou [art] more righteous 06662 than I: for thou hast rewarded 01580 08804 me good 02896, whereas I have rewarded 01580 08804 thee evil 07451.
18 And thou hast shewed 05046 08689 this day 03117 how that thou hast dealt 06213 08804 well 02896 with me: forasmuch as when the LORD 03068 had delivered 05462 08765 me into thine hand 03027, thou killedst 02026 08804 me not.
19 For if a man 0376 find 04672 08799 his enemy 0341 08802, will he let him go 07971 08765 well 02896 away 01870? wherefore the LORD 03068 reward 07999 08762 thee good 02896 for that thou hast done 06213 08804 unto me this day 03117.
20 And now, behold, I know well 03045 08804 that thou shalt surely 04427 08800 be king 04427 08799, and that the kingdom 04467 of Israel 03478 shall be established 06965 08804 in thine hand 03027.
21 Swear 07650 08734 now therefore unto me by the LORD 03068, that thou wilt not 0518 cut off 03772 08686 my seed 02233 after 0310 me, and that thou wilt not destroy 08045 08686 my name 08034 out of my father's 01 house 01004.
22 And David 01732 sware 07650 08735 unto Saul 07586. And Saul 07586 went 03212 08799 home 01004; but David 01732 and his men 0582 gat them up 05927 08804 unto the hold 04686.

#### 1Sa 25

1 And Samuel 08050 died 04191 08799; and all the Israelites 03478 were gathered together 06908 08735, and lamented 05594 08799 him, and buried 06912 08799 him in his house 01004 at Ramah 07414. And David 01732 arose 06965 08799, and went down 03381 08799 to the wilderness 04057 of Paran 06290.
2 And [there was] a man 0376 in Maon 04584, whose possessions 04639 [were] in Carmel 03760; and the man 0376 [was] very 03966 great 01419, and he had three 07969 thousand 0505 sheep 06629, and a thousand 0505 goats 05795: and he was shearing 01494 08800 his sheep 06629 in Carmel 03760.
3 Now the name 08034 of the man 0376 [was] Nabal 05037; and the name 08034 of his wife 0802 Abigail 026: and [she was] a woman 0802 of good 02896 understanding 07922, and of a beautiful 03303 countenance 08389: but the man 0376 [was] churlish 07186 and evil 07451 in his doings 04611; and he [was] of the house of Caleb 03614.
4 And David 01732 heard 08085 08799 in the wilderness 04057 that Nabal 05037 did shear 01494 08802 his sheep 06629.
5 And David 01732 sent out 07971 08799 ten 06235 young men 05288, and David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto the young men 05288, Get you up 05927 08798 to Carmel 03760, and go 0935 08804 to Nabal 05037, and greet 07592 08804 07965 him in my name 08034:
6 And thus shall ye say 0559 08804 to him that liveth 02416 [in prosperity], Peace 07965 [be] both to thee, and peace 07965 [be] to thine house 01004, and peace 07965 [be] unto all that thou hast.
7 And now I have heard 08085 08804 that thou hast shearers 01494 08802: now thy shepherds 07462 08802 which were with us, we hurt 03637 08689 them not, neither was there ought 03972 missing 06485 08738 unto them, all the while 03117 they were in Carmel 03760.
8 Ask 07592 08798 thy young men 05288, and they will shew 05046 08686 thee. Wherefore let the young men 05288 find 04672 08799 favour 02580 in thine eyes 05869: for we come 0935 08804 in a good 02896 day 03117: give 05414 08798, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh 04672 08799 to thine hand 03027 unto thy servants 05650, and to thy son 01121 David 01732.
9 And when David's 01732 young men 05288 came 0935 08799, they spake 01696 08762 to Nabal 05037 according to all those words 01697 in the name 08034 of David 01732, and ceased 05117 08799.
10 And Nabal 05037 answered 06030 08799 David's 01732 servants 05650, and said 0559 08799, Who [is] David 01732? and who [is] the son 01121 of Jesse 03448? there be many 07231 08804 servants 05650 now a days 03117 that break away 06555 08693 every man 0376 from 06440 his master 0113.
11 Shall I then take 03947 08804 my bread 03899, and my water 04325, and my flesh 02878 that I have killed 02873 08804 for my shearers 01494 08802, and give 05414 08804 [it] unto men 0582, whom I know 03045 08804 not whence they [be]?
12 So David's 01732 young men 05288 turned 02015 08799 their way 01870, and went again 07725 08799, and came 0935 08799 and told 05046 08686 him all those sayings 01697.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto his men 0582, Gird ye on 02296 08798 every man 0376 his sword 02719. And they girded on 02296 08799 every man 0376 his sword 02719; and David 01732 also girded on 02296 08799 his sword 02719: and there went up 05927 08799 after 0310 David 01732 about four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376; and two hundred 03967 abode 03427 08804 by the stuff 03627.
14 But one 0259 of the young men 05288 told 05046 08689 Abigail 026, Nabal's 05037 wife 0802, saying 0559 08800, Behold, David 01732 sent 07971 08804 messengers 04397 out of the wilderness 04057 to salute 01288 08763 our master 0113; and he railed 05860 08799 on them.
15 But the men 0582 [were] very 03966 good 02896 unto us, and we were not hurt 03637 08717, neither missed 06485 08804 we any thing 03972, as long as 03117 we were conversant 01980 08694 with them, when we were in the fields 07704:
16 They were a wall 02346 unto us both by night 03915 and day 03119, all the while 03117 we were with them keeping 07462 08802 the sheep 06629.
17 Now therefore know 03045 08798 and consider 07200 08798 what thou wilt do 06213 08799; for evil 07451 is determined 03615 08804 against our master 0113, and against all his household 01004: for he [is such] a son 01121 of Belial 01100, that [a man] cannot speak 01696 08763 to him.
18 Then Abigail 026 made haste 04116 08762, and took 03947 08799 two hundred 03967 loaves 03899, and two 08147 bottles 05035 of wine 03196, and five 02568 sheep 06629 ready dressed 06213 08803, and five 02568 measures 05429 of parched 07039 [corn], and an hundred 03967 clusters of raisins 06778, and two hundred 03967 cakes 01690 of figs, and laid 07760 08799 [them] on asses 02543.
19 And she said 0559 08799 unto her servants 05288, Go on 05674 08798 before 06440 me; behold, I come 0935 08802 after 0310 you. But she told 05046 08689 not her husband 0376 Nabal 05037.
20 And it was [so, as] she rode 07392 08802 on the ass 02543, that she came down 03381 08802 by the covert 05643 of the hill 02022, and, behold, David 01732 and his men 0582 came down 03381 08802 against 07125 08800 her; and she met 06298 08799 them.
21 Now David 01732 had said 0559 08804, Surely in vain 08267 have I kept 08104 08804 all that this 02088 [fellow] hath in the wilderness 04057, so that nothing 03972 was missed 06485 08738 of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited 07725 08686 me evil 07451 for good 02896.
22 So 03541 and more 03254 08686 also do 06213 08799 God 0430 unto the enemies 0341 08802 of David 01732, if I leave 07604 08686 of all that [pertain] to him by 05704 the morning 01242 light 0216 any that pisseth 08366 08688 against the wall 07023.
23 And when Abigail 026 saw 07200 08799 David 01732, she hasted 04116 08762, and lighted off 03381 08799 the ass 02543, and fell 05307 08799 before 0639 David 01732 on her face 06440, and bowed 07812 08691 herself to the ground 0776,
24 And fell 05307 08799 at his feet 07272, and said 0559 08799, Upon me, my lord 0113, [upon] me [let this] iniquity 05771 [be]: and let thine handmaid 0519, I pray thee, speak 01696 08762 in thine audience 0241, and hear 08085 08798 the words 01697 of thine handmaid 0589.
25 Let 07760 08799 not my lord 0113, I pray thee, regard 03820 this man 0376 of Belial 01100, [even] Nabal 05037: for as his name 08034 [is], so [is] he; Nabal 05037 [is] his name 08034, and folly 05039 [is] with him: but I thine handmaid 0519 saw 07200 08804 not the young men 05288 of my lord 0113, whom thou didst send 07971 08804.
26 Now therefore, my lord 0113, [as] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, and [as] thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, seeing the LORD 03068 hath withholden 04513 08804 thee from coming 0935 08800 to [shed] blood 01818, and from avenging 03467 08687 thyself with thine own hand 03027, now let thine enemies 0341 08802, and they that seek 01245 08764 evil 07451 to my lord 0113, be as Nabal 05037.
27 And now this blessing 01293 which thine handmaid 08198 hath brought 0935 08689 unto my lord 0113, let it even be given 05414 08738 unto the young men 05288 that follow 01980 08693 07272 my lord 0113.
28 I pray thee, forgive 05375 08798 the trespass 06588 of thine handmaid 0519: for the LORD 03068 will certainly 06213 08800 make 06213 08799 my lord 0113 a sure 0539 08737 house 01004; because my lord 0113 fighteth 03898 08737 the battles 04421 of the LORD 03068, and evil 07451 hath not been found 04672 08735 in thee [all] thy days 03117.
29 Yet a man 0120 is risen 06965 08799 to pursue 07291 08800 thee, and to seek 01245 08763 thy soul 05315: but the soul 05315 of my lord 0113 shall be bound 06887 08803 in the bundle 06872 of life 02416 with the LORD 03068 thy God 0430; and the souls 05315 of thine enemies 0341 08802, them shall he sling out 07049 08762, [as out] of the middle 08432 03709 of a sling 07050.
30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD 03068 shall have done 06213 08799 to my lord 0113 according to all the good 02896 that he hath spoken 01696 08765 concerning thee, and shall have appointed 06680 08765 thee ruler 05057 over Israel 03478;
31 That this shall be no grief 06330 unto thee, nor offence 04383 of heart 03820 unto my lord 0113, either that thou hast shed 08210 08800 blood 01818 causeless 02600, or that my lord 0113 hath avenged 03467 08687 himself: but when the LORD 03068 shall have dealt well 03190 08689 with my lord 0113, then remember 02142 08804 thine handmaid 0519.
32 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Abigail 026, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, which sent 07971 08804 thee this day 03117 to meet 07125 08800 me:
33 And blessed 01288 08803 [be] thy advice 02940, and blessed 01288 08803 [be] thou, which hast kept 03607 08804 me this day 03117 from coming 0935 08800 to [shed] blood 01818, and from avenging 03467 08687 myself with mine own hand 03027.
34 For in very deed 0199, [as] the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 liveth 02416, which hath kept me back 04513 08804 from hurting 07489 08687 thee, except 03884 thou hadst hasted 04116 08765 and come 0935 08799 to meet 07125 08800 me, surely there had not been left 03498 08738 unto Nabal 05037 by the morning 01242 light 0216 any that pisseth 08366 08688 against the wall 07023.
35 So David 01732 received 03947 08799 of her hand 03027 [that] which she had brought 0935 08689 him, and said 0559 08804 unto her, Go up 05927 08798 in peace 07965 to thine house 01004; see 07200 08798, I have hearkened 08085 08804 to thy voice 06963, and have accepted 05375 08799 thy person 06440.
36 And Abigail 026 came 0935 08799 to Nabal 05037; and, behold, he held a feast 04960 in his house 01004, like the feast 04960 of a king 04428; and Nabal's 05037 heart 03820 [was] merry 02896 within him, for he [was] very 03966 drunken 07910: wherefore she told 05046 08689 him nothing 01697, less 06996 or more 01419, until the morning 01242 light 0216.
37 But it came to pass in the morning 01242, when the wine 03196 was gone out 03318 08800 of Nabal 05037, and his wife 0802 had told 05046 08686 him these things 01697, that his heart 03820 died 04191 08799 within 07130 him, and he became [as] a stone 068.
38 And it came to pass about ten 06235 days 03117 [after], that the LORD 03068 smote 05062 08799 Nabal 05037, that he died 04191 08799.
39 And when David 01732 heard 08085 08799 that Nabal 05037 was dead 04191 08804, he said 0559 08799, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] the LORD 03068, that hath pleaded 07378 08804 the cause 07379 of my reproach 02781 from the hand 03027 of Nabal 05037, and hath kept 02820 08804 his servant 05650 from evil 07451: for the LORD 03068 hath returned 07725 08689 the wickedness 07451 of Nabal 05037 upon his own head 07218. And David 01732 sent 07971 08799 and communed 01696 08762 with Abigail 026, to take 03947 08800 her to him to wife 0802.
40 And when the servants 05650 of David 01732 were come 0935 08799 to Abigail 026 to Carmel 03760, they spake 01696 08762 unto her, saying 0559 08800, David 01732 sent 07971 08804 us unto thee, to take 03947 08800 thee to him to wife 0802.
41 And she arose 06965 08799, and bowed 07812 08691 herself on [her] face 0639 to the earth 0776, and said 0559 08799, Behold, [let] thine handmaid 0519 [be] a servant 08198 to wash 07364 08800 the feet 07272 of the servants 05650 of my lord 0113.
42 And Abigail 026 hasted 04116 08762, and arose 06965 08799, and rode 07392 08799 upon an ass 02543, with five 02568 damsels 05291 of hers that went 01980 08802 after 07272 her; and she went 03212 08799 after 0310 the messengers 04397 of David 01732, and became his wife 0802.
43 David 01732 also took 03947 08804 Ahinoam 0293 of Jezreel 03157; and they were also both 08147 of them his wives 0802.
44 But Saul 07586 had given 05414 08804 Michal 04324 his daughter 01323, David's 01732 wife 0802, to Phalti 06406 the son 01121 of Laish 03919, which [was] of Gallim 01554.

#### 1Sa 26

1 And the Ziphites 02130 came 0935 08799 unto Saul 07586 to Gibeah 01390, saying 0559 08800, Doth not David 01732 hide 05641 08693 himself in the hill 01389 of Hachilah 02444, [which is] before 06440 Jeshimon 03452?
2 Then Saul 07586 arose 06965 08799, and went down 03381 08799 to the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128, having three 07969 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376 of Israel 03478 with him, to seek 01245 08763 David 01732 in the wilderness 04057 of Ziph 02128.
3 And Saul 07586 pitched 02583 08799 in the hill 01389 of Hachilah 02444, which [is] before 06440 Jeshimon 03452, by the way 01870. But David 01732 abode 03427 08802 in the wilderness 04057, and he saw 07200 08799 that Saul 07586 came 0935 08804 after 0310 him into the wilderness 04057.
4 David 01732 therefore sent out 07971 08799 spies 07270 08764, and understood 03045 08799 that Saul 07586 was come 0935 08804 in very deed 03559 08737.
5 And David 01732 arose 06965 08799, and came 0935 08799 to the place 04725 where Saul 07586 had pitched 02583 08804: and David 01732 beheld 07200 08799 the place 04725 where Saul 07586 lay 07901 08804, and Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, the captain 08269 of his host 06635: and Saul 07586 lay 07901 08802 in the trench 04570, and the people 05971 pitched 02583 08802 round about 05439 him.
6 Then answered 06030 08799 David 01732 and said 0559 08799 to Ahimelech 0288 the Hittite 02850, and to Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870, brother 0251 to Joab 03097, saying 0559 08800, Who will go down 03381 08799 with me to Saul 07586 to the camp 04264? And Abishai 052 said 0559 08799, I will go down 03381 08799 with thee.
7 So David 01732 and Abishai 052 came 0935 08799 to the people 05971 by night 03915: and, behold, Saul 07586 lay 07901 08802 sleeping 03463 within the trench 04570, and his spear 02595 stuck 04600 08803 in the ground 0776 at his bolster 04763: but Abner 074 and the people 05971 lay 07901 08802 round about 05439 him.
8 Then said 0559 08799 Abishai 052 to David 01732, God 0430 hath delivered 05462 08765 thine enemy 0341 08802 into thine hand 03027 this day 03117: now therefore let me smite 05221 08686 him, I pray thee, with the spear 02595 even to the earth 0776 at once 06471 0259, and I will not [smite] him the second time 08138 08799.
9 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Abishai 052, Destroy 07843 08686 him not: for who can stretch forth 07971 08804 his hand 03027 against the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899, and be guiltless 05352 08738?
10 David 01732 said 0559 08799 furthermore, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, the LORD 03068 shall smite 05062 08799 him; or his day 03117 shall come 0935 08799 to die 04191 08804; or he shall descend 03381 08799 into battle 04421, and perish 05595 08738.
11 The LORD 03068 forbid 02486 that I should stretch forth 07971 08800 mine hand 03027 against the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899: but, I pray thee, take 03947 08798 thou now the spear 02595 that [is] at his bolster 04763, and the cruse 06835 of water 04325, and let us go 03212 08799.
12 So David 01732 took 03947 08799 the spear 02595 and the cruse 06835 of water 04325 from Saul's 07586 bolster 07226; and they gat them away 03212 08799, and no man saw 07200 08802 [it], nor knew 03045 08802 [it], neither awaked 06974 08688: for they [were] all asleep 03463; because a deep sleep 08639 from the LORD 03068 was fallen 05307 08804 upon them.
13 Then David 01732 went over 05674 08799 to the other side 05676, and stood 05975 08799 on the top 07218 of an hill 02022 afar off 07350; a great 07227 space 04725 [being] between them:
14 And David 01732 cried 07121 08799 to the people 05971, and to Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, saying 0559 08800, Answerest 06030 08799 thou not, Abner 074? Then Abner 074 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Who [art] thou [that] criest 07121 08804 to the king 04428?
15 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Abner 074, [Art] not thou a [valiant] man 0376? and who [is] like to thee in Israel 03478? wherefore then hast thou not kept 08104 08804 thy lord 0113 the king 04428? for there came 0935 08804 one 0259 of the people 05971 in to destroy 07843 08687 the king 04428 thy lord 0113.
16 This thing 01697 [is] not good 02896 that thou hast done 06213 08804. [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, ye [are] worthy 01121 to die 04194, because ye have not kept 08104 08804 your master 0113, the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899. And now see 07200 08798 where the king's 04428 spear 02595 [is], and the cruse 06835 of water 04325 that [was] at his bolster 04763.
17 And Saul 07586 knew 05234 08686 David's 01732 voice 06963, and said 0559 08799, [Is] this thy voice 06963, my son 01121 David 01732? And David 01732 said 0559 08799, [It is] my voice 06963, my lord 0113, O king 04428.
18 And he said 0559 08799, Wherefore doth my lord 0113 thus pursue 07291 08802 after 0310 his servant 05650? for what have I done 06213 08804? or what evil 07451 [is] in mine hand 03027?
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord 0113 the king 04428 hear 08085 08799 the words 01697 of his servant 05650. If the LORD 03068 have stirred thee up 05496 08689 against me, let him accept 07306 08686 an offering 04503: but if [they be] the children 01121 of men 0120, cursed 0779 08803 [be] they before 06440 the LORD 03068; for they have driven 01644 08765 me out this day 03117 from abiding 05596 08692 in the inheritance 05159 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, Go 03212 08798, serve 05647 08798 other 0312 gods 0430.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood 01818 fall 05307 08799 to the earth 0776 before the face 06440 of the LORD 03068: for the king 04428 of Israel 03478 is come out 03318 08804 to seek 01245 08763 a 0259 flea 06550, as when one doth hunt 07291 08799 a partridge 07124 in the mountains 02022.
21 Then said 0559 08799 Saul 07586, I have sinned 02398 08804: return 07725 08798, my son 01121 David 01732: for I will no more do thee harm 07489 08686, because my soul 05315 was precious 03365 08804 in thine eyes 05869 this day 03117: behold, I have played the fool 05528 08689, and have erred 07686 08799 exceedingly 07235 08687 03966.
22 And David 01732 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Behold the king's 04428 spear 02595! and let one 0259 of the young men 05288 come over 05674 08799 and fetch 03947 08799 it.
23 The LORD 03068 render 07725 08686 to every man 0376 his righteousness 06666 and his faithfulness 0530: for the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08804 thee into [my] hand 03027 to day 03117, but I would 014 08804 not stretch forth 07971 08800 mine hand 03027 against the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899.
24 And, behold, as thy life 05315 was much set by 01431 08804 this day 03117 in mine eyes 05869, so let my life 05315 be much set by 01431 08799 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068, and let him deliver 05337 08686 me out of all tribulation 06869.
25 Then Saul 07586 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] thou, my son 01121 David 01732: thou shalt both do 06213 08799 great 06213 08800 [things], and also shalt still 03201 08800 prevail 03201 08799. So David 01732 went 03212 08799 on his way 01870, and Saul 07586 returned 07725 08804 to his place 04725.

#### 1Sa 27

1 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 in his heart 03820, I shall now perish 05595 08735 one 0259 day 03117 by the hand 03027 of Saul 07586: [there is] nothing better 02896 for me than that 03588 I should speedily 04422 08736 escape 04422 08735 into the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430; and Saul 07586 shall despair 02976 08738 of me, to seek 01245 08763 me any more in any coast 01366 of Israel 03478: so shall I escape 04422 08738 out of his hand 03027.
2 And David 01732 arose 06965 08799, and he passed over 05674 08799 with the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 that [were] with him unto Achish 0397, the son 01121 of Maoch 04582, king 04428 of Gath 01661.
3 And David 01732 dwelt 03427 08799 with Achish 0397 at Gath 01661, he and his men 0582, every man 0376 with his household 01004, [even] David 01732 with his two 08147 wives 0802, Ahinoam 0293 the Jezreelitess 03159, and Abigail 026 the Carmelitess 03762, Nabal's 05037 wife 0802.
4 And it was told 05046 08714 Saul 07586 that David 01732 was fled 01272 08804 to Gath 01661: and he sought 01245 08763 no more again 03254 08804 08675 03254 08686 for him.
5 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Achish 0397, If I have now found 04672 08804 grace 02580 in thine eyes 05869, let them give 05414 08799 me a place 04725 in some 0259 town 05892 in the country 07704, that I may dwell 03427 08799 there: for why should thy servant 05650 dwell 03427 08799 in the royal 04467 city 05892 with thee?
6 Then Achish 0397 gave 05414 08799 him Ziklag 06860 that day 03117: wherefore Ziklag 06860 pertaineth unto the kings 04428 of Judah 03063 unto this day 03117.
7 And the time 04557 03117 that David 01732 dwelt 03427 08804 in the country 07704 of the Philistines 06430 was a full year 03117 and four 0702 months 02320.
8 And David 01732 and his men 0582 went up 05927 08799, and invaded 06584 08799 the Geshurites 01651, and the Gezrites 01511, and the Amalekites 06003: for those 02007 [nations were] of old 05769 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of the land 0776, as thou goest 0935 08800 to Shur 07793, even unto the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.
9 And David 01732 smote 05221 08689 the land 0776, and left neither man 0376 nor woman 0802 alive 02421 08762, and took away 03947 08804 the sheep 06629, and the oxen 01241, and the asses 02543, and the camels 01581, and the apparel 0899, and returned 07725 08799, and came 0935 08799 to Achish 0397.
10 And Achish 0397 said 0559 08799, Whither 0408 have ye made a road 06584 08804 to day 03117? And David 01732 said 0559 08799, Against the south 05045 of Judah 03063, and against the south 05045 of the Jerahmeelites 03397, and against the south 05045 of the Kenites 07017.
11 And David 01732 saved 02421 08762 neither man 0376 nor woman 0802 alive 02421 08762, to bring 0935 08687 [tidings] to Gath 01661, saying 0559 08800, Lest they should tell 05046 08686 on us, saying 0559 08800, So did 06213 08804 David 01732, and so [will be] his manner 04941 all the while 03117 he dwelleth 03427 08804 in the country 07704 of the Philistines 06430.
12 And Achish 0397 believed 0539 08686 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, He hath made his people 05971 Israel 03478 utterly 0887 08687 to abhor 0887 08689 him; therefore he shall be my servant 05650 for ever 05769.

#### 1Sa 28

1 And it came to pass in those days 03117, that the Philistines 06430 gathered 06908 00 their armies 04264 together 06908 08799 for warfare 06635, to fight 03898 08736 with Israel 03478. And Achish 0397 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Know 03045 08799 thou assuredly 03045 08800, that thou shalt go out 03318 08799 with me to battle 04264, thou and thy men 0582.
2 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Achish 0397, Surely 03651 thou shalt know 03045 08799 what thy servant 05650 can do 06213 08799. And Achish 0397 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Therefore will I make 07760 08799 thee keeper 08104 08802 of mine head 07218 for ever 03117.
3 Now Samuel 08050 was dead 04191 08804, and all Israel 03478 had lamented 05594 08799 him, and buried 06912 08799 him in Ramah 07414, even in his own city 05892. And Saul 07586 had put away 05493 08689 those that had familiar spirits 0178, and the wizards 03049, out of the land 0776.
4 And the Philistines 06430 gathered themselves together 06908 08735, and came 0935 08799 and pitched 02583 08799 in Shunem 07766: and Saul 07586 gathered 06908 00 all Israel 03478 together 06908 08799, and they pitched 02583 08799 in Gilboa 01533.
5 And when Saul 07586 saw 07200 08799 the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430, he was afraid 03372 08799, and his heart 03820 greatly 03966 trembled 02729 08799.
6 And when Saul 07586 enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068, the LORD 03068 answered 06030 08804 him not, neither by dreams 02472, nor by Urim 0224, nor by prophets 05030.
7 Then said 0559 08799 Saul 07586 unto his servants 05650, Seek 01245 08761 me a woman 0802 that hath 01172 a familiar spirit 0178, that I may go 03212 08799 to her, and enquire 01875 08799 of her. And his servants 05650 said 0559 08799 to him, Behold, [there is] a woman 0802 that hath 01172 a familiar spirit 0178 at Endor 05874.
8 And Saul 07586 disguised 02664 08691 himself, and put on 03847 08799 other 0312 raiment 0899, and he went 03212 08799, and two 08147 men 0582 with him, and they came 0935 08799 to the woman 0802 by night 03915: and he said 0559 08799, I pray thee, divine 07080 08798 unto me by the familiar spirit 0178, and bring me [him] up 05927 08685, whom I shall name 0559 08799 unto thee.
9 And the woman 0802 said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold, thou knowest 03045 08804 what Saul 07586 hath done 06213 08804, how he hath cut off 03772 08689 those that have familiar spirits 0178, and the wizards 03049, out of the land 0776: wherefore then layest thou a snare 05367 08693 for my life 05315, to cause me to die 04191 08687?
10 And Saul 07586 sware 07650 08735 to her by the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, there shall 0518 no punishment 05771 happen 07136 08799 to thee for this thing 01697.
11 Then said 0559 08799 the woman 0802, Whom shall I bring up 05927 08686 unto thee? And he said 0559 08799, Bring me up 05927 08685 Samuel 08050.
12 And when the woman 0802 saw 07200 08799 Samuel 08050, she cried 02199 08799 with a loud 01419 voice 06963: and the woman 0802 spake 0559 08799 to Saul 07586, saying 0559 08800, Why hast thou deceived 07411 08765 me? for thou [art] Saul 07586.
13 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto her, Be not afraid 03372 08799: for what sawest 07200 08804 thou? And the woman 0802 said 0559 08799 unto Saul 07586, I saw 07200 08804 gods 0430 ascending 05927 08802 out of the earth 0776.
14 And he said 0559 08799 unto her, What form 08389 [is] he of? And she said 0559 08799, An old 02205 man 0376 cometh up 05927 08802; and he [is] covered 05844 08802 with a mantle 04598. And Saul 07586 perceived 03045 08799 that it [was] Samuel 08050, and he stooped 06915 08799 with [his] face 0639 to the ground 0776, and bowed 07812 08691 himself.
15 And Samuel 08050 said 0559 08799 to Saul 07586, Why hast thou disquieted 07264 08689 me, to bring me up 05927 08687? And Saul 07586 answered 0559 08799, I am sore 03966 distressed 06887 08804; for the Philistines 06430 make war 03898 08737 against me, and God 0430 is departed 05493 08804 from me, and answereth 06030 08804 me no more, neither by 03027 prophets 05030, nor by dreams 02472: therefore I have called 07121 08799 thee, that thou mayest make known 03045 08687 unto me what I shall do 06213 08799.
16 Then said 0559 08799 Samuel 08050, Wherefore then dost thou ask 07592 08799 of me, seeing the LORD 03068 is departed 05493 08804 from thee, and is become thine enemy 06145?
17 And the LORD 03068 hath done 06213 08799 to him, as he spake 01696 08765 by me 03027: for the LORD 03068 hath rent 07167 08799 the kingdom 04467 out of thine hand 03027, and given 05414 08799 it to thy neighbour 07453, [even] to David 01732:
18 Because 0834 thou obeyedst 08085 08804 not the voice 06963 of the LORD 03068, nor executedst 06213 08804 his fierce 02740 wrath 0639 upon Amalek 06002, therefore hath the LORD 03068 done 06213 08804 this thing 01697 unto thee this day 03117.
19 Moreover the LORD 03068 will also deliver 05414 08799 Israel 03478 with thee into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430: and to morrow 04279 [shalt] thou and thy sons 01121 [be] with me: the LORD 03068 also shall deliver 05414 08799 the host 04264 of Israel 03478 into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
20 Then Saul 07586 fell 05307 08799 straightway 04116 08762 all 04393 along 06967 on the earth 0776, and was sore 03966 afraid 03372 08799, because of the words 01697 of Samuel 08050: and there was no strength 03581 in him; for he had eaten 0398 08804 no bread 03899 all the day 03117, nor all the night 03915.
21 And the woman 0802 came 0935 08799 unto Saul 07586, and saw 07200 08799 that he was sore 03966 troubled 0926 08738, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold, thine handmaid 08198 hath obeyed 08085 08804 thy voice 06963, and I have put 07760 08799 my life 05315 in my hand 03709, and have hearkened 08085 08799 unto thy words 01697 which thou spakest 01696 08765 unto me.
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken 08085 08798 thou also unto the voice 06963 of thine handmaid 08198, and let me set 07760 08799 a morsel 06595 of bread 03899 before 06440 thee; and eat 0398 08798, that thou mayest have strength 03581, when thou goest 03212 08799 on thy way 01870.
23 But he refused 03985 08762, and said 0559 08799, I will not eat 0398 08799. But his servants 05650, together with the woman 0802, compelled 06555 08799 him; and he hearkened 08085 08799 unto their voice 06963. So he arose 06965 08799 from the earth 0776, and sat 03427 08799 upon the bed 04296.
24 And the woman 0802 had a fat 04770 calf 05695 in the house 01004; and she hasted 04116 08762, and killed 02076 08799 it, and took 03947 08799 flour 07058, and kneaded 03888 08799 [it], and did bake 0644 08799 unleavened bread 04682 thereof:
25 And she brought 05066 08686 [it] before 06440 Saul 07586, and before 06440 his servants 05650; and they did eat 0398 08799. Then they rose up 06965 08799, and went away 03212 08799 that night 03915.

#### 1Sa 29

1 Now the Philistines 06430 gathered together 06908 08799 all their armies 04264 to Aphek 0663: and the Israelites 03478 pitched 02583 08802 by a fountain 05869 which [is] in Jezreel 03157.
2 And the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 passed on 05674 08802 by hundreds 03967, and by thousands 0505: but David 01732 and his men 0582 passed on 05674 08802 in the rereward 0314 with Achish 0397.
3 Then said 0559 08799 the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430, What [do] these Hebrews 05680 [here]? And Achish 0397 said 0559 08799 unto the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430, [Is] not this David 01732, the servant 05650 of Saul 07586 the king 04428 of Israel 03478, which hath been with me these days 03117, or these years 08141, and I have found 04672 08804 no fault 03972 in him since 03117 he fell 05307 08800 [unto me] unto this day 03117?
4 And the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 were wroth 07107 08799 with him; and the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 said 0559 08799 unto him, Make 07725 00 this fellow 0376 return 07725 08685, that he may go again 07725 08799 to his place 04725 which thou hast appointed 06485 08689 him, and let him not go down 03381 08799 with us to battle 04421, lest in the battle 04421 he be an adversary 07854 to us: for wherewith should he reconcile 07521 08691 himself unto his master 0113? [should it] not [be] with the heads 07218 of these men 0582?
5 [Is] not this David 01732, of whom they sang 06030 08799 one to another in dances 04246, saying 0559 08800, Saul 07586 slew 05221 08689 his thousands 0505, and David 01732 his ten thousands 07233?
6 Then Achish 0397 called 07121 08799 David 01732, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, thou hast been upright 03477, and thy going out 03318 08800 and thy coming in 0935 08800 with me in the host 04264 [is] good 02896 in my sight 05869: for I have not found 04672 08804 evil 07451 in thee since the day 03117 of thy coming 0935 08800 unto me unto this day 03117: nevertheless the lords 05633 favour 02896 thee not 05869.
7 Wherefore now return 07725 08798, and go 03212 08798 in peace 07965, that thou displease 06213 08799 07451 05869 not the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430.
8 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Achish 0397, But what have I done 06213 08804? and what hast thou found 04672 08804 in thy servant 05650 so long as 03117 I have been with thee 06440 unto this day 03117, that I may not go 0935 08799 fight 03898 08738 against the enemies 0341 08802 of my lord 0113 the king 04428?
9 And Achish 0397 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799 to David 01732, I know 03045 08804 that thou [art] good 02896 in my sight 05869, as an angel 04397 of God 0430: notwithstanding the princes 08269 of the Philistines 06430 have said 0559 08804, He shall not go up 05927 08799 with us to the battle 04421.
10 Wherefore now rise up early 07925 08685 in the morning 01242 with thy master's 0113 servants 05650 that are come 0935 08804 with thee: and as soon as ye be up early 07925 08689 in the morning 01242, and have light 0215 08804, depart 03212 08798.
11 So David 01732 and his men 0582 rose up early 07925 08686 to depart 03212 08800 in the morning 01242, to return 07725 08800 into the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430. And the Philistines 06430 went up 05927 08804 to Jezreel 03157.

#### 1Sa 30

1 And it came to pass, when David 01732 and his men 0582 were come 0935 08800 to Ziklag 06860 on the third 07992 day 03117, that the Amalekites 06003 had invaded 06584 08804 the south 05045, and Ziklag 06860, and smitten 05221 08686 Ziklag 06860, and burned 08313 08799 it with fire 0784;
2 And had taken the women 0802 captives 07617 08799, that [were] therein: they slew 04191 08689 not any 0376, either great 01419 or small 06996, but carried [them] away 05090 08799, and went 03212 08799 on their way 01870.
3 So David 01732 and his men 0582 came 0935 08799 to the city 05892, and, behold, [it was] burned 08313 08803 with fire 0784; and their wives 0802, and their sons 01121, and their daughters 01323, were taken captives 07617 08738.
4 Then David 01732 and the people 05971 that [were] with him lifted up 05375 08799 their voice 06963 and wept 01058 08799, until they had no more power 03581 to weep 01058 08800.
5 And David's 01732 two 08147 wives 0802 were taken captives 07617 08738, Ahinoam 0293 the Jezreelitess 03159, and Abigail 026 the wife 0802 of Nabal 05037 the Carmelite 03761.
6 And David 01732 was greatly 03966 distressed 03334 08799; for the people 05971 spake 0559 08804 of stoning 05619 08800 him, because the soul 05315 of all the people 05971 was grieved 04843 08804, every man 0376 for his sons 01121 and for his daughters 01323: but David 01732 encouraged 02388 08691 himself in the LORD 03068 his God 0430.
7 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Abiathar 054 the priest 03548, Ahimelech's 0288 son 01121, I pray thee, bring me hither 05066 08685 the ephod 0646. And Abiathar 054 brought 05066 08686 thither the ephod 0646 to David 01732.
8 And David 01732 enquired 07592 08799 at the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, Shall I pursue 07291 08799 after 0310 this troop 01416? shall I overtake 05381 08686 them? And he answered 0559 08799 him, Pursue 07291 08798: for thou shalt surely 05381 08687 overtake 05381 08686 [them], and without fail 05337 08687 recover 05337 08686 [all].
9 So David 01732 went 03212 08799, he and the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 that [were] with him, and came 0935 08799 to the brook 05158 Besor 01308, where those that were left behind 03498 08737 stayed 05975 08804.
10 But David 01732 pursued 07291 08799, he and four 0702 hundred 03967 men 0376: for two hundred 03967 abode behind 05975 08799, which were so faint 06296 08765 that they could not go over 05674 08800 the brook 05158 Besor 01308.
11 And they found 04672 08799 an Egyptian 0376 04713 in the field 07704, and brought 03947 08799 him to David 01732, and gave 05414 08799 him bread 03899, and he did eat 0398 08799; and they made him drink 08248 08686 water 04325;
12 And they gave 05414 08799 him a piece 06400 of a cake 01690 of figs, and two 08147 clusters of raisins 06778: and when he had eaten 0398 08799, his spirit 07307 came again 07725 08799 to him: for he had eaten 0398 08804 no bread 03899, nor drunk 08354 08804 [any] water 04325, three 07969 days 03117 and three 07969 nights 03915.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto him, To whom [belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said 0559 08799, I [am] a young man 05288 of Egypt 04713, servant 05650 to an Amalekite 0376 06003; and my master 0113 left 05800 08799 me, because three 07969 days 03117 agone I fell sick 02470 08804.
14 We made an invasion 06584 08804 [upon] the south 05045 of the Cherethites 03774, and upon [the coast] which [belongeth] to Judah 03063, and upon the south 05045 of Caleb 03612; and we burned 08313 08804 Ziklag 06860 with fire 0784.
15 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to him, Canst thou bring me down 03381 08686 to this company 01416? And he said 0559 08799, Swear 07650 08734 unto me by God 0430, that thou wilt neither kill 04191 08686 me, nor 0518 deliver 05462 08686 me into the hands 03027 of my master 0113, and I will bring thee down 03381 08686 to this company 01416.
16 And when he had brought him down 03381 08686, behold, [they were] spread abroad 05203 08803 upon all 06440 the earth 0776, eating 0398 08802 and drinking 08354 08802, and dancing 02287 08802, because of all the great 01419 spoil 07998 that they had taken 03947 08804 out of the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430, and out of the land 0776 of Judah 03063.
17 And David 01732 smote 05221 08686 them from the twilight 05399 even unto the evening 06153 of the next day 04283: and there escaped 04422 08738 not a man 0376 of them, save four 0702 hundred 03967 young 05288 men 0376, which rode 07392 08804 upon camels 01581, and fled 05127 08799.
18 And David 01732 recovered 05337 08686 all that the Amalekites 06002 had carried away 03947 08804: and David 01732 rescued 05337 08689 his two 08147 wives 0802.
19 And there was nothing lacking 05737 08738 to them, neither 04480 small 06996 nor great 01419, neither sons 01121 nor daughters 01323, neither spoil 07998, nor any [thing] that they had taken 03947 08804 to them: David 01732 recovered 07725 08689 all.
20 And David 01732 took 03947 08799 all the flocks 06629 and the herds 01241, [which] they drave 05090 08804 before 06440 those 01931 [other] cattle 04735, and said 0559 08799, This [is] David's 01732 spoil 07998.
21 And David 01732 came 0935 08799 to the two hundred 03967 men 0582, which were so faint 06296 08765 that they could not follow 03212 08800 0310 David 01732, whom they had made also to abide 03427 08686 at the brook 05158 Besor 01308: and they went forth 03318 08799 to meet 07125 08800 David 01732, and to meet 07125 08800 the people 05971 that [were] with him: and when David 01732 came near 05066 08799 to the people 05971, he saluted 07592 08799 07965 them.
22 Then answered 06030 08799 all the wicked 07451 men 0376 and [men] of Belial 01100, of those 0582 that went 01980 08804 with David 01732, and said 0559 08799, Because they went 01980 08804 not with us, we will not give 05414 08799 them [ought] of the spoil 07998 that we have recovered 05337 08689, save to every man 0376 his wife 0802 and his children 01121, that they may lead [them] away 05090 08799, and depart 03212 08799.
23 Then said 0559 08799 David 01732, Ye shall not do so 06213 08799, my brethren 0251, with that which the LORD 03068 hath given 05414 08804 us, who hath preserved 08104 08799 us, and delivered 05414 08799 the company 01416 that came 0935 08802 against us into our hand 03027.
24 For who will hearken 08085 08799 unto you in this matter 01697? but as his part 02506 [is] that goeth down 03381 08802 08675 03381 08717 to the battle 04421, so [shall] his part 02506 [be] that tarrieth 03427 08802 by the stuff 03627: they shall part 02505 08799 alike 03162.
25 And it was [so] from that day 03117 forward 04605, that he made 07760 08799 it a statute 02706 and an ordinance 04941 for Israel 03478 unto this day 03117.
26 And when David 01732 came 0935 08799 to Ziklag 06860, he sent 07971 08762 of the spoil 07998 unto the elders 02205 of Judah 03063, [even] to his friends 07453, saying 0559 08800, Behold a present 01293 for you of the spoil 07998 of the enemies 0341 08802 of the LORD 03068;
27 To [them] 0834 which [were] in Bethel 01008, and to [them] which [were] in south 05045 Ramoth 07418, and to [them] which [were] in Jattir 03492,
28 And to [them] which [were] in Aroer 06177, and to [them] which [were] in Siphmoth 08224, and to [them] which [were] in Eshtemoa 0851,
29 And to [them] which [were] in Rachal 07403, and to [them] which [were] in the cities 05892 of the Jerahmeelites 03397, and to [them] which [were] in the cities 05892 of the Kenites 07017,
30 And to [them] which [were] in Hormah 02767, and to [them] which [were] in Chorashan 03565, and to [them] which [were] in Athach 06269,
31 And to [them] which [were] in Hebron 02275, and to all the places 04725 where David 01732 himself and his men 0582 were wont to haunt 01980 08694.

#### 1Sa 31

1 Now the Philistines 06430 fought 03898 08737 against Israel 03478: and the men 0582 of Israel 03478 fled 05127 08799 from before 06440 the Philistines 06430, and fell down 05307 08799 slain 02491 in mount 02022 Gilboa 01533.
2 And the Philistines 06430 followed hard 01692 08686 upon Saul 07586 and upon his sons 01121; and the Philistines 06430 slew 05221 08686 Jonathan 03083, and Abinadab 041, and Malchishua 04444, Saul's 07586 sons 01121.
3 And the battle 04421 went sore 03513 08799 against Saul 07586, and the archers 03384 08688 0582 07198 hit 04672 08799 him; and he was sore 03966 wounded 02342 08799 of the archers 03384 08688 0582 07198.
4 Then said 0559 08799 Saul 07586 unto his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627, Draw 08025 08798 thy sword 02719, and thrust me through 01856 08798 therewith; lest these uncircumcised 06189 come 0935 08799 and thrust me through 01856 08804, and abuse 05953 08694 me. But his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 would 014 08804 not; for he was sore 03966 afraid 03372 08804. Therefore Saul 07586 took 03947 08799 a sword 02719, and fell 05307 08799 upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 saw 07200 08799 that Saul 07586 was dead 04191 08804, he fell 05307 08799 likewise upon his sword 02719, and died 04191 08799 with him.
6 So Saul 07586 died 04191 08799, and his three 07969 sons 01121, and his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627, and all his men 0582, that same day 03117 together 03162.
7 And when the men 0582 of Israel 03478 that [were] on the other side 05676 of the valley 06010, and [they] that [were] on the other side 05676 Jordan 03383, saw 07200 08799 that the men 0582 of Israel 03478 fled 05127 08804, and that Saul 07586 and his sons 01121 were dead 04191 08804, they forsook 05800 08799 the cities 05892, and fled 05127 08799; and the Philistines 06430 came 0935 08799 and dwelt 03427 08799 in them.
8 And it came to pass on the morrow 04283, when the Philistines 06430 came 0935 08799 to strip 06584 08763 the slain 02491, that they found 04672 08799 Saul 07586 and his three 07969 sons 01121 fallen 05307 08802 in mount 02022 Gilboa 01533.
9 And they cut off 03772 08799 his head 07218, and stripped off 06584 08686 his armour 03627, and sent 07971 08762 into the land 0776 of the Philistines 06430 round about 05439, to publish 01319 08763 [it in] the house 01004 of their idols 06091, and among the people 05971.
10 And they put 07760 08799 his armour 03627 in the house 01004 of Ashtaroth 06252 08677 01045: and they fastened 08628 08804 his body 01472 to the wall 02346 of Bethshan 01052.
11 And when the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568 heard 08085 08799 of that which the Philistines 06430 had done 06213 08804 to Saul 07586;
12 All the valiant 02428 men 0376 08677 0381 arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 all night 03915, and took 03947 08799 the body 01472 of Saul 07586 and the bodies 01472 of his sons 01121 from the wall 02346 of Bethshan 01052, and came 0935 08799 to Jabesh 03003, and burnt 08313 08799 them there.
13 And they took 03947 08799 their bones 06106, and buried 06912 08799 [them] under a tree 0815 at Jabesh 03003, and fasted 06684 08799 seven 07651 days 03117.