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lesserot@1Samuel:1:1 @ And there was a certain man of Rama–thayim–zophim, of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:2 @ And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:3 @ And this man went up out of his city from year to year to prostrate himself and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And at that place were the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, priests of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:4 @ And when the day was come that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions;

lesserot@1Samuel:1:5 @ But unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for Hannah he loved; but the Lord had shut up her womb.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:6 @ And her rival also provoked her continually, in order to make her fret; because the Lord had shut up her womb.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:7 @ And he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, so did she provoke her; wherefore she wept, and did not eat.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:8 @ Then said to her Elkanah her husband, Hannah, why wilt thou weep? and why wilt thou not eat? and why should thy heart be grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

lesserot@1Samuel:1:9 @ And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk; and ‘Eli the priest was sitting upon a chair by the door–post of the temple of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:10 @ But she had bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept greatly.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:11 @ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man–child: then will I give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:12 @ And it came to pass, as she continued praying long before the Lord, that ‘Eli watched her mouth.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:13 @ Now as for Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard; wherefore ‘Eli regarded her as a drunken woman.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:14 @ And ‘Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from off thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:15 @ And Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit; but neither wine nor strong drink have I drunk, and I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:16 @ Esteem not thy handmaid as a worthless woman; for out of the abundance of my grief and vexation have I spoken hitherto.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:17 @ Then ‘Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant thy petition which thou hast asked of him.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:18 @ And she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy eyes. The woman then went on her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no longer as before.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:19 @ And they rose up early in the morning, and prostrated themselves before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:20 @ And it came to pass, after the lapse of some time, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because from the Lord have I asked him.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:21 @ And the man Elkanah went up, with all his house, to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:22 @ But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, So soon as the child shall be weaned, then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and abide there for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:23 @ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth good in thy eyes; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only may the Lord fulfill his word. So the woman remained behind, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:24 @ And she took him up with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him unto the house of the Lord at Shiloh; although the child was yet young.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:25 @ And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to ‘Eli.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:26 @ And she said, Pardon, my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, to pray unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:27 @ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him;

lesserot@1Samuel:1:28 @ Therefore also have I lent him, for my part, to the Lord; all the days that have been assigned to him shall he be lent to the Lord. And he bowed himself there before the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:1 @ And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is exalted through the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:2 @ There is none holy like the Lord; for there is none beside thee; and there is not any rock like our God.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:3 @ Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth; for a God of knowledge is the Lord, and by him are actions weighed.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:4 @ The bow of the mighty is broken, and those that stumbled are girded with strength.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:5 @ They that were full hire themselves out for bread; and they that were hungry cease: while the barren hath born seven, she that hath many children fadeth away.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:6 @ The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:7 @ The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:8 @ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy, to set them among nobles, and he assigneth them the throne of glory; for the Lord’s are the pillars of the earth, on which he hath set the world.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:9 @ He ever guardeth the feet of his pious ones, and the wicked shall be made silent in darkness; for not by strength can man prevail.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:10 @ The Lord––his adversaries will be crushed; out of heaven will he thunder upon them: the Lord will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and lift up the horn of his anointed.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:11 @ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the lad was ministering unto the Lord before ‘Eli the priest.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:12 @ And the sons of ‘Eli were worthless men: they knew not the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:13 @ And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while was seething the flesh, with a fork with three teeth in his hand;

lesserot@1Samuel:2:14 @ And he struck it into the pan, or the kettle, or the caldron, or the pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took away with it. So did they unto all the Israelites that came thither, to Shiloh.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:15 @ Even before they had yet burnt the fat, the priest’s servant would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not take from thee sodden flesh, but raw.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:16 @ And if the man said unto him, They will surely presently burn the fat, and then take whatever thy soul may long for: then would he say, No; but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:17 @ And the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord; for the men despised the offering of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:18 @ But Samuel was ministering before the Lord, being a lad, girded with a linen ephod.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:19 @ Moreover his mother used to make him a little overcoat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:20 @ And ‘Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May the Lord give thee seed from this woman instead of the loan who is lent to the Lord. And they went back unto his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:21 @ And truly the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew up before the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:22 @ Now ‘Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were in the habit of doing unto all Israel; and how they would lie with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:23 @ And he said unto them, Why will ye do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:24 @ No, my sons; for the report that I hear is not good, which the Lord’s people spread abroad.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:25 @ If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him; but if against the Lord a man should sin, who shall pray for him? Nevertheless would they not hearken unto the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to slay them.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:26 @ And the lad Samuel was constantly growing and increasing in favor both with the Lord, and also with men.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:27 @ And there came a man of God unto ‘Eli, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Did I appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt, in Pharaoh’s house?

lesserot@1Samuel:2:28 @ And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to me as a priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the fire–offerings of the children of Israel?

lesserot@1Samuel:2:29 @ Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at my meat–offering, which I have commanded in habitation? and honoredst thou thy sons above me, to fatten yourselves with the first of every offering of Israel my people?

lesserot@1Samuel:2:30 @ Therefore saith the Lord the God of Israel, I had indeed said, Thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever; but now, saith the Lord, Be it far from me; for those that honor me will I honor, and those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:31 @ Behold, days are coming, that I will hew off thy arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, so that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:32 @ And thou shalt behold a rival in my habitation, in all that by which he will do good for Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house in all times.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:33 @ And yet I will not cut off the men descended from thee from my altar, to consume thy eyes, and to grieve thy soul: and all the increase of thy house shall die as men.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:34 @ And this shall be unto thee the sign, that shall happen on thy two sons, on Chophni and Phinehas: On one day shall they, both of them, die.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:35 @ And I will raise up to me a faithful priest, who shall do in accordance with what is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build for him an enduring house; and he shall walk before my anointed in all times.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:36 @ And it shall come to pass, that whoever is left in thy house shall come to bow down to him for a gera of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Attach me, I pray thee, unto one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:1 @ And the lad Samuel was ministering unto the Lord before ‘Eli. And the word of the Lord was scarce in those days: prophecy was not extended.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:2 @ And it came to pass one day, when ‘Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim, he could not see;

lesserot@1Samuel:3:3 @ And the lamp of God had not yet gone out, while Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was;

lesserot@1Samuel:3:4 @ That the Lord called Samuel: and he said, Here am I.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:5 @ And he ran unto ‘Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:6 @ And the Lord continued to call again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to ‘Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I did not call, my son: lie down again.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:7 @ And Samuel knew not yet the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord been as yet revealed unto him.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:8 @ And the Lord continued to call, Samuel, the third time; and he arose and went to ‘Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And ‘Eli then perceived that the Lord was calling the lad.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:9 @ And ‘Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. And Samuel went and lay down in his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:10 @ And the Lord came, and placed himself, and called as at previous times, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:11 @ And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:12 @ On that day will I fulfill on ‘Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house: I will begin and finish.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:13 @ And I tell him that I will judge his house for ever; for the iniquity that he knew that his sons were drawing a curse on themselves, and he restrained them not.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:14 @ And therefore have I sworn unto the house of ‘Eli, that the iniquity of ‘Eli’s house shall not be atoned for with sacrifice or meat–offering for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:15 @ And Samuel lay until the morning, when he opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell the vision unto ‘Eli.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:16 @ But ‘Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:17 @ And he said, What is the word which he hath spoken unto thee? do not, I pray thee, conceal it from me: may God do to thee thus, and continue to do so, if thou conceal any thing from me of all the word that he hath spoken unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:18 @ And Samuel told him all the words, and concealed nothing from him. And he said, He is the Lord: let him do what seemeth good in his eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:19 @ And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and he did not let fall any one of all his words to the ground.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:20 @ And thus knew all Israel from Dan even to Beer–sheba’ that Samuel was accredited as a prophet of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:21 @ And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh; for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:1 @ And the word of Samuel became known to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben–ha’ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:2 @ And the Philistines put themselves in battle–array against Israel; and the battle became general, and Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew on the battle–ground, in the field, about four thousand men.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:3 @ And when the people were come back into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us this day before the Philistines? Let us bring over to us out of Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that it may come in the midst of us, and deliver us out of the hand of our enemies.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:4 @ So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought away from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth over the cherubim: and the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:5 @ And it happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, that all Israel set up a great shout, so that the earth trembled.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:6 @ And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:7 @ And the Philistines were afraid; for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for the like of this hath not been, yesterday or the day before.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:8 @ Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:9 @ Be strong, and act like men, O Philistines, so that ye become not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you: therefore act like men, and fight.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:10 @ And the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were smitten, and they fled every man unto his tent: and the defeat was very great; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand men on foot.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:11 @ And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, died also.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:12 @ And there ran a man of Benjamin from the battlefield, and came to Shiloh on the same day, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:13 @ And when he came, lo, ‘Eli was sitting upon a chair by the wayside watching; for his heart was anxious for the ark of God. And when the man came to tell it in the city, all the city cried out.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:14 @ And when ‘Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this multitude? And the man came in hastily, and told it to ‘Eli.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:15 @ Now ‘Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, so that he could not see.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:16 @ And the man said unto ‘Eli, I am the person that came from the battlefield, and I myself fled from the battlefield today. And he said, What was it that took place, my son?

lesserot@1Samuel:4:17 @ And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath also been a great slaughter among the people, and also thy two sons, Chophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God hath been taken.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:18 @ And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off the chair backward by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died; for the man was old, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:19 @ And his daughter–in–law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings concerning that the ark of God had been taken, and that her father–in–law and her husband were dead, she sank down and gave birth; for her pains came suddenly upon her.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:20 @ And at the moment of her dying, the women that stood around her spoke, Fear not; for a son hast thou born. But she answered not, nor did she take it to heart.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:21 @ And she named the child I–chabod, saying, Glory is departed from Israel; because of the taking away of the ark of God, and because of her father–in–law and her husband.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:22 @ And she said, Glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God hath been taken away.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:1 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ha’ezer unto Ashdod.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:2 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:3 @ And when the people of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him again in his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:4 @ And when they arose early on the morning of the following day, behold, Dagon was lying upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish portion was left on him.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:5 @ Therefore do the priests of Dagon, and all that come into Dagon’s house, not step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod even until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:6 @ And the hand of the Lord became heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids, even Ashdod and its territory.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:7 @ And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not remain with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our God.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:8 @ And they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be removed unto Gath. And they removed the ark of the God of Israel thither.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:9 @ And it happened, after they had removed it, that the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great confusion; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had hemorrhoids in their secret parts.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:10 @ And they sent away the ark of God to ‘Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to ‘Ekron, that the ‘Ekronites cried out, saying, They have removed to us the ark of the God of Israel, to slay us and our people.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:11 @ So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, that it may return to its own place, so that it may not slay us, and our people; for there was a confusion of death throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:12 @ And the people that did not die were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the lamentation of the city went up to heaven.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:1 @ And the ark of the Lord was in the fields of the Philistines seven months.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:2 @ And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? let us know wherewith we shall send off it to its place.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:3 @ And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not away empty; but ye must to a certainty return him a trespass–offering: then will ye be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:4 @ And they said, What shall be the trespass–offering that we shall return to him? And they answered, According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice; for one plague affected them all, and your lords.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:5 @ Therefore make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that devastate the land; and give glory unto the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:6 @ And why will ye harden your heart, just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? Did not they, when he had wrought wonderful deeds among them, dismiss them, and they departed?

lesserot@1Samuel:6:7 @ And now make a new wagon, and take two milch–cows, on which there hath come no yoke, and harness the cows to the wagon, and bring their calves home away from them:

lesserot@1Samuel:6:8 @ And take the ark of the Lord, and place it into the wagon; and the articles of gold, which ye return him as a trespass–offering, ye must put in a casket alongside of it; and then send it away, that it may go.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:9 @ And then see, if it go up by the way to its own boundary, to Beth–shemesh, then hath he done us this great evil; but if not, then shall we know that not his hand hath smitten us; it is a chance which hath happened to us.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:10 @ And the men did so; and they took two milch–cows, and harnessed them to the wagon, and their calves they shut up at home:

lesserot@1Samuel:6:11 @ And they placed the ark of the Lord in the wagon, and the casket with the mice of gold and images of their hemorrhoids.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:12 @ And the cows went straight forward on the way on the road to Beth–shemesh: on one highway they did go along, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth–shemesh.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:13 @ And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and when they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, they rejoiced to see it.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:14 @ And the wagon came to the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite, and stood still there; and there was a great stone; and they split the wood of the wagon, and the cows they offered as a burnt–offering unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:15 @ And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the casket that was with it, wherein were the articles of gold, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth–shemesh offered bunt–offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on the same day unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:16 @ And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to ‘Ekron on the same day.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:17 @ And these are the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines returned as a trespass–offering unto the Lord: For Ashdod one, for Gazzah one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for ‘Ekron one.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:18 @ And the golden mice were according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines under the five lords, from the fortified city, down to the open village, even unto the great stone whereon they had set down the ark of the Lord, and which is unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:19 @ And he smote among the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, namely, he smote among the people seventy men and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned because the Lord had caused among the people a great slaughter.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:20 @ And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom shall it go up away from us?

lesserot@1Samuel:6:21 @ And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiryath–ye’arim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord: come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:1 @ And the men of Kiryath–ye’arim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it unto the house of Abinadab on the hill, and Elazar his son they sanctified to guard the ark of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:2 @ And it came to pass, from the time the ark remained in Kiryath–ye’arim, and the time was long, and it was twenty years: that all the house of Israel followed anxiously after the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:3 @ And Samuel said unto all the house of Israel, as followeth, If with all your heart ye do return unto the Lord, then put away the gods of the stranger and the ‘Ashtaroth from your midst, and direct your heart unto the Lord, and serve him alone: and then will he deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:4 @ Then did the children of Israel put away the Be’alim and the ‘Ashtaroth, and served the Lord alone.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:5 @ And Samuel said, Assemble all Israel together at Mizpah, and I will pray in your behalf unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:6 @ And they assembled themselves together at Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:7 @ And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had assembled themselves at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Do not abstain, so as not to cry for us unto the Lord our God, that he may help us out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:9 @ And Samuel took one sucking lamb, and offered it for an entire burnt–offering unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord in behalf of Israel; and the Lord answered him.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:10 @ And as Samuel was offering up the burnt–offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but the Lord thundered with a loud noise on that day over the Philistines, and brought them into confusion, and they were smitten before Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:11 @ And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth–car.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:12 @ And Samuel took one stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Eben–ha’ezer, saying, As far as this hath the Lord helped us.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:13 @ So were the Philistines humbled, and they came no more into the territory of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:14 @ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel came again to Israel, from ‘Ekron even unto Gath, and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Emorites.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:15 @ And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:16 @ And he went from year to year and traveled in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all these places.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:17 @ And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:1 @ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges over Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:2 @ And the name of his first–born was Joel; and the name of his second Abiyah: they judged in Beer–sheba’.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:3 @ But his sons walked not in his ways, and they inclined after their own advantage, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:4 @ Then did all the elders of Israel assemble themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

lesserot@1Samuel:8:5 @ And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways: now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they may say unto thee; for not thee have they rejected, but me have they rejected, that I should not reign over them.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:8 @ In accordance with all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even until this day, when they forsook me, and served other gods: so do they also unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:9 @ And now hearken unto their voice: nevertheless thou must still solemnly forewarn them, and tell them the manner of the king that will reign over them.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:10 @ And Samuel said all the words of the Lord unto the people that had asked of him a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This will be the manner of the king that will reign over you: Your sons will he take, and appoint them for himself with his chariots, and among his horsemen; and they will have to run before his chariot;

lesserot@1Samuel:8:12 @ And to appoint for himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and to plough his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:13 @ And your daughters will he take for ointment makers, and for cooks, and for bakers.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:14 @ And your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive–yards, yea the best, will he take, and give them to his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:15 @ And of your seeds, and of your vineyards will he take the tenth, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:16 @ And your men–servants, and your maid–servants, and your best young men, and your asses will he take, and employ for his work.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:17 @ Of your flocks will he take the tenth: and ye yourselves will become his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:18 @ And ye will cry out on that day because of your king whom ye will have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:19 @ Nevertheless the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but a king shall be over us;

lesserot@1Samuel:8:20 @ That we also may ourselves be like all the nations: and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:21 @ And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them before the ears of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:22 @ And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and appoint them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:1 @ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiach, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:2 @ And he had a son whose name was Saul, young and handsome; and there was not a man among the children of Israel handsomer than he: from his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:3 @ And there were lost the asses belonging to Kish, Saul’s father; and Kish said to Saul his son, Do take with thee one of the servants, and arise, go seek the asses.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:4 @ And he passed through the mountain of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found not; then they passed through the land of Sha’alim, and there was nothing there; and he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they found them not.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:5 @ When they were come in the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father relinquish the care for the asses, and become anxious for us.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:6 @ And the other said unto him, Behold now, a man of God is in this city, and the man is honored; all that he ever saith will surely come to pass: now let us go thither; perhaps he can tell us our way that we should go.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:7 @ Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we should go, what shall we bring to the man? for the bread is spent out of our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we with us?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:8 @ And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver; and I will give this to the man of God, that he may tell us our way.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:9 @ In former times it was custom in Israel, that when a man went to inquire of God, he said thus, Come, and let us go as far as the seer; for the Prophet of the present day was in former times called a Seer.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:10 @ Then said Saul to his servant, Thy word is good: come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:11 @ As they went up the ascent to the city, they found some maidens going out to draw water; and they said unto them, Is the seer here?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:12 @ And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for this day came he to the city; because the people have a sacrifice today on the high–place;

lesserot@1Samuel:9:13 @ As soon as ye are come into the city, ye will straightway find him, before yet he can go up to the high–place to eat; for the people will not eat until he be come, because he always blesseth the sacrifice; afterward eat those that are invited; and now go you up; for just today will ye surely find him.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:14 @ And they went up into the city. They were entering into the city, when, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high–place.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:15 @ And the Lord had revealed to Samuel’s ear one day before Saul’s coming, saying,

lesserot@1Samuel:9:16 @ About this time tomorrow will I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him as chief over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have beheld my people, because their cry is come unto me.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:17 @ And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord addressed him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to thee, This one shall rule over my people.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:18 @ And Saul drew near to Samuel within the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where is the house of the seer.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:19 @ And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high–place, and ye shall eat with me today; and I will let thee go in the morning, and all that is in thy heart will I tell thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:20 @ And as for thy asses that were lost unto thee this day three days ago, do not set thy heart on them; for they have been found. And to whom belongeth all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not to thee, and to all thy father’s house?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:21 @ And Saul answered and said, Am not I a son of Benjamin, of one of the smallest tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribes of Benjamin? wherefore then hast thou spoken to me such thing?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:22 @ And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the apartment; and he assigned them a place at the head of the invited guests, who were about thirty persons.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:23 @ And Samuel said unto the cook, Hand here the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Put it away by thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:24 @ And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul; and he said, Behold what is left! set it before thee, and eat; for unto this time hath it been kept from thee, since I said, I have invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel on that day.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:25 @ And they went down from the high–place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:26 @ And they got up early; and it came to pass when the morning–dawn arose, that Samuel called Saul to the roof, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out, both of them, he and Samuel, into the street.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:27 @ As they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Say to the servant that he pass on before us,––and he passed on,––but thou remain standing a while, and I will let thee hear the word of God.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:1 @ And Samuel took a flask of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Behold, it is because the Lord hath anointed thee over his inheritance as chief.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:2 @ When thou goest this day away from me, thou wilt find two men who are now by Rachel’s sepulchre, on the boundary of Benjamin at Zelzach; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath given up the matter of the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

lesserot@1Samuel:10:3 @ Then shalt thou go on forward from there, and thou shalt come as far as the grove of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

lesserot@1Samuel:10:4 @ And they will ask thee after thy welfare, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou must take from their hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:5 @ After that shalt thou come to the hill of God, where the outposts of the Philistines are; and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou wilt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high–place, having before them a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp; and they will be prophesying;

lesserot@1Samuel:10:6 @ And the Spirit of the Lord will suddenly come over thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and thou shalt be changed into another man.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:7 @ And it shall be, that, when these signs are come unto thee, then do thou what thy hand may be able to effect; for God is with thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:8 @ And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt–offerings, to sacrifice sacrifices of peace–offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and then will I tell thee what thou shalt do.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:9 @ And it happened, that, as he turned his back to go away from Samuel, God changed his heart into another; and all these signs came to pass on that same day.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:10 @ And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came suddenly over him, and he prophesied in the midst of them.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:11 @ And it came to pass, when all that knew him before saw, that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then said the people one to another, What is this that hath happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?

lesserot@1Samuel:10:12 @ And one of that place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

lesserot@1Samuel:10:13 @ And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high–place.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:14 @ And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither were ye gone? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we went to Samuel.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:15 @ And Saul’s uncle said, Do tell me, I pray thee, what did Samuel say unto you.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:16 @ And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses had been found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel had spoken, he told him not.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:17 @ And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpah;

lesserot@1Samuel:10:18 @ And he said unto the children of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, I brought up Israel from Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you;

lesserot@1Samuel:10:19 @ And ye for your part have this day rejected your God, he who hath saved you out of all your misfortunes and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nevertheless, thou must set a king over us: and now present yourselves before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:20 @ And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near; and the tribe of Benjamin was seized.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:21 @ And he caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near according to its families, and the family of Matri was seized, and then was seized Saul the son of Kish: and they sought him, but he could not be found.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:22 @ And they inquired again of the Lord, Is the man yet come hither? And the Lord said, Behold, he hath hidden himself among the vessels.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:23 @ And they ran and fetched him thence, and he placed himself erect in the midst of the people, and he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:24 @ And Samuel said to all the people, Have ye seen him whom the Lord hath made choice of, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:25 @ Then did Samuel speak to the people the rights of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it down before the Lord. And Samuel sent away all the people, every man to his house.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:26 @ And Saul also went to his home to Gib’ah; and there went with him a large crowd, whose heart God had touched.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:27 @ But the worthless men said, In what can this help us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he acted as though he were deaf.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:1 @ Then came up Nachash the ‘Ammonite, and encamped against Yabesh–gil’ad: and all the men of Yabesh said unto Nachash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:2 @ And Nachash the ‘Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that ye all have put out the right eye, that I may lay it as a reproach upon all Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:3 @ And the elders of Yabesh said unto him, Grant us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers throughout all the boundary of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, will we come out to thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:4 @ And the messengers came to Gib’ah of Saul, and spoke the words in the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:5 @ And, behold, Saul was coming after the herds out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Yabesh.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:6 @ And the spirit of God came suddenly over Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was kindled greatly,

lesserot@1Samuel:11:7 @ And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them about throughout all the boundary of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, Whosoever goeth not forth after Saul and after Samuel, shall have his herds thus treated. And the dread of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one man.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:8 @ And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:9 @ And they said unto the messengers that were come, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Yabesh–gil’ad, Tomorrow shall ye have help, when the sun shineth hot. And the messengers came and told it to the men of Yabesh; and these were glad.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:10 @ And the men of Yabesh said, Tomorrow will we go out unto you, and ye can do unto us in accordance with all that seemeth good in your eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:11 @ And it happened on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the ‘Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that those that remained were scattered, and no two among them were left together.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:12 @ And the people said unto Samuel, Who is there that saith, Shall Saul reign over us? give up the men, and we will put them to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:13 @ And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death on this day; for today the Lord hath wrought deliverance in Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:14 @ And Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew there the choice of the king.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:15 @ And all the people went to Gilgal; and they appointed there Saul as king before the Lord in Gilgal; and they sacrificed there sacrifices of peace–offerings before the Lord; and Saul with all the men of Israel rejoiced there very greatly.

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

lesserot@1Samuel:12:2 @ And now, behold, the king is walking before you; and I am old and gray–headed; and my sons, behold, they are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth even until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:3 @ Behold, here am I; testify against me in the presence of the Lord, and in the presence of his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any ransom so that I withdrew my eyes from him? and I will restore it you.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:4 @ And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor hast thou oppressed us, and thou hast not taken from any man’s hand the least.

lesserot@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 in my hand the least: and they answered, He is witness.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:6 @ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord who did Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:7 @ And now stand up, that I may hold judgment with you before the Lord concerning all the benefits of the Lord, which he hath done to you and to your fathers.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:8 @ When Jacob was come into Egypt, then did your fathers cry unto the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and caused them to dwell in this place.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:9 @ And when they forgot the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sissera, the chief of the host of Chazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they made war against them.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:10 @ And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served the Be’alim and the ‘Ashtaroth; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:11 @ And the Lord sent Yerubba’al, and Bedan, and Yiphthach, and Samuel, and he delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, so that ye dwelt safely.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:12 @ But when ye saw that Nachash the king of the children of ‘Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God is your king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:13 @ And now here is the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and, behold, the Lord hath set over you a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:14 @ If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and will not rebel against the will of the Lord: then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:15 @ But if ye will not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and rebel against the will of the Lord: then will the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:16 @ And now stand up and see this great thing, which the Lord is about doing before your eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:17 @ Is there not wheat–harvest today? I will call unto the Lord, and he will send thunders and rain; and ye will perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done, in the eyes of the Lord, to ask for yourselves a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:18 @ And Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunders and rain on that day: and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray in behalf of thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we may not die; for we have added unto all our sins yet this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, and serve ye the Lord with all your heart;

lesserot@1Samuel:12:21 @ And turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; because they are vain.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:22 @ For the Lord will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name; because it hath pleased the Lord to make you a people unto himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:23 @ Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray in behalf of you; but I will teach you the good and the right way:

lesserot@1Samuel:12:24 @ Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for see what great things he hath done with you.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:25 @ But if ye will in any wise do wickedly, both ye yourselves as also your king shall perish.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:1 @ When Saul had reigned one year,––and two years he reigned over Israel,––

lesserot@1Samuel:13:2 @ Saul chose for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and on the mountain of Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gib’ah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent away every man to his tents.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was at Geba’, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the cornet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear it.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:4 @ And all Israel heard it, saying, Saul hath smitten the outpost of the Philistines, and the Israelites also have put themselves in ill–favor with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

lesserot@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 encamped in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:6 @ And when the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, then did the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in strongholds, and in pits.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:7 @ And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gil’ad. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him hastily.

lesserot@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 scattering themselves from him.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:9 @ And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt–offering and the peace–offerings. And he offered the burnt–offering.

lesserot@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 greet him.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:11 @ And Samuel said, What hast thou done: And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattering themselves from me, whereas thou camest not at the appointed day, and the Philistines are gathering themselves together at Michmash;

lesserot@1Samuel:13:12 @ And I said, The Philistines will now come down unto me to Gilgal, and I have not yet made supplication unto the Lord: wherefore I forced myself, and offered the burnt–offering.

lesserot@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 had commanded thee; for now would the Lord have established thy government over Israel for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:14 @ But now thy government shall not endure: the Lord hath sought out for himself a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath ordained him to be chief over his people; because thou hast not kept what the Lord had commanded thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:15 @ And Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal unto Gib’ah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were to be found with him, about six hundred men.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:16 @ And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were to be found with them, were lying in Geba’ of Benjamin; but the Philistines were encamped in Michmash.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:17 @ And the troop of freebooters went out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned into the way to ‘Ophrah, unto the land of Shu’al;

lesserot@1Samuel:13:18 @ And another company turned into the way to Beth–choron; and the other company turned into the way to the frontier that looketh over the valley of Zebo’im toward the wilderness.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:19 @ Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, So that the Hebrews shall not make themselves swords or spears.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:20 @ But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plough–share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:21 @ And they used a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the three–pronged forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:22 @ So it came to pass on 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 they were found with Saul and with Jonathan his son.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:23 @ And the outpost of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:1 @ Now it happened one day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ outpost, that is on the other side yonder. But unto his father he told nothing.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:2 @ And Saul tarried in the lower part of Gib’ah under the pomegranate tree which is by Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:3 @ And Achiyah, the son of Achitub, the brother of I–chabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of ‘Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wore the ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:4 @ And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the outpost of the Philistines, there was a sharp point of rock on the one side, and a sharp point of rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:5 @ The one point rose up abruptly northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Geba’.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:6 @ And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the outpost of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us; for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by means of many or by means of few.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:7 @ And his armor–bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:8 @ Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will show ourselves unto them.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:9 @ If they say thus unto us, Stand still until we come to you: then will we remain standing in our places, and will not go up unto them.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:10 @ But if they say thus, Come up unto us: then will we go up; for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be unto us the sign.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:11 @ And when both of them showed themselves unto the outpost of the Philistines, the Philistines said, Behold, Hebrews are coming forth out of the holes wherein they have hidden themselves.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:12 @ And the men of the outpost addressed Jonathan and his armor–bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will let you know something. Then said Jonathan unto his armor–bearer, Come up after me; for the Lord hath given them up into the hand of Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:13 @ And Jonathan then ascended upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armor–bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor–bearer was killing after him.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:14 @ And that first defeat, which Jonathan and his armor–bearer caused, was about twenty men, within about the half of a field, which a yoke of oxen might plough.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:15 @ And there arose a terror in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the outposts, and the free–booters, they also were terrified, and the earth quaked; and it became a very great terror.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:16 @ And the watchers of Saul in Gib’ah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude became scattered, and ran hither and thither.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:17 @ Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Muster now, and see who is gone away from us. And they mustered, and, behold, there was neither Jonathan nor his armor–bearer.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:18 @ And Saul said unto Achiyah, Bring hither the ark of God; for the ark of God was on that day with the children of Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:19 @ And it happened, while Saul was speaking unto the priest, that the confusion which was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased more and more: And Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:20 @ And Saul and all the people that were with him were called together, and they came to the battle; and, behold, the sword of every man was against his fellow, the disorder being very great.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:21 @ And the Hebrews that were with the Philistines as before that time, those namely who had gone up with them, were in the camp round about; but these also resolved to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:22 @ And all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves on the mountain of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines had fled; and they also followed hard after them in the battle.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:23 @ So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:24 @ And the men of Israel were hard urged that day; and Saul adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that will eat food until the evening, until I have been avenged on my enemies. And the whole people tasted thus no food.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:25 @ And all the land came to a forest; and there was honey upon the surface of the field.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:26 @ And when the people were come into the forest, behold, there was a stream of honey; but no one put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:27 @ But Jonathan had not heard his father charging the people with the oath; he therefore put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honey–comb, and carried his hand again to his mouth; and his eyes became clear.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:28 @ Then commenced one of the people, and said, Thy father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that will eat food this day; though the people were faint.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:29 @ Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how my eyes become clear, because I have tasted a little of this honey.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:30 @ How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely this day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not have been now a greater defeat among the Philistines?

lesserot@1Samuel:14:31 @ And they smote on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Ayalon; and the people were very faint.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:32 @ And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and young steers, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat upon the blood.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:33 @ And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord, in eating upon the blood. And he said, Ye have acted treacherously: roll unto me this day a great stone.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:34 @ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring near unto me every man his ox, and every man his lamb, and slaughter here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating by the blood. And all the people brought near every man his ox by his hand that night, and slaughtered there.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:35 @ And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.

lesserot@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 in thy eyes. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

lesserot@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 on that day.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:38 @ And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people: and know and see through what this sin hath happened this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:39 @ For, as the Lord liveth, who saveth Israel, that if it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But no one answered him among all the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:40 @ Then said he unto all Israel, Ye shall be 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 in thy eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:41 @ And Saul said unto the Lord, God of Israel, O, show forth the perfect truth. And Jonathan and Saul were seized; but the people came forth.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:42 @ And Saul said, Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was seized.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:43 @ Then said Saul to Jonathan, Do tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste with the end of the staff that was in my hand a little honey: lo, I am willing to die.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:44 @ And Saul said, May God do thus now, and in future also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:45 @ And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? This shall not be: as the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of his head to the ground; for with God hath he wrought this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, and he died not.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:46 @ Then went Saul up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:47 @ So Saul strengthened himself in the government over Israel; and he fought on every side against all his enemies, 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 caused terror.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:48 @ And he gathered an army, and he smote the ‘Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those that spoiled them.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:49 @ Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Yishvi, and Malkishua’: and the names of his two daughters––the name of the first–born was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:50 @ And the name of Saul’s wife was Achino’am, the daughter of Achima’az: and the name of the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:51 @ And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner, were each the son of Abiel.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:52 @ And the war against the Philistines was violent all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto himself.

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 burnt–offerings 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 image–worship, 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 Gib’ah 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 Beth–lechemite; 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 Beth–lechem. 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 Lord’s 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 Saul’s 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 Beth–lechemite, 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 armor–bearer.

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 Ephess–dammim.

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 battle–array 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 weaver’s beam; and the blade of his spear six hundred shekels of iron: and the shield–bearer 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 battle–array? 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 Beth–lechem–judah, 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 first–born, 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 father’s flocks at Beth–lechem.

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 battle–array, and shouted the battle–cry.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:21 @ And the Israelites and the Philistines put themselves in battle–array, 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 battle–arrays 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 father’s 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 Eliab’s 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 man’s 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 father’s 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 shepherd’s 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 Lord’s, 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 battle–array 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 Sha’arayim, 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 Beth–lechemite.

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.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:2 @ And Saul took him on that day, and would not permit him to go home to his father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:3 @ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:4 @ And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he had upon him, and gave it to David, and likewise his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:5 @ And David went out; whithersoever Saul used to send him, he was successful; and Saul set him over the men of war; and he was accepted in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:6 @ And it came to pass as they came home, when David returned from smiting the Philistines, that the women came forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with triangles.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:7 @ And the women that played answered one another, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:8 @ And Saul was very wroth, and this saying was displeasing in his eyes; and he said, They have given unto David ten thousands, and to me they have given the thousands: and all that he lacketh now yet is only the kingdom.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:9 @ And Saul looked jealous on David from that day and forward.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:10 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came suddenly over Saul, and he spoke foolish things in the midst of the house: while David was playing with his hand, as on previous days; and the spear was in the hand of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:11 @ And Saul cast the spear; and he thought, I will strike David through even on the wall. And David turned aside out of his presence twice.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:12 @ And Saul was afraid of David; because the Lord was with him, and from Saul he was departed.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:13 @ Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand: and he went out and came in before the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:14 @ And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:15 @ And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was in dread of him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:16 @ But all Israel and Judah loved David; because he went out and came in before them.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:17 @ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lord’s battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:18 @ And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, my father’s family in Israel, that I should be a son–in–law to the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:18:19 @ But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto ‘Adriel the Mecholathite for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:20 @ And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told it to Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:21 @ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may become unto him a snare, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Through the second shalt thou this day become my son–in–law.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:22 @ And Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly, saying, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; and now thou must become the king’s son–in–law.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:23 @ And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words. And David said, Doth it seem so light in your eyes to become the king’s son–in–law, seeing that I am a poor man, and of light esteem?

lesserot@1Samuel:18:24 @ And the servants of Saul told him, saying, Words such as these David hath spoken.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:25 @ And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged on the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:26 @ And when his servants told David these words, the thing was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the king’s son–in–law: and the days were not complete,

lesserot@1Samuel:18:27 @ When David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they counted them out in full to the king, that he might become the king’s son–in–law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:28 @ And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David: and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:29 @ And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy all the time.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:30 @ And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly prized.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:1 @ And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that he would kill David. But Jonathan the son of Saul delighted greatly in David.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:2 @ And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

lesserot@1Samuel:19:3 @ And I will go out and stand by the side of my father in the field where thou art, and I myself will speak of thee to my father; and I will see what it is, and I will tell thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:4 @ And Jonathan spoke favorably of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; since he hath not sinned against thee, and because his deeds are very good for thee;

lesserot@1Samuel:19:5 @ And he did put his life in his hand, and he slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel; thou sawest it, and wast rejoiced: wherefore then wilt thou commit sin on innocent blood, by slaying David without a cause?

lesserot@1Samuel:19:6 @ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be put to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:7 @ And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:8 @ And the war occurred again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great defeat, and they fled from before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:9 @ And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:10 @ And Saul sought to strike David through with the spear even to the wall; but he slipped away from before Saul, who struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:11 @ But Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal his wife told it to David, saying, If thou save not thy life this night, tomorrow thou wilt be put to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:12 @ And Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:13 @ And Michal took an image, and put it in the bed, and a pillow of goats’ hair she put for its head to rest on, and covered it with a cloth.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:14 @ And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:15 @ And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:16 @ And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for its head to rest on.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and sent away my enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said unto me, Let me go away: why should I kill thee?

lesserot@1Samuel:19:18 @ So David fled, and escaped, and came unto Samuel to Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and remained in Nayoth.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:19 @ And it was told unto Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Nayoth near Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:20 @ And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as superintendent over them: then came upon the messengers of Saul the spirit of God, and they also prophesied.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:21 @ And when it was told to Saul, he sent other messengers, and these prophesied likewise. And Saul sent again messengers the third time, and these also prophesied.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:22 @ Then went he himself also to Ramah, and came as far as the great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And some one said, Behold, they are at Nayoth near Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:23 @ And he went thither to Nayoth near Ramah: and there came upon him also the Spirit of God, and he went on, and prophesied as he went, until he came to Nayoth near Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:24 @ And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied himself before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore people are in the habit of saying, Is Saul too among the prophets?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:1 @ And David fled from Nayoth near Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:2 @ And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father is not wont to do a great thing or a small thing, which he doth not inform me of; and why should my father conceal this thing from me? it is not so.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:3 @ But David swore again, and said, Thy father well knoweth that I have found grace in thy eyes; wherefore he said, Jonathan must not know this, lest he be grieved: nevertheless, as truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there was but one step between me and death.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:4 @ Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul sayeth will I do for thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new–moon, and I should as usual sit with the king to eat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:6 @ If thy father at all miss me, then do thou say, David asked earnestly leave of me that he might run to Beth–lechem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:7 @ If he should say thus, It is well: then shall thy servant have peace; but if it be at all displeasing to him, then know that the evil is determined on by him.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:8 @ And do thou deal kindly with thy servant; for into a covenant of the Lord hast thou brought thy servant with thee; but if there be in me any iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:9 @ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should know for certain that evil were determined on by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:10 @ Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell it me? or what, if thy father answer thee roughly?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:11 @ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, let us go out into the field. And they went out, both of them, into the field.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:12 @ And Jonathan said unto David, May the God of Israel if, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or of the third day, and, behold, if he be good toward David, I do not then send unto thee, and inform thee of it.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:13 @ May the Lord do so to Jonathan and continue so yet farther, that, if it please my father thee evil, I will inform thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and may the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:14 @ And wilt thou not, should I be yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I may not die?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:15 @ But, surely, thou wilt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever, not even when the Lord cutteth off the enemies of David, every one, from off the face of the earth.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:16 @ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, May the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:17 @ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:18 @ Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new–moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be left empty.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:19 @ And when thou hast stayed till the third day, then shalt thou go down greatly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the work–day; and thou shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:20 @ And I will myself shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I were shooting at a mark.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:21 @ And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows; if I should now say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee: then take him and come; for there is peace to thee, and it is nothing; as the Lord liveth.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:22 @ But if thus I should say unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: then go thy way, for the Lord hath sent thee off.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:23 @ And touching the matter of which we have spoken, thou and I, behold, the Lord is between me and thee for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:24 @ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new–moon was come, the king set himself down to the repast to eat.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:25 @ And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon the seat by the wall: and when Jonathan arose, Abner seated himself by the side of Saul, and David’s place was left empty.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:26 @ Nevertheless Saul spoke not the least on that day; for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; because he hath not yet purified himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, the second day of the new–moon, that David’s place was left empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore is the son of Jesse not come, both yesterday and today, to the repast?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:28 @ And Jonathan answered Saul, David asked earnestly leave of me to go as far as Beth–lechem.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:29 @ And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for we have a family–sacrifice in the city, and my brother himself hath commanded it to me; and now, if I have found favor in thy eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, that I may see my brothers: therefore is he not come unto the king’s table.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:30 @ And the anger of Saul was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of perverse rebelliousness! do I not know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy own shame, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:31 @ For all the days that the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:32 @ And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be put to death? what hath he done?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:33 @ And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: and Jonathan understood that it was determined on by his father to put David to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:34 @ And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food on the second day of the new–moon; for he was grieved for David; because his father had made him feel ashamed.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:35 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field to the place appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:36 @ And he said unto his lad, Run, do find out the arrows which I shoot: and the lad ran, and he shot the arrow so as to pass beyond him.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:37 @ And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad, and said, Behold, the arrow is beyond thee!

lesserot@1Samuel:20:38 @ And Jonathan called after the lad, Make haste, speed, stay not: and Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:39 @ But the lad knew not the least: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:40 @ And Jonathan gave his weapons unto the lad who was with him, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:41 @ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose from the south side, 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 exceeded.

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lesserot@1Samuel:22:1 @ And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave ‘Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down to him thither.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:2 @ And there gathered themselves unto him every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one that had an embittered spirit; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:3 @ And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, go forth with you, until I can know what God will do for me.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he conducted them to the presence of the king of Moab: and they remained with him all the time that David was in the strong–hold.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the prophet Gad said unto David, Thou must not remain in the strong–hold: depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Chereth.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:6 @ And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him,

lesserot@1Samuel:22:7 @ Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds?

lesserot@1Samuel:22:8 @ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as it is this day?

lesserot@1Samuel:22:9 @ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Achimelech the son of Achitub.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:10 @ And he asked counsel for him of the Lord, and he gave him provision, and gave him also the sword of Goliath the philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:11 @ Then sent the king to call Achimelech, the son of Achitub, the priest, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came, all of them, to the king.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:12 @ And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitub. And he said, here am I, my Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou didst give him bread, and a sword, and hast asked counsel for him of God, that he should rise to lie in wait against me, as it is this day!

lesserot@1Samuel:22:14 @ Then answered Achimelech the king, and said, And who is among all thy servants so trusted as David, and the king’s son–in–law, and freely admitted to thy private council, and is honored in thy house?

lesserot@1Samuel:22:15 @ Did I this day then begin to ask counsel for him of God? far be it from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew not of all this, either a little or great thing.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:16 @ And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Achimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said unto the runners that stood about him, Turn round and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not stretch forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:18 @ And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou round, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned round, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:19 @ And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and lambs, with the edge of the sword.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:20 @ And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:21 @ And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:22 @ And David said unto Ebyathar, I knew on that day, because Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have myself occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:23 @ Remain thou with me, fear nothing; for he that will seek my life will seek thy life; but thou shalt be well guarded with me.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:1 @ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Ke’ilah, and they are plundering the threshing–floors.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:2 @ Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Ke’ilah.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:3 @ And David’s men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke’ilah against the battle–arrays of the Philistines?

lesserot@1Samuel:23:4 @ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:5 @ So David and his men went to Ke’ilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Ke’ilah.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke’ilah, that the ephod came down with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke’ilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:8 @ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke’ilah, to besiege David and his men.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:9 @ And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:10 @ Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke’ilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:11 @ Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me into his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:12 @ Then said David, Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:13 @ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke’ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke’ilah, he forbore to go forth.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:14 @ And David remained in the wilderness in strong–holds, and abode on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the time, but God delivered him not into his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:15 @ And David saw that Saul was gone forth to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:16 @ And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:18 @ And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:19 @ Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul to Gib’ah, saying, Behold, David is hiding himself with us in the strong–holds in the forest, on the hill of Chachilah, which is on the right of the desert.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:20 @ And now in accordance with all the longing of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:21 @ And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have pity on me.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:22 @ Go, I pray you, make yet more preparations, and remark and see his place where his foot may be, who hath seen him there; for I am told that he dealeth with great subtilty.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:23 @ See therefore, and remark every one of all the lurking–places where he usually 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.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:24 @ And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Ma’on, in the plain on the right of the desert.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:25 @ And Saul and his men went to make a search. And they told it to David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma’on. And when Saul heard this, he pursued after David into the wilderness of Ma’on.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:26 @ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from before Saul; and Saul and his men were compassing David and his men to seize them.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:27 @ But a messenger came unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:28 @ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammachlekoth.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:29 @ And David went up from there, and dwelt in strong–holds of ‘En–gedi.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:1 @ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from pursuing the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of ‘En–gedi.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:2 @ Then took Saul three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:3 @ And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, and there was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men were sitting in the lower end of the cave.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:4 @ And the men of David said unto him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord hath said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thy enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which Saul wore, unperceived.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:5 @ And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:6 @ And he said unto his men, Far be it from me for the Lord’s sake, that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him; because he is the anointed of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:7 @ So David restrained his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:8 @ David also arose afterward, and went forth out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, My Lord, the king! And Saul then looked behind him, and David bowed his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, Wherefore wilt thou listen to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy injury?

lesserot@1Samuel:24:10 @ Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave, and some one said that I should kill thee: but my soul felt compassion for thee: and I said, I will not stretch forth my hand against my Lord; because he is the anointed of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:11 @ And now, my father, see, yea, see the corner of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and that I have not sinned against thee: yet thou liest in wait for my soul to take it.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:12 @ May the Lord judge between me and thee, and may the Lord avenge me on thee; but my hand shall not be against thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:13 @ As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the wicked proceedeth wickedness; but my hand shall not be against thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:14 @ After whom is the king of Israel gone out? after whom art thou pursuing? after a dead dog, after a single flea.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:15 @ May the Lord therefore be judge, and decide between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and obtain me justice out of thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:16 @ And it came to pass, When David had finished speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:17 @ And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast done for me only what is good, whereas I have rewarded thee only with what is evil.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:18 @ And thou hast proved this day, that thou hast dealt well with me; forasmuch as when the Lord had surrendered me into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:19 @ For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go away on a good road? so may the Lord reward thee with good for what thou hast done unto me this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I know that thou wilt surely become king, and that the kingdom of Israel will stand firmly in thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:21 @ And now swear unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:22 @ And David swore unto Saul; and Saul went to his house; but David and his men went up into the strong–hold.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:1 @ And Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled themselves together, and lamented for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:2 @ And there was a man in Ma’on, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were shearing his sheep, at Carmel.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:3 @ Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hard–hearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:4 @ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:5 @ And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name after his well–being.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:6 @ And ye shall say, May it thus be throughout thy life; and peace be to thee, and peace be to thy house, and unto all that thou hast be peace.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:7 @ And now have I heard that thou hast sheep–shearers: now thy shepherds have been with us, we have not injured them, neither hath there aught been missing unto them, all the time they were at Carmel.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:8 @ Ask thy young men, and they will tell it thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes; for on a festive day are we come: give, I pray thee, whatsoever thy hand is capable of unto thy servants, and to thy son, to David.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:9 @ And David’s young men came, and they spoke to Nabal in accordance with all these words in the name of David; and then they ceased.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:10 @ And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? now–a–days there are many servants that break away every one from his master.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:11 @ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my sheep–shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they are?

lesserot@1Samuel:25:12 @ And David’s young men turned about on their way, and returned, and came and told him in accordance with all these words.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:13 @ And David said unto his men, Gird ye on, every man, his sword. And they girded on, every man, his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:14 @ But one of the young men told Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; but he hath spoken rudely to them.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:15 @ Whereas the men have been very good unto us; and we have not been injured, neither have we missed any thing, all the time that we went about with them, while we were in the field:

lesserot@1Samuel:25:16 @ A wall were they around us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them, feeding the flocks.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:17 @ And now know and consider what thou canst do; for evil is determined on against our master, and against all his household; and he is too greatly a worthless man for me to speak to him.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:18 @ And Abigayil made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:19 @ And she said unto her young men, Pass on before me: behold, I come after you. But to her husband Nabal she told nothing.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:20 @ And it was so, as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the mount, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:21 @ Now David had said, Yea, for naught only have I guarded all that belongeth to this fellow in the wilderness, so that not the least was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me evil instead of good.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:22 @ So may God do unto the enemies of David, and do so yet farther, if I leave of all that pertaineth to him by the morning light, as much as a dog.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:23 @ And when Abigayil saw David, she hastened, and alighted off the ass, and fell down before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:24 @ And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, me, my lord, is the fault: and let thy hand–maid, I pray thee, speak in thy hearing, and listen to the words of thy hand–maid.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:25 @ Let not my Lord, I pray thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand–maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst send.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:26 @ And now, my lord, as the Eternal liveth, and as thy soul liveth, it is the Lord who hath withholden thee from coming to blood–guiltiness, and from helping thyself with thy own hand; and now may like Nabal be thy enemies, and those that seek my Lord evil.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:27 @ And now this present which thy hand–maid hath brought unto my Lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow in the train my Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:28 @ Pardon, I pray thee, the trespass of thy hand–maid; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house; because the battles of the Lord doth my lord fight, and evil will not be found in thee all thy days.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:29 @ And though a man is risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: yet will the soul of my Lord be bound in the bond of life with the Lord thy God; and the soul of thy enemies will he hurl away, as out of the middle of the sling.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:30 @ And it shall come to pass, when the Lord will do to my lord, in accordance with all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and will ordain thee as ruler over Israel,

lesserot@1Samuel:25:31 @ That this shall not be unto thee as a cause of offense and as a reproach of heart unto my lord, both by having shed blood without cause, and by my lord having righted himself; and when the Lord will do good unto my lord, then do thou remember thy hand–maid.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:32 @ And David said to Abigayil, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me;

lesserot@1Samuel:25:33 @ And blessed be thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood–guiltiness, and from helping myself with my own hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:34 @ But truly, as the Lord the God of Israel liveth, who hath withdrawn me from injuring thee, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left unto Nabal by the morning–light so much as a dog.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:35 @ And David took out of her hand that which she had brought him; and unto her he said, Go up in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have respected thy presence.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:36 @ And Abigayil came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until the morning–light.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:37 @ But it happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:38 @ And it came to pass in about ten days thereafter, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:39 @ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath withheld his servant from evil; and the wickedness of Nabal hath the Lord returned upon his own head. And David sent and applied for Abigayil, to take her to himself for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:40 @ And the servants of David came to Abigayil to Carmel, and they spoke unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to himself for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:41 @ Thereupon she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy hand–maid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:42 @ And Abigayil hastened, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with her five damsels that went in her train; and she went after the messengers of David, and she became his wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:43 @ David also took Achino’am of Yizre’el; and both of them became thus his wives.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:44 @ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti, the son of Layish, who was of Gallim.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:1 @ And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gib’ah, saying, Behold, David hideth himself on the hill of Chachilah, before the desert.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:2 @ Then arose Saul, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him were three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:3 @ And Saul encamped on the hill of Chachilah, which is before the desert by the way; but David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul was coming after him into the wilderness.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:4 @ David thereupon sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come for a certainty.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:5 @ And David arose, and came to the place where Saul was encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army; and Saul was lying in the midst of the ring, and the people were encamped round about him.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:6 @ Then commenced David and said to Achimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruyah, the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will readily go down with thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:7 @ So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the ring, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head; but Abner and the people were lying round about him.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:8 @ Then said Abishai to David, God hath surrendered this day thy enemy into thy hand: and now let me strike him through, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth with one blow, and I will not give him a second one.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:9 @ But David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who hath stretched forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and remained guiltless?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:10 @ David said farthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord alone shall strike him down: either his day shall come that he die; or he shall go down into battle, and perish.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:11 @ Far be this from me for the sake of the Lord, that I should stretch forth my hand against the Lord’s anointed; but now, I pray thee, take thou the spear that is by his head, and the cruise of water, and let us go our way.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:12 @ So David took the spear and the cruise of water by the head of Saul, and they went their way; and no one saw it, and no one perceived it, and–no one awaked; for they were all sleeping; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:13 @ Then went David over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mount afar off, the space between them being great.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:14 @ And David called to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abner? And Abner answered and said, Who art thou that callest to the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, Art thou not a man? and who is like to thee in Israel? why then hast thou not kept guard over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people to destroy the king thy lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:16 @ This thing which thou hast done is not good. As the Lord liveth, ye deserve to die; because ye have not kept guard over your master, over the Lord’s anointed. And now see, where is the king’s spear, and the cruise of water that was by his head?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:17 @ And Saul recognized David’s voice, and he said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my Lord, O king.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he said, Why is this that my lord doth pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:19 @ And now, I pray thee, let my Lord the king hear the words of his servant! If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, then may he accept the savor of an offering; but if they be the children of men, then be they cursed before the Lord; because they have driven me out this day so that I cannot attach myself on the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:20 @ Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as one doth usually pursue a partridge on the mountains.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:21 @ Then said Saul, I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will not do thee harm any more, for the cause that my life was precious in thy eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly much.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:22 @ And David answered and said, Behold, here is the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:23 @ And may the Lord recompense to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; since the Lord delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not stretch forth my hand against the anointed of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:24 @ And behold, as thy life was highly valued this day in my eyes, so may my life be highly valued in the eyes of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:25 @ Then said Saul to David, Blessed be thou my son David: thou wilt both do great things, and wilt also surely prevail. And David went then on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, Now I may yet perish suddenly one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape at once into the land of the Philistines, then Saul will abstain from me, to seek me any more in all the territory of Israel: and so shall I escape out of his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:2 @ And David arose, and he passed over himself with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Ma’och, the king of Gath.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:3 @ And David remained with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, also David with his two wives, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, the Carmelitess.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:4 @ And when it was told unto Saul that David was fled to Gath, he continued no more to seek for him.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said unto Achish, If now I have found grace in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some one of the country–towns, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

lesserot@1Samuel:27:6 @ Then gave Achish unto him on that day Ziklag: therefore hath Ziklag pertained unto the kings of Judah until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:7 @ And the number of the days that David dwelt in the fields of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:8 @ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the ‘Amalekites; for these nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, till thou comest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:9 @ And David smote the land, and left not alive either man or woman, and took away the flocks, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Achish said, Whither have ye made an inroad today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Yerachmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:11 @ And David left not alive either man or woman, to bring to Gath, saying, That they may not tell on us, saying, So hath David done, and so is his custom all the days he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:12 @ And Achish had confidence in David, saying, He hath surely spoiled his odor among his people, among Israel; and he will become unto me a servant for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:1 @ And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their camps together for warfare, to fight with Israel; and Achish said unto David, Thou must know that thou shalt go out with me into the camp, thou and thy men.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:2 @ And David said to Achish, By reason of this wilt thou thyself ascertain what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee the guard of my head for all times.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:3 @ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city; and Saul had removed those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:4 @ And the Philistines assembled themselves together, and came and encamped at Shunem: and Saul assembled together all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:5 @ And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:6 @ And Saul asked counsel of the Lord; but the Lord answered him not, either by means of dreams, or by means of the Urim, or by means of the prophets.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:7 @ Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek out for me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at ‘En–dor.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:8 @ And Saul disguised himself, and put on other garments, and he went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Divine, I pray thee, unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring up for me the one whom I shall say unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou well knowest that which Saul hath done, that 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?

lesserot@1Samuel:28:10 @ And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no guilt attach to thee for this thing.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:11 @ Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up for thee? And he said, Samuel thou must bring up for me.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:12 @ And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul thus, Why hast thou deceived me? since thou art Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:13 @ And the king said unto her, Be not afraid; however, what hast thou seen? And the woman said unto Saul, A divine being have I seen ascending out of the earth.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:14 @ And he said unto her, What is his form? And she said, An old man is coming up; and he is wrapt in a mantle. And so Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the agency of the prophets, or by means of dreams; wherefore I have called thee, to make known unto me what I shall do.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:16 @ Then said Samuel, And why wilt thou ask me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thy enemy?

lesserot@1Samuel:28:17 @ And the Lord hath done for himself as he hath spoken through my agency; and the Lord hath rent the government out of thy hand, and hath given it to thy associate, to David;

lesserot@1Samuel:28:18 @ As thou didst not obey the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon ‘Amalek; therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:19 @ And the Lord will deliver also Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: also the camp of Israel will the Lord deliver into the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:20 @ Then fell Saul hastily with his full length to the earth, and was greatly afraid, because of the words of Samuel: there was also no strength in him; for he had not eaten any food all that day, and all that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:21 @ And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was greatly terrified; and she said unto him, Behold, thy hand–maid hath obeyed thy voice; and I put my life in my hand, and hearkened unto thy words which thou spokest unto me.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:22 @ And now, hearken thou also, I pray thee, unto the voice of thy hand–maid, and let me set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat; that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on the way.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:23 @ But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants urged him much, as also the woman; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:24 @ And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hastened, and slaughtered it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof:

lesserot@1Samuel:28:25 @ And she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:1 @ Now the Philistines assembled together all their camps at Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is by Yizre’el.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:2 @ And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; but David and his men passed on at the last with Achish.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:3 @ Then said the princes of the Philistines, What are these Hebrews to do? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Behold, this is David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me already a year, or even years, and I have not found the least in him from the day of his joining until this day?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:4 @ And the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Cause this man to go back, that he may return to his place whither thou hast assigned him; but he shall not go down with us to the battle, that he may not become an adversary to us in the battle; for wherewith could this person reconcile himself unto his master? is it not by means of the heads of these men?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:5 @ Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in the dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:6 @ Then did Achish call David, and say unto him, As the Lord liveth, that thou art upright, and that thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is good in my eyes; for I have not found in thee any evil from the day of thy coming unto me until this day; nevertheless in the eyes of the lords thou art not good.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:7 @ And now return, and go in peace, that thou mayest not do any evil in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:8 @ And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee, until this day, that I shall not go to fight against the enemies of my Lord the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:9 @ And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my eyes, as an angel of God; nevertheless, the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:10 @ And now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy master that are come with thee: and rise then up early in the morning, and when ye have light, go away.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:11 @ And David and his men rose up early to go away in the morning, to return unto the land of the Philistines; but the Philistines went up to Yizre’el.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:1 @ And it came to pass when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the ‘Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire;

lesserot@1Samuel:30:2 @ And had taken captive the women that were therein, both great and small: they had not slain any one, but had led them off, and gone on their way.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:3 @ When therefore David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:4 @ And David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:5 @ And the two wives of David were also taken captive, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:6 @ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was imbittered, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David fortified himself in the Lord his God.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:7 @ And David said to Ebyathar the priest, the son of Achimelech, Bring hither, I pray thee, unto me the ephod. And Ebyathar brought the ephod near unto David.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:8 @ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:9 @ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:10 @ But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:11 @ And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and took him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

lesserot@1Samuel:30:12 @ And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and then his spirit returned to him; for he had not eaten any bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:13 @ And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young Egyptian man, the servant to an ‘Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because I fell sick, today three days ago.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:14 @ We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:15 @ And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not surrender me into the hand of my master, and then will I bring thee down to this troop.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:16 @ And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:17 @ And David 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, who rode upon camels, and fled.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:18 @ And David recovered all that the ‘Amalekites had taken away; and his two wives also did David rescue.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:19 @ And there was nothing missing to them, from small to great, as also sons and daughters, and spoil, down to every thing that they had taken from them: the whole did David bring back.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:20 @ And David took all the flocks and the herds: these they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:21 @ And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their well–being.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:22 @ Then exclaimed every wicked and worthless man, of those that had gone with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, and these they may lead away, and go.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:23 @ Then said David, Ye must not do so, my brethren; since the Lord hath given us this, and guarded us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:24 @ And who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as is the part of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the part of him that remained with the baggage: together must they share.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:25 @ And it happened from that day and forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:26 @ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord:

lesserot@1Samuel:30:27 @ To those who were in Beth–el, and to those who were in south Ramoth, and to those who were in Yattir,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:28 @ And to those who were in ‘Aro’er, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa’,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:29 @ And to those who were in Rachal, and to those who were in the cities of Yerach–meelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:30 @ And to those who were in Chormah, and to those who were in Kor–’ashan, and to those who were in ‘Athach,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:31 @ And to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had wandered about.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:1 @ Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and there fell down slain on mount Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:2 @ And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malkishua’, the sons of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:3 @ And the battle was heavy against Saul, and he was found by the archers, the men with bows; and he was greatly in dread of the archers.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:4 @ And Saul said unto his armor–bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and wantonly ill–use me. But his armor–bearer would not; for he was greatly afraid; wherefore Saul took the sword, and fell upon it.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:5 @ And when his armor–bearer saw that Saul was dead, then fell he likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:6 @ Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armor–bearer, also all his men, on that same day together.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:7 @ And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and those that were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons had died: they forsook the cities, and fled away; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:8 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines came to strip the slain; and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:9 @ And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent it into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:10 @ And they put his armor in the house of ‘Ashtaroth; and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth–shan.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:11 @ And when the inhabitants of Yabeshgil’ad heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul:

lesserot@1Samuel:31:12 @ Then arose all the valiant men, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and they came to Yabesh, and burnt them there.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:13 @ And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk–tree at Yabesh, and they fasted seven days.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from smiting the ‘Amalekites, that David abode in Ziklag two days.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:2 @ And it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and it happened, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and prostrated himself.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:3 @ And David said unto him, From where comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:4 @ And David said unto him, What took place there? I pray thee, tell me. And he said, That the people are fled from the battle, and that also many of the people are fallen and have died; and that also Saul and Jonathan his son are dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:5 @ And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul is dead as also Jonathan his son?

lesserot@2Samuel:1:6 @ And the young man that told him said, I happened entirely by chance to be upon mount Gilboa’, when, behold, there was Saul leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen had overtaken him.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:7 @ And he turned round, and he saw me, and called unto me, And I said, Here am I.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:8 @ And he said unto me, Who art thou! And I answered him, An ‘Amalekite am I.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:9 @ And he said unto me, Place thyself, I pray thee, by me, and slay me; for a mortal tremor hath seized on me, although my life is yet whole in me.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:10 @ So I placed myself by him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after his fall; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them unto my lord hither.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:11 @ David thereupon took hold of his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

lesserot@2Samuel:1:12 @ And they lamented, and wept, and fasted until the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:13 @ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, The son of a stranger, an ‘Amalekite, am I.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:14 @ And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?

lesserot@2Samuel:1:15 @ And David called one of the young men, and said, Come near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:16 @ And David said unto him, Thy blood is upon thy own head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I myself have slain the Lord’s anointed.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:17 @ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

lesserot@2Samuel:1:18 @ And he said, That the children of Judah should be taught the bow; behold it is written in the book of Yashar.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:19 @ O beauty of Israel! upon the high places slain: how are the mighty fallen!

lesserot@2Samuel:1:20 @ Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; that the daughters of the Philistines may not be glad, that the daughters of the uncircumcised may not rejoice.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:21 @ O mountains of Gilboa’, no dew, nor rain be upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was stained, the shield of Saul, as though it had not been anointed with oil.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:22 @ From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned never back, and the sword of Saul never returned empty.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:23 @ Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the dear in their lives, were even in their death not divided: more than eagles were they swift, more than lions were they strong.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:24 @ O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with beautiful dresses, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:25 @ How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, on thy high places slain.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:26 @ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very dear hast thou been unto me: wonderful was thy love for me, passing the love of women.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:27 @ How are the mighty fallen, and lost the instruments of war!

lesserot@2Samuel:2:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:2 @ So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, the Carmelite.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:3 @ And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household; and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:4 @ And then came the men of Judah, and they anointed there David as king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Yabesh–gil’ad were those that buried Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:5 @ And David thereupon sent messengers unto the men of Yabesh–gil’ad, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have done this kindness unto your Lord, unto Saul, and have buried him.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:6 @ And now may the Lord deal with you in kindness and truth: and as for me also, I will requite you this good deed, because ye have done this thing.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:7 @ And now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant men; for your lord Saul is dead; and also me have the house of Judah anointed as king over them.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:8 @ But Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of the army of Saul, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Machanayim;

lesserot@2Samuel:2:9 @ And made him king over Gil’ad, and over the Ashurites, and over Yizre’el, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:10 @ Forty years old was Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, when he became king over Israel, and two years he reigned. But the house of Judah followed David.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:11 @ And the number of days that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:12 @ And there went out Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, from Machanayim to Gib’on.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:13 @ And Joab the son of Zeruyah and the servants of David also went out, and they met together by the pool of Gib’on: and they sat down, these on the one side of the pool, and the others on the other side of the pool.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:14 @ And Abner said to Joab, Do let the young men rise up and play before us. And Joab said, They may rise up.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:15 @ Then they rose up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:16 @ And they grasped every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; and they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Chelkath–hazzurim, which is by Gib’on.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:17 @ And the battle was exceedingly fierce on that day; and Abner with the men of Israel was beaten, before the servants of David.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:18 @ And there were at that place three sons of Zeruyah, Joab, and Abishai, and ‘Asahel: and ‘Asahel was as fleet of foot as any roe in the field.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:19 @ And ‘Asahel pursued after Abner; and he turned not in going to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:20 @ And Abner turned round and said, Art thou ‘Asahel? And he answered, I am.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:21 @ And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold for thyself on one of the young men, and take thyself his armor. But ‘Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner repeated again to say unto ‘Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? and how should I then lift up my face to Joab thy brother?

lesserot@2Samuel:2:23 @ But he refused to turn aside; and Abner smote him with the hinder end of the spear under the fifth rib, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died on the spot: and it came to pass, that all who came to the place where ‘Asahel had fallen down and died remained standing still.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:24 @ But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giach on the way to the wilderness of Gib’on.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:25 @ And the children of Benjamin assembled themselves together behind Abner, and formed one solid body, and posted themselves on the top of a certain hill.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:26 @ And Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall for everlasting the sword devour? knowest thou not that it will be bitter in the end? and how long shall it be, ere thou wilt bid the people to return from pursuing their brethren?

lesserot@2Samuel:2:27 @ And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then already in the morning would the people have gone away every one from pursuing his brother.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:28 @ So Joab blew the cornet, and all the people remained standing still, and pursued no more after Israel, and they continued no more to fight.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:29 @ And Abner and his men walked through the plain all that night, and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Machanayim.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:30 @ And Joab returned from pursuing Abner; and he gathered all the people together; and there were missed of David’s servants nineteen men and ‘Asahel.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:31 @ But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men: three hundred and sixty men died.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:32 @ And they took up ‘Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth–lechem. And Joab and his men went all that night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:1 @ And the war lasted a long time between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker and weaker.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:2 @ And there were born unto David sons in Hebron: and his first–born was Amnon, of Achino’am the Yizre’elitess;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:3 @ And his second was Kilab, of Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Abshalom, the son of Ma’achah the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:4 @ And the fourth, Adoniyah, the son of Chaggith; and the fifth, Shephatyah, the son of Abital;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:5 @ And the sixth, Yithre’am, by ‘Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:6 @ And it came to pass, while the war lasted between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner upheld with all his strength the house of Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Ayah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:8 @ And Abner became very wroth because of the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I the chief of the dogs which belong to Judah? unto this day have I shown kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me today with a wrong committed with this woman?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:9 @ May God do so to Abner, and continue to do yet more to him, that, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so will I surely do to him;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:10 @ To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer–sheba’.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:11 @ And he could not answer Abner a word more in reply, because of his fear of him.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:12 @ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying Make thy covenant with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:13 @ And he said, Well: I will indeed make a covenant with thee; but one thing I require of thee, namely, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:14 @ And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth, the son of Saul, saying, Give up to me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:15 @ And Ish–bosheth sent, and took her from the man, from Paltiel the son of Layish.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:16 @ And her husband went with her going along and weeping behind her as far as Bachurim: when Abner said unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:17 @ And Abner had used these words with the elders of Israel, saying, Already yesterday and even before ye have been desiring David as king over you:

lesserot@2Samuel:3:18 @ And now do it; for the Lord hath said of David thus, By the hand of my servant David will I save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:19 @ And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel, and in the eyes of the whole house of Benjamin.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:20 @ And Abner came to David to Hebron, and with him were twenty men; and David made for Abner and for the men that were with him a feast.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:21 @ And Abner said unto David, I will now arise and go, and I will assemble unto my Lord the king all Israel, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul longeth for. And David dismissed Abner: and he went in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:22 @ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a predatory excursion, and brought in much booty with them; but Abner was no more with David in Hebron; for he had dismissed him, and he was gone in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:23 @ When Joab and all the army that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath dismissed him, and he is gone in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:24 @ Then came Joab to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee: why is it that thou hast dismissed him, that he went freely away?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:25 @ Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that to deceive thee did he come, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou art doing.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:26 @ And Joab went out from David, and he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David knew it not.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:27 @ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him in private; and he smote him there under the fifth rib, and he died, for the blood of ‘Asahel his brother.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:28 @ And when David heard it afterward, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

lesserot@2Samuel:3:29 @ May it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a crutch, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:30 @ But Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother ‘Asahel at Gib’on in the battle.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:31 @ And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourning before Abner. And king David walked behind the bier.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:32 @ And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:33 @ And the king lamented over Abner, and said, O, that Abner had to die, as the worthless dieth!

lesserot@2Samuel:3:34 @ Thy hands were not bound, and thy feet were not put into fetters: as one falleth before men of wickedness art thou fallen. And all the people wept again over him.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:35 @ And all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do God to me, and thus may he continue, if before the sun be down I taste bread, or the least else.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:36 @ And all the people took notice of it, and it was pleasing in their eyes: as whatsoever the king did was pleasing in the eyes of all the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:37 @ And all the people and all Israel understood on that day that it had not been of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:38 @ And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that a prince and a great man hath fallen this day in Israel?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:39 @ And I am this day yet weak, and just anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruyah, are too strong for me: may the Lord pay the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:1 @ And when Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands became enfeebled, and all the Israelites were troubled.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:2 @ And Saul’s son had two men who were captains of bands; the name of the one was Ba’anah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

lesserot@2Samuel:4:3 @ And the Beerothites had fled to Gittayim, and remained sojourners there until this day.)

lesserot@2Samuel:4:4 @ And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame on both feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Yizre’el, and his nurse took him up and fled: and it came to pass, in her haste to flee, that he fell, and was rendered lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:5 @ And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Ba’anah, went, and came at the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who was just lying in bed as usual at noon.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:6 @ And they came thither into the interior of the house, as buyers of wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Ba’anah his brother escaped.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:7 @ Namely, they came into the house, while he was lying on his bed in his sleeping–chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and cut off his head, and took his head, and went by the way of the plain all the night.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:8 @ And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and they said to the king, Behold, here is the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life: and the Lord hath granted to my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul, and on his seed.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:9 @ But David answered Rechab and Ba’anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

lesserot@2Samuel:4:10 @ When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, and he was in his own eyes as though he brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who that I should give him a reward for his tidings:

lesserot@2Samuel:4:11 @ How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed? and now, behold, I will require his blood of your hand, and I will remove you away from the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:12 @ And David gave the command to the young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up by the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ish–bosheth they took, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:1 @ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold us, thy bone and thy flesh are we;

lesserot@2Samuel:5:2 @ Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:3 @ Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king unto Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David as king over Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:4 @ Thirty years was David old when he became king, forty years he reigned.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:5 @ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:6 @ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; who said unto David, as followeth, Thou shalt not come in hither, except thou remove away the blind and the lame: meaning, David cannot come in hither.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:7 @ Nevertheless David captured the strong–hold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:8 @ And David said on that day, Whosoever will smite the Jebusites, and reach the aqueduct and the lame and the blind, that are hateful to David’s soul,––Wherefore people usually say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:9 @ And David dwelt in the fort, and he called it "The City of David." And David built round about from the Millo and inward.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:10 @ And David went on, and became greater and greater, and the Lord the God of hosts was with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:11 @ And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar–trees, and carpenters, and stone–masons: and they built a house for David.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:12 @ And David felt conscious that the Lord has established him as king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:13 @ And David took yet more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were born to David yet sons and daughters.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:14 @ And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua’, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

lesserot@2Samuel:5:15 @ And Yibchar, and Elishua’, and Nepheg, and Yaphia’,

lesserot@2Samuel:5:16 @ And Elishama’, and Elyada’, and Eliphelet.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:17 @ But when the Philistines heard that the people had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went down to the strong–hold.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:18 @ The Philistines also came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:19 @ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:20 @ And David came to Ba’al–perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken down my enemies before me, as a breach water. Wherefore he called the name of that place Ba’al–perazim.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:21 @ And they left behind there their idols, and David and his men burnt them.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:22 @ And the Philistines came up once again, and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:23 @ And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but turn about and fall in the rear of them, and come upon them opposite to the mulberry–trees.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:24 @ And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of walking on the top of the mulberry–trees, that thou shalt then bestir thyself; for then will the Lord go out before thee, to smite in the camp of the Philistines.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:25 @ And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and he smote the Philistines from Geba’ until thou comest to Gezer.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:1 @ And David assembled again all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:2 @ And David arose, and went with all the people who were with him from Ba’ale–yehudah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the name of which was called by the name of the Lord of hosts, that dwelleth over the cherubim.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:3 @ And they conveyed the ark of God in a new wagon, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was on the hill; and ‘Uzzah and Achyo, the sons of Abinadab, guided the new wagon.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:4 @ When they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill, near the ark of God; but Achyo went before the ark.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:5 @ And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir–wood, and on harps, and on psalteries, and on tambourines, and with bells, and with cymbals.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:6 @ And when they came to the threshing–floor of Nachon, ‘Uzzah put forth to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:7 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against ‘Uzzah; and God smote him there for the error; and he died there by the ark of God.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:8 @ And it was grievous to David, because the Lord had suddenly taken away ‘Uzzah; and he called that place Perez–’uzzah until this day.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:9 @ And David was afraid of the Lord on that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

lesserot@2Samuel:6:10 @ So David would not allow to have the ark of the Lord removed unto him into the city of David; but David had it carried round into the house of ‘Obed–edom the Gittite.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:11 @ And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of ‘Obed–edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed ‘Obed–edom, and all his household.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:12 @ And it was told to king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of ‘Obed–edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God: and David then went and brought up the ark of God from the house of ‘Obed–edom into the city of David with joy.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:13 @ And it happened, that when the bearers of the ark of the Lord had progressed six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:14 @ And David danced with all his might before the Lord; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:15 @ So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the cornet.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:16 @ And it happened, as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:17 @ And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt–offerings before the Lord and peace–offerings.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:18 @ And when David had made an end of offering the burnt–offerings and the peace–offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:19 @ And he dealt out to all the people, to the whole multitude of Israel, to both men and women, to every person one cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine: and all the people departed every one to his house.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:20 @ And David then returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and she said, How honored was today the king of Israel, who uncovered himself today before the eyes of the hand–maids of his servants, as only one of the low fellows can uncover himself!

lesserot@2Samuel:6:21 @ And David said unto Michal, Before the Lord, who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to ordain me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel:––yea, before the Lord will I yet farther play.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:22 @ And should I be yet more vile than thus, and should I be base in my own eyes: yet among the maid–servants of whom thou hast spoken, yea, among them would I still be honored.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:23 @ And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child until the day of her death.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:1 @ And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:2 @ That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:3 @ And Nathan said to the king, all that is in thy heart go and do; for the Lord is with thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:4 @ And it came to pass during that night, That the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,

lesserot@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go and say unto my servant, unto David, Thus hath said the Lord, Wilt thou indeed build me a house for my dwelling?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:6 @ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even until this day; but have been moving about in a tent and in a tabernacle.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:7 @ In all the places where I moved about among all the children of Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I ordained to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:8 @ Now therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant, to David, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep–cote, from behind the flocks, to be a ruler over my people, over Israel;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:9 @ And I have been with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and I have cut off all thy enemies from thy presence, and I have made thee a great name, like the name of the great who are on the earth;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:10 @ And I have procured a place for my people, for Israel, and I have planted them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be no more troubled; and that the children of wickedness shall not afflict them any more as aforetimes,

lesserot@2Samuel:7:11 @ And since the day that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have caused thee to rest from all thy enemies; and the Lord telleth thee that he, the Lord, will make thee a house.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:12 @ When thy days will be completed, and thou wilt sleep with thy fathers: then will I set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:13 @ He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:14 @ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be to me as a son: so that when he committeth iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of man;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:15 @ But my kindness shall not depart from him, as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I removed from before thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:16 @ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:17 @ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then went king David in, and sat down before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord Eternal? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me as far as hitherward?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:19 @ And this was yet too small a thing in thine eyes, O Lord Eternal; and thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a distant time. And is this the desert of man, O Lord Eternal?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:20 @ And what can David add yet more to speak unto thee? since thou, O Lord Eternal, knowest well thy servant?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:21 @ For the sake of thy word, and in accordance with thy own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, so as to let thy servant know it.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:22 @ Therefore art thou great, O Eternal God; for there is none like thee, and there is no God beside thee, in accordance with all that we have heard with our ears.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:23 @ And who is like thy people, like Israel, the only nation on the earth, which God went to redeem for himself as a people, and to acquire for himself a name, and to do for you this great deed, and fearful things for thy land, from before thy people which thou hast redeemed for thyself from Egypt, nations and their gods.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:24 @ For thou hast established for thyself thy people Israel as a people unto thee for ever; and thou, O Lord, art indeed become their God.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:25 @ And now, O Eternal God, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, stand firm for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:26 @ And let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and may the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:27 @ For thou, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying, A house will be built up for thee; therefore hath thy servant found the heart to pray unto thee this prayer.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:28 @ And now, O Lord Eternal, thou art the God, and thy words must become the truth, and thou hast spoken unto thy servant this goodness:

lesserot@2Samuel:7:29 @ And now let it please thee and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Eternal, hast spoken it; and from thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and humbled them: and David took Metheg–haammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:2 @ And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, laying them down on the ground; and he measured with two lines to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David’s servants, bringing presents.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:3 @ David smote also Hadad’ezer, the son of Rechob, the king of Zobah, as he went to extend his territory at the river Euphrates.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:4 @ And David captured from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot: and David hamstringed all the chariot–teams, but reserved of them a hundred chariot–teams.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:5 @ And the Syrians of Damascus then came to aid Hadad’ezer, the king of Zobah, when David slew of the Syrians twenty and two thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:6 @ And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, bearing presents. And the Lord helped David whithersoever he went.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:7 @ And David took the shields of gold that belonged to the servants of Hadad’ezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:8 @ And from Betach, and from Berothai, cities of Hadad’ezer, did king David take exceedingly much copper.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:9 @ And when To’i the king of Chamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadad’ezer,

lesserot@2Samuel:8:10 @ Then did To’i send Yoram his son unto king David, to ask him after his well–being, and to bless him, because that he had fought against Hadad’ezer, and smitten him; for Hadad’ezer had been engaged in wars with To’i; and he had in his hand vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of copper:

lesserot@2Samuel:8:11 @ These also did king David sanctify unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had sanctified from all the nations which he subdued;

lesserot@2Samuel:8:12 @ From Syria, and from Moab, and from the children of ‘Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from ‘Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadad’ezer, the son of Rechob, the king of Zobah.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:13 @ And David acquired a name when he returned from his smiting the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:14 @ And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped David whithersoever he went.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:15 @ And David reigned over all Israel; and David did what is just and right unto all his people.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:16 @ And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;

lesserot@2Samuel:8:17 @ And Zadok the son of Achitub, and Achimelech the son of Ebyathar, were priests; and Serayah was scribe;

lesserot@2Samuel:8:18 @ And Banayahu the son of Yehoyada’ was over both the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were officers of state.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:1 @ And David said, Is there yet any one that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for the sake of Jonathan?

lesserot@2Samuel:9:2 @ And the house of Saul had a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And be said, Thy servant.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:3 @ And the king said, Is there no one left any more of the house of Saul, that I may show him the kindness of God! And Ziba said unto the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame on both feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:4 @ And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of ‘Ammiel, in Lo–debar.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:5 @ And king David sent, and had him taken out of the house of Machir, the son of ‘Ammiel, from Lo–debar.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:6 @ And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and he fell on his face, and bowed himself. And David said, Mephibosheth; And he answered, Here is thy servant!

lesserot@2Samuel:9:7 @ And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and I will restore unto thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:8 @ And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldst turn thy regard unto such a dead dog as I am?

lesserot@2Samuel:9:9 @ Then called the king for Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, all that hath pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given unto thy master’s son.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:10 @ And thou shalt till for him the land, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, and thou shalt bring in, that thy master’s son may have bread which he can eat; but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat continually bread at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:11 @ And Ziba said unto the king, In accordance with all that my Lord the king may command his servant, so will thy servant do. And Mephibosheth shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:12 @ And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:13 @ And Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king’s table; and he was lame on both his feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of ‘Ammon died, and Chanun his son reigned in his stead.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:2 @ Then said David, I will show kindness unto Chanun the son of Nachash, as his father showed me kindness. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came unto the land of the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:3 @ And the princes of the children of ‘Ammon said unto Chanun their Lord, Doth David honor thy father in thy eyes, that he hath sent comforters unto thee! hath David not sent his servants unto thee, in order to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

lesserot@2Samuel:10:4 @ Chanun thereupon took David’s servants, and shaved off the one–half of their beard, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:5 @ When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed; and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beard be grown, and then return.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:6 @ And when the children of ‘Ammon saw that they were become in bad odor with David, the children of ‘Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rechob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand men on foot, and the king of Ma’achah with a thousand men, and of the people of Tob twelve thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:7 @ And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army, the mighty men.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:8 @ And the children of ‘Ammon came out, and put themselves in battle–array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rechob, and the people of Tob and Ma’achah, were by themselves in the field.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:9 @ When now Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he selected from all the chosen men of Israel, and arrayed himself against the Syrians:

lesserot@2Samuel:10:10 @ And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, who arrayed himself against the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:11 @ And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then shalt thou bring me help; but if the children of ‘Ammon be too strong for thee, then will I go to help thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be strong, and let us strengthen ourselves in behalf of our people, and in behalf of the cities of our God: and may the Lord do that which seemeth good in his eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:13 @ And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians; and they fled from before him.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:14 @ And when the children of ‘Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then did they also fly before Abishai, and entered into the city. Joab then returned from the children of ‘Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:15 @ And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves altogether.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:16 @ And Hadar’ezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river, and they came to Chelam; and Shobach the captain of the army of Hadar’ezer went before them.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:17 @ And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Chelam. And the Syrians set themselves in battle–array against David, and fought with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:18 @ And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen; and Shobach also the captain of their army he smote, and he died there.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:19 @ And when all the kings, the vassals to Hadar’ezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them: and the Syrians feared to help the children of ‘Ammon any more.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:1 @ And it came to pass, at the return of the same season of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of ‘Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained behind at Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it happened at evening–tide, that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and he saw from the roof a woman bathing herself; and the woman was of a very beautiful appearance.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:3 @ And David sent and inquired after the woman; and some one said, Behold, this is Beth–sheba’, the daughter of Eli’am, the wife of Uriyah the Hittite.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:4 @ And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, and she had just purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:5 @ And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:6 @ And David sent to Joab, Send unto me Uriyah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriyah to David.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:7 @ And when Uriyah was come unto him, David asked after the well–being of Joab, and after the well–being of the people, and how the war prospered.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriyah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriyah went forth out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of food from the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:9 @ But Uriyah laid himself down at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:10 @ And they told David, saying, Uriyah is not gone down unto his house: and David said unto Uriyah, Art thou not come from a journey? why then art thou not gone down unto thy own house?

lesserot@2Samuel:11:11 @ Then said Uriyah unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my Lord Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open field: and should I alone go unto my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:12 @ And David said unto Uriyah, Tarry here also this day, and tomorrow will I send thee off. So Uriyah remained in Jerusalem on that day and the following.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:13 @ And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunken; and he went out in the evening to lie down on his resting–place with the servants of his lord; but to his house he did not go down.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:14 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriyah.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:15 @ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriyah in front, opposite to the hottest fight, and then withdraw from behind him, that he may be smitten and die.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:16 @ And it came to pass, when Joab was enclosing the city, that he placed Uriyah toward the spot of which he knew that valiant men were there.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:17 @ And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David, and there died also Uriyah the Hittite.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:18 @ Then did Joab send, and told unto David all the events of the war.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:19 @ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

lesserot@2Samuel:11:20 @ And it happen that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore did you approach unto the city to fight? knew ye not, that they would shoot down from off the wall?

lesserot@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who smote Abimelech the son of Yerubbesheth? did not a woman throw down upon him a piece of an upper mill–stone from off the wall so that he died at Thebez? why did ye approach unto the wall? then must thou say, Also thy servant Uriyah the Hittite is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:22 @ And the messenger went, and came and told unto David all for which Joab had sent him.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:23 @ And the messenger said unto David, Because the men overpowered us and came out against us into the field; but we set upon them, as far as the entrance of the gate.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:24 @ And the archers then shot at thy servants from off the wall; and there died some of the servants of the king, and also thy servant Uriyah the Hittite is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:25 @ Then said David to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let this thing not be displeasing in thy eyes; for at times this, at other times the other will the sword devour; continue firmly in thy war against the city, and overthrow it: and thus do thou encourage him.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:26 @ And when the wife of Uriyah heard that Uriyah her husband had died, she mourned for her lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:27 @ And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her to his house, and she became his wife; and she bore him a son. But the thing which David had done was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:1 @ And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him and said to him, Two men were once in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:2 @ The rich man had flocks and herds, in great abundance.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:3 @ But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe, which he had bought; and he nourished it, and it grew up with him and with his children together; of his bread it used to eat, and out of his cup it used to drink, and in his bosom it used to lie, and it was to him as a daughter.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:4 @ And there came a traveler unto the rich man; and he felt compunction to take from his own flocks and from his own herds to dress for the wayfarer that was come to him; but he took the ewe of the poor man, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:5 @ And the anger of David was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, surely the man that hath done this deserveth to die;

lesserot@2Samuel:12:6 @ And the ewe he shall pay fourfold, for punishment that he hath done this thing, and because he had no compassion.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:7 @ Then said Nathan to David, Thou art the man! Thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, It is I who anointed thee as king over Israel, and it is I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

lesserot@2Samuel:12:8 @ And I gave unto thee the house of thy master, and the wives of thy master into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah: and if this be too little, I could bestow on thee yet many more like these things.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:9 @ Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:10 @ And now, the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever; for the reason that thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be thy wife.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:11 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy own house, and I will take away thy wives before thy eyes, and I will give them unto thy neighbor; and he shall lie with thy wives before the face of this sun.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:12 @ For thou hast done it in secret; but I will surely do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:13 @ Then said David unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, Also the Lord hath caused thy sin to pass away: thou shalt not die.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:14 @ Nevertheless, because thou hast given great cause to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme through this thing, the child also that hath been born unto thee shall surely die.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:15 @ And Nathan went to his house; and the Lord struck the child that Uriyah’s wife had born unto David, that it became very sick.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:16 @ And David besought God in behalf of the lad; and David kept a fast, and came home, and lay over night upon the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of the house arose about him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he did not partake of any bread with them.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:18 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died; and the servants of David were afraid to tell him, that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how then shall we say to him, The child is dead! he might do a hurt.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, David understood that the child was dead; wherefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, he is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:20 @ David then rose up from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his garments, and went into the house of the Lord and prostrated himself; and then he came to his own house, and asked that they should set food before him, and he ate.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:21 @ And his servants then said unto him, What is this thing which thou hast done? On account of the child when living thou didst fast and weep; but as soon as the child was dead thou didst arise and eat bread!

lesserot@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; because I said, Who knoweth, but that the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

lesserot@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast then? can I restore him again? I am going to him; but he will not return to me.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted Bath–sheba’ his wife, and he went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and called his name Solomon; and the Lord loved him.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Yedideyah in behalf of the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:26 @ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of ‘Ammon, and captured the royal city.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David; and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have also captured the water–town.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:28 @ And now gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and capture it: lest I capture the city myself, and it be called by my name.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:29 @ And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and captured it.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took the crown of Malkam from off his head, and its weight was a talent of gold, and a precious stone, and it was set on the head of David; and the booty of the city he brought out in great abundance.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:31 @ And the people that were therein he brought forward, and put them under saws, and under iron threshing–wagons, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through brick–kilns; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of ‘Ammon: and David returned with them with all the people unto Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom the son of David had a handsome sister, whose name was Thamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:2 @ And Amnon worried himself so that he fell sick on account of Thamar his sister; for she was a virgin; and it was impossible in the eyes of Amnon to do her the least.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:3 @ But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Yonadab, the son of Shim’ah, David’s brother; and Yonadab was a very sensible man.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:4 @ And he said to him, Why art thou so wasted, O prince, morning after morning? Wilt thou not tell me? Then said Amnon to him, Thamar the sister of Abshalom my brother do I love.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:5 @ And Yonadab said to him, Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick; and when thy father cometh to see thee, thou must say unto him, Let, I pray thee, Thamar my sister come, and give me some food, and prepare the refreshment before my eyes, in order that I may see it, and eat it out of her hand.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:6 @ So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Let, I pray thee, Thamar my sister come, and mix up before my eyes a couple of cakes, that I may enjoy them out of her hand.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:7 @ Then did David send home to Thamar, saying, Do go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and prepare for him the refreshment.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:8 @ So Thamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, and he was lying down; and she took the dough and kneaded, and mixed it up before his eyes, and baked the cakes;

lesserot@2Samuel:13:9 @ And she took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat; and Amnon said, Cause every man to go out from me; and they went out, every man, from him.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:10 @ And Amnon said to Thamar, Bring the refreshment into the chamber, that I may enjoy it out of thy hand. So Thamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them unto Amnon her brother into the chamber.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:11 @ And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:12 @ But she said to him, No, my brother, do not violate me; for such a deed ought not to be done in Israel; do not this scandalous act!

lesserot@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, whither should I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou wouldst be like one of the worthless in Israel; but now, O speak, I pray thee, unto the king, for he will not withhold me from thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:14 @ Nevertheless, he would not hearken unto her voice; but he overpowered her, and violated her, and lay with her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then did Amnon hate her with a very great hatred; so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her; and Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:16 @ And she said unto him, not add this yet greater wrong than the other which thou hast done with me, to send me away! But he would not listen to her;

lesserot@2Samuel:13:17 @ And he called his young man, his servant, and said, Do send this woman away from me, into the street, and lock the door behind her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:18 @ And she had on a garment of divers colors; for thus were usually appareled the king’s daughters when virgins, in robes; and his servant brought her out into the street, and locked the door behind her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:19 @ And Thamar put ashes on her head, and the garment of divers colors which was on her she rent: and she placed her hand on her head, and went away and cried as she went along.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:20 @ Then said to her Abshalom her brother, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but now, my sister, keep silence, he is thy brother, take this thing not to thy heart. So Thamar remained, and was secluded in the house of Abshalom her brother.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:21 @ And when king David heard all these things, it displeased him greatly.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:22 @ And Abshalom spoke not with Amnon either bad or good; for Abshalom hated Amnon, because he had violated Thamar his sister.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it came to pass after two full years, that Abshalom had sheep–shearers at Ba’al–chazor, which is near Ephraim; and Abshalom invited all the king’s sons.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Abshalom came to the king, and said, Behold, now, thy servant hath sheep–shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:25 @ And the king said to Abshalom, No, my son, do not let us all go now, that we may not be a burden upon thee. And he urged him much, but he would not go, and he blessed him.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:26 @ And Abshalom said, If not, let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?

lesserot@2Samuel:13:27 @ But Abshalom urged him greatly, and he sent with him Amnon and all the sons of the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:28 @ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:29 @ And the servants of Abshalom did unto Amnon as Abshalom had commanded. Then arose all the king’s sons, and they rode off, every man on his mule, and fled.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:30 @ And it happened, while they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, Abshalom hath smitten all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:31 @ Then arose the king and rent his garments, and laid himself on the earth: and all his servants were standing by with their garments rent.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:32 @ But Yonadab the son of Shim’ah, David’s brother, commenced and said, Let not my Lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king’s sons; since Amnon alone is dead; for by the command of Abshalom was this ordained from the day that he violated Thamar his sister.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:33 @ And now let not my Lord the king take the thing to his heart, thinking, that all the king’s sons are dead; for Amnon alone is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:34 @ And Abshalom flew away. And the young man that was watching lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming by the way behind him, by the side of the mount.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:35 @ And Yonadab said to the king, The king’s sons are come: according to the word of thy servant, so hath it come to pass.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:36 @ And it happened, as he had just finished speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and they lifted up their voice and wept; and also the king and all his servants wept very much.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:37 @ But Abshalom had fled; and he went to Talmai, the son of ‘Ammihud, the king of Geshur: and mourned for his son all the time.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:38 @ So did Abshalom fly, and go to Geshur, and he remained there three years.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:39 @ And king David longed to go forth unto Abshalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, that he was dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:1 @ And when now Joab the son of Zeruyah perceived that the heart of the king was toward Abshalom:

lesserot@2Samuel:14:2 @ Then sent Joab to Tekoa’, and he fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign. I pray thee, as though thou mournest, and do put on mourning garments, and anoint thyself not with oil; but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:3 @ And thou must come to the king and speak with him after these words: and Joab put the words into her mouth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:4 @ And the woman from Tekoa’ spoke to the king, and fell on her face to the ground, and bowed herself, and said, Help, O king!

lesserot@2Samuel:14:5 @ And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she said, Truly, I am a widow–woman; since my husband is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:6 @ And thy hand–maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help; so the one smote the other, and slew him.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:7 @ And, behold, the whole family is risen up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or remainder upon the face of the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:8 @ And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will issue charge concerning thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:9 @ Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father’s house: and may the king and his throne be guiltless.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:10 @ And the king said, Whosoever speaketh aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:11 @ Then said she, Let the king, I pray thee, remember the Lord thy God, so as not to suffer the avenger of the blood to cause yet more destruction, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of thy son to the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:12 @ Then said the woman, Let thy hand–maid, I pray thee, speak unto my Lord the king one word. And he said, Speak on.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? and since the king doth speak this thing, he is as a guilty man, if the king do not permit his banished one to return home.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:14 @ For we must needs die, and are as water which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:15 @ And now that I am come to speak unto my Lord the king of this thing, because the people made me afraid; and therefore thy hand–maid said, I will still speak unto the king; perhaps the king may act the word of his hand–maid.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:16 @ For the king may hear, to deliver his hand–maid out of the hand of the man to exterminate me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:17 @ And thy hand–maid said, May the word of my Lord the king now become repose; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to comprehend the good and the bad: and may the Lord thy God be with thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:18 @ Then answered the king and said unto the woman, Conceal not, I pray thee, from me a word concerning what I am going to ask thee. And the woman said, Let my Lord the king but speak.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:19 @ And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand–maid all these words.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:20 @ In order to change the appearance of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is on the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:21 @ And the king said unto Joab, Behold, now, thou hast done this thing: go then, bring back the young man Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:22 @ And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today is thy servant convinced that I have found grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king; since the king hath acted in accordance with the word of thy servant.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:23 @ And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Abshalom to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:24 @ And the king said, Let him repair to his own house, but my face he shall not see. So Abshalom repaired to his own house, but the king’s face he did not see.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:25 @ And like Abshalom there was no man as handsome in all Israel, so that he was greatly praised: from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head there was no blemish on him.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:26 @ And when he shaved off his head he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:27 @ And there was born unto Abshalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Thamar: this one was a woman of handsome appearance.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:28 @ And Abshalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and the king’s face he did not see.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:29 @ Abshalom sent out therefore for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again the second time; but he would not come.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:30 @ He thereupon said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is alongside of mine, and he hath barley there: go and set it on fire. And Abshalom’s servants set the field on fire.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:31 @ Then did Joab arise, and he went to Abshalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set the field belonging to me on fire?

lesserot@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Abshalom said to Joab, Behold, I had sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it would be better for me were I yet there: and now let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him put me to death.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:33 @ So Joab went to the king, and told it to him: and he called for Abshalom, who came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men who ran before him.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:2 @ And Abshalom rose up early, and stood on the side of the way to the gate: and it happened, that whenever a man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Abshalom called to him, and said, From what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:3 @ And Abshalom said unto him, See, thy words are good and right; but no one listeneth to thee on the part of the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:4 @ And Abshalom said, Oh, if there were but one to appoint me judge in the land, so that every man who may have any controversy or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

lesserot@2Samuel:15:5 @ And it happened, that when a man came nigh to bow down to him, he used to put forth his hand, and laid hold of him, and kissed him.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:6 @ And Abshalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: and thus did Abshalom steal the heart of the men of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:7 @ And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Abshalom said unto the king, Let me go, I pray thee, and fulfill my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, at Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:8 @ For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord will ever bring me back again to Jerusalem, then will I serve the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:9 @ And the king said unto him, Go in peace: and he arose, and went to Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:10 @ But Abshalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the cornet, then shall ye say, Abshalom is become king at Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:11 @ And with Abshalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and going in their simplicity; and they knew of nothing whatever.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:12 @ And Abshalom sent for Achithophel the Gilomite, David’s counsellor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy became strong; and the people increased continually with Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:13 @ And there came a news–bearer to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel is turned after Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:14 @ And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for there will not be any escape for us from Abshalom: make haste, to depart, lest he make haste and overtake us suddenly and overwhelm us with evil, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:15 @ And the king’s servants said unto the king, In accordance with all that my Lord the king may choose, are thy servants ready.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:16 @ And the king went forth, and all his household in his train. And the king left behind ten women, who were concubines, to guard the house.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:17 @ And the king went forth, and all the people in his train, and tarried in a place that was far off.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:18 @ And all his servants passed on alongside of him, and all the Kerethites, and all the Pelethites; and all the Gittites, six hundred men, who were come in his train from Gath, passed on before the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore wilt thou also go with us? turn back and abide with the king; for thou art a stranger, and also an exile from thy place.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:20 @ Yesterday thou camest; and today should I move thee about with us to wander? seeing that I go whither I may: return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee, in kindness and truth.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:21 @ And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my Lord the king liveth, surely in whatever place my Lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, even there will thy servant be.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:22 @ And David said then to Ittai, Go and pass on. And Ittai the Gittite passed on, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:23 @ And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed on: and the king passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, along the way to the wilderness.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:24 @ And lo, Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, were bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Ebyathar went up, until all the people had finished passing out of the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:25 @ And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back again, and show me both it, and his dwelling;

lesserot@2Samuel:15:26 @ But if he should thus say, I have no delight in thee: here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good in his eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:27 @ The king said also unto Zadok the priest, If thou see the justice of this, return to the city in peace: and your two sons, Achima’az thy son, and Jonathan the son of Ebyathar, are with you.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:28 @ See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to bring me news.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:29 @ Zadok therefore and Ebyathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they remained there.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:30 @ And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, weeping as he went up, and had his head covered, and he was walking barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:31 @ And some one told David, saying, Achithophel is among the conspirators with Abshalom. And David said, I pray thee, turn into foolishness the counsel of Achithophel, O Lord!

lesserot@2Samuel:15:32 @ And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top, where he used to bow himself down to God, behold, Chushai the Arkite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:33 @ And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, thou wouldst be a burden unto me;

lesserot@2Samuel:15:34 @ But if thou shouldst return to the city, and say unto Abshalom, Thy servant will I be, O king; thy father’s servant have I been this long time past, and now will I also be thy servant: then mightest thou defeat for me the counsel of Achithophel.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:35 @ And, behold, thou hast with thee there Zadok and Ebyathar the priests; therefore shall it be, that what thing soever thou mayest hear out of the king’s house, shalt thou tell to Zadok and Ebyathar the priests.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:36 @ Behold, they have there with them their two sons. Achima’az for Zadok, and Jonathan for Ebyathar: and ye shall send by means of them unto me whatever thing ye can hear.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:37 @ So Chushai, David’s friend, came into the city, as Abshalom had just resolved to enter into Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:1 @ And when David was passed a little beyond the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth came toward him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of dried figs, and a bottle of wine.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:2 @ And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou with these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and the dried figs for the young men to eat; and the wine to drink for such as may be faint in the wilderness.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:3 @ And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he remaineth at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore unto me the kingdom of my father.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:4 @ Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine shall be all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I prostrate myself; let me but find grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:5 @ And when King David came as far as Bachurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shim’i, the son of Gera, coming forth, and cursing.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:6 @ And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right and on his left.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:7 @ And thus said Shim’i as he cursed, Away, away, thou man of blood, and thou worthless man!

lesserot@2Samuel:16:8 @ The Lord hath brought back upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou didst reign; and the Lord hath placed the kingdom into the hand of Abshalom thy son; and, behold, thou art now in thy misfortune, because a man of blood art thou.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:9 @ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruyah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my Lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and remove his head.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruyah? so let him curse; because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

lesserot@2Samuel:16:11 @ And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who hath come forth out of my own body, seeketh my life: how much more now this Benjamite? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath said it to him.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:12 @ Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:13 @ And David and his men went on the way. And Shim’i went on the side of the mount opposite to him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones toward him, and cast dust.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:14 @ And the king, and all the people that were with him, arrived weary, and refreshed themselves there.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:15 @ And Abshalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Achithophel with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:16 @ And it came to pass, when Chushai the Arkite, David’s friend, was come unto Abshalom, that Chushai said unto Abshalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!

lesserot@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Abshalom said to Chushai, Is this thy kindness for thy friend? why art thou not gone with thy friend?

lesserot@2Samuel:16:18 @ And Chushai said unto Abshalom, No; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I remain.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:19 @ And secondly, who is it whom I shall serve? is it not in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:20 @ Then said Abshalom to Achithophel, Hold counsel among yourselves as to what we shall do.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:21 @ And Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, whom he hath left to guard the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art in bad odor with thy father: and then will the hands of all that are with thee become strong.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:22 @ So they spread for Abshalom a tent upon the roof; and Abshalom went in unto his father’s concubines before the eyes of all Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:23 @ And the counsel of Achithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had asked advice of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Achithophel both with David and with Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Do let me now select twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;

lesserot@2Samuel:17:2 @ And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak–handed, and will terrify him; so that all the people that are with him will flee; and I will smite the king alone;

lesserot@2Samuel:17:3 @ And I will bring back all the people unto thee: when all return the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:4 @ And the thing was pleasing in the eyes of Abshalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:5 @ Then said Abshalom, Do call now also Chushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he likewise beareth in his mouth.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:6 @ And when Chushai was come to Abshalom, Abshalom said unto him, as followeth, Such words as these hath Achithophel spoken: shall we do after his words? if not, do thou speak.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Chushai said unto Abshalom, The counsel that Achithophel hath given at this time is not good.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:8 @ And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold, he is now hidden in some one of the pits, or in some one of the places: and it will come to pass, when some of them should fall at the first onset, that whosoever heareth it would say, There hath been slaughter among the people that follow Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:10 @ And he also that is most valiant, whose heart is as the heart of the lion, would become quite discouraged; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are valiant persons.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:11 @ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba’, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:12 @ And when we come upon him in some one of the places where he may be found, we will encamp around him as the dew falleth on the earth: and there shall not be left of him and of all the men that are with him so much as one.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:13 @ And if he should withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the stream, until there be not found there even one small stone.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:14 @ And Abshalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chushai the Arkite is better than the counsel of Achithophel. But the Lord had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Achithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring the evil upon Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:15 @ Then said Chushai unto Zadok and to Ebyathar the priests, Thus and thus did Achithophel counsel Abshalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but rather pass over at once; lest the king be entirely ruined, and all the people that are with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Achima’az were staying by ‘En–rogel; and a maid–servant had to go and tell them, that they should go and tell king David; for they dared not be seen to come into the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:18 @ Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told it to Abshalom; but they went, both of them, quickly away, and came to the house of a man in Bachurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:19 @ And the wife took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and scattered ground corn thereupon; so that nothing was perceived.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:20 @ And Abshalom’s servants came to the woman into the house, and they said, Where are Achima’az and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are passed over the brook of water. And they sought, but could not find them; and they returned to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:21 @ And it came to pass, after they were gone, that they came up out of the well, and went and told it to king David, and they said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Achithophel counseled against you.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:22 @ Then did David arise, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the time the morning was light, not even one was lacking who had not passed over the Jordan.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:24 @ Then came David to Machanayim: and Abshalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Abshalom placed ‘Amassa instead of Joab as captain over the army: and ‘Amassa was the son of a man, whose name was Yithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigal the daughter of Nachash, the sister of Zeruyah Joab’s mother.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:26 @ And Israel and Abshalom encamped in the land of Gil’ad.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:27 @ And it came to pass, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shobi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of ‘Ammon, and Machir the son of ‘Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gil’adite of Rogelim,

lesserot@2Samuel:17:28 @ Brought beds, and bowls, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

lesserot@2Samuel:17:29 @ And honey, and cream, and sheep, and cow’s cheese, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David numbered the people that were with him, and he set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:2 @ And David sent forth the people a third part under the command of Joab, and a third part under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruyah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I myself also will without fail go forth with you.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth; for if we should have to flee away, they will not care for us; and if half of us die, they will not care for us; for now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou shouldst be a succor to us out of the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:4 @ And the king said unto them, What seemeth good in your eyes will I do. And the king placed himself by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:5 @ And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, with Abshalom. And all the people heard when the king charged all the captains with respect to Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:6 @ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:7 @ And the people of Israel were smitten there before David’s servants, and the slaughter was great there on that day––twenty thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:8 @ And the battle became extended there over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured yet more of the people than the sword had devoured on that day.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:9 @ And Abshalom happened to come before the servants of David. And Abshalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth: and the mule that was under him passed on.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:10 @ And a certain man saw, and told it to Joab, and said, Behold, I have seen Abshalom hanging on an oak.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:11 @ And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him: why then didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and it would have been obligatory on me to give thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:12 @ And the man said unto Joab, And though I should weigh on my hands a thousand shekels of silver, I would not stretch forth my hand against the king’s son; for before our ears did the king charge thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take heed, whoever it be, of the young man, of Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:13 @ Or should I even have acted with falsehood against my own life, since there is no matter which can be hidden from the king; thou wouldst surely have placed thyself aloof.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:14 @ Then said Joab, I will not wait thus before thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abshalom, who was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:15 @ And ten young men, Joab’s armor–bearers, encompassed and smote Abshalom, and slew him.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:16 @ And Joab blew the cornet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab restrained the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Abshalom, and cast him down in the forest, into the large pit, and erected upon him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled, every one, to his tents.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:18 @ Now Abshalom had taken and reared up for himself in his lifetime, the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son, so as to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the pillar after his own name: and it was called Abshalom’s monument, even until this day.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:19 @ And Achima’az the son of Zadok said, Do let me run, I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, that the Lord hath done him justice from the power of his enemies.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said unto him, Thou art not the man to bear tidings this day, and thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:21 @ Then said Joab to the Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen, And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then said Achima’az the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Be it as it may, let me, I pray thee, run also after the Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore is it that thou wilt run, my son, seeing that thou hast no profitable tidings?

lesserot@2Samuel:18:23 @ But be it as it may, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. And Achima’az ran by the way of the plain, and passed the Cushi.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:24 @ And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, upon the wall, and as he lifted up his eyes, he saw, and behold, a man was running alone.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried, and told it to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there are tidings in his mouth. And he came nearer and nearer continually.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:26 @ And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gate–keeper, and said, Behold, here is a man running alone. And the king said, Also this one bringeth tidings.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, I regard the running of the foremost as the running of Achima’az the son of Zadok. And the king said, That is a good man, and with good tidings must he come.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Achima’az called, and said unto the king, Peace. And he prostrated himself to the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath surrendered the men that had lifted up their hand against my Lord the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:29 @ And the king said, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And Achima’az answered, I saw the greatest crowd when Joab sent off the king’s servant, and thy servant; but I know not what hath happened.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said, Turn aside, place thyself here. And he turned aside, and remained standing.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:31 @ And, behold, the Cushi came; and the Cushi said, Let my lord the king receive the tidings, that the Lord hath done thee justice this day from the power of all those that had risen up against thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said unto the Cushi, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And the Cushi answered, May like the young man be the enemies of my Lord the king, and all that have risen up against thee for evil.

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lesserot@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there happened to be a worthless man, whose name was Sheba’, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the cornet, and said, We have no part in David, nor have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel!

lesserot@2Samuel:20:2 @ So every man of Israel went off from David, following Sheba’ the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah adhered unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:3 @ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, the concubines, whom he had left to guard the house, and put them in a guard–house, and provided for them, but went not in unto them. So they were confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:4 @ Then said the king to ‘Amassa, Call together for me the men of Judah within three days, and thou present thyself here.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:5 @ So ‘Amassa went to call Judah together; but he remained out longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba’ the son of Bichri do us more harm than Abshalom: take thou the servants of thy Lord, and pursue after him, lest he succeed in reaching fortified cities, and withdraw himself from our eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:7 @ And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went forth out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:8 @ They were close by the great stone which is at Gib’on, as ‘Amassa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his garment, and upon it the girdle of the sword which was fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:9 @ And Joab said to ‘Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab’s right hand took hold of ‘Amassa’s beard to kiss him.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:10 @ And ‘Amassa did not guard himself against the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. But Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:11 @ And one man of Joab’s people remained standing by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, follow Joab.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:12 @ And ‘Amassa was wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he put ‘Amassa aside out of the highway into the field, and threw a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:13 @ When he was removed out of the highway, every man passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:14 @ And this one passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, which is of Beth–ma’achah, and all the Berim: and they assembled themselves together, and went also after him.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–ma’achah, and they cast up a trench against the city, and it stood enclosed by the troops: and all the people that were with Joab were battering to throw down the wall.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:16 @ Then called a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near as far as hither, that I may speak with thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:17 @ And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am. Then said she unto him, Hear the words of thy hand–maid. And he said, I do hear.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:18 @ Then said she, thus, They ought surely first to have spoken, saying, "Let them ask at least in Abel:" and so would they have come to an end.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:19 @ I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel; thou seekest to overthrow a city and a metropolis in Israel: why wilt thou destroy the inheritance of the Lord?

lesserot@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should destroy or ruin.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:21 @ The matter is not so; but a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba’ the son of Bichri is his name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give him up alone, and I will withdraw from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be cast down to thee over the wall.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:22 @ And the woman came unto all the people with her wisdom; and they cut off the head of Sheba’ the son of Bichri, and cast it down to Joab: and he blew the cornet, and they scattered themselves from the city, every man to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:23 @ Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benayah the son of Yehoyada’ was over the Kerethites and over the Pelethites;

lesserot@2Samuel:20:24 @ And Adoram was over the tribute; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;

lesserot@2Samuel:20:25 @ And Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Ebyathar were priests;

lesserot@2Samuel:20:26 @ And ‘Ira also the Yairite was an officer of state unto David.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:1 @ And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David besought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, On account of Saul, and on account of the house of blood, is this; because he hath slain the Gib’onites.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:2 @ And the king called for the Gib’onites, and said unto them:

lesserot@2Samuel:21:3 @ Wherefore David said unto the Gib’onites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?

lesserot@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gib’onites said unto him, We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul and with his house: nor do we wish to kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye say, will I do for you.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:5 @ And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed, so that we should have no footing in all the boundaries of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:6 @ Let there be delivered unto us seven men of his sons, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gib’ah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the king had pity on Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:8 @ And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Ayah, whom she had born unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had brought up for ‘Adriel the son of Barzillai the Mecholathite:

lesserot@2Samuel:21:9 @ And he delivered them into the hand of the Gib’onites, and they hanged them on the mount before the Lord; and they fell, these seven, together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest, in the beginning of the barley–harvest.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:10 @ And Rizpah the daughter of Ayah took sackcloth, and spread out it for herself upon the rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water dropped down upon them out of heaven, and she suffered neither the birds of heaven to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:11 @ And it was told to David what Rizpah the daughter of Ayah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:12 @ And David then went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Yabeshgil’ad, who had stolen them from the market–place of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them up, at the time the Philistines had smitten Saul at Gilboa’:

lesserot@2Samuel:21:13 @ And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered up the bones of those that had been hanged.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:14 @ And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin at Zela’, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king had commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:15 @ And the Philistines had again a war with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David became fatigued.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Yishbi at Nob, who was of the children of the Raphah, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of copper, he being girded with a new armor, thought to slay David.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruyah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then swore the men of David unto him, saying, Thou shalt go out no more with us to battle, that thou mayest not quench the lamp of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle at Gob, with the Philistines: then smote Sibbechai the Chushathite Saph, who was of the children of the Raphah.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:19 @ And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines, when Elchanan the son of Ya’are–oregim, the Bethlechemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:20 @ And there was again a battle in Gath, where was a man of stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the Raphah.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:21 @ And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shim’ah, the brother of David, slew him.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:22 @ These four were born to the Raphah in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this song, and on the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:2 @ And he said, Lord, my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:3 @ God, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour! from violence dost thou save me!

lesserot@2Samuel:22:4 @ Praised, I cried, be the Lord, and from my enemies was I saved.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:5 @ For the waves of death encompassed me, the floods of destruction made me afraid;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:6 @ The bonds of hell encircled me, the snares of death seized on me:

lesserot@2Samuel:22:7 @ in my distress I called upon the Lord, and to my God I cried; and he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint into his ears.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:8 @ Then shook and trembled the earth; the foundations of the heavens were moved; and they shook, because he was wroth.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:9 @ Smoke went up in his anger, and consuming fire out of his mouth, coals flamed forth from him.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:10 @ And he bent the heavens, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:11 @ And he rode upon a cherub, and flew along, and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:12 @ And he made darkness round about him into pavilions, heavy masses of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:13 @ From the brightness before him flamed forth coals of fire.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:14 @ The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered forth his voice.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:15 @ And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:16 @ And then were seen the channels of the sea, there were laid open the foundations of the world; at the rebuke of the Lord, through the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:17 @ He stretched out from above, he took me; he drew me out from the mighty waters.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:18 @ He delivered me from my enemy, the strong, from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:19 @ They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:20 @ And he brought me forth into a large space: he delivered me, because he had delight in me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:21 @ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I had kept the ways of the Lord, and had not wickedly departed from my God.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all his ordinances were before me, and from none of his statutes did I depart.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was also upright toward him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:25 @ Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to my purity before his eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:26 @ With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright mighty man thou wilt show thyself upright.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:27 @ With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:28 @ And the afflicted people thou wilt save; but thy eyes are upon the haughty, thou mayest bring down.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:29 @ For thou art my lamp, O Lord! and the Lord will enlighten my darkness.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by thee I run through a troop: by my God I leap over a wall.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:31 @ As for God––his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried; he is a shield to all that trust in him.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:32 @ For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

lesserot@2Samuel:22:33 @ God is my strength and power; and he rendereth free from obstruction my way.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:34 @ He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high places he causeth me to stand.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teaches my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:36 @ And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation; and thy assistance hath made me great.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:37 @ Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:38 @ I pursue my enemies and destroy them; and I return not again until I have made an end of them.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:39 @ And I make an end of them, and I crush them, that they cannot rise; and they fall under my feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:40 @ For thou hast girded me with strength for the war; thou subduest my opponents under me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:41 @ And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; those that hate me,––that I may destroy them.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:42 @ They look about, but there is none to help; unto the Lord––but he answereth them not.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:43 @ And I beat them small as the dust of the earth; as the mire of the street, I stamp them, I tread them down.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:44 @ Thou hast also delivered me from the contests of my people: thou preservest me to be the head of nations, a people which I know not shall serve me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:45 @ The children of the stranger shall utter flattery unto me; as soon as their ear heareth they shall be obedient unto me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:46 @ The children of the stranger shall fade away, and come forth tottering out of their close places.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:47 @ The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:48 @ The God, that granteth me vengeance, and bringeth down nations under me;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:49 @ And that bringeth me forth from my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up, from the man of violence thou deliverest me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the nations, and unto thy name will I sing praises;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:51 @ the tower of salvation of his king, and who showeth kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed forever.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:1 @ And these are the last words of David. Thus saith David the son of Jesse, and thus saith the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel:

lesserot@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me, and his word was upon my tongue.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:3 @ said the God of Israel, concerning me spoke the Rock of Israel, That ruler over men, be righteous, ruling in the fear of God;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:4 @ And as in the light of morning the sun riseth, in a morning without clouds, with more than the brightness by rain on the herbs that spring from the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:5 @ Truly is not so my house with God? since he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, firm in all, and sure? yea, will he not cause to grow all my salvation, and all my desire?

lesserot@2Samuel:23:6 @ But the godless are all of them as waving thorns, which cannot be taken in the hand;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man that will touch them must protect his hand with iron and the staff of a spear: and they will be utterly burnt with fire in the dwelling.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:8 @ These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Yosheb–bashebeth, the Thachkemonite, the chief among the captains,––the same as ‘Adino the ‘Eznite,––because of eight hundred slain at one time.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:9 @ And after him was El’azar the son of Dodo, the son of Achochi, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had withdrawn themselves;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:10 @ He then arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory on that day; and the people returned after him only to strip.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:11 @ And after him was Shammah the son of Age the Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, and there was a piece of ground full of lentiles; and the people had fled from the Philistines;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he placed himself in the midst of the ground, and delivered it, and smote the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:13 @ And these three, the chiefs of the thirty, went down, and came to David at harvest–time unto the cave of ‘Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:14 @ And David was then in the strong–hold, and an outpost of the Philistines was then in Beth–lechem.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David longed, and said, Oh that one would bring me water to drink out of the well at Beth–lechem, which is by the gate!

lesserot@2Samuel:23:16 @ And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines; and drew water out of the well of Beth–lechem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, and poured it out unto the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:17 @ And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this: the blood of the men that went at the risk of their life? and thus he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruyah, was the chief of these three; and he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain, and had a name among the three.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:19 @ Although he was the most honored of the three, wherefore he became their captain: he nevertheless attained not unto the three.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:20 @ And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, the son of a valiant man, great in many acts of Kabzeel; he it was that smote the two lion–like heroes of Moab; he also went down and slew a lion in the midst of a pit on a day when it snowed;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he slew an Egyptian, a man of good appearance; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and he snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:22 @ These things did Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honored than the thirty; but he attained not to these three. And David appointed him in his private council.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:24 @ ‘Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elchanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lechem,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:25 @ Shammah the Charodite, Elika the Charodite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:26 @ Chelez the Paltite, ‘Ira the son of ‘Ikkesh the Teko’ite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abi’ezer the ‘Anethothite, Mebunnai the Chushathite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:28 @ Zalmon the Achochite, Maharai the Netophathite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:29 @ Cheleb the son of Ba’anah, the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gib’ah of the children of Benjamin,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:30 @ Benayahu the Pir’athonite, Hiddai of Nachale–Ga’ash,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:31 @ Abi–’albon the ‘Arbathite, ‘Azmaveth the Barchumite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:32 @ Elyachba the Sha’albonite, Bne–yashen, Jonathan,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:33 @ Shammah the Hararite, Achiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:34 @ Eliphelet the son of Achasbai, the son of the Ma’achathite, Eli’am the son of Achithophel the Gilonite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:35 @ Chezrai, the Carmelite, Pa’arai the Arbite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:36 @ Yigal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:37 @ Zelek the ‘Ammonite, Nacharai the Beerothite, the armor–bearer of Joab the son of Zeruyah,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:38 @ ‘Ira the Yithrite, Gareb the Yithrite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:39 @ Uriyah the Hittite: in all thirty and seven.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:1 @ And again was the anger of the Lord kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:2 @ And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Traverse, I pray thee, all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba’, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:3 @ Then said Joab unto the king, Now may the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundred–fold more, and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it; but why doth my Lord the king find delight in this thing?

lesserot@2Samuel:24:4 @ Nevertheless the king’s word remained firm against Joab, and against the captains of the army: and Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in ‘Aro’er, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the valley of Gad, and toward Ya’zer:

lesserot@2Samuel:24:6 @ Then they came to Gil’ad, and to the land of Tachtimchodshi; and they came to Dan–ya’an, and about to Zidon;

lesserot@2Samuel:24:7 @ And they came to the strong–hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, up to Beer–sheba’.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:8 @ And so they traversed all the land, and they came at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:10 @ And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, cause the iniquity of thy servant to pass away; for I have acted very foolishly.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:11 @ And when David was arisen in the morning, The word of the Lord came unto Gad the prophet, David’s seer, saying,

lesserot@2Samuel:24:12 @ Go and speak unto David, Thus hath said the Lord, Three things do I offer thee: choose for thyself one of them, and I will do it unto thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:13 @ So Gad came to David, and told it unto him; and he said unto him, Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? or three months, that thou flee before thy enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be for three days a pestilence in thy land? now consider and see what word I shall bring back to him that hath sent me.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:14 @ And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall then into the hand of the Lord,––for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:15 @ And the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba’ seventy thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:16 @ And when the angel stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord bethought himself of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: now stay thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingfloor of Aravnah the Jebusite.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:17 @ And David spoke unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Lo, I have indeed sinned, and I have truly done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:18 @ And Gad came to David on that day, and said unto him, Go up, erect an altar unto the Lord on the threshing–floor of Aravnah the Jebusite.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:19 @ And David went up, according to the word of Gad, as the Lord had commanded.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:20 @ And Aravnah looked up, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Aravnah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:21 @ And Aravnah said, Wherefore is my Lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy from thee the threshingfloor, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:22 @ And Aravnah said unto David, Let my Lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good in his eyes: behold, the oxen are here for burnt–offerings, and the threshing rollers and the harness of the oxen for wood.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:23 @ All these things did Aravnah, the king, give unto the king. And Aravnah said unto the king, May the Lord thy God receive thee favorably.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:24 @ And the king said unto Aravnah, No; but I will surely buy it from thee at the value; for I will not offer burnt–offerings unto the Lord my God without paying therefor. So David bought the threshing–floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:25 @ And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt–offerings and peace–offerings: and the Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:22 @ All of these selected to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were recorded according to their genealogy in their villages; those David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their trust.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:3 @ Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord through means of Samuel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:28 @ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruyah, had sanctified, whatsoever had sanctified, was under the supervision of Shelomoth and of his brethren.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:29 @ And the acts of king David, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:18 @ And there was not holden any passover like this in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and all the kings of Israel did not keep such a passover as Josiah kept, with the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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