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,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,first ,,book ,,of ,,samuel1     
,,otherwise ,,called ,,the ,,first      
,,book ,,of ,,kings    ,this and the    
following ,book are called by the       
,hebrews the books of  ,samuel1 because 
they contain the history of ,samuel1 and

 of the two  kings1 ,saul and ,david1   
whom he anointed4 ,they are more        
commonly named by  the ,fathers1 the    
first and second book of kings4 ,as to  
the writer of  them1 it is the common   
opinion that ,samuel composed the first 
book1 as  far as the twenty-fifth       
chapter2 and that the prophets ,nathan  
and ,gad  finished the first1 and wrote 
the second book4 ,see #a ,paralipomenon1
  alias #a ,chronicles1 #bi4bi4      #a 
,kings ,chapter #a    ,anna the wife of 
,elcana being barren1 by vow and prayer 
obtaineth a son3  whom she calleth      
,samuel3 and presenteth him to the      
service of ,god in  ,silo1 according to 
her vow3    #a3a4 ,there was a man of   
,ramathaimsophim1 of ,mount ,ephraim1   
and his name  was ,elcana1 the son of   
,jeroham1 the son of ,eliu1 the son of  
,thohu1 the  son of ,suph1 an           
,ephraimite3    ,an ,ephraimite444 ,he  
was of the tribe of ,levi1 #a4 ,par4    
#f4cd1 but is  called an ,ephraimite    
from dwelling in mount ,ephraim4        

#a3b4 ,and he had two wives1 the name of
 one was ,anna1 and the name of the     
other ,phenenna4 ,phenenna had children3
 but ,anna had no children4    #a3c4    
,and this man went up out of his city   
upon the appointed days1 to  adore and  
to offer sacrifice to the ,lord of hosts
 in ,silo4 ,and the two  sons of ,heli1 
,ophni and ,phinees1 were there priests 
of the ,lord4    #a3d4 ,now the day     
came1 and ,elcana offered sacrifice1 and
 gave to  ,phenenna1 his wife1 and to   
all her sons and daughters1 portions3   
#a3e4 ,but to ,anna he gave one portion 
with sorrow1 because he loved ,anna4    
,and the ,lord had shut up her womb4    
#a3f4 ,her rival also afflicted her1 and
 troubled her exceedingly1  insomuch    
that she upbraided her1 that the ,lord  
had shut up her womb3    #a3g4 ,and thus
 she did every year1 when the time      
returned1 that they went  up to the     
temple of the ,lord3 and thus she       
provoked her3 but ,anna wept1  and did  
not eat4    #a3h4 ,then ,elcana1 her    

husband1 said to her3 ,anna1 why weepest
 thou8 and  why dost thou not eat8 and  
why dost thou afflict thy heart8 ,am not
 ,i  better to thee than ten children8  
#a3i4 ,so ,anna arose after she had     
eaten and drunk in ,silo3 ,and ,heli1   
the  priest1 sitting upon a stool before
 the door of the temple of the ,lord2   
#a3aj4 ,as ,anna had her heart full of  
grief1 she prayed to the ,lord1         
shedding many tears1    #a3aa4 ,and she 
made a vow1 saying3 ,o ,lord of hosts1  
if thou wilt look  down1 and wilt be    
mindful of me1 and not forget thy       
handmaid1 and wilt  give to thy servant 
a manchild3 ,i will give him to the     
,lord all the days  of his life1 and no 
razor shall come upon his head4         
#a3ab4 ,and it came to pass1 as she     
multiplied prayers before the ,lord1    
that ,heli observed her mouth4    #a3ac4
 ,now ,anna spoke in her heart1 and only
 her lips moved1 but her  voice was not 
heard at all4 ,heli therefore thought   
her to be drunk1    #a3ad4 ,and said to 

her3 ,how long wilt thou be drunk8      
digest a little the  wine1 of which thou
 hast taken too much4    #a3ae4 ,anna   
answering1 said3 ,not so1 my lord3 for  
,i am an exceeding  unhappy woman1 and  
have drunk neither wine nor any strong  
drink1 but ,i  have poured out my soul  
before the ,lord4    #a3af4 ,count not  
thy handmaid for one of the daughters of
 ,belial3 for out  of the abundance of  
my sorrow and grief have ,i spoken till 
now4    #a3ag4 ,then ,heli said to her3 
,go in peace3 and the ,god of ,israel   
grant  thee thy petition1 which thou    
hast asked of him4    #a3ah4 ,and she   
said3 ,would to ,god thy handmaid may   
find grace in thy  eyes4 ,so the woman  
went on her way1 and ate1 and her       
countenance was no  more changed4       
#a3ai4 ,and they rose in the morning1   
and worshipped before the ,lord3 and    
they returned1 and came into their house
 at ,ramatha4 ,and ,elcana knew  ,anna  
his wife3 ,and the ,lord remembered her4
    #a3bj4 ,and it came to pass when the

 time was come about1 ,anna conceived   
and bore a son1 and called his name     
,samuel3 because she had asked him of   
the ,lord4    ,samuel444 ,this name     
imports1 asked of ,god4    #a3ba4 ,and  
,elcana1 her husband1 went up1 and all  
his house1 to offer to  the ,lord the   
solemn sacrifice1 and his vow4    #a3bb4
 ,but ,anna went not up3 for she said to
 her husband3 ,i will not go  till the  
child be weaned1 and till ,i may carry  
him1 that he may appear  before the     
,lord1 and may abide always there4      
#a3bc4 ,and ,elcana1 her husband1 said  
to her3 ,do what seemeth good to  thee1 
and stay till thou wean him3 and ,i pray
 that the ,lord may fulfil  his word4   
,so the woman staid at home1 and gave   
her son suck1 till she  weaned him4     
#a3bd4 ,and after she had weaned him1   
she carried him with her1 with three    
calves1 and three bushels of flour1 and 
a bottle of wine1 and she  brought him  
to the house of the ,lord in ,silo4 ,now
 the child was as yet  very young3      

#a3be4 ,and they immolated a calf1 and  
offered the child to ,heli4    #a3bf4   
,and ,anna said3 ,i beseech thee1 my    
lord1 as thy soul liveth1 my  lord3 ,i  
am that woman1 who stood before thee    
here praying to the ,lord4    #a3bg4    
,for this child did ,i pray1 and the    
,lord hath granted me my  petition1     
which ,i asked of him4    #a3bh4        
,therefore ,i also have lent him to the 
,lord all the days of his  life1 he     
shall be lent to the ,lord4 ,and they   
adored the ,lord there4 ,and  ,anna     
prayed1 and said3    #a ,kings ,chapter 
#b    ,the canticle of ,anna4 ,the      
wickedness of the sons of ,heli3 for    
which they  are not duly corrected by   
their father4 ,a prophecy against the   
house of  ,heli4    #b3a4 ,my heart hath
 rejoiced in the ,lord1 and my horn is  
exalted in my  ,god3 my mouth is        
enlarged over my enemies3 because ,i    
have joyed in thy  salvation4    ,my    
horn444 ,the horn in the scriptures     
signifies strength1 power1 the  horn is 

said to be exalted1 when a person       
receives an increase of  strength or    
glory4    #b3b4 ,there is none holy as  
the ,lord is3 for there is no other     
beside  thee1 and there is none strong  
like our ,god4    #b3c4 ,do not multiply
 to speak lofty things1 boasting3 let   
old matters  depart from your mouth3 for
 the ,lord is a ,god of all knowledge1  
and to  him are thoughts prepared4      
#b3d4 ,the bow of the mighty is         
overcome1 and the weak are girt with    
strength4    #b3e4 ,they that were full 
before1 have hired out themselves for   
bread3  and the hungry are filled1 so   
that the barren hath borne many3 and she
  that had many children is weakened4   
#b3f4 ,the ,lord killeth and maketh     
alive1 he bringeth down to hell1 and    
bringeth back again4    #b3g4 ,the ,lord
 maketh poor and maketh rich1 he        
humbleth and he exalteth3    #b3h4 ,he  
raiseth up the needy from the dust1 and 
lifteth up the poor from  the dunghill3 
that he may sit with princes1 and hold  

the throne of  glory4 ,for the poles of 
the earth are the ,lord's1 and upon them
 he hath  set the world4    #b3i4 ,he   
will keep the feet of his saints1 and   
the wicked shall be silent  in darkness2
 because no man shall prevail by his own
 strength4    #b3aj4 ,the adversaries of
 the ,lord shall fear him3 and upon them
 shall he  thunder in the heavens3 ,the 
,lord shall judge the ends of the earth1
 and  he shall give empire to his king1 
and shall exalt the horn of his         
,christ4    #b3aa4 ,and ,elcana went to 
,ramatha1 to his house3 but the child   
ministered  in the sight of the ,lord   
before the face of ,heli the priest4    
#b3ab4 ,now the sons of ,heli were      
children of ,belial1 not knowing the    
,lord1    #b3ac4 ,nor the office of the 
priests to the people3 but whosoever had
  offered a sacrifice1 the servant of   
the priest came1 while the flesh was  in
 boiling1 with a fleshhook of three     
teeth in his hand1    #b3ad4 ,and thrust
 it into the kettle1 or into the        

cauldron1 or into the  pot1 or into the 
pan3 and all that the fleshhook brought 
up1 the priest  took to himself4 ,thus  
did they to all ,israel that came to    
,silo4    #b3ae4 ,also before they burnt
 the fat1 the servant of the priest     
came1  and said to the man that         
sacrificed3 ,give me flesh to boil for  
the  priest3 for ,i will not take of    
thee sodden flesh1 but raw4    #b3af4   
,and he that sacrificed said to him3    
,let the fat first be burnt to  day1    
according to the custom1 and then take  
to thee as much as thy soul  desireth4  
,but he answered1 and said to him3 ,not 
so3 but thou shalt give  it me now1 or  
else ,i will take it by force4    #b3ag4
 ,wherefore the sin of the young men was
 exceeding great before the  ,lord3     
because they withdrew men from the      
sacrifice of the ,lord4    #b3ah4 ,but  
,samuel ministered before the face of   
the ,lord3 being a child  girded with a 
linen ephod4    #b3ai4 ,and his mother  
made him a little coat1 which she       

brought to him on  the appointed days1  
when she went up with her husband1 to   
offer the  solemn sacrifice4    #b3bj4  
,and ,heli blessed ,elcana and his wife3
 and he said to him3 ,the ,lord  give   
thee seed of this woman1 for the loan   
thou hast lent to the ,lord4  ,and they 
went to their own home4    #b3ba4 ,and  
the ,lord visited ,anna1 and she        
conceived1 and bore three sons1  and two
 daughters3 and the child ,samuel became
 great before the ,lord4    #b3bb4 ,now 
,heli was very old1 and he heard all    
that his sons did to all  ,israel3 and  
how they lay with the women that waited 
at the door of the  tabernacle3         
#b3bc4 ,and he said to them3 ,why do ye 
these kinds of things1 which ,i  hear1  
very wicked things1 from all the people8
    #b3bd4 ,do not so1 my sons3 for it  
is no good report that ,i hear1 that you
  make the people of the ,lord to       
transgress4    #b3be4 ,if one man shall 
sin against another1 ,god may be        
appeased in his  behalf3 but if a man   

shall sin against the ,lord1 who shall  
pray for him8  ,and they hearkened not  
to the voice of their father1 because   
the ,lord  would slay them4    ,who     
shall pray for him444 ,by this word     
,heli would have his sons  understand1  
that by their wicked abuse of sacred    
things1 and of the very  sacrifices     
which were appointed to appease the     
,lord1 they deprived  themselves of the 
ordinary means of reconciliation with   
,god2 which was  by sacrifices4 ,the    
more1 because they were the chief       
priests whose  business it was to       
intercede for all others1 they had no   
other to offer  sacrifices and to make  
atonement for them4 ,ibid4 ,because the 
,lord would  slay them444 ,in           
consequence of their manifold           
sacrileges1 he would not  soften their  
hearts with his efficacious grace1 but  
was determined to  destroy them4        
#b3bf4 ,but the child ,samuel advanced1 
and grew on1 and pleased both the  ,lord
 and men4    #b3bg4 ,and there came a   

man of ,god to ,heli1 and said to him3  
,thus saith  the ,lord3 ,did ,i not     
plainly appear to thy father's house1   
when they were  in ,egypt in the house  
of ,pharao8    #b3bh4 ,and ,i chose him 
out of all the tribes of ,israel to be  
my priest1  to go up to my altar1 and   
burn incense to me1 and to wear the     
ephod  before me3 and ,i gave to thy    
father's house of all the sacrifices of 
the  children of ,israel4    #b3bi4 ,why
 have you kicked away my victims1 and my
 gifts which ,i  commanded to be offered
 in the temple3 and thou hast rather    
honoured thy  sons than me1 to eat the  
firstfruits of every sacrifice of my    
people  ,israel8    #b3cj4 ,wherefore   
thus saith the ,lord the ,god of        
,israel3 ,i said indeed  that thy house1
 and the house of thy father1 should    
minister in my  sight1 for ever4 ,but   
now saith the ,lord3 ,far be this from  
me3 but  whosoever shall glorify me1 him
 will ,i glorify3 but they that despise 
me1 shall be despised4    #b3ca4 ,behold

 the days come3 and ,i will cut off thy 
arm1 and the arm of  thy father's house1
 that there shall not be an old man in  
thy house4    #b3cb4 ,and thou shalt see
 thy rival in the temple1 in all the    
prosperity  of ,israel1 and there shall 
not be an old man in thy house for ever4
    ,thy rival444 ,a priest of another  
race4 ,this was partly fulfilled1 when  
,abiathar1 of the race of ,heli1 was    
removed from the priesthood1 and        
,sadoc1 who was of another line1 was    
substituted in his place4 ,but it was   
more fully accomplished in the ,new     
,testament1 when the priesthood of      
,aaron gave place to that of ,christ4   
#b3cc4 ,however1 ,i will not altogether 
take away a man of thee from my  altar3 
but that thy eyes may faint1 and thy    
soul be spent3 and a great  part of thy 
house shall die1 when they come to man's
 estate4    #b3cd4 ,and this shall be a 
sign to thee1 that shall come upon thy  
two  sons1 ,ophni and ,phinees3 in one  
day they shall both of them die4        

#b3ce4 ,and ,i will raise me up a       
faithful priest1 who shall do according 
to my heart1 and my soul and ,i will    
build him a faithful house1 and he      
shall walk all days before my anointed4 
#b3cf4 ,and it shall come to pass1 that 
whosoever shall remain in thy  house    
shall come that he may be prayed for1   
and shall offer a piece of  silver1 and 
a roll of bread1 and shall say3 ,put me1
 ,i beseech thee1 to  somewhat of the   
priestly office1 that ,i may eat a      
morsel of bread4    #a ,kings ,chapter  
#c    ,samuel is four times called by   
the ,lord3 who revealeth to him the evil
  that shall fall on ,heli1 and his     
house4    #c3a4 ,now the child ,samuel  
ministered to the ,lord before ,heli1   
and the  word of the ,lord was precious 
in those days1 there was no manifest    
vision4    ,precious444 ,that is1 rare4 
#c3b4 ,and it came to pass one day when 
,heli lay in his place1 and his  eyes   
were grown dim1 that he could not see3  
#c3c4 ,before the lamp of ,god went out1

 ,samuel slept in the temple of the     
,lord1 where the ark of ,god was4       
#c3d4 ,and the ,lord called ,samuel4    
,and he answered3 ,here am ,i4    #c3e4 
,and he ran to ,heli1 and said3 ,here am
 ,i3 for thou didst call me4 ,he  said3 
,i did not call3 go back and sleep4 ,and
 he went and slept4    #c3f4 ,and the   
,lord called ,samuel again4 ,and ,samuel
 arose and went to  ,heli1 and said3    
,here am ,i3 for thou calledst me4 ,he  
answered3 ,i did not  call thee1 my son3
 return and sleep4    #c3g4 ,now ,samuel
 did not yet know the ,lord1 neither had
 the word of the  ,lord been revealed to
 him4    #c3h4 ,and the ,lord called    
,samuel again the third time4 ,and he   
arose up  and went to ,heli1    #c3i4   
,and said3 ,here am ,i3 for thou didst  
call me4 ,then ,heli understood  that   
the ,lord called the child1 and he said 
to ,samuel3 ,go1 and sleep3  and if he  
shall call thee any more1 thou shalt    
say3 ,speak1 ,lord1 for thy  servant    
heareth4 ,so ,samuel went1 and slept in 

his place4    #c3aj4 ,and the ,lord     
came1 and stood1 and he called1 as he   
had called the  other times1 ,samuel1   
,samuel4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,speak1     
,lord1 for thy  servant heareth4        
#c3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to ,samuel3  
,behold ,i do a thing in ,israel3 and   
whosoever shall hear it1 both his ears  
shall tingle4    #c3ab4 ,in that day ,i 
will raise up against ,heli all the     
things ,i have  spoken concerning his   
house3 ,i will begin1 and ,i will make  
an end4    #c3ac4 ,for ,i have foretold 
unto him1 that ,i will judge his house  
for  ever1 for iniquity1 because he knew
 that his sons did wickedly1 and did    
not chastise them4    #c3ad4 ,therefore 
have ,i sworn to the house of ,heli1    
that the iniquity of  his house shall   
not be expiated with victims nor        
offerings for ever4    #c3ae4 ,and      
,samuel slept till morning1 and opened  
the doors of the house  of the ,lord4   
,and ,samuel feared to tell the vision  
to ,heli4    #c3af4 ,then ,heli called  

,samuel1 and said3 ,samuel1 my son4 ,and
 he  answered3 ,here am ,i4    #c3ag4   
,and he asked him3 ,what is the word    
that the ,lord hath spoken to  thee8 ,i 
beseech thee hide it not from me4 ,may  
,god do so and so to thee1  and add so  
and so1 if thou hide from me one word of
 all that were said  to thee4    #c3ah4 
,so ,samuel told him all the words1 and 
did not hide them from him4  ,and he    
answered3 ,it is the ,lord3 let him do  
what is good in his sight4    #c3ai4    
,and ,samuel grew1 and the ,lord was    
with him1 and not one of his  words fell
 to the ground4    #c3bj4 ,and all      
,israel1 from ,dan to ,bersabee1 knew   
that ,samuel was a  faithful prophet of 
the ,lord4    #c3ba4 ,and the ,lord     
again appeared in ,silo1 for the ,lord  
revealed himself  to ,samuel in ,silo1  
according to the word of the ,lord4 ,and
 the word of  ,samuel came to pass to   
all ,israel4    #a ,kings ,chapter #d   
,the ,israelites being overcome by the  
,philistines1 send for the ark of  ,god3

 but they are beaten again1 the sons of 
,heli are killed1 and the ark  taken3   
upon the hearing of the news ,heli      
falleth backward and dieth4    #d3a4    
,and it came to pass in those days1 that
 the ,philistines gathered  themselves  
together to fight3 and ,israel went out 
to war against the  ,philistines1 and   
camped by the ,stone of help4 ,and the  
,philistines came  to ,aphec1    ,the   
,stone of help444 ,in ,hebrew           
,eben-ezer2 so called from the help     
which  the ,lord was pleased afterwards 
to give to his people ,israel in that   
place1 by the prayers of ,samuel1 chap4 
#g4ab4    #d3b4 ,and put their army in  
array against ,israel4 ,and when they   
had  joined battle1 ,israel turned their
 backs to the ,philistines3 and there   
were slain in that fight1 here and there
 in the fields1 about four  thousand    
men4    #d3c4 ,and the people returned  
to the camp3 and the ancients of ,israel
  said3 ,why hath the ,lord defeated us 
to day before the ,philistines8 ,let  us

 fetch unto us the ark of the covenant  
of the ,lord from ,silo1 and let  it    
come in the midst of us1 that it may    
save us from the hand of our  enemies4  
#d3d4 ,so the people sent to ,silo1 and 
they brought from thence the ark of  the
 covenant of the ,lord of hosts1 sitting
 upon the cherubims3 and the  two sons  
of ,heli1 ,ophni and ,phinees1 were with
 the ark of the covenant  of ,god4      
#d3e4 ,and when the ark of the covenant 
of the ,lord was come into the  camp1   
all ,israel shouted with a great shout1 
and the earth rang again4    #d3f4 ,and 
the ,philistines heard the noise of the 
shout1 and they said3  ,what is this    
noise of a great shout in the camp of   
the ,hebrews8 ,and they  understood that
 the ark of the ,lord was come into the 
camp4    #d3g4 ,and the ,philistines    
were afraid1 saying3 ,god is come into  
the camp4  ,and sighing1 they said3     
#d3h4 ,woe to us3 for there was no such 
great joy yesterday1 and the day        
before3 ,woe to us4 ,who shall deliver  

us from the hand of these high  ,gods8  
these are the ,gods that struck ,egypt  
with all the plagues in the  desert4    
#d3i4 ,take courage1 and behave like    
men1 ye ,philistines3 lest you come to  
be servants to the ,hebrews1 as they    
have served you3 take courage and       
fight4    #d3aj4 ,so the ,philistines   
fought1 and ,israel was overthrown1 and 
every  man fled to his own dwelling3 and
 there was an exceeding great           
slaughter2 for there fell of ,israel    
thirty thousand footmen4    #d3aa4 ,and 
the ark of ,god was taken3 and the two  
sons of ,heli1 ,ophni and  ,phinees1    
were slain4    #d3ab4 ,and there ran a  
man of ,benjamin out of the army1 and   
came to ,silo  the same day1 with his   
clothes rent1 and his head strewed with 
dust4    #d3ac4 ,and when he was come1  
,heli sat upon a stool over against the 
way1  watching4 ,for his heart was      
fearful for the ark of ,god4 ,and when  
the man  was come into the city1 he told
 it3 and all the city cried out4        

#d3ad4 ,and ,heli heard the noise of the
 cry1 and he said3 ,what meaneth the    
noise of this uproar8 ,but he made      
haste1 and came1 and told ,heli4        
#d3ae4 ,now ,heli was ninety and eight  
years old1 and his eyes were dim1  and  
he could not see4    #d3af4 ,and he said
 to ,heli3 ,i am he that came from the  
battle1 and have  fled out of the field 
this day4 ,and he said to him3 ,what is 
there done1  my son8    #d3ag4 ,and he  
that brought the news answered1 and     
said3 ,israel is fled  before the       
,philistines1 and there has been a great
 slaughter of the  people3 moreover thy 
two sons1 ,ophni and ,phinees1 are dead3
 and the ark  of ,god is taken4         
#d3ah4 ,and when he had named the ark of
 ,god1 he fell from his stool  backwards
 by the door1 and broke his neck and    
died4 ,for he was an old  man1 and far  
advanced in years3 ,and he judged       
,israel forty years4    ,named the ark1 
etc444 ,there is great reason1 by all   
these circumstances1  to hope that ,heli

 died in a state of grace2 and by his   
temporal  punishments escaped the       
eternal4    #d3ai4 ,and his daughter in 
law1 the wife of ,phinees1 was big with 
child1  and near her time3 and hearing  
the news that the ark of ,god was taken1
  and her father in law1 and her        
husband1 were dead1 she bowed herself   
and  fell in labour3 for her pains came 
upon her on a sudden4    #d3bj4 ,and    
when she was upon the point of death1   
they that stood about  her said to her3 
,fear not1 for thou hast borne a son4   
,she answered them  not1 nor gave heed  
to them4    #d3ba4 ,and she called the  
child ,ichabod1 saying3 ,the glory is   
gone from  ,israel1 because the ark of  
,god was taken1 and for her father in   
law1 and  for her husband3              
,ichabod444 ,that is1 ,where is the     
glory8 or1 there is no glory4 ,we see   
how much the ,israelites lamented the   
loss of the ark1 which was but the      
symbol of ,god's presence among them4   
,how much more ought ,christians to     

lament the loss of ,god himself1 when by
 sin they have driven him out of  their 
souls4    #d3bb4 ,and she said3 ,the    
glory is departed from ,israel1 because 
the ark  of ,god was taken4    #a ,kings
 ,chapter #e    ,dagon twice falleth    
down before the ark4 ,the ,philistines  
are grievously  afflicted1 wherever the 
ark cometh4    #e3a4 ,and the           
,philistines took the ark of ,god1 and  
carried it from the  ,stone of help into
 ,azotus4    #e3b4 ,and the ,philistines
 took the ark of ,god1 and brought it   
into the  temple of ,dagon1 and set it  
by ,dagon4    #e3c4 ,and when the       
,azotians arose early the next day1     
behold ,dagon lay  upon his face on the 
ground before the ark of the ,lord3 and 
they took  ,dagon1 and set him again in 
his place4    #e3d4 ,and the next day   
again1 when they rose in the morning1   
they found  ,dagon lying upon his face  
on the earth before the ark of the      
,lord3 and  the head of ,dagon1 and both
 the palms of his hands1 were cut off   

upon  the threshold3    #e3e4 ,and only 
the stump of ,dagon remained in its     
place4 ,for this cause  neither the     
priests of ,dagon1 nor any that go into 
the temple1 tread on  the threshold of  
,dagon in ,azotus unto this day4        
#e3f4 ,and the hand of the ,lord was    
heavy upon the ,azotians1 and he        
destroyed them1 and afflicted ,azotus   
and the coasts thereof with  emerods4   
,and in the villages and fields in the  
midst of that country1  there came forth
 a multitude of mice1 and there was the 
confusion of a  great mortality in the  
city4    #e3g4 ,and the men of ,azotus  
seeing this kind of plague1 said3 ,the  
ark of  the ,god of ,israel shall not   
stay with us3 for his hand is heavy upon
 us1  and upon ,dagon1 our god4    #e3h4
 ,and sending1 they gathered together   
all the lords of the  ,philistines to   
them1 and said3 ,what shall we do with  
the ark of the ,god  of ,israel8 ,and   
the ,gethites answered3 ,let the ark of 
the ,god of ,israel  be carried about4  

,and they carried the ark of the ,god of
 ,israel about4    #e3i4 ,and while they
 were carrying it about1 the hand of the
 ,lord came  upon every city with an    
exceeding great slaughter3 and he smote 
the men  of every city1 both small and  
great1 and they had emerods in their    
secret parts4 ,and the ,gethites        
consulted together1 and made themselves 
seats of skins4    #e3aj4 ,therefore    
they sent the ark of ,god into ,accaron4
 ,and when the ark  of ,god was come    
into ,accaron1 the ,accaronites cried   
out1 saying3 ,they  have brought the ark
 of the ,god of ,israel to us1 to kill  
us and our  people4    #e3aa4 ,they sent
 therefore1 and gathered together all   
the lords of the  ,philistines3 and they
 said3 ,send away the ark of the ,god of
 ,israel1 and  let it return into its   
own place1 and not kill us and our      
people4    #e3ab4 ,for there was the    
fear of death in every city1 and the    
hand of ,god  was exceeding heavy4 ,the 
men also that did not die1 were         

afflicted with  the emerods3 and the cry
 of every city went up to heaven4    #a 
,kings ,chapter #f    ,the ark is sent  
back to ,bethsames3 where many are slain
 for looking  through curiosity into it4
    #f3a4 ,now the ark of ,god was in   
the land of the ,philistines seven      
months4    #f3b4 ,and the ,philistines  
called for the priests and the diviners1
  saying3 ,what shall we do with the ark
 of the ,lord8 tell us how we are to    
send it back to its place4 ,and they    
said3    #f3c4 ,if you send back the ark
 of the ,god of ,israel1 send it not    
away  empty1 but render unto him what   
you owe for sin1 and then you shall be  
healed3 and you shall know why his hand 
departeth not from you4    #f3d4 ,they  
answered3 ,what is it we ought to render
 unto him for sin8 and  they answered3  
#f3e4 ,according to the number of the   
provinces of the ,philistines you  shall
 make five golden emerods1 and five     
golden mice3 for the same  plague hath  
been upon you all1 and upon your lords4 

,and you shall make  the likeness of    
your emerods1 and the likeness of the   
mice1 that have  destroyed the land1 and
 you shall give glory to the ,god of    
,israel3 to  see if he will take off his
 hand from you1 and from your gods1 and 
from  your land4    #f3f4 ,why do you   
harden your hearts1 as ,egypt and       
,pharao hardened their  hearts8 did not 
he1 after he was struck1 then let them  
go1 and they  departed8    #f3g4 ,now1  
therefore1 take and make a new cart3 and
 two kine that have  calved1 on which   
there hath come no yoke1 tie to the     
cart1 and shut up  their calves at home4
    #f3h4 ,and you shall take the ark of
 the ,lord1 and lay it on the cart1 and 
the vessels of gold1 which you have paid
 him for sin1 you shall put into  a     
little box at the side thereof3 and send
 it away1 that it may go4    #f3i4 ,and 
you shall look3 and if it go up by the  
way of his own coasts1  towards         
,bethsames1 then he hath done us this   
great evil3 but if not1 we  shall know  

that it is not his hand hath touched us1
 but it hath happened  by chance4       
#f3aj4 ,they did therefore in this      
manner3 and taking two kine1 that had   
sucking calves1 they yoked them to the  
cart1 and shut up their calves at  home4
    #f3aa4 ,and they laid the ark of    
,god upon the cart1 and the little box  
that had in it the golden mice1 and the 
likeness of the emerods4    #f3ab4 ,and 
the kine took the straight way1 that    
leadeth to ,bethsames1 and  they went   
along the way1 lowing as they went3 and 
turned not aside  neither to the right  
hand nor to the left3 and the lords of  
the  ,philistines followed them as far  
as the borders of ,bethsames4    #f3ac4 
,now the ,bethsamites were reaping wheat
 in the valley3 and lifting  up their   
eyes1 they saw the ark1 and rejoiced to 
see it4    #f3ad4 ,and the cart came    
into the field of ,josue1 a ,bethsamite1
 and stood  there4 ,and there was a     
great stone1 and they cut in pieces the 
wood of  the cart1 and laid the kine    

upon it a holocaust to the ,lord4       
#f3ae4 ,and the ,levites took down the  
ark of ,god1 and the little box that    
was at the side of it1 wherein were the 
vessels of gold1 and they put  them upon
 the great stone4 ,the men also of      
,bethsames offered holocausts1  and     
sacrificed victims that day to the      
,lord4    #f3af4 ,and the five princes  
of the ,philistines saw1 and they       
returned to  ,accaron the same day4     
#f3ag4 ,and these are the golden        
emerods1 which the ,philistines returned
  for sin to the ,lord3 ,for ,azotus    
one1 for ,gaza one1 for ,ascalon one1   
for  ,geth one1 for ,accaron one3       
#f3ah4 ,and the golden mice1 according  
to the number of the cities of the      
,philistines1 of the five provinces1    
from the fenced city to the village     
that was without wall1 and to the great 
,abel 7the stone7 whereon they  set down
 the ark of the ,lord1 which was till   
that day in the field of  ,josue the    
,bethsamite4    #f3ai4 ,but he slew of  

the men of ,bethsames1 because they had 
seen the ark  of the ,lord1 and he slew 
of the people seventy men1 and fifty    
thousand  of the common people4 ,and the
 people lamented1 because the ,lord had 
smitten the people with a great         
slaughter4    ,seen444 ,and curiously   
looked into4 ,it is likely this plague  
reached to  all the neighbouring        
country1 as well as the city of         
,bethsames4    #f3bj4 ,and the men of   
,bethsames said3 ,who shall be able to  
stand before  the ,lord this holy ,god8 
and to whom shall he go up from us8     
#f3ba4 ,and they sent messengers to the 
inhabitants of ,cariathiarim1  saying3  
,the ,philistines have brought back the 
ark of the ,lord1 come ye  down and     
fetch it up to you4    #a ,kings        
,chapter #g    ,the ark is brought to   
,cariathiarim4 ,by ,samuel's exhortation
 the people  cast away their idols and  
serve ,god alone4 ,the ,lord defeateth  
the  ,philistines1 while ,samuel        
offereth sacrifice4    #g3a4 ,and the   

men of ,cariathiarim came1 and fetched  
up the ark of the  ,lord1 and carried it
 into the house of ,abinadab1 in ,gabaa3
 and they  sanctified ,eleazar1 his son1
 to keep the ark of the ,lord4    ,in   
,gabaa444 ,that is1 on the hill1 for    
,gabaa signifieth a hill4    #g3b4 ,and 
it came to pass1 that from the day the  
ark of the ,lord abode in               
,cariathiarim1 days were multiplied 7for
 it was now the twentieth year7  and all
 the house of ,israel rested1 following 
the ,lord4    #g3c4 ,and ,samuel spoke  
to all the house of ,israel1 saying3 ,if
 you turn to  the ,lord with all your   
heart1 put away the strange gods from   
among you1  ,baalim and ,astaroth3 and  
prepare your hearts unto the ,lord1 and 
serve  him only1 and he will deliver you
 out of the hand of the ,philistines4   
#g3d4 ,then the children of ,israel put 
away ,baalim and ,astaroth1 and  served 
the ,lord only4    #g3e4 ,and ,samuel   
said3 ,gather all ,israel to ,masphath1 
that ,i may pray to  the ,lord for you4 

#g3f4 ,and they gathered together to    
,masphath1 and they drew water1 and     
poured it out before the ,lord1 and they
 fasted on that day1 and they  said     
there3 ,we have sinned against the      
,lord4 ,and ,samuel judged the  children
 of ,israel in ,masphath4    #g3g4 ,and 
the ,philistines heard that the children
 of ,israel were gathered  together to  
,masphath1 and the lords of the         
,philistines went up against  ,israel4  
,and when the children of ,israel heard 
this1 they were afraid of  the          
,philistines4    #g3h4 ,and they said to
 ,samuel3 ,cease not to cry to the ,lord
 our ,god for  us1 that he may save us  
out of the hand of the ,philistines4    
#g3i4 ,and ,samuel took a sucking lamb1 
and offered it whole for a  holocaust to
 the ,lord3 and ,samuel cried to the    
,lord for ,israel1 and the  ,lord heard 
him4    #g3aj4 ,and it came to pass1    
when ,samuel was offering the holocaust1
 the  ,philistines began the battle     
against ,israel3 but the ,lord thundered

 with  a great thunder on that day upon 
the ,philistines1 and terrified them1   
and they were overthrown before the face
 of ,israel4    #g3aa4 ,and the men of  
,israel going out of ,masphath1 pursued 
after the  ,philistines1 and made       
slaughter of them till they came under  
,bethchar4    #g3ab4 ,and ,samuel took a
 stone1 and laid it between ,masphath   
and ,sen3 and  he called the place ,the 
stone of help4 ,and he said3 ,thus far  
the ,lord  hath helped us4    #g3ac4    
,and the ,philistines were humbled1 and 
they did not come any more  into the    
borders of ,israel4 ,and the hand of the
 ,lord was against the  ,philistines1   
all the days of ,samuel4    #g3ad4 ,and 
the cities which the ,philistines had   
taken from ,israel1 were  restored to   
,israel1 from ,accaron to ,geth1 and    
their borders3 and he  delivered ,israel
 from the hand of the ,philistines1 and 
there was peace  between ,israel and the
 ,amorrhites4    #g3ae4 ,and ,samuel    
judged ,israel all the days of his life3

    #g3af4 ,and he went every year about
 to ,bethel and to ,galgal and to       
,masphath1 and he judged ,israel in the 
foresaid places4    #g3ag4 ,and he      
returned to ,ramatha3 for there was his 
house1 and there he  judged ,israel3 he 
built also there an altar to the ,lord4 
#a ,kings ,chapter #h    ,samuel growing
 old1 and his sons not walking in his   
ways1 the people  desire a king4        
#h3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,samuel
 was old1 that he appointed his  sons to
 be judges over ,israel4    #h3b4 ,now  
the name of his firstborn son was ,joel3
 and the name of the  second was ,abia1 
judges in ,bersabee4    #h3c4 ,and his  
sons walked not in his ways3 but they   
turned aside after  lucre1 and took     
bribes1 and perverted judgment4    #h3d4
 ,then all the ancients of ,israel being
 assembled came to ,samuel to  ,ramatha4
    #h3e4 ,and they said to him3 ,behold
 thou art old1 and thy sons walk not in 
thy ways3 make us a king1 to judge us1  
as all nations have4    #h3f4 ,and the  

word was displeasing in the eyes of     
,samuel1 that they  should say3 ,give us
 a king to judge us4 ,and ,samuel prayed
 to the ,lord4    #h3g4 ,and the ,lord  
said to ,samuel3 ,hearken to the voice  
of the people in  all that they say to  
thee4 ,for they have not rejected thee1 
but me1 that  ,i should not reign over  
them4    ,rejected1 etc444 ,the         
government of ,israel hitherto had been 
a theocracy1  in which ,god himself     
immediately ruled1 by laws which he had 
enacted1  and by judges extraordinarily 
raised up by himself2 and therefore he  
complains that his people rejected him1 
in desiring a change of  government4    
#h3h4 ,according to all their works1    
they have done from the day that ,i     
brought them out of ,egypt until this   
day3 as they have forsaken me1 and      
served strange gods1 so do they also    
unto thee4    #h3i4 ,now1 therefore1    
hearken to their voice3 but yet testify 
to them1  and foretell them the right of
 the king1 that shall reign over them4  

,the right444 ,that is1 the manner      
7misphat7 after which he shall proceed1 
having no one to control him1 when he   
has the power in his hand4    #h3aj4    
,then ,samuel told all the words of the 
,lord to the people that had  desired a 
king of him1    #h3aa4 ,and said3 ,this 
will be the right of the king that shall
 reign over  you3 ,he will take your    
sons1 and put them in his chariots1 and 
will make  them his horsemen1 and his   
running footmen1 to run before his      
chariots1    #h3ab4 ,and he will appoint
 of them to be his tribunes1 and his    
centurions1 and to plough his fields1   
and to reap his corn1 and to make  him  
arms and chariots4    #h3ac4 ,your      
daughters also he will take to make him 
ointments1 and to be  his cooks1 and    
bakers4    #h3ad4 ,and he will take your
 fields1 and your vineyards1 and your   
best  oliveyards1 and give them to his  
servants4    #h3ae4 ,moreover he will   
take the tenth of your corn1 and of the 
revenues  of your vineyards1 to give to 

his eunuchs and servants4    #h3af4     
,your servants also1 and handmaids1 and 
your goodliest young men1  and your     
asses1 he will take away1 and put them  
to his work4    #h3ag4 ,your flocks also
 he will tithe1 and you shall be his    
servants4    #h3ah4 ,and you shall cry  
out in that day from the face of the    
king1 whom  you have chosen to          
yourselves3 and the ,lord will not hear 
you in that  day1 because you desired   
unto yourselves a king4    #h3ai4 ,but  
the people would not hear the voice of  
,samuel1 and they said1  ,nay3 but there
 shall be a king over us1    #h3bj4 ,and
 we also will be like all nations3 and  
our king shall judge us1  and go out    
before us1 and fight our battles for us4
    #h3ba4 ,and ,samuel heard all the   
words of the people1 and rehearsed them 
in the ears of the ,lord4    #h3bb4 ,and
 the ,lord said to ,samuel3 ,hearken to 
their voice1 and make them  a king4 ,and
 ,samuel said to the men of ,israel3    
,let every man go to his  city4    #a   

,kings ,chapter #i    ,saul seeking his 
father's asses1 cometh to ,samuel1 by   
whom he is  entertained4    #i3a4 ,now  
there was a man of ,benjamin1 whose name
 was ,cis1 the son of  ,abiel1 the son  
of ,seror1 the son of ,bechorath1 the   
son of ,aphia1 the son  of a man of     
,jemini1 valiant and strong4    #i3b4   
,and he had a son whose name was ,saul1 
a choice and goodly man1 and  there was 
not among the children of ,israel a     
goodlier person than he3  from his      
shoulders and upward he appeared above  
all the people4    #i3c4 ,and the asses 
of ,cis1 ,saul's father1 were lost3 and 
,cis said to his  son ,saul3 ,take one  
of the servants with thee1 and arise1   
go1 and seek  the asses4 ,and when they 
had passed through ,mount ,ephraim1     
#i3d4 ,and through the land of ,salisa1 
and had not found them1 they passed     
also through the land of ,salim1 and    
they were not there3 and through the    
land of ,jemini1 and found them not4    
#i3e4 ,and when they were come to the   

land of ,suph1 ,saul said to the        
servant that was with him3 ,come1 let us
 return1 lest perhaps my father  forget 
the asses1 and be concerned for us4     
#i3f4 ,and he said to him3 ,behold there
 is a man of ,god in this city1 a       
famous man3 all that he saith1 cometh   
certainly to pass4 ,now1 therefore1  let
 us go thither1 perhaps he may tell us  
of our way1 for which we are  come4     
#i3g4 ,and ,saul said to his servant3   
,behold we will go3 but what shall we   
carry to the man of ,god8 the bread is  
spent in our bags3 and we have no       
present to make to the man of ,god1 nor 
any thing at all4    #i3h4 ,the servant 
answered ,saul again1 and said3 ,behold 
there is found in  my hand the fourth   
part of a sicle of silver1 let us give  
it to the man  of ,god1 that he may tell
 us our way4    #i3i4 ,now in time past 
in ,israel1 when a man went to consult  
,god1 he  spoke thus3 ,come1 let us go  
to the seer4 ,for he that is now called 
a  prophet1 in time past was called a   

seer4    ,seer444 ,because of his seeing
 by divine light hidden things and      
things  to come4    #i3aj4 ,and ,saul   
said to his servant3 ,thy word is very  
good1 come let us  go4 ,and they went   
into the city1 where the man of ,god    
was4    #i3aa4 ,and when they went up   
the ascent to the city1 they found maids
  coming out to draw water1 and they    
said to them3 ,is the seer here8        
#i3ab4 ,they answered and said to them3 
,he is3 behold he is before you1  make  
haste now3 for he came to day into the  
city1 for there is a  sacrifice of the  
people to day in the high place4    ,a  
sacrifice444 ,the law did not allow of  
sacrifices in any other place1  but at  
the tabernacle1 or temple1 in which the 
ark of the covenant was  kept2 but      
,samuel1 by divine dispensation1 offered
 sacrifices in other  places4 ,for which
 dispensation this reason may be        
alleged1 that the  house of ,god in     
,silo1 having lost the ark1 was now cast
 off2 as a figure  of the reprobation of

 the ,jews1 ,ps4 #gg4fj1 #fg4 ,and in   
,cariathiarim where  the ark was1 there 
was neither tabernacle1 nor             
altar4-,ibid4 ,the high  place444       
,excelsum4 ,the excelsa1 or high places1
 so often mentioned in  scripture1 were 
places of worship1 in which were altars 
for sacrifice4  ,these were sometimes   
employed in the service of the true     
,god1 as in the  present case3 but more 
frequently in the service of idols2 and 
were  called excelsa1 which is commonly 
7though perhaps not so accurately7      
rendered high places2 not because they  
were always upon hills1 for the  very   
worst of all1 which was that of         
,topheth1 or ,geennom1 7,jer4 #ai47 was 
in a valley2 but because of the high    
altars1 and pillars1 or monuments1      
erected there1 on which were set up the 
idols1 or images of their  deities4     
#i3ac4 ,as soon as you come into the    
city1 you shall immediately find him1   
before he go up to the high place to    
eat3 for the people will not eat  till  

he come2 because he blesseth the victim1
 and afterwards they eat  that are      
invited4 ,now1 therefore1 go up1 for to 
day you shall find him4    #i3ad4 ,and  
they went up into the city4 ,and when   
they were walking in the  midst of the  
city1 behold ,samuel was coming out over
 against them1 to go  up to the high    
place4    #i3ae4 ,now the ,lord had     
revealed to the ear of ,samuel the day  
before ,saul  came1 saying3    #i3af4   
,to morrow about this same hour ,i will 
send thee a man of the land  of         
,benjamin1 and thou shalt anoint him to 
be ruler over my people  ,israel3 and he
 shall save my people out of the hand of
 the ,philistines3  for ,i have looked  
down upon my people1 because their cry  
is come to me4    #i3ag4 ,and when      
,samuel saw ,saul1 the ,lord said to    
him3 ,behold the man1 of  whom ,i spoke 
to thee1 this man shall reign over my   
people4    #i3ah4 ,and ,saul came to    
,samuel in the midst of the gate1 and   
said3 ,tell  me1 ,i pray thee1 where is 

the house of the seer8    #i3ai4 ,and   
,samuel answered ,saul1 saying3 ,i am   
the seer2 go up before me  to the high  
place1 that you may eat with me to day1 
and ,i will let thee  go in the morning3
 and tell thee all that is in thy heart4
    #i3bj4 ,and as for the asses1 which 
were lost three days ago1 be not        
solicitous1 because they are found4 ,and
 for whom shall be all the best  things 
of ,israel8 ,shall they not be for thee 
and for all thy father's  house8        
#i3ba4 ,and ,saul answering1 said3 ,am  
not ,i a son of ,jemini of the least    
tribe of ,israel1 and my kindred the    
last among all the families of the      
tribe of ,benjamin8 ,why then hast thou 
spoken this word to me8    #i3bb4 ,then 
,samuel taking ,saul1 and his servant1  
brought them into the  parlour1 and gave
 them a place at the head of them that  
were invited4  ,for there were about    
thirty men4    #i3bc4 ,and ,samuel said 
to the cook3 ,bring the portion which ,i
 gave thee1  and commanded thee to set  

it apart by thee4    #i3bd4 ,and the    
cook took up the shoulder1 and set it   
before ,saul4 ,and  ,samuel said3       
,behold what is left1 set it before     
thee1 and eat2 because  it was kept of  
purpose for thee1 when ,i invited the   
people4 ,and ,saul ate  with ,samuel    
that day4    #i3be4 ,and they went down 
from the high place into the town1 and  
he spoke  with ,saul upon the top of the
 house3 and he prepared a bed for ,saul 
on  the top of the house and he slept4  
#i3bf4 ,and when they were risen in the 
morning1 and it began now to be  light1 
,samuel called ,saul on the top of the  
house1 saying3 ,arise1 that ,i  may let 
thee go4 ,and ,saul arose3 and they went
 out both of them3 to wit1  he and      
,samuel4    #i3bg4 ,and as they were    
going down in the end of the city1      
,samuel said to  ,saul3 ,speak to the   
servant to go before us1 and pass on3   
but stand thou  still a while1 that ,i  
may tell thee the word of the ,lord4    
#a ,kings ,chapter #aj    ,saul is      

anointed4 ,he prophesieth1 and is       
changed into another man4  ,samuel      
calleth the people together1 to make a  
king3 the lot falleth on  ,saul4        
#aj3a4 ,and ,samuel took a little vial  
of oil1 and poured it upon his head1    
and kissed him1 and said3 ,behold1 the  
,lord hath anointed thee to be  prince  
over his inheritance1 and thou shalt    
deliver his people out of  the hands of 
their enemies1 that are round about     
them4 ,and this shall be  a sign unto   
thee1 that ,god hath anointed thee to be
 prince4    #aj3b4 ,when thou shalt     
depart from me this day1 thou shalt find
 two men  by the sepulchre of ,rachel in
 the borders of ,benjamin to the south1 
and  they shall say to thee3 ,the asses 
are found which thou wentest to seek3   
and thy father1 thinking no more of the 
asses1 is concerned for you1 and  saith3
 ,what shall ,i do for my son8    #aj3c4
 ,and when thou shalt depart from       
thence1 and go farther on1 and  shalt   
come to the oak of ,thabor1 there shall 

meet thee three men going  up to ,god to
 ,bethel1 one carrying three kids1 and  
another three loaves  of bread1 and     
another carrying a bottle of wine4      
,bethel444 ,where there was at that time
 an altar of ,god2 it being one of  the 
places where ,samuel judged ,israel4    
#aj3d4 ,and they will salute thee1 and  
will give thee two loaves1 and thou     
shalt take them at their hand4    #aj3e4
 ,after that thou shalt come to the hill
 of ,god1 where the garrison  of the    
,philistines is3 and when thou shalt be 
come there into the city1  thou shalt   
meet a company of prophets coming down  
from the high place1  with a psaltery1  
and a timbrel1 and a pipe1 and a harp   
before them1 and  they shall be         
prophesying4    ,the hill of ,god444    
,gabaa1 in which there was also at that 
time1 a high  place or                  
altar4-,prophets444 ,these were men     
whose office it was to sing  hymns and  
praises to ,god2 for such in holy writ  
are called prophets1 and  their singing 

praises to ,god is called prophesying4  
,see #a ,par4 alias #a  ,chr4 #ae4bb1   
and #be4a4 ,now there were in those days
 colleges1 or shcools  for training up  
these prophets2 and it seems there was  
one of these  schools at this hill of   
,god2 and another at ,najoth in         
,ramatha4 ,see #a  ,kings #ai4bj1 #ba1  
etc4    #aj3f4 ,and the ,spirit of the  
,lord shall come upon thee1 and thou    
shalt  prophesy with them1 and shalt be 
changed into another man4    #aj3g4     
,when therefore these signs shall happen
 to thee1 do whatsoever thy  hand shall 
find1 for the ,lord is with thee4       
#aj3h4 ,and thou shalt go down before me
 to ,galgal1 7for ,i will come down  to 
thee71 that thou mayst offer an         
oblation1 and sacrifice victims of      
peace3 seven days shalt thou wait1 till 
,i come to thee1 and ,i will shew  thee 
what thou art to do4    ,galgal444 ,here
 also by dispensation was an altar of   
,god4    #aj3i4 ,so when he had turned  
his back to go from ,samuel1 ,god gave  

unto  him another heart1 and all these  
things came to pass that day4    #aj3aj 
,and they came to the foresaid hill1 and
 behold a company of  prophets met him3 
and the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon  
him1 and he  prophesied in the midst of 
them4    #aj3aa4 ,and all that had known
 him yesterday and the day before1      
seeing  tha the was with the prophets1  
and prophesied1 said to each other3     
,what  is this that hath happened to the
 son of ,cis8 is ,saul also among the   
prophets8    #aj3ab4 ,and one answered  
another1 saying3 ,and who is their      
father8  therefore it became a proverb3 
,is ,saul also among the prophets8      
,their father444 ,that is1 their        
teacher1 or superior4 ,as much as to    
say1  ,who could bring about such a     
wonderful change as to make ,saul a     
prophet8    #aj3ac4 ,and when he had    
made an end of prophesying1 he came to  
the high  place4    #aj3ad4 ,and ,saul's
 uncle said to him1 and to his servant3 
,whither went  you8 ,they answered3 ,to 

seek the asses3 and not finding them1 we
 went to  ,samuel4    #aj3ae4 ,and his  
uncle said to him3 ,tell me what ,samuel
 said to thee4    #aj3af4 ,and ,saul    
said to his uncle3 ,he told us that the 
asses were found4  ,but of the matter of
 the kingdom of which ,samuel had spoken
 to him1 he  told him not4    #aj3ag4   
,and ,samuel called together the people 
to the ,lord in ,maspha3    #aj3ah4 ,and
 he said to the children of ,israel3    
,thus saith the ,lord the  ,god of      
,israel3 ,i brought up ,israel out of   
,egypt1 and delivered you from  the hand
 of the ,egyptians1 and from the hand of
 all the kings who  afflicted you4      
#aj3ai4 ,but you this day have rejected 
your ,god1 who only hath saved you  out 
of all your evils and your tribulations3
 and you have said3 ,nay3 but  set a    
king over us4 ,now therefore stand      
before the ,lord by your tribes1  and by
 your families4    #aj3bj4 ,and ,samuel 
brought to him all the tribes of        
,israel1 and the lot  fell on the tribe 

of ,benjamin4    #aj3ba4 ,and he brought
 the tribe of ,benjamin and the kindreds
 thereof1  and the lot fell upon the    
kindred of ,metri1 and it came to ,saul1
 the son  of ,cis4 ,they sought him     
therefore1 and he was not found4        
#aj3bb4 ,and after this they consulted  
the ,lord whether he would come         
thither4 ,and the ,lord answered3       
,behold he is hidden at home4    #aj3bc4
 ,and they ran and fetched him thence3  
and he stood in the midst of  the       
people1 and he was higher than any of   
the people from the shoulders  and      
upward4    #aj3bd4 ,and ,samuel said to 
all the people3 ,surely you see him whom
 the  ,lord hath chosen1 that there is  
none like him among all the people4 ,and
  all the people cried and said3 ,god   
save the king4    #aj3be4 ,and ,samuel  
told the people the law of the kingdom1 
and wrote it  in a book1 and laid it up 
before the ,lord3 and ,samuel sent away 
all the  people1 every one to his own   
house4    #aj3bf4 ,saul also departed to

 his own house in ,gabaa3 and there went
 with  him a part of the army1 whose    
hearts ,god had touched4    #aj3bg4 ,but
 the children of ,belial said3 ,shall   
this fellow be able to  save us8 ,and   
they despised him1 and brought him no   
presents2 but he  dissembled as though  
he heard not4    #a ,kings ,chapter #aa 
,saul defeateth the ,ammonites1 and     
delivereth ,jabes ,galaad4    #aa3a4    
,and it came to pass about a month after
 this1 that ,naas1 the  ,ammonite1 came 
up1 and began to fight against ,jabes   
,galaad4 ,and all the  men of ,jabes    
said to ,naas3 ,make a covenant with us1
 and we will serve  thee4    #aa3b4 ,and
 ,naas1 the ,ammonite1 answered them3   
,on this condition will ,i  make a      
covenant with you1 that ,i may pluck out
 all your right eyes1 and  make you a   
reproach in all ,israel4    #aa3c4 ,and 
the ancients of ,jabes said to him3     
,allow us seven days1 that  we may send 
messengers to all the coasts of ,israel3
 and if there be no  one to defend us1  

we will come out to thee4    #aa3d4 ,the
 messengers therefore came to ,gabaa of 
,saul3 and they spoke  these words in   
the hearing of the people3 and all the  
people lifted up  their voices1 and     
wept4    #aa3e4 ,and behold ,saul came1 
following oxen out of the field1 and he 
said3 ,what aileth the people that they 
weep8 ,and they told him the words  of  
the men of ,jabes4    #aa3f4 ,and the   
,spirit of the ,lord came upon ,saul1   
when he had heard these  words1 and his 
anger was exceedingly kindled4    #aa3g4
 ,and taking both the oxen1 he cut them 
in pieces1 and sent them  into all the  
coasts of ,israel1 by messengers1       
saying3 ,whosoever shall  not come      
forth1 and follow ,saul and ,samuel1 so 
shall it be done to his  oxen4 ,and the 
fear of the ,lord fell upon the people1 
and they went out  as one man4    #aa3h4
 ,and he numbered them in ,bezec3 and   
there were of the children of  ,israel  
three hundred thousand3 and of the men  
of ,juda thirty thousand4    #aa3i4 ,and

 they said to the messengers that came3 
,thus shall you say to  the men of      
,jabes ,galaad3 ,to morrow1 when the sun
 shall be hot1 you shall  have relief4  
,the messengers therefore came1 and told
 the men of ,jabes1  and they were glad4
    #aa3aj4 ,and they said3 ,in the     
morning we will come out to you3 and you
  shall do what you please with us4     
#aa3aa4 ,and it came to pass1 when the  
morrow was come1 that ,saul put the     
people in three companies3 and he came  
into the midst of the camp in the       
morning watch1 and he slew the          
,ammonites until the day grew hot1 and  
the  rest were scattered1 so that two of
 them were not left together4    #aa3ab4
 ,and the people said to ,samuel3 ,who  
is he that said3 ,shall ,saul  reign    
over us8 ,bring the men1 and we will    
kill them4    #aa3ac4 ,and ,saul said3  
,no man shall be killed this day3       
because the ,lord  this day hath wrought
 salvation in ,israel3    #aa3ad4 ,and  
,samuel said to the people3 ,come1 and  

let us go to ,galgal1 and  let us renew 
the kingdom there4    #aa3ae4 ,and all  
the people went to ,galgal1 and there   
they made ,saul king1  before the ,lord 
in ,galgal1 and they sacrificed there   
victims of peace  before the ,lord4 ,and
 there ,saul and all the men of ,israel 
rejoiced  exceedingly4    #a ,kings     
,chapter #ab    ,samuel's integrity is  
acknowledged4 ,god sheweth by a sign    
from heaven  that they had done ill in  
asking for a king4    #ab3a4 ,and       
,samuel said to all ,israel3 ,behold ,i 
have hearkened to your  voice in all    
that you said to me1 and have made a    
king over you4    #ab3b4 ,and now the   
king goeth before you3 but ,i am old and
 greyheaded3  and my sons are with you3 
having then conversed with you from my  
youth  until this day1 behold here ,i   
am4    #ab3c4 ,speak of me before the   
,lord1 and before his anointed1 whether 
,i  have taken any man's ox1 or ass3 if 
,i have wronged any man1 if ,i have     
oppressed any man1 if ,i have taken a   

bribe at any man's hand3 and ,i will    
despise it this day1 and will restore it
 to you4    #ab3d4 ,and they said3 ,thou
 hast not wronged us1 nor oppressed us1 
nor  taken ought at any man's hand4     
#ab3e4 ,and he said to them3 ,the ,lord 
is witness against you1 and his         
anointed is witness this day1 that you  
have not found any thing in my  hand4   
,and they said3 ,he is witness4         
#ab3f4 ,and ,samuel said to the people3 
,it is the ,lord who made ,moses and    
,aaron1 and brought our fathers out of  
the land of ,egypt4    #ab3g4 ,now1     
therefore1 stand up1 that ,i may plead  
in judgment against you  before the     
,lord1 concerning all the kindness of   
the ,lord1 which he hath  shewn to you1 
and to your fathers3    #ab3h4 ,how     
,jacob went into ,egypt1 and your       
fathers cried to the ,lord3 and  the    
,lord sent ,moses and ,aaron1 and       
brought your fathers out of ,egypt1  and
 made them dwell in this place4         
#ab3i4 ,and they forgot the ,lord their 

,god1 and he delivered them into the    
hands of ,sisara1 captain of the army of
 ,hasor1 and into the hands of the      
,philistines1 and into the hand of the  
king of ,moab1 and they fought  against 
them4    #ab3aj ,but afterwards they    
cried to the ,lord1 and said3 ,we have  
sinned1  because we have forsaken the   
,lord1 and have served ,baalim and      
,astaroth3  but now deliver us from the 
hand of our enemies1 and we will serve  
thee4    #ab3aa4 ,and the ,lord sent    
,jerobaal1 and ,badan1 and ,jephte1 and 
,samuel1  and delivered you from the    
hand of your enemies round about1 and   
you  dwelt securely4    ,jerobaal and   
,badan444 ,that is1 ,gedeon and ,samson 
called here ,badan or  ,bedan1 because  
he was of ,dan4    #ab3ab4 ,but seeing  
that ,naas1 king of the children of     
,ammon1 was come  against you1 you said 
to me3 ,nay1 but a king shall reign over
 us3  whereas the ,lord your ,god was   
your king4    #ab3ac4 ,now1 therefore1  
your king is here1 whom you have chosen 

and  desired3 ,behold the ,lord hath    
given you a king4    #ab3ad4 ,if you    
will fear the ,lord1 and serve him1 and 
hearken to his  voice1 and not provoke  
the mouth of the ,lord3 then shall both 
you1 and  the king who reigneth over    
you1 be followers of the ,lord your     
,god4    #ab3ae4 ,but if you will not   
hearken to the voice of the ,lord1 but  
will  rebel against his words1 the hand 
of the ,lord shall be upon you1 and     
upon your fathers4    #ab3af4 ,now then 
stand1 and see this great thing which   
the ,lord will do  in your sight4       
#ab3ag4 ,is it not wheat harvest to day8
 ,i will call upon the ,lord1 and he    
shall send thunder and rain3 and you    
shall know1 and see that you  yourselves
 have done a great evil in the sight of 
the ,lord1 in desiring  a king over you4
    ,wheat harvest444 ,at which time of 
the year1 it never thunders or rains  in
 those countries4    #ab3ah4 ,and       
,samuel cried unto the ,lord1 and the   
,lord sent thunder and  rain that day4  

#ab3ai4 ,and all the people greatly     
feared the ,lord and ,samuel4 ,and all  
the people said to ,samuel3 ,pray for   
thy servants to the ,lord thy ,god1     
that we may not die1 for we have added  
to all our sins this evil1 to ask  for a
 king4    #ab3bj4 ,and ,samuel said to  
the people3 ,fear not1 you have done all
 this  evil3 but yet depart not from    
following the ,lord1 but serve the ,lord
  with all your heart4    #ab3ba4 ,and  
turn not aside after vain things1 which 
shall never profit  you1 nor deliver    
you1 because they are vain4    #ab3bb4  
,and the ,lord will not forsake his     
people for his great name's  sake3      
because the ,lord hath sworn to make you
 his people4    #ab3bc4 ,and far from me
 be this sin against the ,lord1 that ,i 
should cease  to pray for you3 and ,i   
will teach you the good and right way4  
#ab3bd4 ,therefore fear the ,lord1 and  
serve him in truth1 and with your  whole
 heart1 for you have seen the great     
works which he hath done among  you4    

#ab3be4 ,but if you will still do       
wickedly3 both you and your king shall  
perish together4    #a ,kings ,chapter  
#ac    ,the war between ,saul and the   
,philistines4 ,the distress of the      
,israelites4 ,saul offereth sacrifice   
before the coming of ,samuel3 for  which
 he is reproved4    #ac3a4 ,saul was a  
child of one year when he began to      
reign1 and he  reigned two years over   
,israel4    ,of one year444 ,that is1 he
 was good and like an innocent child1   
and for  two years continued in that    
innocency4    #ac3b4 ,and ,saul chose   
him three thousand men of ,israel3 and  
two thousand  were with ,saul in        
,machmas1 and in mount ,bethel3 and a   
thousand with  ,jonathan in ,gabaa of   
,benjamin3 and the rest of the people he
 sent back  every man to their          
dwellings4    #ac3c4 ,and ,jonathan     
smote the garrison of the ,philistines  
which was in  ,gabaa4 ,and when the     
,philistines had heard of it1 ,saul     
sounded the  trumpet over all the land1 

saying3 ,let the ,hebrews hear4         
#ac3d4 ,and all ,israel heard this      
report3 ,saul hath smitten the garrison 
of the ,philistines3 and ,israel took   
courageagainst the ,philistines4 ,and   
the people were called together after   
,saul to ,galgal4    #ac3e4 ,the        
,philistines also were assembled to     
fight against ,israel1  thirty thousand 
chariots1 and six thousand horsemen1 and
 a multitude of  people besides1 like   
the sand on the seashore for number4    
,and going up  they camped in ,machmas1 
at the east of ,bethaven4    #ac3f4 ,and
 when the men of ,israel saw that they  
were straitened 7for the  people were   
distressed71 they hid themselves in     
caves1 and in thickets1  and in rocks1  
and in dens1 and in pits4    #ac3g4 ,and
 some of the ,hebrews passed over the   
,jordan into the land of  ,gad and      
,galaad4 ,and when ,saul was yet in     
,galgal1 all the people that  followed  
him were greatly afraid4    #ac3h4 ,and 
he waited seven days1 according to the  

appointment of ,samuel1  and ,samuel    
came not to ,galgal1 and the people     
slipt away from him4    #ac3i4 ,then    
,saul said3 ,bring me the holocaust1 and
 the peace offerings4  ,and he offered  
the holocaust4    #ac3aj4 ,and when he  
had made an end of offering the         
holocaust1 behold  ,samuel came3 and    
,saul went forth to meet him and salute 
him4    #ac3aa4 ,and ,samuel said to    
him3 ,what hast thou done8 ,saul        
answered3  ,because ,i saw that the     
people slipt from me1 and thou wast not 
come  according to the days appointed1  
and the ,philistines were gathered      
together in ,machmas1    #ac3ab4 ,i     
said3 ,now will the ,philistines come   
down upon me to ,galgal1 and  ,i have   
not appeased the face of the ,lord4     
,forced by necessity1 ,i offered  the   
holocaust4    #ac3ac4 ,and ,samuel said 
to ,saul3 ,thou hast done foolishly1 and
 hast not  kept the commandments of the 
,lord thy ,god1 which he commanded thee4
 ,and  if thou hadst not done thus1 the 

,lord would now have established thy    
kingdom over ,israel for ever3          
#ac3ad4 ,but thy kingdom shall not      
continue4 ,the ,lord hath sought him a  
man according to his own heart3 and him 
hath the ,lord commanded to be  prince  
over his people1 because thou hast not  
observed that which the  ,lord          
commanded4    #ac3ae4 ,and ,samuel arose
 and went up from ,galgal to ,gabaa of  
,benjamin4  ,and the rest of the people 
went up after ,saul1 to meet the people 
who  fought against them1 going from    
,galgal to ,gabaa1 in the hill of       
,benjamin4 ,and ,saul numbered the      
people1 that were found with him1 about 
six hundred men4    #ac3af4 ,and ,saul1 
and ,jonathan his son1 and the people   
that were present  with them1 were in   
,gabaa of ,benjamin3 ,but the           
,philistines encamped in  ,machmas4     
#ac3ag4 ,and there went out of the camp 
of the ,philistines three companies  to 
plunder4 ,one company went towards the  
way of ,ephra to the land of  ,sual2    

#ac3ah4 ,and another went by the way of 
,bethoron1 and the third turned to  the 
way of the border1 above the valley of  
,seboim towards the desert4    #ac3ai4  
,now there was no smith to be found in  
all the land of ,israel1 for  the       
,philistines had taken this precaution1 
lest the ,hebrews should make  them     
swords or spears4    #ac3bj4 ,so all    
,israel went down to the ,philistines1  
to sharpen every man  his ploughshare1  
and his spade1 and his axe1 and his     
rake4    #ac3ba4 ,so that their shares1 
and their spades1 and their forks1 and  
their axes1 were blunt1 even to the     
goad1 which was to be mended4    #ac3bb4
 ,and when the day of battle was come1  
there was neither sword nor  spear found
 in the hand of any of the people that  
were with ,saul and  ,jonathan1 except  
,saul and ,jonathan his son4    #ac3bc4 
,and the army of the ,philistines went  
out in order to advance  further in     
,machmas4    #a ,kings ,chapter #ad     
,jonathan attacketh the ,philistines4 ,a

 miraculous victory4 ,saul's  unadvised 
oath1 by which ,jonathan is put in      
danger of his life1 but is  delivered by
 the people4    #ad3a4 ,now it came to  
pass one day that ,jonathan1 the son of 
,saul1 said  to the young man that bore 
his armour3 ,come1 and let us go over to
 the  garrison of the ,philistines1     
which is on the other side of yonder    
place4  ,but he told not this to his    
father4    #ad3b4 ,and ,saul abode in   
the uttermost part of ,gabaa1 under the 
pomegranate tree1 which was in ,magron3 
and the people with him were  about six 
hundred men4    #ad3c4 ,and ,achias1 the
 son of ,achitob1 brother of ,ichabod   
the son of  ,phinees1 the son of ,heli1 
the priest of the ,lord in ,silo1 wore  
the  ephod4 ,and the people knew not    
whither ,jonathan was gone4    #ad3d4   
,now there were between the ascents1 by 
which ,jonathan sought to go  over to   
the garrison of the ,philistines1 rocks 
standing up on both  sides1 and steep   
cliffs like teeth on the one side1 and  

on the other1  the name of the one was  
,boses1 and the name of the other was   
,sene3    #ad3e4 ,one rock stood out    
toward the north1 over against ,machmas1
 and the  other to the south1 over      
against ,gabaa4    #ad3f4 ,and ,jonathan
 said to the young man that bore his    
armour3 ,come1 let  us go over to the   
garrison of these uncircumcised1 it may 
be the ,lord  will do for us3 because it
 is easy for the ,lord to save either by
 many1  or by few4    #ad3g4 ,and his   
armourbearer said to him3 ,do all that  
pleaseth thy mind3  go whither thou     
wilt1 and ,i will be with thee          
wheresoever thou hast a  mind4    #ad3h4
 ,and ,jonathan said3 ,behold we will go
 over to these men4 ,and when  we shall 
be seen by them1    #ad3i4 ,if they     
shall speak thus to us3 ,stay till we   
come to you3 let us  stand still in our 
place1 and not go up to them4    #ad3aj4
 ,but if they shall say3 ,come up to us3
 let us go up1 because the  ,lord hath  
delivered them into our hands1 this     

shall be a sign unto us4    ,this shall 
be a sign444 ,it is likely ,jonathan was
 instructed by divine  inspiration to   
make a choice of this sign3 otherwise   
the observation of  omens is            
superstitious and sinful4    #ad3aa4 ,so
 both of them discovered themselves to  
the garrison of the  ,philistines3 and  
the ,philistines said3 ,behold the      
,hebrews come forth out  of the holes   
wherein they were hid4    #ad3ab4 ,and  
the men of the garrison spoke to        
,jonathan1 and to his  armourbearer1 and
 said3 ,come up to us1 and we will shew 
you a thing4 ,and  ,jonathan said to his
 armourbearer3 ,let us go up1 follow me3
 for the ,lord  hath delivered them into
 the hands of ,israel4    #ad3ac4 ,and  
,jonathan went up creeping on his hands 
and feet1 and his  armourbearer after   
him4 ,and some fell before ,jonathan1   
others his  armourbearer slew as he     
followed him4    #ad3ad4 ,and the first 
slaughter which ,jonathan and his       
armourbearer made1  was of about twenty 

men1 within half an acre of land1 which 
a yoke of  oxen is wont to plough in a  
day4    #ad3ae4 ,and there was a miracle
 in the camp1 in the fields3 and all the
  people of their garrison1 who had gone
 out to plunder1 were amazed1 and  the  
earth trembled3 and it happened as a    
miracle from ,god4    #ad3af4 ,and the  
watchmen of ,saul1 who were in ,gabaa of
 ,benjamin looked1  and behold a        
multitude overthrown1 and fleeing this  
way and that4    #ad3ag4 ,and ,saul said
 to the people that were with him3      
,look1 and see who  is gone from us4    
,and when they had sought1 it was found 
that ,jonathan  and his armourbearer    
were not there4    #ad3ah4 ,and ,saul   
said to ,achias3 ,bring the ark of the  
,lord4 7,for the ark  of ,god was there 
that day with the children of ,israel47 
#ad3ai4 ,and while ,saul spoke to the   
priest1 there arose a great uproar in   
the camp of the ,philistines3 and it    
increased by degrees1 and was heard     
more clearly4 ,and ,saul said to the    

priest3 ,draw in thy hand4    #ad3bj4   
,then ,saul1 and all the people that    
were with him1 shouted  together1 and   
they came to the place of the fight3 and
 behold every  man's sword was turned   
upon his neighbour1 and there was a very
 great  slaughter4    #ad3ba4 ,moreover1
 the ,hebrews that had been with the    
,philistines  yesterday and the day     
before1 and went up with them into the  
camp1  returned to be with the          
,israelites1 who were with ,saul and    
,jonathan4    #ad3bb4 ,and all the      
,israelites that had hid themselves in  
mount ,ephraim1  hearing that the       
,philistines fled1 joined themselves    
with their  countrymen in the fight4    
,and there were with ,saul about ten    
thousand  men4    #ad3bc4 ,and the ,lord
 saved ,israel that day4 ,and the fight 
went on as far  as ,bethaven4    #ad3bd4
 ,and the men of ,israel were joined    
together that day3 and ,saul  adjured   
the people1 saying3 ,cursed be the man  
that shall eat food till  evening1 till 

,i be revenged of my enemies4 ,so none  
of the people tasted  any food4         
#ad3be4 ,and all the common people came 
into a forest1 in which there was  honey
 upon the ground4    #ad3bf4 ,and when  
the people came into the forest1 behold 
the honey  dropped1 but no man put his  
hand to his mouth4 ,for the people      
feared the  oath4    #ad3bg4 ,but       
,jonathan had not heard when his father 
adjured the people3  and he put forth   
the end of the rod1 which he had in his 
hand1 and dipt  it in a honeycomb3 and  
he carried his hand to his mouth1 and   
his eyes  were enlightened4    #ad3bh4  
,and one of the people answering1 said3 
,thy father hath bound the  people with 
an oath1 saying3 ,cursed be the man that
 shall eat any food  this day4 7,and the
 people were faint47    #ad3bi4 ,and    
,jonathan said3 ,my father hath troubled
 the land3 you have  seen yourselves    
that my eyes are enlightened1 because ,i
 tasted a little  of this honey3        
#ad3cj4 ,how much more if the people had

 eaten of the prey of their  enemies1   
which they found8 had there not been    
made a greater slaughter  among the     
,philistines8    #ad3ca4 ,so they smote 
that day the ,philistines1 from ,machmas
 to ,aialon4  ,and the people were      
wearied exceedingly4    #ad3cb4 ,and    
falling upon the spoils1 they took      
sheep1 and oxen1 and  calves1 and slew  
them on the ground3 and the people ate  
them with the  blood4    #ad3cc4 ,and   
they told ,saul that the people had     
sinned against the ,lord1  eating with  
the blood4 ,and he said3 ,you have      
transgressed3 roll here to  me now a    
great stone4    #ad3cd4 ,and ,saul said3
 ,disperse yourselves among the people1 
and tell  them to bring me every man his
 ox and his ram and slay them upon this 
stone1 and eat1 and you shall not sin   
against the ,lord1 in eating with  the  
blood4 ,so all the people brought every 
man his ox with him till the  night3 and
 slew them there4    #ad3ce4 ,and ,saul 
built an altar to the ,lord3 and he then

 first began to  build an altar to the  
,lord4    #ad3cf4 ,and ,saul said3 ,let 
us fall upon the ,philistines by night1 
and  destroy them till the morning      
light1 and let us not leave a man of    
them4  ,and the people said3 ,do all    
that seemeth good in thy eyes4 ,and the 
priest said3 ,let us draw near hither   
unto ,god4    #ad3cg4 ,and ,saul        
consulted the ,lord3 ,shall ,i pursue   
after the  ,philistines8 wilt thou      
deliver them into the hands of ,israel8 
,and he  answered him not that day4     
#ad3ch4 ,and ,saul said3 ,bring hither  
all the corners of the people3 and      
know1 and see by whom this sin hath     
happened to day4    #ad3ci4 ,as the     
,lord liveth1 who is the ,saviour of    
,israel1 if it was done  by ,jonathan1  
my son1 he shall surely die4 ,in this   
none of the people  gainsayed him4      
#ad3dj4 ,and he said to all ,israel3 ,be
 you on one side and ,i1 with           
,jonathan1 my son1 will be on the other 
side4 ,and the people answered  ,saul3  

,do what seemeth good in thy eyes4      
#ad3da4 ,and ,saul said to the ,lord3 ,o
 ,lord ,god of ,israel1 give a sign1 by 
which we may know1 what the meaning is1 
that thou answerest not thy  servant to 
day3 ,if this iniquity be in me1 or in  
my son ,jonathan1 give a  proof3 or if  
this iniquity be in thy people1 give    
holiness4 ,and ,jonathan  and ,saul were
 taken1 and the people escaped4         
#ad3db4 ,and ,saul said3 ,cast lots     
between me1 and ,jonathan1 my son4 ,and 
,jonathan was taken4    ,jonathan was   
taken444 ,though ,jonathan was excused  
from sin1 through  ignorance of the     
prohibition1 yet ,god was pleased on    
this occasion to  let the lot fall upon 
him1 to shew unto all the great         
obligation of  obedience to princes and 
parents4    #ad3dc4 ,and ,saul said to  
,jonathan3 ,tell me what thou hast done4
 ,and  ,jonathan told him1 and said3 ,i 
did but taste a little honey with the   
end  of the rod1 which was in my hand1  
and behold ,i must die4    #ad3dd4 ,and 

,saul said3 ,may ,god do so and so to   
me1 and add still more3  for dying thou 
shalt die1 ,o ,jonathan4    #ad3de4 ,and
 the people said to ,saul3 ,shall       
,jonathan then die1 who hath  wrought   
this great salvation in ,israel8 this   
must not be3 ,as the ,lord  liveth1     
there shall not one hair of his head    
fall to the ground1 for he  hath wrought
 with ,god this day4 ,so the people     
delivered ,jonathan1 that  he should not
 die4    #ad3df4 ,and ,saul went back1  
and did not pursue after the            
,philistines3 and  the ,philistines went
 to their own places4    #ad3dg4 ,and   
,saul having his kingdom established    
over ,israel1 fought  against all his   
enemies round about1 against ,moab1 and 
against the  children of ,ammon1 and    
,edom1 and the kings of ,soba1 and the  
,philistines3  and whithersoever he     
turned himself1 he overcame4    #ad3dh4 
,and gathering together an army1 he     
defeated ,amalec1 and delivered  ,israel
 from the hand of them that spoiled     

them4    #ad3di4 ,and the sons of ,saul1
 were ,jonathan1 and ,jessui1 and       
,melchisua3  and the names of his two   
daughters1 the name of the firstborn was
 ,merob1  and the name of the younger   
,michol4    #ad3ej4 ,and the name of    
,saul's wife was ,achinoam1 the daughter
 of  ,achimaas2 and the name of the     
captain of his army was ,abner1 the son 
of  ,ner1 the cousin german of ,saul4   
#ad3ea4 ,for ,cis was the father of     
,saul1 and ,ner1 the father of ,abner1  
was  son of ,abiel4    #ad3eb4 ,and     
there was a great war against the       
,philistines all the days of  ,saul4    
,for whomsoever ,saul saw to be a       
valiant man1 and fit for war1 he  took  
him to himself4    #a ,kings ,chapter   
#ae    ,saul is sent to destroy ,amalec3
 he spareth their king and the best of  
their cattle3 for which disobedience he 
is cast off by the ,lord4    #ae3a4 ,and
 ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,the ,lord sent 
me to anoint thee king over  his people 
,israel3 now therefore hearken thou unto

 the voice of the  ,lord3    #ae3b4     
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,i have 
reckoned up all that ,amalec  hath done 
to ,israel3 how he opposed them in the  
way when they came up  out of ,egypt4   
#ae3c4 ,now therefore go1 and smite     
,amalec1 and utterly destroy all that   
he hath3 spare him not1 nor covet       
anything that is his3 but slay both  man
 and woman1 child and suckling1 ox and  
sheep1 camel and ass4    ,child444 ,the 
great ,master of life and death 7who    
cuts off one half of  all mankind whilst
 they are children7 has been pleased    
sometimes to  ordain that children      
should be put to the sword1 in          
detestation of the  crimes of their     
parents1 and that they might not live to
 follow the same  wicked ways4 ,but     
without such ordinance of ,god it is not
 allowable1 in  any wars1 how just      
soever1 to kill children4    #ae3d4 ,so 
,saul commanded the people1 and numbered
 them as lambs3 two  hundred thousand   
footmen1 and ten thousand of the men of 

,juda4    #ae3e4 ,and when ,saul was    
come to the city of ,amalec1 he laid    
ambushes in  the torrent4    #ae3f4 ,and
 ,saul said to the ,cinite3 ,go1 depart1
 and get ye down from  ,amalec3 lest ,i 
destroy thee with him4 ,for thou hast   
shewn kindness to  all the children of  
,israel1 when they came up out of       
,egypt4 ,and the  ,cinite departed from 
the midst of ,amalec4    #ae3g4 ,and    
,saul smote ,amalec from ,hevila1 until 
thou comest to ,sur1 which  is over     
against ,egypt4    #ae3h4 ,and he took  
,agag1 the king of ,amalec1 alive3 but  
all the common  people he slew with the 
edge of the sword4    #ae3i4 ,and ,saul 
and the people spared ,agag1 and the    
best of the flocks of  sheep1 and of the
 herds1 and the garments and the rams1  
and all that was  beautiful1 and would  
not destroy them3 but every thing that  
was vile1  and good for nothing1 that   
they destroyed4    #ae3aj4 ,and the word
 of the ,lord came to ,samuel1          
#ae3aa4 ,it repenteth me that ,i have   

made ,saul king3 for he hath forsaken   
me1 and hath not executed my            
commandments4 ,and ,samuel was grieved1 
and  he cried unto the ,lord all night4 
#ae3ab4 ,and when ,samuel rose early1 to
 go to ,saul in the morning1 it was     
told ,samuel that ,saul was come to     
,carmel1 and had erected for himself a  
triumphant arch1 and returning had      
passed on1 and gone down to ,galgal4    
,and ,samuel came to ,saul1 and ,saul   
was offering a holocaust to the ,lord1  
out of the choicest of the spoils1 which
 he had brought from ,amalec4    #ae3ac4
 ,and when ,samuel was come to ,saul1   
,saul said to him3 ,blessed be  thou of 
the ,lord1 ,i have fulfilled the word of
 the ,lord4    #ae3ad4 ,and ,samuel     
said3 ,what meaneth then this bleating  
of the flocks1  which soundeth in my    
ears1 and the lowing of the herds1 which
 ,i hear8    #ae3ae4 ,and ,saul said3   
,they have brought them from ,amalec3   
for the people  spared the best of the  
sheep and of the herds1 that they might 

be  sacrificed to the ,lord thy ,god1   
but the rest we have slain4    #ae3af4  
,and ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,suffer me1 
and ,i will tell thee what the  ,lord   
hath said to me this night4 ,and he said
 to him3 ,speak4    #ae3ag4 ,and ,samuel
 said3 ,when thou wast a little one in  
thy own eyes1  wast thou not made the   
head of the tribes of ,israel8 ,and the 
,lord  anointed thee to be king over    
,israel4    #ae3ah4 ,and the ,lord sent 
thee on the way1 and said3 ,go1 and kill
 the  sinners of ,amalec1 and thou shalt
 fight against them until thou hast     
utterly destroyed them4    #ae3ai4 ,why 
then didst thou not hearken to the voice
 of the ,lord3 but  hast turned to the  
prey1 and hast done evil in the eyes of 
the ,lord8    #ae3bj4 ,and ,saul said to
 ,samuel3 ,yea1 ,i have hearkened to the
 voice of  the ,lord1 and have walked in
 the way by which the ,lord sent me1 and
 have  brought ,agag1 the king of       
,amalec1 and ,amalec ,i have slain4     
#ae3ba4 ,but the people took of the     

spoils1 sheep and oxen1 as the          
firstfruits of those things that were   
slain1 to offer sacrifice to the  ,lord 
their ,god in ,galgal4    #ae3bb4 ,and  
,samuel said3 ,doth the ,lord desire    
holocausts and victims1 and  not rather 
that the voice of the ,lord should be   
obeyed8 ,for obedience is  better than  
sacrifices3 and to hearken rather than  
to offer the fat or  rams4    #ae3bc4   
,because it is like the sin of          
witchcraft1 to rebel3 and like the      
crime of idolatry1 to refuse to obey4   
,forasmuch1 therefore1 as thou hast     
rejected the word of the ,lord1 the     
,lord hath also rejected thee from      
being king4    #ae3bd4 ,and ,saul said  
to ,samuel3 ,i have sinned1 because ,i  
have  transgressed the commandment of   
the ,lord1 and thy words1 fearing the   
people1 and obeying their voice4        
#ae3be4 ,but now bear1 ,i beseech thee1 
my sin1 and return with me1 that ,i  may
 adore the ,lord4    #ae3bf4 ,and       
,samuel said to ,saul3 ,i will not      

return with thee1 because  thou hath    
rejected the word of the ,lord1 and the 
,lord hath rejected thee  from being    
king over ,israel4    #ae3bg4 ,and      
,samuel turned about to go away3 but he 
laid hold upon the  skirt of his mantle1
 and it rent4    #ae3bh4 ,and ,samuel   
said to him3 ,the ,lord hath rent the   
kingdom of ,israel  from thee this day1 
and hath given it to thy neighbour who  
is better  than thee4    #ae3bi4 ,but   
the triumpher in ,israel will not spare1
 and will not be moved  to repentance3  
for he is not a man that he should      
repent4    #ae3cj4 ,then he said3 ,i    
have sinned3 yet honour me now before   
the  ancients of my people1 and before  
,israel1 and return with me1 that ,i may
  adore the ,lord thy ,god4    #ae3ca4  
,so ,samuel turned again after ,saul3   
and ,saul adored the ,lord4    #ae3cb4  
,and ,samuel said3 ,bring hither to me  
,agag1 the king of ,amalec4 ,and  ,agag 
was presented to him very fat1 and      
trembling4 ,and ,agag said3 ,doth       

bitter death separate in this manner8   
#ae3cc4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,as thy      
sword hath made women childless1 so     
shall thy mother be childless among     
women4 ,and ,samuel hewed him in pieces 
before the ,lord in ,galgal4    #ae3cd4 
,and ,samuel departed to ,ramatha3 but  
,saul went up to his house in  ,gabaa4  
#ae3ce4 ,and ,samuel saw ,saul no more  
till the day of his death3              
nevertheless1 ,samuel mourned for ,saul1
 because the ,lord repented that he  had
 made him king over ,israel4    ,saw    
,saul no more till the day of his       
death444 ,that is1 he went no more  to  
see him3 he visited him no more4    #a  
,kings ,chapter #af    ,samuel is sent  
to ,bethlehem1 where he anointeth       
,david3 who is taken into  ,saul's      
family4    #af3a4 ,and the ,lord said to
 ,samuel3 ,how long wilt thou mourn for 
,saul1  whom ,i have rejected from      
reigning over ,israel8 fill thy horn    
with oil1  and come1 that ,i may send   
thee to ,isai1 the ,bethlehemite3 for ,i

 have  provided me a king among his     
sons4    #af3b4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,how 
shall ,i go8 for ,saul will hear of it1 
and he  will kill me4 ,and the ,lord    
said3 ,thou shalt take with thee a calf 
of the  herd1 and thou shalt say3 ,i am 
come to sacrifice to the ,lord4         
#af3c4 ,and thou shalt call ,isai to the
 sacrifice1 and ,i will shew thee  what 
thou art to do1 and thou shalt anoint   
him whom ,i shall shew to  thee4        
#af3d4 ,then ,samuel did as the ,lord   
had said to him4 ,and he came to        
,bethlehem1 and the ancients of the city
 wondered1 and meeting him1 they  said3 
,is thy coming hither peaceable8        
#af3e4 ,and he said3 ,it is peaceable3  
,i am come to offer sacrifice to the    
,lord1 be ye sanctified1 and come with  
me to the sacrifice4 ,and he  sanctified
 ,isai and his sons1 and called them to 
the sacrifice4    #af3f4 ,and when they 
were come in1 he saw ,eliab1 and said3  
,is the ,lord's  anointed before him8   
#af3g4 ,and the ,lord said to ,samuel3  

,look not on his countenance1 nor on    
the height of his stature3 because ,i   
have rejected him1 nor do ,i judge      
according to the look of man3 for man   
seeth those things that appear1  but the
 ,lord beholdeth the heart4    #af3h4   
,and ,isai called ,abinadab1 and brought
 him before ,samuel4 ,and he  said3     
,neither hath the ,lord chosen this1    
#af3i4 ,and ,isai brought ,samma1 and he
 said of him3 ,neither hath the ,lord   
chosen this4    #af3aj4 ,isai therefore 
brought his seven sons before ,samuel3  
and ,samuel  said to ,isai3 ,the ,lord  
hath not chosen any one of these4       
#af3aa4 ,and ,samuel said to ,isai3 ,are
 here all thy sons8 ,he answered3       
,there remaineth yet a young one1 who   
keepeth the sheep4 ,and ,samuel said  to
 ,isai3 ,send1 and fetch him3 for we    
will not sit down till he come  hither4 
#af3ab4 ,he sent therefore and brought  
him4 ,now he was ruddy and beautiful  to
 behold1 and of a comely face4 ,and the 
,lord said3 ,arise1 and anoint  him1 for

 this is he4    #af3ac4 ,then ,samuel   
took the horn of oil1 and anointed him  
in the midst  of his brethren3 and the  
,spirit of the ,lord came upon ,david   
from that  day forward3 and ,samuel rose
 up1 and went to ,ramatha4    #af3ad4   
,but the ,spirit of the ,lord departed  
from ,saul1 and an evil spirit  from the
 ,lord troubled him4    ,from the       
,lord444 ,an evil spirit1 by divine     
permission1 and for his  punishment1    
either possessed or obsessed him4       
#af3ae4 ,and the servants of ,saul said 
to him3 ,behold now an evil spirit  from
 ,god troubleth thee4    #af3af4 ,let   
our lord give orders1 and thy servants  
who are before thee1  will seek out a   
man skilful in playing on the harp1 that
 when the evil  spirit from the ,lord is
 upon thee1 he may play with his hand1  
and thou  mayst bear it more easily4    
#af3ag4 ,and ,saul said to his servants3
 ,provide me then some man that can     
play well1 and bring him to me4         
#af3ah4 ,and one of the servants        

answering1 said3 ,behold ,i have seen a 
son  of ,isai1 the ,bethlehemite1 a     
skilful player1 and one of great        
strength1  and a man fit for war1 and   
prudent in his words1 and a comely      
person3  and the ,lord is with him4     
#af3ai4 ,then ,saul sent messengers to  
,isai1 saying3 ,send me ,david1 thy     
son1 who is in the pastures4    #af3bj4 
,and ,isai took an ass laden with bread1
 and a bottle of wine1 and  a kid of the
 flock1 and sent them by the hand of    
,david1 his son1 to  ,saul4    #af3ba4  
,and ,david came to ,saul1 and stood    
before him3 and he loved him            
exceedingly1 and made him his           
armourbearer4    #af3bb4 ,and ,saul sent
 to ,isai1 saying3 ,let ,david stand    
before me3 for he  hath found favour in 
my sight4    #af3bc4 ,so whensoever the 
evil spirit from the ,lord was upon     
,saul1 ,david  took his harp1 and played
 with his hand1 and ,saul was refreshed1
 and was  better1 for the evil spirit   
departed from him4    ,departed from    

him444 ,chased away by ,david's         
devotion4    #a ,kings ,chapter #ag     
,war with the ,philistines4 ,goliath    
challengeth ,israel4 ,he is slain by    
,david4    #ag3a4 ,now the ,philistines 
gathering together their troops to      
battle1  assembled at ,socho of ,juda3  
and camped between ,socho and ,azeca1 in
 the  borders of ,dommim4    #ag3b4 ,and
 ,saul and the children of ,israel being
 gathered together1 came  to the valley 
of ,terebinth1 and they set the army in 
array to fight  against the             
,philistines4    #ag3c4 ,and the        
,philistines stood on a mountain on the 
one side1 and  ,israel stood on a       
mountain on the other side3 and there   
was a valley  between them4    #ag3d4   
,and there went out a man baseborn from 
the camp of the  ,philistines1 named    
,goliath1 of ,geth1 whose height was six
 cubits and a  span3    #ag3e4 ,and he  
had a helmet of brass upon his head1 and
 he was clothed  with a coat of mail    
with scales1 and the weight of his coat 

of mail was  five thousand sicles of    
brass3    #ag3f4 ,and he had greaves of 
brass on his legs1 and a buckler of     
brass  covered his shoulders4    #ag3g4 
,and the staff of his spear was like a  
weaver's beam1 and the head  of his     
spear weighed six hundred sicles of     
iron3 and his armourbearer  went before 
him4    #ag3h4 ,and standing1 he cried  
out to the bands of ,israel1 and said to
  them3 ,why are you come out prepared  
to fight8 am not ,i a ,philistine1 and  
you the servants of ,saul8 ,choose out a
 man of you1 and let him come down  and 
fight hand to hand4    #ag3i4 ,if he be 
able to fight with me1 and kill me1 we  
will be servants  to you3 but if ,i     
prevail against him1 and kill him1 you  
shall be  servants1 and shall serve us4 
#ag3aj4 ,and the ,philistine said3 ,i   
have defied the bands of ,israel this   
day3 give me a man1 and let him fight   
with me hand to hand4    #ag3aa4 ,and   
,saul and all the ,israelites hearing   
these words of the  ,philistine1 were   

dismayed1 and greatly afraid4    #ag3ab4
 ,now ,david was the son of that        
,ephrathite1 of ,bethlehem ,juda1       
before mentioned1 whose name was ,isai1 
who had eight sons1 and was an  old man 
in the days of ,saul1 and of great age  
among men4    #ag3ac4 ,and his three    
eldest sons followed ,saul to the       
battle3 and the  names of his three sons
 that went to the battle1 were ,eliab1  
the  firstborn1 and the second1         
,abinadab1 and the third ,samma3        
#ag3ad4 ,but ,david was the youngest4   
,so the three eldest having followed    
,saul1    #ag3ae4 ,david went1 and      
returned from ,saul1 to feed his        
father's flock at  ,bethlehem4          
#ag3af4 ,now the ,philistine came out   
morning and evening1 and presented      
himself forty days4    #ag3ag4 ,and     
,isai said to ,david1 his son3 ,take for
 thy brethren an ephi of  frumenty1 and 
these ten loaves1 and run to the camp to
 thy brethren1    #ag3ah4 ,and carry    
these ten little cheeses to the tribune3

 and go see thy  brethren1 if they are  
well3 and learn with whom they are      
placed4    #ag3ai4 ,but ,saul1 and they1
 and all the children of ,israel1 were  
in the  valley of ,terebinth1 fighting  
against the ,philistines4    #ag3bj4    
,david1 therefore1 arose in the morning1
 and gave the charge of  the flock to   
the keeper3 and went away loaded1 as    
,isai had commanded  him4 ,and he came  
to the place of ,magala1 and to the     
army1 which was  going out to fight1 and
 shouted for the battle4    #ag3ba4 ,for
 ,israel had put themselves in array1   
and the ,philistines who  stood against 
them were prepared4    #ag3bb4 ,and     
,david leaving the vessels which he had 
brought1 under the  care of the keeper  
of the baggage1 ran to the place of the 
battle1 and  asked if all things went   
well with his brethren4    #ag3bc4 ,and 
as he talked with them1 that baseborn   
man1 whose name was  ,goliath1 the      
,philistine1 of ,geth1 shewed himself   
coming up from the camp  of the         

,philistines3 and he spoke according to 
the same words1 and ,david  heard them1 
#ag3bd4 ,and all the ,israelites1 when  
they saw the man1 fled from his  face1  
fearing him exceedingly4    #ag3be4 ,and
 some one of ,israel said3 ,have you    
seen this man that is come  up1 for he  
is come up to defy ,israel4 ,and the man
 that shall slay him1  the king will    
enrich with great riches1 and will give 
him his daughter1  and will make his    
father's house free from tribute in     
,israel4    #ag3bf4 ,and ,david spoke to
 the men that stood by him1 saying3     
,what shall  be given to the man that   
shall kill this ,philistine1 and shall  
take away  the reproach from ,israel8   
for who is this uncircumcised           
,philistine1 that  he should defy the   
armies of the living ,god8    #ag3bg4   
,and the people answered him the same   
words1 saying3 ,these things  shall be  
given to the man that shall slay him4   
#ag3bh4 ,now when ,eliab his eldest     
brother heard this1 when he was         

speaking with others1 he was angry with 
,david1 and said3 ,why camest thou      
hither8 and why didst thou leave those  
few sheep in the desert8 ,i know  thy   
pride1 and the wickedness of thy heart3 
that thou art come down to  see the     
battle4    #ag3bi4 ,and ,david said3    
,what have ,i done8 is there not cause  
to speak8    #ag3cj4 ,and he turned a   
little aside from him to another3 and   
said the  same word4 ,and the people    
answered him as before4    #ag3ca4 ,and 
the words which ,david spoke were heard1
 and were rehearsed  before ,saul4      
#ag3cb4 ,and when he was brought to     
,saul1 he said to him4 ,let not any     
man's heart be dismayed in him3 ,i thy  
servant will go1 and will fight  against
 the ,philistine4    #ag3cc4 ,and ,saul 
said to ,david3 ,thou art not able to   
withstand this  ,philistine1 nor to     
fight against him3 for thou art but a   
boy1 but he is  a warrior from his      
youth4    #ag3cd4 ,and ,david said to   
,saul3 ,thy servant kept his father's   

sheep1 and  there came a lion1 or a     
bear1 and took a ram out of the midst of
 the  flock3    #ag3ce4 ,and ,i pursued 
after them1 and struck them1 and        
delivered it out  of their mouth3 and   
they rose up against me1 and ,i caught  
them by the  throat1 and ,i strangled1  
and killed them4    #ag3cf4 ,for ,i thy 
servant have killed both a lion and a   
bear3 and this  uncircumcised           
,philistine shall be also as one of     
them4 ,i will go now1  and take away the
 reproach of the people3 for who is this
 uncircumcised  ,philistine1 who hath   
dared to curse the army of the living   
,god8    #ag3cg4 ,and ,david said3 ,the 
,lord 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 ,and ,saul said  
to ,david3 ,go1 and the ,lord be with   
thee4    #ag3ch4 ,and ,saul clothed     
,david with his garments1 and put a     
helmet of  brass upon his head1 and     
armed him with a coat of mail4          

#ag3ci4 ,and ,david having girded his   
sword upon his armour1 began to try  if 
he could walk in armour3 for he was not 
accustomed to it4 ,and ,david  said to  
,saul3 ,i cannot go thus1 for ,i am not 
used to it4 ,and he laid  them off1     
#ag3dj4 ,and he took his staff1 which he
 had always in his hands3 and  chose him
 five smooth stones out of the brook1   
and put them into the  shepherd's scrip1
 which he had with him1 and he took a   
sling in his  hand1 and went forth      
against the ,philistine4    #ag3da4 ,and
 the ,philistine came on1 and drew nigh 
against ,david1 and his  armourbearer   
went before him4    #ag3db4 ,and when   
the ,philistine looked1 and beheld      
,david1 he despised  him4 ,for he was a 
young man1 ruddy1 and of a comely       
countenance4    #ag3dc4 ,and the        
,philistine said to ,david3 ,am ,i a    
dog1 that thou comest to  me with a     
staff8 ,and the ,philistine cursed      
,david by his gods4    #ag3dd4 ,and he  
said to ,david3 ,come to me1 and ,i will

 give thy flesh to  the birds of the    
air1 and to the beasts of the earth4    
#ag3de4 ,and ,david said to the         
,philistine3 ,thou comest to me with a  
sword1  and with a spear1 and with a    
shield3 but ,i come to thee in the name 
of  the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of the 
armies of ,israel1 which thou hast      
defied4    #ag3df4 ,this day1 and the   
,lord will deliver thee into my hand1   
and ,i will  slay thee1 and take away   
thy head from thee3 and ,i will give the
  carcasses of the army of the          
,philistines this day to the birds of   
the  air1 and to the beasts of the      
earth3 that all the earth may know that 
there is a ,god in ,israel4    #ag3dg4  
,and all this assembly shall know that  
the ,lord saveth not with  sword and    
spear3 for it is his battle1 and he will
 deliver you into our  hands4    #ag3dh4
 ,and when the ,philistine arose1 and   
was coming1 and drew nigh to  meet      
,david1 ,david made haste1 and ran to   
the fight to meet the  ,philistine4     

#ag3di4 ,and he put his hand into his   
scrip1 and took a stone1 and cast it    
with the sling1 and fetching it about1  
struck the ,philistine in the  forehead1
 and he fell on his face upon the earth4
    #ag3ej4 ,and ,david prevailed over  
the ,philistine1 with a sling and a     
stone1 and he struck1 and slew the      
,philistine4 ,and as ,david had no sword
  in his hand1    #ag3ea4 ,he ran1 and  
stood over the ,philistine1 and took his
 sword1 and  drew it out of the sheath1 
and slew him1 and cut off his head4 ,and
 the  ,philistines seeing that their    
champion was dead1 fled away4    #ag3eb4
 ,and the men of ,israel and ,juda      
rising up shouted1 and pursued  after   
the ,philistines till they came to the  
valley and to the gates of  ,accaron1   
and there fell many wounded of the      
,philistines in the way of  ,saraim1 and
 as far as ,geth1 and as far as         
,accaron4    #ag3ec4 ,and the children  
of ,israel returning1 after they had    
pursued the  ,philistines1 fell upon    

their camp4    #ag3ed4 ,and ,david      
taking the head of the ,philistine1     
brought it to  ,jerusalem3 but his      
armour he put in his tent4    #ag3ee4   
,now at the time that ,saul saw ,david  
going out against the  ,philistines1 he 
said to ,abner1 the captain of the army3
 ,of what family  is this young man     
descended1 ,abner8 ,and ,abner said3 ,as
 thy soul liveth1  ,o king1 ,i know not4
    #ag3ef4 ,and the king said3 ,inquire
 thou1 whose son this young man is4     
#ag3eg4 ,and when ,david was returned1  
after the ,philistine was slain1  ,abner
 took him1 and brought him in before    
,saul1 with the head of the  ,philistine
 in his hand4    #ag3eh4 ,and ,saul said
 to him3 ,young man1 of what family art 
thou8 ,and  ,david said3 ,i am the son  
of thy servant ,isai the ,bethlehemite4 
#a ,kings ,chapter #ah    ,the          
friendship of ,jonathan and ,david4 ,the
 envy of ,saul1 and his design  upon    
,david's life4 ,he marrieth him to his  
daughter ,michol4    #ah3a4 ,and it came

 to pass1 when he had made an end of    
speaking to ,saul1  the son of ,jonathan
 was knit with the soul of ,david1 and  
,jonathan loved  him as his own soul4   
#ah3b4 ,and ,saul took him that day1 and
 would not let him return to his        
father's house4    #ah3c4 ,and ,david   
and ,jonathan made a covenant1 for he   
loved him as his  own soul4    #ah3d4   
,and ,jonathan stripped himself of the  
coat with which he was  clothed1 and    
gave it to ,david1 and the rest of his  
garments1 even to his  sword1 and to his
 bow1 and to his girdle4    #ah3e4 ,and 
,david went out to whatsoever business  
,saul sent him1 and he  behaved himself 
prudently3 and ,saul set him over the   
soldiers1 and he  was acceptable in the 
eyes of all the people1 and especially  
in the eyes  of ,saul's servants4       
#ah3f4 ,now when ,david returned1 after 
he slew the ,philistine1 the women  came
 out of all the cities of ,israel1      
singing and dancing1 to meet king       
,saul1 with timbrels of joy1 and        

cornets4    #ah3g4 ,and the women sung  
as they played1 and they said3 ,saul    
slew his  thousands1 and ,david his ten 
thousands4    #ah3h4 ,and ,saul was     
exceeding angry1 and this word was      
displeasing in his  eyes1 and he said3  
,they have given ,david ten thousands1  
and to me they  have given but a        
thousand1 what can he have more but the 
kingdom8    #ah3i4 ,and ,saul did not   
look on ,david with a good eye from that
 day and  forward4    #ah3aj4 ,and the  
day after1 the evil spirit from ,god    
came upon ,saul1 and  he prophesied in  
the midst of his house4 ,and ,david     
played with his hand  as at other times4
 ,and ,saul held a spear in his hand1   
,prophesied444 ,acted the prophet in a  
mad manner4    #ah3aa4 ,and threw it1   
thinking to nail ,david to the wall3 and
 ,david stept  aside out of his presence
 twice4    #ah3ab4 ,and ,saul feared    
,david1 because the ,lord was with him1 
and was  departed from ,saul himself4   
#ah3ac4 ,therefore ,saul removed him    

from him1 and made him a captain over  a
 thousand men1 and he went out and came 
in before the people4    #ah3ad4 ,and   
,david behaved wisely in all his ways1  
and the ,lord was with  him4    #ah3ae4 
,and ,saul saw that he was exceeding    
prudent1 and began to beware  of him4   
#ah3af4 ,but all ,israel and ,juda loved
 ,david1 for he came in and went out    
before them4    #ah3ag4 ,and ,saul said 
to ,david3 ,behold my elder daughter    
,merob1 her will  ,i give thee to wife3 
only be a valiant man1 and fight the    
battles of the  ,lord4 ,now ,saul said  
within himself3 ,let not my hand be upon
 him1 but let  the hands of the         
,philistines be upon him4    #ah3ah4    
,and ,david said to ,saul3 ,who am ,i1  
or what is my life1 or my  father's     
family in ,israel1 that ,i should be son
 in law of the king8    #ah3ai4 ,and it 
came to pass at the time when ,merob1   
the daughter of ,saul1  should have been
 given to ,david1 that she was given to 
,hadriel1 the  ,molathite1 to wife4     

#ah3bj4 ,but ,michol1 the other daughter
 of ,saul1 loved ,david4 ,and it was    
told ,saul1 and it pleased him4         
#ah3ba4 ,and ,saul said3 ,i will give   
her to him1 that she may be a           
stumblingblock to him1 and that the hand
 of the ,philistines may be upon  him4  
,and ,saul said to ,david3 ,in two      
things thou shalt be my son in law  this
 day4    #ah3bb4 ,and ,saul commanded   
his servants to speak to ,david         
privately1  saying3 ,behold1 thou       
pleasest the king1 and all his servants 
love thee4  ,now1 therefore be the      
king's son in law4    #ah3bc4 ,and the  
servants of ,saul spoke all these words 
in the ear of  ,david4 ,and ,david said3
 ,doth it seem to you a small matter to 
be the  king's son in law8 ,but ,i am a 
poor man1 and of small ability4         
#ah3bd4 ,and the servants of ,saul told 
him1 saying3 ,such words as these  hath 
,david spoken4    #ah3be4 ,and ,saul    
said3 ,speak thus to ,david3 ,the king  
desireth not any  dowry1 but only a     

hundred foreskins of the ,philistines1  
to be avenged of  the king's enemies4   
,now ,saul thought to deliver ,david    
into the hands of  the ,philistines4    
#ah3bf4 ,and when his servants had told 
,david the words that ,saul had  said1  
the word was pleasing in the eyes of    
,david to be the king's son in  law4    
#ah3bg4 ,and after a few days ,david    
rose up1 and went with the men that     
were under him1 and he slew of the      
,philistines two hundred men1 and       
brought their foreskins and numbered    
them out to the king1 that he might  be 
his son in law4 ,saul therefore gave him
 ,michol1 his daughter1 to  wife4       
#ah3bh4 ,and ,saul saw1 and understood  
that the ,lord was with ,david4 ,and    
,michol1 the daughter of ,saul1 loved   
him4    #ah3bi4 ,and ,saul began to fear
 ,david more3 and ,saul became ,david's 
enemy  continually4    #ah3cj4 ,and the 
princes of the ,philistines went forth3 
and from the  beginning of their going  
forth1 ,david behaved himself more      

wisely than  all the servants of ,saul1 
and his name became very famous4    #a  
,kings ,chapter #ai    ,other attempts  
of ,saul upon ,david's life4 ,he cometh 
to ,samuel4 ,saul's  messengers1 and    
,saul himself prophesy4    #ai3a4 ,and  
,saul spoke to ,jonathan1 his son1 and  
to all his servants1 that  they should  
kill ,david4 ,but ,jonathan1 the son of 
,saul1 loved ,david  exceedingly4       
#ai3b4 ,and ,jonathan told ,david1      
saying3 ,saul1 my father1 seeketh to    
kill  thee3 wherefore look to thyself1  
,i beseech thee1 in the morning and thou
  shalt abide in a secret place1 and    
shalt be hid4    #ai3c4 ,and ,i will go 
out and stand beside my father in the   
field where  thou art3 and ,i will speak
 of thee to my father1 and whatsoever ,i
 shall  see1 ,i will tell thee4         
#ai3d4 ,and ,jonathan spoke good things 
of ,david to ,saul1 his father3 and     
said to him3 ,sin not1 ,o king1 against 
thy servant1 ,david1 because he  hath   
not sinned against thee1 and his works  

are very good towards thee4    #ai3e4   
,and he put his life in his hand1 and   
slew the ,philistine1 and the  ,lord    
wrought great salvation for all ,israel4
 ,thou sawest it and didst  rejoice4    
,why therefore wilt thou sin against    
innocent blood1 by killing  ,david1 who 
is without fault8    #ai3f4 ,and when   
,saul heard this1 he was appeased with  
the words of  ,jonathan1 and swore3 ,as 
the ,lord liveth1 he shall not be slain4
    #ai3g4 ,then ,jonathan called       
,david1 and told him all these words3   
and  ,jonathan brought in ,david to     
,saul1 and he was before him1 as he had 
been  yesterday and the day before4     
#ai3h4 ,and the war began again1 and    
,david went out1 and fought against  the
 ,philistines1 and defeated them with a 
great slaughter1 and they fled  from his
 face4    #ai3i4 ,and the evil spirit   
from the ,lord came upon ,saul2 and he  
sat in  his house1 and held a spear in  
his hand3 and ,david played with his    
hand4    #ai3aj4 ,and ,saul endeavoured 

to nail ,david to the wall with his     
spear4  ,and ,david slipt away out of   
the presence of ,saul3 and the spear    
missed  him1 and was fastened in the    
wall1 and ,david fled1 and escaped that 
night4    #ai3aa4 ,saul therefore sent  
his guards to ,david's house to watch   
him1  that he might be killed in the    
morning4 ,and when ,michol1 ,david's    
wife1  had told him this1 saying3       
,unless thou save thyself this night1 to
  morrow thou wilt die3    #ai3ab4 ,she 
let him down through a window4 ,and he  
went and fled away1 and  escaped4       
#ai3ac4 ,and ,michol took an image1 and 
laid it on the bed1 and put a  goat's   
skin1 with the hair at the head of it1  
and covered it with  clothes4    #ai3ad4
 ,and ,saul sent officers to seize      
,david2 and it was answered that  he was
 sick4    #ai3ae4 ,and again ,saul sent 
to see ,david1 saying3 ,bring him to me 
in the  bed1 that he may be slain4      
#ai3af4 ,and when the messengers were   
come in1 they found an image upon  the  

bed1 and a goat skin at his head4       
#ai3ag4 ,and ,saul said to ,michol3 ,why
 hast thou deceived me so1 and let my   
enemy go and flee away8 ,and ,michol    
answered ,saul3 ,because he said to me3 
,let me go1 or else ,i will kill thee4  
#ai3ah4 ,but ,david fled and escaped1   
and came to ,samuel in ,ramatha1 and    
told him all that ,saul had done to him3
 and he and ,samuel went and dwelt  in  
,najoth4    ,najoth444 ,it was probably 
a school or college of prophets1 in or  
near  ,ramath under the direction of    
,samuel4    #ai3ai4 ,and it was told    
,saul by some1 saying3 ,behold ,david is
 in ,najoth1  in ,ramatha4    #ai3bj4   
,so ,saul sent officers to take ,david3 
and when they saw a company  of prophets
 prophesying1 and ,samuel presiding over
 them1 the ,spirit of  the ,lord came   
also upon them1 and they likewise began 
to prophesy4    ,prophesying444 ,that   
is1 singing praises to ,god by a divine 
impulse4 ,god  was pleased on this      
occasion that both ,samuel's messengers 

and himself  should experience the like 
impulse1 that he might understand1 by   
this  instance of the divine power1 how 
vain are the designs of man against  him
 whom ,god protects4    #ai3ba4 ,and    
when this was told ,saul1 he sent other 
messengers3 but they  also prophesied4  
,and again ,saul sent messengers the    
third time3 and they  prophesied also4  
,and ,saul being exceeding angry1       
#ai3bb4 ,went also himself to ,ramatha1 
and came as far as the great  cistern1  
which is in ,socho1 and he asked1 and   
said3 ,in what place are  ,samuel and   
,david8 ,and it was told him3 ,behold   
they are in ,najoth1 in  ,ramatha4      
#ai3bc4 ,and he went to ,najoth1 in     
,ramatha1 and the ,spirit of the ,lord  
came upon him also1 and he went on1 and 
prophesied till he came to  ,najoth1 in 
,ramatha4    #ai3bd4 ,and he stripped   
himself also of his garments1 and       
prophesied with  the rest before        
,samuel1 and lay down naked all that day
 and night4 ,this  gave occasion to a   

proverb3 ,what6 is ,saul too among the  
prophets8    #a ,kings ,chapter #bj     
,saul being obstinately bent upon       
killing ,david1 he is sent away by      
,jonathan4    #bj3a4 ,but ,david fled   
from ,najoth1 which is in ,ramatha1 and 
came and said  to ,jonathan3 ,what have 
,i done8 what is my iniquity1 and what  
is my sin  against thy father1 that he  
seeketh my life8    #bj3b4 ,and he said 
to him3 ,god forbid1 thou shalt not die3
 for my father  will do nothing1 great  
or little1 without first telling me3    
hath then my  father hid this word only 
from me8 no1 this shall not be4         
#bj3c4 ,and he swore again to ,david4   
,and ,david said3 ,thy father certainly 
knoweth that ,i have found grace in thy 
sight1 and he will say3 ,let not        
,jonathan know this1 lest he be grieved4
 ,but truly as the ,lord liveth1  and   
thy soul liveth1 there is but one step  
7as ,i may say7 between me and  death4  
#bj3d4 ,and ,jonathan said to ,david3   
,whatsoever thy soul shall say to me1 ,i

  will do for thee4    #bj3e4 ,and      
,david said to ,jonathan3 ,behold to    
morrow is the new moon1 and  ,i1        
according to custom1 am wont to sit     
beside the king to eat3 let me go  then 
that ,i may be hid in the field till the
 evening of the third day4    ,to morrow
 is the new moon444 ,the neomenia1 or   
first day of the moon1  kept according  
to the law1 as a festival2 and therefore
 ,saul feasted on  that day3 and        
expected the attendance of his family4  
#bj3f4 ,if thy father look and inquire  
for me1 thou shalt answer him3  ,david  
asked me that he might run to           
,bethlehem1 his own city3 because  there
 are solemn sacrifices there for all of 
his tribe4    #bj3g4 ,if he shall say3  
,it is well3 thy servant shall have     
peace3 but if  he be angry1 know that   
his malice is come to its height4       
#bj3h4 ,deal mercifully then with thy   
servant3 for thou hast brought me1  thy 
servant1 into a covenant of the ,lord   
with thee4 ,but if there be any         

iniquity in me1 do thou kill me1 and    
bring me not in to thy father4    #bj3i4
 ,and ,jonathan said3 ,far be this from 
thee3 for if ,i should  certainly know  
that evil is determined by my father    
against thee1 ,i  could do no otherwise 
than tell thee4    #bj3aj4 ,and ,david  
answered ,jonathan3 ,who shall bring me 
word1 if thy  father should answer thee 
harshly concerning me8    #bj3aa4 ,and  
,jonathan said to ,david3 ,come1 and let
 us go out into the  field4 ,and when   
they were both of them gone out into the
 field1    #bj3ab4 ,jonathan said to    
,david3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 if ,i 
shall discover  my father's mind1 to    
morrow1 or the day after1 and there be  
any thing  good for ,david1 and ,i send 
not immediately to thee1 and make it    
known to  thee1    #bj3ac4 ,may the     
,lord do so and so to ,jonathan1 and add
 still more4 ,but if  my father shall   
continue in malice against thee1 ,i will
 discover it to  thy ear1 and will send 
thee away1 that thou mayst go in peace1 

and the  ,lord be with thee1 as he hath 
been with my father4    #bj3ad4 ,and if 
,i live1 thou shalt shew me the kindness
 of the ,lord3 but  if ,i die1          
#bj3ae4 ,thou shalt not take away thy   
kindness from my house for ever1  when  
the ,lord shall have rooted out the     
enemies of ,david1 every one of  them   
from the earth1 may he take away        
,jonathan from his house1 and may  the  
,lord require it at the hands of        
,david's enemies4    ,may he take away  
,jonathan1 etc444 ,it is a curse upon   
himself1 if he  should not be faithful  
to his promise4-,ibid4 ,require it1     
etc444 ,that is1  revenge it upon       
,david's enemies1 and upon me1 if ,i    
should fail of my  word given to him4   
#bj3af4 ,jonathan therefore made a      
covenant with the house of ,david3 and  
the ,lord required it at the hands of   
,david's enemies4    #bj3ag4 ,and       
,jonathan swore again to ,david1 because
 he loved him3 for he  loved him as his 
own soul4    #bj3ah4 ,and ,jonathan said

 to him3 ,to morrow is the new moon1 and
 thou  wilt be missed3    #bj3ai4 ,for  
thy seat will be empty till after to    
morrow4 ,so thou shalt go  down quickly1
 and come to the place where thou must  
he hid1 on the day  when it is lawful to
 work1 and thou shalt remain beside the 
stone1 which  is called ,ezel4          
#bj3bj4 ,and ,i will shoot three arrows 
near it1 and will shoot as if ,i  were  
exercising myself at a mark4    #bj3ba4 
,and ,i will send a boy1 saying to him3 
,go and fetch me the arrows4    #bj3bb4 
,if ,i shall say to the boy3 ,behold the
 arrows are on this side of  thee1 take 
them up3 come thou to me1 because there 
is peace to thee1 and  there is no evil1
 as the ,lord liveth4 ,but if ,i shall  
speak thus to the  boy3 ,behold the     
arrows are beyond thee3 go in peace1 for
 the ,lord hath  sent thee away4        
#bj3bc4 ,and concerning the word which  
,i and thou have spoken1 the ,lord be   
between thee and me forever4    #bj3bd4 
,so ,david was hid in the field1 and the

 new moon came1 and the  king sat down  
to eat bread4    #bj3be4 ,and when the  
king sat down upon his chair1 7according
 to custom7  which was beside the wall1 
,jonathan arose1 and ,abner sat by      
,saul's side1  and ,david's place       
appeared empty4    #bj3bf4 ,and ,saul   
said nothing that day1 for he thought it
 might have  happened to him1 that he   
was not clean1 nor purified4    #bj3bg4 
,and when the second day after the new  
moon was come1 ,david's  place appeared 
empty again4 ,and ,saul said to         
,jonathan1 his son3 ,why  cometh not the
 son of ,isai to meat neither yesterday1
 nor to day8    #bj3bh4 ,and ,jonathan  
answered ,saul3 ,he asked leave of me   
earnestly to go  to ,bethlehem4         
#bj3bi4 ,and he said3 ,let me go1 for   
there is a solemn sacrifice in the      
city1 one of my brethren hath sent for  
me3 and now if ,i have found  favour in 
thy eyes1 ,i will go quickly1 and see my
 brethren4 ,for this  cause he came not 
to the king's table4    #bj3cj4 ,then   

,saul being angry against ,jonathan1    
said to him3 ,thou son of  a woman that 
is the ravisher of a man1 do ,i not know
 that thou lovest  the son of ,isai to  
thy own confusion1 and to the confusion 
of thy  shameless mother8    #bj3ca4    
,for as long as the son of ,isai liveth 
upon earth1 thou shalt not  be          
established1 nor thy kingdom4 ,therefore
 now presently send1 and fetch  him to  
me3 for he is the son of death4    ,the 
son of death444 ,that is1 one that      
deserveth death1 and shall surely  be   
put to death4    #bj3cb4 ,and ,jonathan 
answering ,saul1 his father1 said3 ,why 
shall he die8  ,what hath he done8      
#bj3cc4 ,and ,saul caught up a spear to 
strike him4 ,and ,jonathan understood   
that it was determined by his father to 
kill ,david4    #bj3cd4 ,so ,jonathan   
rose from the table in great anger1 and 
did not eat  bread on the second day    
after the new moon4 ,for he was grieved 
for  ,david1 because his father had put 
him to confusion4    #bj3ce4 ,and when  

the morning came1 ,jonathan went into   
the field according  to the appointment 
with ,david1 and a little boy with him4 
#bj3cf4 ,and he said to his boy3 ,go1   
and fetch me the arrows which ,i  shoot4
 ,and when the boy ran1 he shot another 
arrow beyond the boy4    #bj3cg4 ,the   
boy therefore came to the place of the  
arrow which ,jonathan  had shot3 and    
,jonathan cried after the boy1 and said3
 ,behold the arrow  is there further    
beyond thee4    #bj3ch4 ,and ,jonathan  
cried again after the boy1 saying3 ,make
 haste  speedily1 stand not4 ,and       
,jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows1 
and  brought them to his master3        
#bj3ci4 ,and he knew not at all what was
 doing3 for only ,jonathan and  ,david  
knew the matter4    #bj3dj4 ,jonathan   
therefore gave his arms to the boy1 and 
said to him3 ,go1  and carry them into  
the city4    #bj3da4 ,and when the boy  
was gone1 ,david rose out of his place1 
which was  toward the south1 and falling
 on his face to the ground1 adored      

thrice3  and kissing one another1 they  
wept together2 but ,david more4         
#bj3db4 ,and ,jonathan said to ,david3  
,go in peace3 and let all stand that  we
 have sworn both of us in the name of   
the ,lord1 saying3 ,the ,lord be        
between me and thee1 and between my seed
 and thy seed for ever4    #bj3dc4 ,and 
,david arose1 and departed3 and         
,jonathan went into the city4    #a     
,kings ,chapter #ba    ,david receiveth 
holy bread of ,achimelech1 the priest3  
and feigneth  himself mad before ,achis1
 king of ,geth4    #ba3a4 ,and ,david   
came to ,nobe1 to ,achimelech1 the      
priest and ,achimelech  was astonished  
at ,david's coming4 ,and he said to him3
 ,why art thou  alone1 and no man with  
thee8    ,nobe444 ,a city in the tribe  
of ,benjamin1 to which the tabernacle of
 the  ,lord had been translated from    
,silo4    #ba3b4 ,and ,david said to    
,achimelech1 the priest3 ,the king hath 
commanded  me a business1 and said3 ,let
 no man know the thing for which thou   

art  sent by me1 and what manner of     
commands ,i have given thee3 and ,i have
  appointed my servants to such and such
 a place4    #ba3c4 ,now therefore if   
thou have any thing at hand1 though it  
were but  five loaves1 give me1 or      
whatsoever thou canst find4    #ba3d4   
,and the priest answered ,david1 saying3
 ,i have no common bread at  hand1 but  
only holy bread1 if the young men be    
clean1 especially from  women8    ,if   
the young men be clean1 etc444 ,if this 
cleanness was required of them  that    
were to eat that bread1 which was a     
figure of the bread of life  which we   
receive in the blessed sacrament2 how   
clean ought ,christians to  be when they
 approach to our tremendous mysteries4  
,and what reason hath  the church of    
,god to admit none to be her ministers  
to consecrate and  daily receive this   
most pure sacrament1 but such as devote 
themselves to  a life of perpetual      
purity4    #ba3e4 ,and ,david answered  
the priest1 and said to him3 ,truly1 as 

to what  concerneth women1 we have      
refrained ourselves from yesterday and  
the day  before1 when we came out1 and  
the vessels of the young men were holy4 
,now this way is defiled1 but it shall  
also be sanctified this day in the      
vessels4    ,the vessels444 i4 e41 the  
bodies1 have been holy1 that is1 have   
been  kept from impurity4-,ibid4 ,is    
defiled444 ,is liable to expose us to   
dangers of uncleanness4-,ibid4 ,be      
sanctified1 etc444 ,that is1 we shall   
take care1 notwithstanding these        
dangerous circumstances1 to keep our    
vessels holy1 that is1 to keep our      
bodies from every thing that may  defile
 us4    #ba3f4 ,the priest therefore    
gave him hallowed bread3 for there was  
no  bread there1 but only the loaves of 
proposition1 which had been taken  away 
from before the face of the ,lord1 that 
hot loaves might be set up4    #ba3g4   
,now a certain man of the servants of   
,saul was there that day1  within the   
tabernacle of the ,lord3 and his name   

was ,doeg1 an ,edomite1  the chiefest of
 ,saul's herdsmen4    #ba3h4 ,and ,david
 said to ,achimelech3 ,hast thou here at
 hand a spear1 or a  sword8 for ,i      
brought not my own sword1 nor my own    
weapons with me1 for  the king's        
business required haste4    #ba3i4 ,and 
the priest said3 ,lo1 here is the sword 
of ,goliath1 the  ,philistine1 whom thou
 slewest in the valley of ,terebinth1   
wrapped up in  a cloth behind the ephod3
 if thou wilt take this1 take it1 for   
here  there is no other but this4 ,and  
,david said3 ,there is none like that1  
give it me4    #ba3aj4 ,and ,david arose
 and fled that day from the face of     
,saul3 and came  to ,achis1 the king of 
,geth3    #ba3aa4 ,and the servants of  
,achis1 when they saw ,david1 said to   
him3 ,is  not this ,david1 the king of  
the land8 ,did they not sing to him in  
their  dances1 saying3 ,saul hath slain 
his thousands1 and ,david his ten       
thousands8    #ba3ab4 ,but ,david laid  
up these words in his heart1 and was    

exceedingly  afraid at the face of      
,achis1 the king of ,geth4    #ba3ac4   
,and he changed his countenance before  
them1 and slipt down  between their     
hands3 and he stumbled against the doors
 of the gate1 and  his spittle ran down 
upon his beard4    #ba3ad4 ,and ,achis  
said to his servants3 ,you saw the man  
was mad3 why have  you brought him to   
me8    #ba3ae4 ,have we need of mad men1
 that you have brought in this fellow1  
to  play the madman in my presence8     
shall this fellow come into my house8   
#a ,kings ,chapter #bb    ,many resort  
to ,david4 ,doeg accuseth ,achimelech to
 ,saul4 ,he ordereth him  and all the   
other priests of ,nobe to be slain4     
,abiathar escapeth4    #bb3a4 ,david    
therefore went from thence1 and fled to 
the cave of ,odollam4  ,and when his    
brethren1 and all his father's house1   
had heard of it1 they  went down to him 
thither4    #bb3b4 ,and all that were in
 distress1 and oppressed with debt1 and 
under  affliction of mind1 gathered     

themselves unto him3 and he became their
  prince1 and there were with him about 
four hundred men4    #bb3c4 ,and ,david 
departed from thence into ,maspha of    
,moab3 and he said to  the king of      
,moab3 ,let my father and my mother     
tarry with you1 ,i beseech  thee1 till  
,i know what ,god will do for me4       
#bb3d4 ,and he left them under thc eyes 
of the king of ,moab1 and they  abode   
with him all the days that ,david was in
 the hold4    ,the hold444 ,the strong  
hold1 or fortress of ,maspha4    #bb3e4 
,and ,gad the prophet said to ,david3   
,abide not in the hold1 depart1  and go 
into the land of ,juda4 ,and ,david     
departed1 and came into the  forest of  
,haret4    #bb3f4 ,and ,saul heard that 
,david was seen1 and the men that were  
with  him4 ,now whilst ,saul abode in   
,gabaa1 and was in the wood1 which is by
  ,rama1 having his spear in his hand1  
and all his servants were standing      
about him1    #bb3g4 ,he said to his    
servants that stood about him3 ,hear me 

now1 ye sons  of ,jemini3 will the son  
of ,isai give every one of you fields1  
and  vineyards1 and make you all        
tribunes1 and centurions3    #bb3h4     
,that all of you have conspired against 
me1 and there is no one to  inform me1  
especially when even my son hath entered
 into league with the  son of ,isai8    
,there is not one of you that pitieth my
 case1 nor that  giveth me any          
information3 because my son hath raised 
up my servant  against me1 plotting     
against me to this day4      #bb3i4 ,and
 ,doeg1 the ,edomite1 who stood by1 and 
was the chief among the  servants of    
,saul1 answering1 said3 ,i saw the son  
of ,isai1 in ,nobe1 with  ,achimelech1  
the son of ,achitob1 the priest4        
#bb3aj4 ,and he consulted the ,lord for 
him1 and gave him victuals1 and  gave   
him the sword of ,goliath1 the          
,philistine4    #bb3aa4 ,then the king  
sent to call for ,achimelech1 the       
priest1 the son of  ,achitob1 and all   
his father's house1 the priests that    

were in ,nobe1 and  they came all of    
them to the king4    #bb3ab4 ,and ,saul 
said to ,achimelech3 ,hear1 thou son of 
,achitob4 ,he  answered3 ,here ,i am1 my
 lord4    #bb3ac4 ,and ,saul said to    
him3 ,why have you conspired against me1
 thou1  and the son of ,isai1 and thou  
hast given him bread and a sword1 and   
hast  consulted the ,lord for him1 that 
he should rise up against me1           
continuing a traitor to this day4       
#bb3ad4 ,and ,achimelech answering the  
king1 said3 ,and who amongst all thy    
servants is so faithful as ,david1 who  
is the king's son in law1 and  goeth    
forth at thy bidding1 and is honourable 
in thy house8    #bb3ae4 ,did ,i begin  
to day to consult the ,lord for him8 far
 be this from  me3 let not the king     
suspect such a thing against his        
servant1 or any  one in all my father's 
house3 for thy servant knew nothing of  
this  matter1 either little or great4   
#bb3af4 ,and the king said3 ,dying thou 
shalt die1 ,achimelech1 thou and all    

thy father's house4    #bb3ag4 ,and the 
king said to the messengers that stood  
about him3 ,turn1  and kill the priests 
of the ,lord1 for their hand is with    
,david1 because  they knew that he was  
fled1 and they told it not to me4 ,and  
the  king'sservants would not put forth 
their hands against the priests of  the 
,lord4    #bb3ah4 ,and the king said to 
,doeg3 ,turn thou1 and fall upon the    
priests4  ,and ,doeg1 the ,edomite1     
turned1 and fell upon the priests1 and  
slew in  that day eighty-five men that  
wore the linen ephod4    #bb3ai4 ,and   
,nobe1 the city of the priests1 he smote
 with the edge of the  sword1 both men  
and women1 children and sucklings1 and  
ox1 and ass1 and  sheep1 with the edge  
of the sword4    #bb3bj4 ,but one of the
 sons of ,achimelech1 the son of        
,achitob1 whose name  was ,abiathar1    
escaped1 and fled to ,david1    #bb3ba4 
,and told him that ,saul had slain the  
priests of the ,lord4    #bb3bb4 ,and   
,david said to ,abiathar3 ,i knew that  

day when ,doeg1 the  ,edomite1 was      
there1 that without doubt he would tell 
,saul3 ,i have been  the occasion of the
 death of all the souls of thy father's 
house4    #bb3bc4 ,abide thou with me1  
fear not3 for he that seeketh my life1  
seeketh thy life also1 and with me thou 
shalt be saved4    #a ,kings ,chapter   
#bc    ,david relieveth ,ceila1 besieged
 by the ,philistines4 ,he fleeth into   
the  desert of ,ziph4 ,jonathan and he  
confirm their former covenant4 ,the     
,ziphites discover him to ,saul1 who    
pursuing close after him1 is called     
away by an invasion from the            
,philistines4    #bc3a4 ,and they told  
,david1 saying3 ,behold the ,philistines
 fight against  ,ceila1 and they rob the
 barns4    #bc3b4 ,therefore ,david     
consulted the ,lord1 saying3 ,shall ,i  
go and smite  these ,philistines8 ,and  
the ,lord said to ,david3 ,go1 and thou 
shalt smite  the ,philistines1 and shalt
 save ,ceila4    #bc3c4 ,and the men    
that were with ,david1 said to him3     

,behold we are in  fear here in ,judea1 
how much more if we go to ,ceila against
 the bands of  the ,philistines8        
#bc3d4 ,therefore ,david consulted the  
,lord again4 ,and he answered and said  
to him3 ,arise1 and go to ,ceila3 for ,i
 will deliver the ,philistines into  thy
 hand4    #bc3e4 ,david1 therefore1 and 
his men1 went to ,ceila1 and fought     
against  the ,philistines1 and brought  
away their cattle1 and made a great     
slaughter of them3 and ,david saved the 
inhabitants of ,ceila4    #bc3f4 ,now at
 that time1 when ,abiathar1 the son of  
,achimelech1 fled to  ,david1 to ,ceila1
 he came down1 having an ephod with him4
    ,an ephod444 ,or the ephod4 ,that   
is1 the vestment of the high priest1    
with  the urim and thummim1 by which the
 ,lord gave his oracle4    #bc3g4 ,and  
it was told ,saul that ,david was come  
to ,ceila3 and ,saul said3  ,the ,lord  
hath delivered him into my hands1 and he
 is shut up1 being come  into a city    
that hath gates and bars4    #bc3h4 ,and

 ,saul commanded all the people to go   
down to fight against  ,ceila1 and to   
besiege ,david and his men4    #bc3i4   
,now when ,david understood that ,saul  
secretly prepared evil against  him1 he 
said to ,abiathar1 the priest3 ,bring   
hither the ephod4    #bc3aj4 ,and ,david
 said3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 thy    
servant hath heard a  report1 that ,saul
 designeth to come to ,ceila1 to destroy
 the city for my  sake3    #bc3aa4 ,will
 the men of ,ceila deliver me into his  
hands8 and will ,saul  come down1 as thy
 servant hath heard8 ,o ,lord ,god of   
,israel1 tell thy  servant4 ,and the    
,lord said3 ,he will come down4         
#bc3ab4 ,and ,david said3 ,will the men 
of ,ceila deliver me and my men into    
the hands of ,saul8 ,and the ,lord said3
 ,they will deliver thee up4    #bc3ac4 
,then ,david and his men1 who were about
 six hundred1 arose1 and  departing from
 ,ceila1 wandered up and down1 uncertain
 where they should  stay3 and it was    
told ,saul that ,david was fled from    

,ceila1 and had  escaped3 wherefore he  
forbore to go out4    #bc3ad4 ,but      
,david abode in the desert in strong    
holds1 and he remained in  a mountain of
 the desert of ,ziph1 in a woody hill4  
,and ,saul sought him  always3 but the  
,lord delivered him not into his hands4 
#bc3ae4 ,and ,david saw that ,saul was  
come out to seek his life4 ,and ,david  
was in the desert of ,ziph1 in a wood4  
#bc3af4 ,and ,jonathan1 the son of      
,saul1 arose1 and went to ,david1 into  
the  wood1 and strengthened his hands in
 ,god3 and he said to him3    #bc3ag4   
,fear not3 for the hand of my father1   
,saul1 shall not find thee1  and thou   
shalt reign over ,israel1 and ,i shall  
be next to thee2 yea and  my father     
knoweth this4    #bc3ah4 ,and they two  
made a covenant before the ,lord3 and   
,david abode in  the wood3 but ,jonathan
 returned to his house4    #bc3ai4 ,and 
the ,ziphites went up to ,saul1 in      
,gabaa1 saying3 ,lo1 doth not  ,david   
lie hid with us in the strong holds of  

the wood1 in mount ,hachila1  which is  
on the right hand of the desert4        
#bc3bj4 ,now therefore come down1 as thy
 soul hath desired to come down3  and it
 shall be our business to deliver him   
into the king's hands4    #bc3ba4 ,and  
,saul said3 ,blessed be ye of the ,lord1
 for you have pitied my  case4          
#bc3bb4 ,go1 therefore1 ,i pray you1 and
 use all diligence1 and curiously       
inquire1 and consider the place where   
his foot is1 and who hath seen him      
there3 for he thinketh of me1 that ,i   
lie craftily in wait for him4    #bc3bc4
 ,consider1 and see all his lurking     
holes1 wherein he is hid1 and  return to
 me with the certainty of the thing1    
that ,i may go with you4  ,and if he    
should even go down into the earth to   
hide himself1 ,i will  search him out in
 all the thousands of ,juda4    #bc3bd4 
,and they arose1 and went to ,ziph      
before ,saul3 and ,david and his  men   
were in the desert of ,maon1 in the     
plain at the right hand of  ,jesimon4   

#bc3be4 ,then ,saul and his men went to 
seek him3 and it was told ,david1  and  
forthwith he went down to the rock1 and 
abode in the wilderness of  ,maon3 and  
when ,saul had heard of it1 he pursued  
after ,david in the  wilderness of      
,maon4    #bc3bf4 ,and ,saul went on    
this side of the mountain3 and ,david   
and his men  were on the other side of  
the mountain3 and ,david despaired of   
being  able to escape from the face of  
,saul3 and ,saul and his men encompassed
  ,david and his men round about1 to    
take them4    #bc3bg4 ,and a messenger  
came to ,saul1 saying3 ,make haste to   
come1 for the  ,philistines have poured 
in themselves upon the land4    #bc3bh4 
,wherefore ,saul returned1 leaving the  
pursuit of ,david1 and went  to meet the
 ,philistines4 ,for this cause they     
called that place the rock  of division4
    #a ,kings ,chapter #bd    ,saul     
seeketh ,david in the wilderness of     
,engaddi3 he goeth into a cave  where   
,david hath him in his power4    #bd3a4 

,then ,david went up from thence1 and   
dwelt in strong holds of  ,engaddi4     
#bd3b4 ,and when ,saul was returned from
 following the ,philistines1 they  told 
him1 saying3 ,behold1 ,david is in the  
desert of ,engaddi4    #bd3c4 ,saul1    
therefore1 took three thousand chosen   
men out of all ,israel1  and went out to
 seek after ,david and his men1 even    
upon the most craggy  rocks1 which are  
accessible only to wild goats4    #bd3d4
 ,and he came to the sheepcotes which   
were in his way4 ,and there was  a cave1
 into which ,saul went1 to ease nature3 
now ,david and his men lay  hid in the  
inner part of the cave4    #bd3e4 ,and  
the servants of ,david said to him3     
,behold the day1 of which  the ,lord    
said to thee3 ,i will deliver thy enemy 
unto thee1 that thou  mayst do to him as
 it shall seem good in thy eyes4 ,then  
,david arose1 and  secretly cut off the 
hem of ,saul's robe4    #bd3f4 ,after   
which ,david's heart struck him1 because
 he had cut off the  hem of ,saul's     

robe4    ,heart struck him444 ,viz41    
with remorse1 as fearing he had done    
amiss4    #bd3g4 ,and he said to his    
men3 ,the ,lord be merciful unto me1    
that ,i may  do no such thing to my     
master1 the ,lord's anointed1 as to lay 
my hand  upon him1 because he is the    
,lord's anointed4    #bd3h4 ,and ,david 
stopped his men with his words1 and     
suffered them not to  rise against      
,saul3 but ,saul1 rising up out of the  
cave1 went on his way4    #bd3i4 ,and   
,david also rose up after him3 and going
 out of the cave1 cried  after ,saul1   
saying3 ,my lord the king4 ,and ,saul   
looked behind him3 and  ,david bowing   
himself down to the ground1 worshipped1 
#bd3aj4 ,and said to ,saul3 ,why dost   
thou hear the words of men that say3    
,david seeketh thy hurt8    #bd3aa      
,behold this day thy eyes have seen1    
that the ,lord hath delivered  thee into
 my hand1 in the cave1 and ,i had a     
thought to kill thee1 but my  eye hath  
spared thee4 ,for ,i said3 ,i will not  

put out my hand against my  lord1       
because he is the ,lord's anointed4     
,a thought to kill thee444 ,that is1 a  
suggestion1 to which ,i did not         
consent4    #bd3ab4 ,moreover1 see and  
know1 ,o my father1 the hem of thy robe 
in my  hand1 that when ,i cut off the   
hem of thy robe1 ,i would not put out my
  hand against thee4 ,reflect1 and see1 
that there is no evil in my hand1  nor  
iniquity1 neither have ,i sinned against
 thee3 but thou liest in wait  for my   
life1 to take it away4    #bd3ac4 ,the  
,lord judge between me and thee and the 
,lord revenge me of  thee3 but my hand  
shall not be upon thee4    ,revenge me  
of thee444 ,or1 as it is in the ,hebrew1
 will revenge me4 ,the  meaning is1 that
 he refers his whole cause to ,god1 to  
judge and punish  according to his      
justice3 yet so as to keep himself in   
the mean time1  from all personal hatred
 to ,saul1 or desire of gratifying his  
own  passion1 by seeking revenge4 ,so   
far from it1 that when ,saul was        

afterwards slain1 we find1 that instead 
of rejoicing at his death1 he  mourned  
most bitterly for him4    #bd3ad4 ,as   
also it is said in the old proverb3     
,from the wicked shall  wickedness come 
forth3 therefore my hand shall not be   
upon thee4 ,after  whom dost thou come  
out1 ,o king of ,israel8    #bd3ae4     
,after whom dost thou pursue8 ,after a  
dead dog1 after a flea4    #bd3af4 ,be  
the ,lord judge1 and judge between me   
and thee1 and see1 and  judge my cause1 
and deliver me out of thy hand4         
#bd3ag4 ,and when ,david had made an end
 of speaking these words to ,saul1      
,saul said3 ,is this thy voice1 my son  
,david8 ,and ,saul lifted up his  voice1
 and wept3    #bd3ah4 ,and he said to   
,david3 ,thou art more just than ,i3 for
 thou hast  done good to me1 and ,i have
 rewarded thee with evil4    #bd3ai4    
,and thou hast shewed this day what good
 things thou hast done to  me3 how the  
,lord delivered me into thy hand1 and   
thou hast not killed  me4    #bd3bj4    

,for who when he hath found his enemy1  
will let him go well away8  ,but the    
,lord reward thee for this good turn1   
for what thou hast done to  me this day4
    #bd3ba4 ,and now as ,i know that    
thou shalt surely be king1 and have the 
kingdom of ,israel in thy hand3         
#bd3bb4 ,swear to me by the ,lord1 that 
thou wilt not destroy my seed after  me1
 nor take away my name from the house of
 my father4    #bd3bc4 ,and ,david swore
 to ,saul4 ,so ,saul went home3 and     
,david and his men  went up into safer  
places4    #a ,kings ,chapter #be       
,the death of ,samuel4 ,david1 provoked 
by ,nabal1 threateneth to destroy  him3 
but is appeased by ,abigail4    #be3a4  
,and ,samuel died1 and all ,israel was  
gathered together1 and they  mourned for
 him1 and buried him in his house in    
,ramatha4 ,and ,david rose1  and went   
down into the wilderness of ,pharan4    
#be3b4 ,now there was a certain man in  
the wilderness of ,maon1 and his        
possessions were in ,carmel1 and the man

 was very great3 and he had three       
thousand sheep1 and a thousand goats3   
and it happened that he was  shearing   
his sheep in ,carmel4    #be3c4 ,now the
 name of the man was ,nabal3 and the    
name of his wife was  ,abigail4 ,and she
 was a prudent and very comely woman3   
but her husband  was churlish1 and very 
bad and ill natured3 and he was of the  
house of  ,caleb4    #be3d4 ,and when   
,david heard in the wilderness1 that    
,nabal was shearing  his sheep1         
#be3e4 ,he sent ten young men1 and said 
to them3 ,go up to ,carmel1 and go  to  
,nabal1 and salute him in my name with  
peace4    #be3f4 ,and you shall say3    
,peace be to my brethren1 and to thee1  
and peace  to thy house1 and peace to   
all that thou hast4    #be3g4 ,i have   
heard that thy shepherds that were with 
us in the desert  were shearing3 we     
never molested them1 neither was there  
ought missing  to them of the flock at  
any time1 all the while they were with  
us in  ,carmel4    #be3h4 ,ask thy      

servants1 and they will tell thee4 ,now 
therefore let thy  servants find favour 
in thy eyes3 for we are come in a good  
day1  whatsoever thy hand shall find    
give to thy servants1 and to thy son    
,david4    #be3i4 ,and when ,david's    
servants came1 they spoke to ,nabal all 
these  words in ,david's name1 and then 
held their peace4    #be3aj4 ,but ,nabal
 answering the servants of ,david1 said3
 ,who is ,david8  and what is the son of
 ,isai8 servants are multiplied now days
 who flee  from their masters4          
#be3aa4 ,shall ,i then take my bread1   
and my water1 and the flesh of my       
cattle1 which ,i have killed for my     
shearers1 and give to men whom ,i know  
not whence they are8    #be3ab4 ,so the 
servants of ,david went back their way1 
and returning came  and told him all the
 words that he said4    #be3ac4 ,then   
,david said to his young men3 ,let every
 man gird on his  sword4 ,and they      
girded on every man his sword4 ,and     
,david also girded on  his sword3 and   

there followed ,david about four hundred
 men1 and two  hundred remained with the
 baggage4    #be3ad4 ,but one of the    
servants told1 ,abigail1 the wife of    
,nabal1 saying3  ,behold1 ,david sent   
messengers out of the wilderness1 to    
salute our  master3 and he rejected     
them4    #be3ae4 ,these men were very   
good to us1 and gave us no trouble3     
,neither  did we ever lose any thing all
 the time that we conversed with them in
  the desert4    #be3af4 ,they were a   
wall unto us1 both by night and day1 all
 the while we  were with them keeping   
the sheep4    #be3ag4 ,wherefore        
consider1 and think what thou hast to   
do3 for evil is  determined against thy 
husband1 and against thy house1 and he  
is a son  of ,belial1 so that no man can
 speak to him4    #be3ah4 ,then ,abigail
 made haste and took two hundred loaves1
 and two  vessels of wine1 and five     
sheep ready dressed1 and five measures  
of  parched corn1 and a hundred clusters
 of raisins1 and two hundred cakes  of  

dry figs1 and laid them upon asses3     
#be3ai4 ,and she said to her servants3  
,go before me3 behold1 ,i will follow   
after you3 but she told not her husband1
 ,nabal4    #be3bj4 ,and when she had   
gotten upon an ass1 and was coming down 
to the  foot of the mountain1 ,david and
 his men came down over against her1 and
  she met them4    #be3ba4 ,and ,david  
said3 ,truly in vain have ,i kept all   
that belonged to  this fellow in the    
wilderness1 and nothing was lost of all 
that  pertained unto him3 and he hath   
returned me evil for good4    #be3bb4   
,may ,god do so and so1 and add more to 
the foes of ,david1 if ,i  leave of all 
that belong to him till the morning1 any
 that pisseth  against the wall4    ,if 
,i leave1 etc444 ,david certainly sinned
 in his designs against ,nabal  and his 
family1 as he himself was afterwards    
sensible1 when he blessed  ,god for     
hindering him from executing the revenge
 he had proposed4    #be3bc4 ,and when  
,abigail saw ,david1 she made haste and 

lighted off the  ass1 and fell before   
,david1 on her face1 and adored upon the
 ground4    #be3bd4 ,and she fell at his
 feet1 and said3 ,upon me let this      
iniquity be1  my lord3 let thy handmaid 
speak1 ,i beseech thee1 in thy ears1 and
 hear  the words of thy servant4        
#be3be4 ,let not my lord the king1 ,i   
pray thee1 regard this naughty man1     
,nabal3 for according to his name1 he is
 a fool1 and folly is with him3  but ,i1
 thy handmaid1 did not see thy servants1
 my lord1 whom thou  sentest4    ,his   
name444 ,nabal1 in ,hebrew1 signifies a 
fool4    #be3bf4 ,now therefore1 my     
lord1 the ,lord liveth1 and thy soul    
liveth1 who  hath withholden thee from  
coming to blood1 and hath saved thy hand
 to  thee3 and now let thy enemies be as
 ,nabal1 and all they that seek evil  to
 my lord4    #be3bg4 ,wherefore receive 
this blessing1 which thy handmaid hath  
brought  to thee1 my lord3 and give it  
to the young men that follow thee1 my   
lord4    #be3bh4 ,forgive the iniquity  

of thy handmaid3 for the ,lord will     
surely  make for my lord a faithful     
house1 because thou1 my lord1 fightest  
the  battles of the ,lord3 let not evil 
therefore be found in thee all the  days
 of thy life4    #be3bi4 ,for if a man  
at any time shall rise1 and persecute   
thee1 and seek  thy life1 the soul of my
 lord shall be kept1 as in the bundle of
 the  living1 with the ,lord thy ,god3  
but the souls of thy enemies shall be   
whirled1 as with the violence and       
whirling of a sling4    #be3cj4 ,and    
when the ,lord shall have done to thee1 
my lord1 all the good  that he hath     
spoken concerning thee1 and shall have  
made thee prince  over ,israel1         
#be3ca ,this shall not be an occasion of
 grief to thee1 and a scruple of  heart 
to my lord1 that thou hast shed innocent
 blood1 or hast revenged  thyself3 and  
when the ,lord shall have done well by  
my lord1 thou shalt  remember thy       
handmaid4    #be3cb4 ,and ,david said to
 ,abigail3 ,blessed be the ,lord the    

,god of ,israel1  who sent thee this day
 to meet me1 and blessed be thy speech3 
#be3cc4 ,and blessed be thou1 who hast  
kept me to day from coming to  blood1   
and revenging me with my own hand4      
#be3cd4 ,otherwise1 as the ,lord liveth1
 the ,god of ,israel1 who hath          
withholden me from doing thee any evil1 
if thou hadst not quickly come  to meet 
me1 there had not been left to ,nabal by
 the morning light1 any  that pisseth   
against the wall4    #be3ce4 ,and ,david
 received at her hand all that she had  
brought him1 and  said to her3 ,go in   
peace into thy house1 behold ,i have    
heard thy voice1  and honoured thy face4
    #be3cf4 ,and ,abigail came to       
,nabal3 and behold he had a feast in his
  house1 like the feast of a king3 and  
,nabal's heart was merry1 for he was    
very drunk3 and she told him nothing    
less or more until morning4    #be3cg4  
,but early in the morning1 when ,nabal  
had digested his wine1 his  wife told   
him these words1 and his heart died     

within him1 and he became  as a stone4  
#be3ch4 ,and after ten days had passed1 
the ,lord struck ,nabal1 and he  died4  
#be3ci4 ,and when ,david had heard that 
,nabal was dead1 he said3 ,blessed be   
the ,lord1 who hath judged the cause of 
my reproach1 at the hand of  ,nabal1 and
 hath kept his servant from evil1 and   
the ,lord hath returned  the wickedness 
of ,nabal upon his head4 ,then ,david   
sent and treated with  ,abigail1 that he
 might take her to himself for a wife4  
,blessed be1 etc444 ,david praiseth     
,god1 on this occasion1 not out of joy  
for the death of ,nabal 7which would    
have argued a rancour of heart71 but    
because he saw that ,god had so visibly 
taken his cause in hand1 in  punishing  
the injury done to him2 whilst1 by a    
merciful providence he  kept him from   
revenging himself4    #be3dj4 ,and      
,david's servants came to ,abigail1 to  
,carmel1 and spoke to  her1 saying3     
,david hath sent us to thee1 to take    
thee to himself for a  wife4    #be3da4 

,and she arose1 and bowed herself down  
with her face to the earth1  and said3  
,behold1 let thy servant be a handmaid1 
to wash the feet of the  servants of my 
lord4    #be3db4 ,and ,abigail arose1   
and made haste1 and got upon an ass1 and
 five  damsels went with her1 her       
waiting maids1 and she followed the     
messengers of ,david1 and became his    
wife4    #be3dc4 ,moreover ,david took  
also ,achinoam of ,jezrahel3 and they   
were both  of them his wives4    #be3dd4
 ,but ,saul gave ,michol1 his daughter1 
,david's wife1 to ,phalti1 the  son of  
,lais1 who was of ,gallim4    #a ,kings 
,chapter #bf    ,saul goeth out again   
after ,david1 who cometh by night where 
,saul and his  men are asleep1 but      
suffereth him not to be touched4 ,saul  
again  confesseth his fault1 and        
promiseth peace4    #bf3a4 ,and the men 
of ,ziph came to ,saul in ,gabaa1       
saying3 ,behold ,david is  hid in the   
hill of ,hachila1 which is over against 
the wilderness4    #bf3b4 ,and ,saul    

arose1 and went down to the wilderness  
of ,ziph having  with him three thousand
 chosen men of ,israel1 to seek ,david  
in the  wilderness of ,ziph4    #bf3c4  
,and ,saul encamped in ,gabaa ,hachila1 
which was over against the  wilderness  
in the way3 and ,david abode in the     
wilderness4 ,and seeing  that ,saul was 
come after him into the wilderness1     
#bf3d4 ,he sent spies1 and learned that 
he was most certainly come  thither4    
#bf3e4 ,and ,david arose secretly1 and  
came to the place where ,saul was3  and 
when he had beheld the place1 wherein   
,saul slept1 and ,abner1 the son  of    
,ner1 the captain of his army1 and ,saul
 sleeping in a tent1 and the  rest of   
the multitude round about him1    #bf3f4
 ,david spoke to ,achimelech1 the       
,hethite1 and ,abisai1 the son of       
,sarvia1 the brother of ,joab1 saying3  
,who will go down with me to ,saul  into
 the camp8 ,and ,abisai said3 ,i will go
 with thee4    #bf3g4 ,so ,david and    
,abisai came to the people by night1 and

 found ,saul  lying and sleeping in the 
tent1 and his spear fixed in the ground 
at his  head3 and ,abner and the people 
sleeping round about him4    #bf3h4 ,and
 ,abisai said to ,david3 ,god hath shut 
up thy enemy this day into  thy hands3  
now then ,i will run him through with my
 spear1 even to the  earth at once1 and 
there shall be no need of a second time4
    #bf3i4 ,and ,david said to ,abisai3 
,kill him not3 for who shall put forth  
his hand against the ,lord's anointed1  
and shall be guiltless8    #bf3aj4 ,and 
,david said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1      
unless the ,lord shall strike  him1 or  
his day shall come to die1 or he shall  
go down to battle1 and  perish3         
#bf3aa4 ,the ,lord be merciful unto me1 
and keep me that ,i never put forth  my 
hand against the ,lord's anointed4 ,but 
now take the spear which is at  his     
head1 and the cup of water1 and let us  
go4    #bf3ab4 ,so ,david took the      
spear1 and the cup of water which was at
 ,saul's  head1 and they went away3 and 

no man saw it1 or knew it1 or awaked1   
but  they were all asleep1 for a deep   
sleep from the ,lord was fallen upon    
them4    #bf3ac4 ,and when ,david was   
gone over to the other side1 and stood  
on the  top of the hill afar off1 and a 
good space was between them1    #bf3ad4 
,david cried to the people1 and to      
,abner1 the son of ,ner1 saying3  ,wilt 
thou not answer1 ,abner8 ,and ,abner    
answering1 said3 ,who art thou1  that   
criest1 and disturbest the king8        
#bf3ae4 ,and ,david said to ,abner3 ,art
 not thou a man8 and who is like unto   
thee in ,israel8 why then hast thou not 
kept thy lord the king8 for there  came 
one of the people in to kill the king   
thy lord4    #bf3af4 ,this thing is not 
good1 that thou hast done3 as the ,lord 
liveth1  you are the sons of death1 who 
have not kept your master1 the ,lord's  
anointed4 ,and now where is the king's  
spear1 and the cup of water1 which  was 
at his head8    #bf3ag4 ,and ,saul knew 
,david's voice1 and said3 ,is this thy  

voice1 my son  ,david8 ,and ,david said3
 ,it is my voice1 my lord the king4     
#bf3ah4 ,and he said3 ,wherefore doth my
 lord persecute his servant8 ,what  have
 ,i done8 or what evil is there in my   
hand8    #bf3ai4 ,now therefore hear1 ,i
 pray thee1 my lord the king1 the words 
of  thy servant3 ,if the ,lord stir thee
 up against me1 let him accept of       
sacrifice3 but if the sons of men1 they 
are cursed in the sight of the  ,lord1  
who have cast me out this day1 that ,i  
should not dwell in the  inheritance of 
the ,lord1 saying3 ,go1 serve strange   
gods4    #bf3bj4 ,and now let not my    
blood be shed upon the earth before the 
,lord3  for the king of ,israel is come 
out to seek a flea1 as the partridge is 
hunted in the mountains4    #bf3ba4 ,and
 ,saul said3 ,i have sinned2 return1 my 
son ,david1 for ,i will no  more do thee
 harm1 because my life hath been        
precious in thy eyes this  day3 for it  
appeareth that ,i have done foolishly1  
and have been ignorant  in very many    

things4    #bf3bb4 ,and ,david          
answering1 said3 ,behold the king's     
spear3 let one of  the king's servants  
come over and fetch it4    #bf3bc4 ,and 
the ,lord will reward every one         
according to his justice1 and  his      
faithfulness3 for the ,lord hath        
delivered thee this day into my  hand1  
and ,i would not put forth my hand      
against the ,lord's anointed4    #bf3bd4
 ,and as thy life hath been much set by 
this day in my eyes1 so let  my life be 
much set by in the eyes of the ,lord1   
and let him deliver me  from all        
distress4    #bf3be4 ,then ,saul said to
 ,david3 ,blessed art thou1 my son      
,david3 and  truly doing thou shalt do1 
and prevailing thou shalt prevail4 ,and 
,david  went on his way1 and ,saul      
returned to his place4    #a ,kings     
,chapter #bg    ,david goeth again to   
,achis king of ,geth1 and obtaineth of  
him the city  of ,siceleg4    #bg3a4    
,and ,david said in his heart3 ,i shall 
one day or other fall into  the hands of

 ,saul3 is it not better for me to flee1
 and to be saved in  the land of the    
,philistines1 that ,saul may despair of 
me1 and cease to  seek me in all the    
coasts of ,israel8 ,i will flee then out
 of his hands4    #bg3b4 ,and ,david    
arose1 and went away1 both he and the   
six hundred men  that were with him1 to 
,achis1 the son of ,maoch1 king of      
,geth4    #bg3c4 ,and ,david dwelt with 
,achis at ,geth1 he and his men2 every  
man with  his household1 and ,david with
 his two wives1 ,achinoam1 the          
,jezrahelitess1 and ,abigail1 the wife  
of ,nabal of ,carmel4    #bg3d4 ,and it 
was told ,saul that ,david was fled to  
,geth1 and he sought no  more after him4
    #bg3e4 ,and ,david said to ,achis3  
,if ,i have found favour in thy sight1  
let  a place be given me in one of the  
cities of this country1 that ,i may     
dwell there3 for why should thy servant 
dwell in the royal city with  thee8     
#bg3f4 ,then ,achis gave him ,siceleg   
that day3 for which reason ,siceleg     

belongeth to the kings of ,juda unto    
this day4    #bg3g4 ,and the time that  
,david dwelt in the country of the      
,philistines1  was four months4         
#bg3h4 ,and ,david and his men went up1 
and pillaged ,gessuri1 and ,gerzi1  and 
the ,amalecites3 for these were of old  
the inhabitants of the  countries1 as   
men go to ,sur1 even to the land of     
,egypt4    ,pillaged ,gessuri1 etc444   
,these probably were enemies of the     
people of  ,god3 and some1 if not all of
 them1 were of the number of those whom 
,god  had ordered to be destroyed3 which
 justifies ,david's proceedings in      
their regard4 ,though it is to be       
observed here1 that we are not under an 
obligation of justifying every thing    
that he did3 for the scripture1 in      
relating what was done1 does not say    
that it was well done4 ,and even  such  
as are true servants of ,god1 are not to
 be imitated in all they do4    #bg3i4  
,and ,david wasted all the land1 and    
left neither man nor woman  alive3 and  

took away the sheep1 and the oxen1 and  
the asses1 and the  camels1 and the     
apparel1 and returned and came to       
,achis4    #bg3aj4 ,and ,achis said to  
him3 ,whom hast thou gone against to    
day8 ,david  answered3 ,against the     
south of ,juda1 and against the south of
 ,jerameel1  and against the south of   
,ceni4    #bg3aa4 ,and ,david saved     
neither man nor woman1 neither brought  
he any of  them to ,geth1 saying3 ,lest 
they should speak against us4 ,so did   
,david1  and such was his proceeding all
 the days that he dwelt in the country  
of  the ,philistines4    #bg3ab4 ,and   
,achis believed ,david1 saying3 ,he hath
 done much harm to his  people ,israel3 
,therefore he shall be my servant for   
ever4    #a ,kings ,chapter #bh    ,the 
,philistines go out to war against      
,israel4 ,saul being forsaken by  ,god1 
hath recourse to a witch4 ,samuel       
appeareth to him4    #bh3a4 ,and it came
 to pass in those days1 that the        
,philistines gathered  together their   

armies1 to be prepared for war against  
,israel3 ,and ,achis  said to ,david3   
,know thou now assuredly1 that thou     
shalt go out with me  to the war1 thou1 
and thy men4    #bh3b4 ,and ,david said 
to ,achis3 ,now thou shalt know what thy
 servant will  do4 ,and ,achis said to  
,david3 ,and ,i will appoint thee to    
guard my life  for ever4    #bh3c4 ,now 
,samuel was dead1 and all ,israel       
mourned for him1 and buried  him in     
,ramatha1 his city4 ,and ,saul had put  
away all the magicians and  soothsayers 
out of the land4    #bh3d4 ,and the     
,philistines were gathered together1 and
 came and encamped  in ,sunam3 and ,saul
 also gathered together all ,israel1 and
 came to  ,gelboe4    #bh3e4 ,and ,saul 
saw the army of the ,philistines1 and   
was afraid1 and his  heart was very much
 dismayed4    #bh3f4 ,and he consulted  
the ,lord1 and he answered him not1     
neither by  dreams1 nor by priests1 nor 
by prophets4    #bh3g4 ,and ,saul said  
to his servants3 ,seek me a woman that  

hath a  divining spirit1 and ,i will go 
to her1 and enquire by her4 ,and his    
servants said to him3 ,there is a woman 
that hath a divining spirit at  ,endor4 
#bh3h4 ,then he disguised himself3 and  
put on other clothes1 and he went1  and 
two men with him1 and they came to the  
woman by night1 and he said  to her3    
,divine to me by thy divining spirit1   
and bring me up him whom ,i  shall tell 
thee4    #bh3i4 ,and the woman said to  
him3 ,behold thou knowest all that ,saul
 hath  done1 and how he hath rooted out 
the magicians and soothsayers from the  
land3 why then dost thou lay a snare for
 my life1 to cause me to be put  to     
death8    #bh3aj4 ,and ,saul swore unto 
her by the ,lord1 saying3 ,as the ,lord 
liveth1  there shall no evil happen to  
thee for this thing4    #bh3aa4 ,and the
 woman said to him3 ,whom shall ,i bring
 up to thee8 ,and he  said1 ,bring me up
 ,samuel4    #bh3ab ,and when the woman 
saw ,samuel1 she cried out with a loud  
voice1  and said to ,saul3 ,why hast    

thou deceived me8 for thou art ,saul4   
#bh3ac4 ,and the king said to her3 ,fear
 not3 what hast thou seen8 and the      
woman said to ,saul3 ,i saw gods        
ascending out of the earth4    #bh3ad4  
,and he said to her3 ,what form is he   
of8 ,and she said3 ,an old man  cometh  
up1 and he is covered with a mantle4    
,and ,saul understood that it  was      
,samuel1 and he bowed himself with his  
face to the ground1 and  adored4        
,understood that it was ,samuel444 ,it  
is the more common opinion of the  holy 
fathers1 and interpreters1 that the soul
 of ,samuel appeared indeed3  and not1  
as some have imagined1 an evil spirit in
 his shape4 ,not that  the power of her 
magic could bring him thither1 but that 
,god was pleased  for the punishment of 
,saul1 that ,samuel himself should      
denounce unto him  the evils that were  
falling upon him4 ,see ,eccli4 #df4bc4  
#bh3ae4 ,and ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,why
 hast thou disturbed my rest1 that ,i   
should be brought up8 ,and ,saul said3  

,i am in great distress3 for the        
,philistines fight against me1 and ,god 
is departed from me1 and would not  hear
 me1 neither by the hand of prophets1   
nor by dreams3 therefore ,i  have called
 thee1 that thou mayst shew me what ,i  
shall do4    #bh3af4 ,and ,samuel said3 
,why askest thou me1 seeing the ,lord   
has departed  from thee1 and is gone    
over to thy rival8    #bh3ag4 ,for the  
,lord will do to thee as he spoke by me1
 and he will rend  thy kingdom out of   
thy hand1 and will give it to thy       
neighbour ,david3    #bh3ah4 ,because   
thou didst not obey the voice of the    
,lord1 neither didst  thou execute the  
wrath of his indignation upon ,amalec4  
,therefore hath  the ,lord done to thee 
what thou sufferest this day4    #bh3ai4
 ,and the ,lord also will deliver       
,israel with thee into the hands of  the
 ,philistines3 and to morrow thou and   
thy sons shall be with me3 and  the     
,lord will also deliver the army of     
,israel into the hands of the           

,philistines4    ,with me444 ,that is1  
in the state of the dead1 and in another
 world1  though not in the same place4  
#bh3bj4 ,and forthwith ,saul fell all   
along on the ground2 for he was         
frightened with the words of ,samuel1   
and there was no strength in him1  for  
he had eaten no bread all that day4     
#bh3ba4 ,and the woman came to ,saul1   
7for he was very much troubled7 and     
said to him3 ,behold thy handmaid hath  
obeyed thy voice1 and ,i have put  my   
life in my hand3 and ,i hearkened unto  
the words which thou spokest to  me4    
#bh3bb4 ,now therefore1 ,i pray thee1   
hearken thou also to the voice of thy   
handmaid1 and let me set before thee a  
morsel of bread1 that thou mayst  eat   
and recover strength1 and be able to go 
on thy journey4    #bh3bc4 ,but he      
refused1 and said3 ,i will not eat4 ,but
 his servants and  the woman forced him1
 and at length hearkening to their      
voice1 he arose  from the ground1 and   
sat upon the bed4    #bh3bd4 ,now the   

woman had a fatted calf in the house1   
and she made haste  and killed it3 and  
taking meal1 kneaded it1 and baked some 
unleavened  bread1    #bh3be4 ,and set  
it before ,saul1 and before his         
servants4 ,and when they  had eaten they
 rose up1 and walked all that night4    
#a ,kings ,chapter #bi    ,david going  
with the ,philistines is sent back by   
their princes4    #bi3a4 ,now all the   
troops of the ,philistines were gathered
 together to  ,aphec3 and ,israel also  
encamped by the fountain1 which is in   
,jezrahel4    #bi3b4 ,and the lords of  
the ,philistines marched with their     
hundreds and  their thousands3 but      
,david and his men were in the rear with
 ,achis4    #bi3c4 ,and the princes of  
the ,philistines said to ,achis3 ,what  
mean these  ,hebrews8 ,and ,achis said  
to the princes of the ,philistines3 ,do 
you not  know ,david who was the servant
 of ,saul1 the king of ,israel1 and hath
  been with me many days1 or years1 and 
,i have found no fault in him1  since   

the day that he fled over to me until   
this day8    #bi3d4 ,but the prices of  
the ,philistines were angry with him1   
and they  said to him3 ,let this man    
return1 and abide in his place1 which   
thou  hast appointed him1 and let him   
not go down with us to battle1 lest he  
be an adversary to us1 when we shall    
begin to fight3 for how can he          
otherwise appease his master1 but with  
our heads8    #bi3e4 ,is not this       
,david1 to whom they sung in their      
dances1 saying3 ,saul  slew his         
thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands8
    #bi3f4 ,then ,achis called ,david1  
and said to him3 ,as the ,lord liveth1  
thou  art upright and good in my sight3 
and so is thy going out1 and thy  coming
 in with me in the army3 and ,i have not
 found any evil in thee1  since the day 
that thou camest to me unto this day3   
but thou pleasest  not the lords4       
#bi3g4 ,return therefore1 and go in     
peace1 and offend not the eyes of the   
princes of the ,philistines4    #bi3h4  

,and ,david said to ,achis3 ,but what   
have ,i done1 or what hast thou  found  
in me thy servant1 from the day that ,i 
have been in thy sight  until this day1 
that ,i may not go and fight against the
 enemies of my  lord the king8    #bi3i4
 ,and ,achis answering1 said to ,david3 
,i know that thou art good in  my sight1
 as an angel of ,god3 ,but the princes  
of the ,philistines have  said3 ,he     
shall not go up with us to the battle4  
#bi3aj4 ,therefore arise in the morning1
 thou1 and the servants of thy  lord1   
who came with thee3 and when you are up 
before day1 and it shall  begin to be   
light1 go on your way4    #bi3aa4 ,so   
,david and his men arose in the night1  
that they might set  forward in the     
morning1 and returned to the land of the
 ,philistines3 and  the ,philistines    
went up to ,jezrahel4    #a ,kings      
,chapter #cj    ,the ,amalecites burn   
,siceleg1 and carry off the prey3 ,david
 pursueth  after them1 and recovereth   
all out of their hands4    #cj3a4 ,now  

when ,david and his men were come to    
,siceleg on the third day1  the         
,amalecites had made an invasion on the 
south side upon ,siceleg1 and  had      
smitten ,siceleg1 and burnt it with     
fire1    #cj3b4 ,and had taken the women
 captives that were in it1 both little  
and  great3 and they had not killed any 
person1 but had carried them with  them1
 and went on their way4    #cj3c4 ,so   
when ,david and his men came to the     
city1 and found it burnt  with fire1 and
 that their wives1 and their sons1 and  
their daughters1  were taken captives1  
#cj3d4 ,david and the people that were  
with him1 lifted up their voices1  and  
wept till they had no more tears4       
#cj3e4 ,for the two wives also of ,david
 were taken captives1 ,achinoam1 the    
,jezrahelitess1 and ,abigail1 the wife  
of ,nabal of ,carmel4    #cj3f4 ,and    
,david was greatly afflicted3 for the   
people had a mind to  stone him1 for the
 soul of every man was bitterly grieved 
for his sons  and daughters3 but ,david 

took courage in the ,lord his ,god4     
#cj3g4 ,and he said to ,abiathar1 the   
priest1 the son of ,achimelech3 ,bring  
me hither the ephod4 ,and ,abiathar     
brought the ephod to ,david4    #cj3h4  
,and ,david consulted the ,lord1 saying3
 ,shall ,i pursue after these  robbers1 
and shall ,i overtake them1 or not8 ,and
 the ,lord said to him3  ,pursue after  
them3 for thou shalt surely overtake    
them and recover the  prey4    #cj3i4   
,so ,david went1 he and the six hundred 
men that were with him1 and  they came  
to the torrent ,besor3 and some1 being  
weary1 stayed there4    #cj3aj4 ,but    
,david pursued1 he and four hundred men3
 for two hundred  stayed1 who1 being    
weary1 could not go over the torrent    
,besor4    #cj3aa4 ,and they found an   
,egyptian in the field1 and brought him 
to  ,david3 and they gave him bread to  
eat1 and water to drink1    #cj3ab4 ,as 
also a piece of a cake of figs1 and two 
bunches of raisins4  ,and when he had   
eaten them1 his spirit returned1 and he 

was refreshed3  for he had not eaten    
bread1 nor drunk water1 three days and  
three  nights4    #cj3ac4 ,and ,david   
said to him3 ,to whom dost thou belong2 
or whence dost  thou come8 and whither  
art thou going8 ,he said3 ,i am a young 
man of  ,egypt1 the servant of an       
,amalecite3 and my master left me1      
because ,i  began to be sick three days 
ago4    #cj3ad4 ,for we made an invasion
 on the south side of ,cerethi1 and upon
  ,juda1 and upon the south of ,caleb1  
and we burnt ,siceleg with fire4        
#cj3ae4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,canst 
thou bring me to this company8 and  he  
said3 ,swear to me by ,god1 that thou   
wilt not kill me1 nor deliver me  into  
the hands of my master1 and ,i will     
bring thee to this company4 ,and  ,david
 swore to him4    #cj3af4 ,and when he  
had brought him1 behold they were lying 
spread abroad  upon all the ground1     
eating and drinking1 and as it were     
keeping a  festival day1 for all the    
prey and the spoils which they had taken

 out  of the land of the ,philistines1  
and out of the land of ,juda4    #cj3ag4
 ,and ,david slew them from the evening 
unto the evening of the next  day1 and  
there escaped not a man of them1 but    
four hundred young men1  who had gotten 
upon camels1 and fled4    #cj3ah4 ,so   
,david recovered all that the           
,amalecites had taken1 and he  rescued  
his two wives4    #cj3ai4 ,and there was
 nothing missing small or great1 neither
 of their  sons or their daughters1 nor 
of the spoils1 and whatsoever they had  
taken1 ,david recovered all4    #cj3bj4 
,and he took all the flocks and the     
herds1 and made them go before  him3 and
 they said3 ,this is the prey of ,david4
    #cj3ba4 ,and ,david came to the two 
hundred men1 who1 being weary1 had      
stayed1 and were not able to follow     
,david1 and he had ordered them to      
abide at the torrent ,besor3 and they   
came out to meet ,david1 and the  people
 that were with him4 ,and ,david coming 
to the people1 saluted them  peaceably4 

#cj3bb4 ,then all the wicked and unjust 
men1 that had gone with ,david1         
answering1 said3 ,because they came not 
with us1 we will not give them  any     
thing of the prey which we have         
recovered3 but let every man take  his  
wife1 and his children1 and be contented
 with them1 and go his way4    #cj3bc4  
,but ,david said3 ,you shall not do so1 
my brethren1 with these  things1 which  
the ,lord hath given us1 who hath kept  
us1 and hath  delivered the robbers that
 invaded us into our hands3    #cj3bd4  
,and no man shall hearken to you in this
 matter4 ,but equal shall  be the       
portion of him that went down to battle1
 and of him that abode at  the baggage1 
and they shall divide alike4    #cj3be4 
,and this hath been done from that day  
forward1 and since was made  a statute  
and an ordinance1 and as a law in       
,israel4    #cj3bf4 ,then ,david came to
 ,siceleg1 and sent presents of the prey
 to the  ancients of ,juda1 his         
neighbours1 saying3 ,receive a blessing 

of the prey  of the enemies of the      
,lord4    #cj3bg4 ,to them that were in 
,bethel1 and that were in ,ramoth to the
  south1 and to them that were in       
,jether4    #cj3bh4 ,and to them that   
were in ,aroer1 and that were in        
,sephamoth1 and  that were in ,esthamo1 
#cj3bi4 ,and that were in ,rachal1 and  
that were in the cities of ,jerameel1   
and that were in the cities of ,ceni1   
#cj3cj4 ,and that were in ,arama1 and   
that were in the lake ,asan1 and that   
were in ,athach1    #cj3ca4 ,and that   
were in ,hebron1 and to the rest that   
were in those  places1 in which ,david  
had abode with his men4    #a ,kings    
,chapter #ca    ,israel is defeated by  
the ,philistines3 ,saul and his sons are
 slain4    #ca3a4 ,and the ,philistines 
fought against ,israel1 and the men of  
,israel  fled from before the           
,philistines1 and fell down slain in    
mount ,gelboe4    #ca3b4 ,and the       
,philistines fell upon ,saul1 and upon  
his sons1 and they  slew ,jonathan1 and 

,abinadab1 and ,melchisua1 the sons of  
,saul4    #ca3c4 ,and the whole weight  
of the battle was turned upon ,saul3 and
 the  archers overtook him1 and he was  
grievously wounded by the archers4      
#ca3d4 ,then ,saul said to his          
armourbearer3 ,draw thy sword1 and kill 
me3  lest these uncircumcised come1 and 
slay me1 and mock at me4 ,and his       
armourbearer would not3 for he was      
struck with exceeding great fear4  ,then
 ,saul took his sword1 and fell upon it4
    #ca3e4 ,and when his armourbearer   
saw this1 to wit1 that ,saul was dead1  
he  also fell upon his sword and died   
with him4    #ca3f4 ,so ,saul died1 and 
his three sons1 and his armourbearer1   
and all  his men that same day together4
    #ca3g4 ,and the men of ,israel1 that
 were beyond the valley1 and beyond the 
,jordan1 seeing that the ,israelites    
were fled1 and that ,saul was dead1  and
 his sons1 forsook their cities1 and    
fled3 and the ,philistines came  and    
dwelt there4    #ca3h4 ,and on the      

morrow the ,philistines came to strip   
the slain1 and  they found ,saul and his
 three sons lying in mount ,gelboe4     
#ca3i4 ,and they cut off ,saul's head1  
and stripped him of his armour1 and     
sent into the land of the ,philistines  
round about1 to publish it in the       
temples of their idols and among their  
people4    #ca3aj4 ,and they put his    
armour in the temple of ,astaroth1 but  
his body  they hung on the wall of      
,bethsan4    #ca3aa4 ,now when the      
inhabitants of ,jabes ,galaad had heard 
all that the  ,philistines had done to  
,saul1    #ca3ab4 ,all the most valiant 
men arose1 and walked all the night1 and
  took the body of ,saul1 and the bodies
 of his sons1 from the wall of          
,bethsan3 and they came to ,jabes       
,galaad1 and burnt them there4          
#ca3ac4 ,and they took their bones1 and 
buried them in the wood of ,jabes3  and 
fasted seven days4