‘Samuel’ in the Bible – All 1518 Bible verses / Bible passages

Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Samuel’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.

The term ‘Samuel’ occurs 1518 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book Numbers

Numbers 34:20 from the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;Numbers 34:20

Number of the word / term Samuel in Numbers: 1

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 1:1 There was a certain man from Ramah of Zophim, on Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.1 Samuel 1:1

1 Samuel 1:2 And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. And Peninnah had sons. But Hannah did not have children.1 Samuel 1:2

1 Samuel 1:3 And this man went up from his city, on the established days, so that he might adore and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests of the Lord, were in that place.1 Samuel 1:3

1 Samuel 1:4 Then the day arrived, and Elkanah immolated. And he gave portions to his wife Peninnah, and to all her sons and daughters.1 Samuel 1:4

1 Samuel 1:5 But to Hannah he gave one portion with sorrow. For he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.1 Samuel 1:5

1 Samuel 1:6 And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb.1 Samuel 1:6

1 Samuel 1:7 And she did so every year, when the time returned for them to ascend to the temple of the Lord. And she provoked her in this way. And so, she wept and did not take food.1 Samuel 1:7

1 Samuel 1:8 Therefore, her husband Elkanah said to her: “Hannah, why are you weeping? And why do you not eat? And for what reason do you afflict your heart? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”1 Samuel 1:8

1 Samuel 1:9 And so, after she ate and drank at Shiloh, Hannah rose up. And Eli, the priest, was sitting on the seat before the door of the temple of the Lord.1 Samuel 1:9

1 Samuel 1:10 And since Hannah was bitter in soul, she prayed to the Lord, weeping greatly.1 Samuel 1:10

1 Samuel 1:11 And she made a vow, saying, “O Lord of hosts, if, in looking with favor, you will see the affliction of your servant and will remember me, and will not forget your handmaid, and if you will give to your servant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall pass over his head.”1 Samuel 1:11

1 Samuel 1:12 Then it happened that, while she multiplied prayers before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.1 Samuel 1:12

1 Samuel 1:13 For Hannah was speaking in her heart, and only her lips moved, and her voice was barely heard. Therefore, Eli considered her to be drunk,1 Samuel 1:13

1 Samuel 1:14 and so he said to her: “How long will you be inebriated? You should take only a little wine, but instead you are drenched.”1 Samuel 1:14

1 Samuel 1:15 Responding, Hannah said: “By no means, my lord. For I am an exceedingly unhappy woman, and I drank neither wine, nor anything that can inebriate. Instead, I have poured out my soul in the sight of the Lord.1 Samuel 1:15

1 Samuel 1:16 You should not repute your handmaid as one of the daughters of Belial. For I have been speaking from the abundance of my sorrow and grief, even until now.”1 Samuel 1:16

1 Samuel 1:17 Then Eli said to her: “Go in peace. And may the God of Israel grant to you your petition, which you have begged of him.”1 Samuel 1:17

1 Samuel 1:18 And she said, “I wish that your handmaid may find grace in your eyes.” And the woman went on her way, and she ate, and her countenance was no longer changed for the worse.1 Samuel 1:18

1 Samuel 1:19 And they rose up in the morning, and they worshipped before the Lord. And they returned and arrived at their own house at Ramah. Then Elkanah knew his wife Hannah. And the Lord remembered her.1 Samuel 1:19

1 Samuel 1:20 And it happened that, in the course of days, Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, because she had requested him from the Lord.1 Samuel 1:20

1 Samuel 1:21 Now her husband Elkanah ascended with his entire house, so that he might immolate to the Lord a solemn sacrifice, with his vow.1 Samuel 1:21

1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, “I will not go, until the infant has been weaned, and until I may lead him, so that he may appear before the sight of the Lord, and may remain always there.”1 Samuel 1:22

1 Samuel 1:23 And her husband Elkanah said to her: “Do what seems good to you, and stay until you wean him. And I pray that the Lord may fulfill his word.” Therefore, the woman remained at home, and she breastfed her son, until she withdrew him from milk.1 Samuel 1:23

1 Samuel 1:24 And after she had weaned him, she brought him with her, along with three calves, and three measures of flour, and a small bottle of wine, and she led him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. But the boy was still a young child.1 Samuel 1:24

1 Samuel 1:25 And they immolated a calf, and they presented the boy to Eli.1 Samuel 1:25

1 Samuel 1:26 And Hannah said: “I beg you, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord: I am that woman, who stood before you here, praying to the Lord.1 Samuel 1:26

1 Samuel 1:27 I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him.1 Samuel 1:27

1 Samuel 1:28 Because of this, I have also lent him to the Lord, for all the days when he shall be lent to the Lord.” And they adored the Lord in that place. And Hannah prayed, and she said:1 Samuel 1:28

1 Samuel 2:1 “My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.1 Samuel 2:1

1 Samuel 2:2 Nothing is holy as the Lord is holy. For there is no other beside you. And nothing is strong as our God is strong.1 Samuel 2:2

1 Samuel 2:3 Do not continue speaking of great things, boasting. Let what is old depart from your mouth. For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and thoughts are prepared for him.1 Samuel 2:3

1 Samuel 2:4 The bow of the powerful has been overwhelmed, and the weak have been girded with strength.1 Samuel 2:4

1 Samuel 2:5 Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable.1 Samuel 2:5

1 Samuel 2:6 The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again.1 Samuel 2:6

1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.1 Samuel 2:7

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.1 Samuel 2:8

1 Samuel 2:9 He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.1 Samuel 2:9

1 Samuel 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ.”1 Samuel 2:10

1 Samuel 2:11 And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest.1 Samuel 2:11

1 Samuel 2:12 But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,1 Samuel 2:12

1 Samuel 2:13 nor the priestly office for the people. And so, no matter who had immolated a victim, the servant of the priest would arrive, while the flesh was still cooking, and he would take a three-pronged hook in his hand,1 Samuel 2:13

1 Samuel 2:14 and put it into the vessel, or into the cauldron, or into the cooking pot, or into the pan, and all that the hook lifted up, the priest took for himself. So they did to all of Israel who arrived at Shiloh.1 Samuel 2:14

1 Samuel 2:15 In addition, before they burned the fat, the servant of the priest would arrive, and he would say to the one who was immolating: “Give me the flesh, so that I may boil it for the priest. For I will not accept cooked meat from you, but raw.”1 Samuel 2:15

1 Samuel 2:16 And the one who was immolating would say to him, “First, allow the fat to be burned today, according to custom, and then take for yourself whatever your soul desires.” But in response, he would say to him: “By no means. For you will give it to me now, otherwise I will take it by force.”1 Samuel 2:16

1 Samuel 2:17 Therefore, the sin of the servants was exceedingly great before the Lord. For they drew men away from the sacrifice of the Lord.1 Samuel 2:17

1 Samuel 2:18 But Samuel was ministering before the face of the Lord; he was a youth girded with a linen ephod.1 Samuel 2:18

1 Samuel 2:19 And his mother fashioned a little tunic for him, which she brought to him on the appointed days, ascending with her husband, so that he might immolate the solemn sacrifice.1 Samuel 2:19

1 Samuel 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. And he said to him, “May the Lord repay to you offspring from this woman, on behalf of the loan that you offered to the Lord.” And they went away to their own place.1 Samuel 2:20

1 Samuel 2:21 Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.1 Samuel 2:21

1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.1 Samuel 2:22

1 Samuel 2:23 And he said to them: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people?1 Samuel 2:23

1 Samuel 2:24 My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.1 Samuel 2:24

1 Samuel 2:25 If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them.1 Samuel 2:25

1 Samuel 2:26 But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.1 Samuel 2:26

1 Samuel 2:27 Then a man of God went to Eli, and he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Was I not revealed openly to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?1 Samuel 2:27

1 Samuel 2:28 And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel for myself as priest, so that he might ascend to my altar, and burn incense to me, and wear the ephod before me. And I gave to the house of your father all the sacrifices of the sons of Israel.1 Samuel 2:28

1 Samuel 2:29 Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?1 Samuel 2:29

1 Samuel 2:30 Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.1 Samuel 2:30

1 Samuel 2:31 Behold the days are arriving, when I will cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will not be an old man in your house.1 Samuel 2:31

1 Samuel 2:32 And you will see your rival in the temple, amid all the prosperity of Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house for all days.1 Samuel 2:32

1 Samuel 2:33 Yet truly, I will not entirely take away a man of you from my altar, but such that your eyes may fail, and your soul may melt away, and a great part of your house may die out, as it pertains to the state of men.1 Samuel 2:33

1 Samuel 2:34 But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die.1 Samuel 2:34

1 Samuel 2:35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will act in accord with my heart and my soul. And I will build a faithful house for him. And he will walk before my Christ for all days.1 Samuel 2:35

1 Samuel 2:36 Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: ‘Permit me, I beg you, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.’ ”1 Samuel 2:36

1 Samuel 3:1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no manifest vision.1 Samuel 3:1

1 Samuel 3:2 Then it happened that, on a certain day, Eli was lying in his place. And his eyes had dimmed, so that he was unable to see.1 Samuel 3:2

1 Samuel 3:3 And so, to prevent the lamp of God from going out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.1 Samuel 3:3

1 Samuel 3:4 And the Lord called Samuel. And responding, he said, “Here I am.”1 Samuel 3:4

1 Samuel 3:5 And he ran to Eli, and he said, “Here I am. For you called me.” And he said: “I did not call. Return and sleep.” And he went away, and he slept.1 Samuel 3:5

1 Samuel 3:6 And again, the Lord continued to call to Samuel. And rising up, Samuel went to Eli, and he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” And he responded: “I did not call you, my son. Return and sleep.”1 Samuel 3:6

1 Samuel 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not been revealed to him.1 Samuel 3:7

1 Samuel 3:8 And the Lord continued, and he called to Samuel still a third time. And rising up, he went to Eli.1 Samuel 3:8

1 Samuel 3:9 And he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord had called the boy. And he said to Samuel: “Go and sleep. And if he calls to you from now on, you will say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ ” Therefore, Samuel went away, and he slept in his place.1 Samuel 3:9

1 Samuel 3:10 And the Lord came, and stood, and he called, just as he had called the other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” And Samuel said, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”1 Samuel 3:10

1 Samuel 3:11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I am accomplishing a word in Israel. Whoever will hear about it, both his ears will ring.1 Samuel 3:11

1 Samuel 3:12 In that day, I will raise up against Eli all the things that I have spoken over his house. I will begin, and I will finish.1 Samuel 3:12

1 Samuel 3:13 For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.1 Samuel 3:13

1 Samuel 3:14 For this reason, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of his house will not be expiated, with victims or with gifts, even forever.”1 Samuel 3:14

1 Samuel 3:15 Then Samuel slept until morning, and he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.1 Samuel 3:15

1 Samuel 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and he said, “Samuel, my son?” And responding, he said, “I am here.”1 Samuel 3:16

1 Samuel 3:17 And he questioned him: “What is the word that the Lord has spoken to you? I beg you that you may not conceal it from me. May God do these things to you, and may he add these other things, if you hide from me one word out of all the things that were told to you.”1 Samuel 3:17

1 Samuel 3:18 And so, Samuel revealed to him all the words, and he did not hide them from him. And he responded: “He is the Lord. May he do what is good in his own eyes.”1 Samuel 3:18

1 Samuel 3:19 And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and not one of his words fell to the ground.1 Samuel 3:19

1 Samuel 3:20 And all of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew Samuel to be a faithful prophet of the Lord.1 Samuel 3:20

1 Samuel 3:21 And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh. For the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh, according to the word of the Lord. And the word about Samuel went forth to all of Israel.1 Samuel 3:21

1 Samuel 4:1 And it happened that, in those days, the Philistines assembled to fight. And Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle, and he made camp beside the Stone of Assistance. But the Philistines went to Aphek,1 Samuel 4:1

1 Samuel 4:2 and they positioned their troops against Israel. Then, when the conflict began, Israel turned his back to the Philistines. And they were cut down in that conflict, in various places in the fields, about four thousand men.1 Samuel 4:2

1 Samuel 4:3 And the people returned to the camp. And those greater by birth of Israel said: “Why has the Lord struck us today before the Philistines? Let us bring to ourselves the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. And let it enter into our midst, so that it may save us from the hand of our enemies.”1 Samuel 4:3

1 Samuel 4:4 Therefore, the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, sitting upon the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were with the ark of the covenant of God.1 Samuel 4:4

1 Samuel 4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord had arrived in the camp, all of Israel shouted with a great clamor, and the land resounded.1 Samuel 4:5

1 Samuel 4:6 And the Philistines heard the voice of the clamor, and they said, “What is this voice of a great clamor in the camp of the Hebrews?” And they realized that the ark of the Lord had arrived in the camp.1 Samuel 4:6

1 Samuel 4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, saying, “God has entered into the camp.” And they groaned, saying:1 Samuel 4:7

1 Samuel 4:8 “Woe to us! For there was no such great exultation yesterday, or the day before. Woe to us! Who will save us from the hand of these sublime gods? These are the gods who struck Egypt with all the plagues, in the desert.”1 Samuel 4:8

1 Samuel 4:9 “Be strengthened, and be manly, O Philistines! Otherwise, you may serve the Hebrews, as they also have served you. Be strengthened and wage war!”1 Samuel 4:9

1 Samuel 4:10 Therefore, the Philistines fought, and Israel was cut down, and each one fled to his own tent. And an exceedingly great slaughter occurred. And thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell.1 Samuel 4:10

1 Samuel 4:11 And the ark of God was captured. Also, the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.1 Samuel 4:11

1 Samuel 4:12 Now a man of Benjamin, rushing from the troops, arrived at Shiloh on the same day, with his clothing torn, and with his head sprinkled with dust.1 Samuel 4:12

1 Samuel 4:13 And when he had arrived, Eli was sitting on a seat opposite the way, gazing out. For his heart was fearful on behalf of the ark of God. Then, after this man entered the city, he announced it to the city. And the entire city wailed.1 Samuel 4:13

1 Samuel 4:14 And Eli heard the sound of the outcry, and he said, “What is this sound, this tumult?” And the man hurried, and he went and announced it to Eli.1 Samuel 4:14

1 Samuel 4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had dimmed, so that he was not able to see.1 Samuel 4:15

1 Samuel 4:16 And he said to Eli: “I am the one who came from the battle. And it is I who fled from the troops today.” And he said to him, “What has happened, my son?”1 Samuel 4:16

1 Samuel 4:17 And responding, the man reported and said: “Israel has fled before the Philistines. And a great ruin has happened to the people. Moreover, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, also have died. And the ark of God has been captured.”1 Samuel 4:17

1 Samuel 4:18 And when he had named the ark of God, he fell from the seat backwards, toward the door, and, having broken his neck, he died. For he was an old man of great age. And he judged Israel for forty years.1 Samuel 4:18

1 Samuel 4:19 Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, and her delivery was near. And upon hearing the news that the ark of God had been captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she bent down and went into labor. For her pains rushed upon her suddenly.1 Samuel 4:19

1 Samuel 4:20 Then, when she was near death, those who were standing around her said to her, “You should not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond to them, and she did not notice them.1 Samuel 4:20

1 Samuel 4:21 And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory of Israel has been taken away,” because the ark of God was captured, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.1 Samuel 4:21

1 Samuel 4:22 And she said, “The glory has been taken away from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured.1 Samuel 4:22

1 Samuel 5:1 Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they transported it from the Stone of Assistance into Ashdod.1 Samuel 5:1

1 Samuel 5:2 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it into the temple of Dagon. And they stationed it beside Dagon.1 Samuel 5:2

1 Samuel 5:3 And when the Ashdodites had risen up at first light on the next day, behold, Dagon was lying prone on the ground before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and they set him again in his place.1 Samuel 5:3

1 Samuel 5:4 And again, on the next day, rising up in the morning, they found Dagon lying on his face upon the ground, before the ark of the Lord. But the head of Dagon, and both palms of his hands had been cut off upon the threshold.1 Samuel 5:4

1 Samuel 5:5 Moreover, only the trunk of Dagon remained in its place. For this reason, the priests of Dagon, and all who enter his temple, do not tread upon the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, even to this day.1 Samuel 5:5

1 Samuel 5:6 Now the hand of the Lord weighed heavily upon the Ashdodites, and he destroyed them. And he struck Ashdod and its borders at the inner part of the buttocks. And in the villages and fields, in the midst of that region, mice rose up and burst forth. And this caused a great tumult unto death in the city.1 Samuel 5:6

1 Samuel 5:7 Then the men of Ashdod, seeing this kind of plague, said: “The ark of the God of Israel shall not remain with us. For his hand is harsh, over us and over Dagon, our god.”1 Samuel 5:7

1 Samuel 5:8 And sending, they gathered together all the princes of the Philistines to them, and they said, “What shall we do about the ark of the God of Israel?” And the Gathites responded, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be led around.” And they led the ark of the God of Israel around.1 Samuel 5:8

1 Samuel 5:9 And as they were carrying it around, the hand of the Lord fell upon every single city with an exceedingly great slaughter. And he struck down the men of each and every city, from the small even to the great. And cysts were festering at their buttocks. And the Gathites took counsel, and they made for themselves seat covers from pelts.1 Samuel 5:9

1 Samuel 5:10 Therefore, they sent the ark of God into Ekron. And when the ark of God had arrived at Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, so that it may kill us and our people!”1 Samuel 5:10

1 Samuel 5:11 And so they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, and they said: “Release the ark of the God of Israel, and return it to its own place. And let it not kill us, with our people.”1 Samuel 5:11

1 Samuel 5:12 For the fear of death fell upon every single city, and the hand of God was very heavy. Also, the men who did not die were being afflicted in the inner part of the buttocks. And the wailing of each city was ascending to heaven.1 Samuel 5:12

1 Samuel 6:1 Now the ark of the Lord was in the region of the Philistines for seven months.1 Samuel 6:1

1 Samuel 6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Reveal to us in what manner we should send it back to its place.” And they said:1 Samuel 6:2

1 Samuel 6:3 “If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, do not choose to release it empty. Instead, repay to him what you owe because of sin. And then you will be cured. And you will know why his hand did not withdraw from you.”1 Samuel 6:3

1 Samuel 6:4 And they said, “What is it that we ought to repay to him because of transgression?” And they responded:1 Samuel 6:4

1 Samuel 6:5 “In accord with the number of the provinces of the Philistines, you shall fashion five gold cysts and five gold mice. For the same plague has been upon all of you and your princes. And you shall fashion a likeness of your cysts and a likeness of the mice, which have destroyed the land. And so shall you give glory to the God of Israel, so that perhaps he may lift off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.1 Samuel 6:5

1 Samuel 6:6 Why have you hardened your hearts, just as Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he was struck, did he not then release them, and they went away?1 Samuel 6:6

1 Samuel 6:7 Now therefore, fashion and take a new cart, with two cows that have given birth, but on which no yoke has been imposed. And yoke them to the cart, but retain their calves at home.1 Samuel 6:7

1 Samuel 6:8 And you shall take the ark of the Lord, and you shall place it upon the cart, with the articles of gold that you have paid to him on behalf of transgression. You shall place these in a little box at its side. And release it, so that it may go.1 Samuel 6:8

1 Samuel 6:9 And you shall watch. And if, indeed, it ascends by the way of his own parts, toward Beth-shemesh, then he has done this great evil to us. But if not, then we shall know that it is by no means his hand that has touched us, but instead it happened by chance.”1 Samuel 6:9

1 Samuel 6:10 Therefore, they did it in this way. And taking two cows that were feeding calves, they yoked them to the cart, and they enclosed their calves at home.1 Samuel 6:10

1 Samuel 6:11 And they placed the ark of God upon the cart, with the little box that held the gold mice and the likenesses of the cysts.1 Samuel 6:11

1 Samuel 6:12 But the cows went directly along the way that leads to Beth-shemesh. And they advanced only in one direction, lowing as they went. And they did not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left. Moreover, the princes of the Philistines followed them, as far as the borders of Beth-shemesh.1 Samuel 6:12

1 Samuel 6:13 Now the Beth-shemeshites were harvesting wheat in the valley. And lifting up their eyes, they saw the ark, and they were glad when they had seen it.1 Samuel 6:13

1 Samuel 6:14 And the cart went into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemeshite, and it stood still there. Now in that place was a great stone, and so they cut up the wood of the cart, and they placed the cows upon it as a holocaust to the Lord.1 Samuel 6:14

1 Samuel 6:15 But the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at its side, in which were the articles of gold, and they placed them upon the great stone. Then the men of Beth-shemesh offered holocausts and immolated victims, on that day, to the Lord.1 Samuel 6:15

1 Samuel 6:16 And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Ekron on the same day.1 Samuel 6:16

1 Samuel 6:17 Now these are the gold cysts, which the Philistines repaid to the Lord for transgression: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.1 Samuel 6:17

1 Samuel 6:18 And there were gold mice, according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fortified city to the village that was without a wall, and even to the great stone upon which they placed the ark of the Lord, which was, at last in that day, in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemeshite.1 Samuel 6:18

1 Samuel 6:19 Then he struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had seen the ark of the Lord. And he struck down some of the people: seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.1 Samuel 6:19

1 Samuel 6:20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said: “Who will be able to stand in the sight of the Lord, this holy God? And who will ascend to him from us?”1 Samuel 6:20

1 Samuel 6:21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying: “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Descend and lead it back to you.”1 Samuel 6:21

1 Samuel 7:1 Then the men of Kiriath-jearim arrived, and they led away the ark of the Lord. And they brought it into the house of Abinadab, in Gibeah. Then they sanctified Eleazar, his son, so that he might care for the ark of the Lord.1 Samuel 7:1

1 Samuel 7:2 And it happened that, from that day, the ark of the Lord remained in Kiriath-jearim. And the days were multiplied (for it was now the twentieth year) and all the house of Israel rested, following the Lord.1 Samuel 7:2

1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel spoke to the entire house of Israel, saying: “If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, take away strange gods from among you, the Baals and Ashtaroth, and prepare your hearts for the Lord, and serve him alone. And he will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”1 Samuel 7:3

1 Samuel 7:4 Therefore, the sons of Israel took away the Baals and Ashtaroth, and they served the Lord alone.1 Samuel 7:4

1 Samuel 7:5 And Samuel said, “Gather all of Israel at Mizpah, so that I may pray for you to the Lord.”1 Samuel 7:5

1 Samuel 7:6 And they convened at Mizpah. And they drew water, and they poured it out in the sight of the Lord. And on that day they fasted, and in that place they said, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.1 Samuel 7:6

1 Samuel 7:7 And the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah. And the princes of the Philistines ascended against Israel. And when the sons of Israel had heard this, they were afraid before the face of the Philistines.1 Samuel 7:7

1 Samuel 7:8 And they said to Samuel, “May you not cease to cry out to the Lord our God on our behalf, so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”1 Samuel 7:8

1 Samuel 7:9 Then Samuel took one suckling lamb, and he offered it whole, as a holocaust to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord on behalf of Israel, and the Lord heeded him.1 Samuel 7:9

1 Samuel 7:10 Then it happened that, while Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel. But the Lord thundered with a great crash, on that day, over the Philistines, and he terrified them, and they were cut down before the face of Israel.1 Samuel 7:10

1 Samuel 7:11 And the men of Israel, departing from Mizpah, pursued the Philistines, and they struck them down as far as the place which was below Bethcar.1 Samuel 7:11

1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a single stone, and he placed it between Mizpah and Shen. And he called the name of this place: The Stone of Assistance. And he said, “For in this place the Lord gave assistance to us.”1 Samuel 7:12

1 Samuel 7:13 And the Philistines were humbled, and they no longer drew near, so that they might enter into the borders of Israel. And so, the hand of the Lord was over the Philistines during all the days of Samuel.1 Samuel 7:13

1 Samuel 7:14 And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron as far as Gath, with their borders. And he freed Israel from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.1 Samuel 7:14

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

1 Samuel 7:16 And he went each year, traveling around to Bethel, and to Gilgal, and to Mizpah, and he judged Israel in the above-stated places.1 Samuel 7:16

1 Samuel 7:17 And he returned to Ramah. For his house was there, and he judged Israel there. And then he built an altar to the Lord there.1 Samuel 7:17

1 Samuel 8:1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.1 Samuel 8:1

1 Samuel 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.1 Samuel 8:2

1 Samuel 8:3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.1 Samuel 8:3

1 Samuel 8:4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.1 Samuel 8:4

1 Samuel 8:5 And they said to him: “Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have.”1 Samuel 8:5

1 Samuel 8:6 And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, for they had said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.1 Samuel 8:6

1 Samuel 8:7 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.1 Samuel 8:7

1 Samuel 8:8 In accord with all their works, which they have done from the day when I led them away from Egypt, even to this day: just as they have forsaken me, and served foreign gods, so now they also do to you.1 Samuel 8:8

1 Samuel 8:9 Now therefore, hear their voice. Yet truly, testify to them and foretell to them the rights of the king who will reign over them.”1 Samuel 8:9

1 Samuel 8:10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.1 Samuel 8:10

1 Samuel 8:11 And he said: “This will be the right of the king who will have authority over you: He will take your sons, and place them in his chariots. And he will make them his horsemen and his runners before his four-horse chariots.1 Samuel 8:11

1 Samuel 8:12 And he will appoint them to be his tribunes and centurions, and the plowmen of his fields, and the harvesters of the grain, and the makers of his weapons and chariots.1 Samuel 8:12

1 Samuel 8:13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.1 Samuel 8:13

1 Samuel 8:14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.1 Samuel 8:14

1 Samuel 8:15 Moreover, he will take one tenth of your grain and of the results of your vineyards, so that he may give these to his eunuchs and servants.1 Samuel 8:15

1 Samuel 8:16 Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.1 Samuel 8:16

1 Samuel 8:17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.1 Samuel 8:17

1 Samuel 8:18 And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves.”1 Samuel 8:18

1 Samuel 8:19 But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us,1 Samuel 8:19

1 Samuel 8:20 and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us.”1 Samuel 8:20

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

1 Samuel 8:22 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and appoint a king over them.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Let each one go to his own city.”1 Samuel 8:22

1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a man of Benjamin, strong and robust.1 Samuel 9:1

1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son called Saul, an elect and good man. And there was not a man among the sons of Israel better than he was. For he stood head and shoulders above all the people.1 Samuel 9:2

1 Samuel 9:3 Now the donkeys of Kish, the father of Saul, had become lost. And Kish said to his son Saul, “Take with you one of the servants, and rising up, go out and seek the donkeys.” And when they had passed through mount Ephraim,1 Samuel 9:3

1 Samuel 9:4 and through the land of Shalishah, and had not found them, they crossed also through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there, and through the land of Benjamin, and they found nothing.1 Samuel 9:4

1 Samuel 9:5 And when they had arrived in the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come, and let us return, otherwise perhaps my father may forget the donkeys, and become anxious over us.”1 Samuel 9:5

1 Samuel 9:6 And he said to him: “Behold, there is a man of God in this city, a noble man. All that he says, happens without fail. Now therefore, let us go there. For perhaps he may tell us about our way, because of which we have arrived.”1 Samuel 9:6

1 Samuel 9:7 And Saul said to his servant: “Behold, let us go. But what will we bring to the man of God? The bread in our sacks has run out. And we have no small gift that we might give to the man of God, nor anything at all.”1 Samuel 9:7

1 Samuel 9:8 The servant again responded to Saul, and he said: “Behold, there is found in my hand a coin of the fourth part of a stater. Let us give it to the man of God, so that he may reveal to us our way.”1 Samuel 9:8

1 Samuel 9:9 (In past times, in Israel, anyone going to consult God would speak in this way, “Come, and let us go to the seer.” For one who is called a prophet today, in past times was called a seer.)1 Samuel 9:9

1 Samuel 9:10 And Saul said to his servant: “Your word is very good. Come, let us go.” And they went into the city, where the man of God was.1 Samuel 9:10

1 Samuel 9:11 And as they were ascending the slope to the city, they found some young women going out to draw water. And they said to them, “Is the seer here?”1 Samuel 9:11

1 Samuel 9:12 And responding, they said to them: “He is. Behold, he is ahead of you. Hurry now. For he came into the city today, since there is a sacrifice for the people today, on the high place.1 Samuel 9:12

1 Samuel 9:13 Upon entering the city, you should find him immediately, before he ascends to the high place for the meal. And the people will not eat until he has arrived. For he blesses the victim, and thereafter those who were called will eat. Now therefore, go up. For you will find him today.”1 Samuel 9:13

1 Samuel 9:14 And they ascended into the city. And as they were walking in the midst of the city, Samuel appeared, advancing to meet them, so that he might ascend to the high place.1 Samuel 9:14

1 Samuel 9:15 Now the Lord had revealed to the ear of Samuel, one day before Saul had arrived, saying:1 Samuel 9:15

1 Samuel 9:16 “Tomorrow, at the same hour that it is now, I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. And you shall anoint him to be the leader over my people Israel. And he will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor upon my people, because their outcry has reached me.”1 Samuel 9:16

1 Samuel 9:17 And when Samuel had caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him: “Behold, the man about whom I spoke to you. This one shall rule over my people.”1 Samuel 9:17

1 Samuel 9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel, at the middle of the gate, and he said, “Tell me, I beg you: where is the house of the seer?”1 Samuel 9:18

1 Samuel 9:19 And Samuel responded to Saul, saying: “I am the seer. Ascend before me to the high place, so that you may eat with me today. And I will send you away in the morning. And I shall reveal to you everything that is in your heart.1 Samuel 9:19

1 Samuel 9:20 And concerning the donkeys, which were lost the day before yesterday, you should not be anxious, for they have been found. And all the best things of Israel, for whom should they be? Will they not be for you and for all your father’s house?”1 Samuel 9:20

1 Samuel 9:21 And responding, Saul said: “Am I not a son of Benjamin, the least tribe of Israel, and are not my kindred the last among all the families from the tribe of Benjamin? So then, why would you speak this word to me?”1 Samuel 9:21

1 Samuel 9:22 And so Samuel, taking Saul and his servant, brought them into the dining room, and he gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited. For there were about thirty men.1 Samuel 9:22

1 Samuel 9:23 And Samuel said to the cook, “Present the portion that I gave to you, and which I instructed you to set apart beside you.”1 Samuel 9:23

1 Samuel 9:24 Then the cook lifted up the shoulder, and he placed it before Saul. And Samuel said: “Behold, what remains, set it before you and eat. For it was preserved for you intentionally, when I called the people.” And Saul ate with Samuel on that day.1 Samuel 9:24

1 Samuel 9:25 And they descended from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul in the upper room. And he set out a bed for Saul in the upper room, and he slept.1 Samuel 9:25

1 Samuel 9:26 And when they had risen in the morning, and it now began to be light, Samuel called to Saul in the upper room, saying, “Rise up, so that I may send you on.” And Saul rose up. And they both departed, that is to say, he and Samuel.1 Samuel 9:26

1 Samuel 9:27 And as they were descending to the very limit of the city, Samuel said to Saul: “Tell the servant to go ahead of us, and to continue on. But as for you, stay here a little while, so that I may reveal the word of the Lord to you.”1 Samuel 9:27

1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a little vial of oil, and poured it on his head. And he kissed him, and said: “Behold, the Lord has anointed you as first ruler over his inheritance. And you shall free his people from the hands of their enemies, who are all around them. And this shall be a sign for you that God has anointed you as ruler:1 Samuel 10:1

1 Samuel 10:2 When you will have departed from me this day, you will find two men beside the sepulcher of Rachel, in the parts of Benjamin to the south. And they will say to you: ‘The donkeys have been found, which you had been seeking as you traveled. And your father, forgetting about the donkeys, has been anxious for you, and he says, “What shall I do about my son?” ’1 Samuel 10:2

1 Samuel 10:3 And when you will have departed from there, and will have traveled farther, and will have arrived at the oak of Tabor, in that place three men, who are going up to God at Bethel, will find you. One will be bringing three young goats, and another three loaves of bread, and another will be carrying a bottle of wine.1 Samuel 10:3

1 Samuel 10:4 And when they will have greeted you, they will give you two loaves. And you shall accept these from their hand.1 Samuel 10:4

1 Samuel 10:5 After these things, you shall arrive at the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is. And when you will have entered the city there, you will meet a company of prophets, descending from the high place, with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp before them, and they will be prophesying.1 Samuel 10:5

1 Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the Lord will spring up within you. And you shall prophesy with them, and you shall be changed into another man.1 Samuel 10:6

1 Samuel 10:7 Therefore, when these signs will have happened to you, do whatever your hand will find, for the Lord is with you.1 Samuel 10:7

1 Samuel 10:8 And you shall descend before me into Gilgal, (for I will descend to you), so that you may offer an oblation, and may immolate victims of peace. For seven days, you shall wait, until I come to you, and reveal to you what you should do.”1 Samuel 10:8

1 Samuel 10:9 And so, when he had turned his shoulder, so that he might go away from Samuel, God changed him to another heart. And all these signs occurred on that day.1 Samuel 10:9

1 Samuel 10:10 And they arrived at the above-stated hill, and behold, a group of prophets met him. And the Spirit of the Lord leapt up within him, and he prophesied in their midst.1 Samuel 10:10

1 Samuel 10:11 Then all those who had known him yesterday and the day before, seeing that he was with the prophets, and that he was prophesying, said to one other: “What is this thing that has happened to the son of Kish? Could Saul also be among the prophets?”1 Samuel 10:11

1 Samuel 10:12 And one would respond to the other, saying, “And who is their father?” Because of this, it turned into a proverb, “Could Saul also be among the prophets?”1 Samuel 10:12

1 Samuel 10:13 Then he ceased to prophesy, and he went to the high place.1 Samuel 10:13

1 Samuel 10:14 And the uncle of Saul said to him, and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And they responded: “To seek the donkeys. But when we did not find them, we went to Samuel.”1 Samuel 10:14

1 Samuel 10:15 And his uncle said to him, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”1 Samuel 10:15

1 Samuel 10:16 And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us that the donkeys would be found.” But the word about the kingdom, which Samuel had spoken to him, he did not reveal to him.1 Samuel 10:16

1 Samuel 10:17 And Samuel called the people together, to the Lord at Mizpah.1 Samuel 10:17

1 Samuel 10:18 And he said to the sons of Israel: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: I led Israel away from Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kings who were afflicting you.1 Samuel 10:18

1 Samuel 10:19 But today you have rejected your God, who alone saved you from all your evils and tribulations. And you have said: ‘By no means! Instead, appoint a king over us.’ Now therefore, stand in the sight of the Lord, by your tribes and by your families.”1 Samuel 10:19

1 Samuel 10:20 And Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the lot fell upon the tribe of Benjamin.1 Samuel 10:20

1 Samuel 10:21 And he brought near the tribe of Benjamin, with its families, and the lot fell upon the family of Matri. And then it went to Saul, the son of Kish. Therefore, they sought him, but he was not found.1 Samuel 10:21

1 Samuel 10:22 And after these things, they consulted the Lord as to whether he would soon arrive there. And the Lord responded, “Behold, he is hidden at home.”1 Samuel 10:22

1 Samuel 10:23 And so they ran and brought him there. And he stood in the midst of the people, and he was taller than the entire people, from the shoulders upward.1 Samuel 10:23

1 Samuel 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people: “Certainly, you see the one whom the Lord has chosen, that there is not anyone like him among all the people.” And all the people cried out and said, “Long live the king!”1 Samuel 10:24

1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel spoke to the people the law of the kingdom, and he wrote it in a book, and he stored it in the sight of the Lord. And Samuel dismissed all the people, each one to his own house.1 Samuel 10:25

1 Samuel 10:26 And then Saul went away to his own house at Gibeah. And a portion of the army, whose hearts had been touched by God, went away with him.1 Samuel 10:26

1 Samuel 10:27 Yet the sons of Belial said, “How could this one be able to save us?” And they despised him, and they brought him no presents. But he pretended not to hear them.1 Samuel 10:27

1 Samuel 11:1 And, about a month afterward, it happened that Nahash the Ammonite ascended and began to fight against Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Consider a pact with us, and we will serve you.”1 Samuel 11:1

1 Samuel 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite responded to them, “With this will I strike a pact with you: if I may pluck out all your right eyes, and set you as a disgrace against all of Israel.”1 Samuel 11:2

1 Samuel 11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said to him: “Grant to us seven days, so that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel. And if there is no one who may defend us, we will go out to you.”1 Samuel 11:3

1 Samuel 11:4 Therefore, the messengers arrived at Gibeah of Saul. And they spoke these words in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice and wept.1 Samuel 11:4

1 Samuel 11:5 And behold, Saul arrived, following oxen from the field. And he said, “What has happened to the people that they would weep?” And they explained to him the words of the men from Jabesh.1 Samuel 11:5

1 Samuel 11:6 And the Spirit of the Lord rose up within Saul when he had heard these words, and his fury was enraged exceedingly.1 Samuel 11:6

1 Samuel 11:7 And taking both the oxen, he cut them into pieces, and he sent them into all the borders of Israel, by the hands of messengers, saying, “Whoever will not go out and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” Therefore, the fear of the Lord entered into the people, and they went out like one man.1 Samuel 11:7

1 Samuel 11:8 And he took a census of them at Bezek. And there were three hundred thousand of the sons of Israel. And there were thirty thousand of the men of Judah.1 Samuel 11:8

1 Samuel 11:9 And they said to the messengers who had arrived: “So shall you say to the men who are of Jabesh Gilead: ‘Tomorrow, when the sun will be hot, you shall have salvation.’ ” Therefore, the messengers went and announced it to the men of Jabesh, who became joyful.1 Samuel 11:9

1 Samuel 11:10 And they said, “In the morning, we will go out to you. And you may do whatever you please with us.”1 Samuel 11:10

1 Samuel 11:11 And it happened that, when the next day had arrived, Saul arranged the people into three parts. And he entered into the middle of the camp at the early morning watch, and he struck down the Ammonites until the day grew hot. Then the remainder were dispersed, so much so that not even two of them were left together.1 Samuel 11:11

1 Samuel 11:12 And the people said to Samuel: “Who is the one who said, ‘Should Saul reign over us?’ Present the men, and we will put them to death.”1 Samuel 11:12

1 Samuel 11:13 And Saul said: “No one shall be killed on this day. For today the Lord has accomplished salvation in Israel.”1 Samuel 11:13

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

1 Samuel 11:15 And all the people traveled to Gilgal. And there they made Saul king, in the sight of the Lord at Gilgal. And there they immolated victims of peace, before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.1 Samuel 11:15

1 Samuel 12:1 Then Samuel said to all of Israel: “Behold, I have listened to your voice, according to all that you have said to me, and I have appointed a king over you.1 Samuel 12:1

1 Samuel 12:2 And now the king advances before you. But I am old and have gray hair. Moreover, my sons are with you. And so, having conversed before you from my youth, even until this day, behold, I am here.1 Samuel 12:2

1 Samuel 12:3 Speak about me before the Lord, and before his Christ, as to whether I have taken anyone’s ox or donkey, or whether I have falsely accused anyone, or whether I have oppressed anyone, or whether I have accepted a bribe from the hand of anyone, and I will repudiate the same, this day, and I will restore it to you.”1 Samuel 12:3

1 Samuel 12:4 And they said, “You have not falsely accused us, nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from the hand of anyone.”1 Samuel 12:4

1 Samuel 12:5 And he said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and his Christ is a witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is the witness.”1 Samuel 12:5

1 Samuel 12:6 And Samuel said to the people: “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who led our fathers away from the land of Egypt.1 Samuel 12:6

1 Samuel 12:7 Now therefore, stand, so that I may contend in judgment against you before the Lord, about all the mercies of the Lord, which he has given to you and to your fathers:1 Samuel 12:7

1 Samuel 12:8 How Jacob entered into Egypt, and your fathers cried out to the Lord. And the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and he led your fathers away from Egypt, and he transferred them to this place.1 Samuel 12:8

1 Samuel 12:9 But they forgot the Lord their God, and so he delivered them into the hand of Sisera, master of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them.1 Samuel 12:9

1 Samuel 12:10 But afterward, they cried out to the Lord, and they said: ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and we have served the Baals and Ashtaroth. Now therefore, rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’1 Samuel 12:10

1 Samuel 12:11 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and he rescued you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you lived in confidence.1 Samuel 12:11

1 Samuel 12:12 Then, seeing that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, had arrived against you, you said to me, ‘By no means! Instead, a king shall reign over us,’ even though the Lord your God was reigning over you.1 Samuel 12:12

1 Samuel 12:13 Now therefore, your king is present, whom you chose and requested. Behold, the Lord has given you a king.1 Samuel 12:13

1 Samuel 12:14 If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord, then both you, and the king who rules over you, will be following the Lord your God.1 Samuel 12:14

1 Samuel 12:15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but instead you provoke his words, then the hand of the Lord will be over you and over your fathers.1 Samuel 12:15

1 Samuel 12:16 Therefore, stand now, and see this great thing, which the Lord will accomplish in your sight.1 Samuel 12:16

1 Samuel 12:17 Is it not the harvest of the wheat today? I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. And you will know and see that you have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, by petitioning for a king over you.”1 Samuel 12:17

1 Samuel 12:18 And Samuel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain on that day.1 Samuel 12:18

1 Samuel 12:19 And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. And all the people said to Samuel: “Pray, on behalf of your servants, to the Lord your God, so that we may not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil, that we would petition for a king.”1 Samuel 12:19

1 Samuel 12:20 Then Samuel said to the people: “Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet truly, do not choose to withdraw from the back of the Lord. Instead, serve the Lord with all your heart.1 Samuel 12:20

1 Samuel 12:21 And do not choose to turn aside after vanities, which will never benefit you, nor rescue you, since they are empty.1 Samuel 12:21

1 Samuel 12:22 And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people.1 Samuel 12:22

1 Samuel 12:23 So then, far be it from me, this sin against the Lord, that I would cease to pray for you. And so, I will teach you the good and upright way.1 Samuel 12:23

1 Samuel 12:24 Therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and from your whole heart. For you have seen the great works that he has done among you.1 Samuel 12:24

1 Samuel 12:25 But if you persevere in wickedness, both you and your king will perish together.”1 Samuel 12:25

1 Samuel 13:1 When he began to reign, Saul was the son of one year, and he reigned over Israel for two years.1 Samuel 13:1

1 Samuel 13:2 And Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. And two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and at mount Bethel. Then one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the remainder of the people, he sent back, each one to his own tent.1 Samuel 13:2

1 Samuel 13:3 And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines, which was in Gibeah. And when the Philistines had heard about it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews listen.”1 Samuel 13:3

1 Samuel 13:4 And all of Israel heard this report, that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines. And Israel raised himself up against the Philistines. Then the people cried out to Saul at Gilgal.1 Samuel 13:4

1 Samuel 13:5 And the Philistines gathered to do battle against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and the remainder of the common people, who were very many, like the sand that is on the shore of the sea. And ascending, they encamped at Michmash, toward the east of Bethaven.1 Samuel 13:5

1 Samuel 13:6 And when the men of Israel had seen themselves to be in a narrowed position, they hid themselves in caves, and in out of the way places, and in rocks, and in hollows, and in pits (for the people were distressed).1 Samuel 13:6

1 Samuel 13:7 Then some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan, into the land of Gad and Gilead. And while Saul was still at Gilgal, the entire people who followed him were terrified.1 Samuel 13:7

1 Samuel 13:8 But he waited for seven days, in accord with what was agreed with Samuel. But Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, for the people were scattering away from him.1 Samuel 13:8

1 Samuel 13:9 Therefore, Saul said, “Bring me the holocaust and the peace offerings.” And he offered the holocaust.1 Samuel 13:9

1 Samuel 13:10 And when he had completed the offering of the holocaust, behold, Samuel arrived. And Saul went out to meet him, so that he might greet him.1 Samuel 13:10

1 Samuel 13:11 And Samuel said to him, “What have you done?” Saul responded: “Since I saw that the people were scattering away from me, and you had not arrived after the agreed upon days, and yet the Philistines had gathered together at Michmash,1 Samuel 13:11

1 Samuel 13:12 I said: ‘Now the Philistines will descend to me at Gilgal. And I have not appeased the face of the Lord.’ Compelled by necessity, I offered the holocaust.1 Samuel 13:12

1 Samuel 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul: “You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandments of the Lord your God, which he instructed to you. And if you had not acted in this way, the Lord would, here and now, have prepared your kingdom over Israel forever.1 Samuel 13:13

1 Samuel 13:14 But by no means shall your kingdom rise up any more. The Lord has sought for himself a man according to his own heart. And him the Lord has instructed to be the leader over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord has instructed.”1 Samuel 13:14

1 Samuel 13:15 Then Samuel rose up and ascended from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And the remainder of the people ascended after Saul, to meet the people who were fighting against them, going from Gilgal into Gibeah, to the hill of Benjamin. And Saul took a census of the people, who had been found to be with him, about six hundred men.1 Samuel 13:15

1 Samuel 13:16 And Saul, and his son Jonathan, and the people who had been found to be with them, were at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines had settled in at Michmash.1 Samuel 13:16

1 Samuel 13:17 And three companies went out from the camp of the Philistines, in order to plunder. One company was traveling toward the way of Ophrah, to the land of Shual.1 Samuel 13:17

1 Samuel 13:18 Then another entered along the way of Beth-horon. But the third turned itself to the way of the border, overhanging the valley of Zeboim, opposite the desert.1 Samuel 13:18

1 Samuel 13:19 Now there was no worker of iron to be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines had been cautious, lest perhaps the Hebrews might make swords or spears.1 Samuel 13:19

1 Samuel 13:20 Therefore, all of Israel descended to the Philistines, so that each man could sharpen his plowshare, or pick axe, or hatchet, or hoe.1 Samuel 13:20

1 Samuel 13:21 For their plow blades, and pick axes, and pitch forks, and axes had become blunt, and even the handles needed to be repaired.1 Samuel 13:21

1 Samuel 13:22 And when the day of battle had arrived, there was found neither sword nor spear in the hand of the entire people who were with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan.1 Samuel 13:22

1 Samuel 13:23 Then the army of the Philistines went out in order to go across Michmash.1 Samuel 13:23

1 Samuel 14:1 And it happened that, on a certain day, Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the youth who bore his armor, “Come, and let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines, which is across from that place.” But he did not reveal this to his father.1 Samuel 14:1

1 Samuel 14:2 Moreover, Saul was staying in the furthermost part of Gibeah, below the pomegranate tree that was at Migron. And the people with him were about six hundred men.1 Samuel 14:2

1 Samuel 14:3 And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, the brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, who had been born of Eli, the priest of the Lord at Shiloh, wore the ephod. But the people did not know where Jonathan had gone.1 Samuel 14:3

1 Samuel 14:4 Now there were, between the ascents along which Jonathan strove to cross to the garrison of the Philistines, rocks projecting from both sides, and, in the manner of teeth, boulders breaking out from one side and the other. The name of one was Shining, and the name of the other was Thorny.1 Samuel 14:4

1 Samuel 14:5 One boulder projected toward the north, opposite Michmash, and the other toward the south, opposite Gibeah.1 Samuel 14:5

1 Samuel 14:6 Then Jonathan said to the youth who bore his armor: “Come, let us go across to the garrison of these uncircumcised. And perhaps the Lord may act on our behalf. For it is not difficult for the Lord to save, either by many, or by few.”1 Samuel 14:6

1 Samuel 14:7 And his armor bearer said to him: “Do all that is pleasing to your soul. Go wherever you wish, and I will be with you, wherever you will choose.”1 Samuel 14:7

1 Samuel 14:8 And Jonathan said: “Behold, we will cross over to these men. And when we will be seen by them,1 Samuel 14:8

1 Samuel 14:9 if they have spoken to us in this way, ‘Stay until we come to you,’ let us stand still in our place, and not ascend to them.1 Samuel 14:9

1 Samuel 14:10 But if they will say, ‘Ascend to us,’ let us ascend. For the Lord has delivered them into our hands. This will be the sign to us.”1 Samuel 14:10

1 Samuel 14:11 And so, both of them appeared before the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, “See, the Hebrews have come out from the holes in which they had been hiding.”1 Samuel 14:11

1 Samuel 14:12 And the men of the garrison spoke to Jonathan and to his armor bearer, and they said, “Ascend to us, and we will show you something.” And Jonathan said to his armor bearer: “Let us ascend. Follow me. For the Lord has delivered them into the hands of Israel.”1 Samuel 14:12

1 Samuel 14:13 Then Jonathan ascended, crawling on his hands and feet, and his armor bearer after him. And then, some fell before Jonathan, others his armor bearer killed as he was following him.1 Samuel 14:13

1 Samuel 14:14 And the first slaughter was made when Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty of the men, in the midst of an area of land that a yoke of oxen would usually plow in a day.1 Samuel 14:14

1 Samuel 14:15 And a miracle occurred in the camp, out in the fields. And all of the people of their garrison, who had gone out in order to plunder, were stupefied. And the earth trembled. And it happened as a miracle from God.1 Samuel 14:15

1 Samuel 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul, who were at Gibeah of Benjamin, looked out, and behold, a multitude was thrown down and dispersed, this way and that.1 Samuel 14:16

1 Samuel 14:17 And Saul said to the people who were with him, “Inquire and see who has gone out from us.” And when they had inquired, it was found that Jonathan and his armor bearer were not present.1 Samuel 14:17

1 Samuel 14:18 And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of the God.” (For the ark of God was, in that day, with the sons of Israel in that place.)1 Samuel 14:18

1 Samuel 14:19 And while Saul spoke to the priest, there arose a great tumult in the camp of the Philistines. And it was increasing, little by little, and it was being heard more clearly. And Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”1 Samuel 14:19

1 Samuel 14:20 Then Saul, and all the people who were with him, cried out together, and they went to the place of the conflict. And behold, each one’s sword had been turned against his neighbor, and there was a very great slaughter.1 Samuel 14:20

1 Samuel 14:21 Moreover, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines yesterday and the day before, and who had ascended with them into the camp, turned back so that they might be with those of Israel who were with Saul and Jonathan.1 Samuel 14:21

1 Samuel 14:22 Likewise, all the Israelites who had hidden themselves on mount Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had fled, joined themselves with their own in the battle. And there were with Saul about ten thousand men.1 Samuel 14:22

1 Samuel 14:23 And the Lord saved Israel on that day. But the fight continued as far as Bethaven.1 Samuel 14:23

1 Samuel 14:24 And the men of Israel were joined together on that day. And Saul made the people swear, saying, “Cursed be the man who will eat bread, until evening, until I am avenged of my enemies.” And the entire people did not consume bread.1 Samuel 14:24

1 Samuel 14:25 And all the common people went into a forest, in which there was honey on the surface of the field.1 Samuel 14:25

1 Samuel 14:26 And so the people entered the forest, and there appeared flowing honey, but no one drew his hand near his mouth. For the people were afraid of the oath.1 Samuel 14:26

1 Samuel 14:27 But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people to an oath. And so he extended the top of the staff that he was holding in his hand, and he dipped it in a honeycomb. And he turned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were brightened.1 Samuel 14:27

1 Samuel 14:28 And in response, one of the people said, “Your father has bound the people by an oath, saying: ‘Cursed be the man who will eat any bread this day.’ ” (For the people were faint.)1 Samuel 14:28

1 Samuel 14:29 And Jonathan said: “My father has troubled the land. You have seen for yourselves that my eyes were brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.1 Samuel 14:29

1 Samuel 14:30 How much more so, if the people had eaten from the plunder that they find with their enemies? Would not a greater slaughter have been accomplished among the Philistines?”1 Samuel 14:30

1 Samuel 14:31 Therefore, on that day, they struck down the Philistines, from Michmash as far as Aijalon. But the people were exceedingly wearied.1 Samuel 14:31

1 Samuel 14:32 And turning to the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and they slew them on the ground. And the people ate with blood.1 Samuel 14:32

1 Samuel 14:33 Then they reported to Saul, saying that the people had sinned against the Lord, eating with blood. And he said: “You have transgressed. Roll a great stone to me, here and now.”1 Samuel 14:33

1 Samuel 14:34 And Saul said: “Disperse yourselves among the common people, and tell each one of them to bring to me his ox and his ram, and to slay them upon this stone, and to eat, so that you will not sin against the Lord, in eating with blood.” And so, each one, out of all the people, brought his ox, by his own hand, throughout the night. And they slew them there.1 Samuel 14:34

1 Samuel 14:35 Then Saul built an altar to the Lord. And so, it was then that he first began to build an altar to the Lord.1 Samuel 14:35

1 Samuel 14:36 And Saul said: “Let us fall upon the Philistines by night, and lay waste to them even until the morning light. And let us not leave behind a man among them.” And the people said, “Do all that seems good in your eyes.” And the priest said, “Let us draw near to God in this place.”1 Samuel 14:36

1 Samuel 14:37 And Saul consulted the Lord: “Shall I pursue the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hands of Israel?” And he did not respond to him on that day.1 Samuel 14:37

1 Samuel 14:38 And Saul said: “Bring here every single leader of the people. And we shall know and see by whom this sin was committed this day.1 Samuel 14:38

1 Samuel 14:39 As the Lord lives, who is the Saviour of Israel, even if it were done by my son Jonathan, without retraction he shall die.” In this, no one among all the people contradicted him.1 Samuel 14:39

1 Samuel 14:40 And he said to all of Israel, “Separate yourselves on one side, and I, with my son Jonathan, will be on the other side.” And the people responded to Saul, “Do what seems good in your eyes.”1 Samuel 14:40

1 Samuel 14:41 And Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel: “O Lord, God of Israel, grant a sign: Why is it that you will not respond to your servant this day? If this iniquity is in me, or in my son Jonathan, grant an indication. Or if this iniquity is in your people, grant a sanctification.” And Jonathan and Saul were discovered, but the people were released.1 Samuel 14:41

1 Samuel 14:42 And Saul said, “Cast lots between myself and Jonathan, my son.” And Jonathan was caught.1 Samuel 14:42

1 Samuel 14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan revealed to him, and said: “Truly, I tasted a little honey with the top of the staff that was in my hand. And behold, I shall die.”1 Samuel 14:43

1 Samuel 14:44 And Saul said, “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, for you shall surely die, Jonathan!”1 Samuel 14:44

1 Samuel 14:45 And the people said to Saul: “Why should Jonathan have to die, who has accomplished this great salvation in Israel? This is wrong. As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head should fall to the ground. For he has wrought with God this day.” Therefore, the people freed Jonathan, so that he would not die.1 Samuel 14:45

1 Samuel 14:46 And Saul withdrew, and he did not pursue the Philistines. And the Philistines went away to their own places.1 Samuel 14:46

1 Samuel 14:47 And Saul, his kingdom having been confirmed over Israel, was fighting against all his enemies on all sides: against Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and Edom, and the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. And wherever he turned himself, he was successful.1 Samuel 14:47

1 Samuel 14:48 And gathering together an army, he struck Amalek. And he rescued Israel from the hand of those who would lay waste to them.1 Samuel 14:48

1 Samuel 14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua. And as for the names of his two daughters: the name of the firstborn daughter was Merab, and the name of the younger one was Michal.1 Samuel 14:49

1 Samuel 14:50 And the name of the wife of Saul was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the first ruler of his military was Abner, the son of Ner, the first cousin of Saul.1 Samuel 14:50

1 Samuel 14:51 For Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner was the father of Abner, and the son of Abiel.1 Samuel 14:51

1 Samuel 14:52 Now there was a powerful war against the Philistines during all the days of Saul. And so, whomever Saul had seen to be a strong man, and fit for battle, he joined him to himself.1 Samuel 14:52

1 Samuel 15:1 And Samuel said to Saul: “The Lord sent me, so that I would anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the voice of the Lord.1 Samuel 15:1

1 Samuel 15:2 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have taken account of all that Amalek has done to Israel, how he stood against him in the way, when he ascended from Egypt.1 Samuel 15:2

1 Samuel 15:3 Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”1 Samuel 15:3

1 Samuel 15:4 And so, Saul instructed the people, and he numbered them like lambs: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.1 Samuel 15:4

1 Samuel 15:5 And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.1 Samuel 15:5

1 Samuel 15:6 And Saul said to the Kenite: “Go away, withdraw, and descend from Amalek. Otherwise, I will include you with him. For you showed mercy to all the sons of Israel, when they ascended from Egypt.” And so the Kenite withdrew from the midst of Amalek.1 Samuel 15:6

1 Samuel 15:7 And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.1 Samuel 15:7

1 Samuel 15:8 And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.1 Samuel 15:8

1 Samuel 15:9 And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.1 Samuel 15:9

1 Samuel 15:10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying1 Samuel 15:10

1 Samuel 15:11 “It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night long1 Samuel 15:11

1 Samuel 15:12 And when Samuel had risen while it was still dark, so that he might go to Saul in the morning, it was reported to Samuel that Saul had arrived at Carmel, and that he had erected for himself a triumphant arch. And, while returning, he had continued on and descended to Gilgal. Therefore, Samuel went to Saul. And Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, from the best of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalek.1 Samuel 15:12

1 Samuel 15:13 And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”1 Samuel 15:13

1 Samuel 15:14 And Samuel said, “Then what is this voice of the flocks, which resounds in my ears, and of the herds, which I am hearing?”1 Samuel 15:14

1 Samuel 15:15 And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”1 Samuel 15:15

1 Samuel 15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Permit me, and I will reveal to you what the Lord has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”1 Samuel 15:16

1 Samuel 15:17 And Samuel said: “Was it not when you were little in your own eyes that you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.1 Samuel 15:17

1 Samuel 15:18 And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: ‘Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.’1 Samuel 15:18

1 Samuel 15:19 Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”1 Samuel 15:19

1 Samuel 15:20 And Saul said to Samuel: “On the contrary, I did listen to the voice of the Lord, and I walked in the way along which the Lord sent me, and I led back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I put to death Amalek.1 Samuel 15:20

1 Samuel 15:21 But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”1 Samuel 15:21

1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.1 Samuel 15:22

1 Samuel 15:23 Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king.”1 Samuel 15:23

1 Samuel 15:24 And Saul said to Samuel: “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and your words, by fearing the people and obeying their voice.1 Samuel 15:24

1 Samuel 15:25 But now, I beg you, to bear my sin, and to return with me, so that I may adore the Lord.”1 Samuel 15:25

1 Samuel 15:26 And Samuel said to Saul: “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”1 Samuel 15:26

1 Samuel 15:27 And Samuel turned away, so that he might depart. But Saul took hold of the edge of his cloak, and it tore.1 Samuel 15:27

1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you this day. And he has delivered it to your neighbor, who is better than you are.1 Samuel 15:28

1 Samuel 15:29 Moreover, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent.”1 Samuel 15:29

1 Samuel 15:30 Then he said: “I have sinned. But now, honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may adore the Lord your God.”1 Samuel 15:30

1 Samuel 15:31 Therefore, Samuel turned again after Saul. And Saul adored the Lord.1 Samuel 15:31

1 Samuel 15:32 And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”1 Samuel 15:32

1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said, “Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women.” And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.1 Samuel 15:33

1 Samuel 15:34 Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.1 Samuel 15:34

1 Samuel 15:35 And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Yet truly, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.1 Samuel 15:35

1 Samuel 16:1 And the Lord said to Samuel: “How long will you mourn for Saul, though I have rejected him, so that he would not reign over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and approach, so that I may send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have provided a king from among his sons for myself.”1 Samuel 16:1

1 Samuel 16:2 And Samuel said: “How shall I go? For Saul will hear of it, and he will put me to death.” And the Lord said: “You shall take, by your hand, a calf from the herd. And you shall say, ‘I have arrived in order to immolate to the Lord.’1 Samuel 16:2

1 Samuel 16:3 And you shall call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will reveal to you what you should do. And you shall anoint whomever I will indicate to you.”1 Samuel 16:3

1 Samuel 16:4 Therefore, Samuel did just as the Lord told him. And he went to Bethlehem, and the elders of the city wondered. And meeting him, they said, “Is your arrival peaceful?”1 Samuel 16:4

1 Samuel 16:5 And he said: “It is peaceful. I have arrived in order to immolate to the Lord. Be sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.1 Samuel 16:5

1 Samuel 16:6 And when they had entered, he saw Eliab, and he said, “Could he be the Christ in the sight of the Lord?”1 Samuel 16:6

1 Samuel 16:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: “You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart.”1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel 16:8 And Jesse called Abinadab, and he brought him before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”1 Samuel 16:8

1 Samuel 16:9 Then Jesse brought Shammah. And he said about him, “And the Lord has not chosen this one.”1 Samuel 16:9

1 Samuel 16:10 And so Jesse brought his seven sons before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”1 Samuel 16:10

1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Could the sons now be completed?” But he responded, “There still remains a little one, and he pastures the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse: “Send and bring him. For we shall not recline to eat, until he arrives here.”1 Samuel 16:11

1 Samuel 16:12 Therefore, he sent and brought him. Now he was ruddy, and beautiful to behold, and with a stately face. And the Lord said, “Rise up, anoint him! For it is he.”1 Samuel 16:12

1 Samuel 16:13 Therefore, Samuel took the horn of oil, and he anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord was guiding David from that day and thereafter. And Samuel rose up, and he went away to Ramah.1 Samuel 16:13

1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the Lord withdrew from Saul, and a wicked spirit from the Lord disturbed him.1 Samuel 16:14

1 Samuel 16:15 And the servants of Saul said to him: “Behold, an evil spirit from God disturbs you.1 Samuel 16:15

1 Samuel 16:16 May our lord order, and your servants, who are before you, will seek a man skillful in playing a stringed instrument, so that when the evil spirit from the Lord assails you, he may play with his hand, and you may bear it more easily.”1 Samuel 16:16

1 Samuel 16:17 And Saul said to his servants, “Then provide for me someone who can play well, and bring him to me.”1 Samuel 16:17

1 Samuel 16:18 And one of the servants, responding, said: “Behold, I have seen the son of Jesse of Bethlehem, a skillful player, and very strong and robust, a man fit for war, and prudent in words, a handsome man. And the Lord is with him.”1 Samuel 16:18

1 Samuel 16:19 Therefore, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, “Send to me your son David, who is in the pastures.”1 Samuel 16:19

1 Samuel 16:20 And so, Jesse took a donkey laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid from one of the goats, and he sent them, by the hand of his son David, to Saul.1 Samuel 16:20

1 Samuel 16:21 And David went to Saul, and stood before him. And he loved him exceedingly, and he made him his armor bearer.1 Samuel 16:21

1 Samuel 16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying: “Let David remain before my sight. For he has found favor in my eyes.”1 Samuel 16:22

1 Samuel 16:23 And so, whenever the evil spirit from the Lord assailed Saul, David took up his stringed instrument, and he struck it with his hand, and Saul was refreshed and uplifted. For the evil spirit withdrew from him.1 Samuel 16:23

1 Samuel 17:1 Now the Philistines, gathering their troops for battle, assembled at Socoh of Judah. And they made camp between Socoh and Azekah, within the borders of Dammim.1 Samuel 17:1

1 Samuel 17:2 But Saul and the sons of Israel, having gathered together, went to the Valley of Terebinth. And they positioned the army so as to fight against the Philistines.1 Samuel 17:2

1 Samuel 17:3 And the Philistines were standing on a mountain on the one side, and Israel was standing on a mountain on the other side. And there was a valley between them.1 Samuel 17:3

1 Samuel 17:4 And there went out from the camp of the Philistines, a man of illegitimate birth, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a palm.1 Samuel 17:4

1 Samuel 17:5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a breastplate of scales. Moreover, the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass.1 Samuel 17:5

1 Samuel 17:6 And he had plates of brass on his lower legs, and a small shield of brass was covering his shoulders.1 Samuel 17:6

1 Samuel 17:7 Now the shaft of his spear was like the beam used by a weaver. And the iron of his spear held six hundred shekels of iron. And his armor bearer went before him.1 Samuel 17:7

1 Samuel 17:8 And standing still, he cried out to the battle lines of Israel, and he said to them: “Why have you arrived, prepared for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose one man from among you, and let him descend to do battle alone.1 Samuel 17:8

1 Samuel 17:9 If he is able to fight with me and to strike me down, we will be your servants. But if I will prevail over him, and strike him down, you will be the servants, and you will serve us.”1 Samuel 17:9

1 Samuel 17:10 And the Philistine was saying: “I have reproached the troops of Israel today. Present a man to me, and let him undertake a fight against me alone.”1 Samuel 17:10

1 Samuel 17:11 And Saul and all the Israelites, hearing these words of the Philistine in this manner, were stupefied and exceedingly afraid.1 Samuel 17:11

1 Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man, the one mentioned above, from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse. He had eight sons, and during the days of Saul, he was an elderly man, and of great age among men.1 Samuel 17:12

1 Samuel 17:13 Now his three eldest sons followed Saul into battle. And the names of his three sons, who went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Shammah.1 Samuel 17:13

1 Samuel 17:14 But David was the youngest. Therefore, when the three eldest had followed Saul,1 Samuel 17:14

1 Samuel 17:15 David went away from Saul, and he returned, so that he might pasture the flock of his father at Bethlehem.1 Samuel 17:15

1 Samuel 17:16 Truly, the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and he stood forth, for forty days.1 Samuel 17:16

1 Samuel 17:17 Now Jesse said to his son David: “Take, for your brothers, an ephah of cooked grain, and these ten loaves, and hurry to the camp, to your brothers.1 Samuel 17:17

1 Samuel 17:18 And you shall carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune. And visit your brothers, to see if they are doing well. And learn with whom they have been stationed.”1 Samuel 17:18

1 Samuel 17:19 But they were in the valley of Terebinth, with Saul and all the sons of Israel, fighting against the Philistines.1 Samuel 17:19

1 Samuel 17:20 And so, David rose up in the morning, and he commended the flock to the caretaker. And he went away burdened, just as Jesse had instructed him. And he went to the place of the battle line, and to the army, which, in going out to fight, was shouting in the conflict.1 Samuel 17:20

1 Samuel 17:21 For Israel had positioned their troops, but the Philistines also had prepared themselves against them.1 Samuel 17:21

1 Samuel 17:22 Then, leaving the items that he had brought under the hand of the keeper of baggage, David ran to the place of the conflict. And he was asking if all was going well with his brothers.1 Samuel 17:22

1 Samuel 17:23 And while he was still speaking with them, there appeared the man of spurious descent, whose name was Goliath, the Philistine of Gath, ascending from the camp of the Philistines. And he was speaking in these same words, which David heard.1 Samuel 17:23

1 Samuel 17:24 Then all the Israelites, when they had seen the man, fled from his face, fearing him greatly.1 Samuel 17:24

1 Samuel 17:25 And someone of Israel said: “Have you seen this man, who has risen up. For he ascended in order to reproach Israel. Therefore, the man who will strike him down, the king will enrich with great wealth, and will give to him his daughter, and will cause his father’s house to be free of tribute in Israel.”1 Samuel 17:25

1 Samuel 17:26 And David spoke to the men who were standing with him, saying: “What will be given to the man who will have struck down this Philistine, and who will have taken away the disgrace from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the soldiers of the living God?”1 Samuel 17:26

1 Samuel 17:27 Then the people repeated to him the same words, saying, “These things shall be given to the man who will have struck him down.”1 Samuel 17:27

1 Samuel 17:28 Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: “Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle.”1 Samuel 17:28

1 Samuel 17:29 And David said: “What have I done? Is there any word against me?”1 Samuel 17:29

1 Samuel 17:30 And he turned away from him a little, toward another. And he asked the same question. And the people responded to him as before.1 Samuel 17:30

1 Samuel 17:31 Now the words that David had spoken were heard and reported in the sight of Saul.1 Samuel 17:31

1 Samuel 17:32 When he had been led to Saul, he said to him: “Let no one lose heart over him. I, your servant, shall go and fight against the Philistine.”1 Samuel 17:32

1 Samuel 17:33 And Saul said to David: “You are not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him. For you are a boy, but he has been a warrior from his boyhood.”1 Samuel 17:33

1 Samuel 17:34 And David said to Saul: “Your servant was pasturing the flock of his father. And there approached a lion or a bear, and it took a ram from the midst of the flock.1 Samuel 17:34

1 Samuel 17:35 And I pursued after them, and I struck them, and I rescued from their mouth. And they rose up against me. And I caught them by the throat, and I strangled and killed them.1 Samuel 17:35

1 Samuel 17:36 For I, your servant, have killed both lion and bear. And so this uncircumcised Philistine, too, will be like one of them. Now I will go and take away the reproach of the people. For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, who has dared to curse the army of the living God?”1 Samuel 17:36

1 Samuel 17:37 And David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the hand of the lion, and from the hand of the bear, he himself will free me from the hand of this Philistine.” Then Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”1 Samuel 17:37

1 Samuel 17:38 And Saul clothed David with his garments. And he placed a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clothed him with a breastplate.1 Samuel 17:38

1 Samuel 17:39 Then David, having girded his sword over his armor, began to see if he could walk in the armor. But he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: “I cannot move about in this way. For I am not used to it.” And he put them aside.1 Samuel 17:39

1 Samuel 17:40 And he took up his staff, which he held always in his hands. And he chose for himself five very smooth stones from the torrent. And he put them into the shepherd’s bag that he had with him. And he took up a sling in his hand. And he went out against the Philistine.1 Samuel 17:40

1 Samuel 17:41 And the Philistine, advancing, went and drew near against David. And his armor bearer was before him.1 Samuel 17:41

1 Samuel 17:42 And when the Philistine had seen and considered David, he despised him. For he was a youth, ruddy and of handsome appearance.1 Samuel 17:42

1 Samuel 17:43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you approach against me with a staff?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.1 Samuel 17:43

1 Samuel 17:44 And he said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.”1 Samuel 17:44

1 Samuel 17:45 But David said to the Philistine: “You approach me with sword, and spear, and shield. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which you have reproached.1 Samuel 17:45

1 Samuel 17:46 Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down. And I will take your head from you. And today, I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that God is with Israel.1 Samuel 17:46

1 Samuel 17:47 And this entire assembly will know that the Lord does not save by sword, nor by spear. For this is his war, and he will deliver you into our hands.”1 Samuel 17:47

1 Samuel 17:48 Then, when the Philistine had risen up, and was approaching, and was drawing near against David, David hurried and ran to the fight against the Philistine.1 Samuel 17:48

1 Samuel 17:49 And he put his hand into his bag, and took out one stone. And swinging it around, he cast it with the sling and struck the Philistine on the forehead. And the stone became imbedded in his forehead. And he fell on his face, upon the ground.1 Samuel 17:49

1 Samuel 17:50 And David prevailed against the Philistine with a sling and a stone. And he struck and killed the Philistine. But since David held no sword in his hand,1 Samuel 17:50

1 Samuel 17:51 he ran and stood over the Philistine, and he took his sword, and withdrew it from the sheath. And he killed him and cut off his head. Then the Philistines, seeing that their strongest man was dead, fled away.1 Samuel 17:51

1 Samuel 17:52 And the men of Israel and Judah, rising up, shouted and pursued after the Philistines, even until they arrived at the valley and as far as the gates of Ekron. And many wounded among the Philistines fell on the way of Shaaraim, and as far as Gath, and as far as Ekron.1 Samuel 17:52

1 Samuel 17:53 And the sons of Israel, returning after they had pursued the Philistines, invaded their camp.1 Samuel 17:53

1 Samuel 17:54 Then David, taking up the head of the Philistine, brought it to Jerusalem. Yet truly, he placed his armor in his own tent.1 Samuel 17:54

1 Samuel 17:55 Now at the time that Saul had seen David going out against the Philistines, he said to Abner, the leader of the military, “From what stock is this youth descended, Abner?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”1 Samuel 17:55

1 Samuel 17:56 And the king said, “You shall inquire as to whose son this boy may be.”1 Samuel 17:56

1 Samuel 17:57 And when David had returned, after the Philistine had been struck down, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul, having the head of the Philistine in his hand.1 Samuel 17:57

1 Samuel 17:58 And Saul said to him, “Young man, from what ancestry are you?” And David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”1 Samuel 17:58

1 Samuel 18:1 And it happened that, when he had completed speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan adhered to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him like his own soul.1 Samuel 18:1

1 Samuel 18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would not permit him to return to his father’s house.1 Samuel 18:2

1 Samuel 18:3 Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.1 Samuel 18:3

1 Samuel 18:4 And Jonathan took off the coat that he was wearing, and he gave it to David, with the rest of his garments, even to his sword and bow, and even his belt.1 Samuel 18:4

1 Samuel 18:5 Also, David went out to do everything whatsoever that Saul sent him to do, and he conducted himself prudently. And Saul set him over men of war. And he was acceptable in the eyes of the entire people, and most of all in the sight of the servants of Saul.1 Samuel 18:5

1 Samuel 18:6 Now when David returned, after he had struck down the Philistine, the women went out, from all the cities of Israel, leading the singing and dancing, rejoicing with timbrels and bells, so as to meet king Saul.1 Samuel 18:6

1 Samuel 18:7 And the women sang, as they played, saying, “Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand.”1 Samuel 18:7

1 Samuel 18:8 Then Saul became exceedingly angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes. And he said: “They have given David ten thousand, and to me they gave only one thousand. What is left for him, except the kingdom itself?”1 Samuel 18:8

1 Samuel 18:9 Therefore, Saul did not regard David with a good eye, from that day and thereafter.1 Samuel 18:9

1 Samuel 18:10 Then, on the next day, the evil spirit from God assailed Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand, just as at every other time. And Saul held a lance in his hand.1 Samuel 18:10

1 Samuel 18:11 And he threw it, thinking that he would be able to fix David to the wall. And David stepped aside twice, from before his face.1 Samuel 18:11

1 Samuel 18:12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, but he had withdrawn from Saul.1 Samuel 18:12

1 Samuel 18:13 Therefore, Saul sent him away from himself, and he made him tribune over one thousand men. And he entered and departed in the sight of the people.1 Samuel 18:13

1 Samuel 18:14 Also, David acted prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.1 Samuel 18:14

1 Samuel 18:15 And so, Saul saw that he was exceedingly prudent, and he began to be wary of him.1 Samuel 18:15

1 Samuel 18:16 But all of Israel and Judah loved David. For he entered and departed before them.1 Samuel 18:16

1 Samuel 18:17 And Saul said to David: “Behold, my elder daughter, Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the wars of the Lord.” Now Saul was considering within himself, saying, “Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.”1 Samuel 18:17

1 Samuel 18:18 Then David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, and what is my father’s kinship within Israel, that I should be the son-in-law of the king?”1 Samuel 18:18

1 Samuel 18:19 Then it happened that, at the time when Merab, the daughter of Saul, was to be given to David, she was given to Adriel, the Meholathite, as wife.1 Samuel 18:19

1 Samuel 18:20 Now Michal, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And this was reported to Saul, and it pleased him.1 Samuel 18:20

1 Samuel 18:21 And Saul said, “I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him.” And Saul said to David, “In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today.”1 Samuel 18:21

1 Samuel 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: “Behold, you are pleasing to the king, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, be the son-in-law of the king.”1 Samuel 18:22

1 Samuel 18:23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words to the ears of David. And David said: “Does it seem a small matter to you, to be the son-in-law of the king? I am but a poor and unimportant man.”1 Samuel 18:23

1 Samuel 18:24 And the servants reported to Saul, saying, “David has spoken words in this manner.”1 Samuel 18:24

1 Samuel 18:25 Then Saul said, “Speak in this way to David: The king does not have need of any dowry, but only one hundred foreskins from the Philistine men, so that he may be vindicated from the enemies of the king.” So did Saul think to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.1 Samuel 18:25

1 Samuel 18:26 And when his servants had repeated to David the words that Saul had spoken, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David, so that he would become son-in-law of the king.1 Samuel 18:26

1 Samuel 18:27 And after a few days, David, rising up, went with the men who were under him, and he struck down two hundred men of the Philistines. And he brought their foreskins, and he counted them out for the king, so that he might be his son-in-law. And so, Saul gave to him his daughter Michal as wife.1 Samuel 18:27

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

1 Samuel 18:29 And Saul began to fear David all the more. And Saul became the enemy of David, every day.1 Samuel 18:29

1 Samuel 18:30 And the leaders of the Philistines departed. And from the beginning of their departure, David conducted himself more prudently than all the servants of Saul, and his name became exceedingly celebrated.1 Samuel 18:30

1 Samuel 19:1 Now Saul spoke to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, so that they would kill David. But Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David very much.1 Samuel 19:1

1 Samuel 19:2 And Jonathan revealed it to David, saying: “Saul, my father, is seeking to kill you. Because of this, I ask you, take care for yourself in the morning. And you should conceal yourself and remain in hiding.1 Samuel 19:2

1 Samuel 19:3 Then I, going out, will be standing beside my father in the field, where you will be. And I will speak about you to my father. And whatever I see, I will report to you.”1 Samuel 19:3

1 Samuel 19:4 Then Jonathan spoke good things about David to his father Saul. And he said to him: “You should not sin, O king, against your servant David. For he has not sinned against you, and his works toward you are very good.1 Samuel 19:4

1 Samuel 19:5 And he took his life in his own hand, and struck down the Philistine. And the Lord wrought a great salvation for all of Israel. You saw it, and you rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood by killing David, who is without guilt?”1 Samuel 19:5

1 Samuel 19:6 And when Saul had heard this, being pleased by the voice of Jonathan, he swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”1 Samuel 19:6

1 Samuel 19:7 And so Jonathan called David, and he revealed to him all of these words. And Jonathan led in David to Saul, and he was before him, just as he had been yesterday and the day before.1 Samuel 19:7

1 Samuel 19:8 Then the war was stirred up again. And David went out and fought against the Philistines. And he struck them down with a great slaughter. And they fled from his face.1 Samuel 19:8

1 Samuel 19:9 And the evil spirit from the Lord came to Saul, who was sitting in his house and holding a lance. And David was playing music with his hand.1 Samuel 19:9

1 Samuel 19:10 And Saul attempted to fix David to the wall with the lance. But David turned aside from the face of Saul. And the lance failed to wound him, and it became fixed in the wall. And David fled, and so he was saved that night.1 Samuel 19:10

1 Samuel 19:11 Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him, and so that he might be killed in the morning. And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David, saying, “Unless you save yourself this night, tomorrow you will die,”1 Samuel 19:11

1 Samuel 19:12 she lowered him down through a window. Then he fled and went away, and he was saved.1 Samuel 19:12

1 Samuel 19:13 Then Michal took a statue, and placed it on the bed. And she placed the pelt of a goat for the hair at its head. And she covered it with clothes.1 Samuel 19:13

1 Samuel 19:14 And Saul sent attendants to seize David. And it was answered that he was sick.1 Samuel 19:14

1 Samuel 19:15 And again, Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him to me on the bed, so that he may be killed.”1 Samuel 19:15

1 Samuel 19:16 And when the messengers had arrived, they found a likeness on the bed, with a goat pelt at its head.1 Samuel 19:16

1 Samuel 19:17 And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me in this way, and released my enemy, so that he may flee?” And Michal responded to Saul, “Because he said to me, ‘Release me, otherwise I will kill you.’ ”1 Samuel 19:17

1 Samuel 19:18 Now David was saved by fleeing, and he went to Samuel in Ramah. And he reported to him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went away and stayed at Naioth.1 Samuel 19:18

1 Samuel 19:19 Then it was reported to Saul by some, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth, in Ramah.”1 Samuel 19:19

1 Samuel 19:20 Therefore, Saul sent officers to seize David. And when they had seen a company of prophets prophesying, with Samuel presiding over them, the Spirit of the Lord also came to them, and they also began to prophesy.1 Samuel 19:20

1 Samuel 19:21 And when this was reported to Saul, he sent other messengers. But they also prophesied. And again, Saul sent messengers a third time. And they also prophesied. And Saul, being exceedingly angry,1 Samuel 19:21

1 Samuel 19:22 also went to Ramah himself. And he went as far as the great cistern, which is in Socoh. And he inquired and said, “In which place are Samuel and David?” And it was told to him, “Behold, they are at Naioth, in Ramah.”1 Samuel 19:22

1 Samuel 19:23 And he went to Naioth, in Ramah, and the Spirit of the Lord came to him also. And he continued on, walking and prophesying, until he arrived at Naioth, in Ramah.1 Samuel 19:23

1 Samuel 19:24 And he also took off his garments, and he prophesied with the others before Samuel. And he fell down naked, throughout that day and night. From this, too, is derived the proverb, “Could Saul also be among the prophets?”1 Samuel 19:24

1 Samuel 20:1 Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”1 Samuel 20:1

1 Samuel 20:2 And he said to him: “May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Therefore, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!”1 Samuel 20:2

1 Samuel 20:3 And he swore again to David. And David said: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”1 Samuel 20:3

1 Samuel 20:4 And Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you.”1 Samuel 20:4

1 Samuel 20:5 Then David said to Jonathan: “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I am accustomed to sit in a seat beside the king to eat. Therefore, permit me that I may be hidden in the field, until the evening of the third day.1 Samuel 20:5

1 Samuel 20:6 If your father, looking around, will seek me, you shall respond to him: ‘David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.’1 Samuel 20:6

1 Samuel 20:7 If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.1 Samuel 20:7

1 Samuel 20:8 Therefore, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, your servant, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father.”1 Samuel 20:8

1 Samuel 20:9 And Jonathan said: “May this be far from you. For certainly, if I ever realized that any wickedness was determined by my father against you, I would not be able to do anything other than report it to you.”1 Samuel 20:9

1 Samuel 20:10 And David responded to Jonathan, “Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?”1 Samuel 20:10

1 Samuel 20:11 And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,1 Samuel 20:11

1 Samuel 20:12 Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,1 Samuel 20:12

1 Samuel 20:13 may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.1 Samuel 20:13

1 Samuel 20:14 And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,1 Samuel 20:14

1 Samuel 20:15 you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”1 Samuel 20:15

1 Samuel 20:16 Therefore, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.1 Samuel 20:16

1 Samuel 20:17 And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.1 Samuel 20:17

1 Samuel 20:18 And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.1 Samuel 20:18

1 Samuel 20:19 For your seat will be empty until the day after tomorrow. Therefore, you shall descend quickly, and you shall go to the place where you are to be hidden, on a day when it is lawful to work, and you shall remain beside the stone that is called Ezel.1 Samuel 20:19

1 Samuel 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.1 Samuel 20:20

1 Samuel 20:21 Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’1 Samuel 20:21

1 Samuel 20:22 If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.1 Samuel 20:22

1 Samuel 20:23 Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”1 Samuel 20:23

1 Samuel 20:24 Therefore, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.1 Samuel 20:24

1 Samuel 20:25 And when the king had sat down on his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat beside Saul, and David’s place appeared empty.1 Samuel 20:25

1 Samuel 20:26 And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.1 Samuel 20:26

1 Samuel 20:27 And when the second day after the new moon had begun to dawn, David’s place again appeared empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not arrived to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”1 Samuel 20:27

1 Samuel 20:28 And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,1 Samuel 20:28

1 Samuel 20:29 and he said: ‘Permit me. For there is a solemn sacrifice in the city. One of my brothers has summoned me. Now therefore, if I have found favor in your eyes, I will go quickly, and I will see my brothers.’ For this reason, he has not come to the table of the king.”1 Samuel 20:29

1 Samuel 20:30 Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, said to him: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?1 Samuel 20:30

1 Samuel 20:31 For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. And so, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”1 Samuel 20:31

1 Samuel 20:32 Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said: “Why should he die? What has he done?”1 Samuel 20:32

1 Samuel 20:33 And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.1 Samuel 20:33

1 Samuel 20:34 Therefore, Jonathan rose up from the table in a rage of anger. And he did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was saddened over David, because his father had confounded him.1 Samuel 20:34

1 Samuel 20:35 And when the morning had begun to dawn, Jonathan went into the field according to the agreement with David, and a young boy was with him.1 Samuel 20:35

1 Samuel 20:36 And he said to his boy, “Go, and bring to me the arrows that I shoot.” And when the boy had run, he shot another arrow away from the boy.1 Samuel 20:36

1 Samuel 20:37 And so, the boy went to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan cried out, from behind the back of boy, and said: “Behold, the arrow is there, farther away from you.”1 Samuel 20:37

1 Samuel 20:38 And Jonathan cried out again, from behind the back of the boy, saying, “Go quickly! Do not stand still!” Then Jonathan’s boy collected the arrows, and he brought them to his lord.1 Samuel 20:38

1 Samuel 20:39 And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.1 Samuel 20:39

1 Samuel 20:40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, and he said to him, “Go, and carry them into the city.”1 Samuel 20:40

1 Samuel 20:41 And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.1 Samuel 20:41

1 Samuel 20:42 Then Jonathan said to David: “Go in peace. And let us both keep all that we have ever sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, even forever.’ ” And David rose up and went away. But Jonathan entered into the city.1 Samuel 20:42

1 Samuel 21:1 Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”1 Samuel 21:1

1 Samuel 21:2 And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’1 Samuel 21:2

1 Samuel 21:3 Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”1 Samuel 21:3

1 Samuel 21:4 And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”1 Samuel 21:4

1 Samuel 21:5 And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”1 Samuel 21:5

1 Samuel 21:6 Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.1 Samuel 21:6

1 Samuel 21:7 Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.1 Samuel 21:7

1 Samuel 21:8 Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”1 Samuel 21:8

1 Samuel 21:9 And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”1 Samuel 21:9

1 Samuel 21:10 And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.1 Samuel 21:10

1 Samuel 21:11 And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’ ”1 Samuel 21:11

1 Samuel 21:12 Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.1 Samuel 21:12

1 Samuel 21:13 And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.1 Samuel 21:13

1 Samuel 21:14 And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?1 Samuel 21:14

1 Samuel 21:15 Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”1 Samuel 21:15

1 Samuel 22:1 Then David went away from there, and he fled to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all of his father’s house had heard of it, they descended to him there.1 Samuel 22:1

1 Samuel 22:2 And all those left in distress, or oppressed by debt to strangers, or bitter in soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became their leader, and about four hundred men were with him.1 Samuel 22:2

1 Samuel 22:3 And David set out from there to Mizpah, which is of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, “I beg you, let my father and my mother remain with you, until I know what God will do for me.”1 Samuel 22:3

1 Samuel 22:4 And he left them before the face of the king of Moab. And they stayed with him for all the days that David was in the stronghold.1 Samuel 22:4

1 Samuel 22:5 And the prophet Gad said to David: “Do not choose to stay in the stronghold. Set out and go into the land of Judah.” And so, David set out, and he went into the forest of Hereth.1 Samuel 22:5

1 Samuel 22:6 And Saul heard that David, and the men who were with him, had been seen. Now while Saul was staying in Gibeah, and while he was in the forest that is in Ramah, holding a spear in his hand, with all his servants standing around him,1 Samuel 22:6

1 Samuel 22:7 he said to his servants who were assisting him: “Listen now, you sons of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give to all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make all of you tribunes or centurions,1 Samuel 22:7

1 Samuel 22:8 so that you would all conspire against me, and so that there is no one to inform me, especially when even my son has formed a pact with the son of Jesse? There is no one among you who grieves for my situation, or who would report to me. For my son has raised up my servant against me, seeking to betray me, even to this day.”1 Samuel 22:8

1 Samuel 22:9 Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was standing near, and who was first among the servants of Saul, responding, said: “I saw the son of Jesse, in Nob, with Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, the priest.1 Samuel 22:9

1 Samuel 22:10 And he consulted the Lord for him, and he gave him food. Moreover, he gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.”1 Samuel 22:10

1 Samuel 22:11 Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech, the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all of his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob, and they all came before the king.1 Samuel 22:11

1 Samuel 22:12 And Saul said to Ahimelech, “Listen, son of Ahitub.” He responded, “Here I am, lord.”1 Samuel 22:12

1 Samuel 22:13 And Saul said to him: “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse? For you gave him bread and a sword, and you consulted the Lord for him, so that he might rise up against me, continuing as a traitor even to this day.”1 Samuel 22:13

1 Samuel 22:14 And responding to the king, Ahimelech said: “But who among all your servants is as faithful as David? And he is the son-in-law of the king, and he goes forth at your order, and he is a glory within your house.1 Samuel 22:14

1 Samuel 22:15 Did I begin to consult the Lord for him today? May this be far from me! Let not the king suspect this kind of thing against his servant, nor against anyone in all my father’s house. For your servant did not know anything about this matter, either small or great.”1 Samuel 22:15

1 Samuel 22:16 And the king said, “You shall die a death, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”1 Samuel 22:16

1 Samuel 22:17 And the king said to the emissaries who were standing around him: “You shall turn, and put to death the priests of the Lord. For their hand is with David. They knew that he had fled, and they did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to extend their hands against the priests of the Lord.1 Samuel 22:17

1 Samuel 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, “You shall turn and rush against the priests.” And Doeg, the Edomite, turned and rushed against the priests. And he massacred, on that day, eighty-five men, vested with the linen ephod.1 Samuel 22:18

1 Samuel 22:19 Then he struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword; he struck down men and women, little ones and infants, as well as ox and donkey and sheep, with the edge of the sword.1 Samuel 22:19

1 Samuel 22:20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, whose name was Abiathar, escaping, fled to David.1 Samuel 22:20

1 Samuel 22:21 And he reported to him that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.1 Samuel 22:21

1 Samuel 22:22 And David said to Abiathar: “I knew, on that day when Doeg, the Edomite was there, that without doubt he would report it to Saul. I am guilty of all the souls of your father’s house.1 Samuel 22:22

1 Samuel 22:23 You should remain with me. Do not be afraid. For he who seeks my life, seeks your life also, but with me you shall be saved.”1 Samuel 22:23

1 Samuel 23:1 And they reported to David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the grain stores.”1 Samuel 23:1

1 Samuel 23:2 Therefore, David consulted the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and strike down these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go, and you shall strike down the Philistines, and you shall save Keilah.”1 Samuel 23:2

1 Samuel 23:3 And the men who were with David said to him, “Behold, we continue in fear here in Judea; how much more so, if we go into Keilah against the troops of the Philistines?”1 Samuel 23:3

1 Samuel 23:4 Therefore, David consulted the Lord again. And responding, he said to him: “Rise up, and go into Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”1 Samuel 23:4

1 Samuel 23:5 Therefore, David and his men went into Keilah. And they fought against the Philistines, and they took away their cattle, and they struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.1 Samuel 23:5

1 Samuel 23:6 And in that time, when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, was in exile with David, he had descended to Keilah, having an ephod with him.1 Samuel 23:6

1 Samuel 23:7 Then it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah. And Saul said: “The Lord has delivered him into my hands. For he is enclosed, having entered into a city which has gates and bars.”1 Samuel 23:7

1 Samuel 23:8 And Saul instructed all the people to descend in order to fight against Keilah, and to besiege David and his men.1 Samuel 23:8

1 Samuel 23:9 And when David had realized that Saul had secretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abiathar, the priest, “Bring the ephod.”1 Samuel 23:9

1 Samuel 23:10 And David said: “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has heard a report that Saul is planning to go to Keilah, so that he may overturn the city because of me.1 Samuel 23:10

1 Samuel 23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hands? And will Saul descend, just as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, reveal to your servant.” And the Lord said, “He will descend.”1 Samuel 23:11

1 Samuel 23:12 And David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me, and the men who are with me, into the hands of Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will deliver you.”1 Samuel 23:12

1 Samuel 23:13 Therefore, David, and his men of about six hundred, rose up, and, departing from Keilah, they wandered here and there, aimlessly. And it was reported to Saul that David had fled from Keilah, and was saved. For this reason, he chose not to go out.1 Samuel 23:13

1 Samuel 23:14 Then David stayed in the desert, in very strong places. And he stayed on a mount in the wilderness of Ziph, on a shady mount. Nevertheless, Saul was seeking him every day. But the Lord did not deliver him into his hands.1 Samuel 23:14

1 Samuel 23:15 And David saw that Saul had gone out, so that he might seek his life. Now David was in the desert of Ziph, in the woods.1 Samuel 23:15

1 Samuel 23:16 And Jonathan, the son of Saul, rose up and went to David in the woods, and he strengthened his hands in God. And he said to him:1 Samuel 23:16

1 Samuel 23:17 “Do not be afraid. For the hand of my father, Saul, will not find you. And you shall reign over Israel. And I will be second to you. And even my father knows this.”1 Samuel 23:17

1 Samuel 23:18 Therefore, they both struck a pact before the Lord. And David stayed in the woods. But Jonathan returned to his house.1 Samuel 23:18

1 Samuel 23:19 Then the Ziphites ascended to Saul at Gibeah, saying: “Behold, is not David hidden with us in very secure places in the woods on the hill of Hachilah, which is to the right of the desert?1 Samuel 23:19

1 Samuel 23:20 Now therefore, if your soul has desired to descend, then descend. Then it will be for us to deliver him into the hands of the king.”1 Samuel 23:20

1 Samuel 23:21 And Saul said: “You have been blessed by the Lord. For you have grieved for my situation.1 Samuel 23:21

1 Samuel 23:22 Therefore, I beg you, go forth, and prepare diligently, and act carefully. And consider the place where his foot may be, and who may have seen him there. For he thinks, concerning me, that I craftily plan treachery against him.1 Samuel 23:22

1 Samuel 23:23 Consider and seek out all his hiding places, in which he may be concealed. And return to me with certainty about the matter, so that I may go with you. But if he would even press himself into the earth, I will search him out, amid all the thousands of Judah.”1 Samuel 23:23

1 Samuel 23:24 And rising up, they went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the plain to the right of Jeshimon.1 Samuel 23:24

1 Samuel 23:25 Then Saul and his allies went to seek him. And this was reported to David. And immediately, he descended to the rock, and he moved about in the desert of Maon. And when Saul had heard of it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.1 Samuel 23:25

1 Samuel 23:26 And Saul went to one side of the mountain. But David and his men were on the other side of the mountain. Then David was despairing that he would be able to escape from the face of Saul. And Saul and his men enclosed David and his men in the manner of a crown, so that they might capture them.1 Samuel 23:26

1 Samuel 23:27 And a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, because the Philistines have poured themselves out upon the land.”1 Samuel 23:27

1 Samuel 23:28 Therefore, Saul turned back, ceasing in the pursuit of David, and he traveled to meet the Philistines. For this reason, they called that place, the Rock of Division.1 Samuel 23:28

1 Samuel 23:29 Then David ascended from there, and he lived in very secure places in Engedi.1 Samuel 23:29

1 Samuel 24:1 And when Saul had returned after pursuing the Philistines, they reported to him, saying, “Behold, David is in the desert of Engedi.”1 Samuel 24:1

1 Samuel 24:2 Therefore, Saul, taking three thousand elect men from all of Israel, traveled in order to search for David and his men, even upon the most broken rocks, which are passable only to mountain goats.1 Samuel 24:2

1 Samuel 24:3 And he arrived at the sheepfolds, which presented themselves along the way. And a cave was in that place, which Saul entered, so that he might ease his bowels. But David and his men were hiding in the interior part of the cave.1 Samuel 24:3

1 Samuel 24:4 And the servants of David said to him: “Behold the day, about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will deliver your enemy to you, so that you may do to him as it will be pleasing in your eyes.’ ” Then David rose up, and he quietly cut off the edge of Saul’s cloak.1 Samuel 24:4

1 Samuel 24:5 After this, his own heart struck David, because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s cloak.1 Samuel 24:5

1 Samuel 24:6 And he said to his men: “May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I do this thing to my lord, the Christ of the Lord, so that I lay my hand upon him. For he is the Christ of the Lord.”1 Samuel 24:6

1 Samuel 24:7 And David restrained his men with his words, and he would not permit them to rise up against Saul. And so Saul, going out of the cave, continued to undertake his journey.1 Samuel 24:7

1 Samuel 24:8 Then David also rose up after him. And departing from the cave, he cried out behind the back of Saul, saying: “My lord, the king!” And Saul looked behind him. And David, bowing himself face down to the ground, reverenced.1 Samuel 24:8

1 Samuel 24:9 And he said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say: ‘David seeks evil against you?’1 Samuel 24:9

1 Samuel 24:10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord has delivered you into my hand, in the cave. And I thought that I might kill you. But my eye has spared you. For I said: I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Christ of the Lord.1 Samuel 24:10

1 Samuel 24:11 Moreover, see and know, O my father, the edge of your cloak in my hand. For though I cut off the top of your cloak, I was not willing to extend my hand against you. Turn your soul and see that there is no evil in my hand, nor any iniquity or sin against you. Yet you lie in wait for my life, so that you may take it away.1 Samuel 24:11

1 Samuel 24:12 May the Lord judge between me and you. And may the Lord vindicate me from you. But my hand will not be against you.1 Samuel 24:12

1 Samuel 24:13 So too, it is said in the ancient proverb, ‘From the impious, impiety will go forth.’ Therefore, my hand will not be upon you.1 Samuel 24:13

1 Samuel 24:14 Whom are you pursuing, O king of Israel? Whom are you pursuing? You are pursuing a dead dog, a single flea.1 Samuel 24:14

1 Samuel 24:15 May the Lord be the judge, and may he judge between me and you. And may he see and judge my case, and rescue me from your hand.”1 Samuel 24:15

1 Samuel 24:16 And when David had completed speaking words in this way to Saul, Saul said, “Could this be your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice, and he wept.1 Samuel 24:16

1 Samuel 24:17 And he said to David: “You are more just than I am. For you have distributed good to me, but I have repaid evil to you.1 Samuel 24:17

1 Samuel 24:18 And you have revealed this day the good that you have done for me: how the Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.1 Samuel 24:18

1 Samuel 24:19 For who, when he will have found his enemy, will release him along a good path? So may the Lord repay you for this good turn, because you have acted on my behalf this day.1 Samuel 24:19

1 Samuel 24:20 And now I know certainly that you shall be king, and you shall have the kingdom of Israel in your hand.1 Samuel 24:20

1 Samuel 24:21 Swear to me in the Lord that you will not take away my offspring after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.”1 Samuel 24:21

1 Samuel 24:22 And David swore to Saul. Therefore, Saul went away to his own house. And David and his men ascended to places that were more secure.1 Samuel 24:22

1 Samuel 25:1 Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.1 Samuel 25:1

1 Samuel 25:2 Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.1 Samuel 25:2

1 Samuel 25:3 Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.1 Samuel 25:3

1 Samuel 25:4 Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,1 Samuel 25:4

1 Samuel 25:5 he sent ten young men, and he said to them: “Ascend to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name peacefully.1 Samuel 25:5

1 Samuel 25:6 And you shall say: ‘Peace be to my brothers and to you, and peace to your house, and peace to whatever you have.1 Samuel 25:6

1 Samuel 25:7 I have heard that your shepherds, who were with us in the desert, were shearing. We have never troubled them, nor was anything from the flock missing to them at any time, during the entire time that they have been with us in Carmel.1 Samuel 25:7

1 Samuel 25:8 Question your servants, and they will tell you. Now therefore, may your servants find favor in your eyes. For we have arrived on a good day. Whatever your hand will find, give it to your servants and to your son David.’ ”1 Samuel 25:8

1 Samuel 25:9 And when the servants of David had arrived, they spoke to Nabal all these words in the name of David. And then they were silent.1 Samuel 25:9

1 Samuel 25:10 But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, said: “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing.1 Samuel 25:10

1 Samuel 25:11 Therefore, shall I take my bread, and my water, and the meat of the cattle that I have slain for my shearers, and give it to men, when I do not know where they are from?”1 Samuel 25:11

1 Samuel 25:12 And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.1 Samuel 25:12

1 Samuel 25:13 Then David said to his servants, “Let each one gird his sword.” And each one girded his sword. And David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men followed David. But two hundred remained behind with the supplies.1 Samuel 25:13

1 Samuel 25:14 Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: “Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.1 Samuel 25:14

1 Samuel 25:15 These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert.1 Samuel 25:15

1 Samuel 25:16 They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.1 Samuel 25:16

1 Samuel 25:17 For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”1 Samuel 25:17

1 Samuel 25:18 And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.1 Samuel 25:18

1 Samuel 25:19 And she said to her servants: “Go before me. Behold, I will follow after your back.” But she did not reveal it to her husband, Nabal.1 Samuel 25:19

1 Samuel 25:20 And when she had climbed on a donkey, and was descending to the base of the mountain, David and his men were descending to meet her. And she met them.1 Samuel 25:20

1 Samuel 25:21 And David said: “Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.1 Samuel 25:21

1 Samuel 25:22 May God do these things, by the enemies of David, and may he add these other things, if I leave behind until morning, out of all that belongs to him, anything that urinates against a wall.”1 Samuel 25:22

1 Samuel 25:23 Then, when Abigail had seen David, she hurried and descended from the donkey. And she fell upon her face before David, and she reverenced on the ground.1 Samuel 25:23

1 Samuel 25:24 And she fell at his feet, and she said: “May this iniquity be upon me, my lord. I beg you, let your handmaid speak to your ears, and listen to the words of your servant.1 Samuel 25:24

1 Samuel 25:25 Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, my lord, whom you had sent.1 Samuel 25:25

1 Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.1 Samuel 25:26

1 Samuel 25:27 Because of this, accept this blessing, which your handmaid has brought to you, my lord. And give it to the young men who follow you, my lord.1 Samuel 25:27

1 Samuel 25:28 Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, my lord, a faithful house, because you, my lord, fight the battles of the Lord. Therefore, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life.1 Samuel 25:28

1 Samuel 25:29 For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.1 Samuel 25:29

1 Samuel 25:30 Therefore, when the Lord will have done for you, my lord, all the good that he has spoken about you, and when he will have appointed you as leader over Israel,1 Samuel 25:30

1 Samuel 25:31 this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”1 Samuel 25:31

1 Samuel 25:32 And David said to Abigail: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. And blessed is your eloquence.1 Samuel 25:32

1 Samuel 25:33 And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.1 Samuel 25:33

1 Samuel 25:34 But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.”1 Samuel 25:34

1 Samuel 25:35 Then David received from her hand all that she had brought to him. And he said to her: “Go in peace to your own house. Behold, I have heeded your voice, and I have honored your face.”1 Samuel 25:35

1 Samuel 25:36 Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.1 Samuel 25:36

1 Samuel 25:37 Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.1 Samuel 25:37

1 Samuel 25:38 And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.1 Samuel 25:38

1 Samuel 25:39 And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: “Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.1 Samuel 25:39

1 Samuel 25:40 And David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife.”1 Samuel 25:40

1 Samuel 25:41 And rising up, she reverenced prone on the ground, and she said, “Behold, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”1 Samuel 25:41

1 Samuel 25:42 And Abigail rose up and hurried, and she climbed upon a donkey, and five girls went with her, her attendants. And she followed the messengers of David, and she became his wife.1 Samuel 25:42

1 Samuel 25:43 Moreover, David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. And both of them were his wives.1 Samuel 25:43

1 Samuel 25:44 Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.1 Samuel 25:44

1 Samuel 26:1 And the Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah, saying: “Behold, David is hidden on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite the wilderness.”1 Samuel 26:1

1 Samuel 26:2 And Saul rose up, and he descended into the desert of Ziph, and with him three thousand elect men of Israel, so that he might seek David in the desert of Ziph.1 Samuel 26:2

1 Samuel 26:3 And Saul encamped at Gibeah on Hachilah, which was opposite the wilderness on the way. But David was living in the desert. Then, seeing that Saul had arrived after him in the wilderness,1 Samuel 26:3

1 Samuel 26:4 he sent explorers, and he learned that he certainly had arrived in that place.1 Samuel 26:4

1 Samuel 26:5 And David rose up secretly, and he went to the place where Saul was. And when he had seen the place where Saul was sleeping, and Abner, the son of Ner, the leader of his military, and Saul sleeping in a tent, and the remainder of the common people all around him,1 Samuel 26:5

1 Samuel 26:6 David spoke to Ahimelech, the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, saying, “Who will descend with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will descend with you.”1 Samuel 26:6

1 Samuel 26:7 Therefore, David and Abishai went to the people by night, and they found Saul lying down and sleeping in the tent, with his spear fixed in the ground at his head. And Abner and the people were sleeping all around him.1 Samuel 26:7

1 Samuel 26:8 And Abishai said to David: “God has enclosed your enemy this day in your hands. Now therefore, I will pierce him with my lance, through to the ground, once, and there will not need to be a second.”1 Samuel 26:8

1 Samuel 26:9 And David said to Abishai: “You shall not kill him. For who may extend his hand against the Christ of the Lord, and yet be innocent?”1 Samuel 26:9

1 Samuel 26:10 And David said: “As the Lord lives, unless the Lord himself will strike him, or unless his day to die will have arrived, or unless, descending into battle, he will perish,1 Samuel 26:10

1 Samuel 26:11 may the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord. Now therefore, take the spear that is at his head, and the cup of water, and let us go.”1 Samuel 26:11

1 Samuel 26:12 And so, David took the spear, and the cup of water that was at Saul’s head, and they went away. And there was no one who saw it, or realized it, or awakened, but they were all sleeping. For a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen over them.1 Samuel 26:12

1 Samuel 26:13 And when David had crossed over to the opposite side, and had stood upon the top of the hill far away, so that there was a great interval between them,1 Samuel 26:13

1 Samuel 26:14 David cried out to the people, and to Abner, the son of Ner, saying, “Will you not respond, Abner?” And responding, Abner said, “Who are you, that you would cry out and disquiet the king?”1 Samuel 26:14

1 Samuel 26:15 And David said to Abner: “Are you not a man? And who else is like you in Israel? Then why have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people entered, so that he might kill the king, your lord.1 Samuel 26:15

1 Samuel 26:16 This is not good, what you have done. As the Lord lives, you are sons of death, because you have not guarded your lord, the Christ of the Lord. Now therefore, where is the king’s spear, and where is the cup of water that was at his head?”1 Samuel 26:16

1 Samuel 26:17 Then Saul recognized the voice of David, and he said, “Is this not your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord the king.”1 Samuel 26:17

1 Samuel 26:18 And he said: “For what reason has my lord pursued his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is there in my hand?1 Samuel 26:18

1 Samuel 26:19 Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king, to the words of your servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let him make the sacrifice fragrant. But if the sons of men have done so, they are accursed in the sight of the Lord, who has cast me out this day, so that I would not live within the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve strange gods.’1 Samuel 26:19

1 Samuel 26:20 And now, let not my blood be poured out upon the earth before the Lord. For the king of Israel has gone out, so that he might seek a flea, just as the partridge is pursued amid the mountains.”1 Samuel 26:20

1 Samuel 26:21 And Saul said: “I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will never again do evil to you, because my life has been precious in your eyes this day. For it is apparent that I have acted senselessly, and have been ignorant of very many things.”1 Samuel 26:21

1 Samuel 26:22 And responding, David said: “Behold, the king’s spear. Let one of the servants of the king cross over and take it.1 Samuel 26:22

1 Samuel 26:23 And the Lord will repay each one according to his justice and faith. For the Lord has delivered you this day into my hand, but I was not willing to extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord.1 Samuel 26:23

1 Samuel 26:24 And just as your soul has been magnified this day in my eyes, so let my soul be magnified in the eyes of the Lord, and may he free me from all distress.”1 Samuel 26:24

1 Samuel 26:25 Then Saul said to David: “You are blessed, my son David. And whatever you may do, it shall certainly succeed.” And David departed on his way. And Saul returned to his place.1 Samuel 26:25

1 Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart: “At some time, I will one day fall into the hands of Saul. Is it not better if I flee, and be saved in the land of the Philistines, so that Saul may despair and cease to seek me in all the parts of Israel? Therefore, I will flee away from his hands.”1 Samuel 27:1

1 Samuel 27:2 And David rose up and went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, the king of Gath.1 Samuel 27:2

1 Samuel 27:3 And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men: each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.1 Samuel 27:3

1 Samuel 27:4 And it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath. And so, he did not continue to seek him.1 Samuel 27:4

1 Samuel 27:5 And David said to Achish: “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given to me in one of the cities of this region, so that I may live there. For why should your servant stay in the city of the king with you?”1 Samuel 27:5

1 Samuel 27:6 And so, Achish gave Ziklag to him on that day. And for this reason, Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah, even to this day.1 Samuel 27:6

1 Samuel 27:7 Now the number of days that David lived in the region of the Philistines was four months.1 Samuel 27:7

1 Samuel 27:8 And David and his men went up and took plunder from Geshuri, and from Girzi, and from the Amalekites. For in the land long ago, these were the inhabitants of the area, going from Shur as far as the land of Egypt.1 Samuel 27:8

1 Samuel 27:9 And David struck the entire land. Neither did he leave alive man or woman. And he took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the garments. And he returned and went to Achish.1 Samuel 27:9

1 Samuel 27:10 Then Achish said to him, “Whom did you go out against today?” And David responded, “Against the south of Judah, and against the south of Jerahmeel, and against the south of Keni.”1 Samuel 27:10

1 Samuel 27:11 Neither man nor woman was left alive by David. Neither did he lead back any of them to Gath, saying, “Lest perhaps they may speak against us.” David did these things. And this was his decision during all the days that he lived in the region of the Philistines.1 Samuel 27:11

1 Samuel 27:12 Therefore, Achish trusted David, saying: “He has worked much harm against his people Israel. And so, he will be a servant to me forever.”1 Samuel 27:12

1 Samuel 28:1 Now it happened that, in those days, the Philistines gathered together their troops, so that they might be prepared for war against Israel. And Achish said to David, “I know now, certainly, that you will go out with me to war, you and your men.”1 Samuel 28:1

1 Samuel 28:2 And David said to Achish, “You know now what your servant will do.” And Achish said to David, “And so, I will appoint you to guard my head for all days.”1 Samuel 28:2

1 Samuel 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all of Israel mourned for him, and they buried him in Ramah, his city. And Saul took away the magi and soothsayers from the land.1 Samuel 28:3

1 Samuel 28:4 And the Philistines gathered together, and they arrived and made camp at Shunem. Then Saul also gathered all of Israel, and he arrived at Gilboa.1 Samuel 28:4

1 Samuel 28:5 And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, and he was afraid, and his heart was exceedingly terrified.1 Samuel 28:5

1 Samuel 28:6 And he consulted the Lord. But he did not respond to him, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.1 Samuel 28:6

1 Samuel 28:7 And Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman having a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and consult through her.” And his servants said to him, “There is a woman having a divining spirit at Endor.”1 Samuel 28:7

1 Samuel 28:8 Therefore, he changed his usual appearance, and he put on other clothes. And he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night. And he said to her, “Divine for me, by your divining spirit, and raise up for me whomever I will tell you.”1 Samuel 28:8

1 Samuel 28:9 And the woman said to him: “Behold, you know how much Saul has done, and how he has wiped away the magi and soothsayers from the land. Why then do you set a trap for my life, so that it will be put to death?”1 Samuel 28:9

1 Samuel 28:10 And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, nothing evil will befall you because of this matter.”1 Samuel 28:10

1 Samuel 28:11 And the woman said to him, “Whom shall I raise up for you?” And he said, “Raise up for me Samuel.”1 Samuel 28:11

1 Samuel 28:12 And when the woman had seen Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice, and she said to Saul: “Why have you afflicted me? For you are Saul!”1 Samuel 28:12

1 Samuel 28:13 And the king said to her: “Do not be afraid. What have you seen?” And the woman said to Saul, “I saw gods ascending from the earth.”1 Samuel 28:13

1 Samuel 28:14 And he said to her, “What appearance does he have?” And she said, “An old man ascends, and he is clothed in a cloak.” And Saul understood that it was Samuel. And he bowed himself upon his face on the ground, and he reverenced.1 Samuel 28:14

1 Samuel 28:15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disquieted me, so that I would be raised up?” And Saul said: “I am greatly distressed. For the Philistines fight against me, and God has withdrawn from me, and he is not willing to heed me, neither by the hand of prophets, nor by dreams. Therefore, I have summoned you, so that you would reveal to me what I should do.”1 Samuel 28:15

1 Samuel 28:16 And Samuel said, “Why do you question me, though the Lord has withdrawn from you, and has crossed over to your rival?1 Samuel 28:16

1 Samuel 28:17 For the Lord will do to you just as he spoke by my hand. And he will tear your kingdom from your hand. And he will give it to your neighbor David.1 Samuel 28:17

1 Samuel 28:18 For you did not obey the voice of the Lord, and you did not carry out the wrath of his fury upon Amalek. For this reason, the Lord has done to you what you are enduring this day.1 Samuel 28:18

1 Samuel 28:19 And the Lord also will give Israel into the hands of the Philistines, along with you. Then tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. But the Lord will also deliver the camp of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”1 Samuel 28:19

1 Samuel 28:20 And immediately, Saul fell stretched out on the ground. For he was terrified by the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him. For he had not eaten bread all that day.1 Samuel 28:20

1 Samuel 28:21 And so, the woman entered to Saul, (for he was very troubled) and she said to him: “Behold, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have placed my life in my hand. And I have heeded the words which you spoke to me.1 Samuel 28:21

1 Samuel 28:22 And so now, I ask you to heed the voice of your handmaid, and let me place before you a morsel of bread, so that, by eating, you may recover strength, and you may be able to undertake the journey.”1 Samuel 28:22

1 Samuel 28:23 But he refused, and he said, “I will not eat.” But his servants and the woman urged him, and after some time, heeding their voice, he rose up from the ground, and he sat upon the bed.1 Samuel 28:23

1 Samuel 28:24 Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she hurried and killed it. And taking meal, she kneaded it, and she baked unleavened bread.1 Samuel 28:24

1 Samuel 28:25 And she set it before Saul and before his servants. And when they had eaten, they rose up, and they walked all through that night.1 Samuel 28:25

1 Samuel 29:1 Then all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together at Aphek. But Israel also made camp, above the spring which is in Jezreel.1 Samuel 29:1

1 Samuel 29:2 And indeed, the princes of the Philistines advanced by hundreds and by thousands; but David and his men were in the rear with Achish.1 Samuel 29:2

1 Samuel 29:3 And the leaders of the Philistines said to Achish, “What do these Hebrews intend to do?” And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines: “Could you be ignorant about David, who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and who has been with me for many days, even years, and I have not found within him anything, from the day that he fled to me, even to this day?”1 Samuel 29:3

1 Samuel 29:4 Then the leaders of the Philistines became angry against him, and they said to him: “Let this man return, and let him settle in his place, which you appointed for him. But let him not descend with us to battle, lest he become an adversary to us when we begin to fight. For in what other way will he be able to please his lord, except with our heads?1 Samuel 29:4

1 Samuel 29:5 Is not this the David, about whom they were singing, while dancing, saying: ‘Saul struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands?’ ”1 Samuel 29:5

1 Samuel 29:6 Therefore, Achish called David, and he said to him: “As the Lord lives, you are good and righteous in my sight, even in your departure and your return with me in the military camp. And I have not found anything evil in you, from the day that you came to me, even to this day. But you are not pleasing to the princes.1 Samuel 29:6

1 Samuel 29:7 Therefore, return, and go in peace, so that you do not offend the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.”1 Samuel 29:7

1 Samuel 29:8 And David said to Achish, “But what have I done, or what have you found in me, your servant, from the day that I was in your sight to this day, so that I may not go out and fight against the enemies of my lord, the king?”1 Samuel 29:8

1 Samuel 29:9 And in response, Achish said to David: “I know that you are good in my sight, like an angel of God. But the leaders of the Philistines have said: ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’1 Samuel 29:9

1 Samuel 29:10 And so, rise up in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you. And when you have risen up in the night, as it begins to be light, go forth.”1 Samuel 29:10

1 Samuel 29:11 And so David rose up in the night, he and his men, so that they might set out in the morning. And they returned to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines ascended to Jezreel.1 Samuel 29:11

1 Samuel 30:1 And when David and his men had arrived at Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the south side against Ziklag. And they had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.1 Samuel 30:1

1 Samuel 30:2 And they had led the women in it away as captives, from the small to the great. And they had not killed anyone, but they led them away with them. And then they traveled on their journey.1 Samuel 30:2

1 Samuel 30:3 Therefore, when David and his men had arrived at the city, and had found it burned with fire, and that their wives and their sons and daughters had been led away as captives,1 Samuel 30:3

1 Samuel 30:4 David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.1 Samuel 30:4

1 Samuel 30:5 For indeed, the two wives of David also had been led away as captives: Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.1 Samuel 30:5

1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly saddened. And the people were willing to stone him, because the soul of every man was bitter over his sons and daughters. But David was strengthened by the Lord his God.1 Samuel 30:6

1 Samuel 30:7 And he said to the priest Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring the ephod to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.1 Samuel 30:7

1 Samuel 30:8 And David consulted the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue these robbers, and will I overtake them, or not?” And the Lord said to him: “Pursue. For without doubt, you will overtake them and find the prey.”1 Samuel 30:8

1 Samuel 30:9 Therefore, David went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they arrived as far as the torrent Besor. And certain ones, being weary, stayed there.1 Samuel 30:9

1 Samuel 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men. For two hundred stayed, who, being weary, were not able to cross the torrent Besor.1 Samuel 30:10

1 Samuel 30:11 And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they led him to David. And they gave him bread, so that he might eat, and water, so that he might drink,1 Samuel 30:11

1 Samuel 30:12 and also a section of a mass of dried figs, and two clusters of dried grapes. And when he had eaten, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed. For he had not eaten bread, nor drank water, for three days and three nights.1 Samuel 30:12

1 Samuel 30:13 And so David said to him: “To whom do you belong? Or where are you from? And where are you going?” And he said: “I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalekite man. But my lord abandoned me, because I began to be sick the day before yesterday.1 Samuel 30:13

1 Samuel 30:14 For indeed, we broke forth to the southern side of Cherethi, and against Judah, and to the south of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”1 Samuel 30:14

1 Samuel 30:15 And David said to him, “Are you able to lead me to this battle line?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my lord, and I will lead you to this battle line.” And David swore to him.1 Samuel 30:15

1 Samuel 30:16 And when he had led him, behold, they were stretched out on the face of the land everywhere, eating and drinking and celebrating, as if it were a feast day, because of all the prey and spoils that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.1 Samuel 30:16

1 Samuel 30:17 And David struck them down from evening until the evening of the next day. And no one among them escaped, except four hundred youths, who had climbed on camels and fled.1 Samuel 30:17

1 Samuel 30:18 Therefore, David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.1 Samuel 30:18

1 Samuel 30:19 And nothing was missing, from small even to great, among the sons and daughters, and among the spoils, and among everything whatsoever that they had seized. David returned it all.1 Samuel 30:19

1 Samuel 30:20 And he took all the flocks and the herds, and he drove them before his face. And they said, “This is the prey of David.”1 Samuel 30:20

1 Samuel 30:21 Then David arrived at the two hundred men, who, being weary, had stayed, for they had not been able to follow David, and he had ordered them to remain at the torrent Besor. And they went out to meet David, and the people who were with him. Then David, drawing near to the people, greeted them peacefully.1 Samuel 30:21

1 Samuel 30:22 And all the wicked and iniquitous men, out of the men who had gone with David, responding, said: “Since they did not go with us, we will not give to them anything from the prey that we have rescued. But let his wife and children be enough for each of them; when they have accepted this, they may go back.”1 Samuel 30:22

1 Samuel 30:23 But David said: “You shall not do this, my brothers, with these things that the Lord has delivered to us, for he has preserved us, and he has given into our hands the robbers who broke out among us.1 Samuel 30:23

1 Samuel 30:24 And so, let no one heed you over these words. But equal shall be the portion of him who descended to the battle, and of him who remained with the supplies, and they will divide it alike.”1 Samuel 30:24

1 Samuel 30:25 And this has been done from that day and thereafter. And it was established as a statute, and as if a law, in Israel even to this day.1 Samuel 30:25

1 Samuel 30:26 Then David went to Ziklag, and he sent gifts from the prey to the elders of Judah, his neighbors, saying, “Receive a blessing from the prey of the enemies of the Lord,”1 Samuel 30:26

1 Samuel 30:27 to those who were in Bethel, and who were in Ramoth toward the south, and who were in Jattir,1 Samuel 30:27

1 Samuel 30:28 and who were in Aroer, and who were in Siphmoth, and who were in Eshtemoa,1 Samuel 30:28

1 Samuel 30:29 and who were in Racal, and who were in the cities of Jerahmeel, and who were in the cities of Keni,1 Samuel 30:29

1 Samuel 30:30 and who were in Hormah, and who were at the lake of Ashan, and who were in Athach,1 Samuel 30:30

1 Samuel 30:31 and who were in Hebron, and to the remainder who were in those places where David had stayed, he and his men.1 Samuel 30:31

1 Samuel 31:1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.1 Samuel 31:1

1 Samuel 31:2 And the Philistines rushed upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.1 Samuel 31:2

1 Samuel 31:3 And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.1 Samuel 31:3

1 Samuel 31:4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise these uncircumcised may come and kill me, mocking me.” And his armor bearer was not willing. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear. And so, Saul took his own sword, and he fell upon it.1 Samuel 31:4

1 Samuel 31:5 And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.1 Samuel 31:5

1 Samuel 31:6 Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.1 Samuel 31:6

1 Samuel 31:7 Then, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there.1 Samuel 31:7

1 Samuel 31:8 Then, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa.1 Samuel 31:8

1 Samuel 31:9 And they cut off the head of Saul. And they despoiled him of the armor, and they sent it into the land of the Philistines all around, so that it might be announced in the temples of the idols and among their people.1 Samuel 31:9

1 Samuel 31:10 And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.1 Samuel 31:10

1 Samuel 31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,1 Samuel 31:11

1 Samuel 31:12 all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there.1 Samuel 31:12

1 Samuel 31:13 And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.1 Samuel 31:13

Number of the word / term Samuel in 1 Samuel: 810

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:1 Now it happened that, after Saul died, David returned from the slaughter of Amalek, and he remained for two days at Ziklag.2 Samuel 1:1

2 Samuel 1:2 Then, on the third day, a man appeared, arriving from the camp of Saul, with his garments torn and dust sprinkled on his head. And when he came to David, he fell on his face, and he reverenced.2 Samuel 1:2

2 Samuel 1:3 And David said to him, “Where have you come from?” And he said to him, “I have fled from the camp of Israel.”2 Samuel 1:3

2 Samuel 1:4 And David said to him: “What is the word that has happened? Reveal it to me.” And he said: “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people have fallen and died. Moreover, Saul and his son Jonathan have passed away.”2 Samuel 1:4

2 Samuel 1:5 And David said to the youth who was reporting to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan have died?”2 Samuel 1:5

2 Samuel 1:6 And the youth, who was reporting it to him, said: “I arrived by chance on mount Gilboa. And Saul was lying upon his spear. Then the chariots and horsemen drew near to him.2 Samuel 1:6

2 Samuel 1:7 And turning behind his back and seeing me, he called to me. And when I had responded, “I am here,”2 Samuel 1:7

2 Samuel 1:8 he said to me, “Who are you?” And I said to him, “I am an Amalekite.”2 Samuel 1:8

2 Samuel 1:9 And he said to me: “Stand over me, and kill me. For anguish has taken hold of me, and still my whole life is in me.”2 Samuel 1:9

2 Samuel 1:10 And standing over him, I killed him. For I knew that he was not able to live after the fall. And I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”2 Samuel 1:10

2 Samuel 1:11 Then David, taking hold of his garments, tore them, with all the men who were with him.2 Samuel 1:11

2 Samuel 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, over Saul and over his son Jonathan, and over the people of the Lord and over the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.2 Samuel 1:12

2 Samuel 1:13 And David said to the youth who had reported it to him, “Where are you from?” And he responded, “I am the son of a man who is a new arrival from the Amalekites.”2 Samuel 1:13

2 Samuel 1:14 And David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to put forth your hand, so that you would kill the Christ of the Lord?”2 Samuel 1:14

2 Samuel 1:15 And calling one of his servants, David said, “Draw near and rush against him” And he struck him, and he died.2 Samuel 1:15

2 Samuel 1:16 And David said to him: “Your blood is upon your own head. For your own mouth has spoken against you, saying: ‘I have killed the Christ of the Lord.’ ”2 Samuel 1:16

2 Samuel 1:17 Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.2 Samuel 1:17

2 Samuel 1:18 (And he instructed that they should teach the sons of Judah the bow, just as it is written in the Book of the Just.) And he said: “Consider, O Israel, on behalf of those who are dead, wounded upon your heights:2 Samuel 1:18

2 Samuel 1:19 The illustrious of Israel have been killed upon your mountains. How could the valiant have fallen?2 Samuel 1:19

2 Samuel 1:20 Do not choose to announce it in Gath, and do not announce it in the crossroads of Ashkelon. Otherwise, the daughters of the Philistines may rejoice; otherwise, the daughters of the uncircumcised may exult.2 Samuel 1:20

2 Samuel 1:21 O mountains of Gilboa, let neither dew, nor rain fall over you, and may these not be the fields of the first-fruits. For in that place, the shield of the valiant was cast away, the shield of Saul, as if he had not been anointed with oil.2 Samuel 1:21

2 Samuel 1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the strong, the arrow of Jonathan never turned back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.2 Samuel 1:22

2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan, worthy to be loved, and stately in their life: even in death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.2 Samuel 1:23

2 Samuel 1:24 O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with scarlet finery, who offered ornaments of gold for your adornment.2 Samuel 1:24

2 Samuel 1:25 How could the valiant have fallen in battle? How could Jonathan have been slain on the heights?2 Samuel 1:25

2 Samuel 1:26 I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan: exceedingly stately, and worthy to be loved above the love of women. As a mother loves her only son, so also did I love you.2 Samuel 1:26

2 Samuel 1:27 How could the robust have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished?”2 Samuel 1:27

2 Samuel 2:1 And so, after these things, David consulted the Lord, saying, “Shall I ascend to one of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Ascend.” And David said, “To where shall I ascend?” And he responded to him, “To Hebron.”2 Samuel 2:1

2 Samuel 2:2 Therefore, David ascended with his two wives, Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.2 Samuel 2:2

2 Samuel 2:3 And as for the men who were with him, David led forth each man with his household. And they stayed in the towns of Hebron.2 Samuel 2:3

2 Samuel 2:4 And the men of Judah went and anointed David there, so that he would reign over the house of Judah. And it was reported to David that the men of Jabesh Gilead had buried Saul.2 Samuel 2:4

2 Samuel 2:5 Therefore, David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and he said to them: “Blessed are you to the Lord, who has accomplished this mercy with your lord Saul, so that you would bury him.2 Samuel 2:5

2 Samuel 2:6 And now, certainly, the Lord will repay to you mercy and truth. But I also will act with favor, because you have accomplished this word.2 Samuel 2:6

2 Samuel 2:7 Let your hands be strengthened, and be sons of fortitude. For even though your lord Saul has died, still the house of Judah has anointed me as king over them.”2 Samuel 2:7

2 Samuel 2:8 Then Abner, the son of Ner, the leader of the army of Saul, took Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and he led him around, throughout the camp.2 Samuel 2:8

2 Samuel 2:9 And he appointed him as king over Gilead, and over Geshuri, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all of Israel.2 Samuel 2:9

2 Samuel 2:10 Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, was forty years old when he had begun to rule over Israel. And he reigned for two years. For only the house of Judah followed David.2 Samuel 2:10

2 Samuel 2:11 And the number of the days, during which David was staying and ruling in Hebron over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.2 Samuel 2:11

2 Samuel 2:12 And Abner, the son of Ner, and the youths of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gibeon.2 Samuel 2:12

2 Samuel 2:13 Therefore, Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the youths of David, went out and met them beside the pool of Gibeon. And when they had convened together, they sat down opposite one another: these on one side of the pool, and those on the other side.2 Samuel 2:13

2 Samuel 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, “Let the youths rise up and play before us.” And Joab answered, “Let them rise up.”2 Samuel 2:14

2 Samuel 2:15 Therefore, they rose up and crossed over, twelve in number of Benjamin, from the side of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and twelve of the youths of David.2 Samuel 2:15

2 Samuel 2:16 And each one, taking hold of his peer by the head, fixed a sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together. And the name of that place was called: The Field of the Valiant in Gibeon.2 Samuel 2:16

2 Samuel 2:17 And a very harsh war rose up on that day. And Abner, with the men of Israel, was put to flight by the youths of David.2 Samuel 2:17

2 Samuel 2:18 Now the three sons of Zeruiah were in that place: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was a very swift runner, like one of the deer that lives in the forest.2 Samuel 2:18

2 Samuel 2:19 And Asahel pursued Abner, and he did not turn aside to the right, nor to the left, to cease in the pursuit of Abner.2 Samuel 2:19

2 Samuel 2:20 And so, Abner looked behind his back, and he said, “Are you not Asahel?” And he responded, “I am.”2 Samuel 2:20

2 Samuel 2:21 And Abner said to him, “Go to the right, or to the left, and apprehend one of the youths, and take his spoils for yourself.” But Asahel was not willing to cease from pursuing him closely.2 Samuel 2:21

2 Samuel 2:22 And again, Abner said to Asahel: “Withdraw, and do not choose to follow me. Otherwise, I will be compelled to stab you to the ground, and I will not be able to lift up my face before your brother, Joab.”2 Samuel 2:22

2 Samuel 2:23 But he disdained to heed him, and he was not willing to turn aside. Therefore, turning, Abner struck him with his spear in the groin, and he pierced him through, and he died in the same place. And all those who would pass by the place, in which Asahel had fallen and died, would stand still.2 Samuel 2:23

2 Samuel 2:24 Now while Joab and Abishai were pursuing Abner as he fled, the sun set. And they went as far as the Hill of the Aqueduct, which is opposite the valley on the way of the desert in Gibeon.2 Samuel 2:24

2 Samuel 2:25 And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves to Abner. And being joined in one battle line, they stood at the summit of a hill.2 Samuel 2:25

2 Samuel 2:26 And Abner cried out to Joab, and he said: “Will your sword rage unto utter destruction? Are you ignorant that it is perilous to act in desperation? How long will you not tell the people to cease from the pursuit of their brothers?”2 Samuel 2:26

2 Samuel 2:27 And Joab said: “As the Lord lives, if you had spoken in the morning, the people would have withdrawn from pursuing their brothers.”2 Samuel 2:27

2 Samuel 2:28 Therefore, Joab sounded the trumpet, and the entire army stood still, and they did not pursue after Israel any more, and they did not engage in conflict.2 Samuel 2:28

2 Samuel 2:29 Then Abner and his men went away, all that night, through the plains. And they crossed the Jordan, and having roamed throughout all of Beth-horon, they arrived in the camp.2 Samuel 2:29

2 Samuel 2:30 But Joab, returning after he had released Abner, gathered together all the people. And of David’s youths, they were missing nineteen men, aside from Asahel.2 Samuel 2:30

2 Samuel 2:31 But of Benjamin and of the men who were with Abner, the servants of David had struck three hundred and sixty, who also died.2 Samuel 2:31

2 Samuel 2:32 And they took Asahel, and they buried him in the sepulcher of his father at Bethlehem. And Joab, and the men who were with him, walked throughout the night, and they arrived in Hebron at the very break of day.2 Samuel 2:32

2 Samuel 3:1 Then a long struggle occurred between the house of Saul and the house of David, with David prospering and growing ever stronger, but the house of Saul decreasing daily.2 Samuel 3:1

2 Samuel 3:2 And sons were born to David in Hebron. And his firstborn son was Amnon, from Ahinoam the Jezreelite.2 Samuel 3:2

2 Samuel 3:3 And after him, there was Chileab, from Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. Then the third was Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.2 Samuel 3:3

2 Samuel 3:4 Then the fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. And the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital.2 Samuel 3:4

2 Samuel 3:5 Also, the sixth was Ithream, from Eglah, the wife of David. These were born to David at Hebron.2 Samuel 3:5

2 Samuel 3:6 Then, while there was a battle between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner, the son of Ner, was reigning over the house of Saul.2 Samuel 3:6

2 Samuel 3:7 Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner,2 Samuel 3:7

2 Samuel 3:8 “Why did you enter to the concubine of my father?” But he, being exceedingly angry at the words of Ishbosheth, said: “Am I the head of a dog against Judah this day? I have shown mercy to the house of Saul, your father, and to his brothers and friends. And I have not delivered you into the hands of David. And yet today you have sought me, so that you might rebuke me over a woman?2 Samuel 3:8

2 Samuel 3:9 May God do these things to Abner, and may he add these other things, if, in the same way that the Lord swore to David, I do not do so with him:2 Samuel 3:9

2 Samuel 3:10 that the kingdom be transferred from the house of Saul, and that the throne of David be elevated over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”2 Samuel 3:10

2 Samuel 3:11 And he was not able to respond anything to him, because he was in fear of him.2 Samuel 3:11

2 Samuel 3:12 Therefore, Abner sent messengers to David for himself, saying, “Whose is the land?” and so that they would say, “Make a friendship with me, and my hand will be with you, and I will lead back all of Israel to you.”2 Samuel 3:12

2 Samuel 3:13 And he said: “It is best. I will make a friendship with you. But one thing I ask of you, saying: You shall not see my face before you bring Michal, the daughter of Saul. And in this way, you shall come, and see me.”2 Samuel 3:13

2 Samuel 3:14 Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, saying, “Restore my wife Michal, whom I espoused to myself for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”2 Samuel 3:14

2 Samuel 3:15 Therefore, Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel, the son of Laish.2 Samuel 3:15

2 Samuel 3:16 And her husband was following her, weeping, as far as Bahurim. And Abner said to him, “Go and return.” And he returned.2 Samuel 3:16

2 Samuel 3:17 Likewise, Abner sent word to the elders of Israel, saying: “As much yesterday as the day before, you were seeking David, so that he might reign over you.2 Samuel 3:17

2 Samuel 3:18 Therefore, accomplish it now. For the Lord has spoken to David, saying: ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’ ”2 Samuel 3:18

2 Samuel 3:19 Then Abner also spoke to Benjamin. And he went away, so that he might speak to David in Hebron all that would be pleasing to Israel and to all of Benjamin.2 Samuel 3:19

2 Samuel 3:20 And he went to David in Hebron with twenty men. And David made a feast for Abner, and for his men who had arrived with him.2 Samuel 3:20

2 Samuel 3:21 And Abner said to David, “I will rise up, so that I may gather all of Israel to you, my lord the king, and so that I may enter into a pact with you, and so that you may reign over all, just as your soul desires.” Then, when David had led Abner away, and he had departed in peace,2 Samuel 3:21

2 Samuel 3:22 immediately the servants of David and of Joab arrived, after having slain robbers, with exceedingly great spoils. But Abner was not with David in Hebron. For by then he had sent him away, and he had set out in peace.2 Samuel 3:22

2 Samuel 3:23 And Joab, and the entire army that was with him, had arrived afterward. And so, it was reported to Joab, explaining that Abner, the son of Ner, went to the king, and he dismissed him, and he went away in peace.2 Samuel 3:23

2 Samuel 3:24 And Joab entered to the king, and he said: “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him, so that he has gone and departed?2 Samuel 3:24

2 Samuel 3:25 Do you not know, about Abner, the son of Ner, that he came to you for this, so that he might deceive you, and might know of your departure and your return, and so that he might know all that you do?”2 Samuel 3:25

2 Samuel 3:26 And so, Joab, going out from David, sent messengers after Abner, and he brought him back from the cistern of Sirah, without David knowing.2 Samuel 3:26

2 Samuel 3:27 And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him alone to the middle of the gate, so that he might speak to him, but with deceit. And there, he stabbed him in the groin, and he died, in revenge for the blood of Asahel, his brother.2 Samuel 3:27

2 Samuel 3:28 And when David had heard of it, now that the matter was done, he said: “I and my kingdom are clean before the Lord, even forever, of the blood of Abner, the son of Ner.2 Samuel 3:28

2 Samuel 3:29 And may it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon the entire house of his father. And may there not fail to be, in the house of Joab, one who suffers from a flow of seed, or one who is leprous, or one who is effeminate, or one who falls by the sword, or one who is in need of bread.”2 Samuel 3:29

2 Samuel 3:30 And so, Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon, during the battle.2 Samuel 3:30

2 Samuel 3:31 Then David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before the funeral procession of Abner.” Moreover, king David himself was following the casket.2 Samuel 3:31

2 Samuel 3:32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and he wept over the burial mound of Abner. And all the people also wept.2 Samuel 3:32

2 Samuel 3:33 And the king, mourning and lamenting Abner, said: “By no means has Abner died the way that cowards usually die.2 Samuel 3:33

2 Samuel 3:34 Your hands are not bound, and your feet are not weighed down with fetters. But just as men often fall before the sons of iniquity, so you have fallen.” And while repeating this, all the people wept over him.2 Samuel 3:34

2 Samuel 3:35 And when the entire multitude had arrived to take food with David, while it was still broad daylight, David swore, saying, “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets.”2 Samuel 3:35

2 Samuel 3:36 And all the people heard it, and everything that the king did in the sight of the entire people was pleasing to them.2 Samuel 3:36

2 Samuel 3:37 And every common person, and all of Israel, realized on that day that the killing of Abner, the son of Ner, had not been done by the king.2 Samuel 3:37

2 Samuel 3:38 The king also said to his servants: “Could you be ignorant that a leader and a very great man has fallen today in Israel?2 Samuel 3:38

2 Samuel 3:39 But I am still tender, and yet anointed king. And these men of the sons of Zeruiah are too harsh for me. May the Lord repay whoever does evil in accord with his malice.”2 Samuel 3:39

2 Samuel 4:1 Then Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, heard that Abner had fallen in Hebron. And his hands were weakened, and all of Israel was troubled.2 Samuel 4:1

2 Samuel 4:2 Now the son of Saul had two men, leaders among robbers. The name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon, a Beerothite from the sons of Benjamin. For indeed, Beeroth, too, was reputed with Benjamin.2 Samuel 4:2

2 Samuel 4:3 And the Beerothites had fled into Gittaim. And they were strangers there, until that time.2 Samuel 4:3

2 Samuel 4:4 Now Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son with disabled feet. For he was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. And so, his nurse, taking him up, fled. And while she was hurrying, so that she might flee, he fell and was made lame. And he was called Mephibosheth.2 Samuel 4:4

2 Samuel 4:5 And so, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, arrived and entered the house of Ishbosheth, in the heat of the day. And he was sleeping on his bed at midday. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleaning the wheat, fell fast asleep.2 Samuel 4:5

2 Samuel 4:6 Then they entered the house secretly, taking the ears of grain. And Rechab and his brother Baanah stabbed him in the groin, and they fled away.2 Samuel 4:6

2 Samuel 4:7 For when they had entered the house, he was sleeping on his bed in a closed room. And striking him, they killed him. And taking his head, they departed by the way of the desert, walking throughout the night.2 Samuel 4:7

2 Samuel 4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron. And they said to the king: “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who was seeking your life. And so, the Lord has avenged my lord the king, this day, from Saul and from his offspring.”2 Samuel 4:8

2 Samuel 4:9 But David, responding to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, said to them: “As the Lord lives who has rescued my soul from all distress,2 Samuel 4:9

2 Samuel 4:10 the one who reported to me and said, ‘Saul is dead,’ who was thinking that he announced good news, I apprehended. And at Ziklag I killed him who ought to have been given a reward for the news.2 Samuel 4:10

2 Samuel 4:11 How much more so now, when impious men have put to death an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand, and take you away from the earth?”2 Samuel 4:11

2 Samuel 4:12 And so, David commanded his servants, and they put them to death. And cutting off their hands and feet, they suspended them up over the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ishbosheth they took and buried in the sepulcher of Abner at Hebron.2 Samuel 4:12

2 Samuel 5:1 And all the tribes of Israel went to David in Hebron, saying: “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.2 Samuel 5:1

2 Samuel 5:2 Moreover, yesterday and the day before, when Saul was king over us, you were the one leading out and leading back Israel. Then the Lord said to you, ‘You shall pasture my people Israel, and you shall be the leader over Israel.’ ”2 Samuel 5:2

2 Samuel 5:3 Also, the elders of Israel went to the king at Hebron, and king David struck a pact with them at Hebron in the sight of the Lord. And they anointed David as king over Israel.2 Samuel 5:3

2 Samuel 5:4 David was a son of thirty years, when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for forty years.2 Samuel 5:4

2 Samuel 5:5 In Hebron, he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months. Then in Jerusalem, he reigned for thirty-three years over all of Israel and Judah.2 Samuel 5:5

2 Samuel 5:6 And the king, and all the men who were with him, went away to Jerusalem, to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. And it was said to David by them, “You shall not enter here, unless you will take away the blind and the lame, who say, ‘David shall not enter here.’ ”2 Samuel 5:6

2 Samuel 5:7 But David seized the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.2 Samuel 5:7

2 Samuel 5:8 For David had proposed, on that day, a reward to him who had struck the Jebusites and who had reached to the gutters of the rooftops, and who had taken away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David. Therefore, it is said in the proverb, “The blind and the lame shall not enter into the temple.”2 Samuel 5:8

2 Samuel 5:9 Then David lived in the stronghold, and he called it: the City of David. And he built it up on all sides, from Millo and inward.2 Samuel 5:9

2 Samuel 5:10 And he advanced, prospering and increasing, and the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.2 Samuel 5:10

2 Samuel 5:11 Also, Hiram, the king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, with cedar wood, and with builders of wood and builders of stone, in order to make walls. And they built a house for David.2 Samuel 5:11

2 Samuel 5:12 And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him as king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel.2 Samuel 5:12

2 Samuel 5:13 Then David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had arrived from Hebron. And other sons as well as daughters were born to David.2 Samuel 5:13

2 Samuel 5:14 And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,2 Samuel 5:14

2 Samuel 5:15 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg,2 Samuel 5:15

2 Samuel 5:16 and Japhia, and Elishama, and Eliada, and Elipheleth.2 Samuel 5:16

2 Samuel 5:17 Then the Philistines heard that they had anointed David as king over Israel. And they all ascended, so that they might seek David. And when David had heard of it, he descended to a stronghold.2 Samuel 5:17

2 Samuel 5:18 Now the Philistines, arriving, spread themselves out in the Valley of Rephaim.2 Samuel 5:18

2 Samuel 5:19 And David consulted the Lord, saying: “Shall I ascend to the Philistines? And will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David: “Ascend. For I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”2 Samuel 5:19

2 Samuel 5:20 Therefore, David went to Baal-perazim. And he struck them there. And he said, “The Lord has divided my enemies before me, just as the waters are divided.” Because of this, the name of that place was called Baal-perazim.2 Samuel 5:20

2 Samuel 5:21 And in that place they left behind their graven images, which David and his men took away.2 Samuel 5:21

2 Samuel 5:22 And the Philistines continued still, so that they ascended and spread themselves out in the Valley of Rephaim.2 Samuel 5:22

2 Samuel 5:23 Then David consulted the Lord, “Shall I ascend against the Philistines, and will you deliver them into my hands?” And he responded: “You shall not ascend against them; instead, circle behind their back. And you shall come to them from the side opposite the balsam trees.2 Samuel 5:23

2 Samuel 5:24 And when you hear the sound of something going forth from the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall begin the battle. For then the Lord will go forth, before your face, so that he may strike the army of the Philistines.”2 Samuel 5:24

2 Samuel 5:25 And so, David did just as the Lord had instructed him. And he struck down the Philistines, from Gibeon until you arrive at Gezer.2 Samuel 5:25

2 Samuel 6:1 Then David again gathered together all the elect men of Israel, thirty thousand.2 Samuel 6:1

2 Samuel 6:2 And David arose and went away, with the entire people who were with him from the men of Judah, so that they might lead back the ark of God, over which is invoked the name of the Lord of hosts, who sits upon the cherubim above it.2 Samuel 6:2

2 Samuel 6:3 And they placed the ark of God on a new cart. And they took it from the house of Abinadab, who was in Gibeon. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.2 Samuel 6:3

2 Samuel 6:4 And when they had taken it from the house of Abinadab, who was in Gibeon, Ahio preceded the ark as the keeper of the ark of God.2 Samuel 6:4

2 Samuel 6:5 But David and all of Israel played before the Lord on every kind of musical instrument made of wood, and on harps, and lyres, and timbrels, and bells, and cymbals.2 Samuel 6:5

2 Samuel 6:6 And after they had arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah extended his hand to the ark of God, and he touched it, because the oxen were kicking and had caused it to tip.2 Samuel 6:6

2 Samuel 6:7 And the indignation of the Lord was enraged against Uzzah. And he struck him for his temerity. And there he died, beside the ark of God.2 Samuel 6:7

2 Samuel 6:8 Then David was saddened because the Lord had struck Uzzah. And the name of that place was called: the Striking of Uzzah, even to this day.2 Samuel 6:8

2 Samuel 6:9 And David was very fearful of the Lord on that day, saying, “How shall the ark of the Lord be brought to me?”2 Samuel 6:9

2 Samuel 6:10 And he was not willing to send the ark of the Lord to himself in the city of David. Instead, he sent it into the house of Obededom, the Gittite.2 Samuel 6:10

2 Samuel 6:11 And the ark of the Lord dwelt in the house of Obededom the Gittite, for three months. And the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household.2 Samuel 6:11

2 Samuel 6:12 And it was reported to king David that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all that was his, because of the ark of God. Therefore, David went and brought the ark of God, from the house of Obededom, into the city of David with joy. And there were with David seven choirs, and calves for victims.2 Samuel 6:12

2 Samuel 6:13 And when those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had traveled six steps, he immolated an ox and a ram.2 Samuel 6:13

2 Samuel 6:14 And David danced with all his ability before the Lord. And David was girded with the linen ephod.2 Samuel 6:14

2 Samuel 6:15 And David, and all the house of Israel, were leading the ark of the testament of the Lord, with jubilation and the sound of the trumpet.2 Samuel 6:15

2 Samuel 6:16 And when the ark of the Lord had entered into the city of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord. And she despised him in her heart.2 Samuel 6:16

2 Samuel 6:17 And they led in the ark of the Lord. And they set it in its place in the middle of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it. And David offered holocausts and peace offerings in the sight of the Lord.2 Samuel 6:17

2 Samuel 6:18 And when he had completed offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.2 Samuel 6:18

2 Samuel 6:19 And he distributed to the entire multitude of Israel, as much to men as to women, to each one: one loaf of bread, and one piece of roasted beef, and fine wheat flour fried with oil. And all the people went away, each one to his own house.2 Samuel 6:19

2 Samuel 6:20 And David returned, so that he might bless his own house. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, going out to meet David, said: “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself before the handmaids of his servants, and being unclothed, as if one of the performers were unclothed.”2 Samuel 6:20

2 Samuel 6:21 And David said to Michal: “Before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father, and rather than his entire house, and who commanded me, that I should be the leader over the people of the Lord in Israel,2 Samuel 6:21

2 Samuel 6:22 I will both play and demean myself, more so than I have done. And I will be little in my own eyes. And with the handmaids, about whom you are speaking, I will appear more glorious.”2 Samuel 6:22

2 Samuel 6:23 And so, there was no child born to Michal, the daughter of Saul, even to the day of her death.2 Samuel 6:23

2 Samuel 7:1 Now it happened that, when the king had settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,2 Samuel 7:1

2 Samuel 7:2 he said to the prophet Nathan, “Do you not see that I live in a house of cedar, and that the ark of God has been placed in the midst of tent skins?”2 Samuel 7:2

2 Samuel 7:3 And Nathan said to the king: “Go, do all that is in your heart. For the Lord is with you.”2 Samuel 7:3

2 Samuel 7:4 But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:2 Samuel 7:4

2 Samuel 7:5 “Go, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place?2 Samuel 7:5

2 Samuel 7:6 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt, even to this day. Instead, I have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.2 Samuel 7:6

2 Samuel 7:7 And in all the places that I have crossed through, with all the sons of Israel, did I ever speak a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I instructed to pasture my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’2 Samuel 7:7

2 Samuel 7:8 And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel.2 Samuel 7:8

2 Samuel 7:9 And I have been with you everywhere that you walked. And I have slain all your enemies before your face. And I have made you a great name, beside the name of the great ones who are upon the earth.2 Samuel 7:9

2 Samuel 7:10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall live there, and they shall no longer be disturbed. Neither shall the sons of iniquity continue to afflict them as before,2 Samuel 7:10

2 Samuel 7:11 from the day when I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give rest to you from all your enemies. And the Lord foretells to you that the Lord himself will make a house for you.2 Samuel 7:11

2 Samuel 7:12 And when your days will have been fulfilled, and you will sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will go forth from your loins, and I will make firm his kingdom.2 Samuel 7:12

2 Samuel 7:13 He himself shall build a house to my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom, even forever.2 Samuel 7:13

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he will commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the wounds of the sons of men.2 Samuel 7:14

2 Samuel 7:15 But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.2 Samuel 7:15

2 Samuel 7:16 And your house shall be faithful, and your kingdom shall be before your face, for eternity, and your throne shall be secure continuously.’ ”2 Samuel 7:16

2 Samuel 7:17 According to all these words, and according to this entire vision, so did Nathan speak to David.2 Samuel 7:17

2 Samuel 7:18 Then king David entered and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you would bring me to this point?2 Samuel 7:18

2 Samuel 7:19 Moreover, this has seemed little in your sight, O Lord God, unless you also will speak about the house of your servant for a long time. For this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.2 Samuel 7:19

2 Samuel 7:20 Therefore, what more will David be able to say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God.2 Samuel 7:20

2 Samuel 7:21 Because of your word, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, so that you would make it known to your servant.2 Samuel 7:21

2 Samuel 7:22 For this reason, you are magnified, O Lord God. For there is no one like you. And there is no God except you, in all the things that we have heard with our own ears.2 Samuel 7:22

2 Samuel 7:23 But what nation is there upon the earth like your people Israel, because of whom God went forth, so that he might redeem a people for himself, and establish a name for himself, and accomplish for them great and terrible things upon the earth, before the face of your people, whom you redeemed for yourself away Egypt, the nations and their gods.2 Samuel 7:23

2 Samuel 7:24 For you have secured your people Israel for yourself, as an everlasting people. And you, O Lord God, have become their God.2 Samuel 7:24

2 Samuel 7:25 Now therefore, O Lord God, raise up forever the word that you have spoken over your servant and over his house. And do just as you have said,2 Samuel 7:25

2 Samuel 7:26 so that your name may be magnified even forever, and so that it may be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And the house of your servant David will be established in the sight of the Lord.2 Samuel 7:26

2 Samuel 7:27 For you, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to the ear of your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Because of this, your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to you.2 Samuel 7:27

2 Samuel 7:28 Now therefore, O Lord God, you are God, and your words shall be true. For you have spoken to your servant these good things.2 Samuel 7:28

2 Samuel 7:29 Therefore, begin, and bless the house of your servant, so that it may be forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken. And so, let the house of your servant be blessed with your blessing forever.”2 Samuel 7:29

2 Samuel 8:1 Now after these things, it happened that David struck the Philistines, and he humbled them. And David took the bridle of tribute from the hand of the Philistines.2 Samuel 8:1

2 Samuel 8:2 And he struck Moab, and he measured them with a line, leveling them to the ground. Now he measured with two lines, one to kill, and one to keep alive. And Moab was made to serve David under tribute.2 Samuel 8:2

2 Samuel 8:3 And David struck Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah, when he set out to rule over the river Euphrates.2 Samuel 8:3

2 Samuel 8:4 And from his troops, David seized one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And he cut the sinew of the leg in all the chariot horses. But he left aside enough of them for one hundred chariots.2 Samuel 8:4

2 Samuel 8:5 And the Syrians of Damascus arrived, so that they might bring reinforcements to Hadadezer, the king of Zobah. And David struck down twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.2 Samuel 8:5

2 Samuel 8:6 And David positioned a garrison in Syria of Damascus. And Syria served David under tribute. And the Lord assisted David in all things whatsoever that he set out to accomplish.2 Samuel 8:6

2 Samuel 8:7 And David took the armbands of gold, which the servants of Hadadezer had, and he brought them to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 8:7

2 Samuel 8:8 And from Betah and Beeroth, cities of Hadadezer, king David took an exceedingly great amount of brass.2 Samuel 8:8

2 Samuel 8:9 Then Toi, the king of Hamath, heard that David had struck down the entire strength of Hadadezer.2 Samuel 8:9

2 Samuel 8:10 And so, Toi sent his son Joram to king David, so that he might greet him with congratulations, and give thanks, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had struck him down. For indeed, Toi was the enemy of Hadadezer. And in his hand were vessels of gold, and vessels of silver, and vessels of brass.2 Samuel 8:10

2 Samuel 8:11 And king David also sanctified these things to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had sanctified from all the peoples whom he had subdued:2 Samuel 8:11

2 Samuel 8:12 from Syria, and Moab, and the sons Ammon, and the Philistines, and Amalek, and from the best spoils of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah.2 Samuel 8:12

2 Samuel 8:13 David also made a name for himself when he returned from seizing Syria, in the Valley of the Salt Pits, having cut down eighteen thousand.2 Samuel 8:13

2 Samuel 8:14 And he positioned guards in Edom, and he stationed a garrison. And all of Edom was made to serve David. And the Lord assisted David in all things whatsoever that he set out to accomplish.2 Samuel 8:14

2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all of Israel. And David accomplished judgment and justice with all his people.2 Samuel 8:15

2 Samuel 8:16 Now Joab, the son Zeruiah, was over the army. And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the keeper of records.2 Samuel 8:16

2 Samuel 8:17 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were the priests. And Seraiah was the scribe.2 Samuel 8:17

2 Samuel 8:18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and Pelethites. But the sons of David were priests.2 Samuel 8:18

2 Samuel 9:1 And David said, “Do you think that there could be anyone left from the house of Saul, so that I might show mercy to him because of Jonathan?”2 Samuel 9:1

2 Samuel 9:2 Now there was, from the house of Saul, a servant named Ziba. And when the king had called him to himself, he said to him, “Are you not Ziba?” And he responded, “I am your servant.”2 Samuel 9:2

2 Samuel 9:3 And the king said, “Could there be anyone alive from the house of Saul, so that I may show the mercy of God to him?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is left alive a son of Jonathan, with disabled feet.”2 Samuel 9:3

2 Samuel 9:4 “Where is he?” he said. And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.”2 Samuel 9:4

2 Samuel 9:5 Therefore, king David sent and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.2 Samuel 9:5

2 Samuel 9:6 And when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell upon his face, and he reverenced. And David said, “Mephibosheth?” And he responded, “Your servant is here.”2 Samuel 9:6

2 Samuel 9:7 And David said to him: “Do not be afraid. For I will certainly show mercy to you because of your father Jonathan. And I will restore to you all the fields of your father Saul. And you shall eat bread at my table always.”2 Samuel 9:7

2 Samuel 9:8 And reverencing him, he said, “Who am I, your servant, that you should look with favor upon a dead dog like me?”2 Samuel 9:8

2 Samuel 9:9 And so, the king called Ziba, the servant of Saul, and he said to him: “Everything whatsoever that belonged to Saul, and his entire house, I have given to the son of your lord.2 Samuel 9:9

2 Samuel 9:10 And so, work the land for him, you and your sons and your servants. And you shall bring in food for the son of your lord, for nourishment. And Mephibosheth, the son of your lord, shall always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.2 Samuel 9:10

2 Samuel 9:11 And Ziba said to the king: “Just as my lord has ordered your servant, so will your servant do. And Mephibosheth shall eat at my table, like one of the sons of the king.”2 Samuel 9:11

2 Samuel 9:12 Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. Truly, all the kindred of the house of Ziba served Mephibosheth.2 Samuel 9:12

2 Samuel 9:13 But Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem. For he was fed always from the table of the king. And he was lame in both feet.2 Samuel 9:13

2 Samuel 10:1 Now after these things, it happened that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son Hanun reigned after him.2 Samuel 10:1

2 Samuel 10:2 And David said, “I will show mercy to Hanun, the son of Nahash, just as his father showed mercy to me.” Therefore, David sent consolation to him, by his servants, over the passing of his father. But when the servants of David had arrived in the land of the sons of Ammon,2 Samuel 10:2

2 Samuel 10:3 the leaders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, their lord: “Do you think it was because of the honor of your father that David sent consolers to you? And did not David send his servants to you, so that he might investigate and explore the city, and so that he might overthrow it?”2 Samuel 10:3

2 Samuel 10:4 And so, Hanun took the servants of David, and he shaved off one half part of their beards, and he cut their garments at the middle, as far as the buttocks, and he sent them away.2 Samuel 10:4

2 Samuel 10:5 And when this had been reported to David, he sent to meet them. And the men were greatly disturbed by shame. And David commanded them, “Remain in Jericho, until your beards grow, and then return.”2 Samuel 10:5

2 Samuel 10:6 Now the sons of Ammon, seeing that they had done an injury to David, sent for, and paid wages to, the Syrians of Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and from the king of Maacah, one thousand men, and from Tob, twelve thousand men.2 Samuel 10:6

2 Samuel 10:7 And when David had heard this, he sent Joab and the entire army of warriors.2 Samuel 10:7

2 Samuel 10:8 Then the sons of Ammon went forth, and they positioned their battle line before the very entrance of the gates. But the Syrians of Zobah, and of Rehob, and of Tob, and of Maacah, were by themselves in the field.2 Samuel 10:8

2 Samuel 10:9 And so, seeing that the battle had been prepared against him, both facing him and behind, Joab chose some from all of the elect men of Israel, and he set up a battle line opposite the Syrians.2 Samuel 10:9

2 Samuel 10:10 But the remaining part of the people he delivered to his brother Abishai, who formed a battle line against the sons of Ammon.2 Samuel 10:10

2 Samuel 10:11 And Joab said: “If the Syrians prevail against me, then you shall assist me. But if the sons of Ammon prevail against you, then I will assist you.2 Samuel 10:11

2 Samuel 10:12 Be valiant men. And let us fight on behalf of our people and the city of our God. Then the Lord will do what is good in his own sight.”2 Samuel 10:12

2 Samuel 10:13 And so, Joab, and the people who were with him, undertook the conflict against the Syrians, who immediately fled before their face.2 Samuel 10:13

2 Samuel 10:14 Then, seeing that the Syrians had fled, the sons of Ammon themselves also fled from the face of Abishai, and they entered into the city. And Joab returned from the sons of Ammon, and he went to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 10:14

2 Samuel 10:15 And so, the Syrians, seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together.2 Samuel 10:15

2 Samuel 10:16 And Hadadezer sent and brought the Syrians who were beyond the river, and he led in their army. And Shobach, the rule of the military of Hadadezer, was their leader.2 Samuel 10:16

2 Samuel 10:17 And when this had been reported to David, he drew together all of Israel. And he crossed over the Jordan, and he went to Helam. And the Syrians formed a battle line opposite David, and they fought against him.2 Samuel 10:17

2 Samuel 10:18 And the Syrians fled before the face of Israel. And David killed, among the Syrians, the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen. And he struck down Shobach, the leader of the military, who immediately died.2 Samuel 10:18

2 Samuel 10:19 Then all the kings who were in the reinforcements of Hadadezer, seeing themselves to be defeated by Israel, were very afraid and they fled: fifty-eight thousand men before Israel. And they made peace with Israel, and they served them. And the Syrians were afraid to offer assistance to the sons of Ammon anymore.2 Samuel 10:19

2 Samuel 11:1 Now it happened that, at the turn of the year, in the time when kings usually go forth to war, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all of Israel, and they laid waste to the sons of Ammon, and they besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.2 Samuel 11:1

2 Samuel 11:2 While these things were taking place, David happened to arise from his bed after midday, and he walked upon the terrace of the king’s house. And he saw, across from his terrace, a woman washing herself. And the woman was very beautiful.2 Samuel 11:2

2 Samuel 11:3 Therefore, the king sent and inquired who the woman might be. And it was reported to him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.2 Samuel 11:3

2 Samuel 11:4 And so, David sent messengers, and he took her. And when she had entered to him, he slept with her. And presently, she was purified from her uncleanness.2 Samuel 11:4

2 Samuel 11:5 And she returned to her house, having conceived an unborn child. And sending, she informed David, and she said, “I have conceived.”2 Samuel 11:5

2 Samuel 11:6 Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah, the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.2 Samuel 11:6

2 Samuel 11:7 And Uriah went to David. And David inquired whether Joab was doing well, and about the people, and how the war was being conducted.2 Samuel 11:7

2 Samuel 11:8 And David said to Uriah, “Go into your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah departed from the house of the king. And a meal from the king followed after him.2 Samuel 11:8

2 Samuel 11:9 But Uriah slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.2 Samuel 11:9

2 Samuel 11:10 And it was reported to David by some, saying, “Uriah did not go into his house.” And David said to Uriah: “Did you not arrive from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”2 Samuel 11:10

2 Samuel 11:11 And Uriah said to David: “The ark of God, and Israel and Judah, dwell in tents, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, stay upon the face of the earth. And should I then go into my own house, so that I may eat and drink, and sleep with my wife? By your welfare and by the welfare of your soul, I will not do this thing.”2 Samuel 11:11

2 Samuel 11:12 Therefore, David said to Uriah, “Even so, remain here today, and tomorrow I will send you away.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem, on that day and the next.2 Samuel 11:12

2 Samuel 11:13 And David called him, so that he might eat and drink before him, and he made him inebriated. And departing in the evening, he slept on his bedding, with the servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.2 Samuel 11:13

2 Samuel 11:14 Therefore, when morning arrived, David wrote a letter to Joab. And he sent it by the hand of Uriah,2 Samuel 11:14

2 Samuel 11:15 writing in the letter: “Place Uriah opposite the warfare, where the battle is the strongest, and then abandon him, so that, having been wounded, he may die.”2 Samuel 11:15

2 Samuel 11:16 And so, when Joab was besieging the city, he positioned Uriah in the place where he knew the strongest men to be.2 Samuel 11:16

2 Samuel 11:17 And the men, departing from the city, made war against Joab. And some of the people among the servants of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.2 Samuel 11:17

2 Samuel 11:18 And so, Joab sent and reported to David every word about the battle.2 Samuel 11:18

2 Samuel 11:19 And he instructed the messenger, saying: “When you have completed all the words about the war to the king,2 Samuel 11:19

2 Samuel 11:20 if you see him to be angry, and if he says: ‘Why did you draw near to the wall in order to fight? Are you ignorant that many darts are thrown from above the wall?2 Samuel 11:20

2 Samuel 11:21 Who struck down Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal? Did not a woman throw a fragment of a millstone upon him from the wall, and so kill him at Thebez? Why did you approach beside the wall?’ then you shall say: ‘Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, also lies dead.’ ”2 Samuel 11:21

2 Samuel 11:22 Therefore, the messenger departed. And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him.2 Samuel 11:22

2 Samuel 11:23 And the messenger said to David: “The men prevailed against us, and they went out to us in the field. Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.2 Samuel 11:23

2 Samuel 11:24 And the archers directed their arrows at your servants from the wall above. And some of the king’s servants died, and then also your servant Uriah the Hittite died.”2 Samuel 11:24

2 Samuel 11:25 And David said to the messenger: “You shall say these things to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war. Now this one, and now that one, is consumed by the sword. Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.’ ”2 Samuel 11:25

2 Samuel 11:26 Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died, and she mourned for him.2 Samuel 11:26

2 Samuel 11:27 But when the lamentation was completed, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore a son to him. And this word, which David had done, was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.2 Samuel 11:27

2 Samuel 12:1 Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And when he had come to him, he said to him: “Two men were in one city: one wealthy, and the other poor.2 Samuel 12:1

2 Samuel 12:2 The wealthy man had very many sheep and oxen.2 Samuel 12:2

2 Samuel 12:3 But the poor man had nothing at all, except one little sheep, which he had bought and nourished. And she had grown up before him, together with his children, eating from his bread, and drinking from his cup, and sleeping in his bosom. And she was like a daughter to him.2 Samuel 12:3

2 Samuel 12:4 But when a certain traveler had come to the wealthy man, neglecting to take from his own sheep and oxen, so that he might present a feast for that traveler, who had come to him, he took the sheep of the poor man, and he prepared a meal for the man who had come to him.”2 Samuel 12:4

2 Samuel 12:5 Then David’s indignation was enraged exceedingly against that man, and he said to Nathan: “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this is a son of death.2 Samuel 12:5

2 Samuel 12:6 He shall restore the sheep fourfold, because he did this word, and he did not take pity.”2 Samuel 12:6

2 Samuel 12:7 But Nathan said to David: “You are that man. Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I anointed you as king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.2 Samuel 12:7

2 Samuel 12:8 And I gave the house of your lord to you, and the wives of your lord into your bosom. And I gave the house of Israel and of Judah to you. And as if these things were small, I shall add much greater things to you.2 Samuel 12:8

2 Samuel 12:9 Therefore, why have you despised the word of the Lord, so that you did evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword. And you have taken his wife as a wife for yourself. And you have put him to death with the sword of the sons of Ammon.2 Samuel 12:9

2 Samuel 12:10 For this reason, the sword shall not withdraw from your house, even perpetually, because you have despised me, and you have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, so that she may be your wife.’2 Samuel 12:10

2 Samuel 12:11 And so, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up over you an evil from your own house. And I will take your wives away before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor. And he will sleep with your wives in the sight of this sun.2 Samuel 12:11

2 Samuel 12:12 For you acted secretly. But I will do this word in the sight of all of Israel, and in the sight of the sun.’ ”2 Samuel 12:12

2 Samuel 12:13 And David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David: “The Lord has also taken away your sin. You shall not die.2 Samuel 12:13

2 Samuel 12:14 Yet truly, because you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, because of this word, the son who was born to you: dying he shall die.”2 Samuel 12:14

2 Samuel 12:15 And Nathan returned to his own house. And the Lord struck the little one, whom the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and he was despaired of.2 Samuel 12:15

2 Samuel 12:16 And David begged the Lord on behalf of the little one. And David fasted strictly, and entering alone, he lay upon the ground.2 Samuel 12:16

2 Samuel 12:17 Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.2 Samuel 12:17

2 Samuel 12:18 Then, on the seventh day, it happened that the infant died. And the servants of David were afraid to report to him that the little one had died. For they said: “Behold, when the child was still alive, we were speaking to him, but he would not listen to our voice. How much more will he afflict himself, if we tell him that the boy is dead?”2 Samuel 12:18

2 Samuel 12:19 But when David had seen his servants whispering, he realized that the infant had died. And he said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And they responded to him, “He is dead.”2 Samuel 12:19

2 Samuel 12:20 Therefore, David rose up from the ground. And he washed and anointed himself. And when he had changed his clothing, he entered the house of the Lord, and he worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and he asked them to place bread before him, and he ate.2 Samuel 12:20

2 Samuel 12:21 But his servants said to him: “What is this word that you have done? You fasted and were weeping, on behalf of the infant, while he was still alive. But when the boy was dead, you arose and ate bread.”2 Samuel 12:21

2 Samuel 12:22 And he said: “While he was yet alive, I fasted and wept on behalf of the infant. For I said: Who knows if the Lord may perhaps give him to me, and let the infant live?2 Samuel 12:22

2 Samuel 12:23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Would I be able to bring him back anymore? Instead, I will go to him. Yet truly, he will not return to me.”2 Samuel 12:23

2 Samuel 12:24 And David consoled his wife Bathsheba. And entering to her, he slept with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him.2 Samuel 12:24

2 Samuel 12:25 And he sent, by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name, Beloved of the Lord, because the Lord loved him.2 Samuel 12:25

2 Samuel 12:26 And then Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he fought outside the royal city.2 Samuel 12:26

2 Samuel 12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: “I have struggled against Rabbah, and so the City of Waters will soon be seized.2 Samuel 12:27

2 Samuel 12:28 Now therefore, gather the remaining portion of the people together, and besiege the city and take it. Otherwise, when the city will have been laid waste by me, the victory will be ascribed to my name.”2 Samuel 12:28

2 Samuel 12:29 And so David gathered together all the people, and he set out against Rabbah. And after he had fought, he seized it.2 Samuel 12:29

2 Samuel 12:30 And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent of gold, having the most precious gems. And it was placed upon the head of David. Moreover, he carried away the spoils of the city, which were very many.2 Samuel 12:30

2 Samuel 12:31 Also, bringing forth its people, he sawed them, and he drove over them with iron wagons, and he divided them with knives, and he dragged them through brick kilns. So he did to all the citizens of the sons of Ammon. And David returned, with the entire army, to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 12:31

2 Samuel 13:1 Now after these things, it happened that Amnon, the son of David, was in love with the very beautiful sister of Absalom, the son of David, and she was called Tamar.2 Samuel 13:1

2 Samuel 13:2 And he pined for her exceedingly, so much so that, out of love for her, he became ill. For, since she was a virgin, it seemed a difficulty to him that he would do anything dishonest with her.2 Samuel 13:2

2 Samuel 13:3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, the brother of David: a very prudent man.2 Samuel 13:3

2 Samuel 13:4 And he said to him: “Why are you becoming so thin from day to day, O son of the king? Why won’t you tell me?” And Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”2 Samuel 13:4

2 Samuel 13:5 And Jonadab said to him: “Lie down upon your bed, and feign sickness. And when your father will come to visit you, say to him: ‘I ask you to let my sister Tamar come to me, so that she may give me food, and may make a small meal, so that I may eat it from her hand.’ ”2 Samuel 13:5

2 Samuel 13:6 And so, Amnon lay down, and he began to act as if he were ill. And when the king had come to visit him, Amnon said to the king, “I beg you to let my sister Tamar come to me, and make in my sight two little portions of food, so that I take it from her hand.”2 Samuel 13:6

2 Samuel 13:7 Therefore, David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Come to the house of your brother Amnon, and make a small meal for him.”2 Samuel 13:7

2 Samuel 13:8 And Tamar went into the house of her brother Amnon. But he was lying down. And taking flour, she mixed it. And dissolving it in his sight, she cooked little portions of food.2 Samuel 13:8

2 Samuel 13:9 And taking what she had cooked, she poured it out, and she set it before him. But he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Send everyone away from me.” And when they had sent everyone away,2 Samuel 13:9

2 Samuel 13:10 Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat from your hand.” Therefore, Tamar took the little portions of food that she had made, and she brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.2 Samuel 13:10

2 Samuel 13:11 And when she had presented the food to him, he took hold of her, and he said, “Come lie with me, my sister.”2 Samuel 13:11

2 Samuel 13:12 She answered him: “Do not do so, my brother! Do not force me. For no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not choose to do this senseless act.2 Samuel 13:12

2 Samuel 13:13 For I will not be able to bear my shame. And you will be like one of the foolish in Israel. For it is better to speak to the king, and he will not deny me to you.”2 Samuel 13:13

2 Samuel 13:14 But he was not willing to agree to her petition. Instead, prevailing by strength, he forced her, and he lay with her.2 Samuel 13:14

2 Samuel 13:15 And Amnon held hatred for her with an exceedingly great hatred, so much so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Amnon said to her, “Rise up, and go away.”2 Samuel 13:15

2 Samuel 13:16 And she answered him, “This evil is greater, which you are now doing against me in driving me away, than what you did before.” But he was not willing to listen to her.2 Samuel 13:16

2 Samuel 13:17 Instead, calling the servants who were ministering to him, he said, “Cast this woman out from me, and close the door behind her.”2 Samuel 13:17

2 Samuel 13:18 Now she was clothed with an ankle-length robe. For the virgin daughters of the king made use of this kind of garment. And so, his servant cast her out, and he closed the door behind her.2 Samuel 13:18

2 Samuel 13:19 And she sprinkled ashes upon her head, and she tore her ankle-length robe. And placing her hands upon her head, she went forth, walking and crying out.2 Samuel 13:19

2 Samuel 13:20 Then her brother Absalom said to her: “Has your brother Amnon lain with you? But now, sister, be quiet. For he is your brother. And you should not afflict your heart because of this matter.” And so, Tamar remained, wasting away in the house of her brother Absalom.2 Samuel 13:20

2 Samuel 13:21 And when king David had heard about these things, he was deeply grieved. But he was not willing to afflict the spirit of his son Amnon. For he loved him, since he was his firstborn.2 Samuel 13:21

2 Samuel 13:22 Yet Absalom did not speak to Amnon, neither good nor evil. For Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.2 Samuel 13:22

2 Samuel 13:23 Then, after the time of two years, it happened that the sheep of Absalom were being shorn in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim. And Absalom invited all the sons of the king.2 Samuel 13:23

2 Samuel 13:24 And he went to the king, and he said to him: “Behold, the sheep of your servant are being shorn. I ask that the king, with his servants, may come to his servant.”2 Samuel 13:24

2 Samuel 13:25 And the king said to Absalom: “Do not, my son, do not choose to ask that we may all come and be a burden to you.” Then, after he urged him, and he had refused to go, he blessed him.2 Samuel 13:25

2 Samuel 13:26 And Absalom said, “If you are not willing to come, I beg you, at least let my brother Amnon come with us.” And the king said to him, “It is not necessary that he go with you.”2 Samuel 13:26

2 Samuel 13:27 But Absalom pressed him, and so he sent with him Amnon and all the sons of the king. And Absalom made a feast, like the feast of a king.2 Samuel 13:27

2 Samuel 13:28 Then Absalom commanded his servants, saying: “Observe when Amnon will have become drunk with wine. And when I say to you, ‘Strike and kill him!’ do not be afraid. For it is I who commands you. Be strong and valiant men.”2 Samuel 13:28

2 Samuel 13:29 Therefore, the servants of Absalom acted against Amnon, just as Absalom had commanded them. And all the sons of the king rose up, and each one climbed upon his mule and fled.2 Samuel 13:29

2 Samuel 13:30 And while they were still traveling on the journey, a rumor reached David, saying, “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king, and there is not one of them remaining.”2 Samuel 13:30

2 Samuel 13:31 And so the king rose up, and he tore his garments, and he fell upon the ground. And all his servants, who were standing near him, tore their garments.2 Samuel 13:31

2 Samuel 13:32 But Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, responding, said: “My lord the king should not consider that all the sons of the king have been slain. Amnon alone is dead. For he was set against by the mouth of Absalom from the day that he raped his sister Tamar.2 Samuel 13:32

2 Samuel 13:33 Now therefore, let not my lord the king set this word in his heart, saying, ‘All the sons of the king have been slain.’ For only Amnon is dead.”2 Samuel 13:33

2 Samuel 13:34 Now Absalom fled. And the young man keeping watch, lifted up his eyes and gazed out. And behold, many people were arriving along a remote road at the side of the mountain.2 Samuel 13:34

2 Samuel 13:35 And Jonadab said to the king: “Behold, the sons of the king are here. In accord with the word of your servant, so it has happened.”2 Samuel 13:35

2 Samuel 13:36 And when he had ceased speaking, the sons of the king also appeared. And entering, they lifted up their voice, and they wept. And the king also, and all his servants, wept with an exceedingly great weeping.2 Samuel 13:36

2 Samuel 13:37 But Absalom, fleeing, went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. Then David mourned for his son every day.2 Samuel 13:37

2 Samuel 13:38 Now after he had fled and had arrived in Geshur, Absalom was in that place for three years.2 Samuel 13:38

2 Samuel 13:39 And king David ceased to pursue Absalom, because he had been consoled over the passing of Amnon.2 Samuel 13:39

2 Samuel 14:1 Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,2 Samuel 14:1

2 Samuel 14:2 so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: “Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.2 Samuel 14:2

2 Samuel 14:3 And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.2 Samuel 14:3

2 Samuel 14:4 And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.”2 Samuel 14:4

2 Samuel 14:5 And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.2 Samuel 14:5

2 Samuel 14:6 And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.2 Samuel 14:6

2 Samuel 14:7 And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”2 Samuel 14:7

2 Samuel 14:8 And the king said to the woman, “Go to your own house, and I will make a decree on your behalf.”2 Samuel 14:8

2 Samuel 14:9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king: “May the iniquity be upon me, my lord, and upon the house of my father. But may the king and his throne be innocent.”2 Samuel 14:9

2 Samuel 14:10 And the king said, “Whoever will contradict you, bring him to me, and he will never touch you again.”2 Samuel 14:10

2 Samuel 14:11 And she said, “Let the king remember the Lord his God, so that close blood relatives may not be multiplied in order to take revenge, and so that they may by no means kill my son.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair from your son shall fall to the ground.”2 Samuel 14:11

2 Samuel 14:12 Then the woman said, “Let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”2 Samuel 14:12

2 Samuel 14:13 And the woman said: “Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected?2 Samuel 14:13

2 Samuel 14:14 We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.2 Samuel 14:14

2 Samuel 14:15 Therefore, now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, in the presence of the people. And your handmaid said: I will speak to the king, for perhaps there may be some way for the king to accomplish the word of his handmaid.2 Samuel 14:15

2 Samuel 14:16 And the king listened, and he freed his handmaid from the hand of all who were willing to take away me and my son together, from the inheritance of God.2 Samuel 14:16

2 Samuel 14:17 Therefore, let your handmaid speak, so that the word of my lord the king may be like a sacrifice. For even like an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, so that he is moved by neither a blessing, nor a curse. Then too, the Lord your God is with you.”2 Samuel 14:17

2 Samuel 14:18 And in response, the king said to the woman, “You shall not conceal from me a word of what I ask you.” And the woman said to him, “Speak, my lord the king.”2 Samuel 14:18

2 Samuel 14:19 And the king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said: “By the welfare of your soul, my lord the king, it is neither to the left, nor to the right, in all these things that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab himself instructed me, and he himself placed all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.2 Samuel 14:19

2 Samuel 14:20 Thus did I turn to this figure of speech, because your servant Joab instructed it. But you, my lord the king, are wise, just as an Angel of God has wisdom, so that you understand all that is upon the earth.”2 Samuel 14:20

2 Samuel 14:21 And the king said to Joab: “Behold, your word has succeeded in appeasing me. Therefore, go and call back the boy Absalom.”2 Samuel 14:21

2 Samuel 14:22 And falling to the ground upon his face, Joab reverenced, and he blessed the king. And Joab said: “Today your servant has understood that I have found grace in your sight, my lord the king. For you have accomplished the word of your servant.”2 Samuel 14:22

2 Samuel 14:23 Then Joab rose up, and he went away to Geshur. And he brought Absalom into Jerusalem.2 Samuel 14:23

2 Samuel 14:24 But the king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” And so, Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.2 Samuel 14:24

2 Samuel 14:25 Now in all of Israel, there was no man so handsome, and so very stately as Absalom. From the sole of the foot to the top of the head, there was no blemish in him.2 Samuel 14:25

2 Samuel 14:26 And when he shaved off his hair, for he shaved it off once a year, because his long hair was burdensome to him, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, by the public weights.2 Samuel 14:26

2 Samuel 14:27 Then three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, of elegant form, whose name was Tamar.2 Samuel 14:27

2 Samuel 14:28 And Absalom remained for two years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the face of the king.2 Samuel 14:28

2 Samuel 14:29 And so, he sent to Joab, so that he might send him to the king. But he refused to come to him. And when he had sent a second time, and he had refused to come to him,2 Samuel 14:29

2 Samuel 14:30 he said to his servants: “You know that the field of Joab, the one that is near my field, has a harvest of barley. Therefore, go and set it on fire.” And so, the servants of Absalom set fire to the grain field. And the servants of Joab, arriving with their garments torn, said, “The servants of Absalom have set fire to part of the field!”2 Samuel 14:30

2 Samuel 14:31 And Joab rose up, and he went to Absalom at his house, and he said, “Why have your servants set fire to my grain field?”2 Samuel 14:31

2 Samuel 14:32 And Absalom responded to Joab: “I sent to you, begging that you might come to me, and that I might send you to the king, and that you might say to him: ‘Why was I brought from Geshur? It would have been better for me to be there.’ I beg you, therefore, that I may see the face of the king. And if he is mindful of my iniquity, let him put me to death.”2 Samuel 14:32

2 Samuel 14:33 And so, Joab, entering to the king, reported everything to him. And Absalom was summoned. And he entered to the king, and he reverenced on the face of the earth. And the king kissed Absalom.2 Samuel 14:33

2 Samuel 15:1 Then, after these things, Absalom obtained for himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men who went before him.2 Samuel 15:1

2 Samuel 15:2 And rising up in the morning, Absalom was standing beside the entrance of the gate. And when there was any man who had a dispute that might go before the king’s judgment, Absalom would call him to him, and would say, “Which city are you from?” And responding, he would say, “I am your servant, from a certain tribe of Israel.”2 Samuel 15:2

2 Samuel 15:3 And Absalom would answer him: “Your words seem good and just to me. But there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.” And Absalom would say:2 Samuel 15:3

2 Samuel 15:4 “Who may appoint me judge over the land, so that all those who have a dispute might come to me, and I might judge justly.”2 Samuel 15:4

2 Samuel 15:5 Then too, when a man would draw near to him, so that he might greet him, he would extend his hand, and taking hold of him, he would kiss him.2 Samuel 15:5

2 Samuel 15:6 And he was doing this to all those of Israel arriving for judgment to be heard by the king. And he solicited the hearts of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 15:6

2 Samuel 15:7 Then, after forty years, Absalom said to king David: “I should go and pay my vows, which I have vowed to the Lord at Hebron.2 Samuel 15:7

2 Samuel 15:8 For your servant made a vow, when he was in Geshur of Syria, saying: If the Lord will lead me back to Jerusalem, I will sacrifice to the Lord.”2 Samuel 15:8

2 Samuel 15:9 And king David said to him, “Go in peace.” And he rose up and went away to Hebron.2 Samuel 15:9

2 Samuel 15:10 They Absalom sent scouts into all the tribes of Israel, saying: “As soon as you hear the blare of the trumpet, say: ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron.’ ”2 Samuel 15:10

2 Samuel 15:11 Now having been called, two hundred men from Jerusalem went forth with Absalom, going in simplicity of heart and being entirely ignorant of the plan.2 Samuel 15:11

2 Samuel 15:12 Absalom also summoned Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counselor of David, from his city, Giloh. And when he was immolating victims, a very strong oath was sworn, and the people, hurrying together, joined with Absalom.2 Samuel 15:12

2 Samuel 15:13 Then a messenger went to David, saying, “With their whole heart, all of Israel is following Absalom.”2 Samuel 15:13

2 Samuel 15:14 And David said to his servants, who were with him in Jerusalem: “Rise up, let us flee! For otherwise there will be no escape for us from the face of Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest perhaps, upon arriving, he may seize us, and force ruin upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”2 Samuel 15:14

2 Samuel 15:15 And the servants of the king said to him, “Everything whatsoever that our lord the king will command, we your servants shall carry out willingly.”2 Samuel 15:15

2 Samuel 15:16 Therefore, the king departed, with his entire household on foot. And the king left behind ten women of the concubines to care for the house.2 Samuel 15:16

2 Samuel 15:17 And having gone forth on foot, the king and all of Israel stood at a distance from the house.2 Samuel 15:17

2 Samuel 15:18 And all his servants were walking beside him. And the legions of the Cerethites and Phelethites, and all the Gittites, powerful fighters, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath on foot, were preceding the king.2 Samuel 15:18

2 Samuel 15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite: “Why do you come with us? Return and live with the king. For you are a stranger, and you departed from your own place.2 Samuel 15:19

2 Samuel 15:20 You arrived yesterday. And today should you be compelled to go away with us? For I should go to the place where I am going. But you should return, and lead your own brothers back with you. And the Lord will show mercy and truth to you, because you have shown grace and faith.”2 Samuel 15:20

2 Samuel 15:21 And Ittai responded to the king, by saying, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, in whatever place you will be, my lord the king, whether in death or in life, your servant will be there.”2 Samuel 15:21

2 Samuel 15:22 And David said to Ittai, “Come, and pass over.” And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all the men who were with him, and the rest of the multitude.2 Samuel 15:22

2 Samuel 15:23 And they all wept with a great voice, and all the people passed over. The king also passed over the torrent Kidron. And all the people advanced opposite the way which looks out toward the desert.2 Samuel 15:23

2 Samuel 15:24 Now Zadok the priest also went, and all the Levites went with him, carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God. And Abiathar went up, until all the people who had departed from the city had gone by.2 Samuel 15:24

2 Samuel 15:25 And the king said to Zadok: “Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I shall find grace in the sight of the Lord, he will lead me back. And he will show it to me in his tabernacle.2 Samuel 15:25

2 Samuel 15:26 But if he will say to me, ‘You are not pleasing,’ I am ready. Let him do whatever is good in his own sight.”2 Samuel 15:26

2 Samuel 15:27 And the king said to Zadok the priest: “O seer, return into the city in peace. And let your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.2 Samuel 15:27

2 Samuel 15:28 Behold, I will hide in the plains of the desert, until word from you may arrive to inform me.”2 Samuel 15:28

2 Samuel 15:29 Therefore, Zadok and Abiathar carried back the ark of God into Jerusalem, and they remained there.2 Samuel 15:29

2 Samuel 15:30 But David ascended to the Mount of Olives, climbing and weeping, advancing with bare feet and with his head covered. Moreover, all the people who were with him ascended, weeping with their heads covered.2 Samuel 15:30

2 Samuel 15:31 Then it was reported to David that Ahithophel also had joined in swearing with Absalom. And David said, “ O Lord, I beg you, to uncover the foolishness of the counsel of Ahithophel.”2 Samuel 15:31

2 Samuel 15:32 And when David had ascended to the summit of the mountain, where he was going to adore the Lord, behold Hushai the Archite met him, with his garment torn and his head covered with soil.2 Samuel 15:32

2 Samuel 15:33 And David said to him: “If you come with me, you will be a burden to me.2 Samuel 15:33

2 Samuel 15:34 But if you return to the city, and you say to Absalom, ‘I am your servant, O king; just as I have been the servant of your father, so too will I be your servant,’ you will destroy the counsel of Ahithophel2 Samuel 15:34

2 Samuel 15:35 And you have with you the priests Zadok and Abiathar. And any word whatsoever that you will hear from the house of the king, you shall reveal it to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests.2 Samuel 15:35

2 Samuel 15:36 Now with them are their two sons Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar. And you shall send to me by them every word that you will have heard.”2 Samuel 15:36

2 Samuel 15:37 Therefore, Hushai, the friend of David, went into the city. And Absalom also entered into Jerusalem.2 Samuel 15:37

2 Samuel 16:1 And when David had passed a little beyond the top of the mountain, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, appeared to meet him, with two donkeys, which were burdened with two hundred loaves, and one hundred bunches of dried grapes, and one hundred masses of dried figs, and a skin of wine.2 Samuel 16:1

2 Samuel 16:2 And the king said to Ziba, “What do you intend to do with these things?” And Ziba responded: “The donkeys are for the household of the king, so that they may sit. And the loaves and dried figs are for your servants to eat. But the wine is for anyone to drink who may be faint in the desert.”2 Samuel 16:2

2 Samuel 16:3 And the king said, “Where is the son of your lord?” And Ziba answered the king: “He remained in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’ ”2 Samuel 16:3

2 Samuel 16:4 And the king said to Ziba, “All the things which were for Mephibosheth are now yours.” And Ziba said, “I beg you that I may find grace before you, my lord the king.”2 Samuel 16:4

2 Samuel 16:5 Then king David went as far as Bahurim. And behold, a man from the kindred of the house of Saul, named Shimei, the son of Gera, went out from there. And going out, he continued on, and he was cursing,2 Samuel 16:5

2 Samuel 16:6 and throwing stones against David and against all the servants of king David. And all the people and all the warriors were traveling to the right and to the left sides of the king.2 Samuel 16:6

2 Samuel 16:7 And so, as he was cursing the king, Shimei said: “Go away, go away, you man of blood, and you man of Belial!2 Samuel 16:7

2 Samuel 16:8 The Lord has repaid you for all the blood of the house of Saul. For you have usurped the kingdom in place of him. And so, the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son. And behold, your evils press close upon you, because you are a man of blood.”2 Samuel 16:8

2 Samuel 16:9 Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king: “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go and cut off his head.”2 Samuel 16:9

2 Samuel 16:10 And the king said: “What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Permit him, so that he may curse. For the Lord has commanded him to curse David. And who is the one who would dare to say, ‘Why has he done so?’ ”2 Samuel 16:10

2 Samuel 16:11 And the king said to Abishai and to all his servants: “Behold, my son, who went forth from my loins, is seeking my life. How much more does a son of Benjamin do so now? Permit him, so that he may curse, in accord with the command of the Lord.2 Samuel 16:11

2 Samuel 16:12 Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day.”2 Samuel 16:12

2 Samuel 16:13 And so, David continued walking along the way, and his associates with him. But Shimei was advancing along the ridge of the mountain on the side opposite him, cursing and throwing stones at him, and scattering dirt.2 Samuel 16:13

2 Samuel 16:14 And the king and the entire people with him, being weary, went and refreshed themselves there.2 Samuel 16:14

2 Samuel 16:15 But Absalom and all his people entered into Jerusalem. Moreover, Ahithophel was with him.2 Samuel 16:15

2 Samuel 16:16 And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had gone to Absalom, he said to him: “May you be well, O king! May you be well, O king!”2 Samuel 16:16

2 Samuel 16:17 And Absalom said to him: “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”2 Samuel 16:17

2 Samuel 16:18 And Hushai responded to Absalom: “By no means! For I will be his, whom the Lord has chosen. And I, and all this people, and all of Israel, will remain with him.2 Samuel 16:18

2 Samuel 16:19 But then too, I declare this: whom should I serve? Is it not the son of the king? Just as I have been subject to your father, so will I be subject to you also.”2 Samuel 16:19

2 Samuel 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Present a counsel as to what we ought to do.”2 Samuel 16:20

2 Samuel 16:21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom: “Enter to the concubines of your father, whom he left behind in order to care for the house. Thus, when all of Israel will hear that you disgraced your father, their hands may be strengthened with you.”2 Samuel 16:21

2 Samuel 16:22 Therefore, they spread a tent for Absalom on the rooftop. And he entered to the concubines of his father in the sight of all Israel.2 Samuel 16:22

2 Samuel 16:23 Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was treated as if one were consulting God. So was every counsel of Ahithophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.2 Samuel 16:23

2 Samuel 17:1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom: “I will choose for myself twelve thousand men, and rising up, I will pursue David this night.2 Samuel 17:1

2 Samuel 17:2 And rushing against him, for he is weary and has weakened hands, I will strike him. And when all the people who are with him will have fled, I will strike down the king in isolation.2 Samuel 17:2

2 Samuel 17:3 And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace.”2 Samuel 17:3

2 Samuel 17:4 And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.2 Samuel 17:4

2 Samuel 17:5 But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.”2 Samuel 17:5

2 Samuel 17:6 And when Hushai had gone to Absalom, Absalom said to him: “Ahithophel has spoken a word in this manner. Should we do it or not? What counsel do you give?”2 Samuel 17:6

2 Samuel 17:7 And Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given at this time is not good.”2 Samuel 17:7

2 Samuel 17:8 And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.2 Samuel 17:8

2 Samuel 17:9 Perhaps now he hides in pits, or in another place, wherever he wills. And if by chance, in the beginning, anyone may fall, whoever hears about it, no matter what he has heard, will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who were following Absalom.’2 Samuel 17:9

2 Samuel 17:10 And even the very strong, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will be weakened out of fear. For all the people of Israel know your father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are robust.2 Samuel 17:10

2 Samuel 17:11 But this seems to me to be the right counsel: Let all of Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand of the sea which is innumerable. And you will be in their midst.2 Samuel 17:11

2 Samuel 17:12 And we shall rush against him in whatever place he will have been found. And we shall cover him, as the dew usually falls upon the ground. And we shall not leave behind even one of the men who are with him.2 Samuel 17:12

2 Samuel 17:13 And if he will enter into any city, all of Israel shall encircle that city with ropes. And we will pull it into the torrent, so that there may not be found even one small stone from it.”2 Samuel 17:13

2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.2 Samuel 17:14

2 Samuel 17:15 And Hushai said to the priests, Zadok and Abiathar: “Ahithophel gave counsel to Absalom and to the elders of Israel in this and that manner. And I gave counsel in such and such a manner.2 Samuel 17:15

2 Samuel 17:16 Now therefore, send quickly, and report to David, saying: ‘You shall not stay this night in the plains of the desert. Instead, without delay, go across. Otherwise the king may be engulfed, and all the people who are with him.’ ”2 Samuel 17:16

2 Samuel 17:17 But Jonathan and Ahimaaz remained beside the Fountain of Rogel. And a handmaid went away and reported it to them. And they set out, so that they might carry the report to king David. For they could not be seen, nor enter into the city.2 Samuel 17:17

2 Samuel 17:18 But a certain young man saw them, and he revealed it to Absalom. Yet truly, they traveled quickly and entered into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they descended into it.2 Samuel 17:18

2 Samuel 17:19 Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden.2 Samuel 17:19

2 Samuel 17:20 And when the servants of Absalom had entered into the house, they said to the woman, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman responded to them, “They passed through hurriedly, after they had taken a little water.” But those who were seeking them, when they had not found them, returned to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 17:20

2 Samuel 17:21 And when they had gone, they ascended from the well. And traveling, they reported to king David, and they said: “Rise up, and go across the river quickly. For Ahithophel has given a counsel of this kind against you.”2 Samuel 17:21

2 Samuel 17:22 Therefore, David rose up, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed over the Jordan, until first light. And not even one of them was left behind who had not crossed over the river.2 Samuel 17:22

2 Samuel 17:23 Then Ahithophel, seeing that his counsel had not been done, saddled his donkey, and he rose up and went away to his own house and to his own city. And putting his house in order, he killed himself by hanging. And he was buried in the sepulcher of his father.2 Samuel 17:23

2 Samuel 17:24 Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.2 Samuel 17:24

2 Samuel 17:25 Truly, Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man who was called Ithra of Jezrael, who entered to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, who was the mother of Joab.2 Samuel 17:25

2 Samuel 17:26 And Israel made camp with Absalom in the land of Gilead.2 Samuel 17:26

2 Samuel 17:27 And when David had arrived at the encampment, Shobi, the son of Nahash, from Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite of Rogelim,2 Samuel 17:27

2 Samuel 17:28 brought to him bedding, and tapestries, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and cooked grain, and beans, and lentils, and fried chick peas,2 Samuel 17:28

2 Samuel 17:29 and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.2 Samuel 17:29

2 Samuel 18:1 And so David, having reviewed his people, appointed over them tribunes and centurions.2 Samuel 18:1

2 Samuel 18:2 And he placed a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Ittai, who was from Gath. And the king said to the people, “I, too, will go forth with you.”2 Samuel 18:2

2 Samuel 18:3 And the people responded: “You shall not go out. For if we flee, there will not be great concern in them for us. Or if one half part of us will fall, they will not care much. For you are considered as one for ten thousand. Therefore, it is better that you should be in the city to strengthen us.”2 Samuel 18:3

2 Samuel 18:4 And the king said to them, “I will do whatever seems good to you.” Therefore, the king stood beside the gate. And the people went out by their troops, by hundreds and by thousands.2 Samuel 18:4

2 Samuel 18:5 And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Preserve for me the boy Absalom.” And all the people heard the king commanding all the leaders on behalf of Absalom.2 Samuel 18:5

2 Samuel 18:6 And so, the people departed into the field against Israel. And the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.2 Samuel 18:6

2 Samuel 18:7 And the people of Israel were cut down in that place by the army of David. And a great slaughter occurred on that day: twenty thousand men.2 Samuel 18:7

2 Samuel 18:8 Now the battle in that place was dispersed over the face of all the land. And there were many more of the people whom the forest had consumed, than the sword had devoured, on that day.2 Samuel 18:8

2 Samuel 18:9 Then it happened that Absalom, riding on a mule, met the servants of David. And when the mule had entered under a thick and large oak tree, his head became trapped in the oak. And while he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule on which he had been sitting continued on.2 Samuel 18:9

2 Samuel 18:10 Then a certain one saw this and reported it to Joab, saying, “I saw Absalom hanging from an oak.”2 Samuel 18:10

2 Samuel 18:11 And Joab said to the man who had reported it to him, “If you saw him, why did you not stab him to the ground, and I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt?”2 Samuel 18:11

2 Samuel 18:12 And he said to Joab: “Even if you weighed out to my hands one thousand silver coins, I would never lay my hands on the son of the king. For in our hearing the king ordered you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Keep for me the boy Absalom.’2 Samuel 18:12

2 Samuel 18:13 Then too, if I had acted with such audacity, against my own life, this would never have been able to be hidden from the king. And would you then have stood by my side?”2 Samuel 18:13

2 Samuel 18:14 And Joab said, “It will not be as you wish. Instead, I will be assailing him in your sight.” Then he took three lances in his hand, and he fixed them in the heart of Absalom. And while he was still clinging to life upon the oak,2 Samuel 18:14

2 Samuel 18:15 ten young men, armor bearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him, they killed him.2 Samuel 18:15

2 Samuel 18:16 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and he held back the people, lest they pursue Israel in their flight, for he was willing to spare the multitude.2 Samuel 18:16

2 Samuel 18:17 And they took Absalom, and they threw him into a great pit in the forest. And they piled an exceedingly great heap of stones over him. But all of Israel fled to their own tents.2 Samuel 18:17

2 Samuel 18:18 Now Absalom had raised up for himself, when he was still alive, a monument, which is in the Valley of the King. For he said, “I have no son, and so this shall be the memorial to my name.” And he called the monument by his own name. And it is called the Hand of Absalom, even to this day.2 Samuel 18:18

2 Samuel 18:19 Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, “I will run and report to the king that the Lord has accomplished judgment for him, from the hand of his enemies.”2 Samuel 18:19

2 Samuel 18:20 And Joab said to him: “You shall not be the messenger on this day. Instead, you shall report on another day. I am not willing for you to give the report today, because the son of the king is dead.”2 Samuel 18:20

2 Samuel 18:21 Then Joab said to Hushai, “Go, and report to the king what you have seen.” Hushai reverenced Joab, and he ran.2 Samuel 18:21

2 Samuel 18:22 And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, “What prevents me from running after Hushai also?” And Joab said to him: “Why do you want to run, my son? You would not be the bearer of good news.”2 Samuel 18:22

2 Samuel 18:23 And he responded, “But what if I do run?” And he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz, running along a shorter way, passed Hushai.2 Samuel 18:23

2 Samuel 18:24 Now David was sitting between the two gates. Truly, the watchman, who was at the summit of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.2 Samuel 18:24

2 Samuel 18:25 And crying out, he told the king. And the king said, “If he is alone, there is good news in his mouth.” But as he was advancing and drawing nearer,2 Samuel 18:25

2 Samuel 18:26 the watchman saw another man running. And so, crying out from the height, he said: “Another man has appeared, running alone.” And the king said, “This one also is a good messenger.”2 Samuel 18:26

2 Samuel 18:27 Then the watchman said, “The running of the closest one seems like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok.” And the king said, “He is a good man, and he arrives bearing good news.”2 Samuel 18:27

2 Samuel 18:28 Then, Ahimaaz, crying out, said to the king, “Be well, O king.” And reverencing the king prone on the ground before him, he said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has enclosed the men who had lifted up their hands against my lord the king.”2 Samuel 18:28

2 Samuel 18:29 And the king said, “Is there peace for the boy Absalom?” And Ahimaaz said: “I saw a great tumult, O king, when your servant Joab sent me, your servant. I know nothing else.”2 Samuel 18:29

2 Samuel 18:30 And the king said to him, “Pass, and stand here.” And when he had passed and stood still,2 Samuel 18:30

2 Samuel 18:31 Hushai appeared. And approaching, he said: “I bear good news, my lord the king. For today the Lord has judged for you, from the hand of all who had risen up against you.”2 Samuel 18:31

2 Samuel 18:32 But the king said to Hushai, “Is there peace for the boy Absalom?” And responding, Hushai said to him, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against him for evil, be as the boy is.”2 Samuel 18:32

2 Samuel 18:33 And so the king, being greatly saddened, ascended to the upper room of the gate, and he wept. And as he went, he was speaking in this manner: “My son Absalom! Absalom my son! Who can grant to me that I may die on your behalf? Absalom, my son! My son, Absalom!”2 Samuel 18:33

2 Samuel 19:1 Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.2 Samuel 19:1

2 Samuel 19:2 And so the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said on that day, “The king is grieving over his son.”2 Samuel 19:2

2 Samuel 19:3 And the people declined to enter the city on that day, in the manner that the people were accustomed to decline if they had turned and fled from battle.2 Samuel 19:3

2 Samuel 19:4 And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”2 Samuel 19:4

2 Samuel 19:5 Therefore, Joab, entering to the king in the house, said: “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who saved your life, and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines.2 Samuel 19:5

2 Samuel 19:6 You love those who hate you, and you hate those who love you. And you have revealed this day that you have no concern for your leaders and for your servants. And truly, I know now that if Absalom had lived, and if we all had been killed, then it would have pleased you.2 Samuel 19:6

2 Samuel 19:7 Now then, rise up and go out, and speak so as to make amends to your servants. For I swear to you by the Lord that if you will not go forth, not even one person will be left with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evils that have come to you, from your youth even to the present.”2 Samuel 19:7

2 Samuel 19:8 Therefore, the king rose up, and he sat at the gate. And it was announced to all the people that the king was sitting at the gate. And the entire multitude went before the king. But Israel fled to their own tents.2 Samuel 19:8

2 Samuel 19:9 And all the people were conflicted, in all the tribes of Israel, saying: “The king has freed us from the hand of our enemies. He himself saved us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he flees from the land for the sake of Absalom.2 Samuel 19:9

2 Samuel 19:10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in the war. How long will you be silent, and not lead back the king?”2 Samuel 19:10

2 Samuel 19:11 Then truly, king David sent to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, saying: “Speak to those greater by birth of Judah, saying: ‘Why have you arrived last to lead back the king into his house? (For the talk in all of Israel had reached the king in his house.)2 Samuel 19:11

2 Samuel 19:12 You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why are you the last to lead back the king?’2 Samuel 19:12

2 Samuel 19:13 And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do these things, and may he add these other things, if you will not be the leader of the military in my sight, for all time, in the place of Joab.’ ”2 Samuel 19:13

2 Samuel 19:14 And he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah, as if one man. And they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”2 Samuel 19:14

2 Samuel 19:15 And the king returned. And he went as far as the Jordan, and all of Judah went as far as Gilgal, so as to meet the king, and to lead him across the Jordan.2 Samuel 19:15

2 Samuel 19:16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, hurried and descended with the men of Judah to meet king David,2 Samuel 19:16

2 Samuel 19:17 with one thousand men from Benjamin, and with Ziba, the servant from the house of Saul. And with him were his fifteen sons and twenty servants. And going into the Jordan,2 Samuel 19:17

2 Samuel 19:18 they crossed the fords before the king, so that they might lead across the house of the king, and might act in accord with his order. Then, Shimei, the son of Gera, prostrating himself before the king after he had now gone across the Jordan,2 Samuel 19:18

2 Samuel 19:19 said to him: “May you not impute to me, my lord, the iniquity, nor call to mind the injuries, of your servant in the day that you, my lord the king, departed from Jerusalem. And may you not store it up in your heart, O king.2 Samuel 19:19

2 Samuel 19:20 For as your servant, I acknowledge my sin. And for this reason, today, I arrive as the first from all the house of Joseph, and I descend to meet my lord the king.”2 Samuel 19:20

2 Samuel 19:21 Yet truly, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, responding, said, “Should not Shimei, because of these words, be killed, since he cursed the Christ of the Lord?”2 Samuel 19:21

2 Samuel 19:22 And David said: “What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Why are you acting toward me this day like Satan? Why should any man be put to death on this day in Israel? Or do you not know that today I have been made king over Israel?”2 Samuel 19:22

2 Samuel 19:23 And the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And he swore to him.2 Samuel 19:23

2 Samuel 19:24 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed his feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.2 Samuel 19:24

2 Samuel 19:25 And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”2 Samuel 19:25

2 Samuel 19:26 And in response, he said: “My lord the king, my servant spurned me. And I, your servant, spoke to him so that he might saddle a donkey for me, and I might climb upon it and go with the king. For I, your servant, am lame.2 Samuel 19:26

2 Samuel 19:27 Moreover, he also accused me, your servant, to you, my lord the king. But you, my lord the king, are like an Angel of God. Do whatever is pleasing to you.2 Samuel 19:27

2 Samuel 19:28 For my father’s house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?”2 Samuel 19:28

2 Samuel 19:29 Then the king said to him: “Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions.”2 Samuel 19:29

2 Samuel 19:30 And Mephibosheth responded to the king, “But now let him take it all, since my lord the king has been returned peacefully into his own house.”2 Samuel 19:30

2 Samuel 19:31 Likewise, Barzillai the Gileadite, descending from Rogelim, led the king across the Jordan, having prepared also to follow him beyond the river.2 Samuel 19:31

2 Samuel 19:32 Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.2 Samuel 19:32

2 Samuel 19:33 And so the king said to Barzillai, “Come with me, so that you may rest securely with me in Jerusalem.”2 Samuel 19:33

2 Samuel 19:34 And Barzillai said to the king: “How many days remain in the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?2 Samuel 19:34

2 Samuel 19:35 Today I am eighty years old. Are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? Or is food and drink able to delight your servant? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singers? Why should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?2 Samuel 19:35

2 Samuel 19:36 I, your servant, shall procede a little ways from the Jordan with you. I am not in need of this recompense.2 Samuel 19:36

2 Samuel 19:37 But I beg you that I, your servant, may be returned and may die in my own city, and may be buried beside the sepulcher of my father and my mother. But there is your servant Chimham; let him go with you, my lord the king. And do for him whatever seems good to you.”2 Samuel 19:37

2 Samuel 19:38 And so the king said to him: “Let Chimham cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever will be pleasing to you. And all that you ask of me, you shall obtain.”2 Samuel 19:38

2 Samuel 19:39 And when the entire people and the king had crossed over the Jordan, the king kissed Barzillai, and he blessed him. And he returned to his own place.2 Samuel 19:39

2 Samuel 19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. Now all the people of Judah had led the king across, but only as much as one half part of the people of Israel were there.2 Samuel 19:40

2 Samuel 19:41 And so, all the men of Israel, running to the king, said to him: “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away. And why have they led the king and his house across the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”2 Samuel 19:41

2 Samuel 19:42 And all the men of Judah responded to the men of Israel: “Because the king is nearer to me. Why are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten anything belonging to the king, or have any gifts been given to us?”2 Samuel 19:42

2 Samuel 19:43 And the men of Israel responded to the men of Judah, and said: “I have the greater amount, ten parts, with the king, and so David belongs to me more so than to you. Why have you caused me injury, and why was it not announced to me first, so that I might lead back my king?” But the men of Judah answered more firmly than the men of Israel.2 Samuel 19:43

2 Samuel 20:1 And it happened that there was, in that place, a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a man of Benjamin. And he sounded the trumpet, and he said: “There is no portion for us in David, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Return to your own tents, O Israel.”2 Samuel 20:1

2 Samuel 20:2 And all of Israel separated from David, and they were following Sheba, the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clung to their king, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem.2 Samuel 20:2

2 Samuel 20:3 And when the king had entered his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women concubines, whom he had left behind to care for the house, and he put them into custody, allowing them provisions. But he did not enter to them. Instead, they were enclosed, even until the day of their deaths, living as widows.2 Samuel 20:3

2 Samuel 20:4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon to me all the men of Judah on the third day, and you shall be present also.”2 Samuel 20:4

2 Samuel 20:5 Therefore, Amasa went away, so that he might summon Judah. But he delayed beyond the agreed time that the king had appointed to him.2 Samuel 20:5

2 Samuel 20:6 And David said to Abishai: “Now Sheba, the son of Bichri, will afflict us more so than Absalom did. Therefore, take the servants of your lord, and pursue him, otherwise he may find fortified cities, and escape from us.”2 Samuel 20:6

2 Samuel 20:7 And so, the men of Joab departed with him, along with the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And all the able-bodied men went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba, the son of Bichri.2 Samuel 20:7

2 Samuel 20:8 And when they were beside the great stone, which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a close-fitting coat of equal length with his garment. And over these, he was girded with a sword hanging down to his thigh, in a scabbard which was made so that the sword could be removed with the least motion, and then strike.2 Samuel 20:8

2 Samuel 20:9 Then Joab said to Amasa, “Be well, my brother.” And he held Amasa by the chin with his right hand, as if to kiss him.2 Samuel 20:9

2 Samuel 20:10 But Amasa did not notice the sword that Joab had. And he struck him in the side, and his intestines poured out to the ground. And he did not inflict a second wound, and he died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba, the son of Bichri.2 Samuel 20:10

2 Samuel 20:11 Meanwhile, certain men, from the company of Joab, when they had stopped beside the dead body of Amasa, said: “Behold, the one who wished to be in the place of Joab, the companion of David.”2 Samuel 20:11

2 Samuel 20:12 Now Amasa was covered with blood, and was lying in the middle of the road. A certain man saw this, with all the people standing nearby to look at him, and he removed Amasa from the road into a field. And he covered him with a garment, so that those passing by would not stop because of him.2 Samuel 20:12

2 Samuel 20:13 Then, when he had been removed from the road, all the men continued on, following Joab in the pursuit of Sheba, the son of Bichri.2 Samuel 20:13

2 Samuel 20:14 Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel into Abel and Bethmaacah. And all the elect men had gathered together to him.2 Samuel 20:14

2 Samuel 20:15 And so, they went and besieged him at Abel and Bethmaacah. And they surrounded the city with siege works, and the city was blockaded. Then the entire crowd who were with Joab strove to destroy the walls.2 Samuel 20:15

2 Samuel 20:16 And a wise woman exclaimed from the city: “Listen, listen, and say to Joab: Draw near, and I will speak with you.”2 Samuel 20:16

2 Samuel 20:17 And when he had drawn near to her, she said to him, “Are you Joab?” And he responded, “I am.” And she spoke in this way to him, “Listen to the words of your handmaid.” He responded, “I am listening.”2 Samuel 20:17

2 Samuel 20:18 And again she spoke: “A word was said in the old proverb, ‘Those who would inquire, let them inquire in Abel.’ And so they would reach a conclusion.2 Samuel 20:18

2 Samuel 20:19 Am I not the one who responds with the truth in Israel? And yet you are seeking to overthrow the city, and to overturn a mother in Israel! Why would you cast down the inheritance of the Lord?”2 Samuel 20:19

2 Samuel 20:20 And responding, Joab said: “May this be far, may this be far from me! May I not cast down, and may I not demolish.2 Samuel 20:20

2 Samuel 20:21 The matter is not as you said. Rather, a man from mount Ephraim, Sheba, the son of Bichri, by name, has lifted up his hand against king David. Deliver him alone, and we will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown down to you from the wall.’2 Samuel 20:21

2 Samuel 20:22 Therefore, she entered to all the people, and she spoke to them wisely. And they cut off the head of Sheba, the son of Bichri, and they threw it down to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, each one to his own tent. But Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.2 Samuel 20:22

2 Samuel 20:23 Thus Joab was over the entire army of Israel. And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cerethites and Phelethites.2 Samuel 20:23

2 Samuel 20:24 Yet truly, Adoram was over the tributes. And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the keeper of records.2 Samuel 20:24

2 Samuel 20:25 Now Sheva was the scribe. And truly Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.2 Samuel 20:25

2 Samuel 20:26 But Ira, the Jairite, was the priest of David.2 Samuel 20:26

2 Samuel 21:1 And a famine occurred, during the days of David, for three years continuously. And David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: “This is because of Saul, and his house of bloodshed. For he killed the Gibeonites.”2 Samuel 21:1

2 Samuel 21:2 Therefore, the king, calling for the Gibeonites, spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but were the remnant of the Amorites. And the sons of Israel had sworn an oath to them, but Saul wished to strike them in zeal, as if on behalf of the sons of Israel and Judah.2 Samuel 21:2

2 Samuel 21:3 Therefore, David said to the Gibeonites: “What shall I do for you? And what shall be your satisfaction, so that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?”2 Samuel 21:3

2 Samuel 21:4 And the Gibeonites said to him: “There is no quarrel for us over silver or gold, but against Saul and against his house. And we do not desire that any man of Israel be put to death.” The king said to them, “Then what do you wish that I should do for you?”2 Samuel 21:4

2 Samuel 21:5 And they said to the king: “The man who unjustly afflicted and oppressed us, we ought to destroy in such manner that not even one of his stock may be left behind in all the parts of Israel.2 Samuel 21:5

2 Samuel 21:6 Let seven men from his sons be given to us, so that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gibeon of Saul, formerly the chosen place of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.”2 Samuel 21:6

2 Samuel 21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord which had been made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.2 Samuel 21:7

2 Samuel 21:8 And so the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she conceived of Adriel, the son of Barzillai, who was from Meholath,2 Samuel 21:8

2 Samuel 21:9 and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites. And they crucified them on a hill in the sight of the Lord. And these seven fell together in the first days of the harvest, when the barley is beginning to be reaped.2 Samuel 21:9

2 Samuel 21:10 Then Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, taking a haircloth, spread it under herself on a rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water dropped from heaven upon them. And she did not permit the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.2 Samuel 21:10

2 Samuel 21:11 And it was reported to David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.2 Samuel 21:11

2 Samuel 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of his son Jonathan, from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had suspended them after they had slain Saul at Gilboa.2 Samuel 21:12

2 Samuel 21:13 And he brought the bones of Saul, and the bones of his son Jonathan, from there. And they collected the bones of those who had been crucified.2 Samuel 21:13

2 Samuel 21:14 And they buried them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan, in the land of Benjamin, to the side of the sepulcher of his father Kish. And they did all that the king had instructed. And after these things, God showed favor again to the land.2 Samuel 21:14

2 Samuel 21:15 Then the Philistines again undertook a battle against Israel. And David descended, and his servants with him, and they fought against the Philistines. But when David grew faint,2 Samuel 21:15

2 Samuel 21:16 Ishbibenob, who was of the ancestry of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, who had been girded with a new sword, strove to strike down David.2 Samuel 21:16

2 Samuel 21:17 And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, defended him, and striking the Philistine, he killed him. Then David’s men swore an oath to him, saying, “You shall no longer go out to war with us, lest you extinguish the lamp of Israel.”2 Samuel 21:17

2 Samuel 21:18 Also, a second war occurred in Gob against the Philistines. Then Sibbecai from Hushah struck down Saph, from the stock of Arapha, of the ancestry of the giants.2 Samuel 21:18

2 Samuel 21:19 Then there was a third war in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus, a son of the forest, a weaver from Bethlehem, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like the beam used by a cloth maker.2 Samuel 21:19

2 Samuel 21:20 A fourth battle was in Gath. In that place, there was a lofty man, who had six digits on each hand and each foot, that is, twenty-four in all, and he was from the origins of Arapha.2 Samuel 21:20

2 Samuel 21:21 And he blasphemed Israel. So Jonathan, the son of Shimei, the brother of David, struck him down.2 Samuel 21:21

2 Samuel 21:22 These four men were born of Arapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and his servants.2 Samuel 21:22

2 Samuel 22:1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this verse, in the day that the Lord freed him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.2 Samuel 22:1

2 Samuel 22:2 And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.2 Samuel 22:2

2 Samuel 22:3 I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.2 Samuel 22:3

2 Samuel 22:4 I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.2 Samuel 22:4

2 Samuel 22:5 For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.2 Samuel 22:5

2 Samuel 22:6 The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.2 Samuel 22:6

2 Samuel 22:7 In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.2 Samuel 22:7

2 Samuel 22:8 The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.2 Samuel 22:8

2 Samuel 22:9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.2 Samuel 22:9

2 Samuel 22:10 He bent down the heavens, and it descended; and a fog was beneath his feet.2 Samuel 22:10

2 Samuel 22:11 And he climbed upon the cherubim, and he flew; and he slid upon the wings of the wind.2 Samuel 22:11

2 Samuel 22:12 He set darkness as a hiding place around himself, with waters sifted from the clouds of the heavens.2 Samuel 22:12

2 Samuel 22:13 By means of the brightness of his glance, coals of fire were kindled.2 Samuel 22:13

2 Samuel 22:14 The Lord will thunder from heaven; and the Most High will utter his voice.2 Samuel 22:14

2 Samuel 22:15 He shot arrows, and he scattered them; lightning, and he consumed them.2 Samuel 22:15

2 Samuel 22:16 And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.2 Samuel 22:16

2 Samuel 22:17 He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.2 Samuel 22:17

2 Samuel 22:18 He freed me from my most powerful enemy and from those who had hated me. For they were too strong for me.2 Samuel 22:18

2 Samuel 22:19 He went before me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firmament.2 Samuel 22:19

2 Samuel 22:20 And he led me out to a wide-open place. He freed me, because I was pleasing to him.2 Samuel 22:20

2 Samuel 22:21 The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.2 Samuel 22:21

2 Samuel 22:22 For I have kept to the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously before my God.2 Samuel 22:22

2 Samuel 22:23 For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.2 Samuel 22:23

2 Samuel 22:24 And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.2 Samuel 22:24

2 Samuel 22:25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.2 Samuel 22:25

2 Samuel 22:26 With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.2 Samuel 22:26

2 Samuel 22:27 With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.2 Samuel 22:27

2 Samuel 22:28 And you will bring to salvation the poor people, and you will humble the exalted with your eyes.2 Samuel 22:28

2 Samuel 22:29 For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.2 Samuel 22:29

2 Samuel 22:30 For in you, I will run girded. In my God, I will leap over the wall.2 Samuel 22:30

2 Samuel 22:31 God, his way is immaculate; the eloquence of the Lord is an exacting fire. He is the shield of all who hope in him.2 Samuel 22:31

2 Samuel 22:32 Who is God except the Lord? And who is strong except our God?2 Samuel 22:32

2 Samuel 22:33 God, he has girded me with fortitude, and he has made my way perfect:2 Samuel 22:33

2 Samuel 22:34 making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,2 Samuel 22:34

2 Samuel 22:35 teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.2 Samuel 22:35

2 Samuel 22:36 You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.2 Samuel 22:36

2 Samuel 22:37 You will enlarge my steps under me, and my ankles will not fail.2 Samuel 22:37

2 Samuel 22:38 I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them.2 Samuel 22:38

2 Samuel 22:39 I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.2 Samuel 22:39

2 Samuel 22:40 You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.2 Samuel 22:40

2 Samuel 22:41 You have caused my enemies to turn their back to me; they have hatred for me, and I shall destroy them.2 Samuel 22:41

2 Samuel 22:42 They will cry out, and there will be no one to save; to the Lord, and he will not heed them.2 Samuel 22:42

2 Samuel 22:43 I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.2 Samuel 22:43

2 Samuel 22:44 You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me.2 Samuel 22:44

2 Samuel 22:45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.2 Samuel 22:45

2 Samuel 22:46 The foreigners flowed away, but they will be drawn together in their anguishes.2 Samuel 22:46

2 Samuel 22:47 The Lord lives, and my God is blessed. And the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.2 Samuel 22:47

2 Samuel 22:48 God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me.2 Samuel 22:48

2 Samuel 22:49 He leads me away from my enemies, and he lifts me up from those who resist me. You will free me from the iniquitous man.2 Samuel 22:49

2 Samuel 22:50 Because of this, I will confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name:2 Samuel 22:50

2 Samuel 22:51 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring forever.”2 Samuel 22:51

2 Samuel 23:1 These are the last words of David. Now David, the son of Jesse, the man to whom it was appointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob, the preeminent psalmist of Israel said:2 Samuel 23:1

2 Samuel 23:2 “The Spirit of the Lord has spoken through me, and his word was spoken through my tongue.2 Samuel 23:2

2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel spoke to me, the Strong One of Israel spoke, the Ruler of men, the Just Ruler, in the fear of God,2 Samuel 23:3

2 Samuel 23:4 like the first light of the morning as the sun is rising, when a morning without clouds glows red, and like plants springing forth from the earth after a rainfall.2 Samuel 23:4

2 Samuel 23:5 But my house is not so great with God that he should undertake an eternal covenant with me, firm and fortified in all things. For he is the entirety of my salvation and the entirety of my will. And there is nothing of this which will not spring forth.2 Samuel 23:5

2 Samuel 23:6 But all prevaricators shall be plucked out like thorns, yet they are not taken away by hands.2 Samuel 23:6

2 Samuel 23:7 And if anyone wishes to touch them, he must be armed with iron and a wooden lance. And they shall be set ablaze and burned to nothing.”2 Samuel 23:7

2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of the valiant of David. Sitting in the chair was the wisest leader among the three; he was like a very tender little worm in a tree, who killed eight hundred men in one attack.2 Samuel 23:8

2 Samuel 23:9 After him, there was Eleazar, the son of his paternal uncle, an Ahohite, who was among the three valiant men who were with David when they chastised the Philistines, and they were gathered together in battle there.2 Samuel 23:9

2 Samuel 23:10 And when the men of Israel had gone up, he himself stood fast and struck down the Philistines, until his hand grew weak and stiff with the sword. And the Lord wrought a great salvation on that day. And the people who had fled returned to take up the spoils of the slain.2 Samuel 23:10

2 Samuel 23:11 And after him, there was Shammah, the son of Agee, from Hara. And the Philistines gathered together at an outpost. For a field full of lentils was in that place. And when the people had fled from the face of the Philistines,2 Samuel 23:11

2 Samuel 23:12 he stood fast in the middle of the field, and it was protected by him. And he struck down the Philistines. And the Lord wrought a great salvation.2 Samuel 23:12

2 Samuel 23:13 And moreover, before this, the three who were leaders among the thirty descended and went to David at harvest time, in the cave of Adullam. But the camp of the Philistines was positioned in the Valley of the giants.2 Samuel 23:13

2 Samuel 23:14 And David was in a stronghold. Moreover, there was a garrison of the Philistines at that time in Bethlehem.2 Samuel 23:14

2 Samuel 23:15 Then David desired, and he said, “If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the cistern, which is in Bethlehem beside the gate!”2 Samuel 23:15

2 Samuel 23:16 Therefore, the three valiant men burst into the encampment of the Philistines, and they drew water from the cistern of Bethlehem, which was beside the gate. And they brought it to David. Yet he was not willing to drink; instead, he poured it out to the Lord,2 Samuel 23:16

2 Samuel 23:17 saying: “May the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not do this. Should I drink the blood of these men who have set out to the peril of their own lives?” Therefore, he was not willing to drink. These things were accomplished by these three robust men.2 Samuel 23:17

2 Samuel 23:18 Also Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was first among the three. It was he who lifted up his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed. And he was renowned among the three,2 Samuel 23:18

2 Samuel 23:19 and he was the noblest of the three, and he was their leader. But at first he did not attain to the three.2 Samuel 23:19

2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a very strong man of great deeds, was from Kabzeel. He slew the two lions of Moab, and he descended and slew a lion in the middle of a den, in the days of snow.2 Samuel 23:20

2 Samuel 23:21 He also killed an Egyptian who had a spear in his hand, a man worthy to behold. And yet he had gone down to him with only a staff. And he forced the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and he killed him with his own spear.2 Samuel 23:21

2 Samuel 23:22 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, accomplished these things.2 Samuel 23:22

2 Samuel 23:23 And he was renowned among the three robust men, who were the most noble among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not attain to the three, until David made him his secret advisor.2 Samuel 23:23

2 Samuel 23:24 Among the thirty were: Asahel, the brother of Joab, Elhanan, the son of his paternal uncle, from Bethlehem,2 Samuel 23:24

2 Samuel 23:25 Shammah from Harod, Elika from Harod,2 Samuel 23:25

2 Samuel 23:26 Helez from Palti, Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa,2 Samuel 23:26

2 Samuel 23:27 Abiezer from Anathoth, Mebunnai from Hushah,2 Samuel 23:27

2 Samuel 23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,2 Samuel 23:28

2 Samuel 23:29 Heleb, the son of Baanah, also himself a Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin,2 Samuel 23:29

2 Samuel 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the Torrent Gaash,2 Samuel 23:30

2 Samuel 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth from Beromi,2 Samuel 23:31

2 Samuel 23:32 Eliahba from Shaalbon; the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,2 Samuel 23:32

2 Samuel 23:33 Shammah from Orori, Ahiam, the son of Sharar, the Hararite,2 Samuel 23:33

2 Samuel 23:34 Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai, the son of Maacath, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel, the Gilonite,2 Samuel 23:34

2 Samuel 23:35 Hezrai from Carmel, Paarai from Arbi,2 Samuel 23:35

2 Samuel 23:36 Igal, the son of Nathan, from Zobah, Bani from Gad,2 Samuel 23:36

2 Samuel 23:37 Zelek from Ammon, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor bearer of Joab, the son of Zeruiah,2 Samuel 23:37

2 Samuel 23:38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb also an Ithrite,2 Samuel 23:38

2 Samuel 23:39 Uriah the Hittite: altogether thirty seven2 Samuel 23:39

2 Samuel 24:1 And the fury of the Lord was again kindled against Israel, and he stirred up David among them, saying: “Go, number Israel and Judah.”2 Samuel 24:1

2 Samuel 24:2 And the king said to Joab, the leader of his army, “Travel through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, so that I may know their number.”2 Samuel 24:2

2 Samuel 24:3 And Joab said to the king: “May the Lord your God increase your people, who are already great in number, and may he again increase them, one hundredfold, in the sight of my lord the king. But what does my lord the king intend for himself by this kind of thing?”2 Samuel 24:3

2 Samuel 24:4 But the words of the king prevailed over the words of Joab and the leaders of the army. And so Joab and the leaders of the military departed from the face of the king, so that they might number the people of Israel.2 Samuel 24:4

2 Samuel 24:5 And when they had passed across the Jordan, they arrived at Aroer, to the right of the city, which is in the Valley of Gad.2 Samuel 24:5

2 Samuel 24:6 And they continued on through Jazer, into Gilead, and to the lower land of Hodsi. And they arrived in the woodlands of Dan. And going around beside Sidon,2 Samuel 24:6

2 Samuel 24:7 they passed near the walls of Tyre, and near all the land of the Hivite and the Canaanite. And they went into the south of Judah, to Beersheba.2 Samuel 24:7

2 Samuel 24:8 And having inspected the entire land, after nine months and twenty days, they were present in Jerusalem.2 Samuel 24:8

2 Samuel 24:9 Then Joab gave the number of the description of the people to the king. And there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand able-bodied men, who might draw the sword; and of Judah, five hundred thousand fighting men.2 Samuel 24:9

2 Samuel 24:10 Then the heart of David struck him, after the people were numbered. And David said to the Lord: “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But I pray that you, O Lord, may take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted very foolishly.”2 Samuel 24:10

2 Samuel 24:11 And David rose up in the morning, and the word of the Lord went to Gad, the prophet and seer of David, saying:2 Samuel 24:11

2 Samuel 24:12 “Go, and say to David: ‘Thus says the Lord: I present to you a choice of three things. Choose one of these, whichever you will, so that I may do it to you.’ ”2 Samuel 24:12

2 Samuel 24:13 And when Gad had gone to David, he announced it to him, saying: “Either seven years of famine will come to you in your land; or you will flee for three months from your adversaries, and they will pursue you; or there will be a pestilence in your land for three days. Now then, deliberate, and see what word I may respond to him who sent me.”2 Samuel 24:13

2 Samuel 24:14 Then David said to Gad: “I am in great anguish. But it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men.”2 Samuel 24:14

2 Samuel 24:15 And the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people, from Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand men.2 Samuel 24:15

2 Samuel 24:16 And when the Angel of the Lord had extended his hand over Jerusalem, so that he might destroy it, the Lord took pity on the affliction. And he said to the Angel who was striking the people: “It is enough. Hold back your hand now.” And the Angel of the Lord was beside the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.2 Samuel 24:16

2 Samuel 24:17 And when he had seen the Angel cutting down the people, David said to the Lord: “I am the one who sinned. I have acted iniquitously. These ones who are the sheep, what have they done? I beg you that your hand may be turned against me and against my father’s house.”2 Samuel 24:17

2 Samuel 24:18 Then Gad went to David on that day, and he said, “Ascend and construct an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”2 Samuel 24:18

2 Samuel 24:19 And David ascended in accord with the word of Gad, which the Lord had commanded to him.2 Samuel 24:19

2 Samuel 24:20 And looking out, Araunah turned his attention to the king and his servants, passing toward him.2 Samuel 24:20

2 Samuel 24:21 And going out, he adored the king, lying prone with his face to the ground, and he said, “What is the reason that my lord the king has come to his servant?” And David said to him, “So as to purchase the threshing floor from you, and to build an altar to the Lord, and to quiet the plague that rages among the people.”2 Samuel 24:21

2 Samuel 24:22 And Araunah said to David: “May my lord the king offer and accept whatever is pleasing to him. You have oxen for a holocaust, and the cart and the yokes of the oxen to use for wood.”2 Samuel 24:22

2 Samuel 24:23 All these things Araunah gave, as a king to a king. And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept your vow.”2 Samuel 24:23

2 Samuel 24:24 And in response, the king said to him: “It shall not be as you wish. Instead, I will purchase it from you at a price. For I will not offer to the Lord, my God, holocausts that cost nothing.” Therefore, David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.2 Samuel 24:24

2 Samuel 24:25 And in that place, David built an altar to the Lord. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings. And the Lord was gracious to the land, and the plague was held back from Israel.2 Samuel 24:25

Number of the word / term Samuel in 2 Samuel: 695

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 6:28 The sons of Samuel: Vasseni the firstborn, and Abijah.1 Chronicles 6:28

1 Chronicles 6:33 Truly, these are the ones who were assisting, with their sons, from the sons of Kohath: the singer Heman, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,1 Chronicles 6:33

1 Chronicles 9:22 All these, chosen as porters for the gates, were two hundred twelve. And they were recorded in their own towns, those whom David, and the seer Samuel, appointed, in their faith,1 Chronicles 9:22

1 Chronicles 11:3 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel went to the king at Hebron. And David formed a pact with them before the Lord. And they anointed him king over Israel, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Samuel.1 Chronicles 11:3

1 Chronicles 26:28 Now all these things were sanctified by Samuel, the seer, and by Saul, the son of Kish, and by Abner, the son of Ner, and by Joab, the son of Zeruiah. All those who had sanctified these were under the hand of Shelomoth and his brothers.1 Chronicles 26:28

1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of king David, from the first to the last, have been written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,1 Chronicles 29:29

Number of the word / term Samuel in 1 Chronicles: 6

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 35:18 There was no Passover similar to this one in Israel, from the days of Samuel the prophet. And neither did anyone, out of all the kings of Israel, keep such a Passover as did Josiah, the priests and Levites, and all those of Judah and Israel who had been found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 35:18

Number of the word / term Samuel in 2 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book Psalm

Psalm 99:6 Moses and Aaron are among his priests, and Samuel is among those who call upon his name. They called upon the Lord, and he heeded them.Psalm 99:6

Number of the word / term Samuel in Psalm: 1

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book Jeremiah

Jeremiah 15:1 And the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!Jeremiah 15:1

Number of the word / term Samuel in Jeremiah: 1

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book Acts

Acts 3:24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and thereafter, have announced these days.Acts 3:24

Acts 13:20 after about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave them judges, even until the prophet Samuel.Acts 13:20

Number of the word / term Samuel in Acts: 2

Bible passages with ‘Samuel’ in the book Hebrews

Hebrews 11:32 And what should I say next? For time is not sufficient for me to give an account of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the Prophets:Hebrews 11:32

Number of the word / term ‘Samuel’ in Hebrews: 1

These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.

Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 1518