## Chapter 1

1

Elkanah and His Wives

Now there 8033 was a certain 259 man 376 from Ramathaim-zophim 7436 from the hill 2022 country 2022 of Ephraim 669, and his name 8034 was Elkanah 511 the son 1121 of Jeroham 3395, the son 1121 of Elihu 453, the son 1121 of Tohu 8459, the son 1121 of Zuph 6689, an Ephraimite 673.
2 He had two 8147 wives 802: the name 8034 of one 259 was Hannah 2584 and the name 8034 of the other 8145 Peninnah 6444; and Peninnah 6444 had 1961 children 3206, but Hannah 2584 had 369 no 369 children 3206.
3 ¶ Now this 1931 man 376 would go 5927 up from his city 5892 yearly 3117 to worship 7812 and to sacrifice 2076 to the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 in Shiloh 7887. And the two 8147 sons 1121 of Eli 5941, Hophni 2652 and Phinehas 6372, were priests 3548 to the LORD 3068 there 8033.
4 When the day 3117 came 1961 that Elkanah 511 sacrificed 2076, he would give 5414 portions 4490 to Peninnah 6444 his wife 802 and to all 3605 her sons 1121 and her daughters 1323;
5 but to Hannah 2584 he would give 5414 a double 639 portion 4490, for he loved 157 Hannah 2584, but the LORD 3068 had closed 5462 her womb 7358.
6 Her rival 6869, however, would provoke 3707 her bitterly to irritate 7481 her, because 3588 the LORD 3068 had closed 5462 her womb 7358.
7 It happened 6213 year 8141 after year 8141, as often 1767 as she went 5927 up to the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, she would provoke 3707 her; so she wept 1058 and would not eat 398.
8 Then Elkanah 511 her husband 376 said 559 to her, "Hannah 2584, why 4100 do you weep 1058 and why 4100 do you not eat 398 and why 4100 is your heart 3824 sad 7489? Am I not better 2896 to you than 4480 ten 6235 sons 1121?"
9 ¶ Then Hannah 2584 rose 6965 after 310 eating 398 and drinking 8354 in Shiloh 7887. Now Eli 5941 the priest 3548 was sitting 3427 on the seat 3678 by the doorpost 4201 of the temple 1964 of the LORD 3068.
10 She, greatly 4751 distressed 4751, prayed 6419 to the LORD 3068 and wept 1058 bitterly 1058.
11 She made 5087 a vow 5088 and said 559, "O LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, if 518 You will indeed 7200 look 7200 on the affliction 6040 of Your maidservant 519 and remember 2142 me, and not forget 7911 Your maidservant 519, but will give 5414 Your maidservant 519 a son, then I will give 5414 him to the LORD 3068 all 3605 the days 3117 of his life 2425, and a razor 4177 shall never 3808 come 5927 on his head 7218."
12 ¶ Now it came 1961 about, as she continued 7235 praying 6419 before 6440 the LORD 3068, that Eli 5941 was watching 8104 her mouth 6310.
13 As for Hannah 2584, she was speaking 1696 in her heart 3820, only 7534 her lips 8193 were moving 5128, but her voice 6963 was not heard 8085. So Eli 5941 thought 2803 she was drunk 7910.
14 Then Eli 5941 said 559 to her, "How 4970 long will you make 7937 yourself drunk 7937? Put 5493 away 5493 your wine 3196 from you."
15 But Hannah 2584 replied 6030, "No 369, my lord 113, I am a woman 802 oppressed 7186 in spirit 7307; I have drunk 8354 neither 3808 wine 3196 nor 3808 strong 7941 drink 7941, but I have poured 8210 out my soul 5315 before 6440 the LORD 3068.
16 "Do not consider 5414 your maidservant 519 as a worthless 1100 woman 1323, for I have spoken 1696 until 5704 now 2008 out of my great 7230 concern 7879 and provocation 3708."
17 Then Eli 5941 answered 6030 and said 559, "Go 1980 in peace 7965; and may the God 430 of Israel 3478 grant 5414 your petition 7596 that you have asked 7592 of Him."
18 She said 559, "Let your maidservant 8198 find 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869." So the woman 802 went 1980 her way 1870 and ate 398, and her face 6440 was no 3808 longer 5750 {sad.}
19

Samuel Is Born to Hannah

¶ Then they arose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 and worshiped 7812 before 6440 the LORD 3068, and returned again 7725 to their house 1004 in Ramah 7414. And Elkanah 511 had 3045 relations 3045 with Hannah 2584 his wife 802, and the LORD 3068 remembered 2142 her.
20 It came 1961 about in due 8622 time 3117, after Hannah 2584 had conceived 2029, that she gave 3205 birth 3205 to a son 1121; and she named him Samuel 8050, {saying,} "Because 3588 I have asked 7592 him of the LORD 3068."
21 ¶ Then the man 376 Elkanah 511 went 5927 up with all 3605 his household 1004 to offer 2076 to the LORD 3068 the yearly 3117 sacrifice 2077 and {pay} his vow 5088.
22 But Hannah 2584 did not go 5927 up, for she said 559 to her husband 376, "{I will not go up} until 5704 the child 5288 is weaned 1580; then I will bring 935 him, that he may appear 7200 before 6440 the LORD 3068 and stay 3427 there 8033 forever."
23 Elkanah 511 her husband 376 said 559 to her, "Do 6213 what 2896 seems best 2896 to you. Remain 3427 until 5704 you have weaned 1580 him; only 389 may the LORD 3068 confirm 6965 His word 1697." So the woman 802 remained 3427 and nursed 3243 her son 1121 until 5704 she weaned 1580 him.
24 Now when 3512 she had weaned 1580 him, she took 5927 him up with her, with a three-year-old 7969 bull 6499 and one 259 ephah 374 of flour 7058 and a jug 5035 of wine 3196, and brought 935 him to the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 in Shiloh 7887, although the child 5288 was young 5288.
25 Then they slaughtered 7819 the bull 6499, and brought 935 the boy 5288 to Eli 5941.
26 She said 559, "Oh 994, my lord 113! As your soul 5315 lives 2416, my lord 113, I am the woman 802 who stood 5324 here 2088 beside 5973 you, praying 6419 to the LORD 3068.
27 "For this 2088 boy 5288 I prayed 6419, and the LORD 3068 has given 5414 me my petition 7596 which 834 I asked 7592 of Him.
28 "So I have also 1571 dedicated 7592 him to the LORD 3068; as long as he lives 1961 he is dedicated 7592 to the LORD 3068." And he worshiped 7812 the LORD 3068 there 8033.

## Chapter 2

1

Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving

Then Hannah 2584 prayed 6419 and said 559, "My heart 3820 exults 5970 in the LORD 3068; My horn 7161 is exalted 7311 in the LORD 3068, My mouth 6310 speaks 7337 boldly 7337 against 5921 my enemies 340, Because 3588 I rejoice 8055 in Your salvation 3444.
2 "There 369 is no 369 one 369 holy 6918 like the LORD 3068, Indeed 3588, there 369 is no 369 one 369 besides 1115 You, Nor 369 is there 369 any rock 6697 like our God 430.
3 "Boast no 408 more 7235 so very 1364 proudly 1364, Do not let arrogance 6277 come 3318 out of your mouth 6310; For the LORD 3068 is a God 410 of knowledge 1844, And with Him actions 5949 are weighed 8505.
4 "The bows 7198 of the mighty 1368 are shattered 2844, But the feeble 3782 gird 247 on strength 2428.
5 "Those who were full 7649 hire 7936 themselves out for bread 3899, But those who were hungry 7457 cease 2308 {to hunger.} Even 5704 the barren 6135 gives 3205 birth 3205 to seven 7651, But she who has many 7227 children 1121 languishes 535.
6 "The LORD 3068 kills 4191 and makes 2421 alive 2421; He brings 3381 down 3381 to Sheol 7585 and raises 5927 up.
7 "The LORD 3068 makes 3423 poor 3423 and rich 6238; He brings 8213 low 8213, He also 637 exalts 7311.
8 "He raises 6965 the poor 1800 from the dust 6083, He lifts 7311 the needy 34 from the ash 830 heap 6083 To make them sit 3427 with nobles 5081, And inherit 5157 a seat 3678 of honor 3519; For the pillars 4690 of the earth 776 are the LORD'S 3068, And He set 7896 the world 8398 on them.
9 "He keeps 8104 the feet 7272 of His godly 2623 ones 2623, But the wicked 7563 ones 7563 are silenced 1826 in darkness 2822; For not by might 3581 shall a man 376 prevail 1396.
10 "Those who contend 7378 with the LORD 3068 will be shattered 2865; Against 5921 them He will thunder 7481 in the heavens 8064, The LORD 3068 will judge 1777 the ends 657 of the earth 776; And He will give 5414 strength 5797 to His king 4428, And will exalt 7311 the horn 7161 of His anointed 4899."
11 ¶ Then Elkanah 511 went 1980 to his home 1004 at Ramah 7414. But the boy 5288 ministered 8334 to the LORD 3068 before 6440 Eli 5941 the priest 3548.
12

The Sin of Eli's Sons

¶ Now the sons 1121 of Eli 5941 were worthless 1100 men 1121; they did not know 3045 the LORD 3068
13 and the custom 4941 of the priests 3548 with the people 5971. When any 3605 man 376 was offering 2076 a sacrifice 2077, the priest's 3548 servant 5288 would come 935 while the meat 1320 was boiling 1310, with a three-pronged fork 4207 in his hand 3027.
14 Then he would thrust 5221 it into the pan 3595, or 176 kettle 1731, or 176 caldron 7037, or 176 pot 6517; all 3605 that the fork 4207 brought 5927 up the priest 3548 would take 3947 for himself. Thus 3602 they did 6213 in Shiloh 7887 to all 3605 the Israelites 3478 who came 935 there 8033.
15 Also 1571, before 2962 they burned 6999 the fat 2459, the priest's 3548 servant 5288 would come 935 and say 559 to the man 376 who was sacrificing 2076, "Give 5414 the priest 3548 meat 1320 for roasting 6740, as he will not take 3947 boiled 1310 meat 1320 from you, only raw 2416."
16 If 518 the man 376 said 559 to him, "They must surely 6999 burn 6999 the fat 2459 first 3117, and then take 3947 as much 3512 as you desire 183," then he would say 559, "No 3808, but you shall give 5414 {it to me} now 6258; and if 518 not, I will take 3947 it by force 2394."
17 Thus the sin 2403 of the young 5288 men 5288 was very 3966 great 1419 before 6440 the LORD 3068, for the men 376 despised 5006 the offering 4503 of the LORD 3068.
18

Samuel before the L\{ORD}/ as a Boy

¶ Now Samuel 8050 was ministering 8334 before 6440 the LORD 3068, {as} a boy 5288 wearing 2296 a linen 906 ephod 646.
19 And his mother 517 would make 6213 him a little 6996 robe 4598 and bring 5927 it to him from year 3117 to year 3117 when she would come 5927 up with her husband 376 to offer 2076 the yearly 3117 sacrifice 2077.
20 Then Eli 5941 would bless 1288 Elkanah 511 and his wife 802 and say 559, "May the LORD 3068 give 7760 you children 2233 from this 2088 woman 802 in place 8478 of the one 7596 she dedicated to the LORD 3068." And they went 1980 to their own home 4725.
21 ¶ The LORD 3068 visited 6485 Hannah 2584; and she conceived 2029 and gave 3205 birth 3205 to three 7969 sons 1121 and two 8147 daughters 1323. And the boy 5288 Samuel 8050 grew 1431 before 5973 the LORD 3068.
22

Eli Rebukes His Sons

¶ Now Eli 5941 was very 3966 old 2204; and he heard 8085 all 3605 that his sons 1121 were doing 6213 to all 3605 Israel 3478, and how they lay 7901 with the women 802 who served 6633 at the doorway 6607 of the tent 168 of meeting 4150.
23 He said 559 to them, "Why 4100 do you do 6213 such 428 things 1697, the evil 7451 things 1697 that I hear 8085 from all 3605 these 428 people 5971?
24 "No 408, my sons 1121; for the report 8052 is not good 2896 which 834 I hear 8085 the LORD'S 3068 people 5971 circulating 5674.
25 "If 518 one man 376 sins 2398 against another 376, God 430 will mediate 6419 for him; but if 518 a man 376 sins 2398 against the LORD 3068, who 4310 can intercede 6419 for him?" But they would not listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of their father 1, for the LORD 3068 desired 2654 to put 4191 them to death 4191.
26 ¶ Now the boy 5288 Samuel 8050 was growing in stature 1432 and in favor 2896 both 1571 with the LORD 3068 and with men 376.
27 ¶ Then a man 376 of God 430 came 935 to Eli 5941 and said 559 to him, "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, 'Did I {not} indeed 1540 reveal 1540 Myself to the house 1004 of your father 1 when they were in Egypt 4714 {in bondage} to Pharaoh's 6547 house 1004?
28 'Did I {not} choose 977 them from all 3605 the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478 to be My priests 3548, to go 5927 up to My altar 4196, to burn 6999 incense 7004, to carry 5375 an ephod 646 before 6440 Me; and did I {not} give 5414 to the house 1004 of your father 1 all 3605 the fire 801 {offerings} of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478?
29 'Why 4100 do you kick 1163 at My sacrifice 2077 and at My offering 4503 which 834 I have commanded 6680 {in My} dwelling 4583, and honor 3513 your sons 1121 above 4480 Me, by making 1254 yourselves fat 1254 with the choicest 7225 of every 3605 offering 4503 of My people 5971 Israel 3478?'
30 "Therefore 3651 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 declares 5002, 'I did indeed 559 say 559 that your house 1004 and the house 1004 of your father 1 should walk 1980 before 6440 Me forever'; but now 6258 the LORD 3068 declares 5002, 'Far 2486 be it from Me--for those who honor 3513 Me I will honor 3513, and those who despise 959 Me will be lightly 7043 esteemed 7043.
31 'Behold 2009, the days 3117 are coming 935 when I will break 1438 your strength 2220 and the strength 2220 of your father's 1 house 1004 so 4480 that there will not be an old 2205 man 2205 in your house 1004.
32 'You will see 5027 the distress 6862 of {My} dwelling 4583, in {spite of} all 3605 the good 3190 that I do 3190 for Israel 3478; and an old 2205 man 2205 will not be in your house 1004 forever.
33 'Yet I will not cut 3772 off 3772 every 376 man 376 of yours from My altar 4196 so that your eyes 5869 will fail 3615 {from weeping} and your soul 5315 grieve 109, and all 3605 the increase 4768 of your house 1004 will die 4191 in the prime 376 of life 582.
34 'This 2088 will be the sign 226 to you which 834 will come 935 concerning 413 your two 8147 sons 1121, Hophni 2652 and Phinehas 6372: on the same 259 day 3117 both 8147 of them will die 4191.
35 'But I will raise 6965 up for Myself a faithful 539 priest 3548 who will do 6213 according to what 834 is in My heart 3824 and in My soul 5315; and I will build 1129 him an enduring 539 house 1004, and he will walk 1980 before 6440 My anointed 4899 always.
36 'Everyone 3605 who is left 3498 in your house 1004 will come 935 and bow 7812 down 7812 to him for a piece 95 of silver 3701 or a loaf 3603 of bread 3899 and say 559, "Please 4994 assign 5596 me to one 259 of the priest's 3550 offices 3550 so that I may eat 398 a piece 6595 of bread 3899."'"

## Chapter 3

1

The Prophetic Call to Samuel

Now the boy 5288 Samuel 8050 was ministering 8334 to the LORD 3068 before 6440 Eli 5941. And word 1697 from the LORD 3068 was rare 3368 in those 1992 days 3117, visions 2377 were infrequent.
2 ¶ It happened 1961 at that time 3117 as Eli 5941 was lying 7901 down 7901 in his place 4725 (now his eyesight 5869 had begun 2490 to grow dim 3544 {and} he could 3201 not see 7200 {well),}
3 and the lamp 5216 of God 430 had not yet 2962 gone 3518 out, and Samuel 8050 was lying 7901 down 7901 in the temple 1964 of the LORD 3068 where the ark 727 of God 430 {was,}
4 that the LORD 3068 called 7121 Samuel 8050; and he said 559, "Here 2009 I am."
5 Then he ran 7323 to Eli 5941 and said 559, "Here 2009 I am, for you called 7121 me." But he said 559, "I did not call 7121, lie 7901 down 7901 again 7725." So he went 1980 and lay 7901 down 7901.
6 The LORD 3068 called 7121 yet 5750 again 3254, "Samuel 8050!" So Samuel 8050 arose 6965 and went 1980 to Eli 5941 and said 559, "Here 2009 I am, for you called 7121 me." But he answered 559, "I did not call 7121, my son 1121, lie 7901 down 7901 again 7725."
7 Now Samuel 8050 did not yet 2962 know 3045 the LORD 3068, nor 2962 had the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 yet 2962 been revealed 1540 to him.
8 So the LORD 3068 called 7121 Samuel 8050 again 3254 for the third 7992 time 7992. And he arose 6965 and went 1980 to Eli 5941 and said 559, "Here 2009 I am, for you called 7121 me." Then Eli 5941 discerned 995 that the LORD 3068 was calling 7121 the boy 5288.
9 And Eli 5941 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Go 1980 lie 7901 down 7901, and it shall be if 518 He calls 7121 you, that you shall say 559, 'Speak 1696, LORD 3068, for Your servant 5650 is listening 8085.'" So Samuel 8050 went 1980 and lay 7901 down 7901 in his place 4725.
10 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 came 935 and stood 3320 and called 7121 as at other 6471 times 6471, "Samuel 8050! Samuel 8050!" And Samuel 8050 said 559, "Speak 1696, for Your servant 5650 is listening 8085."
11 The LORD 3068 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Behold 2009, I am about to do 6213 a thing 1697 in Israel 3478 at which 834 both 8147 ears 241 of everyone 3605 who hears 8085 it will tingle 6750.
12 "In that day 3117 I will carry 6965 out against 413 Eli 5941 all 3605 that I have spoken 1696 concerning 413 his house 1004, from beginning 2490 to end 3615.
13 "For I have told 5046 him that I am about to judge 8199 his house 1004 forever for the iniquity 5771 which 834 he knew 3045, because 3588 his sons 1121 brought 7043 a curse 7043 on themselves 1992 and he did not rebuke 3543 them.
14 "Therefore 3651 I have sworn 7650 to the house 1004 of Eli 5941 that the iniquity 5771 of Eli's 5941 house 1004 shall not be atoned 3722 for by sacrifice 2077 or offering 4503 forever."
15 ¶ So Samuel 8050 lay 7901 down 7901 until 5704 morning 1242. Then he opened 6605 the doors 1817 of the house 1004 of the LORD 3068. But Samuel 8050 was afraid 3372 to tell 5046 the vision 4759 to Eli 5941.
16 Then Eli 5941 called 7121 Samuel 8050 and said 559, "Samuel 8050, my son 1121." And he said 559, "Here 2009 I am."
17 He said 559, "What 4100 is the word 1697 that He spoke 1696 to you? Please 4994 do not hide 3582 it from me. May God 430 do 6213 so 3541 to you, and more 3254 also 3541, if 518 you hide 3582 anything 1697 from me of all 3605 the words 1697 that He spoke 1696 to you."
18 So Samuel 8050 told 5046 him everything 3605 and hid 3582 nothing 3808 from him. And he said 559, "It is the LORD 3068; let Him do 6213 what 2896 seems good 2896 to Him."
19 ¶ Thus Samuel 8050 grew 1431 and the LORD 3068 was with him and let none of his words 1697 fail.
20 All 3605 Israel 3478 from Dan 1835 even to Beersheba 884 knew 3045 that Samuel 8050 was confirmed 539 as a prophet 5030 of the LORD 3068.
21 And the LORD 3068 appeared 7200 again 3254 at Shiloh 7887, because 3588 the LORD 3068 revealed 1540 Himself to Samuel 8050 at Shiloh 7887 by the word 1697 of the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 4

1

Philistines Take the Ark in Victory

Thus the word 1697 of Samuel 8050 came 1961 to all 3605 Israel 3478. Now Israel 3478 went 3318 out to meet 7122 the Philistines 6430 in battle 4421 and camped 2583 beside 5921 Ebenezer 72 while the Philistines 6430 camped 2583 in Aphek 663.
2 The Philistines 6430 drew 6186 up in battle 6186 array to meet 7122 Israel 3478. When the battle 4421 spread 5203, Israel 3478 was defeated 5062 before 6440 the Philistines 6430 who killed 5221 about four 702 thousand 505 men 376 on the battlefield.
3 When the people 5971 came 935 into the camp 4264, the elders 2205 of Israel 3478 said 559, "Why 4100 has the LORD 3068 defeated 5062 us today 3117 before 6440 the Philistines 6430? Let us take 3947 to ourselves from Shiloh 7887 the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068, that it may come 935 among 7130 us and deliver 3467 us from the power 3709 of our enemies 340."
4 So the people 5971 sent 7971 to Shiloh 7887, and from there 8033 they carried 5375 the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 who sits 3427 {above} the cherubim 3742; and the two 8147 sons 1121 of Eli 5941, Hophni 2652 and Phinehas 6372, {were} there 8033 with the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of God 430.
5 ¶ As the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 came 935 into the camp 4264, all 3605 Israel 3478 shouted 7321 with a great 1419 shout 8643, so that the earth 776 resounded 1949.
6 When the Philistines 6430 heard 8085 the noise 6963 of the shout 8643, they said 559, "What 4100 {does} the noise 6963 of this 2088 great 1419 shout 8643 in the camp 4264 of the Hebrews 5680 {mean?}" Then they understood 3045 that the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 had come 935 into the camp 4264.
7 The Philistines 6430 were afraid 3372, for they said 559, "God 430 has come 935 into the camp 4264." And they said 559, "Woe 188 to us! For nothing 3808 like this 2088 has happened 1961 before.
8 "Woe 188 to us! Who 4310 shall deliver 5337 us from the hand 3027 of these 428 mighty 117 gods 430? These 428 are the gods 430 who smote 5221 the Egyptians 4714 with all 3605 {kinds of} plagues 4347 in the wilderness 4057.
9 "Take 2388 courage 2388 and be men 376, O Philistines 6430, or 6435 you will become 5647 slaves 5647 to the Hebrews 5680, as they have been 5647 slaves 5647 to you; therefore, be men 376 and fight 3898."
10 ¶ So the Philistines 6430 fought 3898 and Israel 3478 was defeated 5062, and every 376 man 376 fled 5127 to his tent 168; and the slaughter 4347 was very 3966 great 1419, for there fell 5307 of Israel 3478 thirty 7970 thousand 505 foot 7273 soldiers 7273.
11 And the ark 727 of God 430 was taken 3947; and the two 8147 sons 1121 of Eli 5941, Hophni 2652 and Phinehas 6372, died 4191.
12 ¶ Now a man 376 of Benjamin 1144 ran 7323 from the battle 4634 line 4634 and came 935 to Shiloh 7887 the same 1931 day 3117 with his clothes 4055 torn 7167 and dust 127 on his head 7218.
13 When he came 935, behold 2009, Eli 5941 was sitting 3427 on {his} seat 3678 by the road 1870 eagerly watching 6822, because 3588 his heart 3820 was trembling 2730 for the ark 727 of God 430. So the man 376 came 935 to tell 5046 {it} in the city 5892, and all 3605 the city 5892 cried 2199 out.
14 When Eli 5941 heard 8085 the noise 6963 of the outcry 6818, he said 559, "What 4100 {does} the noise 6963 of this 2088 commotion 1995 {mean?}" Then the man 376 came 935 hurriedly 4116 and told 5046 Eli 5941.
15 Now Eli 5941 was ninety-eight years 8141 old 1121, and his eyes 5869 were set 6965 so that he could 3201 not see 7200.
16 The man 376 said 559 to Eli 5941, "I am the one who came 935 from the battle 4634 line 4634. Indeed, I escaped 5127 from the battle 4634 line 4634 today 3117." And he said 559, "How 4100 did things 1697 go 1961, my son 1121?"
17 Then the one who brought 1319 the news 1319 replied 6030, "Israel 3478 has fled 5127 before 6440 the Philistines 6430 and there has also 1571 been 1961 a great 1419 slaughter 4046 among the people 5971, and your two 8147 sons 1121 also 1571, Hophni 2652 and Phinehas 6372, are dead 4191, and the ark 727 of God 430 has been taken 3947."
18 When he mentioned 2142 the ark 727 of God 430, Eli fell 5307 off the seat 3678 backward 322 beside the gate 8179, and his neck 4665 was broken 7665 and he died 4191, for he was old 2204 and heavy 3515. Thus he judged 8199 Israel 3478 forty 705 years 8141.
19 ¶ Now his daughter-in-law 3618, Phinehas's 6372 wife 802, was pregnant 2030 and about to give 3205 birth 3205; and when she heard 8085 the news 8052 that the ark 727 of God 430 was taken 3947 and that her father-in-law 2524 and her husband 376 had died 4191, she kneeled 3766 down 3766 and gave 3205 birth 3205, for her pains 6735 came 2015 upon her.
20 And about the time 6256 of her death 4191 the women who stood 5324 by her said 1696 to her, "Do not be afraid 3372, for you have given 3205 birth 3205 to a son 1121." But she did not answer 6030 or pay 7896 attention 3820.
21 And she called 7121 the boy 5288 Ichabod 350, saying 559, "The glory 3519 has departed 1540 from Israel 3478," because 413 the ark 727 of God 430 was taken 3947 and because 413 of her father-in-law 2524 and her husband 376.
22 She said 559, "The glory 3519 has departed 1540 from Israel 3478, for the ark 727 of God 430 was taken 3947."

## Chapter 5

1

Capture of the Ark Provokes God

Now the Philistines 6430 took 3947 the ark 727 of God 430 and brought 935 it from Ebenezer 72 to Ashdod 795.
2 Then the Philistines 6430 took 3947 the ark 727 of God 430 and brought 935 it to the house 1004 of Dagon 1712 and set 3322 it by Dagon 1712.
3 When the Ashdodites 796 arose 7925 early 7925 the next 4283 morning 4283, behold 2009, Dagon 1712 had fallen 5307 on his face 6440 to the ground 776 before 6440 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068. So they took 3947 Dagon 1712 and set 7725 him in his place 4725 again 7725.
4 But when they arose 7925 early 7925 the next 4283 morning 1242, behold 2009, Dagon 1712 had fallen 5307 on his face 6440 to the ground 776 before 6440 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068. And the head 7218 of Dagon 1712 and both 8147 the palms 3709 of his hands 3027 {were} cut 3772 off 3772 on the threshold 4670; only 7534 the trunk of Dagon 1712 was left 7604 to him.
5 Therefore neither 3808 the priests 3548 of Dagon 1712 nor 3808 all 3605 who enter 935 Dagon's 1712 house 1004 tread 1869 on the threshold 4670 of Dagon 1712 in Ashdod 795 to this 2088 day 3117.
6 ¶ Now the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068 was heavy 3513 on the Ashdodites 796, and He ravaged 8074 them and smote 5221 them with tumors 6076, both Ashdod 795 and its territories 1366.
7 When the men 376 of Ashdod 795 saw 7200 that it was so 3651, they said 559, "The ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478 must not remain 3427 with us, for His hand 3027 is severe 7185 on us and on Dagon 1712 our god 430."
8 So they sent 7971 and gathered 622 all 3605 the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 to them and said 559, "What 4100 shall we do 6213 with the ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478?" And they said 559, "Let the ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478 be brought 5437 around 5437 to Gath 1661." And they brought 5437 the ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478 {around.}
9 After 310 they had brought 5437 it around 5437, the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068 was against the city 5892 with very 3966 great 1419 confusion 4103; and He smote 5221 the men 376 of the city 5892, both 4480 young 6996 and old 1419, so that tumors 6076 broke 8368 out on them.
10 So they sent 7971 the ark 727 of God 430 to Ekron 6138. And as the ark 727 of God 430 came 935 to Ekron 6138 the Ekronites 6139 cried 2199 out, saying 559, "They have brought 5437 the ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478 around 5437 to us, to kill 4191 us and our people 5971."
11 They sent 7971 therefore and gathered 622 all 3605 the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 and said 559, "Send 7971 away 7971 the ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478, and let it return 7725 to its own place 4725, so 3808 that it will not kill 4191 us and our people 5971." For there was a deadly 4194 confusion 4103 throughout 3605 the city 5892; the hand 3027 of God 430 was very 3966 heavy 3513 there 8033.
12 And the men 376 who 834 did not die 4191 were smitten 5221 with tumors 6076 and the cry 7775 of the city 5892 went 5927 up to heaven 8064.

## Chapter 6

1

The Ark Returned to Israel

Now the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 had been 1961 in the country 7704 of the Philistines 6430 seven 7651 months 2320.
2 And the Philistines 6430 called 7121 for the priests 3548 and the diviners 7080, saying 559, "What 4100 shall we do 6213 with the ark 727 of the LORD 3068? Tell 3045 us how 4100 we shall send 7971 it to its place 4725."
3 They said 559, "If 518 you send 7971 away 7971 the ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478, do not send 7971 it empty 7387; but you shall surely 7725 return 7725 to Him a guilt 817 offering 817. Then 227 you will be healed 7495 and it will be known 3045 to you why 4100 His hand 3027 is not removed 5493 from you."
4 Then they said 559, "What 4100 shall be the guilt 817 offering 817 which 834 we shall return 7725 to Him?" And they said 559, "Five 2568 golden 2091 tumors 6076 and five 2568 golden 2091 mice 5909 {according to} the number 4557 of the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430, for one 259 plague 4046 was on all 3605 of you and on your lords 5633.
5 "So you shall make 6213 likenesses 6754 of your tumors 6076 and likenesses 6754 of your mice 5909 that ravage 7843 the land 776, and you shall give 5414 glory 3519 to the God 430 of Israel 3478; perhaps 194 He will ease 7043 His hand 3027 from you, your gods 430, and your land 776.
6 "Why 4100 then do you harden 3513 your hearts 3824 as the Egyptians 4714 and Pharaoh 6547 hardened 3513 their hearts 3820? When 3512 He had severely 5953 dealt 5953 with them, did they not allow the people to go 7971, and they departed 1980?
7 "Now 6258 therefore, take 3947 and prepare 6213 a new 2319 cart 5699 and two 8147 milch 5783 cows 6510 on which 834 there has never 3808 been 5927 a yoke 5923; and hitch 631 the cows 6510 to the cart 5699 and take 7725 their calves 1121 home 1004, away 310 from them.
8 "Take 3947 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 and place 5414 it on the cart 5699; and put 7760 the articles 3627 of gold 2091 which 834 you return 7725 to Him as a guilt 817 offering 817 in a box 712 by its side 6654. Then send 7971 it away 7971 that it may go 1980.
9 "Watch 7200, if 518 it goes 5927 up by the way 1870 of its own territory 1366 to Beth-shemesh 1053, then He has done 6213 us this 2088 great 1419 evil 7463. But if 518 not, then we will know 3045 that it was not His hand 3027 that struck 5060 us; it happened 1961 to us by chance 4745."
10 ¶ Then the men 376 did 6213 so 3651, and took 3947 two 8147 milch 5763 cows 6510 and hitched 631 them to the cart 5699, and shut 3607 up their calves 1121 at home 1004.
11 They put 7760 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 on the cart 5699, and the box 712 with the golden 2091 mice 5909 and the likenesses 6754 of their tumors 2914.
12 And the cows 6510 took 3474 the straight 3474 way 1870 in the direction 1870 of Beth-shemesh 1053; they went 1980 along the highway 4546, lowing 1600 as they went 1980, and did not turn 5493 aside 5493 to the right 3225 or to the left 8040. And the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 followed them to the border 1366 of Beth-shemesh 1053.
13 ¶ Now {the people of} Beth-shemesh 1053 were reaping 7114 their wheat 2406 harvest 7105 in the valley 6010, and they raised 5375 their eyes 5869 and saw 7200 the ark 727 and were glad 8055 to see 7200 {it.}
14 The cart 5699 came 935 into the field 7704 of Joshua 3091 the Beth-shemite 1030 and stood 5975 there 8033 where 8033 there 8033 {was} a large 1419 stone 68; and they split 1234 the wood 6086 of the cart 5699 and offered 5927 the cows 6510 as a burnt 5930 offering 5930 to the LORD 3068.
15 The Levites 3881 took 3381 down 3381 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 and the box 712 that was with it, in which 834 were the articles 3627 of gold 2091, and put 7760 them on the large 1419 stone 68; and the men 376 of Beth-shemesh 1053 offered 5927 burnt 5930 offerings 5930 and sacrificed 2076 sacrifices 2077 that day 3117 to the LORD 3068.
16 When the five 2568 lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 saw 7200 it, they returned 7725 to Ekron 6138 that day 3117.
17 ¶ These 428 are the golden 2091 tumors 2914 which 834 the Philistines 6430 returned 7725 for a guilt 817 offering 817 to the LORD 3068: one 259 for Ashdod 795, one 259 for Gaza 5804, one 259 for Ashkelon 831, one 259 for Gath 1661, one 259 for Ekron 6138;
18 and the golden 2091 mice 5909, {according} to the number 4557 of all 3605 the cities 5892 of the Philistines 6430 belonging to the five 2568 lords 5633, both 4480 of fortified 4013 cities 5892 and of country 6521 villages 3724. The large 1419 stone 68 on which 834 they set 5117 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 {is a witness} to this 2088 day 3117 in the field 7704 of Joshua 3091 the Beth-shemite 1030.
19 ¶ He struck 5221 down 5221 some of the men 376 of Beth-shemesh 1053 because 3588 they had looked 7200 into the ark 727 of the LORD 3068. He struck 5221 down 5221 of all the people 5971, 50,070 men 376, and the people 5971 mourned 56 because 3588 the LORD 3068 had struck 5221 the people 5971 with a great 1419 slaughter 4347.
20 The men 376 of Beth-shemesh 1053 said 559, "Who 4310 is able 3201 to stand 5975 before 6440 the LORD 3068, this 2088 holy 6918 God 430? And to whom 4310 shall He go 5927 up from us?"
21 So they sent 7971 messengers 4397 to the inhabitants 3427 of Kiriath-jearim 7157, saying 559, "The Philistines 6430 have brought 7725 back 7725 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068; come 3381 down 3381 and take 5927 it up to you."

## Chapter 7

1

Deliverance from the Philistines

And the men 376 of Kiriath-jearim 7157 came 935 and took 5927 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 and brought 935 it into the house 1004 of Abinadab 41 on the hill 1389, and consecrated 6942 Eleazar 499 his son 1121 to keep 8104 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068.
2 From the day 3117 that the ark 727 remained 3427 at Kiriath-jearim 7157, the time 3117 was long 7235, for it was twenty 6242 years 8141; and all 3605 the house 1004 of Israel 3478 lamented 5091 after 310 the LORD 3068.
3 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 spoke 559 to all 3605 the house 1004 of Israel 3478, saying 559, "If 518 you return 7725 to the LORD 3068 with all 3605 your heart 3824, remove 5493 the foreign 5236 gods 430 and the Ashtaroth 6252 from among 8432 you and direct 3559 your hearts 3824 to the LORD 3068 and serve 5647 Him alone 905; and He will deliver 5337 you from the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430."
4 So the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 removed 5493 the Baals 1168 and the Ashtaroth 6252 and served 5647 the LORD 3068 alone 905.
5 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 said 559, "Gather 6908 all 3605 Israel 3478 to Mizpah 4708 and I will pray 6419 to the LORD 3068 for you."
6 They gathered 6908 to Mizpah 4709, and drew 7579 water 4325 and poured 8210 it out before 6440 the LORD 3068, and fasted 6684 on that day 3117 and said 559 there 8033, "We have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068." And Samuel 8050 judged 8199 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 at Mizpah 4709.
7 ¶ Now when the Philistines 6430 heard 8085 that the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 had gathered 6908 to Mizpah 4709, the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 went 5927 up against 413 Israel 3478. And when the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 heard 8085 it, they were afraid 3372 of the Philistines 6430.
8 Then the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Do not cease 2790 to cry 2199 to the LORD 3068 our God 430 for us, that He may save 3467 us from the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430."
9 Samuel 8050 took 3947 a suckling 2461 lamb 2924 and offered 5927 it for a whole 3632 burnt 5930 offering 5930 to the LORD 3068; and Samuel 8050 cried 2199 to the LORD 3068 for Israel 3478 and the LORD 3068 answered 6030 him.
10 Now Samuel 8050 was offering 5927 up the burnt 5930 offering 5930, and the Philistines 6430 drew 5066 near 5066 to battle 4421 against Israel 3478. But the LORD 3068 thundered 7481 with a great 1419 thunder 6963 on that day 3117 against 5921 the Philistines 6430 and confused 2000 them, so that they were routed 5062 before 6440 Israel 3478.
11 The men 376 of Israel 3478 went 3318 out of Mizpah 4709 and pursued 7291 the Philistines 6430, and struck 5221 them down 5221 as far 5704 as below Beth-car 1033.
12 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 took 3947 a stone 68 and set 7760 it between 996 Mizpah 4709 and Shen 8129, and named it Ebenezer 72, saying 559, "Thus 2008 far 5704 the LORD 3068 has helped 5826 us."
13 So the Philistines 6430 were subdued 3665 and they did 3254 not come 935 anymore 5750 within the border 1366 of Israel 3478. And the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068 was against the Philistines 6430 all 3605 the days 3117 of Samuel 8050.
14 The cities 5892 which 834 the Philistines 6430 had taken 3947 from Israel 3478 were restored 7725 to Israel 3478, from Ekron 6138 even to Gath 1661; and Israel 3478 delivered 5337 their territory 1366 from the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430. So there was peace 7965 between 996 Israel 3478 and the Amorites 567.
15

Samuel's Ministry

¶ Now Samuel 8050 judged 8199 Israel 3478 all 3605 the days 3117 of his life 2425.
16 He used to go 1980 annually on circuit 5437 to Bethel 1008 and Gilgal 1537 and Mizpah 4709, and he judged 8199 Israel 3478 in all 3605 these 428 places 4725.
17 Then his return 8666 {was} to Ramah 7414, for his house 1004 {was} there 8033, and there 8033 he judged 8199 Israel 3478; and he built 1129 there 8033 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 8

1

Israel Demands a King

And it came 1961 about when 3512 Samuel 8050 was old 2204 that he appointed 7760 his sons 1121 judges 8199 over Israel 3478.
2 Now the name 8034 of his firstborn 1060 was Joel 3100, and the name 8034 of his second 4932, Abijah 29; {they} were judging 8199 in Beersheba 884.
3 His sons 1121, however, did not walk 1980 in his ways 1870, but turned 5186 aside 5186 after 310 dishonest 1215 gain 1215 and took 3947 bribes 7810 and perverted 5186 justice 4941.
4 ¶ Then all 3605 the elders 2205 of Israel 3478 gathered 6908 together and came 935 to Samuel 8050 at Ramah 7414;
5 and they said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, you have grown 2204 old 2204, and your sons 1121 do not walk 1980 in your ways 1870. Now 6258 appoint 7760 a king 4428 for us to judge 8199 us like all 3605 the nations 1471."
6 But the thing 1697 was displeasing 7489 in the sight 5869 of Samuel 8050 when 3512 they said 559, "Give 5414 us a king 4428 to judge 8199 us." And Samuel 8050 prayed 6419 to the LORD 3068.
7 The LORD 3068 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of the people 5971 in regard to all 3605 that they say 559 to you, for they have not rejected 3988 you, but they have rejected 3988 Me from being 4427 king 4427 over 5921 them.
8 "Like all 3605 the deeds 4639 which 834 they have done 6213 since 4480 the day 3117 that I brought 5927 them up from Egypt 4714 even to this 2088 day 3117--in that they have forsaken 5800 Me and served 5647 other 312 gods 430--so 3651 they are doing 6213 to you also 1571.
9 "Now 6258 then, listen 8085 to their voice 6963; however 389, you shall solemnly 5749 warn 5749 them and tell 5046 them of the procedure 4941 of the king 4428 who 834 will reign 4427 over 5921 them."
10

Warning concerning a King

¶ So Samuel 8050 spoke 559 all 3605 the words 1697 of the LORD 3068 to the people 5971 who had asked 7592 of him a king 4428.
11 He said 559, "This 2088 will be the procedure 4941 of the king 4428 who 834 will reign 4427 over 5921 you: he will take 3947 your sons 1121 and place 7760 {them} for himself in his chariots 4818 and among his horsemen 6571 and they will run 7323 before 6440 his chariots 4818.
12 "He will appoint 7760 for himself commanders 8269 of thousands 505 and of fifties 2572, and {some} to do 2790 his plowing 2758 and to reap 7114 his harvest 7105 and to make 6213 his weapons 3627 of war 4421 and equipment 3627 for his chariots 7393.
13 "He will also take 3947 your daughters 1323 for perfumers 7548 and cooks 2879 and bakers 644.
14 "He will take 3947 the best 2896 of your fields 7704 and your vineyards 3754 and your olive 2132 groves 2132 and give 5414 {them} to his servants 5650.
15 "He will take 6237 a tenth 6237 of your seed 2233 and of your vineyards 3754 and give 5414 to his officers 5631 and to his servants 5650.
16 "He will also take 3947 your male 5650 servants 5650 and your female 8198 servants 8198 and your best 2896 young 970 men 970 and your donkeys 2543 and use 6213 {them} for his work 4399.
17 "He will take 6237 a tenth 6237 of your flocks 6629, and you yourselves 864 will become 1961 his servants 5650.
18 "Then you will cry 2199 out in that day 3117 because of your king 4428 whom 834 you have chosen 977 for yourselves, but the LORD 3068 will not answer 6030 you in that day 3117."
19 ¶ Nevertheless, the people 5971 refused 3985 to listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of Samuel 8050, and they said 559, "No 3808, but there shall be a king 4428 over 5921 us,
20 that we also 1571 may be like all 3605 the nations 1471, that our king 4428 may judge 8199 us and go 3318 out before 6440 us and fight 3898 our battles 4421."
21 Now after Samuel 8050 had heard 8085 all 3605 the words 1697 of the people 5971, he repeated 1696 them in the LORD'S 3068 hearing 241.
22 The LORD 3068 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Listen 8085 to their voice 6963 and appoint 4427 them a king 4428." So Samuel 8050 said 559 to the men 376 of Israel 3478, "Go 1980 every 376 man 376 to his city 5892."

## Chapter 9

1

Saul's Search

Now there was a man 376 of Benjamin 1144 whose name 8034 was Kish 7027 the son 1121 of Abiel 22, the son 1121 of Zeror 6872, the son 1121 of Becorath 1064, the son 1121 of Aphiah 647, the son 1121 of a Benjamite, a mighty 1368 man 1368 of valor 2428.
2 He had 1961 a son 1121 whose name 8034 was Saul 7586, a choice 970 and handsome 2896 {man,} and there 369 was not a more handsome 2896 person 376 than 4480 he among 4480 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478; from his shoulders 7926 and up he was taller 1364 than 4480 any 3605 of the people 5971.
3 ¶ Now the donkeys 860 of Kish 7027, Saul's 7586 father 1, were lost 6. So Kish 7027 said 559 to his son 1121 Saul 7586, "Take 3947 now 4994 with you one 259 of the servants 5288, and arise 6965, go 1980 search 1245 for the donkeys 860."
4 He passed 5674 through the hill 2022 country 2022 of Ephraim 669 and passed 5674 through the land 776 of Shalishah 8031, but they did not find 4672 {them.} Then they passed 5674 through the land 776 of Shaalim 8171, but {they were} not {there.} Then he passed 5674 through the land 776 of the Benjamites 1145, but they did not find 4672 {them.}
5 ¶ When they came 935 to the land 776 of Zuph 6689, Saul 7586 said 559 to his servant 5288 who 834 was with him, "Come 1980, and let us return 7725, or 6435 else 6435 my father 1 will cease 2308 {to be concerned} about 4480 the donkeys 860 and will become 1672 anxious 1672 for us."
6 He said 559 to him, "Behold 2009 now 4994, there is a man 376 of God 430 in this 2088 city 5892, and the man 376 is held 3513 in honor 3513; all 3605 that he says 1696 surely 935 comes 935 true. Now 6258 let us go 1980 there 8033, perhaps 194 he can tell 5046 us about our journey 1870 on which 834 we have set 1980 out."
7 Then Saul 7586 said 559 to his servant 5288, "But behold 2009, if we go 1980, what 4100 shall we bring 935 the man 376? For the bread 3899 is gone 235 from our sack 3627 and there 369 is no 369 present 8670 to bring 935 to the man 376 of God 430. What 4100 do we have 854?"
8 The servant 5288 answered 6030 Saul 7586 again 3254 and said 559, "Behold 2009, I have 4672 in my hand 3027 a fourth 7253 of a shekel 8255 of silver 3701; I will give 5414 {it} to the man 376 of God 430 and he will tell 5046 us our way 1870."
9 (Formerly 6440 in Israel 3478, when a man 376 went 1980 to inquire 1875 of God 430, he used to say 559, "Come 1980, and let us go 1980 to the seer 7203"; for {he who is called} a prophet 5030 now 3117 was formerly 6440 called 7121 a seer 7203.)
10 Then Saul 7586 said 559 to his servant 5288, "Well 2896 said 1697; come 1980, let us go 1980." So they went 1980 to the city 5892 where the man 376 of God 430 was.
11 ¶ As they went 5927 up the slope 4608 to the city 5892, they found 4672 young 5291 women 5291 going 3318 out to draw 7579 water 4325 and said 559 to them, "Is the seer 7203 here 2088?"
12 They answered 6030 them and said 559, "He is; see 2009, {he is} ahead 6440 of you. Hurry 4116 now 6258, for he has come 935 into the city 5892 today 3117, for the people 5971 have a sacrifice 2077 on the high 1116 place 1116 today 3117.
13 "As soon as you enter 935 the city 5892 you will find 4672 him before 2962 he goes 5927 up to the high 1116 place 1116 to eat 398, for the people 5971 will not eat 398 until 5704 he comes 935, because 3588 he must bless 1288 the sacrifice 2077; afterward those who are invited 7121 will eat 398. Now 6258 therefore, go 5927 up for you will find 4672 him at once 3117."
14 So they went 5927 up to the city 5892. As they came 935 into the city 5892, behold 2009, Samuel 8050 was coming 3318 out toward 7122 them to go 5927 up to the high 1116 place 1116.
15

God's Choice for King

¶ Now a day 3117 before 6440 Saul's 7586 coming 935, the LORD 3068 had revealed {this} to Samuel 8050 saying 559,
16 "About this time 6256 tomorrow 4279 I will send 7971 you a man 376 from the land 776 of Benjamin 1144, and you shall anoint 4886 him to be prince 5057 over 5921 My people 5971 Israel 3478; and he will deliver 3467 My people 5971 from the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430. For I have regarded 7200 My people 5971, because 3588 their cry 6818 has come 935 to Me."
17 When Samuel 8050 saw 7200 Saul 7586, the LORD 3068 said 6030 to him, "Behold 2009, the man 376 of whom 834 I spoke 559 to you! This 2088 one 2088 shall rule 6113 over My people 5971."
18 Then Saul 7586 approached 5066 Samuel 8050 in the gate 8179 and said 559, "Please 4994 tell 5046 me where 335 the seer's 7203 house 1004 is."
19 Samuel 8050 answered 6030 Saul 7586 and said 559, "I am the seer 7203. Go 5927 up before 6440 me to the high 1116 place 1116, for you shall eat 398 with me today 3117; and in the morning 1242 I will let 7971 you go 7971, and will tell 5046 you all 3605 that is on your mind 3824.
20 "As for your donkeys 860 which were lost 6 three 7969 days 3117 ago 3117, do not set 7760 your mind 3820 on them, for they have been found 4672. And for whom 4310 is all 3605 that is desirable 2532 in Israel 3478? Is it not for you and for all 3605 your father's 1 household 1004?"
21 Saul 7586 replied 6030, "Am I not a Benjamite 1145, of the smallest 6996 of the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, and my family 4940 the least 6810 of all 3605 the families 4940 of the tribe 7626 of Benjamin 1144? Why 4100 then do you speak 1696 to me in this 2088 way 1697?"
22 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 took 3947 Saul 7586 and his servant 5288 and brought 935 them into the hall 3957 and gave 5414 them a place 4725 at the head 7218 of those who were invited 7121, who 1992 were about thirty 7970 men 376.
23 Samuel 8050 said 559 to the cook 2876, "Bring 5414 the portion 4490 that I gave 5414 you, concerning which 834 I said 559 to you, 'Set 7760 it aside 5973.'"
24 Then the cook 2876 took 7311 up the leg 7785 with what was on it and set 7760 {it} before 6440 Saul 7586. And {Samuel} said 559, "Here 2009 is what has been reserved 7604! Set 7760 {it} before 6440 you {and} eat 398, because 3588 it has been kept 8104 for you until the appointed 4150 time 4150, since I said 559 I have invited 7121 the people 5971." So Saul 7586 ate 398 with Samuel 8050 that day 3117.
25 ¶ When they came 3381 down 3381 from the high 1116 place 1116 into the city 5892, {Samuel} spoke 1696 with Saul 7586 on the roof 1406.
26 And they arose 7925 early 7925; and at daybreak 7837 Samuel 8050 called 7121 to Saul 7586 on the roof 1406, saying 559, "Get 6965 up, that I may send 7971 you away 7971." So Saul 7586 arose 6965, and both 8147 he and Samuel 8050 went 3318 out into the street 2351.
27 As they were going 3381 down 3381 to the edge 7097 of the city 5892, Samuel 8050 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Say 559 to the servant 5288 that he might go 5674 ahead 6440 of us and pass 5674 on, but you remain standing 5975 now 3117, that I may proclaim 8085 the word 1697 of God 430 to you."

## Chapter 10

1

Saul among Prophets

Then Samuel 8050 took 3947 the flask 6378 of oil 8081, poured 3332 it on his head 7218, kissed 5401 him and said 559, "Has not the LORD 3068 anointed 4886 you a ruler 5057 over 5921 His inheritance 5159?
2 "When you go 1980 from me today 3117, then you will find 4672 two 8147 men 376 close 5973 to Rachel's 7354 tomb 6900 in the territory 1366 of Benjamin 1144 at Zelzah 6766; and they will say 559 to you, 'The donkeys 860 which 834 you went 1980 to look 1245 for have been found 4672. Now behold 2009, your father 1 has ceased 5203 to be concerned 1697 about the donkeys 860 and is anxious 1672 for you, saying 559, "What 4100 shall I do 6213 about my son 1121?"'
3 "Then you will go 2498 on further 1973 from there 8033, and you will come 935 as far 5704 as the oak 436 of Tabor 8396, and there 8033 three 7969 men 376 going 5927 up to God 430 at Bethel 1008 will meet 4672 you, one 259 carrying 5375 three 7969 young 1423 goats 1423, another 259 carrying 5375 three 7969 loaves 3603 of bread 3899, and another 259 carrying 5375 a jug 5035 of wine 3196;
4 and they will greet you and give 5414 you two 8147 {loaves} of bread 3899, which you will accept 3947 from their hand 3027.
5 "Afterward you will come 935 to the hill 1389 of God 430 where the Philistine 6430 garrison 5333 is; and it shall be as soon as you have come 935 there 8033 to the city 5892, that you will meet 6293 a group 2256 of prophets 5030 coming 3381 down 3381 from the high 1116 place 1116 with harp 5035, tambourine 8596, flute 2485, and a lyre 3658 before 6440 them, and they will be prophesying 5012.
6 "Then the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 will come 6743 upon you mightily 6743, and you shall prophesy 5012 with them and be changed 2015 into another 312 man 376.
7 "It shall be when 3588 these 428 signs 226 come 935 to you, do 6213 for yourself what 834 the occasion 3027 requires 4672, for God 430 is with you.
8 "And you shall go 3381 down 3381 before 6440 me to Gilgal 1537; and behold 2009, I will come 3381 down 3381 to you to offer 5927 burnt 5930 offerings 5930 and sacrifice 2076 peace 8002 offerings 8002. You shall wait 3176 seven 7651 days 3117 until 5704 I come 935 to you and show 3045 you what 834 you should do 6213."
9 ¶ Then it happened 1961 when he turned 6437 his back 7926 to leave Samuel 8050, God 430 changed 2015 his heart 3820; and all 3605 those 428 signs 226 came 935 about on that day 3117.
10 When they came 935 to the hill 1389 there 8033, behold 2009, a group 2256 of prophets 5030 met 7122 him; and the Spirit 7307 of God 430 came 6743 upon him mightily 6743, so that he prophesied 5012 among 8432 them.
11 It came 1961 about, when all 3605 who knew 3045 him previously saw 7200 that he prophesied 5012 now 2009 with the prophets 5030, that the people 5971 said 559 to one 376 another 7453, "What 4100 has happened 1961 to the son 1121 of Kish 7027? Is Saul 7586 also 1571 among the prophets 5030?"
12 A man 376 there said 559, "Now, who 4310 is their father 1?" Therefore it became 1961 a proverb 4912: "Is Saul 7586 also 1571 among the prophets 5030?"
13 When he had finished 3615 prophesying 5012, he came 935 to the high 1116 place 1116.
14 ¶ Now Saul's 7586 uncle 1730 said 559 to him and his servant 5288, "Where 575 did you go 1980?" And he said 559, "To look 1245 for the donkeys 860. When we saw 7200 that they could not be found 369, we went 935 to Samuel 8050."
15 Saul's 7586 uncle 1730 said 559, "Please 4994 tell 5046 me what 4100 Samuel 8050 said 559 to you."
16 So Saul 7586 said 559 to his uncle 1730, "He told 5046 us plainly 5046 that the donkeys 860 had been found 4672." But he did not tell 5046 him about the matter 1697 of the kingdom 4410 which 834 Samuel 8050 had mentioned 559.
17

Saul Publicly Chosen King

¶ Thereafter Samuel 8050 called 6817 the people 5971 together 6817 to the LORD 3068 at Mizpah 4709;
18 and he said 559 to the sons 1121 of Israel 3478, "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, 'I brought 5927 Israel 3478 up from Egypt 4714, and I delivered 5337 you from the hand 3027 of the Egyptians 4714 and from the power 3027 of all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 that were oppressing 3905 you.'
19 "But you have today 3117 rejected 3988 your God 430, who 834 delivers 3467 you from all 3605 your calamities 7463 and your distresses 6869; yet you have said 559, 'No 3808, but set 7760 a king 4428 over 5921 us!' Now 6258 therefore, present 3320 yourselves before 6440 the LORD 3068 by your tribes 7626 and by your clans 505."
20 ¶ Thus Samuel 8050 brought 7126 all 3605 the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478 near 7126, and the tribe 7626 of Benjamin 1144 was taken 3920 by lot.
21 Then he brought 7126 the tribe 7626 of Benjamin 1144 near 7126 by its families 4940, and the Matrite 4309 family 4940 was taken 3920. And Saul 7586 the son 1121 of Kish 7027 was taken 3920; but when they looked 1245 for him, he could not be found 4672.
22 Therefore they inquired 7592 further 5750 of the LORD 3068, "Has the man 376 come 935 here 1988 yet 5750?" So the LORD 3068 said 559, "Behold 2009, he is hiding 2244 himself 1931 by the baggage 3627."
23 So they ran 7323 and took 3947 him from there 8033, and when he stood 3320 among 8432 the people 5971, he was taller 1361 than 4480 any 3605 of the people 5971 from his shoulders 7926 upward 4605.
24 Samuel 8050 said 559 to all 3605 the people 5971, "Do you see 7200 him whom 834 the LORD 3068 has chosen 977? Surely 3588 there 369 is no 369 one 369 like 3644 him among all 3605 the people 5971." So all 3605 the people 5971 shouted 7321 and said 559, "{Long} live 2421 the king 4428!"
25 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 told 1696 the people 5971 the ordinances 4941 of the kingdom 4410, and wrote 3789 {them} in the book 5612 and placed 5117 {it} before 6440 the LORD 3068. And Samuel 8050 sent 7971 all 3605 the people 5971 away 7971, each 376 one 376 to his house 1004.
26 Saul 7586 also 1571 went 1980 to his house 1004 at Gibeah 1390; and the valiant 2428 {men} whose 834 hearts 3820 God 430 had touched 5060 went 1980 with him.
27 But certain worthless 1100 men 1121 said 559, "How 4100 can this 2088 one 2088 deliver 3467 us?" And they despised 959 him and did not bring 935 him any present 4503. But he kept 2790 silent 2790.

## Chapter 11

1

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

Now Nahash 5176 the Ammonite 5984 came 5927 up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all 3605 the men 376 of Jabesh 3003 said 559 to Nahash 5176, "Make 3772 a covenant 1285 with us and we will serve 5647 you."
2 But Nahash 5176 the Ammonite 5984 said 559 to them, "I will make 3772 {it} with you on this 2088 condition, that I will gouge 5365 out the right 3225 eye 5869 of every 3605 one 3605 of you, thus I will make 7760 it a reproach 2781 on all 3605 Israel 3478."
3 The elders 2205 of Jabesh 3003 said 559 to him, "Let 7503 us alone 7503 for seven 7651 days 3117, that we may send 7971 messengers 4397 throughout 3605 the territory 1366 of Israel 3478. Then, if 518 there 369 is no 369 one 369 to deliver 3467 us, we will come 3318 out to you."
4 Then the messengers 4397 came 935 to Gibeah 1390 of Saul 7586 and spoke 1696 these words 1697 in the hearing 241 of the people 5971, and all 3605 the people 5971 lifted 5375 up their voices 6963 and wept 1058.
5 ¶ Now behold 2009, Saul 7586 was coming 935 from the field 7704 behind 310 the oxen 1241, and he said 559, "What 4100 is {the matter} with the people 5971 that they weep 1058?" So they related 5608 to him the words 1697 of the men 376 of Jabesh 3003.
6 Then the Spirit 7307 of God 430 came 6743 upon Saul 7586 mightily 6743 when he heard 8085 these 428 words 1697, and he became 2734 very 3966 angry.
7 He took 3947 a yoke 6776 of oxen 1241 and cut 5408 them in pieces 5408, and sent 7971 {them} throughout 3605 the territory 1366 of Israel 3478 by the hand 3027 of messengers 4397, saying 559, "Whoever 834 does not come 3318 out after 310 Saul 7586 and after 310 Samuel 8050, so 3541 shall it be done 6213 to his oxen 1241." Then the dread 6343 of the LORD 3068 fell 5307 on the people 5971, and they came 3318 out as one 259 man 376.
8 He numbered 6485 them in Bezek 966; and the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 were 300,000, and the men 376 of Judah 3063 30,000.
9 They said 559 to the messengers 4397 who had come 935, "Thus 3541 you shall say 559 to the men 376 of Jabesh-gilead, 'Tomorrow 4279, by the time the sun 8121 is hot 2552, you will have 1961 deliverance 8668.'" So the messengers 4397 went 935 and told 5046 the men 376 of Jabesh 3003; and they were glad 8055.
10 Then the men 376 of Jabesh 3003 said 559, "Tomorrow 4279 we will come 3318 out to you, and you may do 6213 to us whatever 3605 seems good 2896 to you."
11 The next 4283 morning 4283 Saul 7586 put 7760 the people 5971 in three 7969 companies 7218; and they came 935 into the midst 8432 of the camp 4264 at the morning 1242 watch 821 and struck 5221 down 5221 the Ammonites 5983 until 5704 the heat 2527 of the day 3117. Those who survived 7604 were scattered 6327, so that no 3808 two 8147 of them were left 7604 together 3162.
12 ¶ Then the people 5971 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Who 4310 is he that said 559, 'Shall Saul 7586 reign 4427 over 5921 us?' Bring 5414 the men 376, that we may put 4191 them to death 4191."
13 But Saul 7586 said 559, "Not a man 376 shall be put 4191 to death 4191 this 2088 day 3117, for today 3117 the LORD 3068 has accomplished 6213 deliverance 8668 in Israel 3478."
14 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 said 559 to the people 5971, "Come 1980 and let us go 1980 to Gilgal 1537 and renew 2318 the kingdom 4410 there 8033."
15 So all 3605 the people 5971 went 1980 to Gilgal 1537, and there 8033 they made 4427 Saul 7586 king 4427 before 6440 the LORD 3068 in Gilgal 1537. There 8033 they also offered 2076 sacrifices 2077 of peace 8002 offerings 8002 before 6440 the LORD 3068; and there 8033 Saul 7586 and all 3605 the men 376 of Israel 3478 rejoiced 8055 greatly 3966.

## Chapter 12

1

Samuel Addresses Israel

Then Samuel 8050 said 559 to all 3605 Israel 3478, "Behold 2009, I have listened 8085 to your voice 6963 in all 3605 that you said 559 to me and I have appointed 4427 a king 4428 over 5921 you.
2 "Now 6258, here 2009 is the king 4428 walking 1980 before 6440 you, but I am 2204 old 2204 and gray 7867, and behold 2009 my sons 1121 are with you. And I have walked 1980 before 6440 you from my youth 5271 even 5704 to this 2088 day 3117.
3 "Here 2009 I am; bear 6030 witness 6030 against me before 5048 the LORD 3068 and His anointed 4899. Whose 4310 ox 7794 have I taken 3947, or whose 4310 donkey 2543 have I taken 3947, or whom 4310 have I defrauded 6231? Whom 4310 have I oppressed 7533, or from whose 4310 hand 3027 have I taken 3947 a bribe 3724 to blind 5956 my eyes 5869 with it? I will restore 7725 {it} to you."
4 They said 559, "You have not defrauded 6231 us or oppressed 7533 us or taken 3947 anything 3972 from any 376 man's 376 hand 3027."
5 He said 559 to them, "The LORD 3068 is witness 5707 against you, and His anointed 4899 is witness 5707 this 2088 day 3117 that you have found 4672 nothing in my hand 3027." And they said 559, "{He is} witness 5707."
6 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 said 559 to the people 5971, "It is the LORD 3068 who 834 appointed 6213 Moses 4872 and Aaron 175 and who 834 brought 5927 your fathers 1 up from the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
7 "So now 6258, take 3320 your stand 3320, that I may plead 8199 with you before 6440 the LORD 3068 concerning 854 all 3605 the righteous 6666 acts 6666 of the LORD 3068 which 834 He did 6213 for you and your fathers 1.
8 "When 3512 Jacob 3290 went 935 into Egypt 4714 and your fathers 1 cried 2199 out to the LORD 3068, then the LORD 3068 sent 7971 Moses 4872 and Aaron 175 who brought 3318 your fathers 1 out of Egypt 4714 and settled 3427 them in this 2088 place 4725.
9 "But they forgot 7911 the LORD 3068 their God 430, so He sold 4376 them into the hand 3027 of Sisera 5516, captain 8269 of the army 6635 of Hazor 2674, and into the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430 and into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Moab 4124, and they fought 3898 against them.
10 "They cried 2199 out to the LORD 3068 and said 559, 'We have sinned 2398 because 3588 we have forsaken 5800 the LORD 3068 and have served 5647 the Baals 1168 and the Ashtaroth 6252; but now 6258 deliver 5337 us from the hands 3027 of our enemies 340, and we will serve 5647 You.'
11 "Then the LORD 3068 sent 7971 Jerubbaal 3378 and Bedan 917 and Jephthah 3316 and Samuel 8050, and delivered 5337 you from the hands 3027 of your enemies 340 all around 5439, so that you lived 3427 in security 983.
12

The King Confirmed

"When you saw 7200 that Nahash 5176 the king 4428 of the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983 came 935 against 5921 you, you said 559 to me, 'No 3808, but a king 4428 shall reign 4427 over 5921 us,' although the LORD 3068 your God 430 {was} your king 4428.
13 "Now 6258 therefore, here 2009 is the king 4428 whom 4310 you have chosen 977, whom 4310 you have asked 7592 for, and behold 2009, the LORD 3068 has set 5414 a king 4428 over 5921 you.
14 "If 518 you will fear 3372 the LORD 3068 and serve 5647 Him, and listen 8085 to His voice 6963 and not rebel 4784 against 854 the command 6310 of the LORD 3068, then both 1571 you and also 1571 the king 4428 who 834 reigns 4427 over 5921 you will follow 310 the LORD 3068 your God 430.
15 "If 518 you will not listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, but rebel 4784 against 854 the command 6310 of the LORD 3068, then the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068 will be against you, {as it was} against your fathers 1.
16 "Even 1571 now 6258, take 3320 your stand 3320 and see 7200 this 2088 great 1419 thing 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 will do 6213 before your eyes 5869.
17 "Is it not the wheat 2406 harvest 7105 today 3117? I will call 7121 to the LORD 3068, that He may send 5414 thunder 6963 and rain 4306. Then you will know 3045 and see 7200 that your wickedness 7463 is great 7227 which 834 you have done 6213 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068 by asking 7592 for yourselves a king 4428."
18 So Samuel 8050 called 7121 to the LORD 3068, and the LORD 3068 sent 5414 thunder 6963 and rain 4306 that day 3117; and all 3605 the people 5971 greatly 3966 feared 3372 the LORD 3068 and Samuel 8050.
19 ¶ Then all 3605 the people 5971 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Pray 6419 for your servants 5650 to the LORD 3068 your God 430, so that we may not die 4191, for we have added 3254 to all 3605 our sins 2403 {this} evil 7463 by asking 7592 for ourselves a king 4428."
20 Samuel 8050 said 559 to the people 5971, "Do not fear 3372. You have committed 6213 all 3605 this 2088 evil 7463, yet 389 do not turn 5493 aside 5493 from following 310 the LORD 3068, but serve 5647 the LORD 3068 with all 3605 your heart 3824.
21 "You must not turn 5493 aside 5493, for {then you would go} after 310 futile 8414 things 8414 which 834 can not profit 3276 or deliver 5337, because 3588 they are futile 8414.
22 "For the LORD 3068 will not abandon 5203 His people 5971 on account 5668 of His great 1419 name 8034, because 3588 the LORD 3068 has been pleased to make 6213 you a people 5971 for Himself.
23 "Moreover 1571, as for me, far 2486 be it from me that I should sin 2398 against the LORD 3068 by ceasing 2308 to pray 6419 for you; but I will instruct 3384 you in the good 2896 and right 3477 way 1870.
24 "Only 389 fear 3372 the LORD 3068 and serve 5647 Him in truth 571 with all 3605 your heart 3824; for consider 7200 what 834 great 1431 things 1431 He has done 1431 for you.
25 "But if 518 you still 7489 do 7489 wickedly 7489, both 1571 you and your king 4428 will be swept 5595 away 5595."

## Chapter 13

1

War with the Philistines

Saul 7586 was {thirty} years 8141 old 1121 when he began to reign 4427, and he reigned 4427 {forty} two 8147 years 8141 over 5921 Israel 3478.
2 ¶ Now Saul 7586 chose 977 for himself 3,000 men of Israel 3478, of which 2,000 505 were with Saul 7586 in Michmash 4363 and in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Bethel 1008, while 1,000 505 were with Jonathan 3083 at Gibeah 1390 of Benjamin 1144. But he sent 7971 away 7971 the rest 3499 of the people 5971, each 376 to his tent 168.
3 Jonathan 3083 smote 5221 the garrison 5333 of the Philistines 6430 that was in Geba 1387, and the Philistines 6430 heard 8085 of {it.} Then Saul 7586 blew 8628 the trumpet 7782 throughout 3605 the land 776, saying 559, "Let the Hebrews 5680 hear 8085."
4 All 3605 Israel 3478 heard 8085 the news 559 that Saul 7586 had smitten 5221 the garrison 5333 of the Philistines 6430, and also 1571 that Israel 3478 had become 887 odious 887 to the Philistines 6430. The people 5971 were then summoned 6817 to Saul 7586 at Gilgal 1537.
5 ¶ Now the Philistines 6430 assembled 622 to fight 3898 with Israel 3478, 30,000 chariots 7393 and 6,000 horsemen 6571, and people 5971 like the sand 2344 which 834 is on the seashore in abundance 7230; and they came 5927 up and camped 2583 in Michmash 4363, east 6926 of Beth-aven 1007.
6 When the men 376 of Israel 3478 saw 7200 that they were in a strait 6862 (for the people 5971 were hard-pressed 5065), then the people 5971 hid 2244 themselves in caves 4631, in thickets 2336, in cliffs 5553, in cellars 6877, and in pits 953.
7 Also {some of} the Hebrews 5680 crossed 5674 the Jordan 3383 into the land 776 of Gad 1410 and Gilead 1568. But as for Saul 7586, he {was} still 5750 in Gilgal 1537, and all 3605 the people 5971 followed 310 him trembling 2729.
8 ¶ Now he waited 3176 seven 7651 days 3117, according to the appointed 4150 time 4150 set 834 by Samuel 8050, but Samuel 8050 did not come 935 to Gilgal 1537; and the people 5971 were scattering 6327 from him.
9 So Saul 7586 said 559, "Bring 5066 to me the burnt 5930 offering 5930 and the peace 8002 offerings 8002." And he offered 5927 the burnt 5930 offering 5930.
10 As soon as he finished 3615 offering 5927 the burnt 5930 offering 5930, behold 2009, Samuel 8050 came 935; and Saul 7586 went 3318 out to meet 7122 him {and} to greet 1288 him.
11 But Samuel 8050 said 559, "What 4100 have you done 6213?" And Saul 7586 said 559, "Because 3588 I saw 7200 that the people 5971 were scattering 5310 from me, and that you did not come 935 within the appointed 4150 days 3117, and that the Philistines 6430 were assembling 622 at Michmash 4363,
12 therefore I said 559, 'Now 6258 the Philistines 6430 will come 3381 down 3381 against 413 me at Gilgal 1537, and I have not asked 2470 the favor 6440 of the LORD 3068.' So I forced 662 myself and offered 5927 the burnt 5930 offering 5930."
13 Samuel 8050 said 559 to Saul 7586, "You have acted 5528 foolishly 5528; you have not kept 8104 the commandment 4687 of the LORD 3068 your God 430, which 834 He commanded 6680 you, for now 6258 the LORD 3068 would have established 3559 your kingdom 4467 over 413 Israel 3478 forever.
14 "But now 6258 your kingdom 4467 shall not endure 6965. The LORD 3068 has sought 1245 out for Himself a man 376 after His own heart 3824, and the LORD 3068 has appointed 6680 him as ruler 5057 over 5921 His people 5971, because 3588 you have not kept 8104 what 834 the LORD 3068 commanded 6680 you."
15 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 arose 6965 and went 5927 up from Gilgal 1537 to Gibeah 1390 of Benjamin 1144. And Saul 7586 numbered 6485 the people 5971 who were present 4672 with him, about six 8337 hundred 3967 men 376.
16 Now Saul 7586 and his son 1121 Jonathan 3083 and the people 5971 who were present 4672 with them were staying 3427 in Geba 1387 of Benjamin 1144 while the Philistines 6430 camped 2583 at Michmash 4363.
17 And the raiders 7843 came 3318 from the camp 4264 of the Philistines 6430 in three 7969 companies 7218: one 259 company 7218 turned 6437 toward Ophrah 6084, to the land 776 of Shual 7777,
18 and another 259 company 7218 turned 6437 toward 1870 Beth-horon 1032, and another 259 company 7218 turned 6437 toward 1870 the border 1366 which overlooks the valley 1516 of Zeboim 6650 toward the wilderness 4057.
19 ¶ Now no 3808 blacksmith 2796 could be found 4672 in all 3605 the land 776 of Israel 3478, for the Philistines 6430 said 559, "Otherwise 6435 the Hebrews 5680 will make 6213 swords 2719 or 176 spears 2595."
20 So all 3605 Israel 3478 went 3381 down 3381 to the Philistines 6430, each 376 to sharpen 3913 his plowshare 4281, his mattock 855, his axe 7134, and his hoe 4281.
21 The charge 6477 was two-thirds 6371 of a shekel for the plowshares 4281, the mattocks 855, the forks, and the axes 7134, and to fix 5324 the hoes 1861.
22 So it came 1961 about on the day 3117 of battle 4421 that neither 3808 sword 2719 nor 3808 spear 2595 was found 4672 in the hands 3027 of any 3605 of the people 5971 who 834 {were} with Saul 7586 and Jonathan 3083, but they were found 4672 with Saul 7586 and his son 1121 Jonathan 3083.
23 And the garrison 4673 of the Philistines 6430 went 3318 out to the pass 4569 of Michmash 4363.

## Chapter 14

1

Jonathan's Victory

Now the day 3117 came 1961 that Jonathan 3083, the son 1121 of Saul 7586, said 559 to the young 5288 man 5288 who was carrying 5375 his armor 3627, "Come 1980 and let us cross 5674 over 5674 to the Philistines' 6430 garrison 4673 that is on the other 5676 side 5676." But he did not tell 5046 his father 1.
2 Saul 7586 was staying 3427 in the outskirts 7097 of Gibeah 1390 under 8478 the pomegranate 7416 tree 7416 which 834 is in Migron 4051. And the people 5971 who 834 {were} with him {were} about six 8337 hundred 3967 men 376,
3 and Ahijah 281, the son 1121 of Ahitub 285, Ichabod's 350 brother 251, the son 1121 of Phinehas 6372, the son 1121 of Eli 5941, the priest 3548 of the LORD 3068 at Shiloh 7887, was wearing 5375 an ephod 646. And the people 5971 did not know 3045 that Jonathan 3083 had gone 1980.
4 Between 996 the passes 4569 by which 834 Jonathan 3083 sought 1245 to cross 5674 over 5674 to the Philistines' 6430 garrison 4673, there was a sharp 8127 crag 5553 on the one 2088 side 5676 and a sharp 8127 crag 5553 on the other 2088 side 5676, and the name 8034 of the one 259 was Bozez 949, and the name 8034 of the other 259 Seneh 5573.
5 The one 259 crag 8127 rose 4690 on the north 6828 opposite 4136 Michmash 4363, and the other 259 on the south 5045 opposite 4136 Geba 1387.
6 ¶ Then Jonathan 3083 said 559 to the young 5288 man 5288 who was carrying 5375 his armor 3627, "Come 1980 and let us cross 5674 over 5674 to the garrison 4673 of these 428 uncircumcised 6189; perhaps 194 the LORD 3068 will work 6213 for us, for the LORD 3068 is not restrained 4622 to save 3467 by many 7227 or 176 by few 4592."
7 His armor 3627 bearer 5375 said 559 to him, "Do 6213 all 3605 that is in your heart 3824; turn 5186 yourself, {and} here 2009 I am with you according to your desire 3824."
8 Then Jonathan 3083 said 559, "Behold 2009, we will cross 5674 over 5674 to the men 376 and reveal 1540 ourselves to them.
9 "If 518 they say 559 to us, 'Wait 1826 until 5704 we come 5060 to you'; then we will stand 5975 in our place 8478 and not go 5927 up to them.
10 "But if 518 they say 559, 'Come 5927 up to us,' then we will go 5927 up, for the LORD 3068 has given 5414 them into our hands 3027; and this 2088 shall be the sign 226 to us."
11 When both 8147 of them revealed 1540 themselves to the garrison 4673 of the Philistines 6430, the Philistines 6430 said 559, "Behold 2009, Hebrews 5680 are coming 3318 out of the holes 2356 where they have hidden 2244 themselves."
12 So the men 376 of the garrison 4673 hailed 6030 Jonathan 3083 and his armor 3627 bearer 5375 and said 559, "Come 5927 up to us and we will tell 3045 you something 1697." And Jonathan 3083 said 559 to his armor 3627 bearer 5375, "Come 5927 up after 310 me, for the LORD 3068 has given 5414 them into the hands 3027 of Israel 3478."
13 Then Jonathan 3083 climbed 5927 up on his hands 3027 and feet 7272, with his armor 3627 bearer 5375 behind 310 him; and they fell 5307 before 6440 Jonathan 3083, and his armor 3627 bearer 5375 put 4191 some to death 4191 after 310 him.
14 That first 7223 slaughter 4347 which 834 Jonathan 3083 and his armor 3627 bearer 5375 made 5221 was about twenty 6242 men 376 within about half 2677 a furrow 4618 in an acre 6776 of land 7704.
15 And there was a trembling 2731 in the camp 4264, in the field 7704, and among all 3605 the people 5971. Even 1571 the garrison 4673 and the raiders 7843 trembled 2729, and the earth 776 quaked 7264 so that it became 1961 a great 430 trembling 2731.
16 ¶ Now Saul's 7586 watchmen 6822 in Gibeah 1390 of Benjamin 1144 looked 7200, and behold 2009, the multitude 1995 melted 4127 away 4127; and they went 1980 here 1988 and {there.}
17 Saul 7586 said 559 to the people 5971 who 834 {were} with him, "Number 6485 now 4994 and see 7200 who 4310 has gone 1980 from us." And when they had numbered 6485, behold 2009, Jonathan 3083 and his armor 3627 bearer 5375 were not {there.}
18 Then Saul 7586 said 559 to Ahijah 281, "Bring 5066 the ark 727 of God 430 here 5066." For the ark 727 of God 430 was at that time 3117 with the sons 1121 of Israel 3478.
19 While 5704 Saul 7586 talked 1696 to the priest 3548, the commotion 1995 in the camp 4264 of the Philistines 6430 continued 1980 and increased 7227; so Saul 7586 said 559 to the priest 3548, "Withdraw 622 your hand 3027."
20 Then Saul 7586 and all 3605 the people 5971 who 834 {were} with him rallied 2199 and came 935 to the battle 4421; and behold 2009, every 376 man's 376 sword 2719 was against his fellow 7453, {and there was} very 3966 great 1419 confusion 4103.
21 Now the Hebrews 5680 {who} were with the Philistines 6430 previously, who 834 went 5927 up with them all 5439 around 5439 in the camp 4264, even 1571 they also 1571 {turned} to be with the Israelites 3478 who 834 {were} with Saul 7586 and Jonathan 3083.
22 When all 3605 the men 376 of Israel 3478 who had hidden 2244 themselves in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Ephraim 669 heard 8085 that the Philistines 6430 had fled 5127, even 1571 they also 1571 pursued 1692 them closely 1692 in the battle 4421.
23 So the LORD 3068 delivered 3467 Israel 3478 that day 3117, and the battle 4421 spread 5674 beyond 5674 Beth-aven 1007.
24

Saul's Foolish Order

¶ Now the men 376 of Israel 3478 were hard-pressed 5065 on that day 3117, for Saul 7586 had put 422 the people 5971 under 422 oath 422, saying 559, "Cursed 779 be the man 376 who 834 eats 398 food 3899 before 5704 evening 6153, and until 5704 I have avenged 5358 myself on my enemies 340." So none of the people 5971 tasted 2938 food 3899.
25 All 3605 {the people of} the land 776 entered 935 the forest 3293, and there was honey 1706 on the ground.
26 When the people 5971 entered 935 the forest 3293, behold 2009, {there was} a flow 1982 of honey 1706; but no 369 man put 5381 his hand 3027 to his mouth 6310, for the people 5971 feared 3372 the oath 7621.
27 But Jonathan 3083 had not heard 8085 when his father 1 put 7650 the people 5971 under 7650 oath 7650; therefore, he put 7971 out the end 7097 of the staff 4294 that {was} in his hand 3027 and dipped 2881 it in the honeycomb, and put 7725 his hand 3027 to his mouth 6310, and his eyes 5869 brightened 215.
28 Then one 376 of the people 5971 said 559, "Your father 1 strictly 7650 put 7650 the people 5971 under 7650 oath 7650, saying 559, 'Cursed 779 be the man 376 who 834 eats 398 food 3899 today 3117.'" And the people 5971 were weary 5888.
29 Then Jonathan 3083 said 559, "My father 1 has troubled 5916 the land 776. See 7200 now 4994, how 3588 my eyes 5869 have brightened 215 because 3588 I tasted 2938 a little 4592 of this 2088 honey 1706.
30 "How 637 much more, if 3863 only the people 5971 had eaten 398 freely 398 today 3117 of the spoil 7998 of their enemies 340 which 834 they found 4672! For now 6258 the slaughter 4347 among the Philistines 6430 has not been great 7235."
31 ¶ They struck 5221 among the Philistines 6430 that day 3117 from Michmash 4363 to Aijalon 357. And the people 5971 were very 3966 weary 5888.
32 The people 5971 rushed 5860 greedily 6213 upon the spoil 7998, and took 3947 sheep 6629 and oxen 1241 and calves, and slew 7819 {them} on the ground 776; and the people 5971 ate 398 {them} with the blood 1818.
33 Then they told 5046 Saul 7586, saying 559, "Behold 2009, the people 5971 are sinning 2398 against the LORD 3068 by eating 398 with the blood 1818." And he said 559, "You have acted 898 treacherously 898; roll 1556 a great 1419 stone 68 to me today 3117."
34 Saul 7586 said 559, "Disperse 6327 yourselves 6327 among the people 5971 and say 559 to them, 'Each 376 one 376 of you bring 5066 me his ox 7794 or his sheep 7716, and slaughter 7819 {it} here 2088 and eat 398; and do not sin 2398 against the LORD 3068 by eating 398 with the blood 1818.'" So all 3605 the people 5971 that night 3915 brought 5066 each 376 one 376 his ox 7794 with him and slaughtered 7819 {it} there 8033.
35 And Saul 7586 built 1129 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068; it was the first 2490 altar 4196 that he built 1129 to the LORD 3068.
36 ¶ Then Saul 7586 said 559, "Let us go 3381 down 3381 after 310 the Philistines 6430 by night 3915 and take 962 spoil 962 among them until 5704 the morning 1242 light 216, and let us not leave 7604 a man 376 of them." And they said 559, "Do 6213 whatever 3605 seems good 2896 to you." So the priest 3548 said 559, "Let us draw 7126 near 7126 to God 430 here 1988."
37 Saul 7586 inquired 7592 of God 430, "Shall I go 3381 down 3381 after 310 the Philistines 6430? Will You give 5414 them into the hand 3027 of Israel 3478?" But He did not answer 6030 him on that day 3117.
38 Saul 7586 said 559, "Draw 5066 near 5066 here 1988, all 3605 you chiefs 6438 of the people 5971, and investigate 3045 and see 7200 how 4100 this 2088 sin 2403 has happened 1961 today 3117.
39 "For as the LORD 3068 lives 2416, who delivers 3467 Israel 3478, though it is in Jonathan 3083 my son 1121, he shall surely die 4191." But not one 369 of all 3605 the people 5971 answered 6030 him.
40 Then he said 559 to all 3605 Israel 3478, "You shall be on one 259 side 5676 and I and Jonathan 3083 my son 1121 will be on the other 259 side 5676." And the people 5971 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Do 6213 what 2896 seems good 2896 to you."
41 Therefore, Saul 7586 said 559 to the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, "Give 3051 a perfect 8549 {lot.}" And Jonathan 3083 and Saul 7586 were taken 3920, but the people 5971 escaped 3318.
42 Saul 7586 said 559, "Cast 5307 {lots} between 996 me and Jonathan 3083 my son 1121." And Jonathan 3083 was taken 3920.
43 ¶ Then Saul 7586 said 559 to Jonathan 3083, "Tell 5046 me what 4100 you have done 6213." So Jonathan 3083 told 5046 him and said 559, "I indeed 2938 tasted 2938 a little 4592 honey 1706 with the end 7097 of the staff 4294 that was in my hand 3027. Here 2009 I am, I must die 4191!"
44 Saul 7586 said 559, "May God 430 do 6213 this 3541 {to me} and more 3254 also 3541, for you shall surely 4191 die 4191, Jonathan 3083."
45 But the people 5971 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Must Jonathan 3083 die 4191, who 834 has brought 6213 about 6213 this 2088 great 1419 deliverance 3444 in Israel 3478? Far 2486 from it! As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, not one hair 8185 of his head 7218 shall fall 5307 to the ground 776, for he has worked 6213 with God 430 this 2088 day 3117." So the people 5971 rescued 6299 Jonathan 3083 and he did not die 4191.
46 Then Saul 7586 went 5927 up from pursuing 310 the Philistines 6430, and the Philistines 6430 went 1980 to their own place 4725.
47

Constant Warfare

¶ Now when Saul 7586 had taken 3920 the kingdom 4410 over 5921 Israel 3478, he fought 3898 against all 3605 his enemies 340 on every 5439 side 5439, against Moab 4124, the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983, Edom 112, the kings 4428 of Zobah 6678, and the Philistines 6430; and wherever he turned 6437, he inflicted 7561 punishment 7561.
48 He acted 6213 valiantly 2428 and defeated 5221 the Amalekites 6002, and delivered 5337 Israel 3478 from the hands 3027 of those who plundered 8154 them.
49 ¶ Now the sons 1121 of Saul 7586 were Jonathan 3083 and Ishvi 3440 and Malchi-shua 4444; and the names 8034 of his two 8147 daughters 1323 {were these:} the name 8034 of the firstborn 1067 Merab 4764 and the name 8034 of the younger 6996 Michal 4324.
50 The name 8034 of Saul's 7586 wife 802 was Ahinoam 293 the daughter 1323 of Ahimaaz 290. And the name 8034 of the captain 8269 of his army 6635 was Abner 74 the son 1121 of Ner 5369, Saul's 7586 uncle 1730.
51 Kish 7027 {was} the father 1 of Saul 7586, and Ner 5369 the father 1 of Abner 74 {was} the son 1121 of Abiel 22.
52 ¶ Now the war 4421 against 5921 the Philistines 6430 was severe 2389 all 3605 the days 3117 of Saul 7586; and when Saul 7586 saw 7200 any 3605 mighty 1368 man 376 or any 3605 valiant 2428 man 1121, he attached 622 him to his staff.

## Chapter 15

1

Saul's Disobedience

Then Samuel 8050 said 559 to Saul 7586, "The LORD 3068 sent 7971 me to anoint 4886 you as king 4428 over 5921 His people 5971, over 5921 Israel 3478; now 6258 therefore, listen 8085 to the words 1697 of the LORD 3068.
2 "Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, 'I will punish 6485 Amalek 6002 {for} what 834 he did 6213 to Israel 3478, how 834 he set 7760 himself against him on the way 1870 while he was coming 5927 up from Egypt 4714.
3 'Now 6258 go 1980 and strike 5221 Amalek 6002 and utterly 2763 destroy 2763 all 3605 that he has, and do not spare 2550 him; but put 4191 to death 4191 both 4480 man 376 and woman 802, child 5768 and infant 3243, ox 7794 and sheep 7716, camel 1581 and donkey 2543.'"
4 ¶ Then Saul 7586 summoned 8085 the people 5971 and numbered 6485 them in Telaim 2923, 200,000 foot 7273 soldiers 7273 and 10,000 men 376 of Judah 3063.
5 Saul 7586 came 935 to the city 5892 of Amalek 6002 and set 693 an ambush 693 in the valley 5158.
6 Saul 7586 said 559 to the Kenites 7017, "Go 1980, depart 5493, go 3381 down 3381 from among 8432 the Amalekites 6003, so that I do not destroy 622 you with them; for you showed 6213 kindness 2617 to all 3605 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 when they came 5927 up from Egypt 4714." So the Kenites 7017 departed 5493 from among 8432 the Amalekites 6002.
7 So Saul 7586 defeated 5221 the Amalekites 6002, from Havilah 2341 as you go 935 to Shur 7793, which 834 is east of Egypt 4714.
8 He captured 8610 Agag 90 the king 4428 of the Amalekites 6002 alive 2416, and utterly 2763 destroyed 2763 all 3605 the people 5971 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719.
9 But Saul 7586 and the people 5971 spared 2550 Agag 90 and the best 4315 of the sheep 6629, the oxen 1241, the fatlings 4932, the lambs 3733, and all 3605 that was good 2896, and were not willing 14 to destroy 2763 them utterly 2763; but everything despised 959 and worthless 4549, that they utterly 2763 destroyed 2763.
10

Samuel Rebukes Saul

¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Samuel 8050, saying 559,
11 "I regret 5162 that I have made 4427 Saul 7586 king 4428, for he has turned 7725 back 7725 from following 310 Me and has not carried 6965 out My commands 1697." And Samuel 8050 was distressed 2734 and cried 2199 out to the LORD 3068 all 3605 night 3915.
12 Samuel 8050 rose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 to meet 7122 Saul 7586; and it was told 5046 Samuel 8050, saying 559, "Saul 7586 came 935 to Carmel 3760, and behold 2009, he set 5324 up a monument 3027 for himself, then turned 5437 and proceeded 5674 on down 3381 to Gilgal 1537."
13 Samuel 8050 came 935 to Saul 7586, and Saul 7586 said 559 to him, "Blessed 1288 are you of the LORD 3068! I have carried 6965 out the command 1697 of the LORD 3068."
14 But Samuel 8050 said 559, "What 4100 then is this 2088 bleating 6963 of the sheep 6629 in my ears 241, and the lowing 6963 of the oxen 1241 which 834 I hear 8085?"
15 Saul 7586 said 559, "They have brought 935 them from the Amalekites 6003, for the people 5971 spared 2550 the best 4315 of the sheep 6629 and oxen 1241, to sacrifice 2076 to the LORD 3068 your God 430; but the rest 3498 we have utterly 2763 destroyed 2763."
16 Then Samuel 8050 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Wait 7503, and let me tell 5046 you what 834 the LORD 3068 said 1696 to me last night 3915." And he said 559 to him, "Speak 1696!"
17 ¶ Samuel 8050 said 559, "Is it not true, though 518 you were little 6996 in your own eyes 5869, you were {made} the head 7218 of the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478? And the LORD 3068 anointed 4886 you king 4428 over 5921 Israel 3478,
18 and the LORD 3068 sent 7971 you on a mission 1870, and said 559, 'Go 1980 and utterly 2763 destroy 2763 the sinners 2400, the Amalekites 6002, and fight 3898 against them until 5704 they are exterminated 3615.'
19 "Why 4100 then did you not obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, but rushed 5860 upon the spoil 7998 and did 6213 what 7451 was evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068?"
20 ¶ Then Saul 7586 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "I did obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, and went 1980 on the mission 1870 on which 834 the LORD 3068 sent 7971 me, and have brought 935 back Agag 90 the king 4428 of Amalek 6002, and have utterly 2763 destroyed 2763 the Amalekites 6002.
21 "But the people 5971 took 3947 {some} of the spoil 7998, sheep 6629 and oxen 1241, the choicest 7225 of the things 2764 devoted 2764 to destruction 2764, to sacrifice 2076 to the LORD 3068 your God 430 at Gilgal 1537."
22 Samuel 8050 said 559, "Has the LORD 3068 as much delight 2656 in burnt 5930 offerings 5930 and sacrifices 2077 As in obeying 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068? Behold 2009, to obey 8085 is better 2896 than 4480 sacrifice 2077, {And} to heed 7181 than 4480 the fat 2459 of rams 352.
23 "For rebellion 4805 is as the sin 2403 of divination 7081, And insubordination 6484 is as iniquity 205 and idolatry 8655. Because 3282 you have rejected 3988 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, He has also rejected 3988 you from {being} king 4428."
24 ¶ Then Saul 7586 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "I have sinned 2398; I have indeed 3588 transgressed 5674 the command 6310 of the LORD 3068 and your words 1697, because 3588 I feared 3372 the people 5971 and listened 8085 to their voice 6963.
25 "Now 6258 therefore, please 4994 pardon 5545 my sin 2403 and return 7725 with me, that I may worship 7812 the LORD 3068."
26 But Samuel 8050 said 559 to Saul 7586, "I will not return 7725 with you; for you have rejected 3988 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, and the LORD 3068 has rejected 3988 you from being 1961 king 4428 over 5921 Israel 3478."
27 As Samuel 8050 turned 5437 to go 1980, {Saul} seized 2388 the edge 3671 of his robe 4598, and it tore 7167.
28 So Samuel 8050 said 559 to him, "The LORD 3068 has torn 7167 the kingdom 4468 of Israel 3478 from you today 3117 and has given 5414 it to your neighbor 7453, who is better 2896 than 4480 you.
29 "Also 1571 the Glory 5331 of Israel 3478 will not lie 8266 or change 5162 His mind 5162; for He is not a man 120 that He should change 5162 His mind 5162."
30 Then he said 559, "I have sinned 2398; {but} please 4994 honor 3513 me now 6258 before 5048 the elders 2205 of my people 5971 and before 5048 Israel 3478, and go 7725 back 7725 with me, that I may worship 7812 the LORD 3068 your God 430."
31 So Samuel 8050 went 7725 back 7725 following 310 Saul 7586, and Saul 7586 worshiped 7812 the LORD 3068.
32 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 said 559, "Bring 5066 me Agag 90, the king 4428 of the Amalekites 6002." And Agag 90 came 1980 to him cheerfully 4575. And Agag 90 said 559, "Surely 403 the bitterness 4751 of death 4194 is past 5493."
33 But Samuel 8050 said 559, "As your sword 2719 has made 7921 women 802 childless 7921, so 3651 shall your mother 517 be childless 7921 among 4480 women 802." And Samuel 8050 hewed 8158 Agag 90 to pieces 8158 before 6440 the LORD 3068 at Gilgal 1537.
34 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 went 1980 to Ramah 7414, but Saul 7586 went 5927 up to his house 1004 at Gibeah 1390 of Saul 7586.
35 Samuel 8050 did 3254 not see 7200 Saul 7586 again 3254 until 5704 the day 3117 of his death 4194; for Samuel 8050 grieved 56 over 413 Saul 7586. And the LORD 3068 regretted 5162 that He had made 4427 Saul 7586 king 4427 over 5921 Israel 3478.

## Chapter 16

1

Samuel Goes to Bethlehem

Now the LORD 3068 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "How 4970 long 5704 will you grieve 56 over 413 Saul 7586, since I have rejected 3988 him from being 4427 king 4427 over 5921 Israel 3478? Fill 4390 your horn 7161 with oil 8081 and go 1980; I will send 7971 you to Jesse 3448 the Bethlehemite 1022, for I have selected 7200 a king 4428 for Myself among his sons 1121."
2 But Samuel 8050 said 559, "How 349 can I go 1980? When Saul 7586 hears 8085 {of it,} he will kill 2026 me." And the LORD 3068 said 559, "Take 3947 a heifer 5697 with you and say 559, 'I have come 935 to sacrifice 2076 to the LORD 3068.'
3 "You shall invite 7121 Jesse 3448 to the sacrifice 2077, and I will show 3045 you what 834 you shall do 6213; and you shall anoint 4886 for Me the one whom 834 I designate 559 to you."
4 So Samuel 8050 did 6213 what 834 the LORD 3068 said 1696, and came 935 to Bethlehem 1035. And the elders 2205 of the city 5892 came 2729 trembling 2729 to meet 7122 him and said 559, "Do you come 935 in peace 7965?"
5 He said 559, "In peace 7965; I have come 935 to sacrifice 2076 to the LORD 3068. Consecrate 6942 yourselves and come 935 with me to the sacrifice 2077." He also consecrated 6942 Jesse 3448 and his sons 1121 and invited 7121 them to the sacrifice 2077.
6 ¶ When they entered 935, he looked 7200 at Eliab 446 and thought 559, "Surely 389 the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899 is before 5048 Him."
7 But the LORD 3068 said 559 to Samuel 8050, "Do not look 5027 at his appearance 4758 or at the height 6967 of his stature 6967, because 3588 I have rejected 3988 him; for God 430 {sees} not as man 120 sees 7200, for man 120 looks 7200 at the outward 5869 appearance 5869, but the LORD 3068 looks 7200 at the heart 3824."
8 Then Jesse 3448 called 7121 Abinadab 41 and made him pass 5674 before 6440 Samuel 8050. And he said 559, "The LORD 3068 has not chosen 977 this 2088 one 2088 either 1571."
9 Next Jesse 3448 made Shammah 8048 pass 5674 by. And he said 559, "The LORD 3068 has not chosen 977 this 2088 one 2088 either 1571."
10 Thus Jesse 3448 made seven 7651 of his sons 1121 pass 5674 before 6440 Samuel 8050. But Samuel 8050 said 559 to Jesse 3448, "The LORD 3068 has not chosen 977 these 428."
11 And Samuel 8050 said 559 to Jesse 3448, "Are these all 8552 the children 5288?" And he said 559, "There remains 7604 yet 5750 the youngest 6996, and behold 2009, he is tending 7462 the sheep 6629." Then Samuel 8050 said 559 to Jesse 3448, "Send 7971 and bring 3947 him; for we will not sit 5437 down until 5704 he comes 935 here 6311."
12

David Anointed

So he sent 7971 and brought 935 him in. Now he was ruddy 132, with beautiful 3303 eyes 5869 and a handsome 2896 appearance 7210. And the LORD 3068 said 559, "Arise 6965, anoint 4886 him; for this 2088 is he."
13 Then Samuel 8050 took 3947 the horn 7161 of oil 8081 and anointed 4886 him in the midst 7130 of his brothers 251; and the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 came 6743 mightily 6743 upon David 1732 from that day 3117 forward 4605. And Samuel 8050 arose 6965 and went 1980 to Ramah 7414.
14 ¶ Now the Spirit 7307 of the LORD 3068 departed 5493 from Saul 7586, and an evil 7451 spirit 7307 from the LORD 3068 terrorized 1204 him.
15 Saul's 7586 servants 5650 then said 559 to him, "Behold 2009 now 4994, an evil 7451 spirit 7307 from God 430 is terrorizing 1204 you.
16 "Let our lord 113 now 4994 command 559 your servants 5650 who are before 6440 you. Let them seek 1245 a man 376 who is a skillful 3045 player 5059 on the harp 3658; and it shall come 1961 about when the evil 7451 spirit 7307 from God 430 is on you, that he shall play 5059 {the harp} with his hand 3027, and you will be well 2895."
17 So Saul 7586 said 559 to his servants 5650, "Provide 7200 for me now 4994 a man 376 who can play 5059 well 3190 and bring 935 {him} to me."
18 Then one 259 of the young 5288 men 5288 said 559, "Behold 2009, I have seen 7200 a son 1121 of Jesse 3448 the Bethlehemite 1022 who is a skillful 3045 musician 5059, a mighty 1368 man 1368 of valor 2428, a warrior 4421, one prudent 995 in speech 1697, and a handsome 8389 man 376; and the LORD 3068 is with him."
19 So Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 to Jesse 3448 and said 559, "Send 7971 me your son 1121 David 1732 who 834 is with the flock 6629."
20 Jesse 3448 took 3947 a donkey 2543 {loaded with} bread 3899 and a jug 4997 of wine 3196 and a young 1423 goat 5795, and sent 7971 {them} to Saul 7586 by David 1732 his son 1121.
21 Then David 1732 came 935 to Saul 7586 and attended 6440 him; and Saul loved 157 him greatly 3966, and he became 1961 his armor 3627 bearer 5375.
22 Saul 7586 sent 7971 to Jesse 3448, saying 559, "Let David 1732 now 4994 stand 5975 before 6440 me, for he has found 4672 favor 2580 in my sight 5869."
23 So it came 1961 about whenever the {evil} spirit 7307 from God 430 came 1961 to Saul 7586, David 1732 would take 3947 the harp 3658 and play 5059 {it} with his hand 3027; and Saul 7586 would be refreshed 7304 and be well 2895, and the evil 7451 spirit 7307 would depart 5493 from him.

## Chapter 17

1

Goliath's Challenge

Now the Philistines 6430 gathered 622 their armies 4264 for battle 4421; and they were gathered 622 at Socoh 7755 which 834 belongs to Judah 3063, and they camped 2583 between 996 Socoh 7755 and Azekah 5825, in Ephes-dammim 658.
2 Saul 7586 and the men 376 of Israel 3478 were gathered 622 and camped 2583 in the valley 6010 of Elah 424, and drew 6186 up in battle 4421 array to encounter 7122 the Philistines 6430.
3 The Philistines 6430 stood 5975 on the mountain 2022 on one 2088 side 2088 while Israel 3478 stood 5975 on the mountain 2022 on the other 2088 side 2088, with the valley 1516 between 996 them.
4 Then a champion came 3318 out from the armies 4264 of the Philistines 6430 named 8034 Goliath 1555, from Gath 1661, whose height 1363 was six 8337 cubits 520 and a span 2239.
5 {He had} a bronze 5178 helmet 3553 on his head 7218, and he was clothed 3847 with scale-armor 7193 which weighed 4948 five 2568 thousand 505 shekels 8255 of bronze 5178.
6 {He} also {had} bronze 5178 greaves 4697 on his legs 7272 and a bronze 5178 javelin 3591 {slung} between 996 his shoulders 3802.
7 The shaft 2671 of his spear 2595 was like a weaver's 707 beam 4500, and the head 3852 of his spear 2595 {weighed} six 8337 hundred 3967 shekels 8255 of iron 1270; his shield-carrier also walked 1980 before 6440 him.
8 He stood 5975 and shouted 7121 to the ranks 4634 of Israel 3478 and said 559 to them, "Why 4100 do you come 3318 out to draw 6186 up in battle 4421 array? Am I not the Philistine 6430 and you servants 5650 of Saul 7586? Choose 1262 a man 376 for yourselves and let him come 3381 down 3381 to me.
9 "If 518 he is able 3201 to fight 3898 with me and kill 5221 me, then we will become 1961 your servants 5650; but if 518 I prevail 3201 against him and kill 5221 him, then you shall become 1961 our servants 5650 and serve 5647 us."
10 Again the Philistine 6430 said 559, "I defy 2778 the ranks 4634 of Israel 3478 this 2088 day 3117; give 5414 me a man 376 that we may fight 3898 together 3162."
11 When Saul 7586 and all 3605 Israel 3478 heard 8085 these 428 words 1697 of the Philistine 6430, they were dismayed 2865 and greatly 3966 afraid 3372.
12 ¶ Now David 1732 was the son 1121 of the Ephrathite 673 of Bethlehem 1035 in Judah 3063, whose name 8034 was Jesse 3448, and he had eight 8083 sons 1121. And Jesse was old 2204 in the days 3117 of Saul 7586, advanced 935 {in years} among men 376.
13 The three 7969 older 1419 sons 1121 of Jesse 3448 had gone 1980 after 310 Saul 7586 to the battle 4421. And the names 8034 of his three 7969 sons 1121 who 834 went 1980 to the battle 4421 were Eliab 446 the firstborn 1060, and the second 4932 to him Abinadab 41, and the third 7992 Shammah 8048.
14 David 1732 was the youngest 6996. Now the three 7969 oldest 1419 followed Saul 7586,
15 but David 1732 went back 7725 and forth from Saul 7586 to tend 7462 his father's 1 flock 6629 at Bethlehem 1035.
16 The Philistine 6430 came 5066 forward 5066 morning 7925 and evening 6150 for forty 705 days 3117 and took 3320 his stand 3320.
17 ¶ Then Jesse 3448 said 559 to David 1732 his son 1121, "Take 3947 now 4994 for your brothers 251 an ephah 374 of this 2088 roasted 7039 grain 7039 and these 2088 ten 6235 loaves 3899 and run 7323 to the camp 4264 to your brothers 251.
18 "Bring 935 also these 428 ten 6235 cuts 2757 of cheese 2461 to the commander 8269 of {their} thousand 505, and look 6485 into the welfare 7965 of your brothers 251, and bring 3947 back news 6161 of them.
19 "For Saul 7586 and they and all 3605 the men 376 of Israel 3478 are in the valley 6010 of Elah 424, fighting 3898 with the Philistines 6430."
20

David Accepts the Challenge

¶ So David 1732 arose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 and left 5203 the flock 6629 with a keeper 8104 and took 5375 {the supplies} and went 1980 as Jesse 3448 had commanded 6680 him. And he came 935 to the circle 4570 of the camp 4570 while the army 2428 was going 3318 out in battle 4634 array 4634 shouting 7321 the war 4421 cry 7321.
21 Israel 3478 and the Philistines 6430 drew 6186 up in battle 6186 array, army 4634 against 7122 army 4634.
22 Then David 1732 left 5203 his baggage 3627 in the care 3027 of the baggage 3627 keeper 8104, and ran 7323 to the battle 4634 line 4634 and entered 935 in order to greet his brothers 251.
23 As he was talking 1696 with them, behold 2009, the champion, the Philistine 6430 from Gath 1661 named 8034 Goliath 1555, was coming 5927 up from the army 4634 of the Philistines 6430, and he spoke 1696 these 428 same 428 words 1697; and David 1732 heard 8085 {them.}
24 ¶ When all 3605 the men 376 of Israel 3478 saw 7200 the man 376, they fled 5127 from him and were greatly 3966 afraid 3372.
25 The men 376 of Israel 3478 said 559, "Have you seen 7200 this 2088 man 376 who is coming 5927 up? Surely 3588 he is coming 5927 up to defy 2778 Israel 3478. And it will be that the king 4428 will enrich 6238 the man 376 who 834 kills 5221 him with great 1419 riches 6239 and will give 5414 him his daughter 1323 and make 6213 his father's 1 house 1004 free 2670 in Israel 3478."
26 ¶ Then David 1732 spoke 559 to the men 376 who were standing 5975 by him, saying 559, "What 4100 will be done 6213 for the man 376 who 834 kills 5221 this 1975 Philistine 6430 and takes 5493 away 5493 the reproach 2781 from Israel 3478? For who 4310 is this 2088 uncircumcised 6189 Philistine 6430, that he should taunt 2778 the armies 4634 of the living 2416 God 430?"
27 The people 5971 answered 559 him in accord with this 2088 word 1697, saying 559, "Thus 3541 it will be done 6213 for the man 376 who 834 kills 5221 him."
28 ¶ Now Eliab 446 his oldest 1419 brother 251 heard 8085 when he spoke 1696 to the men 376; and Eliab's 446 anger 639 burned 2734 against David 1732 and he said 559, "Why 4100 have you come 3381 down 3381? And with whom 4310 have you left 5203 those 2007 few 4592 sheep 6629 in the wilderness 4057? I know 3045 your insolence 2087 and the wickedness 7455 of your heart 3824; for you have come 3381 down 3381 in order 4616 to see 7200 the battle 4421."
29 But David 1732 said 559, "What 4100 have I done 6213 now 6258? Was it not just a question 1697?"
30 Then he turned 5437 away from him to another 312 and said 559 the same 2088 thing 1697; and the people 5971 answered 7725 the same 1697 thing 1697 as before 7223.
31

David Kills Goliath

¶ When the words 1697 which 834 David 1732 spoke 1696 were heard 8085, they told 5046 {them} to Saul 7586, and he sent 3947 for him.
32 David 1732 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Let no 408 man's 120 heart 3820 fail 5307 on account 5921 of him; your servant 5650 will go 1980 and fight 3898 with this 2088 Philistine 6430."
33 Then Saul 7586 said 559 to David 1732, "You are not able 3201 to go 1980 against 413 this 2088 Philistine 6430 to fight 3898 with him; for you are {but} a youth 5271 while he has been a warrior 4421 from his youth 5271."
34 But David 1732 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Your servant 5650 was tending 7462 his father's 1 sheep 6629. When a lion 738 or a bear 1677 came 935 and took 5375 a lamb 7716 from the flock 5739,
35 I went 3318 out after 310 him and attacked 5221 him, and rescued 5337 {it} from his mouth 6310; and when he rose 6965 up against 5921 me, I seized 2388 {him} by his beard 2206 and struck 5221 him and killed 4191 him.
36 "Your servant 5650 has killed 5221 both 1571 the lion 738 and the bear 1677; and this 2088 uncircumcised 6189 Philistine 6430 will be like one 259 of them, since 3588 he has taunted 2778 the armies 4634 of the living 2416 God 430."
37 And David 1732 said 559, "The LORD 3068 who 834 delivered 5337 me from the paw 3027 of the lion 738 and from the paw 3027 of the bear 1677, He will deliver 5337 me from the hand 3027 of this 2088 Philistine 6430." And Saul 7586 said 559 to David 1732, "Go 1980, and may the LORD 3068 be with you."
38 Then Saul 7586 clothed 3847 David 1732 with his garments 4055 and put 5414 a bronze 5178 helmet 6959 on his head 7218, and he clothed 3847 him with armor 8302.
39 David 1732 girded 2296 his sword 2719 over his armor 4055 and tried 2974 to walk 1980, for he had not tested 5254 {them.} So David 1732 said 559 to Saul 7586, "I cannot go 1980 with these 428, for I have not tested 5254 {them.}" And David 1732 took 5493 them off.
40 He took 3947 his stick 4731 in his hand 3027 and chose 977 for himself five 2568 smooth 2512 stones 68 from the brook 5158, and put 7760 them in the shepherd's 7462 bag 3627 which 834 he had, even in {his} pouch 3219, and his sling 7050 was in his hand 3027; and he approached 5066 the Philistine 6430.
41 ¶ Then the Philistine 6430 came 1980 on and approached 7126 David 1732, with the shield-bearer in front 6440 of him.
42 When the Philistine 6430 looked 5027 and saw 7200 David 1732, he disdained 959 him; for he was {but} a youth 5288, and ruddy 132, with a handsome 3303 appearance 4758.
43 The Philistine 6430 said 559 to David 1732, "Am I a dog 3611, that you come 935 to me with sticks 4731?" And the Philistine 6430 cursed 7043 David 1732 by his gods 430.
44 The Philistine 6430 also said 559 to David 1732, "Come 1980 to me, and I will give 5414 your flesh 1320 to the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and the beasts 929 of the field 7704."
45 Then David 1732 said 559 to the Philistine 6430, "You come 935 to me with a sword 2719, a spear 2595, and a javelin 3591, but I come 935 to you in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of the armies 4634 of Israel 3478, whom 834 you have taunted 2778.
46 "This 2088 day 3117 the LORD 3068 will deliver 5462 you up into my hands 3027, and I will strike 5221 you down 5221 and remove 5493 your head 7218 from you. And I will give 5414 the dead 6297 bodies 6297 of the army 4264 of the Philistines 6430 this 2088 day 3117 to the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and the wild 2421 beasts 2421 of the earth 776, that all 3605 the earth 776 may know 3045 that there 3426 is a God 430 in Israel 3478,
47 and that all 3605 this 2088 assembly 6951 may know 3045 that the LORD 3068 does not deliver 3467 by sword 2719 or by spear 2595; for the battle 4421 is the LORD'S 3068 and He will give 5414 you into our hands 3027."
48 ¶ Then it happened 1961 when 3588 the Philistine 6430 rose 6965 and came 1980 and drew 7126 near 7126 to meet 7122 David 1732, that David 1732 ran 7323 quickly 4116 toward the battle 4634 line 4634 to meet 7122 the Philistine 6430.
49 And David 1732 put 7971 his hand 3027 into his bag 3627 and took 3947 from it a stone 68 and slung 7049 {it,} and struck 5221 the Philistine 6430 on his forehead 4696. And the stone 68 sank 2883 into his forehead 4696, so that he fell 5307 on his face 6440 to the ground 776.
50 ¶ Thus David 1732 prevailed 2388 over 4480 the Philistine 6430 with a sling 7050 and a stone 68, and he struck 5221 the Philistine 6430 and killed 4191 him; but there 369 was no 369 sword 2719 in David's 1732 hand 3027.
51 Then David 1732 ran 7323 and stood 5975 over 413 the Philistine 6430 and took 3947 his sword 2719 and drew 8025 it out of its sheath 8593 and killed 4191 him, and cut 3772 off 3772 his head 7218 with it. When the Philistines 6430 saw 7200 that their champion 1368 was dead 4191, they fled 5127.
52 The men 376 of Israel 3478 and Judah 3063 arose 6965 and shouted 7321 and pursued 7291 the Philistines 6430 as far 5704 as the valley 1516, and to the gates 8179 of Ekron 6138. And the slain 2491 Philistines 6430 lay 5307 along the way 1870 to Shaaraim 8189, even to Gath 1661 and Ekron 6138.
53 The sons 1121 of Israel 3478 returned 7725 from chasing 1814 the Philistines 6430 and plundered 8155 their camps 4264.
54 Then David 1732 took 3947 the Philistine's 6430 head 7218 and brought 935 it to Jerusalem 3389, but he put 7760 his weapons 3627 in his tent 168.
55 ¶ Now when Saul 7586 saw 7200 David 1732 going 3318 out against 7122 the Philistine 6430, he said 559 to Abner 74 the commander 8269 of the army 6635, "Abner 74, whose 4310 son 1121 is this 2088 young 5288 man 5288?" And Abner 74 said 559, "By your life 5315, O king 4428, I do not know 3045."
56 The king 4428 said 559, "You inquire 7592 whose 4310 son 1121 the youth 5958 is."
57 So when David 1732 returned 7725 from killing 5221 the Philistine 6430, Abner 74 took 3947 him and brought 935 him before 6440 Saul 7586 with the Philistine's 6430 head 7218 in his hand 3027.
58 Saul 7586 said 559 to him, "Whose 4310 son 1121 are you, young 5288 man 5288?" And David 1732 answered 559, "{I am} the son 1121 of your servant 5650 Jesse 3448 the Bethlehemite 1022."

## Chapter 18

1

Jonathan and David

Now it came 1961 about when he had finished 3615 speaking 1696 to Saul 7586, that the soul 5315 of Jonathan 3083 was knit 7194 to the soul 5315 of David 1732, and Jonathan 3083 loved 157 him as himself 5315.
2 Saul 7586 took 3947 him that day 3117 and did not let 5414 him return 7725 to his father's 1 house 1004.
3 Then Jonathan 3083 made 3772 a covenant 1285 with David 1732 because he loved 157 him as himself 5315.
4 Jonathan 3083 stripped 6584 himself of the robe 4598 that was on him and gave 5414 it to David 1732, with his armor 4055, including 5704 his sword 2719 and his bow 7198 and his belt 2290.
5 So David 1732 went 3318 out wherever Saul 7586 sent 7971 him, {and} prospered 7919; and Saul 7586 set 7760 him over 5921 the men 376 of war 4421. And it was pleasing 3190 in the sight 5869 of all 3605 the people 5971 and also 1571 in the sight 5869 of Saul's 7586 servants 5650.
6 ¶ It happened 1961 as they were coming 935, when David 1732 returned 7725 from killing 5221 the Philistine 6430, that the women 802 came 3318 out of all 3605 the cities 5892 of Israel 3478, singing 7891 and dancing 4246, to meet 7122 King 4428 Saul 7586, with tambourines 8596, with joy 8057 and with musical 7991 instruments 7991.
7 The women 802 sang 6031 as they played 7832, and said 559, "Saul 7586 has slain 5221 his thousands 505, And David 1732 his ten 7233 thousands 7233."
8 Then Saul 7586 became 2734 very 3966 angry 2734, for this 2088 saying 1697 displeased him; and he said 559, "They have ascribed 5414 to David 1732 ten 7233 thousands 7233, but to me they have ascribed 5414 thousands 505. Now what more 5750 can he have but the kingdom 4410?"
9 Saul 7586 looked 5870 at David 1732 with suspicion 5870 from that day 3117 on.
10

Saul Turns against David

¶ Now it came 1961 about on the next 4283 day 4283 that an evil 7451 spirit 7307 from God 430 came 6743 mightily 6743 upon Saul 7586, and he raved 5012 in the midst 8432 of the house 1004, while David 1732 was playing 5059 {the harp} with his hand 3027, as usual 3117; and a spear 2595 {was} in Saul's 7586 hand 3027.
11 Saul 7586 hurled 2904 the spear 2595 for he thought 559, "I will pin 5221 David 1732 to the wall 7023." But David 1732 escaped 5437 from his presence 6440 twice 6471.
12 ¶ Now Saul 7586 was afraid 3372 of David 1732, for the LORD 3068 was with him but had departed 5493 from Saul 7586.
13 Therefore Saul 7586 removed 5493 him from his presence 5973 and appointed 7760 him as his commander 8269 of a thousand 505; and he went 3318 out and came 935 in before 6440 the people 5971.
14 David 1732 was prospering 7919 in all 3605 his ways 1870 for the LORD 3068 {was} with him.
15 When Saul 7586 saw 7200 that he was prospering 7919 greatly 3966, he dreaded 1481 him.
16 But all 3605 Israel 3478 and Judah 3063 loved 157 David 1732, and he went 3318 out and came 935 in before 6440 them.
17 ¶ Then Saul 7586 said 559 to David 1732, "Here 2009 is my older 1419 daughter 1323 Merab 4764; I will give 5414 her to you as a wife 802, only 389 be a valiant 2428 man 1121 for me and fight 3898 the LORD'S 3068 battles 4421." For Saul 7586 thought 559, "My hand 3027 shall not be against him, but let the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430 be against him."
18 But David 1732 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Who 4310 am I, and what 4310 is my life 2416 {or} my father's 1 family 4940 in Israel 3478, that I should be the king's 4428 son-in-law 2860?"
19 So it came 1961 about at the time 6256 when Merab 4764, Saul's 7586 daughter 1323, should have been given 5414 to David 1732, that she was given 5414 to Adriel 5741 the Meholathite 4259 for a wife 802.
20

David Marries Saul's Daughter

¶ Now Michal 4324, Saul's 7586 daughter 1323, loved 157 David 1732. When they told 5046 Saul 7586, the thing 1697 was agreeable 3474 to him.
21 Saul 7586 thought 559, "I will give 5414 her to him that she may become 1961 a snare 4170 to him, and that the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430 may be against him." Therefore Saul 7586 said 559 to David 1732, "For a second 8147 time 8147 you may be my son-in-law 2859 today 3117."
22 Then Saul 7586 commanded 6680 his servants 5650, "Speak 1696 to David 1732 secretly 3909, saying 559, 'Behold 2009, the king 4428 delights 2654 in you, and all 3605 his servants 5650 love 157 you; now 6258 therefore, become 2859 the king's 4428 son-in-law 2859.'"
23 So Saul's 7586 servants 5650 spoke 1696 these 428 words 1697 to David 1732. But David 1732 said 559, "Is it trivial 7043 in your sight 5869 to become 2859 the king's 4428 son-in-law 2859, since I am 7326 a poor 7326 man 376 and lightly 7034 esteemed 7034?"
24 The servants 5650 of Saul 7586 reported 5046 to him according to these 428 words 1697 {which} David 1732 spoke 1696.
25 Saul 7586 then said 559, "Thus 3541 you shall say 559 to David 1732, 'The king 4428 does not desire 2656 any dowry 4119 except 3588 a hundred 3967 foreskins 6190 of the Philistines 6430, to take 5358 vengeance 5358 on the king's 4428 enemies 340.'" Now Saul 7586 planned 2803 to make David 1732 fall 5307 by the hand 3027 of the Philistines 6430.
26 When his servants 5650 told 5046 David 1732 these 428 words 1697, it pleased David 1732 to become 2859 the king's 4428 son-in-law 2859. Before the days 3117 had expired 4390
27 David 1732 rose 6965 up and went 1980, he and his men 376, and struck 5221 down 5221 two hundred 3967 men 376 among the Philistines 6430. Then David 1732 brought 935 their foreskins 6190, and they gave 4390 them in full 4390 number to the king 4428, that he might become 2859 the king's 4428 son-in-law 2859. So Saul 7586 gave 5414 him Michal 4324 his daughter 1323 for a wife 802.
28 When Saul 7586 saw 7200 and knew 3045 that the LORD 3068 was with David 1732, and {that} Michal 4324, Saul's 7586 daughter 1323, loved 157 him,
29 then Saul 7586 was even 3254 more afraid 3372 of David 1732. Thus Saul 7586 was David's 1732 enemy 340 continually.
30 ¶ Then the commanders 8269 of the Philistines 6430 went 3318 out {to battle,} and it happened 1961 as often 1767 as they went 3318 out, that David 1732 behaved 7919 himself more 4480 wisely 7919 than 4480 all 3605 the servants 5650 of Saul 7586. So his name 8034 was highly 3966 esteemed 3365.

## Chapter 19

1

David Protected from Saul

Now Saul 7586 told 1696 Jonathan 3083 his son 1121 and all 3605 his servants 5650 to put 4191 David 1732 to death 4191. But Jonathan 3083, Saul's 7586 son 1121, greatly 3966 delighted 2654 in David 1732.
2 So Jonathan 3083 told 5046 David 1732 saying 559, "Saul 7586 my father 1 is seeking 1245 to put 4191 you to death 4191. Now 6258 therefore, please 4994 be on guard 8104 in the morning 1242, and stay 3427 in a secret 5643 place 5643 and hide 2244 yourself.
3 "I will go 3318 out and stand 5975 beside 3027 my father 1 in the field 7704 where you are, and I will speak 1696 with my father 1 about you; if I find 7200 out anything 4100, then I will tell 5046 you."
4 Then Jonathan 3083 spoke 1696 well 2896 of David 1732 to Saul 7586 his father 1 and said 559 to him, "Do not let the king 4428 sin 2398 against his servant 5650 David 1732, since 3588 he has not sinned 2398 against you, and since 3588 his deeds 4639 {have been} very 3966 beneficial 2896 to you.
5 "For he took 7760 his life 5315 in his hand 3709 and struck 5221 the Philistine 6430, and the LORD 3068 brought 6213 about 6213 a great 1419 deliverance 8668 for all 3605 Israel 3478; you saw 7200 {it} and rejoiced 8055. Why 4100 then will you sin 2398 against innocent 5355 blood 1818 by putting 4191 David 1732 to death 4191 without 2600 a cause 2600?"
6 Saul 7586 listened 8085 to the voice 6963 of Jonathan 3083, and Saul 7586 vowed 7650, "As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, he shall not be put 4191 to death 4191."
7 Then Jonathan 3083 called 7121 David 1732, and Jonathan 3083 told 5046 him all 3605 these 428 words 1697. And Jonathan 3083 brought 935 David 1732 to Saul 7586, and he was in his presence 6440 as formerly.
8 ¶ When there was war 4421 again 3254, David 1732 went 3318 out and fought 3898 with the Philistines 6430 and defeated 5221 them with great 1419 slaughter 4347, so that they fled 5127 before him.
9 Now there was an evil 7451 spirit 7307 from the LORD 3068 on Saul 7586 as he was sitting 3427 in his house 1004 with his spear 2595 in his hand 3027, and David 1732 was playing 5059 {the harp} with {his} hand 3027.
10 Saul 7586 tried 1245 to pin 5221 David 1732 to the wall 7023 with the spear 2595, but he slipped 6362 away 6362 out of Saul's 7586 presence 6440, so that he stuck 5221 the spear 2595 into the wall 7023. And David 1732 fled 5127 and escaped 4422 that night 3915.
11 ¶ Then Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 to David's 1732 house 1004 to watch 8104 him, in order to put 4191 him to death 4191 in the morning 1242. But Michal 4324, David's 1732 wife 802, told 5046 him, saying 559, "If 518 you do not save 4422 your life 5315 tonight 3915, tomorrow 4279 you will be put 4191 to death 4191."
12 So Michal 4324 let 3381 David 1732 down 3381 through 1157 a window 2474, and he went 1980 out and fled 1272 and escaped 4422.
13 Michal 4324 took 3947 the household 8655 idol 8655 and laid 7760 {it} on the bed 4296, and put 7760 a quilt 3523 of goats' 5795 {hair} at its head 4763, and covered 3680 {it} with clothes 899.
14 When Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 to take 3947 David 1732, she said 559, "He is sick 2470."
15 Then Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 to see 7200 David 1732, saying 559, "Bring 5927 him up to me on his bed 4296, that I may put 4191 him to death 4191."
16 When the messengers 4397 entered 935, behold 2009, the household 8655 idol 8655 {was} on the bed 4296 with the quilt 3523 of goats' 5795 {hair} at its head 4763.
17 So Saul 7586 said 559 to Michal 4324, "Why 4100 have you deceived 7411 me like 3602 this 3602 and let 7971 my enemy 340 go 7971, so that he has escaped 4422?" And Michal 4324 said 559 to Saul 7586, "He said 559 to me, 'Let 7971 me go 7971! Why 4100 should I put 4191 you to death 4191?'"
18 ¶ Now David 1732 fled 1272 and escaped 4422 and came 935 to Samuel 8050 at Ramah 7414, and told 5046 him all 3605 that Saul 7586 had done 6213 to him. And he and Samuel 8050 went 1980 and stayed 3427 in Naioth 5121.
19 It was told 5046 Saul 7586, saying 559, "Behold 2009, David 1732 is at Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414."
20 Then Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 to take 3947 David 1732, but when they saw 7200 the company 3862 of the prophets 5030 prophesying 5012, with Samuel 8050 standing 5975 {and} presiding 5324 over 5921 them, the Spirit 7307 of God 430 came 1961 upon the messengers 4397 of Saul 7586; and they also 1571 prophesied 5012.
21 When it was told 5046 Saul 7586, he sent 7971 other 312 messengers 4397, and they also 1571 prophesied 5012. So Saul 7586 sent 7971 messengers 4397 again 3254 the third 7992 time 7992, and they also 1571 prophesied 5012.
22 Then he himself 1931 went 1980 to Ramah 7414 and came 935 as far 5704 as the large 1419 well 953 that is in Secu 7906; and he asked 7592 and said 559, "Where 375 are Samuel 8050 and David 1732?" And {someone} said 559, "Behold 2009, they are at Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414."
23 He proceeded 1980 there 8033 to Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414; and the Spirit 7307 of God 430 came 1961 upon him also 1571, so that he went 1980 along prophesying 5012 continually 1980 until 5704 he came 935 to Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414.
24 He also 1571 stripped 6584 off 6584 his clothes 899, and he too 1571 prophesied 5012 before 6440 Samuel 8050 and lay 5307 down 5307 naked 6174 all 3605 that day 3117 and all 3605 that night 3915. Therefore they say 559, "Is Saul 7586 also 1571 among the prophets 5030?"

## Chapter 20

1

David and Jonathan Covenant

Then David 1732 fled 1272 from Naioth 5121 in Ramah 7414, and came 935 and said 559 to Jonathan 3083, "What 4100 have I done 6213? What 4100 is my iniquity 5771? And what 4100 is my sin 2403 before 6440 your father 1, that he is seeking 1245 my life 5315?"
2 He said 559 to him, "Far 2486 from it, you shall not die 4191. Behold 2009, my father 1 does 6213 nothing either great 1419 or 176 small 6996 without 3808 disclosing 1540 it to me. So why 4069 should my father 1 hide 5641 this 2088 thing 1697 from me? It is not so 2088!"
3 Yet David 1732 vowed 7650 again 5750, saying 559, "Your father 1 knows 3045 well 3045 that I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, and he has said 559, 'Do not let Jonathan 3083 know 3045 this 2088, or 6435 he will be grieved 6087.' But truly 199 as the LORD 3068 lives 2416 and as your soul 5315 lives 2416, there is hardly a step 6587 between 996 me and death 4194."
4 Then Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, "Whatever 4100 you say 559, I will do 6213 for you."
5 So David 1732 said 559 to Jonathan 3083, "Behold 2009, tomorrow 4279 is the new 2320 moon 2320, and I ought to sit 3427 down 3427 to eat 398 with the king 4428. But let 7971 me go 7971, that I may hide 5641 myself in the field 7704 until 5704 the third 7992 evening 6153.
6 "If 518 your father 1 misses 6485 me at all 6485, then say 559, 'David 1732 earnestly 7592 asked 7592 {leave} of me to run 7323 to Bethlehem 1035 his city 5892, because 3588 it is the yearly 3117 sacrifice 2077 there 8033 for the whole 3605 family 4940.'
7 "If 518 he says 559, 'It is good 2896,' your servant 5650 {will be} safe 7965; but if 518 he is very 2734 angry 2734, know 3045 that he has decided 3615 on evil 7463.
8 "Therefore deal 6213 kindly 2617 with your servant 5650, for you have brought 935 your servant 5650 into a covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 with you. But if 518 there 3426 is iniquity 5771 in me, put 4191 me to death 4191 yourself 859; for why 4100 then 2088 should you bring 935 me to your father 1?"
9 Jonathan 3083 said 559, "Far 2486 be it from you! For if 518 I should indeed 3045 learn 3045 that evil 7463 has been decided 3615 by my father 1 to come 935 upon you, then would I not tell 5046 you about it?"
10 Then David 1732 said 559 to Jonathan 3083, "Who 4310 will tell 5046 me if your father 1 answers 6030 you harshly 7186?"
11 Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, "Come 1980, and let us go 3318 out into the field 7704." So both 8147 of them went 3318 out to the field 7704.
12 ¶ Then Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, "The LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, {be witness!} When 3588 I have sounded 2713 out my father 1 about this time 6256 tomorrow 4279, {or} the third 7992 day, behold 2009, if there is good 2895 {feeling} toward 413 David 1732, shall I not then 227 send 7971 to you and make 1540 it known to you?
13 "If 3588 it please 3190 my father 1 {to do} you harm 7463, may the LORD 3068 do 6213 so 3541 to Jonathan 3083 and more 3254 also 3254, if I do not make 1540 it known to you and send 7971 you away 7971, that you may go 1980 in safety 7965. And may the LORD 3068 be with you as He has been 1961 with my father 1.
14 "If 518 I am still 5750 alive 2416, will you not show 6213 me the lovingkindness 2617 of the LORD 3068, that I may not die 4191?
15 "You shall not cut 3772 off 3772 your lovingkindness 2617 from my house 1004 forever, not even when the LORD 3068 cuts 3772 off 3772 every 376 one 376 of the enemies 340 of David 1732 from the face 6440 of the earth 127."
16 So Jonathan 3083 made 3772 a {covenant} with the house 1004 of David 1732, {saying,} "May the LORD 3068 require 1245 {it} at the hands 3027 of David's 1732 enemies 340."
17 Jonathan 3083 made David 1732 vow 7650 again 3254 because of his love 160 for him, because 3588 he loved 157 him as he loved 157 his own life 5315.
18 ¶ Then Jonathan 3083 said 559 to him, "Tomorrow 4279 is the new 2320 moon 2320, and you will be missed 6485 because 3588 your seat 4186 will be empty 6485.
19 "When you have stayed 8027 for three 8027 days 8027, you shall go 3381 down 3381 quickly 3966 and come 935 to the place 4725 where you hid 5641 yourself on that eventful 4639 day 3117, and you shall remain 3427 by the stone 68 Ezel 237.
20 "I will shoot 3384 three 7969 arrows 2671 to the side 6654, as though I shot 7971 at a target 4307.
21 "And behold 2009, I will send 7971 the lad 5288, {saying,} 'Go 1980, find 4672 the arrows 2671.' If 518 I specifically 559 say 559 to the lad 5288, 'Behold 2009, the arrows 2671 are on this 2008 side 2008 of you, get 3947 them,' then come 935; for there is safety 7965 for you and no 369 harm 1697, as the LORD 3068 lives 2416.
22 "But if 518 I say 559 to the youth 5958, 'Behold 2009, the arrows 2671 are beyond you,' go 1980, for the LORD 3068 has sent 7971 you away 7971.
23 "As for the agreement 1697 of which 834 you and I have spoken 1696, behold 2009, the LORD 3068 is between 996 you and me forever."
24 ¶ So David 1732 hid 5641 in the field 7704; and when the new 2320 moon 2320 came 1961, the king 4428 sat 3427 down 3427 to eat 398 food 3899.
25 The king 4428 sat 3427 on his seat 4186 as usual 6471, the seat 4186 by the wall 7023; then Jonathan 3083 rose 6965 up and Abner 74 sat 3427 down 3427 by Saul's 7586 side 6654, but David's 1732 place 4725 was empty 6485.
26 Nevertheless Saul 7586 did not speak 1696 anything 3972 that day 3117, for he thought 559, "It is an accident 4745, he is not clean 2889, surely 3588 {he is} not clean 2889."
27 It came 1961 about the next 4283 day 4283, the second 8145 {day} of the new 2320 moon 2320, that David's 1732 place 4725 was empty 6485; so Saul 7586 said 559 to Jonathan 3083 his son 1121, "Why 4069 has the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 not come 935 to the meal 3899, either 1571 yesterday 8543 or 1571 today 3117?"
28 Jonathan 3083 then answered 6030 Saul 7586, "David 1732 earnestly 7592 asked 7592 leave 7592 of me {to go} to Bethlehem 1035,
29 for he said 559, 'Please 4994 let 7971 me go 7971, since 3588 our family 4940 has a sacrifice 2077 in the city 5892, and my brother 251 has commanded 6680 me to attend. And now 6258, if 518 I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, please 4994 let me get 4422 away 4422 that I may see 7200 my brothers 251.' For this 3651 reason he has not come 935 to the king's 4428 table 7979."
30

Saul Is Angry with Jonathan

¶ Then Saul's 7586 anger 639 burned 2734 against Jonathan 3083 and he said 559 to him, "You son 1121 of a perverse 5753, rebellious 4780 woman! Do I not know 3045 that you are choosing 977 the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 to your own shame 1322 and to the shame 1322 of your mother's 517 nakedness 6172?
31 "For as long as the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 lives 2421 on the earth 127, neither 3808 you nor 3808 your kingdom 4438 will be established 3559. Therefore now 6258, send 7971 and bring 3947 him to me, for he must 1121 surely 1121 die 4194."
32 But Jonathan 3083 answered 6030 Saul 7586 his father 1 and said 559 to him, "Why 4100 should he be put 4191 to death 4191? What 4100 has he done 6213?"
33 Then Saul 7586 hurled 2904 his spear 2595 at him to strike 5221 him down 5221; so Jonathan 3083 knew 3045 that his father 1 had decided 3615 to put 4191 David 1732 to death 4191.
34 Then Jonathan 3083 arose 6965 from the table 7979 in fierce 2750 anger 639, and did not eat 398 food 3899 on the second 8145 day 3117 of the new 2320 moon 2320, for he was grieved 6087 over 413 David 1732 because 3588 his father 1 had dishonored 3637 him.
35 ¶ Now it came 1961 about in the morning 1242 that Jonathan 3083 went 3318 out into the field 7704 for the appointment 4150 with David 1732, and a little 6996 lad 5288 {was} with him.
36 He said 559 to his lad 5288, "Run 7323, find 4672 now 4994 the arrows 2671 which 834 I am about to shoot 3384." As the lad 5288 was running 7323, he shot 3384 an arrow 2678 past 5674 him.
37 When the lad 5288 reached 935 the place 4725 of the arrow 2678 which 834 Jonathan 3083 had shot 3384, Jonathan 3083 called 7121 after 310 the lad 5288 and said 559, "Is not the arrow 2678 beyond you?"
38 And Jonathan 3083 called 7121 after 310 the lad 5288, "Hurry 4120, be quick 2363, do not stay 5975!" And Jonathan's 3083 lad 5288 picked 3950 up the arrow 2678 and came 935 to his master 113.
39 But the lad 5288 was not aware 3045 of anything 3972; only 389 Jonathan 3083 and David 1732 knew 3045 about the matter 1697.
40 Then Jonathan 3083 gave 5414 his weapons 3627 to his lad 5288 and said 559 to him, "Go 1980, bring 935 {them} to the city 5892."
41 When the lad 5288 was gone 935, David 1732 rose 6965 from the south 5045 side 681 and fell 5307 on his face 639 to the ground 776, and bowed 7812 three 7969 times 6471. And they kissed 5401 each 376 other 7453 and wept 1058 together, but David 1732 {wept} the more 1431.
42 Jonathan 3083 said 559 to David 1732, "Go 1980 in safety 7965, inasmuch 834 as we have sworn 7650 to each 8147 other 8147 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, saying 559, 'The LORD 3068 will be between 996 me and you, and between 996 my descendants 2233 and your descendants 2233 forever.'" Then he rose 6965 and departed 1980, while Jonathan 3083 went 935 into the city 5892.

## Chapter 21

1

David Takes Consecrated Bread

Then David 1732 came 935 to Nob 5011 to Ahimelech 288 the priest 3548; and Ahimelech 288 came 2729 trembling 2729 to meet 7122 David 1732 and said 559 to him, "Why 4069 are you alone 905 and no 369 one 376 with you?"
2 David 1732 said 559 to Ahimelech 288 the priest 3548, "The king 4428 has commissioned 6680 me with a matter 1697 and has said 559 to me, 'Let no 408 one 376 know 3045 anything 3972 about the matter 1697 on which 834 I am sending 7971 you and with which 834 I have commissioned 6680 you; and I have directed 3045 the young 5288 men 5288 to a certain place 4725.'
3 "Now 6258 therefore, what 4100 do you have 3426 on hand 3027? Give 5414 me five 2568 loaves of bread 3899, or 176 whatever can be found 4672."
4 The priest 3548 answered 6030 David 1732 and said 559, "There 369 is no 369 ordinary 2455 bread 3899 on hand 3027, but there 3426 is consecrated 6944 bread 3899; if 518 only 389 the young 5288 men 5288 have kept 8104 themselves from women 802."
5 David 1732 answered 6030 the priest 3548 and said 559 to him, "Surely women 802 have been kept 6113 from us as previously when I set 3318 out and the vessels 3627 of the young 5288 men 5288 were holy 6944, though it was an ordinary 2455 journey 1870; how 637 much more then today 3117 will their vessels 3627 {be holy?}"
6 So the priest 3548 gave 5414 him consecrated 6944 {bread;} for there was no 3808 bread 3899 there 8033 but the bread 3899 of the Presence 6440 which was removed 5493 from before 6440 the LORD 3068, in order to put 7760 hot 2527 bread 3899 {in its place} when 3117 it was taken 3947 away.
7 ¶ Now one 376 of the servants 5650 of Saul 7586 was there 8033 that day 3117, detained 6113 before 6440 the LORD 3068; and his name 8034 was Doeg 1673 the Edomite 130, the chief 47 of Saul's 7586 shepherds 7462.
8 ¶ David 1732 said 559 to Ahimelech 288, "Now is there 3426 not a spear 2595 or 176 a sword 2719 on hand 3027? For I brought 3947 neither my sword 2719 nor 1571 my weapons 3627 with me, because 3588 the king's 4428 matter 1697 was urgent 5169."
9 Then the priest 3548 said 559, "The sword 2719 of Goliath 1555 the Philistine 6430, whom 834 you killed 5221 in the valley 6010 of Elah 424, behold 2009, it is wrapped 3874 in a cloth 8071 behind 310 the ephod 646; if 518 you would take 3947 it for yourself, take 3947 {it.} For there 369 is no 369 other 312 except 2108 it here 2088." And David 1732 said 559, "There 369 is none 369 like 3644 it; give 5414 it to me."
10 ¶ Then David 1732 arose 6965 and fled 1272 that day 3117 from Saul 7586, and went 935 to Achish 397 king 4428 of Gath 1661.
11 But the servants 5650 of Achish 397 said 559 to him, "Is this 2088 not David 1732 the king 4428 of the land 776? Did they not sing 6031 of this 2088 one 2088 as they danced 4246, saying 559, 'Saul 7586 has slain 5221 his thousands 505, And David 1732 his ten 7233 thousands 7233'?"
12 David 1732 took 7760 these 428 words 1697 to heart 3824 and greatly 3966 feared 3372 Achish 397 king 4428 of Gath 1661.
13 So he disguised 8132 his sanity 2940 before 5869 them, and acted 1984 insanely 1984 in their hands 3027, and scribbled 8427 on the doors 1817 of the gate 8179, and let his saliva 7388 run 3381 down 3381 into his beard 2206.
14 Then Achish 397 said 559 to his servants 5650, "Behold 2009, you see 7200 the man 376 behaving 7696 as a madman 7696. Why 4100 do you bring 935 him to me?
15 "Do I lack 2638 madmen 7696, that you have brought 935 this 2088 one 2088 to act 7696 the madman 7696 in my presence 5921? Shall this 2088 one 2088 come 935 into my house 1004?"

## Chapter 22

1

The Priests Slain at Nob

So David 1732 departed 1980 from there 8033 and escaped 4422 to the cave 4631 of Adullam 5725; and when his brothers 251 and all 3605 his father's 1 household 1004 heard 8085 {of it,} they went 3381 down 3381 there 8033 to him.
2 Everyone 3605 who was in distress 4689, and everyone 3605 who 834 was in debt 5377, and everyone 3605 who was discontented gathered 6908 to him; and he became 1961 captain 8269 over 5921 them. Now there were about four 702 hundred 3967 men 376 with him.
3 ¶ And David 1732 went 1980 from there 8033 to Mizpah 4708 of Moab 4124; and he said 559 to the king 4428 of Moab 4124, "Please 4994 let my father 1 and my mother 517 come 3318 {and stay} with you until I know 3045 what 4100 God 430 will do 6213 for me."
4 Then he left 5148 them with the king 4428 of Moab 4124; and they stayed 3427 with him all 3605 the time 3117 that David 1732 was in the stronghold 4686.
5 The prophet 5030 Gad 1410 said 559 to David 1732, "Do not stay 3427 in the stronghold 4686; depart 1980, and go 935 into the land 776 of Judah 3063." So David 1732 departed 1980 and went 935 into the forest 3293 of Hereth 2802.
6 ¶ Then Saul 7586 heard 8085 that David 1732 and the men 376 who 834 were with him had been discovered 3045. Now Saul 7586 was sitting 3427 in Gibeah 1390, under 8478 the tamarisk 815 tree 815 on the height 7413 with his spear 2595 in his hand 3027, and all 3605 his servants 5650 were standing 5324 around 5921 him.
7 Saul 7586 said 559 to his servants 5650 who stood 5324 around 5921 him, "Hear 8085 now 4994, O Benjamites 1145! Will the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 also 1571 give 5414 to all 3605 of you fields 7704 and vineyards 3754? Will he make 7760 you all 3605 commanders 8269 of thousands 505 and commanders 8269 of hundreds 3967?
8 "For all 3605 of you have conspired 7194 against 5921 me so that there 369 is no 369 one 369 who discloses 1540 to me when my son 1121 makes 3772 {a covenant} with the son 1121 of Jesse 3448, and there 369 is none 369 of you who is sorry 2470 for me or discloses 1540 to me that my son 1121 has stirred 6965 up my servant 5650 against 5921 me to lie 693 in ambush 693, as {it is} this 2088 day 3117."
9 Then Doeg 1673 the Edomite 130, who 1931 was standing 5324 by the servants 5650 of Saul 7586, said 559, "I saw 7200 the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 coming 935 to Nob 5011, to Ahimelech 288 the son 1121 of Ahitub 285.
10 "He inquired 7592 of the LORD 3068 for him, gave 5414 him provisions 6720, and gave 5414 him the sword 2719 of Goliath 1555 the Philistine 6430."
11 ¶ Then the king 4428 sent 7971 someone to summon 7121 Ahimelech 288 the priest 3548, the son 1121 of Ahitub 285, and all 3605 his father's 1 household 1004, the priests 3548 who 834 were in Nob 5011; and all 3605 of them came 935 to the king 4428.
12 Saul 7586 said 559, "Listen 8085 now 4994, son 1121 of Ahitub 285." And he answered 559, "Here 2009 I am, my lord 113."
13 Saul 7586 then said 559 to him, "Why 4100 have you and the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 conspired 7194 against 5921 me, in that you have given 5414 him bread 3899 and a sword 2719 and have inquired 7592 of God 430 for him, so that he would rise 6965 up against 413 me by lying 693 in ambush 693 as {it is} this 2088 day 3117?"
14 ¶ Then Ahimelech 288 answered 6030 the king 4428 and said 559, "And who 4310 among all 3605 your servants 5650 is as faithful 539 as David 1732, even the king's 4428 son-in-law 2860, who is captain over 413 your guard 4928, and is honored 3513 in your house 1004?
15 "Did I {just} begin 2490 to inquire 7592 of God 430 for him today 3117? Far 2486 be it from me! Do not let the king 4428 impute 7760 anything 1697 to his servant 5650 {or} to any 3605 of the household 1004 of my father 1, for your servant 5650 knows 3045 nothing 3808 at all of this 2088 whole 3605 affair 1697."
16 But the king 4428 said 559, "You shall surely 4191 die 4191, Ahimelech 288, you and all 3605 your father's 1 household 1004!"
17 And the king 4428 said 559 to the guards 7323 who were attending 5324 him, "Turn 5437 around 5437 and put 4191 the priests 3548 of the LORD 3068 to death 4191, because 3588 their hand 3027 also 1571 is with David 1732 and because 3588 they knew 3045 that he was fleeing 1272 and did not reveal it to me." But the servants 5650 of the king 4428 were not willing 14 to put 7971 forth 7971 their hands 3027 to attack 6293 the priests 3548 of the LORD 3068.
18 Then the king 4428 said 559 to Doeg 1673, "You turn 5437 around 5437 and attack 6293 the priests 3548." And Doeg 1673 the Edomite 130 turned 5437 around 5437 and attacked 6293 the priests 3548, and he killed 4191 that day 3117 eighty-five 8084 men 376 who wore 5375 the linen 906 ephod 646.
19 And he struck 5221 Nob 5011 the city 5892 of the priests 3548 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719, both 4480 men 376 and women 802, children 5768 and infants 3243; also oxen 7794, donkeys 2543, and sheep 7716 {he struck} with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719.
20 ¶ But one 259 son 1121 of Ahimelech 288 the son 1121 of Ahitub 285, named 8034 Abiathar 54, escaped 4422 and fled 1272 after 310 David 1732.
21 Abiathar 54 told 5046 David 1732 that Saul 7586 had killed 2026 the priests 3548 of the LORD 3068.
22 Then David 1732 said 559 to Abiathar 54, "I knew 3045 on that day 3117, when 3588 Doeg 1673 the Edomite 130 was there 8033, that he would surely 5046 tell 5046 Saul 7586. I have brought 5437 about 5437 {the death} of every 3605 person 5315 in your father's 1 household 1004.
23 "Stay 3427 with me; do not be afraid 3372, for he who 834 seeks 1245 my life 5315 seeks 1245 your life 5315, for you are safe 4931 with me."

## Chapter 23

1

David Delivers Keilah

Then they told 5046 David 1732, saying 559, "Behold 2009, the Philistines 6430 are fighting 3898 against Keilah 7084 and are plundering 8154 the threshing 1637 floors 1637."
2 So David 1732 inquired 7592 of the LORD 3068, saying 559, "Shall I go 1980 and attack 5221 these 428 Philistines 6430?" And the LORD 3068 said 559 to David 1732, "Go 1980 and attack 5221 the Philistines 6430 and deliver 3467 Keilah 7084."
3 But David's 1732 men 376 said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, we are afraid 3372 here 6311 in Judah 3063. How 637 much more then if 3588 we go 1980 to Keilah 7084 against 413 the ranks 4634 of the Philistines 6430?"
4 Then David 1732 inquired 7592 of the LORD 3068 once more. And the LORD 3068 answered 6030 him and said 559, "Arise 6965, go 3381 down 3381 to Keilah 7084, for I will give 5414 the Philistines 6430 into your hand 3027."
5 So David 1732 and his men 376 went 1980 to Keilah 7084 and fought 3898 with the Philistines 6430; and he led 5090 away 5090 their livestock 4735 and struck 5221 them with a great 1419 slaughter 4347. Thus David 1732 delivered 3467 the inhabitants 3427 of Keilah 7084.
6 ¶ Now it came 1961 about, when Abiathar 54 the son 1121 of Ahimelech 288 fled 1272 to David 1732 at Keilah 7084, {that} he came 3381 down 3381 {with} an ephod 646 in his hand 3027.
7 When it was told 5046 Saul 7586 that David 1732 had come 935 to Keilah 7084, Saul 7586 said 559, "God 430 has delivered 5235 him into my hand 3027, for he shut 5462 himself in by entering 935 a city 5892 with double gates 1817 and bars 1280."
8 So Saul 7586 summoned 8085 all 3605 the people 5971 for war 4421, to go 3381 down 3381 to Keilah 7084 to besiege 6696 David 1732 and his men 376.
9 Now David 1732 knew 3045 that Saul 7586 was plotting 2790 evil 7463 against 5921 him; so he said 559 to Abiathar 54 the priest 3548, "Bring 5066 the ephod 646 here 5066."
10 Then David 1732 said 559, "O LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, Your servant 5650 has heard 8085 for certain 8085 that Saul 7586 is seeking 1245 to come 935 to Keilah 7084 to destroy 7843 the city 5892 on my account 5668.
11 "Will the men 1167 of Keilah 7084 surrender 5462 me into his hand 3027? Will Saul 7586 come 3381 down 3381 just 3512 as Your servant 5650 has heard 8085? O LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, I pray 4994, tell 5046 Your servant 5650." And the LORD 3068 said 559, "He will come 3381 down 3381."
12 Then David 1732 said 559, "Will the men 1167 of Keilah 7084 surrender 5462 me and my men 376 into the hand 3027 of Saul 7586?" And the LORD 3068 said 559, "They will surrender 5462 you."
13 Then David 1732 and his men 376, about six 8337 hundred 3967, arose 6965 and departed 3318 from Keilah 7084, and they went 1980 wherever 834 they could go 1980. When it was told 5046 Saul 7586 that David 1732 had escaped 4422 from Keilah 7084, he gave 2308 up the pursuit 3318.
14 David 1732 stayed 3427 in the wilderness 4057 in the strongholds 4679, and remained 3427 in the hill 2022 country 2022 in the wilderness 4057 of Ziph 2128. And Saul 7586 sought 1245 him every 3605 day 3117, but God 430 did not deliver 5414 him into his hand 3027.
15

Saul Pursues David

¶ Now David 1732 became 7200 aware 7200 that Saul 7586 had come 3318 out to seek 1245 his life 5315 while David 1732 was in the wilderness 4057 of Ziph 2128 at Horesh 2793.
16 And Jonathan 3083, Saul's 7586 son 1121, arose 6965 and went 1980 to David 1732 at Horesh 2793, and encouraged him in God 430.
17 Thus he said 559 to him, "Do not be afraid 3372, because 3588 the hand 3027 of Saul 7586 my father 1 will not find 4672 you, and you will be king 4427 over 5921 Israel 3478 and I will be next 4932 to you; and Saul 7586 my father 1 knows 3045 that also 1571."
18 So the two 8147 of them made 3772 a covenant 1285 before 6440 the LORD 3068; and David 1732 stayed 3427 at Horesh 2793 while Jonathan 3083 went 1980 to his house 1004.
19 ¶ Then Ziphites 2130 came 5927 up to Saul 7586 at Gibeah 1390, saying 559, "Is David 1732 not hiding 5641 with us in the strongholds 4679 at Horesh 2793, on the hill 1389 of Hachilah 2444, which 834 is on the south 3225 of Jeshimon 3452?
20 "Now 6258 then, O king 4428, come 3381 down 3381 according to all 3605 the desire 185 of your soul 5315 to do 3381 so 3381; and our part {shall be} to surrender 5462 him into the king's 4428 hand 3027."
21 Saul 7586 said 559, "May you be blessed 1288 of the LORD 3068, for you have had 2550 compassion 2550 on me.
22 "Go 1980 now 4994, make 3559 more 5750 sure 3559, and investigate 3045 and see 7200 his place 4725 where his haunt 7272 is, {and} who 4310 has seen 7200 him there 8033; for I am told 559 that he is very 6191 cunning 6191.
23 "So look 7200, and learn 3045 about 4480 all 3605 the hiding 4224 places 4224 where he hides 2244 himself and return 7725 to me with certainty 3559, and I will go 1980 with you; and if 518 he is in the land 776, I will search 2664 him out among all 3605 the thousands 505 of Judah 3063."
24 ¶ Then they arose 6965 and went 1980 to Ziph 2128 before 6440 Saul 7586. Now David 1732 and his men 376 were in the wilderness 4057 of Maon 4584, in the Arabah 6160 to the south 3225 of Jeshimon 3452.
25 When Saul 7586 and his men 376 went 1980 to seek 1245 {him,} they told 5046 David 1732, and he came 3381 down 3381 to the rock 5553 and stayed 3427 in the wilderness 4057 of Maon 4584. And when Saul 7586 heard 8085 {it,} he pursued 7291 David 1732 in the wilderness 4057 of Maon 4584.
26 Saul 7586 went 1980 on one 2088 side 6654 of the mountain 2022, and David 1732 and his men 376 on the other 2088 side 6654 of the mountain 2022; and David 1732 was hurrying 2648 to get 1980 away 1980 from Saul 7586, for Saul 7586 and his men 376 were surrounding 5849 David 1732 and his men 376 to seize 8610 them.
27 But a messenger 4397 came 935 to Saul 7586, saying 559, "Hurry 4116 and come 1980, for the Philistines 6430 have made 6584 a raid 6584 on the land 776."
28 So Saul 7586 returned 7725 from pursuing 7291 David 1732 and went 1980 to meet 7122 the Philistines 6430; therefore they called 7121 that place 4725 the Rock 5553 of Escape 4256.
29 David 1732 went 5927 up from there 8033 and stayed 3427 in the strongholds 4679 of Engedi 5872.

## Chapter 24

1

David Spares Saul's Life

Now when 3512 Saul 7586 returned 7725 from pursuing 310 the Philistines 6430, he was told 5046, saying 559, "Behold 2009, David 1732 is in the wilderness 4057 of Engedi 5872."
2 Then Saul 7586 took 3947 three 7969 thousand 505 chosen 977 men 376 from all 3605 Israel 3478 and went 1980 to seek 1245 David 1732 and his men 376 in front 6440 of the Rocks 6697 of the Wild 3277 Goats 3277.
3 He came 935 to the sheepfolds on the way 1870, where 8033 there 8033 {was} a cave 4631; and Saul 7586 went 935 in to relieve himself. Now David 1732 and his men 376 were sitting 3427 in the inner 3411 recesses 3411 of the cave 4631.
4 The men 376 of David 1732 said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, {this is} the day 3117 of which 834 the LORD 3068 said 559 to you, 'Behold 2009; I am about to give 5414 your enemy 340 into your hand 3027, and you shall do 6213 to him as it seems 3190 good 3190 to you.'" Then David 1732 arose 6965 and cut 3772 off 3772 the edge 3671 of Saul's 7586 robe 4598 secretly 3909.
5 It came 1961 about afterward that David's 1732 conscience 3820 bothered 5221 him because he had cut 3772 off 3772 the edge 3671 of Saul's 7586 {robe.}
6 So he said 559 to his men 376, "Far 2486 be it from me because 4480 of the LORD 3068 that I should do 6213 this 2088 thing 1697 to my lord 113, the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899, to stretch 7971 out my hand 3027 against him, since 3588 he is the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899."
7 David 1732 persuaded 8156 his men 376 with {these} words 1697 and did not allow 5414 them to rise 6965 up against 413 Saul 7586. And Saul 7586 arose 6965, left 4480 the cave 4631, and went 1980 on {his} way 1870.
8 ¶ Now afterward David 1732 arose 6965 and went 3318 out of the cave 4631 and called 7121 after 310 Saul 7586, saying 559, "My lord 113 the king 4428!" And when Saul 7586 looked 5027 behind 310 him, David 1732 bowed 6915 with his face 639 to the ground 776 and prostrated 7812 himself.
9 David 1732 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Why 4100 do you listen 8085 to the words 1697 of men 120, saying 559, 'Behold 2009, David 1732 seeks 1245 to harm 7463 you'?
10 "Behold 2009, this 2088 day 3117 your eyes 5869 have seen 7200 that the LORD 3068 had given 5414 you today 3117 into my hand 3027 in the cave 4631, and some said 559 to kill 2026 you, but {my eye} had pity 2347 on you; and I said 559, 'I will not stretch 7971 out my hand 3027 against my lord 113, for he is the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899.'
11 "Now, my father 1, see 7200! Indeed 1571, see 7200 the edge 3671 of your robe 4598 in my hand 3027! For in that I cut 3772 off 3772 the edge 3671 of your robe 4598 and did not kill 2026 you, know 3045 and perceive 7200 that there 369 is no 369 evil 7463 or rebellion 6588 in my hands 3027, and I have not sinned 2398 against you, though you are lying 6658 in wait 6658 for my life 5315 to take 3947 it.
12 "May the LORD 3068 judge 8199 between 996 you and me, and may the LORD 3068 avenge 5358 me on you; but my hand 3027 shall not be against you.
13 "As the proverb 4912 of the ancients 6931 says 559, 'Out of the wicked 7563 comes 3318 forth 3318 wickedness 7562'; but my hand 3027 shall not be against you.
14 "After 310 whom 4310 has the king 4428 of Israel 3478 come 3318 out? Whom 4310 are you pursuing 7291? A dead 4191 dog 3611, a single 259 flea 6550?
15 "The LORD 3068 therefore be judge 1781 and decide 8199 between 996 you and me; and may He see 7200 and plead 7378 my cause 7379 and deliver 8199 me from your hand 3027."
16 ¶ When David 1732 had finished 3615 speaking 1696 these 428 words 1697 to Saul 7586, Saul 7586 said 559, "Is this 2088 your voice 6963, my son 1121 David 1732?" Then Saul 7586 lifted 5375 up his voice 6963 and wept 1058.
17 He said 559 to David 1732, "You are more 4480 righteous 6662 than 4480 I; for you have dealt 1580 well 2899 with me, while I have dealt 1580 wickedly 7463 with you.
18 "You have declared 5046 today 3117 that you have done 6213 good 2899 to me, that the LORD 3068 delivered 5462 me into your hand 3027 and {yet} you did not kill 2026 me.
19 "For if 3588 a man 376 finds 4672 his enemy 340, will he let him go 7971 away 7971 safely? May the LORD 3068 therefore reward 7999 you with good 2899 in return 8478 for what 834 you have done 6213 to me this 2088 day 3117.
20 "Now 6258, behold 2009, I know 3045 that you will surely 4427 be king 4427, and that the kingdom 4467 of Israel 3478 will be established 6965 in your hand 3027.
21 "So now 6258 swear 7650 to me by the LORD 3068 that you will not cut 3772 off 3772 my descendants 2233 after 310 me and that you will not destroy 8045 my name 8034 from my father's 1 household 1004."
22 David 1732 swore 7650 to Saul 7586. And Saul 7586 went 1980 to his home 1004, but David 1732 and his men 376 went 5927 up to the stronghold 4686.

## Chapter 25

1

Samuel's Death

Then Samuel 8050 died 4191; and all 3605 Israel 3478 gathered 6908 together and mourned 5594 for him, and buried 6912 him at his house 1004 in Ramah 7414. And David 1732 arose 6965 and went 3381 down 3381 to the wilderness 4057 of Paran 6290.
2

Nabal and Abigail

¶ Now {there was} a man 376 in Maon 4584 whose business 4639 was in Carmel 3760; and the man 376 was very 3966 rich 1419, and he had three 7969 thousand 505 sheep 6629 and a thousand 505 goats 5795. And it came 1961 about while he was shearing 1494 his sheep 6629 in Carmel 3760
3 (now the man's 376 name 8034 was Nabal 5037, and his wife's 802 name 8034 was Abigail 26. And the woman 802 was intelligent and beautiful 3303 in appearance 8389, but the man 376 was harsh 7186 and evil 7451 in {his} dealings 4611, and he was a Calebite 3614),
4 that David 1732 heard 8085 in the wilderness 4057 that Nabal 5037 was shearing 1494 his sheep 6629.
5 So David 1732 sent 7971 ten 6235 young 5288 men 5288; and David 1732 said 559 to the young 5288 men 5288, "Go 5927 up to Carmel 3760, visit Nabal 5037 and greet him in my name 8034;
6 and thus 3541 you shall say 559, 'Have a long life 2416, peace 7965 be to you, and peace 7965 be to your house 1004, and peace 7965 be to all 3605 that you have.
7 'Now 6258 I have heard 8085 that you have shearers 1494; now 6258 your shepherds 7462 have been 1961 with us and we have not insulted 3637 them, nor 3808 have they missed 6485 anything 3972 all 3605 the days 3117 they were in Carmel 3760.
8 'Ask 7592 your young 5288 men 5288 and they will tell 5046 you. Therefore let {my} young 5288 men 5288 find 4672 favor 2580 in your eyes 5869, for we have come 935 on a festive 2896 day 3117. Please 4994 give 5414 whatever 834 you find 4672 at hand 3027 to your servants 5650 and to your son 1121 David 1732.'"
9 ¶ When David's 1732 young 5288 men 5288 came 935, they spoke 1696 to Nabal 5037 according to all 3605 these 428 words 1697 in David's 1732 name 8034; then they waited 5117.
10 But Nabal 5037 answered 6030 David's 1732 servants 5650 and said 559, "Who 4310 is David 1732? And who 4310 is the son 1121 of Jesse 3448? There are many 7231 servants 5650 today 3117 who are each 376 breaking 6555 away 6555 from his master 113.
11 "Shall I then take 3947 my bread 3899 and my water 4325 and my meat 2878 that I have slaughtered 2873 for my shearers 1494, and give 5414 it to men 376 whose 834 origin I do not know 3045?"
12 So David's 1732 young 5288 men 5288 retraced 2015 their way 1870 and went 7725 back 7725; and they came 935 and told 5046 him according to all 3605 these 428 words 1697.
13 David 1732 said 559 to his men 376, "Each 376 {of you} gird 2296 on his sword 2719." So each 376 man 376 girded 2296 on his sword 2719. And David 1732 also 1571 girded 2296 on his sword 2719, and about four 702 hundred 3967 men 376 went 5927 up behind 310 David 1732 while two hundred 3967 stayed 3427 with the baggage 3627.
14 ¶ But one 259 of the young 5288 men 5288 told 5046 Abigail 26, Nabal's 5037 wife 802, saying 559, "Behold 2009, David 1732 sent 7971 messengers 4397 from the wilderness 4057 to greet 1288 our master 113, and he scorned 5860 them.
15 "Yet the men 376 were very 3966 good 2896 to us, and we were not insulted 3637, nor 3808 did we miss 6485 anything 3972 as long as we went 1980 about with them, while we were in the fields 7704.
16 "They were a wall 2346 to us both 1571 by night 3915 and by day 3119, all 3605 the time 3117 we were with them tending 7462 the sheep 6629.
17 "Now 6258 therefore, know 3045 and consider 7200 what 4100 you should do 6213, for evil 7463 is plotted 3615 against 413 our master 113 and against 5921 all 3605 his household 1004; and he is such a worthless 1100 man 1121 that no 4480 one can speak 1696 to him."
18

Abigail Intercedes

¶ Then Abigail 26 hurried 4116 and took 3947 two hundred 3967 {loaves} of bread 3899 and two 8147 jugs 5035 of wine 3196 and five 2568 sheep 6629 already prepared 6213 and five 2568 measures 5429 of roasted 7039 grain 7039 and a hundred 3967 clusters 6778 of raisins 6778 and two hundred 3967 cakes 1690 of figs 1690, and loaded 7760 {them} on donkeys 2543.
19 She said 559 to her young 5288 men 5288, "Go 5674 on before 6440 me; behold 2009, I am coming 935 after 310 you." But she did not tell 5046 her husband 376 Nabal 5037.
20 It came 1961 about as she was riding 7392 on her donkey 2543 and coming 3381 down 3381 by the hidden 5643 part 5643 of the mountain 2022, that behold 2009, David 1732 and his men 376 were coming 3381 down 3381 toward 7122 her; so she met 6298 them.
21 Now David 1732 had said 559, "Surely 389 in vain 8267 I have guarded 8104 all 3605 that this 2088 {man} has in the wilderness 4057, so that nothing was missed 6485 of all 3605 that belonged to him; and he has returned 7725 me evil 7463 for good 2899.
22 "May God 430 do 6213 so 3541 to the enemies 340 of David 1732, and more 3254 also 3541, if 518 by morning 1242 I leave 7604 {as much as} one male of any 3605 who 834 belong to him."
23 ¶ When Abigail 26 saw 7200 David 1732, she hurried 4116 and dismounted 3381 from her donkey 2543, and fell 5307 on her face 6440 before 639 David 1732 and bowed 7812 herself to the ground 776.
24 She fell 5307 at his feet 7272 and said 559, "On me alone 589, my lord 113, be the blame 5771. And please 4994 let your maidservant 519 speak 1696 to you, and listen 8085 to the words 1697 of your maidservant 519.
25 "Please 4994 do not let my lord 113 pay 7760 attention 3820 to this 2088 worthless 1100 man 376, Nabal 5037, for as his name 8034 is, so 3651 is he. Nabal 5037 is his name 8034 and folly 5039 is with him; but I your maidservant 519 did not see 7200 the young 5288 men 5288 of my lord 113 whom 834 you sent 7971.
26 ¶ "Now 6258 therefore, my lord 113, as the LORD 3068 lives 2416, and as your soul 5315 lives 2416, since 834 the LORD 3068 has restrained 4513 you from shedding 935 blood 1818, and from avenging 3467 yourself by your own hand 3027, now 6258 then let your enemies 340 and those who seek 1245 evil 7463 against 413 my lord 113, be as Nabal 5037.
27 "Now 6258 let this 2088 gift 1293 which 834 your maidservant 8198 has brought 935 to my lord 113 be given 5414 to the young 5288 men 5288 who accompany my lord 113.
28 "Please 4994 forgive 5375 the transgression 6588 of your maidservant 519; for the LORD 3068 will certainly 6213 make 6213 for my lord 113 an enduring 539 house 1004, because 3588 my lord 113 is fighting 3898 the battles 4421 of the LORD 3068, and evil 7463 will not be found 4672 in you all 4480 your days 3117.
29 "Should anyone 120 rise 6965 up to pursue 7291 you and to seek 1245 your life 5315, then the life 5315 of my lord 113 shall be bound 6887 in the bundle 6872 of the living 2416 with the LORD 3068 your God 430; but the lives 5315 of your enemies 340 He will sling 7049 out as from the hollow 3709 of a sling 7050.
30 "And when 3588 the LORD 3068 does 6213 for my lord 3068 according to all 3605 the good 2899 that He has spoken 1696 concerning 5921 you, and appoints 6680 you ruler 5057 over 5921 Israel 3478,
31 this 2088 will not cause 1961 grief 6330 or a troubled 4383 heart 3820 to my lord 113, both by having shed 8210 blood 1818 without 2600 cause 2600 and by my lord 113 having avenged 3467 himself. When the LORD 3068 deals 3190 well 3190 with my lord 113, then remember 2142 your maidservant 519."
32 ¶ Then David 1732 said 559 to Abigail 26, "Blessed 1288 be the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, who 834 sent 7971 you this 2088 day 3117 to meet 7122 me,
33 and blessed 1288 be your discernment 2940, and blessed 1288 be you, who 834 have kept 3607 me this 2088 day 3117 from bloodshed 1818 and from avenging 3467 myself by my own hand 3027.
34 "Nevertheless 199, as the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 lives 2416, who 834 has restrained 4513 me from harming 7489 you, unless you had come 935 quickly 4116 to meet 7122 me, surely there would not have been left 3498 to Nabal 5037 until 5704 the morning 1242 light 216 {as much as} one male."
35 So David 1732 received 3947 from her hand 3027 what 834 she had brought 935 him and said 559 to her, "Go 5927 up to your house 1004 in peace 7965. See 7200, I have listened 8085 to you and granted 5375 your request 6440."
36 ¶ Then Abigail 26 came 935 to Nabal 5037, and behold 2009, he was holding a feast 4960 in his house 1004, like the feast 4960 of a king 4428. And Nabal's 5037 heart 3820 was merry 2895 within 5921 him, for he was very drunk 7910; so she did not tell 5046 him anything 1697 at all until 5704 the morning 1242 light 216.
37 But in the morning 1242, when the wine 3196 had gone 3318 out of Nabal 5037, his wife 802 told 5046 him these 428 things 1697, and his heart 3820 died 4191 within 7130 him so that he became 1961 {as} a stone 68.
38 About ten 6235 days 3117 later, the LORD 3068 struck 5062 Nabal 5037 and he died 4191.
39

David Marries Abigail

¶ When David 1732 heard 8085 that Nabal 5037 was dead 4191, he said 559, "Blessed 1288 be the LORD 3068, who 834 has pleaded 7378 the cause 7379 of my reproach 2781 from the hand 3027 of Nabal 5037 and has kept 2820 back 2820 His servant 5650 from evil 7463. The LORD 3068 has also returned 7725 the evildoing 7463 of Nabal 5037 on his own head 7218." Then David 1732 sent 7971 a proposal 1696 to Abigail 26, to take 3947 her as his wife 802.
40 When the servants 5650 of David 1732 came 935 to Abigail 26 at Carmel 3760, they spoke 1696 to her, saying 559, "David 1732 has sent 7971 us to you to take 3947 you as his wife 802."
41 She arose 6965 and bowed 7812 with her face 639 to the ground 776 and said 559, "Behold 2009, your maidservant 519 is a maid 8189 to wash 7364 the feet 7272 of my lord's 113 servants 5650."
42 Then Abigail 26 quickly 4116 arose 6965, and rode 7392 on a donkey 2543, with her five 2568 maidens 5291 who attended her; and she followed the messengers 4397 of David 1732 and became 1961 his wife 802.
43 ¶ David 1732 had also taken 3947 Ahinoam 293 of Jezreel 3157, and they both became 1961 his wives 802.
44 ¶ Now Saul 7586 had given 5414 Michal 4324 his daughter 1323, David's 1732 wife 802, to Palti 6406 the son 1121 of Laish 3919, who 834 was from Gallim 1554.

## Chapter 26

1

David Again Spares Saul

Then the Ziphites 2130 came 935 to Saul 7586 at Gibeah 1390, saying 559, "Is not David 1732 hiding 5641 on the hill 1389 of Hachilah 2444, {which is} before Jeshimon 3452?"
2 So Saul 7586 arose 6965 and went 3381 down 3381 to the wilderness 4057 of Ziph 2128, having with him three 7969 thousand 505 chosen 977 men 376 of Israel 3478, to search 1245 for David 1732 in the wilderness 4057 of Ziph 2128.
3 Saul 7586 camped 2583 in the hill 1389 of Hachilah 2444, which 834 is before Jeshimon 3452, beside 5921 the road 1870, and David 1732 was staying 3427 in the wilderness 4057. When he saw 7200 that Saul 7586 came 935 after 310 him into the wilderness 4057,
4 David 1732 sent 7971 out spies 7270, and he knew 3045 that Saul 7586 was definitely 3559 coming 935.
5 David 1732 then arose 6965 and came 935 to the place 4725 where Saul 7586 had camped 2583. And David 1732 saw 7200 the place 4725 where Saul 7586 lay 7901, and Abner 74 the son 1121 of Ner 5369, the commander 8269 of his army 6635; and Saul 7586 was lying 7901 in the circle 4570 of the camp 4570, and the people 5971 were camped 2583 around 5439 him.
6 ¶ Then David 1732 said 559 to Ahimelech 288 the Hittite 2850 and to Abishai 52 the son 1121 of Zeruiah 6870, Joab's 3097 brother 251, saying 559, "Who 4310 will go 3381 down 3381 with me to Saul 7586 in the camp 4264?" And Abishai 52 said 559, "I will go 3381 down 3381 with you."
7 So David 1732 and Abishai 52 came 935 to the people 5971 by night 3915, and behold 2009, Saul 7586 lay 7901 sleeping 3463 inside the circle 4570 of the camp 4570 with his spear 2595 stuck 4600 in the ground 776 at his head 4763; and Abner 74 and the people 5971 were lying 7901 around 5439 him.
8 Then Abishai 52 said 559 to David 1732, "Today 3117 God 430 has delivered 5462 your enemy 340 into your hand 3027; now 6258 therefore, please 4994 let me strike 5221 him with the spear 2595 to the ground 776 with one 259 stroke 6471, and I will not strike him the second 8138 time 8138."
9 But David 1732 said 559 to Abishai 52, "Do not destroy 7843 him, for who 4310 can stretch 7971 out his hand 3027 against the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899 and be without 5352 guilt 5352?"
10 David 1732 also said 559, "As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, surely the LORD 3068 will strike 5062 him, or 176 his day 3117 will come 935 that he dies 4191, or 176 he will go 3381 down 3381 into battle 4421 and perish 5595.
11 "The LORD 3068 forbid 2486 that I should stretch 7971 out my hand 3027 against the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899; but now 6258 please 4994 take 3947 the spear 2595 that is at his head 4763 and the jug 6835 of water 4325, and let us go 1980."
12 So David 1732 took 3947 the spear 2595 and the jug 6835 of water 4325 from {beside} Saul's 7586 head 4763, and they went 1980 away, but no 369 one 369 saw 7200 or knew 3045 {it,} nor 369 did any awake 7019, for they were all 3605 asleep 3463, because 3588 a sound 8639 sleep 8639 from the LORD 3068 had fallen 5307 on them.
13 ¶ Then David 1732 crossed 5674 over 5674 to the other 5676 side 5676 and stood 5975 on top 7218 of the mountain 2022 at a distance 7350 {with} a large 7227 area 4725 between 996 them.
14 David 1732 called 7121 to the people 5971 and to Abner 74 the son 1121 of Ner 5369, saying 559, "Will you not answer 6030, Abner 74?" Then Abner 74 replied 6030, "Who 4310 are you who calls 7121 to the king 4428?"
15 So David 1732 said 559 to Abner 74, "Are you not a man 376? And who 4310 is like 3644 you in Israel 3478? Why 4100 then have you not guarded 8104 your lord 113 the king 4428? For one 259 of the people 5971 came 935 to destroy 7843 the king 4428 your lord 113.
16 "This 2088 thing 1697 that you have done 6213 is not good 2896. As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, {all} of you must 1121 surely 3588 die 4194, because 834 you did not guard 8104 your lord 113, the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899. And now 6258, see 7200 where 335 the king's 4428 spear 2595 is and the jug 6835 of water 4325 that was at his head 4763."
17 ¶ Then Saul 7586 recognized 5234 David's 1732 voice 6963 and said 559, "Is this 2088 your voice 6963, my son 1121 David 1732?" And David 1732 said 559, "It is my voice 6963, my lord 113 the king 4428."
18 He also said 559, "Why 4100 then 2088 is my lord 113 pursuing 7291 his servant 5650? For what 4100 have I done 6213? Or what 4100 evil 7463 is in my hand 3027?
19 "Now 6258 therefore, please 4994 let my lord 113 the king 4428 listen 8085 to the words 1697 of his servant 5650. If 518 the LORD 3068 has stirred 5496 you up against me, let Him accept 7381 an offering 4503; but if 518 it is men, cursed 779 are they before 6440 the LORD 3068, for they have driven 1644 me out today 3117 so 4480 that I would have no 4480 attachment 5596 with the inheritance 5159 of the LORD 3068, saying 559, 'Go 1980, serve 5647 other 312 gods 430.'
20 "Now 6258 then, do not let my blood 1818 fall 5307 to the ground 776 away 5048 from the presence 6440 of the LORD 3068; for the king 4428 of Israel 3478 has come 3318 out to search 1245 for a single 259 flea 6550, just 3512 as one hunts 7291 a partridge 7124 in the mountains 2022."
21 ¶ Then Saul 7586 said 559, "I have sinned 2398. Return 7725, my son 1121 David 1732, for I will not harm 7489 you again 5750 because my life 5315 was precious 3365 in your sight 5869 this 2088 day 3117. Behold 2009, I have played 5528 the fool 5528 and have committed 7686 a serious error 7686."
22 David 1732 replied 6030, "Behold 2009 the spear 2595 of the king 4428! Now let one 259 of the young 5288 men 5288 come 5674 over 5674 and take 3947 it.
23 "The LORD 3068 will repay 7725 each 376 man 376 {for} his righteousness 6666 and his faithfulness 530; for the LORD 3068 delivered 5414 you into {my} hand 3027 today 3117, but I refused to stretch 7971 out my hand 3027 against the LORD'S 3068 anointed 4899.
24 "Now behold 2009, as your life 5315 was highly 1431 valued 1431 in my sight 5869 this 2088 day 3117, so 3651 may my life 5315 be highly 1431 valued 1431 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, and may He deliver 5337 me from all 3605 distress 6869."
25 Then Saul 7586 said 559 to David 1732, "Blessed 1288 are you, my son 1121 David 1732; you will both 1571 accomplish 6213 much 6213 and surely 3201 prevail 3201." So David 1732 went 1980 on his way 1870, and Saul 7586 returned 7725 to his place 4725.

## Chapter 27

1

David Flees to the Philistines

Then David 1732 said 559 to himself 3820, "Now 6258 I will perish 5595 one 259 day 3117 by the hand 3027 of Saul 7586. There 369 is nothing 369 better 2896 for me than 3588 to escape 4422 into the land 776 of the Philistines 6430. Saul 7586 then will despair 2976 of searching 1245 for me anymore 5750 in all 3605 the territory 1366 of Israel 3478, and I will escape 4422 from his hand 3027."
2 So David 1732 arose 6965 and crossed 5674 over 5674, he and the six 8337 hundred 3967 men 376 who 834 were with him, to Achish 397 the son 1121 of Maoch 4582, king 4428 of Gath 1661.
3 And David 1732 lived 3427 with Achish 397 at Gath 1661, he and his men 376, each 376 with his household 1004, {even} David 1732 with his two 8147 wives 802, Ahinoam 293 the Jezreelitess 3159, and Abigail 26 the Carmelitess 3761, Nabal's 5037 widow 802.
4 Now it was told 5046 Saul 7586 that David 1732 had fled 1272 to Gath 1661, so he no 3808 longer searched 1245 for him.
5 ¶ Then David 1732 said 559 to Achish 397, "If 518 now 4994 I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, let them give 5414 me a place 4725 in one 259 of the cities 5892 in the country 7704, that I may live 3427 there 8033; for why 4100 should your servant 5650 live 3427 in the royal 4467 city 5892 with you?"
6 So Achish 397 gave 5414 him Ziklag 6860 that day 3117; therefore 3651 Ziklag 6860 has 1961 belonged to the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 to this 2088 day 3117.
7 The number 4557 of days 3117 that David 1732 lived 3427 in the country 7704 of the Philistines 6430 was a year 3117 and four 702 months 2320.
8 ¶ Now David 1732 and his men 376 went 5927 up and raided 6584 the Geshurites 1651 and the Girzites 1629 and the Amalekites 6003; for they were the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776 from ancient 5769 times 5769, as you come 935 to Shur 7793 even as far 5704 as the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
9 David 1732 attacked 5221 the land 776 and did not leave 2421 a man 376 or a woman 802 alive 2421, and he took 3947 away the sheep 6629, the cattle 1241, the donkeys 2543, the camels 1581, and the clothing 899. Then he returned 7725 and came 935 to Achish 397.
10 Now Achish 397 said 559, "Where 575 have you made 6584 a raid 6584 today 3117?" And David 1732 said 559, "Against 5921 the Negev 5045 of Judah 3063 and against 5921 the Negev 5045 of the Jerahmeelites 3397 and against 413 the Negev 5045 of the Kenites 7017."
11 David 1732 did not leave 2421 a man 376 or a woman 802 alive 2421 to bring 935 to Gath 1661, saying 559, "Otherwise 6435 they will tell 5046 about 5921 us, saying 559, 'So 3541 has David 1732 done 6213 and so 3541 {has been} his practice 4941 all 3605 the time 3117 he has lived 3427 in the country 7704 of the Philistines 6430.'"
12 So Achish 397 believed 539 David 1732, saying 559, "He has surely 887 made 887 himself odious 887 among his people 5971 Israel 3478; therefore he will become 1961 my servant 5650 forever 5769."

## Chapter 28

1

Saul and the Spirit Medium

Now it came 1961 about in those 1992 days 3117 that the Philistines 6430 gathered 6908 their armed camps 4264 for war 6633, to fight 3898 against Israel 3478. And Achish 397 said 559 to David 1732, "Know 3045 assuredly 3045 that you will go 3318 out with me in the camp 4264, you and your men 376."
2 David 1732 said 559 to Achish 397, "Very 3651 well 3651, you shall know 3045 what 834 your servant 5650 can do 6213." So Achish 397 said 559 to David 1732, "Very 3651 well 3651, I will make 7760 you my bodyguard for life."
3 ¶ Now Samuel 8050 was dead 4191, and all 3605 Israel 3478 had lamented 5594 him and buried 6912 him in Ramah 7414, his own city 5892. And Saul 7586 had removed 5493 from the land 776 those who were mediums 178 and spiritists 3049.
4 So the Philistines 6430 gathered 6908 together and came 935 and camped 2583 in Shunem 7766; and Saul 7586 gathered 6908 all 3605 Israel 3478 together and they camped 2583 in Gilboa 1533.
5 When Saul 7586 saw 7200 the camp 4264 of the Philistines 6430, he was afraid 3372 and his heart 3820 trembled 2729 greatly 3966.
6 When Saul 7586 inquired 7592 of the LORD 3068, the LORD 3068 did not answer 6030 him, either 1571 by dreams 2472 or 1571 by Urim 224 or 1571 by prophets 5030.
7 Then Saul 7586 said 559 to his servants 5650, "Seek 1875 for me a woman 802 who is a medium, that I may go 1980 to her and inquire 1875 of her." And his servants 5650 said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, there is a woman 802 who is a medium at En-dor 5874."
8 ¶ Then Saul 7586 disguised 2664 himself by putting 3847 on other 312 clothes 899, and went 1980, he and two 8147 men 376 with him, and they came 935 to the woman 802 by night 3915; and he said 559, "Conjure 7080 up for me, please 4994, and bring 5927 up for me whom 834 I shall name 559 to you."
9 But the woman 802 said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, you know 3045 what 834 Saul 7586 has done 6213, how 834 he has cut 3772 off 3772 those who are mediums 178 and spiritists 3049 from the land 776. Why 4100 are you then laying 5367 a snare 5367 for my life 5315 to bring 4191 about my death 4191?"
10 Saul 7586 vowed 7650 to her by the LORD 3068, saying 559, "As the LORD 3068 lives 2416, no 518 punishment 5771 shall come 7136 upon you for this 2088 thing 1697."
11 Then the woman 802 said 559, "Whom 4310 shall I bring 5927 up for you?" And he said 559, "Bring 5927 up Samuel 8050 for me."
12 When the woman 802 saw 7200 Samuel 8050, she cried 2199 out with a loud 1419 voice 6963; and the woman 802 spoke 559 to Saul 7586, saying 559, "Why 4100 have you deceived 7411 me? For you are Saul 7586."
13 The king 4428 said 559 to her, "Do not be afraid 3372; but what 4100 do you see 7200?" And the woman 802 said 559 to Saul 7586, "I see 7200 a divine 430 being 430 coming 5927 up out of the earth 776."
14 He said 559 to her, "What 4100 is his form 8389?" And she said 559, "An old 2205 man 376 is coming 5927 up, and he is wrapped 5844 with a robe 4598." And Saul 7586 knew 3045 that it was Samuel 8050, and he bowed 6915 with his face 639 to the ground 776 and did homage 7812.
15 ¶ Then Samuel 8050 said 559 to Saul 7586, "Why 4100 have you disturbed 7264 me by bringing 5927 me up?" And Saul 7586 answered 6030, "I am greatly 3966 distressed 6887; for the Philistines 6430 are waging 3898 war 3898 against me, and God 430 has departed 5493 from me and no 3808 longer 5750 answers 6030 me, either 1571 through 3027 prophets 5030 or 1571 by dreams 2472; therefore I have called 7121 you, that you may make 3045 known 3045 to me what 4100 I should do 6213."
16 Samuel 8050 said 559, "Why 4100 then do you ask 7592 me, since the LORD 3068 has departed 5493 from you and has become 1961 your adversary 6145?
17 "The LORD 3068 has done 6213 accordingly 3512 as He spoke 1696 through 3027 me; for the LORD 3068 has torn 7167 the kingdom 4467 out of your hand 3027 and given 5414 it to your neighbor 7453, to David 1732.
18 "As you did not obey the LORD 3068 and did not execute 6213 His fierce 2740 wrath 639 on Amalek 6002, so the LORD 3068 has done 6213 this 2088 thing 1697 to you this 2088 day 3117.
19 "Moreover the LORD 3068 will also 1571 give 5414 over Israel 3478 along 5973 with you into the hands 3027 of the Philistines 6430, therefore tomorrow 4279 you and your sons 1121 will be with me. Indeed 1571 the LORD 3068 will give 5414 over the army 4264 of Israel 3478 into the hands 3027 of the Philistines 6430!"
20 ¶ Then Saul 7586 immediately 4116 fell 5307 full 4393 length 6967 upon the ground 776 and was very 3966 afraid 3372 because 4480 of the words 1697 of Samuel 8050; also 1571 there was no 3808 strength 3581 in him, for he had eaten 398 no 3808 food 3899 all 3605 day 3117 and all 3605 night 3915.
21 The woman 802 came 935 to Saul 7586 and saw 7200 that he was terrified 926, and said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, your maidservant 8198 has obeyed you, and I have taken 7760 my life 5315 in my hand 3709 and have listened 8085 to your words 1697 which 834 you spoke 1696 to me.
22 "So now 6258 also 1571, please 4994 listen 8085 to the voice 6963 of your maidservant 8198, and let me set 7760 a piece 6595 of bread 3899 before 6440 you that {you may} eat 398 and have 1961 strength 3581 when 3588 you go 1980 on {your} way 1870."
23 But he refused 3985 and said 559, "I will not eat 398." However, his servants 5650 together 1571 with the woman 802 urged 6555 him, and he listened 8085 to them. So he arose 6965 from the ground 776 and sat 3427 on the bed 4296.
24 The woman 802 had a fattened 4770 calf 5695 in the house 1004, and she quickly 4116 slaughtered 2076 it; and she took 3947 flour 7058, kneaded 3888 it and baked 644 unleavened 4682 bread 4682 from it.
25 She brought 5066 {it} before 6440 Saul 7586 and his servants 5650, and they ate 398. Then they arose 6965 and went 1980 away that night 3915.

## Chapter 29

1

The Philistines Mistrust David

Now the Philistines 6430 gathered 6908 together all 3605 their armies 4264 to Aphek 663, while the Israelites 3478 were camping 2583 by the spring 5871 which 834 is in Jezreel 3157.
2 And the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 were proceeding 5674 on by hundreds 3967 and by thousands 505, and David 1732 and his men 376 were proceeding 5674 on in the rear 314 with Achish 397.
3 Then the commanders 8269 of the Philistines 6430 said 559, "What 4100 {are} these 428 Hebrews 5680 {doing here?}" And Achish 397 said 559 to the commanders 8269 of the Philistines 6430, "Is this 2088 not David 1732, the servant 5650 of Saul 7586 the king 4428 of Israel 3478, who 834 has been 1961 with me these 2088 days 3117, or 176 {rather} these 2088 years 8141, and I have found 4672 no 3808 fault 3972 in him from the day 3117 he deserted 5307 {to me} to this 2088 day 3117?"
4 But the commanders 8269 of the Philistines 6430 were angry 7107 with him, and the commanders 8269 of the Philistines 6430 said 559 to him, "Make the man 376 go 7725 back 7725, that he may return 7725 to his place 4725 where you have assigned 6485 him, and do not let him go 3381 down 3381 to battle 4421 with us, or 3808 in the battle 4421 he may become 1961 an adversary 7854 to us. For with what 4100 could this 2088 {man} make 7521 himself acceptable 7521 to his lord 113? {Would it} not {be} with the heads 7218 of these 1992 men 376?
5 "Is this 2088 not David 1732, of whom 834 they sing 6031 in the dances 4246, saying 559, 'Saul 7586 has slain 5221 his thousands 505, And David 1732 his ten 7233 thousands 7233'?"
6 ¶ Then Achish 397 called 7121 David 1732 and said 559 to him, "{As} the LORD 3068 lives 2416, you {have been} upright 3477, and your going 3318 out and your coming 935 in with me in the army 4264 are pleasing 2896 in my sight 5869; for I have not found 4672 evil 7463 in you from the day 3117 of your coming 935 to me to this 2088 day 3117. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing 2896 in the sight 5869 of the lords 5633.
7 "Now 6258 therefore return 7725 and go 1980 in peace 7965, that you may not displease the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430."
8 David 1732 said 559 to Achish 397, "But what 4100 have I done 6213? And what 4100 have you found 4672 in your servant 5650 from the day 3117 when 834 I came 1961 before 6440 you to this 2088 day 3117, that I may not go 935 and fight 3898 against the enemies 340 of my lord 113 the king 4428?"
9 But Achish 397 replied 6030 to David 1732, "I know 3045 that you are pleasing 2896 in my sight 5869, like an angel 4397 of God 430; nevertheless 389 the commanders 8269 of the Philistines 6430 have said 559, 'He must not go 5927 up with us to the battle 4421.'
10 "Now 6258 then arise 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 with the servants 5650 of your lord 113 who 834 have come 935 with you, and as soon as you have arisen 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 and have light 215, depart 1980."
11 So David 1732 arose 7925 early 7925, he and his men 376, to depart 1980 in the morning 1242 to return 7725 to the land 776 of the Philistines 6430. And the Philistines 6430 went 5927 up to Jezreel 3157.

## Chapter 30

1

David's Victory over the Amalekites

Then it happened 1961 when David 1732 and his men 376 came 935 to Ziklag 6860 on the third 7992 day 3117, that the Amalekites 6003 had made 6584 a raid 6584 on the Negev 5045 and on Ziklag 6860, and had overthrown 5221 Ziklag 6860 and burned 8313 it with fire 784;
2 and they took 7617 captive 7628 the women 802 {and all} who 834 were in it, both 4480 small 6996 and great 1419, without 3808 killing 4191 anyone 376, and carried 5090 {them} off 5090 and went 1980 their way 1870.
3 When David 1732 and his men 376 came 935 to the city 5892, behold 2009, it was burned 8313 with fire 784, and their wives 802 and their sons 1121 and their daughters 1323 had been taken 7617 captive 7628.
4 Then David 1732 and the people 5971 who 834 were with him lifted 5375 their voices 6963 and wept 1058 until there 369 was no 369 strength 3581 in them to weep 1058.
5 Now David's 1732 two 8147 wives 802 had been taken 7617 captive 7628, Ahinoam 293 the Jezreelitess 3159 and Abigail 26 the widow 802 of Nabal 5037 the Carmelite 3761.
6 Moreover David 1732 was greatly 3966 distressed 6887 because 3588 the people 5971 spoke 559 of stoning 5619 him, for all 3605 the people 5971 were embittered 4843, each 376 one 376 because 5921 of his sons 1121 and his daughters 1323. But David 1732 strengthened 2388 himself in the LORD 3068 his God 430.
7 ¶ Then David 1732 said 559 to Abiathar 54 the priest 3548, the son 1121 of Ahimelech 288, "Please 4994 bring 5066 me the ephod 646." So Abiathar 54 brought 5066 the ephod 646 to David 1732.
8 David 1732 inquired 7592 of the LORD 3068, saying 559, "Shall I pursue 7291 this 2088 band 1416? Shall I overtake 5381 them?" And He said 559 to him, "Pursue 7291, for you will surely 5381 overtake 5381 them, and you will surely 5337 rescue 5337 {all.}"
9 So David 1732 went 1980, he and the six 8337 hundred 3967 men 376 who 834 were with him, and came 935 to the brook 5158 Besor 1308, {where} those left 3498 behind 3498 remained 5975.
10 But David 1732 pursued 7291, he and four 702 hundred 3967 men 376, for two hundred 3967 who 834 were too 4480 exhausted 6296 to cross 5674 the brook 5158 Besor 1308 remained 5975 {behind.}
11 ¶ Now they found 4672 an Egyptian 4713 in the field 7704 and brought 3947 him to David 1732, and gave 5414 him bread 3899 and he ate 398, and they provided 8248 him water 4325 to drink 8248.
12 They gave 5414 him a piece 6400 of fig 1690 cake 1690 and two 8147 clusters 6778 of raisins 6778, and he ate 398; then his spirit 7307 revived 7725. For he had not eaten 398 bread 3899 or drunk 8354 water 4325 for three 7969 days 3117 and three 7969 nights 3915.
13 David 1732 said 559 to him, "To whom 4310 do you belong? And where 335 are you from?" And he said 559, "I am a young 5288 man 5288 of Egypt 4713, a servant 5650 of an Amalekite 6003; and my master 113 left 5800 me behind 5800 when 3588 I fell 2470 sick 2470 three 7969 days 3117 ago.
14 "We made 6584 a raid 6584 on the Negev 5045 of the Cherethites 3774, and on that which 834 belongs to Judah 3063, and on the Negev 5045 of Caleb 3612, and we burned 8313 Ziklag 6860 with fire 784."
15 Then David 1732 said 559 to him, "Will you bring 3381 me down 3381 to this 2088 band 1416?" And he said 559, "Swear 7650 to me by God 430 that you will not kill 4191 me or deliver 5462 me into the hands 3027 of my master 113, and I will bring 3381 you down 3381 to this 2088 band 1416."
16 ¶ When he had brought 3381 him down 3381, behold 2009, they were spread 5203 over 5921 all 3605 the land 776, eating 398 and drinking 8354 and dancing 2287 because of all 3605 the great 1419 spoil 7998 that they had taken 3947 from the land 776 of the Philistines 6430 and from the land 776 of Judah 3063.
17 David 1732 slaughtered 5221 them from the twilight 5399 until 5704 the evening 6153 of the next 4283 day 4283; and not a man 376 of them escaped 4422, except four 702 hundred 3967 young 5288 men 5288 who 834 rode 7392 on camels 1581 and fled 1272.
18 So David 1732 recovered 5337 all 3605 that the Amalekites 6002 had taken 3947, and rescued 5337 his two 8147 wives 802.
19 But nothing 3808 of theirs 1992 was missing 5737, whether 4480 small 6996 or 5704 great 1419, sons 1121 or daughters 1323, spoil 7998 or 5704 anything 3605 that they had taken 3947 for themselves 1992; David 1732 brought 7725 {it} all 3605 back 7725.
20 So David 1732 had captured 3947 all 3605 the sheep 6629 and the cattle 1241 {which the people} drove 5090 ahead 6440 of the {other} livestock 4735, and they said 559, "This 2088 is David's 1732 spoil 7998."
21

The Spoils Are Divided

¶ When David 1732 came 935 to the two hundred 3967 men 376 who 834 were too 4480 exhausted 6296 to follow David 1732, who had also been left 3427 at the brook 5158 Besor 1308, and they went 3318 out to meet 7122 David 1732 and to meet 7122 the people 5971 who 834 were with him, then David 1732 approached 5066 the people 5971 and greeted them.
22 Then all 3605 the wicked 7451 and worthless 1100 men 376 among 4480 those who 834 went 1980 with David 1732 said 559, "Because they did not go 1980 with us, we will not give 5414 them any 4480 of the spoil 7998 that we have recovered 5337, except to every 376 man 376 his wife 802 and his children 1121, that they may lead 5090 {them} away 5090 and depart 1980."
23 Then David 1732 said 559, "You must not do 6213 so 3651, my brothers 251, with what 834 the LORD 3068 has given 5414 us, who has kept 8104 us and delivered 5414 into our hand 3027 the band 1416 that came 935 against 5921 us.
24 "And who 4310 will listen 8085 to you in this 2088 matter 1697? For as his share 2506 is who goes 3381 down 3381 to the battle 4421, so shall his share 2506 be who stays 3427 by the baggage 3627; they shall share 2505 alike 3164."
25 So it has been 1961 from that day 3117 forward 4605, that he made 7760 it a statute 2706 and an ordinance 4941 for Israel 3478 to this 2088 day 3117.
26 ¶ Now when David 1732 came 935 to Ziklag 6860, he sent 7971 {some} of the spoil 7998 to the elders 2205 of Judah 3063, to his friends 7453, saying 559, "Behold 2009, a gift 1293 for you from the spoil 7998 of the enemies 340 of the LORD 3068:
27 to those who 834 were in Bethel 1008, and to those who 834 were in Ramoth 7418 of the Negev 7418, and to those who 834 were in Jattir 3492,
28 and to those who 834 were in Aroer 6177, and to those who 834 were in Siphmoth 8224, and to those who 834 were in Eshtemoa 851,
29 and to those who 834 were in Racal 7403, and to those who 834 were in the cities 5892 of the Jerahmeelites 3397, and to those who 834 were in the cities 5892 of the Kenites 7017,
30 and to those who 834 were in Hormah 2767, and to those who 834 were in Bor-ashan 953, and to those who 834 were in Athach 6269,
31 and to those who 834 were in Hebron 2275, and to all 3605 the places 4725 where David 1732 himself 1931 and his men 376 were accustomed to go 1980."

## Chapter 31

1

Saul and His Sons Slain

Now the Philistines 6430 were fighting 3898 against Israel 3478, and the men 376 of Israel 3478 fled 5127 from before 6440 the Philistines 6430 and fell 5307 slain 2491 on Mount 2022 Gilboa 1533.
2 The Philistines 6430 overtook 1692 Saul 7586 and his sons 1121; and the Philistines 6430 killed 5221 Jonathan 3083 and Abinadab 41 and Malchi-shua 4444 the sons 1121 of Saul 7586.
3 The battle 4421 went 3513 heavily 3513 against 413 Saul 7586, and the archers hit 4672 him; and he was badly 3966 wounded 2342 by the archers 3384.
4 Then Saul 7586 said 559 to his armor 3627 bearer 5375, "Draw 8025 your sword 2719 and pierce 1856 me through 1856 with it, otherwise 6435 these 428 uncircumcised 6189 will come 935 and pierce 1856 me through 1856 and make 5953 sport 5953 of me." But his armor 3627 bearer 5375 would 14 not, for he was greatly 3966 afraid 3372. So Saul 7586 took 3947 his sword 2719 and fell 5307 on it.
5 When his armor 3627 bearer 5375 saw 7200 that Saul 7586 was dead 4191, he also 1571 fell 5307 on his sword 2719 and died 4191 with him.
6 Thus Saul 7586 died 4191 with his three 7969 sons 1121, his armor 3627 bearer 5375, and all 3605 his men 376 on that day 3117 together 3164.
7 ¶ When the men 376 of Israel 3478 who 834 were on the other 5676 side 5676 of the valley 6010, with those who 834 were beyond 5676 the Jordan 3383, saw 7200 that the men 376 of Israel 3478 had fled 5127 and that Saul 7586 and his sons 1121 were dead 4191, they abandoned 5800 the cities 5892 and fled 5127; then the Philistines 6430 came 935 and lived 3427 in them.
8 ¶ It came 1961 about on the next 4283 day 4283 when the Philistines 6430 came 935 to strip 6584 the slain 2491, that they found 4672 Saul 7586 and his three 7969 sons 1121 fallen 5307 on Mount 2022 Gilboa 1533.
9 They cut 3772 off 3772 his head 7218 and stripped 6584 off 6584 his weapons 3627, and sent 7971 {them} throughout 5439 the land 776 of the Philistines 6430, to carry 1319 the good news 1319 to the house 1004 of their idols 6091 and to the people 5971.
10 They put 7760 his weapons 3627 in the temple 1004 of Ashtaroth 6252, and they fastened 8628 his body 1472 to the wall 2346 of Beth-shan 1052.
11 Now when the inhabitants 3427 of Jabesh-gilead heard 8085 what 834 the Philistines 6430 had done 6213 to Saul 7586,
12 all 3605 the valiant 2428 men 376 rose 6965 and walked 1980 all 3605 night 3915, and took 3947 the body 1472 of Saul 7586 and the bodies 1472 of his sons 1121 from the wall 2346 of Beth-shan 1052, and they came 935 to Jabesh 3003 and burned 8313 them there 8033.
13 They took 3947 their bones 6106 and buried 6912 them under 8478 the tamarisk 815 tree 815 at Jabesh 3003, and fasted 6684 seven 7651 days 3117.