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.