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1 Samuel 7:1--12:25

7:1

And the men
<0582>

of Kirjathjearim
<07157>

came
<0935> (8799)_,

and fetched up
<05927> (8686)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

it into the house
<01004>

of Abinadab
<041>

in the hill
<01389>_,

and sanctified
<06942> (8765)

Eleazar
<0499>

his son
<01121>

to keep
<08104> (8800)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

7:2

And it came to pass, while
<03117>

the ark
<0727>

abode
<03427> (8800)

in Kirjathjearim
<07157>_,

that the time
<03117>

was long
<07235> (8799)_;

for it was twenty
<06242>

years
<08141>_:

and all the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

lamented
<05091> (8735)

after
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>_.

7:3

And Samuel
<08050>

spake
<0559> (8799)

unto all the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

If ye do return
<07725> (8802)

unto the LORD
<03068>

with all your hearts
<03824>_,

[then] put away
<05493> (8685)

the strange
<05236>

gods
<0430>

and Ashtaroth
<06252>

from among
<08432>

you, and prepare
<03559> (8685)

your hearts
<03824>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and serve
<05647> (8798)

him only: and he will deliver
<05337> (8686)

you out of the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

7:4

Then the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

did put away
<05493> (8686)

Baalim
<01168>

and Ashtaroth
<06252>_,

and served
<05647> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>

only.

7:5

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Gather
<06908> (8798)

all Israel
<03478>

to Mizpeh
<04708>_,

and I will pray
<06419> (8691)

for you unto the LORD
<03068>_.

7:6

And they gathered together
<06908> (8735)

to Mizpeh
<04709>_,

and drew
<07579> (8799)

water
<04325>_,

and poured [it] out
<08210> (8799)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and fasted
<06684> (8799)

on that day
<03117>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

there, We have sinned
<02398> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

judged
<08199> (8799)

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

in Mizpeh
<04708>_.

7:7

And when the Philistines
<06430>

heard
<08085> (8799)

that the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

were gathered together
<06908> (8694)

to Mizpeh
<04708>_,

the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

went up
<05927> (8799)

against Israel
<03478>_.

And when the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

heard
<08085> (8799)

[it], they were afraid
<03372> (8799)

of
<06440>

the Philistines
<06430>_.

7:8

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Samuel
<08050>_,

Cease
<02790> (8686)

not to cry
<02199> (8800)

unto the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>

for us, that he will save
<03467> (8686)

us out of the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

{Cease...: Heb. Be not silent from us from crying}

7:9

And Samuel
<08050>

took
<03947> (8799)

a
<0259>

sucking
<02461>

lamb
<02924>_,

and offered
<05927> (8686)

[it for] a burnt offering
<05930>

wholly
<03632>

unto the LORD
<03068>_:

and Samuel
<08050>

cried
<02199> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>

for Israel
<03478>_;

and the LORD
<03068>

heard
<06030> (8799)

him. {heard: or, answered}

7:10

And as Samuel
<08050>

was offering up
<05927> (8688)

the burnt offering
<05930>_,

the Philistines
<06430>

drew near
<05066> (8738)

to battle
<04421>

against Israel
<03478>_:

but the LORD
<03068>

thundered
<07481> (8686)

with a great
<01419>

thunder
<06963>

on that day
<03117>

upon the Philistines
<06430>_,

and discomfited
<02000> (8799)

them; and they were smitten
<05062> (8735)

before
<06440>

Israel
<03478>_.

7:11

And the men
<0582>

of Israel
<03478>

went out
<03318> (8799)

of Mizpeh
<04709>_,

and pursued
<07291> (8799)

the Philistines
<06430>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

them, until [they came] under Bethcar
<01033>_.

7:12

Then Samuel
<08050>

took
<03947> (8799)

a
<0259>

stone
<068>_,

and set
<07760> (8799)

[it] between Mizpeh
<04709>

and Shen
<08129>_,

and called
<07121> (8799)

the name
<08034>

of it Ebenezer
<072>_,

saying
<0559> (8799)_,

Hitherto hath the LORD
<03068>

helped
<05826> (8804)

us. {Ebenezer: that is, The stone of help}

7:13

So the Philistines
<06430>

were subdued
<03665> (8735)_,

and they came
<0935> (8800)

no more
<03254> (8804)

into the coast
<01366>

of Israel
<03478>_:

and the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

was against the Philistines
<06430>

all the days
<03117>

of Samuel
<08050>_.

7:14

And the cities
<05892>

which the Philistines
<06430>

had taken
<03947> (8804)

from Israel
<03478>

were restored
<07725> (8799)

to Israel
<03478>_,

from Ekron
<06138>

even unto Gath
<01661>_;

and the coasts
<01366>

thereof did Israel
<03478>

deliver
<05337> (8689)

out of the hands
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

And there was peace
<07965>

between Israel
<03478>

and the Amorites
<0567>_.

7:15

And Samuel
<08050>

judged
<08199> (8799)

Israel
<03478>

all the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_.

7:16

And he went
<01980> (8804)

from
<01767>

year
<08141>

to year
<08141>

in circuit
<05437> (8804)

to Bethel
<01008>_,

and Gilgal
<01537>_,

and Mizpeh
<04709>_,

and judged
<08199> (8804)

Israel
<03478>

in all those places
<04725>_.

{in circuit: Heb. and he circuited}

7:17

And his return
<08666>

[was] to Ramah
<07414>_;

for there [was] his house
<01004>_;

and there he judged
<08199> (8804)

Israel
<03478>_;

and there he built
<01129> (8799)

an altar
<04196>

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

8:1

And it came to pass, when Samuel
<08050>

was old
<02204> (8804)_,

that he made
<07760> (8799)

his sons
<01121>

judges
<08199> (8802)

over Israel
<03478>_.

8:2

Now the name
<08034>

of his firstborn
<01121> <01060>

was Joel
<03100>_;

and the name
<08034>

of his second
<04932>_,

Abiah
<029>_:

[they were] judges
<08199> (8802)

in Beersheba
<0884>_.

8:3

And his sons
<01121>

walked
<01980> (8804)

not in his ways
<01870>_,

but turned aside
<05186> (8799)

after
<0310>

lucre
<01215>_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

bribes
<07810>_,

and perverted
<05186> (8686)

judgment
<04941>_.

8:4

Then all the elders
<02205>

of Israel
<03478>

gathered themselves together
<06908> (8691)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Samuel
<08050>

unto Ramah
<07414>_,

8:5

And said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold, thou art old
<02204> (8804)_,

and thy sons
<01121>

walk
<01980> (8804)

not in thy ways
<01870>_:

now make
<07760> (8798)

us a king
<04428>

to judge
<08199> (8800)

us like all the nations
<01471>_.

8:6

But the thing
<01697>

displeased
<03415> (8799) <05869>

Samuel
<08050>_,

when they said
<0559> (8804)_,

Give
<05414> (8798)

us a king
<04428>

to judge
<08199> (8800)

us. And Samuel
<08050>

prayed
<06419> (8691)

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

{displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of}

8:7

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Samuel
<08050>_,

Hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto the voice
<06963>

of the people
<05971>

in all that they say
<0559> (8799)

unto thee: for they have not rejected
<03988> (8804)

thee, but they have rejected
<03988> (8804)

me, that I should not reign
<04427> (8800)

over them.

8:8

According to all the works
<04639>

which they have done
<06213> (8804)

since the day
<03117>

that I brought them up
<05927> (8687)

out of Egypt
<04714>

even unto this day
<03117>_,

wherewith they have forsaken
<05800> (8799)

me, and served
<05647> (8799)

other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_,

so do
<06213> (8802)

they also unto thee.

8:9

Now therefore hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto their voice
<06963>_:

howbeit
<0389>

yet protest
<05749> (8686)

solemnly
<05749> (8687)

unto them, and shew
<05046> (8689)

them the manner
<04941>

of the king
<04428>

that shall reign
<04427> (8799)

over them. {hearken...: or, obey} {howbeit...: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt}

8:10

And Samuel
<08050>

told
<0559> (8799)

all the words
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

unto the people
<05971>

that asked
<07592> (8802)

of him a king
<04428>_.

8:11

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

This will be the manner
<04941>

of the king
<04428>

that shall reign
<04427> (8799)

over you: He will take
<03947> (8799)

your sons
<01121>_,

and appoint
<07760> (8804)

[them] for himself, for his chariots
<04818>_,

and [to be] his horsemen
<06571>_;

and [some] shall run
<07323> (8804)

before
<06440>

his chariots
<04818>_.

8:12

And he will appoint
<07760> (8800)

him captains
<08269>

over thousands
<0505>_,

and captains
<08269>

over fifties
<02572>_;

and [will set them] to ear
<02790> (8800)

his ground
<02758>_,

and to reap
<07114> (8800)

his harvest
<07105>_,

and to make
<06213> (8800)

his instruments
<03627>

of war
<04421>_,

and instruments
<03627>

of his chariots
<07393>_.

8:13

And he will take
<03947> (8799)

your daughters
<01323>

[to be] confectionaries
<07548>_,

and [to be] cooks
<02879>_,

and [to be] bakers
<0644> (8802)_.

8:14

And he will take
<03947> (8799)

your fields
<07704>_,

and your vineyards
<03754>_,

and your oliveyards
<02132>_,

[even] the best
<02896>

[of them], and give
<05414> (8804)

[them] to his servants
<05650>_.

8:15

And he will take the tenth
<06237> (8799)

of your seed
<02233>_,

and of your vineyards
<03754>_,

and give
<05414> (8804)

to his officers
<05631>_,

and to his servants
<05650>_.

{officers: Heb. eunuchs}

8:16

And he will take
<03947> (8799)

your menservants
<05650>_,

and your maidservants
<08198>_,

and your goodliest
<02896>

young men
<0970>_,

and your asses
<02543>_,

and put
<06213> (8804)

[them] to his work
<04399>_.

8:17

He will take the tenth
<06237> (8799)

of your sheep
<06629>_:

and ye shall be his servants
<05650>_.

8:18

And ye shall cry out
<02199> (8804)

in that day
<03117>

because
<06440>

of your king
<04428>

which ye shall have chosen
<0977> (8804)

you; and the LORD
<03068>

will not hear
<06030> (8799)

you in that day
<03117>_.

8:19

Nevertheless the people
<05971>

refused
<03985> (8762)

to obey
<08085> (8800)

the voice
<06963>

of Samuel
<08050>_;

and they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Nay; but we will have a king
<04428>

over us;

8:20

That we also may be like all the nations
<01471>_;

and that our king
<04428>

may judge
<08199> (8804)

us, and go out
<03318> (8804)

before
<06440>

us, and fight
<03898> (8738)

our battles
<04421>_.

8:21

And Samuel
<08050>

heard
<08085> (8799)

all the words
<01697>

of the people
<05971>_,

and he rehearsed
<01696> (8762)

them in the ears
<0241>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

8:22

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Samuel
<08050>_,

Hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto their voice
<06963>_,

and make
<04427> (8689)

them a king
<04428>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the men
<0582>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

ye every man
<0376>

unto his city
<05892>_.

9:1

Now there was a man
<0376>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Kish
<07027>_,

the son
<01121>

of Abiel
<022>_,

the son
<01121>

of Zeror
<06872>_,

the son
<01121>

of Bechorath
<01064>_,

the son
<01121>

of Aphiah
<0647>_,

a Benjamite
<01145>_,

a mighty
<01368>

man
<0376>

of power
<02428>_.

{a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jemini} {power: or, substance}

9:2

And he had a son
<01121>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Saul
<07586>_,

a choice young man
<0970>_,

and a goodly
<02896>_:

and [there was] not among the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

a goodlier
<02896>

person
<0376>

than he: from his shoulders
<07926>

and upward
<04605>

[he was] higher
<01364>

than any of the people
<05971>_.

9:3

And the asses
<0860>

of Kish
<07027>

Saul's
<07586>

father
<01>

were lost
<06> (8799)_.

And Kish
<07027>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Saul
<07586>

his son
<01121>_,

Take
<03947> (8798)

now one
<0259>

of the servants
<05288>

with thee, and arise
<06965> (8798)_,

go
<03212> (8798)

seek
<01245> (8761)

the asses
<0860>_.

9:4

And he passed through
<05674> (8799)

mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_,

and passed through
<05674> (8799)

the land
<0776>

of Shalisha
<08031>_,

but they found
<04672> (8804)

[them] not: then they passed through
<05674> (8799)

the land
<0776>

of Shalim
<08171>_,

and [there they were] not: and he passed through
<05674> (8799)

the land
<0776>

of the Benjamites
<01145>_,

but they found
<04672> (8804)

[them] not.

9:5

[And] when they were come
<0935> (8804)

to the land
<0776>

of Zuph
<06689>_,

Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8804)

to his servant
<05288>

that [was] with him, Come
<03212> (8798)_,

and let us return
<07725> (8799)_;

lest my father
<01>

leave
<02308> (8799)

[caring] for the asses
<0860>_,

and take thought
<01672> (8804)

for us.

9:6

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold now, [there is] in this city
<05892>

a man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_,

and [he is] an honourable
<03513> (8737)

man
<0376>_;

all that he saith
<01696> (8762)

cometh
<0935> (8799)

surely to pass
<0935> (8800)_:

now let us go
<03212> (8799)

thither; peradventure he can shew
<05046> (8686)

us our way
<01870>

that we should go
<01980> (8804)_.

9:7

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Saul
<07586>

to his servant
<05288>_,

But, behold, [if] we go
<03212> (8799)_,

what shall we bring
<0935> (8686)

the man
<0376>_?

for the bread
<03899>

is spent
<0235> (8804)

in our vessels
<03627>_,

and [there is] not a present
<08670>

to bring
<0935> (8687)

to the man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_:

what have we? {is spent...: Heb. is gone out of, etc} {have we: Heb. is with us?}

9:8

And the servant
<05288>

answered
<06030> (8800)

Saul
<07586>

again
<03254> (8686)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, I have
<04672> (8738)

here at hand
<03027>

the fourth part
<07253>

of a shekel
<08255>

of silver
<03701>_:

[that] will I give
<05414> (8804)

to the man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_,

to tell
<05046> (8689)

us our way
<01870>_.

{I have...: Heb. there is found in my hand}

9:9

(Beforetime
<06440>

in Israel
<03478>_,

when a man
<0376>

went
<03212> (8800)

to enquire
<01875> (8800)

of God
<0430>_,

thus he spake
<0559> (8804)_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

and let us go
<03212> (8799)

to the seer
<07200> (8802)_:

for [he that is] now
<03117>

[called] a Prophet
<05030>

was beforetime
<06440>

called
<07121> (8735)

a Seer
<07200> (8802).)

9:10

Then said
<01697>

Saul
<07586>

to his servant
<05288>_,

Well
<02896>

said
<0559> (8799)_;

come
<03212> (8798)_,

let us go
<03212> (8799)_.

So they went
<03212> (8799)

unto the city
<05892>

where the man
<0376>

of God
<0430>

[was]. {Well said: Heb. Thy word is good}

9:11

[And] as they went up
<05927> (8802)

the hill
<04608>

to the city
<05892>_,

they found
<04672> (8804)

young maidens
<05291>

going out
<03318> (8802)

to draw
<07579> (8800)

water
<04325>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Is
<03426>

the seer
<07200> (8802)

here? {the hill...: Heb. in the ascent of the city}

9:12

And they answered
<06030> (8799)

them, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

He is
<03426>_;

behold, [he is] before
<06440>

you: make haste
<04116> (8761)

now, for he came
<0935> (8804)

to day
<03117>

to the city
<05892>_;

for [there is] a sacrifice
<02077>

of the people
<05971>

to day
<03117>

in the high place
<01116>_:

{sacrifice: or, feast}

9:13

As soon as ye be come
<0935> (8800)

into the city
<05892>_,

ye shall straightway
<03651>

find
<04672> (8799)

him, before he go up
<05927> (8799)

to the high place
<01116>

to eat
<0398> (8800)_:

for the people
<05971>

will not eat
<0398> (8799)

until he come
<0935> (8800)_,

because he doth bless
<01288> (8762)

the sacrifice
<02077>_;

[and] afterwards
<0310> <03651>

they eat
<0398> (8799)

that be bidden
<07121> (8803)_.

Now therefore get you up
<05927> (8798)_;

for about this time
<03117>

ye shall find
<04672> (8799)

him. {this time: Heb. to day}

9:14

And they went up
<05927> (8799)

into
<08432>

the city
<05892>_:

[and] when they were come
<0935> (8802)

into the city
<05892>_,

behold, Samuel
<08050>

came out
<03318> (8802)

against
<07125> (8800)

them, for to go up
<05927> (8800)

to the high place
<01116>_.

9:15

Now the LORD
<03068>

had told
<01540> (8804)

Samuel
<08050>

in his ear
<0241>

a
<0259>

day
<03117>

before
<06440>

Saul
<07586>

came
<0935> (8800)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

{told...: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel}

9:16

To morrow
<04279>

about this time
<06256>

I will send
<07971> (8799)

thee a man
<0376>

out of the land
<0776>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

and thou shalt anoint
<04886> (8804)

him [to be] captain
<05057>

over my people
<05971>

Israel
<03478>_,

that he may save
<03467> (8689)

my people
<05971>

out of the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_:

for I have looked
<07200> (8804)

upon my people
<05971>_,

because their cry
<06818>

is come
<0935> (8804)

unto me.

9:17

And when Samuel
<08050>

saw
<07200> (8804)

Saul
<07586>_,

the LORD
<03068>

said
<06030> (8804)

unto him, Behold the man
<0376>

whom I spake
<0559> (8804)

to thee of! this same shall reign
<06113> (8799)

over my people
<05971>_.

{reign over: Heb. restrain in}

9:18

Then Saul
<07586>

drew near
<05066> (8799)

to Samuel
<08050>

in
<08432>

the gate
<08179>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Tell
<05046> (8685)

me, I pray thee, where
<0335>

the seer's
<07200> (8802)

house
<01004>

[is].

9:19

And Samuel
<08050>

answered
<06030> (8799)

Saul
<07586>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

I [am] the seer
<07200> (8802)_:

go up
<05927> (8798)

before
<06440>

me unto the high place
<01116>_;

for ye shall eat
<0398> (8804)

with me to day
<03117>_,

and to morrow
<01242>

I will let thee go
<07971> (8765)_,

and will tell
<05046> (8686)

thee all that [is] in thine heart
<03824>_.

9:20

And as for thine asses
<0860>

that were lost
<06> (8802)

three
<07969>

days
<03117>

ago
<03117>_,

set
<07760> (8799)

not thy mind
<03820>

on them; for they are found
<04672> (8738)_.

And on whom [is] all the desire
<02532>

of Israel
<03478>_?

[Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's
<01>

house
<01004>_?

{three...: Heb. to day three days}

9:21

And Saul
<07586>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Am] not I a Benjamite
<01145>_,

of the smallest
<06996>

of the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_?

and my family
<04940>

the least
<06810>

of all the families
<04940>

of the tribe
<07626>

of Benjamin
<01144>_?

wherefore then speakest
<01696> (8765)

thou so
<01697>

to me? {so...: Heb. according to this word}

9:22

And Samuel
<08050>

took
<03947> (8799)

Saul
<07586>

and his servant
<05288>_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

them into the parlour
<03957>_,

and made them sit
<05414> (8799)

in the chiefest
<07218>

place
<04725>

among them that were bidden
<07121> (8803)_,

which [were] about thirty
<07970>

persons
<0376>_.

9:23

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the cook
<02876>_,

Bring
<05414> (8798)

the portion
<04490>

which I gave
<05414> (8804)

thee, of which I said
<0559> (8804)

unto thee, Set
<07760> (8798)

it by thee.

9:24

And the cook
<02876>

took up
<07311> (8686)

the shoulder
<07785>_,

and [that] which [was] upon it, and set
<07760> (8799)

[it] before
<06440>

Saul
<07586>_.

And [Samuel] said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold that which is left
<07604> (8737)_!

set
<07760> (8798)

[it] before
<06440>

thee, [and] eat
<0398> (8798)_:

for unto this time
<04150>

hath it been kept
<08104> (8803)

for thee since I said
<0559> (8800)_,

I have invited
<07121> (8804)

the people
<05971>_.

So Saul
<07586>

did eat
<0398> (8799)

with Samuel
<08050>

that day
<03117>_.

{left: or, reserved}

9:25

And when they were come down
<03381> (8799)

from the high place
<01116>

into the city
<05892>_,

[Samuel] communed
<01696> (8762)

with Saul
<07586>

upon the top of the house
<01406>_.

9:26

And they arose early
<07925> (8686)_:

and it came to pass about the spring
<05927> (8800)

of the day
<07837>_,

that Samuel
<08050>

called
<07121> (8799)

Saul
<07586>

to the top of the house
<01406>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Up
<06965> (8798)_,

that I may send thee away
<07971> (8762)_.

And Saul
<07586>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and they went out
<03318> (8799)

both
<08147>

of them, he and Samuel
<08050>_,

abroad
<02351>_.

9:27

[And] as they were going down
<03381> (8802)

to the end
<07097>

of the city
<05892>_,

Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8804)

to Saul
<07586>_,

Bid
<0559> (8798)

the servant
<05288>

pass on
<05674> (8799)

before
<06440>

us, (and he passed on
<05674> (8798),)

but stand
<05975> (8798)

thou still a while
<03117>_,

that I may shew
<08085> (8686)

thee the word
<01697>

of God
<0430>_.

{a while: Heb. to day}

10:1

Then Samuel
<08050>

took
<03947> (8799)

a vial
<06378>

of oil
<08081>_,

and poured
<03332> (8799)

[it] upon his head
<07218>_,

and kissed
<05401> (8799)

him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Is it] not because the LORD
<03068>

hath anointed
<04886> (8804)

thee [to be] captain
<05057>

over his inheritance
<05159>_?

10:2

When thou art departed
<03212> (8800)

from me
<05978>

to day
<03117>_,

then thou shalt find
<04672> (8804)

two
<08147>

men
<0582>

by Rachel's
<07354>

sepulchre
<06900>

in the border
<01366>

of Benjamin
<01144>

at Zelzah
<06766>_;

and they will say
<0559> (8804)

unto thee, The asses
<0860>

which thou wentest
<01980> (8804)

to seek
<01245> (8763)

are found
<04672> (8738)_:

and, lo, thy father
<01>

hath left
<05203> (8804)

the care
<01697>

of the asses
<0860>_,

and sorroweth
<01672> (8804)

for you, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

What shall I do
<06213> (8799)

for my son
<01121>_?

{care: Heb. business}

10:3

Then shalt thou go on
<02498> (8804)

forward
<01973>

from thence, and thou shalt come
<0935> (8804)

to the plain
<0436>

of Tabor
<08396>_,

and there shall meet
<04672> (8804)

thee three
<07969>

men
<0582>

going up
<05927> (8802)

to God
<0430>

to Bethel
<01008>_,

one
<0259>

carrying
<05375> (8802)

three
<07969>

kids
<01423>_,

and another
<0259>

carrying
<05375> (8802)

three
<07969>

loaves
<03603>

of bread
<03899>_,

and another
<0259>

carrying
<05375> (8802)

a bottle
<05035>

of wine
<03196>_:

10:4

And they will
<07592> (8804)

salute
<07965>

thee, and give
<05414> (8804)

thee two
<08147>

[loaves] of bread
<03899>_;

which thou shalt receive
<03947> (8804)

of their hands
<03027>_.

{salute...: Heb. ask thee of peace}

10:5

After
<0310>

that thou shalt come
<0935> (8799)

to the hill
<01389>

of God
<0430>_,

where [is] the garrison
<05333>

of the Philistines
<06430>_:

and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither
<0935> (8800)

to the city
<05892>_,

that thou shalt meet
<06293> (8804)

a company
<02256>

of prophets
<05030>

coming down
<03381> (8802)

from the high place
<01116>

with a psaltery
<05035>_,

and a tabret
<08596>_,

and a pipe
<02485>_,

and a harp
<03658>_,

before
<06440>

them; and they shall prophesy
<05012> (8693)_:

10:6

And the Spirit
<07307>

of the LORD
<03068>

will come
<06743> (8804)

upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy
<05012> (8694)

with them, and shalt be turned
<02015> (8738)

into another
<0312>

man
<0376>_.

10:7

And let it be, when these signs
<0226>

are come
<0935> (8799)

unto thee, [that] thou do
<06213> (8798)

as occasion
<04672> (8799)

serve
<03027>

thee; for God
<0430>

[is] with thee. {And...: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etc} {that...: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find}

10:8

And thou shalt go down
<03381> (8804)

before
<06440>

me to Gilgal
<01537>_;

and, behold, I will come down
<03381> (8802)

unto thee, to offer
<05927> (8687)

burnt offerings
<05930>_,

[and] to sacrifice
<02076> (8800)

sacrifices
<02077>

of peace offerings
<08002>_:

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>

shalt thou tarry
<03176> (8686)_,

till I come
<0935> (8800)

to thee, and shew
<03045> (8689)

thee what thou shalt do
<06213> (8799)_.

10:9

And it was [so], that when he had turned
<06437> (8687)

his back
<07926>

to go
<03212> (8800)

from Samuel
<08050>_,

God
<0430>

gave
<02015> (8799)

him another
<0312>

heart
<03820>_:

and all those signs
<0226>

came
<0935> (8799)

to pass that day
<03117>_.

{back: Heb. shoulder} {gave: Heb. turned}

10:10

And when they came
<0935> (8799)

thither to the hill
<01389>_,

behold, a company
<02256>

of prophets
<05030>

met
<07125> (8800)

him; and the Spirit
<07307>

of God
<0430>

came
<06743> (8799)

upon him, and he prophesied
<05012> (8691)

among
<08432>

them.

10:11

And it came to pass, when all that knew
<03045> (8802)

him beforetime
<0865> <08032>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that, behold, he prophesied
<05012> (8738)

among the prophets
<05030>_,

then the people
<05971>

said
<0559> (8799)

one
<0376>

to another
<07453>_,

What [is] this [that] is come unto the son
<01121>

of Kish
<07027>_?

[Is] Saul
<07586>

also among the prophets
<05030>_?

{one...: Heb. a man to his neighbour}

10:12

And one
<0376>

of the same place answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

But who [is] their father
<01>_?

Therefore it became a proverb
<04912>_,

[Is] Saul
<07586>

also among the prophets
<05030>_?

{of...: Heb. from thence}

10:13

And when he had made an end
<03615> (8762)

of prophesying
<05012> (8692)_,

he came
<0935> (8799)

to the high place
<01116>_.

10:14

And Saul's
<07586>

uncle
<01730>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him and to his servant
<05288>_,

Whither
<0575>

went
<01980> (8804)

ye? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

To seek
<01245> (8763)

the asses
<0860>_:

and when we saw
<07200> (8799)

that [they were] no where
<0369>_,

we came
<0935> (8799)

to Samuel
<08050>_.

10:15

And Saul's
<07586>

uncle
<01730>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Tell
<05046> (8685)

me, I pray thee, what Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8804)

unto you.

10:16

And Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto his uncle
<01730>_,

He told
<05046> (8689)

us plainly
<05046> (8687)

that the asses
<0860>

were found
<04672> (8738)_.

But of the matter
<01697>

of the kingdom
<04410>_,

whereof Samuel
<08050>

spake
<0559> (8804)_,

he told
<05046> (8689)

him not.

10:17

And Samuel
<08050>

called
<06817> (8686)

the people
<05971>

together unto the LORD
<03068>

to Mizpeh
<04709>_;

10:18

And said
<0559> (8799)

unto the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

I brought up
<05927> (8689)

Israel
<03478>

out of Egypt
<04714>_,

and delivered
<05337> (8686)

you out of the hand
<03027>

of the Egyptians
<04714>_,

and out of the hand
<03027>

of all kingdoms
<04467>_,

[and] of them that oppressed
<03905> (8801)

you:

10:19

And ye have this day
<03117>

rejected
<03988> (8804)

your God
<0430>_,

who himself saved
<03467> (8688)

you out of all your adversities
<07451>

and your tribulations
<06869>_;

and ye have said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, [Nay], but set
<07760> (8799)

a king
<04428>

over us. Now therefore present
<03320> (8690)

yourselves before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

by your tribes
<07626>_,

and by your thousands
<0505>_.

10:20

And when Samuel
<08050>

had caused all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>

to come near
<07126> (8686)_,

the tribe
<07626>

of Benjamin
<01144>

was taken
<03920> (8735)_.

10:21

When he had caused the tribe
<07626>

of Benjamin
<01144>

to come near
<07126> (8686)

by their families
<04940>_,

the family
<04940>

of Matri
<04309>

was taken
<03920> (8735)_,

and Saul
<07586>

the son
<01121>

of Kish
<07027>

was taken
<03920> (8735)_:

and when they sought
<01245> (8762)

him, he could not be found
<04672> (8738)_.

10:22

Therefore they enquired
<07592> (8799)

of the LORD
<03068>

further, if the man
<0376>

should yet come
<0935> (8804)

thither
<01988>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, he hath hid
<02244> (8737)

himself among the stuff
<03627>_.

10:23

And they ran
<07323> (8799)

and fetched
<03947> (8799)

him thence: and when he stood
<03320> (8691)

among
<08432>

the people
<05971>_,

he was higher
<01361> (8799)

than any of the people
<05971>

from his shoulders
<07926>

and upward
<04605>_.

10:24

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

to all the people
<05971>_,

See
<07200> (8804)

ye him whom the LORD
<03068>

hath chosen
<0977> (8804)_,

that [there is] none like him among all the people
<05971>_?

And all the people
<05971>

shouted
<07321> (8686)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

God save
<02421> (8799)

the king
<04428>_.

{God...: Heb. Let the king live}

10:25

Then Samuel
<08050>

told
<01696> (8762)

the people
<05971>

the manner
<04941>

of the kingdom
<04410>_,

and wrote
<03789> (8799)

[it] in a book
<05612>_,

and laid [it] up
<03240> (8686)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

sent
<07971> (0)

all the people
<05971>

away
<07971> (8762)_,

every man
<0376>

to his house
<01004>_.

10:26

And Saul
<07586>

also went
<01980> (8804)

home
<01004>

to Gibeah
<01390>_;

and there went
<03212> (8799)

with him a band of men
<02428>_,

whose hearts
<03820>

God
<0430>

had touched
<05060> (8804)_.

10:27

But the children
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

How shall this man save
<03467> (8686)

us? And they despised
<0959> (8799)

him, and brought
<0935> (8689)

him no presents
<04503>_.

But he held his peace
<02790> (8688)_.

{held...: or, was as though he had been deaf}

11:1

Then Nahash
<05176>

the Ammonite
<05984>

came up
<05927> (8799)_,

and encamped
<02583> (8799)

against Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>_:

and all the men
<0582>

of Jabesh
<03003>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Nahash
<05176>_,

Make
<03772> (8798)

a covenant
<01285>

with us, and we will serve
<05647> (8799)

thee.

11:2

And Nahash
<05176>

the Ammonite
<05984>

answered
<0559> (8799)

them, On this
<02063>

[condition] will I make
<03772> (8799)

[a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out
<05365> (8800)

all your right
<03225>

eyes
<05869>_,

and lay
<07760> (8804)

it [for] a reproach
<02781>

upon all Israel
<03478>_.

11:3

And the elders
<02205>

of Jabesh
<03003>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Give us seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_'

respite
<07503> (8685)_,

that we may send
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

unto all the coasts
<01366>

of Israel
<03478>_:

and then, if [there be] no man to save
<03467> (8688)

us, we will come out
<03318> (8804)

to thee. {Give...: Heb. Forbear us}

11:4

Then came
<0935> (8799)

the messengers
<04397>

to Gibeah
<01390>

of Saul
<07586>_,

and told
<01696> (8762)

the tidings
<01697>

in the ears
<0241>

of the people
<05971>_:

and all the people
<05971>

lifted up
<05375> (8799)

their voices
<06963>_,

and wept
<01058> (8799)_.

11:5

And, behold, Saul
<07586>

came
<0935> (8804)

after
<0310>

the herd
<01241>

out of the field
<07704>_;

and Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

What [aileth] the people
<05971>

that they weep
<01058> (8799)_?

And they told
<05608> (8762)

him the tidings
<01697>

of the men
<0582>

of Jabesh
<03003>_.

11:6

And the Spirit
<07307>

of God
<0430>

came
<06743> (8799)

upon Saul
<07586>

when he heard
<08085> (8800)

those tidings
<01697>_,

and his anger
<0639>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)

greatly
<03966>_.

11:7

And he took
<03947> (8799)

a yoke
<06776>

of oxen
<01241>_,

and hewed them in pieces
<05408> (8762)_,

and sent
<07971> (8762)

[them] throughout all the coasts
<01366>

of Israel
<03478>

by the hands
<03027>

of messengers
<04397>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Whosoever cometh not forth
<03318> (8802)

after
<0310>

Saul
<07586>

and after
<0310>

Samuel
<08050>_,

so shall it be done
<06213> (8735)

unto his oxen
<01241>_.

And the fear
<06343>

of the LORD
<03068>

fell
<05307> (8799)

on the people
<05971>_,

and they came out
<03318> (8799)

with one
<0259>

consent
<0376>_.

{with...: Heb. as one man}

11:8

And when he numbered
<06485> (8799)

them in Bezek
<0966>_,

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

were three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>_,

and the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

thirty
<07970>

thousand
<0505>_.

11:9

And they said
<0559> (8799)

unto the messengers
<04397>

that came
<0935> (8802)_,

Thus shall ye say
<0559> (8799)

unto the men
<0376>

of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>_,

To morrow
<04279>_,

by [that time] the sun
<08121>

be hot
<02527>_,

ye shall have help
<08668>_.

And the messengers
<04397>

came
<0935> (8799)

and shewed
<05046> (8686)

[it] to the men
<0582>

of Jabesh
<03003>_;

and they were glad
<08055> (8799)_.

{help: or, deliverance}

11:10

Therefore the men
<0582>

of Jabesh
<03003>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

To morrow
<04279>

we will come out
<03318> (8799)

unto you, and ye shall do
<06213> (8804)

with us all that seemeth
<05869>

good
<02896>

unto you.

11:11

And it was [so] on the morrow
<04283>_,

that Saul
<07586>

put
<07760> (8799)

the people
<05971>

in three
<07969>

companies
<07218>_;

and they came
<0935> (8799)

into the midst
<08432>

of the host
<04264>

in the morning
<01242>

watch
<0821>_,

and slew
<05221> (8686)

the Ammonites
<05983>

until the heat
<02527>

of the day
<03117>_:

and it came to pass, that they which remained
<07604> (8737)

were scattered
<06327> (8799)_,

so that two
<08147>

of them were not left
<07604> (8738)

together
<03162>_.

11:12

And the people
<05971>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Samuel
<08050>_,

Who [is] he that said
<0559> (8802)_,

Shall Saul
<07586>

reign
<04427> (8799)

over us? bring
<05414> (8798)

the men
<0582>_,

that we may put them to death
<04191> (8686)_.

11:13

And Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

There shall not a man
<0376>

be put to death
<04191> (8714)

this day
<03117>_:

for to day
<03117>

the LORD
<03068>

hath wrought
<06213> (8804)

salvation
<08668>

in Israel
<03478>_.

11:14

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Samuel
<08050>

to the people
<05971>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

and let us go
<03212> (8799)

to Gilgal
<01537>_,

and renew
<02318> (8762)

the kingdom
<04410>

there.

11:15

And all the people
<05971>

went
<03212> (8799)

to Gilgal
<01537>_;

and there they made Saul
<07586>

king
<04427> (8686)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

in Gilgal
<01537>_;

and there they sacrificed
<02076> (8799)

sacrifices
<02077>

of peace offerings
<08002>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_;

and there Saul
<07586>

and all the men
<0582>

of Israel
<03478>

rejoiced
<08055> (8799)

greatly
<03966>_.

12:1

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto all Israel
<03478>_,

Behold, I have hearkened
<08085> (8804)

unto your voice
<06963>

in all that ye said
<0559> (8804)

unto me, and have made
<04427> (8686)

a king
<04428>

over you.

12:2

And now, behold, the king
<04428>

walketh
<01980> (8693)

before
<06440>

you: and I am old
<02204> (8804)

and grayheaded
<07867> (8804)_;

and, behold, my sons
<01121>

[are] with you: and I have walked
<01980> (8694)

before
<06440>

you from my childhood
<05271>

unto this day
<03117>_.

12:3

Behold, here I [am]: witness
<06030> (8798)

against me before the LORD
<03068>_,

and before his anointed
<04899>_:

whose ox
<07794>

have I taken
<03947> (8804)_?

or whose ass
<02543>

have I taken
<03947> (8804)_?

or whom have I defrauded
<06231> (8804)_?

whom have I oppressed
<07533> (8804)_?

or of whose hand
<03027>

have I received [any] bribe
<03724>

to blind
<05956> (8686)

mine eyes
<05869>

therewith? and I will restore
<07725> (8686)

it you. {bribe: Heb. ransom} {to blind...: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him}

12:4

And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou hast not defrauded
<06231> (8804)

us, nor oppressed
<07533> (8804)

us, neither hast thou taken
<03947> (8804)

ought
<03972>

of any man's
<0376>

hand
<03027>_.

12:5

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, The LORD
<03068>

[is] witness
<05707>

against you, and his anointed
<04899>

[is] witness
<05707>

this day
<03117>_,

that ye have not found
<04672> (8804)

ought
<03972>

in my hand
<03027>_.

And they answered
<0559> (8799)_,

[He is] witness
<05707>_.

12:6

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the people
<05971>_,

[It is] the LORD
<03068>

that advanced
<06213> (8804)

Moses
<04872>

and Aaron
<0175>_,

and that brought
<05927> (0)

your fathers
<01>

up
<05927> (8689)

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_.

{advanced: or, made}

12:7

Now therefore stand still
<03320> (8690)_,

that I may reason
<08199> (8735)

with you before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

of all the righteous acts
<06666>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

which he did
<06213> (8804)

to you and to your fathers
<01>_.

{righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits} {to: Heb. with}

12:8

When Jacob
<03290>

was come
<0935> (8804)

into Egypt
<04714>_,

and your fathers
<01>

cried
<02199> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

then the LORD
<03068>

sent
<07971> (8799)

Moses
<04872>

and Aaron
<0175>_,

which brought forth
<03318> (8686)

your fathers
<01>

out of Egypt
<04714>_,

and made them dwell
<03427> (8686)

in this place
<04725>_.

12:9

And when they forgat
<07911> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

he sold
<04376> (8799)

them into the hand
<03027>

of Sisera
<05516>_,

captain
<08269>

of the host
<06635>

of Hazor
<02674>_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of the king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>_,

and they fought
<03898> (8735)

against them.

12:10

And they cried
<02199> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

We have sinned
<02398> (8804)_,

because we have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and have served
<05647> (8799)

Baalim
<01168>

and Ashtaroth
<06252>_:

but now deliver
<05337> (8685)

us out of the hand
<03027>

of our enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and we will serve
<05647> (8799)

thee.

12:11

And the LORD
<03068>

sent
<07971> (8799)

Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

and Bedan
<0917>_,

and Jephthah
<03316>_,

and Samuel
<08050>_,

and delivered
<05337> (8686)

you out of the hand
<03027>

of your enemies
<0341> (8802)

on every side
<05439>_,

and ye dwelled
<03427> (8799)

safe
<0983>_.

12:12

And when ye saw
<07200> (8799)

that Nahash
<05176>

the king
<04428>

of the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>

came
<0935> (8804)

against you, ye said
<0559> (8799)

unto me, Nay; but a king
<04428>

shall reign
<04427> (8799)

over us: when the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>

[was] your king
<04428>_.

12:13

Now therefore behold the king
<04428>

whom ye have chosen
<0977> (8804)_,

[and] whom ye have desired
<07592> (8804)_!

and, behold, the LORD
<03068>

hath set
<05414> (8804)

a king
<04428>

over you.

12:14

If ye will fear
<03372> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and serve
<05647> (8804)

him, and obey
<08085> (8804)

his voice
<06963>_,

and not rebel
<04784> (8686)

against the commandment
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

then shall both ye and also the king
<04428>

that reigneth
<04427> (8804)

over you continue following
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>_:

{commandment: Heb. mouth} {continue...: Heb. be after}

12:15

But if ye will not obey
<08085> (8799)

the voice
<06963>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

but rebel
<04784> (8804)

against the commandment
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

then shall the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

be against you, as [it was] against your fathers
<01>_.

12:16

Now therefore
<01571>

stand
<03320> (8690)

and see
<07200> (8798)

this great
<01419>

thing
<01697>_,

which the LORD
<03068>

will do
<06213> (8802)

before your eyes
<05869>_.

12:17

[Is it] not wheat
<02406>

harvest
<07105>

to day
<03117>_?

I will call
<07121> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and he shall send
<05414> (8799)

thunder
<06963>

and rain
<04306>_;

that ye may perceive
<03045> (8798)

and see
<07200> (8798)

that your wickedness
<07451>

[is] great
<07227>_,

which ye have done
<06213> (8804)

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

in asking
<07592> (8800)

you a king
<04428>_.

12:18

So Samuel
<08050>

called
<07121> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

and the LORD
<03068>

sent
<05414> (8799)

thunder
<06963>

and rain
<04306>

that day
<03117>_:

and all the people
<05971>

greatly
<03966>

feared
<03372> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>

and Samuel
<08050>_.

12:19

And all the people
<05971>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Samuel
<08050>_,

Pray
<06419> (8690)

for thy servants
<05650>

unto the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

that we die
<04191> (8799)

not: for we have added
<03254> (8804)

unto all our sins
<02403>

[this] evil
<07451>_,

to ask
<07592> (8800)

us a king
<04428>_.

12:20

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the people
<05971>_,

Fear
<03372> (8799)

not: ye have done
<06213> (8804)

all this wickedness
<07451>_:

yet turn not aside
<05493> (8799)

from following
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>_,

but serve
<05647> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

with all your heart
<03824>_;

12:21

And turn ye not aside
<05493> (8799)_:

for [then should ye go] after
<0310>

vain
<08414>

[things], which cannot profit
<03276> (8686)

nor deliver
<05337> (8686)_;

for they [are] vain
<08414>_.

12:22

For the LORD
<03068>

will not forsake
<05203> (8799)

his people
<05971>

for his great
<01419>

name's
<08034>

sake: because it hath pleased
<02974> (8689)

the LORD
<03068>

to make
<06213> (8800)

you his people
<05971>_.

12:23

Moreover as for me
<0595>_,

God forbid
<02486>

that I should sin
<02398> (8800)

against the LORD
<03068>

in ceasing
<02308> (8800)

to pray
<06419> (8692)

for you: but I will teach
<03384> (8689)

you the good
<02896>

and the right
<03477>

way
<01870>_:

{in: Heb. from}

12:24

Only fear
<03372> (8798)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and serve
<05647> (8804)

him in truth
<0571>

with all your heart
<03824>_:

for consider
<07200> (8798)

how great [things] he hath done
<01431> (8689)

for you. {how...: or, what a great thing}

12:25

But if ye shall still
<07489> (8687)

do wickedly
<07489> (8686)_,

ye shall be consumed
<05595> (8735)_,

both ye and your king
<04428>_.