bes - 1Samuel:15-16

bes@1Samuel:15:1 @ And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over Israel: and now hear the voice of the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:15:2 @ Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.

bes@1Samuel:15:3 @ And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and (note:)This is strangely given as the rendering of Myrxh «he destroyed’(:note) Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.

bes@1Samuel:15:4 @ And Saul summoned the people, and he (note:)Gr. numbers(:note) numbered them in Galgala, four hundred thousand Gr. of ranks regular troops, and Juda thirty thousand regular troops.

bes@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the (note:)Gr. brook(:note) valley.

bes@1Samuel:15:6 @ And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put thee with them; for thou dealedst mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec.

bes@1Samuel:15:7 @ And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.

bes@1Samuel:15:8 @ And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he slew all the people and (note:)This is strangely given as the rendering of Myrxh «he destroyed’(:note) Hierim with the edge of the sword.

bes@1Samuel:15:9 @ And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the (note:)Gr. good(:note) best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse Gr. work thing they destroyed.

bes@1Samuel:15:10 @ And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,

bes@1Samuel:15:11 @ I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night.

bes@1Samuel:15:12 @ And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Galgala to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalec.

bes@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.

bes@1Samuel:15:14 @ And Samuel said, What then is the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?

bes@1Samuel:15:15 @ And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.

bes@1Samuel:15:16 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.

bes@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Art thou not little in his eyes, though a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and yet the Lord anointed thee to be king over Israel.

bes@1Samuel:15:18 @ And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, even the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.

bes@1Samuel:15:19 @ And why didst not thou hearken to the voice of the Lord, but didst haste to fasten upon the spoils, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?

bes@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec.

bes@1Samuel:15:21 @ But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds out of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal.

bes@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

bes@1Samuel:15:23 @ For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.

bes@1Samuel:15:24 @ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and thy direction; for I feared the people, and I hearkened to their voice.

bes@1Samuel:15:25 @ And now remove, I pray thee, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord thy God.

bes@1Samuel:15:26 @ And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with thee, for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject thee from being king over Israel.

bes@1Samuel:15:27 @ And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his garment, and tore it.

bes@1Samuel:15:28 @ And Samuel said to him, The Lord has rent thy kingdom from Israel out of thy hand this day, and will give it to thy neighbour who is better than thou.

bes@1Samuel:15:29 @ And Israel shall be divided to two: and God will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.

bes@1Samuel:15:30 @ And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord thy God.

bes@1Samuel:15:31 @ So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:15:32 @ And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter?

bes@1Samuel:15:33 @ And Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew Agag before the Lord in Galgal.

bes@1Samuel:15:34 @ And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at Gabaa.

bes@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

bes@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jessae, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

bes@1Samuel:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How can I go? whereas Saul will hear of it, and slay me: and the Lord said, Take a heifer in thine hand and thou shall say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:16:3 @ And thou shalt call Jessae to the sacrifice, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint him whom I shall mention to thee.

bes@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethleem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, Dost thou come peaceably, thou Seer?

bes@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me this day: and he sanctified Jessae and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.

bes@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.

bes@1Samuel:16:7 @ But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

bes@1Samuel:16:8 @ And Jessae called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.

bes@1Samuel:16:9 @ And Jessae caused Sama to pass by: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.

bes@1Samuel:16:10 @ And Jessae caused his seven sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said, the Lord has not chosen these.

bes@1Samuel:16:11 @ And Samuel said to Jessae, (note:)Gr. Are thy sons come to an end?(:note) Hast thou no more sons? And Jessae said, There is yet Or, the youngest a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jessae, Send and fetch him for we may not sit down till he comes.

bes@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent and fetched him: and he was ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and (note:)Gr. goodly in the sight of the Lord(:note) very goodly to behold. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good.

bes@1Samuel:16:13 @ And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord (note:)Gr. leaped upon(:note) came upon David from that day forward: and Samuel arose, and departed to Armathaim.

bes@1Samuel:16:14 @ And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord (note:)Gr. choked him(:note) tormented him.

bes@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold now, and evil spirit from the Lord torments thee.

bes@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let now thy servants speak before thee, and let them seek for our lord a man skilled to play on the harp; and it shall come to pass when an evil spirit comes upon thee and he shall play on his harp, that thou shalt be well, and he shall refresh thee.

bes@1Samuel:16:17 @ And Saul said to his servants, Look now out for me a (note:)Gr. man playing skillfully(:note) skillful player, and bring him to me.

bes@1Samuel:16:18 @ And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessae the Bethleemite, and (note:)Gr. him understanding(:note) he understands playing on the harp, and the man is prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man is handsome, and the Lord is with him.

bes@1Samuel:16:19 @ And Saul sent messengers to Jessae, saying, Send to me thy son David who is with thy flock.

bes@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Jessae took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.

bes@1Samuel:16:21 @ And David went in to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.

bes@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Jessae, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.

bes@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

bes@1Samuel:17:1 @ And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca (note:)Alex. Aphesdommin(:note) Ephermen.