ukjv - 1Samuel:11-13

ukjv@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 you.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@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 you.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:5 @ And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What disturbs the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:6 @ And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

ukjv@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 comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, 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.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:9 @ And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall all of you say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, Tomorrow, by that time the sun be hot, all of you shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:10 @ Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out unto you, and all of you shall do with us all that seems good unto you.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:11 @ And it was so on the next day, 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.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:12 @ And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:13 @ And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: in order to day the LORD has wrought salvation in Israel.

ukjv@1Samuel:11:14 @ Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:1 @ And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that all of you said unto me, and have made a king over you.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:2 @ And now, behold, the king walks 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.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:4 @ And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken ought of any man's hand.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:5 @ And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that all of you have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:9 @ And when they forgotten about 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.

ukjv@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 you.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:11 @ And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and all of you dwelled safe.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:12 @ And when all of you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, all of you said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:13 @ Now therefore behold the king whom all of you have chosen, and whom all of you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:14 @ If all of you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both all of you and also the king that reigns over you continue following the LORD your God:

ukjv@1Samuel:12:15 @ But if all of you 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.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:16 @ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:17 @ Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that all of you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which all of you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for your servants unto the LORD your God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: all of you have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

ukjv@1Samuel:12:21 @ And turn all of you not aside: for then should all of you go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:22 @ For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.

ukjv@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:

ukjv@1Samuel:12:24 @ Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he has done for you.

ukjv@1Samuel:12:25 @ But if all of you shall still do wickedly, all of you shall be consumed, both all of you and your king.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:1 @ Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

ukjv@1Samuel:13:2 @ Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan stroke 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.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@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, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:9 @ And Saul said, Bring here a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:11 @ And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you came not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:13 @ And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly: you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now would the LORD have established your kingdom upon Israel for ever.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:14 @ But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be captain over his people, because you have not kept that which the LORD commanded you.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:15 @ And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:17 @ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leads to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

ukjv@1Samuel:13:18 @ And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

ukjv@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:

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:21 @ Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

ukjv@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.

ukjv@1Samuel:13:23 @ And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

ukjv@1Samuel:14:1 @ Now it came to pass on 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. But he told not his father.