,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #ji #a ,samuel #ji3jja3jja ,now there was a certain man of ,ramathaimzophim1 of mount ,ephraim1 and his name was ,elkanah1 the son of ,jeroham1 the son of ,elihu1 the son of ,tohu1 the son of ,zuph1 an ,ephrathite3 #ji3jja3jjb ,and he had two wives2 the name of the one was ,hannah1 and the name of the other ,peninnah3 and ,peninnah had children1 but ,hannah had no children4 #ji3jja3jjc ,and this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the ,,lord of hosts in ,shiloh4 ,and the two sons of ,eli1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 the priests of the ,,lord1 were there4 #ji3jja3jjd ,and when the time was that ,elkanah offered1 he gave to ,peninnah his wife1 and to all her sons and her daughters1 portions3 #ji3jja3jje ,but unto ,hannah he gave a worthy portion2 for he loved ,hannah3 but the ,,lord had shut up her womb4 #ji3jja3jjf ,and her adversary also provoked her sore1 for to make her fret1 because the ,,lord had shut up her womb4 #ji3jja3jjg ,and as he did so year by year1 when she went up to the house of the ,,lord1 so she provoked her2 therefore she wept1 and did not eat4 #ji3jja3jjh ,then said ,elkanah her husband to her1 ,hannah1 why weepest thou8 and why eatest thou not8 and why is thy heart grieved8 am not ,i better to thee than ten sons8 #ji3jja3jji ,so ,hannah rose up after they had eaten in ,shiloh1 and after they had drunk4 ,now ,eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the ,,lord4 #ji3jja3jaj ,and she was in bitterness of soul1 and prayed unto the ,,lord1 and wept sore4 #ji3jja3jaa ,and she vowed a vow1 and said1 ,o ,,lord of hosts1 if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid1 and remember me1 and not forget thine handmaid1 but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child1 then ,i will give him unto the ,,lord all the days of his life1 and there shall no razor come upon his head4 #ji3jja3jab ,and it came to pass1 as she continued praying before the ,,lord1 that ,eli marked her mouth4 #ji3jja3jac ,now ,hannah1 she spake in her heart2 only her lips moved1 but her voice was not heard3 therefore ,eli thought she had been drunken4 #ji3jja3jad ,and ,eli said unto her1 ,how long wilt thou be drunken8 put away thy wine from thee4 #ji3jja3jae ,and ,hannah answered and said1 ,no1 my lord1 ,i am a woman of a sorrowful spirit3 ,i have drunk neither wine nor strong drink1 but have poured out my soul before the ,,lord4 #ji3jja3jaf ,count not thine handmaid for a daughter of ,belial3 for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have ,i spoken hitherto4 #ji3jja3jag ,then ,eli answered and said1 ,go in peace3 and the ,god of ,israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him4 #ji3jja3jah ,and she said1 ,let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight4 ,so the woman went her way1 and did eat1 and her countenance was no more sad4 #ji3jja3jai ,and they rose up in the morning early1 and worshipped before the ,,lord1 and returned1 and came to their house to ,ramah3 and ,elkanah knew ,hannah his wife2 and the ,,lord remembered her4 #ji3jja3jbj ,wherefore it came to pass1 when the time was come about after ,hannah had conceived1 that she bare a son1 and called his name ,samuel1 saying1 ,because ,i have asked him of the ,,lord4 #ji3jja3jba ,and the man ,elkanah1 and all his house1 went up to offer unto the ,,lord the yearly sacrifice1 and his vow4 #ji3jja3jbb ,but ,hannah went not up2 for she said unto her husband1 ,i will not go up until the child be weaned1 and then ,i will bring him1 that he may appear before the ,,lord1 and there abide for ever4 #ji3jja3jbc ,and ,elkanah her husband said unto her1 ,do what seemeth thee good2 tarry until thou have weaned him2 only the ,,lord establish his word4 ,so the woman abode1 and gave her son suck until she weaned him4 #ji3jja3jbd ,and when she had weaned him1 she took him up with her1 with three bullocks1 and one ephah of flour1 and a bottle of wine1 and brought him unto the house of the ,,lord in ,shiloh3 and the child was young4 #ji3jja3jbe ,and they slew a bullock1 and brought the child to ,eli4 #ji3jja3jbf ,and she said1 ,oh my lord1 as thy soul liveth1 my lord1 ,i am the woman that stood by thee here1 praying unto the ,,lord4 #ji3jja3jbg ,for this child ,i prayed2 and the ,,lord hath given me my petition which ,i asked of him3 #ji3jja3jbh ,therefore also ,i have lent him to the ,,lord2 as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the ,,lord4 ,and he worshipped the ,,lord there4 #ji3jjb3jja ,and ,hannah prayed1 and said1 ,my heart rejoiceth in the ,,lord1 mine horn is exalted in the ,,lord3 my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies2 because ,i rejoice in thy salvation4 #ji3jjb3jjb ,there is none holy as the ,,lord3 for there is none beside thee3 neither is there any rock like our ,god4 #ji3jjb3jjc ,talk no more so exceeding proudly2 let not arrogancy come out of your mouth3 for the ,,lord is a ,god of knowledge1 and by him actions are weighed4 #ji3jjb3jjd ,the bows of the mighty men are broken1 and they that stumbled are girded with strength4 #ji3jjb3jje ,they that were full have hired out themselves for bread2 and they that were hungry ceased3 so that the barren hath born seven2 and she that hath many children is waxed feeble4 #ji3jjb3jjf ,the ,,lord killeth1 and maketh alive3 he bringeth down to the grave1 and bringeth up4 #ji3jjb3jjg ,the ,,lord maketh poor1 and maketh rich3 he bringeth low1 and lifteth up4 #ji3jjb3jjh ,he raiseth up the poor out of the dust1 and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill1 to set them among princes1 and to make them inherit the throne of glory3 for the pillars of the earth are the ,,lord's1 and he hath set the world upon them4 #ji3jjb3jji ,he will keep the feet of his saints1 and the wicked shall be silent in darkness2 for by strength shall no man prevail4 #ji3jjb3jaj ,the adversaries of the ,,lord shall be broken to pieces2 out of heaven shall he thunder upon them3 the ,,lord shall judge the ends of the earth2 and he shall give strength unto his king1 and exalt the horn of his anointed4 #ji3jjb3jaa ,and ,elkanah went to ,ramah to his house4 ,and the child did minister unto the ,,lord before ,eli the priest4 #ji3jjb3jab ,now the sons of ,eli were sons of ,belial2 they knew not the ,,lord4 #ji3jjb3jac ,and the priest's custom with the people was1 that1 when any man offered sacrifice1 the priest's servant came1 while the flesh was in seething1 with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand2 #ji3jjb3jad ,and he struck it into the pan1 or kettle1 or caldron1 or pot2 all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself4 ,so they did in ,shiloh unto all the ,israelites that came thither4 #ji3jjb3jae ,also before they burnt the fat1 the priest's servant came1 and said to the man that sacrificed1 ,give flesh to roast for the priest2 for he will not have sodden flesh of thee1 but raw4 #ji3jjb3jaf ,and if any man said unto him1 ,let them not fail to burn the fat presently1 and then take as much as thy soul desireth2 then he would answer him1 ,nay2 but thou shalt give it me now3 and if not1 ,i will take it by force4 #ji3jjb3jag ,wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the ,,lord3 for men abhorred the offering of the ,,lord4 #ji3jjb3jah ,but ,samuel ministered before the ,,lord1 being a child1 girded with a linen ephod4 #ji3jjb3jai ,moreover his mother made him a little coat1 and brought it to him from year to year1 when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice4 #ji3jjb3jbj ,and ,eli blessed ,elkanah and his wife1 and said1 ,the ,,lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the ,,lord4 ,and they went unto their own home4 #ji3jjb3jba ,and the ,,lord visited ,hannah1 so that she conceived1 and bare three sons and two daughters4 ,and the child ,samuel grew before the ,,lord4 #ji3jjb3jbb ,now ,eli was very old1 and heard all that his sons did unto all ,israel2 and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation4 #ji3jjb3jbc ,and he said unto them1 ,why do ye such things8 for ,i hear of your evil dealings by all this people4 #ji3jjb3jbd ,nay1 my sons2 for it is no good report that ,i hear3 ye make the ,,lord's people to transgress4 #ji3jjb3jbe ,if one man sin against another1 the judge shall judge him3 but if a man sin against the ,,lord1 who shall intreat for him8 ,notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father1 because the ,,lord would slay them4 #ji3jjb3jbf ,and the child ,samuel grew on1 and was in favour both with the ,,lord1 and also with men4 #ji3jjb3jbg ,and there came a man of ,god unto ,eli1 and said unto him1 ,thus saith the ,,lord1 ,did ,i plainly appear unto the house of thy father1 when they were in ,egypt in ,pharaoh's house8 #ji3jjb3jbh ,and did ,i choose him out of all the tribes of ,israel to be my priest1 to offer upon mine altar1 to burn incense1 to wear an ephod before me8 and did ,i give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of ,israel8 #ji3jjb3jbi ,wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering1 which ,i have commanded in my habitation2 and honourest thy sons above me1 to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of ,israel my people8 #ji3jjb3jcj ,wherefore the ,,lord ,god of ,israel saith1 ,i said indeed that thy house1 and the house of thy father1 should walk before me for ever3 but now the ,,lord saith1 ,be it far from me2 for them that honour me ,i will honour1 and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed4 #ji3jjb3jca ,behold1 the days come1 that ,i will cut off thine arm1 and the arm of thy father's house1 that there shall not be an old man in thine house4 #ji3jjb3jcb ,and thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation1 in all the wealth which ,god shall give ,israel3 and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever4 #ji3jjb3jcc ,and the man of thine1 whom ,i shall not cut off from mine altar1 shall be to consume thine eyes1 and to grieve thine heart3 and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age4 #ji3jjb3jcd ,and this shall be a sign unto thee1 that shall come upon thy two sons1 on ,hophni and ,phinehas2 in one day they shall die both of them4 #ji3jjb3jce ,and ,i will raise me up a faithful priest1 that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind3 and ,i will build him a sure house2 and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever4 #ji3jjb3jcf ,and it shall come to pass1 that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread1 and shall say1 ,put me1 ,i pray thee1 into one of the priests' offices1 that ,i may eat a piece of bread4 #ji3jjc3jja ,and the child ,samuel ministered unto the ,,lord before ,eli4 ,and the word of the ,,lord was precious in those days2 there was no open vision4 #ji3jjc3jjb ,and it came to pass at that time1 when ,eli was laid down in his place1 and his eyes began to wax dim1 that he could not see2 #ji3jjc3jjc ,and ere the lamp of ,god went out in the temple of the ,,lord1 where the ark of ,god was1 and ,samuel was laid down to sleep2 #ji3jjc3jjd ,that the ,,lord called ,samuel3 and he answered1 ,here am ,i4 #ji3jjc3jje ,and he ran unto ,eli1 and said1 ,here am ,i2 for thou calledst me4 ,and he said1 ,i called not2 lie down again4 ,and he went and lay down4 #ji3jjc3jjf ,and the ,,lord called yet again1 ,samuel4 ,and ,samuel arose and went to ,eli1 and said1 ,here am ,i2 for thou didst call me4 ,and he answered1 ,i called not1 my son2 lie down again4 #ji3jjc3jjg ,now ,samuel did not yet know the ,,lord1 neither was the word of the ,,lord yet revealed unto him4 #ji3jjc3jjh ,and the ,,lord called ,samuel again the third time4 ,and he arose and went to ,eli1 and said1 ,here am ,i2 for thou didst call me4 ,and ,eli perceived that the ,,lord had called the child4 #ji3jjc3jji ,therefore ,eli said unto ,samuel1 ,go1 lie down3 and it shall be1 if he call thee1 that thou shalt say1 ,speak1 ,,lord2 for thy servant heareth4 ,so ,samuel went and lay down in his place4 #ji3jjc3jaj ,and the ,,lord came1 and stood1 and called as at other times1 ,samuel1 ,samuel4 ,then ,samuel answered1 ,speak2 for thy servant heareth4 #ji3jjc3jaa ,and the ,,lord said to ,samuel1 ,behold1 ,i will do a thing in ,israel1 at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle4 #ji3jjc3jab ,in that day ,i will perform against ,eli all things which ,i have spoken concerning his house3 when ,i begin1 ,i will also make an end4 #ji3jjc3jac ,for ,i have told him that ,i will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth2 because his sons made themselves vile1 and he restrained them not4 #ji3jjc3jad ,and therefore ,i have sworn unto the house of ,eli1 that the iniquity of ,eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever4 #ji3jjc3jae ,and ,samuel lay until the morning1 and opened the doors of the house of the ,,lord4 ,and ,samuel feared to shew ,eli the vision4 #ji3jjc3jaf ,then ,eli called ,samuel1 and said1 ,samuel1 my son4 ,and he answered1 ,here am ,i4 #ji3jjc3jag ,and he said1 ,what is the thing that the ,,lord hath said unto thee8 ,i pray thee hide it not from me3 ,god do so to thee1 and more also1 if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee4 #ji3jjc3jah ,and ,samuel told him every whit1 and hid nothing from him4 ,and he said1 ,it is the ,,lord3 let him do what seemeth him good4 #ji3jjc3jai ,and ,samuel grew1 and the ,,lord was with him1 and did let none of his words fall to the ground4 #ji3jjc3jbj ,and all ,israel from ,dan even to ,beersheba knew that ,samuel was established to be a prophet of the ,,lord4 #ji3jjc3jba ,and the ,,lord appeared again in ,shiloh3 for the ,,lord revealed himself to ,samuel in ,shiloh by the word of the ,,lord4 #ji3jjd3jja ,and the word of ,samuel came to all ,israel4 ,now ,israel went out against the ,philistines to battle1 and pitched beside ,ebenezer3 and the ,philistines pitched in ,aphek4 #ji3jjd3jjb ,and the ,philistines put themselves in array against ,israel3 and when they joined battle1 ,israel was smitten before the ,philistines3 and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men4 #ji3jjd3jjc ,and when the people were come into the camp1 the elders of ,israel said1 ,wherefore hath the ,,lord smitten us to day before the ,philistines8 ,let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the ,,lord out of ,shiloh unto us1 that1 when it cometh among us1 it may save us out of the hand of our enemies4 #ji3jjd3jjd ,so the people sent to ,shiloh1 that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the ,,lord of hosts1 which dwelleth between the cherubims3 and the two sons of ,eli1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 were there with the ark of the covenant of ,god4 #ji3jjd3jje ,and when the ark of the covenant of the ,,lord came into the camp1 all ,israel shouted with a great shout1 so that the earth rang again4 #ji3jjd3jjf ,and when the ,philistines heard the noise of the shout1 they said1 ,what meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the ,hebrews8 ,and they understood that the ark of the ,,lord was come into the camp4 #ji3jjd3jjg ,and the ,philistines were afraid1 for they said1 ,god is come into the camp4 ,and they said1 ,woe unto us6 for there hath not been such a thing heretofore4 #ji3jjd3jjh ,woe unto us6 who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty ,gods8 these are the ,gods that smote the ,egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness4 #ji3jjd3jji ,be strong and quit yourselves like men1 ,o ye ,philistines1 that ye be not servants unto the ,hebrews1 as they have been to you3 quit yourselves like men1 and fight4 #ji3jjd3jaj ,and the ,philistines fought1 and ,israel was smitten1 and they fled every man into his tent3 and there was a very great slaughter2 for there fell of ,israel thirty thousand footmen4 #ji3jjd3jaa ,and the ark of ,god was taken2 and the two sons of ,eli1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 were slain4 #ji3jjd3jab ,and there ran a man of ,benjamin out of the army1 and came to ,shiloh the same day with his clothes rent1 and with earth upon his head4 #ji3jjd3jac ,and when he came1 lo1 ,eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching3 for his heart trembled for the ark of ,god4 ,and when the man came into the city1 and told it1 all the city cried out4 #ji3jjd3jad ,and when ,eli heard the noise of the crying1 he said1 ,what meaneth the noise of this tumult8 ,and the man came in hastily1 and told ,eli4 #ji3jjd3jae ,now ,eli was ninety and eight years old2 and his eyes were dim1 that he could not see4 #ji3jjd3jaf ,and the man said unto ,eli1 ,i am he that came out of the army1 and ,i fled to day out of the army4 ,and he said1 ,what is there done1 my son8 #ji3jjd3jag ,and the messenger answered and said1 ,israel is fled before the ,philistines1 and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people1 and thy two sons also1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 are dead1 and the ark of ,god is taken4 #ji3jjd3jah ,and it came to pass1 when he made mention of the ark of ,god1 that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate1 and his neck brake1 and he died3 for he was an old man1 and heavy4 ,and he had judged ,israel forty years4 #ji3jjd3jai ,and his daughter in law1 ,phinehas' wife1 was with child1 near to be delivered3 and when she heard the tidings that the ark of ,god was taken1 and that her father in law and her husband were dead1 she bowed herself and travailed2 for her pains came upon her4 #ji3jjd3jbj ,and about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her1 ,fear not2 for thou hast born a son4 ,but she answered not1 neither did she regard it4 #ji3jjd3jba ,and she named the child ,ichabod1 saying1 ,the glory is departed from ,israel3 because the ark of ,god was taken1 and because of her father in law and her husband4 #ji3jjd3jbb ,and she said1 ,the glory is departed from ,israel3 for the ark of ,god is taken4 #ji3jje3jja ,and the ,philistines took the ark of ,god1 and brought it from ,ebenezer unto ,ashdod4 #ji3jje3jjb ,when the ,philistines took the ark of ,god1 they brought it into the house of ,dagon1 and set it by ,dagon4 #ji3jje3jjc ,and when they of ,ashdod arose early on the morrow1 behold1 ,dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the ,,lord4 ,and they took ,dagon1 and set him in his place again4 #ji3jje3jjd ,and when they arose early on the morrow morning1 behold1 ,dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the ,,lord2 and the head of ,dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold2 only the stump of ,dagon was left to him4 #ji3jje3jje ,therefore neither the priests of ,dagon1 nor any that come into ,dagon's house1 tread on the threshold of ,dagon in ,ashdod unto this day4 #ji3jje3jjf ,but the hand of the ,,lord was heavy upon them of ,ashdod1 and he destroyed them1 and smote them with emerods1 even ,ashdod and the coasts thereof4 #ji3jje3jjg ,and when the men of ,ashdod saw that it was so1 they said1 ,the ark of the ,god of ,israel shall not abide with us3 for his hand is sore upon us1 and upon ,dagon our god4 #ji3jje3jjh ,they sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the ,philistines unto them1 and said1 ,what shall we do with the ark of the ,god of ,israel8 ,and they answered1 ,let the ark of the ,god of ,israel be carried about unto ,gath4 ,and they carried the ark of the ,god of ,israel about thither4 #ji3jje3jji ,and it was so1 that1 after they had carried it about1 the hand of the ,,lord was against the city with a very great destruction3 and he smote the men of the city1 both small and great1 and they had emerods in their secret parts4 #ji3jje3jaj ,therefore they sent the ark of ,god to ,ekron4 ,and it came to pass1 as the ark of ,god came to ,ekron1 that the ,ekronites cried out1 saying1 ,they have brought about the ark of the ,god of ,israel to us1 to slay us and our people4 #ji3jje3jaa ,so they sent and gathered together all the lords of the ,philistines1 and said1 ,send away the ark of the ,god of ,israel1 and let it go again to his own place1 that it slay us not1 and our people3 for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city2 the hand of ,god was very heavy there4 #ji3jje3jab ,and the men that died not were smitten with the emerods3 and the cry of the city went up to heaven4 #ji3jjf3jja ,and the ark of the ,,lord was in the country of the ,philistines seven months4 #ji3jjf3jjb ,and the ,philistines called for the priests and the diviners1 saying1 ,what shall we do to the ark of the ,,lord8 tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place4 #ji3jjf3jjc ,and they said1 ,if ye send away the ark of the ,god of ,israel1 send it not empty2 but in any wise return him a trespass offering3 then ye shall be healed1 and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you4 #ji3jjf3jjd ,then said they1 ,what shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him8 ,they answered1 ,five golden emerods1 and five golden mice1 according to the number of the lords of the ,philistines3 for one plague was on you all1 and on your lords4 #ji3jjf3jje ,wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods1 and images of your mice that mar the land2 and ye shall give glory unto the ,god of ,israel3 peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you1 and from off your gods1 and from off your land4 #ji3jjf3jjf ,wherefore then do ye harden your hearts1 as the ,egyptians and ,pharaoh hardened their hearts8 when he had wrought wonderfully among them1 did they not let the people go1 and they departed8 #ji3jjf3jjg ,now therefore make a new cart1 and take two milch kine1 on which there hath come no yoke1 and tie the kine to the cart1 and bring their calves home from them3 #ji3jjf3jjh ,and take the ark of the ,,lord1 and lay it upon the cart2 and put the jewels of gold1 which ye return him for a trespass offering1 in a coffer by the side thereof2 and send it away1 that it may go4 #ji3jjf3jji ,and see1 if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to ,bethshemesh1 then he hath done us this great evil3 but if not1 then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us3 it was a chance that happened to us4 #ji3jjf3jaj ,and the men did so2 and took two milch kine1 and tied them to the cart1 and shut up their calves at home3 #ji3jjf3jaa ,and they laid the ark of the ,,lord upon the cart1 and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods4 #ji3jjf3jab ,and the kine took the straight way to the way of ,bethshemesh1 and went along the highway1 lowing as they went1 and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left2 and the lords of the ,philistines went after them unto the border of ,bethshemesh4 #ji3jjf3jac ,and they of ,bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley3 and they lifted up their eyes1 and saw the ark1 and rejoiced to see it4 #ji3jjf3jad ,and the cart came into the field of ,joshua1 a ,bethshemite1 and stood there1 where there was a great stone3 and they clave the wood of the cart1 and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the ,,lord4 #ji3jjf3jae ,and the ,levites took down the ark of the ,,lord1 and the coffer that was with it1 wherein the jewels of gold were1 and put them on the great stone3 and the men of ,bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the ,,lord4 #ji3jjf3jaf ,and when the five lords of the ,philistines had seen it1 they returned to ,ekron the same day4 #ji3jjf3jag ,and these are the golden emerods which the ,philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the ,,lord2 for ,ashdod one1 for ,gaza one1 for ,askelon one1 for ,gath one1 for ,ekron one2 #ji3jjf3jah ,and the golden mice1 according to the number of all the cities of the ,philistines belonging to the five lords1 both of fenced cities1 and of country villages1 even unto the great stone of ,abel1 whereon they set down the ark of the ,,lord3 which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of ,joshua1 the ,bethshemite4 #ji3jjf3jai ,and he smote the men of ,bethshemesh1 because they had looked into the ark of the ,,lord1 even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men3 and the people lamented1 because the ,,lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter4 #ji3jjf3jbj ,and the men of ,bethshemesh said1 ,who is able to stand before this holy ,,lord ,god8 and to whom shall he go up from us8 #ji3jjf3jba ,and they sent messengers to the inhabitants of ,kirjathjearim1 saying1 ,the ,philistines have brought again the ark of the ,,lord2 come ye down1 and fetch it up to you4 #ji3jjg3jja ,and the men of ,kirjathjearim came1 and fetched up the ark of the ,,lord1 and brought it into the house of ,abinadab in the hill1 and sanctified ,eleazar his son to keep the ark of the ,,lord4 #ji3jjg3jjb ,and it came to pass1 while the ark abode in ,kirjathjearim1 that the time was long2 for it was twenty years3 and all the house of ,israel lamented after the ,,lord4 #ji3jjg3jjc ,and ,samuel spake unto all the house of ,israel1 saying1 ,if ye do return unto the ,,lord with all your hearts1 then put away the strange gods and ,ashtaroth from among you1 and prepare your hearts unto the ,,lord1 and serve him only3 and he will deliver you out of the hand of the ,philistines4 #ji3jjg3jjd ,then the children of ,israel did put away ,baalim and ,ashtaroth1 and served the ,,lord only4 #ji3jjg3jje ,and ,samuel said1 ,gather all ,israel to ,mizpeh1 and ,i will pray for you unto the ,,lord4 #ji3jjg3jjf ,and they gathered together to ,mizpeh1 and drew water1 and poured it out before the ,,lord1 and fasted on that day1 and said there1 ,we have sinned against the ,,lord4 ,and ,samuel judged the children of ,israel in ,mizpeh4 #ji3jjg3jjg ,and when the ,philistines heard that the children of ,israel were gathered together to ,mizpeh1 the lords of the ,philistines went up against ,israel4 ,and when the children of ,israel heard it1 they were afraid of the ,philistines4 #ji3jjg3jjh ,and the children of ,israel said to ,samuel1 ,cease not to cry unto the ,,lord our ,god for us1 that he will save us out of the hand of the ,philistines4 #ji3jjg3jji ,and ,samuel took a sucking lamb1 and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the ,,lord3 and ,samuel cried unto the ,,lord for ,israel2 and the ,,lord heard him4 #ji3jjg3jaj ,and as ,samuel was offering up the burnt offering1 the ,philistines drew near to battle against ,israel3 but the ,,lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the ,philistines1 and discomfited them2 and they were smitten before ,israel4 #ji3jjg3jaa ,and the men of ,israel went out of ,mizpeh1 and pursued the ,philistines1 and smote them1 until they came under ,bethcar4 #ji3jjg3jab ,then ,samuel took a stone1 and set it between ,mizpeh and ,shen1 and called the name of it ,ebenezer1 saying1 ,hitherto hath the ,,lord helped us4 #ji3jjg3jac ,so the ,philistines were subdued1 and they came no more into the coast of ,israel3 and the hand of the ,,lord was against the ,philistines all the days of ,samuel4 #ji3jjg3jad ,and the cities which the ,philistines had taken from ,israel were restored to ,israel1 from ,ekron even unto ,gath2 and the coasts thereof did ,israel deliver out of the hands of the ,philistines4 ,and there was peace between ,israel and the ,amorites4 #ji3jjg3jae ,and ,samuel judged ,israel all the days of his life4 #ji3jjg3jaf ,and he went from year to year in circuit to ,bethel1 and ,gilgal1 and ,mizpeh1 and judged ,israel in all those places4 #ji3jjg3jag ,and his return was to ,ramah2 for there was his house2 and there he judged ,israel2 and there he built an altar unto the ,,lord4 #ji3jjh3jja ,and it came to pass1 when ,samuel was old1 that he made his sons judges over ,israel4 #ji3jjh3jjb ,now the name of his firstborn was ,joel2 and the name of his second1 ,abiah3 they were judges in ,beersheba4 #ji3jjh3jjc ,and his sons walked not in his ways1 but turned aside after lucre1 and took bribes1 and perverted judgment4 #ji3jjh3jjd ,then all the elders of ,israel gathered themselves together1 and came to ,samuel unto ,ramah1 #ji3jjh3jje ,and said unto him1 ,behold1 thou art old1 and thy sons walk not in thy ways3 now make us a king to judge us like all the nations4 #ji3jjh3jjf ,but the thing displeased ,samuel1 when they said1 ,give us a king to judge us4 ,and ,samuel prayed unto the ,,lord4 #ji3jjh3jjg ,and the ,,lord said unto ,samuel1 ,hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee3 for they have not rejected thee1 but they have rejected me1 that ,i should not reign over them4 #ji3jjh3jjh ,according to all the works which they have done since the day that ,i brought them up out of ,egypt even unto this day1 wherewith they have forsaken me1 and served other gods1 so do they also unto thee4 #ji3jjh3jji ,now therefore hearken unto their voice3 howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them1 and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them4 #ji3jjh3jaj ,and ,samuel told all the words of the ,,lord unto the people that asked of him a king4 #ji3jjh3jaa ,and he said1 ,this will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you3 ,he will take your sons1 and appoint them for himself1 for his chariots1 and to be his horsemen2 and some shall run before his chariots4 #ji3jjh3jab ,and he will appoint him captains over thousands1 and captains over fifties2 and will set them to ear his ground1 and to reap his harvest1 and to make his instruments of war1 and instruments of his chariots4 #ji3jjh3jac ,and he will take your daughters to be confectionaries1 and to be cooks1 and to be bakers4 #ji3jjh3jad ,and he will take your fields1 and your vineyards1 and your oliveyards1 even the best of them1 and give them to his servants4 #ji3jjh3jae ,and he will take the tenth of your seed1 and of your vineyards1 and give to his officers1 and to his servants4 #ji3jjh3jaf ,and he will take your menservants1 and your maidservants1 and your goodliest young men1 and your asses1 and put them to his work4 #ji3jjh3jag ,he will take the tenth of your sheep3 and ye shall be his servants4 #ji3jjh3jah ,and ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you2 and the ,,lord will not hear you in that day4 #ji3jjh3jai ,nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of ,samuel2 and they said1 ,nay2 but we will have a king over us2 #ji3jjh3jbj ,that we also may be like all the nations2 and that our king may judge us1 and go out before us1 and fight our battles4 #ji3jjh3jba ,and ,samuel heard all the words of the people1 and he rehearsed them in the ears of the ,,lord4 #ji3jjh3jbb ,and the ,,lord said to ,samuel1 ,hearken unto their voice1 and make them a king4 ,and ,samuel said unto the men of ,israel1 ,go ye every man unto his city4 #ji3jji3jja ,now there was a man of ,benjamin1 whose name was ,kish1 the son of ,abiel1 the son of ,zeror1 the son of ,bechorath1 the son of ,aphiah1 a ,benjamite1 a mighty man of power4 #ji3jji3jjb ,and he had a son1 whose name was ,saul1 a choice young man1 and a goodly3 and there was not among the children of ,israel a goodlier person than he3 from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people4 #ji3jji3jjc ,and the asses of ,kish ,saul's father were lost4 ,and ,kish said to ,saul his son1 ,take now one of the servants with thee1 and arise1 go seek the asses4 #ji3jji3jjd ,and he passed through mount ,ephraim1 and passed through the land of ,shalisha1 but they found them not3 then they passed through the land of ,shalim1 and there they were not3 and he passed through the land of the ,benjamites1 but they found them not4 #ji3jji3jje ,and when they were come to the land of ,zuph1 ,saul said to his servant that was with him1 ,come1 and let us return2 lest my father leave caring for the asses1 and take thought for us4 #ji3jji3jjf ,and he said unto him1 ,behold now1 there is in this city a man of ,god1 and he is an honourable man2 all that he saith cometh surely to pass3 now let us go thither2 peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go4 #ji3jji3jjg ,then said ,saul to his servant1 ,but1 behold1 if we go1 what shall we bring the man8 for the bread is spent in our vessels1 and there is not a present to bring to the man of ,god3 what have we8 #ji3jji3jjh ,and the servant answered ,saul again1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver3 that will ,i give to the man of ,god1 to tell us our way4 #ji3jji3jji 7,beforetime in ,israel1 when a man went to enquire of ,god1 thus he spake1 ,come1 and let us go to the seer3 for he that is now called a ,prophet was beforetime called a ,seer47 #ji3jji3jaj ,then said ,saul to his servant1 ,well said2 come1 let us go4 ,so they went unto the city where the man of ,god was4 #ji3jji3jaa ,and as they went up the hill to the city1 they found young maidens going out to draw water1 and said unto them1 ,is the seer here8 #ji3jji3jab ,and they answered them1 and said1 ,he is2 behold1 he is before you3 make haste now1 for he came to day to the city2 for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place3 #ji3jji3jac ,as soon as ye be come into the city1 ye shall straightway find him1 before he go up to the high place to eat3 for the people will not eat until he come1 because he doth bless the sacrifice2 and afterwards they eat that be bidden4 ,now therefore get you up2 for about this time ye shall find him4 #ji3jji3jad ,and they went up into the city3 and when they were come into the city1 behold1 ,samuel came out against them1 for to go up to the high place4 #ji3jji3jae ,now the ,,lord had told ,samuel in his ear a day before ,saul came1 saying1 #ji3jji3jaf ,to morrow about this time ,i will send thee a man out of the land of ,benjamin1 and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people ,israel1 that he may save my people out of the hand of the ,philistines3 for ,i have looked upon my people1 because their cry is come unto me4 #ji3jji3jag ,and when ,samuel saw ,saul1 the ,,lord said unto him1 ,behold the man whom ,i spake to thee of6 this same shall reign over my people4 #ji3jji3jah ,then ,saul drew near to ,samuel in the gate1 and said1 ,tell me1 ,i pray thee1 where the seer's house is4 #ji3jji3jai ,and ,samuel answered ,saul1 and said1 ,i am the seer3 go up before me unto the high place2 for ye shall eat with me to day1 and to morrow ,i will let thee go1 and will tell thee all that is in thine heart4 #ji3jji3jbj ,and as for thine asses that were lost three days ago1 set not thy mind on them2 for they are found4 ,and on whom is all the desire of ,israel8 ,is it not on thee1 and on all thy father's house8 #ji3jji3jba ,and ,saul answered and said1 ,am not ,i a ,benjamite1 of the smallest of the tribes of ,israel8 and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of ,benjamin8 wherefore then speakest thou so to me8 #ji3jji3jbb ,and ,samuel took ,saul and his servant1 and brought them into the parlour1 and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden1 which were about thirty persons4 #ji3jji3jbc ,and ,samuel said unto the cook1 ,bring the portion which ,i gave thee1 of which ,i said unto thee1 ,set it by thee4 #ji3jji3jbd ,and the cook took up the shoulder1 and that which was upon it1 and set it before ,saul4 ,and ,samuel said1 ,behold that which is left6 set it before thee1 and eat3 for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since ,i said1 ,i have invited the people4 ,so ,saul did eat with ,samuel that day4 #ji3jji3jbe ,and when they were come down from the high place into the city1 ,samuel communed with ,saul upon the top of the house4 #ji3jji3jbf ,and they arose early3 and it came to pass about the spring of the day1 that ,samuel called ,saul to the top of the house1 saying1 ,up1 that ,i may send thee away4 ,and ,saul arose1 and they went out both of them1 he and ,samuel1 abroad4 #ji3jji3jbg ,and as they were going down to the end of the city1 ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,bid the servant pass on before us1 7and he passed on71 but stand thou still a while1 that ,i may shew thee the word of ,god4 #ji3jaj3jja ,then ,samuel took a vial of oil1 and poured it upon his head1 and kissed him1 and said1 ,is it not because the ,,lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance8 #ji3jaj3jjb ,when thou art departed from me to day1 then thou shalt find two men by ,rachel's sepulchre in the border of ,benjamin at ,zelzah2 and they will say unto thee1 ,the asses which thou wentest to seek are found3 and1 lo1 thy father hath left the care of the asses1 and sorroweth for you1 saying1 ,what shall ,i do for my son8 #ji3jaj3jjc ,then shalt thou go on forward from thence1 and thou shalt come to the plain of ,tabor1 and there shall meet thee three men going up to ,god to ,bethel1 one carrying three kids1 and another carrying three loaves of bread1 and another carrying a bottle of wine3 #ji3jaj3jjd ,and they will salute thee1 and give thee two loaves of bread2 which thou shalt receive of their hands4 #ji3jaj3jje ,after that thou shalt come to the hill of ,god1 where is the garrison of the ,philistines3 and it shall come to pass1 when thou art come thither to the city1 that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery1 and a tabret1 and a pipe1 and a harp1 before them2 and they shall prophesy3 #ji3jaj3jjf ,and the ,spirit of the ,,lord will come upon thee1 and thou shalt prophesy with them1 and shalt be turned into another man4 #ji3jaj3jjg ,and let it be1 when these signs are come unto thee1 that thou do as occasion serve thee2 for ,god is with thee4 #ji3jaj3jjh ,and thou shalt go down before me to ,gilgal2 and1 behold1 ,i will come down unto thee1 to offer burnt offerings1 and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings3 seven days shalt thou tarry1 till ,i come to thee1 and shew thee what thou shalt do4 #ji3jaj3jji ,and it was so1 that when he had turned his back to go from ,samuel1 ,god gave him another heart3 and all those signs came to pass that day4 #ji3jaj3jaj ,and when they came thither to the hill1 behold1 a company of prophets met him2 and the ,spirit of ,god came upon him1 and he prophesied among them4 #ji3jaj3jaa ,and it came to pass1 when all that knew him beforetime saw that1 behold1 he prophesied among the prophets1 then the people said one to another1 ,what is this that is come unto the son of ,kish8 ,is ,saul also among the prophets8 #ji3jaj3jab ,and one of the same place answered and said1 ,but who is their father8 ,therefore it became a proverb1 ,is ,saul also among the prophets8 #ji3jaj3jac ,and when he had made an end of prophesying1 he came to the high place4 #ji3jaj3jad ,and ,saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant1 ,whither went ye8 ,and he said1 ,to seek the asses3 and when we saw that they were no where1 we came to ,samuel4 #ji3jaj3jae ,and ,saul's uncle said1 ,tell me1 ,i pray thee1 what ,samuel said unto you4 #ji3jaj3jaf ,and ,saul said unto his uncle1 ,he told us plainly that the asses were found4 ,but of the matter of the kingdom1 whereof ,samuel spake1 he told him not4 #ji3jaj3jag ,and ,samuel called the people together unto the ,,lord to ,mizpeh2 #ji3jaj3jah ,and said unto the children of ,israel1 ,thus saith the ,,lord ,god of ,israel1 ,i brought up ,israel out of ,egypt1 and delivered you out of the hand of the ,egyptians1 and out of the hand of all kingdoms1 and of them that oppressed you3 #ji3jaj3jai ,and ye have this day rejected your ,god1 who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations2 and ye have said unto him1 ,nay1 but set a king over us4 ,now therefore present yourselves before the ,,lord by your tribes1 and by your thousands4 #ji3jaj3jbj ,and when ,samuel had caused all the tribes of ,israel to come near1 the tribe of ,benjamin was taken4 #ji3jaj3jba ,when he had caused the tribe of ,benjamin to come near by their families1 the family of ,matri was taken1 and ,saul the son of ,kish was taken3 and when they sought him1 he could not be found4 #ji3jaj3jbb ,therefore they enquired of the ,,lord further1 if the man should yet come thither4 ,and the ,,lord answered1 ,behold he hath hid himself among the stuff4 #ji3jaj3jbc ,and they ran and fetched him thence3 and when he stood among the people1 he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward4 #ji3jaj3jbd ,and ,samuel said to all the people1 ,see ye him whom the ,,lord hath chosen1 that there is none like him among all the people8 ,and all the people shouted1 and said1 ,god save the king4 #ji3jaj3jbe ,then ,samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom1 and wrote it in a book1 and laid it up before the ,,lord4 ,and ,samuel sent all the people away1 every man to his house4 #ji3jaj3jbf ,and ,saul also went home to ,gibeah2 and there went with him a band of men1 whose hearts ,god had touched4 #ji3jaj3jbg ,but the children of ,belial said1 ,how shall this man save us8 ,and they despised him1 and brought no presents4 ,but he held his peace4 #ji3jaa3jja ,then ,nahash the ,ammonite came up1 and encamped against ,jabeshgilead3 and all the men of ,jabesh said unto ,nahash1 ,make a covenant with us1 and we will serve thee4 #ji3jaa3jjb ,and ,nahash the ,ammonite answered them1 ,on this condition will ,i make a covenant with you1 that ,i may thrust out all your right eyes1 and lay it for a reproach upon all ,israel4 #ji3jaa3jjc ,and the elders of ,jabesh said unto him1 ,give us seven days' respite1 that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of ,israel3 and then1 if there be no man to save us1 we will come out to thee4 #ji3jaa3jjd ,then came the messengers to ,gibeah of ,saul1 and told the tidings in the ears of the people3 and all the people lifted up their voices1 and wept4 #ji3jaa3jje ,and1 behold1 ,saul came after the herd out of the field2 and ,saul said1 ,what aileth the people that they weep8 ,and they told him the tidings of the men of ,jabesh4 #ji3jaa3jjf ,and the ,spirit of ,god came upon ,saul when he heard those tidings1 and his anger was kindled greatly4 #ji3jaa3jjg ,and he took a yoke of oxen1 and hewed them in pieces1 and sent them throughout all the coasts of ,israel by the hands of messengers1 saying1 ,whosoever cometh not forth after ,saul and after ,samuel1 so shall it be done unto his oxen4 ,and the fear of the ,,lord fell on the people1 and they came out with one consent4 #ji3jaa3jjh ,and when he numbered them in ,bezek1 the children of ,israel were three hundred thousand1 and the men of ,judah thirty thousand4 #ji3jaa3jji ,and they said unto the messengers that came1 ,thus shall ye say unto the men of ,jabeshgilead1 ,to morrow1 by that time the sun be hot1 ye shall have help4 ,and the messengers came and shewed it to the men of ,jabesh2 and they were glad4 #ji3jaa3jaj ,therefore the men of ,jabesh said1 ,to morrow we will come out unto you1 and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you4 #ji3jaa3jaa ,and it was so on the morrow1 that ,saul put the people in three companies2 and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch1 and slew the ,ammonites until the heat of the day3 and it came to pass1 that they which remained were scattered1 so that two of them were not left together4 #ji3jaa3jab ,and the people said unto ,samuel1 ,who is he that said1 ,shall ,saul reign over us8 bring the men1 that we may put them to death4 #ji3jaa3jac ,and ,saul said1 ,there shall not a man be put to death this day3 for to day the ,,lord hath wrought salvation in ,israel4 #ji3jaa3jad ,then said ,samuel to the people1 ,come1 and let us go to ,gilgal1 and renew the kingdom there4 #ji3jaa3jae ,and all the people went to ,gilgal2 and there they made ,saul king before the ,,lord in ,gilgal2 and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the ,,lord2 and there ,saul and all the men of ,israel rejoiced greatly4 #ji3jab3jja ,and ,samuel said unto all ,israel1 ,behold1 ,i have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me1 and have made a king over you4 #ji3jab3jjb ,and now1 behold1 the king walketh before you3 and ,i am old and grayheaded2 and1 behold1 my sons are with you3 and ,i have walked before you from my childhood unto this day4 #ji3jab3jjc ,behold1 here ,i am3 witness against me before the ,,lord1 and before his anointed3 whose ox have ,i taken8 or whose ass have ,i taken8 or whom have ,i defrauded8 whom have ,i oppressed8 or of whose hand have ,i received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith8 and ,i will restore it you4 #ji3jab3jjd ,and they said1 ,thou hast not defrauded us1 nor oppressed us1 neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand4 #ji3jab3jje ,and he said unto them1 ,the ,,lord is witness against you1 and his anointed is witness this day1 that ye have not found ought in my hand4 ,and they answered1 ,he is witness4 #ji3jab3jjf ,and ,samuel said unto the people1 ,it is the ,,lord that advanced ,moses and ,aaron1 and that brought your fathers up out of the land of ,egypt4 #ji3jab3jjg ,now therefore stand still1 that ,i may reason with you before the ,,lord of all the righteous acts of the ,,lord1 which he did to you and to your fathers4 #ji3jab3jjh ,when ,jacob was come into ,egypt1 and your fathers cried unto the ,,lord1 then the ,,lord sent ,moses and ,aaron1 which brought forth your fathers out of ,egypt1 and made them dwell in this place4 #ji3jab3jji ,and when they forgat the ,,lord their ,god1 he sold them into the hand of ,sisera1 captain of the host of ,hazor1 and into the hand of the ,philistines1 and into the hand of the king of ,moab1 and they fought against them4 #ji3jab3jaj ,and they cried unto the ,,lord1 and said1 ,we have sinned1 because we have forsaken the ,,lord1 and have served ,baalim and ,ashtaroth3 but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies1 and we will serve thee4 #ji3jab3jaa ,and the ,,lord sent ,jerubbaal1 and ,bedan1 and ,jephthah1 and ,samuel1 and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side1 and ye dwelled safe4 #ji3jab3jab ,and when ye saw that ,nahash the king of the children of ,ammon came against you1 ye said unto me1 ,nay2 but a king shall reign over us3 when the ,,lord your ,god was your king4 #ji3jab3jac ,now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen1 and whom ye have desired6 and1 behold1 the ,,lord hath set a king over you4 #ji3jab3jad ,if ye will fear the ,,lord1 and serve him1 and obey his voice1 and not rebel against the commandment of the ,,lord1 then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the ,,lord your ,god3 #ji3jab3jae ,but if ye will not obey the voice of the ,,lord1 but rebel against the commandment of the ,,lord1 then shall the hand of the ,,lord be against you1 as it was against your fathers4 #ji3jab3jaf ,now therefore stand and see this great thing1 which the ,,lord will do before your eyes4 #ji3jab3jag ,is it not wheat harvest to day8 ,i will call unto the ,,lord1 and he shall send thunder and rain2 that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great1 which ye have done in the sight of the ,,lord1 in asking you a king4 #ji3jab3jah ,so ,samuel called unto the ,,lord2 and the ,,lord sent thunder and rain that day3 and all the people greatly feared the ,,lord and ,samuel4 #ji3jab3jai ,and all the people said unto ,samuel1 ,pray for thy servants unto the ,,lord thy ,god1 that we die not3 for we have added unto all our sins this evil1 to ask us a king4 #ji3jab3jbj ,and ,samuel said unto the people1 ,fear not3 ye have done all this wickedness3 yet turn not aside from following the ,,lord1 but serve the ,,lord with all your heart2 #ji3jab3jba ,and turn ye not aside3 for then should ye go after vain things1 which cannot profit nor deliver2 for they are vain4 #ji3jab3jbb ,for the ,,lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake3 because it hath pleased the ,,lord to make you his people4 #ji3jab3jbc ,moreover as for me1 ,god forbid that ,i should sin against the ,,lord in ceasing to pray for you3 but ,i will teach you the good and the right way3 #ji3jab3jbd ,only fear the ,,lord1 and serve him in truth with all your heart3 for consider how great things he hath done for you4 #ji3jab3jbe ,but if ye shall still do wickedly1 ye shall be consumed1 both ye and your king4 #ji3jac3jja ,saul reigned one year2 and when he had reigned two years over ,israel1 #ji3jac3jjb ,saul chose him three thousand men of ,israel2 whereof two thousand were with ,saul in ,michmash and in mount ,bethel1 and a thousand were with ,jonathan in ,gibeah of ,benjamin3 and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent4 #ji3jac3jjc ,and ,jonathan smote the garrison of the ,philistines that was in ,geba1 and the ,philistines heard of it4 ,and ,saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land1 saying1 ,let the ,hebrews hear4 #ji3jac3jjd ,and all ,israel heard say that ,saul had smitten a garrison of the ,philistines1 and that ,israel also was had in abomination with the ,philistines4 ,and the people were called together after ,saul to ,gilgal4 #ji3jac3jje ,and the ,philistines gathered themselves together to fight with ,israel1 thirty thousand chariots1 and six thousand horsemen1 and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude3 and they came up1 and pitched in ,michmash1 eastward from ,bethaven4 #ji3jac3jjf ,when the men of ,israel saw that they were in a strait1 7for the people were distressed17 then the people did hide themselves in caves1 and in thickets1 and in rocks1 and in high places1 and in pits4 #ji3jac3jjg ,and some of the ,hebrews went over ,jordan to the land of ,gad and ,gilead4 ,as for ,saul1 he was yet in ,gilgal1 and all the people followed him trembling4 #ji3jac3jjh ,and he tarried seven days1 according to the set time that ,samuel had appointed3 but ,samuel came not to ,gilgal2 and the people were scattered from him4 #ji3jac3jji ,and ,saul said1 ,bring hither a burnt offering to me1 and peace offerings4 ,and he offered the burnt offering4 #ji3jac3jaj ,and it came to pass1 that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering1 behold1 ,samuel came2 and ,saul went out to meet him1 that he might salute him4 #ji3jac3jaa ,and ,samuel said1 ,what hast thou done8 ,and ,saul said1 ,because ,i saw that the people were scattered from me1 and that thou camest not within the days appointed1 and that the ,philistines gathered themselves together at ,michmash2 #ji3jac3jab ,therefore said ,i1 ,the ,philistines will come down now upon me to ,gilgal1 and ,i have not made supplication unto the ,,lord3 ,i forced myself therefore1 and offered a burnt offering4 #ji3jac3jac ,and ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,thou hast done foolishly3 thou hast not kept the commandment of the ,,lord thy ,god1 which he commanded thee3 for now would the ,,lord have established thy kingdom upon ,israel for ever4 #ji3jac3jad ,but now thy kingdom shall not continue3 the ,,lord hath sought him a man after his own heart1 and the ,,lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people1 because thou hast not kept that which the ,,lord commanded thee4 #ji3jac3jae ,and ,samuel arose1 and gat him up from ,gilgal unto ,gibeah of ,benjamin4 ,and ,saul numbered the people that were present with him1 about six hundred men4 #ji3jac3jaf ,and ,saul1 and ,jonathan his son1 and the people that were present with them1 abode in ,gibeah of ,benjamin3 but the ,philistines encamped in ,michmash4 #ji3jac3jag ,and the spoilers came out of the camp of the ,philistines in three companies3 one company turned unto the way that leadeth to ,ophrah1 unto the land of ,shual3 #ji3jac3jah ,and another company turned the way to ,bethhoron3 and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of ,zeboim toward the wilderness4 #ji3jac3jai ,now there was no smith found throughout all the land of ,israel3 for the ,philistines said1 ,lest the ,hebrews make them swords or spears3 #ji3jac3jbj ,but all the ,israelites went down to the ,philistines1 to sharpen every man his share1 and his coulter1 and his axe1 and his mattock4 #ji3jac3jba ,yet they had a file for the mattocks1 and for the coulters1 and for the forks1 and for the axes1 and to sharpen the goads4 #ji3jac3jbb ,so it came to pass in the day of battle1 that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with ,saul and ,jonathan3 but with ,saul and with ,jonathan his son was there found4 #ji3jac3jbc ,and the garrison of the ,philistines went out to the passage of ,michmash4 #ji3jad3jja ,now it came to pass upon a day1 that ,jonathan the son of ,saul said unto the young man that bare his armour1 ,come1 and let us go over to the ,philistines' garrison1 that is on the other side4 ,but he told not his father4 #ji3jad3jjb ,and ,saul tarried in the uttermost part of ,gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in ,migron3 and the people that were with him were about six hundred men2 #ji3jad3jjc ,and ,ahiah1 the son of ,ahitub1 ,ichabod's brother1 the son of ,phinehas1 the son of ,eli1 the ,,lord's priest in ,shiloh1 wearing an ephod4 ,and the people knew not that ,jonathan was gone4 #ji3jad3jjd ,and between the passages1 by which ,jonathan sought to go over unto the ,philistines' garrison1 there was a sharp rock on the one side1 and a sharp rock on the other side3 and the name of the one was ,bozez1 and the name of the other ,seneh4 #ji3jad3jje ,the forefront of the one was situate northward over against ,michmash1 and the other southward over against ,gibeah4 #ji3jad3jjf ,and ,jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour1 ,come1 and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised3 it may be that the ,,lord will work for us3 for there is no restraint to the ,,lord to save by many or by few4 #ji3jad3jjg ,and his armourbearer said unto him1 ,do all that is in thine heart3 turn thee2 behold1 ,i am with thee according to thy heart4 #ji3jad3jjh ,then said ,jonathan1 ,behold1 we will pass over unto these men1 and we will discover ourselves unto them4 #ji3jad3jji ,if they say thus unto us1 ,tarry until we come to you2 then we will stand still in our place1 and will not go up unto them4 #ji3jad3jaj ,but if they say thus1 ,come up unto us2 then we will go up3 for the ,,lord hath delivered them into our hand3 and this shall be a sign unto us4 #ji3jad3jaa ,and both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the ,philistines3 and the ,philistines said1 ,behold1 the ,hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves4 #ji3jad3jab ,and the men of the garrison answered ,jonathan and his armourbearer1 and said1 ,come up to us1 and we will shew you a thing4 ,and ,jonathan said unto his armourbearer1 ,come up after me3 for the ,,lord hath delivered them into the hand of ,israel4 #ji3jad3jac ,and ,jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet1 and his armourbearer after him3 and they fell before ,jonathan2 and his armourbearer slew after him4 #ji3jad3jad ,and that first slaughter1 which ,jonathan and his armourbearer made1 was about twenty men1 within as it were an half acre of land1 which a yoke of oxen might plow4 #ji3jad3jae ,and there was trembling in the host1 in the field1 and among all the people3 the garrison1 and the spoilers1 they also trembled1 and the earth quaked3 so it was a very great trembling4 #ji3jad3jaf ,and the watchmen of ,saul in ,gibeah of ,benjamin looked2 and1 behold1 the multitude melted away1 and they went on beating down one another4 #ji3jad3jag ,then said ,saul unto the people that were with him1 ,number now1 and see who is gone from us4 ,and when they had numbered1 behold1 ,jonathan and his armourbearer were not there4 #ji3jad3jah ,and ,saul said unto ,ahiah1 ,bring hither the ark of ,god4 ,for the ark of ,god was at that time with the children of ,israel4 #ji3jad3jai ,and it came to pass1 while ,saul talked unto the priest1 that the noise that was in the host of the ,philistines went on and increased3 and ,saul said unto the priest1 ,withdraw thine hand4 #ji3jad3jbj ,and ,saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves1 and they came to the battle3 and1 behold1 every man's sword was against his fellow1 and there was a very great discomfiture4 #ji3jad3jba ,moreover the ,hebrews that were with the ,philistines before that time1 which went up with them into the camp from the country round about1 even they also turned to be with the ,israelites that were with ,saul and ,jonathan4 #ji3jad3jbb ,likewise all the men of ,israel which had hid themselves in mount ,ephraim1 when they heard that the ,philistines fled1 even they also followed hard after them in the battle4 #ji3jad3jbc ,so the ,,lord saved ,israel that day3 and the battle passed over unto ,bethaven4 #ji3jad3jbd ,and the men of ,israel were distressed that day3 for ,saul had adjured the people1 saying1 ,cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening1 that ,i may be avenged on mine enemies4 ,so none of the people tasted any food4 #ji3jad3jbe ,and all they of the land came to a wood2 and there was honey upon the ground4 #ji3jad3jbf ,and when the people were come into the wood1 behold1 the honey dropped2 but no man put his hand to his mouth3 for the people feared the oath4 #ji3jad3jbg ,but ,jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath3 wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand1 and dipped it in an honeycomb1 and put his hand to his mouth2 and his eyes were enlightened4 #ji3jad3jbh ,then answered one of the people1 and said1 ,thy father straitly charged the people with an oath1 saying1 ,cursed be the man that eateth any food this day4 ,and the people were faint4 #ji3jad3jbi ,then said ,jonathan1 ,my father hath troubled the land3 see1 ,i pray you1 how mine eyes have been enlightened1 because ,i tasted a little of this honey4 #ji3jad3jcj ,how much more1 if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found8 for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the ,philistines8 #ji3jad3jca ,and they smote the ,philistines that day from ,michmash to ,aijalon3 and the people were very faint4 #ji3jad3jcb ,and the people flew upon the spoil1 and took sheep1 and oxen1 and calves1 and slew them on the ground3 and the people did eat them with the blood4 #ji3jad3jcc ,then they told ,saul1 saying1 ,behold1 the people sin against the ,,lord1 in that they eat with the blood4 ,and he said1 ,ye have transgressed3 roll a great stone unto me this day4 #ji3jad3jcd ,and ,saul said1 ,disperse yourselves among the people1 and say unto them1 ,bring me hither every man his ox1 and every man his sheep1 and slay them here1 and eat2 and sin not against the ,,lord in eating with the blood4 ,and all the people brought every man his ox with him that night1 and slew them there4 #ji3jad3jce ,and ,saul built an altar unto the ,,lord3 the same was the first altar that he built unto the ,,lord4 #ji3jad3jcf ,and ,saul said1 ,let us go down after the ,philistines by night1 and spoil them until the morning light1 and let us not leave a man of them4 ,and they said1 ,do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee4 ,then said the priest1 ,let us draw near hither unto ,god4 #ji3jad3jcg ,and ,saul asked counsel of ,god1 ,shall ,i go down after the ,philistines8 wilt thou deliver them into the hand of ,israel8 ,but he answered him not that day4 #ji3jad3jch ,and ,saul said1 ,draw ye near hither1 all the chief of the people3 and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day4 #ji3jad3jci ,for1 as the ,,lord liveth1 which saveth ,israel1 though it be in ,jonathan my son1 he shall surely die4 ,but there was not a man among all the people that answered him4 #ji3jad3jdj ,then said he unto all ,israel1 ,be ye on one side1 and ,i and ,jonathan my son will be on the other side4 ,and the people said unto ,saul1 ,do what seemeth good unto thee4 #ji3jad3jda ,therefore ,saul said unto the ,,lord ,god of ,israel1 ,give a perfect lot4 ,and ,saul and ,jonathan were taken3 but the people escaped4 #ji3jad3jdb ,and ,saul said1 ,cast lots between me and ,jonathan my son4 ,and ,jonathan was taken4 #ji3jad3jdc ,then ,saul said to ,jonathan1 ,tell me what thou hast done4 ,and ,jonathan told him1 and said1 ,i did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand1 and1 lo1 ,i must die4 #ji3jad3jdd ,and ,saul answered1 ,god do so and more also3 for thou shalt surely die1 ,jonathan4 #ji3jad3jde ,and the people said unto ,saul1 ,shall ,jonathan die1 who hath wrought this great salvation in ,israel8 ,god forbid3 as the ,,lord liveth1 there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground2 for he hath wrought with ,god this day4 ,so the people rescued ,jonathan1 that he died not4 #ji3jad3jdf ,then ,saul went up from following the ,philistines3 and the ,philistines went to their own place4 #ji3jad3jdg ,so ,saul took the kingdom over ,israel1 and fought against all his enemies on every side1 against ,moab1 and against the children of ,ammon1 and against ,edom1 and against the kings of ,zobah1 and against the ,philistines3 and whithersoever he turned himself1 he vexed them4 #ji3jad3jdh ,and he gathered an host1 and smote the ,amalekites1 and delivered ,israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them4 #ji3jad3jdi ,now the sons of ,saul were ,jonathan1 and ,ishui1 and ,melchishua3 and the names of his two daughters were these2 the name of the firstborn ,merab1 and the name of the younger ,michal3 #ji3jad3jej ,and the name of ,saul's wife was ,ahinoam1 the daughter of ,ahimaaz3 and the name of the captain of his host was ,abner1 the son of ,ner1 ,saul's uncle4 #ji3jad3jea ,and ,kish was the father of ,saul2 and ,ner the father of ,abner was the son of ,abiel4 #ji3jad3jeb ,and there was sore war against the ,philistines all the days of ,saul3 and when ,saul saw any strong man1 or any valiant man1 he took him unto him4 #ji3jae3jja ,samuel also said unto ,saul1 ,the ,,lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people1 over ,israel3 now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the ,,lord4 #ji3jae3jjb ,thus saith the ,,lord of hosts1 ,i remember that which ,amalek did to ,israel1 how he laid wait for him in the way1 when he came up from ,egypt4 #ji3jae3jjc ,now go and smite ,amalek1 and utterly destroy all that they have1 and spare them not2 but slay both man and woman1 infant and suckling1 ox and sheep1 camel and ass4 #ji3jae3jjd ,and ,saul gathered the people together1 and numbered them in ,telaim1 two hundred thousand footmen1 and ten thousand men of ,judah4 #ji3jae3jje ,and ,saul came to a city of ,amalek1 and laid wait in the valley4 #ji3jae3jjf ,and ,saul said unto the ,kenites1 ,go1 depart1 get you down from among the ,amalekites1 lest ,i destroy you with them3 for ye shewed kindness to all the children of ,israel1 when they came up out of ,egypt4 ,so the ,kenites departed from among the ,amalekites4 #ji3jae3jjg ,and ,saul smote the ,amalekites from ,havilah until thou comest to ,shur1 that is over against ,egypt4 #ji3jae3jjh ,and he took ,agag the king of the ,amalekites alive1 and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword4 #ji3jae3jji ,but ,saul and the people spared ,agag1 and the best of the sheep1 and of the oxen1 and of the fatlings1 and the lambs1 and all that was good1 and would not utterly destroy them3 but every thing that was vile and refuse1 that they destroyed utterly4 #ji3jae3jaj ,then came the word of the ,,lord unto ,samuel1 saying1 #ji3jae3jaa ,it repenteth me that ,i have set up ,saul to be king3 for he is turned back from following me1 and hath not performed my commandments4 ,and it grieved ,samuel2 and he cried unto the ,,lord all night4 #ji3jae3jab ,and when ,samuel rose early to meet ,saul in the morning1 it was told ,samuel1 saying1 ,saul came to ,carmel1 and1 behold1 he set him up a place1 and is gone about1 and passed on1 and gone down to ,gilgal4 #ji3jae3jac ,and ,samuel came to ,saul3 and ,saul said unto him1 ,blessed be thou of the ,,lord3 ,i have performed the commandment of the ,,lord4 #ji3jae3jad ,and ,samuel said1 ,what meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears1 and the lowing of the oxen which ,i hear8 #ji3jae3jae ,and ,saul said1 ,they have brought them from the ,amalekites3 for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen1 to sacrifice unto the ,,lord thy ,god2 and the rest we have utterly destroyed4 #ji3jae3jaf ,then ,samuel said unto ,saul1 ,stay1 and ,i will tell thee what the ,,lord hath said to me this night4 ,and he said unto him1 ,say on4 #ji3jae3jag ,and ,samuel said1 ,when thou wast little in thine own sight1 wast thou not made the head of the tribes of ,israel1 and the ,,lord anointed thee king over ,israel8 #ji3jae3jah ,and the ,,lord sent thee on a journey1 and said1 ,go and utterly destroy the sinners the ,amalekites1 and fight against them until they be consumed4 #ji3jae3jai ,wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the ,,lord1 but didst fly upon the spoil1 and didst evil in the sight of the ,,lord8 #ji3jae3jbj ,and ,saul said unto ,samuel1 ,yea1 ,i have obeyed the voice of the ,,lord1 and have gone the way which the ,,lord sent me1 and have brought ,agag the king of ,amalek1 and have utterly destroyed the ,amalekites4 #ji3jae3jba ,but the people took of the spoil1 sheep and oxen1 the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed1 to sacrifice unto the ,,lord thy ,god in ,gilgal4 #ji3jae3jbb ,and ,samuel said1 ,hath the ,,lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices1 as in obeying the voice of the ,,lord8 ,behold1 to obey is better than sacrifice1 and to hearken than the fat of rams4 #ji3jae3jbc ,for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft1 and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry4 ,because thou hast rejected the word of the ,,lord1 he hath also rejected thee from being king4 #ji3jae3jbd ,and ,saul said unto ,samuel1 ,i have sinned3 for ,i have transgressed the commandment of the ,,lord1 and thy words3 because ,i feared the people1 and obeyed their voice4 #ji3jae3jbe ,now therefore1 ,i pray thee1 pardon my sin1 and turn again with me1 that ,i may worship the ,,lord4 #ji3jae3jbf ,and ,samuel said unto ,saul1 ,i will not return with thee3 for thou hast rejected the word of the ,,lord1 and the ,,lord hath rejected thee from being king over ,israel4 #ji3jae3jbg ,and as ,samuel turned about to go away1 he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle1 and it rent4 #ji3jae3jbh ,and ,samuel said unto him1 ,the ,,lord hath rent the kingdom of ,israel from thee this day1 and hath given it to a neighbour of thine1 that is better than thou4 #ji3jae3jbi ,and also the ,strength of ,israel will not lie nor repent3 for he is not a man1 that he should repent4 #ji3jae3jcj ,then he said1 ,i have sinned3 yet honour me now1 ,i pray thee1 before the elders of my people1 and before ,israel1 and turn again with me1 that ,i may worship the ,,lord thy ,god4 #ji3jae3jca ,so ,samuel turned again after ,saul2 and ,saul worshipped the ,,lord4 #ji3jae3jcb ,then said ,samuel1 ,bring ye hither to me ,agag the king of the ,amalekites4 ,and ,agag came unto him delicately4 ,and ,agag said1 ,surely the bitterness of death is past4 #ji3jae3jcc ,and ,samuel said1 ,as the sword hath made women childless1 so shall thy mother be childless among women4 ,and ,samuel hewed ,agag in pieces before the ,,lord in ,gilgal4 #ji3jae3jcd ,then ,samuel went to ,ramah2 and ,saul went up to his house to ,gibeah of ,saul4 #ji3jae3jce ,and ,samuel came no more to see ,saul until the day of his death3 nevertheless ,samuel mourned for ,saul3 and the ,,lord repented that he had made ,saul king over ,israel4 #ji3jaf3jja ,and the ,,lord said unto ,samuel1 ,how long wilt thou mourn for ,saul1 seeing ,i have rejected him from reigning over ,israel8 fill thine horn with oil1 and go1 ,i will send thee to ,jesse the ,bethlehemite3 for ,i have provided me a king among his sons4 #ji3jaf3jjb ,and ,samuel said1 ,how can ,i go8 if ,saul hear it1 he will kill me4 ,and the ,,lord said1 ,take an heifer with thee1 and say1 ,i am come to sacrifice to the ,,lord4 #ji3jaf3jjc ,and call ,jesse to the sacrifice1 and ,i will shew thee what thou shalt do3 and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom ,i name unto thee4 #ji3jaf3jjd ,and ,samuel did that which the ,,lord spake1 and came to ,bethlehem4 ,and the elders of the town trembled at his coming1 and said1 ,comest thou peaceably8 #ji3jaf3jje ,and he said1 ,peaceably3 ,i am come to sacrifice unto the ,,lord3 sanctify yourselves1 and come with me to the sacrifice4 ,and he sanctified ,jesse and his sons1 and called them to the sacrifice4 #ji3jaf3jjf ,and it came to pass1 when they were come1 that he looked on ,eliab1 and said1 ,surely the ,,lord's anointed is before him4 #ji3jaf3jjg ,but the ,,lord said unto ,samuel1 ,look not on his countenance1 or on the height of his stature2 because ,i have refused him3 for the ,,lord seeth not as man seeth2 for man looketh on the outward appearance1 but the ,,lord looketh on the heart4 #ji3jaf3jjh ,then ,jesse called ,abinadab1 and made him pass before ,samuel4 ,and he said1 ,neither hath the ,,lord chosen this4 #ji3jaf3jji ,then ,jesse made ,shammah to pass by4 ,and he said1 ,neither hath the ,,lord chosen this4 #ji3jaf3jaj ,again1 ,jesse made seven of his sons to pass before ,samuel4 ,and ,samuel said unto ,jesse1 ,the ,,lord hath not chosen these4 #ji3jaf3jaa ,and ,samuel said unto ,jesse1 ,are here all thy children8 ,and he said1 ,there remaineth yet the youngest1 and1 behold1 he keepeth the sheep4 ,and ,samuel said unto ,jesse1 ,send and fetch him3 for we will not sit down till he come hither4 #ji3jaf3jab ,and he sent1 and brought him in4 ,now he was ruddy1 and withal of a beautiful countenance1 and goodly to look to4 ,and the ,,lord said1 ,arise1 anoint him3 for this is he4 #ji3jaf3jac ,then ,samuel took the horn of oil1 and anointed him in the midst of his brethren3 and the ,spirit of the ,,lord came upon ,david from that day forward4 ,so ,samuel rose up1 and went to ,ramah4 #ji3jaf3jad ,but the ,spirit of the ,,lord departed from ,saul1 and an evil spirit from the ,,lord troubled him4 #ji3jaf3jae ,and ,saul's servants said unto him1 ,behold now1 an evil spirit from ,god troubleth thee4 #ji3jaf3jaf ,let our lord now command thy servants1 which are before thee1 to seek out a man1 who is a cunning player on an harp3 and it shall come to pass1 when the evil spirit from ,god is upon thee1 that he shall play with his hand1 and thou shalt be well4 #ji3jaf3jag ,and ,saul said unto his servants1 ,provide me now a man that can play well1 and bring him to me4 #ji3jaf3jah ,then answered one of the servants1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i have seen a son of ,jesse the ,bethlehemite1 that is cunning in playing1 and a mighty valiant man1 and a man of war1 and prudent in matters1 and a comely person1 and the ,,lord is with him4 #ji3jaf3jai ,wherefore ,saul sent messengers unto ,jesse1 and said1 ,send me ,david thy son1 which is with the sheep4 #ji3jaf3jbj ,and ,jesse took an ass laden with bread1 and a bottle of wine1 and a kid1 and sent them by ,david his son unto ,saul4 #ji3jaf3jba ,and ,david came to ,saul1 and stood before him3 and he loved him greatly2 and he became his armourbearer4 #ji3jaf3jbb ,and ,saul sent to ,jesse1 saying1 ,let ,david1 ,i pray thee1 stand before me2 for he hath found favour in my sight4 #ji3jaf3jbc ,and it came to pass1 when the evil spirit from ,god was upon ,saul1 that ,david took an harp1 and played with his hand3 so ,saul was refreshed1 and was well1 and the evil spirit departed from him4 #ji3jag3jja ,now the ,philistines gathered together their armies to battle1 and were gathered together at ,shochoh1 which belongeth to ,judah1 and pitched between ,shochoh and ,azekah1 in ,ephesdammim4 #ji3jag3jjb ,and ,saul and the men of ,israel were gathered together1 and pitched by the valley of ,elah1 and set the battle in array against the ,philistines4 #ji3jag3jjc ,and the ,philistines stood on a mountain on the one side1 and ,israel stood on a mountain on the other side3 and there was a valley between them4 #ji3jag3jjd ,and there went out a champion out of the camp of the ,philistines1 named ,goliath1 of ,gath1 whose height was six cubits and a span4 #ji3jag3jje ,and he had an helmet of brass upon his head1 and he was armed with a coat of mail2 and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass4 #ji3jag3jjf ,and he had greaves of brass upon his legs1 and a target of brass between his shoulders4 #ji3jag3jjg ,and the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam2 and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron3 and one bearing a shield went before him4 #ji3jag3jjh ,and he stood and cried unto the armies of ,israel1 and said unto them1 ,why are ye come out to set your battle in array8 am not ,i a ,philistine1 and ye servants to ,saul8 choose you a man for you1 and let him come down to me4 #ji3jag3jji ,if he be able to fight with me1 and to kill me1 then will we be your servants3 but if ,i prevail against him1 and kill him1 then shall ye be our servants1 and serve us4 #ji3jag3jaj ,and the ,philistine said1 ,i defy the armies of ,israel this day2 give me a man1 that we may fight together4 #ji3jag3jaa ,when ,saul and all ,israel heard those words of the ,philistine1 they were dismayed1 and greatly afraid4 #ji3jag3jab ,now ,david was the son of that ,ephrathite of ,bethlehemjudah1 whose name was ,jesse2 and he had eight sons3 and the man went among men for an old man in the days of ,saul4 #ji3jag3jac ,and the three eldest sons of ,jesse went and followed ,saul to the battle3 and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were ,eliab the firstborn1 and next unto him ,abinadab1 and the third ,shammah4 #ji3jag3jad ,and ,david was the youngest3 and the three eldest followed ,saul4 #ji3jag3jae ,but ,david went and returned from ,saul to feed his father's sheep at ,bethlehem4 #ji3jag3jaf ,and the ,philistine drew near morning and evening1 and presented himself forty days4 #ji3jag3jag ,and ,jesse said unto ,david his son1 ,take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn1 and these ten loaves1 and run to the camp of thy brethren2 #ji3jag3jah ,and carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand1 and look how thy brethren fare1 and take their pledge4 #ji3jag3jai ,now ,saul1 and they1 and all the men of ,israel1 were in the valley of ,elah1 fighting with the ,philistines4 #ji3jag3jbj ,and ,david rose up early in the morning1 and left the sheep with a keeper1 and took1 and went1 as ,jesse had commanded him2 and he came to the trench1 as the host was going forth to the fight1 and shouted for the battle4 #ji3jag3jba ,for ,israel and the ,philistines had put the battle in array1 army against army4 #ji3jag3jbb ,and ,david left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage1 and ran into the army1 and came and saluted his brethren4 #ji3jag3jbc ,and as he talked with them1 behold1 there came up the champion1 the ,philistine of ,gath1 ,goliath by name1 out of the armies of the ,philistines1 and spake according to the same words3 and ,david heard them4 #ji3jag3jbd ,and all the men of ,israel1 when they saw the man1 fled from him1 and were sore afraid4 #ji3jag3jbe ,and the men of ,israel said1 ,have ye seen this man that is come up8 surely to defy ,israel is he come up3 and it shall be1 that the man who killeth him1 the king will enrich him with great riches1 and will give him his daughter1 and make his father's house free in ,israel4 #ji3jag3jbf ,and ,david spake to the men that stood by him1 saying1 ,what shall be done to the man that killeth this ,philistine1 and taketh away the reproach from ,israel8 for who is this uncircumcised ,philistine1 that he should defy the armies of the living ,god8 #ji3jag3jbg ,and the people answered him after this manner1 saying1 ,so shall it be done to the man that killeth him4 #ji3jag3jbh ,and ,eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men2 and ,eliab's anger was kindled against ,david1 and he said1 ,why camest thou down hither8 and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness8 ,i know thy pride1 and the naughtiness of thine heart2 for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle4 #ji3jag3jbi ,and ,david said1 ,what have ,i now done8 ,is there not a cause8 #ji3jag3jcj ,and he turned from him toward another1 and spake after the same manner3 and the people answered him again after the former manner4 #ji3jag3jca ,and when the words were heard which ,david spake1 they rehearsed them before ,saul3 and he sent for him4 #ji3jag3jcb ,and ,david said to ,saul1 ,let no man's heart fail because of him2 thy servant will go and fight with this ,philistine4 #ji3jag3jcc ,and ,saul said to ,david1 ,thou art not able to go against this ,philistine to fight with him3 for thou art but a youth1 and he a man of war from his youth4 #ji3jag3jcd ,and ,david said unto ,saul1 ,thy servant kept his father's sheep1 and there came a lion1 and a bear1 and took a lamb out of the flock3 #ji3jag3jce ,and ,i went out after him1 and smote him1 and delivered it out of his mouth3 and when he arose against me1 ,i caught him by his beard1 and smote him1 and slew him4 #ji3jag3jcf ,thy servant slew both the lion and the bear3 and this uncircumcised ,philistine shall be as one of them1 seeing he hath defied the armies of the living ,god4 #ji3jag3jcg ,david said moreover1 ,the ,,lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion1 and out of the paw of the bear1 he will deliver me out of the hand of this ,philistine4 ,and ,saul said unto ,david1 ,go1 and the ,,lord be with thee4 #ji3jag3jch ,and ,saul armed ,david with his armour1 and he put an helmet of brass upon his head2 also he armed him with a coat of mail4 #ji3jag3jci ,and ,david girded his sword upon his armour1 and he assayed to go2 for he had not proved it4 ,and ,david said unto ,saul1 ,i cannot go with these2 for ,i have not proved them4 ,and ,david put them off him4 #ji3jag3jdj ,and he took his staff in his hand1 and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook1 and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had1 even in a scrip2 and his sling was in his hand3 and he drew near to the ,philistine4 #ji3jag3jda ,and the ,philistine came on and drew near unto ,david2 and the man that bare the shield went before him4 #ji3jag3jdb ,and when the ,philistine looked about1 and saw ,david1 he disdained him3 for he was but a youth1 and ruddy1 and of a fair countenance4 #ji3jag3jdc ,and the ,philistine said unto ,david1 ,am ,i a dog1 that thou comest to me with staves8 ,and the ,philistine cursed ,david by his gods4 #ji3jag3jdd ,and the ,philistine said to ,david1 ,come to me1 and ,i will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air1 and to the beasts of the field4 #ji3jag3jde ,then said ,david to the ,philistine1 ,thou comest to me with a sword1 and with a spear1 and with a shield3 but ,i come to thee in the name of the ,,lord of hosts1 the ,god of the armies of ,israel1 whom thou hast defied4 #ji3jag3jdf ,this day will the ,,lord deliver thee into mine hand2 and ,i will smite thee1 and take thine head from thee2 and ,i will give the carcases of the host of the ,philistines this day unto the fowls of the air1 and to the wild beasts of the earth2 that all the earth may know that there is a ,god in ,israel4 #ji3jag3jdg ,and all this assembly shall know that the ,,lord saveth not with sword and spear3 for the battle is the ,,lord's1 and he will give you into our hands4 #ji3jag3jdh ,and it came to pass1 when the ,philistine arose1 and came1 and drew nigh to meet ,david1 that ,david hastened1 and ran toward the army to meet the ,philistine4 #ji3jag3jdi ,and ,david put his hand in his bag1 and took thence a stone1 and slang it1 and smote the ,philistine in his forehead1 that the stone sunk into his forehead2 and he fell upon his face to the earth4 #ji3jag3jej ,so ,david prevailed over the ,philistine with a sling and with a stone1 and smote the ,philistine1 and slew him2 but there was no sword in the hand of ,david4 #ji3jag3jea ,therefore ,david ran1 and stood upon the ,philistine1 and took his sword1 and drew it out of the sheath thereof1 and slew him1 and cut off his head therewith4 ,and when the ,philistines saw their champion was dead1 they fled4 #ji3jag3jeb ,and the men of ,israel and of ,judah arose1 and shouted1 and pursued the ,philistines1 until thou come to the valley1 and to the gates of ,ekron4 ,and the wounded of the ,philistines fell down by the way to ,shaaraim1 even unto ,gath1 and unto ,ekron4 #ji3jag3jec ,and the children of ,israel returned from chasing after the ,philistines1 and they spoiled their tents4 #ji3jag3jed ,and ,david took the head of the ,philistine1 and brought it to ,jerusalem2 but he put his armour in his tent4 #ji3jag3jee ,and when ,saul saw ,david go forth against the ,philistine1 he said unto ,abner1 the captain of the host1 ,abner1 whose son is this youth8 ,and ,abner said1 ,as thy soul liveth1 ,o king1 ,i cannot tell4 #ji3jag3jef ,and the king said1 ,enquire thou whose son the stripling is4 #ji3jag3jeg ,and as ,david returned from the slaughter of the ,philistine1 ,abner took him1 and brought him before ,saul with the head of the ,philistine in his hand4 #ji3jag3jeh ,and ,saul said to him1 ,whose son art thou1 thou young man8 ,and ,david answered1 ,i am the son of thy servant ,jesse the ,bethlehemite4 #ji3jah3jja ,and it came to pass1 when he had made an end of speaking unto ,saul1 that the soul of ,jonathan was knit with the soul of ,david1 and ,jonathan loved him as his own soul4 #ji3jah3jjb ,and ,saul took him that day1 and would let him go no more home to his father's house4 #ji3jah3jjc ,then ,jonathan and ,david made a covenant1 because he loved him as his own soul4 #ji3jah3jjd ,and ,jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him1 and gave it to ,david1 and his garments1 even to his sword1 and to his bow1 and to his girdle4 #ji3jah3jje ,and ,david went out whithersoever ,saul sent him1 and behaved himself wisely3 and ,saul set him over the men of war1 and he was accepted in the sight of all the people1 and also in the sight of ,saul's servants4 #ji3jah3jjf ,and it came to pass as they came1 when ,david was returned from the slaughter of the ,philistine1 that the women came out of all cities of ,israel1 singing and dancing1 to meet king ,saul1 with tabrets1 with joy1 and with instruments of musick4 #ji3jah3jjg ,and the women answered one another as they played1 and said1 ,saul hath slain his thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands4 #ji3jah3jjh ,and ,saul was very wroth1 and the saying displeased him2 and he said1 ,they have ascribed unto ,david ten thousands1 and to me they have ascribed but thousands3 and what can he have more but the kingdom8 #ji3jah3jji ,and ,saul eyed ,david from that day and forward4 #ji3jah3jaj ,and it came to pass on the morrow1 that the evil spirit from ,god came upon ,saul1 and he prophesied in the midst of the house3 and ,david played with his hand1 as at other times3 and there was a javelin in ,saul's hand4 #ji3jah3jaa ,and ,saul cast the javelin2 for he said1 ,i will smite ,david even to the wall with it4 ,and ,david avoided out of his presence twice4 #ji3jah3jab ,and ,saul was afraid of ,david1 because the ,,lord was with him1 and was departed from ,saul4 #ji3jah3jac ,therefore ,saul removed him from him1 and made him his captain over a thousand2 and he went out and came in before the people4 #ji3jah3jad ,and ,david behaved himself wisely in all his ways2 and the ,,lord was with him4 #ji3jah3jae ,wherefore when ,saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely1 he was afraid of him4 #ji3jah3jaf ,but all ,israel and ,judah loved ,david1 because he went out and came in before them4 #ji3jah3jag ,and ,saul said to ,david1 ,behold my elder daughter ,merab1 her will ,i give thee to wife3 only be thou valiant for me1 and fight the ,,lord's battles4 ,for ,saul said1 ,let not mine hand be upon him1 but let the hand of the ,philistines be upon him4 #ji3jah3jah ,and ,david said unto ,saul1 ,who am ,i8 and what is my life1 or my father's family in ,israel1 that ,i should be son in law to the king8 #ji3jah3jai ,but it came to pass at the time when ,merab ,saul's daughter should have been given to ,david1 that she was given unto ,adriel the ,meholathite to wife4 #ji3jah3jbj ,and ,michal ,saul's daughter loved ,david3 and they told ,saul1 and the thing pleased him4 #ji3jah3jba ,and ,saul said1 ,i will give him her1 that she may be a snare to him1 and that the hand of the ,philistines may be against him4 ,wherefore ,saul said to ,david1 ,thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain4 #ji3jah3jbb ,and ,saul commanded his servants1 saying1 ,commune with ,david secretly1 and say1 ,behold1 the king hath delight in thee1 and all his servants love thee3 now therefore be the king's son in law4 #ji3jah3jbc ,and ,saul's servants spake those words in the ears of ,david4 ,and ,david said1 ,seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law1 seeing that ,i am a poor man1 and lightly esteemed8 #ji3jah3jbd ,and the servants of ,saul told him1 saying1 ,on this manner spake ,david4 #ji3jah3jbe ,and ,saul said1 ,thus shall ye say to ,david1 ,the king desireth not any dowry1 but an hundred foreskins of the ,philistines1 to be avenged of the king's enemies4 ,but ,saul thought to make ,david fall by the hand of the ,philistines4 #ji3jah3jbf ,and when his servants told ,david these words1 it pleased ,david well to be the king's son in law3 and the days were not expired4 #ji3jah3jbg ,wherefore ,david arose and went1 he and his men1 and slew of the ,philistines two hundred men2 and ,david brought their foreskins1 and they gave them in full tale to the king1 that he might be the king's son in law4 ,and ,saul gave him ,michal his daughter to wife4 #ji3jah3jbh ,and ,saul saw and knew that the ,,lord was with ,david1 and that ,michal ,saul's daughter loved him4 #ji3jah3jbi ,and ,saul was yet the more afraid of ,david2 and ,saul became ,david's enemy continually4 #ji3jah3jcj ,then the princes of the ,philistines went forth3 and it came to pass1 after they went forth1 that ,david behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of ,saul2 so that his name was much set by4 #ji3jai3jja ,and ,saul spake to ,jonathan his son1 and to all his servants1 that they should kill ,david4 #ji3jai3jjb ,but ,jonathan ,saul's son delighted much in ,david3 and ,jonathan told ,david1 saying1 ,saul my father seeketh to kill thee3 now therefore1 ,i pray thee1 take heed to thyself until the morning1 and abide in a secret place1 and hide thyself3 #ji3jai3jjc ,and ,i will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art1 and ,i will commune with my father of thee2 and what ,i see1 that ,i will tell thee4 #ji3jai3jjd ,and ,jonathan spake good of ,david unto ,saul his father1 and said unto him1 ,let not the king sin against his servant1 against ,david2 because he hath not sinned against thee1 and because his works have been to thee-ward very good3 #ji3jai3jje ,for he did put his life in his hand1 and slew the ,philistine1 and the ,,lord wrought a great salvation for all ,israel3 thou sawest it1 and didst rejoice3 wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood1 to slay ,david without a cause8 #ji3jai3jjf ,and ,saul hearkened unto the voice of ,jonathan3 and ,saul sware1 ,as the ,,lord liveth1 he shall not be slain4 #ji3jai3jjg ,and ,jonathan called ,david1 and ,jonathan shewed him all those things4 ,and ,jonathan brought ,david to ,saul1 and he was in his presence1 as in times past4 #ji3jai3jjh ,and there was war again3 and ,david went out1 and fought with the ,philistines1 and slew them with a great slaughter2 and they fled from him4 #ji3jai3jji ,and the evil spirit from the ,,lord was upon ,saul1 as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand3 and ,david played with his hand4 #ji3jai3jaj ,and ,saul sought to smite ,david even to the wall with the javelin3 but he slipped away out of ,saul's presence1 and he smote the javelin into the wall3 and ,david fled1 and escaped that night4 #ji3jai3jaa ,saul also sent messengers unto ,david's house1 to watch him1 and to slay him in the morning3 and ,michal ,david's wife told him1 saying1 ,if thou save not thy life to night1 to morrow thou shalt be slain4 #ji3jai3jab ,so ,michal let ,david down through a window3 and he went1 and fled1 and escaped4 #ji3jai3jac ,and ,michal took an image1 and laid it in the bed1 and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster1 and covered it with a cloth4 #ji3jai3jad ,and when ,saul sent messengers to take ,david1 she said1 ,he is sick4 #ji3jai3jae ,and ,saul sent the messengers again to see ,david1 saying1 ,bring him up to me in the bed1 that ,i may slay him4 #ji3jai3jaf ,and when the messengers were come in1 behold1 there was an image in the bed1 with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster4 #ji3jai3jag ,and ,saul said unto ,michal1 ,why hast thou deceived me so1 and sent away mine enemy1 that he is escaped8 ,and ,michal answered ,saul1 ,he said unto me1 ,let me go2 why should ,i kill thee8 #ji3jai3jah ,so ,david fled1 and escaped1 and came to ,samuel to ,ramah1 and told him all that ,saul had done to him4 ,and he and ,samuel went and dwelt in ,naioth4 #ji3jai3jai ,and it was told ,saul1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david is at ,naioth in ,ramah4 #ji3jai3jbj ,and ,saul sent messengers to take ,david3 and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying1 and ,samuel standing as appointed over them1 the ,spirit of ,god was upon the messengers of ,saul1 and they also prophesied4 #ji3jai3jba ,and when it was told ,saul1 he sent other messengers1 and they prophesied likewise4 ,and ,saul sent messengers again the third time1 and they prophesied also4 #ji3jai3jbb ,then went he also to ,ramah1 and came to a great well that is in ,sechu3 and he asked and said1 ,where are ,samuel and ,david8 ,and one said1 ,behold1 they be at ,naioth in ,ramah4 #ji3jai3jbc ,and he went thither to ,naioth in ,ramah3 and the ,spirit of ,god was upon him also1 and he went on1 and prophesied1 until he came to ,naioth in ,ramah4 #ji3jai3jbd ,and he stripped off his clothes also1 and prophesied before ,samuel in like manner1 and lay down naked all that day and all that night4 ,wherefore they say1 ,is ,saul also among the prophets8 #ji3jbj3jja ,and ,david fled from ,naioth in ,ramah1 and came and said before ,jonathan1 ,what have ,i done8 what is mine iniquity8 and what is my sin before thy father1 that he seeketh my life8 #ji3jbj3jjb ,and he said unto him1 ,god forbid2 thou shalt not die3 behold1 my father will do nothing either great or small1 but that he will shew it me3 and why should my father hide this thing from me8 it is not so4 #ji3jbj3jjc ,and ,david sware moreover1 and said1 ,thy father certainly knoweth that ,i have found grace in thine eyes2 and he saith1 ,let not ,jonathan know this1 lest he be grieved3 but truly as the ,,lord liveth1 and as thy soul liveth1 there is but a step between me and death4 #ji3jbj3jjd ,then said ,jonathan unto ,david1 ,whatsoever thy soul desireth1 ,i will even do it for thee4 #ji3jbj3jje ,and ,david said unto ,jonathan1 ,behold1 to morrow is the new moon1 and ,i should not fail to sit with the king at meat3 but let me go1 that ,i may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even4 #ji3jbj3jjf ,if thy father at all miss me1 then say1 ,david earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to ,bethlehem his city3 for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family4 #ji3jbj3jjg ,if he say thus1 ,it is well2 thy servant shall have peace3 but if he be very wroth1 then be sure that evil is determined by him4 #ji3jbj3jjh ,therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant2 for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the ,,lord with thee3 notwithstanding1 if there be in me iniquity1 slay me thyself2 for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father8 #ji3jbj3jji ,and ,jonathan said1 ,far be it from thee3 for if ,i knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee1 then would not ,i tell it thee8 #ji3jbj3jaj ,then said ,david to ,jonathan1 ,who shall tell me8 or what if thy father answer thee roughly8 #ji3jbj3jaa ,and ,jonathan said unto ,david1 ,come1 and let us go out into the field4 ,and they went out both of them into the field4 #ji3jbj3jab ,and ,jonathan said unto ,david1 ,o ,,lord ,god of ,israel1 when ,i have sounded my father about to morrow any time1 or the third day1 and1 behold1 if there be good toward ,david1 and ,i then send not unto thee1 and shew it thee2 #ji3jbj3jac ,the ,,lord do so and much more to ,jonathan3 but if it please my father to do thee evil1 then ,i will shew it thee1 and send thee away1 that thou mayest go in peace3 and the ,,lord be with thee1 as he hath been with my father4 #ji3jbj3jad ,and thou shalt not only while yet ,i live shew me the kindness of the ,,lord1 that ,i die not3 #ji3jbj3jae ,but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever3 no1 not when the ,,lord hath cut off the enemies of ,david every one from the face of the earth4 #ji3jbj3jaf ,so ,jonathan made a covenant with the house of ,david1 saying1 ,let the ,,lord even require it at the hand of ,david's enemies4 #ji3jbj3jag ,and ,jonathan caused ,david to swear again1 because he loved him3 for he loved him as he loved his own soul4 #ji3jbj3jah ,then ,jonathan said to ,david1 ,to morrow is the new moon3 and thou shalt be missed1 because thy seat will be empty4 #ji3jbj3jai ,and when thou hast stayed three days1 then thou shalt go down quickly1 and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand1 and shalt remain by the stone ,ezel4 #ji3jbj3jbj ,and ,i will shoot three arrows on the side thereof1 as though ,i shot at a mark4 #ji3jbj3jba ,and1 behold1 ,i will send a lad1 saying1 ,go1 find out the arrows4 ,if ,i expressly say unto the lad1 ,behold1 the arrows are on this side of thee1 take them2 then come thou3 for there is peace to thee1 and no hurt2 as the ,,lord liveth4 #ji3jbj3jbb ,but if ,i say thus unto the young man1 ,behold1 the arrows are beyond thee2 go thy way3 for the ,,lord hath sent thee away4 #ji3jbj3jbc ,and as touching the matter which thou and ,i have spoken of1 behold1 the ,,lord be between thee and me for ever4 #ji3jbj3jbd ,so ,david hid himself in the field3 and when the new moon was come1 the king sat him down to eat meat4 #ji3jbj3jbe ,and the king sat upon his seat1 as at other times1 even upon a seat by the wall3 and ,jonathan arose1 and ,abner sat by ,saul's side1 and ,david's place was empty4 #ji3jbj3jbf ,nevertheless ,saul spake not any thing that day3 for he thought1 ,something hath befallen him1 he is not clean2 surely he is not clean4 #ji3jbj3jbg ,and it came to pass on the morrow1 which was the second day of the month1 that ,david's place was empty3 and ,saul said unto ,jonathan his son1 ,wherefore cometh not the son of ,jesse to meat1 neither yesterday1 nor to day8 #ji3jbj3jbh ,and ,jonathan answered ,saul1 ,david earnestly asked leave of me to go to ,bethlehem3 #ji3jbj3jbi ,and he said1 ,let me go1 ,i pray thee2 for our family hath a sacrifice in the city2 and my brother1 he hath commanded me to be there3 and now1 if ,i have found favour in thine eyes1 let me get away1 ,i pray thee1 and see my brethren4 ,therefore he cometh not unto the king's table4 #ji3jbj3jcj ,then ,saul's anger was kindled against ,jonathan1 and he said unto him1 ,thou son of the perverse rebellious woman1 do not ,i know that thou hast chosen the son of ,jesse to thine own confusion1 and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness8 #ji3jbj3jca ,for as long as the son of ,jesse liveth upon the ground1 thou shalt not be established1 nor thy kingdom4 ,wherefore now send and fetch him unto me1 for he shall surely die4 #ji3jbj3jcb ,and ,jonathan answered ,saul his father1 and said unto him1 ,wherefore shall he be slain8 what hath he done8 #ji3jbj3jcc ,and ,saul cast a javelin at him to smite him3 whereby ,jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay ,david4 #ji3jbj3jcd ,so ,jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger1 and did eat no meat the second day of the month3 for he was grieved for ,david1 because his father had done him shame4 #ji3jbj3jce ,and it came to pass in the morning1 that ,jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with ,david1 and a little lad with him4 #ji3jbj3jcf ,and he said unto his lad1 ,run1 find out now the arrows which ,i shoot4 ,and as the lad ran1 he shot an arrow beyond him4 #ji3jbj3jcg ,and when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which ,jonathan had shot1 ,jonathan cried after the lad1 and said1 ,is not the arrow beyond thee8 #ji3jbj3jch ,and ,jonathan cried after the lad1 ,make speed1 haste1 stay not4 ,and ,jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows1 and came to his master4 #ji3jbj3jci ,but the lad knew not any thing3 only ,jonathan and ,david knew the matter4 #ji3jbj3jdj ,and ,jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad1 and said unto him1 ,go1 carry them to the city4 #ji3jbj3jda ,and as soon as the lad was gone1 ,david arose out of a place toward the south1 and fell on his face to the ground1 and bowed himself three times3 and they kissed one another1 and wept one with another1 until ,david exceeded4 #ji3jbj3jdb ,and ,jonathan said to ,david1 ,go in peace1 forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the ,,lord1 saying1 ,the ,,lord be between me and thee1 and between my seed and thy seed for ever4 ,and he arose and departed3 and ,jonathan went into the city4 #ji3jba3jja ,then came ,david to ,nob to ,ahimelech the priest3 and ,ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of ,david1 and said unto him1 ,why art thou alone1 and no man with thee8 #ji3jba3jjb ,and ,david said unto ,ahimelech the priest1 ,the king hath commanded me a business1 and hath said unto me1 ,let no man know any thing of the business whereabout ,i send thee1 and what ,i have commanded thee3 and ,i have appointed my servants to such and such a place4 #ji3jba3jjc ,now therefore what is under thine hand8 give me five loaves of bread in mine hand1 or what there is present4 #ji3jba3jjd ,and the priest answered ,david1 and said1 ,there is no common bread under mine hand1 but there is hallowed bread2 if the young men have kept themselves at least from women4 #ji3jba3jje ,and ,david answered the priest1 and said unto him1 ,of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days1 since ,i came out1 and the vessels of the young men are holy1 and the bread is in a manner common1 yea1 though it were sanctified this day in the vessel4 #ji3jba3jjf ,so the priest gave him hallowed bread3 for there was no bread there but the shewbread1 that was taken from before the ,,lord1 to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away4 #ji3jba3jjg ,now a certain man of the servants of ,saul was there that day1 detained before the ,,lord2 and his name was ,doeg1 an ,edomite1 the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to ,saul4 #ji3jba3jjh ,and ,david said unto ,ahimelech1 ,and is there not here under thine hand spear or sword8 for ,i have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me1 because the king's business required haste4 #ji3jba3jji ,and the priest said1 ,the sword of ,goliath the ,philistine1 whom thou slewest in the valley of ,elah1 behold1 it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod3 if thou wilt take that1 take it3 for there is no other save that here4 ,and ,david said1 ,there is none like that2 give it me4 #ji3jba3jaj ,and ,david arose and fled that day for fear of ,saul1 and went to ,achish the king of ,gath4 #ji3jba3jaa ,and the servants of ,achish said unto him1 ,is not this ,david the king of the land8 did they not sing one to another of him in dances1 saying1 ,saul hath slain his thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands8 #ji3jba3jab ,and ,david laid up these words in his heart1 and was sore afraid of ,achish the king of ,gath4 #ji3jba3jac ,and he changed his behaviour before them1 and feigned himself mad in their hands1 and scrabbled on the doors of the gate1 and let his spittle fall down upon his beard4 #ji3jba3jad ,then said ,achish unto his servants1 ,lo1 ye see the man is mad3 wherefore then have ye brought him to me8 #ji3jba3jae ,have ,i need of mad men1 that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence8 shall this fellow come into my house8 #ji3jbb3jja ,david therefore departed thence1 and escaped to the cave ,adullam3 and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it1 they went down thither to him4 #ji3jbb3jjb ,and every one that was in distress1 and every one that was in debt1 and every one that was discontented1 gathered themselves unto him2 and he became a captain over them3 and there were with him about four hundred men4 #ji3jbb3jjc ,and ,david went thence to ,mizpeh of ,moab3 and he said unto the king of ,moab1 ,let my father and my mother1 ,i pray thee1 come forth1 and be with you1 till ,i know what ,god will do for me4 #ji3jbb3jjd ,and he brought them before the king of ,moab3 and they dwelt with him all the while that ,david was in the hold4 #ji3jbb3jje ,and the prophet ,gad said unto ,david1 ,abide not in the hold2 depart1 and get thee into the land of ,judah4 ,then ,david departed1 and came into the forest of ,hareth4 #ji3jbb3jjf ,when ,saul heard that ,david was discovered1 and the men that were with him1 7now ,saul abode in ,gibeah under a tree in ,ramah1 having his spear in his hand1 and all his servants were standing about him27 #ji3jbb3jjg ,then ,saul said unto his servants that stood about him1 ,hear now1 ye ,benjamites2 will the son of ,jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards1 and make you all captains of thousands1 and captains of hundreds2 #ji3jbb3jjh ,that all of you have conspired against me1 and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of ,jesse1 and there is none of you that is sorry for me1 or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me1 to lie in wait1 as at this day8 #ji3jbb3jji ,then answered ,doeg the ,edomite1 which was set over the servants of ,saul1 and said1 ,i saw the son of ,jesse coming to ,nob1 to ,ahimelech the son of ,ahitub4 #ji3jbb3jaj ,and he enquired of the ,,lord for him1 and gave him victuals1 and gave him the sword of ,goliath the ,philistine4 #ji3jbb3jaa ,then the king sent to call ,ahimelech the priest1 the son of ,ahitub1 and all his father's house1 the priests that were in ,nob3 and they came all of them to the king4 #ji3jbb3jab ,and ,saul said1 ,hear now1 thou son of ,ahitub4 ,and he answered1 ,here ,i am1 my lord4 #ji3jbb3jac ,and ,saul said unto him1 ,why have ye conspired against me1 thou and the son of ,jesse1 in that thou hast given him bread1 and a sword1 and hast enquired of ,god for him1 that he should rise against me1 to lie in wait1 as at this day8 #ji3jbb3jad ,then ,ahimelech answered the king1 and said1 ,and who is so faithful among all thy servants as ,david1 which is the king's son in law1 and goeth at thy bidding1 and is honourable in thine house8 #ji3jbb3jae ,did ,i then begin to enquire of ,god for him8 be it far from me3 let not the king impute any thing unto his servant1 nor to all the house of my father3 for thy servant knew nothing of all this1 less or more4 #ji3jbb3jaf ,and the king said1 ,thou shalt surely die1 ,ahimelech1 thou1 and all thy father's house4 #ji3jbb3jag ,and the king said unto the footmen that stood about him1 ,turn1 and slay the priests of the ,,lord3 because their hand also is with ,david1 and because they knew when he fled1 and did not shew it to me4 ,but the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the ,,lord4 #ji3jbb3jah ,and the king said to ,doeg1 ,turn thou1 and fall upon the priests4 ,and ,doeg the ,edomite turned1 and he fell upon the priests1 and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod4 #ji3jbb3jai ,and ,nob1 the city of the priests1 smote he with the edge of the sword1 both men and women1 children and sucklings1 and oxen1 and asses1 and sheep1 with the edge of the sword4 #ji3jbb3jbj ,and one of the sons of ,ahimelech the son of ,ahitub1 named ,abiathar1 escaped1 and fled after ,david4 #ji3jbb3jba ,and ,abiathar shewed ,david that ,saul had slain the ,,lord's priests4 #ji3jbb3jbb ,and ,david said unto ,abiathar1 ,i knew it that day1 when ,doeg the ,edomite was there1 that he would surely tell ,saul3 ,i have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house4 #ji3jbb3jbc ,abide thou with me1 fear not3 for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life3 but with me thou shalt be in safeguard4 #ji3jbc3jja ,then they told ,david1 saying1 ,behold1 the ,philistines fight against ,keilah1 and they rob the threshingfloors4 #ji3jbc3jjb ,therefore ,david enquired of the ,,lord1 saying1 ,shall ,i go and smite these ,philistines8 ,and the ,,lord said unto ,david1 ,go1 and smite the ,philistines1 and save ,keilah4 #ji3jbc3jjc ,and ,david's men said unto him1 ,behold1 we be afraid here in ,judah3 how much more then if we come to ,keilah against the armies of the ,philistines8 #ji3jbc3jjd ,then ,david enquired of the ,,lord yet again4 ,and the ,,lord answered him and said1 ,arise1 go down to ,keilah2 for ,i will deliver the ,philistines into thine hand4 #ji3jbc3jje ,so ,david and his men went to ,keilah1 and fought with the ,philistines1 and brought away their cattle1 and smote them with a great slaughter4 ,so ,david saved the inhabitants of ,keilah4 #ji3jbc3jjf ,and it came to pass1 when ,abiathar the son of ,ahimelech fled to ,david to ,keilah1 that he came down with an ephod in his hand4 #ji3jbc3jjg ,and it was told ,saul that ,david was come to ,keilah4 ,and ,saul said1 ,god hath delivered him into mine hand2 for he is shut in1 by entering into a town that hath gates and bars4 #ji3jbc3jjh ,and ,saul called all the people together to war1 to go down to ,keilah1 to besiege ,david and his men4 #ji3jbc3jji ,and ,david knew that ,saul secretly practised mischief against him2 and he said to ,abiathar the priest1 ,bring hither the ephod4 #ji3jbc3jaj ,then said ,david1 ,o ,,lord ,god of ,israel1 thy servant hath certainly heard that ,saul seeketh to come to ,keilah1 to destroy the city for my sake4 #ji3jbc3jaa ,will the men of ,keilah deliver me up into his hand8 will ,saul come down1 as thy servant hath heard8 ,o ,,lord ,god of ,israel1 ,i beseech thee1 tell thy servant4 ,and the ,,lord said1 ,he will come down4 #ji3jbc3jab ,then said ,david1 ,will the men of ,keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of ,saul8 ,and the ,,lord said1 ,they will deliver thee up4 #ji3jbc3jac ,then ,david and his men1 which were about six hundred1 arose and departed out of ,keilah1 and went whithersoever they could go4 ,and it was told ,saul that ,david was escaped from ,keilah2 and he forbare to go forth4 #ji3jbc3jad ,and ,david abode in the wilderness in strong holds1 and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of ,ziph4 ,and ,saul sought him every day1 but ,god delivered him not into his hand4 #ji3jbc3jae ,and ,david saw that ,saul was come out to seek his life3 and ,david was in the wilderness of ,ziph in a wood4 #ji3jbc3jaf ,and ,jonathan ,saul's son arose1 and went to ,david into the wood1 and strengthened his hand in ,god4 #ji3jbc3jag ,and he said unto him1 ,fear not3 for the hand of ,saul my father shall not find thee2 and thou shalt be king over ,israel1 and ,i shall be next unto thee2 and that also ,saul my father knoweth4 #ji3jbc3jah ,and they two made a covenant before the ,,lord3 and ,david abode in the wood1 and ,jonathan went to his house4 #ji3jbc3jai ,then came up the ,ziphites to ,saul to ,gibeah1 saying1 ,doth not ,david hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood1 in the hill of ,hachilah1 which is on the south of ,jeshimon8 #ji3jbc3jbj ,now therefore1 ,o king1 come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down2 and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand4 #ji3jbc3jba ,and ,saul said1 ,blessed be ye of the ,,lord2 for ye have compassion on me4 #ji3jbc3jbb ,go1 ,i pray you1 prepare yet1 and know and see his place where his haunt is1 and who hath seen him there3 for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly4 #ji3jbc3jbc ,see therefore1 and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself1 and come ye again to me with the certainty1 and ,i will go with you3 and it shall come to pass1 if he be in the land1 that ,i will search him out throughout all the thousands of ,judah4 #ji3jbc3jbd ,and they arose1 and went to ,ziph before ,saul3 but ,david and his men were in the wilderness of ,maon1 in the plain on the south of ,jeshimon4 #ji3jbc3jbe ,saul also and his men went to seek him4 ,and they told ,david2 wherefore he came down into a rock1 and abode in the wilderness of ,maon4 ,and when ,saul heard that1 he pursued after ,david in the wilderness of ,maon4 #ji3jbc3jbf ,and ,saul went on this side of the mountain1 and ,david and his men on that side of the mountain3 and ,david made haste to get away for fear of ,saul2 for ,saul and his men compassed ,david and his men round about to take them4 #ji3jbc3jbg ,but there came a messenger unto ,saul1 saying1 ,haste thee1 and come2 for the ,philistines have invaded the land4 #ji3jbc3jbh ,wherefore ,saul returned from pursuing after ,david1 and went against the ,philistines3 therefore they called that place ,selahammahlekoth4 #ji3jbc3jbi ,and ,david went up from thence1 and dwelt in strong holds at ,engedi4 #ji3jbd3jja ,and it came to pass1 when ,saul was returned from following the ,philistines1 that it was told him1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david is in the wilderness of ,engedi4 #ji3jbd3jjb ,then ,saul took three thousand chosen men out of all ,israel1 and went to seek ,david and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats4 #ji3jbd3jjc ,and he came to the sheepcotes by the way1 where was a cave2 and ,saul went in to cover his feet3 and ,david and his men remained in the sides of the cave4 #ji3jbd3jjd ,and the men of ,david said unto him1 ,behold the day of which the ,,lord said unto thee1 ,behold1 ,i will deliver thine enemy into thine hand1 that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee4 ,then ,david arose1 and cut off the skirt of ,saul's robe privily4 #ji3jbd3jje ,and it came to pass afterward1 that ,david's heart smote him1 because he had cut off ,saul's skirt4 #ji3jbd3jjf ,and he said unto his men1 ,the ,,lord forbid that ,i should do this thing unto my master1 the ,,lord's anointed1 to stretch forth mine hand against him1 seeing he is the anointed of the ,,lord4 #ji3jbd3jjg ,so ,david stayed his servants with these words1 and suffered them not to rise against ,saul4 ,but ,saul rose up out of the cave1 and went on his way4 #ji3jbd3jjh ,david also arose afterward1 and went out of the cave1 and cried after ,saul1 saying1 ,my lord the king4 ,and when ,saul looked behind him1 ,david stooped with his face to the earth1 and bowed himself4 #ji3jbd3jji ,and ,david said to ,saul1 ,wherefore hearest thou men's words1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david seeketh thy hurt8 #ji3jbd3jaj ,behold1 this day thine eyes have seen how that the ,,lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave3 and some bade me kill thee3 but mine eye spared thee2 and ,i said1 ,i will not put forth mine hand against my lord2 for he is the ,,lord's anointed4 #ji3jbd3jaa ,moreover1 my father1 see1 yea1 see the skirt of thy robe in my hand3 for in that ,i cut off the skirt of thy robe1 and killed thee not1 know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand1 and ,i have not sinned against thee2 yet thou huntest my soul to take it4 #ji3jbd3jab ,the ,,lord judge between me and thee1 and the ,,lord avenge me of thee3 but mine hand shall not be upon thee4 #ji3jbd3jac ,as saith the proverb of the ancients1 ,wickedness proceedeth from the wicked3 but mine hand shall not be upon thee4 #ji3jbd3jad ,after whom is the king of ,israel come out8 after whom dost thou pursue8 after a dead dog1 after a flea4 #ji3jbd3jae ,the ,,lord therefore be judge1 and judge between me and thee1 and see1 and plead my cause1 and deliver me out of thine hand4 #ji3jbd3jaf ,and it came to pass1 when ,david had made an end of speaking these words unto ,saul1 that ,saul said1 ,is this thy voice1 my son ,david8 ,and ,saul lifted up his voice1 and wept4 #ji3jbd3jag ,and he said to ,david1 ,thou art more righteous than ,i3 for thou hast rewarded me good1 whereas ,i have rewarded thee evil4 #ji3jbd3jah ,and thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me3 forasmuch as when the ,,lord had delivered me into thine hand1 thou killedst me not4 #ji3jbd3jai ,for if a man find his enemy1 will he let him go well away8 wherefore the ,,lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day4 #ji3jbd3jbj ,and now1 behold1 ,i know well that thou shalt surely be king1 and that the kingdom of ,israel shall be established in thine hand4 #ji3jbd3jba ,swear now therefore unto me by the ,,lord1 that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me1 and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house4 #ji3jbd3jbb ,and ,david sware unto ,saul4 ,and ,saul went home2 but ,david and his men gat them up unto the hold4 #ji3jbe3jja ,and ,samuel died2 and all the ,israelites were gathered together1 and lamented him1 and buried him in his house at ,ramah4 ,and ,david arose1 and went down to the wilderness of ,paran4 #ji3jbe3jjb ,and there was a man in ,maon1 whose possessions were in ,carmel2 and the man was very great1 and he had three thousand sheep1 and a thousand goats3 and he was shearing his sheep in ,carmel4 #ji3jbe3jjc ,now the name of the man was ,nabal2 and the name of his wife ,abigail3 and she was a woman of good understanding1 and of a beautiful countenance3 but the man was churlish and evil in his doings2 and he was of the house of ,caleb4 #ji3jbe3jjd ,and ,david heard in the wilderness that ,nabal did shear his sheep4 #ji3jbe3jje ,and ,david sent out ten young men1 and ,david said unto the young men1 ,get you up to ,carmel1 and go to ,nabal1 and greet him in my name3 #ji3jbe3jjf ,and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity1 ,peace be both to thee1 and peace be to thine house1 and peace be unto all that thou hast4 #ji3jbe3jjg ,and now ,i have heard that thou hast shearers3 now thy shepherds which were with us1 we hurt them not1 neither was there ought missing unto them1 all the while they were in ,carmel4 #ji3jbe3jjh ,ask thy young men1 and they will shew thee4 ,wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes3 for we come in a good day3 give1 ,i pray thee1 whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants1 and to thy son ,david4 #ji3jbe3jji ,and when ,david's young men came1 they spake to ,nabal according to all those words in the name of ,david1 and ceased4 #ji3jbe3jaj ,and ,nabal answered ,david's servants1 and said1 ,who is ,david8 and who is the son of ,jesse8 there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master4 #ji3jbe3jaa ,shall ,i then take my bread1 and my water1 and my flesh that ,i have killed for my shearers1 and give it unto men1 whom ,i know not whence they be8 #ji3jbe3jab ,so ,david's young men turned their way1 and went again1 and came and told him all those sayings4 #ji3jbe3jac ,and ,david said unto his men1 ,gird ye on every man his sword4 ,and they girded on every man his sword2 and ,david also girded on his sword3 and there went up after ,david about four hundred men2 and two hundred abode by the stuff4 #ji3jbe3jad ,but one of the young men told ,abigail1 ,nabal's wife1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master2 and he railed on them4 #ji3jbe3jae ,but the men were very good unto us1 and we were not hurt1 neither missed we any thing1 as long as we were conversant with them1 when we were in the fields3 #ji3jbe3jaf ,they were a wall unto us both by night and day1 all the while we were with them keeping the sheep4 #ji3jbe3jag ,now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do2 for evil is determined against our master1 and against all his household3 for he is such a son of ,belial1 that a man cannot speak to him4 #ji3jbe3jah ,then ,abigail made haste1 and took two hundred loaves1 and two bottles of wine1 and five sheep ready dressed1 and five measures of parched corn1 and an hundred clusters of raisins1 and two hundred cakes of figs1 and laid them on asses4 #ji3jbe3jai ,and she said unto her servants1 ,go on before me2 behold1 ,i come after you4 ,but she told not her husband ,nabal4 #ji3jbe3jbj ,and it was so1 as she rode on the ass1 that she came down by the covert on the hill1 and1 behold1 ,david and his men came down against her2 and she met them4 #ji3jbe3jba ,now ,david had said1 ,surely in vain have ,i kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness1 so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him3 and he hath requited me evil for good4 #ji3jbe3jbb ,so and more also do ,god unto the enemies of ,david1 if ,i leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall4 #ji3jbe3jbc ,and when ,abigail saw ,david1 she hasted1 and lighted off the ass1 and fell before ,david on her face1 and bowed herself to the ground1 #ji3jbe3jbd ,and fell at his feet1 and said1 ,upon me1 my lord1 upon me let this iniquity be3 and let thine handmaid1 ,i pray thee1 speak in thine audience1 and hear the words of thine handmaid4 #ji3jbe3jbe ,let not my lord1 ,i pray thee1 regard this man of ,belial1 even ,nabal3 for as his name is1 so is he2 ,nabal is his name1 and folly is with him3 but ,i thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord1 whom thou didst send4 #ji3jbe3jbf ,now therefore1 my lord1 as the ,,lord liveth1 and as thy soul liveth1 seeing the ,,lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood1 and from avenging thyself with thine own hand1 now let thine enemies1 and they that seek evil to my lord1 be as ,nabal4 #ji3jbe3jbg ,and now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord1 let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord4 #ji3jbe3jbh ,i pray thee1 forgive the trespass of thine handmaid3 for the ,,lord will certainly make my lord a sure house2 because my lord fighteth the battles of the ,,lord1 and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days4 #ji3jbe3jbi ,yet a man is risen to pursue thee1 and to seek thy soul3 but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the ,,lord thy ,god2 and the souls of thine enemies1 them shall he sling out1 as out of the middle of a sling4 #ji3jbe3jcj ,and it shall come to pass1 when the ,,lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee1 and shall have appointed thee ruler over ,israel2 #ji3jbe3jca ,that this shall be no grief unto thee1 nor offence of heart unto my lord1 either that thou hast shed blood causeless1 or that my lord hath avenged himself3 but when the ,,lord shall have dealt well with my lord1 then remember thine handmaid4 #ji3jbe3jcb ,and ,david said to ,abigail1 ,blessed be the ,,lord ,god of ,israel1 which sent thee this day to meet me3 #ji3jbe3jcc ,and blessed be thy advice1 and blessed be thou1 which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood1 and from avenging myself with mine own hand4 #ji3jbe3jcd ,for in very deed1 as the ,,lord ,god of ,israel liveth1 which hath kept me back from hurting thee1 except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me1 surely there had not been left unto ,nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall4 #ji3jbe3jce ,so ,david received of her hand that which she had brought him1 and said unto her1 ,go up in peace to thine house2 see1 ,i have hearkened to thy voice1 and have accepted thy person4 #ji3jbe3jcf ,and ,abigail came to ,nabal2 and1 behold1 he held a feast in his house1 like the feast of a king2 and ,nabal's heart was merry within him1 for he was very drunken3 wherefore she told him nothing1 less or more1 until the morning light4 #ji3jbe3jcg ,but it came to pass in the morning1 when the wine was gone out of ,nabal1 and his wife had told him these things1 that his heart died within him1 and he became as a stone4 #ji3jbe3jch ,and it came to pass about ten days after1 that the ,,lord smote ,nabal1 that he died4 #ji3jbe3jci ,and when ,david heard that ,nabal was dead1 he said1 ,blessed be the ,,lord1 that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of ,nabal1 and hath kept his servant from evil3 for the ,,lord hath returned the wickedness of ,nabal upon his own head4 ,and ,david sent and communed with ,abigail1 to take her to him to wife4 #ji3jbe3jdj ,and when the servants of ,david were come to ,abigail to ,carmel1 they spake unto her1 saying1 ,david sent us unto thee1 to take thee to him to wife4 #ji3jbe3jda ,and she arose1 and bowed herself on her face to the earth1 and said1 ,behold1 let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord4 #ji3jbe3jdb ,and ,abigail hasted1 and arose and rode upon an ass1 with five damsels of hers that went after her2 and she went after the messengers of ,david1 and became his wife4 #ji3jbe3jdc ,david also took ,ahinoam of ,jezreel2 and they were also both of them his wives4 #ji3jbe3jdd ,but ,saul had given ,michal his daughter1 ,david's wife1 to ,phalti the son of ,laish1 which was of ,gallim4 #ji3jbf3jja ,and the ,ziphites came unto ,saul to ,gibeah1 saying1 ,doth not ,david hide himself in the hill of ,hachilah1 which is before ,jeshimon8 #ji3jbf3jjb ,then ,saul arose1 and went down to the wilderness of ,ziph1 having three thousand chosen men of ,israel with him1 to seek ,david in the wilderness of ,ziph4 #ji3jbf3jjc ,and ,saul pitched in the hill of ,hachilah1 which is before ,jeshimon1 by the way4 ,but ,david abode in the wilderness1 and he saw that ,saul came after him into the wilderness4 #ji3jbf3jjd ,david therefore sent out spies1 and understood that ,saul was come in very deed4 #ji3jbf3jje ,and ,david arose1 and came to the place where ,saul had pitched3 and ,david beheld the place where ,saul lay1 and ,abner the son of ,ner1 the captain of his host3 and ,saul lay in the trench1 and the people pitched round about him4 #ji3jbf3jjf ,then answered ,david and said to ,ahimelech the ,hittite1 and to ,abishai the son of ,zeruiah1 brother to ,joab1 saying1 ,who will go down with me to ,saul to the camp8 ,and ,abishai said1 ,i will go down with thee4 #ji3jbf3jjg ,so ,david and ,abishai came to the people by night3 and1 behold1 ,saul lay sleeping within the trench1 and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster3 but ,abner and the people lay round about him4 #ji3jbf3jjh ,then said ,abishai to ,david1 ,god hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day3 now therefore let me smite him1 ,i pray thee1 with the spear even to the earth at once1 and ,i will not smite him the second time4 #ji3jbf3jji ,and ,david said to ,abishai1 ,destroy him not3 for who can stretch forth his hand against the ,,lord's anointed1 and be guiltless8 #ji3jbf3jaj ,david said furthermore1 ,as the ,,lord liveth1 the ,,lord shall smite him2 or his day shall come to die2 or he shall descend into battle1 and perish4 #ji3jbf3jaa ,the ,,lord forbid that ,i should stretch forth mine hand against the ,,lord's anointed3 but1 ,i pray thee1 take thou now the spear that is at his bolster1 and the cruse of water1 and let us go4 #ji3jbf3jab ,so ,david took the spear and the cruse of water from ,saul's bolster2 and they gat them away1 and no man saw it1 nor knew it1 neither awaked3 for they were all asleep2 because a deep sleep from the ,,lord was fallen upon them4 #ji3jbf3jac ,then ,david went over to the other side1 and stood on the top of an hill afar off2 a great space being between them3 #ji3jbf3jad ,and ,david cried to the people1 and to ,abner the son of ,ner1 saying1 ,answerest thou not1 ,abner8 ,then ,abner answered and said1 ,who art thou that criest to the king8 #ji3jbf3jae ,and ,david said to ,abner1 ,art not thou a valiant man8 and who is like to thee in ,israel8 wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king8 for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord4 #ji3jbf3jaf ,this thing is not good that thou hast done4 ,as the ,,lord liveth1 ye are worthy to die1 because ye have not kept your master1 the ,,lord's anointed4 ,and now see where the king's spear is1 and the cruse of water that was at his bolster4 #ji3jbf3jag ,and ,saul knew ,david's voice1 and said1 ,is this thy voice1 my son ,david8 ,and ,david said1 ,it is my voice1 my lord1 ,o king4 #ji3jbf3jah ,and he said1 ,wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant8 for what have ,i done8 or what evil is in mine hand8 #ji3jbf3jai ,now therefore1 ,i pray thee1 let my lord the king hear the words of his servant4 ,if the ,,lord have stirred thee up against me1 let him accept an offering3 but if they be the children of men1 cursed be they before the ,,lord2 for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the ,,lord1 saying1 ,go1 serve other gods4 #ji3jbf3jbj ,now therefore1 let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the ,,lord3 for the king of ,israel is come out to seek a flea1 as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains4 #ji3jbf3jba ,then said ,saul1 ,i have sinned3 return1 my son ,david3 for ,i will no more do thee harm1 because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day3 behold1 ,i have played the fool1 and have erred exceedingly4 #ji3jbf3jbb ,and ,david answered and said1 ,behold the king's spear6 and let one of the young men come over and fetch it4 #ji3jbf3jbc ,the ,,lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness2 for the ,,lord delivered thee into my hand to day1 but ,i would not stretch forth mine hand against the ,,lord's anointed4 #ji3jbf3jbd ,and1 behold1 as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes1 so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the ,,lord1 and let him deliver me out of all tribulation4 #ji3jbf3jbe ,then ,saul said to ,david1 ,blessed be thou1 my son ,david3 thou shalt both do great things1 and also shalt still prevail4 ,so ,david went on his way1 and ,saul returned to his place4 #ji3jbg3jja ,and ,david said in his heart1 ,i shall now perish one day by the hand of ,saul3 there is nothing better for me than that ,i should speedily escape into the land of the ,philistines2 and ,saul shall despair of me1 to seek me any more in any coast of ,israel3 so shall ,i escape out of his hand4 #ji3jbg3jjb ,and ,david arose1 and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto ,achish1 the son of ,maoch1 king of ,gath4 #ji3jbg3jjc ,and ,david dwelt with ,achish at ,gath1 he and his men1 every man with his household1 even ,david with his two wives1 ,ahinoam the ,jezreelitess1 and ,abigail the ,carmelitess1 ,nabal's wife4 #ji3jbg3jjd ,and it was told ,saul that ,david was fled to ,gath3 and he sought no more again for him4 #ji3jbg3jje ,and ,david said unto ,achish1 ,if ,i have now found grace in thine eyes1 let them give me a place in some town in the country1 that ,i may dwell there3 for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee8 #ji3jbg3jjf ,then ,achish gave him ,ziklag that day3 wherefore ,ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of ,judah unto this day4 #ji3jbg3jjg ,and the time that ,david dwelt in the country of the ,philistines was a full year and four months4 #ji3jbg3jjh ,and ,david and his men went up1 and invaded the ,geshurites1 and the ,gezrites1 and the ,amalekites3 for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land1 as thou goest to ,shur1 even unto the land of ,egypt4 #ji3jbg3jji ,and ,david smote the land1 and left neither man nor woman alive1 and took away the sheep1 and the oxen1 and the asses1 and the camels1 and the apparel1 and returned1 and came to ,achish4 #ji3jbg3jaj ,and ,achish said1 ,whither have ye made a road to day8 ,and ,david said1 ,against the south of ,judah1 and against the south of the ,jerahmeelites1 and against the south of the ,kenites4 #ji3jbg3jaa ,and ,david saved neither man nor woman alive1 to bring tidings to ,gath1 saying1 ,lest they should tell on us1 saying1 ,so did ,david1 and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the ,philistines4 #ji3jbg3jab ,and ,achish believed ,david1 saying1 ,he hath made his people ,israel utterly to abhor him2 therefore he shall be my servant for ever4 #ji3jbh3jja ,and it came to pass in those days1 that the ,philistines gathered their armies together for warfare1 to fight with ,israel4 ,and ,achish said unto ,david1 ,know thou assuredly1 that thou shalt go out with me to battle1 thou and thy men4 #ji3jbh3jjb ,and ,david said to ,achish1 ,surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do4 ,and ,achish said to ,david1 ,therefore will ,i make thee keeper of mine head for ever4 #ji3jbh3jjc ,now ,samuel was dead1 and all ,israel had lamented him1 and buried him in ,ramah1 even in his own city4 ,and ,saul had put away those that had familiar spirits1 and the wizards1 out of the land4 #ji3jbh3jjd ,and the ,philistines gathered themselves together1 and came and pitched in ,shunem3 and ,saul gathered all ,israel together1 and they pitched in ,gilboa4 #ji3jbh3jje ,and when ,saul saw the host of the ,philistines1 he was afraid1 and his heart greatly trembled4 #ji3jbh3jjf ,and when ,saul enquired of the ,,lord1 the ,,lord answered him not1 neither by dreams1 nor by ,urim1 nor by prophets4 #ji3jbh3jjg ,then said ,saul unto his servants1 ,seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit1 that ,i may go to her1 and enquire of her4 ,and his servants said to him1 ,behold1 there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at ,endor4 #ji3jbh3jjh ,and ,saul disguised himself1 and put on other raiment1 and he went1 and two men with him1 and they came to the woman by night3 and he said1 ,i pray thee1 divine unto me by the familiar spirit1 and bring me him up1 whom ,i shall name unto thee4 #ji3jbh3jji ,and the woman said unto him1 ,behold1 thou knowest what ,saul hath done1 how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits1 and the wizards1 out of the land3 wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life1 to cause me to die8 #ji3jbh3jaj ,and ,saul sware to her by the ,,lord1 saying1 ,as the ,,lord liveth1 there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing4 #ji3jbh3jaa ,then said the woman1 ,whom shall ,i bring up unto thee8 ,and he said1 ,bring me up ,samuel4 #ji3jbh3jab ,and when the woman saw ,samuel1 she cried with a loud voice3 and the woman spake to ,saul1 saying1 ,why hast thou deceived me8 for thou art ,saul4 #ji3jbh3jac ,and the king said unto her1 ,be not afraid3 for what sawest thou8 ,and the woman said unto ,saul1 ,i saw gods ascending out of the earth4 #ji3jbh3jad ,and he said unto her1 ,what form is he of8 ,and she said1 ,an old man cometh up2 and he is covered with a mantle4 ,and ,saul perceived that it was ,samuel1 and he stooped with his face to the ground1 and bowed himself4 #ji3jbh3jae ,and ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,why hast thou disquieted me1 to bring me up8 ,and ,saul answered1 ,i am sore distressed2 for the ,philistines make war against me1 and ,god is departed from me1 and answereth me no more1 neither by prophets1 nor by dreams3 therefore ,i have called thee1 that thou mayest make known unto me what ,i shall do4 #ji3jbh3jaf ,then said ,samuel1 ,wherefore then dost thou ask of me1 seeing the ,,lord is departed from thee1 and is become thine enemy8 #ji3jbh3jag ,and the ,,lord hath done to him1 as he spake by me3 for the ,,lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand1 and given it to thy neighbour1 even to ,david3 #ji3jbh3jah ,because thou obeyedst not the voice of the ,,lord1 nor executedst his fierce wrath upon ,amalek1 therefore hath the ,,lord done this thing unto thee this day4 #ji3jbh3jai ,moreover the ,,lord will also deliver ,israel with thee into the hand of the ,philistines3 and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me3 the ,,lord also shall deliver the host of ,israel into the hand of the ,philistines4 #ji3jbh3jbj ,then ,saul fell straightway all along on the earth1 and was sore afraid1 because of the words of ,samuel3 and there was no strength in him2 for he had eaten no bread all the day1 nor all the night4 #ji3jbh3jba ,and the woman came unto ,saul1 and saw that he was sore troubled1 and said unto him1 ,behold1 thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice1 and ,i have put my life in my hand1 and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me4 #ji3jbh3jbb ,now therefore1 ,i pray thee1 hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid1 and let me set a morsel of bread before thee2 and eat1 that thou mayest have strength1 when thou goest on thy way4 #ji3jbh3jbc ,but he refused1 and said1 ,i will not eat4 ,but his servants1 together with the woman1 compelled him2 and he hearkened unto their voice4 ,so he arose from the earth1 and sat upon the bed4 #ji3jbh3jbd ,and the woman had a fat calf in the house2 and she hasted1 and killed it1 and took flour1 and kneaded it1 and did bake unleavened bread thereof3 #ji3jbh3jbe ,and she brought it before ,saul1 and before his servants2 and they did eat4 ,then they rose up1 and went away that night4 #ji3jbi3jja ,now the ,philistines gathered together all their armies to ,aphek3 and the ,israelites pitched by a fountain which is in ,jezreel4 #ji3jbi3jjb ,and the lords of the ,philistines passed on by hundreds1 and by thousands3 but ,david and his men passed on in the rereward with ,achish4 #ji3jbi3jjc ,then said the princes of the ,philistines1 ,what do these ,hebrews here8 ,and ,achish said unto the princes of the ,philistines1 ,is not this ,david1 the servant of ,saul the king of ,israel1 which hath been with me these days1 or these years1 and ,i have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day8 #ji3jbi3jjd ,and the princes of the ,philistines were wroth with him2 and the princes of the ,philistines said unto him1 ,make this fellow return1 that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him1 and let him not go down with us to battle1 lest in the battle he be an adversary to us3 for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master8 should it not be with the heads of these men8 #ji3jbi3jje ,is not this ,david1 of whom they sang one to another in dances1 saying1 ,saul slew his thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands8 #ji3jbi3jjf ,then ,achish called ,david1 and said unto him1 ,surely1 as the ,,lord liveth1 thou hast been upright1 and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight3 for ,i have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day3 nevertheless the lords favour thee not4 #ji3jbi3jjg ,wherefore now return1 and go in peace1 that thou displease not the lords of the ,philistines4 #ji3jbi3jjh ,and ,david said unto ,achish1 ,but what have ,i done8 and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as ,i have been with thee unto this day1 that ,i may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king8 #ji3jbi3jji ,and ,achish answered and said to ,david1 ,i know that thou art good in my sight1 as an angel of ,god3 notwithstanding the princes of the ,philistines have said1 ,he shall not go up with us to the battle4 #ji3jbi3jaj ,wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee3 and as soon as ye be up early in the morning1 and have light1 depart4 #ji3jbi3jaa ,so ,david and his men rose up early to depart in the morning1 to return into the land of the ,philistines4 ,and the ,philistines went up to ,jezreel4 #ji3jcj3jja ,and it came to pass1 when ,david and his men were come to ,ziklag on the third day1 that the ,amalekites had invaded the south1 and ,ziklag1 and smitten ,ziklag1 and burned it with fire2 #ji3jcj3jjb ,and had taken the women captives1 that were therein3 they slew not any1 either great or small1 but carried them away1 and went on their way4 #ji3jcj3jjc ,so ,david and his men came to the city1 and1 behold1 it was burned with fire2 and their wives1 and their sons1 and their daughters1 were taken captives4 #ji3jcj3jjd ,then ,david and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept1 until they had no more power to weep4 #ji3jcj3jje ,and ,david's two wives were taken captives1 ,ahinoam the ,jezreelitess1 and ,abigail the wife of ,nabal the ,carmelite4 #ji3jcj3jjf ,and ,david was greatly distressed2 for the people spake of stoning him1 because the soul of all the people was grieved1 every man for his sons and for his daughters3 but ,david encouraged himself in the ,,lord his ,god4 #ji3jcj3jjg ,and ,david said to ,abiathar the priest1 ,ahimelech's son1 ,i pray thee1 bring me hither the ephod4 ,and ,abiathar brought thither the ephod to ,david4 #ji3jcj3jjh ,and ,david enquired at the ,,lord1 saying1 ,shall ,i pursue after this troop8 shall ,i overtake them8 ,and he answered him1 ,pursue3 for thou shalt surely overtake them1 and without fail recover all4 #ji3jcj3jji ,so ,david went1 he and the six hundred men that were with him1 and came to the brook ,besor1 where those that were left behind stayed4 #ji3jcj3jaj ,but ,david pursued1 he and four hundred men3 for two hundred abode behind1 which were so faint that they could not go over the brook ,besor4 #ji3jcj3jaa ,and they found an ,egyptian in the field1 and brought him to ,david1 and gave him bread1 and he did eat2 and they made him drink water2 #ji3jcj3jab ,and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs1 and two clusters of raisins3 and when he had eaten1 his spirit came again to him3 for he had eaten no bread1 nor drunk any water1 three days and three nights4 #ji3jcj3jac ,and ,david said unto him1 ,to whom belongest thou8 and whence art thou8 ,and he said1 ,i am a young man of ,egypt1 servant to an ,amalekite2 and my master left me1 because three days agone ,i fell sick4 #ji3jcj3jad ,we made an invasion upon the south of the ,cherethites1 and upon the coast which belongeth to ,judah1 and upon the south of ,caleb2 and we burned ,ziklag with fire4 #ji3jcj3jae ,and ,david said to him1 ,canst thou bring me down to this company8 ,and he said1 ,swear unto me by ,god1 that thou wilt neither kill me1 nor deliver me into the hands of my master1 and ,i will bring thee down to this company4 #ji3jcj3jaf ,and when he had brought him down1 behold1 they were spread abroad upon all the earth1 eating and drinking1 and dancing1 because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the ,philistines1 and out of the land of ,judah4 #ji3jcj3jag ,and ,david smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day3 and there escaped not a man of them1 save four hundred young men1 which rode upon camels1 and fled4 #ji3jcj3jah ,and ,david recovered all that the ,amalekites had carried away3 and ,david rescued his two wives4 #ji3jcj3jai ,and there was nothing lacking to them1 neither small nor great1 neither sons nor daughters1 neither spoil1 nor any thing that they had taken to them3 ,david recovered all4 #ji3jcj3jbj ,and ,david took all the flocks and the herds1 which they drave before those other cattle1 and said1 ,this is ,david's spoil4 #ji3jcj3jba ,and ,david came to the two hundred men1 which were so faint that they could not follow ,david1 whom they had made also to abide at the brook ,besor3 and they went forth to meet ,david1 and to meet the people that were with him3 and when ,david came near to the people1 he saluted them4 #ji3jcj3jbb ,then answered all the wicked men and men of ,belial1 of those that went with ,david1 and said1 ,because they went not with us1 we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered1 save to every man his wife and his children1 that they may lead them away1 and depart4 #ji3jcj3jbc ,then said ,david1 ,ye shall not do so1 my brethren1 with that which the ,,lord hath given us1 who hath preserved us1 and delivered the company that came against us into our hand4 #ji3jcj3jbd ,for who will hearken unto you in this matter8 but as his part is that goeth down to the battle1 so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff3 they shall part alike4 #ji3jcj3jbe ,and it was so from that day forward1 that he made it a statute and an ordinance for ,israel unto this day4 #ji3jcj3jbf ,and when ,david came to ,ziklag1 he sent of the spoil unto the elders of ,judah1 even to his friends1 saying1 ,behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the ,,lord2 #ji3jcj3jbg ,to them which were in ,bethel1 and to them which were in south ,ramoth1 and to them which were in ,jattir1 #ji3jcj3jbh ,and to them which were in ,aroer1 and to them which were in ,siphmoth1 and to them which were in ,eshtemoa1 #ji3jcj3jbi ,and to them which were in ,rachal1 and to them which were in the cities of the ,jerahmeelites1 and to them which were in the cities of the ,kenites1 #ji3jcj3jcj ,and to them which were in ,hormah1 and to them which were in ,chorashan1 and to them which were in ,athach1 #ji3jcj3jca ,and to them which were in ,hebron1 and to all the places where ,david himself and his men were wont to haunt4 #ji3jca3jja ,now the ,philistines fought against ,israel3 and the men of ,israel fled from before the ,philistines1 and fell down slain in mount ,gilboa4 #ji3jca3jjb ,and the ,philistines followed hard upon ,saul and upon his sons2 and the ,philistines slew ,jonathan1 and ,abinadab1 and ,melchishua1 ,saul's sons4 #ji3jca3jjc ,and the battle went sore against ,saul1 and the archers hit him2 and he was sore wounded of the archers4 #ji3jca3jjd ,then said ,saul unto his armourbearer1 ,draw thy sword1 and thrust me through therewith2 lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through1 and abuse me4 ,but his armourbearer would not2 for he was sore afraid4 ,therefore ,saul took a sword1 and fell upon it4 #ji3jca3jje ,and when his armourbearer saw that ,saul was dead1 he fell likewise upon his sword1 and died with him4 #ji3jca3jjf ,so ,saul died1 and his three sons1 and his armourbearer1 and all his men1 that same day together4 #ji3jca3jjg ,and when the men of ,israel that were on the other side of the valley1 and they that were on the other side ,jordan1 saw that the men of ,israel fled1 and that ,saul and his sons were dead1 they forsook the cities1 and fled2 and the ,philistines came and dwelt in them4 #ji3jca3jjh ,and it came to pass on the morrow1 when the ,philistines came to strip the slain1 that they found ,saul and his three sons fallen in mount ,gilboa4 #ji3jca3jji ,and they cut off his head1 and stripped off his armour1 and sent into the land of the ,philistines round about1 to publish it in the house of their idols1 and among the people4 #ji3jca3jaj ,and they put his armour in the house of ,ashtaroth3 and they fastened his body to the wall of ,bethshan4 #ji3jca3jaa ,and when the inhabitants of ,jabeshgilead heard of that which the ,philistines had done to ,saul2 #ji3jca3jab ,all the valiant men arose1 and went all night1 and took the body of ,saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of ,bethshan1 and came to ,jabesh1 and burnt them there4 #ji3jca3jac ,and they took their bones1 and buried them under a tree at ,jabesh1 and fasted seven days4