The Emphasised Bible
also called Rotherham Version
1902 by Joseph Rotherham
1Sa 1:1 ¶ And there was a certain man, of Ramathaim–zuphi, of the hill country of Ephraim,––whose name, was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite;
1Sa 1:2 and, he, had two wives, the name of the one, Hannah, and, the name of the other, Peninnah,––and Peninnah had children, but, Hannah, had no children.
1Sa 1:3 So then that man went up, out of his city, from time to time, to worship and to sacrifice unto Yahweh of hosts, in Shiloh,––and, there, were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Yahweh.
1Sa 1:4 And, when the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he used to give, to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions;
1Sa 1:5 and, unto Hannah, used he to give one portion,––howbeit, Hannah, he loved, although, Yahweh, had restrained her from having children.
1Sa 1:6 And her rival used even to cause her great vexation, for the sake of provoking her,––because Yahweh had restrained her from having children.
1Sa 1:7 And, thus, used she to do, year by year, whenever she went up to the house of Yahweh, thus, used she to vex her,––and she wept, and would not eat.
1Sa 1:8 So Elkanah her husband said to her––Hannah! wherefore shouldst thou weep? and wherefore wilt thou not eat? and wherefore should thy heart be sad? Am, I, not better to thee, than ten sons?
1Sa 1:9 ¶ And Hannah rose up, after she had eaten in Shiloh, and after she had drunk,––and, Eli the priest, was sitting upon his chair, by the door–post of the temple of Yahweh;
1Sa 1:10 and, she being in bitterness of soul, prayed unto Yahweh, and, wept sore.
1Sa 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said––Yahweh of hosts! If thou wilt, look, upon the humiliation of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man–child, then will I give him unto Yahweh, all the days of his life, and no, razor, shall come upon his head.
1Sa 1:12 And so it was, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli was watching her mouth.
1Sa 1:13 But as for, Hannah, she, was speaking in her heart, only her lips, were moving, but, her voice, could not be heard,––so Eli thought she had been drunken.
1Sa 1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long, wilt thou be, drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.
1Sa 1:15 And Hannah responded and said––Nay! my lord; A woman depressed in spirit, am I: neither wine nor strong drink, have I drunk,––but I poured out my soul, before Yahweh.
1Sa 1:16 Do not count thy handmaid for an abandoned woman,––for, out of the abundance of my grief and my vexation, have I spoken, hitherto.
1Sa 1:17 Then responded Eli, and said––Go and prosper! And the, God of Israel, grant thy petition which thou hast asked of him!
1Sa 1:18 And she said: Let thy serving–woman find favour, in thine eyes. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and, her countenance, was sad no longer.
1Sa 1:19 ¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and worshipped before Yahweh, and returned, and entered their own house, in Ramah,––and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.
1Sa 1:20 And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,––and called his name Samuel[=" Heard of God"], Because, of Yahweh, I asked him.
1Sa 1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up, to offer unto Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and [each] his own vow.
1Sa 1:22 But, Hannah, went not up,––for she said to her husband––[Not] till the boy is weaned, then will I take him, and he shall appear before Yahweh, and abide there evermore.
1Sa 1:23 And Elkanah her husband said to her––Do what is good in thine own eyes, tarry until thou have weaned him, only may Yahweh establish his word! So the woman tarried, and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
1Sa 1:24 Then took she him up with her, when she had weaned him, with a bullock of three years old, and one ephah of meal, and a skin of wine, and took him to the house of Yahweh, at Shiloh,––the boy yet being young.
1Sa 1:25 So they slew the bullock,––and took the boy in, unto Eli.
1Sa 1:26 And she said––Pardon, my lord! By the life of thy soul, my lord,––I, am the woman who was standing near thee here, praying unto Yahweh:
1Sa 1:27 For this boy, I prayed,––And Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him.
1Sa 1:28 Hence, I also, have loaned him unto Yahweh, all the days that he liveth. He, is lent unto Yahweh. And he bowed down there, unto Yahweh.
1Sa 2:1 ¶ Then prayed Hannah, and said, My heart hath leaped for joy in Yahweh, My horn is exalted in Yahweh, My mouth is opened wide, over my foes, Because I rejoice in thy salvation.
1Sa 2:2 There is none holy like Yahweh, Nay! there, is none, except Thee, Nor, is, there a rock, like our God.
1Sa 2:3 Do not multiply words, so loftily––loftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth,––For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm.
1Sa 2:4 The bow of the mighty, is dismayed,––While, the fainting, are girded with strength;
1Sa 2:5 The sated, have, for bread, taken hire, But, the famished, have left off their toil,––So that, the barren, hath given birth unto seven, While, she that hath many sons, languisheth:
1Sa 2:6 Yahweh, doth kill, and make alive,––Taketh down to hades, and bringeth up:
1Sa 2:7 Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth,––Layeth low, yea exalteth;
1Sa 2:8 Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.
1Sa 2:9 The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent,––For, by strength, shall no man prevail.
1Sa 2:10 As for Yahweh,––they shall be shattered who contend with him, Over him, in the heavens will he thunder, Yahweh, will judge the ends of the earth,––That he may give strength to his King, And exalt the horn of his Anointed One.
1Sa 2:11 ¶ Then went Elkanah to Ramah, unto his own house,––but, the boy, remained ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli the priest.
1Sa 2:12 Now, the sons of Eli, were abandoned men,––they knew not Yahweh.
1Sa 2:13 And, the custom of the priests with the people, was––when any man offered a sacrifice, then would come the priests young man, as the flesh was boiling, with a three–pronged fork in his hand;
1Sa 2:14 and would strike it into the boiler, or into the trough, or into the kettle, or into the pot, all that the fork would bring up, the priest took for himself. Thus and thus, used they to do unto all Israel, who came thither, in Shiloh.
1Sa 2:15 Also, before any could make perfume with the fat, the priests young man would come in and say to the person who was sacrificing, Come! give flesh for the priest’s roastings,––for he will not take of thee boiled flesh––only raw.
1Sa 2:16 And, if the man said to him, Let them at least, make incense, at once with the fat, then take thou as much as thy soul craveth, Then said he to him, But, at once, shalt thou give it; or else, I will take it by force.
1Sa 2:17 And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh,––for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh.
1Sa 2:18 But, as for Samuel, he was ministering before Yahweh,––a boy girded with an ephod of linen.
1Sa 2:19 Also, a little robe, used his mother to make for him, and bring it up to him, from year to year,––when she came up with her husband, to offer the sacrifice of the year.
1Sa 2:20 And Eli used to bless Elkanah and his wife, and to say––Yahweh give thee seed of this woman, instead of the loan that hath been lent unto Yahweh. So they went their way to his own place.
1Sa 2:21 And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons, and two daughters. Thus did the boy Samuel grow up with Yahweh.
1Sa 2:22 Now, Eli, was very old,––but he used to hear all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they even lay with the women who did service, at the opening of the tent of meeting.
1Sa 2:23 So he said to them, Wherefore should ye do such things as these? for I keep hearing of your wicked doings, from all these people.
1Sa 2:24 Nay, my sons! for it is no good report that I do hear: leading into transgression the people of Yahweh.
1Sa 2:25 If one man sin against another, God will interpose, but, if, against Yahweh, a man sin, who will intercede, for him? But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for Yahweh was pleased to put them to death.
1Sa 2:26 But, the boy Samuel, went on growing in stature, and in favour,––both with Yahweh, and also with men.
1Sa 2:27 ¶ And there came a man of God, unto Eli,––and said unto him––Thus, saith Yahweh, I, did indeed reveal myself, unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt, as servants unto the house of Pharaoh;
1Sa 2:28 choosing him out of all the tribes of Israel unto myself, to minister as priest, to offer upon mine altar, to perfume with incense to bear an ephod before me,––Therefore gave I unto the house of thy father all the altar–flames of the sons of Israel.
1Sa 2:29 Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,––and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me?
1Sa 2:30 Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age–abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)––Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.
1Sa 2:31 Lo! days are coming, when I will hew off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father,––that there shall be no elder in thy house;
1Sa 2:32 But thou shalt descry distress at home, in all that shall gladden Israel,––and there shall not be an elder in thine own house, all the days.
1Sa 2:33 But, any man of thine whom I may not cut off from mine altar, it shall be––to consume his eyes, and grieve his soul; Howbeit, all the multitude of thy house, shall die, by the sword of men.
1Sa 2:34 And, this, for thee is the sign, which shall come upon thy two sons, upon Hophni and Phinehas,––In one day, shall they, both of them, die;
1Sa 2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, According to that which is in my heart and in my soul, will he do; Therefore will I build for him an assured house, and he shall go to and fro in presence of mine Anointed, all the days.
1Sa 2:36 And it shall be, that, any that is left in thy house, shall come bowing down to him for a small coin of silver, and for a cake of bread, and shall say: Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
1Sa 3:1 ¶ Now, the boy Samuel, was ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli,––and, the word of Yahweh, had become rare in those days, there was no well–known vision.
1Sa 3:2 But it came to pass, at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, his eyes, having begun to be dim, he could not see,
1Sa 3:3 though, the lamp of God, was not yet to be put out, and, Samuel, was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where was the ark of God,
1Sa 3:4 that Yahweh called unto Samuel, and he said––Behold me!
1Sa 3:5 So he ran unto Eli and said––Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said––I called not, return––Its down. So he went, and lie down.
1Sa 3:6 And again Yahweh called once there––Samuel! Then rose Samuel, and went unto Eli, and said––Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said––I called not, my son, return––lie down.
1Sa 3:7 Now, Samuel, as yet knew not Yahweh,––nor, as yet, had been revealed unto him, the word of Yahweh.
1Sa 3:8 And again Yahweh called––Samuel! a third time. Then he arose, and went unto Eli, and said––Behold me! for thou calledst me. Then did Eli perceive, that, Yahweh, was calling the boy.
1Sa 3:9 So Eli said to Samuel––Go, lie down, and it shall be, if he call unto thee, that thou shalt say––Speak, Yahweh, for thy servant is listening. And Samuel went, and lay down in his place.
1Sa 3:10 Then came Yahweh, and stood, and called as time after time––Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant is listening.
1Sa 3:11 ¶ And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Lo! I am doing a thing, in Israel,––at which both ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle.
1Sa 3:12 In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house,––beginning and finishing.
1Sa 3:13 Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age–abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.
1Sa 3:14 And therefore have I sworn, respecting the house of Eli,––that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall receive no propitiatory–covering, by sacrifice or by present, unto times age–abiding.
1Sa 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh,––but, Samuel, feared to tell the appearing, unto Eli.
1Sa 3:16 So Eli called Samuel, and said––Samuel! my son. And he said––Behold me!
1Sa 3:17 And he said––What is the word, which he spake unto thee? I pray thee, do not hide it from me. So, let God do to thee, and, so, let him add, if thou hide from me a word, out of anything which he hath spoken unto thee.
1Sa 3:18 So Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, Yahweh, he is; what is good in his own eyes, let him do.
1Sa 3:19 ¶ And Samuel grew,––and, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all his words fall to the ground.
1Sa 3:20 So all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, came to know,––that Samuel had become confirmed as a prophet unto Yahweh.
1Sa 3:21 Thus did Yahweh again appear in Shiloh,––for Yahweh had revealed himself unto Samuel in Shiloh, in the word of Yahweh.
1Sa 4:1 ¶ And so it was, when the word of Samuel had reached all Israel, that Israel went forth to meet the Philistines in battle, and they encamped near Eben–ezer, while, the Philistines, encamped in Aphek.
1Sa 4:2 And the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and, when the battle spread, then was Israel smitten before the Philistines,––and there were slain of the army in the field about four thousand men.
1Sa 4:3 And, when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Yahweh smitten us today, before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us, out of Shiloh, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that, when it cometh into our midst, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
1Sa 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, and bare from thence the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts, who inhabiteth the cherubim,––and, there, were the two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God, namely, Hophni and Phinehas.
1Sa 4:5 And so it was, when the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, that all Israel brake out into a loud shout of joy,––so that the earth rang again.
1Sa 4:6 And, when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said––What meaneth the noise of this loud shout of joy in the camp of the Hebrews? And they learned that, the ark of Yahweh, had come into the camp.
1Sa 4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said––God hath come into the camp. And they said––Woe to us! for there hath not happened the like of this, heretofore.
1Sa 4:8 Woe to us! Who shall rescue us out of the hand of these majestic gods? These, are the gods, who smote the Egyptians with all manner of smiting in the desert!
1Sa 4:9 Take courage, and quit yourselves like men, ye Philistines, lest ye come into bondage to the Hebrews, as they have been in bondage unto you,––therefore must ye quit yourselves like men, and fight.
1Sa 4:10 ¶ So the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his home; and the slaughter became exceeding great,––and there fell of Israel––thirty thousand footmen.
1Sa 4:11 And, the ark of God, was taken,––and, the two sons of Eli, were slain, Hophni and Phinehas.
1Sa 4:12 ¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and entered Shiloh on the same day,––with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
1Sa 4:13 And, when he entered, lo! Eli was sitting upon his chair, by the wayside, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God,––and, the man, entered to tell the news in the city, and all the city made outcry.
1Sa 4:14 And, when Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said––What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And, the man, hasted, and came, and told Eli.
1Sa 4:15 Now, Eli, was ninety–eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, that he could not see.
1Sa 4:16 So the man said unto Eli, I, am he that came in from the army, yea, I, from the army, fled today. And he said––What is the thing that hath happened, my son?
1Sa 4:17 And the bearer of tidings answered, and said––Israel hath fled before the Philistines, Moreover also, a great smiting, hath taken place among the people,––Moreover also, thy two sons, are slain, Hophni and Phinehas, And, the ark of God, is taken.
1Sa 4:18 And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat backwards, at the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died, for, old, was the man, and, heavy,––and, he had judged Israel forty years.
1Sa 4:19 ¶ Now, his daughter–in–law, wife of Phinehas, was with child, ready to give birth, and, when she heard the tidings, as to the taking of the ark of God, and the death of her father–in–law, and her husband, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her pains had seized her.
1Sa 4:20 And, about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said: Do not fear, for, to a son, hast thou given birth. But she neither answered nor regarded.
1Sa 4:21 And she called the boy I–chabod! [=Where’s the glory?] saying, Exiled is the glory from Israel,––In regard to the taking of the ark of God, and to her father–in–law, and to her husband.
1Sa 4:22 So she said––Exiled is the glory from Israel,––For the ark of God hath been taken.
1Sa 5:1 ¶ Now, the Philistines, having taken the ark of God,––brought it in from Eben–ezer, unto Ashdod.
1Sa 5:2 And, when the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon,––and placed it by the side of Dagon.
1Sa 5:3 And, when they of Ashdod rose early on the morrow and entered into the house of Dagon, they looked and lo! Dagon, was lying prostrate on his face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh,––so they took Dagon and restored him to his place.
1Sa 5:4 And, when they rose up early in the morning of the morrow, lo! Dagon, was lying prostrate on his face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh––and, the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, had been cut off against the threshold, only, Dagon himself, was left to him.
1Sa 5:5 For this cause, do not the priests of Dagon, nor any that enter into the house of Dagon, tread upon the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod,––until this day.
1Sa 5:6 ¶ Then was the hand of Yahweh heavy against them of Ashdod, and he astounded them,––and smote with tumours Ashdod and her bounds.
1Sa 5:7 And, when the men of Ashdod saw that, so, it was, then kept they saying, Let not the ark of the God of Israel abide with us, for, hard, is his hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
1Sa 5:8 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said––What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said: To Gath, let the ark of the God of Israel go round. So they took round the ark of the God of Israel.
1Sa 5:9 And so it was, after they had taken it round, then was the hand of Yahweh against the city, with an exceeding great consternation, and he smote the men of the city, from the least, even unto the greatest,––and they brake out with tumours.
1Sa 5:10 Then sent they the ark of God to Ekron,––and so it was, when the ark of God entered Ekron, that the Ekronites made outcry, saying––They have brought round unto me the ark of the God of Israel, to slay me, and my people!
1Sa 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 restore it to its own place, that it slay not me, and my people. For there had come a deadly consternation, throughout all the city, heavy exceedingly, was the hand of God there.
1Sa 5:12 And, the men who died not, were smitten with the tumours,––so the cry of the city for help, ascended the heavens.
1Sa 6:1 ¶ And it came to pass, that the ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines, seven months.
1Sa 6:2 Then called the Philistines for the priests and for the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Let us know, wherewith we shall send it to its own place.
1Sa 6:3 And they said––If ye are going to send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away, empty, but ye must, surely return, to him, a guilt–offering,––then, shall ye be healed, and it shall be known to you, wherefore his hand would not turn away from you.
1Sa 6:4 And they said––What shall be the guilt–offering, that we shall return to him? And they said––By the number of the lords of the Philistines, five tumours of gold, and five mice of gold,––for, one plague, was on you all, and on your lords.
1Sa 6:5 Wherefore ye shall make likenesses of your turnouts, and likenesses of your mice that are laying waste the land, and shall, give unto the, God of Israel, glory,––Peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your god, and from off your land.
1Sa 6:6 Wherefore, then, should ye make your heart dull, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh made their heart dull! When he had done his great doings upon them, did they not let them go, and they departed?
1Sa 6:7 Now, therefore, take and get ready, one new waggon, and two milch kine, whereon hath never come yoke,––then shall ye fasten the kine in the waggon, and withdraw their calves from them, into the shed;
1Sa 6:8 and ye shall take the ark of Yahweh, and place it in the waggon, also, the jewels of gold which ye send back to him as a guilt–offering, shall ye put into a coffer, at the side thereof,––so shall ye let it go, and it shall depart.
1Sa 6:9 Then shall ye look––if, by the way of its own boundary, it goeth up to Beth–shemesh, he, it was who caused us this great affliction,––but, if not, then shall we know that it was not, his hand, that smote us, a chance, it was, that befell us.
1Sa 6:10 ¶ The men, therefore, did so, and took two milch kine, and fastened them in the waggon,––but, their calves, shut they up in the shed.
1Sa 6:11 And they put the ark of Yahweh, into the waggon,––also the coffer, with the mice of gold, and the likenesses of their tumours.
1Sa 6:12 And the kine went straight along the road, on the way to Beth–shemesh, yea, along the main highway, they went, lowing as they went, turning not aside, to the right hand or to the left. And, the lords of the Philistines, went along after them, as far as the bounds of Beth–shemesh.
1Sa 6:13 Now, they of Beth–shemesh, were reaping their wheat–harvest in the vale,––so they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to meet it.
1Sa 6:14 And, the waggon, entered into the field of Joshua, a man of Beth–shemesh, and stood still, there, where also, was a great stone,––so they clave into pieces the planks of the waggon, and, the kine, offered they up as an ascending–sacrifice, unto Yahweh.
1Sa 6:15 And, the Levites, took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, wherein were the jewels of gold, and put them upon the great stone,––and, the men of Beth–shemesh, caused to go up ascending–offerings and offered sacrifices, that day, unto Yahweh.
1Sa 6:16 And, the five lords of the Philistines, saw it,––and returned unto Ekron, the same day.
1Sa 6:17 Now, these, are the golden boils which, the Philistines returned as a guilt–offering unto Yahweh,––For Ashdod, one, for Gaza, one, for Ashkelon, one, for Gath, one, for Ekron, one;
1Sa 6:18 And the golden mice, by the number of all the cities of the Philistines, pertaining to the five lords, both fortified cities, and country villages,––yea, even the great meadow whereon they rested the ark of Yahweh, until this day, is in the field–land of Joshua, the man of Beth–shemesh.
1Sa 6:19 ¶ And, when he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Yahweh, yea smote of the people seventy men [and] fifty thousand men, the people mourned, for that Yahweh had smitten the people with a great smiting.
1Sa 6:20 Then said the men of Beth–shemesh, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and, unto whom, shall he go up from us?
1Sa 6:21 And they sent messengers unto the inhabitants of Kiriath–jearim, saying,––The Philistines have returned the ark of Yahweh, come down, fetch it up unto you.
1Sa 7:1 ¶ Then came the men of Kiriath–jearim and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab, in the hill,––and, Eleazar his son, hallowed they, to guard the ark of Yahweh.
1Sa 7:2 And so it was, that, from the day the ark came to dwell in Kiriath–jearim, the days multiplied, and became twenty years,––and all the house of Israel went mourning after Yahweh.
1Sa 7:3 ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If, with all your heart, ye are returning unto Yahweh, then put away the gods of the foreigner out of your midst, and the Ashtoreths––and firmly set your heart towards Yahweh, and serve him, alone, that he may deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1Sa 7:4 So the sons of Israel put away the Baals, and the Ashtoreths,––and served Yahweh, alone.
1Sa 7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel unto Mizpah,––that I may pray for you, unto Yahweh.
1Sa 7:6 So they gathered themselves unto Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said, there, We have sinned against Yahweh. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpah.
1Sa 7:7 ¶ And, when the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered themselves together unto Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel,––and, when the sons of Israel heard it, they shrank with fear, from the face of the Philistines.
1Sa 7:8 And the sons of Israel said unto Samuel, Do not turn in silence from us, from making outcry unto Yahweh our God,––that he would save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
1Sa 7:9 So Samuel took one sucking lamb, and offered it up, as an entire ascending–sacrifice unto Yahweh,––and Samuel made outcry unto Yahweh, for Israel, and Yahweh answered him.
1Sa 7:10 And, when Samuel was offering up the ascending–sacrifice, the Philistines, drew near to fight against Israel,––but Yahweh thundered with a great noise throughout that day, over the Philistines, and confused them, and they were smitten before Israel.
1Sa 7:11 And the men of Israel went forth out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines,––and smote them as far as under Beth–car.
1Sa 7:12 And Samuel took a certain stone, and set it between Mizpah and Yeshanah, and called the name thereof Eben–ezer,––and said, Hitherto, hath Yahweh helped us.
1Sa 7:13 ¶ So the Philistines were subdued, and, no more, came within the boundary of Israel,––and the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.
1Sa 7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even as far as Gath; even the boundaries thereof, did Israel rescue out of the hand of the Philistines,––thus came there to be peace between Israel and the Amorites.
1Sa 7:15 And Samuel judged Israel, all the days of his life.
1Sa 7:16 And he used to take his journey, from year to year, and go round to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah,––and used to judge Israel, at all these places.
1Sa 7:17 And, his returning, was to Ramah, for, there, was his house, and, there, judged he Israel,––so he built there an altar unto Yahweh.
1Sa 8:1 ¶ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges to Israel;
1Sa 8:2 and the name of his firstborn son was, Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah,––they were judges in Beer–sheba.
1Sa 8:3 Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion,––and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
1Sa 8:4 ¶ So then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together,––and came unto Samuel, to Ramah;
1Sa 8:5 and said unto him––Lo! thou, art old, and, thy sons, walk not in thy ways: Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations.
1Sa 8:6 But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh.
1Sa 8:7 And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,––for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them.
1Sa 8:8 According to all the doings which they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt, even until this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so, are they doing even unto thee.
1Sa 8:9 Now, therefore, hearken to their voice,––save that thou, enter protest, against them, and tell them the manner of the king who will reign over them.
1Sa 8:10 So then Samuel spake all the words of Yahweh unto the people, who were asking of him, a king.
1Sa 8:11 And he said, This, will be the manner of the king who will reign over you,––Your sons, will he take and appoint for himself, as his charioteers and as his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots;
1Sa 8:12 and he will appoint for himself, princes of thousands, and princes of fifties,––and to plough his fields, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and the instruments of his chariots;
1Sa 8:13 And, your daughters, will he take,––as perfumers and as cooks, and as bakers;
1Sa 8:14 And, your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best of them, will he take, and give to his servants;
1Sa 8:15 And, your seed, and your vineyards, will he tithe, and give to his courtiers and to his servants;
1Sa 8:16 And, your men–servants, and your maidservants, and your oxen, even the goodliest, and your asses, will he take,––and put them to his work;
1Sa 8:17 Your flocks, will he tithe,––and, ye yourselves, shall become his servants.
1Sa 8:18 Then will ye make outcry, in that day, because of your king whom ye have chosen for yourselves,––and Yahweh will not answer you, in that day.
1Sa 8:19 But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel,––and they said––Nay! but, a king, shall be over us:
1Sa 8:20 so shall, even we, become like all the nations,––and our king shall judge us, and go forth before us, and fight our battles.
1Sa 8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people,––and spake them in the ears of Yahweh.
1Sa 8:22 And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel: Go ye, every man to his own city.
1Sa 9:1 ¶ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name, was Kish––son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjamite,––a mighty man of valour;
1Sa 9:2 and, he, had a son, whose name, was Saul, a choice young man and of noble appearance, and there was not a man of the sons of Israel, more noble than he,––from his shoulders and upwards, was he taller than any of the people.
1Sa 9:3 ¶ Now there had gone astray asses belonging to Kish, Saul’s father,––so Kish said unto Saul his son––I pray thee, take with thee one of the young men, and arise––go, seek the asses.
1Sa 9:4 And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not,––then passed they through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there, then passed he through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
1Sa 9:5 They, had come into the land of Zuph when, Saul, said to his young man who was with him, Come! and let us return; lest my father leave off [caring] for the asses, and be concerned for us.
1Sa 9:6 And he said to him: Lo! I pray thee, a man of God, [liveth] in this city, and, the man, is held in honour, all that he saith, surely cometh to pass. Now, let us go thither; peradventure he may tell us our way, whereon we should have gone.
1Sa 9:7 Then said Saul to his young man: Behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man, for, the bread, hath failed from our sacks, and, present, there is none to bring to the man of God,––what is there with us?
1Sa 9:8 And the young man again answered Saul, and said––Lo! there is found in my hand, the fourth part of a shekel of silver,––which thou canst give to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.
1Sa 9:9 Beforetime, in Israel, thus, said a man when he went to enquire of God, Come and let us go as far as the seer,––for, the prophet of today, used to be called, beforetime, the seer.
1Sa 9:10 And Saul said unto his young man, Good, is thy word, come! let us go! So they went unto the city, where the man of God was.
1Sa 9:11 ¶ They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water,––so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place?
1Sa 9:12 And the young women answered them and said: He is, lo! before you now, even as, today, hath he entered the city, for the people have a sacrifice, today, in the high place.
1Sa 9:13 As ye enter the city, so, shall ye surely find him, ere yet he shall go up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he hath come, for, he, doth bless the sacrifice, after that, will they eat who have been bidden. Now, therefore, go up, for, about this very time, shall ye surely find him.
1Sa 9:14 So they went up into the city. As they were entering into the midst of the city, lo! Samuel, coming out over against them, to ascend the high place.
1Sa 9:15 Now, Yahweh, had unveiled the ear of Samuel,––one day before Saul came, saying:
1Sa 9:16 About this time tomorrow, will I send unto thee, a man out of the land of Benjamin, whom thou shalt anoint, to be leader over my people Israel, and he shall save my people, out of the hand of the Philistines,––for I have looked upon the oppression, because their outcry hath come in unto me.
1Sa 9:17 And, when, Samuel, beheld Saul, Yahweh, answered him, Lo! the man, of whom I said unto thee, Here, is one shall control my people.
1Sa 9:18 ¶ And Saul drew near unto Samuel, in the midst of the gate,––and said––I pray thee, do tell me, where is the house of the seer?
1Sa 9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said––I, am, the seer! Go up before me, to the high place, so shall ye eat with me, today,––and I will let thee go in the morning, and, all that is in thy heart, will I tell thee.
1Sa 9:20 And, as for the asses that went astray from thee three days ago, do not regard them, for they are found,––but to whom belongeth all that is desirable in Israel? is it not to thee, and to all the house of thy father?
1Sa 9:21 Then answered Saul, and said––Am not I, a man of Benjamin, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and [is not], my family, the poorest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Wherefore, then, hast thou spoken unto me of such a thing as this?
1Sa 9:22 And Samuel took Saul and his young man, and brought them into the guest–chamber,––and gave them a place at the head of them who were bidden, they being about thirty persons.
1Sa 9:23 And Samuel said to the cook, Set on the portion that I gave thee,––of which I said unto thee, Put it by thee.
1Sa 9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and placed it before Saul, and said––Lo! the part reserved! Set it before thee [and] eat, for, unto the time appointed, hath it been kept for thee, since the time that I said, The people, have I bidden. So Saul did eat with Samuel, on that day.
1Sa 9:25 And, when they had come down from the high place into the city, he spread a couch for Saul upon the house–top, and he lay down.
1Sa 9:26 And it came to pass, at the uprisings of the dawn, that Samuel called unto Saul on the house–top, saying, Arise! that I may send thee away. So Saul arose, and they two, he and Samuel, went forth abroad.
1Sa 9:27 As they were going down the end of the city, Samuel, said unto Saul––Bid the young man, that he pass on before us, (and he passed on) but, thou, stand still where thou art, that I may let thee hear the word of God.
1Sa 10:1 ¶ Then took Samuel a flask of oil, and poured out upon his head, and kissed him,––and said––Is it not, that Yahweh hath anointed thee over his inheritance, as leader?
1Sa 10:2 When thou departest, today, from me, then shalt thou find two men by the grave of Rachel, within the boundary of Benjamin, in Zelzah,––and they will say unto thee, The asses are found, which thou wentest to seek, and lo! thy father hath abandoned caring for the asses, and is concerned for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
1Sa 10:3 Then shalt thou pass on quickly from thence onwards, and come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there shall find thee there, three men going up unto God, at Bethel,––one, carrying three kids, and, another, carrying three cakes of bread, and, another, carrying a skin of wine;
1Sa 10:4 then will they ask thee, of thy welfare,––and give thee two cakes of bread, which thou shalt receive at their hand.
1Sa 10:5 After that, shalt thou come unto the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines,––and it shall be, as thou comest in thither into the city, thou shalt light upon a band of prophets, coming down from the high place, and, before them, a harp, and a timbrel, and a flute, and a lyre, they having been moved to prophesy.
1Sa 10:6 Then will come suddenly upon thee, the Spirit of Yahweh, and thou shalt be moved to prophesy with them,––and shalt be changed into another man.
1Sa 10:7 And it shall be, when these signs shall come unto thee, then act thou for thyself, as thou shalt find occasion, for, God, is with thee.
1Sa 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal, for lo! I am coming down unto thee, to offer up ascending–offerings, to sacrifice peace–offerings,––seven days, shalt thou tarry, until I come unto thee, then will I let thee know what thou shalt do.
1Sa 10:9 ¶ And so it was, that, when he turned away to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart,––and all these signs came to pass that day.
1Sa 10:10 And, when they came thither to the hill, lo! a band of prophets coming to meet him,––then came suddenly upon him, the Spirit of God, and he was moved to prophesy in their midst.
1Sa 10:11 And it came to pass, that, all who knew him aforetime, looked, and lo! with the prophets, he did prophesy. So the people said, one to another––What, now, hath befallen the son of Kish? Is, even Saul, among the prophets?
1Sa 10:12 Then responded one of that place, and said, But who is, their father? For this cause, it became a proverb, Is, even Saul, among the prophets?
1Sa 10:13 And, when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
1Sa 10:14 Then said Saul’s uncle unto him, and unto his young man––Whither have ye been? And he said, To seek the asses, and, when they were nowhere, to be seen, we came unto Samuel.
1Sa 10:15 And Saul’s uncle said,––Do tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.
1Sa 10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He, told, us that the asses were found,––but, as to the matter of the kingdom, he told him not what Samuel had said.
1Sa 10:17 ¶ Then Samuel called out the people, unto Yahweh, at Mizpah,
1Sa 10:18 and said unto the sons of Israel––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel: I myself, brought up Israel, out of Egypt,––and rescued you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that distressed you.
1Sa 10:19 Yet, ye, today, have rejected your God, who, himself, hath been giving you salvation from all your calamities and your distresses, and ye have said to him: A king, shalt thou set over us,––Now, therefore, present yourselves before Yahweh, by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1Sa 10:20 And, when Samuel had brought near all the tribes of Israel, then was taken the tribe of Benjamin.
1Sa 10:21 And, when he had brought near the tribe of Benjamin, by their families, then was taken the family of Matri,––and, when he had brought near the family of Matri, man by man, then was taken Saul the son of Kish; so they sought him, but he was not to be found.
1Sa 10:22 Then asked they again of Yahweh, Hath there yet to come in hither a man? And Yahweh said, Lo! he, hath hid himself among the stores.
1Sa 10:23 So they ran, and fetched him thence, and, when he presented himself in the midst of the people, then was he [seen to be] taller than any of the people, from his shoulders and upwards.
1Sa 10:24 And Samuel said unto all the people––Have ye seen him whom Yahweh hath chosen, that there is none like him, among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said––Let the king live!
1Sa 10:25 Then Samuel declared unto the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a scroll, and laid it up before Yahweh. And Samuel sent away all the people, every man to his own house.
1Sa 10:26 Yea, even Saul, went to his own house, at Gibeah,––and the valiant men whose heart God had moved went with him.
1Sa 10:27 But, abandoned men, said––How can this one save us? So they treated him with contempt, and brought him no present,––but he was as one that was deaf.
1Sa 11:1 ¶ Then came up Nahash the Ammonite, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead,––and all the man of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Solemnise with us a covenant, that we may serve thee.
1Sa 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, Hereby, will I solemnise [a covenant] with you by digging out for you, every one’s right eye,––and laying it for a reproach, upon all Israel.
1Sa 11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him––Give us a respite of seven days, that we may send messengers throughout all the bounds of Israel,––and then, if there is none to save us, we will come out unto thee.
1Sa 11:4 And, when the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spake the words in the ears of the people, all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
1Sa 11:5 ¶ But lo! Saul, came in, following the oxen, out of the field, and Saul said, What aileth the people, that they should weep? Then were recounted to him the words of the men of Jabesh.
1Sa 11:6 And the Spirit of God came suddenly upon Saul, when he heard these words,––and his anger raged furiously.
1Sa 11:7 So he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout all the bounds of Israel by the hand of messengers––saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul, and after Samuel, so, shall it be done unto his oxen. Then felt the dread of Yahweh, upon the people, and they came forth, as one man.
1Sa 11:8 And, when he numbered them in Bezek, the sons of Israel were found to be––three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
1Sa 11:9 So they said unto the messengers who had come––Thus, shall ye surely say to the men of Jabesh–gilead, Tomorrow, shall ye have deliverance, about the time the son is hot. And, when the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
1Sa 11:10 So the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow, will we come out unto you,––Then shall ye do with us, according to all that is good in your eyes.
1Sa 11:11 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul set the people in three companies, and they entered into the midst of the host, during the morning watch, and smote Ammon until the day was hot. And it came to pass that, they who were left, were scattered, so that there were not left among them, two together.
1Sa 11:12 ¶ Then said the people unto Samuel, Who is he that was saying, Shall, Saul, reign over us? Give up the men, that we may put them to death.
1Sa 11:13 But Saul said, There shall not be put to death a man, this day,––for, today, hath Yahweh wrought deliverance in Israel.
1Sa 11:14 Then said Samuel unto the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal,––and let us there renew the kingdom.
1Sa 11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and made Saul king there, before Yahweh, in Gilgal, and offered there sacrifices of peace–offerings before Yahweh,––and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced there, exceedingly.
1Sa 12:1 ¶ And Samuel said unto all Israel, Lo! I have hearkened unto your voice, in all that ye said to me,––and have set over you a king.
1Sa 12:2 Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey–headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you,––But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.
1Sa 12:3 Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed––Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you.
1Sa 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not oppressed us, neither hast thou crushed us,––neither hast thou taken, at the hand of any man, any thing.
1Sa 12:5 And he said unto them––Witness, is Yahweh against you, and, witness, is his Anointed, this day, that ye have not found in my hand, any thing! And they said: Witness!
1Sa 12:6 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people: Witness, is Yahweh, who wrought with Moses and with Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt.
1Sa 12:7 Now, therefore, take your stand and let me plead with you, before Yahweh,––and tell you all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he wrought with you, and with your fathers:
1Sa 12:8 How that, when Jacob had come into Egypt,––and your fathers had made outcry unto Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and he caused them to dwell in this place;
1Sa 12:9 And, when they forgat Yahweh their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, prince of the host of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them;
1Sa 12:10 But, when they made outcry unto Yahweh and said––We have sinned, in that we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths,––now, therefore, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve thee,
1Sa 12:11 then Yahweh sent Jerubbaal and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel,––and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies, on every side, and ye dwelt in safety.
1Sa 12:12 But, when ye saw that, Nahash king of the sons of Ammon, came upon you, then said ye unto me, Nay! but, a king, shall reign over us, when, Yahweh your God, was your king!
1Sa 12:13 Now, therefore, lo! the king whom ye have chosen, for whom ye have asked,––lo! therefore, Yahweh hath set over you a king.
1Sa 12:14 If ye will revere Yahweh, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the bidding of Yahweh, then shall, both ye and your king that reigneth over you, continue to follow after Yahweh your God.
1Sa 12:15 But, if ye hearken not unto the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the bidding of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh continue to be against you, and against your fathers.
1Sa 12:16 ¶ Even now, stand still and see this great thing,––which Yahweh is about to do before your eyes:
1Sa 12:17 Is it not wheat harvest, today? I will cry unto Yahweh, that he may give forth thunderings and rain,––know ye then and see, that, your wrong, is great which ye have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for yourselves, a king.
1Sa 12:18 So Samuel cried unto Yahweh, and Yahweh gave forth thunderings and rain, on that day,––and all the people greatly feared Yahweh, and Samuel.
1Sa 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel––Pray for thy servants, unto Yahweh thy God, and let it not be that we die,––For we have added, to all our sins, a wrong, in asking for ourselves a king.
1Sa 12:20 Then said Samuel unto the people––Do not fear, ye, have done all this wrong,––nevertheless, do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh, with all your heart;
1Sa 12:21 and turn not aside after vanities, that can neither profit nor deliver, because, vanities, they are.
1Sa 12:22 For Yahweh will not give up his people, because of his great name, for Yahweh was minded to make you his people.
1Sa 12:23 As for me also, far be it from me, that I should sin against Yahweh, by ceasing to pray for you,––but I will direct you, in the good and right way.
1Sa 12:24 Only, revere Yahweh, and serve him in truth, with all your heart,––for see, what great things he hath done with you.
1Sa 12:25 But, if ye, will do wrong, both ye and your king shall be swept away.
1Sa 13:1 ¶ Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; and, when he had reigned two years over Israel,
1Sa 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill–country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin,––but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home.
1Sa 13:3 Then did Jonathan smite the garrison of Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it,––and, Saul, blew with a horn throughout all the land saying, Let the Hebrews hear!
1Sa 13:4 And, all Israel, heard say––Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines, Moreover, also, Israel have made themselves odious among the Philistines,––so the people were called together to follow Saul, to Gilgal.
1Sa 13:5 And, the Philistines, gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, a people also like the sand that is on the sea–shore for multitude,––and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth–aven.
1Sa 13:6 So, the men of Israel, saw they were in a strait, for the people had been harassed,––and the people had hidden themselves in caves, and in thickets, and among cliffs, and in holes, and in pits.
1Sa 13:7 And, Hebrews, had passed over the Jordan, to the land of Gad, and Gilead,––but, Saul, was yet in Gilgal, and all the people, trembled after him.
1Sa 13:8 ¶ And he waited seven days, by the set time that Samuel had named, but Samuel came not to Gilgal,––and the people were scattered from him.
1Sa 13:9 Then said Saul, Bring near unto me, the ascending–sacrifice and the peace–offerings. And he offered up the ascending–sacrifice.
1Sa 13:10 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of offering up the ascending–sacrifice, lo! Samuel, had come,––and Saul went out to meet him, that he might bless him.
1Sa 13:11 Then said Samuel––What hast thou done? And Saul said––Because I saw that the people had been scattered from me, and, thou, hadst not come within the appointed days, and, the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to Michmash,
1Sa 13:12 therefore I said––Now, will the Philistines come down against me, at Gilgal, but, the face of Yahweh, have I not appeased: So I forced myself, and offered up the ascending–sacrifice.
1Sa 13:13 And Samuel said unto Saul––Thou hast shewn thyself foolish,––thou hast not kept the commandment of Yahweh thy God, which he commanded thee, for, now, would Yahweh have established thy kingdom unto Israel until times age–abiding;
1Sa 13:14 Whereas, now, shall thy kingdom not be established,––Yahweh hath sought out for him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh hath commanded him to be leader over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Yahweh commanded thee.
1Sa 13:15 ¶ And Samuel arose, and ascended from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were found with him, about six hundred men.
1Sa 13:16 Now, Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with him, were abiding in Geba of Benjamin,––but, the Philistines, had encamped in Michmash.
1Sa 13:17 And the spoilers came forth out of the camp of the Philistines, in three companies, the first company, turned unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;
1Sa 13:18 and, the second company, turned unto the way of Beth–horon,––and, the third company, turned unto the way of the boundary that overlooketh the valley of Zeboim, towards the wilderness.
1Sa 13:19 Now, a smith, could not be found, throughout all the land of Israel––for the Philistines had said, Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear.
1Sa 13:20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines,––to sharpen every man his share, and his mattock, and his axe, and his sickle.
1Sa 13:21 Howbeit they had a file for the sickles, and the mattocks, and the three–pronged forks, and the axes,––and for setting the goads.
1Sa 13:22 Thus would it come to pass, in the day of battle, that there was found––neither sword nor spear, in the hand of any of the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan, but such were found belonging to Saul and to Jonathan his son.
1Sa 13:23 Now the garrison of the Philistines had come out to the pass of Michmash.
1Sa 14:1 ¶ And it came about, on a certain day, that Jonathan son of Saul said unto the young man bearing his armour: Come! and let us pass over unto the garrison of the Philistines, that is on the other side, yonder! but, to his father, he told it not.
1Sa 14:2 Now, Saul, was tarrying in the uttermost part of Gibeah, under the pomegranate tree that is in Migron,––and, the people that were with him, were about six hundred men;
1Sa 14:3 and, Ahijah, son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, was priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod,––and, the people, knew not that Jonathan had departed.
1Sa 14:4 And, between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over up to the garrison of the Philistines, there was a crag of rock on the one side, and a crag of rock on the other side; and, the name of the one, was Bozez, and the name of the other, Seneh.
1Sa 14:5 The one crag, was a pillar on the north, over against Michmash,––and, the other, on the south, over against Geba.
1Sa 14:6 So Jonathan said unto the young man bearing his armour––Come! and let us cross over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised, peradventure, Yahweh may work by us,––for there is no restraint with Yahweh, to save by many, or by few.
1Sa 14:7 And his armour–bearer said to him, Do all that is in thy heart,––decide for thyself (lo! I am with thee!), according to thine own heart.
1Sa 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Lo! we, are crossing over unto the men,––and will discover ourselves unto them.
1Sa 14:9 If, thus, they say unto us, Keep quiet until we get to you, then will we stand still where we are, and will not go up unto them;
1Sa 14:10 but, if thus, they say, Come up unto us, then will we go up; for Yahweh hath delivered them into our hand,––This, then, is our sign.
1Sa 14:11 So they two discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines,––and the Philistines said––Lo! Hebrews, coming forth out of the holes, wherein they had hidden themselves.
1Sa 14:12 And the men of the garrison responded to Jonathan and his armour–bearer, and said––Come up unto us, and we will let you know a thing. Then said Jonathan unto his armour–bearer––Come up after me, for Yahweh hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
1Sa 14:13 So Jonathan went up on his hands and on his feet, and, his armour–bearer, followed him,––and they fell before Jonathan, and, his armour–bearer, was slaying after him.
1Sa 14:14 And the first smiting wherewith Jonathan and his armour–bearer smote, was about twenty men,––within, as it were, half a furrow’s length of a yoke of land.
1Sa 14:15 And there came to be a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the outposts and the spoilers, they too, trembled,––and the earth quaked, so it became a preternatural trembling.
1Sa 14:16 ¶ And the scouts of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and lo! the camp, melted away, hither and thither.
1Sa 14:17 Then said Saul unto the people who were with him: Number, I pray you, and see who hath departed from us. So they numbered; and lo! Jonathan and his armour–bearer were missing.
1Sa 14:18 Then said Saul unto Ahijah, Bring near the ark of God; for the ark of God was, on that day, in the midst of the sons of Israel.
1Sa 14:19 And it came to pass, as soon as Saul had spoken unto the priest, that, the tumultuous noise that was in the camp of the Philistines, went on and on, increasing. Then said Saul unto the priest,––Withdraw thy hand.
1Sa 14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him gathered themselves together, and came as far as the host,––and lo! the sword of every man was against his fellow, an exceeding great confusion.
1Sa 14:21 And, the Hebrews who had aforetime belonged to the Philistines, who had come up with them in the host, even they, turned round so as to be with Israel who were with Saul and Jonathan.
1Sa 14:22 And, all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves throughout the hill country of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines had fled, and, they also, followed hard after them in the battle.
1Sa 14:23 Thus did Yahweh, on that day, save Israel,––and, the battle, passed over by Beth–aven.
1Sa 14:24 ¶ Now, the men of Israel, were tired out on that day,––yet had Saul bound the people by an oath, saying––Cursed, be the man that eateth food until the evening, and I be avenged upon mine enemies. So none of the people had tasted food.
1Sa 14:25 And, all the land, had entered into the forest,––and there was honey upon the face of the ground.
1Sa 14:26 So the people came into the forest, and lo! there were streams of honey,––but no man reached his hand to his mouth, because the people revered the oath.
1Sa 14:27 But, Jonathan, heard not his father putting the people on oath, so he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honey–copse,––and brought back his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were brightened.
1Sa 14:28 Then responded one from among the people, and said––With an oath, did thy father charge the people, saying––Cursed, be the man that eateth food today! And so the people were faint.
1Sa 14:29 Then said Jonathan: My father hath afflicted the land,––See, I pray you, how my own eyes have been brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
1Sa 14:30 How much more if haply the people had, eaten freely, today of the spoil of their enemies, which they found? for, now, would not the smiting of the Philistines have been, mighty?
1Sa 14:31 Howbeit they smote the Philistines on that day from Michmash to Aijalon,––but the people became exceeding faint.
1Sa 14:32 And the people darted greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and felled them to the ground,––and the people did eat, with the blood.
1Sa 14:33 And they told Saul, saying, Lo! the people, are sinning against Yahweh, by eating with the blood. And he said––Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me, here, a great stone.
1Sa 14:34 And Saul said––Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them––Bring near unto me every man his ox,, and every man his lamb, and slay them here, and then eat, so shall ye not sin against Yahweh, by eating with the blood. And all the people brought near––every man that which was in his hand, that night, and they slew them there.
1Sa 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto Yahweh,––the same, was the first altar that he built unto Yahweh.
1Sa 14:36 ¶ Then said Saul––Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and make of them a prey until the morning light, and let us not leave of them, a man. And they said, All that is good in thine eyes, do! Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
1Sa 14:37 So Saul asked 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.
1Sa 14:38 Then said Saul, Come near hither, all ye chiefs of the people,––and get to know and see, wherein, hath been this sin, today.
1Sa 14:39 For, by the life of Yahweh, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, yet shall he, die. But there was none ready to answer him, of all the people.
1Sa 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel––Ye, shall be on one side, and, I and Jonathan my son, will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, What is good in thine eyes, do!
1Sa 14:41 And Saul said unto Yahweh––O God of Israel! now set forth the truth. Then were, Jonathan and Saul, taken, and, the people, escaped.
1Sa 14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me, and Jonathan my son. Then was, Jonathan, taken.
1Sa 14:43 And Saul said unto Jonathan, Come tell me, what thou hast done. So Jonathan told him, and said, I, just tasted, with the end of the staff that was in my hand, a little honey, here I am––I must die!
1Sa 14:44 Then said Saul: So, may God do, and, so, may he add, surely thou must, die, Jonathan!
1Sa 14:45 But the people said unto Saul––Shall, Jonathan, die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! By the life of Yahweh, there shall not fall a hair of his head to the ground, for, with God, hath he wrought this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.
1Sa 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines,––and, the Philistines, departed unto their own place.
1Sa 14:47 ¶ And, Saul, took possession of the kingdom over Israel,––and made war round about against all his enemies––against Moab, and against the sons of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and, whomsoever he turned against, he was victorious.
1Sa 14:48 Then made he ready a force, and smote the Amalekites,––and delivered Israel out of the hand of such as plundered them.
1Sa 14:49 And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua,––and, the names of his two daughters, were, the name of the firstborn, Merab, and, the name of the younger, Michal,––
1Sa 14:50 and, the name of Saul’s wife, was Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz,––and the name of the prince of his host, Abner, son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
1Sa 14:51 And, Kish, was Saul’s father, and, Ner, Abner’s father, was son of Abiel.
1Sa 14:52 And the war was severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul,––and, whensoever Saul saw any mighty man, or any son of valour, he drew him unto himself.
1Sa 15:1 ¶ And Samuel said unto Saul, It was, me, Yahweh sent to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel,––now, therefore, hearken thou to the voice of Yahweh’s words.
1Sa 15:2 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I have well considered what Amalek did unto Israel––how he lay in wait for him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
1Sa 15:3 Now, go and smite Amalek, and devote ye to destruction all that he hath, and spare him not,––but thou shalt slay both man and woman, both child and suckling, both ox and sheep, both camel and ass.
1Sa 15:4 So then Saul called together the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen,––and ten thousand men of Judah.
1Sa 15:5 And Saul came as far as the city of Amalek,––and stirred up strife in the ravine.
1Sa 15:6 Then said Saul unto the Kenites––Go, depart, get you down out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them, yet, ye, dealt in lovingkindness, with all the sons of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed out of the midst of the Amalekites.
1Sa 15:7 And Saul smote Amalek,––from Havilah, till thou enterest Shur, which is over against Egypt.
1Sa 15:8 And he took Agag, king of Amalek, alive,––but, all the people, devoted he to destruction at the edge of the sword.
1Sa 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs, also the fatlings, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction,––but, all the cattle that was contemptible and diseased, that, devoted they to destruction.
1Sa 15:10 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto Samuel, saying––
1Sa 15:11 I am grieved that I made Saul to be king, for he hath turned back from following me, and, my words, hath he not established. And it was vexing to Samuel, so that he made outcry unto Yahweh, all the night.
1Sa 15:12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul, in the morning, and it was told Samuel, saying––Saul having come to Carmel, and lo! having set him up a sign, hath gone round, and passed over, and descended to Gilgal.
1Sa 15:13 And Samuel came unto Saul,––and Saul said unto him––Blessed, be thou by Yahweh: I have established the word of Yahweh.
1Sa 15:14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of sheep, in mine ears,––and the lowing of oxen, which I can hear?
1Sa 15:15 Then said Saul––From the Amalekites, have they brought them in; in that the people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God,––but, the rest, have we devoted to destruction.
1Sa 15:16 Then said Samuel unto Saul, Stay, and let me tell thee, that which Yahweh hath spoken unto me, this night. And he said to him––Speak.
1Sa 15:17 And Samuel said, Was it not, when, little, thou wast in thine own eyes, that thou wast made, head of the tribes of Israel,––and that Yahweh anointed thee to be king over Israel?
1Sa 15:18 So then Yahweh sent thee on a journey,––and said––Go, and devastate to destruction, the sinners––the Amalekites, and make war against them, until they have consumed them.
1Sa 15:19 Wherefore, then, didst thou not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh,––but didst rush upon the spoil, and do that which was wrong in the sight of Yahweh?
1Sa 15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel––As indeed I have hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh, and have been on the journey on which Yahweh sent me,––and have brought in Agag, king of Amalek, and, the Amalekites, have I devoted to destruction.
1Sa 15:21 And the people took, of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things so devoted,––to sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God, in Gilgal.
1Sa 15:22 Then said Samuel––Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending–offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;
1Sa 15:23 For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,––and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,––Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.
1Sa 15:24 ¶ Then said Saul unto Samuel––I have sinned; for I have transgressed the bidding of Yahweh, and thy words,––for I feared the people, and hearkened unto their voice.
1Sa 15:25 Now, therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin,––and turn again with me, that I may bow down unto Yahweh.
1Sa 15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not turn again with thee,––Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath Yahweh rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1Sa 15:27 And, when Samuel turned about to go away, then laid he hold of the skirt of his robe, and it was rent.
1Sa 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, Yahweh hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee, today,––and will give it unto a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou.
1Sa 15:29 Moreover also, the Eminence of Israel, will not lie, neither will he repent,––For no, iron of earth, is, he, to repent!
1Sa 15:30 Then he said: I have sinned, Now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel,––and turn again with me, then will I bow down unto Yahweh thy God.
1Sa 15:31 So then Samuel turned again, after Saul––and Saul bowed down unto Yahweh.
1Sa 15:32 ¶ Then said Samuel––Bring ye near unto me––Agag, king of Amalek, And Agag came unto him, in fetters. Then said Agag, Surely, terrible, is the bitterness of death!
1Sa 15:33 And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal.
1Sa 15:34 Then Samuel departed unto Ramah,––but, Saul, went up unto his own house, at Gibeah of Saul.
1Sa 15:35 And Samuel did no more see Saul, until the day of his death, for Samuel pined for Saul,––but, Yahweh, was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1Sa 16:1 ¶ And Yahweh said unto Samuel––How long, art thou going to pine for Saul, seeing that, I, have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come! let me send thee unto Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me, among his sons, a king.
1Sa 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? As soon as Saul heareth, he will slay me. Then said Yahweh, A heifer, take thou with thee, and say, To sacrifice unto Yahweh, am I come.
1Sa 16:3 Then shall thou bid Jesse to the sacrifice,––when, I, will let thee know what thou must do, so shalt thou anoint for me him whom I shall name unto thee.
1Sa 16:4 And Samuel did that which Yahweh had spoken, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him, and one said––Peaceably, comest thou?
1Sa 16:5 And he said––Peaceably: to sacrifice unto Yahweh, am I come. Hallow yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he hallowed Jesse and his sons, and bade them to the sacrifice.
1Sa 16:6 ¶ And it came to pass, when they entered, that he looked upon Eliab,––and said to himself, Surely, before Yahweh, is his Anointed.
1Sa 16:7 But Yahweh said unto Samuel––Do not regard his countenance, or the height of his stature, for I have rejected him,––for it is not what man looketh to but what God looketh to. For, man, looketh to the outward appearance, but, Yahweh, looketh to the heart.
1Sa 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel,––and he said, Neither of this one, hath Yahweh made choice.
1Sa 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by,––and he said––Nor of this one, hath Yahweh made choice.
1Sa 16:10 So Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel,––and Samuel said unto Jesse, Yahweh hath not made choice of these.
1Sa 16:11 Then said Samuel unto Jesse––Are these all the young men? And he said––There yet remaineth, the youngest, but lo! he is tending the sheep. Then said Samuel unto Jesse––Do, send, and summon him, for we cannot sit round, until he cometh in hither.
1Sa 16:12 So he sent, and brought him in. Now, he, was ruddy, a stripling with handsome eyes, and noble mien. Then said Yahweh––Rise––anoint him, for, this, is, he.
1Sa 16:13 And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David, from that day forward. Then arose Samuel, and went his way unto Ramah.
1Sa 16:14 ¶ But, the spirit of Yahweh, departed from Saul,––and there terrified him a sad spirit, from Yahweh.
1Sa 16:15 Then said the servants of Saul unto him,––Lo! we pray thee, a sad superhuman spirit, doth terrify thee:
1Sa 16:16 Pray let our lord bid thy servants before thee, seek out a man, skilled in playing on the lyre,––so shall it be, when a sad superhuman spirit cometh on thee, then shall he play with his hand, and thou shalt be joyful.
1Sa 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants,––I pray you, look out for me a man that excelleth in playing, and bring him in unto me.
1Sa 16:18 Then responded one of the young men and said––Lo! I have seen––a son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite, skilled in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and of intelligent speech, and a handsome man, and, Yahweh, is with him.
1Sa 16:19 So Saul sent messengers unto Jesse,––and said, Send, unto me––David thy son, who is with the sheep.
1Sa 16:20 Then took Jesse an ass laden with bread, and a skin of wine, and one kid,––and sent by the hand of David his son, unto Saul.
1Sa 16:21 And David came in unto Saul,––and stood before him,––and he loved him greatly, and he became his armour–bearer.
1Sa 16:22 And Saul sent unto Jesse, saying,––I pray thee, let David stand before me, for he hath found favour in mine eyes.
1Sa 16:23 And so it used to be, when a superhuman spirit came unto Saul, then would David take the lyre, and play with his hand,––and Saul would be refreshed, and be joyful, and, the sad spirit, would depart from him.
1Sa 17:1 ¶ And the Philistines gathered together their hosts, unto battle, and they were gathered together unto Socoh, which belongeth unto Judah,––and they encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes–dammim;
1Sa 17:2 and, Saul and the men of Israel, gathered themselves together, and encamped in the vale of Elah, and set the army in array against the Philistines.
1Sa 17:3 And, the Philistines, were standing near the hill on one side, and, the Israelites, were standing near the hill on the other side,––while, the valley, was between them.
1Sa 17:4 And there came forth a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath, his name, from Gath,––his height, six cubits and a span;
1Sa 17:5 with a helmet of bronze on his head, and, with a scaly coat of mail, was he clad,––the weight of the coat, being five thousand shekels of bronze;
1Sa 17:6 and, greaves of bronze, on his feet,––and, a javelin of bronze, between his shoulders;
1Sa 17:7 and, the shaft of his spear, was like a weaver’s beam, and, the flashing head of his spear, was six hundred shekels of iron,––and, his shield–bearer, was coming on before him.
1Sa 17:8 And he took his stand, and cried unto the ranks of Israel, and said unto them, Wherefore should ye come out, to set in array for battle? Am not, I, a Philistine, while, ye, are servants unto Saul? Choose you a man, and let him come down unto me:
1Sa 17:9 If he prevail in fighting with me, and smite me, then will we become your servants,––but, if, I, prevail over him, and smite him, then shall ye become our servants, and serve, us.
1Sa 17:10 And the Philistine said––I, reproach the ranks of Israel, this day,––give me a man, that we may fight together.
1Sa 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and feared exceedingly.
1Sa 17:12 ¶ Now, David, was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem–judah, whose, name, was Jesse, and, who, had eight sons,––and, the man, in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years.
1Sa 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle,––and, the names of his three sons who went into the battle, were Eliab the firstborn, and, the next to him, Abinadab, and, the third, Shammah.
1Sa 17:14 But, as for David, he, was the youngest,––and, the three eldest, followed Saul;
1Sa 17:15 whereas, David, kept going and returning from Saul,––to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
1Sa 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,––and presented himself forty days.
1Sa 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take, I pray thee, unto thy brethren––this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves,––and run to the camp unto thy brethren;
1Sa 17:18 also these ten slices of soft cheese, shalt thou take to the captain of their thousand,––and, as for thy brethren, give good heed to their welfare, their pledge, also shalt thou receive.
1Sa 17:19 Now, Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, ready to fight with the Philistines.
1Sa 17:20 So then David rose up early in the morning, and entrusted the sheep to a keeper, and took up [the provisions] and went his way, as Jesse had commanded him,––and came into the circular rampart, as, the force, was going forth into the ranks, and shouted for the fight.
1Sa 17:21 So Israel and the Philistines set in array for battle, army against army.
1Sa 17:22 Then David entrusted the provisions that were upon him to the care of the keeper of the stores, and ran unto the ranks,––and came and asked for the welfare of his brethren.
1Sa 17:23 Now, as he was speaking with them, lo! the champion coming up, Goliath the Philistine, by name, of Gath, [coming up] out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he spake according to these words,––and David heard [them].
1Sa 17:24 Now, all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him, and feared exceedingly.
1Sa 17:25 And the men of Israel said––Have ye seen this man that is coming up? For, to reproach Israel, is he coming. So then it shall be, that, the man that shall smite him, the same, will the king enrich with great riches, and, his own daughter, will give him, and, his father’s house, will he make free in Israel.
1Sa 17:26 Then spake David unto the men that were standing by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that shall smite yonder Philistine, and so shall take away reproach from off Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God?
1Sa 17:27 And the people answered him, according to this word saying,––So, shall it be done to the man that shall smite him.
1Sa 17:28 Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men,––then was kindled the anger of Eliab against David, and he said––Wherefore is it that thou hast come down? and to whom hast thou entrusted those few sheep in the wilderness? I, know thy pride, and the foolishness of thy heart, for, to see the battle, hast thou come down.
1Sa 17:29 And David said, What have I done, now? Was there not, a cause?
1Sa 17:30 Then turned he from him unto another, and said––according to this word,––and the people returned him an answer, like the first.
1Sa 17:31 ¶ And the words which David spake were overheard,––and, when they told them before Saul, he summoned him.
1Sa 17:32 And David said unto Saul, Let not the heart of my lord fail, because of him,––thy servant, will go, and fight with this Philistine.
1Sa 17:33 And Saul said unto David––Thou art not able to go against this Philistine, to fight with him,––for, a youth, art, thou, but, he, a man of war, from his youth.
1Sa 17:34 Then said David unto Saul, Thy servant used to tend his father’s sheep,––and there would come a lion, or a bear, and carry off a lamb out of the flock;
1Sa 17:35 and I would go out after him, and smite him, and rescue it out of his mouth,––and, if he rose against me, I would catch him by his beard, and smite him, and slay him.
1Sa 17:36 Thy servant could slay, either a lion or a bear,––and, this uncircumcised Philistine, shall become, as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God.
1Sa 17:37 And David said, Yahweh, who hath rescued me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, he, will rescue us out of the hand of this Philistine. Then said Saul unto David––Go! and, Yahweh, will be with thee.
1Sa 17:38 And Saul clad David with his own military coat, and set a helmet of bronze upon his head,––and clad him with a coat of mail.
1Sa 17:39 And David girded his sword above his military coat, but was reluctant to go, for he had not proved them,––so David said unto Saul––I cannot go in these, for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
1Sa 17:40 ¶ Then took he his stick in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the torrent–bed, and put them in the shepherd’s–pouch which he had––even in the wallet, and had his sling in his hand,––and so drew near unto the Philistine.
1Sa 17:41 And the Philistine came on and on, and drew near unto David,––and the man carrying the shield was before him.
1Sa 17:42 And, when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him,––for he was a youth, and ruddy, a stripling of fair countenance.
1Sa 17:43 Then said the Philistine unto David, A dog, am, I, that thou art coming unto me, with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David, by his god.
1Sa 17:44 And the Philistine said unto David,––Come, unto me, that I may give thy flesh to the birds of heaven, and to the beasts of the field.
1Sa 17:45 Then said David unto the Philistine––Thou, art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with javelin,––but, I, am coming unto thee in the name of Yahweh of hosts, God of the ranks of Israel which thou hast reproached.
1Sa 17:46 This day, will Yahweh deliver thee into my hand, and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee, and will give thy dead body and the dead bodies of the host of Philistines, this day, unto the birds of heaven, and unto the wild beasts of the earth,––that all the earth may know that Israel hath a God;
1Sa 17:47 and that all this gathered host may know that, not with sword and with spear, doth Yahweh save,––for, unto Yahweh, belongeth the battle, and he will deliver you into our hand.
1Sa 17:48 ¶ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the ranks to meet the Philistine.
1Sa 17:49 And David thrust his hand into his pouch, and took from thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine, in his forehead,––that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face, to the earth.
1Sa 17:50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine, with the sling and with the stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him,––but, sword, was there none in the hand of David.
1Sa 17:51 So David ran, and stood by the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off, therewith, his head,––and, when the Philistines saw that their hero was slain, they fled.
1Sa 17:52 Then arose the men of Israel and Judah, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, as far as the entrance into Gath, and as far as the gates of Ekron,––and the slain of the Philistines fell in the way to the two gates, even as far as Gath and as far as Ekron.
1Sa 17:53 And the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines,––and plundered their camps.
1Sa 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it into Jerusalem,––but, his armour, put he into his tent.
1Sa 17:55 And, when Saul saw David going forth to meet the Philistine, he said unto Abner, prince of the host, Whose son is the young man, Abner? And Abner said, By the life of thy soul, O king! I know not.
1Sa 17:56 Then said the king,––Ask, thou, whose son the stripling is?
1Sa 17:57 And, when David returned from smiting the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul,––with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
1Sa 17:58 And Saul said unto him, Whose son art, thou, O young man? And David said, Son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite.
1Sa 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, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul.
1Sa 18:2 And Saul took him, that day,––and suffered him not to return unto the house of his father.
1Sa 18:3 And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant,––because he loved him as his own soul.
1Sa 18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe which was upon him, and gave it to David,––and his equipments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
1Sa 18:5 And David went forth––whithersoever Saul sent him, he behaved himself prudently, so Saul set him over the men of war,––and he became a favourite in the eyes of all the people, yea even in the eyes of the servants of Saul.
1Sa 18:6 ¶ But so it was, when they came in on the return of David from the smiting of the Philistine, that the women went forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet Saul the king,––with timbrels, with rejoicing, and with instruments of three strings.
1Sa 18:7 And the women that made merry responded to each other in song, and said,––Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands.
1Sa 18:8 Then was Saul exceeding angry, and this saying was offensive in his eyes, and he said,––They have ascribed, to David, ten thousands, but, to me, have they ascribed thousands,––What, more, then, can he have but, the kingdom?
1Sa 18:9 And Saul was eyeing David from that day forward.
1Sa 18:10 And, when it came to pass, on the morrow, that a superhuman spirit of sadness came suddenly upon Saul, and he was moved to raving in the midst of the house,––and, David, began playing with his hand, as he had done day by day, that a spear being in Saul’s hand,
1Sa 18:11 Saul hurled the spear, and said to himself––I will smite David, even to the wall! But David moved round from before him, twice.
1Sa 18:12 ¶ And Saul feared because of David,––for Yahweh was with him, whereas, from Saul, he had departed.
1Sa 18:13 So Saul removed him from him, and appointed him to be for him the captain of a thousand,––and he went out and came in before the people.
1Sa 18:14 And it came to pass that David, in all his ways, acted prudently,––and, Yahweh, was with him.
1Sa 18:15 And, when Saul saw that, he, was acting very prudently, he was afraid of him.
1Sa 18:16 But, all Israel and Judah, were in love with David,––for he was going out and coming in before them.
1Sa 18:17 So then Saul said unto David––Lo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himself––Let not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, be upon him.
1Sa 18:18 And David said unto Saul––Who am, I, or who are my kinsfolk, the family of my father, in Israel,––that I should become son–in–law, to the king?
1Sa 18:19 But it came to pass, within the time for giving Merab daughter of Saul to David, that, she, was given to Adriel the Meholathite, to wife.
1Sa 18:20 Then did Michal, Saul’s daughter, love David,––and it was told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.
1Sa 18:21 And Saul said to himself––I will give her unto him, that she may prove to him a snare, and that, the hand of the Philistines, may be upon him. So then Saul said unto David, A second time, mayest thou become my son–in–law today.
1Sa 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants––Speak ye unto David quietly saying, Lo! the king delighteth in thee, and, all his servants, love thee,––now, therefore, become thou son–in–law to the king.
1Sa 18:23 And the servants of Saul spake, in the ears of David, these words. And David said––Seemeth it a light thing, in your eyes, to become son–in–law to the king, seeing that, I, am a poor man and lightly esteemed?
1Sa 18:24 So the servants of Saul told him, saying,––According to these words, spake David,
1Sa 18:25 Then said Saul––Thus, shall ye say unto David––The king hath no delight in purchase–price, but rather in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, by avenging himself on the enemies of the king. But, Saul, thought to let David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1Sa 18:26 So, when his servants told David these words, the thing was right in the eyes of David, to become son–in–law unto the king,––and the days had not expired.
1Sa 18:27 Wherefore David arose, and went––he and his men, and smote among the Philistines two hundred men, and David brought in their foreskins, and gave them in full tale unto the king, that he might become son–in–law unto the king, and Saul gave him Michal his daughter, to wife.
1Sa 18:28 And Saul saw and knew that, Yahweh, was with David, and that, all Israel, loved him.
1Sa 18:29 So then Saul went on to fear because of David, yet more,––and it came to pass that Saul was hostile to David, all the days.
1Sa 18:30 And, when the princes of the Philistines came forth, so it was, that, as often as they came forth, David was more circumspect than any of the servants of Saul, so that his name was, precious exceedingly.
1Sa 19:1 ¶ Then spake Saul unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, that they should put David to death;
1Sa 19:2 but, Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted in David, exceedingly,––so Jonathan told David, saying, Saul, my father, is seeking to put thee to death,––now, therefore, take heed to thyself I pray thee, in the morning, and abide thou in concealment, and hide thyself;
1Sa 19:3 and, I, will come out and stand beside my father, in the field where, thou, art, and, I, will speak of thee unto my father,––and, if I see aught, I will tell thee.
1Sa 19:4 So then Jonathan spake of David things that were good, unto Saul his father,––and said unto him––May the king not sin against his servant––against David; for he hath not sinned against, thee, nay, indeed, his doings have been good to theeward exceedingly.
1Sa 19:5 And, when he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Yahweh wrought a great victory for all Israel, thou sawest, and didst rejoice. Wherefore, then, shouldst thou sin against innocent blood by putting David to death, without cause?
1Sa 19:6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan,––and Saul sware, By the life of Yahweh, he shall not be put to death!
1Sa 19:7 And Jonathan called for David, and Jonathan told him all these things,––and Jonathan brought in David unto Saul, and so he was in his presence, as aforetime.
1Sa 19:8 ¶ But, when the war again brake out,––and David went forth and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great smiting, and they fled before him,
1Sa 19:9 then came there a sad spirit of Yahweh unto Saul, he being in his house, seated, with his spear in his hand,––while, David, played with his hand,
1Sa 19:10 Saul sought to smite David with the spear, even to the wall, but he slipped away from before Saul, who smote the spear into the wall,––whereas, David, fled and escaped, that night.
1Sa 19:11 ¶ And Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to put him to death, in the morning! And Michal his wife told David, saying, If thou do not deliver thyself to–night, tomorrow, art thou to be put to death.
1Sa 19:12 So Michal let down David, through the window, and he departed and fled, and escaped.
1Sa 19:13 And Michal took the household god, and put it in the bed, and, a fly–net of goat’s–hair, put she at its head,––and covered it with the clothes.
1Sa 19:14 And, when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said––He is, sick.
1Sa 19:15 So Saul sent messengers to see David, saying,––Bring him up in the bed unto me, that I may put him to death.
1Sa 19:16 And, when the messengers entered, lo! the household god in the bed,––with a fly–net of goat’s–hair at its head.
1Sa 19:17 And Saul said unto Michal––Wherefore, in this way, hast thou deceived me, and let go mine enemy, that he hath escaped? Then said Michal unto Saul, He, himself, said unto me––Let me go, wherefore should I put thee to death?
1Sa 19:18 ¶ So, David, fled, and escaped, and came in unto Samuel in Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him,––and he and Samuel departed, and dwelt in Naioth.
1Sa 19:19 And it was told Saul, saying,––Lo! David, is in Naioth, in Ramah.
1Sa 19:20 So Saul sent messengers to take David, but, when they saw the assembly of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, then came the Spirit of God upon the messengers of Saul, and, they also, were, moved to prophesy.
1Sa 19:21 And, when they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, then were, they also, moved to prophesy. And, when Saul again sent messengers a third time, then were, they also, moved to prophesy.
1Sa 19:22 Then went, he also himself, to Ramah, and came in as far as the well of the threshing–floor which is in Sephi, and asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said––Lo! in Naioth, in Ramah.
1Sa 19:23 And, when he departed from thence towards Naioth in Ramah, then came upon, him also, the Spirit of God, and he went on and on, and was moved to prophesy, until he entered Naioth in Ramah.
1Sa 19:24 And, even he, stripped off his upper garments, and, even he, was moved to prophesy before Samuel, and lay prostrate, disrobed, all that day, and all the night. For this cause, do they say, Is, even Saul, among the prophets?
1Sa 20:1 ¶ And David fled from Naioth, in Ramah,––and came in, and said before Jonathan––What have I done? What is my transgression, and what my sin, before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
1Sa 20:2 And he said unto him––Far be it! thou shalt not die. Lo! my father doeth nothing, great or small, without unveiling mine ear,––wherefore, then, should my father hide from me, this thing? There is, nothing, in this.
1Sa 20:3 But David sware yet further, and said––Thy father, doth know, that I have found favour in thine eyes, therefore saith he,––Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he grieve; but, indeed, by the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, surely there is but as it were a step betwixt me and death!
1Sa 20:4 And Jonathan said unto David,––Whatsoever thy soul shall desire, I will do for thee.
1Sa 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan––Lo! the new moon, is tomorrow, and, I, must not sit with the king, to eat,––let me go then, and hide myself in the field, until the evening.
1Sa 20:6 If thy father, enquire, for me, then shalt thou say––David, did ask leave, of me, to run to Bethlehem, his own city, for, a yearly sacrifice, [is to be held] there for all the family.
1Sa 20:7 If, thus, he say––It is well,––thy servant shall have, peace,––but, if it, anger, him, know that harm hath been determined by him.
1Sa 20:8 Thus shalt thou do a lovingkindness for thy servant, for, into a covenant of Yahweh, hast thou brought thy servant, with thee,––But, if there is in me transgression, put me to death, thyself, for, unto thy father, wherefore shouldst thou bring me in?
1Sa 20:9 ¶ And Jonathan said––Far be it from thee! but, if I, get to know, that harm is determined by my father, to bring it upon thee, is not, that, the thing that I will tell thee?
1Sa 20:10 Then said David unto Jonathan, Who shall tell me,––if thy father answer thee aught that is, harsh?
1Sa 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come! and let us go out into the field. And they two went out into the field.
1Sa 20:12 Then said Jonathan unto David––Witness [be] Yahweh God of Israel, that I will sound my father about this time tomorrow or the third day, and lo! if there he good towards David, will I not, then, send unto thee, and unveil thine ear?
1Sa 20:13 So, let Yahweh do unto Jonathan, and, so, let him add––when harm against thee seemeth good unto my father, then will I unveil thine ear, and let thee go, and thou shall depart in peace,––then Yahweh be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
1Sa 20:14 And, not only while I yet live, shalt thou deal with me in the lovingkindness of Yahweh, that I die not:
1Sa 20:15 but thou shalt not cut off thy lovingkindness from my house, unto times age–abiding,––no! not when Yahweh hath cut off the enemies of David, every one from off the face of the ground.
1Sa 20:16 Thus Jonathan solemnised a covenant with the house of David [saying], ––So let Yahweh require it, at the hand of the enemies of David.
1Sa 20:17 And again Jonathan sware unto David, by his love to him,––for, as he loved his own soul, so loved he him.
1Sa 20:18 Then said Jonathan unto him––Tomorrow, is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be empty;
1Sa 20:19 and, when thou hast tarried three days, thou shalt come down quickly and enter the place, where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the deed, and shall remain by the side of this mound.
1Sa 20:20 And, as for me––three arrows to the side, will I shoot,––as though I shot at a mark.
1Sa 20:21 And lo! I will send the boy [saying], Go, find the arrow! If I, say, to the boy––Lo! the arrows, are on this side of thee––take them, then come, for there is peace for thee, and no cause [for fear], by the life of Yahweh.
1Sa 20:22 But, if, thus, I say to the youth, Lo! the arrows are beyond thee, depart, for Yahweh hath sent thee away.
1Sa 20:23 But, as touching the matter whereof we spake––I and thou, lo! Yahweh, be betwixt me and thee, unto times age–abiding.
1Sa 20:24 ¶ So David hid himself in the field––and, when the new moon had come, the king sat down to eat, food,
1Sa 20:25 yea the king sat down on his seat, as at other times, by the seat against the wall, and, when Jonathan arose, Abner seated himself by the side of Saul,––but David’s place was empty.
1Sa 20:26 Saul, however, spake nothing that day,––for he said to himself––It is, an accident, he is, not clean, because he hath not been cleansed.
1Sa 20:27 And it came to pass, on the morrow, the second of the month, that David’s place was empty,––and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore hath not the son of Jesse come in, either yesterday or today, to meat?
1Sa 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul,––David, asked leave, of me, [to go] as far as Bethlehem;
1Sa 20:29 and said––Let me go, I pray thee, for, a family sacrifice, have we in the city, and my brethren have commanded me, now, therefore, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me slip away, I pray thee, that I may see my brethren. For this cause, hath he not come in unto the table of the king.
1Sa 20:30 Then was Saul’s anger kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of rebellious perversity! do I not know that thou art, confederate, with the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and to the confusion of the shame of thy mother?
1Sa 20:31 For, as long as, the son of Jesse, liveth on the ground, thou wilt not be established, thou nor thy kingdom, Now, therefore, send and fetch him unto me, for, doomed to death, is he!
1Sa 20:32 And Jonathan responded to Saul his father,––and said unto him––Wherefore must he be put to death, What hath he done?
1Sa 20:33 And Saul hurled his spear at him, to smite him. So Jonathan knew that it was, determined, of his father, to put David to death.
1Sa 20:34 Jonathan therefore rose up from the table, in a glow of anger,––and did eat no food on the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had reviled him.
1Sa 20:35 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went forth into the field, to the place appointed with David,––a little lad, being with him.
1Sa 20:36 And he said to his lad––Run, find, I pray thee, the arrows which I am about to shoot. The boy, ran, but, he, shot the arrow beyond him.
1Sa 20:37 And, when the lad came as far as the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow, beyond, thee?
1Sa 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Haste thee––be quick, do not stay! so Jonathan’s lad picked up the arrows and brought [them] unto his master.
1Sa 20:39 But, the lad, knew, nothing, only Jonathan and David, knew the matter.
1Sa 20:40 So Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said to him, Go carry them into the city.
1Sa 20:41 As soon as, the lad, was gone, David, arose from beside the South, and fell on his face to the earth, and bowed himself down three times,––and they kissed each other, and wept over each other, until, David, exceeded.
1Sa 20:42 Then said Jonathan unto David––Go in peace,––[remembering] that, we, have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, unto times age–abiding. And he arose, and departed,––and, Jonathan, entered the city.
1Sa 21:1 ¶ Then came David to Nob, unto Ahimelech, the priest,––and Ahimelech trembled when he met David, and said unto him––Why art thou, alone, and, no man, with thee?
1Sa 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest––The king, hath charged me with a matter, and hath said unto me––Let, no man, know aught of the business on which I am sending thee, and with which I have charged thee,––But, unto the young men, have I appointed, such and such a place.
1Sa 21:3 Now, therefore, what is there under thy hand? Five loaves, give thou into my hand,––or, whatever can be found.
1Sa 21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand,––but, hallowed bread, there is, if the young men have kept themselves, at least from women.
1Sa 21:5 And David answered the priest and said to him––Of a truth, women, have been withheld from us, of late, through my coming out, and the wallets of the young men have become hallowed,––while [the bread], itself, is in a manner common, and the more so since, today, [there are other loaves] to be hallowed, in the vessel.
1Sa 21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed [bread], ––because there was there no bread, save the Presence–Bread, which had to be removed from before Yahweh, to put hot bread, on the day when it should be taken away.
1Sa 21:7 Now, in that very place, was a man of the servants of Saul, on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name, was Doeg the Edomite,––chief of the shepherds that belonged unto Saul.
1Sa 21:8 Then said David to Ahimelech, See whether there is here, under thy hand, a spear or a sword? for, neither my sword, nor my other weapons, did I take in my hand, for, the king’s business, was, urgent.
1Sa 21:9 And the priest said: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the vale of Elah, lo! that, is wrapped up in a cloth, behind the ephod, if, that, thou wilt take to thee, take it, for there is no other, save that, here. And David said––There is none, like it, give it me.
1Sa 21:10 ¶ Then arose David, and fled, that day, from the face of Saul,––and came in unto Achish, king of Gath.
1Sa 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not, this, David, king of the land? Was it not, of this man, that they kept responding in the dances, saying, Saul, hath smitten his, thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands?
1Sa 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart,––and feared greatly, because of Achish king of Gath.
1Sa 21:13 So he feigned himself mad, in their sight, and raged in their hand,––and struck against the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down upon his beard.
1Sa 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants,––Lo! ye can see, a madman playing his pranks, wherefore should ye bring him in, unto me?
1Sa 21:15 Lacking of madmen, am I that ye should bring in this one to play his mad pranks, unto me? Shall, this, one enter my household?
1Sa 22:1 ¶ David therefore departed thence, and escaped, into the cave of Adullam,––and, when his brethren and all the household of his father heard it, they went down unto him, thither.
1Sa 22:2 And there gathered themselves unto him––every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one embittered in soul, and he came to be over them as a prince,––and there were with him, about four hundred men.
1Sa 22:3 And David departed thence, to Mizpah of Moab,––and said unto the king of Moab, I pray thee, let my father and my mother dwell with you, until that I know what God will do for me.
1Sa 22:4 So he set them before the king of Moab,––and they dwelt with him, all the days that David was in the fortress.
1Sa 22:5 Then said Gad the prophet unto David––Thou must not abide in the fortress, go and get thee into the land of Judah. So David departed, and entered the forest of Hereth.
1Sa 22:6 ¶ And, when Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him––Saul, being seated in Gibeah under the tamarisk–tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants stationed by him,––
1Sa 22:7 then said Saul unto his servants who were stationed by him––Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites! What! even to all of you, will the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards? All of you, will he appoint to be princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds?
1Sa 22:8 That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none to uncover mine ear as to the covenanting of my son with the son of Jesse? And none from among you that taketh pity upon me, and that uncovereth mine ear [to this], ––that, mine own son, hath stirred up, my servants, against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1Sa 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite––he, being stationed near the servants of Saul––and said,––I saw the son of Jesse coming into Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub;
1Sa 22:10 Then enquired he for him of Yahweh, Provisions also, gave he unto him,––and, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, gave he unto him.
1Sa 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father––the priests, who were in Nob,––and they came, all of them, unto the king.
1Sa 22:12 And Saul said, Hear, I pray thee, thou son of Ahitub! And he said––Behold me! my lord.
1Sa 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Wherefore have ye conspired against me, thou, and the son of Jesse,––in that thou gavest him bread and a sword, and didst enquire for him of God, that he might rise up against me, that he might lie in wait, as at this day?
1Sa 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said,––But who, among all thy servants, like David, is, faithful, being son–in–law to the king, and, cometh near to have audience with thee, and is, honoured in thy household?
1Sa 22:15 Did I, that day, begin to enquire for him of God? Far from me! Let not the king impute to his servant such a thing, nor to any of the household of my father, for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.
1Sa 22:16 And the king said: Thou shalt, die, Ahimelech,––thou and all the household of thy father.
1Sa 22:17 And the king said unto the runners that were stationed by him––Turn ye round and put to death the priests of Yahweh, because, their hand also, is with David, and because they knew that he was, in flight, and unveiled not mine ear. But the servants of the king were not willing to thrust forth their hand, to fall upon the priests of Yahweh.
1Sa 22:18 Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen;
1Sa 22:19 Nob also, 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.
1Sa 22:20 ¶ But there escaped one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, whose, name, was Abiathar,––and he fled after David.
1Sa 22:21 So Abiathar told David,––that Saul had slain the priests of Yahweh.
1Sa 22:22 Then said David to Abiathar––I knew, that day, when Doeg the Edomite was, there, that he would, surely tell, Saul. I, am chargeable with all the lives of the house of thy
