First Book of Samuel

I SAMUEL 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of
mount Ephraim, and his name {was} Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an
Ephrathite:
I SAMUEL 1:2 And he had two wives; the name of the one {was}
Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had
children, but Hannah had no children.
I SAMUEL 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to
worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And
the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the
Lord, {were} there.
I SAMUEL 1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave
to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters,
portions:
I SAMUEL 1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he
loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
I SAMUEL 1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to
make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
I SAMUEL 1:7 And {as} he did so year by year, when she went up to
the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept,
and did not eat.
I SAMUEL 1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why
weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart
grieved? {am} not I better to thee than ten sons?
I SAMUEL 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh,
and after they had drunk.  Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by
a post of the temple of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 1:10 And she {was} in bitterness of soul, and prayed
unto the Lord, and wept sore.
I SAMUEL 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if
thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and
remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto
thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord
all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his
head.
I SAMUEL 1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying
before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
I SAMUEL 1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips
moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had
been drunken.
I SAMUEL 1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be
drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
I SAMUEL 1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I {am} a
woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong
drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
I SAMUEL 1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial:
for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken
hitherto.
I SAMUEL 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the
God of Israel grant {thee} thy petition that thou hast asked of
him.
I SAMUEL 1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy
sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her
countenance was no more {sad}.
I SAMUEL 1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and
worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house
to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord
remembered her.
I SAMUEL 1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come
about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called
his name Samuel, {saying}, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to
offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
I SAMUEL 1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her
husband, {I will not go up} until the child be weaned, and {then}
I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there
abide for ever.
I SAMUEL 1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what
seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the
Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son
suck until she weaned him.
I SAMUEL 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with
her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of
wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and
the child {was} young.
I SAMUEL 1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to
Eli.
I SAMUEL 1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, {as} thy soul liveth, my
lord, I {am} the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the
Lord.
I SAMUEL 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me
my petition which I asked of him:
I SAMUEL 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long
as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the
Lord there.
I SAMUEL 2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in
the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged
over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
I SAMUEL 2:2 {There is} none holy as the Lord: for {there is}
none beside thee: neither {is there} any rock like our God.
I SAMUEL 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let {not}
arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord {is} a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
I SAMUEL 2:4 The bows of the mighty men {are} broken, and they
that stumbled are girded with strength.
I SAMUEL 2:5 {They that were} full have hired out themselves for
bread; and {they that were} hungry ceased: so that the barren
hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
I SAMUEL 2:6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down
to the grave, and bringeth up.
I SAMUEL 2:7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth
low, and lifteth up.
I SAMUEL 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and}
lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set {them} among
princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the
pillars of the earth {are} the Lord's, and he hath set the world
upon them.
I SAMUEL 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked
shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man
prevail.
I SAMUEL 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to
pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall
judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his
king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
I SAMUEL 2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the
child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.
I SAMUEL 2:12 Now the sons of Eli {were} sons of Belial; they
knew not the Lord.
I SAMUEL 2:13 And the priests' custom with the people {was,
that}, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came,
while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth
in his hand;
I SAMUEL 2:14 And he struck {it} into the pan, or kettle, or
caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest
took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites
that came thither.
I SAMUEL 2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's
servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to
roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee,
but raw.
I SAMUEL 2:16 And {if} any man said unto him, Let them not fail
to burn the fat presently, and {then} take {as much} as thy soul
desireth; then he would answer him, {Nay}; but thou shalt give
{it me} now: and if not, I will take {it} by force.
I SAMUEL 2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great
before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 2:18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, {being} a
child, girded with a linen ephod.
I SAMUEL 2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and
brought {it} to him from year to year, when she came up with her
husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
I SAMUEL 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The
Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to
the Lord. And they went unto their own home.
I SAMUEL 2:21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived,
and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew
before the Lord.
I SAMUEL 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons
did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that
assembled {at} the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
I SAMUEL 2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I
hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
I SAMUEL 2:24 Nay, my sons; for {it is} no good report that I
hear: ye make the Lord's people to transgress.
I SAMUEL 2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall
judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat
for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of
their father, because the Lord would slay them.
I SAMUEL 2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour
both with the Lord, and also with men.
I SAMUEL 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto
him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of
thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
I SAMUEL 2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of
Israel {to be} my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn
incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the
house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the
children of Israel?
I SAMUEL 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine
offering, which I have commanded {in my} habitation; and
honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the
chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
I SAMUEL 2:30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said
indeed {that} thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk
before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me;
for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me
shall be lightly esteemed.
I SAMUEL 2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine
arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be
an old man in thine house.
I SAMUEL 2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy {in my} habitation, in
all {the wealth} which {God} shall give Israel: and there shall
not be an old man in thine house for ever.
I SAMUEL 2:33 And the man of thine, {whom} I shall not cut off
from mine altar, {shall be} to consume thine eyes, and to grieve
thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the
flower of their age.
I SAMUEL 2:34 And this {shall be} a sign unto thee, that shall
come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they
shall die both of them.
I SAMUEL 2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, {that}
shall do according to {that} which {is} in mine heart and in my
mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before
mine anointed for ever.
I SAMUEL 2:36 And it shall come to pass, {that} every one that is
left in thine house shall come {and} crouch to him for a piece of
silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee,
into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of
bread.
I SAMUEL 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before
Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; {there
was} no open vision.
I SAMUEL 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli {was}
laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, {that} he
could not see;
I SAMUEL 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of
the Lord, where the ark of God {was}, and Samuel was laid down
{to sleep};
I SAMUEL 3:4 That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here
{am} I.
I SAMUEL 3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here {am} I; for thou
calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he
went and lay down.
I SAMUEL 3:6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel
arose and went to Eli, and said, Here {am} I; for thou didst call
me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
I SAMUEL 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was
the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.
I SAMUEL 3:8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And
he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here {am} I; for thou didst
call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.
I SAMUEL 3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it
shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for
thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
I SAMUEL 3:10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at
other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy
servant heareth.
I SAMUEL 3:11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a
thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth
it shall tingle.
I SAMUEL 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all {things}
which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will
also make an end.
I SAMUEL 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for
ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made
themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
I SAMUEL 3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli,
that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with
sacrifice nor offering for ever.
I SAMUEL 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the
doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the
vision.
I SAMUEL 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son.
And he answered, Here {am} I.
I SAMUEL 3:17 And he said, What {is} the thing that {the Lord}
hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide {it} not from me: God do so
to thee, and more also, if thou hide {any} thing from me of all
the things that he said unto thee.
I SAMUEL 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing
from him. And he said, It {is} the Lord: let him do what seemeth
him good.
I SAMUEL 3:19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did
let none of his words fall to the ground.
I SAMUEL 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that
Samuel {was} established {to be} a prophet of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 3:21 And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord
revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now
Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched
beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
I SAMUEL 4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against
Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before
the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about
four thousand men.
I SAMUEL 4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the
elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day
before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of
the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it
may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
I SAMUEL 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring
from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which
dwelleth {between} the Cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
and Phinehas, {were} there with the ark of the covenant of God.
I SAMUEL 4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came
into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the
earth rang again.
I SAMUEL 4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the
shout, they said, What {meaneth} the noise of this great shout in
the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the
Lord was come into the camp.
I SAMUEL 4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God
is come into the camp.  And they said, Woe unto us! for there
hath not been such a thing heretofore.
I SAMUEL 4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of
these mighty Gods?  these {are} the Gods that smote the Egyptians
with all the plagues in the wilderness.
I SAMUEL 4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye
Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they
have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
I SAMUEL 4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten,
and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great
slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
I SAMUEL 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
I SAMUEL 4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army,
and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with
earth upon his head.
I SAMUEL 4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the
wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And
when the man came into the city, and told {it}, all the city
cried out.
I SAMUEL 4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he
said, What {meaneth} the noise of this tumult? And the man came
in hastily, and told Eli.
I SAMUEL 4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his
eyes were dim, that he could not see.
I SAMUEL 4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I {am} he that came out
of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What
is there done, my son?
I SAMUEL 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled
before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great
slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and
Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
I SAMUEL 4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the
ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side
of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old
man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
I SAMUEL 4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with
child, {near} to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings
that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her
husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains
came upon her.
I SAMUEL 4:20 And about the time of her death the women that
stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son.
But she answered not, neither did she regard {it}.
I SAMUEL 4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory
is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and
because of her father in law and her husband.
I SAMUEL 4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel:
for the ark of God is taken.
I SAMUEL 5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought
it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
I SAMUEL 5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they
brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
I SAMUEL 5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow,
behold, Dagon {was} fallen upon his face to the earth before the
ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place
again.
I SAMUEL 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning,
behold, Dagon {was} fallen upon his face to the ground before the
ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his
hands {were} cut off upon the threshold; only {the stump of}
Dagon was left to him.
I SAMUEL 5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that
come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in
Ashdod unto this day.
I SAMUEL 5:6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of
Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods,
{even} Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
I SAMUEL 5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that {it was} so,
they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us:
for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
I SAMUEL 5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of
the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the
ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the
God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the
ark of the God of Israel about {thither}.
I SAMUEL 5:9 And it was {so}, that, after they had carried it
about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very
great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small
and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
I SAMUEL 5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it
came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites
cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of
Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
I SAMUEL 5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of
the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of
Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us
not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction
throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
I SAMUEL 5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the
emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
I SAMUEL 6:1 And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the
Philistines seven months.
I SAMUEL 6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the
diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell
us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
I SAMUEL 6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of
Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass
offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you
why his hand is not removed from you.
I SAMUEL 6:4 Then said they, What {shall be} the trespass
offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden
emerods, and five golden mice, {according to} the number of the
lords of the Philistines: for one plague {was} on you all, and on
your lords.
I SAMUEL 6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and
images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory
unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand
from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
I SAMUEL 6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the
Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought
wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they
departed?
I SAMUEL 6:7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch
kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the
cart, and bring their calves home from them:
I SAMUEL 6:8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the
cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him {for} a
trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it
away, that it may go.
I SAMUEL 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast
to Bethshemesh, {then} he hath done us this great evil: but if
not, then we shall know that {it is} not his hand {that} smote
us: it {was} a chance {that} happened to us.
I SAMUEL 6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and
tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
I SAMUEL 6:11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart,
and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their
emerods.
I SAMUEL 6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of
Bethshemesh, {and} went along the highway, lowing as they went,
and turned not aside {to} the right hand or {to} the left; and
the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of
Bethshemesh.
I SAMUEL 6:13 And {they of} Bethshemesh {were} reaping their
wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and
saw the ark, and rejoiced to see {it}.
I SAMUEL 6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a
Bethshemite, and stood there, where {there was} a great stone:
and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt
offering unto the Lord.
I SAMUEL 6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and
the coffer that {was} with it, wherein the jewels of gold {were},
and put {them} on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh
offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day
unto the Lord.
I SAMUEL 6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen
{it}, they returned to Ekron the same day.
I SAMUEL 6:17 And these {are} the golden emerods which the
Philistines returned {for} a trespass offering unto the Lord; for
Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for
Ekron one;
I SAMUEL 6:18 And the golden mice, {according to} the number of
all the cities of the Philistines {belonging} to the five lords,
{both} of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the
great {stone of} Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord:
{which stone remaineth} unto this day in the field of Joshua, the
Bethshemite.
I SAMUEL 6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they
had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people
fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people
lamented, because the Lord had smitten {many} of the people with
a great slaughter.
I SAMUEL 6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to
stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from
us?
I SAMUEL 6:21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of
Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark
of the Lord; come ye down, {and} fetch it up to you.
I SAMUEL 7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up
the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in
the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the
Lord.
I SAMUEL 7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years:
and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
I SAMUEL 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel,
saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts,
{then} put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you,
and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he
will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and
Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
I SAMUEL 7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I
will pray for you unto the Lord.
I SAMUEL 7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew
water, and poured {it} out before the Lord, and fasted on that
day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel
judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
I SAMUEL 7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of
Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the
Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of
Israel heard {it}, they were afraid of the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not
to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of
the hand of the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered {it for}
a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the
Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.
I SAMUEL 7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering,
the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord
thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines,
and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
I SAMUEL 7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and
pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until {they came} under
Bethcar.
I SAMUEL 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set {it} between
Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying,
Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
I SAMUEL 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no
more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was
against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
I SAMUEL 7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from
Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and
the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
I SAMUEL 7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
I SAMUEL 7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel,
and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
I SAMUEL 7:17 And his return {was} to Ramah; for there {was} his
house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar
unto the Lord.
I SAMUEL 8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he
made his sons judges over Israel.
I SAMUEL 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name
of his second, Abiah: {they were} judges in Beersheba.
I SAMUEL 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned
aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
I SAMUEL 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves
together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
I SAMUEL 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy
sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like
all the nations.
I SAMUEL 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said,
Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
I SAMUEL 8:7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the
voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have
not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not
reign over them.
I SAMUEL 8:8 According to all the works which they have done
since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this
day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so
do they also unto thee.
I SAMUEL 8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet
protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king
that shall reign over them.
I SAMUEL 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the
people that asked of him a king.
I SAMUEL 8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king
that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint
{them} for himself, for his chariots, and {to be} his horsemen;
and {some} shall run before his chariots.
I SAMUEL 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands,
and captains over fifties; and {will set them} to ear his ground,
and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and
instruments of his chariots.
I SAMUEL 8:13 And he will take your daughters {to be}
confectionaries, and {to be} cooks, and {to be} bakers.
I SAMUEL 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards,
and your oliveyards, {even} the best {of them}, and give {them}
to his servants.
I SAMUEL 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of
your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
I SAMUEL 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your
maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and
put {them} to his work.
I SAMUEL 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall
be his servants.
I SAMUEL 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your
king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear
you in that day.
I SAMUEL 8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice
of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
I SAMUEL 8:20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that
our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our
battles.
I SAMUEL 8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and
he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 8:22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their
voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of
Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
I SAMUEL 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name {was}
Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath,
the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
I SAMUEL 9:2 And he had a son, whose name {was} Saul, a choice
young man, and a goodly: and {there was} not among the children
of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and
upward {he was} higher than any of the people.
I SAMUEL 9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And
Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with
thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
I SAMUEL 9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed
through the land of Shalisha, but they found {them} not: then
they passed through the land of Shalim, and {there they were}
not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they
found {them} not.
I SAMUEL 9:5 {And} when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul
said to his servant that {was} with him, Come, and let us return;
lest my father leave {caring} for the asses, and take thought for
us.
I SAMUEL 9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, {there is} in this
city a man of God, and {he} is an honourable man; all that he
saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure
he can shew us our way that we should go.
I SAMUEL 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, {if} we
go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our
vessels, and {there is} not a present to bring to the man of God:
what have we?
I SAMUEL 9:8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said,
Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of
silver: {that} will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
I SAMUEL 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of
God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for {he that
is} now {called} a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
I SAMUEL 9:10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let
us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God {was}.
I SAMUEL 9:11 {And} as they went up the hill to the city, they
found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them,
Is the seer here?
I SAMUEL 9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold,
{he is} before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the
city; for {there is} a sacrifice of the people to day in the high
place:
I SAMUEL 9:13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall
straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat:
for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless
the sacrifice; {and} afterwards they eat that be bidden.  Now
therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
I SAMUEL 9:14 And they went up into the city: {and} when they
were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them,
for to go up to the high place.
I SAMUEL 9:15 Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day
before Saul came, saying,
I SAMUEL 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man
out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him {to be}
captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of
the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people,
because their cry is come unto me.
I SAMUEL 9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him,
Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign
over my people.
I SAMUEL 9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and
said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house {is}.
I SAMUEL 9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I {am} the
seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with
me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee
all that {is} in thine heart.
I SAMUEL 9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days
ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom
{is} all the desire of Israel? {Is it} not on thee, and on all
thy father's house?
I SAMUEL 9:21 And Saul answered and said, {Am} not I a Benjamite,
of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least
of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then
speakest thou so to me?
I SAMUEL 9:22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought
them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place
among them that were bidden, which {were} about thirty persons.
I SAMUEL 9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion
which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
I SAMUEL 9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and {that} which
{was} upon it, and set {it} before Saul. And {Samuel} said,
Behold that which is left! set {it} before thee, {and} eat: for
unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have
invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
I SAMUEL 9:25 And when they were come down from the high place
into the city, {Samuel} communed with Saul upon the top of the
house.
I SAMUEL 9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the
spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the
house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and
they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
I SAMUEL 9:27 {And} as they were going down to the end of the
city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us,
(and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may shew
thee the word of God.
I SAMUEL 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured {it}
upon his head, and kissed him, and said, {Is it} not because the
Lord hath anointed thee {to be} captain over his inheritance?
I SAMUEL 10:2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou
shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of
Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which
thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the
care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do
for my son?
I SAMUEL 10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou
shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three
men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and
another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a
bottle of wine:
I SAMUEL 10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two
{loaves} of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
I SAMUEL 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God,
where {is} the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to
pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt
meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a
psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and
they shall prophesy:
I SAMUEL 10:6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and
thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another
man.
I SAMUEL 10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee,
{that} thou do as occasion serve thee; for God {is} with thee.
I SAMUEL 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and,
behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings,
{and} to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days
shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou
shalt do.
I SAMUEL 10:9 And it was {so}, that when he had turned his back
to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those
signs came to pass that day.
I SAMUEL 10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a
company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him,
and he prophesied among them.
I SAMUEL 10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him
beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets,
then the people said one to another, What {is} this {that} is
come unto the son of Kish? {Is} Saul also among the prophets?
I SAMUEL 10:12 And one of the same place answered and said, But
who {is} their father?  Therefore it became a proverb, {Is} Saul
also among the prophets?
I SAMUEL 10:13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he
came to the high place.
I SAMUEL 10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant,
Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw
that {they were} no where, we came to Samuel.
I SAMUEL 10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what
Samuel said unto you.
I SAMUEL 10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly
that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom,
whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
I SAMUEL 10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the
Lord to Mizpeh;
I SAMUEL 10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith
the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and
delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the
hand of all kingdoms, {and} of them that oppressed you:
I SAMUEL 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who
himself saved you out of all your adversities and your
tribulations; and ye have said unto him, {Nay}, but set a king
over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your
tribes, and by your thousands.
I SAMUEL 10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of
Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
I SAMUEL 10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come
near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul
the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not
be found.
I SAMUEL 10:22 Therefore they inquired of the Lord further, if
the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold he
hath hid himself among the stuff.
I SAMUEL 10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he
stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from
his shoulders and upward.
I SAMUEL 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom
the Lord hath chosen, that {there is} none like him among all the
people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
I SAMUEL 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the
kingdom, and wrote {it} in a book, and laid {it} up before the
Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his
house.
I SAMUEL 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went
with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
I SAMUEL 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this
man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents.
But he held his peace.
I SAMUEL 11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped
against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash,
Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
I SAMUEL 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this
{condition} will I make {a covenant} with you, that I may thrust
out all your right eyes, and lay it {for} a reproach upon all
Israel.
I SAMUEL 11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us
seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the
coasts of Israel: and then, if {there be} no man to save us, we
will come out to thee.
I SAMUEL 11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and
told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people
lifted up their voices, and wept.
I SAMUEL 11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the
field; and Saul said, What {aileth} the people that they weep?
And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
I SAMUEL 11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard
those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
I SAMUEL 11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in
pieces, and sent {them} throughout all the coasts of Israel by
the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after
Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the
fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one
consent.
I SAMUEL 11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of
Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty
thousand.
I SAMUEL 11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus
shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by {that
time} the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came
and shewed {it} to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
I SAMUEL 11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we
will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth
good unto you.
I SAMUEL 11:11 And it was {so} on the morrow, that Saul put the
people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the
host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat
of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were
scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
I SAMUEL 11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who {is} he that
said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put
them to death.
I SAMUEL 11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to
death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in
Israel.
I SAMUEL 11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us
go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
I SAMUEL 11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they
made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they
sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and
there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
I SAMUEL 12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have
hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have
made a king over you.
I SAMUEL 12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I
am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons {are} with you: and I
have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
I SAMUEL 12:3 Behold, here I {am}: witness against me before the
Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose
ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I
oppressed? or of whose hand have I received {any} bribe to blind
mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
I SAMUEL 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor
oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
I SAMUEL 12:5 And he said unto them, The Lord {is} witness
against you, and his anointed {is} witness this day, that ye have
not found ought in my hand. And they answered, {He is} witness.
I SAMUEL 12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, {It is} the Lord
that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up
out of the land of Egypt.
I SAMUEL 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with
you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which
he did to you and to your fathers.
I SAMUEL 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers
cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which
brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in
this place.
I SAMUEL 12:9 And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold
them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and
into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king
of Moab, and they fought against them.
I SAMUEL 12:10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have
sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim
and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies,
and we will serve thee.
I SAMUEL 12:11 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and
Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your
enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
I SAMUEL 12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the
children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a
king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God {was} your king.
I SAMUEL 12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen,
{and} whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king
over you.
I SAMUEL 12:14 If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey
his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord,
then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you
continue following the Lord your God:
I SAMUEL 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but
rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of
the Lord be against you, as {it was} against your fathers.
I SAMUEL 12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing,
which the Lord will do before your eyes.
I SAMUEL 12:17 {Is it} not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto
the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may
perceive and see that your wickedness {is} great, which ye have
done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.
I SAMUEL 12:18 So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent
thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the
Lord and Samuel.
I SAMUEL 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy
servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have
added unto all our sins {this} evil, to ask us a king.
I SAMUEL 12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have
done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the
Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;
I SAMUEL 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for {then should ye go}
after vain {things}, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they
{are} vain.
I SAMUEL 12:22 For the Lord will not forsake his people for his
great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you
his people.
I SAMUEL 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin
against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you
the good and the right way:
I SAMUEL 12:24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with
all your heart: for consider how great {things} he hath done for
you.
I SAMUEL 12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be
consumed, both ye and your king.
I SAMUEL 13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two
years over Israel,
I SAMUEL 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand {men} of Israel;
{whereof} two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount
Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin:
and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
I SAMUEL 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines
that {was} in Geba, and the Philistines heard {of it}. And Saul
blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews
hear.
I SAMUEL 13:4 And all Israel heard say {that} Saul had smitten a
garrison of the Philistines, and {that} Israel also was had in
abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called
together after Saul to Gilgal.
I SAMUEL 13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to
fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand
horsemen, and people as the sand which {is} on the sea shore in
multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward
from Bethaven.
I SAMUEL 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a
strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did
hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in
high places, and in pits.
I SAMUEL 13:7 And {some of} the Hebrews went over Jordan to the
land of Gad and Gilead.  As for Saul, he {was} yet in Gilgal, and
all the people followed him trembling.
I SAMUEL 13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set
time that Samuel {had appointed}: but Samuel came not to Gilgal;
and the people were scattered from him.
I SAMUEL 13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me,
and peace offerings.  And he offered the burnt offering.
I SAMUEL 13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made
an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and
Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
I SAMUEL 13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul
said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and
{that} thou camest not within the days appointed, and {that} the
Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
I SAMUEL 13:12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down
now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the
Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
I SAMUEL 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly:
thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he
commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy
kingdom upon Israel for ever.
I SAMUEL 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord
hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath
commanded him {to be} captain over his people, because thou hast
not kept {that} which the Lord commanded thee.
I SAMUEL 13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto
Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people {that were}
present with him, about six hundred men.
I SAMUEL 13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people
{that were} present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but
the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
I SAMUEL 13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the
Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way
{that leadeth to} Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
I SAMUEL 13:18 And another company turned the way {to} Bethhoron:
and another company turned {to} the way of the border that
looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
I SAMUEL 13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the
land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make
{them} swords or spears:
I SAMUEL 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the
Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and
his axe, and his mattock.
I SAMUEL 13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the
coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the
goads.
I SAMUEL 13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that
there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the
people that {were} with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with
Jonathan his son was there found.
I SAMUEL 13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to
the passage of Michmash.
I SAMUEL 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the
son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come,
and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that {is} on the
other side. But he told not his father.
I SAMUEL 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah
under a pomegranate tree which {is} in Migron: and the people
that {were} with him {were} about six hundred men;
I SAMUEL 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother,
the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh,
wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
I SAMUEL 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought
to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, {there was} a sharp
rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the
name of the one {was} Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
I SAMUEL 14:5 The forefront of the one {was} situate northward
over against Michmash, and the other southward over against
Gibeah.
I SAMUEL 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his
armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these
uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for
{there is} no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
I SAMUEL 14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that
{is} in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I {am} with thee
according to thy heart.
I SAMUEL 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto
{these} men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
I SAMUEL 14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to
you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up
unto them.
I SAMUEL 14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we
will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and
this {shall be} a sign unto us.
I SAMUEL 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the
garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold,
the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid
themselves.
I SAMUEL 14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and
his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a
thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me:
for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
I SAMUEL 14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon
his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before
Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
I SAMUEL 14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his
armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an
half acre of land, {which} a yoke {of oxen might plow}.
I SAMUEL 14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field,
and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they
also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great
trembling.
I SAMUEL 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin
looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on
beating down {one another}.
I SAMUEL 14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that {were} with
him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had
numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer {were} not
{there}.
I SAMUEL 14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of
God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of
Israel.
I SAMUEL 14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the
priest, that the noise that {was} in the host of the Philistines
went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw
thine hand.
I SAMUEL 14:20 And Saul and all the people that {were} with him
assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold,
every man's sword was against his fellow, {and there was} a very
great discomfiture.
I SAMUEL 14:21 Moreover the Hebrews {that} were with the
Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the
camp {from the country} round about, even they also {turned} to
be with the Israelites that {were} with Saul and Jonathan.
I SAMUEL 14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid
themselves in mount Ephraim, {when} they heard that the
Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the
battle.
I SAMUEL 14:23 So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle
passed over unto Bethaven.
I SAMUEL 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day:
for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed {be} the man that
eateth {any} food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine
enemies. So none of the people tasted {any} food.
I SAMUEL 14:25 And all {they of} the land came to a wood; and
there was honey upon the ground.
I SAMUEL 14:26 And when the people were come into the wood,
behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth:
for the people feared the oath.
I SAMUEL 14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the
people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod
that {was} in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put
his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
I SAMUEL 14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy
father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed
{be} the man that eateth {any} food this day. And the people were
faint.
I SAMUEL 14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the
land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened,
because I tasted a little of this honey.
I SAMUEL 14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten
freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for
had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the
Philistines?
I SAMUEL 14:31 And they smote the Philistines that day from
Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
I SAMUEL 14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took
sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew {them} on the ground: and
the people did eat {them} with the blood.
I SAMUEL 14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people
sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he
said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
I SAMUEL 14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the
people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and
every man his sheep, and slay {them} here, and eat; and sin not
against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people
brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew {them}
there.
I SAMUEL 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same
was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.
I SAMUEL 14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the
Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and
let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever
seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near
hither unto God.
I SAMUEL 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down
after the Philistines?  wilt thou deliver them into the hand of
Israel? But he answered him not that day.
I SAMUEL 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief
of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this
day.
I SAMUEL 14:39 For, {as} the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel,
though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But {there
was} not a man among all the people {that} answered him.
I SAMUEL 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side,
and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the
people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
I SAMUEL 14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel,
Give a perfect {lot}.  And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the
people escaped.
I SAMUEL 14:42 And Saul said, Cast {lots} between me and Jonathan
my son. And Jonathan was taken.
I SAMUEL 14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast
done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little
honey with the end of the rod that {was} in mine hand, {and}, lo,
I must die.
I SAMUEL 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for
thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
I SAMUEL 14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die,
who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: {as}
the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the
ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.  So the people
rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
I SAMUEL 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines:
and the Philistines went to their own place.
I SAMUEL 14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought
against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against
the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of
Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned
himself, he vexed {them}.
I SAMUEL 14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites,
and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
I SAMUEL 14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and
Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters {were these}; the
name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
I SAMUEL 14:50 And the name of Saul's wife {was} Ahinoam, the
daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host
{was} Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
I SAMUEL 14:51 And Kish {was} the father of Saul; and Ner the
father of Abner {was} the son of Abiel.
I SAMUEL 14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all
the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any
valiant man, he took him unto him.
I SAMUEL 15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to
anoint thee {to be} king over his people, over Israel: now
therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 15:2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember {that}
which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid {wait} for him in the
way, when he came up from Egypt.
I SAMUEL 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all
that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman,
infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
I SAMUEL 15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered
them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand
men of Judah.
I SAMUEL 15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in
the valley.
I SAMUEL 15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you
down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for
ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came
up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the
Amalekites.
I SAMUEL 15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah {until}
thou comest to Shur, that {is} over against Egypt.
I SAMUEL 15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive,
and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
I SAMUEL 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best
of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the
lambs, and all {that was} good, and would not utterly destroy
them: but every thing {that was} vile and refuse, that they
destroyed utterly.
I SAMUEL 15:10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel,
saying,
I SAMUEL 15:11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul {to be}
king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not
performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried
unto the Lord all night.
I SAMUEL 15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the
morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and,
behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on,
and gone down to Gilgal.
I SAMUEL 15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him,
Blessed {be} thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment
of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 15:14 And Samuel said, What {meaneth} then this bleating
of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I
hear?
I SAMUEL 15:15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the
Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of
the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we
have utterly destroyed.
I SAMUEL 15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell
thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto
him, Say on.
I SAMUEL 15:17 And Samuel said, When thou {wast} little in thine
own sight, {wast} thou not {made} the head of the tribes of
Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?
I SAMUEL 15:18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go
and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against
them until they be consumed.
I SAMUEL 15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of
the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the
sight of the Lord?
I SAMUEL 15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the
voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me,
and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly
destroyed the Amalekites.
I SAMUEL 15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen,
the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed,
to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
I SAMUEL 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord {as great} delight
in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the
Lord? Behold, to obey {is} better than sacrifice, {and} to
hearken than the fat of rams.
I SAMUEL 15:23 For rebellion {is as} the sin of witchcraft, and
stubbornness {is as} iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast
rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from
{being} king.
I SAMUEL 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I
have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words:
because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
I SAMUEL 15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and
turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
I SAMUEL 15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with
thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord
hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
I SAMUEL 15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid
hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
I SAMUEL 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the
kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a
neighbour of thine, {that is} better than thou.
I SAMUEL 15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor
repent: for he {is} not a man, that he should repent.
I SAMUEL 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: {yet} honour me now,
I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel,
and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
I SAMUEL 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul
worshipped the Lord.
I SAMUEL 15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the
king of the Amalekites.  And Agag came unto him delicately. And
Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
I SAMUEL 15:33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women
childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And
Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
I SAMUEL 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his
house to Gibeah of Saul.
I SAMUEL 15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day
of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord
repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
I SAMUEL 16:1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou
mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over
Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to
Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his
sons.
I SAMUEL 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear {it},
he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and
say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
I SAMUEL 16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew
thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me {him} whom
I name unto thee.
I SAMUEL 16:4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came
to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming,
and said, Comest thou peaceably?
I SAMUEL 16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto
the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.
And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the
sacrifice.
I SAMUEL 16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he
looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed {is} before
him.
I SAMUEL 16:7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his
countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have
refused him: for {the Lord seeth} not as man seeth; for man
looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the
heart.
I SAMUEL 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass
before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
I SAMUEL 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said,
Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
I SAMUEL 16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before
Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen
these.
I SAMUEL 16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all {thy}
children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and,
behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send
and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
I SAMUEL 16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he {was}
ruddy, {and} withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to
look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this {is} he.
I SAMUEL 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him
in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came
upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to
Ramah.
I SAMUEL 16:14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and
an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.
I SAMUEL 16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an
evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
I SAMUEL 16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, {which are}
before thee, to seek out a man, {who is} a cunning player on an
harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is
upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be
well.
I SAMUEL 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a
man that can play well, and bring {him} to me.
I SAMUEL 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said,
Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, {that is}
cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war,
and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord {is}
with him.
I SAMUEL 16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and
said, Send me David thy son, which {is} with the sheep.
I SAMUEL 16:20 And Jesse took an ass {laden} with bread, and a
bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent {them} by David his son unto
Saul.
I SAMUEL 16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and
he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
I SAMUEL 16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray
thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
I SAMUEL 16:23 And it came to pass, when the {evil} spirit from
God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his
hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit
departed from him.
I SAMUEL 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies
to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which
{belongeth} to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in
Ephesdammim.
I SAMUEL 17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered
together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle
in array against the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one
side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and
{there was} a valley between them.
I SAMUEL 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of
the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height {was} six
cubits and a span.
I SAMUEL 17:5 And {he had} an helmet of brass upon his head, and
he {was} armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat
{was} five thousand shekels of brass.
I SAMUEL 17:6 And {he had} greaves of brass upon his legs, and a
target of brass between his shoulders.
I SAMUEL 17:7 And the staff of his spear {was} like a weaver's
beam; and his spear's head {weighed} six hundred shekels of iron:
and one bearing a shield went before him.
I SAMUEL 17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel,
and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set {your} battle in
array? {am} not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose
you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
I SAMUEL 17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me,
then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and
kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
I SAMUEL 17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of
Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
I SAMUEL 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
I SAMUEL 17:12 Now David {was} the son of that Ephrathite of
Bethlehemjudah, whose name {was} Jesse; and he had eight sons:
and the man went among men {for} an old man in the days of Saul.
I SAMUEL 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went {and}
followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that
went to the battle {were} Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him
Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
I SAMUEL 17:14 And David {was} the youngest: and the three eldest
followed Saul.
I SAMUEL 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his
father's sheep at Bethlehem.
I SAMUEL 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,
and presented himself forty days.
I SAMUEL 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for
thy brethren an ephah of this parched {corn}, and these ten
loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
I SAMUEL 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of
{their} thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their
pledge.
I SAMUEL 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel,
{were} in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left
the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had
commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going
forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
I SAMUEL 17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle
in array, army against army.
I SAMUEL 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the
keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and
saluted his brethren.
I SAMUEL 17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up
the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the
armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words:
and David heard {them}.
I SAMUEL 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man,
fled from him, and were sore afraid.
I SAMUEL 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man
that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it
shall be, {that} the man who killeth him, the king will enrich
him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make
his father's house free in Israel.
I SAMUEL 17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him,
saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this
Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who
{is} this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the
armies of the living God?
I SAMUEL 17:27 And the people answered him after this manner,
saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
I SAMUEL 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake
unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he
said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left
those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the
naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou
mightest see the battle.
I SAMUEL 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? {Is there}
not a cause?
I SAMUEL 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake
after the same manner: and the people answered him again after
the former manner.
I SAMUEL 17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake,
they rehearsed {them} before Saul: and he sent for him.
I SAMUEL 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail
because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this
Philistine.
I SAMUEL 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go
against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou {art but} a
youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
I SAMUEL 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his
father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a
lamb out of the flock:
I SAMUEL 17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and
delivered {it} out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I
caught {him} by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
I SAMUEL 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and
this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he
hath defied the armies of the living God.
I SAMUEL 17:37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me
out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he
will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said
unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
I SAMUEL 17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put
an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat
of mail.
I SAMUEL 17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he
assayed to go; for he had not proved {it}. And David said unto
Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved {them}. And
David put them off him.
I SAMUEL 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him
five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's
bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling {was} in his
hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
I SAMUEL 17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto
David; and the man that bare the shield {went} before him.
I SAMUEL 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw
David, he disdained him: for he was {but} a youth, and ruddy, and
of a fair countenance.
I SAMUEL 17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, {Am} I a dog,
that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed
David by his gods.
I SAMUEL 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and
I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the
beasts of the field.
I SAMUEL 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to
me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come
to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies
of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
I SAMUEL 17:46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine
hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I
will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day
unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth;
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
I SAMUEL 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord
saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle {is} the Lord's,
and he will give you into our hands.
I SAMUEL 17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose,
and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran
toward the army to meet the Philistine.
I SAMUEL 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence
a stone, and slang {it}, and smote the Philistine in his
forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon
his face to the earth.
I SAMUEL 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a
sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him;
but {there was} no sword in the hand of David.
I SAMUEL 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the
Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath
thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when
the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
I SAMUEL 17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the
valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the
Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and
unto Ekron.
I SAMUEL 17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing
after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
I SAMUEL 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and
brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
I SAMUEL 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the
Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner,
whose son {is} this youth? And Abner said, {As} thy soul liveth,
O king, I cannot tell.
I SAMUEL 17:56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the
stripling {is}.
I SAMUEL 17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the
head of the Philistine in his hand.
I SAMUEL 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son {art} thou, {thou}
young man? And David answered, {I am} the son of thy servant
Jesse the Bethlehemite.
I SAMUEL 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the
soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
I SAMUEL 18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no
more home to his father's house.
I SAMUEL 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he
loved him as his own soul.
I SAMUEL 18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that
{was} upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to
his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
I SAMUEL 18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him,
{and} behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of
war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also
in the sight of Saul's servants.
I SAMUEL 18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was
returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women
came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet
king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of
musick.
I SAMUEL 18:7 And the women answered {one another} as they
played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his
ten thousands.
I SAMUEL 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased
him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands,
and to me they have ascribed {but} thousands: and {what} can he
have more but the kingdom?
I SAMUEL 18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
I SAMUEL 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil
spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of
the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and
{there was} a javelin in Saul's hand.
I SAMUEL 18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will
smite David even to the wall {with it}. And David avoided out of
his presence twice.
I SAMUEL 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was
with him, and was departed from Saul.
I SAMUEL 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him
his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before
the people.
I SAMUEL 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways;
and the Lord {was} with him.
I SAMUEL 18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself
very wisely, he was afraid of him.
I SAMUEL 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he
went out and came in before them.
I SAMUEL 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter
Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me,
and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be
upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
I SAMUEL 18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who {am} I? and what
{is} my life, {or} my father's family in Israel, that I should be
son in law to the king?
I SAMUEL 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's
daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto
Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
I SAMUEL 18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they
told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
I SAMUEL 18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may
be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be
against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be
my son in law in {the one of} the twain.
I SAMUEL 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, {saying}, Commune
with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in
thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's
son in law.
I SAMUEL 18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears
of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you {a} light {thing} to
be a king's son in law, seeing that I {am} a poor man, and
lightly esteemed?
I SAMUEL 18:24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this
manner spake David.
I SAMUEL 18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The
king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the
Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul
thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it
pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were
not expired.
I SAMUEL 18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men,
and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought
their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king,
that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal
his daughter to wife.
I SAMUEL 18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord {was} with
David, and {that} Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
I SAMUEL 18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and
Saul became David's enemy continually.
I SAMUEL 18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth:
and it came to pass, after they went forth, {that} David behaved
himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his
name was much set by.
I SAMUEL 19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his
servants, that they should kill David.
I SAMUEL 19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David:
and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill
thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the
morning, and abide in a secret {place}, and hide thyself:
I SAMUEL 19:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the
field where thou {art}, and I will commune with my father of
thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
I SAMUEL 19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his
father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his
servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee,
and because his works {have been} to thee-ward very good:
I SAMUEL 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the
Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all
Israel: thou sawest {it}, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt
thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
I SAMUEL 19:6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and
Saul sware, {As} the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
I SAMUEL 19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him
all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was
in his presence, as in times past.
I SAMUEL 19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and
fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great
slaughter; and they fled from him.
I SAMUEL 19:9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as
he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David
played with {his} hand.
I SAMUEL 19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall
with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and
he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped
that night.
I SAMUEL 19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to
watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's
wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to
morrow thou shalt be slain.
I SAMUEL 19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he
went, and fled, and escaped.
I SAMUEL 19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid {it} in the
bed, and put a pillow of goats' {hair} for his bolster, and
covered {it} with a cloth.
I SAMUEL 19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she
said, He {is} sick.
I SAMUEL 19:15 And Saul sent the messengers {again} to see David,
saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
I SAMUEL 19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold,
{there was} an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' {hair}
for his bolster.
I SAMUEL 19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived
me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal
answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill
thee?
I SAMUEL 19:18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to
Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and
Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
I SAMUEL 19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David {is}
at Naioth in Ramah.
I SAMUEL 19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when
they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel
standing {as} appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the
messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
I SAMUEL 19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other
messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent
messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
I SAMUEL 19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great
well that {is} in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where {are}
Samuel and David? And {one} said, Behold, {they be} at Naioth in
Ramah.
I SAMUEL 19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the
Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied,
until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
I SAMUEL 19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and
prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all
that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, {Is} Saul also
among the prophets?
I SAMUEL 20:1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and
said before Jonathan, What have I done? what {is} mine iniquity?
and what {is} my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
I SAMUEL 20:2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not
die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but
that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing
from me? it {is} not {so}.
I SAMUEL 20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father
certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he
saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly
{as} the Lord liveth, and {as} thy soul liveth, {there is} but a
step between me and death.
I SAMUEL 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul
desireth, I will even do {it} for thee.
I SAMUEL 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow
{is} the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at
meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the
third {day} at even.
I SAMUEL 20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David
earnestly asked {leave} of me that he might run to Bethlehem his
city: for {there is} a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
I SAMUEL 20:7 If he say thus, {It is} well; thy servant shall
have peace: but if he be very wroth, {then} be sure that evil is
determined by him.
I SAMUEL 20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant;
for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord
with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me
thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
I SAMUEL 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I
knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come
upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
I SAMUEL 20:10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or
what {if} thy father answer thee roughly?
I SAMUEL 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go
out into the field. And they went out both of them into the
field.
I SAMUEL 20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of
Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time,
{or} the third {day}, and, behold, {if there be} good toward
David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
I SAMUEL 20:13 The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but if
it please my father {to do} thee evil, then I will shew it thee,
and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be
with thee, as he hath been with my father.
I SAMUEL 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me
the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
I SAMUEL 20:15 But {also} thou shalt not cut off thy kindness
from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the
enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
I SAMUEL 20:16 So Jonathan made {a covenant} with the house of
David, {saying}, Let the Lord even require {it} at the hand of
David's enemies.
I SAMUEL 20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because
he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
I SAMUEL 20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow {is} the
new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be
empty.
I SAMUEL 20:19 And {when} thou hast stayed three days, {then}
thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou
didst hide thyself when the business was {in hand}, and shalt
remain by the stone Ezel.
I SAMUEL 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side
{thereof}, as though I shot at a mark.
I SAMUEL 20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, {saying}, Go, find
out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the
arrows {are} on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for
{there is} peace to thee, and no hurt; {as} the Lord liveth.
I SAMUEL 20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the
arrows {are} beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee
away.
I SAMUEL 20:23 And {as touching} the matter which thou and I have
spoken of, behold, the Lord {be} between thee and me for ever.
I SAMUEL 20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the
new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
I SAMUEL 20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times,
{even} upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat
by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
I SAMUEL 20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day:
for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he {is} not clean;
surely he {is} not clean.
I SAMUEL 20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, {which was} the
second {day} of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul
said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse
to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
I SAMUEL 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked
{leave} of me {to go} to Bethlehem:
I SAMUEL 20:29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our
family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath
commanded me {to be there}: and now, if I have found favour in
thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren.
Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
I SAMUEL 20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan,
and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious
{woman}, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to
thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's
nakedness?
I SAMUEL 20:31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the
ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore
now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
I SAMUEL 20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said
unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
I SAMUEL 20:33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him:
whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to
slay David.
I SAMUEL 20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger,
and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was
grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
I SAMUEL 20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan
went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a
little lad with him.
I SAMUEL 20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the
arrows which I shoot.  {And} as the lad ran, he shot an arrow
beyond him.
I SAMUEL 20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the
arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and
said, {Is} not the arrow beyond thee?
I SAMUEL 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed,
haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and
came to his master.
I SAMUEL 20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and
David knew the matter.
I SAMUEL 20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and
said unto him, Go, carry {them} to the city.
I SAMUEL 20:41 {And} as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out
of {a place} toward the south, and fell on his face to the
ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one
another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
I SAMUEL 20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch
as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The
Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for
ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
I SAMUEL 21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and
Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him,
Why {art} thou alone, and no man with thee?
I SAMUEL 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king
hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man
know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I
have commanded thee: and I have appointed {my} servants to such
and such a place.
I SAMUEL 21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give {me}
five {loaves of} bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
I SAMUEL 21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, {There is}
no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if
the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
I SAMUEL 21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him,
Of a truth women {have been} kept from us about these three days,
since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and
{the bread is} in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified
this day in the vessel.
I SAMUEL 21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed {bread}: for there
was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before
the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
I SAMUEL 21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul {was}
there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name {was}
Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that {belonged} to
Saul.
I SAMUEL 21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not
here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought
my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business
required haste.
I SAMUEL 21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the
Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it
{is here} wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take
that, take {it}: for {there is} no other save that here. And
David said, {There is} none like that; give it me.
I SAMUEL 21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of
Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
I SAMUEL 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, {Is} not
this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another
of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and
David his ten thousands?
I SAMUEL 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and
was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
I SAMUEL 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and
feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of
the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
I SAMUEL 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the
man is mad: wherefore {then} have ye brought him to me?
I SAMUEL 21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this
{fellow} to play the mad man in my presence? shall this {fellow}
come into my house?
I SAMUEL 22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the
cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house
heard {it}, they went down thither to him.
I SAMUEL 22:2 And every one {that was} in distress, and every one
that {was} in debt, and every one {that was} discontented,
gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them:
and there were with him about four hundred men.
I SAMUEL 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he
said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray
thee, come forth, {and be} with you, till I know what God will do
for me.
I SAMUEL 22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and
they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
I SAMUEL 22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in
the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David
departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
I SAMUEL 22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the
men that {were} with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree
in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants
{were} standing about him;)
I SAMUEL 22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about
him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every
one of you fields and vineyards, {and} make you all captains of
thousands, and captains of hundreds;
I SAMUEL 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and
{there is} none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league
with the son of Jesse, and {there is} none of you that is sorry
for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant
against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
I SAMUEL 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over
the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to
Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
I SAMUEL 22:10 And he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him
victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
I SAMUEL 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest,
the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that
{were} in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
I SAMUEL 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And
he answered, Here I {am}, my lord.
I SAMUEL 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired
against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given
him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he
should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
I SAMUEL 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And
who {is so} faithful among all thy servants as David, which is
the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is
honourable in thine house?
I SAMUEL 22:15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it
far from me: let not the king impute {any} thing unto his
servant, {nor} to all the house of my father: for thy servant
knew nothing of all this, less or more.
I SAMUEL 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die,
Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
I SAMUEL 22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood
about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord: because their
hand also {is} with David, and because they knew when he fled,
and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not
put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall
upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon
the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that
did wear a linen ephod.
I SAMUEL 22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with
the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and
sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the
sword.
I SAMUEL 22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of
Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
I SAMUEL 22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the
Lord's priests.
I SAMUEL 22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew {it} that
day, when Doeg the Edomite {was} there, that he would surely tell
Saul: I have occasioned {the death} of all the persons of thy
father's house.
I SAMUEL 22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh
my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou {shalt be} in
safeguard.
I SAMUEL 23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the
Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the
threshingfloors.
I SAMUEL 23:2 Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall
I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David,
Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
I SAMUEL 23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid
here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against
the armies of the Philistines?
I SAMUEL 23:4 Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the
Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will
deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
I SAMUEL 23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought
with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote
them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of
Keilah.
I SAMUEL 23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of
Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, {that} he came down {with} an
ephod in his hand.
I SAMUEL 23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah.
And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is
shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
I SAMUEL 23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to
go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
I SAMUEL 23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised
mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring
hither the ephod.
I SAMUEL 23:10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant
hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to
destroy the city for my sake.
I SAMUEL 23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his
hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God
of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said,
He will come down.
I SAMUEL 23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me
and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will
deliver {thee} up.
I SAMUEL 23:13 Then David and his men, which {were} about six
hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever
they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from
Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
I SAMUEL 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds,
and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul
sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
I SAMUEL 23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his
life: and David {was} in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
I SAMUEL 23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David
into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
I SAMUEL 23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of
Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over
Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my
father knoweth.
I SAMUEL 23:18 And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and
David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
I SAMUEL 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah,
saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in
the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which {is} on the south of
Jeshimon?
I SAMUEL 23:20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all
the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part {shall be} to
deliver him into the king's hand.
I SAMUEL 23:21 And Saul said, Blessed {be} ye of the Lord; for ye
have compassion on me.
I SAMUEL 23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his
place where his haunt is, {and} who hath seen him there: for it
is told me {that} he dealeth very subtilly.
I SAMUEL 23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the
lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me
with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to
pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout
all the thousands of Judah.
I SAMUEL 23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but
David and his men {were} in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain
on the south of Jeshimon.
I SAMUEL 23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek {him}. And they
told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the
wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard {that}, he pursued after
David in the wilderness of Maon.
I SAMUEL 23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and
David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made
haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men
compassed David and his men round about to take them.
I SAMUEL 23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying,
Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
I SAMUEL 23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David,
and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that
place Selahammahlekoth.
I SAMUEL 23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong
holds at Engedi.
I SAMUEL 24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from
following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold,
David {is} in the wilderness of Engedi.
I SAMUEL 24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all
Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the
wild goats.
I SAMUEL 24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where
{was} a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and
his men remained in the sides of the cave.
I SAMUEL 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day
of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine
enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall
seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of
Saul's robe privily.
I SAMUEL 24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart
smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
I SAMUEL 24:6 And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I
should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's anointed, to
stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he {is} the anointed
of the Lord.
I SAMUEL 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and
suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of
the cave, and went on {his} way.
I SAMUEL 24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the
cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when
Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth,
and bowed himself.
I SAMUEL 24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou
men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
I SAMUEL 24:10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the
Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and
{some} bade {me} kill thee: but {mine eye} spared thee; and I
said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he {is}
the Lord's anointed.
I SAMUEL 24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of
thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe,
and killed thee not, know thou and see that {there is} neither
evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned
against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
I SAMUEL 24:12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord
avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
I SAMUEL 24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness
proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
I SAMUEL 24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after
whom dost thou pursue?  after a dead dog, after a flea.
I SAMUEL 24:15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me
and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of
thine hand.
I SAMUEL 24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of
speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, {Is} this thy
voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
I SAMUEL 24:17 And he said to David, Thou {art} more righteous
than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded
thee evil.
I SAMUEL 24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast
dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me
into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
I SAMUEL 24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go
well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast
done unto me this day.
I SAMUEL 24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt
surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be
established in thine hand.
I SAMUEL 24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou
wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy
my name out of my father's house.
I SAMUEL 24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but
David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
I SAMUEL 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were
gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house
at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of
Paran.
I SAMUEL 25:2 And {there was} a man in Maon, whose possessions
{were} in Carmel; and the man {was} very great, and he had three
thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his
sheep in Carmel.
I SAMUEL 25:3 Now the name of the man {was} Nabal; and the name
of his wife Abigail: and {she was} a woman of good understanding,
and of a beautiful countenance: but the man {was} churlish and
evil in his doings; and he was {of} the house of Caleb.
I SAMUEL 25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did
shear his sheep.
I SAMUEL 25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said
unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and
greet him in my name:
I SAMUEL 25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth {in
prosperity}, Peace {be} both to thee, and peace {be} to thine
house, and peace {be} unto all that thou hast.
I SAMUEL 25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now
thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was
there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
I SAMUEL 25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee.
Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we
come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine
hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
I SAMUEL 25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to
Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and
ceased.
I SAMUEL 25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who
{is} David? and who {is} the son of Jesse? there be many servants
now a days that break away every man from his master.
I SAMUEL 25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my
flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give {it} unto men,
whom I know not whence they {be}?
I SAMUEL 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went
again, and came and told him all those sayings.
I SAMUEL 25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man
his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also
girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four
hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
I SAMUEL 25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's
wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness
to salute our master; and he railed on them.
I SAMUEL 25:15 But the men {were} very good unto us, and we were
not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were
conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
I SAMUEL 25:16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day,
all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
I SAMUEL 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do;
for evil is determined against our master, and against all his
household: for he {is such} a son of Belial, that {a man} cannot
speak to him.
I SAMUEL 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred
loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed,
and five measures of parched {corn}, and an hundred clusters of
raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid {them} on asses.
I SAMUEL 25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me;
behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
I SAMUEL 25:20 And it was {so, as} she rode on the ass, that she
came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his
men came down against her; and she met them.
I SAMUEL 25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all
that this {fellow} hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was
missed of all that {pertained} unto him: and he hath requited me
evil for good.
I SAMUEL 25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David,
if I leave of all that {pertain} to him by the morning light any
that pisseth against the wall.
I SAMUEL 25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and
lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground,
I SAMUEL 25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord,
{upon} me {let this} iniquity {be}: and let thine handmaid, I
pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine
handmaid.
I SAMUEL 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of
Belial, {even} Nabal: for as his name {is}, so {is} he; Nabal
{is} his name, and folly {is} with him: but I thine handmaid saw
not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
I SAMUEL 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, {as} the Lord liveth, and
{as} thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from
coming to {shed} blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own
hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord,
be as Nabal.
I SAMUEL 25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath
brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men
that follow my lord.
I SAMUEL 25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine
handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house;
because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath
not been found in thee {all} thy days.
I SAMUEL 25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy
soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of
life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them
shall he sling out, {as out} of the middle of a sling.
I SAMUEL 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall
have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath
spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over
Israel;
I SAMUEL 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence
of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood
causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the
Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine
handmaid.
I SAMUEL 25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed {be} the Lord
God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
I SAMUEL 25:33 And blessed {be} thy advice, and blessed {be}
thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to {shed} blood,
and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
I SAMUEL 25:34 For in very deed, {as} the Lord God of Israel
liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou
hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left
unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the
wall.
I SAMUEL 25:35 So David received of her hand {that} which she had
brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house;
see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
I SAMUEL 25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a
feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart
{was} merry within him, for he {was} very drunken: wherefore she
told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
I SAMUEL 25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine
was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things,
that his heart died within him, and he became {as} a stone.
I SAMUEL 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days {after}, that
the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.
I SAMUEL 25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said,
Blessed {be} the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach
from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for
the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head.
And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to
wife.
I SAMUEL 25:40 And when the servants of David were come to
Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us
unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
I SAMUEL 25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on {her} face to
the earth, and said, Behold, {let} thine handmaid {be} a servant
to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
I SAMUEL 25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an
ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went
after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
I SAMUEL 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were
also both of them his wives.
I SAMUEL 25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's
wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which {was} of Gallim.
I SAMUEL 26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying,
Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, {which is}
before Jeshimon?
I SAMUEL 26:2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of
Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to
seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
I SAMUEL 26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which
{is} before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the
wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the
wilderness.
I SAMUEL 26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that
Saul was come in very deed.
I SAMUEL 26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul
had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner
the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the
trench, and the people pitched round about him.
I SAMUEL 26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the
Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab,
saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai
said, I will go down with thee.
I SAMUEL 26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night:
and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear
stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay
round about him.
I SAMUEL 26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered
thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite
him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I
will not {smite} him the second time.
I SAMUEL 26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who
can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be
guiltless?
I SAMUEL 26:10 David said furthermore, {As} the Lord liveth, the
Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall
descend into battle, and perish.
I SAMUEL 26:11 The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine
hand against the Lord's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now
the spear that {is} at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and
let us go.
I SAMUEL 26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water
from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw {it},
nor knew {it}, neither awaked: for they {were} all asleep;
because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.
I SAMUEL 26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood
on the top of an hill afar off; a great space {being} between
them:
I SAMUEL 26:14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the
son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner
answered and said, Who {art} thou {that} criest to the king?
I SAMUEL 26:15 And David said to Abner, {Art} not thou a
{valiant} man? and who {is} like to thee in Israel? wherefore
then hast thou not kept thy lord the king?  for there came one of
the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
I SAMUEL 26:16 This thing {is} not good that thou hast done. {As}
the Lord liveth, ye {are} worthy to die, because ye have not kept
your master, the Lord's anointed.  And now see where the king's
spear {is}, and the cruse of water that {was} at his bolster.
I SAMUEL 26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, {Is} this
thy voice, my son David?  And David said, {It is} my voice, my
lord, O king.
I SAMUEL 26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue
after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil {is} in
mine hand?
I SAMUEL 26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king
hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up
against me, let him accept an offering: but if {they be} the
children of men, cursed {be} they before the Lord; for they have
driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the
Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.
I SAMUEL 26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth
before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out
to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the
mountains.
I SAMUEL 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son
David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was
precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool,
and have erred exceedingly.
I SAMUEL 26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's
spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
I SAMUEL 26:23 The Lord render to every man his righteousness and
his faithfulness; for the Lord delivered thee into {my} hand to
day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's
anointed.
I SAMUEL 26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day
in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the
Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
I SAMUEL 26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed {be} thou, my son
David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still
prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his
place.
I SAMUEL 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one
day by the hand of Saul: {there is} nothing better for me than
that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines;
and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of
Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
I SAMUEL 27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six
hundred men that {were} with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch,
king of Gath.
I SAMUEL 27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his
men, every man with his household, {even} David with his two
wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess,
Nabal's wife.
I SAMUEL 27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath:
and he sought no more again for him.
I SAMUEL 27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found
grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the
country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell
in the royal city with thee?
I SAMUEL 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore
Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
I SAMUEL 27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the
Philistines was a full year and four months.
I SAMUEL 27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the
Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those
{nations were} of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest
to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
I SAMUEL 27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor
woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the
asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to
Achish.
I SAMUEL 27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to
day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the
south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
I SAMUEL 27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to
bring {tidings} to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us,
saying, So did David, and so {will be} his manner all the while
he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made
his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my
servant for ever.
I SAMUEL 28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the
Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight
with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly,
that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
I SAMUEL 28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know
what thy servant can do.  And Achish said to David, Therefore
will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
I SAMUEL 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented
him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had
put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of
the land.
I SAMUEL 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together,
and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel
together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
I SAMUEL 28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he
was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
I SAMUEL 28:6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord
answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by
prophets.
I SAMUEL 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman
that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of
her. And his servants said to him, Behold, {there is} a woman
that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
I SAMUEL 28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other
raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the
woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the
familiar spirit, and bring me {him} up, whom I shall name unto
thee.
I SAMUEL 28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest
what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar
spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest
thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
I SAMUEL 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, {As}
the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for
this thing.
I SAMUEL 28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto
thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
I SAMUEL 28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a
loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou
deceived me? for thou {art} Saul.
I SAMUEL 28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for
what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods
ascending out of the earth.
I SAMUEL 28:14 And he said unto her, What form {is} he of? And
she said, An old man cometh up; and he {is} covered with a
mantle. And Saul perceived that it {was} Samuel, and he stooped
with {his} face to the ground, and bowed himself.
I SAMUEL 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted
me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for
the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me,
and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams:
therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me
what I shall do.
I SAMUEL 28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of
me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine
enemy?
I SAMUEL 28:17 And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me:
for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given
it to thy neighbour, {even} to David:
I SAMUEL 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord,
nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the
Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
I SAMUEL 28:19 Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with
thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow {shalt} thou
and thy sons {be} with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host
of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth,
and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there
was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day,
nor all the night.
I SAMUEL 28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was
sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath
obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have
hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
I SAMUEL 28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto
the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread
before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou
goest on thy way.
I SAMUEL 28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his
servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he
hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat
upon the bed.
I SAMUEL 28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she
hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded {it}, and did
bake unleavened bread thereof:
I SAMUEL 28:25 And she brought {it} before Saul, and before his
servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that
night.
I SAMUEL 29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their
armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which
{is} in Jezreel.
I SAMUEL 29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by
hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in
the rereward with Achish.
I SAMUEL 29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What {do}
these Hebrews {here}?  And Achish said unto the princes of the
Philistines, {Is} not this David, the servant of Saul the king of
Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I
have found no fault in him since he fell {unto me} unto this day?
I SAMUEL 29:4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with
him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this
fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast
appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in
the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he
reconcile himself unto his master? {should it} not {be} with the
heads of these men?
I SAMUEL 29:5 {Is} not this David, of whom they sang one to
another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his
ten thousands?
I SAMUEL 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him,
Surely, {as} the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy
going out and thy coming in with me in the host {is} good in my
sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy
coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee
not.
I SAMUEL 29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou
displease not the lords of the Philistines.
I SAMUEL 29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done?
and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been
with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the
enemies of my lord the king?
I SAMUEL 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that
thou {art} good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding
the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with
us to the battle.
I SAMUEL 29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with
thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye
be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
I SAMUEL 29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in
the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the
Philistines went up to Jezreel.
I SAMUEL 30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were
come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded
the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with
fire;
I SAMUEL 30:2 And had taken the women captives, that {were}
therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried
{them} away, and went on their way.
I SAMUEL 30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold,
{it was} burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and
their daughters, were taken captives.
I SAMUEL 30:4 Then David and the people that {were} with him
lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to
weep.
I SAMUEL 30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
I SAMUEL 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people
spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was
grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David
encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
I SAMUEL 30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's
son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought
thither the ephod to David.
I SAMUEL 30:8 And David inquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I
pursue after this troop?  shall I overtake them? And he answered
him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake {them}, and without
fail recover {all}.
I SAMUEL 30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that
{were} with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that
were left behind stayed.
I SAMUEL 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for
two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not
go over the brook Besor.
I SAMUEL 30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and
brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and
they made him drink water;
I SAMUEL 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and
two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came
again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk {any} water,
three days and three nights.
I SAMUEL 30:13 And David said unto him, To whom {belongest} thou?
and whence {art} thou?  And he said, I {am} a young man of Egypt,
servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three
days agone I fell sick.
I SAMUEL 30:14 We made an invasion {upon} the south of the
Cherethites, and upon {the coast} which {belongeth} to Judah, and
upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
I SAMUEL 30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to
this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt
neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and
I will bring thee down to this company.
I SAMUEL 30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, {they
were} spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and
dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out
of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
I SAMUEL 30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto
the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them,
save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
I SAMUEL 30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had
carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
I SAMUEL 30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither
small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor
any {thing} that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
I SAMUEL 30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds,
{which} they drave before those {other} cattle, and said, This
{is} David's spoil.
I SAMUEL 30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were
so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made
also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet
David, and to meet the people that {were} with him: and when
David came near to the people, he saluted them.
I SAMUEL 30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and {men} of
Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they
went not with us, we will not give them {ought} of the spoil that
we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children,
that they may lead {them} away, and depart.
I SAMUEL 30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren,
with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us,
and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
I SAMUEL 30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but
as his part {is} that goeth down to the battle, so {shall} his
part {be} that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
I SAMUEL 30:25 And it was {so} from that day forward, that he
made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
I SAMUEL 30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the
spoil unto the elders of Judah, {even} to his friends, saying,
Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;
I SAMUEL 30:27 To {them} which {were} in Bethel, and to {them}
which {were} in south Ramoth, and to {them} which {were} in
Jattir,
I SAMUEL 30:28 And to {them} which {were} in Aroer, and to {them}
which {were} in Siphmoth, and to {them} which {were} in Eshtemoa,
I SAMUEL 30:29 And to {them} which {were} in Rachal, and to
{them} which {were} in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to
{them} which {were} in the cities of the Kenites,
I SAMUEL 30:30 And to {them} which {were} in Hormah, and to
{them} which {were} in Chorashan, and to {them} which {were} in
Athach,
I SAMUEL 30:31 And to {them} which {were} in Hebron, and to all
the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
I SAMUEL 31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the
men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down
slain in mount Gilboa.
I SAMUEL 31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and
upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab,
and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.
I SAMUEL 31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the
archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
I SAMUEL 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy
sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised
come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer
would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword,
and fell upon it.
I SAMUEL 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead,
he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
I SAMUEL 31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his
armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
I SAMUEL 31:7 And when the men of Israel that {were} on the other
side of the valley, and {they} that {were} on the other side
Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his
sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the
Philistines came and dwelt in them.
I SAMUEL 31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the
Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his
three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
I SAMUEL 31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his
armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to
publish {it in} the house of their idols, and among the people.
I SAMUEL 31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth:
and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
I SAMUEL 31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of
that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
I SAMUEL 31:12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and
took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of
Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
I SAMUEL 31:13 And they took their bones, and buried {them} under
a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.