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And the two sons of [Eli](/person/eli_1072), [Hophni](/person/hophni_1550) and [Phinehas](/person/phinehas_2350), the priests of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _were_ there.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.3"},{"verseId":9001004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And when the time was that [Elkanah](/person/elkanah_1168) offered, he gave to [Peninnah](/person/peninnah_2313) his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:","osisRef":"1Sam.1.4"},{"verseId":9001005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"But unto [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400) he gave a worthy portion; for he loved [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400): but the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had shut up her womb.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.5"},{"verseId":9001006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had shut up her womb.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.6"},{"verseId":9001007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And _as_ he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.7"},{"verseId":9001008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then said [Elkanah](/person/elkanah_1168) her husband to her, [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400), why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? _am_ not I better to thee than ten sons?","osisRef":"1Sam.1.8"},{"verseId":9001009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400) rose up after they had eaten in [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081), and after they had drunk. Now [Eli](/person/eli_1072) the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.1.9"},{"verseId":9001010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And she _was_ in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and wept sore.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.10"},{"verseId":9001011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And she vowed a vow, and said, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.11"},{"verseId":9001012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that [Eli](/person/eli_1072) marked her mouth.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.12"},{"verseId":9001013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Now [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400), she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore [Eli](/person/eli_1072) thought she had been drunken.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.13"},{"verseId":9001014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Eli](/person/eli_1072) said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.14"},{"verseId":9001015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400) answered and said, No, my lord, I _am_ a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.1.15"},{"verseId":9001016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.16"},{"verseId":9001017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Then [Eli](/person/eli_1072) answered and said, Go in peace: and the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel grant _thee_ thy petition that thou hast asked of him.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.17"},{"verseId":9001018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more _sad_.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.18"},{"verseId":9001019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and returned, and came to their house to [Ramah](/place/ramah_975): and [Elkanah](/person/elkanah_1168) knew [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400) his wife; and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) remembered her.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.19"},{"verseId":9001020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400) had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), _saying_, Because I have asked him of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.1.20"},{"verseId":9001021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the man [Elkanah](/person/elkanah_1168), and all his house, went up to offer unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.21"},{"verseId":9001022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400) went not up; for she said unto her husband, _I_ _will_ _not_ _go_ _up_ until the child be weaned, and _then_ I will bring him, that he may appear before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and there abide for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.22"},{"verseId":9001023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [Elkanah](/person/elkanah_1168) her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the [LORD](/person/god_1324) establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.23"},{"verseId":9001024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081): and the child _was_ young.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.24"},{"verseId":9001025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to [Eli](/person/eli_1072).","osisRef":"1Sam.1.25"},{"verseId":9001026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And she said, Oh my lord, _as_ thy soul liveth, my lord, I _am_ the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.1.26"},{"verseId":9001027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"For this child I prayed; and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath given me my petition which I asked of him:","osisRef":"1Sam.1.27"},{"verseId":9001028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Therefore also I have lent him to the [LORD](/person/god_1324); as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And he worshipped the [LORD](/person/god_1324) there.","osisRef":"1Sam.1.28"}]},{"title":"1Sam 2","chapterNum":2,"osisRef":"1Sam.2","verses":[{"verseId":9002001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400) prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the [LORD](/person/god_1324), mine horn is exalted in the [LORD](/person/god_1324): my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.1"},{"verseId":9002002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"_There_ _is_ none holy as the [LORD](/person/god_1324): for _there_ _is_ none beside thee: neither _is_ _there_ any rock like our [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.2.2"},{"verseId":9002003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let _not_ arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ a [God](/person/god_1324) of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.3"},{"verseId":9002004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"The bows of the mighty men _are_ broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.4"},{"verseId":9002005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"_They_ _that_ _were_ full have hired out themselves for bread; and _they_ _that_ _were_ hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.5"},{"verseId":9002006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.6"},{"verseId":9002007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.7"},{"verseId":9002008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, _and_ lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set _them_ among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth _are_ the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324), and he hath set the world upon them.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.8"},{"verseId":9002009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.9"},{"verseId":9002010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"The adversaries of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.10"},{"verseId":9002011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Elkanah](/person/elkanah_1168) went to [Ramah](/place/ramah_975) to his house. And the child did minister unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) before [Eli](/person/eli_1072) the priest.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.11"},{"verseId":9002012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Now the sons of [Eli](/person/eli_1072) _were_ sons of Belial; they knew not the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.2.12"},{"verseId":9002013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the priests’ custom with the people _was_, _that_, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;","osisRef":"1Sam.2.13"},{"verseId":9002014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he struck _it_ into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081) unto all the Israelites that came thither.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.14"},{"verseId":9002015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.15"},{"verseId":9002016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And _if_ any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and _then_ take _as_ _much_ as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, _Nay_; but thou shalt give _it_ _me_ now: and if not, I will take _it_ by force.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.16"},{"verseId":9002017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the [LORD](/person/god_1324): for men abhorred the offering of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.2.17"},{"verseId":9002019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought _it_ to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.19"},{"verseId":9002020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Eli](/person/eli_1072) blessed [Elkanah](/person/elkanah_1168) and his wife, and said, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And they went unto their own home.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.20"},{"verseId":9002021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) visited [Hannah](/person/hannah_1400), so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) grew before the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.2.21"},{"verseId":9002022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Now [Eli](/person/eli_1072) was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled _at_ the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.22"},{"verseId":9002023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.23"},{"verseId":9002024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Nay, my sons; for _it_ _is_ no good report that I hear: ye make the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) people to transgress.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.24"},{"verseId":9002025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the [LORD](/person/god_1324), who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) would slay them.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.25"},{"verseId":9002026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And the child [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) grew on, and was in favour both with the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and also with men.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.26"},{"verseId":9002027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And there came a man of [God](/person/god_1324) unto [Eli](/person/eli_1072), and said unto him, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) in [Pharaoh’s](/person/pharaoh_2331) house?","osisRef":"1Sam.2.27"},{"verseId":9002028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel _to_ _be_ my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682)?","osisRef":"1Sam.2.28"},{"verseId":9002029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded _in_ _my_ habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?","osisRef":"1Sam.2.29"},{"verseId":9002030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"Wherefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel saith, I said indeed _that_ thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the [LORD](/person/god_1324) saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.30"},{"verseId":9002031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.31"},{"verseId":9002032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And thou shalt see an enemy _in_ _my_ habitation, in all _the_ _wealth_ which _[God](/person/god_1324)_ shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.32"},{"verseId":9002033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And the man of thine, _whom_ I shall not cut off from mine altar, _shall_ _be_ to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.33"},{"verseId":9002034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And this _shall_ _be_ a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on [Hophni](/person/hophni_1550) and [Phinehas](/person/phinehas_2350); in one day they shall die both of them.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.34"},{"verseId":9002035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And I will raise me up a faithful priest, _that_ shall do according to _that_ which _is_ in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.35"},{"verseId":9002036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And it shall come to pass, _that_ every one that is left in thine house shall come _and_ crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.","osisRef":"1Sam.2.36"}]},{"title":"1Sam 3","chapterNum":3,"osisRef":"1Sam.3","verses":[{"verseId":9003001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the child [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) ministered unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) before [Eli](/person/eli_1072). And the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was precious in those days; _there_ _was_ no open vision.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.1"},{"verseId":9003002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And it came to pass at that time, when [Eli](/person/eli_1072) _was_ laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, _that_ he could not see;","osisRef":"1Sam.3.2"},{"verseId":9003004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"That the [LORD](/person/god_1324) called [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469): and he answered, Here _am_ I.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.4"},{"verseId":9003005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he ran unto [Eli](/person/eli_1072), and said, Here _am_ I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.5"},{"verseId":9003006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) called yet again, [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469). And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) arose and went to [Eli](/person/eli_1072), and said, Here _am_ I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.6"},{"verseId":9003007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Now [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) did not yet know the [LORD](/person/god_1324), neither was the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) yet revealed unto him.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.7"},{"verseId":9003008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) called [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) again the third time. And he arose and went to [Eli](/person/eli_1072), and said, Here _am_ I; for thou didst call me. And [Eli](/person/eli_1072) perceived that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had called the child.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.8"},{"verseId":9003009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Therefore [Eli](/person/eli_1072) said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, [LORD](/person/god_1324); for thy servant heareth. So [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) went and lay down in his place.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.9"},{"verseId":9003010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came, and stood, and called as at other times, [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469). Then [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.10"},{"verseId":9003011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.11"},{"verseId":9003012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"In that day I will perform against [Eli](/person/eli_1072) all _things_ which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.12"},{"verseId":9003013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.13"},{"verseId":9003014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And therefore I have sworn unto the house of [Eli](/person/eli_1072), that the iniquity of [Eli’s](/person/eli_1072) house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.14"},{"verseId":9003015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) feared to shew [Eli](/person/eli_1072) the vision.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.15"},{"verseId":9003016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Then [Eli](/person/eli_1072) called [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), and said, [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), my son. And he answered, Here _am_ I.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.16"},{"verseId":9003017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And he said, What _is_ the thing that _the_ _[LORD](/person/god_1324)_ hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide _it_ not from me: [God](/person/god_1324) do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide _any_ thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.17"},{"verseId":9003018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It _is_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324): let him do what seemeth him good.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.18"},{"verseId":9003019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) grew, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.","osisRef":"1Sam.3.19"},{"verseId":9003020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And all Israel from [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323) even to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170) knew that [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) _was_ established _to_ _be_ a prophet of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.3.20"},{"verseId":9003021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) appeared again in [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081): for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) revealed himself to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) in [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081) by the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.3.21"}]},{"title":"1Sam 4","chapterNum":4,"osisRef":"1Sam.4","verses":[{"verseId":9004001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the word of [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside [Eben-ezer](/place/ebenezer_350): and the Philistines pitched in [Aphek](/place/aphek_72).","osisRef":"1Sam.4.1"},{"verseId":9004002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.2"},{"verseId":9004003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the [LORD](/person/god_1324) smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) out of [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081) unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.3"},{"verseId":9004004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"So the people sent to [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081), that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts, which dwelleth _between_ the cherubims: and the two sons of [Eli](/person/eli_1072), [Hophni](/person/hophni_1550) and [Phinehas](/person/phinehas_2350), _were_ there with the ark of the covenant of [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.4.4"},{"verseId":9004005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And when the ark of the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.5"},{"verseId":9004006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What _meaneth_ the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was come into the camp.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.6"},{"verseId":9004007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, [God](/person/god_1324) is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.7"},{"verseId":9004009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.9"},{"verseId":9004010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.10"},{"verseId":9004011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) was taken; and the two sons of [Eli](/person/eli_1072), [Hophni](/person/hophni_1550) and [Phinehas](/person/phinehas_2350), were slain.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.11"},{"verseId":9004012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And there ran a man of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) out of the army, and came to [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081) the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.12"},{"verseId":9004013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And when he came, lo, [Eli](/person/eli_1072) sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of [God](/person/god_1324). And when the man came into the city, and told _it_, all the city cried out.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.13"},{"verseId":9004014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And when [Eli](/person/eli_1072) heard the noise of the crying, he said, What _meaneth_ the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told [Eli](/person/eli_1072).","osisRef":"1Sam.4.14"},{"verseId":9004015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Now [Eli](/person/eli_1072) was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.15"},{"verseId":9004016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the man said unto [Eli](/person/eli_1072), I _am_ he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?","osisRef":"1Sam.4.16"},{"verseId":9004017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, [Hophni](/person/hophni_1550) and [Phinehas](/person/phinehas_2350), are dead, and the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) is taken.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.17"},{"verseId":9004018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of [God](/person/god_1324), that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.18"},{"verseId":9004019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, _near_ to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.19"},{"verseId":9004020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard _it_.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.20"},{"verseId":9004021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.21"},{"verseId":9004022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) is taken.","osisRef":"1Sam.4.22"}]},{"title":"1Sam 5","chapterNum":5,"osisRef":"1Sam.5","verses":[{"verseId":9005001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the Philistines took the ark of [God](/person/god_1324), and brought it from [Eben-ezer](/place/ebenezer_350) unto [Ashdod](/place/ashdod_101).","osisRef":"1Sam.5.1"},{"verseId":9005002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"When the Philistines took the ark of [God](/person/god_1324), they brought it into the house of [Dagon](/person/dagon_969), and set it by [Dagon](/person/dagon_969).","osisRef":"1Sam.5.2"},{"verseId":9005003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And when they of [Ashdod](/place/ashdod_101) arose early on the morrow, behold, [Dagon](/person/dagon_969) _was_ fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And they took [Dagon](/person/dagon_969), and set him in his place again.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.3"},{"verseId":9005004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, [Dagon](/person/dagon_969) _was_ fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); and the head of [Dagon](/person/dagon_969) and both the palms of his hands _were_ cut off upon the threshold; only _the_ _stump_ _of_ [Dagon](/person/dagon_969) was left to him.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.4"},{"verseId":9005006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"But the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was heavy upon them of [Ashdod](/place/ashdod_101), and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, _even_ [Ashdod](/place/ashdod_101) and the coasts thereof.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.6"},{"verseId":9005007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And when the men of [Ashdod](/place/ashdod_101) saw that _it_ _was_ so, they said, The ark of the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon [Dagon](/person/dagon_969) our god.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.7"},{"verseId":9005009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And it was _so_, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.9"},{"verseId":9005010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Therefore they sent the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) to [Ekron](/place/ekron_364). And it came to pass, as the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) came to [Ekron](/place/ekron_364), that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.10"},{"verseId":9005011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of [God](/person/god_1324) was very heavy there.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.11"},{"verseId":9005012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.","osisRef":"1Sam.5.12"}]},{"title":"1Sam 6","chapterNum":6,"osisRef":"1Sam.6","verses":[{"verseId":9006001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was in the country of the Philistines seven months.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.1"},{"verseId":9006002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324)? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.2"},{"verseId":9006003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And they said, If ye send away the ark of the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.3"},{"verseId":9006004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then said they, What _shall_ _be_ the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, _according_ _to_ the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague _was_ on you all, and on your lords.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.4"},{"verseId":9006005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.5"},{"verseId":9006006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2331) hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?","osisRef":"1Sam.6.6"},{"verseId":9006007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:","osisRef":"1Sam.6.7"},{"verseId":9006008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And take the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him _for_ a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.8"},{"verseId":9006009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234), _then_ he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that _it_ _is_ not his hand _that_ smote us: it _was_ a chance _that_ happened to us.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.9"},{"verseId":9006010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:","osisRef":"1Sam.6.10"},{"verseId":9006011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And they laid the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.11"},{"verseId":9006012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the kine took the straight way to the way of [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234), _and_ went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside _to_ the right hand or _to_ the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234).","osisRef":"1Sam.6.12"},{"verseId":9006013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And _they_ _of_ [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234) _were_ reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see _it_.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.13"},{"verseId":9006014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the cart came into the field of [Joshua](/person/joshua_1728), a [Beth-shemite](/place/beth-shemesh_234), and stood there, where _there_ _was_ a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.6.14"},{"verseId":9006015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And the Levites took down the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the coffer that _was_ with it, wherein the jewels of gold _were_, and put _them_ on the great stone: and the men of [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234) offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.6.15"},{"verseId":9006016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen _it_, they returned to [Ekron](/place/ekron_364) the same day.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.16"},{"verseId":9006017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And these _are_ the golden emerods which the Philistines returned _for_ a trespass offering unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324); for [Ashdod](/place/ashdod_101) one, for [Gaza](/place/gaza_446) one, for [Askelon](/place/ashkelon_103) one, for [Gath](/place/gath_442) one, for [Ekron](/place/ekron_364) one;","osisRef":"1Sam.6.17"},{"verseId":9006018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the golden mice, _according_ _to_ the number of all the cities of the Philistines _belonging_ to the five lords, _both_ of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great _stone_ _of_ Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): _which_ _stone_ _remaineth_ unto this day in the field of [Joshua](/person/joshua_1728), the [Beth-shemite](/place/beth-shemesh_234).","osisRef":"1Sam.6.18"},{"verseId":9006019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he smote the men of [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234), because they had looked into the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had smitten _many_ of the people with a great slaughter.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.19"},{"verseId":9006020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the men of [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234) said, Who is able to stand before this holy [LORD](/person/god_1324) God? and to whom shall he go up from us?","osisRef":"1Sam.6.20"},{"verseId":9006021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of [Kirjath-jearim](/place/kiriath-jearim_701), saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); come ye down, _and_ fetch it up to you.","osisRef":"1Sam.6.21"}]},{"title":"1Sam 7","chapterNum":7,"osisRef":"1Sam.7","verses":[{"verseId":9007001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the men of [Kirjath-jearim](/place/kiriath-jearim_701) came, and fetched up the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and brought it into the house of [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_43) in the hill, and sanctified [Eleazar](/person/eleazar_1063) his son to keep the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.7.1"},{"verseId":9007002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And it came to pass, while the ark abode in [Kirjath-jearim](/place/kiriath-jearim_701), that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.7.2"},{"verseId":9007003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with all your hearts, _then_ put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.3"},{"verseId":9007004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the [LORD](/person/god_1324) only.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.4"},{"verseId":9007005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said, Gather all Israel to [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811), and I will pray for you unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.7.5"},{"verseId":9007006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And they gathered together to [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811), and drew water, and poured _it_ out before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) judged the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) in [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811).","osisRef":"1Sam.7.6"},{"verseId":9007007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And when the Philistines heard that the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) were gathered together to [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811), the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) heard _it_, they were afraid of the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.7"},{"verseId":9007008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) said to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Cease not to cry unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) our [God](/person/god_1324) for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.8"},{"verseId":9007009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) took a sucking lamb, and offered _it_ _for_ a burnt offering wholly unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) cried unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) for Israel; and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) heard him.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.9"},{"verseId":9007010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And as [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.10"},{"verseId":9007011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the men of Israel went out of [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811), and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until _they_ _came_ under [Beth-car](/place/beth-car_196).","osisRef":"1Sam.7.11"},{"verseId":9007012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Then [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) took a stone, and set _it_ between [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811) and [Shen](/place/shen_1072), and called the name of it [Eben-ezer](/place/ebenezer_350), saying, Hitherto hath the [LORD](/person/god_1324) helped us.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.12"},{"verseId":9007013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was against the Philistines all the days of [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469).","osisRef":"1Sam.7.13"},{"verseId":9007014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from [Ekron](/place/ekron_364) even unto [Gath](/place/gath_442); and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.14"},{"verseId":9007015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) judged Israel all the days of his life.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.15"},{"verseId":9007016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he went from year to year in circuit to [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), and [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476), and [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811), and judged Israel in all those places.","osisRef":"1Sam.7.16"},{"verseId":9007017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And his return _was_ to [Ramah](/place/ramah_975); for there _was_ his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.7.17"}]},{"title":"1Sam 8","chapterNum":8,"osisRef":"1Sam.8","verses":[{"verseId":9008001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.1"},{"verseId":9008002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Now the name of his firstborn was [Joel](/person/joel_1647); and the name of his second, [Abiah](/person/abiah_15): _they_ _were_ judges in [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170).","osisRef":"1Sam.8.2"},{"verseId":9008003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.3"},{"verseId":9008004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) unto [Ramah](/place/ramah_975),","osisRef":"1Sam.8.4"},{"verseId":9008005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.5"},{"verseId":9008006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"But the thing displeased [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) prayed unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.8.6"},{"verseId":9008007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.7"},{"verseId":9008008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.8"},{"verseId":9008009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.9"},{"verseId":9008010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) told all the words of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) unto the people that asked of him a king.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.10"},{"verseId":9008011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint _them_ for himself, for his chariots, and _to_ _be_ his horsemen; and _some_ shall run before his chariots.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.11"},{"verseId":9008012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and _will_ _set_ _them_ to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.12"},{"verseId":9008013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he will take your daughters _to_ _be_ confectionaries, and _to_ _be_ cooks, and _to_ _be_ bakers.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.13"},{"verseId":9008014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, _even_ the best _of_ _them_, and give _them_ to his servants.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.14"},{"verseId":9008015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.15"},{"verseId":9008016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put _them_ to his work.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.16"},{"verseId":9008017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.17"},{"verseId":9008018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will not hear you in that day.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.18"},{"verseId":9008019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469); and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;","osisRef":"1Sam.8.19"},{"verseId":9008021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.8.21"},{"verseId":9008022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.","osisRef":"1Sam.8.22"}]},{"title":"1Sam 9","chapterNum":9,"osisRef":"1Sam.9","verses":[{"verseId":9009001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now there was a man of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), whose name _was_ [Kish](/person/kish_1784), the son of [Abiel](/person/abiel_23), the son of [Zeror](/person/zeror_3052), the son of [Bechorath](/person/bechorath_425), the son of [Aphiah](/person/aphiah_274), a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.1"},{"verseId":9009002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he had a son, whose name _was_ [Saul](/person/saul_2478), a choice young man, and a goodly: and _there_ _was_ not among the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward _he_ _was_ higher than any of the people.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.2"},{"verseId":9009004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And he passed through mount [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206), and passed through the land of [Shalisha](/place/shalishah_1058), but they found _them_ not: then they passed through the land of [Shalim](/place/shaalim_1054), and _there_ _they_ _were_ not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found _them_ not.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.4"},{"verseId":9009005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"_And_ when they were come to the land of [Zuph](/place/zuph_1276), [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said to his servant that _was_ with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave _caring_ for the asses, and take thought for us.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.5"},{"verseId":9009006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he said unto him, Behold now, _there_ _is_ in this city a man of [God](/person/god_1324), and _he_ _is_ an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.6"},{"verseId":9009007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then said [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to his servant, But, behold, _if_ we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and _there_ _is_ not a present to bring to the man of [God](/person/god_1324): what have we?","osisRef":"1Sam.9.7"},{"verseId":9009008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the servant answered [Saul](/person/saul_2478) again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: _that_ will I give to the man of [God](/person/god_1324), to tell us our way.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.8"},{"verseId":9009009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of [God](/person/god_1324), thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for _he_ _that_ _is_ now _called_ a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer).","osisRef":"1Sam.9.9"},{"verseId":9009010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Then said [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of [God](/person/god_1324) _was_.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.10"},{"verseId":9009011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"_And_ as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?","osisRef":"1Sam.9.11"},{"verseId":9009012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, _he_ _is_ before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for _there_ _is_ a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:","osisRef":"1Sam.9.12"},{"verseId":9009013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; _and_ afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.13"},{"verseId":9009014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And they went up into the city: _and_ when they were come into the city, behold, [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) came out against them, for to go up to the high place.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.14"},{"verseId":9009015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Now the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had told [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) in his ear a day before [Saul](/person/saul_2478) came, saying,","osisRef":"1Sam.9.15"},{"verseId":9009016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), and thou shalt anoint him _to_ _be_ captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.16"},{"verseId":9009017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And when [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) saw [Saul](/person/saul_2478), the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.17"},{"verseId":9009018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) drew near to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house _is_.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.18"},{"verseId":9009019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) answered [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and said, I _am_ the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that _is_ in thine heart.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.19"},{"verseId":9009020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom _is_ all the desire of Israel? _Is_ _it_ not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?","osisRef":"1Sam.9.20"},{"verseId":9009021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) answered and said, _Am_ not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463)? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?","osisRef":"1Sam.9.21"},{"verseId":9009022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) took [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which _were_ about thirty persons.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.22"},{"verseId":9009023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.23"},{"verseId":9009024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the cook took up the shoulder, and _that_ which _was_ upon it, and set _it_ before [Saul](/person/saul_2478). And _[Samuel](/person/samuel_2469)_ said, Behold that which is left! set _it_ before thee, _and_ eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So [Saul](/person/saul_2478) did eat with [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) that day.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.24"},{"verseId":9009025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And when they were come down from the high place into the city, _[Samuel](/person/samuel_2469)_ communed with [Saul](/person/saul_2478) upon the top of the house.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.25"},{"verseId":9009026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) called [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) arose, and they went out both of them, he and [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), abroad.","osisRef":"1Sam.9.26"},{"verseId":9009027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"_And_ as they were going down to the end of the city, [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.9.27"}]},{"title":"1Sam 10","chapterNum":10,"osisRef":"1Sam.10","verses":[{"verseId":9010001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) took a vial of oil, and poured _it_ upon his head, and kissed him, and said, _Is_ _it_ not because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath anointed thee _to_ _be_ captain over his inheritance?","osisRef":"1Sam.10.1"},{"verseId":9010002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by [Rachel’s](/person/rachel_2386) sepulchre in the border of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) at [Zelzah](/place/zelzah_1248); and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?","osisRef":"1Sam.10.2"},{"verseId":9010003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of [Tabor](/place/tabor_1130), and there shall meet thee three men going up to [God](/person/god_1324) to [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:","osisRef":"1Sam.10.3"},{"verseId":9010004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And they will salute thee, and give thee two _loaves_ of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.4"},{"verseId":9010005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"After that thou shalt come to the [hill](/place/gibeath-elohim_468) of [God](/person/god_1324), where _is_ the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:","osisRef":"1Sam.10.5"},{"verseId":9010006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.6"},{"verseId":9010007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, _that_ thou do as occasion serve thee; for [God](/person/god_1324) _is_ with thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.7"},{"verseId":9010008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And thou shalt go down before me to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476); and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, _and_ to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.8"},{"verseId":9010010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of [God](/person/god_1324) came upon him, and he prophesied among them.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.10"},{"verseId":9010011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What _is_ this _that_ is come unto the son of [Kish](/person/kish_1784)? _Is_ [Saul](/person/saul_2478) also among the prophets?","osisRef":"1Sam.10.11"},{"verseId":9010012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And one of the same place answered and said, But who _is_ their father? Therefore it became a proverb, _Is_ [Saul](/person/saul_2478) also among the prophets?","osisRef":"1Sam.10.12"},{"verseId":9010013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.13"},{"verseId":9010014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that _they_ _were_ no where, we came to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469).","osisRef":"1Sam.10.14"},{"verseId":9010015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto you.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.15"},{"verseId":9010016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) spake, he told him not.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.16"},{"verseId":9010017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) called the people together unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) to [Mizpeh](/place/mizpah_811);","osisRef":"1Sam.10.17"},{"verseId":9010018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And said unto the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, _and_ of them that oppressed you:","osisRef":"1Sam.10.18"},{"verseId":9010019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And ye have this day rejected your [God](/person/god_1324), who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, _Nay_, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) by your tribes, and by your thousands.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.19"},{"verseId":9010020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And when [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) was taken.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.20"},{"verseId":9010021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"When he had caused the tribe of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) to come near by their families, the family of [Matri](/person/matri_1947) was taken, and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) the son of [Kish](/person/kish_1784) was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.21"},{"verseId":9010022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Therefore they enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) further, if the man should yet come thither. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.22"},{"verseId":9010023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.23"},{"verseId":9010024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said to all the people, See ye him whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath chosen, that _there_ _is_ none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, [God](/person/god_1324) save the king.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.24"},{"verseId":9010025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Then [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote _it_ in a book, and laid _it_ up before the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) sent all the people away, every man to his house.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.25"},{"verseId":9010026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) also went home to [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466); and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts [God](/person/god_1324) had touched.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.26"},{"verseId":9010027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.","osisRef":"1Sam.10.27"}]},{"title":"1Sam 11","chapterNum":11,"osisRef":"1Sam.11","verses":[{"verseId":9011001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then [Nahash](/person/nahash_2136) the Ammonite came up, and encamped against [Jabesh-gilead](/place/jabesh-gilead_611): and all the men of [Jabesh](/place/jabesh_610) said unto [Nahash](/person/nahash_2136), Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.1"},{"verseId":9011002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Nahash](/person/nahash_2136) the Ammonite answered them, On this _condition_ will I make _a_ _covenant_ with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it _for_ a reproach upon all Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.2"},{"verseId":9011003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the elders of [Jabesh](/place/jabesh_610) said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if _there_ _be_ no man to save us, we will come out to thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.3"},{"verseId":9011004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then came the messengers to [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) of [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.4"},{"verseId":9011006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of [God](/person/god_1324) came upon [Saul](/person/saul_2478) when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.6"},{"verseId":9011007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent _them_ throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and after [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.7"},{"verseId":9011008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And when he numbered them in [Bezek](/place/bezek_246), the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) were three hundred thousand, and the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) thirty thousand.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.8"},{"verseId":9011009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of [Jabesh-gilead](/place/jabesh-gilead_611), To morrow, by _that_ _time_ the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed _it_ to the men of [Jabesh](/place/jabesh_610); and they were glad.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.9"},{"verseId":9011010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Therefore the men of [Jabesh](/place/jabesh_610) said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.10"},{"verseId":9011011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And it was _so_ on the morrow, that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.11"},{"verseId":9011012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the people said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Who _is_ he that said, Shall [Saul](/person/saul_2478) reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.12"},{"verseId":9011013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath wrought salvation in Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.13"},{"verseId":9011014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Then said [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) to the people, Come, and let us go to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476), and renew the kingdom there.","osisRef":"1Sam.11.14"}]},{"title":"1Sam 12","chapterNum":12,"osisRef":"1Sam.12","verses":[{"verseId":9012001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.1"},{"verseId":9012002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons _are_ with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.2"},{"verseId":9012003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Behold, here I _am_: witness against me before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received _any_ bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.3"},{"verseId":9012004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.4"},{"verseId":9012005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he said unto them, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ witness against you, and his anointed _is_ witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, _He_ _is_ witness.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.5"},{"verseId":9012006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto the people, _It_ _is_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) that advanced [Moses](/person/moses_2108) and [Aaron](/person/aaron_1), and that brought your fathers up out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Sam.12.6"},{"verseId":9012007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of all the righteous acts of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he did to you and to your fathers.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.7"},{"verseId":9012008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"When [Jacob](/person/israel_682) was come into [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and your fathers cried unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), then the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent [Moses](/person/moses_2108) and [Aaron](/person/aaron_1), which brought forth your fathers out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and made them dwell in this place.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.8"},{"verseId":9012009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And when they forgat the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324), he sold them into the hand of [Sisera](/person/sisera_2757), captain of the host of [Hazor](/place/hazor_545), and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), and they fought against them.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.9"},{"verseId":9012010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And they cried unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.10"},{"verseId":9012011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent [Jerubbaal](/person/gideon_1314), and [Bedan](/person/bedan_427), and [Jephthah](/person/jephthah_839), and [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.11"},{"verseId":9012012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And when ye saw that [Nahash](/person/nahash_2136) the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the [LORD](/person/god_1324) your [God](/person/god_1324) _was_ your king.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.12"},{"verseId":9012013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, _and_ whom ye have desired! and, behold, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath set a king over you.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.13"},{"verseId":9012014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"If ye will fear the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the [LORD](/person/god_1324) your [God](/person/god_1324):","osisRef":"1Sam.12.14"},{"verseId":9012015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But if ye will not obey the voice of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), but rebel against the commandment of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), then shall the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) be against you, as _it_ _was_ against your fathers.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.15"},{"verseId":9012016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will do before your eyes.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.16"},{"verseId":9012017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"_Is_ _it_ not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness _is_ great, which ye have done in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), in asking you a king.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.17"},{"verseId":9012018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"So [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) called unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324); and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the [LORD](/person/god_1324) and [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469).","osisRef":"1Sam.12.18"},{"verseId":9012019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And all the people said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Pray for thy servants unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324), that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins _this_ evil, to ask us a king.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.19"},{"verseId":9012020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the [LORD](/person/god_1324), but serve the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with all your heart;","osisRef":"1Sam.12.20"},{"verseId":9012021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And turn ye not aside: for _then_ _should_ _ye_ _go_ after vain _things_, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they _are_ vain.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.21"},{"verseId":9012022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"For the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the [LORD](/person/god_1324) to make you his people.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.22"},{"verseId":9012023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Moreover as for me, [God](/person/god_1324) forbid that I should sin against the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:","osisRef":"1Sam.12.23"},{"verseId":9012024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Only fear the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great _things_ he hath done for you.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.24"},{"verseId":9012025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.","osisRef":"1Sam.12.25"}]},{"title":"1Sam 13","chapterNum":13,"osisRef":"1Sam.13","verses":[{"verseId":9013001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"[Saul](/person/saul_2478) reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,","osisRef":"1Sam.13.1"},{"verseId":9013002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"[Saul](/person/saul_2478) chose him three thousand _men_ of Israel; _whereof_ two thousand were with [Saul](/person/saul_2478) in [Michmash](/place/michmash_793) and in mount [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), and a thousand were with [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) in [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463): and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.2"},{"verseId":9013003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) smote the garrison of the Philistines that _was_ in [Geba](/place/geba_447), and the Philistines heard _of_ _it_. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.3"},{"verseId":9013004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And all Israel heard say _that_ [Saul](/person/saul_2478) had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and _that_ Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476).","osisRef":"1Sam.13.4"},{"verseId":9013005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which _is_ on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in [Michmash](/place/michmash_793), eastward from [Beth-aven](/place/beth-aven_191).","osisRef":"1Sam.13.5"},{"verseId":9013006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.6"},{"verseId":9013007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And _some_ _of_ the Hebrews went over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) to the land of [Gad](/person/gad_1262) and [Gilead](/place/gilead_475). As for [Saul](/person/saul_2478), he _was_ yet in [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476), and all the people followed him trembling.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.7"},{"verseId":9013008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) _had_ _appointed_: but [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) came not to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476); and the people were scattered from him.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.8"},{"verseId":9013009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.9"},{"verseId":9013010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) came; and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) went out to meet him, that he might salute him.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.10"},{"verseId":9013011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said, What hast thou done? And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and _that_ thou camest not within the days appointed, and _that_ the Philistines gathered themselves together at [Michmash](/place/michmash_793);","osisRef":"1Sam.13.11"},{"verseId":9013012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476), and I have not made supplication unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324): I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.12"},{"verseId":9013013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324), which he commanded thee: for now would the [LORD](/person/god_1324) have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.13"},{"verseId":9013014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath commanded him _to_ _be_ captain over his people, because thou hast not kept _that_ which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) commanded thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.14"},{"verseId":9013015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) arose, and gat him up from [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476) unto [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463). And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) numbered the people _that_ _were_ present with him, about six hundred men.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.15"},{"verseId":9013016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son, and the people _that_ _were_ present with them, abode in Gibeah of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463): but the Philistines encamped in [Michmash](/place/michmash_793).","osisRef":"1Sam.13.16"},{"verseId":9013017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way _that_ _leadeth_ _to_ [Ophrah](/place/ophrah_913), unto the land of [Shual](/place/shual_1088):","osisRef":"1Sam.13.17"},{"verseId":9013018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And another company turned the way _to_ [Beth-horon](/place/beth-horon_214): and another company turned _to_ the way of the border that looketh to the valley of [Zeboim](/place/valley_of_zeboim_1222) toward the wilderness.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.18"},{"verseId":9013019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make _them_ swords or spears:","osisRef":"1Sam.13.19"},{"verseId":9013020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.20"},{"verseId":9013021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.21"},{"verseId":9013022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"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](/person/saul_2478) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692): but with [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and with [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son was there found.","osisRef":"1Sam.13.22"},{"verseId":9013023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of [Michmash](/place/michmash_793).","osisRef":"1Sam.13.23"}]},{"title":"1Sam 14","chapterNum":14,"osisRef":"1Sam.14","verses":[{"verseId":9014001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now it came to pass upon a day, that [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) the son of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that _is_ on the other side. But he told not his father.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.1"},{"verseId":9014002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) tarried in the uttermost part of [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) under a pomegranate tree which _is_ in [Migron](/place/migron_800): and the people that _were_ with him _were_ about six hundred men;","osisRef":"1Sam.14.2"},{"verseId":9014003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Ahiah](/person/ahimelech_126), the son of [Ahitub](/person/ahitub_163), [Ichabod’s](/person/ichabod_1589) brother, the son of [Phinehas](/person/phinehas_2350), the son of [Eli](/person/eli_1072), the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) priest in [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081), wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) was gone.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.3"},{"verseId":9014004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And between the passages, by which [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) 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](/place/bozez_254), and the name of the other [Seneh](/place/seneh_1046).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.4"},{"verseId":9014005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"The forefront of the one _was_ situate northward over against [Michmash](/place/michmash_793), and the other southward over against Gibeah.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.5"},{"verseId":9014006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will work for us: for _there_ _is_ no restraint to the [LORD](/person/god_1324) to save by many or by few.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.6"},{"verseId":9014007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that _is_ in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I _am_ with thee according to thy heart.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.7"},{"verseId":9014008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then said [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), Behold, we will pass over unto _these_ men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.8"},{"verseId":9014009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.9"},{"verseId":9014010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath delivered them into our hand: and this _shall_ _be_ a sign unto us.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.10"},{"verseId":9014011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.11"},{"verseId":9014012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the men of the garrison answered [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.12"},{"verseId":9014013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692); and his armourbearer slew after him.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.13"},{"verseId":9014014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And that first slaughter, which [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, _which_ a yoke _of_ _oxen_ _might_ _plow_.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.14"},{"verseId":9014015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.15"},{"verseId":9014016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the watchmen of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) in [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down _one_ _another_.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.16"},{"verseId":9014017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Then said [Saul](/person/saul_2478) unto the people that _were_ with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) and his armourbearer _were_ not _there_.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.17"},{"verseId":9014018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto [Ahiah](/person/ahimelech_126), Bring hither the ark of [God](/person/god_1324). For the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) was at that time with the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.18"},{"verseId":9014019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And it came to pass, while [Saul](/person/saul_2478) talked unto the priest, that the noise that _was_ in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.19"},{"verseId":9014020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) 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.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.20"},{"verseId":9014021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"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](/person/saul_2478) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.21"},{"verseId":9014022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206), _when_ they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.22"},{"verseId":9014023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"So the [LORD](/person/god_1324) saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto [Beth-aven](/place/beth-aven_191).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.23"},{"verseId":9014024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for [Saul](/person/saul_2478) 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.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.24"},{"verseId":9014025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And all _they_ _of_ the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.25"},{"verseId":9014026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.26"},{"verseId":9014027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that _was_ in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.27"},{"verseId":9014029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Then said [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.29"},{"verseId":9014030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"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?","osisRef":"1Sam.14.30"},{"verseId":9014031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And they smote the Philistines that day from [Michmash](/place/michmash_793) to [Aijalon](/place/aijalon_40): and the people were very faint.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.31"},{"verseId":9014032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.32"},{"verseId":9014033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"Then they told [Saul](/person/saul_2478), saying, Behold, the people sin against the [LORD](/person/god_1324), in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.33"},{"verseId":9014034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay _them_ here, and eat; and sin not against the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew _them_ there.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.34"},{"verseId":9014035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) built an altar unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324): the same was the first altar that he built unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.35"},{"verseId":9014036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) 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](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.36"},{"verseId":9014037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) asked counsel of [God](/person/god_1324), Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.37"},{"verseId":9014038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.38"},{"verseId":9014039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"For, _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) my son, he shall surely die. But _there_ _was_ not a man among all the people _that_ answered him.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.39"},{"verseId":9014040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Do what seemeth good unto thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.40"},{"verseId":9014041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"Therefore [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, Give a perfect _lot_. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) were taken: but the people escaped.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.41"},{"verseId":9014042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Cast _lots_ between me and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) my son. And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) was taken.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.42"},{"verseId":9014043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said to [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), Tell me what thou hast done. And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that _was_ in mine hand, _and_, lo, I must die.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.43"},{"verseId":9014044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) answered, [God](/person/god_1324) do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.44"},{"verseId":9014045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"And the people said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Shall [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? [God](/person/god_1324) forbid: _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with [God](/person/god_1324) this day. So the people rescued [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), that he died not.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.45"},{"verseId":9014046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.46"},{"verseId":9014047,"verseNum":47,"mdText":"So [Saul](/person/saul_2478) took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), and against the children of Ammon, and against [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357), and against the kings of [Zobah](/place/zobah_1272), and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed _them_.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.47"},{"verseId":9014048,"verseNum":48,"mdText":"And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.48"},{"verseId":9014049,"verseNum":49,"mdText":"Now the sons of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) were [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), and [Ishui](/person/abinadab_641), and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters _were_ _these_; the name of the firstborn [Merab](/person/merab_2001), and the name of the younger [Michal](/person/michal_2073):","osisRef":"1Sam.14.49"},{"verseId":9014050,"verseNum":50,"mdText":"And the name of [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) wife _was_ [Ahinoam](/person/ahinoam_152), the daughter of [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_143): and the name of the captain of his host _was_ [Abner](/person/abner_57), the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) uncle.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.50"},{"verseId":9014051,"verseNum":51,"mdText":"And [Kish](/person/kish_1784) _was_ the father of [Saul](/person/saul_2478); and [Ner](/person/ner_2181) the father of [Abner](/person/abner_57) _was_ the son of [Abiel](/person/abiel_23).","osisRef":"1Sam.14.51"},{"verseId":9014052,"verseNum":52,"mdText":"And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of [Saul](/person/saul_2478): and when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.","osisRef":"1Sam.14.52"}]},{"title":"1Sam 15","chapterNum":15,"osisRef":"1Sam.15","verses":[{"verseId":9015001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"[Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) also said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), The [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent me to anoint thee _to_ _be_ king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.1"},{"verseId":9015002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts, I remember _that_ which [[Amalek](/person/amalek_197)](/place/amalek_53) did to Israel, how he laid _wait_ for him in the way, when he came up from [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.2"},{"verseId":9015003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Now go and smite [[Amalek](/person/amalek_197)](/place/amalek_53), 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.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.3"},{"verseId":9015004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) gathered the people together, and numbered them in [Telaim](/place/telaim_1144), two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.4"},{"verseId":9015005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) came to a city of [[Amalek](/person/amalek_197)](/place/amalek_53), and laid wait in the valley.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.5"},{"verseId":9015006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) 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](/person/israel_682), when they came up out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362). So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.6"},{"verseId":9015007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) smote the Amalekites from [Havilah](/place/havilah_534) _until_ thou comest to [Shur](/place/shur_1090), that _is_ over against [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.7"},{"verseId":9015008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he took [Agag](/person/agag_109) the king of the [Amalekites](/place/amalek_53) alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.8"},{"verseId":9015009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"But [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and the people spared [Agag](/person/agag_109), and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all _that_ _was_ good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing _that_ _was_ vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.9"},{"verseId":9015010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Then came the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), saying,","osisRef":"1Sam.15.10"},{"verseId":9015011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"It repenteth me that I have set up [Saul](/person/saul_2478) _to_ _be_ king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469); and he cried unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) all night.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.11"},{"verseId":9015012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And when [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) rose early to meet [Saul](/person/saul_2478) in the morning, it was told [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), saying, [Saul](/person/saul_2478) came to [Carmel](/place/carmel_278), and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.12"},{"verseId":9015013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) came to [Saul](/person/saul_2478): and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto him, Blessed _be_ thou of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): I have performed the commandment of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.13"},{"verseId":9015014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said, What _meaneth_ then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?","osisRef":"1Sam.15.14"},{"verseId":9015015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) 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](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324); and the rest we have utterly destroyed.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.15"},{"verseId":9015016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Then [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Stay, and I will tell thee what the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.16"},{"verseId":9015017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said, When thou _wast_ little in thine own sight, _wast_ thou not _made_ the head of the tribes of Israel, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) anointed thee king over Israel?","osisRef":"1Sam.15.17"},{"verseId":9015018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.18"},{"verseId":9015019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324)?","osisRef":"1Sam.15.19"},{"verseId":9015020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and have gone the way which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent me, and have brought [Agag](/person/agag_109) the king of [[Amalek](/person/amalek_197)](/place/amalek_53), and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.20"},{"verseId":9015021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) in [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.21"},{"verseId":9015022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said, Hath the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _as_ _great_ delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the [LORD](/person/god_1324)? Behold, to obey _is_ better than sacrifice, _and_ to hearken than the fat of rams.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.22"},{"verseId":9015023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"For rebellion _is_ _as_ the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness _is_ _as_ iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), he hath also rejected thee from _being_ king.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.23"},{"verseId":9015024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.24"},{"verseId":9015025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.25"},{"verseId":9015026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.26"},{"verseId":9015027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And as [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.27"},{"verseId":9015028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto him, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, _that_ _is_ better than thou.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.28"},{"verseId":9015029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he _is_ not a man, that he should repent.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.29"},{"verseId":9015030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.30"},{"verseId":9015031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"So [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) turned again after [Saul](/person/saul_2478); and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) worshipped the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.31"},{"verseId":9015032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"Then said [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Bring ye hither to me [Agag](/person/agag_109) the king of the Amalekites. And [Agag](/person/agag_109) came unto him delicately. And [Agag](/person/agag_109) said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.32"},{"verseId":9015033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) hewed [Agag](/person/agag_109) in pieces before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.33"},{"verseId":9015034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"Then [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) went to [Ramah](/place/ramah_975); and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) went up to his house to [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) of [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"1Sam.15.34"},{"verseId":9015035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) came no more to see [Saul](/person/saul_2478) until the day of his death: nevertheless [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) mourned for [Saul](/person/saul_2478): and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) repented that he had made [Saul](/person/saul_2478) king over Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.15.35"}]},{"title":"1Sam 16","chapterNum":16,"osisRef":"1Sam.16","verses":[{"verseId":9016001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), How long wilt thou mourn for [Saul](/person/saul_2478), seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.1"},{"verseId":9016002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said, How can I go? if [Saul](/person/saul_2478) hear _it_, he will kill me. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.16.2"},{"verseId":9016003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And call [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me _him_ whom I name unto thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.3"},{"verseId":9016004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) did that which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) spake, and came to [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218). And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?","osisRef":"1Sam.16.4"},{"verseId":9016005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324): sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.5"},{"verseId":9016006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on [Eliab](/person/eliab_1075), and said, Surely the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed _is_ before him.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.6"},{"verseId":9016007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"But the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for _the_ _[LORD](/person/god_1324)_ _seeth_ not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the [LORD](/person/god_1324) looketh on the heart.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.7"},{"verseId":9016008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) called [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_44), and made him pass before [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469). And he said, Neither hath the [LORD](/person/god_1324) chosen this.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.8"},{"verseId":9016009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Then [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) made [Shammah](/person/shammah_2700) to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the [LORD](/person/god_1324) chosen this.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.9"},{"verseId":9016010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Again, [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) made seven of his sons to pass before [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469). And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), The [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath not chosen these.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.10"},{"verseId":9016011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), Are here all _thy_ children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said unto [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.11"},{"verseId":9016012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And he sent, and brought him in. Now he _was_ ruddy, _and_ withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, Arise, anoint him: for this _is_ he.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.12"},{"verseId":9016013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Then [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came upon [David](/person/david_994) from that day forward. So [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) rose up, and went to [Ramah](/place/ramah_975).","osisRef":"1Sam.16.13"},{"verseId":9016014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"But the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) departed from [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and an evil spirit from the [LORD](/person/god_1324) troubled him.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.14"},{"verseId":9016015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from [God](/person/god_1324) troubleth thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.15"},{"verseId":9016016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.16"},{"verseId":9016017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring _him_ to me.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.17"},{"verseId":9016018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) 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](/person/god_1324) _is_ with him.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.18"},{"verseId":9016019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Wherefore [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sent messengers unto [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), and said, Send me [David](/person/david_994) thy son, which _is_ with the sheep.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.19"},{"verseId":9016020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) took an ass _laden_ with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent _them_ by [David](/person/david_994) his son unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"1Sam.16.20"},{"verseId":9016021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) came to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.21"},{"verseId":9016022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sent to [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), saying, Let [David](/person/david_994), I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.22"},{"verseId":9016023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the _evil_ spirit from [God](/person/god_1324) was upon [Saul](/person/saul_2478), that [David](/person/david_994) took an harp, and played with his hand: so [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.","osisRef":"1Sam.16.23"}]},{"title":"1Sam 17","chapterNum":17,"osisRef":"1Sam.17","verses":[{"verseId":9017001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which _belongeth_ to [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and pitched between Shochoh and [Azekah](/place/azekah_128), in [Ephes-dammim](/place/ephes-dammim_399).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.1"},{"verseId":9017002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of [Elah](/place/valley_of_elah_1201), and set the battle in array against the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.2"},{"verseId":9017003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.3"},{"verseId":9017004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named [Goliath](/person/goliath_1327), of [Gath](/place/gath_442), whose height _was_ six cubits and a span.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.4"},{"verseId":9017005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.5"},{"verseId":9017006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And _he_ _had_ greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.6"},{"verseId":9017007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the staff of his spear _was_ like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head _weighed_ six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.7"},{"verseId":9017008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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](/person/saul_2478)? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.8"},{"verseId":9017009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.9"},{"verseId":9017010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.10"},{"verseId":9017011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"When [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.11"},{"verseId":9017012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Now [David](/person/david_994) _was_ the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name _was_ [Jesse](/person/jesse_903); and he had eight sons: and the man went among men _for_ an old man in the days of [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.12"},{"verseId":9017013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the three eldest sons of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) went _and_ followed [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle _were_ [Eliab](/person/eliab_1075) the firstborn, and next unto him [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_44), and the third [Shammah](/person/shammah_2700).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.13"},{"verseId":9017014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) _was_ the youngest: and the three eldest followed [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.14"},{"verseId":9017015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But [David](/person/david_994) went and returned from [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to feed his father’s sheep at [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.15"},{"verseId":9017016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.16"},{"verseId":9017017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) said unto [David](/person/david_994) his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched _corn_, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;","osisRef":"1Sam.17.17"},{"verseId":9017018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of _their_ thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.18"},{"verseId":9017019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and they, and all the men of Israel, _were_ in the valley of [Elah](/place/valley_of_elah_1201), fighting with the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.19"},{"verseId":9017020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.20"},{"verseId":9017021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.21"},{"verseId":9017022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.22"},{"verseId":9017023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of [Gath](/place/gath_442), [Goliath](/person/goliath_1327) by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and [David](/person/david_994) heard _them_.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.23"},{"verseId":9017024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.24"},{"verseId":9017025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.25"},{"verseId":9017026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) 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](/person/god_1324)?","osisRef":"1Sam.17.26"},{"verseId":9017027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.27"},{"verseId":9017028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And [Eliab](/person/eliab_1075) his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and [Eliab’s](/person/eliab_1073) anger was kindled against [David](/person/david_994), and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.28"},{"verseId":9017029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said, What have I now done? _Is_ _there_ not a cause?","osisRef":"1Sam.17.29"},{"verseId":9017030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.30"},{"verseId":9017031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And when the words were heard which [David](/person/david_994) spake, they rehearsed _them_ before [Saul](/person/saul_2478): and he sent for him.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.31"},{"verseId":9017032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.32"},{"verseId":9017033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said to [David](/person/david_994), 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.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.33"},{"verseId":9017034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:","osisRef":"1Sam.17.34"},{"verseId":9017035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered _it_ out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught _him_ by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.35"},{"verseId":9017036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.36"},{"verseId":9017037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) said moreover, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto [David](/person/david_994), Go, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) be with thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.37"},{"verseId":9017038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) armed [David](/person/david_994) with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.38"},{"verseId":9017039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved _it_. And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), I cannot go with these; for I have not proved _them_. And [David](/person/david_994) put them off him.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.39"},{"verseId":9017040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.40"},{"verseId":9017041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And the Philistine came on and drew near unto [David](/person/david_994); and the man that bare the shield _went_ before him.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.41"},{"verseId":9017042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And when the Philistine looked about, and saw [David](/person/david_994), he disdained him: for he was _but_ a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.42"},{"verseId":9017043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And the Philistine said unto [David](/person/david_994), _Am_ I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed [David](/person/david_994) by his gods.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.43"},{"verseId":9017044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"And the Philistine said to [David](/person/david_994), Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.44"},{"verseId":9017045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"Then said [David](/person/david_994) 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](/person/god_1324) of hosts, the [God](/person/god_1324) of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.45"},{"verseId":9017046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"This day will the [LORD](/person/god_1324) deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a [God](/person/god_1324) in Israel.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.46"},{"verseId":9017047,"verseNum":47,"mdText":"And all this assembly shall know that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle _is_ the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324), and he will give you into our hands.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.47"},{"verseId":9017048,"verseNum":48,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet [David](/person/david_994), that [David](/person/david_994) hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.48"},{"verseId":9017049,"verseNum":49,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.49"},{"verseId":9017050,"verseNum":50,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but _there_ _was_ no sword in the hand of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.50"},{"verseId":9017051,"verseNum":51,"mdText":"Therefore [David](/person/david_994) ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.51"},{"verseId":9017052,"verseNum":52,"mdText":"And the men of Israel and of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of [Ekron](/place/ekron_364). And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to [Shaaraim](/place/shaaraim_1055), even unto [Gath](/place/gath_442), and unto [Ekron](/place/ekron_364).","osisRef":"1Sam.17.52"},{"verseId":9017053,"verseNum":53,"mdText":"And the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.53"},{"verseId":9017054,"verseNum":54,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636); but he put his armour in his tent.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.54"},{"verseId":9017055,"verseNum":55,"mdText":"And when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) saw [David](/person/david_994) go forth against the Philistine, he said unto [Abner](/person/abner_57), the captain of the host, [Abner](/person/abner_57), whose son _is_ this youth? And [Abner](/person/abner_57) said, _As_ thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.55"},{"verseId":9017056,"verseNum":56,"mdText":"And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling _is_.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.56"},{"verseId":9017057,"verseNum":57,"mdText":"And as [David](/person/david_994) returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, [Abner](/person/abner_57) took him, and brought him before [Saul](/person/saul_2478) with the head of the Philistine in his hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.57"},{"verseId":9017058,"verseNum":58,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said to him, Whose son _art_ thou, _thou_ young man? And [David](/person/david_994) answered, I _am_ the son of thy servant [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) the Beth-lehemite.","osisRef":"1Sam.17.58"}]},{"title":"1Sam 18","chapterNum":18,"osisRef":"1Sam.18","verses":[{"verseId":9018001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), that the soul of [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) was knit with the soul of [David](/person/david_994), and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) loved him as his own soul.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.1"},{"verseId":9018002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.2"},{"verseId":9018003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Then [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) and [David](/person/david_994) made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.3"},{"verseId":9018004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) stripped himself of the robe that _was_ upon him, and gave it to [David](/person/david_994), and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.4"},{"verseId":9018005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) went out whithersoever [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sent him, _and_ behaved himself wisely: and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) 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](/person/saul_2478) servants.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.5"},{"verseId":9018006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And it came to pass as they came, when [David](/person/david_994) was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king [Saul](/person/saul_2478), with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.6"},{"verseId":9018007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the women answered _one_ _another_ as they played, and said, [Saul](/person/saul_2478) hath slain his thousands, and [David](/person/david_994) his ten thousands.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.7"},{"verseId":9018008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto [David](/person/david_994) ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed _but_ thousands: and _what_ can he have more but the kingdom?","osisRef":"1Sam.18.8"},{"verseId":9018009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) eyed [David](/person/david_994) from that day and forward.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.9"},{"verseId":9018010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from [God](/person/god_1324) came upon [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and [David](/person/david_994) played with his hand, as at other times: and _there_ _was_ a javelin in [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.10"},{"verseId":9018011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite [David](/person/david_994) even to the wall _with_ _it_. And [David](/person/david_994) avoided out of his presence twice.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.11"},{"verseId":9018012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was afraid of [David](/person/david_994), because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was with him, and was departed from [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"1Sam.18.12"},{"verseId":9018013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Therefore [Saul](/person/saul_2478) removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.13"},{"verseId":9018014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _was_ with him.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.14"},{"verseId":9018015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Wherefore when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.15"},{"verseId":9018016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"But all Israel and [Judah](/person/judah_1751) loved [David](/person/david_994), because he went out and came in before them.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.16"},{"verseId":9018017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said to [David](/person/david_994), Behold my elder daughter [Merab](/person/merab_2001), her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) battles. For [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.17"},{"verseId":9018018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Who _am_ I? and what _is_ my life, _or_ my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?","osisRef":"1Sam.18.18"},{"verseId":9018019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"But it came to pass at the time when [Merab](/person/merab_2001) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) daughter should have been given to [David](/person/david_994), that she was given unto [Adriel](/person/adriel_105) the Meholathite to wife.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.19"},{"verseId":9018020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Michal](/person/michal_2073) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) daughter loved [David](/person/david_994): and they told [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and the thing pleased him.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.20"},{"verseId":9018021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said to [David](/person/david_994), Thou shalt this day be my son in law in _the_ _one_ _of_ the twain.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.21"},{"verseId":9018022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) commanded his servants, _saying_, Commune with [David](/person/david_994) secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.22"},{"verseId":9018023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) servants spake those words in the ears of [David](/person/david_994). And [David](/person/david_994) said, Seemeth it to you _a_ light _thing_ to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I _am_ a poor man, and lightly esteemed?","osisRef":"1Sam.18.23"},{"verseId":9018024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the servants of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) told him, saying, On this manner spake [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Sam.18.24"},{"verseId":9018025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Thus shall ye say to [David](/person/david_994), The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But [Saul](/person/saul_2478) thought to make [David](/person/david_994) fall by the hand of the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.25"},{"verseId":9018026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And when his servants told [David](/person/david_994) these words, it pleased [David](/person/david_994) well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.26"},{"verseId":9018027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"Wherefore [David](/person/david_994) arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and [David](/person/david_994) brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) gave him [Michal](/person/michal_2073) his daughter to wife.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.27"},{"verseId":9018028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) saw and knew that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _was_ with [David](/person/david_994), and _that_ [Michal](/person/michal_2073) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) daughter loved him.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.28"},{"verseId":9018029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was yet the more afraid of [David](/person/david_994); and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) became [David’s](/person/david_994) enemy continually.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.29"},{"verseId":9018030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, _that_ [David](/person/david_994) behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of [Saul](/person/saul_2478); so that his name was much set by.","osisRef":"1Sam.18.30"}]},{"title":"1Sam 19","chapterNum":19,"osisRef":"1Sam.19","verses":[{"verseId":9019001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) spake to [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Sam.19.1"},{"verseId":9019002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"But [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) son delighted much in [David](/person/david_994): and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) told [David](/person/david_994), saying, [Saul](/person/saul_2478) my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret _place_, and hide thyself:","osisRef":"1Sam.19.2"},{"verseId":9019003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou _art_, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.3"},{"verseId":9019004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) spake good of [David](/person/david_994) unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478) his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against [David](/person/david_994); because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works _have_ _been_ to thee-ward very good:","osisRef":"1Sam.19.4"},{"verseId":9019005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest _it_, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay [David](/person/david_994) without a cause?","osisRef":"1Sam.19.5"},{"verseId":9019006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) hearkened unto the voice of [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692): and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sware, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, he shall not be slain.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.6"},{"verseId":9019007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) called [David](/person/david_994), and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) shewed him all those things. And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) brought [David](/person/david_994) to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and he was in his presence, as in times past.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.7"},{"verseId":9019008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And there was war again: and [David](/person/david_994) went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.8"},{"verseId":9019009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the evil spirit from the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was upon [Saul](/person/saul_2478), as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and [David](/person/david_994) played with _his_ hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.9"},{"verseId":9019010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sought to smite [David](/person/david_994) even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and [David](/person/david_994) fled, and escaped that night.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.10"},{"verseId":9019011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"[Saul](/person/saul_2478) also sent messengers unto [David’s](/person/david_994) house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and [Michal](/person/michal_2073) [David’s](/person/david_994) wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.11"},{"verseId":9019012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"So [Michal](/person/michal_2073) let [David](/person/david_994) down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.12"},{"verseId":9019013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Michal](/person/michal_2073) took an image, and laid _it_ in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ _hair_ for his bolster, and covered _it_ with a cloth.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.13"},{"verseId":9019014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sent messengers to take [David](/person/david_994), she said, He _is_ sick.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.14"},{"verseId":9019015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sent the messengers _again_ to see [David](/person/david_994), saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.15"},{"verseId":9019016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And when the messengers were come in, behold, _there_ _was_ an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ _hair_ for his bolster.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.16"},{"verseId":9019017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto [Michal](/person/michal_2073), Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And [Michal](/person/michal_2073) answered [Saul](/person/saul_2478), He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?","osisRef":"1Sam.19.17"},{"verseId":9019018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) fled, and escaped, and came to [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) to [Ramah](/place/ramah_975), and told him all that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) had done to him. And he and [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) went and dwelt in [Naioth](/place/naioth_873).","osisRef":"1Sam.19.18"},{"verseId":9019019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And it was told [Saul](/person/saul_2478), saying, Behold, [David](/person/david_994) _is_ at [Naioth](/place/naioth_873) in [Ramah](/place/ramah_975).","osisRef":"1Sam.19.19"},{"verseId":9019020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sent messengers to take [David](/person/david_994): and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) standing _as_ appointed over them, the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of [God](/person/god_1324) was upon the messengers of [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and they also prophesied.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.20"},{"verseId":9019021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And when it was told [Saul](/person/saul_2478), he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.","osisRef":"1Sam.19.21"},{"verseId":9019022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then went he also to [Ramah](/place/ramah_975), and came to a great well that _is_ in [Sechu](/place/secu_1041): and he asked and said, Where _are_ [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) and [David](/person/david_994)? And _one_ said, Behold, _they_ _be_ at [Naioth](/place/naioth_873) in [Ramah](/place/ramah_975).","osisRef":"1Sam.19.22"},{"verseId":9019023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And he went thither to [Naioth](/place/naioth_873) in [Ramah](/place/ramah_975): and the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of [God](/person/god_1324) was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to [Naioth](/place/naioth_873) in [Ramah](/place/ramah_975).","osisRef":"1Sam.19.23"},{"verseId":9019024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, _Is_ [Saul](/person/saul_2478) also among the prophets?","osisRef":"1Sam.19.24"}]},{"title":"1Sam 20","chapterNum":20,"osisRef":"1Sam.20","verses":[{"verseId":9020001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) fled from [Naioth](/place/naioth_873) in [Ramah](/place/ramah_975), and came and said before [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), What have I done? what _is_ mine iniquity? and what _is_ my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.1"},{"verseId":9020002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he said unto him, [God](/person/god_1324) forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it _is_ not _so_.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.2"},{"verseId":9020003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) know this, lest he be grieved: but truly _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, and _as_ thy soul liveth, _there_ _is_ but a step between me and death.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.3"},{"verseId":9020004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then said [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) unto [David](/person/david_994), Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do _it_ for thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.4"},{"verseId":9020005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), Behold, to morrow _is_ the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third _day_ at even.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.5"},{"verseId":9020006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"If thy father at all miss me, then say, [David](/person/david_994) earnestly asked _leave_ of me that he might run to [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218) his city: for _there_ _is_ a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.6"},{"verseId":9020007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"If he say thus, _It_ _is_ well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, _then_ be sure that evil is determined by him.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.7"},{"verseId":9020008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.8"},{"verseId":9020009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.9"},{"verseId":9020010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Then said [David](/person/david_994) to [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), Who shall tell me? or what _if_ thy father answer thee roughly?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.10"},{"verseId":9020011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) said unto [David](/person/david_994), Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.11"},{"verseId":9020012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) said unto [David](/person/david_994), O [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, _or_ the third _day_, and, behold, _if_ _there_ _be_ good toward [David](/person/david_994), and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;","osisRef":"1Sam.20.12"},{"verseId":9020013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) do so and much more to [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692): but if it please my father _to_ _do_ thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) be with thee, as he hath been with my father.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.13"},{"verseId":9020014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that I die not:","osisRef":"1Sam.20.14"},{"verseId":9020015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But _also_ thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath cut off the enemies of [David](/person/david_994) every one from the face of the earth.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.15"},{"verseId":9020016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"So [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) made _a_ _covenant_ with the house of [David](/person/david_994), _saying_, Let the [LORD](/person/god_1324) even require _it_ at the hand of [David’s](/person/david_994) enemies.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.16"},{"verseId":9020017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) caused [David](/person/david_994) to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.17"},{"verseId":9020018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) said to [David](/person/david_994), To morrow _is_ the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.18"},{"verseId":9020019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And _when_ thou hast stayed three days, _then_ thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was _in_ _hand_, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.19"},{"verseId":9020020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And I will shoot three arrows on the side _thereof_, as though I shot at a mark.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.20"},{"verseId":9020021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And, behold, I will send a lad, _saying_, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows _are_ on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for _there_ _is_ peace to thee, and no hurt; _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.21"},{"verseId":9020022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows _are_ beyond thee; go thy way: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath sent thee away.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.22"},{"verseId":9020023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And _as_ _touching_ the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _be_ between thee and me for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.23"},{"verseId":9020024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.24"},{"verseId":9020025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, _even_ upon a seat by the wall: and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) arose, and [Abner](/person/abner_57) sat by [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) side, and [David’s](/person/david_994) place was empty.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.25"},{"verseId":9020026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Nevertheless [Saul](/person/saul_2478) spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he _is_ not clean; surely he _is_ not clean.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.26"},{"verseId":9020027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And it came to pass on the morrow, _which_ _was_ the second _day_ of the month, that [David’s](/person/david_994) place was empty: and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.27"},{"verseId":9020028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) answered [Saul](/person/saul_2478), [David](/person/david_994) earnestly asked _leave_ of me _to_ _go_ to [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218):","osisRef":"1Sam.20.28"},{"verseId":9020029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me _to_ _be_ _there_: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.29"},{"verseId":9020030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"Then [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) anger was kindled against [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious _woman_, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.30"},{"verseId":9020031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"For as long as the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.31"},{"verseId":9020032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) answered [Saul](/person/saul_2478) his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.32"},{"verseId":9020033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) knew that it was determined of his father to slay [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Sam.20.33"},{"verseId":9020034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"So [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for [David](/person/david_994), because his father had done him shame.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.34"},{"verseId":9020035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the morning, that [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) went out into the field at the time appointed with [David](/person/david_994), and a little lad with him.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.35"},{"verseId":9020036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. _And_ as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.36"},{"verseId":9020037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) had shot, [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) cried after the lad, and said, _Is_ not the arrow beyond thee?","osisRef":"1Sam.20.37"},{"verseId":9020038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And [Jonathan’s](/person/jonathan_1692) lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.38"},{"verseId":9020039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"But the lad knew not any thing: only [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) and [David](/person/david_994) knew the matter.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.39"},{"verseId":9020040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry _them_ to the city.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.40"},{"verseId":9020041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"_And_ as soon as the lad was gone, [David](/person/david_994) arose out of _a_ _place_ toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until [David](/person/david_994) exceeded.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.41"},{"verseId":9020042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) said to [David](/person/david_994), Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) went into the city.","osisRef":"1Sam.20.42"}]},{"title":"1Sam 21","chapterNum":21,"osisRef":"1Sam.21","verses":[{"verseId":9021001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then came [David](/person/david_994) to [Nob](/place/nob_900) to [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) the priest: and [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) was afraid at the meeting of [David](/person/david_994), and said unto him, Why _art_ thou alone, and no man with thee?","osisRef":"1Sam.21.1"},{"verseId":9021002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed _my_ servants to such and such a place.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.2"},{"verseId":9021003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Now therefore what is under thine hand? give _me_ five _loaves_ _of_ bread in mine hand, or what there is present.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.3"},{"verseId":9021004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the priest answered [David](/person/david_994), and said, _There_ _is_ no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.4"},{"verseId":9021005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women _have_ _been_ kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and _the_ _bread_ _is_ in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.5"},{"verseId":9021006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So the priest gave him hallowed _bread_: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.6"},{"verseId":9021007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Now a certain man of the servants of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) _was_ there that day, detained before the [LORD](/person/god_1324); and his name _was_ [Doeg](/person/doeg_1023), an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that _belonged_ to [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"1Sam.21.7"},{"verseId":9021008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126), And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.8"},{"verseId":9021009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the priest said, The sword of [Goliath](/person/goliath_1327) the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of [Elah](/place/valley_of_elah_1201), behold, it _is_ _here_ wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take _it_: for _there_ _is_ no other save that here. And [David](/person/david_994) said, _There_ _is_ none like that; give it me.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.9"},{"verseId":9021010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) arose, and fled that day for fear of [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and went to [Achish](/person/achish_66) the king of [Gath](/place/gath_442).","osisRef":"1Sam.21.10"},{"verseId":9021011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the servants of [Achish](/person/achish_66) said unto him, _Is_ not this [David](/person/david_994) the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, [Saul](/person/saul_2478) hath slain his thousands, and [David](/person/david_994) his ten thousands?","osisRef":"1Sam.21.11"},{"verseId":9021012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of [Achish](/person/achish_66) the king of [Gath](/place/gath_442).","osisRef":"1Sam.21.12"},{"verseId":9021013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.","osisRef":"1Sam.21.13"},{"verseId":9021014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Then said [Achish](/person/achish_66) unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore _then_ have ye brought him to me?","osisRef":"1Sam.21.14"},{"verseId":9021015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this _fellow_ to play the mad man in my presence? shall this _fellow_ come into my house?","osisRef":"1Sam.21.15"}]},{"title":"1Sam 22","chapterNum":22,"osisRef":"1Sam.22","verses":[{"verseId":9022001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave [Adullam](/place/adullam_31): and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard _it_, they went down thither to him.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.1"},{"verseId":9022002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And every one _that_ _was_ in distress, and every one that _was_ in debt, and every one _that_ _was_ discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.2"},{"verseId":9022003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) went thence to [Mizpeh](/place/mizpeh_814) of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815): and he said unto the king of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, _and_ _be_ with you, till I know what [God](/person/god_1324) will do for me.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.3"},{"verseId":9022004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And he brought them before the king of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815): and they dwelt with him all the while that [David](/person/david_994) was in the hold.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.4"},{"verseId":9022005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the prophet [Gad](/person/gad_1263) said unto [David](/person/david_994), Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of [Judah](/person/judah_1751). Then [David](/person/david_994) departed, and came into the forest of [Hareth](/place/hereth_563).","osisRef":"1Sam.22.5"},{"verseId":9022006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"When [Saul](/person/saul_2478) heard that [David](/person/david_994) was discovered, and the men that _were_ with him, (now [Saul](/person/saul_2478) abode in [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants _were_ standing about him);","osisRef":"1Sam.22.6"},{"verseId":9022007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) give every one of you fields and vineyards, _and_ make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;","osisRef":"1Sam.22.7"},{"verseId":9022008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"That all of you have conspired against me, and _there_ _is_ none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), and _there_ _is_ none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?","osisRef":"1Sam.22.8"},{"verseId":9022009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Then answered [Doeg](/person/doeg_1023) the Edomite, which was set over the servants of [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and said, I saw the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) coming to [Nob](/place/nob_900), to [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) the son of [Ahitub](/person/ahitub_163).","osisRef":"1Sam.22.9"},{"verseId":9022010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And he enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of [Goliath](/person/goliath_1327) the Philistine.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.10"},{"verseId":9022011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Then the king sent to call [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) the priest, the son of [Ahitub](/person/ahitub_163), and all his father’s house, the priests that _were_ in [Nob](/place/nob_900): and they came all of them to the king.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.11"},{"verseId":9022012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Hear now, thou son of [Ahitub](/person/ahitub_163). And he answered, Here I _am_, my lord.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.12"},{"verseId":9022013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of [God](/person/god_1324) for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?","osisRef":"1Sam.22.13"},{"verseId":9022014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Then [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) answered the king, and said, And who _is_ _so_ faithful among all thy servants as [David](/person/david_994), which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?","osisRef":"1Sam.22.14"},{"verseId":9022015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Did I then begin to enquire of [God](/person/god_1324) for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute _any_ thing unto his servant, _nor_ to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.15"},{"verseId":9022016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126), thou, and all thy father’s house.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.16"},{"verseId":9022017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); because their hand also _is_ with [David](/person/david_994), and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.22.17"},{"verseId":9022018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the king said to [Doeg](/person/doeg_1023), Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And [Doeg](/person/doeg_1023) the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.18"},{"verseId":9022019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Nob](/place/nob_900), the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.19"},{"verseId":9022020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And one of the sons of [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) the son of [Ahitub](/person/ahitub_163), named [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20), escaped, and fled after [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Sam.22.20"},{"verseId":9022022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20), I knew _it_ that day, when [Doeg](/person/doeg_1023) the Edomite _was_ there, that he would surely tell [Saul](/person/saul_2478): I have occasioned _the_ _death_ of all the persons of thy father’s house.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.22"},{"verseId":9022023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou _shalt_ _be_ in safeguard.","osisRef":"1Sam.22.23"}]},{"title":"1Sam 23","chapterNum":23,"osisRef":"1Sam.23","verses":[{"verseId":9023001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then they told [David](/person/david_994), saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against [Keilah](/place/keilah_681), and they rob the threshingfloors.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.1"},{"verseId":9023002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Therefore [David](/person/david_994) enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [David](/person/david_994), Go, and smite the Philistines, and save [Keilah](/place/keilah_681).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.2"},{"verseId":9023003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [David’s](/person/david_994) men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in [Judah](/person/judah_1751): how much more then if we come to [Keilah](/place/keilah_681) against the armies of the Philistines?","osisRef":"1Sam.23.3"},{"verseId":9023004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) yet again. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) answered him and said, Arise, go down to [Keilah](/place/keilah_681); for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.4"},{"verseId":9023005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) and his men went to [Keilah](/place/keilah_681), and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So [David](/person/david_994) saved the inhabitants of [Keilah](/place/keilah_681).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.5"},{"verseId":9023006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the son of [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_126) fled to [David](/person/david_994) to [Keilah](/place/keilah_681), _that_ he came down _with_ an ephod in his hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.6"},{"verseId":9023007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And it was told [Saul](/person/saul_2478) that [David](/person/david_994) was come to [Keilah](/place/keilah_681). And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, [God](/person/god_1324) hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.7"},{"verseId":9023008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) called all the people together to war, to go down to [Keilah](/place/keilah_681), to besiege [David](/person/david_994) and his men.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.8"},{"verseId":9023009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) knew that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priest, Bring hither the ephod.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.9"},{"verseId":9023010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Then said [David](/person/david_994), O [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) seeketh to come to [Keilah](/place/keilah_681), to destroy the city for my sake.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.10"},{"verseId":9023011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Will the men of [Keilah](/place/keilah_681) deliver me up into his hand? will [Saul](/person/saul_2478) come down, as thy servant hath heard? O [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, He will come down.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.11"},{"verseId":9023012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Then said [David](/person/david_994), Will the men of [Keilah](/place/keilah_681) deliver me and my men into the hand of [Saul](/person/saul_2478)? And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, They will deliver _thee_ up.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.12"},{"verseId":9023013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) and his men, _which_ _were_ about six hundred, arose and departed out of [Keilah](/place/keilah_681), and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told [Saul](/person/saul_2478) that [David](/person/david_994) was escaped from [Keilah](/place/keilah_681); and he forbare to go forth.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.13"},{"verseId":9023014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of [Ziph](/place/ziph_1266). And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sought him every day, but [God](/person/god_1324) delivered him not into his hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.14"},{"verseId":9023015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) saw that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was come out to seek his life: and [David](/person/david_994) _was_ in the wilderness of [Ziph](/place/ziph_1266) in a [wood](/place/horesh_578).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.15"},{"verseId":9023016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) son arose, and went to [David](/person/david_994) into the [wood](/place/horesh_578), and strengthened his hand in [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.16"},{"verseId":9023017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also [Saul](/person/saul_2478) my father knoweth.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.17"},{"verseId":9023018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And they two made a covenant before the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and [David](/person/david_994) abode in the [wood](/place/horesh_578), and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) went to his house.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.18"},{"verseId":9023019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Then came up the Ziphites to [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466), saying, Doth not [David](/person/david_994) hide himself with us in strong holds in the [wood](/place/horesh_578), in the hill of [Hachilah](/place/hachilah_500), which _is_ on the south of [Jeshimon](/place/jeshimon_639)?","osisRef":"1Sam.23.19"},{"verseId":9023020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part _shall_ _be_ to deliver him into the king’s hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.20"},{"verseId":9023021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, Blessed _be_ ye of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); for ye have compassion on me.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.21"},{"verseId":9023022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, _and_ who hath seen him there: for it is told me _that_ he dealeth very subtilly.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.22"},{"verseId":9023023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.23"},{"verseId":9023024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And they arose, and went to [Ziph](/place/ziph_1266) before [Saul](/person/saul_2478): but [David](/person/david_994) and his men _were_ in the wilderness of [Maon](/place/maon_764), in the [plain](/place/arabah_79) on the south of [Jeshimon](/place/jeshimon_639).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.24"},{"verseId":9023025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"[Saul](/person/saul_2478) also and his men went to seek _him_. And they told [David](/person/david_994): wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of [Maon](/place/maon_764). And when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) heard _that_, he pursued after [David](/person/david_994) in the wilderness of [Maon](/place/maon_764).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.25"},{"verseId":9023026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) went on this side of the mountain, and [David](/person/david_994) and his men on that side of the mountain: and [David](/person/david_994) made haste to get away for fear of [Saul](/person/saul_2478); for [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and his men compassed [David](/person/david_994) and his men round about to take them.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.26"},{"verseId":9023027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But there came a messenger unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.27"},{"verseId":9023028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Wherefore [Saul](/person/saul_2478) returned from pursuing after [David](/person/david_994), and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.","osisRef":"1Sam.23.28"},{"verseId":9023029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at [En-gedi](/place/engedi_389).","osisRef":"1Sam.23.29"}]},{"title":"1Sam 24","chapterNum":24,"osisRef":"1Sam.24","verses":[{"verseId":9024001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, [David](/person/david_994) _is_ in the wilderness of [En-gedi](/place/engedi_389).","osisRef":"1Sam.24.1"},{"verseId":9024002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek [David](/person/david_994) and his men upon the [rocks](/place/rocks_1232) of the wild goats.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.2"},{"verseId":9024003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where _was_ a cave; and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) went in to cover his feet: and [David](/person/david_994) and his men remained in the sides of the cave.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.3"},{"verseId":9024004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the men of [David](/person/david_994) said unto him, Behold the day of which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then [David](/person/david_994) arose, and cut off the skirt of [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) robe privily.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.4"},{"verseId":9024005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And it came to pass afterward, that [David’s](/person/david_994) heart smote him, because he had cut off [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) skirt.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.5"},{"verseId":9024006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he said unto his men, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he _is_ the anointed of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.24.6"},{"verseId":9024007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against [Saul](/person/saul_2478). But [Saul](/person/saul_2478) rose up out of the cave, and went on _his_ way.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.7"},{"verseId":9024008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after [Saul](/person/saul_2478), saying, My lord the king. And when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) looked behind him, [David](/person/david_994) stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.8"},{"verseId":9024009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, [David](/person/david_994) seeketh thy hurt?","osisRef":"1Sam.24.9"},{"verseId":9024010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and _some_ bade _me_ kill thee: but _mine_ _eye_ spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he _is_ the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.10"},{"verseId":9024011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that _there_ _is_ neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.11"},{"verseId":9024012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) judge between me and thee, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.12"},{"verseId":9024013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.13"},{"verseId":9024014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.14"},{"verseId":9024015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.15"},{"verseId":9024016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [David](/person/david_994) had made an end of speaking these words unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said, _Is_ this thy voice, my son [David](/person/david_994)? And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) lifted up his voice, and wept.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.16"},{"verseId":9024017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And he said to [David](/person/david_994), Thou _art_ more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.17"},{"verseId":9024018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.18"},{"verseId":9024019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.19"},{"verseId":9024020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.20"},{"verseId":9024021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Swear now therefore unto me by the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.21"},{"verseId":9024022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) sware unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478). And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) went home; but [David](/person/david_994) and his men gat them up unto the hold.","osisRef":"1Sam.24.22"}]},{"title":"1Sam 25","chapterNum":25,"osisRef":"1Sam.25","verses":[{"verseId":9025001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at [Ramah](/place/ramah_975). And [David](/person/david_994) arose, and went down to the wilderness of [Paran](/place/paran_921).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.1"},{"verseId":9025002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And _there_ _was_ a man in [Maon](/place/maon_764), whose possessions _were_ in [Carmel](/place/carmel_278); and the man _was_ very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in [Carmel](/place/carmel_278).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.2"},{"verseId":9025003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Now the name of the man _was_ [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126); and the name of his wife [Abigail](/person/abigail_26): and _she_ _was_ a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man _was_ churlish and evil in his doings; and he _was_ of the house of [Caleb](/person/caleb_537).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.3"},{"verseId":9025004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) heard in the wilderness that [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) did shear his sheep.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.4"},{"verseId":9025006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And thus shall ye say to him that liveth _in_ _prosperity_, Peace _be_ both to thee, and peace _be_ to thine house, and peace _be_ unto all that thou hast.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.6"},{"verseId":9025007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in [Carmel](/place/carmel_278).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.7"},{"verseId":9025008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.8"},{"verseId":9025009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And when [David’s](/person/david_994) young men came, they spake to [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) according to all those words in the name of [David](/person/david_994), and ceased.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.9"},{"verseId":9025010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) answered [David’s](/person/david_994) servants, and said, Who _is_ [David](/person/david_994)? and who _is_ the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903)? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.10"},{"verseId":9025011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"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_?","osisRef":"1Sam.25.11"},{"verseId":9025012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"So [David’s](/person/david_994) young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.12"},{"verseId":9025013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and [David](/person/david_994) also girded on his sword: and there went up after [David](/person/david_994) about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.13"},{"verseId":9025014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"But one of the young men told [Abigail](/person/abigail_26), [Nabal’s](/person/nabal_2126) wife, saying, Behold, [David](/person/david_994) sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.14"},{"verseId":9025015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But the men _were_ very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:","osisRef":"1Sam.25.15"},{"verseId":9025016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.16"},{"verseId":9025017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he _is_ _such_ a son of Belial, that _a_ _man_ cannot speak to him.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.17"},{"verseId":9025018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched _corn_, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid _them_ on asses.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.18"},{"verseId":9025019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.19"},{"verseId":9025020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And it was _so_, _as_ she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, [David](/person/david_994) and his men came down against her; and she met them.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.20"},{"verseId":9025021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Now [David](/person/david_994) had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this _fellow_ hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that _pertained_ unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.21"},{"verseId":9025022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"So and more also do [God](/person/god_1324) unto the enemies of [David](/person/david_994), if I leave of all that _pertain_ to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.22"},{"verseId":9025023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And when [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) saw [David](/person/david_994), she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before [David](/person/david_994) on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,","osisRef":"1Sam.25.23"},{"verseId":9025024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, _upon_ me _let_ _this_ iniquity _be_: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.24"},{"verseId":9025025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, _even_ [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126): for as his name _is_, so _is_ he; [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) _is_ his name, and folly _is_ with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.25"},{"verseId":9025026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Now therefore, my lord, _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, and _as_ thy soul liveth, seeing the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath withholden thee from coming to _shed_ blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.26"},{"verseId":9025027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.27"},{"verseId":9025028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and evil hath not been found in thee _all_ thy days.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.28"},{"verseId":9025029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324); and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, _as_ _out_ of the middle of a sling.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.29"},{"verseId":9025030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And it shall come to pass, when the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;","osisRef":"1Sam.25.30"},{"verseId":9025031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.31"},{"verseId":9025032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Abigail](/person/abigail_26), Blessed _be_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:","osisRef":"1Sam.25.32"},{"verseId":9025033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And blessed _be_ thy advice, and blessed _be_ thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to _shed_ blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.33"},{"verseId":9025034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"For in very deed, _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.34"},{"verseId":9025035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) received of her hand _that_ which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.35"},{"verseId":9025036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) came to [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126); and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and [Nabal’s](/person/nabal_2126) heart _was_ merry within him, for he _was_ very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.36"},{"verseId":9025037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126), and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became _as_ a stone.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.37"},{"verseId":9025038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And it came to pass about ten days _after_, that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) smote [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126), that he died.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.38"},{"verseId":9025039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And when [David](/person/david_994) heard that [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) was dead, he said, Blessed _be_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126), and hath kept his servant from evil: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath returned the wickedness of [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) upon his own head. And [David](/person/david_994) sent and communed with [Abigail](/person/abigail_26), to take her to him to wife.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.39"},{"verseId":9025040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"And when the servants of [David](/person/david_994) were come to [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) to [Carmel](/place/carmel_278), they spake unto her, saying, [David](/person/david_994) sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.40"},{"verseId":9025041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And she arose, and bowed herself on _her_ face to the earth, and said, Behold, _let_ thine handmaid _be_ a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.41"},{"verseId":9025042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of [David](/person/david_994), and became his wife.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.42"},{"verseId":9025043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) also took [Ahinoam](/person/ahinoam_153) of [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_642); and they were also both of them his wives.","osisRef":"1Sam.25.43"},{"verseId":9025044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"But [Saul](/person/saul_2478) had given [Michal](/person/michal_2073) his daughter, [David’s](/person/david_994) wife, to [Phalti](/person/phaltiel_2326) the son of [Laish](/person/laish_1807), which _was_ of [Gallim](/place/gallim_434).","osisRef":"1Sam.25.44"}]},{"title":"1Sam 26","chapterNum":26,"osisRef":"1Sam.26","verses":[{"verseId":9026001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the Ziphites came unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466), saying, Doth not [David](/person/david_994) hide himself in the hill of [Hachilah](/place/hachilah_500), _which_ _is_ before [Jeshimon](/place/jeshimon_639)?","osisRef":"1Sam.26.1"},{"verseId":9026002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) arose, and went down to the wilderness of [[Ziph](/person/ziph_3091)](/place/ziph_1266), having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek [David](/person/david_994) in the wilderness of [[Ziph](/person/ziph_3091)](/place/ziph_1266).","osisRef":"1Sam.26.2"},{"verseId":9026003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) pitched in the hill of [Hachilah](/place/hachilah_500), which _is_ before [Jeshimon](/place/jeshimon_639), by the way. But [David](/person/david_994) abode in the wilderness, and he saw that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) came after him into the wilderness.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.3"},{"verseId":9026004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) therefore sent out spies, and understood that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was come in very deed.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.4"},{"verseId":9026005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) arose, and came to the place where [Saul](/person/saul_2478) had pitched: and [David](/person/david_994) beheld the place where [Saul](/person/saul_2478) lay, and [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), the captain of his host: and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.5"},{"verseId":9026006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then answered [David](/person/david_994) and said to [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_148) the Hittite, and to [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055), brother to [Joab](/person/joab_1617), saying, Who will go down with me to [Saul](/person/saul_2478) to the camp? And [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) said, I will go down with thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.6"},{"verseId":9026007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) and [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) came to the people by night: and, behold, [Saul](/person/saul_2478) lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but [Abner](/person/abner_57) and the people lay round about him.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.7"},{"verseId":9026008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then said [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) to [David](/person/david_994), [God](/person/god_1324) hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not _smite_ him the second time.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.8"},{"verseId":9026009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Abishai](/person/abishai_50), Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed, and be guiltless?","osisRef":"1Sam.26.9"},{"verseId":9026010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) said furthermore, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.10"},{"verseId":9026012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) took the spear and the cruse of water from [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw _it_, nor knew _it_, neither awaked: for they _were_ all asleep; because a deep sleep from the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was fallen upon them.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.12"},{"verseId":9026013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space _being_ between them:","osisRef":"1Sam.26.13"},{"verseId":9026014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) cried to the people, and to [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), saying, Answerest thou not, [Abner](/person/abner_57)? Then [Abner](/person/abner_57) answered and said, Who _art_ thou _that_ criest to the king?","osisRef":"1Sam.26.14"},{"verseId":9026015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Abner](/person/abner_57), _Art_ not thou a _valiant_ man? and who _is_ like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.15"},{"verseId":9026016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"This thing _is_ not good that thou hast done. _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, ye _are_ worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed. And now see where the king’s spear _is_, and the cruse of water that _was_ at his bolster.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.16"},{"verseId":9026017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) knew [David’s](/person/david_994) voice, and said, _Is_ this thy voice, my son [David](/person/david_994)? And [David](/person/david_994) said, _It_ _is_ my voice, my lord, O king.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.17"},{"verseId":9026018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil _is_ in mine hand?","osisRef":"1Sam.26.18"},{"verseId":9026019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the [LORD](/person/god_1324) have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if _they_ _be_ the children of men, cursed _be_ they before the [LORD](/person/god_1324); for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, Go, serve other gods.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.19"},{"verseId":9026020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.20"},{"verseId":9026021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Then said [Saul](/person/saul_2478), I have sinned: return, my son [David](/person/david_994): for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.21"},{"verseId":9026022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.22"},{"verseId":9026023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) delivered thee into _my_ hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.23"},{"verseId":9026024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.24"},{"verseId":9026025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) said to [David](/person/david_994), Blessed _be_ thou, my son [David](/person/david_994): thou shalt both do great _things_, and also shalt still prevail. So [David](/person/david_994) went on his way, and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) returned to his place.","osisRef":"1Sam.26.25"}]},{"title":"1Sam 27","chapterNum":27,"osisRef":"1Sam.27","verses":[{"verseId":9027001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of [Saul](/person/saul_2478): _there_ _is_ nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.1"},{"verseId":9027002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that _were_ with him unto [Achish](/person/achish_66), the son of [Maoch](/person/maachah_1934), king of [Gath](/place/gath_442).","osisRef":"1Sam.27.2"},{"verseId":9027003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) dwelt with [Achish](/person/achish_66) at [Gath](/place/gath_442), he and his men, every man with his household, _even_ [David](/person/david_994) with his two wives, [Ahinoam](/person/ahinoam_153) the [Jezreelitess](/place/jezreel_642), and [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) the [Carmelitess](/place/carmel_278), [Nabal’s](/person/nabal_2126) wife.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.3"},{"verseId":9027004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And it was told [Saul](/person/saul_2478) that [David](/person/david_994) was fled to [Gath](/place/gath_442): and he sought no more again for him.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.4"},{"verseId":9027005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Achish](/person/achish_66), If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?","osisRef":"1Sam.27.5"},{"verseId":9027006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then [Achish](/person/achish_66) gave him [Ziklag](/place/ziklag_1259) that day: wherefore [Ziklag](/place/ziklag_1259) pertaineth unto the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) unto this day.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.6"},{"verseId":9027007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the time that [David](/person/david_994) dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.7"},{"verseId":9027008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those _nations_ _were_ of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to [Shur](/place/shur_1090), even unto the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Sam.27.8"},{"verseId":9027009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to [Achish](/person/achish_66).","osisRef":"1Sam.27.9"},{"verseId":9027010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Achish](/person/achish_66) said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And [David](/person/david_994) said, Against the [south](/place/negeb_885) of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and against the [south](/place/negeb_885) of the Jerahmeelites, and against the [south](/place/negeb_885) of the Kenites.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.10"},{"verseId":9027011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring _tidings_ to [Gath](/place/gath_442), saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did [David](/person/david_994), and so _will_ _be_ his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.11"},{"verseId":9027012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Achish](/person/achish_66) believed [David](/person/david_994), saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.27.12"}]},{"title":"1Sam 28","chapterNum":28,"osisRef":"1Sam.28","verses":[{"verseId":9028001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And [Achish](/person/achish_66) said unto [David](/person/david_994), Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.1"},{"verseId":9028002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Achish](/person/achish_66), Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And [Achish](/person/achish_66) said to [David](/person/david_994), Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.2"},{"verseId":9028003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Now [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in [Ramah](/place/ramah_975), even in his own city. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.3"},{"verseId":9028004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in [Shunem](/place/shunem_1089): and [Saul](/person/saul_2478) gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in [Gilboa](/place/gilboa_474).","osisRef":"1Sam.28.4"},{"verseId":9028005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.5"},{"verseId":9028006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And when [Saul](/person/saul_2478) enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), the [LORD](/person/god_1324) answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.6"},{"verseId":9028007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then said [Saul](/person/saul_2478) unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, _there_ _is_ a woman that hath a familiar spirit at [En-dor](/place/en-dor_385).","osisRef":"1Sam.28.7"},{"verseId":9028008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me _him_ up, whom I shall name unto thee.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.8"},{"verseId":9028009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what [Saul](/person/saul_2478) hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?","osisRef":"1Sam.28.9"},{"verseId":9028010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) sware to her by the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.10"},{"verseId":9028011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469).","osisRef":"1Sam.28.11"},{"verseId":9028012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And when the woman saw [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou _art_ [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"1Sam.28.12"},{"verseId":9028013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), I saw gods ascending out of the earth.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.13"},{"verseId":9028014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he said unto her, What form _is_ he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he _is_ covered with a mantle. And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) perceived that it _was_ [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), and he stooped with _his_ face to the ground, and bowed himself.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.14"},{"verseId":9028015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469) said to [Saul](/person/saul_2478), Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And [Saul](/person/saul_2478) answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and [God](/person/god_1324) is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.15"},{"verseId":9028016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Then said [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469), Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the [LORD](/person/god_1324) is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?","osisRef":"1Sam.28.16"},{"verseId":9028017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, _even_ to [David](/person/david_994):","osisRef":"1Sam.28.17"},{"verseId":9028018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), nor executedst his fierce wrath upon [[Amalek](/person/amalek_197)](/place/amalek_53), therefore hath the [LORD](/person/god_1324) done this thing unto thee this day.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.18"},{"verseId":9028019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Moreover the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow _shalt_ thou and thy sons _be_ with me: the [LORD](/person/god_1324) also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.19"},{"verseId":9028020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Then [Saul](/person/saul_2478) fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of [Samuel](/person/samuel_2469): and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.20"},{"verseId":9028021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the woman came unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.21"},{"verseId":9028022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.22"},{"verseId":9028023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.23"},{"verseId":9028024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded _it_, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:","osisRef":"1Sam.28.24"},{"verseId":9028025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And she brought _it_ before [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.","osisRef":"1Sam.28.25"}]},{"title":"1Sam 29","chapterNum":29,"osisRef":"1Sam.29","verses":[{"verseId":9029001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to [Aphek](/place/aphek_72): and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which _is_ in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_642).","osisRef":"1Sam.29.1"},{"verseId":9029002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but [David](/person/david_994) and his men passed on in the rereward with [Achish](/person/achish_66).","osisRef":"1Sam.29.2"},{"verseId":9029003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Then said the princes of the Philistines, What _do_ these Hebrews _here_? And [Achish](/person/achish_66) said unto the princes of the Philistines, _Is_ not this [David](/person/david_994), the servant of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell _unto_ _me_ unto this day?","osisRef":"1Sam.29.3"},{"verseId":9029004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? _should_ _it_ not _be_ with the heads of these men?","osisRef":"1Sam.29.4"},{"verseId":9029005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"_Is_ not this [David](/person/david_994), of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, [Saul](/person/saul_2478) slew his thousands, and [David](/person/david_994) his ten thousands?","osisRef":"1Sam.29.5"},{"verseId":9029006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then [Achish](/person/achish_66) called [David](/person/david_994), and said unto him, Surely, _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host _is_ good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.","osisRef":"1Sam.29.6"},{"verseId":9029007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Sam.29.7"},{"verseId":9029008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Achish](/person/achish_66), But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?","osisRef":"1Sam.29.8"},{"verseId":9029009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Achish](/person/achish_66) answered and said to [David](/person/david_994), I know that thou _art_ good in my sight, as an angel of [God](/person/god_1324): notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.","osisRef":"1Sam.29.9"},{"verseId":9029010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.","osisRef":"1Sam.29.10"},{"verseId":9029011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_642).","osisRef":"1Sam.29.11"}]},{"title":"1Sam 30","chapterNum":30,"osisRef":"1Sam.30","verses":[{"verseId":9030001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [David](/person/david_994) and his men were come to [Ziklag](/place/ziklag_1259) on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the [south](/place/negeb_885), and [Ziklag](/place/ziklag_1259), and smitten [Ziklag](/place/ziklag_1259), and burned it with fire;","osisRef":"1Sam.30.1"},{"verseId":9030002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And had taken the women captives, that _were_ therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried _them_ away, and went on their way.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.2"},{"verseId":9030003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) and his men came to the city, and, behold, _it_ _was_ burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.3"},{"verseId":9030004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) and the people that _were_ with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.4"},{"verseId":9030005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David’s](/person/david_994) two wives were taken captives, [Ahinoam](/person/ahinoam_153) the [Jezreelitess](/place/jezreel_642), and [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) the wife of [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) the [Carmelite](/place/carmel_278).","osisRef":"1Sam.30.5"},{"verseId":9030006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but [David](/person/david_994) encouraged himself in the [LORD](/person/god_1324) his [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Sam.30.6"},{"verseId":9030007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priest, [Ahimelech’s](/person/ahimelech_149) son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) brought thither the ephod to [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Sam.30.7"},{"verseId":9030008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) enquired at the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake _them_, and without fail recover _all_.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.8"},{"verseId":9030009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) went, he and the six hundred men that _were_ with him, and came to the brook [Besor](/place/besor_181), where those that were left behind stayed.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.9"},{"verseId":9030011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to [David](/person/david_994), and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;","osisRef":"1Sam.30.11"},{"verseId":9030012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk _any_ water, three days and three nights.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.12"},{"verseId":9030013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto him, To whom _belongest_ thou? and whence _art_ thou? And he said, I _am_ a young man of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.13"},{"verseId":9030014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"We made an invasion _upon_ the [south](/place/negeb_885) of the Cherethites, and upon _the_ _coast_ which _belongeth_ to [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and upon the [south](/place/negeb_885) of Caleb; and we burned [Ziklag](/place/ziklag_1259) with fire.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.14"},{"verseId":9030015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by [God](/person/god_1324), that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.15"},{"verseId":9030016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And when he had brought him down, behold, _they_ _were_ spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Sam.30.16"},{"verseId":9030017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.17"},{"verseId":9030018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and [David](/person/david_994) rescued his two wives.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.18"},{"verseId":9030019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any _thing_ that they had taken to them: [David](/person/david_994) recovered all.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.19"},{"verseId":9030020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) took all the flocks and the herds, _which_ they drave before those _other_ cattle, and said, This _is_ [David’s](/person/david_994) spoil.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.20"},{"verseId":9030021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow [David](/person/david_994), whom they had made also to abide at the brook [Besor](/place/besor_181): and they went forth to meet [David](/person/david_994), and to meet the people that _were_ with him: and when [David](/person/david_994) came near to the people, he saluted them.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.21"},{"verseId":9030022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then answered all the wicked men and _men_ of Belial, of those that went with [David](/person/david_994), and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them _ought_ of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead _them_ away, and depart.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.22"},{"verseId":9030023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Then said [David](/person/david_994), Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.23"},{"verseId":9030024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part _is_ that goeth down to the battle, so _shall_ his part _be_ that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.24"},{"verseId":9030025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And it was _so_ from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.25"},{"verseId":9030026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And when [David](/person/david_994) came to [Ziklag](/place/ziklag_1259), he sent of the spoil unto the elders of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), _even_ to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the [LORD](/person/god_1324);","osisRef":"1Sam.30.26"},{"verseId":9030027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"To _them_ which _were_ in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_203), and to _them_ which _were_ in [south](/place/negeb_885) [Ramoth](/place/ramoth_982), and to _them_ which _were_ in [Jattir](/place/jattir_626),","osisRef":"1Sam.30.27"},{"verseId":9030028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And to _them_ which _were_ in [Aroer](/place/aroer_95), and to _them_ which _were_ in [Siphmoth](/place/siphmoth_1099), and to _them_ which _were_ in [Eshtemoa](/place/eshtemoa_412),","osisRef":"1Sam.30.28"},{"verseId":9030029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And to _them_ which _were_ in [Rachal](/place/racal_968), and to _them_ which _were_ in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to _them_ which _were_ in the cities of the Kenites,","osisRef":"1Sam.30.29"},{"verseId":9030030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And to _them_ which _were_ in [Hormah](/place/hormah_580), and to _them_ which _were_ in [Chorashan](/place/bor-ashan_253), and to _them_ which _were_ in [Athach](/place/athach_116),","osisRef":"1Sam.30.30"},{"verseId":9030031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And to _them_ which _were_ in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551), and to all the places where [David](/person/david_994) himself and his men were wont to haunt.","osisRef":"1Sam.30.31"}]},{"title":"1Sam 31","chapterNum":31,"osisRef":"1Sam.31","verses":[{"verseId":9031001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount [Gilboa](/place/mount_gilboa_837).","osisRef":"1Sam.31.1"},{"verseId":9031002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the Philistines followed hard upon [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), and [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_641), and [Malchi-shua](/person/malchi-shua_1990), [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) sons.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.2"},{"verseId":9031003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the battle went sore against [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.3"},{"verseId":9031004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then said [Saul](/person/saul_2478) unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore [Saul](/person/saul_2478) took a sword, and fell upon it.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.4"},{"verseId":9031005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And when his armourbearer saw that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.5"},{"verseId":9031006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So [Saul](/person/saul_2478) died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.6"},{"verseId":9031007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And when the men of Israel that _were_ on the other side of the valley, and _they_ that _were_ on the other side [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), saw that the men of Israel fled, and that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.7"},{"verseId":9031008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and his three sons fallen in mount [Gilboa](/place/mount_gilboa_837).","osisRef":"1Sam.31.8"},{"verseId":9031009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish _it_ _in_ the house of their idols, and among the people.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.9"},{"verseId":9031010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of [Beth-shan](/place/beth-shan_232).","osisRef":"1Sam.31.10"},{"verseId":9031011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And when the inhabitants of [Jabesh-gilead](/place/jabesh-gilead_611) heard of that which the Philistines had done to [Saul](/person/saul_2478);","osisRef":"1Sam.31.11"},{"verseId":9031012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and the bodies of his sons from the wall of [Beth-shan](/place/beth-shan_232), and came to [Jabesh](/place/jabesh_610), and burnt them there.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.12"},{"verseId":9031013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And they took their bones, and buried _them_ under a tree at [Jabesh](/place/jabesh_610), and fasted seven days.","osisRef":"1Sam.31.13"}]}]}]}},"pageContext":{"lookupName":"1sam"}}}