strkjv@1Samuel:11:1
@ Then
Nahash
the
Ammonite
came
up
, and
encamped
against
Jabeshgilead
: and all the
men
of
Jabesh
said
unto
Nahash
,
Make
a
covenant
with us, and we will
serve
thee.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:2
@ And
Nahash
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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:3
@ And the
elders
of
Jabesh
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.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:4
@ Then
came
the
messengers
to
Gibeah
of
Saul
, and
told
the
tidings
in the
ears
of the
people
: and all the
people
lifted
up
their
voices
, and
wept
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:5
@ And, behold,
Saul
came
after
the
herd
out of the
field
; and
Saul
said
, What aileth the
people
that they
weep
? And they
told
him the
tidings
of the
men
of
Jabesh
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:6
@ And the
Spirit
of
God
came
upon
Saul
when he
heard
those
tidings
, and his
anger
was
kindled
greatly
m@.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:7
@ 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
and
after
Samuel
Sh@, so shall it be
done
unto his
oxen
. And the
fear
of the
LORD
fell
on the
people
, and they came
out
with
one
consent
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:8
@ And when he
numbered
them in
Bezek
, the
children
of
Israel
were
three
hundred
thousand
, and the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:9
@ And they
said
unto the
messengers
that
came
, Thus shall ye
say
unto the
men
of
Jabeshgilead
, To
morrow
, by that time the
sun
be
hot
, ye shall have
help
t@. And the
messengers
came
and
shewed
it to the
men
of
Jabesh
; and they were
glad
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:10
@ Therefore the
men
of
Jabesh
said
, To
morrow
we will come
out
unto you, and ye shall
do
with us all that
seemeth
good
unto you.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:11
@ And it was so on the
morrow
, that
Saul
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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:12
@ And the
people
said
unto
Samuel
Sh@, Who is he that
said
, Shall
Saul
reign
over us?
bring
the
men
, that we may put them to
death
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:13
@ And
Saul
said
, There shall not a
man
be put to
death
this
day
: for to
day
the
LORD
hath
wrought
salvation
in
Israel
.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:14
@ Then
said
Samuel
to the
people
,
Come
, and let us
go
to
Gilgal
, and
renew
the
kingdom
there.
strkjv@1Samuel:11:15
@ And all the
people
went
to
Gilgal
; and there they made
Saul
king
before
the
LORD
in
Gilgal
; and there they
sacrificed
sacrifices
of peace
offerings
before
the
LORD
; and there
Saul
and all the
men
of
Israel
rejoiced
greatly
m@.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:1
@ And
Samuel
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.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:2
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:3
@ Behold, here I am:
witness
against me before the
LORD
, 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.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:4
@ And they
said
, Thou hast not
defrauded
us, nor
oppressed
us, neither hast thou
taken
ought
of any
mans
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:5
@ And he
said
unto them, The
LORD
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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:6
@ And
Samuel
said
unto the
people
, It is the
LORD
that
advanced
Moses
and
Aaron
, and that
brought
your
fathers
up
out of the
land
of
Egypt
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:7
@ Now therefore stand
still
, that I may
reason
with you
before
the
LORD
of all the righteous
acts
of the
LORD
, which he
did
to you and to your
fathers
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:8
@ When
Jacob
was
come
into
Egypt
, and your
fathers
cried
unto the
LORD
, then the
LORD
sent
Moses
and
Aaron
, which brought
forth
your
fathers
out of
Egypt
, and made them
dwell
in this
place
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:9
@ And when they
forgat
the
LORD
their
God
, he
sold
them into the
hand
of
Sisera
,
captain
of the
host
of
Hazor
, and into the
hand
of the
Philistines
, and into the
hand
of the
king
of
Moab
, and they
fought
against them.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:10
@ And they
cried
unto the
LORD
, and
said
, We have
sinned
, because we have
forsaken
the
LORD
, and have
served
Baalim
and
Ashtaroth
: but now
deliver
us out of the
hand
of our
enemies
, and we will
serve
thee.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:11
@ And the
LORD
sent
Jerubbaal
Y@, and
Bedan
, and
Jephthah
, and
Samuel
Sh@, and
delivered
you out of the
hand
of your
enemies
on every
side
, and ye
dwelled
safe
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:12
@ And when ye
saw
that
Nahash
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
your
God
was your
king
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:13
@ Now therefore behold the
king
whom ye have
chosen
, and whom ye have
desired
! and, behold, the
LORD
hath
set
a
king
over you.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:14
@ If ye will
fear
the
LORD
, and
serve
him, and
obey
his
voice
, and not
rebel
against the
commandment
of the
LORD
, then shall both ye and also the
king
that
reigneth
over you continue
following
the
LORD
your
God
:
strkjv@1Samuel:12:15
@ But if ye will not
obey
the
voice
of the
LORD
, but
rebel
against the
commandment
of the
LORD
, then shall the
hand
of the
LORD
be against you, as it was against your
fathers
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:16
@ Now
therefore
stand
and
see
this
great
thing
, which the
LORD
will
do
before your
eyes
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:17
@ Is it not
wheat
harvest
to
day
? I will
call
unto the
LORD
, 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
, in
asking
you a
king
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:18
@ So
Samuel
called
unto the
LORD
; and the
LORD
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day
: and all the
people
greatly
feared
the
LORD
and
Samuel
Sh@.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:19
@ And all the
people
said
unto
Samuel
Sh@,
Pray
for thy
servants
unto the
LORD
thy
God
, that we
die
not: for we have
added
unto all our
sins
this
evil
, to
ask
us a
king
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:20
@ And
Samuel
said
unto the
people
,
Fear
not: ye have
done
all this
wickedness
: yet turn not
aside
from
following
the
LORD
, but
serve
the
LORD
with all your
heart
;
strkjv@1Samuel:12:21
@ And turn ye not
aside
: for then should ye go
after
vain
things, which cannot
profit
nor
deliver
; for they are
vain
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:22
@ For the
LORD
will not
forsake
his
people
for his
great
names
sake: because it hath
pleased
the
LORD
to
make
you his
people
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:23
@ Moreover as for
me
, God
forbid
that I should
sin
against the
LORD
in
ceasing
to
pray
for you: but I will
teach
you the
good
and the
right
way
:
strkjv@1Samuel:12:24
@ Only
fear
the
LORD
, and
serve
him in
truth
with all your
heart
: for
consider
how great things he hath
done
for you.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:25
@ But if ye shall
still
do
wickedly
, ye shall be
consumed
, both ye and your
king
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:1
@
Saul
reigned
one
year
; and when he had
reigned
two
years
over
Israel
,
strkjv@1Samuel:13:2
@
Saul
chose
him
three
thousand
men of
Israel
; whereof two
thousand
were with
Saul
in
Michmash
and in
mount
Bethel
Beyth-, and a
thousand
were with
Jonathan
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
: and the
rest
of the
people
he
sent
every
man
to his
tent
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:3
@ And
Jonathan
smote
the
garrison
of the
Philistines
that was in
Geba
, and the
Philistines
heard
of it. And
Saul
blew
the
trumpet
throughout all the
land
,
saying
, Let the
Hebrews
hear
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:4
@ And all
Israel
heard
say
that
Saul
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
to
Gilgal
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:5
@ 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
,
eastward
from
Bethaven
Beyth.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:6
@ 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
m@, and in
thickets
, and in
rocks
, and in high
places
, and in
pits
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:7
@ And some of the
Hebrews
went
over
Jordan
to the
land
of
Gad
and
Gilead
. As for
Saul
, he was yet in
Gilgal
, and all the
people
followed
him
trembling
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:8
@ And he
tarried
seven
days
, according to the set
time
that
Samuel
had appointed: but
Samuel
came
not to
Gilgal
; and the
people
were
scattered
from him.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:9
@ And
Saul
said
, Bring
hither
a burnt
offering
to me, and peace
offerings
. And he
offered
the burnt
offering
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:10
@ And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an
end
of
offering
the burnt
offering
, behold,
Samuel
came
; and
Saul
went
out
to
meet
him, that he might
salute
him.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:11
@ And
Samuel
said
, What hast thou
done
? And
Saul
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
;
strkjv@1Samuel:13:12
@ Therefore
said
I, The
Philistines
will come
down
now upon me to
Gilgal
, and I have not made
supplication
unto
the
LORD
: I
forced
myself therefore, and
offered
a burnt
offering
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:13
@ And
Samuel
said
to
Saul
, Thou hast done
foolishly
: thou hast not
kept
the
commandment
of the
LORD
thy
God
, which he
commanded
thee: for now would the
LORD
have
established
thy
kingdom
upon
Israel
for
ever
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:14
@ But now thy
kingdom
shall not
continue
: the
LORD
hath
sought
him a
man
after his own
heart
, and the
LORD
hath
commanded
him to be
captain
over his
people
, because thou hast not
kept
that which the
LORD
commanded
thee.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:15
@ And
Samuel
arose
, and gat him
up
from
Gilgal
unto
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
. And
Saul
numbered
the
people
that were
present
with him, about
six
hundred
men
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:16
@ And
Saul
, and
Jonathan
his
son
, and the
people
that were
present
with them,
abode
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
: but the
Philistines
encamped
in
Michmash
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:17
@ And the
spoilers
came
out
of the
camp
of the
Philistines
in
three
companies
:
one
company
turned
unto the
way
that leadeth to
Ophrah
, unto the
land
of
Shual
:
strkjv@1Samuel:13:18
@ And
another
company
turned
the
way
to
Bethhoron
Beyth: and
another
company
turned
to the
way
of the
border
that
looketh
to the
valley
of
Zeboim
toward the
wilderness
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:19
@ Now there was no
smith
found
throughout all the
land
of
Israel
: for the
Philistines
said
, Lest the
Hebrews
make
them
swords
or
spears
:
strkjv@1Samuel:13:20
@ But all the
Israelites
went
down
to the
Philistines
, to
sharpen
every
man
his
share
, and his
coulter
, and his
axe
, and his
mattock
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:21
@ Yet they had a
file
p@
for the
mattocks
, and for the
coulters
, and for the
forks
, and for the
axes
, and to
sharpen
the
goads
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:22
@ So it came to pass in the
day
of
battle
, that there was neither
sword
nor
spear
found
in the
hand
of any of the
people
that were with
Saul
and
Jonathan
: but with
Saul
and with
Jonathan
his
son
was there
found
.
strkjv@1Samuel:13:23
@ And the
garrison
of the
Philistines
went
out
to the
passage
of
Michmash
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:1
@ Now it came to pass upon a
day
, that
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
said
unto the young
man
that
bare
his
armour
,
Come
, and let us go
over
to the
Philistines
garrison
, that is on the other
side
H1975. But he
told
not his
father
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:2
@ And
Saul
tarried
in the
uttermost
part of
Gibeah
under a pomegranate
tree
which is in
Migron
: and the
people
that were with him were about
six
hundred
men
;
strkjv@1Samuel:14:3
@ And
Ahiah
, the
son
of
Ahitub
,
Ichabods
Iy-
brother
, the
son
of
Phinehas
, the
son
of
Eli
, the
LORDS
priest
in
Shiloh
,
wearing
an
ephod
. And the
people
knew
not that
Jonathan
was
gone
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:4
@ And between the
passages
, by which
Jonathan
sought
to go
over
unto the
Philistines
garrison
, there was a
sharp
rock
on the one
side
, and a
sharp
rock
on the other
side
: and the
name
of the
one
was
Bozez
, and the
name
of the
other
Seneh
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:5
@ The
forefront
of the
one
was
situate
northward
over
against
Michmash
, and the
other
southward
over
against
Gibeah
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:6
@ And
Jonathan
said
to the young
man
that
bare
his
armour
,
Come
, and let us go
over
unto the
garrison
of these
uncircumcised
: it may be that the
LORD
will
work
for us: for there is no
restraint
to the
LORD
to
save
by
many
or by
few
m@.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:7
@ And his
armourbearer
said
unto him,
Do
all that is in thine
heart
:
turn
thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy
heart
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:8
@ Then
said
Jonathan
, Behold, we will pass
over
unto these
men
, and we will
discover
ourselves unto them.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:9
@ If they
say
thus unto us,
Tarry
until we
come
to you; then we will stand
still
in our place, and will not go
up
unto them.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:10
@ But if they
say
thus, Come
up
unto us; then we will go
up
: for the
LORD
hath
delivered
them into our
hand
: and this shall be a
sign
unto us.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:11
@ And
both
of them
discovered
themselves unto the
garrison
of the
Philistines
: and the
Philistines
said
, Behold, the
Hebrews
come
forth
out of the
holes
where they had
hid
themselves.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:12
@ And the
men
of the
garrison
answered
Jonathan
and his
armourbearer
, and
said
, Come
up
to us, and we will
shew
you a
thing
. And
Jonathan
said
unto his
armourbearer
, Come
up
after
me: for the
LORD
hath
delivered
them into the
hand
of
Israel
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:13
@ And
Jonathan
climbed
up
upon his
hands
and upon his
feet
, and his
armourbearer
after
him: and they
fell
before
Jonathan
; and his
armourbearer
slew
after
him.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:14
@ And that
first
slaughter
, which
Jonathan
and his
armourbearer
made
, was about
twenty
men
, within as it were an
half
acre
of
land
, which a
yoke
of oxen might plow.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:15
@ And there was
trembling
in the
host
, in the
field
, and among all the
people
: the
garrison
, and the
spoilers
, they also
trembled
, and the
earth
quaked
: so it was a very
great
trembling
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:16
@ And the
watchmen
of
Saul
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
looked
; and, behold, the
multitude
melted
away
, and they
went
on beating
down
one another.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:17
@ Then
said
Saul
unto the
people
that were with him,
Number
now, and
see
who is
gone
from us. And when they had
numbered
, behold,
Jonathan
and his
armourbearer
were not there.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:18
@ And
Saul
said
unto
Ahiah
, Bring
hither
the
ark
of
God
. For the
ark
of
God
was at that
time
with the
children
of
Israel
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:19
@ And it came to pass, while
Saul
talked
unto the
priest
, that the
noise
that was in the
host
of the
Philistines
went
on
and
increased
: and
Saul
said
unto the
priest
,
Withdraw
thine
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:20
@ And
Saul
and all the
people
that were with him
assembled
themselves, and they
came
to the
battle
: and, behold, every
mans
sword
was against his
fellow
, and there was a
very
great
discomfiture
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:21
@ Moreover the
Hebrews
that were with the
Philistines
before
that
time
, which went
up
with them into the
camp
from the country round
about
, even they also turned to be with the
Israelites
that were with
Saul
and
Jonathan
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:22
@ Likewise all the
men
of
Israel
which had
hid
themselves in
mount
Ephraim
, when they
heard
that the
Philistines
fled
, even they also followed
hard
after
them in the
battle
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:23
@ So the
LORD
saved
Israel
that
day
: and the
battle
passed
over
unto
Bethaven
Beyth.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:24
@ And the
men
of
Israel
were
distressed
that
day
: for
Saul
had
adjured
the
people
,
saying
,
Cursed
be the
man
that
eateth
any
food
until
evening
, that I may be
avenged
on mine
enemies
. So none of the
people
tasted
any
food
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:25
@ And all they of the
land
came
to a
wood
; and there was
honey
upon
the
ground
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:26
@ And when the
people
were
come
into the
wood
, behold, the
honey
dropped
; but no man
put
his
hand
to his
mouth
: for the
people
feared
the
oath
sh@.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:27
@ But
Jonathan
heard
not when his
father
charged
the
people
with the
oath
: wherefore he put
forth
the
end
of the
rod
that was in his
hand
, and
dipped
it in an
honeycomb
H1706, and
put
his
hand
to his
mouth
; and his
eyes
were
enlightened
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:28
@ Then
answered
one
of the
people
, and
said
, Thy
father
straitly
charged
the
people
with an
oath
,
saying
,
Cursed
be the
man
that
eateth
any
food
this
day
. And the
people
were
faint
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:29
@ Then
said
Jonathan
, My
father
hath
troubled
the
land
:
see
, I pray you, how mine
eyes
have been
enlightened
, because I
tasted
a
little
of this
honey
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:30
@ How much
more
, if
haply
the
people
had
eaten
freely
to
day
of the
spoil
of their
enemies
which they
found
? for had there not been now a much
greater
slaughter
among the
Philistines
?
strkjv@1Samuel:14:31
@ And they
smote
the
Philistines
that
day
from
Michmash
to
Aijalon
: and the
people
were
very
faint
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:32
@ And the
people
flew
upon the
spoil
, and
took
sheep
, and
oxen
, and
calves
, and
slew
them on the
ground
: and the
people
did
eat
them with the
blood
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:33
@ Then they
told
Saul
,
saying
, Behold, the
people
sin
against the
LORD
, in that they
eat
with the
blood
. And he
said
, Ye have
transgressed
:
roll
a
great
stone
unto me this
day
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:34
@ And
Saul
said
,
Disperse
yourselves among the
people
, and
say
unto them, Bring me
hither
every
man
his
ox
, and every
man
his
sheep
, and
slay
them here, and
eat
; and
sin
not against the
LORD
in
eating
with the
blood
. And all the
people
brought
every
man
his
ox
with
him
that
night
, and
slew
them there.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:35
@ And
Saul
built
an
altar
unto the
LORD
: the same was the
first
altar
that he
built
unto the
LORD
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:36
@ And
Saul
said
, Let us go
down
after
the
Philistines
by
night
, and
spoil
them until the
morning
light
, and let us not
leave
a
man
of them. And they
said
,
Do
whatsoever
seemeth
good
unto thee. Then
said
the
priest
, Let us draw
near
hither
unto
God
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:37
@ And
Saul
asked
counsel of
God
, Shall I go
down
after
the
Philistines
? wilt thou
deliver
them into the
hand
of
Israel
? But he
answered
him not that
day
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:38
@ And
Saul
said
, Draw ye
near
hither
, all the
chief
of the
people
: and
know
and
see
wherein
this
sin
hath been this
day
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:39
@ For, as the
LORD
liveth
, which
saveth
Israel
, though it
be
in
Jonathan
my
son
, he shall
surely
die
. But there was not a man among all the
people
that
answered
him.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:40
@ Then
said
he unto all
Israel
, Be ye on
one
side
, and I and
Jonathan
my
son
will be on the
other
side
. And the
people
said
unto
Saul
,
Do
what
seemeth
good
unto thee.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:41
@ Therefore
Saul
said
unto the
LORD
God
of
Israel
,
Give
a
perfect
lot. And
Saul
and
Jonathan
were
taken
: but the
people
escaped
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:42
@ And
Saul
said
,
Cast
lots between me and
Jonathan
my
son
. And
Jonathan
was
taken
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:43
@ Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan
,
Tell
me what thou hast
done
. And
Jonathan
told
him, and
said
, I did
but
taste
a
little
honey
with the
end
of the
rod
that was in mine
hand
, and,
lo
, I must
die
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:44
@ And
Saul
answered
,
God
do
so
and more
also
: for thou shalt
surely
die
,
Jonathan
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:45
@ And the
people
said
unto
Saul
, Shall
Jonathan
die
, who hath
wrought
this
great
salvation
in
Israel
? God
forbid
: as the
LORD
liveth
, there shall not one
hair
of his
head
fall
to the
ground
; for he hath
wrought
with
God
this
day
. So the
people
rescued
Jonathan
, that he
died
not.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:46
@ Then
Saul
went
up
from
following
the
Philistines
: and the
Philistines
went
to their own
place
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:47
@ So
Saul
took
the
kingdom
over
Israel
, and
fought
against all his
enemies
on every
side
, against
Moab
, and against the
children
of
Ammon
, and against
Edom
, and against the
kings
of
Zobah
, and against the
Philistines
: and whithersoever he
turned
himself, he
vexed
them.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:48
@ And he
gathered
an
host
, and
smote
the
Amalekites
, and
delivered
Israel
out of the
hands
of them that
spoiled
them.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:49
@ Now the
sons
of
Saul
were
Jonathan
, and
Ishui
, and
Melchishua
: and the
names
of his
two
daughters
were these; the
name
of the
firstborn
Merab
, and the
name
of the
younger
Michal
:
strkjv@1Samuel:14:50
@ And the
name
of
Sauls
wife
was
Ahinoam
, the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz
: and the
name
of the
captain
of his
host
was
Abner
, the
son
of
Ner
,
Sauls
uncle
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:51
@ And
Kish
was the
father
of
Saul
; and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner
was the
son
of
Abiel
.
strkjv@1Samuel:14:52
@ And there was
sore
war
against the
Philistines
all the
days
of
Saul
: and when
Saul
saw
any
strong
man
, or any
valiant
man
, he
took
him unto him.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:1
@
Samuel
also
said
unto
Saul
, The
LORD
sent
me to
anoint
thee to be
king
over his
people
, over
Israel
: now therefore
hearken
thou unto the
voice
of the
words
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:2
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, I
remember
that which
Amalek
did
to
Israel
, how he
laid
wait for him in the
way
, when he came
up
from
Egypt
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:3
@ Now
go
and
smite
Amalek
, and utterly
destroy
all that they have, and
spare
them not; but
slay
both
man
and
woman
,
infant
and
suckling
,
ox
and
sheep
,
camel
and
ass
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:4
@ And
Saul
gathered
the
people
together
, and
numbered
them in
Telaim
T@, two
hundred
thousand
footmen
, and
ten
thousand
men
of
Judah
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:5
@ And
Saul
came
to a
city
of
Amalek
, and laid
wait
in the
valley
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:6
@ And
Saul
said
unto the
Kenites
,
Go
,
depart
, get you
down
from
among
the
Amalekites
, lest I
destroy
you with them: for ye
shewed
kindness
to all the
children
of
Israel
, when they came
up
out of
Egypt
. So the
Kenites
departed
from
among
the
Amalekites
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:7
@ And
Saul
smote
the
Amalekites
from
Havilah
until thou
comest
to
Shur
, that is over
against
Egypt
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:8
@ And he
took
Agag
the
king
of the
Amalekites
alive
, and utterly
destroyed
all the
people
with the
edge
of the
sword
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:9
@ But
Saul
and the
people
spared
Agag
, and the
best
of the
sheep
, and of the
oxen
, and of the
fatlings
, and the
lambs
, and all that was
good
, and
would
not utterly
destroy
them: but every
thing
that was
vile
and
refuse
, that they destroyed
utterly
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:10
@ Then came the
word
of the
LORD
unto
Samuel
Sh@,
saying
,
strkjv@1Samuel:15:11
@ It
repenteth
me that I have set
up
Saul
to be
king
: for he is turned
back
from
following
me, and hath not
performed
my
commandments
. And it
grieved
Samuel
Sh@; and he
cried
unto the
LORD
all
night
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:12
@ And when
Samuel
rose
early
to
meet
Saul
in the
morning
, it was
told
Samuel
Sh@,
saying
,
Saul
came
to
Carmel
, and, behold, he set him
up
a
place
, and is gone
about
, and passed
on
, and gone
down
to
Gilgal
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:13
@ And
Samuel
came
to
Saul
: and
Saul
said
unto him,
Blessed
be thou of the
LORD
: I have
performed
the
commandment
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:14
@ And
Samuel
said
, What meaneth then this
bleating
of the
sheep
in mine
ears
, and the
lowing
of the
oxen
which I
hear
?
strkjv@1Samuel:15:15
@ And
Saul
said
, They have
brought
them from the
Amalekites
: for the
people
spared
the
best
of the
sheep
and of the
oxen
, to
sacrifice
unto the
LORD
thy
God
; and the
rest
we have utterly
destroyed
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:16
@ Then
Samuel
said
unto
Saul
,
Stay
, and I will
tell
thee what the
LORD
hath
said
to me this
night
. And he
said
unto him, Say
on
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:17
@ And
Samuel
said
, When thou wast
little
in thine own
sight
, wast thou not made the
head
of the
tribes
of
Israel
, and the
LORD
anointed
thee
king
over
Israel
?
strkjv@1Samuel:15:18
@ And the
LORD
sent
thee on a
journey
, and
said
,
Go
and utterly
destroy
the
sinners
the
Amalekites
, and
fight
against them until they be
consumed
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:19
@ Wherefore then didst thou not
obey
the
voice
of the
LORD
, but didst
fly
upon the
spoil
, and
didst
evil
in the
sight
of the
LORD
?
strkjv@1Samuel:15:20
@ And
Saul
said
unto
Samuel
Sh@, Yea, I have
obeyed
the
voice
of the
LORD
, and have
gone
the
way
which the
LORD
sent
me, and have
brought
Agag
the
king
of
Amalek
, and have utterly
destroyed
the
Amalekites
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:21
@ But the
people
took
of the
spoil
,
sheep
and
oxen
, the
chief
of the things which should have been utterly
destroyed
, to
sacrifice
unto the
LORD
thy
God
in
Gilgal
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:22
@ And
Samuel
said
, Hath the
LORD
as great
delight
in burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices
, as in
obeying
the
voice
of the
LORD
? Behold, to
obey
is
better
than
sacrifice
, and to
hearken
than the
fat
of
rams
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:23
@ For
rebellion
is as the
sin
of
witchcraft
, and
stubbornness
is as
iniquity
and
idolatry
. Because thou hast
rejected
the
word
of the
LORD
, he hath also
rejected
thee from being
king
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:24
@ And
Saul
said
unto
Samuel
Sh@, I have
sinned
: for I have
transgressed
the
commandment
of the
LORD
, and thy
words
: because I
feared
the
people
, and
obeyed
their
voice
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:25
@ Now therefore, I pray thee,
pardon
my
sin
, and turn
again
with me, that I may
worship
the
LORD
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:26
@ And
Samuel
said
unto
Saul
, I will not
return
with thee: for thou hast
rejected
the
word
of the
LORD
, and the
LORD
hath
rejected
thee from being
king
over
Israel
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:27
@ And as
Samuel
turned
about
to go
away
, he laid
hold
upon the
skirt
of his
mantle
m@, and it
rent
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:28
@ And
Samuel
said
unto him, The
LORD
hath
rent
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from thee this
day
, and hath
given
it to a
neighbour
of thine, that is
better
than thou.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:29
@ And also the
Strength
of
Israel
will not
lie
nor
repent
: for he is not a
man
, that he should
repent
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:30
@ Then he
said
, I have
sinned
: yet
honour
me now, I pray thee, before the
elders
of my
people
, and before
Israel
, and turn
again
with me, that I may
worship
the
LORD
thy
God
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:31
@ So
Samuel
turned
again
after
Saul
; and
Saul
worshipped
the
LORD
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:32
@ Then
said
Samuel
Sh@, Bring ye
hither
to me
Agag
the
king
of the
Amalekites
. And
Agag
came
unto him
delicately
. And
Agag
said
,
Surely
the
bitterness
of
death
is
past
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:33
@ And
Samuel
said
, As thy
sword
hath made
women
childless
, so shall thy
mother
be
childless
among
women
. And
Samuel
hewed
Agag
in
pieces
before
the
LORD
in
Gilgal
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:34
@ Then
Samuel
went
to
Ramah
; and
Saul
went
up
to his
house
to
Gibeah
of
Saul
.
strkjv@1Samuel:15:35
@ And
Samuel
came no
more
to
see
Saul
until the
day
of his
death
:
nevertheless
Samuel
mourned
for
Saul
: and the
LORD
repented
that he had made
Saul
king
over
Israel
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:1
@ And the
LORD
said
unto
Samuel
Sh@, How long wilt thou
mourn
for
Saul
, seeing I have
rejected
him from
reigning
over
Israel
?
fill
thine
horn
with
oil
, and
go
, I will
send
thee to
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite
Beyth hal-: for I have
provided
me a
king
among his
sons
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:2
@ And
Samuel
said
, How can I
go
? if
Saul
hear
it, he will
kill
me. And the
LORD
said
,
Take
an
heifer
with
thee
, and
say
, I am
come
to
sacrifice
to the
LORD
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:3
@ And
call
Jesse
to the
sacrifice
, and I will
shew
thee what thou shalt
do
: and thou shalt
anoint
unto me him whom I
name
unto thee.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:4
@ And
Samuel
did
that which the
LORD
spake
, and
came
to
Bethlehem
Beyth. And the
elders
of the
town
trembled
at his
coming
, and
said
,
Comest
thou
peaceably
?
strkjv@1Samuel:16:5
@ And he
said
,
Peaceably
: I am
come
to
sacrifice
unto the
LORD
:
sanctify
yourselves, and
come
with me to the
sacrifice
. And he
sanctified
Jesse
and his
sons
, and
called
them to the
sacrifice
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:6
@ And it came to pass, when they were
come
, that he
looked
on
Eliab
, and
said
, Surely the
LORDS
anointed
is before him.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:7
@ But the
LORD
said
unto
Samuel
Sh@,
Look
not on his
countenance
, or on the
height
of his
stature
; because I have
refused
him: for the LORD seeth not as
man
seeth
; for
man
looketh
on the outward
appearance
, but the
LORD
looketh
on the
heart
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:8
@ Then
Jesse
called
Abinadab
, and made him
pass
before
Samuel
Sh@. And he
said
, Neither hath the
LORD
chosen
this.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:9
@ Then
Jesse
made
Shammah
to pass
by
. And he
said
, Neither hath the
LORD
chosen
this.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:10
@ Again,
Jesse
made
seven
of his
sons
to
pass
before
Samuel
Sh@. And
Samuel
said
unto
Jesse
, The
LORD
hath not
chosen
these.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:11
@ And
Samuel
said
unto
Jesse
, Are here
all
thy
children
? And he
said
, There
remaineth
yet the
youngest
, and, behold, he
keepeth
the
sheep
. And
Samuel
said
unto
Jesse
,
Send
and
fetch
him: for we will not sit
down
till he
come
hither
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:12
@ And he
sent
, and brought him
in
. Now he was
ruddy
, and
withal
of a
beautiful
countenance
, and
goodly
to look
to
. And the
LORD
said
,
Arise
,
anoint
him: for this is he.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:13
@ Then
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil
, and
anointed
him in the
midst
of his
brethren
: and the
Spirit
of the
LORD
came
upon
David
from that
day
forward
. So
Samuel
rose
up
, and
went
to
Ramah
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:14
@ But the
Spirit
of the
LORD
departed
from
Saul
, and an
evil
spirit
from the
LORD
troubled
him.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:15
@ And
Sauls
servants
said
unto him, Behold now, an
evil
spirit
from
God
troubleth
thee.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:16
@ Let our
lord
now
command
thy
servants
, which are
before
thee, to seek
out
a
man
, who is a
cunning
player
on an
harp
: and it shall come to pass, when the
evil
spirit
from
God
is upon thee, that he shall
play
with his
hand
, and thou shalt be
well
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:17
@ And
Saul
said
unto his
servants
,
Provide
me now a
man
that can
play
well
, and
bring
him to me.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:18
@ Then
answered
one
of the
servants
, and
said
, Behold, I have
seen
a
son
of
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite
Beyth hal-, that is
cunning
in
playing
, and a
mighty
valiant
man
, and a
man
of
war
, and
prudent
in
matters
, and a
comely
person
, and the
LORD
is with him.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:19
@ Wherefore
Saul
sent
messengers
unto
Jesse
, and
said
,
Send
me
David
thy
son
, which is with the
sheep
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:20
@ And
Jesse
took
an
ass
laden with
bread
, and a
bottle
of
wine
, and
a
kid
g@
, and
sent
them
by
David
his
son
unto
Saul
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:21
@ And
David
came
to
Saul
, and
stood
before
him: and he
loved
him
greatly
m@; and he became his
armourbearer
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:22
@ And
Saul
sent
to
Jesse
,
saying
, Let
David
, I pray thee,
stand
before
me; for he hath
found
favour
in my
sight
.
strkjv@1Samuel:16:23
@ And it came to pass, when the evil
spirit
from
God
was upon
Saul
, that
David
took
an
harp
, and
played
with his
hand
: so
Saul
was
refreshed
, and was
well
, and the
evil
spirit
departed
from him.
strkjv@1Samuel:17:1
@ Now the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
battle
, and were gathered
together
at
Shochoh
, which belongeth to
Judah
, and
pitched
between
Shochoh
and
Azekah
, in
Ephesdammim
Ephec.
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