,from www4ebible4org with slight reformatting by ,martin ,ward4 ,book #ji #a ,samuel #jja3jja ,now there was a certain man of ,ramathaim ,zophim1 of the hill country of ,ephraim1 and his name was ,elkanah1 the son of ,jeroham1 the son of ,elihu1 the son of ,tohu1 the son of ,zuph1 an ,ephraimite3 #jja3jjb and he had two wives2 the name of the one was ,hannah1 and the name of other ,peninnah3 and ,peninnah had children1 but ,hannah had no children4 #jja3jjc ,this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to ,yahweh of ,armies in ,shiloh4 ,the two sons of ,eli1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 priests to ,yahweh1 were there4 #jja3jjd ,when the day came that ,elkanah sacrificed1 he gave to ,peninnah his wife1 and to all her sons and her daughters1 portions3 #jja3jje but to ,hannah he gave a double portion2 for he loved ,hannah1 but ,yahweh had shut up her womb4 #jja3jjf ,her rival provoked her sore1 to make her fret1 because ,yahweh had shut up her womb4 #jja3jjg as he did so year by year1 when she went up to the house of ,yahweh1 so she provoked her2 therefore she wept1 and did not eat4 #jja3jjh ,elkanah her husband said to her1 ,hannah1 why weep you8 and why don't you eat8 and why is your heart grieved8 am ,i not better to you than ten sons8 #jja3jji ,so ,hannah rose up after they had eaten in ,shiloh1 and after they had drunk4 ,now ,eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of ,yahweh4 #jja3jaj ,she was in bitterness of soul1 and prayed to ,yahweh1 and wept sore4 #jja3jaa ,she vowed a vow1 and said1 ,yahweh of ,armies1 if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid1 and remember me1 and not forget your handmaid1 but will give to your handmaid a boy1 then ,i will give him to ,yahweh all the days of his life1 and there shall no razor come on his head4 #jja3jab ,it happened1 as she continued praying before ,yahweh1 that ,eli marked her mouth4 #jja3jac ,now ,hannah1 she spoke in her heart2 only her lips moved1 but her voice was not heard3 therefore ,eli thought she had been drunken4 #jja3jad ,eli said to her1 ,how long will you be drunken8 put away your wine from you4 #jja3jae ,hannah answered1 ,no1 my lord1 ,i am a woman of a sorrowful spirit3 ,i have drunk neither wine nor strong drink1 but ,i poured out my soul before ,yahweh4 #jja3jaf ,don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman2 for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have ,i spoken hitherto4 #jja3jag ,then ,eli answered1 ,go in peace2 and the ,god of ,israel grant your petition that you have asked of him4 #jja3jah ,she said1 ,let your handmaid find favor in your sight4 ,so the woman went her way1 and ate2 and her facial expression wasn't sad any more4 #jja3jai ,they rose up in the morning early1 and worshiped before ,yahweh1 and returned1 and came to their house to ,ramah3 and ,elkanah knew ,hannah his wife2 and ,yahweh remembered her4 #jja3jbj ,it happened1 when the time was come about1 that ,hannah conceived1 and bore a son2 and she named him ,samuel1 saying1 ,because ,i have asked him of ,yahweh4 #jja3jba ,the man ,elkanah1 and all his house1 went up to offer to ,yahweh the yearly sacrifice1 and his vow4 #jja3jbb ,but ,hannah didn't go up2 for she said to her husband1 ,i will not go up until the child be weaned2 and then ,i will bring him1 that he may appear before ,yahweh1 and there abide forever4 #jja3jbc ,elkanah her husband said to her1 ,do what seems you good2 wait until you have weaned him2 only ,yahweh establish his word4 ,so the woman waited and nursed her son1 until she weaned him4 #jja3jbd ,when she had weaned him1 she took him up with her1 with three bulls1 and one ephah of meal1 and a bottle of wine1 and brought him to the house of ,yahweh in ,shiloh3 and the child was young4 #jja3jbe ,they killed the bull1 and brought the child to ,eli4 #jja3jbf ,she said1 ,oh1 my lord1 as your soul lives1 my lord1 ,i am the woman who stood by you here1 praying to ,yahweh4 #jja3jbg ,for this child ,i prayed2 and ,yahweh has given me my petition which ,i asked of him3 #jja3jbh therefore also ,i have granted him to ,yahweh2 as long as he lives he is granted to ,yahweh4 ,he worshiped ,yahweh there4 #jjb3jja ,hannah prayed1 and said3 ,my heart exults in ,yahweh6 ,my horn is exalted in ,yahweh4 ,my mouth is enlarged over my enemies1 because ,i rejoice in your salvation4 #jjb3jjb ,there is no one as holy as ,yahweh1 ,for there is no one besides you1 nor is there any rock like our ,god4 #jjb3jjc ,talk no more so exceeding proudly4 ,don't let arrogance come out of your mouth1 ,for ,yahweh is a ,god of knowledge4 ,by him actions are weighed4 #jjb3jjd ,the bows of the mighty men are broken4 ,those who stumbled are girded with strength4 #jjb3jje ,those who were full have hired themselves out for bread4 ,those who were hungry have ceased to hunger4 ,yes1 the barren has borne seven4 ,she who has many children languishes4 #jjb3jjf ,yahweh kills1 and makes alive4 ,he brings down to ,sheol1 and brings up4 #jjb3jjg ,yahweh makes poor1 and makes rich4 ,he brings low1 he also lifts up4 #jjb3jjh ,he raises up the poor out of the dust4 ,he lifts up the needy from the dunghill1 ,to make them sit with princes1 and inherit the throne of glory1 for the pillars of the earth are ,yahweh's4 ,he has set the world on them4 #jjb3jji ,he will keep the feet of his holy ones1 but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness2 for no man shall prevail by strength4 #jjb3jaj ,those who strive with ,yahweh shall be broken to pieces4 ,he will thunder against them in the sky4 ,yahweh will judge the ends of the earth4 ,he will give strength to his king1 and exalt the horn of his anointed4 #jjb3jaa ,elkanah went to ,ramah to his house4 ,the child did minister to ,yahweh before ,eli the priest4 #jjb3jab ,now the sons of ,eli were base men2 they didn't know ,yahweh4 #jjb3jac ,the custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice1 the priest's servant came1 while the flesh was boiling1 with a fork of three teeth in his hand2 #jjb3jad and he struck it into the pan1 or kettle1 or caldron1 or pot2 all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith4 ,so they did in ,shiloh to all the ,israelites who came there4 #jjb3jae ,yes1 before they burnt the fat1 the priest's servant came1 and said to the man who sacrificed1 ,give flesh to roast for the priest2 for he will not have boiled flesh of you1 but raw4 #jjb3jaf ,if the man said to him1 ,they will surely burn the fat first1 and then take as much as your soul desires2 then he would say1 ,no1 but you shall give it me now3 and if not1 ,i will take it by force4 #jjb3jag ,the sin of the young men was very great before ,yahweh2 for the men despised the offering of ,yahweh4 #jjb3jah ,but ,samuel ministered before ,yahweh1 being a child1 girded with a linen ephod4 #jjb3jai ,moreover his mother made him a little robe1 and brought it to him from year to year1 when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice4 #jjb3jbj ,eli blessed ,elkanah and his wife1 and said1 ,yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of ,yahweh4 ,they went to their own home4 #jjb3jba ,yahweh visited ,hannah1 and she conceived1 and bore three sons and two daughters4 ,the child ,samuel grew before ,yahweh4 #jjb3jbb ,now ,eli was very old2 and he heard all that his sons did to all ,israel1 and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the tent of meeting4 #jjb3jbc ,he said to them1 ,why do you such things8 for ,i hear of your evil dealings from all this people4 #jjb3jbd ,no1 my sons2 for it is no good report that ,i hear3 you make ,yahweh's people to disobey4 #jjb3jbe ,if one man sin against another1 ,god shall judge him2 but if a man sin against ,yahweh1 who shall entreat for him8 ,notwithstanding1 they didn't listen to the voice of their father1 because ,yahweh was minded to kill them4 #jjb3jbf ,the child ,samuel grew on1 and increased in favor both with ,yahweh1 and also with men4 #jjb3jbg ,there came a man of ,god to ,eli1 and said to him1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,did ,i reveal myself to the house of your father1 when they were in ,egypt in bondage to ,pharaoh's house8 #jjb3jbh and did ,i choose him out of all the tribes of ,israel to be my priest1 to go up to my altar1 to burn incense1 to wear an ephod before me8 and did ,i give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of ,israel made by fire8 #jjb3jbi ,why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering1 which ,i have commanded in my habitation1 and honor your sons above me1 to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of ,israel my people8 #jjb3jcj ,therefore ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 says1 ,i said indeed that your house1 and the house of your father1 should walk before me forever3 but now ,yahweh says1 ,be it far from me2 for those who honor me ,i will honor1 and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed4 #jjb3jca ,behold1 the days come1 that ,i will cut off your arm1 and the arm of your father's house1 that there shall not be an old man in your house4 #jjb3jcb ,you shall see the affliction of my habitation1 in all the wealth which ,god shall give ,israel2 and there shall not be an old man in your house forever4 #jjb3jcc ,the man of yours1 whom ,i shall not cut off from my altar1 shall be to consume your eyes1 and to grieve your heart2 and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age4 #jjb3jcd ,this shall be the sign to you1 that shall come on your two sons1 on ,hophni and ,phinehas3 in one day they shall die both of them4 #jjb3jce ,i will raise me up a faithful priest1 that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind3 and ,i will build him a sure house2 and he shall walk before my anointed forever4 #jjb3jcf ,it shall happen1 that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread1 and shall say1 ,please put me into one of the priests' offices1 that ,i may eat a morsel of bread4 #jjc3jja ,the child ,samuel ministered to ,yahweh before ,eli4 ,the word of ,yahweh was precious in those days2 there was no frequent vision4 #jjc3jjb ,it happened at that time1 when ,eli was laid down in his place 7now his eyes had begun to grow dim1 so that he could not see71 #jjc3jjc and the lamp of ,god hadn't yet gone out1 and ,samuel had laid down to sleep1 in the temple of ,yahweh1 where the ark of ,god was2 #jjc3jjd that ,yahweh called ,samuel2 and he said1 ,here am ,i4 #jjc3jje ,he ran to ,eli1 and said1 ,here am ,i2 for you called me4 ,he said1 ,i didn't call2 lie down again4 ,he went and lay down4 #jjc3jjf ,yahweh called yet again1 ,samuel4 ,samuel arose and went to ,eli1 and said1 ,here am ,i2 for you called me4 ,he answered1 ,i didn't call1 my son2 lie down again4 #jjc3jjg ,now ,samuel didn't yet know ,yahweh1 neither was the word of ,yahweh yet revealed to him4 #jjc3jjh ,yahweh called ,samuel again the third time4 ,he arose and went to ,eli1 and said1 ,here am ,i2 for you called me4 ,eli perceived that ,yahweh had called the child4 #jjc3jji ,therefore ,eli said to ,samuel1 ,go1 lie down3 and it shall be1 if he call you1 that you shall say1 ,speak1 ,yahweh2 for your servant hears4 ,so ,samuel went and lay down in his place4 #jjc3jaj ,yahweh came1 and stood1 and called as at other times1 ,samuel1 ,samuel4 ,then ,samuel said1 ,speak2 for your servant hears4 #jjc3jaa ,yahweh said to ,samuel1 ,behold1 ,i will do a thing in ,israel1 at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle4 #jjc3jab ,in that day ,i will perform against ,eli all that ,i have spoken concerning his house1 from the beginning even to the end4 #jjc3jac ,for ,i have told him that ,i will judge his house forever1 for the iniquity which he knew1 because his sons did bring a curse on themselves1 and he didn't restrain them4 #jjc3jad ,therefore ,i have sworn to the house of ,eli1 that the iniquity of ,eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever4 #jjc3jae ,samuel lay until the morning1 and opened the doors of the house of ,yahweh4 ,samuel feared to show ,eli the vision4 #jjc3jaf ,then ,eli called ,samuel1 and said1 ,samuel1 my son4 ,he said1 ,here am ,i4 #jjc3jag ,he said1 ,what is the thing that ,yahweh has spoken to you8 ,please don't hide it from me4 ,god do so to you1 and more also1 if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you4 #jjc3jah ,samuel told him every whit1 and hid nothing from him4 ,he said1 ,it is ,yahweh3 let him do what seems him good4 #jjc3jai ,samuel grew1 and ,yahweh was with him1 and did let none of his words fall to the ground4 #jjc3jbj ,all ,israel from ,dan even to ,beersheba knew that ,samuel was established to be a prophet of ,yahweh4 #jjc3jba ,yahweh appeared again in ,shiloh2 for ,yahweh revealed himself to ,samuel in ,shiloh by the word of ,yahweh4 #jjd3jja ,the word of ,samuel came to all ,israel4 ,now ,israel went out against the ,philistines to battle1 and encamped beside ,ebenezer3 and the ,philistines encamped in ,aphek4 #jjd3jjb ,the ,philistines put themselves in array against ,israel3 and when they joined battle1 ,israel was struck before the ,philistines2 and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men4 #jjd3jjc ,when the people were come into the camp1 the elders of ,israel said1 ,why has ,yahweh struck us today before the ,philistines8 ,let us get the ark of the covenant of ,yahweh out of ,shiloh to us1 that it may come among us1 and save us out of the hand of our enemies4 #jjd3jjd ,so the people sent to ,shiloh2 and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of ,yahweh of ,armies1 who sits above the cherubim3 and the two sons of ,eli1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 were there with the ark of the covenant of ,god4 #jjd3jje ,when the ark of the covenant of ,yahweh came into the camp1 all ,israel shouted with a great shout1 so that the earth rang again4 #jjd3jjf ,when the ,philistines heard the noise of the shout1 they said1 ,what means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the ,hebrews8 ,they understood that the ark of ,yahweh was come into the camp4 #jjd3jjg ,the ,philistines were afraid1 for they said1 ,god is come into the camp4 ,they said1 ,woe to us6 for there has not been such a thing heretofore4 #jjd3jjh ,woe to us6 who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods8 these are the gods that struck the ,egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness4 #jjd3jji ,be strong1 and behave yourselves like men1 ,o you ,philistines1 that you not be servants to the ,hebrews1 as they have been to you3 quit yourselves like men1 and fight4 #jjd3jaj ,the ,philistines fought1 and ,israel was struck1 and they fled every man to his tent3 and there was a very great slaughter2 for there fell of ,israel thirty thousand footmen4 #jjd3jaa ,the ark of ,god was taken2 and the two sons of ,eli1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 were slain4 #jjd3jab ,there ran a man of ,benjamin out of the army1 and came to ,shiloh the same day1 with his clothes torn1 and with earth on his head4 #jjd3jac ,when he came1 behold1 ,eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching2 for his heart trembled for the ark of ,god4 ,when the man came into the city1 and told it1 all the city cried out4 #jjd3jad ,when ,eli heard the noise of the crying1 he said1 ,what means the noise of this tumult8 ,the man hurried1 and came and told ,eli4 #jjd3jae ,now ,eli was ninety-eight years old2 and his eyes were set1 so that he could not see4 #jjd3jaf ,the man said to ,eli1 ,i am he who came out of the army1 and ,i fled today out of the army4 ,he said1 ,how went the matter1 my son8 #jjd3jag ,he who brought the news answered1 ,israel is fled before the ,philistines1 and there has been also a great slaughter among the people1 and your two sons also1 ,hophni and ,phinehas1 are dead1 and the ark of ,god is taken4 #jjd3jah ,it happened1 when he made mention of the ark of ,god1 that ,eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate2 and his neck broke1 and he died3 for he was an old man1 and heavy4 ,he had judged ,israel forty years4 #jjd3jai ,his daughter-in-law1 ,phinehas' wife1 was with child1 near to be delivered3 and when she heard the news that the ark of ,god was taken1 and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead1 she bowed herself and brought forth2 for her pains came on her4 #jjd3jbj ,about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her1 ,don't be afraid2 for you have brought forth a son4 ,but she didn't answer1 neither did she regard it4 #jjd3jba ,she named the child ,ichabod1 saying1 ,the glory is departed from ,israel2 because the ark of ,god was taken1 and because of her father-in-law and her husband4 #jjd3jbb ,she said1 ,the glory is departed from ,israel2 for the ark of ,god is taken4 #jje3jja ,now the ,philistines had taken the ark of ,god1 and they brought it from ,ebenezer to ,ashdod4 #jje3jjb ,the ,philistines took the ark of ,god1 and brought it into the house of ,dagon1 and set it by ,dagon4 #jje3jjc ,when they of ,ashdod arose early on the next day1 behold1 ,dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of ,yahweh4 ,they took ,dagon1 and set him in his place again4 #jje3jjd ,when they arose early on the next day morning1 behold1 ,dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of ,yahweh2 and the head of ,dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off on the threshold2 only the stump of ,dagon was left to him4 #jje3jje ,therefore neither the priests of ,dagon1 nor any who come into ,dagon's house1 tread on the threshold of ,dagon in ,ashdod1 to this day4 #jje3jjf ,but the hand of ,yahweh was heavy on them of ,ashdod1 and he destroyed them1 and struck them with tumors1 even ,ashdod and the borders of it4 #jje3jjg ,when the men of ,ashdod saw that it was so1 they said1 ,the ark of the ,god of ,israel shall not abide with us2 for his hand is sore on us1 and on ,dagon our god4 #jje3jjh ,they sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the ,philistines to them1 and said1 ,what shall we do with the ark of the ,god of ,israel8 ,they answered1 ,let the ark of the ,god of ,israel be carried about to ,gath4 ,they carried the ark of the ,god of ,israel there4 #jje3jji ,it was so1 that after they had carried it about1 the hand of ,yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion3 and he struck the men of the city1 both small and great2 and tumors broke out on them4 #jje3jaj ,so they sent the ark of ,god to ,ekron4 ,it happened1 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 kill us and our people4 #jje3jaa ,they sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the ,philistines1 and they said1 ,send away the ark of the ,god of ,israel1 and let it go again to its own place1 that it not kill us and our people4 ,for there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city2 the hand of ,god was very heavy there4 #jje3jab ,the men who didn't die were struck with the tumors2 and the cry of the city went up to heaven4 #jjf3jja ,the ark of ,yahweh was in the country of the ,philistines seven months4 #jjf3jjb ,the ,philistines called for the priests and the diviners1 saying1 ,what shall we do with the ark of ,yahweh8 ,show us with which we shall send it to its place4 #jjf3jjc ,they said1 ,if you send away the ark of the ,god of ,israel1 don't send it empty2 but by all means return him a trespass offering3 then you shall be healed1 and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you4 #jjf3jjd ,then they said1 ,what shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him8 ,they said1 ,five golden tumors1 and five golden mice1 according to the number of the lords of the ,philistines2 for one plague was on you all1 and on your lords4 #jjf3jje ,therefore you shall make images of your tumors1 and images of your mice that mar the land2 and you shall give glory to the ,god of ,israel3 peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you1 and from off your gods1 and from off your land4 #jjf3jjf ,why then do you harden your hearts1 as the ,egyptians and ,pharaoh hardened their hearts8 ,when he had worked wonderfully among them1 didn't they let the people go1 and they departed8 #jjf3jjg ,now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart1 and two milk cows1 on which there has come no yoke2 and tie the cows to the cart1 and bring their calves home from them2 #jjf3jjh and take the ark of ,yahweh1 and lay it on the cart2 and put the jewels of gold1 which you return him for a trespass offering1 in a coffer by the side of it2 and send it away1 that it may go4 #jjf3jji ,behold2 if it goes up by the way of its own border to ,beth ,shemesh1 then he has done us this great evil3 but if not1 then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us2 it was a chance that happened to us4 #jjf3jaj ,the men did so1 and took two milk cows1 and tied them to the cart1 and shut up their calves at home2 #jjf3jaa and they put the ark of ,yahweh on the cart1 and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors4 #jjf3jab ,the cows took the straight way by the way to ,beth ,shemesh2 they went along the highway1 lowing as they went1 and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left2 and the lords of the ,philistines went after them to the border of ,beth ,shemesh4 #jjf3jac ,they of ,beth ,shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley2 and they lifted up their eyes1 and saw the ark1 and rejoiced to see it4 #jjf3jad ,the cart came into the field of ,joshua of ,beth ,shemesh1 and stood there1 where there was a great stone3 and they split the wood of the cart1 and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to ,yahweh4 #jjf3jae ,the ,levites took down the ark of ,yahweh1 and the coffer that was with it1 in which the jewels of gold were1 and put them on the great stone3 and the men of ,beth ,shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to ,yahweh4 #jjf3jaf ,when the five lords of the ,philistines had seen it1 they returned to ,ekron the same day4 #jjf3jag ,these are the golden tumors which the ,philistines returned for a trespass offering to ,yahweh3 for ,ashdod one1 for ,gaza one1 for ,ashkelon one1 for ,gath one1 for ,ekron one2 #jjf3jah and the golden mice1 according to the number of all the cities of the ,philistines belonging to the five lords1 both of fortified cities and of country villages1 even to the great stone1 whereon they set down the ark of ,yahweh1 which stone remains to this day in the field of ,joshua of ,beth ,shemesh4 #jjf3jai ,he struck of the men of ,beth ,shemesh1 because they had looked into the ark of ,yahweh1 he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men2 and the people mourned1 because ,yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter4 #jjf3jbj ,the men of ,beth ,shemesh said1 ,who is able to stand before ,yahweh1 this holy ,god8 and to whom shall he go up from us8 #jjf3jba ,they sent messengers to the inhabitants of ,kiriath ,jearim1 saying1 ,the ,philistines have brought back the ark of ,yahweh2 come you down1 and bring it up to you4 #jjg3jja ,the men of ,kiriath ,jearim came1 and fetched up the ark of ,yahweh1 and brought it into the house of ,abinadab in the hill1 and sanctified ,eleazar his son to keep the ark of ,yahweh4 #jjg3jjb ,it happened1 from the day that the ark abode in ,kiriath ,jearim1 that the time was long2 for it was twenty years3 and all the house of ,israel lamented after ,yahweh4 #jjg3jjc ,samuel spoke to all the house of ,israel1 saying1 ,if you do return to ,yahweh with all your heart1 then put away the foreign gods and the ,ashtaroth from among you1 and direct your hearts to ,yahweh1 and serve him only2 and he will deliver you out of the hand of the ,philistines4 #jjg3jjd ,then the children of ,israel did put away the ,baals and the ,ashtaroth1 and served ,yahweh only4 #jjg3jje ,samuel said1 ,gather all ,israel to ,mizpah1 and ,i will pray for you to ,yahweh4 #jjg3jjf ,they gathered together to ,mizpah1 and drew water1 and poured it out before ,yahweh1 and fasted on that day1 and said there1 ,we have sinned against ,yahweh4 ,samuel judged the children of ,israel in ,mizpah4 #jjg3jjg ,when the ,philistines heard that the children of ,israel were gathered together at ,mizpah1 the lords of the ,philistines went up against ,israel4 ,when the children of ,israel heard it1 they were afraid of the ,philistines4 #jjg3jjh ,the children of ,israel said to ,samuel1 ,don't cease to cry to ,yahweh our ,god for us1 that he will save us out of the hand of the ,philistines4 #jjg3jji ,samuel took a sucking lamb1 and offered it for a whole burnt offering to ,yahweh3 and ,samuel cried to ,yahweh for ,israel2 and ,yahweh answered him4 #jjg3jaj ,as ,samuel was offering up the burnt offering1 the ,philistines drew near to battle against ,israel2 but ,yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the ,philistines1 and confused them2 and they were struck down before ,israel4 #jjg3jaa ,the men of ,israel went out of ,mizpah1 and pursued the ,philistines1 and struck them1 until they came under ,beth ,kar4 #jjg3jab ,then ,samuel took a stone1 and set it between ,mizpah and ,shen1 and called the name of it ,ebenezer1 saying1 ,hitherto has ,yahweh helped us4 #jjg3jac ,so the ,philistines were subdued1 and they came no more within the border of ,israel3 and the hand of ,yahweh was against the ,philistines all the days of ,samuel4 #jjg3jad ,the cities which the ,philistines had taken from ,israel were restored to ,israel1 from ,ekron even to ,gath2 and the border of it did ,israel deliver out of the hand of the ,philistines4 ,there was peace between ,israel and the ,amorites4 #jjg3jae ,samuel judged ,israel all the days of his life4 #jjg3jaf ,he went from year to year in circuit to ,bethel and ,gilgal1 and ,mizpah2 and he judged ,israel in all those places4 #jjg3jag ,his return was to ,ramah1 for there was his house2 and there he judged ,israel3 and he built there an altar to ,yahweh4 #jjh3jja ,it happened1 when ,samuel was old1 that he made his sons judges over ,israel4 #jjh3jjb ,now the name of his firstborn was ,joel2 and the name of his second1 ,abijah3 they were judges in ,beersheba4 #jjh3jjc ,his sons didn't walk in his ways1 but turned aside after lucre1 and took bribes1 and perverted justice4 #jjh3jjd ,then all the elders of ,israel gathered themselves together1 and came to ,samuel to ,ramah2 #jjh3jje and they said to him1 ,behold1 you are old1 and your sons don't walk in your ways3 now make us a king to judge us like all the nations4 #jjh3jjf ,but the thing displeased ,samuel1 when they said1 ,give us a king to judge us4 ,samuel prayed to ,yahweh4 #jjh3jjg ,yahweh said to ,samuel1 ,listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you2 for they have not rejected you1 but they have rejected me1 that ,i should not be king over them4 #jjh3jjh ,according to all the works which they have done since the day that ,i brought them up out of ,egypt even to this day1 in that they have forsaken me1 and served other gods1 so do they also to you4 #jjh3jji ,now therefore listen to their voice3 however you shall protest solemnly to them1 and shall show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them4 #jjh3jaj ,samuel told all the words of ,yahweh to the people who asked of him a king4 #jjh3jaa ,he said1 ,this will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you3 he will take your sons1 and appoint them to him1 for his chariots1 and to be his horsemen2 and they shall run before his chariots2 #jjh3jab and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands1 and captains of fifties2 and he will set some to plow his ground1 and to reap his harvest1 and to make his instruments of war1 and the instruments of his chariots4 #jjh3jac ,he will take your daughters to be perfumers1 and to be cooks1 and to be bakers4 #jjh3jad ,he will take your fields1 and your vineyards1 and your olive groves1 even the best of them1 and give them to his servants4 #jjh3jae ,he will take the tenth of your seed1 and of your vineyards1 and give to his officers1 and to his servants4 #jjh3jaf ,he will take your male servants1 and your female servants1 and your best young men1 and your donkeys1 and put them to his work4 #jjh3jag ,he will take the tenth of your flocks3 and you shall be his servants4 #jjh3jah ,you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you2 and ,yahweh will not answer you in that day4 #jjh3jai ,but the people refused to listen to the voice of ,samuel2 and they said1 ,no3 but we will have a king over us1 #jjh3jbj that we also may be like all the nations1 and that our king may judge us1 and go out before us1 and fight our battles4 #jjh3jba ,samuel heard all the words of the people1 and he rehearsed them in the ears of ,yahweh4 #jjh3jbb ,yahweh said to ,samuel1 ,listen to their voice1 and make them a king4 ,samuel said to the men of ,israel1 ,go you every man to his city4 #jji3jja ,now there was a man of ,benjamin1 whose name was ,kish1 the son of ,abiel1 the son of ,zeror1 the son of ,becorath1 the son of ,aphiah1 the son of a ,benjamite1 a mighty man of valor4 #jji3jjb ,he had a son1 whose name was ,saul1 an impressive young man2 and there was not among the children of ,israel a better person than he4 ,from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people4 #jji3jjc ,the donkeys of ,kish1 ,saul's father1 were lost4 ,kish said to ,saul his son1 ,take now one of the servants with you1 and arise1 go seek the donkeys4 #jji3jjd ,he passed through the hill country of ,ephraim1 and passed through the land of ,shalishah1 but they didn't find them3 then they passed through the land of ,shaalim1 and there they weren't there3 and he passed through the land of the ,benjamites1 but they didn't find them4 #jji3jje ,when they had come to the land of ,zuph1 ,saul said to his servant who was with him1 ,come1 and let us return1 lest my father leave off caring for the donkeys1 and be anxious for us4 #jji3jjf ,he said to him1 ,see now1 there is in this city a man of ,god1 and he is a man who is held in honor2 all that he says comes surely to pass3 now let us go there2 peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go4 #jji3jjg ,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 #jji3jjh ,the servant answered ,saul again1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver3 that will ,i give to the man of ,god1 to tell us our way4 #jji3jji 7,in earlier times in ,israel1 when a man went to inquire of ,god1 thus he said1 ,come1 and let us go to the seer2 for he who is now called a ,prophet was before called a ,seer47 #jji3jaj ,then said ,saul to his servant1 ,well said2 come1 let us go4 ,so they went to the city where the man of ,god was4 #jji3jaa ,as they went up the ascent to the city1 they found young maidens going out to draw water1 and said to them1 ,is the seer here8 #jji3jab ,they answered them1 and said1 ,he is2 behold1 he is before you3 make haste now1 for he is come today into the city2 for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place3 #jji3jac as soon as you are come into the city1 you shall immediately find him1 before he goes up to the high place to eat2 for the people will not eat until he come1 because he does bless the sacrifice2 and afterwards they eat who are invited4 ,now therefore get you up2 for at this time you shall find him4 #jji3jad ,they went up to the city2 and as they came within the city1 behold1 ,samuel came out toward them1 to go up to the high place4 #jji3jae ,now ,yahweh had revealed to ,samuel a day before ,saul came1 saying1 #jji3jaf ,tomorrow about this time ,i will send you a man out of the land of ,benjamin1 and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people ,israel2 and he shall save my people out of the hand of the ,philistines3 for ,i have looked on my people1 because their cry is come to me4 #jji3jag ,when ,samuel saw ,saul1 ,yahweh said to him1 ,behold1 the man of whom ,i spoke to you6 this same shall have authority over my people4 #jji3jah ,then ,saul drew near to ,samuel in the gate1 and said1 ,tell me1 ,please1 where the seer's house is4 #jji3jai ,samuel answered ,saul1 and said1 ,i am the seer2 go up before me to the high place1 for you shall eat with me today3 and in the morning ,i will let you go1 and will tell you all that is in your heart4 #jji3jbj ,as for your donkeys who were lost three days ago1 don't set your mind on them2 for they are found4 ,for whom is all that is desirable in ,israel8 ,is it not for you1 and for all your father's house8 #jji3jba ,saul answered1 ,am ,i not a ,benjamite1 of the smallest of the tribes of ,israel8 and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of ,benjamin8 why then speak you to me after this manner8 #jji3jbb ,samuel took ,saul and his servant1 and brought them into the guest room1 and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited1 who were about thirty persons4 #jji3jbc ,samuel said to the cook1 ,bring the portion which ,i gave you1 of which ,i said to you1 ,set it by you4 #jji3jbd ,the cook took up the thigh1 and that which was on it1 and set it before ,saul4 ,samuel said1 ,behold1 that which has been reserved6 set it before you and eat2 because to the appointed time has it been kept for you1 for ,i said1 ,i have invited the people4 ,so ,saul ate with ,samuel that day4 #jji3jbe ,when they were come down from the high place into the city1 he talked with ,saul on the housetop4 #jji3jbf ,they arose early3 and it happened about the spring of the day1 that ,samuel called to ,saul on the housetop1 saying1 ,up1 that ,i may send you away4 ,saul arose1 and they went out both of them1 he and ,samuel1 abroad4 #jji3jbg ,as they were going down at the end of the city1 ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,bid the servant pass on before us 7and he passed on71 but stand you still first1 that ,i may cause you to hear the word of ,god4 #jaj3jja ,then ,samuel took the vial of oil1 and poured it on his head1 and kissed him1 and said1 ,isn't it that ,yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance8 #jaj3jjb ,when you are departed from me today1 then you shall find two men by ,rachel's tomb1 in the border of ,benjamin at ,zelzah2 and they will tell you1 ,the donkeys which you went to seek are found2 and behold1 your father has left off caring for the donkeys1 and is anxious for you1 saying1 ,what shall ,i do for my son8 #jaj3jjc ,then shall you go on forward from there1 and you shall come to the oak of ,tabor2 and there shall meet you there 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 #jaj3jjd and they will greet you1 and give you two loaves of bread1 which you shall receive of their hand4 #jaj3jje ,after that you shall come to the hill of ,god1 where is the garrison of the ,philistines3 and it shall happen1 when you are come there to the city1 that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery1 and a tambourine1 and a pipe1 and a harp1 before them2 and they will be prophesying3 #jaj3jjf and the ,spirit of ,yahweh will come mightily on you1 and you shall prophesy with them1 and shall be turned into another man4 #jaj3jjg ,let it be1 when these signs are come to you1 that you do as occasion shall serve you2 for ,god is with you4 #jaj3jjh ,you shall go down before me to ,gilgal2 and behold1 ,i will come down to you1 to offer burnt offerings1 and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings3 seven days shall you wait1 until ,i come to you1 and show you what you shall do4 #jaj3jji ,it was so1 that when he had turned his back to go from ,samuel1 ,god gave him another heart3 and all those signs happened that day4 #jaj3jaj ,when they came there to the hill1 behold1 a band of prophets met him2 and the ,spirit of ,god came mightily on him1 and he prophesied among them4 #jaj3jaa ,it happened1 when all who knew him before saw that1 behold1 he prophesied with the prophets1 then the people said one to another1 ,what is this that is come to the son of ,kish8 ,is ,saul also among the prophets8 #jaj3jab ,one of the same place answered1 ,who is their father8 ,therefore it became a proverb1 ,is ,saul also among the prophets8 #jaj3jac ,when he had made an end of prophesying1 he came to the high place4 #jaj3jad ,saul's uncle said to him and to his servant1 ,where went you8 ,he said1 ,to seek the donkeys2 and when we saw that they were not found1 we came to ,samuel4 #jaj3jae ,saul's uncle said1 ,tell me1 ,please1 what ,samuel said to you4 #jaj3jaf ,saul said to his uncle1 ,he told us plainly that the donkeys were found4 ,but concerning the matter of the kingdom1 of which ,samuel spoke1 he didn't tell him4 #jaj3jag ,samuel called the people together to ,yahweh to ,mizpah2 #jaj3jah and he said to the children of ,israel1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 ,i brought up ,israel out of ,egypt1 and ,i delivered you out of the hand of the ,egyptians1 and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you3 #jaj3jai but you have this day rejected your ,god1 who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses2 and you have said to him1 ,no1 but set a king over us4 ,now therefore present yourselves before ,yahweh by your tribes1 and by your thousands4 #jaj3jbj ,so ,samuel brought all the tribes of ,israel near1 and the tribe of ,benjamin was taken4 #jaj3jba ,he brought the tribe of ,benjamin near by their families2 and the family of the ,matrites was taken2 and ,saul the son of ,kish was taken3 but when they sought him1 he could not be found4 #jaj3jbb ,therefore they asked of ,yahweh further1 ,is there yet a man to come here8 ,yahweh answered1 ,behold1 he has hid himself among the baggage4 #jaj3jbc ,they ran and fetched him there2 and when he stood among the people1 he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward4 #jaj3jbd ,samuel said to all the people1 ,you see him whom ,yahweh has chosen1 that there is none like him among all the people8 ,all the people shouted1 and said1 ,long live the king4 #jaj3jbe ,then ,samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom1 and wrote it in a book1 and laid it up before ,yahweh4 ,samuel sent all the people away1 every man to his house4 #jaj3jbf ,saul also went to his house to ,gibeah2 and there went with him the army1 whose hearts ,god had touched4 #jaj3jbg ,but certain worthless fellows said1 ,how shall this man save us8 ,they despised him1 and brought him no present4 ,but he held his peace4 #jaa3jja ,then ,nahash the ,ammonite came up1 and encamped against ,jabesh ,gilead3 and all the men of ,jabesh said to ,nahash1 ,make a covenant with us1 and we will serve you4 #jaa3jjb ,nahash the ,ammonite said to them1 ,on this condition will ,i make it with you1 that all your right eyes be put out2 and ,i will lay it for a reproach on all ,israel4 #jaa3jjc ,the elders of ,jabesh said to him1 ,give us seven days' respite1 that we may send messengers to all the borders of ,israel2 and then1 if there be none to save us1 we will come out to you4 #jaa3jjd ,then came the messengers to ,gibeah of ,saul1 and spoke these words in the ears of the people3 and all the people lifted up their voice1 and wept4 #jaa3jje ,behold1 ,saul came following the oxen out of the field2 and ,saul said1 ,what ails the people that they weep8 ,they told him the words of the men of ,jabesh4 #jaa3jjf ,the ,spirit of ,god came mightily on ,saul when he heard those words1 and his anger was kindled greatly4 #jaa3jjg ,he took a yoke of oxen1 and cut them in pieces1 and sent them throughout all the borders of ,israel by the hand of messengers1 saying1 ,whoever doesn't come forth after ,saul and after ,samuel1 so shall it be done to his oxen4 ,the dread of ,yahweh fell on the people1 and they came out as one man4 #jaa3jjh ,he numbered them in ,bezek2 and the children of ,israel were three hundred thousand1 and the men of ,judah thirty thousand4 #jaa3jji ,they said to the messengers who came1 ,thus shall you tell the men of ,jabesh ,gilead1 ,tomorrow1 by the time the sun is hot1 you shall have deliverance4 ,the messengers came and told the men of ,jabesh2 and they were glad4 #jaa3jaj ,therefore the men of ,jabesh said1 ,tomorrow we will come out to you1 and you shall do with us all that seems good to you4 #jaa3jaa ,it was so on the next day1 that ,saul put the people in three companies2 and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch1 and struck the ,ammonites until the heat of the day3 and it happened1 that those who remained were scattered1 so that no two of them were left together4 #jaa3jab ,the people said to ,samuel1 ,who is he who said1 ,shall ,saul reign over us8 bring the men1 that we may put them to death4 #jaa3jac ,saul said1 ,there shall not a man be put to death this day2 for today ,yahweh has worked deliverance in ,israel4 #jaa3jad ,then said ,samuel to the people1 ,come1 and let us go to ,gilgal1 and renew the kingdom there4 #jaa3jae ,all the people went to ,gilgal2 and there they made ,saul king before ,yahweh in ,gilgal2 and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before ,yahweh2 and there ,saul and all the men of ,israel rejoiced greatly4 #jab3jja ,samuel said to all ,israel1 ,behold1 ,i have listened to your voice in all that you said to me1 and have made a king over you4 #jab3jjb ,now1 behold1 the king walks before you2 and ,i am old and gray-headed2 and behold1 my sons are with you3 and ,i have walked before you from my youth to this day4 #jab3jjc ,here ,i am3 witness against me before ,yahweh1 and before his anointed3 whose ox have ,i taken8 or whose donkey have ,i taken8 or whom have ,i defrauded8 whom have ,i oppressed8 or of whose hand have ,i taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith8 and ,i will restore it you4 #jab3jjd ,they said1 ,you have not defrauded us1 nor oppressed us1 neither have you taken anything of any man's hand4 #jab3jje ,he said to them1 ,yahweh is witness against you1 and his anointed is witness this day1 that you have not found anything in my hand4 ,they said1 ,he is witness4 #jab3jjf ,samuel said to the people1 ,it is ,yahweh who appointed ,moses and ,aaron1 and that brought your fathers up out of the land of ,egypt4 #jab3jjg ,now therefore stand still1 that ,i may plead with you before ,yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of ,yahweh1 which he did to you and to your fathers4 #jab3jjh ,when ,jacob was come into ,egypt1 and your fathers cried to ,yahweh1 then ,yahweh sent ,moses and ,aaron1 who brought forth your fathers out of ,egypt1 and made them to dwell in this place4 #jab3jji ,but they forgot ,yahweh their ,god2 and he sold them into the hand of ,sisera1 captain of the army of ,hazor1 and into the hand of the ,philistines1 and into the hand of the king of ,moab2 and they fought against them4 #jab3jaj ,they cried to ,yahweh1 and said1 ,we have sinned1 because we have forsaken ,yahweh1 and have served the ,baals and the ,ashtaroth3 but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies1 and we will serve you4 #jab3jaa ,yahweh sent ,jerubbaal1 and ,bedan1 and ,jephthah1 and ,samuel1 and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side2 and you lived in safety4 #jab3jab ,when you saw that ,nahash the king of the children of ,ammon came against you1 you said to me1 ,no1 but a king shall reign over us2 when ,yahweh your ,god was your king4 #jab3jac ,now therefore see the king whom you have chosen1 and whom you have asked for3 and behold1 ,yahweh has set a king over you4 #jab3jad ,if you will fear ,yahweh1 and serve him1 and listen to his voice1 and not rebel against the commandment of ,yahweh1 and both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of ,yahweh your ,god1 well3 #jab3jae but if you will not listen to the voice of ,yahweh1 but rebel against the commandment of ,yahweh1 then will the hand of ,yahweh be against you1 as it was against your fathers4 #jab3jaf ,now therefore stand still and see this great thing1 which ,yahweh will do before your eyes4 #jab3jag ,isn't it wheat harvest today8 ,i will call to ,yahweh1 that he may send thunder and rain2 and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great1 which you have done in the sight of ,yahweh1 in asking you a king4 #jab3jah ,so ,samuel called to ,yahweh2 and ,yahweh sent thunder and rain that day3 and all the people greatly feared ,yahweh and ,samuel4 #jab3jai ,all the people said to ,samuel1 ,pray for your servants to ,yahweh your ,god1 that we not die2 for we have added to all our sins this evil1 to ask us a king4 #jab3jbj ,samuel said to the people1 ,don't be afraid2 you have indeed done all this evil2 yet don't turn aside from following ,yahweh1 but serve ,yahweh with all your heart3 #jab3jba and don't turn aside2 for then would you go after vain things which can't profit nor deliver1 for they are vain4 #jab3jbb ,for ,yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake1 because it has pleased ,yahweh to make you a people to himself4 #jab3jbc ,moreover as for me1 far be it from me that ,i should sin against ,yahweh in ceasing to pray for you3 but ,i will instruct you in the good and the right way4 #jab3jbd ,only fear ,yahweh1 and serve him in truth with all your heart2 for consider how great things he has done for you4 #jab3jbe ,but if you shall still do wickedly1 you shall be consumed1 both you and your king4 #jac3jja ,saul was forty years old when he began to reign2 and when he had reigned two years over ,israel1 #jac3jjb ,saul chose him three thousand men of ,israel1 of which two thousand were with ,saul in ,michmash and in the ,mount of ,bethel1 and one thousand were with ,jonathan in ,gibeah of ,benjamin3 and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent4 #jac3jjc ,jonathan struck the garrison of the ,philistines that was in ,geba3 and the ,philistines heard of it4 ,saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land1 saying1 ,let the ,hebrews hear4 #jac3jjd ,all ,israel heard say that ,saul had struck the garrison of the ,philistines1 and also that ,israel was had in abomination with the ,philistines4 ,the people were gathered together after ,saul to ,gilgal4 #jac3jje ,the ,philistines assembled themselves together to fight with ,israel1 thirty thousand chariots1 and six thousand horsemen1 and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude3 and they came up1 and encamped in ,michmash1 eastward of ,beth ,aven4 #jac3jjf ,when the men of ,israel saw that they were in a strait 7for the people were distressed71 then the people did hide themselves in caves1 and in thickets1 and in rocks1 and in coverts1 and in pits4 #jac3jjg ,now some of the ,hebrews had gone over the ,jordan to the land of ,gad and ,gilead2 but as for ,saul1 he was yet in ,gilgal1 and all the people followed him trembling4 #jac3jjh ,he stayed seven days1 according to the set time that ,samuel had appointed3 but ,samuel didn't come to ,gilgal2 and the people were scattered from him4 #jac3jji ,saul said1 ,bring here the burnt offering to me1 and the peace offerings4 ,he offered the burnt offering4 #jac3jaj ,it came to pass 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 greet him4 #jac3jaa ,samuel said1 ,what have you done8 ,saul said1 ,because ,i saw that the people were scattered from me1 and that you didn't come within the days appointed1 and that the ,philistines assembled themselves together at ,michmash2 #jac3jab therefore said ,i1 ,now will the ,philistines come down on me to ,gilgal1 and ,i haven't entreated the favor of ,yahweh3 ,i forced myself therefore1 and offered the burnt offering4 #jac3jac ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,you have done foolishly2 you have not kept the commandment of ,yahweh your ,god1 which he commanded you3 for now would ,yahweh have established your kingdom on ,israel forever4 #jac3jad ,but now your kingdom shall not continue3 ,yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart1 and ,yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people1 because you have not kept that which ,yahweh commanded you4 #jac3jae ,samuel arose1 and got him up from ,gilgal to ,gibeah of ,benjamin4 ,saul numbered the people who were present with him1 about six hundred men4 #jac3jaf ,saul1 and ,jonathan his son1 and the people who were present with them1 abode in ,geba of ,benjamin3 but the ,philistines encamped in ,michmash4 #jac3jag ,the spoilers came out of the camp of the ,philistines in three companies3 one company turned to the way that leads to ,ophrah1 to the land of ,shual2 #jac3jah and another company turned the way to ,beth ,horon2 and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of ,zeboim toward the wilderness4 #jac3jai ,now there was no smith found throughout all the land of ,israel2 for the ,philistines said1 ,lest the ,hebrews make them swords or spears3 #jac3jbj but all the ,israelites went down to the ,philistines1 to sharpen every man his plowshare1 mattock1 axe1 and sickle2 #jac3jba yet they had a file for the mattocks1 and for the plowshares1 and for the forks1 and for the axes1 and to set the goads4 #jac3jbb ,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 who were with ,saul and ,jonathan3 but with ,saul and with ,jonathan his son was there found4 #jac3jbc ,the garrison of the ,philistines went out to the pass of ,michmash4 #jad3jja ,now it fell on a day1 that ,jonathan the son of ,saul said to the young man who bore his armor1 ,come1 and let us go over to the ,philistines' garrison1 that is on yonder side4 ,but he didn't tell his father4 #jad3jjb ,saul abode in the uttermost part of ,gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in ,migron3 and the people who were with him were about six hundred men2 #jad3jjc and ,ahijah1 the son of ,ahitub1 ,ichabod's brother1 the son of ,phinehas1 the son of ,eli1 the priest of ,yahweh in ,shiloh1 wearing an ephod4 ,the people didn't know that ,jonathan was gone4 #jad3jjd ,between the passes1 by which ,jonathan sought to go over to the ,philistines' garrison1 there was a rocky crag on the one side1 and a rocky crag on the other side3 and the name of the one was ,bozez1 and the name of the other ,seneh4 #jad3jje ,the one crag rose up on the north in front of ,michmash1 and the other on the south in front of ,geba4 #jad3jjf ,jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor1 ,come1 and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised3 it may be that ,yahweh will work for us2 for there is no restraint to ,yahweh to save by many or by few4 #jad3jjg ,his armor bearer said to him1 ,do all that is in your heart3 turn you1 behold1 ,i am with you according to your heart4 #jad3jjh ,then said ,jonathan1 ,behold1 we will pass over to the men1 and we will disclose ourselves to them4 #jad3jji ,if they say thus to us1 ,wait until we come to you2 then we will stand still in our place1 and will not go up to them4 #jad3jaj ,but if they say thus1 ,come up to us2 then we will go up2 for ,yahweh has delivered them into our hand3 and this shall be the sign to us4 #jad3jaa ,both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the ,philistines3 and the ,philistines said1 ,behold1 the ,hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves4 #jad3jab ,the men of the garrison answered ,jonathan and his armor bearer1 and said1 ,come up to us1 and we will show you a thing4 ,jonathan said to his armor bearer1 ,come up after me2 for ,yahweh has delivered them into the hand of ,israel4 #jad3jac ,jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet1 and his armor bearer after him3 and they fell before ,jonathan2 and his armor bearer killed them after him4 #jad3jad ,that first slaughter1 which ,jonathan and his armor bearer made1 was about twenty men1 within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land4 #jad3jae ,there was a trembling in the camp1 in the field1 and among all the people2 the garrison1 and the spoilers1 they also trembled2 and the earth quaked3 so there was an exceeding great trembling4 #jad3jaf ,the watchmen of ,saul in ,gibeah of ,benjamin looked2 and behold1 the multitude melted away1 and they went here and there4 #jad3jag ,then said ,saul to the people who were with him1 ,number now1 and see who is gone from us4 ,when they had numbered1 behold1 ,jonathan and his armor bearer were not there4 #jad3jah ,saul said to ,ahijah1 ,bring here the ark of ,god4 ,for the ark of ,god was there at that time with the children of ,israel4 #jad3jai ,it happened1 while ,saul talked to the priest1 that the tumult that was in the camp of the ,philistines went on and increased3 and ,saul said to the priest1 ,withdraw your hand4 #jad3jbj ,saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together1 and came to the battle3 and behold1 every man's sword was against his fellow1 and there was a very great confusion4 #jad3jba ,now the ,hebrews who were with the ,philistines as before1 and who went up with them into the camp1 from the country round about1 even they also turned to be with the ,israelites who were with ,saul and ,jonathan4 #jad3jbb ,likewise all the men of ,israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of ,ephraim1 when they heard that the ,philistines fled1 even they also followed hard after them in the battle4 #jad3jbc ,so ,yahweh saved ,israel that day3 and the battle passed over by ,beth ,aven4 #jad3jbd ,the men of ,israel were distressed that day2 for ,saul had adjured the people1 saying1 ,cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening1 and ,i be avenged on my enemies4 ,so none of the people tasted food4 #jad3jbe ,all the people came into the forest2 and there was honey on the ground4 #jad3jbf ,when the people were come to the forest1 behold1 the honey dropped3 but no man put his hand to his mouth2 for the people feared the oath4 #jad3jbg ,but ,jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people with the oath3 therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand1 and dipped it in the honeycomb1 and put his hand to his mouth2 and his eyes were enlightened4 #jad3jbh ,then answered one of the people1 and said1 ,your father directly charged the people with an oath1 saying1 ,cursed be the man who eats food this day4 ,the people were faint4 #jad3jbi ,then said ,jonathan1 ,my father has troubled the land4 ,please look how my eyes have been enlightened1 because ,i tasted a little of this honey4 #jad3jcj ,how much more1 if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found8 for now has there been no great slaughter among the ,philistines4 #jad3jca ,they struck of the ,philistines that day from ,michmash to ,aijalon4 ,the people were very faint2 #jad3jcb and the people flew on the spoil1 and took sheep1 and oxen1 and calves1 and killed them on the ground2 and the people ate them with the blood4 #jad3jcc ,then they told ,saul1 saying1 ,behold1 the people sin against ,yahweh1 in that they eat with the blood4 ,he said1 you have dealt treacherously3 roll a great stone to me this day4 #jad3jcd ,saul said1 ,disperse yourselves among the people1 and tell them1 ,bring me here every man his ox1 and every man his sheep1 and kill them here1 and eat2 and don't sin against ,yahweh in eating with the blood4 ,all the people brought every man his ox with him that night1 and killed them there4 #jad3jce ,saul built an altar to ,yahweh3 the same was the first altar that he built to ,yahweh4 #jad3jcf ,saul said1 ,let us go down after the ,philistines by night1 and take spoil among them until the morning light1 and let us not leave a man of them4 ,they said1 ,do whatever seems good to you4 ,then said the priest1 ,let us draw near here to ,god4 #jad3jcg ,saul asked counsel of ,god1 ,shall ,i go down after the ,philistines8 will you deliver them into the hand of ,israel8 ,but he didn't answer him that day4 #jad3jch ,saul said1 ,draw near here1 all you chiefs of the people2 and know and see in which this sin has been this day4 #jad3jci ,for1 as ,yahweh lives1 who saves ,israel1 though it be in ,jonathan my son1 he shall surely die4 ,but there was not a man among all the people who answered him4 #jad3jdj ,then said he to all ,israel1 ,be you on one side1 and ,i and ,jonathan my son will be on the other side4 ,the people said to ,saul1 ,do what seems good to you4 #jad3jda ,therefore ,saul said to ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 ,show the right4 ,jonathan and ,saul were taken by lot2 but the people escaped4 #jad3jdb ,saul said1 ,cast lots between me and ,jonathan my son4 ,jonathan was taken4 #jad3jdc ,then ,saul said to ,jonathan1 ,tell me what you have done4 ,jonathan told him1 and said1 ,i did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand2 and behold1 ,i must die4 #jad3jdd ,saul said1 ,god do so and more also2 for you shall surely die1 ,jonathan4 #jad3jde ,the people said to ,saul1 ,shall ,jonathan die1 who has worked this great salvation in ,israel8 ,far from it3 as ,yahweh lives1 there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground2 for he has worked with ,god this day4 ,so the people rescued ,jonathan1 that he didn't die4 #jad3jdf ,then ,saul went up from following the ,philistines2 and the ,philistines went to their own place4 #jad3jdg ,now when ,saul had taken the kingdom over ,israel1 he 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 wherever he turned himself1 he put them to the worse4 #jad3jdh ,he did valiantly1 and struck the ,amalekites1 and delivered ,israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them4 #jad3jdi ,now the sons of ,saul were ,jonathan1 and ,ishvi1 and ,malchishua2 and the names of his two daughters were these3 the name of the firstborn ,merab1 and the name of the younger ,michal3 #jad3jej and the name of ,saul's wife was ,ahinoam the daughter of ,ahimaaz4 ,the name of the captain of his army was ,abner the son of ,ner1 ,saul's uncle4 #jad3jea ,kish was the father of ,saul2 and ,ner the father of ,abner was the son of ,abiel4 #jad3jeb ,there was sore war against the ,philistines all the days of ,saul3 and when ,saul saw any mighty man1 or any valiant man1 he took him to him4 #jae3jja ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people1 over ,israel3 now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of ,yahweh4 #jae3jjb ,thus says ,yahweh of ,armies1 ,i have marked that which ,amalek did to ,israel1 how he set himself against him in the way1 when he came up out of ,egypt4 #jae3jjc ,now go and strike ,amalek1 and utterly destroy all that they have1 and don't spare them2 but kill both man and woman1 infant and suckling1 ox and sheep1 camel and donkey4 #jae3jjd ,saul summoned the people1 and numbered them in ,telaim1 two hundred thousand footmen1 and ten thousand men of ,judah4 #jae3jje ,saul came to the city of ,amalek1 and laid wait in the valley4 #jae3jjf ,saul said to the ,kenites1 ,go1 depart1 get you down from among the ,amalekites1 lest ,i destroy you with them2 for you shown kindness to all the children of ,israel1 when they came up out of ,egypt4 ,so the ,kenites departed from among the ,amalekites4 #jae3jjg ,saul struck the ,amalekites1 from ,havilah as you go to ,shur1 that is before ,egypt4 #jae3jjh ,he took ,agag the king of the ,amalekites alive1 and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword4 #jae3jji ,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 wouldn't utterly destroy them3 but everything that was vile and refuse1 that they destroyed utterly4 #jae3jaj ,then came the word of ,yahweh to ,samuel1 saying1 #jae3jaa ,it grieves me that ,i have set up ,saul to be king2 for he is turned back from following me1 and has not performed my commandments4 ,samuel was angry2 and he cried to ,yahweh all night4 #jae3jab ,samuel rose early to meet ,saul in the morning2 and it was told ,samuel1 saying1 ,saul came to ,carmel1 and behold1 he set him up a monument1 and turned1 and passed on1 and went down to ,gilgal4 #jae3jac ,samuel came to ,saul2 and ,saul said to him1 ,blessed are you by ,yahweh3 ,i have performed the commandment of ,yahweh4 #jae3jad ,samuel said1 ,what means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears1 and the lowing of the oxen which ,i hear8 #jae3jae ,saul said1 ,they have brought them from the ,amalekites3 for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen1 to sacrifice to ,yahweh your ,god2 and the rest we have utterly destroyed4 #jae3jaf ,then ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,stay1 and ,i will tell you what ,yahweh has said to me this night4 ,he said to him1 ,say on4 #jae3jag ,samuel said1 ,though you were little in your own sight1 weren't you made the head of the tribes of ,israel8 ,yahweh anointed you king over ,israel2 #jae3jah and ,yahweh sent you on a journey1 and said1 ',go1 and utterly destroy the sinners the ,amalekites1 and fight against them until they are consumed4' #jae3jai ,why then didn't you obey the voice of ,yahweh1 but flew on the spoil1 and did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh8 #jae3jbj ,saul said to ,samuel1 ,yes1 ,i have obeyed the voice of ,yahweh1 and have gone the way which ,yahweh sent me1 and have brought ,agag the king of ,amalek1 and have utterly destroyed the ,amalekites4 #jae3jba ,but the people took of the spoil1 sheep and oxen1 the chief of the devoted things1 to sacrifice to ,yahweh your ,god in ,gilgal4 #jae3jbb ,samuel said1 ,has ,yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices1 as in obeying the voice of ,yahweh8 ,behold1 to obey is better than sacrifice1 and to listen than the fat of rams4 #jae3jbc ,for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft1 and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim4 ,because you have rejected the word of ,yahweh1 he has also rejected you from being king4 #jae3jbd ,saul said to ,samuel1 ,i have sinned2 for ,i have transgressed the commandment of ,yahweh1 and your words1 because ,i feared the people1 and obeyed their voice4 #jae3jbe ,now therefore1 please pardon my sin1 and turn again with me1 that ,i may worship ,yahweh4 #jae3jbf ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,i will not return with you2 for you have rejected the word of ,yahweh1 and ,yahweh has rejected you from being king over ,israel4 #jae3jbg ,as ,samuel turned about to go away1 ,saul laid hold on the skirt of his robe1 and it tore4 #jae3jbh ,samuel said to him1 ,yahweh has torn the kingdom of ,israel from you this day1 and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you4 #jae3jbi ,also the ,strength of ,israel will not lie nor repent2 for he is not a man1 that he should repent4 #jae3jcj ,then he said1 ,i have sinned3 yet honor me now1 ,please1 before the elders of my people1 and before ,israel1 and turn again with me1 that ,i may worship ,yahweh your ,god4 #jae3jca ,so ,samuel turned again after ,saul2 and ,saul worshiped ,yahweh4 #jae3jcb ,then said ,samuel1 ,bring you here to me ,agag the king of the ,amalekites4 ,agag came to him cheerfully4 ,agag said1 ,surely the bitterness of death is past4 #jae3jcc ,samuel said1 ,as your sword has made women childless1 so shall your mother be childless among women4 ,samuel hewed ,agag in pieces before ,yahweh in ,gilgal4 #jae3jcd ,then ,samuel went to ,ramah2 and ,saul went up to his house to ,gibeah of ,saul4 #jae3jce ,samuel came no more to see ,saul until the day of his death2 for ,samuel mourned for ,saul3 and ,yahweh grieved that he had made ,saul king over ,israel4 #jaf3jja ,yahweh said to ,samuel1 ,how long will you mourn for ,saul1 seeing ,i have rejected him from being king over ,israel8 fill your horn with oil1 and go3 ,i will send you to ,jesse the ,bethlehemite2 for ,i have provided me a king among his sons4 #jaf3jjb ,samuel said1 ,how can ,i go8 if ,saul hear it1 he will kill me4 ,yahweh said1 ,take a heifer with you1 and say1 ,i am come to sacrifice to ,yahweh4 #jaf3jjc ,call ,jesse to the sacrifice1 and ,i will show you what you shall do3 and you shall anoint to me him whom ,i name to you4 #jaf3jjd ,samuel did that which ,yahweh spoke1 and came to ,bethlehem4 ,the elders of the city came to meet him trembling1 and said1 ,come you peaceably8 #jaf3jje ,he said1 ,peaceably2 ,i am come to sacrifice to ,yahweh3 sanctify yourselves1 and come with me to the sacrifice4 ,he sanctified ,jesse and his sons1 and called them to the sacrifice4 #jaf3jjf ,it happened1 when they had come1 that he looked at ,eliab1 and said1 ,surely ,yahweh's anointed is before him4 #jaf3jjg ,but ,yahweh said to ,samuel1 ,don't look on his face1 or on the height of his stature2 because ,i have rejected him3 for ,yahweh sees not as man sees2 for man looks at the outward appearance1 but ,yahweh looks at the heart4 #jaf3jjh ,then ,jesse called ,abinadab1 and made him pass before ,samuel4 ,he said1 ,neither has ,yahweh chosen this4 #jaf3jji ,then ,jesse made ,shammah to pass by4 ,he said1 ,neither has ,yahweh chosen this4 #jaf3jaj ,jesse made seven of his sons to pass before ,samuel4 ,samuel said to ,jesse1 ,yahweh has not chosen these4 #jaf3jaa ,samuel said to ,jesse1 ,are here all your children8 ,he said1 ,there remains yet the youngest1 and behold1 he is keeping the sheep4 ,samuel said to ,jesse1 ,send and get him2 for we will not sit down until he come here4 #jaf3jab ,he sent1 and brought him in4 ,now he was ruddy1 and withal of a beautiful face1 and goodly to look on4 ,yahweh said1 ,arise1 anoint him2 for this is he4 #jaf3jac ,then ,samuel took the horn of oil1 and anointed him in the midst of his brothers3 and the ,spirit of ,yahweh came mightily on ,david from that day forward4 ,so ,samuel rose up1 and went to ,ramah4 #jaf3jad ,now the ,spirit of ,yahweh departed from ,saul1 and an evil spirit from ,yahweh troubled him4 #jaf3jae ,saul's servants said to him1 ,see now1 an evil spirit from ,god troubles you4 #jaf3jaf ,let our lord now command your servants who are before you1 to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp3 and it shall happen1 when the evil spirit from ,god is on you1 that he shall play with his hand1 and you shall be well4 #jaf3jag ,saul said to his servants1 ,provide me now a man who can play well1 and bring him to me4 #jaf3jah ,then answered one of the young men1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i have seen a son of ,jesse the ,bethlehemite1 who is skillful in playing1 and a mighty man of valor1 and a man of war1 and prudent in speech1 and a comely person2 and ,yahweh is with him4 #jaf3jai ,therefore ,saul sent messengers to ,jesse1 and said1 ,send me ,david your son1 who is with the sheep4 #jaf3jbj ,jesse took a donkey loaded with bread1 and a bottle of wine1 and a kid1 and sent them by ,david his son to ,saul4 #jaf3jba ,david came to ,saul1 and stood before him3 and he loved him greatly2 and he became his armor bearer4 #jaf3jbb ,saul sent to ,jesse1 saying1 ,please let ,david stand before me2 for he has found favor in my sight4 #jaf3jbc ,it happened1 when the evil spirit from ,god was on ,saul1 that ,david took the harp1 and played with his hand3 so ,saul was refreshed1 and was well1 and the evil spirit departed from him4 #jag3jja ,now the ,philistines gathered together their armies to battle2 and they were gathered together at ,socoh1 which belongs to ,judah1 and encamped between ,socoh and ,azekah1 in ,ephesdammim4 #jag3jjb ,saul and the men of ,israel were gathered together1 and encamped in the valley of ,elah1 and set the battle in array against the ,philistines4 #jag3jjc ,the ,philistines stood on the mountain on the one side1 and ,israel stood on the mountain on the other side3 and there was a valley between them4 #jag3jjd ,there went out a champion out of the camp of the ,philistines1 named ,goliath1 of ,gath1 whose height was six cubits and a span4 #jag3jje ,he had a helmet of brass on his head1 and he was clad with a coat of mail2 and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass4 #jag3jjf ,he had brass shin armor on his legs1 and a javelin of brass between his shoulders4 #jag3jjg ,the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam2 and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron3 and his shield bearer went before him4 #jag3jjh ,he stood and cried to the armies of ,israel1 and said to them1 ,why are you come out to set your battle in array8 am ,i not a ,philistine1 and you servants to ,saul8 choose you a man for you1 and let him come down to me4 #jag3jji ,if he be able to fight with me1 and kill me1 then will we be your servants2 but if ,i prevail against him1 and kill him1 then shall you be our servants1 and serve us4 #jag3jaj ,the ,philistine said1 ,i defy the armies of ,israel this day2 give me a man1 that we may fight together4 #jag3jaa ,when ,saul and all ,israel heard those words of the ,philistine1 they were dismayed1 and greatly afraid4 #jag3jab ,now ,david was the son of that ,ephrathite of ,bethlehem ,judah1 whose name was ,jesse2 and he had eight sons3 and the man was an old man in the days of ,saul1 stricken in years among men4 #jag3jac ,the three eldest sons of ,jesse had gone after ,saul to the battle3 and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were ,eliab the firstborn1 and next to him ,abinadab1 and the third ,shammah4 #jag3jad ,david was the youngest2 and the three eldest followed ,saul4 #jag3jae ,now ,david went back and forth from ,saul to feed his father's sheep at ,bethlehem4 #jag3jaf ,the ,philistine drew near morning and evening1 and presented himself forty days4 #jag3jag ,jesse said to ,david his son1 ,take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain1 and these ten loaves1 and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers2 #jag3jah and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand1 and look how your brothers fare1 and take their pledge4 #jag3jai ,now ,saul1 and they1 and all the men of ,israel1 were in the valley of ,elah1 fighting with the ,philistines4 #jag3jbj ,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 place of the wagons1 as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle4 #jag3jba ,israel and the ,philistines put the battle in array1 army against army4 #jag3jbb ,david left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage1 and ran to the army1 and came and greeted his brothers4 #jag3jbc ,as he talked with them1 behold1 there came up the champion1 the ,philistine of ,gath1 ,goliath by name1 out of the ranks of the ,philistines1 and spoke according to the same words3 and ,david heard them4 #jag3jbd ,all the men of ,israel1 when they saw the man1 fled from him1 and were sore afraid4 #jag3jbe ,the men of ,israel said1 ,have you seen this man who is come up8 surely to defy ,israel is he come up3 and it shall be1 that the man who kills him1 the king will enrich him with great riches1 and will give him his daughter1 and make his father's house free in ,israel4 #jag3jbf ,david spoke to the men who stood by him1 saying1 ,what shall be done to the man who kills this ,philistine1 and takes away the reproach from ,israel8 for who is this uncircumcised ,philistine1 that he should defy the armies of the living ,god8 #jag3jbg ,the people answered him after this manner1 saying1 ,so shall it be done to the man who kills him4 #jag3jbh ,eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men2 and ,eliab's anger was kindled against ,david1 and he said1 ,why are you come down8 and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness8 ,i know your pride1 and the naughtiness of your heart2 for you have come down that you might see the battle4 #jag3jbi ,david said1 ,what have ,i now done8 ,is there not a cause8 #jag3jcj ,he turned away from him toward another1 and spoke after the same manner3 and the people answered him again after the former manner4 #jag3jca ,when the words were heard which ,david spoke1 they rehearsed them before ,saul2 and he sent for him4 #jag3jcb ,david said to ,saul1 ,let no man's heart fail because of him2 your servant will go and fight with this ,philistine4 #jag3jcc ,saul said to ,david1 ,you are not able to go against this ,philistine to fight with him2 for you are but a youth1 and he a man of war from his youth4 #jag3jcd ,david said to ,saul1 ,your servant was keeping his father's sheep2 and when there came a lion1 or a bear1 and took a lamb out of the flock1 #jag3jce ,i went out after him1 and struck him1 and delivered it out of his mouth2 and when he arose against me1 ,i caught him by his beard1 and struck him1 and killed him4 #jag3jcf ,your servant struck both the lion and the bear3 and this uncircumcised ,philistine shall be as one of them1 seeing he has defied the armies of the living ,god4 #jag3jcg ,david said1 ,yahweh who 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 ,saul said to ,david1 ,go1 and ,yahweh shall be with you4 #jag3jch ,saul clad ,david with his clothing1 and he put a helmet of brass on his head1 and he clad him with a coat of mail4 #jag3jci ,david girded his sword on his clothing1 and he tried to go2 for he had not proved it4 ,david said to ,saul1 ,i can't go with these2 for ,i have not proved them4 ,david put them off him4 #jag3jdj ,he took his staff in his hand1 and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook1 and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had1 even in his wallet2 and his sling was in his hand3 and he drew near to the ,philistine4 #jag3jda ,the ,philistine came on and drew near to ,david2 and the man who bore the shield went before him4 #jag3jdb ,when the ,philistine looked about1 and saw ,david1 he disdained him2 for he was but a youth1 and ruddy1 and withal of a fair face4 #jag3jdc ,the ,philistine said to ,david1 ,am ,i a dog1 that you come to me with sticks8 ,the ,philistine cursed ,david by his gods4 #jag3jdd ,the ,philistine said to ,david1 ,come to me1 and ,i will give your flesh to the birds of the sky1 and to the animals of the field4 #jag3jde ,then said ,david to the ,philistine1 ,you come to me with a sword1 and with a spear1 and with a javelin3 but ,i come to you in the name of ,yahweh of ,armies1 the ,god of the armies of ,israel1 whom you have defied4 #jag3jdf ,this day will ,yahweh deliver you into my hand2 and ,i will strike you1 and take your head from off you2 and ,i will give the dead bodies of the army of the ,philistines this day to the birds of the sky1 and to the wild animals of the earth2 that all the earth may know that there is a ,god in ,israel1 #jag3jdg and that all this assembly may know that ,yahweh doesn't save with sword and spear3 for the battle is ,yahweh's1 and he will give you into our hand4 #jag3jdh ,it happened1 when the ,philistine arose1 and came and drew near to meet ,david1 that ,david hurried1 and ran toward the army to meet the ,philistine4 #jag3jdi ,david put his hand in his bag1 and took there a stone1 and slang it1 and struck the ,philistine in his forehead2 and the stone sank into his forehead1 and he fell on his face to the earth4 #jag3jej ,so ,david prevailed over the ,philistine with a sling and with a stone1 and struck the ,philistine1 and killed him2 but there was no sword in the hand of ,david4 #jag3jea ,then ,david ran1 and stood over the ,philistine1 and took his sword1 and drew it out of the sheath of it1 and killed him1 and cut off his head therewith4 ,when the ,philistines saw that their champion was dead1 they fled4 #jag3jeb ,the men of ,israel and of ,judah arose1 and shouted1 and pursued the ,philistines1 until you come to ,gai1 and to the gates of ,ekron4 ,the wounded of the ,philistines fell down by the way to ,shaaraim1 even to ,gath1 and to ,ekron4 #jag3jec ,the children of ,israel returned from chasing after the ,philistines1 and they plundered their camp4 #jag3jed ,david took the head of the ,philistine1 and brought it to ,jerusalem2 but he put his armor in his tent4 #jag3jee ,when ,saul saw ,david go forth against the ,philistine1 he said to ,abner1 the captain of the army1 ,abner1 whose son is this youth8 ,abner said1 ,as your soul lives1 ,o king1 ,i can't tell4 #jag3jef ,the king said1 ,inquire whose son the young man is6 #jag3jeg ,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 #jag3jeh ,saul said to him1 ,whose son are you1 you young man8 ,david answered1 ,i am the son of your servant ,jesse the ,bethlehemite4 #jah3jja ,it happened1 when he had made an end of speaking to ,saul1 that the soul of ,jonathan was knit with the soul of ,david1 and ,jonathan loved him as his own soul4 #jah3jjb ,saul took him that day1 and would let him go no more home to his father's house4 #jah3jjc ,then ,jonathan and ,david made a covenant1 because he loved him as his own soul4 #jah3jjd ,jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him1 and gave it to ,david1 and his clothing1 even to his sword1 and to his bow1 and to his sash4 #jah3jje ,david went out wherever ,saul sent him1 and behaved himself wisely3 and ,saul set him over the men of war1 and it was good in the sight of all the people1 and also in the sight of ,saul's servants4 #jah3jjf ,it happened as they came1 when ,david returned from the slaughter of the ,philistine1 that the women came out of all the cities of ,israel1 singing and dancing1 to meet king ,saul1 with tambourines1 with joy1 and with instruments of music4 #jah3jjg ,the women sang one to another as they played1 and said1 ,saul has slain his thousands1 ,david his ten thousands4 #jah3jjh ,saul was very angry1 and this saying displeased him2 and he said1 ,they have ascribed to ,david ten thousands1 and to me they have ascribed but thousands3 and what can he have more but the kingdom8 #jah3jji ,saul eyed ,david from that day and forward4 #jah3jaj ,it happened on the next day1 that an evil spirit from ,god came mightily on ,saul1 and he prophesied in the midst of the house3 and ,david played with his hand1 as he did day by day4 ,saul had his spear in his hand2 #jah3jaa and ,saul cast the spear2 for he said1 ,i will strike ,david even to the wall4 ,david avoided out of his presence twice4 #jah3jab ,saul was afraid of ,david1 because ,yahweh was with him1 and was departed from ,saul4 #jah3jac ,therefore ,saul removed him from him1 and made him his captain over a thousand2 and he went out and came in before the people4 #jah3jad ,david behaved himself wisely in all his ways2 and ,yahweh was with him4 #jah3jae ,when ,saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely1 he stood in awe of him4 #jah3jaf ,but all ,israel and ,judah loved ,david2 for he went out and came in before them4 #jah3jag ,saul said to ,david1 ,behold1 my elder daughter ,merab1 her will ,i give you as wife3 only be valiant for me1 and fight ,yahweh's battles4 ,for ,saul said1 ,don't let my hand be on him1 but let the hand of the ,philistines be on him4 #jah3jah ,david said to ,saul1 ,who am ,i1 and what is my life1 or my father's family in ,israel1 that ,i should be son-in-law to the king8 #jah3jai ,but it happened at the time when ,merab1 ,saul's daughter1 should have been given to ,david1 that she was given to ,adriel the ,meholathite as wife4 #jah3jbj ,michal1 ,saul's daughter1 loved ,david3 and they told ,saul1 and the thing pleased him4 #jah3jba ,saul said1 ,i will give her to him1 that she may be a snare to him1 and that the hand of the ,philistines may be against him4 ,therefore ,saul said to ,david1 ,you shall this day be my son-in-law a second time4 #jah3jbb ,saul commanded his servants1 saying1 ,commune with ,david secretly1 and say1 ,behold1 the king has delight in you1 and all his servants love you3 now therefore be the king's son-in-law4 #jah3jbc ,saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of ,david4 ,david said1 ,seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law1 seeing that ,i am a poor man1 and lightly esteemed8 #jah3jbd ,the servants of ,saul told him1 saying1 ,on this manner spoke ,david4 #jah3jbe ,saul said1 ,thus shall you tell ,david1 ,the king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the ,philistines1 to be avenged of the king's enemies4 ,now ,saul thought to make ,david fall by the hand of the ,philistines4 #jah3jbf ,when his servants told ,david these words1 it pleased ,david well to be the king's son-in-law4 ,the days were not expired2 #jah3jbg and ,david arose and went1 he and his men1 and killed of the ,philistines two hundred men2 and ,david brought their foreskins1 and they gave them in full number to the king1 that he might be the king's son-in-law4 ,saul gave him ,michal his daughter as wife4 #jah3jbh ,saul saw and knew that ,yahweh was with ,david2 and ,michal1 ,saul's daughter1 loved him4 #jah3jbi ,saul was yet the more afraid of ,david2 and ,saul was ,david's enemy continually4 #jah3jcj ,then the princes of the ,philistines went forth3 and it happened1 as often as they went forth1 that ,david behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of ,saul2 so that his name was much set by4 #jai3jja ,saul spoke to ,jonathan his son1 and to all his servants1 that they should kill ,david4 ,but ,jonathan1 ,saul's son1 delighted much in ,david4 #jai3jjb ,jonathan told ,david1 saying1 ,saul my father seeks to kill you3 now therefore1 please take care of yourself in the morning1 and live in a secret place1 and hide yourself3 #jai3jjc and ,i will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are1 and ,i will commune with my father of you2 and if ,i see anything1 ,i will tell you4 #jai3jjd ,jonathan spoke good of ,david to ,saul his father1 and said to him1 ,don't let the king sin against his servant1 against ,david2 because he has not sinned against you1 and because his works have been very good toward you3 #jai3jje for he put his life in his hand1 and struck the ,philistine1 and ,yahweh worked a great victory for all ,israel3 you saw it1 and did rejoice2 why then will you sin against innocent blood1 to kill ,david without a cause8 #jai3jjf ,saul listened to the voice of ,jonathan3 and ,saul swore1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 he shall not be put to death4 #jai3jjg ,jonathan called ,david1 and ,jonathan showed him all those things4 ,jonathan brought ,david to ,saul1 and he was in his presence1 as before4 #jai3jjh ,there was war again3 and ,david went out1 and fought with the ,philistines1 and killed them with a great slaughter2 and they fled before him4 #jai3jji ,an evil spirit from ,yahweh was on ,saul1 as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand2 and ,david was playing with his hand4 #jai3jaj ,saul sought to strike ,david even to the wall with the spear2 but he slipped away out of ,saul's presence1 and he struck the spear into the wall3 and ,david fled1 and escaped that night4 #jai3jaa ,saul sent messengers to ,david's house1 to watch him1 and to kill him in the morning3 and ,michal1 ,david's wife1 told him1 saying1 ,if you don't save your life tonight1 tomorrow you will be slain4 #jai3jab ,so ,michal let ,david down through the window3 and he went1 and fled1 and escaped4 #jai3jac ,michal took the teraphim1 and laid it in the bed1 and put a pillow of goats' hair at the head of it1 and covered it with the clothes4 #jai3jad ,when ,saul sent messengers to take ,david1 she said1 ,he is sick4 #jai3jae ,saul sent the messengers to see ,david1 saying1 ,bring him up to me in the bed1 that ,i may kill him4 #jai3jaf ,when the messengers came in1 behold1 the teraphim was in the bed1 with the pillow of goats' hair at the head of it4 #jai3jag ,saul said to ,michal1 ,why have you deceived me thus1 and let my enemy go1 so that he is escaped8 ,michal answered ,saul1 ,he said to me1 ,let me go2 why should ,i kill you8 #jai3jah ,now ,david fled1 and escaped1 and came to ,samuel to ,ramah1 and told him all that ,saul had done to him4 ,he and ,samuel went and lived in ,naioth4 #jai3jai ,it was told ,saul1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david is at ,naioth in ,ramah4 #jai3jbj ,saul sent messengers to take ,david3 and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying1 and ,samuel standing as head over them1 the ,spirit of ,god came on the messengers of ,saul1 and they also prophesied4 #jai3jba ,when it was told ,saul1 he sent other messengers1 and they also prophesied4 ,saul sent messengers again the third time1 and they also prophesied4 #jai3jbb ,then went he also to ,ramah1 and came to the great well that is in ,secu3 and he asked and said1 ,where are ,samuel and ,david8 ,one said1 ,behold1 they are at ,naioth in ,ramah4 #jai3jbc ,he went there to ,naioth in ,ramah3 and the ,spirit of ,god came on him also1 and he went on1 and prophesied1 until he came to ,naioth in ,ramah4 #jai3jbd ,he also stripped off his clothes1 and he also prophesied before ,samuel1 and lay down naked all that day and all that night4 ,therefore they say1 ,is ,saul also among the prophets8 #jbj3jja ,david fled from ,naioth in ,ramah1 and came and said before ,jonathan1 ,what have ,i done8 ,what is my iniquity8 and ,what is my sin before your father1 that he seeks my life8 #jbj3jjb ,he said to him1 ,far from it2 you shall not die3 behold1 my father does nothing either great or small1 but that he discloses it to me2 and why should my father hide this thing from me8 ,it is not so4 #jbj3jjc ,david swore moreover1 and said1 ,your father knows well that ,i have found favor in your eyes2 and he says1 ',don't let ,jonathan know this1 lest he be grieved3' but truly as ,yahweh lives1 and as your soul lives1 there is but a step between me and death4 #jbj3jjd ,then said ,jonathan to ,david1 ,whatever your soul desires1 ,i will even do it for you4 #jbj3jje ,david said to ,jonathan1 ,behold1 tomorrow is the new moon1 and ,i should not fail to dine with the king2 but let me go1 that ,i may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening4 #jbj3jjf ,if your father miss me at all1 then say1 ',david earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to ,bethlehem his city2 for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family4' #jbj3jjg ,if he says1 ',it is well2' your servant shall have peace3 but if he be angry1 then know that evil is determined by him4 #jbj3jjh ,therefore deal kindly with your servant2 for you have brought your servant into a covenant of ,yahweh with you3 but if there be in me iniquity1 kill me yourself2 for why should you bring me to your father8 #jbj3jji ,jonathan said1 ,far be it from you2 for if ,i should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you1 then wouldn't ,i tell you that8 #jbj3jaj ,then said ,david to ,jonathan1 ,who shall tell me if perchance your father answer you roughly8 #jbj3jaa ,jonathan said to ,david1 ,come1 and let us go out into the field4 ,they both went out into the field4 #jbj3jab ,jonathan said to ,david1 ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 be witness3 when ,i have sounded my father about this time tomorrow1 or the third day1 behold1 if there be good toward ,david1 shall ,i not then send to you1 and disclose it to you8 #jbj3jac ,yahweh do so to ,jonathan1 and more also1 should it please my father to do you evil1 if ,i don't disclose it to you1 and send you away1 that you may go in peace3 and ,yahweh be with you1 as he has been with my father4 #jbj3jad ,you shall not only while yet ,i live show me the loving kindness of ,yahweh1 that ,i not die2 #jbj3jae but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever2 no1 not when ,yahweh has cut off the enemies of ,david everyone from the surface of the earth4 #jbj3jaf ,so ,jonathan made a covenant with the house of ,david1 saying1 ,yahweh will require it at the hand of ,david's enemies4 #jbj3jag ,jonathan caused ,david to swear again1 for the love that he had to him2 for he loved him as he loved his own soul4 #jbj3jah ,then ,jonathan said to him1 ,tomorrow is the new moon3 and you will be missed1 because your seat will be empty4 #jbj3jai ,when you have stayed three days1 you shall go down quickly1 and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand1 and shall remain by the stone ,ezel4 #jbj3jbj ,i will shoot three arrows on the side of it1 as though ,i shot at a mark4 #jbj3jba ,behold1 ,i will send the boy1 saying1 ,go1 find the arrows4 ,if ,i tell the boy1 ,behold1 the arrows are on this side of you2 take them1 and come2 for there is peace to you and no hurt1 as ,yahweh lives4 #jbj3jbb ,but if ,i say thus to the boy1 ,behold1 the arrows are beyond you2 go your way2 for ,yahweh has sent you away4 #jbj3jbc ,as touching the matter which you and ,i have spoken of1 behold1 ,yahweh is between you and me forever4 #jbj3jbd ,so ,david hid himself in the field3 and when the new moon was come1 the king sat him down to eat food4 #jbj3jbe ,the king sat on his seat1 as at other times1 even on the seat by the wall2 and ,jonathan stood up1 and ,abner sat by ,saul's side3 but ,david's place was empty4 #jbj3jbf ,nevertheless ,saul didn't say anything that day3 for he thought1 ,something has happened to him4 ,he is not clean4 ,surely he is not clean4 #jbj3jbg ,it happened on the next day after the new moon1 which was the second day1 that ,david's place was empty3 and ,saul said to ,jonathan his son1 ,why doesn't the son of ,jesse come to meat1 neither yesterday1 nor today8 #jbj3jbh ,jonathan answered ,saul1 ,david earnestly asked leave of me to go to ,bethlehem3 #jbj3jbi and he said1 ,please let me go1 for our family has a sacrifice in the city2 and my brother1 he has commanded me to be there3 and now1 if ,i have found favor in your eyes1 let me get away1 ,i pray you1 and see my brothers4 ,therefore he is not come to the king's table4 #jbj3jcj ,then ,saul's anger was kindled against ,jonathan1 and he said to him1 ,you son of a perverse rebellious woman1 don't ,i know that you have chosen the son of ,jesse to your own shame1 and to the shame of your mother's nakedness8 #jbj3jca ,for as long as the son of ,jesse lives on the earth1 you shall not be established1 nor your kingdom4 ,therefore now send and bring him to me1 for he shall surely die4 #jbj3jcb ,jonathan answered ,saul his father1 and said to him1 ,why should he be put to death8 ,what has he done8 #jbj3jcc ,saul cast his spear at him to strike him4 ,by this ,jonathan knew that his father was determined to put ,david to death4 #jbj3jcd ,so ,jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger1 and ate no food the second day of the month2 for he was grieved for ,david1 because his father had done him shame4 #jbj3jce ,it happened in the morning1 that ,jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with ,david1 and a little boy with him4 #jbj3jcf ,he said to his boy1 ,run1 find now the arrows which ,i shoot4 ,as the boy ran1 he shot an arrow beyond him4 #jbj3jcg ,when the boy was come to the place of the arrow which ,jonathan had shot1 ,jonathan cried after the boy1 and said1 ,isn't the arrow beyond you8 #jbj3jch ,jonathan cried after the boy1 ,go fast6 ,hurry6 ,don't delay6 ,jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows1 and came to his master4 #jbj3jci ,but the boy didn't know anything3 only ,jonathan and ,david knew the matter4 #jbj3jdj ,jonathan gave his weapons to his boy1 and said to him1 ,go1 carry them to the city4 #jbj3jda ,as soon as the boy 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 #jbj3jdb ,jonathan said to ,david1 ,go in peace1 because we have sworn both of us in the name of ,yahweh1 saying1 ,yahweh shall be between me and you1 and between my seed and your seed1 forever4 ,he arose and departed3 and ,jonathan went into the city4 #jba3jja ,then came ,david to ,nob to ,ahimelech the priest3 and ,ahimelech came to meet ,david trembling1 and said to him1 ,why are you alone1 and no man with you8 #jba3jjb ,david said to ,ahimelech the priest1 ,the king has commanded me a business1 and has said to me1 ,let no man know anything of the business about which ,i send you1 and what ,i have commanded you3 and ,i have appointed the young men to such and such a place4 #jba3jjc ,now therefore what is under your hand8 give me five loaves of bread in my hand1 or whatever there is present4 #jba3jjd ,the priest answered ,david1 and said1 ,there is no common bread under my hand1 but there is holy bread2 if only the young men have kept themselves from women4 #jba3jje ,david answered the priest1 and said to him1 ,of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days2 when ,i came out1 the vessels of the young men were holy1 though it was but a common journey2 how much more then today shall their vessels be holy8 #jba3jjf ,so the priest gave him holy bread2 for there was no bread there but the show bread1 that was taken from before ,yahweh1 to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away4 #jba3jjg ,now a certain man of the servants of ,saul was there that day1 detained before ,yahweh2 and his name was ,doeg the ,edomite1 the best of the herdsmen who belonged to ,saul4 #jba3jjh ,david said to ,ahimelech1 ,isn't there here under your hand spear or sword8 for ,i have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me1 because the king's business required haste4 #jba3jji ,the priest said1 ,the sword of ,goliath the ,philistine1 whom you killed in the valley of ,elah1 behold1 it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod3 if you will take that1 take it2 for there is no other except that here4 ,david said1 ,there is none like that2 give it me4 #jba3jaj ,david arose1 and fled that day for fear of ,saul1 and went to ,achish the king of ,gath4 #jba3jaa ,the servants of ,achish said to him1 ,isn't this ,david the king of the land8 ,didn't they sing one to another about him in dances1 saying1 ',saul has slain his thousands1 ,david his ten thousands8' #jba3jab ,david laid up these words in his heart1 and was very afraid of ,achish the king of ,gath4 #jba3jac ,he changed his behavior before them1 and feigned himself mad in their hands1 and scrabbled on the doors of the gate1 and let his spittle fall down on his beard4 #jba3jad ,then said ,achish to his servants1 ,look1 you see the man is mad2 why then have you brought him to me8 #jba3jae ,do ,i lack madmen1 that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence8 shall this fellow come into my house8 #jbb3jja ,david therefore departed there1 and escaped to the cave of ,adullam3 and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it1 they went down there to him4 #jbb3jjb ,everyone who was in distress1 and everyone who was in debt1 and everyone who was discontented1 gathered themselves to him2 and he became captain over them3 and there were with him about four hundred men4 #jbb3jjc ,david went there to ,mizpeh of ,moab3 and he said to the king of ,moab1 ,please let my father and my mother come forth1 and be with you1 until ,i know what ,god will do for me4 #jbb3jjd ,he brought them before the king of ,moab3 and they lived with him all the while that ,david was in the stronghold4 #jbb3jje ,the prophet ,gad said to ,david1 ,don't stay in the stronghold2 depart1 and get you into the land of ,judah4 ,then ,david departed1 and came into the forest of ,hereth4 #jbb3jjf ,saul heard that ,david was discovered1 and the men who were with him3 now ,saul was sitting in ,gibeah1 under the tamarisk tree in ,ramah1 with his spear in his hand1 and all his servants were standing about him4 #jbb3jjg ,saul said to his servants who stood about him1 ,hear now1 you ,benjamites2 will the son of ,jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards1 will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds1 #jbb3jjh that all of you have conspired against me1 and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of ,jesse1 and there is none of you who is sorry for me1 or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me1 to lie in wait1 as at this day8 #jbb3jji ,then answered ,doeg the ,edomite1 who stood by the servants of ,saul1 and said1 ,i saw the son of ,jesse coming to ,nob1 to ,ahimelech the son of ,ahitub4 #jbb3jaj ,he inquired of ,yahweh for him1 and gave him food1 and gave him the sword of ,goliath the ,philistine4 #jbb3jaa ,then the king sent to call ,ahimelech the priest1 the son of ,ahitub1 and all his father's house1 the priests who were in ,nob3 and they came all of them to the king4 #jbb3jab ,saul said1 ,hear now1 you son of ,ahitub4 ,he answered1 ,here ,i am1 my lord4 #jbb3jac ,saul said to him1 ,why have you conspired against me1 you and the son of ,jesse1 in that you have given him bread1 and a sword1 and have inquired of ,god for him1 that he should rise against me1 to lie in wait1 as at this day8 #jbb3jad ,then ,ahimelech answered the king1 and said1 ,who among all your servants is so faithful as ,david1 who is the king's son-in-law1 and is taken into your council1 and is honorable in your house8 #jbb3jae ,have ,i today begun to inquire of ,god for him8 be it far from me3 don't let the king impute anything to his servant1 nor to all the house of my father2 for your servant knows nothing of all this1 less or more4 #jbb3jaf ,the king said1 ,you shall surely die1 ,ahimelech1 you1 and all your father's house4 #jbb3jag ,the king said to the guard who stood about him1 ,turn1 and kill the priests of ,yahweh2 because their hand also is with ,david1 and because they knew that he fled1 and didn't disclose it to me4 ,but the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the priests of ,yahweh4 #jbb3jah ,the king said to ,doeg1 ,turn you1 and fall on the priests4 ,doeg the ,edomite turned1 and he fell on the priests1 and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod4 #jbb3jai ,nob1 the city of the priests1 struck he with the edge of the sword1 both men and women1 children and nursing babies1 and oxen and donkeys and sheep1 with the edge of the sword4 #jbb3jbj ,one of the sons of ,ahimelech1 the son of ,ahitub1 named ,abiathar1 escaped1 and fled after ,david4 #jbb3jba ,abiathar told ,david that ,saul had slain ,yahweh's priests4 #jbb3jbb ,david said to ,abiathar1 ,i knew on that day1 when ,doeg the ,edomite was there1 that he would surely tell ,saul3 ,i have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father's house4 #jbb3jbc ,abide you with me1 don't be afraid2 for he who seeks my life seeks your life3 for with me you shall be in safeguard4 #jbc3jja ,they told ,david1 saying1 ,behold1 the ,philistines are fighting against ,keilah1 and are robbing the threshing floors4 #jbc3jjb ,therefore ,david inquired of ,yahweh1 saying1 ,shall ,i go and strike these ,philistines8 ,yahweh said to ,david1 ,go1 and strike the ,philistines1 and save ,keilah4 #jbc3jjc ,david's men said to him1 ,behold1 we are afraid here in ,judah3 how much more then if we go to ,keilah against the armies of the ,philistines8 #jbc3jjd ,then ,david inquired of ,yahweh yet again4 ,yahweh answered him1 and said1 ,arise1 go down to ,keilah2 for ,i will deliver the ,philistines into your hand4 #jbc3jje ,david and his men went to ,keilah1 and fought with the ,philistines1 and brought away their livestock1 and killed them with a great slaughter4 ,so ,david saved the inhabitants of ,keilah4 #jbc3jjf ,it happened1 when ,abiathar the son of ,ahimelech fled to ,david to ,keilah1 that he came down with an ephod in his hand4 #jbc3jjg ,it was told ,saul that ,david was come to ,keilah4 ,saul said1 ,god has delivered him into my hand2 for he is shut in1 by entering into a town that has gates and bars4 #jbc3jjh ,saul summoned all the people to war1 to go down to ,keilah1 to besiege ,david and his men4 #jbc3jji ,david knew that ,saul was devising mischief against him2 and he said to ,abiathar the priest1 ,bring here the ephod4 #jbc3jaj ,then said ,david1 ,o ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 your servant has surely heard that ,saul seeks to come to ,keilah1 to destroy the city for my sake4 #jbc3jaa ,will the men of ,keilah deliver me up into his hand8 will ,saul come down1 as your servant has heard8 ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 ,i beg you1 tell your servant4 ,yahweh said1 ,he will come down4 #jbc3jab ,then said ,david1 ,will the men of ,keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of ,saul8 ,yahweh said1 ,they will deliver you up4 #jbc3jac ,then ,david and his men1 who were about six hundred1 arose and departed out of ,keilah1 and went wherever they could go4 ,it was told ,saul that ,david was escaped from ,keilah2 and he gave up going there4 #jbc3jad ,david abode in the wilderness in the strongholds1 and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of ,ziph4 ,saul sought him every day1 but ,god didn't deliver him into his hand4 #jbc3jae ,david saw that ,saul had come out to seek his life3 and ,david was in the wilderness of ,ziph in the wood4 #jbc3jaf ,jonathan1 ,saul's son1 arose1 and went to ,david into the wood1 and strengthened his hand in ,god4 #jbc3jag ,he said to him1 ,don't be afraid2 for the hand of ,saul my father shall not find you2 and you shall be king over ,israel1 and ,i shall be next to you2 and that also ,saul my father knows4 #jbc3jah ,they two made a covenant before ,yahweh3 and ,david abode in the wood1 and ,jonathan went to his house4 #jbc3jai ,then came up the ,ziphites to ,saul to ,gibeah1 saying1 ,doesn't ,david hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood1 in the hill of ,hachilah1 which is on the south of the desert8 #jbc3jbj ,now therefore1 ,o king1 come down1 according to all the desire of your soul to come down2 and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand4 #jbc3jba ,saul said1 ,blessed be you of ,yahweh2 for you have had compassion on me4 #jbc3jbb ,please go make yet more sure1 and know and see his place where his haunt is1 and who has seen him there2 for it is told me that he deals very subtly4 #jbc3jbc ,see therefore1 and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself1 and come you again to me of a certainty1 and ,i will go with you3 and it shall happen1 if he be in the land1 that ,i will search him out among all the thousands of ,judah4 #jbc3jbd ,they arose1 and went to ,ziph before ,saul3 but ,david and his men were in the wilderness of ,maon1 in the ,arabah on the south of the desert4 #jbc3jbe ,saul and his men went to seek him4 ,when ,david was told1 he went down to the rock1 and stayed in the wilderness of ,maon4 ,when ,saul heard that1 he pursued after ,david in the wilderness of ,maon4 #jbc3jbf ,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 #jbc3jbg ,but there came a messenger to ,saul1 saying1 ,haste you1 and come2 for the ,philistines have made a raid on the land4 #jbc3jbh ,so ,saul returned from pursuing after ,david1 and went against the ,philistines3 therefore they called that place ,sela ,hammahlekoth4 #jbc3jbi ,david went up from there1 and lived in the strongholds of ,en ,gedi4 #jbd3jja ,it happened1 when ,saul was returned from following the ,philistines1 that it was told him1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david is in the wilderness of ,en ,gedi4 #jbd3jjb ,then ,saul took three thousand chosen men out of all ,israel1 and went to seek ,david and his men on the rocks of the wild goats4 #jbd3jjc ,he came to the sheep pens by the way1 where was a cave2 and ,saul went in to relieve himself4 ,now ,david and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave4 #jbd3jjd ,the men of ,david said to him1 ,behold1 the day of which ,yahweh said to you1 ,behold1 ,i will deliver your enemy into your hand1 and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you4 ,then ,david arose1 and cut off the skirt of ,saul's robe secretly4 #jbd3jje ,it happened afterward1 that ,david's heart struck him1 because he had cut off ,saul's skirt4 #jbd3jjf ,he said to his men1 ,yahweh forbid that ,i should do this thing to my lord1 ,yahweh's anointed1 to put forth my hand against him1 seeing he is ,yahweh's anointed4 #jbd3jjg ,so ,david checked his men with these words1 and didn't allow them to rise against ,saul4 ,saul rose up out of the cave1 and went on his way4 #jbd3jjh ,david also arose afterward1 and went out of the cave1 and cried after ,saul1 saying1 ,my lord the king4 ,when ,saul looked behind him1 ,david bowed with his face to the earth1 and did obeisance4 #jbd3jji ,david said to ,saul1 ,why listen you to men's words1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david seeks your hurt8 #jbd3jaj ,behold1 this day your eyes have seen how that ,yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave3 and some bade me kill you2 but my eye spared you2 and ,i said1 ,i will not put forth my hand against my lord2 for he is ,yahweh's anointed4 #jbd3jaa ,moreover1 my father1 behold1 yes1 see the skirt of your robe in my hand2 for in that ,i cut off the skirt of your robe1 and didn't kill you1 know you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand1 and ,i have not sinned against you1 though you hunt after my life to take it4 #jbd3jab ,yahweh judge between me and you1 and ,yahweh avenge me of you2 but my hand shall not be on you4 #jbd3jac ,as says the proverb of the ancients1 ,out of the wicked comes forth wickedness2 but my hand shall not be on you4 #jbd3jad ,after whom is the king of ,israel come out8 after whom do you pursue8 after a dead dog1 after a flea4 #jbd3jae ,yahweh therefore be judge1 and give sentence between me and you1 and see1 and plead my cause1 and deliver me out of your hand4 #jbd3jaf ,it came to pass1 when ,david had made an end of speaking these words to ,saul1 that ,saul said1 ,is this your voice1 my son ,david8 ,saul lifted up his voice1 and wept4 #jbd3jag ,he said to ,david1 ,you are more righteous than ,i2 for you have rendered to me good1 whereas ,i have rendered to you evil4 #jbd3jah ,you have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me1 because when ,yahweh had delivered me up into your hand1 you didn't kill me4 #jbd3jai ,for if a man finds his enemy1 will he let him go away unharmed8 ,therefore may ,yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me this day4 #jbd3jbj ,now1 behold1 ,i know that you shall surely be king1 and that the kingdom of ,israel shall be established in your hand4 #jbd3jba ,swear now therefore to me by ,yahweh1 that you will not cut off my seed after me1 and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house4 #jbd3jbb ,david swore to ,saul4 ,saul went home2 but ,david and his men got them up to the stronghold4 #jbe3jja ,samuel died2 and all ,israel gathered themselves together1 and lamented him1 and buried him in his house at ,ramah4 ,david arose1 and went down to the wilderness of ,paran4 #jbe3jjb ,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 #jbe3jjc ,now the name of the man was ,nabal2 and the name of his wife ,abigail2 and the woman was of good understanding1 and of a beautiful face3 but the man was churlish and evil in his doings2 and he was of the house of ,caleb4 #jbe3jjd ,david heard in the wilderness that ,nabal was shearing his sheep4 #jbe3jje ,david sent ten young men1 and ,david said to the young men1 ,go up to ,carmel1 and go to ,nabal1 and greet him in my name3 #jbe3jjf and thus shall you tell him who lives in prosperity1 ,peace be to you1 and peace be to your house1 and peace be to all that you have4 #jbe3jjg ,now ,i have heard that you have shearers3 your shepherds have now been with us1 and we did them no hurt1 neither was there anything missing to them1 all the while they were in ,carmel4 #jbe3jjh ,ask your young men1 and they will tell you3 therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes2 for we come in a good day4 ,please give whatever comes to your hand1 to your servants1 and to your son ,david4 #jbe3jji ,when ,david's young men came1 they spoke to ,nabal according to all those words in the name of ,david1 and ceased4 #jbe3jaj ,nabal answered ,david's servants1 and said1 ,who is ,david8 and who is the son of ,jesse8 there are many servants who break away from their masters these days4 #jbe3jaa ,shall ,i then take my bread1 and my water1 and my meat that ,i have killed for my shearers1 and give it to men who ,i don't know where they come from8 #jbe3jab ,so ,david's young men turned on their way1 and went back1 and came and told him according to all these words4 #jbe3jac ,david said to his men1 ,gird you on every man his sword4 ,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 baggage4 #jbe3jad ,but one of the young men told ,abigail1 ,nabal's wife1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david sent messengers out of the wilderness to ,greet our master2 and he railed at them4 #jbe3jae ,but the men were very good to us1 and we were not hurt1 neither missed we anything1 as long as we went with them1 when we were in the fields3 #jbe3jaf they were a wall to us both by night and by day1 all the while we were with them keeping the sheep4 #jbe3jag ,now therefore know and consider what you will do2 for evil is determined against our master1 and against all his house3 for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him4 #jbe3jah ,then ,abigail made haste1 and took two hundred loaves1 and two bottles of wine1 and five sheep ready dressed1 and five measures of parched grain1 and one hundred clusters of raisins1 and two hundred cakes of figs1 and laid them on donkeys4 #jbe3jai ,she said to her young men1 ,go on before me2 behold1 ,i come after you4 ,but she didn't tell her husband1 ,nabal4 #jbe3jbj ,it was so1 as she rode on her donkey1 and came down by the covert of the mountain1 that behold1 ,david and his men came down toward her2 and she met them4 #jbe3jba ,now ,david had said1 ,surely in vain have ,i kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness1 so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him3 and he has returned me evil for good4 #jbe3jbb ,god do so to the enemies of ,david1 and more also1 if ,i leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall4or1 male4 #jbe3jbc ,when ,abigail saw ,david1 she hurried1 and alighted from her donkey1 and fell before ,david on her face1 and bowed herself to the ground4 #jbe3jbd ,she fell at his feet1 and said1 ,on me1 my lord1 on me be the iniquity2 and please let your handmaid speak in your ears4 ,hear the words of your handmaid4 #jbe3jbe ,please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow1 even ,nabal2 for as his name is1 so is he2 ,nabal is his name1 and folly is with him3 but ,i your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord1 whom you did send4 #jbe3jbf ,now therefore1 my lord1 as ,yahweh lives1 and as your soul lives1 seeing ,yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness1 and from avenging yourself with your own hand1 now therefore let your enemies1 and those who seek evil to my lord1 be as ,nabal4 #jbe3jbg ,now this present which your servant has brought to my lord1 let it be given to the young men who follow my lord4 #jbe3jbh ,please forgive the trespass of your handmaid3 for ,yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house1 because my lord fights the battles of ,yahweh2 and evil shall not be found in you all your days4 #jbe3jbi ,though men be risen up to pursue you1 and to seek your soul1 yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with ,yahweh your ,god2 and the souls of your enemies1 them shall he sling out1 as from the hollow of a sling4 #jbe3jcj ,it shall come to pass1 when ,yahweh shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you1 and shall have appointed you prince over ,israel1 #jbe3jca that this shall be no grief to you1 nor offense of heart to my lord1 either that you have shed blood without cause1 or that my lord has avenged himself4 ,when ,yahweh shall have dealt well with my lord1 then remember your handmaid4 #jbe3jcb ,david said to ,abigail1 ,blessed be ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 who sent you this day to meet me3 #jbe3jcc and blessed be your discretion1 and blessed be you1 that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness1 and from avenging myself with my own hand4 #jbe3jcd ,for in very deed1 as ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 lives1 who has withheld me from hurting you1 except you had hurried and come to meet me1 surely there wouldn't have been left to ,nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall4or1 male4 #jbe3jce ,so ,david received of her hand that which she had brought him3 and he said to her1 ,go up in peace to your house2 behold1 ,i have listened to your voice1 and have accepted your person4 #jbe3jcf ,abigail came to ,nabal2 and 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 therefore she told him nothing1 less or more1 until the morning light4 #jbe3jcg ,it happened in the morning1 when the wine was gone out of ,nabal1 that his wife told him these things1 and his heart died within him1 and he became as a stone4 #jbe3jch ,it happened about ten days after1 that ,yahweh struck ,nabal1 so that he died4 #jbe3jci ,when ,david heard that ,nabal was dead1 he said1 ,blessed be ,yahweh1 who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of ,nabal1 and has kept back his servant from evil3 and the evil-doing of ,nabal has ,yahweh returned on his own head4 ,david sent and spoke concerning ,abigail1 to take her to him as wife4 #jbe3jdj ,when the servants of ,david were come to ,abigail to ,carmel1 they spoke to her1 saying1 ,david has sent us to you1 to take you to him as wife4 #jbe3jda ,she arose1 and bowed herself with her face to the earth1 and said1 ,behold1 your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord4 #jbe3jdb ,abigail hurried1 and arose1 and rode on a donkey1 with five ladies of hers who followed her2 and she went after the messengers of ,david1 and became his wife4 #jbe3jdc ,david also took ,ahinoam of ,jezreel2 and they became both of them his wives4 #jbe3jdd ,now ,saul had given ,michal his daughter1 ,david's wife1 to ,palti the son of ,laish1 who was of ,gallim4 #jbf3jja ,the ,ziphites came to ,saul to ,gibeah1 saying1 ,doesn't ,david hide himself in the hill of ,hachilah1 which is before the desert8 #jbf3jjb ,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 #jbf3jjc ,saul encamped in the hill of ,hachilah1 which is before the desert1 by the way4 ,but ,david abode in the wilderness1 and he saw that ,saul came after him into the wilderness4 #jbf3jjd ,david therefore sent out spies1 and understood that ,saul was come of a certainty4 #jbf3jje ,david arose1 and came to the place where ,saul had encamped2 and ,david saw the place where ,saul lay1 and ,abner the son of ,ner1 the captain of his army3 and ,saul lay within the place of the wagons1 and the people were encamped round about him4 #jbf3jjf ,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 ,abishai said1 ,i will go down with you4 #jbf3jjg ,so ,david and ,abishai came to the people by night3 and1 behold1 ,saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons1 with his spear stuck in the ground at his head2 and ,abner and the people lay round about him4 #jbf3jjh ,then said ,abishai to ,david1 ,god has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day3 now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke1 and ,i will not strike him the second time4 #jbf3jji ,david said to ,abishai1 ,don't destroy him2 for who can put forth his hand against ,yahweh's anointed1 and be guiltless8 #jbf3jaj ,david said1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 ,yahweh will strike him2 or his day shall come to die2 or he shall go down into battle and perish4 #jbf3jaa ,yahweh forbid that ,i should put forth my hand against ,yahweh's anointed3 but now please take the spear that is at his head1 and the jar of water1 and let us go4 #jbf3jab ,so ,david took the spear and the jar of water from ,saul's head2 and they got them away3 and no man saw it1 nor knew it1 neither did any awake2 for they were all asleep1 because a deep sleep from ,yahweh was fallen on them4 #jbf3jac ,then ,david went over to the other side1 and stood on the top of the mountain afar off2 a great space being between them2 #jbf3jad and ,david cried to the people1 and to ,abner the son of ,ner1 saying1 ,don't you answer1 ,abner8 ,then ,abner answered1 ,who are you who cries to the king8 #jbf3jae ,david said to ,abner1 ,aren't you a valiant man8 and who is like you in ,israel8 why then have you not kept watch over your lord1 the king8 for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord4 #jbf3jaf ,this thing isn't good that you have done4 ,as ,yahweh lives1 you are worthy to die1 because you have not kept watch over your lord1 ,yahweh's anointed4 ,now see where the king's spear is1 and the jar of water that was at his head4 #jbf3jag ,saul knew ,david's voice1 and said1 ,is this your voice1 my son ,david8 ,david said1 ,it is my voice1 my lord1 ,o king4 #jbf3jah ,he said1 ,why does my lord pursue after his servant8 for what have ,i done8 or what evil is in my hand8 #jbf3jai ,now therefore1 please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant4 ,if it be ,yahweh that has stirred you up against me1 let him accept an offering3 but if it be the children of men1 cursed be they before ,yahweh3 for they have driven me out this day that ,i shouldn't cling to ,yahweh's inheritance1 saying1 ,go1 serve other gods4 #jbf3jbj ,now therefore1 don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of ,yahweh3 for the king of ,israel is come out to seek a flea1 as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains4 #jbf3jba ,then said ,saul1 ,i have sinned3 return1 my son ,david2 for ,i will no more do you harm1 because my life was precious in your eyes this day3 behold1 ,i have played the fool1 and have erred exceedingly4 #jbf3jbb ,david answered1 ,behold the spear1 ,o king6 let then one of the young men come over and get it4 #jbf3jbc ,yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness2 because ,yahweh delivered you into my hand today1 and ,i wouldn't put forth my hand against ,yahweh's anointed4 #jbf3jbd ,behold1 as your life was much set by this day in my eyes1 so let my life be much set by in the eyes of ,yahweh1 and let him deliver me out of all oppression4 #jbf3jbe ,then ,saul said to ,david1 ,blessed be you1 my son ,david3 you shall both do mightily1 and shall surely prevail4 ,so ,david went his way1 and ,saul returned to his place4 #jbg3jja ,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 escape into the land of the ,philistines2 and ,saul will despair of me1 to seek me any more in all the borders of ,israel3 so shall ,i escape out of his hand4 #jbg3jjb ,david arose1 and passed over1 he and the six hundred men who were with him1 to ,achish the son of ,maoch1 king of ,gath4 #jbg3jjc ,david lived 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 #jbg3jjd ,it was told ,saul that ,david was fled to ,gath3 and he sought no more again for him4 #jbg3jje ,david said to ,achish1 ,if now ,i have found favor in your eyes1 let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country1 that ,i may dwell there3 for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you8 #jbg3jjf ,then ,achish gave him ,ziklag that day3 why ,ziklag pertains to the kings of ,judah to this day4 #jbg3jjg ,the number of the days that ,david lived in the country of the ,philistines was a full year and four months4 #jbg3jjh ,david and his men went up1 and made a raid on the ,geshurites1 and the ,girzites1 and the ,amalekites2 for those nations were the inhabitants of the land1 who were of old1 as you go to ,shur1 even to the land of ,egypt4 #jbg3jji ,david struck the land1 and saved neither man nor woman alive1 and took away the sheep1 and the oxen1 and the donkeys1 and the camels1 and the clothing2 and he returned1 and came to ,achish4 #jbg3jaj ,achish said1 ,against whom have you made a raid today8 ,david said1 ,against the ,south of ,judah1 and against the ,south of the ,jerahmeelites1 and against the ,south of the ,kenites4 #jbg3jaa ,david saved neither man nor woman alive1 to bring them to ,gath1 saying1 ,lest they should tell of us1 saying1 ,so did ,david1 and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the ,philistines4 #jbg3jab ,achish believed ,david1 saying1 ,he has made his people ,israel utterly to abhor him2 therefore he shall be my servant forever4 #jbh3jja ,it happened in those days1 that the ,philistines gathered their armies together for warfare1 to fight with ,israel4 ,achish said to ,david1 ,know you assuredly1 that you shall go out with me in the army1 you and your men4 #jbh3jjb ,david said to ,achish1 ,therefore you shall know what your servant will do4 ,achish said to ,david1 ,therefore will ,i make you keeper of my head for ever4 #jbh3jjc ,now ,samuel was dead1 and all ,israel had lamented him1 and buried him in ,ramah1 even in his own city4 ,saul had put away those who had familiar spirits1 and the wizards1 out of the land4 #jbh3jjd ,the ,philistines gathered themselves together1 and came and encamped in ,shunem3 and ,saul gathered all ,israel together1 and they encamped in ,gilboa4 #jbh3jje ,when ,saul saw the army of the ,philistines1 he was afraid1 and his heart trembled greatly4 #jbh3jjf ,when ,saul inquired of ,yahweh1 ,yahweh didn't answer him1 neither by dreams1 nor by ,urim1 nor by prophets4 #jbh3jjg ,then said ,saul to his servants1 ,seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit1 that ,i may go to her1 and inquire of her4 ,his servants said to him1 ,behold1 there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at ,endor4 #jbh3jjh ,saul disguised himself1 and put on other clothing1 and went1 he and two men with him1 and they came to the woman by night3 and he said1 ,please divine to me by the familiar spirit1 and bring me up whoever ,i shall name to you4 #jbh3jji ,the woman said to him1 ,behold1 you know what ,saul has done1 how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits1 and the wizards1 out of the land3 why then lay you a snare for my life1 to cause me to die8 #jbh3jaj ,saul swore to her by ,yahweh1 saying1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing4 #jbh3jaa ,then said the woman1 ,whom shall ,i bring up to you8 ,he said1 ,bring me up ,samuel4 #jbh3jab ,when the woman saw ,samuel1 she cried with a loud voice2 and the woman spoke to ,saul1 saying1 ,why have you deceived me8 for you are ,saul4 #jbh3jac ,the king said to her1 ,don't be afraid3 for what do you see8 ,the woman said to ,saul1 ,i see a god coming up out of the earth4 #jbh3jad ,he said to her1 ,what form is he of8 ,she said1 ,an old man comes up2 and he is covered with a robe4 ,saul perceived that it was ,samuel1 and he bowed with his face to the ground1 and did obeisance4 #jbh3jae ,samuel said to ,saul1 ,why have you disquieted me1 to bring me up8 ,saul answered1 ,i am sore distressed2 for the ,philistines make war against me1 and ,god is departed from me1 and answers me no more1 neither by prophets1 nor by dreams3 therefore ,i have called you1 that you may make known to me what ,i shall do4 #jbh3jaf ,samuel said1 ,why then do you ask of me1 seeing ,yahweh is departed from you1 and is become your adversary8 #jbh3jag ,yahweh has done to you1 as he spoke by me3 and ,yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand1 and given it to your neighbor1 even to ,david4 #jbh3jah ,because you didn't obey the voice of ,yahweh1 and didn't execute his fierce wrath on ,amalek1 therefore has ,yahweh done this thing to you this day4 #jbh3jai ,moreover ,yahweh will deliver ,israel also with you into the hand of the ,philistines2 and tomorrow shall you and your sons be with me3 ,yahweh will deliver the army of ,israel also into the hand of the ,philistines4 #jbh3jbj ,then ,saul fell immediately his full length 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 #jbh3jba ,the woman came to ,saul1 and saw that he was sore troubled1 and said to him1 ,behold1 your handmaid has listened to your voice1 and ,i have put my life in my hand1 and have listened to your words which you spoke to me4 #jbh3jbb ,now therefore1 please listen also to the voice of your handmaid1 and let me set a morsel of bread before you2 and eat1 that you may have strength1 when you go on your way4 #jbh3jbc ,but he refused1 and said1 ,i will not eat4 ,but his servants1 together with the woman1 constrained him2 and he listened to their voice4 ,so he arose from the earth1 and sat on the bed4 #jbh3jbd ,the woman had a fattened calf in the house2 and she hurried1 and killed it2 and she took flour1 and kneaded it1 and did bake unleavened bread of it3 #jbh3jbe and she brought it before ,saul1 and before his servants2 and they ate4 ,then they rose up1 and went away that night4 #jbi3jja ,now the ,philistines gathered together all their armies to ,aphek3 and the ,israelites encamped by the spring which is in ,jezreel4 #jbi3jjb ,the lords of the ,philistines passed on by hundreds1 and by thousands2 and ,david and his men passed on in the rearward with ,achish4 #jbi3jjc ,then said the princes of the ,philistines1 ,what do these ,hebrews here8 ,achish said to the princes of the ,philistines1 ,isn't this ,david1 the servant of ,saul the king of ,israel1 who has been with me these days1 or rather these years1 and ,i have found no fault in him since he fell away to me to this day8 #jbi3jjd ,but the princes of the ,philistines were angry with him2 and the princes of the ,philistines said to him1 ,make the man return1 that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him1 and let him not go down with us to battle1 lest in the battle he become an adversary to us3 for with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord8 should it not be with the heads of these men8 #jbi3jje ,is not this ,david1 of whom they sang one to another in dances1 saying1 ,saul has slain his thousands1 ,david his ten thousands8 #jbi3jjf ,then ,achish called ,david1 and said to him1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 you have been upright1 and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight2 for ,i have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day3 nevertheless the lords don't favor you4 #jbi3jjg ,therefore now return1 and go in peace1 that you not displease the lords of the ,philistines4 #jbi3jjh ,david said to ,achish1 ,but what have ,i done8 and what have you found in your servant so long as ,i have been before you to this day1 that ,i may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king8 #jbi3jji ,achish answered ,david1 ,i know that you are 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 #jbi3jaj ,therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you2 and as soon as you are up early in the morning1 and have light1 depart4 #jbi3jaa ,so ,david rose up early1 he and his men1 to depart in the morning1 to return into the land of the ,philistines4 ,the ,philistines went up to ,jezreel4 #jcj3jja ,it happened1 when ,david and his men were come to ,ziklag on the third day1 that the ,amalekites had made a raid on the ,south1 and on ,ziklag1 and had struck ,ziklag1 and burned it with fire1 #jcj3jjb and had taken captive the women and all who were therein1 both small and great3 they didn't kill any1 but carried them off1 and went their way4 #jcj3jjc ,when ,david and his men came to the city1 behold1 it was burned with fire2 and their wives1 and their sons1 and their daughters1 were taken captive4 #jcj3jjd ,then ,david and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept1 until they had no more power to weep4 #jcj3jje ,david's two wives were taken captive1 ,ahinoam the ,jezreelitess1 and ,abigail the wife of ,nabal the ,carmelite4 #jcj3jjf ,david was greatly distressed2 for the people spoke of stoning him1 because the soul of all the people was grieved1 every man for his sons and for his daughters3 but ,david strengthened himself in ,yahweh his ,god4 #jcj3jjg ,david said to ,abiathar the priest1 the son of ,ahimelech1 ,please bring me here the ephod4 ,abiathar brought there the ephod to ,david4 #jcj3jjh ,david inquired of ,yahweh1 saying1 ,if ,i pursue after this troop1 shall ,i overtake them8 ,he answered him1 ,pursue2 for you shall surely overtake them1 and shall without fail recover all4 #jcj3jji ,so ,david went1 he and the six hundred men who were with him1 and came to the brook ,besor1 where those who were left behind stayed4 #jcj3jaj ,but ,david pursued1 he and four hundred men2 for two hundred stayed behind1 who were so faint that they couldn't go over the brook ,besor4 #jcj3jaa ,they found an ,egyptian in the field1 and brought him to ,david1 and gave him bread1 and he ate2 and they gave him water to drink4 #jcj3jab ,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 him2 for he had eaten no bread1 nor drunk any water1 three days and three nights4 #jcj3jac ,david said to him1 ,to whom belong you8 and whence are you8 ,he said1 ,i am a young man of ,egypt1 servant to an ,amalekite2 and my master left me1 because three days ago ,i fell sick4 #jcj3jad ,we made a raid on the ,south of the ,cherethites1 and on that which belongs to ,judah1 and on the ,south of ,caleb2 and we burned ,ziklag with fire4 #jcj3jae ,david said to him1 ,will you bring me down to this troop8 ,he said1 ,swear to me by ,god1 that you will neither kill me1 nor deliver me up into the hands of my master1 and ,i will bring you down to this troop4 #jcj3jaf ,when he had brought him down1 behold1 they were spread abroad over all the ground1 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 #jcj3jag ,david struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day3 and there not a man of them escaped1 except four hundred young men1 who rode on camels and fled4 #jcj3jah ,david recovered all that the ,amalekites had taken2 and ,david rescued his two wives4 #jcj3jai ,there was nothing lacking to them1 neither small nor great1 neither sons nor daughters1 neither spoil1 nor anything that they had taken to them3 ,david brought back all4 #jcj3jbj ,david took all the flocks and the herds1 which they drove before those other livestock1 and said1 ,this is ,david's spoil4 #jcj3jba ,david came to the two hundred men1 who were so faint that they could not follow ,david1 whom also they had made to abide at the brook ,besor2 and they went forth to meet ,david1 and to meet the people who were with him3 and when ,david came near to the people1 he greeted them4 #jcj3jbb ,then answered all the wicked men and base fellows1 of those who went with ,david1 and said1 ,because they didn't go with us1 we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered1 except to every man his wife and his children1 that he may lead them away1 and depart4 #jcj3jbc ,then said ,david1 ,you shall not do so1 my brothers1 with that which ,yahweh has given to us1 who has preserved us1 and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand4 #jcj3jbd ,who will listen to you in this matter8 for as his share is who goes down to the battle1 so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage3 they shall share alike4 #jcj3jbe ,it was so from that day forward1 that he made it a statute and an ordinance for ,israel to this day4 #jcj3jbf ,when ,david came to ,ziklag1 he sent of the spoil to the elders of ,judah1 even to his friends1 saying1 ,behold1 a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of ,yahweh3 #jcj3jbg ,to those who were in ,bethel1 and to those who were in ,ramoth of the ,south1 and to those who were in ,jattir1 #jcj3jbh and to those who were in ,aroer1 and to those who were in ,siphmoth1 and to those who were in ,eshtemoa1 #jcj3jbi and to those who were in ,racal1 and to those who were in the cities of the ,jerahmeelites1 and to those who were in the cities of the ,kenites1 #jcj3jcj and to those who were in ,hormah1 and to those who were in ,borashan1 and to those who were in ,athach1 #jcj3jca and to those who were in ,hebron1 and to all the places where ,david himself and his men used to stay4 #jca3jja ,now the ,philistines fought against ,israel3 and the men of ,israel fled from before the ,philistines1 and fell down slain on ,mount ,gilboa4 #jca3jjb ,the ,philistines followed hard on ,saul and on his sons2 and the ,philistines killed ,jonathan1 and ,abinadab1 and ,malchishua1 the sons of ,saul4 #jca3jjc ,the battle went sore against ,saul1 and the archers overtook him2 and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers4 #jca3jjd ,then said ,saul to his armor bearer1 ,draw your sword1 and thrust me through therewith1 lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through1 and abuse me4 ,but his armor bearer would not2 for he was sore afraid4 ,therefore ,saul took his sword1 and fell on it4 #jca3jje ,when his armor bearer saw that ,saul was dead1 he likewise fell on his sword1 and died with him4 #jca3jjf ,so ,saul died1 and his three sons1 and his armor bearer1 and all his men1 that same day together4 #jca3jjg ,when the men of ,israel who were on the other side of the valley1 and those who were beyond the ,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 lived in them4 #jca3jjh ,it happened on the next day1 when the ,philistines came to strip the slain1 that they found ,saul and his three sons fallen on ,mount ,gilboa4 #jca3jji ,they cut off his head1 and stripped off his armor1 and sent into the land of the ,philistines round about1 to carry the news to the house of their idols1 and to the people4 #jca3jaj ,they put his armor in the house of the ,ashtaroth2 and they fastened his body to the wall of ,beth ,shan4 #jca3jaa ,when the inhabitants of ,jabesh ,gilead heard concerning him that which the ,philistines had done to ,saul1 #jca3jab 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 ,beth ,shan2 and they came to ,jabesh1 and burnt them there4 #jca3jac ,they took their bones1 and buried them under the tamarisk tree in ,jabesh1 and fasted seven days4