1 Samuel 28 Cross References - LEB

¹ _⌊Now_⌋* in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war to fight against Israel. So Achish said to David, "Certainly you realize that you must go out with me in the army, you and your men." ² David said to Achish, "Very well, you will know what your servant can do." Achish said to David, "Very well, I will make you _⌊my bodyguard_⌋* for life." ³ (Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him, and they had buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had expelled the mediums* and the soothsayers from the land.) ⁴ Then the Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem, so Saul assembled all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa. ⁵ When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly. ⁶ And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim* or by the prophets. ⁷ So Saul said to his servants, "Search for me _⌊a woman who is a medium_⌋* so that I may go to her and inquire of her." His servants said to him, "Look there is a woman who is a medium in Endor." ⁸ So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went _⌊with two of his men_⌋.* And they came to the woman by night and he said, "Please consult a spirit for me through _⌊the ritual pit_⌋,* and bring up for me the one whom I tell you." ⁹ But the woman said to him, "Look, you know what Saul did, how he exterminated the mediums* and the soothsayers from the land! Why are you setting a trap for my life to kill me?" ¹⁰ Then Saul swore to her by Yahweh, "_⌊As Yahweh lives_⌋,* _⌊you will not be punished_⌋* for this thing." ¹¹ So the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" He said, "Bring up Samuel for me." ¹² When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice, and the woman said to Saul, "Why did you deceive me? You are Saul!" ¹³ The king said to her, "Do not be afraid! What do you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I see a god* coming up from the ground!" ¹⁴ Then he said to her, "What is his appearance?" She said, "An old man is coming up, and _⌊he is wrapped in a robe_⌋."* Then Saul realized that it was Samuel, and he knelt with his face to the ground and bowed down. ¹⁵ Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul said, "_⌊I am in distress_⌋!* For the Philistines are about to make war against me, but God has turned away from me, and he does not answer me any more, not _⌊by the prophets_⌋* or by the dreams. So I called to you to let me know what I should do." ¹⁶ Then Samuel said, "Why do you ask me, since Yahweh has turned away from you and has become your enemy? ¹⁷ Yahweh has done to you just as he spoke by my hand! Yahweh has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor, to David. ¹⁸ Because you _⌊did not obey_⌋* Yahweh and did not carry out the fierce anger of his _⌊wrath_⌋* against Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you today. ¹⁹ And Yahweh will also give Israel with you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and Yahweh will also give the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines." ²⁰ _⌊Then Saul immediately fell prostrate_⌋* to the ground, and he was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; there was no more strength in him, for he had not eaten food all day and all night. ²¹ Then the woman came to Saul and realized that he was absolutely* terrified, so she said to him, "Look, your female servant _⌊has obeyed you_⌋,* and I have _⌊risked my life_⌋.* I have listened to your words that you have spoken to me. ²² So then, you also please listen to the voice of your female servant, and let me set before you a morsel of bread, and you eat so that _⌊you will have strength_⌋* in you when you go on your* way." ²³ But he refused and said, "I will not eat!" However, his servants urged him, and the woman also. So he listened _⌊to what they said_⌋,* and he got up from the ground and sat on the bed. ²⁴ Now the woman had a fattened bull calf in the house, _⌊so she quickly slaughtered it_⌋* and took flour, kneaded dough, and baked him some unleavened bread. ²⁵ She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and went away that very night.

¹ These are the nations that Yahweh left, to test Israel by them (that is, to test all those who _⌊had not experienced_⌋* any of the wars of Canaan, ² in order that the generations of Israel would know war, to teach those _⌊who had not experienced it_⌋* before): ³ the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites,* the Sidonians,* and the Hivites* living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon up to Lebo-Hamath. ⁴ They were left for testing Israel, to know whether they would keep the commands of Yahweh that he commanded their ancestors* through the hand of Moses.

⁷ Now when the Philistines heard that the _⌊Israelites_⌋* had gathered at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the _⌊Israelites_⌋* heard of it, _⌊they were afraid of the Philistines_⌋.*

⁵ And the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and an army as numerous as sand which is on the seashore. And they came up and encamped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.

¹ The Philistines gathered their camps* for battle and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah. They camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes Dammim.

¹² And Achish trusted David, saying, "_⌊He has made himself utterly hated_⌋* among his people in Israel, and he will be my servant forever."

¹ Now the Philistines assembled all their forces at Aphek, and Israel was encamped at the spring that is in Jezreel. ² The rulers of the Philistines were passing on according to hundreds and thousands, David and his men passing on at the rear with Achish. ³ Then the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, who has been with me _⌊for days and years_⌋?* I have not found anything threatening in him from the day of his desertion until this day!"

¹⁰ And Achish said, "Against whom have you raided today?" David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites."

¹⁶ When Hushai the Arkite the friend of David came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king, long live the king!" ¹⁷ Absalom said to Hushai, "This is your loyal love with your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?" ¹⁸ Then Hushai said to Absalom, "No, rather, whom Yahweh and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, to him* I will be, and with him I will remain. ¹⁹ _⌊Furthermore_⌋,* for whom have I served? Is it not in the presence of his son that I have served before your father? _⌊So shall I serve you_⌋!"*

⁹ Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; be attached to what is good,

¹⁸ " 'You will not let a witch live.

³¹ " 'You* shall not turn to the mediums and to the soothsayers; you* shall not seek them to become unclean with them; I am Yahweh your* God.

⁶ As for* the person who turns to the mediums and the soothsayers to prostitute after them, I will set* my face against that person, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people.

²⁷ " 'And a man or a woman, if a spirit of the dead or a spirit of divination is in them, they shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones*—their blood is on them.'"

¹⁰ There shall not be found among you one who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or _⌊one who practices divination_⌋,* or an interpreter of signs,* or an augur,* or sorcerer, ¹¹ or one who casts magic spells, or one who consults a spirit of the dead,* or spiritist, or one who inquires of the dead.*

¹⁷ Then _⌊he returned_⌋* to Ramah, because his house was there, and there he judged Israel, and he built an altar to Yahweh there.

²³ For rebellion is like the sin of divination; arrogance is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has rejected you from being king!"

¹ Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him. They buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David got up and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

⁹ But the woman said to him, "Look, you know what Saul did, how he exterminated the mediums* and the soothsayers from the land! Why are you setting a trap for my life to kill me?"

¹ The righteous one perishes, and there is no one who takes* it to heart. And men of faithfulness are gathered, while there is no one who understands, for the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness. ² he enters into peace; they will rest on their beds, walking straight ahead of him.

¹⁶ And it happened that as* we were going to the place of prayer, a certain female slave who had a spirit of divination* met us, who was bringing a large profit to her owners by* fortune-telling. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and us and* was crying out, saying, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!" ¹⁸ And she was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out _⌊immediately_⌋.* ¹⁹ But when* her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and* dragged them* into the marketplace before the rulers.

¹⁸ Their border went to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

¹ Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

⁶ The young man who was reporting to him said, "I merely happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Here Saul was leaning on his spear, and look, the chariots and the horsemen were getting close to him.

²¹ O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you or on the fields of grain for offerings, for there the small shield of the mighty was defiled, the small shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

¹² So David left and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the rulers of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines hung them _⌊when_⌋* the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.

⁸ It happened one day that Elisha passed through to Shunem where there was a wealthy woman, and she urged him to eat bread; so it happened each time he passed through, he would stop there to eat.

²¹ Sounds of terror are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come against him.

¹¹ "Sudden terrors terrify him all around, and they chase him at his heels.

⁵ _⌊They themselves saw_⌋* it, so they were astonished. They were terrified; they ran off. ⁶ Trembling seized them there— pain as of a woman in labor.

¹⁹ How they become a desolation in a moment! They come to a complete end by terrors.

²⁴ The dread of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

² When it was reported to the house of David, saying "Aram stands by Ephraim," his heart and the heart of his people shook like the shaking of the trees of the forest because of the wind.

³ Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman giving birth. I am _⌊too bent to hear_⌋,* I am _⌊too dismayed to see_⌋.* ⁴ My _⌊mind_⌋* staggers; fear terrifies me; the twilight _⌊I desired_⌋* _⌊brought_⌋* me fear.

²⁰ But* the wicked are like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud. ²¹ There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

⁶ Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and _⌊his hip joints gave way_⌋* and _⌊his knees knocked together_⌋.*

¹² And he dreamed, and behold, a stairway was set on the earth, and its top touched the heavens. And behold, angels of God were going up and going down on it. ¹³ And behold, Yahweh was standing beside him,* and he said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The ground on which you were sleeping I will give to you and to your descendants. ¹⁴ Your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants. ¹⁵ Now behold, I am with you, and I will keep you wherever you go. And I will bring you to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised to you."

² And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am." ³ Then he said, "I am the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. ⁴ I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I myself will also bring you up. And Joseph will place his hand over your eyes."

²⁰ and the fourth row is a turquoise and an onyx and a jasper. Their settings will be woven with gold.

³⁰ And you will put the Urim and the Thummim on the breast piece of judgment, and they will be on the heart of Aaron when he comes before Yahweh, and Aaron will bear the judgment of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* on his heart before Yahweh continually.

⁶ and he said,
"Please hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak to him in a dream.*

²¹ He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will ask for him by the decision* of the Urim before Yahweh. On _⌊his command_⌋* they will go out, and at _⌊his command_⌋* they will come in, both he and all of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* with him, the entire community."

⁸ And of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim are for _⌊your faithful one_⌋,* _⌊whom you tested at Massah_⌋;* you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

³⁷ So Saul inquired of God, "Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" But he did not answer him on that day.

¹³ So Saul died on account of his sin which he had sinned against Yahweh concerning the command of Yahweh that he did not keep. He also consulted a medium to seek guidance. ¹⁴ But he did not seek Yahweh. So Yahweh put him to death and turned over the kingship to David, the son of Jesse.

¹⁴ Indeed, God speaks in one way, even* in two,* yet someone does not perceive it. ¹⁵ "In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls on men slumbering on their bed, ¹⁶ then he opens the ear of men, and _⌊he frightens them with a warning_⌋*

⁹ We do not see our signs, and there is no longer a prophet. No one with us knows how long.

¹ Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: ² To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding, ³ to gain _⌊insightful instruction_⌋,* righteousness and justice and equity, ⁴ to give shrewdness* to the simple, knowledge and purpose* to the young, ⁵ may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,* ⁶ to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles. ⁷ Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise. ⁸ My child, may you keep* your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings, ⁹ for they are a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck. ¹⁰ My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent. ¹¹ If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.* ¹² Like Sheol,* we will swallow them alive and whole, _⌊like those who descend to the pit_⌋.* ¹³ We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses with booty, ¹⁴ you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us." ¹⁵ My child, do not walk in their way.* Keep your foot from their paths, ¹⁶ for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood, ¹⁷ for "in vain* is the net scattered, in the sight of any _⌊winged bird_⌋."* ¹⁸ They lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush their own lives. ¹⁹ Thus are the ways of all who are greedy for gain— it will take the life of its possessors. ²⁰ Wisdom calls out in the streets, in the squares she raises her voice. ²¹ On a _⌊busy corner_⌋* she cries out, at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings: ²² "_⌊How long_⌋,* O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And how long will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge? ²³ May you turn to my argument!* Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you. ²⁴ Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds. ²⁵ You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing to accept. ²⁶ I will also laugh at your calamity;* I will mock when panic* comes upon you. ²⁷ When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you, ²⁸ then they will call* me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me. ²⁹ Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh, ³⁰ they were not willing to accept my counsel, they despised all my reproof. ³¹ They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes, ³² for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. ³³ Whoever listens to me will dwell in security and rest securely* from dread and disaster."

¹ Do not boast _⌊about tomorrow_⌋,* for you do not know what the day will bring. ² May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips. ³ Heavy is a stone and weighty is sand, but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them. ⁴ Cruel is wrath and overwhelming is anger, but who will stand before jealousy? ⁵ Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden. ⁶ The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane. ⁷ An _⌊appetite_⌋* that is sated spurns honey, but to an _⌊appetite_⌋* that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet. ⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place. ⁹ Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend is _⌊personal advice_⌋.* ¹⁰ As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them, and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother. ¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word. ¹² When the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on and suffer. ¹³ Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger, and to _⌊an adulteress_⌋*—so take his pledge. ¹⁴ He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him. ¹⁵ Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman* of contention are alike. ¹⁶ In restraining her, he restrains wind,* and his right hand will grasp oil*. ¹⁷ As iron sharpens* iron, so _⌊one man sharpens another_⌋.* ¹⁸ He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master* will be honored. ¹⁹ As the waters reflect _⌊face to face_⌋,* so the heart of a person reflects the person. ²⁰ Sheol* and Abaddon* will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either. ²¹ A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him. ²² If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle _⌊along with_⌋* the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him. ²³ You will surely know the _⌊condition_⌋* of your flock; your heart* attends to the herds. ²⁴ For riches are not forever, nor a crown for generation after generation. ²⁵ When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered. ²⁶ Lambs will be your clothing, and goats the price of the field. ²⁷ And there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and the _⌊nourishment_⌋* of your maidservants.

¹ The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion. ² By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last. ³ A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished is a beating rain _⌊that leaves_⌋* no food. ⁴ Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them. ⁵ Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.* ⁶ Better to be poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one is rich. ⁷ He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father. ⁸ He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor. ⁹ He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer is an abomination. ¹⁰ He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good. ¹¹ A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him. ¹² When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory, but with the rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden. ¹³ He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy. ¹⁴ Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart,* will fall into calamity. ¹⁵ Like a roaring lion and a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people. ¹⁶ A ruler who lacks understanding is* a cruel oppressor, but those who hate unjust gain will have long* days. ¹⁷ A person who is burdened with the blood of _⌊another_⌋,* until death he will flee; do not take hold of him. ¹⁸ He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one. ¹⁹ He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty of poverty. ²⁰ A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished. ²¹ _⌊Showing partiality_⌋* is not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong. ²² He who hurries for wealth is _⌊a man with an evil eye_⌋,* but he does not know that poverty will come upon him. ²³ He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue. ²⁴ He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts. ²⁵ The _⌊greedy person_⌋* will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched. ²⁶ He who trusts in his own heart* is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved. ²⁷ For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but for he* who turns his eyes, there are many curses. ²⁸ With the rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, the righteous will multiply.

²⁸ The prophet who has with him a dream, let him tell the dream. But the prophet* who has my word with him, let him speak my word faithfully. _⌊What is straw compared to wheat_⌋?"* _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh.

⁹ Her gates have sunk into the earth; he has ruined and broken her bars, her kings and its princes are among the nations; there is no more law.* Also, her prophets have not found a revelation from Yahweh.

¹ And then in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, men from the elders of Israel came to consult Yahweh, and they sat _⌊before me_⌋.* ² And the word of Yahweh _⌊came_⌋* to me, _⌊saying_⌋,* ³ "Son of man,* speak with the elders of Israel, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Are you coming to consult me? _⌊As I live_⌋,* I will surely not allow myself* to be consulted by you!" ' _⌊declares_⌋* the Lord Yahweh.

²⁰ But as* he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.

³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend it on your pleasures.

¹¹ or one who casts magic spells, or one who consults a spirit of the dead,* or spiritist, or one who inquires of the dead.*

¹¹ In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Napheth.

³ (Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him, and they had buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had expelled the mediums* and the soothsayers from the land.)

² Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper room, which was in Samaria, and he was injured. So he sent messengers, and he said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury." ³ Then the angel of Yahweh spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, "Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and speak to them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?'

³³ While he was still speaking with them, suddenly the messenger was coming down to him, and he said, "Look this trouble is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?"

¹³ So Saul died on account of his sin which he had sinned against Yahweh concerning the command of Yahweh that he did not keep. He also consulted a medium to seek guidance.

¹⁰ They were destroyed at En-dor; they became dung for the ground.

¹⁹ Now if they tell you, "Consult the ghosts and the spirits, those who chirp and those who mutter. Should not a people consult its gods, the dead on behalf of the living, ²⁰ for teaching and for testimony?" _⌊surely they who speak like this have no dawn_⌋.*

³ And the spirit of _⌊the Egyptians_⌋* will be disturbed in his midst, and I will _⌊confuse_⌋* his plans,* and they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, and the ghosts and the spiritists.

²⁵ Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him. ²⁶ It is good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.

³ For there is yet a vision for the appointed time; it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will surely come and not delay.

¹⁶ And it happened that as* we were going to the place of prayer, a certain female slave who had a spirit of divination* met us, who was bringing a large profit to her owners by* fortune-telling.

² Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Look, Ahijah the prophet is there, and he spoke concerning me before I became king over this people. ³ You must take ten loaves of bread in your hand and cakes and a jar of honey, and you must go to him. He shall tell you what will happen to the boy."

³⁰ Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you wear your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and he went into the battle.

³⁴ But another man drew his bow fully and struck the king of Israel between the armor scales and the breastplate; so he said to his chariot driver, "Turn _⌊the chariot_⌋* and bring me out from the camp, for I am wounded."

²⁹ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you, wear your garments." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went to war.

²² But Josiah did not turn his face from him, but he disguised himself to fight with him. He did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and he went out to fight in the plain of Megiddo.

¹³ "Those are among the ones rebelling against the light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths. ¹⁴ _⌊At dusk_⌋* the murderer rises; he kills the needy and the poor, and in the night he is like a* thief. ¹⁵ And the eye of the adulterer waits for dusk, saying, _⌊'No eye will see me,'_⌋* and he places a covering on his face.

¹⁹ Now if they tell you, "Consult the ghosts and the spirits, those who chirp and those who mutter. Should not a people consult its gods, the dead on behalf of the living,

²⁴ Or can a person hide himself in secret places and I cannot see him?" _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh. "Do I not fill up the heaven and the earth?" _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh.

¹⁹ And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

¹³ If I had dealt treacherously against his life, and there is not any matter hidden from the king, _⌊you would have presented yourself aloof_⌋."*

⁷ It happened that when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God to cause death or to give life? This man is sending a man to me to cure his disease. Indeed! But know and see that he seeks an opportunity against me."

⁵ For God knows that on the day you both eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you both shall be like gods,* knowing good and evil."

⁷ "You shall not _⌊misuse the name of Yahweh your God_⌋,* because Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who _⌊misuses his name_⌋.*

¹⁰ There shall not be found among you one who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or _⌊one who practices divination_⌋,* or an interpreter of signs,* or an augur,* or sorcerer, ¹¹ or one who casts magic spells, or one who consults a spirit of the dead,* or spiritist, or one who inquires of the dead.* ¹² For everyone doing these things is detestable to Yahweh, and because of these detestable things Yahweh your God is driving them out from _⌊before you_⌋.*

³⁹ For as Yahweh lives, who delivers Israel, I swear that even if it is in Jonathan my son, _⌊he will certainly die_⌋!"* But nobody from all the army answered him.

⁶ And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore, "_⌊As Yahweh lives_⌋,* he will not be put to death!"

¹¹ Then she said, "Please may the king remember Yahweh your God, _⌊to prevent the increase of blood avengers who kill_⌋,* so that they not wipe out my son." He said, "_⌊As Yahweh lives_⌋,* surely not one hair shall fall from your son to the ground."

⁷² And again he denied it* with an oath, "I do not know the man!"

²³ And he swore to her,* "Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"

⁵ Then Yahweh said to Ahijah, "Look, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from you about her son, for he is ill. _⌊Thus and so_⌋* you shall say to her. When she comes, she will be disguising herself."

¹⁶ And he will speak for you to the people, _⌊and then_⌋* he will be to you as a mouth, and you will be to him as a god.

²⁸ " 'You will not curse God,* and you will not curse a leader among your people.

⁶ I have said,* "You are gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you. ⁷ However, you will die like men,* and you will fall like one of the princes."

³⁴ Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?* ³⁵ If he called them 'gods' to whom the word of God came—and the scripture cannot be broken—

²⁷ As Samuel turned around to go, he* caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.

⁸ Then David got up afterward and went out of the cave and called after Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked after him, David knelt down with his face to the ground and bowed down.

⁸ Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water. It divided _⌊in two_⌋,* and the two of them crossed over on dry land.

¹³ Then he picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen off of him, and he returned and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹⁴ He took Elijah's cloak that had fallen from upon him and struck the water. Then he said, "Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?" So he also struck the water, and it divided _⌊in two_⌋,* and Elisha crossed over.

²⁰ And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he woke up from his sleep and said, "I will go out just like every other time and shake myself free," but he did not know that Yahweh had left him.

¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day _⌊on_⌋.* Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah. ¹⁴ Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him.

¹² _⌊Now Saul was threatened by the presence of David_⌋* because Yahweh was with him, but had departed from Saul.

² So David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And Yahweh said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save* Keilah."

⁴ So David again inquired of Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him and said, "Get up, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand."

⁹ When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here." ¹⁰ And David said, "O Yahweh, God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.

⁶ And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim* or by the prophets.

⁸ So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went _⌊with two of his men_⌋.* And they came to the woman by night and he said, "Please consult a spirit for me through _⌊the ritual pit_⌋,* and bring up for me the one whom I tell you."

¹¹ So the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" He said, "Bring up Samuel for me."

¹¹ Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

¹¹ and you groan at your end, when your flesh and body are consumed, ¹² and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!" ¹³ and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

¹⁴ From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and _⌊from his own_⌋,* so shall a good man.

¹⁷ Did you not do this to yourself, by forsaking Yahweh, your God, at the time of your leading in the way? ¹⁸ And now _⌊why do you go_⌋* the way of Egypt to drink the waters of the Shihor? And _⌊why do you go_⌋* the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the _⌊Euphrates_⌋?*

¹² Even though they bring up their children, I will bereave them before maturity.* Woe to them indeed, when I depart from them!

⁴¹ Then he will also say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

²³ And in Hades he lifted up his eyes as he* was in torment and* saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus _⌊at his side_⌋.* ²⁴ And he called out and* said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good things during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad things. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain. ²⁶ And in addition to all these things, a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able to do so,* nor can they cross over from there to us.'

³¹ So may all your enemies perish, O Yahweh, but those who love him are like the rising sun at its brightest."
And the land had rest for forty years.

²⁷ He said, "No, let Yahweh help you. _⌊How_⌋* can I save you? From the threshing floor or from the wine press?"

¹ For the music director. Of David. A psalm. A song.*
God will arise; his enemies will be scattered, and those who hate him will flee from before him. ² As smoke is driven off, you will drive them off. As wax melts before fire, the wicked will perish before God. ³ But the righteous will be glad; they will exalt before God, and will rejoice with joy.

⁵ The Lord has become like an enemy; he has destroyed Israel; he has destroyed all its citadel fortresses;* he has ruined all its fortifications and multiplied lamentation and mourning in the daughter of Judah.

²⁰ Rejoice over her, heaven and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment on her!"

²⁴ And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and all those who had been slaughtered on the earth.

¹³ Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have behaved foolishly! You have not kept the command of Yahweh your God which he commanded you. For then, Yahweh would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. ¹⁴ But now, your kingdom will not endure. Yahweh has sought for himself a man according to his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him as leader over his people, because you have not kept what Yahweh commanded you."

²⁷ As Samuel turned around to go, he* caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore. ²⁸ Then Samuel said to him, "Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor _⌊who is better than you_⌋.* ²⁹ Moreover, the Glory of Israel will not break faith and will not regret, for he is not a human that he should regret."

¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day _⌊on_⌋.* Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

²⁰ So now then, look, I know that you will certainly be king and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

⁴ All Yahweh has made is for his* purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.

⁹ So Saul said, "Bring here to me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings." Then he offered up the burnt offering.

⁹ However, Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and the cattle and the second best of the young fatlings and _⌊all that was valuable_⌋;* they were not willing to utterly destroy them. But all the possessions that were despised or worthless, they utterly destroyed.

²⁰ Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have listened to the voice of Yahweh, and I have gone on the way that Yahweh sent me! I brought Agag the king of Amalek, and the Amalekites I have utterly destroyed.

²³ For rebellion is like the sin of divination; arrogance is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has rejected you from being king!" ²⁴ Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned because I have transgressed _⌊the commandment of Yahweh_⌋* and your words, for I feared the troops and I listened to their voice. ²⁵ So then, please pardon my sin and return with me _⌊so that I can worship_⌋* Yahweh." ²⁶ But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and he has rejected you from being king over Israel!"

⁴² He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh: 'Because you have let the man I devoted for destruction go from your hand, your life shall be in place of his life and your people in place of his people.'"

²¹ These things you have done, and I have been silent; You imagined that I was just like you. I will rebuke you and present an argument before your eyes. ²² Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there will be none to deliver.

¹⁰ The one who does the work of Yahweh with slackness is cursed, and the one who keeps away blood from his sword is cursed.

¹⁸ Look, about this time tomorrow, I am going to cause very severe* hail to rain, the like of which has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

²⁵ But if you continue to do wickedness, both you and your king will be swept away."

¹ Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa. ² And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malki-Shua, the sons of Saul. ³ _⌊Saul was in the thick of the battle_⌋,* and _⌊the archers_⌋* spotted* him, and he was badly wounded by the archers. ⁴ Then Saul said to _⌊his armor bearer_⌋,* "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised do not come and thrust me through and make a fool of me!" But _⌊his armor bearer_⌋* was not willing to do so because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. ⁵ And when _⌊his armor bearer_⌋* saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. ⁶ So Saul died, and his three sons, _⌊his armor bearer_⌋,* and all his men together that same day.

²⁰ And Yahweh said, 'Who will entice Ahab so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead?' Then _⌊this one was saying one thing and the other one was saying another_⌋.*

²⁸ Then Micaiah said, "If you indeed return in peace, then Yahweh has not spoken with me." Then he said, "Let all the peoples hear!"

¹⁶ _⌊Therefore_⌋* thus says Yahweh, 'Look, I am going to send you from the face of the earth. This year you will die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.'" ¹⁷ And Hananiah the prophet died in that same year in the seventh month.

²⁵ "Now this was the writing that was inscribed: 'Mene, Mene, Tekel and Parsin.' ²⁶ "This is the explanation of the matter:* 'Mene'—God has numbered your kingdom and brought an end to it. ²⁷ " 'Tekel'—you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.* ²⁸ " 'Peres'—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.'"

²⁴ The Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if that man had not been born."

⁵ And when* Ananias heard these words, he fell down and* died. And great fear came on all those who heard about it.*

⁹ So Peter said to her, "How is it that it was agreed by you two* to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!" ¹⁰ And immediately she fell down at his feet and died. So when* the young men came in, they found her dead, and carried her* out and* buried her* with her husband.

³⁷ _⌊And then_⌋* in the morning when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these words. Then his heart died _⌊within him_⌋,* and he became like a stone.

⁵ When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.

²⁰ "All of the wicked one's days he is writhing, even* through the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant. ²¹ Sounds of terror are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come against him. ²² _⌊He cannot trust that he will return_⌋* from darkness, and he himself* is destined for the sword. ²³ "He is wandering for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready _⌊at hand_⌋.* ²⁴ Anguish and distress terrify him; they* overpower him like a king ready for the battle.

² "How you* have helped _⌊one who has no power_⌋!* How you* have assisted the arm _⌊that has no strength_⌋!*

³ I saw that you would not deliver us; _⌊I risked my own life_⌋,* and I crossed over to the _⌊Ammonites_⌋,* and Yahweh gave them into my hand. Why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?"

⁵ He put his life in his hand and attacked the Philistine, and Yahweh brought about a great victory for all of Israel, and you saw it and rejoiced! Now why should you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?"

¹⁴ Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and* put* my life in my hand?

⁴ Then Ahab went to his house, sullen and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him when he had said, "I will not give to you the inheritance of my ancestors."* So he lay on his bed, turned away his face, and would not eat any food.

¹³ But his servants came near and spoke to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had spoken a difficult thing to you to do, would you not have done it? Why not even when he says to you, 'Wash and you shall be clean'?"

²⁰ Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on natron,* is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

²³ And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and hedges and press them* to come in, so that my house will be filled!

²⁹ And they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening, and by this time the day is far spent." And he went in to stay with them.

¹⁵ And after she was baptized, and her household, she urged us,* saying, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come to my house and* stay." And she prevailed upon us.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ controls us, because we* have concluded this: that one died for all; as a result all died.

⁷ And Abraham ran to the cattle and took a _⌊calf_⌋,* tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he made haste to prepare it. ⁸ Then he took curds and milk, and the calf which he prepared, and set it before them. And he was standing by them under the tree while* they ate.

²³ And bring the fattened calf—kill it* and let us eat and* celebrate,