of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-horon and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim, toward the wilderness. 199 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 22 So it came to pass, in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul, and with Jonathan his son, was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. CHAP. XIV. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be a sign unto us. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half-acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people; the gar rison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah that and the mul Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the titude melted away, and they went on beatyoung man that bare his armour, Come, ing down one another. and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah, under a pomegranate-tree which is in Migron and the people that were with him were about six hundred men ; 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 ¶ And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 171 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God: (for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.) 19¶ And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and 5 The fore-front of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcis-Jonathan. "ed; it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan,Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them: 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into [the wood, behold, the honey dropped ; box no man put his hand to his mouth: for the 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and people feared the oath. Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me charged the people with the oath where- what thou hast done. And Jonathan told fore he put forth the end of the rod that was him, and said, I did but taste a little honey in his hand, and dipped it in an honey-comb, with the end of the rod that was in mine and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes hand, and lo, I must die. were enlightened. : 44 And Saul answered, God do so and more 23 Then answered one of the people, and also for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. said, Thy father straitly charged the people 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great eateth any food this day. And the people salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD were faint. liveth, there shall not one hair of his head 29 Then said Jonathan, my father hath fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine God this day. So the people rescued Jonaeyes have been enlightened, because I tasted than, that he died not. a little of this honey; 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon: and the people were very faint. 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the childrer. of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, 49 ¶ Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, the people sin against the LORD, in that they and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have trans- of his two daughters were these; the name gressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. of the first-born Merab, and the name of the 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves younger Michal: among the people, and say unto them, Bring 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahime hither every man his ox, and every man noam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; and the his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and name of the captain of his host, was Abner, sin not against the LORD in eating with the the son of Ner, Saul's uncle : blood. And all the people brought every 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and man his ox with him that night, and slew Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Ábiel. them there. 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul 35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD; the same was the first altar that he built un-saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he to the LORD. took him unto him. CHAP. XV. AMUEL also said unto The LORD 36¶ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning-light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. SAM me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 37 ¶ And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But be answered him not that day. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remem ber that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 38 ¶ And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day: 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 T And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 71 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroyed thee from being king over Israel. them but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath reject 101 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to be king: for he is turned back from follow-this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of ing me, and hath not performed my com-thine, that is better than thou. mandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. 12 T And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 30 Then he said, I have sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD; I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words; because feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. I 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 217 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. CHAP. XVI. ND the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem: and the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD; sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, L. 10 K I. SAMUEL. CHAP. XVII. n his countenance, or on the height of for man their LORD seeth not as man seeth; together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Ju- D looketh on the heart. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to ss before Samuel. And Samuel said unto sse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 11 ¶ And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here thy children? And he said, There remainn yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth e sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send nd fetch him: for we will not sit down till e come hither. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head; and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass: 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaand a target of brass between his shoulders: ver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now e was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful ountenance, and goodly to look to. And he LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah. 14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? Am not I a Philistine,and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I ye be our servants, and serve us. prevail against him, and kill him, then shall thee: 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he bad eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. him to me. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing,and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. 19 ¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abiof his three sons that went to the battle were nadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. evening, and presented himself forty days. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood be- 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parch 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let Da-ed corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the vid, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. camp to thy brethren.. 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 218 20 ¶ And David rose up early in the morn-livered me out of the paw of the lion, and out ing, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out and went, as Jesse had commanded him: and of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said he came to the trench, as the host was going unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion (the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name) out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel,when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the inan that killeth him. 38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on, and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. I 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thon comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the 28 ↑ And Eliab his eldest brother heard name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the when he spake unto the men and Eliab's armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. anger was kindled against David, and he said, 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee Why camest thou down hither? and with into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and whom hast thou left those few sheep in the take thine head from thee: and I will give wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naugh- the carcases of the host of the Philistines this tiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him. 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. 43 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant Philistine, and slew him; but there was no kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion sword in the hand of David: and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. 51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon 35 And I went out after him, and smote the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and when he arose against me, I caught him by cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, his beard, and smote him, and slew him. they fled. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing be hath defied the armies of the living God. 52 1 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philis tines, until thou come to the valley, and to 37 David said moreover, The LORD that de-the gates of Ekron: and the wounded of the |