1 Samuel Cross References - Leeser

¹ And there was a certain man of Rama-thayim-zophim, of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. ² And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. ³ And this man went up out of his city from year to year to prostrate himself and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And at that place were the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, priests of the Lord. ⁴ And when the day was come that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions; ⁵ But unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for Hannah he loved greatly; but the Lord had shut up her womb. ⁶ And her rival also provoked her continually, in order to make her fret; because the Lord had shut up her womb. ⁷ And he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, so did she provoke her; wherefore she wept, and did not eat. ⁸ Then said to her Elkanah her husband, Hannah, why wilt thou weep? and why wilt thou not eat? and why should thy heart be grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? ⁹ And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk; and ‘Eli the priest was sitting upon a chair by the door-post of the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰ But she had bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept greatly. ¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child: then will I give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head. ¹² And it came to pass, as she continued praying long before the Lord, that ‘Eli watched her mouth. ¹³ Now as for Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard; wherefore ‘Eli regarded her as a drunken woman. ¹⁴ And ‘Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from off thee. ¹⁵ And Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit; but neither wine nor strong drink have I drunk, and I have poured out my soul before the Lord. ¹⁶ Esteem not thy handmaid as a worthless woman; for out of the abundance of my grief and vexation have I spoken hitherto. ¹⁷ Then ‘Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant thy petition which thou hast asked of him. ¹⁸ And she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy eyes. The woman then went on her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no longer as before. ¹⁹ And they rose up early in the morning, and prostrated themselves before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. ²⁰ And it came to pass, after the lapse of some time, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because from the Lord have I asked him. ²¹ And the man Elkanah went up, with all his house, to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. ²² But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, So soon as the child shall be weaned, then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and abide there for ever. ²³ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth good in thy eyes; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only may the Lord fulfill his word. So the woman remained behind, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. ²⁴ And she took him up with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him unto the house of the Lord at Shiloh; although the child was yet young. ²⁵ And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to ‘Eli. ²⁶ And she said, Pardon, my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, to pray unto the Lord. ²⁷ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him; ²⁸ Therefore also have I lent him, for my part, to the Lord; all the days that have been assigned to him shall he be lent to the Lord. And he bowed himself there before the Lord.

¹ And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

¹⁹ And Lemech took unto himself two wives, the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

²³ And Lemech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lemech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man to my own wounding, and a young-man to my hurt.

²⁵ And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Sheth [Seth]; for God said she hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

²⁹ And he called his name Noach, [Noah,] saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

¹ And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;

¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.

¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar. ² And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in, I pray thee, unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

¹¹ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and wilt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

¹⁹ For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, that they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice; in order that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken concerning him.

¹⁸ For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

¹ And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

⁷ And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarai should have given children suck? yet I have born a son in his old age. ⁸ And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

²⁶ And the man bowed down his head, and prostrated himself before the Lord.

⁴² And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if thou wouldst but prosper my way on which I am going. ⁴³ Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall be the young woman who cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water out of thy pitcher to drink; ⁴⁴ And she say to me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels will I draw: this shall be the wife whom the Lord hath destined for my master’s son. ⁴⁵ And before I had yet finished speaking to my own heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water; and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

⁴⁸ And I bowed down my head, and prostrated myself before the Lord; and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.

⁵² And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he prostrated himself to the earth unto the Lord.

²¹ And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

²⁰ And Jacob made a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me on this way which I am going, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

²³ And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. ²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid. ²⁵ And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou deceived me? ²⁶ And Laban said, It is not done so in our place, to give in marriage the younger before the first-born. ²⁷ Fulfill the week of this, and we will give thee this one also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. ²⁸ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of the first; and he gave him Rachel his daughter for a wife. ²⁹ And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his hand-maid to be her maid. ³⁰ And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah; and he served with him yet seven other years. ³¹ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

³¹ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. ³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me.

³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me. ³³ And she conceived again and bore a son; and she said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time will I praise the Lord; therefore she called his name Judah: and she left off bearing.

² And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

⁶ And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸ And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. ⁹ When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ And Leah said, Good luck hath come: and she called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore a second son unto Jacob. ¹³ And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. ¹⁴ And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them unto Leah his mother; then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, some of thy son’s mandrakes. ¹⁵ And she said unto her, Is it not enough that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldst thou also take away my son’s mandrakes? And Rachel said, Therefore shall he be with thee to-night for thy son’s mandrakes. ¹⁶ And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Unto me thou must come in; for surely I have obtained thee as a reward with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. ¹⁷ And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I have given my maid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. ¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son unto Jacob. ²⁰ And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun. ²¹ And afterward she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah. ²² And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

⁵ And I have acquired oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants; and I send now to tell my lord, to find grace in thy eyes.

⁸ And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I have met? And he said, To find grace in the eyes of my lord.

¹⁵ And Esau said, Let me, I pray thee, leave with thee some of the people that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me only final grace in the eyes of my lord.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the first-born Menasseh: For God said he hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house. ⁵² And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God said he hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

¹⁵ Hereby shall ye be proved: By the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

³⁴ And he sent portions unto them from before him; but Benjamin’s portion exceeded the portions of all of them fivefold. And they drank, and were merry with him.

²² To all of them he gave to each changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

¹⁰ And they came to the thrashing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and they held there a great and very sore lamentation; and he made for his father a mourning of seven days.

¹⁰ And the child grew up, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became to her as a son; and she called his name Moses; and she said, Because out of the water have I drawn him.

²² And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land.

³¹ And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

⁶ Then shall his master bring him unto the judges, and he shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him till the jubilee.

¹⁴ Three times shalt thou keep a feast unto me in the year.

¹⁷ Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord, the Eternal.

²³ Thrice in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord, the Eternal, the God of Israel.

⁴ And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the flanks, and the midriff above the liver, with the kidneys, shall he remove it.

¹⁵ And the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving-peace-offering shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

¹⁸ And a woman together with her sister shalt thou not take, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other, in her lifetime.

²³ And the land shall not be sold for a permanence to the purchaser; for the land is mine; for strangers and sojourners are ye with me.

⁵ All the days of the vow of his abstinence no razor shall pass over his head: until the days be completed, in which he abstaineth in honor of the Lord, shall he be holy, letting grow untouched the hair of his head.

⁸ All the days of his abstinence is he holy unto the Lord.

¹¹ And the priest shall prepare the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make an atonement for him, because he hath sinned through the dead; and he shall hallow his head on that same day.

⁹ Then shall he bring with the bullock as a meat-offering, three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil. ¹⁰ And wine shalt thou bring for a drink-offering, half a hin, as a fire-offering of a sweet savor unto the Lord.

² And Israel made a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt but deliver this people into my hand, then will I devote their cities.

^{3 (30:4)} And if a woman make a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by an obligation, being in her father’s house in her youth; ^{4 (30:5)} And her father hear her vow, and her obligation wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father be silent to her: then shall all her vows stand, and every obligation wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. ^{5 (30:6)} But if her father disallow her on the day that he heareth it: all her vows or her obligations, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall not stand; and the Lord will forgive her, because her father hath disallowed her. ^{6 (30:7)} And if she be given to a man, and have vows upon her, or what she may have uttered with her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; ^{7 (30:8)} And her husband hear it, and be silent to her on the day that he heareth it: then shall her vows stand, and her obligations wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand.

^{7 (30:8)} And her husband hear it, and be silent to her on the day that he heareth it: then shall her vows stand, and her obligations wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand. ^{8 (30:9)} But if on the day of her husband’s hearing it, he disallow her: then doth he annul her vow which is upon her, and that which she hath uttered with her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; and the Lord will forgive her.

^{8 (30:9)} But if on the day of her husband’s hearing it, he disallow her: then doth he annul her vow which is upon her, and that which she hath uttered with her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; and the Lord will forgive her. ^{9 (30:10)} But regarding the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, all, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand for her. ^{10 (30:11)} And if she had vowed in her husband’s house, or had bound her soul by an obligation with an oath; ^{11 (30:12)} And her husband heard it, and was silent to her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand.

⁵ But unto the place which the Lord your God may choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye repair, and thither shalt thou come;

⁵ But unto the place which the Lord your God may choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye repair, and thither shalt thou come; ⁶ And ye shall bring thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the first-born of your herds and of your flocks;

⁶ And ye shall bring thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the first-born of your herds and of your flocks; ⁷ And ye shall eat there before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice with all the acquisition of your hand, ye and your households, wherewith the Lord thy God may have blessed thee.

¹¹ And then shall it be, that the place which the Lord your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there,—even thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye may vow unto the Lord;

¹¹ And then shall it be, that the place which the Lord your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there,—even thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye may vow unto the Lord; ¹² And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates; because he hath not any portion nor inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place which thou mayest see; ¹⁴ But in the place which the Lord will choose in one of thy tribes, there shalt thou offer thy burnt-offerings, and there shalt thou do all that I command thee.

¹⁷ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, nor the first-born of thy herds or of thy flocks, nor any of thy vows which thou mayest vow, nor thy freewill-offerings, and the heave-offering of thy hand; ¹⁸ But before the Lord thy God must thou eat them in the place which the Lord thy God may choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite who is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God with all the acquisition of thy hand.

^{13 (13:14)} There have gone forth men, children of worthlessness, from the midst of thee, and have misled the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known:

¹¹ And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the Lord thy God will choose to let his name dwell there.

¹⁶ Three times in the year shall every one of thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he will choose: on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and no one shall appear before the Lord empty;

¹⁵ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they bear him children, both the beloved and the hated; so that the first-born son be hers that is hated:

¹⁵ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they bear him children, both the beloved and the hated; so that the first-born son be hers that is hated: ¹⁶ Then shall it be, when he divideth as inheritance among his sons what he hath, that he shall not institute the son of the beloved as the first-born before the son of the hated, the firstborn; ¹⁷ But the first-born, the son of the hated woman, shall he acknowledge, to give him a double portion of all that is found in his possession; for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongeth the right of the first birth.

⁷ That ye shall answer them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

¹⁷ And Joshua said unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Menasseh, as followeth, Thou art a numerous people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only; ¹⁸ But the mountain shall be thine; it is indeed a wood, yet thou canst cut it down; and the terminations of it shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, though they be strong.

¹ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up there the tabernacle of the congregation. And the land was subdued before them.

¹² And when the children of Israel heard it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. ¹³ And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Menasseh, into the land of Gil’ad, Phinehas the son of Elazar the priest. ¹⁴ And ten princes with him, one prince each for every division of all the tribes of Israel; and each one was a head of their family divisions among the thousands of Israel. ¹⁵ And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Menasseh, unto the land of Gil’ad, and they spoke with them, saying: ¹⁶ Thus have said the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have built yourselves an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord? ¹⁷ Have we had too little in the iniquity of Peor,—from which we are not yet cleansed until this day,—when there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord? ¹⁸ And will ye turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, that when ye will rebel this day against the Lord, tomorrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. ¹⁹ But, notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein dwelleth the tabernacle of the Lord, and take possession in the midst of us; but rebel not against the Lord and against us do not rebel, in building yourselves an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. ²⁰ Did not ‘Achan the son of Zerach commit a trespass on the devoted things, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and he, though but one man, perished not alone in his iniquity.

¹⁵ And if it be displeasing in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Emorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

³³ And Elazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him on the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the mountain of Ephraim.

³⁰ And Gid’on had seventy sons begotten of his body; for he had many wives.

³⁰ And Yiphthach made a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of ‘Ammon into my hand,

⁵ And the Gil’adites seized on the passages of the Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it came to pass, when the Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me pass over; that the men of Gil’ad said unto him, Art thou an Ephrathite? and if he said, No;

² And there was a certain man of Zor’ah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoach; and his wife was barren, and did not bear.

⁵ For, lo, thou wilt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for a Nazarite of God shall the lad be from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹ And there was a man of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Michayhu.

⁶ And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way on which ye will go.

³¹ And they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

¹ And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the lower edge of the mountain of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine out of Beth-lechem-judah.

² And the people came to Beth-el, and abode there till the evening, before God, and they lifted up their voices, and wept with a great lamentation;

² And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Na’omi, and the name of his two sons Machlon and Kilyon, Ephrathites of Beth-lechem-judah. And they came into the fields of Moab, and remained there.

²⁰ And she said unto them, Call me not Na’omi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

¹³ Then said she, Let me find grace in thy eyes, my lord; for thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken kindly unto the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not like one of thy handmaids.

¹⁵ And may he be unto thee one who refresheth thy soul, and who nourisheth thy old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, hath born him, she who is better to thee than seven sons.

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

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

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

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

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child: then will I give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head. ¹² And it came to pass, as she continued praying long before the Lord, that ‘Eli watched her mouth. ¹³ Now as for Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard; wherefore ‘Eli regarded her as a drunken woman.

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

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

²¹ And the man Elkanah went up, with all his house, to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. ²² But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, So soon as the child shall be weaned, then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and abide there for ever.

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

¹¹ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the lad was ministering unto the Lord before ‘Eli the priest. ¹² And the sons of ‘Eli were worthless men: they knew not the Lord.

¹² And the sons of ‘Eli were worthless men: they knew not the Lord. ¹³ And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the man was seething the flesh, with a fork with three teeth in his hand; ¹⁴ And he struck it into the pan, or the kettle, or the caldron, or the pot; and all that the fork brought up the priest took away with it. So did they unto all the Israelites that came thither, to Shiloh. ¹⁵ Even before they had yet burnt the fat, the priest’s servant would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not take from thee sodden flesh, but raw. ¹⁶ And if the man said unto him, They will surely presently burn the fat, and then take whatever thy soul may long for: then would he say, No; but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force. ¹⁷ And the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord; for the men despised the offering of the Lord. ¹⁸ But Samuel was ministering before the Lord, being a lad, girded with a linen ephod. ¹⁹ Moreover his mother used to make him a little overcoat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

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

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

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

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

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

³ And when the people were come back into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us this day before the Philistines? Let us bring over to us out of Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that it may come in the midst of us, and deliver us out of the hand of our enemies. ⁴ So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought away from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth over the cherubim: and the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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

¹¹ And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, died also.

¹⁷ And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath also been a great slaughter among the people, and also thy two sons, Chophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God hath been taken. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off the chair backward by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died; for the man was old, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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

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

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

¹² Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lechem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was old in the days of Saul, belonging to the persons of high esteem.

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

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

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

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

⁷ And now return, and go in peace, that thou mayest not do any evil in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.

² That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

²⁵ And now, O Eternal God, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, stand firm for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

¹¹ Then said Uriyah unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my Lord Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open field: and should I alone go unto my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

¹⁶ And David besought God in behalf of the lad; and David kept a fast, and came home, and lay over night upon the earth. ¹⁷ And the elders of the house arose about him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he did not partake of any bread with them.

³⁶ And it happened, as he had just finished speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and they lifted up their voice and wept; and also the king and all his servants wept very much.

¹⁹ And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand-maid all these words.

¹² Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.

⁸ And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

²⁶ Also Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah, the name of whose mother was Zeru’ah, a widow woman, was a servant of Solomon, and he lifted up his hand against the king.

² And Elijah said unto Elisha’, Remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me as far as Beth-el. But Elisha’ said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

⁴ And Elijah said unto him, Elisha’, remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

⁶ And Elijah said unto him, Remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to the Jordan. But he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So these two went on.

³⁰ And the mother of the lad said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose and followed her.

¹⁹ And he said unto him, Go in peace: so he departed from him some distance.

¹² And Chazael said, Why doth my Lord weep? And he said, Because I know what evil thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong-holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and their children wilt thou dash, and their pregnant women wilt thou rip up.

³ I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud.

¹⁰ And Ja’bez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst act for me against the evil, that it may not give me pain! And God granted him what he had asked for.

^{25 (6:10)} And the sons of Elkanah: ‘Amassai, and Achimoth, ^{26 (6:11)} And Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nachath his son. ^{27 (6:12)} Eliab his son, Jerocham his son, Elkanah his son.

^{34 (6:19)} The son of Elkanah, the son of Jerocham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toach,

⁴ Then said the king unto me, For what then dost thou make request? Then did I pray to the God of heaven.

² Oh that my vexation could be truly weighed, and my calamity; oh that men might lift it up in the balances at once! ³ For now it is already heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore are my words confused.

¹⁴ As though I were one who refuseth kindness to his friend, and forsaketh the fear of the Almighty:

¹¹ Therefore will I also not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit: I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

² How long wilt thou speak these things? and let like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?

¹⁸ He suffereth me not to recover my breath; but feedeth me overmuch with bitter things.

¹ My soul is disgusted with my life; I will give free vent to my complaint over myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

¹ My soul is disgusted with my life; I will give free vent to my complaint over myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. ² I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; let me know for what cause thou contendest against me.

¹⁴ If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.

²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, so thou wilt but remove wrong-doing far away from thy tents.

²¹ He ill-treateth the barren that heareth not; and to the widow he acteth not well.

¹⁶ And now my soul is poured out over me; the days of affliction have seized on me;

^{3 (5:4)} O Lord! in the morning do thou hear my voice: in the morning will I set in order my prayer before thee, and look up with hope.

^{7 (5:8)} But as for me—in the abundance of thy kindness will I enter thy house: I will bow myself down before thy holy temple in the fear of thee.

^{9 (6:10)} The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will accept my prayer.

^{3 (20:4)} May he remember all thy meat-offerings, and accept in favor thy burnt-sacrifice. Selah. ^{4 (20:5)} May he grant thee according to thy own heart, and fulfill all thy resolves. ^{5 (20:6)} We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God will we upraise our banners: may the Lord fulfill all thy petitions.

^{9 (22:10)} Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother’s breasts.

⁶ Surely, only goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life: and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord to the utmost length of days.

¹ Of David. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁷ The sins of my youth and my transgressions do not remember: according to thy kindness bear thou me in remembrance, for the sake of thy goodness, O Lord.

¹⁸ Look on my misery and my trouble; and forgive all my sins.

⁴ One thing have I asked of the Lord, that I will seek for: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the loveliness of the Lord, and to be every morning early in his temple.

⁹ The voice of the Lord causeth the hinds to start, and maketh bare forests: and in his temple every thing speaketh of his glory.

^{4 (42:5)} These things will I remember, and pour out my soul in me: how I was wont to pass along amidst the multitude, journeying with them as a pilgrim to the house of God, with the voice of joyful song and thanksgiving, among the festive throng.

⁴ That I may go unto the altar of God, unto God the joy of my gladness; and that I may thank thee upon the harp, O God, my God.

¹⁵ And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee,—and so wilt thou glorify me.”

^{17 (55:18)} At evening and morning and noon will I make my complaint and moan: and he heareth my voice.—

^{3 (62:4)} How long will ye devise mischief against a man? will ye all assault him murderously, as though he were a falling wall, a tottering fence?

^{8 (62:9)} Trust in him at all times, O ye people; pour out before him your heart: God is a protection for us. Selah.

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; he hath listened to the voice of my prayer. ²⁰ Blessed be God, who hath not removed my prayer from him, nor his kindness from me.

⁶⁰ And he cast off the dwelling at Shiloh, the tabernacle where he had dwelt among men;

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: with him will I be in distress; I will deliver him, and grant him honor.

² I will carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.

⁴ The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent of it, Thou shalt be a priest for ever after the order of Malki-zedek.

¹ It is lovely to me that the Lord heareth my voice, my supplications. ² For he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore throughout all my days will I call on him. ³ The bands of death had compassed me, and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me; I had met with distress and sorrow: ⁴ I then called on the name of the Lord, I beseech thee, O Lord, release my soul. ⁵ Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; and our God is merciful.

⁵ From the midst of distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me with enlargement.

¹⁴⁷ I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.

¹ A song of the degrees. Remember, O Lord, unto David all his afflictions; ² How he swore unto the Lord; how he vowed unto the mighty One of Jacob:

²³ Who hath in our low estate remembered us; for to eternity endureth his kindness;

^{2 (142:3)} I pour out before him my grief: my distress I recite before him. ^{3 (142:4)} When my spirit was overwhelmed within me—and thou knowest well my path—on the way whereon I desired to walk they had secretly laid a snare for me.

⁶ I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul longeth for thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

²⁴ Remove from thee frowardness of mouth; and perverseness of lips put away far from thee.

⁹ How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

¹ A soft answer turneth away fury; but a mortifying word stirreth up anger.

¹⁵ By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh bones.

^{4 (5:3)} When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.

⁷ Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a merry heart thy wine, if God have already received thy works in favor.

^{7 (9:6)} For promoting the increase of the government, and for peace without end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to support it through justice and righteousness, from henceforth and unto eternity: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹⁵ What shall I speak? he hath promised it unto me, and he hath also accomplished it; I will make pilgrimages to God’s house all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

²⁶ That fulfilleth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, It shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and their ruins will I raise up.

¹ Sing, O barren one, that thou hast not born: break forth into song, and rejoice aloud, that thou hast not travailed; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

⁶ For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit did the Lord call thee back, and as a wife of youth, that was rejected, saith thy God.

¹² For go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did unto it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. ¹³ And now, whereas ye have done all these acts, saith the Lord, and I spoke unto you, causing the prophets to rise up early and speaking, while ye would not hear; and I called you, but ye would not answer: ¹⁴ Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, whereon ye rely, and unto the place which I have given to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁷ But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places because of your pride; and my eye shall weep sorely, and run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is driven away captive.

¹⁰ Weep not for the dead, and do not bemoan him: weep sorely for him that goeth away; for he shall never return any more, and see the land of his birth.

¹⁹ Arise, complain aloud in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out like water thy heart before the face of the Lord: lift up toward him thy hands because of the life of thy babes, that faint away for hunger at the corner of all the streets.

¹⁵ He hath sated me with bitter things, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

¹⁵ The Lord of hosts will be a shield over them; and they shall devour the prey, and subdue the sling-stones; and they shall drink, make a noise as one drunken with wine; and they shall be filled like the offering-bowls, like the corners of the altar.