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BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 14
TEXT:
And his fellow [07453] answered [06030] and said [0559], This is nothing else save the sword [02719] of Gideon [01439] the son [01121] of Joash [03101], a man [0376] of Israel [03478]: for into his hand [03027] hath God [0430] delivered [05414] Midian [04080], and all the host [04264].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 15
TEXT:
And it was so, when Gideon [01439] heard [08085] the telling [04557] of the dream [02472], and the interpretation [07667] thereof, that he worshipped [07812], and returned [07725] into the host [04264] of Israel [03478], and said [0559], Arise [06965]; for the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] into your hand [03027] the host [04264] of Midian [04080].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 16
TEXT:
And he divided [02673] the three [07969] hundred [03967] men [0376] into three [07969] companies [07218], and he put [05414] a trumpet [07782] in every man's hand [03027], with empty [07386] pitchers [03537], and lamps [03940] within [08432] the pitchers [03537].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 17
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto them, Look [07200] on me, and do [06213] likewise: and, behold, when I come [0935] to the outside [07097] of the camp [04264], it shall be that, as I do [06213], so shall ye do [06213].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 18
TEXT:
When I blow [08628] with a trumpet [07782], I and all that are with me, then blow [08628] ye the trumpets [07782] also on every side [05439] of all the camp [04264], and say [0559], The sword of the LORD [03068], and of Gideon [01439].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 19
TEXT:
So Gideon [01439], and the hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him, came [0935] unto the outside [07097] of the camp [04264] in the beginning [07218] of the middle [08484] watch [0821]; and they had but [0389] newly [06965] set [06965] the watch [08104]: and they blew [08628] the trumpets [07782], and brake [05310] the pitchers [03537] that were in their hands [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 20
TEXT:
And the three [07969] companies [07218] blew [08628] the trumpets [07782], and brake [07665] the pitchers [03537], and held [02388] the lamps [03940] in their left [08040] hands [03027], and the trumpets [07782] in their right [03225] hands [03027] to blow [08628] withal: and they cried [07121], The sword [02719] of the LORD [03068], and of Gideon [01439].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 21
TEXT:
And they stood [05975] every man [0376] in his place round about [05439] the camp [04264]: and all the host [04264] ran [07323], and cried [07321], and fled [05127] [05127].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 22
TEXT:
And the three [07969] hundred [03967] blew [08628] the trumpets [07782], and the LORD [03068] set [07760] every man's [0376] sword [02719] against his fellow [07453], even throughout all the host [04264]: and the host [04264] fled [05127] to Bethshittah [01029] in Zererath [06888], and to the border [08193] of Abelmeholah [065], unto Tabbath [02888].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 23
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] gathered themselves together [06817] out of Naphtali [05321], and out of Asher [0836], and out of all Manasseh [04519], and pursued [07291] after [0310] the Midianites [04080].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 24
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] sent [07971] messengers [04397] throughout all mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], saying [0559], Come down [03381] against [07125] the Midianites [04080], and take [03920] before them the waters [04325] unto Bethbarah [01012] and Jordan [03383]. Then all the men [0376] of Ephraim [0669] gathered themselves together [06817], and took [03920] the waters [04325] unto Bethbarah [01012] and Jordan [03383].


BK: 7
CH: 7
VS: 25
TEXT:
And they took [03920] two [08147] princes [08269] of the Midianites [04080], Oreb [06159] and Zeeb [02062]; and they slew [02026] Oreb [06159] upon the rock [06697] Oreb [06159], and Zeeb [02062] they slew [02026] at the winepress [03342] of Zeeb [02062], and pursued [07291] Midian [04080], and brought [0935] the heads [07218] of Oreb [06159] and Zeeb [02062] to Gideon [01439] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Ephraim [0669] said [0559] unto him, Why hast thou [04100] served [06213] us thus [01697], that thou calledst [07121] us not, when thou wentest [01980] to fight [03898] with the Midianites [04080]? And they did chide [07378] with him sharply [02394].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto them, What have I done [06213] now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning [05955] of the grapes of Ephraim [0669] better [02896] than the vintage [01210] of Abiezer [044]?


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 3
TEXT:
God [0430] hath delivered [05414] into your hands [03027] the princes [08269] of Midian [04080], Oreb [06159] and Zeeb [02062]: and what was I able [03201] to do [06213] in comparison of you? Then their anger [07307] was abated [07503] toward him, when he had said [01697] that [01696].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 4
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] came [0935] to Jordan [03383], and passed over [05674], he, and the three [07969] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him, faint [05889], yet pursuing [07291] them.


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 5
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto the men [0582] of Succoth [05523], Give [05414], I pray you, loaves [03603] of bread [03899] unto the people [05971] that follow [07272] me; for they be faint [05889], and I am pursuing [07291] after [0310] Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], kings [04428] of Midian [04080].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the princes [08269] of Succoth [05523] said [0559], Are the hands [03709] of Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] now in thine hand [03027], that we should give [05414] bread [03899] unto thine army [06635]?


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] said [0559], Therefore when the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] into mine hand [03027], then I will tear [01758] your flesh [01320] with the thorns [06975] of the wilderness [04057] and with briers [01303].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 8
TEXT:
And he went up [05927] thence to Penuel [06439], and spake [01696] unto them likewise [02063]: and the men [0582] of Penuel [06439] answered [06030] him as the men [0582] of Succoth [05523] had answered [06030]  him.


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 9
TEXT:
And he spake [0559] also unto the men [0582] of Penuel [06439], saying [0559], When I come again [07725] in peace [07965], I will break down [05422] this tower [04026].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 10
TEXT:
Now Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] were in Karkor [07174], and their hosts [04264] with them, about fifteen [02568] [06240] thousand [0505] men, all that were left [03498] of all the hosts [04264] of the children [01121] of the east [06924]: for there fell [05307] an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] men [0376] that drew [08025] sword [02719].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] went up [05927] by the way [01870] of them that dwelt [07931] in tents [0168] on the east [06924] of Nobah [05025] and Jogbehah [03011], and smote [05221] the host [04264]: for the host [04264] was secure [0983].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 12
TEXT:
And when Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] fled [05127], he pursued [07291] after [0310] them, and took [03920] the two [08147] kings [04428] of Midian [04080], Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], and discomfited [02729] all the host [04264].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] returned [07725] from battle [04421] before [04608] the sun [02775] was up,


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 14
TEXT:
And caught [03920] a young man [05288] of the men [0582] of Succoth [05523], and enquired [07592] of him: and he described [03789] unto him the princes [08269] of Succoth [05523], and the elders [02205] thereof, even  threescore and seventeen [07657] [07651] men [0376].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 15
TEXT:
And he came [0935] unto the men [0582] of Succoth [05523], and said [0559], Behold Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], with whom ye did upbraid [02778] me, saying [0559], Are the hands [03709] of Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] now in thine hand [03027], that we should give [05414] bread [03899] unto thy men [0582] that are weary [03287]?


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 16
TEXT:
And he took [03947] the elders [02205] of the city [05892], and thorns [06975] of the wilderness [04057] and briers [01303], and with them he taught [03045] the men [0582] of Succoth [05523].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 17
TEXT:
And he beat down [05422] the tower [04026] of Penuel [06439], and slew [02026] the men [0582] of the city [05892].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 18
TEXT:
Then said [0559] he unto Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], What [0375] manner of men [0582] were they whom ye slew [02026] at Tabor [08396]? And they answered [0559], As thou [03644] art, so were  they; each one [0259] resembled [08389] the children [01121] of a king [04428].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 19
TEXT:
And he said [0559], They were my brethren [0251], even the sons [01121] of my mother [0517]: as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], if [03863] ye had saved them alive [02421], I would not slay [02026] you.


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 20
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto Jether [03500] his firstborn [01060], Up [06965], and slay [02026] them. But the youth [05288] drew [08025] not his sword [02719]: for he feared [03372], because he was  yet a youth [05288].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 21
TEXT:
Then Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] said [0559], Rise [06965] thou, and fall [06293] upon us: for as the man [0376] is, so is his strength [01369]. And Gideon [01439] arose [06965], and slew [02026] Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], and took away [03947] the ornaments [07720] that were on their camels [01581]' necks [06677].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 22
TEXT:
Then the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Gideon [01439], Rule [04910] thou over us, both thou, and thy son [01121], and thy son's [01121] son [01121] also: for thou hast delivered [03467] us from the hand [03027] of Midian [04080].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 23
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto them, I will not rule [04910] over you, neither shall my son [01121] rule [04910] over you: the LORD [03068] shall rule [04910] over you.


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 24
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto them, I would desire [07592] a request [07596] of you, that ye would give [05414] me every man [0376] the earrings [05141] of his prey [07998]. (For they had golden [02091] earrings [05141], because they were Ishmaelites [03459].)


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 25
TEXT:
And they answered [0559], We will willingly [05414] give [05414] them. And they spread [06566] a garment [08071], and did cast [07993] therein every man [0376] the earrings [05141] of his prey [07998].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 26
TEXT:
And the weight [04948] of the golden [02091] earrings [05141] that he requested [07592] was a thousand [0505] and seven [07651] hundred [03967] shekels of gold [02091]; beside ornaments [07720], and collars [05188], and purple [0713] raiment [0899] that was on the kings [04428] of Midian [04080], and beside the chains [06060] that were about their camels [01581]' necks [06677].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 27
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] made [06213] an ephod [0646] thereof, and put [03322] it in his city [05892], even in Ophrah [06084]: and all Israel [03478] went thither a whoring [02181] after [0310] it: which thing became a snare [04170] unto Gideon [01439], and to his house [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 28
TEXT:
Thus was Midian [04080] subdued [03665] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], so that they lifted up [05375] their heads [07218] no more [03254]. And the country [0776] was in quietness [08252] forty [0705] years [08141] in the days [03117] of Gideon [01439].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 29
TEXT:
And Jerubbaal [03378] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] went [03212] and dwelt [03427] in his own house [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 30
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] had threescore and ten [07657] sons [01121] of his body [03409] begotten [03318]: for he had many [07227] wives [0802].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 31
TEXT:
And his concubine [06370] that was in Shechem [07927], she also bare [03205] him a son [01121], whose name [08034] he called [07760] Abimelech [040].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 32
TEXT:
And Gideon [01439] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], and was buried [06912] in the sepulchre [06913] of Joash [03101] his father [01], in Ophrah [06084] of the Abiezrites [033].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 33
TEXT:
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon [01439] was dead [04191], that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] turned again [07725], and went a whoring [02181] after [0310] Baalim [01168], and made [07760] Baalberith [01170] their god [0430].


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 34
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] remembered [02142] not the LORD [03068] their God [0430], who had delivered [05337] them out of the hands [03027] of all their enemies [0341] on every side [05439]:


BK: 7
CH: 8
VS: 35
TEXT:
Neither shewed [06213] they kindness [02617] to the house [01004] of Jerubbaal [03378], namely, Gideon [01439], according to all the goodness [02896] which he had shewed [06213] unto Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 1
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040] the son [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378] went [03212] to Shechem [07927] unto his mother's [0517] brethren [0251], and communed [01696] with them, and with all the family [04940] of the house [01004] of his mother's [0517] father [01], saying [0559],


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 2
TEXT:
Speak [01696], I pray you, in the ears [0241] of all the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], Whether is better [02896] for you, either that all the sons [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378], which are threescore and ten [07657] persons [0376], reign [04910] over you, or that one [0259] reign [04910] over you? remember [02142] also that I am your bone [06106] and your flesh [01320].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 3
TEXT:
And his mother's [0517] brethren [0251] spake [01696] of him in the ears [0241] of all the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] all these words [01697]: and their hearts [03820] inclined [05186] to follow [0310] Abimelech [040]; for they said [0559], He is our brother [0251].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 4
TEXT:
And they gave [05414] him threescore and ten [07657] pieces of silver [03701] out of the house [01004] of Baalberith [01170], wherewith Abimelech [040] hired [07936] vain [07386] and light [06348] persons [0582], which followed [03212] him [0310].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 5
TEXT:
And he went [0935] unto his father's [01] house [01004] at Ophrah [06084], and slew [02026] his brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378], being threescore and ten [07657] persons [0376], upon one [0259] stone [068]: notwithstanding yet Jotham [03147] the youngest [06996] son [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378] was left [03498]; for he hid [02244] himself.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 6
TEXT:
And all the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] gathered together [0622], and all the house [01004] of Millo [04407] [01037], and went [03212], and made [04427] Abimelech [040] king [04428], by the plain [0436] of the pillar [05324] that was in Shechem [07927].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 7
TEXT:
And when they told [05046] it to Jotham [03147], he went [03212] and stood [05975] in the top [07218] of mount [02022] Gerizim [01630], and lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and cried [07121], and said [0559] unto them, Hearken [08085] unto me, ye men [01167] of Shechem [07927], that God [0430] may hearken [08085] unto you.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 8
TEXT:
The trees [06086] went forth [01980] [01980] on a time to anoint [04886] a king [04428] over them; and they said [0559] unto the olive tree [02132], Reign [04427] thou over us.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 9
TEXT:
But the olive tree [02132] said [0559] unto them, Should I leave [02308] my fatness [01880], wherewith by me they honour [03513] God [0430] and man [0582], and go [01980] to be promoted [05128] over the trees [06086]?


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the trees [06086] said [0559] to the fig tree [08384], Come [03212] thou, and reign [04427] over us.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 11
TEXT:
But the fig tree [08384] said [0559] unto them, Should I forsake [02308] my sweetness [04987], and my good [02896] fruit [08570], and go [01980] to be promoted [05128] over the trees [06086]?


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 12
TEXT:
Then said [0559] the trees [06086] unto the vine [01612], Come [03212] thou, and reign [04427] over us.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 13
TEXT:
And the vine [01612] said [0559] unto them, Should I leave [02308] my wine [08492], which cheereth [08055] God [0430] and man [0582], and go [01980] to be promoted [05128] over the trees [06086]?


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 14
TEXT:
Then said [0559] all the trees [06086] unto the bramble [0329], Come [03212] thou, and reign [04427] over us.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 15
TEXT:
And the bramble [0329] said [0559] unto the trees [06086], If in truth [0571] ye anoint [04886] me king [04428] over you, then come [0935] and put your trust [02620] in my shadow [06738]: and if not, let fire [0784] come out [03318] of the bramble [0329], and devour [0398] the cedars [0730] of Lebanon [03844].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 16
TEXT:
Now therefore, if ye have done [06213] truly [0571] and sincerely [08549], in that ye have made Abimelech [040] king [04427], and if ye have dealt [06213] well [02896] with Jerubbaal [03378] and his house [01004], and have done [06213] unto him according to the deserving [01576] of his hands [03027];


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 17
TEXT:
(For my father [01] fought [03898] for you, and adventured [07993] his life [05315] far [05048], and delivered [05337] you out of the hand [03027] of Midian [04080]:


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 18
TEXT:
And ye are risen up [06965] against my father's [01] house [01004] this day [03117], and have slain [02026] his sons [01121], threescore and ten [07657] persons [0376], upon one [0259] stone [068], and have made Abimelech [040], the son [01121] of his maidservant [0519], king [04427] over the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], because he is your brother [0251];)


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 19
TEXT:
If ye then have dealt [06213] truly [0571] and sincerely [08549] with Jerubbaal [03378] and with his house [01004] this day [03117], then rejoice [08055] ye in Abimelech [040], and let him also rejoice [08055] in you:


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 20
TEXT:
But if not, let fire [0784] come out [03318] from Abimelech [040], and devour [0398] the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], and the house [01004] of Millo [04407] [01037]; and let fire [0784] come out [03318] from the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], and from the house [01004] of Millo [04407] [01037], and devour [0398] Abimelech [040].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Jotham [03147] ran away [01272], and fled [05127], and went [03212] to Beer [0876], and dwelt [03427] there, for fear [06440] of Abimelech [040] his brother [0251].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 23
TEXT:
Then God [0430] sent [07971] an evil [07451] spirit [07307] between Abimelech [040] and the men [01167] of Shechem [07927]; and the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] dealt treacherously [0898] with Abimelech [040]:


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 24
TEXT:
That the cruelty [02555] done to the threescore and ten [07657] sons [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378] might come [0935], and their blood [01818] be laid [07760] upon Abimelech [040] their brother [0251], which slew [02026] them; and upon the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], which aided [02388] [03027] him in the killing [02026] of his brethren [0251].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 25
TEXT:
And the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] set [07760] liers in wait [0693] for him in the top [07218] of the mountains [02022], and they robbed [01497] all that came [05674] along that way [01870] by them: and it was told [05046] Abimelech [040].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 26
TEXT:
And Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651] came [0935] with his brethren [0251], and went over [05674] to Shechem [07927]: and the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] put their confidence [0982] in him.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 27
TEXT:
And they went out [03318] into the fields [07704], and gathered [01219] their vineyards [03754], and trode [01869] the grapes, and made [06213] merry [01974], and went [0935] into the house [01004] of their god [0430], and did eat [0398] and drink [08354], and cursed [07043] Abimelech [040].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 28
TEXT:
And Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651] said [0559], Who is Abimelech [040], and who is Shechem [07927], that we should serve [05647] him? is not he the son [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378]? and Zebul [02083] his officer [06496]? serve [05647] the men [0582] of Hamor [02544] the father [01] of Shechem [07927]: for why should we serve [05647] him?


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 29
TEXT:
And would to God this people [05971] were under [05414] my hand [03027]! then would I remove [05493] Abimelech [040]. And he said [0559] to Abimelech [040], Increase [07235] thine army [06635], and come out [03318].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 30
TEXT:
And when Zebul [02083] the ruler [08269] of the city [05892] heard [08085] the words [01697] of Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651], his anger [0639] was kindled [02734].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 31
TEXT:
And he sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Abimelech [040] privily [08649], saying [0559], Behold, Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651] and his brethren [0251] be come [0935] to Shechem [07927]; and, behold, they fortify [06696] the city [05892] against thee.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 32
TEXT:
Now therefore up [06965] by night [03915], thou and the people [05971] that is with thee, and lie in wait [0693] in the field [07704]:


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 33
TEXT:
And it shall be, that in the morning [01242], as soon as the sun [08121] is up [02224], thou shalt rise early [07925], and set [06584] upon the city [05892]: and, behold, when he and the people [05971] that is with him come out [03318] against thee, then mayest thou do [06213] to them as thou [03027] shalt find occasion [04672].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 34
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040] rose up [06965], and all the people [05971] that were with him, by night [03915], and they laid wait [0693] against Shechem [07927] in four [0702] companies [07218].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 35
TEXT:
And Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651] went out [03318], and stood [05975] in the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892]: and Abimelech [040] rose up [06965], and the people [05971] that  were with him, from lying in wait [03993].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 36
TEXT:
And when Gaal [01603] saw [07200] the people [05971], he said [0559] to Zebul [02083], Behold, there come [03381] people [05971] down [03381] from the top [07218] of the mountains [02022]. And Zebul [02083] said [0559] unto him, Thou seest [07200] the shadow [06738] of the mountains [02022] as if they were men [0582].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 37
TEXT:
And Gaal [01603] spake [01696] again [03254] and said [0559], See there come [03381] people [05971] down [03381] by the middle [02872] of the land [0776], and another [0259] company [07218] come [0935] along by the plain [0436] of [01870] Meonenim [06049].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 38
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Zebul [02083] unto him, Where is now [0645] thy mouth [06310], wherewith thou saidst [0559], Who is Abimelech [040], that we should serve [05647] him? is not this the people [05971] that thou hast despised [03988]? go out [03318], I pray now [04994], and fight [03898] with them.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 39
TEXT:
And Gaal [01603] went out [03318] before [06440] the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], and fought [03898] with Abimelech [040].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 40
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040] chased [07291] him, and he fled [05127] before [06440] him, and many [07227] were overthrown [05307] and wounded [02491], even unto the entering [06607] of the gate [08179].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 41
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040] dwelt [03427] at Arumah [0725]: and Zebul [02083] thrust out [01644] Gaal [01603] and his brethren [0251], that they should not dwell [03427] in Shechem [07927].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 42
TEXT:
And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], that the people [05971] went out [03318] into the field [07704]; and they told [05046] Abimelech [040].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 43
TEXT:
And he took [03947] the people [05971], and divided [02673] them into three [07969] companies [07218], and laid wait [0693] in the field [07704], and looked [07200], and, behold, the people [05971] were come forth [03318] out of the city [05892]; and he rose up [06965] against them, and smote [05221] them.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 44
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040], and the company [07218] that was with him, rushed forward [06584], and stood [05975] in the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892]: and the two [08147] other companies [07218] ran upon [06584] all the people that were in the fields [07704], and slew [05221] them.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 45
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040] fought [03898] against the city [05892] all that day [03117]; and he took [03920] the city [05892], and slew [02026] the people [05971] that was therein, and beat down [05422] the city [05892], and sowed [02232] it with salt [04417].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 46
TEXT:
And when all the men [01167] of the tower [04026] of Shechem [07927] heard [08085] that, they entered [0935] into an hold [06877] of the house [01004] of the god [0410] Berith [01286].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 47
TEXT:
And it was told [05046] Abimelech [040], that all the men [01167] of the tower [04026] of Shechem [07927] were gathered together [06908].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 48
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040] gat him up [05927] to mount [02022] Zalmon [06756], he and all the people [05971] that were with him; and Abimelech [040] took [03947] an axe [07134] in his hand [03027], and cut down [03772] a bough [07754] from the trees [06086], and took [05375] it, and laid [07760] it on his shoulder [07926], and said [0559] unto the people [05971] that were with him, What ye have seen [07200] me do [06213], make haste [04116], and do [06213] as I [03644] have done.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 49
TEXT:
And all the people [05971] likewise cut down [03772] every man [0376] his bough [07754], and followed [03212] [0310] Abimelech [040], and put [07760] them to the hold [06877], and set [03341] the hold [06877] on fire [0784] upon them; so that all the men [0582] of the tower [04026] of Shechem [07927] died [04191] also, about a thousand [0505] men [0376] and women [0802].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 50
TEXT:
Then went [03212] Abimelech [040] to Thebez [08405], and encamped [02583] against Thebez [08405], and took [03920] it.


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 51
TEXT:
But there was a strong [05797] tower [04026] within [08432] the city [05892], and thither fled [05127] all the men [0582] and women [0802], and all they [01167] of the city [05892], and shut [05462] it to them, and gat them up [05927] to the top [01406] of the tower [04026].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 52
TEXT:
And Abimelech [040] came [0935] unto the tower [04026], and fought [03898] against it, and went hard [05066] unto the door [06607] of the tower [04026] to burn [08313] it with fire [0784].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 53
TEXT:
And a certain [0259] woman [0802] cast [07993] a piece [06400] of a millstone [07393] upon Abimelech's [040] head [07218], and all to brake [07533] his skull [01538].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 54
TEXT:
Then he called [07121] hastily [04120] unto the young man [05288] his armourbearer [05375] [03627], and said [0559] unto him, Draw [08025] thy sword [02719], and slay [04191] me, that men say [0559] not of me, A woman [0802] slew [02026] him. And his young man [05288] thrust him through [01856], and he died [04191].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 55
TEXT:
And when the men [0376] of Israel [03478] saw [07200] that Abimelech [040] was dead [04191], they departed [03212] every man [0376] unto his place [04725].


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 56
TEXT:
Thus God [0430] rendered [07725] the wickedness [07451] of Abimelech [040], which he did [06213] unto his father [01], in slaying [02026] his seventy [07657] brethren [0251]:


BK: 7
CH: 9
VS: 57
TEXT:
And all the evil [07451] of the men [0582] of Shechem [07927] did God [0430] render [07725] upon their heads [07218]: and upon them came [0935] the curse [07045] of Jotham [03147] the son [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 1
TEXT:
And after [0310] Abimelech [040] there arose [06965] to defend [03467] Israel [03478] Tola [08439] the son [01121] of Puah [06312], the son [01121] of Dodo [01734], a man [0376] of Issachar [03485]; and he dwelt [03427] in Shamir [08069] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he judged [08199] Israel [03478] twenty [06242] and three [07969] years [08141], and died [04191], and was buried [06912] in Shamir [08069].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 3
TEXT:
And after [0310] him arose [06965] Jair [02971], a Gileadite [01569], and judged [08199] Israel [03478] twenty [06242] and two [08147] years [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 4
TEXT:
And he had thirty [07970] sons [01121] that rode [07392] on thirty [07970] ass colts [05895], and they had thirty [07970] cities [05892], which are called [07121] Havothjair [02334] unto this day [03117], which are in the land [0776] of Gilead [01568].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] again [03254] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168], and Ashtaroth [06252], and the gods [0430] of Syria [0758], and the gods [0430] of Zidon [06721], and the gods [0430] of Moab [04124], and the gods [0430] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the gods [0430] of the Philistines [06430], and forsook [05800] the LORD [03068], and served [05647] not him.


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 7
TEXT:
And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he sold [04376] them into the hands [03027] of the Philistines [06430], and into the hands [03027] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 8
TEXT:
And that year [08141] they vexed [07492] and oppressed [07533] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: eighteen [08083] [06240] years [08141], all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] that were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383] in the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], which is in Gilead [01568].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 9
TEXT:
Moreover the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] passed over [05674] Jordan [03383] to fight [03898] also against Judah [03063], and against Benjamin [01144], and against the house [01004] of Ephraim [0669]; so that Israel [03478] was sore [03966] distressed [03334].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068], saying [0559], We have sinned [02398] against thee, both because we have forsaken [05800] our God [0430], and also served [05647] Baalim [01168].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians [04714], and from the Amorites [0567], from the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and from the Philistines [06430]?


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 12
TEXT:
The Zidonians [06722] also, and the Amalekites [06002], and the Maonites [04584], did oppress [03905] you; and ye cried [06817] to me, and I delivered [03467] you out of their hand [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 13
TEXT:
Yet ye have forsaken [05800] me, and served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430]: wherefore I will deliver [03467] you no more [03254].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 14
TEXT:
Go [03212] and cry [02199] unto the gods [0430] which ye have chosen [0977]; let them [01992] deliver [03467] you in the time [06256] of your tribulation [06869].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 15
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto the LORD [03068], We have sinned [02398]: do [06213] thou unto us whatsoever seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto thee; deliver [05337] us only, we pray thee, this day [03117].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 16
TEXT:
And they put away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430] from among [07130] them, and served [05647] the LORD [03068]: and his soul [05315] was grieved [07114] for the misery [05999] of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 17
TEXT:
Then the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] were gathered together [06817], and encamped [02583] in Gilead [01568]. And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] assembled themselves together [0622], and encamped [02583] in Mizpeh [04709].


BK: 7
CH: 10
VS: 18
TEXT:
And the people [05971] and princes [08269] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], What man [0376] is he that will begin [02490] to fight [03898] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]? he shall be head [07218] over all the inhabitants [03427] of Gilead [01568].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now Jephthah [03316] the Gileadite [01569] was a mighty man [01368] of valour [02428], and he was the son [01121] of an harlot [0802] [02181]: and Gilead [01568] begat [03205] Jephthah [03316].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Gilead's [01568] wife [0802] bare [03205] him sons [01121]; and his wife's [0802] sons [01121] grew up [01431], and they thrust out [01644] Jephthah [03316], and said [0559] unto him, Thou shalt not inherit [05157] in our father's [01] house [01004]; for thou art the son [01121] of a strange [0312] woman [0802].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 3
TEXT:
Then Jephthah [03316] fled [01272] from [06440] his brethren [0251], and dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Tob [02897]: and there were gathered [03950] vain [07386] men [0582] to Jephthah [03316], and went out [03318] with him.


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 4
TEXT:
And it came to pass in process of time [03117], that the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] made war [03898] against Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 5
TEXT:
And it was so, that when the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] made war [03898] against Israel [03478], the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568] went [03212] to fetch [03947] Jephthah [03316] out of the land [0776] of Tob [02897]:


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 6
TEXT:
And they said [0559] unto Jephthah [03316], Come [03212], and be our captain [07101], that we may fight [03898] with the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], Did not ye hate [08130] me, and expel [01644] me out of my father's [01] house [01004]? and why are ye come [0935] unto me now when ye are in distress [06887]?


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 8
TEXT:
And the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] unto Jephthah [03316], Therefore we turn again [07725] to thee now, that thou mayest go [01980] with us, and fight [03898] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and be our head [07218] over all the inhabitants [03427] of Gilead [01568].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 9
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], If ye bring me home again [07725] to fight [03898] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the LORD [03068] deliver [05414] them before [06440] me, shall I be your head [07218]?


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] unto Jephthah [03316], The LORD [03068] be witness [08085] between us, if we do [06213] not so according to thy words [01697].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 11
TEXT:
Then Jephthah [03316] went [03212] with the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], and the people [05971] made [07760] him head [07218] and captain [07101] over them: and Jephthah [03316] uttered [01696] all his words [01697] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Mizpeh [04709].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], saying [0559], What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come [0935] against me to fight [03898] in my land [0776]?


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 13
TEXT:
And the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] answered [0559] unto the messengers [04397] of Jephthah [03316], Because Israel [03478] took away [03947] my land [0776], when they came up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], from Arnon [0769] even unto Jabbok [02999], and unto Jordan [03383]: now therefore restore those lands again [07725] peaceably [07965].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 14
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] sent [07971] messengers [04397] again [03254] unto the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]:


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 15
TEXT:
And said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] Jephthah [03316], Israel [03478] took not away [03947] the land [0776] of Moab [04124], nor the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]:


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 16
TEXT:
But when Israel [03478] came up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and walked [03212] through the wilderness [04057] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220], and came [0935] to Kadesh [06946];


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 17
TEXT:
Then Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto the king [04428] of Edom [0123], saying [0559], Let me, I pray thee, pass through [05674] thy land [0776]: but the king [04428] of Edom [0123] would not hearken [08085] thereto. And in like manner they sent [07971] unto the king [04428] of Moab [04124]: but he would [014] not consent: and Israel [03478] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 18
TEXT:
Then they went along [03212] through the wilderness [04057], and compassed [05437] the land [0776] of Edom [0123], and the land [0776] of Moab [04124], and came [0935] by the east side [04217] [08121] of the land [0776] of Moab [04124], and pitched [02583] on the other side [05676] of Arnon [0769], but came [0935] not within the border [01366] of Moab [04124]: for Arnon [0769] was the border [01366] of Moab [04124].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 19
TEXT:
And Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], the king [04428] of Heshbon [02809]; and Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, Let us pass [05674], we pray thee, through thy land [0776] into [05704] my place [04725].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 20
TEXT:
But Sihon [05511] trusted [0539] not Israel [03478] to pass [05674] through his coast [01366]: but Sihon [05511] gathered [0622] all his people [05971] together [0622], and pitched [02583] in Jahaz [03096], and fought [03898] against Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 21
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] delivered [05414] Sihon [05511] and all his people [05971] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], and they smote [05221] them: so Israel [03478] possessed [03423] all the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], the inhabitants [03427] of that country [0776].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 22
TEXT:
And they possessed [03423] all the coasts [01366] of the Amorites [0567], from Arnon [0769] even unto Jabbok [02999], and from the wilderness [04057] even unto Jordan [03383].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 23
TEXT:
So now the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] hath dispossessed [03423] the Amorites [0567] from before [06440] his people [05971] Israel [03478], and shouldest thou possess [03423] it?


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 24
TEXT:
Wilt not thou possess [03423] that which Chemosh [03645] thy god [0430] giveth thee to possess [03423]? So whomsoever the LORD [03068] our God [0430] shall drive out [03423] from before [06440] us, them will we possess [03423].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 25
TEXT:
And now art thou any thing better [02896] than Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124]? did he ever [07378] strive [07378] against Israel [03478], or did he ever [03898] fight [03898] against them,


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 26
TEXT:
While Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] in Heshbon [02809] and her towns [01323], and in Aroer [06177] and her towns [01323], and in all the cities [05892] that be along by the coasts [03027] of Arnon [0769], three [07969] hundred [03967] years [08141]? why therefore did ye not recover [05337] them within that time [06256]?


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 27
TEXT:
Wherefore I have not sinned [02398] against thee, but thou doest [06213] [0853] me wrong [07451] to war [03898] against me: the LORD [03068] the Judge [08199] be judge [08199] this day [03117] between the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 28
TEXT:
Howbeit the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] hearkened [08085] not unto the words [01697] of Jephthah [03316] which he sent [07971] him.


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 29
TEXT:
Then the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came upon Jephthah [03316], and he passed over [05674] Gilead [01568], and Manasseh [04519], and passed over [05674] Mizpeh [04708] of Gilead [01568], and from Mizpeh [04708] of Gilead [01568] he passed over [05674] unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 30
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] vowed [05087] a vow [05088] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], If thou shalt without fail [05414] deliver [05414] the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] into mine hands [03027],


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 31
TEXT:
Then it shall be, that whatsoever [03318] cometh forth [03318] of the doors [01817] of my house [01004] to meet [07125] me, when I return [07725] in peace [07965] from the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], shall surely be the LORD'S [03068], and I will offer it up [05927] for a burnt offering [05930].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 32
TEXT:
So Jephthah [03316] passed over [05674] unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] to fight [03898] against them; and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] them into his hands [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 33
TEXT:
And he smote [05221] them from Aroer [06177], even till thou come [0935] to Minnith [04511], even twenty [06242] cities [05892], and unto the plain [058] of the vineyards [03754] [064], with a very [03966] great [01419] slaughter [04347]. Thus the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] were subdued [03665] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 34
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] came [0935] to Mizpeh [04709] unto his house [01004], and, behold, his daughter [01323] came out [03318] to meet [07125] him with timbrels [08596] and with dances [04246]: and she was his only child [03173]; beside her he had neither son [01121] nor [0176] daughter [01323].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 35
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when he saw [07200] her, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Alas [0162], my daughter [01323]! thou hast brought [03766] me very [03766] low [03766], and thou art one of them that trouble [05916] me: for I have opened [06475] my mouth [06310] unto the LORD [03068], and I cannot [03201] go back [07725].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 36
TEXT:
And she said [0559] unto him, My father [01], if thou hast opened [06475] thy mouth [06310] unto the LORD [03068], do [06213] to me according to that which [0834] hath proceeded [03318] out of thy mouth [06310]; forasmuch [0310] as the LORD [03068] hath taken [06213] vengeance [05360] for thee of thine enemies [0341], even of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 37
TEXT:
And she said [0559] unto her father [01], Let this thing [01697] be done [06213] for me: let me alone [07503] two [08147] months [02320], that I may go up [03212] and down [03381] upon the mountains [02022], and bewail [01058] my virginity [01331], I and my fellows [07464] [07474].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 38
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Go [03212]. And he sent her away [07971] for two [08147] months [02320]: and she went [03212] with her companions [07464], and bewailed [01058] her virginity [01331] upon the mountains [02022].


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 39
TEXT:
And it came to pass at the end [07093] of two [08147] months [02320], that she returned [07725] unto her father [01], who did [06213] with her according to his vow [05088] which he had vowed [05087]: and she knew [03045] no man [0376]. And it was a custom [02706] in Israel [03478],


BK: 7
CH: 11
VS: 40
TEXT:
That the daughters [01323] of Israel [03478] went [03212] yearly [03117] [03117] to lament [08567] the daughter [01323] of Jephthah [03316] the Gileadite [01569] four [0702] days [03117] in a year [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Ephraim [0669] gathered themselves together [06817], and went [05674] northward [06828], and said [0559] unto Jephthah [03316], Wherefore passedst thou over [05674] to fight [03898] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and didst not call [07121] us to go [03212] with thee? we will burn [08313] thine house [01004] upon thee with fire [0784].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto them, I and my people [05971] were [01961] at great [03966] strife [0376] [07379] with the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]; and when I called [02199] you, ye delivered [03467] me not out of their hands [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 3
TEXT:
And when I saw [07200] that ye delivered [03467] me not, I put [07760] my life [05315] in my hands [03709], and passed over [05674] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] them into my hand [03027]: wherefore then are ye come up [05927] unto me this day [03117], to fight [03898] against me?


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then Jephthah [03316] gathered together [06908] all the men [0582] of Gilead [01568], and fought [03898] with Ephraim [0669]: and the men [0582] of Gilead [01568] smote [05221] Ephraim [0669], because they said [0559], Ye Gileadites [01568] are fugitives [06412] of Ephraim [0669] among [08432] the Ephraimites [0669], and among [08432] the Manassites [04519].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the Gileadites [01568] took [03920] the passages [04569] of Jordan [03383] before the Ephraimites [0669]: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites [0669] which were escaped [06412] said [0559], Let me go over [05674]; that the men [0582] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite [0673]? If he said [0559], Nay;


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 6
TEXT:
Then said [0559] they unto him, Say [0559] now Shibboleth [07641]: and he said [0559] Sibboleth [05451]: for he could not frame [03559] to pronounce [01696] it right [03559]. Then they took [0270] him, and slew [07819] him at the passages [04569] of Jordan [03383]: and there fell [05307] at that time [06256] of the Ephraimites [0669] forty [0705] and two [08147] thousand [0505].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Jephthah [03316] judged [08199] Israel [03478] six [08337] years [08141]. Then died [04191] Jephthah [03316] the Gileadite [01569], and was buried [06912] in one of the cities [05892] of Gilead [01568].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 9
TEXT:
And he had thirty [07970] sons [01121], and thirty [07970] daughters [01323], whom he sent [07971] abroad [02351], and took [0935] in thirty [07970] daughters [01323] from abroad [02351] for his sons [01121]. And he judged [08199] Israel [03478] seven [07651] years [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 11
TEXT:
And after [0310] him Elon [0356], a Zebulonite [02075], judged [08199] Israel [03478]; and he judged [08199] Israel [03478] ten [06235] years [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Elon [0356] the Zebulonite [02075] died [04191], and was buried [06912] in Aijalon [0357] in the country [0776] of Zebulun [02074].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 13
TEXT:
And after [0310] him Abdon [05658] the son [01121] of Hillel [01985], a Pirathonite [06553], judged [08199] Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 14
TEXT:
And he had forty [0705] sons [01121] and thirty [07970] nephews [01121] [01121], that rode [07392] on threescore and ten [07657] ass colts [05895]: and he judged [08199] Israel [03478] eight [08083] years [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 12
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Abdon [05658] the son [01121] of Hillel [01985] the Pirathonite [06553] died [04191], and was buried [06912] in Pirathon [06552] in the land [0776] of Ephraim [0669], in the mount [02022] of the Amalekites [06003].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] again [03254] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]; and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430] forty [0705] years [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 2
TEXT:
And there was a certain [0259] man [0376] of Zorah [06881], of the family [04940] of the Danites [01839], whose name [08034] was Manoah [04495]; and his wife [0802] was barren [06135], and bare [03205] not.


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 3
TEXT:
And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto the woman [0802], and said [0559] unto her, Behold now, thou art barren [06135], and bearest [03205] not: but thou shalt conceive [02029], and bear [03205] a son [01121].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 4
TEXT:
Now therefore beware [08104], I pray thee, and drink [08354] not wine [03196] nor strong drink [07941], and eat [0398] not any unclean [02931] thing:


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 5
TEXT:
For, lo, thou shalt conceive [02030], and bear [03205] a son [01121]; and no razor [04177] shall come [05927] on his head [07218]: for the child [05288] shall be a Nazarite [05139] unto God [0430] from the womb [0990]: and he shall begin [02490] to deliver [03467] Israel [03478] out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 6
TEXT:
Then the woman [0802] came [0935] and told [0559] her husband [0376], saying [0559], A man [0376] of God [0430] came [0935] unto me, and his countenance [04758] was like the countenance [04758] of an angel [04397] of God [0430], very [03966] terrible [03372]: but I asked [07592] him not whence he was, neither told [05046] he me his name [08034]:


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 7
TEXT:
But he said [0559] unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive [02030], and bear [03205] a son [01121]; and now drink [07941] no wine [03196] nor strong drink [08354], neither eat [0398] any unclean [02932] thing: for the child [05288] shall be a Nazarite [05139] to God [0430] from the womb [0990] to the day [03117] of his death [04194].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then Manoah [04495] intreated [06279] the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O [0994] my Lord [0136], let [04994] the man [0376] of God [0430] which thou didst send [07971] come again [0935] unto us, and teach [03384] us what we shall do [06213] unto the child [05288] that shall be born [03205].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 9
TEXT:
And God [0430] hearkened [08085] to the voice [06963] of Manoah [04495]; and the angel [04397] of God [0430] came again [0935] unto the woman [0802] as she sat [03427] in the field [07704]: but Manoah [04495] her husband [0376] was not with her.


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the woman [0802] made haste [04116], and ran [07323], and shewed [05046] her husband [0376], and said [0559] unto him, Behold, the man [0376] hath appeared [07200] unto me, that came [0935] unto me the other day [03117].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Manoah [04495] arose [06965], and went [03212] after [0310] his wife [0802], and came [0935] to the man [0376], and said [0559] unto him, Art thou the man [0376] that spakest [01696] unto the woman [0802]? And he said [0559], I am.


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Manoah [04495] said [0559], Now let thy words [01697] come to pass [0935]. How shall we order [04941] the child [05288], and how shall we do [04639] unto him?


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 13
TEXT:
And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Manoah [04495], Of all that I said [0559] unto the woman [0802] let her beware [08104].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 14
TEXT:
She may not eat [0398] of any thing that cometh [03318] of the vine [01612], neither let her drink [08354] wine [03196] or strong drink [07941], nor eat [0398] any unclean [02932] thing: all that I commanded [06680] her let her observe [08104].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], I pray thee, let us detain [06113] thee, until we shall have made ready [06213] a kid [01423] [05795] for [06440] thee.


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 16
TEXT:
And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Manoah [04495], Though thou detain [06113] me, I will not eat [0398] of thy bread [03899]: and if [0518] thou wilt offer [06213] a burnt offering [05930], thou must offer [05927] it unto the LORD [03068]. For Manoah [04495] knew [03045] not that he was an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], What is thy name [08034], that when thy sayings [01697] come to pass [0935] we may do thee honour [03513]?


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 18
TEXT:
And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Why askest [07592] thou thus after my name [08034], seeing it is secret [06383] [06383]?


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 19
TEXT:
So Manoah [04495] took [03947] a kid [01423] [05795] with a meat offering [04503], and offered [05927] it upon a rock [06697] unto the LORD [03068]: and the angel did [06213] wondrously [06381]; and Manoah [04495] and his wife [0802] looked on [07200].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 20
TEXT:
For it came to pass, when the flame [03851] went up [05927] toward heaven [08064] from off the altar [04196], that the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] ascended [05927] in the flame [03851] of the altar [04196]. And Manoah [04495] and his wife [0802] looked on [07200] it, and fell on [05307] their faces [06440] to the ground [0776].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 21
TEXT:
But the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] did no more [03254] appear [07200] to Manoah [04495] and to his wife [0802]. Then Manoah [04495] knew [03045] that he was an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 22
TEXT:
And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto his wife [0802], We shall surely [04191] die [04191], because we have seen [07200] God [0430].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 23
TEXT:
But his wife [0802] said [0559] unto him, If [03863] the LORD [03068] were pleased [02654] to kill [04191] us, he would not have received [03947] a burnt offering [05930] and a meat offering [04503] at our hands [03027], neither would he have shewed [07200] us all these things, nor would as at this time [06256] have told [08085] us such things as these [02063].


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 24
TEXT:
And the woman [0802] bare [03205] a son [01121], and called [07121] his name [08034] Samson [08123]: and the child [05288] grew [01431], and the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] him.


BK: 7
CH: 13
VS: 25
TEXT:
And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] began [02490] to move him at times [06470] in the camp [04264] of Dan [01835] between Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 1
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] went down [03381] to Timnath [08553], and saw [07200] a woman [0802] in Timnath [08553] of the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he came up [05927], and told [05046] his father [01] and his mother [0517], and said [0559], I have seen [07200] a woman [0802] in Timnath [08553] of the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430]: now therefore get [03947] her for me to wife [0802].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 3
TEXT:
Then his father [01] and his mother [0517] said [0559] unto him, Is there never [0369] a woman [0802] among the daughters [01323] of thy brethren [0251], or among all my people [05971], that thou goest [01980] to take [03947] a wife [0802] of the uncircumcised [06189] Philistines [06430]? And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto his father [01], Get [03947] her for me; for she pleaseth me well [03474] [05869].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 4
TEXT:
But his father [01] and his mother [0517] knew [03045] not that it was of the LORD [03068], that he sought [01245] an occasion [08385] against the Philistines [06430]: for at that time [06256] the Philistines [06430] had dominion [04910] over Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 5
TEXT:
Then went [03381] Samson [08123] down [03381], and his father [01] and his mother [0517], to Timnath [08553], and came [0935] to the vineyards [03754] of Timnath [08553]: and, behold, a young [03715] lion [0738] roared [07580] against [07125] him.


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came mightily [06743] upon him, and he rent [08156] him as he would have rent [08156] a kid [01423], and he had nothing [03972] in his hand [03027]: but he told [05046] not his father [01] or his mother [0517] what he had done [06213].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 7
TEXT:
And he went down [03381], and talked [01696] with the woman [0802]; and she pleased [03474] Samson [08123] well [03474] [05869].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 8
TEXT:
And after a time [03117] he returned [07725] to take [03947] her, and he turned aside [05493] to see [07200] the carcase [04658] of the lion [0738]: and, behold, there was a swarm [05712] of bees [01682] and honey [01706] in the carcase [01472] of the lion [0738].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 9
TEXT:
And he took [07287] thereof in his hands [03709], and went on [03212] eating [0398], and came [01980] to his father [01] and mother [0517], and he gave [05414] them, and they did eat [0398]: but he told [05046] not them that he had taken [07287] the honey [01706] out of the carcase [01472] of the lion [0738].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 10
TEXT:
So his father [01] went down [03381] unto the woman [0802]: and Samson [08123] made [06213] there a feast [04960]; for so used the young men [0970] to do [06213].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 11
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when they saw [07200] him, that they brought [03947] thirty [07970] companions [04828] to be with him.


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto them, I will now put forth [02330] a riddle [02420] unto you: if ye can certainly [05046] declare [05046] it me within the seven [07651] days [03117] of the feast [04960], and find it out [04672], then I will give [05414] you thirty [07970] sheets [05466] and thirty [07970] change [02487] of garments [0899]:


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 13
TEXT:
But if ye cannot [03201] declare [05046] it me, then shall ye give [05414] me thirty [07970] sheets [05466] and thirty [07970] change [02487] of garments [0899]. And they said [0559] unto him, Put forth [02330] thy riddle [02420], that we may hear [08085] it.


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 14
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto them, Out of the eater [0398] came forth [03318] meat [03978], and out of the strong [05794] came forth [03318] sweetness [04966]. And they could [03201] not in three [07969] days [03117] expound [05046] the riddle [02420].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 15
TEXT:
And it came to pass on the seventh [07637] day [03117], that they said [0559] unto Samson's [08123] wife [0802], Entice [06601] thy husband [0376], that he may declare [05046] unto us the riddle [02420], lest we burn [08313] thee and thy father's [01] house [01004] with fire [0784]: have ye called [07121] us to take that we have [03423]? is it not so?


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 16
TEXT:
And Samson's [08123] wife [0802] wept [01058] before him, and said [0559], Thou dost but hate [08130] me, and lovest [0157] me not: thou hast put forth [02330] a riddle [02420] unto the children [01121] of my people [05971], and hast not told [05046] it me. And he said [0559] unto her, Behold, I have not told [05046] it my father [01] nor my mother [0517], and shall I tell [05046] it thee?


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 17
TEXT:
And she wept [01058] before him the seven [07651] days [03117], while their feast [04960] lasted [01961]: and it came to pass on the seventh [07637] day [03117], that he told [05046] her, because she lay sore [06693] upon him: and she told [05046] the riddle [02420] to the children [01121] of her people [05971].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 18
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of the city [05892] said [0559] unto him on the seventh [07637] day [03117] before the sun [02775] went down [0935], What is sweeter [04966] than honey [01706]? and what is stronger [05794] than a lion [0738]? And he said [0559] unto them, If [03884] ye had not plowed [02790] with my heifer [05697], ye had not found out [04672] my riddle [02420].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 19
TEXT:
And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came [06743] upon him, and he went down [03381] to Ashkelon [0831], and slew [05221] thirty [07970] men [0376] of them, and took [03947] their spoil [02488], and gave [05414] change [02487] of garments unto them which expounded [05046] the riddle [02420]. And his anger [0639] was kindled [02734], and he went up [05927] to his father's [01] house [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 14
VS: 20
TEXT:
But Samson's [08123] wife [0802] was given to his companion [04828], whom he had used as his friend [07462].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 1
TEXT:
But it came to pass within a while after [03117], in the time [03117] of wheat [02406] harvest [07105], that Samson [08123] visited [06485] his wife [0802] with a kid [01423] [05795]; and he said [0559], I will go in [0935] to my wife [0802] into the chamber [02315]. But her father [01] would not suffer [05414] him to go in [0935].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 2
TEXT:
And her father [01] said [0559], I verily [0559] thought [0559] that thou hadst utterly [08130] hated [08130] her; therefore I gave [05414] her to thy companion [04828]: is not her younger [06996] sister [0269] fairer [02896] than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 3
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] said [0559] concerning them, Now [06471] shall I be more blameless [05352] than the Philistines [06430], though I do [06213] them a displeasure [07451].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 4
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] went [03212] and caught [03920] three [07969] hundred [03967] foxes [07776], and took [03947] firebrands [03940], and turned [06437] tail [02180] to tail [02180], and put [07760] a [0259] firebrand [03940] in the midst [08432] between two [08147] tails [02180].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 5
TEXT:
And when he had set [01197] the brands [03940] on fire [0784], he let them go [07971] into the standing corn [07054] of the Philistines [06430], and burnt up [01197] both the shocks [01430], and also the standing corn [07054], with the vineyards [03754] and olives [02132].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 6
TEXT:
Then the Philistines [06430] said [0559], Who hath done [06213] this? And they answered [0559], Samson [08123], the son in law [02860] of the Timnite [08554], because he had taken [03947] his wife [0802], and given [05414] her to his companion [04828]. And the Philistines [06430] came up [05927], and burnt [08313] her and her father [01] with fire [0784].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto them, Though [0518] ye have done [06213] this [02063], yet will I be avenged [05358] of you, and after [0310] that I will cease [02308].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 8
TEXT:
And he smote [05221] them hip [07785] and [05921] thigh [03409] with a great [01419] slaughter [04347]: and he went down [03381] and dwelt [03427] in the top [05585] of the rock [05553] Etam [05862].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 9
TEXT:
Then the Philistines [06430] went up [05927], and pitched [02583] in Judah [03063], and spread [05203] themselves in Lehi [03896].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Judah [03063] said [0559], Why are ye come up [05927] against us? And they answered [0559], To bind [0631] Samson [08123] are we come up [05927], to do [06213] to him as he hath done [06213] to us.


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 11
TEXT:
Then three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376] of Judah [03063] went [03381] to the top [05585] of the rock [05553] Etam [05862], and said [0559] to Samson [08123], Knowest [03045] thou not that the Philistines [06430]  are rulers [04910] over us? what is this that thou hast done [06213] unto us? And he said [0559] unto them, As they did [06213] unto me, so have I done [06213] unto them.


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 12
TEXT:
And they said [0559] unto him, We are come down [03381] to bind [0631] thee, that we may deliver [05414] thee into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430]. And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto them, Swear [07650] unto me, that ye will not fall upon [06293] me yourselves.


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 13
TEXT:
And they spake [0559] unto him, saying [0559], No; but we will bind [0631] thee fast [0631], and deliver [05414] thee into their hand [03027]: but surely [04191] we will not kill [04191] thee. And they bound [0631] him with two [08147] new [02319] cords [05688], and brought him up [05927] from the rock [05553].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 14
TEXT:
And when he came [0935] unto Lehi [03896], the Philistines [06430] shouted [07321] against [07125] him: and the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came mightily [06743] upon him, and the cords [05688] that were upon his arms [02220] became as flax [06593] that was burnt [01197] with fire [0784], and his bands [0612] loosed [04549] from off his hands [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 15
TEXT:
And he found [04672] a new [02961] jawbone [03895] of an ass [02543], and put forth [07971] his hand [03027], and took [03947] it, and slew [05221] a thousand [0505] men [0376] therewith.


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 16
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] said [0559], With the jawbone [03895] of an ass [02543], heaps [02565] upon heaps [02565], with the jaw [03895] of an ass [02543] have I slain [05221] a thousand [0505] men [0376].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 17
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when he had made an end [03615] of speaking [01696], that he cast away [07993] the jawbone [03895] out of his hand [03027], and called [07121] that place [04725] Ramathlehi [07437].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 18
TEXT:
And he was sore [03966] athirst [06770], and called [07121] on the LORD [03068], and said [0559], Thou hast given [05414] this great [01419] deliverance [08668] into the hand [03027] of thy servant [05650]: and now shall I die [04191] for thirst [06772], and fall [05307] into the hand [03027] of the uncircumcised [06189]?


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 19
TEXT:
But God [0430] clave [01234] an hollow place [04388] that was in the jaw [03895], and there came [03318] water [04325] thereout; and when he had drunk [08354], his spirit [07307] came again [07725], and he revived [02421]: wherefore he called [07121] the name [08034] thereof Enhakkore [05875], which is in Lehi [03896] unto this day [03117].


BK: 7
CH: 15
VS: 20
TEXT:
And he judged [08199] Israel [03478] in the days [03117] of the Philistines [06430] twenty [06242] years [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then went [03212] Samson [08123] to Gaza [05804], and saw [07200] there an harlot [0802] [02181], and went in [0935] unto her.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 2
TEXT:
And it was told the Gazites [05841], saying [0559], Samson [08123] is come [0935] hither. And they compassed him in [05437], and laid wait [0693] for him all night [03915] in the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and were quiet [02790] all the night [03915], saying [0559], In the morning [01242], when it is day [0216], we shall kill [02026] him.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 3
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] lay [07901] till midnight [02677] [03915], and arose [06965] at midnight [02677] [03915], and took [0270] the doors [01817] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and the two [08147] posts [04201], and went away [05265] with them, bar [01280] and all, and put [07760] them upon his shoulders [03802], and carried them up [05927] to the top [07218] of an hill [02022] that is before [06440] Hebron [02275].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 4
TEXT:
And it came to pass afterward [0310], that he loved [0157] a woman [0802] in the valley [05158] of Sorek [07796], whose name [08034] was Delilah [01807].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] came up [05927] unto her, and said [0559] unto her, Entice [06601] him, and see [07200] wherein his great [01419] strength [03581] lieth, and by what  means we may prevail [03201] against him, that we may bind [0631] him to afflict [06031] him: and we will give [05414] thee every one [0376] of us eleven hundred [0505] [03967] pieces of silver [03701].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 6
TEXT:
And Delilah [01807] said [0559] to Samson [08123], Tell [05046] me, I pray thee, wherein thy great [01419] strength [03581] lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound [0631] to afflict [06031] thee.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto her, If they bind [0631] me with seven [07651] green [03892] withs [03499] that were never dried [02717], then shall I be weak [02470], and be as another [0259] man [0120].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] brought up [05927] to her seven [07651] green [03892] withs [03499] which had not been dried [02717], and she bound [0631] him with them.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 9
TEXT:
Now there were men lying in wait [0693], abiding [03427] with her in the chamber [02315]. And she said [0559] unto him, The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And he brake [05423] the withs [03499], as a thread [06616] of tow [05296] is broken [05423] when it toucheth [07306] the fire [0784]. So his strength [03581] was not known [03045].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 10
TEXT:
And Delilah [01807] said [0559] unto Samson [08123], Behold, thou hast mocked [02048] me, and told [01696] me lies [03577]: now tell [05046] me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound [0631].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 11
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto her, If they bind [0631] me fast [0631] with new [02319] ropes [05688] that never were occupied [04399] [06213], then shall I be weak [02470], and be as another [0259] man [0120].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 12
TEXT:
Delilah [01807] therefore took [03947] new [02319] ropes [05688], and bound [0631] him therewith, and said [0559] unto him, The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And there were liers in wait [0693] abiding [03427] in the chamber [02315]. And he brake [05423] them from off his arms [02220] like a thread [02339].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Delilah [01807] said [0559] unto Samson [08123], Hitherto [02008] thou hast mocked [02048] me, and told [01696] me lies [03577]: tell [05046] me wherewith thou mightest be bound [0631]. And he said [0559] unto her, If thou weavest [0707] the seven [07651] locks [04253] of my head [07218] with the web [04545].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 14
TEXT:
And she fastened [08628] it with the pin [03489], and said [0559] unto him, The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And he awaked [03364] out of his sleep [08142], and went away [05265] with the pin [03489] of the beam [0708], and with the web [04545].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 15
TEXT:
And she said [0559] unto him, How [0349] canst thou say [0559], I love [0157] thee, when thine heart [03820] is not with me? thou hast mocked [02048] me these three [07969] times [06471], and hast not told [05046] me wherein thy great [01419] strength [03581] lieth.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 16
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when she pressed [06693] him daily [03117] with her words [01697], and urged [0509] him, so that his soul [05315] was vexed [07114] unto death [04191];


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 17
TEXT:
That he told [05046] her all his heart [03820], and said [0559] unto her, There hath not come [05927] a razor [04177] upon mine head [07218]; for I have been a Nazarite [05139] unto God [0430] from my mother's [0517] womb [0990]: if I be shaven [01548], then my strength [03581] will go [05493] from me, and I shall become weak [02470], and be like any other man [0120].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 18
TEXT:
And when Delilah [01807] saw [07200] that he had told [05046] her all his heart [03820], she sent [07971] and called [07121] for the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430], saying [0559], Come up [05927] this once [06471], for he hath shewed [05046] me all his heart [03820]. Then the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] came up [05927] unto her, and brought [05927] money [03701] in their hand [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 19
TEXT:
And she made him sleep [03462] upon her knees [01290]; and she called [07121] for a man [0376], and she caused him to shave off [01548] the seven [07651] locks [04253] of his head [07218]; and she began [02490] to afflict [06031] him, and his strength [03581] went [05493] from him.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 20
TEXT:
And she said [0559], The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And he awoke [03364] out of his sleep [08142], and said [0559], I will go out [03318] as at other times before [06471], and shake [05287] myself. And he wist [03045] not that the LORD [03068] was departed [05493] from him.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 21
TEXT:
But the Philistines [06430] took [0270] him, and put out [05365] his eyes [05869], and brought him down [03381] to Gaza [05804], and bound [0631] him with fetters of brass [05178]; and he did grind [02912] in the prison [0631] house [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 22
TEXT:
Howbeit the hair [08181] of his head [07218] began [02490] to grow again [06779] after [0834] he was shaven [01548].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 23
TEXT:
Then the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] gathered them together [0622] for to offer [02076] a great [01419] sacrifice [02077] unto Dagon [01712] their god [0430], and to rejoice [08057]: for they said [0559], Our god [0430] hath delivered [05414] Samson [08123] our enemy [0341] into our hand [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 24
TEXT:
And when the people [05971] saw [07200] him, they praised [01984] their god [0430]: for they said [0559], Our god [0430] hath delivered [05414] into our hands [03027] our enemy [0341], and the destroyer [02717] of our country [0776], which slew [02491] many [07235] of us.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 25
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when their hearts [03820] were merry [02896], that they said [0559], Call [07121] for Samson [08123], that he may make us sport [07832]. And they called [07121] for Samson [08123] out of the prison [0631] house [01004]; and he made them [06440] sport [06711]: and they set [05975] him between the pillars [05982].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 26
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto the lad [05288] that held [02388] him by the hand [03027], Suffer [03240] me that I may feel [04184] [03237] the pillars [05982] whereupon the house [01004] standeth [03559], that I may lean [08172] upon them.


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 27
TEXT:
Now the house [01004] was full [04390] of men [0582] and women [0802]; and all the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] were there; and there were upon the roof [01406] about three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376] and women [0802], that beheld [07200] while Samson [08123] made sport [07832].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 28
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] called [07121] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], remember [02142] me, I pray thee, and strengthen [02388] me, I pray thee, only this once [06471], O God [0430], that I may be at once [0259] avenged [05358] [05359] of the Philistines [06430] for my two [08147] eyes [05869].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 29
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] took hold [03943] of the two [08147] middle [08432] pillars [05982] upon which the house [01004] stood [03559], and on which it was borne up [05564], of the one [0259] with his right hand [03225], and of the other [0259] with his left [08040].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 30
TEXT:
And Samson [08123] said [0559], Let me die [04191] [05315] with the Philistines [06430]. And he bowed [05186] himself with all his might [03581]; and the house [01004] fell [05307] upon the lords [05633], and upon all the people [05971] that were therein. So the dead [04191] which he slew [04191] at his death [04194] were more [07227] than they which he slew [04191] in his life [02416].


BK: 7
CH: 16
VS: 31
TEXT:
Then his brethren [0251] and all the house [01004] of his father [01] came down [03381], and took [05375] him, and brought him up [05927], and buried [06912] him between Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847] in the buryingplace [06913] of Manoah [04495] his father [01]. And he judged [08199] Israel [03478] twenty [06242] years [08141].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto his mother [0517], The eleven hundred [0505] [03967] shekels of silver [03701] that were taken [03947] from thee, about which thou cursedst [0422], and spakest [0559] of also in mine ears [0241], behold, the silver [03701] is with me; I took [03947] it. And his mother [0517] said [0559], Blessed [01288] be thou of the LORD [03068], my son [01121].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 3
TEXT:
And when he had restored [07725] the eleven hundred [0505] [03967] shekels of silver [03701] to his mother [0517], his mother [0517] said [0559], I had wholly [06942] dedicated [06942] the silver [03701] unto the LORD [03068] from my hand [03027] for my son [01121], to make [06213] a graven image [06459] and a molten image [04541]: now therefore I will restore [07725] it unto thee.


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 4
TEXT:
Yet he restored [07725] the money [03701] unto his mother [0517]; and his mother [0517] took [03947] two hundred [03967] shekels of silver [03701], and gave [05414] them to the founder [06884], who made [06213] thereof a graven image [06459] and a molten image [04541]: and they were in the house [01004] of Micah [04321].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the man [0376] Micah [04318] had an house [01004] of gods [0430], and made [06213] an ephod [0646], and teraphim [08655], and consecrated [04390] [03027] one [0259] of his sons [01121], who became his priest [03548].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 6
TEXT:
In those days [03117] there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478], but every man [0376] did [06213] that which was right [03477] in his own eyes [05869].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 7
TEXT:
And there was a young man [05288] out of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063] of the family [04940] of Judah [03063], who was a Levite [03881], and he sojourned [01481] there.


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 8
TEXT:
And the man [0376] departed [03212] out of the city [05892] from Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063] to sojourn [01481] where he could find [04672] a place: and he came [0935] to mount [02022] Ephraim [0669] to the house [01004] of Micah [04318], as he journeyed [06213] [01870].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 9
TEXT:
And Micah [04318] said [0559] unto him, Whence [0370] comest [0935] thou? And he said [0559] unto him, I am a Levite [03881] of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063], and I go [01980] to sojourn [01481] where I may find [04672] a place.


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 10
TEXT:
And Micah [04318] said [0559] unto him, Dwell [03427] with me, and be unto me a father [01] and a priest [03548], and I will give [05414] thee ten [06235] shekels of silver [03701] by the year [03117], and a suit [06187] of apparel [0899], and thy victuals [04241]. So the Levite [03881] went in [03212].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the Levite [03881] was content [02974] to dwell [03427] with the man [0376]; and the young man [05288] was unto him as one [0259] of his sons [01121].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Micah [04318] consecrated [04390] [03027] the Levite [03881]; and the young man [05288] became his priest [03548], and was in the house [01004] of Micah [04318].


BK: 7
CH: 17
VS: 13
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Micah [04318], Now know [03045] I that the LORD [03068] will do me good [03190], seeing I have a Levite [03881] to my priest [03548].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 1
TEXT:
In those days [03117] there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478]: and in those days [03117] the tribe [07626] of the Danites [01839] sought [01245] them an inheritance [05159] to dwell in [03427]; for unto that day [03117] all their inheritance [05159] had not fallen [05307] unto them among [08432] the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Dan [01835] sent [07971] of their family [04940] five [02568] men [0582] from their coasts [07098], men [01121] of valour [02428], from Zorah [06881], and from Eshtaol [0847], to spy [07270] out the land [0776], and to search [02713] it; and they said [0559] unto them, Go [03212], search [02713] the land [0776]: who when they came [0935] to mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], to the house [01004] of Micah [04318], they lodged [03885] there.


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 3
TEXT:
When they were by the house [01004] of Micah [04318], they knew [05234] the voice [06963] of the young man [05288] the Levite [03881]: and they turned in [05493] thither, and said [0559] unto him, Who brought [0935] thee hither [01988]? and what makest [06213] thou in this place? and what hast thou here?


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 4
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto them, Thus [02090] and thus [02090] dealeth [06213] Micah [04318] with me, and hath hired [07936] me, and I am his priest [03548].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 5
TEXT:
And they said [0559] unto him, Ask counsel [07592], we pray thee, of God [0430], that we may know [03045] whether our way [01870] which we go [01980] shall be prosperous [06743].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the priest [03548] said [0559] unto them, Go [03212] in peace [07965]: before [05227] the LORD [03068] is your way [01870] wherein ye go [03212].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 7
TEXT:
Then the five [02568] men [0582] departed [03212], and came [0935] to Laish [03919], and saw [07200] the people [05971] that were therein [07130], how they dwelt [03427] careless [0983], after the manner [04941] of the Zidonians [06722], quiet [08252] and secure [0982]; and there was no magistrate [03423] [06114] in the land [0776], that might put them to shame [03637] in any thing [01697]; and they were far [07350] from the Zidonians [06722], and had no business [01697] with any man [0120].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 8
TEXT:
And they came [0935] unto their brethren [0251] to Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847]: and their brethren [0251] said [0559] unto them, What say ye?


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 9
TEXT:
And they said [0559], Arise [06965], that we may go up [05927] against them: for we have seen [07200] the land [0776], and, behold, it is very [03966] good [02896]: and are ye still [02814]? be not slothful [06101] to go [03212], and to enter [0935] to possess [03423] the land [0776].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 10
TEXT:
When ye go [0935], ye shall come [0935] unto a people [05971] secure [0982], and to a large [07342] land [0776]: for God [0430] hath given [05414] it into your hands [03027]; a place [04725] where there is no want [04270] of any thing [01697] that is in the earth [0776].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 11
TEXT:
And there went [05265] from thence of the family [04940] of the Danites [01839], out of Zorah [06881] and out of Eshtaol [0847], six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] appointed [02296] with weapons [03627] of war [04421].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 12
TEXT:
And they went up [05927], and pitched [02583] in Kirjathjearim [07157], in Judah [03063]: wherefore they called [07121] that place [04725] Mahanehdan [04265] unto this day [03117]: behold, it is behind [0310] Kirjathjearim [07157].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 13
TEXT:
And they passed [05674] thence unto mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and came [0935] unto the house [01004] of Micah [04318].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 14
TEXT:
Then answered [06030] the five [02568] men [0582] that went [01980] to spy out [07270] the country [0776] of Laish [03919], and said [0559] unto their brethren [0251], Do ye know [03045] that there is [03426] in these houses [01004] an ephod [0646], and teraphim [08655], and a graven image [06459], and a molten image [04541]? now therefore consider [03045] what ye have to do [06213].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 15
TEXT:
And they turned [05493] thitherward, and came [0935] to the house [01004] of the young man [05288] the Levite [03881], even unto the house [01004] of Micah [04318], and saluted [07592] [07965] him.


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 16
TEXT:
And the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] appointed [02296] with their weapons [03627] of war [04421], which were of the children [01121] of Dan [01835], stood [05324] by the entering [06607] of the gate [08179].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 17
TEXT:
And the five [02568] men [0582] that went [01980] to spy out [07270] the land [0776] went up [05927], and came in [0935] thither, and took [03947] the graven image [06459], and the ephod [0646], and the teraphim [08655], and the molten image [04541]: and the priest [03548] stood [05324] in the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] with the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were appointed [02296] with weapons [03627] of war [04421].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 18
TEXT:
And these went [0935] into Micah's [04318] house [01004], and fetched [03947] the carved image [06459], the ephod [0646], and the teraphim [08655], and the molten image [04541]. Then said [0559] the priest [03548] unto them, What do [06213] ye?


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 19
TEXT:
And they said [0559] unto him, Hold thy peace [02790], lay [07760] thine hand [03027] upon thy mouth [06310], and go [03212] with us, and be to us [01961] a father [01] and a priest [03548]: is it better [02896] for thee to be a priest [03548] unto the house [01004] of one [0259] man [0376], or that thou be a priest [03548] unto a tribe [07626] and a family [04940] in Israel [03478]?


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 20
TEXT:
And the priest's [03548] heart [03820] was glad [03190], and he took [03947] the ephod [0646], and the teraphim [08655], and the graven image [06459], and went in [0935] the midst [07130] of the people [05971].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 21
TEXT:
So they turned [06437] and departed [03212], and put [07760] the little ones [02945] and the cattle [04735] and the carriage [03520] before [06440] them.


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 22
TEXT:
And when they were a good way [07368] from the house [01004] of Micah [04318], the men [0582] that were in the houses [01004] near to Micah's [04318] house [01004] were gathered together [02199], and overtook [01692] the children [01121] of Dan [01835].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 23
TEXT:
And they cried [07121] unto the children [01121] of Dan [01835]. And they turned [05437] their faces [06440], and said [0559] unto Micah [04318], What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company [02199]?


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 24
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Ye have taken away [03947] my gods [0430] which I made [06213], and the priest [03548], and ye are gone away [03212]: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say [0559] unto me, What aileth thee?


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 25
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Dan [01835] said [0559] unto him, Let not thy voice [06963] be heard [08085] among us, lest angry [04751] [05315] fellows [0582] run [06293] upon thee, and thou lose [0622] thy life [05315], with the lives [05315] of thy household [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 26
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Dan [01835] went [03212] their way [01870]: and when Micah [04318] saw [07200] that they were too strong [02389] for him, he turned [06437] and went back [07725] unto his house [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 27
TEXT:
And they took [03947] the things which Micah [04318] had made [06213], and the priest [03548] which he had, and came [0935] unto Laish [03919], unto a people [05971] that were at quiet [08252] and secure [0982]: and they smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and burnt [08313] the city [05892] with fire [0784].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 28
TEXT:
And there was no deliverer [05337], because it was far [07350] from Zidon [06721], and they had no business [01697] with any man [0120]; and it was in the valley [06010] that lieth by Bethrehob [01050]. And they built [01129] a city [05892], and dwelt [03427] therein.


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 29
TEXT:
And they called [07121] the name [08034] of the city [05892] Dan [01835], after the name [08034] of Dan [01835] their father [01], who was born [03205] unto Israel [03478]: howbeit [0199] the name [08034] of the city [05892]  was Laish [03919] at the first [07223].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 30
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Dan [01835] set up [06965] the graven image [06459]: and Jonathan [03083], the son [01121] of Gershom [01647], the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519], he and his sons [01121] were priests [03548] to the tribe [07626] of Dan [01839] until the day [03117] of the captivity [01540] of the land [0776].


BK: 7
CH: 18
VS: 31
TEXT:
And they set them up [07760] Micah's [04318] graven image [06459], which he made [06213], all the time [03117] that the house [01004] of God [0430] was in Shiloh [07887].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 1
TEXT:
And it came to pass in those days [03117], when there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478], that there was a certain [0376] Levite [03881] sojourning [01481] on the side [03411] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], who took [03947] to him a concubine [0802] [06370] out of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 2
TEXT:
And his concubine [06370] played the whore [02181] against him, and went away [03212] from him unto her father's [01] house [01004] to Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063], and was there four [0702] whole months [02320] [03117].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 3
TEXT:
And her husband [0376] arose [06965], and went [03212] after [0310] her, to speak [01696] friendly [03820] unto her, and to bring her again [07725], having his servant [05288] with him, and a couple [06776] of asses [02543]: and she brought [0935] him into her father's [01] house [01004]: and when the father [01] of the damsel [05291] saw [07200] him, he rejoiced [08055] to meet [07125] him.


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 4
TEXT:
And his father in law [02859], the damsel's [05291] father [01], retained [02388] him; and he abode [03427] with him three [07969] days [03117]: so they did eat [0398] and drink [08354], and lodged [03885] there.


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 5
TEXT:
And it came to pass on the fourth [07243] day [03117], when they arose early [07925] in the morning [01242], that he rose up [06965] to depart [03212]: and the damsel's [05291] father [01] said [0559] unto his son in law [02860], Comfort [05582] thine heart [03820] with a morsel [06595] of bread [03899], and afterward [0310] go your way [03212].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 6
TEXT:
And they sat down [03427], and did eat [0398] and drink [08354] both [08147] of them together [03162]: for the damsel's [05291] father [01] had said [0559] unto the man [0376], Be content [02974], I pray thee, and tarry all night [03885], and let thine heart [03820] be merry [03190].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 7
TEXT:
And when the man [0376] rose up [06965] to depart [03212], his father in law [02859] urged [06484] him: therefore he lodged [03885] there again [07725].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 8
TEXT:
And he arose early [07925] in the morning [01242] on the fifth [02549] day [03117] to depart [03212]: and the damsel's [05291] father [01] said [0559], Comfort [05582] thine heart [03824], I pray thee. And they tarried [04102] until afternoon [03117] [05186], and they did eat [0398] both [08147] of them.


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 9
TEXT:
And when the man [0376] rose up [06965] to depart [03212], he, and his concubine [06370], and his servant [05288], his father in law [02859], the damsel's [05291] father [01], said [0559] unto him, Behold, now the day [03117] draweth [07503] toward evening [06150], I pray you tarry all night [03885]: behold, the day [03117] groweth to an end [02583], lodge [03885] here, that thine heart [03824] may be merry [03190]; and to morrow [04279] get you early [07925] on your way [01870], that thou mayest go [01980] home [0168].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 10
TEXT:
But the man [0376] would [014] not tarry that night [03885], but he rose up [06965] and departed [03212], and came [0935] over against [05227] Jebus [02982], which is Jerusalem [03389]; and there were with him two [06776] asses [02543] saddled [02280], his concubine [06370] also was with him.


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 11
TEXT:
And when they were by Jebus [02982], the day [03117] was far [03966] spent [07286]; and the servant [05288] said [0559] unto his master [0113], Come [03212], I pray thee, and let us turn in [05493] into this city [05892] of the Jebusites [02983], and lodge [03885] in it.


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 12
TEXT:
And his master [0113] said [0559] unto him, We will not turn aside [05493] hither into the city [05892] of a stranger [05237], that is not of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; we will pass over [05674] to Gibeah [01390].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 13
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto his servant [05288], Come [03212], and let us draw near [07126] to one [0259] of these places [04725] to lodge all night [03885], in Gibeah [01390], or in Ramah [07414].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 14
TEXT:
And they passed on [05674] and went their way [03212]; and the sun [08121] went down [0935] upon them when they were by [0681] Gibeah [01390], which belongeth to Benjamin [01144].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 15
TEXT:
And they turned aside [05493] thither, to go in [0935] and to lodge [03885] in Gibeah [01390]: and when he went in [0935], he sat him down [03427] in a street [07339] of the city [05892]: for  there was no man [0376] that took [0622] them into his house [01004] to lodging [03885].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 16
TEXT:
And, behold, there came [0935] an old [02205] man [0376] from his work [04639] out of the field [07704] at even [06153], which was also [0376] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669]; and he sojourned [01481] in Gibeah [01390]: but the men [0582] of the place [04725] were Benjamites [01145].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 17
TEXT:
And when he had lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], he saw [07200] a wayfaring [0732] man [0376] in the street [07339] of the city [05892]: and the old [02205] man [0376] said [0559], Whither goest [03212] thou? and whence [0370] comest [0935] thou?


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 18
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto him, We are passing [05674] from Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063] toward the side [03411] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669]; from thence am I: and I went [03212] to Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063], but I am now going [01980] to the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; and there is no man [0376] that receiveth [0622] me to house [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 19
TEXT:
Yet there is [03426] both straw [08401] and provender [04554] for our asses [02543]; and there is bread [03899] and wine [03196] also for me, and for thy handmaid [0519], and for the young man [05288] which is with thy servants [05650]: there is no want [04270] of any thing [01697].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 20
TEXT:
And the old [02205] man [0376] said [0559], Peace [07965] be with thee; howsoever [07535] let all thy wants [04270] lie upon me; only lodge [03885] not in the street [07339].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 21
TEXT:
So he brought [0935] him into his house [01004], and gave provender [01101] unto the asses [02543]: and they washed [07364] their feet [07272], and did eat [0398] and drink [08354].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 22
TEXT:
Now as they were making their hearts [03820] merry [03190], behold, the men [0582] of the city [05892], certain [0582] sons [01121] of Belial [01100], beset [05437] the house [01004] round about [05437], and  beat [01849] at the door [01817], and spake [0559] to the master [01167] of the house [01004], the old [02205] man [0376], saying [0559], Bring forth [03318] the man [0376] that came [0935] into thine house [01004], that we may know [03045] him.


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 23
TEXT:
And the man [0376], the master [01167] of the house [01004], went out [03318] unto them, and said [0559] unto them, Nay [0408], my brethren [0251], nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly [07489]; seeing [0310] that this man [0376] is come [0935] into mine house [01004], do [06213] not this folly [05039].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 24
TEXT:
Behold, here is my daughter [01323] a maiden [01330], and his concubine [06370]; them I will bring out [03318] now, and humble [06031] ye them, and do [06213] with them what seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto you: but unto this man [0376] do [06213] not so [02063] vile [05039] a thing [01697].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 25
TEXT:
But the men [0582] would [014] not hearken [08085] to him: so the man [0376] took [02388] his concubine [06370], and brought [03318] her forth [02351] unto them; and they knew [03045] her, and abused [05953] her all the night [03915] until the morning [01242]: and when the day [07837] began to spring [05927], they let her go [07971].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 26
TEXT:
Then came [0935] the woman [0802] in the dawning [06437] of the day [01242], and fell down [05307] at the door [06607] of the man's [0376] house [01004] where her lord [0113] was, till it was light [0216].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 27
TEXT:
And her lord [0113] rose up [06965] in the morning [01242], and opened [06605] the doors [01817] of the house [01004], and went out [03318] to go [03212] his way [01870]: and, behold, the woman [0802] his concubine [06370] was fallen down [05307] at the door [06607] of the house [01004], and her hands [03027] were upon the threshold [05592].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 28
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto her, Up [06965], and let us be going [03212]. But none answered [06030]. Then the man [0376] took [03947] her up upon an ass [02543], and the man [0376] rose up [06965], and gat [03212] him unto his place [04725].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 29
TEXT:
And when he was come [0935] into his house [01004], he took [03947] a knife [03979], and laid hold [02388] on his concubine [06370], and divided [05408] her, together with her bones [06106], into twelve [08147] [06240] pieces [05409], and sent [07971] her into all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 19
VS: 30
TEXT:
And it was so [01961], that all that saw [07200] it said [0559], There was no such deed [02063] done nor seen [07200] from the day [03117] that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] unto this day [03117]: consider [07760] of it, take advice [05779], and speak [01696] your minds.


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went out [03318], and the congregation [05712] was gathered together [06950] as one [0259] man [0376], from Dan [01835] even to Beersheba [0884], with the land [0776] of Gilead [01568], unto the LORD [03068] in Mizpeh [04709].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the chief [06438] of all the people [05971], even of all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], presented [03320] themselves in the assembly [06951] of the people [05971] of God [0430], four [0702] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] footmen [0376] [07273] that drew [08025] sword [02719].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 3
TEXT:
(Now the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] heard [08085] that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were gone up [05927] to Mizpeh [04709].) Then said [0559] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Tell [01696] us, how was [01961] this wickedness [07451]?


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 4
TEXT:
And the Levite [03881] [0376], the husband [0376] of the woman [0802] that was slain [07523], answered [06030] and said [0559], I came [0935] into Gibeah [01390] that belongeth to Benjamin [01144], I and my concubine [06370], to lodge [03885].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the men [01167] of Gibeah [01390] rose [06965] against me, and beset [05437] the house [01004] round about [05437] upon me by night [03915], and thought [01819] to have slain [02026] me: and my concubine [06370] have they forced [06031], that she is dead [04191].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 6
TEXT:
And I took [0270] my concubine [06370], and cut her in pieces [05408], and sent [07971] her throughout all the country [07704] of the inheritance [05159] of Israel [03478]: for they have committed [06213] lewdness [02154] and folly [05039] in Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 7
TEXT:
Behold, ye are all children [01121] of Israel [03478]; give [03051] here [01988] your advice [01697] and counsel [06098].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 8
TEXT:
And all the people [05971] arose [06965] as one [0259] man [0376], saying [0559], We will not any [0376] of us go [03212] to his tent [0168], neither will we any [0376] of us turn [05493] into his house [01004].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 9
TEXT:
But now this shall be the thing [01697] which we will do [06213] to Gibeah [01390]; we will go up by lot [01486] against it;


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 10
TEXT:
And we will take [03947] ten [06235] men [0582] of an hundred [03967] throughout all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and an hundred [03967] of a thousand [0505], and a thousand [0505] out of ten thousand [07233], to fetch [03947] victual [06720] for the people [05971], that they may do [06213], when they come [0935] to Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144], according to all the folly [05039] that they have wrought [06213] in Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 11
TEXT:
So all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] were gathered [0622] against the city [05892], knit together [02270] as one [0259] man [0376].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 12
TEXT:
And the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] men [0582] through all the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144], saying [0559], What wickedness [07451] is this that is done [01961] among you?


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 13
TEXT:
Now therefore deliver [05414] us the men [0582], the children [01121] of Belial [01100], which are in Gibeah [01390], that we may put them to death [04191], and put away [01197] evil [07451] from Israel [03478]. But the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] would [014] not hearken [08085] to the voice [06963] of their brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 14
TEXT:
But the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] gathered themselves together [0622] out of the cities [05892] unto Gibeah [01390], to go out [03318] to battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 15
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] were numbered [06485] at that time [03117] out of the cities [05892] twenty [06242] and six [08337] thousand [0505] men [0376] that drew [08025] sword [02719], beside the inhabitants [03427] of Gibeah [01390], which were numbered [06485] seven [07651] hundred [03967] chosen [0977] men [0376].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 16
TEXT:
Among all this people [05971] there were seven [07651] hundred [03967] chosen [0977] men [0376] lefthanded [0334] [03027] [03225]; every one could sling [07049] stones [068] at an hair [08185] breadth, and not miss [02398].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 17
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478], beside Benjamin [01144], were numbered [06485] four [0702] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] men [0376] that drew [08025] sword [02719]: all these were men [0376] of war [04421].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 18
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] arose [06965], and went up [05927] to the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and asked [07592] counsel of God [0430], and said [0559], Which [04310] of us shall go up [05927] first [08462] to the battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Judah [03063] shall go up first [08462].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 19
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] rose up [06965] in the morning [01242], and encamped [02583] against Gibeah [01390].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 20
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] went out [03318] to battle [04421] against Benjamin [01144]; and the men [0376] of Israel [03478] put themselves in array [06186] to fight [04421] against them at Gibeah [01390].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 21
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] came forth [03318] out of Gibeah [01390], and destroyed down [07843] to the ground [0776] of the Israelites [03478] that day [03117] twenty [06242] and two [08147] thousand [0505] men [0376].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 22
TEXT:
And the people [05971] the men [0376] of Israel [03478] encouraged [02388] themselves, and set their battle [04421] again [03254] in array [06186] in the place [04725] where they put themselves in array [06186] the first [07223] day [03117].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 23
TEXT:
(And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] and wept [01058] before [06440] the LORD [03068] until even [06153], and asked [07592] counsel of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Shall I go up [05066] again [03254] to battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] my brother [0251]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Go up [05927] against him.)


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 24
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came near [07126] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] the second [08145] day [03117].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 25
TEXT:
And Benjamin [01144] went forth [03318] against [07125] them out of Gibeah [01390] the second [08145] day [03117], and destroyed down [07843] to the ground [0776] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] again eighteen [08083] [06240] thousand [0505] men [0376]; all these drew [08025] the sword [02719].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 26
TEXT:
Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and all the people [05971], went up [05927], and came [0935] unto the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and wept [01058], and sat [03427] there before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] that day [03117] until even [06153], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 27
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068], (for the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430] was there in those days [03117],


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 28
TEXT:
And Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499], the son [01121] of Aaron [0175], stood [05975] before [06440] it in those days [03117],) saying [0559], Shall I yet again [03254] go out [03318] to battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] my brother [0251], or shall I cease [02308]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Go up [05927]; for to morrow [04279] I will deliver [05414] them into thine hand [03027].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 30
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] on the third [07992] day [03117], and put themselves in array [06186] against Gibeah [01390], as at other times [06471].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 31
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] went out [03318] against [07125] the people [05971], and were drawn away [05423] from the city [05892]; and they began [02490] to smite [05221] of the people [05971], and kill [02491], as at other times [06471], in the highways [04546], of which one [0259] goeth up [05927] to the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and the other [0259] to Gibeah [01390] in the field [07704], about thirty [07970] men [0376] of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 32
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] said [0559], They are smitten down [05062] before [06440] us, as at the first [07223]. But the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Let us flee [05127], and draw [05423] them from the city [05892] unto the highways [04546].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 33
TEXT:
And all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] rose up [06965] out of their place [04725], and put themselves in array [06186] at Baaltamar [01193]: and the liers in wait [0693] of Israel [03478] came forth [01518] out of their places [04725], even out of the meadows [04629] of Gibeah [01387].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 34
TEXT:
And there came [0935] against [05048] Gibeah [01390] ten [06235] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376] out of all Israel [03478], and the battle [04421] was sore [03513]: but they knew [03045] not that evil [07451] was near [05060] them.


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 35
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] smote [05062] Benjamin [01144] before [06440] Israel [03478]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] destroyed [07843] of the Benjamites [01145] that day [03117] twenty [06242] and five [02568] thousand [0505] and an hundred [03967] men [0376]: all these drew [08025] the sword [02719].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 36
TEXT:
So the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] saw [07200] that they were smitten [05062]: for the men [0376] of Israel [03478] gave [05414] place [04725] to the Benjamites [01145], because they trusted [0982] unto the liers in wait [0693] which they had set [07760] beside Gibeah [01390].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 37
TEXT:
And the liers in wait [0693] hasted [02363], and rushed [06584] upon Gibeah [01390]; and the liers in wait [0693] drew themselves along [04900], and smote [05221] all the city [05892] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 38
TEXT:
Now there was an appointed sign [04150] between the men [0376] of Israel [03478] and [05973] the liers in wait [0693], that they should make a great [07235] flame [04864] with smoke [06227] rise up [05927] out of the city [05892].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 39
TEXT:
And when the men [0376] of Israel [03478] retired [02015] in the battle [04421], Benjamin [01144] began [02490] to smite [05221] and kill [02491] of the men [0376] of Israel [03478] about thirty [07970] persons [0376]: for they said [0559], Surely [05062] they are smitten down [05062] before [06440] us, as in the first [07223] battle [04421].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 40
TEXT:
But when the flame [04864] began [02490] to arise up [05927] out of the city [05892] with a pillar [05982] of smoke [06227], the Benjamites [01145] looked [06437] behind [0310] them, and, behold, the flame [03632] of the city [05892] ascended up [05927] to heaven [08064].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 41
TEXT:
And when the men [0376] of Israel [03478] turned again [02015], the men [0376] of Benjamin [01144] were amazed [0926]: for they saw [07200] that evil [07451] was come [05060] upon them.


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 42
TEXT:
Therefore they turned [06437] their backs before [06440] the men [0376] of Israel [03478] unto the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057]; but the battle [04421] overtook [01692] them; and them which came out of the cities [05892] they destroyed [07843] in the midst [08432] of them.


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 43
TEXT:
Thus they inclosed [03803] the Benjamites [01145] round about [03803], and chased [07291] them, and trode them down [01869] with ease [04496] over against [05227] Gibeah [01390] toward the sunrising [04217] [08121].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 44
TEXT:
And there fell [05307] of Benjamin [01144] eighteen [08083] [06240] thousand [0505] men [0376]; all these were men [0582] of valour [02428].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 45
TEXT:
And they turned [06437] and fled [05127] toward the wilderness [04057] unto the rock [05553] of Rimmon [07417]: and they gleaned [05953] of them in the highways [04546] five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376]; and pursued [01692] hard after [0310] them unto Gidom [01440], and slew [05221] two thousand [0505] men [0376] of them.


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 46
TEXT:
So that all which fell [05307] that day [03117] of Benjamin [01144] were twenty [06242] and five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376] that drew [08025] the sword [02719]; all these were men [0582] of valour [02428].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 47
TEXT:
But six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] turned [06437] and fled [05127] to the wilderness [04057] unto the rock [05553] Rimmon [07417], and abode [03427] in the rock [05553] Rimmon [07417] four [0702] months [02320].


BK: 7
CH: 20
VS: 48
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] turned again [07725] upon the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144], and smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], as well the men [04974] of every city [05892], as [05704] the beast [0929], and all that came to hand [04672]: also they set [07971] on fire [0784] all the cities [05892] that they came to [04672].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now the men [0376] of Israel [03478] had sworn [07650] in Mizpeh [04709], saying [0559], There shall not any [0376] of us give [05414] his daughter [01323] unto Benjamin [01144] to wife [0802].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the people [05971] came [0935] to the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and abode [03427] there till even [06153] before [06440] God [0430], and lifted up [05375] their voices [06963], and wept [01058] [01065] sore [01419];


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 3
TEXT:
And said [0559], O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], why is this come to pass in Israel [03478], that there should be to day [03117] one [0259] tribe [07626] lacking [06485] in Israel [03478]?


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 4
TEXT:
And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], that the people [05971] rose early [07925], and built [01129] there an altar [04196], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Who is there among all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] that [0834] came [05927] not up with the congregation [06951] unto the LORD [03068]? For they had made a great [01419] oath [07621] concerning him that came not up [05927] to the LORD [03068] to Mizpeh [04709], saying [0559], He shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] repented [05162] them for Benjamin [01144] their brother [0251], and said [0559], There is one [0259] tribe [07626] cut off [01438] from Israel [03478] this day [03117].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 7
TEXT:
How shall we do [06213] for wives [0802] for them that remain [03498], seeing we have sworn [07650] by the LORD [03068] that we will not give [05414] them of our daughters [01323] to wives [0802]?


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 8
TEXT:
And they said [0559], What one [0259] is there of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] that came not up [05927] to Mizpeh [04709] to the LORD [03068]? And, behold, there came [0935] none [0376] to the camp [04264] from Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] to the assembly [06951].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 9
TEXT:
For the people [05971] were numbered [06485], and, behold, there were none [0376] of the inhabitants [03427] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] there.


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the congregation [05712] sent [07971] thither twelve [08147] [06240] thousand [0505] men [0376] of the valiantest [01121] [02428], and commanded [06680] them, saying [0559], Go [03212] and smite [05221] the inhabitants [03427] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], with the women [0802] and the children [02945].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 11
TEXT:
And this is the thing [01697] that ye shall do [06213], Ye shall utterly destroy [02763] every male [02145], and every woman [0802] that hath lain [04904] by man [03045].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 12
TEXT:
And they found [04672] among the inhabitants [03427] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] four [0702] hundred [03967] young [05291] virgins [01330], that had known [03045] no man [0376] by lying [04904] with any male [02145]: and they brought [0935] them unto the camp [04264] to Shiloh [07887], which is in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 13
TEXT:
And the whole congregation [05712] sent [07971] some to speak [01696] to the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] that were in the rock [05553] Rimmon [07417], and to call [07121] peaceably [07965] unto them.


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 14
TEXT:
And Benjamin [01144] came again [07725] at that time [06256]; and they gave [05414] them wives [0802] which they had saved alive [02421] of the women [0802] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568]: and yet so they sufficed [04672] them not.


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 15
TEXT:
And the people [05971] repented [05162] them for Benjamin [01144], because that the LORD [03068] had made [06213] a breach [06556] in the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 16
TEXT:
Then the elders [02205] of the congregation [05712] said [0559], How shall we do [06213] for wives [0802] for them that remain [03498], seeing the women [0802] are destroyed [08045] out of Benjamin [01144]?


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 17
TEXT:
And they said [0559], There must be an inheritance [03425] for them that be escaped [06413] of Benjamin [01144], that a tribe [07626] be not destroyed [04229] out of Israel [03478].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 18
TEXT:
Howbeit we may [03201] not give [05414] them wives [0802] of our daughters [01323]: for the children [01121] of Israel [03478] have sworn [07650], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be he that giveth [05414] a wife [0802] to Benjamin [01144].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 19
TEXT:
Then they said [0559], Behold, there is a feast [02282] of the LORD [03068] in Shiloh [07887] yearly [03117] [03117] in a place which is on the north side [06828] of Bethel [01008], on the east side [04217] [08121] of the highway [04546] that goeth up [05927] from Bethel [01008] to Shechem [07927], and on the south [05045] of Lebonah [03829].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 20
TEXT:
Therefore they commanded [06680] the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144], saying [0559], Go [03212] and lie in wait [0693] in the vineyards [03754];


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 21
TEXT:
And see [07200], and, behold, if the daughters [01323] of Shiloh [07887] come out [03318] to dance [02342] in dances [04246], then come ye out [03318] of the vineyards [03754], and catch [02414] you every man [0376] his wife [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Shiloh [07887], and go [01980] to the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 22
TEXT:
And it shall be, when their fathers [01] or their brethren [0251] come [0935] unto us to complain [07378], that we will say [0559] unto them, Be favourable [02603] unto them for our sakes: because we reserved [03947] not to each man [0376] his wife [0802] in the war [04421]: for ye did not give [05414] unto them at this time [06256], that ye should be guilty [0816].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 23
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] did so [06213], and took [05375] them wives [0802], according to their number [04557], of them that danced [02342], whom they caught [01497]: and they went [03212] and returned [07725] unto their inheritance [05159], and repaired [01129] the cities [05892], and dwelt [03427] in them.


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 24
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] departed [01980] thence at that time [06256], every man [0376] to his tribe [07626] and to his family [04940], and they went out [03318] from thence every man [0376] to his inheritance [05159].


BK: 7
CH: 21
VS: 25
TEXT:
In those days [03117] there was no king [04428] in Israel [03478]: every man [0376] did [06213] that which was right [03477] in his own eyes [05869].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now it came to pass in the days [03117] when the judges [08199] ruled [08199], that there was a famine [07458] in the land [0776]. And a certain man [0376] of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063] went [03212] to sojourn [01481] in the country [07704] of Moab [04124], he, and his wife [0802], and his two [08147] sons [01121].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the name [08034] of the man [0376] was Elimelech [0458], and the name [08034] of his wife [0802] Naomi [05281], and the name [08034] of his two [08147] sons [01121] Mahlon [04248] and Chilion [03630], Ephrathites [0673] of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063]. And they came [0935] into the country [07704] of Moab [04124], and continued there.


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 3
TEXT:
And Elimelech [0458] Naomi's [05281] husband [0376] died [04191]; and she was left [07604], and her two [08147] sons [01121].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 4
TEXT:
And they took [05375] them wives [0802] of the women [0802] of Moab [04125]; the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Orpah [06204], and the name [08034] of the other [08145] Ruth [07327]: and they dwelled [03427] there about ten [06235] years [08141].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 5
TEXT:
And Mahlon [04248] and Chilion [03630] died [04191] also both [08147] of them; and the woman [0802] was left [07604] of her two [08147] sons [03206] and her husband [0376].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 6
TEXT:
Then she arose [06965] with her daughters in law [03618], that she might return [07725] from the country [07704] of Moab [04124]: for she had heard [08085] in the country [07704] of Moab [04124] how that the LORD [03068] had visited [06485] his people [05971] in giving [05414] them bread [03899].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 7
TEXT:
Wherefore she went forth [03318] out of the place [04725] where she was, and her two [08147] daughters in law [03618] with her; and they went [03212] on the way [01870] to return [07725] unto the land [0776] of Judah [03063].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 8
TEXT:
And Naomi [05281] said [0559] unto her two [08147] daughters in law [03618], Go [03212], return [07725] each [0802] to her mother's [0517] house [01004]: the LORD [03068] deal [06213] kindly [02617] with you, as ye have dealt [06213] with the dead [04191], and with me.


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 9
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] grant [05414] you that ye may find [04672] rest [04496], each [0802] of you in the house [01004] of her husband [0376]. Then she kissed [05401] them; and they lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept [01058].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Naomi [05281] said [0559], Turn again [07725], my daughters [01323]: why will ye go [03212] with me? are there yet any more sons [01121] in my womb [04578], that they may be your husbands [0582]?


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 12
TEXT:
Turn again [07725], my daughters [01323], go [03212] your way; for I am too old [02204] to have an husband [0376]. If I should say [0559], I have [03426] hope [08615], if I should have an husband [0376] also to night [03915], and should also bear [03205] sons [01121];


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 13
TEXT:
Would ye tarry [07663] for them [03860] till they were grown [01431]? would ye stay [05702] for them [03860] from having husbands [0376]? nay, my daughters [01323]; for it grieveth [04843] me much [03966] for your sakes that the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] is gone out [03318] against me.


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 14
TEXT:
And they lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept again [01058]: and Orpah [06204] kissed [05401] her mother in law [02545]; but Ruth [07327] clave [01692] unto her.


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 15
TEXT:
And she said [0559], Behold, thy sister in law [02994] is gone back [07725] unto her people [05971], and unto her gods [0430]: return [07725] thou after [0310] thy sister in law [02994].


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 16
TEXT:
And Ruth [07327] said [0559], Intreat [06293] me not to leave [05800] thee, or to return [07725] from following after [0310] thee: for whither thou goest [03212], I will go [03212]; and where thou lodgest [03885], I will lodge [03885]: thy people [05971] shall be my people [05971], and thy God [0430] my God [0430]:


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 17
TEXT:
Where thou diest [04191], will I die [04191], and there will I be buried [06912]: the LORD [03068] do [06213] so to me, and more [03254] also, if ought but death [04194] part [06504] thee and me.


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 18
TEXT:
When she saw [07200] that she was stedfastly minded [0553] to go [03212] with her, then she left [02308] speaking [01696] unto her.


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 19
TEXT:
So they two [08147] went [03212] until they came [0935] to Bethlehem [01035]. And it came to pass, when they were come [0935] to Bethlehem [01035], that all the city [05892] was moved [01949] about them, and they said [0559], Is this Naomi [05281]?


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 20
TEXT:
And she said [0559] unto them, Call [07121] me not Naomi [05281], call [07121] me Mara [04755]: for the Almighty [07706] hath dealt very [03966] bitterly [04843] with me.


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 21
TEXT:
I went out [01980] full [04392], and the LORD [03068] hath brought me home again [07725] empty [07387]: why then call [07121] ye me Naomi [05281], seeing the LORD [03068] hath testified [06030] against me, and the Almighty [07706] hath afflicted [07489] me?


BK: 8
CH: 1
VS: 22
TEXT:
So Naomi [05281] returned [07725], and Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125], her daughter in law [03618], with her, which returned [07725] out of the country [07704] of Moab [04124]: and they came [0935] to Bethlehem [01035] in the beginning [08462] of barley [08184] harvest [07105].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 1
TEXT:
And Naomi [05281] had a kinsman [04129] [03045] of her husband's [0376], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of wealth [02428], of the family [04940] of Elimelech [0458]; and his name [08034] was Boaz [01162].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125] said [0559] unto Naomi [05281], Let me now go [03212] to the field [07704], and glean [03950] ears of corn [07641] after [0310] him in whose sight [05869] I shall find [04672] grace [02580]. And she said [0559] unto her, Go [03212], my daughter [01323].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 3
TEXT:
And she went [03212], and came [0935], and gleaned [03950] in the field [07704] after [0310] the reapers [07114]: and her hap [04745] was to light [07136] on a part [02513] of the field [07704] belonging  unto Boaz [01162], who was of the kindred [04940] of Elimelech [0458].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 4
TEXT:
And, behold, Boaz [01162] came [0935] from Bethlehem [01035], and said [0559] unto the reapers [07114], The LORD [03068] be with you. And they answered [0559] him, The LORD [03068] bless [01288] thee.


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 5
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Boaz [01162] unto his servant [05288] that was set [05324] over the reapers [07114], Whose damsel [05291] is this?


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the servant [05288] that was set [05324] over the reapers [07114] answered [06030] and said [0559], It is the Moabitish [04125] damsel [05291] that came back [07725] with Naomi [05281] out of the country [07704] of Moab [04124]:


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 7
TEXT:
And she said [0559], I pray you, let me glean [03950] and gather [0622] after [0310] the reapers [07114] among the sheaves [06016]: so she came [0935], and hath continued [05975] even [0227] from the morning [01242] until now, that she tarried [03427] a little [04592] in the house [01004].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Boaz [01162] unto Ruth [07327], Hearest [08085] thou not, my daughter [01323]? Go [03212] not to glean [03950] in another [0312] field [07704], neither go [05674] from hence, but abide [01692] here fast by my maidens [05291]:


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 9
TEXT:
Let thine eyes [05869] be on the field [07704] that they do reap [07114], and go [01980] thou after [0310] them: have I not charged [06680] the young men [05288] that they shall not touch [05060] thee? and when thou art athirst [06770], go [01980] unto the vessels [03627], and drink [08354] of that which the young men [05288] have drawn [07579].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 10
TEXT:
Then she fell [05307] on her face [06440], and bowed [07812] herself to the ground [0776], and said [0559] unto him, Why have I found [04672] grace [02580] in thine eyes [05869], that thou shouldest take knowledge [05234] of me, seeing I am a stranger [05237]?


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Boaz [01162] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto her, It hath fully [05046] been shewed [05046] me, all that thou hast done [06213] unto thy mother in law [02545] since [0310] the death [04194] of thine husband [0376]: and how thou hast left [05800] thy father [01] and thy mother [0517], and the land [0776] of thy nativity [04138], and art come [03212] unto a people [05971] which thou knewest [03045] not heretofore [08543] [08032].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 12
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] recompense [07999] thy work [06467], and a full [08003] reward [04909] be given thee of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], under whose wings [03671] thou art come [0935] to trust [02620].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 13
TEXT:
Then she said [0559], Let me find [04672] favour [02580] in thy sight [05869], my lord [0113]; for that thou hast comforted [05162] me, and for that thou hast spoken [01696] friendly [03820] unto thine handmaid [08198], though I be not like unto one [0259] of thine handmaidens [08198].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 14
TEXT:
And Boaz [01162] said [0559] unto her, At mealtime [06256] [0400] come [05066] thou hither [01988], and eat [0398] of the bread [03899], and dip [02881] thy morsel [06595] in the vinegar [02558]. And she sat [03427] beside [06654] the reapers [07114]: and he reached [06642] her parched [07039] corn, and she did eat [0398], and was sufficed [07646], and left [03498].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 15
TEXT:
And when she was risen up [06965] to glean [03950], Boaz [01162] commanded [06680] his young men [05288], saying [0559], Let her glean [03950] even among the sheaves [06016], and reproach [03637] her not:


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 16
TEXT:
And let fall [07997] also some of the handfuls [06653] of purpose [07997] for her, and leave [05800] them, that she may glean [03950] them, and rebuke [01605] her not.


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 17
TEXT:
So she gleaned [03950] in the field [07704] until even [06153], and beat out [02251] that she had gleaned [03950]: and it was about an ephah [0374] of barley [08184].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 18
TEXT:
And she took it up [05375], and went [0935] into the city [05892]: and her mother in law [02545] saw [07200] what she had gleaned [03950]: and she brought forth [03318], and gave [05414] to her that she had reserved [03498] after she was sufficed [07648].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 19
TEXT:
And her mother in law [02545] said [0559] unto her, Where hast thou gleaned [03950] to day [03117]? and where [0375] wroughtest [06213] thou? blessed [01288] be he that did take knowledge [05234] of thee. And she shewed [05046] her mother in law [02545] with whom she had wrought [06213], and said [0559], The man's [0376] name [08034] with whom I wrought [06213] to day [03117] is Boaz [01162].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Naomi [05281] said [0559] unto her daughter in law [03618], Blessed [01288] be he of the LORD [03068], who hath not left off [05800] his kindness [02617] to the living [02416] and to the dead [04191]. And Naomi [05281] said [0559] unto her, The man [0376] is near of kin [07138] unto us, one of our next kinsmen [01350].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125] said [0559], He said [0559] unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast [01692] by my young men [05288], until they have ended [03615] all my harvest [07105].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 22
TEXT:
And Naomi [05281] said [0559] unto Ruth [07327] her daughter in law [03618], It is good [02896], my daughter [01323], that thou go out [03318] with his maidens [05291], that they meet [06293] thee not in any other [0312] field [07704].


BK: 8
CH: 2
VS: 23
TEXT:
So she kept fast [01692] by the maidens [05291] of Boaz [01162] to glean [03950] unto the end [03615] of barley [08184] harvest [07105] and of wheat [02406] harvest [07105]; and dwelt [03427] with her mother in law [02545].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then Naomi [05281] her mother in law [02545] said [0559] unto her, My daughter [01323], shall I not seek [01245] rest [04494] for thee, that it may be well [03190] with thee?


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 2
TEXT:
And now is not Boaz [01162] of our kindred [04130], with whose maidens [05291] thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth [02219] barley [08184] to night [03915] in the threshingfloor [01637].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 3
TEXT:
Wash [07364] thyself therefore, and anoint [05480] thee, and put [07760] thy raiment [08071] upon thee, and get thee down [03381] to the floor [01637]: but make not thyself known [03045] unto the man [0376], until he shall have done [03615] eating [0398] and drinking [08354].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 4
TEXT:
And it shall be, when he lieth down [07901], that thou shalt mark [03045] the place [04725] where he shall lie [07901], and thou shalt go in [0935], and uncover [01540] his feet [04772], and lay thee down [07901]; and he will tell [05046] thee what thou shalt do [06213].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 6
TEXT:
And she went down [03381] unto the floor [01637], and did [06213] according to all that her mother in law [02545] bade [06680] her.


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 7
TEXT:
And when Boaz [01162] had eaten [0398] and drunk [08354], and his heart [03820] was merry [03190], he went [0935] to lie down [07901] at the end [07097] of the heap of corn [06194]: and she came [0935] softly [03909], and uncovered [01540] his feet [04772], and laid her down [07901].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 8
TEXT:
And it came to pass at midnight [02677] [03915], that the man [0376] was afraid [02729], and turned [03943] himself: and, behold, a woman [0802] lay [07901] at his feet [04772].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 9
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Who art thou? And she answered [0559], I am Ruth [07327] thine handmaid [0519]: spread [06566] therefore thy skirt [03671] over thine handmaid [0519]; for thou art a near kinsman [01350].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 10
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Blessed [01288] be thou of the LORD [03068], my daughter [01323]: for thou hast shewed [03190] more kindness [02617] in the latter end [0314] than at the beginning [07223], inasmuch as thou followedst [03212] [0310] not [01115] young men [0970], whether poor [01800] or rich [06223].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 11
TEXT:
And now, my daughter [01323], fear [03372] not; I will do [06213] to thee all that thou requirest [0559]: for all the city [08179] of my people [05971] doth know [03045] that thou art a virtuous [02428] woman [0802].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 12
TEXT:
And now it is true [0551] that I am thy near kinsman [01350]: howbeit there is [03426] a kinsman [01350] nearer [07138] than I.


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 13
TEXT:
Tarry [03885] this night [03915], and it shall be in the morning [01242], that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman [01350], well [02896]; let him do the kinsman's part [01350]: but if he will [02654] not do the part of a kinsman [01350] to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman [01350] to thee, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416]: lie down [07901] until the morning [01242].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 14
TEXT:
And she lay [07901] at his feet [04772] until the morning [01242]: and she rose up [06965] before [02958] one [0376] could know [05234] another [07453]. And he said [0559], Let it not be known [03045] that a woman [0802] came [0935] into the floor [01637].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 15
TEXT:
Also he said [0559], Bring [03051] the vail [04304] that thou hast upon thee, and hold [0270] it. And when she held [0270] it, he measured [04058] six [08337] measures of barley [08184], and laid [07896] it on her: and she went [0935] into the city [05892].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 16
TEXT:
And when she came [0935] to her mother in law [02545], she said [0559], Who art thou, my daughter [01323]? And she told [05046] her all that the man [0376] had done [06213] to her.


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 17
TEXT:
And she said [0559], These six [08337] measures of barley [08184] gave [05414] he me; for he said [0559] to me, Go [0935] not empty [07387] unto thy mother in law [02545].


BK: 8
CH: 3
VS: 18
TEXT:
Then said [0559] she, Sit still [03427], my daughter [01323], until thou know [03045] how the matter [01697] will fall [05307]: for the man [0376] will not be in rest [08252], until [0518] he have finished [03615] the thing [01697] this day [03117].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then went [05927] Boaz [01162] up [05927] to the gate [08179], and sat him down [03427] there: and, behold, the kinsman [01350] of whom Boaz [01162] spake [01696] came [05674] by; unto whom he said [0559], Ho [01945], such [06423] a one [0492]! turn aside [05493], sit down [03427] here. And he turned aside [05493], and sat down [03427].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he took [03947] ten [06235] men [0582] of the elders [02205] of the city [05892], and said [0559], Sit ye down [03427] here. And they sat down [03427].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 3
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto the kinsman [01350], Naomi [05281], that is come again [07725] out of the country [07704] of Moab [04124], selleth [04376] a parcel [02513] of land [07704], which was our brother [0251] Elimelech's [0458]:


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 4
TEXT:
And I thought [0559] to advertise [01540] [0241] thee, saying [0559], Buy [07069] it before the inhabitants [03427], and before the elders [02205] of my people [05971]. If thou wilt redeem [01350] it, redeem [01350] it: but if thou wilt not redeem [01350] it, then tell [05046] me, that I may know [03045]: for there is none to redeem [01350] it beside [02108] thee; and I am after [0310] thee. And he said [0559], I will redeem [01350] it.


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 5
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Boaz [01162], What day [03117] thou buyest [07069] the field [07704] of the hand [03027] of Naomi [05281], thou must buy [07069] it also of Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125], the wife [0802] of the dead [04191], to raise up [06965] the name [08034] of the dead [04191] upon his inheritance [05159].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the kinsman [01350] said [0559], I cannot [03201] redeem [01350] it for myself, lest I mar [07843] mine own inheritance [05159]: redeem [01350] thou my right [01353] to thyself; for I cannot [03201] redeem [01350] it.


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 7
TEXT:
Now this was the manner in former time [06440] in Israel [03478] concerning redeeming [01353] and concerning changing [08545], for to confirm [06965] all things [01697]; a man [0376] plucked off [08025] his shoe [05275], and gave [05414] it to his neighbour [07453]: and this was a testimony [08584] in Israel [03478].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 8
TEXT:
Therefore the kinsman [01350] said [0559] unto Boaz [01162], Buy [07069] it for thee. So he drew off [08025] his shoe [05275].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 9
TEXT:
And Boaz [01162] said [0559] unto the elders [02205], and unto all the people [05971], Ye are witnesses [05707] this day [03117], that I have bought [07069] all that was Elimelech's [0458], and all that was Chilion's [03630] and Mahlon's [04248], of the hand [03027] of Naomi [05281].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 10
TEXT:
Moreover Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125], the wife [0802] of Mahlon [04248], have I purchased [07069] to be my wife [0802], to raise up [06965] the name [08034] of the dead [04191] upon his inheritance [05159], that the name [08034] of the dead [04191] be not cut off [03772] from among [05973] his brethren [0251], and from the gate [08179] of his place [04725]: ye are witnesses [05707] this day [03117].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 11
TEXT:
And all the people [05971] that were in the gate [08179], and the elders [02205], said [0559], We are witnesses [05707]. The LORD [03068] make [05414] the woman [0802] that is come [0935] into thine house [01004] like Rachel [07354] and like Leah [03812], which two [08147] did build [01129] the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: and do [06213] thou worthily [02428] in Ephratah [0672], and be famous [07121] [08034] in Bethlehem [01035]:


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 12
TEXT:
And let thy house [01004] be like the house [01004] of Pharez [06557], whom Tamar [08559] bare [03205] unto Judah [03063], of the seed [02233] which the LORD [03068] shall give [05414] thee of this young woman [05291].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 13
TEXT:
So Boaz [01162] took [03947] Ruth [07327], and she was his wife [0802]: and when he went in [0935] unto her, the LORD [03068] gave [05414] her conception [02032], and she bare [03205] a son [01121].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 14
TEXT:
And the women [0802] said [0559] unto Naomi [05281], Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068], which hath not left [07673] thee this day [03117] without a kinsman [01350], that his name [08034] may be famous [07121] in Israel [03478].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 15
TEXT:
And he shall be unto thee a restorer [07725] of thy life [05315], and a nourisher [03557] of thine old age [07872]: for thy daughter in law [03618], which loveth [0157] thee, which is better [02896] to thee than seven [07651] sons [01121], hath born [03205] him.


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 16
TEXT:
And Naomi [05281] took [03947] the child [03206], and laid [07896] it in her bosom [02436], and became nurse [0539] unto it.


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 17
TEXT:
And the women her neighbours [07934] gave [07121] it a name [08034], saying [0559], There is a son [01121] born [03205] to Naomi [05281]; and they called [07121] his name [08034] Obed [05744]: he is the father [01] of Jesse [03448], the father [01] of David [01732].


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 18
TEXT:
Now these are the generations [08435] of Pharez [06557]: Pharez [06557] begat [03205] Hezron [02696],


BK: 8
CH: 4
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Amminadab [05992] begat [03205] Nahshon [05177], and Nahshon [05177] begat [03205] Salmon [08009],


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now there was a certain [0259] man [0376] of Ramathaimzophim [07436], of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and his name [08034] was Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], the son [01121] of Elihu [0453], the son [01121] of Tohu [08459], the son [01121] of Zuph [06689], an Ephrathite [0673]:


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he had two [08147] wives [0802]; the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Hannah [02584], and the name [08034] of the other [08145] Peninnah [06444]: and Peninnah [06444] had children [03206], but Hannah [02584] had no children [03206].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 3
TEXT:
And this [01931] man [0376] went up [05927] out of his city [05892] yearly [03117] [03117] to worship [07812] and to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] in Shiloh [07887]. And the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068], were there.


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 4
TEXT:
And when the time [03117] was that Elkanah [0511] offered [02076], he gave [05414] to Peninnah [06444] his wife [0802], and to all her sons [01121] and her daughters [01323], portions [04490]:


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 5
TEXT:
But unto Hannah [02584] he gave [05414] a [0259] worthy [0639] portion [04490]; for he loved [0157] Hannah [02584]: but the LORD [03068] had shut up [05462] her womb [07358].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 6
TEXT:
And her adversary [06869] also provoked [03707] her sore [03708], for to make her fret [07481], because the LORD [03068] had shut [05462] up [01157] her womb [07358].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 7
TEXT:
And as he did [06213] so year [08141] by year [08141], when [01767] she went up [05927] to the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], so she provoked [03707] her; therefore she wept [01058], and did not eat [0398].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Elkanah [0511] her husband [0376] to her, Hannah [02584], why weepest [01058] thou? and why eatest [0398] thou not? and why is thy heart [03824] grieved [03415]? am not I better [02896] to thee than ten [06235] sons [01121]?


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 9
TEXT:
So Hannah [02584] rose up [06965] after [0310] they had eaten [0398] in Shiloh [07887], and after [0310] they had drunk [08354]. Now Eli [05941] the priest [03548] sat [03427] upon a seat [03678] by a post [04201] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 10
TEXT:
And she was in bitterness [04751] of soul [05315], and prayed [06419] unto the LORD [03068], and wept [01058] sore [01058].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 11
TEXT:
And she vowed [05087] a vow [05088], and said [0559], O LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], if thou wilt indeed [07200] look [07200] on the affliction [06040] of thine handmaid [0519], and remember [02142] me, and not forget [07911] thine handmaid [0519], but wilt give [05414] unto thine handmaid [0519] a man [0582] child [02233], then I will give [05414] him unto the LORD [03068] all the days [03117] of his life [02416], and there shall no razor [04177] come [05927] upon his head [07218].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 12
TEXT:
And it came to pass, as she continued [07235] praying [06419] before [06440] the LORD [03068], that Eli [05941] marked [08104] her mouth [06310].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 13
TEXT:
Now Hannah [02584], she spake [01696] in her heart [03820]; only her lips [08193] moved [05128], but her voice [06963] was not heard [08085]: therefore Eli [05941] thought [02803] she had been drunken [07910].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 14
TEXT:
And Eli [05941] said [0559] unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken [07937]? put away [05493] thy wine [03196] from thee.


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Hannah [02584] answered [06030] and said [0559], No, my lord [0113], I am a woman [0802] of a sorrowful [07186] spirit [07307]: I have drunk [08354] neither wine [03196] nor strong drink [07941], but have poured out [08210] my soul [05315] before [06440] the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 16
TEXT:
Count [05414] not thine handmaid [0519] for [06440] a daughter [01323] of Belial [01100]: for out of the abundance [07230] of my complaint [07879] and grief [03708] have I spoken [01696] hitherto.


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 17
TEXT:
Then Eli [05941] answered [06030] and said [0559], Go [03212] in peace [07965]: and the God [0430] of Israel [03478] grant [05414] thee thy petition [07596] that thou hast asked [07592] of him.


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 18
TEXT:
And she said [0559], Let thine handmaid [08198] find [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869]. So the woman [0802] went [03212] her way [01870], and did eat [0398], and her countenance [06440] was no more  sad.


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 19
TEXT:
And they rose up [07925] in the morning [01242] early [07925], and worshipped [07812] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and returned [07725], and came [0935] to their house [01004] to Ramah [07414]: and Elkanah [0511] knew [03045] Hannah [02584] his wife [0802]; and the LORD [03068] remembered [02142] her.


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 20
TEXT:
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time [03117] was come [08622] about after Hannah [02584] had conceived [02029], that she bare [03205] a son [01121], and called [07121] his name [08034] Samuel [08050], saying, Because I have asked [07592] him of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 21
TEXT:
And the man [0376] Elkanah [0511], and all his house [01004], went up [05927] to offer [02076] unto the LORD [03068] the yearly [03117] sacrifice [02077], and his vow [05088].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 22
TEXT:
But Hannah [02584] went not up [05927]; for she said [0559] unto her husband [0376], I will not go up until the child [05288] be weaned [01580], and then I will bring [0935] him, that he may appear [07200] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and there abide [03427] for [05704] ever [05769].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 23
TEXT:
And Elkanah [0511] her husband [0376] said [0559] unto her, Do [06213] what seemeth [05869] thee good [02896]; tarry [03427] until thou have weaned [01580] him; only the LORD [03068] establish [06965] his word [01697]. So the woman [0802] abode [03427], and gave her son [01121] suck [03243] until she weaned [01580] him.


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 24
TEXT:
And when she had weaned [01580] him, she took him up [05927] with her, with three [07969] bullocks [06499], and one [0259] ephah [0374] of flour [07058], and a bottle [05035] of wine [03196], and brought [0935] him unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] in Shiloh [07887]: and the child [05288] was young [05288].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 26
TEXT:
And she said [0559], Oh [0994] my lord [0113], as thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], my lord [0113], I am the woman [0802] that stood [05324] by thee here, praying [06419] unto the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 27
TEXT:
For this child [05288] I prayed [06419]; and the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] me my petition [07596] which I asked [07592] of him:


BK: 9
CH: 1
VS: 28
TEXT:
Therefore also I have lent [07592] him to the LORD [03068]; as long as he liveth [03117] he shall be lent [07592] to the LORD [03068]. And he worshipped [07812] the LORD [03068] there.


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 1
TEXT:
And Hannah [02584] prayed [06419], and said [0559], My heart [03820] rejoiceth [05970] in the LORD [03068], mine horn [07161] is exalted [07311] in the LORD [03068]: my mouth [06310] is enlarged [07337] over mine enemies [0341]; because I rejoice [08055] in thy salvation [03444].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 2
TEXT:
There is none holy [06918] as the LORD [03068]: for there is none beside [01115] thee: neither is there any rock [06697] like our God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 3
TEXT:
Talk [01696] no more [07235] so exceeding [01364] proudly [01364]; let not arrogancy [06277] come [03318] out of your mouth [06310]: for the LORD [03068] is a God [0410] of knowledge [01844], and by him actions [05949] are weighed [08505].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 4
TEXT:
The bows [07198] of the mighty men [01368] are broken [02844], and they that stumbled [03782] are girded [0247] with strength [02428].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 5
TEXT:
They that were full [07649] have hired out [07936] themselves for bread [03899]; and they that were hungry [07457] ceased [02308]: so that the barren [06135] hath born [03205] seven [07651]; and she that hath many [07227] children [01121] is waxed feeble [0535].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 6
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] killeth [04191], and maketh alive [02421]: he bringeth down [03381] to the grave [07585], and bringeth up [05927].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 7
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] maketh poor [03423], and maketh rich [06238]: he bringeth low [08213], and [0637] lifteth up [07311].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 8
TEXT:
He raiseth up [06965] the poor [01800] out of the dust [06083], and lifteth up [07311] the beggar [034] from the dunghill [0830], to set [03427] them among princes [05081], and to make them inherit [05157] the throne [03678] of glory [03519]: for the pillars [04690] of the earth [0776] are the LORD'S [03068], and he hath set [07896] the world [08398] upon them.


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 9
TEXT:
He will keep [08104] the feet [07272] of his saints [02623], and the wicked [07563] shall be silent [01826] in darkness [02822]; for by strength [03581] shall no man [0376] prevail [01396].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 10
TEXT:
The adversaries [07378] of the LORD [03068] shall be broken to pieces [02865]; out of heaven [08064] shall he thunder [07481] upon them: the LORD [03068] shall judge [01777] the ends [0657] of the earth [0776]; and he shall give [05414] strength [05797] unto his king [04428], and exalt [07311] the horn [07161] of his anointed [04899].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Elkanah [0511] went [03212] to Ramah [07414] to his house [01004]. And the child [05288] did [01961] minister [08334] unto the LORD [03068] before [06440] Eli [05941] the priest [03548].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 12
TEXT:
Now the sons [01121] of Eli [05941] were sons [01121] of Belial [01100]; they knew [03045] not the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 13
TEXT:
And the priests [03548]' custom [04941] with the people [05971] was, that, when any man [0376] offered [02076] sacrifice [02077], the priest's [03548] servant [05288] came [0935], while the flesh [01320] was in seething [01310], with a fleshhook [04207] of three [07969] teeth [08127] in his hand [03027];


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 14
TEXT:
And he struck [05221] it into the pan [03595], or kettle [01731], or caldron [07037], or pot [06517]; all that the fleshhook [04207] brought up [05927] the priest [03548] took [03947] for himself. So they did [06213] in Shiloh [07887] unto all the Israelites [03478] that came [0935] thither.


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 15
TEXT:
Also before they burnt [06999] the fat [02459], the priest's [03548] servant [05288] came [0935], and said [0559] to the man [0376] that sacrificed [02076], Give [05414] flesh [01320] to roast [06740] for the priest [03548]; for he will not have [03947] sodden [01310] flesh [01320] of thee, but raw [02416].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 16
TEXT:
And if any man [0376] said [0559] unto him, Let them not fail [06999] to burn [06999] the fat [02459] presently [03117], and then take [03947] as much as thy soul [05315] desireth [0183]; then he would answer [0559] him, Nay; but thou shalt give [05414] it me now: and if not, I will take [03947] it by force [02394].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 17
TEXT:
Wherefore the sin [02403] of the young men [05288] was very [03966] great [01419] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: for men [0582] abhorred [05006] the offering [04503] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 18
TEXT:
But Samuel [08050] ministered [08334] before [06440] the LORD [03068], being a child [05288], girded [02296] with a linen [0906] ephod [0646].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 19
TEXT:
Moreover his mother [0517] made [06213] him a little [06996] coat [04598], and brought [05927] it to him from year [03117] to year [03117], when she came up [05927] with her husband [0376] to offer [02076] the yearly [03117] sacrifice [02077].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Eli [05941] blessed [01288] Elkanah [0511] and his wife [0802], and said [0559], The LORD [03068] give [07760] thee seed [02233] of this woman [0802] for the loan [07596] which is lent [07592] to the LORD [03068]. And they went [01980] unto their own home [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 21
TEXT:
And [03588] the LORD [03068] visited [06485] Hannah [02584], so that she conceived [02029], and bare [03205] three [07969] sons [01121] and two [08147] daughters [01323]. And the child [05288] Samuel [08050] grew [01431] before [05973] the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 22
TEXT:
Now Eli [05941] was very [03966] old [02204], and heard [08085] all that his sons [01121] did [06213] unto all Israel [03478]; and how they lay [07901] with the women [0802] that assembled [06633] at  the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 23
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto them, Why do [06213] ye such things [01697]? for I hear [08085] of your evil [07451] dealings [01697] by all this people [05971].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 24
TEXT:
Nay, my sons [01121]; for it is no good [02896] report [08052] that I hear [08085]: ye make the LORD'S [03068] people [05971] to transgress [05674].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 25
TEXT:
If one man [0376] sin [02398] against another [0376], the judge [0430] shall judge [06419] him: but if a man [0376] sin [02398] against the LORD [03068], who shall intreat [06419] for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened [08085] not unto the voice [06963] of their father [01], because the LORD [03068] would [02654] slay [04191] them.


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 26
TEXT:
And the child [05288] Samuel [08050] grew [01432] on [01980], and was in favour [02896] both with the LORD [03068], and also with men [0582].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 27
TEXT:
And there came [0935] a man [0376] of God [0430] unto Eli [05941], and said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Did I plainly [01540] appear [01540] unto the house [01004] of thy father [01], when they were in Egypt [04714] in Pharaoh's [06547] house [01004]?


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 28
TEXT:
And did I choose [0977] him out of all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to be my priest [03548], to offer [05927] upon mine altar [04196], to burn [06999] incense [07004], to wear [05375] an ephod [0646] before [06440] me? and did I give [05414] unto the house [01004] of thy father [01] all the offerings made by fire [0801] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]?


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 29
TEXT:
Wherefore kick [01163] ye at my sacrifice [02077] and at mine offering [04503], which I have commanded [06680] in my habitation [04583]; and honourest [03513] thy sons [01121] above me, to make yourselves fat [01254] with the chiefest [07225] of all the offerings [04503] of Israel [03478] my people [05971]?


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 30
TEXT:
Wherefore the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] saith [05002], I said [0559] indeed [0559] that thy house [01004], and the house [01004] of thy father [01], should walk [01980] before [06440] me for [05704] ever [05769]: but now the LORD [03068] saith [05002], Be it far from me [02486]; for them that honour [03513] me I will honour [03513], and they that despise [0959] me shall be lightly esteemed [07043].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 31
TEXT:
Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], that I will cut off [01438] thine arm [02220], and the arm [02220] of thy father's [01] house [01004], that there shall not be an old man [02205] in thine house [01004].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 32
TEXT:
And thou shalt see [05027] an enemy [06862] in my habitation [04583], in all the wealth which God shall give [03190] Israel [03478]: and there shall not be an old man [02205] in thine house [01004] for ever [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 33
TEXT:
And the man [0376] of thine, whom I shall not cut off [03772] from mine altar [04196], shall be to consume [03615] thine eyes [05869], and to grieve [0109] thine heart [05315]: and all the increase [04768] of thine house [01004] shall die [04191] in the flower of their age [0582].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 34
TEXT:
And this shall be a sign [0226] unto thee, that shall come [0935] upon thy two [08147] sons [01121], on Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372]; in one [0259] day [03117] they shall die [04191] both [08147] of them.


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 35
TEXT:
And I will raise me up [06965] a faithful [0539] priest [03548], that shall do [06213] according to that which is in mine heart [03824] and in my mind [05315]: and I will build [01129] him a sure [0539] house [01004]; and he shall walk [01980] before [06440] mine anointed [04899] for ever [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 2
VS: 36
TEXT:
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left [03498] in thine house [01004] shall come [0935] and crouch [07812] to him for a piece [095] of silver [03701] and a morsel [03603] of bread [03899], and shall say [0559], Put [05596] me, I pray thee, into one [0259] of the priests' offices [03550], that I may eat [0398] a piece [06595] of bread [03899].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the child [05288] Samuel [08050] ministered [08334] unto the LORD [03068] before [06440] Eli [05941]. And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] was precious [03368] in those days [03117]; there was no open [06555] vision [02377].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 2
TEXT:
And it came to pass at that time [03117], when Eli [05941] was laid down [07901] in his place [04725], and his eyes [05869] began [02490] to wax dim [03544], that he could [03201] not see [07200];


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 3
TEXT:
And ere the lamp [05216] of God [0430] went out [03518] in the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], where the ark [0727] of God [0430] was, and Samuel [08050] was laid down [07901] to sleep;


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 5
TEXT:
And he ran [07323] unto Eli [05941], and said [0559], Here am I [02009]; for thou calledst [07121] me. And he said [0559], I called [07121] not; lie down [07901] again [07725]. And he went [03212] and lay down [07901].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] called [07121] yet again [03254], Samuel [08050]. And Samuel [08050] arose [06965] and went [03212] to Eli [05941], and said [0559], Here am I; for thou didst call [07121] me. And he answered [0559], I called [07121] not, my son [01121]; lie down [07901] again [07725].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 7
TEXT:
Now Samuel [08050] did not yet [02962] know [03045] the LORD [03068], neither was the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] yet revealed [01540] unto him.


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 8
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] called [07121] Samuel [08050] again [03254] the third time [07992]. And he arose [06965] and went [03212] to Eli [05941], and said [0559], Here am I; for thou didst call [07121] me. And Eli [05941] perceived [0995] that the LORD [03068] had called [07121] the child [05288].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 9
TEXT:
Therefore Eli [05941] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Go [03212], lie down [07901]: and it shall be, if he call [07121] thee, that thou shalt say [0559], Speak [01696], LORD [03068]; for thy servant [05650] heareth [08085]. So Samuel [08050] went [03212] and lay down [07901] in his place [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] came [0935], and stood [03320], and called [07121] as at other times [06471], Samuel [08050], Samuel [08050]. Then Samuel [08050] answered [0559], Speak [01696]; for thy servant [05650] heareth [08085].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Behold, I will do [06213] a thing [01697] in Israel [03478], at which both [08147] the ears [0241] of every one that heareth [08085] it shall tingle [06750].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 12
TEXT:
In that day [03117] I will perform [06965] against Eli [05941] all things which I have spoken [01696] concerning [0413] his house [01004]: when I begin [02490], I will also make an end [03615].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 13
TEXT:
For I have told [05046] him that I will judge [08199] his house [01004] for [05704] ever [05769] for the iniquity [05771] which he knoweth [03045]; because his sons [01121] made themselves vile [07043], and he restrained [03543] them not.


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 14
TEXT:
And therefore I have sworn [07650] unto the house [01004] of Eli [05941], that the iniquity [05771] of Eli's [05941] house [01004] shall not be purged [03722] with sacrifice [02077] nor offering [04503] for [05704] ever [05769].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] lay [07901] until the morning [01242], and opened [06605] the doors [01817] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] feared [03372] to shew [05046] Eli [05941] the vision [04759].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 16
TEXT:
Then Eli [05941] called [07121] Samuel [08050], and said [0559], Samuel [08050], my son [01121]. And he answered [0559], Here am I.


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 17
TEXT:
And he said [0559], What is the thing [01697] that the LORD hath said [01696] unto thee? I pray thee hide [03582] it not from me: God [0430] do so [06213] to thee, and more also [03254], if thou hide [03582] any thing [01697] from me of all the things [01697] that he said [01696] unto thee.


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 18
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] told [05046] him every whit [01697], and hid [03582] nothing from him. And he said [0559], It is the LORD [03068]: let him do [06213] what seemeth [05869] him good [02896].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 19
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] grew [01431], and the LORD [03068] was with him, and did let none of his words [01697] fall [05307] to the ground [0776].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 20
TEXT:
And all Israel [03478] from Dan [01835] even to Beersheba [0884] knew [03045] that Samuel [08050] was established [0539] to be a prophet [05030] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 3
VS: 21
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] again [03254] in Shiloh [07887]: for the LORD [03068] revealed [01540] himself to Samuel [08050] in Shiloh [07887] by the word [01697] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the word [01697] of Samuel [08050] came to all Israel [03478]. Now Israel [03478] went out [03318] against [07125] the Philistines [06430] to battle [04421], and pitched [02583] beside Ebenezer [072]: and the Philistines [06430] pitched [02583] in Aphek [0663].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] put themselves in array [06186] against [07125] Israel [03478]: and when they joined [05203] battle [04421], Israel [03478] was smitten [05062] before [06440] the Philistines [06430]: and they slew [05221] of the army [04634] in the field [07704] about four [0702] thousand [0505] men [0376].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 3
TEXT:
And when the people [05971] were come [0935] into the camp [04264], the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Wherefore hath the LORD [03068] smitten [05062] us to day [03117] before [06440] the Philistines [06430]? Let us fetch [03947] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] out of Shiloh [07887] unto us, that, when it cometh [0935] among [07130] us, it may save [03467] us out of the hand [03709] of our enemies [0341].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 4
TEXT:
So the people [05971] sent [07971] to Shiloh [07887], that they might bring [05375] from thence the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], which dwelleth [03427] between the cherubims [03742]: and the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], were there with the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 5
TEXT:
And when the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] came [0935] into the camp [04264], all Israel [03478] shouted [07321] with a great [01419] shout [08643], so that the earth [0776] rang again [01949].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 6
TEXT:
And when the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] the noise [06963] of the shout [08643], they said [0559], What meaneth the noise [06963] of this great [01419] shout [08643] in the camp [04264] of the Hebrews [05680]? And they understood [03045] that the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] was come [0935] into the camp [04264].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 7
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] were afraid [03372], for they said [0559], God [0430] is come [0935] into the camp [04264]. And they said [0559], Woe [0188] unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore [0865] [08032].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 8
TEXT:
Woe [0188] unto us! who shall deliver [05337] us out of the hand [03027] of these mighty [0117] Gods [0430]? these are the Gods [0430] that smote [05221] the Egyptians [04714] with all the plagues [04347] in the wilderness [04057].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 9
TEXT:
Be strong [02388], and quit [01961] yourselves like men [0582], O ye Philistines [06430], that ye be not servants [05647] unto the Hebrews [05680], as they have been [05647] to you: quit [01961] yourselves like men [0582], and fight [03898].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] fought [03898], and Israel [03478] was smitten [05062], and they fled [05127] every man [0376] into his tent [0168]: and there was a very [03966] great [01419] slaughter [04347]; for there fell [05307] of Israel [03478] thirty [07970] thousand [0505] footmen [07273].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the ark [0727] of God [0430] was taken [03947]; and the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], were slain [04191].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 12
TEXT:
And there ran [07323] a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144] out of the army [04634], and came [0935] to Shiloh [07887] the same day [03117] with his clothes [04055] rent [07167], and with earth [0127] upon his head [07218].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 13
TEXT:
And when he came [0935], lo, Eli [05941] sat [03427] upon a seat [03678] by the wayside [01870] [03027] [03197] watching [06822]: for his heart [03820] trembled [02730] for the ark [0727] of God [0430]. And when the man [0376] came [0935] into the city [05892], and told [05046] it, all the city [05892] cried out [02199].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 14
TEXT:
And when Eli [05941] heard [08085] the noise [06963] of the crying [06818], he said [0559], What meaneth the noise [06963] of this tumult [01995]? And the man [0376] came [0935] in hastily [04116], and told [05046] Eli [05941].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 15
TEXT:
Now Eli [05941] was ninety [08673] and eight [08083] years [08141] old [01121]; and his eyes [05869] were dim [06965], that he could [03201] not see [07200].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 16
TEXT:
And the man [0376] said [0559] unto Eli [05941], I am he that came [0935] out of the army [04634], and I fled [05127] to day [03117] out of the army [04634]. And he said [0559], What is there done [01697], my son [01121]?


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 17
TEXT:
And the messenger [01319] answered [06030] and said [0559], Israel [03478] is fled [05127] before [06440] the Philistines [06430], and there hath been also a great [01419] slaughter [04046] among the people [05971], and thy two [08147] sons [01121] also, Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], are dead [04191], and the ark [0727] of God [0430] is taken [03947].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 18
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when he made mention [02142] of the ark [0727] of God [0430], that he fell [05307] from off the seat [03678] backward [0322] by [01157] the side [03027] of the gate [08179], and his neck [04665] brake [07665], and he died [04191]: for he was an old [02204] man [0376], and heavy [03513]. And he had judged [08199] Israel [03478] forty [0705] years [08141].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 19
TEXT:
And his daughter in law [03618], Phinehas [06372]' wife [0802], was with child [02030], near to be delivered [03205]: and when she heard [08085] the tidings [08052] that [0413] the ark [0727] of God [0430] was taken [03947], and that her father in law [02524] and her husband [0376] were dead [04191], she bowed [03766] herself and travailed [03205]; for her pains [06735] came [02015] upon her.


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 20
TEXT:
And about the time [06256] of her death [04191] the women that stood [05324] by her said [01696] unto her, Fear [03372] not; for thou hast born [03205] a son [01121]. But she answered [06030] not, neither did she regard [07896] [03820] it.


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 21
TEXT:
And she named [07121] the child [05288] Ichabod [0350], saying [0559], The glory [03519] is departed [01540] from Israel [03478]: because [0413] the ark [0727] of God [0430] was taken [03947], and because of her father in law [02524] and her husband [0376].


BK: 9
CH: 4
VS: 22
TEXT:
And she said [0559], The glory [03519] is departed [01540] from Israel [03478]: for the ark [0727] of God [0430] is taken [03947].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] took [03947] the ark [0727] of God [0430], and brought [0935] it from Ebenezer [072] unto Ashdod [0795].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 2
TEXT:
When the Philistines [06430] took [03947] the ark [0727] of God [0430], they brought [0935] it into the house [01004] of Dagon [01712], and set [03322] it by [0681] Dagon [01712].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 3
TEXT:
And when they of Ashdod [0796] arose early [07925] on the morrow [04283], behold, Dagon [01712] was fallen [05307] upon his face [06440] to the earth [0776] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]. And they took [03947] Dagon [01712], and set [07725] him in his place [04725] again [07725].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 4
TEXT:
And when they arose early [07925] on the morrow [04283] morning [01242], behold, Dagon [01712] was fallen [05307] upon his face [06440] to the ground [0776] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]; and the head [07218] of Dagon [01712] and both [08147] the palms [03709] of his hands [03027] were cut off [03772] upon the threshold [04670]; only the stump of Dagon [01712] was left [07604] to him.


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 5
TEXT:
Therefore neither the priests [03548] of Dagon [01712], nor any that come [0935] into Dagon's [01712] house [01004], tread [01869] on the threshold [04670] of Dagon [01712] in Ashdod [0795] unto this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 6
TEXT:
But the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was heavy [03513] upon them of Ashdod [0796], and he destroyed [08074] them, and smote [05221] them with emerods [02914] [06076], even Ashdod [0795] and the coasts [01366] thereof.


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 7
TEXT:
And when the men [0582] of Ashdod [0795] saw [07200] that it was so, they said [0559], The ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] shall not abide [03427] with us: for his hand [03027] is sore [07185] upon us, and upon Dagon [01712] our god [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 8
TEXT:
They sent [07971] therefore and gathered [0622] all the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] unto them, and said [0559], What shall we do [06213] with the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478]? And they answered [0559], Let the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] be carried about [05437] unto Gath [01661]. And they carried [05437] the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] about [05437] thither.


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 9
TEXT:
And it was so, that, after [0310] they had carried it about [05437], the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was against the city [05892] with a very [03966] great [01419] destruction [04103]: and he smote [05221] the men [0582] of the city [05892], both small [06996] and great [01419], and they had emerods [02914] [06076] in their secret parts [08368].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 10
TEXT:
Therefore they sent [07971] the ark [0727] of God [0430] to Ekron [06138]. And it came to pass, as the ark [0727] of God [0430] came [0935] to Ekron [06138], that the Ekronites [06139] cried out [02199], saying [0559], They have brought about [05437] the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] to us, to slay [04191] us and our people [05971].


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 11
TEXT:
So they sent [07971] and gathered together [0622] all the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430], and said [0559], Send away [07971] the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478], and let it go again [07725] to his own place [04725], that it slay [04191] us not, and our people [05971]: for there was a deadly [04194] destruction [04103] throughout all the city [05892]; the hand [03027] of God [0430] was very [03966] heavy [03513] there.


BK: 9
CH: 5
VS: 12
TEXT:
And the men [0582] that died [04191] not were smitten [05221] with the emerods [02914] [06076]: and the cry [07775] of the city [05892] went up [05927] to heaven [08064].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] was in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430] seven [07651] months [02320].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] called [07121] for the priests [03548] and the diviners [07080], saying [0559], What shall we do [06213] to the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]? tell [03045] us wherewith we shall send [07971] it to his place [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 3
TEXT:
And they said [0559], If ye send away [07971] the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478], send [07971] it not empty [07387]; but in any wise [07725] return [07725] him a trespass offering [0817]: then ye shall be healed [07495], and it shall be known [03045] to you why his hand [03027] is not removed [05493] from you.


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then said [0559] they, What shall be the trespass offering [0817] which we shall return [07725] to him? They answered [0559], Five [02568] golden [02091] emerods [02914] [06076], and five [02568] golden [02091] mice [05909], according to the number [04557] of the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430]: for one [0259] plague [04046] was on you all, and on your lords [05633].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 5
TEXT:
Wherefore ye shall make [06213] images [06754] of your emerods [02914] [06076], and images [06754] of your mice [05909] that mar [07843] the land [0776]; and ye shall give [05414] glory [03519] unto the God [0430] of Israel [03478]: peradventure he will lighten [07043] his hand [03027] from off you, and from off your gods [0430], and from off your land [0776].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 6
TEXT:
Wherefore then do ye harden [03513] your hearts [03824], as the Egyptians [04714] and Pharaoh [06547] hardened [03513] their hearts [03820]? when he had wrought wonderfully [05953] among them, did they not let the people go [07971], and they departed [03212]?


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 7
TEXT:
Now therefore make [06213] a [0259] new [02319] cart [05699], and take [03947] two [08147] milch [05763] kine [06510], on which there hath come [05927] no yoke [05923], and tie [0631] the kine [06510] to the cart [05699], and bring [07725] their calves [01121] home [01004] from them [0310]:


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 8
TEXT:
And take [03947] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and lay [05414] it upon the cart [05699]; and put [07760] the jewels [03627] of gold [02091], which ye return [07725] him for a trespass offering [0817], in a coffer [0712] by the side [06654] thereof; and send it away [07971], that it may go [01980].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 9
TEXT:
And see [07200], if it goeth up [05927] by the way [01870] of his own coast [01366] to Bethshemesh [01053], then he hath done [06213] us this great [01419] evil [07451]: but if not, then we shall know [03045] that it is not his hand [03027] that smote [05060] us: it was a chance [04745] that happened to us [01961].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the men [0582] did so [06213]; and took [03947] two [08147] milch [05763] kine [06510], and tied [0631] them to the cart [05699], and shut up [03607] their calves [01121] at home [01004]:


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 11
TEXT:
And they laid [07760] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] upon the cart [05699], and the coffer [0712] with the mice [05909] of gold [02091] and the images [06754] of their emerods [02914].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 12
TEXT:
And the kine [06510] took the straight [03474] way [01870] to the way [01870] of Bethshemesh [01053], and went along [01980] the highway [04546] [0259], lowing [01600] as they went [01980], and turned not aside [05493] to the right hand [03225] or to the left [08040]; and the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] went [01980] after [0310] them unto the border [01366] of Bethshemesh [01053].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 13
TEXT:
And they of Bethshemesh [01053] were reaping [07114] their wheat [02406] harvest [07105] in the valley [06010]: and they lifted up [05375] their eyes [05869], and saw [07200] the ark [0727], and rejoiced [08055] to see [07200] it.


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 14
TEXT:
And the cart [05699] came [0935] into the field [07704] of Joshua [03091], a Bethshemite [01030], and stood [05975] there, where there was a great [01419] stone [068]: and they clave [01234] the wood [06086] of the cart [05699], and offered [05927] the kine [06510] a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 15
TEXT:
And the Levites [03881] took down [03381] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and the coffer [0712] that was with it, wherein the jewels [03627] of gold [02091] were, and put [07760] them on the great [01419] stone [068]: and the men [0582] of Bethshemesh [01053] offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] the same day [03117] unto the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 16
TEXT:
And when the five [02568] lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] had seen [07200] it, they returned [07725] to Ekron [06138] the same day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 17
TEXT:
And these are the golden [02091] emerods [02914] which the Philistines [06430] returned [07725] for a trespass offering [0817] unto the LORD [03068]; for Ashdod [0795] one [0259], for Gaza [05804] one [0259], for Askelon [0831] one [0259], for Gath [01661] one [0259], for Ekron [06138] one [0259];


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 18
TEXT:
And the golden [02091] mice [05909], according to the number [04557] of all the cities [05892] of the Philistines [06430] belonging to the five [02568] lords [05633], both of fenced [04013] cities [05892], and of country [06521] villages [03724], even unto the great [01419] stone of Abel [059], whereon they set down [03240] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]: which stone remaineth unto this day [03117] in the field [07704] of Joshua [03091], the Bethshemite [01030].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 19
TEXT:
And he smote [05221] the men [0376] of Bethshemesh [01053], because they had looked [07200] into the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], even he smote [05221] of the people [05971] fifty [02572] thousand [0505] and threescore and ten [07657] men [0582]: and the people [05971] lamented [056], because the LORD [03068] had smitten [05221] many of the people [05971] with a great [01419] slaughter [04347].


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 20
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of Bethshemesh [01053] said [0559], Who is able [03201] to stand [05975] before [06440] this holy [06918] LORD [03068] God [0430]? and to whom shall he go up [05927] from us?


BK: 9
CH: 6
VS: 21
TEXT:
And they sent [07971] messengers [04397] to the inhabitants [03427] of Kirjathjearim [07157], saying [0559], The Philistines [06430] have brought again [07725] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]; come ye down [03381], and fetch it up [05927] to you.


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of Kirjathjearim [07157] came [0935], and fetched up [05927] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and brought [0935] it into the house [01004] of Abinadab [041] in the hill [01389], and sanctified [06942] Eleazar [0499] his son [01121] to keep [08104] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 2
TEXT:
And it came to pass, while [03117] the ark [0727] abode [03427] in Kirjathjearim [07157], that the time [03117] was long [07235]; for it was twenty [06242] years [08141]: and all the house [01004] of Israel [03478] lamented [05091] after [0310] the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 3
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] spake [0559] unto all the house [01004] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], If ye do return [07725] unto the LORD [03068] with all your hearts [03824], then put away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430] and Ashtaroth [06252] from among [08432] you, and prepare [03559] your hearts [03824] unto the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him only: and he will deliver [05337] you out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did put away [05493] Baalim [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252], and served [05647] the LORD [03068] only.


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 5
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], Gather [06908] all Israel [03478] to Mizpeh [04708], and I will pray [06419] for you unto the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 6
TEXT:
And they gathered together [06908] to Mizpeh [04709], and drew [07579] water [04325], and poured it out [08210] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] on that day [03117], and said [0559] there, We have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] judged [08199] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in Mizpeh [04708].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 7
TEXT:
And when the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were gathered together [06908] to Mizpeh [04708], the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] against Israel [03478]. And when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] heard [08085] it, they were afraid [03372] of [06440] the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 8
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Cease [02790] not to cry [02199] unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430] for us, that he will save [03467] us out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 9
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] took [03947] a [0259] sucking [02461] lamb [02924], and offered [05927] it for a burnt offering [05930] wholly [03632] unto the LORD [03068]: and Samuel [08050] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068] for Israel [03478]; and the LORD [03068] heard [06030] him.


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 10
TEXT:
And as Samuel [08050] was offering up [05927] the burnt offering [05930], the Philistines [06430] drew near [05066] to battle [04421] against Israel [03478]: but the LORD [03068] thundered [07481] with a great [01419] thunder [06963] on that day [03117] upon the Philistines [06430], and discomfited [02000] them; and they were smitten [05062] before [06440] Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of Israel [03478] went out [03318] of Mizpeh [04709], and pursued [07291] the Philistines [06430], and smote [05221] them, until they came under Bethcar [01033].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 12
TEXT:
Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] a [0259] stone [068], and set [07760] it between Mizpeh [04709] and Shen [08129], and called [07121] the name [08034] of it Ebenezer [072], saying [0559], Hitherto hath the LORD [03068] helped [05826] us.


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 13
TEXT:
So the Philistines [06430] were subdued [03665], and they came [0935] no more [03254] into the coast [01366] of Israel [03478]: and the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was against the Philistines [06430] all the days [03117] of Samuel [08050].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 14
TEXT:
And the cities [05892] which the Philistines [06430] had taken [03947] from Israel [03478] were restored [07725] to Israel [03478], from Ekron [06138] even unto Gath [01661]; and the coasts [01366] thereof did Israel [03478] deliver [05337] out of the hands [03027] of the Philistines [06430]. And there was peace [07965] between Israel [03478] and the Amorites [0567].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 16
TEXT:
And he went [01980] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141] in circuit [05437] to Bethel [01008], and Gilgal [01537], and Mizpeh [04709], and judged [08199] Israel [03478] in all those places [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 7
VS: 17
TEXT:
And his return [08666] was to Ramah [07414]; for there was his house [01004]; and there he judged [08199] Israel [03478]; and there he built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 1
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when Samuel [08050] was old [02204], that he made [07760] his sons [01121] judges [08199] over Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 2
TEXT:
Now the name [08034] of his firstborn [01121] [01060] was Joel [03100]; and the name [08034] of his second [04932], Abiah [029]: they were judges [08199] in Beersheba [0884].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 3
TEXT:
And his sons [01121] walked [01980] not in his ways [01870], but turned aside [05186] after [0310] lucre [01215], and took [03947] bribes [07810], and perverted [05186] judgment [04941].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] gathered themselves together [06908], and came [0935] to Samuel [08050] unto Ramah [07414],


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 5
TEXT:
And said [0559] unto him, Behold, thou art old [02204], and thy sons [01121] walk [01980] not in thy ways [01870]: now make [07760] us a king [04428] to judge [08199] us like all the nations [01471].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 6
TEXT:
But the thing [01697] displeased [03415] [05869] Samuel [08050], when they said [0559], Give [05414] us a king [04428] to judge [08199] us. And Samuel [08050] prayed [06419] unto the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 7
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Hearken [08085] unto the voice [06963] of the people [05971] in all that they say [0559] unto thee: for they have not rejected [03988] thee, but they have rejected [03988] me, that I should not reign [04427] over them.


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 8
TEXT:
According to all the works [04639] which they have done [06213] since the day [03117] that I brought them up [05927] out of Egypt [04714] even unto this day [03117], wherewith they have forsaken [05800] me, and served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], so do [06213] they also unto thee.


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 9
TEXT:
Now therefore hearken [08085] unto their voice [06963]: howbeit [0389] yet protest [05749] solemnly [05749] unto them, and shew [05046] them the manner [04941] of the king [04428] that shall reign [04427] over them.


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 10
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] told [0559] all the words [01697] of the LORD [03068] unto the people [05971] that asked [07592] of him a king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 11
TEXT:
And he said [0559], This will be the manner [04941] of the king [04428] that shall reign [04427] over you: He will take [03947] your sons [01121], and appoint [07760] them for himself, for his chariots [04818], and to be his horsemen [06571]; and some shall run [07323] before [06440] his chariots [04818].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 12
TEXT:
And he will appoint [07760] him captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over fifties [02572]; and will set them to ear [02790] his ground [02758], and to reap [07114] his harvest [07105], and to make [06213] his instruments [03627] of war [04421], and instruments [03627] of his chariots [07393].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 13
TEXT:
And he will take [03947] your daughters [01323] to be confectionaries [07548], and to be cooks [02879], and to be bakers [0644].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 14
TEXT:
And he will take [03947] your fields [07704], and your vineyards [03754], and your oliveyards [02132], even the best [02896] of them, and give [05414] them to his servants [05650].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 15
TEXT:
And he will take the tenth [06237] of your seed [02233], and of your vineyards [03754], and give [05414] to his officers [05631], and to his servants [05650].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 16
TEXT:
And he will take [03947] your menservants [05650], and your maidservants [08198], and your goodliest [02896] young men [0970], and your asses [02543], and put [06213] them to his work [04399].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 18
TEXT:
And ye shall cry out [02199] in that day [03117] because [06440] of your king [04428] which ye shall have chosen [0977] you; and the LORD [03068] will not hear [06030] you in that day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 19
TEXT:
Nevertheless the people [05971] refused [03985] to obey [08085] the voice [06963] of Samuel [08050]; and they said [0559], Nay; but we will have a king [04428] over us;


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 20
TEXT:
That we also may be like all the nations [01471]; and that our king [04428] may judge [08199] us, and go out [03318] before [06440] us, and fight [03898] our battles [04421].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] heard [08085] all the words [01697] of the people [05971], and he rehearsed [01696] them in the ears [0241] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 8
VS: 22
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Hearken [08085] unto their voice [06963], and make [04427] them a king [04428]. And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto the men [0582] of Israel [03478], Go [03212] ye every man [0376] unto his city [05892].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now there was a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144], whose name [08034] was Kish [07027], the son [01121] of Abiel [022], the son [01121] of Zeror [06872], the son [01121] of Bechorath [01064], the son [01121] of Aphiah [0647], a Benjamite [01145], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of power [02428].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 3
TEXT:
And the asses [0860] of Kish [07027] Saul's [07586] father [01] were lost [06]. And Kish [07027] said [0559] to Saul [07586] his son [01121], Take [03947] now one [0259] of the servants [05288] with thee, and arise [06965], go [03212] seek [01245] the asses [0860].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 4
TEXT:
And he passed through [05674] mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalisha [08031], but they found [04672] them not: then they passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalim [08171], and there they were not: and he passed through [05674] the land [0776] of the Benjamites [01145], but they found [04672] them not.


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 5
TEXT:
And when they were come [0935] to the land [0776] of Zuph [06689], Saul [07586] said [0559] to his servant [05288] that was with him, Come [03212], and let us return [07725]; lest my father [01] leave [02308] caring for the asses [0860], and take thought [01672] for us.


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 6
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto him, Behold now, there is in this city [05892] a man [0376] of God [0430], and he is an honourable [03513] man [0376]; all that he saith [01696] cometh [0935] surely to pass [0935]: now let us go [03212] thither; peradventure he can shew [05046] us our way [01870] that we should go [01980].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 7
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], But, behold, if we go [03212], what shall we bring [0935] the man [0376]? for the bread [03899] is spent [0235] in our vessels [03627], and there is not a present [08670] to bring [0935] to the man [0376] of God [0430]: what have we?


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 8
TEXT:
And the servant [05288] answered [06030] Saul [07586] again [03254], and said [0559], Behold, I have [04672] here at hand [03027] the fourth part [07253] of a shekel [08255] of silver [03701]: that will I give [05414] to the man [0376] of God [0430], to tell [05046] us our way [01870].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 9
TEXT:
(Beforetime [06440] in Israel [03478], when a man [0376] went [03212] to enquire [01875] of God [0430], thus he spake [0559], Come [03212], and let us go [03212] to the seer [07200]: for he that is now [03117] called a Prophet [05030] was beforetime [06440] called [07121] a Seer [07200]


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 10
TEXT:
Then said [01697] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], Well [02896] said [0559]; come [03212], let us go [03212]. So they went [03212] unto the city [05892] where the man [0376] of God [0430] was.


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 11
TEXT:
And as they went up [05927] the hill [04608] to the city [05892], they found [04672] young maidens [05291] going out [03318] to draw [07579] water [04325], and said [0559] unto them, Is [03426] the seer [07200] here?


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 12
TEXT:
And they answered [06030] them, and said [0559], He is [03426]; behold, he is before [06440] you: make haste [04116] now, for he came [0935] to day [03117] to the city [05892]; for there is a sacrifice [02077] of the people [05971] to day [03117] in the high place [01116]:


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 13
TEXT:
As soon as ye be come [0935] into the city [05892], ye shall straightway [03651] find [04672] him, before he go up [05927] to the high place [01116] to eat [0398]: for the people [05971] will not eat [0398] until he come [0935], because he doth bless [01288] the sacrifice [02077]; and afterwards [0310] [03651] they eat [0398] that be bidden [07121]. Now therefore get you up [05927]; for about this time [03117] ye shall find [04672] him.


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 14
TEXT:
And they went up [05927] into [08432] the city [05892]: and when they were come [0935] into the city [05892], behold, Samuel [08050] came out [03318] against [07125] them, for to go up [05927] to the high place [01116].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 15
TEXT:
Now the LORD [03068] had told [01540] Samuel [08050] in his ear [0241] a [0259] day [03117] before [06440] Saul [07586] came [0935], saying [0559],


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 16
TEXT:
To morrow [04279] about this time [06256] I will send [07971] thee a man [0376] out of the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], and thou shalt anoint [04886] him to be captain [05057] over my people [05971] Israel [03478], that he may save [03467] my people [05971] out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430]: for I have looked [07200] upon my people [05971], because their cry [06818] is come [0935] unto me.


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 17
TEXT:
And when Samuel [08050] saw [07200] Saul [07586], the LORD [03068] said [06030] unto him, Behold the man [0376] whom I spake [0559] to thee of! this same shall reign [06113] over my people [05971].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 18
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] drew near [05066] to Samuel [08050] in [08432] the gate [08179], and said [0559], Tell [05046] me, I pray thee, where [0335] the seer's [07200] house [01004] is.


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 19
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] answered [06030] Saul [07586], and said [0559], I am the seer [07200]: go up [05927] before [06440] me unto the high place [01116]; for ye shall eat [0398] with me to day [03117], and to morrow [01242] I will let thee go [07971], and will tell [05046] thee all that is in thine heart [03824].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 20
TEXT:
And as for thine asses [0860] that were lost [06] three [07969] days [03117] ago [03117], set [07760] not thy mind [03820] on them; for they are found [04672]. And on whom is all the desire [02532] of Israel [03478]? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's [01] house [01004]?


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] answered [06030] and said [0559], Am not I a Benjamite [01145], of the smallest [06996] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478]? and my family [04940] the least [06810] of all the families [04940] of the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144]? wherefore then speakest [01696] thou so [01697] to me?


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 22
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] took [03947] Saul [07586] and his servant [05288], and brought [0935] them into the parlour [03957], and made them sit [05414] in the chiefest [07218] place [04725] among them that were bidden [07121], which were about thirty [07970] persons [0376].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 23
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto the cook [02876], Bring [05414] the portion [04490] which I gave [05414] thee, of which I said [0559] unto thee, Set [07760] it by thee.


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 24
TEXT:
And the cook [02876] took up [07311] the shoulder [07785], and that which was upon it, and set [07760] it before [06440] Saul [07586]. And Samuel said [0559], Behold that which is left [07604] ! set [07760] it before [06440] thee, and eat [0398]: for unto this time [04150] hath it been kept [08104] for thee since I said [0559], I have invited [07121] the people [05971]. So Saul [07586] did eat [0398] with Samuel [08050] that day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 25
TEXT:
And when they were come down [03381] from the high place [01116] into the city [05892], Samuel communed [01696] with Saul [07586] upon the top of the house [01406].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 26
TEXT:
And they arose early [07925]: and it came to pass about the spring [05927] of the day [07837], that Samuel [08050] called [07121] Saul [07586] to the top of the house [01406], saying [0559], Up [06965], that I may send thee away [07971]. And Saul [07586] arose [06965], and they went out [03318] both [08147] of them, he and Samuel [08050], abroad [02351].


BK: 9
CH: 9
VS: 27
TEXT:
And as they were going down [03381] to the end [07097] of the city [05892], Samuel [08050] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Bid [0559] the servant [05288] pass on [05674] before [06440] us, (and he passed on [05674] but stand [05975] thou still a while [03117], that I may shew [08085] thee the word [01697] of God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] a vial [06378] of oil [08081], and poured [03332] it upon his head [07218], and kissed [05401] him, and said [0559], Is it not because the LORD [03068] hath anointed [04886] thee to be captain [05057] over his inheritance [05159]?


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 2
TEXT:
When thou art departed [03212] from me [05978] to day [03117], then thou shalt find [04672] two [08147] men [0582] by Rachel's [07354] sepulchre [06900] in the border [01366] of Benjamin [01144] at Zelzah [06766]; and they will say [0559] unto thee, The asses [0860] which thou wentest [01980] to seek [01245] are found [04672]: and, lo, thy father [01] hath left [05203] the care [01697] of the asses [0860], and sorroweth [01672] for you, saying [0559], What shall I do [06213] for my son [01121]?


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 3
TEXT:
Then shalt thou go on [02498] forward [01973] from thence, and thou shalt come [0935] to the plain [0436] of Tabor [08396], and there shall meet [04672] thee three [07969] men [0582] going up [05927] to God [0430] to Bethel [01008], one [0259] carrying [05375] three [07969] kids [01423], and another [0259] carrying [05375] three [07969] loaves [03603] of bread [03899], and another [0259] carrying [05375] a bottle [05035] of wine [03196]:


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 4
TEXT:
And they will [07592] salute [07965] thee, and give [05414] thee two [08147] loaves of bread [03899]; which thou shalt receive [03947] of their hands [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 5
TEXT:
After [0310] that thou shalt come [0935] to the hill [01389] of God [0430], where is the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither [0935] to the city [05892], that thou shalt meet [06293] a company [02256] of prophets [05030] coming down [03381] from the high place [01116] with a psaltery [05035], and a tabret [08596], and a pipe [02485], and a harp [03658], before [06440] them; and they shall prophesy [05012]:


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] will come [06743] upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy [05012] with them, and shalt be turned [02015] into another [0312] man [0376].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 7
TEXT:
And let it be, when these signs [0226] are come [0935] unto thee, that thou do [06213] as occasion [04672] serve [03027] thee; for God [0430] is with thee.


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 8
TEXT:
And thou shalt go down [03381] before [06440] me to Gilgal [01537]; and, behold, I will come down [03381] unto thee, to offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and to sacrifice [02076] sacrifices [02077] of peace offerings [08002]: seven [07651] days [03117] shalt thou tarry [03176], till I come [0935] to thee, and shew [03045] thee what thou shalt do [06213].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 9
TEXT:
And it was so, that when he had turned [06437] his back [07926] to go [03212] from Samuel [08050], God [0430] gave [02015] him another [0312] heart [03820]: and all those signs [0226] came [0935] to pass that day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 10
TEXT:
And when they came [0935] thither to the hill [01389], behold, a company [02256] of prophets [05030] met [07125] him; and the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [06743] upon him, and he prophesied [05012] among [08432] them.


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 11
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when all that knew [03045] him beforetime [0865] [08032] saw [07200] that, behold, he prophesied [05012] among the prophets [05030], then the people [05971] said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], What is this that is come unto the son [01121] of Kish [07027]? Is Saul [07586] also among the prophets [05030]?


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 12
TEXT:
And one [0376] of the same place answered [06030] and said [0559], But who is their father [01]? Therefore it became a proverb [04912], Is Saul [07586] also among the prophets [05030]?


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 13
TEXT:
And when he had made an end [03615] of prophesying [05012], he came [0935] to the high place [01116].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 14
TEXT:
And Saul's [07586] uncle [01730] said [0559] unto him and to his servant [05288], Whither [0575] went [01980] ye? And he said [0559], To seek [01245] the asses [0860]: and when we saw [07200] that they were no where [0369], we came [0935] to Samuel [08050].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Saul's [07586] uncle [01730] said [0559], Tell [05046] me, I pray thee, what Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto you.


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 16
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto his uncle [01730], He told [05046] us plainly [05046] that the asses [0860] were found [04672]. But of the matter [01697] of the kingdom [04410], whereof Samuel [08050] spake [0559], he told [05046] him not.


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] called [06817] the people [05971] together unto the LORD [03068] to Mizpeh [04709];


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 18
TEXT:
And said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought up [05927] Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714], and delivered [05337] you out of the hand [03027] of the Egyptians [04714], and out of the hand [03027] of all kingdoms [04467], and of them that oppressed [03905] you:


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 19
TEXT:
And ye have this day [03117] rejected [03988] your God [0430], who himself saved [03467] you out of all your adversities [07451] and your tribulations [06869]; and ye have said [0559] unto him, Nay, but set [07760] a king [04428] over us. Now therefore present [03320] yourselves before [06440] the LORD [03068] by your tribes [07626], and by your thousands [0505].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 20
TEXT:
And when Samuel [08050] had caused all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to come near [07126], the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] was taken [03920].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 21
TEXT:
When he had caused the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] to come near [07126] by their families [04940], the family [04940] of Matri [04309] was taken [03920], and Saul [07586] the son [01121] of Kish [07027] was taken [03920]: and when they sought [01245] him, he could not be found [04672].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 22
TEXT:
Therefore they enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068] further, if the man [0376] should yet come [0935] thither [01988]. And the LORD [03068] answered [0559], Behold, he hath hid [02244] himself among the stuff [03627].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 23
TEXT:
And they ran [07323] and fetched [03947] him thence: and when he stood [03320] among [08432] the people [05971], he was higher [01361] than any of the people [05971] from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 24
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to all the people [05971], See [07200] ye him whom the LORD [03068] hath chosen [0977], that there is none like him among all the people [05971]? And all the people [05971] shouted [07321], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 25
TEXT:
Then Samuel [08050] told [01696] the people [05971] the manner [04941] of the kingdom [04410], and wrote [03789] it in a book [05612], and laid it up [03240] before [06440] the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] sent [07971] all the people [05971] away [07971], every man [0376] to his house [01004].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 26
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] also went [01980] home [01004] to Gibeah [01390]; and there went [03212] with him a band of men [02428], whose hearts [03820] God [0430] had touched [05060].


BK: 9
CH: 10
VS: 27
TEXT:
But the children [01121] of Belial [01100] said [0559], How shall this man save [03467] us? And they despised [0959] him, and brought [0935] him no presents [04503]. But he held his peace [02790].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then Nahash [05176] the Ammonite [05984] came up [05927], and encamped [02583] against Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568]: and all the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003] said [0559] unto Nahash [05176], Make [03772] a covenant [01285] with us, and we will serve [05647] thee.


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Nahash [05176] the Ammonite [05984] answered [0559] them, On this [02063] condition will I make [03772] a covenant with you, that I may thrust out [05365] all your right [03225] eyes [05869], and lay [07760] it for a reproach [02781] upon all Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 3
TEXT:
And the elders [02205] of Jabesh [03003] said [0559] unto him, Give us seven [07651] days [03117]' respite [07503], that we may send [07971] messengers [04397] unto all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478]: and then, if there be no man to save [03467] us, we will come out [03318] to thee.


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then came [0935] the messengers [04397] to Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586], and told [01696] the tidings [01697] in the ears [0241] of the people [05971]: and all the people [05971] lifted up [05375] their voices [06963], and wept [01058].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 5
TEXT:
And, behold, Saul [07586] came [0935] after [0310] the herd [01241] out of the field [07704]; and Saul [07586] said [0559], What aileth the people [05971] that they weep [01058]? And they told [05608] him the tidings [01697] of the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [06743] upon Saul [07586] when he heard [08085] those tidings [01697], and his anger [0639] was kindled [02734] greatly [03966].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 7
TEXT:
And he took [03947] a yoke [06776] of oxen [01241], and hewed them in pieces [05408], and sent [07971] them throughout all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478] by the hands [03027] of messengers [04397], saying [0559], Whosoever cometh not forth [03318] after [0310] Saul [07586] and after [0310] Samuel [08050], so shall it be done [06213] unto his oxen [01241]. And the fear [06343] of the LORD [03068] fell [05307] on the people [05971], and they came out [03318] with one [0259] consent [0376].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 8
TEXT:
And when he numbered [06485] them in Bezek [0966], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were three [07969] hundred [03967] thousand [0505], and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] thirty [07970] thousand [0505].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 9
TEXT:
And they said [0559] unto the messengers [04397] that came [0935], Thus shall ye say [0559] unto the men [0376] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568], To morrow [04279], by that time the sun [08121] be hot [02527], ye shall have help [08668]. And the messengers [04397] came [0935] and shewed [05046] it to the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003]; and they were glad [08055].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 10
TEXT:
Therefore the men [0582] of Jabesh [03003] said [0559], To morrow [04279] we will come out [03318] unto you, and ye shall do [06213] with us all that seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto you.


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 11
TEXT:
And it was so on the morrow [04283], that Saul [07586] put [07760] the people [05971] in three [07969] companies [07218]; and they came [0935] into the midst [08432] of the host [04264] in the morning [01242] watch [0821], and slew [05221] the Ammonites [05983] until the heat [02527] of the day [03117]: and it came to pass, that they which remained [07604] were scattered [06327], so that two [08147] of them were not left [07604] together [03162].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 12
TEXT:
And the people [05971] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Who is he that said [0559], Shall Saul [07586] reign [04427] over us? bring [05414] the men [0582], that we may put them to death [04191].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], There shall not a man [0376] be put to death [04191] this day [03117]: for to day [03117] the LORD [03068] hath wrought [06213] salvation [08668] in Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 14
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Samuel [08050] to the people [05971], Come [03212], and let us go [03212] to Gilgal [01537], and renew [02318] the kingdom [04410] there.


BK: 9
CH: 11
VS: 15
TEXT:
And all the people [05971] went [03212] to Gilgal [01537]; and there they made Saul [07586] king [04427] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Gilgal [01537]; and there they sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] of peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and there Saul [07586] and all the men [0582] of Israel [03478] rejoiced [08055] greatly [03966].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 1
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto all Israel [03478], Behold, I have hearkened [08085] unto your voice [06963] in all that ye said [0559] unto me, and have made [04427] a king [04428] over you.


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 2
TEXT:
And now, behold, the king [04428] walketh [01980] before [06440] you: and I am old [02204] and grayheaded [07867]; and, behold, my sons [01121] are with you: and I have walked [01980] before [06440] you from my childhood [05271] unto this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 3
TEXT:
Behold, here I am: witness [06030] against me before the LORD [03068], and before his anointed [04899]: whose ox [07794] have I taken [03947]? or whose ass [02543] have I taken [03947]? or whom have I defrauded [06231]? whom have I oppressed [07533]? or of whose hand [03027] have I received any bribe [03724] to blind [05956] mine eyes [05869] therewith? and I will restore [07725] it you.


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 4
TEXT:
And they said [0559], Thou hast not defrauded [06231] us, nor oppressed [07533] us, neither hast thou taken [03947] ought [03972] of any man's [0376] hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 5
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto them, The LORD [03068] is witness [05707] against you, and his anointed [04899] is witness [05707] this day [03117], that ye have not found [04672] ought [03972] in my hand [03027]. And they answered [0559], He is witness [05707].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 6
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto the people [05971], It is the LORD [03068] that advanced [06213] Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], and that brought [05927] your fathers [01] up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 7
TEXT:
Now therefore stand still [03320], that I may reason [08199] with you before [06440] the LORD [03068] of all the righteous acts [06666] of the LORD [03068], which he did [06213] to you and to your fathers [01].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 8
TEXT:
When Jacob [03290] was come [0935] into Egypt [04714], and your fathers [01] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068], then the LORD [03068] sent [07971] Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], which brought forth [03318] your fathers [01] out of Egypt [04714], and made them dwell [03427] in this place [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 9
TEXT:
And when they forgat [07911] the LORD [03068] their God [0430], he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Sisera [05516], captain [08269] of the host [06635] of Hazor [02674], and into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430], and into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Moab [04124], and they fought [03898] against them.


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 10
TEXT:
And they cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], We have sinned [02398], because we have forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068], and have served [05647] Baalim [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252]: but now deliver [05337] us out of the hand [03027] of our enemies [0341], and we will serve [05647] thee.


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] Jerubbaal [03378], and Bedan [0917], and Jephthah [03316], and Samuel [08050], and delivered [05337] you out of the hand [03027] of your enemies [0341] on every side [05439], and ye dwelled [03427] safe [0983].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 12
TEXT:
And when ye saw [07200] that Nahash [05176] the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] came [0935] against you, ye said [0559] unto me, Nay; but a king [04428] shall reign [04427] over us: when the LORD [03068] your God [0430] was your king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 13
TEXT:
Now therefore behold the king [04428] whom ye have chosen [0977], and whom ye have desired [07592] ! and, behold, the LORD [03068] hath set [05414] a king [04428] over you.


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 14
TEXT:
If ye will fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him, and obey [08085] his voice [06963], and not rebel [04784] against the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], then shall both ye and also the king [04428] that reigneth [04427] over you continue following [0310] the LORD [03068] your God [0430]:


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 15
TEXT:
But if ye will not obey [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], but rebel [04784] against the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], then shall the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] be against you, as it was against your fathers [01].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 16
TEXT:
Now therefore [01571] stand [03320] and see [07200] this great [01419] thing [01697], which the LORD [03068] will do [06213] before your eyes [05869].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 17
TEXT:
Is it not wheat [02406] harvest [07105] to day [03117]? I will call [07121] unto the LORD [03068], and he shall send [05414] thunder [06963] and rain [04306]; that ye may perceive [03045] and see [07200] that your wickedness [07451] is great [07227], which ye have done [06213] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], in asking [07592] you a king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 18
TEXT:
So Samuel [08050] called [07121] unto the LORD [03068]; and the LORD [03068] sent [05414] thunder [06963] and rain [04306] that day [03117]: and all the people [05971] greatly [03966] feared [03372] the LORD [03068] and Samuel [08050].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 19
TEXT:
And all the people [05971] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Pray [06419] for thy servants [05650] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], that we die [04191] not: for we have added [03254] unto all our sins [02403] this evil [07451], to ask [07592] us a king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto the people [05971], Fear [03372] not: ye have done [06213] all this wickedness [07451]: yet turn not aside [05493] from following [0310] the LORD [03068], but serve [05647] the LORD [03068] with all your heart [03824];


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 21
TEXT:
And turn ye not aside [05493]: for then should ye go after [0310] vain [08414] things, which cannot profit [03276] nor deliver [05337]; for they are vain [08414].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 22
TEXT:
For the LORD [03068] will not forsake [05203] his people [05971] for his great [01419] name's [08034] sake: because it hath pleased [02974] the LORD [03068] to make [06213] you his people [05971].


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 23
TEXT:
Moreover as for me [0595], God forbid [02486] that I should sin [02398] against the LORD [03068] in ceasing [02308] to pray [06419] for you: but I will teach [03384] you the good [02896] and the right [03477] way [01870]:


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 24
TEXT:
Only fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and serve [05647] him in truth [0571] with all your heart [03824]: for consider [07200] how great things he hath done [01431] for you.


BK: 9
CH: 12
VS: 25
TEXT:
But if ye shall still [07489] do wickedly [07489], ye shall be consumed [05595], both ye and your king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 1
TEXT:
Saul [07586] reigned [04427] one year [01121] [08141]; and when he had reigned [04427] two [08147] years [08141] over Israel [03478],


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 2
TEXT:
Saul [07586] chose [0977] him three [07969] thousand [0505] men of Israel [03478]; whereof two thousand [0505] were with Saul [07586] in Michmash [04363] and in mount [02022] Bethel [01008], and a thousand [0505] were with Jonathan [03129] in Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]: and the rest [03499] of the people [05971] he sent [07971] every man [0376] to his tent [0168].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 3
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03129] smote [05221] the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430] that was in Geba [01387], and the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] of it. And Saul [07586] blew [08628] the trumpet [07782] throughout all the land [0776], saying [0559], Let the Hebrews [05680] hear [08085].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 4
TEXT:
And all Israel [03478] heard [08085] say [0559] that Saul [07586] had smitten [05221] a garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430], and that Israel [03478] also was had in abomination [0887] with the Philistines [06430]. And the people [05971] were called together [06817] after [0310] Saul [07586] to Gilgal [01537].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] gathered themselves together [0622] to fight [03898] with Israel [03478], thirty [07970] thousand [0505] chariots [07393], and six [08337] thousand [0505] horsemen [06571], and people [05971] as the sand [02344] which is on the sea [03220] shore [08193] in multitude [07230]: and they came up [05927], and pitched [02583] in Michmash [04363], eastward [06926] from Bethaven [01007].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 6
TEXT:
When the men [0376] of Israel [03478] saw [07200] that they were in a strait [06887], (for the people [05971] were distressed [05065] then the people [05971] did hide [02244] themselves in caves [04631], and in thickets [02337], and in rocks [05553], and in high places [06877], and in pits [0953].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 7
TEXT:
And some of the Hebrews [05680] went over [05674] Jordan [03383] to the land [0776] of Gad [01410] and Gilead [01568]. As for Saul [07586], he was yet in Gilgal [01537], and all the people [05971] followed [0310] him trembling [02729].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 8
TEXT:
And he tarried [03176] [03176] seven [07651] days [03117], according to the set time [04150] that Samuel [08050] had appointed: but Samuel [08050] came [0935] not to Gilgal [01537]; and the people [05971] were scattered [06327] from him.


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 9
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Bring hither [05066] a burnt offering [05930] to me, and peace offerings [08002]. And he offered [05927] the burnt offering [05930].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 10
TEXT:
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end [03615] of offering [05927] the burnt offering [05930], behold, Samuel [08050] came [0935]; and Saul [07586] went out [03318] to meet [07125] him, that he might salute [01288] him.


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], What hast thou done [06213]? And Saul [07586] said [0559], Because I saw [07200] that the people [05971] were scattered [05310] from me, and that thou camest [0935] not within the days [03117] appointed [04150], and that the Philistines [06430] gathered themselves together [0622] at Michmash [04363];


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 12
TEXT:
Therefore said [0559] I, The Philistines [06430] will come down [03381] now upon me to Gilgal [01537], and I have not made supplication [02470] unto [06440] the LORD [03068]: I forced [0662] myself therefore, and offered [05927] a burnt offering [05930].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Thou hast done foolishly [05528]: thou hast not kept [08104] the commandment [04687] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which he commanded [06680] thee: for now would the LORD [03068] have established [03559] thy kingdom [04467] upon Israel [03478] for [05704] ever [05769].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 14
TEXT:
But now thy kingdom [04467] shall not continue [06965]: the LORD [03068] hath sought [01245] him a man [0376] after his own heart [03824], and the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680] him to be captain [05057] over his people [05971], because thou hast not kept [08104] that which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] thee.


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] arose [06965], and gat him up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] unto Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]. And Saul [07586] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were present [04672] with him, about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 16
TEXT:
And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 17
TEXT:
And the spoilers [07843] came out [03318] of the camp [04264] of the Philistines [06430] in three [07969] companies [07218]: one [0259] company [07218] turned [06437] unto the way [01870] that leadeth to Ophrah [06084], unto the land [0776] of Shual [07777]:


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 18
TEXT:
And another [0259] company [07218] turned [06437] the way [01870] to Bethhoron [01032]: and another [0259] company [07218] turned [06437] to the way [01870] of the border [01366] that looketh [08259] to the valley [01516] of Zeboim [06650] toward the wilderness [04057].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 19
TEXT:
Now there was no smith [02796] found [04672] throughout all the land [0776] of Israel [03478]: for the Philistines [06430] said [0559], Lest the Hebrews [05680] make [06213] them swords [02719] or spears [02595]:


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 20
TEXT:
But all the Israelites [03478] went down [03381] to the Philistines [06430], to sharpen [03913] every man [0376] his share [04282], and his coulter [0855], and his axe [07134], and his mattock [04281].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 21
TEXT:
Yet they had a file [06477] [06310] for the mattocks [04281], and for the coulters [0855], and for the forks [07969] [07053], and for the axes [07134], and to sharpen [05324] the goads [01861].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 22
TEXT:
So it came to pass in the day [03117] of battle [04421], that there was neither sword [02719] nor spear [02595] found [04672] in the hand [03027] of any of the people [05971] that were with Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03129]: but with Saul [07586] and with Jonathan [03129] his son [01121] was there found [04672].


BK: 9
CH: 13
VS: 23
TEXT:
And the garrison [04673] of the Philistines [06430] went out [03318] to the passage [04569] of Michmash [04363].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now it came to pass upon a day [03117], that Jonathan [03129] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] to the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], that is on the other side [05676] [01975]. But he told [05046] not his father [01].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] tarried [03427] in the uttermost [07097] part of Gibeah [01390] under a pomegranate tree [07416] which is in Migron [04051]: and the people [05971] that were with him were about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376];


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 3
TEXT:
And Ahiah [0281], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], Ichabod's [0350] brother [0251], the son [01121] of Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eli [05941], the LORD'S [03068] priest [03548] in Shiloh [07887], wearing [05375] an ephod [0646]. And the people [05971] knew [03045] not that Jonathan [03129] was gone [01980].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 4
TEXT:
And between the passages [04569], by which Jonathan [03129] sought [01245] to go over [05674] unto the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], there was a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the one side [05676], and a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the other side [05676]: and the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Bozez [0949], and the name [08034] of the other [0259] Seneh [05573].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 5
TEXT:
The forefront [08127] of the one [0259] was situate [04690] northward [06828] over against [04136] Michmash [04363], and the other [0259] southward [05045] over against [04136] Gibeah [01387].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 6
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] unto the garrison [04673] of these uncircumcised [06189]: it may be that the LORD [03068] will work [06213] for us: for there is no restraint [04622] to the LORD [03068] to save [03467] by many [07227] or by few [04592].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 7
TEXT:
And his armourbearer [05375] [03627] said [0559] unto him, Do [06213] all that is in thine heart [03824]: turn [05186] thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart [03824].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Jonathan [03083], Behold, we will pass over [05674] unto these men [0582], and we will discover [01540] ourselves unto them.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 9
TEXT:
If they say [0559] thus unto us, Tarry [01826] until we come [05060] to you; then we will stand still [05975] in our place, and will not go up [05927] unto them.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 10
TEXT:
But if they say [0559] thus, Come up [05927] unto us; then we will go up [05927]: for the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] them into our hand [03027]: and this shall be a sign [0226] unto us.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 11
TEXT:
And both [08147] of them discovered [01540] themselves unto the garrison [04673] of the Philistines [06430]: and the Philistines [06430] said [0559], Behold, the Hebrews [05680] come forth [03318] out of the holes [02356] where they had hid [02244] themselves.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 12
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of the garrison [04675] answered [06030] Jonathan [03129] and his armourbearer [05375] [03627], and said [0559], Come up [05927] to us, and we will shew [03045] you a thing [01697]. And Jonathan [03129] said [0559] unto his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Come up [05927] after [0310] me: for the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03129] climbed up [05927] upon his hands [03027] and upon his feet [07272], and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] after [0310] him: and they fell [05307] before [06440] Jonathan [03129]; and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] slew [04191] after [0310] him.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 14
TEXT:
And that first [07223] slaughter [04347], which Jonathan [03129] and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] made [05221], was about twenty [06242] men [0376], within as it were an half [02677] acre [04618] of land [07704], which  a yoke [06776] of oxen might plow.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 15
TEXT:
And there was trembling [02731] in the host [04264], in the field [07704], and among all the people [05971]: the garrison [04673], and the spoilers [07843], they also trembled [02729], and the earth [0776] quaked [07264]: so it was a very great [0430] trembling [02731].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 16
TEXT:
And the watchmen [06822] of Saul [07586] in Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144] looked [07200]; and, behold, the multitude [01995] melted away [04127], and they went [03212] on beating down [01986] one another.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 17
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Saul [07586] unto the people [05971] that were with him, Number [06485] now, and see [07200] who is gone [01980] from us. And when they had numbered [06485], behold, Jonathan [03129] and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] were not there.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 18
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Ahiah [0281], Bring hither [05066] the ark [0727] of God [0430]. For the ark [0727] of God [0430] was at that time [03117] with the children [01121] of Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 19
TEXT:
And it came to pass, while Saul [07586] talked [01696] unto the priest [03548], that the noise [01995] that was in the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430] went [03212] on [01980] and increased [07227]: and Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the priest [03548], Withdraw [0622] thine hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] and all the people [05971] that were with him assembled [02199] themselves, and they came [0935] to the battle [04421]: and, behold, every man's [0376] sword [02719] was against his fellow [07453],  and there was a very [03966] great [01419] discomfiture [04103].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 21
TEXT:
Moreover the Hebrews [05680] that were with the Philistines [06430] before [0865] that time [08032], which went up [05927] with them into the camp [04264] from the country round about [05439], even they also turned  to be with the Israelites [03478] that were with Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03129].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 22
TEXT:
Likewise all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] which had hid [02244] themselves in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], when they heard [08085] that the Philistines [06430] fled [05127], even they also followed hard [01692] after [0310] them in the battle [04421].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 23
TEXT:
So the LORD [03068] saved [03467] Israel [03478] that day [03117]: and the battle [04421] passed over [05674] unto Bethaven [01007].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 24
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] were distressed [05065] that day [03117]: for Saul [07586] had adjured [0422] the people [05971], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be the man [0376] that eateth [0398] any food [03899] until evening [06153], that I may be avenged [05358] on mine enemies [0341]. So none of the people [05971] tasted [02938] any food [03899].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 25
TEXT:
And all they of the land [0776] came [0935] to a wood [03293]; and there was honey [01706] upon [06440] the ground [07704].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 26
TEXT:
And when the people [05971] were come [0935] into the wood [03293], behold, the honey [01706] dropped [01982]; but no man put [05381] his hand [03027] to his mouth [06310]: for the people [05971] feared [03372] the oath [07621].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 27
TEXT:
But Jonathan [03129] heard [08085] not when his father [01] charged [07650] the people [05971] with the oath [07650]: wherefore he put forth [07971] the end [07097] of the rod [04294] that was in his hand [03027], and dipped [02881] it in an honeycomb [03295] [01706], and put [07725] his hand [03027] to his mouth [06310]; and his eyes [05869] were enlightened [0215].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 28
TEXT:
Then answered [06030] one [0376] of the people [05971], and said [0559], Thy father [01] straitly [07650] charged [07650] the people [05971] with an oath [07650], saying [0559], Cursed [0779]  be the man [0376] that eateth [0398] any food [03899] this day [03117]. And the people [05971] were faint [05774].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 29
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Jonathan [03129], My father [01] hath troubled [05916] the land [0776]: see [07200], I pray you, how mine eyes [05869] have been enlightened [0215], because I tasted [02938] a little [04592] of this honey [01706].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 30
TEXT:
How much more [0637], if haply [03863] the people [05971] had eaten [0398] freely [0398] to day [03117] of the spoil [07998] of their enemies [0341] which they found [04672]? for had there not been now a much greater [07235] slaughter [04347] among the Philistines [06430]?


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 31
TEXT:
And they smote [05221] the Philistines [06430] that day [03117] from Michmash [04363] to Aijalon [0357]: and the people [05971] were very [03966] faint [05774].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 32
TEXT:
And the people [05971] flew [05860] [06213] upon the spoil [07998], and took [03947] sheep [06629], and oxen [01241], and calves [01121], and slew [07819] them on the ground [0776]: and the people [05971] did eat [0398] them with the blood [01818].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 33
TEXT:
Then they told [05046] Saul [07586], saying [0559], Behold, the people [05971] sin [02398] against the LORD [03068], in that they eat [0398] with the blood [01818]. And he said [0559], Ye have transgressed [0898]: roll [01556] a great [01419] stone [068] unto me this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 34
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Disperse [06327] yourselves among the people [05971], and say [0559] unto them, Bring me hither [05066] every man [0376] his ox [07794], and every man [0376] his sheep [07716], and slay [07819] them here, and eat [0398]; and sin [02398] not against the LORD [03068] in eating [0398] with the blood [01818]. And all the people [05971] brought [05066] every man [0376] his ox [07794] with him [03027] that night [03915], and slew [07819] them there.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 35
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068]: the same was the first [02490] altar [04196] that he built [01129] unto the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 36
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Let us go down [03381] after [0310] the Philistines [06430] by night [03915], and spoil [0962] them until the morning [01242] light [0216], and let us not leave [07604] a man [0376] of them. And they said [0559], Do [06213] whatsoever seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto thee. Then said [0559] the priest [03548], Let us draw near [07126] hither [01988] unto God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 37
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] asked [07592] counsel of God [0430], Shall I go down [03381] after [0310] the Philistines [06430]? wilt thou deliver [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478]? But he answered [06030] him not that day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 38
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Draw ye near [05066] hither [01988], all the chief [06438] of the people [05971]: and know [03045] and see [07200] wherein [04100] this sin [02403] hath been this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 39
TEXT:
For, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], which saveth [03467] Israel [03478], though it be [03426] in Jonathan [03129] my son [01121], he shall surely [04191] die [04191]. But there was not a man among all the people [05971] that answered [06030] him.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 40
TEXT:
Then said [0559] he unto all Israel [03478], Be ye on one [0259] side [05676], and I and Jonathan [03129] my son [01121] will be on the other [0259] side [05676]. And the people [05971] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Do [06213] what seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto thee.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 41
TEXT:
Therefore Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Give [03051] a perfect [08549] lot. And Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03129] were taken [03920]: but the people [05971] escaped [03318].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 42
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Cast [05307] lots between me and Jonathan [03129] my son [01121]. And Jonathan [03129] was taken [03920].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 43
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] said [0559] to Jonathan [03129], Tell [05046] me what thou hast done [06213]. And Jonathan [03129] told [05046] him, and said [0559], I did but [02938] taste [02938] a little [04592] honey [01706] with the end [07097] of the rod [04294] that was in mine hand [03027], and, lo [02009], I must die [04191].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 44
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] answered [0559], God [0430] do so [06213] and more also [03254]: for thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191], Jonathan [03129].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 45
TEXT:
And the people [05971] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Shall Jonathan [03129] die [04191], who hath wrought [06213] this great [01419] salvation [03444] in Israel [03478]? God forbid [02486]: as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], there shall not one hair [08185] of his head [07218] fall [05307] to the ground [0776]; for he hath wrought [06213] with God [0430] this day [03117]. So the people [05971] rescued [06299] Jonathan [03129], that he died [04191] not.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 46
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] went up [05927] from following [0310] the Philistines [06430]: and the Philistines [06430] went [01980] to their own place [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 47
TEXT:
So Saul [07586] took [03920] the kingdom [04410] over Israel [03478], and fought [03898] against all his enemies [0341] on every side [05439], against Moab [04124], and against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and against Edom [0123], and against the kings [04428] of Zobah [06678], and against the Philistines [06430]: and whithersoever he turned [06437] himself, he vexed [07561] them.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 48
TEXT:
And he gathered [06213] an host [02428], and smote [05221] the Amalekites [06002], and delivered [05337] Israel [03478] out of the hands [03027] of them that spoiled [08154] them.


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 49
TEXT:
Now the sons [01121] of Saul [07586] were Jonathan [03129], and Ishui [03440], and Melchishua [04444]: and the names [08034] of his two [08147] daughters [01323] were these; the name [08034] of the firstborn [01067] Merab [04764], and the name [08034] of the younger [06996] Michal [04324]:


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 50
TEXT:
And the name [08034] of Saul's [07586] wife [0802] was Ahinoam [0293], the daughter [01323] of Ahimaaz [0290]: and the name [08034] of the captain [08269] of his host [06635] was Abner [074], the son [01121] of Ner [05369], Saul's [07586] uncle [01730].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 51
TEXT:
And Kish [07027] was the father [01] of Saul [07586]; and Ner [05369] the father [01] of Abner [074] was the son [01121] of Abiel [022].


BK: 9
CH: 14
VS: 52
TEXT:
And there was sore [02389] war [04421] against the Philistines [06430] all the days [03117] of Saul [07586]: and when Saul [07586] saw [07200] any strong [01368] man [0376], or any valiant [02428] man [01121], he took [0622] him unto him.


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 1
TEXT:
Samuel [08050] also said [0559] unto Saul [07586], The LORD [03068] sent [07971] me to anoint [04886] thee to be king [04428] over his people [05971], over Israel [03478]: now therefore hearken [08085] thou unto the voice [06963] of the words [01697] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 2
TEXT:
Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I remember [06485] that which Amalek [06002] did [06213] to Israel [03478], how he laid [07760] wait for him in the way [01870], when he came up [05927] from Egypt [04714].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 3
TEXT:
Now go [03212] and smite [05221] Amalek [06002], and utterly destroy [02763] all that they have, and spare [02550] them not; but slay [04191] both man [0376] and woman [0802], infant [05768] and suckling [03243], ox [07794] and sheep [07716], camel [01581] and ass [02543].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 4
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] gathered [08085] the people [05971] together [08085], and numbered [06485] them in Telaim [02923], two hundred [03967] thousand [0505] footmen [07273], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376] of Judah [03063].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 5
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] came [0935] to a city [05892] of Amalek [06002], and laid wait [07378] [0693] in the valley [05158].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 6
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the Kenites [07017], Go [03212], depart [05493], get you down [03381] from among [08432] the Amalekites [06002], lest I destroy [0622] you with them: for ye shewed [06213] kindness [02617] to all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], when they came up [05927] out of Egypt [04714]. So the Kenites [07017] departed [05493] from among [08432] the Amalekites [06003].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] smote [05221] the Amalekites [06002] from Havilah [02341] until thou comest [0935] to Shur [07793], that is over against [06440] Egypt [04714].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 8
TEXT:
And he took [08610] Agag [090] the king [04428] of the Amalekites [06002] alive [02416], and utterly destroyed [02763] all the people [05971] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 9
TEXT:
But Saul [07586] and the people [05971] spared [02550] Agag [090], and the best [04315] of the sheep [06629], and of the oxen [01241], and of the fatlings [04932], and the lambs [03733], and all that was good [02896], and would [014] not utterly destroy [02763] them: but every thing [04399] that was vile [05240] and refuse [04549], that they destroyed utterly [02763].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 11
TEXT:
It repenteth [05162] me that I have set up [04427] Saul [07586] to be king [04428]: for he is turned back [07725] from following [0310] me, and hath not performed [06965] my commandments [01697]. And it grieved [02734] Samuel [08050]; and he cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068] all night [03915].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 12
TEXT:
And when Samuel [08050] rose early [07925] to meet [07125] Saul [07586] in the morning [01242], it was told [05046] Samuel [08050], saying [0559], Saul [07586] came [0935] to Carmel [03760], and, behold, he set him up [05324] a place [03027], and is gone about [05437], and passed on [05674], and gone down [03381] to Gilgal [01537].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] came [0935] to Saul [07586]: and Saul [07586] said [0559] unto him, Blessed [01288] be thou of the LORD [03068]: I have performed [06965] the commandment [01697] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 14
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], What meaneth then this bleating [06963] of the sheep [06629] in mine ears [0241], and the lowing [06963] of the oxen [01241] which I hear [08085]?


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], They have brought [0935] them from the Amalekites [06003]: for the people [05971] spared [02550] the best [04315] of the sheep [06629] and of the oxen [01241], to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]; and the rest [03498] we have utterly destroyed [02763].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 16
TEXT:
Then Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Stay [07503], and I will tell [05046] thee what the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] to me this night [03915]. And he said [0559] unto him, Say on [01696].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], When thou wast little [06996] in thine own sight [05869], wast thou not made the head [07218] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and the LORD [03068] anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478]?


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 18
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] thee on a journey [01870], and said [0559], Go [03212] and utterly destroy [02763] the sinners [02400] the Amalekites [06002], and fight [03898] against them until they be consumed [03615].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 19
TEXT:
Wherefore then didst thou not obey [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], but didst fly [05860] upon the spoil [07998], and didst [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]?


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Yea, I have obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], and have gone [03212] the way [01870] which the LORD [03068] sent [07971] me, and have brought [0935] Agag [090] the king [04428] of Amalek [06002], and have utterly destroyed [02763] the Amalekites [06002].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 21
TEXT:
But the people [05971] took [03947] of the spoil [07998], sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], the chief [07225] of the things which should have been utterly destroyed [02764], to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] in Gilgal [01537].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 22
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], Hath the LORD [03068] as great delight [02656] in burnt offerings [05930] and sacrifices [02077], as in obeying [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068]? Behold, to obey [08085] is better [02896] than sacrifice [02077], and to hearken [07181] than the fat [02459] of rams [0352].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 23
TEXT:
For rebellion [04805] is as the sin [02403] of witchcraft [07081], and stubbornness [06484] is as iniquity [0205] and idolatry [08655]. Because thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], he hath also rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 24
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], I have sinned [02398]: for I have transgressed [05674] the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and thy words [01697]: because I feared [03372] the people [05971], and obeyed [08085] their voice [06963].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 25
TEXT:
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon [05375] my sin [02403], and turn again [07725] with me, that I may worship [07812] the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 26
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I will not return [07725] with thee: for thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], and the LORD [03068] hath rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428] over Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 27
TEXT:
And as Samuel [08050] turned about [05437] to go away [03212], he laid hold [02388] upon the skirt [03671] of his mantle [04598], and it rent [07167].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 28
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto him, The LORD [03068] hath rent [07167] the kingdom [04468] of Israel [03478] from thee this day [03117], and hath given [05414] it to a neighbour [07453] of thine, that is better [02896] than thou.


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 29
TEXT:
And also the Strength [05331] of Israel [03478] will not lie [08266] nor repent [05162]: for he is not a man [0120], that he should repent [05162].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 30
TEXT:
Then he said [0559], I have sinned [02398]: yet honour [03513] me now, I pray thee, before the elders [02205] of my people [05971], and before Israel [03478], and turn again [07725] with me, that I may worship [07812] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 31
TEXT:
So Samuel [08050] turned again [07725] after [0310] Saul [07586]; and Saul [07586] worshipped [07812] the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 32
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Samuel [08050], Bring ye hither [05066] to me Agag [090] the king [04428] of the Amalekites [06002]. And Agag [090] came [03212] unto him delicately [04574]. And Agag [090] said [0559], Surely [0403] the bitterness [04751] of death [04194] is past [05493].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 33
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], As thy sword [02719] hath made women [0802] childless [07921], so shall thy mother [0517] be childless [07921] among women [0802]. And Samuel [08050] hewed [08158] Agag [090] in pieces [08158] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Gilgal [01537].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 34
TEXT:
Then Samuel [08050] went [03212] to Ramah [07414]; and Saul [07586] went up [05927] to his house [01004] to Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586].


BK: 9
CH: 15
VS: 35
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] came no more [03254] to see [07200] Saul [07586] until the day [03117] of his death [04194]: nevertheless [03588] Samuel [08050] mourned [056] for Saul [07586]: and the LORD [03068] repented [05162] that he had made Saul [07586] king [04427] over Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], How long wilt thou mourn [056] for Saul [07586], seeing I have rejected [03988] him from reigning [04427] over Israel [03478]? fill [04390] thine horn [07161] with oil [08081], and go [03212], I will send [07971] thee to Jesse [03448] the Bethlehemite [01022]: for I have provided [07200] me a king [04428] among his sons [01121].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], How can I go [03212]? if Saul [07586] hear [08085] it, he will kill [02026] me. And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Take [03947] an heifer [01241] [05697] with thee [03027], and say [0559], I am come [0935] to sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 3
TEXT:
And call [07121] Jesse [03448] to the sacrifice [02077], and I will shew [03045] thee what thou shalt do [06213]: and thou shalt anoint [04886] unto me him whom I name [0559] unto thee.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 4
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] did [06213] that which the LORD [03068] spake [01696], and came [0935] to Bethlehem [01035]. And the elders [02205] of the town [05892] trembled [02729] at his coming [07125], and said [0559], Comest [0935] thou peaceably [07965]?


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 5
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Peaceably [07965]: I am come [0935] to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068]: sanctify [06942] yourselves, and come [0935] with me to the sacrifice [02077]. And he sanctified [06942] Jesse [03448] and his sons [01121], and called [07121] them to the sacrifice [02077].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 6
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when they were come [0935], that he looked [07200] on Eliab [0446], and said [0559], Surely the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899] is before him.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 7
TEXT:
But the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Look [05027] not on his countenance [04758], or on the height [01364] of his stature [06967]; because I have refused [03988] him: for the LORD seeth not as man [0120] seeth [07200]; for man [0120] looketh [07200] on the outward appearance [05869], but the LORD [03068] looketh [07200] on the heart [03824].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then Jesse [03448] called [07121] Abinadab [041], and made him pass [05674] before [06440] Samuel [08050]. And he said [0559], Neither hath the LORD [03068] chosen [0977] this.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 9
TEXT:
Then Jesse [03448] made Shammah [08048] to pass by [05674]. And he said [0559], Neither hath the LORD [03068] chosen [0977] this.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 10
TEXT:
Again, Jesse [03448] made seven [07651] of his sons [01121] to pass [05674] before [06440] Samuel [08050]. And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Jesse [03448], The LORD [03068] hath not chosen [0977] these.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Jesse [03448], Are here all [08552] thy children [05288]? And he said [0559], There remaineth [07604] yet the youngest [06996], and, behold, he keepeth [07462] the sheep [06629]. And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Jesse [03448], Send [07971] and fetch [03947] him: for we will not sit down [05437] till he come [0935] hither [06311].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 12
TEXT:
And he sent [07971], and brought him in [0935]. Now he was ruddy [0132], and withal [05973] of a beautiful [03303] countenance [05869], and goodly [02896] to look to [07210]. And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Arise [06965], anoint [04886] him: for this is he.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 13
TEXT:
Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] the horn [07161] of oil [08081], and anointed [04886] him in the midst [07130] of his brethren [0251]: and the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came [06743] upon David [01732] from that day [03117] forward [04605]. So Samuel [08050] rose up [06965], and went [03212] to Ramah [07414].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 14
TEXT:
But the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] departed [05493] from Saul [07586], and an evil [07451] spirit [07307] from the LORD [03068] troubled [01204] him.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Saul's [07586] servants [05650] said [0559] unto him, Behold now, an evil [07451] spirit [07307] from God [0430] troubleth [01204] thee.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 16
TEXT:
Let our lord [0113] now command [0559] thy servants [05650], which are before [06440] thee, to seek out [01245] a man [0376], who is a cunning [03045] player [05059] on an harp [03658]: and it shall come to pass, when the evil [07451] spirit [07307] from God [0430] is upon thee, that he shall play [05059] with his hand [03027], and thou shalt be well [02895].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Provide [07200] me now a man [0376] that can play [05059] well [03190], and bring [0935] him to me.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 18
TEXT:
Then answered [06030] one [0259] of the servants [05288], and said [0559], Behold, I have seen [07200] a son [01121] of Jesse [03448] the Bethlehemite [01022], that is cunning [03045] in playing [05059], and a mighty [01368] valiant man [02428], and a man [0376] of war [04421], and prudent [0995] in matters [01697], and a comely [08389] person [0376], and the LORD [03068] is with him.


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 19
TEXT:
Wherefore Saul [07586] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Jesse [03448], and said [0559], Send [07971] me David [01732] thy son [01121], which is with the sheep [06629].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Jesse [03448] took [03947] an ass [02543] laden with bread [03899], and a bottle [04997] of wine [03196], and a [0259] kid [01423] [05795], and sent [07971] them by [03027] David [01732] his son [01121] unto Saul [07586].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 21
TEXT:
And David [01732] came [0935] to Saul [07586], and stood [05975] before [06440] him: and he loved [0157] him greatly [03966]; and he became his armourbearer [05375] [03627].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 22
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] sent [07971] to Jesse [03448], saying [0559], Let David [01732], I pray thee, stand [05975] before [06440] me; for he hath found [04672] favour [02580] in my sight [05869].


BK: 9
CH: 16
VS: 23
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit [07307] from God [0430] was upon Saul [07586], that David [01732] took [03947] an harp [03658], and played [05059] with his hand [03027]: so Saul [07586] was refreshed [07304], and was well [02895], and the evil [07451] spirit [07307] departed [05493] from him.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now the Philistines [06430] gathered together [0622] their armies [04264] to battle [04421], and were gathered together [0622] at Shochoh [07755], which belongeth to Judah [03063], and pitched [02583] between Shochoh [07755] and Azekah [05825], in Ephesdammim [0658].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] and the men [0376] of Israel [03478] were gathered together [0622], and pitched [02583] by the valley [06010] of Elah [0425], and set the battle [04421] in array [06186] against [07125] the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 3
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] stood [05975] on a mountain [02022] on the one side, and Israel [03478] stood [05975] on a mountain [02022] on the other side: and there was a valley [01516] between them.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 4
TEXT:
And there went out [03318] a champion [0376] [01143] out of the camp [04264] of the Philistines [06430], named [08034] Goliath [01555], of Gath [01661], whose height [01363] was six [08337] cubits [0520] and a span [02239].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 5
TEXT:
And he had an helmet [03553] of brass [05178] upon his head [07218], and he was armed [03847] with a coat [08302] of mail [07193]; and the weight [04948] of the coat [08302] was five [02568] thousand [0505] shekels [08255] of brass [05178].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 6
TEXT:
And he had greaves [04697] of brass [05178] upon his legs [07272], and a target [03591] of brass [05178] between his shoulders [03802].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 7
TEXT:
And the staff [06086] [02671] of his spear [02595] was like a weaver's [0707] beam [04500]; and his spear's [02595] head [03852] weighed six [08337] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of iron [01270]: and one bearing [05375] a shield [06793] went [01980] before [06440] him.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 8
TEXT:
And he stood [05975] and cried [07121] unto the armies [04634] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto them, Why are ye come out [03318] to set your battle [04421] in array [06186]? am not I a Philistine [06430], and ye servants [05650] to Saul [07586]? choose [01262] you a man [0376] for you, and let him come down [03381] to me.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 9
TEXT:
If he be able [03201] to fight [03898] with me, and to kill [05221] me, then will we be your servants [05650]: but if I prevail [03201] against him, and kill [05221] him, then shall ye be our servants [05650], and serve [05647] us.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 10
TEXT:
And the Philistine [06430] said [0559], I defy [02778] the armies [04634] of Israel [03478] this day [03117]; give [05414] me a man [0376], that we may fight [03898] together [03162].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 11
TEXT:
When Saul [07586] and all Israel [03478] heard [08085] those words [01697] of the Philistine [06430], they were dismayed [02865], and greatly [03966] afraid [03372].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 12
TEXT:
Now David [01732] was the son [01121] of that Ephrathite [0376] [0673] of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063], whose name [08034] was Jesse [03448]; and he had eight [08083] sons [01121]: and the man [0376] went [0935] among men [0582] for an old man [02204] in the days [03117] of Saul [07586].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 13
TEXT:
And the three [07969] eldest [01419] sons [01121] of Jesse [03448] went [03212] and followed [0310] Saul [07586] to the battle [04421]: and the names [08034] of his three [07969] sons [01121] that went [01980] to the battle [04421] were Eliab [0446] the firstborn [01060], and next [04932] unto him Abinadab [041], and the third [07992] Shammah [08048].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 14
TEXT:
And David [01732] was the youngest [06996]: and the three [07969] eldest [01419] followed [01980] [0310] Saul [07586].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 15
TEXT:
But David [01732] went [01980] and returned [07725] from Saul [07586] to feed [07462] his father's [01] sheep [06629] at Bethlehem [01035].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 16
TEXT:
And the Philistine [06430] drew near [05066] morning [07925] and evening [06150], and presented [03320] himself forty [0705] days [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Jesse [03448] said [0559] unto David [01732] his son [01121], Take [03947] now for thy brethren [0251] an ephah [0374] of this [02088] parched [07039] corn, and these ten [06235] loaves [03899], and run [07323] to the camp [04264] to thy brethren [0251];


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 18
TEXT:
And carry [0935] these ten [06235] cheeses [02461] [02757] unto the captain [08269] of their thousand [0505], and look [06485] how thy brethren [0251] fare [07965], and take [03947] their pledge [06161].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 19
TEXT:
Now Saul [07586], and they, and all the men [0376] of Israel [03478], were in the valley [06010] of Elah [0425], fighting [03898] with the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 20
TEXT:
And David [01732] rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and left [05203] the sheep [06629] with a keeper [08104], and took [05375], and went [03212], as Jesse [03448] had commanded [06680] him; and he came [0935] to the trench [04570], as the host [02428] was going forth [03318] to the fight [04634], and shouted [07321] for the battle [04421].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 21
TEXT:
For Israel [03478] and the Philistines [06430] had put the battle in array [06186], army [04634] against [07125] army [04634].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 22
TEXT:
And David [01732] left [05203] his carriage [03627] in the hand [03027] of the keeper [08104] of the carriage [03627], and ran [07323] into the army [04634], and came [0935] and saluted [07592] [07965] his brethren [0251].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 23
TEXT:
And as he talked [01696] with them, behold, there came up [05927] the champion [0376] [01143], the Philistine [06430] of Gath [01661], Goliath [01555] by name [08034], out of the armies [04634] [04630] of the Philistines [06430], and spake [01696] according to the same [0428] words [01697]: and David [01732] heard [08085] them.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 24
TEXT:
And all the men [0376] of Israel [03478], when they saw [07200] the man [0376], fled [05127] from him [06440], and were sore [03966] afraid [03372].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 25
TEXT:
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Have ye seen [07200] this man [0376] that is come up [05927]? surely to defy [02778] Israel [03478] is he come up [05927]: and it shall be, that the man [0376] who killeth [05221] him, the king [04428] will enrich [06238] him with great [01419] riches [06239], and will give [05414] him his daughter [01323], and make [06213] his father's [01] house [01004] free [02670] in Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 26
TEXT:
And David [01732] spake [0559] to the men [0582] that stood [05975] by him, saying [0559], What shall be done [06213] to the man [0376] that killeth [05221] this [01975] Philistine [06430], and taketh away [05493] the reproach [02781] from Israel [03478]? for who is this uncircumcised [06189] Philistine [06430], that he should defy [02778] the armies [04634] of the living [02416] God [0430]?


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 27
TEXT:
And the people [05971] answered [0559] him after this manner [01697], saying [0559], So shall it be done [06213] to the man [0376] that killeth [05221] him.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 28
TEXT:
And Eliab [0446] his eldest [01419] brother [0251] heard [08085] when he spake [01696] unto the men [0582]; and Eliab's [0446] anger [0639] was kindled [02734] against David [01732], and he said [0559], Why camest thou down [03381] hither? and with whom hast thou left [05203] those [02007] few [04592] sheep [06629] in the wilderness [04057]? I know [03045] thy pride [02087], and the naughtiness [07455] of thine heart [03824]; for thou art come down [03381] that thou mightest see [07200] the battle [04421].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 30
TEXT:
And he turned [05437] from him [0681] toward [04136] another [0312], and spake [0559] after the same manner [01697]: and the people [05971] answered [01697] him again [07725] after the former [07223] manner [01697].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 31
TEXT:
And when the words [01697] were heard [08085] which David [01732] spake [01696], they rehearsed [05046] them before [06440] Saul [07586]: and he sent [03947] for him.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 32
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Let no man's [0120] heart [03820] fail [05307] because of him; thy servant [05650] will go [03212] and fight [03898] with this Philistine [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 33
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] to David [01732], Thou art not able [03201] to go [03212] against this Philistine [06430] to fight [03898] with him: for thou art but a youth [05288], and he a man [0376] of war [04421] from his youth [05271].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 34
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Thy servant [05650] kept [07462] his father's [01] sheep [06629], and there came [0935] a lion [0738], and a bear [01677], and took [05375] a lamb [07716] [02089] out of the flock [05739]:


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 35
TEXT:
And I went out [03318] after [0310] him, and smote [05221] him, and delivered [05337] it out of his mouth [06310]: and when he arose [06965] against me, I caught [02388] him by his beard [02206], and smote [05221] him, and slew [04191] him.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 36
TEXT:
Thy servant [05650] slew [05221] both the lion [0738] and the bear [01677]: and this uncircumcised [06189] Philistine [06430] shall be as one [0259] of them, seeing he hath defied [02778] the armies [04634] of the living [02416] God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 37
TEXT:
David [01732] said [0559] moreover, The LORD [03068] that delivered [05337] me out of the paw [03027] of the lion [0738], and out of the paw [03027] of the bear [01677], he will deliver [05337] me out of the hand [03027] of this Philistine [06430]. And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto David [01732], Go [03212], and the LORD [03068] be with thee.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 38
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] armed [03847] David [01732] with his armour [04055], and he put [05414] an helmet [06959] of brass [05178] upon his head [07218]; also he armed [03847] him with a coat of mail [08302].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 39
TEXT:
And David [01732] girded [02296] his sword [02719] upon his armour [04055], and he assayed [02974] to go [03212]; for he had not proved [05254] it. And David [01732] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I cannot [03201] go [03212] with these; for I have not proved [05254] them. And David [01732] put [05493] them off him.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 40
TEXT:
And he took [03947] his staff [04731] in his hand [03027], and chose [0977] him five [02568] smooth [02512] stones [068] out of the brook [05158], and put [07760] them in a shepherd's [07462] bag [03627] which he had, even in a scrip [03219]; and his sling [07050] was in his hand [03027]: and he drew near [05066] to the Philistine [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 41
TEXT:
And the Philistine [06430] came [03212] on [01980] and drew near [07131] unto David [01732]; and the man [0376] that bare [05375] the shield [06793] went before [06440] him.


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 42
TEXT:
And when the Philistine [06430] looked about [05027], and saw [07200] David [01732], he disdained [0959] him: for he was but a youth [05288], and ruddy [0132], and of a fair [03303] countenance [04758].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 43
TEXT:
And the Philistine [06430] said [0559] unto David [01732], Am I a dog [03611], that thou comest [0935] to me with staves [04731]? And the Philistine [06430] cursed [07043] David [01732] by his gods [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 44
TEXT:
And the Philistine [06430] said [0559] to David [01732], Come [03212] to me, and I will give [05414] thy flesh [01320] unto the fowls [05775] of the air [08064], and to the beasts [0929] of the field [07704].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 45
TEXT:
Then said [0559] David [01732] to the Philistine [06430], Thou comest [0935] to me with a sword [02719], and with a spear [02595], and with a shield [03591]: but I come [0935] to thee in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of the armies [04634] of Israel [03478], whom thou hast defied [02778].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 46
TEXT:
This day [03117] will the LORD [03068] deliver [05462] thee into mine hand [03027]; and I will smite [05221] thee, and take [05493] thine head [07218] from thee; and I will give [05414] the carcases [06297] of the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430] this day [03117] unto the fowls [05775] of the air [08064], and to the wild beasts [02416] of the earth [0776]; that all the earth [0776] may know [03045] that there is [03426] a God [0430] in Israel [03478].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 47
TEXT:
And all this assembly [06951] shall know [03045] that the LORD [03068] saveth [03467] not with sword [02719] and spear [02595]: for the battle [04421] is the LORD'S [03068], and he will give [05414] you into our hands [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 48
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when the Philistine [06430] arose [06965], and came [03212] and drew nigh [07126] to meet [07125] David [01732], that David [01732] hasted [04116], and ran [07323] toward the army [04634] to meet [07125] the Philistine [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 49
TEXT:
And David [01732] put [07971] his hand [03027] in his bag [03627], and took [03947] thence a stone [068], and slang [07049] it, and smote [05221] the Philistine [06430] in his forehead [04696], that the stone [068] sunk [02883] into his forehead [04696]; and he fell [05307] upon his face [06440] to the earth [0776].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 50
TEXT:
So David [01732] prevailed [02388] over [04480] the Philistine [06430] with a sling [07050] and with a stone [068], and smote [05221] the Philistine [06430], and slew [04191] him; but there was no sword [02719] in the hand [03027] of David [01732].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 51
TEXT:
Therefore David [01732] ran [07323], and stood [05975] upon the Philistine [06430], and took [03947] his sword [02719], and drew [08025] it out of the sheath [08593] thereof, and slew [04191] him, and cut off [03772] his head [07218] therewith. And when the Philistines [06430] saw [07200] their champion [01368] was dead [04191], they fled [05127].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 52
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of Israel [03478] and of Judah [03063] arose [06965], and shouted [07321], and pursued [07291] the Philistines [06430], until thou come [0935] to the valley [01516], and to the gates [08179] of Ekron [06138]. And the wounded [02491] of the Philistines [06430] fell down [05307] by the way [01870] to Shaaraim [08189], even unto Gath [01661], and unto Ekron [06138].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 53
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] returned [07725] from chasing [01814] after [0310] the Philistines [06430], and they spoiled [08155] their tents [04264].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 54
TEXT:
And David [01732] took [03947] the head [07218] of the Philistine [06430], and brought [0935] it to Jerusalem [03389]; but he put [07760] his armour [03627] in his tent [0168].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 55
TEXT:
And when Saul [07586] saw [07200] David [01732] go forth [03318] against [07125] the Philistine [06430], he said [0559] unto Abner [074], the captain [08269] of the host [06635], Abner [074], whose son [01121]  is this youth [05288]? And Abner [074] said [0559], As thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], O king [04428], I cannot [0518] tell [03045].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 57
TEXT:
And as David [01732] returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Philistine [06430], Abner [074] took [03947] him, and brought [0935] him before [06440] Saul [07586] with the head [07218] of the Philistine [06430] in his hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 17
VS: 58
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] to him, Whose son [01121] art thou, thou young man [05288]? And David [01732] answered [0559], I am the son [01121] of thy servant [05650] Jesse [03448] the Bethlehemite [01022].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 1
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when he had made an end [03615] of speaking [01696] unto Saul [07586], that the soul [05315] of Jonathan [03083] was knit [07194] with the soul [05315] of David [01732], and Jonathan [03083] loved [0157] him as his own soul [05315].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] took [03947] him that day [03117], and would let [05414] him go no more home [07725] to his father's [01] house [01004].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 3
TEXT:
Then Jonathan [03083] and David [01732] made [03772] a covenant [01285], because he loved [0160] him as his own soul [05315].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 4
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] stripped [06584] himself of the robe [04598] that was upon him, and gave [05414] it to David [01732], and his garments [04055], even to his sword [02719], and to his bow [07198], and to his girdle [02289].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] went out [03318] whithersoever Saul [07586] sent [07971] him, and behaved himself wisely [07919]: and Saul [07586] set [07760] him over the men [0582] of war [04421], and he was accepted [03190] in the sight [05869] of all the people [05971], and also in the sight [05869] of Saul's [07586] servants [05650].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 6
TEXT:
And it came to pass as they came [0935], when David [01732] was returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Philistine [06430], that the women [0802] came out [03318] of all cities [05892] of Israel [03478], singing [07891] and dancing [04246], to meet [07125] king [04428] Saul [07586], with tabrets [08596], with joy [08057], and with instruments of musick [07991].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 7
TEXT:
And the women [0802] answered [06030] one another as they played [07832], and said [0559], Saul [07586] hath slain [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 8
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] was very [03966] wroth [02734], and the saying [01697] displeased [03415] [05869] him; and he said [0559], They have ascribed [05414] unto David [01732] ten thousands [07233], and to me they have ascribed [05414] but thousands [0505]: and what can he have more but the kingdom [04410]?


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 10
TEXT:
And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], that the evil [07451] spirit [07307] from God [0430] came [06743] upon Saul [07586], and he prophesied [05012] in the midst [08432] of the house [01004]: and David [01732] played [05059] with his hand [03027], as at other times [03117]: and there was a javelin [02595] in Saul's [07586] hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] cast [02904] the javelin [02595]; for he said [0559], I will smite [05221] David [01732] even to the wall [07023] with it. And David [01732] avoided out [05437] of his presence [06440] twice [06471].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] was afraid [03372] of [06440] David [01732], because the LORD [03068] was with him, and was departed [05493] from Saul [07586].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 13
TEXT:
Therefore Saul [07586] removed [05493] him from him, and made [07760] him his captain [08269] over a thousand [0505]; and he went out [03318] and came in [0935] before [06440] the people [05971].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 14
TEXT:
And David [01732] behaved himself wisely [07919] in all his ways [01870]; and the LORD [03068] was with him.


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 15
TEXT:
Wherefore when Saul [07586] saw [07200] that he behaved [07919] himself very [03966] wisely [07919], he was afraid [01481] of [06440] him.


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 16
TEXT:
But all Israel [03478] and Judah [03063] loved [0157] David [01732], because he went out [03318] and came in [0935] before [06440] them.


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] to David [01732], Behold my elder [01419] daughter [01323] Merab [04764], her will I give [05414] thee to wife [0802]: only be thou valiant [01121] [02428] for me, and fight [03898] the LORD'S [03068] battles [04421]. For Saul [07586] said [0559], Let not mine hand [03027] be upon him, but let the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430] be upon him.


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 18
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Who am I? and what is my life [02416], or my father's [01] family [04940] in Israel [03478], that I should be son in law [02860] to the king [04428]?


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 19
TEXT:
But it came to pass at the time [06256] when Merab [04764] Saul's [07586] daughter [01323] should have been given [05414] to David [01732], that she was given [05414] unto Adriel [05741] the Meholathite [04259] to wife [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Michal [04324] Saul's [07586] daughter [01323] loved [0157] David [01732]: and they told [05046] Saul [07586], and the thing [01697] pleased [03474] [05869] him.


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], I will give [05414] him her, that she may be a snare [04170] to him, and that the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430] may be against him. Wherefore Saul [07586] said [0559] to David [01732], Thou shalt this day [03117] be my son in law [02859] in the one of the twain [08147].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 22
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] commanded [06680] his servants [05650], saying, Commune [01696] with David [01732] secretly [03909], and say [0559], Behold, the king [04428] hath delight [02654] in thee, and all his servants [05650] love [0157] thee: now therefore be the king's [04428] son in law [02859].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 23
TEXT:
And Saul's [07586] servants [05650] spake [01696] those words [01697] in the ears [0241] of David [01732]. And David [01732] said [0559], Seemeth [05869] it to you a light [07043] thing to be a king's [04428] son in law [02859], seeing that I am a poor [07326] man [0376], and lightly esteemed [07034]?


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 24
TEXT:
And the servants [05650] of Saul [07586] told [05046] him, saying [0559], On this manner [01697] spake [01696] David [01732].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 25
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Thus shall ye say [0559] to David [01732], The king [04428] desireth [02656] not any dowry [04119], but an hundred [03967] foreskins [06190] of the Philistines [06430], to be avenged [05358] of the king's [04428] enemies [0341]. But Saul [07586] thought [02803] to make David [01732] fall [05307] by the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 26
TEXT:
And when his servants [05650] told [05046] David [01732] these words [01697], it pleased [03474] [01697] [05869] David [01732] well to be the king's [04428] son in law [02859]: and the days [03117] were not expired [04390].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 27
TEXT:
Wherefore David [01732] arose [06965] and went [03212], he and his men [0582], and slew [05221] of the Philistines [06430] two hundred [03967] men [0376]; and David [01732] brought [0935] their foreskins [06190], and they gave them in full tale [04390] to the king [04428], that he might be the king's [04428] son in law [02859]. And Saul [07586] gave [05414] him Michal [04324] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 28
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] saw [07200] and knew [03045] that the LORD [03068] was with David [01732], and that Michal [04324] Saul's [07586] daughter [01323] loved [0157] him.


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 29
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] was yet the more [03254] afraid [03372] of [06440] David [01732]; and Saul [07586] became David's [01732] enemy [0341] continually [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 18
VS: 30
TEXT:
Then the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] went forth [03318]: and it came to pass, after [01767] they went forth [03318], that David [01732] behaved himself more wisely [07919] than all the servants [05650] of Saul [07586]; so that his name [08034] was much [03966] set by [03365].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 1
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] spake [01696] to Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and to all his servants [05650], that they should kill [04191] David [01732].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 2
TEXT:
But Jonathan [03083] Saul's [07586] son [01121] delighted [02654] much [03966] in David [01732]: and Jonathan [03083] told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Saul [07586] my father [01] seeketh [01245] to kill [04191] thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed [08104] to thyself until the morning [01242], and abide [03427] in a secret [05643] place, and hide [02244] thyself:


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 3
TEXT:
And I will go out [03318] and stand [05975] beside [03027] my father [01] in the field [07704] where thou art, and I will commune [01696] with my father [01] of thee; and what [04100] I see [07200], that I will tell [05046] thee.


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 4
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] spake [01696] good [02896] of David [01732] unto Saul [07586] his father [01], and said [0559] unto him, Let not the king [04428] sin [02398] against his servant [05650], against David [01732]; because he hath not sinned [02398] against thee, and because his works [04639] have been to thee-ward very [03966] good [02896]:


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 5
TEXT:
For he did put [07760] his life [05315] in his hand [03709], and slew [05221] the Philistine [06430], and the LORD [03068] wrought [06213] a great [01419] salvation [08668] for all Israel [03478]: thou sawest [07200] it, and didst rejoice [08055]: wherefore then wilt thou sin [02398] against innocent [05355] blood [01818], to slay [04191] David [01732] without a cause [02600]?


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 6
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] hearkened [08085] unto the voice [06963] of Jonathan [03083]: and Saul [07586] sware [07650], As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], he shall not [0518] be slain [04191].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] called [07121] David [01732], and Jonathan [03083] shewed [05046] him all those things [01697]. And Jonathan [03083] brought [0935] David [01732] to Saul [07586], and he was in his presence [06440], as in times past [0865] [08032].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 8
TEXT:
And there was war [04421] again [03254]: and David [01732] went out [03318], and fought [03898] with the Philistines [06430], and slew [05221] them with a great [01419] slaughter [04347]; and they fled [05127] from [06440] him.


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 9
TEXT:
And the evil [07451] spirit [07307] from the LORD [03068] was upon Saul [07586], as he sat [03427] in his house [01004] with his javelin [02595] in his hand [03027]: and David [01732] played [05059] with his hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 10
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] sought [01245] to smite [05221] David [01732] even to the wall [07023] with the javelin [02595]; but he slipped away [06362] out of Saul's [07586] presence [06440], and he smote [05221] the javelin [02595] into the wall [07023]: and David [01732] fled [05127], and escaped [04422] that night [03915].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 11
TEXT:
Saul [07586] also sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto David's [01732] house [01004], to watch [08104] him, and to slay [04191] him in the morning [01242]: and Michal [04324] David's [01732] wife [0802] told [05046] him, saying [0559], If thou save [04422] not thy life [05315] to night [03915], to morrow [04279] thou shalt be slain [04191].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 12
TEXT:
So Michal [04324] let [03381] David [01732] down [03381] through a window [02474]: and he went [03212], and fled [01272], and escaped [04422].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Michal [04324] took [03947] an image [08655], and laid [07760] it in the bed [04296], and put [07760] a pillow [03523] of goats [05795]' hair for his bolster [04763], and covered [03680]  it with a cloth [0899].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 14
TEXT:
And when Saul [07586] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to take [03947] David [01732], she said [0559], He is sick [02470].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] sent [07971] the messengers [04397] again to see [07200] David [01732], saying [0559], Bring him up [05927] to me in the bed [04296], that I may slay [04191] him.


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 16
TEXT:
And when the messengers [04397] were come in [0935], behold, there was an image [08655] in the bed [04296], with a pillow [03523] of goats [05795]' hair for his bolster [04763].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Michal [04324], Why hast thou deceived me so [07411], and sent away [07971] mine enemy [0341], that he is escaped [04422]? And Michal [04324] answered [0559] Saul [07586], He said [0559] unto me, Let me go [07971]; why should I kill [04191] thee?


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 18
TEXT:
So David [01732] fled [01272], and escaped [04422], and came [0935] to Samuel [08050] to Ramah [07414], and told [05046] him all that Saul [07586] had done [06213] to him. And he and Samuel [08050] went [03212] and dwelt [03427] in Naioth [05121].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 19
TEXT:
And it was told [05046] Saul [07586], saying [0559], Behold, David [01732] is at Naioth [05121] in Ramah [07414].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 20
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to take [03947] David [01732]: and when they saw [07200] the company [03862] of the prophets [05030] prophesying [05012], and Samuel [08050] standing [05975] as appointed [05324] over them, the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] was upon the messengers [04397] of Saul [07586], and they also prophesied [05012].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 21
TEXT:
And when it was told [05046] Saul [07586], he sent [07971] other [0312] messengers [04397], and they prophesied [05012] likewise. And Saul [07586] sent [07971] messengers [04397] again [03254] the third [07992] time, and they prophesied [05012] also.


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 22
TEXT:
Then went [03212] he also to Ramah [07414], and came [0935] to a great [01419] well [0953] that is in Sechu [07906]: and he asked [07592] and said [0559], Where [0375] are Samuel [08050] and David [01732]? And one said [0559], Behold, they be at Naioth [05121] in Ramah [07414].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 23
TEXT:
And he went [03212] thither to Naioth [05121] in Ramah [07414]: and the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] was upon him also, and he went [03212] on [01980], and prophesied [05012], until he came [0935] to Naioth [05121] in Ramah [07414].


BK: 9
CH: 19
VS: 24
TEXT:
And he stripped off [06584] his clothes [0899] also [01571], and prophesied [05012] before [06440] Samuel [08050] in like manner, and lay down [05307] naked [06174] all that day [03117] and all that night [03915]. Wherefore they say [0559], Is Saul [07586] also among the prophets [05030]?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 1
TEXT:
And David [01732] fled [01272] from Naioth [05121] in Ramah [07414], and came [0935] and said [0559] before [06440] Jonathan [03083], What have I done [06213]? what is mine iniquity [05771]? and what  is my sin [02403] before [06440] thy father [01], that he seeketh [01245] my life [05315]?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 2
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto him, God forbid [02486]; thou shalt not die [04191]: behold, my father [01] will do [06213] [06213] nothing [01697] either great [01419] or small [06996], but that he will shew [01540] [0241] it me: and why should my father [01] hide [05641] this thing [01697] from me? it is not so.


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 3
TEXT:
And David [01732] sware [07650] moreover, and said [0559], Thy father [01] certainly [03045] knoweth [03045] that I have found [04672] grace [02580] in thine eyes [05869]; and he saith [0559], Let not Jonathan [03083] know [03045] this, lest he be grieved [06087]: but truly [0199] as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], and as thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], there is but a step [06587] between me and death [04194].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Jonathan [03083] unto David [01732], Whatsoever thy soul [05315] desireth [0559], I will even do [06213] it for thee.


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Jonathan [03083], Behold, to morrow [04279] is the new moon [02320], and I should not fail [03427] to sit [03427] with the king [04428] at meat [0398]: but let me go [07971], that I may hide [05641] myself in the field [07704] unto the third [07992] day at even [06153].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 6
TEXT:
If thy father [01] at all [06485] miss [06485] me, then say [0559], David [01732] earnestly [07592] asked [07592] leave of me that he might run [07323] to Bethlehem [01035] his city [05892]: for there is a yearly [03117] sacrifice [02077] there for all the family [04940].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 7
TEXT:
If he say [0559] thus, It is well [02896]; thy servant [05650] shall have peace [07965]: but if he be very [02734] wroth [02734], then be sure [03045] that evil [07451] is determined [03615] by him.


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 8
TEXT:
Therefore thou shalt deal [06213] kindly [02617] with thy servant [05650]; for thou hast brought [0935] thy servant [05650] into a covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] with thee: notwithstanding, if there be [03426] in me iniquity [05771], slay [04191] me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring [0935] me to thy father [01]?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 9
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] said [0559], Far be it from thee [02486]: for if I knew [03045] certainly [03045] that evil [07451] were determined [03615] by my father [01] to come [0935] upon thee, then would not I tell [05046] it thee?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 10
TEXT:
Then said [0559] David [01732] to Jonathan [03083], Who shall tell [05046] me? or what if thy father [01] answer [06030] thee roughly [07186]?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] unto David [01732], Come [03212], and let us go out [03318] into the field [07704]. And they went out [03318] both [08147] of them into the field [07704].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] unto David [01732], O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], when I have sounded [02713] my father [01] about to morrow [04279] any time [06256], or the third [07992] day, and, behold, if there be good [02895] toward David [01732], and I then send [07971] not unto thee, and shew [01540] [0241] it thee;


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 13
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] do [06213] so [03541] and much more [03254] to Jonathan [03083]: but if it please [03190] my father [01] to do thee evil [07451], then I will shew [01540] [0241] it thee, and send thee away [07971], that thou mayest go [01980] in peace [07965]: and the LORD [03068] be with thee, as he hath been with my father [01].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 14
TEXT:
And thou shalt not only while yet [0518] I live [02416] shew [06213] me the kindness [02617] of the LORD [03068], that I die [04191] not:


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 15
TEXT:
But also thou shalt not cut off [03772] thy kindness [02617] from my house [01004] for [05704] ever [05769]: no, not when the LORD [03068] hath cut off [03772] the enemies [0341] of David [01732] every one [0376] from the face [06440] of the earth [0127].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 16
TEXT:
So Jonathan [03083] made [03772] a covenant with the house [01004] of David [01732], saying, Let the LORD [03068] even require [01245] it at the hand [03027] of David's [01732] enemies [0341].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] caused David [01732] to swear [07650] again [03254], because he loved [0160] him: for he loved [0157] him as he loved [0160] his own soul [05315].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 18
TEXT:
Then Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to David [01732], To morrow [04279] is the new moon [02320]: and thou shalt be missed [06485], because thy seat [04186] will be empty [06485].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 19
TEXT:
And when thou hast stayed three days [08027], then thou shalt go down [03381] quickly [03966], and come [0935] to the place [04725] where thou didst hide [05641] thyself when [03117] the business [04639] was in hand, and shalt remain [03427] by [0681] the stone [068] Ezel [0237].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 20
TEXT:
And I will shoot [03384] three [07969] arrows [02671] on the side [06654] thereof, as though I shot [07971] at a mark [04307].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 21
TEXT:
And, behold, I will send [07971] a lad [05288], saying, Go [03212], find out [04672] the arrows [02671]. If I expressly [0559] say [0559] unto the lad [05288], Behold, the arrows [02671] are on this side of thee, take [03947] them; then come [0935] thou: for there is peace [07965] to thee, and no hurt [01697]; as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 22
TEXT:
But if I say [0559] thus unto the young man [05958], Behold, the arrows [02671] are beyond [01973] thee; go thy way [03212]: for the LORD [03068] hath sent thee away [07971].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 23
TEXT:
And as touching the matter [01697] which thou and I have spoken [01696] of, behold, the LORD [03068] be between thee and me for [05704] ever [05769].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 24
TEXT:
So David [01732] hid [05641] himself in the field [07704]: and when the new moon [02320] was come, the king [04428] sat him down [03427] to eat [0398] meat [03899].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 25
TEXT:
And the king [04428] sat [03427] upon his seat [04186], as at other times [06471], even upon a seat [04186] by the wall [07023]: and Jonathan [03083] arose [06965], and Abner [074] sat [03427] by Saul's [07586] side [06654], and David's [01732] place [04725] was empty [06485].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 26
TEXT:
Nevertheless Saul [07586] spake [01696] not any thing [03972] that day [03117]: for he thought [0559], Something hath befallen [04745] him, he is not [01115] clean [02889]; surely he is not clean [02889].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 27
TEXT:
And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], which was the second [08145] day of the month [02320], that David's [01732] place [04725] was empty [06485]: and Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Jonathan [03083] his son [01121], Wherefore cometh [0935] not the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] to meat [03899], neither yesterday [08543], nor to day [03117]?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 28
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] answered [06030] Saul [07586], David [01732] earnestly [07592] asked [07592] leave of me [05978] to go to Bethlehem [01035]:


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 29
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Let me go [07971], I pray thee; for our family [04940] hath a sacrifice [02077] in the city [05892]; and my brother [0251], he hath commanded [06680] me to be there: and now, if I have found [04672] favour [02580] in thine eyes [05869], let me get away [04422], I pray thee, and see [07200] my brethren [0251]. Therefore he cometh [0935] not unto the king's [04428] table [07979].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 30
TEXT:
Then Saul's [07586] anger [0639] was kindled [02734] against Jonathan [03083], and he said [0559] unto him, Thou son [01121] of the perverse [05753] rebellious [04780] woman, do not I know [03045] that thou hast chosen [0977] the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] to thine own confusion [01322], and unto the confusion [01322] of thy mother's [0517] nakedness [06172]?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 31
TEXT:
For as long as [03117] the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] liveth [02425] upon the ground [0127], thou shalt not be established [03559], nor thy kingdom [04438]. Wherefore now send [07971] and fetch [03947] him unto me, for he shall surely die [01121] [04194].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 32
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] answered [06030] Saul [07586] his father [01], and said [0559] unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain [04191]? what hath he done [06213]?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 33
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] cast [02904] a javelin [02595] at him to smite [05221] him: whereby Jonathan [03083] knew [03045] that it was determined [03617] of his father [01] to slay [04191] David [01732].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 34
TEXT:
So Jonathan [03083] arose [06965] from the table [07979] in fierce [02750] anger [0639], and did eat [0398] no meat [03899] the second [08145] day [03117] of the month [02320]: for he was grieved [06087] for David [01732], because his father [01] had done him shame [03637].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 35
TEXT:
And it came to pass in the morning [01242], that Jonathan [03083] went out [03318] into the field [07704] at the time appointed [04150] with David [01732], and a little [06996] lad [05288] with him.


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 36
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto his lad [05288], Run [07323], find out [04672] now the arrows [02671] which I shoot [03384]. And as the lad [05288] ran [07323], he shot [03384] an arrow [02678] beyond [05674] him.


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 37
TEXT:
And when the lad [05288] was come [0935] to the place [04725] of the arrow [02678] which Jonathan [03083] had shot [03384], Jonathan [03083] cried [07121] after [0310] the lad [05288], and said [0559], Is not the arrow [02678] beyond [01973] thee?


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 38
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] cried [07121] after [0310] the lad [05288], Make speed [04120], haste [02363], stay [05975] not. And Jonathan's [03083] lad [05288] gathered up [03950] the arrows [02671] [02678], and came [0935] to his master [0113].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 39
TEXT:
But the lad [05288] knew [03045] not any thing [03972]: only Jonathan [03083] and David [01732] knew [03045] the matter [01697].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 40
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] gave [05414] his artillery [03627] unto his lad [05288], and said [0559] unto him, Go [03212], carry [0935] them to the city [05892].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 41
TEXT:
And as soon as the lad [05288] was gone [0935], David [01732] arose [06965] out of a place toward [0681] the south [05045], and fell [05307] on his face [0639] to the ground [0776], and bowed [07812] himself three [07969] times [06471]: and they kissed [05401] one [0376] another [07453], and wept [01058] one [0376] with another [07453], until David [01732] exceeded [01431].


BK: 9
CH: 20
VS: 42
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to David [01732], Go [03212] in peace [07965], forasmuch as we have sworn [07650] both [08147] of us in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], The LORD [03068] be between me and thee, and between my seed [02233] and thy seed [02233] for [05704] ever [05769]. And he arose [06965] and departed [03212]: and Jonathan [03083] went [0935] into the city [05892].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then came [0935] David [01732] to Nob [05011] to Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548]: and Ahimelech [0288] was afraid [02729] at the meeting [07125] of David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man [0376] with thee?


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 2
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], The king [04428] hath commanded [06680] me a business [01697], and hath said [0559] unto me, Let no man [0376] know [03045] any thing [03972] of the business [01697] whereabout I send [07971] thee, and what I have commanded [06680] thee: and I have appointed [03045] my servants [05288] to such [06423] and such [0492] a place [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 3
TEXT:
Now therefore what is [03426] under thine hand [03027]? give [05414] me five [02568] loaves of bread [03899] in mine hand [03027], or what there is present [04672].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 4
TEXT:
And the priest [03548] answered [06030] David [01732], and said [0559], There is no common [02455] bread [03899] under mine hand [03027], but there is [03426] hallowed [06944] bread [03899]; if the young men [05288] have kept [08104] themselves at least [0389] from women [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] answered [06030] the priest [03548], and said [0559] unto him, Of a truth [0518] women [0802] have been kept [06113] from us about these three [08032] days [08543], since I came out [03318], and the vessels [03627] of the young men [05288] are holy [06944], and the bread is in a manner [01870] common [02455], yea, though it were sanctified [06942] this day [03117] in the vessel [03627].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 6
TEXT:
So the priest [03548] gave [05414] him hallowed [06944] bread: for there was no bread [03899] there but the shewbread [03899] [06440], that was taken [05493] from before [06440] the LORD [03068], to put [07760] hot [02527] bread [03899] in the day [03117] when it was taken away [03947].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 7
TEXT:
Now a certain man [0376] of the servants [05650] of Saul [07586] was there that day [03117], detained [06113] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and his name [08034] was Doeg [01673], an Edomite [0130], the chiefest [047] of the herdmen [07462] that belonged to Saul [07586].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 8
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288], And is there [03426] not [0371] here under thine hand [03027] spear [02595] or sword [02719]? for I have neither brought [03947] my sword [02719] nor my weapons [03627] with me [03027], because the king's [04428] business [01697] required [01961] haste [05169].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 9
TEXT:
And the priest [03548] said [0559], The sword [02719] of Goliath [01555] the Philistine [06430], whom thou slewest [05221] in the valley [06010] of Elah [0425], behold, it is here wrapped [03874] in a cloth [08071] behind [0310] the ephod [0646]: if thou wilt take [03947] that, take [03947] it: for there is no other [0312] save [02108] that here [02088]. And David [01732] said [0559], There is none like that; give [05414] it me.


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 10
TEXT:
And David [01732] arose [06965], and fled [01272] that day [03117] for fear [06440] of Saul [07586], and went [0935] to Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the servants [05650] of Achish [0397] said [0559] unto him, Is not this David [01732] the king [04428] of the land [0776]? did they not sing [06030] one to another of him [02088] in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] hath slain [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 12
TEXT:
And David [01732] laid up [07760] these words [01697] in his heart [03824], and was sore [03966] afraid [03372] of [06440] Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 13
TEXT:
And he changed [08138] his behaviour [02940] before [05869] them, and feigned himself mad [01984] in their hands [03027], and scrabbled [08427] on the doors [01817] of the gate [08179], and let his spittle [07388] fall down [03381] upon his beard [02206].


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 14
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Achish [0397] unto his servants [05650], Lo, ye see [07200] the man [0376] is mad [07696]: wherefore then have ye brought [0935] him to me?


BK: 9
CH: 21
VS: 15
TEXT:
Have I need [02638] of mad men [07696], that ye have brought [0935] this fellow to play the mad man [07696] in my presence? shall this fellow come [0935] into my house [01004]?


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 1
TEXT:
David [01732] therefore departed [03212] thence, and escaped [04422] to the cave [04631] Adullam [05725]: and when his brethren [0251] and all his father's [01] house [01004] heard [08085] it, they went down [03381] thither to him.


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 2
TEXT:
And every one [0376] that was in distress [04689], and every one [0376] that was in debt [05378], and every one [0376] that was discontented [04751] [05315], gathered [06908] themselves unto him; and he became a captain [08269] over them: and there were with him about four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 3
TEXT:
And David [01732] went [03212] thence to Mizpeh [04708] of Moab [04124]: and he said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Moab [04124], Let my father [01] and my mother [0517], I pray thee, come forth [03318], and be with you, till I know [03045] what God [0430] will do [06213] for me.


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 4
TEXT:
And he brought [05148] them before [06440] the king [04428] of Moab [04124]: and they dwelt [03427] with him all the while [03117] that David [01732] was in the hold [04686].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the prophet [05030] Gad [01410] said [0559] unto David [01732], Abide [03427] not in the hold [04686]; depart [03212], and get [0935] thee into the land [0776] of Judah [03063]. Then David [01732] departed [03212], and came [0935] into the forest [03293] of Hareth [02802].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 6
TEXT:
When Saul [07586] heard [08085] that David [01732] was discovered [03045], and the men [0582] that were with him, (now Saul [07586] abode [03427] in Gibeah [01390] under a tree [0815] in Ramah [07414], having his spear [02595] in his hand [03027], and all his servants [05650] were standing [05324] about him;)


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 7
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] said [0559] unto his servants [05650] that stood [05324] about him, Hear now [08085], ye Benjamites [01145]; will the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] give [05414] every one of you fields [07704] and vineyards [03754], and make [07760] you all captains [08269] of thousands [0505], and captains [08269] of hundreds [03967];


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 8
TEXT:
That all of you have conspired [07194] against me, and there is none that sheweth [01540] [0241] me that my son [01121] hath made a league [03772] with the son [01121] of Jesse [03448], and there is none of you that is sorry [02470] for me, or sheweth [01540] [0241] unto me that my son [01121] hath stirred up [06965] my servant [05650] against me, to lie in wait [0693], as at this day [03117]?


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 9
TEXT:
Then answered [06030] Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130], which was set [05324] over the servants [05650] of Saul [07586], and said [0559], I saw [07200] the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] coming [0935] to Nob [05011], to Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 10
TEXT:
And he enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068] for him, and gave [05414] him victuals [06720], and gave [05414] him the sword [02719] of Goliath [01555] the Philistine [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 11
TEXT:
Then the king [04428] sent [07971] to call [07121] Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], and all his father's [01] house [01004], the priests [03548] that were in Nob [05011]: and they came [0935] all of them to the king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Hear [08085] now, thou son [01121] of Ahitub [0285]. And he answered [0559], Here I am, my lord [0113].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto him, Why have ye conspired [07194] against me, thou and the son [01121] of Jesse [03448], in that thou hast given [05414] him bread [03899], and a sword [02719], and hast enquired [07592] of God [0430] for him, that he should rise [06965] against me, to lie in wait [0693], as at this day [03117]?


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 14
TEXT:
Then Ahimelech [0288] answered [06030] the king [04428], and said [0559], And who is so faithful [0539] among all thy servants [05650] as David [01732], which is the king's [04428] son in law [02860], and goeth [05493] at thy bidding [04928], and is honourable [03513] in thine house [01004]?


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 15
TEXT:
Did I then [03117] begin [02490] to enquire [07592] of God [0430] for him? be it far from me [02486]: let not the king [04428] impute [07760] any thing [01697] unto his servant [05650], nor to all the house [01004] of my father [01]: for thy servant [05650] knew [03045] nothing [01697] of all this, less [06996] or more [01419].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 16
TEXT:
And the king [04428] said [0559], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191], Ahimelech [0288], thou, and all thy father's [01] house [01004].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 17
TEXT:
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the footmen [07323] that stood [05324] about him, Turn [05437], and slay [04191] the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068]; because their hand [03027] also is with David [01732], and because they knew [03045] when he fled [01272], and did not shew [01540] [0241] it to me. But the servants [05650] of the king [04428] would [014] not put forth [07971] their hand [03027] to fall [06293] upon the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 18
TEXT:
And the king [04428] said [0559] to Doeg [01673], Turn [05437] thou, and fall [06293] upon the priests [03548]. And Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130] turned [05437], and he fell [06293] upon the priests [03548], and slew [04191] on that day [03117] fourscore [08084] and five [02568] persons [0376] that did wear [05375] a linen [0906] ephod [0646].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 19
TEXT:
And Nob [05011], the city [05892] of the priests [03548], smote [05221] he with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], both men [0376] and women [0802], children [05768] and sucklings [03243], and oxen [07794], and asses [02543], and sheep [07716], with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 20
TEXT:
And one [0259] of the sons [01121] of Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], named [08034] Abiathar [054], escaped [04422], and fled [01272] after [0310] David [01732].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Abiathar [054] shewed [05046] David [01732] that Saul [07586] had slain [02026] the LORD'S [03068] priests [03548].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 22
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Abiathar [054], I knew [03045] it that day [03117], when Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130] was there, that he would surely [05046] tell [05046] Saul [07586]: I have occasioned [05437] the death of all the persons [05315] of thy father's [01] house [01004].


BK: 9
CH: 22
VS: 23
TEXT:
Abide [03427] thou with me, fear [03372] not: for he that seeketh [01245] my life [05315] seeketh [01245] thy life [05315]: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard [04931].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then they told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Behold, the Philistines [06430] fight [03898] against Keilah [07084], and they rob [08154] the threshingfloors [01637].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 2
TEXT:
Therefore David [01732] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Shall I go [03212] and smite [05221] these Philistines [06430]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto David [01732], Go [03212], and smite [05221] the Philistines [06430], and save [03467] Keilah [07084].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 3
TEXT:
And David's [01732] men [0582] said [0559] unto him, Behold, we be afraid [03373] here in Judah [03063]: how much more then if we come [03212] to Keilah [07084] against the armies [04634] of the Philistines [06430]?


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then David [01732] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068] yet again [03254]. And the LORD [03068] answered [06030] him and said [0559], Arise [06965], go down [03381] to Keilah [07084]; for I will deliver [05414] the Philistines [06430] into thine hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 5
TEXT:
So David [01732] and his men [0582] went [03212] to Keilah [07084], and fought [03898] with the Philistines [06430], and brought away [05090] their cattle [04735], and smote [05221] them with a great [01419] slaughter [04347]. So David [01732] saved [03467] the inhabitants [03427] of Keilah [07084].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 6
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when Abiathar [054] the son [01121] of Ahimelech [0288] fled [01272] to David [01732] to Keilah [07084], that he came down [03381] with an ephod [0646] in his hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 7
TEXT:
And it was told [05046] Saul [07586] that David [01732] was come [0935] to Keilah [07084]. And Saul [07586] said [0559], God [0430] hath delivered [05234] him into mine hand [03027]; for he is shut in [05462], by entering [0935] into a town [05892] that hath gates [01817] and bars [01280].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 8
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] called [08085] all the people [05971] together [08085] to war [04421], to go down [03381] to Keilah [07084], to besiege [06696] David [01732] and his men [0582].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 9
TEXT:
And David [01732] knew [03045] that Saul [07586] secretly practised [02790] mischief [07451] against him; and he said [0559] to Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], Bring hither [05066] the ephod [0646].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 10
TEXT:
Then said [0559] David [01732], O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], thy servant [05650] hath certainly [08085] heard [08085] that Saul [07586] seeketh [01245] to come [0935] to Keilah [07084], to destroy [07843] the city [05892] for my sake.


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 11
TEXT:
Will the men [01167] of Keilah [07084] deliver me up [05462] into his hand [03027]? will Saul [07586] come down [03381], as thy servant [05650] hath heard [08085]? O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I beseech thee, tell [05046] thy servant [05650]. And the LORD [03068] said [0559], He will come down [03381].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 12
TEXT:
Then said [0559] David [01732], Will the men [01167] of Keilah [07084] deliver [05462] me and my men [0582] into the hand [03027] of Saul [07586]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559], They will deliver thee up [05462].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 13
TEXT:
Then David [01732] and his men [0582], which were about six [08337] hundred [03967] [0376], arose [06965] and departed [03318] out of Keilah [07084], and went [01980] whithersoever [0834] they could go [01980]. And it was told [05046] Saul [07586] that David [01732] was escaped [04422] from Keilah [07084]; and he forbare [02308] to go forth [03318].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 14
TEXT:
And David [01732] abode [03427] in the wilderness [04057] in strong holds [04679], and remained [03427] in a mountain [02022] in the wilderness [04057] of Ziph [02128]. And Saul [07586] sought [01245] him every day [03117], but God [0430] delivered [05414] him not into his hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 15
TEXT:
And David [01732] saw [07200] that Saul [07586] was come out [03318] to seek [01245] his life [05315]: and David [01732] was in the wilderness [04057] of Ziph [02128] in a wood [02793].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 16
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083] Saul's [07586] son [01121] arose [06965], and went [03212] to David [01732] into the wood [02793], and strengthened [02388] his hand [03027] in God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 17
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto him, Fear [03372] not: for the hand [03027] of Saul [07586] my father [01] shall not find [04672] thee; and thou shalt be king [04427] over Israel [03478], and I shall be next [04932] unto thee; and that also Saul [07586] my father [01] knoweth [03045].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 18
TEXT:
And they two [08147] made [03772] a covenant [01285] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and David [01732] abode [03427] in the wood [02793], and Jonathan [03083] went [01980] to his house [01004].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 19
TEXT:
Then came up [05927] the Ziphites [02130] to Saul [07586] to Gibeah [01390], saying [0559], Doth not David [01732] hide [05641] himself with us in strong holds [04679] in the wood [02793], in the hill [01389] of Hachilah [02444], which is on the south [03225] of Jeshimon [03452]?


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 20
TEXT:
Now therefore, O king [04428], come down [03381] according to all the desire [0185] of thy soul [05315] to come down [03381]; and our part shall be to deliver [05462] him into the king's [04428] hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Blessed [01288] be ye of the LORD [03068]; for ye have compassion [02550] on me.


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 22
TEXT:
Go [03212], I pray you, prepare [03559] yet, and know [03045] and see [07200] his place [04725] where his haunt [07272] is, and who hath seen [07200] him there: for it is told [0559] me  that he dealeth very [06191] subtilly [06191].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 23
TEXT:
See [07200] therefore, and take knowledge [03045] of all the lurking places [04224] where he hideth [02244] himself, and come ye again [07725] to me with the certainty [03559], and I will go [01980] with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be [03426] in the land [0776], that I will search [02664] him out throughout all the thousands [0505] of Judah [03063].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 24
TEXT:
And they arose [06965], and went [03212] to Ziph [02128] before [06440] Saul [07586]: but David [01732] and his men [0582] were in the wilderness [04057] of Maon [04584], in the plain [06160] on the south [03225] of Jeshimon [03452].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 25
TEXT:
Saul [07586] also and his men [0582] went [03212] to seek [01245] him. And they told [05046] David [01732]: wherefore he came down [03381] into a rock [05553], and abode [03427] in the wilderness [04057] of Maon [04584]. And when Saul [07586] heard [08085] that, he pursued [07291] after [0310] David [01732] in the wilderness [04057] of Maon [04584].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 26
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] went [03212] on this side [06654] of the mountain [02022], and David [01732] and his men [0582] on that side [06654] of the mountain [02022]: and David [01732] made haste [02648] to get away [03212] for fear [06440] of Saul [07586]; for Saul [07586] and his men [0582] compassed [05849] David [01732] and his men [0582] round about [05849] to take [08610] them.


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 27
TEXT:
But there came [0935] a messenger [04397] unto Saul [07586], saying [0559], Haste [04116] thee, and come [03212]; for the Philistines [06430] have invaded [06584] the land [0776].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 28
TEXT:
Wherefore Saul [07586] returned [07725] from pursuing [07291] after [0310] David [01732], and went [03212] against [07125] the Philistines [06430]: therefore they called [07121] that place [04725] Selahammahlekoth [05555].


BK: 9
CH: 23
VS: 29
TEXT:
And David [01732] went up [05927] from thence, and dwelt [03427] in strong holds [04679] at Engedi [05872].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 1
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when Saul [07586] was returned [07725] from following [0310] the Philistines [06430], that it was told [05046] him, saying [0559], Behold, David [01732] is in the wilderness [04057] of Engedi [05872].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 2
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] took [03947] three [07969] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376] out of all Israel [03478], and went [03212] to seek [01245] David [01732] and his men [0582] upon [06440] the rocks [06697] of the wild goats [03277].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 3
TEXT:
And he came [0935] to the sheepcotes [01448] [06629] by the way [01870], where was a cave [04631]; and Saul [07586] went in [0935] to cover [05526] his feet [07272]: and David [01732] and his men [0582] remained [03427] in the sides [03411] of the cave [04631].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 4
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of David [01732] said [0559] unto him, Behold the day [03117] of which the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto thee, Behold, I will deliver [05414] thine enemy [0341] into thine hand [03027], that thou mayest do [06213] to him as it shall seem good [03190] unto thee [05869]. Then David [01732] arose [06965], and cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of Saul's [07586] robe [04598] privily [03909].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 5
TEXT:
And it came to pass afterward [0310], that David's [01732] heart [03820] smote [05221] him, because he had cut off [03772] Saul's [07586] skirt [03671].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 6
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto his men [0582], The LORD [03068] forbid [02486] that I should do [06213] this thing [01697] unto my master [0113], the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899], to stretch forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against him, seeing he is the anointed [04899] of the LORD [03068].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 7
TEXT:
So David [01732] stayed [08156] his servants [0582] with these words [01697], and suffered [05414] them not to rise [06965] against Saul [07586]. But Saul [07586] rose up [06965] out of the cave [04631], and went [03212] on his way [01870].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 8
TEXT:
David [01732] also arose [06965] afterward, and went out [03318] of the cave [04631], and cried [07121] after [0310] Saul [07586], saying [0559], My lord [0113] the king [04428]. And when Saul [07586] looked [05027] behind [0310] him, David [01732] stooped [06915] with his face [0639] to the earth [0776], and bowed [07812] himself.


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 9
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Wherefore hearest [08085] thou men's [0120] words [01697], saying [0559], Behold, David [01732] seeketh [01245] thy hurt [07451]?


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 10
TEXT:
Behold, this day [03117] thine eyes [05869] have seen [07200] how that the LORD [03068] had delivered [05414] thee to day [03117] into mine hand [03027] in the cave [04631]: and some bade [0559] me kill [02026] thee: but mine eye spared [02347] thee; and I said [0559], I will not put forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against my lord [0113]; for he is the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 11
TEXT:
Moreover, my father [01], see [07200], yea, see [07200] the skirt [03671] of thy robe [04598] in my hand [03027]: for in that I cut off [03772] the skirt [03671] of thy robe [04598], and killed [02026] thee not, know [03045] thou and see [07200] that there is neither evil [07451] nor transgression [06588] in mine hand [03027], and I have not sinned [02398] against thee; yet thou huntest [06658] my soul [05315] to take [03947] it.


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 12
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] judge [08199] between me and thee, and the LORD [03068] avenge [05358] me of thee: but mine hand [03027] shall not be upon thee.


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 13
TEXT:
As saith [0559] the proverb [04912] of the ancients [06931], Wickedness [07562] proceedeth [03318] from the wicked [07563]: but mine hand [03027] shall not be upon thee.


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 14
TEXT:
After [0310] whom is the king [04428] of Israel [03478] come out [03318]? after [0310] whom dost thou pursue [07291]? after [0310] a dead [04191] dog [03611], after [0310] a [0259] flea [06550].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 15
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] therefore be judge [01781], and judge [08199] between me and thee, and see [07200], and plead [07378] my cause [07379], and deliver [08199] me out of thine hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 16
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when David [01732] had made an end [03615] of speaking [01696] these words [01697] unto Saul [07586], that Saul [07586] said [0559], Is this thy voice [06963], my son [01121] David [01732]? And Saul [07586] lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 17
TEXT:
And he said [0559] to David [01732], Thou art more righteous [06662] than I: for thou hast rewarded [01580] me good [02896], whereas I have rewarded [01580] thee evil [07451].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 18
TEXT:
And thou hast shewed [05046] this day [03117] how that thou hast dealt [06213] well [02896] with me: forasmuch as when the LORD [03068] had delivered [05462] me into thine hand [03027], thou killedst [02026] me not.


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 19
TEXT:
For if a man [0376] find [04672] his enemy [0341], will he let him go [07971] well [02896] away [01870]? wherefore the LORD [03068] reward [07999] thee good [02896] for that thou hast done [06213] unto me this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 20
TEXT:
And now, behold, I know well [03045] that thou shalt surely [04427] be king [04427], and that the kingdom [04467] of Israel [03478] shall be established [06965] in thine hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 21
TEXT:
Swear [07650] now therefore unto me by the LORD [03068], that thou wilt not [0518] cut off [03772] my seed [02233] after [0310] me, and that thou wilt not destroy [08045] my name [08034] out of my father's [01] house [01004].


BK: 9
CH: 24
VS: 22
TEXT:
And David [01732] sware [07650] unto Saul [07586]. And Saul [07586] went [03212] home [01004]; but David [01732] and his men [0582] gat them up [05927] unto the hold [04686].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 1
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] died [04191]; and all the Israelites [03478] were gathered together [06908], and lamented [05594] him, and buried [06912] him in his house [01004] at Ramah [07414]. And David [01732] arose [06965], and went down [03381] to the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 2
TEXT:
And there was a man [0376] in Maon [04584], whose possessions [04639] were in Carmel [03760]; and the man [0376] was very [03966] great [01419], and he had three [07969] thousand [0505] sheep [06629], and a thousand [0505] goats [05795]: and he was shearing [01494] his sheep [06629] in Carmel [03760].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 3
TEXT:
Now the name [08034] of the man [0376] was Nabal [05037]; and the name [08034] of his wife [0802] Abigail [026]: and she was a woman [0802] of good [02896] understanding [07922], and of a beautiful [03303] countenance [08389]: but the man [0376] was churlish [07186] and evil [07451] in his doings [04611]; and he was of the house of Caleb [03614].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 4
TEXT:
And David [01732] heard [08085] in the wilderness [04057] that Nabal [05037] did shear [01494] his sheep [06629].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] sent out [07971] ten [06235] young men [05288], and David [01732] said [0559] unto the young men [05288], Get you up [05927] to Carmel [03760], and go [0935] to Nabal [05037], and greet [07592] [07965] him in my name [08034]:


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 6
TEXT:
And thus shall ye say [0559] to him that liveth [02416] in prosperity, Peace [07965] be both to thee, and peace [07965] be to thine house [01004], and peace [07965] be unto all that thou hast.


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 7
TEXT:
And now I have heard [08085] that thou hast shearers [01494]: now thy shepherds [07462] which were with us, we hurt [03637] them not, neither was there ought [03972] missing [06485] unto them, all the while [03117] they were in Carmel [03760].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 8
TEXT:
Ask [07592] thy young men [05288], and they will shew [05046] thee. Wherefore let the young men [05288] find [04672] favour [02580] in thine eyes [05869]: for we come [0935] in a good [02896] day [03117]: give [05414], I pray thee, whatsoever cometh [04672] to thine hand [03027] unto thy servants [05650], and to thy son [01121] David [01732].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 9
TEXT:
And when David's [01732] young men [05288] came [0935], they spake [01696] to Nabal [05037] according to all those words [01697] in the name [08034] of David [01732], and ceased [05117].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 10
TEXT:
And Nabal [05037] answered [06030] David's [01732] servants [05650], and said [0559], Who is David [01732]? and who is the son [01121] of Jesse [03448]? there be many [07231] servants [05650] now a days [03117] that break away [06555] every man [0376] from [06440] his master [0113].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 11
TEXT:
Shall I then take [03947] my bread [03899], and my water [04325], and my flesh [02878] that I have killed [02873] for my shearers [01494], and give [05414] it unto men [0582], whom I know [03045] not whence they be?


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 12
TEXT:
So David's [01732] young men [05288] turned [02015] their way [01870], and went again [07725], and came [0935] and told [05046] him all those sayings [01697].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 13
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto his men [0582], Gird ye on [02296] every man [0376] his sword [02719]. And they girded on [02296] every man [0376] his sword [02719]; and David [01732] also girded on [02296] his sword [02719]: and there went up [05927] after [0310] David [01732] about four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376]; and two hundred [03967] abode [03427] by the stuff [03627].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 14
TEXT:
But one [0259] of the young men [05288] told [05046] Abigail [026], Nabal's [05037] wife [0802], saying [0559], Behold, David [01732] sent [07971] messengers [04397] out of the wilderness [04057] to salute [01288] our master [0113]; and he railed [05860] on them.


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 15
TEXT:
But the men [0582] were very [03966] good [02896] unto us, and we were not hurt [03637], neither missed [06485] we any thing [03972], as long as [03117] we were conversant [01980] with them, when we were in the fields [07704]:


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 16
TEXT:
They were a wall [02346] unto us both by night [03915] and day [03119], all the while [03117] we were with them keeping [07462] the sheep [06629].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 17
TEXT:
Now therefore know [03045] and consider [07200] what thou wilt do [06213]; for evil [07451] is determined [03615] against our master [0113], and against all his household [01004]: for he is such a son [01121] of Belial [01100], that a man cannot speak [01696] to him.


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 18
TEXT:
Then Abigail [026] made haste [04116], and took [03947] two hundred [03967] loaves [03899], and two [08147] bottles [05035] of wine [03196], and five [02568] sheep [06629] ready dressed [06213], and five [02568] measures [05429] of parched [07039] corn, and an hundred [03967] clusters of raisins [06778], and two hundred [03967] cakes [01690] of figs, and laid [07760] them on asses [02543].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 19
TEXT:
And she said [0559] unto her servants [05288], Go on [05674] before [06440] me; behold, I come [0935] after [0310] you. But she told [05046] not her husband [0376] Nabal [05037].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 20
TEXT:
And it was so, as she rode [07392] on the ass [02543], that she came down [03381] by the covert [05643] of the hill [02022], and, behold, David [01732] and his men [0582] came down [03381] against [07125] her; and she met [06298] them.


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 21
TEXT:
Now David [01732] had said [0559], Surely in vain [08267] have I kept [08104] all that this [02088] fellow hath in the wilderness [04057], so that nothing [03972] was missed [06485] of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited [07725] me evil [07451] for good [02896].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 22
TEXT:
So [03541] and more [03254] also do [06213] God [0430] unto the enemies [0341] of David [01732], if I leave [07604] of all that pertain to him by [05704] the morning [01242] light [0216] any that pisseth [08366] against the wall [07023].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 23
TEXT:
And when Abigail [026] saw [07200] David [01732], she hasted [04116], and lighted off [03381] the ass [02543], and fell [05307] before [0639] David [01732] on her face [06440], and bowed [07812] herself to the ground [0776],


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 24
TEXT:
And fell [05307] at his feet [07272], and said [0559], Upon me, my lord [0113], upon me let this iniquity [05771] be: and let thine handmaid [0519], I pray thee, speak [01696] in thine audience [0241], and hear [08085] the words [01697] of thine handmaid [0589].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 25
TEXT:
Let [07760] not my lord [0113], I pray thee, regard [03820] this man [0376] of Belial [01100], even Nabal [05037]: for as his name [08034] is, so is he; Nabal [05037] is his name [08034], and folly [05039] is with him: but I thine handmaid [0519] saw [07200] not the young men [05288] of my lord [0113], whom thou didst send [07971].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 26
TEXT:
Now therefore, my lord [0113], as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], and as thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], seeing the LORD [03068] hath withholden [04513] thee from coming [0935] to shed blood [01818], and from avenging [03467] thyself with thine own hand [03027], now let thine enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] evil [07451] to my lord [0113], be as Nabal [05037].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 27
TEXT:
And now this blessing [01293] which thine handmaid [08198] hath brought [0935] unto my lord [0113], let it even be given [05414] unto the young men [05288] that follow [01980] [07272] my lord [0113].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 28
TEXT:
I pray thee, forgive [05375] the trespass [06588] of thine handmaid [0519]: for the LORD [03068] will certainly [06213] make [06213] my lord [0113] a sure [0539] house [01004]; because my lord [0113] fighteth [03898] the battles [04421] of the LORD [03068], and evil [07451] hath not been found [04672] in thee all thy days [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 29
TEXT:
Yet a man [0120] is risen [06965] to pursue [07291] thee, and to seek [01245] thy soul [05315]: but the soul [05315] of my lord [0113] shall be bound [06887] in the bundle [06872] of life [02416] with the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]; and the souls [05315] of thine enemies [0341], them shall he sling out [07049], as out of the middle [08432] [03709] of a sling [07050].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 30
TEXT:
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD [03068] shall have done [06213] to my lord [0113] according to all the good [02896] that he hath spoken [01696] concerning thee, and shall have appointed [06680] thee ruler [05057] over Israel [03478];


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 31
TEXT:
That this shall be no grief [06330] unto thee, nor offence [04383] of heart [03820] unto my lord [0113], either that thou hast shed [08210] blood [01818] causeless [02600], or that my lord [0113] hath avenged [03467] himself: but when the LORD [03068] shall have dealt well [03190] with my lord [0113], then remember [02142] thine handmaid [0519].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 32
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Abigail [026], Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], which sent [07971] thee this day [03117] to meet [07125] me:


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 33
TEXT:
And blessed [01288] be thy advice [02940], and blessed [01288] be thou, which hast kept [03607] me this day [03117] from coming [0935] to shed blood [01818], and from avenging [03467] myself with mine own hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 34
TEXT:
For in very deed [0199], as the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] liveth [02416], which hath kept me back [04513] from hurting [07489] thee, except [03884] thou hadst hasted [04116] and come [0935] to meet [07125] me, surely there had not been left [03498] unto Nabal [05037] by the morning [01242] light [0216] any that pisseth [08366] against the wall [07023].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 35
TEXT:
So David [01732] received [03947] of her hand [03027] that which she had brought [0935] him, and said [0559] unto her, Go up [05927] in peace [07965] to thine house [01004]; see [07200], I have hearkened [08085] to thy voice [06963], and have accepted [05375] thy person [06440].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 36
TEXT:
And Abigail [026] came [0935] to Nabal [05037]; and, behold, he held a feast [04960] in his house [01004], like the feast [04960] of a king [04428]; and Nabal's [05037] heart [03820] was merry [02896] within him, for he  was very [03966] drunken [07910]: wherefore she told [05046] him nothing [01697], less [06996] or more [01419], until the morning [01242] light [0216].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 37
TEXT:
But it came to pass in the morning [01242], when the wine [03196] was gone out [03318] of Nabal [05037], and his wife [0802] had told [05046] him these things [01697], that his heart [03820] died [04191] within [07130] him, and he became as a stone [068].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 38
TEXT:
And it came to pass about ten [06235] days [03117] after, that the LORD [03068] smote [05062] Nabal [05037], that he died [04191].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 39
TEXT:
And when David [01732] heard [08085] that Nabal [05037] was dead [04191], he said [0559], Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068], that hath pleaded [07378] the cause [07379] of my reproach [02781] from the hand [03027] of Nabal [05037], and hath kept [02820] his servant [05650] from evil [07451]: for the LORD [03068] hath returned [07725] the wickedness [07451] of Nabal [05037] upon his own head [07218]. And David [01732] sent [07971] and communed [01696] with Abigail [026], to take [03947] her to him to wife [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 40
TEXT:
And when the servants [05650] of David [01732] were come [0935] to Abigail [026] to Carmel [03760], they spake [01696] unto her, saying [0559], David [01732] sent [07971] us unto thee, to take [03947] thee to him to wife [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 41
TEXT:
And she arose [06965], and bowed [07812] herself on her face [0639] to the earth [0776], and said [0559], Behold, let thine handmaid [0519] be a servant [08198] to wash [07364] the feet [07272] of the servants [05650] of my lord [0113].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 42
TEXT:
And Abigail [026] hasted [04116], and arose [06965], and rode [07392] upon an ass [02543], with five [02568] damsels [05291] of hers that went [01980] after [07272] her; and she went [03212] after [0310] the messengers [04397] of David [01732], and became his wife [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 43
TEXT:
David [01732] also took [03947] Ahinoam [0293] of Jezreel [03157]; and they were also both [08147] of them his wives [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 25
VS: 44
TEXT:
But Saul [07586] had given [05414] Michal [04324] his daughter [01323], David's [01732] wife [0802], to Phalti [06406] the son [01121] of Laish [03919], which was of Gallim [01554].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 1
TEXT:
And the Ziphites [02130] came [0935] unto Saul [07586] to Gibeah [01390], saying [0559], Doth not David [01732] hide [05641] himself in the hill [01389] of Hachilah [02444], which is before [06440] Jeshimon [03452]?


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 2
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] arose [06965], and went down [03381] to the wilderness [04057] of Ziph [02128], having three [07969] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376] of Israel [03478] with him, to seek [01245] David [01732] in the wilderness [04057] of Ziph [02128].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 3
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] pitched [02583] in the hill [01389] of Hachilah [02444], which is before [06440] Jeshimon [03452], by the way [01870]. But David [01732] abode [03427] in the wilderness [04057], and he saw [07200] that Saul [07586] came [0935] after [0310] him into the wilderness [04057].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 4
TEXT:
David [01732] therefore sent out [07971] spies [07270], and understood [03045] that Saul [07586] was come [0935] in very deed [03559].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] arose [06965], and came [0935] to the place [04725] where Saul [07586] had pitched [02583]: and David [01732] beheld [07200] the place [04725] where Saul [07586] lay [07901], and Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], the captain [08269] of his host [06635]: and Saul [07586] lay [07901] in the trench [04570], and the people [05971] pitched [02583] round about [05439] him.


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 6
TEXT:
Then answered [06030] David [01732] and said [0559] to Ahimelech [0288] the Hittite [02850], and to Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], brother [0251] to Joab [03097], saying [0559], Who will go down [03381] with me to Saul [07586] to the camp [04264]? And Abishai [052] said [0559], I will go down [03381] with thee.


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 7
TEXT:
So David [01732] and Abishai [052] came [0935] to the people [05971] by night [03915]: and, behold, Saul [07586] lay [07901] sleeping [03463] within the trench [04570], and his spear [02595] stuck [04600] in the ground [0776] at his bolster [04763]: but Abner [074] and the people [05971] lay [07901] round about [05439] him.


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Abishai [052] to David [01732], God [0430] hath delivered [05462] thine enemy [0341] into thine hand [03027] this day [03117]: now therefore let me smite [05221] him, I pray thee, with the spear [02595] even to the earth [0776] at once [06471] [0259], and I will not smite him the second time [08138].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 9
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Abishai [052], Destroy [07843] him not: for who can stretch forth [07971] his hand [03027] against the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899], and be guiltless [05352]?


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 10
TEXT:
David [01732] said [0559] furthermore, As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], the LORD [03068] shall smite [05062] him; or his day [03117] shall come [0935] to die [04191]; or he shall descend [03381] into battle [04421], and perish [05595].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 11
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] forbid [02486] that I should stretch forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899]: but, I pray thee, take [03947] thou now the spear [02595] that is at his bolster [04763], and the cruse [06835] of water [04325], and let us go [03212].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 12
TEXT:
So David [01732] took [03947] the spear [02595] and the cruse [06835] of water [04325] from Saul's [07586] bolster [07226]; and they gat them away [03212], and no man saw [07200] it, nor knew [03045]  it, neither awaked [06974]: for they were all asleep [03463]; because a deep sleep [08639] from the LORD [03068] was fallen [05307] upon them.


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 13
TEXT:
Then David [01732] went over [05674] to the other side [05676], and stood [05975] on the top [07218] of an hill [02022] afar off [07350]; a great [07227] space [04725] being between them:


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 14
TEXT:
And David [01732] cried [07121] to the people [05971], and to Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], saying [0559], Answerest [06030] thou not, Abner [074]? Then Abner [074] answered [06030] and said [0559], Who art thou that criest [07121] to the king [04428]?


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 15
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Abner [074], Art not thou a valiant man [0376]? and who is like to thee in Israel [03478]? wherefore then hast thou not kept [08104] thy lord [0113] the king [04428]? for there came [0935] one [0259] of the people [05971] in to destroy [07843] the king [04428] thy lord [0113].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 16
TEXT:
This thing [01697] is not good [02896] that thou hast done [06213]. As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], ye are worthy [01121] to die [04194], because ye have not kept [08104] your master [0113], the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899]. And now see [07200] where the king's [04428] spear [02595] is, and the cruse [06835] of water [04325] that was at his bolster [04763].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] knew [05234] David's [01732] voice [06963], and said [0559], Is this thy voice [06963], my son [01121] David [01732]? And David [01732] said [0559], It is my voice [06963], my lord [0113], O king [04428].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 18
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Wherefore doth my lord [0113] thus pursue [07291] after [0310] his servant [05650]? for what have I done [06213]? or what evil [07451] is in mine hand [03027]?


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 19
TEXT:
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord [0113] the king [04428] hear [08085] the words [01697] of his servant [05650]. If the LORD [03068] have stirred thee up [05496] against me, let him accept [07306] an offering [04503]: but if they be the children [01121] of men [0120], cursed [0779] be they before [06440] the LORD [03068]; for they have driven [01644] me out this day [03117] from abiding [05596] in the inheritance [05159] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Go [03212], serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 20
TEXT:
Now therefore, let not my blood [01818] fall [05307] to the earth [0776] before the face [06440] of the LORD [03068]: for the king [04428] of Israel [03478] is come out [03318] to seek [01245] a [0259] flea [06550], as when one doth hunt [07291] a partridge [07124] in the mountains [02022].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 21
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Saul [07586], I have sinned [02398]: return [07725], my son [01121] David [01732]: for I will no more do thee harm [07489], because my soul [05315] was precious [03365] in thine eyes [05869] this day [03117]: behold, I have played the fool [05528], and have erred [07686] exceedingly [07235] [03966].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 22
TEXT:
And David [01732] answered [06030] and said [0559], Behold the king's [04428] spear [02595]! and let one [0259] of the young men [05288] come over [05674] and fetch [03947] it.


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 23
TEXT:
The LORD [03068] render [07725] to every man [0376] his righteousness [06666] and his faithfulness [0530]: for the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] thee into my hand [03027] to day [03117], but I would [014] not stretch forth [07971] mine hand [03027] against the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 24
TEXT:
And, behold, as thy life [05315] was much set by [01431] this day [03117] in mine eyes [05869], so let my life [05315] be much set by [01431] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068], and let him deliver [05337] me out of all tribulation [06869].


BK: 9
CH: 26
VS: 25
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] said [0559] to David [01732], Blessed [01288] be thou, my son [01121] David [01732]: thou shalt both do [06213] great [06213] things, and also shalt still [03201] prevail [03201]. So David [01732] went [03212] on his way [01870], and Saul [07586] returned [07725] to his place [04725].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 1
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] in his heart [03820], I shall now perish [05595] one [0259] day [03117] by the hand [03027] of Saul [07586]: there is nothing better [02896] for me than that [03588] I should speedily [04422] escape [04422] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]; and Saul [07586] shall despair [02976] of me, to seek [01245] me any more in any coast [01366] of Israel [03478]: so shall I escape [04422] out of his hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 2
TEXT:
And David [01732] arose [06965], and he passed over [05674] with the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him unto Achish [0397], the son [01121] of Maoch [04582], king [04428] of Gath [01661].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 3
TEXT:
And David [01732] dwelt [03427] with Achish [0397] at Gath [01661], he and his men [0582], every man [0376] with his household [01004], even David [01732] with his two [08147] wives [0802], Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159], and Abigail [026] the Carmelitess [03762], Nabal's [05037] wife [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 4
TEXT:
And it was told [05046] Saul [07586] that David [01732] was fled [01272] to Gath [01661]: and he sought [01245] no more again [03254] [03254] for him.


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], If I have now found [04672] grace [02580] in thine eyes [05869], let them give [05414] me a place [04725] in some [0259] town [05892] in the country [07704], that I may dwell [03427] there: for why should thy servant [05650] dwell [03427] in the royal [04467] city [05892] with thee?


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 6
TEXT:
Then Achish [0397] gave [05414] him Ziklag [06860] that day [03117]: wherefore Ziklag [06860] pertaineth unto the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] unto this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 7
TEXT:
And the time [04557] [03117] that David [01732] dwelt [03427] in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430] was a full year [03117] and four [0702] months [02320].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 8
TEXT:
And David [01732] and his men [0582] went up [05927], and invaded [06584] the Geshurites [01651], and the Gezrites [01511], and the Amalekites [06003]: for those [02007] nations were of old [05769] the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], as thou goest [0935] to Shur [07793], even unto the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 9
TEXT:
And David [01732] smote [05221] the land [0776], and left neither man [0376] nor woman [0802] alive [02421], and took away [03947] the sheep [06629], and the oxen [01241], and the asses [02543], and the camels [01581], and the apparel [0899], and returned [07725], and came [0935] to Achish [0397].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 10
TEXT:
And Achish [0397] said [0559], Whither [0408] have ye made a road [06584] to day [03117]? And David [01732] said [0559], Against the south [05045] of Judah [03063], and against the south [05045] of the Jerahmeelites [03397], and against the south [05045] of the Kenites [07017].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 11
TEXT:
And David [01732] saved [02421] neither man [0376] nor woman [0802] alive [02421], to bring [0935] tidings to Gath [01661], saying [0559], Lest they should tell [05046] on us, saying [0559], So did [06213] David [01732], and so will be his manner [04941] all the while [03117] he dwelleth [03427] in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 27
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Achish [0397] believed [0539] David [01732], saying [0559], He hath made his people [05971] Israel [03478] utterly [0887] to abhor [0887] him; therefore he shall be my servant [05650] for ever [05769].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 1
TEXT:
And it came to pass in those days [03117], that the Philistines [06430] gathered [06908] their armies [04264] together [06908] for warfare [06635], to fight [03898] with Israel [03478]. And Achish [0397] said [0559] unto David [01732], Know [03045] thou assuredly [03045], that thou shalt go out [03318] with me to battle [04264], thou and thy men [0582].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 2
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Achish [0397], Surely [03651] thou shalt know [03045] what thy servant [05650] can do [06213]. And Achish [0397] said [0559] to David [01732], Therefore will I make [07760] thee keeper [08104] of mine head [07218] for ever [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 3
TEXT:
Now Samuel [08050] was dead [04191], and all Israel [03478] had lamented [05594] him, and buried [06912] him in Ramah [07414], even in his own city [05892]. And Saul [07586] had put away [05493] those that had familiar spirits [0178], and the wizards [03049], out of the land [0776].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 4
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] gathered themselves together [06908], and came [0935] and pitched [02583] in Shunem [07766]: and Saul [07586] gathered [06908] all Israel [03478] together [06908], and they pitched [02583] in Gilboa [01533].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 5
TEXT:
And when Saul [07586] saw [07200] the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430], he was afraid [03372], and his heart [03820] greatly [03966] trembled [02729].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 6
TEXT:
And when Saul [07586] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068], the LORD [03068] answered [06030] him not, neither by dreams [02472], nor by Urim [0224], nor by prophets [05030].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 7
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Saul [07586] unto his servants [05650], Seek [01245] me a woman [0802] that hath [01172] a familiar spirit [0178], that I may go [03212] to her, and enquire [01875] of her. And his servants [05650] said [0559] to him, Behold, there is a woman [0802] that hath [01172] a familiar spirit [0178] at Endor [05874].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 8
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] disguised [02664] himself, and put on [03847] other [0312] raiment [0899], and he went [03212], and two [08147] men [0582] with him, and they came [0935] to the woman [0802] by night [03915]: and he said [0559], I pray thee, divine [07080] unto me by the familiar spirit [0178], and bring me him up [05927], whom I shall name [0559] unto thee.


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 9
TEXT:
And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto him, Behold, thou knowest [03045] what Saul [07586] hath done [06213], how he hath cut off [03772] those that have familiar spirits [0178], and the wizards [03049], out of the land [0776]: wherefore then layest thou a snare [05367] for my life [05315], to cause me to die [04191]?


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 10
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] sware [07650] to her by the LORD [03068], saying [0559], As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], there shall [0518] no punishment [05771] happen [07136] to thee for this thing [01697].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 11
TEXT:
Then said [0559] the woman [0802], Whom shall I bring up [05927] unto thee? And he said [0559], Bring me up [05927] Samuel [08050].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 12
TEXT:
And when the woman [0802] saw [07200] Samuel [08050], she cried [02199] with a loud [01419] voice [06963]: and the woman [0802] spake [0559] to Saul [07586], saying [0559], Why hast thou deceived [07411] me? for thou art Saul [07586].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 13
TEXT:
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto her, Be not afraid [03372]: for what sawest [07200] thou? And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I saw [07200] gods [0430] ascending [05927] out of the earth [0776].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 14
TEXT:
And he said [0559] unto her, What form [08389] is he of? And she said [0559], An old [02205] man [0376] cometh up [05927]; and he is covered [05844] with a mantle [04598]. And Saul [07586] perceived [03045] that it was Samuel [08050], and he stooped [06915] with his face [0639] to the ground [0776], and bowed [07812] himself.


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Why hast thou disquieted [07264] me, to bring me up [05927]? And Saul [07586] answered [0559], I am sore [03966] distressed [06887]; for the Philistines [06430] make war [03898] against me, and God [0430] is departed [05493] from me, and answereth [06030] me no more, neither by [03027] prophets [05030], nor by dreams [02472]: therefore I have called [07121] thee, that thou mayest make known [03045] unto me what I shall do [06213].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 16
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Samuel [08050], Wherefore then dost thou ask [07592] of me, seeing the LORD [03068] is departed [05493] from thee, and is become thine enemy [06145]?


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 17
TEXT:
And the LORD [03068] hath done [06213] to him, as he spake [01696] by me [03027]: for the LORD [03068] hath rent [07167] the kingdom [04467] out of thine hand [03027], and given [05414] it to thy neighbour [07453], even to David [01732]:


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 18
TEXT:
Because [0834] thou obeyedst [08085] not the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], nor executedst [06213] his fierce [02740] wrath [0639] upon Amalek [06002], therefore hath the LORD [03068] done [06213] this thing [01697] unto thee this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 19
TEXT:
Moreover the LORD [03068] will also deliver [05414] Israel [03478] with thee into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430]: and to morrow [04279] shalt thou and thy sons [01121] be with me: the LORD [03068] also shall deliver [05414] the host [04264] of Israel [03478] into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 20
TEXT:
Then Saul [07586] fell [05307] straightway [04116] all [04393] along [06967] on the earth [0776], and was sore [03966] afraid [03372], because of the words [01697] of Samuel [08050]: and there was no strength [03581] in him; for he had eaten [0398] no bread [03899] all the day [03117], nor all the night [03915].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 21
TEXT:
And the woman [0802] came [0935] unto Saul [07586], and saw [07200] that he was sore [03966] troubled [0926], and said [0559] unto him, Behold, thine handmaid [08198] hath obeyed [08085] thy voice [06963], and I have put [07760] my life [05315] in my hand [03709], and have hearkened [08085] unto thy words [01697] which thou spakest [01696] unto me.


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 22
TEXT:
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken [08085] thou also unto the voice [06963] of thine handmaid [08198], and let me set [07760] a morsel [06595] of bread [03899] before [06440] thee; and eat [0398], that thou mayest have strength [03581], when thou goest [03212] on thy way [01870].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 23
TEXT:
But he refused [03985], and said [0559], I will not eat [0398]. But his servants [05650], together with the woman [0802], compelled [06555] him; and he hearkened [08085] unto their voice [06963]. So he arose [06965] from the earth [0776], and sat [03427] upon the bed [04296].


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 24
TEXT:
And the woman [0802] had a fat [04770] calf [05695] in the house [01004]; and she hasted [04116], and killed [02076] it, and took [03947] flour [07058], and kneaded [03888] it, and did bake [0644] unleavened bread [04682] thereof:


BK: 9
CH: 28
VS: 25
TEXT:
And she brought [05066] it before [06440] Saul [07586], and before [06440] his servants [05650]; and they did eat [0398]. Then they rose up [06965], and went away [03212] that night [03915].


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now the Philistines [06430] gathered together [06908] all their armies [04264] to Aphek [0663]: and the Israelites [03478] pitched [02583] by a fountain [05869] which is in Jezreel [03157].


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] passed on [05674] by hundreds [03967], and by thousands [0505]: but David [01732] and his men [0582] passed on [05674] in the rereward [0314] with Achish [0397].


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 3
TEXT:
Then said [0559] the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], What do these Hebrews [05680] here? And Achish [0397] said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], Is not this David [01732], the servant [05650] of Saul [07586] the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which hath been with me these days [03117], or these years [08141], and I have found [04672] no fault [03972] in him since [03117] he fell [05307]  unto me unto this day [03117]?


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 4
TEXT:
And the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] were wroth [07107] with him; and the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] said [0559] unto him, Make [07725] this fellow [0376] return [07725], that he may go again [07725] to his place [04725] which thou hast appointed [06485] him, and let him not go down [03381] with us to battle [04421], lest in the battle [04421] he be an adversary [07854] to us: for wherewith should he reconcile [07521] himself unto his master [0113]? should it not be with the heads [07218] of these men [0582]?


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 5
TEXT:
Is not this David [01732], of whom they sang [06030] one to another in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] slew [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 6
TEXT:
Then Achish [0397] called [07121] David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Surely, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], thou hast been upright [03477], and thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] with me in the host [04264] is good [02896] in my sight [05869]: for I have not found [04672] evil [07451] in thee since the day [03117] of thy coming [0935] unto me unto this day [03117]: nevertheless the lords [05633] favour [02896] thee not [05869].


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 7
TEXT:
Wherefore now return [07725], and go [03212] in peace [07965], that thou displease [06213] [07451] [05869] not the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 8
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], But what have I done [06213]? and what hast thou found [04672] in thy servant [05650] so long as [03117] I have been with thee [06440] unto this day [03117], that I may not go [0935] fight [03898] against the enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428]?


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 9
TEXT:
And Achish [0397] answered [06030] and said [0559] to David [01732], I know [03045] that thou art good [02896] in my sight [05869], as an angel [04397] of God [0430]: notwithstanding the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] have said [0559], He shall not go up [05927] with us to the battle [04421].


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 10
TEXT:
Wherefore now rise up early [07925] in the morning [01242] with thy master's [0113] servants [05650] that are come [0935] with thee: and as soon as ye be up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and have light [0215], depart [03212].


BK: 9
CH: 29
VS: 11
TEXT:
So David [01732] and his men [0582] rose up early [07925] to depart [03212] in the morning [01242], to return [07725] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]. And the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] to Jezreel [03157].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 1
TEXT:
And it came to pass, when David [01732] and his men [0582] were come [0935] to Ziklag [06860] on the third [07992] day [03117], that the Amalekites [06003] had invaded [06584] the south [05045], and Ziklag [06860], and smitten [05221] Ziklag [06860], and burned [08313] it with fire [0784];


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 2
TEXT:
And had taken the women [0802] captives [07617], that were therein: they slew [04191] not any [0376], either great [01419] or small [06996], but carried them away [05090], and went [03212] on their way [01870].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 3
TEXT:
So David [01732] and his men [0582] came [0935] to the city [05892], and, behold, it was burned [08313] with fire [0784]; and their wives [0802], and their sons [01121], and their daughters [01323], were taken captives [07617].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then David [01732] and the people [05971] that were with him lifted up [05375] their voice [06963] and wept [01058], until they had no more power [03581] to weep [01058].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David's [01732] two [08147] wives [0802] were taken captives [07617], Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159], and Abigail [026] the wife [0802] of Nabal [05037] the Carmelite [03761].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 6
TEXT:
And David [01732] was greatly [03966] distressed [03334]; for the people [05971] spake [0559] of stoning [05619] him, because the soul [05315] of all the people [05971] was grieved [04843], every man [0376] for his sons [01121] and for his daughters [01323]: but David [01732] encouraged [02388] himself in the LORD [03068] his God [0430].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 7
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], Ahimelech's [0288] son [01121], I pray thee, bring me hither [05066] the ephod [0646]. And Abiathar [054] brought [05066] thither the ephod [0646] to David [01732].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 8
TEXT:
And David [01732] enquired [07592] at the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Shall I pursue [07291] after [0310] this troop [01416]? shall I overtake [05381] them? And he answered [0559] him, Pursue [07291]: for thou shalt surely [05381] overtake [05381] them, and without fail [05337] recover [05337] all.


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 9
TEXT:
So David [01732] went [03212], he and the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him, and came [0935] to the brook [05158] Besor [01308], where those that were left behind [03498] stayed [05975].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 10
TEXT:
But David [01732] pursued [07291], he and four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376]: for two hundred [03967] abode behind [05975], which were so faint [06296] that they could not go over [05674] the brook [05158] Besor [01308].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 11
TEXT:
And they found [04672] an Egyptian [0376] [04713] in the field [07704], and brought [03947] him to David [01732], and gave [05414] him bread [03899], and he did eat [0398]; and they made him drink [08248] water [04325];


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 12
TEXT:
And they gave [05414] him a piece [06400] of a cake [01690] of figs, and two [08147] clusters of raisins [06778]: and when he had eaten [0398], his spirit [07307] came again [07725] to him: for he had eaten [0398] no bread [03899], nor drunk [08354] any water [04325], three [07969] days [03117] and three [07969] nights [03915].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 13
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said [0559], I am a young man [05288] of Egypt [04713], servant [05650] to an Amalekite [0376] [06003]; and my master [0113] left [05800] me, because three [07969] days [03117] agone I fell sick [02470].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 14
TEXT:
We made an invasion [06584] upon the south [05045] of the Cherethites [03774], and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah [03063], and upon the south [05045] of Caleb [03612]; and we burned [08313] Ziklag [06860] with fire [0784].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 15
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to him, Canst thou bring me down [03381] to this company [01416]? And he said [0559], Swear [07650] unto me by God [0430], that thou wilt neither kill [04191] me, nor [0518] deliver [05462] me into the hands [03027] of my master [0113], and I will bring thee down [03381] to this company [01416].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 16
TEXT:
And when he had brought him down [03381], behold, they were spread abroad [05203] upon all [06440] the earth [0776], eating [0398] and drinking [08354], and dancing [02287], because of all the great [01419] spoil [07998] that they had taken [03947] out of the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430], and out of the land [0776] of Judah [03063].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 17
TEXT:
And David [01732] smote [05221] them from the twilight [05399] even unto the evening [06153] of the next day [04283]: and there escaped [04422] not a man [0376] of them, save four [0702] hundred [03967] young [05288] men [0376], which rode [07392] upon camels [01581], and fled [05127].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 18
TEXT:
And David [01732] recovered [05337] all that the Amalekites [06002] had carried away [03947]: and David [01732] rescued [05337] his two [08147] wives [0802].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 19
TEXT:
And there was nothing lacking [05737] to them, neither [04480] small [06996] nor great [01419], neither sons [01121] nor daughters [01323], neither spoil [07998], nor any thing that they had taken [03947] to them: David [01732] recovered [07725] all.


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 20
TEXT:
And David [01732] took [03947] all the flocks [06629] and the herds [01241], which they drave [05090] before [06440] those [01931] other cattle [04735], and said [0559], This is David's [01732] spoil [07998].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 21
TEXT:
And David [01732] came [0935] to the two hundred [03967] men [0582], which were so faint [06296] that they could not follow [03212] [0310] David [01732], whom they had made also to abide [03427] at the brook [05158] Besor [01308]: and they went forth [03318] to meet [07125] David [01732], and to meet [07125] the people [05971] that were with him: and when David [01732] came near [05066] to the people [05971], he saluted [07592] [07965] them.


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 22
TEXT:
Then answered [06030] all the wicked [07451] men [0376] and men of Belial [01100], of those [0582] that went [01980] with David [01732], and said [0559], Because they went [01980] not with us, we will not give [05414] them ought of the spoil [07998] that we have recovered [05337], save to every man [0376] his wife [0802] and his children [01121], that they may lead them away [05090], and depart [03212].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 23
TEXT:
Then said [0559] David [01732], Ye shall not do so [06213], my brethren [0251], with that which the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] us, who hath preserved [08104] us, and delivered [05414] the company [01416] that came [0935] against us into our hand [03027].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 24
TEXT:
For who will hearken [08085] unto you in this matter [01697]? but as his part [02506] is that goeth down [03381] [03381] to the battle [04421], so shall his part [02506] be that tarrieth [03427] by the stuff [03627]: they shall part [02505] alike [03162].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 25
TEXT:
And it was so from that day [03117] forward [04605], that he made [07760] it a statute [02706] and an ordinance [04941] for Israel [03478] unto this day [03117].


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 26
TEXT:
And when David [01732] came [0935] to Ziklag [06860], he sent [07971] of the spoil [07998] unto the elders [02205] of Judah [03063], even to his friends [07453], saying [0559], Behold a present [01293] for you of the spoil [07998] of the enemies [0341] of the LORD [03068];


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 27
TEXT:
To them [0834] which were in Bethel [01008], and to them which were in south [05045] Ramoth [07418], and to them which were in Jattir [03492],


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 28
TEXT:
And to them which were in Aroer [06177], and to them which were in Siphmoth [08224], and to them which were in Eshtemoa [0851],


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 29
TEXT:
And to them which were in Rachal [07403], and to them which were in the cities [05892] of the Jerahmeelites [03397], and to them which were in the cities [05892] of the Kenites [07017],


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 30
TEXT:
And to them which were in Hormah [02767], and to them which were in Chorashan [03565], and to them which were in Athach [06269],


BK: 9
CH: 30
VS: 31
TEXT:
And to them which were in Hebron [02275], and to all the places [04725] where David [01732] himself and his men [0582] were wont to haunt [01980].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now the Philistines [06430] fought [03898] against Israel [03478]: and the men [0582] of Israel [03478] fled [05127] from before [06440] the Philistines [06430], and fell down [05307] slain [02491] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 2
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] followed hard [01692] upon Saul [07586] and upon his sons [01121]; and the Philistines [06430] slew [05221] Jonathan [03083], and Abinadab [041], and Malchishua [04444], Saul's [07586] sons [01121].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 3
TEXT:
And the battle [04421] went sore [03513] against Saul [07586], and the archers [03384] [0582] [07198] hit [04672] him; and he was sore [03966] wounded [02342] of the archers [03384] [0582] [07198].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 4
TEXT:
Then said [0559] Saul [07586] unto his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Draw [08025] thy sword [02719], and thrust me through [01856] therewith; lest these uncircumcised [06189] come [0935] and thrust me through [01856], and abuse [05953] me. But his armourbearer [05375] [03627] would [014] not; for he was sore [03966] afraid [03372]. Therefore Saul [07586] took [03947] a sword [02719], and fell [05307] upon it.


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 5
TEXT:
And when his armourbearer [05375] [03627] saw [07200] that Saul [07586] was dead [04191], he fell [05307] likewise upon his sword [02719], and died [04191] with him.


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 6
TEXT:
So Saul [07586] died [04191], and his three [07969] sons [01121], and his armourbearer [05375] [03627], and all his men [0582], that same day [03117] together [03162].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 7
TEXT:
And when the men [0582] of Israel [03478] that were on the other side [05676] of the valley [06010], and they that were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383], saw [07200] that the men [0582] of Israel [03478] fled [05127], and that Saul [07586] and his sons [01121] were dead [04191], they forsook [05800] the cities [05892], and fled [05127]; and the Philistines [06430] came [0935] and dwelt [03427] in them.


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 8
TEXT:
And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], when the Philistines [06430] came [0935] to strip [06584] the slain [02491], that they found [04672] Saul [07586] and his three [07969] sons [01121] fallen [05307] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 9
TEXT:
And they cut off [03772] his head [07218], and stripped off [06584] his armour [03627], and sent [07971] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430] round about [05439], to publish [01319] it in the house [01004] of their idols [06091], and among the people [05971].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 10
TEXT:
And they put [07760] his armour [03627] in the house [01004] of Ashtaroth [06252] [01045]: and they fastened [08628] his body [01472] to the wall [02346] of Bethshan [01052].


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 11
TEXT:
And when the inhabitants [03427] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] heard [08085] of that which the Philistines [06430] had done [06213] to Saul [07586];


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 12
TEXT:
All the valiant [02428] men [0376] [0381] arose [06965], and went [03212] all night [03915], and took [03947] the body [01472] of Saul [07586] and the bodies [01472] of his sons [01121] from the wall [02346] of Bethshan [01052], and came [0935] to Jabesh [03003], and burnt [08313] them there.


BK: 9
CH: 31
VS: 13
TEXT:
And they took [03947] their bones [06106], and buried [06912] them under a tree [0815] at Jabesh [03003], and fasted [06684] seven [07651] days [03117].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now it came to pass after [0310] the death [04194] of Saul [07586], when David [01732] was returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Amalekites [06002], and David [01732] had abode [03427] two [08147] days [03117] in Ziklag [06860];


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 2
TEXT:
It came even to pass on the third [07992] day [03117], that, behold, a man [0376] came [0935] out of the camp [04264] from Saul [07586] with his clothes [0899] rent [07167], and earth [0127] upon his head [07218]: and so it was, when he came [0935] to David [01732], that he fell [05307] to the earth [0776], and did obeisance [07812].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 3
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto him, From whence comest [0935] thou? And he said [0559] unto him, Out of the camp [04264] of Israel [03478] am I escaped [04422].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 4
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto him, How [04100] went the matter [01697]? I pray thee, tell [05046] me. And he answered [0559], That the people [05971] are fled [05127] from the battle [04421], and many [07235] of the people [05971] also are fallen [05307] and dead [04191]; and Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] are dead [04191] also.


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that told [05046] him, How knowest [03045] thou that Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] be dead [04191]?


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the young man [05288] that told [05046] him said [0559], As I happened [07136] by chance [07122] upon mount [02022] Gilboa [01533], behold, Saul [07586] leaned [08172] upon his spear [02595]; and, lo, the chariots [07393] and horsemen [01167] [06571] followed hard [01692] after him.


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 7
TEXT:
And when he looked [06437] behind [0310] him, he saw [07200] me, and called [07121] unto me. And I answered [0559], Here am I.


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 9
TEXT:
He said [0559] unto me again, Stand [05975], I pray thee, upon me, and slay [04191] me: for anguish [07661] is come [0270] upon me, because my life [05315] is yet whole in me.


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 10
TEXT:
So I stood [05975] upon him, and slew [04191] him, because I was sure [03045] that he could not live [02421] after [0310] that he was fallen [05307]: and I took [03947] the crown [05145] that was  upon his head [07218], and the bracelet [0685] that was on his arm [02220], and have brought [0935] them hither unto my lord [0113].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 11
TEXT:
Then David [01732] took hold [02388] on his clothes [0899], and rent [07167] them; and likewise all the men [0582] that were with him:


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 12
TEXT:
And they mourned [05594], and wept [01058], and fasted [06684] until even [06153], for Saul [07586], and for Jonathan [03083] his son [01121], and for the people [05971] of the LORD [03068], and for the house [01004] of Israel [03478]; because they were fallen [05307] by the sword [02719].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 13
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that told [05046] him, Whence art thou? And he answered [0559], I am the son [01121] of a stranger [0376] [01616], an Amalekite [06003].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 14
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto him, How wast thou not afraid [03372] to stretch forth [07971] thine hand [03027] to destroy [07843] the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899]?


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 15
TEXT:
And David [01732] called [07121] one [0259] of the young men [05288], and said [0559], Go near [05066], and fall [06293] upon him. And he smote [05221] him that he died [04191].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 16
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto him, Thy blood [01818] be upon thy head [07218]; for thy mouth [06310] hath testified [06030] against thee, saying [0559], I have slain [04191] the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 17
TEXT:
And David [01732] lamented [06969] with this lamentation [07015] over Saul [07586] and over Jonathan [03083] his son [01121]:


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 18
TEXT:
(Also he bade [0559] them teach [03925] the children [01121] of Judah [03063] the use of the bow [07198]: behold, it is written [03789] in the book [05612] of Jasher [03477].)


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 19
TEXT:
The beauty [06643] of Israel [03478] is slain [02491] upon thy high places [01116]: how are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] !


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 20
TEXT:
Tell [05046] it not in Gath [01661], publish [01319] it not in the streets [02351] of Askelon [0831]; lest the daughters [01323] of the Philistines [06430] rejoice [08055], lest the daughters [01323] of the uncircumcised [06189] triumph [05937].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 21
TEXT:
Ye mountains [02022] of Gilboa [01533], let there be no dew [02919], neither let there be rain [04306], upon you, nor fields [07704] of offerings [08641]: for there the shield [04043] of the mighty [01368] is vilely cast away [01602], the shield [04043] of Saul [07586], as though he had not been anointed [04899] with oil [08081].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 22
TEXT:
From the blood [01818] of the slain [02491], from the fat [02459] of the mighty [01368], the bow [07198] of Jonathan [03083] turned [07734] not back [0268], and the sword [02719] of Saul [07586] returned [07725] not empty [07387].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 23
TEXT:
Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] were lovely [0157] and pleasant [05273] in their lives [02416], and in their death [04194] they were not divided [06504]: they were swifter [07043] than eagles [05404], they were stronger [01396] than lions [0738].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 24
TEXT:
Ye daughters [01323] of Israel [03478], weep over [01058] Saul [07586], who clothed [03847] you in scarlet [08144], with other delights [05730], who put [05927] on ornaments [05716] of gold [02091] upon your apparel [03830].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 25
TEXT:
How are the mighty [01368] fallen [05307] in the midst [08432] of the battle [04421]! O Jonathan [03083], thou wast slain [02491] in thine high places [01116].


BK: 10
CH: 1
VS: 26
TEXT:
I am distressed [06887] for thee, my brother [0251] Jonathan [03083]: very [03966] pleasant [05276] hast thou been unto me: thy love [0160] to me was wonderful [06381], passing the love [0160] of women [0802].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 1
TEXT:
And it came to pass after this [0310], that David [01732] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Shall I go up [05927] into any [0259] of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Go up [05927]. And David [01732] said [0559], Whither shall I go up [05927]? And he said [0559], Unto Hebron [02275].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 2
TEXT:
So David [01732] went up [05927] thither, and his two [08147] wives [0802] also, Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159], and Abigail [026] Nabal's [05037] wife [0802] the Carmelite [03761].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 3
TEXT:
And his men [0582] that were with him did David [01732] bring up [05927], every man [0376] with his household [01004]: and they dwelt [03427] in the cities [05892] of Hebron [02275].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 4
TEXT:
And the men [0582] of Judah [03063] came [0935], and there they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over the house [01004] of Judah [03063]. And they told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], That the men [0582] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] were they that buried [06912] Saul [07586].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 5
TEXT:
And David [01732] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto the men [0582] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568], and said [0559] unto them, Blessed [01288] be ye of the LORD [03068], that ye have shewed [06213] this kindness [02617] unto your lord [0113], even unto Saul [07586], and have buried [06912] him.


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 6
TEXT:
And now the LORD [03068] shew [06213] kindness [02617] and truth [0571] unto you: and I also will requite [06213] you this kindness [02896], because ye have done [06213] this thing [01697].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 7
TEXT:
Therefore now let your hands [03027] be strengthened [02388], and be ye valiant [01121] [02428]: for your master [0113] Saul [07586] is dead [04191], and also the house [01004] of Judah [03063] have anointed [04886] me king [04428] over them.


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 8
TEXT:
But Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], captain [08269] of Saul's [07586] host [06635], took [03947] Ishbosheth [0378] the son [01121] of Saul [07586], and brought him over [05674] to Mahanaim [04266];


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 9
TEXT:
And made him king [04427] over Gilead [01568], and over the Ashurites [0805], and over Jezreel [03157], and over Ephraim [0669], and over Benjamin [01144], and over all Israel [03478].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 10
TEXT:
Ishbosheth [0378] Saul's [07586] son [01121] was forty [0705] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478], and reigned [04427] two [08147] years [08141]. But the house [01004] of Judah [03063] followed [0310] David [01732].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 11
TEXT:
And the time [04557] [03117] that David [01732] was king [04428] in Hebron [02275] over the house [01004] of Judah [03063] was seven [07651] years [08141] and six [08337] months [02320].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], and the servants [05650] of Ishbosheth [0378] the son [01121] of Saul [07586], went out [03318] from Mahanaim [04266] to Gibeon [01391].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 13
TEXT:
And Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], and the servants [05650] of David [01732], went out [03318], and met [06298] together [03162] by the pool [01295] of Gibeon [01391]: and they sat down [03427], the one on the one side of the pool [01295], and the other on the other side of the pool [01295].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 14
TEXT:
And Abner [074] said [0559] to Joab [03097], Let the young men [05288] now arise [06965], and play [07832] before [06440] us. And Joab [03097] said [0559], Let them arise [06965].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 15
TEXT:
Then there arose [06965] and went over [05674] by number [04557] twelve [08147] [06240] of Benjamin [01144], which pertained to Ishbosheth [0378] the son [01121] of Saul [07586], and twelve [08147] [06240] of the servants [05650] of David [01732].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 16
TEXT:
And they caught [02388] every one [0376] his fellow [07453] by the head [07218], and thrust his sword [02719] in his fellow's [07453] side [06654]; so they fell down [05307] together [03162]: wherefore that place [04725] was called [07121] Helkathhazzurim [02521], which is in Gibeon [01391].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 17
TEXT:
And there was a very [03966] sore [07186] battle [04421] that day [03117]; and Abner [074] was beaten [05062], and the men [0582] of Israel [03478], before [06440] the servants [05650] of David [01732].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 18
TEXT:
And there were three [07969] sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] there, Joab [03097], and Abishai [052], and Asahel [06214]: and Asahel [06214] was as light [07031] of foot [07272] as a [0259] wild [07704] roe [06643].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 19
TEXT:
And Asahel [06214] pursued [07291] after [0310] Abner [074]; and in going [03212] he turned [05186] not to the right hand [03225] nor to the left [08040] from following [0310] Abner [074].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 20
TEXT:
Then Abner [074] looked [06437] behind [0310] him, and said [0559], Art thou Asahel [06214]? And he answered [0559], I am.


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Abner [074] said [0559] to him, Turn thee aside [05186] to thy right hand [03225] or to thy left [08040], and lay thee hold [0270] on one [0259] of the young men [05288], and take [03947] thee his armour [02488]. But Asahel [06214] would [014] not turn aside [05493] from following [0310] of him.


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 22
TEXT:
And Abner [074] said [0559] again [03254] to Asahel [06214], Turn thee aside [05493] from following [0310] me: wherefore should I smite [05221] thee to the ground [0776]? how then should I hold up [05375] my face [06440] to Joab [03097] thy brother [0251]?


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 23
TEXT:
Howbeit he refused [03985] to turn aside [05493]: wherefore Abner [074] with the hinder end [0310] of the spear [02595] smote [05221] him under [0413] the fifth [02570] rib, that the spear [02595] came out [03318] behind [0310] him; and he fell down [05307] there, and died [04191] in the same place [08478]: and it came to pass, that as many as came [0935] to the place [04725] where Asahel [06214] fell down [05307] and died [04191] stood still [05975].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 24
TEXT:
Joab [03097] also and Abishai [052] pursued [07291] after [0310] Abner [074]: and the sun [08121] went down [0935] when they were come [0935] to the hill [01389] of Ammah [0522], that lieth before [06440] Giah [01520] by the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057] of Gibeon [01391].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 25
TEXT:
And the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] gathered themselves together [06908] after [0310] Abner [074], and became one [0259] troop [092], and stood [05975] on the top [07218] of an hill [01389].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 26
TEXT:
Then Abner [074] called [07121] to Joab [03097], and said [0559], Shall the sword [02719] devour [0398] for ever [05331]? knowest [03045] thou not that it will be bitterness [04751] in the latter end [0314]? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid [0559] the people [05971] return [07725] from following [0310] their brethren [0251]?


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 27
TEXT:
And Joab [03097] said [0559], As God [0430] liveth [02416], unless [03884] thou hadst spoken [01696], surely then in the morning [01242] the people [05971] had gone up [05927] every one [0376] from following [0310] his brother [0251].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 28
TEXT:
So Joab [03097] blew [08628] a trumpet [07782], and all the people [05971] stood still [05975], and pursued [07291] after [0310] Israel [03478] no more, neither fought [03898] they any more [03254].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 29
TEXT:
And Abner [074] and his men [0582] walked [01980] all that night [03915] through the plain [06160], and passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], and went through [03212] all Bithron [01338], and they came [0935] to Mahanaim [04266].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 30
TEXT:
And Joab [03097] returned [07725] from following [0310] Abner [074]: and when he had gathered [06908] all the people [05971] together [06908], there lacked [06485] of David's [01732] servants [05650] nineteen [08672] [06240] men [0376] and Asahel [06214].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 31
TEXT:
But the servants [05650] of David [01732] had smitten [05221] of Benjamin [01144], and of Abner's [074] men [0582], so that three [07969] hundred [03967] and threescore [08346] men [0376] died [04191].


BK: 10
CH: 2
VS: 32
TEXT:
And they took up [05375] Asahel [06214], and buried [06912] him in the sepulchre [06913] of his father [01], which was in Bethlehem [01035]. And Joab [03097] and his men [0582] went [03212] all night [03915], and they came to Hebron [02275] at break of day [0215].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 1
TEXT:
Now there was long [0752] war [04421] between the house [01004] of Saul [07586] and the house [01004] of David [01732]: but David [01732] waxed [01980] stronger [02390] and stronger [02390], and the house [01004] of Saul [07586] waxed [01980] weaker [01800] and weaker [01800].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 2
TEXT:
And unto David [01732] were sons [01121] born [03205] [03205] in Hebron [02275]: and his firstborn [01060] was Amnon [0550], of Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159];


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 3
TEXT:
And his second [04932], Chileab [03609], of Abigail [026] the wife [0802] of Nabal [05037] the Carmelite [03761]; and the third [07992], Absalom [053] the son [01121] of Maacah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Talmai [08526] king [04428] of Geshur [01650];


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 4
TEXT:
And the fourth [07243], Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294]; and the fifth [02549], Shephatiah [08203] the son [01121] of Abital [037];


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the sixth [08345], Ithream [03507], by Eglah [05698] David's [01732] wife [0802]. These were born [03205] to David [01732] in Hebron [02275].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 6
TEXT:
And it came to pass, while there was war [04421] between the house [01004] of Saul [07586] and the house [01004] of David [01732], that Abner [074] made himself strong [02388] for the house [01004] of Saul [07586].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 7
TEXT:
And Saul [07586] had a concubine [06370], whose name [08034] was Rizpah [07532], the daughter [01323] of Aiah [0345]: and Ishbosheth said [0559] to Abner [074], Wherefore hast thou gone in [0935] unto my father's [01] concubine [06370]?


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 8
TEXT:
Then was Abner [074] very [03966] wroth [02734] for the words [01697] of Ishbosheth [0378], and said [0559], Am I a dog's [03611] head [07218], which against Judah [03063] do shew [06213] kindness [02617] this day [03117] unto the house [01004] of Saul [07586] thy father [01], to his brethren [0251], and to his friends [04828], and have not delivered [04672] thee into the hand [03027] of David [01732], that thou chargest [06485] me to day [03117] with a fault [05771] concerning this woman [0802]?


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 9
TEXT:
So do [06213] God [0430] to Abner [074], and more also [03254], except, as the LORD [03068] hath sworn [07650] to David [01732], even so I do [06213] to him;


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 10
TEXT:
To translate [05674] the kingdom [04467] from the house [01004] of Saul [07586], and to set up [06965] the throne [03678] of David [01732] over Israel [03478] and over Judah [03063], from Dan [01835] even to Beersheba [0884].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 11
TEXT:
And he could [03201] not answer [07725] Abner [074] a word [01697] again, because he feared [03372] him.


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 12
TEXT:
And Abner [074] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732] on his behalf, saying [0559], Whose is the land [0776]? saying [0559] also, Make [03772] thy league [01285] with me, and, behold, my hand [03027] shall be with thee, to bring about [05437] all Israel [03478] unto thee.


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 13
TEXT:
And he said [0559], Well [02896]; I will make [03772] a league [01285] with thee: but one [0259] thing [01697] I require [07592] of thee, that is [0559], Thou shalt not see [07200] my face [06440], except thou first [06440] bring [0935] Michal [04324] Saul's [07586] daughter [01323], when thou comest [0935] to see [07200] my face [06440].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 14
TEXT:
And David [01732] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Ishbosheth [0378] Saul's [07586] son [01121], saying [0559], Deliver [05414] me my wife [0802] Michal [04324], which I espoused [0781] to me for an hundred [03967] foreskins [06190] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 15
TEXT:
And Ishbosheth [0378] sent [07971], and took [03947] her from her husband [0376], even from Phaltiel [06409] the son [01121] of Laish [03889] [03919].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 16
TEXT:
And her husband [0376] went [03212] with her along weeping [01980] [01058] behind [0310] her to Bahurim [0980]. Then said [0559] Abner [074] unto him, Go [03212], return [07725]. And he returned [07725].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 17
TEXT:
And Abner [074] had communication [01961] [01697] with the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Ye sought [01245] for David [01732] in times [08543] past [08032] to be king [04428] over you:


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 18
TEXT:
Now then do [06213] it: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [0559] of David [01732], saying [0559], By the hand [03027] of my servant [05650] David [01732] I will save [03467] my people [05971] Israel [03478] out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430], and out of the hand [03027] of all their enemies [0341].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 19
TEXT:
And Abner [074] also spake [01696] in the ears [0241] of Benjamin [01144]: and Abner [074] went [03212] also to speak [01696] in the ears [0241] of David [01732] in Hebron [02275] all that seemed [05869] good [02896] to Israel [03478], and that seemed good [05869] to the whole house [01004] of Benjamin [01144].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 20
TEXT:
So Abner [074] came [0935] to David [01732] to Hebron [02275], and twenty [06242] men [0582] with him. And David [01732] made [06213] Abner [074] and the men [0582] that were with him a feast [04960].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 21
TEXT:
And Abner [074] said [0559] unto David [01732], I will arise [06965] and go [03212], and will gather [06908] all Israel [03478] unto my lord [0113] the king [04428], that they may make [03772] a league [01285] with thee, and that thou mayest reign [04427] over all that thine heart [05315] desireth [0183]. And David [01732] sent [07971] Abner [074] away [07971]; and he went [03212] in peace [07965].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 22
TEXT:
And, behold, the servants [05650] of David [01732] and Joab [03097] came [0935] from pursuing a troop [01416], and brought in [0935] a great [07227] spoil [07998] with them: but Abner [074] was not with David [01732] in Hebron [02275]; for he had sent him away [07971], and he was gone [03212] in peace [07965].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 23
TEXT:
When Joab [03097] and all the host [06635] that was with him were come [0935], they told [05046] Joab [03097], saying [0559], Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369] came [0935] to the king [04428], and he hath sent him away [07971], and he is gone [03212] in peace [07965].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 24
TEXT:
Then Joab [03097] came [0935] to the king [04428], and said [0559], What hast thou done [06213]? behold, Abner [074] came [0935] unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away [07971], and he is quite [01980] gone [03212]?


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 25
TEXT:
Thou knowest [03045] Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], that he came [0935] to deceive [06601] thee, and to know [03045] thy going out [04161] and thy coming in [04126] [03996], and to know [03045] all that thou doest [06213].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 26
TEXT:
And when Joab [03097] was come out [03318] from David [01732], he sent [07971] messengers [04397] after [0310] Abner [074], which brought him again [07725] from the well [0953] of Sirah [05626]: but David [01732] knew [03045] it not.


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 27
TEXT:
And when Abner [074] was returned [07725] to Hebron [02275], Joab [03097] took him aside [05186] in [0413] [08432] the gate [08179] to speak [01696] with him quietly [07987], and smote [05221] him there under the fifth [02570] rib, that he died [04191], for the blood [01818] of Asahel [06214] his brother [0251].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 28
TEXT:
And afterward [0310] when David [01732] heard [08085] it, he said [0559], I and my kingdom [04467] are guiltless [05355] before the LORD [03068] for [05704] ever [05769] from the blood [01818] of Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369]:


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 29
TEXT:
Let it rest [02342] on the head [07218] of Joab [03097], and on all his father's [01] house [01004]; and let there not fail [03772] from the house [01004] of Joab [03097] one that hath an issue [02100], or that is a leper [06879], or that leaneth [02388] on a staff [06418], or that falleth [05307] on the sword [02719], or that lacketh [02638] bread [03899].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 30
TEXT:
So Joab [03097] and Abishai [052] his brother [0251] slew [02026] Abner [074], because he had slain [04191] their brother [0251] Asahel [06214] at Gibeon [01391] in the battle [04421].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 31
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] to Joab [03097], and to all the people [05971] that were with him, Rend [07167] your clothes [0899], and gird [02296] you with sackcloth [08242], and mourn [05594] before [06440] Abner [074]. And king [04428] David [01732] himself followed [01980] [0310] the bier [04296].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 32
TEXT:
And they buried [06912] Abner [074] in Hebron [02275]: and the king [04428] lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058] at the grave [06913] of Abner [074]; and all the people [05971] wept [01058].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 33
TEXT:
And the king [04428] lamented [06969] over Abner [074], and said [0559], Died [04191] Abner [074] as a fool [05036] dieth [04194]?


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 34
TEXT:
Thy hands [03027] were not bound [0631], nor thy feet [07272] put [05066] into fetters [05178]: as a man falleth [05307] before [06440] wicked [05766] men [01121], so fellest [05307] thou. And all the people [05971] wept [01058] again [03254] over him.


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 35
TEXT:
And when all [03605] the people [05971] came [0935] to cause [01262] David [01732] to eat [01262] meat [03899] while it was yet [05750] day [03117], David [01732] sware [07650], saying [0559], So do [06213] God [0430] to me, and more also [03254], if I taste [02938] bread [03899], or ought [03972] else, till [06440] the sun [08121] be down [0935].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 36
TEXT:
And all the people [05971] took notice [05234] of it, and it pleased [03190] [05869] them: as whatsoever the king [04428] did [06213] pleased [05869] [02896] all the people [05971].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 37
TEXT:
For all the people [05971] and all Israel [03478] understood [03045] that day [03117] that it was not of the king [04428] to slay [04191] Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369].


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 38
TEXT:
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Know [03045] ye not that there is a prince [08269] and a great man [01419] fallen [05307] this day [03117] in Israel [03478]?


BK: 10
CH: 3
VS: 39
TEXT:
And I am this day [03117] weak [07390], though anointed [04886] king [04428]; and these men [0582] the sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] be too hard [07186] for me: the LORD [03068] shall reward [07999] the doer of evil [06213] according to his wickedness [07451].


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 1
TEXT:
And when Saul's [07586] son [01121] heard [08085] that Abner [074] was dead [04191] in Hebron [02275], his hands [03027] were feeble [07503], and all the Israelites [03478] were troubled [0926].


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 2
TEXT:
And Saul's [07586] son [01121] had [01961] two [08147] men [0582] that were captains [08269] of bands [01416]: the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Baanah [01196], and the name [08034] of the other [08145] Rechab [07394], the sons [01121] of Rimmon [07417] a Beerothite [0886], of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144]: (for Beeroth [0881] also was reckoned [02803] to Benjamin [01144]:


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 3
TEXT:
And the Beerothites [0886] fled [01272] to Gittaim [01664], and were sojourners [01481] there until this day [03117].)


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 4
TEXT:
And Jonathan [03083], Saul's [07586] son [01121], had a son [01121] that was lame [05223] of his feet [07272]. He was five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] when the tidings [08052] came [0935] of Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] out of Jezreel [03157], and his nurse [0539] took him up [05375], and fled [05127]: and it came to pass, as she made haste [02648] to flee [05127], that he fell [05307], and became lame [06452]. And his name [08034] was Mephibosheth [04648].


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 5
TEXT:
And the sons [01121] of Rimmon [07417] the Beerothite [0886], Rechab [07394] and Baanah [01196], went [03212], and came [0935] about the heat [02527] of the day [03117] to the house [01004] of Ishbosheth [0378], who lay [07901] on a bed [04904] at noon [06672].


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 6
TEXT:
And they came thither [0935] into the midst [08432] of the house [01004], as though they would have fetched [03947] wheat [02406]; and they smote [05221] him under the fifth [02570] rib: and Rechab [07394] and Baanah [01196] his brother [0251] escaped [04422].


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 7
TEXT:
For when they came [0935] into the house [01004], he lay [07901] on his bed [04296] in his bedchamber [02315] [04904], and they smote [05221] him, and slew [04191] him, and beheaded [05493] him, and took [03947] his head [07218], and gat them away [03212] through [01870] the plain [06160] all night [03915].


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 8
TEXT:
And they brought [0935] the head [07218] of Ishbosheth [0378] unto David [01732] to Hebron [02275], and said [0559] to the king [04428], Behold the head [07218] of Ishbosheth [0378] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] thine enemy [0341], which sought [01245] thy life [05315]; and the LORD [03068] hath [05414] avenged [05360] my lord [0113] the king [04428] this day [03117] of Saul [07586], and of his seed [02233].


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 9
TEXT:
And David [01732] answered [06030] Rechab [07394] and Baanah [01196] his brother [0251], the sons [01121] of Rimmon [07417] the Beerothite [0886], and said [0559] unto them, As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], who hath redeemed [06299] my soul [05315] out of all adversity [06869],


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 10
TEXT:
When one told [05046] me, saying [0559], Behold, Saul [07586] is dead [04191], thinking to have brought [05869] good tidings [01319], I took hold [0270] of him, and slew [02026] him in Ziklag [06860], who thought that I would have given [05414] him a reward for his tidings [01309]:


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 11
TEXT:
How much more, when wicked [07563] men [0582] have slain [02026] a righteous [06662] person [0376] in his own house [01004] upon his bed [04904]? shall I not therefore now require [01245] his blood [01818] of your hand [03027], and take you away [01197] from the earth [0776]?


BK: 10
CH: 4
VS: 12
TEXT:
And David [01732] commanded [06680] his young men [05288], and they slew [02026] them, and cut off [07112] their hands [03027] and their feet [07272], and hanged them up [08518] over the pool [01295] in Hebron [02275]. But they took [03947] the head [07218] of Ishbosheth [0378], and buried [06912] it in the sepulchre [06913] of Abner [074] in Hebron [02275].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 1
TEXT:
Then came [0935] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to David [01732] unto Hebron [02275], and spake [0559], saying [0559], Behold, we are thy bone [06106] and thy flesh [01320].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 2
TEXT:
Also in time past [0865] [08032], when Saul [07586] was king [04428] over us, thou wast he that leddest out [03318] and broughtest in [0935] Israel [03478]: and the LORD [03068] said [0559] to thee, Thou shalt feed [07462] my people [05971] Israel [03478], and thou shalt be a captain [05057] over Israel [03478].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 3
TEXT:
So all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935] to the king [04428] to Hebron [02275]; and king [04428] David [01732] made [03772] a league [01285] with them in Hebron [02275] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 4
TEXT:
David [01732] was thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] forty [0705] years [08141].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 5
TEXT:
In Hebron [02275] he reigned [04427] over Judah [03063] seven [07651] years [08141] and six [08337] months [02320]: and in Jerusalem [03389] he reigned [04427] thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141] over all Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 6
TEXT:
And the king [04428] and his men [0582] went [03212] to Jerusalem [03389] unto the Jebusites [02983], the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776]: which spake [0559] unto David [01732], saying [0559], Except thou take away [05493] the blind [05787] and the lame [06455], thou shalt not come in [0935] hither: thinking [0559], David [01732] cannot come in [0935] hither.


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 7
TEXT:
Nevertheless David [01732] took [03920] the strong hold [04686] of Zion [06726]: the same is the city [05892] of David [01732].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 8
TEXT:
And David [01732] said [0559] on that day [03117], Whosoever getteth up [05060] to the gutter [06794], and smiteth [05221] the Jebusites [02983], and the lame [06455] and the blind [05787], that are hated [08130] of David's [01732] soul [05315], he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said [0559], The blind [05787] and the lame [06455] shall not come [0935] into the house [01004].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 9
TEXT:
So David [01732] dwelt [03427] in the fort [04686], and called [07121] it the city [05892] of David [01732]. And David [01732] built [01129] round about [05439] from Millo [04407] and inward [01004].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 10
TEXT:
And David [01732] went [03212] on [01980], and grew great [01419], and the LORD [03068] God [0430] of hosts [06635] was with him.


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 11
TEXT:
And Hiram [02438] king [04428] of Tyre [06865] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732], and cedar [0730] trees [06086], and carpenters [02796], and masons [07023] [068]: and they built [01129] David [01732] an house [01004].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 12
TEXT:
And David [01732] perceived [03045] that the LORD [03068] had established [03559] him king [04428] over Israel [03478], and that he had exalted [05375] his kingdom [04467] for his people [05971] Israel's [03478] sake.


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 13
TEXT:
And David [01732] took [03947] him more concubines [06370] and wives [0802] out of Jerusalem [03389], after [0310] he was come [0935] from Hebron [02275]: and there were yet sons [01121] and daughters [01323] born [03205] to David [01732].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 14
TEXT:
And these be the names [08034] of those that were born [03209] unto him in Jerusalem [03389]; Shammua [08051], and Shobab [07727], and Nathan [05416], and Solomon [08010],


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 17
TEXT:
But when the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] that they had anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478], all the Philistines [06430] came up [05927] to seek [01245] David [01732]; and David [01732] heard [08085] of it, and went down [03381] to the hold [04686].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 18
TEXT:
The Philistines [06430] also came [0935] and spread [05203] themselves in the valley [06010] of Rephaim [07497].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 19
TEXT:
And David [01732] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Shall I go up [05927] to the Philistines [06430]? wilt thou deliver [05414] them into mine hand [03027]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto David [01732], Go up [05927]: for I will doubtless [05414] deliver [05414] the Philistines [06430] into thine hand [03027].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 20
TEXT:
And David [01732] came [0935] to Baalperazim [01188], and David [01732] smote [05221] them there, and said [0559], The LORD [03068] hath broken forth [06555] upon mine enemies [0341] before [06440] me, as the breach [06556] of waters [04325]. Therefore he called [07121] the name [08034] of that place [04725] Baalperazim [01188].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 21
TEXT:
And there they left [05800] their images [06091], and David [01732] and his men [0582] burned [05375] them.


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 22
TEXT:
And the Philistines [06430] came up [05927] yet again [03254], and spread [05203] themselves in the valley [06010] of Rephaim [07497].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 23
TEXT:
And when David [01732] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068], he said [0559], Thou shalt not go up [05927]; but fetch a compass [05437] behind [0310] them, and come [0935] upon them over against [04136] the mulberry trees [01057].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 24
TEXT:
And let it be, when thou hearest [08085] the sound [06963] of a going [06807] in the tops [07218] of the mulberry trees [01057], that then thou shalt bestir [02782] thyself: for then shall the LORD [03068] go out [03318] before [06440] thee, to smite [05221] the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430].


BK: 10
CH: 5
VS: 25
TEXT:
And David [01732] did so [06213], as the LORD [03068] had commanded [06680] him; and smote [05221] the Philistines [06430] from Geba [01387] until thou come [0935] to Gazer [01507].


BK: 10
CH: 6
VS: 1
TEXT:
Again, David [01732] gathered together [0622] [03254] all the chosen [0977] men of Israel [03478], thirty [07970] thousand [0505].


