it up to you. b Hos. 13:10 pursued the Philistines, and smote them until they

it up to you. b Hos. 13:10 pursued the Philistines, and smote them until they

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a slaughter. 20 Wherefore the men of Beth Shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go from us? 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the Ark of the Lord: come ye down, and take it up to you. 7 1 The Ark is brought to Kiriath Jearim. 3 Samuel exhorteth the people to forsake their sins, and turn to the Lord. 10 The Philistines fight against Israel, and are overcome. 16 Samuel judgeth Israel.

heard him. 10 And [as] Samuel offered the burnt offering, the Philistines came to fight against Israel: but the Lord 1thundered with a great thunder that day upon the Philistines, and scattered them: so they were slain before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went from Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them until they came under Beth Car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and pitched it between Mizpah and 1Shen, and called the name thereof Ebenezer, and he said, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 13 ¶ So the Philistines were brought under, and they came no more again into the coasts of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 Also the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath: and Israel delivered the coasts of the same out of the hands of the Philistines: and there was peace between Israel and the 1Amorites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life, 16 And went about year by year to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 Afterward he returned to Ramah: for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: also he built an 1altar there unto the Lord. 8 1 Samuel maketh his sons Judges over Israel, who follow not his steps. 5 The Israelites ask a King. 11 Samuel declareth in what state they should be under the King. 19 Notwithstanding, they ask one still, and the Lord willeth Samuel to grant unto them.

chapter 7

a Josh. 24:15,23

b Judg. 2:13

c Deut. 6:4

Matt. 4:19

d Judg. 1:12,13

chapter 8

a Deut. 16:19

b Hos. 13:10

Acts 13:21

1 Then the men of 1Kirjath Jearim came, and took up the Ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill: and they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep the Ark of the Lord. 2 (For while the Ark abode in Kirjath Jearim, the time was long, for it was twenty years) and all the house of Israel lamented 1after the Lord. 3 ¶ Then Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye be come again unto the Lord with all your heart, aput away the strange gods from among you, and bAshtoreth, and direct your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him conly, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away dBaal and Ashtoreth, and served the Lord only. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to 1Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the Lord. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpah, and 1drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted the same day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah. 7 When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the Princes of the Philistines went up against Israel: and when the children of Israel heard that, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to 1cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 Then Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it all together for a burnt offering unto the Lord, and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel, and the Lord

1 When Samuel was now become old, he 1made his sons Judges over Israel, 2 (And the name of his eldest son was 1Joel, and the name of the second Abijah) even Judges in Beersheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and atook rewards, and perverted the judgment. 4 ¶ Wherefore all the Elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel unto 1Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: bmake us now a King to judge us like all nations.

7:1 1 A city in the tribe of Judah, called also Kirjath Baal, Josh. 15:60. 7:2 1 Lamented for their sins, and followed the Lord. 7:5 1 For Shiloh was now desolate, because the Philistines had taken thence the Ark. 7:6 1 The Chaldea text hath, that they drew water out of their heart: that is, wept abundantly for their sins. 7:8 1 Signifying, that in the prayers of the godly, there ought to be a vehement zeal. 7:10 1 According to the prophecy of Hannah Samuel's mother,

1 Sam. 2:10. 7:12 1 Which was a great rock over against Mizpah. 7:14 1 Meaning, the Philistines. 7:17 1 Which was not contrary to the Law: for as yet a certain place was not appointed. 8:1 1 Because he was not able to bear the charge. 8:2 1 Who was also called Vasheni, 1 Chron. 6:28. 8:4 1 For there his house was, 1 Sam. 7:17.

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6 But the thing 1displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a King to judge us: and Samuel prayed unto the Lord. 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hear the voice of the people in all that they shall say unto thee: for they have not cast thee away, but they have cast me away, that I should not reign over them. 8 As they have ever done since I brought them out of Egypt even unto this day, (and have forsaken me, and served other gods) even so do they unto thee. 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit, yet 1testify unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 10 ¶ So Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked a king of him. 11 And he said, This shall be the 1manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariot. 12 Also he will make them his captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make instruments of war, and the things that serve for his chariots. 13 He will also take your daughters and make them Apothecaries, and Cooks, and Bakers. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best Olive trees, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his 1Eunuchs, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and the chief of your young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep, and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out at that day, because of your king, whom ye have chosen you, and the Lord will not 1hear you at that day. 19 But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a king over us. 20 And we also will be like all other nations, and our king shall judge us, and go out before us and fight our battles. 21 Therefore when Samuel heard all the words

of the people, he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Samuel, 1Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go every man unto his city. 9 3 Saul seeking his father's asses, by the counsel of his servant goeth to Samuel. 9 The Prophets called Seers. 15 The Lord revealeth to Samuel Saul's coming, commanding him to anoint him king. 22 Samuel bringeth Saul to the feast.

chapter 9

a 1 Sam. 14:15

1 Chron. 8:33

1 There was now a man of Benjamin, 1mighty in power, named aKish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a man of Benjamin. 2 And he had a son called Saul, a 1goodly young man and a fair: so that among the children of Israel there was none goodlier than he: from the shoulders upward, he was higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father were lost: therefore Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go and 1seek the asses. 4 So he passed through mount Ephraim, and went through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not. Then they went through the land of Shaalim, and there they were not: he went also through the land of Benjamin, but they found them not. 5 When they came to the land of 1Zuph, Saul said unto his servant that was with him, Come and let us return, lest my father leave the care of asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, in this city is a man of God, and he is an honorable man: all that he saith cometh to pass: let us now go thither, if so be that he can show us what way we may go. 7 Then said Saul to his servant, Well then, let us go: but what shall we bring unto the man? For the 1bread is spent in our vessels, and there is no present to bring to the man of God: what have we? 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have found about me the fourth part of a 1shekel of silver: that will I give the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in Israel when a man went to seek an answer of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the 1Seer: for he that is called now a Prophet,

8:6 1 Because they were not content with the order that God had appointed, but would be governed as were the Gentiles. 8:9 1 To prove if they will forsake their wicked purpose. 8:11 1 Not that kings have this authority by their office, but that such as reign in God's wrath should usurp this over their brethren, contrary to the law, Deut. 17:20. 8:15 1 Or, chief officers. 8:18 1 Because ye repent not for your sins, but because ye smart for your afflictions, whereinto ye cast yourselves willingly. 8:22 1 Or, grant their request.

9:1 1 That is, both valiant and rich. 9:2 1 So that it might seem that God approved their request in appointing out such a person. 9:3 1 All these circumstances were means to serve unto God's providence, whereby Saul (though not approved of God) was made king. 9:5 1 Where was Ramathaim Zophim, the city of Samuel. 9:7 1 Or, vittles. 9:8 1 Which is about five pence, read Gen. 23:15. 9:9 1 So called because he foresaw things to come.

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was in the old time called a Seer) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said, come, let us go: so they went into the city where the man of God was. 11 ¶ And as they were going up the highway to the city, they found maids that came out to draw water, and said unto them, Is there here a Seer? 12 And they answered them, and said, Yea, lo, he is before you: make haste now, for he came this day to the city: for there is an 1offering of the people this day in the high place. 13 When ye shall come into the city, ye shall find him straightway ere he come up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he come, because he will 1bless the sacrifice; and then eat they that be bidden to the feast: now therefore go up, for even now shall ye find him. 14 Then they went up into the city, and when they were come into the midst of the city, Samuel came out against them, to go up to the high place. 15 ¶ bBut the Lord had revealed to Samuel 1secretly (a day before Saul came) saying, 16 Tomorrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, him shalt thou anoint to be governor over my people Israel, that he may 1save my people out of the hands of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, and their cry is come unto me. 17 When Samuel therefore saw Saul, the Lord answered him, See, this is the man whom I spake to thee of, he shall rule my people. 18 Then went Saul to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the Seer's house is. 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 today, and tomorrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine 1heart. 20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, care not for them: for they are found: and 1on whom is set all the desire of Israel? is it not upon thee, and on all thy father's house? 21 ¶ But Saul answered, and said, Am not I the son of Benjamin of the smallest tribe of Israel? and

my family is the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin. Wherefore then speakest thou so to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the 1chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden: which were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring forth the portion which I gave thee, and whereof I said unto thee, Keep it with thee. 24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was 1upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold, that which is left, set it before thee, and eat: for hitherto hath it been kept for thee, saying, Also I 2have called the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And when they arose early about the spring of the day, Samuel called Saul to the 1top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out, both he, and Samuel. 27 And when they were come down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant go before us, (and he went) but stand thou still now, that I may show thee 1the word of God. 10 1 Saul is anointed King by Samuel. 9 God changeth Saul's heart, and he prophesieth. 17 Samuel assembleth the people, and showeth them their sins. 21 Saul is chosen King by lot. 25 Samuel writeth the King's office.

b 1 Sam. 15:1

Acts 13:21

chapter 10

a Gen. 35:20

1 Then Samuel took a vial of 1oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Hath not the Lord anointed thee to be governor over his inheritance? 2 When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by aRachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin, even at Zelzah, and they will say unto thee, The 1asses 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? 3 Then shalt thou go forth from thence, and shalt come to the 1plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one car-

9:12 1 That is, a feast after the offering, which should be kept in an high place of the city appointed for that use. 9:13 1 That is, give thanks and distribute the meat according to their custom. 9:15 1 Hebrew, in his ear. 9:16 1 Notwithstanding their wickedness, yet God was ever mindful of his inheritance. 9:19 1 Meaning, all that thou desirest to know. 9:20 1 Whom doth Israel desire to be their King, but thee? 9:22 1 Where the feast was. 9:24 1 That is, the shoulder with the breast, which the Priest had for

his family in all peace offerings, Lev. 10:14. 2 That both by the assembling of the people, and by the meat prepared for thee, thou mightest understand that I knew of thy coming. 9:26 1 To speak with him secretly: for the houses were flat above. 9:27 1 God's commandment as concerning thee. 10:1 1 In the Law this anointing signified the gifts of the holy Ghost, which were necessary for them that should rule. 10:2 1 Samuel confirmeth him by these signs, that God hath appointed him king. 10:3 1 Or, oaks.

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18 And he said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have brought Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hands of all kingdoms that troubled you. 19 But ye have this day cast away your God, who only delivereth you out of all your adversities and tribulations: and ye said unto him, No, but appoint a king over us. Now therefore stand ye before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands. 20 And when Samuel had gathered together all the tribes of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin was 1taken. 21 Afterward he assembled the tribe of Benjamin, according to their families, and the family of Matri was taken. So Saul the son of Kish was taken, and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they asked the Lord again, if that man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath 1hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran, and brought him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye not him, whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? and all the people shouted and said, 1God save the King. 25 Then Samuel told the people 1the duty 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. 26 Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there followed him a band of men, whose heart God had touched. 27 But the wicked men said, How shall he save us? So they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he 1held his tongue. 11 1 Nahash the Ammonite warreth against Jabesh Gilead, who asketh help of the Israelites. 6 Saul promiseth help. 11 The Ammonites are slain. 14 The kingdom is renewed.

rying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 4 And they will ask thee 1if all be well, and will give thee the two loaves of bread, which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that shalt thou come to the 1hill of God, where is the garrisons of the Philistines: and when thou art come thither to the city, thou shalt meet a company of Prophets coming down from the high place with a vial, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and an harp before them, and they shall prophesy. 6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 Therefore when these signs shall come unto thee, do as occasion shall serve: for God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal: and I also will come down unto thee to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace. bTarry for me seven days, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do. 9 And when he had turned his 1back to go from Samuel, God gave him another 2heart; and all those tokens came to pass that same day. 10 ¶ And when they came thither to the hill, behold, the company of Prophets met him, and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he 1prophesied among them. 11 Therefore all the people that knew him before, when they saw that he prophesied among the Prophets, said each to other, What is come unto the son of Kish? cis Saul also among the Prophets? 12 And one of the same place answered, and said, But who is their 1father? Therefore it was a proverb, Is Saul also among the 2Prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of Prophesying, he came to the high place. 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 nowhere, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 Then Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found: but concerning the kingdom whereof Samuel spake, told he him not. 17 ¶ And Samuel 1assembled the people unto the Lord in Mizpah,

b 1 Sam. 13:8

c 1 Sam. 19:24

1 Then Nahash the Ammonite 1came up, and besieged Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will be thy servants.

10:4 1 Hebrew, of peace. 10:5 1 Which was an high place in the city Kirjath Jearim, where the Ark was, 1 Sam. 7:2. 10:9 1 Hebrew, shoulder. 2 He gave him such virtues as were meet for a King. 10:10 1 Or, sang praises. 10:12 1 Meaning, that prophecy cometh not by succession, but is given to whom it pleaseth God. 2 Noting thereby him that from low degree cometh suddenly to honor.

10:17 1 Both to declare unto them their fault in asking a King, and also to show God's sentence therein. 10:20 1 That is, by casting of lot. 10:22 1 As though he were unworthy and unwilling. 10:24 1 Hebrew, let the king live. 10:25 1 As it is written in Deut. 17:15, etc. 10:27 1 Both to avoid sedition, and also to win them by patience. 11:1 1 After that Saul was chosen king: for fear of whom they asked a king, as 1 Sam. 12:12.

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2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your 1right eyes, and bring that shame upon all Israel. 3 To whom the Elders of Jabesh said, Give us seven days respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then if no man deliver us, we will come out to thee. 4 ¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told these tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lift up their voices and wept. 5 And behold, Saul came following the cattle out of the field, and Saul said, What aileth this people, that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 Then the Spirit of God 1came upon Saul, when he heard those tidings, and he was exceeding angry, 7 And 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 1Samuel, so shall his oxen be served. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out 2with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand men, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 Then 1they said unto the messengers that came, So say unto the men of Jabesh Gilead, Tomorrow by then the Sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh, which were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out unto 1you, and ye shall do with us all that pleaseth you. 11 ¶ And when the morrow was come, Saul put the people in three bands, and they came in upon the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and they that remained, were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 Then the people said unto Samuel, 1Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring those men that we may slay them. 13 But Saul said, There shall no man 1die this day: for today the Lord hath saved Israel. 14 ¶ Then said Samuel unto the people, Come, that we may go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and made Saul King there before the Lord in Gilgal: and there they offered 1peace offerings before the Lord: and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly. 12 1 Samuel declaring to the people his integrity, reproveth their ingratitude. 19 God by miracle causeth the people to confess their sin. 20 Samuel exhorteth the people to follow the Lord.

chapter 12

a Gen. 46:5,6

b Exod. 4:16

c Judg. 4:2

1 Samuel then said unto all Israel, Behold, I have 1hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have appointed a King over you. 2 Now therefore behold, your King walketh 1before you, and I am old and gray headed, and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: bear record of me before the Lord and before his anointed. 1Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I done wrong to? or whom have I hurt? or of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith, and I will restore it you? 4 Then they said, Thou hast done us no wrong, nor hast hurt us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his 1Anointed is witness this day, that ye have found nought in mine hands. And they answered, He is witness. 6 Then Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that 1made Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord according to all the 1righteousness of the Lord, which he showed to you and to your fathers. 8 aAfter that Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord bsent Moses and Aaron which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 cAnd when they forgot the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera 1captain 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.

11:2 1 This declareth that the more near the tyrants are to their destruction, the more cruel they are. 11:6 1 God gave him the spirit of strength and courage to go against this tyrant. 11:7 1 He addeth Samuel because Saul was not yet approved of all. 2 Hebrew, as one man. 11:9 1 Meaning, Saul and Samuel. 11:10 1 That is, to the Ammonites, dissembling that they had hope of aid. 11:12 1 By this victory the Lord won the hearts of the people to Saul.

11:13 1 By showing mercy he thought to overcome their malice. 11:15 1 In sign of thanksgiving for the victory. 12:1 1 I have granted your petition. 12:2 1 To govern you in peace and war. 12:3 1 God would that this confession should be a pattern for all them that have any charge or office. 12:5 1 Your King, who is anointed by the commandment of the Lord. 12:6 1 Or, exalted. 12:7 1 Or, benefits. 12:9 1 Captain of Jabin's host, King of Hazor.

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10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baal and Ashtoreth. Now therefore deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 Therefore the Lord sent Jerubbaal 1and Bedan and dJephthah, and eSamuel, and delivered you out of the hands of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 12 Notwithstanding when you saw, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, 1No, but a king shall reign over us: when yet the Lord your God was your King. 13 Now therefore behold the King whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired: lo therefore, the Lord hath set a King over you. 14 If ye will fear the Lord and serve him, and hear his voice, and not disobey the word of the Lord, both ye, and the king that reigneth over you, shall 1follow the Lord your God. 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but disobey the Lord's mouth, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you, and on your 1fathers. 16 Now also stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not now wheat harvest? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain, that ye may perceive and see, how that your wickedness is 1great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord in asking you a king. 18 Then Samuel called unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain the same day: and all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have sinned in asking us a King, beside 1all our other sins. 20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not, (ye have indeed done all this wickedness, 1yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart, 21 Neither turn ye back: for that should be after vain things which cannot profit you, nor deliver you, for they are but vanity.) 22 For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great Name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord

to make you 1his people. 23 Moreover God forbid, that I should sin against the Lord, and cease praying for you, but I will show you the good and right way. 24 Therefore fear you the Lord, and serve him in the truth with all your 1hearts, and consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye do wickedly, ye shall perish, both ye and your King. 13 3 The Philistines are smitten of Saul and Jonathan. 13 Saul being disobedient to God's commandment, is showed of Samuel that he shall not reign. 19 The great slavery, wherein the Philistines kept the Israelites.

d Judg. 11:1

e 1 Sam. 4:1

1 Saul now had been King 1one year, and he reigned 2two years over Israel. 2 Then Saul chose him three thousand of Israel: and 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 one to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Phi­- listines, that was in the 1hill: and it came to the Phi­- listines' ears: and Saul blew the 2trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Hear, O ye Hebrews. 4 And all Israel heard say, Saul hath destroyed a garrison of the Philistines: wherefore Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines: and the people gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. 5 ¶ The Philistines also gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen: for the people was like the sand which is by the seaside in multitude, and came up, and pitched in Michmash Eastward from 1Beth Aven. 6 And when the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were in distress) the people hid themselves in caves, and in holds, and in rocks, and in towers, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan unto the land of 1Gad and Gilead: and Saul was yet in Gilgal, and all the people for fear followed him. 8 And he tarried seven days, according unto the time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal, therefore the people were 1scattered from him.

12:11 1 That is, Samson, Judg. 13:25. 12:12 1 Leaving God to seek the help of man, 1 Sam. 8:5. 12:14 1 Ye shall be preserved as they that follow the Lord's will. 12:15 1 Meaning, the governors. 12:17 1 In that ye have forsaken him, who hath all power in his hand, for a mortal man. 12:19 1 Not only at other times, but now chiefly. 12:20 1 He showeth that there is no sin so great, but it shall be for­ given, if the sinner turn again to God. 12:22 1 Of his free mercy, and not of your merits, and therefore he

will not forsake you. 12:24 1 Unfeignedly, and without hypocrisy. 13:1 1 While these things were done. 2 Before he took upon him the state of a King. 13:3 1 Of Kirjath Jearim, where the Ark was, 1 Sam. 10:5. 2 That everyone should prepare themselves to war. 13:5 1 Which was also called Bethel, in the tribe of Benjamin. 13:7 1 Where the two tribes and the half remained. 13:8 1 Thinking that the absence of the Prophet was a sign, that they should lose the victory.

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9 And Saul said, Bring a burnt offering to me and peace offerings: and he offered a burnt offering. 10 And as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came: and Saul went forth to meet him, to 1salute him. 11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? Then Saul said, Because I saw that the people was 1scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together to Michmash, 12 Therefore said I, the Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord. I was bold therefore and offered a burnt offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy

and for to sharpen the goads. 22 So when the day of battle was come, there was neither 1sword nor spear found in the hands of any of the people that were with Saul and with Jonathan: but only with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines came out to the passage of Michmash. 14 14 Jonathan and his armor bearer put the Philistines to flight. 24 Saul bindeth the people by an oath, not to eat till evening. 32 The people eat with the blood. 38 Saul would put Jonathan to death. 45 The people deliver him.

chapter 14

a 1 Sam. 4:21

b 2 Chron. 14:11

1 Then on a day Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, 1Come and let us go over toward the Philistines garrison, that is yonder on the other side, but he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the border of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree, which was in Migron, and the people that were with him, were about six hundred men. 3 And Ahijah the son of Ahitub, aIchabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, was the Lord's Priest in Shiloh, and wore an Ephod: and the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 ¶ Now in the way whereby Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines garrison, there was a 1sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: the name of the one was called Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The one rock stretched from the North toward Michmash, and the other was from the South toward Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these 1uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work with us: for it is 2not hard to the Lord bto save with many, or with few. 7 And he that bare his armor, said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: go where it pleaseth thee: behold, 1I am with thee as thine heart desireth. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we go over unto those men, and will show ourselves unto them. 9 1If they say on this wise to us, Tarry until we come to you, then we will stand still in our place, and not go up to them.

1God, which he commanded thee: for the Lord had now stablished thy kingdom upon Israel forever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a 1man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be governor over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord had commanded thee. 15 ¶ And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal in 1Gibeah of Benjamin: and Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men. 16 And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, had their abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines pitched in Michmash. 17 And there came out of the host of the Philistines 1three bands to destroy, one band turned unto the way of Ophrah unto the land of Shual, 18 And another band turned toward the way to Beth Horon, and the 1third band turned toward the way of the coast that looketh toward the valley of Zeboim, toward the wilderness. 19 Then there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears. 20 Wherefore, all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, his mattock, and his axe, and his weeding hook. 21 Yet they had a file for the shares, and for the mattocks, and for the pick forks, and for the axes,

13:10 1 Hebrew, bless him. 13:11 1 Though these causes seem sufficient in man's judgment: yet because they had not the word of God, they turned to his destruction. 13:13 1 Who willed thee to obey him, and rest upon the words spo­ ken by his Prophet. 13:14 1 That is, David. 13:15 1 And went to his city Ramah. 13:17 1 Or, the destroyer: to wit, the captains came out with three bands. 13:18 1 So that to man's judgment these three armies would have overrun the whole country.

13:22 1 To declare that the victory only came of God, and not by their force. 14:1 1 By this example God would declare to Israel that the victory did not consist in multitude or armor, but only came of his grace. 14:4 1 Or, like a tooth. 14:6 1 To wit, the Philistines. 2 Or, none can let the Lord. 14:7 1 I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 14:9 1 This he spake by the spirit of prophecy, forasmuch hereby God gave him assurance of the victory.

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10 But if they say, 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 So they both showed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, See, the Hebrews come out of the 1holes wherein they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us: for we will show you a thing. Then Jonathan said unto his armor bearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 So Jonathan went up upon 1his hands and upon his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and some fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer slew others after him. 14 So the 1first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, as it were within half an acre of land which two oxen plow. 15 And there was a fear in the host, and in the field, and among all the people: the garrison also, and they that went out to spoil, were afraid themselves: and the earth 1trembled: for it was stricken with fear by God. 16 ¶ Then the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin saw: and behold, the multitude was discomfited, and smitten as they went. 17 Therefore said Saul unto the people that were with him, Search now, and see, who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring hither the Ark of God (for the Ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel) 19 ¶ And while Saul talked unto the Priest, the noise that was in the host of the Philistines, spread farther abroad, and increased: therefore Saul said unto the Priest, 1Withdraw thine hand. 20 And Saul was assembled with all the people that were with him, and they came to the battle: and behold, cevery man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines beforetime, and were come with them into all parts of the host, even they also turned to be with the 1Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

22 Also all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines were fled, they followed after them in the battle. 23 And so the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle continued unto Beth Aven. 24 And at that time the men of Israel were pressed with hunger: for Saul charged the people with an oath, saying, 1Cursed be the man that eateth 2food till night, that I may be avenged of mine enemies: so none of the people tasted any sustenance. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood, where honey lay upon the ground. 26 And the people came into the wood, and behold, the honey dropped, and no man moved his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the 1oath. 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 honey comb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his 1eyes received sight. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father made the people to swear, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth sustenance this day: and the people were 1faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath 1troubled the land: see now how mine eyes are made clear, because I have tasted a little of this honey: 30 How much more, if the people had eaten today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a greater slaughter among the Philistines? 31 ¶ And they smote the Philistines that day, from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were exceeding faint. 32 So the people turned to the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves and slew them on the ground, and the people did eat them dwith the blood. 33 Then men told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have trespassed: 1roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 Again Saul said, Go abroad among the people, and bid them bring me 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

c Judg. 7:21,22

1 Chron. 20:23

d Lev. 7:26

Lev. 19:26 Deut. 12:16

14:11 1 Thus they spake contemptuously and by derision. 14:13 1 That is, he crept up, or went up with all haste. 14:14 1 The second was when they slew one another, and the third when the Israelites chased them. 14:15 1 In that the insensible creatures tremble for fear of God's judgment, it declareth how terrible his vengeance shall be against his enemies. 14:19 1 Let the Ephod alone: for I have no leisure now to ask counsel of God, Num. 27:21. 14:21 1 Though before for fear of the Philistines they declared them­

selves as enemies to their brethren. 14:24 1 Such was his hypocrisy and arrogancy, that he thought to at­trib­ ute to his policy that which God had given by the hand of Jonathan. 2 Hebrew, bread. 14:26 1 That is, the punishment, if they break their oath. 14:27 1 Which were dim before for weariness and hunger. 14:28 1 Or, weary. 14:29 1 By making this cruel law. 14:33 1 That the blood of the beast that shall be slain, may be pressed out upon it.

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the people brought every man his ox in his hand that night, and slew them there. 35 Then Saul made an altar unto the Lord, and that 1was the first altar that he made unto the Lord. 36 ¶ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning shine, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever thou thinkest best. Then said the Priest, Let us 1draw near hither unto God. 37 So Saul asked of God, saying, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hands of Israel? But he answered him not at that time. 38 ¶ And Saul said, eAll 1ye chief of the people, come ye hither, and know, and see by whom this sin is done this day. 39 For as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be done by Jonathan my son, he shall die the death. But none of all the people answered him. 40 Then he said 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 thou thinkest best. 41 Then Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give 1a perfect lot. And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said, Cast lot 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 tasted a little honey with the end of the rod, that was in mine hand, and lo, I must die. 44 Again Saul answered, God do so and more also, unless thou die the death, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto Saul, 1Shall Jonathan die, who hath so mightily delivered 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 delivered Jonathan that he died not. 46 Then Saul came up from the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. 47 ¶ So Saul held 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 went, he 1handled them as wicked men. 48 He gathered also an host and smote 1Amalek, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, 1and Jishui, and Malchishua: and the names of his two daughters, the elder was called Merab, and the younger was named 2Michal. 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of his chief captain was 1Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 51 And Kish was Saul's father: 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 1whomsoever Saul saw to be a strong man, and meet for the war, he took him unto him. 15 3 Saul is commanded to slay Amalek. 9 He spareth Agag, and the best things. 19 Samuel reproveth him. 28 Saul is rejected of the Lord, and his Kingdom given to another. 33 Samuel heweth Agag in pieces.

e Judg. 20:2

chapter 15

a 1 Sam. 9:16

b Exod. 17:14

Num. 24:20

1 Afterward Samuel said unto Saul, aThe Lord sent me to anoint thee King over his people, over Israel: now therefore 1obey the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, bhow they laid wait for them in the way, as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now therefore go, and smite Amalek, and destroy ye all that pertaineth unto them, and have no compassion on them, but 1slay both man and woman, both infant and suckling, both ox, and sheep, both camel, and ass. 4 ¶ And Saul assembled the people, and 1numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and 1set watch at the river. 6 And Saul said unto the 1Kenites, Go, depart, and get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed 2mercy to

14:35 1 Or, of that stone began he to build an altar. 14:36 1 To ask counsel of him. 14:38 1 Hebrew, corners. 14:41 1 Cause the lot to fall on him that hath broken the oath: but he doth not consider his presumption in commanding the same oath. 14:45 1 The people thought it their duty to rescue him, who of igno­ rance had but broken a rash law, and by whom they had received so great a benefit. 14:47 1 Or, overcame them. 14:48 1 As the Lord had commanded, Deut. 25:17. 14:49 1 Called also Abinadab, 1 Sam. 31:2.

2 Which was the Wife of David, 1 Sam. 18:27. 14:50 1 Whom Joab the captain of David slew, 2 Sam. 3:27. 14:52 1 As Samuel had forewarned, 1 Sam. 8:11. 15:1 1 Because he hath preferred thee to this honor, thou art bound to obey him. 15:3 1 That this might be an example of God's vengeance against them that deal cruelly with his people. 15:4 1 Or, knew their number by the lambs which they brought. 15:5 1 Or, fought in the valley. 15:6 1 Which were the posterity of Jethro Moses' father-in-law. 2 For Jethro came to visit them, and gave them good counsel, Exod. 18:19.

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all the children of Israel, when they came up from Egypt: and the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 So Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, as thou comest to Shur, that is before Egypt, 8 And took Agag the King of the Amalekites alive, and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the better sheep, and the oxen, and the fat beasts, and the lambs, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them; but everything that was vile and nought worth, that they destroyed. 10 ¶ Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11 It 1repenteth me that I have made Saul King; for he is turned from me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was moved, and cried unto the Lord all night. 12 And when Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, one told Samuel, saying, Saul is gone to Carmel; and behold, he hath made him there a place, from whence he returned, and departed, and is gone down to Gilgal. 13 ¶ Then Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said unto him. Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the 1commandment of the Lord. 14 But Samuel said, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul answered, They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice them unto the Lord thy God, and the remnant have we destroyed. 16 Again Samuel said to Saul, Let me tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 Then Samuel said, When thou wast 1little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord anointed thee King over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, until thou destroy them. 19 Now wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voice

of the Lord, but hast turned to the prey, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, 1I 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 destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which should have been destroyed, to offer unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voice of the Lord is obeyed? behold, cto obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken is better than the fat of rams. 23 For 1rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and transgression is wickedness and idolatry. Because thou hast cast away the word of the Lord, therefore he hath cast away thee from being king. 24 Then 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, take away my 1sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord. 26 But Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast cast away the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath cast away thee, that thou shalt not be King over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned himself to go away, he caught the lap of his coat, and it rent. 28 Then Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy 1neighbor, that is better than thou. 29 For indeed the 1strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: but honor me, 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, and followed 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 1pleasantly, and Agag said, Truly the 2bitterness of death is passed.

c Hos. 6:6,7

Matt. 9:13 Matt. 12:7

d Exod. 17:11

Num. 14:45

15:11 1 God in his eternal counsel never changeth nor repenteth, as verse 29, though he seemeth to us to repent when anything goeth contrary to his temporal election. 15:13 1 This is the nature of hypocrites to be impudent against the truth, to condemn others, and justify themselves. 15:17 1 Meaning, of base condition, as 1 Sam. 9:21. 15:20 1 He standeth most impudently in his own defense both against God and his own conscience. 15:23 1 God hateth nothing more than the disobedience of

his Commandment, though the intent seems never so good to man. 15:25 1 This was not true repentance, but dissimulation, fearing the loss of his kingdom. 15:28 1 That is, to David. 15:29 1 Meaning, God, who maintaineth and prefereth his. 15:32 1 Or, in bonds. 2 He suspected nothing less than death, or as some write, he passed not for death.

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33 And Samuel said, dAs thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among other women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 34 ¶ So Samuel departed to 1Ramah, and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to 1see Saul until the day of his death: but Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord 2repented that he made Saul King over Israel. 16 1 Samuel is reproved of God, and is sent to anoint David. 7 God regardeth the heart. 13 The Spirit of the Lord cometh upon David. 14 The wicked Spirit is sent upon Saul. 19 Saul sendeth for David.

9 Then Jesse made Shammah come. And he said, Neither yet hath the Lord chosen him. 10 Again Jesse made his seven sons to come before Samuel, and Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath chosen none of these. 11 Finally, Samuel said unto Jesse, 1Are there no more children but these? And he said, There remaineth yet a little one behind, that keepeth the sheep. Then Samuel said unto Jesse, bSend and fet him: for we will not sit down, till he be come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in: and he was ruddy, and of a good countenance, and comely visage. And the Lord said, Arise, and 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 cSpirit of the Lord 1came upon David, from that day forward: then Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 ¶ But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an 1evil spirit sent of the Lord, vexed him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, the evil spirit of God vexeth thee. 16 Let our Lord therefore command thy servants that are before thee, to seek a man that is a cunning player upon the harp: that when the evil spirit of God cometh upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayest be eased. 17 Saul then said unto his servants, Provide me a man, I pray you, that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of his servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a 1son of Jesse, a Bethlehemite, that can play, and is strong, valiant, and a man of war, and wise in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. 19 ¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread and a flagon of wine and a kid, and sent them by the hand of David his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and 1stood before him: and he loved him very well, and he was his armor bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David now

chapter 16

a 1 Chron. 28:9

Jer. 11:20 Jer. 17:10 Jer. 20:12

Ps. 7:10

b 2 Sam. 7:8

Ps. 78:71 Ps. 89:21

c Acts 7:46

Acts 13:22

1 The Lord then said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, 1seeing I have cast him away from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil and come, 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? for if Saul shall hear it, he will kill me. Then the Lord answered, Take an heifer 1with thee, and say, I am come 2to do sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do, and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 So Samuel did that the Lord bade him, and came to Bethlehem, and the elders of the town were 1astonished at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 5 And he answered, Yea: I am come to do 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 when they were come, he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's 1Anointed is before him. 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature, because I have refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the aheart. 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him come before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

15:34 1 Where his house was. 15:35 1 Though Saul came where Samuel was, 1 Sam. 19:22. 2 As verse 11. 16:1 1 Signifying, that we ought not to show ourselves more pitiful than God, nor to lament them whom he casteth out. 16:2 1 Hebrew, in thine hand. 2 That is, to make a peace offering, which might be done though the Ark was not there. 16:4 1 Fearing, lest some grievous crime had been committed, because the Prophet was not wont to come thither.

16:6 1 Thinking that Eliab had been appointed of God to be made King. 16:11 1 Hebrew, are the children ended? 16:13 1 Or, prospered. 16:14 1 The wicked spirits are at God's commandment to execute his will against the wicked. 16:18 1 Though David was now anointed King by the Prophet, yet God would exercise him in sundry sorts before he had the use of his kingdom. 16:21 1 Or, served him.

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remain with me: for he hath found favor in my sight. 23 And so when the evil spirit of God came upon Saul, David took an harp and played with his hand, and Saul was 1refreshed and was eased: for the evil spirit departed from him. 17 1 The Philistines make war against Israel. 10 Goliath defieth Israel. 17 David is sent to his brethren. 34 The strength and boldness of David. 47 The Lord saveth not by sword nor spear. 50 David killeth Goliath, and the Philistines flee.

afraid. 12 ¶ Now this David was the ason of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, named Jesse, which had eight sons: and 1this man was taken 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 battle were Eliab the eldest, and the next Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 So David was the least: and the three eldest went after Saul. 15 David also 1went, but he returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep in Bethlehem. 16 And the Philistine drew near in the morning, and evening, and continued forty days. 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, 1Take now for thy brethren an Ephah of this parched corn, and these ten cakes, and run to the host to thy brethren. 18 Also carry these ten fresh cheeses unto the captain, and look how thy brethren fare, and receive their 1pledge. 19 (Then Saul and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.) 20 ¶ So David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went as Jesse had commanded him, and came within the compass of the host: and the host went out in array, and shouted in the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put themselves in array, army against army. 22 And David left the things which he bare, under the hands of the keeper of the 1carriage, and ran into the host, and came, and asked his brethren 2how they did. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, the man that was between the two armies, came up, (whose name was Goliath the Philistine of Gath) out of the 1army of the Philistines, and spake 2such words, and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel when they saw the man, ran away from him, and were sore afraid. 25 For every man of Israel said, Saw ye not this man that cometh up? even to revile Israel is he come up: and to him that killeth him, will the King give great riches, and will give him his bdaughter, yea, and

chapter 17

a 1 Sam. 16:1

b Josh. 15:19

1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies to battle, and came together to Sochoh which is in Judah, and pitched between Sochoh and Azekah, 1in the coast of Dammim. 2 And Saul, and the men of Israel assembled and pitched in the valley 1of Elah, and put themselves in battle array to meet the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: so a valley was between them. 4 ¶ Then came a man between them 1both out of the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath: his height was six cubits and an hand breadth, 5 And had an helmet of brass upon his head, and a 1brigandine upon him: and the weight of his brigandine was five thousand 2shekels of brass. 6 And he had 1boots of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass upon his shoulders. 7 And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam: and his spear head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood, and cried against the host of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and you 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 1kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I overcome him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 10 Also the Philistine said, I defy the host of Israel this day: give me a man, that we may fight 1together. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were discouraged, and greatly

16:23 1 God would that Saul should receive this benefit as at David's hand: that his condemnation might be the more evident, for his cruel hate toward him. 17:1 1 Or, in Ephes Dammim. 17:2 1 Or, of the oak. 17:4 1 Between the two camps. 17:5 1 Or, coat of plate. 2 That is, 156 pounds 4 ounces after half an ounce the shekel: and 600 shekels weight amounteth to 18 pounds 3 quarters. 17:6 1 Or, greaves. 17:9 1 Hebrew, smite me.

17:10 1 Or, hand to hand. 17:12 1 Or, he was counted among them that bare office. 17:15 1 To serve Saul, as 1 Sam. 16:19. 17:17 1 Though Jesse meant one thing, yet God's providence directed David to another end. 17:18 1 If they have laid anything to gage for their necessity, redeem it out. 17:22 1 Hebrew, vessels. 2 Hebrew, of peace. 17:23 1 Or, valley. 2 As are above rehearsed, verses 8 and 9.

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make his father's house 1free in Israel. 26 ¶ Then David spake to the men that stood with him, and said, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the 1shame from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should revile the host of the living God? 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, Thus 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 was very angry with David, and said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come down to see the battle. 29 Then David said, What have I now done? Is there not a 1cause? 30 And he departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same manner, and the people answered him according to the former words. 31 ¶ And they that heard the words which David spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought. 32 So David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail him, because of him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not 1able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art a boy, and he is a man of war from his youth. 34 And David answered unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a 1lion, and likewise a bear, and took a sheep out of the flock, 35 And I went out after him and smote him, and took it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 So thy servant slew both the lion, and the bear: therefore this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath railed on the host of the living God. 37 ¶ Moreover David said, 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. Then Saul said unto David, 1Go, and the Lord be with thee. 38 And Saul put his raiment upon David, and

put an helmet of brass upon his head, and put a brigandine upon him. 39 Then girded David his sword upon his raiment, and 1began to go: for he never proved it: and David said unto Saul, I can not go with these: for I am not accustomed. Wherefore David put them off him. 40 Then took he his 1staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of a brook, and put them in his shepherd's bag or scrip, and his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 ¶ And the Philistine came and drew near unto David, and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 Now when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but young, ruddy, and of a comely face. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine 1cursed 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 heaven, 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 host of Israel, whom thou hast railed upon. 46 This 1day shall the Lord close thee in mine hand, and I shall smite thee, and take thine head from thee, and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth, that all the world may know that Israel hath a God, 47 And that all this assembly may know, that the Lord saveth not with sword nor with spear, (for the battle is the Lord's) and he will give you into our hands. 48 And when the Philistine arose to come and draw near unto David, David 1hasted and ran to fight against the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took out a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sticked in his forehead, and he fell groveling to the earth. 50 So David overcame the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew

17:25 1 From taxes and payments. 17:26 1 This dishonor that he doeth to Israel. 17:29 1 For his father's sending was a just occasion, and also he felt himself inwardly moved by God's Spirit. 17:33 1 Here Satan proveth David's faith, by the infidelity of Saul. 17:34 1 David by the experience that he hath had in time past of God's help, nothing doubteth to overcome this danger, seeing he was zealous for God's honor. 17:37 1 For by these examples he saw that the power of God was

with him. 17:39 1 Or, assayed. 17:40 1 To the intent that by these weak means, God might only be known to be the author of this victory. 17:43 1 He sware by his gods that he would destroy him. 17:46 1 David being assured both of his cause and of his calling, prophesieth of the destruction of the Philistines. 17:48 1 Being moved with a fervent zeal to be revenged upon this blasphemer of God's name.

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him, when David had no sword in his hand. 51 Then David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of his sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. So when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. 52 And the men of Israel and Judah arose, and shouted, and followed after the Philistines, until they came to the 1valley, and unto the gates of Ekron: and the Philistines fell down wounded by the way of Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron. 53 And the children of Israel returned from pursuing the Philistines, and spoiled their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem, and put his armor in his 1tent. 55 ¶ When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner the captain of his host, Abner, 1whose son is this young man? and Abner answered, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 Then the King said, Inquire thou whose son this young man is. 57 And when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, then 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. 18 1 The amity of Jonathan and David. 8 Saul envieth David for the praise that the women gave him. 11 Saul would have slain David. 17 He promiseth him Merab to wife, but giveth him Michal. 27 David delivereth to Saul two hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 29 Saul feareth David, seeing that the Lord is with him.

him, and behaved himself 1wisely: so that 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. 6 ¶ When they came again, and David returned from the slaughter of the 1Philistine, the women came out of all cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with instruments of joy, and with rebecks. 7 And the women 1sang by course in their play, and said, aSaul hath slain his thousand, and David his ten thousand. 8 Therefore Saul was exceedingly wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousand, and to me they have ascribed but a thousand, and what can he have more save the kingdom? 9 Wherefore Saul 1had an eye on David from that day forward. 10 ¶ And on the morrow, the evil spirit of God came upon Saul, and he 1prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand like as at other times, and there was a spear in Saul's hand. 11 And Saul took the spear, and said, I will smite David through to the wall. But David avoided twice out of his presence. 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul put him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand, and he went 1out and in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways: for the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he was very wise, he was afraid of him. 16 For all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and in before them. 17 ¶ Then Saul said to David, Behold mine eldest daughter Merab, her I will give thee to wife: only be a valiant son unto me, and 1fight the Lord's battles: for Saul thought, Mine hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him. 18 And David answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the King? 19 Howbeit when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, 1she was given unto Adriel

chapter 18

a 1 Sam. 21:11

1 Sam. 29:5

1 And when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, the 1soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him, as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant: for he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan put off the robe that was upon him, and gave it David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent

17:52 1 Or, Gath the city. 17:54 1 Or house at Bethlehem. 17:55 1 That is, of what family and tribe is he? or else he had forgot­ ten David, albeit he had received so great a benefit by him. 18:1 1 His affection was fully bent toward him. 18:5 1 That is, he prospered in all his doings. 18:6 1 To wit, Goliath. 18:7 1 Hebrew, answered, playing.

18:9 1 Because he bare him envy and hatred. 18:10 1 That is, spake as a man beside himself: for so the people abused this word, when they could not understand. 18:13 1 Meaning, he was captain over the people. 18:17 1 Fight against them that war against God's people. 18:19 1 By whom he had five sons which David put to death at the request of the Gibeonites, 2 Sam. 21:8.

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a Meholathite to wife. 20 ¶ Then Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they showed Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 Therefore Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a 1snare 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. 22 And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath a favor to thee, and all his servants love thee: be now therefore the King's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake these words in the ears of David. And David said, 1Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of small reputation? 24 And then Saul's servants brought him word again, saying, Such words spake David. 25 And Saul said, This wise shall ye say to David, The king desireth no dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the King's enemies: for Saul thought to make David fall into the hands of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well, to be the 1King's son-in-law: and the days were not expired. 27 Afterward David arose with his men, and went and slew of the Philistines two hundred men: and David brought their foreskins, and 1they gave them wholly to the King that he might be the King's son-in-law: therefore Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 28 Then Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David, and that Michal the daughter of Saul loved him. 29 Then Saul was more and more afraid 1of David, and Saul became always David's enemy. 30 And when the Princes of the Philistines went forth, at their going forth 1David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was much set by. 19 2 Jonathan declareth to David the wicked purpose of Saul. 11 Michal his wife saveth him. 18 David cometh to Samuel. 23 The Spirit of prophecy cometh on Saul.

all his servants, that they should 1kill David: but Jonathan Saul's son had a great favor to David. 2 And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father goeth about to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed unto thyself unto the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself. 3 And I will go out and stand by my father in the field where thou 1art, and will commune with my father of thee, and I will see what he saith, and will tell thee. 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: for he hath not sinned against thee, but his works have been to thee very good. 5 For he 1did aput his life in danger, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and thou rejoicedst: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, and slay David without a cause? 6 Then Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan, and Saul 1swore, As the Lord liveth, he shall not die. 7 So Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those words, and Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past. 8 ¶ Again the war began, and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him. 9 ¶ And the evil spirit of the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house having his spear in his hand, and David 1played with his hand. 10 And Saul intended to smite David to the wall with the spear: but he turned aside out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear against the wall: but David fled, and escaped the same night. 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 it him, saying, If thou save not thyself this night, tomorrow thou shalt be slain. 12 So Michal 1let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 Then Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow stuffed with goat's hair under

chapter 19

a Judg. 12:3 1 Sam. 28:21 Ps. 119:109

1 Then Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to

18:21 1 So his hypocrisy appeareth: for under pretence of favor he sought his destruction. 18:23 1 Meaning, that he was not able to endow his wife with riches. 18:26 1 Because he thought himself able to compass the King's request. 18:27 1 Meaning, David and his soldiers. 18:29 1 To be deprived of his kingdom. 18:30 1 That is, David had better success against the Philistines than Saul's men.

19:1 1 Before Saul sought David's life secretly, but now his hypocrisy bursteth to open cruelty. 19:3 1 That I may give thee warning what to do. 19:5 1 Hebrew, he put his soul in his hand. 19:6 1 Whatsoever he pretended outwardly, yet his heart was full of malice. 19:9 1 He played on his harp to mitigate the rage of the evil spirit, as 1 Sam. 16:23. 19:12 1 Thus God moved both the son and daughter of this tyrant to favor David against their father.

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came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what sin have I committed before thy father, that he seeketh my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will 1show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? he will not do it. 3 And David swore again and said, Thy father knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes: therefore he thinketh, Jonathan shall not know it, lest he be sorry: but indeed, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a 1step between me and death. 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul 1requireth, that I will do unto thee. 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the 1first day of the month, and I should sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the fields unto the third day at even. 6 If thy father make mention of me, then say, David asked leave of me, that he might go to Bethlehem to his own city: for there is a 1yearly sacrifice for all that family. 7 And if he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, be sure that wickedness is concluded of him. 8 So shalt thou show mercy unto thy servant: afor thou hast joined thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquity, slay thou me? for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 9 ¶ And Jonathan answered, God keep that from thee: for if I knew that wickedness were 1concluded of my father to come upon thee, would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who 1shall tell me? how shall I know, if thy father answer thee cruelly? 11 And Jonathan said to David, Come and let us go out into the field: and they twain went out into the field. 12 Then Jonathan said to David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have groped my father's mind tomorrow at this time, or within this three days, and if it be well with David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee, 13 The Lord 1do so and much more unto Jonathan:

the head of it, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him to me in the 1bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, an image was in the bed with a pillow of goat's hair under the head of it. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou mocked me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go, or else I will kill thee. 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 1Naioth. 19 But one told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw a company of Prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing 1as appointed over them, the Spirit of God fell upon the messengers of Saul, and they also 2prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise: again Saul sent the third messengers, and they prophesied also. 22 Then went he himself 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. 23 And he 1went thither, even to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his 1clothes, and he prophesied also before Samuel, and fell 2down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they say, bIs Saul also among the Prophets? 20 2 Jonathan comforteth David. 3 They renew their league. 33 Saul would have killed Jonathan. 38 Jonathan advertiseth David by three arrows, of his father's fury.

b 1 Sam. 10:11

chapter 20

a 1 Sam. 18:3

1 Sam. 23:18

1 And David 1fled from Naioth in Ramah, and

19:15 1 Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage, neither regard oath nor friendship, God nor man. 19:18 1 Naioth was a school where the word of God was studieth, near to Ramah. 19:20 1 Being their chief instructor. 2 Changed their minds and praised God. 19:23 1 With a mind to persecute them. 19:24 1 His kingly apparel. 2 He humbled himself as others did. 20:1 1 For Saul was stayed, and prophesied a day and a night by

God's providence, that David might have time to escape. 20:2 1 Hebrew, reveal it in mine ear. 20:3 1 I am in great danger of death. 20:4 1 Hebrew, saith. 20:5 1 At what time there should be a solemn sacrifice, Num. 28:11, to the which they added peace offerings and feasts. 20:6 1 Read 1 Sam. 1:21. 20:9 1 That he were fully determined. 20:10 1 If thy father do favor me. 20:13 1 The Lord punish me most grievously.

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but if my father have mind to do thee evil, I will show thee also, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee as he hath been with my father. 14 Likewise I require not whiles I live: for I doubt not but thou wilt show me the mercy of the Lord, 1that I die not. 15 But I require that thou cut not off thy mercy from mine house forever: no, not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of David, every one from the earth. 16 So Jonathan made a bond with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies. 17 And again Jonathan swore unto David, because he loved him (for he loved him as his own soul,) 18 Then said Jonathan to him, Tomorrow is the first day of the month: and thou shalt be 1looked for, for thy place shall be empty. 19 Therefore thou shalt hide thyself three days, then thou shalt go down quickly and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself, when this matter was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone 1Ezel. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 21 And after I will send a boy, saying, Go, seek the arrows. If I say unto the boy, See, the arrows are on this side thee, bring them, and come thou: for it is 1well with thee, and no hurt, as the Lord liveth. 22 But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, go thy way: for the 1Lord hath sent thee away. 23 As touching the thing which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me forever. 24 ¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the first day of the month came, the king sat to eat meat. 25 And the king sat, as at other times upon his seat, even upon his seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. 26 And Saul said nothing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, though he were 1clean, or else because he was not purified. 27 But on the morrow which was the second day of

the month, David's place was empty again: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not 1the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday nor today? 28 And Jonathan answered unto Saul, David required of me, that he might go to Bethlehem. 29 For he said, Let me go, I pray thee: for our family offereth 1a sacrifice in the city, and my brother hath sent for me: therefore now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me go, I pray thee, and see my 2brethren: this is the cause that he cometh not unto the king's table. 30 Then was Saul angry with Jonathan, and said unto him, Thou 1son of the wicked rebellious woman, do not I know, that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy confusion, and to the confusion and shame of thy mother? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom: wherefore now send and fet him unto me, for he 1shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he 1die? what hath he done? 33 And Saul cast a spear at him to hit him, whereby Jonathan knew, that it was determined of his father to slay David. 34 ¶ So Jonathan arose from the table in a great anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was sorry for David, and because his father had reviled him. 35 On the next morning therefore Jonathan went out into the field, 1at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him. 36 And he said unto his boy, Run now, seek the arrows which I shoot, and as the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 37 And when the boy was come to the place where the arrow was that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? 38 And Jonathan cried after the boy, 1Make speed, haste and stand not still: and Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master, 39 But the boy knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 40 Then Jonathan gave his 1bow and arrows unto the boy that was with him, and said unto him, Go,

20:14 1 I know that if thou werest now preferred to the Kingdom, thou wouldest not destroy me, but show thyself friendly to my posterity. 20:18 1 Or, mentioned. 20:19 1 Hebrew, of the way, because it served as a sign to show the way to them that passed by. 20:21 1 Hebrew, peace. 20:22 1 The Lord is the author of thy departure. 20:26 1 Yet he might have some business to let him. 20:27 1 Thus he speaketh contemptuously of David.

20:29 1 That is, a peace offering. 2 Meaning, all his kinsfolk. 20:30 1 Thou art ever contrary unto me as thy mother is. 20:31 1 Hebrew, son of death. 20:32 1 For it were too great tyranny to put one to death and not to show the cause why. 20:35 1 For this was the third day, as it was agreed upon, verse 5. 20:38 1 By these words he admonished David what he ought to do. 20:40 1 Hebrew, instruments.

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carry them into the city. 41 ¶ As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of a place that was toward the 1South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept both twain, till David exceeded. 42 Therefore Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: that which we have 1sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and between thy seed, let it stand forever. 43 And he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. 21 1 David fleeth to Nob to Ahimelech the Priest. 6 He getteth of him the showbread to satisfy his hunger. 7 Doeg Saul's servant was present. 10 David fleeth to King Achish, 13 and there feigneth himself mad.

of Saul 1abiding before the Lord, named Doeg the Edomite, the 2chiefest of Saul's herdmen.) 8 And David said unto Ahimelech, Is there not here under thine hand a spear or a sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor mine harness with me, because the king's business required haste. 9 And the Priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the bvalley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the 1Ephod: if thou wilt take that to thee, take it: for there is none other save that here: And David said, There is none to that, give it me. 10 And David arose and fled the same day from the 1presence of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the cKing of the land? did they not sing unto him in dances, saying, dSaul hath slain his thousand, and David his ten thousand? 12 And David 1considered these words, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and 1scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is beside himself, wherefore have ye brought him to me? 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? 1shall he come into mine house? 22 1 David hideth himself in a cave. 2 Many that were in trouble came unto him. 9 Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. 18 Saul causeth the Priests to be slain. 20 Abiathar escapeth.

chapter 21

a Exod. 25:30

Lev. 24:5 Matt. 12:3,4

b 1 Sam. 17:2

c 1 Sam. 17:9

d 1 Sam. 18:7

1 Sam. 29:5

1 Then came David to 1Nob, to Ahimelech the Priest, and Ahimelech was astonied at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? 2 And David said to Ahimelech the Priest, The 1King hath commanded me a certain thing, and hath said unto me, Let no man know whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such places. 3 Now therefore if thou hast ought under thine hand, give me five cakes of bread, or what cometh to hand. 4 And the Priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but here is ahallowed bread, if the young men have kept themselves, at least from 1women. 5 David then answered the Priest, and said unto him, Certainly women have been separate from us these two or three days since I came out: and the 1vessels of the young men were holy, though the way were profane, and how much more then shall every one 2be sanctified this day in the vessel? 6 So the Priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, save the showbread that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread there, the day that it was taken away. 7 (And there was the same day one of the servants

1 David therefore departed thence, and saved himself in the cave 1of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And there gathered unto him all men that were in trouble, and all men that were in debt, and all those that were vexed in mind, and he was their 1prince, and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 ¶ And David went thence to Mizpah in 1Moab,

20:41 1 It seemeth that he had shot on the North side of the stone, lest the boy should have espied David. 20:42 1 Which oath he calleth in the eighth verse, the covenant of the Lord. 21:1 1 Where the ark then was to ask counsel of the Lord. 21:2 1 These infirmities that we see in the Saints of God, teach us that none hath his justice in himself, but receiveth it of God's mercy. 21:4 1 If they have not accompanied with their wives. 21:5 1 That is, their bodies. 2 Shall be more careful to keep his vessel holy, when he shall have

eaten of this holy food? 21:7 1 Tarrying to worship before the Ark. 2 Or, master of them that kept Saul's castle. 21:9 1 Behind that place, where the high Priest's garment lay. 21:10 1 That is, out of Saul's dominion. 21:12 1 Hebrew, put these words in his heart. 21:13 1 By making marks and toys. 21:15 1 Is he meet to be in a king's house? 22:1 1 Which was in the tribe of Judah, and near to Bethlehem. 22:2 1 Or, captain. 22:3 1 For there was another so called in Judah.

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and said unto the King of Moab, I pray thee, let my father and my mother come and abide with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he 1brought them before the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in 2the hold. 5 And the Prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold, but depart and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed and came into the forest of Hereth. 6 ¶ And Saul heard that David was 1discovered, and the men that were with him, and Saul remained in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants stood about him. 7 And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, the sons 1of Benjamin, will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards: will he make you all captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds: 8 That all ye have conspired against me, and there is none that telleth me that my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse? and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth me, that my 1son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as appeareth this day? 9 ¶ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, (who was appointed over the servants of Saul) and said, I saw the son of Jesse, when he came to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, 10 Who asked counsel of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and he gave him also the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 11 Then the King sent to call Ahimelech the Priest the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, to wit, 1the Priests that were in Nob: and they came all to the King. 12 And Saul said, Hear now thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. 13 Then Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him victual, and a sword, and hast asked counsel of God for him, that he should rise against me, and lie in wait as appeareth this day? 14 And Ahimelech answered the King, and said, Who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, being also the king's son-in-law, and goeth at thy

commandment, and is honorable in thine house? 15 1Have I this day first begun to ask counsel of God for him? be it far from me, let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less nor more. 16 Then the King said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. 17 And the King said unto the 1sergeants 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 showed it not unto me. But the servants of the King 2would not move their hands to fall upon the Priests of the Lord. 18 Then the King said to Doeg, Turn thou and fall upon the Priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and ran upon the Priests, and slew that same day fourscore and five persons, that did wear a linen Ephod. 19 Also Nob the city of the Priests smote he with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, both child and suckling, both ox and ass, and sheep with the edge of the sword. 20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub (whose name was Abiathar) 1escaped and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar showed David, that Saul had slain the Lord's Priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it the same day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would tell Saul. I am the cause of the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with me, and fear not: for 1he that seeketh my life, shall seek thy life also: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 23 5 David chaseth the Philistines from Keilah. 13 David departeth from Keilah, and remaineth in the wilderness of Ziph. 16 Jonathan comforteth David. 28 Saul's enterprise is broken in pursuing David.

1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against 1Keilah, and spoil the barns. 2 Therefore David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord answered David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

22:4 1 For he feared the rage of Saul against his house. 2 That is, in Mizpah, which was a stronghold. 22:6 1 That a great brute went on him. 22:7 1 Ye that are of my tribe and lineage. 22:8 1 Hereby he would persuade them that this conspiracy was most horrible, where the son conspired against the father, and the servant against his master. 22:11 1 Which were the remnant of the house of Eli, whose house God threatened to punish.

22:15 1 Have I not at other times also, when he had great affairs, con­ sulted with the Lord for him? 22:17 1 Or, footmen. 2 For they knew that they ought not to obey the wicked com­ mandment of the king in slaying the innocents. 22:20 1 This was God's providence, who according to his promise preserved some of the house of Eli, 1 Sam. 2:33. 22:23 1 Or, he that taketh thy life, shall take mine also. 23:1 1 Which was a city in the tribe of Judah, Josh. 15:44.

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3 And David's men said unto him, See, we be afraid here in 1Judah, how much more if we come to Keilah against the host of the Philistines? 4 Then David asked counsel of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah: for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 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: thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. 6 (And when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech afled to David to Keilah, he brought an 1Ephod 2with him.) 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, seeing he is come into a city that hath gates and bars. 8 Then Saul called all the people together to war for to go down to Keilah, and to besiege David and his men. 9 ¶ And David having knowledge that Saul imagined mischief against him, said to Abiathar the Priest, 1Bring the Ephod. 10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard, that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Will the lords of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? and 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. 12 Then said David, Will the 1lords of Keilah deliver me up, and the men that are with me, into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up. 13 ¶ Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went 1whither they could. And it was told Saul, that David was fled from Keilah, and he left off his journey. 14 And David abode in the wilderness in the 1holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God 2delivered him not into his hand.

15 And David saw that Saul was come out for to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood. 16 ¶ And Jonathan Saul's son arose and went to David into the wood, and comforted 1him in God, 17 And said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, and thou shalt be 1king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee: and also Saul my father knoweth it. 18 So they twain made a covenant before the Lord: and David did remain in the wood: but Jonathan went to his house. 19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself by us in holds, in the wood in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right side 1of Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliver him into the King's hands. 21 Then Saul said, 1Be ye blessed of the Lord: for ye have had compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, and prepare ye yet better: know and see his place where he 1haunteth, and who hath seen him there: for it is said to me, He is subtle, and crafty. 23 See therefore and know all the secret places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and if he be in the 1land, I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. 24 Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the right hand of Jeshimon. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him, and they told David: wherefore he came down unto a rock, and abode in the wilderness of 1Maon. And when Saul heard that, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountain: and David and his men on the other side of the mountain: and David made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about, to take them. 27 But there came a 1messenger to Saul, saying,

chapter 23

a 1 Sam. 22:20

23:3 1 That is, in the midst of Judah, much more when we come to the borders against our enemies. 23:6 1 By God's providence the Ephod was preserved and kept with David the true king. 2 Hebrew, in his hand. 23:9 1 To consult with the Lord by Urim and Thummim. 23:12 1 Or, governors. 23:13 1 Or, to and fro, as having no certain place to go. 23:14 1 Or, strong places. 2 No power nor policy can prevail against God's children, but when he appointeth the time.

23:16 1 Hebrew, his hand. 23:17 1 Jonathan assureth David, that God will accomplish his prom­ ise, and that his father striveth against his own conscience. 23:19 1 Or, of the wilderness. 23:21 1 The Lord recompense this friendship. 23:22 1 Hebrew, where his foot hath been. 23:23 1 In your country of Ziph, which is in Judah. 23:25 1 Which was also in the tribe of Judah, Josh. 15:55. 23:27 1 Thus the Lord can pull back the bridle of the tyrants and deliver his out of the lion's mouth.

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11 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen, that the Lord had delivered thee this day into mine hand in the cave, and some bade me kill thee, but I had compassion on thee, and said, I will not lay mine hand on my master: for he is the Lord's Anointed. 12 Moreover my father, behold: behold, I say, the lap of thy garment in mine hand: for when I cut off the lap of thy garment, I killed thee not. Understand and see, that there is neither evil nor wickedness in me, neither have I sinned against thee, yet thou huntest after my soul, to take it. 13 The Lord be judge between thee and me, and the Lord avenge me of thee, and let not mine hand be upon thee. 14 According as the 1old proverb saith, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not upon thee. 15 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea? 16 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between thee and me, and see, and plead my cause, and 1deliver me out of thine hand. 17 When David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, 1Is this thy voice, my son David? and Saul lift up his voice, and wept, 18 And said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rendered me good, and I have rendered thee evil. 19 And thou hast showed this day, that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had closed me in thine hands, thou killedst me not. 20 For who shall find his enemy, and let him depart 1free? wherefore the Lord render thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. 21 For now behold, I 1know that thou shalt be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be stablished in thine hand. 22 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me, and that thou wilt not abolish my name out of my father's house. 23 So David swore unto Saul, and Saul went home: but David and his men went up unto the hold. 25 1 Samuel dieth. 3 Nabal and Abigail. 38 The Lord killeth Nabal. 43 Abigail and Ahinoam

Haste thee, and come: for the Philistines have invaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place, 1Sela Hammahlekoth. 24 1 David hid in a cave spareth Saul. 10 He showeth to Saul his innocency. 18 Saul acknowledgeth his fault. 22 He causeth David to swear unto him to be favorable to his.

1 And David went thence, and dwelt in 1holds at En Gedi. 2 When Saul was turned from the Philistines, they told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of 1En Gedi. 3 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks among the wild goats. 4 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way where there was a cave, and Saul went in 1to do his easement: and David and his men sat in the 2inward parts of the cave. 5 And the men of David said unto him, See, the day is 1come, whereof the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good to thee. Then David arose and cut off the lap of Saul's garment privily. 6 And afterward David 1was touched in his heart, because he had cut off the lap which was on Saul's garment. 7 And he said unto his men, The Lord keep me from doing that thing unto my master the Lord's anointed, to lay mine hand upon him: for he is the Anointed of the Lord. 8 So David overcame his servants with these words, and suffered them not to arise against Saul: for Saul rose up out of the cave and went away. 9 ¶ David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, O my lord the King. And when Saul looked behind him, David inclined his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 10 And David said to Saul, 1Wherefore givest thou an ear to men's words, that say, Behold, David seeketh evil against thee?

23:28 1 That is, stone of division, because there they divided them­ selves one from another. 24:1 1 That is, in strong places, which were defensed by nature. 24:2 1 A city of Judah, Josh. 15:62. 24:4 1 Hebrew, to cover his feet. 2 Hebrew, in the sides. 24:5 1 Here we see how ready we are to hasten God's promise, if the occasion serve never so little. 24:6 1 For seeing it was his own private cause, he repented that he had touched his enemy.

24:10 1 Contrary to the false report of them that said, David was Saul's enemy, he proveth himself to be his friend. 24:14 1 Or, the proverb of an ancient man. 24:16 1 Hebrew, judge. 24:17 1 Though he was a most cruel enemy to David, yet by his great gentleness his conscience compelled him to yield. 24:20 1 Hebrew, a good way. 24:21 1 Though this tyrant saw and confessed the favor of God toward David, yet he ceaseth not to persecute him against his own conscience.

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sword: David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, and two hundred abode by the 1carriage. 14 Now one of the servants told Abigail Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he 1railed on them. 15 Notwithstanding, the men were very good 1unto us, and we had no displeasure, neither missed we anything as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields. 16 They were as a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheep. 17 Now therefore take heed, and see what thou shalt do: for evil 1will surely come upon our master, and upon all his family: for he is so wicked, that a man cannot speak to him. 18 ¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred 1cakes, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred 2frails of raisins, and two hundred of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 Then she said unto her servants, Go ye before me: behold, I will come after you: yet she told not her 1husband Nabal. 20 And as she rode on her ass, she came down by a secret place of the mountain, and behold, David and his men came down against her, and she met them. 21 And David said, Indeed I have kept all in vain that this fellow had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: for he hath requited me evil for good. 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David: for surely I will not leave of all that he hath by the dawning of the day, any that 1pisseth against the wall. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted and lighted off her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Oh, my lord, I have committed the iniquity, and I pray thee, let thine handmaid speak 1to thee, and hear thou the words of thine handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this wicked man, Nabal: for as his name is, so is he: 1Nabal is his

David's wives. 44 Michal is given to Palti.

chapter 25

a 1 Sam. 28:3

1 Then aSamuel died, and all Israel assembled, and mourned for him, and buried him in his 1own house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2 Now in 1Maon was a man, who had his possession in Carmel, and the man was exceeding mighty, and had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 The name also of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and she was a woman of singular wisdom, and beautiful, but the man was churlish, and evil conditioned, and was of the family of Caleb. 4 And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal did shear his sheep. 5 Therefore David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name 1how he doeth. 6 And thus shall ye say 1,2for salutation, Both thou, and thine house, and all that thou hast, be in peace, wealth and prosperity. 7 Behold, I have heard, that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds were with us, and we did them no hurt, neither did they miss anything all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Ask thy servants, and they will show thee. Wherefore let these young men find favor in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) give, I pray thee, whatsoever 1cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. 9 ¶ And when David's young men came, they told Nabal all those words in the name of David, and held their peace. 10 Then Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the 1son of Jesse? there be many servants nowadays, that break away every man from his master. 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? 12 ¶ So David's servants turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those things. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird every man his sword about him. And they girded every man his

25:1 1 That is, among his own kindred. 25:2 1 Maon and Carmel were cities in the tribe of Judah. Carmel the mountain was in Galilee. 25:5 1 Hebrew, of peace. 25:6 1 Some read, so mayest thou live in prosperity the next year, both thou, etc. 2 Hebrew, for life. 25:8 1 Whatsoever thou hast ready for us. 25:10 1 Thus the covetous wretches instead of relieving the necessity of God's children, used to revile their persons and condemn their cause. 25:13 1 Hebrew, vessel.

25:14 1 Hebrew, drove them away. 25:15 1 When we kept our sheep in the wilderness of Paran. 25:17 1 Hebrew, is accomplished. 25:18 1 Hebrew, bread. 2 Or, clusters. 25:19 1 Because she knew his crooked nature, that he would rather have perished, than consented to her enterprise. 25:22 1 Meaning by this proverb, that he would destroy both small and great. 25:24 1 Hebrew, in thine ears. 25:25 1 Or, fool.

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