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The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the First Book of the Kings
The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the First Book of the Kings
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14
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.
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;
3
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’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.
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.
5
The forefront of the one
was
situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
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.
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.
8
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto
these
men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
23
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
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.
25
And all
they of
the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
31
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
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.
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.
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.
35
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
41
Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect
lot.
And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
42
And Saul said, Cast
lots
between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
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.
44
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
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.
46
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
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.
48
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
49
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters
were these;
the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
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.
51
And Kish
was
the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner
was
the son of Abiel.
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.
15
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.
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.
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.
4
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
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.
7
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah
until
thou comest to Shur, that
is
over against Egypt.
8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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.
10
Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
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.
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.
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.
14
And Samuel said, What
meaneth
then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
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.
27
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
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.
29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he
is
not a man, that he should repent.
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.
31
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
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.
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.
34
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
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.
16
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
8
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
10
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
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.
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.
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.
14
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
15
And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
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.
17
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring
him
to me.
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.
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Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which
is
with the sheep.
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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.
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And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
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And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
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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.
17
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 Ephes-dammim.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6
And
he had
greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
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.
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.
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.
10
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
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.
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 first born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14
And David
was
the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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;
18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of
their
thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
19
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel,
were
in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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.
21
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
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.
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.
24
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
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.
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?
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And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
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.
29
And David said, What have I now done?
Is there
not a cause?
30
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
31
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed
them
before Saul: and he sent for him.
32
And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
41
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield
went
before him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
54
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
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.
56
And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling
is.
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.
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.
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