Bo. 1, 32 Before The Benjamite's desolation. up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in CHRIST the field, about thirty men of Israel. C eir. 1406 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are Josh. 12, smitten down before us, as at the first. But the 24. children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered them-place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: Her. 18, 4. selves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. Far. 28, 85, and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their ch. 10, 13. 14. 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand ch. 8, 10 at that time out of the cities 'twenty and six thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was 7, 43. men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibe-sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. d Josh. 8 ah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16 Among all this people there were seven hunHeb. look dred chosen men † left-handed; every one could ht hand, sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss. their hap. 3. 5. x, could ding with 17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, ds, were numbered four hundred thousand men that Chr. 12,2 drew sword: all these were men of war. Terse 26. 18 1 And the children of Israel arose, and went ch. 1818. up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, R. 23, 30. and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle 27,21. against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. Num. hap. 1, 1. Ezra 2, 21. verse 28. Ezra 9, 3, 4. 1 Cor. 5, 1. 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. 12. 35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: Job 21, 15 and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benja- Eccl. 8, 11, mites that day twenty and five thousand and a hun- Prov 20, 6 dred men all these drew the sword. e 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted into the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. Isa. 47, 11. Luke 17,16 & 21, 34. 1 Thes. 5, s. 2 Pet. 2, 12 verses 7, 6. e eli. 8, 10. 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait | drew themselves along, Or, made and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. round, 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the Josh. 8, 5 a drawing Ex. 14, 18 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morn-men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should chap. 4, 6 ing, and encamped against Gibeah. make a great flame with smoke to rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of Israel retired in the fverse 31 battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, † Surely Heb. Be they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. he is st 40 But when the † flame began to arise up out Exod. 12,9 of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out P. 77. 13. of Gibeah, and 'destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people of the men of Israel "encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) rep. 96.27. Heb. Bethel, 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground, of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, b. 15, 18. and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted Or, car that day until even, and offered burnt-offerings and red there, peace-offerings before the LORD. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sun-rising. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men all these were men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aa8. & 18, 8.' roll; 'stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the up; for to-morrow I will deliver them into thy hand. children of Benjamin, and smote them with the all that was 29 And Israel 'set liers in wait round about Gibeah. edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, 30 And the children of Israel went up against the as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they children of Benjamin on the third day, and put them-set on fire all the cities that they came to. selves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. beasts; you, found: also on ali ske cities hat were found they set fr 12 Sam R, 2. NOW the men of Israel had sworn in "Mizpen, ■ ? saying, There shall not any of us give his Jer.4, 1. daughter unto Benjamin to wife b ch. 20, 1 The Benjamites' destruction bewailed: Before CHRIST RUTH. 2 And the people came to the house of God, and cir. 1406. abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore: CHRIST They surprise the virgins at Shiloh. 14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and Before they gave them wives which they had saved alive cir. 1408 of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this† sufficed them not. Tues, 17. come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel? e ch. 20, 23. d verse 1. 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and ofJufered burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings. 22, 2 8an. 24, 25. 64. 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there 1 Kings 8, among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with Heb. 13, 10. the congregation unto the LORD? For they had f ch. 20, 1. made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely g Gal. 4,18. be put to death. 6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? Heb. found they 15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, not for because that the LORD had made a breach in the Nun 11 23 tribes of Israel. 16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Juab :7.16 m verse i Eccl. 5, 2 n Num. 17 18 Howbeit, we may not give them wives of our 81 And they said, What one is there of the tribes 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Ben- h 9 For the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve Heb. on thousand † men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with Nam. S1, the women and the children. 17. i Deut. 2, 34. 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall Heb. dam- utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. sel, virgin. ↑ Heb. 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred † young virgins, that had Num. 31,17. known no man by † lying with any male: and they Luke 1, 34. brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is Josh.18,1. in the land of Canaan. ch. 20, 47. Heb. k 13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak fried peace, to the children of Benjamin that were in the 'rock Isa. 12, 1. Rimmon, and † to call peaceably unto them. Ps. 78, 38. 21 And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of F the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the 2a,, daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to us to complain, that we will say unto them, || Be favourable unto them for our sakes: Or, Her because we reserved not to each man his wife in the on for war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. compassi w them, Col. 3, 12. 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives,according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and Prepaired the peh. 20. 43 cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, q ch. 17, a and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. & 18, 1. r Deut. 12 8. Prov S, 5. 14. 12 Luke 16, 14 Ruth's constancy. ; Before JURIST cir: 1512. Before cir. 1312. 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters :|| neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my CT why will ye go with me? are there yet any more maidens: sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I 1 Tim. 5 am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to-night, and should also bear sons; verse 8. 10. 2 a C m 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, "go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. Lev. 19, 9 Deut. 24,19 m Job 59, 12 Ps. 10, 14 n Gen. 36. Mat. 10, 4 o 1 Sam. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed her- 18. self.to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take 25, 23. knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? p Mat. 5, 5 Luke 1, 48 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, PL. 59, 9. that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath b2 Tim. 4, And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruthfully been shewed me, all that thou hast done q Ps. 37, & e Luke 19, clave unto her. unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy hus-, Prov. 31, band: and how thou hast left thy father and thy Ps. 15, 10. mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full 1 Tim. 4, reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose " wings thou art come to trust. 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thy handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thy handmaidens. x1 Sam.25, 18 When she saw that she was steadfastly mind- 14 And Boaz said unto her, At meal-time come y Prov. 11, Mat. 4, 11. ed to go with her, then she 'left speaking unto her. thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy 27. 19 So they two went until they came to Beth- morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the z Luke 1, Beth-morsel lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she Ps. 65, 10. to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about did eat, and was sufficed, and left. Lam. 2, them: and they said, " Is this Naomi ? a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Eli-thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let Lev. 19, me now go to the field, and "glean ears of corn after Deut. 24 19. him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. f verse 14. Pr. 28 24. g Job 29,13 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, * Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off 2 Tim. 1, his kindness to the living and to the dead. And 16. Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto 17. us, one of our next kinsmen. h Prov. 17, i Lev. 25, 25. 7. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto Deut. me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, kruto 2 until they have ended all my harvest. 1 4. 4. 1. 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, Titus 2, 2 It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his m Gen. 34, maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. Psal. $1, 11. 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to Prov 22, 3 glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheatharvest; and dwelt with her mother-in-law. CHAPTER III. 1 By Naomi's instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz's feet. THEN Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? b 2 c And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with n Pr. 13, 1. A 1 Cor. 7, bebap. 1, K c 2 Kings Prov. 18,24 d Deut. 25, 4 Ruth lieth at Boaz's feet. Before CHRIST RUTH. whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth cir. 1312 barley to-night in the threshing floor. e cnap. 2, 8. 16. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and 2 Sam. 24, put thyraiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor but make not thyself known unto the 18am-14, man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. h! Tim. 2, 4 And it shall be when he 'lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou 104, shalt go in, and uncover his 'feet, and lay thee down; 1 Thess. and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. ¡Ps. 23. 5, 22. I Pr. 15,33. 5 And she said unto her, "All that thou sayest m Eph. 6, 1. unto me I will do. n 1 Cor 10, 91. 25, 41. n 6 1 And she went down unto the floor, and did 81 And it came to pass at midnight, that the 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answer01 Sam ed, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near 1 Or, wing P kinsman. 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my pch. 2, 20. daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the 2.1 Cor. 13, latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou r chap. 1, 8. followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to Titus 2, 12. thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my Prev 12, people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: Du 25 howbeit there is a kinsman "nearer than I. 11. A , He marrieth her 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is fr come again out of the country of Moab, selleth air. 1512. parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's : 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy Prov. 13.3 it before the inhabitants, and 'before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it,redeem it; but if said I will thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may before thine know: for there is none to redeem it besides thee; Prov. 14,2 and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. & 21, 3. Heb. I discover it car. g Lev. 25, h Deut. 25 5. Prov. 27,28 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest them : field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Philip. 4, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 61 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for Ps. 102, 15 myself, 'lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem Gen. 38,8 thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. 7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour and this was a testimony in Israel. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morn-the elders said, We are witnesses. The LORD Gen P. 119, ing, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a make the woman that is come into thy house like kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house Mat, 12 if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah and be Jos. 24, will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD famous in Beth-lehem : liveth lie down until the morning. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be s Luke 1, the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without Rom. 12,15 a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and ta nourisher of thine old age: for thy feed, daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better Gen.45, 11 to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. u bosom, and became nurse unto it. X P. 55, 22. t1 Sani. 1, 59. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her . u Gen. 24 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a x Luke 1, name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name || Obed: he is the father of That is, a Jesse, the father of David. 18 1 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, Rom. 12,12 servant. y 1 Chr 2,4 Mat. 1 B. 1. 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon 1 Sam 18, begat Salmon, a 1 Chr. 2, Ps. 75, 6. 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 13 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 118, 7. ¶ The FIRST Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called, CHAPTER I. Hannah having borne Samuel, presenteth him to the LORD. a NOW there was a certain man of Ramathaim- 1 Chr. 6, 7. 2. e Judg. 13, 2. 5. C d no 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his hous, went "That is, up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his God. vow. 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto g Ex. 28, ! *. 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to her husband, I will not go up until the child be worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may ↳ 1 Kings Josh. 18,2. Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phine-appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. has, the priests of the LORD, were there. verso 5. Lev. 3, 4, 41 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, Deut. 12,12. he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and Lev. 7,19 her daughters, " portions: Deut. 16,11. 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for Gen. 29, he loved Hannah; but the LORD had shut up her womb. J. 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for Lev. 18.18. to make her "fret, because the LORD had shut up Tob 1,11. her womb. 6, 14. verse 4. Ezek. 15,15. e: Thess. $14 20. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than tep sons? 91 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk: (now Eli the priest sat Sam. 7, upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD:) 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. Gen. 28, 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of Num. 90, 8. hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of Eccl. 5, 4. thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man Num, 6,5 child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the Num. 4.3 days of his life, and there shall not razor come upon Num. 5, 6. his head. r S 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying ch 4, 15. before the LORD, that Eli "marked her mouth. X 1 Nel 2, 4. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only Rom. 8, 26. 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do Ex. 21, 6. what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. 25am-1 So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 241 And when she had weaned him, she "took him Luke 1, 90. up with her, with three bullocks, and one " ephah of cir. 1166. flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the 24. house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young, n Lev. 16, 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, O my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth | he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart re- & till. 4, 6. h 8 Ps. 76, 25 15. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and h Judg. 4, her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: there-they that stumbled are girded with strength. Acts 11.3 fore Eli thought she had been drunken, 5 They that were full have hired out themselves i Heb. 11, for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that k Luke1,55, the barren hath 'borne seven; and she that hath many James 5, 6. children is waxed feeble. |