lesserot - 1Samuel:15-17

lesserot@1Samuel:15:1 @ And Samuel said unto Saul, Me did the Lord send to anoint thee as king over his people, over Israel; and now hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:2 @ Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he lay in wait for him on the way, when he came up from Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:3 @ Now go and smite Amalek, and devote all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and lamb, camel and ass.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:4 @ And Saul ordered the people to assemble, and he numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand of the men of Judah.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and he fought in the valley.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:6 @ And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from the midst of the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; whereas ye acted kindly with all the children of Israel, at their coming up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from the midst of the Amalekites.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:7 @ And Saul smote the Amalekites from Chavilah until thou comest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:8 @ And he caught Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and all the people he devoted to the edge of the sword.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:9 @ But Saul together with the people had pity on Agag, and on the best of the flocks, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the fat lambs, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them; but all the cattle that was of little value and weak, that they destroyed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:10 @ And the word of the Lord came unto Samuel, saying,

lesserot@1Samuel:15:11 @ I repent that I have set up Saul as king; for he hath turned back from following me, and my word hath he not performed: and it displeased Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all the night.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:12 @ And Samuel rose up early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set himself up a monument, and then went about, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou unto the Lord, I have performed the word of the Lord.

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

lesserot@1Samuel:15:15 @ And Saul said, From the Amalekites have they brought them; because the people had pity on the best of the flocks and of the oxen, in order to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest have we destroyed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:16 @ And Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord said to me this night: and he said unto him, Speak.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said, Is it not that, however little thou wast in thy own eyes, thou art the head of the tribes of Israel? and the Lord anointed thee as king over Israel?

lesserot@1Samuel:15:18 @ And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and thou shalt fight against them until they be consumed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:19 @ Wherefore then didst thou not hearken unto the voice of the Lord, and didst fly upon the spoil, and didst the evil in the eyes of the Lord?

lesserot@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have fully hearkened unto the voice of the Lord; and I went on the way which the Lord had sent me; and I have brought Agag the king of Amalek; and the Amalekites have I destroyed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:21 @ And the people took of the spoil, of the flocks and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as much delight in burntofferings and in sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to attend more than the fat of the rams.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:23 @ For the sin of witchcraft is rebellion, and idolatry and imageworship, stubbornness; inasmuch as thou hast despised the word of the Lord, he hath also despised thee that thou shalt not be king.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:24 @ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the will of the Lord, and thy words; because I feared the people, and I hearkened to their voice.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:25 @ And now, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may prostrate myself to the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:26 @ And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee; for thou didst despise the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath despised thee, that thou shalt not be king over Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:27 @ And Samuel turned about to go: and he laid hold on the corner of his mantle, and it was rent.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:28 @ And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee this day, and hath given it to thy associate, who is better than thou.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:30 @ And he said, I have sinned; honor me now, I pray thee, in the presence of the elders of my people, and in the presence of Israel, and return with me, that I may prostrate myself unto the Lord thy God.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:31 @ So Samuel returned, following Saul; and Saul prostrated himself to the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:32 @ And Samuel said, Bring ye hither unto me Agag the king of the Amalekites: and Agag came unto him cheerfully; and Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:33 @ And Samuel said, As thy sword did make women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women; and Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:34 @ Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house at Gibah of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel did not see Saul any more until the day of his death; because Samuel mourned for Saul; and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him so as not to reign over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlechemite; for I have selected among his sons unto myself a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How shall I go? if Saul should hear it, he would kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, To sacrifice unto the Lord am I come.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:3 @ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let thee know what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto me the one whom I will say unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did that which the Lord had spoken, and came to Bethlechem. And the elders of the town came hastily to meet him, and said, Peace to thee at thy coming.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he said, Peace: to sacrifice unto the Lord am I come; sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it came to pass, when they came, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lords anointed is before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:7 @ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Regard not his appearance, nor the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for not what man looketh on; for man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:8 @ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and caused him to pass before Samuel. And he said, This one also hath the Lord not chosen.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:9 @ Then Jesse caused Shammah to pass by. And he said, This one also hath the Lord not chosen.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:10 @ And Jesse caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not made choice of these.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:11 @ And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are there not more young men? And he said, There is yet left behind the youngest, and, behold, he is feeding the flocks. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he have come hither.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, having withal handsome eyes, and being of a goodly appearance. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:13 @ Then took Samuel the horn of oil, and anointed him from among his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly upon David from that day and forward. And Samuel then rose up, and went to Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:14 @ And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and there troubled him an evil spirit from the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Sauls servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let our Lord but say, and thy servants, now before thee, will seek out a man, who is skilful as a player on the harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, that thou mayest be well.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:17 @ And Saul said unto his servants, Select for me, I pray you, a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:18 @ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlechemite, who is skilful as a player, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and intelligent in speech, and a person of a good form, and the Lord is with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:19 @ Thereupon Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the flocks.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them through David his son unto Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:21 @ And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it came to pass, when the spirit of God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul became relieved, and he felt well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:1 @ And the Philistines gathered together their camps to battle, and they gathered themselves together at Sochoh, which belongeth to Judah; and they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, at Ephessdammim.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:2 @ And Saul and the men of Israel gathered themselves together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and put themselves in battlearray opposite to the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:3 @ And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and the Israelites stood on a mountain on the other side: and the valley was between them.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:4 @ And there went out the champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath of Gath was his name, whose height was six cubits and a span.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:5 @ And he had a helmet of copper upon his head, and he was clothed with a scaly coat of mail; and the weight of the coat of mail was five thousand shekels of copper.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:6 @ And he had greaves of copper upon his legs, and a javelin of copper between his shoulders.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:7 @ And the staff of his spear was like a weavers beam; and the blade of his spear six hundred shekels of iron: and the shieldbearer was walking before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stood and calleth unto the arrays of Israel, and said unto them, Why will ye come out to put yourselves in battlearray? Behold: I am the Philistine, and ye are servants to Saul! select for yourselves one man, and let him come down to me;

lesserot@1Samuel:17:9 @ If he be able to fight with me, and he kill me, then will we be unto you as servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be unto us as servants, and ye shall serve us.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:10 @ And the Philistine said, I have defied the arrays of Israel this day; give me a man, and let us fight together.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:11 @ When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were disheartened, and became greatly afraid.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:12 @ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlechemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was old in the days of Saul, belonging to the persons.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:13 @ And the three eldest sons of Jesse were gone following Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that were gone to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:14 @ And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:15 @ But David kept going and returning from Saul to feed his fathers flocks at Bethlechem.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:16 @ And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:17 @ And Jesse said unto David his son, Take, I pray thee, for thy brothers an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brothers;

lesserot@1Samuel:17:18 @ And these ten cheeses shalt thou bring unto the captain of the thousand, and inquire of thy brothers how they fare, and take away their pledge.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:19 @ Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:20 @ And David rose up early in the morning, and gave up the flocks to a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the entrenchment, as the host was going forth in battlearray, and shouted the battlecry.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:21 @ And the Israelites and the Philistines put themselves in battlearray, army against army.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:22 @ And David left the articles which he had on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the array, and came and asked of his brothers after their welfare.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:23 @ And as he was speaking with them, behold, there came up the champion, Goliath the Philistine, by name, of Gath, out of the battlearrays of the Philistines, and spoke in accordance with these same words: and David heard it.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:24 @ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him, and were greatly afraid.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:25 @ And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is coming forth? for to defy Israel is he coming forth; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him,him will the king enrich with great riches, and his daughter will he give him, and his fathers house will he make free in Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David said to the men that stood by him, thus, What shall be done to the man that may smite yon Philistine, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the arrays of the living God?

lesserot@1Samuel:17:27 @ And the people spoke to him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that may smite him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:28 @ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he was speaking unto the men; and Eliabs anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why didst thou come down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumption, and the wickedness of thy heart; for in order to see the battle art thou come down.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:29 @ And David said, What have I now done? It is nothing but a word.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:30 @ And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people made him again a reply after the former manner.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:31 @ And the words which David had spoken were heard, and they told them in the presence of Saul, who sent for him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:32 @ And David said to Saul, Let no mans heart fail because of him: thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:33 @ And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a lad, and he a man of war from his youth.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:34 @ And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was feeding his fathers flocks, and there came a lion, and a bear, and bore off a lamb out of the drove;

lesserot@1Samuel:17:35 @ And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he rose up against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:36 @ Both the lion and the bear did thy servant smite: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall become as one of them; because he hath defied the arrays of the living God.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:37 @ Moreover David said, The Lord who hath delivered me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, will also surely deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and may the Lord be with thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:38 @ And Saul clothed David with his garments, and he put a helmet of copper upon his head; and he clothed him also with a coat of mail.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:39 @ And David girded his sword over his garments, and he essayed to go; for he had not tried it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot walk in these; for I have never tried it before. And David put them off from him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:40 @ And he took his staff in his hand, and chose himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherds pouch which be had, even in a scrip, with his sling in his hand; and he approached to the Philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:41 @ And the Philistine went and drew nearer and nearer unto David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:42 @ And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a lad, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:43 @ And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest unto me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:44 @ And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:45 @ Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest unto me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the arrays of Israel, that thou hast defied.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:46 @ This day will the Lord deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and remove thy head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God for Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:47 @ And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not through sword and spear; for the battle is the Lords, and he will give you up into our hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:48 @ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and went and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the battlearray to meet the Philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:49 @ And David put his hand into the pouch, and took thence a stone, and slung it, and he struck the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sunk into his forehead: and he fell upon his face to the ground.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:50 @ So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:51 @ And David ran, and stood by the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:52 @ And then arose the men of Israel and of Judah, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaarayim, even as far as Gath, and up to Ekron.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:53 @ And the children of Israel returned from hotly pursuing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camps.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:54 @ And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but his weapons he placed in his tent.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:55 @ And when Saul saw David going forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this lad? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I know it not.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:56 @ And the king said, Ask thou whose son this youth is.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:57 @ And as David returned from smiting the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:58 @ And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? And David answered, The son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlechemite.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:1 @ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit on the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.