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1 Samuel 7:1--15:35

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>_.
13:1
Saul
<07586>
reigned
<04427> (8800)
one year
<01121> <08141>_;
and when he had reigned
<04427> (8804)
two
<08147>
years
<08141>
over Israel
<03478>_,
{reigned one...: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning}
13:2
Saul
<07586>
chose
<0977> (8799)
him three
<07969>
thousand
<0505>
[men] of Israel
<03478>_;
[whereof] two thousand
<0505>
were with Saul
<07586>
in Michmash
<04363>
and in mount
<02022>
Bethel
<01008>_,
and a thousand
<0505>
were with Jonathan
<03129>
in Gibeah
<01390>
of Benjamin
<01144>_:
and the rest
<03499>
of the people
<05971>
he sent
<07971> (8765)
every man
<0376>
to his tent
<0168>_.
13:3
And Jonathan
<03129>
smote
<05221> (8686)
the garrison
<05333>
of the Philistines
<06430>
that [was] in Geba
<01387>_,
and the Philistines
<06430>
heard
<08085> (8799)
[of it]. And Saul
<07586>
blew
<08628> (8804)
the trumpet
<07782>
throughout all the land
<0776>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Let the Hebrews
<05680>
hear
<08085> (8799)_.
{Geba: or, the hill}
13:4
And all Israel
<03478>
heard
<08085> (8804)
say
<0559> (8800)
[that] Saul
<07586>
had smitten
<05221> (8689)
a garrison
<05333>
of the Philistines
<06430>_,
and [that] Israel
<03478>
also was had in abomination
<0887> (8738)
with the Philistines
<06430>_.
And the people
<05971>
were called together
<06817> (8735)
after
<0310>
Saul
<07586>
to Gilgal
<01537>_.
{was...: Heb. did stink}
13:5
And the Philistines
<06430>
gathered themselves together
<0622> (8738)
to fight
<03898> (8736)
with Israel
<03478>_,
thirty
<07970>
thousand
<0505>
chariots
<07393>_,
and six
<08337>
thousand
<0505>
horsemen
<06571>_,
and people
<05971>
as the sand
<02344>
which [is] on the sea
<03220>
shore
<08193>
in multitude
<07230>_:
and they came up
<05927> (8799)_,
and pitched
<02583> (8799)
in Michmash
<04363>_,
eastward
<06926>
from Bethaven
<01007>_.
13:6
When the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
saw
<07200> (8804)
that they were in a strait
<06887> (8804)_,
(for the people
<05971>
were distressed
<05065> (8738),)
then the people
<05971>
did hide
<02244> (8691)
themselves in caves
<04631>_,
and in thickets
<02337>_,
and in rocks
<05553>_,
and in high places
<06877>_,
and in pits
<0953>_.
13:7
And [some of] the Hebrews
<05680>
went over
<05674> (8804)
Jordan
<03383>
to the land
<0776>
of Gad
<01410>
and Gilead
<01568>_.
As for Saul
<07586>_,
he [was] yet in Gilgal
<01537>_,
and all the people
<05971>
followed
<0310>
him trembling
<02729> (8804)_.
{followed...: Heb. trembled after him}
13:8
And he tarried
<03176> (8686) (8675) <03176> (8735)
seven
<07651>
days
<03117>_,
according to the set time
<04150>
that Samuel
<08050>
[had appointed]: but Samuel
<08050>
came
<0935> (8804)
not to Gilgal
<01537>_;
and the people
<05971>
were scattered
<06327> (8686)
from him.
13:9
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Bring hither
<05066> (8685)
a burnt offering
<05930>
to me, and peace offerings
<08002>_.
And he offered
<05927> (8686)
the burnt offering
<05930>_.
13:10
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end
<03615> (8763)
of offering
<05927> (8687)
the burnt offering
<05930>_,
behold, Samuel
<08050>
came
<0935> (8802)_;
and Saul
<07586>
went out
<03318> (8799)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
him, that he might salute
<01288> (8800)
him. {salute: Heb. bless}
13:11
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
What hast thou done
<06213> (8804)_?
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Because I saw
<07200> (8804)
that the people
<05971>
were scattered
<05310> (8804)
from me, and [that] thou camest
<0935> (8804)
not within the days
<03117>
appointed
<04150>_,
and [that] the Philistines
<06430>
gathered themselves together
<0622> (8737)
at Michmash
<04363>_;
13:12
Therefore said
<0559> (8799)
I, The Philistines
<06430>
will come down
<03381> (8799)
now upon me to Gilgal
<01537>_,
and I have not made supplication
<02470> (8765)
unto
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_:
I forced
<0662> (8691)
myself therefore, and offered
<05927> (8686)
a burnt offering
<05930>_.
{made...: Heb. intreated the face [of]}
13:13
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Saul
<07586>_,
Thou hast done foolishly
<05528> (8738)_:
thou hast not kept
<08104> (8804)
the commandment
<04687>
of the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_,
which he commanded
<06680> (8765)
thee: for now would the LORD
<03068>
have established
<03559> (8689)
thy kingdom
<04467>
upon Israel
<03478>
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_.
13:14
But now thy kingdom
<04467>
shall not continue
<06965> (8799)_:
the LORD
<03068>
hath sought
<01245> (8765)
him a man
<0376>
after his own heart
<03824>_,
and the LORD
<03068>
hath commanded
<06680> (8762)
him [to be] captain
<05057>
over his people
<05971>_,
because thou hast not kept
<08104> (8804)
[that] which the LORD
<03068>
commanded
<06680> (8765)
thee.
13:15
And Samuel
<08050>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and gat him up
<05927> (8799)
from Gilgal
<01537>
unto Gibeah
<01390>
of Benjamin
<01144>_.
And Saul
<07586>
numbered
<06485> (8799)
the people
<05971>
[that were] present
<04672> (8737)
with him, about six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
men
<0376>_.
{present: Heb. found}
13:16
And Saul
<07586>_,
and Jonathan
<03129>
his son
<01121>_,
and the people
<05971>
[that were] present
<04672> (8737)
with them, abode
<03427> (8802)
in Gibeah
<01387>
of Benjamin
<01144>_:
but the Philistines
<06430>
encamped
<02583> (8804)
in Michmash
<04363>_.
{present: Heb. found} {Gibeah: Heb. Geba}
13:17
And the spoilers
<07843> (8688)
came out
<03318> (8799)
of the camp
<04264>
of the Philistines
<06430>
in three
<07969>
companies
<07218>_:
one
<0259>
company
<07218>
turned
<06437> (8799)
unto the way
<01870>
[that leadeth to] Ophrah
<06084>_,
unto the land
<0776>
of Shual
<07777>_:
13:18
And another
<0259>
company
<07218>
turned
<06437> (8799)
the way
<01870>
[to] Bethhoron
<01032>_:
and another
<0259>
company
<07218>
turned
<06437> (8799)
[to] the way
<01870>
of the border
<01366>
that looketh
<08259> (8737)
to the valley
<01516>
of Zeboim
<06650>
toward the wilderness
<04057>_.
13:19
Now there was no smith
<02796>
found
<04672> (8735)
throughout all the land
<0776>
of Israel
<03478>_:
for the Philistines
<06430>
said
<0559> (8804)_,
Lest the Hebrews
<05680>
make
<06213> (8799)
[them] swords
<02719>
or spears
<02595>_:
13:20
But all the Israelites
<03478>
went down
<03381> (8799)
to the Philistines
<06430>_,
to sharpen
<03913> (8800)
every man
<0376>
his share
<04282>_,
and his coulter
<0855>_,
and his axe
<07134>_,
and his mattock
<04281>_.
13:21
Yet they had a file
<06477> <06310>
for the mattocks
<04281>_,
and for the coulters
<0855>_,
and for the forks
<07969> <07053>_,
and for the axes
<07134>_,
and to sharpen
<05324> (8687)
the goads
<01861>_.
{a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel} {sharpen: Heb. set}
13:22
So it came to pass in the day
<03117>
of battle
<04421>_,
that there was neither sword
<02719>
nor spear
<02595>
found
<04672> (8738)
in the hand
<03027>
of any of the people
<05971>
that [were] with Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03129>_:
but with Saul
<07586>
and with Jonathan
<03129>
his son
<01121>
was there found
<04672> (8735)_.
13:23
And the garrison
<04673>
of the Philistines
<06430>
went out
<03318> (8799)
to the passage
<04569>
of Michmash
<04363>_.
{garrison: or, standing camp}
14:1
Now it came to pass upon a day
<03117>_,
that Jonathan
<03129>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the young man
<05288>
that bare
<05375> (8802)
his armour
<03627>_,
Come
<03212> (8798)_,
and let us go over
<05674> (8799)
to the Philistines
<06430>_'
garrison
<04673>_,
that [is] on the other side
<05676> <01975>_.
But he told
<05046> (8689)
not his father
<01>_.
{it came...: or, there was a day}
14:2
And Saul
<07586>
tarried
<03427> (8802)
in the uttermost
<07097>
part of Gibeah
<01390>
under a pomegranate tree
<07416>
which [is] in Migron
<04051>_:
and the people
<05971>
that [were] with him [were] about six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
men
<0376>_;
14:3
And Ahiah
<0281>_,
the son
<01121>
of Ahitub
<0285>_,
Ichabod's
<0350>
brother
<0251>_,
the son
<01121>
of Phinehas
<06372>_,
the son
<01121>
of Eli
<05941>_,
the LORD'S
<03068>
priest
<03548>
in Shiloh
<07887>_,
wearing
<05375> (8802)
an ephod
<0646>_.
And the people
<05971>
knew
<03045> (8804)
not that Jonathan
<03129>
was gone
<01980> (8804)_.
{Ahiah: called Ahimelech}
14:4
And between the passages
<04569>_,
by which Jonathan
<03129>
sought
<01245> (8765)
to go over
<05674> (8800)
unto the Philistines
<06430>_'
garrison
<04673>_,
[there was] a sharp
<08127>
rock
<05553>
on the one side
<05676>_,
and a sharp
<08127>
rock
<05553>
on the other side
<05676>_:
and the name
<08034>
of the one
<0259>
[was] Bozez
<0949>_,
and the name
<08034>
of the other
<0259>
Seneh
<05573>_.
14:5
The forefront
<08127>
of the one
<0259>
[was] situate
<04690>
northward
<06828>
over against
<04136>
Michmash
<04363>_,
and the other
<0259>
southward
<05045>
over against
<04136>
Gibeah
<01387>_.
{forefront: Heb. tooth}
14:6
And Jonathan
<03083>
said
<0559> (8799)
to the young man
<05288>
that bare
<05375> (8802)
his armour
<03627>_,
Come
<03212> (8798)_,
and let us go over
<05674> (8799)
unto the garrison
<04673>
of these uncircumcised
<06189>_:
it may be that the LORD
<03068>
will work
<06213> (8799)
for us: for [there is] no restraint
<04622>
to the LORD
<03068>
to save
<03467> (8687)
by many
<07227>
or by few
<04592>_.
14:7
And his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Do
<06213> (8798)
all that [is] in thine heart
<03824>_:
turn
<05186> (8798)
thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy heart
<03824>_.
14:8
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Jonathan
<03083>_,
Behold, we will pass over
<05674> (8802)
unto [these] men
<0582>_,
and we will discover
<01540> (8738)
ourselves unto them.
14:9
If they say
<0559> (8799)
thus unto us, Tarry
<01826> (8798)
until we come
<05060> (8687)
to you; then we will stand still
<05975> (8804)
in our place, and will not go up
<05927> (8799)
unto them. {Tarry: Heb. Be still}
14:10
But if they say
<0559> (8799)
thus, Come up
<05927> (8798)
unto us; then we will go up
<05927> (8804)_:
for the LORD
<03068>
hath delivered
<05414> (8804)
them into our hand
<03027>_:
and this [shall be] a sign
<0226>
unto us.
14:11
And both
<08147>
of them discovered
<01540> (8735)
themselves unto the garrison
<04673>
of the Philistines
<06430>_:
and the Philistines
<06430>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold, the Hebrews
<05680>
come forth
<03318> (8802)
out of the holes
<02356>
where they had hid
<02244> (8694)
themselves.
14:12
And the men
<0582>
of the garrison
<04675>
answered
<06030> (8799)
Jonathan
<03129>
and his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Come up
<05927> (8798)
to us, and we will shew
<03045> (8686)
you a thing
<01697>_.
And Jonathan
<03129>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>_,
Come up
<05927> (8798)
after
<0310>
me: for the LORD
<03068>
hath delivered
<05414> (8804)
them into the hand
<03027>
of Israel
<03478>_.
14:13
And Jonathan
<03129>
climbed up
<05927> (8799)
upon his hands
<03027>
and upon his feet
<07272>_,
and his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>
after
<0310>
him: and they fell
<05307> (8799)
before
<06440>
Jonathan
<03129>_;
and his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>
slew
<04191> (8789)
after
<0310>
him.
14:14
And that first
<07223>
slaughter
<04347>_,
which Jonathan
<03129>
and his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>
made
<05221> (8689)_,
was about twenty
<06242>
men
<0376>_,
within as it were an half
<02677>
acre
<04618>
of land
<07704>_,
[which] a yoke
<06776>
[of oxen might plow]. {an...: or, half a furrow of an acre of land}
14:15
And there was trembling
<02731>
in the host
<04264>_,
in the field
<07704>_,
and among all the people
<05971>_:
the garrison
<04673>_,
and the spoilers
<07843> (8688)_,
they also trembled
<02729> (8804)_,
and the earth
<0776>
quaked
<07264> (8799)_:
so it was a very great
<0430>
trembling
<02731>_.
{a very...: Heb. a trembling of God}
14:16
And the watchmen
<06822> (8802)
of Saul
<07586>
in Gibeah
<01390>
of Benjamin
<01144>
looked
<07200> (8799)_;
and, behold, the multitude
<01995>
melted away
<04127> (8738)_,
and they went
<03212> (8799)
on beating down
<01986> (8800)
[one another].
14:17
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Saul
<07586>
unto the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, Number
<06485> (8798)
now, and see
<07200> (8798)
who is gone
<01980> (8804)
from us. And when they had numbered
<06485> (8799)_,
behold, Jonathan
<03129>
and his armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>
[were] not [there].
14:18
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Ahiah
<0281>_,
Bring hither
<05066> (8685)
the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>_.
For the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>
was at that time
<03117>
with the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>_.
14:19
And it came to pass, while Saul
<07586>
talked
<01696> (8765)
unto the priest
<03548>_,
that the noise
<01995>
that [was] in the host
<04264>
of the Philistines
<06430>
went
<03212> (8799)
on
<01980> (8800)
and increased
<07227>_:
and Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the priest
<03548>_,
Withdraw
<0622> (8798)
thine hand
<03027>_.
{noise: or, tumult}
14:20
And Saul
<07586>
and all the people
<05971>
that [were] with him assembled
<02199> (8735)
themselves, and they came
<0935> (8799)
to the battle
<04421>_:
and, behold, every man's
<0376>
sword
<02719>
was against his fellow
<07453>_,
[and there was] a very
<03966>
great
<01419>
discomfiture
<04103>_.
{assembled...: Heb. were cried together}
14:21
Moreover the Hebrews
<05680>
[that] were with the Philistines
<06430>
before
<0865>
that time
<08032>_,
which went up
<05927> (8804)
with them into the camp
<04264>
[from the country] round about
<05439>_,
even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites
<03478>
that [were] with Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03129>_.
14:22
Likewise all the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
which had hid
<02244> (8693)
themselves in mount
<02022>
Ephraim
<0669>_,
[when] they heard
<08085> (8804)
that the Philistines
<06430>
fled
<05127> (8804)_,
even they also followed hard
<01692> (8686)
after
<0310>
them in the battle
<04421>_.
14:23
So the LORD
<03068>
saved
<03467> (8686)
Israel
<03478>
that day
<03117>_:
and the battle
<04421>
passed over
<05674> (8804)
unto Bethaven
<01007>_.
14:24
And the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
were distressed
<05065> (8738)
that day
<03117>_:
for Saul
<07586>
had adjured
<0422> (8686)
the people
<05971>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Cursed
<0779> (8803)
[be] the man
<0376>
that eateth
<0398> (8799)
[any] food
<03899>
until evening
<06153>_,
that I may be avenged
<05358> (8738)
on mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_.
So none of the people
<05971>
tasted
<02938> (8804)
[any] food
<03899>_.
14:25
And all [they of] the land
<0776>
came
<0935> (8804)
to a wood
<03293>_;
and there was honey
<01706>
upon
<06440>
the ground
<07704>_.
14:26
And when the people
<05971>
were come
<0935> (8799)
into the wood
<03293>_,
behold, the honey
<01706>
dropped
<01982>_;
but no man put
<05381> (8688)
his hand
<03027>
to his mouth
<06310>_:
for the people
<05971>
feared
<03372> (8804)
the oath
<07621>_.
14:27
But Jonathan
<03129>
heard
<08085> (8804)
not when his father
<01>
charged
<07650> (0)
the people
<05971>
with the oath
<07650> (8687)_:
wherefore he put forth
<07971> (8799)
the end
<07097>
of the rod
<04294>
that [was] in his hand
<03027>_,
and dipped
<02881> (8799)
it in an honeycomb
<03295> <01706>_,
and put
<07725> (8686)
his hand
<03027>
to his mouth
<06310>_;
and his eyes
<05869>
were enlightened
<0215> (8799)_.
14:28
Then answered
<06030> (8799)
one
<0376>
of the people
<05971>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thy father
<01>
straitly
<07650> (8687)
charged
<07650> (0)
the people
<05971>
with an oath
<07650> (8689)_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Cursed
<0779> (8803)
[be] the man
<0376>
that eateth
<0398> (8799)
[any] food
<03899>
this day
<03117>_.
And the people
<05971>
were faint
<05774> (8799)_.
{faint: or, weary}
14:29
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Jonathan
<03129>_,
My father
<01>
hath troubled
<05916> (8804)
the land
<0776>_:
see
<07200> (8798)_,
I pray you, how mine eyes
<05869>
have been enlightened
<0215> (8804)_,
because I tasted
<02938> (8804)
a little
<04592>
of this honey
<01706>_.
14:30
How much more
<0637>_,
if haply
<03863>
the people
<05971>
had eaten
<0398> (8804)
freely
<0398> (8800)
to day
<03117>
of the spoil
<07998>
of their enemies
<0341> (8802)
which they found
<04672> (8804)_?
for had there not been now a much greater
<07235> (8804)
slaughter
<04347>
among the Philistines
<06430>_?
14:31
And they smote
<05221> (8686)
the Philistines
<06430>
that day
<03117>
from Michmash
<04363>
to Aijalon
<0357>_:
and the people
<05971>
were very
<03966>
faint
<05774> (8799)_.
14:32
And the people
<05971>
flew
<05860> (8799) <06213> (8799)
upon the spoil
<07998>_,
and took
<03947> (8799)
sheep
<06629>_,
and oxen
<01241>_,
and calves
<01121>_,
and slew
<07819> (8799)
[them] on the ground
<0776>_:
and the people
<05971>
did eat
<0398> (8799)
[them] with the blood
<01818>_.
14:33
Then they told
<05046> (8686)
Saul
<07586>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, the people
<05971>
sin
<02398> (8802)
against the LORD
<03068>_,
in that they eat
<0398> (8800)
with the blood
<01818>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Ye have transgressed
<0898> (8804)_:
roll
<01556> (8798)
a great
<01419>
stone
<068>
unto me this day
<03117>_.
{transgressed: or, dealt treacherously}
14:34
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Disperse
<06327> (8798)
yourselves among the people
<05971>_,
and say
<0559> (8804)
unto them, Bring me hither
<05066> (8685)
every man
<0376>
his ox
<07794>_,
and every man
<0376>
his sheep
<07716>_,
and slay
<07819> (8804)
[them] here, and eat
<0398> (8804)_;
and sin
<02398> (8799)
not against the LORD
<03068>
in eating
<0398> (8800)
with the blood
<01818>_.
And all the people
<05971>
brought
<05066> (8686)
every man
<0376>
his ox
<07794>
with him
<03027>
that night
<03915>_,
and slew
<07819> (8799)
[them] there. {with him: Heb. in his hand}
14:35
And Saul
<07586>
built
<01129> (8799)
an altar
<04196>
unto the LORD
<03068>_:
the same was the first
<02490> (8689)
altar
<04196>
that he built
<01129> (8800)
unto the LORD
<03068>_.
{the same...: Heb. that altar he began to build unto the LORD}
14:36
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let us go down
<03381> (8799)
after
<0310>
the Philistines
<06430>
by night
<03915>_,
and spoil
<0962> (8799)
them until the morning
<01242>
light
<0216>_,
and let us not leave
<07604> (8686)
a man
<0376>
of them. And they said
<0559> (8799)_,
Do
<06213> (8798)
whatsoever seemeth
<05869>
good
<02896>
unto thee. Then said
<0559> (8799)
the priest
<03548>_,
Let us draw near
<07126> (8799)
hither
<01988>
unto God
<0430>_.
14:37
And Saul
<07586>
asked
<07592> (8799)
counsel of God
<0430>_,
Shall I go down
<03381> (8799)
after
<0310>
the Philistines
<06430>_?
wilt thou deliver
<05414> (8799)
them into the hand
<03027>
of Israel
<03478>_?
But he answered
<06030> (8804)
him not that day
<03117>_.
14:38
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Draw ye near
<05066> (8798)
hither
<01988>_,
all the chief
<06438>
of the people
<05971>_:
and know
<03045> (8798)
and see
<07200> (8798)
wherein
<04100>
this sin
<02403>
hath been this day
<03117>_.
{chief: Heb. corners}
14:39
For, [as] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
which saveth
<03467> (8688)
Israel
<03478>_,
though it be
<03426>
in Jonathan
<03129>
my son
<01121>_,
he shall surely
<04191> (8800)
die
<04191> (8799)_.
But [there was] not a man among all the people
<05971>
[that] answered
<06030> (8802)
him.
14:40
Then said
<0559> (8799)
he unto all Israel
<03478>_,
Be ye on one
<0259>
side
<05676>_,
and I and Jonathan
<03129>
my son
<01121>
will be on the other
<0259>
side
<05676>_.
And the people
<05971>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Saul
<07586>_,
Do
<06213> (8798)
what seemeth
<05869>
good
<02896>
unto thee.
14:41
Therefore Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>_,
Give
<03051> (8798)
a perfect
<08549>
[lot]. And Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03129>
were taken
<03920> (8735)_:
but the people
<05971>
escaped
<03318> (8804)_.
{Give...: or, Shew the innocent} {escaped: Heb. went forth}
14:42
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Cast
<05307> (8685)
[lots] between me and Jonathan
<03129>
my son
<01121>_.
And Jonathan
<03129>
was taken
<03920> (8735)_.
14:43
Then Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Jonathan
<03129>_,
Tell
<05046> (8685)
me what thou hast done
<06213> (8804)_.
And Jonathan
<03129>
told
<05046> (8686)
him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
I did but
<02938> (8800)
taste
<02938> (8804)
a little
<04592>
honey
<01706>
with the end
<07097>
of the rod
<04294>
that [was] in mine hand
<03027>_,
[and], lo
<02009>_,
I must die
<04191> (8799)_.
14:44
And Saul
<07586>
answered
<0559> (8799)_,
God
<0430>
do so
<06213> (8799)
and more also
<03254> (8686)_:
for thou shalt surely
<04191> (8800)
die
<04191> (8799)_,
Jonathan
<03129>_.
14:45
And the people
<05971>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Saul
<07586>_,
Shall Jonathan
<03129>
die
<04191> (8799)_,
who hath wrought
<06213> (8804)
this great
<01419>
salvation
<03444>
in Israel
<03478>_?
God forbid
<02486>_:
[as] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
there shall not one hair
<08185>
of his head
<07218>
fall
<05307> (8799)
to the ground
<0776>_;
for he hath wrought
<06213> (8804)
with God
<0430>
this day
<03117>_.
So the people
<05971>
rescued
<06299> (8799)
Jonathan
<03129>_,
that he died
<04191> (8804)
not.
14:46
Then Saul
<07586>
went up
<05927> (8799)
from following
<0310>
the Philistines
<06430>_:
and the Philistines
<06430>
went
<01980> (8804)
to their own place
<04725>_.
14:47
So Saul
<07586>
took
<03920> (8804)
the kingdom
<04410>
over Israel
<03478>_,
and fought
<03898> (8735)
against all his enemies
<0341> (8802)
on every side
<05439>_,
against Moab
<04124>_,
and against the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
and against Edom
<0123>_,
and against the kings
<04428>
of Zobah
<06678>_,
and against the Philistines
<06430>_:
and whithersoever he turned
<06437> (8799)
himself, he vexed
<07561> (8686)
[them].
14:48
And he gathered
<06213> (8799)
an host
<02428>_,
and smote
<05221> (8686)
the Amalekites
<06002>_,
and delivered
<05337> (8686)
Israel
<03478>
out of the hands
<03027>
of them that spoiled
<08154> (8802)
them. {gathered...: or, wrought mightily}
14:49
Now the sons
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>
were Jonathan
<03129>_,
and Ishui
<03440>_,
and Melchishua
<04444>_:
and the names
<08034>
of his two
<08147>
daughters
<01323>
[were these]; the name
<08034>
of the firstborn
<01067>
Merab
<04764>_,
and the name
<08034>
of the younger
<06996>
Michal
<04324>_:
14:50
And the name
<08034>
of Saul's
<07586>
wife
<0802>
[was] Ahinoam
<0293>_,
the daughter
<01323>
of Ahimaaz
<0290>_:
and the name
<08034>
of the captain
<08269>
of his host
<06635>
[was] Abner
<074>_,
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_,
Saul's
<07586>
uncle
<01730>_.
{Abner: Heb. Abiner}
14:51
And Kish
<07027>
[was] the father
<01>
of Saul
<07586>_;
and Ner
<05369>
the father
<01>
of Abner
<074>
[was] the son
<01121>
of Abiel
<022>_.
14:52
And there was sore
<02389>
war
<04421>
against the Philistines
<06430>
all the days
<03117>
of Saul
<07586>_:
and when Saul
<07586>
saw
<07200> (8804)
any strong
<01368>
man
<0376>_,
or any valiant
<02428>
man
<01121>_,
he took
<0622> (8799)
him unto him.
15:1
Samuel
<08050>
also said
<0559> (8799)
unto Saul
<07586>_,
The LORD
<03068>
sent
<07971> (8804)
me to anoint
<04886> (8800)
thee [to be] king
<04428>
over his people
<05971>_,
over Israel
<03478>_:
now therefore hearken
<08085> (8798)
thou unto the voice
<06963>
of the words
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_.
15:2
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>
of hosts
<06635>_,
I remember
<06485> (8804)
[that] which Amalek
<06002>
did
<06213> (8804)
to Israel
<03478>_,
how he laid
<07760> (8804)
[wait] for him in the way
<01870>_,
when he came up
<05927> (8800)
from Egypt
<04714>_.
15:3
Now go
<03212> (8798)
and smite
<05221> (8689)
Amalek
<06002>_,
and utterly destroy
<02763> (8689)
all that they have, and spare
<02550> (8799)
them not; but slay
<04191> (8689)
both man
<0376>
and woman
<0802>_,
infant
<05768>
and suckling
<03243> (8802)_,
ox
<07794>
and sheep
<07716>_,
camel
<01581>
and ass
<02543>_.
15:4
And Saul
<07586>
gathered
<08085> (0)
the people
<05971>
together
<08085> (8762)_,
and numbered
<06485> (8799)
them in Telaim
<02923>_,
two hundred
<03967>
thousand
<0505>
footmen
<07273>_,
and ten
<06235>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>_.
15:5
And Saul
<07586>
came
<0935> (8799)
to a city
<05892>
of Amalek
<06002>_,
and laid wait
<07378> (8799) <0693> (8686)
in the valley
<05158>_.
{laid...: or, fought}
15:6
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the Kenites
<07017>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
depart
<05493> (8798)_,
get you down
<03381> (8798)
from among
<08432>
the Amalekites
<06002>_,
lest I destroy
<0622> (8799)
you with them: for ye shewed
<06213> (8804)
kindness
<02617>
to all the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>_,
when they came up
<05927> (8800)
out of Egypt
<04714>_.
So the Kenites
<07017>
departed
<05493> (8799)
from among
<08432>
the Amalekites
<06003>_.
15:7
And Saul
<07586>
smote
<05221> (8686)
the Amalekites
<06002>
from Havilah
<02341>
[until] thou comest
<0935> (8800)
to Shur
<07793>_,
that [is] over against
<06440>
Egypt
<04714>_.
15:8
And he took
<08610> (8799)
Agag
<090>
the king
<04428>
of the Amalekites
<06002>
alive
<02416>_,
and utterly destroyed
<02763> (8689)
all the people
<05971>
with the edge
<06310>
of the sword
<02719>_.
15:9
But Saul
<07586>
and the people
<05971>
spared
<02550> (8799)
Agag
<090>_,
and the best
<04315>
of the sheep
<06629>_,
and of the oxen
<01241>_,
and of the fatlings
<04932>_,
and the lambs
<03733>_,
and all [that was] good
<02896>_,
and would
<014> (8804)
not utterly destroy
<02763> (8687)
them: but every thing
<04399>
[that was] vile
<05240>
and refuse
<04549> (8738)_,
that they destroyed utterly
<02763> (8689)_.
{fatlings: or, second sort}
15:10
Then came the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>
unto Samuel
<08050>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
15:11
It repenteth
<05162> (8738)
me that I have set up
<04427> (8689)
Saul
<07586>
[to be] king
<04428>_:
for he is turned back
<07725> (8804)
from following
<0310>
me, and hath not performed
<06965> (8689)
my commandments
<01697>_.
And it grieved
<02734> (8799)
Samuel
<08050>_;
and he cried
<02199> (8799)
unto the LORD
<03068>
all night
<03915>_.
15:12
And when Samuel
<08050>
rose early
<07925> (8686)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
Saul
<07586>
in the morning
<01242>_,
it was told
<05046> (8714)
Samuel
<08050>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Saul
<07586>
came
<0935> (8804)
to Carmel
<03760>_,
and, behold, he set him up
<05324> (8688)
a place
<03027>_,
and is gone about
<05437> (8735)_,
and passed on
<05674> (8799)_,
and gone down
<03381> (8799)
to Gilgal
<01537>_.
15:13
And Samuel
<08050>
came
<0935> (8799)
to Saul
<07586>_:
and Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Blessed
<01288> (8803)
[be] thou of the LORD
<03068>_:
I have performed
<06965> (8689)
the commandment
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_.
15:14
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
What [meaneth] then this bleating
<06963>
of the sheep
<06629>
in mine ears
<0241>_,
and the lowing
<06963>
of the oxen
<01241>
which I hear
<08085> (8802)_?
15:15
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
They have brought
<0935> (8689)
them from the Amalekites
<06003>_:
for the people
<05971>
spared
<02550> (8804)
the best
<04315>
of the sheep
<06629>
and of the oxen
<01241>_,
to sacrifice
<02076> (8800)
unto the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_;
and the rest
<03498> (8802)
we have utterly destroyed
<02763> (8689)_.
15:16
Then Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Saul
<07586>_,
Stay
<07503> (8685)_,
and I will tell
<05046> (8686)
thee what the LORD
<03068>
hath said
<01696> (8765)
to me this night
<03915>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Say on
<01696> (8761)_.
15:17
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
When thou [wast] little
<06996>
in thine own sight
<05869>_,
[wast] thou not [made] the head
<07218>
of the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>_,
and the LORD
<03068>
anointed
<04886> (8799)
thee king
<04428>
over Israel
<03478>_?
15:18
And the LORD
<03068>
sent
<07971> (8799)
thee on a journey
<01870>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
and utterly destroy
<02763> (8689)
the sinners
<02400>
the Amalekites
<06002>_,
and fight
<03898> (8738)
against them until they be consumed
<03615> (8763)_.
{they...: Heb. they consume them}
15:19
Wherefore then didst thou not obey
<08085> (8804)
the voice
<06963>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
but didst fly
<05860> (8799)
upon the spoil
<07998>_,
and didst
<06213> (8799)
evil
<07451>
in the sight
<05869>
of the LORD
<03068>_?
15:20
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Samuel
<08050>_,
Yea, I have obeyed
<08085> (8804)
the voice
<06963>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and have gone
<03212> (8799)
the way
<01870>
which the LORD
<03068>
sent
<07971> (8804)
me, and have brought
<0935> (8686)
Agag
<090>
the king
<04428>
of Amalek
<06002>_,
and have utterly destroyed
<02763> (8689)
the Amalekites
<06002>_.
15:21
But the people
<05971>
took
<03947> (8799)
of the spoil
<07998>_,
sheep
<06629>
and oxen
<01241>_,
the chief
<07225>
of the things which should have been utterly destroyed
<02764>_,
to sacrifice
<02076> (8800)
unto the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>
in Gilgal
<01537>_.
15:22
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Hath the LORD
<03068>
[as great] delight
<02656>
in burnt offerings
<05930>
and sacrifices
<02077>_,
as in obeying
<08085> (8800)
the voice
<06963>
of the LORD
<03068>_?
Behold, to obey
<08085> (8800)
[is] better
<02896>
than sacrifice
<02077>_,
[and] to hearken
<07181> (8687)
than the fat
<02459>
of rams
<0352>_.
15:23
For rebellion
<04805>
[is as] the sin
<02403>
of witchcraft
<07081>_,
and stubbornness
<06484> (8687)
[is as] iniquity
<0205>
and idolatry
<08655>_.
Because thou hast rejected
<03988> (8804)
the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
he hath also rejected
<03988> (8799)
thee from [being] king
<04428>_.
{witchcraft: Heb. divination}
15:24
And Saul
<07586>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Samuel
<08050>_,
I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:
for I have transgressed
<05674> (8804)
the commandment
<06310>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and thy words
<01697>_:
because I feared
<03372> (8804)
the people
<05971>_,
and obeyed
<08085> (8799)
their voice
<06963>_.
15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon
<05375> (8798)
my sin
<02403>_,
and turn again
<07725> (8798)
with me, that I may worship
<07812> (8691)
the LORD
<03068>_.
15:26
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Saul
<07586>_,
I will not return
<07725> (8799)
with thee: for thou hast rejected
<03988> (8804)
the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and the LORD
<03068>
hath rejected
<03988> (8799)
thee from being king
<04428>
over Israel
<03478>_.
15:27
And as Samuel
<08050>
turned about
<05437> (8735)
to go away
<03212> (8800)_,
he laid hold
<02388> (8686)
upon the skirt
<03671>
of his mantle
<04598>_,
and it rent
<07167> (8735)_.
15:28
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, The LORD
<03068>
hath rent
<07167> (8804)
the kingdom
<04468>
of Israel
<03478>
from thee this day
<03117>_,
and hath given
<05414> (8804)
it to a neighbour
<07453>
of thine, [that is] better
<02896>
than thou.
15:29
And also the Strength
<05331>
of Israel
<03478>
will not lie
<08266> (8762)
nor repent
<05162> (8735)_:
for he [is] not a man
<0120>_,
that he should repent
<05162> (8736)_.
{Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory}
15:30
Then he said
<0559> (8799)_,
I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:
[yet] honour
<03513> (8761)
me now, I pray thee, before the elders
<02205>
of my people
<05971>_,
and before Israel
<03478>_,
and turn again
<07725> (8798)
with me, that I may worship
<07812> (8694)
the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_.
15:31
So Samuel
<08050>
turned again
<07725> (8799)
after
<0310>
Saul
<07586>_;
and Saul
<07586>
worshipped
<07812> (8691)
the LORD
<03068>_.
15:32
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Samuel
<08050>_,
Bring ye hither
<05066> (8685)
to me Agag
<090>
the king
<04428>
of the Amalekites
<06002>_.
And Agag
<090>
came
<03212> (8799)
unto him delicately
<04574>_.
And Agag
<090>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Surely
<0403>
the bitterness
<04751>
of death
<04194>
is past
<05493> (8804)_.
15:33
And Samuel
<08050>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
As thy sword
<02719>
hath made women
<0802>
childless
<07921> (8765)_,
so shall thy mother
<0517>
be childless
<07921> (8799)
among women
<0802>_.
And Samuel
<08050>
hewed
<08158> (0)
Agag
<090>
in pieces
<08158> (8762)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>
in Gilgal
<01537>_.
15:34
Then Samuel
<08050>
went
<03212> (8799)
to Ramah
<07414>_;
and Saul
<07586>
went up
<05927> (8804)
to his house
<01004>
to Gibeah
<01390>
of Saul
<07586>_.
15:35
And Samuel
<08050>
came no more
<03254> (8804)
to see
<07200> (8800)
Saul
<07586>
until the day
<03117>
of his death
<04194>_:
nevertheless
<03588>
Samuel
<08050>
mourned
<056> (8694)
for Saul
<07586>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
repented
<05162> (8738)
that he had made Saul
<07586>
king
<04427> (8689)
over Israel
<03478>_.
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