1 Samuel
by Ken Cayce
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1 Samuel Explained
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Book of 1 Samuel Explained
Title:
The books of Samuel were originally one book in the Hebrew Canon. The
single volume of Samuel was divided into two by the translators of the
Greek Old Testament, the Septuagint, who viewed Samuel and Kings together
as the "Books of the Kingdoms."
The Book of Kings of the Hebrew Scriptures was likewise divided into two
books, and the four books then constituted the "Books of the Kingdoms."
Accordingly, 1 and 2 Samuel were called the First and Second Books of the
Kingdoms in the Septuagint, and 1 and 2 Kings were termed the Third and
Fourth Books of the Kingdoms. When the Old Testament was translated into
the Latin Vulgate, the term "Books of the Kingdoms" was dropped and the
present division of both Samuel and Kings became standard for the Western
church. The books of Samuel bear the name of the principal character of its
first portion.
Authorship - Date:
The authorship of the two books of Samuel is unknown. According to Jewish
tradition, Samuel had written the earlier portions of 1 Samuel, and his
work had been supported by the prophets Nathan and Gad (1 Chron. 29:29).
Because (1 Samuel 27:6), indicates that the division of the kingdom had
already taken place, the final edited form of the two books must have taken
place after the death of Solomon in 931 B.C. Whatever the origin of the
earlier material, apparently some prophet, probably from Judah, put it into
its final form early in the days of the divided monarchy.
But Samuel cannot be the writer because his death is recorded (in 1 Samuel
25:1), before the events associated with David's reign even took place.
Further, Nathan and Gad were prophets of the Lord during David's lifetime
and would not have been alive when the book of Samuel was written. Thought
the written records of these 3 prophets could have been used for
information (in the writing of 1 and 2 Samuel), the human author of these
books is unknown. The work comes to the reader as an anonymous writing,
i.e., the human author speaks for the Lord and gives the divine
interpretation of the events narrated.
The books of Samuel contain no clear indication of the date of composition.
That the author wrote after the division of the kingdom between Israel and
Judah in 931 B.C. is clear, due to the many references to Israel and Judah
as distinct entities (1 Sam. 11:8; 17:52; 18:16; 2 Sam. 5:5; 11:11; 12:8;
19:42-43; 24:1, 9). Also, the statement concerning Ziklag's belonging "to
the kings of Judah to this day" (in 1 Sam. 27:6), gives clear evidence of a
post-Solomonic date of writing. There is no such clarity concerning how
late the date of writing could be. However, 1 and 2 Samuel are included in
the Former Prophets in the Hebrew canon, along with Joshua, Judges, and 1
and 2 Kings. If the Former Prophets were composed as a unit, then Samuel
would have been written during the Babylonian captivity (560-540 B.C.),
since 2 Kings concludes during the exile (2 Kings 25:27-30). However, since
Samuel has a different literary style than Kings, it was most likely penned
before the Exile during the period of the divided kingdom (931-722 B.C.)
and later made an integral part of the Former Prophets.
The books of Samuel have more than biographical and historical interest.
The central theme of the books traces god's gracious and overruling
sovereignty in the sad state of affairs in Israel at the end of the period
of judges by His providential selection of righteous men (i.e., Samuel and
David), who would weld the nation into an instrument of His will and a
people for Himself. Despite Israel's rejection of God as King, He would
prove faithful and eventually see to the appointment of a godly king,
David. With this one He would enter into an everlasting covenant that would
affect the destiny of both Israel and all the world. For through David
would come Israel's King par excellence, Israel's Messiah and the
Savior of the word, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Background - Setting:
The majority of the action recorded (in 1 and 2 Samuel), took place in and
around the central highlands in the land of Israel. The nation of Israel
was largely concentrated in an area that ran about 90 miles from the hill
country of Ephraim in the north (1 Sam. 1:1; 9:4), to the hill country of
Judah in the south (Joshua 20:7; 21:11), and between 15 to 35 miles east to
west. This central spine ranges in height from 1,500 feet to 3,300 feet
above sea level. The major cities of 1 and 2 Samuel are to be found in
these central highlands: Shiloh, the residence of Eli and the tabernacle;
Ramah, the hometown of Samuel; Gibeah, the headquarters of Saul; Bethlehem,
the birthplace of David; Hebron, David's capital when he ruled over Judah;
and Jerusalem, the ultimate "city of David."
The events of 1 and 2 Samuel took place between the years 1105 B.C., the
birth of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1-28), to 971 B.C., the last words of David (2
Samuel 23:1-7). Thus, the books span about 135 years of history. During
those years, Israel was transformed from a loosely knit group of tribes
under "judges" to a united nation under the reign of a centralized
monarchy. They look primarily at Samuel (1105-1030 B.C.), Saul who reigned
(in 1052-1011 B.C.), and David who was king of the united monarchy
(1011-971 B.C.).
Historical - Theological:
The narrative in 1 Samuel is centered around Israel's last judge, Samuel,
who also served the Lord as priest and prophet. The books of Samuel go on
to sketch Israel's cry for a king and the resultant selection of Saul as
its first king. The failure of Saul, and the growing contest between Saul
and David which was resolved with the establishment of the Davidic Kingdom.
The period covers nearly a century of Israelite history (1064 - 971 B.C.),
tracing the fortunes of Israel from the depths of apostasy and political
fragmentation in the closing era of the judges up to the growing triumphs
of the united monarchy. In God's providence, the possibility for Israel's
increasing grandeur lay in the collapse of the power of Egypt during its
Twentieth and Twenty-first dynasties, the disappearance of the once-mighty
Hittite Empire by the onset of the twelfth century B.C., and the declining
strength of the Assyrian and Babylonian nations in Mesopotamia. Events in
Israel for the next several centuries would also be affected by the
presence of numerous small but active Aramean kingdoms on Israel's northern
boundaries. Even Israel's clamor for a king was somewhat conditioned by the
regal fashion of the age.
As 1 Samuel begins, Israel was at a low point spiritually. The priesthood
was corrupt (1 Samuel 2:12-17; 22-26), the Ark of the Covenant was not at
the tabernacle (1 Sam. 4:3-7:2), idolatry was practiced (1 Sam. 7:3-4), and
the judges were dishonest (1 Sam. 8:2-3). Through the influence of godly
Samuel (1 Sam. 12:23), and David (1 Sam. 13:14), these conditions were
reversed. Second Samuel concludes with the anger of the Lord being
withdrawn from Israel (2 Sam. 24:25).
During the years narrated (in 1 and 2 Samuel), the great empires of the
ancient world were in a state of weakness. Neither Egypt nor the
Mesopotamian powers, Babylon and Assyrian, were threats to Israel at that
time. The two nations most hostile to the Israelites were the Philistines
(1 Sam. 4; 7; 13; 14; 17; 23; 2 Sam. 5), to the west and the Ammonites (1
Samuel 11; 2 Samuel 10-12), to the east. The major contingent of the
Philistines had migrated from the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor in the 12 th century B.C. After being denied access to Egypt, they settled
among other preexisting Philistines along the Mediterranean coast of
Palestine. The Philistines controlled the use of iron, which gave them a
decided military and economic advantage over Israel (1 Sam. 13:19-22). The
Ammonites were descendants of Lot (Gen. 19:38), who lived on the
Transjordan Plateau. David conquered the Philistines (2 Sam. 8:1), and the
Ammonites (2 Sam. 12:29-31), along with other nations that surrounded
Israel (2 Sam. 8:2-14).
Themes:
There are four predominate theological themes (in 1 and 2 Samuel). The
first is the Davidic Covenant. The books are literally framed by two
references to the "anointed" king in the prayer of Hannah (1 Sam. 2:10),
and the song of David (2 Sam. 22:51). This is a reference to the Messiah,
the King who will triumph over the nations who are opposed to God (see Gen.
49:4-12; Num. 24:7-9; 17-19). According to the Lord's promise, this Messiah
will come through the line of David and establish David's throne forever (2
Sam. 7:12-16). The events of David's life recorded in Samuel foreshadow the
actions of David's greater Son (i.e., Christ), in the future.
A second theme is the sovereignty of God, clearly seen in these books. One
example is the birth of Samuel in response to Hannah's prayer (1 Sam. 9:17;
16:12-13). Also, in relation to David, it is particularly evident that
nothing can frustrate God's plan to have him rule over Israel (1 Sam.
24:20).
Third, the work of the Holy Spirit in empowering men for divinely appointed
tasks is evident. The Spirit of the Lord came upon both Saul and David
after their anointing as king (1 Sam. 10:10; 16:13). The power of the Holy
Spirit brought forth prophecy (1 Sam. 10:6), and victory in battle (1 Sam.
11:6).
Fourth, the books of Samuel demonstrate the personal and national effects
of sin. The sins of Eli and his sons resulted in their deaths (1 Sam.
2:12-17; 22:25; 3:10-14; 4:17-18). The lack of reverence for the Ark of the
Covenant led to the death of a number of Israelites (1 Sam. 6:19; 2 Sam.
6:6-7). Saul's disobedience resulted in the Lord's judgment, and he was
rejected as king over Israel (1 Sam. 13:9; 13-14; 15:8-9; 20-23). Although
David was forgiven for his sin of adultery and murder after his confession
(2 Sam. 12:13), he still suffered the inevitable and devastating
consequences of his sin (2 Sam. 12:14).
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1 Samuel 1
1 Samuel Chapter 1
1 Samuel 1:1 "Now there was a certain man
of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and
his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son
of Zuph, an Ephrathite:"
1 Samuel 1:2 "And he had two wives; the
name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had
children, but Hannah had no children."
1 Samuel 1:3 "And this man went up out of
his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice
unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the
priests of the LORD, [were] there."
1 Samuel 1:4 "And when the time was that
Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his
wife, and to all her sons and her
daughters, portions:"
1 Samuel 1:5 "But unto Hannah he gave a
worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but
the LORD had shut up her womb."
1 Samuel 1:6 "And her adversary also
provoked her sore, for to make her fret,
because the LORD had shut up her womb."
1 Samuel 1:7 "And [as] he did so year by
year, when she went up to the house of the
LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she
wept, and did not eat."
1 Samuel 1:8 "Then said Elkanah her husband
to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why
eatest thou not? and why is thy heart
grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten
sons?"
1 Samuel 1:9 "So Hannah rose up after they
had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had
drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat
by a post of the temple of the LORD."
1 Samuel 1:10 "And she [was] in bitterness
of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept
sore."
1 Samuel 1:11 "And she vowed a vow, and
said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed
look on the affliction of thine handmaid,
and remember me, and not forget thine
handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid
a man child, then I will give him unto the
LORD all the days of his life, and there
shall no razor come upon his head."
1 Samuel 1:12 "And it came to pass, as she
continued praying before the LORD, that Eli
marked her mouth."
1 Samuel 1:13 "Now Hannah, she spake in her
heart; only her lips moved, but her voice
was not heard: therefore Eli thought she
had been drunken."
1 Samuel 1:14 "And Eli said unto her, How
long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy
wine from thee."
1 Samuel 1:15 "And Hannah answered and
said, No, my lord, I [am] a woman of a
sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine
nor strong drink, but have poured out my
soul before the LORD."
1 Samuel 1:16 "Count not thine handmaid for
a daughter of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and grief have I
spoken hitherto."
1 Samuel 1:18 "And she said, Let thine
handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her
countenance was no more [sad]."
1 Samuel 1:19 "And they rose up in the
morning early, and worshipped before the
LORD, and returned, and came to their house
to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife;
and the LORD remembered her."
1 Samuel 1:20 "Wherefore it came to pass,
when the time was come about after Hannah
had conceived, that she bare a son, and
called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I
have asked him of the LORD."
1 Samuel 1:21 "And the man Elkanah, and all
his house, went up to offer unto the LORD
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow."
1 Samuel 1:22 "But Hannah went not up; for
she said unto her husband, [I will not go
up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I
will bring him, that he may appear before
the LORD, and there abide for ever."
1 Samuel 1:23 "And Elkanah her husband said
unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry
until thou have weaned him; only the LORD
establish his word. So the woman abode, and
gave her son suck until she weaned him."
1 Samuel 1:24 "And when she had weaned him,
she took him up with her, with three
bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a
bottle of wine, and brought him unto the
house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child
[was] young."
1 Samuel 1:25 "And they slew a bullock, and
brought the child to Eli."
1 Samuel 1:26 "And she said, Oh my lord,
[as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the
woman that stood by thee here, praying unto
the LORD."
1 Samuel 1:27 "For this child I prayed; and
the LORD hath given me my petition which I
asked of him:"
1 Samuel 1:28 "Therefore also I have lent
him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he
shall be lent to the LORD. And he
worshipped the LORD there."
1 Samuel 2
1 Samuel Chapter 2
1 Samuel 2:1 "And Hannah prayed, and said,
My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn
is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is
enlarged over mine enemies; because I
rejoice in thy salvation."
1 Samuel 2:2 "[There is] none holy as the
LORD: for [there is] none beside thee:
neither [is there] any rock like our God."
1 Samuel 2:3 "Talk no more so exceeding
proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of
your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed."
1 Samuel 2:4 "The bows of the mighty men
[are] broken, and they that stumbled are
girded with strength."
1 Samuel 2:5 "[They that were] full have
hired out themselves for bread; and [they
that were] hungry ceased: so that the
barren hath born seven; and she that hath
many children is waxed feeble."
1 Samuel 2:6 "The LORD killeth, and maketh
alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and
bringeth up."
1 Samuel 2:7 "The LORD maketh poor, and
maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth
up."
1 Samuel 2:8 "He raiseth up the poor out of
the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from
the dunghill, to set [them] among princes,
and to make them inherit the throne of
glory: for the pillars of the earth [are]
the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon
them."
1 Samuel 2:9 "He will keep the feet of his
saints, and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness; for by strength shall no man
prevail."
1 Samuel 2:10 "The adversaries of the LORD
shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven
shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall
judge the ends of the earth; and he shall
give strength unto his king, and exalt the
horn of his anointed."
1 Samuel 2:11 "And Elkanah went to Ramah to
his house. And the child did minister unto
the LORD before Eli the priest."
1 Samuel 2:12 "Now the sons of Eli [were]
sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD."
1 Samuel 2:13 "And the priests' custom with
the people [was, that], when any man
offered sacrifice, the priest's servant
came, while the flesh was in seething, with
a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;"
1 Samuel 2:14 "And he struck [it] into the
pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all
that the fleshhook brought up the priest
took for himself. So they did in Shiloh
unto all the Israelites that came thither."
1 Samuel 2:15 "Also before they burnt the
fat, the priest's servant came, and said to
the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to
roast for the priest; for he will not have
sodden flesh of thee, but raw."
1 Samuel 2:16 "And
[if] any man said
unto him, Let them
not fail to burn
the fat presently,
and [then] take [as
much] as thy soul
desireth; then he
would answer him,
[Nay]; but thou
shalt give [it me]
now: and if not, I
will take [it] by
force."
1 Samuel 2:17
"Wherefore the sin
of the young men
was very great
before the LORD:
for men abhorred
the offering of the
LORD."
1 Samuel 2:18 "But
Samuel ministered
before the LORD,
[being] a child,
girded with a linen
ephod."
1 Samuel 2:19
"Moreover his
mother made him a
little coat, and
brought [it] to him
from year to year,
when she came up
with her husband to
offer the yearly
sacrifice."
1 Samuel 2:20 "And
Eli blessed Elkanah
and his wife, and
said, The LORD give
thee seed of this
woman for the loan
which is lent to
the LORD. And they
went unto their own
home."
1 Samuel 2:21 "And
the LORD visited
Hannah, so that she
conceived, and bare
three sons and two
daughters. And the
child Samuel grew
before the LORD."
1 Samuel 2:22 "Now
Eli was very old,
and heard all that
his sons did unto
all Israel; and how
they lay with the
women that
assembled [at] the
door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation."
1 Samuel 2:23 "And
he said unto them,
Why do ye such
things? For I hear
of your evil
dealings by all
this people."
1 Samuel 2:24 "Nay,
my sons; for [it
is] no good report
that I hear: ye
make the LORD'S
people to
transgress."
1 Samuel 2:25 "If
one man sin against
another, the judge
shall judge him:
but if a man sin
against the LORD,
who shall entreat
for him?
Notwithstanding
they hearkened not
unto the voice of
their father,
because the LORD
would slay them."
This sin is a sin
against God.
1 Samuel 2:26 "And
the child Samuel
grew on, and was in
favor both with the
LORD, and also with
men."
1 Samuel 2:27 "And
there came a man of
God unto Eli, and
said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Did
I plainly appear
unto the house of
thy father, when
they were in Egypt
in Pharaoh's
house?"
1 Samuel 2:28 "And
did I choose him
out of all the
tribes of Israel
[to be] my priest,
to offer upon mine
altar, to burn
incense, to wear an
ephod before me?
and did I give unto
the house of thy
father all the
offerings made by
fire of the
children of
Israel?"
1 Samuel 2:29
"Wherefore kick ye
at my sacrifice and
at mine offering,
which I have
commanded [in my]
habitation; and
honorest thy sons
above me, to make
yourselves fat with
the chiefest of all
the offerings of
Israel my people?"
1 Samuel 2:30
"Wherefore the LORD
God of Israel
saith, I said
indeed [that] thy
house, and the
house of thy
father, should walk
before me for ever:
but now the LORD
saith, Be it far
from me; for them
that honor me I
will honor, and
they that despise
me shall be lightly
esteemed."
1 Samuel 2:31
"Behold, the days
come, that I will
cut off thine arm,
and the arm of thy
father's house,
that there shall
not be an old man
in thine house."
1 Samuel 2:32 "And
thou shalt see an
enemy [in my]
habitation, in all
[the wealth] which
[God] shall give
Israel: and there
shall not be an old
man in thine house
for ever."
1 Samuel 2:33 "And
the man of thine,
[whom] I shall not
cut off from mine
altar, [shall be]
to consume thine
eyes, and to grieve
thine heart: and
all the increase of
thine house shall
die in the flower
of their age."
1 Samuel 2:34 "And
this [shall be] a
sign unto thee,
that shall come
upon thy two sons,
on Hophni and
Phinehas; in one
day they shall die
both of them."
1 Samuel 2:35 "And
I will raise me up
a faithful priest,
[that] shall do
according to [that]
which [is] in mine
heart and in my
mind: and I will
build him a sure
house; and he shall
walk before mine
anointed for ever."
1 Samuel 2:36 "And
it shall come to
pass, [that] every
one that is left in
thine house shall
come [and] crouch
to him for a piece
of silver and a
morsel of bread,
and shall say, Put
me, I pray thee,
into one of the
priests' offices,
that I may eat a
piece of bread."
1 Samuel 3
1 Samuel Chapter 3
1 Samuel 3:1 "And the child Samuel
ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And
the word of the LORD was precious in those
days; [there was] no open vision."
1 Samuel 3:2 "And it came to pass at that
time, when Eli [was] laid down in his
place, and his eyes began to wax dim,
[that] he could not see;"
1 Samuel 3:3 "And ere the lamp of God went
out in the temple of the LORD, where the
ark of God [was], and Samuel was laid down
[to sleep];"
1 Samuel 3:4 "That the LORD called Samuel:
and he answered, Here [am] I."
1 Samuel 3:5 "And he ran unto Eli, and
said, Here [am] I; for thou calledst me.
And he said, I called not; lie down again.
And he went and lay down."
1 Samuel 3:6 "And the LORD called yet
again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to
Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst
call me. And he answered, I called not, my
son; lie down again."
1 Samuel 3:7 "Now Samuel did not yet know
the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD
yet revealed unto him."
1 Samuel 3:8 "And the LORD called Samuel
again the third time. And he arose and went
to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou
didst call me. And Eli perceived that the
LORD had called the child."
1 Samuel 3:9 "Therefore Eli said unto
Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if
he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak,
LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel
went and lay down in his place."
1 Samuel 3:10 "And the LORD came, and
stood, and called as at other times,
Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered,
Speak; for thy servant heareth."
1 Samuel 3:11 "And the LORD said to Samuel,
Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at
which both the ears of every one that
heareth it shall tingle."
1 Samuel 3:12 "In that day I will perform
against Eli all [things] which I have
spoken concerning his house: when I begin,
I will also make an end."
1 Samuel 3:13 "For I have told him that I
will judge his house for ever for the
iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons
made themselves vile, and he restrained
them not."
1 Samuel 3:14 "And therefore I have sworn
unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of
Eli's house shall not be purged with
sacrifice nor offering for ever."
1 Samuel 3:15 "And Samuel lay until the
morning, and opened the doors of the house
of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli
the vision."
1 Samuel 3:16 "Then Eli called Samuel, and
said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here
[am] I."
1 Samuel 3:17 "And he said, What [is] the
thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee?
I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do
so to thee, and more also, if thou hide
[any] thing from me of all the things that
he said unto thee."
1 Samuel 3:18 "And Samuel told him every
whit, and hid nothing from him. And he
said, It [is] the LORD: let him do what
seemeth him good."
1 Samuel 3:19 "And Samuel grew, and the
LORD was with him, and did let none of his
words fall to the ground."
1 Samuel 3:20 "And all Israel from Dan even
to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel [was]
established [to be] a prophet of the LORD."
1 Samuel 3:21 "And the LORD appeared again
in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to
Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD."
1 Samuel 4
1 Samuel Chapter 4
1 Samuel 4:1 "And the word of Samuel came
to all Israel. Now Israel went out against
the Philistines to battle, and pitched
beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines
pitched in Aphek."
1 Samuel 4:2 "And the Philistines put
themselves in array against Israel: and
when they joined battle, Israel was smitten
before the Philistines: and they slew of
the army in the field about four thousand
men."
1 Samuel 4:3 "And when the people were come
into the camp, the elders of Israel said,
Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day
before the Philistines? Let us fetch the
ark of the covenant of the LORD out of
Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among
us, it may save us out of the hand of our
enemies."
1 Samuel 4:4 "So the people sent to Shiloh,
that they might bring from thence the ark
of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which
dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,
[were] there with the ark of the covenant
of God."
1 Samuel 4:5 "And when the ark of the
covenant of the LORD came into the camp,
all Israel shouted with a great shout, so
that the earth rang again."
1 Samuel 4:6 "And when the Philistines
heard the noise of the shout, they said,
What [meaneth] the noise of this great
shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they
understood that the ark of the LORD was
come into the camp."
1 Samuel 4:7 "And the Philistines were
afraid, for they said, God is come into the
camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there
hath not been such a thing heretofore.
1 Samuel 4:8 "Woe unto us! who shall
deliver us out of the hand of these mighty
Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote the
Egyptians with all the plagues in the
wilderness."
1 Samuel 4:9 "Be strong, and quit
yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that
ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as
they have been to you: quit yourselves like
men, and fight."
1 Samuel 4:10 "And the Philistines fought,
and Israel was smitten, and they fled every
man into his tent: and there was a very
great slaughter; for there fell of Israel
thirty thousand footmen."
1 Samuel 4:11 "And the ark of God was
taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain."
1 Samuel 4:12 "And there ran a man of
Benjamin out of the army, and came to
Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent,
and with earth upon his head."
1 Samuel 4:13 "And when he came, lo, Eli
sat upon a seat by the wayside watching:
for his heart trembled for the ark of God.
And when the man came into the city, and
told [it], all the city cried out."
1 Samuel 4:14 "And when Eli heard the noise
of the crying, he said, What [meaneth] the
noise of this tumult? And the man came in
hastily, and told Eli."
1 Samuel 4:15 "Now Eli was ninety and eight
years old; and his eyes were dim, that he
could not see."
1 Samuel 4:16 "And the man said unto Eli, I
[am] he that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said,
What is there done, my son?"
1 Samuel 4:17 "And the messenger answered
and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a
great slaughter among the people, and thy
two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are
dead, and the ark of God is taken."
1 Samuel 4:18 "And it came to pass, when he
made mention of the ark of God, that he
fell from off the seat backward by the side
of the gate, and his neck brake, and he
died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And
he had judged Israel forty years."
1 Samuel 4:19 "And his daughter in law,
Phinehas' wife, was with child, [near] to
be delivered: and when she heard the
tidings that the ark of God was taken, and
that her father in law and her husband were
dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for
her pains came upon her."
1 Samuel 4:20 "And about the time of her
death the women that stood by her said unto
her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son.
But she answered not, neither did she
regard [it]."
1 Samuel 4:21 "And she named the child
Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from
Israel: because the ark of God was taken,
and because of her father in law and her
husband."
1 Samuel 4:22 "And she said, The glory is
departed from Israel: for the ark of God is
taken."
1 Samuel 5
1 Samuel Chapter 5
1 Samuel 5:1 "And the Philistines took the
ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer
unto Ashdod."
1 Samuel 5:2 "When the Philistines took the
ark of God, they brought it into the house
of Dagon, and set it by Dagon."
1 Samuel 5:3 "And when they of Ashdod arose
early on the morrow, behold, Dagon [was]
fallen upon his face to the earth before
the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon,
and set him in his place again."
1 Samuel 5:4 "And when they arose early on
the morrow morning, behold, Dagon [was]
fallen upon his face to the ground before
the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon
and both the palms of his hands [were] cut
off upon the threshold; only [the stump of]
Dagon was left to him."
1 Samuel 5:5 "Therefore neither the priests
of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's
house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in
Ashdod unto this day."
1 Samuel 5:6 "But the hand of the LORD was
heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed
them, and smote them with emerods, [even]
Ashdod and the coasts thereof."
1 Samuel 5:7 "And when the men of Ashdod
saw that [it was] so, they said, The ark of
the God of Israel shall not abide with us:
for his hand is sore upon us, and upon
Dagon our god."
1 Samuel 5:8 "They sent therefore and
gathered all the lords of the Philistines
unto them, and said, What shall we do with
the ark of the God of Israel? And they
answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel
be carried about unto Gath. And they
carried the ark of the God of Israel about
[thither]."
1 Samuel 5:9 "And it was [so], that, after
they had carried it about, the hand of the
LORD was against the city with a very great
destruction: and he smote the men of the
city, both small and great, and they had
emerods in their secret parts."
1 Samuel 5:10 "Therefore they sent the ark
of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as
the ark of God came to Ekron, that the
Ekronites cried out, saying, They have
brought about the ark of the God of Israel
to us, to slay us and our people."
1 Samuel 5:11 "So they sent and gathered
together all the lords of the Philistines,
and said, Send away the ark of the God of
Israel, and let it go again to his own
place, that it slay us not, and our people:
for there was a deadly destruction
throughout all the city; the hand of God
was very heavy there."
1 Samuel 5:12 "And the men that died not
were smitten with the emerods: and the cry
of the city went up to heaven."
1 Samuel 6
1 Samuel Chapter 6
1 Samuel 6:1 "And the ark of the LORD was
in the country of the Philistines seven
months."
1 Samuel 6:2 "And the Philistines called
for the priests and the diviners, saying,
What shall we do to the ark of the LORD?
tell us wherewith we shall send it to his
place."
1 Samuel 6:3 "And they said, If ye send
away the ark of the God of Israel, send it
not empty; but in any wise return him a
trespass offering: then ye shall be healed,
and it shall be known to you why his hand
is not removed from you."
1 Samuel 6:4 "Then said they, What [shall
be] the trespass offering which we shall
return to him? They answered, Five golden
emerods, and five golden mice, [according
to] the number of the lords of the
Philistines: for one plague [was] on you
all, and on your lords."
1 Samuel 6:5 "Wherefore ye shall make
images of your emerods, and images of your
mice that mar the land; and ye shall give
glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure
he will lighten his hand from off you, and
from off your gods, and from off your
land."
1 Samuel 6:6 "Wherefore then do ye harden
your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
hardened their hearts? when he had wrought
wonderfully among them, did they not let
the people go, and they departed?"
1 Samuel 6:7 "Now therefore make a new
cart, and take two milch kine, on which
there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine
to the cart, and bring their calves home
from them:"
1 Samuel 6:8 "And take the ark of the LORD,
and lay it upon the cart; and put the
jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a
trespass offering, in a coffer by the side
thereof; and send it away, that it may go."
1 Samuel 6:9 "And see, if it goeth up by
the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh,
[then] he hath done us this great evil: but
if not, then we shall know that [it is] not
his hand [that] smote us: it [was] a chance
[that] happened to us."
1 Samuel 6:10 "And the men did so; and took
two milch kine, and tied them to the cart,
and shut up their calves at home:"
1 Samuel 6:11 "And they laid the ark of the
LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the
mice of gold and the images of their
emerods."
1 Samuel 6:12 "And the kine took the
straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh,
[and] went along the highway, lowing as
they went, and turned not aside [to] the
right hand or [to] the left; and the lords
of the Philistines went after them unto the
border of Beth-shemesh."
1 Samuel 6:13 "And [they of] Beth-shemesh
[were] reaping their wheat harvest in the
valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and
saw the ark, and rejoiced to see [it]."
1 Samuel 6:14 "And the cart came into the
field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood
there, where [there was] a great stone: and
they clave the wood of the cart, and
offered the kine a burnt offering unto the
LORD."
1 Samuel 6:15 "And the Levites took down
the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that
[was] with it, wherein the jewels of gold
[were], and put [them] on the great stone:
and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt
offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the
same day unto the LORD."
1 Samuel 6:16 "And when the five lords of
the Philistines had seen [it], they
returned to Ekron the same day."
1 Samuel 6:17 "And these [are] the golden
emerods which the Philistines returned
[for] a trespass offering unto the LORD;
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon
one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;"
1 Samuel 6:18 "And the golden mice,
[according to] the number of all the cities
of the Philistines [belonging] to the five
lords, [both] of fenced cities, and of
country villages, even unto the great
[stone of] Abel, whereon they set down the
ark of the LORD: [which stone remaineth]
unto this day in the field of Joshua, the
Beth-shemite."
1 Samuel 6:19 "And he smote the men of
Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into
the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the
people fifty thousand and threescore and
ten men: and the people lamented, because
the LORD had smitten [many] of the people
with a great slaughter."
1 Samuel 6:20 "And the men of Beth-shemesh
said, Who is able to stand before this holy
LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from
us?"
1 Samuel 6:21 "And they sent messengers to
the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying,
The Philistines have brought again the ark
of the LORD; come ye down, [and] fetch it
up to you."
1 Samuel 7
1 Samuel Chapter 7
1 Samuel 7:1 "And the men of Kirjath-jearim
came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD,
and brought it into the house of Abinadab
in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son
to keep the ark of the LORD."
1 Samuel 7:2 "And it came to pass, while
the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the
time was long; for it was twenty years: and
all the house of Israel lamented after the
LORD."
1 Samuel 7:3 "And Samuel spake unto all the
house of Israel, saying, If ye do return
unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then]
put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth
from among you, and prepare your hearts
unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he
will deliver you out of the hand of the
Philistines."
1 Samuel 7:4 "Then the children of Israel
did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and
served the LORD only."
1 Samuel 7:5 "And Samuel said, Gather all
Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you
unto the LORD."
1 Samuel 7:6 "And they gathered together to
Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured [it] out
before the LORD, and fasted on that day,
and said there, We have sinned against the
LORD. And Samuel judged the children of
Israel in Mizpeh."
1 Samuel 7:7 "And when the Philistines
heard that the children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of
the Philistines went up against Israel. And
when the children of Israel heard [it],
they were afraid of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 7:8 "And the children of Israel
said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the
LORD our God for us, that he will save us
out of the hand of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 7:9 "And Samuel took a sucking
lamb, and offered [it for] a burnt offering
wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto
the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard
him."
1 Samuel 7:10 "And as Samuel was offering
up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew
near to battle against Israel: but the LORD
thundered with a great thunder on that day
upon the Philistines, and discomfited them;
and they were smitten before Israel."
1 Samuel 7:11 "And the men of Israel went
out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines,
and smote them, until [they came] under
Beth-car."
1 Samuel 7:12 "Then Samuel took a stone,
and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and
called the name of it Ebenezer, saying,
Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."
1 Samuel 7:13 "So the Philistines were
subdued, and they came no more into the
coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD
was against the Philistines all the days of
Samuel."
1 Samuel 7:14 "And the cities which the
Philistines had taken from Israel were
restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto
Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel
deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was peace between
Israel and the Amorites."
1 Samuel 7:15 "And Samuel judged Israel all
the days of his life."
1 Samuel 7:16 "And he went from year to
year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those
places."
1 Samuel 7:17 "And his return [was] to
Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there
he judged Israel; and there he built an
altar unto the LORD."
1 Samuel 8
1 Samuel Chapter 8
1 Samuel 8:1 "And it came to pass, when
Samuel was old, that he made his sons
judges over Israel."
1 Samuel 8:2 "Now the name of his firstborn
was Joel; and the name of his second,
Abiah: [they were] judges in Beer-sheba."
1 Samuel 8:3 "And his sons walked not in
his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and
took bribes, and perverted judgment."
1 Samuel 8:4 "Then all the elders of Israel
gathered themselves together, and came to
Samuel unto Ramah,"
1 Samuel 8:5 "And said unto him, Behold,
thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy
ways: now make us a king to judge us like
all the nations."
1 Samuel 8:6 "But the thing displeased
Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD."
1 Samuel 8:7 "And the LORD said unto
Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto thee: for
they have not rejected thee, but they have
rejected me, that I should not reign over
them."
1 Samuel 8:8 "According to all the works
which they have done since the day that I
brought them up out of Egypt even unto this
day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and
served other gods, so do they also unto
thee."
1 Samuel 8:9 "Now therefore hearken unto
their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly
unto them, and show them the manner of the
king that shall reign over them."
1 Samuel 8:10 "And Samuel told all the
words of the LORD unto the people that
asked of him a king."
1 Samuel 8:11 "And he said, This will be
the manner of the king that shall reign
over you: He will take your sons, and
appoint [them] for himself, for his
chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and
[some] shall run before his chariots."
1 Samuel 8:12 "And he will appoint him
captains over thousands, and captains over
fifties; and [will set them] to ear his
ground, and to reap his harvest, and to
make his instruments of war, and
instruments of his chariots."
1 Samuel 8:13 "And he will take your
daughters [to be] confectionaries, and [to
be] cooks, and [to be] bakers."
1 Samuel 8:14 "And he will take your
fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards, [even] the best [of them], and
give [them] to his servants."
1 Samuel 8:15 "And he will take the tenth
of your seed, and of your vineyards, and
give to his officers, and to his servants."
1 Samuel 8:16 "And he will take your
menservants, and your maidservants, and
your goodliest young men, and your asses,
and put [them] to his work."
1 Samuel 8:17 "He will take the tenth of
your sheep: and ye shall be his servants."
1 Samuel 8:18 "And ye shall cry out in that
day because of your king which ye shall
have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear
you in that day."
1 Samuel 8:19 "Nevertheless the people
refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and
they said, Nay; but we will have a king
over us;"
1 Samuel 8:20 "That we also may be like all
the nations; and that our king may judge
us, and go out before us, and fight our
battles."
1 Samuel 8:21 "And Samuel heard all the
words of the people, and he rehearsed them
in the ears of the LORD."
1 Samuel 9
1 Samuel Chapter 9
1 Samuel 9:1 "Now there was a man of
Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of
Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of
Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite,
a mighty man of power."
1 Samuel 9:2 "And he had a son, whose name
[was] Saul, a choice young man, and a
goodly: and [there was] not among the
children of Israel a goodlier person than
he: from his shoulders and upward [he was]
higher than any of the people."
1 Samuel 9:3 "And the asses of Kish Saul's
father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his
son, Take now one of the servants with
thee, and arise, go seek the asses."
1 Samuel 9:4 "And he passed through mount
Ephraim, and passed through the land of
Shalisha, but they found [them] not: then
they passed through the land of Shalim, and
[there they were] not: and he passed
through the land of the Benjamites, but
they found [them] not."
1 Samuel 9:5 "[And] when they were come to
the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant
that [was] with him, Come, and let us
return; lest my father leave [caring] for
the asses, and take thought for us."
1 Samuel 9:6 "And he said unto him, Behold
now, [there is] in this city a man of God,
and [he is] an honorable man; all that he
saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go
thither; peradventure he can show us our
way that we should go."
1 Samuel 9:7 "Then said Saul to his
servant, But behold, [if] we go, what shall
we bring the man? for the bread is spent in
our vessels, and [there is] not a present
to bring to the man of God: what have we?"
1 Samuel 9:8 "And the servant answered Saul
again, and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver:
[that] will I give to the man of God, to
tell us our way."
1 Samuel 9:9 "(Beforetime in Israel, when a
man went to inquire of God, thus he spake,
Come, and let us go to the seer: for [he
that is] now [called] a Prophet was
beforetime called a Seer.)"
1 Samuel 9:10 "Then said Saul to his
servant, Well said; come, let us go. So
they went unto the city where the man of
God [was]."
1 Samuel 9:11 "[And] as they went up the
hill to the city, they found young maidens
going out to draw water, and said unto
them, Is the seer here?"
1 Samuel 9:12 "And they answered them, and
said, He is; behold, [he is] before you:
make haste now, for he came to day to the
city; for [there is] a sacrifice of the
people today in the high place:"
1 Samuel 9:13 "As soon as ye be come into
the city, ye shall straightway find him,
before he go up to the high place to eat:
for the people will not eat until he come,
because he doth bless the sacrifice; [and]
afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now
therefore get you up; for about this time
ye shall find him."
1 Samuel 9:14 "And they went up into the
city: [and] when they were come into the
city, behold, Samuel came out against them,
for to go up to the high place."
1 Samuel 9:15 "Now the LORD had told Samuel
in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,"
1 Samuel 9:16 "To morrow about this time I
will send thee a man out of the land of
Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be]
captain over my people Israel, that he may
save my people out of the hand of the
Philistines: for I have looked upon my
people, because their cry is come unto me."
1 Samuel 9:17 "And when Samuel saw Saul,
the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom
I spake to thee of! this same shall reign
over my people."
1 Samuel 9:18 "Then Saul drew near to
Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I
pray thee, where the seer's house [is]."
1 Samuel 9:19 "And Samuel answered Saul,
and said, I [am] the seer: go up before me
unto the high place; for ye shall eat with
me today, and tomorrow I will let thee go,
and will tell thee all that [is] in thine
heart."
1 Samuel 9:20 "And as for thine asses that
were lost three days ago, set not thy mind
on them; for they are found. And on whom
[is] all the desire of Israel? [Is it] not
on thee, and on all thy father's house?"
1 Samuel 9:21 "And Saul answered and said,
[Am] not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of
the tribes of Israel? and my family the
least of all the families of the tribe of
Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so
to me?"
1 Samuel 9:22 "And Samuel took Saul and his
servant, and brought them into the parlor,
and made them sit in the chiefest place
among them that were bidden, which [were]
about thirty persons."
1 Samuel 9:23 "And Samuel said unto the
cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee,
of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee."
1 Samuel 9:24 "And the cook took up the
shoulder, and [that] which [was] upon it,
and set [it] before Saul. And [Samuel]
said, Behold that which is left! set [it]
before thee, [and] eat: for unto this time
hath it been kept for thee since I said, I
have invited the people. So Saul did eat
with Samuel that day."
1 Samuel 9:25 "And when they were come down
from the high place into the city, [Samuel]
communed with Saul upon the top of the
house."
1 Samuel 9:26 "And they arose early: and it
came to pass about the spring of the day,
that Samuel called Saul to the top of the
house, saying, Up, that I may send thee
away. And Saul arose, and they went out
both of them, he and Samuel, abroad."
1 Samuel 9:27 "[And] as they were going
down to the end of the city, Samuel said to
Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us,
(and he passed on,) but stand thou still a
while, that I may show thee the word of
God."
1 Samuel 10
1 Samuel Chapter 10
1 Samuel 10:1 "Then Samuel took a vial of
oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and
kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because
the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain
over his inheritance?"
1 Samuel 10:2 "When thou art departed from
me to day, then thou shalt find two men by
Rachel's sepulcher in the border of
Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto
thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek
are found: and, lo, thy father hath left
the care of the asses, and sorroweth for
you, saying, What shall I do for my son?"
1 Samuel 10:3 "Then shalt thou go on
forward from thence, and thou shalt come to
the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet
thee three men going up to God to Beth-el,
one carrying three kids, and another
carrying three loaves of bread, and another
carrying a bottle of wine:"
1 Samuel 10:4 "And they will salute thee,
and give thee two [loaves] of bread; which
thou shalt receive of their hands."
1 Samuel 10:5 "After that thou shalt come
to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall come to
pass, when thou art come thither to the
city, that thou shalt meet a company of
prophets coming down from the high place
with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe,
and a harp, before them; and they shall
prophesy:"
1 Samuel 10:6 "And the spirit of the LORD
will come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be turned
into another man."
1 Samuel 10:7 "And let it be, when these
signs are come unto thee, [that] thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God [is] with
thee."
1 Samuel 10:8 "And thou shalt go down
before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will
come down unto thee, to offer burnt
offerings, [and] to sacrifice sacrifices of
peace offerings: seven days shalt thou
tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee
what thou shalt do."
1 Samuel 10:9 "And it was [so], that when
he had turned his back to go from Samuel,
God gave him another heart: and all those
signs came to pass that day."
1 Samuel 10:10 "And when they came thither
to the hill, behold, a company of prophets
met him; and the spirit of God came upon
him, and he prophesied among them."
1 Samuel 10:11 "And it came to pass, when
all that knew him beforetime saw that,
behold, he prophesied among the prophets,
then the people said one to another, What
[is] this [that] is come unto the son of
Kish? [Is] Saul also among the prophets?"
1 Samuel 10:12 "And one of the same place
answered and said, But who [is] their
father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is]
Saul also among the prophets?"
1 Samuel 10:13 "And when he had made an end
of prophesying, he came to the high place."
1 Samuel 10:14 "And Saul's uncle said unto
him and to his servant, Whither went ye?
And he said, To seek the asses: and when we
saw that [they were] no where, we came to
Samuel."
1 Samuel 10:15 "And Saul's uncle said, Tell
me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto
you."
1 Samuel 10:16 "And Saul said unto his
uncle, He told us plainly that the asses
were found. But of the matter of the
kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him
not."
1 Samuel 10:17 "And Samuel called the
people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;"
1 Samuel 10:18 "And said unto the children
of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt,
and delivered you out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out of the hand of all
kingdoms, [and] of them that oppressed
you:"
1 Samuel 10:19 "And ye have this day
rejected your God, who himself saved you
out of all your adversities and your
tribulations; and ye have said unto him,
[Nay], but set a king over us. Now
therefore present yourselves before the
LORD by your tribes, and by your
thousands."
1 Samuel 10:20 "And when Samuel had caused
all the tribes of Israel to come near, the
tribe of Benjamin was taken."
1 Samuel 10:21 "When he had caused the
tribe of Benjamin to come near by their
families, the family of Matri was taken,
and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and
when they sought him, he could not be
found."
1 Samuel 10:22 "Therefore they inquired of
the LORD further, if the man should yet
come thither. And the LORD answered,
Behold, he hath hid himself among the
stuff."
1 Samuel 10:23 "And they ran and fetched
him thence: and when he stood among the
people, he was higher than any of the
people from his shoulders and upward."
1 Samuel 10:24 "And Samuel said to all the
people, See ye him whom the LORD hath
chosen, that [there is] none like him among
all the people? And all the people shouted,
and said, God save the king."
1 Samuel 10:25 "Then Samuel told the people
the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it]
in a book, and laid [it] up before the
LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away,
every man to his house."
1 Samuel 10:26 "And Saul also went home to
Gibeah; and there went with him a band of
men, whose hearts God had touched."
1 Samuel 10:27 "But the children of Belial
said, How shall this man save us? And they
despised him, and brought him no presents.
But he held his peace."
1 Samuel 11
1 Samuel Chapter 11
1 Samuel 11:1 "Then Nahash the Ammonite
came up, and encamped against
Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh
said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us,
and we will serve thee."
1 Samuel 11:2 "And Nahash the Ammonite
answered them, On this [condition] will I
make [a covenant] with you, that I may
thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it
[for] a reproach upon all Israel."
1 Samuel 11:3 "And the elders of Jabesh
said unto him, Give us seven days' respite,
that we may send messengers unto all the
coasts of Israel: and then, if [there be]
no man to save us, we will come out to
thee."
1 Samuel 11:4 "Then came the messengers to
Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the
ears of the people: and all the people
lifted up their voices, and wept."
1 Samuel 11:5 "And, behold, Saul came after
the herd out of the field; and Saul said,
What [aileth] the people that they weep?
And they told him the tidings of the men of
Jabesh."
1 Samuel 11:6 "And the spirit of God came
upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and
his anger was kindled greatly."
1 Samuel 11:7 "And he took a yoke of oxen,
and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them]
throughout all the coasts of Israel by the
hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever
cometh not forth after Saul and after
Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen.
And the fear of the LORD fell on the
people, and they came out with one
consent."
1 Samuel 11:8 "And when he numbered them in
Bezek, the children of Israel were three
hundred thousand, and the men of Judah
thirty thousand."
1 Samuel 11:9 "And they said unto the
messengers that came, Thus shall ye say
unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by
[that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have
help. And the messengers came and showed
[it] to the men of Jabesh; and they were
glad."
1 Samuel 11:10 "Therefore the men of Jabesh
said, Tomorrow we will come out unto you,
and ye shall do with us all that seemeth
good unto you."
1 Samuel 11:11 "And it was [so] on the
morrow, that Saul put the people in three
companies; and they came into the midst of
the host in the morning watch, and slew the
Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it
came to pass, that they which remained were
scattered, so that two of them were not
left together."`
1 Samuel 11:12 "And the people said unto
Samuel, Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul
reign over us? bring the men, that we may
put them to death."
1 Samuel 11:13 "And Saul said, There shall
not a man be put to death this day: for
today the LORD hath wrought salvation in
Israel."
1 Samuel 11:14 "Then said Samuel to the
people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and
renew the kingdom there."
1 Samuel 11:15 "And all the people went to
Gilgal; and there they made Saul king
before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they
sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings
before the LORD; and there Saul and all the
men of Israel rejoiced greatly."
1 Samuel 12
1 Samuel Chapter 12
1 Samuel 12:1 "And Samuel said unto all
Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your
voice in all that ye said unto me, and have
made a king over you."
1 Samuel 12:2 "And now, behold, the king
walketh before you: and I am old and
grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with
you: and I have walked before you from my
childhood unto this day."
1 Samuel 12:3 "Behold, here I [am]: witness
against me before the LORD, and before his
anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose
ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded?
whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand
have I received [any] bribe to blind mine
eyes therewith? and I will restore it you."
1 Samuel 12:4 "And they said, Thou hast not
defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither
hast thou taken ought of any man's hand."
1 Samuel 12:5 "And he said unto them, The
LORD [is] witness against you, and his
anointed [is] witness this day, that ye
have not found ought in my hand. And they
answered, [He is] witness."
1 Samuel 12:6 "And Samuel said unto the
people, [It is] the LORD that advanced
Moses and Aaron, and that brought your
fathers up out of the land of Egypt."
1 Samuel 12:7 "Now therefore stand still,
that I may reason with you before the LORD
of all the righteous acts of the LORD,
which he did to you and to your fathers."
1 Samuel 12:8 "When Jacob was come into
Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the
LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron,
which brought forth your fathers out of
Egypt, and made them dwell in this place."
1 Samuel 12:9 "And when they forgat the
LORD their God, he sold them into the hand
of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor,
and into the hand of the Philistines, and
into the hand of the king of Moab, and they
fought against them."
1 Samuel 12:10 "And they cried unto the
LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we
have forsaken the LORD, and have served
Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us
out of the hand of our enemies, and we will
serve thee."
1 Samuel 12:11 "And the LORD sent
Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and
Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand
of your enemies on every side, and ye
dwelled safe."
1 Samuel 12:12 "And when ye saw that Nahash
the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a
king shall reign over us: when the LORD
your God [was] your king."
1 Samuel 12:13 "Now therefore behold the
king whom ye have chosen, [and] whom ye
have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath
set a king over you."
1 Samuel 12:14 "If ye will fear the LORD,
and serve him, and obey his voice, and not
rebel against the commandment of the LORD,
then shall both ye and also the king that
reigneth over you continue following the
LORD your God:"
1 Samuel 12:15 "But if ye will not obey the
voice of the LORD, but rebel against the
commandment of the LORD, then shall the
hand of the LORD be against you, as [it
was] against your fathers."
1 Samuel 12:16 "Now therefore stand and see
this great thing, which the LORD will do
before your eyes."
1 Samuel 12:17 "[Is it] not wheat harvest
today? I will call unto the LORD, and he
shall send thunder and rain; that ye may
perceive and see that your wickedness [is]
great, which ye have done in the sight of
the LORD, in asking you a king."
1 Samuel 12:18 "So Samuel called unto the
LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared
the LORD and Samuel."
1 Samuel 12:19 "And all the people said
unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the
LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have
added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask
us a king."
1 Samuel 12:20 "And Samuel said unto the
people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from
following the LORD, but serve the LORD with
all your heart;"
1 Samuel 12:21 "And turn ye not aside: for
[then should ye go] after vain [things],
which cannot profit nor deliver; for they
[are] vain."
1 Samuel 12:22 "For the LORD will not
forsake his people for his great name's
sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to
make you his people."
1 Samuel 12:23 "Moreover as for me, God
forbid that I should sin against the LORD
in ceasing to pray for you: but I will
teach you the good and the right way:"
1 Samuel 12:24 "Only fear the LORD, and
serve him in truth with all your heart; for
consider how great [things] he hath done
for you."
1 Samuel 12:25 "But if ye shall still do
wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and
your king."
1 Samuel 13
1 Samuel Chapter 13
1 Samuel 13:1 "Saul reigned one year; and
when he had reigned two years over Israel,"
1 Samuel 13:2 "Saul chose him three
thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two
thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in
mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with
Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the
rest of the people he sent every man to his
tent."
1 Samuel 13:3 "And Jonathan smote the
garrison of the Philistines that [was] in
Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it].
And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all
the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear."
1 Samuel 13:4 "And all Israel heard say
[that] Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and [that] Israel also was had
in abomination with the Philistines. And
the people were called together after Saul
to Gilgal."
1 Samuel 13:5 "And the Philistines gathered
themselves together to fight with Israel,
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand
horsemen, and people as the sand which [is]
on the sea shore in multitude: and they
came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward
from Beth-aven."
1 Samuel 13:6 "When the men of Israel saw
that they were in a strait, (for the people
were distressed,) then the people did hide
themselves in caves, and in thickets, and
in rocks, and in high places, and in pits."
1 Samuel 13:7 "And [some of] the Hebrews
went over Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead. As for Saul, he [was] yet in
Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling."
1 Samuel 13:8 "And he tarried seven days,
according to the set time that Samuel [had
appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal;
and the people were scattered from him."
1 Samuel 13:9 "And Saul said, Bring hither
a burnt offering to me, and peace
offerings. And he offered the burnt
offering."
1 Samuel 13:10 "And it came to pass, that
as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came;
and Saul went out to meet him, that he
might salute him."
1 Samuel 13:11 "And Samuel said, What hast
thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw
that the people were scattered from me, and
[that] thou camest not within the days
appointed, and [that] the Philistines
gathered themselves together at Michmash;"
1 Samuel 13:12 "Therefore said I, The
Philistines will come down now upon me to
Gilgal, and I have not made supplication
unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore,
and offered a burnt offering."
1 Samuel 13:13 "And Samuel said to Saul,
Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not
kept the commandment of the LORD thy God,
which he commanded thee: for now would the
LORD have established thy kingdom upon
Israel for ever."
1 Samuel 13:14 "But now thy kingdom shall
not continue: the LORD hath sought him a
man after his own heart, and the LORD hath
commanded him [to be] captain over his
people, because thou hast not kept [that]
which the LORD commanded thee."
1 Samuel 13:15 "And Samuel arose, and gat
him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
And Saul numbered the people [that were]
present with him, about six hundred men."
1 Samuel 13:16 "And Saul, and Jonathan his
son, and the people [that were] present
with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but
the Philistines encamped in Michmash."
1 Samuel 13:17 "And the spoilers came out
of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way
[that leadeth to] Ophrah, unto the land of
Shual:"
1 Samuel 13:18 "And another company turned
the way [to] Beth-horon: and another
company turned [to] the way of the border
that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward
the wilderness."
1 Samuel 13:19 "Now there was no smith
found throughout all the land of Israel:
for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews
make [them] swords or spears:"
1 Samuel 13:20 "But all the Israelites went
down to the Philistines, to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his
axe, and his mattock."
1 Samuel 13:21 "Yet they had a file for the
mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the
forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the
goads."
1 Samuel 13:22 "So it came to pass in the
day of battle, that there was neither sword
nor spear found in the hand of any of the
people that [were] with Saul and Jonathan:
but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was
there found."
1 Samuel 13:23 "And the garrison of the
Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash."
1 Samuel 14
1 Samuel Chapter 14
1 Samuel 14:1 "Now
it came to pass
upon a day, that
Jonathan the son of
Saul said unto the
young man that bare
his armor, Come,
and let us go over
to the Philistines'
garrison, that [is]
on the other side.
But he told not his
father."
1 Samuel 14:2 "And
Saul tarried in the
uttermost part of
Gibeah under a
pomegranate tree
which [is] in
Migron: and the
people that [were]
with him [were]
about six hundred
men;"
1 Samuel 14:3 "And
Ahiah, the son of
Ahitub, Ichabod's
brother, the son of
Phinehas, the son
of Eli, the LORD'S
priest in Shiloh,
wearing an ephod.
And the people knew
not that Jonathan
was gone."
1 Samuel 14:4 "And
between the
passages, by which
Jonathan sought to
go over unto the
Philistines'
garrison, [there
was] a sharp rock
on the one side,
and a sharp rock on
the other side: and
the name of the one
[was] Bozez, and
the name of the
other Seneh."
1 Samuel 14:5 "The
forefront of the
one [was] situate
northward over
against Michmash,
and the other
southward over
against Gibeah."
1 Samuel 14:6 "And
Jonathan said to
the young man that
bare his armor,
Come, and let us go
over unto the
garrison of these
uncircumcised: it
may be that the
LORD will work for
us: for [there is]
no restraint to the
LORD to save by
many or by few."
1 Samuel 14:7 "And
his armor-bearer
said unto him, Do
all that [is] in
thine heart: turn
thee; behold, I
[am] with thee
according to thy
heart."
1 Samuel 14:8 "Then
said Jonathan,
Behold, we will
pass over unto
[these] men, and we
will discover
ourselves unto
them."
1 Samuel 14:9 "If
they say thus unto
us, Tarry until we
come to you; then
we will stand still
in our place, and
will not go up unto
them."
1 Samuel 14:10 "But
if they say thus,
Come up unto us;
then we will go up:
for the LORD hath
delivered them into
our hand: and this
[shall be] a sign
unto us."
1 Samuel 14:11 "And
both of them
discovered
themselves unto the
garrison of the
Philistines: and
the Philistines
said, Behold, the
Hebrews come forth
out of the holes
where they had hid
themselves."
1 Samuel 14:12 "And
the men of the
garrison answered
Jonathan and his
armor-bearer, and
said, Come up to
us, and we will
show you a thing.
And Jonathan said
unto his
armor-bearer, Come
up after me: for
the LORD hath
delivered them into
the hand of
Israel."
1 Samuel 14:13 "And
Jonathan climbed up
upon his hands and
upon his feet, and
his armor-bearer
after him: and they
fell before
Jonathan; and his
armor-bearer slew
after him."
1 Samuel 14:14 "And
that first
slaughter, which
Jonathan and his
armor-bearer made,
was about twenty
men, within as it
were a half acre of
land, [which] a
yoke [of oxen might
plow]."
1 Samuel 14:15 "And
there was trembling
in the host, in the
field, and among
all the people: the
garrison, and the
spoilers, they also
trembled, and the
earth quaked: so it
was a very great
trembling."
1 Samuel 14:16 "And
the watchmen of
Saul in Gibeah of
Benjamin looked;
and, behold, the
multitude melted
away, and they went
on beating down
[one another]."
1 Samuel 14:17
"Then said Saul
unto the people
that [were] with
him, Number now,
and see who is gone
from us. And when
they had numbered,
behold, Jonathan
and his
armor-bearer [were]
not [there]."
1 Samuel 14:18 "And
Saul said unto
Ahiah, Bring hither
the ark of God. For
the ark of God was
at that time with
the children of
Israel."
1 Samuel 14:19 "And
it came to pass,
while Saul talked
unto the priest,
that the noise that
[was] in the host
of the Philistines
went on and
increased: and Saul
said unto the
priest, Withdraw
thine hand."
1 Samuel 14:20 "And
Saul and all the
people that [were]
with him assembled
themselves, and
they came to the
battle: and,
behold, every man's
sword was against
his fellow, [and
there was] a very
great
discomfiture."
1 Samuel 14:21
"Moreover the
Hebrews [that] were
with the
Philistines before
that time, which
went up with them
into the camp [from
the country] round
about, even they
also [turned] to be
with the Israelites
that [were] with
Saul and Jonathan."
1 Samuel 14:22
"Likewise all the
men of Israel which
had hid themselves
in mount Ephraim,
[when] they heard
that the
Philistines fled,
even they also
followed hard after
them in the
battle."
1 Samuel 14:23 "So
the LORD saved
Israel that day:
and the battle
passed over unto
Beth-aven."
1 Samuel 14:24 "And the men of Israel were
distressed that day: for Saul had adjured
the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man
that eateth [any] food until evening, that
I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none
of the people tasted [any] food."
1 Samuel 14:25 "And all [they of] the land
came to a wood; and there was honey upon
the ground."
1 Samuel 14:26 "And when the people were
come into the wood, behold, the honey
dropped; but no man put his hand to his
mouth: for the people feared the oath."
1 Samuel 14:27 "But Jonathan heard not when
his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the
rod that [was] in his hand, and dipped it
in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his
mouth; and his eyes were enlightened."
1 Samuel 14:28 "Then answered one of the
people, and said, Thy father straitly
charged the people with an oath, saying,
Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food
this day. And the people were faint."
1 Samuel 14:29 "Then said Jonathan, My
father hath troubled the land: see, I pray
you, how mine eyes have been enlightened,
because I tasted a little of this honey."
1 Samuel 14:30 "How much more, if haply the
people had eaten freely today of the spoil
of their enemies which they found? for had
there not been now a much greater slaughter
among the Philistines?"
1 Samuel 14:31 "And they smote the
Philistines that day from Michmash to
Aijalon: and the people were very faint."
1 Samuel 14:32 "And the people flew upon
the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and
calves, and slew [them] on the ground: and
the people did eat [them] with the blood."
1 Samuel 14:33 "Then they told Saul,
saying, Behold, the people sin against the
LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And
he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great
stone unto me this day."
1 Samuel 14:34 "And Saul said, Disperse
yourselves among the people, and say unto
them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and
every man his sheep, and slay [them] here,
and eat; and sin not against the LORD in
eating with the blood. And all the people
brought every man his ox with him that
night, and slew [them] there."
1 Samuel 14:35 "And Saul built an altar
unto the LORD: the same was the first altar
that he built unto the LORD."
1 Samuel 14:36 "And Saul said, Let us go
down after the Philistines by night, and
spoil them until the morning light, and let
us not leave a man of them. And they said,
Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then
said the priest, Let us draw near hither
unto God."
1 Samuel 14:37 "And Saul asked counsel of
God, Shall I go down after the Philistines?
wilt thou deliver them into the hand of
Israel? But he answered him not that day."
1 Samuel 14:38 "And Saul said, Draw ye near
hither, all the chief of the people: and
know and see wherein this sin hath been
this day."
1 Samuel 14:39 "For, [as] the LORD liveth,
which saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But
[there was] not a man among all the people
[that] answered him."
1 Samuel 14:40 "Then said he unto all
Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and
Jonathan my son will be on the other side.
And the people said unto Saul, Do what
seemeth good unto thee."
1 Samuel 14:41 "Therefore Saul said unto
the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect
[lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken:
but the people escaped."
1 Samuel 14:42 "And Saul said, Cast [lots]
between me and Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was taken."
1 Samuel 14:43 "Then Saul said to Jonathan,
Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan
told him, and said, I did but taste a
little honey with the end of the rod that
[was] in mine hand, [and], lo, I must die."
1 Samuel 14:44 "And Saul answered, God do
so and more also: for thou shalt surely
die, Jonathan."
1 Samuel 14:45 "And the people said unto
Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought
this great salvation in Israel? God forbid:
[as] the LORD liveth, there shall not one
hair of his head fall to the ground; for he
hath wrought with God this day. So the
people rescued Jonathan, that he died not."
1 Samuel 14:46 "Then Saul went up from
following the Philistines: and the
Philistines went to their own place."
1 Samuel 14:47 "So Saul took the kingdom
over Israel, and fought against all his
enemies on every side, against Moab, and
against the children of Ammon, and against
Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and
against the Philistines: and whithersoever
he turned himself, he vexed [them]."
1 Samuel 14:48 "And he gathered a host, and
smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of them that spoiled
them."
1 Samuel 14:49 "Now the sons of Saul were
Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and
the names of his two daughters [were
these]; the name of the firstborn Merab,
and the name of the younger Michal:"
1 Samuel 14:50 And the name of Saul's wife
[was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and
the name of the captain of his host [was]
Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
1 Samuel 14:51 "And Kish [was] the father
of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was]
the son of Abiel."
1 Samuel 14:52 "And there was sore war
against the Philistines all the days of
Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or
any valiant man, he took him unto him."
1 Samuel 15
1 Samuel Chapter 15
1 Samuel 15:1 "Samuel also said unto Saul,
The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be]
king over his people, over Israel: now
therefore hearken thou unto the voice of
the words of the LORD."
1 Samuel 15:2 "Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did
to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in
the way, when he came up from Egypt."
1 Samuel 15:3 "Now go and smite Amalek, and
utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but slay both man and
woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep,
camel and ass."
1 Samuel 15:4 "And Saul gathered the people
together, and numbered them in Telaim, two
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand
men of Judah."
1 Samuel 15:5 "And Saul came to a city of
Amalek, and laid wait in the valley."
1 Samuel 15:6 "And Saul said unto the
Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you
with them: for ye showed kindness to all
the children of Israel, when they came up
out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from
among the Amalekites."
1 Samuel 15:7 "And Saul smote the
Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest
to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt."
1 Samuel 15:8 "And he took Agag the king of
the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed
all the people with the edge of the sword."
1 Samuel 15:9 "But Saul and the people
spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and
of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the
lambs, and all [that was] good, and would
not utterly destroy them: but every thing
[that was] vile and refuse, that they
destroyed utterly."
1 Samuel 15:10 "Then came the word of the
LORD unto Samuel, saying,"
1 Samuel 15:11 "It repenteth me that I have
set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned
back from following me, and hath not
performed my commandments. And it grieved
Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all
night."
1 Samuel 15:12 "And when Samuel rose early
to meet Saul in the morning, it was told
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and,
behold, he set him up a place, and is gone
about, and passed on, and gone down to
Gilgal."
1 Samuel 15:13 "And Samuel came to Saul:
and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou
of the LORD: I have performed the
commandment of the LORD."
1 Samuel 15:14 "And Samuel said, What
[meaneth] then this bleating of the sheep
in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen
which I hear?"
1 Samuel 15:15 "And Saul said, They have
brought them from the Amalekites: for the
people spared the best of the sheep and of
the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy
God; and the rest we have utterly
destroyed."
1 Samuel 15:16 "Then Samuel said unto Saul,
Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD
hath said to me this night. And he said
unto him, Say on."
1 Samuel 15:17 "And Samuel said, When thou
[wast] little in thine own sight, [wast]
thou not [made] the head of the tribes of
Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king
over Israel?"
1 Samuel 15:19 "Wherefore then didst thou
not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the
sight of the LORD?"
1 Samuel 15:20 "And Saul said unto Samuel,
Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD,
and have gone the way which the LORD sent
me, and have brought Agag the king of
Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the
Amalekites."
1 Samuel 15:21 "But the people took of the
spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly
destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy
God in Gilgal."
1 Samuel 15:22 "And Samuel said, Hath the
LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of
the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than
sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of
rams."
1 Samuel 15:23 "For rebellion [is as] the
sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as]
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also
rejected thee from [being] king."
1 Samuel 15:24 "And Saul said unto Samuel,
I have sinned: for I have transgressed the
commandment of the LORD, and thy words:
because I feared the people, and obeyed
their voice."
1 Samuel 15:25 "Now therefore, I pray thee,
pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that
I may worship the LORD."
1 Samuel 15:26 "And Samuel said unto Saul,
I will not return with thee: for thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD
hath rejected thee from being king over
Israel."
1 Samuel 15:27 "And as Samuel turned about
to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of
his mantle, and it rent."
1 Samuel 15:28 "And Samuel said unto him,
The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel
from thee this day, and hath given it to a
neighbor of thine, [that is] better than
thou."
1 Samuel 15:29 "And also the Strength of
Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is]
not a man, that he should repent."
1 Samuel 15:30 "Then he said, I have
sinned: [yet] honor me now, I pray thee,
before the elders of my people, and before
Israel, and turn again with me, that I may
worship the LORD thy God."
1 Samuel 15:31 "So Samuel turned again
after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD."
1 Samuel 15:32 "Then said Samuel, Bring ye
hither to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And Agag came unto him
delicately. And Agag said, Surely the
bitterness of death is past."
1 Samuel 15:33 "And Samuel said, As thy
sword hath made women childless, so shall
thy mother be childless among women. And
Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD
in Gilgal."
1 Samuel 15:34 "Then Samuel went to Ramah;
and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of
Saul."
1 Samuel 15:35 "And Samuel came no more to
see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and
the LORD repented that he had made Saul
king over Israel."
1 Samuel 16
1 Samuel Chapter 16
1 Samuel 16:1 "And the LORD said unto
Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,
seeing I have rejected him from reigning
over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and
go, I will send thee to Jesse the
Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a
king among his sons."
1 Samuel 16:2 "And Samuel said, How can I
go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And
the LORD said, Take a heifer with thee, and
say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD."
1 Samuel 16:3 "And call Jesse to the
sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou
shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me
[him] whom I name unto thee."
1 Samuel 16:4 "And Samuel did that which
the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And
the elders of the town trembled at his
coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?"
Samuel 16:5 "And he said, Peaceably: I am
come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify
yourselves, and come with me to the
sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his
sons, and called them to the sacrifice."
1 Samuel 16:6 "And it came to pass, when
they were come, that he looked on Eliab,
and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed [is]
before him."
1 Samuel 16:7 "But the LORD said unto
Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on
the height of his stature; because I have
refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as
man seeth; for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the LORD looketh on the
heart."
1 Samuel 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab,
and made him pass before Samuel. And he
said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel 16:9 "Then Jesse made Shammah to
pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD
chosen this."
1 Samuel 16:10 "Again, Jesse made seven of
his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen
these."
1 Samuel 16:11 "And Samuel said unto Jesse,
Are here all [thy] children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and,
behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we
will not sit down till he come hither."
1 Samuel 16:12 "And he sent, and brought
him in. Now he [was] ruddy, [and] withal of
a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look
to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him:
for this [is] he."
1 Samuel 16:13 "Then Samuel took the horn
of oil, and anointed him in the midst of
his brethren: and the spirit of the LORD
came upon David from that day forward. So
Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah."
1 Samuel 16:14 "But the spirit of the LORD
departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from
the LORD troubled him."
1 Samuel 16:15 "And Saul's servants said
unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from
God troubleth thee."
1 Samuel 16:16 "Let our lord now command
thy servants, [which are] before thee, to
seek out a man, [who is] a cunning player
on a harp: and it shall come to pass, when
the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that
he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt
be well."
1 Samuel 16:17 "And Saul said unto his
servants, Provide me now a man that can
play well, and bring [him] to me."
1 Samuel 16:18 "Then answered one of the
servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a
son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, [that is]
cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant
man, and a man of war, and prudent in
matters, and a comely person, and the LORD
[is] with him."
1 Samuel 16:19 "Wherefore Saul sent
messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me
David thy son, which [is] with the sheep."
1 Samuel 16:20 "And Jesse took an ass
[laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine,
and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son
unto Saul."
1 Samuel 16:21 "And David came to Saul, and
stood before him: and he loved him greatly;
and he became his armour-bearer."
1 Samuel 16:22 "And Saul sent to Jesse,
saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand
before me; for he hath found favor in my
sight."
1 Samuel 16:23 "And it came to pass, when
the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul,
that David took a harp, and played with his
hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well,
and the evil spirit departed from him."
1 Samuel 17
1 Samuel Chapter 17
1 Samuel 17:1 "Now
the Philistines
gathered together
their armies to
battle, and were
gathered together
at Shochoh, which
[belongeth] to
Judah, and pitched
between Shochoh and
Azekah, in
Ephes-dammim."
1 Samuel 17:2 "And
Saul and the men of
Israel were
gathered together,
and pitched by the
valley of Elah, and
set the battle in
array against the
Philistines."
1 Samuel 17:3 "And
the Philistines
stood on a mountain
on the one side,
and Israel stood on
a mountain on the
other side: and
[there was] a
valley between
them."
1 Samuel 17:4 "And
there went out a
champion out of the
camp of the
Philistines, named
Goliath, of Gath,
whose height [was]
six cubits and a
span."
1 Samuel 17:5 "And
[he had] a helmet
of brass upon his
head, and he [was]
armed with a coat
of mail; and the
weight of the coat
[was] five thousand
shekels of brass."
1 Samuel 17:6 "And
[he had] greaves of
brass upon his
legs, and a target
of brass between
his shoulders."
1 Samuel 17:7 "And
the staff of his
spear [was] like a
weaver's beam; and
his spear's head
[weighed] six
hundred shekels of
iron: and one
bearing a shield
went before him."
1 Samuel 17:8 "And
he stood and cried
unto the armies of
Israel, and said
unto them, Why are
ye come out to set
[your] battle in
array? [am] not I a
Philistine, and ye
servants to Saul?
choose you a man
for you, and let
him come down to
me."
1 Samuel 17:9 "If
he be able to fight
with me, and to
kill me, then will
we be your
servants: but if I
prevail against
him, and kill him,
then shall ye be
our servants, and
serve us."
1 Samuel 17:10 "And
the Philistine
said, I defy the
armies of Israel
this day; give me a
man, that we may
fight together."
1 Samuel 17:11
"When Saul and all
Israel heard those
words of the
Philistine, they
were dismayed, and
greatly afraid."
1 Samuel 17:12 "Now
David [was] the son
of that Ephrathite
of
Beth-lehem-judah,
whose name [was]
Jesse; and he had
eight sons: and the
man went among men
[for] an old man in
the days of Saul."
1 Samuel 17:13 "And
the three eldest
sons of Jesse went
[and] followed Saul
to the battle: and
the names of his
three sons that
went to the battle
[were] Eliab the
firstborn, and next
unto him Abinadab,
and the third
Shammah."
1 Samuel 17:14 "And
David [was] the
youngest: and the
three eldest
followed Saul."
1 Samuel 17:15 "But
David went and
returned from Saul
to feed his
father's sheep at
Beth-lehem."
1 Samuel 17:16 "And
the Philistine drew
near morning and
evening, and
presented himself
forty days."
1 Samuel 17:17 "And
Jesse said unto
David his son, Take
now for thy
brethren an ephah
of this parched
[corn], and these
ten loaves, and run
to the camp to thy
brethren;"
1 Samuel 17:18 "And
carry these ten
cheeses unto the
captain of [their]
thousand, and look
how thy brethren
fare, and take
their pledge."
1 Samuel 17:19 "Now
Saul, and they, and
all the men of
Israel, [were] in
the valley of Elah,
fighting with the
Philistines."
1 Samuel 17:20 "And
David rose up early
in the morning, and
left the sheep with
a keeper, and took,
and went, as Jesse
had commanded him;
and he came to the
trench, as the host
was going forth to
the fight, and
shouted for the
battle."
1 Samuel 17:21 "For
Israel and the
Philistines had put
the battle in
array, army against
army."
1 Samuel 17:22 "And
David left his
carriage in the
hand of the keeper
of the carriage,
and ran into the
army, and came and
saluted his
brethren."
1 Samuel 17:23 "And
as he talked with
them, behold, there
came up the
champion, the
Philistine of Gath,
Goliath by name,
out of the armies
of the Philistines,
and spake according
to the same words:
and David heard
[them]."
1 Samuel 17:24 "And
all the men of
Israel, when they
saw the man, fled
from him, and were
sore afraid."
1 Samuel 17:25 "And
the men of Israel
said, Have ye seen
this man that is
come up? surely to
defy Israel is he
come up: and it
shall be, [that]
the man who killeth
him, the king will
enrich him with
great riches, and
will give him his
daughter, and make
his father's house
free in Israel."
1 Samuel 17:26 "And
David spake to the
men that stood by
him, saying, What
shall be done to
the man that
killeth this
Philistine, and
taketh away the
reproach from
Israel? for who
[is] this
uncircumcised
Philistine, that he
should defy the
armies of the
living God?"
1 Samuel 17:27 "And the people answered him
after this manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him."
1 Samuel 17:28 "And Eliab his eldest
brother heard when he spake unto the men;
and Eliab's anger was kindled against
David, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither? and with whom hast thou left those
few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy
pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart;
for thou art come down that thou mightest
see the battle."
1 Samuel 17:29 "And David said, What have I
now done? [Is there] not a cause?"
1 Samuel 17:30 "And he turned from him
toward another, and spake after the same
manner: and the people answered him again
after the former manner."
1 Samuel 17:31 "And when the words were
heard which David spake, they rehearsed
[them] before Saul: and he sent for him."
1 Samuel 17:32 "And David said to Saul, Let
no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this
Philistine."
1 Samuel 17:33 "And Saul said to David,
Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art
but] a youth, and he a man of war from his
youth."
1 Samuel 17:34 "And David said unto Saul,
Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and
there came a lion, and a bear, and took a
lamb out of the flock:"
1 Samuel 17:35 "And I went out after him,
and smote him, and delivered [it] out of
his mouth: and when he arose against me, I
caught [him] by his beard, and smote him,
and slew him."
1 Samuel 17:36 "Thy servant slew both the
lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing
he hath defied the armies of the living
God."
1 Samuel 17:37 "David said moreover, The
LORD that delivered me out of the paw of
the lion, and out of the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this
Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go,
and the LORD be with thee."
1 Samuel 17:38 "And Saul armed David with
his armor, and he put a helmet of brass
upon his head; also he armed him with a
coat of mail."
1 Samuel 17:39 "And David girded his sword
upon his armor, and he assayed to go; for
he had not proved [it]. And David said unto
Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have
not proved [them]. And David put them off
him."
1 Samuel 17:40 "And he took his staff in
his hand, and chose him five smooth stones
out of the brook, and put them in a
shepherd's bag which he had, even in a
scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and
he drew near to the Philistine."
1 Samuel 17:41 "And the Philistine came on
and drew near unto David; and the man that
bare the shield [went] before him."
1 Samuel 17:42 "And when the Philistine
looked about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy,
and of a fair countenance."
1 Samuel 17:43 "And the Philistine said
unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest
to me with staves? And the Philistine
cursed David by his gods."
1 Samuel 17:44 "And the Philistine said to
David, Come to me, and I will give thy
flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the
beasts of the field."
1 Samuel 17:45 "Then said David to the
Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a shield: but I
come to thee in the name of the LORD of
hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,
whom thou hast defied."
1 Samuel 17:46 "This day will the LORD
deliver thee into mine hand; and I will
smite thee, and take thine head from thee;
and I will give the carcases of the host of
the Philistines this day unto the fowls of
the air, and to the wild beasts of the
earth; that all the earth may know that
there is a God in Israel."
1 Samuel 17:47 "And all this assembly shall
know that the LORD saveth not with sword
and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD'S,
and he will give you into our hands."
1 Samuel 17:48 "And it came to pass, when
the Philistine arose, and came and drew
nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and
ran toward the army to meet the
Philistine."
1 Samuel 17:49 "And David put his hand in
his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang
[it], and smote the Philistine in his
forehead, that the stone sunk into his
forehead; and he fell upon his face to the
earth."
1 Samuel 17:50 "So David prevailed over the
Philistine with a sling and with a stone,
and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but
[there was] no sword in the hand of David."
1 Samuel 17:51 "Therefore David ran, and
stood upon the Philistine, and took his
sword, and drew it out of the sheath
thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head
therewith. And when the Philistines saw
their champion was dead, they fled."
1 Samuel 17:52 "And the men of Israel and
of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, until thou come to the
valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the
wounded of the Philistines fell down by the
way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto
Ekron."
1 Samuel 17:53 "And the children of Israel
returned from chasing after the
Philistines, and they spoiled their tents."
1 Samuel 17:54 "And David took the head of
the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his
tent."
1 Samuel 17:55 "And when Saul saw David go
forth against the Philistine, he said unto
Abner, the captain of the host, Abner,
whose son [is] this youth? And Abner said,
[As] thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot
tell."
1 Samuel 17:56 "And the king said, Inquire
thou whose son the stripling [is]."
1 Samuel 17:57 "And as David returned from
the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took
him, and brought him before Saul with the
head of the Philistine in his hand."
1 Samuel 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose
son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David
answered, I [am] the son of thy servant
Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
1 Samuel 18
1 Samuel Chapter 18
1 Samuel 18:1 "And it came to pass, when he
had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that
the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul
of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own
soul."
1 Samuel 18:2 "And Saul took him that day,
and would let him go no more home to his
father's house."
1 Samuel 18:3 "Then Jonathan and David made
a covenant, because he loved him as his own
soul."
1 Samuel 18:4 "And Jonathan stripped
himself of the robe that [was] upon him,
and gave it to David, and his garments,
even to his sword, and to his bow, and to
his girdle."
1 Samuel 18:5 "And David went out
whithersoever Saul sent him, [and ] behaved
himself wisely: and Saul set him over the
men of war, and he was accepted in the
sight of all the people, and also in the
sight of Saul's servants."
1 Samuel 18:6 "And it came to pass as they
came, when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, that the women
came out of all cities of Israel, singing
and dancing, to meet king Saul, with
tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of
music."
1 Samuel 18:7 "And the women answered [one
another] as they played, and said, Saul
hath slain his thousands, and David his ten
thousands."
1 Samuel 18:8 "And Saul was very wroth, and
the saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten
thousands, and to me they have ascribed
[but] thousands: and [what] can he have
more but the kingdom?"
1 Samuel 18:9 "And Saul eyed David from
that day and forward."
1 Samuel 18:10 "And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the evil spirit from God came
upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst
of the house: and David played with his
hand, as at other times: and [there was] a
javelin in Saul's hand."
1 Samuel 18:11 "And Saul cast the javelin;
for he said, I will smite David even to the
wall [with it]. And David avoided out of
his presence twice."
1 Samuel 18:12 "And Saul was afraid of
David, because the LORD was with him, and
was departed from Saul."
1 Samuel 18:13 "Therefore Saul removed him
from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in
before the people."
1 Samuel 18:14 "And David behaved himself
wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was]
with him."
1 Samuel 18:15 "Wherefore when Saul saw
that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him."
1 Samuel 18:16 "But all Israel and Judah
loved David, because he went out and came
in before them."
1 Samuel 18:17 "And Saul said to David,
Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I
give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for
me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul
said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but
let the hand of the Philistines be upon
him."
1 Samuel 18:18 "And David said unto Saul,
Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my
father's family in Israel, that I should be
son in law to the king?"
1 Samuel 18:19 "But it came to pass at the
time when Merab Saul's daughter should have
been given to David, that she was given
unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife."
1 Samuel 18:20 "And Michal Saul's daughter
loved David: and they told Saul, and the
thing pleased him."
1 Samuel 18:21 "And Saul said, I will give
him her, that she may be a snare to him,
and that the hand of the Philistines may be
against him. Wherefore Saul said to David,
Thou shalt this day be my son in law in
[the one of] the twain."
1 Samuel 18:22 "And Saul commanded his
servants, [saying], Commune with David
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath
delight in thee, and all his servants love
thee: now therefore be the king's son in
law."
1 Samuel 18:23 "And Saul's servants spake
those words in the ears of David. And David
said, Seemeth it to you [a] light [thing]
to be a king's son in law, seeing that I
[am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed?"
1 Samuel 18:24 "And the servants of Saul
told him, saying, On this manner spake
David."
1 Samuel 18:25 "And Saul said, Thus shall
ye say to David, The king desireth not any
dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the
Philistines, to be avenged of the king's
enemies. But Saul thought to make David
fall by the hand of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 18:26 "And when his servants told
David these words, it pleased David well to
be the king's son in law: and the days were
not expired."
1 Samuel 18:27 "Wherefore David arose and
went, he and his men, and slew of the
Philistines two hundred men; and David
brought their foreskins, and they gave them
in full tale to the king, that he might be
the king's son in law. And Saul gave him
Michal his daughter to wife."
1 Samuel 18:28 "And Saul saw and knew that
the LORD [was] with David, and [that]
Michal Saul's daughter loved him."
1 Samuel 18:29 "And Saul was yet the more
afraid of David; and Saul became David's
enemy continually."
1 Samuel 18:30 "Then the princes of the
Philistines went forth: and it came to
pass, after they went forth, [that] David
behaved himself more wisely than all the
servants of Saul; so that his name was much
set by."
1 Samuel 19
1 Samuel Chapter 19
1 Samuel 19:1 "And Saul spake to Jonathan
his son, and to all his servants, that they
should kill David."
1 Samuel 19:2 "But Jonathan Saul's son
delighted much in David: and Jonathan told
David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to
kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take
heed to thyself until the morning, and
abide in a secret [place], and hide
thyself:"
1 Samuel 19:3 "And I will go out and stand
beside my father in the field where thou
[art], and I will commune with my father of
thee; and what I see, that I will tell
thee."
1 Samuel 19:4 "And Jonathan spake good of
David unto Saul his father, and said unto
him, Let not the king sin against his
servant, against David; because he hath not
sinned against thee, and because his works
[have been] to thee-ward very good:"
1 Samuel 19:5 "For he did put his life in
his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the
LORD wrought a great salvation for all
Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst
rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin
against innocent blood, to slay David
without a cause?"
1 Samuel 19:6 "And Saul hearkened unto the
voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, [As] the
LORD liveth, he shall not be slain."
1 Samuel 19:7 "And Jonathan called David,
and Jonathan showed him all those things.
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he
was in his presence, as in times past."
1 Samuel 19:8 "And there was war again: and
David went out, and fought with the
Philistines, and slew them with a great
slaughter; and they fled from him."
1 Samuel 19:9 "And the evil spirit from the
LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house
with his javelin in his hand: and David
played with his hand.
1 Samuel 19:10 "And Saul sought to smite
David even to the wall with the javelin;
but he slipped away out of Saul's presence,
and he smote the javelin into the wall: and
David fled, and escaped that night."
1 Samuel 19:11 "Saul also sent messengers
unto David's house, to watch him, and to
slay him in the morning: and Michal David's
wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy
life to night, tomorrow thou shalt be
slain."
1 Samuel 19:12 "So Michal let David down
through a window: and he went, and fled,
and escaped."
1 Samuel 19:13 "And Michal took an image,
and laid [it] in the bed, and put a pillow
of goats' [hair] for his bolster, and
covered [it] with a cloth."
1 Samuel 19:14 "And when Saul sent
messengers to take David, she said, He [is]
sick."
1 Samuel 19:15 "And Saul sent the
messengers [again] to see David, saying,
Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may
slay him."
1 Samuel 19:16 "And when the messengers
were come in, behold, [there was] an image
in the bed, with a pillow of goats' [hair]
for his bolster."
1 Samuel 19:17 "And Saul said unto Michal,
Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away
mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal
answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go;
why should I kill thee?"
1 Samuel 19:18 "So David fled, and escaped,
and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him
all that Saul had done to him. And he and
Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth."
1 Samuel 19:19 "And it was told Saul,
saying, Behold, David [is] at Naioth in
Ramah."
1 Samuel 19:20 "And Saul sent messengers to
take David: and when they saw the company
of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel
standing [as] appointed over them, the
spirit of God was upon the messengers of
Saul, and they also prophesied."
1 Samuel 19:21 "And when it was told Saul,
he sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent
messengers again the third time, and they
prophesied also."
1 Samuel 19:22 "Then went he also to Ramah,
and came to a great well that [is] in
Sechu: and he asked and said, Where [are]
Samuel and David? And [one] said, Behold,
[they be] at Naioth in Ramah."
1 Samuel 19:23 "And he went thither to
Naioth in Ramah: and the spirit of God was
upon him also, and he went on, and
prophesied, until he came to Naioth in
Ramah."
1 Samuel 19:24 "And he stripped off his
clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel
in like manner, and lay down naked all that
day and all that night. Wherefore they say,
[Is] Saul also among the prophets?"
1 Samuel 20
1 Samuel Chapter 20
1 Samuel 20:1 "And
David fled from
Naioth in Ramah,
and came and said
before Jonathan,
What have I done?
what [is] mine
iniquity? and what
[is] my sin before
thy father, that he
seeketh my life?"
1 Samuel 20:2 "And
he said unto him,
God forbid; thou
shalt not die:
behold, my father
will do nothing
either great or
small, but that he
will show it me:
and why should my
father hide this
thing from me? it
[is] not [so]."
1 Samuel 20:3 "And
David sware
moreover, and said,
Thy father
certainly knoweth
that I have found
grace in thine
eyes; and he saith,
Let not Jonathan
know this, lest he
be grieved: but
truly [as] the LORD
liveth, and [as]
thy soul liveth,
[there is] but a
step between me and
death."
1 Samuel 20:4 "Then
said Jonathan unto
David, Whatsoever
thy soul desireth,
I will even do [it]
for thee."
1 Samuel 20:5 "And
David said unto
Jonathan, Behold,
tomorrow [is] the
new moon, and I
should not fail to
sit with the king
at meat: but let me
go, that I may hide
myself in the field
unto the third
[day] at even."
1 Samuel 20:6 "If
thy father at all
miss me, then say,
David earnestly
asked [leave] of me
that he might run
to Beth-lehem his
city: for [there
is] a yearly
sacrifice there for
all the family."
1 Samuel 20:7 "If
he say thus, [It
is] well; thy
servant shall have
peace: but if he be
very wroth, [then]
be sure that evil
is determined by
him."
1 Samuel 20:8
"Therefore thou
shalt deal kindly
with thy servant;
for thou hast
brought thy servant
into a covenant of
the LORD with thee:
notwithstanding, if
there be in me
iniquity, slay me
thyself; for why
shouldest thou
bring me to thy
father?"
1 Samuel 20:9 "And
Jonathan said, Far
be it from thee:
for if I knew
certainly that evil
were determined by
my father to come
upon thee, then
would not I tell it
thee?"
1 Samuel 20:10
"Then said David to
Jonathan, Who shall
tell me? or what
[if] thy father
answer thee
roughly?"
1 Samuel 20:11 "And
Jonathan said unto
David, Come, and
let us go out into
the field. And they
went out both of
them into the
field."
1 Samuel 20:12 "And
Jonathan said unto
David, O LORD God
of Israel, when I
have sounded my
father about
tomorrow any time,
[or] the third
[day], and, behold,
[if there be] good
toward David, and I
then send not unto
thee, and show it
thee;"
1 Samuel 20:13 "The
LORD do so and much
more to Jonathan:
but if it please my
father [to do] thee
evil, then I will
show it thee, and
send thee away,
that thou mayest go
in peace: and the
LORD be with thee,
as he hath been
with my father."
1 Samuel 20:14 "And
thou shalt not only
while yet I live
show me the
kindness of the
LORD, that I die
not:"
1 Samuel 20:15 "But
[also] thou shalt
not cut off thy
kindness from my
house for ever: no,
not when the LORD
hath cut off the
enemies of David
every one from the
face of the earth."
1 Samuel 20:16 "So
Jonathan made [a
covenant] with the
house of David,
[saying], Let the
LORD even require
[it] at the hand of
David's enemies."
1 Samuel 20:17 "And
Jonathan caused
David to swear
again, because he
loved him: for he
loved him as he
loved his own
soul."
1 Samuel 20:18
"Then Jonathan said
to David, Tomorrow
[is] the new moon:
and thou shalt be
missed, because thy
seat will be
empty."
1 Samuel 20:19 "And
[when] thou hast
stayed three days,
[then] thou shalt
go down quickly,
and come to the
place where thou
didst hide thyself
when the business
was [in hand], and
shalt remain by the
stone Ezel."
1 Samuel 20:20 "And
I will shoot three
arrows on the side
[thereof], as
though I shot at a
mark."
1 Samuel 20:21
"And, behold, I
will send a lad,
[saying], Go, find
out the arrows. If
I expressly say
unto the lad,
Behold, the arrows
[are] on this side
of thee, take them;
then come thou: for
[there is] peace to
thee, and no hurt;
[as] the LORD
liveth."
1 Samuel 20:22 "But
if I say thus unto
the young man,
Behold, the arrows
[are] beyond thee;
go thy way: for the
LORD hath sent thee
away."
1 Samuel 20:23 "And [as touching] the
matter which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, the LORD [be] between thee and me
for ever."
1 Samuel 20:24 "So David hid himself in the
field: and when the new moon was come, the
king sat him down to eat meat."
1 Samuel 20:25 "And the king sat upon his
seat, as at other times, [even] upon a seat
by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner
sat by Saul's side, and David's place was
empty."
1 Samuel 20:26 "Nevertheless Saul spake not
any thing that day: for he thought,
Something hath befallen him, he [is] not
clean; surely he [is] not clean."
1 Samuel 20:27 "And it came to pass on the
morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the
month, that David's place was empty: and
Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore
cometh not the son of Jesse to meat,
neither yesterday, nor today?"
1 Samuel 20:28 "And Jonathan answered Saul,
David earnestly asked [leave] of me [to go]
to Beth-lehem:"
1 Samuel 20:29 "And he said, Let me go, I
pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice
in the city; and my brother, he hath
commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I
have found favor in thine eyes, let me get
away, I pray thee, and see my brethren.
Therefore he cometh not unto the king's
table."
1 Samuel 20:30 "Then Saul's anger was
kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto
him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious
[woman], do not I know that thou hast
chosen the son of Jesse to thine own
confusion, and unto the confusion of thy
mother's nakedness?"
1 Samuel 20:31 "For as long as the son of
Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt
not be established, nor thy kingdom.
Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me,
for he shall surely die."
1 Samuel 20:32 "And Jonathan answered Saul
his father, and said unto him, Wherefore
shall he be slain? what hath he done?"
1 Samuel 20:33 "And Saul cast a javelin at
him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew
that it was determined of his father to
slay David."
1 Samuel 20:34 "So Jonathan arose from the
table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat
the second day of the month: for he was
grieved for David, because his father had
done him shame."
1 Samuel 20:35 "And it came to pass in the
morning, that Jonathan went out into the
field at the time appointed with David, and
a little lad with him."
1 Samuel 20:36 "And he said unto his lad,
Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot.
[And] as the lad ran, he shot an arrow
beyond him."
1 Samuel 20:37 "And when the lad was come
to the place of the arrow which Jonathan
had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and
said, [Is] not the arrow beyond thee?"
1 Samuel 20:38 "And Jonathan cried after
the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And
Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and
came to his master."
1 Samuel 20:39 "But the lad knew not any
thing: only Jonathan and David knew the
matter."
1 Samuel 20:40 "And Jonathan gave his
artillery unto his lad, and said unto him,
Go, carry [them] to the city."
1 Samuel 20:41 "[And] as soon as the lad
was gone, David arose out of [a place]
toward the south, and fell on his face to
the ground, and bowed himself three times:
and they kissed one another, and wept one
with another, until David exceeded."
1 Samuel 21
1 Samuel Chapter 21
1 Samuel 21:1 "Then came David to Nob to
Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was
afraid at the meeting of David, and said
unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man
with thee?"
1 Samuel 21:2 "And David said unto
Ahimelech the priest, The king hath
commanded me a business, and hath said unto
me, Let no man know any thing of the
business whereabout I send thee, and what I
have commanded thee: and I have appointed
[my] servants to such and such a place."
1 Samuel 21:3 "Now therefore what is under
thine hand? give [me] five [loaves of]
bread in mine hand, or what there is
present."
1 Samuel 21:4 "And the priest answered
David, and said, [There is] no common bread
under mine hand, but there is hallowed
bread; if the young men have kept
themselves at least from women."
1 Samuel 21:5 "And David answered the
priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women
[have been] kept from us about these three
days, since I came out, and the vessels of
the young men are holy, and [the bread is]
in a manner common, yea, though it were
sanctified this day in the vessel."
1 Samuel 21:6 "So the priest gave him
hallowed [bread]: for there was no bread
there but the showbread , that was taken
from before the LORD, to put hot bread in
the day when it was taken away."
1 Samuel 21:7 "Now a certain man of the
servants of Saul [was] there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name
[was] Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the
herdmen that [belonged] to Saul."
1 Samuel 21:8 "And David said unto
Ahimelech, And is there not here under
thine hand spear or sword? for I have
neither brought my sword nor my weapons
with me, because the king's business
required haste."
1 Samuel 21:9 "And the priest said, The
sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou
slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it
[is here] wrapped in a cloth behind the
ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it]:
for [there is] no other save that here. And
David said, [There is] none like that; give
it me."
1 Samuel 21:10 "And David arose, and fled
that day for fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath."
1 Samuel 21:11 "And the servants of Achish
said unto him, [Is] not this David the king
of the land? did they not sing one to
another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath
slain his thousands, and David his ten
thousands?
1 Samuel 21:12 "And David laid up these
words in his heart, and was sore afraid of
Achish the king of Gath."
1 Samuel 21:13 "And he changed his behavior
before them, and feigned himself mad in
their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of
the gate, and let his spittle fall down
upon his beard."
1 Samuel 21:14 "Then said Achish unto his
servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore [then] have ye brought him to
me?"
I Samuel 21:15 "Have I need of mad men,
that ye have brought this [fellow] to play
the mad man in my presence? shall this
[fellow] come into my house?"
1 Samuel 22
1 Samuel Chapter 22
1 Samuel 22:1 "David therefore departed
thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam:
and when his brethren and all his father's
house heard [it], they went down thither to
him."
1 Samuel 22:2 "And every one [that was] in
distress, and every one that [was] in debt,
and every one [that was] discontented,
gathered themselves unto him; and he became
a captain over them: and there were with
him about four hundred men."
1 Samuel 22:3 "And David went thence to
Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king
of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I
pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you,
till I know what God will do for me."
1 Samuel 22:4 "And he brought them before
the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him
all the while that David was in the hold."
1 Samuel 22:5 "And the prophet Gad said
unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart,
and get thee into the land of Judah. Then
David departed, and came into the forest of
Hareth."
1 Samuel 22:6 "When Saul heard that David
was discovered, and the men that [were]
with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a
tree in Ramah, having his spear in his
hand, and all his servants [were] standing
about him;)"
1 Samuel 22:7 "Then Saul said unto his
servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye
Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give
every one of you fields and vineyards,
[and] make you all captains of thousands,
and captains of hundreds;"
1 Samuel 22:8 "That all of you have
conspired against me, and [there is] none
that showeth me that my son hath made a
league with the son of Jesse, and [there
is] none of you that is sorry for me, or
showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up
my servant against me, to lie in wait, as
at this day?"
1 Samuel 22:9 "Then answered Doeg the
Edomite, which was set over the servants of
Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse
coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of
Ahitub."
1 Samuel 22:10 "And he inquired of the LORD
for him, and gave him victuals, and gave
him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
1 Samuel 22:11 "Then the king sent to call
Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,
and all his father's house, the priests
that [were] in Nob: and they came all of
them to the king."
1 Samuel 22:12 "And Saul said, Hear now,
thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I
[am], my lord."
1 Samuel 22:13 "And Saul said unto him, Why
have ye conspired against me, thou and the
son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him
bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of
God for him, that he should rise against
me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"
1 Samuel 22:14 "Then Ahimelech answered the
king, and said, And who [is so] faithful
among all thy servants as David, which is
the king's son in law, and goeth at thy
bidding, and is honorable in thine house?"
1 Samuel 22:15 "Did I then begin to inquire
of God for him? be it far from me: let not
the king impute [any] thing unto his
servant, [nor] to all the house of my
father: for thy servant knew nothing of all
this, less or more."
1 Samuel 22:16 "And the king said, Thou
shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all
thy father's house."
1 Samuel 22:17 "And the king said unto the
footmen that stood about him, Turn, and
slay the priests of the LORD; because their
hand also [is] with David, and because they
knew when he fled, and did not show it to
me. But the servants of the king would not
put forth their hand to fall upon the
priests of the LORD."
1 Samuel 22:18 "And the king said to Doeg,
Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And
Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon
the priests, and slew on that day fourscore
and five persons that did wear a linen
ephod."
1 Samuel 22:19 "And Nob, the city of the
priests, smote he with the edge of the
sword, both men and women, children and
sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep,
with the edge of the sword."
1 Samuel 22:20 "And one of the sons of
Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named
Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David."
1 Samuel 22:21 "And Abiathar showed David
that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests."
1 Samuel 22:22 "And David said unto
Abiathar, I knew [it] that day, when Doeg
the Edomite [was] there, that he would
surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the
death] of all the persons of thy father's
house."
1 Samuel 22:23 "Abide thou with me, fear
not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh
thy life: but with me thou [shalt be] in
safeguard."
1 Samuel 23
1 Samuel Chapter 23
1 Samuel 23:1 "Then they told David,
saying, Behold, the Philistines fight
against Keilah, and they rob the threshing
floors."
1 Samuel 23:2 "Therefore David inquired of
the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite
these Philistines? And the LORD said unto
David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and
save Keilah."
1 Samuel 23:3 "And David's men said unto
him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah:
how much more then if we come to Keilah
against the armies of the Philistines?"
1 Samuel 23:4 "Then David inquired of the
LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah: for I
will deliver the Philistines into thine
hand."
1 Samuel 23:5 "So David and his men went to
Keilah, and fought with the Philistines,
and brought away their cattle, and smote
them with a great slaughter. So David saved
the inhabitants of Keilah."
1 Samuel 23:6 "And it came to pass, when
Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David
to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an
ephod in his hand."
1 Samuel 23:7 "And it was told Saul that
David was come to Keilah. And Saul said,
God hath delivered him into mine hand; for
he is shut in, by entering into a town that
hath gates and bars."
1 Samuel 23:8 "And Saul called all the
people together to war, to go down to
Keilah, to besiege David and his men."
1 Samuel 23:9 "And David knew that Saul
secretly practiced mischief against him;
and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring
hither the ephod."
1 Samuel 23:10 "Then said David, O LORD God
of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard
that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to
destroy the city for my sake."
1 Samuel 23:11 "Will the men of Keilah
deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come
down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God
of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy
servant. And the LORD said, He will come
down."
1 Samuel 23:12 "Then said David, Will the
men of Keilah deliver me and my men into
the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They
will deliver [thee] up."
1 Samuel 23:13 "Then David and his men,
[which were] about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went
whithersoever they could go. And it was
told Saul that David was escaped from
Keilah; and he forbare to go forth."
1 Samuel 23:14 "And David abode in the
wilderness in strong holds, and remained in
a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And
Saul sought him every day, but God
delivered him not into his hand."
1 Samuel 23:15 "And David saw that Saul was
come out to seek his life: and David [was]
in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood."
1 Samuel 23:16 "And Jonathan Saul's son
arose, and went to David into the wood, and
strengthened his hand in God."
1 Samuel 23:17 "And he said unto him, Fear
not: for the hand of Saul my father shall
not find thee; and thou shalt be king over
Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and
that also Saul my father knoweth."
1 Samuel 23:18 "And they two made a
covenant before the LORD: and David abode
in the wood, and Jonathan went to his
house."
1 Samuel 23:19 "Then came up the Ziphites
to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
hide himself with us in strong holds in the
wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is]
on the south of Jeshimon?"
1 Samuel 23:20 "Now therefore, O king, come
down according to all the desire of thy
soul to come down; and our part [shall be]
to deliver him into the king's hand."
1 Samuel 23:21 "And Saul said, Blessed [be]
ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on
me."
1 Samuel 23:22 "Go, I pray you, prepare
yet, and know and see his place where his
haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there:
for it is told me [that] he dealeth very
subtly."
1 Samuel 23:23 "See therefore, and take
knowledge of all the lurking places where
he hideth himself, and come ye again to me
with the certainty, and I will go with you:
and it shall come to pass, if he be in the
land, that I will search him out throughout
all the thousands of Judah."
1 Samuel 23:24 "And they arose, and went to
Ziph before Saul: but David and his men
[were] in the wilderness of Maon, in the
plain on the south of Jeshimon."
1 Samuel 23:25 "Saul also and his men went
to seek [him]. And they told David:
wherefore he came down into a rock, and
abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when
Saul heard [that], he pursued after David
in the wilderness of Maon."
1 Samuel 23:26 "And Saul went on this side
of the mountain, and David and his men on
that side of the mountain: and David made
haste to get away for fear of Saul; for
Saul and his men compassed David and his
men round about to take them."
1 Samuel 23:27 "But there came a messenger
unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come;
for the Philistines have invaded the land."
1 Samuel 23:28 "Wherefore Saul returned
from pursuing after David, and went against
the Philistines: therefore they called that
place Sela-hammahlekoth."
1 Samuel 23:29 "And David went up from
thence, and dwelt in strong holds at
En-gedi."
1 Samuel 24
1 Samuel Chapter 24
1 Samuel 24:1 "And it came to pass, when
Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying,
Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of
En-gedi."
1 Samuel 24:2 "Then Saul took three
thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and
went to seek David and his men upon the
rocks of the wild goats."
1 Samuel 24:3 "And he came to the
sheepcotes by the way, where [was] a cave;
and Saul went in to cover his feet: and
David and his men remained in the sides of
the cave."
1 Samuel 24:4 "And the men of David said
unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD
said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver
thine enemy into thine hand, that thou
mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto
thee. Then David arose, and cut off the
skirt of Saul's robe privily."
1 Samuel 24:5 "And it came to pass
afterward, that David's heart smote him,
because he had cut off Saul's skirt."
1 Samuel 24:6 "And he said unto his men,
The LORD forbid that I should do this thing
unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to
stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing
he is the anointed of the LORD."
1 Samuel 24:7 "So David stayed his servants
with these words, and suffered them not to
rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of
the cave, and went on [his] way."
1 Samuel 24:8 "David also arose afterward,
and went out of the cave, and cried after
Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when
Saul looked behind him, David stooped with
his face to the earth, and bowed himself."
1 Samuel 24:9 "And David said to Saul,
Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying,
Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?"
1 Samuel 24:10 "Behold, this day thine eyes
have seen how that the LORD had delivered
thee today into mine hand in the cave: and
[some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye]
spared thee; and I said, I will not put
forth mine hand against my lord; for he
[is] the LORD'S anointed."
1 Samuel 24:11 "Moreover, my father, see,
yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand:
for in that I cut off the skirt of thy
robe, and killed thee not, know thou and
see that [there is] neither evil nor
transgression in mine hand, and I have not
sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my
soul to take it."
1 Samuel 24:12 "The LORD judge between me
and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee:
but mine hand shall not be upon thee."
1 Samuel 24:13 "As saith the proverb of the
ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the
wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon
thee."
1 Samuel 24:14 "After whom is the king of
Israel come out? After whom dost thou
pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea."
1 Samuel 24:15 "The LORD therefore be
judge, and judge between me and thee, and
see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out
of thine hand."
1 Samuel 24:16 "And it came to pass, when
David had made an end of speaking these
words unto Saul, that Saul said, [Is] this
thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up
his voice, and wept."
1 Samuel 24:17 "And he said to David, Thou
[art] more righteous than I: for thou hast
rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded
thee evil."
1 Samuel 24:18 "And thou hast showed this
day how that thou hast dealt well with me:
forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me
into thine hand, thou killedst me not."
1 Samuel 24:19 "For if a man find his
enemy, will he let him go well away?
wherefore the LORD reward thee good for
that thou hast done unto me this day."
1 Samuel 24:20 "And now, behold, I know
well that thou shalt surely be king, and
that the kingdom of Israel shall be
established in thine hand."
1 Samuel 24:21 "Swear now therefore unto me
by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my
seed after me, and that thou wilt not
destroy my name out of my father's house."
1 Samuel 24:22 "And David sware unto Saul.
And Saul went home; but David and his men
gat them up unto the hold."
1 Samuel 25
1 Samuel Chapter 25
1 Samuel 25:1 "And Samuel died; and all the
Israelites were gathered together, and
lamented him, and buried him in his house
at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to
the wilderness of Paran."
1 Samuel 25:2 "And [there was] a man in
Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel;
and the man [was] very great, and he had
three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats:
and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel."
1 Samuel 25:3 "Now the name of the man
[was] Nabal; and the name of his wife
Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good
understanding, and of a beautiful
countenance: but the man [was] churlish and
evil in his doings; and he [was] of the
house of Caleb."
1 Samuel 25:4 "And David heard in the
wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep."
1 Samuel 25:5 "And David sent out ten young
men, and David said unto the young men, Get
you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and
greet him in my name:"
1 Samuel 25:6 "And thus shall ye say to him
that liveth [in prosperity], Peace [be]
both to thee, and peace [be] to thine
house, and peace [be] unto all that thou
hast."
1 Samuel 25:7 "And now I have heard that
thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which
were with us, we hurt them not, neither was
there ought missing unto them, all the
while they were in Carmel."
1 Samuel 25:8 "Ask thy young men, and they
will show thee. Wherefore let the young men
find favor in thine eyes: for we come in a
good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever
cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and
to thy son David."
1 Samuel 25:9 "And when David's young men
came, they spake to Nabal according to all
those words in the name of David, and
ceased."
1 Samuel 25:10 "And Nabal answered David's
servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who
[is] the son of Jesse? there be many
servants now a days that break away every
man from his master."
1 Samuel 25:11 "Shall I then take my bread,
and my water, and my flesh that I have
killed for my shearers, and give [it] unto
men, whom I know not whence they [be]?"
1 Samuel 25:12 "So David's young men turned
their way, and went again, and came and
told him all those sayings."
1 Samuel 25:13 "And David said unto his
men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And
they girded on every man his sword; and
David also girded on his sword: and there
went up after David about four hundred men;
and two hundred abode by the stuff."
1 Samuel 25:14 "But one of the young men
told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold,
David sent messengers out of the wilderness
to salute our master; and he railed on
them."
1 Samuel 25:15 "But the men [were] very
good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither
missed we any thing, as long as we were
conversant with them, when we were in the
fields:"
1 Samuel 25:16 "They were a wall unto us
both by night and day, all the while we
were with them keeping the sheep."
1 Samuel 25:17 "Now therefore know and
consider what thou wilt do; for evil is
determined against our master, and against
all his household: for he [is such] a son
of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to
him."
1 Samuel 25:18 "Then Abigail made haste,
and took two hundred loaves, and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready
dressed, and five measures of parched
[corn], and a hundred clusters of raisins,
and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid
[them] on asses."
1 Samuel 25:20 "And it was [so, as] she
rode on the ass, that she came down by the
covert of the hill, and, behold, David and
his men came down against her; and she met
them."
1 Samuel 25:21 "Now David had said, Surely
in vain have I kept all that this [fellow]
hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was
missed of all that [pertained] unto him:
and he hath requited me evil for good."
1 Samuel 25:22 "So and more also do God
unto the enemies of David, if I leave of
all that [pertain] to him by the morning
light any that pisseth against the wall."
1 Samuel 25:23 "And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off
the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the
ground,"
1 Samuel 25:24 "And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord,
[upon] me [let this] iniquity [be]: and let thine handmaid, I pray
thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid."
1 Samuel 25:25 "Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of
Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his
name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young
men of my lord, whom thou didst send."
1 Samuel 25:26 "Now therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD liveth, and [as]
thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to
[shed] blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let
thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal."
1 Samuel 25:27 "And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought
unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my
lord."
1 Samuel 25:28 "I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid:
for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord
fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee
[all] thy days."
1 Samuel 25:29 "Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy
soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with
the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling
out, [as out] of the middle of a sling."
1 Samuel 25:30 "And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have
done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken
concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;"
1 Samuel 25:31 "That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of
heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that
my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well
with my lord, then remember thine handmaid."
1 Samuel 25:32 "And David said to Abigail, Blessed [be] the LORD God of
Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:"
1 Samuel 25:33 "And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou,
which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from
avenging myself with mine own hand."
1 Samuel 25:34 "For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth,
which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and
come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the
morning light any that pisseth against the wall."
1 Samuel 25:36 "And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast
in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry
within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing,
less or more, until the morning light."
1 Samuel 25:37 "But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was
gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his
heart died within him, and he became [as] a stone."
1 Samuel 25:38 "And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the
LORD smote Nabal, that he died."
1 Samuel 25:39 "And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said,
Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from
the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD
hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent
and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife."
1 Samuel 25:40 "And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to
Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take
thee to him to wife.
1 Samuel 25:41 "And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the
earth, and said, Behold, [let] thine handmaid [be] a servant to wash
the feet of the servants of my lord."
1 Samuel 25:42 "And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass,
with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the
messengers of David, and became his wife."
1 Samuel 25:43 "David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also
both of them his wives."
1 Samuel 25:44 "But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife,
to Phalti the son of Laish, which [was] of Gallim."
1 Samuel 26
1 Samuel Chapter 26
1 Samuel 26:1 "And the Ziphites came unto
Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide
himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is]
before Jeshimon?"
1 Samuel 26:2 "Then Saul arose, and went
down to the wilderness of Ziph, having
three thousand chosen men of Israel with
him, to seek David in the wilderness of
Ziph."
1 Samuel 26:3 "And Saul pitched in the hill
of Hachilah, which [is] before Jeshimon, by
the way. But David abode in the wilderness,
and he saw that Saul came after him into
the wilderness."
1 Samuel 26:4 "David therefore sent out
spies, and understood that Saul was come in
very deed."
1 Samuel 26:5 "And David arose, and came to
the place where Saul had pitched: and David
beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner
the son of Ner, the captain of his host:
and Saul lay in the trench, and the people
pitched round about him."
1 Samuel 26:6 "Then answered David and said
to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai
the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab,
saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to
the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down
with thee."
1 Samuel 26:7 "So David and Abishai came to
the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay
sleeping within the trench, and his spear
stuck in the ground at his bolster: but
Abner and the people lay round about him."
1 Samuel 26:8 "Then said Abishai to David,
God hath delivered thine enemy into thine
hand this day: now therefore let me smite
him, I pray thee, with the spear even to
the earth at once, and I will not [smite]
him the second time."
1 Samuel 26:9 "And David said to Abishai,
Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth
his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and
be guiltless?"
1 Samuel 26:10 "David said furthermore,
[As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite
him; or his day shall come to die; or he
shall descend into battle, and perish."
1 Samuel 26:11 "The LORD forbid that I
should stretch forth mine hand against the
LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take
thou now the spear that [is] at his
bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us
go."
1 Samuel 26:12 "So David took the spear and
the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and
they gat them away, and no man saw [it],
nor knew [it], neither awaked: for they
[were] all asleep; because a deep sleep
from the LORD was fallen upon them."
1 Samuel 26:13 "Then David went over to the
other side, and stood on the top of a hill
afar off; a great space [being] between
them:"
1 Samuel 26:14 "And David cried to the
people, and to Abner the son of Ner,
saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then
Abner answered and said, Who [art] thou
[that] criest to the king?"
1 Samuel 26:15 "And David said to Abner,
[Art] not thou a [valiant] man? and who
[is] like to thee in Israel? wherefore then
hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for
there came one of the people in to destroy
the king thy lord."
1 Samuel 26:16 "This thing [is] not good
that thou hast done. [As] the LORD liveth,
ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not
kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And
now see where the king's spear [is], and
the cruse of water that [was] at his
bolster."
1 Samuel 26:17 "And Saul knew David's
voice, and said, [Is] this thy voice, my
son David? And David said, [It is] my
voice, my lord, O king."
1 Samuel 26:18 "And he said, Wherefore doth
my lord thus pursue after his servant? for
what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine
hand?"
1 Samuel 26:19 "Now therefore, I pray thee,
let my lord the king hear the words of his
servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up
against me, let him accept an offering: but
if [they be] the
children of men, cursed [be] they before
the LORD; for they have driven me out this
day from abiding in the inheritance of the
LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods."
1 Samuel 26:20 "Now therefore, let not my
blood fall to the earth before the face of
the LORD: for the king of Israel is come
out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a
partridge in the mountains."
1 Samuel 26:21 "Then said Saul, I have
sinned: return, my son David: for I will no
more do thee harm, because my soul was
precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I
have played the fool, and have erred
exceedingly."
1 Samuel 26:22 "And David answered and
said, Behold the king's spear! and let one
of the young men come over and fetch it."
1 Samuel 26:23 "The LORD render to every
man his righteousness and his faithfulness:
for the LORD delivered thee into [my] hand
to day, but I would not stretch forth mine
hand against the LORD'S anointed."
1 Samuel 26:24 "And, behold, as thy life
was much set by this day in mine eyes, so
let my life be much set by in the eyes of
the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all
tribulation."
1 Samuel 26:25 "Then Saul said to David,
Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt
both do great [things], and also shalt
still prevail. So David went on his way,
and Saul returned to his place."
1 Samuel 27
1 Samuel Chapter 27
1 Samuel 27:1 "And David said in his heart,
I shall now perish one day by the hand of
Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than
that I should speedily escape into the land
of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair
of me, to seek me any more in any coast of
Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand."
1 Samuel 27:2 "And David arose, and he
passed over with the six hundred men that
[were] with him unto Achish, the son of
Maoch, king of Gath."
1 Samuel 27:3 "And David dwelt with Achish
at Gath, he and his men, every man with his
household, [even] David with his two wives,
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the
Carmelitess, Nabal's wife."
1 Samuel 27:4 "And it was told Saul that
David was fled to Gath: and he sought no
more again for him."
1 Samuel 27:5 "And David said unto Achish,
If I have now found grace in thine eyes,
let them give me a place in some town in
the country, that I may dwell there: for
why should thy servant dwell in the royal
city with thee?"
1 Samuel 27:6 "Then Achish gave him Ziklag
that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto
the kings of Judah unto this day."
1 Samuel 27:7 "And the time that David
dwelt in the country of the Philistines was
a full year and four months."
1 Samuel 27:8 "And David and his men went
up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the
Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those
[nations were] of old the inhabitants of
the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto
the land of Egypt."
1 Samuel 27:9 "And David smote the land,
and left neither man nor woman alive, and
took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the
asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and
returned, and came to Achish."
1 Samuel 27:10 "And Achish said, Whither
have ye made a road to day? And David said,
Against the south of Judah, and against the
south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the
south of the Kenites."
1 Samuel 27:11 "And David saved neither man
nor woman alive, to bring [tidings] to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us,
saying, So did David, and so [will be] his
manner all the while he dwelleth in the
country of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 27:12 "And Achish believed David,
saying, He hath made his people Israel
utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be
my servant for ever."
1 Samuel 28
1 Samuel Chapter 28
1 Samuel 28:1 "And it came to pass in those
days, that the Philistines gathered their
armies together for warfare, to fight with
Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know
thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with
me to battle, thou and thy men."
1 Samuel 28:2 "And David said to Achish,
Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can
do. And Achish said to David, Therefore
will I make thee keeper of mine head for
ever."
1 Samuel 28:3 "Now Samuel was dead, and all
Israel had lamented him, and buried him in
Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had
put away those that had familiar spirits,
and the wizards, out of the land."
1 Samuel 28:4 "And the Philistines gathered
themselves together, and came and pitched
in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel
together, and they pitched in Gilboa."
1 Samuel 28:5 "And when Saul saw the host
of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his
heart greatly trembled."
1 Samuel 28:6 "And when Saul inquired of
the LORD, the LORD answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by
prophets."
1 Samuel 28:7 "Then said Saul unto his
servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and
inquire of her. And his servants said to
him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a
familiar spirit at En-dor."
1 Samuel 28:8 "And Saul disguised himself,
and put on other raiment, and he went, and
two men with him, and they came to the
woman by night: and he said, I pray thee,
divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and
bring me [him] up, whom I shall name unto
thee."
1 Samuel 28:9 "And the woman said unto him,
Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done,
how he hath cut off those that have
familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of
the land: wherefore then layest thou a
snare for my life, to cause me to die?"
1 Samuel 28:10 "And Saul sware to her by
the LORD, saying, [As] the LORD liveth,
there shall no punishment happen to thee
for this thing."
1 Samuel 28:11 "Then said the woman, Whom
shall I bring up unto thee? And he said,
Bring me up Samuel."
1 Samuel 28:12 "And when the woman saw
Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and
the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast
thou deceived me? for thou [art] Saul."
1 Samuel 28:13 And the king said unto her,
Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And
the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods
ascending out of the earth.
1 Samuel 28:14 "And he said unto her, What
form [is] he of? And she said, An old man
cometh up; and he [is] covered with a
mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was]
Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to
the ground, and bowed himself."
1 Samuel 28:15 "And Samuel said to Saul,
Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me
up? And Saul answered, I am sore
distressed; for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed from me,
and answereth me no more, neither by
prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have
called thee, that thou mayest make known
unto me what I shall do."
1 Samuel 28:16 "Then said Samuel, Wherefore
then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD
is departed from thee, and is become thine
enemy?"
1 Samuel 28:17 "And the LORD hath done to
him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and
given it to thy neighbor, [even] to David:"
1 Samuel 28:18 "Because thou obeyedst not
the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his
fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath
the LORD done this thing unto thee this
day."
1 Samuel 28:19 "Moreover the LORD will also
deliver Israel with thee into the hand of
the Philistines: and tomorrow [shalt] thou
and thy sons [be] with me: the LORD also
shall deliver the host of Israel into the
hand of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 28:20 "Then Saul fell straightway
all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and
there was no strength in him; for he had
eaten no bread all the day, nor all the
night."
1 Samuel 28:21 "And the woman came unto
Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled,
and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid
hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my
life in my hand, and have hearkened unto
thy words which thou spakest unto me."
1 Samuel 28:22 "Now therefore, I pray thee,
hearken thou also unto the voice of thine
handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread
before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have
strength, when thou goest on thy way."
1 Samuel 28:23 "But he refused, and said, I
will not eat. But his servants, together
with the woman, compelled him; and he
hearkened unto their voice. So he arose
from the earth, and sat upon the bed."
1 Samuel 28:24 "And the woman had a fat
calf in the house; and she hasted, and
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded
[it], and did bake unleavened bread
thereof:"
1 Samuel 28:25 "And she brought [it] before
Saul, and before his servants; and they did
eat. Then they rose up, and went away that
night."
1 Samuel 29
1 Samuel Chapter 29
1 Samuel 29:1 "Now the Philistines gathered
together all their armies to Aphek: and the
Israelites pitched by a fountain which [is]
in Jezreel."
1 Samuel 29:2 "And the lords of the
Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by
thousands: but David and his men passed on
in the rear guard with Achish."
1 Samuel 29:3 "Then said the princes of the
Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews
[here]? And Achish said unto the princes of
the Philistines, [Is] not this David, the
servant of Saul the king of Israel, which
hath been with me these days, or these
years, and I have found no fault in him
since he fell [unto me] unto this day?"
1 Samuel 29:4 "And the princes of the
Philistines were wroth with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said unto him,
Make this fellow return, that he may go
again to his place which thou hast
appointed him, and let him not go down with
us to battle, lest in the battle he be an
adversary to us: for wherewith should he
reconcile himself unto his master? [should
it] not [be] with the heads of these men?"
1 Samuel 29:5 "[Is] not this David, of whom
they sang one to another in dances, saying,
Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten
thousands?"
1 Samuel 29:6 "Then Achish called David,
and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD
liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy
going out and thy coming in with me in the
host [is] good in my sight: for I have not
found evil in thee since the day of thy
coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless
the lords favor thee not."
1 Samuel 29:7 "Wherefore now return, and go
in peace, that thou displease not the lords
of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 29:8 "And David said unto Achish,
But what have I done? and what hast thou
found in thy servant so long as I have been
with thee unto this day, that I may not go
fight against the enemies of my lord the
king?"
1 Samuel 29:9 "And Achish answered and said
to David, I know that thou [art] good in my
sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding
the princes of the Philistines have said,
He shall not go up with us to the battle."
1 Samuel 29:10 "Wherefore now rise up early
in the morning with thy master's servants
that are come with thee: and as soon as ye
be up early in the morning, and have light,
depart."
1 Samuel 29:11 "So David and his men rose
up early to depart in the morning, to
return into the land of the Philistines.
And the Philistines went up to Jezreel."
1 Samuel 30
1 Samuel Chapter 30
1 Samuel 30:1 "And it came to pass, when
David and his men were come to Ziklag on
the third day, that the Amalekites had
invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten
Ziklag, and burned it with fire;"
1 Samuel 30:2 "And had taken the women
captives, that [were] therein: they slew
not any, either great or small, but carried
[them] away, and went on their way."
1 Samuel 30:3 "So David and his men came to
the city, and, behold, [it was] burned with
fire; and their wives, and their sons, and
their daughters, were taken captives."
1 Samuel 30:4 "Then David and the people
that [were] with him lifted up their voice
and wept, until they had no more power to
weep."
1 Samuel 30:5 "And David's two wives were
taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite."
1 Samuel 30:6 "And David was greatly
distressed; for the people spake of stoning
him, because the soul of all the people was
grieved, every man for his sons and for his
daughters: but David encouraged himself in
the LORD his God."
1 Samuel 30:7 "And David said to Abiathar
the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee,
bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar
brought thither the ephod to David."
1 Samuel 30:8 "And David inquired at the
LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this
troop? shall I overtake them? And he
answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely
overtake [them], and without fail recover
[all]."
1 Samuel 30:9 "So David went, he and the
six hundred men that [were] with him, and
came to the brook Besor, where those that
were left behind stayed."
1 Samuel 30:10 "But David pursued, he and
four hundred men: for two hundred abode
behind, which were so faint that they could
not go over the brook Besor."
1 Samuel 30:11 "And they found an Egyptian
in the field, and brought him to David, and
gave him bread, and he did eat; and they
made him drink water;"
1 Samuel 30:12 "And they gave him a piece
of a cake of figs, and two clusters of
raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit
came again to him: for he had eaten no
bread, nor drunk [any] water, three days
and three nights."
1 Samuel 30:13 "And David said unto him, To
whom [belongest] thou? and whence [art]
thou? And he said, I [am] a young man of
Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my
master left me, because three days agone I
fell sick."
1 Samuel 30:14 "We made an invasion [upon]
the south of the Cherethites, and upon [the
coast] which [belongeth] to Judah, and upon
the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag
with fire."
1 Samuel 30:15 "And David said to him,
Canst thou bring me down to this company?
And he said, Swear unto me by God, that
thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me
into the hands of my master, and I will
bring thee down to this company."
1 Samuel 30:16 "And when he had brought him
down, behold, [they were] spread abroad
upon all the earth, eating and drinking,
and dancing, because of all the great spoil
that they had taken out of the land of the
Philistines, and out of the land of Judah."
1 Samuel 30:17 "And David smote them from
the twilight even unto the evening of the
next day: and there escaped not a man of
them, save four hundred young men, which
rode upon camels, and fled."
1 Samuel 30:18 "And David recovered all
that the Amalekites had carried away: and
David rescued his two wives."
1 Samuel 30:19 "And there was nothing
lacking to them, neither small nor great,
neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil,
nor any [thing] that they had taken to
them: David recovered all."
1 Samuel 30:20 "And David took all the
flocks and the herds, [which] they drove
before those [other] cattle, and said, This
[is] David's spoil."
1 Samuel 30:21 "And David came to the two
hundred men, which were so faint that they
could not follow David, whom they had made
also to abide at the brook Besor: and they
went forth to meet David, and to meet the
people that [were] with him: and when David
came near to the people, he saluted them."
1 Samuel 30:22 "Then answered all the
wicked men and [men] of Belial, of those
that went with David, and said, Because
they went not with us, we will not give
them [ought] of the spoil that we have
recovered, save to every man his wife and
his children, that they may lead [them]
away, and depart."
1 Samuel 30:23 "Then said David, Ye shall
not do so, my brethren, with that which the
LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us,
and delivered the company that came against
us into our hand."
1 Samuel 30:24 "For who will hearken unto
you in this matter? But as his part [is]
that goeth down to the battle, so [shall]
his part [be] that tarrieth by the stuff:
they shall part alike."
1 Samuel 30:25 "And it was [so] from that
day forward, that he made it a statute and
an ordinance for Israel unto this day."
1 Samuel 30:26 "And when David came to
Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the
elders of Judah, [even] to his friends,
saying, Behold a present for you of the
spoil of the enemies of the LORD;"
1 Samuel 30:27 "To [them] which [were] in
Beth-el, and to [them] which [were] in
south Ramoth, and to [them] which [were] in
Jattir,"
1 Samuel 30:28 "And to [them] which [were]
in Aroer, and to [them] which [were] in
Siphmoth, and to [them] which [were] in
Eshtemoa,"
1 Samuel 30:29 "And to [them] which [were]
in Rachal, and to [them] which [were] in
the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to
[them] which [were] in the cities of the
Kenites,"
1 Samuel 30:30 "And to [them] which [were]
in Hormah, and to [them] which [were] in
Chorashan, and to [them] which [were] in
Athach,"
1 Samuel 30:31 "And to [them] which [were]
in Hebron, and to all the places where
David himself and his men were wont to
haunt."
1 Samuel 31
1 Samuel Chapter 31
1 Samuel 31:1 "Now the Philistines fought
against Israel: and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down
slain in mount Gilboa."
1 Samuel 31:2 "And the Philistines followed
hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab,
and Melchi-shua, Saul's sons."
1 Samuel 31:3 "And the battle went sore
against Saul, and the archers hit him; and
he was sore wounded of the archers."
1 Samuel 31:4 "Then said Saul unto his
armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised
come and thrust me through, and abuse me.
But his armor-bearer would not; for he was
sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword,
and fell upon it."
1 Samuel 31:5 "And when his armor-bearer
saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
upon his sword, and died with him."
1 Samuel 31:6 "So Saul died, and his three
sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his
men, that same day together."
1 Samuel 31:7 "And when the men of Israel
that [were] on the other side of the
valley, and [they] that [were] on the other
side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel
fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead,
they forsook the cities, and fled; and the
Philistines came and dwelt in them."
1 Samuel 31:8 "And it came to pass on the
morrow, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his
three sons fallen in mount Gilboa."
1 Samuel 31:9 "And they cut off his head,
and stripped off his armor, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to
publish [it in] the house of their idols,
and among the people."
1 Samuel 31:10 "And they put his armor in
the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened
his body to the wall of Beth-shan."
1 Samuel 31:11 "And when the inhabitants of
Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the
Philistines had done to Saul;"
1 Samuel 31:12 "All the valiant men arose,
and went all night, and took the body of
Saul and the bodies of his sons from the
wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and
burnt them there."
1 Samuel 31:13 "And they took their bones,
and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and
fasted seven days"
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