\id 1SA The First Book of Samuel 
\h 1 Samuel 
\toc1 The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The First Book of the Kings 
\toc2 1 Samuel 
\toc3 1Sa 
\mt1 The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the First Book of the Kings  
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\v 1 Now there was a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ramathaim-zophim|strong="H7436"\w*, of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroham|strong="H3395"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elihu|strong="H0453"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tohu|strong="H8459"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zuph|strong="H6689"\w*, an \w Ephrathite|strong="H0673"\w*:  
\v 2 And he had \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*; the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \add was\add* \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w Peninnah|strong="H6444"\w*: and \w Peninnah|strong="H6444"\w* had \w children|strong="H3206"\w*, but \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* had no \w children|strong="H3206"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of his \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* and to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*. And the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add were\add* there.\f + \fr 1.3 \ft yearly: Heb. from year to year\f*   
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\v 4 ¶ And when the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* was that \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w*, he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to \w Peninnah|strong="H6444"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and to all her \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w portions|strong="H4490"\w*:  
\v 5 But unto \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w worthy|strong="H0639"\w* \w portion|strong="H4490"\w*; for he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had shut \w up|strong="H5462"\w* her \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*.\f + \fr 1.5 \ft worthy: or, double\f*  
\v 6 And her \w adversary|strong="H6869"\w* also \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* her \w sore|strong="H3708"\w*, for to make her \w fret|strong="H7481"\w*, because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w up|strong="H1157"\w* her \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*.\f + \fr 1.6 \ft provoked: Heb. angered\f*  
\v 7 And \add as\add* he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w when|strong="H1767"\w* she went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, so she \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* her; therefore she \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and did not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.\f + \fr 1.7 \ft when…: or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up\f*  
\v 8 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* to her, \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, why \w weepest|strong="H1058"\w* thou? and why \w eatest|strong="H0398"\w* thou not? and why is thy \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w grieved|strong="H3415"\w*? \add am\add* not I \w better|strong="H2896"\w* to thee than \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*?   
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\v 9 ¶ So \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they had \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*. Now \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon a \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* by a \w post|strong="H4201"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 10 And she \add was\add* in \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1058"\w*.\f + \fr 1.10 \ft in…: Heb. bitter of soul\f*  
\v 11 And she \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* a \w vow|strong="H5088"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, if thou wilt \w indeed|strong="H7200"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* on the \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, and \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, and not \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, but wilt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* a \w man|strong="H0582"\w* \w child|strong="H2233"\w*, then I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, and there shall no \w razor|strong="H4177"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.\f + \fr 1.11 \ft a man…: Heb. seed of men\f*  
\v 12 And it came to pass, as she \w continued|strong="H7235"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w marked|strong="H8104"\w* her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.\f + \fr 1.12 \ft continued…: Heb. multiplied to pray\f*  
\v 13 Now \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, she \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* in her \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; only her \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w moved|strong="H5128"\w*, but her \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* was not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*: therefore \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* she had been \w drunken|strong="H7910"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, How long wilt thou be \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*? put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* thy \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* from thee.  
\v 15 And \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, No, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I \add am\add* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of a \w sorrowful|strong="H7186"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*: I have \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* neither \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* nor strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*, but have poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 1.15 \ft of a sorrowful…: Heb. hard of spirit\f*  
\v 16 \w Count|strong="H5414"\w* not thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* a \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*: for out of the \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* of my \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* and \w grief|strong="H3708"\w* have I \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* hitherto.\f + \fr 1.16 \ft complaint: or, meditation\f*  
\v 17 Then \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: and the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* \add thee\add* thy \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* that thou hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* of him.  
\v 18 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. So the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* her \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and her \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* was no more \add sad\add*.   
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\v 19 ¶ And they rose \w up|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to their \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*: and \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* her.  
\v 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* was \w come|strong="H8622"\w* about after \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* had \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, that she \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \add saying\add*, Because I have \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* him of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 1.20 \ft when…: Heb. in revolution of days\f*\f + \fr 1.20 \ft Samuel: that is, Asked of God\f*  
\v 21 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w*, and all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* the \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, and his \w vow|strong="H5088"\w*.  
\v 22 But \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* went not \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, \add I will not go up\add* until the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* be \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w*, and \add then\add* I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* him, that he may \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and there \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 23 And \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* thee \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* until thou have \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* him; only the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*. So the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w*, and gave her \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* until she \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* him.   
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\v 24 ¶ And when she had \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* him, she took him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with her, with \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w bullocks|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* of \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*, and a \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*: and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \add was\add* \w young|strong="H5288"\w*.  
\v 25 And they \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* a \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* to \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*.  
\v 26 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Oh|strong="H0994"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I \add am\add* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by thee here, \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 27 For this \w child|strong="H5288"\w* I \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me my \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* which I \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* of him:  
\v 28 Therefore also I have \w lent|strong="H7592"\w* him to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; as long as he \w liveth|strong="H3117"\w* he shall be \w lent|strong="H7592"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And he \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* there.\f + \fr 1.28 \ft lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition\f*\f + \fr 1.28 \ft he shall…: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned\f*   
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\v 1 And \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w rejoiceth|strong="H5970"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, mine \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* is \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* is \w enlarged|strong="H7337"\w* over mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; because I \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* in thy \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*.  
\v 2 \add There is\add* none \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: for \add there is\add* none \w beside|strong="H1115"\w* thee: neither \add is there\add* any \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* like our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Talk|strong="H1696"\w* no \w more|strong="H7235"\w* so \w exceeding|strong="H1364"\w* \w proudly|strong="H1364"\w*; let \add not\add* \w arrogancy|strong="H6277"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* out of your \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* a \w God|strong="H0410"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w*, and by him \w actions|strong="H5949"\w* are \w weighed|strong="H8505"\w*.\f + \fr 2.3 \ft arrogancy: Heb. hard\f*  
\v 4 The \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* of the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \add are\add* \w broken|strong="H2844"\w*, and they that \w stumbled|strong="H3782"\w* are \w girded|strong="H0247"\w* with \w strength|strong="H2428"\w*.  
\v 5 \add They that were\add* \w full|strong="H7649"\w* have hired \w out|strong="H7936"\w* themselves for \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; and \add they that were\add* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w* \w ceased|strong="H2308"\w*: so that the \w barren|strong="H6135"\w* hath \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*; and she that hath \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* is waxed \w feeble|strong="H0535"\w*.  
\v 6 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w killeth|strong="H4191"\w*, and maketh \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*: he bringeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*, and bringeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 7 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* maketh \w poor|strong="H3423"\w*, and maketh \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*: he bringeth \w low|strong="H8213"\w*, \w and|strong="H0637"\w* lifteth \w up|strong="H7311"\w*.  
\v 8 He raiseth \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* out of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, \add and\add* lifteth \w up|strong="H7311"\w* the \w beggar|strong="H0034"\w* from the \w dunghill|strong="H0830"\w*, to \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \add them\add* among \w princes|strong="H5081"\w*, and to make them \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: for the \w pillars|strong="H4690"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \add are\add* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he hath \w set|strong="H7896"\w* the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* upon them.  
\v 9 He will \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of his \w saints|strong="H2623"\w*, and the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be \w silent|strong="H1826"\w* in \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; for by \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* shall no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w prevail|strong="H1396"\w*.  
\v 10 The \w adversaries|strong="H7378"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be broken to \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*; out of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* shall he \w thunder|strong="H7481"\w* upon them: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w judge|strong="H1777"\w* the \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and he shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* unto his \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.   
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\v 11 And \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.   
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\v 12 ¶ Now the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \add were\add* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*; they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 13 And the \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w* \w custom|strong="H4941"\w* with the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add was, that\add*, when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, the \w priest’s|strong="H3548"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, while the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* was in \w seething|strong="H1310"\w*, with a \w fleshhook|strong="H4207"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*;  
\v 14 And he \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \add it\add* into the \w pan|strong="H3595"\w*, or \w kettle|strong="H1731"\w*, or \w caldron|strong="H7037"\w*, or \w pot|strong="H6517"\w*; all that the \w fleshhook|strong="H4207"\w* brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* for himself. So they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* unto all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither.  
\v 15 Also before they \w burnt|strong="H6999"\w* the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w*, the \w priest’s|strong="H3548"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* to \w roast|strong="H6740"\w* for the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; for he will not \w have|strong="H3947"\w* \w sodden|strong="H1310"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of thee, but \w raw|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 16 And \add if\add* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let them not \w fail|strong="H6999"\w* to \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w presently|strong="H3117"\w*, and \add then\add* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \add as much\add* as thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*; then he would \w answer|strong="H0559"\w* him, \add Nay;\add* but thou shalt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add it me\add* now: and if not, I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \add it\add* by \w force|strong="H2394"\w*.\f + \fr 2.16 \ft presently: Heb. as on the day\f*  
\v 17 Wherefore the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: for \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w abhorred|strong="H5006"\w* the \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
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\v 18 ¶ But \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add being\add* a \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with a \w linen|strong="H0906"\w* \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.  
\v 19 Moreover his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w coat|strong="H4598"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \add it\add* to him from \w year|strong="H3117"\w* to \w year|strong="H3117"\w*, when she came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* to \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* the \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.   
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\v 20 ¶ And \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* thee \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* for the \w loan|strong="H7596"\w* which is \w lent|strong="H7592"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* unto their own \w home|strong="H4725"\w*.\f + \fr 2.20 \ft loan…: or, petition which she asked, etc\f*  
\v 21 \w And|strong="H3588"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, so that she \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
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\v 22 ¶ Now \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, and \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* all that his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and how they \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* that \w assembled|strong="H6633"\w* \add at\add* the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H4150"\w*.\f + \fr 2.22 \ft assembled: Heb. assembled by troops\f*  
\v 23 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why \w do|strong="H6213"\w* ye such \w things|strong="H1697"\w*? for I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* of your \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w dealings|strong="H1697"\w* by all this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 2.23 \ft of your…: or, evil words of you\f*  
\v 24 Nay, my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; for \add it is\add* no \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w report|strong="H8052"\w* that I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*: ye make the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w transgress|strong="H5674"\w*.\f + \fr 2.24 \ft transgress: or, cry out\f*  
\v 25 If one \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against \w another|strong="H0376"\w*, the \w judge|strong="H0430"\w* shall \w judge|strong="H6419"\w* him: but if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, who shall \w intreat|strong="H6419"\w* for him? Notwithstanding they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w would|strong="H2654"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* them.  
\v 26 And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w grew|strong="H1432"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and was in \w favour|strong="H2896"\w* both with the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and also with \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.   
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\v 27 ¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Did I \w plainly|strong="H1540"\w* \w appear|strong="H1540"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, when they were in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* in \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?  
\v 28 And did I \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* him out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add to be\add* my \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, to \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* upon mine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, to \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*, to \w wear|strong="H5375"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me? and did I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* all the offerings made by \w fire|strong="H0801"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 29 Wherefore \w kick|strong="H1163"\w* ye at my \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* and at mine \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, which I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \add in my\add* \w habitation|strong="H4583"\w*; and \w honourest|strong="H3513"\w* thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* above me, to make yourselves \w fat|strong="H1254"\w* with the \w chiefest|strong="H7225"\w* of all the \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?  
\v 30 Wherefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saith|strong="H5002"\w*, I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w indeed|strong="H0559"\w* \add that\add* thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, should \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: but now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w saith|strong="H5002"\w*, Be it far from \w me|strong="H2486"\w*; for them that \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* me I will \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*, and they that \w despise|strong="H0959"\w* me shall be lightly \w esteemed|strong="H7043"\w*.  
\v 31 Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that I will cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w* thine \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, and the \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* of thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that there shall not be an old \w man|strong="H2205"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 32 And thou shalt \w see|strong="H5027"\w* an \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* \add in my\add* \w habitation|strong="H4583"\w*, in all \add the wealth\add* which \add God\add* shall \w give|strong="H3190"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and there shall not be an old \w man|strong="H2205"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 2.32 \ft an enemy…: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel\f*  
\v 33 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of thine, \add whom\add* I shall not cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from mine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \add shall be\add* to \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and to \w grieve|strong="H0109"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H5315"\w*: and all the \w increase|strong="H4768"\w* of thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in the flower of their \w age|strong="H0582"\w*.\f + \fr 2.33 \ft in the flower…: Heb. men\f*  
\v 34 And this \add shall be\add* a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto thee, that shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thy \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, on \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*; in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them.  
\v 35 And I will raise me \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \add that\add* shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to \add that\add* which \add is\add* in mine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* and in my \w mind|strong="H5315"\w*: and I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* him a \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he shall \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* mine \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 36 And it shall come to pass, \add that\add* every one that is \w left|strong="H3498"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \add and\add* \w crouch|strong="H7812"\w* to him for a \w piece|strong="H0095"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and a \w morsel|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Put|strong="H5596"\w* me, I pray thee, into \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w priests’ offices|strong="H3550"\w*, that I may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* a \w piece|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.\f + \fr 2.36 \ft Put: Heb. Join\f*\f + \fr 2.36 \ft one of…: or, somewhat about the priesthood\f*   
\c 3  
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\v 1 And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*. And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; \add there was\add* no \w open|strong="H6555"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*.  
\v 2 And it came to pass at that \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, when \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \add was\add* laid \w down|strong="H7901"\w* in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to wax \w dim|strong="H3544"\w*, \add that\add* he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w see|strong="H7200"\w*;  
\v 3 And ere the \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* went \w out|strong="H3518"\w* in the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, where the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add was\add*, and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was laid \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \add to sleep;\add*  
\v 4 That the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*: and he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here \add am\add* I.  
\v 5 And he \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* unto \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here \add am\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w*; for thou \w calledst|strong="H7121"\w* me. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* not; lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here \add am\add* I; for thou didst \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* not, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 7 Now \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* did not \w yet|strong="H2962"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, neither was the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* yet \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* unto him.\f + \fr 3.7 \ft Now…: or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the \+nd LORD\+nd*, and before the word of the \+nd LORD\+nd* was revealed unto him\f*  
\v 8 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* the third \w time|strong="H7992"\w*. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here \add am\add* I; for thou didst \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me. And \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w perceived|strong="H0995"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.  
\v 9 Therefore \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w*: and it shall be, if he \w call|strong="H7121"\w* thee, that thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w*. So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w* in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 10 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H3320"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*; for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 11 ¶ And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Behold, I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, at which \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of every one that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* it shall \w tingle|strong="H6750"\w*.  
\v 12 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* I will \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* against \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* all \add things\add* which I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w concerning|strong="H0413"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: when I \w begin|strong="H2490"\w*, I will also make an \w end|strong="H3615"\w*.\f + \fr 3.12 \ft when…: Heb. beginning and ending\f*  
\v 13 For I have \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him that I will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* for the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* which he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w*; because his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* made themselves \w vile|strong="H7043"\w*, and he \w restrained|strong="H3543"\w* them not.\f + \fr 3.13 \ft For I…: or, And I will tell him\f*\f + \fr 3.13 \ft vile: or, accursed\f*\f + \fr 3.13 \ft restrained…: Heb. frowned not upon them\f*  
\v 14 And therefore I have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, that the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of \w Eli’s|strong="H5941"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall not be \w purged|strong="H3722"\w* with \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* nor \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* to \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* the \w vision|strong="H4759"\w*.  
\v 16 Then \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here \add am\add* I.  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \add is\add* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that \add the \+nd Lord\+nd*\add* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee? I pray thee \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \add it\add* not from me: \w God|strong="H0430"\w* do \w so|strong="H6213"\w* to thee, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if thou \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \add any\add* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* from me of all the \w things|strong="H1697"\w* that he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee.\f + \fr 3.17 \ft more also: Heb. so add\f*\f + \fr 3.17 \ft thing: or, word\f*  
\v 18 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him every \w whit|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w hid|strong="H3582"\w* nothing from him. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It \add is\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: let him \w do|strong="H6213"\w* what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* him \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.\f + \fr 3.18 \ft every…: Heb. all the things, or, words\f*   
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\v 19 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was with him, and did let none of his \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 20 And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \add was\add* \w established|strong="H0539"\w* \add to be\add* a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 3.20 \ft established: or, faithful\f*  
\v 21 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* himself to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1 And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* came to all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Now \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* beside \w Eben-ezer|strong="H0072"\w*: and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*.\f + \fr 4.1 \ft came: or, came to pass: Heb. was\f*  
\v 2 And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and when they \w joined|strong="H5203"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 4.2 \ft they joined…: Heb. the battle was spread\f*\f + \fr 4.2 \ft army: Heb. array\f*   
\p
\v 3 ¶ And when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* us to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? Let us \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* out of \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* unto us, that, when it \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* us, it may \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.\f + \fr 4.3 \ft fetch: Heb. take unto us\f*  
\v 4 So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, that they might \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* from thence the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, which \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* \add between\add* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*: and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, \add were\add* there with the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 5 And when the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w shout|strong="H8643"\w*, so that the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* rang \w again|strong="H1949"\w*.  
\v 6 And when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w shout|strong="H8643"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \add meaneth\add* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w shout|strong="H8643"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w*? And they \w understood|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.  
\v 7 And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*. And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto us! for there hath not been such a thing \w heretofore|strong="H0865"\w*.\f + \fr 4.7 \ft heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day\f*  
\v 8 \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto us! who shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of these \w mighty|strong="H0117"\w* \w Gods|strong="H0430"\w*? these \add are\add* the \w Gods|strong="H0430"\w* that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* with all the \w plagues|strong="H4347"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\v 9 Be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, and \w quit|strong="H1961"\w* yourselves like \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, O ye \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, that ye be not \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* unto the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w*, as they have \w been|strong="H5647"\w* to you: \w quit|strong="H1961"\w* yourselves like \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*.\f + \fr 4.9 \ft quit…: Heb. be men\f*   
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\v 10 ¶ And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w*, and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* into his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*: and there was a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*; for there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*; and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, were \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 4.11 \ft were slain: Heb. died\f*   
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\v 12 ¶ And there \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* out of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* with his \w clothes|strong="H4055"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and with \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 13 And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, lo, \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon a \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* by the \w wayside|strong="H1870"\w* \w watching|strong="H6822"\w*: for his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w trembled|strong="H2730"\w* for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add*, all the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* cried \w out|strong="H2199"\w*.  
\v 14 And when \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w crying|strong="H6818"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \add meaneth\add* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of this \w tumult|strong="H1995"\w*? And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* in \w hastily|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*.  
\v 15 Now \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* was \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*; and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* were \w dim|strong="H6965"\w*, that he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.\f + \fr 4.15 \ft were dim: Heb. stood\f*  
\v 16 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, I \add am\add* he that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* out of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*, and I \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* out of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What is there \w done|strong="H1697"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?\f + \fr 4.16 \ft is…: Heb. is the thing\f*  
\v 17 And the \w messenger|strong="H1319"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and there hath been also a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4046"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and thy \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* also, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, are \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 18 And it came to pass, when he made \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* from off the \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* \w backward|strong="H0322"\w* \w by|strong="H1157"\w* the \w side|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and his \w neck|strong="H4665"\w* \w brake|strong="H7665"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*: for he was an \w old|strong="H2204"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*. And he had \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 19 ¶ And his daughter in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, \w Phinehas’|strong="H6372"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, was with \w child|strong="H2030"\w*, \add near\add* to be \w delivered|strong="H3205"\w*: and when she \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w that|strong="H0413"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*, and that her father in \w law|strong="H2524"\w* and her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* were \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, she \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* herself and \w travailed|strong="H3205"\w*; for her \w pains|strong="H6735"\w* \w came|strong="H2015"\w* upon her.\f + \fr 4.19 \ft be delivered: or, cry out\f*\f + \fr 4.19 \ft came: Heb. were turned\f*  
\v 20 And about the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of her \w death|strong="H4191"\w* the women that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by her \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not; for thou hast \w born|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. But she \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* not, neither did she \w regard|strong="H7896"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 4.20 \ft neither…: Heb. set not her heart\f*  
\v 21 And she \w named|strong="H7121"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w I-chabod|strong="H0350"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* is \w departed|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w because|strong="H0413"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*, and because of her father in \w law|strong="H2524"\w* and her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 4.21 \ft I-chabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory\f*  
\v 22 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* is \w departed|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*.   
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\v 1 And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it from \w Eben-ezer|strong="H0072"\w* unto \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*.  
\v 2 When the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3322"\w* it \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*.   
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\v 3 ¶ And when they of \w Ashdod|strong="H0796"\w* arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, behold, \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* \add was\add* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7725"\w* him in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 4 And when they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* \add was\add* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* and \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \add were\add* cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* upon the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w*; only \add the stump of\add* \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* was \w left|strong="H7604"\w* to him.\f + \fr 5.4 \ft the stump…: or, the fishy part\f*  
\v 5 Therefore neither the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*, nor any that \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Dagon’s|strong="H1712"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* on the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* in \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 6 But the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* upon them of \w Ashdod|strong="H0796"\w*, and he \w destroyed|strong="H8074"\w* them, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*, \add even\add* \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* and the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* thereof.  
\v 7 And when the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \add it was\add* so, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall not \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* with us: for his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* is \w sore|strong="H7185"\w* upon us, and upon \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* our \w god|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 8 They \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* therefore and \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* unto them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Let the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be carried \w about|strong="H5437"\w* unto \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*. And they \w carried|strong="H5437"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \add thither\add*.  
\v 9 And it was \add so\add*, that, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they had carried it \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H4103"\w*: and he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, both \w small|strong="H6996"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and they had \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w* in their secret \w parts|strong="H8368"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ Therefore they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*. And it came to pass, as the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, that the \w Ekronites|strong="H6139"\w* cried \w out|strong="H2199"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They have brought \w about|strong="H5437"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to us, to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* us and our \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 5.10 \ft us, to…: Heb. me to slay me and my\f*  
\v 11 So they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Send \w away|strong="H7971"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and let it go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to his own \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, that it \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* us not, and our \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: for there was a \w deadly|strong="H4194"\w* \w destruction|strong="H4103"\w* throughout all the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* there.\f + \fr 5.11 \ft us not…: Heb. me not, and my\f*  
\v 12 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w died|strong="H4191"\w* not were \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* with the \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*: and the \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1 And the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* us wherewith we shall \w send|strong="H7971"\w* it to his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 3 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If ye send \w away|strong="H7971"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w send|strong="H7971"\w* it not \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*; but in any \w wise|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* him a trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w*: then ye shall be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*, and it shall be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to you why his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* is not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* from you.  
\v 4 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they, What \add shall be\add* the trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w* which we shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to him? They \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Five|strong="H2568"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w mice|strong="H5909"\w*, \add according to\add* the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: for \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* \add was\add* on you all, and on your \w lords|strong="H5633"\w*.\f + \fr 6.4 \ft you: Heb. them\f*  
\v 5 Wherefore ye shall \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of your \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*, and \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of your \w mice|strong="H5909"\w* that \w mar|strong="H7843"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and ye shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* unto the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: peradventure he will \w lighten|strong="H7043"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from off you, and from off your \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and from off your \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 6 Wherefore then do ye \w harden|strong="H3513"\w* your \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, as the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* and \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w hardened|strong="H3513"\w* their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*? when he had wrought \w wonderfully|strong="H5953"\w* among them, did they not let the people \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*?\f + \fr 6.6 \ft wonderfully: or, reproachfully\f*\f + \fr 6.6 \ft the people: Heb. them\f*  
\v 7 Now therefore \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w milch|strong="H5763"\w* \w kine|strong="H6510"\w*, on which there hath \w come|strong="H5927"\w* no \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, and \w tie|strong="H0631"\w* the \w kine|strong="H6510"\w* to the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* their \w calves|strong="H1121"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* from \w them|strong="H0310"\w*:  
\v 8 And \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* it upon the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*; and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, which ye \w return|strong="H7725"\w* him \add for\add* a trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w*, in a \w coffer|strong="H0712"\w* by the \w side|strong="H6654"\w* thereof; and send it \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, that it may \w go|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 9 And \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, if it goeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his own \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* to \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, \add then\add* he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* us this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: but if not, then we shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that \add it is\add* not his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add that\add* \w smote|strong="H5060"\w* us; it \add was\add* a \w chance|strong="H4745"\w* \add that\add* happened to \w us|strong="H1961"\w*.\f + \fr 6.9 \ft he: or, it\f*   
\p
\v 10 ¶ And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*; and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w milch|strong="H5763"\w* \w kine|strong="H6510"\w*, and \w tied|strong="H0631"\w* them to the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and shut \w up|strong="H3607"\w* their \w calves|strong="H1121"\w* at \w home|strong="H1004"\w*:  
\v 11 And they \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* upon the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and the \w coffer|strong="H0712"\w* with the \w mice|strong="H5909"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and the \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of their \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*.  
\v 12 And the \w kine|strong="H6510"\w* took the \w straight|strong="H3474"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, \add and\add* went \w along|strong="H1980"\w* the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*, \w lowing|strong="H1600"\w* as they \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, and turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \add to\add* the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* or \add to\add* the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*; and the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them unto the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*.  
\v 13 And \add they of\add* \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \add were\add* \w reaping|strong="H7114"\w* their \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*: and they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, and \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*.  
\v 14 And the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, a \w Beth-shemite|strong="H1030"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* there, where \add there was\add* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: and they \w clave|strong="H1234"\w* the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* the \w kine|strong="H6510"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 15 And the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* took \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w coffer|strong="H0712"\w* that \add was\add* with it, wherein the \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add were\add*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \add them\add* on the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 16 And when the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 17 And these \add are\add* the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w* which the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \add for\add* a trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; for \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Askelon|strong="H0831"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*;  
\v 18 And the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w mice|strong="H5909"\w*, \add according to\add* the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add belonging\add* to the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w lords|strong="H5633"\w*, \add both\add* of \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and of \w country|strong="H6521"\w* \w villages|strong="H3724"\w*, even unto the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \add stone of\add* \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w*, whereon they set \w down|strong="H3240"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: \add which stone remaineth\add* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, the \w Beth-shemite|strong="H1030"\w*.\f + \fr 6.18 \ft great…: or, great stone\f*   
\p
\v 19 ¶ And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, because they had \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* into the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, even he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w lamented|strong="H0056"\w*, because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \add many\add* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who is \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* this \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? and to whom shall he go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from us?   
\p
\v 21 ¶ And they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* have brought \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; come ye \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \add and\add* fetch it \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to you.   
\c 7  
\p
\v 1 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and fetched \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w* in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, and \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 2 And it came to pass, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, that the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* was \w long|strong="H7235"\w*; for it was \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w lamented|strong="H5091"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\p
\v 3 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If ye do \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with all your \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, \add then\add* put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* you, and \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* your \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him only: and he will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 4 Then the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* only.  
\v 5 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Gather|strong="H6908"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w*, and I will \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* for you unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 6 And they gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, and \w drew|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and poured \add it\add* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* there, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 And when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w*, the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, they were \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 8 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Cease|strong="H2790"\w* not to \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for us, that he will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.\f + \fr 7.8 \ft Cease…: Heb. Be not silent from us from crying\f*   
\p
\v 9 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w sucking|strong="H2461"\w* \w lamb|strong="H2924"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \add it for\add* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w wholly|strong="H3632"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w heard|strong="H6030"\w* him.\f + \fr 7.9 \ft heard: or, answered\f*  
\v 10 And as \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was offering \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w thundered|strong="H7481"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* upon the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w discomfited|strong="H2000"\w* them; and they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them, until \add they came\add* under \w Beth-car|strong="H1033"\w*.  
\v 12 Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* between \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w* and \w Shen|strong="H8129"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of it \w Eben-ezer|strong="H0072"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Hitherto hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* us.\f + \fr 7.12 \ft Eben-ezer: that is, The stone of help\f*   
\p
\v 13 ¶ So the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* into the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.  
\v 14 And the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* which the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, from \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* even unto \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*; and the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* thereof did \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* out of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And there was \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* between \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 16 And he \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1767"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* to \w year|strong="H8141"\w* in \w circuit|strong="H5437"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, and \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in all those \w places|strong="H4725"\w*.\f + \fr 7.16 \ft in circuit: Heb. and he circuited\f*  
\v 17 And his \w return|strong="H8666"\w* \add was\add* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*; for there \add was\add* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and there he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and there he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass, when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, that he \w made|strong="H7760"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2 Now the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w firstborn|strong="H1121"\w* was \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*; and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w second|strong="H4932"\w*, \w Abiah|strong="H0029"\w*: \add they were\add* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* in \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.  
\v 3 And his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* not in his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, but turned \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w lucre|strong="H1215"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*, and \w perverted|strong="H5186"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 Then all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* unto \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*,  
\v 5 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, thou art \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, and thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* not in thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*: now \w make|strong="H7760"\w* us a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* us like all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ But the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, when they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* us a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* us. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 8.6 \ft displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of\f*  
\v 7 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in all that they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee: for they have not \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* thee, but they have \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* me, that I should not \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over them.  
\v 8 According to all the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* which they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, wherewith they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, so \w do|strong="H6213"\w* they also unto thee.  
\v 9 Now therefore \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: \w howbeit|strong="H0389"\w* yet \w protest|strong="H5749"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* unto them, and \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* them the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over them.\f + \fr 8.9 \ft hearken…: or, obey\f*\f + \fr 8.9 \ft howbeit…: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt\f*   
\p
\v 10 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* of him a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This will be the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over you: He will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* \add them\add* for himself, for his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*, and \add to be\add* his \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*; and \add some\add* shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*.  
\v 12 And he will \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* him \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over \w fifties|strong="H2572"\w*; and \add will set them\add* to \w ear|strong="H2790"\w* his \w ground|strong="H2758"\w*, and to \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* his \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, and to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* his \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.  
\v 13 And he will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \add to be\add* \w confectionaries|strong="H7548"\w*, and \add to be\add* \w cooks|strong="H2879"\w*, and \add to be\add* \w bakers|strong="H0644"\w*.  
\v 14 And he will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, and your \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and your \w oliveyards|strong="H2132"\w*, \add even\add* the \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \add of them\add*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add them\add* to his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 15 And he will take the \w tenth|strong="H6237"\w* of your \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and of your \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to his \w officers|strong="H5631"\w*, and to his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.\f + \fr 8.15 \ft officers: Heb. eunuchs\f*  
\v 16 And he will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w*, and your \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w*, and your \w goodliest|strong="H2896"\w* young \w men|strong="H0970"\w*, and your \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \add them\add* to his \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.  
\v 17 He will take the \w tenth|strong="H6237"\w* of your \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*: and ye shall be his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 18 And ye shall cry \w out|strong="H2199"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of your \w king|strong="H4428"\w* which ye shall have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* you; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will not \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* you in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 19 ¶ Nevertheless the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*; and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but we will have a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over us;  
\v 20 That we also may be like all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; and that our \w king|strong="H4428"\w* may \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* us, and go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* our \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and he \w rehearsed|strong="H1696"\w* them in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 22 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w make|strong="H4427"\w* them a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* ye every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\c 9  
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\v 1 Now there was a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiel|strong="H0022"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeror|strong="H6872"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bechorath|strong="H1064"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Aphiah|strong="H0647"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w power|strong="H2428"\w*.\f + \fr 9.1 \ft a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jemini\f*\f + \fr 9.1 \ft power: or, substance\f*  
\v 2 And he had a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, a choice young \w man|strong="H0970"\w*, and a \w goodly|strong="H2896"\w*: and \add there was\add* not among the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w goodlier|strong="H2896"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w* than he: from his \w shoulders|strong="H7926"\w* and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w* \add he was\add* \w higher|strong="H1364"\w* than any of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 3 And the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* were \w lost|strong="H0006"\w*. And \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* now \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* with thee, and \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*.  
\v 4 And he passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Shalisha|strong="H8031"\w*, but they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \add them\add* not: then they passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Shalim|strong="H8171"\w*, and \add there they were\add* not: and he passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*, but they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \add them\add* not.  
\v 5 \add And\add* when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Zuph|strong="H6689"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* that \add was\add* with him, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w return|strong="H7725"\w*; lest my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w leave|strong="H2308"\w* \add caring\add* for the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, and take \w thought|strong="H1672"\w* for us.  
\v 6 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, \add there is\add* in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \add he is\add* an \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; all that he \w saith|strong="H1696"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* surely to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w*: now let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w* thither; peradventure he can \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* us our \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that we should \w go|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 7 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, But, behold, \add if\add* we \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, what shall we \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*? for the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* is \w spent|strong="H0235"\w* in our \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and \add there is\add* not a \w present|strong="H8670"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: what have we?\f + \fr 9.7 \ft is spent…: Heb. is gone out of, etc\f*\f + \fr 9.7 \ft have we: Heb. is with us?\f*  
\v 8 And the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w have|strong="H4672"\w* here at \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the fourth \w part|strong="H7253"\w* of a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*: \add that\add* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* us our \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.\f + \fr 9.8 \ft I have…: Heb. there is found in my hand\f*  
\v 9 (\w Beforetime|strong="H6440"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thus he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w seer|strong="H7200"\w*: for \add he that is\add* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \add called\add* a \w Prophet|strong="H5030"\w* was \w beforetime|strong="H6440"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* a \w Seer|strong="H7200"\w*.)  
\v 10 Then \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Well|strong="H2896"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*; \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w*. So they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* where the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add was\add*.\f + \fr 9.10 \ft Well said: Heb. Thy word is good\f*   
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\v 11 ¶ \add And\add* as they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w hill|strong="H4608"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* young \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w* going \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w draw|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Is|strong="H3426"\w* the \w seer|strong="H7200"\w* here?\f + \fr 9.11 \ft the hill…: Heb. in the ascent of the city\f*  
\v 12 And they \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He \w is|strong="H3426"\w*; behold, \add he is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you: make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w* now, for he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; for \add there is\add* a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*:\f + \fr 9.12 \ft sacrifice: or, feast\f*  
\v 13 As soon as ye be \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, ye shall \w straightway|strong="H3651"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* him, before he go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* will not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* until he \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, because he doth \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*; \add and\add* \w afterwards|strong="H0310"\w* they \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* that be \w bidden|strong="H7121"\w*. Now therefore get you \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for about this \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ye shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* him.\f + \fr 9.13 \ft this time: Heb. to day\f*  
\v 14 And they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: \add and\add* when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, behold, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* them, for to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ Now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w told|strong="H1540"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* in his \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,\f + \fr 9.15 \ft told…: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel\f*  
\v 16 To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and thou shalt \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* him \add to be\add* \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that he may \w save|strong="H3467"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: for I have \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* upon my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, because their \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me.  
\v 17 And when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* unto him, Behold the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom I \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to thee of! this same shall \w reign|strong="H6113"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 9.17 \ft reign over: Heb. restrain in\f*   
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\v 18 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, \w where|strong="H0335"\w* the \w seer’s|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add is\add*.  
\v 19 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* the \w seer|strong="H7200"\w*: go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me unto the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*; for ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* with me to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and to \w morrow|strong="H1242"\w* I will let thee \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, and will \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee all that \add is\add* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.  
\v 20 And as for thine \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* that were \w lost|strong="H0006"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*, \w set|strong="H7760"\w* not thy \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* on them; for they are \w found|strong="H4672"\w*. And on whom \add is\add* all the \w desire|strong="H2532"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \add Is it\add* not on thee, and on all thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?\f + \fr 9.20 \ft three…: Heb. to day three days\f*  
\v 21 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Am\add* not I a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, of the \w smallest|strong="H6996"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? and my \w family|strong="H4940"\w* the \w least|strong="H6810"\w* of all the \w families|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*? wherefore then \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* thou \w so|strong="H1697"\w* to me?\f + \fr 9.21 \ft so…: Heb. according to this word\f*  
\v 22 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them into the \w parlour|strong="H3957"\w*, and made them \w sit|strong="H5414"\w* in the \w chiefest|strong="H7218"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* among them that were \w bidden|strong="H7121"\w*, which \add were\add* about \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 23 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w cook|strong="H2876"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H5414"\w* the \w portion|strong="H4490"\w* which I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee, of which I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* it by thee.  
\v 24 And the \w cook|strong="H2876"\w* took \w up|strong="H7311"\w* the \w shoulder|strong="H7785"\w*, and \add that\add* which \add was\add* upon it, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. And \add Samuel\add* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold that which is \w left|strong="H7604"\w*! \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, \add and\add* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for unto this \w time|strong="H4150"\w* hath it been \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* for thee since I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. So \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* with \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 9.24 \ft left: or, reserved\f*   
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\v 25 ¶ And when they were come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add Samuel\add* \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* upon the top of the \w house|strong="H1406"\w*.  
\v 26 And they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w*: and it came to pass about the \w spring|strong="H5927"\w* of the \w day|strong="H7837"\w*, that \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to the top of the \w house|strong="H1406"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*, that I may send thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them, he and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w*.  
\v 27 \add And\add* as they were going \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Bid|strong="H0559"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* pass \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, (and he passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w*,) but \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* thou still a \w while|strong="H3117"\w*, that I may \w shew|strong="H8085"\w* thee the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 9.27 \ft a while: Heb. to day\f*   
\c 10  
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\v 1 Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w vial|strong="H6378"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \add it\add* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is it\add* not because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \add to be\add* \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*?  
\v 2 When thou art \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from \w me|strong="H5978"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, then thou shalt \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* by \w Rachel’s|strong="H7354"\w* \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w* in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* at \w Zelzah|strong="H6766"\w*; and they will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, The \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* which thou \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* are \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: and, lo, thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath \w left|strong="H5203"\w* the \w care|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, and \w sorroweth|strong="H1672"\w* for you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?\f + \fr 10.2 \ft care: Heb. business\f*  
\v 3 Then shalt thou go \w on|strong="H2498"\w* \w forward|strong="H1973"\w* from thence, and thou shalt \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* of \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, and there shall \w meet|strong="H4672"\w* thee \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* going \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kids|strong="H1423"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* a \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*:  
\v 4 And they \w will|strong="H7592"\w* \w salute|strong="H7965"\w* thee, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add loaves\add* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; which thou shalt \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 10.4 \ft salute…: Heb. ask thee of peace\f*  
\v 5 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* that thou shalt \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, where \add is\add* the \w garrison|strong="H5333"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come \w thither|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, that thou shalt \w meet|strong="H6293"\w* a \w company|strong="H2256"\w* of \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* coming \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* with a \w psaltery|strong="H5035"\w*, and a \w tabret|strong="H8596"\w*, and a \w pipe|strong="H2485"\w*, and a \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them; and they shall \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*:  
\v 6 And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w come|strong="H6743"\w* upon thee, and thou shalt \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* with them, and shalt be \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* into \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 7 And let it be, when these \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, \add that\add* thou \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as \w occasion|strong="H4672"\w* \w serve|strong="H3027"\w* thee; for \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add is\add* with thee.\f + \fr 10.7 \ft And…: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etc\f*\f + \fr 10.7 \ft that…: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find\f*  
\v 8 And thou shalt go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and, behold, I will come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto thee, to \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \add and\add* to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* of peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shalt thou \w tarry|strong="H3176"\w*, till I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee, and \w shew|strong="H3045"\w* thee what thou shalt \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 9 ¶ And it was \add so\add*, that when he had \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* his \w back|strong="H7926"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* from \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H2015"\w* him \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: and all those \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to pass that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 10.9 \ft back: Heb. shoulder\f*\f + \fr 10.9 \ft gave: Heb. turned\f*  
\v 10 And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither to the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, behold, a \w company|strong="H2256"\w* of \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* him; and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and he \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them.  
\v 11 And it came to pass, when all that \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* him \w beforetime|strong="H0865"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that, behold, he \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, then the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, What \add is\add* this \add that\add* is come unto the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*? \add Is\add* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*?\f + \fr 10.11 \ft one…: Heb. a man to his neighbour\f*  
\v 12 And \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the same place \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, But who \add is\add* their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*? Therefore it became a \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w*, \add Is\add* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*?\f + \fr 10.12 \ft of…: Heb. from thence\f*  
\v 13 And when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*, he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*.   
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\v 14 ¶ And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him and to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Whither|strong="H0575"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* ye? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*: and when we \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \add they were\add* no \w where|strong="H0369"\w*, we \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, what \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto you.  
\v 16 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w*, He \w told|strong="H5046"\w* us \w plainly|strong="H5046"\w* that the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* were \w found|strong="H4672"\w*. But of the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*, whereof \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him not.   
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\v 17 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w called|strong="H6817"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* together unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*;  
\v 18 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*, \add and\add* of them that \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* you:  
\v 19 And ye have this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who himself \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* you out of all your \w adversities|strong="H7451"\w* and your \w tribulations|strong="H6869"\w*; and ye have \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Nay\add*, but \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over us. Now therefore \w present|strong="H3320"\w* yourselves \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* by your \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*, and by your \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*.  
\v 20 And when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* had caused all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to come \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.  
\v 21 When he had caused the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* to come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* by their \w families|strong="H4940"\w*, the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of \w Matri|strong="H4309"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: and when they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* him, he could not be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 22 Therefore they \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* further, if the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* should yet \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w thither|strong="H1988"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, he hath \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* himself among the \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w*.  
\v 23 And they \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* him thence: and when he \w stood|strong="H3320"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he was \w higher|strong="H1361"\w* than any of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* from his \w shoulders|strong="H7926"\w* and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.  
\v 24 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w* ye him whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, that \add there is\add* none like him among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*? And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 10.24 \ft God…: Heb. Let the king live\f*  
\v 25 Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*, and \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \add it\add* in a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, and laid \add it\add* \w up|strong="H3240"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 26 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*; and there \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with him a band of \w men|strong="H2428"\w*, whose \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w touched|strong="H5060"\w*.  
\v 27 But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How shall this man \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us? And they \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* him, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him no \w presents|strong="H4503"\w*. But he held his \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*.\f + \fr 10.27 \ft held…: or, was as though he had been deaf\f*   
\c 11  
\p
\v 1 Then \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*: and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w*, \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with us, and we will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thee.  
\v 2 And \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* them, On \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \add condition\add* will I \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \add a covenant\add* with you, that I may thrust \w out|strong="H5365"\w* all your \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* it \add for\add* a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* upon all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Give us \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days’|strong="H3117"\w* \w respite|strong="H7503"\w*, that we may \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and then, if \add there be\add* no man to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us, we will come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to thee.\f + \fr 11.3 \ft Give…: Heb. Forbear us\f*   
\p
\v 4 ¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* the \w tidings|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voices|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 And, behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w herd|strong="H1241"\w* out of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \add aileth\add* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that they \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*? And they \w told|strong="H5608"\w* him the \w tidings|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* when he \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* those \w tidings|strong="H1697"\w*, and his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*.  
\v 7 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* of \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and hewed them in \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add them\add* throughout all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Whosoever cometh not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, so shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto his \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*. And the \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and they came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w consent|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 11.7 \ft with…: Heb. as one man\f*  
\v 8 And when he \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* them in \w Bezek|strong="H0966"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.  
\v 9 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w*, by \add that time\add* the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* be \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*, ye shall have \w help|strong="H8668"\w*. And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* to the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*; and they were \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*.\f + \fr 11.9 \ft help: or, deliverance\f*  
\v 10 Therefore the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* we will come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto you, and ye shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with us all that \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto you.  
\v 11 And it was \add so\add* on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*; and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w watch|strong="H0821"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* until the \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and it came to pass, that they which \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*, so that \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of them were not \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.   
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\v 12 ¶ And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Who \add is\add* he that \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us? \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that we may put them to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: for to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 14 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w renew|strong="H2318"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* there.  
\v 15 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and there they made \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and there they \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* of peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and there \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*.   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Behold, I have \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto your \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* in all that ye \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, and have \w made|strong="H4427"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you.  
\v 2 And now, behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you: and I am \w old|strong="H2204"\w* and \w grayheaded|strong="H7867"\w*; and, behold, my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \add are\add* with you: and I have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you from my \w childhood|strong="H5271"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 3 Behold, here I \add am:\add* \w witness|strong="H6030"\w* against me before the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and before his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*: whose \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* have I \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*? or whose \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* have I \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*? or whom have I \w defrauded|strong="H6231"\w*? whom have I \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w*? or of whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* have I received \add any\add* \w bribe|strong="H3724"\w* to \w blind|strong="H5956"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* therewith? and I will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* it you.\f + \fr 12.3 \ft bribe: Heb. ransom\f*\f + \fr 12.3 \ft to blind…: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him\f*  
\v 4 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast not \w defrauded|strong="H6231"\w* us, nor \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* us, neither hast thou \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* of any \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 5 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* against you, and his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* \add is\add* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that ye have not \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* in my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \add He is\add* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w*.   
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\v 6 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add It is\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w advanced|strong="H6213"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* and \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, and that \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.\f + \fr 12.6 \ft advanced: or, made\f*  
\v 7 Now therefore stand \w still|strong="H3320"\w*, that I may \w reason|strong="H8199"\w* with you \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of all the righteous \w acts|strong="H6666"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to you and to your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 12.7 \ft righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits\f*\f + \fr 12.7 \ft to: Heb. with\f*  
\v 8 When \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, then the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* and \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, which brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and made them \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 9 And when they \w forgat|strong="H7911"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and they \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against them.  
\v 10 And they \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, because we have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and have \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*: but now \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and we will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thee.  
\v 11 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, and \w Bedan|strong="H0917"\w*, and \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of your \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, and ye \w dwelled|strong="H3427"\w* \w safe|strong="H0983"\w*.  
\v 12 And when ye \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against you, ye \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Nay; but a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us: when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add was\add* your \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 13 Now therefore behold the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* whom ye have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, \add and\add* whom ye have \w desired|strong="H7592"\w*! and, behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w set|strong="H5414"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you.  
\v 14 If ye will \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him, and \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and not \w rebel|strong="H4784"\w* against the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, then shall both ye and also the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w* over you continue \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*:\f + \fr 12.14 \ft commandment: Heb. mouth\f*\f + \fr 12.14 \ft continue…: Heb. be after\f*  
\v 15 But if ye will not \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, but \w rebel|strong="H4784"\w* against the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, then shall the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be against you, as \add it was\add* against your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.   
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\v 16 ¶ Now \w therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* before your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 17 \add Is it\add* not \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he shall \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* and \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*; that ye may \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* that your \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \add is\add* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*, which ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, in \w asking|strong="H7592"\w* you a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 18 So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* and \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.  
\v 19 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Pray|strong="H6419"\w* for thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that we \w die|strong="H4191"\w* not: for we have \w added|strong="H3254"\w* unto all our \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \add this\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, to \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* us a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 20 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all this \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: yet turn not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, but \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with all your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*;  
\v 21 And turn ye not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*: for \add then should ye go\add* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w vain|strong="H8414"\w* \add things\add*, which cannot \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* nor \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w*; for they \add are\add* \w vain|strong="H8414"\w*.  
\v 22 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will not \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for his \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake: because it hath \w pleased|strong="H2974"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* you his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 23 Moreover as for \w me|strong="H0595"\w*, God \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* that I should \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w ceasing|strong="H2308"\w* to \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* for you: but I will \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* you the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and the \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*:\f + \fr 12.23 \ft in: Heb. from\f*  
\v 24 Only \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* with all your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: for \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* how great \add things\add* he hath \w done|strong="H1431"\w* for you.\f + \fr 12.24 \ft how…: or, what a great thing\f*  
\v 25 But if ye shall \w still|strong="H7489"\w* do \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w*, ye shall be \w consumed|strong="H5595"\w*, both ye and your \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\c 13  
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\v 1 \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* one \w year|strong="H1121"\w*; and when he had \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,\f + \fr 13.1 \ft reigned one…: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning\f*  
\v 2 \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* him \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add men\add* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \add whereof\add* two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* were with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w* and in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* were with \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: and the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w garrison|strong="H5333"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*, and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add of it\add*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* throughout all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.\f + \fr 13.3 \ft Geba: or, the hill\f*  
\v 4 And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \add that\add* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* a \w garrison|strong="H5333"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \add that\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* also was had in \w abomination|strong="H0887"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were called \w together|strong="H6817"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.\f + \fr 13.4 \ft was…: Heb. did stink\f*   
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\v 5 ¶ And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* which \add is\add* on the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w shore|strong="H8193"\w* in \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*: and they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*, \w eastward|strong="H6926"\w* from \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*.  
\v 6 When the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were in a \w strait|strong="H6887"\w*, (for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w distressed|strong="H5065"\w*,) then the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* did \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* themselves in \w caves|strong="H4631"\w*, and in \w thickets|strong="H2337"\w*, and in \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*, and in high \w places|strong="H6877"\w*, and in \w pits|strong="H0953"\w*.  
\v 7 And \add some of\add* the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. As for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, he \add was\add* yet in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* him \w trembling|strong="H2729"\w*.\f + \fr 13.7 \ft followed…: Heb. trembled after him\f*   
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\v 8 ¶ And he \w tarried|strong="H3176"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, according to the set \w time|strong="H4150"\w* that \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \add had appointed:\add* but \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* from him.  
\v 9 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* to me, and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*. And he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.  
\v 10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, behold, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, that he might \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* him.\f + \fr 13.10 \ft salute: Heb. bless\f*   
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\v 11 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Because I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H5310"\w* from me, and \add that\add* thou \w camest|strong="H0935"\w* not within the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w*, and \add that\add* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w* at \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*;  
\v 12 Therefore \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* will come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* now upon me to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and I have not made \w supplication|strong="H2470"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: I \w forced|strong="H0662"\w* myself therefore, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.\f + \fr 13.12 \ft made…: Heb. intreated the face\f*  
\v 13 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Thou hast done \w foolishly|strong="H5528"\w*: thou hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee: for now would the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* have \w established|strong="H3559"\w* thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 14 But now thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* shall not \w continue|strong="H6965"\w*: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* him a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* after his own \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him \add to be\add* \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, because thou hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \add that\add* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee.   
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\v 15 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and gat him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* unto \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that were\add* \w present|strong="H4672"\w* with him, about \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 13.15 \ft present: Heb. found\f*  
\v 16 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that were\add* \w present|strong="H4672"\w* with them, \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: but the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*.\f + \fr 13.16 \ft present: Heb. found\f*\f + \fr 13.16 \ft Gibeah: Heb. Geba\f*   
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\v 17 ¶ And the \w spoilers|strong="H7843"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*: \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* unto the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add that leadeth to\add* \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*, unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Shual|strong="H7777"\w*:  
\v 18 And \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add to\add* \w Beth-horon|strong="H1032"\w*: and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \add to\add* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* that \w looketh|strong="H8259"\w* to the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w Zeboim|strong="H6650"\w* toward the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.   
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\v 19 ¶ Now there was no \w smith|strong="H2796"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* throughout all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Lest the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \add them\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* or \w spears|strong="H2595"\w*:  
\v 20 But all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, to \w sharpen|strong="H3913"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w share|strong="H4282"\w*, and his \w coulter|strong="H0855"\w*, and his \w axe|strong="H7134"\w*, and his \w mattock|strong="H4281"\w*.  
\v 21 Yet they had a \w file|strong="H6477"\w* for the \w mattocks|strong="H4281"\w*, and for the \w coulters|strong="H0855"\w*, and for the \w forks|strong="H7969"\w*, and for the \w axes|strong="H7134"\w*, and to \w sharpen|strong="H5324"\w* the \w goads|strong="H1861"\w*.\f + \fr 13.21 \ft a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel\f*\f + \fr 13.21 \ft sharpen: Heb. set\f*  
\v 22 So it came to pass in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, that there was neither \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* nor \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of any of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*: but with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and with \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* was there \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 23 And the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w passage|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*.\f + \fr 13.23 \ft garrison: or, standing camp\f*   
\c 14  
\p
\v 1 Now it came to pass upon a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to the \w Philistines’|strong="H6430"\w* \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w*, that \add is\add* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w*. But he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 14.1 \ft it came…: or, there was a day\f*  
\v 2 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w tarried|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w uttermost|strong="H7097"\w* part of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* under a pomegranate \w tree|strong="H7416"\w* which \add is\add* in \w Migron|strong="H4051"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him \add were\add* about \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*;  
\v 3 And \w Ahiah|strong="H0281"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, \w I-chabod’s|strong="H0350"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \w wearing|strong="H5375"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* was \w gone|strong="H1980"\w*.\f + \fr 14.3 \ft Ahiah: called Ahimelech\f*   
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\v 4 ¶ And between the \w passages|strong="H4569"\w*, by which \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto the \w Philistines’|strong="H6430"\w* \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w*, \add there was\add* a \w sharp|strong="H8127"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* on the one \w side|strong="H5676"\w*, and a \w sharp|strong="H8127"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w*: and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \add was\add* \w Bozez|strong="H0949"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w Seneh|strong="H5573"\w*.  
\v 5 The \w forefront|strong="H8127"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \add was\add* \w situate|strong="H4690"\w* \w northward|strong="H6828"\w* over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w southward|strong="H5045"\w* over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w*.\f + \fr 14.5 \ft forefront: Heb. tooth\f*  
\v 6 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of these \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w*: it may be that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w work|strong="H6213"\w* for us: for \add there is\add* no \w restraint|strong="H4622"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* by \w many|strong="H7227"\w* or by \w few|strong="H4592"\w*.  
\v 7 And his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* all that \add is\add* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* thee; behold, I \add am\add* with thee according to thy \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.  
\v 8 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, Behold, we will pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto \add these\add* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and we will \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* ourselves unto them.  
\v 9 If they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus unto us, \w Tarry|strong="H1826"\w* until we \w come|strong="H5060"\w* to you; then we will stand \w still|strong="H5975"\w* in our place, and will not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto them.\f + \fr 14.9 \ft Tarry: Heb. Be still\f*  
\v 10 But if they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto us; then we will go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into our \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and this \add shall be\add* a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto us.  
\v 11 And \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w* themselves unto the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w holes|strong="H2356"\w* where they had \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* themselves.  
\v 12 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w garrison|strong="H4675"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to us, and we will \w shew|strong="H3045"\w* you a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* climbed \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* and upon his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him: and they \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*; and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.  
\v 14 And that \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*, which \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w made|strong="H5221"\w*, was about \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, within as it were an \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w acre|strong="H4618"\w* of \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, \add which\add* a \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \add of oxen might plow\add*.\f + \fr 14.14 \ft an…: or, half a furrow of an acre of land\f*  
\v 15 And there was \w trembling|strong="H2731"\w* in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w*, and the \w spoilers|strong="H7843"\w*, they also \w trembled|strong="H2729"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w quaked|strong="H7264"\w*: so it was a very \w great|strong="H0430"\w* \w trembling|strong="H2731"\w*.\f + \fr 14.15 \ft a very…: Heb. a trembling of God\f*   
\p
\v 16 And the \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*; and, behold, the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* melted \w away|strong="H4127"\w*, and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on beating \w down|strong="H1986"\w* \add one another\add*.  
\v 17 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, \w Number|strong="H6485"\w* now, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* who is \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* from us. And when they had \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w*, behold, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \add were\add* not \add there\add*.  
\v 18 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahiah|strong="H0281"\w*, Bring \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. For the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was at that \w time|strong="H3117"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 ¶ And it came to pass, while \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, that the \w noise|strong="H1995"\w* that \add was\add* in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* and \w increased|strong="H7227"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Withdraw|strong="H0622"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 14.19 \ft noise: or, tumult\f*  
\v 20 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him \w assembled|strong="H2199"\w* themselves, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: and, behold, every \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* was against his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*, \add and there was\add* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w discomfiture|strong="H4103"\w*.\f + \fr 14.20 \ft assembled…: Heb. were cried together\f*  
\v 21 Moreover the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* \add that\add* were with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w before|strong="H0865"\w* that \w time|strong="H8032"\w*, which went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with them into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \add from the country\add* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, even they also \add turned\add* to be with the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that \add were\add* with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*.  
\v 22 Likewise all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* which had \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* themselves in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \add when\add* they \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, even they also followed \w hard|strong="H1692"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 23 So the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*.   
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\v 24 ¶ And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w distressed|strong="H5065"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w adjured|strong="H0422"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* \add be\add* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* \add any\add* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* until \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, that I may be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* on mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. So none of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w tasted|strong="H2938"\w* \add any\add* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 25 And all \add they of\add* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*; and there was \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ground|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 26 And when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*, behold, the \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w dropped|strong="H1982"\w*; but no man \w put|strong="H5381"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \w oath|strong="H7621"\w*.  
\v 27 But \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* not when his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w charged|strong="H7650"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with the \w oath|strong="H7650"\w*: wherefore he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* that \add was\add* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* it in an \w honeycomb|strong="H3295"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7725"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* were \w enlightened|strong="H0215"\w*.  
\v 28 Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w straitly|strong="H7650"\w* \w charged|strong="H7650"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with an \w oath|strong="H7650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* \add be\add* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* \add any\add* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w faint|strong="H5774"\w*.\f + \fr 14.28 \ft faint: or, weary\f*  
\v 29 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath \w troubled|strong="H5916"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, I pray you, how mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* have been \w enlightened|strong="H0215"\w*, because I \w tasted|strong="H2938"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* of this \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*.  
\v 30 How much \w more|strong="H0637"\w*, if \w haply|strong="H3863"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w freely|strong="H0398"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* which they \w found|strong="H4672"\w*? for had there not been now a much \w greater|strong="H7235"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w* among the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*?  
\v 31 And they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w* to \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w faint|strong="H5774"\w*.  
\v 32 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w flew|strong="H5860"\w* upon the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w calves|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* \add them\add* on the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \add them\add* with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.   
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\v 33 ¶ Then they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, in that they \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye have \w transgressed|strong="H0898"\w*: \w roll|strong="H1556"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* unto me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 14.33 \ft transgressed: or, dealt treacherously\f*  
\v 34 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Disperse|strong="H6327"\w* yourselves among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Bring me \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w ox|strong="H7794"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, and \w slay|strong="H7819"\w* \add them\add* here, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* not against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w* that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* \add them\add* there.\f + \fr 14.34 \ft with him: Heb. in his hand\f*  
\v 35 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: the same was the \w first|strong="H2490"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 14.35 \ft the same…: Heb. that altar he began to build unto the \+nd LORD\+nd*\f*   
\p
\v 36 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let us go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w spoil|strong="H0962"\w* them until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, and let us not \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of them. And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* whatsoever \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Let us draw \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w hither|strong="H1988"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 37 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* counsel of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, Shall I go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? wilt thou \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? But he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 38 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Draw ye \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w hither|strong="H1988"\w*, all the \w chief|strong="H6438"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w wherein|strong="H4100"\w* this \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* hath been this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 14.38 \ft chief: Heb. corners\f*  
\v 39 For, \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which \w saveth|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, though it \w be|strong="H3426"\w* in \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, he shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. But \add there was\add* not a man among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that\add* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him.  
\v 40 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Be ye on \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w*, and I and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* will be on the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee.  
\v 41 Therefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Give|strong="H3051"\w* a \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w* \add lot\add*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* were \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: but the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w escaped|strong="H3318"\w*.\f + \fr 14.41 \ft Give…: or, Shew the innocent\f*\f + \fr 14.41 \ft escaped: Heb. went forth\f*  
\v 42 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cast|strong="H5307"\w* \add lots\add* between me and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.  
\v 43 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me what thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I did \w but|strong="H2938"\w* \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* with the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* that \add was\add* in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \add and\add*, \w lo|strong="H2009"\w*, I must \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 44 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* do \w so|strong="H6213"\w* and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*: for thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*.  
\v 45 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Shall \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, who hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? God \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w*: \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there shall not one \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; for he hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* with \w God|strong="H0430"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w rescued|strong="H6299"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* not.  
\v 46 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to their own \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 47 ¶ So \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against all his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, against \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and against \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and against the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, and against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and whithersoever he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* himself, he \w vexed|strong="H7561"\w* \add them\add*.  
\v 48 And he \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* an \w host|strong="H2428"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w spoiled|strong="H8154"\w* them.\f + \fr 14.48 \ft gathered…: or, wrought mightily\f*  
\v 49 Now the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* were \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, and \w Ishui|strong="H3440"\w*, and \w Melchi-shua|strong="H4444"\w*: and the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \add were these;\add* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w firstborn|strong="H1067"\w* \w Merab|strong="H4764"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*:  
\v 50 And the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \add was\add* \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w*: and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of his \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \add was\add* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w*.\f + \fr 14.50 \ft Abner: Heb. Abiner\f*  
\v 51 And \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* \add was\add* the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; and \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \add was\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiel|strong="H0022"\w*.  
\v 52 And there was \w sore|strong="H2389"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* any \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, or any \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, he \w took|strong="H0622"\w* him unto him.   
\c 15  
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\v 1 \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* also \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* thee \add to be\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: now therefore \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* thou unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 2 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, I \w remember|strong="H6485"\w* \add that\add* which \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, how he \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add wait\add* for him in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, when he came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 3 Now \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* all that they have, and \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* them not; but \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* both \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w infant|strong="H5768"\w* and \w suckling|strong="H3243"\w*, \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* and \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, \w camel|strong="H1581"\w* and \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*.  
\v 4 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w gathered|strong="H8085"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H8085"\w*, and \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* them in \w Telaim|strong="H2923"\w*, two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 5 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and laid \w wait|strong="H7378"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H5158"\w*.\f + \fr 15.5 \ft laid…: or, fought\f*   
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\v 6 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w depart|strong="H5493"\w*, get you \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, lest I \w destroy|strong="H0622"\w* you with them: for ye \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* to all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. So the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* from \w Havilah|strong="H2341"\w* \add until\add* thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shur|strong="H7793"\w*, that \add is\add* over \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 8 And he \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, and utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 9 But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w*, and the \w best|strong="H4315"\w* of the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and of the \w fatlings|strong="H4932"\w*, and the \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w*, and all \add that was\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* them: but every \w thing|strong="H4399"\w* \add that was\add* \w vile|strong="H5240"\w* and \w refuse|strong="H4549"\w*, that they destroyed \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w*.\f + \fr 15.9 \ft fatlings: or, second sort\f*   
\p
\v 10 ¶ Then came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 11 It \w repenteth|strong="H5162"\w* me that I have set \w up|strong="H4427"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \add to be\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for he is turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* me, and hath not \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H1697"\w*. And it \w grieved|strong="H2734"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*; and he \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 12 And when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* rose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and, behold, he set him \w up|strong="H5324"\w* a \w place|strong="H3027"\w*, and is gone \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w*, and gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* thou of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: I have \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 14 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \add meaneth\add* then this \w bleating|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, and the \w lowing|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* which I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*?  
\v 15 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them from the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* the \w best|strong="H4315"\w* of the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and the \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* we have utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w*.  
\v 16 Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Stay|strong="H7503"\w*, and I will \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee what the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w* to me this \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, When thou \add wast\add* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* in thine own \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \add wast\add* thou not \add made\add* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 18 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee on a \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* the \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them until they be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.\f + \fr 15.18 \ft they…: Heb. they consume them\f*  
\v 19 Wherefore then didst thou not \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, but didst \w fly|strong="H5860"\w* upon the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, and \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*?  
\v 20 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Yea, I have \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and have \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me, and have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and have utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*.  
\v 21 But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, the \w chief|strong="H7225"\w* of the things which should have been utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2764"\w*, to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add as great\add* \w delight|strong="H2656"\w* in burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, as in \w obeying|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? Behold, to \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, \add and\add* to \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w* than the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*.  
\v 23 For \w rebellion|strong="H4805"\w* \add is as\add* the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of \w witchcraft|strong="H7081"\w*, and \w stubbornness|strong="H6484"\w* \add is as\add* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* and \w idolatry|strong="H8655"\w*. Because thou hast \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he hath also \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* thee from \add being\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 15.23 \ft witchcraft: Heb. divination\f*   
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\v 24 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: for I have \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: because I \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\v 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, \w pardon|strong="H5375"\w* my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, and turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* with me, that I may \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 26 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I will not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* with thee: for thou hast \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* thee from being \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 27 And as \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* turned \w about|strong="H5437"\w* to go \w away|strong="H3212"\w*, he laid \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* upon the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of his \w mantle|strong="H4598"\w*, and it \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*.  
\v 28 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it to a \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* of thine, \add that is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than thou.  
\v 29 And also the \w Strength|strong="H5331"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* will not \w lie|strong="H8266"\w* nor \w repent|strong="H5162"\w*: for he \add is\add* not a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, that he should \w repent|strong="H5162"\w*.\f + \fr 15.29 \ft Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory\f*  
\v 30 Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: \add yet\add* \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* me now, I pray thee, before the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and before \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* with me, that I may \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 31 So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\p
\v 32 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Bring ye \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* to me \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*. And \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* unto him \w delicately|strong="H4574"\w*. And \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Surely|strong="H0403"\w* the \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w* is \w past|strong="H5493"\w*.  
\v 33 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, As thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* hath made \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w childless|strong="H7921"\w*, so shall thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* be \w childless|strong="H7921"\w* among \w women|strong="H0802"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w hewed|strong="H8158"\w* \w Agag|strong="H0090"\w* in \w pieces|strong="H8158"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.   
\p
\v 34 ¶ Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.  
\v 35 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* came no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: \w nevertheless|strong="H3588"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* that he had made \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, How long wilt thou \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w* for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, seeing I have \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* him from \w reigning|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* thine \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee to \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* the \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*: for I have \w provided|strong="H7200"\w* me a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* among his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How can I \w go|strong="H3212"\w*? if \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, he will \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* me. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* an \w heifer|strong="H1241"\w* with \w thee|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 16.2 \ft with thee: Heb. in thine hand\f*  
\v 3 And \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* to the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, and I will \w shew|strong="H3045"\w* thee what thou shalt \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: and thou shalt \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* unto me \add him\add* whom I \w name|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee.  
\v 4 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* that which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*. And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w trembled|strong="H2729"\w* at his \w coming|strong="H7125"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*?\f + \fr 16.4 \ft coming: Heb. meeting\f*  
\v 5 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*: I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* yourselves, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with me to the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*. And he \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* them to the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that he \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* on \w Eliab|strong="H0446"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* \add is\add* before him.\f + \fr 16.6 \ft Eliab: called Elihu\f*  
\v 7 But the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Look|strong="H5027"\w* not on his \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w*, or on the \w height|strong="H1364"\w* of his \w stature|strong="H6967"\w*; because I have \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* him: for \add the \+nd Lord\+nd* seeth\add* not as \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w*; for \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w looketh|strong="H7200"\w* on the outward \w appearance|strong="H5869"\w*, but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w looketh|strong="H7200"\w* on the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.\f + \fr 16.7 \ft outward…: Heb. eyes\f*  
\v 8 Then \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, and made him \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Neither hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* this.  
\v 9 Then \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* made \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* to pass \w by|strong="H5674"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Neither hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* this.\f + \fr 16.9 \ft Shammah: Shimeah, also called, Shimma\f*  
\v 10 Again, \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* made \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath not \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* these.  
\v 11 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, Are here \w all|strong="H8552"\w* \add thy\add* \w children|strong="H5288"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There \w remaineth|strong="H7604"\w* yet the \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w*, and, behold, he \w keepeth|strong="H7462"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* him: for we will not sit \w down|strong="H5437"\w* till he \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w hither|strong="H6311"\w*.\f + \fr 16.11 \ft down: Heb. round\f*  
\v 12 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and brought him \w in|strong="H0935"\w*. Now he \add was\add* \w ruddy|strong="H0132"\w*, \add and\add* \w withal|strong="H5973"\w* of a \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w goodly|strong="H2896"\w* to look \w to|strong="H7210"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* him: for this \add is\add* he.\f + \fr 16.12 \ft of a…: Heb. fair of eyes\f*  
\v 13 Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*: and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon \w David|strong="H1732"\w* from that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w forward|strong="H4605"\w*. So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 ¶ But the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w troubled|strong="H1204"\w* him.\f + \fr 16.14 \ft troubled: or, terrified\f*  
\v 15 And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w troubleth|strong="H1204"\w* thee.  
\v 16 Let our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* now \w command|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \add which are\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, to seek \w out|strong="H1245"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \add who is\add* a \w cunning|strong="H3045"\w* \w player|strong="H5059"\w* on an \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*: and it shall come to pass, when the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is upon thee, that he shall \w play|strong="H5059"\w* with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and thou shalt be \w well|strong="H2895"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Provide|strong="H7200"\w* me now a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that can \w play|strong="H5059"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \add him\add* to me.  
\v 18 Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* the \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*, \add that is\add* \w cunning|strong="H3045"\w* in \w playing|strong="H5059"\w*, and a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* valiant \w man|strong="H2428"\w*, and a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w* in \w matters|strong="H1697"\w*, and a \w comely|strong="H8389"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* with him.\f + \fr 16.18 \ft matters: or, speech\f*   
\p
\v 19 ¶ Wherefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* me \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, which \add is\add* with the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* \add laden\add* with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and a \w bottle|strong="H4997"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w kid|strong="H1423"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add them\add* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*; and he became his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I pray thee, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me; for he hath \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 23 And it came to pass, when the \add evil\add* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*, and \w played|strong="H5059"\w* with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: so \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w refreshed|strong="H7304"\w*, and was \w well|strong="H2895"\w*, and the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from him.   
\c 17  
\p
\v 1 Now the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* their \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and were gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* at \w Shochoh|strong="H7755"\w*, which \add belongeth\add* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* between \w Shochoh|strong="H7755"\w* and \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*, in \w Ephes-dammim|strong="H0658"\w*.\f + \fr 17.1 \ft Ephes-dammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pas-dammim\f*  
\v 2 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* by the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, and set the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.\f + \fr 17.2 \ft set…: Heb. ranged the battle\f*  
\v 3 And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on a \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* on the one side, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on a \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* on the other side: and \add there was\add* a \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* between them.   
\p
\v 4 ¶ And there went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* a \w champion|strong="H0376"\w* out of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w*, of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, whose \w height|strong="H1363"\w* \add was\add* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* and a \w span|strong="H2239"\w*.  
\v 5 And \add he had\add* an \w helmet|strong="H3553"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and he \add was\add* \w armed|strong="H3847"\w* with a \w coat|strong="H8302"\w* of \w mail|strong="H7193"\w*; and the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of the \w coat|strong="H8302"\w* \add was\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*.\f + \fr 17.5 \ft armed: Heb. clothed\f*  
\v 6 And \add he had\add* \w greaves|strong="H4697"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* upon his \w legs|strong="H7272"\w*, and a \w target|strong="H3591"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* between his \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w*.\f + \fr 17.6 \ft target: or, gorget\f*  
\v 7 And the \w staff|strong="H6086"\w* of his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \add was\add* like a \w weaver’s|strong="H0707"\w* \w beam|strong="H4500"\w*; and his \w spear’s|strong="H2595"\w* \w head|strong="H3852"\w* \add weighed\add* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*: and one \w bearing|strong="H5375"\w* a \w shield|strong="H6793"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 8 And he \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why are ye come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to set \add your\add* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w*? \add am\add* not I a \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and ye \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*? \w choose|strong="H1262"\w* you a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* for you, and let him come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to me.  
\v 9 If he be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with me, and to \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* me, then will we be your \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: but if I \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* against him, and \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* him, then shall ye be our \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* us.  
\v 10 And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, that we may \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.  
\v 11 When \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* those \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, they were \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, and \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ Now \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add was\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of that \w Ephrathite|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*; and he had \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*: and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* among \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add for\add* an old \w man|strong="H2204"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.  
\v 13 And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \add and\add* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: and the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \add were\add* \w Eliab|strong="H0446"\w* the \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*, and \w next|strong="H4932"\w* unto him \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, and the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add was\add* the \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w*: and the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.  
\v 15 But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* at \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*.  
\v 16 And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w morning|strong="H7925"\w* and \w evening|strong="H6150"\w*, and \w presented|strong="H3320"\w* himself \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* now for thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* an \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* of \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* \add corn\add*, and these \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* to thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*;  
\v 18 And \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* these \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cheeses|strong="H2461"\w* unto the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \add their\add* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w look|strong="H6485"\w* how thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w fare|strong="H7965"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* their \w pledge|strong="H6161"\w*.\f + \fr 17.18 \ft cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk\f*\f + \fr 17.18 \ft of…: Heb. of a thousand\f*  
\v 19 Now \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and they, and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add were\add* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w left|strong="H5203"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* with a \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, as \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him; and he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w trench|strong="H4570"\w*, as the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* was going \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w fight|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* for the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.\f + \fr 17.20 \ft trench: or, place of the carriage\f*\f + \fr 17.20 \ft fight: or, battle array, or, place of fight\f*  
\v 21 For \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had put the battle in \w array|strong="H6186"\w*, \w army|strong="H4634"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w army|strong="H4634"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w left|strong="H5203"\w* his \w carriage|strong="H3627"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w carriage|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* into the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w saluted|strong="H7592"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 17.22 \ft his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon him\f*\f + \fr 17.22 \ft saluted…: Heb. asked his brethren of peace\f*  
\v 23 And as he \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with them, behold, there came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w champion|strong="H0376"\w*, the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* by \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, out of the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* according to the \w same|strong="H0428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add them\add*.  
\v 24 And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* from \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, and were \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.\f + \fr 17.24 \ft from…: Heb. from his face\f*  
\v 25 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Have ye \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? surely to \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is he come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: and it shall be, \add that\add* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* who \w killeth|strong="H5221"\w* him, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* will \w enrich|strong="H6238"\w* him with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, and \w make|strong="H6213"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 26 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w killeth|strong="H5221"\w* \w this|strong="H1975"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and taketh \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? for who \add is\add* this \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, that he should \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?  
\v 27 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him after this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w killeth|strong="H5221"\w* him.   
\p
\v 28 ¶ And \w Eliab|strong="H0446"\w* his \w eldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* when he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*; and \w Eliab’s|strong="H0446"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Why camest thou \w down|strong="H3381"\w* hither? and with whom hast thou \w left|strong="H5203"\w* \w those|strong="H2007"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*? I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w pride|strong="H2087"\w*, and the \w naughtiness|strong="H7455"\w* of thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*; for thou art come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* that thou mightest \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 29 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I now \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? \add Is there\add* not a \w cause|strong="H1697"\w*?   
\p
\v 30 ¶ And he \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* from \w him|strong="H0681"\w* \w toward|strong="H4136"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* after the same \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H1697"\w* him \w again|strong="H7725"\w* after the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 17.30 \ft manner: Heb. word\f*   
\p
\v 31 And when the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* were \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* which \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, they \w rehearsed|strong="H5046"\w* \add them\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: and he \w sent|strong="H3947"\w* for him.\f + \fr 17.31 \ft sent…: Heb. took him\f*   
\p
\v 32 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Let no \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w fail|strong="H5307"\w* because of him; thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with this \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 33 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou art not \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* against this \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with him: for thou \add art but\add* a \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*, and he a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* from his \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.  
\v 34 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w kept|strong="H7462"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* a \w lamb|strong="H7716"\w* out of the \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*:\f + \fr 17.34 \ft lamb: or, kid\f*  
\v 35 And I went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \add it\add* out of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: and when he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* against me, I \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* \add him\add* by his \w beard|strong="H2206"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him.  
\v 36 Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* both the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* and the \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*: and this \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* shall be as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them, seeing he hath \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 37 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* me out of the \w paw|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and out of the \w paw|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*, he will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* me out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of this \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be with thee.   
\p
\v 38 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w armed|strong="H3847"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* with his \w armour|strong="H4055"\w*, and he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* an \w helmet|strong="H6959"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; also he \w armed|strong="H3847"\w* him with a coat of \w mail|strong="H8302"\w*.\f + \fr 17.38 \ft armed David…: Heb. clothed David with his clothes\f*  
\v 39 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* upon his \w armour|strong="H4055"\w*, and he \w assayed|strong="H2974"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*; for he had not \w proved|strong="H5254"\w* \add it\add*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with these; for I have not \w proved|strong="H5254"\w* \add them\add*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* them off him.   
\p
\v 40 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w staff|strong="H4731"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* him \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w smooth|strong="H2512"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* out of the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* them in a \w shepherd’s|strong="H7462"\w* \w bag|strong="H3627"\w* which he had, even in a \w scrip|strong="H3219"\w*; and his \w sling|strong="H7050"\w* \add was\add* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and he drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.\f + \fr 17.40 \ft brook: or, valley\f*\f + \fr 17.40 \ft bag: Heb. vessel\f*  
\v 41 And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* and drew \w near|strong="H7131"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w shield|strong="H6793"\w* \add went\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 42 And when the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* looked \w about|strong="H5027"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w disdained|strong="H0959"\w* him: for he was \add but\add* a \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w ruddy|strong="H0132"\w*, and of a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w*.  
\v 43 And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \add Am\add* I a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, that thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to me with \w staves|strong="H4731"\w*? And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* by his \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 44 And the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* to me, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* unto the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w*, and to the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 45 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, Thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to me with a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and with a \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*, and with a \w shield|strong="H3591"\w*: but I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom thou hast \w defied|strong="H2778"\w*.  
\v 46 This \w day|strong="H3117"\w* will the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* thee into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* thee, and \w take|strong="H5493"\w* thine \w head|strong="H7218"\w* from thee; and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w carcases|strong="H6297"\w* of the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w*, and to the wild \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; that all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 17.46 \ft deliver…: Heb. shut thee up\f*  
\v 47 And all this \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w saveth|strong="H3467"\w* not with \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*: for the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \add is\add* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you into our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\p
\v 48 And it came to pass, when the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w came|strong="H3212"\w* and drew \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* toward the \w army|strong="H4634"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 49 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in his \w bag|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* thence a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w slang|strong="H7049"\w* \add it\add*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* in his \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*, that the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w sunk|strong="H2883"\w* into his \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*; and he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 50 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* \w over|strong="H4480"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* with a \w sling|strong="H7050"\w* and with a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him; but \add there was\add* no \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 51 Therefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* it out of the \w sheath|strong="H8593"\w* thereof, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* therewith. And when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* their \w champion|strong="H1368"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.  
\v 52 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, until thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*, and to the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*. And the \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to \w Shaaraim|strong="H8189"\w*, even unto \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and unto \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*.  
\v 53 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w chasing|strong="H1814"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and they \w spoiled|strong="H8155"\w* their \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*.  
\v 54 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; but he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.   
\p
\v 55 ¶ And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add is\add* this \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*? And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I \w cannot|strong="H0518"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 56 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Enquire|strong="H7592"\w* thou whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* the \w stripling|strong="H5958"\w* \add is\add*.  
\v 57 And as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* with the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 58 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add art\add* thou, \add thou\add* young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* the \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*.   
\c 18  
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\v 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* was \w knit|strong="H7194"\w* with the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him as his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and would \w let|strong="H5414"\w* him go no more \w home|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 3 Then \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, because he \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* him as his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 4 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w stripped|strong="H6584"\w* himself of the \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* that \add was\add* upon him, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and his \w garments|strong="H4055"\w*, even to his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and to his \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, and to his \w girdle|strong="H2289"\w*.   
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\v 5 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* whithersoever \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him, \add and\add* behaved himself \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* him over the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and he was \w accepted|strong="H3190"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and also in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.\f + \fr 18.5 \ft behaved…: or, prospered\f*   
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\v 6 And it came to pass as they \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, that the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of all \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* and \w dancing|strong="H4246"\w*, to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, with \w tabrets|strong="H8596"\w*, with \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, and with instruments of \w musick|strong="H7991"\w*.\f + \fr 18.6 \ft Philistine: or, Philistines\f*\f + \fr 18.6 \ft instruments…: Heb. three stringed instruments\f*  
\v 7 And the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \add one another\add* as they \w played|strong="H7832"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* hath \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* his \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*, and the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* him; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They have \w ascribed|strong="H5414"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*, and to me they have \w ascribed|strong="H5414"\w* \add but\add* \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*: and \add what\add* can he have more but the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*?\f + \fr 18.8 \ft displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes\f*  
\v 9 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w eyed|strong="H5770"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* from that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* and \w forward|strong="H1973"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and he \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w* with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H3117"\w*: and \add there was\add* a \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* in \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* the \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w*; for he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* even to the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* \add with it\add*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* avoided \w out|strong="H5437"\w* of his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*.   
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\v 12 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was with him, and was \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.  
\v 13 Therefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* him from him, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* him his \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* over a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*; and he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* behaved himself \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w* in all his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was\add* with him.\f + \fr 18.14 \ft behaved…: or, prospered\f*  
\v 15 Wherefore when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that he \w behaved|strong="H7919"\w* himself \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w*, he was \w afraid|strong="H1481"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 16 But all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, because he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.   
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\v 17 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Behold my \w elder|strong="H1419"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Merab|strong="H4764"\w*, her will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*: only be thou \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w* for me, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*. For \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* be upon him, but let the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* be upon him.\f + \fr 18.17 \ft valiant: Heb. a son of valour\f*  
\v 18 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Who \add am\add* I? and what \add is\add* my \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, \add or\add* my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that I should be son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?  
\v 19 But it came to pass at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* when \w Merab|strong="H4764"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* should have been \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that she was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto \w Adriel|strong="H5741"\w* the \w Meholathite|strong="H4259"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* him.\f + \fr 18.20 \ft pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes\f*  
\v 21 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him her, that she may be a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* to him, and that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* may be against him. Wherefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou shalt this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* be my son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w* in \add the one of\add* the \w twain|strong="H8147"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \add saying\add*, \w Commune|strong="H1696"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w secretly|strong="H3909"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in thee, and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* thee: now therefore be the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*.  
\v 23 And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* those \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* it to you \add a\add* \w light|strong="H7043"\w* \add thing\add* to be a \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*, seeing that I \add am\add* a \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and lightly \w esteemed|strong="H7034"\w*?  
\v 24 And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, On this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.\f + \fr 18.24 \ft On…: Heb. According to these words\f*  
\v 25 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w desireth|strong="H2656"\w* not any \w dowry|strong="H4119"\w*, but an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, to be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* to make \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 26 And when his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, it \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* well to be the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*: and the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* were not \w expired|strong="H4390"\w*.\f + \fr 18.26 \ft expired: Heb. fulfilled\f*  
\v 27 Wherefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, he and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* their \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w*, and they gave them in full \w tale|strong="H4390"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, that he might be the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.   
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\v 28 ¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* and \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was\add* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \add that\add* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him.  
\v 29 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was yet the \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* became \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 30 Then the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: and it came to pass, \w after|strong="H1767"\w* they went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, \add that\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* behaved himself more \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w* than all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; so that his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* was \w much|strong="H3966"\w* set \w by|strong="H3365"\w*.\f + \fr 18.30 \ft set by: Heb. precious\f*   
\c 19  
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\v 1 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and to all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, that they should \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 2 But \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* \w much|strong="H3966"\w* in \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to thyself until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w secret|strong="H5643"\w* \add place\add*, and \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* thyself:  
\v 3 And I will go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* where thou \add art\add*, and I will \w commune|strong="H1696"\w* with my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of thee; and \w what|strong="H4100"\w* I \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, that I will \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee.   
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\v 4 ¶ And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, against \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; because he hath not \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, and because his \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \add have been\add* to \w thee-ward very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*:  
\v 5 For he did \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* for all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: thou \w sawest|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and didst \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*: wherefore then wilt thou \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* without a \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*?  
\v 6 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, he shall \w not|strong="H0518"\w* be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* him all those \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and he was in his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, as in times \w past|strong="H0865"\w*.\f + \fr 19.7 \ft in times…: Heb. yesterday, third day\f*   
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\v 8 ¶ And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* them with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*; and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* him.\f + \fr 19.8 \ft him: Heb. his face\f*  
\v 9 And the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, as he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with his \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w* with \add his\add* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* even to the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* with the \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w*; but he slipped \w away|strong="H6362"\w* out of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, and he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* into the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* him, and to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* him in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: and \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou \w save|strong="H4422"\w* not thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* to \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* thou shalt be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 12 ¶ So \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* through a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*: and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w image|strong="H8655"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* in the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* a \w pillow|strong="H3523"\w* of \w goats’|strong="H5795"\w* \add hair\add* for his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \add it\add* with a \w cloth|strong="H0899"\w*.\f + \fr 19.13 \ft image: Heb. teraphim\f*  
\v 14 And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He \add is\add* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \add again\add* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to me in the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, that I may \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* him.  
\v 16 And when the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* were come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, behold, \add there was\add* an \w image|strong="H8655"\w* in the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, with a \w pillow|strong="H3523"\w* of \w goats’|strong="H5795"\w* \add hair\add* for his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*, Why hast thou deceived me \w so|strong="H7411"\w*, and sent \w away|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, that he is \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*? And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w*; why should I \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* thee?   
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\v 18 ¶ So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him all that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to him. And he and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w*.  
\v 19 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add is\add* at \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w company|strong="H3862"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*, and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \add as\add* \w appointed|strong="H5324"\w* over them, the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was upon the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and they also \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*.  
\v 21 And when it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* likewise. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* time, and they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* also.  
\v 22 Then \w went|strong="H3212"\w* he also to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w well|strong="H0953"\w* that \add is\add* in \w Sechu|strong="H7906"\w*: and he \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Where|strong="H0375"\w* \add are\add* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* and \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? And \add one\add* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \add they be\add* at \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.  
\v 23 And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* thither to \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*: and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was upon him also, and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w*, until he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.  
\v 24 And he stripped \w off|strong="H6584"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*, and \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* in like manner, and lay \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* all that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* and all that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. Wherefore they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*?\f + \fr 19.24 \ft lay: Heb. fell\f*   
\c 20  
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\v 1 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from \w Naioth|strong="H5121"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, What have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? what \add is\add* mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*? and what \add is\add* my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, that he \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*?  
\v 2 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, God \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w*; thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: behold, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* either \w great|strong="H1419"\w* or \w small|strong="H6996"\w*, but that he will \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it me: and why should my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* from me? it \add is\add* not \add so\add*.\f + \fr 20.2 \ft shew…: Heb. uncover mine ear\f*  
\v 3 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* moreover, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* that I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*; and he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* this, lest he be \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w*: but \w truly|strong="H0199"\w* \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \add there is\add* but a \w step|strong="H6587"\w* between me and \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 4 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Whatsoever thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0559"\w*, I will even \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add* for thee.\f + \fr 20.4 \ft Whatsoever…: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc\f*\f + \fr 20.4 \ft desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh\f*  
\v 5 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, Behold, to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* \add is\add* the new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w*, and I should not \w fail|strong="H3427"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* at \w meat|strong="H0398"\w*: but let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, that I may \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* myself in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* unto the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \add day\add* at \w even|strong="H6153"\w*.  
\v 6 If thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* at \w all|strong="H6485"\w* \w miss|strong="H6485"\w* me, then \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H7592"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \add leave\add* of me that he might \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w* his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: for \add there is\add* a \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* there for all the \w family|strong="H4940"\w*.\f + \fr 20.6 \ft sacrifice: or, feast\f*  
\v 7 If he \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus, \add It is\add* \w well|strong="H2896"\w*; thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* shall have \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: but if he be \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*, \add then\add* be \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* is \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* by him.  
\v 8 Therefore thou shalt \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; for thou hast \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* into a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with thee: notwithstanding, if there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* in me \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me thyself; for why shouldest thou \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* me to thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*?   
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\v 9 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Far be it from \w thee|strong="H2486"\w*: for if I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* were \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* by my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee, then would not I \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* it thee?  
\v 10 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, Who shall \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me? or what \add if\add* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* thee \w roughly|strong="H7186"\w*?   
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\v 11 ¶ And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when I have \w sounded|strong="H2713"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* about to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* any \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \add or\add* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \add day\add*, and, behold, \add if there be\add* \w good|strong="H2895"\w* toward \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and I then \w send|strong="H7971"\w* not unto thee, and \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it thee;\f + \fr 20.12 \ft sounded: Heb. searched\f*\f + \fr 20.12 \ft shew…: Heb. uncover thine ear\f*  
\v 13 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* and much \w more|strong="H3254"\w* to \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*: but if it \w please|strong="H3190"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \add to do\add* thee \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, then I will \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it thee, and send thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, that thou mayest \w go|strong="H1980"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be with thee, as he hath been with my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 20.13 \ft shew…: Heb. uncover thine ear\f*  
\v 14 And thou shalt not only while \w yet|strong="H0518"\w* I \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* me the \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that I \w die|strong="H4191"\w* not:  
\v 15 But \add also\add* thou shalt not cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* thy \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* from my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: no, not when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.  
\v 16 So \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \add a covenant\add* with the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \add saying\add*, Let the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* even \w require|strong="H1245"\w* \add it\add* at the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.\f + \fr 20.16 \ft made: Heb. cut\f*  
\v 17 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* caused \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, because he \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* him: for he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him as he \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 20.17 \ft because…: or, by his love toward him\f*  
\v 18 Then \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* \add is\add* the new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w*: and thou shalt be \w missed|strong="H6485"\w*, because thy \w seat|strong="H4186"\w* will be \w empty|strong="H6485"\w*.\f + \fr 20.18 \ft empty: Heb. missed\f*  
\v 19 And \add when\add* thou hast stayed three \w days|strong="H8027"\w*, \add then\add* thou shalt go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w quickly|strong="H3966"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where thou didst \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* thyself \w when|strong="H3117"\w* the \w business|strong="H4639"\w* was \add in hand\add*, and shalt \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w Ezel|strong="H0237"\w*.\f + \fr 20.19 \ft quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly\f*\f + \fr 20.19 \ft when the…: Heb. in the day of the business\f*\f + \fr 20.19 \ft Ezel: or, that sheweth the way\f*  
\v 20 And I will \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* on the \w side|strong="H6654"\w* \add thereof\add*, as though I \w shot|strong="H7971"\w* at a \w mark|strong="H4307"\w*.  
\v 21 And, behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, \add saying\add*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, find \w out|strong="H4672"\w* the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. If I \w expressly|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, Behold, the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \add are\add* on this side of thee, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* them; then \w come|strong="H0935"\w* thou: for \add there is\add* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* to thee, and no \w hurt|strong="H1697"\w*; \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*.\f + \fr 20.21 \ft no hurt: Heb. not any thing\f*  
\v 22 But if I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thus unto the young \w man|strong="H5958"\w*, Behold, the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \add are\add* \w beyond|strong="H1973"\w* thee; go thy \w way|strong="H3212"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath sent thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 23 And \add as touching\add* the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* which thou and I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* of, behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add be\add* between thee and me \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 24 ¶ So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* himself in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: and when the new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* was come, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* sat him \w down|strong="H3427"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 25 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon his \w seat|strong="H4186"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \add even\add* upon a \w seat|strong="H4186"\w* by the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* by \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*, and \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* was \w empty|strong="H6485"\w*.  
\v 26 Nevertheless \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* not any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: for he \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, Something hath \w befallen|strong="H4745"\w* him, he \add is\add* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w clean|strong="H2889"\w*; surely he \add is\add* not \w clean|strong="H2889"\w*.  
\v 27 And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, \add which was\add* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \add day\add* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* was \w empty|strong="H6485"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, Wherefore \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* not the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* to \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*, neither \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w*, nor to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?  
\v 28 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H7592"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \add leave\add* of \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \add to go\add* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*:  
\v 29 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, I pray thee; for our \w family|strong="H4940"\w* hath a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, he hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* me \add to be there:\add* and now, if I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, let me get \w away|strong="H4422"\w*, I pray thee, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*. Therefore he \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* not unto the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.  
\v 30 Then \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w perverse|strong="H5753"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H4780"\w* \add woman\add*, do not I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* to thine own \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w*, and unto the \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w* of thy \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w*?\f + \fr 20.30 \ft Thou…: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion\f*  
\v 31 For as long \w as|strong="H3117"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2425"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*, thou shalt not be \w established|strong="H3559"\w*, nor thy \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*. Wherefore now \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* him unto me, for he shall surely \w die|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 20.31 \ft shall…: Heb. is the son of death\f*  
\v 32 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherefore shall he be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*? what hath he \w done|strong="H6213"\w*?  
\v 33 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* a \w javelin|strong="H2595"\w* at him to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him: whereby \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that it was \w determined|strong="H3617"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 34 So \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w table|strong="H7979"\w* in \w fierce|strong="H2750"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*: for he was \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, because his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had done him \w shame|strong="H3637"\w*.   
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\v 35 ¶ And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* at the time \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* with him.  
\v 36 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Run|strong="H7323"\w*, find \w out|strong="H4672"\w* now the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* which I \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w*. \add And\add* as the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, he \w shot|strong="H3384"\w* an \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5674"\w* him.\f + \fr 20.36 \ft beyond…: Heb. to pass over him\f*  
\v 37 And when the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* which \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* had \w shot|strong="H3384"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* not the \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* \w beyond|strong="H1973"\w* thee?  
\v 38 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, Make \w speed|strong="H4120"\w*, \w haste|strong="H2363"\w*, \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* not. And \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* gathered \w up|strong="H3950"\w* the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.  
\v 39 But the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w*: only \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 40 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* his \w artillery|strong="H3627"\w* unto his \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* \add them\add* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.\f + \fr 20.40 \ft artillery: Heb. instruments\f*\f + \fr 20.40 \ft his lad: Heb. the lad that was his\f*   
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\v 41 ¶ \add And\add* as soon as the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* was \w gone|strong="H0935"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* out of \add a place\add* \w toward|strong="H0681"\w* the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*: and they \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, until \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w exceeded|strong="H1431"\w*.  
\v 42 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, forasmuch as we have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of us in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be between me and thee, and between my \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* and thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.\f + \fr 20.42 \ft forasmuch…: or, the \+nd LORD\+nd* be witness of that which etc\f*   
\c 21  
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\v 1 Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w* to \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: and \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w* at the \w meeting|strong="H7125"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why \add art\add* thou alone, and no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with thee?\f + \fr 21.1 \ft Ahimelech: also called Ahiah\f*  
\v 2 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* me a \w business|strong="H1697"\w*, and hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Let no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* of the \w business|strong="H1697"\w* whereabout I \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee, and what I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee: and I have \w appointed|strong="H3045"\w* \add my\add* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* to \w such|strong="H6423"\w* and \w such|strong="H0492"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 3 Now therefore what \w is|strong="H3426"\w* under thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add me\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \add loaves of\add* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, or what there is \w present|strong="H4672"\w*.\f + \fr 21.3 \ft present: Heb. found\f*  
\v 4 And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add There is\add* no \w common|strong="H2455"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* under mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, but there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hallowed|strong="H6944"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; if the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* have \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* themselves at \w least|strong="H0389"\w* from \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 5 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Of a \w truth|strong="H0518"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \add have been\add* \w kept|strong="H6113"\w* from us about these \w three|strong="H8032"\w* \w days|strong="H8543"\w*, since I came \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* are \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*, and \add the bread is\add* in a \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* \w common|strong="H2455"\w*, yea, though it were \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*.\f + \fr 21.5 \ft yea…: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel\f*  
\v 6 So the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w hallowed|strong="H6944"\w* \add bread:\add* for there was no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* there but the \w shewbread|strong="H3899"\w*, that was \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when it was taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 7 Now a certain \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \add was\add* there that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w detained|strong="H6113"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w*, an \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w*, the \w chiefest|strong="H0047"\w* of the \w herdmen|strong="H7462"\w* that \add belonged\add* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.   
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\v 8 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w*, And is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H0371"\w* here under thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* or \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*? for I have neither \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* my \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* nor my \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* with \w me|strong="H3027"\w*, because the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w business|strong="H1697"\w* \w required|strong="H1961"\w* \w haste|strong="H5169"\w*.  
\v 9 And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, whom thou \w slewest|strong="H5221"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, behold, it \add is here\add* \w wrapped|strong="H3874"\w* in a \w cloth|strong="H8071"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*: if thou wilt \w take|strong="H3947"\w* that, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \add it:\add* for \add there is\add* no \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w save|strong="H2108"\w* that \w here|strong="H2088"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add There is\add* none like that; \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it me.   
\p
\v 10 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Is\add* not this \w David|strong="H1732"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? did they not \w sing|strong="H6030"\w* one to another of \w him|strong="H2088"\w* in \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* hath \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* his \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*?  
\v 12 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* laid \w up|strong="H7760"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.  
\v 13 And he \w changed|strong="H8138"\w* his \w behaviour|strong="H2940"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* them, and feigned himself \w mad|strong="H1984"\w* in their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w scrabbled|strong="H8427"\w* on the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and let his \w spittle|strong="H7388"\w* fall \w down|strong="H3381"\w* upon his \w beard|strong="H2206"\w*.\f + \fr 21.13 \ft scrabbled: or, made marks\f*  
\v 14 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, Lo, ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* is \w mad|strong="H7696"\w*: wherefore \add then\add* have ye \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to me?\f + \fr 21.14 \ft is mad: or, playeth the mad man\f*  
\v 15 Have I \w need|strong="H2638"\w* of mad \w men|strong="H7696"\w*, that ye have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* this \add fellow\add* to play the mad \w man|strong="H7696"\w* in my presence? shall this \add fellow\add* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into my \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?   
\c 22  
\p
\v 1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* therefore \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* thence, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* to the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*: and when his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* and all his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* thither to him.  
\v 2 And every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \add that was\add* in \w distress|strong="H4689"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* that \add was\add* in \w debt|strong="H5378"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \add that was\add* \w discontented|strong="H4751"\w*, \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* themselves unto him; and he became a \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* over them: and there were with him about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 22.2 \ft was in debt: Heb. had a creditor\f*\f + \fr 22.2 \ft discontented: Heb. bitter of soul\f*   
\p
\v 3 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* thence to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, Let my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, I pray thee, come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, \add and be\add* with you, till I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for me.  
\v 4 And he \w brought|strong="H5148"\w* them \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: and they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* with him all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was in the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Abide|strong="H3427"\w* not in the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*; \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w get|strong="H0935"\w* thee into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Hareth|strong="H2802"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ When \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w discovered|strong="H3045"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \add were\add* with him, (now \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* under a \w tree|strong="H0815"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, having his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \add were\add* \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* about him;)\f + \fr 22.6 \ft tree…: or, grove in a high place\f*  
\v 7 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* about him, Hear \w now|strong="H8085"\w*, ye \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*; will the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* every one of you \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \add and\add* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* you all \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*;  
\v 8 That all of you have \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against me, and \add there is\add* none that \w sheweth|strong="H1540"\w* me that my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* hath made a \w league|strong="H3772"\w* with the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, and \add there is\add* none of you that is \w sorry|strong="H2470"\w* for me, or \w sheweth|strong="H1540"\w* unto me that my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* hath stirred \w up|strong="H6965"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* against me, to lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?\f + \fr 22.8 \ft sheweth…: Heb. uncovereth mine ear\f*   
\p
\v 9 ¶ Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w*, which was \w set|strong="H5324"\w* over the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*, to \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*.  
\v 10 And he \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* for him, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w victuals|strong="H6720"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 11 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, and all his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* that \add were\add* in \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* all of them to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* now, thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here I \add am\add*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.\f + \fr 22.12 \ft Here…: Heb. Behold me\f*  
\v 13 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why have ye \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against me, thou and the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, in that thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and hast \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for him, that he should \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against me, to lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?  
\v 14 Then \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, And who \add is so\add* \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* among all thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* as \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, which is the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w*, and \w goeth|strong="H5493"\w* at thy \w bidding|strong="H4928"\w*, and is \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?  
\v 15 Did I \w then|strong="H3117"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H7592"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for him? be it far from \w me|strong="H2486"\w*: let not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w impute|strong="H7760"\w* \add any\add* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \add nor\add* to all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* of all this, \w less|strong="H6996"\w* or \w more|strong="H1419"\w*.\f + \fr 22.15 \ft less…: Heb. little or great\f*  
\v 16 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w*, thou, and all thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 17 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w footmen|strong="H7323"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* about him, \w Turn|strong="H5437"\w*, and \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; because their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* also \add is\add* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and because they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* when he \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and did not \w shew|strong="H1540"\w* it to me. But the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 22.17 \ft footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners\f*  
\v 18 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w*, \w Turn|strong="H5437"\w* thou, and \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. And \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w*, and he \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w* that did \w wear|strong="H5375"\w* a \w linen|strong="H0906"\w* \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.  
\v 19 And \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* he with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, both \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w children|strong="H5768"\w* and \w sucklings|strong="H3243"\w*, and \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w*, and \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*, \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*, I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, when \w Doeg|strong="H1673"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w* \add was\add* there, that he would \w surely|strong="H5046"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: I have \w occasioned|strong="H5437"\w* \add the death\add* of all the \w persons|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Abide|strong="H3427"\w* thou with me, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for he that \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: but with me thou \add shalt be\add* in \w safeguard|strong="H4931"\w*.   
\c 23  
\p
\v 1 Then they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, and they \w rob|strong="H8154"\w* the \w threshingfloors|strong="H1637"\w*.  
\v 2 Therefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* these \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, we be \w afraid|strong="H3373"\w* here in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: how much more then if we \w come|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w* against the \w armies|strong="H4634"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*?  
\v 4 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*; for I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 5 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and brought \w away|strong="H5090"\w* their \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*.  
\v 6 And it came to pass, when \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, \add that\add* he came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \add with\add* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5234"\w* him into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; for he is shut \w in|strong="H5462"\w*, by \w entering|strong="H0935"\w* into a \w town|strong="H5892"\w* that hath \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* and \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w called|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H8085"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, to \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* secretly \w practised|strong="H2790"\w* \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w* against him; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Bring \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.  
\v 10 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath \w certainly|strong="H8085"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* for my sake.  
\v 11 Will the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w* deliver me \w up|strong="H5462"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? will \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, as thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*? O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I beseech thee, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He will come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.  
\v 12 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Will the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* me and my \w men|strong="H0582"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*? And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They will deliver \add thee\add* \w up|strong="H5462"\w*.\f + \fr 23.12 \ft deliver: Heb. shut up\f*   
\p
\v 13 ¶ Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \add which were\add* about \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, and \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w whithersoever|strong="H0834"\w* they could \w go|strong="H1980"\w*. And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* from \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*; and he \w forbare|strong="H2308"\w* to go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* in strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w*, and \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* him every \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* him not into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add was\add* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w* in a \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* into the \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*, and \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* shall not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* thee; and thou shalt be \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and I shall be \w next|strong="H4932"\w* unto thee; and that also \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 18 And they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 ¶ Then came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w Ziphites|strong="H2130"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Doth not \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* himself with us in strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w* in the \w wood|strong="H2793"\w*, in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Hachilah|strong="H2444"\w*, which \add is\add* on the \w south|strong="H3225"\w* of \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*?\f + \fr 23.19 \ft on…: Heb. on the right hand\f*\f + \fr 23.19 \ft Jeshimon: or, the wilderness\f*  
\v 20 Now therefore, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* according to all the \w desire|strong="H0185"\w* of thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* to come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*; and our part \add shall be\add* to \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* him into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* ye of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; for ye have \w compassion|strong="H2550"\w* on me.  
\v 22 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, I pray you, \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* yet, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where his \w haunt|strong="H7272"\w* is, \add and\add* who hath \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* him there: for it is \w told|strong="H0559"\w* me \add that\add* he dealeth \w very|strong="H6191"\w* \w subtilly|strong="H6191"\w*.\f + \fr 23.22 \ft haunt…: Heb. foot shall be\f*  
\v 23 \w See|strong="H7200"\w* therefore, and take \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* of all the lurking \w places|strong="H4224"\w* where he \w hideth|strong="H2244"\w* himself, and come ye \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to me with the \w certainty|strong="H3559"\w*, and I will \w go|strong="H1980"\w* with you: and it shall come to pass, if he \w be|strong="H3426"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that I will \w search|strong="H2664"\w* him out throughout all the \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 24 And they \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add were\add* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*, in the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* on the \w south|strong="H3225"\w* of \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \add him\add*. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: wherefore he came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into a \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*. And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add that\add*, he \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*.\f + \fr 23.25 \ft into…: or, from the rock\f*  
\v 26 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on this \w side|strong="H6654"\w* of the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* on that \w side|strong="H6654"\w* of the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* made \w haste|strong="H2648"\w* to get \w away|strong="H3212"\w* for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*; for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w compassed|strong="H5849"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* round \w about|strong="H5849"\w* to \w take|strong="H8610"\w* them.   
\p
\v 27 ¶ But there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Haste|strong="H4116"\w* thee, and \w come|strong="H3212"\w*; for the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* have \w invaded|strong="H6584"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 23.27 \ft invaded…: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc\f*  
\v 28 Wherefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: therefore they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Sela-hammahlekoth|strong="H5555"\w*.\f + \fr 23.28 \ft Sela-hammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions\f*   
\p
\v 29 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w* at \w En-gedi|strong="H5872"\w*.   
\c 24  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass, when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, that it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add is\add* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w En-gedi|strong="H5872"\w*.\f + \fr 24.1 \ft following: Heb. after\f*  
\v 2 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* out of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* of the wild \w goats|strong="H3277"\w*.  
\v 3 And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w sheepcotes|strong="H1448"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, where \add was\add* a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w cover|strong="H5526"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Behold, I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that thou mayest \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him as it shall seem \w good|strong="H3190"\w* unto \w thee|strong="H5869"\w*. Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w privily|strong="H3909"\w*.\f + \fr 24.4 \ft Saul’s…: Heb. the robe which was Saul’s\f*  
\v 5 And it came to pass \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, because he had cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w*.  
\v 6 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* that I should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, to stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against him, seeing he \add is\add* the \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 7 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w stayed|strong="H8156"\w* his \w servants|strong="H0582"\w* with these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w suffered|strong="H5414"\w* them not to \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* out of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on \add his\add* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.\f + \fr 24.7 \ft stayed: Heb. cut off\f*  
\v 8 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* also \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* afterward, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w looked|strong="H5027"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w stooped|strong="H6915"\w* with his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself.   
\p
\v 9 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Wherefore \w hearest|strong="H8085"\w* thou \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*?  
\v 10 Behold, this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* how that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* thee to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*: and \add some\add* \w bade|strong="H0559"\w* \add me\add* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* thee: but \add mine eye\add* \w spared|strong="H2347"\w* thee; and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*; for he \add is\add* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.  
\v 11 Moreover, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, yea, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of thy \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* in my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: for in that I cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* of thy \w robe|strong="H4598"\w*, and \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* thee not, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thou and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* that \add there is\add* neither \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* nor \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and I have not \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee; yet thou \w huntest|strong="H6658"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* it.  
\v 12 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* between me and thee, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* me of thee: but mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* shall not be upon thee.  
\v 13 As \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* of the \w ancients|strong="H6931"\w*, \w Wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* \w proceedeth|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*: but mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* shall not be upon thee.  
\v 14 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* whom is the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*? \w after|strong="H0310"\w* whom dost thou \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w*? \w after|strong="H0310"\w* a \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w flea|strong="H6550"\w*.  
\v 15 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* therefore be \w judge|strong="H1781"\w*, and \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* between me and thee, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* my \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H8199"\w* me out of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 24.15 \ft deliver: Heb. judge\f*   
\p
\v 16 ¶ And it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* this thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou \add art\add* more \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* than I: for thou hast \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* me \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, whereas I have \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* thee \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 18 And thou hast \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* how that thou hast \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* with me: forasmuch as when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w delivered|strong="H5462"\w* me into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, thou \w killedst|strong="H2026"\w* me not.\f + \fr 24.18 \ft delivered: Heb. shut up\f*  
\v 19 For if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* his \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, will he let him \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w away|strong="H1870"\w*? wherefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w reward|strong="H7999"\w* thee \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 20 And now, behold, I know \w well|strong="H3045"\w* that thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4427"\w* be \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, and that the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H6965"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Swear|strong="H7650"\w* now therefore unto me by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that thou wilt \w not|strong="H0518"\w* cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* my \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and that thou wilt not \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* out of my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*; but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* gat them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*.   
\c 25  
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\v 1 And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; and all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w lamented|strong="H5594"\w* him, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* at \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*.   
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\v 2 And \add there was\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in \w Maon|strong="H4584"\w*, whose \w possessions|strong="H4639"\w* \add were\add* in \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*; and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add was\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and he had \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w*: and he was \w shearing|strong="H1494"\w* his \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.\f + \fr 25.2 \ft possessions: or, business\f*  
\v 3 Now the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add was\add* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*; and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*: and \add she was\add* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w understanding|strong="H7922"\w*, and of a \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H8389"\w*: but the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add was\add* \w churlish|strong="H7186"\w* and \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in his \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*; and he \add was\add* of the house of \w Caleb|strong="H3614"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* that \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* did \w shear|strong="H1494"\w* his \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 5 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, Get you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, and \w greet|strong="H7592"\w* him in my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:\f + \fr 25.5 \ft greet…: Heb. ask him in my name of peace\f*  
\v 6 And thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to him that \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w* \add in prosperity\add*, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add be\add* both to thee, and \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add be\add* to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add be\add* unto all that thou hast.  
\v 7 And now I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that thou hast \w shearers|strong="H1494"\w*: now thy \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* which were with us, we \w hurt|strong="H3637"\w* them not, neither was there \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* \w missing|strong="H6485"\w* unto them, all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* they were in \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.\f + \fr 25.7 \ft hurt: Heb. shamed\f*  
\v 8 \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* thy young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and they will \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* thee. Wherefore let the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: for we \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: \w give|strong="H5414"\w*, I pray thee, whatsoever \w cometh|strong="H4672"\w* to thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* unto thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and to thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 9 And when \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* according to all those \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w ceased|strong="H5117"\w*.\f + \fr 25.9 \ft ceased: Heb. rested\f*   
\p
\v 10 ¶ And \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add is\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? and who \add is\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*? there be \w many|strong="H7231"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* now a \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that break \w away|strong="H6555"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.  
\v 11 Shall I then \w take|strong="H3947"\w* my \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and my \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and my \w flesh|strong="H2878"\w* that I have \w killed|strong="H2873"\w* for my \w shearers|strong="H1494"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add it\add* unto \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, whom I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not whence they \add be\add*?\f + \fr 25.11 \ft flesh: Heb. slaughter\f*   
\p
\v 12 So \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and went \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him all those \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, Gird ye \w on|strong="H2296"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. And they girded \w on|strong="H2296"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* also girded \w on|strong="H2296"\w* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: and there went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* by the \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 ¶ But \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* out of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* to \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* our \w master|strong="H0113"\w*; and he \w railed|strong="H5860"\w* on them.\f + \fr 25.14 \ft railed…: Heb. flew upon them\f*  
\v 15 But the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add were\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto us, and we were not \w hurt|strong="H3637"\w*, neither \w missed|strong="H6485"\w* we any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w*, as long \w as|strong="H3117"\w* we were \w conversant|strong="H1980"\w* with them, when we were in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*:\f + \fr 25.15 \ft hurt: Heb. shamed\f*  
\v 16 They were a \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* unto us both by \w night|strong="H3915"\w* and \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* we were with them \w keeping|strong="H7462"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 17 Now therefore \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* what thou wilt \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* is \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* against our \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and against all his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: for he \add is such\add* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, that \add a man\add* cannot \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* to him.   
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\v 18 ¶ Then \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* made \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bottles|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* ready \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* \add corn\add*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* clusters of \w raisins|strong="H6778"\w*, and two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cakes|strong="H1690"\w* of figs, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add them\add* on \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*.\f + \fr 25.18 \ft clusters: or, lumps\f*  
\v 19 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, Go \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me; behold, I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* you. But she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*.  
\v 20 And it was \add so, as\add* she \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* on the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, that she came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* by the \w covert|strong="H5643"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, and, behold, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* her; and she \w met|strong="H6298"\w* them.  
\v 21 Now \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely in \w vain|strong="H8267"\w* have I \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* all that \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \add fellow\add* hath in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, so that \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w* was \w missed|strong="H6485"\w* of all that \add pertained\add* unto him: and he hath \w requited|strong="H7725"\w* me \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, if I \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* of all that \add pertain\add* to him \w by|strong="H5704"\w* the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* any that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*.  
\v 23 And when \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, she \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and lighted \w off|strong="H3381"\w* the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H0639"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* on her \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* herself to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\v 24 And \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Upon me, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \add upon\add* me \add let this\add* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \add be:\add* and let thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, I pray thee, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in thine \w audience|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0589"\w*.\f + \fr 25.24 \ft audience: Heb. ears\f*  
\v 25 \w Let|strong="H7760"\w* not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I pray thee, \w regard|strong="H3820"\w* this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, \add even\add* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*: for as his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add is\add*, so \add is\add* he; \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* \add is\add* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w folly|strong="H5039"\w* \add is\add* with him: but I thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* not the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, whom thou didst \w send|strong="H7971"\w*.\f + \fr 25.25 \ft regard: Heb. lay it to his heart\f*\f + \fr 25.25 \ft Nabal: that is, Fool\f*  
\v 26 Now therefore, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, seeing the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w withholden|strong="H4513"\w* thee from \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* to \add shed\add* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and from \w avenging|strong="H3467"\w* thyself with thine own \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, now let thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and they that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* to my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, be as \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*.\f + \fr 25.26 \ft avenging…: Heb. saving thyself\f*  
\v 27 And now this \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* which thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* hath \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, let it even be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* that \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.\f + \fr 25.27 \ft blessing: or, present\f*\f + \fr 25.27 \ft follow…: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc\f*  
\v 28 I pray thee, \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* the \w trespass|strong="H6588"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* a \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; because my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w fighteth|strong="H3898"\w* the \w battles|strong="H4421"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* hath not been \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in thee \add all\add* thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 29 Yet a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* is \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* to \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* thee, and to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: but the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* shall be \w bound|strong="H6887"\w* in the \w bundle|strong="H6872"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w* with the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and the \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* of thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, them shall he sling \w out|strong="H7049"\w*, \add as out\add* of the \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w sling|strong="H7050"\w*.\f + \fr 25.29 \ft as out…: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling\f*  
\v 30 And it shall come to pass, when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* according to all the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that he hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning thee, and shall have \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* thee \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\v 31 That this shall be no \w grief|strong="H6330"\w* unto thee, nor \w offence|strong="H4383"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, either that thou hast \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w causeless|strong="H2600"\w*, or that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w avenged|strong="H3467"\w* himself: but when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall have dealt \w well|strong="H3190"\w* with my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, then \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*.\f + \fr 25.31 \ft no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling\f*   
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\v 32 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me:  
\v 33 And \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* thy \w advice|strong="H2940"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* thou, which hast \w kept|strong="H3607"\w* me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* to \add shed\add* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and from \w avenging|strong="H3467"\w* myself with mine own \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 34 For in very \w deed|strong="H0199"\w*, \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which hath kept me \w back|strong="H4513"\w* from \w hurting|strong="H7489"\w* thee, \w except|strong="H3884"\w* thou hadst \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w* and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me, surely there had not been \w left|strong="H3498"\w* unto \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* by the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* any that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*.  
\v 35 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* of her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add that\add* which she had \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, I have \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* to thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and have \w accepted|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w person|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 36 ¶ And \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*; and, behold, he held a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, like the \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* of a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add was\add* \w merry|strong="H2896"\w* within him, for he \add was\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w drunken|strong="H7910"\w*: wherefore she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w*, \w less|strong="H6996"\w* or \w more|strong="H1419"\w*, until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.  
\v 37 But it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, when the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* was gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, that his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* him, and he became \add as\add* a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*.  
\v 38 And it came to pass about \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \add after\add*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w smote|strong="H5062"\w* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 39 ¶ And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that hath \w pleaded|strong="H7378"\w* the \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* of my \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w*, and hath \w kept|strong="H2820"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* upon his own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* her to him to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 40 And when the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* to \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* us unto thee, to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee to him to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 41 And she \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* herself on \add her\add* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \add let\add* thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* \add be\add* a \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* to \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.  
\v 42 And \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, with \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w damsels|strong="H5291"\w* of hers that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* her; and she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and became his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.\f + \fr 25.42 \ft after her: Heb. at her feet\f*  
\v 43 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*; and they were also \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them his \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*.   
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\v 44 ¶ But \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, to \w Phalti|strong="H6406"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, which \add was\add* of \w Gallim|strong="H1554"\w*.\f + \fr 25.44 \ft Phalti: also called, Phaltiel\f*   
\c 26  
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\v 1 And the \w Ziphites|strong="H2130"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Doth not \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* himself in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Hachilah|strong="H2444"\w*, \add which is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*?  
\v 2 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*, having \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Ziph|strong="H2128"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Hachilah|strong="H2444"\w*, which \add is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jeshimon|strong="H3452"\w*, by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*. But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him into the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\v 4 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* therefore sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*, and \w understood|strong="H3045"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in very \w deed|strong="H3559"\w*.   
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\v 5 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w*, and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of his \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* in the \w trench|strong="H4570"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.\f + \fr 26.5 \ft trench: or, midst of his carriages\f*   
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\v 6 Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*, and to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Who will go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with me to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*? And \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with thee.  
\v 7 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and, behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H3463"\w* within the \w trench|strong="H4570"\w*, and his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w stuck|strong="H4600"\w* in the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* at his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*: but \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.  
\v 8 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5462"\w* thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: now therefore let me \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him, I pray thee, with the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* even to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* at \w once|strong="H6471"\w*, and I will not \add smite\add* him the second \w time|strong="H8138"\w*.\f + \fr 26.8 \ft delivered: Heb. shut up\f*  
\v 9 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, \w Destroy|strong="H7843"\w* him not: for who can stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, and be \w guiltless|strong="H5352"\w*?  
\v 10 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* furthermore, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w smite|strong="H5062"\w* him; or his \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; or he shall \w descend|strong="H3381"\w* into \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w perish|strong="H5595"\w*.  
\v 11 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* that I should stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*: but, I pray thee, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thou now the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* that \add is\add* at his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*, and the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 12 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* and the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* from \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w bolster|strong="H7226"\w*; and they gat them \w away|strong="H3212"\w*, and no man \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, nor \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add*, neither \w awaked|strong="H6974"\w*: for they \add were\add* all \w asleep|strong="H3463"\w*; because a deep \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon them.   
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\v 13 ¶ Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*; a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w space|strong="H4725"\w* \add being\add* between them:  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Answerest|strong="H6030"\w* thou not, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*? Then \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add art\add* thou \add that\add* \w criest|strong="H7121"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?  
\v 15 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, \add Art\add* not thou a \add valiant\add* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*? and who \add is\add* like to thee in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? wherefore then hast thou not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*? for there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.  
\v 16 This \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \add is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, ye \add are\add* \w worthy|strong="H1121"\w* to \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, because ye have not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* your \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*. And now \w see|strong="H7200"\w* where the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \add is\add*, and the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* that \add was\add* at his \w bolster|strong="H4763"\w*.\f + \fr 26.16 \ft worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death\f*  
\v 17 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w knew|strong="H5234"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* this thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add It is\add* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 18 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore doth my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* thus \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*? for what have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? or what \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add is\add* in mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?  
\v 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. If the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* have stirred thee \w up|strong="H5496"\w* against me, let him \w accept|strong="H7306"\w* an \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*: but if \add they be\add* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*, \w cursed|strong="H0779"\w* \add be\add* they \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; for they have \w driven|strong="H1644"\w* me out this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* from \w abiding|strong="H5596"\w* in the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 26.19 \ft accept: Heb. smell\f*\f + \fr 26.19 \ft abiding: Heb. cleaving\f*  
\v 20 Now therefore, let not my \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* before the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w flea|strong="H6550"\w*, as when one doth \w hunt|strong="H7291"\w* a \w partridge|strong="H7124"\w* in the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.   
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\v 21 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: for I will no more do thee \w harm|strong="H7489"\w*, because my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* was \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: behold, I have played the \w fool|strong="H5528"\w*, and have \w erred|strong="H7686"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*! and let \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* come \w over|strong="H5674"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* it.  
\v 23 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w render|strong="H7725"\w* to every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* and his \w faithfulness|strong="H0530"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* thee into \add my\add* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but I \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.  
\v 24 And, behold, as thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* was much set \w by|strong="H1431"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, so let my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* be much set \w by|strong="H1431"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and let him \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* me out of all \w tribulation|strong="H6869"\w*.  
\v 25 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* thou, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: thou shalt both \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* \add things\add*, and also shalt \w still|strong="H3201"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\c 27  
\p
\v 1 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, I shall now \w perish|strong="H5595"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*: \add there is\add* nothing \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for me than \w that|strong="H3588"\w* I should \w speedily|strong="H4422"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* shall \w despair|strong="H2976"\w* of me, to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* me any more in any \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: so shall I \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 27.1 \ft perish: Heb. be consumed\f*  
\v 2 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and he passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* with the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \add were\add* with him unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maoch|strong="H4582"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* with \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* at \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, he and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \add even\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* with his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*, and \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w Carmelitess|strong="H3762"\w*, \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 4 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*: and he \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* no more \w again|strong="H3254"\w* for him.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, If I have now \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, let them \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w*, that I may \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there: for why should thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w royal|strong="H4467"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with thee?  
\v 6 Then \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: wherefore \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* pertaineth unto the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 7 And the \w time|strong="H4557"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* was a full \w year|strong="H3117"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.\f + \fr 27.7 \ft the time: Heb. the number of days\f*\f + \fr 27.7 \ft a full year: Heb. a year of days\f*   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w invaded|strong="H6584"\w* the \w Geshurites|strong="H1651"\w*, and the \w Gezrites|strong="H1511"\w*, and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*: for \w those|strong="H2007"\w* \add nations were\add* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, as thou \w goest|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shur|strong="H7793"\w*, even unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.\f + \fr 27.8 \ft Gezrites: or, Gerzites\f*  
\v 9 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and left neither \w man|strong="H0376"\w* nor \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, and took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and the \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, and the \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, and the \w apparel|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Whither|strong="H0408"\w* have ye made a \w road|strong="H6584"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Against the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and against the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of the \w Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397"\w*, and against the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*.\f + \fr 27.10 \ft Whither…: or, Did you not make a road, etc\f*  
\v 11 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saved|strong="H2421"\w* neither \w man|strong="H0376"\w* nor \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \add tidings\add* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Lest they should \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* on us, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and so \add will be\add* his \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* all the \w while|strong="H3117"\w* he \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, He hath made his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w utterly|strong="H0887"\w* to \w abhor|strong="H0887"\w* him; therefore he shall be my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.\f + \fr 27.12 \ft utterly…: Heb. to stink\f*   
\c 28  
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\v 1 And it came to pass in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* their \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* for \w warfare|strong="H6635"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* thou \w assuredly|strong="H3045"\w*, that thou shalt go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with me to \w battle|strong="H4264"\w*, thou and thy \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, \w Surely|strong="H3651"\w* thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* can \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Therefore will I \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thee \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 ¶ Now \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w lamented|strong="H5594"\w* him, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, even in his own \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* those that had familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and the \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*, out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and they \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*.  
\v 5 And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, he was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w trembled|strong="H2729"\w*.  
\v 6 And when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not, neither by \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, nor by \w Urim|strong="H0224"\w*, nor by \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Seek|strong="H1245"\w* me a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that \w hath|strong="H1172"\w* a familiar \w spirit|strong="H0178"\w*, that I may \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to her, and \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of her. And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Behold, \add there is\add* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that \w hath|strong="H1172"\w* a familiar \w spirit|strong="H0178"\w* at \w Endor|strong="H5874"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* himself, and put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w*, and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, \w divine|strong="H7080"\w* unto me by the familiar \w spirit|strong="H0178"\w*, and bring me \add him\add* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, whom I shall \w name|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee.  
\v 9 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* what \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, how he hath cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* those that have familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and the \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*, out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: wherefore then layest thou a \w snare|strong="H5367"\w* for my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, to cause me to \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?  
\v 10 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* to her by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there \w shall|strong="H0518"\w* no \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w happen|strong="H7136"\w* to thee for this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 11 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, Whom shall I bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto thee? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring me \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.  
\v 12 And when the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, she \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: and the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why hast thou \w deceived|strong="H7411"\w* me? for thou \add art\add* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.  
\v 13 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*: for what \w sawest|strong="H7200"\w* thou? And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w ascending|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 14 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What \w form|strong="H8389"\w* \add is\add* he of? And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, An \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* cometh \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; and he \add is\add* \w covered|strong="H5844"\w* with a \w mantle|strong="H4598"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that it \add was\add* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, and he \w stooped|strong="H6915"\w* with \add his\add* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself.\f + \fr 28.14 \ft What…: Heb. What is his form?\f*   
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\v 15 ¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, Why hast thou \w disquieted|strong="H7264"\w* me, to bring me \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I am \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H6887"\w*; for the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* make \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against me, and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from me, and \w answereth|strong="H6030"\w* me no more, neither \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, nor by \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*: therefore I have \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thee, that thou mayest make \w known|strong="H3045"\w* unto me what I shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.\f + \fr 28.15 \ft by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets\f*  
\v 16 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Wherefore then dost thou \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* of me, seeing the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* is \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from thee, and is become thine \w enemy|strong="H6145"\w*?  
\v 17 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to him, as he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by \w me|strong="H3027"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* out of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it to thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, \add even\add* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*:\f + \fr 28.17 \ft to him: or, for himself\f*\f + \fr 28.17 \ft me: Heb. mine hand\f*  
\v 18 \w Because|strong="H0834"\w* thou \w obeyedst|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, nor \w executedst|strong="H6213"\w* his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* upon \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, therefore hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 19 Moreover the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will also \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* \add shalt\add* thou and thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \add be\add* with me: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* also shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w straightway|strong="H4116"\w* \w all|strong="H4393"\w* \w along|strong="H6967"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, because of the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*: and there was no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* in him; for he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, nor all the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.\f + \fr 28.20 \ft fell…: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature\f*   
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\v 21 ¶ And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w troubled|strong="H0926"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* hath \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and I have \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* in my \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and have \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* unto me.  
\v 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* thou also unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, and let me \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee; and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, that thou mayest have \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*, when thou \w goest|strong="H3212"\w* on thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 23 But he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. But his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, together with the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w compelled|strong="H6555"\w* him; and he \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*. So he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.  
\v 24 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* had a \w fat|strong="H4770"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and she \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w killed|strong="H2076"\w* it, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*, and \w kneaded|strong="H3888"\w* \add it\add*, and did \w bake|strong="H0644"\w* unleavened \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* thereof:  
\v 25 And she \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \add it\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. Then they rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w* that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
\c 29  
\p
\v 1 Now the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* all their \w armies|strong="H4264"\w* to \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*: and the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* by a \w fountain|strong="H5869"\w* which \add is\add* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* by \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, and by \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* in the \w rereward|strong="H0314"\w* with \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*.  
\v 3 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, What \add do\add* these \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* \add here\add*? And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \add Is\add* not this \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which hath been with me these \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, or these \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, and I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* no \w fault|strong="H3972"\w* in him \w since|strong="H3117"\w* he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \add unto me\add* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?  
\v 4 And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* with him; and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Make|strong="H7725"\w* this \w fellow|strong="H0376"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, that he may go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* which thou hast \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* him, and let him not go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with us to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, lest in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* he be an \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* to us: for wherewith should he \w reconcile|strong="H7521"\w* himself unto his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*? \add should it\add* not \add be\add* with the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of these \w men|strong="H0582"\w*?  
\v 5 \add Is\add* not this \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, of whom they \w sang|strong="H6030"\w* one to another in \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* his \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w*?   
\p
\v 6 ¶ Then \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Surely, \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, thou hast been \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, and thy going \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and thy coming \w in|strong="H0935"\w* with me in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* \add is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*: for I have not \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in thee since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* unto me unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: nevertheless the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* \w favour|strong="H2896"\w* thee \w not|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 29.6 \ft the lords…: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords\f*  
\v 7 Wherefore now \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, that thou \w displease|strong="H6213"\w* not the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.\f + \fr 29.7 \ft displease…: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords\f*   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w*, But what have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? and what hast thou \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* so long \w as|strong="H3117"\w* I have been with \w thee|strong="H6440"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that I may not \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?\f + \fr 29.8 \ft with…: Heb. before thee\f*  
\v 9 And \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou \add art\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, as an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: notwithstanding the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He shall not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with us to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 10 Wherefore now rise up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* with thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with thee: and as soon as ye be up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and have \w light|strong="H0215"\w*, \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 11 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.   
\c 30  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w* had \w invaded|strong="H6584"\w* the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, and \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*;  
\v 2 And had taken the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, that \add were\add* therein: they \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* not \w any|strong="H0376"\w*, either \w great|strong="H1419"\w* or \w small|strong="H6996"\w*, but carried \add them\add* \w away|strong="H5090"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 ¶ So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and, behold, \add it was\add* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; and their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, were taken \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*.  
\v 4 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, until they had no more \w power|strong="H3581"\w* to \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*.  
\v 5 And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* were taken \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*, and \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*.  
\v 6 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H3334"\w*; for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* of \w stoning|strong="H5619"\w* him, because the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* was \w grieved|strong="H4843"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* for his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and for his \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* himself in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 30.6 \ft grieved: Heb. bitter\f*   
\p
\v 7 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Ahimelech’s|strong="H0288"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, I pray thee, bring me \w hither|strong="H5066"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*. And \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* thither the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* at the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* this \w troop|strong="H1416"\w*? shall I \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* them? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, \w Pursue|strong="H7291"\w*: for thou shalt \w surely|strong="H5381"\w* \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* \add them\add*, and without \w fail|strong="H5337"\w* \w recover|strong="H5337"\w* \add all\add*.  
\v 9 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, he and the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \add were\add* with him, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Besor|strong="H1308"\w*, where those that were left \w behind|strong="H3498"\w* \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 10 But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w*, he and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: for two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* abode \w behind|strong="H5975"\w*, which were so \w faint|strong="H6296"\w* that they could not go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Besor|strong="H1308"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 ¶ And they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* an \w Egyptian|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* him to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and they made him \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*;  
\v 12 And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him a \w piece|strong="H6400"\w* of a \w cake|strong="H1690"\w* of figs, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* clusters of \w raisins|strong="H6778"\w*: and when he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*, his \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to him: for he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, nor \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \add any\add* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, To whom \add belongest\add* thou? and whence \add art\add* thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* a young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w*, \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to an \w Amalekite|strong="H0376"\w*; and my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* me, because \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* agone I fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.  
\v 14 We made an \w invasion|strong="H6584"\w* \add upon\add* the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and upon \add the coast\add* which \add belongeth\add* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and upon the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*; and we \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Canst thou bring me \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to this \w company|strong="H1416"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto me by \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that thou wilt neither \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* me, \w nor|strong="H0518"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5462"\w* me into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and I will bring thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to this \w company|strong="H1416"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ And when he had brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, behold, \add they were\add* spread \w abroad|strong="H5203"\w* upon \w all|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w dancing|strong="H2287"\w*, because of all the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* that they had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them from the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w* even unto the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* of the next \w day|strong="H4283"\w*: and there \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of them, save \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, which \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.\f + \fr 30.17 \ft the next…: Heb. their morrow\f*  
\v 18 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w recovered|strong="H5337"\w* all that the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* had carried \w away|strong="H3947"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w rescued|strong="H5337"\w* his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 19 And there was nothing \w lacking|strong="H5737"\w* to them, \w neither|strong="H4480"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* nor \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, neither \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* nor \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, neither \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, nor any \add thing\add* that they had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* to them: \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* all.  
\v 20 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* and the \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*, \add which\add* they \w drave|strong="H5090"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \add other\add* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*.   
\p
\v 21 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, which were so \w faint|strong="H6296"\w* that they could not \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, whom they had made also to \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* at the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Besor|strong="H1308"\w*: and they went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him: and when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he \w saluted|strong="H7592"\w* them.\f + \fr 30.21 \ft saluted…: or, asked them how they did\f*  
\v 22 Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* all the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \add men\add* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, of \w those|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Because they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* not with us, we will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them \add ought\add* of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* that we have \w recovered|strong="H5337"\w*, save to every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* and his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, that they may lead \add them\add* \w away|strong="H5090"\w*, and \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*.\f + \fr 30.22 \ft those: Heb. men\f*  
\v 23 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Ye shall not do \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, with that which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* us, who hath \w preserved|strong="H8104"\w* us, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w company|strong="H1416"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against us into our \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 24 For who will \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto you in this \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*? but as his \w part|strong="H2506"\w* \add is\add* that goeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, so \add shall\add* his \w part|strong="H2506"\w* \add be\add* that \w tarrieth|strong="H3427"\w* by the \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w*: they shall \w part|strong="H2505"\w* \w alike|strong="H3162"\w*.  
\v 25 And it was \add so\add* from that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w forward|strong="H4605"\w*, that he \w made|strong="H7760"\w* it a \w statute|strong="H2706"\w* and an \w ordinance|strong="H4941"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 30.25 \ft forward: Heb. and forward\f*   
\p
\v 26 ¶ And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \add even\add* to his \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold a \w present|strong="H1293"\w* for you of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*;\f + \fr 30.26 \ft present: Heb. blessing\f*  
\v 27 To \add  \+w them|strong="H0834"\+w*\add* which \add were\add* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7418"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Jattir|strong="H3492"\w*,  
\v 28 And to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Siphmoth|strong="H8224"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Eshtemoa|strong="H0851"\w*,  
\v 29 And to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Rachal|strong="H7403"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Jerahmeelites|strong="H3397"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*,  
\v 30 And to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Chor-ashan|strong="H3565"\w*, and to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Athach|strong="H6269"\w*,  
\v 31 And to \add them\add* which \add were\add* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and to all the \w places|strong="H4725"\w* where \w David|strong="H1732"\w* himself and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* were wont to \w haunt|strong="H1980"\w*.   
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\v 1 Now the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*.\f + \fr 31.1 \ft slain: or, wounded\f*  
\v 2 And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* followed \w hard|strong="H1692"\w* upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and upon his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, and \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, and \w Malchi-shua|strong="H4444"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* went \w sore|strong="H3513"\w* against \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and the \w archers|strong="H3384"\w* \w hit|strong="H4672"\w* him; and he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2342"\w* of the \w archers|strong="H3384"\w*.\f + \fr 31.3 \ft and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bows\f*\f + \fr 31.3 \ft hit…: Heb. found him\f*  
\v 4 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* unto his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, \w Draw|strong="H8025"\w* thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and thrust me \w through|strong="H1856"\w* therewith; lest these \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and thrust me \w through|strong="H1856"\w*, and \w abuse|strong="H5953"\w* me. But his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not; for he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. Therefore \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon it.\f + \fr 31.4 \ft abuse…: or, mock me\f*  
\v 5 And when his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* likewise upon his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* with him.  
\v 6 So \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and his \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, and all his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.   
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\v 7 ¶ And when the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \add were\add* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, and \add they\add* that \add were\add* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* were \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*; and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in them.   
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\v 8 And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w strip|strong="H6584"\w* the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*, that they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*.  
\v 9 And they cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and stripped \w off|strong="H6584"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, to \w publish|strong="H1319"\w* \add it in\add* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of their \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*, and among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 10 And they \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*: and they \w fastened|strong="H8628"\w* his \w body|strong="H1472"\w* to the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Beth-shan|strong="H1052"\w*.   
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\v 11 ¶ And when the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of that which the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*;\f + \fr 31.11 \ft of that: or, concerning him that\f*  
\v 12 All the \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w body|strong="H1472"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* from the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Beth-shan|strong="H1052"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* them there.  
\v 13 And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \add them\add* under a \w tree|strong="H0815"\w* at \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.   